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COATESVILLE Ś City Council ordered an executive session during an agenda item Monday for purposes of council membersÆ clarification of a proposal to replace vehicles for the city.
The proposal involves leasing vehicles for ōpurposes of acquiring police, fire and public works vehicles for the use of the city,ö according to the agenda.
John Marcareli, the cityÆs director of finance, told the council the cost of leasing will be covered by the budget.
Council questioned if the cost would fit in to the budget.
Councilwoman C. Arvilla Hunt began to question how the proposal was presented Monday after the budget had previously been presented earlier in the year. The city plans to sell property and the money will go toward the budget. She discussed the presentation in a way of ōtrying to get the yesö from council to approve selling of the property of land.
City Manager Kirby Hudson said the presentation of the proposal for purchasing of the vehicles from leasing has not changed.
ōI think one of the main concerns of the council is ģ how the budget was presented and how much money weÆre going to take out of the trust fund ...ö Council Vice President Joe Hamrick said regarding what would happen if the motion passes.
With that, Hunt privately asked for five minutes, to which Council President David Collins called for a five-minute executive session.
There was no motion or vote made to have the executive session, as procedure of RobertÆs Rules calls to occur. Nor was there an explanation for calling the executive session. The discussions of the executive sessions are kept confidential and the minutes are kept separate from the regular minutes.
Hunt later confirmed the session was called for clarification.
According to Sunshine Laws, an executive session can be called to consider the purchase or lease of real property.
About 15 minutes later the council members returned. Collins thanked the audience and the other members present for their patience. He said the council had ōminor misunderstandings which we cleared upö during the executive session. The council did not elaborate on this for the publicÆs knowledge of what the nature of the session regarded. Collins allowed Marcareli to continue with his presentation to the council.
The council had no additional questions following this and the council members made a motion to vote. The three motions passed 4-0. Collins said to ōlet the record show that the proper procedure would have been to request a motion to go to executive session and reconvene a motionö to return to the open discussion.
Collins later explained the nature of the misunderstanding and he said the executive session clarified that the proposal previously presented to council was the same as the one presented to council on Monday. He explained that because the proposal from Monday was what was presented to council originally, the council went through the proposals on the agenda so quickly.
The council voted on the leasing of the vehicles as three separate items for the fire department, police department and public works.
The executive session was called for the council members to accurately understand the proposal to be the same as originally presented, Collins said. The session saved the public from hearing information repeated until the council understood the proposal to be the same, he said.
The original proposal came after the budget approval in December, he said. One of the council meetings in February involved a discussion on selling city property. The administration proposed to sell the property, Collins said, and one use of the money could be to purchase vehicles for the city. He said council had previously agreed the costs of repairs for the current city vehicles are ōthrough the roof.ö After the value of the property is determined, the plan involves using the money from the property to pay off the leases, Collins said as a matter of saving money on the payments.
The executive session, Collins said, clarified the proposal to be the same ōproactiveö approach to lease vehicles.
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I have a central office with a domain controller with DNS installed. Any computers at that office are on the same subnet (10.1.32.x) update their DNS entries correctly. DHCP is handled in that office by the DC
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The two remote sites have subnets (192.168.1.x and 192.168.201.x) that have been added as Sites on the Domain Controller, but the remote machines are still not registering in DNS.
Domain authentication is working properly remotely, GPO is being applied remotely.
How do I get client machines at each site to update their DNS entries? The check box for self-registering the connections DNS address is checked, but it isn't updating with the DC's DNS entries. DHCP is handled by an on-site Juniper SSG5 which does not send DNS updates back to the DC/DNS server.

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Dissociation of visual localization and visual detection in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
- Lau M. AndersenAffiliated withCenter for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Email author
- , Benjamin M. BasileAffiliated withEmory University
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Conscious and unconscious cognitive processes contribute independently to human behavior and can be dissociated. For example, humans report failing to see objects clearly in the periphery while simultaneously being able to grasp those objects accurately (Milner in Proc R Soc B Biol Sci 279:2289–2298, 2012). Knowing whether similar dissociations are present in nonverbal species is critical to our understanding of comparative psychology and the evolution of brains. However, such dissociations are difficult to detect in nonhumans because verbal reports of experience are the main way we discriminate putative conscious from unconscious processing. We trained monkeys in a localization task in which they responded to the location where a target appeared, and a matched detection task in which they reported the presence or absence of the same target. We used masking to manipulate the visibility of targets. Accuracy was high in both tasks when stimuli were unmasked and was attenuated by visual masking. At the strongest level of masking, performance in the detection task was at chance, while localization remained significantly above chance. Critically, errors in the detection task were predominantly misses, indicating that the monkeys' behavior remained under stimulus control, but that the monkeys did not detect the target despite above-chance localization. While these results cannot establish the existence of phenomenal vision in monkeys, the dissociation of visually guided action from detection parallels the dissociation of conscious and unconscious vision seen in humans.
KeywordsBlindsight Masking Signal detection Perception Vision
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- Dissociation of visual localization and visual detection in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
- Journal
Animal Cognition
Volume 17, Issue 3 , pp 681-687
- Cover Date
- 2014-05
- 10.1007/s10071-013-0699-7
- Print ISSN
- 1435-9448
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- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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- Blindsight
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- Signal detection
- Perception
- Vision
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- Lau M. Andersen (1)
- Benjamin M. Basile (2)
- Robert R. Hampton (2)
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- 1. Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Nørrebrogade 44, Building 10G, Aarhus, Denmark
- 2. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA


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Memory Allocation
Memory allocation in the Linux kernel is complex, because there are significant constraints involved—and different ways of allocating memory have different constraints. This means that anyone writing Linux kernel code needs to understand the various ways of allocating memory, including the tradeoffs involved. This makes for for more efficient use of memory and CPU time—you can specify exactly what you need—but it also makes for more demanding programming.
There are essentially five different ways of allocating memory in the kernel. That's a white lie, but it is close enough to the truth for anyone who needs to read this article to learn about kernel memory allocation. Three (which provide dynamic allocation) are generally useful, and two (which provide static allocation) are deprecated, and are mostly historical artifacts that should not be used. We will discuss the advantages and limitations of the useful ways first, and will only briefly mention the two deprecated ways at the end of this article so that you know what to avoid.
There are a few rules that apply no matter what form of dynamic kernel memory allocation you attempt to do. Whenever you attempt to allocate memory in kernel space, you must be prepared for an allocation error. Always check the value returned from the allocation function, and if it is 0, you will need to handle it cleanly, somehow. User-space code can be terminated with a segmentation violation if it ignores memory allocation errors, but the kernel can easily crash, bringing down the whole system.
There are several common error-handling strategies. One strategy is to attempt to allocate critical memory at the top of a function, where you are less likely to have committed yourself and can more likely return an error cleanly. This is usually the best way to handle the problem.
Another strategy, usually used together with allocation at the top of the function, is to allocate an "easy" amount of memory for the memory management system to provide, and then parcel it out for various purposes during the life of the function, effectively doing its own memory management. Several subsystems in the kernel do this, such as the high-level SCSI drivers and the network code. Both include special memory allocation functions which are only supposed to be used in those subsystem. These are not documented here, under the assumption that documentation for those subsystems should document subsystem-specific memory allocation routines.
Yet another strategy, which will only work if you are not in "critical" sections of code, is to allow the kernel to schedule another process by calling schedule() and then to try again later, when schedule returns. Note that some kinds of allocation are not safe to call even once from within critical code; that will be covered when we discuss the individual functions.
The fundamental rule is not to write algorithms that commit themselves to completing without having been guaranteed the resources they need in order to complete. Memory is one of the scarcest and most commonly needed of the resources that must be guaranteed, and the only way to guarantee that memory will be available is to allocate it.
The kmalloc() function allocates memory at two levels: it uses a "bucket" system to allocate memory in units up to nearly a page (4Kb on the i86) in length, and uses a "buddy" system on lists of different sizes of contiguous chunks of memory to allocate memory in units up to 128Kb (on the i86) in length. Only in recent kernels has it been able to allocate memory in units over 4Kb in length, and allocating large amounts of memory with kmalloc is very likely to fail, especially in low-memory situations, and especially on machines with less memory.
Kmalloc is very flexible, as demonstrated by its calling convention:
void * kmalloc(unsigned int size, int priority);
Note the priority argument: this is what makes kmalloc so flexible; it is possible to use kmalloc in very constrained circumstances such as from an interrupt handler. Interrupt-driven code, or code that cannot be pre-empted, but still needs to allocate memory, can call kmalloc with the GFP_ATOMIC priority. This will be more likely to fail, because it cannot swap or do anything else which would cause implicit or explicit I/O to occur. Code with relaxed requirements, which may legitimately be pre-empted, should instead call kmalloc with the GFP_KERNEL priority. This may cause paging and may cause schedule() to be called, but has a higher chance of success.
In order to dynamically allocate memory that can by accessed via DMA, the GFP_DMA priority should be used. It does stress the memory system, particularily if large amounts of memory are requested, and is quite likely to fail. Try again. It should be noted that GFP_DMA is only likely to fail on system with severe limitations on DMA transfers—such as computers using the common ISA bus. Not all platforms are affected by this problem.
Memory allocated with kmalloc() is freed with kfree() (or kfree_s()).
Kb or KB?
I believe the PAGE_SIZE is usually in Bytes not bits. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, bytes
Page size is given in bytes. The article isn't saying it's in bits, it just uses Kb when it should have used "KB".
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Last week we went through the Eastern Conference. Now it's time to look at the young players, prospects and rookies in the Western Conference.
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks: Jonathan Toews is going to be given every opportunity to step into a leadership role with the Blackhawks this season. The 19-year-old has been a standout at North Dakota of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. He placed third in WCHA scoring, with two North Dakota teammates finishing first and second. The Hawks are basically planning on having Toews line up at center, because the team has only signed Robert Lang, Yanic Perreault and Patrick Sharp so far. It would not be shocking at all for Toews to end up on a line with Martin Havlat or Tuomo Ruutu. Toews has to be viewed close to where Nicklas Backstrom of the Capitals is being ranked for fantasy. We didn't get to see a lot of defenseman Cam Barker last season while he bounced between the NHL and the American Hockey League, but he is much better than the little of him we did get in Chicago. Barker is near the top of the list for any ranking of future defensive stars in the game. Whether he gets the ice time and long leash to start to show what he can do offensively this season has yet to be seen, but if the Hawks are going to be an improved club it will be because of their youth movement. Barker represents a high-upside pick late in fantasy drafts right now, but he is good enough that it could become apparent in training camp or preseason that he will dominate this season. Pat Kane making an NHL debut this season is a little far-fetched, but I'm not ruling it out. I don't think it's worth thinking about him too much at your fantasy draft table. He's just not big enough yet. Jordan Staal surprised us with the jump into the NHL last season, but he had 6 inches and 60 pounds on Kane. David Bolland is someone else to keep an eye on. He has above-average skills across the board and has shown he can jive well with superstar players (he and Robbie Schremp tore up the Ontario Hockey League as London Knights two seasons ago). I doubt there is enough room in Chicago to start the season, but if injuries strike he could be up for good and turn into a solid No. 3 center for fantasy. I'd be remiss not to mention another of Bolland's former teammates, Danny Richmond. He has high offensive upside to his game and is maybe one injury away from being a Blackhawk. I could see him and Barker manning the Chicago power-play blue line in two years.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Top prospect Derick Brassard had his season in the Quebec Major-Junior Hockey League derailed by injuries. Since the Blue Jackets have seven centers with at least some NHL experience, Brassard is likely headed for another season in the "Q" or a promotion to the AHL. Either way, he's a name for the 2008-09 season. There is a lot of room in Columbus on the wing, but betting on Jakub Voracek to make the team might be asking a lot. Voracek has his eyes on the NHL, no question about that. He came over to the play in the QMJHL as a 17-year-old. This means he'll be only 18 in training camp this season. File the name away just in case, but next season he'll have a much better chance.
Detroit Red Wings: The Wings are overloaded with position players and don't really have any phenoms budding in the system. That said, Igor Grigorenko is someone to keep a very close eye on. The Russian star has what it takes from a skills point of view, but he also has something a lot of Russians are criticized for lacking: desire. We would have already been using Grigorenko as a fantasy No. 2 winger if not for a car crash before the 2003-04 season that set him back significantly. The Wings have finally signed him on and are poised to bring him to Detroit. He could easily land on the first or second scoring line and have that No. 2 winger upside I mentioned.
Nashville Predators: The Preds have no one new the fantasy world should be paying attention to besides goaltender Pekka Rinne. He could steal some of the starting job from Chris Mason, and he is the team's long-term answer in net. Look for Alexander Radulov to take the step into the elite as well. Beyond that, though, the only rookies will be the fifth and sixth defensemen. And Kevin Klein won't be making any waves in fantasy.
St. Louis Blues: After just one season with Minnesota in the WCHA, Erik Johnson will be a member of the Blues this season at the age of 19. He's big, he's skilled with the puck, he is very strong on defense, he can rush the play -- simply put, he can do it all. Johnson projects as the next great blueliner, but he won't be in his prime right away. Temper expectations for this season, just because the Blues aren't going to be a breeding ground for good fantasy numbers. Johnson's plus/minus won't be pretty this season and he won't be on the ice for 30 minutes a game yet. I still think he has the potential to be a strong No. 3, maybe even a No. 2 fantasy defenseman, just don't break the bank unless you are in a keeper league. Patrik Berglund is the other name to keep stashed. He has put up very solid numbers as a boy among men in Sweden, scoring 48 points in 35 games. The Blues inked him and will give him a shot in training camp. Berglund hasn't filled out his 6-foot-4 frame, but his size still gives him a chance at sticking with the club. At the very least, he should be coming to North America and playing in the AHL, so we could see him as an injury replacement.
Northwest Division
Calgary Flames: Dustin Boyd is the only name that jumps off the page for the Flames when talking about prospects making an impact this season, and he isn't even that exciting. Boyd plays a sound game but is going to need talented linemates to make an impact (think Brendan Morrison). Since Calgary doesn't likely have a spot for Boyd with Jarome Iginla or Alex Tanguay, he should play a minor role on the team (if he's not in the AHL another season). Andrei Taratukhin is a natural setup man and should get some time with Calgary this season. If for some reason Daymond Langkow can't repeat last season's numbers, Taratukhin would be a candidate to replace him. He is nothing to worry about on fantasy draft day, as he is likely to start in the AHL, but he's a name to file away for a midseason debut. Injuries may give Brandon Prust the opportunity he needs to nail down a permanent role as an agitator. His numbers over a full season would mirror those of a Sean Avery lite, which can be quite valuable in fantasy.
Colorado Avalanche: T.J. Hensick is the team's high-impact rookie ready to make a debut, but he is likely a victim of a logjam at center. The Avs have Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny and Tyler Arnason for the first three lines and likely don't want Hensick playing a checking-line role. Hensick is all offense and he has talent to spare. He should be leaving the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for the AHL this season and a long-term injury up the middle in Colorado would force his debut. Remember the name, but don't worry about stashing him outside of keeper leagues. Chris Stewart is a bit of a longer shot to make the club and I am a little worried about him after watching his brother Anthony fizzle with the Panthers. Hopefully he'll get a shot in the AHL this season so we can see if he adjusts better than Anthony did.
Edmonton Oilers: Robert Nilsson tops my list among a cornucopia of young talent that is ready to bust onto the scene. Nilsson is one of my favorite young talents to watch, and sometimes shows off skills that would rank him among the elite if he brought that high level of play every night. And that is where the problem lies; Nilsson doesn't always "bring it." Either way, he should crack the top six in Edmonton with little difficulty, considering the lack of star power on the team. I'll be spending a mid- to late-round pick on him in my draft. Now we have an issue. There is likely one spot open at center for either Andrew Cogliano, Robbie Schremp or Ryan O'Marra. Schremp and O'Marra are coming off of season-ending knee injuries, so let's start with them. Schremp has the most long-term potential of all of them, and can be a bona fide superstar in the league when he's ready. Unlike O'Marra, though, Schremp will be wearing a knee brace all season and hasn't been training this summer because of his injury (O'Marra had a quick recovery). I think Schremp is destined to start the season in the AHL but -- and this is a big but -- because of his tremendous upside, he is still someone who should be drafted late in fantasy. That leaves O'Marra and Cogliano, and Cogliano is who I'll peg as having the bigger fantasy impact. Cogliano is another pure talent out of the CCHA. He finished fourth in the scoring race and is jumping to the professional ranks after his sophomore season. At this level, he already has more offensive talent than Jarret Stoll, so he could very well end up centering the second line. More offense is what the Oilers need and that is what Cogliano has over O'Marra. O'Marra is a physical presence who scores his points by being aggressive, but the Oil already have similar players. O'Marra also plays comfortably on the wing, meaning he could also be in line for a spot, but it's Cogliano who could wind up in a prime role. Finally, Marc-Antoine Pouliot should play a bigger role with the Oilers. He excels at passing and setting up goals. Pouliot is still a season away from his other young teammates joining him; he's a stasher for keeper leagues but might not have much impact this season as he puts up his best numbers when on the ice with superstar talent.
Minnesota Wild: The Wild actually have a full slate of skaters ready to go, and will have to do some demoting to make room for any rookies outside of goaltender Josh Harding. Nonetheless, they have some blue-chippers that could make the team with a good camp and preseason. Topping the list from a skills standpoint is center James Sheppard. He has been putting up power forward type numbers in the QMJHL and actually has a fairly filled-out frame for a 19-year-old. His size will give him a chance at jumping from the "Q" to the NHL as a third-line player for the Wild, but he would be better-served in the AHL. I wouldn't worry about him on draft day because his best numbers will come when he is playing on the first power-play unit for the Wild, and that shouldn't happen this season. I still love the potential that Benoit Pouliot brings to the team, but he is still too undersized at 6-foot-3 and only 183 pounds. If he has bulked up over the summer, he could break camp and get a preseason trial. His adjustment to the AHL was slow and I think his point-per-game potential won't be realized quite yet. Look out for him in 2008-09. Petr Kalus came over from Boston in the trade for Manny Fernandez. Kalus has eagerly come to North America and already put in a season in the Western Hockey League and the AHL. I don't think he has as much opportunity as Sheppard to crack the top six because the wings are where the Wild are loaded. I'd be remiss not to at least mention Harding again as someone who should be drafted in every league. He has more future potential than Niklas Backstrom to be a No. 1 goalie. He will likely play the backup role this season, but could steal more and more starts if Backstrom doesn't get it done.
Vancouver Canucks: Luc Bourdon won't be in the Canucks' plans initially, but he is the best young prospect with an outside chance of making a strong impact this season. He'll begin the season in the AHL, but his offensive instincts are greater than those of the other Canucks defensemen at the NHL level. The team might realize it needs him for the power play if he starts out hot with the Manitoba Moose. Alexander Edler, doesn't have quite the intriguing upside of Bourdon, but is a step closer to a regular job in Vancouver after playing 22 games with the team last season. If Lukas Krajicek doesn't realize his potential as a power-play staple, Edler is likely next in line.
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks: If given the shot at a full-time role among the top six, Bobby Ryan has to be in any discussion about the Calder Trophy. He has poise, offense, size and smarts. Even if Teemu Selanne returns for another go-around, Selanne and Todd Bertuzzi are far from guaranteed to stay healthy and Ryan could even beat out Corey Perry for a top-six spot if given the opportunity. Not many stars have to align to get this kid an important role with the Ducks, and all he has done at every level is score, score, score. It's going to be an interesting training camp story to watch, but I have him pegged to make an impact this season. A big one.
Dallas Stars: You can't say that teams don't have consistency in their scouting, because Dallas looks to have another Jere Lehtinen on their hands in Loui Eriksson. Eriksson does have more upside to his offense, though, which makes him even more interesting for fantasy. He is by no means a rookie after playing 59 games last season, but he had little ice time to work with. Now that Eric Lindros has been run out of town, Eriksson could win a role in the top six. Niklas Grossman is a name to know, but only to avoid him. Dallas loves him and is going to push him into a regular role on the team, but they love him for his elite defensive play. He is a nonfactor on offense and doesn't take penalties, which makes him dead to me in fantasy.
Los Angeles Kings: Patrick O'Sullivan is a name already burned into many fantasy owners' minds after he finished the season with 12 points in 14 games. Again, he is not a rookie, but he is going to take a huge step into fantasy relevance this season. There is a solid chance he will be shifting over to the wing to land in L.A.'s much-improved top six. Jack Johnson is another game-changing superstar defenseman who is going to dominate the league for years to come. However, stay away this year. The Kings have one of the best defensive cores in the entire NHL and look to be a competitive team this season in the Pacific. That means power-play time on the blue line will likely go in this pecking order: Lubomir Visnovsky, Rob Blake, Tom Preissing, and then Johnson. He will be learning from some very skilled defensemen, including one of the best of the last decade (Blake), but his actual impact will be minimal unless the Kings falter more than expected this season and start playing for next year. In other words, he shouldn't go in a fantasy draft anywhere near as high as fellow rookie rear guard superstar Erik Johnson (no relation) of St. Louis. Remember the names Jonathan Quick and Jonathan Bernier. Both goaltenders are still young and raw, but both have also signed contracts with the Kings and have the potential to be No. 1 NHL goaltenders. With Dan Cloutier and Jason LaBarbera set to begin the season as the Kings' netminders, we could start hearing whispers about Bernier and Quick.
Phoenix Coyotes: The 'Yotes have tons of talent that is developing throughout the minor leagues, but few of them are set to make any kind of debut with the club. That is, except for Peter Mueller. It's no secret the club is hoping he not only steals a roster spot this season, but maybe even the first-line center role. Guess what? I anticipate that he will do just that. Heck, I think he'll lead the team in scoring. However, take that sentence with a grain of salt. Last season, Shane Doan led the team with 55 points and the majority of the team's plus/minus looked like temperature readings in the Antarctic. So just how valuable can 60 points and a minus-20 be in fantasy? Frankly, Mueller won't be that valuable unless your league doesn't count plus/minus. Mueller will be the shining star on a young Phoenix team in 2008-09, but this season will be a difficult one. Martin Hanzal and Alexei Kaigorodov both have a
good chance to end up in the AHL. Hanzal stepped into the WHL from the Czech Republic and led the Red Deer Rebels with 85 points while winning the rookie scoring crown. He will be Mueller's partner in crime in a
couple of seasons, but as I mentioned, the youth movement in the desert isn't expected this season, so Hanzal could wind up in the AHL. Kaigorodov is a little more difficult to gauge. He rejected an assignment in the AHL with Ottawa last season and went home sulking to Russia. That doesn't change the fact that he has a wealth of offense to his game and could contribute with regular minutes with some adjustment to the North American game. The problem is that he refused to make that adjustment last season, so who's to say he would make it this season? Hanzal and Kaigorodov have tremendous upside in keeper leagues, but have too many questions about them to worry about this season.
San Jose Sharks: With their scoring lines all set, the Sharks' only openings are on the third and fourth lines. With no prospects absolutely banging on the door, those openings will go to role players who are ready for the NHL and will have no relevance to fantasy. Winger Devin Setoguchi and defenseman Ty Wishart are the team's best prospects, but will only make the jump from the WHL to the AHL. If the Sharks don't sign a backup goaltender, Thomas Greiss will likely man the bench with the ball cap on. The German goaltender is not a threat to Evgeni Nabokov's playing time (yet) and I don't think I'd trust him on my fantasy team if anything happened to Nabokov.
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TARP Dividend Payments Total $16 Billion, Treasury Figures Show
The U.S. Treasury Department has received about $16 billion in dividends and interest on its investments in banks, insurance companies and automakers through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a report showed.
Payments totaling $666 million have been made since the previous report in August, according to government data to be released tomorrow. Half of that came from banks participating in the capital purchase program, which the Treasury used to inject $205 billion into about 700 banks and which has collected $9.8 billion in dividends.
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The Public-Private Investment Program, in which Treasury backs funds that buy distressed securities from banks, has accrued $140 million in dividends, including $21.8 million since the previous report.
The Treasury also is still getting payments from its asset guarantee program, which provided $5 billion in aid to Citigroup Inc. and has accumulated $411 million in total interest so far.
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Antiviral Miraculous Detoxifying Herb.
Gynura procumbens is the new superfood. In Java, the young shoots of this plant are eaten raw as a vegetable. Singaporeans find it more palatable if the leaves have been blanched in hot water before consumption. This would be a matter of taste.
Ultimately, you are what you eat. For someone living with diabetes nothing could be truer. When it comes to maintaining good blood sugar levels, a healthy diet is vital. People with diabetes have to take extra care to ensure their diet is properly balanced with their insulin and oral medications. The right meal plan will also help any person living with diabetes improve their blood glucose levels. In Thai, this herb is known to reduce blood sugar and reverse diabetes. It is called "Longevity Spinach" it is said to be effective on Type 2 Diabetes and has proven to lower blood glucose on type 1 diabetes as well. Being an anti viral and anti-inflammatory herb it has the ability to help regulate not only the blood glucose, but also blood pressure and cholesterol levels. It has also shown promising results against viruses such as cancer and HIV.
General studies:
Anti-Inflammatory: Study of ethanol extract showed antiinflammatory activity.
Antihypertensive: Study showed the oral administration of aqueous extract significantly lowered blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Results suggest GPE may be useful for prevention and treatment of hypertension through increasing NO (nitric oxide) production in blood vessels.
Glucose Lowering: Ethanolic extract of leaves significantly suppressed elevated serum glucose levels in diabetic rats. The extract did not significantly suppress glucose levels in normal rats. Results conclude the leaves of GP may be biguanide-like activity.
Abundant Leaf Proteins / Peroxidase: Study found few abundant proteins from the leaves of GP; among these, peroxidase was found the most abundant of the extracted proteins. Results suggest a natural source for peroxidase for use in the cosmetic and skin care industry.
Nutritive / Antioxidative Properties: Ethanolic Gynura extract exhibited the highest antioxidative properties in every assay. Nutritive evaluation suggests the extract is a good protein source and may have positive effects on free radical scavenging and iron chelating.
Gynura procumbens Medical Toothpaste: A Gynura procumbens toothpaste invention consists of" gynura procumbens (Lour.) extractant of 1-20%, glycerol of 20-55%, diglycol of 10-15%, abradant of 20-45%, carboxymethyl cellulose of 0.5-1.5%, sodium dodecyl sulfate of 0.5-2%, additive of 1-4%, essence of 1-2% and saccharin of 0.1-1%.
Anti-Ulcerogenic: Study results suggest the ethanolic leaf extract of Gynura procumbens promotes ulcer protection as shown by significant reduction of ulcer area, histologic decreases in ulcer areas, with absence or reduction of edema and leucocyte infiltration of submucosal layer.
Anti-Diabetic: (1) Study evaluating the water extract of G. procumbens in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats showed a hypoglycemic effect by promoting glucose uptake by muscles. (2) Study results suggest the antidiabetic effect may be mediated through the stimulation of glucose uptake and the potentiation of insulin action.
Toxicological Evaluation: Administration of a methanol extract of G. procumbens did not produce mortality or significant changes in various parameters in both acute and sub-chronic toxicity studies.
Besides the above medicinal properties, according to the Plant Resources of South East Asia (PROSEA), this plant is also used in Africa, where the boiled leaves are applied externally to relieve general body pains and raw leaves for rheumatic pains. Dried and pounded leaves are mixed with oil and applied as a poultice to treat skin complaints. It also used for the treatment of kidney problems and dysentery.
Longevity Spinach (gynura procumbens) can be eaten fresh like a salad, stir fried with other vegetables, juiced, and also enjoyed as a cup of tea. It has a very delicious taste.
This plant grows easily from stem-cuttings. Seeds are not available. It is best grown in well-draining, fertile soil that is kept moist at all times. Semi-shade is preferred by this plant although it can be slowly adapted to grow in full sun, provided the plant does not dry out at the roots. Initial planting under direct sunshine will result in burnt leaves and stunting in growth. Growth should resume once the plant has acclimatised to its new growing conditions.
Gynura procumbens grows as a scrambling perennial plant with stems that can extend 18-20 feet long if left to grow. The fleshy leaves are bright green, and rather smooth to touch. The shape of leaves can vary depending on the growing conditions and they can range from roundish to ovate in shape but are all shallowly toothed at the margins.
In shade, they are darker green and appear rather flat but under direct sun, the two sides of each leaf may develop a slight V shape along the mid-rib and take on a lighter green color. The plants I have seen so far have green leaf undersides although I read that there are plants with purple undersides.
The stems can be totally purple or have patches/specks of purple. From the above description, one can observe that Gynura procumbens can be highly variable.
Gynura will climb if you let it but it is easy to keep it as a small bush in pots with regular pruning (harvesting/eating).
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Hippocrates 431 B.C.
And now onto something for your garden's delight!
Yarrow has quite outstanding properties, medicinally and for the restoration of your garden, it adds grace to anywhere it may be planted. As I work on my new formulated Diaphoretic (Increases perspiration and opens pores) Bath made with Yarrow extract I ponder Yarrow's many benefits and would like to share a little info.
Growing yarrow is more than medicinal. The plant itself can be grown near other plants to increase their resistance to disease, and improve their flavor or fragrance. Yarrow is also surprisingly effective at increasing the breakdown of compost; I have seen a ratio of 1 small leaf to an entire wheelbarrow of raw material! While this may or may not be the case, after harvesting and cleaning the entire plant, be sure to throw any damaged leaves and the unused stems, into the compost. Yarrow is also a useful natural fertilizer for the garden.
Use a decoction of yarrow for a soothing skin wash. It is also good to use as a mouthwash to soothe inflamed gum tissue. Don't forget its deer and mosquito repellent properties as well!
Growing a vegetable garden as an integral part of frugal living.
There are so many today who for various reasons are incorporating more frugal living tips into their everyday routine. How quaint. Most folks practice "frugal living" for survival purposes—in other words they have to in order to stretch the paycheck and home budget from week to week.
But even people with plenty of money have good reason to embrace frugal living techniques. You might want to avoid waste, reduce your carbon footprint, or simply to put more money away for a rainy day.
Whatever the reason for your desire for more frugal living, you are in excellent company and a multitude of resources are available to you. Having your own vegetable garden can seriously reduce your food bill if you plan things properly. Buying plants, seed, garden implements, compost and other items thought to be necessary for proper gardening can become quite expensive if you don't watch it!
As summer fast approaches, I would like to suggest plants that will repel mosquitoes in your landscape and how to use these plants to enjoy the outdoors during summer. In addition to the plants that repel mosquitoes I would like to suggest additional, eco-friendly ways to keep mosquitoes from your outdoor living spaces.
Some areas of the southeast have had drought busting rainstorms and even with the tremendous amounts of rainfall, these areas are still considered to be under drought conditions. With the severe amounts of rainfall that comes into an area, and the warmer temperatures of the season that is a sure sign the pesky mosquito is not far behind.
The plants that I am suggesting will repel mosquitoes from your outdoor living space. There are a few suggestions when planning to use the plants mentioned to enhance the natural repelling abilities:
vUse the plants in containers around your patio, deck, or outdoor living space such as patio tables and chairs.
vUse the plants in containers or planted in the ground by your front door and your back door.
vLemon Grass is the #1 recommended plant to grow in the landscape and in containers to use around your patio, deck or outdoor living spaces to repel mosquitoes during the summer.
vBefore having outdoor activities brush the Lemon Grass to release more of its fragrance.
vLemon Grass can be used in cooking.
Here are a few suggestions recommended to do in addition to using the recommended plants:
vFix all outdoor facets that drip.
vDrain your birdbath twice a week and refill your birdbath.
vTurn your empty outside pots and containers upside down to prevent the containers from collecting water.
vDrain your plant saucers that collect water once a week, mosquitos lay their eggs in stagnant water.
vTo reduce numerous other flying insects, including mosquitoes, plant marigolds in containers or in the landscape.
There are additional benefits to adding mosquito-repelling plants to your landscape. A few of the benefits are that the mixture of plants listed can be used in addition to repelling mosquitoes, but also used as herbs in cooking, the trees listed will attract additional wildlife such as birds to the garden to give natural predators of mosquitoes a safe heaven, the majority of the plants are nectar and larval food plants for butterflies in your area, and the Silver Dollar Tree can be used in your fresh cut flower arrangements as greens.
Ageratum or Floss Flower: Ageratum houstonianum. Type: Annual. Height: 6-12". Spacing: 6-8" apart. Light Requirement: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Butterfly nectar plant.
Basil: Ocimum basilicum. Type: Annual. Height: 2 feet. Spacing: 18-24" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Butterfly nectar plant, the leaves are used in cooking.
Cadaga Tree: Eucalyptus torelliana.Type: Tree. Height: To 80 feet. Spacing: 20-30 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun. Additional Uses: Attracts wildlife to the garden.
Catmint: Nepeta faassenii.Type: Perennial. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 12-18 " apart. Additional Uses: Butterfly nectar plant, and your cats will love it. The picture on the right is Catmint.
Catnip: Nepeta cataria. Type: Perennial. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 12-18 " apart. Additional Uses: Butterfly nectar plant, and your cats will love it.
Citronella Grass: Cymbopogon nardus.Type: Perennial in USDA Zones 9 and 10, annual outside zone 9. Height: 5-6 feet. Spacing: 3-5 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The oil from the plant is used in citronella candles.
Clove Tree: Syzygium aromaticum.Type: Tree. Height: 20-30 feet. Spacing: 25 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The flower buds are the spice of commerce, and attracts wildlife to the garden.
Horsemint or Lemon Beebalm: Monarda citriodora.Type: Perennial. Height: 12-30". Spacing: 12-24" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The flowers can be used in fresh cut arrangements, nectar plant for butterflies and hummingbirds.
Lavender: Lavandula angustifolia.Type: Perennial. Height: 18-24". Spacing: 12-18" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Nectar plant for butterflies, flowers can be dried, in potpourris, and sachets.
Lemon Balm: Melissa officinalis.Type: Perennial. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 12-18" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: All leaves can be used in potpourris, flavor hot and iced teas, and used as a substitute for lemon peel in cooking.
Lemon Grass: Cymbopogon citrates.Type: Perennial to USDA zone 8, treat as an annual elsewhere. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 3-5 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The leaves are used in cooking.
Lemon Scented Geranium: Pelargonium crispum.Type: Perennial. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 12" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Nectar plant for butterflies, leaves are used in cooking, in potpourris, and sachets.
Lemon Verbena: Aloysia triphylla.Type: Perennial to USDA zone 8, treat as an annual elsewhere. Height: To 4 feet. Spacing: 18-24" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The oil is used in perfumes; the leaves are used in flavoring teas and jellies.
Mexican Marigold Mint: Tagetes lucida.Type: Perennial. Height: 24-30". Spacing: 12-18" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Butterfly nectar and larval food plant, fresh flowers are used in salads, leaves are used as a substitute for French tarragon.
Mindanao Gum Tree: Eucalyptus deglupta.Type: Tree. Height: To 225 feet. Spacing: 30 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Attracts wildlife to the garden.
Pennyroyal: Mentha pulegium.Type: Perennial. Height: 6-12". Spacing: 12" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: A groundcover, nectar plant for butterflies, the leaves are used in the flavoring for fish dishes.
Peppermint: Mentha piperita.Type: Perennial. Height: 24-36". Spacing: 12-18" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Leaves are used fresh in hot and iced teas, butterfly nectar and larval food plant.
Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes alata.Type: Herbaceous perennial. Height: To 14 feet, usually grown in a hanging basket. Spacing: N/A. Light Requirements: Partial shade to shade. Additional Uses: Will attract and capture all types of pesky insects from your garden. The plant is available at local garden centers in hanging baskets and can be placed in tree limbs or placed on patio plant stands. The plant uses the insects it captures as fertilizer. The picture on the left is Mindanao Gum, and the picture on the right is Mexican Marigold Mint.
Prostrate Rosemary: Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostrates'.Type: Perennial shrub or groundcover. Height: 12-18". Spacing: 2 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The leaves are used in lamb and fish dishes, butterfly nectar plant, drought tolerant plant.
Red-Flowering Gum Tree: Eucalyptus ficifolia.Type: Tree. Height: 25-30 feet. Spacing: 20-25 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun. Additional Uses: After establishment in the landscape the tree is very drought tolerant, the leaves are fragrant, attracts wildlife to the garden, very showy red flowers in spring and summer.
Roman Wormwood: Artemisia pontica.Type: Perennial. Height: 18-24". Spacing: 12" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun. Additional Uses: Nectar and larval food plant for butterflies, drought tolerant plant.
Rosemary: Rosmarinus officinalis.Type: Perennial shrub. Height: 4 feet. Spacing: 3-5 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: The leaves are used in lamb and fish dishes, drought tolerant plant, and butterfly nectar plant.
Silver Dollar Tree: Eucalyptus cinerea.Type: Tree. Height: To 20 feet. Spacing: 25 feet apart. Light Requirements: Full sun. Additional Uses: Attracts wildlife to the garden, the foliage is used in fresh cut flower arrangements as greens, and dried floral arrangements.
Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare.Type: Perennial. Height: 3-4 feet. Spacing: 12-18" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Nectar food plant for butterflies. The picture on the left is Prostrate Rosemary, and the picture on the right is Pitcher Plant.
Wormwood: Artemisia absinthium.Type: Perennial. Height: 2-3 feet. Spacing: 18-24" apart. Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade. Additional Uses: Nectar and larval food plant for butterflies, drought tolerant plant.
A healthy vibrant garden requires organic nutrients like carbon and nitrogen. Compost is a natural recycling technique used by organic gardeners to put nutrients back into depleted soil. It can be made at home by reusing leftover scraps from the kitchen and organic matter from the yard. Check out our article on the benefits of compost for your garden.
Making compost is like baking a cake or making soup. When you make it the first time or two, you use a recipe. The recipe contains a list of ingredients and an explanation of how to combine them. If an ingredient is missing or isn't added according to the recipe the cake or soup might fail.
This also applies to compost, there is a recipe. There are specific ingredients that require specific measurements. Furthermore, like your cake recipe the ingredients must be combined in a certain way for the recipe to succeed.
Below is a recipe for two different types of compost piles. One is high maintenance and will produce compost quickly in four to six weeks. The other is a low maintenance recipe and who knows when you will have compost. It could be one month, two months or even a year before you have usable compost.
Spring and fall are great times to start composting as there are plenty of ingredients available from your own garden and kitchen waste. So clean up the yard, follow the recipe below and start composting!
Note: You will need nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) at a ratio of one part (N)itrogen to three parts (C)arbon.
(N)itrogen (one part) components consist of:
(C)arbon (three parts) components consists of:
Water - You will need just enough water for the pile to be moist, not wet.
Air Circulation
What NOT to add to a compost pile:
Ashes from coal or charcoal, cat litter or droppings, dog waste, fish scraps, ashes from untreated wood, meat, fat, grease, oils, bones, milk, cheese, yogurt, potatoes, sawdust and wood shavings from chemically treated wood.
Recipe for a high maintenance compost pile:
If you want compost quickly and you aren't afraid of a few quick chores then this recipe is for you.
Compost can be made in a pile in the back yard or a bin according to the compost chef's preferences. Keep in mind that if you mix your compost in a pile, it needs to be protected from varmints. You can easily do this by surrounding the pile with chicken wire or by building a wood enclosure. Make sure that any large ingredients, like paper bags or garden waste, are broken down into small pieces so that they will quickly decompose.
For maximum production of your compost pile, combine all of your ingredients at once. Don't keep adding ingredients to the bin. Every time a new ingredient is added to the pile, the decomposition process starts over. That's why it is a good idea to have two piles going at the same time. Use one pile to collect the ingredients and a second pile that is engaged in the composting process.
To build your compost pile, first put a pile of twigs and sticks at the bottom so your pile will circulate air and breathe. Next, layer the (C)arbon and (N)itrogen ingredients on top of the twigs, starting with the (C)arbon ingredients. Continue with the (N)itrogen and then the (C)arbon, next the (N)itrogen and finishing with the (C)arbon.
Next add water. Add just enough so that the ingredients feel like a damp sponge that has been wrung out. To test for dampness pick up a handful of the ingredients and wring them out. If a few drops of water come out, it's perfect. However if a stream of water comes out, your pile is too wet. If the pile is too wet, add more dry ingredients and let the pile dry out. To help the pile quickly dry while keeping it oxygenated, turn it often using a shovel or a pitch fork, about once every day or two.
If you mixed one part (N)itrogen with three parts (C)arbon and your compost pile is damp like a wrung out sponge, it should heat to a temperature between 104°-160°, even in cold northern climates. Stir the pile about every four to seven days. Mix thoroughly. Stirring will move the cold ingredients into the warm center of the pile. Stirring replenishes foods and oxygen for the microorganisms that are hard at work breaking down the ingredients. Heat helps the ingredients quickly decompose and keeps the pile operating at its peak. Moreover, at 131° most disease causing pathogens die as well as pests, seeds and weeds.
You will know when your compost is finished when it smells earthy, contains small uniform particles and the color resembles dark brown soil and is light and fluffy.
Recipe for low maintenance compost:
If you don't care how long it takes to make compost, one month, six months, or even one year and you don't have time for weekly chores, then this recipe is for you.
Follow the above recipe. The exception, the ingredients of this low maintenance pile do not need to be combined at the same time. You can start your pile with a few ingredients and add ingredients as they become available. Furthermore, you don't need to stir this pile as often, just when you think of it. In this low maintenance recipe, do not add weeds or diseased plants because the compost won't get hot enough to destroy pathogens.
List of handy tools:
The following is a chart listing common composting materials
Amber's Corner. Garden Tip of the month.
Winston Churchill was a bigger-than-life statesman, military man and strong voice during the horror of World War II. He also wrote, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. He used words well. His wisdom is something to study for straight-forward talk.
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Churchill understood responsibility. There is a valuable lesson here that if the United States is to be a leader in green living, we must act accordingly. Being green isn't always easy, but it's the right thing to do.
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
Giving back to the planet is an honorable thing to do. There is a certain sense of satisfaction that comes from knowing that you are making green choices and reducing your carbon footprint. It's a personal thing. Some people may not car to make that decision, but you have. You are helping to make a better life for future generations.
"We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty."
One of the best ways to live a green lifestyle is to live within your means, using just what you need. America has become a society of plenty. It's not enough to have just one TV or stereo. The average American has lots of things. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average household has 24 electronic products. This adds up to significant portion of your home's carbon footprint.
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
Some people write off actions like recycling or smart purchases, saying that they mean nothing. However, when taken as a whole, your choices and those of others make a big difference. Americans are embracing recycling more and more. Recovery rates of most items in the municipal solid waste stream continue to rise. It's the change in attitude that makes the difference.
Winston Churchill was a wise man in his time and still today. He has much to teach us about fortitude and courage even in the darkest times. His words can be an inspiration to you and others to make good choices that will benefit the environment and future generations. These selfless acts are the foundation of greatness.
Ingredients: green and brown yard waste, water as needed.
What does it exactly mean to live organically? Well, aside from eating organic foods, organic living applies to many things. This day and age, our home living environments are constantly inundated with products, many of which we have grown so accustomed to, that we really don't always stop to think if they could be affecting our health - especially in the long term. Many people who have made the switch to organic and natural living, oftentimes were prompted to do so because of unexplainable health conditions (such as allergies) that seemingly popped up overnight. It goes to show how much we truly don't know about the repercussions and effects of manmade chemicals and artificial substances present in our daily lives. If you stop to think about it, it makes perfect sense to live as Mother Nature intended us to. Even if you can't do everything organically, you can at least try doing things more naturally. Please take your time to read up on our organic living tips and articles presented below. If you're like us, you will be surprised how much there is to learn about organic living.


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, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp 163-182
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Who Toes the Party Line? Cues, Values, and Individual Differences
- Cindy D. KamAffiliated withDepartment of Political Science, University of California–Davis Email author
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This article explores individual differences in citizens' reliance on cues and values in political thinking. It uses experimental evidence to identify which citizens are likely to engage in heuristic processing and which citizens are likely to engage in systematic processing in developing opinions about a novel issue. The evidence suggests that political awareness crisply distinguishes between heuristic and systematic processors. The less politically aware rely on party cues and not on an issue-relevant value. As political awareness increases, reliance on party cues drops and reliance on an issue-relevant value rises. Need for cognition fails to yield clear results. The results suggest two routes to opinion formation: heuristic processing and systematic processing. Political awareness, not need for cognition, predicts which route citizens will take.
Keywordspublic opinion political psychology political awareness party cues dual-process models need for cognition.
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- Title
- Who Toes the Party Line? Cues, Values, and Individual Differences
- Journal
Political Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 2 , pp 163-182
- Cover Date
- 2005-06
- 10.1007/s11109-005-1764-y
- Print ISSN
- 0190-9320
- Online ISSN
- 1573-6687
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- public opinion
- political psychology
- political awareness
- party cues
- dual-process models
- need for cognition.
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- Authors
- Cindy D. Kam (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Political Science, University of California–Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA


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Homecoming 2011
Celebrating our 75th Annual Bobcat Homecoming
|Tues - Sept 20th
|Queen's Court Assembly
|8:00am - Tartoni Athletic Center
|Fri - Sept 23rd
|Interclass Games
|8:45am - Tartoni Athletic Center
|5:00pm - Saginaw Street Downtown GB
|Game vs. Howell
|7:00pm - Frank Thomas Field
|Half-Time Festivities
|8:15pm - Frank Thomas Field
|Sat - Sept 24th
|Alumni Banquet
|6:00pm - BrickStreet - on Grand Blanc Road
Homecoming Notes
| - Tickets are on sale for the game during the entire week of Homecoming in the Athletic Office. Please get them in advance and save waiting in long lines at the gates. The cost is $5 per person.
- The Parade begins at the High School East Campus at 5:00pm and works it way to the High School West Campus lower parking lot as a finishing area.- Half-Time festivities include the introduction of our Distinguished Alumni Award Winners , the crowning of the Homecoming Queen, and the Marching Band
- Alumni Banquet tickets are available by calling the Alumni Office at 810-591-6021 by September 10, 2011. The cost is $25 per person. You can charge them using your VISA Card - by clicking on the Payschools tab on the left side of this page, or stop at our Alumni Office and pay by cash or check. Please don't send your payment in the mail.