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• Erie County Industrial Development Agency Policy Committee meeting, 8:30 a.m., ECIDA, 143 Genesee St., Reservations, 856-6525, Ext. 136 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Professional groups
• The Buffalo Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis, monthly dinner meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., M&T Bank–M&T Center, Training Room B, 1 Fountain Plaza, (enter on Chippewa Street at Washington). Parking available across on Washington St. in the M&T parking lot. CDUs/PDUs 1. Cost: $10 advance Buffalo/Rochester IIBA member; $15 IIBA Member no chapter affiliation; $25 nonmember; $25 at-the-door. Information and registration, http://iibabuffalo.onefireplace.com.
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• BNI Executive Marketing Team, breakfast meeting, 6:45-8:30 a.m., Milos Restaurant, 5877 Main St. Williamsville. Information 818-2526 or www.bniemt.com.
• The Parachute Group, a networking group for downsized employees and career changers, 10 a.m., Lakewood Town Offices (upstairs), 20 W. Summit St., Lakewood. Call 276-1127.
• The Erie County Industrial Development Agency, Buffalo and Erie County Regional Development Corp. and Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp., Finance and Audit Committee meeting, 11 a.m., ECIDA, 143 Genesee St. Confirmations 856-6525, Ext. 136.
• The Amherst Chamber of Commerce, Emerging Business Leaders, Food for Thought, noon-1:30 p.m., Amherst Chamber of Commerce, 350 Essjay Road, Suite 200, Williamsville. Guest: Mary Owen, Buffalo Bills. Information and reservations, 632-6905 or email@example.com.
• West Seneca Chamber of Commerce, B2B, business after hours networking event, 5-7 p.m., Strikers Lanes, 50 Michael Road at Union Road, West Seneca. Fee: $5 members; $8 future members. Required reservations, 674-4900.
• The Buffalo Niagara Travel Professionals, networking and dinner meeting, 5:15 p.m., Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, 28 Old Falls St., Niagara Falls. Topic: Food for the Body, Mind and Soul. Cost: $25 members; $30 guests and late fee. Reservations with check payable to "BNTP" to Justin Zarnoch, BNTP, P.O. Box 333, East Aurora, NY 14052. Last minute RSVPs, email firstname.lastname@example.com and pay at door.
• Executive Taking Action Forum, Life Coach Roundtable, a leadership and personal development networking group, 7 p.m., Holiday Inn Buffalo Airport, 4600 Genesee St., Cheektowaga. Reservations 202-8423.
Seminars and classes
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Export Assistance Center, Chautauqua County IDA, Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, the Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara and the Upstate NY District Export Council, export workshop, 9 a.m.-noon, Jamestown Community College–Carnahan Building, Classroom 123, 525 Falconer Ave., Jamestown. Topic: Export Workshop: Tools to Grow Your Business. Free. Information 551-4191 or email@example.com.
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• The National Association of Purchasing Management, NAPM–Buffalo, educational networking and dinner meeting, 5 p.m., Protocol Restaurant, 6766 Transit Road, Williamsville. Program: Ignite Creative-Thinking Performance. Cost: $25 members; $30 guests; $15 full time student. Information and registration, 648-0972 or email@example.com.
Business groups
• The Advantage Business Networking Group of Niagara County, 6:45-8:30 a.m., Wheatfield Community Center, 2790 Church Road, North Tonawanda. Call 433-2402.
• The Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce, morning business exchange networking group meeting, 8 a.m., Dutch Mill Family Restaurant, 5259 Broadway, Lancaster. Call 681-9755.
• Pro-Net Professional Networking Group meeting, 8:30 a.m., today and Thursday, Amherst Chamber of Commerce, 350 Essjay Road, Suite 200, Amherst. Reservations 632-6905.
• Women's Business Center at Canisius, Women In Networking–South meeting, 8:15-9:30 a.m., Colonial Wine & Spirits, 3211 Southwestern Blvd., Orchard Park. Reservations firstname.lastname@example.com.
• The Parachute Group, a networking group for individuals in career/job transition, 10 a.m., Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, Amherst. Call 276-1777.
• Kiwanis Club of Buffalo, 12:10 p.m., Holiday Inn Downtown, 620 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Reservations 854-4034 or www.buffalokiwanisclub.com.
Seminars and classes
• SBA Business Matchmaker & Expo, small business owners can discuss potential contracting opportunities with representatives from colleges and universities, large corporations and federal, state and local agencies, 7 a.m., Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St. Cost $30. SCORE Buffalo Niagara, "Selling to the Government" workshop, 9-10 a.m. and 10:15-11:15 a.m. Registration Scot Thompson, 551-4301 or email@example.com.
• Fourteen Ways to Preserve Your Assets with the Medicaid Laws, seminar, 5:30 p.m., Orazio's Restaurant, 9415 Main St, Clarence. Speakers: Robert Friedman, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, and Jeff Vastola, M&T Securities. Information and registration, 542-5444.
Professional groups
• The Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association, Spring Meeting: Building an Innovation Environment, 5:30-8 p.m., The Larkin Building at Exchange, 726 Exchange St. Speaker: Dr. Gina O'Connor, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Cost: $30 nonmembers; $20 members and students. Information www.pdma.org/p/cm/ld/fid=55.
Business groups
• BNI Platinum, networking meeting, 6:45 a.m., Milos Restaurant, 5877 Main St., Williamsville. Information 864-0478.
• BNI Pinnacle, networking meeting, 6:45-8:30 a.m., Transit Valley Country Club, 8920 Transit Road, East Amherst. Reservations 585-704-4383.
• BNI Signature, networking meeting, 6:45-8:30 a.m., K of C Banquet Facility, 2735 Union Road, Cheektowaga. Information 886-1257, Ext. 201.
• The WNY Business Alliance, business-to-business networking meeting, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Millennium Hotel and Resort, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Call 310-3235.
• The Western New York Business Network Group for professionals, 7:45 a.m., Comfort Inn, 1 Flint Road, Amherst, Information 553-8883.
• Manufacturers Council Tour of Tapecon, 8:30-10 a.m., Tapecon Inc. 701 Seneca St., Suite 255. Please enter via Larkin St. Register 852-7100.
• Rotary Club of Buffalo, 12:15 p.m., Salvatore's Italian Gardens. Program: Buffalo Niagara Business Ethics Awards, with Dr. Michael W. Cropp, president/CEO, Independent Health. 854-3397.
• Working for Downtown, Thursday in the City, 5-8 p.m., Papaya, 118 W. Chippewa St. Information www.workingfordowntown.org.
• Buffalo Niagara Sales & Marketing Executives, Buckets & Beers Golf Networking Event, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wehrle Golf Dome, 8230 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville. Cost: $20, includes a bucket of balls plus food at Billy Baroo's Restaurant. Registration: 662-2279 or www.bnsme.org.
Professional groups
• ASME Buffalo Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME, luncheon meeting, noon, Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St. Topic: Mechanical Draw Bridges: Planning/Design/Repair. Reservations sections.asme.org/buffalo.
Business groups
• BNI Enterprise, networking meeting, 6:45-8:30 a.m., Fairdale Banquet Center, 672 Wehrle Drive, Amherst. Information, 316-2302.
• BNI Circle of Excellence, networking meeting, 6:45-9 a.m., Milo's Restaurant, 5877 Main St., Williamsville. Call 408-2525.
• Buffalo Niagara Partnership Movers & Shakers, 8-10 a.m., Buffalo Niagara Partnership, 665 Main St., Suite. 200. Topic: Workforce-How the P-16 pipeline is readying our workforce. Tickets: Free Partnership members; $25 nonmembers. Registration, 541-1770.
May 14
Business groups
• Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Scramble Networking Series, noon-2 p.m., Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Ave. Tickets: $25 member; $50 nonmember. Registration: 541-1770.
Seminars and classes
• Social Media Biz Summit 2013, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Canisius College Montante Center, 2001 Main St. Cost, $225. Information and registration Renee Martinez 472-6241 or www.SocialMediaBizSummit.com.
May 15
Professional groups
• The Buffalo Chapter Society of Financial Service Professionals Educational Lunch and Learn event, noon, Northeast Retirement Plan Advisors, 950-Am Union Road, Suite 31, West Seneca. Topic: New Tax Code For A New Generation. 2 CTUs. Registration events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=op9vvofab&oeidk=a07e7cnkuwp37ffb570
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• The Binational Alliance, Erie County Industrial Development Agency, Summer Street Capital Partners, Damon Morey, Canisius College, networking and information event, Enterprising Women Series Session Two: Cross-Border Immigration Law, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, 76 Pearl St. Craft beer tastings, with a variety of appetizers & entrees. Cost: Free Binational Alliance members; $35 credit care prepayment, nonmembers. Required reservations Nick Giangreco 856-6525 Ext. 157 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Fluorescently labeled gelatin has been an informative tool in the study of cell invasion and matrix degradation. The method involves plating cells on a culture surface coated with a thin layer of a fluorescently labeled matrix and then visualizing regions where the cell has degraded the matrix to cause a loss of fluorescence signal. Such assays have pinpointed cellular regions that initiate invasion and revealed that invasive cells extend small protrusions of localized protease activity, termed podosomes in nonmalignant cells and invadopodia in cancerous cells.
This invasion of cancerous cells through extracellular matrix layers is a key step in tumor metastasis, inflammation, and development. The process involves several stages, including adhesion to the matrix, degradation of proximal matrix molecules, extension and traction of the cell on the newly revealed matrix, and movement of the cell body through the resulting gap in the matrix. Each of these invasion stages is executed by a suite of proteins, including proteases, integrins, GTPases, kinases, and cytoskeleton-interacting proteins.
The classical method for analyzing this process involves the application of cells to one side of a layer of gelled matrix molecule and quantifying the relative number of cells that traverse across the layer. Though such methods are useful for analyzing invasion at the cell population-level, fluorescently labeled gelatin has allowed for more detailed analysis of subcellular events.
However, conjugating fluorescent molecules to gelatin is laborious and dependent on user technique to create a homogenously labeled matrix. Inconsistent application on glass substrates is also possible due to non-standardized protocols.
QCM™ Gelatin Invadopodia Assay kits from EMD Millipore address these issues, providing a simplified and standardized method for producing homo-genously fluorescent matrices. The kits provide the reagents necessary for affixing thin, consistent coatings of pre-labeled fluorescent gelatin (fluorescein- or Cy3-conjugated) on glass substrates. They also include fluorescently labeled phalloidin (TRITC- or FITC-conjugated) and DAPI for visualizing cytoskeletal F-actin and nuclei, respectively, to allow for co-localization of matrix degradation with cellular features.
To demonstrate the utility of these kits in the visualization and quantification of gelatin degradation, multiple cell types were tested at multiple time points and following treatment with modulators of invadopodia formation.
The QCM Gelatin Invadopodia Assay kits can accommodate 8-well glass chamber slides, glass multiwell plates, and glass coverslips. In this study, 8-well glass chamber slides were used, coated with dilute poly-L-lysine in deionized water and rinsed with Dulbecco's PBS (DPBS). Next, dilute glutaraldehyde in DPBS was added to each well to "activate" the poly-L-lysine surface for further protein attachment. Each well was again rinsed with DPBS. Finally, 200 µL of dilute gelatin in DPBS, mixed at a 1:5 ratio of fluorescently labeled:unlabeled gelatin, was coated onto each well, followed by additional DPBS rinses.
To prepare for cell plating, the gelatin substrates were disinfected with 70% ethanol. After ethanol removal and rinsing in DPBS, free aldehydes were quenched by the addition of amino-acid-containing growth media. Cell types of interest were detached using 0.25% trypsin-EDTA, pelleted, then resuspended in growth medium to a concentration of 28,000 cells/mL (20,000 cells/cm2). Cells were seeded in a volume of 500 µL/well and cultured for the desired duration of degradation, generally between 8–48 hours.
At the desired time-point, growth media was removed from the chamber slides, and samples were fixed with 3.7% formaldehyde in DPBS. Samples were then rinsed with fluorescent staining buffer.
For immuno-co-localization studies, primary antibody in fluorescent staining buffer was added to each well for incubation. Samples were then rinsed with fluorescent staining buffer before proceeding on to incubation with fluorescent secondary antibody, fluorescently conjugated phalloidin, and DAPI in staining buffer. Primary and secondary antibodies were omitted for stains incorporating phalloidin and DAPI only. Samples were then rinsed with fluorescent staining buffer and DPBS.
Mounted cover glasses were allowed to hard-set before fluorescent imaging with illumination and filters appropriate for fluorescein/FITC, Cy3/TRITC, and DAPI excitation and emission wavelengths. Samples were imaged on an inverted wide-field fluorescent microscope at 20X objective magnification for quantification studies or at 63X objective magnification for co-localization experiments. Image analysis was performed utilizing free, downloadable ImageJ software distributed by the NIH.
Janet Anderl is an R&D research scientist for cell-based assay development, Luke Armstrong, Ph.D., is senior R&D manager for cell based assay development, and Jun Ma ([email protected]) is product manager at EMD Millipore. Web: www.millipore.com.
Janet Anderl is an R&D research scientist for cell-based assay development, Luke Armstrong, Ph.D., is senior R&D manager for cell based assay development, and Jun Ma ([email protected]) is product manager at EMD Millipore. Web: www.millipore.com.
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In 2012, onetime Buffalo Sabre Matthew Barnaby was living with a former beauty queen in his Clarence home and gave her a $50,000 diamond engagement ring and a Cadillac Escalade.
He seems to have lost all three.
But now he wants two of them back – the ring and the SUV.
Barnaby filed suit this week in State Supreme Court in Niagara County against Amber L. Lindke, of Lockport, a former Miss Buffalo and Miss Niagara County, charging that she refused to give him back the ring after the couple split in September.
Lindke's attorney, George V.C. Muscato of Lockport, said he has the ring and plans to file a counterclaim against Barnaby demanding money that the former hockey player allegedly owes Lindke for building his new website, www.mattbarnabyhockey.com.
"This isn't just about the ring. We have claims against Mr. Barnaby," Muscato said.
The lawsuit also seeks to force Lindke, 25, to sign over to Barnaby the title to the 2008 Cadillac Escalade, which is in his possession. Barnaby had previously signed over the title to Lindke.
Muscato said Barnaby is not entitled to retake the Cadillac. "It was a gift," the lawyer said. Asked how he can prove that, Muscato said, "My client has the title."
The suit says Barnaby, 39, gave Lindke the title to the vehicle in January of last year, after his driver's license was suspended because of a driving while intoxicated conviction.
The lawsuit says no money changed hands and that Barnaby continued to pay for insurance on the vehicle.
Barnaby had pleaded guilty Dec. 13, 2011, in Clarence Town Court to misdemeanor DWI, refusing to submit to a chemical test, operating with an unsafe tire and failing to notify the state Department of Motor Vehicles of a status change.
The plea came eight days after his arrest by an Erie County sheriff's deputy, who found Barnaby driving a Porsche Cayenne with a missing tire down Main Street.
Barnaby was hit with fines and surcharges of $1,950 and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service, talking to youths about the perils of drunken driving. He lost his job as an ESPN hockey analyst after the DWI arrest. He now coaches local youth hockey.
The lawsuit claims that Barnaby viewed the Cadillac title switch as a temporary transaction so Lindke could drive him where he needed to go while he was without a driver's license. He has since regained the license.
In a more recent case, Barnaby was arrested in May for pounding on the garage door of his ex-wife's Getzville home. He received an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.
Muscato declined to discuss how much money Barnaby allegedly owes Lindke for working on the website. "He paid some. We want the balance," Muscato said.
Lindke, a graduate of Lockport High School and Canisius College, won the Miss Niagara County title in 2005 and was crowned Miss Buffalo in 2007. She earned a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and worked briefly for a TV station in Fort Myers, Fla. She now does marketing work in the medical field.
Lindke said she would not answer questions about her relationship with Barnaby, but she confirmed the account in court papers that she and Barnaby were living together in his home from January through September of last year.
She said Barnaby proposed to her and gave her the ring in June; the lawsuit says it happened in July. However, by fall the relationship was on the rocks, and Lindke said she moved out.
The lawsuit says Barnaby asked Lindke several times to give the ring back and sign over the SUV to him, but she refused.
Barnaby and his attorney, David H. Elibol, did not respond to requests to comment on the case.
State law seems to be on Barnaby's side in the dispute over the ring. The state's Civil Rights Law specifically allows lawsuits over unreturned engagement rings if the marriage never takes place.
Several State Supreme Court and Appellate Division rulings in engagement ring cases over the past decade have, in effect, established New York as a "no-fault engagement" state.
In other words, it doesn't matter why an engagement goes bust or whether one party or the other did something wrong. The person who gave the ring is entitled to get it back, according to law review articles by Joanna L. Grossman, a Hofstra University law professor regarded as a leading authority on engagement law.
Muscato said that he and Elibol had been trying to settle the dispute between Barnaby and Lindke without success and that Elibol told him he would file a lawsuit. "Breaking up is sometimes hard to do," Muscato said. "If they were married, this would be settled in the divorce. Since they weren't married, we're in court. "
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Barenaked Ladies is touring in support of their latest album, "Grinning Streak," which was released in June. With the departure of two original members, Barenaked Ladies now performs as a quartet. The band's biggest hits came in the 1990s, with songs like "If I Had $1,000,000," "Pinch Me" and "Brian Wilson."
Reserved seats are $39.50 and $49.50. There are a very limited amount of Gold Circle tickets at $65. Tickets will increase by $2.50 on the day of the show. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, at LibraryMusicHall.com and by calling 412-368-5225.
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JOHNSTOWN - The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown will open its latest exhibition, "Allied Artists of Johnstown 81st Annual Juried Art Exhibition" on Sept. 6. The exhibit will remain on view through Dec. 14.
The Allied Artists exhibition annually presents artwork created by many of the area's most talented artists. This year's installment features more than 60 works in a variety of media, including photography, oil, acrylic, colored pencil, jewelry, pottery and mixed media.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — After a winter of dry, balmy conditions, the splashy white product of last weekend's storm was a welcome sight for skiers and snowboarders. But the hazards of deep snow became tragically apparent once again.
"Great snow brings lots of riders and skiers, but it also creates problems and increases the need for risk management," said Bob Roberts, executive director of the California Ski Areas Association.
Three people at three different ski resorts were killed in accidents during the weekend and Monday.
On Monday, Sugar Bowl Resort employee Justin McCollum, 20, fell headfirst into a tree well at the ski area. According to a press release, ski patrol performed First Aid and transported McCollum to the base area, where a helicopter and paramedics were standing by; he was pronounced dead before he could be transported.
Sunday, 54-year-old Yiwei Hu of Gold River died after falling into a deep hole in the snow created by an under-flow of water near Castle Creek at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort. Rescue teams from El Dorado County Search and Rescue tried to resuscitate Hu. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Also Sunday, Kynan Stanners, 30, suffocated to death after falling headfirst into deep snow at China Peak Mountain Resort, south of Yosemite National Park, the Associated Press reported.
Last Thursday, Scott Fritz, 51, of Reno died in a skiing accident at Northstar California. A spokeswoman for the Placer County Sheriff's Office said no one witnessed the accident and Fritz most likely struck a tree, according to various reports. He was wearing a helmet, according to Northstar.
Though riddled with tragedy, thousands of people flocked to Lake Tahoe to hit the slopes for the weekend. Some resorts reported the storm dropped as much as 9 feet of snow since the early part of last week, and made for one of the busiest weekends of the season.
"All this snow has allowed us to open Killebrew Canyon," Heavenly Mountain Resort general manager Pete Sonntag said in a statement. "This storm has set us up for incredible spring skiing and riding all the way through the end of the season."
Heavenly received 63 inches of snow throughout the storm, according to the resort's snow report.
Kirkwood Mountain Resort got 109 inches, with snow falling through Monday. Hoots echoed through the lift lines Sunday as ski patrol opened fresh terrain through the day.
"Mother Nature brought it back. You couldn't have asked for a better system," said Kirkwood spokesman Kevin "Coop" Cooper. "The mountain looks like it's been repainted."
In the afternoon Sunday, a small avalanche in the Sentinel Bowl trapped a pair of skiers. One of them was able to escape and ski for help. Ski patrol unburied the other skier, who was then taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Associated Press.
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Each day as I pass the construction of the roundabout at 431 and 28, I feel a sadness and a disgust. Just a little up the road on 431 there exists an inadequate (proven multiple times) truck ramp.
What are we as human beings (NDOT, local citizens) saying when we are willing to spend money on a pretty "gateway to Incline" but not willing to spend the money on, or admit failure of, a failed truck ramp?
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Even Kashmiri Separatist Leaders Wary of AAP
By Shafiq Mir | IANS
Published: 10th January 2014 10:01 AM
Last Updated: 10th January 2014 10:01 AM
Not only India's national political parties but some separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir also fear the emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal. They are afraid of the likely impact this party will have in the state. This is evident from the statements issued by one of the separatist leaders, Mohammad Yasin Malik.
Soon after the spectacular AAP showing in Delhi which shook the country, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik was the first to dub the party "anti-Kashmiri".
He fired the salvo without substantiating it. When AAP leader Prashant Bhushan suggested a referendum in the Kashmir Valley about the presence of armed forces in populated areas, Yasin Malik dubbed him a BJP man although the Bharatiya Janata Party called Bhushan an agent of separatists!
Not just Yasin Malik; even Syed Ali Shah Geelani also hit out at Bhushan. It is very interesting to see why the separatist leaders in the Kashmir Valley fear the AAP.
These separatist leaders have always been banking on the alienated sections of society or the space created by the mainstream parties due to their corrupt practices. Now, with the emergence of the AAP and its national impact, a debate has begin in Jammu and Kashmir as well in a bid to introduce this new brand of politics in the state.
The separatist camp is feeling threatened by a people-friendly party. Feeling the pulse of the people, the separatists have begun campaigning against the AAP to create confusion among the people.
If an honest and good government is in power in Jammu and Kashmir and delivers as per the wishes of the people, who will give ear to the protest calls of separatist leaders?
This is why the separatist leaders got frustrated when some intellectuals and civil society groups began to discuss the AAP as an option in Jammu and Kashmir. One is unable to understand why these separatist leaders didn't welcome Bhushan's comments. It was an issue they have always been raising.
Even Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems to fear the AAP's popularity and its appeal in Jammu and Kashmir.
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BASCOM- Upper Sandusky recorded a doubleheader sweep at Hopewell-Loudon, 23-4, 20-8.
The host Chieftains led 3-2 in the top of the first inning of the opener before falling.
Upper Sandusky rallied back to continue the onslaught until the game was halted after the fifth.
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Upper Sandusky's Maddison?Stansberry connects for a base hit during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader with Hopell-Loudon in Bascom.
Hopewell-Loudon's Kassie?Welly makes a running catch in centerfield during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against?Upper Sandusky in Bascom.
Kelsey Coppus took the loss for the Chieftains, allowing 28 hits over five innings.
Sara Gier pitched well for the Rams, giving up four hits to earn her second win of the season.
In the second game, Hopewell-Loudon led 8-5 going into the fourth inning, But Upper Sandusky scored once in the fourth and erupted for 11 in the fifth to take control.
Justeen Searfoss led the Rams with three hits and four runs. Maranda Stansbery added four hits and three runs in the win.
Hopewell-Loudon's efforts were led by Gabby Gregg's two runs. Aliana Goshe took the loss, giving up eight hits over four innings.
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KANSAS - Seven Raiders drove in runs Saturday as Lakota trounced visiting Cardinal Stritch 10-2. Aubrey Bickford doubled and drove in two while Bryan Long-Meyer had a triple and a double, also driving in two.
Sam Miller, Alaina Bickford, Morgan Gangwer, Qiauna Palos and Alley Hovis all picked up RBIs. Nikkia Cooper and Long-Meyer scored twice.
Gangwer picked up the win in the circle, striking out eight and allowing six hits in the complete-game win.
SE's Reichert has grand time in Game 2
ATTICA - After taking a tough loss in the circle in Game 1, Paige Reichert appeared to take her frustration out at the plate in Game 2.
Rechert clubbed a grand slam, one of two runs and four hits she had on the day. She drove in five runs in Game 2 alone, leading the Tigers to an 11-1 win over Colonel Crawford.
The Tigers lost the first game 8-7 to the Eagles. Reichert suffered the loss despite striking out 10. Reichert wasn't helped by four Tiger errors.
In the first game, Cameil Ruffing scored twice for the Tigers. Rachel Bauman had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run.
In Game 2, Caitlin Sauers tripled and scored twice, while Mykayla Ruffing had three hits and drove in two runs.
The Tigers improved to 3-2. Bauman picked up the win in Game 2, allowing just three hits in five innings. The game was run-ruled in the fifth.
Mohawk gets first wins
SYCAMORE - Mohawk claimed its first wins of the season Saturday, knocking off Plymouth twice in Sycamore, 5-1 and 7-3.
In the first game, the Warriors got solid pitching from Kasey Adelsperger, who held the Big Red to just five hits.
Mackenzie Sowers tripled in two runs for the Warriors, while Taylor McLain drove in two runs and Cambria Kohlenberg scored twice and drove in two runs. Kasey Adelsperger had three hits, including a triple.
Mohawk flexed some muscle in the second game. Brooke Weinandy and Clara Adelspeger each homered, as the Warriors (2-2) scored in four of the seven innings. Sowers doubled in the win.
Julie Adelsperger got the win in the circle, holding the Big Red (2-2) to just six hits.


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Belington city election turnout was shameful
March 8, 2013
The residents of Belington should be ashamed of themselves....
After reading the papers after every WV election and seeing all the democrats getting arrested and charged with 'voter fraud' in the southern part of WV mostly, is it any wonder most folks feel it's a waste of time? Every single election we have sheriff's, clerks and politicians 'comitting voter fraud' in the left's party of crooks.
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omg,where do you come up with this stuff? i agree that the outcome was disappointing.but if those who didnt vote want to let 60 ppl run the place , i hardly see how its anyones fault but heir own.
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The Buffalo School District has granted parents a 10-day extension to decide if they want to transfer eligible students from failing public schools into ones with better academic standing.
The deadline had been Sunday to have applications postmarked, but the president of the District Parent Coordinating Council asserted that parents had not received written notification until last week, and an error on the application form also failed to alert them that their child could be eligible to transfer into a criteria-based school.
The district, however, did meet the required 14-day notification period with its website posting and through a phone call to students' homes.
"Clearly, it's a new day in Buffalo. From the parents' perspective, it's unprecedented to have this kind of immediate response to a serious concern," said Samuel L. Radford III, president of the parents' group, who had expected to have to argue the case before the Buffalo School Board at today's meeting.
"Because the district had been partially compliant, they would in the past have said they would have it corrected for next time," Radford said. "But in this case, they responded immediately by giving the extension and correcting the application. As a parent organization, we could not ask for any more than that."
The district said it would be mailing letters announcing the extension to homes shortly. So far, the families of 256 students have requested a transfer, according to a district spokeswoman.
Applications can be picked up and dropped off at Central Registration, 33 Ash St., and must be postmarked no later than Sept. 21.
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SYRACUSE – Ask the kids in Room 202 in McKinley-Brighton Elementary School what class they're in, and they'll holler the answer with all the enthusiasm their 8-year-old lungs can muster – which is quite a bit.
"2026!" they shout, referring to the year they expect to graduate from college.
Yes, they're in third grade, but Tyranesha and Aaron and Treasure and their two dozen or so other classmates think of themselves as members of a college graduating class many years in the future.
Their horizon has shifted purely by design.
In the four years since Say Yes unveiled its college tuition guarantee for Syracuse high school graduates, many of the city's schools have begun embracing a different culture: one that assumes every child will go to college if they choose to do so.
Say Yes has also helped institute a variety of support services to put college within their reach academically, socially and emotionally.
"The biggest difference is our children now have a goal. They weren't even thinking about graduating from high school before," said McKinley-Brighton Principal Colleen Levett. "We've given them the opportunity to dream."
Even the kindergartners are reminded at every turn that they are destined for a long and successful academic career.
"Good morning, professors and scholars," the principal greets them during morning announcements every day.
Signs in the hallways proclaim the college class years for even the youngest of students. Teachers wear lanyards bearing the names of colleges and universities. Staff members last year wore academic caps and gowns to the moving-up ceremony for fifth-graders, to underscore its importance.
But it's more than just rhetoric. Superintendent Sharon L. Contreras, working in collaboration with Say Yes, has made data a primary driver of what happens in the classroom at McKinley-Brighton and every other school in the city.
Teachers in Syracuse are acutely aware of the need for students to score 3's and 4's on state tests, on a scale of 1 to 4. And they're not shy about emphasizing that to their students.
In Room 202 at McKinley-Brighton one recent morning, teacher Matthew Lochner handed back to students a reading comprehension test they had taken. He reinforced the numbers they should be shooting for.
"You know your goal is a 3 or a 4," he said. "If you're at a 2, it doesn't mean you can't be at a 3 or a 4 – it just means we have some work to do."
Tackling poverty head-on
Setting academic expectations higher for children certainly helps. So do energetic, dedicated teachers and principals such as Lochner and Levett.
But students in poverty often face a series of barriers that make it harder for them to excel in school – and Say Yes has spent four years implementing support to address them.
Some students bounce from one relative's house to another from week to week. Others deal with drug-addicted parents. Many live in places where concerns about mere survival trump less pressing concerns such as finishing homework or getting to school on time.
For many Syracuse students, just getting to school regularly presents a challenge. While the problem seems simple, the solution is not.
"It's not as easy as giving a kid an alarm clock," said Roshana Daniel, a school support specialist. "It's an iceberg. What you see is not what it always is."
When students come to school late – or not at all – or get into fights or won't sit still in class, adults need to do more than just quash those behaviors, she said. They need to use them to help decipher what underlying problems are causing them.
"Nobody ever asks the kids what they need. We just tell them to sit there and be quiet," Daniel said. "All those behaviors are just little cries for help."
Daniel is one of dozens of school support specialists that Say Yes has helped the district add in the buildings. Along with her are family support specialists such as Katrina Thomas, who each make home visits twice a month to students' families.
That sort of additional in-school staffing is just one example of the kind of support that Say Yes has helped the district provide to students in the last few years.
Among the others:
• Legal clinics give families access to free legal advice on a range of issues, from landlord-tenant disputes to child-custody issues.
• Financial aid nights walk families through the process of filling out forms and understanding what types of aid are available and how to qualify.
• Mental health clinics are being moved into the schools. Private agencies are setting up within the schools themselves, making their services more accessible to families who might otherwise have a hard time keeping appointments because of transportation challenges. Soon, nearly every school will have a clinic on-site.
• After-school programs have also been moved on site at the schools, providing families with two hours of free child care every day. Half the days each week are focused on academics, while the other half provide activities such as African drumming, guitar, cooking lessons, or Lego construction.
• Summer programs also give families with free options for their children.
Asking community to help
All of these additional services come with a price tag.
Money spent on services outside the classroom has to come from somewhere – in some cases, from money currently being spent in the classrooms.
Say Yes has itself invested more than $10 million in the Syracuse schools, and has also attracted millions more in cash and in-kind donations from the private sector.
In addition, the group hired consultants to comb through district and county budgets to find money that wasn't being spent in the most efficient ways.
In some cases, existing programs were tweaked to become more effective – such as moving after-school programming into the schools themselves, to make the programs more readily accessible to families.
Consultants hired by Say Yes recommended a number of changes within the district's budget, including increasing class sizes to make it possible to cut 46 teachers; eliminating scores of teaching assistants; and cutting back on the number of study halls.
The reduction in teaching assistants alone was pegged at a savings of $4 million.
Levett sings the praises of Say Yes and all that it has helped to provide for her students.
"We have truly changed the culture of what our expectations are of students," she said. "Just because a high level of my students come from poverty doesn't mean they can't achieve."
She also acknowledges that the district's budget cuts have taken their toll.
The school no longer offers academic intervention services – which were once mandated by the state – to students who score low on state tests. Class sizes in many classes, including Lochner's, have crept up close to 30. Teaching assistants have been cut.
To compensate, some schools have asked the community to pitch in.
Levett found more than 30 attorneys from Bond Schoeneck and King to give up their lunch hours three times a week to read with third-graders. Nearly a dozen tutors from Syracuse University work one-on-one with second-graders on their literacy skills. And the principal is working on lining up more SU students to help with fifth-grade classes.
"As the funnel has gotten smaller and smaller in support of students, I went out and recruited more support," she said. "What I tried to do was provide supports at every grade level."
Getting questions answered
Some of the programs that Say Yes has introduced cost relatively little.
For instance, the group offers a variety of programs – many of them in conjunction with Syracuse University – designed to interest high school students in college and prepare them for the academic and social challenges that it brings.
About 50 teenagers at William Nottingham High School stopped by after school one recent afternoon to listen to a few SU students tell them what it takes to get into college – and what it takes to succeed. Many of the Nottingham students will be the first in their family to go to college. The nuances and complexities of the process can be daunting. They were full of questions: How many colleges should you apply to? What do you have to include on each application? What if you have low SAT scores but want to go to a good college?
And then there were the questions that sought to decipher what it's really like, what happens when you arrive in a world that is foreign to you.
"Some of my friends were into the streets. Being from Syracuse and going to Syracuse University, I still had those friends," Nottingham graduate Dexter McKinney told them. "They might have been still hanging out on the block or whatever. I had to find a way not to do what my friends were doing."
The divide between the goal of college and the realities of getting there, though, remain significant.
At the end of the panel discussion at Nottingham High, an adult asked how many students planned to go to college. At least 15 hands shot up.
And how many planned to attend the free five-week SAT prep class starting that Saturday? No hands went up.
"It's free. There's breakfast. There's lunch," George Theoharis, an associate dean in Syracuse University's School of Education, pleaded with the teens. "Every kid last year improved their scores at least 100 points."
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A sabertooth is a woman that is the older version of the cougar. A 60+ year old women who is on the prowl for fresh young male meat. She is old, rich, and looking for a crazy night of sex with a guy who can go all night long without Viagra.
I meet a sabertooth at a bar and she took me to her house and ravaged my tender young male body.
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A cougar(hot old woman) that's even older. A saber tooth is the older version of a cougar. Usually a cougar ranges from 30-50. A saber tooth is 50 +.
"Dude your mom is a cougar, but your grandma is a a Saber Tooth!"
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A woman so old she should be extinct yet still out hunting meat.
That chick I banged last night was a complete sabertooth
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Cream of the crop; the pinnacle of a Cougar status. The rarest of rare cougar.
I went cougar hunnting the other night and this bar, because there's been talk of Saber Tooth sightings here. We think this rare and sought-after breed might stop in at "The Dead Fish Bar" during her bi-yearly migrations from San Francisco to the Napa wine country.
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A cougar past her prime.
Hey, that Saber Tooth is really checking you out.
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A good looking woman of retirement age who enjoys the company of much younger men. In other words, a woman who has outgrown her status as a cougar but is still remarkably attractive. Sometimes referred to as a GMILF.
Man, Joey's Grandma is actually pretty hot. I hear she's a bit of a Sabertooth too. I'd hit it
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A woman over the age of 65 who targets men at least 20 years her junior to date. Similar to a cougar but over the age of 65. Since saber-tooth tigers are extinct, it ties into the fact that these women are much older and near extinction themselves.
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A word used to describe a person who is bland, boring and/or stiff. Someone who shows no facial expressions and often times has no reaction to anything. Usually, Cardboards don Canada Goose jackets, wear their jeans around their ankles and peruse of the word "SWAGGA" excessively.
Troll 1: That guy is such a cardboard.
Troll 2: I know, I've never seen anyone as bland and expressionless as him.
Troll 2: I know, I've never seen anyone as bland and expressionless as him.
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Another, more discreet, name for LSD that comes on a blotter/tab.
"Hey dude, did you get the cardboard yet?"
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Board which is made out of card (hard paper), can be used for eating purposes or making cubbys out of, smells like mouldy bathroom.
i could do with some cardboard right now!
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I'm going to go throw some cardboard tasting pizza in the oven.
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Discreet term referring to a box of Sudafed
Walgreen's was all out of cardboard today.
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With no 'Flare' or 'Street' Involved
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Since men peered from their caves in ancient times and noticed the changing shape of the moon, there always have been those who believed the moon has a profound influence on the earth.
Pytheus, a Greek geographer who lived in the fourth century, was the first to record how tides were influenced by the moon.
In the 1920s, Austrian philosopher Rudolph Steiner proposed his theory of biodynamic agriculture, that the water present in man, animals and plants is similarly affected.
This idea was further developed in the 1950s by Marie Thun, and some who study the topic today are continuing to develop the theory.
Some garden experts claim the seed of vegetables whose crops are produced above ground should be planted at the time of a waxing moon - the period of increase from a new moon to a full moon - while root crops should be planted as the moon shrinks back daily until the new moon begins the cycle anew.
These experts believe this practice will produce healthier, better crops as part of environmentally sound farming.
Others dismiss this theory as nonsense and lacking in scientific evidence.
For those interested in further details, the new moon in its first quarter is not believed to have much influence, but the pull increases as the moon appears larger every night. Tradition calls for the planting of leafy greens during this time when germination is said to be most successful.
Vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and spinach should be started now.
During the second quarter, the gravitational pull of the moon is weaker, but the additional light is said to promote growth, and this is the traditional time to plant farm crops.
In the fall months, the second quarter is harvest time because the moisture in plants is at its highest.
In the third quarter, just after the full moon, the water table is dropping and growth is slowing, making this the best time to start root crops such as onions, carrots, potatoes and the like.
The fourth quarter is a dormant period when the moon wanes back to new, and this is a rest period for gardener and garden.
Santa Claus generously stuck "Garden and Farm Almanac" in my stocking. I suppose he expected me to consult it for the appropriate phases of the moon. Unfortunately, after several attempts, I am still unable to figure out the wealth of information about the phases and transit of the lunar cycle.
Actually, it is easier just to look out of my bedroom window.
But I did learn something about the harvest moon, which is the full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox and gives the farmer more light to bring in the harvest. In 2012, this will be Sept. 29.
The hunters moon is the next full moon, in October, and gives hunters extra light to do their thing. Oct. 29 is the next hunters moon.
I saw recently the space program is sending vehicles to orbit the moon and learn what is inside by mapping its lumpy gravity field from orbit. There evidently is a lot to learn yet about the forces that affect earth from the moon.
Maybe they could send someone from the Farmers Almanac along on the next trip?
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EAST WATERFORD - Linda J. Farleman, 47, of East Waterford, died at 4:21 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at Harrisburg Hospital.
Born on Sept. 26, 1965, in Derry Township, Mifflin County, she was a daughter of Jean (Zimmerman) Farleman, of Mexico, and the late Wade M. "Barney" Farleman.
In addition to her mother, Linda is survived by: the love of her life for more than 14 years, Donald A. Reed Jr., of East Waterford; Donald's children, Allen Reed and his wife, Kayla, of Mount Pleasant Mills, and Alesha Reed, of Mifflin; two nieces, Kayla N. Farleman and Sierra N. Farleman; and one greatnephew, Jaxon Hostler.
Her brother, Charles Robert Farleman, preceded her in death on April 11, 2003.
Linda was a 1983 graduate of Juniata High School, Mifflintown, a member of the Mexico United Presbyterian Church, Mexico, and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
Miss Farleman was employed as a seamstress for various sewing factories in Juniata County.
She enjoyed going out for supper every Friday night and especially loved her animals: her dog, Chloe, her cat, Princess, and her goat, Coco.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown, with Pastor Crystal Lyde officiating. Interment will follow in the Union Memorial Gardens, Mifflintown.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at the funeral home.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made in Miss Farleman's memory to the Perry County Animal Rescue, 507 Sugar Run Road, Millerstown, PA 17062.
Online tributes and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.


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Silage piles aren't always a best buy
Silage piles aren't always a best buy
by Greg Booher and Brian J. Holmes
Booher is a farm business instructor at Lakeshore Technical College. Holmes is a professor and extension specialist in the biological systems engineering department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Producers and consultants often jump to the conclusion that flat feed storage is the most economical. They could be wrong.
A producer's future plans and how well they can manage their feeding system makes all the difference in whether to build flat feed storage, tower silos or use a silage bagging system.
In 2011, we assisted a farmer with his plan for expansion from 200 to 400 cows. He used upright silos but wondered if they should build flat concrete silage storage or try large poured concrete silos. Then, in 2012, a 400-cow dairy asked us to evaluate exchanging their silage bags for another forage storage system.
We watched the second farm put up corn silage last fall. Their 550-horsepower, 12-foot, self-propelled bagger is capable of unloading and packing up to 13 tons of feed per minute. The feed is dumped onto a feeder table, runs into the bagger and packed all in one operation. Think about that! In bunker silos, the feed must be dumped, pushed onto the pile in thin layers and packed with one or more heavy tractors.
The feed storage decision is extremely complex. Considerations include required daily silage face removal, cost of the storage structures, current forage storage system used on the farm, speed in filling and feeding, and space to store feed. It is also worth mentioning the problems associated with upright silos and unloaders in very cold weather. Producers with center-drop and top-unloading systems have talked very positively about the dependability of their modern upright silos.
Too expensive to waste
Waste and dry matter loss are very big concerns, especially with today's feed costs. The storage system decision is heavily affected by how good of a job the operator does in putting up silage and how conscientious they are about feedout, hence reducing costly dry matter loss or shrink.
To determine a silage storage cost, we used the cost of producing 160 bushels of corn per acre or approximately 20 tons per acre corn silage at 35 percent dry matter. The University of Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide was used to determine the cost of tillage, spreading fertilizer and pesticide application, planting, chopping with a kernel processor and hauling the corn silage to the silo structure.
The cost incurred in this process was just over $600 per acre, including $150 per acre cost of land. At 20 tons of corn silage per acre, the cost was $30.10 per ton at 35 percent dry matter (DM).
Our study looked at farms requiring 2,175 tons of DM corn silage. We compared center-drop and top-unloading poured concrete silos, aboveground bunkers with walls, packed piles with no walls, 12-foot diameter bags and 8-foot bags.
Determine your costs
The four cast-in-place upright silos at 24 by 108 feet, which store approximately 2,175 tons of dry matter, cost $42.67 per ton of dry matter after dry matter loss based on Table 1. Four upright silos of the same dimensions, with top-unloading systems, cost $39.03 per ton of DM.
The aboveground bunker with three sidewalls and two piles came in at $38 per ton of dry matter again after storage and fermentation losses of 13 percent (see Table 2).
A packed pile (without walls) came in at $44.77 per ton of dry matter with the 18 percent dry matter loss. We found flat concrete construction total $2.80 per square foot. The 12-foot sidewall cost $145 per foot of length. This cost didn't include any sort of leachate and runoff containment system. Those can add tens of thousands of dollars to your new facility's price tag.
A rented bagger cost per ton of dry matter after storage and fermentation losses was $30.77 per ton of DM. Rent was $2,500 per 12- by 250-foot bag, including bagger rental. If the 12-foot bagger was owned, costs would total $43.01 per ton of DM. New bagger cost for the 12-foot, 550-horsepower, self-propelled bagger was $365,000.
A producer who owns his or her own 8-foot bagger would use the highest cost method at $52.56 per DM. The purchase price for the 8-foot bagger was $35,000.
The 12-foot bagging system cost was calculated using a rented machine, including the cost of constructing and maintenance of a macadam base, plastic, dry matter loss, all filling and related feedout costs. The breakeven required to own the 12-foot bagger and obtain the same $30.77 per ton as renting would require some 4,365 tons of dry matter feed be ensiled each year.
By renting the bagger, one shares the annualized cost of the machine across multiple users which helps to lower the cost per user in proportion to how much feed they store. One drawback is scheduling the equipment to be at your farm in a timely manner. The loss of timeliness was not included in the analysis.
Baggers have improved
Silo bag density studies done at the University of Wisconsin a few years ago found most baggers capable of bagging feed at 12 to 13 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot. Recent work by Randy Shaver found that the bagger manufacturers have added longer tunnels and higher densities up to 17 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot of silage. We used 15 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot for the 12-foot bagger analysis and 13.5 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot for the 8-foot bag. Obviously, 9- and 10-foot baggers will cost out between the 12- and 8-foot machines.
At 15 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot, a 12-foot diameter bag will have approximately 2.4 tons of feed (35 percent DM) per foot of length. It is suggested 2 feet be fed out each day to keep the feed fresh. Two feet of silage removal each day requires a minimum of approximately 150 cows and replacement heifers.
Evaluating the numbers would indicate the new large bagging systems are certainly a very plausible approach to storing forages. Dry matter loss is a huge factor, especially with record-high forage costs. For example, losses are much higher when putting a pile on nonstripped topsoil versus a properly prepared paved system.
We would urge producers and their consultants to utilize the software programs available from the University of Wisconsin Extension Service.
The UW extension investment and annual cost of forage storage tool can be used to determine your own results. Download a copy from the Team Forage website at http://on.hoards.com/UW-Team-Forage. The spreadsheet is under the Harvest and Storage Economics section.


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The South Carolina Ports Authority said it plans to break ground on the new intermodal facility in Dillon during the first quarter of 2017.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - California State Assembly Bill AB1417 (Pacheco) [Chapter 581, Statutes of 2004] required the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to recommend to the legislature and governor a workable structure (framework) for annual evaluation of community college performance in meeting statewide educational outcome priorities. Pursuant to AB 1417, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office worked with community college institutional researchers and an external panel of nationally recognized experts in higher education accountability to develop the mandated performance evaluation structure, now called Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges, or ARCC.
The report provides an overview of system performance on specific indicators (transfer, vocational certificates, participation, etc.), along with college demographics and college performance on certain indicators (transfer, ESL, basic skills, vocational, etc.).
The Chancellor's Office issued the first ARCC report in 2007 and the report is updated annually every March. Each college has opportunities to review a draft of the report and resubmit data if needed. Additionally, each college can submit to the Chancellor's Office a self-assessment regarding its performance, and the annual report includes these self-assessments.
Sierra College serves the growing population of Placer and Nevada counties, offering 90 degrees and certificates and enrolling almost 30,000 students each year. In order to provide quality education, the College takes seriously the measurement of outcomes. This ARCC Report indicates that the College is doing very well, when compared with overall state results, with those of its peer groups, and with its own efforts in previous years.
When placed with its peer colleges, (all of which tend to perform above overall state rates), Sierra's results are above the peer average in all seven ARCC categories for the first time since ARCC was instituted. The key "SPAR" rate (Student Progress and Achievement) shows a welcome increase of 4 percent, even after a 3.5 percent increase in last year's report. This score is a combination of measures of transfer status and receipt of degrees and certificates. All of the other ARCC measures, save one, either improved or remained steady. The only internal rate to go down more than one-half a percentage point in the past year is the "Improvement Rate" for Basic Skills courses, a measure of progress through two or more courses in the Basic Skills series. Although the rate fell 1 percent, it remains 5 percent higher than the average for its peer group of colleges.
The most robust improvement of all of the ARCC measures this year was in the "ESL Improvement Rate," which gauges the percentage of students succeeding in ESL (English as Second Language) by climbing two or more levels. While the peer group average was 49 percent improvement, Sierra's reached 66 percent last year. The ESL Department believes that its increased use of and training for tutors, which began in spring 2010, has contributed to this progress.
The ARCC results are evidence of the quality of the education Sierra College is providing, however the fact remains that due to State budget cuts, the number of students the College has been allowed to serve in the last year is 7 percent lower than the previous year and 11 percent lower than two years ago. In these difficult economic times, Sierra College is not financially able to meet the growing needs of the community members, whose service is the mission of this Institution.
Visit www.sierracollege.edu and find the Tahoe Truckee Campus link for information.


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Talking about regeneration.
Digital spy has a story on their website about the regenerations of the Doctor - all his incarnations. It includes the first and last lines and a brief bit about the changes.
It does have one mistake on it - when it gets to the section of the 8th Doctor there is a picture of the 9th Doctor with it.
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The Barbour County Commission will publicly acknowledge Monday they've been named as a co-defendant in a federal civil lawsuit recently filed in U.S. District Court in Elkins, county officials said Friday.
An agenda for the commission's regular meeting - which is slated to take place at 5 p.m. at the Barbour County Courthouse in Philippi - lists "Received summons in a civil action from U.S. District Court regarding a lawsuit filed and served" as item No. 3.
The July 18 lawsuit, filed by Brittany Mae Keene, 19, of Moatsville, names the commission and Barbour County Sheriff John Hawkins as co-defendants in a 15-count suit claiming Hawkins sexually assaulted Keene and five other women, referenced as Females No. 1 through 5.
Chuck Foley, Barbour County administrator, said Friday he isn't sure if the commission plans to discuss the matter or take any action on it Monday.
"We'll find out," Foley said via telephone. "The purpose is just to put it in the minutes as part of our permanent record."
The commission's attorney, Keith Gamble of the Morgantown law firm Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, said Barbour County residents who attend shouldn't come expecting a question-and-answer session on the case.
"It's really just going to be pretty much what we've done when the press calls," Gamble told The Inter-Mountain in a telephone interview Friday. "We're just going to explain that yes, there's been a civil suit filed, and all questions and concerns need to go to counsel, so the public who may not read the paper will know the proper channels to go through.
"It's not going to be a Q and A or anything like that," he added. Gamble said he plans to attend Monday's meeting.
Keene's July 18 complaint accuses Hawkins, the Barbour County Commission and/or both of: unlawful arrest; excessive force; civil conspiracy; tort of outrage/intentional infliction of emotional distress; battery; negligent retention and hiring; false imprisonment; negligent training and supervision; assault; deliberate indifference; malicious prosecution; abuse of process; sexual assault; providing alcohol to a minor; and dissemination of a nude photo of a minor.
Earlier this week, Hawkins made several public statements asserting his innocence, utilizing Facebook Monday and on Tuesday issuing an official written statement to area media outlets.
On Wednesday, Hawkins again utilized social media to hint that Keene's legal team had resorted to illegal actions to build their case.
"Well, if there is a good side to any of this, I have received a couple calls from people who were offered money by the investigator to sign false statements," he posted on his Facebook wall. "Hmmmm. Print that on the front page! Anyway, logging off FB for a while, friends, so please don't be offended if I don't return your messages. Be safe. God bless you all!"
Paul Harris, one of Keene's Wheeling-based attorneys, was indicted in May in Harrison County on charges of conspiring to interfere with a witness in a criminal case against a former Shinnston policeman.


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This week the City Council is very proud to announce the launching of our new Website www.nyccouncil.info, a tool that we hope will promote both greater transparency and greater citizen participation in city government. Building a stronger city in the 21st century means taking advantage of the technology that can bring more people into the governing process. It also means that we have to work to bridge the "digital divide" and ensure that everyone has access to the advantages that the web provides.
This is the latest City Council effort to utilize new technologies in the service of better government. We started two years ago by putting the current voting record of each council member on-line and, since then, we've partnered with NYC.gov to broadcast Stated Council Meetings and show council votes on crucial legislation live through the web. We've launched advocacy initiatives that allow New Yorkers to speak out on behalf of New York City to federal and state elected officials on issues like fair funding for our schools and homeland defense. We've secured millions in funding to give every New Yorker better access to the Internet at schools, libraries and community center
And New Yorkers are responding enthusiastically – last year we received 12,000 emails in just two weeks calling on the City Council to restore funding to keep city zoos open in Brooklyn and Queens. Every week I receive more than 5,000 emails on subjects varying from laws governing sidewalk cafes to the allocation of New York City's $46 billion budget. Web organizing and email have empowered small community groups, neighborhood associations, and volunteer organizations to raise their voices and fight for their causes.
As more and more New Yorkers gain access to the web, they will take advantage of the high-tech tools that enable them to play a more active role in civic affairs.
This week the City Council is taking another big step forward in providing New Yorkers with those tools. While www.nyc.gov has become a great resources for information about city agencies and resolving constituent problems, I want to provide New Yorkers with the ability to pro-actively have input into the city's policies and guidelines.
The City Council is launching www.nyccouncil.info to replace our old web site, www.council.nyc.ny.us. In addition to the new easy-to-remember name, our new site allows users to:
1. Speak out with the click of a mouse by emailing every sponsor of a bill or resolution.
2. Receive weekly emails on the location and topics of City Council hearings, meetings and events, and on "hot topics" on the council side of City Hall.
3. Use the council member finder to find out who their council member is and how to contact them.
4. Navigate to the information they want easily and intuitively, with improved accessibility for disabled users.
5. Access constituent resources in Spanish.
And we won't stop there.
In addition, the Council is finding ways to apply technology to make government more efficient and cost-effective, measures which benefit every New Yorker by allowing us to do more with less.
We are investigating how technology can make our schools better, both through providing computers and resources in our schools and ensuring our kids get the technology skills they need to succeed. Also, by investing in programs like "HIP (Helping Involve Parents)Schools", a program that provides state-of-the-art. 24 hour communication between parents, teachers and students via Internet or telephone, we are bringing the same kinds of accountability and participation to our education system that www.nyccouncil.info brings to municipal government.
We are bringing competitive online bidding to the procurement process, which both allows the city to purchase services and goods in a more cost-effective and timely manner, but also allows locally-owned small businesses to compete for city contracts. We are investing in facilities like the Biotech center at State University of New York downstate. By encouraging the growth of emerging technologies, we are seeding a field whose benefits we will reap for years to come.
This week, on the "Speakers Page" at www.nyccouncil.info, I will have information about these technology-related achievements and proposals for our online users. I invite all New Yorkers to use our new website and, of course, to provide me with the feedback, comments and suggestions that our new website is designed to facilitate.
Gifford Miller is the Speaker of the New York City Council.


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Kevin Cuneo: Falcons prepare for Dyngus Day
They're already gearing up at the Polish Falcons Nest 610, 431 E. Third St., for the annual Dyngus Day celebration on April 1. Dan Wisinski said the club will serve special Polish food, and there will be music to go along with the squirt guns and whacking with pussy willows. It's how some maidens chose their husbands back in the old days. If you think this is a uniquely Erie custom on the day after Easter, check out Buffalo's annual Dyngus Day blast, which in 2012 attracted more than 100,000 revelers. The fun at the Falcons starts at 3 p.m. and continues until 10. ... David Wallace, who knows his Erie history cold, points out that the U.S. Brig Lawrence was used as a hospital ship on the way back home following the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. Usher Parsons did such good work tending to the injured crewmen that only two were lost, Henry Van Poole and Richard Williams. On May 25, a new monument will be dedicated to the victims of the battle, who were reinterred at the Erie Cemetery in 1859. ... This nasty spring weather can't be good for the start of the baseball season, which is just days away. Hope they fire up those overhead heaters at Jerry Uht Park for the early-season Erie SeaWolves games. ... When my family attended the recent Home & Garden Show with an Erie native who's been living in Cleveland for much of the last decade, she couldn't get over the beauty of the Bayfront Convention Center. She said the views from the center's large windows made it feel as if we were floating on the water. ... Chautauqua Institution has added Garrison Keillor and his "Prairie Home" radio crew to its schedule at the amphitheater on Aug. 2. Keillor was a big hit when he brought his show to the Warner Theatre some years back. Chautauqua tickets go on sale April 1.
When the Eagles perform at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena on July 9 and at Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center on July 23, the tickets should be scarce. But I notice that the prices of tickets to the Cleveland show range from $158 to $1,049. ... A lot of activity around Sean Candela's Sara's restaurant at the entrance to Presque Isle indicates that it will open as usual on April 1, which is always a sign that spring is just around the corner. We can use some warm spring days, that's for sure. ... College basketball fans are in their glory, as the NCAA Tournament continues. Don Bruschi sent a clipping from Dayton University's alumni magazine, which features Erie native Carmen Riazzi, one of the region's best all-time basketball players. Dayton's basketball offices were named for Riazzi, who led the Flyers to the NIT championship games in 1955 and '56. The second team was rated No. 2 in the nation for much of the season -- Dayton's best ranking ever. Riazzi settled in Dayton, where he's had great success in business and has raised his large family. ... Aimee Agresti's Erie relatives are excited about the release of her latest novel, "Infatuate," published by Harcourt. She's a staff writer for Us Weekly. ... Many events and promotions are scheduled this spring to mark the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown victories. Everything from whiskey decanters to art work will celebrate the great racehorse. The best Secretariat painting I ever saw hangs on the wall of Lou Porreco's office at his Honda dealership. A year ago, when I chatted on the phone with Penny Chenery, we both lamented that Disney's "Secretariat" did not turn out to be a better movie. It has so many factual errors, and the portrayal of Erie native Andrew Beyer is comical.


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Three Canadian companies have agreed to set up operations in the Buffalo Niagara region in separate projects that will generate $1.3 million in investment and create 18 jobs locally.
Ameta International Co., a Markham, Ont., distributor of security surveillance systems and security cards, plans to open a $250,000 U.S. facility on Kenmore Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda that will employ eight people.
Officials from the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise economic development and marketing group, which worked with each of the Canadian firms, said Ameta was looking for a U.S. site because it was struggling to serve its growing U.S. customer base as a result of delays at the local border crossings and trouble processing U.S. credit cards.
Green Tower Industries, a waste-to-energy generation company based in Kirkland, Quebec, is investing $775,000 to acquire a building on Grider Street in Buffalo. The company's facilities turn organic waste into energy through the use of an anaerobic digester that generates electricity that is then sold into the state's power grid. The Buffalo facility is expected to employ five workers.
TLC Pet Food, a distribution company based in New Hamburg, Ont., plans to open a $250,000 warehouse and U.S. office on Cooper Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda, which is expected to employ five workers.