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State Receives $5.8 Million Training Grant for Green Jobs
BALTIMORE (1/22/10) -- Alexander M. Sanchez, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR), announced that the Maryland Energy Sector Partnership, led by the Governor's Workforce Investment Board (GWIB), has been awarded a $5.8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration to implement programs that will prepare more than 1,500 Marylanders for green jobs in manufacturing, construction, environmental technology and solar energy.
"In Maryland we have set a goal of creating at least 100,000 green jobs by 2015, and we are working across our State government - along with partners in organized labor, and in the private, academic, and non-profit sectors - to implement specific action items that are designed to create new jobs, advance eco-friendly technologies, and provide more Marylanders with the skills they need to participate and maximize the benefits of a green economy for their own families," Governor Martin O'Malley said. "This federal funding not only represents an important step forward towards this goal for Maryland's families, but it also demonstrates the progressive strategy the Obama Administration is taking towards creating jobs for the next generation economy."
The project will involve partnerships among businesses, community colleges, labor apprenticeship programs and the One-Stop Workforce System. It will implement training for both new and incumbent workers to ensure there is a pipeline of skilled workers for jobs in the emerging green economy. Emphasis will be placed on providing opportunities for veterans and reservists, low wage workers and ex-offenders to meet the demands of Maryland employers.
"This grant provides us with a tremendous opportunity to help reach our goal of increasing skills of Maryland workers 20 percent by 2012," Secretary Sanchez said. "It is a much deserved recognition of the O'Malley-Brown Administration's commitment to strengthening and growing the middle class, and shows that "Smart, Green and Growing" will offer real opportunities for Marylanders in the 21st century economy."
The funding will be divided into four consortium efforts:
"We are projecting that at least 70 percent of the Marylanders trained through these programs will be placed into a related job within the three-year grant period," said Eric M. Seleznow, GWIB Executive Director. "These programs also address an immediate need to help dislocated workers, particularly those in jobs that will never come back, to obtain the new skills they need to re-enter the workforce and participate in the new green economy."
This latest grant follows a $4 million grant awarded by USDOL in November to the MidAtlantic Regional Collaboration (MARC) Green Consortium, headed by DLLR's Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, to define the regional green economy and develop a workforce investment plan to support it. That consortium includes the Virginia Employment Commission, the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, the District of Columbia's Workforce Investment Council, the Maryland Governor's Workforce Investment Board and the Virginia Workforce Council.


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Source: Detroit News
quote: It is an "option" that will soon be forced down out throats due to the fed's forcing refiners to buy up increasing quantities of ethanol.
quote: Autos running pure gasoline get MUCH better fuel economy
quote: corn otherwise slated to go into fuel can be diverted to other uses, such as (horrors!) feeding the world.
quote: According to the US Dept of Agriculture, the market price per bushel of corn has gone from $2 in 2005/6 to about $7 today.

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the hottist anime girl is the girl from naruto, Henata.
WOW, you need to get out more...92% of the teenage population would be dead if Ambercrombie and Fitch or Hollister said it was uncool to breathe.
This question was posted in some other forum look for it and you are going to find some pretty suprising answers....The path to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired!!!!
i can list quite a bit that i have been interested in. let's see (no particular order), Sakura from Tokko Yoko (or Youko) from tacticsMiki from SuzukaSumire from Sakura TaisenSakura from Sakura taisenHanabi from Sakura taisen 3Erica from sakura taisen 3 Yoshino from Digimon Savers (yes digimon Savers, look her up, you'll see what i mean -especially in the final leg of the series-)Lacus from Gundam Seed DestinyLunamaria from Gundam Seed DestinyShiho from Gundam Seed MSV (she makes cameos in the series) point is there's a lot. this might not even be half the list.
yoruichi shihouin from bleach is the hottest anime character...period.
I love Manga and Anime
There are so many cute anime girls its hard to say. there is Eureka, Pricess snow, Darry, Lacus, Hinta, Lunimaria. But if I had to choose just one I would choose Hinta.
Christopher Garland(aka)garland50001. Hinata2. Sakura3.Songo 4.Kagomai5. Misty 6.May 7.Dawn8.Tsunade9.Tenten10.Temarie11. Ino 12. Felt13.nana 14. C215. kOLIN16.Yoshi17. Yoko"I SHALL RETURN BY GEN MAC ARUTHER"
ino and a lot more
I like Rukia from Bleach, but if you're just only going off of body types then Riza Hawkeye or Yoruichi.
Rangiku Bleach Hands Down
Hinata from Naruto
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Nine months after undergoing ACL reconstruction, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson rushed for 2,097 yards — the second-highest total in a season ever — and won the 2012 NFL MVP award. Derrick Rose, the 2011 NBA MVP, underwent ACL surgery in May 2012 and has yet to play another game in a Chicago Bulls uniform.
Which of these scenarios is closer to normal? Better yet, what can we learn from each one?
Approximately 200,000 people suffer ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injuries in the United States each year. Athletes and most active people choose to undergo ACL reconstruction. The surgeon uses tissue from the knee to make a new ligament in order to stabilize the knee and help the athlete return to sports and exercise.
Historically we have assumed that these surgeries and the athletes who undergo them fare well. A 2010 survey asked NFL team doctors what percentage of NFL players return to play. Ninety percent of the physicians answered "90 to 100 percent." Unfortunately, studies published in the last few years paint a more ominous picture.
A study of NFL players who underwent ACL reconstruction showed that only 63 percent returned to play in a regular-season game within two seasons after surgery. A study of high school and college football players showed similar results. Sixty-three percent of high school football players and 69 percent of college players made it back two years after surgery. Only 43 percent of them had returned to pre-injury levels.
Finally, a 2011 study of competitive athletes in a variety of sports showed that only 33 percent of athletes had returned to their sports at their pre-injury levels 12 months after surgery.
Re-injury after ACL surgery also appears to be more common than we formerly believed. A 2013 article estimates that about one in every four athletes who returns to play suffers a second knee injury. A study by Donald Shelbourne, who developed the accelerated ACL rehab program used today, showed that 17 percent of athletes 18 years old and younger sustained a second ACL tear within five years.
How then can we predict when it is appropriate to allow an athlete to return after ACL surgery? And what factors can indicate whether an athlete will return to the same level of performance?
In the Adrian Peterson and Derrick Rose examples, using only nine months or 17 months and counting as baselines to judge when other players should return to play misses the point. Time from surgery is not the determining factor. It probably isn't even all that important.
The use of time as a criterion for return to play evolved from studies of the incorporation of the ACL graft into the knee. In the early weeks after ACL surgery, the graft matures from a cellular and structural level. In this early stage, if the knee was subjected to forces seen in sports, the graft would likely fail. In that sense, time from surgery is probably a better minimum standard — a player shouldn't return sooner than three months out, for instance — than as a framework for expected return to the same level of ability.
What does seem to be important is the rigorous process where the medical team works to restore functional ability of the knee and neuromuscular control of the lower extremity. Weeks of training for coordinated movements like single- and double-leg hops, landing on uneven surfaces on the injured leg, balance and coordination work, and plyometric exercise are critical.
Strength, motion, and neuromuscular control of the hip and knee in multiple planes, and for both legs, can all predict the risk of re-injury. All of them can be improved with training, however. This process can take as little as four months, but it can require 12 to 24 months. It is vital not just for preventing injury of the ACL graft or the opposite knee's ACL. The work is crucial to getting that athlete back to playing at his former level. These are the criteria we are starting to use.
Adrian Peterson's return from ACL surgery was truly amazing. His MVP-caliber performance only nine months after surgery was far more impressive than just getting back on the field. Maybe Peterson serves as a model other athletes can emulate after their surgeries. Derrick Rose might serve as a better example of the typical recovery and return to play for many athletes.
Dr. David Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston. For more information about ACL injuries and other sports medicine topics, go to his blog at drdavidgeier.com.


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Free gluten-free cupcakes to 15 lucky patrons on National Cupcake Day
Gone are the days when those on a gluten-free diet had to suffer without baked goods. We've told you about Unrefined Bakery and Local Oven. Now Pure deLite: Guilt-Free Cupcakery, an Ohio bakery which opened its first store in North Texas in Carrollton in August, is entering the gluten-free fray. You can check out their goods for free on National Cupcake Day and get a coupon for 15% off on your next visit if you're one of the first 15 customers to arrive Saturday, Dec. 15.
Doors open 7 a.m. and close at 9 p.m at 3432 E. Hebron Pkwy. in Carrollton. We advise getting there early. If you miss the giveaway, they're still offering 15% off any total order through the day. Plus, the bakery, which also prides itself on being vegan, reduced fat and reduced sugar, is unveiling a new flavor that will be available Dec. 15 through Jan. 1. Expect something imaginative: current holiday flavors among the more than 140 cupcake varieties are gingerbread, hot chocolate, pecan pie, sno-cap and snow ball.


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Awful home stand in every regard.
Get Nyquist up immediately. It's beyond ridiculous at this point seeing how limited this team is offensively.
absolutely pitiful how we've now played like complete crap the last 2 games against teams that should have been beatable, or at least not get humiliated by
we've given up 30 or more shots(40 twice) in 8 of 12 games so far
I could go on with all our other problems, but it'd take too long
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In the Indie game "The Great Jitters Pudding Panic", done by the German developers kunst-stoff, you are a Green pudding and your goal is to exit from an haunted house without fainting from fear, while at the same time trying to scare the monsters in the maze.
It's an uncommon subject for sure for an action puzzle game, but the game will take you from the start with his great graphics and smart puzzle, let's see some details on this funny game. Continue reading »


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Faculty and Staff Join Together to Collect Food and Cash Donations for MCCFW
Penn State Shenango Sponsors 3rd Annual Mercer County Band Night Food Drive
Sharon, Pa. – The community is asked to bring can goods and non-perishable food items to the Mercer County Band Night to be held at Sharon High School stadium on Wednesday, September 12, between 6 and 8 p.m. (The rain date is September 19.) Penn State Shenango staff and faculty will be collecting the goods and items for the Mercer County Community Food Warehouse. Look for Penn State Shenango banners and the Nittany Lion mascot to drop off your items.
This is the third year that the Shenango campus has held the collection. For the past two years, volunteers were impressed by the generosity of the community and high school bands and are anticipating another very successful food drive.
For more information, please contact Karen Zoccole at Penn State Shenango at (724) 983-2806.
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Camera comparison: Nokia Lumia 925 vs Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy Note II
0. phoneArena 27 Jun 2013, 04:23 posted on
The Nokia Lumia 925 is supposed to be a great cameraphone, but is that really the case? And is the smartphone's camera as potent as those on the current high-ends? Well, thats what were here to find out. We've brought along a handful of smartphones to compare the 925 against – the 13MP Samsung Galaxy S4, the HTC One with its 4MP "Ultrapixel" camera, the iPhone 5 with its 8MP snapper, and the Samsung Galaxy Note II packing an 8MP camera...
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
1. loken (Posts: 462; Member since: 09 May 2012)
umm wheres xperia z..
3. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
And why would you include that terrible performer in a test of the best?
11. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
HAHAHA!! you forgot the last test they did, Xperia Z is 3rd behind Iphone 5 and S4!! So Hahahaha
12. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Haha... never stop trying to bash Sony, last time you said Xperia ZU have terrible viewing angle, now Xperia Z
you better check this before you say anything about Xperia Z camera
peria_z_gets_firmware_update_i mproves_camera_quality-news-6041.php
19. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
What viewing angles have to do with the camera?
35. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Because bone keep talking about BS
Last time he said Xperia ZU have terrible viewing angle.
Now he said Xperia Z have terrible camera
I just proved it that all the things he said is ONE BIG LIES
45. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
xperia zu indeed has terrible viewing angles.
50. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Hahaha it seems you have to much s**t in your eyes
go check thishttp://blog.gsmarena.com/check-out-this-epic-16-minute-sony-xperia-z-ultra-hands-on-video/
124. t0litzsanity24 (Posts: 4; Member since: 26 Mar 2013)
i have a question...why is it that viewing angles is a big deal to you?...what are you goin to do if u wanna use or view ur phone?..sideways??
13. MachidoDen (banned) (Posts: 202; Member since: 30 May 2013)
14. MachidoDen (banned) (Posts: 202; Member since: 30 May 2013)
i think You were the one
Who said bad viewing angles for zu
And later after giving many links to u
U just went off??
Everyone is waiting for ur reply on that article
31. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
U mad Sony's blurship was left out? The flashless ZU won't make it either haha. No flash on a $900 device.
33. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
That is true. Instead of making it so slim, they could have used a better camera and a bigger battery. 3000mAh just won't cut it for a display and processor like that.
42. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
Im more to slim due to its huge size, the batt. Is OK, bigger batt means its like carrying small ipad (not the mini)
54. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
And the battery .. can't compare to note 2, it suck with that 6.44 full hd display, just plain phablet, no pen slot, better stick to note series.
91. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
being able to use anything as stylus is great and combine that with 6.44" full hd and sharp display you have nothing to worry about productivity.
i still remember when people bashing and comparing Xperia Tablet Z small battery (6000 mAh) with bigger battery in Nexus 10 (9000 mAh),
but according to battery life test on gsmarena Xperia Tablet have about the same battery life like Nexus 10 only about 1 hour less when it comes to web browsing.
so i think Xperia ZU battery life will be just fine.
and according to Sony Xperia ZU can have
up to 16 hours 3G talk time
up to 7.5 Video Playback and
up to 120 hours music listening
we all know in real life situation the result can be much worst than that, but for now those official numbers are good enough for big device with small battery
85. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
N y youre being biased against SONY?
109. bgdkid (Posts: 13; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
hmm let me see last time i checked iphone and samsung cameras are MADE BY SONY..
4. ghaniosman (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Jun 2013)
First of all congrats to PA for a mobile optimized site! Better late than never!
18. anirudhshirsat97 (Posts: 408; Member since: 24 May 2011)
i came here to say that only...
64. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
..NO. U didn't
84. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Phonearena are BIAS AGAINST Sony phones.
117. Kal-el (Posts: 93; Member since: 14 Dec 2012)
I have note 2 & i love it ...not cuz it's samsung, i've owned everything (htc, moto etc) ....literally LMAO but QUESTION!!!!??? are any of the modes changed in the photo taking such as Night mode to ensure the camera's full potential...NOOOOO!...making this "shootout" ARTICLE of a "CAMera review" redundant. Nokia should have killed everything in night mode at least thus keeping at least 2nd in the list if ANYthing. NOOB-Arena
118. mayur007 (Posts: 565; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
even thr bravia engine cannot reduce the noise
and increase the sharpness of thr camera pics... :p
The company know for making camera is bashed by others comapny in camera quality..
2. quyenqchau0813 (unregistered)
I have too much bias toward Nokia that I think I should compliment on the iPhone pictures ^^!
23. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
This is a terrible camera comparison. Some photos are taken from far, while some from nearer place.
52. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
The phones also have different depths of field and apertures; they may have been taken from the same distance and cropped badly or just the nature of the setup.
126. faune (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
They are taken from the same distance. Focal distance in Lumia 9xx is further than others.
5. Cesar (Posts: 139; Member since: 16 Aug 2012)
HTC ONE takes more detail :o
65. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Exactly.. do not believe on these comparisons..
98. Fallout09 (Posts: 421; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
And has a wider field of view to boot.
6. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Bias everywhere.
17. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
another bad comparison............and again nokia is @ bottom place.....
99. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
we can totally see NL925 photos are really bright and pure color. but can't do anything else because of sammy fans around here.
29. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
103. skinny95black (Posts: 113; Member since: 06 Jan 2013)
You go to memecenter you're awesome
60. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Welcome to phonearena.com
68. GTR722 (Posts: 261; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
From the beginning, we al knew this "comparo" will feature two things:
-Not a Sony Device
-iP5 or GS4 as the winners
PA is so obvious
92. Whodaboss (Posts: 176; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
But "my" eyes told me different. I'll take the Nokia 925 everytime.
74. Dastrix (unregistered)
+1. PA = fanboyism at its best. How can Samsung ever have better camera than Nokia and HTC? Where's Sony? Oh nevermind, how's your paycheck from Samsung, PA?
79. iushnt (Posts: 1709; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
dont worry, its Samsung Style:p lol..i prefer s4 camera over HTC..But Nokia has great camera..
83. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
You will be banned.. :)
86. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
It like PA are more BIAS just like BGR. And I don't see Xperia Z on that list.
7. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Guys, I don't understand why in the end you gave the same rating to the GS4 and iphone. I'm not a Samsung fan nor a samsung user at all, but I think that the difference in detail between the GS4 and the others, iphone included, is remarkable and the GS4 is simply a step ahead, it can be seen very clearly in the 100% crops.
It's not easy to be not biased towards the iphone, but the truth is that the iphone is just an average cameraphone, it lacks an optical stabilizer and it has a resolution that is now standard in mid-range phones so it does not have nor the benefit of the high resolution of the GS4 nor of the stabilizer of the One and 925. Overall, I would not recommend it as a cameraphone nowadays and I can't understand how it could get such a high rating.
I also do not agree with the low rating you gave to the HTC One: when you start viewing the pictures at screen size, and not 100% crops, the One pictures are among the sharpest, this means that its camera is so sharp that, when the resolution is enough (i.e. whenever you look at pictures on a computer screen or TV, or print them at reasonable size) it can easily compensate the lower resolution and the camera yelds results comparable with the GS4.
Finally, I think that the test does not emphasize the benefits that the optical stabilizer can give.
48. juandante (Posts: 463; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)
I'm a Nokia fan (thanks to the now dead Symbian, not WP) and I admit the HTC One is pretty good. If you don't crop the pictures, they are better in my taste than the iPhone, at least. The colors are good and the image is sharp. So why did the HTC perform worst than the iPhone, at least ?? ... For a Facebook usage it's far better.
87. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
It's because they are incompetent when it comes too reviews. I usually go too mobile tech review they actually do great reviews on phones & they are a non bias site unlike PA/BGR.
8. Omar-BHR95 (Posts: 184; Member since: 23 Dec 2012)
i wonder if they took the 925 with touch capture cause touch capture is not good as the shutter key
53. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
They said on page one they used automatic mode with auto-focus, no touch-to-focus, letting the camera software decide what to focus, unless otherwise noted.
9. sri_tech (Posts: 188; Member since: 21 May 2013)
Galaxy note II has better camera than Lumia 925?
I have read so many reviews about both phones and everyone said Note II has just average camera.
920 has better low light capabilities but day light is not great. But 925 takes best low light and day light photos.
56. muhsen (Posts: 281; Member since: 07 Jun 2012)
after the 1308 ..the 920 daylight shots have been better than that of all the competition...even gizmodo proved that with their camera shootout...but it seems phonearean hasn't got the update yet ?? or they r not willing to update it ??!
10. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
biased! ! Samsungarena!!!
22. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
God gave you eyes. Why don´t you use them? It´s obvious that Galaxy S4 has the best camera among smartphones.
25. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
what about note 2!
28. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
I´m definitely pleased with the Note2´s results. I´m not saying that I´ve never seen better photos, but they are far even from average. This is my opinion.
63. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
God gave us eyes, We use them.
God gave you mind, you are using it for making biased comparisons. Sad.
73. iushnt (Posts: 1709; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
this is not biased..gs4 takes awesome shots..
78. Dastrix (unregistered)
No, trust me. This is biased.
81. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
I think you are hopeless, but I´ve never waiter more from a Potato, like you.
82. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Use your brain for the sake of god!
93. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
It doesn´t make sense from you.


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UNIVERSITY PARK -- It's tough to pick which was worse during the Blue-White Game, the weather or the quarterback play.
Rob Bolden got the start for the Blue (first-team offense) and badly underthrew his receiver for an interception on the first play. Kevin Newsome fumbled three plays later starting for the White. Matt McGloin then fumbled two plays later in his first series with the Blue. Paul Jones backed up Newsome and threw only one pass.
McGloin wound up having the best day, not exactly because he was so impressive but because the other three were so unimpressive. The junior from Scranton completed 5-of-10 passes for 109 yards and threw a 17-yard TD to Brandon Moseby-Felder to lead the Blue to a 10-0 win.
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Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden takes a snap from center Ty Howie while playing for the Blue team on Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium.
Bolden was 0-of-5 passing, Newsome 3-of-7 for 22 yards and Jones 0-of-1.
Rain fell throughout the scrimmage, limiting the crowd to about 7,500, and it began pouring at halftime. A comical scene played out about 90 seconds into the third quarter as PSU facilities coordinator Kirk Diehl, at the behest of Joe Paterno, started running onto the field to tell an official to stop the game.
That occurred at exactly the same time Bolden was running a play, and the scrimmage came to an abrupt end after he threw an incomplete pass to Devon Smith.
From a football standpoint, the scrimmage revealed virtually nothing. Things were dummied down even more than usual in a spring game because of the sloppy conditions, and no players or units really stood out.
The real action occurred in the postgame media room as all four quarterbacks addressed the hot-button topics of the competition and their futures at Penn State.
Here's a closer look at what all four had to say:
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It's impossible to figure out what he's going to do. One minute he says he loves PSU and sounds like he's staying.
"I'm all in for Penn State right now as a student and as an athlete," Bolden said.
But the next minute he talks about how he's still considering leaving.
"There are a lot of things that I have to think about other than football," he said. "Well, football is the main thing, but with my coaches, we have other things that you guys maybe don't know about that we have to go over."
He's closer to a decision but hasn't made a final one yet, and he doesn't have a time frame, either. He also believes he is getting a fair shot in the quarterback competition and has no hard feelings about Paterno refusing to grant him a release from his scholarship in January.
Bolden said anyone thinking he's already decided to transfer because he hasn't yet announced he would stay is incorrect.
"I don't think that's true," he said. "I'm here, I'm having fun. I enjoy Penn State. ... Everybody here at Penn State hasn't treated me any different since this thing has happened. They've all been good towards me. So it's nothing about the school. Everything here is great. I love it here. Just me and my coaches, we had some hard times, obviously, and based from that, we've just got to see where I'm at."
Bolden looked about the same Saturday as he did as a freshman starter last season. He was wildly erratic in misfiring on all five pass attempts -- the weather may have played a big part in that -- and he was unable to get the offense moving at all.
"I think my most progress was reading defenses," he said of his spring work. "I got better at that. Joe was on me basically every day. He wanted me to speed it up and get the ball out, don't take double hitch steps or stuff like that to slow my receivers down a little bit, and I think I did real good in that."
He spent a lot of time in the film room watching his performances from last year, plus he worked with former Nittany Lion quarterback Daryll Clark. Whether all of that work will someday pay off for Penn State or another school remains the big question.
Bolden's father was outspoken about his son not wanting to be at PSU back in January, leading some to believe he is helping make the final decision.
"He told me just to be here and make sure I wasn't like one [foot] in and one out," Bolden said of his dad. "He told me while I'm here just to do everything I need to do to make sure that I'm getting better and while I'm here just to be all in."
Bolden admitted he goes back and forth on the decision and that starting over at a new school "would be really hard."
SUBHD: McGloin
Just like to last year, McGloin came in for Bolden and was able to move the offense.
He threw a nice 20-yard pass that was dropped by Justin Brown, but he also underthrew Devon Smith and had the receiver come back for it on a 36-yard gain to the 9 that set up an Evan Lewis field goal.
McGloin later hit Moseby-Felder on the 17-yard score in the back left of the end zone for a 10-0 lead.
"The weather was bad out there today, but I still thought I threw the ball pretty well," he said.
McGloin certainly did not throw well in the final game of the 2010 season as he was picked off five times against Florida in the Outback Bowl.
"It took a long time to get over it," he said of that disappointment. "The feeling I felt after the Outback Bowl was just -- words can't describe it. It was the worst feeling. The next day I promised myself never to feel like that again. And I've been working harder than ever to make sure I don't."
One argument against McGloin starting is that, even if he is a little better than Bolden now, Bolden has a much bigger upside and needs all the playing time he can get to reach his potential.
Asked if that perception makes him mad, McGloin said, "You've got to win now, and it really doesn't matter how you look three or four years from now.
"I can't control what people say," he added. "All I can control is the fact that I need to continue to improve each and every day so I can put myself in a position to be a starter."
SUBHD: Newsome
Two major things have changed concerning him since this time last year.
He went into the 2010 Blue-White Game as the projected starter, and now he's battling for the third-team spot and considering transferring.
He also struggled big time answering questions last year, sounding so nervous and afraid to say the wrong thing that most of what he did say provided little insight into his actual feelings.
Newsome was much more open, honest and revealing Saturday when discussing if he plans to stick around at Penn State. He spoke about himself and Bolden when he said:
"We feel like we're good football players, and we love the sport of football, we love to play football. And when we're sitting on the sideline and there's nothing we can do to help our team, it hurts us. It hurts our heart. So we want to be able to help. That's the only reason we talk about transferring. We don't talk about transferring because we don't like Penn State. We love Penn State. But we love football also."
Newsome explained why he did not go to the Outback Bowl.
"I respect Penn State enough where I wasn't all in," he said. "The Michigan State game, I thought I didn't have a shot to play, and I wasn't all in. And I didn't think that was fair to Penn State, a school I love, to go down to Florida to the bowl game and not be all in. That's not fair to the team. And I decided to stay home."
It has been speculated Newsome can stay at PSU and switch to running back, receiver or somewhere else. He said that will not happen and that the coaches have never approached him about it.
"I'm a quarterback," he said. "I am a quarterback until I die. ... I have to have the ball in my hands every play. That's the type of player I am. I want to lead my team to a championship."
Newsome said his decision about transferring "has definitely yet to be made."
"I want to be here," he said. "I love this school. I want Penn State in my heart for the rest of my life. But like I said, you only have one life to live. You've got to chase your dream."
He went on to add, "Whatever Bolden [does], whatever McGloin [does], whatever Paul [does], I wish them the best of luck. This team's my family, so I would never want anything bad to happen to anybody here. But I think that we all should do what's best for us because we only got one life to live."
SUBHD: Jones
The redshirt freshman says he has no plans to go anywhere.
"I'm here at Penn State. I signed a letter of intent. I'm here ready to play," Jones said.
The highly touted recruit enrolled at PSU last January, took part in the 2010 Blue-White Game and threw two touchdowns. So it was a surprise to many that Bolden, a freshman who didn't arrive until May, beat him out.
Jones is still well behind Bolden and McGloin, according to the coaches, but he feels he has made a lot of progress.
"I feel more comfortable, like I'm not in a shell," Jones said. "Last spring, coming in I would be too nervous about messing up or second guessing how good I was at some point."
He admitted he wasn't exactly thrilled to be redshirted, but he trusts that the coaches did what's best for him and the quarterback position.
"The game feels a lot slower when I'm playing, and I'm just more comfortable now," Jones said. "I don't know if it's because I've been here for so long -- I've been here for a year already -- or if it's been just practicing. But whatever it is I feel comfortable, so I'm ready to go."
He's also the biggest quarterback, and at 245 pounds, he's capable of running over people.
"I'm the same size as the guys hitting me, so I can take more hits," Jones said. "I'm not scared to get hit and give a hit, too. Defenses are told to rip the guy's head off with the ball, so there's no point in actually just standing like a dummy and taking it. I can give it out, too."


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The Visual State Manager is on a very short list of features that exist on Silverlight today but do not exist on Desktop WPF. This short screencast introduces the Visual State Manager and illustrates the value it adds to the Silverlight platform. It shows how the Visual State Manager can be used in control templates as well as full application screens.
John Gossman from the WPF team blogged that the Visual State Manager will be added to WPF in the future. He has not indicated when an officially supported WPF version will be available but he did supply a working sample that is compatible with its Silverlight 2 Beta 2 counterpart.
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quote: The Volt's sales were terrible before that story even broke.
quote: This is true of any car, you cannot just leave a totaled car sitting somewhere with a volatile fuel source (any energy dense source) without taking care of it, that's common sense.
quote: Well the original claim was that the Volt would catch on fire weeks after a severe crash and it had not been attended to.
quote: The NHTSA's job is to keep people safe and they did that.
quote: But the people have a right to know these things. You seem to think it's fine for a Government agency to sit on a report for five months because it might look bad for the Government supported auto-makers new political flagship. That's not a situation I'm comfortable with. There's a clear conflict of interest here.
quote: Huh? I've been in accidents and had cars totaled, and at no point did the fuel tank have to be drained as a precaution. If fuel isn't leaking, there is virtually no potential risk.
quote: Normal cars just don't do that.
quote: GM is now wielding steel plates around the battery to further secure it.
quote: Why did it take 5+ months?
quote: You do realize the economic prosperity post WW2, that every republican likes to mention, was from that same 'conflict of interest'.
quote: trying to win an argument on the internet is like running in the special olympics, even if you win, your still a retard
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Jonathan Guist is associate professor of music at the University of Texas at Brownsville, where he teaches applied clarinet, clarinet ensemble and chamber music. He holds a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, an M.M. from Baylor University and a B.M.E. from New Mexico State University. Principal teachers include Kenneth Grant, Richard Shanley, and Laroy Borchert. Dr. Guist's previous teaching engagements have included the Eastman School of Music, Nazareth College, Baylor University, the Hochstein School of Music and Dance, and the Conservatory of Central Illinois. Dr. Guist holds the position of Co-principal Clarinet with the Valley Symphony Orchestra and also maintains a busy performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician. Recently he has been a featured soloist with the UTB Wind Ensemble, performing Scott McAllister's Black Dog, with additional concerto performances of works by C.M. von Weber and W.A. Mozart in Cholula and Puebla, Mexico in 2013. Conference presentations include the 2007 International Double Reed Society Conference, 2008 and 2011 College Music Society Conferences, and the 2010 Texas Music Educators Association Conference. Dr. Guist is active throughout the United States and Mexico as a clinician and adjudicator, and is a founding member of the Frontera Chamber Music Society, whose mission is to advance and promote chamber music through inspiring community performance, education and outreach.
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assault on Adobe's Flash technology. The company's latest efforts
center around seven tech demos which showcase
that HTML5 can perform many of the same tasks as Adobe Flash.
Apple prefaces the tech demos by
Every new Apple
mobile device and every new Mac — along with the latest version of
Apple's Safari web browser — supports web standards including
HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. These web standards are open, reliable,
highly secure, and efficient. They allow web designers and developers
to create advanced graphics, typography, animations, and transitions.
Standards aren't add-ons to the web. They are the web. And you can
start using them today.
The tech demos include video and audio
playback, photo sideshows (which are often done with Flash on news
websites), transitional effects for pictures, a 360 degree view of an
iPod touch, and a virtual reality tour of the flagship NYC Apple
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So we all know that not returning your cart to the corral is grounds for public flogging. But what about this:
Yesterday, I went to a Costco on a different side of town than I usually go to. The parking lot does not have many cart corrals, and, of course, it can be quite packed, especially on a Saturday afternoon.
I parked in a pretty far away spot, and when I got back to my car, I looked around for the nearest corral but didn't see any. What I did see was a makeshift corral; it was a parking spot in which people had used to stow their carts. There were probably 25 or so carts mostly all stacked neatly (although there were a couple scattered but within the confines of the parking spot) shoved into this one spot. I glanced around and noticed that there was another one of these makeshift corrals a little ways down. In other words, shoppers had just taken it upon themselves to stow the carts together even though there were no corrals around. I didn't spend a lot of time looking, but I did not see any random carts left in other places either. This seems to be some sort of thing that happens at this store.
Being a person of low moral fiber, I went ahead and added my cart to the nearest pile.
What does the DT think about this? Should I have just walked my lazy ass to an official corral? Or is the makeshift corral just as good?
Would it change your opinion if I told you that I was 7 months pregnant with twins and had my 6 month old baby, my 2 year old son, my 3 year old daughter, and my 5 year old triplets with me and that I also suffer from fibromyalgia and lupus and that I had purchased a box of ice cream sandwiches?


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i miss galaxy express 999 the movie..i haven't seen it on tv since i was like 16!
I cant sas have seen it my slef sorry not seen in the uk
it's a really awesome movie. kinda complicated though.
Its was pretty good.
I think i remember seeing this if it's the one im thinking about they showed in it in scfi one time long time ago, too lazy too google it right now pizza in one hand and the other typing, will look it up later, did it have like androids that ate pills as there food that were made from dead humans?


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Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim has identified a burned body found last month as that of a Reading woman.
Jennifer Velez-Negron's burning body was found in a wooded area behind 75 Chestnut Hill Rd. in Salisbury Township on Dec. 27, the coroner said.
An autopsy the next day determined Velez-Negon, 26, died of suffocation and thermal injuries, said the coroner, who ruled her death a homicide.
The condition of the woman's body, the coroner said, required additional testing in order to make an identification. During the autopsy, officials noticed "Javi" tattooed on the right side of her neck, but it wasn't enough to make a positive identification, the coroner said. Fingerprints and dental comparisons weren't available either.
"With the assistance of the media and the public, we were placed in contact with possible family members of Jane Doe," said Scott Grim, the Lehigh County coroner. "DNA samples were collected from those members to assist with positive identification."
The positive identification through DNA testing was made Thursday.
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Where LA-area gay men go to die after their 40th birthday, a la Logan's Run.
Bill: "Too bad I missed Dave's 40th birthday party. Where is he anyway?"
Mark: "Oh he's been shipped off to Palm Springs."
Mark: "Oh he's been shipped off to Palm Springs."
από B 15 Φεβρουάριος 2005
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από Katie________ 9 Μάιος 2006
Hell, well pretty darn close to it in the summer. In the "winter" lots of old rich people visit and drive slow. Best place to torture a teenager because there is nothing to do. The strip has been dead for 15 years. Everyone is asleep by 8 because 90% of the people are over the age of 95.
Person 1: Hey your from Palm Springs? Katy Perry mentions Palm Springs in her new song California Girls.
Person 2: Yea I cant understand why that place is a hellhole. Old people go there to die.
Person 2: Yea I cant understand why that place is a hellhole. Old people go there to die.
από It's time to move. 15 Δεκέμβριος 2010
A place that conjures up "life styles of the rich and famous", but the harsh reality is Palm Springs is the new Southwestern United States ghetto. The weather is hot and miserable eight months out of the year. The other four months are blowing sand. The Coachella Valley. is rift with over-development and downtown P.S. is no exception vacant store fronts etc. The freeway into the Coachella Valley is littered with garbage which shows the amount of pride residents have in their community. This is no surprise since the area is full of tweekers and crime. Famous for its many golf courses: aka: prison resorts to keep said tweeker rift raft out while projecting a resort lifestyle reminiscent of a Japanese interment camp.
I went to Palm Springs and there was nothing to do. Unless one like to get tweeked, play golf and or get "rear ended."
από Brock Sandee 17 Φεβρουάριος 2007
A great place to catch a baseball game in the summer starting June 4th.
Timmy: I want to see a baseball game while I'm on vacation, where should I go?
Sally: Go to Palm Springs and see the POWER play almost everyday this summer! They even have Dollar Beer Nights on Tuesdays!
Sally: Go to Palm Springs and see the POWER play almost everyday this summer! They even have Dollar Beer Nights on Tuesdays!
από Rocky the Ram 24 Μάιος 2010
A nice place to stop while on your way from Arizona to California. A city in the desert region of Southern California about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. It is known for golf, sunshine and old farts and that's about it.
Palm Springs is a nice place to live...when I'm 80 and frail.
από krock1dk 14 Σεπτέμβριος 2007
A town located about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, in the desert. It's located in the coachella valley with beautiful Mt. San Jacinto as it's back drop. It's a play ground for the rich and famous, a green luxurious oasis in the desert. With numerous golf courses, pools, palm trees, great shopping, a beautiful downtown area with a star walk with quaint shops and fine dining.
Palm Springs is a green oasis in the desert.
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We've seen a rash of users reporting this issue, specifically around the Black Ops map pack Escalation. If you are getting this issue, please post here with the following information. Please keep your post short and to the point; added "background story" will just clog up the works. We're going for data collection again, folks! Thanks!Game type: Physical disc (installed?) or Game on Demand download?Map location: Hard Drive (HDD) or memory unit (USB or Original)?Troubleshooting to try before posting:
Please note in your post if these steps did or did not help you. If your issues was fixed by these steps, it is just as important for us to know that as well! Thanks all!Edit: Thanks to MeanMachine 47 for the typo alert and feedback!
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You guys should know by now that these steps don't work but just in case i tried it for the 41st time and still nothing.
my game is a physical disc, my maps are on hdd thanx for listening
I reloaded the map pack (without deleting the first download which was not working). I get access to some of the maps (zoo and a couple of others). But the problem comes back.
any insights to a fix yet guys? Ive been griting my teeth and playing the few maps that still work but theres times where i'll get kicked out of 3 maps in a row and throw my controller and goto bed hahaha
Downloading First Strike & Escalation map packs - both having the same issues
Game DISC + USB memory
Multiple times the entire download completes and does not load any additional maps into the game
Shows up as "incomplete" but has nothing more to download
reloaded profile, deleted cache, etc with no results as of yet. Not happy to spend the $$ for nothing so far.
I'm having trouble with two of my games on demand not working after i have done this several times. Why does it say "disk is unreadable" when it didnt need a disk to download from the marketplace?
Game type: The physical disk. i bought it.
Map location: Hard Drive (HDD)
well this is getting annoying not being able to play escalation with my friends. i really hope this helps.
Hello, I have not downloaded any of these map packs, and I cannot play any multiplayer content. Please help.
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cant get anything from the market place, or find black ops map packs. any reasons for this
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As an adult looking back on your teenage years, it's hard not to cringe. Not just because you (OK, I) looked like a roadie for a Poison cover band, but because that's the time in your life where every adult you speak to hands out some sort of generic life advice, and you don't realize until years later that half of everything you heard was total bullshit. It's easy to be fooled at that age because you've been taught to give weight to what adults tell you. You know, because they have more experience in life than you do. Unfortunately, since very few of the people you meet will be geniuses, or even wise, for that matter, that means you'll be accidentally trusting the words of some complete fucking idiots.
Looking back on my own teenage years, there are a few basic things I wish I had known right out of the gate.
#5. Realistically, no, you can't do "anything" you set your mind to. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a shot or 20.
One of the most annoying, bullshit messages you'll ever hear in life is "You can do anything you put your mind to!" It's in every Christmas special, family sitcom, motivational speech, sermon, inspirational song, feel-good movie of the summer .... We are so saturated with that lesson that if you squeeze our stomachs, rainbows will shoot out of our assholes. It is probably the single most popular half-truth in existence. I call it a half-truth because, on a certain level, it is absolute gospel (and at the very least, common sense). If you work your ass off, master your craft, talk to the right people and be as persistent as a hemorrhoid throb, you'll make it happen.
But do me a favor and sit through this for as long as you can. It's cool, I'll wait:
Those are some American Idol rejects, and as of the writing of this sentence, this one compilation video has about 3.1 million views. Now, if the Internet were the only place you could find compilations like this, that would be one thing, but the show itself runs about seven audition shows at the beginning of each season, typically focusing on the worst of the worst, coupled with the judges' reactions. In other words, we're watching peoples' lifelong dreams get crushed for entertainment.
That's incredibly important, because while we're laughing our third nipple off at how extremely bad these pieces of shit suck at singing, we don't for one second imagine ourselves in that same situation. We know our limitations. We know when to pull back. These people are just crazy and deluded, right? Not entirely. There's every chance that they just never had anyone tell them how they measure up to industry standards -- or even singing-alone-in-the-shower standards. Many of those people have been inadvertently tricked into thinking that success is about perseverance and determination because nobody ever stressed the fact that they have to actually have some sort of talent to begin with.
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I'm not suggesting that you give up your dreams. Hell, I'm not even suggesting that if you suck on the level of the musical E. coli in that video. If you have a dream, you need to make a sincere attempt to achieve it. What I'm saying is, if it turns out that you don't have what it takes, you need to be realistic about the possible outcomes. What do you want to be known for? Ed Wood is an incredibly famous filmmaker -- not because he was awesome, but because he's considered to be the worst director to ever live. All he cared about was making movies that people would love, and in the end, he's know for his catastrophic level of suck.
Or even in that American Idol video from above, one of the auditions was by a man named William Hung, who, after that ear fuck of a performance, got a record deal and ended up selling 194,000 copies. He hit No. 1 on the indie charts and No. 34 on the overall U.S. charts. He wanted to get into the music industry, and by God, he did. But I sincerely doubt he ever imagined it would be because he sang like the waning throes of a car-tagged deer. Who the fuck has a dream that starts out with "I'm going to suck worse than anyone who has ever lived"?
5.6 million views.
#4. You're not dumb -- you're learning. The same as every other human on this goddamn planet. Know that, and you'll be fine.
I'm as guilty as every other adult of calling teenagers dumb. Mostly I do it because I just love giving people shit for no reason, but other times I look at them and genuinely think, "How could you possibly not understand a concept this fucking simple? I can't believe you dumbasses are going to be running this count- holy Jesus crotch, I just became own grandfather." But if I were to pull my head out of my ass for ten seconds and sincerely try to remember what it was like when I was a kid, I'd realize that the reason many teens don't understand a concept that seems like second nature to adults is because they haven't fucking learned it yet, you ignorant twat.
We fall into this trap all the time when we look at other peoples' success and then wonder what we're doing wrong ourselves. That's one of the driving forces in keeping us active and pushing for a better life, but in comparing ourselves to others in that manner, it's extremely easy to think of ourselves as stupid or inadequate. Trust me, you're not. Well, most of you aren't. Some of you are genuinely dumb, in pretty much the same percentage as found in adult social circles. If you're one of those people, feel free to skip this point and move on to the next one.
Don't worry, dude, the next point has shiny stuff in it.
No, the reason you aren't where that other person is in life isn't because you're dumb. It's because you haven't had access to the same lessons that got him where he is. Or maybe you did have access, but for whatever reason, the lesson just didn't sink in. Or you didn't realize there was even a lesson in progress (they can be pretty sneaky). Or you didn't understand what it was teaching. Regardless of all those reasons, none of them mean that you're dumb.
The people who are sincerely too dumb to progress in life couldn't have made it this far into a text article in the first place, let alone have the self-awareness to give a crap about their own level of intelligence. Yes, it's frustrating when you feel yourself busting your ass with little to no forward progression, but believe me, the fact that you're trying to understand why is a good sign that you're on the right track.
Let's not be smug about it, though. I still have a car and can afford any video game I want.
#3. Don't trust anyone who tells you that a certain time period is the best years of your life. It means they aren't doing it right.
In another article, I told you that high school is not the best years of your life. I brought it up because even though adults have the best of intentions when they spew this bullshit, they're putting out not only a false message, but a harmful one to boot. There's nothing like talking to a person who's prone to depression, in the throes of rebellion, addled by hormones and under more stress than they'd ever experienced before and telling them that this is the best life will ever be. Good job, adults.
But it goes further than that. If someone boils your life down to a specific time frame in which you can expect the most enjoyable, rewarding things to happen, that person has no goddamn idea what they're talking about. If you're reading this article at age 15 in a First World country, your life expectancy is right around 80 years. That means you have about 80 percent of your life left to live. Think about that. Do you honestly believe that the very best things you'll ever experience in life are taking place before you're even allowed to drive your own car? To have your own job and your own house with your own rules? Does that make sense?
"I'm drunk, and I just shit in that microwave. And there isn't a goddamn thing anyone can do about it."
Of course not. If the person telling you this horseshit is 40 years old, even they have about 50 percent of their own life to experience. How can they possibly advise you on what the best age is when they still have yet to experience half of their own lifetime? Mathematically, the best times of your life haven't happened yet, and probably won't for many, many years. For all you know, the last four seconds of your life could end up feeling like a spiritual orgasm.
But even if you set simple math aside, you have to keep in mind that the people handing out this sort of generic advice aren't taking into account that their experiences at that age are most likely going to be drastically different from yours. Not just because of a change in generations, but because we're all individuals with different factors governing our lives. Put those same people in a room with their old high school classmates, ask them all what the best time in their lives have been, and you'll get different answers across the board.
"Mine was about two hours ago when I had a three-way with Matthew Perry and the sign spinner from that taco place."
Your goal is to make right now the best time in your life, regardless of what happened yesterday. I'm telling you as straight up as I can that if you're in that frame of mind when you're 30, you will give your kids' generation a whole lot more to look forward to. And you're going to be a whole lot less miserable when you're not looking back and thinking, "Wait, that was it? Why the fuck am I even still trying?" Nope. You have a loooooong way to go, chief. Life is pretty goddamn awesome, and I assure you that the best of it sure as fuck isn't crammed into a four-year period that throws brackets around the most awkward and chaotic you'll ever be.


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In a paper published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology, a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Arizona and the U.S. Geological Survey found a rapid decrease in rain over the past 20 years, compared with the prior 60. Researchers found that rainfall had declined 20 inches from 1990 to 2010, causing many silverswords to die before reaching adulthood.
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Silverswords can be found between Haleakala's 7,000- to 10,000-foot elevation, and they are experiencing hardships because of the trade wind inversion becoming more frequent, Loope said. In this weather pattern, clouds are incapable of reaching higher altitudes, thus causing less rainfall.
USGS Director Marcia McNutt said she was surprised with the federally protected plant's decline in numbers because of its history as a hardy plant.
"The silversword is an amazing story of selective biological adaptation of this distant cousin of the daisy to the high winds and sometimes freezing temperatures on the high slopes and thin soils of Haleakala volcano," she said. "Despite the successful efforts of the National Park Service to protect this very special plant from local disturbance from humans and introduced species, we now fear that these actions alone may be insufficient to secure this plant's future. No part of our planet is immune from the impacts of climate change."
The paper was originally created as a result of Loope's research, dating back to 1982, where he documented the remarkable recovery of the silversword after it reached critical lows in the early 20th century. His research included a study that sought to create a representative sample for trends in the general population.
Nearly every year, Loope and biologists Forest and Kim Starr monitored around 400 plants and followed their growth cycle until 2010. Scientists saw the sample population reach a peak of 500 in 1990, but it experienced a sharp decline two years later.
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Loope and the Starrs' findings intrigued Paul Krushelnycky, a biologist with the University of Hawaii at Manoa and senior author for the paper.
"When you're hiking the crater, it's not really obvious that level of mortality is occurring," said Krushelnycky, referring to the abundance of silverswords at the crater. "So we were asking ourselves, 'Is that trend really representative of the larger population?' . . . I don't think those plots are too far off."
Although researchers widely agree that the number of silverswords is decreasing, they could not give a definitive figure for the population of plants, with estimates ranging from 50,000 to 100,000. Krushelnycky said it has been difficult to reach an accurate estimate because of technical limitations and the crater's grueling terrain.
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The Starrs have done much of the legwork in gathering population estimates, which involves using binoculars and counting the number of plants in an area.
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Researchers said recent improvements to remote sensoring and aerial photos have helped with silversword monitoring protocol, and researchers hope to have accurate estimates in the near future.
Krushelnycky said he hopes to learn more about the threatened plant with "seedling drought tolerance experiments."
In the first round of preliminary results, he found that seedlings performed differently based on varying levels of water. He also found that plants that grew more slowly and had larger roots lived longer than plants that grew quickly and had long leaves.
The findings have caught the eye of Haleakala National Park, which draws 1 million to 2 million visitors a year, with many driving up to the crater to observe the rare and ancient plant.
Krushelnycky said he will verify his conclusions after a second round of results later this year, and then use the data to help silverswords thrive atop Haleakala.
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Former Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper included a critique of the Erie region's political culture in her announcement that she's barging into the Democratic primary for Erie County executive against a viable incumbent.
She talked at her kickoff announcement on Monday about bringing more vision to the office on issues such as economic development, poverty and stemming the region's brain drain. And she said Grossman, who in his re-election announcement Friday also pledged to run "a visionary campaign," isn't cutting it.
Dahlkemper didn't limit her report card on the status quo to Grossman. She talked about an overall torpor in the region's electoral ranks.
She argued that we need people who will lead the region forward rather than just manage the government. And she said we need more than "leaders who are comfortable in managing the continued decline of our home," echoing similar words used by County Councilman Phil Fatica in 2010 to explain his vote for establishing a community college.
I have no idea just whom Dahlkemper counts as part of the problem of government drift. But I did get a chuckle at County Councilman Fiore Leone's expense.
Leone attended Dahlkemper's announcement and said he's leaning toward supporting her because "she's got a lot of good things to say." That brought to mind a wry observation a woman made a day earlier on Twitter about a recent newspaper report: "Nothing reminds me of how progressive Erie is as when I see the ETN cite 'Leone, a county councilman since 1978 ...'"
Dahlkemper will have to back up her bold talk in the weeks ahead with specifics about what's included in her vision for the region and how she'd bring the county's top office to bear on it. Grossman, who rooted his re-election announcement largely in his first-term record, will have to answer with some agenda of his own.
Harnessing the county executive's office for purposes more expansive than merely managing the county's bureaucracy is complicated by the fact the job's assigned responsibilities are fairly narrow. On paper, it's largely an administrative gig.
That's not sufficient to the need for coherent and sustained regional action on regional issues, and it's difficult to extend the position's reach because of the balkanization of power and resources built into how Pennsylvania organizes local communities and government.
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I've daydreamed, for example, about Republican state Sen. Jane Earll, now newly retired from the Senate, turning her savvy and connections to the task. The idea clearly interested me more than her the couple of times I asked her about it.
The best-case scenario would be having forward-looking, dynamic and complementary leaders in both the county executive's office and across Perry Square on the fifth floor of City Hall. That would align the representative of the region's largest constituency with the leader of its biggest subset.
Rick Schenker and Rick Filippi talked the talk of becoming such a tag team across party lines when they took office as county executive and mayor respectively in 2002. Then each flamed out in his own way without really testing the premise.
As the county's stagnant population base has steadily bled from city to suburbs, and the city increasingly has become a repository for the worst of the region's problems, a mayor's voice doesn't carry like it once did. But the office still could be a formidable force in advancing a vision beyond the day-to-day working of the city's operational levers.
In his seven-plus years in the top job, however, Joe Sinnott has shown he's not interested in (or perhaps capable of) being that sort of mayor. The lack of any opposition to his re-election this year locks in four more years of small ball at City Hall.
In some ways that ups the ante in the county executive's race. Someone has to connect the dots for the public in regard to the region's problems and trend lines, and pound away at why more of the same won't turn things around.
The job's not really designed for that sort of thing. But when you're operating in a system hatched in Harrisburg for times long past, you have to work with what you've got.
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