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One hundred and twenty-eight students – 41 undergraduates and 87 graduate students – who completed requirements in August or December will receive their degrees at the seventh annual December commencement ceremony of Saint Vincent College at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 17 in the gymnasium of the Robert S. Carey Student Center. Principal speaker will be Carlos M. Cardoso, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Kennametal Inc., who will also be honored with the conferral of an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
Mr. Cardoso joined the company in April 2003 as vice president and chief operating officer with responsibility for Kennametal's Metalworking Solutions and Services and Advanced Materials Solutions businesses, representing 90 percent of the company's total revenues.
Mr. Cardoso has an extensive global background, having lived and worked on three continents. Before joining Kennametal, Mr. Cardoso served as president of the $1.3 billion pump division of Flowserve Corporation which accounted for 70 percent of total company revenues with 5,000 employees worldwide. Previously, he served more than six years with Honeywell / AlliedSignal where he held several positions of increasing responsibility including vice president and general manager of engine systems and accessories, vice president and general manager of marketing sales and service – aerospace services, and vice president of operations for aerospace equipment systems.
He was previously vice president of manufacturing operations for Colt Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut where he served as a key member of the executive team.
Mr. Cardoso has been named one of America's "Best Chief Executive Officers" by Institutional Investor Magazine. He is vice chairman of the executive committee of the Manufacturers Alliance / MAPI, and is a member of the Stanley Black & Decker board of directors and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) board of directors. Additionally, he is the co-chair of the Pennsylvania Governor's Manufacturing Council, a Team Pennsylvania Foundation-led initiative, helping to identify and prioritize top issues to influence, sustain and advance manufacturing in the commonwealth. He also serves on the Fairfield University Charles F. Dolan School of Business advisory council, the board of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Council. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and a master's degree in management from the Hartford Graduate Center. He also participated in the Executive Management Program at Cornell University and completed the AlliedSignal Executive Management Program. Mr. Cardoso is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. He and his wife reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have two children. The ceremony will be preceded by a Baccalaureate Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the Mary, Mother of Wisdom Chapel and followed by a reception in the Robert S. Carey Student Center student lounge.
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1/2 cup onion, sliced
3/4 cup carrots, julienned
1/2 cup Chinese cabbage, chopped
1 Tbsp Eden Wakame Flakes
1/2 cup organic tofu, cut into small cubes
3 Tbsp Eden Genmai Miso
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KINGS BEACH, Calif. - The proposed formation of a Benefit Assessment District upon completion of the three-lane project through downtown is getting mixed reaction from local business property owners.
The 294 parcel owners within the boundaries of the approximately $48 million Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project, a multi-phase venture to resize Highway 28 that includes roundabouts, are being asked if they're in favor of contributing to the $166,000 annual fee associated with the upkeep of streetscape aesthetics.
"It makes sense to maintain it once complete," said Richard Smith, owner of Sierra Shirts and Shades, who voted in favor of the district. "It has to be maintained, and I don't see how it can be done any other way."
Some businesses in the area are seasonal, Smith said, so relying on individual property owners to maintain the improvements along their frontage could be problematic.
Funds collected by the assessment district would mostly go toward covering snow removal on sidewalks, and to a lesser extent: trash removal; power washing of sidewalks; reserve funds for damage, repair or replacement of improvements; and administration fees, according to Placer County.
Questions regarding the impact of a large snowfall year on assessments and liability for sidewalk accidents are among areas of concern for Julie and John Wainscoat, owners of Brockway Bakery.
"I would like to get some answers before making any particular reply," Julie said.
Perry Deas, co-owner of Lake Tahoe Specialty Stove and Fireplace, said he voted in favor of the district, but would have liked to have seen the assessment more spread out.
"I think the assessment should be the entire community ..." Deas said. "The sidewalks benefit the entire community, not just the businesses. It should be a joint effort just like anything we get assessed for - the schools, the fire department."
As the assessment stands now, if approved, Deas would be charged approximately $950 annually, he said.
"It's pretty comparable to probably what I'm spending now," he said, adding the cost to maintain the outside of his store both in time and money is at least 1,000 annually.
Assessments would be based on property zoning, the property's state of development and whether it fronts streetscape improvements, according to the county, meaning property owners will have different assessments.
For Smith, his proposed assessment is about a $1,000 annually.
"It's acceptable," he said .
While Julie Wainscoat declined to provide her proposed assessment fee, she said it was based on the zoning of a non-residential block, which she questioned, since she and her husband live above their business.
She also said she wonders how much the zoning of their property impacted their assessment.
In order to get answers, Julie said she and her husband plan to attend a public hearing before the Placer County Board of Supervisors during its first Tahoe meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. The hearing will be held simultaneously at the County Administrative Center in Auburn.
Afterward, the assessment ballots, all of which were sent to district property owners in early December, will be counted to determine if a benefit assessment district should be formed, according to the county.
In order for the district to be approved, ballots returned in support, weighed by their dollar amount, must exceed ballots returned in opposition, which also will be weighed by dollar amount, according to the project's website, kingsbeachcore.info.
If approved, a new charge will be "levied in perpetuity" and listed on the affected party's property tax bill once the streetscape improvements are installed, according to the site.
Also, if approved, district property owners would have the right to be heard at a public hearing held by the county board of supervisors each year. If there is "sufficient" protest to the assessment, there are procedures in place to dissolve the district.
According to previous reports, the highway portion of the project, which aims to improve bike and pedestrian safety and the aesthetics and feel of downtown, is likely to get under way this year and will take at least two years to complete.


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quote: Still, among the pack of these machines, the iMac is the best one.
quote: You can buy and install applications straight from any developer.
quote: You can install applications from third party storefronts like Steam.
quote: *Any developer that Apple has approved of*The Mac App Store uses the exact same walled garden platform as the iOS one Takin, and you know this. What are you trying to pull here? Not just anyone can write apps for OSX and sell them, as is the case with Windows.
quote: How does that refute the plain fact that Apple has always tightly controlled the Mac platform? And hello! Steam wasn't made available for Mac until 2010!
quote: And what about peripherals! Why can't I go out and buy ANY video card, ANY optical drive, anything and have it work with my Mac? Because Apple said so, that's why.
quote: I've lost count. Not only would Mac's not ship with Blu-Ray until mid-2011 (way late to the party as usual), but you couldn't even use an external one because, yup you guessed it, Apple wouldn't support them!
quote: Only because of Bootcamp. If everyone was still locked away in the OSX walled garden, I think iMac sales would be quite different. And by different I mean lower


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Jury selection could take weeks in the trial of Shaun Bosse, according to officials at the McClain County district attorney's office.
Bosse is charged with killing a Dibble family, Katrina Griffin, 25, and her two children Christian Griffin, 8, and Chasity Hammer, 6. The three were found dead in their burned-out mobile home in July 2010.
Jury selection began Monday and will likely run all of next week, and could even continue into a third week, according to an assistant district attorney.
Officials said, if convicted, Bosse could face the death penalty, so jurors must be prepared to make a life-or-death decision in the case.
Due to the size of the jury pool, selection is happening at the McClain County Farm/Home Community Building.


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1. This is my one thousandth post. 1000.
2. We have a name for our baby girl, but we won't share it until we introduce her to the world. I'll tell you that it won't be Gretchen Noelle or Megan Helene. Those were previous girl names we had chosen when pregnant with Noah & Gray. When pregnant with Carter we didn't have a girl name at all.
3. I like to change my hair. A lot. Long or short, red, brown, blonde. Yesterday I was at the salon for several hours trying to put a purple streak in my now darker hair. It wouldn't take. So I ended up with something kinda blondish pinkish caramel. We plan on trying again. I'd like the streak to be the color of my toenails.
4. Thanks to Twitter I got a tweet last night from Amy that My Chicken And Cheese was giving away girl stuff. Now I have girl stuff coming my way!
5. Inquiring minds want to know that the dress is made by Halabaloo.
6. I'm really really starting to look forward to BlogHer. I'll be big and pregnant, but I'll be there!
7. I dreamed the other night that I gave birth in a river while standing on a rock. She nursed immediately. She also had lots of hair in pigtails and a mouth full of teeth. It was kinda freaky.
8. I've been doing a prenatal workout and have found that yoga is a really subtle way to get your butt kicked. It's trickery, I tell you!
9. One of my posts from the Chicago Moms Blog was syndicated last week and was in the Miami Herald, The News & Observer, Bellevillle News Democrat, Centre Daily Times, Charlotte Observer, and The Island Packet.
10. Yesterday I spent several minutes searching for my favorite earrings. I knew hubby had seen me take them off the night before, so I called him to find out if he knew where they went. He was out to breakfast with the boys, getting ready to go hiking in the woods. They heard him talking about the earrings and each pulled one from their pockets. They thought they could use them for fishing in the river...
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
April 9, 2013
Dr. Gene Torisky, associate professor of philosophy in the Saint Vincent College department of philosophy, part of the school of humanities and fine arts, will publish three articles in the 2012-2013 Supplement to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, Ethics and Philosophy in June. The articles are entitled, Informal Logic, The Philosophy of As-If and Psychologism. "Informal Logic involves the systematic study of everyday reasoning, especially in persuasion and rhetoric, including logical fallacies," Dr. Torisky explained. "The Philosophy of As-If was a neo-Kantian account of the reality of scientific entities made famous by German thinker Hans Vaihinger (1852-1933). Psychologism was a 19th and 20th century movement that tried to reduce logical and other abstract concepts to facts about human nature." The New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement, 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, expands upon and complements the scholarship in the 2003, 2nd edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia. It features 700 (450 new and 250 updated/revised) signed, peer-reviewed articles dedicated to philosophical themes, with a focus on philosophy in the Western tradition. The four-volume publication covers a wide range of topics including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of literature, art, music, political philosophy and philosophy of law. It contains numerous articles of special interest to Catholic thought and culture covering such areas as the philosophical aspects of love, hope, wisdom, marriage, friendship, death, pain and suffering, the human person and the human soul and the philosophy of God and religion."
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Randolph BOE to create split classrooms
April 2, 2013
Despite protest from parents, residents and even a county school employee, the Randolph County Board of Education voted Monday to combine several classes at Harman School and Valley Head Elementary......
wow, mr phares left in the nick of time. maybe its time for the rest of them to leave so we can get people in there that know how to manage money better.
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So the bond didn't pass. Well how did they manage the schools before? Sounds like an excuse to close smaller schools. It's not like any money before was really used to help the small schools. Kids deserve a good education and should not be punished over some bond that didn't pass! It's unfair to the average child to be put in a split class, but how about those with special needs? Did anyone even consider those children? Did anyone realize that what they learn in the first years of their education will determine how well they manage through out the rest of their school years in education? All the talk about putting children first and their education, what a joke! This would not be happening if our children were put first and if their education really mattered! There would be money, if they stopped catering to specific schools and treated the smaller schools equal!
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This is rediculous !!!!! how can the kids get a good education? combining classes is not going to work what about the classes that have a child whom needs special attention? how is having 2 grades together going to help. It is going to be harder on those kids to learn. And the thought of trying to close Harman school. Yeah ok, they do this and they are going to have to transport kids over 3 mountains in all condition weather and the kids will have to catch the buses at 5am to get to classes on time for the high school and then what are they going to run another run for the elementary? I doubt it so what are they going to do about that? have the elementary riding the buses for 3hrs. This is totally stupid.
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I can see a 3/4 or 4/5 split, but really? Kindergarten, first, AND second? How developmentally different are kindergarten students and second graders? Making lessons relevant for three different grades? Ridiculous. I question they're going to get a quality education unless there are only one or two students per grade.
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This is perhaps the first step in closing the Harman and Valley Head schools and busing those students elsewhere ... the welfare of students went out the window with consolidation!
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Children are the foundation of our future. For them to succeed in life, they must first receive a quality education. How are children suppose to get the education they deserve by combining classes? I feel the BOE doesn't have children's education set as the most important matter. I also feel that the smaller schools are always the target when cuts need to be made. Why should smaller schools be treated any different then the bigger schools in Randolph County? Seems like there is hardly ever or never cuts made to the bigger schools. It is unfair to cut out things in smaller schools and show favortism to the bigger schools. These kids deserve the best education and deserve to be first above all. They should not have to the one's to suffer because of budget cuts! Children only get one chance to start their education right and be successful, in their early years of education. This will not provide them with what they need to start a good education!
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New home developments are surging in the Lowcountry this year, but the market is showing signs of a slowdown due to a dwindling supply of ready-to-use lots, according to a new report.
The Charleston New Homes Snapshot for 2013 from Carolina One Real Estate says new home projects are still going strong. Permit activity is up 18 percent compared to the first eight months of 2012. A total of more than 2,500 new home permits have been issued in that time, the report said.
Permit activity is one way experts gauge builder confidence in the new homes market.
The strong demand and high sales have resulted in developers burning through the surplus of available land that had been sitting unused during the recession, according to Will Jenkinson, broker-in-charge for Carolina One New Homes.
"Trees are being knocked down right now and by about this time next year we will get the inventory of new lots where you can build new homes."
The report also showed that Charleston County is taking the lead in new homes projects.
The county has several large-scale homes developments, which includes Carolina Bay in West Ashley and Carolina Park, which is off U.S. Highway 17 in the north end of Mount Pleasant.
Berkeley County marked the second most active market for new homes.
The county is in the midst of a major uptick in new homes developments on tap, especially areas surrounding Summerville. Larger-scale projects include Cane Bay, Carnes Crossroads and Nexton.
Home prices
South Carolina home prices have leveled since the recession, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report looking at the erosion of home values.
The federal agency report looked at average home values, as reported by homeowners, from two three-year spans: 2007-09 to 2010-12.
South Carolina fared better than most of the nation since the $136,300 average between 2007 and 2009 was exactly the same figure for 2010 through 2012, according to the data.
South Carolina was the only state to record neither a gain or loss comparing the two three-year spans.
The national average of $191,900 before the recession shrunk to $174,600 between 2010 and 2012, the agency reported.
The state with the largest post-recession depreciation was California.
The Golden State's home average dipped to $358,800 from $461,400.
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Michaels, 47, is currently in critical condition. "After several CAT scans, MRIs and an angiogram, [doctors] decided to keep Michaels in the ICU and are running several tests to determine the cause. [It] will be touch and go for the next few days while he is under intense observation," the source says.
Reps confirm this report is accurate, and tell PEOPLE, "We will have no additional information until further testing is done."
The rocker's latest hospital visit follows his emergency appendectomy in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12. There is no word yet whether this new development is related to the rocker's recent appendectomy or to his diabetes.
After his appendectomy, Michaels remained in the hospital under his doctors' care – then transferred to a rehab facility specializing in diabetic patients.
As he was recovering, Michaels – who was still in the running to win this season of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice – seemed to be in good spirits and updated fans on his progress.
"They told me that if I had gone on stage like I wanted to, [my appendix] likely would have ruptured and I could have died," he wrote in a note to his fans. "There is just no way around the fact that getting your appendix out HURTS. I have a pretty good threshold for pain, but this one hurts."


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15 ounces Eden Garbanzo Beans, do not drainor cooked Eden Dry Garbanzo Beans
3 Tbsp organic roasted tahini (sesame butter)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4 cup red onion, minced
1 tsp Eden Umeboshi Paste, or to taste
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, optional
1/2 cup fresh basil, packed and chopped
2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth and creamy. Great with Eden Brown Rice Chips, warm pita bread, or sesame bread sticks.
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i just got a tweet from the Politico that Michelle Kwan Susan Rice will represent the U.s Delegation for the Closing Cermonies.
i just got a tweet from the Politico that Michelle Kwan Susan Rice will represent the U.s Delegation for the Closing Cermonies.
nice, for us mk fans but shouldn't it be a summer athlete or even current games special athlete like Gabby Douglass?
In 2008, Kwan was a member of the Presidential Delegation to the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics as well.
As for Gabby Douglas:
Because she is a London 2012 athlete, including her in the Presidential Delegation would make absolutely no sense to me.
I would think that any London 2012 athlete who stays for the closing ceremony would want to have the special experience and honor of marching in among their fellow athletes and enjoying the festivities as part of that elite group.
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President Obama tends to rely on the members of the President's Council for Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition for service of this sort. The official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies featured Dominique Dawes (co-chair of the Council, with footballer Drew Brees) and basketball player Grant Hill. The delegation for the closing ceremonies includes baseball player Curtis Pride in addition to Michelle.
There is one member of the Council who is competing in London, sprinter Allyson Felix. (She just won the gold medal in the 200 meters today.)


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Obama signs bill supporting U.S. military funding
January 7, 2013
The following statement was released by President Barack Obama on Wednesday. "Today I have signed into law H.R. 4310, the 'National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013....
Obama 'pretending' again to like veterans. He spent first year of his failed administration bashing our military, veterans and God, Constitution and our citizens who disagree with his socialist agenda. Now, his credibility is sinking like the Titanic so he must spread more manure/lies in hopes they'll all forget that and 'like' the incompetent deceitful one. He has zero credibility left. And his followers and supporters have even less.
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I saw this exact same thing happen in the state of Maryland. A friend of mine had a bill introduced in the legislature to have Gold Star license plates available to family member of veterans killed during active duty. The party that controlled the legislature voted against the bill until the next governor was elected who happened to be of their party then the vote for the bill so he could get all the good press when he signed the bill into law. It just goes to show you when they could do the right thing they will not just to spite the top executive in office.
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It is a shame how the Republicans voted down giving Veterans extra money when they return to civilian life to retrain for jobs to better support their families. And the fact that this bill was written by a Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pa, who turned around when it came to a vote and voted against his own bill. He said that if it had went through President Obama would have been credited for it and he wouldn't allow for that.... what an idiot. It seems that all they want to do is to try to make the President look bad and to represent rich special interest and not the citizens who blindly placed them in office......
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I wonder how the GOP and Fox News will spin this into a bad thing
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Around the holidays, reminders of philanthropy are about as common as candy canes and mall Santas. Salvation Army bell ringers are practically everywhere. A flurry of TV ads seeks to tap into your generosity. The holiday season certainly warms our charitable hearts.
Yet charity isn't just a seasonal undertaking. For entrepreneurs, philanthropy should be a year-round policy. In a 2010 survey by Ernst & Young and the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, one-fourth of the entrepreneurs questioned said they included corporate philanthropy in their original business plans.
Here are seven ways you can make charitable giving more than merely a seasonal endeavor.
1. Align your business with at least one charitable cause. Identify a charity that resonates with you and your employees. In a 2010 survey by Ernst & Young and the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, three of every 10 entrepreneurs said they wanted to engage with causes that matched their companies' core missions.
2. Give money. The Ernst & Young/Fidelity survey showed that seven of every 10 entrepreneurs donate money, on their own and through their businesses, to charitable causes. At work, one way to accomplish this is to have employees run in-house fundraising campaigns for designated charities. Six of every 10 entrepreneurs questioned in the survey think that giving back makes their companies more successful in the long run.
3. Donate your company's products. Research from Indiana University shows that giving away your company's products, rather than selling them off at a deep discount or throwing them away, helps corporate bottom lines, reduces landfill waste and provides relief for people in need. Of course, don't overlook the substantial tax benefits of this strategy.
4. Donate your own time. If your budget or your corporate budget can't support cash contributions, donate your time. Deliver meals to homebound people. Serve on the board of a nonprofit that fights cancer. Lead a fundraising campaign at a food bank. This gives you a chance to improve your community and raises your profile as a business leader. In the Ernst & Young/Fidelity survey, six of every 10 entrepreneurs said they sit on a nonprofit board and five of every 10 have chaired a nonprofit board.
5. Organize companywide volunteer opportunities. For instance, you can set aside one workday every six months for employees to clean up local parks. This approach positions your business as a caring workplace, encourages team-building and gives your employees a well-deserved break from the office. According to the most recent OPEN from American Express Small Business Monitor, a semiannual survey, 26 percent of small business owners will ask their staffs to take part in a volunteer activity as a group during the 2012 holiday season, up from 16 percent last year.
6. Foster volunteer activities for individual employees. In the Ernst & Young/Fidelity survey, nearly three-fourths of entrepreneurs said their companies' policies actively encourage employees to volunteer their time and expertise to charitable causes. Employees will appreciate your willingness to let them give back to the community.
7. Form your own charity. Aside from the tax advantages, setting up your own nonprofit allows you to ensure your dollars are spent how and where you want them to be. Plus, this puts a long-lasting imprint on the community for you and your business.
"Just as they put their hearts and souls into their businesses, entrepreneurs pour themselves into the causes they care about," Sarah Libbey, president of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, said when the Ernst & Young/Fidelity survey results were released in 2010. "They are passionate about investing not just money, but time and energy, in the causes most important to them and their companies."
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Saint Vincent College Student Government Association Executive Board held its annual Gavel Ceremony and Dinner at the Fred M. Rogers Center on Sunday, December 4. SGA Outgoing-President Renold M. Sossong, left, passed the gavel to newly-elected President Thomas F. Cocchi, Jr., a junior finance and politics major from Mt. Lebanon. Other new board members sworn in were Tanner C. Beal, vice president, a sophomore political science major from Hagerstown, Maryland; Nicholas A. Killen, treasurer, a sophomore accounting major from Pittsburgh; and Natalie N. Yanniruberto, secretary, a sophomore majoring in political science and criminology, law, and society, from Penn Township. Members of the Student Government Association, parents and administrators were in attendance.


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About two years ago, Dawn Scholl of Tiffin had just taken a job as a hospice nurse with Stein Hospice. Three months later, she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and found herself unable to work. She was going to Findlay for treatments and struggling to pay $600 per month to keep her health insurance valid.
Then she learned about Financial Assistance for Cancer Treatment, which helped her with money for transportation to and from treatments and for prescriptions. Scholl spoke to the crowd who had come to the 2014 Polar Bear Jump Saturday at Camden Falls. With her was her daughter, Andrea, and her grandson, Donovan.
During the breakfast before the jump, Deb Tiell, president of FACT, came to the podium to present a check for $10,000 to the organization. The money had come from her business clients at Tiell Financial Group. Although Tiell has taken the plunge in the past, she left that to relatives and co-workers this year. She emphasized that FACT uses its income to help cancer patients.
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Ryan Morris (from left), Arneal Squibb, Andrew Zenczak, Joe Staab and Chris Thomas take the Polar Bear jump Saturday at Camden Falls.
Dawn Scholl of Tiffin poses with grandson, Donovan, at the Polar Bear breakfast Saturday. School, a breast cancer survivor, spoke about her gratitude for FACT at the event.
"In 2013, we raised $91,461 and we gave away, $92,440 ... One hundred percent of the money goes back to the people," Tiell said.
Then she turned over the microphone to Scholl, who said she wasn't up to a leap into frigid water herself. She thanked everyone who had collected donations for FACT and had come to support the cause. Sharing her story unleashed emotions.
"By the time I was diagnosed, I had no disability insurance. I did not know what I was going to do. I could not work," Scholl said.
She had to use funds from her retirement account to get by. Besides the pain and fatigue from her treatments, Scholl worried she might not be around to see her first grandchild. Making the connection with FACT eased the burden.
"I don't like to ask for help, but my community helped me," Scholl said.
Surviving cancer has given Scholl a new outlook on life and a greater appreciation for all she has. At her most recent check-up, she was declared in remission. Scholl has returned to work as a hospice nurse and has cared for a relative of a man who gave her a gift card while she was in treatment for cancer.
"We all need to take care of one another. I think that's what it's all about." Scholl said. "Here we are helping one another. This just makes my heart feel so good."
Others who spoke to the breakfast crowd included Nolan Miller, who had collected $550 in donations, and Patrick Marinis, a teacher from Seneca East Schools. After leading a cheer to rev up the jumpers, Marinis turned over $1,500 students had collected. He also introduced his superintendent, Laura Kagy, who said the snow days had interfered with the collection for FACT. She expects more money will be coming in. She was about to do her part by making the jump herself.
"Hopefully, I'll live to tell about it," she joked.
Adam Smith, general manager and co-owner of Camden Falls, thanked the Tiffin University Women's Golf Team whose members helped with registration and T-shirts. He also recognized the Heidelberg University men's baseball team for assistance in setting up the dining room. In addition, 34 of the 37 baseball players had agreed to make the jump for FACT.


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This was the quote I was speaking of: "You'd like to bring in a Brad May or an Aaron Downey-type player, but if it's not there, it's not there," Holland said. "If we can't fit it in, we would go without it. It's just impossible to address every single need in a cap world."
this quote, which is newer, begs to differ.
Ideally, yeah, wed love to go out and get an enforcer, general manager Ken Holland said Monday. But I cant make one up. We dont have one in our organization right now, so I have one of two choices. Either I trade for one or I get one through free agency.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is the headlining production of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival's 40th anniversary season.
Tickets are now on sale for the festival to be held July 13-Aug. 26 at Sand Harbor State Park on the beach at Lake Tahoe's North Shore.
Charles Fee will direct Shakespeare's romantic comedy, which will include live onstage music as an underscore to the play.
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a favorite of mine," Fee said in a statement. "In 'Two Gents,' Shakespeare is exploring, perhaps for the first time, all of the themes of love, friendship, betrayal, and coming of age that will mark his works for the rest of his life. It is a deeply romantic and absurdly funny play."
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona" will be performed Tuesday through Sunday evenings. Free parking at Sand Harbor for festival guests begins at 5 p.m., and gates open for seating and dining at Shakespeare's Kitchen at 5:30 p.m. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Monday Showcase Series begins July 16 and concludes Aug. 20. The complete Monday Showcase Series lineup will be announced in the spring.
"Our Monday Showcase Series is the perfect compliment to our Shakespeare season as it provides audiences with an incredible range of music and other events in the majestic setting of Sand Harbor State Park," Fee said.
Two new sections that have been added to the amphitheater's seating charts. Cabaret Table Seating will offer cafe style tables with seating for four in comfortable chairs located in the popular Premium seating area. The new table seating section will be available for purchase beginning in spring 2012.
Cabaret Table Seating will offer all of the fine amenities that are available in the premium section, which include an excellent view of the entire stage, personal wait service and dinner with a selection of gourmet meals, desserts and beverages. The festival has also created a new Side Gallery seating section that is conveniently located just inside the gates and offers one of the most affordable ticket price points.
Tickets for "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" range in price from $15 to $85, and can be purchased online at www.LakeTahoeShakespeare.com. Tickets may also be purchased by phone at 1-800-74-SHOWS beginning in the spring. Corporate and individual sponsorships are currently available by contacting the Marketing Department at 775-298-0154.


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MARTINSBURG - With snow in the forecast, county workers began preparing for potential hazardous conditions late Thursday afternoon.
Ronnie Allen, Division of Highways Berkeley County administrator, said his crews were planning for Thursday's snow by early Wednesday and he planned to have the same system in place for today's weather.
"We just pre-treat and then send the plows out," Allen said.
The weather conditions left Many Arvon, Berkeley County Schools superintendent, as well as those in surrounding counties, with the difficult decision to close schools Thursday. Arvon said he had been in close communication with Susan Wall of Jefferson County Schools early in the morning.
And by early, he meant just before 5 a.m.
"At 4:40 a.m. we were out driving the roads," Arvon said. "When you see an inch of snow and think there there isn't a reason why you shouldn't be in school, the issue was that the temperature was so cold that most of the roads I was on were ice."
The initial decision was to have schools operate on a two-hour delay schedule, which allows not only the relay of the bus run, but for school officials to re-examine road conditions, pushing back the decision whether to close for the entire day.
County schools not only have to take into account the buses out on the roads, but also the student drivers and the conditions of all the school parking lots. The decision to close schools, Arvon said, is not one that school officials easily decide upon.
"I struggled because of the mindset that there was such little participation. The fact is most of our children live off the main roads and in areas where the roads were not treated, so we have to make decisions in the moment if the buses are running," Arvon said.
With the information Berkeley County had this morning, it opted to close the schools for the day, as did Jefferson and Morgan counties. Today, Arvon said, he is planning for school to begin on time.
As of late Thursday evening, the National Weather Service was predicting for the area to have snow accumulation around an inch, but not until later this afternoon.
If schools choose to close early, the decision is normally released before noon, Arvon said.
"Around 1 o'clock or so our buses are en route for various midday runs, and also preparing for the high school. So once we pass that time it's almost to the point of no return. Once your bus run starts, it has to go through. It's my hope that snow comes late," Arvon said.
The NWS is calling for mostly cloudy conditions in the early morning with lows around 12 degrees and winds between 5-10 mph. This afternoon will bring temperatures reaching only the mid-20s and about an inch of snow.
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What's Next for Mindy McCready's Two Young Boys?
The boys – Zander, 6, and Zayne, 10 months – had been in state custody since Feb. 7, when McCready called police to ask for help in making her father and stepmother leave her home. When police arrived, McCready appeared to be intoxicated, according to a Department of Human Services report.
In a subsequent petition, the singer's father, Tim McCready, asked the court to order her to undergo mental health and substance abuse evaluation and treatment, alleging that his daughter, who had recently lost her boyfriend, "hasn't had a bath in a week ... screams about everything ... [is] very verbally abusive to Zander."
After a judge granted the petition, the children were quickly removed and placed into foster care. Although McCready was released from treatment, the boys remained in state custody.
At the time, Zander's father, Billy McKnight, requested custody of his son. "My son needs me," he told PEOPLE on Feb. 8. "I'm married, working and successful. I'm on the right track and proud of it. I've been sober for years. I just want my son."
But McCready's mother and stepfather, Gayle and Michael Inge, also want custody of the children – and authorities seem to agree.
In a proposed order sent to Circuit Judge Lee Harrod, the Department of Human Services proposed that the Inges might be a better fit for the children, claiming that they have "a substantial relationship." The Inges had custody of Zander for much the past few years, during McCready's rehab and jail stints.
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Kaviar King has been charged as an adult
A 14-year-old Vallejo boy has pleaded not guilty to charges that he kidnapped a 65-year-old woman at gunpoint from a shopping center parking lot and raped and beat her.
The Times-Herald of Vallejo reports that Kaviar King entered the plea on Monday to attempted murder, torture, kidnapping, rape and other counts in the Nov. 15 attack. He has been charged as an adult.
Authorities say King abducted the woman at dusk and forced her to drive several miles away, where he sexually assaulted and beat her before leaving her unconscious and duct-taped in a ditch.
As police were investigating, they say the woman's family received a call demanding money for her return. King was arrested after allegedly returning to the scene of the abduction hours later.
Police have described the attack as random.
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Really, its fudge on crumbly stuff. or another word for a swearword(F - U - C - K)
1. Fudge cakes are really nice!
2. Oh Mother fudging Fudge cakes!
2. Oh Mother fudging Fudge cakes!
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A word to say instead of the F-Bomb when your little sibling is around.
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when u fuck a girl in the ass and u get shit on your balls.
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it's basically a crazy word that should be used only when u really must... For the word fuck. I have used a total of 134.334 times
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It's known that many bacteria produce polyester granules when nutritionally stressed. Bernd Rehm, Ph.D., a professor and chair of microbiology at Massey University, discovered that the enzyme polyester synthase remains attached to the surface of polyester granules when stored. It was assumed that the granules crystallize when harvested and stored.
Using molecular biology tools, Dr. Rehm showed that green fluorescent protein, enzymes, and other ligands can be produced on the surface of the polyester granules via polyester synthase. "This was the eureka moment that launched the company. We realized we could engineer the polymer forming enzyme to do all sorts of additional things," says Tracy Thompson, CEO. A wide range of ligands, antigens, enzymes, signal proteins, and antibodies have been attached to biobeads. PolyBatics' researchers have produced biobeads with up to three separate functions on a single bead.
Thompson, a veteran of several biotechnology and medical diagnostic companies in Silicon Valley, California, went to New Zealand to help a government agency commercialize agricultural products. When he heard about the microbial biobead platform at Massey University, he co-founded PolyBatics in 2009 with Dr. Rehm, now CSO.
Researchers at PolyBatics mainly engineer biobeads in Escherichia coli, the most prolific microbe. But various types of Bacillus and Lactococcus also make biobeads. The nutrients fed to the microbes determine the composition of the biobeads. "If we feed them glucose, we get polyhydroxybutyrate. If we feed them other substrates, they make different polymers," says Thompson.
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PolyBatics will release its first products in the first quarter of 2013. The types of biobeads will include PolyBindZ as well as protein G, Streptavidin, and magnetic versions of these respective protein beads. Proteins A and G target antibodies, but certain subclasses of IgG antibodies bind to one but not the other. Streptavidin biobeads bind to any biotinylated target and are widely used in life science research.
Companies that perform bioseparations and target enrichment of proteins, DNA, and cells will be among the first market sectors. This includes biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies that produce monoclonal antibodies. "There's a low barrier to entry in this market," says Thompson.
Biobeads also are used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. When coated with enzymes and attached to a column, biobeads serve as biocatalysts to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients or drug intermediates. This scalable function could be applied across the drug discovery and pharmaceutical manufacturing process.
A promising larger market for biobeads lies in vaccines. Studies show that biobeads, which are just 100 to 200 nanometers in diameter, trigger viral-like immune responses. When vaccine antigens are cloned onto biobeads and injected into mice, the mouse immune systems reacts to the biobeads as though they're a virus and generates cell-mediated and humoral responses.
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Ball State Sports Link's monthly sports-magazine show, "Be A Fan" driven by Muncie Nissan, returns for the 2012-13 season.
The December show, produced by seniors Kevin Thurman and Brad Dailey, is hosted by seniors Josh Blessing and Ashley Reed.
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President's Message, Feb,
p. 2
President's Message, Mar,
p. 2
President's Message, Apr,
p. 2
President's Message, May,
p. 2
President's Message, Jun,
p. 2
President's Message, Jul,
p. 2
President's Message, Aug,
p. 2
President's Message, Sep,
p. 2
President's Message, Oct,
p. 4
President's Message, Nov,
p. 4
President's Message, Dec,
p. 4
Washington Insight
Washington Insight, Feb,
p. 4
Washington Insight, Mar,
p. 4
Washington Insight, Apr,
p. 5
Washington Insight, May,
p. 4
Washington Insight, Jun,
p. 4
Washington Insight, Aug,
p. 4
Washington Insight, Sep,
p. 8
Washington Insight, Oct,
p. 7
Washington Insight, Nov,
p. 6
Washington Insight, Dec,
p. 6
Charles Byrley, former APWA Washington Office director, dies, Feb,
p. 5
Richard H. Sullivan, former APWA Executive Director, dies, Sep,
p. 5
APWA awards Senator Ted Stevens 2003 Honorary Membership Award, Feb,
p. 6
APWA honors Senator Harry Reid with 2003 Distinguished Service Award, Feb,
p. 7
The 2004 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year, May,
p. 22
APWA Public Works Projects of the Year, Jul,
p. 49
APWA honors Senator Kit Bond with Distinguished Service Award, Nov,
p. 7
Technical Committee News
Technical Committee News, Feb,
p. 8
Technical Committee News, Mar,
p. 8
Technical Committee News, Apr,
p. 19
Technical Committee News, May,
p. 5
Technical Committee News, Jun,
p. 10
Technical Committee News, Jul,
p. 10
Technical Committee News, Aug,
p. 8
Technical Committee News, Sep,
p. 6
Technical Committee News, Oct,
p. 11
Technical Committee News, Nov,
p. 8
Technical Committee News, Dec,
p. 7
Inside APWA
Call for nominations to APWA Board issued, Feb,
p. 10
Recruit new members by focusing on your outreach, Feb,
p. 26
Index to 2003 articles, Feb,
p. 32
New APWA staff, Feb,
p. 35
APWA Financials for 2003: Healthy and Growing, Mar,
p. 6
APWA joins ASCE in co-sponsoring four Infrastructure Town Hall meetings, Apr,
p. 4
Directory of chapter contacts, Apr,
p. 6
APWA Board of Directors, Apr,
p. 8
Meet the APWA staff, Apr,
p. 9
Celebrating 50 years!, May,
p. 8
Candidates for the 2004-2005 APWA Board of Directors named, Jul,
p. 8
Jim Martin named ASCE Honorary Member, Jul,
p. 7
New APWA staff, Jul,
p. 15
P.W. Paws a hit in Norfolk, Aug,
p. 16
New APWA staff, Sep,
p. 13
It's a Brand New Day for APWA, Oct,
p. 8
The spirit of the American Public Works Association is alive and well!, Oct,
p. 12
New APWA staff, Nov,
p. 11
APWA announces new initiative to promote efficient environmental management, Dec,
p. 8
North American Snow Conference
Snow professionals heading for Lexington, Feb,
p. 12
The Talk Show at the North American Snow Conference, Mar,
p. 10
Confessions of a Snow Addict, Apr,
p. 20
Another terrific Snow Conference, Jun,
p. 6
National Public Works Week
What you can do for National Public Works Week, Feb,
p. 18
People notice the wrong things, Mar,
p. 18
National Public Works Week in Los Angeles, Apr,
p. 26
City of Portland, Maine delivers 24/7 message during National Public Works Week, May,
p. 10
National Public Works Week on the Hill descends on the Capitol City, Jul,
p. 12
Diversity is good business, Feb,
p. 23
Diversity work as emotional intelligence, Mar,
p. 23
Thoughts on today's generational divide, Apr,
p. 36
The many faces of Atlanta, May,
p. 16
P.A.V.E. Program paving the way, Jun,
p. 11
The opportunity to see the bigger picture, Jul,
p. 26
Achievements of the Diversity Committee in 2003-2004, Sep,
p. 10
Benefits of employee diversity rank high on Congress agenda, Nov,
p. 9
Member Profile
Member Profile, Feb,
p. 28
Member Profile, Mar,
p. 20
Member Profile, Apr,
p. 38
Member Profile, May,
p. 18
Member Profile, Jun,
p. 14
Member Profile, Jul,
p. 24
Member Profile, Aug,
p. 10
Member Profile, Sep,
p. 12
Member Profile, Oct,
p. 15
Member Profile, Nov,
p. 10
Member Profile, Dec,
p. 9
APWA Book Review
APWA Book Review, Feb,
p. 31
APWA Book Review, Mar,
p. 5
APWA Book Review, Apr,
p. 40
APWA Book Review, May,
p. 21
APWA Book Review, Jun,
p. 21
APWA Book Review, Jul,
p. 23
APWA Book Review, Aug,
p. 15
APWA Book Review, Sep,
p. 15
APWA Book Review, Nov,
p. 13
APWA Book Review, Dec,
p. 13
The Baker's Dozen, Feb,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Feb,
p. 0
APWA staffer made "Queen for a Day", Mar,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Mar,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Mar,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Apr,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Apr,
p. 0
Ask Ann, May,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, May,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Jun,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Jun,
p. 0
New Brunswick Branch holds Spring Conference, Jul,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Jul,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Aug,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Aug,
p. 0
New Board member appointed, Sep,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Sep,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Sep,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Oct,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Nov,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Nov,
p. 0
The Baker's Dozen, Dec,
p. 0
Ask Ann, Dec,
p. 0
International Idea Exchange
International Idea Exchange, Feb,
p. 40
International Idea Exchange, Mar,
p. 26
International Idea Exchange, Apr,
p. 43
International Idea Exchange, May,
p. 28
International Idea Exchange, Jun,
p. 18
International Idea Exchange, Jul,
p. 31
Developing public works in a war-torn Iraq, Aug,
p. 20
International Idea Exchange, Sep,
p. 22
International Idea Exchange, Oct,
p. 20
International Idea Exchange, Nov,
p. 17
International Idea Exchange, Dec,
p. 22
Water Resources
Consolidation, Feb,
p. 42
National Water & Wastewater Benchmarking Initiative, Feb,
p. 44
Distribution water quality: the final frontier, Feb,
p. 46
Monitoring guidelines: focusing on what's important, Feb,
p. 48
Fluvial geomorphology as a tool for civil engineers, Sep,
p. 68
Local developer contributes to good water quality, Sep,
p. 85
Solid Waste Management
Waste tire management efforts in Missouri, Virginia and California, Mar,
p. 27
Municipal solid waste composting: Has its time arrived?, Mar,
p. 31
The next sustainable revolution in solid waste management: bioreactor landfills, Mar,
p. 32
Clearing the way for recovery at Ground Zero, Mar,
p. 34
Congress 2004
Taking the APWA Congress to the streets, Apr,
p. 28
"Constructing" the Atlanta Congress using only "papers" and people, Apr,
p. 32
The best investment you can make, May,
p. 13
The story of an APWA Congress groupie, Jun,
p. 12
Things to do, places to go in Atlanta, Jul,
p. 16
APWA's Congress just got a whole lot funnier, Jul,
p. 20
Congress: A "Top 40" to choose from, Jul,
p. 22
Four options to attend Congress, Sep,
p. 26
Don't miss these at Congress!, Sep,
p. 27
One-day passes available for Congress, Sep,
p. 28
Converting a closed landfill into a golf course can provide an effective redevelopment alternative, Sep,
p. 34
Creating an extraordinary organization, Sep,
p. 36
Would you ask a surgeon to do your taxes?, Sep,
p. 38
Learning what software variables to evaluate when selecting a pavement management software program, Sep,
p. 40
Who's going to pick up the tab and how? Stormwater funding options, Sep,
p. 42
Seven steps for developing a better you!, Sep,
p. 46
Tips to improve wet-weather monitoring, Sep,
p. 50
City of Glendale's pedestrian safety program, Sep,
p. 54
Y'all come back next time!, Nov,
p. 20
Emergency Management
Looking back, Apr,
p. 34
Public Works: Part of the team, Apr,
p. 51
Interoperability: A new challenge for public works, Apr,
p. 52
Situational awareness for public works employees, Sep,
p. 80
Facilities and Grounds
Why every government agency should embrace the lean process, Apr,
p. 54
Accessibility and wise spending, Apr,
p. 58
Keep it green, Apr,
p. 60
Bee control, Apr,
p. 62
The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840-1917, May,
p. 32
Pittsburgh's bridges and the Roebling connection, May,
p. 34
Preparing tomorrow's engineers for the real world, May,
p. 36
Sidewalk and streetscape improvement project revitalizing historic downtown Hayward, Sep,
p. 78
Extending recreational opportunities for kids, Sep,
p. 88
Engineering and Technology
Pavement management justifies equitable fee for gravel hauling on Town of Plymouth roadways, Jun,
p. 26
Southampton uses customized mobile GIS/GPS solution to streamline field data collection, Jun,
p. 28
Broward County's Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program, Jun,
p. 30
Renewing water distribution systems, Jun,
p. 32
East Bank Trail, Jun,
p. 34
Virtual Plan Room, Jun,
p. 37
GPS/AVL now within reach for public works departments, Sep,
p. 70
InfraGuide: A Canadian experience, eh!, Jul,
p. 38
Step one to a healthier community, Jul,
p. 42
LTAP: A primer, Jul,
p. 45
Getting people to police themselves, Jul,
p. 46
What a fleet manager should be looking for in a fleet management system, Aug,
p. 24
How do you handle a fleet disaster?, Aug,
p. 26
How to pat yourself on the back without breaking your arm, Aug,
p. 30
The relationship of maintenance to vehicle fires, Aug,
p. 34
Cost understanding and awareness: Key steps in having a cost-competitive fleet management program, Aug,
p. 35
Utilities and Public Right-of-Way
Municipalities and damage prevention, Sep,
p. 58
Right-of-way fees: Just compensation or just another tax?, Sep,
p. 60
Sidewalk effects on right-of-way: How they work together, Sep,
p. 64
Sewer service laterals: Whose responsibility is it to mark the location?, Sep,
p. 66
Leadership and Management
The public works leader's balancing act, Sep,
p. 74
The Great Escape: How retirement, recruitment, and retention are impacting the field of public works, Dec,
p. 26
Mentoring is a full-time job, Dec,
p. 30
Knowledge-Based Asset Management: A decade of progress, Dec,
p. 32
Succession management planning, Dec,
p. 35
Embracing change by managing transitions, Dec,
p. 37
Winter Maintenance
Developing an effective snow and ice control program, Oct,
p. 27
Winter maintenance management systems, Oct,
p. 30
Satellite facilities: How to meet tomorrow's needs today, Oct,
p. 32
Computer-based anti-icing and RWIS training, Oct,
p. 36
Safe roads and clean water: A balancing act, Oct,
p. 39
Winter maintenance in Vaughan: Improving operations and communication through an AVL system, Oct,
p. 41
Decision support weather information for maintenance personnel, Oct,
p. 44
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Democrat Byron W. Brown has again snared the Independence Party line in his re-election bid for mayor, creating a formidable ballot presence for the November general election.
New York Independence Chairman Frank S. MacKay announced the move Tuesday as the party lined up behind Brown, as it did in 2005 and 2009.
"Under Mayor Brown, the City of Buffalo has made great progress," MacKay said. "Buffalo's residents have reaped the benefits of lower taxes, no more hard control board, the highest bond rating in its history, safer streets, and the largest economic development growth in decades."
While the Independence Party has lost some clout in recent years and has slipped to the fifth line on the ballot, it is still highly sought after by many elected officials – including Brown. His latest backing by Independence further solidifies his position in the general election, because he is expected to again gain Conservative Party backing later this month.
Brown has strong ties to the Conservatives – the third party listed on the ballot – since his days as an aide to former County Executive Dennis T. Gorski, who always ran with the party's backing.
Bernard Tolbert, the former head of the Buffalo FBI, announced his plans on Saturday to challenge Brown for the Democratic nomination. He said Tuesday he is also pursuing support from other minor parties.
"I'm in this for the long haul," he said.
Still, the Independence move and the extra line it supplies Brown in November only re-emphasizes the importance of the September Democratic primary, which is expected to prove decisive in overwhelmingly Democratic Buffalo.
Sergio R. Rodriguez has announced his plans to seek the Republican nomination, and so far has no other party line. He said Tuesday, however, he will mount a write-in campaign to secure the Independence line.
"Over the past few months my campaign has made numerous attempts to reach out to the out-of-town Independence Party chairman to no avail," Rodriguez said. "Back room political deals like this are why people have lost faith in the political system."
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It's hot out there!
It's hot out there!
Those of us in the Plains may want an extra application of sunscreen this week. The National Weather Service is predicting spots from Oklahoma through South Dakota to match temperatures in Death Valley, Calif. Following a roasting of the Plains and Mississippi River valley, the east coast will feel the heat later this week.
The National Weather Service issued heat warnings for a block of states from South Dakota to Wisconsin, down to Kentucky and southwest to Oklahoma. The warmer-climate state Nevada and a snip of California also received heat warnings. While important for humans, we want to remind you how important it is for cows.
On page 281 of our April 25 issue, the article Heat hits cows sooner than we thought updated our 50-year-old thoughts on the Temperature Humidity Index (THI) for high-producing cows.
Since we thought this was a very important article, we have saved it as an e-source on our website at: http://www.hoards.com/E_animalhealth/ah17. We also have several other helpful e-sources (educational articles) which you can find by going to the bottom of this page under the E-Sources menu.
You can see the new THI chart below – the new stress threshold begins at 68. At 7:47 today in Fort Atkinson, it is 85 percent humidity. At that level, the temperature needs to be only 71 degrees, and cows will be on the cusp of mild to moderate stress.
Unfortunately, it is 81 degrees F, moving us quickly to the lower range of moderate to severe stress. The humidity is set to fall today due to this morning's scattered thunderstorms, but the temperature will rise to 92 degrees F, according to weather.com. At 1 p.m. with the expected 92 degrees F and 57 percent humidity, the cows will remain with moderate to severe heat stress, and an average rectal temperature of 104 degrees F.
As you may have read in our articles about the farm in the June 2010 or 2011 issues, our new freestall barn doesn't have fans. However, our cows are treated with misters and soakers in the holding pen and as they exit the parlor. Also, our barn has a pretty constant breeze; today's winds should average about 13 miles per hour.
Take a look at the chart and ensure you are doing all you can to take care of your cows; it will help your bottom line. With enough heat abatement in the barn, you might be tempted to turn off the air conditioner in the house and spend a little more time in the barn.


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Making your own security tools
So you have read tons of tutorials , guides , FAQ's and you have some kind of image of what computer security is ... The next logical step that you should make is to start learning a programming language . I'm not going to describe each language ( its advantages and disadvantages ) because there are tons of paper that cover that ... Instead i will focus on just one language : Perl ( Practical Extraction and Reporting Language ) .
This language was written for manipulating text , but it has become one of the best languages available to programmers . You can write games , web applications , about everything you can think of . I wanna show you just how easy it is to write some security tools using Perl .
I'm going to start with a port scanner ... for those of you that don't know what a port scanner is , here is a little definition : a port scanner is a program that checks if a certain port is open ( by connecting to it ).
1.The port scanner
Code: PERL
perl scanner.pl host_to_scan starting_port ending_port
2.The brute forcer
Perhaps you gained access to some computers , or you're just testing a password to see how strong it is . One of the most used encryption method is the md5 algorithm ( it's also the one used by the Linux/Unix/BSD Operating System ).
The md5 hash ( that's the name a password gets after it's being encrypted ) cannot be transformed back to its corresponding word . Let me give you an example : the word "security" after its md5 encryption will become the hash e91e6348157868de9dd8b25c81aebfb9 . Let's say you have the hash and you find out what word it is ... you would have to find a way to decrypt it , which isn't possible because md5 cannot be decrypted ... So that leaves you with the question : so how can i find out what word does a hash represent ? Well , since you can't decrypt it , why not try encrypting words and see if the resulting hash matches the hash we're trying to crack ?
Here's the perl code that does that :
Code: PERL
perl brute.pl md5_hash_to_crack text_file
So you would have to supply it with an md5 hash and a dictionary file ( that has words in it , one per line ) . The script will read each of the words , encrypt it and check if the hash matches the hash we're trying to crack . If it does , we found the word :) !
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quote: George Washington said we should never have political parties and there were none active until after he left office. That was probably the best eight years of this countries political history.
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Pippa Middleton has been linked with several men since she first turned heads at the wedding of her sister Kate two years ago. But one man has now emerged as a serious contender for long-term suitor: Nico Jackson.
Jackson, 35, was spotted kissing his athletic girlfriend, 29, on the slopes of St. Moritz, Switzerland, this week, after they took part in the grueling Engadin Skimarathon. And he's already taken a family holiday with her.
So, who is the man who's been accompanying Pippa on the Alpine slopes and shores of Caribbean islands? Here are five things to know about him:
1. He's middle class, not upper crust.
Pippa has dabbled in aristocrats – her ex George Percy is heir to the Northumberland estate used in the Harry Potter movies – and privately educated young men. But Jackson has a distinctly middle-class background, having grown up in a terraced house in Folkestone, Kent.
2. He has a career in finance.
Jackson was educated at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, where he reportedly played soccer, cricket and tennis. With other "old boys" from his school, he took part in a soccer tour in the U.S. After leaving, he earned a business studies degree at Kingston University and is now a stockbroker with Deutsche Bank.
3. He's well equipped for ski trips.
Happily for blue-eyed Jackson, he can get his hands on ski wear easily – he's the son of Ulrike and Martyn Jackson, who run a sportswear firm in Folkestone, which is 70 miles southeast of London.
4. He and Pippa hit it off right away.
The couple are believed to have met last fall, and it must be serious – Jackson joined the Middletons on their recent trip to Mustique.
5. He has his family's support.
Jackson's mother's happy, as long as her boy is happy. She told the Daily Mail that Pippa "is absolutely charming. ... We're all just very pleased."
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BRUSH CREEK - Hundreds of firefighters from numerous area departments battled three large brush fires Thursday in Jefferson County.
Two of the fires were along ridges in an area known as Salt Run in Brush Creek Township.
The third was a few miles away. Firefighters believe that was caused by an unattended fire from the owner of a mobile home who was cleaning up brush.
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Firefighters from eight deifferent departments battled three area brush fires Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Patti Schaeffer)
The first two were actually rekindles from a fire the night before that was started when a stolen pickup truck was set ablaze on Brush Creek Township Road 301.
Firefighters were on the scene from about 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., Irondale Fire Chief Dan Householder said.
Householder estimated between 15 and 20 acres burned in the Salt Run area Thursday, plus another five acres in the first near the trailer.
Brisk winds and rugged terrain impeded efforts to control the blazes.
Irondale was in command of firefighting efforts.
It was assisted by eight departments from Jefferson County plus Columbiana County crews from Highlandtown, Calcutta, West Point, Glenmoor, Liverpool Township, Wellsville, Salineville, Hanover Township, Perry Township and Leetonia.
On stand-by for the various county departments were Lisbon, Green Township, Columbiana and Winona.
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Heavily Distressed, Cast Iron Monkeys With Gold Leaf Highlights Rowing Away In A Gold Leaf Banana Boat.
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- Product Name: Uttermost Monkey Boat Sculpture
- Brand Name: Uttermost
- Brand Description: Bob and Belle Cooper founded The Uttermost Company in 1975, and it is still 100% owned by the Cooper family. The Uttermost mission is simple and timeless: to make great home accessories at reasonable prices. Inspired by award-winning designers, custom finishes, innovative product engineering and advanced packaging reinforcement, Uttermost continues to deliver on this mission. For over 30 years, Uttermost has enjoyed steady growth with over 200 employees working in its Rocky Mount, Virginia factories totaling 600,000 square feet. It also has a factory in China and a state-of-the-art West Coast distribution center for increased capacity and faster shipping to West Coast retailers and customers. Uttermost is proud to support many of the world's most prestigious home-furnishing customers with its products and services. Uttermost believes its success is largely based on its commitment to three key principles: proving superior customer service, maximizing product value through great design and sharp pricing, and treating its employees, sales representatives, and designers as partners in business.
- Collection Name: Monkey Boat
- Depth (front to back): 3.12
- Width (side to side): 12.25
- Height (bottom to top): 6.88
- Material: METAL
- Finish/Frame Description: Heavily Distressed, Cast Iron Monkeys With Gold Leaf Highlights Rowing Away In A Gold Leaf Banana Boat.
- Category: Accessories
- Sub Category: Sculptures