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An 11-year-old boy remains in hospital tonight in a serious condition after falling 30ft down Cheddar Gorge. The child was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital by Portland coastguard helicopter.
A major rescue operation took place late this afternoon after reports that an 11-year-old boy had fallen down Cheddar Gorge. Rescue volunteers have described how the boy, who was with his mother, fell off a rocky outcrop onto a gravel ledge, landing on his face.
The boy suffered a head injury and is said to be in a serious condition at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital having been airlifted there by Portland Coastguard.
– Duncan Massey, Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue
The boy was in a serious/critical condition. There was a multi-agency response which was appropriate. Volunteer rescue teams were also at the scene. The patient has got the best possible outcome from the rescue operation and we wish him a full recovery.
Rescue workers have tonight described how an 11-year-old boy fell 30ft down Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, landing on his face. Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue say the boy was taken to hospital in a serious/critical condition.
A boy has been taken to hospital after falling down Cheddar Gorge in Somerset. The child was airlifted to hospital in a coastguard helicopter.
Cheddar's Market Cross, which dates back to the 15th century, has been badly damaged after being crashed into by a taxi.
The people-carrier crashed into the structure on Friday night. It's the second time that the ancient shelter in the world-famous Somerset town has been seriously damaged.


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Seriously, let's give it a go: 3 words to describe yourself. If you want to leave your words in the comments, more power to you.
Because now I have to tell you the point of the exercise. ;)
Everyone has a different set of words. Sometimes there are commonalities, other times they are not. Here is a set of constructed examples of what could be possible:
- Christian woman and mother
- gay male teacher
- feminist laboratory scientist
- agnostic evolutionary biologist
- black female engineer
- engineer, artist, mother
- compassionate Republican man
- artistic white woman
- hard-working student athlete
Yes, I'm well aware that some of those combinations might have hit a button for you. Also, I was purposefully trying to capture a diverse set of options for people. There's a little of everything in these descriptors: race, gender, family, sexual orientation, political orientation, ideological orientation, valued attribute, and profession. At different times and places, different wrods might enter into this exercise. For instance, I've noticed a lot of people feeling the need to identify their political orientation in the upcoming election.
Yet I think a challenge in trying to educate is not to force a swap of identities. Furthermore, we need to consider the identity we offer. It's a balance. On one level, education invites a chance to try on a certain identity so there should be opportunities to explore "What would it mean for me to be a historian?" in a history class. Yet on another level, learners may be trying to enact a broader identity such as student or scholar in the same class. Moreover, do we try to monopolize all three words of major identity construction and say "Only the people who fit this mold can play"?
Another variant on this exercise is to draw 5 things that are important to you. Then require the group to pair it down, 1 item at a time, to 3 things.
It can be challenging when we operate in the space of our major identities. Revealing how we see ourselves at our core can be exposing significant vulnerabilities. I think conversation around one's principal identity can happen. Moreover, I think that the idea of a principal identity can exist very dynamically. Yet really working with people seems to necessitate getting to know them.

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Glass half-full: Egypt minister commits to market economy
Minister designate does not rule out return to IMF; Sees temporary difficulties, long-term outlook good; Investors have been concerned about policy direction - Reuters
July 20, 2011 12:57 by p.deleon
Egypt's finance minister-designate told Reuters on Tuesday that the government was committed to a market economy and to creating an environment in which investors could predict the future "reasonably well".
Hazem el-Beblawi, who has yet to take the oath of office, said he did not rule out the possibility of borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after his predecessor negotiated a $3 billion loan package that Cairo later turned down.
He also said in the telephone interview that his message to investors was that Egypt's difficulties were temporary.
"For someone who has a long-term view, this is the time to come and to act on the future because of course anyone who comes now will find much better terms than he can later," said Beblawi, who is also a deputy to the prime minister.
Egypt's economy has been hammered by a popular uprising that turfed out Hosni Mubarak, driving investors away, sending tourists packing and leading to an expanding budget deficit.
Protesters, who have demanded sweeping political change, have also sought an end to a system they said filled the pockets of a rich elite allied to Mubarak's government at the expense of the poor. Some investors have feared that the call for spreading wealth could lead to a retreat from liberalisation policies.
"We are committed to the market economy. There is no doubt that whatever the abuses or distortions that happened in the past they were not simply due to adoption of a market economy but to abuse or corruption," Beblawi said.
"For the investor environment, we will honour all our obligations and commitments … We are very committed to the notion of stability and creating an environment where anyone can predict reasonably well the future. We would like to reduce as much possible uncertainty," he said.
Shrinking revenues due to the turmoil and rising demands on spending have driven up the budget deficit. The initial forecast deficit for 2011/12 was 11 percent.
This led the previous minister, Samir Radwan, to turn to the IMF and seek financial support from Gulf Arab states and others.
Radwan said the ruling military council's concerns about taking on debts prompted him to revise the budget — so the forecast 2011/12 deficit was reduced to 8.6 percent — and turn down the IMF package after it was agreed. Economists questioned both the budget assumptions and the decision to reject the loan.
Asked if he would return to the IMF, Beblawi said he did "not rule out any possibility".
"It is too early to judge now. I don't exclude anything. If a possibility is available it would be unfair to say that I will limit myself to one option or two options, but every option should be assessed quite carefully," he said.
Economists say the ruling army council, which vetoed the
previous minister's bid to borrow from the IMF, could again block any renewed attempt to return to the Fund.
Asked about any foreign borrowing, he said: "I can tell you my position in principle, I don't see borrowing as good or bad. In fact, in many cases, it is necessary but the whole thing depends on circumstances that the borrowing takes place, the terms of the borrowing and more importantly the use."
Beblawi said it was too early for him to outline forecasts for growth or other indicators. But he said the economy could start showing signs of a pick-up from early 2012 as the country emerged from parliamentary and presidential elections, and also built up new democratic institutions.
"I can see the economy will pick up gradually. I hope starting next year it will start picking up and later on it could grow even quite fast," he said, suggesting this could starting happening from early 2012.
"I don't have details, but I can see that there are signs that there is very good potential for this country. But this is not to underestimate the immediate difficulties we are going through." (By Edmund Blair; Editing by Anna Willard)
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There are 2 types of hollow metal frames...the standard jambs ready for welding to make a one piece unit or the knockdown drywall 3 piece unit type. The knockdown (KD DW) type is used for installation after the drywall is already up. The welded type is the one used most often and can be installed in exterior walls or interior stud walls.
Hollow metal frames come in 18, 16 (standard), 14, and 12 gauge for welding which go into a masonry wall or a stud wall. The knockdown drywall frames are available in 18, 16 (standard), and 14 gauge.
All frames that will have any surface mounted hardware applied need to have reinforcement plates welded in at the necessary locations. All frames are available cold rolled (non galvanized) or A40 or A60 galvannealed.
Knockdown drywall frame:
Although there are certainly variations, the most common stud walls in our area
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studs with 5/8" drywall (7 1/4" wall). The kd dw frame is meant to go over the drywall and comes
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and the head. There are "compression anchors" (shown below right) in the top of each jamb and pre drilled holes on
each side of each jamb at the bottom so no loose or separate anchors are required with this frame as they are part of
the unit.
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it you simply slide the head in place over the wall, install the hinge jamb by aligning the
tabs in the top of the jamb with the slots in the head and pushing it over the wall, install
the strike jamb (or other hinge jamb if it is a pair of doors) the same way as the hinge jamb.
Pull the head down tightly with the jambs and level by shimming at the base of the jambs if
needed. Tighten the compression anchors, make sure the frame is square and level, and install
sheet metal screws in the bottom holes. It is a good idea to cut a wood spreader bar to the
exact door opening width and insert it at the bottom of the frame to keep the frame square
during installation.
Welded frame:
The kd dw frame is used in interior stud walls. The welded
frame can be used in interior stud walls, concrete block, or poured concrete. This type of frame is
assembled, squared up, spreader bar welded in at the base, and the joints welded
and ground smooth.
It is installed in stud walls before the drywall goes up with either universal stud
anchors, "Z" anchors, or strap anchors. Stud anchors (shown) clip inside the frame and have tabs
on each side that bend around and wrap the stud. There are pre-drilled holes so you can screw the tabs to the stud.
6'8" and 7'0" frames are supplied with 6 anchors while 8'0" frames will have 8.
Anchors are also discussed on the
hollow metal frame anchors page.
If you are installing the frame in a poured concrete wall, it is usually
set in place and the wall is poured around it. Base anchors come as standard in welded type hollow metal frames.
These are welded
into the bottom of the 2 jambs. The base anchors have holes pre-drilled so you can fasten the
frame to the floor.
In new block walls, the frame is fastened to the floor at the base anchors
and either wire masonary anchors or T anchors are used. These are supplied either 6 or 8 to a
frame and simply clip into the inside of the frame and are laid in between the rows of block
as the wall goes up.
If you are installing the frame in an existing block wall, it will need to be "punch
and dimpled". There is either 6 or 8 holes 3/8" diameter punched and countersunk in the jambs and either
4" or 5" sleeve anchors supplied. You then simply set the frame in the opening, drill through
the holes into the block with a 3/8" masonary bit, and screw the sleeve anchors in.
Rough opening size, kd dw frame: Take the nominal door width and add 1 1/2" and the nominal door height and add 3/4". Keep in mind that on a 3068 door, the nominal measurments are 3'0" x 6'8" while the actual measurements are 2' 11 3/4" x 6' 7 1/8". Using a 3068 door as an
example, the rough opening size for a kd frame would be 3' 1 1/2" x 6' 8 3/4". This will allow the frame to partially wrap the wall at all 3 sides. You can increase the rough opening size a bit if needed but remember that the drywall must extend at least 1/2" into the frame at fire rated openings.
Rough opening size, kd frame cased open: Take the nominal
door width and add 2" and the nominal door height and add 1". Keep in mind that on a 3070 door, the nominal measurements are 3'0"
x 7'0" while the actual measurements are 2' 11 3/4" x 6' 11 1/8". Using a 3070 door as an
example, the rough opening size for a kd cased open frame would be 38" x 85".
Rough opening size, welded frame: Take the nominal door width and add 4 1/4" and the nominal door height and
add 2 1/4". Keep in mind that on a 3070 door, the nominal measurements are 3'0"
x 7'0" while the actual measurements are 2' 11 3/4" x 6' 11 1/8". Using a 3070 door as an
example, the rough opening size for a welded frame would be 3' 4 1/4" x 7' 2 1/4".
Since the standard face on a hollow metal frame is 2", the outside dimensions of a 3070 frame will be 3'4" x 7'2"
so this RO dimension will give you 1/4" of "play". If you are installing a welded frame into a fire rated
stud wall, remember that the drywall will have to extend at least 1/2" into the frame so you can not simply butt
the drywall up to the frame at fire rated openings. On non-rated openings you can run the drywall down to the frame or caulk
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Von Steuben quickly built an insurmountable lead with its 2-3 zone defense in the third quarter of a 61-48 victory over Maine East Monday night in the Glenbrook South Regional.
The Panthers switched to 2-3 zone defense after taking a 28-23 into halftime. Von Steuben outscored Maine East 12-2 in the first four minutes of the third quarter and coasted to an easy victory.
The Panthers, the No. 15 seed in the Glenbrook North Sectional, will play Notre Dame at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in a Glenbrook South Regional semifinal. Notre Dame is the sectional's No. 2 seed.
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Von Steuben was led in scoring by senior guard Demetrius Faulkner, who scored a game-high 23 points on just eight attempts from the field. Senior guard Evan Nazzal led Maine East with 14 points, and sophomore forward Ezeke Omeke added 13 points and grabbed six rebounds.
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Please also refer to the Referees Section of The FA Website.
It is of paramount importance that when you report a caution or an incident of misconduct that these forms are completed correctly as the Middlesex County FA cannot act in a timely fashion unless it has all of the facts.
Therefore, we would ask all referees to utilise the example documents as an aide memoire to assist you when reporting misconduct.
If you have any queries about the preparation of disciplinary reports, please contact Roy Shields, our Operations Manager on 020 8515 6911 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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A brother and sister were both injured Friday afternoon following a single-vehicle crash in north Forsyth County, according to authorities.
Sgt. Chris Shelton of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said the wreck happened around 12:23 p.m. on Mount Tabor Road.
Edward Donald Anderson, 33, and Penny Susan Anderson, 29, both of Cumming, were traveling westbound on Mount Tabor Road in a 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass when the vehicle left the roadway.
Sgt. Shelton said Anderson, the brother, was driving and tried to get back on the roadway, but that he over corrected, which caused the Oldsmobile to slide more than 310 feet across both west and eastbound lanes. The vehicle then struck a large pine tree, spun around and struck another cluster of trees before it came to rest on the shoulder of the road.
The impact ejected Anderson, the brother, from the car. His sister, who was sitting next to him in the front, was thrown into the rear seat of the vehicle.
Neither Anderson nor his sister was wearing a seatbelt.
The Andersons were taken to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell where they are currently listed in stable condition as of this writing.
Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a contributing factor in the collision.
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These are the best treats that I give my dog! He gets one a day to chew & he just loves them. There are also great for his teeth, which are as white as ever.
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My four dogs all love them and my God-dogs loved them too!! Good healthy treat.....I don't think I would call them chews!! :)
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Every morning after breakfast, my 9 year old pup gets a fish skin for desert. Meal isn't done until this chew is in hs mouth! He loves the taste and I love the simplicity !
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My dog was first introduced to this as a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. He loved them and so I decided to buy him some more!
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The dogs think it's wonderful. Much tastier than rawhide.
Easy to cut for my littlest one.
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News of the Kim Kardashian divorce has reached everyone. While Kim clearly has a lot of haters and has been the target of some very negative media attention and the critique of much of the general public, there are plenty of people who feel for Kim and support her. Selita Ebanks, a Victoria's Secret Angel, is one of Kim Kardashian's supporters.
Ebanks said, "You have to put on her shoes and understand that it's hard to live your life in that light, so whatever it was and whatever it is, I still feel bad for her. She can't even have a moment to fully cry. At the end of the day, we're all women, and it's a hard thing, especially when it's happening in front of the world."
True - it must be hard to live your life in front of the cameras, but remember - that is the life Kim Kardashian has wanted for herself.
Ebanks was asked whether she thinks Kim should return the engagement ring to Kris Humphries. Her response? "Hell no!"
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"It was hard," she says. "Having a public breakup is hard because people speculate and they assume and they think that they know what it is. Granted, most of her life is reality TV, so that makes it even harder, but for me, it was a very sad time just because I was so young and vulnerable and naïve."


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During each academic year, Green College hosts a number of lecture series that are open without charge to College members, the UBC community, and the general public. These series are presented by the College in collaboration with faculty members from UBC departments and programs who act as convenors and coordinate themes and speakers.
Interdisciplinary events typically take place at the College either before dinner or after dinner. These timings "outside typical classroom and business hours" are in keeping with the extracurricular nature of the College's academic programming and are intended to make it easy for those who attend the talks to join the speakers and College residents for dinner.
See the current listing below of interdisciplinary series at Green College for series names, dates, convenors, and descriptions, and consult our Calendar of Events for further details of talks.
Visit our Past Series page to view a historical archive of interdisciplinary series from past years.
Green College Interdisciplinary Series List 2013/14:
Green College Resident Members' Series
Convenors: , Green College Resident Member
Dates: Mondays at 8 pm in the Coach House
The Green College Members' Series each week features a different presenter (or presenters) from among the resident members of Green College. Graduate students and postdoctoral and visiting scholars are encouraged to offer talks on their areas of research or study and, as appropriate, to bring in their research colleagues from outside the College too. Like all academic programming at the College, these talks are open not just to Green College members, but to the community at large both within and beyond UBC.
green college society Series (formerly "PRINCIPAL'S SERIES): Interdisciplinarity in Action
Convenor: Mark Vessey, Green College Principal
Dates: Sept 24, Oct 1, 15, 29, Nov 5, 19, Dec 3
This series is hosted twice a month (on average) by the Principal, Resident and Faculty Members of the College, to showcase scholarly research, artworks, performances and other public interventions that challenge, break down or require us to rethink our customary academic-disciplinary and professional divisions of labour. Open to all-comers, like every Green College interdisciplinary series, talks in the Green College Society Series are also designed to offer ideal opportunities for former resident members of the College to return for the evening. There is usually a chance to carry on discussion with the speaker after dinner, in the Piano Lounge of Graham House. In Term 2 of this year, and continuing in the Fall of 2014, the series will stage several special, double Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professorships in celebration of the College's 20th anniversary.
emerging visions: Digital Media and Culture
Convenors: , Nancy Holmes, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, UBC-O; , Bob Pritchard, School of Music; , Green College Principal
Dates: Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Jan 14, Mar 18, Apr 8
Digital media are rapidly changing the exploration and creation of arts and culture. Artistic experimentation and cultural research have adopted a dazzling array of digital tools and technologies to make art and examine cultural practices. This series presents innovative artists and scholars from across North America who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary creative and critical practice. They will share their ideas, innovations, and original perspectives. This series is sponsored by Green College UBC and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan.
oecologies: inhabiting pre-modern worlds
Convenor: Vin Nardizzi, Department of English
Dates: Oct 23, Nov 27, Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26, Apr 16
This series gathers scholars from the humanities living and working along the North American Pacific coast to investigate the idea of "oecology," an older spelling of the modern concept "ecology." We retain this defamiliarizing spelling because our speakers have been asked to talk about how we might rethink "ecology" through the study of premodern natural history, taxonomy, hierarchy, and categorization. By exploring an array of discourses about "oecology," our series asks what conceptual or metaphorical resources might help us – as located moderns – reorient our perceptions about the premodern past and our present and future moments. Among other matters, speakers will discuss the relations among terms such as N/nature, landscape, ecology, economy, environment, and technology, and will ask how our regionally and temporally specific conceptions draw / differ from premodern inhabitations of the world. Download the series poster .pdf here.
utopia/dystopia: Creating the Worlds we want
Convenor: , Creative Writing Program
Dates: Sept 26, Oct 17, Nov 21, Jan 23, Feb 20, Mar 20
This lecture series invites renowned nonfiction authors to explore the forces shaping our future. Whether discussing the perils of progress (Ronald Wright), challenges to democracy (Elizabeth May), how oil is remaking Canada (Andrew Nikiforuk), the de- and re-wilding of Vancouver (J.B. MacKinnon), cyber-surveillance (Ronald Diebert), or women and war in Afghanistan (Ann Jones), these authors will engage the public in a discussion of critical issues related to the construction—or destruction—of the world we want. This lecture series is organized by the Creative Writing Program at UBC in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive academic Life
Convenor: Judith Hall, Department of Medical Genetics
Dates: Sept 17, Oct 22, Nov 26, Feb 11, Feb 25, March 25
This series is convened on behalf of Green College and the UBC Association of Professors Emeriti. It provides opportunities for senior academics to describe their personal experiences and journeys through their own academic careers. Presenters will distil a lifetime of scholarly work. Some will examine the new projects that have grown out of that work; others may reflect upon their changing attitudes to university life. The series is multidisciplinary and gives expression to the speakers' mature and personal insights. The speakers hope to engage Green College residents and other graduate students with senior faculty, to expose the academic community to UBC's most experienced academics, and to welcome the greater UTown/Point Grey neighbourhood to the richness of academic life at UBC.
Law and Society Series
Convenors: , Department of Sociology; Margot Young, Faculty of Law
Dates: Sept 18, Oct 24, Nov 28, Jan 23, Feb 27, March 27
Law and Society has a long and established interdisciplinary tradition at the University of British Columbia. The speaker series at Green College has been central to building scholarly interest and engagement with law across disciplines including anthropology, history, political science, and sociology. This year's series will facilitate a multi-disciplinary dialogue that spans the social sciences and humanities. Taking law in its broadest sense, invited speakers include junior and senior scholars doing cutting-edge research in law and society on topics as wide-ranging as; the problems with indigenous reconciliation in Canada, Metis rights, and critical theory approaches to law.
Play Chthonics: New Canadian Readings
Convenor: , Department of English
Dates: Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Jan 22, Feb 26, March 19
Currently in its sixth year, Play Chthonics is a poetry reading series that focuses on linguistically adventurous and innovative Canadian poetry; readings by pairs of poets take place at 5:00 at Green College on the third Wednesday of each month, followed by a dinner at the college. A committee of graduate students from the English Department curates the series, and this year's roster will offer an exciting mix of prize-winning and emergent poets from Vancouver and from across the country.
Science and Society Series
Convenor: John Beatty, Department of Philosophy
Dates: Oct 3, Nov 7, Jan 9, Feb 6, Mar 13, Apr 3
Science and Society features speakers from the constituent areas of Science and Technology Studies: history, philosophy, sociology, rhetoric, cultural and critical studies of science and technology. The talks discuss issues in science and technology as human practices and are aimed at issues of wide appeal and relevance.
the dynamic nature of religion
Convenor: , Department of Asian Studies
Dates: Sept 9, Oct 7, Nov 4, Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3
While many work within the confines of their disciplines, the scientific study of religion has recently witnessed a surge in interdisciplinary research. By linking otherwise disparate fields of inquiry, contemporary research sheds light not only on religious belief and practice, but also on human nature, the dynamic nature of social systems, and how the two inform each other. This year's series focuses on these relationships by highlighting cutting edge researchers whose work crosses the boundaries set by disciplinary convention.
Population Health Series
Convenor: Richard Carpiano, Department of Sociology
Dates: Oct 9, Nov 13, Feb 12, Mar 12
UBC is internationally recognized for its contributions to the creation of "Population Health" as an interdisciplinary field concerned with the powerful role of a host of non-medical determinants of health, development, and well-being across the life course, particularly social and economic factors. The Population Health Speakers Series aims to bring together faculty, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in these issues. The series will have a particular focus on the social sciences and their intersections with other disciplines within population health. Each monthly meeting will feature an invited scholar who is conducting cutting-edge research integrating innovative theoretical perspectives and/or developing novel methods for use in advancing population health science and improving practice and policy. The speaker's presentation and subsequent "brainstorming" dialogue with the audience will be aimed to appeal to a broad range of interests and have great potential for informing the ideas, research, and practices of faculty, students, and local agency representatives.
EurasiaN States and Societies: Past and PResent
Convenor: , Department of Anthropology
Dates: Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 6, Jan 16, Jan 30, Feb 24, Mar 20
This series features presentations by anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and sociologists working in Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and Mongolia. We will explore themes of how the past influences the present and future of the post-Communist Eurasian region, the role of memory in shaping contemporary identities, and the evolving nature of states in the region.
early music Series
Convenors: Matthew White, , Alicia Hansen, Early Music Vancouver
Dates: Sept 19, Nov 25, Jan 21 (Part of the Green College Society Series), Feb 5, Feb 13
Early Music Vancouver is pleased to return this season for the fifth successive year with a series of talks and chamber music concerts, featuring artists who will be appearing also in its Main Winter Series. These concerts will offer Green College residents and friends an opportunity to hear and discuss early music repertoire in an intimate and informal setting.
ISGP lecture series
Convenor: , Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
Dates: Sept 23, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dates TBA
This lecture series explores the implications and applications of interdisciplinary research in a wide range of domains, from the arts to the sciences, the humanities and beyond.


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3 Vanek Plays. Before becoming the president of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and after spending four years in jail as a political dissident, Václav Havel wrote these three plays. Each of these semiautobiographical shorts contains the same protagonist, Ferdinand Vanek, an activist playwright who is less a character per se and more a dramatic principle of morality. In the first Kafkaesque short, "Audience" (the weakest of the bunch), Vanek (Craig Souza) works at a brewery and his boss (Jeff Thompson) engages him in a spiraling drunken conversation about the mounting pressures of an omnipresent "they" watching over operations. Thompson deliriously works himself into a sweaty, paranoid mess but it is frustrating to navigate his character's oblique and absurdist dialogue. The second play, "Unveiling," is delightful and very funny, as Vanek finds himself having drinks with a couple (Amanda Krampf and Wylie Herman) obsessed with image and material possessions while being hilariously disdainful of his poor writerly lifestyle. The third and most powerful offering, "Protest," offers a view into the articulate and guilty mind of a TV producer (Craig Dickerson) who secretly sides with Vanek's political dissidence, but struggles to go public. Dickerson is a tour de force of anguished tics and pauses, and captures Havel's theme of navigating difficult morality choices, capping a truly engaging night of theater. Through May 18 at Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut (at Rose), Berkeley. Tickets are $15-$20; call 800-838-3006 or visit www.jcceastbay.org. (Nathaniel Eaton) Reviewed May 7.
Best of PlayGround 12: A Festival of New Writers & New Plays: Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through May 25. The Thick House, 1695 18th St. (at Arkansas), 401-8081.
Book of Mark: A solo performance written and performed by Charles Pike. Thursdays-Saturdays. Continues through May 17. The Garage, 975 Howard (at Sixth St.), 289-2000.
Breast of Sherry Glaser: The founder of Breasts Not Bombs sets out to save the world. Thursdays-Saturdays. Continues through June 14. The Marsh, 1062 Valencia (at 22nd St.), 826-5750.
Bug: A cocktail waitress and an AWOL Gulf War veteran hide out together. Through June 8. SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter (at Powell), 677-9596.
Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again: A solo show by Wes "Scoop" Nisker. May 16-24. The Marsh, 1062 Valencia (at 22nd St.), 826-5750.
Curse of the Starving Class: A dark satire by Sam Shepard. Through May 25. American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary (at Mason), 749-2228.
It's Murder Mary: Murder mystery set in a Russian River resort. May 17-June 28. New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness (at Market), 861-8972.
Octopus: Four men, one night. A drama by Steve Yockey, coproduced by the Magic Theater and Encore Theatre Company. Through June 8. Magic Theatre, Fort Mason, Bldg. D (Marina & Buchanan), 441-8822.
The Odd Couple: Oscar and Felix, together again. Through June 7. The Custom Stage, 965 Mission St. (at Sixth St.), 838-3006.
Peddling Rainbows: Celebrating the songs and poetry of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. May 15-25. Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson (at Front), 788-7469.
The Rosenbach Company: A Pop Opera: By graphic novelist Ben Katchor and composer and singer Mark Mulcahy. Wed., May 14, 8 p.m. $15-$22. Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California (at Presidio), 292-1200.
San Francisco Young Playwrights Festival: A selection of plays by local high school students. May 15-18. Diego Rivera Theater/CCSF, 50 Phelan (at Judson), 239-3100.
Squeeze Box: Ann Randolph's solo show about her minimum-wage life. May 17-June 29. The Marsh, 1062 Valencia (at 22nd St.), 826-5750.
The W. Kamau Bell Curve: The comedian is back for more in his solo show. Thursdays. Continues through June 12. Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter (at Powell), 433-1226.


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HBO is reportedly very close to committing to a new series about a fictional record executive in the late Seventies being developed by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorcese and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter. The untitled show, originally conceived by Jagger as a concept for a feature film, already has a pilot script penned by Winter, who has experience with HBO dating back to his days as one of the core writers for The Sopranos.
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This project is not the only premium cable show in the works focused on record executives. HBO optioned a series based on Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit From the Goon Squad, which prominently features characters working in the music industry, and Showtime is developing a program called Vinyl, which is set in the record industry of the Seventies.
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If you think Las Vegas has lost the Halloween spirit, think again. Lines were out the door Friday at Valley costume stores, and many of the most popular outfits are long gone.
While trends come and go, we found there's one costume option that never seems to go out of style: the superhero.
"It kind of makes me feel like a kid again every year, so it's definitely fun," said Roger Pho, who's going as Batman this year.
In fact, this isn't the first time Pho has dressed up as the Caped Crusader, or the Dark Knight, if you prefer.
"It's the one time of year, Halloween, you can kind of just get to step out and dress up in whatever you want to be," he said.
Halloween Mart Vice President Heather George said that in her 19 years in the business, the superhero trend has never waned.
"Superman came out with a new movie this past year, so that's been selling really well. Morphsuits are very popular, and there are superhero Morphsuits, so those are two pretty big categories for us," George said.
While Elvis jumpsuits remain popular in Las Vegas, another option flying off shelves is Duck Dynasty-themed outfits. Halloween Mart has already sold out of costumes based on the cable TV hit.
"We do have tons of beards left, and we do have the bandana that you can wear with any type of camouflage vests and stuff like that, which we do still carry," George said.
Believe it or not, one of the most popular costumers remains the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
"The biggest thing is that people are starting to buy accessories with the costume. During our recession year, they would kind of just buy either accessory or costume, and now they're kind of buying all of it this year," George said.
People aren't just buying for themselves, their furry friends are getting in on the act, too.
"People are dressing up their dogs in everything. Some are going as a couple with their dog, like a prisoner and a convict," George said.
The National Retail Federal estimates nearly $7 billion will be spent on costumes, candy and decorations over Halloween. That's $1 billion less than last year. Still, Americans will spend $330 million on pet costumes alone.
If you're wondering which Halloween costume has fallen out of favor, George said it's the witch.
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Rather than just stick to loaning out the standard books and research materials, the Yale Law Library is taking a proactive approach to helping students.
The library at the famed school is now letting students take out the library terrier Monty by checking him out just like books.
Here's the actual catalog listing for Monty:
NOT CHK'D OUT – Ask at Circ. – DOG BASKET BEHIND CIRCULATION DESK – ASK AT CIRC:
1 dog (border terrier mix) : brown hair, 21 lbs. ; 33 cm at shoulder.
Monty circulates for 30 minute periods.
Graduate of Puppy School, 2000 (with honors), Certified Therapy Dog, 2010. Distinguishing features: white star on chest. Monty plays well with others and is fond of bacon. (Please don't feed him hot dogs, that's just wrong.)
Woof (unknown script).
Monty (Dog)
Therapy dogs.
Dogs in libraries.
Stress relievers for law students.
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Aiken, Julian, owner.
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Full name: General Montgomery
According to Springwise: In an email from librarian Blair Kauffman, recently quoted in New York Magazine, the library's therapy terrier Monty will be available to "check out" for thirty minute periods, with the faculty claiming "it is well documented that visits from therapy dogs have resulted in increased happiness, calmness, and overall emotional well-being."
The dog is ideal for the task not only because of his well-mannered temperament, but also because of his hypoallergenic status. Despite this, sessions with Monty will be confined to a designated non-public area to ensure there is no disruption to other students. The loaning of Monty will initially be run on a trial basis, but ABC News quotes a spokeswoman for Yale Law school Jan Conray stating "the interest in available slots has been high".
Therapy dogs are already present at Tufts University in Massachusetts, Oberlin College in Ohio and UC San Diego in California, but this is the first time one has been loaned out alongside books. Sadly, Monty is no longer in circulation.


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Ruby Katherine Kirby
Ruby Katherine Kirby, 83 of Newton died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at her home.
Graveside services will be held at: 11 A.M. , on Friday, July 19, 2013 at Harperville Memorial Park in Harperville, North of Forest, with Bro. Leon Stuart officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Newton County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 601-635-3200.
Survivors include her husband: Nick Kirby of Newton; one daughter: Barbara Griffin, and husband, Jerry of Lawrence; one son: Ronnie Risher, and wife, Melissa of Castaic, CA and one step son: Nicky Kirby, and wife, Shirley of Crystal Springs; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two brothers: Curtis Horn of Forest; and John Thomas Horn, and wife, Tonya of Newton; one sister: Edwina Jones, and husband, Gary of Forest;
She was preceded in death by her parents: B.S. and May Elizabeth Mahaffey Horn and five siblings: Austin, Sedric, Kenneth, Rosalee, Edwin, and Mildred.
Pallbearers: Hansi Horn, Jay Griffin, Murray Weems, Bill Matthews, Shawn Horn, and Stanley West.
Family and friends may sign an online guest book at www.newtoncountyfuneralhome.com


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Introducing Enhydra
Over the last few months, we have looked at Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. Enhydra, as a J2EE-compliant application server, fully supports these technologies. Moreover, as an open-source server, Enhydra uses the Jakarta-Tomcat engine as the basis for its servlets and JSPs. As we will see later, it is possible (and often preferable) to use Enhydra's own advanced form of web applications.
It's relatively easy to create servlets using the tools that come with Enhydra. And indeed, Enhydra's authors have spent a great deal of time creating a system that is not only powerful when deployed, but relatively easy to work with during development.
If you are used to simply writing a servlet, compiling it and dropping it into a directory, then you will find that Enhydra gets in the way, complicating the process. This is in no small part due to the way in which Enhydra applications are deployed—rather than requiring an external server, Enhydra expects that you will want to test (and run) many of your web applications independently of any others.
To create a simple servlet, we will use the application generation wizard (appwizard) that comes with Enhydra, which you can invoke as $ENHYDRA/bin/appwizard. The appwizard is not an IDE but rather a sophisticated file-copying program that provides a basic skeleton application that already works.
When you first run appwizard, it will ask you whether you want to develop a web application (i.e., standard servlet) or an Enhydra super servlet. Choose a standard web application; super servlets will come later. The next screen will ask whether you want to produce output in HTML or WML, the latter being the standard XML-based format for cellular internet applications. We will use HTML and will call both the project directory and the package "atf". By default, Enhydra applications are placed under your home directory in the subdirectory enhydraApps. Choose a license under which your code will be released, and appwizard will generate files for your new application.
And indeed, appwizard creates a large number of automatically generated files and directories. Among them are:
a global Makefile that allows us to build the application. There are individual Makefiles in a number of the applications subdirectories as well.
config.mk, which defines a number of environment variables on which the Makefile depends, with such information as the Enhydra version, the location of your JDK installation and the location of your Enhydra installation.
the src directory that contains the source code for Java servlets and HTML files. Under src is a standard WEB-INF directory, whose web.xml file names each of the servlets we plan to deploy. The atf directory, whose name depends on the project we created, contains four subdirectories: business, data, presentation and resources. The two that interest us most are the presentation and resources directories, since the former contains servlets and the latter contains HTML files and JSPs.
To build the application, simply run a make in the root directory of our project. (The Enhydra Enterprise documentation makes a big deal out of saying that it now uses the Java-based Ant build tool in favor of make, but application creation still appears to rely on make.)
After make completes its work, there will be a new output subdirectory at the top level of our application, parallel to src and input. The output directory contains everything we need in order to launch our application, including a standard Java .war (web archive) file containing our .class files, XML descriptors, JSPs and images:
WEB-INF/classes/atf/presentation/WelcomeHTML.class WEB-INF/classes/atf/presentation/WelcomeServlet.class WEB-INF/classes/atf/presentation/RedirectServlet.class media/Enhydra.gif index.jsp WEB-INF/web.xml
Notice that we have three .class files here, while there were only two in src/atf/presentation/. That's because XMLC turned the HTML file from src/resources into a Java source file, which was then turned into a Java .class file.
So with just two commands, appwizard and make, we have managed to create a full, running Enhydra application. The application, as it stands, doesn't do anything particularly complex or interesting, but it provides us with a skeleton that we can then modify and extend.
To run our application, we run output/start4. This starts the application on port 9000 (defined in input/conf/servlet/servlet.conf.in). If you point your web browser to http://localhost:9000/, you will see the output from our servlet: the Enhydra logo, the name of our application (atf), the current time and date and a hyperlink that redirects you back to the application.
The HTML page is generated by XMLC and demonstrates how XMLC is integrated into the rest of Enhydra. XMLC compiles src/atf/resources/Welcome.html into a Java servlet, which is then turned into a .class file. The Java class created by XMLC includes a hook for each of the <span> tags in the file, allowing retrieval and modifications of anything within a <span> tag that has an ID attribute.
WelcomeServlet, the servlet that is initially executed in our application, displays the current time and date by creating an instance of the XMLC-generated class:
now = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM) .format(new Date()); welcome = new WelcomeHTML(); welcome.getElementTime().getFirstChild() .setNodeValue(now);
In other words, we replace the text within the <span> tag with an ID of "time" by turning the HTML file into a DOM-accessible tree and then changing the value of a specific node.
To add additional servlets to our application, we can write and save them in src/atf/presentation. Note that the package will be atf.presentation and not simply atf. We will write a very simple class, Foo, which you can see in Listing 1. Except for the package name, there isn't any difference between traditional servlets and Foo.java.
Now we need to tell the servlet engine to map a URL to our servlet. We do this in src/WEB-INF/web.xml. This XML file is divided into two parts: the first maps servlet classes to servlet names, and the second maps servlet names to URLs. Listing 2 contains a version of web.xml modified to handle mapping our Foo servlet.
Listing 2. Modified Version of web.xml
Finally, we need to include our new class in the Makefile, adding the name of our class to the CLASSES variable:
CLASSES = WelcomeServlet \ RedirectServlet Foo
Run make and check that Foo.class has been added to the application with:
jar tvf output/archive/atf.warIf it all works, then run output/start4, and point your browser to http://localhost:9000/foo. You should see the HTML output delivered by our new Foo servlet.
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Top makeup artist to the stars, Lori Neapolitan visited the Newsplex to show how she makes actresses camera ready. She shared her advice with our Tara Wheeler.
Neapolitan used her fingers while applying makeup on Wheeler. She says when you use your fingers, you use less products and it looks more natural on the skin.
"We're doing that underneath the entire eye, side of the nose, side of the mouth. Sides of the nose, we're going out sides of the mouth we're going up, and what that does is that instantly opens up the face," said Neapolitan.
Neapolitan also, shared tips on how to make your lips look fuller; she says you should first use a lighter color on your lips.
"The secret, always apply lip liner after lip stick. Most women learn how to put their liner on in a downward fashion. You don't want anything to go down, you want everything to go up," said Neapolitan.
Neapolitan also showed Tara Wheeler how to tweeze her eyebrows. Neapolitan says everyone has a high and low side to the framing of your face. She showed Tara Wheeler how to make her low side a little bit higher by adding powder.
"I've framed your eyes and brought your face out. It's being able to feel more comfortable in our own skin, looking more beautiful and enhancing your natural beauty," said Neapolitan.
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— The Brazos River Authority is recommending water conservation efforts for The Possum Kingdom-Granbury-Whitney reservoir subsystem.
With the ongoing drought throughout Texas, the Brazos River Authority has issued a Stage 2 Drought Warning declaration for the subsystem of reservoirs on the main stem of the Brazos River including lakes Possum Kingdom, Granbury and Whitney.
The reservoirs are the surface water supply for numerous water users including municipalities, utility districts, agriculture and industry including the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant at Glen Rose.
The Stage 2 Drought Warning is part of BRA's Drought Contingency Plan. This plan, which is required by the state, is intended to help preserve and extend water supplies during drought conditions and includes strategies for temporary supply and demand management.
The BRA has notified each of the Possum Kingdom-Granbury-Whitney subsystem customers that Stage 2 conservation efforts are in order to help make the water supply from the reservoirs last longer in light of continuing drought conditions. At the drought warning stage, the BRA requests that customers employ their own drought contingency plans by implementing a 10 percent reduction in water use that would have occurred under normal conditions.
The BRA's drought contingency plan has four stages, ranging from 1-4 in level of severity, that are marked by trigger points. For the Possum Kingdom-Granbury-Whitney subsystem, the Stage 2 trigger levels, or drought warning conditions, are initiated when the total storage capacity of the reservoirs reaches 420,968 acre-feet, or about 60 percent of full capacity.
When the Stage 3 trigger level is reached, a drought emergency condition is initiated with a water use reduction target of 20 percent or greater depending on conditions that exist at that time. The Possum Kingdom-Granbury-Whitney sub system will reach Stage 3 when the total capacity of the reservoirs reaches 280,645 acre-feet, or about 40 percent of capacity.
Under Stage 4 Pro Rata Curtailment, customers must reduce water use by 30 percent or more. Stage 4 is triggered when the Possum Kingdom-Granbury-Whitney subsystem reaches 140,323 acre-feet of capacity, or about 20 percent full. The general process under which the BRA will make water available in this circumstance is in accordance with Texas Water Code, Sec. 11.039.
A copy of BRA's Drought Contingency Plan can be found at www.brazos.org/DroughtContingency.asp or by contacting the BRA at 254-761-3100. For information on water conservation go to www.brazos.org/conservation.asp.


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"Vegetable mix baked to perfection. I go through phases of wanting just vegetables for a main dish. My mom gave me this recipe and she got it from a friend. It's simple to do; peel and cut the vegetables and put them in a casserole dish."
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Original recipe yields 8 servings
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Combine red potatoes, yam, carrots, parsnip, jicama, and turnips in a large baking dish.
- Mix rosemary, olive oil, garlic, and sea salt in a small bowl; pour over vegetables and toss to coat.
- Bake in the preheated oven until vegetables are tender, 35 to 45 minutes.
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very good.I cut the salt back to 1 tsp though...1 TB of salt is a lot and need to keep things healthier for hubby with high blood pressure. For personal reasons I cut the rosemary in half because I do like it in moderation but am not fond of a strong rosemary flavor. Gets a 4 due to seasoning changes. For me it has to be perfect as written to get a 5.
This recipe is amazing, it will surprise you! My husband was skeptical (to say the least) when he saw me cutting up all the root vegetables. I followed the recipe exactly, my husband and I were astounded at how good this turned out. I cut the jicama and turnip into med-small chunks, about thumb size, to help them bake easier. I baked my vegetables in an 11x15 pan for about 70 minutes and stirred them several times while they baked. The vegetables became sweet and slightly caramelized, so good! Thank you for this recipe!!
OH YUM! I used the root vegetables that I had on hand so I did not use jicama or turnips. Doubled up the others. Used about 4 Tablespoons of olive oil and a Tablespoon of fresh snipped rosemary. Perfect and simple and I will make this again & again. Thanks for sharing!
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 235 cal
- 12%
- Fat
- 8.9 g
- 14%
- Carbs
- 37.4 g
- 12%
- Protein
- 2.9 g
- 6%
- Cholesterol
- 0 mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 718 mg
- 29%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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The Dougherty family woke up to what looked like parrots in their backyard on Sunday.
"They were just nibbling away in the tree," said Chrissy Dougherty.
This isn't the first time these feathered wonders have made an appearance. The Dougherty's neighbor told her she spotted them years ago, and a week prior another neighbor caught sight of them as well.
Dougherty said her kids told their teachers about the neighbors' sighting and even they had doubts.
But on Sept. 11 the family woke up and captured their new feathered friends on film.
Dougherty snapped a few pictures and posted them on Facebook. Some friends commented on the pictures expressing disbelief.
Dougherty sent those pictures to Patch, and this editor was also in disbelief, so I made a few calls.
According to a naturalist at the in Glen Ellyn, monk parakeets, which look like the parrots in the Dougherty's yard have been in the area since the 1970s.
It seems impossible that these birds could survive in this area but according to a 2003 Chicago Wilderness Magazine article, these types of birds have been spotted in Chicago and throughout the Chicago-land area in places like Hinsdale, Blue Island and Kane County.
Some believe these birds originally escaped from a shipping crate at O'Hare International Airport but that's merely a rumor, according to the article. However, there was an influx of these South American birds in the early '70s, according to Katherine Millett's report in Chicago Wilderness Magazine.
The Doughertys live in an unincorporated area of Glen Ellyn, near the ComEd Glenbard Regional Headquarters, which may account for why the birds gather near her home. According to the report, these birds like to nest on electrical poles or near transformers that give off heat.
But while there is still no clear explanation for this group of monk parakeets' preference for Chicago, we certainly don't disagree with their choice.


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NEWS: Wednesday March 17, 2010
Mar 17th @ 9:37 am in News by Scott Staley
Secretary of State Bernie Buescher visited Montrose County this morning to discuss challenges the county faces regarding elections, online voter registration capabilities, as well as the future of elections in Colorado. Buescher (from Grand Junction) said he is looking to continue to save all counties in the state money, and one major way that is being done is by canceling elections for uncontested races. (These elections were costing the state roughly $24 million each time). The question this year is "Where are we going with campaign administration?"
Buescher went on to say that Montrose County is well ahead of other counties when it comes to the election department.
Buescher says his office is currently operating at about 15% under budget. They've authorized 132 FTE's, and operating at 112-115 FTE's, he says he can't cut anymore in order to run the elections departments properly.
He also said that starting April 1, people can log onto govotecolorado.com to register to vote. (You can register to vote at 17). This will save money at the county level (will eliminate the hand-processing of all the paperwork). Buescher went into the cost of running an election, saying the state pays small counties $.70/voter and $.80 for larger counties per voter. Some states/counties can't afford to run elections (some are at $4/voter up to $35/voter in small counties on the Eastern Plains. Montrose County was $4.50/voter in 2008). Buescher says this is why his focus is saving money and running his office more efficiently.
On a semi-unrelated issue, Buescher talked about the state having $1,507,000 in over-payments from 1996-2004. But there is a state statute that says if the money is more than a year old, it can't be sent back to the people. Senate Bill 143 would allow this office to pay this money back. He wants people to log on to his website, for the complete 35,000 names, and spend a few minutes to double check their address. When/if this bill passes, the checks would be sent out immediately.
Buescher left Montrose to visit with the Delta County Elections Department. He said he tries to spend two days a week hitting counties across the state. To learn more about Secretary of State Bernie Buescher, visit http://www.sos.state.co.us/.
(Photo by Janine Mayfield)
(Posted 1:17p)
Montrose County Republicans report 563 official ballots available and a number of unaffiliated voters present during last night's caucus giving them a turn-out around 600 total. The State results are as follows:
U. S. Senate
Steve Barton – 306 votes
Ken Buck – 9324 votes
Robert Greenheck – 38 votes
Vincent Martinez – 81 votes
Jane Norton – 9295 votes
Cleve Tidwell – 1470 votes
Tom Wiens – 4054 votes
Other – 60 votes
Total Votes Cast – 24628
Dan Maes – 9952 votes
YJ Mager – 117votes
Scott McInnis – 15213 votes
Other – 59 votes
Total Votes Cast – 25341
Get more information at www.montrosegop.org.
Source: Press Release (Posted 12:14p)
110 registered Democrats turned out to vote in the Montrose County Democratic Party caucus Tuesday night. 75.45% of the vote for the U.S. Senator nomination went to Andrew Romanoff, former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet received 20.91%. The remaining 3.64 % of the voters were undecided. There were no other contested seats. Caucus voters also chose delegates to the Montrose County Democratic Party's county convention, which will happen on April 10 at the Lions Park Clubhouse, in Montrose.
Source: Press Release (Posted 9:36a)


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Well before game time last Sunday, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning knew who would be getting significant playing time in the Panthers' secondary.
He knew Robert Lester, an undrafted rookie from Alabama, would start at strong safety, and he knew Melvin White, an undrafted rookie from Louisiana-Lafayette, would get plenty of snaps at cornerback.
Last year, Manning and the Giants picked on rookie Josh Norman, so it figured he could target two rookies in a depleted secondary playing in their first NFL game.
"We talked to Eli before the game and made sure he didn't throw it," Carolina defensive coordinator Sean McDermott joked about how he minimized the exposure of the young players.
"It's hard to. And this is the National Football League. It's hard to say I can hide a guy because eventually they're going to find you. They knew full well who was going to be out there and our players executed."
White and Lester have been in the same boat since every team passed over them in April's seven-round draft and the Panthers signed them in May. They've stood out at rookie minicamp, been roommates at training camp and both got an interception last Sunday against New York in Carolina's 38-0 win.
It was fitting that when White punched the ball out of Louis Murphy's hands in the fourth quarter, Lester was there to recover the fumble.
"We basically motivate each other," Lester said. "When he's having a bad day I'm there to pick him up; when I'm having a bad day he's there to motivate me. It goes hand in hand. We got each other's back, along with everyone else in the secondary. With me and him, not only are we talking about football and bonding here, being roommates in the hotel and always hanging out outside of football, we grow closer and it transfers over to the field."
Often times when a coach or a teammate mentions one, the other is soon to follow in the sentence. That's because they made a name for themselves on the first day they were on the Panthers' practice fields together.
Ron Rivera grouped White and Lester together as the two players – outside of first- and second-round picks Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short – who stood out on the first day of rookie minicamp in May.
The early praise satiated some Panthers fans who felt Carolina wrongly neglected the secondary in the draft. But while the two would continue to impress through spring workouts, training camp would be a dose of reality.
Fighting for their jobs
At Wofford College, the two were paired to be roommates for the three weeks of training camp.
"Ever since Day One and we kind of hit it off feeling that we were in the same situation being undrafted," White said. "We had the same kind of mission, so we hit it off real cool and came real close."
The mission was to make the final 53-man roster so they could legitimately say they were Carolina Panthers. But training camp isn't like rookie camp.
Veterans who have been through camp know they have to fight for their jobs in training camp. If an undrafted rookie impresses the coaches and general manager Dave Gettleman, the team could opt for the younger, cheaper option.
White had an uphill climb. He rarely saw better than third-team snaps with veterans Drayton Florence and Captain Munnerlyn working with the first team and Josh Norman and Josh Thomas working with the second team.
Lester, on the other hand, had an opportunity to be Mike Mitchell's immediate backup at strong safety while competing against second-year safety D.J. Campbell.
But Lester hit an early rookie wall, showing average speed and rarely making plays on the ball as his stock fell through the summer.
"It was something else I had to get adjusted to, it being my first training camp having high expectations," Lester said. "I had a good OTAs, I was doing good in the rookie minicamp and it was another obstacle I had to overcome. Not every road is easy. It was a road I struggled with and I had to get my mind right and get back on track, which kind of took me a while."
By the end of the preseason White had done enough to earn a spot on the 53-man roster, presumably in place of the veteran Florence, and the Panthers liked Lester's big-play potential in the final two exhibitions to give him a spot on the eight-man practice squad.
Unclear futures
With a rash of injuries to the Panthers' secondary last week, Lester and White got their first opportunity to play in a regular-season game.
Lester got the start at strong safety while White came in at cornerback during nickel packages. They were part of a secondary that held the Giants to 135 passing yards with the help of a strong, consistent rush from the defensive line.
White trapped a Victor Cruz route in the third quarter and picked off Manning, and in the fourth quarter he forced a Louis Murphy fumble in Panthers territory.
Lester's late fourth-quarter interception capped an NFL debut that saw him get five tackles and one pass defense – and potentially a permanent spot on the roster.
"I was definitely more nervous this Sunday because it was definitely kind of a make or break," said Lester, comparing his first NFL game to any of the three national title games he played in. "If I go out there and have a bad game or do what I'm supposed to do, I could probably never play in this league again."
The immediate future of White and Lester is unclear. The Panthers re-signed Florence two weeks ago to combat the secondary injuries, and Thomas (concussion) and defensive back D.J. Moore (knee) are expected to return in Week 5. The status of safety Quintin Mikell's ankle injury is uncertain.
For the past 4 1/2 months, Lester and White have been by each other's side, and they'll continue to be. It reminded Rivera last week of a picture he has with his travel roommate, Jim Morrissey, who also played linebacker for the Bears in the 1980s.
Beneath the picture is written: Teammates last a career, but friends last a lifetime.
"Guys like Melvin and Robert, (Kawann) and Star, guys that come in together can play a long time together and develop a friendship that a lot of people don't understand. And honestly might not because they don't go through the same things," Rivera said.
"This is an opportunity to guys to develop those lasting bonds, and if we can get those kinds of relationships going here on this team, not just one or two guys but 10, 12, 14 guys develop and become our core for the next four, five, six years, who knows what could happen here?"
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Rachael Van Horn
Woodward News
Woodward, Okla. —
New federal regulations born out of the 2008 financial collapse have hamstrung many community banks and the damage could spell trouble for small towns that depend on those hometown banks.
That is the opinion of the leadership of the Oklahoma Bankers Association, an organization that advocates politically for bankers all across the state.
The comments are regarding a now more than 13,000 page reform act called the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, according to OBA President, Roger Beverage.
The act was signed into law in 2010.
"Our concern is what this means to Oklahoma," Beverage said. This was meant to target the large, global bank operations, not community banks and yet, here we are."
Tuesday evening about a 100 members of the Oklahoma Bankers Association gathered at the Northwest Inn for one of two meetings they have per year, Beverage said.
Bankers heard from non-partisan experts about the details of the Affordable Care Act and how it might impact banks or their customers, Beverage said.
"Bankers are seen in their communities as the experts on all things financial," Beverage said. "So this meeting, we wanted to offer the information about Obamacare, partially because of what it might mean to bankers as employers but also so they can respond to the questions of their customers."
However, while the Affordable Care Act was the speaker's topic, a more insidious monster that is having a possibly devastating impact on community banks in Oklahoma, was the true reason for gathering, he said.
With the weight of new federal regulations, many small town banks have stopped lending money for residential properties all together, while others simply have less available money to loan in general, Beverage said.
This was never the intent of the post 2008 economic slump legislation that was meant to oversee the "Big Six" (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Inc., Wells Fargo, PNC Financial and U.S. Bancorp), Beverage said.
Those banks represent a group of banks known as "Too Big To Fail", meaning if they did fail, it could signal the collapse of the nation's economy.
That hardly describes the Bank of Laverne, said its president David Cook.
"We didn't cause the collapse, but they still won't carve us (small community banks) out of the law," Cook said.
Now, even though the OBA leadership is taking their cause to Oklahoma's leadership in Washington, their voices are drowned out by the dysfunction there and all the attention Congress is focusing on the Affordable Care Act.
The hope of OBA leadership and members is to tweak the Dodd-Frank Act, not get rid of all regulation
"The atmosphere in Washington right now is really unfortunate because as important as this is to the economy, no one is listening because all they are talking about is Obamacare right now," Beverage said.
So the disease marches on and little by little, small community banks find themselves less able to help their customers, he said.
Among many onerous requirements, Dodd-Frank requires a bank keep a certain amount of capital on hand.
In fact, part of the law could require an increase of on hand capital of a total of $250 million for banks across Oklahoma, Beverage said.
"That translates in a reduced lending capacity to Oklahoma Consumers and small businesses by about $2.5 billion, he said.
For instance, in a town like Laverne, it means Cook might have to turn away a customer for a small business loan, which he might have floated just two years ago.
"That means, I have to keep so much money in capital reserve and I have less that is available so I cannot loan that money," Cook said.
But perhaps even more burdensome are the requirements regarding compliance with the issuance of housing loans, both Beverage and Cook said.
Those rules include numerous compliance issues a bank must adhere to regarding how a home is appraised as well as requirements that force a bank to keep mortgages on the books that might have better served the bank if they were sold.
Add to that the need for nearly three times as many full time personnel who do nothing but manage compliance issues and you now have created a situation where it simply costs too much for a small community bank to issue home loans.
Bank of Laverne, is representative of many medium sized banks that are the financial and economical centers of their communities, Beverage said. But now these banks, in some cases, have been forced to get out of the business of lending local customers money to purchase homes.
That's a problem for small, outlying communities, said Edmond Remax Broker Victoria Caldwell.
"Conventional and FHA loans may not be available for the some types of properties that are being sold in these communities," Caldwell said "The community banks are vital to residential loans in these areas."
So what this means to the average Oklahoman, who makes his home in a rural community is less financial support availability whether you are selling a home or buying one, Beverage said.
What is means to the banks across the state is a less robust presence in their own hometowns, Cook said.
"I had a guy come to me to purchase a home and I had to send him to the competition," Cook said.
Cook's goal in the coming months, is to inform his customer base and turn them into advocates for their small town banks and perhaps get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to work together with community banks and exempt them from the burdensome regulation.
"This is the message I am bringing to my fellow bankers. When you have a customer who you can't serve, tell them to write their legislators and tell them how this is affecting them," Cook said.


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The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committees of Clinton have released the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) route into Clinton for July 28, the last day of the 471-mile journey.
"It is not often River Bend Bicycle Club members ride into their hometown on the final day of RAGBRAI," said Mike Clemence, RBBC member.
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Riders will enter Clinton County near Lost Nation and travel on Iowa 136 through Delmar, Charlotte, Goose Lake and into Clinton.
Clinton's 9/11 Freedom Tree Park will signal the right turn off Main Avenue onto Mill Creek Parkway. Mill Creek Parkway will be the last incline of RAGBRAI XL before riders turn left onto the 19th Avenue North extension and travel to Springdale Drive.
Spring-dale Drive residents will greet the 15,000 riders and cheer them down Springdale Drive to Ashford University.
At Ashford University, riders will turn left onto Bluff Boulevard and Seventh Avenue North.
With just a few blocks to go, riders will travel on Seventh Avenue North to North Third Street for two blocks until the final right hand turn of RAGBRAI onto Ninth Avenue North and east to the Dip Site at the Ninth Avenue North boat ramp.
The area around the Ninth Avenue North boat ramp, the boat trailer parking area and a portion of the Clinton RV Park will be closed to the public. Riders will form up in the boat storage parking lot north of Ninth Avenue North preparing to dip their tires. After dipping, riders are encouraged to visit the vendors, RAGBRAI merchandise tents, bike packaging and luggage trucks that will be south of Ninth Avenue North in the boat trailer parking and RV Park.
Charter buses, team buses and support vehicles will enter Clinton on U.S. 30 traveling down Liberty Avenue and use the parking lots in the downtown area to wait for their riders.
A great amount of work went into these decisions by the Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Ride Right Committees to pick the best route.
"Consideration was given to what would be appealing to first-time riders to Clinton, rider safety, logistics and the community and traffic impacted by the event," said Joe Raaymakers, co-chairman of Clinton's RAGBRAI XL committee.
For more information on Clinton RAGBRAI, go to clintonragbrai.com.


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A discussion of Niles Township High School District 219's annual review of programs grew impassioned Monday night when one board member questioned the wisdom of the district's move to eliminate basic-level math classes as part of a plan to help all students be college-ready when they graduate.
Board member Eileen Valfer was the only board member to vote against the creation of a "geometry extension class" for the next school year, a class that would be similar to the algebra extension class put in place this year. In both cases, students who previously would have been placed in basic-track math classes instead take regular level classes, with an extra period each day – the extension – to get extra support.
But Valfer said forcing students to take an extra period of math each day could eliminate the chance for them to take an elective class.
"How many of those kids can't take an elective class that might hold them in school?" Valfer asked.
'Unacceptable' number of kids failing
She also said the percentage of students taking algebra extension and earning Ds and Fs – about 20 percent – is "unacceptable."
"Is the regular class now going to be dummied down for all the kids who shouldn't be there in the first place?" she asked. "Not every student wants to go to college."
Superintendent shoots back
Her comments drew a fiery response from District 219 Superintendent Nanciann Gatta, who earlier in the meeting said that that first-quarter grades in the algebra extension classes had surpassed the district's goals, with 296 of the 324 students in the classes more likely to meet college readiness standards by the time they graduate than if they had earned As in the old basic math class.
"We are not making annual yearly progress (under the No Child Left Behind standards)," Gatta said. "The NCLB reauthorization is looking heavily at college readiness. We are being audited every year by the Office of Civil Rights for having a disproportionate number of some racial groups in the lower tracks. Ninety-nine percent of our kids tell us when they come in that they want to go to college. When they graduate, 39 percent are not college-ready. Sixty-eight percent of those who go to Oakton (Community College) have to take remedial math. It's a call to action. Maybe this isn't the right action … but I cannot sit here and say to you the status quo is really OK."
'Perpetrating a fraud'
Niles North math director David Wartkowski and Niles West math director Robert Williams supported Gatta's statements, with Williams saying, "We were complicit" in allowing students to take basic math classes that would not give them the skills they need for higher education.
Niles West Principal Kaine Osburn put it more strongly, saying, "We perpetrated a fraud on them."
Wartowski and Williams pointed out that with most of the extension students succeeding, teachers can focus their efforts on the students who aren't and try to figure what they need to do to help.
Some students having trouble with multiple classes
One interesting fact is that students at Niles North who are failing algebra are failing an average of four classes, Wartowski said.
"There are not students that are just having trouble with math," he said. "They are having trouble with school in general."
Under the administration's recommendations for next year, the district will move forward with plans to phase out the basic track in English as well. In subsequent years, Gatta said, she wants the district to also eliminate the honors track, which falls between regular classes and Advanced Placement classes, and encourage students who now take honors classes to move into the AP track instead.
While the board voted on and passed the new geometry extension class Monday night, other changes recommended in the annual review of programs will come up for a vote Dec. 12.