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Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964)
This truncated shaft was one of the enormous columns that stood at the north and south ends of the Waiting Room in the original Pennsylvania Station, a vast railroad-terminal complex whose style was inspired by ancient Roman baths. Completed in 1910, the station was demolished in 1963.
- Designer: Charles Follen McKim
- Architect: McKim, Mead & White, American, active 1872-1961
- Commissioned By: Pennsylvania Railroad, Alexander Cassatt, President
- Medium: Travertine marble
- Dates: ca. 1910
- Dimensions: 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm) Base: 57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:American Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
- Accession Number: 66.250.2
- Credit Line: Gift of Youngstown Cartage Co. and New York Improvement & Development
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Charles Follen McKim. Partial Column, from Penn Station, 31st to 33rd Streets between 7th and 8th Avenues, NYC (demolished 1964), ca. 1910. Travertine marble, 145 x 136 in. (368.3 x 345.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Youngstown Cartage Co. and New York Improvement & Development, 66.250.2. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: Truncated column with base, capital, and partial shaft. Originally installed in the Pennsylvania Station waiting room. A set of six ionic columns flanked each of the stairways leading from the 31st and 33rd street entrances to the main waiting room.
- Record Completeness: Best (80%)


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US Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Sheikh Moaz al-Khatib, Syria's top opposition leader, shake hands at the Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
UNITED NATIONS: Syria's opposition coalition is opening offices in Washington and New York as part of a drive to take the country's U.N. seat from President Bashar Assad's government, its new U.S. representative said Wednesday.
Syrian National Council leader Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib has also received an invitation from the U.S. government to visit Washington and could seek meetings with top U.N. officials, coalition envoy Najib Ghadbian told AFP.
"The Assad regime has lost its legitimacy, so we have the goal of taking over the Syrian seat at the U.N.," Ghadbian said, while acknowledging that it would be a "long legal and political battle."
"We understand that it will be a long and difficult process, but we want to start right away," said Ghadbian, a professor of politics at the University of Arkansas, who has just been named the coalition representative to the U.S.
"There is always the prospect that the regime could collapse and we want to be ready for that," he said.
The 22-month-old Syrian civil war, which has left more than 60,000 dead, has caused a schism in the 15-member U.N. Security Council. Russia and China have blocked three western-proposed resolutions aiming to put pressure on Assad.
Russia has insisted that foreign powers cannot force Assad out of power.
U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has been seeking to overcome divisions between Russia and the United States so there can be an international plan for talks on a transition in Syria.
Ghadbian said coalition leader Khatib, who has offered talks with Syrian government figures, has been invited to Washington, but did not give a date for a visit. He said Khatib could seek a meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and that the coalition would like more meetings with Russian envoys.
He said the coalition council has staff in Washington and would take over offices there next week. It is looking for a New York office to open quickly.
He has been in New York this week meeting with diplomats from the main western powers at the United Nations and officials from U.N. humanitarian and human rights agencies.
The opposition coalition already has seven foreign offices including in Britain, France, Qatar and Turkey.
The U.S. State Department said it was in talks with the coalition about the Washington office. "With regard to an office in New York, we're supportive of that too," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
The U.S. recognized the opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people late last year, and has been working with it to help oust Assad.
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Ten-year-old takes on KFC for destroying US forestsJeremy Hance
May 15, 2011
From left to right: Cole Rasenberger, Nik Young, Liam Donoghue, and Kaela Rasenberger visit KFC headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky to drop off 6,000 postcards advocating for KFC to use post recyclable fiber in their throwaway paper containers. Photo courtesy of Kerry Rasenberger.
He started by targeting McDonalds directly. With the help of 25 friends, and his elementary school administration, he got every student in his school to sign postcards to McDonalds. In all, Cole sent 2,250 postcards to McDonalds.
"I asked my principal and teacher if I could get my whole school to sign my postcards. I told them I am only one voice; if we get my school to sign it would be thousands of voices. I think that would be better than just me," Cole says, telling mongabay.com how he was able to get his whole school to join in his activism. "McDonalds is always doing things for kids, so I thought it would be a great place to start. I drew handmade postcards of animal habitats. […] I asked McDonald to be the environmental leader for my generation and please increase your use of post consumer recycled fiber."
Clearcutting in Green Swamp—Brunswick County, North Carolina for KFC paper packaging. Photo by: Dogwood Alliance.
But Cole, who won the 2010 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for his activism, was not yet done: "The reason KFC was my next choice was because they are such a big company," he says. "They don't use much post consumer recyclable fibers in their paper products. If we could get them to use even a little bit, it would save a lot of trees. If KFC and McDonald become the Environmental Leaders for my generation, everyone else will follow."
This time Cole and his friends got 6,000 postcards signed. Then Cole, his sister, Kaela, and two friends, Nik and Liam, flew to KFC headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky to deliver the letters in person. Two KFC executives met with the children; they did not commit to changing their paper sourcing policies, but gave the kids $5 gift cards for KFC.
Cole says he understands that it is difficult for KFC to quickly change their policies.
"They are a huge company and huge companies can't make decisions fast. They have so many people that have to OK things before it's approved. […] The KFC executives were wonderful to us. They were very kind people. I look at our trip as an opportunity to open doors for future environmental changes. Hopefully, KFC will use more post recyclable fibers in their paper products in the near future. That's all I can hope for right now."
Logging projects and clear cuts in the Green Swamp, Southeastern North Carolina. Green Swamp—Brunswick County, North Carolina. Photo by: Dogwood Alliance.
Mongabay: How did your activism to help save North Carolina's forests start?
Cole Rasenberger: My second grade TD (Talent Development) teacher gave me an assignment to be an activist about something we cared about, like an animal. We were supposed to write a letter to a government official supporting what we believed in. After doing many weeks of research, I decided I wanted to save a bunch of animals and their habitats when I came across the problem the North and South Carolinas Coastal forest are facing.
I learned that writing a government official would not help the situation, because most of these areas are privately owned by the paper packaging mills. One of the biggest users of these mills are fast food restaurants. They buy the paper products from these mills. I learned the only way to make a change is to write them since they are the customers of these mills. I thought maybe the fast food restaurants can ask the mills to change to use more post consumer recyclable fibers.
My teacher's main point in this assignment was for us kids to learn we have a voice as long as we are standing up for something that is right and helpful to our environment. Ms. Beard wanted us to believe in ourselves and learn our voice is just as important as an adult's.
Mongabay: Why are North Carolina's forests worth saving?
Green Swamp—Brunswick County, North Carolina. Photo by: Photo by: Dogwood Alliance.
Mongabay: Will you tell us about the campaign with McDonald's?
Cole Rasenberger: I asked my principal and teacher if I could get my whole school to sign my postcards. I told them I am only one voice; if we get my school to sign it would be thousands of voices. I think that would be better than just me. They gave me permission after I showed them my plan. McDonalds is always doing things for kids, so I thought it would be a great place to start. I drew handmade postcards of animal habitats. I couldn't write too much on the other side. I asked McDonald to be the environmental leader for my generation and please increase your use of post consumer recycled fiber. I had copies made. Then I had a team of 25 kids go to all the classes to get signatures on Earth Day. I could not have done this as a second grader if my friends didn't help me. I am very thankful for all the help my friends, teachers, my little sister and other adults have given me.
Mongabay: Last year you were the youngest winner of the 2010 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. How did it feel to win such a prize?
Cole Rasenberger: It was pretty cool to win this prize. It was neat to read about the other kids too. They did some amazing projects. I was very impressed with them. The people from Gloria Barron are very nice.
Mongabay: You've now moved onto KFC. What's wrong with KFC's paper policy?
Cole Rasenberger: The reason KFC was my next choice was because they are such a big company. They don't use much post consumer recyclable fibers in their paper products. If we could get them to use even a little bit, it would save a lot of trees. If KFC and McDonald become the Environmental Leaders for my generation, everyone else will follow. That would be a great math fair problem to solve…."how many trees were saved because McDonald and KFC now use post consumer recyclable fiber in their paper products?"
Mongabay: Were you disappointed by KFC's response to the 6,000 postcards you collected?
Cole and Kaela Rasenberger visiting Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by: Kerry Rasenberger.
Mongabay: Are there any plans for a next step?
Cole Rasenberger: Well, I have my End of Grade (EOG's) testing coming up in mid-May, so that has to be my focus for right now. After the EOG's, I'll probably get my friends together to come up with the next plan. Don't really know my next step.
Mongabay: What advice would you give kids who like yourself are interested in protecting forests, but are not sure how to start?
Cole and Liam Donoghue on the airplane out to Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by: Kerry Rasenberger.
Mongabay: Why is it important for kids to get involved in environmental issues? There are so many different environmental issues out there.
Cole Rasenberger: I kind of feel if we aren't careful now we might not have that great of forests when I'm an adult. We need to start looking at things differently. I have family that lives in Europe and other different countries. Those countries seem to be head of us in preserving forests, recycling, not using plastic bag at grocery stores, etc. We are a huge country and it's time to start protecting it.
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12-year-old on a mission to save Africa's most unusual animal, the okapi, an interview with Spencer Tait
(02/16/2010) Anyone who says a kid can't change the world hasn't met Spencer Tait. At the age of five Spencer had his first encounter with the Congo's elusive okapi at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Spencer—now 12 years old—describes that encounter as 'love at first sight'. He explains that while the okapi "looks like a mix between a zebra, horse, and giraffe [...] it's really only related to the giraffe." Seeing the okapi at the museum led Spencer not only to learn all about the okapi, but also to find out what was threatening the animal's survival, including the long civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the okapi's home. Most kids—and adults too—would probably leave it at that, but not Spencer.
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(03/06/2011) During the Wildlife Conservation Network's October 2010 Wildlife Expo, mongabay.com encountered an animation that powerfully illustrates the concept of biodiversity loss in less than two-and-a-half minutes. Yesterday's Zoo recounts species that have disappeared and warns that a similar fate could befall many more unless urgent conservation action is taken. The animation is being used to raise money for wildlife protection efforts. In a March Q&A with Shane DeRolf, President & Executive Producer of Yesterday's Zoo, Mongabay learned more the project.


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February 26, 2009
The Surf of Fellowship
The surf crashing over the volcanic rocks on the southern coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.
I really enjoyed praying with other ladies from our international church this morning, over the week's scripture readings.
Two of the interesting things that came up:
In Genesis a rhetorical question was asked:
Is anything too hard for the Lord?
(Genesis 18:14)
And later in the week's readings, an definite answer was given, in Matthew:
With God all things are possible.
(Matthew 19:26)
I love seeing the unity of the Bible, written over so many hundred years.
Another cool thing: one lady brought up the fact that in 1 Corinthians chapter 1, Jesus' name is mentioned TEN times in the first TEN verses! Wow, I had never noticed that, and indeed it shows just what the central topic is!
1. an apostle of Christ Jesus
2. sanctified in Christ Jesus
3. call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
4. Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ
5. His grace given you in Christ Jesus
6. our testimony about Christ
7. eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ
8. the day of our Lord Jesus Christ
9. fellowship with His son Jesus Christ our Lord
10. the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Having recently read The Shack (by William P. Young, currently #1 sales rank on Amazon), this verse stood out as a wonderful thing:
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
1 Corinthians 1:9
What a fellowship it is!
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20 Movie Quotes: Guess the Movie
A bunch of my friends/family on Facebook had fun with this meme of guessing movie titles from quotes from 20 of my favorite movies. So I am posting it again here - but if you already participated on my Facebook note, you're not eligible here. This is for my blog readers who have not seen my note on Facebook about this (and thus seen the answers in the comments).
1. Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly.
5. NO cheating by looking things up, if you don't know any of them then that's just too bad.
6. You don't have to be tagged in this to play - post your guesses in the comments.
I feel thin...stretched...like butter spread over too much bread. (Identified by Sherry)
2. Meet the greatest actor in the world! I'd rather kiss a tarantula.
3. Normal? What do *you* know about normal? What does *anyone* in *this* family know about normal?
An avalanche is coming, and I do not feel prepared. (identified by David my beloved; quote corrected by Emily, see the Singing Goat
5. What am I doing? She's not in the refrigerator.
Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's
perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank
you. How are you? (Identified by Sherry)
So this is your opinion of me. Thank you for explaining so fully.
Perhaps these offences might have be overlooked had not your pride been
hurt by my honesty... (Identified by Jennifer)
8. - Why can't we sit down like adults and patch this thing up?
- I'm afraid that might become a habit. Then we'd wind up with a patchwork quilt for a marriage.
What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. Don't think
you are, know you are. Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me. (identified by David my beloved)
I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm. (Identified by Sherry)
Farm boy, polish my horse's saddle. I want to see my face shining in it by morning. (Identified by Sherry)
Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm? (identified by Sherry on her 2nd guess)
- You take care of this car? (identified by David my beloved)
- What do you mean?
- Tires felt a little splashy on the way over here.
Hey look, mister - we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast. (Identified by Sherry)
- Boris and Doris? (identified by David my beloved)
- Go ahead.
16. Please don't interrupt me when I'm asking rhetorical questions.
At least once more, Miss Swann, as always. (identified by David my beloved)
But, if I don't call in a 98-mile-an-hour fastball, I'm gonna
get fired! I'm just saying there's a chance you might get a call on
this. (identified by David my beloved)
19. I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big bright blur.
20. Certainty of death; small chance of success; what are we waiting for?
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2009 Valentine's Cookies from the Faithful ChefHe did it again, despite having the flu this year on Valentine's Day:
Cocoa Peanut Butter Heart-Shaped Sandwich Cookies with Strawberry Jam inside...
Thank you, my love.
See some previous years' cookie editions:
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Buds, Canary Islands and Health IssuesThere are little green shoots prodding through the cold soil outside the front door - strong hope in coming change
The kids were sick
David was sick
They got better
We went to the Canary Islands
It had a cool volcano and pretty tropical flowers
But the temperatures were not tropical
Shorts and T-Shirts were a bit optimistic
Emily made new friends in the pool that the rest of us found too chilly
We read books
Jason got his first taste of scuba diving and saw cool fish
We marvelled at the harsh volcanic landscape at higher elevations on the island
We used some Spanish and kept having to suppress the German that popped up in our minds
The island kept Emily's suitcase for an extra 36 hours but then gave it up
I came home sick
David prayed for me at 3AM (I always say marry someone who will do that for you)
I'm getting better, but still coughing a bit
The kids had a good orthodontic check-up
We're getting our routine third dose of the TBE vaccine this week (Tick-Borne Encephalitis, since we live in a hot zone for it)
The buds on the trees are burgeoning despite the freezing temps and snow on the ground.
The stars were brilliant through the skylight at 1am last night (I was up coughing after a nightmare)
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February 14, 2009
God Knew What to give me for Valentine's DayMore snow.
An oh-so-friendly and soft kitty cat who hangs out with us but we don't have to take care of or let in the house.
A back yard.
Mix together and you get: playtime with kitty in the snow. Seriously, she likes it. She's very social and her owners appear to be away for the week. So she's full-time at our place. Napping in the winter garden, being patted, eating, drinking, playing in the snow with us. She's ever so well-behaved.
Where is My Actual Human Valentine during all this, you might ask? Baking me his traditional, multi-step, complicated (but worth it, indeedy) cookies in between battling the flu with naps and Tylenol. Aw. We'll see if the flu lets him get to the last step of a final product today or not. I brought him up some freshly blended banana-strawberry-blueberry-vanilla yogurt smoothie this morning; hopefully pumping him full of vitamins to fight with.
Happy Valentine's Day to you - may you know that you are loved with an enormous love today, by the one who fashioned you in the womb before anyone else knew you. Hopefully by some other people too, but that's a good start anyway. :-)
Some favorite music today, from the Windham Hill Windows album:
In Flight - by Michael Allen Harrison
Children's Song - by Øystein Sevåg
A Morning with the Roses - by Richard Dworsky
If you Believe - by Jim Brickman
I shoveled the driveway for the third day running today - and it's been lightly snowing all day. Have I mentioned that I love snow? I love shoveling it, looking at it, playing in in, sledding and skiing on it, touching it, noticing it, living where it can occur... yesterday I measured the snow in the back yard with a firm ruler and found 18cm / 7" !
And for my last comment: watch Kit Kittredge - it's a lovely movie for kids, with
- Julia Ormond (of the 1995 Sabrina with Harrison Ford)
- Abigail Breslin (from Nim's Island and The Ultimate Gift)
- Stanley Tucci (of The Terminal)
- Joan Cusack
- an actor from the Princess Bride whom you will recognize before you see him.
Some other fun surprises. Don't read too much about it.
P.S. Photo credit of the close-up kitty shot goes to Jason. Thanks, J!
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February 13, 2009
Little King of the Snow MountThis bird was singing in the February snow yesterday as I walked past.Inspiration for joy in tough circumstances, and looking ahead to the good that is coming.
The snow in the back yard was light, fluffy stuff, no good for snowmen. I wanted to build one in solidarity with my big brother's great snowman 3 hours from here (he even got snow arms to stay on and put a photo on Facebook to prove it) , so I managed to pack together a hill and make a tiny Snow King to rule the top of the mountain.
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Snow, Heart and Cat
Shoveled the snow again today
Shoveled a path for a cat
The cat's not even a cat of mine
How tender a heart is that?
Yesterday I trudged a heart in the snow
A heart with a 'K' and a 'D'
Today I find there are prints in the heart
Paws of a cat do I see
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Mike Waters' Joyful ToonsEncouraging and funny Christian cartoons based on scripture - you can subscribe to receive them in your email weekly. Looks like there are 110 of them so far.
A couple of examples:
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February 10, 2009
The Quotidian Mysteries
A quote from Kathleen Norris, pp. 77-78 of The Quotidian Mysteries:
The Christian religion asks us to place our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and who desires to be present to us in our everyday circumstances. And because we are human, it is in the realm of the daily and the mundane that we must find our way to God.
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Primula in Coop
Primroses are a special flower to me - they evoke early childhood memories from Geneva. I remember seeing many happy ones, a welcome spring brightness after the grey of winter.
Apparently primroses are one of the genus primula. So I'm not too sure if these that I saw today in the local Coop are actually primroses or another kind of primula. I suppose they are primula cultivars.
Today it hailed. And inside the house, Jason had a temperature of 103°F and Emily of 102°F. I'm working at staying a very normal temperature, right between hail and fever.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Maureen Magarity, third year head coach of the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team, announced Tuesday that four incoming student-athletes will join the program for the upcoming 2013-14 season.
Kristen Anderson (Greene, Maine), Amanda Kelm (McFarland, Wis.) and Madi Rowan (Aliquippa, Pa.) committed to the UNH women's basketball program by signing a National Letter of Intent. Madison Lopez (Albuquerque, N.M.) was a junior college letterwinner at Cochise College (Douglas, Arizona) in 2012-13 before transferring to New Hampshire to become a Wildcat.
Anderson is the all-time leading scorer (1,525 career points) at Leavitt High School (Turner, Maine), where she averaged 24.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 5.3 steals and 1.8 blocks per game as a senior in the 2013 season, when she was a Miss Maine Basketball finalist, Gatordade Player of the Year nominee and McDonald's All-Star.
The 5-foot-7 guard was also named the KVAC Player of the Year, All-Defensive Team and All-Conference First Team as she led the conference in scoring, assists, 3-pointers per game (4.1) and steals. Anderson was a First Team selection all four years. Her other accolades as a senior captain included Portland Press Herald All-Maine First Team and Bangor Daily News All-Maine First Team.
Anderson eclipsed the 1,000 point scoring milestone as a junior, when she averaged 27 points, five rebounds, eight assists, four steals and two blocked shots per game.
Kelm was a four-year starter at Madison Edgewood High School, where the 5-foot-11 guard was an AP All-State Honorable Mention and WBCA All-State Honorable mention as a senior captain. She averaged 11 points, four assists and three steals per game this past season, when she was an All-Area First Team selection and played in the WBCA All-Star Game.
Kelm is a two-time unanimous all-conference team honoree who was named Honorable Mention as a sophomore. She averaged 11.3 points per game as a junior captain for the Crusaders and received All-Area Second Team accolades.
Kelm, a four-year High Honor Roll and four-time Academic Excellence Award honoree, was a two-year letterwinner in golf as a freshman and sophomore. She finished 10th at the WIAA Division 2 state girls golf meet and was feted All-State Third Team, All-Area Second Team, All-City First Team and All-Conference First Team.
Lopez, a 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, played in all 32 games last year at Cochise College. She averaged 6.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for the Apaches while shooting 47.1% (88-187) from the floor, including 40.5% (15-37) from 3-point range, and 75.8% (25-33) from the foul line.
At El Dorado High School, Lopez received All-State First Team, All-Metro First Team and All-District First Team accolades as a senior, when she led the team in scoring. She also received All-District Honorable Mention in her junior year as El Dorado finished as state runner-up. Lopez also played volleyball for the Eagles and earned All-District First Team recognition.
Rowan, who attends Lincoln Park School but plays at Central Valley because Lincoln Park does not have a girls basketball team, scored 782 points in two seasons at Central Valley. The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 18.3 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals per game as a senior after averaging 15 points, four rebounds and four assists per game during her junior season.
Rowan is a two-time All-Section honoree and was named Holiday Festival Tournament MVP twice. Her senior accolades also included Pittsburgh Post Gazette Fab Five as well as Beaver County Times Fab Five and Academic All-Star. Rowan won the 3-point shooting contest at the Western Pa. Roundball All-Star Classic.
The quartet of Anderson, Kelm, Lopez and Rowan join a UNH women's basketball program that boasted a pair of All-Conference Second Team selections, advanced to the America East semifinals.


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The following is an archive of a post made to our
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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:13:09AM -0500, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 07:34 -0700, Scott Miller wrote:
> > Anyone using an SSD? I've got one on the way to use as a boot drive,
> > and am pondering not having swap at all. Is this crazy?
> >
> > In the Windows world I see persons advising turning off the Windows
> > page file when using an SSD.
> >
> > I have a lot of ram: 8GB. :) But is it risky to not have a swap?
> > Thanks for your input,
> The time when I *do* touch swap is when I have some sort of memory leak
> -- typically in a program I or one of my students wrote -- and the
> computer allocates all of its RAM *very* quickly.
Hmm, that sounds like my MS project at one point. Perhaps that is the
reason for the quiet response from my advisor.
You can temporarily add swap for instances like this[1]. The following
will add 1 GB of swap.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
when done
swapoff /swapfile
[1] http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8208-all-about-linux-swap-space
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Taxi fares from airport may increase by $2 per trip
It may soon cost a little more to grab a taxi from Richmond International Airport, but airport officials believe the extra fee will be worth it.
The Capital Region Airport Commission is asking Henrico and three other localities in the region to approve an additional $2 fee for taxi service that originates at the airport. Henrico's Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Oct. 23 to consider a change to its county code that would permit the fee.
Earlier this year, CRAC officials created new, stricter standards for walk-up taxi service at the airport and invited bids from taxi companies willing to meet them. Officials selected the proposals of three companies – Airport Taxi, Galaxy Cab and Richmond Flyer Taxi, which as of July 1 are the only three permitted to transport walk-up passengers. (Other taxi companies can pick up passengers on a pre-arranged basis only.)
The new standards required that each of the three companies:
• use only vehicles that are new as of this year;
• provide uniformed drivers who speak English as a second language, at a minimum, and who have completed a mandatory training program
• accept credit cards.
Each of the three companies is required to pay a $2-per-trip fee to CRAC for the right to provide pick-up service. Companies that provide pre-arranged service pay a $2.60 fee per trip to CRAC.
Because each of the three walk-up service companies invested heavily in order to meet the new standards, allowing them to recoup that $2 fee from passengers would help defray their costs, airport President and CEO Jon Mathiasen told the Henrico Board of Supervisors Sept. 25.
"We're trying to improve the overall appearance of ground transportation at Richmond International Airport," he said. "It is the front door and the last door that many visitors see [of Greater Richmond]."
The new standards make the airport one of few in the nation to offer an entire fleet of brand new vehicles (41 in total, including 5 that are fitted for disabled passengers), Mathiasen said. Each vehicle makes an average of 15 trips per day, Mathiasen said.
Taxi fares from the airport last increased five years ago this month.
Three Chopt District Supervisor Dave Kaechele said he had noticed a difference since the new standards took effect.
"The improvement is dramatic out there," he said. "It's very professional. I think it's got to make a big impression on visitors."
The airport is investing several hundred thousand dollars on a new queuing system that will help taxis conserve gas while they wait for passengers, Mathiasen said. It should be active within about two months.
Short Pump Rotary volunteers help with rebuild, repair
On June 13, the Short Pump Rotary Club partnered with Schnabel Engineering for a day of volunteer work with Rebuilding Together Richmond. Team members (among them [from left] Chris Rufe, Melissa Abraham, Rick Naschold, and Micky Ogburn) completed a variety of repairs and home improvements ranging from painting and landscaping to cabinet installation and fence building.
"It was a privilege to be involved in this project," said club president Melissa Abraham. "The homeowner kept thanking the volunteers, but I think all of us would agree we are the ones who actually benefited. It was an opportunity to help a community member, fellowship with great people and improve our handyman skills." > Read more.
'Proof of Heaven' coming to Glen Allen
Dr. Even Alexander, a New York Times best-selling author who has been featured on Oprah and Dr. Oz, was in town last week to promote his June 27 talk, "Proof of Heaven," at Glen Allen High School.
Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
Tickets to this month's event are $25 and will support the new Bon Secours Hospice House being built later this year. > Read more.
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Explaining the nuts and bolts of Pixar's new, exciting, innovative Inside Out – really digging into the film's shape-and-color explanation of the human mind – would take up the entirety of this review. And probably three or four more (if movies had instruction manuals, Inside Out's would be the size and general poundage of a cinder block).
It's a complicated movie. So here's the gist, in as simply-put terms can be. > Read more.
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Villanueva joins Cubs rotation SundayContinue reading.
Villanueva rotation spot in jeopardy?
DENVER – After three starts into his trade-imposed return to the Cubs' rotation, Carlos Villanueva could be on a short leash for keeping that job for the rest of the season.
And two-batter sequences like he faced in a two-on, two-out situation in Saturday's fourth inning won't help his cause.
"That really turned the game around," manager Dale Sveum said of a walk on a 3-2 slider to pitcher Juan Nicasio that loaded the bases, followed by a 3-2 fastball that leadoff man Dexter Fowler turned into a three-run triple.
"That's a little backwards," Sveum added. "I think it turned the whole momentum around in the whole game."
The Cubs led 1-0 until that sequence, and Villanueva – who wasn't sharp in general – couldn't get an out in the fifth as the Cubs went on to lose 9-3.
Asked if the pitch selection was on both Villanueva and catcher Welington Castillo, Sveum said, "It's not coming from the dugout. It's not something we stress in our game planning. … It was all set up just to get the pitcher out and it was smooth sailing from then. And then obviously the floodgates open and everything just fell apart."
Villanueva refused to blame the pitch selection, saying he trusts himself.
"If I make a better pitch, he's out," he said. "It'll be second-guesssed a lot, and a lot of things I do get second-guessed. But I'm not going to second-guess myself."
Maybe putting the Rockies in his rear-view mirror will make the bigger difference. He's given up 14 runs in nine innings over two losses to the Rockies this year – going 2-4 with a 2.99 ERA against everybody else.
Regardless, he could be facing a season crossroads for his role with the club over the final two months of the season.
Villanueva opened the season in the rotation and after a strong start was replaced in May when Matt Garza returned from the disabled list. He returned to the rotation after Scott Feldman was traded to Baltimore July 2.
Asked if Villanueva will be an important part of things down the stretch for the team, given its plans to trade Garza, Sveum said, "He'll be very important. But there was zero fastball command. He got through the first few innings, but there was still no fastball command at all. He's got to be able to dot his fastball up a lot more than he has so that his breaking stuff is going to be a lot more effective."
If not? The Cubs have newly acquired Jake Arrieta at AAA Iowa, awaiting the Cubs debut the front office has had in mind for him since getting him in the Feldman deal.
Even with Garza gone from the rotation, there won't be room for Arrieta and Villanueva both if/when Scott Baker makes his anticipated return from Tommy John surgery in August.
"Yeah, that's the stuff we talk about," Sveum said, "but we're not jumping to any conclusions right now."


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TPP may mean changes to Japan's agTOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's decision to consider Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has provoked acrimony over whether to protect Japan's export industries or its agriculture.
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's decision to consider Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has provoked acrimony over whether to protect Japan's export industries or its agriculture.
One or the other
But this is not an either-or issue.
The TPP is a multilateral pact to create a free trade zone by eliminating tariffs between the member countries. Nine countries, including the United States, are negotiating the agreement.
Joining the TPP offers a great opportunity for Japan to catch up with some rival trade powers in the race to strike free trade agreements.
Japan should try to figure out a way to ensure the long-term viability of its agriculture without missing out on this opportunity.
As a resource-poor country, Japan has no choice but to stake its survival on trade. But food security also is vital for safeguarding the well-being of the people. Japan cannot give up either trade or agriculture.
Ag reform
The key to solving this knotty question is agricultural reform.
Japan is struggling to curb rice production to prevent a glut. But the global outlook for the future of agriculture is quite different.
The world population is projected to grow to 9.1 billion in 2050 from the current 6.9 billion. Steadily growing demand for grain is certain to remain on a sharp upward trajectory in the coming years.
The lack of a clear vision for the future of Japanese agriculture discourages young and highly motivated people from entering the business. The acreage reduction program, which runs counter to the efforts to brighten the future prospects of Japanese agriculture, should be abolished.
The direct payment program also should be revised to focus on supporting well-motivated full-time farmers from paying cash to all farmers selling rice.
Japan should outgrow the defeatist notion that agriculture is victimized by policy efforts to support export industries.
If Japanese agriculture is reinvented to make its products competitive in the global market, there is nothing for Japanese farmers to fear about trade liberalization.
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What is GEM?
GEM (Graduates in Executive Management) is a selective program for any major with a 3.0 GPA (3.25 for graduate students). It includes classes taught by CEOs, COOs, Senior Executives and Judges, all with doctoral degrees, annual retreats at a fine Charlotte hotel, and a trip abroad to Switzerland, Germany, and France.
Why should I join GEM?
This program provides good preparation for the world of work. It also gives students a distinct advantage when applying for a job or to law school.
Who can join GEM?
Any major with a 3.0 GPA (3.2 for graduate students) who wants a GEM education, a GEM certificate at graduation, internship and job interview opportunities, a trip overseas, and who is willing to pay the $3,495 program cost.
How do I get the GEM certificate?
Students must take at least five courses from a GEM professor and earn at least a grade of B for the class. This usually means five GEM classes plus the trip overseas to Switzerland, Germany, and France.
What is a GEM class?
Any of the standard business courses such as Marketing 300, Management 316, Finance 316, etc. taught by a GEM professor is considered a GEM class.
What is a GEM professor?
A GEM professor is a former corporation president, chairman, senior vice president or a judge/senior partner in a law firm with a doctoral degree. There are currently eight total GEM full and part time professors in the Godbold School of Business at Gardner-Webb University.
Can I join GEM as a freshman?
Yes, you can. In fact, it is a very good time to join because you can attend as many as four weekend retreats.
How much does the GEM Program cost?
The current cost is $3,495 which includes all retreat weekends and the trip overseas.
How do I pay for the GEM Program?
Each semester the finance department bills the GEM payment balance to the students. This means that you can pay in installments. Also, through GWU a loan can be obtained from the First National Bank of Shelby. No loan payback is required until 60 days after graduation. Until then, about $75 per quarter interest charge will be billed to the student.
How do I earn my three credits for the trip abroad?
During the overseas trip, each student will keep a journal that is submitted to the GEM professor/trip leader. Students are expected to attend all lectures and participate in all business visits. There will be short papers required on the businesses that will be toured. The GEM professor on the trip will determine due dates and requirements regarding the written work. Once all trip requirements have been met, the student receives the three credits at no extra tuition cost.
What happens if I change my mind about the program?
The $200 deposit is non-refundable. If you decide to leave the program after deposits have been made for the overseas bookings and the overseas personnel do not permit a refund, you will be responsible for the amount. Also, once the airline ticket has been purchased, and you decide not to go on the trip, there is no refund. You will, however, receive your ticket which can be rebooked within a year. Any cost difference will have to be borne by you. Other than the actual airline ticket itself, there is no refunds in GEM.
Can I just go on the trip and not belong to GEM?
Yes, in fact anyone can participate in the trip. However, while overseas, you are not permitted to deviate from the trip itinerary and must stay with the group throughout the entire time. The trip cost, of course, at $2,795 will apply.
Is the trip always in May?
The best time for the trip is right after graduation, so that students who wish to attend summer school can be back in time.
Can I join GEM as a rising senior?
It is possible and others have done it. See the GEM Program director (704-406-4379) for more information.
Are GOAL students eligible for GEM?
Yes. You need to speak with your GOAL advisor.
Are MBA students eligible for GEM?
Yes. Their undergraduate GEM classes are combined with their MBA/GEM courses. Students take the international trip and attend all GEM retreats. The GEM fee is the same as for undergraduate students. Graduate students must maintain a 3.25 GPA to complete the MBA/GEM.
Why should a foreign student who will return to the homeland want to join GEM?
There are two good reasons. First, regardless of the country, there will be American companies with manufacturing plants or sales offices there. Second, these students will be fluent in English, and this will give them a considerable advantage over their peers in their home country.
If I am shy of a 3.0 GPA, can I still join?
Yes. A 2.8 or 2.9 GPA student can participate on a provisional basis and eventually earn GEM recognition if your GPA is a 3.0 by graduation. In addition, students must earn at least a B in all GEM courses. If you do not accomplish this, there will be no GEM certificate. There will also be no refund.
Is the Switzerland/France/Germany trip the only possibility for the international experience?
That is usually the case. However, see the GEM director if you wish to opt for something else.
I am a married student. Can my spouse and/or relative go on the trip with me?
By all means, this is possible. Of course, the trip fee of $2,795 will apply.
Can parents and/or friends take the trip?
Absolutely, and many have done so in the past at the trip fee of $2,795.
What about other professors? Can they go, too?
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I am impressed with this program and would like to join. What should I do?
You will need to complete a GEM Information Form which you can get either from your professor or from the GEM Program director (704-406-4379). Then write a check for $200 made out to Gardner-Webb University-GEM, clip it to the GEM Information Form, and give it to your professor or take it to the GEM Program office in 311 Hamrick Hall.
GEM is endorsed by the Gardner-Webb University President as well as by numerous senior executives. For further information, contact the GEM office in 311 Hamrick Hall. (704) 406-4379.


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Lea Michele to Perform "On My Way" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 19!
The first time we got to watch Lea Michele (Rachel) perform a song from her new album Louder was when she sang "Cannonball" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2013. Clearly, Ellen liked what she heard, since Lea is returning this week to perform a second tune on the show!
This has been a very exciting month for Lea. Her debut album was released on March 4, hitting number four on the Billboard chart. And she has been busy promoting it, as she performed on The Tonight Show recently. She will also be heading out on her first solo tour this summer.
First, Lea is heading back to Ellen's stage on March 19, where she will perform her bouncy pop song, "On My Way." We think this is a very catchy number and is a great choice for the show, especially given how much Ellen loves to dance!
Lea's first single, "Cannonball," was very well received by her fans, but it failed to ignite the charts, peaking at number 75 on Billboard. But we have a feeling that "On My Way" could do even better, given that it definitely has a radio-friendly, Demi Lovato-esque vibe. At any rate, we can't wait to see Lea sing it on TV!
Are you looking forward to seeing Lea on Ellen's show again? And what do you think of "On My Way"?
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A leader's greatest challenge can be knowing when it's time to step aside. A great deal has been written for corporate boards on the issue of succession planning. But most executives have few resources to help guide them through the process. How do you start preparing yourself--and your successor--for your inevitable leadership transition? In this concise book, leading executive coach and bestselling author Marshall Goldsmith offers candid advice on succession from the outgoing executive's perspective. From choosing and grooming a successor while sidestepping political minefields, to finally handing over responsibility, Goldsmith walks you through each step in the succession process. Done right, your successor can enter to applause while you gracefully bow out and start the next chapter of your life.
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The building honors the memory of George Burke Johnston, an English faculty member who left in 1933 and returned in 1950 as dean of the School of Applied Science and Business Administration and then became dean of the School of Science and General Studies, the first dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the C. P. Miles Professor of English. A Renaissance man, Johnston had a zest for life that attracted the admiration of all who met him.
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Needing a satellite student activities center, Virginia Tech constructed in 1990 the G. Burke Johnston Student Center, known on campus as GBJ.
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|Forum Home > General Discussion > Telling the Difference Between Bulls, Cows, Steers and Heifers
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First of all, as mentioned in the Facts about Cows and Cattle Page, the definitions of cattle should be known first:
The best way to tell if a cattlebeast is a cow is to look between the back legs and see if there is an udder there. An udder (NOT an "utter") is a pink bag-like organ that has four teats (cylindrical "knobs" that hang down from the udder) that generates milk for a young calf to drink. Most cows you will see will have a calf at side, except for dairy cows or beef cows that are being dried up for the next calving. Cows typically are smooth from the head all the way down to the tailhead, with no shoulder crests (like bulls have) and not as much muscling around the shoulders and hips like bulls do. Bos indicus cows (those that have the loos eskin and long floppy ears) have a hump on their shoulders, but it is much less defined than that in bulls of the same species of bovine. If you look under the tail, you will see a slit with a prepuce hanging down from it. If you can't see it you can see it when the tail is swishing flies away or for some reason or other, is held to the side. This is where the vulva is located, the area where cows (and heifers) urinate from, accept the penis of bulls to be bred, and where their calves are born from. All cows have this, and it is a bit more defined and larger in cows than in heifers. Vulvas are located below the anus.
This is what a typical cow (dairy) looks like:
This is what a beef cow looks like (note that female bovines also have horns, as depicted below):
A bull, on the other hand, are typically massive beasts. When they are among the cowherd, it's pretty easy to pick out the bull among the herd because of his larger size, and his masculinity in comparison to the more feminine-looking cows or heifers he's with. Not all bulls have horns. The only way you are really going to tell if it's a bull or not is to, just like with the cows, look between his back legs to see if there is a football-shaped sac hanging down. It is easy to see when you are getting a side-view of him, when you're behind him,and when he's walking. They also have a sheath or hairy prepuce on their underline (right in the middle of their belly that is parallel to the ground) where their penis is housed. Most sheaths are more defined in bulls than in steers, and a lot of bulls will have this pink "thing" hanging slightly exposed from their sheath. That is the end of their penis you're seeing, at least the foreskin part of it. Cows and heifers do not have this sheath; some may have some loose skin hanging from the same area, but others will not have this. Bulls typically have a large muscular crest over their neck and shoulder (with Bos taurus cattle like Angus, Simmental, or Texas Longhorn, it is mostly on their neck), and are typically very muscular on their shoulders and their hind quarters than cows are. Most will have a big blocky appearance, with their legs held a bit more apart than cows would due to the muscling in the shoulders. In the Bos indicus breeds, bulls typically have a sphere-shaped hump over their shoulders, much more defined and pronounced in bulls than in cows.
A typical bull (note the lack of horns):
Note that in additional to no horns, bulls can be any colour besides brown,including black and white like with this Speckle Park bull and the Holstein bull below:
This is a dairy bull, more specifically a Holstein bull:
Steers have similar conformational qualities as bulls do, except that they lack that sac between their legs and their navel or sheath is much less defined. However steers still retain the hair hanging down from the middle of their belly, and this is, like bulls, where their penis ishoused and where they urinate from. This little hair is pretty much the only way to tell if this animal you are looking at is a steer. Steers typically appear more feminine than bulls do, lacking the characteristic muscular hump and depth over the neck and shoulders. Sometimes, when steers and heifers are living together, the only way to tell if the animal you are looking at is a steer is if the vulva is absent. If there's nothing else under the tail except the anus, and said animal has no testes, then it's a steer. Steers are not born as steers, they are born as bull calves and are made into steers by the processof castration when they are young.
Stags, as the definition mentioned above, are those animals that have been castrated when or after they have reached puberty.
This is what a steer looks like:
This is what a stag (or staggy steer) looks like:
Heifers are typically young females that a) were born as females (often called heifer calves) and b) retain female characteristics like cows do. Heifers are typically younger than cows, and often, to an experienced cattle person, a heifer or a first-calf heifer can be easily distinguished by noticing the youth of the animal and her size in relation to older more mature cows. These types of cattle are usually ones that are still growing past when they have their first calf, and reach full maturity by the time they are 3 or 4 years of age. Heifers have no sac between their legs, nor do they have the sheath and little hair hanging down typical of bulls and steers. They have almost no udder, just little teats that are difficult to see between the back legs except if you are kneeling down close beside her. They have a vulva underneath the tail (which is below the anus), but it is smaller and a little less defined than in mature cows. The udder and vulva increase in size both when the heifer, that has been bred, is about to calve. Even then the udder is typically smaller in heifers than in cows.
A heifer:
And to compare a young heifer (the calf) with a mature cow (the heifer's dam):


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In its early years, its leadership was composed of native German Jews, while most of the Jewish community in Germany was made up of Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivors who had come to Germany as displaced persons, fleeing from the sporadically anti-semitic communist regime of Poland. Thus, the organization called itself "Central Council of Jews in Germany" rather than "Central Council of German Jews." Over time, the Polish-born Jews or their children acculturated to German society and became leaders of the Jewish community. By the late 1980s, the organization considered changing its name. Since the collapse of the communist regimes of eastern Europe, Germany has experienced a great influx of Russian and other Jews from the former Soviet Union. Although most of the Jews now living in Germany are recent immigrants, the organization is dominated by the so-called "German" Jews (who themselves are primarily descended from the Eastern European immigrants of the immediate postwar years).
At various times in its history, the organization has faced corruption scandals, most notably under the administration of Werner Nachmann, involving financial irregularities. After Nachmann's death, Heinz Galinski, the chairman of the West Berlin Jewish community for 43 years, assumed the leadership of the Zentralrat and brought it stability and respectability. Under Ignatz Bubis, the Zentralrat assumed a much greater profile in German public life, and the Jewish community's leadership felt increasingly confident weighing in on public debates concerning Holocaust memory and German identity. In more recent years, the division between more observant and more liberal Jews has strained the organization, which remains (or claims to be) the sole representative body of the Jewish community in Germany and which generally supports strict observance. In April 2004, open controversy erupted between the leader of the Zentralrat der Juden, Paul Spiegel, and the leader of the more liberal organisation Union progressiver Juden in Deutschland, Jan Mühlstein. The latter demanded equal financial support from the government for his organisation.


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Two children given lifetime gag order on fracking impactsSuzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
August 13, 2013
The sweeping gag order was imposed under a $750,000 settlement between the Hallowich family and Range Resources Corp, a leading oil and gas driller. It provoked outrage on Monday among environmental campaigners and free speech advocates.
The settlement, reached in 2011 but unsealed only last week, barred the Hallowichs' son and daughter, who were then aged 10 and seven, from ever discussing fracking or the Marcellus Shale, a leading producer in America's shale gas boom.
The Hallowich family had earlier accused oil and gas companies of destroying their 10-acre farm in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and putting their children's health in danger. Their property was adjacent to major industrial operations: four gas wells, gas compressor stations, and a waste water pond, which the Hallowich family said contaminated their water supply and caused burning eyes, sore throats and headaches.
Gag orders—on adults—are typical in settlements reached between oil and gas operators and residents in the heart of shale gas boom in Pennsylvania. But the company lawyer's insistence on extending the lifetime gag order to the Hallowichs' children gave even the judge pause, according to the court documents.
The family gag order was a condition of the settlement. The couple told the court they agreed because they wanted to move to a new home away from the gas fields, and to raise their children in a safer environment. "We need to get the children out of there for their health and safety," the children's mother, Stephanie Hallowich, told the court.
She was still troubled by the gag order, however. "My concern is that they're minors. I'm not quite sure I fully understand. We know we're signing for silence for ever but how is this taking away our children's rights being minors now? I mean my daughter is turning seven today, my son is 10."
The children's father, Chris Hallowich, went on to tell the court it might be difficult to ensure the children's absolute silence on fracking—given that their ages and that the family lives in the middle of a shale gas boom.
"They're going to be among other children that are children of people within this industry and they're going to be around it every day of their life, that if they in turn say one of the illegal words when they're outside of our guardianship we're going to have difficulty controlling that," he said. "We can tell them, they can not say this, they can not say that, but if on the playground....."
The court transcripts were released in response to an open records request by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, which first reported on the children's lifetime gag order. The newspaper has been fighting for the release of all documents in the Hallowich settlement.
Campaigners say the secrecy has helped the industry resist more stringent environmental and health controls – by burying evidence of water contamination and health problems associated with natural gas operations. The Hallowichs' lawyer, Peter Villari, told the court he had never seen a gag order imposed on children in his 30 years of practicing law, according to the released transcript.
During the proceedings, the attorney representing Range Resources, James Swetz, reaffirmed the company sought the gag order on the children. "I guess our position is it does apply to the whole family. We would certainly enforce it," he told the court.
Williams Gas/Laurel Mountain Midstream and MarkWest Energy were also defendants in the case.
However, once that gag order came to light, two years after the August 2011 proceedings, the company told reporters it did not agree with Swetz's comments. "We don't believe the settlement applies to children," a Range Resources spokesman told the Gazette. He went on to tell the paper that there was no evidence that the Hallowich family was affected by exposure to gas development.
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Sporting rivalries are always part and parcel of whatever game you're involved...
The IRFU and Munster Rugby can today confirm that Paul O'Connell will retire from international rugby at the end of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Irish captain Paul O'Connell stated that it's the start of a different era as Ireland prepare for their first tour without the soon-to-be retired Brian O'Driscoll.
Paul O'Connell has admitted that he regrets not playing outside Ireland during his playing career and says that he will strongly consider a coaching role abroad once he retires.
Paul O'Connell's Lions Tour is over, after the Irish man fractured a bone in his right arm, during Saturday's opening test match.
Irish forward Paul O'Connell has said it is an honour to be leading the Lions in the first game of their new tour
NEWS that Munster captain Paul O'Connell is set to avoid sanctions for kicking Leinster's Dave Kearney in the head has sparked a strong reaction from Irish rugby circles.
Munster star Paul O'Connell has given the provinces management and supporters a massive boost by insisting that he will be fit for the Heineken Cup quarter final against Harlequins next month.
Munster Rugby confirmed on Saturday night that Paul O'Connell will undergo surgery to correct the back problem that has had him side-lined in the recent past.
Munster's injury jinx has hit again with the news that the province will be without Conor Murray for Saturday night's Rabo Direct Pro 12 game with the Glasgow Warriors
There is more bad news for Declan Kidney with the news Paul O'Connell being ruled out of the game against South Africa due to a back injury.


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AboutTo celebrate the enduring and fundamental importance of contemporary figurative sculpture to the discipline, we are delighted to announce FIGURING, an exhibition of 3 members' work at the RBS Galleries: Laurence Edwards FRBS, Brigitte Jurack ARBS and Brian McCann FRBS. The works in FIGURING assert the vitality of figurative sculpture and its enduring ability to express the primordial (Edwards), the vulnerable (Jurack) and the poetic (McCann).
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February 8, 2005
Fishing for the truth
I recall from reading a book on the scientific theory of the Omega point that the author suggested that the human brain has the capacity to record aprox. 10,000 years worth of memories, provided that an individual could survive that long. Honestly I wouldn't volunteer for the job. I've always said that I would prefer to make that oneway six foot journey as soon as I had enetered my cathider days....perhaps that's why they call them the 'golden years'. Anyway, this got me thinking: If my brain can encode a capacity this volumenous, why am I having difficulties memorizing my zoology terms? Could our text book have covered 10,000 years worth of information in only the first 4 chapters? Or am I seriously to believe that the book was mistaken. That a scientist with a PhD, in something quite impressive im sure, got it wrong claiming that computers will eventually make copies of the human personality that will endure until the collapse of the universe, effectively carrying a binary encoded copy of every person into the afterlife? Anyway, I guess zoology is interesting enough. Apparently, Disney is filling children with equally poposterous ideas. Finding Nemo, it turns out is filled with lies and deceit. Michael Eisner would have you believe that the story goes as follows: Merlyn, a clownfish, lives happily in a coral reef with his wife. The perfect aquatic family ideal, a happily married couple with 2,000 fertilized buns in the oven, or perhaps eggs in the anemonie for accuracy's sake. However, tragedy strikes when the mother is devoured by a heartless baracuda. Now, everything in the story is plausable to this point. However, it is beyond this point that disney producers, probably high from snorting tinkerbelle's pixie dust, maliciously diverge from the truth. Nemo is born to his widower father. We are to believe that this is the final fate of the family unite, a father fish and a son fish. This couldn't be further from the truth. Nature has a more debaucherous tendency, reminicent of the old testament. Marlyn, as a clown fish, upon finding his wife dead with only one remaining egg would have switched his sex. Once he had, bluntly speaking, twisted his little fish penis into a fish vagina, he would wait for his precious nemo to immerge from the membrane of the egg so that the two could have hot fish intercourse. That's right...fish are not god fearing, which liberates them to have sex with who ever they want, even if that includes family members. They don't feel limited by their sex either and thus avoid harmful gender prescriptions which plague the human world by being ambisexual. Loooks like we have two new prospective members of Nambla.
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February 6, 2005
Dead Chix
My boyfriend at the time in no way could be considered fat. Joe was from Missouri and had inherited a love for food from his state while somehow, against all odds, managing to avoid the high rate of obesity, diabetes, inbreeding and country music appreciation. He just really enjoyed eating. He was shocked to find I had never heard of Chicken in a biscuit. Butchered poultry in a bite sized cracker must be a southern thing. I found the concept of dead chickens haunting the inside of a Nabisco cracker more frightening than the actual wafer of grain itself. I've never been one for eating foods like water melon or cherries where you had to expend extra work removing the seeds or pit from your mouth. So an even more disturbing thought was that eating these crackers may involve picking feathers out of my teeth.
Posted by droz0008 at 3:24 PM
February 5, 2005
February 5, 2005...a new online journal is born. Why live journal? I guess its about time to get started documenting my life since one day im going to have a best selling book of my personal memoirs. Lets hope my publisher doesn't take over all artistic control with the cover art. In a country where only a tenth of Americans get their news and information from the printed word, a picture is worth a thousand words. Unless of course we're speaking of the blind. But since my blog as it were is not currently accesible to the visually impaired I suppose we can politely overlook our nonseeing neighbors for the time being. Anyway, lets face it...people judge a book by its cover. That's why it is imparative that I have the proper cover for my memoirs. I've posted some specific examples of book covers that immediately scare away the reader..........


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- Exporting your video is necessary to turn your project file into a video file
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- Make sure to follow our recommended compression settings!
- Choose the Vimeo preset and export that file!
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Abuja — The Ukrainian aircraft seized at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Tuesday last week may soon become a subject of diplomatic unease between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.
THISDAY was informed yesterday that the government of the country, which shares the Gulf of Guinea with Nigeria, is laying claim to the ownership of the "cargo" aboard the aircraft, whereas Nigerian security operatives suspect the arms and ammunition were meant for Niger Delta militants.
The aircraft was reportedly loaded with 18 crates of arms and ammunition, when it was impounded by security agents, although there is yet no official statement on the development.
It had been reported that the aircraft made a stop-over to refuel in Nigeria but security sources had said there was more to it as some of the documents and weapons said to have been recovered by men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) during their raid on militants' Camp 5 allegedly established that Ukraine was a major source of arms and ammunition to the militants.
A security source said: "I understand there are discrepancies between what was declared on the manifest and what was found on the plane but the issue is being handled by both the office of the National Security Adviser and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because the government of Equatorial Guinea has made claims with regards to the plane and the arms found."
He said considering the "sinister role" some arms dealers in Ukraine from where the flight took off have been playing in the Niger Delta, "government cannot take anything for granted on the issue".
He said investigations into the matter would be concluded this week and a clear position would be made public over the whole issue which made news headlines for most of last week.
The source also said the Federal Government is dissatisfied with the handling of the issue by the embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Nigeria.
"I understand the Equatorial Guinea Ambassador wrote a letter but even that is procedurally wrong... such a letter should come from his home office," the source added.
Last month, gunmen launched an assault on the Presidential Palace in Equatorial Guinea. It was initially thought to be a coup attempt but the Malabo authorities denied it, accusing Nigerian militants of perpetrating the act.
The gunmen, who stormed Malabo in several gunboats, attacked the presidential palace from the country's territorial waters around which Equatorial Guinea shared maritime boundary with Nigeria.
According to the government of Equatorial Guinea, "our country was once again the victim of an attack by the rebels of the Niger Delta on the city of Malabo. The Niger Delta crisis is now a major threat to our country. A contingent of rebel terrorists from the Niger Delta arrived in numerous boats and tried to invade the capital city of Malabo, with the aim of taking and destroying the presidential palace".
It was also being discussed in security circles that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) might be behind the arms importation because of the militants' group threat to attack Northern Nigeria for not supporting MEND's campaign.
The impounded aircraft with registration number MEM 4-060 (UR-CAK) is still parked at the Kano airport.
Some of the weapons and ammunition on board include howitzers, rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers and mortars.
Trouble started for the crew after refuelling when officials of the Customs and Immigration Services reportedly observed some suspicious information supplied by the crew in the flight discharge form, and strongly demanded to know the contents of the plane following the crew's refusal to declare its content in the form accompanying the cargo.


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THIS year will mark a pivotal moment in human history. The UN predicts that what is known as the "global crude death rate" will start rising for the first time since the dawn of civilisation some 10,000 years ago.
On the face of it that looks like bad news. Crude death rate measures the number of people per 1000 who die in a year. The figure has been falling steadily, from about 40 in pre-agricultural societies to around 8.7 today. But this year it will start rising again. So what awful global catastrophe is about to reverse 100 centuries of progress?
Fortunately, there is no imminent disaster. The upturn has nothing to do with war, famine or pestilence, but merely reflects the fact that the world's human population is ageing on a global scale, thanks to improved healthcare.
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We pick up recycling at curbside for single-family households.
See multi-family recycling collection information if you live in an apartment or multi-unit building.
On October 1, 2012, your recyclables pickup changed as part of Surrey's new ReThink Waste collection program (Website. New window.).
Your recyclables cart is based on recommended waste cart sizes.
Your recyclables cart is now picked up every other week, by BFI Canada.
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Angaleena Presley Talks Pistol Annies, Shares Songwriting Stories
An early look at our piece on Miranda Lambert's trio, which was named a favorite act by readers in the June 'Best of the West' issue.
The Pistol Annies (L-R): Angaleena Presley, Miranda Lambert, and Ashley Monroe.
Photo by Randee St. Nicholas/Courtesy Sony Music
The readers have spoken in C&I's June "Best of the West" issue, and one of their favorite country music acts is Miranda Lambert's trio, the Pistol Annies. Lambert's joined by singer-songwriters Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe in the group, which released its debut album last year.
Associate website editor Hunter Hauk writes in the new issue (hitting newsstands April 17) that the self-titled Annies record features "down-home dioramas and vivid characters rife with Southern-gothic potential." He also chats with Presley, who's dubbed "Holler Annie" in honor of her Kentucky roots. Check out some extra goodies from the interview with Presley:
In the Pistol Annies song "Lemon Drop," Angaleena Presley sings about securing her car's dangling muffler with a guitar string. That actually happened to the singer and real-life Kentucky coal miner's daughter years ago, on her home state's barren Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway.
"My muffler was literally dragging the ground, but still attached," Presley told us in her unaffected Southern drawl. "So I just thought about it, clipped a string off my guitar, got down there and tied that sucker up."
"I'd grown up as my dad's little helper. So I'm pretty handy around the house. He'd taught me how to fix things, make something out of nothing, solve problems."
Another of Presley's lead-vocal and lyrical contributions to the Pistol Annies' album is "The Hunter's Wife," a honky-tonk-worthy anthem inspired by her gun-toting uncle and his bride. "I'm sick of squirrel gravy and I'm sick of coon stew," she sings, a few lines before the other Annies join her for the chorus.
"I wrote that song about my uncle, who's a coon hunter. He spends thousands of dollars on his pen and his coon dogs.
"My aunt was always like, 'Your uncle, I haven't seen him in a week. He loves those coons more than he loves me'," Presley quipped. "My aunt Lola, she's feisty."
More from Angaleena
On comparing the members of Pistol Annies to the three lead characters in the movie, 9 to 5: "I feel like I'm the Lily Tomlin character, because she's the brunette and comes up with all these schemes and plans. Miranda is like [Dolly Parton's character] DoraLee, because she's a pistol and she's a gun packing mama who will change you from a rooster to a hen in one shot. And sweet lil Ashley's like ol' Judy Burnley. Please hold! [Laughs.] She's neutral and hippie – free-lovin'."
On her musical hero, Loretta Lynn: "I haven't met her. I don't know if I am supposed to. I have her on this pedestal. I grew up singing her songs, and me and my mom used to do dishes to her records. We had a record player in the kitchen. I used to skip school and go to Butcher Hollow [pronounced 'Holler'] and write in my journal, 'Oh Loretta, I wanna be just like you.'"
On making time for her solo career: "I'm kind of a jack of all trades. I'm writing a bunch on Music Row. I have a record that's finished and in the works. Hopefully I'll have one out this year. I want to do it all."
Read more about the Pistol Annies in the June issue of C&I.


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Round 1 is tough because there were a number of champs(obviously) drafted in round 1.
So I went with who got best value out of their pick.
Rd1 Best: Logan Stieber-Gold-Tons of bonus points and a national champion, plus you got him with the next to last pick of the round: Honorable mention to KR and Frank and RD and DT.
Rd1 Worst:Another tough one, but since I used draft position as a part of the equation I'll go with JO and Thaxton. QW, Rey, Amuch and DSJ were all in the discussion though.
Rd 2 Best: Chris Honeycutt-Gold.
Rd 2 Worst: Scott Sentes-KR and Jason Chamberlain-Ga Coach
Rd 3 Best: Tony Nelson: Buckvader
Rd 3 worst: Andrew Alton: Ga Coach
Rd 4 Best: Tie! Dylan Ness: Tigerfan and Gelogaev by me!! I know he didn't finish the year but he freaking majored Nelson, and was a genius pick until he got injured.
Rd 4 Worst: Spencer Myers: GaCoach
Rd 5 Best: Chris Perry-Me
Rd 5 Worst: Dylan Carew-Hawkeyes2
Rd 6 best: Kendric Maple-Gold
Rd 6 Worst: Mike Benefiel-ACCboy
Rd 7 Best: Brandon Hatchett: GBR
Rd 7 Worst: Mark Lewandowski-AccBoy
Rd 8 Best: Bobby Telford: Herkey
Rd 8 Worst: Hunter Meys: Roper
Rd 9 Best: Clayton Jack:GBR
Rd 9 Worst: Eloheim Palma: Accboy
Rd 10 Best: Matt Wilps: Buckvader
Rd 10 Worst: Peltier and Lara: by Thaxton and GaCoach
Rd 11 Best: Nico Megaludis: Roper
Rd 11 Worst: Clay Welter: Herkey
Rd 12 Best: Pete Yates: GaCoach
Rd 12 Worst: Frank Martelloti: KR1963
Rd 13 Best: Hunter Stieber: Thaxton (Though I drafted Gwiaz this round)
Rd 13 Worst: Lots of bad wrestlers..umm..Greisheimer-Rd149
Rd 14 Best: Dylan Alton: Herkey(Why did we let him slip so much!?)
Rd 14 Worst: Frey: Roper
Rd 15 Best: Jesse Delgado: Hawkeyes
Rd 15 Worst: Killer and Caldwell: Me and KR.