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WASHINGTON, DC - A new national Spanish language radio ad is sending a message to
Congress that the critical voices of Latinos who delivered a mandate for commonsense
immigration reform in the November, 2012 election will continue to be heard as the legislative debate begins.
The $250,000 ad, "The Power," runs today through Sunday -- during the congressional recess -- in media markets across the U.S. This first ad by Service Employees International Union (SEIU), in partnership with Alliance For Citizenship coalition partners, marks the start of a multi-week, multi-pronged media and field campaign to win congressional enactment of commonsense immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship.
The Alliance For Citizenship, which includes a broad group of immigration reform advocates including SEIU, will combine forces during the next several months -- on the ground and on the air -- for a package of immigration reforms that are important to workers and the Latino community. The campaign will include events and rallies in the congressional districts and in Washington, phone calls to lawmakers, and grassroots lobbying.
The radio ad acknowledges bipartisan efforts in Congress to develop immigration legislation. "But there are some in Congress who reject this bipartisan proposal. They want to deny millions of hardworking Latinos a path to citizenship, keeping millions of Latino families in a state of uncertainty...But the power to make a difference is ours," the ad states.
"Members of Congress need to remember that Latinos and immigrants are the ones who
delivered the mandate for commonsense immigration reform," said SEIU International
Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina.
"We expect Congress to work together and deliver a bill that includes a clear and direct path to citizenship, without any roadblocks or unreasonable waiting periods that are designed to delay and deny citizenship," Medina said, referring to opposition by immigration restrictionists in Congress to an earned path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the country without papers."Latinos did not go to the polls expecting that our 'abuelitas' -- our grandmothers -- other family members and coworkers would be relegated to second-class status," Medina said.
"As the ad says, members of Congress heard our voices in November and they are going to keep hearing from us until the pass fair, commonsense immigration reform. And if they don't, we will make sure that voters in 2014 know who championed reforms and who stood in the way."
Text "Now" or "Ahora" to 787753 for more information.
ANNOUNCER: Last November, Washington understood the growing power of Latino voters.
We registered, we voted, we made a difference. And leaders from both Parties pledged to create common-sense immigration reform with a fair, reasonable and timely path to citizenship.
Now, members of Congress are working together, developing bipartisan plans for immigration reform.
But there are some in Congress who reject this bipartisan proposal. They want to deny millions of hardworking Latinos a path to citizenship, keeping millions of Latino families in a state of uncertainty about whether they might still be separated...
But the power to make a difference is ours.
They heard our voice in November - they'll hear it again today.
Call 1-877-848-8289, and tell Congress to pass immigration reform that includes a fair path to citizenship.
VO: Paid for by SEIU COPE.
ANNOUNCER: En Noviembre, Washington entendió el creciente poder de los votantes Latinos.
Nos registramos, votamos, hicimos la diferencia. Y los líderes de ambos Partidos se comprometieron a trabajar en una reforma migratoria de sentido común con un Camino a la Ciudadania justo y razonable.
Ahora, los miembros del Congreso están trabajando juntos, desarrollando planes bipartidistas para la reforma migratoria.
Pero hay algunos en el Congreso que rechazan esta propuesta bi-partidista. Quieren negar a millones de trabajadores Latinos un Camino a la Ciudadanía, y mantener a miles de familias Latinas con la incertidumbre de que puedan ser separadas...
Pero el poder de marcar la diferencia es nuestra.
En noviembre, se oyó nuestra voz. HOY - la van escuchar de nuevo.
Llame al 1-877-848-8289, y dígale al Congreso que apruebe una reforma migratoria que incluya un camino justo a la ciudadanía.
VO: Pagado por SEIU COPE.


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Valley Paintball - Fargo-Morehead area field.
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Press Release - For many, the Campbell County Address Map Book is a necessity in their daily work lives, and for others it is a fun tool for viewing where addresses are located in the County. While the Address Map Book of old was an excellent tool, its size and bulkiness made it somewhat less than user friendly. Thanks to modern technology, the efforts of Campbell County Public Works and GIS Specialist Cathy Raney this behemoth book is now available in electronic format.
Megan Nelms, County Planner & Zoning Administrator, explains the Address Book is important to a wide variety of users. These include real estate agents, contractors, builders and, of course, curious citizens. Nelms went on to say "the new book is ten times better than the old version. The new Book includes aerial photos which have been layered with additional GIS information."
The new format also allows for instant updates. When new information is entered into the GIS system, these updates appear instantly on the County's online mapping program, GeoBlade. Nelms went on to say, "we will be issuing updates 2-3 times a year for the hard copy version of the address book, but everyone is always encouraged to use our online mapping system for the most up to date information." Previously, users also had to wait for Public Works to print and issue the books.
The new book is available electronically in .pdf format on the County's website at http://www.ccgov.net/DocumentCenter/View/3503. For those users who prefer a hard copy, do not despair, there are a couple of options. Users now have a choice to create their own book, or purchase the full book from several of the local print shops. The print shops that currently have the digital file currently include Arrow Printing, Gillette Printing, Simpson's Printing, Sir Speedy and Zip Printing. Print shops who would like to acquire a digital copy to have available for printing can contact Campbell County Public Works at (307) 685-8061. It should be noted, the Book can no longer be purchased directly from Public Works.


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Entertainment Technology Students Earn Top Awards at 2014 NJ High School Film Challenge
Students of the Entertainment Technology video program recently visited Jackson Liberty High School to compete in the 2014 New Jersey High School Film Challenge. Three Howell High School teams created films inspired by uniform prompts given to all participating high schools. Each team had only five days to write and edit their films. Despite stiff competition from over 40 schools, all three Howell Rebel productions were selected for awards in each available category. For their hard work, Peter McGarry, Ashley Priessnitz, and Taylor Wilson took home Best Screenplay. Michael Mann, Michael Manzon, Matthew Cohen, and McLaine White were victorious in the Best Performance category for a short film on mimes. Ashley Dubbs, Alina Zimmerman, Andrew Cavallaro, and Matthew McCammon took home Best Visual Effects for their time-stopping dystopian thriller.
Mr. Scott Napolitano commends all of the participants for their creativity and dedication to the challenge. Howell High School earned the most awards of all competing high schools during this year's competition.


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Banjo the Clown is a deity created by Elan. Banjo is nothing more than a clown hand puppet that Elan created while the Order of the Stick was exploring the Dungeon of Dorukan and Durkon Thundershield had gone missing so that Elan might be able to provide clerical services for the team.
Elan ends up using it to create small examples of divine power (because any god in D&D gets power based on the number of its worshipers). Elan tried to get the members of the Order of the Stick to join the "Church of Banjo", so Banjo could smite Roy Greenhilt, an "unbeliever". The Church of Banjo was quickly abandoned after Haley Starshine and Belkar Bitterleaf, the only worshipers other than Elan himself, lost interest and Durkon returned, causing Elan to state that although Banjo may be currently forgotten, he would later rise as a more evil incarnation: Banjulhu!
Banjo (actually Elan speaking for Banjo) later attempted to join the Asgardian Pantheon, who were apparently giving his application serious consideration. However, "Banjo" was put off by the attitude of their clerics and abandoned this effort, disappointing Odin, who stated that he likes puppets.
Banjo had only had a handful of worshipers, primarily Elan, and thus his powers were limited; however in that strip it was revealed that Banjo had recently gained the following of an island tribe of orcs. Those orcs now worship Banjo's brother, Giggles the Clown, god of slap-stick, also created by Elan. As Banjo and Giggles are meant to be equally powerful rivals, these orc worshipers may increase the power of both puppet "gods".


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Mongabay.com news articles on Aquaculture in blog format. Updated regularly.
Javanese fishermen switch from lobsters to stingrays as an unintended consequence of new catch limits
(05/06/2015) New minimum size limits for Indonesian lobster and crab catches were a commendable conservation initiative intended to boost crustacean stocks. But the new regulation may inadvertently threaten the very species it aims to protect.
Could inland aquaculture help save the oceans and feed the world?
(04/02/2015) Mark Kwok has always loved the ocean. An avid diver and spear fisherman, he has travelled the planet in search of exotic fish and undersea adventure. Born into a wealthy Hong Kong family, he had the freedom to explore the world's oceans. But in the last decade or so, he hasn't been content just looking at fish. He's been growing them. In a squat, unassuming cluster of buildings in an industrial suburb north of Hong Kong, Kwok is experimenting with a potentially revolutionary technology.
Indonesia's new president, ministers have big plans for fish
(11/06/2014) Indonesia's new president, Joko Widodo (or Jokowi, as he's popularly called) spent half his 11-minute inaugural address thanking God, his partisans and the citizenry at large. For the rest of the speech he talked about oceans. Was this just rhetorical flourish, or does it portend a new seriousness about maritime management?
Of Prawns and Men on the Bali Strait
(08/22/2014) Why is shrimp so cheap? The answer: it's not. An in depth look at the shrimp farm industry in Indonesia and the true cost of this universally enjoyed delicacy. This article by Melati Kaye first appeared in the Seashore Issue of the culinary magazine Lucky Peach and was funded under Mongabay.org's Special Reporting Initiatives program.
Frankenfish or scientific marvel?: giant GM salmon await U.S. approval
(05/07/2013) It is hard to think of a more unlikely setting for genetic experimentation or for raising salmon: a rundown shed at a secretive location in the Panamanian rainforest miles inland and 1,500m above sea level. But the facility, which is owned by an American company AquaBounty Technologies, stands on the verge of delivering the first genetically modified food animal—a fast-growing salmon—to supermarkets and dinner tables.
Efficient aquaculture needed for food security, particularly in Asia
(06/17/2011) Aquaculture is the best way to meet future demand for seafood, which is expected to rise significantly by 2030 due expanding middle class populations in China, India, and Southeast Asia expand, argues a new report.
Vanishing mangroves are carbon sequestration powerhouses
(04/05/2011) Mangroves may be the world's most carbon rich forests, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience. Measuring the carbon stored in 25 mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region, researchers found that mangroves forests stored up to four times as much carbon as other tropical forests, including rainforests. "Mangroves have long been known as extremely productive ecosystems that cycle carbon quickly, but until now there had been no estimate of how much carbon resides in these systems. That's essential information because when land-use change occurs, much of that standing carbon stock can be released to the atmosphere," explains co-author Daniel Donato, a postdoctoral research ecologist at the Pacific Southwest Research Station in Hilo, Hawaii.
A slow comeback for the endangered Eurasian otter in France
(08/29/2010) In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter's range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions devoid of a species that was once found in every region. Estimations barely reached 1,500 otters left in the wild for the whole country. Today, 2,000 to 3,000 individuals are believed to room in creeks and rivers mostly in the Massif Central, the Atlantic side (Bretagne) and western area, in particular in the wetland of Poitevin. The upward trend in population size is good news and a step towards reconstituting sustainable populations, however, the overall population is still critically low. By contrast, in the early 1900s otters were quite abundant in France with over 50,000 wild animals.
Target stops sales of farm-raised salmon, citing environmental concerns
(01/27/2010) Citing environmental concerns, Target has stopped selling farmed salmon products nationwide.
Huge demand for omega-3 fatty acids depleting oceans worldwide for aquaculture
(09/09/2009) The ever-growing demand for fish and fish oil due to their omega-3 fatty acids has led to exponential growth in the aquaculture industry—and depletion of the world's oceans. While aquaculture is farmed fish, the fish are fed with wild marine species.
Indigenous rights' groups to oppose effort to certify 'sustainable' aquaculture
(02/05/2009) A coalition of indigenous rights' groups and grassroots environmental organizations will oppose the World Wildlife Fund's move to improve environmental stewardship of the aquaculture industry through a certification system.
Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion
(11/26/2008) A new technique for sexing a giant Amazon fish may help create a sustainable source of protein in South America, report researchers writing in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.
Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable 'urban' society
(08/28/2008) Researchers have uncovered new evidence to support the controversial theory that parts of the Amazon were home to dense 'urban' settlements prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century. The study is published this Friday in the journal Science. Conducting archeological excavations and aerial imagery across a number of sites in the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, a team of researchers led by Michael Heckenberger found evidence of a grid-like pattern of 150-acre towns and smaller villages, connected by complex road networks and arranged around large plazas where public rituals would take place.
The long-ignored ocean emergency and what can be done to address it
(08/18/2008) This year has been full of bad news regarding marine ecosystems: one-third of coral species threatened with extinction, dead-zones spread to 415 sites, half of U.S. reefs in fair or bad condition, increase in ocean acidification, tuna and shark populations collapsing, and only four percent of ocean considered pristine. Jeremy Jackson, director of the Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of California, San Diego, synthesizes such reports and others into a new paper, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that boldly lays out the scope of the oceanic emergency and what urgently needs to be done.
Fish farms are killing wild salmon in British Columbia
(12/13/2007) Parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction, reports a study published in the December 14 issue of the journal Science.
Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction
(10/31/2007) Agricultural expansion -- not shrimp farming -- is driving the rapid destruction of the world's mangrove forests, reports a new study published in the Journal of Biogeography.
Wal-Mart demand drives "greener" shrimp farms
(07/24/2007) Wal-Mart's demand for sustainably-produced products is driving "greener" production of shrimp in Thailand, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
How to save the world's oceans from overfishing
(07/08/2007) Global fishing stocks are in trouble. After expanding from 18 millions tons in 1950 to around 94 million tons in 2000, annual world fish catch has leveled off and may even be declining. Scientists estimate that the number of large predatory fish in the oceans has fallen by 90 percent since the 1950s, while about one-quarter of the world's fisheries are overexploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion. Despite these dire trends, the situation is changing. Today some of the world's largest environmental groups are focused on addressing the health of marine life and oceans, while sustainable fisheries management is at the top of the agenda for intergovenmental bodies. At the forefront of these efforts is Mike Sutton, director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's conservation program: the Center for the Future of the Oceans. The aquarium, which has long been recognized as one of the world's most important marine research facilities, is pioneering new strategies for protecting the planet's oceans. Sutton says the approach has four parts: establishing new marine protected areas, pushing for ocean policy reform, promoting sustainable seafood, and protecting wildlife and marine ecosystems.
Aquaculture key to seafood crisis
(02/16/2007) A scientific panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Francisco Friday revealed that rising demand for seafood has exceeded the capacity of the marine ecosystem and that expansion of aquaculture will need to continue to help meet consumer appetite for seafood products.
Summit explores how fish could feed Africa
(08/22/2005) This week policy makers, industry leaders, and development experts are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss the future of African fisheries and aquaculture. The fisheries sector, consisting of both inland (freshwater) and marine fisheries, is a vital source of food and income to millions of Africans. Fish production, processing and trade provides employment for more than 10 million, while fish exports from Africa are worth US$ 2.7 billion annually. The following is a description of the summit from Fish for All, an initiative seeking to shape public policy on issues from issues as fish and development, fish and nutrition, health, livelihood, environment, gender, water, river basins and coasts, trade and economic growth.
Farming the world's largest fish - an alternative to deforestation
(05/19/2005) Integrated aquaculture offers great potential for sustainable poverty allievation in the Amazon region. It reduces the need to clear land for subsistence agriculture while generating significant economic and nutritional benefits for poor Amazonian colonists.
Freshwater aquarium fish are important food source in many tropical countries
(05/05/2005) Those fish in your home aquarium may be important food sources in their native lands. According to figures recently released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Fisheries Department many fish typically kept by aquarium owners figure significantly in the daily nutrition of people in tropical Africa, Asia, and South America.


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Rapidly-expanding Falmouth company aims to keep feet on the ground
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A BUSINESS which is rapidly expanding its reach throughout the world is determined to keep its feet on the ground from its base in Falmouth.
Digital marketing agency 3WhiteHats is growing at an "impressive rate" and diversifying, according to business support programme Oxford Innovation (OI).
In five years the company has grown to employ ten staff – and is recruiting its 11th – and has a turnover of more than £550,000 a year.
This month the company will extend its global reach further with the addition of an enterprise – Be Content – which will provide copy and content for clients' websites around the world.
The agency will also benefit from a continuing partnership with OI's Coaching for High Growth programme, which supports and develops high growth businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
OI coach Richard Lawrie said: "3WhiteHats is growing at an impressive rate and now diversifying, but has managed to retain its friendly style.
"This highly skilled team has an honest, open approach that is refreshing in a sector that is often seen as a bit of a 'dark art'.
"Its client base may be global, but 3WhiteHats is determined to stay in Cornwall."
Tom Telford, founder and managing director, said: "When I set up 3WhiteHats I knew that I didn't want to be a one-man band so I needed support to recruit a team and set up my company. Over the past five years, there have been times when we have needed a lot of input and have had regular meetings with our coach. Oxford Innovation have been extremely adaptable in fitting around our needs."
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Guten Tag! My name is Dr. Will Lehman and I am the principle instructor of German language and culture courses at WCU. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the homepage of our German program. If, after reviewing the information on these pages, you have any questions for me about our program—or if you just want to chat about German-related topics—please drop me a line (in English, German, or even Spanish) at email@example.com.
Our German program is relatively small, which means that we are able to take our students' individual needs into consideration when planning each semester's course offerings. Another benefit is that students of German very quickly become friends with each other and are able to network very easily.
Information on our basic German-language courses at WCU:
- If you want to know which German course is for you, or if you need information about registering for a German course, see our German placement page.
- To find out which courses are being offered now and in the future, see our German course offerings page.
German is one of only three foreign language minors (along with Spanish and Japanese) offered at WCU. Below you will find links to information for majors, minors, and those interested in pursuing a minor in German:
- Requirements for the minor in German
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Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany has vowed not to change his tackling style even though he was sent off when he last faced Manchester United.
Kompany was forced to serve a four-match ban after being harshly dismissed for a two-footed challenge on Nani. Sir Alex Ferguson was critical of Kompany's scissor tackle after the game and Kompany published a detailed response on Facebook, outlining his fears for the future of English football.
However, despite that bad experience, Kompany has no intention of curbing his natural instincts, and the Belgium international said: "You can't, and I don't think the fans would want it. I don't think it's possible to do it. I have not been the player I am now for two years - I have been that player since I started playing football 20 years ago."
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Oregon natives John & Debbie Grimm would like to welcome you to our home in the Dundee Hills, situated on what we named "Hoot Owl Hill", with views of both the Willamette Valley and Chehalem Mountain. Our custom designed home is situated on 3.21 acres surrounded by a forest of trees for your privacy. 2,800 square feet of open floor plan and large picture windows provide gorgeous views of the snow-topped CASADE MOUNTAINS and colorful HOT AIR BALLOONS that float over the valley. You may be lucky to catch a glimpse of wildlife that frequents our property. Just minutes away, you will find premier wineries of the OREGON WINE COUNTRY and award-winning restaurants. More gorgeous views and an open sky at night for star gazing are yours on our private patio where a large, 6 person hot tub awaits.
Our home features a large open kitchen which is fully equipped for a quick meal or a gourmet feast. Guests find seating at the kitchen island, in the adjacent nook, or in the formal dining area. A door in the kitchen leads out onto our terraced deck equipped with a gas grill, and ample seating area for entertaining or just relaxing. Take the stairs down to our vegetable garden and pick something for dinner in our seasonal garden. In the garden you will find blueberries, artichokes, lettuce, tomatoes, onions etc. Take a stroll around our hillside property, look for our koi in the pond and enjoy the landscape we have created. Over the last ten years, John and Debbie have incorporated Oregon's flora and designed an extensive landscape with natural elements that welcome birds. You will find if you sit quietly for some time that many of our bird species will come to the water feature to bathe and feed from the feeders. You will be charmed by hummingbirds, jays, robins, hawks, sparrows, and much more.
Climb the path up into the trees behind the house and you will find a campfire setting with a fire pit and firewood supplied to enjoy an evening under the stars. We have enjoyed making s'mores after dinner and think you might, too!
After exploring the area and experiencing the wonderful wineries, come home and relax. Investigate your next day's adventure on the computer with broadband and printer supplied. Entertain yourself with a large screen TV (with DVD and stereo system) or board games and cards.
For a restful sleep, the master suite on the main floor has a king size bed, walk-in closet, spacious master bath with a private, two person jetted tub, and windows looking out onto a natural landscape. The office/den can convert to a sleeping area with a queen size futon and gas fireplace. Two upstairs bedrooms with queen beds share a full bath and windows with beautiful views of the valley. An upstairs reading nook allows you to kick back and enjoy a book or cup of coffee while the morning sun streams in from the windows.
Our most unique and talked about feature is a regulation full-size basketball court with a sport court floor, in a separate recreational building on the property. On the main floor are a full bath and kitchen area with microwave, sink and refrigerator. There is a large screen TV, and the stereo's speaker system is wired for sound throughout the building. Above the kitchen area is a recreation room with pool table, electronic dartboard, and seating area. This area is ideal for a small party or family gathering. The recreation area accommodates up to 50 guests.
We think this is a perfect place for so many events and activities…a guy's golf getaway, a wedding party, family reunion, girls' weekend, romantic retreat, or a work retreat. The versatility is endless. Just ask us and we can work with you for your occasion or conference.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Cedar Rapids Kennedy played another splendid defensive game.
But Bettendorf's defense was even better.
The fourth-ranked Bulldogs held Kennedy to 48 yards through the first three quarters and prevailed, 14-7, in a Class 4A quarterfinal football game Friday night at Kingston Stadium.
"Hats off to them," said Kennedy quarterback Jed Haycraft. "We tried to run, and it didn't work. We tried to pass, and we had some success, but it was just a little too late."
Bettendorf (12-0) will face No. 2 Iowa City High (12-0) in a semifinal at the UNI-Dome next Friday. The Little Hawks whipped No. 3 Cedar Falls, 49-28.
Kennedy saw a six-game winning streak come to an end and retired at 7-5.
"All we can do now is look back at the good things we've done (the past few weeks)," said Kennedy's Christian French. "You just have to take this for what it is and accept the loss."
This was the third straight low-scoring affair the Cougars endured. They beat Cedar Rapids Xavier and North Scott in the first two rounds by scores of 11-7 and 13-7.
Friday, the Cougars were on the short end.
"Our plan was to do what we do best, and that's run the football," said Kenneedy Coach Tim Lewis. "We made some blocking adjustments, but we just couldn't get anything going on a consistent basis. We tried to spread them out, but we ran out of time."
Bettendorf avenged a 17-14 loss to the Cougars in last year's first round.
"They're a faster team this year," Haycraft said. "Overall, they're just a better team."
Floundering offensively through the majority of the game, Kennedy got within 14-7 on Jed Haycraft's 49-yard pass to Jake Losch with 10:23 to go.
The Cougars got the ball two more times. One ended in a failed fake punt. The other ended with an interception.
The Bulldogs held Kennedy to 26 yards in the first half minus-3 on 15 running plays and led 7-0 at intermission.
Kennedy didn't collect a first down until the 6:35 mark of the second quarter, but made some clutch defensive plays to stay that close.
Bettendorf's Malique Hudson returned the opening kickoff 53 yards to the Kennedy 42, and the ball stayed in Cougars territory the entire the first quarter.
The Cougars stiffened on that first drive and forced a 45-yard field goal attempt, which Travis St. Ores pushed wide right.
Tom Dunlavy intercepted a pass by Jed Haycraft on the Cougars' third play. Bettendorf drove to the Kennedy 2, but the Cougars stuffed Justin Van Houtan on fourth-and-goal.
Bettendorf finally struck on its third possession, driving 42 yards in four plays. Blake Younkin capped it with a 3-yard scoring burst.
The Bulldogs appeared poised to score again after Younkin's 68-yard burst advanced the ball to the Kennedy 25. But two plays later, Christian French came from the right side and sacked Gage Ridenour and Ryan Sheldon recovered the fumble.
Kennedy is the No. 12 seed in the 4A East bracket, but the Cougars have won six straight games, including playoff wins over Cedar Rapids Xavier (11-7) and North Scott (13-7).
The Cougars upset Bettendorf in the first round (then substate) last year, 17-14.
Bettendorf has shutout playoff wins over Waterloo East and Dubuque Hempstead.
The winner faces No. 2 Iowa City High (11-0) or No. 3 Cedar Falls (11-0) in a semifinal next Friday at the UNI-Dome. The Little Hawks and the Tigers play tonight at Bates Field in Iowa City.
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Bettendorf Prevails Over Kennedy, 14-7, in Defensive Battle
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - State elections officials nationwide have declared Tuesday National Voters Registration Day to encourage people to register and participate.
The voter education push is part of the National Association of Secretaries of State's National Voter Registration Month this September. The association said in a news release that an estimated 10.6 percent of Americans of voting age are not registered.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is president of national organization. His office is working with county election officials and encouraging the use of social media to make eligible voters aware of registration deadlines and requirements.
The Commercial Appeal says Shelby County Election Commissioner Dee Nollner will be registering voters, and her Facebook page shows a series of photographs of her friends holding signs that read, "I'm registered to vote. Are you?"
For more information, visit http://www.GoVoteTN.com .
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Like many artists, Chris Taylor's something of a perfectionist. It doesn't matter how much critical acclaim he's won for his work, he's always thinking about what he could have done better. Almost half of his presentation for the upcoming Space Siege is spent describing how he wants to rectify some of those mistakes in his latest game. Like Dungeon Siege before it, Space Siege will be an action role-playing game, but this time, it transports its action out of the underground and into outer space for a full-on sci-fi makeover. Spending some time away from his Seattle headquarters to come to London, we caught up with Taylor to see if he's set to release next year's definitive action RPG.
As is evident from the name, Space Siege will take place in space. Naturally, it follows that it will take place in the future, during a time when humans have expanded beyond earth and begun to inhabit other planets in the solar system. The trouble is that some of the neighbours don't take kindly to this intergalactic expansion, and the Kerak race decides to strike an attack on Earth to eradicate it. As the Kerak deliver the final crushing blow to the battered planet, a small number of evacuation ships are manned and sent into space, one of which is carrying a soldier called Seth Walker, the character you play in the game. The game starts as the Kerak are infiltrating the ship; thus, it's your job to protect the thousands of crew and passengers on board.
One of the key dynamics behind the game will be Walker's humanity and how it can be compromised by using cybernetic upgrades. Upgrades, such as improved vision or strength, will not only alter his physical appearance, but they'll make Walker a more effective force against the invading army. These alterations will consequently make the game easier, but they will reduce the soldier's "humanity" rating. Consequently, the more upgrades you go for, the less human your character will become, with the game's storyline changing accordingly.
The developers want the humanity level to not only measure a player's skill, but also drastically change the way that the game plays. It's theoretically possible to complete the game while fully retaining your humanity, and if you choose this route, then you're promised something special toward the end. However, you'll probably still want to play it through again as a cyborg--just to see what it's like.
The focus on just one character is very different from previous games by Chris Taylor, particularly Dungeon Siege II, which offered control of up to eight players at any one time. Taylor says that having so many characters was an open option in his previous game, but it was one that players always took advantage of for fear of missing out on something. The result was that things became unmanageable, especially when it came to managing inventories. This time, he wants to place the focus on one character, which he hopes will not only strengthen the narrative (comparing the hero to John McClane in Die Hard), but also simplify things for novice and advanced players alike. Having said that, Taylor introduced a robotic sidekick named Harvey that can be called upon to help deal with multiple enemy attacks. In the demo we saw, Harvey was fairly autonomous, attacking enemies automatically if no specific orders had been dished out, and thankfully, even if he does die, he can be reconstructed again.
Though the build that we saw was still in early stages, it's beginning to come together nicely. The graphics are fairly basic right now, although the team has just implemented high dynamic range lighting and plenty more detail is promised in the run up to release. The enemy artificial intelligence is also developing, and some of the smaller baddies that we saw would jump back to regenerate their health if they were under attack. However, they are still pretty dumb at the beginning of the game and would happily run into a set of mines just to hunt the player down.
Aside from speaking specifically about the game, Chris Taylor spent much of the presentation talking about his revised ethos behind game design. Influenced by recent successes, such as Half-Life 2 and specifically BioShock, Taylor says his thinking has done a full U-turn since Dungeon Siege II. His previous opinion on the importance of game design over storyline has now been reassessed, with a much greater emphasis on narrative and character development. He also made the point that modern game design has moved away from creating ways of punishing players to developing a model that rewards them as regularly as possible. This means eradicating the old "game over" screens, removing manual save/load systems, and allowing regeneration points that allow players to carry on where they were even when they've died. All of the above will apply to Space Siege.
While the game won't be short, with a 15 to 20 hour single-player campaign and a multiplayer mode, the game is still designed to be as accessible as possible. The game will not feature a tutorial, you won't have to read the manual to pick up the controls, and the difficulty level is user-changeable thanks to the cybernetic upgrade system. The game's point-and-click interface will be explained during the opening levels, while the dialogue that you get throughout the game can be absorbed if you're interested in the wider story or ignored if you simply want to plough on through.
Space Siege comes from a studio with a great heritage in action RPGs and is shaping up to be one of next year's big hits in the genre. It looks like it will take the principles laid down in the Dungeon Siege, make them more accessible, and then plant them in an intriguing science-fiction universe. There's plenty of time to go until the slated summer 2008 release, so expect more on Space Siege in the coming months.


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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] An interesting piece in Time this week sheds light on how our eating habits change depending on the dining mate. Apparently we eat more with friends than with strangers. But even more fascinating, a study showed that college females eat about 100 fewer calories when a guy is around. When it comes to holding back, there's nothing like the opposite sex to curb our appetites, at least when we're single. In a study to be published in the October issue of Appetite, researchers at Montreal's McGill University secretly observed 460 college students eating in the campus cafeterias. They found that when a woman was with a man, she ate about 100 calories less than when she... More


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By Bruce Strand
The Rogers Royals were blanked by Maple Grove 2-0 at home on Saturday, falling to 1-4-1 for the season.
"Maple Grove is always tough for us. They are a physical, tough team," said Rogers coach Holly Sutton.
Maple Grove (4-1-1) picked up a goal in each half. Moriah Morrisette delivered on a penalty kick in the first half, and Kailey Beatt booted one in the second half. Marissa Hamilton was in goal for the shutout.
The Royals have been outscored by just 6-4 in six games but all four goals came in one game. The other five were shutouts.
"We just haven't learned how to score," said Sutton.
Their best scorer, senior Gabby Moter, sidelined all season due to a hip injury, is expected back for the Sept. 18 game against Buffalo.
In other action, the Royals, after going scoreless for four games, broke out with four goals on Thursday evening and beat Cambridge-Isanti 4-0 in Cambridge.
Scoring were Lindsay Paul (Sydni Grover assisting) in the fifth minute, Grover in the 33rd minute, and Jenna Trochlil (Courtney Stutelberg assisting) in the 58th minute. There was also an own goal from C-I in the 72nd minute.
Coach Holly Sutton also cited goalkeeper Cassidy Stutelberg for the shutout, strong midfield work by Paul, and several opportunities to score created by forward Kirsten Heikkenen.
"We have as many goals for as we do against us now!" said Sutton. "At least we got on the board."
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It is an excellent first cup of morning coffee. I tried all of the Verismo brews and this is my favorite.
The pods are very easy to use and my Verisimo is wonderful. I do wish the expresso disbursed more expresso as it should. Excellent!
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We have a Versimo in our small (5 people) office. Being able to make a fresh cup of coffee when desired is a big reason we got the machine. Being able to buy online and in larger quantities and different beans makes it better. Our standard in Pikes, the Colombia is a nice change. Its a little more robust with a stronger aroma. I'd like to see the Breakfast Blend offered (in pods) as well.
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The Blackburn Rovers striker is joined by compatriot Andy Halliday after he agreed a loan move from Middlesbrough.
Goodwillie was linked with a return to Scotland this month,with Aberdeen and St Johnstone among those interested. The 24-year-old spent the first half of the campaign with former club Dundee United.
Halliday - who started his career at Livingston - joins after making just four appearances this season.


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opinionBy Tope Fasua
I realized a while ago, that there is a genre of film-making that is almost totally neglected in Nigeria, where almost everyone thinks in terms of how much money will come into their pockets. I had visited a slum somewhere in Gudu, on the other side of our Legislative Quarters. I saw how people survived against all odds, and I also saw, in the midst of that poverty, the fact that every shack had a DSTV antenna on top of it! I was alarmed. I have since summoned the courage and presence of mind to do a few documentaries of my own. I have done something with regards to the mindless 'uglification' of Abuja, with posters, perhaps with the express approval of Bala Mohammed and his crew. I have also filmed people rushing across the express roads in Abuja while speeding cars take pot shots at them.
I did a comparison with the way bus stops, trains and taxis operate in Dubai, a country that gained independence 41 years ago, and which asked Nigeria for a loan 20 years ago to fund the lofty ideas of its leaders. Nigeria refused to give that loan, perhaps like our banks, Nigeria is averse to funding viable projects. But today, thousands of us pour in there daily to give them the money for free. The painful thing is that we are not even learning anything from all our sojourns to such places. All my videos are available freely online. Please go to www.youtube.com and search for my name.
I have told as many people as I know, that rather than search for power where it does not exist, or wait for a bloody revolution, we the people have the power already. Information technology, and social media, have tilted the power in our favour. We must however be careful, to suggest workable solutions and not just critise for no reason.
When President Jonathan, in his last chat with the people, mentioned something to the effect that he did not promise to 'reduce poverty', but that he promised to 'create wealth', or that he believes in creating wealth and not reducing poverty, I was perhaps the most alarmed Nigerian. But I immediately saw the way his mind works, and why he, and Nigerians, have become hostage to perhaps the most corrosive brand of capitalism in the history of capitalism! President Jonathan has spent an inordinate amount of his time in office, actually opening opportunities for 'wealth creation', and actually feathering the nests of a few, that he has not even bothered to govern, or lead Nigeria. That is the fact. While that ensued, his closest aides, including the likes of Abati, have run rings around the man, and held him prisoner to their machinations. And of course, he is on course to being the most dismal leader Nigeria has ever had!
A necessary part of governance is that a leader must create his own thinking time. In a place like Nigeria, leaders are not allowed any thinking time at all. Their days are a fuzzy blur of unnecessary meetings, banquets, commissioning of useless projects, and of course, pressure from powerful countries - attendance of summits, conferences and whatnot. It therefore behoves on a leader to break the barriers and have his own ideas. I realized while filming the on-going trashing of Abuja, that there was no way the president will see those ugly posters that now deface the whole city, or the people who run across expressways or the dead bodies of school children who are killed on those roads almost on a daily basis. All he sees are Bala Mohammed and co, when they bring those crazy contracts for approval and announcement every Wednesday. The FEC meeting itself is a mere Tenders Board. Nothing of value comes therefrom. The president is always being rushed along by his aides, after roads have been cleared for hours! How will he see the reality of what Nigeria has become? He is therefore NOT leading Nigeria, but a fictional country, on paper.
The documentary that took the cake was done by Ms Ayoola of Channels, and featured the despicable condition under which Nigeria's Police Cadets are groomed. We saw, in the video that went viral, the disease-prone, sewage-littered bathrooms and toilets, the threadbare, bug-infested beds they sleep, the mats, the watery stews they are given in a bathing bucket, for them to eat the constant meal of eba (garri), and wait for this - we saw that one small Tilapia fish was shared by 50 people! I cannot describe the anger that welled up in me when I saw one cadet pinching the fish (half an inch per person), as he shared for his colleagues! Where did we go wrong? What happened to us as a people? Why are we this way? Why are we so wicked? With that video, as a friend stated, we all lost the rights to criticize the police. In fact, if after anyone goes through that Police College, they don't turn into full-blown armed robbers, we should give them national awards, not the thieving fatcats that we 'honour' every year!
The Police College has been like that for decades now. It started under the Military regimes, and the civilians too did nothing. Chances are that we have hundreds of such colleges around the country. The police and army barracks in parts of Nigeria are in worse conditions. I have been shouting lately for even us private citizens to give a thought to our environment and help out with our wealth. For Nigeria has evolved into the most oppressive society in the world, where no one cares at all about the next person, and we expect to have a peaceful society, and expect to leave this legacy for our children! That police college is a victim of all the Presidents and their deputies, the Ministers, IGs of Police, the DIGs/AIGs and the Commissioners, and the Commandant and Deputies, even the man in charge of the kitchen! See what we have done to ourselves!?
Obasanjo once formed a committee headed by his inlaw, Kenny Martins, where billions were raised for the police, which promptly disappeared into the pockets of a few. What will Nigerians not get up to just to be rich? Heck, they routinely steal from pensioners, from the weak and sick, from the dead!
I hoped that Mr President's brave idea to pay an impromptu visit to the college, was an act borne out of genuine concern and contrition. I hoped he would have finally seen the folly of 'creating wealth' as against 'reducing poverty'. Because what is required in that college, is not more wealth in the pockets of the police big wigs and their civil 'servant' collaborators, but the reduction of poverty among the cadets! I hoped the president would have devoted the rest of his term to paying impromptu visits - to barracks, to hospitals, to roads, to schools, to public facilities.
I hoped he would have realized that he is in the midst of enemies posing as friends/advisers, and that his heart has not been in the right place since. Imagine my shock after praising the man, only for him to upbraid the police for allowing Channels TV do that documentary??!!
He said it was the work of his detractors! Did the man enjoy what he saw? Would he have seen it but for Channels? Does he have human feelings at all? Is he saying he is not ready to do anything to help? I can't get over President Jonathan. Seems he is our biggest problem as a people.
Under him and his American-sponsored team, Nigeria's brand of capitalism was a model from the devil himself!


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Reasons why Flash can't make iPhone apps:
No. 1: Even in the 3.0 license agreement creating an app in another code that is then converted was NOT allowed.
No. 2: Apple hates Adobe.
No. 3: This would mean I don't have to buy a $2000 computer to make an iPhone app, and Apple DEFINITELY doesn't want that.
TiPb Live Podcast #94 -- iPhone 4.0-boy!
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Is it me or does Keith sound like Matt Damon at times.
I can't get over how Apple just gave us 95% of what I wanted for the next OS upgrade and the TiPb Live podcast sounded like an Apple bashing and whining session. Sure they didn't fix notifications, but WTF? It looks like we are getting almost everything else and certainly gives us feature parity with the other recent phone OS. We still have all the usability and features/apps the other phones can't touch. TiPb has seemingly lost the iPhone love. Is it time to change the name?
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We envision a world in which all people have access to the information and services they need. A world in which sexuality is recognized as a natural, precious aspect of life and a fundamental human right. A world in which choices are fully respected and stigma and discrimination have no place.
IPPF/Western Hemisphere Region is a leader in the international movement to secure sexual and reproductive health care as a human right for all. We work in 39 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean, we provide more than 31 million services and work to safeguard and expand policies that improve lives and communities.
We introduced family planning in Latin America and the Caribbean and have developed innovative strategies that meet the needs of women, men, and young people throughout the region. Our local partners continue to respond to the demand for sexual and reproductive health information and services, while also addressing a wide spectrum of issues that affect the well-being of individuals and communities.
IPPF aims to improve the quality of life of individuals by campaigning for sexual and reproductive health and rights through advocacy and services, especially for poor and vulnerable people. We defend the right of all young people to enjoy their sexual lives free from ill health, unwanted pregnancy, violence and discrimination. We support a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy legally and safely. We strive to eliminate sexually transmitted infections and reduce the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS.
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Engels Wins Gold in 1,500 Meters at Pan-Am Junior Championships
Aug 24, 2013
MEDELLIN, Columbia - Not only did he captain the Team USA Juniors, but NC State redshirt freshman Craig Engels went on to take the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter race at the 17th Pan-American Junior Championships at Alfonso Galvis Duque Stadium Saturday evening.
Engels, who earned a silver medal at the USA Junior Championships in June, fought through the challenges of a middle-distance race at an elevation of 4,905 feet and clocked a time of 3:53.12 in being the first runner to cross the finish line. Engels edged out Brazil's Andre Thiago, who finished second in 3:54.22, and Mexico's Alan Garcia, who took third in 3:54.85.
The performance wraps up a perfect weekend for NC State's young track and field stars, after sophomore Alexis Perry earned a gold medal of her own in Friday's 100-meter hurdles.


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A victim of urban renewal, the city condemned several blocks, one of which included the theatre, in the very early-1970's. It was unceremoniously demolished. In the urban renewal plan, River Sreet was re-routed and now covers over the plot of land where the Troy Theatre sat.
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On a wall behind Jane Jacobsen's desk hangs a T-shirt showing a photograph of four Indians holding rifles. "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492," the slogan reads. Next to it is a wooden paddle engraved with the words, "Congratulations on state funding for the Confluence Project. Now we're up a creek with a paddle."
Jacobsen, the executive director of the Confluence Project, works in an old brick building a few blocks from the Vancouver National Historic Reserve—once an early-19th-century trading post presided over by the Hudson's Bay Company and later a U.S. Army fort—on the north bank of the Columbia River near downtown Vancouver. When I met with her there last fall, the girlish 58-year-old, who wore a plump smile and a halo of sandy curls, recalled that when plans were being laid in 1999 for the national Lewis and Clark bicentennial commemoration, the mood was celebratory.
Jacobsen, who was then directing the General George C. Marshall Lecture Series for the National Historic Reserve Trust, found the prevailing "Stephen Ambrose" version of the Lewis and Clark story unsatisfying. In the midst of her workdays she had casually befriended some of the Nez Perce Indians who came to the reserve grounds each year in April to honor the grave of an infant who had died there during the Indian Wars of the 1870s, when Nez Perce Indians were held captive at the fort. She thought Lewis and Clark's legacy—instrumental as it was to the Euro-American resettlement of the Pacific Northwest—might be viewed differently by her Indian acquaintances. After mulling this over, she called David Nicandri, the director of the Washington State Historical Society, who was coordinating bicentennial events for the state, to propose a bold idea: What if they were to commission a series of artworks examining the Lewis and Clark legacy from the Native American perspective? And what if the artist were Maya Lin—a figure who had proven so adept at reconciling differing intranational myths?
Nicandri laughed. By an odd coincidence, Antone Minthorn, chairman of the board of trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, had called from Pendleton minutes earlier with the same idea. Nicandri suggested they both talk to Nabiel Shawa, city manager of Long Beach, the community on the Washington peninsula near where Lewis and Clark had finally reached the ocean. Shawa related to Jacobsen that he, too, had been thinking, wishfully, about a major project involving Maya Lin.
For Jacobsen, it was too much of a coincidence.
"You can't let go of an idea like that. It's like catching a falling star," she recalled last fall.
With the help of Minthorn and other tribal representatives they recruited, Jacobsen petitioned Lin for a year and a half (sending letters and an ambassador to her Manhattan studio—at one point even mailing a box of stones, shells and feathers gathered from various parts of the region in a last-ditch effort to get her attention). Then her real work began. She founded the nonprofit that bears the project's name, involved scores of political stakeholders and research consultants, and called upon private philanthropists, foundations and state and national legislators to raise the $27 million it will cost to complete and endow the project. (Despite the fact that two of the artworks will be on the Oregon side of the river, the Oregon State Legislature had at press time committed no money to the project, compared to the Washington Legislature's $8 million.) She still has $4.5 million left to go. "It's not like asking for help purchasing a Renoir," she notes. "It takes awhile for people to comprehend this story of the Pacific Northwest."
As we walked the grounds near her office, Jacobsen noted that the reserve itself—today a haven for nonprofits, small businesses and artists' lofts—exemplifies just how complicated the story is. Even before it was developed by Hudson's Bay, it had been an international trading ground for native people; they converged there from points along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and from the Klickitat Trail, which extended east beyond the Cascades.
The pedestrian land bridge that the Confluence Project was readying to build there, designed by Seattle-based Native American landscape architect Johnpaul Jones in consultation with Lin, would arc over the highway that runs parallel to the river, reconnecting the reserve's grounds to the riverbank and reinstating the connection between the land and the water. Near the water's edge, Lin would create an artwork representing a treaty table.
Jacobsen petitioned Lin for a year and a half, at one point even mailing a box of stones, shells and feathers gathered from various parts of the region in a last-ditch effort to get her attention.
"It's all woven together," Jacobsen said. "This whole place is incredibly deep with history."
As is the entire river system that Lin is in the process of subtly reshaping—in an obstacle—ridden attempt to meaningfully bring that history to the public's attention.


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Billy Davies aiming to shore up his leaky Nottingham Forest defence
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BILLY Davies has made shoring up his leaky Nottingham Forest defence a priority – but admits he may not properly be able to address the problem until the summer.
The Reds' trademark under Davies previously, during his first spell in charge, was always their resolute solidity at the back.
But he has now inherited a side that has not kept a clean sheet in ten games, conceding 21 goals along the way.
Davies knows it is a problem that needs addressing – but believes it stems from the fact half of his back four is comprised of loan players.
And that is an issue that cannot be addressed at the City Ground until the transfer window opens properly again in the summer.
"Three of the back four are on loan and we have to look at building from the back and getting some stability in there," said Davies.
"That cannot be done until the summer time, as you know.
"There are a lot of different things we want to look at . . . pace, the back four, the fact that there are so many loan players in the squad."
Elliott Ward, Gonzalo Jara and Daniel Ayala are all on loan at Forest, although, in the case of Ward and Jara, the deals were done with a view to a permanent move in the summer, when their contracts, at Norwich and West Brom respectively, expire.
That does not help Davies in the short term, at a time when the club already has four players on loan, when you include striker Billy Sharp.
If he does make further loan additions, the returning manager can only use a maximum of five of them in a match day squad.
And he knows that could be a familiar issue, saying: "Bringing in more loan players would give us the same problems as last time.
"If I have seven loan players, I need to drop two of them on a match day.
"I have to leave out good players and let them watch the game, because of the situation.
"It is nice to be able to bring in a couple of loan players, but not if it means you have to drop other players."
Davies has been told, by owner Fawaz Al Hasawi, that he will be supported in the loan market, if he desires.
But the manager plans to tread carefully.
"He's made it clear that, if we need loan signings, they are there for us, they are available," he said. "But I've made it clear I want to assess the team first.
"Let me see if we can win football matches without taking for taking's sake.
"The money is there; the option is there but it is not about that. It is about needs must.
"Why did I recommend a player in the January when I was last here? I recommended because quite simply I felt that's what it would take to get us over the line.
"It is the same again here. I will tell him what I think, I will make suggestions."
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Shinsegae Co Ltd separated out its former hypermarkets subsidiary E-Mart Co Ltd in 2011 in order to concentrate solely on its department store business. Following the separation of these two large-scale business units, the company is set to focus more on operating its department stores more professionally and efficiently. Shinsegae Co Ltd currently has plans to generate annual value sales in excess of Won20 trillion through its 17 department stores by 2020.
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The Page Delivery Service (PDS) delivers to a web browser scanned page images of books, diaries, reports, journals and other multi-page documents from the collections of the Harvard libraries.
Documents delivered by PDS can be used in ways similar to their print counterparts, for example, browsed through a table of contents or viewed page-by-page. PDS also offers tools to manipulate pages (zoom, rotate, pan), a full-text keyword search of document contents, and an option to create a PDF of the document for printing.
To learn more about the PDS web interface, consult the PDS User Guide.
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Any Harvard organizational entity that is registered to use DRS is eligible to use PDS. All of the files associated with digital objects to be delivered in PDS must be stored in DRS. To verify your DRS status, check the DRS Owner List. To register for DRS, consult the Planning section of the DRS website. For more information on how to take advantage of the Page Delivery Service, send an inquiry to the Digital Projects Team in LTS.
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The Page Delivery Service can deliver page content as page image files, as plain text files, or both page images and plain text. The use of PDS requires that these image and text files, along with a structural metadata file, be stored in the DRS.
The PDS requirements include needing to construct a separate digital file for each page of a page-turned object. For instance, if a page-turned object consists of images and text, for each page there needs to be a separate image file and a separate plain text UTF-8 encoded OCR text file.
PDS allows for PDS documents to consist only of text or only of images as well as of text and images together. There can be one or more image files per page as long as the files represent the same page image and are in different formats. For instance, one page can have a TIFF file as a master copy and a JPEG 2000 file as a deliverable copy as well as a plain text UTF-8 encoded OCR file.
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Drunk guy sings Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' -- the whole thing -- in the back of a police carAdd to Favorites | RuPaul's Drag Race
This video really needs no explanation, but here goes: See, there's this guy who the police think was really drunk. And in the midst of professing his sobriety, he launches into Queen's 1975 hit "Bohemian Rhapsody," which enjoyed renewed popularity in 1992 when it was featured in "Wayne's World."
Drunky Drunkerson then proceeds to sing the whole thing -- including the instrumental parts. And as anyone can see, nothing really matters to this guy -- including his freedom, or lack thereof.
Stay tuned till the end of the video when -- spoiler alert! -- the guys asks, "Do you really have to cuff me?" Here's a hint: They will not let him go -- no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Do you think you could sing all the words to "Bohemian Rhapsody" while under the influence?
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A review of published randomized controlled trials that compared growth hormone (GH) to no-growth-hormone treatment in healthy people between 13 and 45 years of age found that lean body mass increased in people who took growth hormone but strength and exercise capacity did not. People who took GH experienced soft tissue swelling and fatigue more frequently than those who did not take GH. Authors conclude that claims that GH enhances physical performance are not supported by the scientific literature. GH, they say, may increase lean body mass but may not improve strength and may worsen exercise capacity and increase adverse events.
Note: This paper is being released early online at the Web site of Annals of Internal Medicine www.annals.org. It will appear in the May 20, 2008, print edition of the journal.
A three-year program compared three strategies for tackling MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus) infection (Article, p. 409). Researchers compared no screening for MRSA with screening those admitted to the emergency departments and with screening all people admitted to the hospitals (universal surveillance). Universal surveillance was associated with a reduction by more than half of healthcare-associated MRSA bloodstream, respiratory, urinary tract, and surgical site disease occurring during hospital stay and in the 30 days after discharge.
An editorial writer notes that the rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test used in the universal screening phase of the study was not used in the first two phases and thus could skew results (Editorial, p. 474). Further, the PCR-based test costs about $25 to $30 compared to the $5 standard culture lab test, so screening all patients with the fast test may have an economic impact on the hospital. The writer suggests that a strategy of targeting high-risk populations for screening, such as nursing home residents, would be a more cost-effective way to confront MRSA infection. "The one-size-fits-all approach is probably not sensible for MRSA screening."
A new study of 856 people age 71 years and older found that 22 percent had some cognitive impairment that did not reach the threshold for dementia (Article, p. 427). Each year, about 8 percent of individuals with cognitive impairment but not dementia at baseline died and about 12 percent progressed to dementia. Using the 22 percent figure, researchers calculate that in 2002 in the United States, 5.4 million people aged 71 and older had cognitive impairment without dementia. Previous estimates of cognitive impairment without dementia ranged from 5 percent to 29 percent.
Current guidelines call for follow-up colonoscopy after polyp removal based on the number, type, and size of polyps removed (Article, p. 419). For example, after removal of a polyp that is about one centimeter in size or three polyps of any size, guidelines recommend that patients have follow-up colonoscopy in three years, while those with smaller and/or fewer polyps are recommended to get a follow-up colonoscopy in five to 10 years. An analysis of 1,905 people who had colorectal polyps removed found that this risk stratification scheme did not predict development of advanced polyps, which are considered most likely to advance to colorectal cancer. The researchers note that colonoscopy already constitutes about 34 percent of procedures performed in the United States, and overuse can affect scarce health resources.
Editorial writers say the issue of follow-up colonoscopy is complicated by that fact that little is known about the natural history of the large polyp to understand which ones grow into cancer, that future guidelines should consider clinical factors such as cigarette smoking, waist circumference and insulin resistance in determining high risk screening categories, and finally, that for some patients, even a small 5 percent risk for developing advanced polyps is too high not to have early and frequent follow-up colonoscopies (Editorial. 477).


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After owning my 1150gs for a couple of months, and dropping it a few times, this piece seemed like a good idea! I had one of the 1150's that had the black engine option, so I didn't really want a bright yellow piece (sorry Touratech), so I bought the silver one and painted it black. Looks great. Now I can drop the bike as much as my fragile ego can handle.
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RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced DEMAZ ALSTON, 23, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to 236 months' imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. ALSTON's criminal history subjected him to sentencing enhancements.
A Federal Grand Jury returned a Criminal Indictment on July 16, 2009. On November 2, 2009, ALSTON pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Codes, Section 922(g)(1) and possession of stolen firearms, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(j).
On January 12, 2009, and January 13, 2009, police received reports of home break-ins. Among items reported stolen were a Browning Arms, 16-gauge special steel shotgun; a Remington Arms, model 710, .270 bolt action rifle; a Remington Arms, model 1100, 12-gauge magnum shotgun; and a Smith and Wesson, model 66-3, .357 caliber revolver.
On January 16, 2009, police received a tip that ALSTON was in a vehicle acting suspiciously. When the police arrived and approached the vehicle, ALSTON fled the area in the vehicle. ALSTON was later apprehended and admitted to breaking into the residences and stealing the weapons.
Mr. Holding commented, "We believe that the punishment fit the crime in this instance and are pleased with the outcome. Robbery of firearms is an exceptionally concerning crime. Because we find a substantial connection between other crimes and that of stolen firearms, we take this crime seriously and prosecute accordingly."
This case was part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods(PSN) which encourages federal, state, and local agencies to cooperate in a unified "team effort" against gun crime, targeting repeat offenders who continually plague their communities.
Investigation of this case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Rocky Mount Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Ethan Ontjes represented the government.
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LuoHe LuoFu Stationery Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., is an enterprise exclusively with one own investment ,having the self-managing import and export right ,which lies in the industrial garden managed by the local people in the high-tech district, Luohe ,Henan, China. Having the dimension of 165 heatares and the total investment of 80 million yuan ,the company is the biggest production base manufacturing the stationery products in Henan province.
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MK Dons midfielder Luke Howell is set to become Steve Tilson's first signing as Lincoln manager after agreeing a one-month loan deal.
The 23-year-old, who can also play at right-back, has found first-team opportunities with the Dons limited this season. Howell trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Tuesday.
"Luke has got good technical ability and has a good engine," said Lincoln assistant manager Paul Brush.
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We do not always agree on what the "right way" to solve something is, but our different viewpoints and us questioning each other helps us to derive a very good solution to our problem. Ted Benakis Silver High
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We are going to create an iOS app using Xcode 4 for the Supercomputing Challenge of New Mexico. We are basing our app on engineering, however the official question is currently undecided. Once we isolate a practical question, we will begin designing, and submitting an app on the Apple iOS App store, offered to iPod Touch, iPad, and the iPhone.
Our goals are to create an app pertaining to engineering, that aids the ability to solve a question related to the subject of engineering. We will design a useful, practical application that can run on the most popular app distributer - the iOS app store.
By designing an app, through the widely popular iOS App store, we eliminate one of the most resilient problems - incompatibility. It also eliminates the situation of immobility, such as being able to use the app, anywhere. The app store has APIs offered to developers, that other leading competitors don't. iOS has the most advanced operating system offered to mobile devices, which makes for a pleasant user experience. We will be offering, depending on the final app, compatibility from iOS 4.0, to the latest iOS 5.0.
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Physicists offer explanation for strange magnetic behavior at semiconductor interfacesAugust 25th, 2013 by Pam Frost Gorder in Physics / Condensed Matter
Electronic orbitals and charge localization. a, Schematic of Tit2g energy levels. At the interface dxy is lower than the dyz and dxz orbitals. Vconf(z) is the confining potential. b, Phase diagram of the single-band extended Hubbard model at quarter-filling. A COI is obtained for moderate values of on-site Hubbard U and next-neighbour Coulomb V, above the (solid red) phase boundary. Coupling to the breathing-mode phonon further stabilizes the COI. Credit: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nphys2702
The new discovery could one day lead to electronic materials that provide both computation and data storage.
They're not exactly the peanut butter and jelly of semiconductors, but when you put them together, something magical happens.
Alone, neither lanthanum aluminate nor strontium titanate exhibit any particularly notable properties. But when they are layered together, they become not only conductive, but also magnetic.
In the current online edition of Nature Physics, researchers at The Ohio State University report the first-ever theoretical explanation to be offered for this phenomenon since it was discovered in 2004.
Understanding how these two semiconductors interact at their interface could someday lead to a different kind of material—one that provides a single platform for computation and data storage, said Mohit Randeria, co-author of the paper and professor of physics at Ohio State.
"The whole question is, how can you take two materials which do not conduct electricity and do not have magnetic properties, make a sandwich out of them and—lo and behold—at the interface tween them, charge begins to flow and interesting magnetic effects happen?" he said.
"It's like taking two pieces of bread and putting them together and having the sandwich filling magically appear."
By making calculations and modeling the basic physical properties of both materials, Randeria's team has hit upon an explanation for the behavior that seems ironic: the interface between two non-magnetic materials exhibits magnetism.
The team showed how the elemental units of magnetism, called "local moments," are formed at the interface of the two materials. They then showed how these moments interact with the conducting electrons to give rise to a magnetic state in which the moments are arranged in an unusual spiral pattern.
If the physicists' explanation is correct, then perhaps someday, electronic devices could be constructed that exploit the interface between two oxides. Theoretically, such devices would combine the computational abilities of a silicon chip with the magnetic data storage abilities of permanent magnets like iron.
"If you had conduction and magnetism available in the same platform, it could be possible to integrate computer memory with data processing. Maybe different kinds of computation would be possible," Randeria said.
But those applications are a long way off. Right now, the physicists hope that their theoretical explanation for the strange magnetic behavior will enable other researchers to perform experiments and confirm it.
Randeria's coauthors included Ohio State postdoctoral researcher Sumilan Banerjee and former doctoral student Onur Erten, who graduated this summer and is about to begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
More information: Ferromagnetic exchange, spin–orbit coupling and spiral magnetism at the LaAlO3=SrTiO3 interface, DOI: 10.1038/nphys2702
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"Physicists offer explanation for strange magnetic behavior at semiconductor interfaces." August 25th, 2013. http://phys.org/news/2013-08-physicists-explanation-strange-magnetic-behavior.html