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By Greg Tylka, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Iowa State University has created and maintains a suite of pest-related web sites related to Iowa soybean production. The web sites are:
The www.soybeancyst.info website was established by Iowa State University more than 10 years ago as a clearinghouse of practical information about the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). The website is one of the most complete sources of information about this serious soybean pathogen, containing information to address commonly asked questions about SCN biology, scouting and management.
Information on www.soybeancyst.info is organized into several sections:
The www.soybeancyst.info website received a facelift last year and recently, several new items have been added, including:
All of the information on www.soybeancyst.info is research based, and a great majority of the research was funded by soybean checkoff funds from the Iowa Soybean Association and the North Central Soybean Research Program.
Greg Tylka is a professor with extension and research responsibilities in management of plant-parasitic nematode in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Iowa State University. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 515-294-3021.
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Media Literacy 101: What Does NBC Sell?
Here's a critical thinking discussion you can begin to have with your kids when you're watching television. (Apologies in advance for non-US readers, all my examples are from American television broadcasting.)
When you go to a movie you pay for a ticket. When you download a song from iTunes you pay for the song.
But when you watch commercial television you don't pay for the shows you're watching. You might pay for basic cable access, but you're not paying NBC to watch an episode of Law & Order.
So what's going on here? Is NBC giving away their content for free? How is that a business model?
This is the question I invite you to explore: how does NBC, or any commercial network, make money if they're broadcasting the content for free?
The first step in the answer is to draw attention to the commercials, of course. The companies that make the products that are advertised in commercials are paying NBC to show their ads on their shows. That's how NBC makes money from broadcasting original programming (there are other ways they continue to generate revenue, but let's leave those aside).
But what is it that the advertisers are getting in return? What is NBC offering to the advertising companies that would make it worthwhile for them to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to air a 30 second ad?
I can tell you from experience, a lot of college students don't know how to answer this question. The nature of the economic transaction going on when they consume commercial media isn't obvious to them.
The answer is that they're buying us, the viewing audience. NBC is selling eyeballs, attention. Eyeballs are valuable to companies, obviously, because the more people see their ads, the more likely that someone will buy the product being advertised.
So, what is the economic function of programming like The Voice, or The Office, or Law & Order?
The function of commercial television programming is to attract an audience for an extended period of time for the purpose of exposing that audience to commercial ads during that time period. The economic function of the programming is not, fundamentally, to entertain or tell stories or make us laugh, but to assemble an audience with a certain demographic profile that (the advertisers hope) will be receptive to the advertising, and to expose that audience to as many ads as it is willing to handle.
The networks have an interest in producing content that is entertaining, of course. But from the perspective of the network, the value of a commercial television program is determined by the commercial attractiveness of the audience that the program can reliably deliver to advertisers, not the quality or entertainment value of the programming per se.
Most of us don't think about it this way when we're watching tv. It can be striking to realize that what NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, etc. are selling is us, the viewing audience, and that the reason why our favorite television programs exist on these networks is to serve as an instrument for gathering and selling our attention to the highest bidder in the "attention market".
When viewed through this framework we gain some insight into other aspects of commercial programming. For example, it helps us understand the networks' fixation on audience ratings. For over sixty years the Nielsen Company has been gathering and analyzing data on audience viewership and demographics. Ratings points and audience share provide information on the relative popularity of programs, but demographic structure is even more important from an advertising perspective. In general, the number of viewers within the 18–49 age range is more important than the total number of viewers. During the 2007–08 season, Grey's Anatomy was able to charge $419,000 per commercial, compared to only $248,000 for a commercial during CSI, despite CSI having almost five million more viewers on average, because Grey's Anatomy has a younger demographic. For similar reasons ads during Friends were almost three times as expensive as ads during Murder, She Wrote, even though they had comparable numbers of viewers.
One pattern I noticed as a kid was that all the commercial networks paid an unusual amount of attention to the Thursday night programming lineup. Many of the highest rated programs in the history of television aired on Thursday nights (Hill Street Blues,The Cosby Show, Cheers, Seinfeld, Frasier, Mad About You, Friends, ER, CSI, …). NBC called its Thursday night primetime lineup "Must See TV". Why?
Because Thursday night is the last night of the week that a large, young, affluent audience will spend at home before the weekend. People tend to wait until the weekend to purchase more expensive products, like appliances and cars, or go to movies or concerts. This younger, affluent demographic tends to go out Friday and Saturday nights, so Thursday night is the most valuable time for advertisers to get exposure. Hence, the networks compete strongly for the audience share on Thursday nights, because the audience has the highest economic value from the point of view of advertisers.
All of this is obvious to anyone who works in commercial media, but like I said earlier, for the vast majority of us the economic function of the media we consume, and our role in the larger economic exchange, is invisible to us. We're like Jim Carrey's character Truman Burbank in the movie The Truman Show — we are the unwitting stars of a show in which we are the central character, surrounded by an elaborately constructed reality that exists to direct our attention and shape our will.
Understanding this reality is a first step toward media literacy. With this perspective in mind we can ask all sorts of critical questions about the relationship between commercial media, entertainment and popular culture. Consider, for example, the programming strategy of youth-oriented networks like Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel, the media properties (and personalities) they develop and the commercial ads they run. This rabbit hole goes deep.

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- The Hell's Belles - who graciously host the tournament and are its primary beneficiary.
The 2014 Fright Flight Tournament will be held October 25-26, 2014 on the Colorado State University Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. Format is 4/3 mixed. Costumes are required!!
Fright Flight was started in 1995 by Heath Mackay and Holly Wright. The tournament is a Halloween themed ultimate frisbee event that is certainly a sight to behold! Where else can you see a bunch of Oompa Loompas chasing after a flying disc without mind altering substances. Since it's inception, Fright Flight has only become more in popular and wacky every year, and is now the largest annual ultimate frisbee tournament in the region.
2014 represents the 19th year we've held this unique event and will feature 35 teams from all over Colorado and as far away as Iowa. Whether you are playing in the tournament or just plan to come see the spectacle, we hope you enjoy the experience of Fright Flight!
Here is all the information you need:
Player Packet with Pools, Schedules and Tournament Details: Player Packet PDF
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It was a foregone conclusion that the nation's highest court would be the final arbiter of just how far states can go in enforcing immigration laws. On Monday, the Supreme Court made it official in agreeing to hear Arizona's challenge to an Appeals Court decision that halted portions of the state's controversial immigration law.
By simply passing the law intended to crack down on illegal immigration, Arizona put a chip on its shoulder daring the federal government to knock it off. The pre-scripted showdown will now continue. States such as Alabama and South Carolina, which have passed their own "copycat" laws modeled on Arizona's statute, will be watching to see how far they can push it. Meanwhile, the impending dialogue on immigration will likely become a campaign rallying cry for Hispanics who want eligible undocumented workers to have the chance to earn green cards and for Republicans who argue that the United States has fallen down on the job in enforcing immigration laws.
Arizona's Republican Gov. Jan Brewer argues that the state had no choice but to take immigration enforcement into its own hands because Congress has failed to enact any changes that would stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the state. In April, a federal Appeals Court upheld an injunction against the portions of Arizona's law that require police officers to check immigration status during traffic stops and routine arrests. The United States sued the state after the measure was enacted, saying that immigration law falls squarely within federal purview.
Brewer is right about the federal government's failure in one sense. Congress has failed to pass a comprehensive immigration law that would alter how immigration inflows and the current undocumented population are handled. As a result, the immigration problems that have confronted the country for the last 25 years—the inability to deal with illegal immigrants already in the country and the extreme difficulty of migrating here legally—remain unsolved.
Brewer is wrong in another sense. Since an effort to pass a comprehensive immigration bill failed in the Senate in 2007, lawmakers and the administration have consistently funneled more money to the border and cracked down on illegal immigration at both the worksite and in local law-enforcement offices. It's not a stretch to argue that there has been more immigration enforcement now than ever before.
The high court case will spawn a lot of talk about the government's ability to handle immigration, but the decision won't be a referendum on government activity in that area. Instead, it will turn on the tricky legal question of whether the states have any role in enforcing immigration laws. Arizona said in its petition to the high court that it was "acutely aware of the need to respect federal authority over immigration-related matters" when it passed the law, attempting to parallel federal law in many cases. But the federal government argues in its reply that Arizona's law goes too far because it creates "new state crimes" in immigration and it imposes new requirements on police officers to verify immigration status. It also gives them new arrest authority, which is disallowed by federal law.
The justices could find themselves deadlocked at 4-4 with Justice Elena Kagan out of the decision mix because she argued the government's position in the case as solicitor general in the Obama administration. In case of a tie, the lower court's injunction against the immigration law would stand. However, the high court ruled 5-3 earlier this year to allow Arizona to move forward with an earlier immigration law that requires employers to verify the legal status of new hires. That case turned on a different clause in the federal law involving business licenses, but the sentiment of the justices in giving states more leeway could exhibit itself in this case as well.


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Hi, i have a HP DV6150la, full specs (actually are for 6150br, but everything is the same):
I'm running ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft. I have everything working on it but the video, I must use Vesa driver to run Gnome, but it has a 1024x768 res. and its quite slow...
I downloaded the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run, killed gnome (sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop) and installed:
. During installation, it searched for a kernel on the ftp server but it couldn't find one for me, so it compiled a new one, installed, and i started gnome with startx, it ran ok, after that i rebooted (sudo reboot) and it crashed.
on the xlog it says:
I tried with 7184 legacy drivers (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-7184-pkg2.run) as well, but no luck either.
What sould I try in order to get it working, I don't know why if i start X (with startx) just after install without reboot it runs, but when i reboot it doesnt. I tried rebooting inmediatly after install, but the result was the same. any help would be greatly appreciated, I attach the Xorg.0.log and nvidia-bug-report.log
Can I use x86 drivers even if I'm on a turion64x2 with ubuntu x64??
thanks a lot!.
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Have you followed the instructions in this sticky post? http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490
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yeah i've already done that:
I've also updated BIOS with the same exact results.... :(
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Re-verified everything, and them re-installed with:
noticed on Xorg.0.log the following:
Thanks a Lot!
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The only thing that I see in the latest bug report is:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
However, there's no other information in the bug report as to why this failure occurred. Can you check dmesg output immediately after hitting this failure and see if there are any NVRM messages at the end?
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Sarah, sorry to hear you have injured your thumb. That can be unbelievably awkward in a whole number of ways. Hope it heals fast and that you are left handed!
I like the dressage horse as you have captured the movement of the horse and pose of the rider so well. Not easy to do.
Jen C & C's always welcome
Thanks for you concern Jen,
I am right handed but I have tried to use my left hand too as much as possible since I had a fall a few years ago. I can't paint left-handed!!!!.
feel free to make constructive c/c...no digital alterations please
Sarah, so sorry abut your thumb. The painting is VERY nice.
Charlie Gunn
C&C welcomed
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Hi All,
At last I have something to share with you! We have had a very busy time over the last few months - among other things we travelled to Colombia to spend some time with our son, his girlfriend and their new baby daughter (our ninth grandchild). But it is back to reality now and hopefully I will be able to get some work done.
What a great selection of pictures from which to choose - it was difficult to decide what to do.
graphite on textured drawing paper 33cm x 22cm
Comments & critique will always be welcome & appreciated!
Sonia, very nice drawing!!!
Sonia, very good drawing of the singer. I am glad you did this one as I have always liked him!
Hello Sonia,
interesting drawing...particularly like his left shoulder/arm (facing viewer) and the guitar.
Hello Charlie...thanks for your concern and comment. Thumb is responding to treatment.
No duck to shoot...gone to roost...Fenland sunset painted a few years ago. A4, water colour
Sarah, veery nice sunset!!! I especially like the colors in the sky.
Thanks Charlie..I was in that area on a plein air course, lots of windmills.
Jen great job on the still life.
Sarah i enjoyed seeing all your works. I hope your thumb is healing well.
Sonia good to seeyou back. Great drawing of the singer. Congratulations on your new Granddaughter.
C&Cs always welcome
Sarah ~ I hope your thumb is feeling better by now! Nice WC of the horse and rider too.
Sonia ~ Nice to see you post again! Nice drawing of the guitar player. Especially like the details on his vest. The Darks really pop (as Jen would say)!
Good job!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Sarah ~ Absolutely lovely WC of the sunrise (or sunset)! Bold and dark - really striking.
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Call it the Galaxy Spica, Lite or whatever the heck you want – the point is that Rogers in Canada is getting Samsung's second "Galaxy" branded phone and dummy units have already begun arriving in stores:
It's looking like a mid-to-late March release for this 3.2-inch Android phone with 3MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack and some other goodies. While I would expect it to launch with Android 1.5 or possibly 1.6, MobileSyrup is saying it could come with Android 2.0 which would be a big benefit for a lot of Canadian robot seekers.
We'll keep you posted.
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- Samsung Galaxy Spica/Portal 2.1 On The Way!
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Northridge, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Alan Williams scored 16 points to lead five players in double figures for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, who took down the Cal State Northridge Matadors 79-69 in a Big West conference clash at the Matadome.
Michael Bryson added 15 points for UC Santa Barbara (11-5, 2-1 Big West), which has won five of its last six. Kyle Boswell tacked on 14 points, Taran Brown contributed 12 and Sam Beeler chipped in 10.
Josh Greene scored a game-high 27 points in the losing effort for Cal State Northridge (10-9, 2-2), which has lost back-to-back games. Stephen Maxwell (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Stephan Hicks (10 points, 10 rebounds) each posted double-doubles.
Both teams struggled in the first half with UC Santa Barbara shooting just 38.5 percent from the floor and Cal State Northridge at 34.8 percent. The Gauchos led 34-28 at the break.
Williams scored 12 points as the Gauchos shot 64.3 percent from the field in the second half to pull away for the victory.
UC Santa Barbara had a 21-12 scoring advantage from beyond the arc and a 42-26 edge on points in the paint.
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Huh. Pick one or two back development/revision wise and retry, I mean that's an option...
the version that i have has the error #002 fix in it also by the way but it seems everytime i turn it on and save it on sd card, when i load the game the screen goes black so i have to rs the system and that setting is not saved anymore
Huh. Pick one or two back development/revision wise and retry, I mean that's an option...
"back development/revision wise" do you mean one or two older versions of the program?
Yup, that link I gave earlier has a lot of revisions.
ok so when i change it from anti it wont save it says failure to save... but now when i load a game im not getting the 002 error, im getting blank screen
You have the write disable switched on the SD card?
no i don't
I dunno and can't really continue this as bedtime is a'callin' (up @ 0545EST)
do you have msn messanger? i can webcam it quick to show you exactly what is going on?
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We speak with sales coach and author, Jason Forrest.
When home sales are slow and buyers are timid, we salespeople often feel the need to generate a sense of urgency to get people to buy. Yet, urgency isn't something you impose upon prospects. Instead, it stems from the customers inner desire. So, we can't create urgency, but we can discover it. Ask the right questions; listen attentively, and the customers desires and motivation will reveal themselves.
Jason Forrest, author of the books Creating Urgency and The 40-Day Sales Dare for New Home Sales, teaches salespeople to dig deeper and focus on buyer's true motivations, since that's where the urgency exists. He begins with two premises that he believes define what the art of selling should be:
#1: A person's desire to improve their life has more influence over their buying decision than any other thing.
That's certainly true of the third most emotional decision we make in our lifetime – buying a home. The home is where life's memories are.
#2: A salesperson has the capability to influence that desire.
Customers are going to buy a home with or without you. Regardless of whether you help them or not, eventually they will find a home and community that improves their life.
"Where does the salesperson come in? The salesperson can actually speed up that desire. They can influence it. Is it possible to take a customer who says they aren't going to buy for another 12 months and influence them and convince them to buy from you in 6 months? If it's happened before, it's possible. And we know it's been done before."
The 3 Stages of Selling Emotionally:
Stage 1. Understand the customers mission to improve their lives 'three whys' down.
Most salespeople ask questions to uncover 'what' someone is looking for – what size kitchen, what size backyard, what price range.
Good salespeople might ask questions 'one why' down – 'You're looking for three bedrooms; do you mind if I ask why you need the extra bedroom?' Here, you're likely to get a somewhat superficial answer.
Great salespeople ask questions 'two whys' down. They end up finding out they true emotional reason why someone needs an extra bedroom. Maybe they're tired of their kids having to share a bedroom.
World-class salespeople – the best of the best – will ask questions 'three whys' down and get to the real 'pain' – the heart of the matter. They might find that the two children sharing the bedroom are of different ages and have different sleep or nap schedules; when the younger one wakes up crying she wakes the older one up, and this causes stress to the mother. This in turn causes stress in the marriage…
The further down you go, the more information you get as to the 'real why' behind the purchase decision. When you know the real pain, you know how to present the solution.
Stage 2: Solve the customer's mission to improve their life 'three whys' down.
Don't just present the home; present the solutions to the specific problems your customers are experiencing that your home offers. "Get deep with them. Say:
'Earlier you mentioned that in your current home your master bedroom is right next to the kid's bedroom and the kid's are getting in bed with you at night and, and that this is affecting your relationship with each other. This home not only has four bedrooms, but the master is on the opposite side of the house from the other bedrooms. So, it this enough distance between the master bedroom and the kids?'
I'm solving their real mission to improve their life on a deeper emotional level!"
Stage 3: Hold the customer accountable to achieving their mission to improving their life 'three whys' down.
"I know that all procrastination, excuses, and negotiation would disappear if we sold 'three whys' down. Think about this: If you're sitting down with a customer and you're closing them and handling their objections, if you only know the 'what' answers, then you can only close on those – 'You said you wanted a four bedroom home and one has four bedrooms; are you ready to move forward with a purchase?'
But if you're a 'three why down' salesperson and you hold customers accountable to improving their lives, then you can have conversations that address their real pains and the quality of their lives. It's a stronger close because it's at the height of their emotion attention. People want to buy things that improve their life."
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"Why is it that if buying a new home is the third most emotional event in a buyer's life (behind the birth of a child and marriage,) then why is it that so many times we treat the sales process with such lack of emotional attention? I watch video shops where salespeople approach selling a home with the same lack of emotion they would have selling a phone book. Then we complain that customers are not urgent to buy in today's market!
So many times people say 'Buyers don't like salespeople.' I disagree. I believe that buyers don't react negatively to selling or salespeople in general; buyers react negatively to dishonesty, unhelpfulness and boring behaviors that salespeople sometimes project. People don't like bad salespeople.
This really gets down to the heart and soul of a salesperson. The questions are: Why are you in the profession of selling? What is it doing for you and your life? How do you define the role of a salesperson? When do you know when you've been good at selling or have achieved greatness at your craft?
When I'm in training classes I ask, So why should I choose you as a salesperson? What makes you so special? What are you going to bring to the experience that the customer is not going to get from anyone else? What are you doing to add value to the experience?
How many sales are you worth?
"I believe a salesperson what I call the 'X-Factor' in a company's success. You can have an 'A' salesperson in a 'C' neighborhood competing with a 'C' salesperson in an 'A' neighborhood, and we all know who's going to win. I believe every salesperson has an X-Factor Quotient that we can assign to them, meaning: How many sales are they worth?
By that I mean, how many sales did they make where they created or influenced the desire versus how many times they merely participated in the sale. If their presentation isn't bringing any 'umph' or emotion to the buying process, they aren't influencing the sale. Their X-Factor might be zero. On the other hand, a salesperson that has complete 'ownership mentality' over their career and over the experience and that speeds up the process for every person that walks in the door earns ever sale they make. "
Salespeople need to build a career and income around sales that they create – that they capture, not on the incidental market sales in which they are simply participants. Those sales are great when they come, but they can't be counted on.
Become an Influence. Create Desire.
"The biggest competition a salesperson has is not themselves; it's not the other neighborhood across the street or even the market. It's the conversation that you are not present to – the conversations customer's have when they're in the model home without you, when they're in their care driving home, the self-talk in their head.
Salespeople often wonder whether they should stay with customers as they look at homes. Well, they're talking about you, so do you want to be a part of that conversation and influence it your way, or do you want to put your life in the hands of chance and hope that they choose you?
Throughout the sales process, don't hesitate to ask the tough questions, like 'Right now, what are you thinking?' You can't influence their thoughts if you don't know what they are. Ask them, 'What are your friends and family are saying about buying a home at this time in your life?' You want to get on their side and be their advocate; teach them what to say to counter the arguments they hear."
Jason's books: Creating Urgency in a Non-Urgent Market and The 40-Day Sales Dare
Contact Jason Forrest at www.ShoreForrest.com.


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A master's in economics is not solely for the straight-up economist. Mathematics, research and analytical skills are finding renewed importance in the business world. Consider the human resources director whose organization's overnight success requires smart, fast "talent harvesting" and workforce planning. Consider the school administrator responsible for understanding how a declining birthrate will impact long-term financial projections.
More and more, corporate chiefs are asking, "What would an economist do?"
Use your MS in Applied Economics to excel as a professional economist or related analytical positions in public, private and governmental sectors. Your advanced skills will position you as a stand-out strategic asset to any organization.
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Projected national job growth in this field is anywhere from 6% to 29%, depending on which career track you pursue. And the average salary of an economist in 2012, according the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, was $91,860 a year - those with master's degrees or PhDs garnering somewhat more.


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|Education forum sponsors seek constitutional amendment
Mar 24, 2009
In schools along South Carolina's poor Interstate 95 corridor, ceilings have collapsed and classroom temperatures dip below 50 degrees during the winter. Sewage backs up into the hallways on rainy days.
The conditions of schools in poor, rural areas of the state are deplorable, said Carol Lucas, the program coordinator for the Beaufort chapter of the American Association of University Women and a former high school English teacher.
On Thursday, she and other members of the group will sponsor a community forum at the Technical College of the Lowcountry to advocate improvements for those schools. The event is part of an awareness campaign launched by Bud Ferillo, director and producer of "Corridor of Shame," a documentary exposing the neglect of South Carolina's rural schools.
"I think that in this era, when the education of those who are going to take our place is at stake ... it is a civic responsibility to educate yourself about what is going on," Lucas said.
Residents who attend the forum will be encouraged to sign a petition to amend the state constitution to require "a high quality education, allowing every student to reach their highest potential." The language would replace the current standard of "a minimally adequate education," which was established by the S.C. Supreme Court in 1999.
The campaign's goal is to collect one million signatures before presenting the petition to the S.C. General Assembly. The group hopes to have an amendment on the general election ballot for a vote in November 2010.
According to GoodbyeMinimallyAdequate.com, the Web site advocating the petition, it has been signed by more than 46,000 people.
Benton Wise, a senior at West Florence High School in Florence, has collected more than 800 signatures for the petition and will speak at Thursday's forum.
"You can see the disparities and inequities in education," he said. "Something needs to be done if we can hope toward a better future."
Other speakers at the forum include:
• Ferillo, producer and director of "Corridor of Shame."
• Steve Morrison, an attorney in Abbeville County School District, et al. v. The State of South Carolina, et al., a lawsuit 36 school districts brought against the state for failing to provide "minimally adequate education" to all students.
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota lawmakers are preparing for a possible oil and gas boom in the state.
The South Dakota Legislature's Executive Board on Monday outlined the scope of a study on the issue. It will focus on state taxes and the problems caused when the land and the oil beneath it are owned by different people.
Surface landowners often don't have the rights to explore for oil beneath their property. They complain they have to put up with oil development hassles and don't get any benefits.
South Dakota lawmakers are expecting an oil boom in western North Dakota to spread to the south.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has set up two groups to estimate the size of the expected boom and what South Dakota must do to handle the people and traffic.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — What happens in the ocean, stays in the ocean. The dating scene can be tough under the salty surf, so forget using a wingman, in the deep blue- you need a "finman".
"They [male dolphins] work together and they have these stable bonds and they work together to get access to females for mating purposes," tells Dr. Quincy Gibson an assistant professor of Coastal Behavioral Biology at the University of North Florida.
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The male dolphins team up to herd an attractive and fertile female from her pod specifically for one of the males.


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Gareth Porter: The graph of the relationship between energy and power shown in the AP story has now been revealed to contain absurdly large errors indicating its fraudulence.
Peak Oil 101
Adam Eran: The acute problem of the Gulf oil spill makes the cost of corruption-afflicted government front page news. Lax Federal offshore drilling oversight under Bush 43 has cost us dearly. However, our society's vulnerability to any trouble with this critical resource should also remind us of the chronic problem: peak oil.
California State Senator Cox on Climate Change: Ignorance Is Bliss
Adam Eran: The one thing we don't want to do is subsidize even more petroleum consumption. If we gave oil producers a special tax break (like the "depletion allowance"), or paid for the military protection for those increasingly important overseas oilfields, gas would be artificially cheaper at the pump, and we would have abandoned the "magic of the marketplace" for crony captalism, where a few favored interests get the lion's share of public policy benefit.


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This willbe my next destination first when I come to the city again, being only 2 hrs away that should be more often! The beer sampler was killer, the steak hamburger on a baguette with frittes was out of this world and my partner got the pomp a due, he said it was out of this world! A+ no compliants
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I went with a friend before the PeeWee Herman show and loved everything. The truffled mushroom croquettes - hearty enough to split with someone. The Grand Mere mussles were so good we could not stop. Definitely my new favorite place near times square. Try the BXL Cuvee beer; good for all types of beer drinkers.
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I've been here for lunch a couple of times. The service is inconsistent and a little slow, but the food is good. Today I had bitterballen, which are pretty hard to find on a menu, and they were mighty tasty. I ordered a simple house salad to accompany, and it was just delicious. The people watching soccer in the bar were having a great time, creating a very friendly and festive atmosphere. I've also been there when it's nearly empty, which is also cozy & nice. I expect to be back.
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Excellent food, excellent service. The Pot au Chocolate is amazing. The beer selection is great.
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I was dying to find a bar in NYC that had a nice Belgian Beer selection..next to impossible..not anymore! BXL has great beer!! Never tried the food so I can't rate it.
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The selection of Belgian Ales is impressive unfortunately the lunchtime food and service were mediocre. The pommes frites were limp and seemed as though they had been sitting under a heat lamp for a while. Would return but only for drinks.
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As a Belgian stuck in Manhattan with the compliments of the Iceland volcano I was lucky enough to pass by the East side BXL. The four of us had an excellent lunch for what you call your money's worth. My wife had a Bouchee a la Reine one of my sons a steak frites and my other son and myself mussels.Next time I'm in NYC I will certainly eat there again


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Two very nice and consistent magnums on the night. No decanting and we didn't feel it needed it.
Albeit a medium wine on the palate this was quite intense, darkish, smoky side and very interesting. Cherries across. Light on the tannin side and could use some more depth but an overall very good wine. A proper 90 but nothing more. Drink from now.
Like a cross between a Burgundy and Barbaresco, tending more heavily towards the latter. Significant floral notes with some leather, dustiness, and cherry fruit. Light to medium body a la pinot noir. Still has life left in it.
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The 10 most ridiculous Apple iOS 6 map mistakes
The stretched Eiffel Tower and the vanishing Tokyo station: Apple's new maps don't work too well.
The stretched Eiffel Tower and the vanishing Tokyo station: Apple's new maps don't work too well.
by Martha Gill Published
Apple's new mapping service for the iPhone, which is part of its operating system update, is provoking a huge backlash from users, as the system makes mistake after mistake.
Here are ten of the most ridiculous.
1. They shrank the Sears Tower in Chicago:
2. The Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge looks like it's had a bit of an accident:
3. They messed up their image of an Apple store (terrible advertising):
4. Helsinki now has a railway station in the park:
5. A greenfield site in Dublin called "Airfield" has been labelled as as an airport:
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WARRENSBURG Envisioned for decades, a brand-new health center is now in the works for Warrensburg.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced early Tuesday May 1 that $5 million in federal funds have been approved for Hudson Headwaters Health Network to replace its Warrensburg Health Center building with a modern two-story structure nearly twice the size.
The proposed facility will cost more than $6 million to construct.
For over 30 years, HHHN officials have been concerned about problems in adapting the former grocery store building to their needs, particularly with the ever-increasing facility demands due to evolving technology. Excess utility consumption has also been an issue in the aging building, originally built as a grocery store. The town of Warrensburg has traditionally paid the center's utility bills.
In a prepared statement, Schumer said he lobbied for the new health center to improve services to patients — and make it easier to recruit and retain doctors and physicians' assistants. He noted that the new facility would greatly benefit local residents, many of whom are impoverished, as well as help the Warrensburg Health Center become a site for teaching health care professionals.
"This is just what the doctor ordered for Adirondack area residents," Schumer said. "Funding for Hudson Headwaters' new facility in Warrensburg will improve patient care and bring new blood to the area through the opening of a teaching center. I am thrilled that U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has heeded my call."
Hudson Headwaters founder and CEO Dr. John Rugge said he and other HHHN officials were happy with the approval of the grant, which many said was a long shot.
"We are delighted to secure funds in what was an extremely competitive grant process," Rugge said, noting that the Warrensburg Health Center experiences many thousands of patient visits per year from people all over the region, seven days and six evenings every week of the year. "Of course, we were able to make a strong case for upgrading the medical capacity in Warrensburg."
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"Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey
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Did you know that most Americans retire on an annual income below $10,000? Better yet, do you know why? If you can't answer the question not too worry. Dave Ramsey's book, "Financial Peace," explains why this happens and tells us how to avoid landing on the wrong side of that statistic.
Financial Peace is a reference book, how-to book and biography all in one. Ramsey gives financial advice based on his personal experience instead of what he learned in a classroom. It's the best "school of hard knocks" book around and his approach has proven so useful to so many that he presently conducts a nationally syndicated daily call-in radio program, regular seminars and a twelve week training program (Financial Peace University) all dedicated to financial health.
But it wasn't always great for Dave.
Ramsey was on top of the world or so it seemed before going bankrupt at the age of 26. Following popular trends he used borrowed money to invest in more than $4 million worth of Nashville, TN real estate only to realize that unexpected events can change everything. He learned that "high on the hog" can be synonymous with "brink of disaster." Jaquars, designer suits and even a good name didn't help much when the banks called in his loans.
Fortunately, Dave didn't roll over and die after plummeting to the most nightmarish place an investor can be. Through hard work, dedication to family and commitment to integrity he clawed his way back onto solid financial footing using basic, tried-and-tested wisdom that anyone can understand and apply: don't carry debt and spend frugally. In the process he found himself faced with other people going through the same financial struggles asking for help and guidance. He was willing and ready to share.
His advice?
- Have several categories of savings: emergency fund, retirement, future purchases, expected reparis and so on.
- Get out of debt and stay that way. His "Debt Snowball" approach for paying down debt is brilliant.
- Live down to get out of debt and accumulate wealth.
- Do everything possible to avoid buying retail. He shares lots of ideas.
- Mutual funds are a great resource for saving. He explains why.
- Accumulate wealth consistently rather than quickly.
- Learn to avoid advertising gimmicks and clever sales pitches.
There are many more useful bits in the book all supported with sound argument and solid instruction. It's one of the few books that actually tells you how to deal with collectors. You will have a good idea what to do next once you finish the read.
He sites many frightening facts about the financial state of the American public and the negative effects it has on family. He also sheds light on just how much money we hand over to banks every year through respected credit products of all kinds, particularly credit cards, all well documented. Dave doesn't like credit and shows the path to a better financial ground. Several forms are included in the appendix to help guide you to financial control.
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SOCHI, Russia -- Russia's first gold medal at its home Olympics was worth the wait.
Evgeni Plushenko delighted fans with a trip down memory lane, and 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia gave them a glimpse of a glorious future as each won their free skates Sunday night to clinch gold for Russia in figure skating's inaugural team event.
Canada won the silver medal.
The U.S. claimed the bronze after solid performances by Jason Brown and Gracie Gold. The Olympic newcomers didn't have their best performances - Brown had a fall, and Gold was a little scratchy - but they more than did their jobs.
"Jason and I were definitely a little nervous," said Gold, who finished second to Lipnitskaia in a five-woman field. "Our parents told us that neither of us did team sports because we didn't like having other people rely on us but also having that extra pressure."
The free dance was still to come at the Iceberg Skating Palace, but there was no way Canada could catch the Russians. Russia had 67 points, the Canadians 56. With 50 points, the Americans were five in front of both Italy and Japan.
When the standings were shown on the scoreboard, the Russian team jumped up and down in "Kiss and Cry" and held up their index fingers. Chants of "Ross-ee-yah! Ross-ee-yah" boomed throughout the arena, as fans waved flags and banged on drums.
Even President Vladimir Putin was beaming as he walked up the stairs.
This was the 46th medal in Olympic figure skating by Russia and its predecessor, the Soviet Union. Only the United States, with 48, has more.
And this one might mean more than all the others.
It was Russia's first gold at its own Olympics, and only its second medal after two days of competition. It also snapped the oh-fer streak from Vancouver, where the Russians won only two medals, Plushenko's silver and a bronze by ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin.
It is sure to be followed by several others. Maybe even more gold, with Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov the heavy favorites in pairs and Lipnitskaia making a case to challenge reigning Olympic champ Yuna Kim.
Plushenko, who now has four medals in four Olympics, will be hard-pressed to add to his collection in what is one of the deepest men's fields in years.
If he even skates, that is.
Plushenko is an old man in a sport that belongs to the young, and his body bears the scars of his battles with Father Time. There are four screws in his back from his most recent surgery, in early 2013. His knees have been worked over more than some jalopies.
And though he can still show the kids a thing or 10 about jumps, they no longer come as easily as they once did. He opened with a monster quad and quickly followed with another. But the longer the program went on, the more he labored, until it took everything he had to remain upright after a double.
The elements between the jumps have never mattered much to Plushenko - it's why he has a silver medal from Vancouver rather than a second gold - and it's too late for him to start worrying about it now. But the fans and the judges really didn't care, giving him scores that can only be described as generous. This was the equivalent of the lifetime achievement Oscar, one last chance to appreciate Plushenko for his great career.
Skating to the "Best of Plushenko," the Russian took adoring fans on a trip down memory lane. There was the "Godfather," his music when he won gold. There were his many, many tangos. And Plushenko delighted in it all, preening and mugging for the camera. This was his night, and he was going to savor it.
He was grinning as he went into his final spin, and he took several long looks around the arena when his music finished, soaking it all in. He gave a thumbs up to the roaring crowd, then blew a kiss and bowed to each side of the arena as fans waved flags and chanted "Ross-ee-ya! Ross-ee-ya!"
If this is the last time he's on Olympic ice, it was a fitting goodbye.
"The last two jumps I felt a little pain in my spinal cord," Plushenko said through a translator. "I will have some days off, and I will feel OK. ... First, I need to have a rest. I need to talk to my doctors. Maybe they will say something more about my spinal cord."
If Plushenko's performance was a career retrospective, Lipnitskaia was a glimpse of the future. The 15-year-old wasn't as dazzling as she was in the short program, having to fight to save several of her jumps. But her mournful program, to "Schindler's List," was simply riveting. Wearing a red dress with a grey underskirt, she could have passed for the little girl in the Steven Spielberg movie, and she conveyed every bit of the program's deep sorrow with her plaintive looks and sweeping arm gestures.
As soon as the music stopped, however, she was back to being a typical teenager. As she skated off the ice, she grabbed a Russian baseball cap that someone had tossed onto the ice and pulled it on her head.
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Yesterday, my daughter called to ask me to refresh her memory about a family story. She's expecting a baby, and her children, Connor, who's almost eight, and Bailey, five, along with one of Connor's friends, were trying to help choose a name. The story Jaynee wanted to share with them was about my great-aunt who named herself. She was simply called "baby" until she was old enough to choose her own name.
As I overheard the conversation taking place at Jaynee's house (Bailey wants to name the baby "Joy-Joy" and Connor's friend suggested "Coach Bob") it brought back memories of Jaynee and her brother, Seth, along with their friends, suggesting names when I was pregnant with our youngest child. Everyone had such strong opinions about the names they liked that it probably would have been easier to just leave it up to the baby to decide. After much discussion, however, we finally settled on the name "Ally." In some ways it seems like just last week that the nurse put little Ally in my arms, and yet that's not possible because last week we celebrated "little" Ally's twentieth birthday and soon I'll be holding my third grandchild in my arms.
The story of creation tells us that, right off the bat, God organized his world into a pattern of time that includes seasons, days, and years. He's still working on organizing me to stay in sync with that pattern. I have a tendency to procrastinate. I suppose I get that honestly. After all, I have ancestors who never even got around to naming their own child. I can't blame it all on my genes, though. Sometimes I put things off simply because I don't like change. I want things to stay the same. I have to remind myself, often, that this day, the one I'm longing to hang onto, is actually the future I once worried about. In my reluctance to embrace change, I'm encouraged by Ecclesiastes 3:11 which assures me that God "has made everything beautiful in its time."
Even so, the rest of this verse promises that a part of me will continue to long for something unchanging because God "has set eternity in the heart of man." He understands that, as we move through the seasons of life, change is often bittersweet and sometimes excruciating. Children grow up, loved ones pass on, and life twists and turns in all sorts of unexpected ways. Yet, in every season, He is there, drawing us toward that which is eternal- His love (Isaiah 54:10), His Son (Hebrews 13:8), His Word (1 Peter 1:25), His mercy (Lamentations 3:22-23), His faithfulness (Psalm 146:6), His glory, majesty, power, and authority (Jude 25).
John 17:3 says, "And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." Because I know Christ, God promises I will live with him eternally in Heaven. I hope I'll see my great-aunt there. She eventually named herself Annie. I want to congratulate her on choosing such a lovely name when she surely must have had siblings and friends pressuring her to choose a name like "Coach Bob" or Joy-Joy."
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Air ECU poses totally different challenge for Tar Heel defenders
There's no greater discrepancy in offensive systems than the one between the run-oriented triple option of Georgia Tech and the "air raid" passing attack at East Carolina.
Which means this week doesn't get any better for North Carolina pass rusher Kareem Martin.
After two weeks of preparing to stop the Yellow Jackets, which ended in a 28-20 loss last Saturday, UNC is now getting ready to face the Pirates this Saturday at Kenan Stadium (12:30 p.m., WRAL).
"It's just transitioning to playing real football again," said Martin, a senior defensive end. "When you play Georgia Tech, you're always ready to get past that game (and go back to) practicing the technique you've been playing your whole life."
Out of 125 teams in the FBS, Georgia Tech is second in rushes per game and second-to-last in passes per game — behind only Navy in both categories. East Carolina is 121st in rushes and 23rd in passes.
"It's one end of the spectrum to the other and so the defense has to make a quick turnaround," UNC coach Larry Fedora said. "They have to put everything out of their head that they've been working on the past two weeks and go back to what we've done from the beginning – all the work that we've done in fall camp."
It's a welcome adjustment for Martin, who goes from worrying about triple-option responsibilities to focusing on rushing the passer.
"It makes it a lot more fun," Martin said. "You still have to focus but it's not as much thinking as against Georgia Tech. You can just play what you see at that point. It gives you a lot more freedom going against this type of offense."
The similarities between the up-tempo spread schemes of ECU and UNC should help the Tar Heels defense with the transition, since the unit has been preparing against the same style of offense all offseason. Middle Tennessee, who UNC beat 40-20 in Week 2, also uses an offense similar to the Tar Heels and the Pirates.
UNC shut down ECU last season, holding the Pirates to a season-low six points and just 233 yards. The key was getting to the quarterback — the Tar Heels had seven sacks, their most in a game since 2000, which resulted in a loss of 49 yards. ECU quarterback Shane Carden completed 17 of 30 passes for just 124 yards.
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Microsoft is holding it's annual TechEd North America conference next week in Houston, Texas. The keynote will begin at 9AM Central time in Houston (10AM Eastern time) on Monday, May 12th, and will be headed by Microsoft's Corporate VP for its cloud and enterprise businesses Brad Anderson. Today, Microsoft announced that Brad's keynote address will also be live streamed and everyone will be able to watch it online.
"TechEd 2014 will be your single best source for the latest news, trends, resources and deep technical education. Also, the System Center team is already preparing to teach the deep 300- and 400-level content you've come to expect at MMS. There will also be expanded Early Bird pricing options, dedicated Management Meet & Geek opportunities, dedicated Management Instructor-Led Labs and Hands-on Labs, structured and unstructured networking opportunities tuned to the Management community and broader communities, and other unique MMS experiences." said Brad.
"This is a big transition, and I understand and respect the concerns that accompany this type of strategic move. The content and operational experts behind both events are already working together to ensure that this new event surpasses what you've come to expect from TechEd while delivering everything you require from MMS."
Microsoft is also planning on live streaming a press conference that will follow the conclusion of Brad Anderson's keynote at the TechEd 2014. "It's true that TechEd is a massive event, and its scale will accommodate the MMS community in addition to adding great content of its own. I can promise you that MMS content, experts, and community will be alive and well in this new format within TechEd," Anderson added.
So even if you can't make it to TechEd North America conference, you'll still be able to watch it online. And for those who do not remember, Microsoft demonstrated Windows 8.1 build 9415 during TechEd 2013. Microsoft even offered attendees a special discount on Surface RT and Surface Pro devices. So stay tuned to see what Microsoft has planned for this year's event.


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Patricia A. Woodward-Young, Ph.D. is Professor of Education at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. She has been at Simpson since 1991. She currently teaches human relations in teaching, elementary methods of science and health education, and Simpson Colloquium. She also is the director of Interdisciplinary Studies and coordinates student teaching. Prior to coming to Simpson College, Patti taught at the upper elementary levels in Tennessee, New Jersey, and Iowa. She has two daughters, two dogs, and two cats. Her passions are for equity in education, democracy in education, and embracing genuine student engagement through authentic pedagogy. She hopes that all Simpson College students will realize their potential as a force for positive change in our world.


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Associated Press FBI Bureau Chief in Mobile Steve Richardson, left, gives a statement to the media following the end of the hostage crisis in Midland City, Ala., on Feb. 4. AP Photo.
It didn't take long for the FBI to size up the situation the agency faced. A school bus driver in the tiny town of Midland City, Ala., had been fatally shot. A 5-year-old boy had been abducted by the shooter, a stranger.
The kidnapper had holed up with the boy, who required medication three times daily for Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in a 6-foot-by-8-foot bunker a dozen feet underground. Homemade bombs had been planted in at least two locations.
"The news kept getting worse and worse as the story unfolded," recalled Steve Richardson, special agent in charge of the FBI's Mobile, Ala., division.
Six days later, the boy would be freed and his abductor, Jim Lee Dykes, dead — all while the nation watched via a massive turnout of media as the February drama unfolded.
Richardson graduated from East Tennessee State University with a degree in accounting. The field didn't suit him, so in 1991 he joined the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel. comments powered by Disqus


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The eGears Online Class A Pre Trip Inspection Video teaches the proper way to complete a CDL pre trip inspection. Watch this video and you'll be prepared to pass the CDL test on the 1st try!
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Episode PremiereMay 06, 2011
Show Period2010 - now
Production CompanyCBS Television Studios
Cast and Crew
DirectorKaren Gaviola
ScreenwriterDiana Son, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess
Main Cast
- Tom Selleck as Chief Frank Reagan
- Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan-Boyle
- Donnie Wahlberg as Det. Brian Reagan
- Will Estes as Jamie Reagan
- Len Cariou
- Jennifer Esposito as Jackie Curatola
Additional Cast
- Andrea Navedo
- Nathaniel Marston
- Gretchen Egolf
- Sean Patrick Reilly
- Jane Dashow
The Clearys, lifelong neighbors of the Reagans, are found stabbed and murdered in their home. The three prime suspects are their adult children Al, Ann and Ronnie who all grew up with the Regans. Ronnie is the main suspect as he has no alibi, his footprints are found at the crime scene, has a history of substance addiction and abuse and also suffers from bipolar disorder. After interrogating Ronnie, who fully denies it and claims he blacked out, Danny begins to question if he is truly guilty. Danny and Jackie begin to focus on the siblings, who also had motive. After questioning them again, Al panics and unknowingly leads Danny to the buried murder weapon, the kitchen knife, forcing him to confess everything- that Al and Ann killed their parents for their insurance money and tried to frame Ronnie for it. Meanwhile Jamie is getting closer to uncovering the Blue Templar. Â


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'Big Tree Trail' Meares Island - Tofino (unguided)
The 'Hobbit-like' boardwalk Hike of the Meares Island Big Tree Trail is 1.2 km, it meanders through a virgin forest of large Spruce, Hemlock, and giant Cedar trees; some about 5½ m (17.5') across and approximately 1,500-2,000 years old.
You will never get lost on the easy-stroll boardwalk; however, there are steeper hand railed stairs with a 30 ft descent. Kids of all ages love going inside the massive hollow 5½ m across 'Hanging Garden Tree'. The full hike to the end of the boardwalk and back takes about 30 minutes to hike ,however, most visitors spend 1 - 1.5 hr. on the boardwalk to ensure a lasting experience. Be sure to bring your camera!
More than just a boat shuttle, this adventure includes a Mini-Harbour Cruise.
Motoring through the island passages we often have close encounters with Bald Eagles and Harbour Seals for incredible photo opportunities; however, from September through October Eagle sightings are less common. On rare occasions both Grey Whales and Orcas (Killer Whales) pass through the waters between Meares Island and Tofino. We will also tell you about Clayoquot's rich history and of the wonders of nature.
Bring your dog! Dogs are permitted on the boardwalk trail and aboard our water taxi boats.
Bring your dog! Dogs are permitted on the boardwalk trail and aboard our water taxi boats.
Hikers doing the additional 3km on the loop trail beyond the boardwalk will receive a trail map. This addition takes approximately 2.5 hours to hike! Bring your cell-phone and rain boots when its wet.
|Meares Island Big Tree Trail (minimum 2 adult fares)
|SENIORS (65yrs+) /STUDENTS (13-18yrs or with ID)
|YOUTH (4-12yrs)
|BABIES (0-3yrs)
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|1.5-2.5 hours
Thank you for supporting First Nations and their efforts in maintaining and sharing old growth forests.


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Campbell County High School will again be a host site for the Knoxville Track Club's Summer Youth Track Program.
The program is open to all girls and boys, ages 5-18, who are interested in track and field, running and athletics. The program exposes kids to the fundamentals of track and field, with an emphasis on fun and fitness.
There will be four weeks of instruction, beginning June 1.
Practices will be held each Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Campbell County High School track.
High jumper Kristin Chapman is going back to the Class AAA state track meet.
However, this time the Campbell County High School sophomore will have a Section 1 championship on her resume. Chapman out jumped Shelbie Burchfield of Morristown West for first place during Friday's sectional meet at Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett and nearly qualified for state in the 100-meter hurdles, as well.
Campbell County High School's football team would be hard-pressed to find an opponent better than the defending Class 3A state champion Knoxville Catholic team it scrimmaged last spring.
However, a Bearden team that went two rounds of the Class 6A playoffs and finished 9-3 last season just might be better than that 2009 Catholic squad.
You'll get no argument from Campbell County coach Dewayne Wells.
Jellico High School seniors Brittany Hughes and Noel Tiller have played ball many years together.
Last week, they were their school's first team selections on the All-District 4-A Softball Team. Lady Blue Devil teammates Zoe Wynkott and Ashley Ouimette were second team picks.
Most valuable player was Coalfield's freshman pitcher Lindsey Fadnek. Joining her on the all-district first team were Coalfield teammates Andrea Foster, Hannah Melhorn and Kaylee Watson.
The other members of the all-district first team were:
Perfection came to fruition last week for LaFollette Middle School's golf teams.
The Owls and Lady Owls completed a three-tournament sweep by winning Tennessee Middle School Golf Association championships Thursday at The Greens at Deerfield. Seventeen schools from two regions had representatives playing in the 18-hole tournament, either as a member of one of the four competing teams or as individuals.
Fifteen track and field athletes from Campbell County High School have qualified to participate in the 1-AAA Sectional Championships this week.
For the first time, events will be held at two different sites. Morristown West will host the girl's and boy's 3,200-meter races this afternoon (Thurs.). The remainder of the meet will be held on Friday at Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett, with field events scheduled to begin at noon. The top four athletes in each event will qualify for state.
Campbell County High School's varsity baseball team had to fight through adversity this season, but the Cougars managed to get one more win than they got last season.
Three of Campbell County's eight victories came against longtime Knoxville baseball power Central. The Cougars' most recent triumph over the Bobcats came last Wednesday in a district play-in game. Campbell County won that game, 12-5.
After sweeping Scott Co. in a rain drenched doubleheader on April 26, the Campbell County Middle School baseball team traveled to Whitley County, Ky. for a doubleheader on April 29.
Whitley County School was like a field of dreams on a campus sprawling over rolling green pastures that included multiple well-groomed fields and courts. It was a beautiful day for baseball.
In an otherwise disappointing high school softball season, Campbell County found reason to celebrate Monday afternoon.
Playing their final regular season series, the Lady Cougars swept a doubleheader from visiting Cumberland Gap High School to post their first two wins this year.
Campbell County won the first game, 6-3, and then pitched a 12-0 shutout in the nightcap. The teams split a pair of games last season.
Campbell County High School's track and field teams swept a meet Thursday afternoon at William Blount.
The Lady Cougars piled up 240 points in their victory. Host William Blount finished a distant second with 155, followed by McMinn Central with 92, Tellico Plains with 46 and Sequoyah with 45.
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6 Resolution-Keeping Recipes to Get You Back in the Kitchen
Only a few weeks into January, and we're still keeping our diet resolutions. Yes, we're shocked too! Fortunately, we found six resolution-keeping recipes that have us running to the kitchen, and counting the minutes 'til mealtime!
Resolution: Try a Vegan Diet
Our friends might tease us for going vegan and giving up, well, lots, but we're up for the challenge. Veggie guru Heidi at 101 Cookbooks is helping us out with a flavorful, animal-free feast of ginger soba noodles. As animal lovers, we're happy to save as many hot dogs as we can.
Resolution: Eat Clean
Thai Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Watermelon and Avocado
2013 is the year of clean eating for us, so we're all about this super fresh, super healthy — and totally tasty — seafood recipe from Clean Eating Magazine that only takes 20 minutes to prepare, and even less to enjoy!
Resolution: Cut Carbs
Crock Pot Whole Chicken
We almost no time to cook, and even less time to worry about eating too many carbs, but Food.com has that all under control. To keep our carb-free resolution, this fall-off-the-bone chicken recipe lets us flip the switch on the crock pot and come home at the end of the day to a delicious dinner.
Resolution: Go Low-Fat
Three Bean and Beef Chili
Just because we're counting fat grams doesn't mean we're willing to starve. Thankfully, the Food Network understands our hunger pain, and has shared a yummy, yet low-fat, chili recipe for a beefed up winter staple.
Resolution: Get Raw
We're trying (just trying) out the raw food diet. We're not sure how long we'll last before the junk food cravings kick in, but for now, we're depending on The Best of Raw Food to indulge our French fries craving with raw ones. They're not McDonald's, but they're delish!
Resolution: Try the Mediterranean Diet
Some of the most gorgeous leading ladies come from the Mediterranean. So if taking a chance on a butternut squash pilaf recipe from Eating Well ups our chances of looking like Penelope Cruz, then please, hand over the fork.
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