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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The 41st-ranked University of New Mexico men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to the 33rd-ranked University of Minnesota in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Team Tournament Friday afternoon at USC's Marks Stadium. The Lobos finish the regular season with a 20-6 overall mark while the Gophers improved to 19-7 in their 21st NCAA appearance.
The Lobos dropped the doubles point in two matches. Senior Graeme Kassautzki and sophomore Joe Wood lost 8-4 in the No. 2 position, snapping a six-game win streak. The remaining two doubles combinations for the Lobos pushed their matches to 6-6 ties, but the Gophers came out on top. Freshmen Ben Dunbar and Carl Ho finished their match first, losing 8-6 to in the No. 3 doubles slot.
New Mexico struggled in the first set of singles actions. Parkes was the only Lobo to win his first set, 7-6, in the No. 1 position. Minnesota's No. 4 singles Dino Bilankov was the first Gopher to add to the lead when he downed Dunbar, 6-4, 6-1. Soon after Dehn, at No. 5 singles, downed Lobo Phil Anderson, 6-2, 6-3, to put the Gophers ahead 3-0. Dehn won five straight games to close out the second set.
While the sets were split on courts 1, 2 and 6, all eyes turned to Gallego at No. 3 singles. Gallego took the first set 6-0, but Bugby made the second set a battle. Gallego, however, was able to end the match before a Lobo rally started, clinching the match with a 6-4 second set.
Parkes received an automatic bid to compete in the NCAA singles competition in College Station, Texas, beginning on Wednesday, May 20. Parkes takes his 23-2 spring singles record into the event. He is one win away from clinching the top spot on the UNM career singles list.
(1) Tobias Wernet-Michael Sciora (Minn) vs. Miles Bugby-Johnny Parkes (UNM), 6-7, susp.
(2) Phil Arndt-Ishay Hadash (Minn) def. Graeme Kassautzki-Joe Wood (UNM), 8-4
(3) Sebastian Gallego-Julian Dehn (Minn) def. Ben Dunbar-Carl Ho (UNM), 8-6
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(1) Ishay Hadash (Minn) vs. Johnny Parkes (UNM), 6-7 (4-7), 3-0 susp.
(2) Tobias Wernet (Minn) vs. Graeme Kassutzki (UNM), 6-1, 4-6, 1-1 susp.
(3) Sebastian Gallego (Minn) def. Miles Bugby (UNM), 6-0, 6-4
(4) Dino Bilankov (Minn) def. Ben Dunbar (UNM), 6-4, 6-1
(5) Julian Dehn (Minn) def. Phil Anderson (UNM), 6-2, 6-3
(6) Phil Arndt (Minn) vs. Carl Ho (UNM), 6-2, 4-6 susp.
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I'm perched near the peak of Little Round Top in Gettysburg National Military Park. One hundred and fifty years ago, 6,000 men and boys died on this 2-square mile of Pennsylvania rock for some vague notion — country, love, hate, honor. Fifty-one thousand casualties over three days of relentless shot, shell, heat and fear.
Here on Little Round Top, as was probably the case along the entire 2-mile-long front, the question was when would, not if, the attacking force run out of determination before the defending force ran out of courage. It must have been horrible. An uphill charge. Through and around the Devil's Den, a boulder-strewn funnel that opened into the Slaughter Pen. How many men found shelter behind a boulder the size of wagon or a shallow ditch and just decided this was enough for one day?
I can hear some authoritative voice describing to a bored ear the significance of the carbine versus the smoothbore musket and what happened at 2:05 p.m. July 2 that was, said Authoritative Voice, significant. I watched middle-aged men thrust out their chests before wheezing. And I saw middle-aged women glaze over, lost in wonder, I hoped, about husbands and sons taken by a cause that split the country apart. Maybe they were hoping it never happens again.
It is also true that there were worse fights and more deaths before and after Gettysburg. This was a shooting war that could be traced from John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry to another turning point not at Appomattox, but nearly 100 years later in Little Rock, Ark. Two men named Brown book-ended the clash over the most basic question ever confronted by the United States.
A question lost on the nine bus-loads of kids who enjoyed running across the rocky terrain of Little Round Top. Maybe lost on the cool, hip Segway riders, too. Lost perhaps on the thousands of families and couples and official tour guides, all of whom think Gettysburg is a place to visit, take some pictures (with Abe!), sip coffee, and glance over the mile of rolling ground between the two fronts. That is, if they bother to get out of their cars. As if this is some kind of a drive-by history lesson. Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt. (They aren't cheap, either.)
While the Gettysburg battlefield (and Shiloh, Stones River and Chattanooga) was established to memorialize the dead, it has also become a considerable tourist enterprise not much different from any other tourist enterprise.
In fairness, though, we should strive to remind ourselves what is important to our present lives and recall what dues have been paid so we may live the way we do. I don't know that we always get the message. Even the attempts at living history seem to sometimes deafen the story. And at the end of the day everyone goes for coffee.
Tennessee history and American history have become board games and soon there will be an app for that, too.
As I heard more and more statistics of the dying and as I heard more and more unnecessary comments about the inaccuracy of other expert commentary, I wondered if the dead no longer counted for anything. Expect being a statistic. I discovered myself leaning just a bit farther towards the pacifist side, damning the waste of human spirit and life. But I also recognized that the future of the country in 1860 would not be settled by pacifists. Neutrality was not an option.
I wanted someone to tell me what it must have been like to march up this long hill, into the barrels of cannon and thousands upon thousands of rifle muzzles, to see your fellow soldiers blasted out of their shoes by cannon balls and shot. I wanted someone to tell me what the fear must have been like to wait at the rock fences, not panicking, worried about being able to stop this grey juggernaut whose reputation preceded itself.
Many men must have been stupid with fear. They pinned their names on their uniforms so they could be identified afterwards. They got drunk. They probably fouled their pants. It may have been comforting to know that God was on their side, but that didn't deflect bullets. And then dying, gasping for air or for water, calling out to mother and God, staring up at the bright sky. It must have been awful.
But, this is how we treat history. I haven't decided if it is a good treatment or a bad treatment.
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The test also claims to offer a window into the chances of becoming obese, developing psoriasis and going blind. For those thinking of starting a family, it could alert them to their risk of having a baby with cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs and other genetic disorders. The test also promises users insights into how caffeine, cholesterol-lowering drugs and blood thinners might affect them.
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Interesting trivia tidbit: Courtney Love went to Trinity College, Ireland for two semesters when she was a teenager. And that was enough to make her a valued alumna — well, that and being famous — and she was just awarded the very grand-sounding Trinity College Philosophical Society's Honorary Patronage. Very cool. Congratulations, Courtney! We see the effort as well. She went as far as to get a Dolce & Gabbana coat, a dress that wasn't ripped anywhere and high heels with red soles, which means they were most likely Louboutins.
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Ten teen parishioners of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church are headed south on a work mission this summer, and the parish is holding a fundraiser to bankroll the trip.
The church will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday April 17 at the Masonic Lodge at 3893 Main St.
Take-outs will be available, and the cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Musical entertainment and basket raffles will also be offered at the dinner.
St. Cecilia's youth group coordinator Phyllis Welsh will be overseeing the trip of the group, accompanied by four chaperones, to Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Warrensburg youth will be working in this Catholic Heart Work mission from July 3 through July 11 alongside more than 300 other teens from all over the U.S.
The teens will be cleaning up yards, painting and accomplishing many household and yard chores. Phyllis Welsh said this week she hopes that by taking the teens on a trip away from home to do work, they will return to Warrensburg with new skills and enthusiasm for various clean up and rehabilitation efforts.
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(Arlington Heights, Downers Grove, Elmhurst and Naperville, Ill. – February 25, 2014) – Northwest Community Healthcare's (NCH) Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) has agreed to join Illinois Health Partners (IHP), effective immediately.
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This was my "try a new drink" choice tonight. I agree with the other reviewers, a little heavy on the raspberry. If I make this again, I will cut back on the raspberry liqueur a bit.
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Alcohol Advertising / Promotion / Sponsorship Anheuser-Busch Urged to Abandon "Idiotarod" Beer Promotion Media Release, Center for Science in the Public Interest, February 28, 2007 Anheuser-Busch should drop its sponsorship of a charity event called the "Idiotarod," a Pub Crawl in Shopping Carts, organized by a local group that goes by the acronym "SMASHED." http://www.cspinet.org/new/200702281.html Expert says ban all alcohol ads Media Story, BBC News, February 23, 2007 A leading doctor says all advertising of alcohol must be banned in a bid to curb Britain's growing drink problem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6390663.stm Big tobacco asks Supreme Court to clarify ad restrictions, make it more like beer CHRISTOPHER MAUGHAN, Canada.com, February 19, 2007 Canada's three major tobacco companies are at the Supreme Court arguing for looser restrictions on tobacco advertising, saying the current law is so vague it amounts to a total ban and violates the companies' constitutional right to advertise. http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=2419a0a7-c9af-4b7d-9ffd-0731d39c5a9b&k=81790 2. Impaired Driving / Road Safety Mount Forest Man wins car for smart answers to prevent drinking and driving News Release, Canadian News Wire, February 23, 2007 Bruce Fulcher of Mount Forest, Ontario is the proud owner of a new smart fortwo coupé - just because he took a few minutes to think about ways to prevent someone from drinking and driving. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2007/23/c3778.html On-Trail or Off-Trail...Zero Tolerance is the Message...Don't Drink and Ride Media Release, MADD Canada, February 20, 2007 In a united effort towards eliminating alcohol as a contributing factor in snowmobiling fatalities and injuries, the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations and MADD Canada announced today that they are joining forces for a National "Zero Tolerance" Awareness Day. http://www.madd.ca/english/news/pr/p20070220.htm Habitual DUI abuser is biggest concern RICHARD RUSSELL , Globeandmail.com, February 15, 2007 Extensive research, design, development and engineering have gone into roadways, vehicles, signage and every other aspect of the transportation system. That has yielded heartening results. But the problem of people consuming alcohol or drugs before getting behind the wheel lingers on. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070215.WHDRIVER15/TPStory/?query=alcohol 3. Demographic Groups a. Youth & Young Adults Alcohol Interventions That Teach Practical Skills Work Best With High-Risk University Students Media Report, Medical News Today, February 27, 2007 Heavy drinking among university students appears to be a universal problem. Although most universities have alcohol policies, it is unclear which interventions can effectively reduce alcohol consumption. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=63723&nfid=al More Young Brits Die from Excessive Drinking Boston University, Join Together Direct, February 23, 2007 Drinking-related deaths among 15- to 34-year-olds in the U.K. have doubled between 1991 and 2004. The Independent reported Feb. 23 that 8,221 alcohol-related deaths were reported in 2004, not counting alcohol-related traffic crashes or injuries. http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/more-young-brits-die-from.html Britney's partying a turn-off for teens LEE-ANNE GOODMAN, Toronto, Star, Feb 20, 2007 An allegedly drug-addled Britney Spears's decision to shave her head in full view of a horde of paparazzi on the weekend is just the latest example of disturbing behaviour from young Hollywood women seemingly bent on destroying themselves with drugs and alcohol. http://www.thestar.com/article/183426 b. Older Adults Trends in Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms for Australians Aged 65 to 74 Years, 1990-2003 TANYA CHIKRITZHS & RICHARD PASCAL, National Alcohol Indicators, Feb, 2007 The eighth bulletin documents trends in alcohol-attributable harms due to risky and high risk drinking among those aged 65-74 years in Australia. http://www.ndri.curtin.edu.au/pdfs/naip/naip008.pdf 4. Alcohol Controls / Liability / Licensing An Honest Conversation About Alcohol News Release, Inside Higher Education, February 16, 2007 The current drinking age is "bad social policy and terrible law," and that it was having a bad impact on both students and colleges. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/16/drinking 5. Health and Safety a. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FAS/FASD) / Pregnancy Sorry - no articles found b. Low / High Risk Drinking / Harm Reduction Study Says Women Who Think Drinks Were Spiked Were Just Drunk Press Release, Join Together Direct, February 20, 2007 In a study by U.K. researchers, not one of 75 women who thought their drinks were spiked with date-rape drugs like GHB, ketamine or Rohypnol tested positive for the drugs. http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/study-finds-women-who-think.html c. Crime / Violence / Injury Prevention Alcohol Plays Role in 62 Percent of All Arrests in Wyoming Boston University, Join Together Direct, February 20, 2007 Alcohol use is involved in a remarkable 62 percent of all arrests in the state of Wyoming, from drunk driving to domestic assaults, according to a study by the Wyoming Sheriffs and Chiefs Association. http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/alcohol-plays-role-in-62.html d. Addictions Treatment Current issues in older adults with substance misuse issues Webinar, Robert Eves, To take place March 27, 2007. Addictions to alcohol, drugs, and other substances are shared by 1 in 10 older adults. Using harm reduction methods, case workers help clients return to a higher quality life. Registration details at: www.copacommunity.ca/seminar.html 6. Workplace Sorry - no articles found 7. Industry News Markets feel a glow as booze makers post big day JOHN HEINZL, Globeandmail.com, February, 2007 Drinking heavily may not be good for your liver. But for investors, booze is beautiful. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20070216.RHEINZL16%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery%3Dalcohol&ord=1172768274172&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true 8. International Alcohol Related News Inaction on Consumption Media Release, Alcohol Health Watch, February 23, 2007 (New Zealand) Figures released by Statistics New Zealand show alcohol consumption is the highest in 20 years. http://www.ahw.co.nz/pdf/InactionConsumption23.02.07.pdf Sale and Supply of Liquor to Minors Media Release, Alcohol Health Watch, February 19, 2007 (New Zealand) A mixed bag! That's the verdict of Alcohol Healthwatch on the release of the Terms of Reference for the Review of the Sale and Supply of Liquor to Minors. http://www.ahw.co.nz/pdf/SupplyReview19.02.07.pdf 9. 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There are a plethora of scam sites out there waiting to take your money - buy only from official outlets - if in doubt do your research and check with the official festival website.
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Legendary and iconic are the words that spring to mind about Reading Festival. This one started it's life as a Jazz and Blues festival way back in the 1960's but is now predominantly rock - It's the daddy to Leeds and has always attracted huge performers - making it a very major player on the festival scene.
Reading began way back in 1960 when it was known as the National Jazz & Blues Festival held in the grounds of the Richmond Athletic Association.
By 1965 the music scene was begining to change in keeping with the whole 60's ethos and people were demanding something different so along came the Who, the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Small Faces, Cream and The Yardbirds who all attracted a different crowd to the event. Noise complaints forced the 1966 festival to move to Windsor Racecourse, then in 1968 to Kempton Park and then, in 1969, to Plumpton. The festival arrived at its final destination - Reading - in 1971.
The 70's to the mid 1980s saw the festival booking the biggest names in the business, and promoting and advancing talents of new bands from around the world. The late 80s and early 90s saw yet more changes in the contemporary music scene with indie sounds and dance cross-over acts becoming ever more popular. Reading Festival did what it always does - it changed and adapted and in 1988 Mean Fiddler came on board, with that the future of the festival was assured.
Reading got itself a 'little baby' in 1999 with Leeds becoming the Northern half and both festivals taking place simultaneously.
For many fans the Reading and Leeds festival are the holy grail and the finale to the whole festival season. This is an iconic festival with a long tradition and history.
Reading attracts a predominantly younger crowd it's proper, full on rock and roll - a well loved and hugely popular festival with a great tradition and history, always attracting a major line up and always delivering.


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Professor Chris Dames
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
6107 Etcheverry Hall, Mailstop 1740
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
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Research Interests:
Heat transfer and energy conversion at the micro and nano scale.
Theoretical and experimental methods. Nanostructured thermoelectric
materials. Thermal rectification. Graphene. Nonlinear, anisotropic, and
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Areas of Interest
Our laboratory is interested in the regulation of transcription in mammalian cells. The differential regulation of each gene is essential for the appropriate growth and development of the organism. This task is accomplished through the coordinated function of multiple transcription regulatory proteins at each promoter. The selective regulation of gene expression requires that transcription factors are able to interact with each other in many different combinations, yet that their interactions are specific such that they can only occur at particular regulatory elements or in response to specific stimuli. Thus, the key to understanding transcription regulatory specificity is discovery of the mechanisms that control transcription factor interactions.
We focus on investigation of networks of protein interactions and studies of the architectures of nucleoprotein complexes. We have developed many new methods for the study of these areas that enable visualization of protein interactions in living cells and analysis of the structural organization and dynamics of transcription factor complexes in vitro. These approaches provide unique opportunities for us to investigate molecular processes in a physiological context. The goal of our studies is to understand how different combinations of proteins cooperate to produce distinct functional outcomes in different cell types and in response to different extracellular stimuli. In these studies, we focus on the functions of proto-oncogene transcription factors related to c-fos, c-jun, c-maf and c-myc in the regulation of developmental and immunomodulatory genes.
Our previous studies of transcription factor interactions have produced several discoveries that have fundamentally altered our understanding of transcription regulatory mechanisms. David Leonard developed the gel based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (gelFRET) assay, and found that Fos-Jun heterodimers bound to AP-1 sites in a preferred orientation. Vladimir Ramirez-Carrozzi found that electrostatic interactions with sequences flanking the AP-1 site controlled the orientation of Fos-Jun binding and determined the cooperativity of DNA binding and transcription activation with the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT1). Chang-Deng Hu developed the bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay and demonstrated that Fos-Jun heterodimers form more efficiently than Fos-ATF2 or Jun-ATF2 heterodimers when all three proteins are expressed in the same cell. Asya Grinberg found that Myc and Mad family proteins compete with different efficiencies for dimerization with Max in cells, and that they can all interact with Smad family transcription factors. Nirmala Rajaram discovered that Maf and Sox family proteins cooperate to regulate crystallin gene expression, and that a mutation in Maf that causes cataract alters the subnuclear localization and transcriptional activity of the complex. Present laboratory members are continuing to make new discoveries that add to our understanding of transcription regulatory mechanisms.
Published Articles or Reviews
Vincenz, C. and Kerppola, TK. Different polycomb group CBX family proteins associate with distinct regions of chromatin using non-homologous protein sequences. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 105: 16572-16577 (2008) [DOI] [PDF]
Ikeda, H and Kerppola, TK. Lysosomal localization of ubiquitinated Jun requires multiple determinants in a lysine-27 linked polyubiquitin conjugate. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 19: 4588-4601 (2008) [DOI] [PDF]
Ren, X, Vincenz, C and Kerppola TK. Changes in the distributions and dynamics of polycomb repressive complexes during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology 28: 2884-2895 (2008) [DOI] [PDF]
Kerppola, T.K. Visualization of molecular interactions by fluorescence complementation. Nature Reviews in Molecular and Cell Biology 7: 449-456 (2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Fang, D. and Kerppola, T. K. Ubiquitin-mediated fluorescence complementation reveals that Jun ubiquitinated by Itch/AIP4 is localized to lysosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101: 14782-14787 (2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Rajaram, N. and Kerppola, T. K. Synergistic transcription activation by Maf and Sox, and their subnuclear localization are disrupted by a mutation in Maf that causes cataract. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24: 5694-5709 (2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Grinberg, A. V., Hu, C-. D. and Kerppola, T. K. Visualization of Myc/Max/Mad family dimers and the competition for dimerization in living cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24: 4294-4308 (2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Hu, C-.D. and Kerppola, T.K. Simultaneous visualization of multiple protein interactions in living cells using multicolor fluorescence complementation analysis. Nature Biotechnology 21: 539-545 (2003) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Ramirez-Carrozzi, V. R. and Kerppola, T. K. Asymmetric recognition of nonconsensus AP-1 sites by Fos-Jun and Jun-Jun influences transcriptional cooperativity with NFAT1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23: 1737-1749 (2003) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Hu, C-.D., Chinenov, Y. and Kerppola, T.K. Visualization of interactions among bZIP and Rel family proteins in living cells using bimolecular fluorescence complementation. Molecular Cell 9: 789-798 (2002) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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Life is a Banquet
By Gary Amirault
There are few things in life we end up remembering vividly from our past. These words "Life is a banquet" have stuck with me for over 20 years.
At one of the sales companies I worked for not too long after graduating from college, they showed a motivational film starring Bob Richards, the Olympic Champion. I remember Bob sharing about a man he once heard speaking at a sales convention. The man spoke lying down on a stretcher. I remember Bob imitating how this crippled man spoke. It seemed that it took great effort for this man to just be able to open his mouth. He spent his entire life on a bed.
He told these able-bodied sales people, "Life is a banquet, partake of it!" He then proceeded to tell them that everything he had ever wanted to do in life, he was able to accomplish including writing books. I don't remember anything else about the whole film, but those words, "Life is a banquet, partake of it."
At the present time, I speak to many people from all over the world, many who know the Lord and many who don't. Most that I know are financially in better condition than I am and generally have more or newer material goods than I do. Yet so many are not happy.
Have you ever noticed how quickly a joyous mood can be robbed by one unkind word, or act, or sometimes even a thought about something disturbing from the past or a concern about something in the future? A single word, one image in our mind and wham, depression, anger, fear, hate, or resentment move in and rob us of our peace and joy. How easily the peaceful sea of our mind becomes a raging storm.
How we in America bring ourselves into these hurricanes of thought is even more incredible. Let me use my life as an example to illustrate the point I am trying to make. Most of you will be able to relate to what I am saying.
I wake up lying on a king size bed with all the blankets needed to make myself absolutely comfortable. What is absolutely incredible is that I can control my environment to the exact temperature I want. A turn of a dial and I can have 68 degrees Fahrenheit or 80 degrees. The most royal Queen in the world a few decades past could not have had this pleasure. I, as a poor man in America have everyday living conditions which royalty in centuries past would envy. I go to the bathroom and I don't have to step outside in the cold and sit on a stinky, bug-ridden seat in an outhouse. The pull of a lever causes many inconveniences to just flow away. While on my throne, I have newsletters, books, magazines to read to my heart's content. What is so wonderful about that, you may ask? There was a time when a person of my social stature was not worthy of receiving an education. There was a time when one could only read what the church said one could read. The largest church in the world still has censors telling their people what is acceptable reading. This church killed many people who wrote things unacceptable to it and burned many who decided to read some of this stuff. I am so grateful to be able to read what I want and to be able to write most of what I care to write. It is a privilege we too often take for granted.
Not only can I read what I want to, I can get just about anything I want to read for free! Almost every city in America has free public libraries. Christian, we must study some early history to truly appreciate this wonderful blessing! A flick of a switch and I have light to read by. Another flick and I can increase its brightness. Christian, go back a thousand years, ask the richest King in the world what he would give for the gifts I just described. He would, no doubt give up most of his kingdom for these things. But I haven't even begun to list the things we so easily take for granted. The poorest of us is able to go to the refrigerator and take out an orange, or a strawberry or a glass of milk. What is so remarkable about that you might ask? This incredible box called the fridge opens the door to all kinds of foods available any time you want them. Not long ago room temperature and hot were your choices. Today one can drink a cold glass of milk in 100 degree temperature. And speaking of oranges, most kings of the past never saw an orange let alone ate one. A banana grown several thousand miles away can be shipped to your doorstep at a price a poor person can afford. People, these are the kind of things only the richest of people in the world used to be able to do. Many of the things we are able to do or get everyday are things the richest, wisest, and most powerful of people in ages past could never partake of. "Life is a banquet, indeed!"
A turn of the faucet and all the water at the temperature that suits me. A double-edged razor and foam that makes my shave a breeze. Think about how your shave would feel with a flint or bone knife! One of my greatest joys is Selsun Blue shampoo. No, I don't have stock in the company. I have hair that has to be washed everyday to look decent and I also have a skin condition which makes my scalp flake and get irritated. This stuff really works for me. I am truly grateful for this product. I am really grateful for the toilet paper roll by my throne. Hey, guys, I am not kidding! Some of you are laughing right now, but I am serious. I remember in my early years in Germany using newspaper. My Scott brand toilet paper is a real treat.
My roof doesn't leak. I don't have to ward off dangerous animals all day (Except those wolves eying my beautiful daughter). I have plenty of clothes to cover my nakedness. People, do you know how wonderful a glass pane in the window is? Imagine the conditions without glass.
Now the things I just mentioned are so insignificant in most of our lives, we generally don't think about them. Should I talk about our cars, trains, airplanes, computers, or telephones, then perhaps some of us might get into the range of gratefulness.
I spend much of my time lately studying past civilizations and men and women of religious and political power. Looking at how they lived, I see that a typical American has so much more going for them than any King or Queen, or Pope in centuries gone by. Think about a grand banquet prepared for a king 2000 years in the past. What would be on that table that would make you envious today? Nothing! Look at the shelves at the grocery store full of things brought in from all over the world and you don't have to give up half your kingdom for most of them.
Did you know that in Martin Luther's Germany, a peasant could not go into most forests to kill a rabbit? The Princes, whom Martin Luther supported, owned them all. You, as a citizen of Germany would not be allowed to go to the near stream and catch a fish. It belonged to a Prince. I live on a lake and can eat the fish that I catch and the mayor in town can't take it away from me.
As a poor person (according to our government), I sit at my desk and am able to fax a letter almost anywhere in the world. The telephone can reach the entire world! What would the great military men of ages past have given for such a tool? There was a time not too long ago when messages had to be written and sent by horse or boat often taking months to arrive. Often the message never made it. Prior to that time period, only a friend happening to go in the direction you wanted the message to go to could relay your message.
So what is the point in all of this? Well, remember, I mentioned earlier how a simple word, little act, past memory, etc. can so quickly rob our joy? Picture your mind full of thousands of things for which you are truly grateful. Try walking through the day aware of all your blessings, friends, relatives, freedom, material things.
Look around you and discover the wonderful gifts that you have taken for granted or never appreciated in the first place. See their value. See how blessed you are by comparing yourself to past civilizations which never had the privileges you have. Fill your heart with true gratefulness and when that depressing little word or action comes, it can be quickly drowned out by the wealth all around you. Your mind will be so consumed by the blessedness of the life you have that the sting of these other things will become so insignificant, they will be immediately swallowed up by your joy.
Listen, the other day the UPS driver had me sign for a package with a pen that I really liked. For some unknown reason this pen just felt great in my hand. It also looked great. He gave it to me. He said his wife worked for the company that gave those pens away as advertising. Later, he gave me another one. When I use those pens, I am thankful. They were free, but they are still precious to me. Do you have any idea how precious a piece of writing paper is? Go back a few hundred years and see how many sheep had to be killed to write a book. Most of us couldn't have afforded the luxury of writing. It was too expensive. If you weren't of the right family or sex, you couldn't even attend school.
"Life is a banquet." For most people in the world today, when comparing ourselves with times past, this is a true statement. Only the darkness of our mind can turn it into misery. Ungratefulness and unthankfulness are two fellows that can spoil the party. Cast them out. They do not belong in the Kingdom of His Son. Joy, Joy.


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Christopher Perez-Rivera charged with another robbery at Little Caesars Pizza
Christopher Perez-Rivera accused of 3 robberies in all
SAN ANTONIO - A third charge of aggravated robbery has been filed against Christopher Perez-Rivera, 29, in connection with crimes involving Little Caesars Pizza shops.
The latest charge was filed Tuesday in connection with a robbery Dec. 2 at the chain's location in the 9200 block of Culebra Road.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, San Antonio police said Perez-Rivera and another man "ambushed" employees at the back door after closing, by forcing their way into the shop at gunpoint.
The affidavit stated that the men then took money from the cash register and a safe.
Perez-Rivera was arrested last week in connection with robberies at two other Little Caesars locations.
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2012 Outdoor Season:Posted mark at one meet, clearing nine feet, 0.25 inches to finish 14th at the Victor Lopez Rice Bayou Classic.
Personal:Born Shelby L. Johnston on August 24, 1993 in Mont Belvieu, Texas ... Daughter of Carmen Stover.
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Glee Season 3 Finale: Lea Michele and Chris Colfer Tease What's to Come for Graduation (VIDEO)
Lea Michele (Rachel) and Chris Colfer (Kurt) spoke with MTV News about what we can expect on tonight's big Glee Season 3 finale, "Goodbye." Between cliffhangers and bitersweet final scenes, it certainly sounds like we're in for a powerful hour of TV.
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"They don't understand the game," Amaro said. "They don't understand the process. There's a process. And then they bitch and complain because we don't have a plan. There's a plan in place and we're sticking with the plan. We can't do what's best for the fan. We have to do what's best for the organization so the fan can reap the benefit of it later on. That's the truth."
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Big Tex is getting a new look at next year's Texas State Fair - and a new voice.
The longtime voice of the iconic 52-foot-tall cowboy welcoming visitors tells KRLD-AM in Dallas that his contract wasn't renewed. Bill Bragg served as Big Tex's voice for the last 11 years.
Bragg says he's "shocked" by the decision.
State Fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding said in a statement that Bragg's contract is handled from year to year, and that Bragg won't be offered a contract for the upcoming season.
She declined to specify what, if anything, led to the change.
Big Tex burned down during last year's fair due to an electrical short.
Fair organizers say they're planning a new cowboy that's stronger and more resistant to fire.
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LKLP Community Action Agency began the "Subsidy" portion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that provides heating assistance to eligible households on Nov. 5, 2012. The significant cost of energy to heat homes leaves many households unable to fully meet heating bills or purchase sufficient bulk fuel to keep their families safe and warm. Your local Community Action Partnership (CAP) stands ready to help! LIHEAP is a statewide initiative operated by Community Action Kentucky in partnership with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Applications are being taken at convenient Community Action offices. Applicants are encouraged to apply at the location nearest to them in their county of residence. Please bring the following information when you visit to fill out an application: 1. Your most recent heating bill or verification from your landlord that the hearing expenses are included in your rent; 2. Proof of Social Security Number or Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) for each member of the household; and 3. Proof of your household's (all members) income for the preceding month.
LKLP county offices are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding major holidays. For application information, please contact your local LKLP county office at one of the following locations: Leslie County-121 Maple Street, Hyden (606)672-2155; Knott County-125 West Main Street, Hindman (606)785-3322; Letcher County-2 Main Street, Whitesburg (606)633-4458; and Perry County-LKLP Perry County Jobsight, 412 Roy Campbell Drive, Hazard (606)439-1362. LKLP is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. For more program information visit the LKLP website, www.lklp.org


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Today, Vampire Weekend revealed full details of their new album, Modern Vampires Of The City, to be released by XL on May 13th/14th (US).
Eagle-eyed readers of New York Times would've noticed this in today's classified section:
The band then tipped off fans by Twitter at 8am in New York.
At 9am in New York, the band relaunched their website to reveal full details of the album. The tracklist of Modern Vampires Of The City is:
1) Obvious Bicycle
2) Unbelievers
3) Step
4) Diane Young
5) Don't Lie
6) Hannah Hunt
7) Everlasting Arms
8) Finger Back
9) Worship You
10) Ya Hey
11) Hudson
12) Young Lion
The band are set to head out on tour surround the album's release, playing across North America (including Coachella and SXSW), London (The Troxy, 8th May) and Paris (Casino De Paris, 10th May).
More dates will be announced soon.
Tickets for the London and Paris shows go on general sale at 9am on Friday 8th February but fans can head to www.vampireweekend.com to sign up for a special ticket pre-sale which begins on Wednesday 6th February.
13th-16th Austin, TX - SXSW
12th Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan
14th Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
16th Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis
17th Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
21st Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
8th LONDON, UK - The Troxy
10th PARIS, FR - Casino De Paris
15th Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
16th Toronto, ONT - Sony Centre
17th Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
20th Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
21st Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
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i like your ideas but i would have to agree with harry. just from a business standpoint, if you were to only put one store in each capital city, that's 50 stores from a distributing company with over head for a large store to house each of their own lines. for a company like pearl that's a lot of drum kits in varying models and styles along with all their side products like racks and pedals, stands and what not. that could easily fill a store larger then your average guitar center, maybe twice as large, to sell absolutely nothing. that's a lot of overhead to not sell a product at all. your talking 10's of thousands each month for each store to not sell a thing, not to mention the cost of the products your going to house in these stores, wear and tear on these products and upkeep, the amount of money in heads alone, cymbals, broken parts, staffing. look at 1 high end kit alone, you could easily spend 3-4 g's on a shell pack, hardware, cymbals, heads, sticks, you could reach 6 g's easily. then you need 1 of each kind of wood, that could be 5 or 6 types of shells. multiply that by 50 stores, that's only one line your over 1.5 million and that's just the drum kits. granted thats not what these kits cost the manufacturer but that's 1.5 million in potential profits lost on nothing. then you could have 5-10 lines plus all the side products plus labor, plus overhead. your talking a tremendous amount of money and goods to compete with stores already carrying your products and doing all your sales for you for free. granted this might pick up sales a little but not nearly enough to recoup what they lost in supplying these products alone. now you talk about competing companies going in together to house all their products with no sales, sorry but that's just not going to happen. no company actually wants a side by side comparison on their products vs. another company of equal standing. tama, yamaha, gretsch and pearl will NEVER concede to work together to be able to compete with each other,invest all this money and product to not make a sale and still compete and still using the same sales staff to give you a coupon to get their products cheaper then what they are currently selling them for for free.
i'll concede i think the idea of such a store is a fabulous idea and i would drive hours to a store i knew had exactly what i wanted on hand for me to try, even if i already knew i had to order it online. i would still get to touch it and see it and make up my mind instead of buying blindly based on hear-say. i honestly wish such a store existed, i would be there every free minute i had, but from a business aspect this is just not cost effective or practical by any means and these businesses are here to make money not to please us. as much as these companies make it sound like we matter and we're important, we don't and we're not. our money matters and their not going to spend more money to make a little when they can do nothing for it for free. they have other companies competing to carry their lines by making more sales for free. mapex i know for a fact requires a minimum of sales for their top lines just to remain a dealer, we're talking orions not horizons here. if you don't sell a certain amount of orions, their top of the line kits, per year they drop you as a dealer and it costs them nothing. these stores come to them and make sales in return for a piece of the profit and your talking about making all the work the work of the supplier when they now get it for nothing, actually having people throw themselves at them to carry their products. if you sold lollipop, would you spend $100 to showcase your suckers when 1000 other people want to do it for you for free?
it really is a good idea just not realistic by any means........
wow, all that while extremely drunk? i surprise myself sometimes............
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Washington DC celebrates 100 years of the spectacular cherry blossoms in its midst.
If one had to associate a colour with Washington DC, it would have to be grey, at least for 51 weeks of the year. The conservative, mostly-quiet city has a reputation for being low-key, even dull, outside of the realm of political theatre, which is, of course, its mainstay.
Yet, for one week of the year, the city turns that reputation on its head with an eye-popping burst of pink and white, as the cherry blossoms bloom and transport the denizens of Washington to a magical land for a few brief days.
This year, this stunning annual spectacle marked a special anniversary, for, it was exactly 100 years ago that First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador, planted a couple of Yoshino cherry trees at the city's southern border along Tidal Basin.
These two trees were among the 3,000 that were received by Washington as a gift from the city of Tokyo as a token of friendship. "The original pair still stands, though gnarled and showing their age, along with about 100 of the original trees transported from Japan," blossom-watcher reports noted this year.
While crowds flock in droves to Tidal Basin, clogging up the metro and maxing out parking spots, those with insider information can quickly rush to another pristine cherry-blossom neighbourhood in the greater Washington area, Kenwood.
Kenwood, which is just across the border of Washington in Maryland State, is arguably one of the most high-end real estate areas in the entire region, with house prices mostly in the $2-4 million-range. Yet, in the last week of March or first weeks of April, it is no longer the stunning homes but the dream-like quality of the cherry blossoms in full bloom that draws the admirers in.
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What are the chances of Pakistan pulling off its own version of the IPL?
Having tested waters with a domestic T20 series, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is now actively toying with the idea of a Pakistan Premier League (PPL) with international participation to give this cricket-crazy but presently starved nation some real-life matches on the grounds that were once part of the international cricket circuit.
The domestic T20 series completed its second edition — the Super Eight T20 — this past Sunday at the Pindi stadium in the garrison town of Rawalpindi. The eight teams in the reckoning brought together some of the leading lights of Pakistan's international team with national stars from various cities of the country. And, the teams were suitably named Faisalabad Wolves, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Zebras, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Peshawar Panthers, Rawalpindi Rams and Sialkot Stallions.
For a terror-struck nation that now gets to see its cricketers play only on television, the T20 domestic series offers a rare chance to see them in action on home ground. Now, seeing what the Bangladesh Premier League has done to the game of the fledgling cricketing team of South Asia, the PCB is thinking of a PPL that will have international players also to work around the problem it is facing in luring back national teams of other countries to play in Pakistan since terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan team in 2009.
Not only will PPL bring international cricket to Pakistan in its newest and arguably most exciting format — probably sans the cheer girls in their skimpy attire — it promises financial spinoffs for the PCB and players, plus offers the chance to budding cricketers of the country to sharpen their game with leading lights of the sport in its most competitive form.
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Will India provide a tusker for Kandy's Esala Perahara festival?
The biggest Buddhist temple in Kandy has a problem. It needs a tusker to be the lead elephant in a sacred procession, The Perahera. And Sri Lanka, home to the highest density of elephants per square kilometre, for some genetic reason, does not have elephants with the majestic tusks that we see in India.
The biggest Perahera, Esala Perahara (Festival of the Tooth) in Sri Lanka is organised in Kandy each year around July/August. The hill town attracts people from far and wide for this all-night, stunningly beautiful festival of colours, dancers and drumbeats, and piety.
Late last year, when the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Ashok K. Kantha, visited the temple complex to inaugurate a massive 16-feet Saranath Buddha statue, he was approached with the tusker problem. India has the tuskers that meet the requirements here, but there are far too many laws that need to be adhered to ahead of a tusker travelling to Sri Lanka. Right now, efforts are on to cite an earlier precedent — of a tusker that was brought from Myanmar — and apply the same principles here. A tusker arriving on Sri Lankan shores from India is still a long way off, but the process has been set in motion.
India and Sri Lanka may not see eye to eye on many issues that affect either country. But this is another example that illustrates the nature and depth of relationships that the people of the two countries have established.


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SECRETARY LEON PANETTA: Well, let me -- let me welcome Minister MacKay to the Pentagon. This is our first meeting together. I've had the opportunity to meet him before, but this is the first time we've had a chance to sit down and talk about our relationship and the areas where we cooperate.
Canada and the United States are neighbors, but we are also friends and allies, and we are partners. And that's true in a number of areas. And we've had a chance to talk about some of the areas where we have developed a real strong partnership.
In Afghanistan, the Canadians are doing tremendous work, providing trainers -- training. They have a presence in Kandahar. Canada is one of the NATO countries that suffered the most in terms of those who lost their lives. And we pay tremendous respect to Canada for the sacrifice that they've made, but for the -- for the continuing strong partnership that they give us in Afghanistan.
Secondly, in Libya, we work very closely with them and NATO in that effort. And that represents -- I think both the minister and I would agree that that represents a really effective use of our NATO partnership in that kind of conflict.
The third area that we are looking at is how can we improve our bilateral partnership and presence in the hemisphere and try to work with other countries in this hemisphere to try to promote better security, issues like drug trafficking, issues that relate to security, issues that relate to our ability to respond to disasters. If we can develop better capabilities and partnerships throughout the hemisphere, that's something that I think both of us consider to be a real step forward in our relationship.
And the last area is obviously we both face budget constraints. And as we address those budget constraints, I think we also recognize that the more we can partner in capabilities, the more we can work together, it can ensure that as we constrain our budgets, we continue to protect our countries and provide the best defense possible for our people.
So thank you, Mr. Minister, for coming. We've had a great discussion, and I look forward to a continuing partnership with you and with Canada.
And I also have a chance to go up to Halifax at a conference that he will sponsor. This is his home area. And as a former politician, you can understand how important it is to be able to go to his hometown and be able to be with him there in Halifax. I look forward to that and look forward to continuing to work with you.
MINISTER PETER MACKAY: Well, let me begin by expressing my gratitude to Defense Secretary Panetta for the invitation and the opportunity to speak about these important issues and to emphasize, again, the enduring and special relationship that Canada and the United States share not just at the defense level, but really across the board, whether it be trade, whether it be our economies, whether it be our mutual desire to help in other parts of the world, including in our hemisphere.
But most importantly for all of us is the defense of continental North America. And whether it's the institutions of NORAD, our Permanent Joint Board on Defense and other security cooperation efforts, Canada and the United States, in my view, have the best relationship on the planet that really sets the gold standard for other countries around the world.
Of course, our relationship through NATO has also been one of the foundations of the defense partnership that the defense secretary spoke about. And in Afghanistan, in Libya today, Canadian and U.S. forces are shoulder to shoulder and in lockstep in the efforts to bring about peace and security in those two troubled nations, with great success, I might add. And the training piece that will enable in particular Afghans to take over those responsibilities and to assume that important security element for their own country, their own population is what we strive to achieve.
I'm very, very grateful for the incredible sacrifices that have been made by Americans in pursuit of those objectives. And as Secretary Panetta has mentioned, there is, in my view, opportunity for further growth in the relationship. To work towards greater cooperation here at home and abroad is a shared objective.
These are times where we are looking at defense budgets, and that calls for even greater effort to find efficiencies and to find ways where we can mutually reinforce and support one another on a number of important projects and initiatives.
So these discussions are beneficial and ongoing, and I look forward to hosting Secretary Panetta in Canada very soon and an opportunity to again reinforce what has been just an outstanding example of how two nations share their national and international responsibilities.
So thank you very much for being here.
SEC. PANETTA: Thank you.
STAFF: Our first question will be from Barbara Starr of CNN.
Q: Mr. Secretary, what can you tell the American people about the role of the U.S. military in tracking and killing Anwar al-Awlaki? Were there U.S. military boots on the ground? And any information you can give us about the specifics of the attack.
SEC. PANETTA: Well, this has been a bad year for terrorists. You know, we -- we just have seen a major blow -- another major blow to al-Qaida, someone who was truly an operational arm of al-Qaida in this node of Yemen. And, you know, we had always had tremendous concern that after getting bin Laden, that someone like Awlaki was a primary target because of his continuing efforts to plan attacks against the United States.
As we know, he was involved in the Detroit bombing, he was involved in the cargo bombing efforts. He continued to try to inspire people to terrorize this country and to attack this country. And so this country is much safer as a result of the loss of Awlaki.
As far as the operational elements here, I'm not going to speak to those except to say that we've been working with the Yemenis over a long period of time to be able to target Awlaki, and I want to congratulate them on their efforts, their intelligence assistance, their operational assistance to get this job done.
STAFF: (Off mic.)…NBC
Q: Minister MacKay, did you -- was there any discussion today about the F-35 unit price at all -- (off mic) -- there needs to be more information released on that?
MIN. MACKAY: We did speak briefly about the F-35 program of which Canada is a full participant. It's still our intention, as you know, to purchase 65 of these aircraft, which are the conventional take-off aircraft. But I want to be very clear. There are three different variants. Canada is buying one variant, which is the conventional aircraft, which, from my own experience in visiting Lockheed Martin and speaking with their officials, is on time and on budget. We are purchasing those aircraft pushed out to about 2016 -- between 2016 and 2022 to replace our entire fleet of F-18s.
Now the program itself I know has received a lot of scrutiny here in the United States and in Canada, and the reality is this is the best and only fifth-generation aircraft available to Canada.
And by being part of a larger group of nations, we hope to share in the industrial benefits of that aircraft. But most importantly, we know the importance to North American security of being interoperable, through NORAD, through the United States Air Force and our own Royal Canadian Air Force.
Having that ability to communicate and ability to defend North America is of critical importance and it helps us in international missions, as well, as we are seeing currently in Libya. We are flying aircraft and working very much with the United States Air Force on refueling, on patrol, as well as for strike missions.
I would take the opportunity just to congratulate the defense secretary on a very successful recent outcome of that ongoing mission. And it is becoming clear that it is an occupational hazard to be in a leadership position in a terrorist organization. And so with the elimination of Osama bin Laden, today's news, this is good news not only for the United States and North America; this is making the world a safer place.
STAFF: (Off mic) -- Wall Street Journal.
Q: Mr. Secretary, the attack in Yemen, why now? Is this part of the Saleh government trying to hold on by stepping up its cooperation?
And after the bin Laden raid, you talked about the cooperation between the CIA and the military. Is this part of a further proof of that cooperation, this strike today? Is this a sign of closer cooperation between the agency and this department?
SEC. PANETTA: Well, there's no question that in the last few years the intelligence community and the military community have really come together as partners in going after terrorism. The president of the United States has made very clear that our primary mission is to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida. And that has been the target of all of these efforts.
And what happened to bin Laden, what's happened to the top leadership in al-Qaida and what happened today with Awlaki is the result of a lot of efforts coming together. In this instance, the Yemenis themselves have long cooperated with the United States in this effort. It goes back, frankly, to before some of the turmoil we've seen there, that the relationship in sharing intelligence and going after this target was something that involved a tremendous amount of cooperation between the United States and the Yemenis, and today it paid off.
STAFF: Final question from Lee-Anne Goodman, Canadian Press.
Q: (Off mic) – Did you take the Challenger here today?
MIN. MACKAY: Certainly didn't.
Q: Why not?
MIN. MACKAY: Pardon me?
MIN. MACKAY: Because there's commercial flights available.
It's wonderful to be a reliable, robust security partner with the United States of America. And more than anything else, we want to signal through not just words but actions that our interests are common and that our goals are similar. And we -- we are very, very grateful for the level of cooperation, certainly in the security community and the defense community, that we enjoy. So again, thank you very much.
SEC. PANETTA: Thank you. Thanks very much.


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Leigh is a mining engineer with 19 years' experience in mine planning. Leigh was the Executive responsible for feasibility studies, project evaluation, production scheduling and mine design with several mining companies throughout Western Australia, including Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd, WMC Resources Ltd. and Mincor Operations Pty Ltd.
Leigh, along with his brother Ian, was recipient of the "Goldfields Business of the Year Award" in 2003 for their company Donegal Resources and the 2003 Ernst & Young "Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award". Mr Junk is a Director of Doray Minerals Limited, Sentosa Mining Limited, the Goldfields Credit Union and of TSX-Venture listed Brilliant Mining.


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Vodafone M2M is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2nd annual Smart Water Systems Conference. The conference will be looking into how smart water is all about coming up with initiatives to manage water more effectively, monitor it all the way along throughout the cycle so that we can preserve the most we can of this most precious resource. It is a must attend event for anyone interested in the future of smart water in the UK and Europe and across the world.
Vodafone will sponsor the conference, and Kim Bybjerg, Head Northern Europe Vodafone M2M will give his views on how M2M can change the way water companies work in the future.
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The Football Association of Slovenia have reappointed Srecko Katanec as head coach of the national team following the resignation of Slavisa Stojanovic.
Katanec, 49, led his country to the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ at the end of a successful four-year spell, resigning after the eastern European nation failed to win a single group game and going on to enjoy stints with Olympiacos, Macedonia and the United Arab Emirates.
A statement on the Football Association of Slovenia's official website confirmed that Katanec will be formally unveiled on Friday, with his first assignment a friendly match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on 6 February before FIFA World Cup qualifying continues against Iceland in March.
Slovenia have picked up three points from four games in Group E and trail leaders Switzerland by seven points, with Norway, Albania and Cyprus also competing to reach Brazil next year.


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human and economic losses from natural disasters, a degraded biosphere, biodiversity loss, the increasing threat of pandemics, and accelerating global environmental change.
As part of this broader international role, and in keeping with the idea that these endeavors maximize effectiveness in the use of government resources, the USGS can consider forging stronger links and collaborative efforts with a wide variety of international and domestic partners. Other nations' geological surveys and international organizations such as OneGeology are potential partners. In addition to its collaborations within the Department of the Interior, the USGS already has strong relationships on international projects with the Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, and the World Bank, as well as with other federal agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These reliable partnerships could be further strengthened and serve as a springboard for broader scientific engagement among all of the Survey's mission areas. Examples of this kind of approach might include different USGS mission areas working in concert to develop and propose innovative international projects that serve the partners' needs along with best practices for implementation.
The USGS has recently identified seven mission areas, which are applied to national Earth science activities. Internationally, new science opportunities exist to support these national directions; however, most of these opportunities require examining Earth processes as an interconnected system, thus requiring a systems approach. The latter is already being fostered by the USGS in its domestic science strategies. Integrated efforts, across USGS mission areas, can strengthen the Survey's scientific capabilities, increase knowledge and understanding of Earth processes, and support informed and effective decision-making. A selected, though not exhaustive, set of international science opportunities with demonstrable potential to benefit national priorities is described in Chapter 4. Many of these offer further opportunities to evolve the institutional culture within the USGS in terms of interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
RECOMMENDATION: The Survey leadership should continue advancing the integration and coordination of activities across the seven mission areas, and consider using international science opportunities such as those outlined in Chapter 4, to motivate further scientific integration within the USGS.
From the standpoint of the structure of USGS' international activities, the committee noted that international work seems to be managed very differently in different mission areas and identified marked contrasts in the support, reward structures, and planning for