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The Following athletes were inducted into the Orleans Northern Essex Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday evening.
Newport H.S. Mickey McFarland '49, Tom Rooney '40, Jim Sheehan '41, Newport Center's Richard Kinney '39, Orleans H.S. Mike Malshuk '36, Hale Mason '36, Stan Kipp '36, Joan Perry Michaud '55, Richard Lussier '64, from Barton Academy, Ronald Cloutier '55, Ray Griffin '40, Sumner Kinsley '38, John St. Onge '49, representing North Troy were Mike Smith '37, Lynn Farnham '37, from Canaan Larry Fuller '70, from Craftsbury Academy Jean Hackett '60, Donald Waterhouse '61, Derby Academy's Mike Vinton '61, Janet Rowden Howard '65, from Greensboro H.S. Janice Sternberg Bissell '61, representing Brighton H.S. are Robert Barnes '56, David Cameron '53, Cydney Johnson '53 Ralph Dodge '53, from Sacred Heart H.S. Norm Bonneau '63, Tom Rivard '62, Fran Azur '66, and Tom Caouette '64
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By C.J. MCMANUSSun Advocate reporter
With spot-on vocal harmony and a true talent for original material, Blue Saige blew away local audiences and judges at this weekend's Texaco Country Showdown. The Price City win ensures the group a chance to compete at the Utah State Final, moving the small town Trio of Mondi Taylor, Mindee Zager, Deanne Quick one step closer to their musical dreams and a $100,000 payday.
"A love for music brought us together," explained Deanne, during a post showdown interview with the Sun Advocate. "There is no main vocalist, we all bring something to the dynamics of this group and that makes us special."
Long time friends Taylor and Quick got the idea to form a musical group with their new buddy Zager as all three women were singing at an area funeral. As luck would have it, last years showdown was right around the corner and the new trio put together some songs over the course of a week and signed up for the competition in Vernal.
"We didn't even place last year," said Taylor. "But we really did learn a lot, that first experience in Vernal showed us that we were on the right track with both our singing and songwriting."
In addition to great vocal harmonies, all three women also play guitar something that gives Blue Saige an earthy, down home quality found in wildly successful groups like The Band Perry and The Dixie Chicks.
"We all just really love music," explained Quick. "I work for hospice and we all get tremendous pleasure from singing to my clients before they move on. They see the music as a gift, a so do we. To us the chance to perform together is a wonderful gift."
While the women would not discuss their age, after some time with Blue Saige it becomes apparent that this is an eclectic group of women sitting at very different stops along life's train ride. Taylor has raised four children and owns a booming construction company in the Uintah Basin. She will hunt anything and loves the outdoors. With a swagger and smile, Taylor appears to be the wild child of this trio. Zager on the other hand has three children and wouldn't be caught dead in hunter orange. She teaches dance in the Vernal and Duchesne area and seems to be the most soft hearted of the three. While the group has no leader, Quick puts off the wisdom of a matriarch, having raised eight, yes eight children before joining Blue Saige. She seems to mother her band-mates just a little and works as a hospice nurse in Duchesne County. Work that has become a vital part of the trio's success.
"We take the time to go out and sing to everyone of my hospice patients before they pass," explained Quick. "It's a small gift, but one that works both ways. They seem to enjoy the music very much and means a great deal to us to deliver some joy during a difficult time."
All three members of Blue Saige raised their families before getting involved with this project and because of that they all know have the necessary time to really dedicate to this project. Something that all three report might be impossible with a home full of children.
"All we do is work and play music," said Taylor, with a glowing smile. "We finally have the time to play."
And the trio of Blue Saige is making that time count. This year they came in second at the Vernal showdown before winning here in Price. The group plans to release their first CD in the next month and will play the Utah State Final in August.


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'Alcoholidays' is One Trick Pony's annual holiday self-promotion. This year they sent clients tequila bottles concealed in a hollowed wooden log, with a custom wooden label and shot glass.#47043
The Apollon camera by Gordon Tiemstra allows camera combinations, different perspectives, and ways of processing photos into innovative media.#47041
Wes Anderson directed this amazing stop motion animated TV spot for Sony Xperia smartphone.#47039
Parents make a real 'Narnia' wardrobe for their 9-year-old daughter that leads into a Narnia themed play area.#47036
The 9/11 Memorial "Empty Sky" honoring the victims from New Jersey who lost their lives at the Twin Towers, directly across the river from the World Trade Center. Simple and striking.#47019
The future of fabrication- behind the scenes at the membership-based, high-tech workshop and prototyping center that is NextFab Studios in Philadelphia.#47014
An on-line and downloadable app that allows people to generate their own Voronoi bookshelf. Specify the dimensions and material, and the code generates a series of downloadable files that go right to a laser cutter or CNC router.
The whole project was written in Processing and makes use of Toxiclibs, controlP5, and ProScene.
You can find a full write up of the project here:
The application and source code can be download here:
There is a tutorial video here:
This project is still in progress and this is all beta code. But I'm sure it's ready for some others to play with.
I designed this so anyone could make one, and I'd love to get the reaction of others in the community and hopefully someone will make one!


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OK, I'm having a bit of an issue here. ProFTP for whatever reason is moving VERY slow. It seems that every command my FTP client sends to the server takes forever to process (STOR, LIST,etc).
This is a new install of Linux BTW. It used to not take this long at all on my previous install. Any ideas what the problem could be? I'm 5 feet from the server and on a 100Mb network connection.
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Midwest Living Review
This 1894 mansion in Omaha's historic Gold Coast neighborhood offers seven guest rooms -- some of them suites -- all with private baths. The ground floor common rooms are richly decorated with dark wood, patterned wallpaper and antiques, and they have a welcoming feel. Unfortunately, that same quality does not extend to all the guest rooms. Our Offutt Suite rooms were adequate, but not pampering. They were furnished with a few antique pieces but mostly with what felt like garage-sale leftovers. One of the two beds was uncomfortable, and pink insulation was visible stuffed around the window air-conditioning unit. An in-room guidebook admonished guests not to interfere with the plastic sheeting covering the windows. The bathroom was clean but instead of restoring things like a strange cubby in our bathroom, the owners just covered it with plastic sheeting. In all, it just didn't feel like the suite lived up to the promise of the gorgeous exterior and main floor. Guests are encouraged to explore the house and check out the library, sun porch, parlor and gardens. We found little treats tucked here and there -- blueberry muffins in the dining room, brownies on a landing -- but when we searched the public mini fridge for water or soda, we came up empty-handed. Full breakfasts are served only at 9 a.m. weekends. Show up more than 15 minutes late, and you may be out of luck. On weekdays, guests may dine earlier on a Continental breakfast of muffins, cereal, bagels and fruit. If you're looking for lots of interaction, this isn't the place to find it. The innkeepers were polite, but not overly welcoming (a bit parental about the house rules, and no offer to carry our suitacase up the stairs to our room). The inn does offer $99 summer weeknight rates on the best available rooms, making it an affordable choice. Usual rates are $85$195.


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MASSENA - The technical aspects of golf are one of the most analyzed in all of the sporting realm.
But OFA Coach Joe Lynch spoke about intangibles after his Blue Devils followed up a Northern Conference Division I title by winning their schools first Section 10 Championship in 10 years, on Friday, at the par 71 Massena Golf and Country Club.
Playing in cold, soggy conditions which forced a three-hour delay for the start of the tournament, the Devils crafted a 436-460 margin over second place Malone. Potsdam shaded Massena 469-470 for third place.
Tupper Lake took fifth place overall and captured the Section 10 Division II title with a 503-513 margin over Salmon River. NAC Division II champions Madrid-Waddington followed at 525.
These guys really wanted it and the big key was the way they practiced so hard everyday. They were very steady as a team and everyone came through all season, said Lynch.
I was very confident coming in today because they had prepared so well. They practiced hard all week and then played on Sundays. And they made trips down here to play this course.
Like they had done all season, the Devils bunched their scores tightly led by Brandon Mullin who tallied an 82, three strokes behind Massenas NAC D1 MVP Hunter Francis and Brushton-Moiras NAC D2 MVP Devin Delisle at 79. The two NAC MVPs will lead a 25-player field into todays quest for the Section 10 Medalist Championship and state tournament berths.
Delisle is also the defending Section 10 medalist while Francis is making a return trip to the final threesome.
OFAs five-man scoring unit will all be in todays field which will begin teeing off at 9 a.m.
Mullin personified the Devils ability to avoid the many pitfalls lurking among the picturesque vistas of the course when describing his play.
I didnt have a birdie but I didnt make a double bogey, he said the golfers produced OFA fourth sectional title in boys sports for the school year following football, soccer, and basketball.
Conor Hannan stood fourth at 84, Dillon Binion stood fifth at 86 and Tristan Moore and Jed McRoberts were tied for 15th at 92. OFAs sixth man Alec Manke posted a 99.
We really wanted do well today. We had a chance last year but we really had a bad day, said Hannan.
I thought we did a great job as a team considering that we didnt have any range time because of the weather.
Binion said his team was undaunted by the challenging weather and playing conditions which were made very playable through some remarkable work of the courses grounds crew.
At 6:30 this morning we were all ready to go. We worked very hard for this and to win it is really amazing.
Rounding out todays 25 state-tournament hopefuls are: Evan Hanna of Malone (87), Brendan Dobbins of Massena (87), Ryan McDonald of Potsdam (88), Dan Stone of Potsdam (88), T.J. Roundpoint of Salmon River (89), eighth grader Riley Amell who led Tupper Lake to the D2 title (90), Eliott Vanier of Malone (90), Logan Lamb of Salmon River (90), Konnor Bigwarfe of Potsdam (91), Jeff Mott of Madrid-Waddington (91), Malones fine female player Alexandra Sprague (91), Kendrick Swamp of Massena (93), Davis Sprague of Malone (93), Hunter Tuttle of Edwards-Knox (93), Dan Cruickshank of Potsdam (94), Eugene Bishop of Gouverneur (94), Thomas Ryan of Norwood-Norfolk (94) and Hunter Russell of Brushton-Moira (96).
The competition for the Section 10 Girls Championship saw Katie Stuart prevail over Mary Young of Madrid-Waddington 105-118.
Section 10 Golf Chairman Tim Hayes commended all the players for their shot making and sportsmanship.
We didnt have one problem today and I thought that the scores were lower than I expected, said Hayes.
It was a tough day out there and everyone deserves a lot of credit.
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Bethesda announces Fallout Anthology, a series collection housed in a Mini-Nuke
Should you fancy a nostalgic trip through the wastelands before digging into Fallout 4 this November, you might be interested to hear that a Fallout Anthology is planned for release this Fall.
Containing every game in the post-apocalytpic franchise's storied history (that's Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition and Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition), the anthology comes neatly housed inside a Fatman Mini-Nuke, with an extra slot for Fallout 4 also included.
Howard: 'Graphics matter in suspending disbelief', Fallout 3 "a little depressing" with sameness
Game director Todd Howard has said "graphics matter" when it comes to suspending our disbelief, and Bethesda are squeezing the PC, Xbox One and PS4 for everything to make Fallout 4 matter to us.
He added that "memory is important" too, allowing for more stuff to cram our view and keep it dynamic as "all of that suspends your disbelief that this is a real world." Howard admitted Fallout 3 could bum you out.
Breaking News: Bethesda begin 24 hour countdown to Fallout 4 reveal
A countdown has sprung up on Bethesda's official web domain for the Fallout series and it's ticking down to 3:00pm GMT+1 tomorrow. This is the highly anticipated announcement of full sequel Fallout 4.
The studio is holding their first dedicated press event for E3 this year and it's scheduled for Sunday, June 14th. It's believed a special press demo behind-closed-doors will be held at the California expo.
Bethesda to host "first-ever E3 Showcase" this year, available online through Twitch
Get your Pip-boys ready because Bethesda is gearing up for their "first-ever" dedicated press conference at this year's E3 in Los Angeles, California. What's on the agenda for the RPG and shooter outfit? Nobody knows!
Not yet at least, but the coming months should reveal more about Bethesda's plans for E3. An online Twitch stream will be running on the day. Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, Doom...
No surprises from Bethesda at The Game Awards 2014 this Friday
Bethesda has just dashed hopes that The Game Awards 2014 would be hosting some of their yet-to-be-revealed gems, like a certain Fallout in the works, or more dabbling with ancient scrolls.
Instead they said their presence is in support of MachineGames, developer of Wolfenstein: The New Order. It's disappointing news indeed, so let's hope others can make up for it.


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[Updated at 9:36 p.m.] Earl has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane but is still dangerous, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. Thursday forecast.
As of 8 p.m., the center of Earl was about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and about 625 miles (1,005 kilometers) south-southwest of Nantucket. It was heading north at about 18 mph (30 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (165 kph).
"Even if the center of Earl remains offshore ... hurricane force winds are expected to occur in the Outer Banks overnight tonight," the center said Thursday.
[Updated at 2:14 p.m.] For continuing coverage of the incident involving a production platform on fire in the Gulf read the full story here.
[Updated at 2:08 p.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Elizabeth Bordelon tells CNN there is a sheen at the site of the production platform that measures approximately 1 mile by 100 feet. This information comes after Gov. Bobby Jindal who said there were reports of a mile-long sheen.
[Updated at 1:03 p.m.] Mariner Energy, owner of the production platform, said in a press release that no hydrocarbon spill has been reported after an initial flyover of the incident.
"Mariner has notified and is working with regulatory authorities in response to this incident," the statement said. "The cause is not known, and an investigation will be undertaken. During the last week of August 2010, production from this facility averaged approximately 9.2 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and 1,400 barrels of oil and condensate."
The company also said no injuries have been reported.
[Updated at 12:48 p.m.] David Reed, a paramedic on board a neighboring oil rig located 14 miles from the platform that exploded, told iReport he saw all thirteen workers rescued from the water.
"We were up here in the radio room and all of sudden we saw a whole bunch of smoke coming from the platform," Reed said. "Shortly after all the radios started lighting up like a Christmas tree. They called any helicopters in the area, any boats in the area to respond, they were saying there were people in the water. There were multiple people in the water."
See Reed's iReport of what he witnessed
WWL: Coast Guard reporting production platform incident
WDSU: Production platform explodes in Gulf
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[Updated at 12:32 p.m.] White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the federal government has "assets ready" to respond to any environmental problems resulting from the explosion of an oil platform off the coast of Louisiana.
[Updated at 12:31 p.m.] All thirteen people aboard a production platform that exploded in the Gulf are accounted for and safely on a commercial vessel according to initial information, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.
"We continue to gather information as we respond with full force, and have oil spill response assets ready for immediate deployment should we receive any reports of pollution," the statement said.
[Updated at 11:53 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that 12 people from the production platform are in water immersion suits as they await rescue.
Colclough told CNN there are reports the production platform, which is for both oil and natural gas, is still on fire.
"We don't know what caused the rig to catch on fire," he told CNN, noting the incident is under investigation.
Asked about concerns regarding oil leaks or pollution, Colclough said "there are reports the rig was not actively producing any product, so we don't know if there's any risk of pollution."
Mariner Energy is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company in the Gulf of Mexico. About 85 percent of the company's production comes from offshore assets, with a growing share of that coming from deepwater developments.
The explosion comes nearly five months after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people and causing oil to gush into
the Gulf of Mexico, leading to one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.
[Updated at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the production platform explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.
Coast Guard Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
[Posted at 11:33 a.m.] An oil production platform has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.
Rescue attempts are under way for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the production platform total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing.
The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil production platform 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.
The Coast Guard has multiple helicopters, an airplane and several Coast Guard cutters en route. It's unknown if there are any injuries.
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Already know the facts, huh. You are something....I don't know what, but something
You know something we don't or do you just fling accusations as your mood dictates?
wow. you're a real smart fella aren't ya?
who names their kid Corey????
Are you psychic? You can determine the cause of an explosion by sitting at your computer and just thinking really hard?You should sign on with the oil company as an investigator! Unless, of course, this eco-terrorist attack was actually launched by eco-terrorist moles inside the oil company, which, of course, it probably was. And these moles are in high-level positions, so they would thwart your work at every turn. Probably the safest thing, then, is for you to go back to your copy of "Conspiracy Theory Monthly" and keep reading.
Wow how convenient that you are actually there. May you could get off your fat oil engorged ass and help save some lives before we get your next news feed, seein as you're there and all.
How can you say that? How dare you? No one knows anything right now. But of course that will not stop you rt wing nut cases from spinning your conspiracies. Hmm, did Rush and friends say that the BP disaster was from eco terrorists? Turned out not to be true. Think before you speak.
True this could be a propane explosion used for heating or cooking but for this to be a mass evacuation with 1 person missing, This is something big.
Playing the blame game gets us nowhere. The only thing that is going to happen from pointing fingers is there won't be any solutions. I may be one person but if we came up with a plan (Alaska, Buggies ;) ) then we could avoid killing the ocean and our economy.
"Hmm, did Rush and friends say that the BP disaster was from eco terrorists?"
"we could avoid killing the ocean"
It's exactly this sort of thinking that mandates rigs be so far out in the ocean as to make drilling much more dangerous than it needs to be. You eco-nazis are reaping what you've sown and are blaming others for your own mistakes.
you are correct. Too bad the american way is to BLAME BLAME BLAME
Off-shore drilling can't be done safely?
It appears the oil companies are also paying for their mistakes.
This rig is in farly shallow water, about 300ft. The only reason it is there is because that is where the oil/gas field is that it is producing from. It is not because of any regulations or public pressure.
They had an accident....the only reason it is all over the news is because of the completely unrelated BP blowout.


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Native American Research (Cherokee) at TSLA
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (Western Band)
This is by no means an exhaustive bibliography of Native American material found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives. It is intended only as a guide to original source material needed for basic genealogical research on families that maintained their political ties to the Indian Nation.
For a more complete listing of available materials visit the library and consult the library's online catalog and terminals in the Reading Rooms and the guides in the microfilm and manuscript sections.
(A) Reservations
(A) Census, 1835 Henderson Roll
Enrollments - Sources
(A) 1848 Mullay Roll.
Enrollments - Sources
(A) 1851 Old Settlers Roll.
(A) Applications
Enrollment Cards for the five Civilized Tribes, In Indian Territory 1898-1914.
(A) Index - (Alphabetically by tribe)
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First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
4 But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
5 a Go, and say to my servant David:
12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 a I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son:
16 And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.
Psalm: Psalms 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29
2 The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
3 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
4 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
5 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
27 He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
29 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
Second Reading: Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.
16 Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.
18 Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be.
22 And therefore it was reputed to him unto justice.
Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.
19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins.
24 a And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
March 19, 2013
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The UK retailer Phones4U has posted more information on the limited edition Batman-themed Nokia Lumia 900, whose launch was just announced by Nokia this week. Phones4U says they are the only retailer in the U.K. that will offer the smartphones. If you're interested in owning one, you'd better get a move on. Phones4U will only be selling 900 of them.
Protect your Nokia Lumia smartphone and tablet devices with the latest innovative protection solutions... stylish top brand bags and sleeves as well as cases and skins specifically designed to protect your devices from scratches and blemishes. Tough on the outside, sweet on the inside these brand name protection accessories combine complete device coverage with sleek artistic expression.
This Lumia 900 edition comes with a Dark Knight Rises app for access to themed wallpapers, ringtones and a special "Claim Gotham City" challenge where you can earn Foursquare bonuses for checking in at designated locations.
Enhance your mobility and turn your device into a power tool! Discover select accessories such as; stylus & pens, micro SD memory cards, batteries, docking stations, Bluetooth headsets, data cables, HTC Media Link and XMI Speakers all specifically designed to make your devices functionally efficient.
Just like the Nokia Lumia 800, the 900 will be available in Black and have the Batman logo engraved on the back (so you'll be able to feel the impression).


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Jacks add two more titles...
The South Dakota State men's and women's track and field teams added two more titles in the final day of the Outdoor Championships...
On the men's side, Jake Schneller headlined as best in the 800 with a time of 1:50.95. Schneller entered the finals with the second-best time in the preliminaries from Friday, but took the top spot on Day 3 to win by 0.13 seconds. The time was over two seconds faster than the preliminary mark. Dominic Thielen and Jared Ailts finished in sixth and eighth, respectively.
Jake Brinkmann capped the outdoor season with a league championship in the
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won with a mark of 171 feet, eight inches, a season-best by nearly three feet.
Brinkmann posted the mark on the second throw of the finals to win by six feet. Ryan Ackman and Cullen Mack also placed sixth and seventh in the discus, respectively. Ackman posted a season-best mark of 156 feet, nine inches.
Ailts shined in the highly competitive 1500-meter run with a third-place finish in 3:55.07, only two seconds behind the winner.
Jared Vlastuin reached the podium for the third time this Championships with a third-place finish in the triple jump. The mark of 46 feet, 10 and one-fourth inches is a season-best for Vlastuin, who only competed in the triple jump once this outdoor season prior to this weekend. Jake Sanderson also scored in the triple jump with a mark of 45 feet, one inch, to finish sixth.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Carson, Schneller, Thielen and Priebe were third in 3:17.01, a season-best by any SDSU foursome.
In a field of 42 runners, Trent Lusignan finished fifth in the 5000-meter run with a time of 14:54.77.
Justin Carson, Levi Winkels, Austin Colombe and Chris Curry placed eighth in the 4x100 with a time of 43.71.
Brandon Priebe and Carson went fifth, sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with times of 53.50 and 53.91, respectively, a season-best for Carson. In the 110-meter hurdles, Priebe was also eighth in 15.30.
Chris Curry finished fifth in the 200 with a time of 22.03 and eighth in the 100 with a time of 11.03.
For the women, Brooke Garner opened the day with a runner-up finish in the discus with a mark of 161 feet, seven inches. Garner posted the mark in the preliminaries and it held up for second place. Amy Paulzine also scored in the discus with a mark of 148 feet, four inches, for sixth place.
Lora Shearer continued her weekend with a seventh-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.79.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Amber Olson, Ashley Odegaard, Gina Fritz and Megan Bren were third in 46.76, a season-best time for any SDSU foursome.
Odegaard was third in the 100-meter dash, as well, with a time of 12.11, second-best of the season.
Bren also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a season-best time of 24.35 and fourth in the 400-meter dash with a season-best time of 56.59.
Fritz also scored in the 200 with a season-best time of 24.61 to place fifth.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Fritz, Odegaard, Jessica McDonald and Ashley Gruenwald was fifth in 3:55.13.
In the 800-meter run, Krista Creager finished sixth with a time of 2:14.19, a season-best.
The men finished fourth in the team standings, while the women were fifth.
Complete results from the entire Outdoor Championships are available at the beginning of this article.
The Day 2 recap with a link to the Day 1 recap is available on GoJacks.com.


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Dickey to Jays very likely, could happen soon
10:47 pm: Mets and Jays are close to a deal, as was the case earlier, but still no agreement is in place (Morosi, FoxSports).
10:36 pm: Though sources wouldn't rule out the Angels and O's, the Blue Jays emerged as the front-runners today after a flurry of teams contacted the Mets about Dickey (Carig, Newsday).
10:14 pm: To get D'Arnaud, I always heard it would take more than just Niese or Dickey, so there's a chance more Mets are involved maybe (Matthew Cerrone).
8:00 pm: The Mets may be getting C prospect Travis D'Arnaud from the Blue Jays (Heyman, CBSSports)
8:00 pm: Gut feeling is D'Arnaud is in deal, according to person involved (Martino, Daily News).
8:00 pm: Jays had been insisting on Niese, not Dickey, in talks for D'Arnaud, so I'm fascinated by how this might be playing out (Matthew Cerrone).
6:54 pm: Orioles talked with Mets about Dickey, but saw no fit (Connoly, Baltimore Sun).
6:35 pm: The Mets do not expect a resolution to Dickey's situation tonight (Carig, Newsday).
6:09 pm: Do not expect a resolution tonight, two people involved have said (DiComo, MLB.com).
5:35 pm: Mets must have a good offer from the Blue Jays, but it's not done, since they're still talking with at least the Angels and Orioles (Matthew Cerrone).
5:33 pm: Blue Jays and Mets have made progress, but have yet to reach an agreement (Morosi, FoxSports).
5:22 pm: High-level executive from a team that pursued Dickey believes he is being traded to Toronto (Morosi, FoxSports).
5:17 pm: Rangers GM Jon Daniels says if Dickey is being traded it is not to the Rangers (MLB Network Radio).
4:47 pm: The Rangers are not involved in trade talks for Dickey (T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com).
4:45 pm: Rangers are out, never offered both Mike Olt and pitching prospect Cody Buckel (Ken Rosenthal, FoxSports).
4:42 pm: Blue Jays entered the day believing that Dickey could be theirs in 24-48 hours (Davidoff, New York Post).
4:36 pm: Blue Jays are strong front runners (Andy Martino, Daily News).
4:32 pm: Angels still had interest this morning, but will first shop DH Kendry Morales in an effort to get a pitcher (Matthew Cerrone).
4:30 pm: Blue Jays prefer Jon Niese in a deal for C Travis D'Arnaud, but will move OF Anthony Gose and C J.P. Arencibia in a deal for Dickey, though Mets might need to give up a pitching prospect to get it done (Matthew Cerrone).
3:58 pm: Dickey will not do a contract extension with the Blue Jays (Sherman, New York Post).
3:55 pm: Mets have not talked about a contract with Dickey since Wednesday (Martino, Daily News).
3:49 pm: Orioles and Rangers don't seem to be involved, Blue Jays are front runners (Heyman, CBS Sports).
3:38 pm: Dickey could be traded as early as today (Rubin, ESPN New York)
3:02 pm: Mets were engaged in intense trade talks for Dickey with Texas and Toronto yesterday, and Orioles have emerged with interest as well (Martino, Daily News).
2:40 pm: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports says the Angels and Blue Jays are two teams believed to have interest in acquiring Dickey.
10:38 am: The Mets are telling teams they have an acceptable trade offer for Dickey, but they are trying to get a better package (Rosenthal, FoxSports).


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CUMBERLAND - Ross H. Jones, 65 of Will Croft, passed away Monday at home. He was the husband of Kathleen M. (Kwolek) Jones.
Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of Elizabeth (Morse) Jones and the late Thomas Jones. He was a lifelong resident of Cumberland.
He was a parts driver for Advanced Auto and formerly employed by Pawtucket Auto and Selrex.
He was a US Army Veteran serving in Vietnam, and was also a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Mr. Jones enjoyed watching Family Guy and NASCAR. He loved his cats and doing crossword puzzles everyday.
Beside his wife he leaves his three sons; Seth J., Joshua T. and Jesse R. Jones. Two brothers Glenn Jones and Dana Jones both of Cumberland and several nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Service will be held Friday at 10 AM in the J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, 757 Mendon Road, Rt. 122, Cumberland. Burial will follow in RI Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Relatives and friends are kindly invited.
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12:10 pm: Terry Collins said he was happy to see 55 players already in camp, including 20 position players a week early (Martino, Daily News).
12:05 pm: Travis d'Arnaud is wearing No. 15 (Baron, MetsBlog):
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Umm, that is awesome. Also, like his brother's jersey in Pittsburgh, it looks the Mets went with the upside down P for the lower case D. I really, really hope this kid is good. Things seem better when my favorite player is a catcher. #OppoTaco
11:52 am: The lockers go Johan Santana, Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey and Shaun Marcum, all together, in that order (Baron, MetsBlog).
11:50 am: Marcum talked to reporters today (Horwitz, Mets). Highlights will be posted to MetsBlog later today.
11:23 am: The old Tradition Field sign is back up on the ballpark (Mets):
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Let's toss out the five-day workweek and replace it with a five-day weekend. That's the campaign message of a group calling itself Friends of the Five Day Weekend.
According to a 2007 survey, Americans receive 14 days vacation, compared to 36 days in France, 30 in Spain, and 26 days in Germany. According to The Friends, Congress was in session 104 days last year, which averages to two days a week. The Friends won't rest until Congress hears them out. Their campaign brought them to Asheville and Charlotte this week. The campaign in Asheville started out as a promotional gimmick by the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, but the group itself is actively trying to get a message to Congress. By using a "Work Less Express" bus, live music, giveaways, and picket signs reading "Work Less Live More," the group attracted a lot of attention in Western North Carolina. For more information about the campaign, check out www.fivedayweekend.org.
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10:15 am: No one needed to tell Andrew MacDonald what the long-term injury to Mark Streit meant for him.
"It was pretty much understood among all the D that this would be an opportunity," said MacDonald, the 24-year-old defenseman who impressed in the second half of last season. "Management added a lot of depth and we have some great young players coming up, so if anything the competition is even more ramped up."
MacDonald, who averaged 20 minutes of icetime over 46 games last season, could very well be the defenseman counted on the most during Streit's absence. In a conversation with reporters earlier this week, coach Scott Gordon was asked about players such as Jack Hillen filling the void on the power play. Gordon made a point of bringing MacDonald's name into the equation.
"I think one player we'll want to take a look at is Andrew MacDonald," said Gordon. "Over the last few years in Bridgeport and last season with us, Andrew has shown that he's capable of handling a lot."
Sure enough, MacDonald was one of the Islanders' best players in his squad's 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Since Streit went down with a major shoulder injury, MacDonald has been partnered at times with James Wisniewski. As poised off the ice as he is on it, the pride of Judique, Nova Scotia is handling Gordon's vote of confidence as if it was an oncoming forechecker.
"It's always nice to hear the good stuff, but I have to prove it on the ice," said MacDonald, who had a goal and six assists in the NHL last season. "One thing I've learned since junior is that when you think too much, when you over-analyze a situation, you put yourself in trouble. Last year, I was pretty much focused at the NHL level on my defense. If the coaches decide to give me more of an offensive role, I would welcome the opportunity.
"The one thing I can pretty much guarantee you is, not one guy is going to replace Mark Streit."
Notes: Kirill Petrov was traded within the KHL from Ak Bars to Yugra for a fifth round pick in the 2011 KHL draft. Since Ak Bars is a veteran-filled powerhouse and Yugra is not, this could lead to much more icetime for the talented Petrov. For the third straight season, Petrov was hardly playing for Ak Bars.
"This is a fresh start for Kirill," said his agent, Sasha Tynjynch. "Yugra is a new team and their coach really likes Kirill's play. I'm thankful Ak Bars did this good thing for us by placing Kirill with a team where he has the chance to get much more icetime. This is good for the Islanders because it is good for Kirill's development as a hockey player."
Petrov will play the rest of this season in the KHL. After that, no one knows. Still, this is potentially good news for the Islanders, who hope to have Petrov in North America next season or – at the latest – hopefully in 2012.


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She attended the University of Pennsylvania on a full scholarship and received a degree in French literature and obtained her PhD at Bryn Mawr. She planned on being a French teacher but graduated just as language requirements were being phased out of schools. She was hired at Chestnut Hill College where she taught comparative literature. After the birth of her first two children, she got a job teaching comparative literature and French at Moore. In 1990, she was asked to serve as Dean of Students and expected to stay in the job for two years. She still serves as the dean today.
While she did not have formal leadership training as a college student, she worked outside the classroom, running the campus linen services. This gave Joan her first experience supervising others.
As a student at Bryn Mawr, she was struck by the experience of being in an all-women's college – knowing that what she said in the classroom counted and that she was recognized as a "thinker." She did not realize that the experience of attending an all-women's college would be so different from attending a co-educational college. She was also impressed by Bryn Mawr's focus on women having careers, and the message that "women will achieve." This had a huge impact on her personal development and she brought this thinking to her role at Moore.
She has chaired the Academic Standards Committee since 1979, which has to do with trying to help students who are not succeeding. As a committee member, she had seen that there were no policies in place to deal with students who were failing, so she worked to become chair of the committee in order to enact change from within. She developed many relationships with students through this committee, and the head of student government recommended to the acting president that Joan become dean of students.
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Joan's parents taught at a school where students who attended the school had never been given a chance to prove themselves prior to attending the university. She saw the value in supporting people who were smart and capable, and in helping them to achieve. At Moore she works with both the student leaders and the students who need help and direction. She finds it very fulfilling to assist students who are floundering to become successful. Joan has seen students flourish in leadership opportunities at Moore who did not consider themselves to be leaders. "Students have underlying qualities." It is part of her job to help them realize their leadership potential. Joan feels that Moore is not as diverse as it could be, but she has actively tried to make the leadership program diverse by giving everyone an opportunity.
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Ignorance is Strength (NYT)
Paul Krugman writes that the party of "traditional Americans values" has made a radical break on education, arguing that if you go to college, you're a snob, and if you can't afford to go... well, tough luck, poor kids! Beef up that stock portfolio.
The Fight to Protect America's Growing Home Care Workforce (GOOD)
ND2.0 Editor Bryce Covert looks at the new regulations that will extend key labor protections to the workers who care for our homes and loved ones and allow so many of us to leave the house for work so they don't make us penniless and insane.
Labor and the 'Civil Right' to Organize (CAP)
Eric Alterman reviews Richard Kahlenberg and Moshe Marvit's case for establishing a civil right to organize in order to reverse the trend of workers being treated like second-class citizens because they joined a union instead of a corporate board.
GAO: Almost Half of Bailed Banks Repaid the Government With Money "From Other Federal Programs" (Naked Capitalism)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Matt Stoller notes that a GAO report shows that the claim that TARP made money doesn't hold up unless you think that paying off one credit card with another makes you debt-free. (If so, the banks would beg to differ.)
What passes for a jobs bill in the House (Maddow Blog)
What's the difference between Obama's Jobs Act and the JOBS Act that passed the House? As Steve Benen argues, one is a serious effort to stimulate the economy and put people back to work, and the other is the JOBS Act. Plus, more capital letters.
Check out "The 99 Percent Plan," a new Roosevelt Institute/Salon essay series on the progressive vision for the economy.
White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law (NYT)
With the Affordable Care Act set to come under scrutiny, the Obama administration plans to stop treating it like the law whose name we dare not speak and raise awareness of its benefits, which might have helped when they were passing it.
Obama unveils new foreclosure measures to resuscitate housing market (WaPo)
The Obama administration has recently begun to take a more forceful approach to housing and advocate policies that it once dismissed as unwise and unworkable after realizing that those two adjectives actually fit its old housing policies better.
When the GOP Tried to Ban Dark Money (ProPublica)
Justin Elliott peers back through the mists of ancient history to the year 2000, when increased disclosure for political donors was an issue Republicans championed instead of rolling their eyes at it while Karl Rove buries their opponents in attack ads.
The Koch Brothers, the Cato Institute and Why Nations Fail (NYT)
Simon Johnson argues that the Kochs' attempt to commandeer Cato illustrates that while libertarians are always looking over their shoulders for signs of government oppression, they miss the threat of corporate power that's staring them in the face.
While Republicans have stopped just short of demanding a 24/7 livestream of the inside of women's uteruses, their opponents have proposed creative responses ranging from personhood for sperm to mandatory rectal exams for Viagra-seekers.
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On Thursday morning, February 17, 2011 at Slater Junior High School in Pawtucket, RI, Slater Jr. High School Spartans boys basketball team members who won the state championship against the Narragansett Mariners 54-51 in overtime on Tuesday February 15th at Bay View Academy are kneeling Justin Farmer, Kevin Gonzalez, Joseph Binda, Chris Duarte, Evan Mathias and Jarod Mainville and standing, left to right, Coach Christopher Walsh, Power Kanga, Josh Alves, Alex Holloway, Cedric Dalomba, Jessie Fernandes and Mario Santos. The Spartans had a 12-0 regular season record and went 4-0 in the playoffs to capture the Rhode Island Principals Committee for Athletics grades 6-8 State Championship. In addition, the Spartans were Metro Division Champions, as well as Northern Division Champions. Butch Adams/The Times.
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Fianceé of accused 'rape' cop stands by her man during testimony
She knows what he's charged with — and she still loves him. The petite and pretty brunette fianceé of accused 'rape' cop Michael Pena tried to humanize the alleged fiend in testimony at his predatory sex attack trial today — insisting he's the kind of guy who enjoys family movies, cute cat videos and adorable nicknames. Read More: New York Post
Ex-senator John Edwards denies report he patronized hooker linked to accused Soccer Mom Madam Anna Gristina
Former Sen. John Edwards is denying a report that he used the services of a call girl employed by accused Soccer Mom Madam Anna Gristina while he was running for President. The woman told investigators that Edwards paid her for sex during a 2007 visit to New York to raise money for his failed White House bid, DNAinfo reported Thursday. Read More: Daily News
One construction worker dead, 2 others injured in Harlem building collapse
A worker was crushed to death this morning and two others were injured after a building collapsed in Harlem, authorities said. The construction workers were demolishing the one-story building at 604-606 West 131 Street near Broadway at 7:51 a.m. when the accident occurred, police said. The building, which is owned by Columbia University, is part of a plan on the part of the Ivy League school to expand across a section of upper Manhattan. Read More: New York Post
72-year-old man charged with killing neighbor in Brooklyn
Police arrested a 72-year-old Brooklyn man and charged him with killing his neighbor in East Flatbush last night. Cops say Ronald Black shot and killed Cornell Heslop, 43, in the basement of the East 93rd Street home where the two men rented separate rooms, around 10:15 p.m., last night. Heslop was hit in the chest and pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. Black walked into the 67th precinct around 12:30 a.m. to claim he had been the victim of a robbery, sources said. Read More: New York Post
Appeals Court Upholds City's Plan To Expand Taxi Service
A federal appeals court has given the city a green light to roll ahead with it's taxi reform plan despite objections from advocates for the disabled. They're upset 2,000 new taxi medallions are about to be given out to a fleet that is not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Taxi and Limousine Commission was ordered to produce a detailed plan on how to remedy the problem. Read More: NY1
Rev. Sharpton To Lead Rally In Florida Over Teen's Shooting
The Reverend Al Sharpton is scheduled to lead a rally in Sanford, Florida today calling for an arrest in the killing of an unarmed teen. He's traveling with former Governor David Paterson. After the rally, Sharpton will head to Alabama, where his mother passed away this morning. Hundreds gathered yesterday for a rally in Union Square in memory of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin was shot and killed in an Orlando suburb last month by a neighborhood watch captain. George Zimmerman says he shot the teen in self defense after a confrontation. Read More: NY1


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Everyone agrees that we need businesses and organizations to be more ethical - but what does that actually mean?
Part of the reasons our organizations aren't getting any more ethical, says Marvin Brown, is that we like to think unethical corporate behavior is caused entirely by unethical people. In fact, improving organizations requires more than improving the individuals who participate in them.
"There's this very common view that organizations are made up of individuals, and so if you just get good individuals in the organization, you'll have an ethical organization," Marvin says. "But in fact organizations have decision making processes that they follow, and entrenched systems of rewards and punishments … and most people, even good people, end up doing what the organization that pays them wants them to do. So if you want an ethical organization, you have to look at more than whether the people in it are 'good' or not: you have to look at the organizational decision-making process and the organizational culture in which it is embedded."
Marvin's books on organizational ethics have been widely recognized by professional societies, and translated into multiple languages. But the larger work of reorganizing society around ethical lines has yet to be done.
For him, it's something of a calling, dating back to his time as a Methodist minister studying in the US and Germany, and seeing that different cultures have vastly different ways of dealing with conflict and ethical concerns. "What I came to realize," he says, "is that ethics is not just a set of rules we follow: ethics is a set of tools by which we deal with conflict. In fact ethics really begins with disagreement."
"Most people do what they think is right considering the world they think they live in - but that doesn't mean they know the best thing to do," he says. "So the ethical process involves a situation where people have evaluated a decision and decided to do what they think is the right thing, but they disagree about it. Then what? What do you do when everyone's doing what they think is right - but they disagree? That's where the ethical process really begins. It's a kind of dialogue, rather than a set of rules."
Marvin earned his PhD in rhetoric and hermeneutics, and began teaching ethics courses at the University of San Francisco, where he still teaches today in addition to his work at Saybrook. He began writing an organizational ethics newsletter, which reached an influential audience and eventually turned into his first book Working Ethics. He became a sought after ethics consultant for businesses. He also left the ministry.
"What I found myself asking was: do you need a religious vocabulary to address the world's ethical concerns? And in my case, the answer was no - you don't. There are many conversations where people have insights, where people share with one another, where people grow, where people connect, and they don't use theological language to do that. So I became a practical philosopher," he says. "In fact, I'm a critic right now of the easy spirituality that is used by different groups in our society to ignore the real providers of wealth. We thank God for the dinner before us, but ignore the people who pick the strawberries, and the people who work in the kitchen. Religion that is missing a concrete way of discussing how we get our muffins for breakfast gets in the way more than it helps."
What does help, and what Marvin is passionate about developing, are Civic Conversations - dialogues that can connect the people who pick the strawberries with the people who buy them at the supermarket. Together, they tend to come up with better solutions than they do on their own.
"Corporations spend billions to promote unsustainable lifestyles and governments have been pursuing wasteful and destructive policies. As individuals very few of us want such a world, but the systems we live in are pushing us in those directions," he says. It's much like the employees at a global corporation - they can be good people and still contribute to a bad organization. "If you look into the future, these trends lead to destruction. But how do we stop it? How do we make those changes?"
Marvin's company, Working Ethics (named after his first book) helps organizations have the conversations among stakeholders necessary to create self-directed change and get on the path to social justice and sustainability. Whether within a company, a city, or a country, Civic Conversations are different from "town hall meetings" or strategy sessions because of their focus on ethical behavior as a dialogic process that addresses everyone's needs, from the dish washers to the CEOs.
He's encouraged to see more and more organizations, from civic groups to international businesses, taking up the challenge. He teaches at Saybrook because he sees Saybrook students as being at the vanguard of this change.
"I teach undergrads at USF, but I really enjoy teaching working adults, because they bring a lot more to the conversation," Marvin says. "The Organizational Systems program at Saybrook is very good at bringing in very interesting faculty and a truly engaged group of students, and everyone is very focused on not just advancing their careers, but doing so in a way that is ethical, that supports the conversations and the changes that the world needs to have. It's a great environment to be a part of."


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To begin Bravely Default: Praying Brage, you choose one of the four sides: earth, fire, wind, or water. Through the tutorial, you then gain your first four characters that you can use to go adventuring. Adventuring mainly consists of choosing a location on the world map and entering a turn-based battle reminiscent of its parent title. Oddly though, the thing that makes BD:FF unique in battle—the Brave/Default system—is absent from this browser-based tie-in.
Back in town, you can use the points and items you have acquired to buy new equipment, level up the stores to upgrade their inventories and make new job crystals for your party. There are a plethora of quests you can undertake as well.
The trick with this game is that each of your characters can only battle six times before needing a few hours in real time to recover. Luckily the game allows you to front several different teams of five to keep your adventuring going.
Sadly though, there is also a total limit to how many battles you can have in general—despite switching out teams. Of course, as you would expect, there is an item in the item shop which can clear this time in exchange for some real world cash.
Bravely Default: Praying Brage is a far more complicated browser game than one would believe at first glance with many different jobs, characters, items, and a PVP conflict between the four sides (though I have not progressed far enough yet to unlock this). However, like many free games of this nature, it suffers by limiting the time you can spend with it without paying. Still, if you need some more turn-based battles in your life, there are far worse places to go than Bravely Default: Praying Brage.
Bravely Default: Praying Brage launched on November 1, 2012, for modern web browsers. There are no plans for an international release but it can be played free in Japanese here.


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Competitiveness 2.0(Cette page n'est pas encore disponible en français)
By Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network and André Schneider, Chairman and CEO, Global Advisory SA
What is at Stake?
We are entering a new era, one in which resource costs are rapidly becoming an ever more significant economic factor.
Today, resource demand is so high that biocapacity — the services and resources that nature makes available — is being overexploited, not just locally but at the planetary scale. If these trends continue, resource constraints will become a leading factor determining economic success — or crisis — in the 21st century.
Course corrections are still possible. But these physical resource trends are slow-shifting and hard to reverse. As with super-tankers, course corrections need to be taken early and decisively to avoid disaster.
Recognizing these new dynamics offers opportunities. Proactively addressing resource constraints is in the direct self-interest of nations. Nations that adjust to this new reality and limit their resource dependence will accrue the benefits of new opportunities and risk reduction.
Decision-makers must better recognize all the key economic drivers of success. Without reversing trends, the impacts of the growing resource gap might rise substantially, and become increasingly non-linear and volatile. Those who fail to act will lose their competitive advantage as potentially rapidly growing resource costs eat up more of a nation's income.
Resource constraints are global, but the risks and opportunities they create are largely local. For nations that want to succeed, we are proposing an updated competitiveness framework: Competitiveness 2.0.
Mathis Wackernagel and André Schneider
Where We Come From: Increased Global Integration
Over recent decades, the world has become increasingly interconnected. Now, for companies to succeed, they have to stay ahead of their global competition, not just their local neighbors. World-class performance has been key to their success.
Against this backdrop, the theory of "competitive advantage" emerged. This theory, advanced by Harvard scholar Michael Porter in 1985, suggests that states should, as a focus of their national strategies, embrace productivity growth and adopt policies that allow their businesses to create high-quality goods to sell at high prices.
This Competitiveness 1.0 approach is based on the assumption that the well-being of a country, measured by its GDP, would improve by creating the most beneficial national and global regulatory frameworks for business growth. Such an approach would increase revenues of companies and citizens' salaries, which in return would boost a government's tax income. A country's competitive advantage, the theory holds, enables it to invest in its social structures and build its social capital.
The acceptance of the competitive advantage framework as the engine for progress has had a profound impact on national strategies:
- States and companies consider it the gateway to increasing their GDP and ultimately their citizens' income. In turn, income is seen as a core contribution to improving citizens' well-being, and GDP the main indicator of progress;
- Governments implement competitive advantage strategies through internal regulations and external trade agreements that foster the growth of their nations' private industry;
- The emergence of measures, including rankings used as benchmarks, of the competitive advantage of countries. These measures in turn become a catalyst for countries: As governments attempt to meet specific benchmarks, they improve their competitive advantage by changing their regulatory frameworks.
Where We Are Today: Facing Planetary Boundaries
Economic success in past decades has translated into resource consumption levels that are no longer sustainable. As a result, nations' efforts to drive their competitive advantage could be a race to disaster: As they maintain their income (or GDP levels), countries are liquidating their assets by running fiscal deficits or overusing biophysical resource stocks.
This competitive framework ignores factors critical to a nation's future success:
- All life requires ecological resources, including water and biomass, for its survival. Most industrial societies are still highly dependent on easily accessible fossil energy resources. Increased pressures on these resources can lead to non-linear effects, including price volatility or supply disruption, with potentially severe shocks for the global economy.
- Current metrics for competitiveness and economic performance largely ignore resource constraints and their potentially non-linear dynamic ignited by supply gaps. While the global market can smooth over local disruptions initially through trade, market participants will be exposed to world shortages simultaneously. Such potential system shocks will be accelerated if nations with critical resources focus on securing domestic demand before serving the global market.
In essence, classical competitive advantage strategies are leading to overuse of our natural resources: We now see global overshoot of biocapacity, overuse of freshwater and soils, the depletion of fossil energy and mineral assets and other ecological exhaustion (see Lester Brown's World on the Edge, 2011, Norton, Washington, DC or Global Footprint Network).
Countries meanwhile have tried to maintain the benefits of their past competitive advantage without maintaining their competitive positioning. The mounting debt and inability to repay have started to erode the ability of countries to deal with their national challenges.
The growing resource risks, accentuated by the global race to competitive advantage, are starting to undermine not only countries' ecological and economic health, but also the prospects for humanity. In the face of this "race to disaster" dynamic, there is a profound and urgent need to find answers to the following questions:
- Considering the pressure of resource dependence on countries' competitiveness and social stability, and the potential threat to a country's survival, how will governments aggressively manage their resource dependence?
- What competitiveness plans do countries have in place to succeed in a resource-constrained world?
The Way Forward: Competitiveness 2.0
The new resource context calls for an upgrade of the classical model of competitive advantage that addresses the rapidly shifting resource dynamics. Besides the main components of such resources (e.g. biocapacity, water, fossil energies, minerals), which are crucial to sustainable well-being, the next generation of competitiveness models should include the following elements:
- Without an adequate and secured supply of resources, a state will be unable to offer any lasting basis for operating. Resource shocks will come as surprising disruptions (in the absence of a well-functioning market) or volatile price increases, eating up countries' economic progress. Such a scenario can easily reduce — if not annihilate — a country's competitive positioning, and can in the extreme case lead to the situation of a failed state.
- In the case of ex-territorial resource dependence, countries need to find ways to procure missing resources. They will only be able to do so if the country has sufficient financial means. As a national debt becomes too large compared to the country's GDP, a country will lose its ability to address resource deficits. A country's debt, its sovereign savings, its government's budget balance and its import–export balance will all become more important determinants of the country's "licence to operate" — a term we use in our new competitiveness model as shorthand for a nation's financial health and ability to cope with rising resource costs.
- The need to revisit the concept of well-being beyond GDP. GDP is blind to many factors, including the inequalities and limitations that can lead to social tensions and unrest. To maintain social stability and human progress, the new competitiveness models must consider factors such as public health and life expectancy, access to education, wealth creation, and a sense of fairness and equality. The UNDP's Human Development Index, for instance, points in this direction. We label this important element "added value to citizens" — i.e., benefits that governments demonstrably deliver to their populations.
- The need to revisit the concept of well-being beyond GDP. GDP is blind to many factors, including the inequalities and limitations that can lead to social tensions and unrest. To maintain social stability and human progress, the new competitiveness models must consider factors such as public health and life expectancy, access to education, wealth creation, and a sense of fairness and equality. The UNDP's Human Development Index, for instance, points in this direction. We label this important element "added value to citizens" — i.e., benefits that governments demonstrably deliver to their populations.
- The recognition that resource constraints are not primarily a problem of the global commons, but that they hit every nation differently depending on how well the country is prepared or how significantly it is exposed to resource dependencies. In other words: Wait for global consensus, and risk the future of your country. This is an issue that needs a bold response from every country. It cannot simply be solved by international treaties and protocols.
The New Model
The idea is simple: In a time of growing resource constraints, we need to update national competitiveness strategies. While the elements of traditional competitiveness still hold, it has become clear that one key factor, national debt, is starting to overshadow all others and needs far more attention. We call this realization Competitiveness 1.5.
But the debt crisis is merely a symptom of a larger structural problem: The fact that resource dependencies and associated costs and disruptions are becoming one of the key drivers of economic success. In the past it was rational to ignore it, since it was a declining cost factor. But to operate today without aggressive resource policies could in time erode all progress achieved through the classical model.
An updated model of competitiveness that is fit for the emerging future of global ecological overshoot must embrace the nexus of resources and sovereign debt as key factors for national progress. The model we propose, Competitiveness 2.0, can be presented as three key principles:
- License to Operate: Competitiveness 1.5 recognizes that without financial stability, countries lose their license to operate. As deficits mount, particularly with the prospect of low-growth futures, the debt dynamics may shift, leading to runaway debts and countries that are insolvent. To succeed economically, we need to focus more attention on the question: How healthy is the financial situation of the government?
- Resource Balance: Without adequate access to resources, economies will be stifled, if not strangled. Resource costs have the potential to grow exponentially and devastate economic growth. One key question becomes: How dependent is an economy on foreign resources? How much do nations use compared with what they have themselves, and how big are the resource costs compared to their GDPs?
- Added Value to Citizens: What ultimately matters to a country's stability and success is not GDP, but the overall improvement that the economy generates. This could be measured as increase in per-capita wealth (across all capitals) or a broader sense of change in human well-being, as quantified by the Human Development Index. The key question becomes: Do citizens feel they are being served and treated fairly?
Without attending to these new Competitiveness 2.0 principles, it is unlikely that countries will succeed in the new era.


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Clean Cities Provides Dozens of New Photos of Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles
January 14, 2011
More than 150 new photos of alternative fuels and advanced vehicles are now available for public use in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory�s (NREL) online photo library.
Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy�s Clean Cities program, the new photos�many taken by professional photographers�feature up-to-date technologies across the Clean Cities portfolio: electric vehicles, biodiesel buses, ethanol fueling pumps, flex fuel vehicles, heavy-duty hybrids, compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, and more.
To access all the photos, search for �Clean Cities� in the photo library. Users can narrow the search by entering specific fuels, technologies, or locations. Search results contain detailed descriptions and background information for each image. The images in the photo library are suitable for download and use in all types of electronic documents, including PowerPoint presentations. To obtain a high-resolution image suitable for printed documents, e-mail the PIX Webmaster at firstname.lastname@example.com. When using PIX images, please provide photo credit to NREL.
Clean Cities is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy�s Vehicle Technologies Program. Clean Cities partners with state and local organizations in the public and private sectors to reduce petroleum use through alternative and renewable fuels, fuel economy measures, idle reduction technologies, and promising new technologies as they emerge.


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Model Trains, Toys From Jerni Collection Debut At New York Historical Society
A gotta-see display of toy trains entitled "Holiday Express: Toys & Trains from the Jerni Collection," goes on display at the New York Historical Society (NYHS) through January 6th. Click here to read more and to see some amazing photos!
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Head of multimedia for TV channel La7, Gianluca Visalli attends the... Foto di attualitàAssistere,Composizione verticale,Comunicazione multimediale,Conferenza stampa,Democrazia,Elezione,Finanza,Italia,Politica,Roma - Città,TecnologiaPhotographer Giorgio CosulichCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Giorgio CosulichROME, ITALY - JANUARY 22: Head of multimedia for TV channel La7, Gianluca Visalli attends the press conference for the presentation of Google Elections 2013 on January 22, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Google platform elections, organized in collaboration with the newspaper La Stampa and the TV channel La7, brings for the first time in Italy a new model of citizen participation on the web, which has already been successfully tested by Google in elections in the U.S., in France, Germany and other countries of the world. (Photo by Giorgio Cosulich/Getty Images)


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Demi Lovato Tickets are on sale now! The Disney Channel continues to provide society with plenty of young musical talent, and Demi Lovato is the latest sensation. Demi Lovato tickets are on sale today from Razorgator! Early acting experiences, including appearances in Barney and Friends and As the Bell Rings led to a co-starring performance alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 Disney Original movie Camp Rock. That summer Demi Lovato opened for the Jonas Brothers on their tour, and in September of 2008 her debut album Don't Forget dropped, debuting at Number Two on the Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart. Sure to be another big success coming out of the Disney family, don't miss your chance to see Demi Lovato live with your tickets from Razorgator.
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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Today the Toys For Tots program got a boost with some help from the Amtrak Downeaster.
The train pulled into the Portland station around noontime today. Onboard were over 140 kids from the Wells Elementary School, each with a toy to donate.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority paid for the train ride to get all of Santa's little helpers up the coast. For the school's administration, its more than just a free train ride.
Its about helping teach future generations about giving to those less fortunate. This is the schools third year participating in toy donation.


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China's Spring Festival
Local villagers perform a stilt dance to celebrate the Spring... Fotografia de notíciasAldeia,Ano Novo Chinês,Atuação,China,Comemoração,Comunidade,Cultura Chinesa,Dançar,Horizontal,Interesse Humano,PessoasPhotographer ChinaFotoPressCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesJISHAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: (CHINA OUT) Local villagers perform a stilt dance to celebrate the Spring Festival on February 18, 2013 in Jishan County, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. 2013 is the Year of the Snake according the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese Zodiac. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)


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Boone Police today arrested Jorge Del Carmen Hernandez-Moreno, H/M, age 37, charging him with one felony charge of Statutory Rape and one felony charge of Indecent Liberties with a Child. He was arrested at his Winter Drive residence in Boone, where the alleged crimes took place.
Mr. Hernandez-Moreno was set a $250,000 secured bond pending a May 28th, court appearance, and Boone Police detectives say this investigation is continuing.
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Carbon School District will accept bids from firms certified to
perform ALTA/ACSM land title surveys. All firms must be licensed by
the state of Utah experienced in this type of survey. Survey to
conform to Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land
Title surveys dated 23 February 2011. Sketch of properties to be
surveyed and Table A options can be requested by email for inclusion
in cost of the survey. Bids to be submitted to Carbon School
District , 251 West 400 North, Price UT, 84501, ATTN: Deon Kone by
1000 am 13 December 2012 bids may be delivered in person by FAX or
email as shown below.
If awarded the project State of Utah workmen's compensation must be
provided by firm along with general liability insurance as required by
State of Utah. The School District reserves the right to reject any
or all Bids, or to waive any formality or technicality in any bid, in
the best interests of the School District. All questions to be
addressed to Deon Kone as shown.
Carbon School District
Attn: Deon Kone
p: 435-637-1342
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Published in the Sun Advocate December 4 and 6, 2012.