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2013 — An all-conference honorable mention selection, Oregon's leading and most experienced receiver continued to produce offensively with 12 touchdowns, ranking him tied for first in Oregon history over a single season ... Overall he accumulated 24 career touchdowns which is also tied for the most at Oregon ... His 62 catches on the season rank sixth and his 1,140 yards are first in a single-season at Oregon, while his 144 career grabs are eighth all-time and his 2,366 career yards rank seventh . . . Finished six games with over 100 yards receiving ... Had a standout performance against Oregon State, pulling down a career-highs of three touchdowns and 9 receptions for a personal-best 186 yards (which is 10th in Oregon's single game history) ... Recording the fifth 100-yard effort of his career vs. Washington, the receiving primary gained 107 yards over six receptions, including a career-long 65-yard touchdown grab ... Received five catches for 103 yards and two scores during the Colorado victory ... Completed two catches and one touchdown to lead the game against Cal with 44 reception yards ... Matched a personal-best of six catches for 125 yards and a touchdown during the home victory vs. Tennessee ... Caught five passes to gain 118 yards over the season-opener Nicholls.
2012 — Started all 11 games in which he played … Earned honorable mention all-conference recognition while grabbing receptions in eight of his last nine appearances . . . Team leader with 493 receiving yards and seven touchdown grabs ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in average yards per catch (15.4) … Also shared honors as team's fourth-leading scorer (42 points) ... Provided the Ducks with a deep threat as five of his seven scores extended 30 yards or more ... Encountered best stretch as a collegian in consecutive weeks at USC and California, combining for 11 catches for 234 yards and five touchdowns ... Made six grabs for 125 yards and two scores against the Trojans before latching onto five passes in two of the next three weeks vs. the Golden Bears (109 yards) and Oregon State (62) ... Led the team in receptions three times while 23 of his 32 receptions resulted in first downs or touchdowns ... Latched onto three consecutive completions to setup Kenjon Barner's 24-yard TD run to open the second quarter and provide the Ducks with a 35-0 advantage vs. Colorado ... Concluded the season with three catches for 26 yards in the victory over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (Pac-12 Coaches)
Team First-Year Player of the Year (Casanova)
Points scored: 18, at California, 11/10/12; Oregon State, 11/29/2013
Touchdowns: 3, at California, 11/10/12; Oregon State, 11/29/2013
Rush attempts: 3, Arizona, 11/26/10
Rush yards: 103, Arizona, 11/26/10 (3 carries)
Rush TDs: 1, Arizona, 11/26/10 ; Portland State, 09/18/10
Long rush: 85, Arizona, 11/26/10
Receptions: 6, Tennessee, 9/14/13; at USC, 11/03/12
Receiving yards: 125, Tennessee (6 receptions), 9/14/13; at USC, 11/03/12 (6 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 3, at California, 11/10/12; Oregon State, 11/29/2013
Long reception: 59, at Stanford, 11/12/11
Total offense attempts: 3, Arizona, 11/26/10 (3 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 103, Arizona, 11/26/10 (103 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 202, at USC, 10/30/10
Punt return yards: 2, UCLA, 10/21/10 (0 returns)
Long punt return: 2, UCLA, 10/21/10
Kick returns: 5, at USC, 10/30/10
Kick return yards: 132, Washington, 11/06/10 (3 returns)
Long kick return: 80, Washington, 11/06/10
Tackles: 1, Portland State, 09/18/10 (1-0)


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For many shoppers, buying something at full price in store just doesn't feel right knowing you could find the same item discounted, just by scrolling through your phone. Introducing 'showrooming', essentially shopping any brick-and-mortar store, trying something on, falling in love, and then tapping into your mobile to find it cheaper. Makes sense, doesn't it?
If you weren't already doing it, we hope we haven't given you any ideas because now, just trying something on will cost you — especially if you're a shoe girl.
According to WWD, independent shoe retailers are fervently trying to combat showrooming, and rumors are swirling online that stores beginning to charge shoppers for trying on their shoes. These shoe-fitting fees apparently range from $5 and $25 and are instated to make certain that their staff is not wasting their time on the sales floor. However, few stores have actually gone on record about about these new policies.
If you recall, Vera Wang recently came under fire for instituting a $500 try on fee for wedding gowns at her Shanghai flagship with a store staffer explaining to WWD, "A lot of high school and college students were coming here and weren't serious about buying a wedding dress so that's why we started the fitting fee." The difference with this case is that these students were trying on the gowns for fun (something us gals have been doing for recreation since the beginning of shopping). Wang also defended the fee saying that it was put in place to prevent counterfeiters from stealing her designs. Whatever the case, after a surplus of backlash, the company abolished the fees.
We can see it both ways. For one, we're always game for a bargain and believe that designer markups can make something we really, really want seem unattainable. Additionally, we think this is a sound way for retailers to further discourage shoppers from coming to stores in the first place. On the other hand, we don't think taking a sales person's time knowing full well that you won't be making a purchase, and then taking your business elsewhere, just doesn't seem right.
One thing we do know is that if there are enough ladies out there like Carrie Bradshaw, whose impulse for shoes is so irrepressible that they don't have the patience for e-commerce, there is hope for shopping the old fashioned way. And to make another case for retailers who are considering showroom fees, we think Bradshaw would be fine paying a small price to cruise Manolo Blahniks.
The question still remains whether or not independent footwear retailers will be bold enough to take a stand against showrooming and start charging each and every one of us to sample sandals. If they do, will they be able to maintain the new policy or will it face a similar to fate to that of Vera Wang? Only time will tell as e-commerce continues to shake up the sales floors.
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One of the oldest rugby trophies in the world, the Currie Cup Premier Division kicks-off this weekend and it won't be just the silver cup that was presented to South African rugby by the British tourists more than a century ago that will be at stake.
There is also the chance for players in both the Premiers and First Divisions to push for selection against the 2009 British & Irish Lions between now and October.
While the Lions, Cheetahs, Sharks and Western Province all have plum fixtures with the Lions, other teams will be combining to face the tourists under the banner of a Highveld XV and a Coastal XV.
The size of the task that will be facing Ian McGeechan's tourists is best illustrated by the fact the Sharks team for their opening game against Western Province in Round 1 will contain no fewer than four members of the Springboks' Rugby World Cup winning squad.
Johan Muller, JP Pietersen, Jannie du Plessis and Albert van den Berg are all in the Sharks' starting line-up, while there are another four capped players in the 22. they also have eight players on duty with the Springboks
The old war horse AJ Venter, veteran of 101 Currie Cup battles, will lead the charge for Western Province having joined them this season. That is just as well, because they are down 18 players for a variety of reasons.
The Lions will have home advantage over the Blue Bulls, while Boland Cavaliers travel to Valke
The six strong First Division programme will start next week. The South-West District Eagles beat the Mighty Elephants in the final last year.
All players in the First Division will have their eyes on a place in the three combined teams to face the Lions next year - a Highveld XV, Coastal XV and Emerging Springboks.
The opening fixture against the Highveld XV will see the Lions face players drawn from the Leopards, Falcons, Bulls, Lions and Pumas. The Coastal XV will draw from the Mighty Elephants, Border and Eagles.


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BUFFALO Darcy Regier is enjoying the here and now this fantasy-like rise by the Buffalo Sabres from playoff afterthought to conference finalist but at the same time he still must look to the future.
The ouster of the Ottawa Senators by the Sabres on Saturday night will give Regier a little more time this week to continue contract discussions with seven recent draft picks.
The Class of 2006-07 headed by first-round picks Marek Zagrapan and Drew Stafford is very talented and will comprise a good portion of next season's Rochester Americans. ...


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The crash involving a police helicopter in Glasgow city centre is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years involving Eurocopter aircraft.
Police Scotland said the helicopter was a Eurocopter EC135 Type 2, registration G-SPAO. It was built in 2007 and was operated by Bond Air Services, originally for the Strathclyde Police Air Support Unit.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch will carry out an inquiry into what caused the aircraft to drop out of the sky. Eyewitnesses described hearing a loud bang, but the helicopter does not appear to have caught fire.
An initial bulletin giving the investigation team's preliminary findings is likely to be issued shortly, but it may take weeks before the accident branch is able to publish a full and detailed final report.
Investigators will examine whether mechanical failure, pilot error, an electrical fault or other factors were responsible for the sudden loss of power.
The AAIB will also be keen to study any flight data recording equipment that may have been on board the crashed helicopter.
A statement by Bond Air Services said: "Bond Air Services can confirm that a police service helicopter was involved in an accident earlier this evening in Glasgow city centre.
"Bond is working with Police Scotland and the emergency services who responded immediately and remain at the scene at the present time."
In 2002 a police EC135 helicopter came down in a field near Muirkirk in Ayrshire. The wreckage of the aircraft was strewn across a 50-yard stretch of farmland, but the two police officers and civilian pilot on board all survived.
Two other Eurocopter models have been involved in five incidents in the last four years involving offshore workers being transported to and from North Sea installations.
In the most recent crash four people died when a Super Puma AS332 ditched in the sea off the southern tip of Shetland in August.
In April 2009 all 16 people on board an AS332 helicopter died when it crashed into the sea off Peterhead. An AAIB investigation found the aircraft had suffered a catastrophic gearbox failure.
Helicopter operators grounded a different Super Puma model, the EC225, following two ditching incidents in the North Sea in the space of six months last year. All 33 people on board the two aircraft were rescued safely.
Eurocopter called in a specialist engineering firm to identify the source of the problem and flights were suspended for several weeks.
The EC225 fleet returned to service in mid-August after a review of safety procedures and the introduction of extra checks.
Friday's crash will inevitably raise fresh questions about the reliability of the Eurocopter models.
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Alpaca Sweaters
Alpaca is a luxurious, soft, and aesthetically pleasing wool that comes from the alpaca, a domesticated ungulate resembling a small llama. On average, the alpaca is 1-2 feet shorter than their llama cousins. But there are a few other differences as well. The alpaca's ears are straight, while the llama's ears are more oval (some say banana) shaped, and overall, the llama is proportionately bigger than the alpaca. Alpaca wool comes mostly from herds of alpacas in Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile.
Alpaca as a textile is often a blend of the wool of the alpaca animal, as well as mohair, sheep wool, and sometimes even high-quality English wool. It is incredibly soft to the touch, lightweight, with a silky feel. Alpaca also has a relatively low percentage of lanolin, which make this fiber hypoallergenic. As the alpaca animal is a domesticate breed, most alpacas are white, as this fiber is easier to dye into popular bright and vibrant hues.
Alpaca, as a wool, is a particularly fine fabric that is ideal for knitting blankets, scarves, sweaters, socks, and other cold weather garments that offer a cozy and warm feel. Many vendors, stores, and home knitters offer a wide variety of garments that get an added touch of luxury being made with alpaca. Generally, alpaca is more costly than some other wools because of it's appealing qualities.
Caring for alpaca is similar to that of caring for other fine-fabric sweaters and garments. If the alpaca in question is a store-bought item, the instructions on the tag should be followed carefully. If it is a homemade alpaca garment, it should be hand-washed, following these steps:
- Fill a clean sink with warm-cool water and a natural detergent.
- Soak the alpaca sweater in the water. Rinse with cool (not cold) water of until all the soap is rinsed out.
- Do not wring out the sweater. Press excess water from the alpaca garment, and lift out of sink, supporting from the bottom.
- Lay the alpaca on a dry towel. Roll up the towel and gently press out all water. Unroll the towel, and shape the garment with your hands until it is in it's regular shape.
- Allow the alpaca to dry overnight, or until completely dry.
- Never hang alpaca (or any other sweater for that matter!). Fold the garment, and store in a cool, dry place, like a closet shelf.


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AKRON, OH (CNN) -- An Ohio woman was attacked by her former boyfriend in court as she sought a protection order against him.
The incident was captured on a court security camera Friday after the Magistrate stepped out of the room and left her with him.
You can see the man jump from his seat and chase the woman around the table.
Her grandmother tried to step in, but was pushed aside.
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Rwanda Today: Unimaginable forgiveness
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Six months ago I went to a community in Rwanda, close to the same communities where I photographed the violence and impact of the genocide years ago. This time I photographed children who are best friends, even though their parents were on opposite sides of the genocide. The unimaginable has happened. The genocide hasn't been forgotten, but within these families there has been forgiveness and reconciliation.
I've been back to Rwanda many times, and watched the slow process of reconciliation take effect. But the last time was the first time I was with a family who had been bitter enemies and directly harmed each other, and who were now the closest of friends because of reconciliation work! The non-profit World Vision started in that community doing relief, so they've seen the entire spectrum of assistance and development. Our society is so focused on justice, on punishment for evil doers. But here there was complete forgiveness. We have lots to learn from them!
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Through 10 games, the San Francisco 49ers have looked every bit like one of the NFC's elite teams.
Through 10 games, the New Orleans Saints have not. But they're getting closer.
They can take another big step Sunday afternoon, when they host the 49ers in a compelling matchup inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The Saints have rebounded to win five of their last six.
Their ground game has blossomed. Drew Brees is as dependable as ever. And the defense seems to have settled down a little.
In San Francisco, however, the Saints face a much tougher opponent. The 49ers, of course, are among the most physical teams in the NFL, ranking second in total defense and first in rushing offense.
This game will be the first of several tough tests for the Saints, whose next four opponents have a combined .713 winning percentage.
One other thing: Sunday's game is a rematch of last year's thrilling NFC divisional playoff, in which the 49ers' Vernon Davis scored the game-winning touchdown with 9 seconds left, securing a 36-32 victory.
Surely, the Saints haven't forgotten.
The Saints are 5-5 after last week's 38-17 win over the Raiders. They are third in the NFC South, one game behind second-place Tampa Bay and four games behind first-place Atlanta.
The Saints face the Falcons at 7:20 p.m. Thursday in Atlanta. After that, they play the Giants on the road Dec. 9, then host Tampa Bay on Dec. 16.
2 8 : Last week at Oakland, for the first time this season, the Saints had more rushing attempts (28) than pass attempts (27).
147.0: The Saints averaged 147.0 rushing yards in their past three games. New Orleans averaged 75.2 yards during its first five games.
44.9: The Saints offense has converted on 44.9 percent of its third downs this season. They rank fifth in the NFL on third down.
7,405: The Saints defense is on pace to allow 7,405 yards from scrimmage this season. That would shatter the NFL record for yards allowed in a season, set by the 1981 Baltimore Colts, who gave up 6,793 yards from scrimmage.
"I think there's a feeling that we're starting to hit our stride and find a rhythm. ... You can feel it. You can see the results."
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Conserving a previously restored glass flagon
This amber-coloured, glass flagon, found in Buckinghamshire, had been previously restored, possibly in the 1970s. The old gap-fills were discoloured and crude in appearance and needed to be replaced.
Gap-filling missing areas of glass requires a high level of skill and knowledge. Conservators at The British Museum make detachable epoxy resin gap-fills to replace missing areas of glass where possible. This involves a lengthy process of modelling, moulding and casting.
The old restoration was removed and the glass cleaned with solvents. Once this glass flagon was assembled the areas to be filled were protected with aluminium foil and filled with an opaque, white, polyester paste using a sheet of dental wax for support. When hardened, the polyester gap-fill was detached from the flagon and sanded to a smooth surface. Using the polyester gap-fill as a template, a silicon rubber mould was produced. The conservator cast the rubber mould with an epoxy resin. Once set, the epoxy resin gap-fill was polished to a glassy finish and colour-matched using translucent amber-coloured paints. This process was repeated for each of the missing areas. The epoxy resin gap-fills were bonded into position using a reversible adhesive. The advantage of this technique is that all the work on the gap-fill is carried out away from the object, protecting the fragile glass from damage during fitting.


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PRICE - Twila Jane (Mickie) Hayes Hartzel, age 77, passed away July 22, 2003 in Price.
She was born April 25, 1926 in Price to Monroe and Cornelia Nott Hayes. Married Leonard N. Vestal April 14, 1943 in Salt Lake City. He died Jan. 5, 1954. Married John E. Hartzel May 6, 1955 in Grand Junction, Colo.
Member of the LDS Church. She enjoyed crocheting, ceramics, hunting, fishing and all types of crafts.
Mickie was devoted to her family and was a friend to all. She never met a stranger
Mom was always good for a laugh, a hug and a helping hand.
She has left us for a short time, but we will be together again.
Survived by husband, John Hartzel, Price; four children, Louise (Marty) Wilkinson, Salina; John E. (Elena) Hartzel, North Cape May, N.J.; Janet E. (David) Meye, Camdenton, Mo.; Jamie E. Hartzell, Salt Lake City; sister, Oragale Fairbourn, West Valley City; son-in-law, Chuck Echols, Whitefish, Mont.; daughter-in-law, Sharron Vestal, Richardson, Texas; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents; two sons, Rodger and Larry Vestal; two daughters, Sharon Stokes and Connie Echols; three brothers, Floyd, Lawrence and Harold; and two sisters, Lila Flores and Alma Parry.
Funeral service Monday, July 28, 1 p.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Sunday evening, 7 to 8 p.m. and Monday one hour prior to services. Interment, Price City Cemetery.
PARIS, Idaho - Terry Lynn Hampton, 56, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
She was born Dec. 15, 1946 in Price on a Sunday morning to Mark and Betty Pace Hampton.
She attended the first grade in Price and then the family moved to Sunnyside, where she attended the second through eighth grades. She finished high school in Price.
She lived in Moab and Green-river, Wyo, before moving to Paris, Idaho, in 1982. She lived there since. She was in the hospital in Idaho Falls since March up until the time of her death. She had been paralyzed due to a car accident for the past 26 years.
Terry is survived by her mother, Betty Mortensen of Paris, Idaho; one sister, Marliene (Mike) Sorenson of Idaho Falls, Idaho; two brothers, Arevell "Stubby" (Kate) Burge of Woods Cross; Dale (Gayle) Hampton of Midway; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Mark Ammon Hampton; her stepfather, Nephi Junior Mortensen; and her grandparents.
Funeral services will be Monday, July 28, at 11 a.m. at the Paris LDS Stake Center in Paris, Idaho, under the direction of Matthews Mortuary of Montpelier. Friends may call at the stake center from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Burial will take place Tuesday in the Price City Cemetery at 2 p.m.
HELPER - Alta Mae Jensen Hall, age 69, passed away July 23, 2003 at her home.
She was born Aug. 4, 1933 in Pleasant Grove to Perry and Clara Edwards Jensen. Alta married Norman Hall May 25, 1951 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
As an active member of the LDS Church, she served in numerous callings, most notably as a church service missionary with her husband in the church employment center.
Alta was a very good homemaker and loved to cook. She taught Weight Watchers for five years.
Alta is survived by husband of 52 years, Norm of Helper; children, Vickie and Dewayne Dean of Salt Lake City; Ronald and Dorothy Hall of Castle Dale; and Gordon and Karla Hall of Price; and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Also survived by sisters, Vonda Sauliner and Lorraine Sherwood.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 26, 11 a.m. in the Helper LDS Stake Center. Friends may call Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary in Price and one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery, Helper.
PRICE/ROOSEVELT - Dixie Loraine Johnson Jamison, age 73, passed away in her sleep on July 23, 2003 at her home in Price.
She was born Jan. 2, 1930 in Price to Clement Joseph and Cleona Swasey Johnson. Married Doswell A. (Curly) Jamison Nov. 20, 1953 in White Pine, Nev.
Dixie enjoyed household crafts in her younger days, such as paintings, crocheting and other art form.
In her later years, she enjoyed purchasing collectibles and giving them to her grandchildren.
Mom was an animal lover and she always had cats or dogs that were as much a part of the family as her children.
Survived by loving husband, D.A. Jamison, Price; daughter, Jeanne (Daryl) Daniels, Chandler, Ariz.; son, John (Sue) Jamison, Price; sisters, Sis (Bill) Cunning-ham, Mary (Lott) Majors and JoyLynn (Ernie) McFarlane, all of Cleveland; three grandchildren, Craig (Mari) Jamison, Wendy (Tobin) Roberts, Jackie Christensen; and great-grandson, Kobin Roberts. Preceded in death by parents; and three brothers, Jack, Terry and Max Johnson.
Graveside service, Tuesday, July 29, 10 a.m., Cleveland City Cemetery. Family will be at Mitchell Funeral Home, 233 East Main Street in Price Monday evening from 7 to 8 p.m.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Cecil Aguirre, 64, passed away peacefully with his best friend, Geneva hMullins, by his side on June 23, 2003 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
He was born May 20, 1938 in Standardville to Catherine Parry and Joe Aguirre.
He served in the U.S. Army was a graduate of Carbon High School 1958.
He is survived by son, Teddy; daughter, Kathy Jo; and sisters, Ramona Sidwell, Spring Glen; and Erma (Louise) James, West Valley City. Preceded in death by mother; father; and brother, Arthur and Stephen Aguirre.
Services were conducted in Oklahoma City, Okla.
PRICE/AZUSA, Calif. - William Walter Bass, age 85, passed away in Azusa, Calif.
He was born May 23, 1918 and lived in Price for many years before moving to California.
He was a WWII veteran.
Funeral services were July 17 at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif.
SPRING GLEN/DENVER, Colo. - Helen Dolan Wilson, age 93, passed away peacefully in her home in Spring Glen on her birthday, July 22, 2003.
She was born July 22, 1910 in Denver, Colo., to Thomas M. and Julia Nazyark Dolan. Married Howard Joseph Wilson June 17, 1929, he died Oct. 29, 1983.
Survived by daughter, Ardith (Richard) Keppler; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren that she was blessed with. Among the many friends and loved ones Helen also leaves her loving companion, Precious. She was preceded in death by parents; sisters, Lucille and Maimie; daughter, Rita Swope; son-in-law, Bill Swope; and her beloved husband, Howard.
Funeral Mass Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m., at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 5 South Main Street, Helper. Rosary will be Friday evening, 7 p.m., at the church in Helper. Family will be at the church Friday and Saturday one hour prior to services. Committal service, Price City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Rocky Mountain Hospice.
PRICE - William A. Coleman, age 84, passed away July 20, 2003 at his home in Price.
He was born Aug. 12, 1918 in Greenwood, Ark., to Benjamin Franklin and Mary Delilah Allenbaugh Coleman. Married Loraine Goff Aug. 28, 1964 in Ely, Nev. She died March 5, 1986.
Longtime resident of Carbon County, where he retired as a welder from Valley Camp Coal. William was a member of United Mine Workers of America Local 6788 and he proudly displayed his 38 years of service on his hats that he wore.
He was an avid fisherman.
Survived by children, Benny N. Coleman, Enterprise, Ala.; Adabell Allemcesch, Shoshone, Wyo.; Susan Peterson, Rock Springs, Wyo.; Linda Hansen, Green River, Wyo.; Cathy Iriart, St. George; and many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Graveside service Friday, July 25, 11 a.m., Price City Cemetery. Family will be at Mitchell Funeral Home Friday one hour prior to services.


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Students in F-1 status may be eligible to extend the "complete studies no later than" date on their Forms I-20 if they will be unable to complete their final degree requirement by the current date indicated. This expiration date on Form I-20 must not expire if a student has not yet completed his or her studies and has not applied for post-completion OPT. Otherwise a termination of status is incurred.
Importantly, an application for program extension should be made with the ISO at least 30 days before the "complete studies no later than" date on Form I-20. Program extensions are not granted after the expiration date.
To apply for a program extension you must bring the following to the ISO during office hours:
- Academic Advisor Recommendation Form (MS Word) completed by your academic advisor
- I-20 Request Form (MS Word) completed by you.
- Proof of funding
- Proof of valid health insurance
- Passport
If you will be completing your final degree requirement before the "complete studies no later than" date on Form I-20, please contact the ISO to obtain a new Form I-20 documenting your shortened program.


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According to this particular camp, the average kid spends 51 minutes outdoors a week. That's less than an hour of unstructured play time out in the fresh air (we assume this doesn't include recess time at school).
At the same time, kids spend an average of 623 minutes a week in front of a computer, 833 minutes playing video games and 2,121 minutes watching television.
The selling point for this summer camp is that, in a week's time, kids who attend will spend 3,600 minutes outdoors — and exactly zero in front of a TV, a computer, a gaming system or a cellphone.
But we shouldn't need to ship our kids off to summer camp to get them to enjoy the great outdoors.
We remember, as kids, getting booted outside on a daily basis. And the crazy thing is, we had more fun playing games and sports, building forts, riding bikes, splashing through puddles, and searching for bugs than we ever did cooped up inside.
Maybe if we had Xbox's and iPads 30 years ago, things would be different.
Still, it's a sobering statistic that our children are becoming so disconnected with the natural world around them. They're learning about the great outdoors by looking things up on Google instead of wandering around the neighborhood exploring for themselves.
We realize that things will never be like they once were. Technology has us hurtling through life at a pace unlike anything previous generations ever experienced.
That's why it's so important for us, and for our children, to take every opportunity we can find to slow down, to get outside and to enjoy the world in which we live.
If simply kicking your kids outside doesn't work, then come up with creative ways to get them excited about being outdoors.
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Joakim Noah is in his fifth NBA season out of Florida. Noah is probably best known for his time as a Gator, when his star-studded team, coached by Billy Donovan, won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.
The Bulls selected Noah with the ninth pick of the 2007 NBA Draft.
The son of former tennis great Yannick Noah has grown into a solid NBA player.
The 6-11 center is known for his tough physical defense, rebounding ability and low post scoring. Between winning national championships at Florida and spending his pro career with one of the biggest teams in the league, Noah's become a pretty popular figure in the basketball world.
Tuesday, per the above ifollosports.com original video, Noah is seen taking time to sign for fans outside of the Target Center in Minneapolis, prior to the Bulls 11-point win over the Timberwolves.
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Being anti-American is hip again.
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Being president can be a real drag. Too much work, too many people who want something from you, and having to be nice to people who hate you. I'm sure President Obama is tempted at times to just chuck it all for a few hours and go shoot some hoops, or hit the links. Oh, wait…
But what really sucks is having to shake hands with some truly slimy, despicable people. Nixon shook hands with mass murderer Mao Zedong. Carter was embraced by Brezhnev following the signing of the SALT II treaty. Clinton pumped the paw of baby killer Yasser Arafat. And George Bush did the grip and grin with neo-Communist Vladmir Putin.
So it wasn't out of the ordinary for President Obama to ascend the stage at the annual "Christmas in Washington" charity event and shake hands with the Korean rapper known as PSY who apparently has two notable achievements: the most popular YouTube video of all time and making the most spiteful, the most glorious, and the most notorious anti-American statements since Jane Fonda sat in the saddle of an anti-aircraft gun in Hanoi and pretended to shoot at American planes while yukking it up with the torturers of our POWs.
PSY, who dresses like a game-show host and dances like a nerdy MC Hammer, rapped up a storm at an anti-war concert in Korea back in 2004, sing-songing that someone should "kill all those f**king Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives." He also suggested they should be killed "slowly and painfully" and that their families should die for good measure.
Now, I haven't listened to pop music since I wanted to grow a beard just like those really hip guys in ZZ Top, so I hope I'm forgiven when I confess I thought that "Gangnam Style" was just more mindless anti-police gangsta rap. Instead, it is mindless Korean knock-off American dance pop — a combination of kimchi and apple pie that's as boringly repetitive as it is garishly inoffensive. The quick cuts and effects in the video made my eyes hurt after watching all 4 minutes and 13 seconds of the clip. And I swear that by the end of PSY's performance, I thought he was looking more and more like Kim Jong-un, the North Korean strongman. Same frappy build. Same sunglasses. Except PSY dresses better and Kim doesn't have super hot women in any of his videos.
PSY has had an interesting start to his 15 minutes. Once his rancid anti-American statements became known, his retinue went into damage control, issuing a "What? Anti-American? Who me?" statement that almost makes it seem that an imposter had made those damning comments about killing American soldiers:
While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused by those words.
"How these lyrics could be interpreted…"? One way to interpret them is that PSY is a flaming, anti-American kook. Another way to interpret them is that he is a North Korean spy and should be hanged. No doubt PSY prefers the former interpretation to the latter.
PSY's problem is that he's not an American liberal. Speaking truth to power like that in America would get him a book deal, a guest spot on The View, and an open invitation to all the best cocktail parties with the trendy folk from New York to Hollywood. He would be praised for his "candor" and "courage" while raking in cash and notoriety. They would make a movie of his life story, and Obama would probably award him the Congressional Gold Medal. Being anti-American in America is a lucrative pastime for many.


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Wichita Falls High School will host a 3-on-3 soccer tournament Saturday.
The tournament will begin at noon at the high school.
There will be youth, JV and varsity divisions. Each team may have a maximum of six players on its roster. Cost is $150 per team or $25 per player.
Contact Patrick McCauley at 940-632-5346 for more information.
Holiday Hustle
The Bill Bartley Family YMCA will hold the Holiday Husle on Dec. 8. The 10K run will begin at 10:45 a.m. and the 5k at 11 a.m.
Entry fees are $20 for adults until Nov. 26. Then it increases to $25. It will be $30 on race day. Kids under 12 will be $12 until Nov. 26, then it increases to $17. It will be $22 on race day.
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Weeks Park Tennis
Texoma Tennis Academy for more Advanced Juniors: Intermediate Orange Ball Class, Mon/Thurs, 4:45-6 p.m.; Older Intermediate Level, Tues/Wed, 6-7:30 p.m.; Tournament Level Group, Mon/Thurs, 6-7:30 p.m.
For more information, call Weeks Park at 940-322-7700.
Family Y
Activities at the Family Y are:
Fitness classes: Zumba, Stretch, Kettlebell, Power Fit, Yoga, Power Pump, HABIT, To the Core, Aerobics Lo/Lite, Body Combat, RIPPED, Aqua Aerobics, Super Spin and Cardio Blast.
Silver Sneaker fitness (for active older adults): Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
Gymnastics: Parent/Child, Tiny Tumble, Kindergym, Levels 1-3 and private lessons.
Aikido: 11 a.m.-noon, 8-9 p.m. on Tuesday-Thursday.
Tang Soo Do: (ages 7 and up) Monday, Wednesday from 6:15-7:45 p.m.
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Aquatic & Wellness Center
Programs offered at the center are:
Water aerobics classes for all levels. Warm Water Wonders classes geared toward arthritis and those with joint problems.
Private swim lessons by American Red Cross certified water safety instructors offered for children 4 and up as well as adults.
Various land classes including yoga, Pilates, turbo kick, step and hip-hop.
Zumba and water Zumba also are offered.
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Ignite Gymnastics
Classes currently offered at Ignite Gymnastics are:
Monday: 5 to 7 p.m. recreation team (invitation only); 5 to 8 p.m. boys and girls gymnastic team.
Tuesday: 5 to 6 p.m. Tumble age 4-6 (invitational only); 6 to 7 p.m.; Tumble Pre-K age 4 to 6; 7 to 8 p.m. tumble age 7 and up; 8 to 9 p.m. tumble age 7 and up.
Wednesday: 5 to 7 p.m. recreation team (invitation only); 5 to 8 p.m. boys and girls gymnastic team.
Thursday: 5 to 6 p.m.: gymnastics Pre-K age 4 to 6; 6 to 7 p.m. gymnastics 7 and up; 7 to 8 p.m. tumble 7 and up.
Friday: 5 to 8 p.m. boys and girls gymnastic team.
Ignite Gymnastics is located at 7th and Austin streets. For more information, call 940-761-4177, 940-224-9099 or 940-923-7849.
Olympic Weightlifting
Rx Strength is offering Olympic weightlifting classes from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for ages 8 and above.
For more information call Carla Nichols at 940-692-1311.
SW Speedskating Team
Anyone interested in being a member, or obtaining information about the S.W. speed skating team and competing on a national Level competitive team should contact coach Steve Misner at 940-733-5651.
The team practices at the new Roller Plex Skate Center on Southwest Parkway.
Youth Opportunities Center
Sports programs being offered at the YOC are: YOC and Pueblo Boxing: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and USA wrestling: 6 p.m. Friday.
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WF Elite Swim Team
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Wallace Martial Arts
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Cost is $70 per person per month.
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Texoma Hash House Harriers
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WF Athletic Club
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WF Runners Club
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Downtown YMCA
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H2O Cardio (advanced water aerobics) 5:45 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
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1. Abe on October 6, 2003 10:40 PM writes...
is it possible that the reverse could be true? that keeping it secret actually increases the incentive to "game" the system.
One thing seems certain, keeping it secret increase the value of discovering some of the mechanisms. The lucky or diligent few that can uncover a trick that boosts their results have a valuable piece of info that gives them an advantage over those who do not know. When the info is kept secret is pretty much a sure thing that people will try and dig it out.
Now is it any better when its open? I'm not sure. My guess is that the effort to game the system broadens, but also flattens. It becomes harder to get enough of an advantage to really make it worth the time to seriously work the system. But a whole lot of people will deploy mild gaming tactics. Which might lead to a bit of a elitist bifurcation. Those with enough knowledge will get better search placement, while those that don't get pushed down.
Ultimately I'm not sure it makes a huge difference, a really good algorithm will route around most hack attempts anyway.
2. Francis Hwang on October 6, 2003 11:56 PM writes...
I'm reminded of cryptography: New algorithms in the field aren't considered valid until they've been publically analyzed and deconstructed by competitors. It's not a completely analogous situation, of course, since secure communications between two agents is a much simpler problem in many ways than search relevance. Search relevance is, like most issues of value to human beings, really bloody hard to define in a way that machines can make use of.
It would be fascinating to see if anybody on this planet is smart enough to come up with a relevance algorithm that resists attempts to hack it even if the algorithm itself were completely open. But this problem may not gain much from an open-source model.
Some problems are more amenable to the open source process than others. Most programming is about incremental improvement: A good word processor is built on 1000 small features organized in such a way that they complement one another. But a small portion of programming is based on the sort of algorithmic inspiration than cannot be easily broken up into small pieces and solved by committee: artificial intelligence, 3d game engines, collaborative filtering. If somebody comes up with this holy grail of a relevance engine, she will do so largely on her own, regardless of how many open-source programmers sign up to actually implement it.
The pessimistic way to spin this is to say that this problem requires a particular genius, and whether or not that genius signs up to the open source movement or takes a job at Google is anybody's guess.
3. Doug Cutting on October 7, 2003 2:10 PM writes...
These are valid musings, but only serve to point out what we don't know. Can Nutch work? We'll only find out if we try. Wouldn't it be great it if did work? And doesn't that possibility warrant the effort? I (obviously) think so.
4. Dez Blanchfield on January 22, 2004 9:43 PM writes...
As one who has just "joined" the Nutch effort, per se, I would like to comment that right now, as of Jan 23rd 2004, the Nutch project has come a long way, I've easily implemented a quick trial index of around 26 million *.au ( Australia ) url's which I simply extracted from my own work of almost ten years ( http://WebSearch.COM.AU ) and was blown away when with a few days worth of effort, and a few quick hacks to fix some bugs, I managed to replicate ten years of personal development by running up Nutch and simple "inject"'ing ( Nutch speak ) my current Active catalogue of Australian domain name space URL's, kick off a crawl ( fetch ) and around two days later I'd built an almost mirror of http://WebSearch.COM.AU from this incredible open source effort! wow!
Even after sending a "how can I help!?" email, the responce was quick, personal and very positive.
This in contrast to the naturally secretive nature of commercial efforts like Google ( albeit they continue to act the lean mean search'in machine from their early days of college and some lego hard disk enclosures and some spare kit lying around the computer room - peh! ).
Am now running flat out to build a second index now of around 200+ million ( thats as big as I've estimated the sizing of my current development box will let me go before I have to buy another couple of terrabytes of DISk.
Your comments about social secrets being "best kept" and as being "necessary", I don't get to be honest - certainly there will always be issues like national security for all nations that must be kept at the time of consern, but like the NAZI codes of WWII, they were eventually cracked, opend and once the threat was gone, Enigma for example posed no further threat, the bunch of crossword gods cracking them at Bleatchley Park all went home, wrote books and got on with their lives ( if such a thing is possible after what they did ).
But with data being king ( well, information that is ), the key to the value of that data for the great unwashed masses has to be their ability to a) get access to it, b) find it, and surely most importantly in the end c) search it - to locate what they want accurately and in a timely, affordable fashion!
If you take the White Pages and Yellow Pages directories, once a source of power, control, and revenue for the phone companies, now just anther pile of junk paper, and used through the net, but the point being, everyone had access to them, and the public face of them was, and still is, generally a copy litterally hanging from the walls of your nearest corner phone booth!
If you take the opposite side of the coin and consider public documents burried in the basements of public office buildings run by our respective governments, who among us has, unless through absolute necessity such as land titles ( but even then we pay search companies or lawyers to go find them usually ) - but I wonder what is burried there in all that data, what deep dark hidden secrets must lay within?
How wonderful if you could as we do now, jump on the likes of AllTheWeb.COM and search for curious and interesting things like the history of say "crown chain and land titles" for example, and have it dig out the jewels of information that are currently hidden inadvertantly, in hardcopy documents around the world.
Recently I did some research, and was astounded to find approx 850,000 sites that lay some claim, albeit some were rather lame or half baked, to being an internet search engine, or internet directory!
850,000 web sites supposedly claiming to be search engines? isn't that wild!
Some of the sites I did review, were very valid and high quality "niche" market search portals per se, but on the whole, 99% were junk, also rans, trying to represent themselves as mini google, or mini yahoo's and all they were in effect were kids running the likes of Chatalogica's Links, Gossamer Threads, HTdig, ASPseek, or some home cooked per scripts, even powered by MySQL or Postgres, but I think it would be fair to say that most were junk, I don't like to say that in a horrible and negative way as there's no better learning process than building something and running it live on the internet, where else could you get free user testing from hundreds of millions of potential crazy key whackers!?
But what I do have an issue with, is that the average internet user is not necessarily as discerning as they might otherwise be off line, perhaps thats a fault of the authoritarian postion technology, and computers as a whole have acheived through their being the source of, and controlling point of much of our modern lives.
But imaging granny logging on, finally working out how to get windows on a pc to dial up, finding a "very interesting stuff dot com" search directory, only to end up frustrated by the lack of data, good info, etc there, and considering the internet to be a waste of time, or more dangerously, getting sent to a bogus or misleading web site or page, as is often the case with the flood ( still ) of porn sites posting to these tiny directories or search sites, under supposedly valid urls and pages, wait till they get indexed and see thier listing added or the spider crawl, and then quickly update the page and fill it with porn or porn links or redirects - old game, new risk!
Now Nutch can't fix the sorts of risks I'm talking about, but what it can do is provide a more common playing field for those who would build public search sites, allow them to scale and grow to google and yahoo and FAST challenging levels at the cost of the average Gamming PC these days ( AUD$4,000 gaming PC will get you a box capable of a 200 million urls, phew! that's the whole of Gigablast's efforts - sorry Matt - in a desktop pc and any 14 year old with some Java, Tomcat, Linux and time can do it now ).
I really do beleive that the more Nutch based sites we see, the more open the access to data will eventually be, and as the holders of public data like state and federal government agencies start to get their turks ( aka it geeks ) to install the likes of Nutch now, where they might previously not been able to afford a yellow box from Google ( which is useless to anyone outside the USA of course, and $65,000 for 150,000 URL's, please, that's just a joke! ), finally we might begin to see www.gov.au and www.anu.edu.au for example, provide a search tool that lets me find stuff that currently the likes of CSIRO's mini google in a box ( well three 1RU linux's pc's that is ) tries to provide, but again at the sort of cost that most can't easily justify the cost.
If I said that I could for around AUD$10,000 build you a Nutch based system that could index 100 million html documents, and you could then dump that on your LAN, and start sucking your intranet for documents, or index that CDROM farm with the public document archive, and let it face the internet and Jane aveage could search it, wouldn't that blow your mind.
AUD$10,000 will buy you a 2RU, 3 Ghz Xeon, 2 GB or RAM, 8 x 250 Gb IDE two terrabyte RAID 5 ( 3ware 8 channel controller ) monster with dual gigabit LAN internfaces.
Then a weeks effort from an everyday techie with half a linux / java / tomcat clue, and you've got a search engine monster, when compared to the current offerings!
So are social secrets necessary, yes, but in the context of Google and co, not on your life.
Well, unless the paranoid dillusionals ( like me ) are right that the NSA is funding Google's data centre of what, 10,000+ pc's to store the internet and search it, for "interesting things" ??
ps: wild ramblings of "thinking aloud" - don't take any of this for anything more than just that, wild ramblings..
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Benazir Bhutto
Hero or Zero?
November 09, 2011
Pakistan's democratic institutions—a president, a parliament, a prickly judiciary—generally struggle for recognition and relevance. But not at the moment. The country recently saw three major campaign rallies just days apart. (Elections are slated for 2013, though they could be moved up.) First, Shahbaz Sharif—the chief minister of Punjab and brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—led his party, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), in an impassioned rally.
How To Save Pakistan From the Abyss
January 08, 2011
The assassination of Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's largest province—and the wave of support for the assassin from Islamic extremists—underscores how close to the abyss the world's second largest Muslim country has come. Taseer was an outspoken critic of religious extremism and a defender of civilian government. Like Benazir Bhutto, he was murdered by the dark forces in Pakistan that seek to create an Islamic emirate. In the wake of this disaster, many will be tempted to go to the generals and look for a strongman, perhaps army chief of staff General Kayani, to maintain order.
How Can We Help Pakistan's Flood Victims While Their Own Government Is Failing?
August 20, 2010
Compounding things, the international community has moved ponderously, even lethargically, to aid the survivors. According to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Saudi Arabia has led all countries in providing aid, with about $112 million, followed by the United States with nearly $76 million, and then the United Kingdom's nearly $65 million. Pakistan's neighbor and regional rival, India, has offered very little, while Pakistan's all-weather friend, China, has ponied up a paltry $9 million thus far. The total sum, according to the NDMA, amounts to only $524.93 million.
Who Killed Benazir Bhutto? No One Really Knows.
May 15, 2010
Benazir Bhutto was murdered (along with 24 of her nameless countrymen) two-and-a-half years ago. Edward Jay Epstein has discovered that there was actually no proper—and barely an improper—investigation of the slaying. Her crooked and shiftless husband succeeded Musharraf as president, not that she wasn't crooked herself. But shiftless she was not. Anybody is likely to be assassinated in Pakistan.
Flop House
May 08, 2010
Last Friday, the Pakistani Taliban established a YouTube site titled Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel. (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, means Pakistani Taliban Movement and is the group's official name.) Two days later, on Sunday morning, a video appeared there taking credit for Faisal Shahzad's botched car bombing in Times Square. It featured a collage of images (slain jihadis, a Predator drone, Barack Obama, etc.) patched over an audio recording from Qari Hussain Mehsud.
Fear and Loathing in Pakistan
December 21, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan The US Embassy in Islamabad is a tense and embattled place. The embassy complex is fortress-like, sequestered in a secure area to the east of the city known as the "diplomatic enclave," whose approaches are guarded by multiple security checkpoints. The compound's outer perimeter is festooned with barbed wire and towering walls. Arriving vehicles are stopped for bomb-checks, sealed into a quarantined area with high walls on either side and heavy iron doors at front and back.
What Motivated The Mehsud Killing?
August 11, 2009
One interesting wrinkle in the story of Baitullah Mehsud's assassination-by-drone is that Mehsud has long been a higher-priority target for Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, than he has been for the United States. This may have been for personal reasons. Pakistan and the CIA both believe that Baitullah Mehsud was responsible for the assassination of Zardari's wife, Benazir Bhutto. And ever since, Zardari has feared that he will be the next target. The Bush administration, however, was reportedly unwilling to send drones against Mehsud.
The Drone War
June 03, 2009
The Al Qaeda videotape shows a small white dog tied up inside a glass cage. A milky gas slowly filters in. An Arab man with an Egyptian accent says: "Start counting the time." Nervous, the dog starts barking and then moaning.
Back Pak
June 03, 2009
Earlier this spring, Nawaz Sharif threatened to topple Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's government. Since taking power in September, Zardari had been promising to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice of the supreme court, whom Pervez Musharraf had sacked on March 9, 2007. But Zardari, who feared that Chaudhry would try to either curb executive power or dredge up corruption cases, balked repeatedly. This annoyed Sharif--and many of his fellow countrymen--to no end.
The Black Widower
March 18, 2009
Last fall, during Asif Ali Zardari's first foreign trip as head of state, the Pakistani president met with Sarah Palin in New York City. The meeting occurred amid Palin's other campaign cameos with U.S.-friendly world leaders, most of whom could manage little more than an awkward grimace amid the onslaught of flashbulbs. (Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo reportedly flat-out refused to meet her.) But Zardari, widower of Benazir Bhutto and oft-described playboy, looked delighted as he greeted--and then charmed--the vice-presidential candidate.


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California farm workers want Congress to do more to protect them from hazardous pesticides. More than a dozen workers from California and other states are on Capitol Hill to urge such action.
Among them is Mily Trevino-Sauceda, a retired farm worker who now head ups a farm workers' advocacy group, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.
"Looking at all of this and seeing how people are being harmed really angers you," she declared.
"You know, we want to work to survive and this goes on? It's not fair, it's not fair."
Mily says many companies aren't following the regulations, and workers are signing documents they can't read or understand. California uses more pesticides than any other state, with a reported 173 million pounds of such substances used in 2010.
According to Mily, another concern is that many farm workers won't complain because they're afraid they will be fired.
"There are many workers also, they're undocumented, they don't have their immigration papers," she said. "The ones that know about that are the crew leaders, so if they complain they can not only be fired, but you know, immigration can be called on them."
The group is in D.C. to call on Congress to strengthen the Worker Protection Standard regulations. According to Anne Katten, project director for the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, that's an immediate goal.
"In the longer term we think the solution is to reduce pesticide use so there's less pesticide out there," she said. "But in the short term we urgently need to update the WPS, the Worker Protection Standard."
Katten said that includes more frequent and comprehensive pesticide safety training for farm workers, including information about the risk to farm worker families exposed to pesticides in the form of residues on workers' tools, clothes and skin.
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Set to the greatest hits of 80s, Walking on Sunshine is the feel-good musical of the year and dances into cinemas on 27th June 2014.
Introducing rising stars Annabel Scholey, Hannah Arterton, and Giulio Berruti as the tangled threesome Maddie, Taylor and Raf. They are joined by one of the UK's top funny women Katy Brand, Greg Wise and multi-award winning and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, Leona Lewis, makes this musical extravaganza her debut film role.
After a whirlwind romance, Maddie, fresh from a long term relationship, is preparing to marry gorgeous Raf and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding in Italy. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor's ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life...and that is just one of the set-backs on their road to happy ever after.
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Slovenia : Overview
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Slovenia lies in the north-western part of south-eastern Europe. It is bordered by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy. Slovenia has a short coastline on the Adriatic Sea and is mountainous.
Main languages: Slovenian, also Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian, Romani, Macedonian, Hungarian, Italian, German
Main religions: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam
The 2002 census put the total population at 1,964,036 people and the main ethnic groups, Slovenes 1,631,363, Serbs 38,964, Croats 35,642, Bosniacs 21,542, Muslims 10,476, Bosnians 8,062, Hungarians 6,243, Albanians 6,186 and Roma 3,246. Other groups include Macedonians, Italians, Montenegrins, Germans.
Slovenes are a Slavic people. They speak Slovenian and are predominately Roman Catholic. Various groups from former Yugoslavia are the biggest de facto minorities. This includes predominately Serbs, Roma, Croats, Bosniaks, Muslims, and Albanians, most of whom came from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. People from SFRY and the autochtonous Roma face exclusion and discrimination. There are relatively small Italian and Hungarian communities, who, in general, enjoy a high level of protection.
Slovenes entered the territory of present-day Slovenia during the fifth and sixth centuries and rapidly fell under Frankish and Roman Catholic influence. From the fourteenth century, the Slovene lands became hereditary possessions of the Austrian Habsburgs and they remained a part of the Habsburg empire until 1918. After the First World War, most of the Slovene lands were incorporated in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (after 1929, Yugoslavia), although small areas of Slovene settlement remained within neighbouring Italy, Hungary and Austria. During the Second World War, Slovenia was partitioned between its neighbours, who adopted a harsh policy of assimilation towards Slovenes.
After 1945, Slovenia was restored as a republic within federal Yugoslavia. Disputes over the frontier with Italy were not formally resolved until the 1970s. During Tito's rule, 'ethnically mixed areas' where the small Hungarian and Italian minorities lived, offered bilingual education for both the minorities and the majority.
Slovenia was the most prosperous out of former Yugoslav republics. Most people in Slovenia resented the fact that Slovenia effectively subsidised less developed regions in the south. Slovenia's relative prosperity and the fact that it was the most homogenous republic were key reasons why Slovenia for opted for independence. During Tito's rule, many people from other republics the then Yugoslavia (SFRY) had come to Slovenia to work. When Slovenia gained independence, many of these were left without Slovenian citizenship or residency.
Following a referendum, Slovenia was the first of the former Yugoslav republics to declare independence in June 1991. Milosevic did not recognise Slovenia's independence, and the Yugoslav Army (JNA) briefly intervened, but was defeated by the Slovenian army. Slovenia joined the European Union in 2004 in the first eastern enlargement.
Slovenia's constitution was adopted in 1991. It ensures basic human rights 'irrespective of national origin, race, sex, language, religion'. It includes right to self-identification with an ethnic group, and right to preserve culture and language (art 61). The constitution, however, only recognises Hungarians and Italians as 'autochthonous ethnic groups' and grants them protection in the fields of minority language education, establishment of own educational institutions, establishment of own councils which may submit recommendations to government and participate in decisions on education, and representation at national level. The constitution provides special status and rights to Roma community, which is to be regulated by law, which has not yet been passed due to lack of political will. An Equal Opportunities Act was adopted in 2004. Slovenia has a Human Rights Ombudsman. It also has a Council for Implementation of the Principle of Equal Treatment, which includes members of Italian, Hungarian and Roma communities only, and an Advocate for the Principle of Equality. There is an Office of Nationalities, but, once again, it deals only with groups mentioned in the constitution.
As a member state of the European Union, Slovenia is bound by all its laws, importantly the Directive on Equal Treatment Irrespective of Racial or Ethnic Origin and the Directive Establishing A General Framework for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation. These Directives significantly expand protection from discrimination across Europe, and cover direct and indirect discrimination, hidden discrimination and harassment. The Directives are to be transposed by member states into national legislation. In Slovenia, the Race Directive was transposed.
General problems which affect on human rights protection and the rule of law in Slovenia are:
Inefficient judiciary. The judiciary has a large backlog of cases. This in particular impacts people from SFRY who are trying to regularise their status in Slovenia.
Growing intolerance. There is a lack of tolerance and prejudice towards the Roma, Serbs, Roma, Croats, Bosniaks, Muslims, Albanians, Montenegrins and Macedonians and German speakers. According to the Ombudsman and UN Human Rights Committee, intolerance is growing, with a worrying trend high of level politicians and other public figures propagating intolerance, echoed by some media. For example, in late 2006 there were serious concerns that Slovenia's authorities may be involved in facilitating forced eviction of a Roma settlement near Ambrus, following the actions of a non-Romani mob. Reportedly, police did not intervene in a timely fashion and authorities failed to condemn ethnic violence and threats (for more detail see European Roma Rights Centre, www.errc.org)
Current state of minorities and indigenous peoples
The most vulnerable and excluded groups in Slovenia are Roma and people from former Yugoslavia who are not ethnic Slovenes. People from former Yugoslavia who came to Slovenia are not considered minorities by the state, indeed some continue to have problems regularising their status. However, they are in a minority position and so are included below. Slovenia has taken some steps to improve minority protection, particularly with regard to the integration of Roma in socio-economic life and legalisation of status of people from former Yugoslavia. Historic Italian and Hungarian minorities enjoy a high level of protection. The main problems in minority protection in Slovenia are:
Lack of recognition. Non-Slovene communities from former Yugoslavia are Slovenia's largest de facto minority groups. Slovenian authorities refused to recognise these groups as minorities, despite their requests to be recognised as such. The government continues to refer to these groups as economic migrants. Lack of recognition severely limits the enjoyment of their human rights, including the right to enjoy own culture, speak own language, education, and to participate in public affairs. Provision for the enjoyment of their rights linked to identity protection has been severely reduced since Slovenia declared independence.
Lack of legal status and access to rights for people from SFRY. In 1992 the authorities of Slovenia erased a large number of not ethnic Slovenes from former Yugoslavia from permanent residence records. These people were deprived of their basic rights, including housing, employment, education and pensions. Lack of papers also restricts people's freedom of movement and contacts with their families. In April 2003, Slovenian Constitutional Court recognised the unlawfulness of the 'erasing' from public registry of people, and the Slovenian Ministry of Interior began issuing permanent residency with retroactive validity. However, some people still have their status unregulated and many still bear the consequences of having been 'erased'.
Economic exclusion of Roma, including lack of access to employment. Unemployment among the Roma is considerably higher than among the general population.. Poverty is widespread, and some people live in appalling conditions including lack of running water and electricity, particularly in informal settlements.
Problems with access to health care and social protection. Roma and people from SFRY whose status was/is not regularised face problems with access to health care and social protection, including social assistance and pensions. This is partly due to lack of personal documents.
Limited access to education. Many Roma children participate in education only at the primary level, or not at all. Some are still taught in special classes or special Roma study groups, which offer inferior level of instruction. There is no provision for teaching Romani. Groups from former Yugoslavia, including Roma, do not have adequate instruction in mother tongue and/or teaching materials, although there is some provision in Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian and steps are taken to develop curricula for teaching of history and culture for various groups.
Problems with practicing Islam. Places of worship for Muslims are insufficient and inadequate. There is no mosque in Ljubljana.


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Leesburg police say a shooting victim walked to a stranger's home to call 911 after someone shot him early Wednesday morning.
The shooting happened while the victim was walking in the area of Beecher Street and Johns Avenue at around 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
Officers tell Local 6 the victim was shot in the upper torso and ran to a house on Talladega Street -- about one block away -- to call 911.
The victim was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Officers didn't immediately know the man's condition.
Leesburg police said officers were searching the neighborhood and questioning people who live nearby. Police didn't immediately have a description of the shooter.
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