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President Barack Obama will arrive in El Paso at a time of discontent, when the country's economic and labor market looks as uncertain as the future of its foreign policy.
Obama on Tuesday will visit Fort Bliss to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq. He will meet with soldiers in anticipation of a new phase of military action that begins in September with about 50,000 soldiers staying to "advise and assist" the Iraqis.
This emotional moment with historic significance does not mean Democratic candidates in Texas and New Mexico want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the commander in chief. Even in El Paso, where an overwhelming 68 percent voted for Obama in 2008, candidates facing tough races in November will not be on hand for his speech.
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White will be absent. So will New Mexico's Democratic nominee for governor, Diane Denish.
Two Texas Democrats facing difficult re-election campaigns, state Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso and U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez of San Antonio, said Friday that they had not decided whether they would be at Fort Bliss for the president's appearance.
White, who is challenging Republican incumbent Rick Perry, will campaign Tuesday in Fort Worth.
"His job is to go out every day and meet Texans, earn their votes," said Katy Bacon, a spokeswoman for White.
Denish, New Mexico's lieutenant governor, was not invited to the event at Fort Bliss, said state Democratic Party spokesman James Hallinan.
In a statement, Denish said, "I support President Obama and his efforts to pull the nation out of one of the worst economic recessions in history, which he clearly inherited from eight years of failed Bush economic policies."
Denish's opponent is Republican Susana Martinez, the district attorney of Doña Ana County.
Approval ratings
Obama's approval rating has dipped from 67 percent when he took office to 44 percent. More dated figures show that the numbers were lower in Texas, where 35 percent approved of the president's job performance, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll in February.
Many other administrations have experienced the same sort of slide during the first two years, said U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, who will be at Fort Bliss with the president.
Sophomore slump or not, some Democratic candidates have been critical of Obama.
Bacon said White had criticized Obama for too much federal spending. But White, she said, is focused squarely on state policies, not federal ones.
"The governor's race in 2010 is about the issues facing the future of Texas," she said. "Most Texas voters are less concerned with politics and more concerned with 'Can I pay for my child to go to college?' "
As for Moody, the first-term state legislator might have benefited from Obama's success in 2008, when he defeated Republican Dee Margo. Margo, Moody's opponent again this year, said heavy turnout for Obama carried Moody to victory.
Moody said that he was not invited to Fort Bliss and had committee responsibilities in Austin on Tuesday, but that he would like to be at Obama's appearance.
Moody said he supports the president but hopes his constituents on the West Side and in the Northeast will judge him on his own merits.
"I expect voters to hold me accountable for what I have done," Moody said. "I don't think (his approval rating) has a bearing on the job that I do in Austin."
If he had the chance, Moody said, he would gladly stand next to Obama on Tuesday.
"It's a good that he is in El Paso and supporting our troops," Moody said.
Congressman Rodriguez faces Republican Francisco "Quico" Canseco in what could be one of Texas' most competitive congressional races. Rodriguez's spokeswoman said she was still working with the White House on details of Obama's visit to Fort Bliss.
She said that Rodriguez declined to comment on Obama's approval rating but that he supported veterans and the soldiers at Fort Bliss.
Reyes, not facing a serious challenge in the fall, said Obama has done a good job under difficult circumstances.
"President Obama assumed office during one of the most challenging times in our nation's history, inheriting two wars and the worst economic recession since the Great Depression," Reyes said. "Despite the challenging environment, he's ushered in historic legislation."
Economic downturn
No other domestic or foreign policy issue has been more challenging to the Obama administration than the economic downturn.
Obama signed a stimulus bill to energize the economy and job creation, and he bailed out General Motors and Chrysler to keep workers on payrolls.
Still, an economic recovery is not a certainty.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday that the recovery pace had appeared "less vigorous" recently.
In El Paso, the Texas Workforce Commission reported a 10.2 percent unemployment rate for July 2010, the fourth-highest of all metropolitan areas in Texas. The unemployment rate is almost as high in the nation at 9.7 percent but lower in Texas at 8.5 percent.
To some extent, El Paso has been isolated from the effects of the recession because of its large government work force and growth at Fort Bliss. The post has 22,000 soldiers now and will add about 12,000 more by 2013, the Army said.
The latest Texas labor market review, however, showed that 5,100 jobs were lost in the government sector in El Paso from June to July, mainly because the U.S. Census Bureau staff curtailed its operations and many school employees were off for the summer.
Jobless claims also increased from June to July compared with the time last year. In El Paso, 2,706 people claimed unemployment benefits in July, compared with 2,470 the month before.
Home sales have also fallen in this region, just as in the rest of the country. In July, 273 pre-owned homes were sold in El Paso, down from 347 in July 2009, the Greater El Paso Association of Realtors reported.
Other points of contention for the Obama administration have been the wars in Iraq and Afghan istan. Fort Bliss was one of the major deployment centers for soldiers bound for both wars.
In a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 64 percent favored Obama's plan to remove most U.S. soldiers from Iraq.
Border security
El Paso, because it's so close to Mexico, has also been used by the president's opponents to criticize his approach to border security.
Perry and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, have called for more federal intervention to prevent cases such as stray bullets that hit El Paso City Hall and a building at the University of Texas at El Paso.
"If the president is truly concerned with securing our border -- and not just a photo op -- he will, at the very least, schedule a meeting with local law enforcement during his El Paso visit to show solidarity," Cornyn said in a statement.
But Obama's trip to the border will be quick, lasting perhaps 90 minutes on the Army post. In addition, not everybody agrees with Cornyn that more law enforcement is needed on the border.
The Border Network for Human Rights has scheduled a Downtown protest Tuesday over the president's decision to send 1,200 National Guard soldiers to the southern border.
"Our communities are peaceful. El Paso is the second-safest city of its size in the nation, and its residents feel safe. Why send the National Guard here?" the organization said in a statement.
Obama has supporters who say they are sticking by him because he has delivered.
"It's easy to stand by and criticize," said Jeanette Walker, an El Paso volunteer for Organizing for America, an organization that started as Obama for America.
"He has done a lot to alleviate some of the problems with the stimulus," she said. "I don't know what more can be done."
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I still hold out hope for Superman though. He DOES have a very badass visual style...
But Superman as a character has never really been about being "badass," has he? It would seem to me the Superman character lends himself more to a director like Brad Bird, Joe Johnston, Robert Zemeckis or, in a pipe dream, Stephen Spielberg.
I'm not talking so much about his attitude, but the way he appears on screen-- with the dramatic lighting and the bold colors and the slow-motion camera moves that Snyder is so very good at.
Obviously I wouldn't want the whole freakin movie to look like that (which was where Watchmen and Sucker Punch went wrong), but it would certainly be cool as hell to see SOME of that in a Superman movie, I think.
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Very nice man!! He was soo honest and friendly.. He makes you feel very comfortable and at peace. Truly recommended
He would not listen to anything I had to say. He asked me what was going on and he cut me off after 2 sentences and used his microphone on the computer to log our visit. We were still in OUR visit. I asked him how do I get OFF of PRILOSEC cuz it gives very bad rebound heartburn when I try to get off. He said I will most likely have to stay on it for the rest of my life or try another RX that he would recommend. I said I don't want to be on anything and I want to get back to normal since I have changed my habits and lost weight. He asked me what I was going to do to prevent the heartburn and when I told him of DGL, Papaya Enzymes, Aloe Vera Juice, Almonds to help then he said all that doesn't work and he totally dismissed everything I had to say and the visit was over. Very rude. Staying on prilosec has many health issues with long term use (I have been on for 10 years) like lower back pain, Calcium deffeciency causing people to have broken bones (lookup lots of cases being sued on internet over prilosec currently), Mineral Deffeciency (because of overgrowth of bad bacteria in small intestine), excessive gas (very embarassing!) regularly because of the excessive bad bacteria according to research, Vit B deffeciency making me very tired. He wanted me to take a test that cost me several hundred dollars when I have good insurance and my deductible is met for year already. I cancelled test and decided to try to get off Prilosec on my own! I want to feel better and taking a pill every day doesn't help, it's more of a crutch that pays these big companies for being addicted to their pills. No Thanks!
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Dr. Ravi was very professional, courteous and friendly. Have complete confidence.
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Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a spa tub and a 24-hour business center. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and express check-out are onsite.
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Days Inn and Suites Vancouver Mall features an indoor pool and a spa tub. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Vancouver hotel also offers laundry facilities, express check-out, and ATM/banking services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Fish, Petkovic Head List of Eight French Open Tennis Withdrawals
Mardy Fish, the 10th-ranked men's tennis player, and women's No. 15 Andrea Petkovic were among eight players to withdraw from the French Open starting May 27.
Fish of the U.S. pulled out citing fatigue and his place will be taken by Canada's Frank Dancevic, organizers said on the tournament's website. Germany's Petkovic, who has a right ankle injury, will be replaced by Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine.
Robin Soderling of Sweden, the 2009 and 2010 French Open runner-up and the only man to beat six-time champion Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, won't play this year as he continues to recover from mononucleosis. Pere Riba of Spain and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay also pulled out on the men's side.
The other women to withdraw from the clay-court major are world No. 18 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland.


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Arndt named to President's List
Kyle L. Arndt, the son of Larry and Julie Arndt of Nekoosa, has been named to the President's List for the Fall 2012 term at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Kyle is a full-time student enrolled in the Machine Tooling Technics Program.
To be named to the President's List, a student must carry at least six credits and have earned at least a 3.5 GPA.
Students named to Chancellor's List
Kristin Scott and Tyler Stephens, both of Nekoosa, have been named to the 2012 fall semester Chancellor's List at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Students receive this academic status by earning a 4.0 GPA during the semester.
Carroll names fall 2012 dean's list
The following local students were named to the dean's list at Carroll University in Waukesha for the fall 2012 semester: Kevin Dykstra, son of Mark and Sharon Dykstra of Wisconsin Rapids; Steven Kubisiak, son of Allan and Andrea Kubisiak of Wisconsin Rapids; and Ann Reetz, daughter of Scott and Diane Reetz of Wisconsin Rapids.
To be named to the dean's list, students must earn at least a 3.5 GPA for the semester.
Nielsen named to dean's list
Kyle Nielsen of Wisconsin Rapids has been named to the fall 2012 semester dean's list at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn at least a 3.4 GPA in a single semester.
Elzinga earns bachelor's degree
Luke Elzinga of Wisconsin Rapids earned a bachelor's degree in advertising during fall 2012 commencement at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Zygarlicke earns bachelor's degree
Tylor Zygarlicke of Wisconsin Rapids graduated this winter from Milwaukee School of Engineering with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
UW-M/WC announces dean's list
The following local students have been named to the fall 2012 semester dean's list at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County: Amber Bottensek of Arpin, Benjamin Dorshorst of Arpin, Emma Stoflet of Arpin, Amber Gibson of Auburndale, Denise Riehle of Auburndale, Lindsay Gotz of Auburndale, Kimberly Masephol of Auburndale, Katherine Peterson of Nekoosa, Timothy Resheske of Nekoosa, Mariah Guden of Pittsville, Jennifer Spata of Pittsville, Ariel Marcoe of Pittsville, Joshua Robus of Pittsville, Katie Brummel of Vesper, Brenda Challoner of Wisconsin Rapids and Amanda Wolfe of Wisconsin Rapids.
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Story by News10's Ryan Yamamoto: Urijah Faber became a part of UFC 175 after Alex Caceres begged UFC President Dana White to fight the "California Kid". Faber will fight Caceres with a new head coach as Martin Kampmann takes over for Duane Ludwig.
SACRAMENTO - The legacy of Urijah Faber was set a long time ago.
The "California Kid" established the lower weights of the mixed martial arts when he won and reigned over he WEC featherweight title for two and half years before the WEC became a part of the UFC.
Because of that legacy, Faber (30-7) remains a prize for young fighters hoping to make a name for themselves, and after a fan suggested on twitter that Alex Caceres should fight him, Caceres immediately called UFC President Dana White.
"Alex wanted that fight, he begged for the fight, he begged to fight Urijah Faber," White told News10. "I'm weird like that if somebody wants something that bad, I'll give it to them, but be careful what you ask for."
Faber did not seem to mind getting "called out" by Caceres (10-5-1).
"I think it is a good idea for him, he is coming off a five fight win streak (one fight determined NC for drug violation), which is really hard to do in the UFC," said Faber. "But I am going to get in there and go at this guy like he started a fight with me, he is going to have to pay the consequences."
Complete News10 interview with Urijah Faber on preparing for Alex Caceres at UFC 175 and new Team Alpha Male Head Coach Martin Kampmann. KXTV News10
Faber fights Caceres at UFC 175 on July 5th in Las Vegas as the main event on the preliminary fights on FS1.
Faber to debut new head coach Martin Kampmann
Many people may put the Faber-Caceres fight under a microscope because of Team Alpha Male's change at head coach.
After a successful run under Duane Ludwig, Faber will have Martin Kampmann in his corner for the very first time.
"Martin is awesome, especially with his MMA knowledge the way he mixes it in, it has been perfect for the team," said Faber.
Kampmann (20-7) is no stranger to Octogan or the UFC. But after two tough losses to Carlos Condit and Johny Hendricks, Kampmann decided to take a break from fighting.
"I'm used to being the guy on the mat. I'm used to being the guy in the cage. I don't want to say I'm done because it is something I really love," Kampmann said. "But I'm focused on coaching now. My main focus is helping Urijah get ready for his fight."
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Despite the arrival of Kampmann in the Team Alpha Male camp at the Ultimate Fitness gym, Ludwig still remains a fixture. After helping T.J. Dillashaw defeat Renan Barao for the UFC bantamweight title, Chad Mendes will use Ludwig for his UFC featherweight title bout against Jose Aldo at UFC 176 in Los Angeles.
"Duane is still popping in here as well," said Faber. "The team is growing and we are getting more coaching and more knowledge to pour into the guys."
"I think Duane has done a great job," added Kampmann. 'It is great for the guys. They get to take the knowledge from both Duane and me. They are in a real privileged situation."


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Amid an increase in student suspensions for behavior problems and violence, the Poughkeepsie City School District has an "unwavering commitment" to work to address the trend, according to an email from Superintendent Nicole Williams.
The district has suspended 158 Poughkeepsie High School students since the beginning of the school year through Thursday for disciplinary infractions. District spokeswoman Eileen Scholes said 108 high school students were suspended through the same time period in the 2012-13 school year.
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For Release: 2013-03-25 12:25:00On the next Great Conversations, Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University and author of numerous books including The Gnostic Gospels, is interviewed by Gustav Niebuhr, associate professor in religion and the media at Syracuse University. Great Conversations: Elaine Pagels and Gustav Niebuhr airs Monday, April 15 at 10/9 p.m. on KET. In front of a live audience at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, Pagels discusses her works and her general interest in early Christianity. She concludes her talk with a discussion of her latest book, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation. The book explores the history of the apocalyptic Biblical book, which is filled with images of cataclysmic combat between heavenly and hellish powers. The book also examines other Jewish, Christian and Pagan books of Revelation written around the same time. This and other works from Pagels have gained popularity for exploring competing visions of Christian orthodoxy. Pagels joined the faculty at Princeton University in 1982, shortly after receiving a MacArthur Fellowship. Perhaps best known as the author of The Gnostic Gospels, she has published widely on Gnosticism and early Christianity. She also has authored the New York Times best-seller Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas and Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity. Throughout a 20-year career in journalism, most recently at the New York Times, Niebuhr is a leading writer about religion in American. In addition to his work being published in magazines, books and online, he also offers commentaries for NPR's "All Things Considered" and he has just finished working on a book about religious pluralism and interfaith relations in America. The program was recorded at Pagels' recent appearance at the Kentucky Author Forum in Louisville. Great Conversations: Elaine Pagels and Gustav Niebuhr is a KET production. Producer-director is Tom Bickel, and executive producer is Teresa Day. Kentucky Author Forum is produced by Mary Moss Greenebaum and sponsored by the University of Louisville, in partnership with Brown-Forman and The Humana Foundation. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at ket.org.
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Bitcoin Seeks New Life in Africa
A digital currency without a central bank could be ideal for economies where the mobile phone is king but the banking systems are weak.
Recent months have not been kind to proponents of Bitcoin, the virtual peer-to-peer currency that soared to a value of over $30 last summer on a surge of public interest and media reports.
The currency operates over the Internet with no central control. But now its 15 minutes of fame appear to be over. Reports of a $500,000 digital heist last year were followed by wild volatility in the value of a bitcoin, which has now dropped to around $5. Last month, one large exchange where bitcoins could be traded for dollars unexpectedly closed because of what it called "increasing regulation."
Now some in the Bitcoin community, a blend of people motivated by libertarian politics and commitment to open-source software, are beginning to wonder if their pet currency may have brighter prospects in the developing economies of Africa. German software developer Rüdiger Koch, a consultant to the U.K.-based bitcoin exchange Intersango, recently traveled to speak at the Mobile Money Africa event in Lagos, Nigeria. There, Koch told the audience of businesspeople and government officials that Bitcoin could support a system of robust, low-fee mobile payments for anyone whose cell phone has a camera.
"Many of them were interested in how Bitcoin could be useful," says Koch. His talk in Nigeria was intended to launch a dialogue that could lead Intersango or others to launch practical Bitcoin-based mobile payment systems for Africa. Koch has also visited several African embassies in Berlin to introduce government officials to the currency.
The first version of the software needed to create and exchange bitcoins made its mysterious appearance on the Internet in 2009 (a person identifying online as Satoshi Nakamoto, who has never come forward publicly, created that software and the underlying system). The coins are impossible to fake and can be created and used without any central authority, such as a central bank. The work of generating bitcoins and verifying transactions is shared among the users of the software, all protected by sophisticated mathematics.
In the United States and Europe, Bitcoin's meteoric rise was mostly driven by speculators; hardly anyone used the currency to actually pay for goods and services. Koch thinks things could be different in Africa, where a universal, electronic currency could solve real problems. Fast-growing African economies such as those of Kenya and Nigeria rely heavily on cash transactions, particularly in rural areas where there are no ATMs and few people have bank accounts. In some places, large networks of illegal money changers are used for cross-border payments.


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Jeannette banking on team effort to repeat last year's success
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Jeannette may not be the preseason favorite among WPIAL Class AA boys basketball teams in 2012-13, but the Jayhawks emphatically insist that a deep roster could carry them to their second title in six years.
It is a roster devoid of career 1,000-point scorer Demetrious Cox, the team leader who accepted a football scholarship to Michigan State.
"He carried a lot of weight. It was his team last year," Jeannette coach Adrian Batts said.
And while it was a similar sentiment that other Jeannette players and coaches were expressing, there was a fresh anticipation that something special might be brewing this year.
"I feel like there's not so much emphasis on one player now. It's everybody's team," said guard Duke Brown, one of three returning Jayhawks to average double figures — his 15.1 ppg were second to guard Orlando Morgan's 16.1.
Both 6-foot-3 seniors were joined last year in double figures by then-freshman point guard Julian Batts (10.7 ppg.), the coach's son.
"We're taking the attitude that we're all equal," Brown said. "We think we're going to be better than last year's team, but we're going to have to rebound the basketball to get our offense in gear."
The race in Class AA is likely to include Jeannette, which is coming off a 17-9 season that ended with a second-round loss to Greensburg Central Catholic in the PIAA playoffs. The Jayhawks lost in the WPIAL playoffs to eventual champion and state runner-up Beaver Falls in the quarterfinals.
The Tigers, who lost to Imhotep Charter in the PIAA title game, are minus forward Sheldon Jeter — a freshman at Vanderbilt — but return an experienced team led by senior guards Elijah Cottrill (13.1 ppg.) and Drew Cook (10.4 ppg.).
"They are two of the top players in Class AA," Coach Batts said.
Yet the same could be said for any combination of players at Jeannette. Seth Miller, a 6-5 senior center, and Jordan Edmunds, a 5-10 senior guard — two other returning players — could round out the opening-day lineup.
Batts said he'll also rely on his junior forwards: 6-3 Damone Morton, 6-4 Miles Sunder, 6-3 Mike Wise and 6-5 Jonah Yunker, a transfer from Greensburg Central Catholic.
They are part of a versatile, 14-man roster that the Jayhawks hope will mesh.
"We've still got a lot of kids who didn't play much, but that shouldn't matter," said the 5-11 Julian Batts. "Everyone understands our system, and everyone is excited about the season."
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Managed by Cape Nature, Walker Bay stretches along the coast from De Kelders to the Hermanus Lagoon. Walker Bay Nature Reserve offers much for the whole family. From wide beaches to sea caves, good fishing grounds to pretty fynbos and hiking trails.
A 24 km hiking trail hugs the coastline and there are several beaches and protected coves. Die Plaat, a vast area dominated by drift-sand can be seen from the other side of Walker Bay.
There are a variety of mammals to be seen, such as the Cape clawless otter, bushbuck, duiker, and steenbok. Southern right whales can be spotted between August to November, and dolphins throughout the year.
The reserve is open daily from 7 am until 7 pm, and the entrance is on the northern edge of De Kelders. Visitors will need an entry permit, which can be purchased at the gatehouses at De Kelders and Uilkraalsmond. The famous Klipgat Cave can be reached by a boardwalk and steps from the entrance.
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and are not necessarily the actual travelling
Situated in the Kleinrivier Mountains on the northern side of Hermanus, Fernkloof Nature Reserve incorporates mountain fynbos as well as a pocket of evergreen forest. A 60 kilometre network of trails provides the opportunity for people to go out and enjoy some exercise and fresh air. These trails offer stunning panoramic views of Walker Bay, the Hemel en Aarde Valley and Maanskynbaai.The reserve is a haven of biodiversity with 1474 species of plants recorded. Parts of the coastal area including the Cliff Path Nature Area, the Mossel River valley and the area from De Mond to Kettle Point, including the mouth of the Vogelgat River and part of the Klein River lagoon have recently been incorporated. This means that the coastal area with its unique fynbos, the mountain fynbos as well as the sensitive lagoon area is now linked.Keep your eyes open to spot grey rhebok, Cape grysbok, klipspringer, baboon, mongoose and dassie. Birds that you are most likely to see are Cape sugar birds, sunbirds, rock thrush and rock jumpers. Raptors include the jackal buzzard and black eagle. You can also spot seed and insect-eating species such as Rameron pigeons, canaries, flycatchers and white-eyes in the patches of forest alongside streams.Need to know? Fernkloof Nature Reserve is open from 7am to 7pm.
The incredibly scenic Harold Porter Botanical Garden is situated between the coast and the mountainside. The garden is renowned for its waterfalls, amber pools, deep gorges and abundant birdlife.
Deep in the heart of the fynbos region, it is one of the best places to explore coastal fynbos. And its vast – there are 10 hectares of cultivated fynbos as well as 190 hectares of natural fynbos!
Keen hikers should lace up their boots and hit the Leopard Kloof Trail. The 3 km round trip leads through fern forests and up to a waterfall. You'll need to get a permit and pay a key deposit.
Need to know? Opens at 08:00, closes at 16:30 on weekdays and at 17:00 on weekends and public holidays. The parking area closes at 18:00 in winter and 19:00 in summer. Keen gardeners can purchase plants from the indigenous plant nursery.
De Mond is a beautiful coastal nature reserve at the mouth of the Heuningnes River. It is a popular spot for nature lovers and hiking enthusiasts.
You can enjoy a peaceful picnic under shady trees along the banks of the river at one of the picnic tables, or explore the reserve on one of the many hiking trails. Fishing enthusiasts can enjoy De Mond's prime freshwater and marine angling spots. You can walk for miles on the beach, and if you are lucky you will see the beautiful flamingos.
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Apple's restrictive content policies have recently come under fire on several fronts, including a group of German publishers who accuse Apple of arbitrary censorship.
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penn badgley is hilarious in the gossip girl is dead. it just goes to show how very ridiculous even the actors thought the show had become, with dan being gg.
Gossip Girl a.k.a Bart Bass. Hahaha!!!
Hook is so goodlooking and hot. But I think Emma has chemistry with everyone...she had chemistry with Graham, jefferson, even August, now even Neal and Hook. I hope that Neal isn't Bae but it seems like he will be. Poor Henry will have rumple as his grandpa in that case. Lol.
Stop dishing it out on penn guys. I mean why can't an actor be honest. A bad show is a bad show and GG has been a bad show last 3 years... And its okay for you guys to say that constantly but when someone like penn n blake come out n say it...you start calling them names. Really hypocritical of you guys!!!
toby...is A. god i hated it when they revealed that. spencer and toby are my favorite couple on the show and they're the only second couple ever i have ever shipped on a tv show. my first ship was dair on gossip girl and that was totally massacared and now spoby is headed that way too. i always thought toby loved spencer earnestly and with all his heart, i just hope that all that is not made to look like a lie and fake and toby has some genuine reason to be in the A team. please it seems im cursed and i can never get my ships to last. Alas!
@chestal...i have to agree with you...penn's totally cute..he's adorable though penn badgley can do with a haircut right now...
dan n blair. dan n blair. although they aren't a couple yet. tyler n caroline frm TVD are adorable too.
this is seriously one of the best shows on tv right now. the last epsisode was really really good. even with so many sub-plots they can really keep the story going which is brilliant. i love nolan's character. i think the latest development with tyler makes him even more interesting.
revenge is probably one of the most interesting shows on tv thesedays. i especially loved the last epsisode. it keeps u hinged for every second, even though there are so many sub plots its all so well connected. really awesome.
penn badgley is so hot...hope he has even a more successful year in his 25th year!!!!


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John and Kim Hartel, Sturgeon Bay are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Abigail, to Ryan Peters. The couple was married by the Rev. David Luhrs at 2 p.m., at St Peter's Lutheran Church, Forestville on May 26, the bride's and groom's birthdays.
The bride is a graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
The groom is the son of Calvin and Darlene Peters, Sturgeon Bay. He is a graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School.
The maid of honor was Alison Hartel. Best man was Carl Laughlin. Ushers were Anthony Hartel and Michael Peters. Instrumental music was provided by Janice Luhrs. A reception, dinner and dance was held at The Lodge at Leathem Smith, in Sturgeon Bay.


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Gibson spoons, 19th century.
Image number: 10284445
Charles Gibson designed spoons with lids in 1827 to prevent spillage when giving medicine to children and the mentally ill who may refuse to swallow, so as to ensure the contents went down the patient's throat. There was a hinged cover on the bowl, which opened for filling with the medicine. The narrow tip was placed between the patient's lips. The handle was often hollow, as in the example on the right, and had a flange, which could be covered with a thumb to prevent air entering. When the thumb was removed air was admitted which forced the medicine down the patient's throat.
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|By Yamini K. Balasubramanyam, April 9, 2007
Even though profiling simple applications is usually a straightforward task, setting up a profiler to work on a Web server or application server requires extra steps. Configuring the Profiler in the NetBeans IDE (henceforth, NetBeans Profiler), however, is easily accomplished, usually on the first attempt. Not only does NetBeans Profiler support a wide range of profiling tasks on the Solaris, Windows, and Linux (Ubuntu) platforms, it also delivers numerous benefits. Among the benefits are
System.currentTimeMillis() in your code any more.
|Overview of the GUI
|Downloads and Initial Setup
|Integration Steps
This section highlights the related GUI.
Figure 1 shows the NetBeans Profiler console.
Here, you can perform many profiling tasks, among them the following:
Figure 2 shows the wizard for profiling tasks in the NetBeans IDE.
Figure 3 shows a display of CPU performance measurements.
Figure 4 shows a display of threads.
Before embarking on profiling tasks, first download the following:
Next, do the following:
This section describes how to integrate NetBeans Profiler into Web Server 7.0.
Configuring Your Web Server Instance
First, configure your Web Server instance to load the NetBeans agent library from the administration command-line interface (CLI),
wadm. For details on
wadm, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 CLI Reference Manual .
Note: Type all the commands on one line even though some of them wrap to the next line because of page width constraints.
$ wadm -u admin -w /space/admin.pwd Sun Java System Web Server 7.0U1-Technology-Preview-1 B03/13/2007 11:03 wadm>
wadm> create-jvm-profiler --config=test NetBeans CLI201 Command 'create-jvm-profiler' ran successfully wadm> list-jvm-profilers --config=test --all --verbose name enabled ------------ NetBeans true wadm>
wadm> create-jvm-options --config=test --profiler=NetBeans -- -agentpath:/space/netbeans-5.5/ profiler1/lib/deployed/jdk15/solaris-sparc/libprofilerinterface.so=/space/netbeans-5.5/ profiler1/lib,5140 CLI201 Command 'create-jvm-options' ran successfully wadm> list-jvm-options --config=test --profiler=NetBeans -agentpath:/space/netbeans-5.5/profiler1/lib/deployed/jdk15/solaris-sparc/ libprofilerinterface.so=/space/netbeans-5.5/profiler1/lib,5140 wadm>
wadm>deploy-config test CLI201 Command 'deploy-config' ran successfully
Attaching NetBeans Profiler
Finally, attach the NetBeans Profiler:
[15/Mar/2007:11:00:35] info ( 7092): CORE1116: Sun Java System Web Server 7.0U1-Technology- Preview-1 B03/13/2007 11:03 [15/Mar/2007:11:00:35] warning ( 7093): CORE3283: stderr: Profiler Agent: Initializing ... [15/Mar/2007:11:00:35] warning ( 7093): CORE3283: stderr: Profiler Agent: Options: >/space/ netbeans-5.5/profiler1/lib,5140< [15/Mar/2007:11:00:35] warning ( 7093): CORE3283: stderr: Profiler Agent: Initialized successfully [15/Mar/2007:11:00:35] info ( 7093): CORE3282: stdout: Profiler Agent: Waiting for connection on port 5140 (Protocol version: 2)
Here is the sample output of a local profiling task:
[15/Mar/2007:11:02:06] info ( 7093): CORE3282: stdout: Profiler Agent: Established local connection with the tool [15/Mar/2007:11:02:09] info ( 7093): CORE5076: Using [Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM, Version 1.5.0_09] from [Sun Microsystems Inc.] [15/Mar/2007:11:02:19] info ( 7093): WEB0100: Loading web module in virtual server [test] at [/ search] [15/Mar/2007:11:02:34] info ( 7093): HTTP3072: http-listener-1: http://kosmo:1894 ready to accept requests [15/Mar/2007:11:02:35] info ( 7093): CORE3274: successful server startup
Managing Instances With NetBeans Plug-in
If you have installed the NetBeans plugin for Web Server 7.0, you can manage Web Server instances within the IDE. As shown in Figure 5, a screenshot of the window for monitoring threads, the NetBeans IDE lists Web Server 7.0 under Servers on the left pane. The bottom pane displays the log of handshake messages between the NetBeans Profiler and the Web server instance.
To start the instance from within the IDE:
Figure 6 shows the Runtime window.
Viewing Garbage Collection Statistics With Visual GC Plug-in
If you have installed the Visual GC plug-in in the NetBeans IDE, you can view the statistics on garbage collection there. Figure 7 shows an example.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Courage and Homeschooling
I think it takes real courage to homeschool. Courage is the thing that is most necessary.
It takes even more courage to pull a child out of school if the situation is non-emergent. There may not be enough pressure to fix the situation to push a person over the tipping point from "think we really should do this" or "homeschooling could be better" to "we're going to start homeschooling now".
The parents facing some crisis have it easier as they are reacting to a bad situation and no matter how alternative or strange homeschooling may be if it rescues the child then they do it. The urgency to fix the issue overrides the weirdness or scariness of the concept of homeschooling. They can also tell themselves that it is just temporary and they can always go back to school again later so they don't feel they have made a long-term committment, so jumping in is easier.
Those who entered homeschooling in their children's early years won't need as much courage to begin as they will need to continue, especially through the upper middle school and high school years. The higher the stakes get, the harder it is to stay on track. As children grow from happy little kids who like to play for hours every day start to change into independent young adults life gets more complicated. It can be draining and stressful to parent a teenager and to handle that and the administration of their home education can get to be too much for some mothers to handle.
I've been worrying about homeschooling my older son lately, mostly worried that our best efforts won't be good enough to prepare him for what he wants to do with his life. I've been asking myself, "Who do you think you are to think you know enough about high school academics to plan a course of study let alone to teach or facilitate most of it?"Some days I tell myself, "You are winging this too much."
A mother of always-schooled kids has been talking to me about the desire to start homeschooling, it's something she's thought about for a long time but she is not quite ready to jump in. The fact that there is no ideal perfect thing established to move right into that would be a guarantee of a successful outcome is too scary to her, so I believe that they will not wind up homeschooling. Despite dissatisfaction with the school's curriculum and the lack of academic rigor, the devil she knows is better to tolerate than the devil she doesn't know. While speaking to her I realized yet again that courage is vital and that stepping off into unknown territory is what we are doing. We have to be able to handle facing that fear and to keep moving forward, to keep pushing through the fear, in order to continue.
My self-doubt has largely been fueled by the long distance move and losing all my contacts, my support network and losing the old good learning opportunities, as well as my kid's negative emotions regarding not being able to see their old friends on a frequent basis. (Keeping touch on Facebook and xBoxLive is just not the same thing as face to face experiences.)
If I try a little harder I think I can find some local resources to hire to help us. I think I'm going to look for a math tutor so my older son can have a live person to ask questions of face to face, and to check his progress on a regular basis such as weekly. Perhaps I could hire a science tutor to run biology labs with my son. Now that he has started doing the robotics team he will make more local friends from the area also.
Regarding boosting myself up to keep going with homeschooling, all I need is a small bit of encouragement to stay the course, which is not hard to muster up.
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What took courage for me was sending my kid off to full time school. My son's first school was a particularly bad fit. He was placed in Advanced English and did very well at first...but felt increasingly overwhelmed by the tone of the course, which contained books like "Schindlers's List" and relentlessly dark fiction in which the characters were often trapped in situations from which they could never escape. I explained to the teacher why my son, who was reading at a very high level and had accumulated an enormous fund of factual knowledge from his reading, had difficulty with her "relationship" novels. (A couple of years after he took the class, I found out that there's a whole movement devoted to making literature classes more appropriate for and appealing to boys.) Her response? "I'm not going to coddle him." I wasn't surprised that the teacher couldn't adjust her syllabus, but I was astonished that she considered my son's sensitivity to other people's distresses a defect. The problem would never have arisen in our homeschool because I've never tried to tie his moral development to his reading list.
- Monday, January 2, 2012 at 9:55:00 AM CST
- ChristineMM said...
So what you are saying is it may be equally courageous to start using school after homeschooling first as it is to quit school and start homeschooling?
I think what I'm saying is I don't think it takes as much courage to not change what is done as to make a change.
Hope I'm making sense.
- Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:47:00 AM CST
- Deborah said...
You're right...change in either direction can be difficult. I'd guess that it is harder to leave the structure of public school, where kids are supposedly in the hands of educational professionals, and strike out into unaccredited land, than send a previously homeschooled kid to public school. I sent my eldest to ninth grade because I thought maybe he needed to "be with his own kind" and experience the structure of school, and I wanted him to be able to get into college easily. When he was in high school, he got the odd idea that "if you have to study for a class, you're too stupid to take it"...so although he got into the college of his choice, UT Dallas, it would have required us to take out loans...and I thought that with his attitude, he could easily flunk out in the first semester. I sent him to a much less expensive state college near home that almost anyone can attend, a place which has turned out to be one of those hidden gems that has the feel of a private liberal arts college. He loves it there and is doing very well..and he's figured out that he has to do the homework.
(It has been interesting to see him change from "homeschooling ruined my life!" to saying that he'd like to homeschool his kids through the eighth grade.)
My middle child took two classes as a seventh grader (band and extracurricular jazz band), and it worked really well. (The next year we moved to a place where homeschoolers cannot take classes in the public schools.) She did tell me later that some of the girls in band made comments about her clothes (she loves black and thrift shop chic) and made other personal comments, and told me that if she'd been around that kind of pressure all day, she'd have given up her personal style to "fit in". That surprised me, because she seemed to adapt so easily to school, so much so that at the time I'd been planning on enrolling her in more and more classes every year until she was a full time student...because by that time I'd seen the "total immersion" method not work for my son.
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Pella Christian and Des Moines Christian get together once again on the football field tonight in a Class 1A District 7 contest. The Eagles are 4 – 1 over their last five contests with the Lions, who have started this season 0 – 3. The Lions have only scored 14 points in those three games, but put up a good fight with Ogden in Week Three, losing 10 – 7. Des Moines Christian's stats are misleading, says Eagles' coach, Rich Kacmarynski. You can hear tonight's game streamed live on KNIAKRLS.com with Cory Houser and Larry Hessing on the call. Pregame coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. with the kickoff scheduled for 7:30. We'll also have a delayed broadcast on 92.1 KRLS immediately following the KNIA/KRLS Football Friday Night Radio Scoreboard Show.
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Obituary: Ray S. Schulz
Services for Ray S. "Jiggs" Schulz, 94, Great Bend, were Monday, July 30, at First Christian Church, Great Bend, with the Rev. William F. Johnson officiating. Burial was at Great Bend Cemetery.
Mr. Schulz died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend.
He was born April 4, 1913, near Seward, the son of Herman and Elizabeth Walters Schulz. He was a lifetime resident of the Great Bend area.
Mr. Schulz attended Country School the first five grades and after his family moved to Great Bend in 1923, he attended and finished all elementary grades and graduated from Great Bend High School in 1931. He attended Maryland University at College Park, Md., and received his bachelor of arts from Washburn University in 1941 and his law degree in 1943.
He served from 1935 to 1938 as a traffic officer of the Metropolitan Police Force of Washington, D.C.
He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on Dec. 15, 1942, and was given a 1st Class Petty Officer rating. He was assigned to duty at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., to assemble all the enlisted personnel records of the Washington area by International Business Machine accounting methods. He was promoted and commissioned Ensign because of his accomplishments on July 6, 1943.
He served in the Pacific area making five voyages to the Phoenix Gilbert, Marshall and Hawaiian islands. He was given a medical discharge April 21, 1945, of the grade of Lt. Junior.
Mr. Schulz was the first assistant county attorney in Barton County, serving six years. He practiced law for 53 years in Great Bend. He was past president of the Barton County Bar Association of the Great Bend noon Lions Club of the Barton County Republican Central Committee.
He served as commander of the American Legion Argonne Post 180 and of the Seventh District and Past State Commander of the Department of Kansas, all of the American Legion.
He was past president of the Kansas Native Sons and Daughters in Kansas. He held life memberships in the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Barton County and the State of Kansas Historical Societies and the Kansas Ornithology Society, Elks and VFW Post 3111.
He was a member of all Masonic bodies and the Elks Club.
He was chapter chairman of the Barton County Red Cross and brought the Bloodmobile program to the county. Mr. Schulz served on the Great Bend and the Central Kansas Library System boards having been chairman of both boards several terms. He also served and was president of the Great Bend Tree Board.
He was founder and president of the Barton County Historical Society for 15 years. He maintained an interest in local history most of his life.
He was a member of the First Christian Church of Great Bend.
He married Genevieve Fryberger on June 10, 1937, in Great Bend. She died July 4, 1977. He married Helen Schwartz Suellentrop on June 20, 1981. She died Sept. 15, 2003.
Survivors include two daughters, Vicki Dyas, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Kim Schulz, Linwood; two grandchildren; a stepgrandson; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Four sisters and six brothers preceded him in death.
Kimple Funeral Home in Ellinwood was in charge of arrangements.
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The bodies of two men have been found in a parked car on an eastside Detroit street.
Police say the bodies had been shot and were found about 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 19000 block of Coventry, near State Fair and John R.
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Kyle Cahill has emerged as one of the top pitchers for Seton Hall this season. The sophomore hurler from Tinton Falls and Monmouth Regional has a 6-1 record with a stingy ERA.
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Part of the reason for the Pirates' early success has been the play of local products Chris Selden, Dillon Hamlin and Luke Cahill.
Selden, the senior right fielder from Allenhurst and Red Bank Catholic, has been a mainstay in the Pirates' lineup from the beginning of the season. He currently owns a .324 batting average with no homers and 20 RBI. ...


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Austin Mahone - Heart in my Hand
Capo on 5th
Cadd9, G, Am, F
Lets go back to the day
When I saw your face
For the very first time
Lets go back again
When I held your hand
And stared into your eyes
Cause I knew you were the one
With you my life has just begun
Baby you can count on me
Cause your heart is in my hands
Cause your heart is in my hands
Ooh whoa yeah
Lets go back in time
Always knew that you were mine
And Im never gonna find someone
As beautiful as you girl
Got my hands right on your waist
Look in your eyes, kiss your lips
Touch up on your face
I cant forget the way
I feel your smile
Cause I knew you were the one
With you my life has just begun
Baby you can count on me
Cause your heart is in my hands
[your heart is in my hands]
Cause your heart is in my hands
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Is a fetus more worthy of care and consideration than a child?
Apparently so. At least, it seems to be a new school of thought in Lansing.
Michigan Republicans, who control both chambers of the Legislature as well as the governor's office, began the 2011-12 legislative session by trashing tax breaks for children and the working poor.
Doing so helped defray the cost of a $1.8 billion per year tax cut for business owners. Gov. Rick Snyder and his GOP colleagues also balanced the books by cutting money for public schools, raising taxes on retirees, trimming benefits for state employees and breaking long-held promises to share revenues equitably with local governments.
Now, with the legislative session in its final month, the same Republicans who raised taxes on families with children are considering a fetal tax break. A woman who can prove she is at least 12 weeks into a pregnancy as of Dec. 31 could claim an individual deduction for the fetus.
The co-sponsor is Rep. Jud Gilbert, who has saved perhaps his most bizarre act as a legislator for last. He was a funeral director in Algonac in 1998 when he won the race to replace Rep. Karen Willard, D-Fair Haven, who could not run because of term limits.
Gilbert served two terms in the House and two in the Senate before returning to the House for a third and final term. Term limits are ending his 14-year legislative career.
In explaining the measure, he noted pregnant women "have additional expenses, another person to take care of."
Yes, they do. Gilbert's bills would let the mother claim a fetal deduction of $3,950 for the 2013 tax year and $4,000 afterward. Bottom line, it would reduce her taxes by an estimated $160 per year.
It seems an act of kindness from the very same assassins who in 2011 killed Michigan's annual tax credit of $600 per child.
They also slashed the Earned Income Tax Credit for poorly paid workers. The Michigan League for Human Services reports this took $856 a year out of the pocket of a breadwinner earning $25,000. It plunged thousands of families, and their children, below the poverty line.
Given the callousness shown for living and breathing children, who believes Gilbert's legislation is about anything except abortion? If a 12-week-old fetus is legally an individual for tax purposes, then society is one big step closer to treating abortion as homicide.


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Anime Eyes
Anime Eyes. Sketches and cg anime eyes to show you how to draw them. Because in anime, eyes are the most important feature of the face.
Anime Eyes
Doodles and colorized drawings of anime eyes I found in my hard disk. This page is no tutorial, but I guess looking at different styles of anime eyes will help you remember how to draw them or give you ideas.
Date of the Anime Eyes: January & May 2005
Description of "Anime Eyes"
Personally, I find anime eyebrows more difficult to draw than the eyes, especially in profile view, because I often forget to draw them as high as they should be. The second picture of anime eyes was my attempt at drawing Zechs Merquise's charming blue eyes. I don't draw huge eyes with a million light points, except when I draw chibis, which is not very often. I prefer the narrower versions of the anime eyes because they look more intelligent and less childish. The cg anime eyes are an old picture - now I know how to apply lighting filters for a more realistic effect.
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Youth Academy Update: March 4
After holding a three-game winning streak, Chivas USA's U17/18 team were defeated in a double match weekend. On Saturday, the U17's fell 3-2 to the Santa Barbara Breakers U17/18's, then took a 4-1 loss to De Anza Force n Sunday. Against Santa Barbara, Michael Gonzalez and Romario Lomeli each scored for the Red-and-White. On Sunday's tough loss, Daniel Romero scored the lone goal for the Goats' 4-1 loss. With the weekend results, the U17 team dropped one spot in the Southwest Division to sixth place.
The U15/16's extended their unbeaten streak last weekend after defeating the Santa Barbara Breakers 1-0 on Saturday and playing De Anza Force to a 1-1 draw on Sunday. Jorge Ruiz notched his eighth goal of the season on Saturday, while Amaya Adonis added another to his 10-goal record on Sunday. Despite their positive streak, the young Goats dropped to third place in the Southwest Division.
Chivas USA's U17/18 and U15/16's will have the upcoming weekend off, but will continue training ahead of their match against Cal Odyssey on Saturday, March 16 at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif. and the San Jose Earthquakes' youth teams on Sunday, March 17 at the Nutrilite Training Facility.
State Cup
Chivas USA's U9 Team had a good streak in Cal South's State Cup that kicked-off on Feb. 9. The young Goats made it to the final match of their category, but were defeated 3-2 by Albion FC on Sunday. Despite the loss, the U9's put up a good fight and will continue their participation in the Southern California Development Soccer League.
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WEBSTER COUNTY, Ky. (4/10/13) - The Webster County baseball went 2-2 over Spring Break at the Lincoln County Classic but fell to Madisonville North-Hopkins on Monday in eight innings. Webster now stands at 8-10 and will travel to Hopkins Central on Friday.
Webster County 3
Madisonville-North 4
Peyton Carver stroked four singles and proved to be the winning run for the Maroons in the bottom of the eighth Monday night at Elmer Kelley Field in Madisonville.
The Maroons (5-8) snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory. With the game tied 3-3, Carver led off the bottom of the eight with a single, moved to second on a passed ball and stoke third on a strike out. He then scored the game-winner on a single to centerfield from Blayde Weaver.
The Trojans provided a bit of excitement just to get to extra innings, putting together a rally in the seventh to tie the game at 3-all. Logan Prow and Jalen Wallace smacked back-to-back singles off Maroon starter Dylan Ladd. Tyler Hedrick then delivered another clutch single to score Prow and tie the game. But Ladd retired Brennan Pritchett and Reese Johnson to end the threat.
"Our seniors stepped up for us and got the big hits and put the ball in play when we needed them," noted WCHS coach Tom Welshans.
Trailing 1-0, the Trojans rallied for two runs in the top of the second taking advantage of consecutive fielding errors by the Maroons. Madison Melton then stroked a sacrifice fly to center to give Webster a 2-1 lead.
But Webster allowed Madisonville right back into the game in the third inning with a two-run rally. The Maroons stroked four consecutive hits to score twice, the final run on a hard collision at the plate by courtesy runner Jarrett Noffsinger and WC catcher Jalen Wallace.
"We kind of relaxed in the middle innings. We didn't battle like we needed ... win every inning ... that's how we have to play to be successful. We didn't do the little things like get bunts down and we had 12 fly ball outs, " Welshans added.
Both teams went quietly the rest of the way until Webster tied the game in the seventh and the Maroons pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Webster County 16
Bell County 0
Webster senior Tyler Hedrick fired a complete-game, three-hitter and struck out 12 in his finest game of his career on the mound in the opening game of the Lincoln County Classic last Friday.
"Tyler pitched very well. He had command of all of his pitches," noted Coach Welshans. "We got some early runs and we were able to relax and settle in. I'm very proud of these seniors, they're playing hard and not letting this season get away from them."
Webster scored single runs in each of the first two innings and then went on top 7-0 in the top of the fifth. Leading 8-0 and Hedrick in total command on the mound, the Trojans put the game away with an eight-run rally in the seventh.
Logan Prow led the Trojans with three hits while Jalen Wallace, Brennan Pritchett and Hedrick added two hits each.
Webster County 11
Bell County 9
The Trojans posted another 'come-from-behind' victory in the second game of the Lincoln County Classic last Friday with their biggest inning of the year. The Trojans ripped eight hits in the fourth inning to push across 10 runs for the victory. Webster trailed 8-1 after Bell County batted in the top of the fifth. But the Trojan bats came alive in the bottom of the frame with the big inning.
"We put together hits and got their starting pitcher out of the game. That really opened the door for us and gave us the confidence and momentum," Welshans added.
WCHS used the 10-run frame to grab a 11-8 lead. Bell County got a single run in the sixth but couldn't catch the Trojans in the seventh.
Madison Melton picked up the pitching victory while Pritchett came in for relief and earned the save. Pritchett also led the Trojans offensively with three hits while Hedrick, Johnson, Hunter Nichols and Mickey Morse added two hits each.
Webster County 3
Lincoln County 6
The homestanding Pioneers took advantage of a depleted WCHS pitching staff to get the win Saturday in the final game of the Classic. "We just ran out of pitching but we still had our opportunities to win the game. We just didn't cash-in on our scoring chances but the kids battled the entire game." Lincoln took the early lead off WC starter Kyle Hayes, scoring three runs in the second and two more in the third. The lead grew to 6-0 after four innings. Webster broke through with a three-run rally in its final at-bat. Reese Johnson led the six-hit attack with four safeties. Logan Prow had two hits.
Charlie Hust
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Community and Busines Leader Jeffery M. Thomas Joins the Board of Directors at Sunwest Bank
TUSTIN, Calif., (February 4, 2010) – Sunwest Bank, one of the strongest and healthiest banks in California, has announced that financial expert and former Tustin City Mayor, Jeffery M. Thomas, has joined its Board of Directors. Thomas is the Vice President and Western Regional Director of Sage Advisory Services, which provides discretionary investment management of fixed income for corporate plans, public funds, hospitals, insurance companies, unions, high net-worth individuals and non-profit organizations.
"Jeffery brings a unique skill set of extensive financial expertise to our Board, as well as a record of success as a dedicated and effective public servant and politician," notes Glenn E. Gray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tustin, California-headquartered Sunwest Bank. "He is a respected public figure throughout the state of California and has been an integral part of Orange County's success and growth."
Prior to his work with Sage Advisory Services, Mr. Thomas worked for industry leaders such as Morgan Stanley and Affinity Investment Advisors, Inc. From 1992 to 2004, Mr. Thomas served the City of Tustin, California, as a City Councilman and Mayor.
During his tenure, Mr. Thomas is credited with several major political accomplishments, including successful negotiations for the District at Tustin Legacy, three million square feet of commercial property, 4,900 residential units and numerous public benefit conveyances.
According to Thomas, "As an investment management professional I support the smart banking practices employed by Sunwest as well as its commitment to community and client relationships. Sunwest Bank continues to grow and actively lend, supporting the future success of entrepreneurs and community leaders. I look forward to serving the Board to help Sunwest provide the very best financial services to its extensive client base."
Mr. Thomas' investment experience has led to many key public appointments including appointment to the County of Orange Treasurer's Advisory Committee by Orange County Treasurer John Moorlach, appointment to the County of Orange Treasure Oversight Committee by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, appointment to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission by State Treasurer Matt Fong and appointment to the California Housing Partnership Corporation by Governor Pete Wilson. Mr. Thomas currently serves the Municipal Water District of Orange County Board of Directors as the Director of District 6, serving 2.3 million residents in 28 cities and water agencies.
Mr. Thomas holds a Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University Fullerton.
With nearly 40 years in business, Sunwest Bank, one of the strongest banks in California, partners with entrepreneurs to personally take their businesses to a new level of success. The bank's solid balance sheet includes significant liquidity, resulting in an ability to lend in an environment where many banks are unable or unwilling to do so. Sunwest Bank has branch offices in Tustin, Anaheim, Newport Beach, Laguna Hills, San Clemente, Encinitas California, in addition to three branches in Flagstaff and one in Cottonwood Arizona. The bank specializes in meeting the credit and cash management needs of small and mid-size businesses. Additional information can be found at www.sunwestbank.com.
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Remember a month ago when Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker was getting attacked by tea party groups for opposing the defund Obamacare movement?
It seems to have worked.
Wicker has now pledged to vote for a measure that defunds Obamacare, after repeatedly explaining to other conservatives why it wouldn't work. ...


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'Downton Abbey' Recap: Season Four, Episode 5
Those were just the highlights in the latest action and dance-packed episode of Downton Abbey, the hit British series.
We'll get to all of that anon but first a big shout out to the episode's most touching scene, in which three lonely people bonded in bittersweet memory over loves lost. Lady Mary and brother-in-law Tom Branson (Allen Leech) are in the nursery, playing and cuddling with their respective offspring, baby George and toddler Sybie. In walks Isobel Crawley (Penelope Wilton), who is Mary's mother-in-law and little George's paternal grandmother. Isobel tells Mary that she read in the newspaper that Lord Gillingham, who wooed Mary unsuccessfully earlier this season, is now engaged to be married. "I hope you don't mind. I should hate for you to be unhappy," Isobel says kindly.
"I'm not unhappy," Mary replies. "I'm just not quite ready to be happy."
All three Lonely Hearts Club members then recall with enthusiasm and longing the happy days when they first met and married their now dead spouses and just how head-over-heels in love they were. "Well," Isobel asks ruefully, "aren't we the lucky ones?"
The possible new man in Mary's life is Charles Blake (Julian Ovenden), a colleague of Evelyn Napier (Brendan Patricks). (The latter no longer appears to be a contender in the romantic partner for Mary race.) The Crawleys have invited the two men to stay at Downton Abbey while the pair traipses about Yorkshire on behalf of the government to prepare a report on why so many great estates are failing.
From the get-go, Charles and Mary are oil and water. Their instant aversion to each other means, as fans of romantic comedies know, that love can't be far behind.
Their every conversation quickly turns into sniping. Mary finds Charles unsympathetic to the plight of her fellow aristocratic landowners with troubled estates. "You seem to have brought a traitor into our midst," Mary tells Evelyn. "He's obviously not on our side."
The loathing is mutual. "She's the type who demands all this as a right," Charles tells Evelyn, taking in Downton's impressive expanse with a gesture, "but she wants it on a plate. She won't work for it and she won't fight for it and that type doesn't deserve to survive."
Will Charles change his mind when he finds out that Mary is an active owner and that she and Tom are talking about turning Downton into a pig farm as part of their strategy for saving the estate? Here's betting that these two antagonists will be panting breathlessly in each other's arms within a couple episodes.
Cousin Rose's surprise guest is a hit. While initially wary, Robert takes one look at the delighted expression on the face of wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) as Jack and his band perform and promptly whisks her into his arms and onto the dance floor. Even Violet, the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith), takes his appearance in stride. When a shocked Edith asks her grandmother if it is "suitable" for Rose to have brought Jack to Downton, Violent responds tartly, "My dear, we country dwellers must be aware of being provincial." (Proving Violet has come a long way indeed toward joining the modern age since Season One, when she took umbrage at the very notion of relaxation with her famous disapproving question, "What is a weekend?")
Downstairs, the staff is gracious to Jack after getting over their surprise at his hue, though Carson (Jim Carter), inserting his foot into his mouth, does ask the bandleader if he wants to visit Africa. Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nichol), listening happily during the party to the strains of ragtime and jazz coming from upstairs, says, "Makes you want to jig about, don't it?"
"Certainly not!" sniffs the butler.
Later that evening, after Carson has long since gone to bed–and a good thing too, given his belief in proper decorum and everyone knowing their place–Mary spots Rose and Jack kissing in the servants' quarters. She doesn't let on that she caught them with locked lips but looks concerned as she makes her way back upstairs.
Lady Edith receives a letter from her London doctor confirming that she is in her first trimester. She has still heard no word from the presumed father, beau Michael Gregson, who's missing in Munich. (If this were a musical, Edith would sing "Missing in Munich" as a love ballad.) Separately, both Robert and Cora sense that something's troubling Edith–she's on the verge of tears for most of the episode–and try to comfort her. She confides only that no one has heard a peep from Michael and that his publishing company has hired a private detective, along with the Munich police, to look for him.
In other developments:
Say goodbye to footman Alfred Nugent (Matt Milne). He's off to train as a cook at the Ritz hotel in London after all. Before he departs he says a private farewell to Daisy Mason (Sophie McShera), the lovelorn assistant cook. "I'm sorry if I hurt you," he tells her. "You're a good person and you're going to make some man very happy some day, but I'm afraid it were never going to be me." Daisy gets over herself enough to wish him well and mean it.
Alfred's departure opens up the footman's job for Joseph Molesley (Kevin Doyle), who was once Matthew Crawley's valet but of late has been delivering groceries and working on road crews. Carson initially refuses to hire him since the butler feels that Molesley is neither humble nor grateful enough at the chance to return to service.
Mrs. Patmore and Mrs. Hughes (Phyllis Logan) come to Moseley's rescue. Over a nice cuppa, they concoct a plan. Putting it into action, Molesley impresses Carson by volunteering for the most demeaning of jobs, serving the other servants. Carson capitulates, grumbling, "I give in. I can't fight a war on every front." Molesley is back in uniform at Downton.
John Bates (Brendan Coyle) and wife Anna (Joanne Froggatt) work at mending their marriage, though he continues to brood about finding the man who raped her. The two decide to have a night out, going to dinner at a fancy restaurant in the village. "I want to make some new good memories," says Anna.
At the restaurant, the snooty maitre d' claims he can't find their reservation. Cora, who's dining with members of some society charity group to which she belongs, sizes up the situation and makes it clear to the maitre d' that a place should be found. As the poor man scrambles to find a table, an amused Cora says sotto voce to the couple, "Thank God he's a snob. To be honest, I wish I could join you but I had better get back." Later in the evening, she offers them a ride home, joking that once the maitre d' spots them leaving with her, "that will guarantee you a table here for life."
It's exactly this kind of graciousness and lack of pretense on Cora's part that has her new lady's maid, Baxter (Raquel Cassidy), feeling reluctant to snitch about her to under butler Thomas Barrow (Rob James-Collier). Scheming Thomas reminds Baxter that she is beholden to him for reasons yet to be revealed.
Footman Jimmy Kent (Ed Speleers) takes kitchen maid Ivy Stuart (Cara Theobold) to a movie starring silent film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino. ("Rudolph Valentino makes me shiver all over," Mrs. Patmore announces. Carson's response: "What a disturbing thought.") Afterwards, as the two kiss while sitting on a park bench, Jimmy attempts to put a hand up her dress. Ivy is having none of it. Jimmy protests that, geez, he took her to the movie. "I've never been that nice any girl before!" says the cad.
Ivy tells all to Mrs. Patmore and Mrs. Hughes. "He asked for things no man should ask for before the marriage," says Ivy. She now realizes Jimmy was just sweet talking her to score. "All this time I thought he was so nice."
Mrs. Patmore, who clearly has been around the block a time or two herself in the distant past, says, "I wonder how many women have said that since the Norman Conquest."
Daisy shows no sympathy for Ivy's plight. "You broke Alfred's heart"–Alfred was carrying a torch for Ivy–"so now he's in a city that terrifies him," Daisy declares. "And you broke my heart by driving him away." She stomps off.
Violet and Isobel continue their enjoyably adversarial relationship. After a letter opener and then a small ivory figurine go missing at her house, Violet fires John Pegg (Joncie Elmore), the young gardener's assistant whom Isobel had persuaded her to take on when he needed a job. Violet had reckoned he was the thief.
When the figurine shows up–it had fallen into a maid's cleaning bucket–Isobel gets up in the Dowager's grill after Violet says she has no intention of saying she's sorry to Pegg. "How you hate to be wrong!" Isobel tells her.
"I wouldn't know," responds Violet, smiling in her wonderfully superior manner. "I'm not familiar with the sensation."
Isobel turns detective and, when Violet is out running errands, comes into her house on a pretext and searches high and low for the missing knife. She finds it under a couch cushion–"Eureka!" Isobel exclaims–and returns it to Violet's butler and departs.
Convinced that Violet won't do the right thing, Isobel returns to the Dowagers house later to confront her. Violet surprises Isobel, who's girded for battle, by bringing young Pegg into the room. He explains that the Dowager apologized to him and rehired him. Isobel can do nothing but sputter.
Violet so has Isobel's number: "Some people run on greed, lust, even love," the Dowager says of Isobel. "She runs on indignation."
What was your favorite part this Downton Abbey episode?
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Undergraduate Major and Minor
The Carlson School's undergraduate program offers an intensive course of study that leads to the Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree. Students may work toward a major or a minor in Supply Chain and Operations Management.
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
The Master of Science in Supply Chain Management is a STEM-designated program that provides the skills, knowledge, and insights professionals need to transition into or accelerate supply chain careers. Developed in close consultation with senior supply chain executives, the curriculum shapes leaders with the expertise required to manage today's global and complex supply chains.
MBA Program – Area of Emphasis
An emphasis in Supply Chain and Operations Management provides skills in managing the flow of raw materials, finished goods, information and services to deliver maximum value to the consumer. Rather than focusing on any single facet of delivering a product or service to the customer, Supply Chain and Operations Management covers the entire process, from the suppliers of your suppliers to the customers of your customers. The emphasis is designed to be flexible, with a wide range of course offerings to reflect the diversity of career opportunities.
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The Phd in Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Carlson School was recently rated the top research program in the nation. This area deals with the study of organizations that produce goods and services and the related methods of management science used to improve operations and organizations.


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Thurston County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) Corrections Deputy Jack House participated in the recent 2013 World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, Northern Ireland in early August. Jack's training and preparation paid off big, as he returned with several medals to display and be proud of. Jack won a Gold medal in the USA 4 x 400 meter relay, a Silver Medal in the Decathlon, and a Bronze in the USA 4 x 100 meter relay.
Jack is a veteran of the games and continues to train for his next competition. "We are very proud of Jack's effort and his success", said Sheriff Snaza. "Jack is an inspiration to all of us and an excellent representation of the men and women of the TCSO."
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curl json post request via terminal to a rails app
Am using curl exe in windows, to communicate with my Django backend.
Following is the command am using.
curl --dump-header - -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data "{\"uid\":12,\"token\":\"asdert\"}" http://localhost:8000/restapi/v1/foo/
Now this give the data in wrong format. i.e. in the view the post is showing this data print request.POST
{"{\"uid\":12,\"access_token\":\"asdert\"}": [""]}
What is the correct way to post json data ?
I have tried several other methods for e.g. I am trying to communiate with my rest api using http://slumber.in/.
Even here am getting the same result as above.
import slumber
api = slumber.API("http://localhost/restapi/v1/"
Excerpts from the view print request.POST
{u'{"uid": "100"}': [u'']}
curl --dump-header - -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data "uid=12&token=asdert" http://localhost:8000/restapi/v1/foo/
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Jim Phalen
Jim Phalen is a Seattle based artist with national representation in the Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle, the Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco, and the Cumberland Gallery in Nashville. He has a BFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MA and MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Mexico. Phalen has been awarded prestigious grants from Pollock/Krasner, as well as Artist Trust, and he has been an Artist in Residence in Ireland. He has also been the subject of a one person exhibition at the Frye Art Museum. Jim has teaching experience at Bowdoin College, the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, the University of Puget Sound, and SUNY Buffalo.


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text: Wall Street to Slash 21K Jobs Downsizing binge will rival that of financial crisis By Kevin Spak, Newser User Posted Apr 30, 2012 7:51 AM CDT STORY COMMENTS (6) (Newser) – Wall Street's job creators aren't exactly living up to that billing. The market is soaring, and so are bank profits, but financial firms are preparing for a massive round of layoffs, analysts tell Fortune, estimating that the banks will cut nearly 21,000 jobs. That would be a bloodbath on par with the one that occurred during the financial crisis; 28,000 were eliminated in that purge, but that number included jobs lost in the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and at the time firms were failing, not prospering. A new Boston Consulting Group report estimates that Wall Street will slash 12% of its workforce in the "short-term"—and "the estimate is possibly too low," says one industry insider. The banks have decided that they didn't cut enough jobs the first time around, and this time, a BCG analyst says, a lot more senior bankers could wind up in the crosshairs. One bright spot: Some smaller investment banks are actually hiring. [Images (1)] [Quotes (1)] In an April 23, 2012 photo, trader Andrew Silverman, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ADVERTISEMENT(Click Prev or Next to continue viewing images.) « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow I have heard about a lot of people who didn't get the promotions they were expecting. That's usually a sign that banks are getting ready to get rid of people. - Gary Goldstein, Wall Street recruiter at Whitney Partners « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow Fortune (Source Grid ») Money • US Wall Street • layoffs • job cuts • banking industry • big banks CLICK BELOW TO VOTE 2% 23% 7% 35% 22% 12% RETURN TO THE STORY To report an error on this story, notify our editors.


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It was a bold prediction, given the tangled nature of governance in New Jersey, but Gov. Chris Christie made it anyway.
The federal money recently granted for the Northeast's recovery from superstorm Sandy "will be the best $50 billion this Congress has ever spent in their lifetimes," Christie told attendees of a New Jersey Chamber of Commerce function in Washington last week. Bipartisan love and cooperation, Christie intimated, would make that prediction come true.
But the very model of a modern Jersey boy, all too familiar with the spit and fury of the state's politics, had to know it wouldn't be easy to hold together a coalition of Republicans and Democrats and focus on a single vision for rebuilding, especially during an election year. In fact, as he was speaking, the unraveling had begun.
The first cracks in the Sandy castle walls came courtesy of a $100 million contract with AshBritt, a Florida company that has long made a killing off cleaning up after natural disasters. The wholly legitimate logic behind hiring AshBritt was that a company with expertise in handling Federal Emergency Management Agency paperwork would save valuable time for the state and any other government entity that decided to bring the firm aboard.
Arguments can be made that paying a premium for some expediency in the cleanup process would be well worth it. AshBritt, the state and a number of local governments have made that argument well.
But AshBritt went beyond simply touting its bonafides and dipped heavily into local and state politics when the company and its subcontractors hired Democratic and Republican operatives to help push the firm's services. George Gilmore, Ocean County's most powerful Republican, and Maggie Moran, a longtime Democratic hand and the wife of Belmar Mayor Matthew Doherty, were both enlisted to evangelize for AshBritt.
Christie ridiculed any criticism of the company's move.
"I'm reading these stories today and they're shocked - they're shocked - that these companies have hired local lobbyists to try to influence the towns to get the contracts," a sarcastic Christie said at a news conference Tuesday. "They've hired both Democrats and Republicans. I am shocked about this, that lobbyists are hired in an attempt to gain contracts in New Jersey."
Christie, it seems, isn't giving the jaded among us enough credit. Of course, no one is shocked. Hiring political hands to help grease the wheels is an old-time Jersey maneuver. And that, in plain and simple terms, is the problem. A cleanup and rebuilding process that was supposed to be above politics quickly descended into political business as usual. The suspicion is that this little bit of beak-wetting is only the beginning.
Democrats pounced, calling the AshBritt contract suspect. "The lack of transparency in the selection process is startling," said Sen. Barbara Buono, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
State Senate President Stephen Sweeney demanded more oversight. The governor said he's open to the Legislature's suggestions, repeating that he wants the recovery process to be transparent.
How important is transparency? Think of the money. If New Jersey gets $30 billion in federal recovery cash, that is 300 times the amount of the AshBritt contract.
That's a lot of complaining, a lot of blaming and a lot of politics, if the process isn't done right.