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Metropolitan Amfilohije gets an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) of the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris9. February 2012 - 11:11
The Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris announced that a formal session, at which the Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral would be awarded with an honorary doctorate, to be held on February 12 of this year, commencing at 3 p.m. hours.
The session will be presided by His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Koman.
The announced agenda of the solemn session:
The award of the honorary doctorate honoris causa to His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro Amfilohije,
- A suitable commending speech (laudatio) of protopresbyter-staurophor Zivko Panev,
- A report on the academic year 2010/11 by protopresbyter Nikola Crnokrak, dean of the Institute,
- Academic lectures of professor Ivan Konig on the subject Uncreated Divine Light in the Teaching and Tradition of the Church: the Experience of the Early Centuries.
The Baptism of the Lord23. January 2012 - 9:51
John did restrain Him, saying: "I must needs be baptized of Thee, and dost Thou, then, come to me?"
But Jesus said unto him in reply: "Let it be, for now, for thus doth it behoove us to fulfill all righteousness." (Mt. 3, 14-15)
Today the entire Orthodox Church universal celebrates the festive remembrance and glorification of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. The holy Evangelist reports that when the Lord came to the Jordan to be baptized, John attempted to restrain Him, saying: "I must needs be baptized of Thee, and dost Thou, then, come to me?"
Would not we say the like, knowing Who this is Who has come: Lord, what doth it signify, this extreme humility of Thine, that Thou, the Lord Who is without sin, comest to be baptized of a man, even if he be one who is righteous through Thine own grace and righteousness?
Spiritual Instruction on the Feast of the Theophany18. January 2012 - 12:03
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Mt 3:17; 17:5
Thus did the voice of the pre-eternal God the Father speak to people about the pre-eternal God the Son, when the Son, at the behest of the Father, through the action of the Spirit, became incarnate of the Virgin and wrought the salvation of perishing mankind. Brothers! Let us show obedience to the Son of God, as God desires of us, that Divine good will might abide with us.
Perhaps someone might say, "I would like to obey the Son of God; but how can this be done, when two thousand years have passed since our Lord Jesus Christ dwelt on earth in the flesh and preached His all-holy teaching?"
Discourse On the Day of the Baptism of Christ18. January 2012 - 11:59
We shall now say something about the present feast. Many celebrate the feastdays and know their designations, but the cause for which they were established they know not. Thus concerning this, that the present feast is called Theophany—everyone knows; but what this is—Theophany, and whether it be one thing or another, they know not. And this is shameful—every year to celebrate the feastday and not know its reason.
First of all therefore, it is necessary to say that there is not one Theophany, but two: the one actual, which already has occurred, and the second in future, which will happen with glory at the end of the world. About this one and about the other you will hear today from Paul, who in conversing with Titus, speaks thus about the present: The grace of God hath revealed itself, having saved all mankind, decreeing, that we reject iniquity and worldly desires, and dwell in the present age in prudence and in righteousness and piety—and about the future: Awaiting the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ (Tit 2:11-13). And a prophet speaks thus about this latter: The sun shalt turn to darkness, and the moon to blood at first, then shalt come the great and illuminating Day of the Lord (Joel 2:31).
Homily on the Day of the Circumcision of the Lord and Commemoration of St. Basil the Great16. January 2012 - 11:53
"The Lord of all endures circumcision, and He circumcises man's sins, for He is good." This is the meaning of today's Church feast. The Circumcision was established by God and commanded through Abraham to all the chosen people of the Jews. It was a sign of entering into the Covenant with God, the seal of the promise to be always in Obedience to Him from childhood, to be faithful to Him unto the shedding of blood. It was performed in the image of cutting off the fleshly passions, the circumcision of the hardheartedness of the very heart, which was so destructive for Israel and so often caused it to apostatize from its God.
Bishop Irinej: The precondition in searching for God is peace in our hearts12. January 2012 - 11:23
Love was incarnate and seeks of us who are bearers of His most pure image, that within us we realise even His likeness which we have distorted by our sins. If we were to realise this, we would redeem not only ourselves, but humanity in its entirety from this valley of temptations.
Today, from an overflowing heart we repeat those same words of the great Prophet Isaiah, for unto us truly is born a Child, unto us a Son is given! The Divine Youth was incarnate for us and for our salvation! Let us rejoice, therefore, always for Christ our Saviour is born!
As your Аrchpastor, responding, as Isaiah to the summons of the Lord, walking with you through the valley of temptations and beholding about us all of you, His holy flock, the people of God, joyfully we cry out before the cradle of the New-born: Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me! (Is. 8:18).
Truly, beloved children, beholding the world about us, we see that the ways of today throughout the entire world are but diversions, one mindless pilgrimage through the valley of temptation. However, the Incarnate God pours into us plentiful hope, for in the midst of a harsh reality which has dominated humanity, from economic crises to societal fragmentation, from battles for justice to unrest and wars; our Saviour and Redeemer comes to us as a new-born Child – precisely an innocent Child. For He within Himself as God Almighty reveals the might of innocence. Our Wonderful God and Counsellor fills the world by His birth according to the flesh with the light of purity which stems only and exclusively from that new life. For us that new life is: a life in Him who alone offers us boundless possibilities.


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Bartlesville Police arrest Derrick Maynard for a 4th time for domestic abuse since 2002
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - A Bartlesville man faces charges for nearly killing his wife.
It is the fourth time police in Washington County have arrested Derrick Maynard for domestic abuse.
Maynard, 32, is behind bars for domestic abuse and assault charges.
Maynard's wife, Angelia, told 2NEWS she won't bail Derrick out of jail until authorities guarantee he is admitted to a mental hospital.
Angelia believes Maynard suffers from depression, alcoholism, and mental instability. And claims his behavior worsened after the death of his brother in 2010, and spiraled down after the death of his mom in January.
"He's inside screaming for help and no one will help him," said Angelia. "He's not a bad guy. They are looking at him on the outside. I'm looking at him on the inside. I see this sweet, innocent man, trapped in his own guilt. His own grief."
Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland said officers arrested Derrick Monday night.
The police report states Angelia called 911 after Derrick threw an oil heater, then put a pellet rifle up to her head and said, "You deserve to die." Maynard fired the rifle, but it wasn't loaded.
Chief Holland said Maynard's bruises in his mug shot stem from Angelia defending herself and Derrick repeatedly banging his head in the hospital, police car and jail walls.
Chief Holland say Derrick was incoherent, drunk and couldn't stand up when officers arrived 10 p.m. Monday.
Angelia and Derrick met in 2006 at a mental ward. The same place she wants him to go back to.
"We can keep bailing him out all the time. He's just going to get out and drink and blame himself for his mom's death and everything else. We really need to get to the source and get him some help. He needs help. He really does."
Oklahoma court documents show this is the fourth time police have arrested Derrick for domestic abuse dating back to 2002.
In the past, police have also arrested him for assault and battery, assault with a deadly weapon and grand larceny.

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Metropolitan State University's alumni magazine, Buzz, asked graduates for their favorite professors in the school's history. As one of those chosen, the editor asked me to pick four favorite books for an upcoming story.
There is no finer homage to a professor than to live on as a favorite teacher in the memories of former students. What is especially gratifying about this recognition is that apple-polishing is no longer of any value.
Now that I'm nearly 70 years old, this list of books differs from those I might have chosen at age 30 or 50. Even so, I was surprised at the enduring influence these authors have had on my life and times. I offer these books because they were particularly edifying for me, and may be for others as well.
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, Albert Camus
For more than 45 years, the fiction and essays of Camus have provided me insight and inspiration. While a man of letters, he was also a man of action.
He joined the underground French Resistance and courageously fought Nazi occupation. In this book, he rejects murder as a political tactic, whether committed by terrorists or revolutionaries. Being a realist and understanding human frailties, he advocates rebellion rather than revolution. He concisely defines the rebel and rebellion: "What is a rebel but a man (person) who says no"; and, "I rebel -- therefore we exist."
The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, Reinhold Niebuhr
In the '60s and '70s, I was an unreconstructed student radical, a naive utopian.
Written in 1943, the book was a vindication of democracy in a dark time: "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, W.E.B. Du Bois
Du Bois wrote this long-forgotten gem in 1920. The most moving chapters are autobiographical, including one about being a servant at a Lake Minnetonka resort. Chapter after chapter demonstrate that he was a man ahead of his time. "The Souls of White Folk" is a founding document of Whiteness studies, and "The Hands of Ethiopia" earned him the accolade "father of Pan-Africanism."
His feminism is evident in "Damnation of Women," where he recalls the four women of his boyhood -- "They existed not for themselves, but for men." From Du Bois, I learned the art and craft of using auto-biography as a tool for sociological analysis, and that activism is for the long haul (some 65 years for him).
Facing Unpleasant Facts, George Orwell
While best known for "1984" and "Animal Farm," his legacy more likely will be as the 20th century's finest essayist in the English language. Orwell had a single-minded devotion to truth. In this collection, we get hints of his experiments with truth: as a colonial police officer in Burma, a dishwasher in Paris, a hobo in London, a chronicler of England's industrial working class, and a participant in the Spanish Civil War.
His biography, shaped by world history, led him "to make political writing into an art." Orwell's intellectual honesty and his prose style have been the standard by which I have measured myself.
I leave you with the poet John Ciardi's classic adieu, "Good words to you."
Monte Bute teaches sociology and social science at Metropolitan State University in the Twin Cities.


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Congress' latest fiscal buzzword: 'Cromnibus'
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 1, 2014 Hybrid word combines "omnibus" spending bill and a continuing resolution, or "CR" – two funding stopgaps.
Avoiding the 'regulatory capture' trap
Tracey Samuelson
Nov 21, 2014 The Senate grills the president of the New York Fed about perceived coziness with the banks and people it oversees.
Even congressmen get hazed
Adam Allington
Nov 12, 2014 Congress is back in session on Wednesday after the mid-term elections.
The new common ground for Congress: trade
Kate Davidson
Nov 5, 2014 More on the two major trade deals being negotiated by the Obama Administration.
Lame duck Congress still has plenty to do
Nova Safo
Nov 5, 2014 The government must pass a spending bill by mid-December.
Voters decide U.S. minimum wage landscape for 2015
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Nov 6, 2014 Voters in four states voted to increase the minimum wage.
Taking a look at possible results of midterm elections
David Brancaccio
Oct 31, 2014 Why a maintaining of the status quo could mean more gridlock in Congress.
Tech pumps cash into D.C., but for what?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 25, 2014 For years, tech companies ignored Washington. Not anymore.
When private investors, not taxpayers, pay the toll
Noel King
Sep 22, 2014 Several private investors in Indiana get trapped by the potholes of infrastructure.
Your sunscreen is way out of date
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 18, 2014 The FDA has banned certain chemicals that other countries find perfectly legal.


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I've posted about this before... DS always had issues with milia -- white bumps like sandpaper on his cheeks. Apparently they're filled with hard seeds of keratin (skin cells) and if removed incorrectly can cause scarring.
We figured DS has enough on his plate to deal with and at his young age, should not have to deal with facial blemishes and possible scarring. I took him to the dermatologist -- correction, it would've taken MONTHS to get him into the dermatologist, so I settled for a nurse practitioner, who at first wouldn't do anything, but I insisted, citing potential for scarring. So DS was put on an ointment (differin) and the milia pretty much disappeared. But I'm not sure if it was the ointment OR the change in weather. By the time I got him into the clinic, it was fall and wasn't outside sweating as much.
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Current U.S. export controls of goods and technologies that have a military use are impairing our national security and undermining American companies' competitive edge around the globe. The existing control regime, which was established decades ago during the Cold War, is intended to protect our national security but is grounded in the past and lacks flexibility for the current environment. It must be reformed.
In fact, it should be a wake-up call that some foreign competitors now advertise products free from U.S. components, and thus, free from our overly burdensome export control restrictions.
The negative impact of this trend cannot be overstated. If international companies are making products such as satellites or complex computer systems free of American parts, this affects not only the American companies producing a competing product but also the dozens of American companies that could have contributed component parts to the foreign company's end product.
For too long, the debate over export controls has been presented as a choice between economic competitiveness and national security. This is a false choice. If the United States does not remain economically competitive in military technology and innovation, it will harm our national security.
Delays and complications from overly restrictive controls on American exports put American workers and jobs at a disadvantage. Hindering our international competition threatens to erode America's position as a leader in military and dual-use goods and technologies. That is why it is imperative that we fix our outdated system of controls.
There is good news, however. After previous efforts at reform that tinkered around the edges, this administration has shown a clear understanding of the issue and is particularly serious about addressing it. It is clear that this time around there is a real chance for broad-based reform.
The impetus for reform is being driven from the top. In response to export control complications, President Barack Obama announced a joint National Economic Council (NEC) and National Security Council (NSC) review of our current export control regime last August. The interagency review spent months before producing recommendations for reforms that would protect American national security while streamlining the process and reducing review time.
While the process of reforming export controls is not new, the commitment and drive to see real reform is. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and other principals involved have been real leaders in the process. They understand the need to maintain our competitive edge while controlling items critical to our national security.
First, simplify the system. The review process for military use items is overly complicated and can take several weeks to several months to process an export license.
Further, the process is frequently criticized for maintaining controls over outdated technologies no longer solely in military use. For example, commercial GPS systems that American drivers can purchase at Best Buy or RadioShack are controlled items that must be reviewed before being exported.
As Gates has argued, the United States reviews tens of thousands of export licenses and approves more than 95 percent of these cases. We need a simplified system that dispenses with easy cases such as GPS and concentrates our resources on the products that truly could present a security threat.
With the NSC/NEC assessment of our current system complete, Gates recently unveiled solid ideas for reform. This includes a three-phase process to implement four major reforms. A single list for controlled exports will be created, the information technology system for controls will be the same across government, a single entity will be responsible for enforcement, and finally, a single licensing agency will eventually be responsible for our export controls.
Congress must now step up to the plate. Lawmakers can no longer ignore the issue. Fortunately, there is movement on reform. The House Foreign Affairs Committee is developing legislation.
What is needed now is for members to understand that it is not a choice between economic competitiveness and national security. We must reform the system to maintain our national security.
As the process moves forward and reform proposals are refined, we must keep in mind that this is about ensuring our industrial base remains the best in the world. Therefore, reform should work for those that use the system. Implementation should include concrete steps for consultation not only with Congress but with our allies and American exporters.
Our allies in Europe, Canada and Australia share our security concerns and have established more effective but simpler systems that both place stringent controls on the most sensitive products and allow for economic competitiveness. Our reforms should be informed by our allies' successes not only to implement a more effective system but to facilitate increased trade for our defense products and remove our allies' competitive advantage.
Reforming our burdensome system must strike a balance between more stringently protecting highly sensitive exports that would otherwise expose our national security, and allowing U.S. companies to compete with products readily available and legally traded on the global market. Our current regulatory regime hinders U.S. companies, creating the real possibility that one day we may need to rely on foreign companies for our defense needs - and that undermines our national security. We must successfully reform this system.
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., serves on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.


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A couple of days ago, Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler replaced teammate Victor Martinez on the American League roster for the All-Star Game in Minneapolis.
While he didn't compete in Monday's home run derby, he was able to take part in something similar in Detroit - with a different age group.
Kinsler, 32, teamed up with CytoSport, the parent company of Muscle Milk, to host the inaugural Muscle Milk Heavy Hitters Home Run Derby at Wayne State on Thursday, showcasing the state's top high school players. ...


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November 1 – 15, 2011
Reception: Friday, November 4, 6-8pm
In honor of SOFA, Chicago's International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Lillstreet Gallery is featuring three nationally-recognized jewelry artists.
Chicago-based School of the Art Institute graduate Gustav Reyes creates his wood jewelry by re-purposing salvaged wood (a reminder of the past, present, and future) using a cold bend process and all natural beeswax finishing. St. Louis-based Peg Fetter, who uses steel and gold to create her organic designs and contrasting pieces, has taught workshops around the country, as well as teaching at Craft Alliance, Fontbonne University, and St. Louis University. Seattle-based Lulu Smith's boldly colored pieces feature hand-poured and pigmented resin outlined in sterling silver; popular pieces include her backless earrings that glow like glass in the light, and her bracelets.


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Ajee Wilson runs 2:02.90 in a women's 800-meter heat in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopt, Poland.
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Ajeè Wilson's run of success in international 800-meter racing has hit its first roadblock.
The 19-year-old Neptune, N.J., runner failed to advance out of the women's 800 trials Friday in the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Ergo Arena, turning in a sub-par 2:02.90 fourth-place clocking in a three-section event that sent the top six, all at 2:01.25 or better, into the Sunday afternoon final.
And she really couldn't explain the performance after coming to Poland with the world's top time this year, the 2:00.43 she ran winning her second consecutive U.S. national title ...


text: What will you discover in Pembrokeshire? Due to the Gulf Stream, Pembrokeshire has a relatively temperate climate and has been attracting holidaymakers for decades that come to enjoy the endless miles of superb beaches. From dramatic cliffs teeming with birdlife to sleepy river inlets and charming towns and villages, it's all in accessible from your very own Pembrokeshire holiday cottage. You'll discover a county bursting with spectacular scenery, walks and wildlife, food and drink and much more. Choose from dozens of world-class beaches, some so secluded you may have one to yourself, even in high summer! Enjoy clifftop walks above the shores or take a tranquil stroll around the many secluded inland backwaters of the Cleddau rivers. Pop into Tenby and enjoy the famous view of the brightly painted houses that surround the harbour, or explore the town with its winding streets and many tempting shops. Why not take a short boat ride from the harbour to Caldey Island and enjoy the kind of calm that seems to emanate from its Cistercian Abbey, not to mention the aroma of the unique perfumes made by the monks who live and work there. Get up close to seals, seabirds or spot the occasional dolphin on one of many boat trips from the harbour. You can book fishing trips, whether you are a beginner or an old hand. With many Pembrokeshire cottages based in and around this busy part of the county, it's no wonder so many visitors make it their base for exploring the region. There's a lot for youngsters in Pembrokeshire too, like the award-winning Folly Farm Adventure Park or fun for young and old at Ritec Valley Quad Bikes near Penally. Why not catch a wave and go surfing or wind-surfing from its western beaches like Newgale or Freshwater West. Another haven of calm is St David's, where the magnificent historic Cathedral is not to be missed. It's a county of discovery, from coastal splendour to rural calm, with pretty villages, bustling towns and magnificent beaches. There's a lot to do and many places to go, whether you choose to see it on foot, by cycle, car, bus or even by boat. But don't take our word for it. Seek out this fascinating region for yourself from one of our selection of holiday cottages in Pembrokeshire and discover a county that's quite unlike any other, either in Wales or anywhere in the UK. CLOSE


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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Virginia's EQIP addresses resource concerns important to improving and maintaining the state's water and environmental quality. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. Through EQIP, farmers may receive financial and technical help with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land and privately owned non-commercial forest land.
Go to the Virginia EQIP website for Signup and Application Information.
EQIP may pay between 35 and 90 percent cost-share to establish eligible conservation practices. Incentive payments may be made to encourage a farmer to adopt land management practices, such as grazing management, manure management, and wildlife habitat management.
2009 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) At a Glance (pdf, 148 kb).
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Liveblogging Maker Faire Rhode Island
Saturday I went to Maker Faire Rhode Island and liveblogged the event from my jeejah. Here's a hashtag search that brings up most of my tweets. For some reason, search cuts off some of my tweets (and I forgot to hashtag the first few), so here they are:
- fuel cell hotrod
- Nazo robots 2
- Nazo robots 1
- touch screen Arduino
- tandem recumbent bike
- junk built skateboards
- SCUL ship (by Skunk, natch)
- and the rest…
This was a great start for a first Maker Faire, and with all the wonderfully innovative minds out here, it was high time the Northeast threw one. I haven't been to Maker Faire Austin, but this was a very different affair from the San Francisco event. The most noticeable difference was the scale of the inventions on display. The San Francisco Faire is notable for the presence of a lot of big Burning Man art. Out here, far from Black Rock City, the gadgets on display were no less cool but tended to be smaller (and fewer seemed designed to amuse tripping burners — although the REM inducer on display by the soldering tables looked straight off the Playa).
Whoever figured out how to coordinate the Faire with one of Providence's Waterfire weekends was a genius. Unlike the San Francisco event, which is ensconced off in the San Mateo fairgrounds, the Rhode Island Faire took over an entire square and the streets radiating out from it in downtown Providence, meaning that thousands of casual passers by got to wander into the event, learn, and participate. The weather cooperated nicely, too. Of course, the SF Faire is big enough that it needs its own space and doesn't need as much publicity, but the point is that it would have been very unfortunate if the first northeast Faire had been tucked away in a building out of the public eye.
All in all, this was a great time, and I even had a few minutes to stop for tacos at AS220 (an awesome & more permanent feature of Providence) before getting back on the train for Boston.
I did try to credit all of the Makers when photographing projects. If I shot your project and didn't include your name, please let me know, and I'll make sure to update this post to give credit.
Finally, I'll pass on some information I picked up:
- For info on building open source 3D printers, visit MakerBot.
- To download and share digital designs for fabricating physical objects, check out the Thingiverse community (and get your reputation economy on).
Photos (top to bottom): Yellow Submarine by Sean Bagge, DIY 3D printer by Makerbot Industries, Huge Foam Skeletal Robot Costume by Big Nazo. (All taken by me).


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Art IS Education official website
Art IS Education is an annual, much anticipated county-wide showcase demonstrating the power of youth learning in and through the arts.
Art Events, Workshops, & Programs
Check out Art IS Education's calendar of events.
Teaching Artists Guild
Teaching Artists are hybrid professionals--artists and educators--who bring the arts to youth and families in schools, libraries and community settings during Art IS Education month and also throughout the year. Teaching Artists Guild is a nationwide membership of artists who teach; supporting each other to strengthen our own professional opportunities while working together to forge positive social change in the places and spaces we all live, learn, work, and play. TAG offers a directory to help find a teaching artist who can work with your school or library, low-cost workshops on how to bring the arts into our schools and communities, and the latest on arts education research. Find out more at the web site: teachingartistgsguild.org.
Alameda County Library & Art IS Education
In honor of Art IS Education month in March, Alameda County Library is presenting a series of 250 free arts events for youth and families. Art IS Education is an annual celebration of youth arts learning in Alameda County, during National Arts Education Month. The Art IS Education theme this year is "Inspring Creative Communities!" Join the fun at the events and enjoy creative activities for your family and community.
And join these special touring workshops for tweens, teens, and families:
"Sock Creatures!" Workshops for Tweens and Teens
"Make a Book!" Family Art Workshops


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MINDEN, Nev. (AP) Rescuers aided by calm winds and clear skies were scanning a vast swath of rugged terrain in California and Nevada on Wednesday in their search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett, whose small plane has been missing for two days.
The millionaire aviator did not file a flight plan for what was expected to be a short scouting mission to find a dry lake bed suitable for a future attempt to break the land speed record.
But rescuers had high hopes early Wednesday because there was little wind to interfere with their aerial search efforts. On Tuesday, heavy turbulence and gusts that reached 40 mph prevented pilots from flying low or close to mountain peaks.
Light winds were expected to continue through most of the day, said Gary Derks, operations officer for the Nevada Division of Emergency Management.
Thats going to definitely help us put more aircraft in the air and hopefully make the search more successful, he said Wednesday.
Nevada officials received additional help from Utah and California, bringing the number of aircraft involved in Wednesdays search to six airplanes and three helicopters. Two planes were searching an area near Bishop on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in California, a development that indicates the search area had expanded since Tuesday.
Rescuers and Fossetts friends were counting on his grit and experience to pull him through.
Hes the number one gliding pilot in the world, as well as the number one aviator in the world ... If anybody could have glided (this plane) down, it would have been him, Sir Richard Branson, the British billionaire who has helped finance many of Fossetts adventures, told reporters Wednesday in London. But obviously, its extremely worrying that its lasted three days.
Branson said he and others were working with Google Inc. to study pictures from space taken over the last three days. They are trying to determine the planes direction and whether there was anything unusual.
If the worse comes to worse... Steves lived his life to the full, and he hasnt wasted a minute of his life, Branson said.
Fossetts single-engine plane vanished Monday over a section Nevada southeast of Lake Tahoe that is marked by rugged mountains jutting to 10,000 feet, steep canyons and sagebrush-filled desert. The initial search grid was larger than the state of Connecticut.
The plane, a Bellanca Citabria Super Decathlon, carried a locator that sends a satellite signal after a rough landing, but no such signal had been received.
Civil Air Patrol Maj. Cynthia Ryan told reporters Wednesday that authorities had followed up on what they thought were a couple of hits from an aircraft locator but said both turned out to be bogus hits.
Fossett also wears a wristwatch that allows pilots to turn a knob and immediately signal their location in an emergency, said Granger Whitelaw, who knows Fossett through Whitelaws work as co-founder of the Rocket Racing League.
Whitelaw, who also is a pilot, owns the same Breitling Emergency watch and said Fossett always wears it.
Theyre registered to us personally, so they know its you on the plane, he said by telephone from New York.
An aircraft brought in Wednesday from the Civil Air Patrol in Utah was equipped with imaging technology typically used by scientists to study land formations in the search for energy resources.
Its computer imaging is so precise it can distinguish between people, aircraft, a boulder or tree on the ground.
Its pretty sophisticated stuff ... far beyond what the eye can generally see, Ryan said.
Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon, took off Monday morning from an airstrip at hotel magnate William Barron Hiltons Flying M Ranch, about 70 miles southeast of Reno. A friend reported him missing when he didnt return.
Officials said the airplane carried food, water and other survival gear.
Ryan would not speculate about how many days someone might survive in the terrain, but she and longtime associates of the 63-year-old adventurer said he had proven survival skills.
Hes a very savvy and methodical and determined pilot. Id give him the highest odds, she said.
The first full day of the search cost Nevada about $200,000, Derks said. Costs to the federal government were not immediately known.
Fossett has an application pending before the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for a permit in Eureka County to attempt to break the land-speed record of 766.6 mph.
In 2002, Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone in a balloon. In two weeks, his balloon flew 19,428.6 miles around the Southern Hemisphere. The record came after five previous attempts some of them spectacular and frightening failures.
It is among dozens of firsts claimed by Fossett in his life as an adventurer, which he embarked on after earning a fortune as a financial trader.
He set marks for speed or distance in balloons, airplanes, gliders, sailboats even cross-country skis and an airship, according to his Web site. In March 2005, he became the first person to fly a plane solo around the world without refueling.
Fossett also has experience as an outdoorsman, climbing some of the worlds best-known peaks, including the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
He also swam the English Channel in 1985, placed 47th in the Iditarod dog sled race in 1992, participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans car race in 1996 and broke the round-the-world sailing record by six days in 2004.
Associated Press Writers Betsy Taylor in St. Louis and Romina Spina in London contributed to this report.


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Before Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's codes, the enemy's radio traffic and communications were monitored around the clock by the Listening Service - a team of young men and women based in every theatre of war who intercepted and transcribed with a speed few have ever managed since, so that code breakers could turn the course of the war.
This organisation - known as the 'Y' (for 'Wireless') Service - was just as secret as Bletchley Park during the war but nowadays is little-known or recognised. The Service went wherever the war went, with listeners posted to Cairo to listen in to Rommel's Eighth Army, Casablanca in Morocco, Karachi for the Burma campaign, or in one case even the idyllic Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean to monitor Japan. Sinclair McKay chronicles the history and achievements of this remarkable organisation and the people who worked for it.
Sinclair McKay writes for the Daily Telegraph, the Mail on Sunday and The Spectator and is a judge for this year's Encore award for best second novel. His books include the bestselling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, and he is currently working on another project on the Second World War. He lives in London, and likes nothing more than truffling through archives.
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) has determined that site ID # 907003 known as the Dunkirk Landfill site, may be deleted from the New York State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. This site is located on South Roberts Road in the Town of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County. Comments regarding this action must be submitted no later than August 20, 2012. Information regarding the site, the proposed delisting, and how to submit comments electronically can be found at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/60063.html or send comments to: Michael Cruden, NYS DEC - Division of Environmental Remediation, Bureau E, 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-7017 Phone: (518) 402-9814, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Niagara County - The Town of Wheatfield Town Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Local Waterfront Revitalization Program will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the adoption by the Town of Wheatfield for a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) for designated areas adjacent to the Niagara River and Tonawanda Creek shorelines. The LWRP is a locally prepared, comprehensive land and water use plan that addresses issues relevant to the protection of community character, improved public access and recreation, environmental resource protection, protection and enhancement of water quality, flooding and erosion, and scenic and historic resources.
This action also includes adoption of LWRP Consistency Review Law to establish procedures for determining if proposed actions, as defined in the law, to be directly undertaken, funded or permitted within the designated Local Waterfront Revitalization Area are consistent with the policies set forth in the Town of Wheatfield LWRP, as well as zoning changes along the Niagara River shoreline to bring local zoning into conformance with proposed land uses identified in the LWRP document.
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Niagara County - The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Avian Habitat Restoration at Joseph Davis State Park will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves approval of avian habitat restoration work on 132 acres in the eastern area of Joseph Davis State Park by the Buffalo Audubon Society. The project will remove invasive species and plant appropriate native species consistent with the habitat restoration and management plan; enhance and protect approximately 75 acres of critical bird habitat along the upper Niagara River Corridor and restore sensitive bird habitat that will further improve the ability of the Corridor to attract resident and migratory bird populations; enhance and perpetuate the site as a Bird Conservation Area (BCA) by providing habitats for the breeding, shelter, migration, and sustenance of resident and neotropical migratory wild bird populations: and implement an invasive species control and management plan based on site surveys and mapping. The project is located in the Joseph Davis State Park on River Road in the Town of Lewiston, New York.
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State Rep. Keith Gillespie said his election victory could be beneficial for all York County residents.
Gillespie, R-Springettsbury Township, retained his 47th House District seat, receiving 19,757 votes, compared to 12,847 for Democrat challenger Sarah Speed.
This will be the sixth term for Gillespie, 60.
"This is a win that, I believe, will help York County," he said. "I'm next in line to be a chairman of a standing committee. That would give York a more powerful voice in the Legislature and in the legislation process."
The incumbent said the election results show that people are paying close attention to his work within the district and believe there is more he can do in Harrisburg.
"I have a proven track record of working, even across the aisle, to do the best for my district," he said. "I've heard from voters that they like the letters I send out, giving them information on road closings or a new piece of legislation, helping constituents keep track of what's going on."
His opponent: Speed, 29, of Springettsbury Township, snagged close to 40 percent of the vote. She said her portion of votes shows there are people within the district ready for a different and better way to deal with property tax issues and education costs.
"The funding formula is broken," Speed said. "People are very frustrated. We have to solve these problems one step at a time."
Speed, state director of the Humane Society of the United States, said she is proud of her campaign, which was a first for her.
"It was an absolutely wonderful experience, and I'm thrilled with the reception I received from voters," said Speed, also a licensed attorney. "They will be hearing from me again. I'm 29, and I've got plenty of time."
Voter input: Vondetta Longus, a 39-year-old Democrat, said she voted for Speed so that the (district) could move forward in resolving educational issues.
"She has family values and education, and that is important to me," Longus said. "I have little ones at home and (Speed) understands what we need for education in the future."
However, Howard Gleaves, 48, a Democrat and Springettsbury Township resident, said he's impressed with the work Gillespie continues to do for the district.
Gleaves also said he appreciates Gillespie's letters and efforts to stay connected with his constituents.
"He's a Republican, but I voted for him anyway," Gleaves said. "He's working hard (in Harrisburg) across both parties for us. He's keeping us informed and he's doing a lot to serve the people in his district no matter what party they're in."
The 47th District includes Conewago, East Manchester, Hellam, Manchester and Springettsbury townships and the boroughs of Hallam, Manchester, Mount Wolf, Wrightsville and York Haven.
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Murrysville council to update 'draconian' septic ordinance
A decade after approving septic-tank regulations that have never been enforced, Murrysville officials plan to revise a controversial ordinance that requires 1,500 homeowners to have their septic tanks inspected and cleaned every three to five years.
In 2002, Murrysville Council established septic-tank regulations that include how frequently tanks should be emptied and dictate which facilities can receive the waste. The ordinance identifies the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority as an option for hauling away the waste.
In December, officials with the sanitary authority asked Murrysville to remove it from the regulation. The request gives the municipality reason to revise the ordinance, said Jim Morrison, Murrysville chief administrator.
That's not a bad thing, said Council President Joan Kearns, who voted in favor of the ordinance in 2002 but now says it's too intrusive.
"We need to have regulations that don't come across making us look like the septage police," Kearns said.
"As it is crafted, it's not going to work. Hopefully, we can get rid of these draconian measures," she said.
Morrison agrees that the ordinance should be revised.
"There are issues of our responsibility on private property," Morrison said. "We need to begin discussions with (the state Department of Environmental Protection) to come up with something less onerous."
DEP spokesman John Poister said Murrysville is the only community in the state that requires municipalitywide pumping and inspections of residential septic tanks.
Kearns isn't the only one who lost faith in the ordinance.
Helge Skreppen has had a septic tank on his property for 39 years. When his children lived at home, he had crews pump the tank every five or six years. Now, he waits a year or two longer.
"Every time I have it serviced, they tell me there is no need to," Skreppen said. "It's filled again two weeks after it's pumped, but with dishwater."
Floyd Messalle said the municipality has no right to come onto his property without a warrant.
"You're supposed to take care of my needs, and you do a pretty good job of that," Messalle said. "But this ordinance is way, way out of line."
The state requires municipalities with on-lot residential disposal systems, such as septic tanks, to provide a procedure for maintaining those systems. DEP and municipal officials in the late 1990s developed the plan to make sure septic tanks didn't back up or break because of waste buildup.
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I'm thinking it makes no difference and its pointless using the same anchor text after its been used once on a certain page. Just looking for some clarification.


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An off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been arrested in an Internet child predator sting in Hawthorne.
Police say Carson station Deputy Joseph Carlos thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl he contacted through an online chat room, but the "girl" was an undercover policewoman out to snare child predators.
Information about the March 31 arrest was withheld until Thursday when Sheriff Lee Baca moved to fire the 31-year-old deputy.
The sting, part of a two-week operation by the South Bay Internet Predator Task Force, was videotaped for a Court TV special that will be broadcast soon.
Baca saw the video on Wednesday and launched an investigation.
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I bought the game off steam and as it's the latest version the trainers won't work (I've tried all I've come across.) I was told by a friend the story is pretty decent and thats why I bought it.. the story experience instead of the challenge. I don't have as much time as I used to to devote to games unfortunately.


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Wednesday March 6, 2013No. 5 Women's Tennis Continues Dominance Over Florida State, 4-0
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Sofie Oyen's singles win gave the Gators a 2-0 lead.
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Sofie Oyen's singles win gave the Gators a 2-0 lead.
The fifth-ranked University of Florida womens tennis team improved to 53-1 against instate foe and No. 16 Florida State with Wednesday afternoons chilly 4-0 victory at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee.
The Gators (8-2) shuffled their doubles lineups with three new pairings and it proved successful as Florida earned the doubles points with wins on courts one and two, after the Seminoles opened the match winning on court three.
Alexandra Cercone and Sofie Oyen had compiled a 1-3 record as a pair this year during the fall, but used that experience to post an 8-2 against Francesca Segarelli and Kristina Schleich on court one, as the Gator tandem improved to 8-4 all-time together.
Lauren Embree and Brianna Morgan, who were playing together for the first time, provided the clinching doubles point victory with an 8-2 decision versus Daneika Borthwick and Kerrie Cartwright on court two.
Danielle Collins and Olivia Janowicz werent as fortunate, as they dropped an 8-1 result to Mia Vriens and Amy Sargeant at the number three spot.
I was very pleased with our number one and two doubles pairings, they looked really good, they moved well together, UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. In singles we took care of business with straight set wins on three of the courts that finished. It was tough conditions, very cold and windy. I thought both teams managed to play fantastic tennis despite the conditions. Were happy to head home with the w and hopefully well get some warmer conditions when we host South Carolina on Saturday.
Oyen raced out to a 6-0, 6-1 win against Borthwick on court two and gave Florida a 2-0 lead in the team scoring.
Embree followed with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mia Vriens at the number one position, as the Gator senior improved to 103-14 in her overall singles career, as well as 73-5 in dual match action.
Cercone provided the fourth and final point in the team win, as she downed Sargeant, 6-4, 6-3.
The remaining three singles matches on court were abandoned once Cercone clinched the Gator victory, its 18th consecutive against instate opponents.
Florida returns to action on Sat., March 9, when the team plays host to South Carolina at the Ring Tennis Complex, where first-serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. Admission to all regular-season home matches is free.
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No. 4 Florida at No. 16 Florida State
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
FINAL SCORE: Florida 4, Florida State 0
Doubles (order of finish: 3, 1, 2*)
1. Alexandra Cercone/Sofie Oyen, UF d. Francesca Segarelli/Kristina Schleich, FSU, 8-2
2. Lauren Embree/Brianna Morgan, UF d. Daneika Borthwick/Kerrie Cartwright, FSU, 8-2*
3. Mia Vriens/Amy Sargeant, FSU d. Danielle Collins/Olivia Janowicz, UF, 8-1
Singles (order of finish: 2, 1, 3*)
1. Lauren Embree (1), UF d. Mia Vriens (118), FSU, 6-1, 6-1
2. Sofie Oyen (11), UF d. Daneika Borthwick (37), FSU, 6-0, 6-1
3. Alexandra Cercone (53), UF d. Amy Sargeant, FSU, 6-4, 6-3*
4. Francesca Segarelli (72), FSU led Brianna Morgan, UF, 7-5, 2-0 DNF
5. Olivia Janowicz (109), UF led. Kerrie Cartwright, FSU, 6-1, 4-5 DNF
6. Kristina Schleich, FSU led Caroline Hitimana, UF, 6-4, 5-2 DNF
Records: Florida 8-2, Florida State, 8-3
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Among the stiff economy car competition, the 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer SE sets itself apart only by its impressive all-wheel-drive system, a feature with limited appeal.
The 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS has a sportier look than most suburban runabouts, but lacks real sporting performance. A voice command system for cell phone and iPod control anchors the cabin tech.
An excellent car for weekend sport driving, the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart loses it luster when stuck in traffic. Optional cabin electronics are of surprisingly good quality.
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The Sony Pictures hack has exposed the inner workings of one of Hollywood's biggest studios.
Could any car be more irrelevant and in need of a refresh to the 21st century than the 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer SE? CNET's Brian Cooley doesn't seem to think so.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansans would have to show photo identification to vote starting in 2010 under a compromise bill passed by the Senate.
The 27-3 vote Tuesday sends the measure to the House.
It requires all voters except those in the military, disabled or age 65 or older to show an ID with a photo and signature each time they vote. It calls for the state to provide free photo IDs to low-income people.
The proposal got a renewed life because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that an Indiana voter ID law was constitutional.
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The Afghan War Diary (AWD for short) consists of messages from several important US military communications systems. The messaging systems have changed over time; as such reporting standards and message format have changed as well. This reading guide tries to provide some helpful hints on interpretation and understanding of the messages contained in the AWD.
Most of the messages follow a pre-set structure that is designed to make automated processing of the contents easier. It is best to think of the messages in the terms of an overall collective logbook of the Afghan war. The AWD contains the relevant events, occurrences and intelligence experiences of the military, shared among many recipients. The basic idea is that all the messages taken together should provide a full picture of a days important events, intelligence, warnings, and other statistics. Each unit, outpost, convoy, or other military action generates report about relevant daily events. The range of topics is rather wide: Improvised Explosives Devices encountered, offensive operations, taking enemy fire, engagement with possible hostile forces, talking with village elders, numbers of wounded, dead, and detained, kidnappings, broader intelligence information and explicit threat warnings from intercepted radio communications, local informers or the afghan police. It also includes day to day complaints about lack of equipment and supplies.
The description of events in the messages is often rather short and terse. To grasp the reporting style, it is helpful to understand the conditions under which the messages are composed and sent. Often they come from field units who have been under fire or under other stressful conditions all day and see the report-writing as nasty paperwork, that needs to be completed with little apparent benefit to expect. So the reporting is kept to the necessary minimum, with as little type-work as possible. The field units also need to expect questions from higher up or disciplinary measures for events recorded in the messages, so they will tend to gloss over violations of rules of engagement and other problematic behavior; the reports are often detailed when discussing actions or interactions by enemy forces. Once it is in the AWD messages, it is officially part of the record - it is subject to analysis and scrutiny. The truthfulness and completeness especially of descriptions of events must always be carefully considered. Circumstances that completely change the meaning of an reported event may have been omitted.
The reports need to answer the critical questions: Who, When, Where, What, With whom, by what Means and Why. The AWD messages are not addressed to individuals but to groups of recipients that are fulfilling certain functions, such as duty officers in a certain region. The systems where the messages originate perform distribution based on criteria like region, classification level and other information. The goal of distribution is to provide those with access and the need to know, all of the information that relevant to their duties. In practice, this seems to be working imperfectly. The messages contain geo-location information in the forms of latitude-longitude, military grid coordinates and region.
The messages contain a large number of abbreviations that are essential to understanding its contents. When browsing through the messages, underlined abbreviations pop up an little explanation, when the mouse is hovering over it. The meanings and use of some shorthands have changed over time, others are sometimes ambiguous or have several meanings that are used depending on context, region or reporting unit. If you discover the meaning of a so far unresolved acronym or abbreviations, or if you have corrections, please submit them to email@example.com.
An especially helpful reference to names of military units and task-forces and their respective responsibilities can be found at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm
The site also contains a list of bases, airfields http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afghanistan.htm Location names are also often shortened to three-character acronyms.
Messages may contain date and time information. Dates are mostly presented in either US numeric form (Year-Month-Day, e.g. 2009-09-04) or various Euro-style shorthands (Day-Month-Year, e.g. 2 Jan 04 or 02-Jan-04 or 2jan04 etc.).
Times are frequently noted with a time-zone identifier behind the time, e.g. "09:32Z". Most common are Z (Zulu Time, aka. UTC time zone), D (Delta Time, aka. UTC + 4 hours) and B (Bravo Time, aka UTC + 2 hours). A full list off time zones can be found here: http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/military/
Other times are noted without any time zone identifier at all. The Afghanistan time zone is AFT (UTC + 4:30), which may complicate things further if you are looking up messages based on local time.
Finding messages relating to known events may be complicated by date and time zone shifting; if the event is in the night or early morning, it may cause a report to appear to be be misfiled. It is advisable to always look through messages before and on the proceeding day for any event.
David Leigh, the Guardian's investigations editor, explains the online tools they have created to help you understand the secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/video/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-video-tutorial
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0845z PCC and ANSO reported to JBAD JOC a coalition force fired into a crowd wounding 2 LN females in Beshood Zone 1. BFT and PLI live feed place BSB and Ruffian in JBAD ATT. PCC is attempting to find the actual location in Zone 1.
0925z Guardian is sending out convoy to investigate.
1000z PCC reports that this happened near the logman bus station in Beshood Zone 1. Two WIA are a 70 YO man taken to hospital and a woman treated and released
1125z QRF reported that they investigated area and went to hospital and confirmed the 70yo male and questioned locals and found that they saw ANSF w/ M4's and "Americans" with them and the ANSF fired into a taxi cab. QRF will debrief JOC upon return from the area (will also post grid location of event).
1200z Grid location was XD33449 11130. Quit shot of event is that the 70yo male was in a taxi that missed it's turn and made a u turn in front of an ANSF convoy that fired 3-4 rnds into the back of the taxi striking the man in the left shoulder. ANSF convoy did not stop.
Report key: C271ACD7-1517-911C-C532AF7AAD49B159
Tracking number: 20090301085942SXD3344911130
Attack on: FRIEND
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Many of the Elite anglers will be quick to say they couldn't do what they do without the support and encouragement from their families. Here's the proof!
First of all, I want to congratulate Brandon Palaniuk on winning the Elite Series event there on Bull Shoals. He had the guts to fish deep when the rest of us fished shallow, and that was the difference.
Elite Series champion Alton Jones may have just dominated in the St. Johns River Showdown but there's something missing this week at Lake Okeechobee.
On Saturday, our dog Grace gave birth to 13 puppies.
In other news, I just took my boat to get wrapped. I'm getting it done here in Waco, Texas, for a couple of reasons. The most important is that the wrap on a boat is subjected to a pounding that a truck wrap isn't.
For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, you'll recall that during each offseason, I'm after a personal best. Well, the time has come. I beat it! However, the record I broke wasn't my personal heaviest bass.
Alton Jones discusses the outstanding year he had in 2008, especially his win at the Bassmaster Classic at Lake Hartwell.
In this photo gallery, you'll find images of Classic Champion Alton Jones and WBT Champion Judy Wong as they tour the U.S. Capitol and visit President George W. Bush in the Oval Office.
In this photo gallery, you'll find images of the anglers preparing to launch on Day One of the 2008 Elite Series Battle on the Border on Lake Amistad, near Del Rio, Texas. Day One competition was later cancelled due to the threat of high winds.


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Contact: Elaine J. Lidholm, VDACS, 804.786.7686
At their 2014 Virginia Veterinary Conference, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) announced the selection of Richard Wilkes, D.V.M., as the 2014 Distinguished Virginia Veterinarian of the Year. Dr. Wilkes is the State Veterinarian and Director of the Division of Animal and Food Industry Services at the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The award was presented by Terry Taylor, D.V.M., former USDA Veterinarian in Charge for Virginia.
In his presentation, Dr. Taylor said, "To be named Distinguished Virginia Veterinarian is an honor reserved for those individuals who have, by their actions, brought recognition to veterinary medicine in Virginia and who are also community leaders." He added that Dr. Wilkes "has worked diligently to represent and promote the best interests of animal health, the livestock and poultry industries, animal welfare and veterinary practitioners. His single, most noteworthy service is his steady, thoughtful, and deliberate consideration and planning to ensure that the implementation of state laws, regulations and policies that govern animal health represent the best possible outcomes for animals and animal agriculture producers in Virginia."
Taylor also noted that Wilkes has worked vigorously to improve and advance animal disease traceability and that he brought together a coalition of State Veterinarians and obtained federal funding to develop a Secure Milk Supply plan for a multi-state region. Taylor added that Dr. Wilkes puts significant time and effort into supporting the future generations of veterinarians as evidenced by his recent personal meeting with five veterinary students. Dr. Wilkes bought pizza while he and the students discussed ways to encourage public/corporate veterinary practice.
Wilkes is a member of the United States Animal Health Association, the National Association of State Animal Health Directors, the Southern Animal Health Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, and the Virginia Food Animal Practice Academy. Dr. Wilkes was the President of the Southern Animal Health Association from 2010-2011. He was the District 2 (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) Director on the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Board of Directors from 1994 through 2000 and served as a member and chairman of the association's Graduate Assistantship Committee.
Dr. Wilkes came to VDACS in August 2004 as Program Manager of the Office of Veterinary Services and was selected as State Veterinarian in February 2005. Prior to joining the Agency, he had a distinguished 26-year career as a private veterinary practitioner, co-owning and operating a mixed animal veterinary medical practice and focusing on serving agricultural clients. He holds a B.S. degree in Dairy Science from Virginia Tech and a D.V.M. degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia.
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The Office of State Auditor Tom Schweich has scheduled a follow-up meeting to check Springfield Public Schools response to the state audit released March 2.
The follow-up meeting will be 5 p.m. Monday, July 9 at the Kraft Administrative Center, 1359 E. St. Louis St. The meeting is open to the public.
A date has been set for State Auditor Tom Schweich to check how the Springfield school district responded to its recent state audit.
A team from Schweichs office, led by chief litigation counsel Darrell Moore, will meet with district officials at 5 p.m. July 9 at the Kraft Administrative Center. The meeting will be open to the public.
A state audit of the district released March 2 identified 14 areas of concern and recommended 51 changes. It was graded a fair audit, which roughly equates to a C.
Schweich started the follow-up meetings to see if governmental entities were promptly addressing concerns. Theyre typically scheduled 90 days after an audit.
We recognize that 90 days, for some entities, isnt much time, Moore said.
He said most governmental entities make impressive progress by the follow-up meeting but noted some are hampered by a lack of financial resources.
Moore said the follow-up team will zero in on a list of the most significant management findings, which are provided to the district in advance.
Chief Financial Officer Steve Chodes said he is in the process of gathering information to provide a written progress report on those findings.
Ideally, I would like to have a report that addresses every item that was referenced he said. They have provided me a list of the items they care a lot about and I will definitely have a response for those.
Moore said the audit team will review the response and check documentation.
Each item reviewed will be graded as implemented, in progress, partially implemented or not implemented. A follow-up report is then released to the public.
A lot of the information exchange happens upfront, he said. By the time we show up on the 9th, well have seen what we will be discussing.
The meeting is an opportunity for the auditors and the entity to interact and review the information provided. It does not include a public input period.
It will be up to the school district whether it will be done in an open meeting room or a closed meeting room, he said. The auditor prefers for it to be open.
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The IUE-CWA Local 84704 at the General Electric Lamp Plant in Bucyrus has fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for Crawford County needy. This year, a hog roast was a VFW Post 8999. Approximately 200 people attended. The event included raffles, an auction with auctioneer Tom Brause, and DJ Brian Bradley. Around 25 volunteers helped. Plans began in early summer with committee members going door-to-door to Bucyrus businesses asking for cash donations and raffle items. About $5,000 was collected for the charity account throughout the year. Money will be divided between the Bucyrus Backpack Program, Crawford County Help Me Grow and the Lighthouse Homeless Shelter. Some will be set aside for future donations.
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I love wavpack and I always encourage others to use it over APE or FLAC, but most people I know (not computer heavyweights ) get confused when trying to convert them.
Yesterday I helped someone with his EAC to Wavpack then he was all confused as how to convert it to mp3 for his player.
So in your opinions what is the EASIEST conveter out there. I use dbpoweramp and love it but it's not free, would Foobar2000 be the best to recommend? I never have used foobar and was going to download it and see, but I'd figure I'd ask here first and save the problem of DL and installing if it is simple to use.
I teach computer basics at the library for volunteer work and like to show people how to rip CDs and such so I'd like if possible the easiest free wavpack to mp3 converter.
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I love wavpack and I always encourage others to use it over APE or FLAC, but most people I know (not computer heavyweights ) get confused when trying to convert them.
Well then stop trying to push your computer agenda on lightweights.
I don't see any harm there...
To answer the question, Foobar is certainly an easy and free way to convert WavPack (and FLAC and APE) files to MP3. I also use Winamp (there's a nice WavPack plugin included in the Winamp Essentials Pack) to convert to MP3, but I believe that feature is only available with the Pro (paid) version.
And thanks for letting people know about WavPack!
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Thanks I'll just recommend using Foobar to convert Wavpack files to mp3s
I just want something free and (relatively) easy
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@EricPost: You could use REACT to rip straight to WavPack and Mp3 without any additional conversions.
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Police and FBI are investigating the armed robbery that occurred at Bank of Guam in Yigo this morning. Police are asking anyone with information to call Guam Crime Stoppers at 477-HELP (4375), the Guam Police Department 475-8615-17 or the Federal Bureau of Investigations at 472-7465.
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As educators, parents, and community members, we have an opportunity to impact the lives of young people every day. Lions Quest believes that when the home, school and community work together, we can better nurture our young people, better connect learning to life, and better guide youth toward healthy lives and active citizenship.
For young people to achieve their potential, we need to recognize that potential is defined by more than academic achievement. Social and emotional learning is increasingly recognized as a critical element of education that can help us cultivate safe and supportive classrooms and nurture healthy, well-balanced young men and women.
To empower and support adults throughout the world to nurture caring and responsibility in young people.
Lions Quest is a K-12 comprehensive youth development program that promotes social and emotional learning (SEL), character education, bullying prevention, drug awareness, and service-learning.
Lions Quest features three developmentally appropriate program levels—Skills for Growing (grades K-5), Skills for Adolescence (grades 6-8), and Skills for Action (grades 9-12) - that promote a caring, safe, well-managed, and participatory learning environment and allows students to develop 21st century life skills.
Lions Quest helps young people develop the skills to deal with emotions constructively, make responsible decisions, and set positive goals that lead to healthy, responsible lives free from the harm of drug abuse, bullying and violence.
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Mitt Keeps Missing the Message
If Romney wins Florida, it won't be because he's becoming a more effective candidate.
Newt Gingrich's South Carolina bump is fading, and polls show Mitt Romney again leading in Florida. A Romney victory in the Sunshine State could sew this up.
It won't be because Mr. Romney has become a better or more effective candidate. Primaries exist to help with that process, to let contenders read signals from the political landscape, to adapt, become stronger. Successful politicians absorb the signals and change up. Not Mr. Romney. If politics were evolution, the governor would still be swimming in the primordial soup.
That much was clear this week. The first signal was Mr. Gingrich's resounding victory in South Carolina. If Mr. Romney were listening, he'd have understood that vote was as much against him as it was for Mr. Gingrich. It took but one punchy Gingrich debate performance to have voters abandoning the front-runner in droves.
South Carolina voters also clearly explained why. Exit polls showed that Mr. Romney's two (and only) messages—that he is the best suited to turn around the economy and to defeat Barack Obama—aren't working for the majority of voters. Mr. Gingrich beat Mr. Romney on both issues. The electorate explained that they first and foremost want a candidate willing to passionately promote conservative ideals.
Mr. Gingrich then followed his victory with a week in which he all but goaded his opponent into voicing some bigger principles. He kept up the "Massachusetts moderate" label. He again went populist and accused Mr. Romney of not working for all his money and profiting from big banks. He compared Mr. Romney to Charlie Crist. Among Florida conservatives, there is no greater diss.
A candidate with even half the usual complement of political antennae would have seen this as a game-changing opportunity to win with conservatives. It was Mr. Romney's moment to turn his occasional defense of Bain Capital into a broad rallying cry for capitalism. Florida posed the perfect backdrop to elevate his causes of free-market housing and energy. It was a chance to unveil a simpler and bolder economic reform plan.
Mr. Romney had some strong moments in Thursday's debate, but on the Florida stump he's mostly been plodding on. As in Iowa, as in New Hampshire, as in South Carolina, he's still criticizing Mr. Gingrich. He's still running on his biography. He's still sending the media press releases announcing the latest Miami Dade politician to pronounce him most electable against Barack Obama.
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Which gets to the other story of this week: the president's State of the Mitt Address. Mr. Gingrich might have some Republicans spooked, but Democrats are still hoping for the Massachusetts governor. They, too, have noticed that Mr. Romney is ducking the class-warfare debate, and that not even the Gingrich threat has moved him to engage. They take that as an invitation to make it the central theme of the Obama re-elect. The president's Tuesday speech was a direct assault on Mr. Romney's wealth and tax breaks for "the rich."
That challenge, coming on the back of Mr. Romney's tax release, was all the more reason for him to change the narrative by seizing on a big idea like comprehensive tax reform. He could have underlined how the tax code that Mr. Obama wants to further contort only undermines growth and leaves average Americans paying a higher effective rate than does Mr. Romney. Instead, he complained that Mr. Gingrich's tax simplification plan would let off rich guys.
Mr. Romney has his unscripted, inspired moments. Late in South Carolina, a feisty Mr. Romney chastised a heckler—who was slamming him for being the 1%—for seeking to "divide the nation . . . as our President is doing," and then riffed on America's great economic model. Romney strategist Eric Fehrnstrom boasted it was "Mitt Romney at his best." He was right. And it lasted all of 30 seconds. A few days later Mr. Romney was back to borrowing the heckler's language, telling Floridians "the 1% is doing fine. I want to help the 99%."
The Romney camp lives in terror of deviating from the months-old script. It did, and will, defend RomneyCare. It did, and will, stick with a 59-point economic plan. It did, and will, promote only the "middle class." Did. Will. No flip-flops here, folks. Move along.
Yet it is precisely Mr. Romney's past flips that now require him to adjust, to convince conservative voters that the convictions he today claims are real and strong. Mr. Romney likes to repeat that he is a free-market conservative. What voter is going to blame him for proving it by putting out a roaring tax reform? That's not a flip-flop. That's progress.
Mr. Romney isn't beating Mr. Gingrich in Florida on the arguments. He's barely eking ahead of a man whose own history and temperament are his hurdles to victory. Mr. Obama won't have that problem. If a Nominee Romney thinks he can win the White House with the sort of uninspired performance he put in this week, he's got a long 2012 ahead of him.
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This tool allows a student or, better yet, a group of students, to construct an interview with a Field Trip Earth researcher. That interview is then forwarded to the researcher for his/her responses. The most
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