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A few years ago, I found the remains of an old ring binder I had used at school. The inside was covered with drawings of boats. That's where my mind was.
Nobody understood anything about it then, but I had attention deficit disorder. My mother kept all my old report cards, and what a lesson in humility they were. Everybody thought I had "potential," but my work was late, sloppy, incomplete. I was a dreamer. Although I sat right there in front of them, some of my teachers complained they couldn't find my mind with a telescope. I had made my escape, sailing away out the window in a small boat.
And I'm sailing still. Maybe you're not the sailing type, but there you are lying on the beach, and there are all these sails on the horizon. Why do they do that? What's in it for us?
For the guys with the big boats: majesty. The wind puffs up; the boat takes a stately heel and soars ahead. The waves come up and the bow shoulders them aside and continues on. In the hands of a skipper and crew who know what they're doing, everything can be unruffled, deliberate. The boat comes about like a gull swinging through a wide arc. The big jib batters in the wind for a moment, then fills again with air from the other side and off they go. Of course, the satisfactions of majesty are very, very expensive.
My boat is very small, perfect for a guy with ADD. ADD is really misnamed. It's really attention everything disorder. In my case, my mind is talking to itself almost nonstop when I'm awake. Sailing is one of the few things that shuts it up — and the silence is a profound relief. Attention everything has kicked into high gear. There is the sense of wind: force and direction. Wind is primary, and consciousness of it never goes away. Layered on top of that is direction, where your boat is pointed and whether your sail is positioned to best take advantage of it. Awareness of that never goes away either.
So far, your boat is singing in two-part harmony. Now you need to be mindful of the shoreline and what's happening on the horizon around you. That includes what's under you — rocks and shoals and such — moorings and other boats and where they're headed and which ones, like ferries, you want to stay away from, and the black cumulus clouds boiling into the sky to your north. There are times when a low sun turns the waves into an undulating carpet of gold and you could look at it forever.
That makes it three-part harmony. The final element is you — and whoever's in the boat with you. Where's your weight? When you have to move, who goes first? Your choreography becomes the fourth part: wind, direction, surroundings, and you. All these things to be mindful of — and all at once. It drives some people crazy and they never take to it. For me, it gets to a point when you mindfully check all four elements; then you settle back and let it play. In a small boat, you have to scrunch around till your body settles and stops trying to talk to you. When you get old, your knees and your spinal column are the last things to shut up.
Years ago, I knew a guy with a 14-foot West Wight Potter, a very small boat with an even smaller cabin. A Potter is a sea-kindly boat, though. They've crossed oceans. He returned from the Vietnam War physically intact but psychically wounded. "I would sail out of Boston Harbor," he told me. "All day long, I'd head straight out to sea until I got out of sight of land. The sun would go down and I would just howl. Frankly, I didn't care if I lived or died." He'd pull down the sails and — bobbing in the waves — finally go to sleep. "Then, slowly," he said, "the boat saved me." It sang to him in four-part harmony and, meanwhile, it wouldn't let him think of anything else.
Buddhists meditate in the lotus; sailors meditate in their boats. An empty mind. A full heart. That's the object and it works. That's what sailing does.
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Fly-Fishing Fair announced
The Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers Fly-Fishing Fair is set 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Thursday activities will be at various locations in the area; most activities on Friday and Saturday will be at Baxter County Fairgrounds.
Tecumseh FDA dinner slated
TECUMSEH, Mo. - The Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary pork roast dinner is set 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Firehall on MO Highway 160.
Potatoes, gravy, carrots, green beans, applesauce, dinner rolls, homemade desserts and coffee, tea and lemonade will round out the menu.
Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children younger than 12. The Tecumseh Trace band will play from 6:30-7:30 at the Firehouse.
A canned donation for the food pantry in Gainesville, Mo., also will be accepted.
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LAKEVIEW - The Grover Township Fire Department annual pig roast is set noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Fire Station on AR Highway 178 West.
The menu will include a pork sandwich, coleslaw, beans, drink and dessert.
Donation is $7 for adults and $2 for children 10 and younger.
Remembrance walk stated Sunday
"A Walk to Remember" in honor of Infant Loss Awareness Month is set 2 p.m. Sunday at Bomber Stadium.
The event includes speaker, Ashley Thompson-Frodge, remembrance walk, face painting, free family portrait, balloon release and reading of angels' names.
Cost is $10 per adult and $5 for children 5 and younger.
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YELLVILLE - The 2012 Palette Art League Art Show is set Oct. 12-13 at PAL's Fine Art Gallery, 300 U.S. Hwy. 62 in Yellville.
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A New Way to Read Hard Disks
Researchers believe that the magneto-electric effect might be key to creating the sensors needed for ultra-high-capacity memory.
Data density on hard disks has roughly doubled every year for the past 30 years, and to keep up, researchers have made smaller and smaller sensors to read the tiny bits stored on a disk. Today's hard disks pack a mind-boggling amount of data–more than 200 gigabits in a square inch. But as the industry gears up for densities of up to one terabit per square inch, the sensors are reaching their physical limits.
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory, in Teddington, UK, are now proposing a novel sensor design to read the bits on a hard disk. The design, published in the Journal of Applied Physics, is based on a different magnetic effect than current read heads. It could lead to much thinner and smaller read heads that are suitable for data densities as high as one terabit per square inch, says lead researcher Marian Vopsaroiu.
The new sensor would also use slightly less power than current read heads–an especially useful feature for laptops and MP3 players. And it could improve the speed of the reader. "You could read back data ten times faster," Vopsaroiu says. "Instead of one GHz, you can read at five to ten GHz."
Laptops and computers currently use the magneto-resistance effect to read hard-disk data. Hard disks store bits magnetically; depending on the direction of a bit's magnetic field, it can represent a bit 1 or 0. As the read head flies over the disk, the magnetic fields of the bits cause a corresponding resistance change in the read head's sensor. The resistance can't be measured directly, so it's first converted into a voltage using a direct current. (The voltage is equal to the current multiplied by the resistance.) In order for the whole thing to work, a current must run continuously through the sensor.
The new sensor will not need this constant current because it uses the magneto-electric effect. Materials that display this effect have coupled electric and magnetic fields: their electric field changes in response to an external magnetic field, and vice versa. So in the new sensor, a data bit's magnetic field will directly generate a voltage instead of a resistance. "Each time you fly on top of a recorded bit, [it] would induce a pulse voltage which is positive or negative depending on the orientation of a bit," Vopsaroiu says.
The sensor is a stack of seven layers made of materials with different magnetic and electric properties. Together, they interact and display the magneto-electric effect.
Current read-head sensors, by contrast, contain 15 layers, so they have to be thicker. "It is almost impossible to make a 15-to-20-layer stack in a 10-to-15-nanometer space," Vopsaroiu says. His design, he calculates, could lead to sensors thinner than 10 nanometers, with a data density of one terabit per square inch.


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This year's 12th annual March to Destiny commemoration of that occupation was again effected by the Battle of Gettysburg, as most of the military re-enactors who usually participate in the "living history" events in Shippensburg were away taking part in similar events surrounding the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg.
"All the Union guys are in Gettysburg," said Peggy Coffman, a member of the March to Destiny staff manning the registration booth. She looked out over a smattering of Confederate re-enactors, demonstrating the firing of a small cannon, frying potatoes over an open fire, shooting muskets. Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, mounted on his mare, Cecilia, charged back and forth across the field, occasionally plunging up and down a grassy slope. An hour or so before noon, attendance was spotty.
"We usually have 300 or 400 re-enactors here," said Coffman. "I suspect they will be back next year."
The March to Destiny event usually takes place at various places through town, but the vacuum caused by gigantic events around Gettysburg's 150th have caused the event to re-organize everything for this year. The entire event was held at the Shippensburg Fairgrounds.
One of the two large battle re-enactments planned for Gettysburg falls on the usual March to Destiny weekend.
Living historian Kevin Bender, who lives in the Shippensburg area, spent the day giving demonstrations on the sorts of things soldiers asked their friends and families to send to them to their winter camps. Letters, day journals and diaries reveal that soldiers wanted dried fruits, patent medicines, sewing kits, jams, jellies, preserves, paper, envelopes, nibs for pens, and personal hygiene items, including the new technological wonder, rubber combs.
"They were the CARE packages of the 1860s," he said. "If you were an officer, you could receive all the liquor you wanted. That was forbidden to enlisted men, but who can say what was really in those bottles labeled as patent medicines?"
The morning air was pleasant, with a gentle breeze. Bender had set up his table beneath a large oak, and was clearly enjoying displaying his items and explaining these small details of a soldier's life in the mid-19th century.
He said a major battle like Gettysburg naturally draws attention away from places like Franklin County, but that does not mean events that draw less attention were unimportant.
"This end of the valley was occupied by the Confederacy," he said. "Franklin County was dealing with invasions and skirmishes all over in 1862 and 1863, and in 1864, they burned most of Chambersburg to the ground. It was a long, protracted period of dealing with the Confederacy."


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The staff of state Sen. Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) distributed 100 $15 gift certificates good for the purchase of a turkey or any turkey product to four local charities through the "Operation Gobble" program.
This year's recipients are LULAC chapter 2995 of Salinas, Marley Holte Dinner of San Benito County, South County YMCA of Soledad and the Oaxacan Community of Greenfield.
Since its inception in 1988, Operation Gobble has fed hundreds of thousands of needy people. Local legislators participate in the program by recommending charities in their districts that can help with distribution. Donating gift certificates rather than frozen turkeys will give additional flexibility to the charities and families that participate in the program and eliminates the need for delivery trucks, which is better for the environment, Canella said in a news release.


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One of Sam Houston State's favorite professors has died.
Robert Case was a professor of health and kinesiology at the university since 1983. He headed up that department for a few years of his tenure, and was also the school's athletic director in the early 1990s.
Case died at his home last night. He was 65 years old. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 4pm at the First Baptist Church of Huntsville.
Before his stint at Sam Houston, Case taught and coached baseball at Palm Beach Junior College. He also worked at the University of Illinois, Wake Forest University, Georgetown College and Marshall University.
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Missouri Repeals Facebook Ban
Posted on : 23-09-2011 | By : Julie Gottlieb | In : Buzz, Government, Online Safety, Online Speech, Social Media Policies
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Last month a Missouri judge issued a preliminary injunction against the state, suspending the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, because of its potential "chilling effect" on free-speech. The Act prohibited teachers from communicating privately with students over social media sites like Facebook. Shortly thereafter Governor Jay Nixon called upon lawmakers to repeal the ban in a special legislative session. Today Missouri lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeal the ban. However, according to David Lieb's article, Missouri Lawmakers Repeal Teacher-Facebook Law, "the repeal went a step further by also requiring public school districts to adopt policies by March 1 on employee-student communications, including 'the use of electronic media,' in order 'to prevent improper communications.'" The repeal will take effect when Governor Nixon signs it.
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Mary Etta Ritz (nee: Canter), 72 years of age, and a resident of Amherst Township, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain following a sudden illness.
She was born March 22, 1939 in Jackson, Ohio. Mary was raised in Lorain before moving to Pennsylvania in 1961 where she resided primary until 1976 at which time she returned to Lorain. In 1986 she moved to Amherst where she has made her home for the last twenty-five years.
Mary was employed as a nurses aid at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain for twenty-nine years before retiring in 2001. Mary's consuming passion in life was her family and she cherished her roles of mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved attending her grandchildren's events. Mary was an gifted artist. She found great pleasure in being a Pittsburgh Steeler's fan and in her beloved dog "Squirt".
Mary leaves to cherish her memory her sons Ronald Ritz and his wife Joyce of Amherst Township, James Ritz and his wife Donna of Hopbottom, Pennsylvania, Robert Ritz and his wife Linda of Amherst, Richard Ritz of Avon, Michael Ritz of Lorain, Joseph Ritz and his wife Heidi of Amherst Township; her daughter and her husband Tina Marie and Robert Bullock of Avon; twenty-five grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; her brothers Donald Canter and his wife Judith and David Canter both of Lorain, and Phillip Powers of Amherst; her sister Wanda Welser of Lorain.
She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty-one years Julius "Joe" Robert Ritz on June 1, 1987; her daughter Beverly Ritz in 1976, her step brother Larry Powers in 1967; and her parents Oris and Stella Canter Powers (nee: Oliver).
Friends may call Monday, October 10, 2011 from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. at the Hempel Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Dennis White, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Crownhill Cemetery, Amherst.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Milestone Autism Organization; 23880 Commerce Park Road, #2, Beachwood, OH 44122.


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How an air ejector works in a boiler feed system
Air ejector
The air ejector draws out the air and vapours which are released from the condensing steam in the condenser. If the air were not removed from the system it could cause corrosion problems in the boiler. Also, air present in the condenser would affect the condensing process and cause a back pressure in the condenser.
The back pressure would increase the exhaust steam pressure and reduce the thermal efficiency of the plant. A two-stage twin-element air ejector is shown in Figure .
In the first stage a steam-operated air ejector acts as a pump to draw in the air and vapours from the condenser. The mixture then passes into a condensing unit which is circulated by feedwater. The feedwater is heated and the steam and gases are mostly condensed.
The condensed vapours and steam are returned to the main condenser via a drain and the remaining air and gases pass to the second stage where the process is repeated. Any remaining air and gases are released to the atmosphere via a vacuum-retaining valve.
The feed water is circulated through U-tubes in each of the two stages. A pair of ejectors are fitted to each stage, although only one of each is required for satisfactory operation of the unit.
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Earth is the best investment
'The best investment on earth is earth." Based on the performance of the real estate market during the past three years, this quotation may seem a little inaccurate. But historically, investing in real estate has brought not only financial gains but also emotional stability to our society, something that we are very much in need of at this time.
Smart buyers are viewing this time as an opportunity to make their investment in earth and for good reason. Based on the positive September sales statistics in Manatee County, which indicated that sales of single family homes rose by 6 percent from August to September of this year and by 37 percent from September of last year, there is little doubt that we have turned the corner.
Much of this activity has been generated by first time buyers taking advantage of the $8,000 buyer federal tax credit which is still in effect until the end of November, with an effort afoot to extend this deadline. Short sales and foreclosures are also offering some of the best real estate deals available. Last weekend, there was a two-day, real estate sponsored open house event with 300 properties open for inspection around the county. The push is on with the real estate community, sellers and buyers getting serious.
Investors and second home buyers are all over Anna Maria looking at properties on and off the water, previously priced out of their reach. Let's not forget that although the financial crisis may have changed some people's plans for retirement, there're still 76 million baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964.
That's a huge pool of potential buyers who want to relocate to a warmer state as they get older or who want to purchase a second home or condo as a winter getaway. And even if they're a few years away from retiring, the current favorable buying environment will unlikely be the same down the road.
There is also a growing sense that the low mortgage rates that have been available for some time may begin to tick up, makinaag it almost impossible to lock in a rate while looking for a property to purchase. Educated buyers know that the difference of 1 percent for a 30-year conventional mortgage is significant. For example, $200,000 at 6 percent will cost an extra $1,300 a year for 30 years compared to 5 percent.
Currently a 30-year conventional mortgage is hanging around the 5 percent mark, however, the application process is a lot tougher, with lenders insisting on a thorough evaluation of the property and the buyer. Larger down payments are required and condominium associations must be on good financial footing with a majority of owner occupied units before a lender will approve a mortgage.
This is, however, a good thing since it keeps the marginal buyers out of the marketplace with the potential of artificially inflating housing values, something we don't want to live through again.
Right now we're in the perfect storm to buy real estate, motivated sellers, low interest rates, a variety of inventory and great values. The best investment on earth is still earth. Real estate investor Louis Glickman knew that in 1957, and his words were never truer.


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Academic Staff Council Minutes
Members Present: Alicia Acken, Carmen Croonquist, Sarah Egerstrom, Mark Kinders, Gretchen Link, Steve Luebke, Amber Tubré,
Members Absent: Kimberly Gould Speckman, Sue Walton
Call to order at 2:05 p.m.
Approval of 5/26/04 minutes. Motion made by M. Kinders. Seconded by G. Link. Unanimously approved.
Chair's Report (A. Tubré for S. Walton)
UW-RF is hosting the Academic Staff Leadership Conference in Summer 2005. Leslie Bleskachek has volunteered to chair the planning committee and is gathering presenter information and ideas. A formal meeting should be scheduled soon.
S. Walton met with Kathy Schultz, the new Human Resources director, to review the performance evaluation section of the Academic Staff handbook. Kathy is very interested in reviewing and updating this document. Kathy and Sue will meet again in October.
Representative's Report (A. Tubré for K. Gould Speckman)
K. Gould Speckman has not yet attended a meeting of the Academic Staff Representatives.
Legislative Update (M. Kinders)
The UW Board of Regents has submitted the new biennium budget but has not yet received any reaction. Focus is on avoiding raids of auxiliary funds, position restoration, and a 3% catch-up increase for faculty and staff salaries (in addition to the pay plan).
The Legislative Audit Bureau recently conducted an audit of administrative staffing of the UW System and determined that approximately 25% of the filled positions in the UW System were "administrative" and "administrative expenditures" represented 15% of the UW System's operating expenditures. A response to this evaluation from Kevin Reilly expresses concern that the "LAB method for calculating administrative costs differs significantly from the accepted practice of calculating these costs by universities around the country." LAB's definition of administrative positions included "staff in admissions, student affairs, athletics, career planning, counseling, financial aid, intramural sports, and university housing – all core student services activities in an institution of higher education that most students and citizens would not generally consider 'administrative' functions."
Facilitation workshops were a great success and were very well attended. Lisa Hinz will be sending evaluation and assessment information soon. We need to begin planning our ½ day follow-up sessions tentatively scheduled for January.
Due to a recent retirement of one of our members, there is one position open on Academic Staff Council. A call for nominations was sent on 9/20. A paper ballot of those nominated and interested in serving will be sent out for a final vote the week of 10/4.
M. Kinders is working on the New Voter Project to distribute information about the importance of student voters and voter registration information. Ron Kind and Mark Green will be speaking on campus, and Russ Feingold, Dale Schultz, President George W. Bush, and Sen. John Kerry have been invited. "Voter Palooza" will be held October 4-12, and will include bands, speakers, entertainment and voter registration activities.
G. Link is working with other campus and community partners to host a simulated house party to be held on campus to encourage safety in these activities.
S. Egerstrom reported that there are 1215 new freshman students and 400 transfer students at UW-RF this fall, which is a record number.
Tubré noted the resignation of Outreach and Graduate Studies Dean, Lee Zaborowski. Katrina Larsen will be acting as the Interim Director of Outreach and Doug Johnson will be the Interim Director of Graduate Studies.
M. Kinders reported that the Chancellor search is in progress. It is expected that 15 semi-finalists will be interviewed in mid-December. From that group, 5 finalists will be brought to UW-RF for 2-day on-campus interviews.
S. Luebke reported that his son, Eric, was born in June. Congratulations!
Adjourned at 2:32 p.m. Motion made by S. Egerstrom. Seconded by G. Link.


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Victory Baptist Church on Cowee Mountain would like to invite the surrounding communities to Neighborhood Bible Time. NBT is a Bible School taken to the extreme. Two youth evangelists have been invited to lead the activities. One will lead preschool through 6th grades with each class having story time, class time, game time and snack time which leads up to a great rally time with super stories, great preaching, balloon animals, prizes and achievement ribbons.
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Walmart Canada has launched its second-annual Green Student Challenge. Teams of college students from across the country will compete to develop the most compelling breakthrough business idea.
The competition will be judged by Shelley Broader, president and CEO of Walmart Canada; Dianne Craig, CEO of Ford Motor Co. of Canada; Chris O'Neill, managing director of Google Canada; Claude Mongeau, president and CEO of CN; and Ana Dominguez, president and general manager of SC Johnson Canada.
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Top-notch white Burgundies are a relative bargain in Pa.
Chardonnay, the most popular white-skinned grape, attains its zenith in a narrow sliver of land around the Burgundy villages of Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet.
There, limestone-rich soils combine with hundreds of years of collective winemaking savoir-faire to render exquisitely balanced white wines.
Always-elevated white Burgundy prices in the United States have spiked in recent years with a weak dollar and growing Asian demand. So with acclaimed white vintages such as 2010, what should Pennsylvania consumers passionate about white Burgundy do?
Thanks to savvy dealing on the part of the PLCB's French specialty buyer, Jennifer Brown, Pennsylvanians enjoy the nation's lowest prices on wines from some of white Burgundy's top producers.
A comparison usi ng www.winesearcher.com show s Pennsylvania bottle prices coming in $5 to $15 lower than prices at leading retailers such as Zachy's in New York and MacArthur Beverages in Washington, D.C.
How does the PLCB do it?
In a word, leverage. The PLCB buys more wine than any other retailer. Why not negotiate with importers to give aggressive pricing on top-end wines?
It makes perfect sense, while running counter to the current push for privatization as a means to advancing Pennsylvania consumers' interests. Eliminating the PLCB might actually result in higher white Burgundy prices. But let's not digress.
The producers available in Pennsylvania include Domaine Pierre Matrot, Domaine Ramonet and Domaine Michel Niellon.
"It represents an all-star line of white Burgundy makers," says Don Dombrosky, a Pittsburgh-based sommelier and bartender who spent 10 years selling top wines at New York City's The River Café.
So what makes white Burgundy so irresistible?
"The best examples are complex and rich without being forceful," Dombrosky says. "They are just so delicious and great with food."
The village of Meursault unfurls around a small hill crowned by a bustling, well-kept central square bracketed by City Hall, various shops and restaurants and the village church. While ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson visited and fell head over heels for the now-famous Meursault "Goutte D'Or" Premier Cru white.
Today, winegrower Thierry Matrot works as a third-generation producer out of a snug home and wine cellar down the hill from the church. He tends just over 40 acres of vineyards spread throughout Meursault and neighboring terroirs.
As a traditionalist, Matrot works to express each vineyard's distinct subtle traits and differences. As such, he eschews finishing the wines with excessive oak-barrel aging prior to bottling.
For example, the 2010 Pierre Matrot Meursault, France (Luxury 31490; $40.99) unfolds without a hint of new oak. As a blend of fruit from 11 distinct vineyards, it offers an affordable introduction to Meursault's classic charms.
The golden color offers complex baked-apple, citrus and honey aromas. Ripe citrus, pear and pineapple flavors layer with zesty, refreshing acidity and mineral notes. The finish — at once ripe and round, yet dry — lingers beautifully. Highly recommended.
Just down the road in the village of Chassagne-Montrachet, winegrower Noël Ramonet carries on traditions of excellence handed down by his legendary grandfather, the late Pierre Ramonet.
The excellent 2010 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet, France (Luxury 31176; $48.99, available at the Penn Circle store) bears Noël's exuberant stamp. Fresh, bursting citrus aromas and pleasant vanilla notes open into succulent fruity flavors. Razor-sharp acidity frames the fruity, yet elegantly dry, finish. Highly Recommended.
Finally, the immensely talented and engaging Michel Niellon drives a World War II-vintage jeep while producing miniscule amounts of exquisitely rich and complex Chassagne-Montrachet. His delicious 2010 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet "Champsgain" Premier Cru, France (Luxury 31134; $74.99, available at Penn Circle and Wexford stores) illustrates perfectly with ample flavors and seamless balance. Recommended.
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SILVER CITY >> Residents and businesses in Silver City continue to make progress in recycling, according to an analysis by the Office of Sustainability. Data from Southwest Solid Waste Authority (SWSWA) and local businesses indicates that the town has now achieved a 25 percent recycling rate, compared to 22 percent a year ago, according to a news release.
Town leaders set a goal of achieving a recycling rate of 33 percent by 2017 as part of a grant the town received for the new baler at the landfill, according to the news release.
Last year there was a 50 percent increase in curbside recycling, to over 450 tons. SSWA is responsible for collecting both residential and commercial recycling in all of Grant County. County residents can drop off their recycling at roll-off bins throughout the county. Locations and more information is available on the county website at www:grantcountynm.com. Silver City residents who want to participate in the curbside recycling program can get a recycling bin by calling 575-388-8051. Recycling will be picked up the same day as regular trash. There is no extra charge for recycling, according to the news release.
Tommy Ogas, recycling supervisor for SWSWA, credits the increase to people becoming more aware of single-stream recycling, which makes it much easier for everyone to recycle. With single stream there is no need to sort what goes in the bin. All paper products, including junk mail, can be mixed together with cans and plastics. Recyclable paper products include things like milk cartons and juice boxes. All types of plastics can now be recycled with the exception of Styrofoam. Everything collected at curbside gets compressed at the landfill with the new baler and then sold to companies in either Tucson or El Paso that have large-scale operations dedicated to separating single-stream recycling, according to the news release.
Business recycling increased by 7 percent last year, to over 300 tons. The only commercial recycling that SWSWA doesn't collect is what the major stores send back to their processing centers when they get deliveries. Increased recycling by WNMU has also helped the overall recycling rate, since they are now recycling over twice as much as in previous years.
Recycled electronics have seen an increase of 46 percent. Last year over 21 tons were picked up by Unicor, a nationally certified processor of electronic waste. Unicor will take any sort of electrical or battery-operated device and recycle all the components of it. They have what is termed a zero-waste philosophy in that nothing goes into the landfill, according to the news release. Electronics can be placed in the curbside bin or taken to the special area at the landfill for their recycling.
Another area of increased recycling has been of glass. The glass is being used locally by Fowler Brothers construction. They mix the glass with rock and crush it for use as a road base. Because of this, the glass should be kept separate from all other recycling. It can be put out at curbside or taken to the collection bins at the landfill.
According to a recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency, the nationwide recycling rate has remained flat for the past few years at about 34 percent, according to the news release.
"Everyone in Silver City should be proud that we are continuing to increase our rate," Terry Timme of the town's Office of Sustainability said through the news release. "Another good sign is the average amount of trash thrown away daily is only 3.2 pounds per person, compared to the national average of 4.4 pounds."


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Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 55 million Americans will increase 5.8 percent in 2009, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The 5.8 percent increase is the largest since 1982.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits increase automatically each year based on the rise in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), from the third quarter of the prior year to the corresponding period of the current year. This year's increase in the CPI-W was 5.8 percent.
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Please tell me why Tim Tebow is considered "polarizing," as some in the media have described him?
Is it because he doesn't have "tats" on every square inch of his body? Or because he doesn't wear diamond ear studs the size of small boulders? Or maybe because he hasn't been arrested for beating up his girlfriend and doesn't have a rap sheet with multiple criminal charges?
Couldn't be because he is religious and displays it both on and off the playing field, I suppose. Couldn't be because he is a good citizen and role model. Guess he just doesn't fit the mold of many of today's athletes with their "it's all about me" attitude.
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Before trying to gauge the state's progress in developing a successful teacher evaluation program, it's important to remember the state's core intentions behind this process.
Gov. Chris Christie doesn't much like teachers. He hates the teacher's union for sure, and he has tried to characterize his assaults on public education as somehow targeting only union leaders.
Nice try, but the end result of all of the rhetoric is to have diminished the public perception of teachers. He has relentlessly complained about educational failings in the state, even though those "failings" exist almost solely in poor urban areas in which students face many daunting societal challenges outside the classroom.
It's all part of Christie's conservative preference for more private, for-profit and charter-school options, and the road to expanding such options includes trashing the existing public-school system.
So how do those marching orders translate into the evaluation process, now in use statewide? Is the state merely trying to get rid of the worst teachers and help others improve, as supporters argue? Or do they want a lot of scalps to prove a point?
We've agreed with Christie from the start that some version of tenure reform that included a more meaningful evaluation process for teachers was appropriate. It didn't make sense that teachers had, in effect, virtual lifetime jobs after three years, and tenure protections so strong that it was all but impossible for districts to remove even the poorest of performers. It is also reasonable to expect teachers to be evaluated more thoroughly and productively. So we're on board with the concept.
The trick, of course, is how to do it all fairly. Teaching is more an art than a science, making any attempts to judge performance primarily through statistical analysis impossible. Yet critics of the old system say that data such as test scores have to be part of the process.
What we have developing, therefore, is a complex, hydra-headed program that tries to blend statistics and observations in a way designed to spit out a final judgment placing teachers in one of four categories of effectiveness. Those scoring on the low end face the loss of tenure without improvement.
A state report earlier this month on the results of a two-year pilot program revealed a wide range of opinions on evaluation methods that have already prompted changes in the program. Districts are granted some flexibility in implementing their own approach, and there remains a great deal of uncertainty regarding the logistics of evaluating so many teachers through multiple observations and other criteria. The pilot districts also hadn't yet produced enough data to properly assess the effects of the "growth" component tracking individual student improvement in test scores, a particular sticking point among teachers.
There are, in other words, countless moving parts at this stage, making it unclear what we're supposed to take away from some of the initial findings. The report on the pilot program resulted in more than a quarter of the teachers rated only partially effective or lower. Some observers emphasized that negative spin, while others chose the more positive viewpoint that about 75 percent of teachers were considered effective or better.
But what does any of it really mean? Should we mostly be comforted by 75 percent good teachers or more troubled by the 25 percent not-so-good? And are those figures the result of an honest assessment of each teacher's performance, or does the state want to grade on a curve, assuring a specific distribution of teacher ratings?
It is troubling that within the report, authors note that teachers must be prepared for generally receiving lower marks for effectiveness under the new rules. Evaluations under the old system were more perfunctory, but if administrators are wading into the process with a presumption that more scrutiny will equal poorer ratings - or worse, if they are operating under a mandate to assure substantial numbers of low marks, or if criteria are being adjusted to guarantee a certain percentage of less effective ratings - then the process has been tainted from the start.
The state has made a point of involving educators and other stakeholders in developing the evaluation system in hopes of alleviating some of the concerns of skeptical teachers. But the mere existence of those contributions doesn't preclude a stacked deck, if those pulling most of the strings have the wrong agenda in mind.
Moving forward, it's important that everyone involved in refining the evaluation system focus on what should be the overriding task at hand: Evaluating each teacher fairly.
The process cannot be ruled by a desire to validate the Christie administration view of failing schools. That's among the main concerns of teachers, and they have good reason to worry.


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Last night's Public Open House was a huge success! The event had a great turnout with a large number of Downtown residents, business owners, and stakeholders in attendance, in addition to City Councilmembers José Huizar and Jan Perry. In the coming weeks, LASI will be considering and analyzing feedback submitted during the event to further refine the conceptual alignments. We highly value the questions, comments, and suggestions that the attendees submitted!
LASI sincerely appreciates everyone taking the time to come out to the event, and we will keep you up-to-date on future events through our website and mailing list. If you were not able to attend, we still need your feedback! Please submit an online survey and check out images from the Open House below. Thank you for your continued support, and see you at the next event!


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Timothy's commission and Paul's departure
1I'm giving you this commission in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is coming to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearance and his kingdom. 2Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. Correct, confront, and encourage with patience and instruction. 3There will come a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will collect teachers who say what they want to hear because they are self-centered. 4They will turn their back on the truth and turn to myths. 5But you must keep control of yourself in all circumstances. Endure suffering, do the work of a preacher of the good news, and carry out your service fully.
6I'm already being poured out like a sacrifice to God, and the time of my death is near. 7I have fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. 8At last the champion's wreath that is awarded for righteousness#Or justice is waiting for me. The Lord, who is the righteous#Or just judge, is going to give it to me on that day. He's giving it not only to me but also to all those who have set their heart on waiting for his appearance.
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9Do your best to come to me quickly. 10Demas has fallen in love with the present world and has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia. 11Only Luke is with me. Get Mark, and bring him with you. He has been a big help to me in the ministry. 12I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13When you come, bring along the coat I left with Carpus in Troas. Also bring the scrolls and especially the parchments. 14Alexander, the craftsman who works with metal, has really hurt me. The Lord will pay him back for what he has done. 15But watch out for him, because he opposes our teaching.
16No one took my side at my first court hearing. Everyone deserted me. I hope that God doesn't hold it against them! 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the entire message would be preached through me and so all the nations could hear it. I was also rescued from the lion's mouth! 18The Lord will rescue me from every evil action and will save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and always. Amen.
Final greetings
19Say hello to Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because of his illness. 21Try hard to come to me before winter. Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters say hello.
22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
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Road construction blankets northern Washington County
Bursts of orange have popped up in Peters, but it's not fall foliage. The color comes from construction cones ringing an abundance of transportation projects.
The most significant is an $872,000 widening of McMurray Road near Peters Township High School. Crews will be installing a traffic signal and turn lanes on Route 19 near Donaldson's Crossroads.
The McMurray project includes construction of right- and left-turn lanes at the intersection of South Center Church Road and a left-turn lane at the intersection of North Center Church Road.
Workers will add a traffic signal to the South Center Church Road intersection. Single lane closures are occurring from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Work is expected to finish by Oct. 26.
The project has been "fairly smooth," said Michael Silvestri, Peters manager. "I've not had a lot of complaints from property owners" near the project.
Because the project is near the high school, crews don't start work until after buses finish their runs, which helps alleviate traffic congestion in the area, Silvestri said.
Farther south on Route 19, crews are working at night on a northbound turn lane and a new traffic signal for the $20 million, 40,000-square-foot outpatient center for St. Clair Hospital, which is under construction. The building is scheduled to open in the spring.
All work on the left turn lane is occurring between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday to Friday to minimize any traffic issues, according to hospital spokesman Bob Crytzer. The project should be complete by the end of October. Poles and traffic signals will be erected by early January.
Once winter passes, more projects are coming down the pike.
The $4.9 million reconstruction of the intersection of Route 19 and Valley Brook Road is set to begin in the spring. Work will include realignment of the intersection, two bridges and two retaining walls. The project will help alleviate congestion and improve safety.
Other projects taking place around northern Washington County include:
• Maintenance on Interstate 79 between Houston and Canonsburg northbound. Crews are working between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday night through Friday mornings. The project will be completed by November. The southbound side will be done next year.
• A project to upgrade the Meadowlands Interchange at I-79. Crews are working on the approaches for the new structure on I-79, a retaining wall along the future southbound off ramp and connector ramps. Manifold Road is closed. Pike Street and Locust Avenue and the southbound on and northbound off ramps are open.
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Poulsbo pulls plug on shared court deal with Bainbridge Island
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND - Poulsbo finally pulled the plug on negotiations with Bainbridge over a shared court in Poulsbo's new City Hall.
Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson told the Bainbridge City Council on Wednesday night that growing demands from Bainbridge's municipal court judge ultimately made the deal unworkable.
"There was this pattern of wanting more and more, and we have a tight limit in what we can provide," Erickson said.
Erickson said Bainbridge Judge Kate Carruthers expressed a range of concerns and expectations about the shared court facility, including how hallways would be used, the placement of security cameras and even the types of furnishings.
"She wanted furniture that would match," Erickson said. "It escalated, with the things she wanted."
There was a cost disagreement as well. Bainbridge wanted to pay $42,500 per year, but Poulsbo wanted to charge $51,000.
Bainbridge City Councilman Bob Scales said the $8,500 cost differential isn't what killed the deal – it was Carruthers' objections.
"We could have worked (the cost) out with Poulsbo," he said. "It's no secret that as soon as we started discussions with Poulsbo ... Judge Carruthers made clear she was opposed to the move. It's very clear she was not willing to cooperate and make this work."
Councilwoman Kim Brackett blasted Carruthers for launching a "political campaign" against the shared court.
Carruthers said she was baffled by how Erickson portrayed the negotiations.
"I really don't understand what she's talking about," Carruthers said.
She said her concerns were largely limited to getting cameras installed in the city hall's underground parking area to protect victims of domestic violence, and making sure hallways were secure.
"I raised issues that needed to be addressed; I didn't say it was a terrible facility," Carruthers said. "I never demeaned it or disparaged it in the least."
Erickson stressed that the court is secure and safe, and that Poulsbo's municipal court judge approves of its current condition.
She also foresaw future conflicts, possibly between the Poulsbo and Bainbridge judges over sharing the court space.
"Cooperation means a win-win," she said. "I don't think this would be a win for the city of Poulsbo."
Carruthers has actively opposed the proposed move from Bainbridge's current court facility – a rental in the Rolling Bay neighborhood, three miles north of Winslow – to Poulsbo's city hall. She has argued, along with several island residents, that the court should remain in the community it serves.
While critical of the Rolling Bay building, which was built as a storage facility in the early 1990s, Carruthers is backing a community group's proposal to renovate it. The unnamed group says it can raise $30,000 in donations to make the facility safer and more suitable for court use. They also managed to get the property owner to knock $14,000 off the annual lease rate.
With the Poulsbo option out, it appears that renovating the Rolling Bay building is the city's only choice."We're left with no other option than to remain where we are," Scales said.
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ASHEVILLE — Theres nothing like a big dance party to get the tummy grumbling, and theres no bigger dance party in Asheville than Moogfest. So here are a few suggestions to help you get your grub on.
Pizza party: Beer and pizza make a powerful party combination. Youll find both at Asheville Brewing Co. on Coxe Avenue. You can find slices, pies, sandwiches and more here to get you going. Youll also find handcrafted local brew, including the Moog Filtered Ale, a specialty beer named after Bob Moog, the electronic music pioneer for which the music festival is named. Asheville Brewings pale ale flavored with pine and caramel notes will be on sale through Nov. 7 at various venues around town, with proceeds of sales going to the Bob Moog Foundation. Another great bet for pizza is Circle in the Square on Biltmore Avenue. The location is the second for the locally owned pizza joint known for delicious pies and hot sandwiches. And Barleys on Biltmore Avenue is right in the midst of the Moogfest action.
Deli food: If youre in the mood for small bites, try the One Stop Deli on College Street. Its got great wings and an all-around tasty menu. Romans Deli on Haywood Street next to the Asheville Civic Center is another great bet.
Eat healthy: Bringing your best to a three-day festival means youve got to occasionally be healthy, so try the Green Light Cafe on Lexington Avenue. At the vegetarian/vegan eatery, youll find everything from carrot juice and smoothies to filling salads and wraps. The Laughing Seed Cafe on Wall Street is Ashevilles best-known vegetarian stop. Consider trying a hummus plate or the Harmony Bowl, a giant serving of organic brown rice with black beans, tofu and vegetables.
Breakfast any time: Its inevitable at some point during your festival event, someone is going to ask where the nearest Waffle House is. Everyone knows about the healing powers of a Waffle House egg, sausage and pancake combo. The Waffle House closest to downtown is about a 10-minute ride east along Tunnel Road. Head west on Patton Avenue across the Smoky Park Bridge, and youll find Dennys, where you can hit that Grand Slam.
Go grocery shopping: If youre totally into the DIY mode, you can shop the Amazing Savings grocery store in the Downtown Market. Theres also an Ingles grocery store just a short drive from downtown on Tunnel Road.


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Now that all of LookSmart's major partners are offering the paid LookSmart Express Submit program on their own Add URL pages, a number of people believe that they must also pay a fee to be listed in the non LookSmart-powered portions of these search engines. Huh? What? Don't worry. Just come along with me on a little tour, where I hope to make more sense out of the whole submission mess that has developed.
As a refresher, LookSmart is a human-compiled directory of web sites. While editors might find your site naturally (and list it for free), you are more likely to get listed if you actually submit to LookSmart and pay the submission fee required of all commercial web sites. Let's look at the submission options....
LookSmart Submit Page
You can submit your site to LookSmart by starting on this page. Commercial sites must choose either the $199 "Express Submit" option or the $79 "Basic Submit" option. What's the difference? Time! Paying the higher fee means that LookSmart will give you a yes or no answer about being listed within 48 hours. Paying less means it may take up to 8 weeks until you are listed. Not a commercial site? Then click on the little "Read More" link that appears at the bottom of the page, after the Basic Submit option. Make sure you really qualify. If so, good news. However, unlike the paid options, there's no guarantee that you'll get a yes or no answer back within a set period of time.
After LookSmart
OK, you submitted to LookSmart and got listed. What does that mean? Your site is now available to those searching at the LookSmart site itself, of course. However, it will now also appear at different search engines across the web, such as....
MSN Search
MSN Search is one of LookSmart's partners. After doing a search, more than likely the results you see will come from the LookSmart directory, though MSN Search may rank and sort them differently than if you did the same search at LookSmart itself. So, if you are listed with LookSmart, you're listed with MSN Search in the best way possible. There's no need to use the MSN Search Add URL page.
Have no money? Didn't get listed with LookSmart? There may be hope yet for you at MSN Search. Some of its results come from the Inktomi search engine, which crawls the web. If you are listed with Inktomi, then you have a chance of appearing in the "Web Pages" section of MSN Search's results (the "Web Directory" section is powered by LookSmart listings). How do you submit? Well....
MSN Search Add URL page
At the very bottom of MSN Search's Add URL page is a link that takes you to its Inktomi submit form. Look at the last paragraph that begins, "For profit sites may be submitted at no charge for inclusion in the Web Pages section of the MSN Search." You'll see a "Read More" link at the end. Click on that. Congratulations! You can now submit your page to Inktomi. Well, maybe -- the confirmation page that comes up says instead that you've submitted to LookSmart as a non-profit site. Don't worry -- either the URL is passed along, or Inktomi will learn about you via the next step...
HotBot Add URL page
Some of HotBot's results come from Inktomi, so you can use its Add URL form to tell Inktomi about your pages -- and that means those that are accepted should eventually show up in the Inktomi-powered portions of MSN Search and at other Inktomi-powered search engines.
Some of Excite's listings come from LookSmart. So if you submitted to LookSmart and got accepted, you may show up for those who chose the "Directory Search" option at the top of the page, after performing a search. However, the main results at Excite come from its own crawler. To appear here, it helps to submit your site. That takes us to....
Excite Add URL page
This page prominently features the LookSmart Express Submit option. However, you're not interested in that. Remember, we already submitted to LookSmart at the beginning of this tour. Instead, at the bottom of the page is an option that says "Click here to add your site to the Excite Search Index only." That's what you want. To make it easier for you, here's the link itself:
Excite Crawler Add URL Form
Fill out the form, and you're done -- you've submitted to the Excite crawler for free, which also means you may show up at other Excite-owned search engines such as WebCrawler and Magellan.
Just like Excite, some of AltaVista's listings come from LookSmart. If you do a search, then select the "Directories" option at the top of the page, much of that information comes from LookSmart's listings. However, AltaVista's main results come from its own spidering of the web. To appear in them, as with Excite, it helps to submit. That means using the AltaVista Add URL page....
AltaVista Add URL Form
Hey, there's that LookSmart Express option again! But you don't want it -- remember, we already submitted to LookSmart. So, go past it and choose the "Submit" button that appears in the "AltaVista Search Index" section. That will bring up a new form -- with yet another option to submit to LookSmart. Ignore this second suggested sale and use the box that says "AltaVista Search Index: Add or Remove a Page" to enter your URL. That's it -- you've submitted to the AltaVista crawler for free.
In Conclusion / Some Observations
Why on earth would you want to submit to LookSmart from anywhere other than at LookSmart itself? Why are these LookSmart forms showing up everywhere? Money. If you submit to LookSmart from one of its partners, they share in some of the submission fee. Unfortunately, this is clearly causing confusion for some people, based on messages I'm getting and posts that I've seen elsewhere. If you want to support one of LookSmart's partners, then fine -- use the Express Listing options they provide. Or, go directly to LookSmart and do it. Just only do one of them. That's all you need, because ultimately, the Express Submit information all goes back to LookSmart anyway.
I recommend going to LookSmart directly because it help better ensure you'll be listed in the right category, as one of the articles below explains. Another reason is only at LookSmart will you find the lower $79 option being offered. While I recommend paying more and saving the time, those with budgets may want the lower price.
LookSmart also raised the price of its "Basic" submit option last month from $49 to $79, just two months after it said testing of different price points had ended. The fee was increased so that LookSmart could cover its costs and share revenue with others offering the service.
"The $49 was a problematic price point, but at the $79, that's where we can share something with our partners," said Kristin Morse, LookSmart's director of ecommerce.
One month after the increase, LookSmart's major partners are still offering only the higher $199 fee.
Along with the price increase, LookSmart also said it planned to soon announce a guarantee to provide a yes or no answer about being listed to any qualified non-commercial sites that used its free submit option. Such a guarantee has yet to materialize -- I'll let you know, if it does.
How about those crawlers that you submitted to. When will the traffic start? It could be never. Submitting doesn't mean getting listed, and even if you get listed, that doesn't mean you will rank well for particular terms. However, you do want to submit to at least start things off.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada legislators are approving a $23 million
interest payment to the federal government on money borrowed to
cover unemployment claims in the state with the nation's highest
jobless rate.
The Nevada Appeal reports that a legislative interim finance committee allocated the money Wednesday. The payment is due by Sept. 30.
State officials say Nevada must pay the interest to maintain a certified unemployment program.
They say a larger interest payment of about $40 million will come due in a few months.
The recession-wracked state has now borrowed $773.2 million from
the federal treasury to cover unemployment checks.
Borrowing started when an $800 million cushion of reserves dried up in October 2009.
Nevada's unemployment rate stands at 12.9 percent.
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