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- 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2-1/4 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 5-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons 2% milk
- 3-1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the lemon juice, extracts and lemon peel. Add flour; beat just until moistened.
- Fill greased miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 325° for 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Dip tops of cakes into glaze; place on waxed paper to dry. Yield: 8-1/2 dozen.
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Reviews for Moist Lemon Tea Cakes
"I think part of the problem is they left out 1 1/2 tsp baking powder. I started making these and thought recipe was missing something I looked up other recipes for mini lemon tea cakes and they all have baking powder. Made these with BP and they turned out great with time indicated. I also used 2 additional TBS more fresh lemon juice in cake. Glaze I used 1/2 cup lemon juice instead of milk and extract added lemon rind and a dab of cream."
"not as "lemony"as I expected, I was desappointed"
"I made a batch of these yesterday and have mixed feelings about them. I thought with all the different types of lemon called for in the recipe, they would have a more defined lemon taste. I was a bit disappointed with the flavor. Also, I baked them much longer than called for and they still came out a pale yellow color (not golden brown like I expected). I made these for a church dinner which is tonight, so I will see how the tea cakes are accepted. This is a recipe that I could take or leave. All in all, if I am making something lemon, I want to really taste "lemon". I have other recipes that I like much better."
"I made these and I found that the 10-15 minutes baking time is not enough. I kept them in for 10 more minutes and they still came out pale, although the glaze made them pretty. They were still delicious so I will make them again, but I will bake them at 350 and see what happens. They are the perfect size and so attractive on a plate!! :)"
"I just made 1/2 batch of these little Tea Cakes. I used my regular size cup cake pan and increased the temp to 350 deg. 20 minutes and my yield was 21 cakes. I filled each cupcake about 3/4 full. Without levening in the batter they did not rise real high just about level with the pan. Then I found they were pretty delicate so I actually made 1/4 recipe of glaze and took a teaspoon and dabbed about a 1/2 teaspoon of glaze on each tea cake. They still were small and just a couple of bites."


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I received my Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Westminster College. I also have certification in ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction from the University of Utah. I taught in the public school system in the US and Guam for 11 years. I worked as a corporate training manager and curriculum writer for 8 years prior to coming back to Westminster. I currently work as full-time dispatch and work-study supervisor at Flight Operations where I am known as "mom" or "mother goose." If I am not at work, I can be found sweating at the gym, baking, knitting, or herding our menagerie.

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I got a Optical Distance sensor from Mindsensors the other day. i noticed that there was not a class for this in the API and I started working on one. Everything looks to be working fine and i'm almost done. But i have two questions related to this little project.
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Three Times…A Charm
After the Twins jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning against the Tigers tonight, then just as quickly fell behind 3-2, it looked like perhaps another one of "those" nights would transpire.
However, Blackburn settled down nicely (not spectacular, but enough to give him another turn in the rotation for sure), and let the batters take over.
The obvious player of the game was Denard Span, who tripled three times (tying a club record held by Ken Landreaux in 1980), drive in five runs, and scored twice to kick-start an offense that, by all means, needed a little jolt to the backside.
Joe Mauer and Michael Cuddyer also picked up clutch hits to break out of some batting doldrums, while Jim Thome hit career home run #572, putting him within one of Harmon Killebrew (I wonder if the Killer will be at the park tomorrow afternoon?!), en route to an eventual 11-4 victory that moved the Twins back into first place.
-That outfield wall may not have too many balls fly over it at Target Field, but it sure gives fielders (especially towards that right-center area) fits with all those angles jutting out. First Thome hits a three-bagger, than Span does him two better in a single game!
Preview (42-35, 1st, 0.5 GA DET): Andrew Oliver (0-1, 3.00) vs. Kevin Slowey (7-5, 4.79). Hopefully Slowey can make like his rotation buddy Blackburn and give us another quality start to retain first place.
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Three triples? Wow. Nice night for Span. And congrats on getting back to first place!


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|87 Zico Pasut
Defense Finishes Spring On Strong Note In Purple-Gold Scrimmage
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Remains one of the Pirates' top versatile offensive contributors who has the capability and experience to play three different positions ... Will open his senior campaign listed on the "situational" two-deep as a tight end in ECU's "big" package, but could also lineup at the Y (inside) receiver, or perhaps more consistently, as a blocking/short-yardage back in the Pirates' goal line and/or short-yardage alignment ... Could also be a contributor on various special teams units for a fourth-straight season ... Offers Pirate passers a sizeable target in the middle of the field for situational roles and possesses the toughness and ability to secure grabs in traffic and gain added yards after significant contact ...One of the more affable and unselfish players in the ECU program, often requested for community relations appearances with popularity among media members ... Had one catch for 12 yards and three carries for eight more in the spring's first scrimmage on April 6 ... Followed with a game-high 35 ground yards and a touchdown (27-yarder) on four carries a week later ... Wrapped up spring work with a four-carry, five-yard effort during the Purple-Gold Game on April 20 ... Currently holds the all-time strength and conditioning position (tight end) record with a back squat of 525 pounds ... Other testing notables were a 370-pound bench press, a vertical jump of 30" and a broad jump of 105".
2012: Experienced action in all 13 games as a junior ... Recorded a pair of starts at fullback (Appalachian State, UCF) and three at tight end (Houston, Tulane and Marshall) in ECU's "stacked line" package ... Hauled down three passes for 27 yards (9.0 ypc) with catches vs. ASU (12 yards), UCF (10) and UL-Lafayette (5) in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl ... Recorded a pair of rush attempts in back-to-back games at UAB and against Navy ... Contributed blocking efforts that produced five 100-yard rushing performances and four 300-yard passing contests by Shane Carden ... Helped ECU rack up 550-or more yards of total offense on three occasions (600/UAB, 550/UH, 555/MAR).
2011: Served as the offensive unit's top multi-purpose performer, lining up as a running back, fullback, tight end and inside receiver throughout the course of the season ... Forced to move to the backfield prior to the UTEP contest due to numerous injuries among ECU's running back corps ... Appeared in all 12 games and earned first five starts of career against UAB, Houston, Memphis, Navy and UCF ... Totaled 17 rushing attempts for 50 yards and caught one pass for 16 yards ... Gained 4.5 yards per carry on fourth down, converting both attempts into firsts ... Averaged 3.6 yards per first-down carry ... Did not record any statistics until Tulane contest ... Made first career reception in the opening quarter against the Green Wave, hauling in a 16-yard grab to give the Pirates a first-and-goal at the eight ... Started at running back against UCF and totaled a career-high 11 carries for 28 yards ... Tallied a personal-long nine-yard dash in the opening frame versus the Knights ... Picked up a key first down for East Carolina in the third quarter against UCF, gaining two yards on a fourth-and-one carry ... On eight first-down carries against UCF, averaged 4.0 yards per attempt ... Recorded first career carry (four yards) out of a fullback set in the third quarter at UTEP.
2010: A reserve receiver who played in all 13 games as a member of the special teams ... Did not catch any passes, but returned a pair of kickoffs for 17 yards during the season opener versus Tulsa.
2009: Redshirted during initial season in ECU program ... Officially signed with the program in February ... Served as a valuable member of the offensive scout team.
High School: Helped play a key role in building the foundation of a new Ardrey Kell program during junior and senior seasons ... In all, earned three letters but led Knights to an 8-5 record and a second-round playoff appearance in 2007 after a one-win campaign a season earlier ... Recorded 26 catches for 308 yards as a junior and was selected to the all-conference unit and All-Charlotte Observer squad ... Also credited with 18 pancake blocks in 2007 for coach Marty Woolbright ... Suffered injury midway through senior year which limited production to seven receptions and 89 yards ... Chosen as team captain ... Also served as a starting defensive tackle as a junior and senior ... Opened prep varsity career with a seven-catch, 150-yard performance as a sophomore ... Among the top 100 tight ends according to ESPN.com ... Prep teammate of former ECU quarterback Brad Wornick ... Picked up three additional letters as an outfielder on Knights' baseball team, leading club to a regional title and state championship appearance in 2008 ... Earned All-Mecklenburg County honors on the diamond.
Personal: Full name is Anthony Alessandro Pasut, but goes by Zico ... Born November 1, 1990 at Charlotte, N.C. ... Son of Holly Pasut ... Earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice during ECU's 2013 Spring Commencement Exercises ... Spent the spring interning with a Greenville-based attorney's office before graduation ... Currently pursuing a second undergraduate degree in information technologies


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"Strengthening gun laws is a critical step to ensuring the public's safety, and the gun proposals presented by Governor Markell, Lt. Governor Denn and Attorney General Biden clearly reflect that. It is important for Wilmington and Delaware to be proactive in regards to safety," said Mayor Williams.
The gun safety proposals come in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and 6 adults tragically lost their lives. Locally, gun violence is an issue that affected several families in the Wilmington, as 26 people were fatally shot in the city during 2012.
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College: Miami (FL) (school history) (Williams college stats)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 6th round (155th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 9 (7518th overall since 1950)
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The Isle of Orca
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Orca
3. Pokemorphs
4. Pokemorph Inhabitation of Orca
6. Setting, Rules, and Sign-up
Most residents of the Pokemon World are not aware of the existence of the Isle of Orca. The Hoenn Operations and Organizational Team (HOOT), the main ruling party of the Hoenn region, has kept it secret. The reason being is that Orca was a secret base of operations for HOOT, where HOOT conducted unorthodox, and generally disapproved of, experiments, usually for military purposes.
Orca is located a few dozen miles off the northern coast of Mossdeep, and is about a half of its size. Orca can only be accessed from its northern side, which makes it an ideal base of secret operations, as Orca's northern side does not face anything. The other sides of Orca are cliffs and inaccessible by sea. Air access is only available by hidden runways throughout the island, as Orca is covered in forest and steep hills, as well as the large mountain on its West side. Orca almost surrounds a bay in its center, but there is an opening in the bay's south edge. This edge is cut off by a reef along the straight, teeming with Corsola.
The reason HOOT eventually abandoned Orca was because of Pokemorphs, a name dubbed by Secret Operations' head Donavon Malt. Pokemorphs were originally created by the HOOT team in Orca as Pokemon with human traits. This original operation (Code-named Wurmple) was declared a failure as the experimented upon Pokemon became immediately insane upon acquiring human hands and English speech. HOOT then began Operation Caterpie, giving humans Pokemon traits, using captured AWOL soldiers or maximum security prisoners from Hoenn. The first 52 experiments utilized actual Pokemon body parts, forcefully removed from Pokemon, but after the test subject's systems began resisting the body parts, HOOT began artificially synthesizing Pokemon body parts and nerve connections, eventually creating the first real Poke-human hybrids.
The first Pokemorphs went absolutely berserk inside their holding station, and a few escaped. the rest were captured and exterminated. HOOT then began work on more advanced forms of Pokemorphs, this time entirely generated by mixing human and Pokemon genes from and placing them in artificial wombs, therefor causing the Pokemorphs to be "naturally" created. These new Pokemorphs were born and raised as humans (albeit with Pokemon powers). HOOT's top psychiatrists and biologists then headed the projects, pushing the newly created Pokemorphs to their full potential of human ingenuity and Pokemon moves by convincing them that they were fighting for the freedom of other Pokemorphs like themselves (up to the point of creating fake letters from "refugee" Pokemorphs) and by electrically stimulating certain Pokemon organs. But one day there was a break-in at the base by one of the old Pokemorphs, an Alakazam mix by the name of Jonas "Bravo" Tanta. Bravo convinced many of the newly created Pokemorphs of their actual purpose and those few rebels were able to herd their companions out of the HOOT headquarters on Orca, spreading out into Orca's wilds.
Pokemorphs usually look human most of the time, although there are always certain properties of their Pokemon alter-egos apparent. For instance in the case of Bravo, he always has a small yellow tail, the classic Alakazam mustache and ears, and a certain affinity for spoons. When a Pokemorph wants to use their Pokemon powers they will transform into their Pokemon counterparts, although with some human characteristics still remaining (Bravo still retains his human hands and he has two pairs of ears, one set still human). Pokemorphs can consciously hold their Pokemon forms for any amount of time, although after a few hours they will naturally change back as a sub-concious change. It should be noted that due to some necessary changes to the Pokemorph's digestive system, Pokemorph feces emits nauseous fumes that causes most humans to become unconscious upon the fume's contact with their olfactory sense. Pokemorphs find the fumes stinky, but are otherwise unaffected. Launching piles of feces has become a staple form of combat in Pokemorph war.
As of yet it is impossible for the capture of a Pokemorph with a Pokeball. The only success was with a masterball, but the brain-washing technology (used to domesticate captured Pokemon) within the Pokeball did not take effect, and the unfortunate Pokemorph's release only caused expensive laboratory damage and one more extermination.
Pokemorphs can reproduce. They do not lay eggs and bear their children in the mammalian manner. Otherwise breeding is exactly similar to Pokemon breeding, in the fact that only Pokemorphs with the Pokemon genes of certain families can breed, the species is that of the mother, and moves are inherited.
Pokemorphs, like normal Pokemon, can learn up to four moves, corresponding to their Pokemon mix. On rare occasions Pokemorphs have been able to learn moves through TMs, but no further research has been done as TMs are rare on Orca. Pokemorphs can teach themselves moves, and thus are a mix of trainer and Pokemon.
Pokemorphs have much more stamina than your average Pokemon, and many have been observed to be able to defeat up to five Pokemon in one battle. After battles, however, they must rest for a time in order to regain their stamina.
Pokemorph Inhabitation of Orca:
On Orca, There have developed many Pokemorph towns, all along the Orcan bay. At the north end of the bay lies the Pokemorph city, Orcene. Orcene is considered by Pokemorphs as the capital of Orca, and it holds the council, a collective of 11 great elders (Currently headed by Bravo) who govern Orca. Orcene is also the site of many of Orca's own military operations (see HOOT below).
Pokemorphs have started farming the Eastern area of Orca, since it is grassland, albeit quite hilly (many areas were terraced). Pokemorphs living on the Western side of Orca are mostly hunter gatherer, and some groups are nomadic. In the Southwest area, wherein lies the great Mount Kal, live many flying Pokemorphs, usually feeding on the bug Pokemon inhabiting the forest in Kal's foothills, or rare Dragon Pokemorphs fly free from atop Kal's great cliffs. Freshwater is problematic, as the Orcan Bay is salt water and takes up a large area of Orca. From Kal comes the large rapids of Kala, which become a creek by Orcene. Most Pokemorphs on Orca's eastern side are dependent on rain and wells, except for those living around the small Lake Weaville, named after its strange similarity to the shape of a Weaville's head.
After the Pokemorph break-out HOOT swiftly quit the experiment and left Orca. However one year later a Pokemorph was found by a HOOT official trying to reach the shore of Lilycove city (It was a Gyarados mix). HOOT, fearing more Pokemorphs would come decided to take military action against the Pokemorphs. Donavan Malt ordered several dozens of paratroopers onto Orca's Western side, but most were swiftly cut down. Some made it to HOOT's abandoned headquarters, in the Northwestern edge near Orca's harbor, and found the headquarters still operational. The leader of the operation, Jimmy Tak, quickly took over part of Orca's entrance from its Pokemorph inhabitants. Not wanting to risk a bombing and alerting the inhabitants of Mossdeep, Donavan began quickly sending troops by sea to Orca. Soon HOOT began taking over sections of Orca.
The Pokemorphs took action again, creating a military base in Orcene and sending troops against HOOT's headquarters. Both sides were being swiftly cut-down, and a cease-fire was negotiated. HOOT, however, still wanted all Pokemorphs exterminated, and the Pokemorphs wanted Orca's Northwestern corner. Orca became an area of fear from both sides.
HOOT is mostly right-wing in terms of political advancements. It believes in Hoenn's eventual rise to power and crushing of other regions. HOOT always pours most of its tax money into military and educational ventures. Its leader and current president of Hoenn, Donovan Malt, is aid to be skilled in combat and Pokemon battling. HOOT's operations in Orca mostly revolve around ground assault with firearms or artillery, although there have also been naval and aerial operations.
Setting, Rules, & Sign-up:
This RP takes place during HOOT's continuous campaign against the Pokemorphs. choose either side and any person.
1)No killing other player's characters
2)Only do things within your jurisdiction if you're a HOOT soldier (No bombing Orcene if you're doing operations on the West side)
3)No legendary Pokemorphs
4)Put Jellypanst at the end of your sign-up
5)HOOT members can have up to 4 Pokemon, 1 firearm, and 1 close-range weapon
6)Pokemorphs cannot capture Pokemon, but can converse with them and keep them as pets
Name: (Obvious)
Age: (Obvious)
Gender: (Obvious)
Species: (Human or Pokemorph)
Position on Conflict: (Extremist Pokemorph or HOOT, neutral, pacifistic, or mercenary)
Occupation: (If you're a human that's your HOOT position, Pokemorphs can have any occupation)
Pokemon Mix: (Obvious)
Human Appearance: (If you're a Pokemorph this is your human form)
Pokemon appearance: (Pokemorph changed form, just say your Pokemon and the human traits it has)
Geographical Position: (Where your home/headquarters are. HOOT has its main headquarters, but it has different operation headquarters throughout Orca)
Pokemon / Moves: (If you're a HOOT member list your Pokemon and their moves. If you're a Pokemorph just list your moves)
Weaponry: (One fire-arm and one close-range weapon if you're from HOOT, one close-range weapon if you're a Pokemorph)
History/Personality: (This is optional as you may develop this as you play, just update your sign-up as your character develops)
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Getty, AFP Photogs Missing in Libya; 4 Times Journalists Released
Two photojournalists, Joe Raedle of Getty Images and Roberto Schmidt of Agence France-Presse, and reporter Dave Clark of AFP have been missing in Libya since Saturday, AFP reported Sunday. Clark and Schmidt told editors via email they were working with Raedle in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk and were planning to meet with opponents of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and refugees fleeing the fighting. They were last heard from Saturday.
Today The New York Times reports that four of its journalists missing since Tuesday, including photographers Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks, have been released by Libyan authorities. The four Times journalists, who had entered the country without visas, were arrested while covering the fighting in the eastern Libyan city of Ajdabiya. In a memo to staff, Times editor Bill Keller said the paper waited until the four journalists were safely out of Libya before announcing the news. In today's statement, The New York Times says, "We are grateful that our journalists have been released, and we are working to reunite them with their families. We have been told they are in good health and are in the process of confirming that."
Several other journalists, however, are believed be held in Libyan custody. On Saturday, four journalists with the Al Jazeeera network were detained by Libyan government. A TV cameraperson for the network was killed over the weekend amidst heavy fighting near the rebel-controlled city of Benghazi.
Senior Libyan officials have warned US diplomats that foreign journalists entering the country without visas to cover the rebellion would be considered Al Qaeda collaborators, the AP reports. The US State Department has advised media organizations against sending more journalists into Libya.
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Full SubmissionEnvironmental Emergencies Environmental emergencies are increasing in both severity and frequency, and are an emerging issue for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (?Rio+20?). In this context, the Environmental Law Institute proposes the following points for consideration in the Zero Draft Compilation Document: Environmental emergencies cause substantial harm to human life and national economies, and developing and operationalizing international frameworks for environmental emergency response and preparedness is a priority. The impacts of environmental emergencies on human health and national economies extends beyond the tally of lives lost and property damaged. Disasters frequently destroy critical infrastructure, such as a ports or power plants, or release toxins that cause persistent health problems and can burden a country for years or decades to come. Minimizing these impacts is critical to preserving human health and welfare and safeguarding national economies. Therefore, it is imperative that government agencies and other actors at all levels recognize the threat posed by environmental emergencies and take measures to prevent, minimize, and respond to them. The international framework for environmental emergency response and preparedness needs to be strengthened to account for the increasing frequency, greater damage, and changing geographic distribution of environmental emergencies, particularly in light of climate change and urbanization. As environmental emergencies increase in scope and severity?especially due to climate change and urbanization?the likelihood that they will overwhelm a nation?s capacity to respond is amplified. As such, the international framework addressing disasters needs to be strengthened. Currently, the frameworks result in gaps and overlaps in aid which negatively impact and decrease efficiency of response efforts. Greater coordination and sharing of information, expertise, and resources will strengthen the international preparedness and response frameworks to ensure more effective international assistance. Climate change and urbanization will influence the changing vulnerabilities of communities and countries around the world. They also present new opportunities for improving response and preparedness as increased attention is paid to environmental emergencies. Failure to address the changing needs in environmental emergency response and preparedness could result in more costly outcomes. The international community needs to anticipate these changes and develop a global framework that meets these challenges. The international community needs to build capacity of local responders, particularly in large cities, and integrate local response with national, regional, and international response systems. Coordination between different levels of response improves the effective and efficient use of resources for assistance. Local responders often know the area and the people most affected, and are the first on the scene. In order to optimize international assistance, local responders need to possess the tools and knowledge necessary to request national or international support (taking into account the need prerogative of national authorities for managing international relations). Likewise, international responders would benefit from earlier notification and more clear direction to minimize aid overlap. Measures that facilitate greater communication and integration are needed to improve coordination and effectiveness. Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, post-conflict peacebuilding has emerged grown rapidly, with experiences in many countries. Natural resources are essential to post-conflict economic development, stabilization of security, social equity, and good governance. The actions that are taken ? or not taken ? in post-conflict peacebuilding substantially affect whether a country successfully transitions to a path of sustainable development or it relapses into conflict. The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) submits the following comments for consideration in the Zero Draft Compilation Document for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (?Rio+20?). These comments might best fit within the ?Emerging Issues? discussion, but could also be relevant to ?International Governance for Sustainable Development.? War is inherently damaging to sustainable development, and many post-conflict countries struggle with the transition from conflict to sustainable development; post-conflict peacebuilding seeks to lay a foundation for durable peace and sustainable development. ? Since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit?and the end of the Cold War?there has been a rapid Growth in post-conflict peacebuilding. Efforts to help countries to recover from war have had been uneven, and the risk of relapse into conflict is significant. In the 2011 World Development Report, the World Bank noted that ?every civil war that began since 2003 was a resumption of a previous civil war.? Moreover, natural resource-linked conflicts are more likely to relapse into violence than other conflicts, and do so twice as quickly. ? Conflicts are often linked to natural resources. Natural resources may be one of the root causes of the conflict. The extraction and trade in natural resources often finance conflict. Since 1990, natural resources have fuelled conflict in at least 18 countries. Scorched earth tactics, land mines, and other military strategies often target natural resources during conflict. ? The international community is devoting increasing attention to the emerging issue of how to design and implement peacebuilding initiatives to more effectively support the transition to sustainable development and prevent relapses to conflict. ? From the outset, peacebuilding requires a long-term view that integrates economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Such a holistic approach is needed to avoid exacerbating existing tensions or creating new, unintended consequences that could undermine the transition to a durable peace. Effective management of natural resources is essential to post-conflict peacebuilding because post-conflict societies rely on natural resources for food security, livelihoods, economic development, basic services, and other peacebuilding objectives. ? Natural resources can be important to almost every aspect of post-conflict peacebuilding. ? To establish security in post-conflict situations it is imperative to secure the trade in conflict-linked natural resources. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) can use natural resources to provide a source of civilian livelihoods for former combatants (particularly as farmers, but also in other resource-dependent sectors). ? The livelihoods and food security of many post-conflict situations are tied to the sustainable management of natural resources because a majority of the population often works in agriculture, forestry, fishing, artisanal mining and related fields. ? The economic development of post-conflict countries may also depend substantially on the extraction and processing of natural resources, such as timber, oil and gas, minerals and cash crops. ? Natural resources are essential to providing basic services such as drinking water, hydropower, and inland water transport. ? Governance and the rule of law can be supported through shared management of natural resources using inclusive political processes in local, national, and regional resource management institutions. The planning and implementation of post-conflict peacebuilding have often failed to adequately address natural resources, which has undermined the effectiveness of peacebuilding. ? There have been many experiences, largely ad hoc, from which we can learn to improve the effectiveness of peacebuilding initiatives. ? Many of these experiences have been analyzed by a global initiative led by the Environmental Law Institute, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the University of Tokyo and McGill University. This project assesses more than 150 case studies of peacebuilding initiatives from around the world, authored by 230 researchers and practitioners in 50 countries, and it disseminates the findings in a six volume series of books. While individual peacebuilding experiences have been successful, the bulk of the case studies point to the need for approaches that better integrate natural resources. To strengthen the effectiveness of post-conflict peacebuilding, institutional and operational approaches need to be developed and implemented to mainstream natural resource management into peacebuilding efforts. ? The institutional and operational approaches suggested herein would improve institutional learning, build capacity, mobilize expertise to provide technical assistance, consider natural resources in the assessments of specific post-conflict situations, and increase coordination around natural resources. ? Learning?More systematic approaches are needed to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on managing natural resources to support peacebuilding on an ongoing basis. ? Capacity building?To operationalize lessons learned on managing natural resources in post-conflict settings, it is necessary to build the capacity of post-conflict countries and the bilateral, multilateral, and nongovernmental organizations that support them. This would include staff trainings, workshops for partner organizations, operational guidance on both strategic and project levels, templates for contracting guidelines, monitoring and evaluation strategies tailored to natural resource management in post-conflict settings, and checklists for conflict-sensitive natural resource management. ? Mobilizing expertise for technical assistance?Searchable rosters of experts and pools of experts on call could help to mobilize the expertise necessary to provide post-conflict technical assistance on a range of natural resource-related issues. These experts may include both in-house staff and external experts. ? Considering natural resources when assessing specific post-conflict situations?For each post-conflict situation, careful analysis is needed to identify whether and how specific natural resources should be integrated into peacebuilding strategies. This analysis should identify conflict-linked natural resources and address them in the peacebuilding strategy. Planning processes should consider which natural resources can support the security, economic, social, and governance needs of the specific post-conflict situation. Natural resources that could constrain proposed peacebuilding activities must be evaluated before peacebuilding activities are initiated. ? Coordination?Natural resources can provide as-yet underutilized opportunities for coordination around a resource. Although coordination among local, national, and international actors is essential to effective and efficient peacebuilding, there has been very little coordination to date, particularly at the operational level. Programs and projects should coordinate through donor conferences, during program or project design, and throughout the implementation process. Evaluations of programs and projects should consider whether there has been effective coordination with the other initiatives and communities that rely on or affect the same resource. A publicly available database of projects and the natural resource or resources relied upon or affected would allow post-conflict countries, donors, and other actors to more readily identify with which groups they should coordinate.


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|Stratton, Taylor honored
By Kristen Koester-Smith, Athletic Media Relations
To develop well-rounded citizens of the campus and community. That is one goal of Vandal Athletics.
There are no finer examples in the class of 2011 than volleyball player Kelsey Taylor and swimmer Staci Stratton - two of this year's recipients of the University of Idaho Alumni Award for Excellence, which honors students for their academic achievement as well as "leadership in the classroom, laboratory, campus, and community." The award is given annually to approximately 40 undergraduate seniors and 15 graduate or law students.
"It proves that they are exceptional, well above and beyond the normal student," said Hugh Cooke, the Office of Alumni Relations Associate Director.
Taylor, who has played on the UI volleyball team for the past four years, was nominated for the Alumni Award for excellence by Debbie Buchanan, head volleyball coach, and Dr. Rob Spear, UI athletic director. She has been a leader by example to her team, in the community, and around campus.
In her letter of recommendation Coach Buchanan said, "...I feel she is a strong female candidate for this award and exemplifies what this award is all about."
Taylor's many extracurricular activities include volunteering at St. Mary's and McDonald's elementary schools and Moscow Kids' Safety Fair. She was an active participant in Relay for Life, Dig for the Cure, food drives, and adopting local families for Christmas support. Taylor also spent an entire spring break in Spartanburg, S.C., on an Alternate Service trip. She also was chosen captain of her volleyball team this year.
Taylor said volunteering in the Moscow community means more to her because she grew up here and knows a lot of people who live here, but her favorite extracurricular activity was her Alternative Spring Break trip to South Carolina.
"It wasn't like anything I have ever done. It just felt really good to help people and to get to know people from somewhere different and see how they live," Taylor said.
Even while devoting her time to better the community and playing volleyball, Taylor managed to keep a 3.83 GPA in General Studies/Pre- Physical Therapy. Taylor's hard work in school resulted in her receiving academic all-conference recognition for the past three years and being on the Dean's List from 2006-10.
Taylor said sometimes it was hard to do all these things because she got busy, but it was worth it.
"I think it is good to do a balance of everything, and it's important to give back to the community. ... It definitely is worth it," Taylor said.
As an Award for Excellence recipient, Taylor was asked to pick a faculty or staff member who has been particularly inspiring to her during her time at UI. Taylor chose assistant volleyball coach Moritz Moritz.
"He's taught me a lot of things about hard work, and how passion and desire are necessary. I think whether he's attuned to it or not, he's always inspired me to be better," Taylor said about Moritz.
Moritz was very happy but shocked when he learned Taylor had picked him. He said he felt honored to be make the top of the list of people who has inspired Taylor, considering the amount of time she has spent with professors and other coaches while at UI. Moritz may have not expected the recognition, but he was always trying to push Taylor to be her best on and off the volleyball court.
"[Other] coaches get caught up in the training aspect as opposed to developing these kids in other aspects. I think we do, and I think we do a good job. Kelsey Taylor is a perfect, prime example of that," Moritz said.
Swimming coach Tom Jager, whom Staci Stratton picked as her inspirational staff member, has a similar ideology in coaching.
"We want to inspire kids. That's what we do. ...The state of Idaho pays our way so we can inspire the future leaders of our country," Jager said.
Stratton chose Jager as her inspirational staff member because he always believed in her as an athlete and as a student. Stratton was a walk-on to the woman's swim team and she had swum only six weeks a year before she started Division I swimming.
"In the beginning, I knew I wasn't that fast, but I knew I had potential and I could be a leader and do well in extracurricular things. To have him have that confidence in me from the beginning was really nice," Stratton said.
Jager nominated Stratton, who is now the fastest freestyle sprinter on the team, for the Award for Excellence. In his recommendation letter for Stratton, he said she was who the other athletes went to for academic guidance and that she truly represented excellence.
Stratton herself was surprised by the amount of her accomplishments when she listed them on her application for the award. Not only has she developed as a successful swimmer, she was the captain of the swim and dive team 2009-10. She volunteers at junior swimming meets as a timing official and assists at weekly practices. She also volunteers at Moscow High School by teaching PE classes. She has been a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee since she was a freshman and is currently the president, in addition to being a student-athlete representative on the President's Athletic Advisory Committee. Stratton said SAAC was her favorite extracurricular activity.
"When I started here I was on the council, and I've always been on the council, but I never thought I would be president. I think we've had bigger attendance this year, and it's been really successful," Stratton said.
Stratton is from Sequim, Wash., and always was involved with extracurricular activities in her hometown. Although she wanted to help out in the Moscow community when she got here, she didn't feel very connected. All that changed when Stratton helped deliver Christmas gifts to a family in need.
"That was a really big moment, and I really appreciated that. Ever since then I've been really determined," Stratton said.
Stratton also said she has been astonished by the amount of giving the Moscow community does.
"The alumni here are incredible, and everyone is always giving. That is really cool," Stratton said.
Stratton is a senior in the exercise science program and has maintained a 3.71 GPA, despite her time constraints from swimming and volunteering. She's received the Dean's Academic Achievement Award every semester she's been at UI, and she has been honored by the Western Athletic Conference as an all-academic athlete.
Stratton said sometimes she has felt like she didn't have enough time to do everything, but she said she just had to learn how to manage her time. She said she would encourage students to get involved with the community and campus and not let time restraints stop them.
"Time management is the key to anything. Make sure you're getting enough sleep and those things, and then you can do pretty much whatever you want to do," Stratton said.
Jager said it is imperative to those who want to be great in the world to excel at more than one thing. Stratton has shown her ability to do this throughout her time at UI, and the Award for Excellence recognizes her for it.
"I'm fortunate I have a great job. I love what I do. I love coming to work and people like Staci make it that much better," Jager said.


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God and Man
God first spoke to him on a Tuesday morning in September. It had been shaping up to be a perfectly ordinary week for a perfectly ordinary man - a week of shuffling papers around his desk, of doing his dull job effectively and well. A week of days which would all end at 5:30 pm sharp and see him return to his bedsit for an evening of reading and a simple home-made meal for one. A week in which, as ever, few people would look twice at a balding man of medium height and medium build. His own neighbours barely knew him, and they were sufficiently incurious as to enquire no further when he told them that he was a civil servant.
The man was quite content to live such an anonymous life. He knew almost all of his friends from school, university, or work. That was nothing to get depressed about: a person could consider themselves lucky if they had five or six really close friends. He took pride in being quietly, almost silently, competent at his work. Those who needed to knew he was completely reliable. His pay was modest, but the security of a civil service job and generous pension arrangements had much to recommend them. He wanted for nothing other than a wife.
He was as aware as anyone that he was a wholly unremarkable man.
Yet God had picked him out and spoken to him, chosen him above all others. And the meaning of what He had said to the man was utterly straightforward. This was not, after all, an obscurantist God who couched His wishes in complex metaphors. What He had told the man was unmistakable. He had told him to kill people.
Naturally, this had come as quite a shock. One moment he had been looking at a spreadsheet, the next God was telling him to kill two people. The man had never, not for one moment, anticipated such a turn of events. It is actually less than likely that a soldier will be asked to kill anybody. It is rarer still for civil servants.
But he had heard God's wishes as clear as a bell. This was not a suggestion; it was a command from on high. The world needed to be rid of two sinners and it was the man's solemn duty to do the ridding.
That afternoon he looked around furtively at his colleagues. Travelling home on the Tube (having, as per usual, left work at 5:30 pm) he looked around at his fellow passengers. Could any of them tell? Could they tell just by looking at him what he was going to do?
Of course they couldn't; he was being irrational. They didn't know and they didn't need to know. It was between him and God. They wouldn't have understood anyway. Not that that mattered either. As long as God was on his side, he had nothing to worry about. And God was on his side – He had made that very clear. The man was an ally of God in the fight against evil.
The man resolved to be calm. That was essential. This was happening. He had to keep it together. He treated himself to a whisky that night, but just the one. He had to keep a permanently clear head. He had to remain sane and sober, not least because God could speak to him again at any time.
It began on Wednesday. One of the man's colleagues was a woman in her mid-thirties. She was rather attractive. He had never spoken to her, but from time to time they would pass each other in the corridor and she would smile at him warmly. Every time this happened he would feel a little surge of excitement. There was something undeniably life-affirming about being smiled at by a pretty woman.
Even if he had been able to pluck up the courage to chat her up, which was highly doubtful, she was off limits. He had rifled through her file and learned that she was married. But he had also established - by discreetly following her home and watching her from across the road - that she was having an affair. Someone else took the view that she was not off limits, that her marriage vows were meaningless.
This affair had been carrying on for some months. Her lover was a full decade younger than her. He had been born in
The man, who was also pretty good with computers, had established all of this within a couple of hours.
On Wednesday lunch-time he left the office with a packed lunch and went to sit in the park. He sat somewhere quiet so he would be undisturbed if God wanted to speak to him again and so he could gather his thoughts. As he nibbled on his cheese sandwiches he watched people around him intently. He liked watching people.
Two runners ran by his bench. They were startlingly fit. They were laughing and joking as they sprinted past – hugely healthy and fundamentally happy in an uncomplicated way. They both wore figure-hugging specialist kit and the man briefly ran his eyes over the woman's pleasing curves. How agreeable it would be to be married to someone as vital as that.
For now, though, he had another calling.
He went back to work and behaved in as regular a manner as always, albeit that his insides were churning. What he was going to do was God's will, but it was nonetheless terrifying for that. He left, as ever, at 5:30 pm.
Thirty minutes later he was sitting in a church. It was empty, and he sat in one of the pews looking up to the altar. He wasn't praying, but he was contemplative. He looked up at Christ on the cross, over to a plaque on the wall which had the names of men who had fallen in each of the world wars, and back at the altar. Perhaps God would speak to him again and give him further guidance. But He didn't.
Later that night he was dressed in an old tracksuit and was sitting by a commercial dustbin. He was in a dark alley where there were no closed-circuit cameras. He knew that this was part of her route from her lover's house to her own home. If he waited long enough, she would walk past. She never stayed the whole night, he knew that. Sure enough, some time after one in the morning she came along the alley.
It was foolish of her, he reflected, to walk down such a
She walked purposefully down the street; she did at least have the good sense to look confident. She ignored him – unrecognisable under a muddied face - when he asked her for some change. But she was helpless when he stood up behind her and put his arm around her neck. Even an averagely strong man is a formidable opponent when he attacks you from behind.
With one hand over her mouth and nose he squeezed the life out of her before she had time to register more than a moment's intense panic. She didn't even get the chance to kick out at him.
He dropped her corpse on the floor and studied it for a moment. Then he bent down and retrieved the keys from her handbag. He waited until his breathing had returned to close to normal and set out for her lover's house.
Selecting the right key was always going to be the most difficult task. But with God's command to stay calm at all times he held his nerve and found it by the process of elimination. He knew that her lover was going to be alone – a salary that handsome enabled a bachelor to live by himself even in the capital. If the man kept quiet, he had good reason to hope her lover would stay asleep.
So it proved. The man crept into the bedroom, taking light but deliberate strides. There was some Islamic art on the wall. Her lover was a man of God – but it was not the same god that the man followed. Not at all: her lover was going to die for his perverted, hypocritical beliefs. The man allowed himself a very quick look to confirm that he had the right person. A well-built, sporty man is a tricky proposition in a fight. It was essential, then, to never let him know he was in one.
The man reached over for a pillow and drove it home over her lover's face. Mounted her lover and pressed with all his might. He died with surprising rapidity.
Then the man made his way out of the house and back to his bedsit. God did not speak to him. But then He didn't need to ask if the man had done what he had been told to do; he already knew.
The next morning the man did what he knew he must: followed his usual routine. It was late in the afternoon before God finally spoke to him.
The man took the lift to a room on the fifth floor of his office. There sat James Latimer CMG, a senior director of MI5. Officially CMG stood for Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Unofficially it stood for Call Me God.
Latimer congratulated the man on a job exceptionally well done. He appreciated that being asked to clean up a mess like this in such a way was a tremendously demanding task. It was however, far better that the general public should never know that a female MI5 operative had been passing state secrets to an Islamic extremist.
Latimer told the man to take some time off and, ideally, to find himself a girlfriend. Latimer felt sure that there was someone nice in the building who the man could ask out – it wasn't as though all female MI5 agents were corrupt.
The man thanked God for giving him the opportunity to undertake a job of such grave importance and then left the building – it was, after all, nearly 6 pm. As he strode along the Embankment the man smiled for the first time in over a week.


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Child Care Database
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Sick Child Policy
Sick children who attend child care programs while they are contagious can make others sick. Parents must sign this form agreeing to not bring sick children in for care and to remove sick children from care as soon as possible.
Administering Prescription or Nonprescription Medication Record
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Child File Form
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USDA Food Program
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Tickets for the film are $5, and the disco party is $10, or $15 on the day of the event. The disco party will immediately follow the film. There's lots of good little munchies and a cash bar at the party, with music provided by DJ Johnny Bravo.
Even better is the costume contests with prizes. Just a few of the categories are best dressed man, best dressed woman, best shoes, best dance moves, things like that. Bust out those old bellbottoms, flower-power accessories, afro wigs, and other 70's garb and show up all of your friends; take a prize home to prove it.
Peery's Egyptian Theater is at 2415 Washington Boulevard in Ogden. If you're coming from Salt Lake, think about taking the Front Runner--There's not a lot of parking space in the area, you won't have to deal with the evening traffic jams, and a bus can take you right to the Theater. And the Conference Center is located just next door to that. You can buy tickets online at www.peerysegyptiantheater.com or by phone at 801-689-8700. Boogie down!


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March 8 Public Record
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:38 p.m.
The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Jennifer Lynn Mize, 33, of 1015 Sunnyside Drive, was charged with felony larceny by employee, $1,000 secured bond, April 1.
• Jason Ernest Neal, 34, of 282 College Park Drive, was served with a fugitive warrant for a forgery in the first-degree charge in Floyd County, Ga., $500,000 secured bond, March 1.
The following larcenies more than $1,000 were reported to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department:
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• An electronic television game, television, earphones, headset, speakers and five video game cartridges valued at $1,492 were reported stolen from a home in the 4000 block of U.S. Highway 64 East between 10:08 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.
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Immunologist Vincent Tuohy, PhD., of the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute, is leading the research, which draws on studies from the 1980s that have established a link between breast cancer and alpha-lactalbumin. In one experiment, his team vaccinated young mice with a genetic propensity for breast cancer, then waited eight months to see if tumors developed. They didn't. When they vaccinated another group of mice with existing tumors, the tumors shrank. By contrast, mice that had an equally high risk for the disease, but received a sham vaccine, saw their cancers blossom.
Tuohy compares the new vaccine to a bouncer who removes an unruly patron from a bar. "It targets this single protein, alpha-lactalbumin, and makes millions of immune cells that recognize it," he explains. "When your body next encounters the protein, it's eliminated immediately."
Alpha-lactalbumin is also present in women who breastfeed. Triggering the immune system to target this protein would ultimately engender a reduction in the production of lactose, making feeding painful and ineffective. For that reason, researchers have focused their efforts on vaccinating women over 40, who are more likely to have finished lactation. But in theory, Tuohy says, high-risk women in their thirties could be vaccinated, too, if their need outweighed these concerns.
Tuohy's team is currently trying to raise money for a Phase I clinical trial that would evaluate the dosage, safety and optimal immune response of the proposed test vaccine; at the earliest, this work would begin at the end of 2011. It wouldn't be until 2014, he theorizes, that the vaccine would be tested for effectiveness, most likely on women who have the BRCA-1 gene for breast cancer and a family history of the disease.
Will a vaccine that works on a high-risk mouse work for a healthy woman? Experts wonder. "It's a great idea," offers Freya Schnabel, MD, director of breast surgery at New York University's Langone Medical Center. "But the research is preliminary right now, and it's not clear how it translates into clinical use. I am concerned about whether this is the right protein to target, and about how well you can pinpoint the moment between the normal sequence of events with this protein and the abnormal development of breast tumors."
She worries, too, about side effects that might come with stimulating a woman's immune system into interfering with her own cells. In an attempt to see what might happen, Tuohy vaccinated mice with no breast cancer risk, and found that they experienced no detectable inflammatory changes. He expects women to respond similarly. "I feel confident that we could immunize normal, healthy women without any damage to normal tissue," he says.
Who those women might be is still up in the air. "A significant number of women with breast cancer get it before age 40, but the vaccine might not be appropriate for those individuals," Schnabel points out. "And for many women, the forties are still child-bearing age, so they may not want the vaccine." Even if they do get it, it may not do any good: "It can take years for a cell to transform into a malignancy and become a clinically apparent tumor. The forties may be too late." (Note: The average age of breast cancer diagnosis in the U.S. is 55 to 65.)


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