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Young quarterbacks seem to be the theme season and certainly of week 7 in the NFL. From Cam Newton to Christian Ponder to the more popular topics right now, Tim Tebow and Blaine Gabbert, all of these rookie and rookie-ish quarterbacks have fans buzzing about the future of their franchises.
Just three days ago, the Denver Broncos and Jacksonville Jaguars were dead on arrival and now, ah, the possibilities…for good dramatic television this NFL week.
Tim Tebow played horrible for 55 minutes, but turned in a fantastic clutch win for the Broncos to keep the Miami Dolphins winless with their 18-15 win in Miami. Tebow completed 13 of 27 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns. He rushed for 65 yards on 8 carries — to finish behind Willis McGahee's 76 yards on 18 carries.
Gabbert didn't overwhelm either, but his win came against a much more formidable opponent, the potential Super Bowl candidate Baltimore Ravens. Gabbert completed 9 of 20 passes for 93 yards – keep in mind he's a rookie that got unexpectedly thrown into the mix with David Garrard's departure and he was fending off a much better defense.
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Published: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 2:34 p.m.
Most people like certainty. Frustration can set in when it seems the rules are always changing. So those who operate Internet sweepstakes businesses in North Carolina perhaps deserve some sympathy, as legislation and court rulings keep changing the parameters of their livelihood. Those who enjoy playing also sometimes find the doors closed to their choice of entertainment.
However, those sweepstakes owners certainly shouldn't be surprised when enforcement action comes, considering the history of their business in North Carolina. Legislators repeatedly have attempted to ban sweepstakes businesses, only to be thwarted by the courts. The legislative and judicial branches seemed to finally land on the same page last year, when the state Supreme Court upheld legislators' 2010 law that banned sweepstakes machines as a type of gambling.
However, sweepstakes owners were undeterred and made changes to the software that they believe puts them in compliance with the law. That approach remains open to interpretation, and Davidson County Sheriff David Grice took an aggressive approach on enforcement of the law. His deputies issued at least five citations to sweepstakes businesses in the county last month. Most law enforcement agencies, including those in Lexington and Thomasville, have moved slower and not gone after the businesses so far.
Now Grice's action has helped put the issue on a course for another judicial review. A software vendor and Hickory Tree Business Center in Midway filed a lawsuit against Grice, Gov. Pat McCrory and the state secretary of crime control and public safety. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against any enforcement involving International Internet Technologies, LLC and businesses that use its software. Further arguments will come in a hearing Monday.
If past history is any indicator, an initial decision by a trial judge will face appeal from the losing side, and then the Court of Appeals and possibly Supreme Court will weigh in. So that certainty about whether the businesses will be allowed to continue could again be years away.
Many of the sweepstakes businesses have invested a sizeable amount of money in their endeavors. Supporters will say legislators and judges should quit picking on them and let them run their businesses. Opponents will argue they knew the risks and should have considered another endeavor besides one that a majority of legislators believe is gambling. But everyone should be able to agree on one point: The sooner a definitive answer comes, the better for everyone involved.
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Issue No. 1: July 6, 2010
Issue No. 2: July 26, 2010
Message from Jessica "Jessie" Stumpf, Anoka-Ramsey President
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College of Choice for Faculty and Staff
It is my distinct pleasure to begin my position as the Interim President of Anoka-Ramsey Community College. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and work with all of you, the staff and faculty of this highly-regarded organization, led by the distinguished Dr. Patrick Johns for the past 22 years. Although my term is temporary, I will dedicate my full attention and energy to supporting the great work that all of you are in the midst of or plan to initiate in the coming year.
Supporting TEACHING and LEARNING in the MnSCU community and technical college arena is the focus of my career that has included serving as a staff member, faculty member and administrator at several institutions. I am currently on leave from my position as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Southeast Technical College.
Thank you for the kind welcome that so many of you have extended during my introduction and first few days on campus. There is a sense of a cohesive culture on both campuses that I look forward to becoming a part of. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact me via email or call the President's Office at 763-433-1120.
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It's that time of year again that Kid U is looking for dislocated "junk/treasures" and we are in need of your assistance in the matter .
Listed below are some items (but NOT limited to) that we are looking for. But, by all means, if you have something that you think would be our "treasure" please feel free to donate or email me to see if we could use. It would be GREAT if we had these items ASAP, but will still graciously accept them anytime. Items may be dropped off in F203 starting Monday, June 28. I thank you in advance for all your "junk" our "treasure" donations!
Dried Flowers
Miniatures/Dice/Game Pieces
Cello Bags
Brown Paper Bags
Medium Sized Baskets
Game Boards
Small Pretty (cosmetic) Boxes/Tins
Small Jars & Bottles (up to 6 oz.)
Sea Shells
Soap Dishes
Plates/Dishes (preferably colorful) to be used for Mosaic (ok if broken)
Shoe Boxes
Altoid Cans
Stones/Jewels (for Mosaic & Gardening)
Tokens/Poker Chips/anything to use for game pieces
Math Games
Wine Bottle Corks/Cork Board or Mats
Plastic Bowls
Heavy Plastic (ex. Tablecloths, shower curtains)
Styrofoam Balls
Pie/Cake Tins (Bakers Square type)
2 Liter Bottles
Paper Towel/TP Tubes
Large Pine Cones
Plastic Milk Jugs
Old Jewelry
Old Buttons
Spray Paint (all colors)
Old China (ok if broken)
Dowel (1/8", ¼", 1"
Tea Cups/Saucers/Plates
Wire Hangers
Clear Glasses
Old Linens
Pots for Plants (any size, any kind)
Pipe Cleaners
Coffee Filters
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July 19 to the Start of Fall Semester
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News from President Jessica Stumpf
Reminder: Standard Service Hours Begin Monday, August 16, 2010
Longer College Services in the Evening and Weekend
OnCourse Mini Institute
Fall 2010 Promotional Resource Guide Hits Mailboxes
Retention Through Service Learning
Integrative Health & Healing Instructor Publishes Promotional Article
Broadband Grant Awarded to Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Facilities Master Plan
Anoka-Ramsey Construction Update
College Welcomes New Financial Aid Officer
College Welcomes New Student Success Advisors
August Food Service and Catering Schedule
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Pause for Appreciation
Dear Faculty and Staff,
It is my pleasure to join all of you at Anoka-Ramsey Community College as we wrap up summer semester and work through the surge leading up to the fall 2010 start. I appreciate the kind welcome during my first month on the job and look forward to meeting many of you during the upcoming Faculty Development Days, Aug. 19-20.
This year's faculty development activities are designed to re-affirm our focus on student retention including ideas and structures to incorporate into your current repertoire that will actively engage students. In addition, the special OnCourse Mini Institute, Aug. 13, is encouraged for those faculty interested in another tool to enhance student success in the classroom.
Faculty Development Days
Thursday, Aug.19
All Anoka-Ramsey faculty assemble at the Coon Rapids Campus at 8 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). All employees are welcome to enjoy a continental breakfast from 7:30 to 8 a.m. (both campuses). The agenda begins promptly at 8 a.m. with the State of the College address and continues with several guest speakers. Faculty are expected to attend the entire schedule of activities. All staff are invited to attend selected activities with their supervisor's approval. All employees are welcome to lunch at noon (both campuses). For staff not able to attend the Aug. 19 sessions, a State of the College address will be scheduled in September at each campus.
Friday, Aug. 20
Faculty meet at their "home" campus at 8 a.m., with all employees welcome to enjoy a continental breakfast from 7:30-8 a.m. Several sessions are planned throughout Friday morning at both campuses.
Looking toward our 2010-2011 year, we will be challenged by a difficult fiscal situation and leadership changes. I will be diligent in keeping you apprised as news of the search for a permanent president develops. Thank you for your commitment to the college and the students we serve!
Dr. Jessica (Jessie) Stumpf, President (Interim)
Trustees Appoint Search Committee to Help Find Next Chancellor.
Four former Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Presidents Receive Emeritus Status.
To better serve increasing enrollments and to meet the needs of working adults, the college is extending service hours - beginning Aug. 16 - in several departments. For hours and departments, please refer to the Service Hours Procedure.
We have an incredible opportunity that is being funded through a SIP grant and a CTL grant for you to participate in on Aug. 13, JUST in time for fall classes!
The goal of the OnCourse Institute is to provide an experiential learning workshop that will allow you to incorporate new structures into your current teaching repertoire that will:
a) Increase student participation and engagement
b) Work toward students taking full responsibility for their academic goals and responsibilities
c) Give instructors a way to focus on active learning that contributes to the above
d) To help you and your students HAVE FUN while learning at the same time!
This institute has been planned by Anoka-Ramsey in collaboration with Inver Hills Community, St. Cloud Technical College and Bemidji State University. It is being offered across MnSCU.
Please see the OnCourse Mini Institute flyer and register at HERE.
To ramp up recruitment for fall semester and to increase college awareness among community constituents, the Marketing Department has developed the latest promotional mass mailer/resource guide.
This guide is mailed out to households in our 9-county service area, and encompasses all the academic, training, student life and student service offerings. The message drives readers to contact the college by phone or through electronic means.
Take a look at the landing page.
Special thanks to the Cambridge Campus Information Center for handling and tracking the incoming calls! Kudos to Tina Perpich, Jeffrey Knight and Karla Sand for completing this comprehensive project!
The Office of Civic Learning presents an opportunity for you to build an Academic Service Learning program that supports Anoka-Ramsey's Designs for Destination FY10-FY14 Strategic Plan. Service learning expands activities that establish and grow relationships between the college and its communities. This program is designed to help students display a better understanding of civic and social responsibility, and improve his/her engagement, satisfaction and success.
The primary objective is to expand, enhance and sustain the current college-wide service learning program in order to increase student engagement and retention. Service learning materials will be developed and made available to all Anoka-Ramsey faculty.
Upon completion three faculty mentors will receive a $150 stipend, one material builder will receive a stipend equal to one credit release time, and 15 faculty participants would receive $300 stipends all upon completion of the project.
1) Mentors: Interested faculty apply for a mentor role and are selected by individual campus CTL coordinators along with the Coordinator of Civic Learning. Each of the three mentors will assist five faculty through a process to incorporate Service Learning into their course(s) curriculum. There will be a large group meeting of all mentors and participants monthly for 4 months and support the novice faculty to understand, include, and provide feedback for a service learning component is needed.
2) Material Builder: Conducts research on best practices of integrating service learning into Anoka-Ramsey courses. Develops comprehensive service learning materials for all Anoka-Ramsey faculty to access and increase retention through engagement.
3) Participants: There are 15 spots available for participants to work with a mentor to expand our current Service Learning Program and to increase the number of service learning opportunities connected with course curriculums.
Contact Jan Pomeroy if you are interested in serving as a faculty mentor, assisting with the material building or, better yet, working with a mentor to add/incorporate service learning into your curriculum.
Integrative Health & Healing (IHH) instructor, Valerie Lis contributed an article to the July issue of Essential Wellness Online, a publication dedicated to marketing education and information about healing, spirituality, sustainability and related fields.
The informative article highlighting the growing field of IHH is titled "Career Programs Now Offered in Integrative Health & Healing" and can be found HERE. Click on "Career Programs Now Offered" on the right side of the page.
If you have published any articles, please let us know. We would like to share your work with your co-workers.
Connect Anoka County, a partnership of Anoka County, Zayo Bandwidth Corp, and other anchor institutions, including Anoka-Ramsey Community College, has been awarded $13,382,593 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to expand fiber broadband connectivity across the county. It includes a broadband fiber directly between our Coon Rapids and Cambridge campuses.
"Fiber broadband is approximately 500 times faster than cable and twenty thousand times faster than dial-up," said Commissioner Jim Kordiak. "If the future of our economy is the remote delivery of information, education and entertainment, then we want to be at the forefront with the fastest known technology available."
For more information see the Connect Anoka County Web site.
Highlights of a letter from Vice Chancellor Laura King:
"On behalf of the Chancellor I would like to congratulate you on an exemplary facilities master plan presentation on June 29, 2010, and notify you that the plan is approved. The presentation as a testimony to your nineteen-year leadership in growing the institution in enrollment, program improvement, development of distance learning to over twelve separate sites as well as improving the college's facilities.
The presentation covered the history, program development, community involvement and critical highlights of Anoka-Ramsey Community College and the dynamic series of issues occurring at each campus.
The Office of the Chancellor has developed a five-year system wide initiative to assist all institutions with keeping up-to-date facilities master plans. As a component of this long-range plan, Anoka-Ramsey Community College is scheduled for a consultant assisted update in June, 2015."
1) Prepare predesign and construct new academic and athletic facility
2) Continue to evaluate and repurpose existing building space for new programs
3) Prepare predesign for new science and allied health building
4, 4a, 4b) Prepare predesign and construct new academic buildings (as required)
5) Design and construct new student housing
6) Construct phased parking as required
7) Develop campus property in alignment with the Capital Plan
8) Complete HEAPR projects as funding becomes available
9) Explore sustainable energy options (wind turbine, geothermal, etc.)
1) Repurpose and rightsize classrooms
2) Predesign for new Performing Arts Center
3) Redesign and reconstruct entry road and drop off, and add new access route to the north
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Anoka-Ramsey recently welcomed Jennifer Yang as a Financial Aid Officer. Based at both campuses, Jennifer will focus on the Work Study program, and assist with all general financial aid duties as well.
Jennifer comes to the position after employment as Account Clerk Senior in the tuition office for Saint Paul College & a Student Finance Planner for Everest Institute.
"I came to Anoka-Ramsey for the opportunity to work directly in Financial Aid as I hope to grow my career in this field," says Jennifer of her new position. "My hope is to grow and develop a full understanding of financial aid and be able to serve all students to the best of my abilities."
A resident of St. Paul, Minn., Jennifer holds a bachelor of arts in Social Science. She enjoys swimming, writing short stories, jogging and eating all kinds of food.
Welcome, Jennifer!
Elizabeth Kalinowski
Anoka-Ramsey recently welcomed Elizabeth Kalinowski as a Student Success Advisor. Based at the Coon Rapids Campus, Elizabeth will advise students and assist them through the application process.
Elizabeth comes to the position after employment as an undergraduate and graduate assistant assisting students with housing, advising, and student activities.
"Anoka-Ramsey is a good fit for my career goals and keeps me close to friends and family," says Elizabeth of her new position. "I hope to learn my role quickly so I can provide good, quality advising to students."
A resident of Burnsville, Minn., Elizabeth holds a master of science in Student Affairs and bachelor of arts in Anthropology, both from Minnesota State University Moorhead.
She enjoys downhill skiing, reading, traveling and spending time at her family's lake cabin. She also just returned from a trip to Europe and loves talking about it to anyone who will listen.
"I'm looking forward to working at Anoka-Ramsey and getting to know everyone!"
Welcome, Elizabeth!
Jeffrey Pool
Anoka-Ramsey recently welcomed Jeffrey Pool as a Student Success Advisor. Based at the Cambridge Campus, Jeffrey will guide students through the process of becoming a student and help them pick the right classes to complete their educational goals.
Jeffrey comes to the position after one year as an Admissions Counselor at Dakota Wesleyan University, and five years as an Enrollment Management Advisor at Northwest Iowa Community College.
"I came to Anoka-Ramsey because I was looking for new professional and personal challenges," says Jeffrey of the new position. "I love the mission of the community college, went to a MnSCU college and have a lot of friends in the area, so Anoka-Ramsey seemed to be the right fit for me. I hope to help students stay on the right paths to academic success!"
A current resident of Lindstrom, Minn., the South Dakotan native holds a bachelor of arts in Psychology from Southwest Minnesota State.
He has a huge movie collection of well over 1,000 movies, loves the Twins, and is always looking for a new golf course.
"I'm looking forward to making new friends across campus and becoming an active member of the Anoka-Ramsey family!"
Welcome, Jeffrey!
The 2010-2011 catering guide will be distributed shortly and take effect on Aug. 16.
If you have questions, contact Taher Dining at Anoka-Ramsey at x1490.
All Technology Advisory Committee Minutes and Recommendations are located HERE.
The Marketing & Public Relations Department would like to express their sincere appreciation for Graphic Designer, Jeff Knight. In his brief time as a key person in our team Jeff has accomplished so much and we would not be producing the exceptional publications and materials we are today. We are going to miss you, Jeff!
-Mary, Karla, Tina and Kally
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
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Critical imbalances in Earth?s hydrological cycle and ?Climate Change? are presently threatening all of life on Earth. It is therefore imperative that this situation is more broadly understood and that work towards remedying it is implemented. Many eminent people have gathered together in influential environmental assemblies to address these global difficulties.
?Healthy mountain ecosystems are the foundation of healthy people, both in the mountains above and in the plains below. To save civilization, there is no greater urgency today than to regenerate and conserve our mountains. ?Their role in regulating our climate and water systems is fundamental to the sustenance of our life on this planet.?(Dr Ashok Khosla, Lucerne World Mountain Conference 11/10/11) It would seem from their common consensus that the way to potentially mitigate and solve these problems rests with implementing sustainable development programs. When considering sustainable development and the survival of life on Earth, the health and balance of the global fresh water system is the most important issues that needs to be addressed and raised to a level of paramount importance. When considering Earth?s fresh water system, it is vital to think about Mountain Regions.
?Mountains are the primary sources for the Earth's supply of fresh water. They provide critical storage of fresh water, stored in the form of ice and snow and in lakes, wetlands and reservoirs. This water is later released, providing critical flows to rivers and streams. Such valuable storage of fresh water is vital for all life on Earth.
All of the world's rivers originate in the Mountains and flow to the oceans, sustaining the life of all beings, in all ways of life here on Earth.? (United Nations, Agenda 21,1992) If we consider the Earth as our home in a similar way to which we might consider a great house with many floors and rooms, it is easy to understand the dangers, which threaten the whole house, should the roof become destabilized? In this manner we could consider all land above 3,000 feet as the roof and all below as the body of the house. ?The Roof of the World? is comprised of all of Earth?s mountain regions. However some areas form the top of ?The Roof of the World?. One of these areas is the Andes another is known as the Himalayan Hindu Kush. The Hindu Kush region covers an area of more than 4.3 million square kilometers. It spans large areas of Tibet and China, along with areas in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. This region stores more snow, ice and permafrost than anywhere else on Earth outside the Polar Regions.
Due to this it is now being known as ?The Third Pole?. Scientific evidence shows that the Tibet Plateau, the main body of the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau, is the "starter" and "regulating area" of Climate Change in the Northern Hemisphere, playing an important role in conserving water resources and controlling the Climate (Zhang Yongze, Director of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region). Glaciers form the water towers of Earth. Over the last century, mountain glaciers worldwide have, on average, been seriously decreasing in length and volume. Glaciers worldwide have been retreating so rapidly that they may completely disappear soon (Chadwick, 2007).
?In the past half-century, 82% of the Tibetan plateau?s glaciers have retreated. In the past decade, 10% of its permafrost has degraded. As the changes continue, or even accelerate, their effects will resonate far beyond the isolated plateau, changing the water supply for billions of people and altering the atmospheric circulation over half the planet.? (Qui, Nature, 2008)
Considering this, the health of ?The Roof of the World? seriously needs immediate attention and the detrimental affects of hydro-dams on the environment in these regions should also be reconsidered. Along with all life on Earth, hydro dams are dependent upon healthy glacial flow. With melting glaciers they are not so reliable now, as when first conceived. Given the quantity of high quality free solar energy in mountain regions it would be beneficial to replace hydro-dam electrical projects with solar power projects. "The U.N expresses its deep concern at the number and scale of disasters and their increasing impact within recent years, which have resulted in massive loss of life and long-term negative social, economic and environmental consequences for vulnerable societies throughout the world, in particular in mountain regions." (United Nations, 2006)
In mountain regions high altitude forests, through the action of precipitation and transpiration play a major role in the creation of snow (Bandyopadhyay, J. 1995). Precipitation is the process by which water molecules (H2O) form rain and snow. This occurs in relation to a combination of different factors, particularly when certain plants and trees are present. Deciduous trees such as oak release large amounts of a powerful hydrocarbon, known as isoprene into the atmosphere. Isoprene breaks down into a compound called dihydroxypoxide. This is very reactive and forms multitudes of bio- aerosols. These act like a vacuum cleaner of the atmosphere and are an essential factor in cloud formation (F. Paulot, J. D. Crounse, 'Unexpected epoxide formation in the gas- phase photooxidation of isoprene', Science 325(2009). It is interesting that the oak species is one of the main indigenous plants of the Himalayas. However it has been massively depleted due to its commercial value. Another factor in precipitation is known as ice nucleation, whereby bacteria produced by plants are blown into the atmosphere. These form the nuclei seeds around which ice crystals form. Snow and most rain begins with the formation of ice in clouds (C.E. Morris, D.G. Georga Kopoulos, D.C. Sands).
The stability of Earth?s rivers and water tables depends upon maintaining the integrity of watersheds. These, in turn, depend upon the healthy biodiversity of the high altitude forests. It has been recognized that the protective function of stable forest cover is vital for safeguarding them. It has been said that only 25% of the Earth?s indigenous mountain forests are still intact (Maggio, Gregory F. and Owen J. Lynch. 1996). This implies that 75% is missing.
"Despite all of the great benefits that mountain forests provide they have been disappearing at a startling rate in the last decade." (Bishkek, Global Mountain Summit, 2002)
These forests are the natural mechanism, which would normally be involved in making the mountain snows and replenishing the glaciers. These snows also act like a mirror reflecting solar radiation. As they melt, the mirror thins and more solar rays penetrate through to the Earth. When this ice melts, it increases the quantity of water vapor in the atmosphere. Water vapor (H2O) is a very powerful greenhouse gas, which normally stays in the atmosphere for no more than nine days. However if it is not brought to Earth through precipitation, it rises into the upper atmosphere and increases the problems of the greenhouse effect (Santer 2007).
This is a pivotal global problem that affects and threatens all life on Earth, along with all economies. Therefore it needs to be addressed and remedied without further delay. To stop this problem from escalating, certain indigenous, high precipitating, fast growing plants should be planted, throughout mountain regions imminently. Trees like oak, which are slow growing and fragile when young, need the support of numerous other plants to be able to take root and survive; especially in seriously eroded mountain areas. Encouraging, supporting and spreading biodiversity is crucial.
Earth?s hydrological system, unlike coal, uranium and oil, is a fast regenerating system. Given the right ingredients, of mixed indigenous mountain forest, it can be rebalanced and maintained.
From our research it appears to be both essential and plausible to reforest approximately 25% of Earths mountain regions within the next thirty years; so enabling natural ecological systems to re-balance themselves. The nature of Earth is an interconnected system. If we can view it from this perspective we have more chances of working in harmony with it and of solving problems related to it and ourselves.
Due to rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions along with the growing fragility of mountain regions, it is urgent that an interconnected method is applied. This should be coupled with the protection and regeneration of indigenous mountain forests along with a ban on mountain region deforestation by all U.N countries. Other countries could be encouraged with financial incentives to do likewise. Co-operation between world governments and groups is essential to enable the effectiveness of an endeavor of this magnitude. The involvement of mountain communities is absolutely fundamental. Therefore any methods used need to fit with their requirements and traditions.
Considering this, we have looked at how these communities traditionally preserved their environments through cultural and religious practices.
One of these ways that has proven to be particularly effective is that of designating specific areas as Sacred Groves. Traditionally these groves were created and protected by local communities. They are forested sites where religious, cultural and educational activities take place. Well-preserved Groves are storehouses of valuable biodiversity. Many of the plant species found in them have great medicinal, economic and land restorative value and would otherwise be extinct.
?Sacred groves can benefit local agriculture by preserving a habitat for birds that control insect outbreaks in adjacent crop fields and may also serve as seed banks for locally adapted crop varieties and medicinal plants. Even small groves can be surprisingly effective in conserving biodiversity? (Warren and Pinkston 1998) ?A scientific understanding of the sacred groves would be significantly important for designing strategies for the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes, involving local people?s participation.?(Gadgil and Berkes, 1991)
It is a method, which is still in use and accepted by traditional mountain communities and could potentially be adopted by many other communities. This would involve the creation of new sacred groves and the preservation and restoration of existing ones. If preferred some could be designated as Peace Parks. It could conceivably be done through the making of many small groves throughout large rugged regions. Green corridors/belts could be the means by which these are linked and through which biodiversity is able to spread and establish itself fast. In these corridors useful medicinal plants and vegetation could be planted for both local immediate needs and cottage industry. Because it is a method, which has proven successful and which is interrelated with both the ancient and present day traditions of indigenous communities, it could spread fast and easily, without the normal resistance that many conservational efforts so often come up against. Using a combination of methods ranging from traditional knowledge, companion planting and permaculture techniques, the establishing of high altitude indigenous forests fast is still possible. Local communities could be organized into collectives using co- operative methods for managing and maintaining these groves and green belts/corridors. These methods could increase employment and economies within mountain regions. It has already been agreed by world governments that:
?High levels of funding, investment and greater support are required in mountain areas. This is essential for the survival of both highland and lowland communities.? (U.N General Assembly, 29 September 2005).
Payment for Environmental Services schemes could be used to support mountainous countries and communities to establish and protect indigenous mountain forests using the proposed methods. Over time many related and interrelated projects could be designed which promote and support green economies. Various Education programs could be implemented teaching and linking communities both locally and globally.
Active Remedy Ltd. has researched and presented these ideas as a way to help mitigate environmental disasters and their resulting calamities, along with offering it as a global model for environmental restoration and conservation. They are intended to help in achieving long-term environmental sustainability as outlined in the ?Millennium Development Goals?.
?Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage; lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost‐effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.? (UNCED, 1992 Principle 15)
This could be a way whereby many seemingly unrelated groups and individuals could join together and support a common global program for the benefit of their projects and the greater good of the whole.


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Burnt houses at Dunalley on the east coast of Tasmania after a bushfire ravaged the town. Photo: Peter Mathew
The Federal Government has activated disaster recovery payments for those affected by devastating bushfires tearing through Tasmania.
Attorney-General Nicole Roxon, who is also the Minister for Emergency Management, announced the payments on Sunday, as it was confirmed that Prime Minister Julia Gillard would visit bushfire-affected areas in Tasmania tomorrow.
People living in the local government areas affected will be able to claim up a $1000 per adult and $400 per child
It will apply to three local government areas, with assessments underway in two others.
Those eligible can claim up to $1000 per adult and $400 per child. Other emergency assistance will be available for people needing food and temporary accommodation.
Ms Roxon said the Tasmanian fires were a sobering reminder to others across the country to plan carefully for hot conditions, which are expected in NSW, Victoria and South Australia over the next few days.
"Look at the forecasts if you are travelling, talk with your family and neighbours, make sure you activate your bushfire plan now. We want to make sure people are kept as safe as possible," she said.
Ms Roxon also urged people to check on elderly neighbours and family members to ensure they were well hydrated and in good health during hot weather.
The disaster relief payments will be available from noon today. Applications can be made through Centrelink, online, by phone or in person.
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Reclaim unused or "stranded" storage capacity and allocate to other virtual machines. Storage vMotion enables efficient storage utilization to avoid performance problems by non-disruptively moving virtual machines to larger capacity storage LUNs as virtual machine disk files approach their total available LUN size limits. Unused storage capacity can be reclaimed.
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For vSphere 5.0 and later, Storage vMotion uses a new method called Mirror Mode. At the high level, Mirror Mode uses a one-pass data copy from source to destination datastore, with changed blocks on the source datastore mirrored to the destination. Storage vMotion uses the VMkernel Datamover to perform that data transfer between source and destination datastores, while the Mirror Driver manages how virtual machine writes are applied during the copy.
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Moving disks between different datastores in a single Storage vMotion operation should speed the process significantly. You are allowed eight concurrent Storage vMotion operations, which doesn't directly relate to the parallel disk copy change. For example, even if only one Storage vMotion operation is issued (leaving room for another seven operations on the target datastores), that single operation might be to move multiple disks related to a virtual machine.


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I've been meaning to do a post about giraffes—I've been seeing them everywhere—but since it's holiday time, polar bears and penguins seem more suitable. And in fact, I've been seeing a proliferation of penguins in decor lately too. We even have a penguin etching that we purchased a few years back at the SMFA sale that we still need to get framed; there's an empty spot over the banquette waiting for it. Happy penguin + polar bear season to all.
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Artwork by Harland Miller
Penguin wallpaper, Isak
Frankfurt apartment of record label owner Sabine-Lydia Schmidt
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Windows Solitaire is one of the most popular computer games in the world. It's based on the most popular variant of solitaire, Klondike.
Open the Games folder by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type games, and then, in the list of results, click Games Explorer.
Double-click Solitaire.
(Don't see it? You might need to turn on Windows Games. See Where are my games?)
To play, click a card and drag it to a new location according to the rules below.
If you need to finish a game later, exit the game, and then click Save. The next time you play, you'll be asked whether you want to continue your saved game. If so, click Yes.
You can adjust the draw options and scoring system, or set other game options.
Click the Game menu, and then click Options.
Make your choices, and then click OK.
You can change the card deck and background color.
Click the Game menu, and then click Change Appearance.
Build four stacks of cards, one for each suit, in ascending order, from ace to king.
Windows solitaire is played with a single deck of 52 cards. The game begins with 28 cards arranged into seven columns. The first column contains one card, the second has two cards, and so on. The top card in each column is face up, the rest are face down.
Four Home stacks are positioned at the upper-right corner. This is where you build the piles needed to win.
Each Home stack must start with an ace. If you don't have any, you'll have to move cards between columns until you uncover one.
You can't move cards between columns at random, however. Columns must be built in descending order, from king to ace. So you can place a 10 on a jack, but not on a 3.
As an added twist, cards in columns must also alternate red and black.
You aren't limited to moving single cards. You can also move sequentially organized runs of cards between columns. Just click the deepest card in the run and drag them all to another column.
If you run out of moves, you'll have to draw more cards by clicking the deck in the upper-left corner. If the deck runs out, click its outline on the table to reshuffle it.
You can move a card to the Home stack either by dragging it or by double-clicking it.
Under Standard scoring, you receive five points for moving a card from the deck to a column, and 10 points for each card added to a Home stack.
If a game takes more than 30 seconds, you also receive bonus points based on the time it takes to finish. The bonus formula: 700,000 divided by total game time in seconds. Thus, the highest possible Standard score is 24,113!
(To change the scoring system, click the Game menu, and then click Options.)
Ask for hints. Stuck? Press H to have Windows light up the cards you should play next. For beginners, it's also a good way to learn the game.
Keep runs even. Runs are the stacks of visible cards you create in the columns. Don't let any one run get too far ahead of the others if you can help it. Having one particularly long run makes it difficult to make other moves.
Leave no card unturned. The more face-down cards in a column, the better it is to work at revealing those cards first. It will increase your odds of making plays.
Solitaire is the classic seven-column card game you play by yourself. The object of the game is to collect all the cards in runs of alternating red and black suit colors from ace through king.
Open the Games folder by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Games, and then clicking Games Explorer.
If Solitaire is not available, you might need to turn on the Games feature. For more information about turning on the Games feature, see Where are my games?
If you don't have a saved game, Solitaire starts a new game. If you have a saved game, you can continue your previous game.
If any aces are present, double-click them to move them to the free spaces at the upper right of the screen, and then make any other plays available on the board.
The card that is face up on the deck is always available for play.
To move a card or a stack of cards from one row stack to another, click and drag the card or stack.
To move a card from either the deck or a row stack to a suit stack, double-click it.
To move all playable cards to their respective suit stacks at the upper right, right-click the game board or press CTRL+A.
If a stack is open, you can move a king (along with any cards that might be in its stack) to it.
When you have made all available plays on the board, click the deck to turn over more cards.
Keep runs even. Runs are the stacks of visible cards you create by playing black on red in order. Don't let any one run get too far ahead of the others, if you can control it. Having one particularly long run makes it difficult to make other moves.
Turn cards first. Always turn over cards before playing more from the hand.
Play from stacks that contain more cards. The more face-down cards in a stack, the better off you are turning over cards from that stack first. Deeper stacks give you a greater chance of making more plays—which may give you more chances to turn cards in the shorter stacks.
You can adjust the draw options and scoring system, as well as set other game options, in the Options dialog box.
Select the check boxes for any options that you want to turn on, and then click OK.
If you need to finish a game later, just close the game and click Save. The next time you start a game, the game will ask you whether you want to continue your saved game. To do so, click Yes.


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GENERIC NAME: bepridil
BRAND NAME: Vascor (Discontinued in the U.S.)
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Bepridil is an oral calcium channel blocker (CCB). Other calcium channel blockers include nifedipine (Procardia, Adalat), amlodipine (Norvasc), felodipine (Plendil),nicardipine (Cardene), isradipine (Dynacirc), nisoldipine (Sular), verapamil (Calan; Isoptin; Covera; Verelan), and diltiazem (Cardizem; Tiazac; Dilacor). Bepridil is unrelated chemically to other calcium channel blockers. Moreover, unlike other calcium channel blockers, bepridil blocks sodium as well as calcium channels in a manner similar to quinidine (Quinaglute; Duraquin; Quinidex), procainamide (Procan-SR; Pronestyl), and disopyramide (Norpace), drugs that are used to treat abnormal heart rhythms.
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Since I began expanding my candy horizons for the past couple of years I've been finding some interesting new favorites amongst the zillions of options out there. One of these not-so-recent discoveries has been Hershey's Take 5 bar. In case you're unfamiliar, it's a blend of five ingredients (milk chocolate ( or rather, it was once upon a time), caramel, peanuts, pretzel and peanut butter) so you get the ultimate sweet and salty candy experience.
So imagine my curiosity when I spotted the Peanut Butter Take 5. The package description the only difference is that the milk chocolate is gone (warning #1) and is replaces with "peanut butter candy". They don't specifically say what that exactly is. Granted, this was late year (yes, my notes do run that far back), but that doesn't mean that Hershey's won't ever revive this limited edition.
Here's what the bars look like one the packaging is removed. Don't you love the advertising for Kissables on the back card? Anyways, you can now see the "peanut butter candy" is really a peanut butter coating that replaced the chocolate.
The taste is not where it should be. The loss of the chocolate really delivers a big blow. It doesn't have that nice sweetness to balance the saltiness anymore. The coating doesn't impart anything new except a strange greasy feeling in your mouth. There really is too much peanut butter in this and destroys the balance that was so perfect in the original. In this case, don't mess with perfection Hersheys. Mmm, kay?
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Contributed by Fronda Cohen
Director, Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences
It was about 5:30 in the evening, near the entrance to Meadowood Regional Park at the gateway to Greenspring Valley. The park on Falls Road is especially beautiful this time of day, when the light is low over the trees and you hear the stream that runs into Jones Falls. Students and parents rounded the running track, headed to the parking lot after a game.
And there I was with my little camera. Taking a picture of a picture in a place that looks like the picture. One of the parents stopped and asked why there was a large painting in an ornate gold frame sitting in the middle of the field.
It's off the wall, I said.
The man took a step or two away from me. OK, but what is it and why is it here?
It's from the Walters Art Museum. They've taken paintings from their collection and made high quality reproductions on waterproof canvas, then placed them in unexpected places around the community. They call it "Off the Wall," and it's a way to bring art closer to people and people closer to art. Isn't it amazing the way the painting looks so much like the park? It makes you stop for a minute and see the park and the art in a whole new way.
You know, you're right. Pretty cool.
You can view The Catskills by 19th century artist Asher Brown Durand at Meadowood Regional Park. The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring by impressionist painter Alfred Sisley is at Robert E. Lee Park. Next spring, the Walters will be bringing more Off the Wall paintings to other Baltimore County locations.
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ZF-9767: Zend_Loader_PluginLoader will fail with custom plugins in Controller/Action/Helper/
Zend_Loader_PluginLoader uses the Zend_Loader::isReadable() method. It uses @fopen($filename) to see if file exists, with third parameter set to true (=use include_path).
The "/library/Zend/" folder is not in include path (only "/library/" is). But when itteration over include paths ends, the fopen() function tries current folder (which is /library/Zend/"). And when the path is same as Zend path (=Controller/Action/Helper/) the class gets resolved. And Zend_Loader::isReadable() returns true.
The value is recieved in Zend_Loader_PluginLoader. Because the file was readable Zend_Loader_PluginLoader tries to include it. But because the include doesn't work with current folder (unless present in include path), and even if it would... current folder is "/library/Zend/Loader/" and not "/library/Zend/" anymore.
Warning is emited from the include call.
Fix for this is different user naming conventions for classes loaded by pluginloader or prefixing them with My_ etc.. I couldn't come up with patch, that would stop this behaviour except using is_readable with include paths in foreach, which was told to be extremly slow and not to be implemented.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A former high school football coach and teacher from Gainesville, Fla., could face prison time for involuntary manslaughter in the one-punch death of a Utah man at a Las Vegas casino.
Benjamin Gerard Hawkins is due for sentencing Thursday in Las Vegas following his November conviction in the death of 46-year-old John Massie.
Defense lawyer Jack Buchanan says he'll seek probation.
Hawkins is 39. He testified Massie derided him with racial comments in a men's restroom at O'Shea's Casino in July 2011, and approached him again after they walked separately to the gaming floor.
Prosecutor Maria Lavell is expected seek one to four years in prison for the felony conviction.
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Johnson City, Tenn.-- The East Tennessee State womens tennis team was ranked 57th nationally in the most recent release of the WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
The Buccaneers (5-4, 2-0 SoCon) are led by senior Paty Vega and junior Mami Inoue. Vega has won three straight matches at No. 1 singles, winning all of her matches this weekend at the University of Memphis Invitational. Inoue has the longest winning streak on the team, having won eight straight matches at No. 2 singles. The two play No. 1 doubles together and have won eight consecutive matches.
The next edition of the rankings will be published on Wednesday, March 28.
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Delaware Attorney Beau Biden announced Tuesday that his office is filing a lawsuit against Standard and Poor's (S&P).
Biden's office is charging the rating agency with violating state law by misrepresenting that its evaluations of mortgage-backed securities were fair and impartial, when actually S&P made decisions based on its own financial interests. Biden's suit is one of several suits that 13 states, the federal government, and the District of Columbia are filing against S&P this week as part of a coordinated law enforcement action.
"Our markets and our economy only work when everyone plays by the rules," Biden said. "S&P broke the rules and helped push our economy into the housing crisis. My office has filed a complaint to hold S&P accountable for deceiving consumers and investors when they publicly misrepresented the independence and objectivity of their credit ratings."
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Freshman Sarah Christian pitched her first complete game and improved to 3-0 in her career Friday evening with a win over UNCG.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina softball team split two games for the second-straight Friday, falling to No. 21 Louisville 5-0 and downing UNCG 2-1. In the opener, a two-run triple by Kristin Austin and a combined shutout by Chelsea Leonard and Caralisa Connell lifted the Cardinals to the victory. In game two, senior Suzanne Riggs hit a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to push the Pirates past the Spartans in head coach Tracey Kee's 1,000th contest as ECU's head coach.
Against Louisville, freshman Courtney Smith (1-2) took the loss after throwing four innings and allowing four runs on eight hits and a walk. She struck out two, both in the third inning. Freshman Sarah Christian entered for the final three frames, surrendering three hits and one run while striking out one. Leonard started for the Cardinals and lasted three innings, limiting the Pirates to one hit and two walks while striking out three. Connell (2-0) picked up the win in relief, tossing four innings and issuing two walks and one hit to go along with five strikeouts.
During game two, Christian (3-0) pitched the best game of her young career, allowing only four hits and not issuing a walk. She struck out two and retired 18 of the final 22 batters she faced in her first complete game. With the victory, she becomes the first Pirate freshman to win her first three career starts since Britt Howell in 2008. UNCG's Erica Navarette (0-3) was saddled with the loss as she scattered nine hits, hit one batter and walked three in seven innings of work.
The first contest of the day had Louisville get a runner on in both of the first two innings, but one was caught stealing and other was stranded on third base. An over-the-shoulder catch in center field by sophomore Jasmine Robbins ended the top of the second and kept the game scoreless.
East Carolina put two runners on with two outs in the bottom of the second as sophomore Alex Fieldhouse singled to left and Riggs drew a walk. A strikeout ended the threat.
Louisville broke through for a 3-0 lead in the top of the third. After a whiff started the frame, Hannah Kiyohara singled to center field and Jennifer Esteban dropped down a bunt for a base hit. Austin tripled to the gap in right center to drive in two and then scored on a single to left by Katie Keller. Smith retired the next hitter on a pop out, but a single by Jordan Trimble and walk to Kayla Soles filled the bases with two down. Smith bounced back to strike out Katelyn Mann looking with the bases loaded to close the inning.
In the top of the fourth, the Cardinals added another run to make it a 4-0 advantage. Whitney Arion opened the frame with a single through the left side, moved to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a groundout and came home on another groundout, this one by Esteban.
The Pirates had a runner on in the fourth and fifth innings, but a double play cleared the bases in the fourth and Riggs was left stranded on first after a strikeout and groundout in the fifth.
The Cardinals added their last run in the top of the sixth for the 5-0 final. Soles led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Kirsten Straley, who stole second base. Mann dropped a single into left center, but Straley had to hold on the bag to make sure the ball fell. A single to center by Arion plated Straley, but Arion was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. A groundout and fielder's choice ended the inning.
Connell avoided damage after an error by Mann at third allowed sophomore Rebecca Lee to reach with two outs in the bottom of the sixth as a groundout closed the inning. In the seventh, freshman Alexa Cannon drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the frame, but a pop out, fielder's choice and strikeout ended the contest.
In the second game against UNCG, the Pirates left a runner stranded in the first and second innings before leaving two in the third frame. ECU put together a two-out rally in the third as sophomore Jill Jelnick singled and Lee drew a walk to bring up Robbins. She singled to right field and Jelnick attempted to score from second, but was thrown out at the plate by Alex Emeterio to end the threat. While Jelnick did not score, she helped keep the Spartans off the board with two diving catching and one grab crashing into the wall in right field.
After allowing a two-out single to Emeterio in the bottom of the first inning, Christian retired eight-straight UNCG hitters before Emeterio broke the string and helped UNCG take a 1-0 lead. Emeterio reached on a fielding error by Robbins in center field, and, after a lineout to Oshiro, scored on a single to right field by Katelyn Bedwell. A pop out closed the inning.
East Carolina left two more runners stranded in the top of the fifth after putting together another two-out threat with Jelnick and Lee. Jelnick reached on an error and Lee beat out an infield roller to put runners on first and second. Robbins grounded into a fielder's choice to end the threat as Lee was forced out at second.
The Pirates finally broke through in the top of the sixth as Riggs' homer gave ECU a 2-1 advantage. Fieldhouse led off with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by senior Priscilla Velasquez and came home on Riggs' long ball. After the home run, sophomore Jordan Lewis was hit by a pitch, but Navarette avoided further damage with a pop out and lineout.
Christian allowed a two-out single to Emeterio in the sixth, but retired Eileen Horsmon on a fly out to Jelnick in right. In the seventh, Dominique Madruga singled to right field with one down, but Heather Robb lined into a game-ending double play as first baseman Velasquez caught the ball and stepped on first to double off Madruga.
East Carolina continues play at the Pirate Clash on Saturday with a 3:00 p.m. contest against Fordham (1-1).
Post-Game Notes
-- Junior Kai Clark threw out Louisville's Jennifer Esteban on an attempted steal of third base. It is the fifth runner who has been caught stealing this season. In all of 2011, Pirate catchers gunned down eight would-be base stealers.
-- Sophomore Alex Fieldhouse tallied a career-high seven assists against Louisville. Her previous best was four assists against Virginia on Feb. 10, 2012.
-- Freshmen Alexa Cannon and Sara Pacioni made their collegiate debuts against Louisville, each pinch hitting in the seventh inning.
-- Senior Suzanne Riggs' home run is her second in three games and she now leads the Pirates with a .545 batting average and 1.091 slugging percentage.
-- East Carolina has now won nine-straight meetings with UNCG.
-- The Pirates came back to defeat the Spartans after trailing through five innings. It is ECU's first win when behind after five frames since downing Marshall 4-3 on March 27, 2010.
-- East Carolina's 4-2 record is its best through six games since a matching mark in 2009.


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It was with great sadness that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders learned of the death of Honorary Governor André Denys. Didier Reynders extends his sympathies to the family and friends of the honorary governor and wishes them much strength in this difficult time.
The Minister remembers André Denys as a passionate politician and efficient governor. During the time he held the office of Governor of East Flanders (2004-2013), he was constantly hard at work for the citizens of his province. He coordinated the aid efforts during various disasters and was close to the people. He visited every one of the municipalities in East Flanders during his eight years as Governor and was always available to his constituents.
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Let's say I flashback an Increasing Vengeance in order to copy a Shock twice. Then, I cast Reverberate from my hand targeting the Increasing Vengeance which in turn will also copy the Shock. Will the new copy of Increasing Vengeance make one copy of the Shock I target or two?
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The new copy of Increasing Vengeance will only make one copy of the Shock - it was never cast, much less cast from your graveyard.
This isn't particularly simple - most of the time, when a spell or ability is copied, most of its characteristics are copied along with it (costs paid, choices made, etc.) - however, in this instance, since the evaluation of whether or not an extra copy is provided on resolution of Increasing Vengeance, that information is not actually copied. If it was phrased different it might actually work - something like "if the flashback cost was paid, copy twice." But phrased the way it is, you get only a single copy.
Relevant rule:
You get one copy of the
Reasoning, by Comprehensive Rules, emphasis mine:
Since the copy of the Increasing Vengeance wasn't cast, when the copy of Increasing Vengeance resolves, it will fail to see it was cast from the graveyard since it wasn't actually cast, it's a copy.
*Oops. Left original word struck out for entertainment value.
The answer can be divined from the second ruling on Gatherer for Reverberate:
As the Reverberated Increasing Vengeance hasn't been "cast", it certainly hasn't been "cast from the graveyard"... and thus won't copy Shock twice!


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Friday, 28 September 2012
Congratulations to ECU researcher Dr Chris Abbiss, winner of the inaugural ECU Your Research in a Nutshell competition.
Held during Research Week, the event saw early-career researchers take to the stage to compete against one another in the competition.
Dr Abbiss won for his research which looks at using a novel exercise intervention strategy to improve health outcomes.
Using cycling as a model, his investigated whether or not short –one to four minutes bursts of high-intensity exercise on an isolated muscle group can have similar health benefits as 30 to 60 minutes of whole body exercise.
He hopes that this investigation will change the way exercise is prescribed to at risk members of the population, allowing them to benefit from performing high-intensity exercise, with minimal cardiovascular stress and perceived exertion.
Runner-up was Dr John Ryan from the School of Communications and Arts, whose presentation was entitled Botanical Memory – Mapping recollections of South-West Australian Plants.
Dr Clint McCullough from the School of Natural Sciences received a special mention for his presentation which looked at fisheries in pit lakes.
As the winner Dr Abbiss received $2,000 with runner-up Dr Ryan receiving $1,000.
Both Dr Abbiss and Dr Ryan have been invited to compete in against winners from across Australia at the national Australian Competitive Research Symposium on 29 November at Sydney's Australian Catholic University.
The presentation was run by the Office of Research and Innovation as part of ECU's Research Week.
For more information on research activities at ECU visit the University's Research webpage.


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Adam Knapp, Baton Rouge Area Chamber president, said BRAC has been disappointed that CATS management hasn't offered a clear implementation plan that shows the public how it will deliver the service goals it promised in a 2012 tax election. "At the core of all these discussions about contract or outsourced management, that's the measurement stick we would use," Knapp said. He said BRAC, which was active in promoting the CATS tax early last year, has not taken a position on CATS management changes. However, he said, contracted management offers some benefits. "In a contracted management arrangement, you can set clear performance goals and spell out desired outcomes in a certain timeline," Knapp said. "We could know by a certain time that there's going to be an implementation plan." He also said going with a firm gives CATS the advantage of setting goals for a whole team, rather than just an individual. R.J. Goebel, planning director and interim executive director for the Capital Region Planning Commission, cautioned that contracted management can sometimes lead to political micromanagement. He noted CATS could opt to contract out certain functions of management rather than all of management. Goebel said whatever the CATS board does, he hopes the decision is thoroughly vetted. "The board shouldn't say let's study this and in two weeks make a decision," he said. "They have a lot of information that pours in. I think there are probably some opportunities that should be explored." Woody Jenkins, who is president of the parish Republican Party and who led a group that opposed the CATS tax last year, said the agency ideally should be fully privatized, but "short of that, contracted management is a possibility." Jenkins said CATS management has outlined only goals, but no plan. "Obviously the management there is not capable of achieving its goals and they don't have a plan," he said. Jenkins said he hopes the board will seek a request for proposals from firms interested in managing the bus system and determine what their options and costs would be. Mayor-President Kip Holden, who supported the tax, declined comment via his aide Scott Dyer. But some Metro Council members said they are watching the board's decision closely. Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle said she opposes contracted management because it is going to cost more than direct hires. "If you're going to spend much more money on administration, you're certainly going to take it away from operations, and I'd prefer to see money spent on the streets in terms of routes," Marcelle said. Marcelle said she also believes in the CATS administration and wants the current managers to have a chance to show what they can do now that they're properly financed. "I believe they have shown they can do a lot with a little," she said. Councilman John Delgado said no decision can be made until it's clear how much more a management firm would charge. But he said loyalty toward the staff should come second to ensuring that the agency is equipped to best deliver on its goals. "Their considerations need to be loyalty to the city as a whole and to taxpayers first and foremost and loyalty to the people that use the system," Delgado said. At a meeting last week, some members of the CATS board expressed frustration at outside agencies and individuals they said were trying to influence their votes. Board member Isaiah Marshall, no relation to Brian Marshall, said he was "amazed" by all the people who were coming forward to weigh in on the new system. "The ones putting the most pressure are most likely the ones who have never rode this system and in most instances will never ride this system, but want to have the most influence in what this system will look like," Isaiah Marshall said. "I have a problem with that. We need to think about the people who ride this system and will ride this system in the future." Board member Jared Loftus responded that more people care now because people are paying into the system via the property tax for the first time. Knapp said it's not unfair of the public to expect more from CATS now that the tax has passed. "The pressure being heightened has a lot to do with the big responsibility that's on their shoulders," Knapp said. "It's an important question of public accountability. But all of our goals are aligned. We want them to succeed. We want a great transit system." Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Priests for Life begins today a Novena of Prayer in preparation for the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Assumption prayer for life can be found at priestsforlife.org. The prayer reminds us that this feast is about the victory of life over death, and renews our confidence in the power of that victory as we battle evils like abortion.
The prayer proclaims the hope of the Gospel: that every human life, in body and soul, be seated on the throne of God. The prayer also asks that we will grow in reverence for the human body, which is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
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ZF-12452: Zend_Json_Server parameter default value NULL'd
{{Zend_Json_Server}}, line of code 550, default parameter is NULL'd even if it exists with value other than NULL, which can cause major issues.
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Actually, I can see that this needs fixing by inspection!
Fixed on trunk (25084) and release-1.12 (25085)
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 2/3 cup refrigerated mashed potatoes
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Remove from the heat; set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry into a 15x13-in. rectangle. Cut into four 7-1/2x6-1/2-in. rectangles. Place about 2 tablespoons potatoes over each rectangle; spread to within 1 in. of edges. Top each with 3/4 cup beef mixture; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese.
Beat egg and water; brush some over pastry edges. Bring opposite corners of pastry over each bundle; pinch seams to seal. Transfer to a greased baking sheet; brush with remaining egg mixture. Bake at 400° for 17-20 minutes or until golden brown.
Freeze option: Freeze unbaked pastries on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet until firm. Transfer to a resealable plastic freezer bag; return to freezer. To use, bake pastries on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet in a preheated 400° oven 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and heated through. Yield: 4 servings.
Reviews for Beefy Swiss Bundles
"Husband & I loved it. Great flavor. Skipped the pastry bundle. Served with mozzarella on top, mashed potatoes and crescent roll on side. This sped cooking time significantly. Definitely will make again."
"This meal is becoming a family favorite in our house. I only wish it could be altered to take less time."
"Although it took a little with rolling out the pastry dough to the correct size, it was so worth the effort. I made sure to chop up the mushrooms, onions, and garlic very small. I didn't have any worcestershire sauce, so I used a little soy sauce instead. The mashed potatoes with the swiss cheese was fabulous. Will definitely be making this again!"
"Very delicious and so worth the time it took to prepare the meal."
"A little time consuming, but overall very good. The puff pastry and cheese made it very rich."