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a bit slow in parts, but definitely a great read, and wraps up the other books in a page-turning way
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I think this series is actual best viewed as being one book splint into three parts.
5 stars!
So that's me finished The Millennium Trilogy. And what a ride it was!
While the first book was a little slow to start, books two and three were fast paced and exciting and ended beautifully, bringing a wee tear to my eye.
Such a shame that Larsson died too soon :(
Wholeheartedly recommend these as a great read :)
4.5, please? I think yes.
This was a great wrap up to the trilogy, but a little slow to get started. There was a little too much detail of the politics of Sweden and the secret police, but once it got going, I couldn't stand to put it down. I found myself slowing down toward the end because I didn't want the book to come to an end.
The tension builds relentlessly as backstories morph into intriguing subplots, threats to the very core of Swedish democracy are uncovered, men in positions of authority continue to abuse their power, and Salander and Blomkvist continue to fight for justice in their different, inimitable styles
Larsson was a cerebral, high-minded activist and self-proclaimed feminist who happened to have a God-given gift for pulse-racing narrative. It's this offbeat combination of attributes — imagine if John Grisham had prefaced his writing career not by practicing law in Mississippi but by heading up the Stockholm office of Amnesty International — that has made the series such a sui generis smash.
Still—bad writing is hardly a barrier to success in this genre. A good plot can run right over pages and pages of bad writing. And if there is a bad plot, or an incomprehensible one, great writing can always go around it. By these standards, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a failure. No one should read this book for its plot or its prose.
The best features of Larsson's books are lively, intricately improbable plots. These, however, are set forth in a banal style that demonstrates no more than minimal skills when it comes to most of his characterizations and descriptive writing. It sometimes seems that Larsson's interest in novelistic detail begins and ends with the contents of a sandwich that one of his characters makes before dashing out on some potentially dangerous errand.
Cutting nimbly from one story line to another, Larsson does an expert job of pumping up suspense while credibly evoking the disparate worlds his characters inhabit, from the coldblooded bureaucracy of the Security Police to the underground slacker-hacker world of Salander and her friends, from the financially stressed newsroom Erika inherits to the intensive care unit of the hospital where Salander and Zalachenko are recuperating.
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On Wednesday night the Los Angeles Clippers met with recent free agent Danny Granger about joining their team. Granger was bought out of his deal by the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday evening, and is free to sign to any team by March 1st.
Granger was traded to the 76ers for guard Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen, just before the trading deadline. The 30 year old forward has battled injuries a good portion of his nine year career, still managed to average 9 ppg this season.
Jamal Crawford is listed as day-to-day with a strained calf he suffered in the second quarter of the Rockets vs. Clippers game on Wednesday night. Crawford exited and didn't return to the game. Crawford had filled in for JJ Redick who is out indefinitely due to a back injury.
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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, an occasion that is sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration- and often the most overlooked-is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.
Dennis Smith, a former firefighter and the author of the bestselling "Report from Ground Zero," addresses this important topic in a series of interviews with the heroes and families of those most affected by the tragedy either through feats of bravery in the rescue efforts or heroic bearing up in the face of unimaginable loss. Smith provides an intimate look at a terrible moment in history and its challenging and difficult aftermath, allowing these survivors to share their stories of loss, endurance, and resilience in their own words. "A Decade of Hope" is an honest and vitally important look at a decade in the lives of those for whom a national tragedy was a devastatingly personal ordeal.
Dennis Smith is a former firefighter and the author of fifteen books, including the bestselling Report from Ground Zero and Report from Engine Co 82. He has been at the forefront of the first-responder community since 9/11 and works on the board of Tribute, the interim memorial at the World Trade Center. He lives in New York City.
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Ignoring the quantum zeno effect (if possible?), can we observe in real-time the transformation of one element to another? I'm talking about an amount visible to the naked eye where one could see obvious changes in colour, reflectivity, phase, surface finish etc. occurring in say, seconds or minutes.
I think that you are asking whether there's an example of a naturally radioactive material, or an irradiated material, whose decay is quick enough that you can prepare a sample with one set of physical and chemical properties, wait a finite amount of time, and have a sample that is visibly changed.
This would require you transform a chemically significant amount of material, which in general can't be observed by eye in a small laboratory.
For example, let's suppose we have a reaction where the decay energy is 1 MeV. If we wanted to transmute one mole of this material, the total energy released would be $$ \mathrm{ 1\,MeV \cdot 6\times10^{23}\,atoms = 10^{11}\,joules } $$ If you wanted the transformation to take place over a year ($\pi\times10^7$ seconds) you'd have a constant power of about 3 kW (mostly carried by fast decay products) that you'd have to remove from your sample.
That sounds nice and everything, but there just aren't any reactions in that energy and speed range. The best-known reaction whose rate can be engineered is uranium fission, where each fission releases about 200 MeV. Typically less than 5% of the mass of uranium fuel undergoes fission in a several-week fuel cycle. I assume you have some idea of the precautions necessary to handle spent nuclear fuel — it's doable, but not a lab demo.
As another example, if each fission releases 2–3 neutrons and 200 MeV of energy, the ~60 terajoule explosion over Hiroshima in 1945 involved about half a mole of fissioning uranium and about a mole — one gram — of free neutrons.
Your other option for an observable transmutation would be the decay of tritium to helium, which has a fairly short half-life (12 years) and quite low decay energy (around 0.020 MeV). Of course, both tritium and helium are colorless gases when pure at room temperature, so you'd have to use some other property to observe the decay. (For instance helium-3 has twice the pressure of hydrogen-3 at a given mass density, since hydrogen forms H$_2$ molecules and helium is monoatomic.)
Certainly with a cloud chamber you can. Here is a nice video of using one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efgy1bV2aQo
There are many instructions on the internet for making your own cloud chamber and observing decay of radioactive americium-241 from an ionizing smoke detector for example.
Building on @rob's example of tritium decay, you can start with tritiated water, where hydrogen is replaced with tritium. As tritium decays, the liquid tritiated water (for example, in a transparent container) will turn into gases - oxygen and helium (helium-3, actually).
I must point out that both dmckee and DavePhD are incorrect when they imply you observe a nuclear transformation when you count clicks in a geiger counter or observe tracks in a cloud chamber. This is not how quantum mechanics works. There is not a one-to-one correspondence between decay events and detection events. There is a sample over here, and from time to time decay events are presumed to occur; and there is a detector over there, and from time to time a detection event occurs. There is neither a theoretical nor an experimental basis for claiming that each detection event corresponds to a particular decay event.
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Online payment processing giant PayPal revealed this week that its chip and PIN gadget, PayPal Here, would make its full UK debut later this year. Launched in the US last year, PayPal Here allows customers to make secure credit and debit card payments at shops, restaurants and much more besides – saving them the hassle of paying by cash or cheque. PayPal says the gadget will be a "game-changer" for UK consumers and businesses alike, and it certainly seems that the mobile payments revolution is really starting to gather pace.
Who is PayPal Here aimed at, and how does it work?
PayPal is pitching Here at businesses which usually rely on cash or cheques. The device is currently being trialled at a handful of businesses across the UK, and it is hoped that a full launch will follow by the summer. As PayPal has around 18 million active users in the UK, it's not hard to see why it's so keen to get Here up and running quickly. In order to take advantage of PayPal Here, consumers will need two things – a special card reader and a smartphone running the PayPal Here mobile app. Although the price hasn't yet been confirmed, PayPal says it will cost less than £100.
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Swedish firm iZettle launched its electronic payment system in the UK last November. PayPal Here is also currently going head-to-head with Square – an electronic payments service which allows retailers to accept card payments via mobile – in the US. Square, established by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, was launched back in 2010 and has so far signed up around two million merchants.
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What is a noun?
Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas.
Look around you.
Everything that you see, you can name.
Each of those names fits the above definition. What do you see? A computer, the living room, your dad, a duck.... You don't see a duck? You will in a moment.
Before you commit the above definition to memory, I would like to clarify one thing. Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas. They are not actually people, places, things, or ideas.
After teaching grammar for some time, I was surprised at how many of my students weren't really clear on the whole "word" thing. Allow me to make this clear.
What is a noun? Choose the noun from the following two pictures.
If you guessed that the one on the left is a noun, you are correct. Why? Well, what is a noun? It is first and foremost a word. Notice that while the image of the duck is the cuter of the two, it is not naming a duck. It is a duck.
Does that make sense? A noun is a word, not the actual thing that the word represents. It's kind of cool, huh?
Now, your task is to memorize the following definition.
Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Put on your memorizing cap and stick that sentence in there.
Nouns can do lots of things in sentences. They are probably the most overworked of all eight of the parts of speech.
Nouns have the ability to perform different functions, or jobs, in sentences.
Each time a noun is performing one of these jobs, it still fits the answer to the question, What is a noun?
Let's look at some of the noun jobs.
1. Subjects are nouns that tell us whom or what a sentence is about.
Mary kicked the ball.
2. Direct objects are nouns that receive the action of certain kinds of verbs (transitive active verbs).
Mary kicked the ball.
3. Indirect objects are nouns that receive the direct object.
Mary kicked Jimmy the ball.
4. Objects of prepositions are nouns that come after prepositions in prepositional phrases.
Mary kicked the ball to Jimmy.
5. Predicate nouns ("predicate nominatives") are nouns that rename the subject. They come after linking verbs.
Mary is a soccer player.
6. Object complements are nouns that complete the direct object.
They named the baby April.
So, how's it going? Am I confusing you?
If you feel overwhelmed, don't worry. Just keep reading and working. You'll get it. Once you start diagramming, you'll know all of this stuff without even trying too hard!
You should check out sentence diagramming if you haven't given it a shot yet. Sentence diagrams SHOW you how nouns act in sentences.
Learn how to diagram nouns, or learn basic sentence diagramming.
Do you like apples? I hope so; They're good for you! Well, as you know, there are many different types of apples (Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Gala, McIntosh).
Each kind of apple tastes a bit different, but each is still an apple.
Nouns are similar, only they don't taste as good. Whichever type you're dealing with will have its own characteristics, but they will still be nouns.
That means it still fits our answer to the question, What is a noun? (a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea).
Are you ready to hit me over the head because you're so tired of me repeating that? Good. Hopefully that means it's stuck in your mind.
Here are the different ways to describe or classify nouns. If you would like a more examples of each, click here to see a list of nouns.
Note that nouns can fit into more than one of these categories. For example, the word cat is a common, concrete, countable, singular noun.
• Common: These name general, nonspecific people, places, things, or ideas. They start with a lowercase letter unless they begin a sentence.
writer, city, park, religion
• Proper: These name specific people, places, things, or ideas. They always start with a capital letter.
Victor Hugo, Paris, Disneyland, Christianity
• Abstract: These are the opposite of concrete. They name something that you cannot perceive with your five senses - something that does not physically exist.
happiness, freedom, Christianity
• Concrete: These name something that you can perceive with your five senses - something that physically exists.
cat, chocolate, Martha
• Countable: Yep. You guessed it. These can be counted, and they use both the singular and the plural forms. Anything that you can make plural is a countable noun.
clock/clocks, David/Davids, poem/poems
• Uncountable: These guys cannot be counted. Since they cannot be counted, they only use the singular form.
milk, rice, water
• Compound: These are made up of two or more smaller words.
tablecloth, haircut, applesauce
• Collective Nouns: These are singular nouns that refer to a group of things as one whole.
class, audience, swarm
• Singular: These refer to one person, place, thing, or idea.
box, face, road, ball
• Plural: These refer to more than one person, place, thing, or idea. They generally end in with an s.
boxes, faces, roads, balls
• Possessive Nouns: These show ownership.
Dad's car, the student's book, Marc's hat
Don't get too bogged down by all of those definitions. Know that they exist, but don't worry about committing all of that to your memory.
If you want to teach or learn grammar the easy way, then follow a step-by-step program that clearly lays everything out for you and allows you to move at your own pace. The Get Smart program is presented in a logical sequence, so it's not an overwhelming mishmash of information. Before you know it, you'll be a grammar and sentence diagramming pro!The whole program is online, so you have instant access to these lessons and videos. It's easy and fun. You can get it at www.English-Grammar-Revolution.com/daily-diagrams.html
Elizabeth O'Brien is the creator of Grammar Revolution.
Her lessons are guaranteed to give you more confidence in your communication skills and make you smile. :)
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Early ballots and strong interest in congressional races helped make turnout for the August primary the highest in 20 years, Secretary of State Ken Bennett said Sept. 7.
Releasing the official primary canvass, Bennett said the statewide turnout of 30.09 percent exceeded his expectations.
"There were a lot of key contested races, a lot of excitement," said Bennett, who was unopposed in his bid for reelection as secretary of state.
Two-thirds of voters requested early ballots, which was on par with previous elections, he said.
In total, 933,650 votes were cast, and five counties exceeded the statewide average of voter turnout: Yavapai, Greenlee, Gila, Pima and Graham, the canvass showed.
Maricopa County, home to three out of five Arizonans, had a 29 percent turnout.
The canvass by the Arizona Secretary of State's Office provided final totals in races decided by only a handful of votes. It showed that Andrew Thomas lost the Republican attorney general nomination to Tom Horne by 899 votes, while Democratic attorney general candidate David Lujan lost to Felecia Rotellini by 2,427 votes.
Bennett said he was pleased with the job counties did counting ballots, including the many early ballots that couldn't be tallied on election night.
"The real blood and guts of elections occurs at counties," he said. "Most, if not all, did an exceptional job in counting the ballots."
Bennett said he was working on a tabulation of partisan turnout and expects to have in the next two weeks.
Turnout by Arizona county:
- Apache: 31.21 percent
- Cochise: 30.51 percent
- Coconino: 27.65 percent
- Gila: 36.64 percent
- Graham: 33.94 percent
- Greenlee: 39.63 percent
- La Paz: 26.94 percent
- Maricopa: 29.04 percent
- Mohave: 23.72 percent
- Navajo: 30.78 percent
- Pima: 35.22 percent
- Pinal: 24.47 percent
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As Mothering Magazine says, "The duo's poignant songs are written for children but are guaranteed to touch your parenting soul. An Album not to be missed."
We have been listening to Renee and Jeremy's music since our daughters were born and had the honor of them performing live at our second PAM launch event in Los Angeles. Their music touches the soul and borders at times on being lullabies. It is perfect for the pregnant woman looking to bond with her growing baby and for soothing the cries of the newborn.
Here's the beautiful animated video to It's A Big World.
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Casement windows by Marvin are characterized by their aesthetic appeal and unique engineering. These windows come in several different styles and have many distinctive, user-friendly features. Some are ideal for newly constructed homes, while others are made as replacement windows.
Like other Marvin windows we discussed, cost is always subject to the specifications of the new window. And you'll always want to factor in labor, since most window installments work on site and gather measurements prior to ordering the replacement windows. However, investing into casement window by Marvin is an excellent choice, and here's why.
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This classic casement window by Marvin is characterized by its famous wood framing. These windows can be part of a large windowscapes in the kitchen, living room, or master bedroom. Or they can be used to lighten up a bedroom or study. The windows open and close from the side and they come with argon insulation. Again, like all Marvin windows, they have a pressure rating of 50 and utilize a Low-E glass coating, which makes them very energy efficient.
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For sale: 25% stake in Isar II Nuclear Power Plant
Location: Bavaria, Germany
Amenities: Own fire department, river views, ample parking
Output: 1,410 Megawatts
Seller: Stadtwerke Muenchen (SWM)
Price: Negotiable
Nestled on the bank of the Isar river, there's an unusual piece of real estate for sale in Bavaria. It's the Isar II nuclear energy plant, or at least a 25% stake in it, for sale by Stadtwerke Muenchen, Munich's regional utility.
SWM has in fact been trying to sell its stake in Isar II since the 1990s, but without success. In the early 2000s, the utility published an international call for bids in the Financial Times, a spokesman said, but that also did not end in a sale, and the utility appears to be saddled with the power plant until it becomes obsolete.
"With the future of nuclear energy totally uncertain [in Germany], there's no buyer who would go into such a deal blind," said Ingo Becker, an energy analyst at Kepler Capital Markets.
The possible price for such an asset, then, can't be reliably calculated. Without knowing how long it will be in operation, or if it might be shut down by the government, investors are unable to assess the potential value of the plant.
On top of that, in the wake of Fukushima, the fact that nuclear power plants can't be insured has made investors take an even more sober view of the industry.
"It would be ridiculous to buy a nuclear power plant in Germany now," Mr. Becker said.
The other 75% of Isar II is held by E.ON, which has also been affected by the recent nuclear moratorium in Germany, and is on the lookout for potential nuclear projects outside Germany.
SWM's spokesman also said he couldn't give a rough estimate for what the stake might cost. In a recent newspaper interview, SWM's managing director Kurt Muehlhaeuser said the utility earns less than 10% of its annual profit from Isar II. Its 2009 profit was €392 million.
According to local ordinance, SWM isn't permitted to sell the stake "below value" or, for example, give it away, he said, although the utility itself is committed to generating more energy from renewable sources.
"Due to current conditions a sale hasn't gotten any easier, but it is even more difficult than before," he said, adding that SWM is nevertheless sticking to its goal of selling its Isar II stake by 2020, when the plant was originally set to be decommissioned.
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When I left off, Jordan and I had just taken our "behind the wall" photos. After taking those photos, I was whisked back to the bridal suite, because we only had 15 minutes until the start of the ceremony! As soon as the wedding coordinator popped in and told us this, there were some shrieks and lots of smiles going on in our room. That 15 minutes flew by, and before I knew what was happening, the bridesmaids were lining up, leaving me alone in the room. My dad was on the other side of the door, and it took everything I had not to cry when I saw him. We promised each other that we wouldn't cry (we'd done enough of that at the rehearsal), and soon it was our turn to take our place outside of the sanctuary.
After this, everything was surreal. In fact, when Jordan and I watched our wedding video, we both said that "those people" (aka us) didn't even seem like they could be us. It was very strange. However, I was proud of myself for staying in the moment — I thought I might be too nervous to do that. My focus was Jordan, and that's why watching our video was strange — I had paid no attention to what was going on around us on the day of the ceremony!
I managed to keep it together all the way down the aisle, but I broke down when my dad gave me away. At the time, I felt like a blubbering mess (and I didn't carry any Kleenex — rookie mistake ;)), but when we watched the video back, I noticed that all of the bridesmaids and a good majority of our guests were crying too. That made me feel better :).
The ceremony went by in the blink of an eye. We had two readings, exchanged vows, lit our unity candle, and one of my best friends sang "The Prayer" by Celine Dion.
Before we knew it, our pastor was presenting us as husband and wife, and we kissed.
It was such a strange feeling, but so exciting too! We walked back down the aisle, then shared plenty of hugs with our bridal party and parents.
In lieu of having a receiving line, Jordan and I chose to walk back into the sanctuary and escort our guests out row by row. It was nice, because we were able to make sure that we spoke to everyone. After our guests walked out, they lined up outside to blow bubbles!
At this point, I was floating on cloud nine and didn't want the day to end! Our guests headed over to the reception venue for cocktail hour, and the bridal party stayed back for pictures. Before long, it was time to party!
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Brown Thrasher or just Juvenile Northern Mockingbird?
Posted 23 November 2012 - 12:23 AM
These are pictures of the same bird, who just moved a little bit between shots. Pictures taken at the Kroger Wetlands in Marietta Ohio in southeastern Ohio on October 24th. At the time I took the pictures, I really thought that I had a Brown Thrasher versus a juvenile Northern Mockingbird. The pictures are not great, and a few siloutte photos that I think would have been more definitive came out blurry, so no help there. Still as I zoom up these pictures in Picasa, I really do think that I have a Brown Thrasher versus a juvenile Northern Mockingbird. Can any one tell if I am right or not?
By the way, does anyone have any idea why in Picasa, I can zoom a picture in or crop it down, yet every time I try to move it to the Whatbird Forum posting, it just returns to its normal original size?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give on either or both questions above.
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Thanks for the ID. It is a lifer for me. Have a great rest of Thanksgiving. Oh by the way, welcome to Maryland joining the Big 10 starting in 2014. The school has a good basketball tradition, and is betting than 5 or 6 teams in the Big 10 from a football standpoint also. Bye for now.
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Raymond G. Hubbard of Dover, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Kent General Hospital. He was 64.
Raymond was born December 26, 1947, in Easton, MD to the late Sherman and Hester Sutherland Hubbard.
He served in the US Air Force, retiring in 1989 as a Master Sergeant. He then worked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, and in Civil Service at DAFB.
Pete is survived by his wife Hoa "Lei" Hubbard of Dover; 3 daughters, Linda MacGregor and husband Rob of Bridgeville, PA, Deanna Hess and husband Craig of Hartly, DE and Ellen Hubbard of Bridgeville, PA; 5 brothers, George Hubbard of Myrtle Beach, SC, Fred Hubbard of Denton, MD, Bill Hubbard of Denton, MD, Bruce Hubbard of Denton, MD, and John Hubbard of Crystal River, FL; and grandson Avery Hess.
He was preceded in death by his brother Russell Hubbard.
Funeral services will be held at 11am, Friday, November 2, at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road, (Rt.10). Friends may call 6-8 Thursday evening.
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Carini & Cox Earn MAC All-Academic Honorable Mention Honors
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As a redshirt freshman in 2011: Did not play ... Was a member of the practice squad.
As a freshman at New Hampshire (2010): Redshirted season to enter 2011 with four years of eligibility remaining... Received Colonial Athletic Conference Commissioner's Academic Award.
Before UMass: Played at Franklin High School for coach Brad Sidwell ... All-scholastic running back rushed for 1,481 yards and 15 touchdowns on 199 carries in leading the Panthers to the Hockomock League Title ... Also grabbed five passes for 70 yards and one touchdown ... Rushed for 3,047 yards and 33 TDs in career ... Tallied 35 receptions for 349 yards and a trio of touchdowns during his scholastic playing days ... On defense, racked up 230 career tackles ... An honor roll student, Carini concluded his high school career with 3,047 rushing yards and 37 touchdowns ... Was a member of the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-State Teams as a senior in 2009 ... Earned Metrowest Daily News All-Star honors and Hockomock All-Star accolades during his junior and senior campaigns ... Named team MVP in junior and senior seasons ... Also lettered in wrestling (four years) and basketball (three years) at Franklin High School.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -Celeste Stewart poured in 25 points and Britny Edwards notched a double-double, but the Pirates were outscored 15-4 in overtime as Western Kentucky defeated East Carolina, 88-77, in the first round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament.
With the loss ECU concludes the season with an overall record of 22-10, while Western Kentucky improves to 22-10 and will take on Auburn in the second round. Stewart's 25 points were just one shy of her career-high and the senior point guard added a game-high seven assists to go along with two rebounds and a pair of steals. Britny Edwards notched her 10th double-double of the season with 15 points and 14 rebounds. She also contributed one assist, one block and one steal. Kristine Mial started her first game of the season and finished with 11 points, six boards, one assist and one steal. Kyani White and Colleen Marshall each added eight points each, while White collected five rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals and Marshall added four boards, two assists and one steal.
Western Kentucky jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game, but the Pirates managed to tie the game at 16 with 12:47 remaining in the half after going on a 7-0 run. From that point on, the game was back and forth as the first half saw six lead changes and three ties. With the Hilltoppers leading 32-29 with one minute remaining, Stewart hit a trey with 11 seconds on the clock to send the game into halftime knotted at 32-all.
The Pirates opened the second half on a 10-0 run and the ECU defense did not allow the Lady Toppers to notch a field goal until 15:44 when Micah Jones connected for a jumper to make the score 44-37 in favor of East Carolina. The Pirates held the edge on the Hilltopers for most of the frame, but the hosts continued to chip away and eventually whittled the Pirates' lead to one (54-53) at 10:08. However, ECU pushed its lead back up to eight (66-58) with 7:34 remaining on a three-pointer from Mial. Western Kentucky surged back again and tied the game at 73-73 on a three-pointer from Alexis Govan with just 12 seconds left in regulation. ECU was unable to convert a three-point field goal and the clock expired forcing an overtime frame.
Although ECU scored first in overtime, the Hilltoppers were quick to turn the tables on the Pirates as they out-shot ECU 66.7 percent to 16.7-percent. Western Kentucky notched 15 points to the Pirates' four in the frame to win by a score of 88-77 in overtime.
ECU shot 40.7-percent in the contest, while WKU posted a 42.9 shooting percentage. The Hilltoppers held the edge on rebounds, 46-44.
The Lady Toppers were led by Chastity Gooch who recorded 26 points and 12 rebounds to go along with two steals, one assist and one block. Govan tallied 25 points with 11 rebounds, three assists and one steal. Bianca McGee was the third Hilltopper to notch double-figures as she added 15 points, seven assists, four boards, one block and one steal.


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Brunei Darussalam's compact size makes exploring a breeze.
IF you're yearning for the romance of Borneo, look no further than Brunei.
The tiny oil-rich nation is famously singled out for having a head of state who was once the world's richest man. Take away the mystic and you'll find a country rich not only in oil money but also cultural heritage. It is perhaps the last bastion of Malay tradition.
If you have 6 hours: Head to the centre of town to Kampong Ayer, the unique water village that gave birth to present day Brunei. Wooden houses on stilts hearken to Brunei's early days as a water community, and residents still travel in boats to get to land and downtown.
Hire a water taxi and have the boatman point out the different villages, the clinic, school and firehouse.
Back on dry land, make your way to the Royal Regalia building, a museum of sorts, filled with the sultanate's royal regalia. The Royal Chariot used during His Majesty's coronation and Silver Jubilee celebrations is on display, together with many other royal objects of interest.
Take a break at the annexe of the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex and sip Fratini's freshly brewed coffee while you watch the water taxis zip by along Brunei River. From here, it's just a short stroll to the sultanate's most iconic landmark, the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, where you'll get awe-struck by the gold-leafed dome and minarets made from Italian marble.
If you have one day: Extend the above activities to include Tamu Kianggeh, an open air market that has impressed celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson and is popular with locals. You'll find fresh produce, fruits, local handmade crafts and clothes offered by various vendors. Depending on the season, you may be able to tuck into Brunei's renowned durian kuning, which the locals tout as better than Malaysia's durian kampong.
In the evening, head to the Waterfront Promenade, Bandar Seri Begawan's latest hotspot, for dinner and watch the locals come out in droves – mom, dad, grandpa, grandma and kids in tow as they ramble around to enjoy the evening breeze.
If you have more than 2 days: Hire a guide and explore Brunei's lush protected park, the Ulu Temburong National Park. Travel along the water borders of Malaysia before making your way back into Brunei, passing mangroves and verdant forests, including a thrilling river ride up the Temburong River.
Sign your name at the last border control in the park. (One famous visitor was Prince Charles.) The park has scenic trekking trails and a canopy walkway that offers a striking view of Borneo's rainforest.


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Acer CloudMobile to be launched in North America with Android 4.1 ICS
Acer's latest Android smartphone, the oddly named CloudMobile, which recently won an iF design award, should be released first in North America and China (starting the third quarter of this year) – at least that's what DigiTimes is claiming. There is no carrier-specific info, so for now we don't know if the handset will come to the US, or Canada, or both.
DigiTimes is also saying that the Acer CloudMobile will be launched with Android 4.1 Ice Cream Sandwich on board, not 4.0 ICS as previously reported.
The new Acer CloudMobile should be less than 10mm thick, featuring a 4.3 inch HD (1280 x 720) display, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, HSPA+, Dolby Mobile sound, and AcerCloud services. Acer will unveil more details on the smartphone at MWC 2012 later this month. And we'll be there to find them out.


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This is the second of a five-part review of the D&D Starter Set, in which my four-year-old girl and six-year-old boy play the game without any prep. In this installment, they face goblins, make lifelong friends with wolves, and surprise a villain by climbing up a chimney.
After a short description about joining their dwarf patron, Gundren Rockseeker, to escort a wagon to the town of Phandalin for the measly sum of 10 gp each, the adventure began in earnest. I of course misread the adventure text, assuming that Gundren was with them and driving the wagon, so I let the two adventurers (Elec, run by my six-year-old boy, and Lektra, run by my four-year-old girl) ride horses instead. I broke out my horse miniatures and put the two figures on them, which was a huge hit (see slide show). It wasn't long before they were ambushed by two goblins, and to my son's credit he immediately knew they were goblins just by the goblin sounds I was making.
Here's when things got sticky. The goblins succeeded on their stealth check vs. the players' passive perception (a holdover from 4th Edition), which meant they got a free attack round due to surprise -- two stabby goblins, and two archer goblins. They hit both players, wounding them for 3 hp each. Then they also won initiative, and pounded the characters again. I had a near total party kill on my hands.
It's worth noting that although the adventure mentions it's for four to five characters, it doesn't say what to do if you have less. I consider this a glaring flaw -- the odds a new game master has that many players is low, and he's likely to just test it out with fewer players just to get the hang of things.
In any case, both characters rallied. Using their bows from horseback, they managed to take out the goblins within two rounds without taking more damage. Lektra used her Second Wind ability to heal up, and then they both took a short rest. Recharged, they forged ahead.
Elec interrogated a goblin (they don't generally believe in killing things, and to D&D 5th Edition's credit you can declare at the final blow that you just want to knock the monster unconscious) and discovered the path to the goblin's lair.
I skipped the traps that came next. Traps, in my opinion, are not particularly interesting unless they are complex or are combined with an encounter. Falling into a pit or being caught by a snare alone is just boring, and since the characters can rest up afterward, aren't really so much a threat as an annoyance.
As they were approaching the lair, Elec and Lektra decided to sneak up on the goblins instead. They made their Dexterity (Acrobatics) roll and, hiding in the trees, opened fire. They won the surprise round, killing the two goblin guards. Then they made their way into the Cragmaw Hideout, inside a cave.
The next encounter is a kennel. The description says there are two wolves chained inside a pen, but the text describes three. The characters can antagonize them or calm them down with a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check. Both Elec and Lektra were excited when they offered the wolves food, knocking the DC down to 10 and rolled on the nose. Elec then declared that he was going to ride a wolf, which caused much consternation for the human-sized Lektra who couldn't do the same. These wolves became my DM NPC for the rest of the adventure to round out the party to four. There are unfortunately no animal companion rules that I could find, although there is a sidebar in the Starter set that basically says "treat them like full PCs and divide XP appropriately" so that's what I did.
After attempting to make their way further down the dammed off stream in the cavern, Elec was spotted by a goblin who promptly gave the signal to open the floodgates. Elec nearly drowned.
They retreated back to the dog cave, only to discover a chimney. Lektra clambered up, dropped a rope for Elec, and then the two of them created a harness to pull their wolves up the chimney as well.
To their surprise, they were in the lair of Klarg, bugbear leader, his wolf Ripper, and two goblins. Elec snuck behind a stalactite and fired a bow at Klarg, nearly dropping him with a sneak attack in the surprise round. He then won initiative and rolled a critical hit, dropping Klarg before he could even respond. Disoriented, the two goblins knocked out Lektra's wolf before they were taken down. Ripper didn't stand a chance against the thief/fighter combo.
The heroes were delighted to discover the stolen supplies, which Elec is determined to put to good use. After applying a healing potion to Lektra's wolf, they gathered up the supplies, determined to start their own farm with the tools available. It was also about this time that Elec decided he was looking for his younger brother -- and like any good DM, I used this family tie against him to keep him adventuring. Elec's brother was held hostage by the Black Spider, the main villain of the adventure, which kept Elec motivated to continue on.
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After teams' tense pregame exchange, Aaron Murray leads strong start for Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. -- Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, Isaiah Crowell ran for 104 yards and Georgia took advantage of a strong start to beat Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday.
Georgia (3-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) led 21-3 at halftime before surviving a listless second half for its third straight win.
Chris Relf passed for 157 yards and ran for 31 yards but couldn't lead a touchdown drive, leaving Mississippi State (2-3, 0-3) still looking for its first SEC win.
"This was a great win for us," Georgia junior cornerback Sanders Commings said. "Our third win in a row and second in the SEC. It feels awesome."
The teams had to be separated at midfield at the end of pregame
warmups. Georgia players accused the Mississippi State players of
jumping on the big "G" logo that stretches almost 20 yards at
"They came jumping on the 'G' and you just don't do that,"
linebacker Christian Robinson said. "The locker room was electric after
that happened. There were chairs being thrown. I've just never seen
this locker room like that. You just don't do that in our house.
You don't jump on somebody's symbol."
An official was knocked down as he tried to escort the
Mississippi State players off the field, but the pregame
confrontation was mostly contained.
"Somehow our players thought Mississippi State was
disrespecting our 'G', " Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "From what
the officials told me, their players didn't have any intent of
doing that."
Georgia took a 14-3 lead in the first quarter and led 21-3 at halftime.
Murray had an uneven performance. He completed 13 of 25 passes for 160 yards with two touchdowns but had three interceptions to match his total for the first four games
Crowell, the freshman tailback, did not score but topped 100 yards for the third time in three SEC games. One week after setting career highs with 30 carries for 147 yards in Georgia's 27-13 win at Mississippi, Crowell again was the most consistent offensive threat for Georgia.
Mississippi State was held to a 42-yard field goal by Derek Depasquale before finally reaching the end zone when Darius Slay returned an interception 72 yards for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.
Relf completed 19 of 31 passes for 157 yards and two interceptions. Vick Ballard was held to 23 yards rushing on eight carries.
"The defense was the story of the day," Richt said. "(State) really couldn't get anything going. They hit some quick screens early, but we knew they could not make a living doing that. Stopping the quarterback and their backs was so important. And the balls that were thrown across the line, we defended those well. If we caught every ball we had our hands on, it would have been crazy."
Big plays on special teams set up Georgia's first two touchdowns.
Brandon Boykin's 30-yard punt return set up Georgia's first possession at the Mississippi State 33. Three plays later, Murray found Orson Charles for a 21-yard touchdown pass.
A shanked 11-yard punt by Baker Swedenberg gave Georgia the ball at Mississippi State's 22 later in the opening quarter. Murray's 6-yard pass to Malcolm Mitchell gave Georgia a 14-3 lead.
Murray's second interception, by linebacker Cameron Lawrence, gave Mississippi State the ball at the Georgia 28 with 3:34 remaining in the half. Georgia's defense answered when Relf's pass bounced off receiver Chris Smith's hands and was intercepted by Commings.
Georgia took the ball at its 19 and, with Crowell doing most of the work, moved 81 yards on eight plays. The drive ended with Carlton Thomas' 7-yard scoring run.
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen alternated quarterbacks in the third quarter. Dylan Favre, the nephew of former longtime NFL quarterback Brett Favre, took over for Relf for the first series of the second half before Relf returned the following possession. The two then shared Mississippi's third possession.
Favre threw two passes, both incomplete.
"We were able to play some younger players and get them some
experience," Mullen said. "I wanted to keep some momentum going
and give Chris a break, so I put in Dylan Favre. He now has some
playing time in case we ever need to go to him again later this
At the end of the game, Georgia players quickly rushed to midfield, briefly bouncing up and down on the logo before exchanging handshakes with the Mississippi State players.
Georgia backup running back Ken Malcome, who told Richt on Wednesday he planned to transfer but was accepted back on the team on Thursday, did not play.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 the city of Jacksonville, Florida will be electing a new mayor and city council members. Ju'Coby Pittman has been declared an official candidate for a seat on the JAX city Council. Pittman decided to toss-her-hat in the ring on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 for District 9.
Ju'Coby Pittman is a native Jacksonville-resident who graduated from Englewood High School, and then pursued the Edward Waters College C.L.I.M.B. Program. She holds dual degrees in business administrations from Florida State College at Jacksonville (Associate in Arts degree) and Jones College (Bachelor of Science degree) respectively. Additionally, she was honored with a Doctorate of Humane Letters by Jones College and serves as one of the institution's most accomplished alumna.
With more than three decades of community engagement, Pittman dedicated 22 years of her professional life to serve as President and CEO of the Clara White Mission. In this capacity she transitioned the non-profit organization from a $225,000 operational budget to a $3.1 million with 32 full and part-time employees.
Under her leadership, program initiatives have been sustained that focus on jobs, training, creation and placement of numerous citizens. Her primary focus of feeding and meeting the needs of Jacksonville's homeless population has been advanced by the implementation of a "Drop-in Day Center for the Homeless" and an all-male residential center with a census inclusive of almost 75% veterans.
An extension of the latter will open in 2014 as "Beaver Street Veteran's Villas and Outreach Center." White Harvest Farm is the newest program addition and exists as a thriving community farm growing fresh produce in partnership with Sysco Foods, Inc.
Community engagement has kept Pittman at the forefront of Jacksonville's progression as she has served on the transition team(s) of Jacksonville's three prior mayors: John Delaney, John Peyton, and current Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. In addition, to serving as an active member on numerous board of directors including Jacksonville Children's Commission, Cummer Museum, Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, and Department of Juvenile Justice, she is a member of Leadership Jacksonville, Leadership Florida, Jacksonville Women's Network, and the Downtown Rotary Club to name a few. She worships at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Among a few of her esteemed honors include the Jacksonville Business Journal "Women of Influence," Gateway Girl Scout Council "Woman of Distinction," and the FBI Community Leadership Award. The highest honor she seeks will come directly from registered voters: "Jacksonville City Councilwoman District 9 (2015)".


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- Skills for Life Quality Initiative Working with Young Offenders" booklet Added 03/07.
This booklet can be ordered from the above referenced URL.
Abstract:This paper summarises key messages and themes from NRDC (National Resource and Development Cente for Adult Literacy and Numeracy) research and development work in post-16 literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) provision for disaffected young adults,many of whom are involved in the criminal justice system. It is one of a series of publications produced under the LSC Skills for Life Quality Initiative to provide up-todate summaries of research findings from the NRDC. Retrieved from: http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/resource/teacher.cgi?submit_action=details&rec_ID=15196
- Improving the Literacy and Numeracy of Disaffected Young People in Custody and the Community" Site for downloaded Added 09/07.
- Math Instruction for Committed Youth Within Juvenile Correctional Schools " The Journal of Correctional Education 55(1) * March 2004. Added 6/6/11.
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Bonnaroo: Alberta Cross, Monáe and Hockey Enliven Day One
Yesterday, the opener of the four-day festival here in Manchester, Tenn., eased the arriving fans into the Bonnaroo experience. The sets started at 5 p.m., rather than noon, and the day's final act, the reggae band Midnite, was scheduled to end its performance at 1:15 a.m. That's a reasonable hour when you consider that tonight Phish is booked to do a three-hour set beginning at 11 p.m. and then Paul Oakenfold and Girl Talk will begin their shows.
Heavy rains turned patches of the farmland here into muddy mini-lakes, but the tents that hosted Alberta Cross; Janelle Monáe; Hockey; Portugal. The Man; and the Low Anthem provided shelter. I would've loved to stick around for Passion Pit's set that began at 11:15 p.m., but the approaching lightning seemed a call for caution.
I pinballed between sets by Alberta Cross and the gifted superstar-in-waiting Monáe before settling in with Hockey. The quintet from Portland, Ore., gets a lot of buzz for a band that hasn't issued its debut album yet—it's coming out Aug. 24—but they've made an impact with an EP and a catchy tune "Work," their opener last night. They fall somewhere between Franz Ferdinand and Friendly Fire, using a four-to-the-bar disco beat as their foundation—too often, it turns out, and before long their set grew monotonous.
I waited to say hello to the Providence, R.I.-based band the Low Anthem by their dressing room, and they arrived in a disheartened mood. The trio's fine new album, "Oh My God Charlie Darwin," which is both clever and affecting, brought them to the attention of media here, to their delight, I'm sure. But when they met with a crew from a major cable news network, they quickly discovered the correspondent knew nothing about them. As I shook his hand, singer Ben Knox Miller asked, "Have you heard of us?" I thought he was kidding until he told me what happened moments earlier.
On stage, the band offered moving, folk-based Americana, conveyed with a pump organ, upright bass and clarinet, among other instruments. In the quiet numbers, Miller's singing brought to mind the high, tender voice of the Band's Richard Manuel. At one point, a blast of thunder seemed an appropriate accompaniment to their dark, occasionally eerie music.
The best set I heard last night, and my very early contender for the best set of the festival, came from the band Portugal. The Man, who are from Alaska. They've been around for a while—many EPs and three albums; the new one is coming late next month—and their experience shows. They shift easily among a variety of styles ranging from epic rock to jazz fusion. Bassist Jason Carothers and drummer Jason Sechrist are a formidable rhythm section that gives the band its muscular foundation under vocalist John Gourley's careening falsetto. They're doing a set at noon today on a small stage—just about the time Katzenjammer, Tift Merritt, Gomez and Toubab Krewe, at four separate venues, are set to launch day two of Bonnaroo '09. Too much of a good thing here? You bet.


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some fine indie folk: horse feathers; or, as my friend said, I am now sockless because they are knocking my socks off
the Horse Feathers' House with No Home
Horse Feathers is almost nothing like the screwball early Marx movie they're presumably named after. In the last few weeks, Justin Ringle, Peter Broderick et al.'s album of melancholy and meticulously gorgeous indie folk has hit me with some gravity.
With a heavy blanket of melancholy over the record, the people behind Horse Feathers split their energies between interesting and full-but-not-overreaching orchestration, distinctive and breathy vocals, and just plain good songwriting. It's unusual for an indie folk band to succeed at all three of these as well as this band does. The resulting album is consistent across the board, more in feel, quality and sound than particular instrumentation. While not having a completely new sound, that doesn't stop this album from being really good.
Horse Feathers – Curs in the Weeds (mp3)
Horse Feathers – Working Poor (mp3)
If you like gorgeous folk, then this album is for you. If you don't, well, The Hold Steady released something not that long ago.
The band is in the extended area twice this week. They're in Santa Cruz Tuesday at the Crepe Place and on Wednesday there's this show that I'll be attending:
10/8 Horse Feathers, Lady Genius @ Rickshaw Stop, 8pm, $8, 21+
The record is available at insound. They've also done a Daytrotter session and you can download 6 mp3s from their virb site (via MOKB).
Check for their tour dates (England, East Coast, and Midwest) after the jump.
October 2008
07 — Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
08 — San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
14 — London @ KOKO — w/ Jose Gonzalez
15 — Liverpool @ The Academy — w/ Jose Gonzalez
16 — Exeter @ Lemon Groove — w/ Jose Gonzalez
17 — Canterbury @ Kents International Arts Festival — w/ Jose Gonzalez
27 — New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
29 — Saratoga Springs, NY @ Cafe Lena
31 — Burlington, VT @ Tick Tick
November 2008
01 — Waterville, ME @ Colby College
05 — Madison, WI @ The Frequency
06 — Grinnell, IA @ Grinnell College
07 — Northfield, MN @ Carleton College
08 — St Paul, MN @ Turf Club — w/ Blitzen Trapper
09 — Chicago, IL @ Schubas — w/ Blitzen Trapper
10 — Bloomington, IN @ Locals Only — w/ Blitzen Trapper
11 — Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music DIner — w/ Blitzen Trapper
17 — Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
19 — Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall


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Miami Herald - 6/25/2008 12:00:00 AM
by Mary Ellen Klas & John Dorschner
Gov. Charlie Crist basked in the glow of the international spotlight last year when he convened his first Climate Change Summit in Miami: The governor immediately signed an order requiring the state to adopt California's greenhouse gas emissions regulations for cars and trucks and force power plants to focus on renewable energy.
But after a year of trying to stoke a statewide dialogue on global warming and attempting to make Florida a national leader in alternative energy, what has been done? The governor convenes his second Climate Change Summit Wednesday in Miami and the report card is largely incomplete.
In April, Crist forced a reluctant Legislature to pass an energy bill, but it ended up being watered down. He has traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify about energy options, headed a trade delegation to study ethanol and energy alternatives in Brazil, and plans a second trip to Europe next month to develop energy partnerships.
The governor created a high profile Action Team on Energy to do a thorough study and make detailed recommendations to address Florida's energy future. One of the panel's top recommendations, phased-in auto emissions standards, got watered down amid heavy lobbying and campaign cash from auto manufacturers.
The Republican-led House and Senate delayed the start of the emissions standards until 2010 and gave themselves veto power over the final rules. The Legislature also gave itself veto power over the Department of Environmental Protection's proposed cap-and-trade program that would limit carbon emissions in Florida, impose penalties on polluters and sell credits to green companies, an issue utility companies and businesses lobbied. Crist is expected to sign the bill Wednesday at the first of the two-day ''Serve to Preserve'' summit.
Environmentalists and utility companies say the governor has made great strides in a state that until now has been at the back of the pack on emissions issues -- but he has far to go.
''Environmentalists are assuming we have an eight-year governor and this is an eight-year process,'' said Jerry Karnas, Florida climate project director for the nonprofit Environmental Defense. ``Given our region, that energy bill was a big deal and took a lot of political capital to get done.''
Holly Binns, director of Environment Florida, a nonprofit environmental watchdog group, is less encouraged. ''The energy bill the governor will sign gets us back to the starting gate,'' she said. ``The thing that worries me the most is that all these initiatives have to get final approval from the Legislature, which is where good legislation often goes to die.''
House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber of Miami Beach says the governor deserves credit for moving a recalcitrant Legislature. ''Did the governor get everything he wanted? Of course not, but the truth is he aimed pretty high,'' Gelber said. ``It's a measure of leadership when you're doing things that probably won't come to fruition in the immediate future.''
Meanwhile, utility companies and business groups used the bill to leverage support for fast-track approval of nuclear power plants. They persuaded legislators to add a provision that gives them the right to pass on to customers the cost of building the nuclear plants and new transmission lines.
Florida Power & Light spokesman Mayco Villafaña said the company was pleased with the bill and ``the Legislature's endorsement of nuclear power as a critical part of Florida's low-carbon energy strategy.''
The company touts its experience as a leading producer of wind and solar power and its CEO, Lew Hay, will be a keynote speaker at the conference. Business groups are concerned the governor's plan to require utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable energy would increase utility bills substantially.
''We're like around 2 percent now. In order to get up to 20 percent, we would have seen some pretty dramatic measure and some pretty dramatic price increases,'' said Joanna Bonfanti of the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
The Legislature ordered state utility regulators to study the issue and propose a standard no sooner than 2010.
''They're now going back to the drawing board,'' she said, noting that national legislation could make state action moot by that point.
The two-day summit will bring together industry leaders, policy makers, academics, scientists, environmentalists and the business community to focus on stimulating economic development in clean technologies and encouraging ways to ''green'' Florida business.


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Wildcat coach one of three in contention for Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Award
TUCSON, Ariz. + University of Arizona men's golf assistant coach John Knauer was named a finalist for the Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Award presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf, it was announced Friday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Knauer is one of three finalists for the honor, which is given to the NCAA Division I, II, III or NAIA assistant coach that has excelled in working with student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom. Ted Gleason of USC and Greg Robertson of Purdue are the other finalists.
"It's definitely an honor and a pleasant surprise," said Knauer. It's always nice to be recognized by your peers. Each of the finalists is a great coach and certainly deserving of the award."
Now in his seventh year at Arizona, Knauer leads the recruiting efforts for a program that continually lands top talent. Since his arrival in Tucson in the fall of 1998, he has helped the Wildcats win 13 tournaments and advance to seven NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Knauer was instrumental in helping Arizona capture the 2004 Pac-10 Championship, the program's first since 1991.
In Knauer's tenure, 14 UA golfers have earned All-America honors and 22 have garnered all-Pac-10 Conference accolades. He has been a part of two NCAA Regional championship teams and nine NCAA Championship qualifying teams in his 10-plus seasons as a Division I assistant.
The Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Award presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf will be announced on June 1, the opening day of the 2005 NCAA Men's Golf Championships in Owings Mills, Md., of which Arizona is competing for the 19th consecutive season. The recipient of this award will have the opportunity to further their professional development by being a guest of TaylorMade-adidas Golf at the PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit, as well as an invitation to the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Kingdom in Carlsbad, Calif.


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As more evidence of The Walking Dead's insane level of popularity, Universal Studios Florida is bringing the walkers back for the third year in a row. Last year, virtually every scare zone featured walkers, and there was also a Walking Dead-themed haunted house. This year will bring a house, too, but one that's much more massive. Universal says it will literally be double the size of a typical haunted house and will be the largest that Halloween Horror Nights has ever featured.
If you aren't already familiar with season four, you'll want to get up to speed before the event begins on September 19. The house will be based on that season, with the prison cell block at the beginning, followed by an escape to the massive Big Spot location. You'll see a crashed helicopter ripping through its ceiling before you head to the dilapidated country club that's overrun with walkers. By the end, you'll be at the End of the Line – Terminus and stagger your way out after encountering new scares and never-before-seen walkers.
Was it a hard choice to make it a three-peat for the walkers? According to Michael Aiello, Creative Development Director for Universal Orlando's Entertainment team, "Bringing a horror property back for a third year in a row is always a decision that is carefully considered. Fortunately, The Walking Dead is unlike any horror brand around. Its appeal spreads across so many types of viewers. Hardcore and casual horror fans alike are watching week after week, and season four offered many new and unique environments and walkers.
"This year, we are taking this partnership to the next level, with a monstrous soundstage maze and a scope that is bigger and badder than anything we've ever done in the history of our event."
As in past years, you can purchase single night or multi-night tickets, including the usual varieties of the Frequent Fear pass that's so popular with locals. The information is all available on www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com.
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