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IntroductionThe Department of Urban Affairs & Geography offers the Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree. Wright State Universitys MPA program is fully accredited by the National Assoication of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
The primary mission of the MPA degree program is to prepare students to be successful public and nonprofit administrators and managers in today's urban and global environment. The program is composed of both part-time and full-time students. Classes are offered by full-time faculty and distinguished practitioners from the greater Dayton region who serve as affiliated faculty.
Students may, in concert with their advisor, design their MPA curriculum to emphasize subfields, such as public and nonprofit management, community and economic development, or public planning. Other areas of emphasis may be developed with the careful selection of elective courses offered by other WSU departments. In addition, the MPA program offers a specialized concentration in communication, and offers a certificate in nonprofit administration sponsored by the American Humanics Association.
The majority of MPA students complete their program of study in two years. To accommodate the scheduling needs of all students, one-year and three-year programs of study are also available.
For further information, please visit the MPA program website at www.wright.edu/map/ or contact the MPA Program Director, Dr. Jerri Killian, at 937-775-4451.
AdmissionStudents interested in the MPA program must first present a baccalaureate degree, preferably in the social or behavioral sciences, with an overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale. Students who do not meet this grade point average requirement should review the policies of the School of Graduate Studies and the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography for other options.
Applicants must submit transcripts of all previous college work, three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with their academic achievements and/or ability to meet the rigorous requirements of graduate studies, and a 400-word written essay outlining professional and personal goals and how the MPA degree will help them achieve these goals.
Applications for the MPA program should be completed by June 30 for admission the following Fall to receive full consideration. However, the deadline for applicants requesting financial assistance through a Graduate Assistantship must submit the application for the MPA program and the application for the Graduate Assistantship by April 30.
Students begin the MPA program in the Fall quarter each year. Exceptions to this policy are rare, but may be considered on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the MPA program.
AdvisingUpon gaining acceptance into the MPA program, students attend the Departments fall orientation session to become acquainted with each other, the MPA faculty, the MPA Advisory Board, the department Of Urban Affairs and Geography, and the MPA program. In addition, MPA students are assigned a faculty advisor upon acceptance into the program and must meet with their advisor to complete a program of study. The program of study identifies courses to be completed, the timing of these courses, and the planned date of graduation from the MPA program. Faculty advisors are available to MPA students throughout their enrollment in the program and beyond.
Degree RequirementsThe MPA curriculum consists of 52 credit hours of approved course work. The curriculum requires: (A) 32 credit hours of core courses, (B) 4 credit hours of a culminating project, or 8 credit hours of thesis, (C) 4 to 8 credit hours of internship (may be waived for students with appropriate professional experience) and (D) elective courses approved by an advisor for the remainder of the required credit hours.
Internships are designed to meet the needs of students with no or limited prior experience in the public or nonprofit sectors and to assist with post-graduation job placement. In-service students may substitute an elective course for the internship requirement with advisor approval.
When completing the culminating project requirement, students have the option of participating in a capstone project or completing an applied research project that focuses on an approved topic relevant to public or nonprofit administration. The capstone project utilizes small student teams while the applied research project is performed independently. In both forms of the culminating project, students apply research methods to study and analyze real world problems experienced by a local community, public agency, or nonprofit organization and make recommendations to improve or solve them. In lieu of these culminating project options, students may choose to complete a thesis. Advisors are available to help students choose the most appropriate option for their culminating project.
FacultyThe teaching philosophy of the MPA faculty emphasizes analytical thinking, ethical conduct, public leadership, and critical administrative skills. MPA faculty are experienced in issues relevant to public and nonprofit administration within the region and beyond, and these experiences enliven the classroom. In addition to producing traditional and applied scholarship, the faculty also serve on governing and advisory boards of local, state, and national organizations.
The core MPA faculty and their specific areas of expertise are:
Jack Dustin, Ph.D. (Chair and Director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs), city and regional administration, comparative administration, technology and environmental policy
Jerri Killian, Ph.D. (MPA Program Director), ethics, leadership, organizational theory, human resource management, administrative reform
Myron Levine, Ph.D., urban politics, public policy, quantitative analysis
Jennifer Subban, Ph.D., nonprofit management, social/welfare policy, race/ethnicity, comparative administration
Mary V. Wenning, Ph.D. (American Humanics Program Director), policy analysis, housing and land use policy, public planning, research methods
Enamul Choudhury, research methods, public budgeting
In addition to the core MPA faculty, distinguished managers and administrators from a wide range of public and nonprofit organizations serve as adjunct instructors and/or as guest speakers in many MPA courses. These experienced professionals enhance the learning experience by emphasizing "real world" applications of relevant theories, models, and concepts in attempts to solve public and organizational problems. Affiliated MPA faculty include, among others, city managers, county administrators, CEOs of nonprofit organizations, and community leaders.
Financial AssistanceGraduate Research Assistantships (GRAs) and Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) are awarded annually to qualified students, based on the availability of funds and grants. Students in degree status and not employed in public/nonprofit administrative positions are encouraged to apply for a GRA/GTA position. Applications are available from the Department.
The Department grants a tuition waiver and pays a stipend to each GRA/GTA. GRAs and GTAs are required to work approximately 20 hours per week during the academic year. The departments chair assigns GRAs to projects that will develop their analytical and problem solving skills, and knowledge of public or nonprofit administration. GTAs are assigned to undergraduate courses in which they may assist faculty or may teach the assigned courses.
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The Queen has arrived in Crewkerne in Somerset on day two of her Diamond Jubilee tour of the west
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The Queen has arrived in Yeovil on the second day of her visit to the south west as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
She met local Brownies lining the route at Nine Springs Country Park.
And the Queen met a police horse named after the last British soldier to survive the trenches of the First World War. Harry Patch was born in Bath and spent his final days in Wells. She was introduced to his namesake and fellow Avon and Somerset Police horse Jubilee during her visit
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The race for Port Hueneme
It all rides on Measure M, beach erosion
By Chris O'Neal 09/04/2014
This November's elections will involve many city council races that could potentially have a dramatic effect on local city governments, especially in Port Hueneme, where the controversial Measure M is forcing candidates to take sides.
Measure M would update the city's business license tax code originally drafted in 1978. The measure would eliminate taxes on home-based businesses, establish a minimum $100 on commercial businesses that base their taxes on gross receipts, and add new types of businesses to the code — including maritime and federally funded businesses, i.e., businesses operating in the harbor and on Naval Base Ventura County.
The measure would also allow the City Council to lower or suspend rates from the maximums, and includes a "consumer price index" inflator in future years for flat rates.
The city has five members of the community running for spots on the City Council, three of whom are incumbents.
Jonatnan Sharkey
Mayor Sharkey is a five-term councilman who helped write the city's charter in 1998 and, famously, defeated the so-called "view tax" that would have implemented an extra fee on homes with views of the ocean. Sharkey first ran in 1994 and has been mayor four times.
"I don't necessarily have to introduce myself the way I did in 1994," said Sharkey of the easiest part of being a long-term councilman. "It's amazing how you go from being the young radical to the old fart."
Sharkey says that his most important task is keeping the city's infrastructure up to date, specifically noting that water pipes need to be considered for improvement.
When it comes to the controversial Measure M, though, Sharkey is just as passionately in favor of it as he is a proponent of fixing the city's aging infrastructure.
"This is something I've wanted to tackle for many, many years," said Sharkey. "I look at some of our small businesses and they're paying hundreds of dollars [in business license fees]. My intent was to reduce the burden on local businesses."
Of contention are the businesses in the Port of Hueneme that pay no business license tax or a minimal amount, which Sharkey says is "not fair."
"A company like Del Monte bananas, there's no category for them in our current business license structure. The fact is, they don't have a business license, they're paying zero, nada, zilch," said Sharkey. "It's not fair; it's 37 years old and it needs to be changed."
Sharkey says that the backlash regarding Measure M has been manufactured by the Harbor and other parties, and he finds it curious that the opposition has sprung up in the midst of the pending litigation between the city and the Port of Hueneme, in which the city claims that the port owes several million dollars in back payments.
Sharkey contends that "anybody opposed to Measure M is opposed to Port Hueneme."
"Look at who they've got on the No on M committee: Pacific Maritime Shipping Association based in San Francisco. The bank they're using for their campaign is in Sacramento. I guess there's no local bank they could use; they had to use a bank in Sacramento. That's really supporting local business, isn't it?" said Sharkey. "Also, one of the folks on the committee is from [NYKCool]; that's the company that was just sold to Russia. You know, if Measure M passes, I'm expecting Vladimir Putin to send in the troops."
Though Measure M was a fiery topic for the mayor, Sharkey says that he is also passionate about solving the beach erosion issue. Sand is due to be pumped into the Hueneme Harbor from Channel Islands in October.
Councilman Ellis Green, Incumbent
Ellis Green
Ellis Green has previously served as mayor of Port Hueneme and is presently on the City Council. For Green, if re-elected, his next term will be focused on the city's aging infrastructure, challenges regarding the ongoing drought and improving entertainment opportunities for the city's residents.
Like Sharkey, however, Green is a proponent of Measure M and says that its passage could assist in accomplishing all of the city's goals.
"Port Hueneme is not like some of the other cities. We don't have auto malls; we don't have shopping malls," said Green. "We have to get the most [out] of our income streams."
Green said that he wants to make sure everyone "pays their fair share" and said that the citizens and labor unions have "done their part," but "some of the businesses have not."
"The harbor department has put all of these scare tactics out saying that it's going to drive businesses out of the city and the county," said Green. "Why would we, needing a revenue stream, create a tax that drives someone out of business? It's ludicrous and they know that."
Green says that if Measure M passes, the City Council will hold hearings to set the nominal rates.
"There's a reason that we seem to be a feisty little city; we have to be," said Green. "We have to be, because otherwise what happened to our beaches, that's what would happen to our contract with the Harbor District or wherever. We have to make sure that we are the providers for the residents in our community."
Tom Figg, Challenger
Tom Figg
Tom Figg has been a self-employed land use and redevelopment consultant, specializing in urban planning and neighborhood revitalization, and has lived in Port Hueneme for 39 years. Figg says that what made him go from the private sector to a potential term in the public is the need for a "sense of purpose" on the City Council, which he says is in need of leadership.
"I'm concerned by the lack of involvement of our partners," said Figg, referring to the Navy, the Harbor and the school district. "There seems to be a preoccupation on moving forward without embracing our partners in the problem-solving process."
Figg is opposed to Measure M on the grounds that the measure wasn't crafted with input from neighboring businesses.
"I don't disagree with the premise that we need to cultivate new revenue," said Figg. "It's this particular measure, the way it's been crafted and presented and advertised doesn't square."
Figg said that "the voters are being asked to sign on blindly" due to the City Council's failure to disclose "what this measure is as it relates to all the businesses in the community."
"Sharkey was leading the charge to undo, disapprove the view tax," said Figg. "Here we are, 20 years later. Now he's trying to defend a measure that is certainly, on the surface, a whole lot worse in terms of its defensibility."
Also of importance to Figg is the beach erosion issue. Figg says that the city had the ability to prevent the erosion problem, but failed to act.
"These kinds of erosion problems don't happen overnight; it's the lack of paying attention to how much sand is being replenished," said Figg. "In other words, the City Council has been asleep at the switch."
Jim Hensley, Challenger
Jim Hensley
"I think it's more important to listen to the people and see what they want," said Hensley, who had been a member of the Channel Islands Beach Community Service District Board of Directors.
Hensley said that he had been asked to run for City Council before, but initially didn't want to run against his friend Ellis Green. Then, according to Hensley, when current Mayor Pro-Tem Norman Griffaw released a statement saying that he wouldn't run, Hensley decided to put his hat into the ring because of that fact. After filing, Griffaw changed his mind and reentered the race; Hensley decided to stay in the running despite Griffaw's reentrance.
"I'm seriously concerned about this community," said Hensley. Of top priority: doing something in regard to the lack of crossing guards at community schools.
"By state law, as far as I can figure out . . . it states that the city is supposed to pay for it," said Hensley. "[The city] unilaterally decided to terminate the crossing guard program, all of a sudden having a few hundred to a thousand kids going to school with no crossing guards. It's not right."
After the state discontinued redevelopment funds and the money went directly to the schools and other agencies instead of to the city, the city ended the crossing guard program. The five crossing guards cost $65,000 a year, according to the city's financial director Robert Bravo.
Hensley says that if Measure M is voted in, the crossing guards could be reinstated, which he says is his main concern, though he is not a proponent of the measure.
"I see that there are a lot of loopholes in it; it's very broad and very vague," said Hensley. "It's kind of inappropriate the way they put it together. Instead of having a full public hearing . . . they pretty much ram-rodded it through."
Hensley calls Measure M "almost Draconian."
As far as the beach erosion issue, Hensley is passionate about rejuvenating the area.
"If I'm elected, I will make darn sure that that sand is properly allocated."
Mayor Pro-Tem Norman Griffaw did not respond to numerous attempts to arrange an interview before publication.
The Port Hueneme elections will be held on Nov. 4. For more information on the ballot and the candidates, visit http://recorder.countyofventura.org/elections.
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1997 Inductees: Arnie Keck, Andrea Anderson, Sue Gorton, Butch Marshall
Arnie Keck
Arnie Keck taught and coached at Northern from 1963 through 1968, holding the positions of athletic director, athletic trainer, PE instructor, swimming coach, baseball coach, and assistant football coach. Keck's swim program produced several Conference Championships and NAIA All American swimmers, including Little Sullivan Award winner Chad Chadwick in 1967. Keck was named District Coach of the Year in 1965. His service to athletics didn't stop at NMC however. He helped coach and organize swim meets and practices for the Havre Lions Swim Team where he and Harvey Welch coached many state champions. Many of these athletes also went on to receive swimming scholarships at larger schools. In 1968 he accepted a position as assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of North Dakota-Grand Forks. He worked as a physical therapist in Oregon from 1974 to 1978, taught anatomy at the University of California at Davis from 1978 to 1981 when he returned to the UND faculty. Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and an adjunct instructor in the Department of Anatomy at UND, Keck retired in December, 1996.
Andrea Anderson
Andrea Anderson graduated from Northern in 1987 with a degree in Business Technology. She has worked for Northwestern Mutual Life and Baird Securities in Bozeman, MT, for the past ten years and is consistently ranked in the top 10 Montana agents and top 1000 agents nationwide for NML. She received that National Sales Award and the National Quality Award from the National Association of Life Underwriters. Anderson is a member of the local United Way board, is president of the Gallatin County Republican Women and vice president of the National Wild Turkey Federation, an organization dedicated to reintroducing wild turkeys into Gallatin County. She and husband Arron Wass have one son, Andrew, born in April of 1995.
Anderson holds three Skylight individual career records: most rebounds (909), most field goals (612) and the highest points per game average of 15.2 for four years. She also holds four individual field goals, and highest scoring average. Coach Loren Baker credits Anderson with helping make Northern a national power and leading her teams to four conference championships, earning all-conference and all-district honors.
Sue Gorton
A multi-sport athlete, Sue Gorton was an All-Conference volleyball and basketball player for the Northern Skylights and received All-District honors in basketball her senior year. A business major with a 3.25 grade point average, Gorton also received All-Conference Academic honors. As Skylight captain, she led her team to both Frontier Conference and district titles. In nominating Gorton, teammate Katie Heath stated "I believe the winning tradition Skylight athletics has built is a direct result of student athletes like Sue."
Gorton has been in retail management with Herberger's Department Stores in Kalispell for the past ten years. As an employee of a pacesetter company for United Way, she participates in the annual campaign and has served on the Citizen's Review Panel. Sue enjoys playing volleyball, basketball and skiing in the Flathead Valley.
Butch Marshall
Butch Marshall attended NMC on an athletic scholarship and played basketball for the Lights from 1974 to 1978. He also participated in track during that time and is the only male NMC athlete to compete at the NAIA track and field championships his sophomore and junior years.
He graduated from NMC in 1979 with an elementary education degree and later earned his master's degree from NMC in 1989. During his first teaching position at White Sulphur Springs he coached junior high boys basketball, "C" squad, and track and was assistant coach for girls varsity basketball. He has served as sixth grade teacher and administrative assistant at KG Elementary School since 1981 and has coached and assisted with varsity girls and boys basketball, junior high boys and girls basketball, and track. He was a member of the Montana Officials Association from 1987 to 1993, officiating several district and divisional tournaments for class A and C schools. Marshall is active in the Kremlin and Gildford communities as a member of the KG Booster Club and coach and umpire for youth baseball teams. He and wife, Cindy, have been married for 20 years and they have two sons, Adam and Eric.


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Spring Fling Photo Key Ring
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In Mexico City, they say, the air is so bad that birds fall out of the sky.
Ranked most polluted of the world's capital cities in 1992 by the UN, and the fifth most polluted capital city in the world in 2007, Mexico City is home to 22 million people, most of them at or below poverty level.
As the world's largest city, with 570 square miles and a population density of more than 30,000 people per square mile, Mexico City once teetered on the edge of becoming an apocalyptic vision of mankind's worst nightmare - total ecological collapse.
The city is built on a 7,000-foot plateau surrounded by mountains. This has the effect of creating frequent thermal inversions, also known as the 'bowl effect', which exacerbate air pollution by trapping layers of pollutants under a layer of warmer air.
But things are changing. To understand how much, you have to understand the air quality index (AQI), an internationally standardized formula which measures ground-level ozone and particulates. According to the AQI, 0 to 100 is satisfactory, 100 to 200 is not satisfactory, over 200 is bad, and over 300 is lethal.
In the mid-1990s, Mexico City's AQI was over 100 about 90 percent of the time. In 1996, it topped 394 for five consecutive days. During that time, more than 300 people died. By January of 2001, however, there had not been a smog alert for 15 months and now, in 2009, Mexico City has dropped to number 30 on the list of the world's most polluted capital cities in terms of emissions and particulates.
A recent Associated Press article ascribes the pollution to vehicles, and its reduction to a group of government workers who call themselves the 'ecoguardia' or eco-guard. These ecological watchdogs go around checking tailpipes for emissions and tagging cars that clearly violate pollution standards. The penalty for visibly noxious emissions is either a $100 fine or the loss of the car's license plate, which effectively takes the offending vehicle off the streets.
Unfortunately, the other (and highly significant) cause of Mexico City's bad air is unregulated factories on the rim of the city. This is an issue which Mexico City's Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), headed by Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, either doesn't know how to address or doesn't have the cojones to take on. Many of the factories are owned or run by multinational corporations. Regulating vehicles, or appearing to, is less confrontational and does less damage to Mexico City's economic infrastructure - not to mention the coffers of said political party.
One PRD plan, dubbed "hoy no circular" (today your car does not drive), reduced the number of cars on city streets by instituting no-driving days according to the color of the license plate. This one-day-a-week restriction had little effect because only the wealthiest of Mexico City's inhabitants have cars, and those half-million individuals frequently own two or more cars. When a no-drive, yellow-plate day came around, they simply switched to another vehicle.
This is not to denigrate the efforts of the Mexico City's ecoguardia, who - like Gabriela Escalante - patrol the streets of the city looking for violators. This small but determined force of men and women has is to be congratulated for its efforts, which have become a model for improving urban air quality in other large cities like Hong Kong.
In spite of these efforts, the city's cloud of ozone pollution persists. This layer - a secondary manifestation of pollutants like nitrogen oxides (NOx) from burning fossil fuels and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from industrial processes - hovers close to the ground, plaguing the lungs, eyes and noses of Mexico City's inhabitants. High-altitude sunshine further exacerbates the process, transforming the chemicals into a lethal haze that settles, especially in winter, like a smudge of burning rodent fur over this teeming metropolis. On the worst days, cyclists still wear masks, reminding world travelers of the recent Olympics in Beijing.
Mexico City plans to spend $3 billion by 2012 to expand public transit and further slash emissions. Data from AQI monitoring stations confirm that lead, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone levels are all appreciably below 1991 levels. In spite of that, ozone levels still exceed recommendations more than half the time.
According to Mexican-born Dr. Mario Molina, the 1995 Nobel Prize-winning chemistry professor at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) who was recently appointed president-elect Barack Obama's transition team advisor on environmental issues:
"There has been a large improvement, and it's important to show it could be done. But there's still a long way to go to get really satisfactory air."
It doesn't help that the government still subsidizes gasoline, even though state-run oil company Pemex has failed to introduce low-sulfur fuel, or that most trucks and buses are exempt from emissions testing. Nor the situation likely to improve now that NAFTA regulations have gone into effect, allowing a flood of used cars to cross the border from the U.S.
From north of the border, we can only hope Gabriela Escalante's small army is staunch, persistent and indefatigable, and that the PRD finds the courage to take on the multinationals.
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PRI Fuel Preserver and Restorer
For GasolineFew people are aware that gasoline has a relatively short storage life. Over time, chemical components within gasoline fuels begin to polymerize--that is, small particles in the fuel begin to form combinations that are larger and harder to burn and eventually thicken into a gel and then into sludge impossible for engines to use.
There are speciality products on the market which are somewhat successful at inhibiting sludge formation in short term storage. Others may also boost octane and disburse water but cannot come close to the enhancement properties of PRI
PRI takes several steps forward in technology, resulting in a superior product which cleans fuel injectors and plugs at the same time as promoting complete combustion (increased fuel efficiency) plus fuel economy.
Having PRI in your fuel with every day use, you experience great acceleration--horsepower--with no pinging. PRI not only stabilizes gasoline for years (requires periodic retreatment) but also can revitalize old fuel while inhibiting corrosion and disperse water. To use, add 1 ounce of PRI to 16 gallons of fuel. This one quart bottle treats 512 gallons of fuel.


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- Price: $19.95
- Official Site: WAGAN.com
- Specs: 2 DC outlets; 2 USB ports; fuse protection; 5 oz; 3" diameter; 4 LED battery indicators
- Company: WAGAN Corporation
As the sheer number of tech gadgets in your life multiplies, so does your need for wires and various plugs -- and sockets... so many sockets. As you spend more and more of your time sitting in traffic, you run a real chance of having to recharge a gadget or three while you're on the go. Your cell phone has a matching power cable that clicks into the 12-volt cigarette lighter on your dash, and there are similar aftermarket cords for the iPod and other media players, so you can listen to your road-trip playlist without interruption. So, both of those are great and all, but what happens if your BlackBerry and iPod die at the same time? You can either explore the world of FM radio and enjoy the relative freedom of being off the communications grid or you can get a multidevice car adapter and continue to enjoy the fruits of your high-tech lifestyle.
From the cigarette lighter to dedicated 12-volt power socket, that little round hole in your car's console is possibly one of the best ideas to hit the car industry since... OK, ever. Or at least since 1956, when Casco developed the coil lighter we all know and love. These days, some cars have up to five of these outlets distributed throughout the interior, but for those of us with one power socket, having two or three dead gadgets can be frustrating. Enter WAGAN's Twin USB Cupholder Adapter. It's a hub, about the size of a travel mug, that plugs into your car's 12-volt adapter and branches the juice into two USB ports and two 12-volt DC outlets. The rugged plastic device is designed so all four sockets are easy to access, with LEDs to indicate each gadget's charge level. The device plugs into the dash via a 38-inch cable, so it doesn't matter how far from the lighter your Twin USB Cupholder Adapter is, and the adapter boasts fuse protection, presumably because the power coming through those lighters is notoriously unstable.
The ability to keep your GPS, PDA, MP3 player, and cell phone charging happily away at the same time is a major boon in today's rush-rush world. But honestly, if you routinely have all your widgets fail at once, you're doing something wrong. Also, since study after study is now finding that hands-free calling while driving is dangerous as hell, it's unclear whether a fully-charged cell phone is really a plus when you're on the road. That being said, the huge array of car accessories designed for the cigarette lighter (from little fans and car heaters to coffee pots and sandwich makers) makes having more plugs a very good thing. Thank you, Twin USB Cupholder Adapter.
If you're looking for other car-themed gadgets (though you really should concentrate on the road ahead), try these: Margaritaville Tailgating Grill and the Top 10 useful car gadgets.
If you're looking for other car-themed gadgets (though you really should concentrate on the road ahead), try these: Margaritaville Tailgating Grill and the Top 10 useful car gadgets.


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Keystone XL Pipeline Remains in Limbo Since 2005
It's nine years and counting since the Keystone pipeline was first proposed and TransCanada is still waiting for presidential approval to build the line.
Robert Redford Calls on President Obama to Show the Courage of His Climate Convictions
In a powerful new TV and online ad campaign, NRDC Trustee Robert Redford singles out the most effective tool for tackling this crisis right now—presidential leadership.
The Climate Post: March 7, 2013
This week: Obama's new cabinet members for Energy and EPA, Arctic shipping routes, and carbon dioxide spikes.
The Climate Post: Obama Goes Green in the State of the Union Speech
This week's post explores the green ideas President Obama mentioned this week.
When Will Arctic Drilling Create a Mega-Disaster?
How many more near-misses from Shell will the Obama administration tolerate before pulling the plug?
The Climate Post: January 24, 2013
This week: Obama talks climate in inaugural address, strategies to cut carbon emissions, and the future of the Keystone XL pipeline.
President Obama's "All-of-the-Above" Energy Strategy: A Christmas Wish List
An expert expresses his views on the potential for President Obama's "All of the Above" energy strategy.
The 'Obomney' Campaign: Obama vs. Romney on Energy and the Environment
Whatever your politics and belief in climate change, this is a presidential election year – and this is a critical crossroad in our country's history for energy and environmental policy
Who Would Be the Greener President—Obama or Romney?
A recent debate in Washington, D.C. between representatives for Obama and Romney highlighted the differences between the two presidential candidates on green issues.
Bill Maher and Guests Discuss U.S. GMO Policy – and Obama's Lack of Action
Bill Maher and his guests expressed their unhappiness with President Obama for breaking his campaign promise on establishing GMO labels. They also discussed Obama's appointment of Monsanto's Michael Taylor to be in charge of food safety.


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Happy birthday to Brenden Cavallaro of men's track & field and Leif Sorenson of men's baseball!
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Happy birthday to Brenden Cavallaro of men's track & field and Leif Sorenson of men's baseball!
Jeff Reardon set major league baseball's all-time saves record. Mike Flanagan won the Cy Young. Former football recruit Ron Villone pitched in the bigs for 15 years. Matt Torra was a first-round pick in 2005.
So junior Leif Sorenson of Bradford should be proud to set the school record for career saves. Even if it is just 12.
"It was definitely a goal," said Sorenson, who has done it in just two years, as he transferred from Vermont, after the Catamounts dropped baseball. "It's not a lot so I'm trying to smash it."
Continue reading more of Michael
Muldoon's column, Our College Stars, which also mentions UMass sophomore Dennis Torres.
Baseball picked up a come-from-behind win vs. Fordham this afternoon, downing the Rams in extra innings after scoring twice in the ninth to extend the contest. Check out the highlights and postgame interviews.
After just recently joining the Holyoke Blue Sox roster, local product Joe Popielarczyk picked up the victory for Holyoke yesterday in a 13-4 win over the Lowell All-Americans, squaring off against fellow Minutemen Matt Gedman and Leif Sorenson. Popielarczyk pitched 5.2 innings of relief and gave up just one run.
The Eagle-Tribune has a story mentioning a pair of UMass pitchers from Eastern Mass. Haverhill's Leif Sorenson, who left UVM when it disbanded the program, ended up at UMass. The Catamounts' demise was good news for the Minutemen. The sophomore righthander went 2-1 and led the staff in ERA (3.94), appearances (19) and saves (5). He fanned 14 and walked eight in 29.2 innings. Freshman pitcher Dennis Torres of Lawrence made the team at UMass. He never played varsity ball at Central.


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HOW TO USE: Follow all directions on the product package, or use as directed by your doctor. Before using, apply a small amount of this medicine to an area of unbroken skin, and check the area within 24 hours for any serious side effects. If the test area is itching, red, puffy, or blistering, do not use this product and contact your doctor. If there is just mild redness, then treatment with this product may begin.Apply this medication to the affected areas of skin, usually twice daily or as directed by your doctor. This medication is for use on the skin only. If it is used incorrectly, unwanted skin lightening may occur. Avoid getting this product in your eyes or on the inside of your nose or mouth. If you do get this medication in those areas, flush with plenty of water.This medication may make the treated areas of skin more sensitive to the sun. Avoid prolonged sun exposure, tanning booths, and sunlamps. Use a sunscreen and wear protective clothing on the treated areas of skin when outdoors.Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, use it at the same times each day.Inform your doctor if your condition persists or worsens after 2 months.
SIDE EFFECTS: See also How to Use.Mild burning, stinging, redness, and dryness may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.If your doctor has prescribed this medication, remember that he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.Stop using hydroquinone and tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: blistering, skin cracking, blue-black darkening of the skin.A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.In the US -Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
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Under Local Housing Allowance (LHA) a tenant cannot simply request that payment is made to their landlord. Direct payment will only be made to landlords for vulnerable tenants. This policy sets out the guidelines by which officers will make decisions on vulnerability and has been developed in consultation with stakeholders.
Aims and objectives
- To provide a safeguard for the most vulnerable tenants and reassure them that their benefit will be paid directly to their landlord.
- To help prevent rent arrears and tenants being put at risk of eviction.
- To help sustain tenancies for vulnerable tenants.
- To reassure landlords that their rent will be paid if they have vulnerable tenants or are approached by vulnerable tenants.
- To ensure Council Officers make responsible, fair and consistent decisions.
- To promote a transparent and simple process that is widely understood.
- To treat each case individually and to avoid making assumptions about people's situations.
This policy is not designed to:
- Supersede support that is being received by tenants to help them be responsible for their own finances.
- Be a blanket policy for agencies providing support to private tenants.
- Be used by landlords to circumvent the aims of LHA.
1. Alerting the Council of potential vulnerability
The tenant or their representative makes the Council aware that they would prefer their LHA paid to their landlord. The request needs to be supported with written evidence from a third party, but initially can be by:-
- A letter/e-mail
- A phone call
- The application form
2. Gathering information and evidence
Officers will consider the information that has been received and whether there is enough evidence to make an appropriate decision. Evidence can be from:-
- Social workers, probation officers, support workers
- GP/hospital
- Support or advisory services like the Citizens Advice Bureau and Shelter
- A tenants family or friends
- A letter from a bank confirming that you are unable to open a bank account
- A copy of a Court Order or County Court Judgement
- Rent records and letters providing attempts to collect monies or evidence from a previous landlord
Please note that information from a landlord cannot be accepted without supporting evidence
3. Making a decision
One of the following decisions will be recommended and approved by senior benefit officers
- The tenant is vulnerable and payment of LHA will be made to the landlord
- The tenant is not vulnerable and payment will be made to the tenant
4. Notifying affected parties
The tenant and/or their representative will be written to, and advised of the following:
- the decisions and the reasons for it
- if and when the decision will be reviewed
- appeal rights
- contact details for advice if they don't have a bank account.
The landlord will also be written to, and advised:
- if their tenant has been found vulnerable that the Council will pay them LHA up to the contractual rent
- if and when the decision will be reviewed
- request bank details if not previously received
- if their tenant has been found not to be vulnerable, the landlords appeal rights against this decision
Examples of vulnerability
1. Long term
- tenant has a learning disability that prevents them from managing their financial affairs on a daily basis
- tenant suffers from a medical condition that makes it hard for them to cope with routine tasks e.g. schizophrenia, dementia, terminal illness
- tenant has a physical disability that means that they are often confined to their home, making it difficult for them to manage their affairs
2. Short term
- tenant has experienced recent changes that has meant that they need additional support in managing their own affairs e.g. bereavement, (violent) relationship breakdown, a period in hospital, leaving prison
- tenant only speaks English as a second language, presenting obstacles to them opening and running a bank account or reading and dealing with invoices and bills
- tenant is dealing with (or has a history of) addiction to drugs, alcohol, gambling and a substantial monetary payment to them would present a risk of relapsing
- tenant has a history of homelessness and/or rough sleeping, and is receiving help to sustain a tenancy in the private sector
There will be a need to regularly review tenants' circumstances where they may appear to be vulnerable for a short period of time.
3. Financial
- tenant has severe debt problems e.g. County Court Judgements, bankruptcy, bad credit rating, preventing them from opening a bank account


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Episode 3. A Summer in New Jersey
My stepmother, Elizabeth. How can I describe her? In my diary, I call her just that, Elizabeth, but in real life I say Madame Elizabeth, the French way, to make it extra polite and a little sophisticated. I guess that she would like me to call her Mother, but I just cannot do that and I don't want to explain why, so in our conversation we stick to Madame Elizabeth. She calls me "dear boy" or, in formal circumstances, Temple.
Elizabeth could not be more different from my Aunt Sally. Sally laughs, sings, runs after the boys, makes a million pies, muffins, stews, soups, while trotting around in her slippers. Elizabeth is slender and frail, very pretty, every curl in place. She never lifts a finger in the house — I should say in the mansion — but calls upon one of her many servants. She is in poor health, or at least she thinks so, I don't know which. Father adores her and worries constantly about her health; his face darkens every time she coughs.
There is something about Elizabeth that makes me want to stay in whatever room she is: A delicate perfume always floats around her, but it is not always the same. Sometimes lavender, she told me, and sometimes roses. She orders the perfumes from England, and when we sit together in her parlor on a rainy day, we talk all the time about London, the streets and the shops she has not seen in so many years and misses more than ever.
In a secret drawer not far from her mirror she keeps the English tea that we are not supposed to drink because of the non-importation rules. We savor every sip, and feel like accomplices. It's delicious. Above all, I like to look at her dresses, to look at them like the painter I hope to be someday. In Aunt Sally's case, you can always tell whether a dress is blue, green, or yellow, but with Elizabeth the dress hovers between two colors, between blue and green, between pink and lilac, or — my favorite — between peach and apricot.
Now that my paintbox has arrived in the trunk from England, I try to reproduce that color, but her dress is made of silk and it shimmers, so that I never get it right. The dress matches perfectly the color of her hair and Father gasps with admiration when he sees her wearing it, glowing in the candlelight.
And then, there is that rustle when she walks, a sweet, faint sound something like Grandfather's glass armonica, but there would be no point in telling him that because I have already gathered that he is not fond of Elizabeth.
I think he feels that she has too much influence over my father and that the Governor's persistent loyalty to the Crown is due to her Englishness. But my father, I believe, has other reasons for being faithful to King George and his ministers. It is England, after all, that has lifted him from the condition of bastard son — my status — to that of Royal Governor with all the trappings that he enjoys so much. Grandfather's goals are different. He is after something more difficult to pinpoint than trappings.
Time to slide into that fabulous feather bed, the like of which I had never experienced until this luxurious summer.


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Sept. 15, 2012
DALLAS (AP) - Quarterback Johnny Manziel accounted for 418 total yards and six touchdowns as Texas A&M beat SMU 48-3 Saturday.
Chase Hover kicked a 25-yard field goal in the third quarter for SMU's only points.
SMU's Zach Line rushed for 104 yards for his 17th career 100-yard game. That is second all-time in school history behind NFL great Eric Dickerson.
SMU's Margus Hunt blocked his 16th career kick - which is second all-time in NCAA history. The 6-foot-8 Hunt set the NCAA record last weekend by blocking his ninth career field goal.
SMU is back in action Saturday, Sept. 29 when they host arch-rival TCU at Ford Stadium. Kickoff is to be announced on Monday, Sept. 17. Tickets are available to the DFW Duel at smumustangs.com/tickets/ or by calling 214-SMU-GAME.


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Jeannemarie Davis outperformed all other candidates in the recent Bearing Drift GOP Lieutenant Governor straw poll. Davis had 146 more votes than Pete Snyder. Davis easily won the poll with 36%. Both Davis and Snyder actively urged supporters to participate in the poll.
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text: It's fun looking back at the early years of Drag Racing. Celebrating our 40th year of racing at Firebird, here is a real oldie, but goodie from the late 60's, as two AA/Fuel Dragsters blaze the Firebird strip. Check out the prime seating in the background! For goodness sake, it looks like the fans have taken up residency in the sage brush and high atop their cars `n trucks on the entrance road! Now this is one classic shot.


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Want To Live in The Pixar "Up" House? Now You Can!
The Salt Lake Tribune filmed their nickel tour of the "UP House" that is part of the Parade of Homes in Herriman Utah.The video includes shots of the interior with narration by the home builder himself. Just about every detail from the movie has been matched right down to the spindle design on the crib in the nursery.
Three New Video Previews of Disney Pixar "UP"
Four new videos previews from Disney / Pixar's "UP" are available for your viewing pleasure. UP, Disney / Pixar's first collaboration on a 3D film, is due to land in theaters on May 29th.
The story is based on 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen tying thousands of balloon to his home in his quest to fulfill a lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, he learns he isn't alone on his journey.


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April 14, 2012
Stanford, Calif. - The top-ranked UCLA women's tennis team became the first team to beat Stanford in a regular-season home match in more than 13 years on Saturday afternoon, as the Bruins rolled to a 5-2 victory over the sixth-ranked Cardinal at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium in the Bay Area. Prior to Saturday, the Cardinal had not suffered a regular-season home loss since a 5-4 defeat at the hands of Cal on Feb. 27, 1999, snapping a streak of 157 consecutive wins.
"Overall the team just did a great job coming in with a lot of energy. We had belief that we could beat Stanford and the players played like it. The doubles point was huge for us. After yesterday's loss we had a meeting and we talked about it and I think the players understood just how tough this match would be. I knew (our players) would get up for it. They stayed calm and stayed focused and executed extremely well today."
After suffering its first loss of the year at Cal a day earlier, UCLA (21-1; 8-1 Pac-12) came out and snatched the doubles point on Saturday with wins at court Nos. 3 and 1. The match started with both teams exchanging wins, as Stanford notched an 8-2 victory at court No. 2, followed by an 8-4 Bruin win at the No. 2 spot. That meant that the doubles point would be decided at court No. 1, where UCLA's 11th-ranked Robin Anderson and Skylar Morton were battling third-ranked Mallory Burdette and Nicole Gibbs. Anderson and Morton were able to hang on for the upset, posting an 8-6 win to give UCLA the 1-0 advantage heading into singles play.
UCLA's lead didn't last long after singles began, as Burdette avenged her loss in doubles by downing Bruin senior McCall Jones, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. Despite the early Stanford win, UCLA was in control in four of the other five singles matches. Freshman Kaitlin Ray put the Bruins up 2-1 when she notched a 6-0, 6-4 win over Natalie Dillon at court No. 6. It marked Ray's 26th consecutive win, as she is now 21-0 in dual match play and 29-2 on the year.
Playing next door to Ray at court No. 5, fellow freshman Chanelle Van Nguyen, who suffered a heart-breaking three-set loss at Cal a day earlier, gave the Bruins a 3-1 lead when she downed Veronica Li, 6-1, 6-3. Van Nguyen's victory meant that UCLA needed to win just one of the three remaining singles matches to pull off its first victory over the Cardinal since 2010.
The Bruins' match-clinching win came at court No. 1, where Anderson was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Gibbs to give UCLA an insurmountable 4-1 advantage. The two players are ranked just one spot apart from each other, with Anderson checking in at No. 4 and Gibbs at No. 3 in the current ITA Singles Rankings.
"Robin has done a great job leading this team," added Sampras Webster. "Not only is she our No. 1 player, but just her attitude, her focus and her spirit is so important for us. You have to be extremely focused to beat a player like Nicole Gibbs. I think Robin truly believed that she could beat her and she did. For her to clinch it was a great moment for her and our program."
With the match already decided, Morton downed Ellen Tsay, 6-4, 6-3 at court No. 4, and Stanford picked up its second point of the afternoon when Stacey Tan downed Pamela Montez, 7-5, 7-5 at court No. 3.
With a win against No. 4 USC next Friday, UCLA is guaranteed at least a share of the 2012 Pac-12 title. Those two teams will square off at 3:00 p.m. at UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center.
"It's always a big match no matter if it's for a title or not," said Sampras Webster on next week's showdown with USC. "It's going to be very competitive. We are going to have to play well to beat them that's for sure. It's going to be exciting."
#1 UCLA 5, #6 Stanford 2
Apr 14, 2012 at Stanford, CA (Taube Stadium)
|1. #11 Anderson/Morton (UCLA) def. #3 Burdette/Gibbs (STAN) 8-6
|2. #41 Tan/Tsay (STAN) def. #9 Courtney Dolehide/Montez (UCLA) 8-2
|3. Jones/Carling Seguso (UCLA) def. Dillon/Li (STAN) 8-4
|1. #4 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. #3 Nicole Gibbs (STAN) 6-2, 6-2
|2. #7 Mallory Burdette (STAN) def. #93 McCall Jones (UCLA) 6-1, 6-1
|3. #52 Stacey Tan (STAN) def. #101 Pamela Montez (UCLA) 7-5, 7-5
|4. Skylar Morton (UCLA) def. #57 Ellen Tsay (STAN) 6-4, 6-3
|5. #98 Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) def. Veronica Li (STAN) 6-1, 6-3
|6. #107 Kaitlin Ray (UCLA) def. Natalie Dillon (STAN) 6-0, 6-4
|Match Notes
|UCLA 21-1; 8-1 Pac-12; National ranking #1
|Stanford 16-1; 7-1 Pac-12; National ranking #6
|Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,6,5,1,4,3)


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Yale, Brown Up Next for Tennis Teams
The first full weekend of Ivy League tennis will put the Princeton men's and women's teams against Yale and Brown, with the men at home and the women away.
The men's matches will start at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday against Yale and Brown respectively and are set for the Lenz Tennis Center unless inclement weather moves them to Jadwin Gym. The women will start a day earlier, heading to Yale Friday and Brown Saturday, with both matches starting at 2 p.m.
The teams split their results from the opening Ivy match last weekend against Penn, with the men losing 4-1 in Philadelphia and the women winning 5-2 in Jadwin Gym.
As is the case annually, the Ivy League season is a sprint, lasting only a month. After this weekend, the Tiger men and women will have two more to decide the race.
In the latest ITA rankings, announced Tuesday, the Ivy had three teams ranked in the top 75, with No. 36 Columbia, No. 39 Harvard and No. 52 Yale The men had five ranked teams with No. 19 Columbia, No. 46 Cornell, No. 41 Dartmouth, No. 34 Harvard and No. 60 Princeton.
Here's a look at the Tigers and their opponents for the weekend:
ITA Rankings: Men 60, Women NR
Records: Men: 10-8, 0-1 Ivy, Women: 12-5, 1-0 Ivy
ITA-Ranked Players: Men: NR, Women: Alanna Wolff 84 (Singles)
ITA Rankings: Men NR, Women 52
Records: Men: 11-4, 0-0 Ivy, Women: 8-7, 0-0 Ivy
ITA-Ranked Players: Men: Tyler Lu 98 (Singles), Women: Ree Ree Li/Madeleine Hamilton 58 (Doubles)
Streak vs. Princeton: Men: Princeton 6, Women: Yale 3
ITA Rankigns: Men NR, Women NR
Records: Men: 10-6, 0-0 Ivy, Women: 11-5, 0-0 Ivy
ITA-Ranked Players: Men: NR, Women: NR
Streak vs. Princeton: Men: Princeton 4, Women: Princeton 2.


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You can use the Interactive Curriculum table to get a good picture of the courses you need to complete your Comprehensive Science degree.
You can click and drag courses to different semesters, include an earned AP credit, and add any summer courses you have taken. After you have a good picture of what you need and what you have, you can schedule an appointment with your advisor.


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Art for toddlers is more about the process and not so much the product. Children at this age need to explore and make discoveries on their own. Art projects need to be set up in a way for toddlers to interact with different art materials. When a toddler is in an uninhibited environment, there probably won't be a product at the end. Introduce art to your toddler using some of these ideas.
Coffee Filter Drawing
Materials: Coffee filters or paper towel, washable markers
Place your toddler in the highchair or kid-friendly table. Give each child markers and a coffee filter or paper towel. Allow the children to use different markers on the coffee filter or paper towel. Point out the colors that are being used and how the absorbency of the coffee filter will blur the colors together.
Tracing Feet
Materials: paper, crayons, marker, and/or paint
Ask your child to stand on the paper and trace their feet. Then trace your feet and compare the different sizes. Invite children to color their feet using the crayons, markers or paint.
Chalk It Up
Materials: colored chalk, paper, hair spray, buttermilk, light starch, sponge
First option - Allow children to draw on the construction paper using colored chalk. When the art process is finished, spray with hair spray to set the chalk.
Second option - Wet paper using a damp sponge. Invite children to make designs on the wet paper.
Third option - Use a paintbrush to apply the liquid starch. Invite children to draw on the paper.
Fourth option - Brush buttermilk onto the paper then allow children to draw.
No Glue Art
Materials: clear contact paper, blue tape, feathers, cotton balls, pom-poms, foam shapes, ribbon, tissue paper, wrapping paper, felt pieces
Prepare area by cutting a large square from the clear contact paper. Tape the sides of the contact paper to a wall, sticky side up. Invite children to stick the art materials to the contact paper.


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Country Life
Friday 27 January 2012, with Carol Stiles, Susan Murray, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes & Duncan Smith
Gidday and Guest
9:05 PM.David Rose is a farmer from Southland - which has been on the brink of a drought. He says the summer dry has put crops back by a few months.
Regional Wrap
9:09 PM.The North Island is flush with feed but many pastoral farmers are now struggling to maintain its quality. Store stock are fetching extremely good prices. In the South Island Canterbury's had marvellous weather for farming while Southland's dairy farmers are struggling with very dry condition.
Prinz's Mushrooms
9:17 PM.Twenty-five year old Lennart Prinz grows oyster mushrooms in a grow-room constructed out of recycled materials. He sells the fleshy fungi at local markets.
The Buller Bushman
9:28 PM.Stephen McGrath lives with his son and daughter in the old Newton Livery between Murchison and Inangahua. He is a bush farmer with a passion for Clydesdales, who earn their keep by working the soil and carting firewood up from a Kanuka forest he has planted on the edge of the Buller River.
(From top to bottom) Stephen McGrath on a working sled with one of his Clydesdales (in the background is the stable he built from recycled materials), Stephen's house which used to be the old hotel, Stephen in his Kanuka forest and the Buller River that borders his farm.


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Young children begin to look at pictures before they begin to actually listen to a story. Illustrations that appear in books are useful in helping children decipher the events on a page before they actually learn to read the words. They can tell a story by looking at illustrations. Early childhood educators and parents will often ask a young child to tell them what is happening in a picture before they read the words. Children will also listen to a story and point out details in an illustration that relate to the words that they hear being read.
The Ringling Art Museum in Sarasota sponsors The Ringling Order of Art Readers, or ROAR, to encourage young children to connect art with short stories. ROAR is sponsoring an event on April 12 for children 4-7 to visit the museum and participate in activities that connect art with early literacy skills.
The Ringling Art Museum seeks to give back to the community in sponsoring this early literacy event for young children. The museum is located at 5401 Bayshore Road in Sarasota. Registration is required, and parents may call 941-359-5700 for registration. You may also log on at email@example.com for registration.


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College Hockey:Late Goal Propels UNO Over Notre Dame
OMAHA, Neb. — Sophomore defenseman Juha Uotila's five-on-three power-play goal with 2:16 left in the game proved to be the game winner as the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks handed Notre Dame a 3-2 loss in front of a season-high crowd of 7,178 at the Qwest Center.
With just over four minutes left in the final period, referee Barry Pochmara whistled Notre Dame's Jason Paige for holding at 15:57 and less than a minute later called Tom Sawatske for the same infraction giving the Mavericks the two-man advantage.
Nebraska-Omaha right wing Scott Parse worked the puck from the left corner to Uotila who fired through a screen, beating Irish goaltender David Brown at 17:44 for his second goal of the season.
The win for UNO snapped an eight-game winless skid (0-6-2) and improved the Mavericks to 4-7-4 on the season and 3-6-1 in conference play. The loss dropped Notre Dame to 10-3-1 on the year and 5-2-1 in the CCHA.
Notre Dame got a pair of special teams goals in the game with Noah Babin scoring a first-period short-handed goal and Kevin Deeth notching a third-period power-play goal. Nebraska-Omaha got goals from Mark Bernier and Bryan Marshall to offset the Irish goals and set up Uotila's game winner.
The teams traded first-period goals with the Irish getting on the scoreboard first at 11:11 with Babin's short-handed tally off a strong rush by the senior defenseman.
With the teams playing four-on-four and the Irish on the attack, Michael Bartlett left the puck for Babin inside the UNO blue line. Babin carried it down the right wing boards as the Maverick penalty came to an end. He cut across the bottom of the right wing circle to the front of the net where he got a shot off on Mavericks' goaltender Jeremie Dupont. The UNO goaltender made the stop, but Babin controlled the rebound and tucked it in for his first goal of the year.
Nebraska-Omaha came back just 1:35 later at 12:46 on Marshall's fourth goal of the season. As an Irish penalty to Ryan Thang ended, Marshall played give-and-go with Brandon Scero along the right wing boards. The return pass from Scero went off Marshall's stick but he was able to bat it out of the air over David Brown's left shoulder to tie the game at 1-1.
The goal was just the second that Notre Dame has given up in the first period in 14 games this season.
The two teams failed to score in the second period but each goaltender made big saves to keep the score at 1-1. With the Irish on the power play midway through the stanza, Brown was forced to make a pair of big saves on Tomas Klempa and Dan Charleston as the Mavericks were able to pressure the Irish bringing the puck up ice.
The Irish had three power-play chances in the period and Dupont stopped Thang on a one-timer from the slot and Babin from the slot among his nine saves in the period.
In the third period, the Irish fell behind for the first time in the game when Bernier scored on a wrist shot for the left point. The freshman defenseman sailed a shot over Brown's glove hand into the upper corner of the net at 1:05 of the period for his first of the season, giving the Mavericks a 2-1 lead.
Notre Dame answered with a power-play goal by Deeth at 4:28 of the period to tie the score at 2-2.
After some strong cycling in the left wing corner Erik Condra moved the puck to Thang in the slot and he found Deeth all alone on the right side of the net where he deposited it behind Dupont for his seventh goal of the year.
The score would stay that way until Uotila's game winner at 17:44.
The Irish out shot Nebraska-Omaha, 27-22, in the game. Brown finished with 19 saves for Notre Dame while Dupont kicked out 25 of the 27 shots that he faced.
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TO CHEW ON: "And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him." Luke 11:53-54
Jesus was invited to a Pharisee's home to eat a meal. Apparently He had neglected to go through the ceremonial washing procedure that was standard among those types (a footnote explains: "The washing of hands was not a matter of hygiene but of ritual cleansing to remove any moral pollution acquired by contact with sinners or unholy things." New Spirit Filled Life Bible p. 1411). So the Pharisee "marvelled" that He had not washed. I see this not as a delighted marvelling but as a holier-than-thou, gotcha, gloating marvel.
Jesus was not intimidated. Instead, He launched into a blistering attack against the hypocrisy this washing requirement typified. He called these teachers "foolish" and pronounced woes on each category of leader/teacher (vs. 40-52). He named specific instances where they required things of others that they didn't do themselves (vs. 42, 46). He lumped them in with the prophet-killers of the past (vs. 47-51). He accused the ones responsible for teaching others about God of being the very ones who hindered them from knowing Hm (vs. 52).
Did these men come under conviction, repent or change their ways? Not a chance! Instead they were defensive, and attempted to find something wrong with Jesus so they could accuse Him back.
This story reminds me of an incident related by writer Carol MacKay in a recent issue of FellowScript. One day a guest (she called her Jane) attended their writing group. Jane was outspoken to the point of rudeness. When she asked what people wrote and Carol replied she wrote poetry, Jane came back with, "You're not one of those poets who don't believe in rhyme are you? It's crazy. There's absolutely no point to it."
That day Carol had gathered all her courage and brought a poem for critique. It was a poem that reflected the dark, somewhat gloomy outlook often evident in modern poetry. Though this didn't accurately reflect her own view of life, she had been convinced that this is what she needed to write in order to sell her work.
After she read her poem, the woman responded, "Why would someone write something like this? Where's the point? There's no point or purpose. When I write, I have a purpose: to glorify God."
At this juncture, Carol could have dismissed the woman's critique as coming from an unworthy source. She could have criticized Jane for her lack of graciousness and tried to find fault with what she wrote (the way the Pharisees reacted to Jesus). But she didn't. Instead, she let Jane's criticism goad her into re-examining her work. After thinking about it, she realized there was truth in her words, artless though they were. She decided, as a result of that day, to take her writing in a different direction. She sums up:
"In retrospect that horrible writing group experience has produced more good than it has ill. I don't think Jane's type of critiquing skills are in any way an acceptable method of constructive criticism, but oddly, without her harsh wake-up call, I would probably still be on the same dismal writing path, writing contrary to my faith and values." (Carol MacKay in FellowScript Volume 28, Number 2, May 2010, p. 12-13).
I ask myself, how do I handle criticism? How do you? Do we get all huffy and defensive, try to justify ourselves and find fault with the one who has criticized us? Or do we, like Carol, look for grains of truth in words of correction, regardless of the spirit in which they are delivered?
PRAYER: Dear God, please help me to have the wisdom and humility to take correction, no matter who gives it or how it is delivered. Amen.
MORE: Resource for writers
If you're a writer, especially a Canadian writer, you should check out the group Inscribe Christian Writers Fellowship. As a member, you get a subscription to FellowScript (quoted above) which comes out quarterly, and the possibility of getting to know and network with writers across Canada. Even if you don't join, take advantage of the website (http://www.inscribe.org) -- an incredible resource for Christian writers of any genre.
Do your 8-12-year-olds have daily devotions? Point them to Bible Drive-Thru.


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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp 5-15
First online:
Key Elements in a Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA (11 pp)
- Llorenç Milà i CanalsAffiliated withCentre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey (D3) Email author
- , Christian BauerAffiliated withDepartment for Technology-Induced Material Flows (ITC-ZTS), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
- , Jochen DepesteleAffiliated withInstitute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research - Animal Sciences - Fisheries
- , Alain DubreuilAffiliated withDr. Alain Dubreuil Natural Resources Canada 555 Booth Street K1A 0G1 Email author
- , Ruth Freiermuth KnuchelAffiliated withAgroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART
- , Gérard GaillardAffiliated withDr. Gérard Gaillard Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau (FAL) Gruppe Ökobilanzen FAL Reckenholzstr. 191 8046 Email author
- , Ottar MichelsenAffiliated withDepartment of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- , Ruedi Müller-WenkAffiliated withProf. Dr. Ruedi Müller-Wenk Institut für Wirtschaft und Ökologie (IWÖ) Universität St. Gallen Tigerbergstr. 2 CH-9000 Email author
- , Bernt RydgrenAffiliated withVattenfall Power Consultant AB
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Background, Aim and Scope
Land use by agriculture, forestry, mining, house-building or industry leads to substantial impacts, particularly on biodiversity and on soil quality as a supplier of life support functions. Unfortunately there is no widely accepted assessment method so far for land use impacts. This paper presents an attempt, within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, to provide a framework for the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of land use. Materials and Methods: This framework builds from previous documents, particularly the SETAC book on LCIA (Lindeijer et al. 2002), developing essential issues such as the reference for occupation impacts; the impact pathways to be included in the analysis; the units of measure in the impact mechanism (land use interventions to impacts); the ways to deal with impacts in the future; and bio-geographical differentiation. Results: The paper describes the selected impact pathways, linking the land use elementary flows (occupation; transformation) and parameters (intensity) registered in the inventory (LCI) to the midpoint impact indicators and to the relevant damage categories (natural environment and natural resources). An impact occurs when the land properties are modified (transformation) and also when the current man-made properties are maintained (occupation). Discussion: The size of impact is the difference between the effect on land quality from the studied case of land use and a suitable reference land use on the same area (dynamic reference situation). The impact depends not only on the type of land use (including coverage and intensity) but is also heavily influenced by the bio-geographical conditions of the area. The time lag between the land use intervention and the impact may be large; thus land use impacts should be calculated over a reasonable time period after the actual land use finishes, at least until a new steady state in land quality is reached. Conclusions: Guidance is provided on the definition of the dynamic reference situation and on methods and time frame to assess the impacts occurring after the actual land use. Including the occupation impacts acknowledges that humans are not the sole users of land. Recommendations and Perspectives: The main damages affected by land use that should be considered by any method to assess land use impacts in LCIA are: biodiversity (existence value); biotic production potential (including soil fertility and use value of biodiversity); ecological soil quality (including life support functions of soil other than biotic production potential). Bio-geographical differentiation is required for land use impacts, because the same intervention may have different consequences depending on the sensitivity and inherent land quality of the environment where it occurs. For the moment, an indication of how such task could be done and likely bio-geographical parameters to be considered are suggested. The recommendation of indicators for the suggested impact categories is a matter of future research.
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- Title
- Key Elements in a Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA (11 pp)
- Journal
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Volume 12, Issue 1 , pp 5-15
- Cover Date
- 2007-01
- 10.1065/lca2006.05.250
- Print ISSN
- 0948-3349
- Online ISSN
- 1614-7502
- Publisher
- Ecomed
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- Topics
- Keywords
- soil quality
- site-dependency
- natural resources
- natural environment
- land use impacts
- land use
- land quality
- dynamic reference situation
- biodiversity
- bio-geographical differentiation
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Llorenç Milà i Canals (1)
- Christian Bauer (2)
- Jochen Depestele (3)
- Alain Dubreuil (2232)
- Ruth Freiermuth Knuchel (5)
- Gérard Gaillard (4189)
- Ottar Michelsen (6)
- Ruedi Müller-Wenk (865)
- Bernt Rydgren (8)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey (D3), Guildford (Surrey), GU2 7XH, UK
- 2. Department for Technology-Induced Material Flows (ITC-ZTS), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany
- 3. Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research - Animal Sciences - Fisheries, Ankerstraat 1, Oostende, 8400, Belgium
- 2232. Dr. Alain Dubreuil Natural Resources Canada 555 Booth Street K1A 0G1, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
- 5. Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstr. 191, Zürich, 8046, Switzerland
- 4189. Dr. Gérard Gaillard Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau (FAL) Gruppe Ökobilanzen FAL Reckenholzstr. 191 8046, Zürich, SCHWEIZ
- 6. Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
- 865. Prof. Dr. Ruedi Müller-Wenk Institut für Wirtschaft und Ökologie (IWÖ) Universität St. Gallen Tigerbergstr. 2 CH-9000, St. Gallen, SCHWEIZ
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Oregon Shooter's video shows very well the use of the ''garment sweep'' as the essential precursor to actual draw.
Reason I post on this is, as I walked back to house from office last night, I (as quite often) did a practice draw from under a woollen sweater. I fumbled enough to extend draw time a bit! I only wear this at home - out and about it is the usual front open shirt or similar.
This is yet another aspect of my practice for this year - to improve on. Easy in summer if I have light shirt, vest etc, open at front and of course no way then will I be covered up as badly as now, so an easy drill to forget about.
Add to this the two methods needed. First and obvious is weak hand sweep to displace, raise and clear the garment to allow access to gun - practiced most for me and more needed. But also there is the need to be able to do the strong hand sweep and clear - not so easy. This for me requires use of thumb and fingers to get inside and under the lower edge, such that then a smooth sweep can clear it.
This latter is so easily fumbled - more so if stressed. I will be adding much more of this to draw practice - it is in effect the ''make or break'' element. I guess folks with tuckables also need to practice plenty.


text: Today was the second semester Elevator Pitch Competition. This is a competition where each student is given 60-90 seconds to convince an investor to invest in their business idea. The students present this one minute speech to a panel of judges that includes the business faculty and can include others from the Saint Mary's community. I have participated in this competition in the past, and it is a great experience not to mention the great prizes for the winners! The Kabara Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies sponsors the competition and provides the cash prizes for the winners. It is amazing to hear about the creative business ideas!


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Obama Seeks to Burnish Jewish Ties
Jay Solomon reports from Jerusalem's Western Wall.
Seeking to further burnish his ties to the Jewish people, Barack Obama paid an early morning visit Thursday to Jerusalem's Western Wall.
The site is among the most sacred for the Jewish faithful. And its location in Jerusalem's Old City is among the most disputed sites in the world.
Obama left Jerusalem's King David Hotel at 5 a.m., seeking to avoid the large crowds that gather at the Wall during the summer months. The Senator's visit to the location had been rumored for days.
Obama wore a white yarmulke, or Jewish skullcap, and was escorted to the site by the site's chief rabbi, Shmuel Rabinovich. The Rabbi read Psalm 122 while Obama stood contemplatively before the wall. The presidential candidate then placed a note of his wishes in the wall, a customary practice for Jewish worshippers.
A lone heckler screamed intermittently: "Obama: Jerusalem is not for sale!" But his words were countered by dozens of the senator's supporters, who chanted, "Obama, Obama, Obama."
Afterwards, Obama said the Western Wall, so early in the morning, was "rowdier" than he expected.


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Sweet Potato Casserole with Pineapples
Yield: Serves 6-8.
This Sweet Potato Casserole is a very sweet dish that goes well with pork or fowl.
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- 6 small sweet potatoes
- 1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
- Dash of salt
- 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
- 1/3 cup honey
Boil potatoes with skins on. When cool enough to handle, peel and slice into 1/2-inch pieces. Layer sweet potatoes and pineapple in a buttered 1-quart casserole. Add dash of salt. Top with marshmallows and pour honey over all. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees F.
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Texas Tech Baseball Starts Fall Team Practices
Sept. 13, 2013
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LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech baseball team was back in action with its first team practice of the fall season on Friday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
Second-year head coach Tim Tadlock and the Red Raiders enjoyed a day with beautiful weather in the mid-to-upper 80's for the team's first team practice and scrimmage.
"We are really excited to start team practices," Tadlock said to the media before practice. "We have had a couple weeks to get off to a good start in the classroom and focus on academics and also get our feet on the ground in the weight room. Now we are ready to get the baseball side of things underway."
The Red Raiders have a 39-player roster for the fall season, a total that includes 20 returning players. Tech welcomes back every starting position player along with six pitchers that tallied at least 25-innings pitched and eight pitchers that were used as starters in 2013.
Texas Tech's roster also includes 19 newcomers - a group that was ranked as the No. 24 ranked recruiting class in the country by Perfect Game. Tech's newcomers include eight position players and 11 pitchers (7 RHP, 4 LHP). The Red Raiders have 10 transfers that joined the program along with nine freshmen.
Tech's fall season will conclude with the annual Red & Black Series, scheduled for the final week of October. More information on the Red & Black Series will follow at a later date.


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National Football Day announced
by Stuart Vose
Football celebration to take place in honour of Sir Bobby.
The Football Association has announced plans for a new Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day on Saturday 10th August.
The Day is intended as a celebration of one of football's most iconic figures with more than 150 events planned to go ahead around the country.
Fans from across the nation will be able to take part in a showcase of the FA's work at grassroots level encouraging participation in sport.
Lady Elsie Robson, Sir Bobby's widow, said: "I'm sure Bob would have been thrilled having a National Football Day named in his honour.
"He was always so incredibly passionate about football. He just loved it, whatever level it was being played at.
"He was lucky enough to play and manage at the top of the game but he was just as enthusiastic talking to youngsters about their junior club matches."
The events, being held by County FA's and FA Charter Standard Clubs, will be open to people of all ages and abilities, with the public able to join in everything from tournaments, to skills sessions and coaching workshops.
The day will provide a focus on every aspect of the game including women's football, disability football, refereeing and coaching.
Sir Bobby passed away at the age of 76 in July 2009 after battling cancer.
Before his death, he founded the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, a charity supporting cancer research.
In March 2013, it was revealed that the Foundation had raised more than £5m to aid vital work.
To find out more about the Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day, visit www.TheFA.com/nationalfootballday.


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Crisp Pickle Slices
Yield: Makes 4 quarts.
The cucumbers for this prize-winning pickle are, of course, from the Prescotts' vegetable garden. Diana orders her long list of seeds from Vesey's Seeds of Prince Edward Island. Grown in Canada, Diana finds its Canadian-grown seeds the best for the short New Hampshire growing season.
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- 4 quarts sliced unpeeled cucumbers (about 1/4-inch thick)
- 6 onions, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/3 cup pickling salt
- 5 cups sugar
- 3 cups cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons mustard seed
- 1-1/2 teaspoons turmeric
- 1-1/2 teaspoons celery seed
Instructions:Mix together cucumbers, onions, garlic, and pickling salt, and let stand overnight. Drain brine the next morning. In a large kettle, combine cucumbers with remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; then pack in jars. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water bath.
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