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In the luxury real estate market, certain properties distinguish themselves with a location that cannot be duplicated or recreated. The 23 penthouse residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe epitomize such real estate. Located mid mountain at the Northstar, California resort, on the top floor and 3rd floor of the 5-diamond hotel, these residences enjoy a truly incredible location and a level of access to services and amenities that has no comparison. It may well be that once these 23 residences are spoken for, there will not be anything in Tahoe quite like them for a very long time, if ever.
This is California's most prestigious mountain address. Visit the sales gallery in the hotel or view the property website to learn more and schedule a private tour.
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UPDATE: The boy has returned home safely.
An Amber Alert was issued Monday in North Carolina for a child in Durham.
The child's name is Christopher Anthony Rojas. He was described as about 3 feet 5 inches tall. He is Hispanic with black hair and brown eyes.
Authorities said the boy was last seen about midnight. The boy was last seen wearing a blue striped shirt with checkered or plaid shorts.
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The world of computer science is growing dramatically. In fact, some believe in the not-too-distant future computer related jobs are going to create a demand that outpaces the number of students earning degrees of any kind. That has led to an increased emphasis on technology education at an early age. Students in Sue Osborne's class at Reede Gray Elementary School were exposed to a concept once believed only open to those with graduate degrees during this past school year. The concept is called coding, and it is at the heart of so much of what is technology. Coding is what makes everything from creating software and Web sites possible. It is behind everything from the apps on your phone to the operating system installed in the computer you are using. So, how does a group of young students grasp the concept of coding. It's really simple. Do you remember the early days of reading when smaller sight words were enhanced by pictures that represented much bigger and more advanced reading skills? It was learning those sight words along the way that led to the reading of bigger words that led to the reading of sentences, paragraphs and books. The concept of coding taught at an early age is similar. Rather than dump a bunch of terms and jargon students are not going to understand, the concept of coding at an early age means helping them understand the purpose and the process. So, through games students learn to develop code one step at a time, and as their understanding increases the number of steps also increases. For example a code game might require a student to offer specific directions for an on-screen figure to move from one place to the next. Simple directions using arrows allows them to create the commands to make the figure move. As the coding concepts become more involved there are more commands added. An initial command to walk one step may be followed by a step and a left turn.
"For them it's a lot of trial and error," said Osborne, adding the students are really learning problem solving skills they are going to utilize regardless of what career path they choose later in life. Osborne said Web sites, such as www.code.org, provide students with the basics of code writing, adding on that site there are also videos from people such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, that help the students understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. Do the kids like it? Osborne said at first they were not excited, but as they began to experience accomplishments they wanted to keep going to see how far their skills and understanding could take them. "It's fun to play," said Aviahna Hoffmann. "You just have to know your left, right and forward commands." Becoming more fluent with coding at an early age could lead to even greater strides taking technology in a whole new direction.
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Tom Canino must have been celebrated out by the end of the day Saturday.
Within about a two-hour span, the head coach of the Incline boys and girls soccer teams watched both of his squads capture titles in the Division III state championship tournament in Henderson.
His boys made him sweat it out first with an exciting, 4-3 comeback victory over Whittell after a 10 a.m. start. The girls, starting immediately following, allowed the coach to relax a bit as they coasted to a 4-0 win in their final, also against Whittell.
After defeating White Pine and Whittell by a combined score of 10-1 in the Northern Division III regional tournament the previous week, the Incline girls swept past the same two opponents by a 9-0 margin in the state tournament.
In the championship game - which followed a 5-0 semifinal win over White Pine on Friday - junior Elise Nelson initiated the scoring with a goal in the 10th minute, and senior Haley Derr extended the lead to 2-0 with a goal from 35 yards out in the 25th minute.
The Warriors, playing without three of their starting players - goalie Brittany Boulet, Sabrina Trachsel and Skylar Smith - came out strong to start the second half. Eighteen minutes in, however, Incline senior Kayla Goldberg scored the third Highlander goal with a high-arcing shot from 25 yards, just clearing the goalie's reach as it slipped under the crossbar.
Late in the contest, Derr took a corner kick that hit the crossbar and bounced straight down to the goal line, where junior Kerrie Tonking kicked it in to round out the scoring.
"They're a tough team. They play very well together," said Whittell head coach Patrick Kelly . "They don't have too many weakness."
In addition to their championship victory, the Incline girls were awarded before their game with the Academic State Championship for earning a collective GPA of 3.90.
The girls finished the year 19-6 overall.
The Incline boys did not have as easy a time as the girls.
The Highlanders first had to get past North Tahoe in the state semifinal round Friday, which, like in the regional semifinal, was no simple task.
The Lakers played the Highlanders tough, but a first-half goal proved to be the difference in the 1-0 Incline win. Incline's goal-scorer was not available.
In the championship game the next morning, the Warriors jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as Whittell's main offensive threat, Mark Waite, collected two goals in the first 15 minutes.
The junior broke free from defenders in the first 5 minutes of the game to record his first goal. A corner kick found Waite 10 minutes later, and he knocked in his second goal of the day.
Incline sophomore Marlon Correa cut the lead to 2-1 just before the half, according to the Reno Gazette Journal, while Incline senior Drew Bessette scored both the tying and go-ahead goals in the second half.
But Whittell was not done. Waite once again found net for the Warriors to complete his hat trick and knot the score at 3-3 late in regulation. The game ended in the same score, sending it to a sudden-death overtime.
Incline senior co-captain and veteran Kyle Reeves took care of the rest. About a minute into the overtime period, Reeves buried the winning goal to clinch the title for the Highlanders.
The state title marked the fourth ever for Incline, which is tied with Bishop Gorman for third most in NIAA history. Truckee has seven state championships and North Tahoe six.
Incline finished the year 15-8-1 overall.
- Becky Regan of the Tahoe Daily Tribune contributed to this story.


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Women's Health
Do Shopping Trips Help You Live Longer?
April 7, 2011 -- Regular trips to the store may help people live longer, even if they don't buy anything, according to researchers in Taiwan.
So does this mean "retail therapy" could be classed as an actual therapy for healthy aging? Other factors also come into play, one expert on aging tells WebMD.
Retail Therapy
The researchers in Taiwan say physical activity alongside social and economic activity are already recognized as being vital for healthy aging, but they say few studies have looked for a link between shopping and long-term survival.
Researchers in the U.K. looked at retail therapy in 2004 and concluded that rather than being a therapy in itself, shopping was a distraction from problems.
Researchers for the current study looked at 1,841 people aged 65 or over in Taiwan who lived independently at home. They were asked how often they went shopping. Possible answers ranged from "every day" to "never."
The answers were studied along with mental and physical capacities, age, gender, education, ethnicity, financial and employment status, lifestyle factors, and any long-term medical conditions. The study shows:
- 48% never shopped or shopped less than once per week.
- 22% shopped between two and four times a week.
- 17% shopped every day.
- The rest shopped once a week.
Sixty-two percent of the participants were younger than 75. Fifty-four percent were men, and 76% were financially self-sufficient.
Sixty percent had up to two long-term medical conditions.
Retail Results
Younger participants were more likely to shop more often. Contrary to the stereotype of the grumpy old man not wanting to be dragged to the store, men shopped more often than women did.
People who shopped more tended to be smokers and alcohol drinkers, but had better physical and mental health. They also took regular exercise and had a network of friends to have meals with.
When other factors were taken into account, daily shoppers were 27% less likely to die, with the men amongst them 28% less likely to die, compared with 23% of women.
What Does It Mean?
The authors admit that shopping could be linked to better health in the first place -- going to the store more often to stock up on fresh, healthy food, for example.
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Pottery wares known as "Saint-Porchaire" occupy a singular place in the history of French ceramics.
These luxury items made from very white clay, which are too fragile for use, stand out on account of the delicacy of their paste.
The Petit Palais has the privilege of owning three of these exceptional wares, of which scarcely more than seventy pieces are currently known in the world.
This candlestick displays two types of very refined decoration: firstly elements moulded in relief applied to the vase itself (figurines, crests, masks, shells, etc.), and secondly motifs of arabesques and tracery in coloured clay. The secret of this technique has only recently been discovered: the decorations are stamped from hollow or relief moulds either directly onto the object or onto a fine leaf of clay which is then stuck to the body of the object.
The Petit Palais candlestick features the French coat of arms and monogram of Henry II, as well as the arms of Anne de Montmorency, whose family owned land in Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres département) near Saint-Porchaire thought to be the possible place of origin of these wares.


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Good morning! I have a special treat for you this morning...a little sneak peek at the new Cabbages and Roses line coming out in September!
It is a beautiful vintage floral collections, with some wonderful bold stripes and motifs as well...and the best news is it will be the first fabric line from Cabbages and Roses available here in the United States!!! Yay!
This line of quilting fabrics is available from MODA and is called the Northcote Range...it is full of so many beautiful prints!!!
How would you like to win some of this gorgeous fabric??!!
Thanks to Cabbages and Roses, I am giving away 3 yards of fabric...1 yard each of the following three prints:
{I am in love with this first print! It is the same fabric used on the floor cushion in the first photo}
***All you have to do to enter the giveaway, is leave me a comment on this post. I'd love to hear what you would make if you won the 3 yards of fabric!***
The giveaway is open worldwide and will end at midnight on Monday, July 4th.
If you would like to blog, Facebook, or Twitter about this giveaway, you can earn an additional entry for each...please just leave a separate comment letting me know.
That's it! Nice and easy :)) Check with your local fabric store for details on finding the new MODA Northcote line from Cabbages and Roses...coming in September!
Happy new week!
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About the Book
"[Guillou] has a remarkable grasp of the mind-set of the period and always puts the emphasis where it would be for the people involved at that time, rather than ours. Some readers may find that disorienting, but a capacity for disturbing readers' assumptions is even more a hallmark of good historical fiction than the inclusion of the Knights Templar."
— Diana Gabaldon, Washington Post
Jan Guillou follows up the highly acclaimed The Road to Jerusalem with the second book in his Knights Templar trilogy. Readers of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, and Stephen Saylor will find many page-turning thrills in The Templar Knight.
A knight in the Holy Land.
A woman in the frozen north.
A war that kept them apart . . .
The second volume in the internationally bestselling trilogy begun with The Road to Jerusalem—the critically acclaimed epic "destined to become a classic" (Sharon Kay Penman)
Exiled to the Holy Land for two decades, Arn Magnusson has risen in the ranks of the Knights Templar, serving as master of the order's Gaza fortress. Among the last bastion of God's holy warriors determined to save Jerusalem from the Muslims, Arn has cultivated a shrewd understanding of his enemy. Known as Al-Ghouti among the Saracens—Saladin and his Muslim followers—he is renowned as a man of compassion, strength, and faith.
Yet neither time nor distance can lessen the pain of separation from his beloved Cecilia. Confined to a cloister back home in western Götaland, Arn's betrothed is a pawn in a war between clans vying for control of the crown. Yearning for him and their newborn son, who is being raised by relatives, Cecilia must also endure the cruelties of a vindictive abbess from a rival clan.
When an accident of fate brings together Arn and Saladin, a friendship is forged that will alter the course of the Templar knight's life, and the history of Jerusalem itself. After the bloody Battle of Hattin, Arn finally becomes a free man. But the road home is long and treacherous, and he is uneasy about the fate that awaits him and uncertain whether his betrothed still lives.
Broadening the scope of Arn's epic path to redemption, The Templar Knight continues the story of the founding of a nation—and of the warrior and the love that made it possible.
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- Imprint: Harper
- On Sale: 05/04/2010
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.45 in (d)
- Pages: 480
- List Price: 25.99 USD
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Forms | Clinic Letter | Registration Form
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Cheer and Dance Teams will be holding the fifth annual Islander Cheer and Dance clinic before the start of the Islanders women's basketball game on Saturday, March 2. The Islanders will be taking on Nicholls State at 5 p.m. on Senior Day.
Previous experience is not required and dancers, dance teams, cheerleaders and cheer teams are welcome to attend. The clinic is $35 and will be fun filled for all ages four and up. Participants will be given one free child and one free adult game ticket and will be invited to perform that evening at the game.
Please email all forms to the email provided or register the day of the event at 2 p.m. Parents are encouraged to arrive early for the game and watch their child become an Islander Cheerleader for the day.
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that day was the most saddest day in my entire life. in school we watched it in carreer modules and everyone was crying even me, i felt soo bad, this world wont end from natural causes, but extinction of the human race. people can be soo stupid and clulesss somtimes.
I'm shocked by what happened in this school. I live in France and I'm a teacher, my students are 4 years old. I'm so sad for Victoria and her family.
All my thoughts for the children and their families
very sad... :'( .... rip dear victoria... may ur soul rest in peace..
Just when you think the whole world is rotten beyond repair, you hear about a woman like this. She literally gave everything for others. She's a light in the darkness and a reason to hope. We won't ever forget her and how brave and unselfish she was.
She sure is a brave soul. God bless her, her family, and all the families who are mourning because of this tragic incident.
always remember her as a hero
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I,m so sad about this! And we can do nothing to stop it! I cant find any words for this.......
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So sad.. A hero indeed.
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Hi All,
I have a problem with the library scanner indexing my music files. I got quite some errors like this ...
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From what I could see all errors include (absolute) file names having a '?' (question mark) in it, so for me it seems that there is an issue with file names containing that character.
Beside PMS 1.80.0 I'm using an up-to-date OpenSuSE 12.3 installation with some additional repositories. All my other software installed do not have any issues with those file names.
Is there any setting(s) which could cause this error?
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Is Ottawa Getting Close on New Investment Rules? NY Consulate Thinks So
By Paul Vieira and Ben Dummett
Time for another twist in the Canadian government's plan to unveil new guidelines for foreign takeovers.
Deal Reporter, a New York-based news service covering mergers and acquisitions, reported Wednesday that a new policy framework–promised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as it reviews Cnooc $15.1 billion bid for Nexen Inc.–could be released as soon as next week, based on comments from Canada's consul general in New York, John Prato.
Mr. Prato made the comments in an event in New York City, and in a subsequent interview with Deal Reporter, the outlet reported.
Representatives for Canada's consulate general weren't immediately available for comment. A spokesman for Canada's Prime Minister's Office said the guidelines would be released in the "not-too-distant" future, without elaborating on Mr. Prato's comments.
Amid a broadly negative day for Canadian stocks, shares of Nexen and Progress Energy Resources, the target of another proposed acquisition by Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd., were higher. Traders attributed the boost to speculation Ottawa has wrapped up the policy and is nearing a public airing.
Ottawa has until Dec. 10 to rule on the Cnooc-Nexen deal. Petronas, meanwhile, has until Sunday to resubmit its $5.18-billion Progress bid, which was rejected last month by the government.
New guidelines were first promised in 2010, after the government rejected Australian giant BHP Billiton bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. More recently Mr. Harper has said the new policy will specifically address how Canada will weigh investments by state-owned entities, like Cnooc and Petronas.


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December 4, 2005
A road check at Flowing Wells and Wheeler Road sent twenty-four to jail over the weekend, one person for every officer out there. News 12 is on your side with how police hope these checks will cut down on drunk driving.
Police from several counties are out in full force four times a month to send people to jail who don't follow the rules.
Augusta Tech student James Reese got busted for forgetting his seatbelt. He got one of the 55 citations cops gave out.
"Click it or ticket, that's what they said," Reese said.
Ten of the twenty-four arrests were DUI's.
"We hope they know we're out here in full force around the holidays and it will deter them from drinking and driving," said Staff Sgt. Tim Perry.
If Staff Sgt. Tim Perry and the other officers from around the area have reason to believe the suspected offender has been drinking, it's off to the trailer. It has two holding cells and can house up to eight people.
The Intoxilizer 5000 checks their blood alcohol level. They blow into this tube and anything .08 or higher is considered a DUI.
They arrested nine with a suspended license, four fugitives, and one habitual violator, which is a person with three DUI's in five years.
"If you're drinking and driving and you're above the legal limit, you will go to jail," Perry said.
Which is why student James Reese won't be drinking and driving anytime soon. He knows he can't escape the road check.
"Not on this busy of an intersection, there's no way around it," Reese said.
That's the goal, to catch everyone who breaks the law so the roads will be safer for you.
The local sheriff's office works with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety for Operation Zero Tolerance and Click It or Ticket.


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Karen Schroeder Kassel, MS, RD, MEd
Calcium is the most prevalent mineral in the human body. About 99% of the body's calcium resides in the bones and teeth, and the remaining 1% is found in other body fluids and cells.
Calcium's functions include:
The Institute of Medicine offers these recommendations:
In childhood, not getting enough calcium may interfere with growth. A severe deficiency may keep children from reaching their potential adult height. Even a mild deficiency over a lifetime can affect bone density and bone loss, which increases the risk for osteoporosis as an adult.
If you do not consume enough calcium, your body will draw from the storage in your bones in order to supply enough calcium for its other functions: nerve transmission, muscle contraction, heartbeat, and blood clotting.
Symptoms of a calcium deficiency include:
Very large doses over a prolonged period of time may cause kidney stones and poor kidney function. Your body may not absorb other minerals, such as
magnesium, and
zinc, properly. These problems could occur from consuming too much through a calcium supplement, not from milk or other calcium-rich foods. The tolerable upper intake level (UL) depends on age.
Dairy foods—milk, yogurt, and some cheeses—are the best dietary sources of calcium. These foods are also rich in vitamin D, which helps the body absorb calcium.
Absorption of calcium from some other dietary sources is not as great as that from dairy foods. Specifically, dark green vegetables contain oxalates, and grains contain phytates, which can bind with calcium and decrease their absorption.
Read food labels to determine the specific calcium levels of these foods.
Calcium is essential to build and maintain strong bones at all stages of life. Bone growth begins at conception, and bones grow longer and wider until well into the 20s. After this type of growth is complete, bones gain in strength and density as they continue to build up to peak bone mass by about age 30. From this point on, as a natural part of the aging process, bones slowly lose mass. Calcium is essential to slow this natural loss and stave off the onset of osteoporosis—a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break.
If you are unable to meet your calcium needs through dietary sources, consider a calcium supplement. Some points to remember when choosing and using a calcium supplement include:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Nutrition Source
Harvard School of Public Health
Dietitians of Canada
Health Canada
Calcium. EBSCO Natural and Alternative Treatments website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/biomedical-libraries/natural-alternative-treatments. Updated August 2013. Accessed July 15, 2014.
Calcium. Office of Dietary Supplements website. Available at: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/#h8. Updated November 21, 2013. Accessed July 15, 2014.
Calcium intake and supplementation. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated July 7, 2014. Accessed July 15, 2014.
Dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D. Institute of Medicine website. Available at: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-for-Calcium-and-Vitamin-D/Report-Brief.aspx?page=1. Published November 30, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2014.
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Contractors for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation will begin work today on a new Interstate 35 interchange at mile marker 3.
Drivers can expect various lane closures throughout this project.
Starting today, north and southbound Casino/Merle Wolfe Road will be closed south of Rogers Road. Through traffic that c urrently uses Casino/Merle Wolfe Road to access Rogers Road will be encouraged to use US Highway 77 for access to Rogers Road.
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Killing predators on the nesting grounds to boost waterfowl production might seem like a logical way to ensure more ducks in the fall flight. But would it really be an effective use of the money hunters contribute to conservation? Would it really make a difference in the number of ducks most hunters see in front of their blind? These questions and many others are answered in the following Frequently Asked Questions about Ducks Unlimited and Predators.
Q: Some people say that predator control is the solution to declining duck populations. Are ducks in serious trouble?
A: With a few important exceptions, waterfowl populations are doing extremely well. During the latter half of the 1990's most duck and goose species were near record levels, and hunters in many areas experienced record-high harvests through the year 2000. Duck populations declined slightly in 2001 and 2002 due to dry conditions on the breeding grounds. In 2003, populations have rebounded, thanks to spring snow and rain in key areas of the breeding grounds where good nesting habitat still exists.
Q: What's the most important thing we can do to help ensure healthy duck populations for the long term?
A: The most important thing we can do is to secure existing habitat and increase it wherever we have the opportunity. This is not just DU's opinion. It is widely supported and practiced by the conservation community throughout the world. The most critical threat facing waterfowl is the continuing loss of important habitats. We lose more than 100,000 acres of wetlands and upland nesting habitat every year in the U.S. alone. That's why DU's singular focus is on conserving, restoring, and managing habitat for waterfowl.
Q: What about using predator control to produce more ducks?
A: On a local scale, predator control can provide immediate benefits to a few waterfowl, but it will not contribute to the long-term security of waterfowl habitat and waterfowl populations or abundance on a continental or even regional scale. Nor is there a lasting impact on waterfowl numbers, because as predators are removed they are quickly replaced, or other predator populations increase. Predators have to be removed every year, and that is not a realistic option over large areas or over the long term.
Q: Why doesn't DU use predator control in addition to habitat conservation?
A: Predator control is not a responsible use of our supporters' contributions. The best scientific research shows that killing predators cannot result in meaningful increases in duck numbers or birds in the bag. It also threatens to undermine the broad coalition of public support on which modern waterfowl conservation depends. Dollars diverted into killing predators are dollars lost to habitat conservation. And, nearly every dollar spent on habitat for waterfowl is matched from special funds, such as the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, which is set aside for habitat work. Funds from other sources in the U.S. and Canada are also often available, resulting in many projects being able to leverage at least 3 or 4 dollars for every DU dollar. Dollars diverted to killing predators are not matched.
Q: Is Ducks Unlimited anti-trapping?
A: Absolutely not. DU supports trapping and fur harvest as important uses of renewable natural resources.
Q: Is Ducks Unlimited concerned about how the non-hunting public might view predator control?
A: Any wildlife management plan needs to consider how public opinion might affect its success. The majority of North Americans would seriously question the ethics of broad-scale predator control as a means to better hunting. Predator control kills fur-bearing animals during the spring and summer, when their pelts have no value and when the young furbearers are still dependent on their parents for survival. As a result, trapped adults are discarded and wasted and the young are abandoned to starve. Thus predator control for the purpose of raising more ducks is, unambiguously, an activity that plays directly into the hands of those who are anti-trapping or anti-hunting, and it could be used by anti-hunters to turn more people against hunting
Q: The issue of predator control seems to be creating a divide within the waterfowl hunting and conservation community. This can't be good for duck hunters or waterfowl.
A: That's right. Over the past decade, a broad-based culture of conserving wetlands and other wildlife habitat has matured in North America, especially among sportsmen. This has resulted in huge gains for wildlife. DU and its multitude of private and public partners are successful today because waterfowl hunters and other conservationists work together for the good of the resource. Other citizens from across a wide spectrum of society support waterfowl conservation because of the many additional benefits provided by waterfowl habitat.
There is great strength in our diversity and collective numbers, but waterfowl conservation will fail without all of us pulling in the same direction. Unfortunately, the promotion of lethal predator control is harming the future of waterfowl conservation by diverting resources away from habitat conservation, which is critical for sustaining waterfowl populations in the future.
Ducks Unlimited's conservation vision is for viable waterfowl populations that support hunting and other uses forever. This is a daunting task, and it will only be achieved if all of our collective energies are successfully directed towards securing the habitats that will support the birds everywhere they live.
Q: Is Ducks Unlimited alone in its views on habitat conservation and predator control?
A: No. The wildlife management community at large agrees. For example, the Mississippi Flyway Council (composed of leaders of wildlife agencies from all states and provinces within the Mississippi Flyway) recently issued a statement against the practice of predator removal. In part, the statement read:
"The Mississippi Flyway Council (MFC) does not support the practice of predator removal as a viable management practice to improve waterfowl recruitment over the long term or over large geographic areas. The MFC believes that the highest conservation priorities for improving waterfowl recruitment are the landscape-scale wetland and grassland habitat restoration strategies advocated by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Maintaining waterfowl breeding habitat is the highest priority for the long-term welfare of populations in North America."
In August of 2003, the Arkansas Wildlife Federation's Duck Committee (a group of concerned duck hunters and community leaders) published a report called: Improving the quality of duck hunting in Arkansas. One of the committee's conclusions: "It all starts with the nest and proper habitat. The AWF Duck Committee has found that the more productive prairie pothole habitat we have, the more ducks we will have make the fall flight. Predator management may be helpful in small areas but is not believed to be practical on a large scale."
Q: Scaup and pintail populations continue to decline. Could predator control help these species recover?
A: No, simply because their low numbers are not caused by predation. Biologists have reached a consensus that the pintail decline is mostly caused by changes in farming practices. In the prairies of the U.S. and Canada, farmers have greatly reduced fall tillage to control soil erosion, conserve moisture, and reduce fuel costs. The "stubble" that is left from the previous crop is actually attractive to pintails for nesting as it is structurally similar to the short-grass prairie that they favor. Pintails are the earliest nesting species and, in some years, hundreds of thousands of hens establish nests in the stubble only to have farm machinery destroy them when spring planting begins. Since they don't re-nest as well as other ducks, most of the year's production can be lost in just a few days each spring when farming begins. Predator control will clearly not solve this problem, but DU is working hard with farmers to incorporate more pintail-friendly farming practices (such as fall-seeded crops) into their crop rotations and converting marginal cultivated ground back into permanent grassland.
Most scaup nest in the Boreal Forest of Western Canada and Alaska. This is the largest ecosystem in the world and covers millions of square miles where scaup are dispersed widely and where predator control is simply not a feasible alternative. The most recent evidence of a major factor that is controlling scaup numbers comes from the Midwest, where Mike Anteau and Dr. Alan Afton, from Louisiana State University, have discovered that scaup are now about 80 grams lighter when they leave the prairies on their way to the boreal forest to breed. This is likely caused by degraded wetland conditions that affect their food supply just when they need it most to store fat and other nutrients for nesting. Predation is not a factor, but DU is continuing to support research to more clearly identify the issues that are actually driving scaup populations.
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It's no surprise that a movie about Disney is so Disney-ish, even with one of the main characters spending considerable time complaining about how schmaltzy Disney is.
But there's real heart in "Saving Mr. Banks," the story of how Walt Disney finally convinced "Mary Poppins" author P.L. Travers to sell him the rights to her beloved story. Supposedly, it took him 20 years to do this after promising his kids he would bring Mary Poppins alive on the big screen.
How much of the story is true is questionable, but it really doesn't matter. This is a winning tale about the showdown between Disney's eternal optimism and Travers' sincere but comedic curmudgeonly attitude. Underneath all that, it explores the author's tortured relationship with her father, and how it shaped her life -- and maybe film history.
Just bring some Kleenex, especially if you have daddy issues. Disney wants you to cry and, even if you're aware of that and somewhat resent it, you probably will anyway. Get over it.
Tom Hanks is typically great as Walt ("call me Walt") Disney, portraying the iconic film tycoon as your favorite uncle -- gregarious, earnest, cheery, someone who will happily use kindness to wear you down until his ulterior motives are satisfied. Emma Thompson is magnetic playing the haughty British author Travers, who treats her story like a devoted Christian would her Bible. She doesn't understand the United States, she abhors Los Angeles and Disney's "silly cartoons," she hates the actors Disney wants to cast, and she doesn't particularly care for the music written by the Sherman Brothers, one of the most successful songwriting teams in movie history. She'd rather see live penguins dance than watch animated versions -- and doesn't want the color red to appear in the picture. Anywhere.
"I've simply gone off the color," she says.
Set in 1961, the clash of wills between Disney and Travers (who has everyone walking on eggshells around her) is predictably funny and enhanced by a strong cast of supporting actors (including Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman and B.J. Novak). On its surface, it's a fun behind-the-scenes story that most of us didn't know, involving two iconic personas.
But things get a little more interesting, and dicey, when the film starts digging up Travers' childhood in rural Australia. It's pure pop psychology cliché to suggest that Travers' resistance to the great Walt Disney was rooted in her own childhood issues, and it could be insulting to Travers' memory if not handled correctly. Fortunately, it mostly works. For one thing, the acting in the subplot is first rate. Colin Farrell plays Robert Goff Travers, the writer's charming rogue of an alcoholic father, while Annie Rose Buckley is wonderful as the young Travers. It's difficult to not feel a tremendous amount of empathy for these characters. That, in turn, builds empathy for the adult Travers.
There are some bumps along the way, though, including a lack of focus on why Travers is putting herself through hell with Disney in America. The filmmakers assume we know it's because she needs the money, but that's not depicted convincingly. Is she really a miserable person who needs Disney to prompt her to sift through her past, thereby saving her? Or is it Disney who makes her miserable? Or both?
"Mr. Banks" is directed by John Lee Hancock ("The Blind Side"), who obviously does well with syrupy tales. But even if this comes off like an ad for Disney, it's convincing and contains some of Disney's patented magic -- especially with a predictable, yet effective, emotional ending. To expect anything different from Disney wouldn't be realistic.
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"Our area was truly impacted by just one system. While some people got a little bit of rain, some people got 20 to 25 inches of rain, I'm talking about Debby, which was catastrophic for some folks in the area, a drought buster for others, and kind of disappointing for others, that's the kind of season it was," said WCTV Chief Meteorologist Mike McCall.
The Sopchoppy River crested at 36.8 feet, 8 feet above flood stage.
"A lot of people who figured they would never have to worry about flooding had to. And of course the Sopchoppy river overflowed, that was a serious problem and that made them cut off for a while," said Wakulla County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Keith Blackmar.
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"While today is the end of an active hurricane season, it serves as an important reminder of just how critical it is for all of us to be prepared so that we can protect our families, homes, businesses and communities from the potentially devastating effects of a disaster," said Phil May, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV Administrator. "There are some simple steps we should all take, such as make a family communications plan and put together a disaster supplies kit, which will help keep us safe when we're faced with an emergency."
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Linux Engine Crashes When Receiving Simulation Request After configuring Calendar Month, See MOS Note 1684019.11684019.1
Customer mentions that the engine was running fine until they implemented a change since the last successful engine run: they set up the month calendar.
Now the engine crashes (the Engine.exe process ends and then restarts) when receiving a simulation request.
Nothing is reported as error on the simulation worksheet. The process status is "started". A second simulation request will crash the newly started process.
This happens on both modes(batch and simulation run) which cause the Engine process to crash
Checked the Engine Manager web application is started
Checked EngineStarter is running
Started the simulation engine:which Returns -1
Checked Engine process is running: ps -e | grep Engine
Shows EngineStarter and Engine running
Open a worksheet and started simulation for the selected combination
Process monitor shows status "running"
The Engine process crashes, and ps command returns only EngineStarter
Engine restarts on its own (Engine process is seen again when checking with ps)
Engine logs show the engine is frozen (no new logged info once initialized)
When customer changed EnginePlatform to 0 and executed the batch and simulation engine on Windows, the simulation run didn't crash the engine, but no forecast was generated due to errors:
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The Brookings Institution last month warned that federal spending on clean technologies is drying up, with little sign of additional help coming from Congress. As tax credits and grants expire, federal support is likely to "fall off a cliff," it said, and more cleantech companies are likely to go bankrupt or be consolidated.
So what does that mean for venture capital deals? Is cleantech investing dead? Or is interest shifting "downstream" from companies building power plants, electric cars and solar panels to companies focused on getting energy data into the hands of consumers and solar panels on roofs?
"People are shying away from cleantech, and it's clearly slowed down," said Pierre Lamond, a partner at Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park. "In 2007, anything that was green, or claimed to be green, got investment. Now everyone is looking for the next Facebook."
Khosla Ventures has a significant cleantech portfolio that includes Soladigm, a Milpitas company that makes "smart windows" for the green building market, and EcoMotors, a Detroit company building a smaller, lighter and more fuel-efficient internal combustion engine. The company still invests in cleantech, but Lamond says the firm is getting fewer pitches from cleantech entrepreneurs. The bright spots are batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage.
"People are a lot more cautious. The solar sector is dead in terms of startups. Wind is dead in terms of startups," Lamond said. "Venture capitalists have to make money for their limited partners, and it's easier to make money in social media."
Several deal trackers recently published their tallies for venture investing in the first quarter, which is typically a slower quarter across most sectors. As usual, the news for cleantech is complex because the sector includes industries as diverse as biofuels, electric vehicles, lighting, solar and the smart grid. Some deal trackers also include wastewater treatment and recycling in their analysis.
The MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data provided by Thomson Reuters, found $951 million invested in 73 cleantech deals in the United States -- a 30 percent decrease in dollars and an 11 percent decline in deals compared with the fourth quarter of 2011.
Dow Jones VentureSource found $513 million invested in renewable energy companies through 23 venture deals in the first quarter, down from 24 deals and $630 million in the fourth quarter.
And the Cleantech Group found that U.S. companies raised $1.3 billion in 113 deals, down 17 percent from the fourth quarter and 36 percent from the first quarter a year ago.
All agree cleantech has had a volatile year. Fremont solar maker Solyndra's high-profile bankruptcy in September cast a long shadow across the entire solar industry. Renewable forms of energy face increasing competition from cheap natural gas. And the United States lacks a coherent, national energy policy -- which means that companies often look outside the U.S. for business or struggle to adapt to markets state by state.
Many cleantech watchers hoped Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, which makes solar thermal power plants, would have a successful public offering this year, but it abruptly shelved its IPO plans last month amid tepid interest from investors. There hasn't been a blockbuster IPO for the cleantech industry since Tesla Motors (TSLA) went public in June 2010.
"The sky is not falling in cleantech. Don't let anyone say cleantech exits (IPOs or acquisitions) aren't happening -- they're just not happening in North America," said Dallas Kachan of cleantech research and consulting firm Kachan & Co. "China is where all the action is in cleantech today."
Rob Day, a partner with Black Coral Capital in Boston, says that cleantech is suffering a double hit: federal stimulus dollars are drying up and VCs are looking elsewhere.
"The category got defined by big, capital intensive projects that didn't result in returns," he said. "VCs, at least the smart ones, weren't chasing stimulus dollars in and out. But they are pulling out of the sector at the same time that stimulus dollars are being withdrawn -- and that's not good."
Some say cleantech investing is just shifting -- and becoming smarter as the industry naturally matures.
"I think cleantech is alive and well, and we see new deals every day -- early stage, mid-stage," said Nancy Pfund of DBL Investors. "By no means is cleantech on life support. There's been a difficult political environment for cleantech over the past year, and there's been volatility in the stock market. But plenty of companies are still coming to us."
Last week San Francisco-based Sunrun announced it has closed a new $60 million round of funding, led by Madrone Capital Partners and existing investors Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital and Foundation Capital. Sunrun, which provides financing for homeowners who want to install solar panels in 10 states, has raised $145 million in venture capital to date.
"Often the best time to invest is when other folks are running the other way," said Sequoia Capital partner Warren Hogarth. "The cost of natural gas will go back up. Japan just shut down its nuclear reactors. Globally there's still strong demand for cleantech. It's a matter of being patient."
Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies, a leading player in the race to install public charging stations for electric vehicles, secured $47.5 million in a fourth round of funding earlier this month. The funding round, led by venture capital firms Braemar Energy Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was oversubscribed.
"This is a software company that just happens to be in the electric-vehicle market," said Dan Ahn of Voyager Capital, an investor who has served on Coulomb's board since early 2010. "It's very easy for venture firms to say that the cleantech space is dead. Maybe the reason why you didn't make money is because you didn't make good investments."
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Roger opened his 2010 season in Abu Dhabi today. He was beaten in three sets by Swede Robin Söderling (ATP 8) at the high-profile exhibition tournament: 7-6(6), 6-7(1), 2-6.
Roger commented: "Obviously it's hard to start playing against him but I had fun." He will be playing his first ATP tournament next week in Doha.
This week, Roger also announced that he will skip Switzerland's Davis Cup first round in Spain in March.
I had fun thinking about Abu Dhabi.
Good luck for next week.
I had fun thinking about Abu Dhabi.
Good luck for next week.
Happy New Year Roger! I pray to God that you are blessed with a prosperous, joyful, successful and safe year. May you win many more Grand Slams and tournaments and all the best for the new season. I will always be by your side and never give up on you. Ke
this loss will be the stepping stone to success of 2010.you are gonna rock the grandslams. wish you happy new year.
Hi Roger, I'm sure am glad to have you on the court! For better or worse, it's a joy to watch
good luck at the doha and aus 2010
Happy new year,Roger!I can't for your new season!Come on,Roger!
Roger, you looked stunning in your new outfit yesterday. Will you be wearing the same outfit in the AO? You're not only the best player in history but the best looking player in history as well. Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year and a very
For some reason I can always feel when Feds is going to lose to someone he shouldn't. He probably just didn't want to be playing Nadal so early in the year with little drama... I'll be very surprised if Rafa ever returns to what he was a year ago though.
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Bank of England Accepts Inflation, Bubbles
There were two essential points to be distilled from the Bank of England's quarterly Inflation Report Wednesday that are perhaps more important to the economy than the admission that the BoE will continue to ignore its inflation target for years to come.
One, outgoing Governor Mervyn King warned that the U.K.'s growth potential is lower than people used to think. And two, the central bank will continue to inflate asset bubbles.
Both of these are related to inflation, albeit in a roundabout way.
First off, Mr. King finally acknowledged that the economy's pre-crisis trend was unsustainable. That's a dramatic shift. For years after the crisis hit, the Bank of England argued that the economy would need to close the gap between where the economy would have been had it maintained pre-crisis trend growth and where it actually was.
Now it seems to be saying this won't happen. Not only was there a permanent loss of economic output associated with the financial crisis, but a shallower-sloped trend growth rate means that Britons are having to adjust to being considerably less well off than they thought they were.
Of course, structural changes can help boost potential growth. Mr. King declined to outline what these might be, but they'll include investment in infrastructure and education, as well as an unwinding of the welfare state. But for the most part, people are going to have to live with more modest expectations of the future.
Meanwhile, exceptionally easy central bank monetary policy has caused the prices of financial assets to become disassociated from these more modest economic fundamentals. And there's not a lot Mr. King proposes to do about it.
Sure, he worries about what might happen when interest rates start to normalize–though that won't happen for years to come, he suggested.
So for now, the Bank of England is content to blow bubbles.
It will be interesting to see what happens when inflation starts to rise, particularly if unemployment continues to be relatively high. The Bank of England's past reaction function is especially instructive.
In the years before the crisis, Mr. King refused to tighten monetary policy to stymie the growing debt bubble for fear of pushing unemployment up–even though the jobless rate was at 30-year lows, against a backdrop of generous welfare benefits, which would have suggested the stable unemployment rate was rising.
In the years since the crisis, the Bank of England has refused to allow the sort of economic adjustment necessary to reallocate capital away from zombie households and firms for fear of causing unemployment to rise even if only for a short period, after which it would rapidly return to trend. So, instead, it has effectively locked in a long period of relatively high unemployment and economic stagnation.
This reaction function, together with the BoE's willingness to tolerate years of above-target inflation, suggests that, when the time comes, inflation will be allowed to rise considerably for fear of triggering an asset-market collapse that might cause a spike in short-term unemployment.
There's a catch-phrase from a beloved British sitcom: "This time next year, we'll be millionaires."
The show's humor charts the many ways its main characters fail to reach this ambition. Ironically, it won't be very funny if the Bank of England makes everyone millionaires. Against a backdrop of low-trend growth, it'll mean dangerous asset bubbles and rampant inflation. But maybe that's where the country's heading.


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WATERBURY -- The only thing that could stop Ingrid Kelley was "General Hospital." Not a wait of hours to get on the basketball court. Not being told she wasn't all that good because she played at Kaynor Tech.
Nope. Only her soap. For that, the girl would put basketball on hold.
"I grew up in the Berkeley projects (in Waterbury)," remembered Kelley. "We'd get home from school and watch 'General Hospital' for an hour. Then my friend Lois (Peoples) and I would walk up to the Berkeley Rec Center. We'd wait hours to play one game at the rec center, but Ronnie Maness (the director) would finally get us in a game because only a few girls were willing to play with the guys or willing to wait hours to play."
And at Kaynor, where she went to play with older sister Kimberly, there was no stopping Kelley at all.
The 5-foot-10 guard-forward finished her scholastic career in 1985 as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,428 points and became the Panthers' only All-State player ever. Each year she played, Kaynor set a new record for most wins in a season while capturing the old Inter-County Athletic Conference three years in a row.
Even back then, the Panthers felt disrespected because they didn't play in the Naugatuck Valley League like most of the city schools. So Kelley took pride in performing her best whenever Kaynor did face a city rival. In her senior year, she scored 43 points against Kennedy and 38 against Wilby.
When she was a junior, the Panthers trailed Kennedy most of the game only to cut the lead to two with under a minute left. With 10 seconds to go, Kelley sank both ends of a one-and-one to tie the game at 44-44. Kaynor won in overtime, 51-48.
"It made me better going to Kaynor because I felt I had to prove myself," she remembered. "We didn't feel we got the recognition we deserved. When we played the city schools, my mind-set was to dominate."
Another game stands out for her. In her sophomore year, Kelley ran over to the scorer's table after the final buzzer against Wilby and asked how many points she had scored. That earned her a rebuke from coach Aline Convard.
"She said, 'Don't ever ask that question again,' and from that point on, I never did," said Kelley. "The message was it's all about the team."
Kaynor finished 17-2 in her senior year to earn the No. 1 ranking in Class S, but Coginchaug upset the Panthers in the second round, 68-66. Kelley finished the season averaging 25.6 points, 12 rebounds, seven steals and four assists per game.
Since her junior year, she had received recruiting letters from colleges. But no one in her family had gone to college before, which left Kelley with no one to guide her through the process until Darius Butler at the North End Rec Center stepped in.
She eventually wound up at Cochise Junior College in Arizona, where her play earned a scholarship to the University of Nevada-Reno. In her senior year, she averaged 10 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
Kelley studied psychology and criminal justice at Nevada and has worked in human services for 24 years in Nevada and Connecticut. At 46, she is now known as Ingrid Wade and lives in Bristol with her husband of 24 years, Rodney, who pastors the Long Hill Bible Church in Waterbury, and their three sons, Xavier, Savion and Tristen.
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Finally done. Years ago I was invited to be on the Pathway 2007 Forum Group to develop a new regional plan. Who would have thought it would finally be done five years later? It's been a long road of endless meetings with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board voting to approve the Regional Plan Update. The new plan signifies a break between the old environment at all costs over everything else and embraces a new direction that recognizes the relationship between the environment, the community, the local economy and working to improve the total package. It's a progressive approach that has been long supported by many in the local community. Getting the Regional Plan Update across the finish line was no small accomplishment and I believe Nevada's enactment of SB271 was a key factor; without it I still think there would be meetings and meetings.
Speaking of Nevada SB271, what many are forgetting is that the bill not only called for the adoption of the Regional Plan Update without lawsuit, but the part that no one is talking about is the part that called for getting rid of the current board voting structure that requires a super majority for new projects. California has indicated it's a non-starter but it will be interesting to see how Nevada will react to that part of SB271. While there has already been a move to repeal SB271 in the Nevada Legislature, it will be interesting to see if a bill can be passed and whether it can evade the governor's veto pen.
Last month I wrote about the issue of paid parking and, as expected, the reaction against it has been pretty loud - that's to be expected. But this issue is much bigger in that it is changing the status quo. I often hear that the city needs to change and we can't do things the way we used to. But change is funny. It's my observation that we all want change, but too often we want change for the other guy. We are going to have many more tough decisions. How do we move forward? South Shore will never be what it once was. We have big, serious challenges and we need an approach and leadership to deal with that change. Get ready.
I had a chance to go to the Lake Tahoe Adventure Film Festival several weeks ago and it's a great event, a chance to see outdoor adventure in a way that pays tribute to the individuals who are doing it and those who are filming it. But one of the constant messages throughout the evening that impeccable host Todd Offenbacher exhorts his tribe of attendees to do is make Tahoe better. So simple but so profound; simple in that it's something that everyone understands and gets, but profound in that it challenges everyone and the community to consistently improve. The status quo won't do, it's a statement that should frame all that we do. Make Tahoe better.
Sandy Hook. What can I or anyone say? What an incredible tragedy, but we have seen it before. Now we will start the finger pointing about what is to blame. We do need to have a real discussion and pass legislation if appropriate for a wide range of issue including semi-automatic weapons, tighter licensing and background checks, ammunition, etc. But any legislation needs to be part of a solution not just make people feel better. (For the record I do own a shotgun I use for trap shooting but I also recognize something is not working.) But for my money we need to increase the emphasis on mental health resources, especially for teens. Mental health is constantly underfunded with outdated laws. Parents need more and better options for their kids. If this issue is completely overshadowed by gun control because it's trendy on someone's political agenda, I believe we will have truly missed it. Want to raise my taxes Gov. Jerry Brown or President Barack Obama? OK. But put mine toward increased mental health funding.
Can't miss the Robert Randolph and the Family Band show at Harrahs Dec. 28. Robert Randolph is one incredible pedal steel player. Also, I am going to check out SnowGlobe. After much controversy last year, it's back; looking forward to checking it out.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Thanks to everyone who reads this column. I get many comments from those who agree with me and some who don't, I appreciate them all.
- Carl Ribaudo is a contributing columnist to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. He is also a consultant, speaker and writer who lives in South Shore. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Paw Prints: See animals, including a gorilla, lion and otter, painting at the Dallas Zoo
Photo: Cathy Burkey/Dallas Zoological Society
Karin the Caracal Cat gets very serious and excited when it's time to paint.
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DALLAS – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team was unable to find its offensive rhythm on Friday night, falling by a 5-1 final against Dallas Baptist in the middle game of the series. The two teams will play a third and final game on Saturday afternoon before heading across the Metroplex for a night game against UT Arlington.
The Islanders move to 6-4 on the season with the setback, while the Patriots evened their record to 5-5 on the year. Tim Keller was tagged with the hard-luck loss, giving up just two runs in six innings, but moving to 0-2 on the season.
In a game much different than the night before, the two teams were locked into a pitcher's duel, with the score being within one run for most of the night.
DBU struck first, scoring a run in the bottom of the second on two hits for the early lead. The Patriots then added a single run off of Keller in the bottom of the sixth to extend the advantage to 2-0.
In the top of the seventh, the Islanders were able to get on the board, scoring a single run to cut the deficit in half. Kyle Danford led things off with a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After a Jonathan Gonzales walk, Jordan Lee came on to pinch run. Marc Damon followed with an RBI-single to plate Danford, but both runners left on base were thrown out on the play to end the inning.
DBU added three runs off of reliever Jake Dziubczynski in the bottom of the seventh to put the game out of reach, with the Islanders unable to get any more runs in the final two innings for the 5-1 final. Tanner Green came on to pitch the final 1.1 innings, giving up just one hit and no runs in relief.
The two teams will play the final of the three game series at 1 p.m. on Saturday, with the Islanders then traveling to play UT Arlington in a 7 p.m. game on Saturday night.
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VAIL - Family kitchens across the county may soon be invaded by a rare species of chef: fifth graders. The annual "Little Foodies in the Kitchen" Recipe Contest invites all new fifth graders to present their own special homemade dish at a competition on Sept. 27.
Fifth graders at 11 Eagle County elementary schools will have the chance to create their most delicious, nutritious and creative dish at home, and then present them at two judging locations, Brush Creek Elementary in Eagle and June Creek Elementary in Edwards. The deadline for recipe entries is Sept. 21.
Thirty-five winners and finalists from the contest will receive special after-school master cooking classes with top Vail chefs in their professional hotel-restaurant kitchens. Leading the master cooking classes will be Executive Chef Roger King of Restaurant 7One5 at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort, and Executive Chef Douglas Dodd of Tavern on the Square at The Arrabelle at Vail Square.
Now in its third year, the "Little Foodies" Contest is presented by Eagle County Schools, I Openers and Vail Restaurant Month, and is sponsored by Vail Resorts, RockResorts Hospitality, and this year by FamilyFun magazine. The first 100 kids to participate in the contest will receive an official "Little Foodies in the Kitchen" apron, as well as FamilyFun goody bags for their families.
"FamilyFun is thrilled to be supporting the Vail 'Little Foodies in the Kitchen' program," said Ann Hallock, editorial director of FamilyFun, "We know that when families and kids can get hands-on with cooking together, it's not just fun, it's a great way to encourage healthier eating habits and nutrition choices."
Each "Little Foodie" contestant will bring one dish to the judging. Entries will be scored on the following basis: Nutritional Value (6 points), Enthusiasm (6 points), Creativity (4 points) and Knowledge of Recipe (4 points). Recipes should be healthy, easy to prepare, creative and serve at least five people. Recipes may be in any of these categories: Amazing Appetizer, Interesting Entree, Scrumptious Side Dish or Delicious Dessert.
"We are really looking forward to the 'Little Foodies' Contest," Chef King said. "We get see the excitement it brings to the students as they learn about healthy eating and cooking. We hope these experiences carry on for the rest of their lives and are happy to be a part of that."
After the cooking classes, the winners and finalists will also get to enjoy celebratory meal they help create with their families, teachers and friends. The winners' cooking classes and celebration dinners take place Oct. 3.
In addition to the fifth grade contest, Vail Restaurant Month, which runs Sept. 17 - Oct. 14, will feature a variety of "Little Foodies in the Kitchen" cooking classes for kids with top Vail chefs, pizza tossing activities, table etiquette tea parties, and other fun food events open to kids of all grades and ages, in particular during "Family Week," Oct. 1 - 7. For more information about Vail Restaurant Month and the complete calendar, visit www.VailRestaurantMonth.com.
Schools participating in the "Little Foodies" Recipe Contest are Meadow Mountain Elementary, Avon Elementary, June Creek Elementary, Eagle County Charter Academy, Eagle Valley Elementary School, Brush Creek Elementary School, Gypsum Elementary, Red Hill Elementary, Red Sandstone Elementary, Edwards Elementary, and Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy.
Entrants will be asked to prepare a unique dish at home and bring it to the judging contest on Sept. 27, along with a copy of their recipe, typed or clearly written out on 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper.
Sept. 21 is the deadline for entering the "Little Foodies" Recipe Contest. To enter the contest, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 970-477-5561.


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Definition of sell-through in English:
1The ratio of the quantity of goods sold by a retail outlet to the quantity distributed to it wholesale: the sell-through was amazing, 60 percent
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A woman was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital early Friday evening with a leg injury after the motorcycle she was driving was struck by a pickup truck about 5:15 p.m.
The accident took place at the intersection of West Avenue and Thad Chapin.
According to Canandaigua City Police Sgt. Stephen Hedworth, who was at the scene, the motorcycle was eastbound on West Avenue. A pickup truck was going west on West Avenue and struck the motorcycle as the truck turned left onto Thad Chapin.
The woman driving the motorcycle was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with a leg injury.
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Residents at the Middle Smithfield Township board of supervisors meeting were assured by the board and township Treasurer Michael Dwyer's report that the township will continue pursuing recovering $85,000 in damages suffered by Hurricane Sandy in the fall. The funds would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Dwyer said the figure is calculated by workers' hours to remove fallen trees and clear drains.
"We have the approval from FEMA, which usually covers 75 percent of the expenses, and PEMA has been known to usually cover the other 25 percent. FEMA approved, but PEMA hasn't decided," Dwyer said. Dwyer said township officials will meet with PEMA representatives on Feb. 4 at the Monroe County Emergency Control Center.
In other business, Middle Smithfield supervisors put off discussions on a conditional use application for Adams Outdoor Advertising until today and tabled the Hott PA Inc. land development plan until the next meeting on Feb. 14. Instead, they certified creating a Historical Commission by passing Ordinance No. 191 at its last meeting on Jan. 25.
Discussion on the Adams Outdoor Advertising issue regarding an electronic billboard at the intersection of Hollow Road and Route 209 will continue to 4 p.m. today.
Spring cleanup dates were also determined. Cleanup will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 3-4. The township will take disposed computers on those days, which it will shrink-wrap and take to Monroe County Municipal Waste Authority in Blakeslee.
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Paris at Campbellsville (Friday at 7:30)
The Greyhounds (3-1) own wins over Jackson County, Paintsville and Trimble County by a combined 121-34 before falling last week at home to Nicholas County (57-20).
Freshman James Clark (No. 3) and senior Marcus Champs (No. 4) have rushed for 330 and 233 yards, respectively, while senior Nathaniel Stevens (No. 5) has passed for 334 yards and five touchdowns.
Campbellsville leads the overall series 2-1 after last year's 32-0 win in Paris.
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OpenStreeMaps: free software's answer to Google and commercially-restricted geo-data
In a recent article on free software and the Large Hadron Collider I mentioned that here in the United Kingdom The Guardian, a national British newspaper, had founded a campaign called "free our data". They objected to the fact that the Ordnance Survey (and others), funded by the British taxpayer, was charging business and individuals for its cartographic data thus effectively making people pay for it twice. Their campaign is great but until such times as it succeeds an alternative is needed. A free software alternative. Enter OpenStreetMaps.
Google Earth and Google Maps are too well know to require iteration here, but the spectre of proprietary software haunts them. They are not free software. If you want to incorporate any of them into you budding business project and run your software under a relatively permissive licence for others to take up your ideas and improve them you will have to find something else.
Just like Wikipedia, on which it is loosely modelled, OpenStreetMaps is resolutely free software. It is an attempt, by community participation, to map the Earth.


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Rakesh Malhotra, founder of Five Global Values and author of "Adventures of Tornado Kid: Whirling Back Home Towards Timeless Values" said being accused of being the bully can be difficult to accept.
You may believe your actions were unintentional, or a justified emotional response to provocation. Perhaps, you see yourself as the only one in the office qualified to do anything right. However, whatever you have said or done, whether purposefully or not, you have created a culture of negativity for at least one person and you need to honestly assess the situation and your role in it.
Are you a workplace bully?
Here is one symptom that indicates you could be:
Undermining another employee's work by creating a hostile environment or perhaps by consistently calling their attention to "flaws". (Bullies focus on a person, while constructive criticism focuses on a task.)
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for each scheduld workday that you participate in you will receive 1 raffle ticket, if the scheduled work day is longer than 2 hours you will receive 1 raffle ticket for every 2 hour of work that day. It will be at the SOLE discretion of the Course director if you receive additional tickets for partial hours over the 2 hour standard. In order to receive raffle ticket you must sign in/out with the course director.
Raffle tickets are maintained by Dave Beery, and will be brought to work days. Raffle tickets will be good through 2013 season only (if you help now your ticket will remain in the drawing until after the glow)
So, what are the raffle prizes......
1 winner will receive paid entry into the Des Moines Challenge presented by G&L Clothing
1 winner will receive paid entryinto the Des Moines Open
1 winner will receive paid entry into the Des Moines Glow
Random drawings thruoughout the year for varies Disc golf related products (at dM league night)
Eligibility: the ONLY person who is NOT eligible is the DMDGC Course Director, ALL other DMDGC Board member will be eligible to receive raffle tickets and prizes.


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Still undecided on who to vote for in the 2012 presidential election?
One music lover presented an alternative on Monday night.
"Patti for president," the woman cried out at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, just a mile or so away from where President Barack Obama could be found drumming up support at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
President Patti Smith? It does have a certain ring to it. And you can bet that her State of the Union addresses would kick butt.
"Well, you know me," Smith responded to the nomination. "If I was president, I would spend all my time reading and watching detective shows -- and let Ralph Nader do all the work."
Maybe it's best to leave the running of the country to the professionals -- if only because rock 'n' roll can't afford to lose Smith.
Punk rock's poet laureate proved once again during her Fillmore show, which followed a performance at the gigantic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival on Sunday, that she's nothing less than a one-in-a-million talent.
Her sold-out show was filled with highly literary and poetic songs, worthy of dissection in a graduate-level college course, yet her performance contained the type of raw power usually witnessed in a high school punk rock gig. She's one of the most magnetic performers to ever grace the stage, whether she's reading from French poet Arthur Rimbaud, faithfully covering some classic rock tune or shaking the foundation with one of her own early classics. Heck, she could recite the menu from a Chinese restaurant and it would still come across as genius.
Smith is touring in support of her 11th studio album, "Banga," which unfortunately isn't one of her stronger outings. Yet, as great artists will do, she rose above the material in concert and still managed to make such new songs as the album's title track and the Amy Winehouse tribute "This is the Girl" sound potent.
Wearing her normal outfit -- a baggy black suit coat over a while T-shirt and jeans -- the 65-year-old vocalist led her always-great band through one gem after another during the two-hour set. When she wasn't singing, Smith chatted up the crowd in an endearingly informal manner, through topics ranging from shopping in Monte Carlo to film recommendations. As always, Smith also paid tribute to some of her favorite artists, including the late great leader of the Fillmore's old house band.
"We'd like to dedicate this to Jerry Garcia," Smith said in the introduction to the "Radio Ethiopia" cut "Distant Fingers."
She also gave a shout-out to French actress and friend Maria Schneider ("Last Tango in Paris"), who is the inspiration behind the new album's "Maria," and touched upon one of her biggest musical influences -- the Velvet Underground. Some things are just too cool -- like seeing Thom Yorke cover Joy Division in concert -- and hearing Smith do Lou Reed's "Pale Blue Eyes" is certainly one of them.
She spent time -- perhaps too much time -- at the end of the show campaigning for Obama. But it came in the midst of some of the best songs of the night, notably "Gloria," "Because the Night" and "People Have the Power."
It was pure power. It was pure poetry. And it was pure Patti.
She's definitely got my vote.
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Thursday's letters: Far from obsolete
Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 7:44 p.m.
To the editor: I was amused to read Stephen Blacks predicted demise of our local tea party (Saturdays edition). It reminded me of the mistaken obituary notice about Mark Twain that prompted Twains response: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
In his typical Ready, fire, aim mentality, Mr. Black thanked the tea party for Barack Obamas re-election, while overlooking the tea partys role in sweeping the Republican Party to victory in North Carolina in virtually every local and state contest.
Mr. Black doesnt understand our tea party. He never attended a meeting or called to ask about our positions. Yes, like him, we are partisans and say so in our mission statement. We back only candidates who support our conservative positions.
As for our donation to the GOP, it helped to get out the vote and elect our conservative candidates.
So while Mr. Black cheers Obamas re-election, he ignores the overwhelming Democratic Party losses in our state. We obsolete tea party members will celebrate and build upon our overwhelming successes, and Mr. Black can expect to see us again and often.
Ron Kauffman
Public education
To the editor: Is our tax money well spent on public education? Do we need expensive swimming pools, stadiums and ballfields? What are we educating our children for?
We must concentrate our limited resources on educating children for their careers. And we must start employing the most effective teaching methods such as computer-based, programmed learning to individualize instruction and to free up teachers time to focus on problems and answering questions.
New methods allow students to progress at their own rate, while current methods leave gifted students bored and unchallenged and slower students hopelessly lost.
Hands-on vocational training is critical for those who are destined for the trades. For those shooting for professional jobs, we must provide a strong and broad education base, plus specific vocational training at the college level.
Students should choose during their sophomore year in high school whether they are going into the trades or a professional career. A two-year trade school would be best for some, and liberal arts secondary education for the others who plan to attend college for their professional training.
World competition and our childrens futures demand that we improve our education system. Do we want them left behind and destined to fail?
Clay Smith
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One of the major focuses of North Dakota's legislative session this year will be adding state employees to deal with rapid growth in the state's oil fields.
The Dickinson Press reports that Gov. Jack Dalrymple proposed adding 162 new positions across the state in his recent budget address, with 155 of those jobs to enhance public safety and respond to population growth in western South Dakota.
The governor has recommended adding 15 North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers, adding 23 new positions in the state Oil and Gas Division, and additional staff for the North Dakota Bureau of Investigation, courts and other agencies that deal with public safety.
Another 10 new jobs would be added to the North Dakota Health Department, including officials who would oversee oil spill cleanups.
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