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ORLANDO, Fla. -- CEO Jed York and general manager Trent Baalke looked cool and confident, answered all questions, and practically swaggered in and out of their separate media sessions at the NFL annual meetings here Tuesday.
Things are working out precisely according to plan for the 49ers' two power-brokers this offseason, yes they are.
That includes the early stages of contract-extension talks with quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who probably holds the key to the franchise's long-term future.
"We're going to work extremely hard, very diligently in trying to get something done prior to training camp," Baalke said of the negotiations with Kaepernick's representatives. "That's the objective right now, as it stands ...
"We've addressed the generalities, so to speak, and now it's time to enter the next phase."
Baalke cautioned that a deal this large is sure to be complicated and will take time and many meetings.
But Baalke is always cautious -- any kind of public optimism from him on a contract negotiation is a sign that the 49ers believe things can get done.
Then came this from York, who wasn't exactly pushing a hard line on the potential financial terms for Kaepernick, who is under contract for 2014:
"We don't beat Green Bay without Colin, I don't think we beat Carolina without Colin, I think he played really well for a lot of the game in Seattle," York said of the 49ers' three playoff games, two victories and a gut-wrenching defeat to the Seahawks in the NFC championship game.
"You know, I think there's a lot that he's done that put him in that position where he should be paid like one of the top quarterbacks in the league, whether we get it done now or later.
"We hope we get it done soon. If we don't, I don't think it's going to be acrimonious."
York made it sound so simple: Kaepernick deserves a lot of money, and the 49ers are willing to pay it.
Regarding another expensive big name, both 49ers' executives made it very clear that controversial Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson neither fits their salary structure nor their locker-room atmosphere.
Easy decisions, no doubts. See how things come together when you're on a roll?
York and Baalke stayed on that theme when they spoke candidly -- and thoughtfully -- about Baalke's often stormy relationship with coach Jim Harbaugh.
Of course, Harbaugh is the wild-card entrant in the 49ers triumvirate, and he is scheduled to face the assembled media here for a full hour Wednesday morning.
But Harbaugh already has said he embraces the 49ers' unique style of constructive tension and almost certainly will say so again.
Why not? The only thing the 49ers haven't won in the three-season Harbaugh-Baalke tenure is a Super Bowl.
Falling just short so often has ramped up the personal competition and league-wide whispering, and that was why the Cleveland Browns thought they might be able to trade for Harbaugh last month.
"There's a lot of tension," York said of his GM and coach. "There's a lot of build-up and when you don't win you drive and push even more and that creates friction ...
"They get along. They're just grinding. They want a ring. And they're trying to battle and fight to get to that ring.
"And sometimes it wears on people. But I like that tension. I think they like that tension. And I think both of them compete better when there's something to compete against."
Many times Baalke and Harbaugh agree on personnel decisions. Sometimes they don't.
And the quarrels can be donnybrooks.
"This is a competitive business and the only way you can compete is to be competitive," Baalke said. "So there are going to be times that people within any organization don't see eye-to-eye on certain things.
"But that doesn't mean the relationship's bad. That just means there's a disagreement in maybe a situation or a certain philosophy."
They work together, and compete with each other, because how else is either man going to win a Super Bowl soon?
"I know this," Baalke said of Harbaugh, "he's our football coach, he's a damn good football coach, and we expect him to be our football coach for a long time."
Harbaugh has two years left on the five-year deal he signed originally, and there have only been brief contract-extension talks.
That's the extreme pressure-point in the Harbaugh-49ers relationship: When will he get a monster deal and how willing will the 49ers be to pay it if he doesn't win a Super Bowl?
Harbaugh is content to remain at $5 million a year--severely under his market value--waiting for the 49ers, or somebody else, to offer him something close to $10 million a season.
Until then ...
"I know he wants to be here," York said of Harbaugh. "We want him to be here.
"I expect us to be able to work something out."
You saying you expect it this offseason?
"Just in general," York said.
York said it casually and calmly, the same way he said everything else on Tuesday, sounding like everything is going exactly as planned.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Rebel Princess—the breathtaking sequel to Judith Koll Healey's critically acclaimed historical novel The Canterbury Papers—returns the reader to Medieval France as it continues the story of an exceptional heroine, Princess Alais. Blending fascinating fact with dazzling invention, Healey's The Rebel Princess is an impeccably researched, gorgeously detailed tale of love, intrigue, and adventure, brimming with surprises and spine-tingling suspense—an ideal read for lovers of Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl and Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
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Paris, October 1207. There is nothing that Princess Alaïs of France wants more than to settle down with her lover, William of Caen, and to reveal to his ward, Francis, that she is his mother. but intrigue is afoot in the palace, and tensions are pushed to the brink when a much prized relic is stolen and young Francis goes missing. frantic for his safety, Alaïs will risk life and limb to find the boy—donning a disguise to outwit cunning enemies as she makes her way into unfamiliar territory to save her son, and perhaps prevent a bloody holy war that threatens her beloved France.
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After combining to score 35 points in the first half, the Campolindo and Miramonte high football teams appeared headed for a back-and-forth offensive duel.
But the Cougars tightened up their defense in the second half, shutting out the Matadors, and their offense kept rolling to pull out a 35-14 road victory Friday night in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League.
"We really had to play our safeties up," said Campolindo coach Kevin Macy. "Then they adjusted and we brought our linebackers in. It was really our linebackers that cut off the middle of the field and underneath stuff."
Playing in front of lively fans from both schools, the Cougars took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Brett Stephens to Andrew Zolintakis and an 8-yard scoring toss to Phillip Rei.
The Matadors (2-3, 0-2 DFAL) came right back and scored on a 4-yard run from Marshall Deutz. Down 21-7 toward the end of the first half, Miramonte scored on a 68-yard pass play from Nick Sheehan to Zati Williams, appearing to steal away the game's momentum from Campolindo.
But Stephens keyed a game-changing third quarter by rushing for a 78-yard touchdown. Then after collecting a Sheehan fumble, marched his squad down the field for a 1-yard touchdown run by Nicky Aikawa for a 27-14 lead.
The Cougars (4-1, 2-0) defense controlled the game from there, limiting Sheehan to only 17 yards on one completion in the second half. Meanwhile, the Cougars found a running game, as Aikawa rushed for 117 yards; the team accounted for 258 yards on the ground.
The Cougars have won five of their past seven regular season meetings with their rivals, including the past two.
Campolindo is off next week but resumes DFAL play Oct. 12 at home against Las Lomas. Miramonte plays at Acalanes next week.
Campolindo 35, Miramonte 14
Campolindo 14 7 14 0-- 35
Miramonte 0 14 0 0-- 14
C -- Zolintakis 48 pass from Stephens (Antezana kick)
C -- Phillip 8 pass from Stephens (Antezana kick)
M -- Deutz 4 run (Howells kick)
C -- Windatt 64 pass from Stephens (Antezana kick)
M -- Williams 68 pass from Sheehan (Howells kick)
C -- Stephens 78 run (kick failed)
C -- Aikawa 1 run (Windatt pass from Stephens)
Rushing: M -- Bruen 10-31, Sheehan 9-15, Marshall 5-25, Deutz 3-11, Howells 1-(-1). Totals: 28-81. C -- Aikawa 24-117, Stephens 6-90, Lehman 6-14, Santaguida 5-24, Windatt 2-13. Totals 43-258. Passing: M -- Sheehan 13-35-2 176, Deutz 0-1-0 0. Totals 13-35-2 176. C -- Stephens 9-17-0 208. Receiving: M -- Fuller 4-34, Williams 3-82, Paoletti 2-29, Deutz 2-21, Gee 1-12, Bruen 1-(-2). Totals: 13-176. C -- Windatt 3-95, Phillip 2-25, Zolintakis 1-48, Petite 1-18, Davis 1-17, Singh 1-5. Totals 9-208. Fumbles/lost: Campolindo 1/1, Miramonte 2/1. Records: Campolindo 5-1, 2-0 DFAL, Miramonte 2-4, 0-2.


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In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 photo, Elmo Collins, regional administrator of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appears during an interview in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The NRC is holding a public meeting to discuss the state of the San Onofre nuclear power plant on Monday in San Juan Capistrano. After months of investigation, federal regulators have determined that design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive water through the power plant. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)


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26 September 2005
Contesting MirrorMask
So here's the deal: In the next two days, the person who comes up with what I think is the cleverest and most interesting contest to use to give the items away will get first pick of them. Please post your ideas in the comments for this post. This first part of the contest will end, and comments be closed, on Wednesday, September 28 sometime around 8pm. All decisions are mine, final, utterly subjective, perhaps unfair, etc. etc. etc.
The winner will get to choose among the following: a movie poster, collectible action figure, or a figure bust.
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How about 'best picture of yourself promoting Mirrormask in a public place'?ReplyDelete
Do you mean the contest will close on Wednesday the 28th? Or the contest will close on Monday the 26th?ReplyDelete
Wednesday the 28th. One of the other things I'm not good at is reading calendars. Thanks for pointing it out -- I've fixed the post now.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/27/2005 10:55 AM
I feel a "How Many Copies of Sandman Can You Balance on Your Head, Take a Picture of and then Post on the Net? Contest" would be lovely.ReplyDelete
Multiple copies and other McKean and Gaiman items would, of course, be allowed. (I presume the winner would have either an entire cardboard display of _American Gods_ or the actual Neil Gaiman or Dave McKean balanced in there somewhere.) In fact, the "Convince Neil Gaiman or Dave McKean to Balance on your Head Contest" sounds more interesting, but less likely to generate a winner.
I've always liked the boring old writing or drawing contests (like "write an essay about why I should give you the prize" or "design a Dave McKean-style poster." Besides, I suck at balancing things on my head. Especially live things.ReplyDelete
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BEN LOMOND -- No one foresaw the collapsing hillside that killed 10 people along the Santa Cruz Mountains' Love Creek in 1982. Four people still lie buried there, never to be found.
But no one knows better than Santa Cruz geologist Gerald Weber that predicting landslides is a perilously imprecise science. Three decades later, with Washington state's tragic mudslide rekindling memories, Weber is still torn by a decision he made that changed so many lives.
Worried -- perhaps needlessly -- about the Love Creek hillside's continued threat to 28 families, officials ordered them to abandon and raze their beloved homes.
A generation later, despite rainy winters and the nearby Loma Prieta earthquake, the mountain slipped several more feet -- but then stopped.
"They could have lived out their lives. People look at me and say, 'You ruined my life.' I stole their homes from them," Weber said.
"No one can tell when it will move again -- but when the whole thing comes down, it will be catastrophic," he said.
The Bay Area is replete with unstable hillsides that could instantly collapse during a heavy rain or an earthquake. But Love Creek's lesson is one of nature's utter unpredictability. Some hillsides, such as Berkeley's, creep slowly, moving a quarter to 1 ½ inches a year with no risk for people. Others stand steady for millennia.
"Where? When? How big? Those are the three big questions we are trying to answer," said U.S. Geological Survey landslide expert Jonathan Stock, who is using probes to measure hillside moisture and slippage in east Castro Valley, Marin County's Lucas Valley, San Bruno and Pacifica's Montara Mountain.
Most of our pleated hillsides go unwatched, except for a few key sites, among them the East Bay's 2"'mile"'wide concentration of homes between Skyline Boulevard and Interstate 580.
Dramatic slippage, if seen in time, would trigger an alert. But it is tough to interpret subtle cracks, often concealed by vegetation, that signal trouble.
Mass evacuations -- and property condemnations -- are traumatic, expensive and legally risky.
"You're damned if you do, damned if you don't," said 73-year-old Weber, an adviser to the Santa Cruz County Planning Department in the days following the Love Creek slide. "Landslides work on a geologic time scale -- over many human lifetimes, if not dozens, or hundreds. That's what makes it so difficult."
The night of Jan. 5, 1982, is seared in his memory. After two days of torrential El Niño rains, a large section of hillside above Love Creek, a tributary of the San Lorenzo River at Ben Lomond, crashed into the canyon below. Thirty homes were destroyed, and 10 people died.
As in many other steep, beautiful canyons in the Bay Area, Love Creek was the site of a previous landslide. In addition, residents had noted signs of shifting soils, such as falling redwood trees.
But the scope of the instantaneous collapse was stunning. Many other Bay Area mountain sides slumped during that same storm, when 19.7 inches of rain fell in one 30-hour period. A Pacifica slide killed three children. One in Tiburon killed a noted San Francisco State professor.
"I remember getting to the slide area and being simply aghast," Weber said. "Houses were essentially ripped apart and partially to almost totally buried. The slide mass was soaking wet in most places, oozing water; trees were lying around -- helter-skelter, crisscrossed ... you name it. The few people who survived it were in shock."
As excavations began, "I occasionally would see a family member sitting ... watching the backhoes dig into the debris piles ... waiting to see if they would find the body of a loved one," he said. "Pretty grim stuff."
It took 10 days to find the bodies of Lynda and John McCluskey, who worked the night shift at the Scotts Valley-based microwave communication system Watkins-Johnson.
Their two sons, Trevor, 7, and Kelly, 5, are still buried under a mountain of dirt.
Weber and other geologists then noticed a rupture at the top of an adjacent flank of the mountain. In the anxious months that followed, they watched it drop several feet on three different occasions. They concluded that 600,000 tons of soil and rock could slide in another saturating rain.
"I was faced with this incredible question: How bad is this continued risk?" Weber said. "I knew that if it slid, it could kill another 30 to 40 people.
"My job was to be the bad guy and say: 'You can't live here.' "
Weber recommended permanent abandonment of 28 homes -- to renewed fury and grieving.
"I don't care if the mountain falls on me ... I want to go home," Kate Klein told The Associated Press.
"We built this house ourselves. We had a new baby, we lived in a trailer, we toughed it out," said Ron Heine, another resident.
For the next 15 years, residents fought back in court, unsuccessfully. Homeowners said they were threatened by Santa Cruz County bulldozers; geologists said their lives were threatened.
Eventually, the homes on Upper Way and Lower Way -- from beautiful new two-story structures to modest cabins -- were abandoned, then destroyed. The county did not compensate the families for their losses, and they had to tear down their houses to qualify for federal disaster aid. "If the government takes something for public purposes, they have to pay for it. If nature makes something you own uninhabitable, that's between you and God," said Santa Cruz land-use attorney Gary Patton.
Now the once-muddy graveyard is serene and forested. Along the steep flanks of the hill, flat benches of earth are the only clues to the old neighborhood.
Below, newly renovated houses cluster along Love Creek's canyon.
"It has already slid. That's what mountains do. It's fait accompli, no longer dangerous," said Michael Athan, who lives in a cabin on Love Creek Road near the old slide.
The Washington landslide -- which killed 36, with 10 still missing -- is rousing calls for review of laws to ensure that people aren't living or working downhill from disaster.
In most cases, unless there is imminent risk, communities are reluctant to deprive property owners of their right to build, said Patton, a Santa Cruz County supervisor at the time of the Love Creek disaster.
Aptos recently approved houses under an eroding coastal bluff. In the Berkeley hills, a 6,500-square-foot house is planned despite soil slippage nearby.
But California increasingly requires geologic review before construction, especially for properties in known slide zones. Sites deemed hazardous may require special engineering.
To offer more protection, geologic landslide detectives are working hard to improve slide prediction.
They've found that two conditions -- soaking rain and sedimentary geology -- conspire to cause a monster slide, said USGS' Stock.
When heavy rains saturate soil, water pressure builds between soil particles, pushing them apart, liquefying the soil that literally flows down the hillside.
Soil loosely layered in sediments can slip like a deck of cards. Previous slides on a site also enhance risk, because slipped soil is loosely deposited on the hillside. Earthquakes can trigger slides. A heavy rain, combined with a quake, would multiply them.
The government doesn't have the budget or technical capability to monitor every weak hillside. A slide hazard map of the Bay Area paints nearly every hillside bright red in warning.
Instead, the USGS has a patchwork of warning programs, monitoring rainfall and soil moisture and pressure measurements. The data can be used to estimate the likelihood of a slide in a large region during a big storm.
"But we can't tell you if one will land in your backyard," said Stock, director of the USGS Innovation Center for Earth Sciences.
Without such information, there's an imperfect balance between public safety and private property rights, experts said.
"It's like playing God," Weber said. "You're just trying to do more good than harm, in the long run."
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.
Landslides are difficult to predict because they occur:
-- Sporadically, over hundreds or thousands of years.
-- Across a broad landscape, often very remote.
-- With warning clues going unnoticed because some fractures are underground or hidden in vegetation.
But there are new efforts to detect ground movement using different techniques.
-- Radar waves, reflected off the ground, can detect minute shifts in distance between a satellite and the ground, revealing earth movement.
-- Shifts in the pixels of digital photos of landscapes can reveal subtle movement.
-- Both techniques require vast amounts of data collection -- and someone trained to interpret the data and alert authorities to sudden changes.
An aerial view showing the extent of the 1982 disaster the day after it occurred is at http://bit.ly/1nebJW1.


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Definition of crystal in English:
1A piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces: a quartz crystal ice crystals formed where his breath froze
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- Where possible, flawed sections are removed and larger crystals cut into smaller pieces with minimal wastage by splitting the crystal along natural cleavage planes.
- In fact, it is easy to spot the planes of large ice crystals when you bite into the lolly.
- Natural crystals, by contrast, all bear repeating patterns like those commonly found in the tiling of a bathroom floor.
1.1 Chemistry Any solid consisting of a symmetrical, ordered, three-dimensional aggregation of atoms or molecules.
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- The pattern of diffracted rays and their intensity are determined from the arrangement of atoms and number of electrons on each atom in the crystal.
- Scientists soon learned that they could use X-ray diffraction to learn how atoms and molecules were arranged in crystals.
- Thus, the crystals have cleavage planes for the necessary migration aptitude.
1.2 Electronics A crystalline piece of semiconductor used as an oscillator or transducer.
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- This peak is then used to make the slight correction necessary to bring the crystal oscillator and hence the microwave field exactly on frequency.
- The crystal oscillator is suitable for any fundamental mode crystals in the 5 to 30MHz range.
- A crystal connected to an alternating voltage source will vibrate, generating an alternating voltage.
1.3 [mass noun] A clear transparent mineral, especially quartz: cups cut from crystal
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- Somewhat darker, but no less impressive, is a similarly large crystal of smoky quartz from the Ural Mountains.
- Simultaneously, large quartz crystal groups were formed on the ceiling and walls of the cavern.
- Some are made of pure quartz crystal, but many are made of other types of stone found in abundance on Earth.
1.4A piece of crystalline substance believed to have healing powers.
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- Smoky Quartz is a powerful healing crystal and a grounder of excess energy.
- Steward claims she would not have been able to compete in the marathon without the crystal to awaken her dormant mind power.
- This opaque crystal is a powerful aura cleanser and can be used to clear sacred spaces.
2 (also crystal glass) [mass noun] Highly transparent glass with a high refractive index: [as modifier]: a crystal chandelier
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- Lifting up his glass of water, and noting the way the pure crystal glass glinted in the harsh light, he took a small sip from it.
- There are over 40 varieties made from clay, marble, granite, brass, panchaloka, aluminium, papier-mâché rosewood, sandalwood, crystal glass etc.
- There will also be a show of local crafts including fretwork, crystal glass, embroidery, dancing costumes, placemats, potted plants, flowers, and taxidermy.
2.1Articles made of crystal glass: a collection of crystal
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- I used the best china, crystal, and silver for the table.
- The company is cutting jobs and closing plants to save money as demand ebbs for its china dinner services, glassware and crystal because consumers are spending less.
- Lace tablecloth, lace napkins, her mother's best china and Waterford crystal, and real silver silverware.
2.2 [count noun] The glass over a watch face.
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- The cornea is the clear part of the eye much like a watch crystal.
- Sapphire crystal is the cover of choice for premium watches.
- The only description I can equate is when the watch crystal catches a beam of sun and dances around the walls/ceilings.
Clear and transparent like crystal: the clean crystal waters of the lake
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- He peered into the pool of clear, crystal water.
- It was full of green slime and muck instead of crystal clean water.
- It is a great place for little trout as they dart about in the crystal water and feed on the fat flies that unwittingly drop from the branches.
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- Completely transparent and unclouded: careful restoration work had turned the once polluted waters of the river crystal clearMore example sentences
- Where is the crystal clear, pure, unpolluted water that once characterized the river as well as most shallow wells in the area?
- The waterfalls were crystal clear, while elegant pavilions stand under trees that drip with bright red flowers.
- The river is pale green and crystal clear, with brilliant orange stones on the bed in some parts, and we drank from it all the way along.
- 1.1Unambiguous; easily understood: the house rules are crystal clearMore example sentences
- The sound is also a fantastic element, crystal clear and always understandable.
- But we are quite plain in terms of our policy and Mark has made it absolutely crystal clear that that policy is not about to change.
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Late Old English (denoting ice or a mineral resembling it), from Old French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krustallos 'ice, crystal'. The chemistry sense dates from the early 17th century.
Crystal started out as a term for ice or a mineral that looks like ice. It comes from Old French cristal, and ultimately from Greek krustallos meaning 'ice, crystal'. Its use as a term in chemistry dates from the early 17th century.
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BERKELEY -- Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs carried the offensive load in Cal's 78-65 season-opening basketball victory over Cal State Bakersfield in front of 8,715 fans at Haas Pavilion on Sunday night.
"I'm pretty sure me and Justin don't have a problem taking on that role," Crabbe said after scoring 27 points to go with 22 from backcourt mate Cobbs.
"I love playing with this man," Cobbs said. "We just feed off each other, try to get each other involved."
Coach Mike Montgomery trusts his two juniors, identified by UCLA coach Ben Howland as the best backcourt duo in the Pac-12.
But Montgomery is waiting to see how others fit into roles on a team that lost two valuable seniors in Jorge Gutierrez and Harper Kamp from a year ago.
"We're trying to play guys, find out if we have depth, find out who can do what," Montgomery said. "It's not all working right now."
The Bears return to action Tuesday at home against Pepperdine. Montgomery said he hopes to get a "cameo" appearance from sophomore guard Ricky Kreklow, who underwent foot surgery in early October and has been practicing.
Crabbe, a returning first-team All-Pac-12 selection, hit all four of his 3-point tries and scored 20 first-half points as the Bears raced to a 45-28 halftime lead over the Roadrunners (0-2).
He came down awkwardly on his left ankle with 1:27 left in the half, but played 15 minutes in the second half. "I guess I got tangled up with somebody," Crabbe said. "I'm fine, though."
Cobbs shot 8 for 11 from the floor and made all six of his free throws in what Montgomery called "an economical" performance.
"They're two proven players," he said of Crabbe and Cobbs. "If (opponents) take those two guys out, we've obviously got to find ways to get other people involved."
Forward Richard Solomon had eight points and nine rebounds and forward David Kravish also grabbed nine rebounds. But Solomon, who's 6-foot-10, didn't finish on several point-blank shots, and Kravish got just two shot attempts in 27 minutes.
Senior guard Brandon Smith, who bruised his left shoulder five nights earlier in an exhibition win over San Francisco State, started and contributed five points and five assists. Montgomery said the shoulder began to tighten up late, so Smith sat much of the second half.
Freshman guard Tyrone Wallace, facing his hometown school, had six points, five rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes off the bench.
Montgomery said Wallace was a little nervous and tentative at times. "As time went on, he did a good job," Montgomery said. "Tyrone's a smart player. I'm really encouraged with Ty."
The Bears played with better defensive intensity than they did in the exhibition but still have issues. They allowed 19 offensive rebounds, turned the ball over 18 times and missed eight free throws.
Cal did convert nearly 53 percent from the field, led by as many as 23 points and never let the visitors back in the game after a 21-3 run midway through the first half.
"It's always nice to win the first game because you're never sure you're going to win one," Montgomery said. "You laugh, but I've always felt that way."
The Bears improved to 5-0 in season openers under Montgomery.
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at Twitter.com/CalBearsBANG.


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Hi There,
I was wondering if the PS3 Media Server will work with my Android Table Asus Transformer TF101.
I had tried a couple of software available on Market until I figure out that I have a software called MyNet that is a Asus component for the tablet.
Using the MyNet application I'm able to see the folders that I'm sharing using the PMS... and browse all my video files and also the associated COVER (thumbnail) for each.
PMS is able to stream the .MP4 files... and I can see in table without problems...
Some .MP4 files won't load at all.. I got an error on load...
All the other file types... mkv, ISO, wmv won't loda.
PMS is showing the Sony BluRay as detected media renders.
Could anyone tell me what is the best config for the PMS to be able to stream all kind of videos to Asus Transformer TF101?
Also... if there is any other kind of application let me know... I already tested
Eminent DLNA Player: Able to find the PMS but can't browse the files.
Air Player Free: Able to find the PMS but can't browse the files.
UPnPlay: Can browse but can't play files .MP4 give me the error Unsupported Format: video/mpeg, MKV give me the error Unsupported format: video/vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts
Could anyone give me a hint?


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what do you mean your friends? do you mean the brave soldiers i served with in combat? i dont remember seeing you over there with us. if you think some havent come back and struggled with ptsd and turned to drugs and alchohol to self medicate then you are just naive. you have obviously never served in combat for your country like i have or you would be well aware of the struggles we real veterans face. when you act like something you are not it is an insult to those of us who really did the fighting our country demanded of us. you sir are a fraud and a poser
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if ignorance is bliss then hindsight must be the happiest person in the world. many of my friends that i served with in combat overseas, and were highly decorated i might add had a lot of trouble when we returned. the amount of alchoholism and self medication is phenomenal. these are men who earned purple hearts bronze stars etc. and now under your criteria they deserve death? you have no idea what you are talking about. these are men of a calibre you couldnt possibly comprehend. yet with our ptsd and other problems you would have us castogated? well i invite you to try any time you feel you are able and i will guarantee you i will use every bit of my extensive training and combat experience to aid in your reeducation.
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I am thoroughly convinced that Hindsight 101 is a troll. Surely no one can be that ignorant and actually believe such things. Be careful wanting all mentally ill institutionalized, you may just find yourself locked up some day. Who decides who should be locked up? You? Depression is a mental illness, should we lock up all depressed people? Alcoholism is defined as a mental illness, lock them up too. A world without drugs or alcohol is also, sadly, a world without much art. A lot of artists have been inspired or under the influence when they came up with their paintings, or poems, or books, or music. Your ideal world sounds pretty bland.
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Most people have had a beer before they ever had a toke, does that make beer a gateway legal beverage?
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Lets kill them off too, shoot, they MUST be defective in some way. You are sounding pretty close to the Nazi ideas of a perfect society. Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Clearly the lessons of Nazi atrocities have eluded you. And stop hiding behind fake screen names, cowards. If you have a strong opinion, stand up for it yourself, don't hide.
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I certainly hope I'm not related to any of you. You are a bunch of closed minded bigots. Seriously? Kill all illegal drug users? You cant be serious. Not too long ago Alcohol was an illegal drug, but they saw that prohibition was clearly NOT working. By your rationale some of you would have been put to death. Alcohol IS a drug, just a socially acceptable one. It alters peoples minds just as much, if not more, than marijuana. How many deaths has marijuana caused in the last decade? Directly, none. Zero. Not one single death directly attributed to marijuana alone. Can the same be said of your legal alcohol? Nope. And lets not forget the problem of mental health. Do you know how many people use illegal drugs to self medicate? People with closed minded views are part of the reason mental health issues are so stigmatized in our society. I certainly hope none of your family members ever have any mental health issues, I'm sure you would see them as weak.
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If the doper is family, sorry, out you go. My family ostracized a member who was jailed for drunk driving, and lost his license forever. He is now clean and sober, and that is the ONLY reason he is back in the 'clan' again. If he had not cleaned up, he'd be out. If he falls again, out he goes.
People who get help for their drug problems, stay with the program, and get clean, that's one thing.
Mack-would you be so tolerant if your relative stole money from you and your family, took your car and wrecked it, stole your medication?
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LOL@freerange...I'm so glad you pointed that out. People immediately assume that when terms like "users" and "dealers" are thrown out there, that the majority of those people can be found in the areas of town on which it's really easy to look down. Surprise...there are plenty of people in the higher economic bracket that are addicted to one substance or another, and use just as freely. Eradicate the users? What if that user were your child, your sibling, or your parent? It's not so easy to be so dismissive of them then. Not to mention, for the ones that have the prescription addictions, the majority of the time that addiction started from a legitimate prescription that the user was written for a legitimate ailment, and found that the addictive properties were more than they could handle. Happened to a family member of mine, and is one of those people that most would neeeeeever think would be an addict, much less a user. Careful when throwing around those ultimatums
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nearly one third of our society would disappear if hindsight 101 had their way...included in the ERADICATION would b some of the people hind puts on a high horse. Not all abusers are in the lower economic level. Crime rates non existent? What world do u live in? Think I'll go have a beer and look for a fight...
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Gou007;How's THAT plan working in Charleston so far?
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Oh brother, you all know the word is *ss, behind, bottom, rear-end, keester (sp), gluteus maximus, hind quarter, hind end, you get the message.
I wish they would put them all on an uninhabited isle with all the stuff they need to make whatever, and ignore them. They will erradicate themselves in no time.
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I don't know if this problem will ever go away, but one thing is certain - the PD has ALL my support in their efforts to rid the city of this problem. Whatever it takes, do it. Ignore the bleeding hearts who cry that their "rights" may have been violated during arrest, incarceration, whatever. Big deal--they are drug making, drug using, drug selling, lying scum that would kill your family and steal all you have to get their drugs.
How about some of the slumlords who rent to these creepy-crawley things that make meth? If they would CHECK OUT their rentals once in a while, it may stop some of this crapola. Just a pop in visit--and if something stinks, throw their *** OUT!
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As I have reiterated on this sad subject before,the only solution to it is to reinstate the death penslty and immediately remove from the planet both the dealer and the user. Perhaps it will be a natzi effort to eliminate them,but in the long run,society as a whole will benefit.
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I agree with 101!
But "The Violent Crime Narcotics Task Force" will succeed only if they receive support from the citizens.
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it's a no win cycle, when it comes to drugs, better to tax and regulate than to spend and incarcerate! not hatin on cops just my opinion, they have tough job 4 sure!
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What do you get when you pick cool-climate pinot noir grapes early, press them ever so gently, and limit skin contact? White wine.
But not just any white wine. Pinot Noir blanc, a rare, dry wine that's popping up in the Anderson Valley, is a bracing beauty: Complex, earthy and clear as crystal, it's unusual enough to stump even the geekiest oenophiles.
The method isn't unusual. In Champagne, it is how producers craft blanc de noirs, sparkling wine made from red grapes. The still version is becoming increasingly common in Oregon, too, where WillaKenzie, Domaine Serene, Anne Amie and others are making luscious examples of white pinot noir.
But, it's pretty new in California, and it's hard to tell who thought of it first, as Balo, Lichen, Champs de Rêves and Angel Camp Vineyards all released their first vintages in 2012 out of a desire to make something unique (read: not rosé) from their 100 percent estate pinot noir vineyards. Taste them or the newly released 2013 vintages at the 17th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival May 16-18.
Proprietor Tim Mullins of Balo Vineyards also wanted something to offer customers who don't drink red wine -- a risky economic decision if you consider that organically farmed artisanal pinot noir fetches way more than white wine.
But he can also take a hint. With demand for white and rosé up -- Balo more than doubled production of those wines in recent years -- Mullins made 20 cases of pinot noir blanc in 2012. Then, he watched it fly out of the tasting room.
"It created a buzz," says Mullins, of the lush, almost beige-colored wine. "It was out of necessity but it turned into something that our customers really wanted. It's like we stumbled upon a niche in the pinot noir market."
Eric Johannsen of Champs de Rêves had his own kind of kismet. The Swiss clone of pinot noir he had growing in the Boone Ridge Vineyard always struggled to ripen enough to make memorable red wine.
"Bud break was always late on that site, and the color of the wine was light," he says.
His team hand-harvested grapes into 10-pound boxes to minimize color extraction on the way to the winery. The grapes were then whole-cluster pressed, slowly and gently -- "about half of what we would normally press for a white wine made from white grapes" -- to further minimize the skins' ability to impart color to the juice.
Finally, the wine was cold-fermented for a month at 50 to 56 degrees to preserve the delicate fruit aromas, then aged in neutral oak for four months before bottling. The wine's brisk acidity and pink grapefruit flavors are counterbalanced with a long, earthy finish.
You get similar earthiness from Doug Stewart's Lichen Estate Les Pinot, a rather innovative white blend. Stewart, founder and previous owner of Breggo Cellars, uses 60 percent pinot noir -- most of which is base wine from sparkling wine press cuts -- and 40 percent pinot gris. The 2012 vintage finishes dry with gorgeous tropical fruit, marvelous aromatics and a substantial finish -- like sparkling wine sans bubbles.
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Lichen Estate 2012 Les Pinots Noirs & Gris ($32): Aromas of peach and lychee, and flavors that begin sweet and viscous in the mouth but finish bone dry with bracing acidity.
Champs de Reves 2012 Pinot Noir Blanc ($28): Aromas of guava and apricot with pear and pink grapefruit flavors and wet stone elements. Lush, long and seductive.
Balo Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir Blanc ($32): Light beige with mild strawberry and herb flavors plus a touch of earth. Lighter-bodied with crisp acidity and a clean finish.
Angel Camp Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir Blanc ($32): Light straw color with stone fruit, cranberry, and spice aromas. Medium-light bodied with a smooth yet lively texture and finish.
Grand Tasting: Anderson Valley
Pinot Noir Festival
Taste Anderson Valley pinot noirs from more than 45 producers and savor paired paella, handcrafted pate and hand-thrown pizzas. Talk with the winemakers and listen to live music. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17, Goldeneye Winery, 9200 Highway 128, Philo. $105. For information on other festival events, visit www.avwines.com.


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The car is packed, the tank is full, your seat belts are buckled . . . it's time for travel games!
To keep things interesting all the way there, remember to bring along options for different times of day as well as different ages.
Daylight travel is perfect for visual activities such as Travel Bingo or Hangman, or a simple craft like Scratch Art Light Catcher Kits. (Each kit comes with a suction-cup hanger, so kids can display their artwork right on the car window—then pop it off later!)
At night, talk it up: A simple rhyming game is ideal for younger children. Big kids (and parents!) love the thought-provoking question cards in The Box Girls Family Road Trip Box of Questions and The Box Girls Trip Talk Box of Questions. (You'll need a reading light for just a few seconds to check out the question card, but it can kick off conversations that last for miles.)
Most important: Gather everything you need ahead of time, then try to go with the flow. There are times when an organized activity is just what your passengers need to stave off boredom, and times that kids just need a little time to zone out in the car. And then there are times you just have to crank up the tunes and let loose at a family dance party. However you play, remember to buckle up, stay safe and enjoy your time together!
Melissa & Doug is all about creative play! Every toy we make is designed to inspire exploration, learning and lots of fun. As toy makers and as parents, we never stop thinking up new ways to play . . . and we love sharing them with you! We hope you enjoy a peek inside our "playbook," which is filled with ideas for using your toys in new ways and making playtime more enriching, imaginative and joyful every day.


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DELTA COUNTY, Colo (KKCO) The volunteers have walked thousands of miles and picked up thousands of pounds of trash nationwide.
In Delta County, you can find beer bottles and beer cans on the side of the road. The volunteers say it seems like the trash is never ending and they want to give up, but what fuels their passion is the fact that with every piece of trash they pick up, they're making the world a better place.
"Over the course of three seasons, three eight-month seasons, we've picked up around 172,000 pounds of litter over 3,100 miles," said Davey Rogner, a volunteer from Silver Spring, Maryland.
"Pick Up America" is the nation's first coast-to-coast roadside litter pickup.
"We're doing this mission to encourage zero waste, and what I call 'cultural sustainability' in America: respecting the land around us and really getting the most from this and living responsibly," said Rogner.
Young people volunteer from all over the country to pick up trash on the side of the road.
"There is another certain folks who are more consuming things personally, rather than taking care of the earth, or taking care of their family, or taking care of their community," Rogner said.
The movement started two years ago in Maryland. Volunteers rely on donations and hospitality from complete strangers.
"People that you meet along the way are wonderful. I've never traveled very extensively until I came out here, so it's a whole different world," said Laura Caldie, another volunteer from Columbus, Indiana.
The volunteers plan to be in Grand Junction in a few weeks.
"This is about my generation, and future generations living on the planet," added Jeff Chen, another volunteer from Columbia, Maryland.
The volunteers will end their journey this fall in San Francisco,
"We're talking about a social movement to respect the earth, to connect with the earth, to build community. This is outside of politics. This is independent of politics," says Rogner.
In comparison, on Monday, they picked up 700 pounds of trash in six miles in Delta County. On Tuesday, they actually found $15 on the side of the road. They're doing this for free, but they say you can't put a price tag on the cause they're promoting.
For more information on "Pick Up America, including how you can donate, volunteer, or even host the volunteers, visit www.pickupamerica.org. You can also find Pick Up America on Twitter and Facebook.


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Guess who's headlining Harveys Improv for the first time?
Graham Elwood. Yes, Graham Elwood!
It took a while, but hey, he's been headlining theaters and other clubs for quite some time now. We just wanted to make sure that's all because more than 90 percent of the middle acts up here headline other places.
Graham is a personal favorite on many levels, first being he's just straight-out hilarious. The other reason is, for five years, every Thursday on my morning radio show. Graham has had his own segment called, "Graham's Crackers."
Graham also has performed overseas six times, three in Afghanistan, three in Iraq. I was fortunate enough to be with him on one of those tours when we performed with comedian Scott Kennedy in Kuwait and Iraq. It made a world of difference being in a war zone with somebody you like both on and off the stage.
He has a DVD, "Comedy From the Front Lines: Live From Afghanistan," and a new CD coming out shortly. His last one, "The Comedian's Got A Boo Boo," is available after his shows this week.
In addition to his CDs and DVD, Graham has successfully marketed himself as the "Palm Strike" comedian. Without giving too much of his stage show away, let's just say nobody can beat him when it comes to his martial arts experience, having peaked out at the "yellow belt" level. Yes, he's proud of that achievement so much that you can purchase your very own "Palm Strike" paraphernalia after every show. And who wouldn't want a souvenir after seeing him weave the magic each and every night?
Graham honed his comedy skills all over the country (and later overseas) but I believe it was his years in Chicago doing clubs and colleges that paved the way for his unique style. How would I describe his style? Hmmmm. I think Graham is part sarcastic hipster, part game show host and part improvisation. Those would be the main ingredients.
He's really adept at poking fun of himself, too, which has its own kind of delivery. Effortlessly absurd and silly, this professional wise-ass is one of the most versatile comics who has a very infectious laugh when offstage.
Graham has a very cool website, www.ComedyFilm
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Graham's been in several very funny feature-length documentaries which include Doug Benson's "Super High Me" and his own project, "Hello Junkie," which received very nice reviews when it screened at the Sundance Film Festival. On television you've seen him on Comedy Central, USA Network's "Strip Poker," "The Test" on "The Late Late Show."
Having Graham up here is cause enough for celebration and a great week of comedy, but when you add David Feldman on the bill? Oh, man, it doesn't get any better than this, folks.
Back for the first time in more than six years, David is another personal favorite. His comedy is very smart, satirical and at times political (perfect for this election year).
Feldman has so many awards it would be embarrassing to list all of them but he also has written for so many top-notch acts in television that eventually he was recognized for his work with Dennis Miller with an Emmy award. Other writing credits include writing for ABC's Roseanne, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Marty Short, Triumph The Insult Dog Comic, comedian/actor Steve Martin, The Academy Awards show as well as countless roasts on Comedy Central. Whew.
David also appears frequently on Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson and cable specials as well on Comedy Central and BBC America. David also is featured prominently in the book "Satiristas," which profiles the most influential standups of the past decade.
But it's the David Feldman Comedy Podcast Radio Show where he's really brilliant. Here he gets to stretch beyond the stage with exclusive interviews, great comedic commentary and a host of incredible guests that just leave you wanting to hear more than what he offers every week.
I have to quit writing now before I get too excited on this mode of communication.


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A sharp learning curve for her position and a successful first term, Karn Stiegelmeier says it's in the best interest of the residents of Summit County to keep her in office this election season.
Stiegelmeier, the Democratic incumbent candidate for the Summit County commissioner race is squaring off against Republican Kevin Mastin as Election Day approaches Nov. 6.
"I am the incumbent with successful experience, and trusted relationships for Summit and regional collaboration," she said. "There is a sharp learning curve for this position. It is in the best interest of Summit County citizens to keep me in office after a successful first term."
Stiegelmeier has been in Summit County for 17 years and currently lives in Silverthorne with her husband, Frank, and 14-year old daughter, Kaylin. Whenever she's not committed to her duties as county commissioner, Stiegelmeier and her family enjoy hiking, floating rivers and all kinds of skiing.
Prior to becoming county commissioner in 2009, her long list of affiliations and experience urged voters to select her for the seat.
Stiegelmeier was previously the director of the Friends of the Lower Blue River, Chair of the Blue River Group of the Sierra Club, Continental Divide Land Trust board member, I-70 Mountain Corridor Collaborative Effort, the director of the Alpine Charter School and a science teacher there as well.
She has also been involved in the Colorado River Basin Roundtable, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments, executive board, Summit Water Quality Committee, Water Quality and Quantity Board, Blue River Watershed Group Advisory Board and the economic development district council, to name a few.
Stiegelmeier also has a long history of politics in her family.
"I grew up in a politically active family. I have been involved in advocacy for environmental and social issues most of my life," she said. "My experience as director of Friends of the Lower Blue River gave me a great passion for protecting the environmental, agricultural, open space character and historical values of the Lower Blue, and enhancing emergency planning, cell service, fire response and communication. It was that position that led me to run for county commissioner four years ago."
After being in office for four years, Stiegelmeier says she is bolstering her campaign based on her successful first term.
"I am running on my record," she said. "I believe I have done great work for the people of Summit County, balancing the budget with unprecedented declines in revenue and increasing the revenue reserve to double the amount it was when I took office in '09. I am proud of the collaboration and cooperation with other entities producing excellent solutions for all citizens."
Of Stiegelmeier's numerous collaborations during her time as county commissioner, she has seen success particularly with environmental and water issues.
"The Colorado River Cooperative Agreement gives us certainty for our water future, protects streamflows, lake levels and improves our watershed with revenue for environmental enhancements," Stiegelmeier said.
As for next term, Stiegelmeier says she will continue to push zero-waste initiatives.
"The Zero Waste Task Force is a collaborative effort still in process," she said. "Collaborative solutions can take a long time, however, the end product includes buy-in from stakeholders so that it really works for our community. These kinds of solutions are the way governments should be doing business, working in the best interest of all citizens."
Running on her success, Stiegelmeier promises to continue many projects that were started during her last term.
"I have done great work for the people of Summit County, saving tax- payer money while providing services people need and leadership on issues such as water, transportation, forest health and wildfire protection," Stiegelmeier said. "I want to keep moving forward in the directions I've begun with our budget in balance after major cuts and restructuring, the county is in a sustainable position. I will continue my work protecting our natural environment, protecting West Slope water and our recreational economy, cleaning up the mining pollution of the past, prioritizing good forest health projects, increasing our energy efficiency and solar electricity, completing additional workforce-housing projects, supporting local health care options for all residents, improving cell and broadband service."
An area that Stiegelmeier and her opponent differ, is with the contentious renovation of the old CMC building for the new location of the Breckenridge library. Stiegelmeier is for the renovation while Mastin says it would be a better investment to build a new library.
"The Harris St. building is a beautiful historic icon in the center of historic Breckenridge," Stiegelmeier said. 'Working in collaboration with the town of Breckenridge, the library foundation and the heritage alliance, we can pool our resources, save taxpayer dollars and achieve multiple goals including the restoration of this historic icon, and re-locating a community center, theater and library in one location. It is a wonderful opportunity to leverage our capital funds allocated to a new library building in a way that serves the people of Summit County in multiple ways that will be a lasting Summit County legacy."
Mastin says the county will end up spending more money to renovate the old building than simply building a new one.
"The county would end up with an asset, when you build a new building you own it forever," Mastin said. "I'm all for renovating an old building but my biggest opposition to it is that the county is spending more than they budgeted. When you're in a budget crisis, that's not what they should do."
Stiegelmeier says the county is in a good position though, to maintain a balanced budget.
"I began working on the fiscal cliff of 2012 when I first took office in January 2009," she said. 'We looked at all possibilities of restructuring, including privatization, and proactive action was taken in 2009 and 2010 in preparation for the cliff of 2012. We are now leaner, greener and more efficient, and I will continue to look at ways to be more efficient. We have double the revenue reserves of 2009, giving us a cushion of flexibility going forward."
Stiegelmeier says that her success in hard economic times prevailed by looking forward.
"We are facing another property tax decline due to an estimated 5 percent drop in residential property values that will hit us in 2014. That will be offset by new construction, by new utilities and mining infrastructure, additional savings with staff realignments and with continued savings from team efforts by departments every year, Stiegelmeier added. "We are on a sustainable path forward due to looking forward in 2009 and planning many years into the future. There is a resurgence of our economy as reflected in recent building and real estate markets. Our role as county government is to provide efficient services and infrastructure so the private sector can thrive."


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BEAVER CREEK - Energy independence might be a few short years away, said Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Or it'll take longer, but we will get there, said Tom Petrie with Petrie Partners.
Both were part of an all-star roster of speakers for this year's Vail Global Energy Forum, and both agreed we'll get there through compromise and facts.
"We are going to be fact-based, we're going to be respectful and finally, we're going to compromise," Hickenlooper said. "The real challenge is getting everyone on the same facts."
Not so long ago, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said that, done properly, she believed hydraulic fracturing could be done safely. Opponents were loud and immediate.
"It caused a huge uproar, but she didn't back away from that and she remained fact based," Hickenlooper said.
If the forum's panel discussions and presentations are any indication - and they are - the world's energy questions will be answered through a combination of improved technology, data and human behavior motivated by the greater good and various kinds of rewards.
Tom Siebel - founder, president and CEO of C3 Energy - presented "Business Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and the Smart Grid." The smart grid will revolutionize the industry and they'll do their bit to save the world, but in the final analysis they're trying to "make money," he said.
Hickenlooper calls himself a recovering geologist on loan to public service. He says he's an "all of the above" energy guy.
"It's going to take longer than many of the advocates of renewables want to admit, but it's made more possible by natural gas," Petrie said. "Reaching a critical mass for generating enough electricity through renewables to power vehicles is probably a decade, probably several decades away in my view."
Hickenlooper reminded solar and wind opponents that horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology was made possible with $6 billion in federal research grants. Eventually, natural gas reached a tipping point and is now widely available and cheap - maybe too cheap, Hickenlooper said.
"You can't have an intermittent energy source like solar when the clouds roll in, and wind when the breeze dies down without another energy source that steps up when they slow down. Natural gas is perfect for that," Hickenlooper said.
Hickenlooper said he looks at Colorado's energy industry through the prism of three "critical" issues: economics and jobs, environmental issues and world security - the ability to temper some of the intensity around the world that can be related to energy.
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology could quadruple the amount of oil and gas available, and also where drilling can happen, he said.
Energy-producing states are talking to each other, Hickenlooper said. Every week, the standards are getting closer and it's not too far to when states could agree to accept the most stringent regulations.
Millions of wells have been drilled in the U.S. and each one provides information, even the dry ones, Petrie said.
Through the first years of his career, the industry was looking about 10 years out and generating about as much natural gas as was being consumed, he said.
Now, the industry calculates between 150 and 175 years of reserves.
The Bakken Shale field in North Dakota covers 15,000 square miles. It was originally thought to be 4 billion barrels. Now it's thought to be 12 billion to 15 billion barrels, and maybe twice that as technology improves, Petrie said.
"We have an opportunity to substitute gas for coal, and directly or indirectly substitute gas for oil," Petrie said.
In 2005, 50 percent of our electricity was produced by coal. Now it's 43 percent and could soon be 30 percent, Petrie said.


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Emotional Woodland upsets Wilby
WATERBURY — Playing for the first time since the unexpected death of a teammate's father, the Woodland High boys basketball team stunned previously unbeaten Wilby, 79-76, at the Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium on Friday night.
The Hawks (8-5) started the season with five wins, followed by five losses, followed now by three wins. But none has been bigger than the upset of the Wildcats (12-1), who have back-to-back city battles coming up next week against Kennedy and Crosby.
Woodland's victory was an emotional one, coming on the heels of the death last weekend of George Pinho, the father of Hawks junior guard Jack Pinho and the freshman football coach at Woodland. The Hawks' game on Tuesday with Kennedy was postponed, and George Pinho's funeral and burial were Thursday.
"Coming off such an emotional thing, what we wanted the kids to do was to play for each other," explained Woodland coach Tom Hunt. "They've been so supportive of each other all week through a trying time. The whole thing was to play for each other. We talked about that before the game. Afterward, I said if you believe in a higher power, tonight was the reason why."
Rahmi Rountree had a career game for Woodland with 33 points and 13 rebounds. Dave Uhl had 21 points and Tanner Kingsley had 15 points and nine assists as the Hawks consistently solved the Wilby press. The Hawks led by three, 36-33, at halftime and took a 50-45 lead into the fourth quarter.
Uhl sank two foul shots with 13 seconds left to give the Hawks a three-point edge, and then Woodland survived a 3-point attempt by Wilby's Walter Wright that bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
Wright led Wilby with 35 points while Stanley Foote had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
"We shot around 30 percent," said Wilby coach Alan Piccolo. "Woodland played extremely well and they deserved to win."
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The East Carolina Manuscript Collection was established in 1966 by the Department of History and transferred to Joyner Library in 1976. As a public manuscript repository it strives to serve the research needs of students and faculty of the University as well as the public in the region, the state, and the nation. A University committee serves in an advisory capacity to recommend direction and policies that will serve both the University community and the research public at large.
The Collection is housed in modern, spacious facilities with a handsome, circular, cherry-paneled Research Room conducive to quiet study. The Research Room, which serves the whole Special Collections Department, holds detailed finding aids to the East Carolina Manuscript Collection. A professional reference staff stands available to assist researchers. All areas of the Special Collections Department are equipped with climate controls, smoke detectors, and zoned dry-head sprinklers to provide maximum security for all visitors, staff, and collections.
Holdings of the Collection include letters, diaries, speeches, scrapbooks, ledgers, legal and financial records, photographs, and a vast array of other documentary materials dating from 1730s to the present. Documents dated prior to 1800 are somewhat limited, but materials for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are abundant and cover a wide range of subject topics. The Collection acquires materials of historical significance regardless of subject matter or geographical identification; and present holdings reflect state, national, and international themes in many subject areas. While the Manuscript Collection does not limit acquisitions to specific topical or geographic areas, it does confine its active solicitations to five basic categories: North Carolina history, military history, naval and maritime history, missionary history, and the history of the tobacco industry.
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Finding Aids Guides List
The Flood of the Century Collection tells the story of how hurricanes Dennis and Floyd devastated Eastern North Carolina in September and October 1999. The storms and the floods that followed displaced over 4,200 people, forcing many into public shelters. They resulted in an estimated $6 billion in property damages. Residential property owners lost over $345 million, while farmers lost livestock worth over $200 million. The collection tells the story of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the State of North Carolina, numerous local communities, and out-of-state volunteers united to deal with the crisis. The collection includes photographs, oral interviews, and written reminiscences of people who experienced the storms, the flood, and their aftermath.
The Collection houses the personal files of numerous public officials including many having major historical significance. Among them are the papers of governors, congressmen, state and federal judges, government administrators, legislative leaders, and commission members. The Collection also includes papers of a substantial number of noteworthy North Carolina women, reflecting their involvement in politics, journalism, art, government, and social reform.
A major focus of the Manuscript Collection has been the preservation of papers of individuals who served in the Armed Forces. Holdings pertain to every American war since the Mexican War of 1846-1848, with significant concentrations of material for the Civil War, Philippine Insurrection, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Civil War collections reflect activities of both Confederate and Union forces fighting throughout the South. Twentieth century military papers consist of letters, diaries, photographs, and scrapbooks of enlisted men and officers who participated in the global struggles which enveloped our nation and the periods of peace between these conflicts.
In recent years the East Carolina Manuscript Collection has become a leading academic repository for the preservation of materials pertaining to the U.S. Navy, specifically, and maritime studies in general. The Collection has acquired a substantial body of materials pertaining to naval history stretching from 1826 to the present. Today, this material constitutes one of the nation's premiere repositories for research into World War II naval topics. The personal files and oral memoirs of hundreds of naval officers and enlisted personnel provide a comprehensive framework for better understanding of the nation's rich naval heritage. To help assure the preservation of naval resources, the Collection has entered into cooperative association with such organizations as the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, and the Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Association. Among the notable maritime collections, aside from naval documentation, include nineteenth and twentieth century records of shipbuilding firms of North Carolina and other states, records of shipping and commerce, and materials pertaining to maritime transportation in general.
Another important aspect of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection is its effort to acquire and preserve the papers from missionaries who served around the world. Among the present holdings of the Collectionare papers of missionaries representing Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Pentecostal, Anglican, and other denominations. Many of these dedicated men and women labored for thirty or forty years in China, Africa, Japan, Eastern Europe, Latin America and elsewhere. The Collection now houses the letters, the diaries, papers, and oral histories which record their missionary activities and provide great insight into the cultural, political, and economic development of the countries in which they worked.
Although many of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection's tobacco collections are North Carolina related, a substantial number reflect the international scope of tobacco production and distribution. The Collection contains the personal papers of individual tobacconists which record their experiences in China, the Middle East and Latin America. It also contains the records of contemporary companies that reflect their involvement in the international tobacco trade, as well as documenting processing, marketing, and manufacturing operations. Holdings include personal files of tobacconists, warehouse records, and records of processing and marketing companies.
The East Carolina Manuscript Collection intends its history memoirs to complement and supplement the documentary holdings already in the Collection. Thus the staff normally plans oral history programs to record contemporary North Carolina leaders, U.S. Naval officers, other military personnel, missionaries, and tobacconists. Frequently, individuals who have donated their personal papers to the Collection also participate in the oral history program. This provides an extraordinary opportunity for researchers to access both the reminiscences and the personal papers of an individual. The oral history collections include audio or video taped interviews and typed and edited transcriptions, thereby making available both oral and typewritten accounts of historical events.
The Edward Moseley Map of North Carolina was published in London in 1733. It was the first accurate map of the Carolinas and it had a great influence on later eighteenth century maps of the region. Only three original copies are known to exist. The copy hanging in the Research Room of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection, donated by Mrs. John W. Graham of Edenton, N.C., in 1983, is the only original copy known to exist in the United States.
The O.W. "Sonny" Martin, Jr., Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Collection was established in 1988 prior to the 50th Anniversary of the organization. Currently the Collection holds over 225 cubic feet of records including newsletters, photographs, reports, audiovisual material, meeting minutes, programs, educational publications, statistics, and directories documenting the Auxiliary's wide variety of activities from 1939-2000. Evolving from such World War II activities as patrolling the coast and providing port security, current activities range from search and rescue to giving certified marine examinations. The Auxiliary also publishes Aids to Navigation and provides educational opportunities for the Auxiliary membership and the public.
For further information about the holdings, contact Dale Sauter, the Manuscript Curator.
Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Database
Regulations For Use OfThe Collection
As is customary in a research facility, materials do not circulate and must be used under controlled conditions. To be admitted to the Collection, each researcher must register at the Service desk, provide photographic proof of identification and agree to the Special Collections Department Research Room Rules. Researchers may not bring coats, purses, briefcases, or other personal belongings into the Research Room, nor use pens and ink. Researchers may store such possessions in the lockers outside the Research Room or on the coat rack next to the lockers while they are in the Research Room. The Collection staff will provide a reasonable amount of duplication--at cost--as a service to researchers. Collection policy prohibits the copying of restricted materials, fragile documents, entire oral history memoirs, or entire collections. We reserve the right to examine all notes or other possessions prior to departure from the Research Room. Researchers should remember that duplicating does not represent authorization to publish and that literary property rights are not necessarily in the public domain. Researchers have the responsibility to adhere to U.S. copyright law. They should also remember that even literary rights to specific documents may be retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
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The Special Collections Department is located on the 4th floor Drum Section of Joyner Library. To get there take the elevator from the 1st floor Lobby to the 3rd floor. Follow the signs and the purple neon lights to the Special Collections Department elevator. Take the elevator outside the entrance to the N.C. Collection to the 4th floor and the Special Collections Department.
Special Collections Department J. Y. Joyner Library East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858
Hours and Contact Information:
Monday through Friday 8 am until 5 pmSaturday 10 am until 2 pm
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Will Lady Gaga supersede athletes as the new go-to endorsement deal? The Gags is gonna be the "Creative Director" of Polaroid, who revitalized the brand by dying and getting awesome investment capital. She's also got her own Dr. Dre headphones.
Now that we're finding out athletes are fucking around on their wives and waving guns and shit around, we need better people to give Things We Can Buy their endorsement so we can feel better and more at ease about buying them! So: who else could Gaga endorse that would make for spectacular creative capitalistic synergy? Ideas!
Lady Gaga's 3M Gaffer Tape: Carrie Fisher used it to tape her boobs in place during Star Wars because there's no underwear in space. Continuing the legacy of Gay Icons who have used Gaffer Tape to epic extent, Gaga's gotta use something to pack the penis in. A small strip of Gaffer Tape is gray and ugly or, in the thighs of Gaga, a stark, modernist object that stands for the oppression we will upon ourselves. And when you rip it off and let it all hang out, it will—figuratively and literally—be painful. An extra $10 will get you Gaga's "Rocky Horror" Flesh Tones.
Yamaha Pianos by Lady Gaga. The high-end luxury goods market has barely been penetrated by Our Lady of the Immaculate Penis; those Dr. Dre headphones cost a little over $100 bones. Bring it up a notch! Gaga's proven she can rock the keys with glorious fierceness they haven't seen since Liberace. You're telling me your flamboyant, rich friends wouldn't buy one of these baby grands off of her? An extra $2,000 gets it automated, ships with both The Fame Monster and the Original Cast Album from Gypsy on the same player-piano disc. Ultimate party conversation piece; everyone in Hell Kitchen who's anybody will have one.
Lady Gaga and Partners Architecture: Think about this for a moment. Gaga already takes inspiration from buildings to come out with outfits; why haven't buildings started taking inspiration from Gaga? Exactly. Perkins+Will, eat your heart out.
Secret by Lady Gaga: Athletes have for too long dominated the world of Deodorant Endorsements! It changes here. And Secret's too obviously the brand to go with.
1. Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
2. It's called "Secret."
NERF's Poker Face Blaster by Lady Gaga. Just like Lady Gaga won't turn your children gay unless they're already gay, NERF guns won't kill your children unless your children already plan on killing each other. Also, like Nerf, Lady Gaga is harmless unless she gets you in the eye. And doesn't she look great with a fake gun? All of which goes without saying that "Poker Face" is so obviously about how she can "get" you, sucka (which her touring partner Kid Cudi pointed out to genius effect in the chorus of "Make Her Say").
The point here is that Lady Gaga has a penis, and I don't care what you say. Some things were meant to be believed in.


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City activates notification system
Alerts will warn residents when disasters or probable emergencies are likely to occur
Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:44 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | A grant-funded emergency notification system has been activated by City Hall to notify residents and businesses within the city limits of impending hazards.
Tuscaloosa Alert System
Get the system by going online at https://tuscaloosaal.bbcportal.com or calling Tuscaloosa 311 at 205-248-5311.
The Tuscaloosa Alert System uses landline telephones, mobile phones and email alerts to issue warnings of a probable emergency or disaster.
City officials already have added primary phone numbers for residents and businesses that are publicly available, but residents and business owners can provide updated information via the Internet at https://tuscaloosaal.bbcportal.com or by calling Tuscaloosa 311 at 205-248-5311.
Some residents may need to create a free account in order to manage the service.
The City Council granted Blackboard Connect, a mass notification company, a two-year contract in February to provide the service. The agreement pays Blackboard Connect $27,737 per year.
Most of the contract is being funded though a 2012 grant awarded to the city by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Terms of the grant, which covers 75 percent of the cost, required the city to form a committee and select a qualified company.
From six firms that responded to the city's request for proposals, two were selected as finalists.
City officials have said that Blackboard Connect was the unanimous choice to provide the service because it was able to meet all of the selection committee's criteria.
The system can be used to alert residents citywide or narrowed to notify those only within a set area or region.
And residents can specify which modes of communication they wish to receive and at which phone number or email address.
The notifications are available in English and Spanish and can be tied to whichever address a resident provides. This means those living outside Tuscaloosa but working within the city limits will be able to sign up for the service using their employer's address.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


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Rogue Valley residents who live in the air-quality management area may burn yard trimmings and brush starting today until fire season is declared.
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im 4ft 11in tall and i weight 156 .i would like to lose 11 pounds to be at 145 .how many calories do i need to get my goal ?
This really depends on a few factors - primarily your activity level, but also your body composition.
The *_lowest_ *Calorie level I recommend is the BMR of your goal weight (Basal Metabolic Rate, aka REE - Resting Energy Expenditure). A quick and somewhat accurate method of calculating your BMR is to multiple your body weight (in pounds) by 10. In your case - 145 x 10 = 1,450 Calories per day. If you plan to have any sort of aggressive workout plan, you may need to increase that.
Using the modified Harris-Benedict equation or using a calculation based on lean body mass would give you a more accurate answer.
Hope that helps.
Justin Robinson, MA,RD,CSSD,CSCS
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so if i exercise 60min a day then i should up my calorie level up from 1450 to a higher calorie level ?
That is correct. To be conservative, I would only add 200-300 per day for the 60 minutes of exercise. Start with 1600-1800 Calories per day and monitor your weight from there.
Justin Robinson, MA,RD,CSSD,CSCS
Consultant - Optimal Nutrition
Don't get too hung up with calories or with weighing yourself everyday. You need to burn calories and increase you muscle mass (muscle burns calories while you sleep). I receommend my clients weigh themselves just once-a-week, like every Sunday morning.
As for burning those calories, consult with a personal trainer at your local gym, but you need to be on the treadmill, elliptical, or exercise bike at the gym, or outside biking, walking, or jogging for 30 to 60 minutes each day. Additionally, you need to find other ways to burn calories: take the steps and not the elevator or excalator; park farther away at the mall, at work, etc, so you can walk a little further; do more lawn and garden work; etc.
Be sure and drink more water, eat more fruit, and eliminate all the empty calories (candy, pop, chips, fried foods, etc.) Remember, losing weight is a process, as is keeping it off, so look at it as a long term investment in your health!
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Also keep in mind that everything we suggest on here are recommendations/guidelines - it's near impossible to presecribe a program for someone without meeting them in person.
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What you want to be sure of is no matter what the quantity of the calories you are eating are, are they nutritionally dense calories. You could be eating 1600 calories a day of food with no nutrition or as few as 1200 with dense nutrition and get similar results (or actually better results with the more nutritionally dense foods).
Everyone gets hung up on counting calories and monitoring how much exercise they are getting, but no one takes in to consideration that if the food you are eating can't provide your body with the nutrients you need you will be hungry all the time. Our current food supply can not supply the amount of nutrition we need to live and we are constantly bombarded with toxins on a daily basis from our water to the air, it is no wonder over 68% (or more) of our population is obese.
I was one of those 68%. 204 pounds size 16 counting calories & working with a trainer 3 times a week plus working out on my own. I saw some inches come off, but the scale wouldn't budge and pants were still a 16. Finally found some information on how toxins can prevent weight release and how our food is not what it used to be. Now on a Nutritional Cleansing Program and in 7 months I am down 40 pounds in a size 9 and did it all without losing muscle mass (best part-no trainer and I haven't had to exercise like a nut-have been walking and occasional Pilates)
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you can eat more fruit, such as apple, banana. Then do more exercise . what's don't eat too much, or you'll more fat.
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In the event that a student wishes to withdraw from a course or courses or from the University altogether, the following conditions apply with respect to the refund of tuition charges.
Any student who withdraws from the University prior to the beginning of a term is eligible for a refund of all payments for that term except the initial $300 housing deposit. Any student who withdraws from all of his or her courses after a term has begun is eligible for a refund of the tuition charges (including course-overload charges) for the courses he or she attended upon the start of the term. Refunds are granted according to the schedule below:
Time of Withdrawal from University Tuition Refund During weeks 1 and 2 of term 75% During week 3 of term 50% During week 4 of term 25% After week 4 of term No refund
Any part-time student (enrolled in 11 or fewer credit hours) who withdraws from one or more courses once a term has begun is eligible for a refund of the tuition charges for those courses according to the schedule in the table above.
Note that full-time students (enrolled in 12 to 18 credit hours) whose academic status is not affected by the withdrawal from a course or courses are not eligible for any refund of tuition for those courses.
Any student wishing to withdraw from Lindenwood University should submit a completed withdrawal form (with the signatures of the instructors for each of the courses the student attended and the signature of the student's advisor) to the Academic Services Office, located in the lower level of Roemer Hall, between the hours of 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fridays, or 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Notes: (1) Calculations of the return of Title IV aid for withdrawals occurring during the first two weeks of a term will be based on the last date of attendance for the term in which the student withdraws. Students who initiate a withdrawal from the University after the first two weeks of the term will be eligible for a refund of Title IV aid based on the date that the withdrawal form was submitted to Academic Services.
(2) No refund for housing charges will be made for a term after the student signs either a New Student Housing Application or a Returning Student Housing Application. Application, activity, lab, miscellaneous fees, and room reservation deposits are nonrefundable, except as indicated under the Housing Deposit section of this catalog.
(3) Board charges are pro-rated on a weekly basis from the date of withdrawal.
Appeals of Refund Calculation
Appeals of withdrawal and refund calculations or other institutional charges from students and parents who feel that individual circumstances warrant exceptions from published policy should be addressed to the Chief Business Officer (CBO) located in Roemer Hall. In order to appeal a decision, the student must submit a written request to the CBO including any evidence that would substantiate the appeal.
Refund Distribution of Financial Aid
After the amount of the refund has been calculated, the Financial Aid Office will determine the Title IV refund amounts according to the calculation schedule approved by the US Department of Education. Refunds to specific Title IV programs will be made to the following programs in the order outlined:
No Title IV program may receive a portion of the federal refund amount if that program was not part of the student's original package.
Cash Disbursements
When a student officially or unofficially withdraws from school and has received a cash disbursement for educational expenses that exceeds non-institutional costs of education up to that time, the student owes the excess amount to the Title IV program(s) which helped meet the student's educational costs. Lindenwood University will follow the same procedures used in the refund policy to determine which Title IV program(s) will receive the student-owed repayment. The University will notify, bill, and collect the amount owed the Title IV program(s) from the student.


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TRUCKEE/TAHOE — Voters who requested absentee ballots for the upcoming June 5 primary should begin checking mail boxes next week, as the forms will be sent out by county elections offices starting Monday.
In the upcoming election, Placer County residents living along Lake Tahoe's North Shore will be asked to decide whether or not to renew the 2 percent Transient Occupancy Tax charged to visitors staying at area hotels, motels and other overnight accommodations. It's on the ballot as "Measure F."
The North Lake Tahoe-specific 2 percent TOT is in addition to the 8 percent TOT added to the nightly room rates charged countywide at overnight accommodations. TOT is paid by visitors only and is used to fund North Lake Tahoe public improvement projects and services.
To learn more about Measure F, contact North Lake Tahoe Resort Association Executive Director Sandy Evans Hall at 530-581-8739 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Among other larger state primary elections, local voters in both Placer and Nevada County will also be asked to vote for their supervisor.
In Placer County, incumbent Jennifer Montgomery will be running for Seat No. 5 against four other candidates — Gary T. Johnson, Richard A. Johnson, Jerry Johnson and Mark Wright.
Nevada County voters originally had the choice between Truckee residents Richard Anderson and Michael Rogers for the local Nevada County supervisor seat. However, Rogers recently announced his withdrawal from the race, so Anderson is now running unopposed.
For more information, voters should visit their county elections offices at www.placerelections.com or www.mynevadacounty.com.


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The Columbia County School Board will evaluate their superintendent, just one month after a very controversial evaluation of Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Charles Larke.
Education Team 12's Stephanie Baker is on your side with how a new evaluation system released this morning could help your child's test scores.
Improving the schools is the goal every year when board members evaluate Superintendent Tommy Price.
Mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Ruth Pirtle has seen generations of children go through the system.
"Seems to me they take so many pains to do so many things that benefit the children," Pirtle says.
One of those things is improving test scores.
Last year several schools did not make standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act.
That's why board member Regina Buccafusco wants to use the new evaluations from the Georgia School Board Association.
"The new one really focuses on student achievement and how the superintendent led the system to increase achievement," Buccafusco says.
She says the current forms aren't as user friendly, and don't communicate the their suggestions quite as well.
Superintendent Price says regardless of which version of the evaluation they go with, feedback is helpful for him to set goals for the next school year.
"I think it's a very fair process and where we come up short, we can set priorities for the coming year," says Price.
Both versions give board members an anonymous voice to make suggestions and express concerns to the superintendent.
Topics include leadership, community involvement, and, of course, how well students are learning.
"It's more of a teambuilding process than a negative process. That's how we've done it over the years," says Buccafusco. She says it's always worked well.
But the new form could mean more improvements for the 15 kids in Ruth Pirtle's family and the many other students across the county.
The board will vote on whether to use the new or old version at their meeting April 25.
The chairman will present a summary of the evaluations on May 9.


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Do you miss movies being an EXPERIENCE? Or maybe you've never known movies to be more than a rape on your wallet? Those halcyon days of showmanship may be just a memory, but for the upcoming horror anthology CHILLERAMA, it's a call to action for fans of horror films AND the filmgoing experience!
Starting Thursday, September 15th, the anticipated film project Chillerama with start it's roadshow tour, and lasting thru October 29th