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Report on deadly '09 crash faults crew
A Coast Guard report on the December 2009 crash that killed an 8-year-old San Diego boy cites mistakes by the patrol boat driver and the "command climate" at the San Diego Coast Guard station.
But the administrative report, delivered more than three years after the incident, doesn't recommend any major changes regarding the 33-foot high-speed patrol boat model that Coast Guard investigators have said may not be safe for congested bays such as San Diego.
Issued Thursday night, the Coast Guard report says that "failure by a Coast Guard boat operator to drive his boat in a safe manner consistent with standard navigation and operating procedures" caused the collision that killed Anthony DeWeese during the San Diego Parade of Lights.
The report also outlines three contributing factors: failure of the Coast Guard crew to perform their duties, failure of the crew to follow standard risk management practices and a poor command climate at the San Diego Coast Guard station.
It calls the accident a "tragic anomaly."
The dead boy's family on Friday said that, instead of being an anomaly, the report shows that rules had been lax for some time. They fault the Coast Guard for not holding the officer in charge of the sector responsible.
"The norm at Sector San Diego for years was a military unit that did not meet the high standards we would expect from the men and women who took an oath to serve and protect us," said Alan DeWeese, Anthony's father, in a written statement. "Our family lives with the consequence of this daily."
Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, in San Diego Thursday for a defense conference, said the fast 33-foot patrol boat model wasn't the problem and that it is still appropriate for use in San Diego.
The main criticism of the boat is that the bow rises up at medium speeds, blocking the pilot's view. To see, a pilot must go very slow or very fast. Defense attorneys used that argument when three Coast Guard crew members were on trial for DeWeese's death.
"I've looked at the 33. We use it extensively throughout the Coast Guard," Papp said in an interview with U-T San Diego. "I have no doubts about the quality of the boat, its performance capabilities. But any boat is only as good as the people operating it … it was operated at excess speed, the investigation clearly shows that, and improper decisions were made."
The patrol boat was traveling between 19 and 40 knots at the time of impact, according to estimates. Thursday's Coast Guard report indicates that crew's visibility was at least partially blocked by the bow before the crash.
Mike Neil, attorney for the DeWeese family, called the Coast Guard's conclusions woefully deficient.
"It does not hold this boat up to the scrutiny it deserves or recommend and direct certain action to keep this boat out of areas where it will cause harm in the future. It's an accident waiting to happen," Neil said Friday.
"I firmly believe this boat operator, if he had been able to see he wouldn't have hit our boat. The problem is you are driving blind."
The report directs five actions in response to the deadly collision. They include adding the case study to the service's curriculum for commanders and boat operators and a review of risk management policy.
The 33-foot patrol boat was responding to a non-emergency report of a grounded sailboat when it collided with the DeWeese family's 24-foot recreational boat carrying 13 people watching the parade.
Three Coast Guardsmen in the crew were court-martialed and found guilty of violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The boat driver, 21-year-old Paul Ramos, was found guilty of dereliction of duty but was acquitted by a Coast Guard jury of negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter. His punishment was reduction in rank and three months in the brig.
Ramos was allowed to remain in the Coast Guard and as of December was on duty in the service's San Francisco sector, performing base support work
The others received lesser punishments.
The DeWeese family, which sued the Coast Guard and settled a civil case, has said they think that Coast Guard leadership should be held accountable for not properly training crews to operate the high-speed patrol boats first purchased by the agency in 2006.
For the first time, in this report the Coast Guard finds fault with the officer who oversaw all San Diego operations in 2009. Capt. Thomas Farris, an aviator, was in charge of the patrol boat station in addition to Coast Guard aircraft in the sector.
The report says Farris and his staff "failed to exercise sufficient oversight" of the patrol-boat unit.
"Sound leadership could have averted this mishap. Instead there were leadership compromises at several levels," the report concludes.
"Indicators of substandard unit performance were evident, but not explored. On occasion, intrusive leadership is required; it was not evident here."
Farris was allowed to retired on schedule in May 2011. Still a San Diego resident, he didn't respond to a request for comment Friday.
Alan DeWeese called the absence of punishment for Farris disappointing.
"(He) was never held accountable for his utter lack of leadership. Instead, every one of us is paying for his retirement pension," DeWeese said.
The patrol boat unit that Farris oversaw had been in disarray for years.
The chief petty officer in charge of the unit was removed from his job nine days before the fatal crash for having an affair with a Coast Guardswoman in his section.
Before him, two other unit leaders had been fired from their positions for cause, which meant a parade of five different leaders over nine years.
The Coast Guard report says that this case "clearly demonstrates the need for both organizational and operational discipline. No words can atone for the loss of this young life, or for the pain and injuries caused others. We can only affirm our resolve that nothing like this happens again."
On Thursday, Papp said he is putting his commanders on notice.
"It wasn't just that accident. It was a number of accidents that I saw in the years leading up to me becoming commandant that had me concerned," he said.
"So we have renewed our emphasis on all the enduring requirements for our leaders to exercise responsibility and then be held accountable."
The DeWeese attorney said criticism shouldn't stop with the sector commander.
"Who was above the sector commander and who was reviewing him?" asked Neil, a retired Marine Corps brigadier general.
"You can't just blame the crew and the station and sector commanders. My sense is from 28 years in the Marine Corps that there's a serious lack of command and control structure throughout the Coast Guard."
San Diego boaters have complained since the DeWeese incident that Coast Guard patrol boats commonly hot-dog across the bay at high speeds.
Papp said that if San Diegans still see the 33-foot Coast Guard boats zipping across the water, it might be they are responding to an emergency or conducting training.
But, he added, "If they see them going by a marina and they put out a wake, and it rocks them in their boats, they have a right to call the sector commander here," he said. "And I'm confident that the sector commander will look into the matter."
The current commander of the Coast Guard's San Diego sector is Capt. Sean M. Mahoney, a helicopter pilot by training.


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MINTURN - Movies in the Park at Little Beach Park & Amphitheater in Minturn will show its final movie of the season, "Footloose" (the original) Saturday evening. Movies, popcorn, and drinks are free and the event is open to the public. This season featured a local singer/songwriter series sponsored by Minturn Music before the movie. Terry Armistead, member of the sibling duo, The Turntable Review, closes out the series."Terry has an amazing voice that will keep your attention," said Jodi Jahrling, executive director of the Minturn Community Fund (MCF). "She's the perfect finale for our first season of singer-songwriters."Armistead and her brother Joe (Bianchi) grew up with a folk singing, guitar playin', beer drinking father and a piano playin', church singin' mother with a voice like an angel. It was hard not to be influenced by their music as TV was nonexistent in the Vermont hills and playing guitars and singing was the activity every evening.The movie "Footloose" (1984, PG) will start right after the music.For more information call 970-306-6553 or visit www.minturnmatters.org.
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Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2004) — The Propane Education & Research Council's board (councilors) met on April 1-2 in Atlanta, GA and approved funding for several initiatives to support ongoing work in research and development, consumer education, safety and training and the agriculture market.
The Council welcomed new members Patrick Chesterman (Ferrellgas, Liberty, MO), Charles Revere (Revere Gas & Appliance, Hartfield, VA), Jerry Waples (Enterprise Products, Houston,TX), David Wade (BP, Oneville, OH), and Ray Scholes (Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Findlay, OH). The Council also appointed Cliff Slisz (Ferrellgas, Liberty, MO) to serve as chairman of the Safety and Training Advisory Committee (STAC).
The Council meeting preceded the National Propane Gas Association's 2004 Southeastern Convention and International Exposition, which featured the propane industry's popular "Energy Guys" advertising campaign and the launch of a PROPANE Exceptional Energy ® brand visibility program. PERC also discussed the spring roll-out of the revised Certified Employee Training Program and exhibited two propane-powered buses.
Much of the meeting was dedicated to a thorough review of the safety and training mission. "This is the first meeting in a year-long plan to examine each of PERC's missions," said PERC Chairman David Lugar (AmeriGas, Houston, TX). PERC Vice President Stuart Flatow and members of the Safety and Training Advisory Committee (STAC), including outgoing STAC Chairman Joe Rose (Propane Plus, Rehoboth, MA), gave detailed progress reports covering the implementation of new employee training, emergency responder training, regulatory compliance, consumer safety education, and workplace and marketplace safety studies.
"PERC has enabled the propane industry to undertake a comprehensive education and training program with the goal of promoting high public confidence in the safety and value of propane," said Rose. "We are well on our way to making this happen, thanks in large part to the industry's commitment and investment in high quality safety programs such as Propane Emergencies, the new Certified Employee Training Program, and the Regulatory Compliance program."
Lugar saluted Rose's leadership and the STAC members following their presentation. "In my view, your volunteer efforts are maximizing the value of assessment dollars through programs and projects that help protect both the people who deliver and use propane," he said. "This value will grow as more and more of the safety and training products become familiar to and are used by the industry's business leaders and employees."
PERC also approved a plan to enhance the 2004 national advertising campaign to reach additional consumers about the benefits of propane by redirecting funds once earmarked for the initiated local market component of the campaign—over and above the national advertising. "At this stage of the campaign it is more effective and efficient to use national advertising opportunities, as we explore ways to enhance local advertising through the Consumer Education Partnership with States Program (Partnership Program)," said Daryl McClendon, chairman, Consumer Education Advisory Committee, (Blue Rhino Corporation, Hinsdale, IL).
The 2004 national campaign includes TV, print, and online advertising. The Council's decision added NASCAR programming and the Country Music Awards to the national media buy and will promote safe grilling with a new network radio message in the two weeks leading up to Memorial Day. In addition, the Council expanded the Partnership Program to give states matching funds for joint advertising in local manufactured housing markets.
PERC President Roy Willis told the Council that since the "Energy Guys" campaign launched on February 9, the industry has witnessed a significant increase in the number of visitors to the usepropane.com website. "More than 30,000 visitors came to the website in March and the number of consumers asking for propane service through the "Find a Propane Retailer" program is averaging 18 per day," Willis said.
The councilors also received a report from Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. (EEA) and WirthlinWorldwide, the team that is developing a multi-faceted, multi-year project to track market data—including propane gallons sold in each market sector—that will help the industry measure the effectiveness of PERC-funded programs. EEA's preliminary data for the residential market shows the number of propane households in rural communities growing faster than the overall number of new homes. At the same time, a five-year historical review found that the number of propane vehicles on the road is considerably less than previously shown in government reports.
In an effort to expand markets, the Council funded research and development projects that will advance the involvement of propane in combined heat and power applications and distributed generation. In addition, a project was funded to begin examining the steps necessary to allow indoor use of propane.
The Council also funded three fuel quality projects: (1) A survey project that will provide verifiable data on sulfur species in marketplace product, composition of product currently used, and product composition requirements for emerging markets; (2) The development of methods of addressing water in propane, identify sources of solid contaminants, and recommend practices of managing water and solid contaminants; and (3) The development of a manual for everyone handling product in the distribution chain on how to maintain good product quality. These projects are part of a comprehensive Council fuel quality initiative that is examining the entire distribution chain to help marketers evaluate and remediate contaminants found in propane, which is becoming more important as newer technologies enter the market.
The Council approved one agriculture funding request aimed at developing an advanced technology thermal destruction system for the animal industry. The system will be capable of emergency deployment for animal disposal needs that are often necessary when disease outbreaks occur. This project will position propane as the fuel of choice within the livestock industry when dealing with everyday and emergency needs for environmentally sound disposal of these materials. The intent of this project is to develop the science that will lead to production scale thermal destruction systems, specific to various species of livestock that can be used throughout the year to dispose of billions of pounds of normal animal mortalities and related wastes.
The Council approved funding for the following grants.
Research and Development
Docket 11203— Feasibility Study and System Specification of a Gas-Fired Residential CHP Product, Gas Technology Institute, $106,975
Docket 11213—Distributed Generation (DG) Project—Development & Demonstration Coordination, Consulting Solutions, $98,800
Docket 11323—Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Factors for MOBILE6.3.MOVES Model, Anderson Associates, $6,800
Docket 11328—Code Approval of Propane Cylinder Indoor Use, Battelle Columbus Operations, $199,000
Docket 11352—Guideline for LP Gas Good Practices, Propane Education & Research Council, $79,791
Docket 11353—Water & Solid Contaminant Control in LP Gas, Propane Education & Research Council, $135,000
Docket 11354—LP Gas Surveys, Propane Education & Research Council, $135,000
Agriculture Docket 11321—Development and Evaluation of a Propane-Fueled, Production-Scale, On-Site Thermal Destruction System, Illinois State University, $470,000
Safety and Training
Docket 11326—Dispensing Propane Safely, Propane Education & Research Council, $96,250Docket 11341—Safety & Training Advisory Committee Support, Propane Education & Research Council, $138,000 Docket 11351—CETP Launch/Outreach Part II, Propane Education & Research Council, $127,550Docket 11327—Remember Charlie Safety Education Speaker and Videos, $8,050
Consumer Education
Docket 11185—Propane Industry and Multi-Audience Communications. $50,000 added to pre-approved docket to support online survey mechanism.
Industry Programs Docket 11216—2003 NGL Survey. $7,500 added to pre-approved docket to provide American Petroleum Institute with consulting support from Petral Worldwide.
State Rebates The Council approved 33 state rebates (from 15 states) totaling $1.3 million. Of that amount, nearly $190,000 in Consumer Education Partnership with States Program funds (matching dollars) were granted to several states.
The Council will meet next on June 10-11 in Naples, FL.


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Pamela Liester, 65 of rural Battle Lake died Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family.
Funeral Services were held on Friday, October 19, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Battle Lake, officiated by Father LeRoy Schick. Burial was at
Pelican Lake Cemetery in Ashby.
Pamela Gayle Liester was born on October 22, 1946 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota the daughter of Martin and Elaine (Nelson) Eitreim. She attended school in Garretson, South Dakota graduating from the Garretson High School in 1964. She continued her education with the Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen receiving her Bachelor of Science Degree in English.
Pamela and Bill Liester were married on June 8, 1968 in the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Garretson. They lived in Granite Falls where Pam taught English at Granite Falls High School for 21 years. She then taught at Minnesota West Technical College, and after retirement worked as a special education paraprofessional in the Ashby School district. Pam and Bill retired to their Eagle Lake home in 2000. She belonged to the Battle Lake Homemakers Club, and was involved with book clubs in Battle Lake and Ashby. Pam enjoyed sporting events, fishing, baking, and gardening. She loved spending time with family and friends.
Pam is survived by her husband, Bill; two daughters, Susan (Chad) Kubat of Woodbury and Stephanie (DeMille Jackson) Liester of Las Vegas, NV; one son, Tom (Naomi) Liester of Stillwater; six grandchildren, Lauren, Kyle, Owen, Noah, Max and Christopher; one sister, Dianne (Jim) Burma of Sioux Falls, SD; two brothers, David (Nelda) Eitreim of Garretson and Keith (Susan) Eitreim of Jasper; and by numerous relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and Elaine Eitreim.
Arrangements were with Glende-Nilson of Ashby. Condolences: www.Glende Nilson.com
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Years ago, our vegetable garden kept us well supplied all year long. Dad stored huge piles of potatoes and squash in the coldest part of the basement. In winter the squash was so hard. Mother sometimes used an ax to cut it into small pieces for cooking! Her hard work was worth it, because we really enjoyed this wonderful casserole!
- Prep: 15 min. Bake: 45 min.
- Yield: 12 Servings
- 6 cups mashed winter squash
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 6 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Pour int a ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- Combine topping ingredients and crumble over the top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 12 servings.
Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 387 calories, 20 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 147 mg cholesterol, 294 mg sodium, 50 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 6 g protein.
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They are also really fucking good. In fact, they're probably the best Russian metal band out there.
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I've been listening to that Acrania album quite a bit. Really brutal stuff, love it. Thanks for the heads up on them.
Also been digging the new Nails album, Abandon All Life.
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Glad you're diggin it. And Nails is super raw like a newborn calf.
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i just discovered this crazy album
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Only one band has really impressed me lately: Katalepsy. Holy fucking pile-drived buttplug, their Autopsychosis will rip you a new asshole. If you liked Acrania mentioned above, this will impress you. There is an absolute glut of metal albums out there, and 95% of them range from decent to mediocre to awful. This fits into the other 5%. I've already listened to it once today, and I'm ready to gear it up again. So fast, so brutal. Oh, and this is their most recent release. I've listened to some of their earlier stuff, but it's not nearly as good as this.
In my late-night bandcamp perusing, I also stumbled across Mournful Congregation - The Book of Kings. Pure doomage, folks. Picture an enormous turtle walking backward across a glacier, and that's pretty much the pace for the record. The vocals are equally slow utterances that are sort of like this deep, raspy whisper. It's great for background music, no doubt, but you might feel like you're on the threshold of Black Mass or something.
I also found a band named (poorly) Ossuary Anex. The name didn't really strike the fear of Satan into my heart, but the music goes from frenzied to pummeling really quickly, and is generally awesome. The Russians are really starting to get a scene together. Their label, SFC Records, actually has a pretty great catalog that will tickle your metal fancy. Some of it is excellent, some of it is standard, and some of it just isn't my cup of meat. But dig in.
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Thanks to consistently awesome Willowtip Records I've come across another metal band worth checking out called Saprogenic. Apparently they've been around for a while, and they're from Detroit, but they've escaped my attention up to this point. Expect nothing but pure, brutal, and straight-forward death metal. Well, there are a few divergent Scandinavian-esque riffs, but it's mostly just a ramrodding of your eardrums.
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Check out Ulcerate, folks. I've avoided them on account of what I viewed as a stupid name, but that was a mistake. They are a cut above the typical death metal band, working a lot of interesting changes and tweeks into their sound that keep it from being overly monotonous. It's fierce, it's fast, and it's really fucking good. You can get their four-track EP The Coming of Genocide for free on bandcamp, but the rest of their catalog will cost you.
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I really enjoyed this. Fuzz indeed... In fact, it's more like a Big Muff if you know what I'm saying!?! haha
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Usually, listening to metal makes me want to punch things....
This........ makes me want to kill.
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Justin Bieber continues to be a blight on this planet. That kid is going to implode in under a decade. Trust.
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Hundreds of worried people jammed 911 lines, and it took two days for the smog agency to track the stinky source down. The new monitoring system is needed to let fire agencies know if any future stinks are from the lake or from oil refineries or an industrial accident, said AQMD spokesman Sam Atwood.
The Salton Sea stink issue is expected to worsen as the lake shrinks, due to freshwater diversions from Imperial Valley farms into aqueducts feeding San Diego. Coastal water agencies in San Diego have purchased Colorado River water from El Centro-area farms that formerly flushed their fields with water, which had then flowed into the Salton Sea.
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"We gave a joint interview," Shaw recalled with a smile, "and the guy was blown away."
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Time spent together during the offseason, complementary personalities and similar career arcs have forged a friendship between the man who followed Jim Harbaugh at Stanford and the man who followed Chip Kelly at Oregon.
"We've talked about that -- it's a unique situation to be the 'Next guy,'" Helfrich said.
"As much as everybody would hate to hear it," Shaw said, "we actually get along very well."
Shaw, 41, and Helfrich, 40, aren't the only Pac-12 football coaches who spend time together during the league's spring meetings and summer media events. Many are close in age, lifers in the business and the sons of coaches who have known each other, or each other's fathers, for years.
"There are different personality types, but we all want what's best for the Pac-12," Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said. "They're all good guys."
Shaw said he "hit it off immediately" with Cal's Sonny Dykes and doesn't foresee any lasting issues with Sarkisian, who last month accused Stanford of faking injuries.
His off-the-field relationship with Helfrich stands as perhaps the most fascinating because of the on-field rivalry -- the Cardinal and Ducks have ruled the conference for four years -- and their parallel career paths.
Shaw first became aware of Helfrich on a personal level through Scott Frost, a former Stanford teammate who has coached with Helfrich at Oregon for the past 41/2 years. (Frost declined to be interviewed for this story.)
"Scott's a great judge of character, and he fell in love with (Helfrich)," Shaw said.
Both Shaw and Helfrich are approachable, thoughtful and self-deprecating.
Both replaced edgy, incredibly successful coaches who jumped to the NFL -- Helfrich took over for Kelly last winter -- and both took the same approach to the promotion:
Neither Shaw nor Helfrich has spent a nanosecond trying to be the man he replaced.
"When they're in front of the camera, they're being 100 percent authentic," said Stanford assistant Mike Sanford, who played quarterback for Boise State when Helfrich was the position coach.
"They lead as themselves, not as their predecessors."
Neither Shaw nor Helfrich has actively sought to shape the team in his image. In both cases, the process has occurred organically.
Helfrich, who grew up in Coos Bay, Ore., likes to say that he "doesn't own a stamp," but his players would beg to differ. He has been known to crack jokes between reps in practice and allows for self-expression in team meetings.
"He gets it," said Ducks tailback Byron Marshall, who attended Valley Christian High in San Jose. "He's easy to talk to and fun to be around, and you can see it on the field. We're always having fun."
Shaw keeps the mood business-light, obsesses over the process and relates well to his players on the field and off. As with Helfrich, he has a line the players dare not cross. It just takes time to get there, and everyone knows it exists.
"With both of them, their public image and leadership style is same as they are as people," Sanford said. "I have a ton of respect for way they've handled themselves with such big shoes to fill."
For more on college sports, see Jon Wilner's College Hotline at blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports. Contact him at email@example.com or 408-920-5716.
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When I was growing up the boys in my neighborhood relished every opportunity to prove how "manly" we were. We shot fireworks at one another for fun, raced (and crashed) our bikes with reckless abandon, and played football in rocky lots. It's almost as if we invited injury and looked forward to the chance to show off to the girls in the neighborhood that we could take the pain. We knew "real men" didn't cry, no matter how much it hurt. Man, were we stupid. Fortunately, I outgrew that adolescent bloodlust, but I'm still not immune to the trappings of traditional manliness. Hubris is my adulthood Achilles' heel; I don't normally read instructions and often find it more appealing to get lost than ask for directions. Somewhere along the line, stubbornness became baked into my psyche. How did that happen? Take a look at the male icons of Western culture and you'll see a pattern: tough and rugged like Clint Eastwood, charming and fearless like James Bond, overconfident and womanizing like Don Draper. Consciously or not, boys in this culture identify these traits as "manly," and the result is a continuous cycle of boys becoming men who strive to show no weakness, whether it be physical, mental, or emotional. You might assume that tendency is just a natural male characteristic, but the truth is men aren't wired that way—it's something we learn. Take mental health among men, for instance. For a man who's been taught by his father and the culture he lives in that burying your feelings is the manly thing to do, stress becomes something you ignore and depression something you just learn to live with. It goes without saying that the end result of this emotional neglect isn't usually a good one for the man or the people around him. Everyone has a breaking point, and some are more violent than others. To make matters worse, if a man does summon the courage to ask for help, our current mental health system is woefully underfunded and understaffed to provide adequate treatment. The good news, though, is that more people are starting to recognize and rectify these damaging and potentially dangerous myths about masculinity. The call for better male role models signals the emergence of a mentor/mentee approach that's sorely needed in our society today. Equally valuable are the lessons about masculinity we can learn from those experiencing it from a transgender perspective. Altogether, there's hope that we're breaking down yet another wall of ignorance. Speaking of curing ignorance, you may have noticed something different on the top of the website; specifically, the tagline right beneath the Utne Reader logo. The purpose of the tagline as we see it is to pique a reader's interest into what we're really about. While the previous tagline "The Best of the Alternative Press" did a great job identifying where the articles within came from, it didn't do much to explain why we think they're important enough for you to read. In this age of climate change, income inequality, and corporate influence on every facet of our lives, we think it's necessary to emphasize the active role all of us need to play if we hope to leave this world better than we found it. We recognize our duty to that end is to provide readers with the most interesting, surprising, cutting-edge, and thought-provoking information we can find on the issues that matter to you most (and some you didn't even know about yet). You may not always agree with what you read, but we're confident we'll at least get you thinking and formulating your own opinions. It's our mission to cure ignorance, and we figured we may as well say it loud and proud. We hope you like it, but more importantly, we hope you'll join us.
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If you read this before December 21, good luck to you. Rest assured my wife and I will be preparing for the catastrophe of epic proportions predicted to unfold on that fateful day. In other words, we'll probably be jockeying for position at the bathroom sink getting ready for work.
I've never been one to take end-of-the-world predictions very seriously, mostly because, well, they've only been unequivocally wrong 100 percent of the time. One thing I've always wondered is what's the point of trying to be the person who correctly predicts the end of the world? If you're right, who's left to give you any credit?
When it comes to the Mayans, scholars much more familiar with their culture than conspiracy theorists and Hollywood writers are have long ago dispelled the notion that the now infamous Long Count Calendar predicts a sudden global demise. Unfortunately, it's yet another example of conjecture making the news while actual science waits to be considered sexy enough to pay attention to.
While everyone has been distracted by mystical messages hidden in an ancient calendar, we've neglected a different Mayan warning that's actually very real. As environmental analyst and 1995 Utne Visionary Lester Brown reminds us in his new book Full Planet, Empty Plates (read an excerpt) the Mayans precipitated their demise by undermining their food supply, specifically through activities that created catastrophic soil erosion. As Brown puts it, "they moved onto an agricultural path that was environmentally unsustainable." He goes on to connect the dots to contemporary humankind, and—you guessed it—clearly shows that we're headed down the same environmentally unsustainable path as the Mayans.
So right now, considering that we're damaging our soil through factory farming and overdevelopment, misusing our natural resources by turning nearly half of the corn we grow into inefficient fuel for our cars, and all the while continuing to contribute in countless ways to climate change, I think it's good to be reminded of the Mayans. Of course, whether or not we heed the warning their demise represents remains to be seen.
Take the loaded question, "can we feed the world?" The knee-jerk response to this is "no," but that's the wrong answer. In a traveling lecture that directly addresses the question, farmer/author Joel Salatin offers some surprising statistics to illustrate just how inefficient we've become with food and land use. Aside from the fact that for the first time in human history we're not eating 50 percent of the food we produce, Salatin points out that a staggering 40 million acres in the United States are tied up in lawn turf, while another 36 million acres are devoted to recreational horses.
My takeaway is that we have the space and capacity to feed the world, but we simply choose not to. We'd rather consume, waste, and consume some more. The culprit, I believe, is a flat-out inhumane obsession with development and progress no matter what the cost. We continue to tolerate and encourage policies and practices that reward greed and neglect human decency. From paving over our world's most fertile soil to the commoditization of food we're simply not taking care of the planet, which ultimately means we're not taking care of each other.
While we'll never know exactly what the details were regarding the ancient Mayan civilization's collapse, the indication is that they weren't responsible stewards of their natural resources, and the earth stopped giving them what they needed. Maybe they didn't understand the limits of this planet and humankind's role in maintaining it, but we do. Here's hoping the real Mayan warning doesn't fall on deaf ears.
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I like it when a particular word gets stuck in my head, begging me to use it whenever I can. Past recipients of this distinction have been such words as "consequently" and "predilection." I don't know what it is exactly about those words, but I love using them.
Lately, I've been knocking around a new word: Anthropocene. I'm guessing many of you have heard this word here or there, but for those that haven't, it's an informal term being used by some scientists to describe the new geological epoch.
The general consensus among scientists is that for the last 12,000 years or so, we've been living in a period of Earth's history dubbed the Holocene. On the geological timeline, the end of the last Ice Age ushered in the Holocene, which for most of the last several thousand years has been marked by a fairly stable climate.
But with the evolution and development of the human race over that same period of time, scientists have noticed some characteristics different from those traditionally used to describe the Holocene, specifically that the Earth is heating up. It's heating up so much, that it seems necessary to mark the beginning of a new epoch. That new epoch has been dubbed the Anthropocene to signify that we've entered the Age of Man. It acknowledges the fact that humans are the likely culprits for the rapid warming of the Earth over the last few hundred years.
When environmentalist and Utne Visionary Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature in 1989, it served as an introduction to most people that the climate was changing, and that man-made global warming was responsible for it. As a child, my understanding of global warming was simply that the colder places on Earth might be getting warmer. Living near Chicago in January, that didn't sound so bad to me.
Fortunately, I have a better understanding of global warming now, and recognize that warming the Earth's atmosphere can drastically change the climate across the world in numerous and immeasurable ways. More importantly, I believe now that this concept isn't hypothetical—it's really happening, and faster than many of us expected it to. Depending on where you call home, most of us experienced a taste of it last summer with heat waves, drought, wild fires, and flooding. If my "Holocene" was that period of my life where I spoke of climate change in terms of "ifs" and "maybes," I'm in the Anthropocene now. And believe it or not, I'm optimistic for the future because of it.
Humans are stubborn creatures, and usually only change when they're forced to by circumstances outside of their control. We're also resourceful and fully capable of adapting. The next 100 years will pose a lot of changes to the ways we live today on every level, from environmental to economic to political. My optimism stems from the notion that many of those changes will strip away our collective ego and allow us to reevaluate what's really important to us as individuals and as members of the global community.
For all of the pain and suffering we cause ourselves and one another, I still believe in the inherent goodness of man. I lament that it usually takes disaster and tragedy to expose it, but find solace in the fact that when we need to, we step up to the plate. Perhaps then, we'll finally be ready to listen to all of the brilliant minds of the past who not only warned us about the future, but also equipped us with amazing ideas and solutions to problems we weren't ready to fix way back when.
It's too late to save the world we live in today, but that's OK: this world is unsustainable. Let's consider the Anthropocene a clean slate, and look forward to making a world that benefits not only humanity, but the Earth, too.
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Most everyone agrees that this upcoming presidential
election will be one of the closest in history. But where's all the enthusiasm
we saw in 2008? Who popped the balloon? The answer is sitting in the White
House and asking you for a second term.
In 2008, then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama rode a wave of
unbridled enthusiasm and optimism into the Oval Office. His lofty rhetoric
inspired hundreds of thousands of people who had previously felt alienated by
the political process to knock on doors, work in phone banks, and, most
importantly, show up to vote.
But ask many of those once enthusiastic Obama supporters
what they think of the President four years later, and you'll likely get a
lukewarm opinion. The liberal base has a laundry list of complaints that range
from his lackadaisical record on the environment to health care reform that
doesn't get close enough to the single-payer plan they really want. Many think
that he's spent the last three years falling short on a lot of things they were
excited about electing him to accomplish.
Paul Glastris wrote about this phenomenon in the March/April
2012 issue of Washington Monthly, arguing that when you look at Obama's
stat sheet, he's actually accomplished quite a bit in a short period of time.
Glastris breaks down 50 of Obama's top achievements, pointing out that many of
them were accomplished despite contentious battles with a remarkably hostile
and uncooperative GOP. In summing up
Obama's first three years, Glastris writes, "Obama has gotten more done than
any president since LBJ."
So where's the love?
It appears that Obama has an image problem on his hands—one
that he helped create back in 2008. Simply put, when you posture yourself as a savior, people
expect you to save them in dramatic fashion. Many liberals believed in 2008
that Obama was the second coming of FDR, and that his presidency would be the
dawn of a great liberal age in American politics. The enthusiasm that image
generated was exactly what Obama needed to energize a previously stagnant
electorate and overcome the more experienced John McCain. You can't blame Obama
for taking advantage of that, even if he knew it was an image he had no
intention of living up to. You win presidential elections by defining yourself
as larger-than-life and capable of great things, not as a calculating
pragmatist (which is what Obama really is). The risk, though, is that you paint
yourself into a corner and potentially compromise your chances for a second
term once the jig is up.
A perfect example of Obama's pragmatic nature in practice is his
predilection for using unmanned military drones against terrorists. He appeased
antiwar activists by following through on his campaign promise to effectively
end America's full-time
commitment in Iraq, and he
continues to work toward a similar end in Afghanistan. But when it comes to
the ubiquitous "War on Terror," among other things, Obama has perpetuated that
conflict by expanding the use of secret ops and tactics that arguably make him
equally as hawkish as George W. Bush. He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a
warrior-president all rolled into one. How's that for a Contradiction in Chief?
As far as it relates to the election, Obama's defense-minded
pragmatism is a twin-edged sword. While it's likely that many of his supporters
from 2008 won't be motivated to actively support someone they see as two-faced,
or worse—a liar, Obama has insulated himself from the classic
Republican-on-Democrat attack of being weak on defense. For once, it's the
Democrat who can claim a defensive resume stronger than that of his Republican
opponent. That, along with Mitt Romney's selection of ultraconservative Paul
Ryan as his running mate, might just pull independent voters into Obama's
column, but it remains to be seen if they will be enough to make up for the enthusiastic liberal support he's stymied by showing his true pragmatic colors.
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Remember how it felt when you graduated college?
Perhaps you're like me, and you grew up learning that a college degree was the key to a successful future. You knew you didn't want to spend the rest of your life flipping burgers like you did every summer. So you did it: you graduated college, and you proudly walked across the auditorium stage with a big grin. As you shook the dean's hand, all that was left to do was ask, "What's next?"
Back then, a loaded question like that was easy to answer: entry level job in a chosen career, graduate school—the options were endless. It was a question that was exciting to answer because no matter what route you chose, the degree all but guaranteed you'd start higher on the ladder than you would have if you'd only finished high school like your older relatives. You could see and feel what had been promised if you applied yourself and got a degree: the American Dream was real, and you were ready to stake your claim.
It felt good to look back on the previous four years of balancing school and work, knowing now that it was all worth it. Soon, you'd be settling into your career, making a comfortable living, buying a house, and starting a family. Sure, there'd be bills to pay, but you'd rest easy at night knowing that you'd continue to work your way up to better paying jobs in your field, and that you'd comfortably pay back your student loans and meet your mortgage payments.
Eventually, the loans would become a distant memory, and you'd be saving your money for your kids' future. They would share their goals of having a career and starting a family, and you'd be happy to do what you could to help them realize their version of the American Dream. You'd even pay off your house one day and still have enough money left to set aside for your retirement, ensuring you wouldn't have to work the rest of your life.
In that life, "fair" was getting out what you put in, so you worked hard and were compensated appropriately. And you knew that if you ever found yourself being taken advantage of, your college degree was always in your pocket and able to open another door if need be. In that life, there were safeguards put in place to make sure that the greediest among us weren't able to keep you under their thumbs. In that life, we celebrated on graduation day because it represented a gateway to opportunity for everyone who earned the right to walk through it.
But in this life, the concept of "fair vs. unfair" has disintegrated into an accusation of laziness by the advantaged toward the disadvantaged. In this life, greed has infiltrated every nook and cranny of our society to the point where we don't know who to trust anymore. And in this life, insurmountable student debt and the lack of real opportunities to reach our potential have drained graduation day of its optimism and replaced it with the burden of concern. Soon, the event might be more appropriately symbolized by handcuffs than a handshake.
Perhaps there is no alternate reality to this life; an existence where everyone truly has the opportunity to realize their full potential, be successful, and find happiness. Perhaps the American Dream has always been an unattainable illusion created by the powers that be.
But if it is an illusion, the false hope it's meant to sustain is quickly fading. While people will recognize the illusion for what it is, they'll remember something important: it sure sounded pretty nice. And maybe then, with nothing left to lose, we'll all stand together, ask "what's next?" and do what it takes to make that life a reality.
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We must have been talking about scary things the day I visited my Aunt Rina on Kains Avenue in Berkeley, and she told me about the day a big black cloud of smoke headed toward her home.
Fire was roaring down the hills toward West Berkeley. She put her two infant sons in a buggy and raced toward the bay. She told me the story some 24 years ago, and the memory returned recently as I looked through old newspapers.
"1,000 Berkeley Homes Burned," read the Oakland Tribune headline Sept. 18, 1923.
My aunt didn't tell me that. She only remembered the wind changed, and she could return home.
It turned out that some 600 homes were burned. Nobody was killed, though eyewitnesses claimed they saw people jumping out of windows into the flames.
The fire started on the afternoon of Sept. 17. The next day the Tribune published pictures of blocks of burned homes with only brick chimneys and collapsed rock walls outlining where they once stood.
"Shortly after 2 p.m. a pall of smoke began to appear above the Berkeley hills from a grass and forest fire, its origin still unknown, in Wildcat Canyon or beyond. It came over the crest of hills and simultaneously along the whole mile-long front, the northern end a little south of the Summit reservoir, the southern end opposite La Loma Park.
"With almost the rapidity of lightning it roared down the Berkeley hills slope setting fire within five minutes to several residences in the neighborhood of Tamalpais, Tallac and Shasta roads. Driven by wind it bore due south leaving untouched beside it the Cordonices Club and the neighboring districts through Claremont, Northbrae and Thousand Oaks. But from the Berryman Reservoir and La Loma Park where it first cut into the more thickly populated districts its progress was of terrific speed," reported the Tribune.
Firefighters from across the Bay Area came to try to put out the fire. But there wasn't enough water. A fire chief said if they'd had the whole bay at their disposal it wouldn't have been enough.
At one point firefighters lost control to a group of young men who appeared in front of the Garden Court apartments at 1747 Euclid Ave. with kegs of dynamite.
"With four blasts they succeeded in leveling the apartment house ... the sparks and cinders aroused by the explosives lighted new fires farther on. The men were not identified. Their efforts to continue dynamiting abruptly halted by Fire Chief Sam Short of the Oakland department and Police Sergeant Oscar Puizker of Berkeley. No arrests were made."
All of Berkeley could have gone up in flames if the wind direction hadn't changed in the late afternoon. Downtown and the UC Berkeley campus escaped the flames. The fire did not get past Hearst Street to the south and Oxford Street to the west.
But 1,000 UC students and Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president emeritus, became homeless.
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There were 85 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,398 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Shooting: A 24-year-old man arrived at a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. The victim said he was at a party at an unknown location in Stockton when he heard gunshots and realized he had been struck. There was no description of the shooter.
Attempted robbery: A man entered a store in the 500 block of North Wilson Way about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, pointed a black semiautomatic handgun at the clerk and demanded money from the register. The clerk fled to the back of the business and was not harmed. The robber fled on foot after unsuccessfully trying to remove money from the register. He was described as a black man about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 200 pounds with an orange hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a blue rag over his face.
Weapons arrest: Members of the Community Response Team and the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force arrested a 16-year-old boy after finding him in possession of a loaded and concealed handgun about 4:20 p.m. Friday in the 9300 block of Lansdowne Drive.
Weapons arrest: Members of the Community Response Team and the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force conducted a probation search about 7:20 p.m. Friday at a home in the 4400 block of Dorset Street. Anthony Martinez, 26, was arrested after authorities found an assault rifle and a shotgun inside his home.
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The Stockton Fire Department responded to 139 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including 11 vehicle accidents, 85 medical calls and five structure fires.
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The School of Nursing offers the following baccalaureate, master's and doctoral programs and degrees:
*2016 ranking of graduate Nursing degrees by US News and World Report
The School of Nursing is committed to helping meet the needs of the multicultural rural populations of the region by providing high quality nursing education programs. The nursing program incorporates high academic and ethical standards and a caring, learning environment for students consistent with the mission and objectives of the university. We are dedicated to graduating nursing professionals who are leaders and capable of meeting the health care challenges of the 21st century. Both the undergraduate and graduate curricula have innovative classroom, clinical, and community experiences to prepare students to promote the health of populations. The School of Nursing represents a strong and extraordinary community of excellent students, well-prepared faculty, dedicated staff, and supportive alumni and friends that promote and advance the quality, accessibility, and availability of nursing care for the people of southeast Georgia and beyond.
All programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The School of Nursing's Undergraduate and Master's Programs are accredited through May, 2020. The DNP Program received its initial accreditation in 2010 for the full 5 years. Accreditation renewal is to occur in Fall 2015 for Post-Masters DNP, BSN-DNP, and Post-Masters APRN Certificate Programs (FNP and PMHNP). All programs are fully approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing. Georgia Southern University is accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.


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Bags and Rolls of America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Honoring White Mountain National Forest Available January 28
WASHINGTON - Beginning January 28, 2013, at noon Eastern Time (ET), collectors may order bags and rolls of circulating quality quarters honoring White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. The new quarter is the 16th coin released in the United States Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters Program, a multi-year initiative to celebrate our national parks and other national sites. The coin's reverse (tails side) design depicts Mt. Chocorua, the easternmost peak of the Sandwich Range, framed by birch trees. Inscriptions are WHITE MOUNTAIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2013, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The coins included in the bags and rolls are struck on the main production floors of the United States Mint's facilities at Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Available options and pricing are as follows:
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This year, for the first time, the United States Mint will offer these quarters in a three-roll set that includes one roll each of circulating quality coins from its facilities at Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Unlike the "P" and "D" mint mark quarters, those with the "S" mint mark will not be released into circulation.
The special numismatic wrapping for the coin rolls displays the name "White Mountain National Forest;" the abbreviation "NH" for New Hampshire; "$10," the face value of its contents; and "P," "D," or "S" for the mint of origin. The canvas bags have a tag with "White Mountain National Forest," "NH," and "P," "D," or "S."
Orders will be accepted at the bureau's online catalog at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321 MINT (6468). Please add $4.95 to all domestic orders for shipping and handling.
Collectors may also purchase the Program's bags and rolls through the United States Mint's Online Subscription Program. For more information about this convenient ordering method, please visit http://www.usmint.gov/catalog.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792. It is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces numismatic products, including proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time of January 28, 2013, noon ET shall not be deemed accepted by the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams will open singles and doubles competition this weekend at the Marco & Co. Catering Islanders Open. The men's matches will be played at the HEB Tennis Center while all the women's matches will be played at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The Islanders will face the likes of Houston, UTSA, Texas - Pan American, St. Edwards, Texas A&M - Kingsville and Southland foes, Lamar, Incarnate Word and Sam Houston State.
"I feel it's a great honor for our school to get awarded this tournament by the ITA and it is a very prestigious event for the Island University and the Corpus Christi Tennis community," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said.
The singles matches will start at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday while the doubles portion of the tournament will be played at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The finals are set for Sunday at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.
"We want to give a special thanks to Marco and Cathy Mattolini for their generous sponsorship that makes this event possible," Moore added. "They have been incredible supporters of Islanders Tennis and we are very grateful for their generosity. Marco and Company Catering is located on 525 S. Staples St. We would also like to thank HEB Tennis Center and the Corpus Christi Athletic Club for their generous support of this event."
Last season, the Islanders swept both the singles titles of the open with Peter Nagy securing a 6-3, 6-4 victory over now senior Matt Westmoreland and Maider Martin captured a super tiebreaker over the 2011 champion and now senior Stefania Nicolae. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has had six-of-seven champions in the men's bracket since the inception of the tournament.
This season the Islanders welcome three newcomers to a men's team that tallied a 17-8 overall record last season and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the fourth time in the last six years. Last season the Islanders clinched their sixth straight Southland Conference Championship in the regular season and won the Southland Conference Tournament for the fourth time. The team was ranked in the top 60 Division I national ranking for the seventh consecutive season.
The women's team returns eight from a 2012-13 team that earned the best finish in school history both for the regular season and conference tournament, along with setting a school record with 17 wins. The Islanders also made history when they broke into the ITA rankings top 75 at No. 60 for the first time in program history. The Islanders advanced to the finals of the SLC tournament while finishing second in the regular season. Over the last two seasons, the team has tallied a 33-9 overall record.
Both the men's and women's teams were ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I national attendance and were both ranked in the top 60 in the ITA rankings.
Admission is free for all matches. For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTennis).


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Local man wins N.C. Cattleman's Beef Council recipe contest
Published: Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:08 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:08 p.m.
FLETCHER – Reginald Cordell of Henderson County took first place and earned $200 for his "Beef Stew" recipe at the Fire Up Your Crockpot recipe contest, sponsored by the N.C. Cattlemen's Beef Council, at the 2012 N.C. Mountain State Fair.
Susie Zuerner of Buncombe County came in second place with her "Tender Bowls" recipe, while Rheta Merrell of Rutherford County placed third for her "Are You Ready for Some Football Chili?" recipe. They earned $150 and $100, respectively. Sharon Gates of Buncombe County received an honorable mention for her "PB&J Pot Roast" recipe.
Contestants were required to create a complete meal using beef and a slow cooker. Entries were judged on taste, creativity and appearance. Following is Cordell's winning recipe:
2 1/2 to 3 pounds chuck roast
12 medium potatoes
1 pound baby carrots
2 medium sweet onions
2 medium to large green bell peppers
2 medium to large red bell peppers
2 medium to large yellow bell peppers
Two 10.5-ounce cans of cream of mushroom soup
10.5-ounce can of cream of celery soup
4 beef bouillon cubes
Salt and pepper to taste
Brown roast by grilling to desired doneness. Cut roast into bite-size pieces. Cut onions and peppers into half-inch strips. Cut potatoes into bite-size chunks. Assemble the layers, using equal amounts of each ingredient. Halfway through assembly, add the can of cream of celery soup and one can of cream of mushroom soup. Then, continue layering in equal amounts. Add the second can of cream of mushroom soup and four bouillon cubes to the final layer of assembly. Cook on high setting for two hours. Reduce heat to low and cook and additional five to six hours.
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Saint Louis University Physics Degree OverviewSaint Louis University's undergraduate degree in physics offers you a strong foundation in analytical, computational and laboratory skills, which you'll gain through course work in mathematics, computer science and physics. SLU's physics curriculum includes courses in classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism. You will also study thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, optics, electronics and modern physics. Special topics courses in subjects such as Einstein's theory of general relativity and nanoscience frontiers are also taught.
In order to round out your education, you'll also take courses in theology, humanities, ethics, social and behavioral sciences, and cultural diversity. In addition to the University's general admission and graduation requirements.
What You'll Learn in SLU's Physics ProgramPhysics students at SLU have two major options. The B.S. in physics from Parks College stresses physics and its applications in areas such as engineering, computers and the sciences. It also includes opportunities to participate in faculty research. The B.A. in physics from SLU's College of Arts and Sciences combines a firm grounding in physics with a broad liberal arts education. Some of our students also pursue double majors in mathematics, computer science or chemistry.
If you choose to major in physics at SLU, you may be able to work as a teaching and research assistant in the physics department during the summer. SLU physics students have also held summer internships at NASA-Langley, the Argonne National Laboratory and other laboratories. Numerous opportunities also exist for summer research in basic and applied physics in the Parks Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, in national laboratories and in National Science Foundation-sponsored programs at universities throughout the United States.
What Can You Do With a Degree in Physics from SLU?Students who graduate with a degree in physics from Saint Louis University enter a variety of careers, including product development and quality control for large industries. Others are computer specialists, managers or are involved in the marketing of technical products.
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New fund launches €100m
28.02.2013 - Belgian Gimv launches a new Healthcare and Medtech fund to invest in the European health and care sectors.
The European investment company, which manages investments of 1.8bn in 85 portfolio companies, will initially invest €50m in the new fund. The Flemish Government will also contribute €50m through Gimv's reference shareholder, VPM. The fund is seeking to attract additional investments from institutional investors.
A formal first closing is planned in the coming year, said the investment company.Over the next six years, the fund aims to invest in 10 to 15 healthcare and medtech companies in the Benelux, Germany and France. The amount per investment can peak to €25m, both in equity and quasi-equity. With a term of 12 years, the fund presents itself as a long-term partner for the projects in which it will invest. The Gimv Health & Care team will be responsible for the management of the fund.
"The ageing population, a rising number of chronic diseases and better informed patients continue to push up healthcare demand and costs" commented Urbain Vandeurzen, Chairman of the Gimv Board of Directors "With the new fund, we want to encourage innovative companies and service providers in the sector to respond to this."
The Health & Care fund is not Gimv's first project in this field. The Flemish Government's venture capital fund for biotech companies, Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen, is managed by Gimv. Gimv is also responsible for the management of two infrastructure funds (DG Infra+ and DG Infra Yield). In early 2009, Gimv established the Gimv-XL fund for investments in larger Flemish growth companies. Later that year, the Gimv-Agri+ Investment Fund was launched in cooperation with the famers' league Boerenbond. Lastly, in 2011, the Gimv Arkiv Tech Fund II was set up as part of the second ARKimedes arrangement.
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