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Henderson County and the U.S. Marine Corps will host the first Toys For Tots Tractor Run at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30.
The Tractor Run will begin on Highway 191 across from Waycaster Tire in Mills River and continue on to Jackson Park in Hendersonville.
Registration is a $10 donation or a $10 packaged toy. Pre-register via email to email@example.com or contact Aaron Martin at 828-674-0587.
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PHOENIX -- Ryan Cook isn't in the prognosticating business as a general rule, but after throwing 21 pain-free pitches against A's hitters Wednesday morning, the right-hander is predicting he'll pitch in his first game of the spring Saturday.
"That's just me talking,'' he said shortly after walking off the back mound at Phoenix Municipal Stadium all smiles. "The arm isn't a consideration any more.
``It's about me getting game-ready.''
Cook told pitching coach Curt Young when he was finished that he felt game-ready.
``Obviously the adrenalin wasn't there, but the arm, the pitches and the mental part was all there. I felt good.''
Cook, held out of games all spring after reporting with shoulder tightness, said he hopes that's all behind him. He doesn't know if there is enough time for him to be ready to make the opening day roster, but his goal remains to be in uniform and ready to go against the Cleveland Indians on March 31.
``Before I was just throwing,'' he said of his previous efforts off the mound. ``Today was more like let's fire it up. I think they only hit one ball out of the (batting) cage against me.''
That hit was from the first batter he faced, Craig Gentry, who like Cook hasn't played in a game yet. Gentry has been plagued by back problems, but he's close to being able to get into a game as well, and it's up in the air if he'll be ready for the opener.


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Tyler Perry's, "I Know I've Been Changed", toured exclusively from 1998 to 2000.
This hard-hitting play used comedy and drama to tell a story of two adult survivors of child abuse who became the people that their abusive mother said they would be. It is also a story of how they overcame through the power of God with a shocking twist at the end.
Mr. Perry plays the lead character, "Joe", in this show. The Washington Post gave it rave reviews, saying that it cannot be compared to anything of it's genre.


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SANFORD—Parker Pease was named Outstanding Swimmer and Rachel Raymond was named Most Improved Swimmer following the Sanford Titans most recent win, it was announced Monday.
Pease posted a time of 17.39 in the 25-free event, while Rachel had a 31 second improvement in the 100 IM. The Titans won 581-159.
Swimmers achieving a new Maine Swimming Winter Champs qualifying time were Cameron Stewart, 100 free; Cornelius Stewart, 50 free, and Amanda Dudley, 50 free.
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SAN RAMON -- J.J. Moisa roars with laughter, his dimples digging deeper in his cheeks as he watches a toy car rumble up the side of his arm.
"Oh, no!" he squeals in anticipation. "Here it comes."
J.J., 5, has a reason to smile and laugh these days. He is recovering from an extremely rare form of brain cancer that he has had twice in his short life. Doctors say there are no signs of cancer anywhere else in his body, and the only outward sign of J.J.'s struggles is a bald spot on the back right section of his head.
"The hair there will probably never grow back," said J.J.'s mother, Holly Moisa. "But he has a cool mohawk now."
At 2 years old, J.J. was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, or AT/RT. The malignant tumor, only discovered within the last decade, is the result of an extremely aggressive but rare form of brain cancer among children.
Fewer than 100 children are diagnosed with the cancer every year, according to Joseph Torkildson, a doctor in the pediatric hematology and oncology department at Children's Hospital Oakland. Survival rates for children younger than age 3 diagnosed with the disease dip under 10 percent.
Holly Moisa said she never expected to hear the words "brain cancer" to explain why her 26-month-old son's head was growing abnormally bigger after a routine pediatric appointment. She prayed it wouldn't be AT/RT as she learned more about the disease.
"I remember looking up what it could be and when I read the description I just thought, 'Oh, God. I hope it's not that,'" she said. "But sure enough, it was."
When J.J. was diagnosed, his tumor was the size of a grapefruit, doctors told his family. It would have to be removed immediately; after that, the toddler would have to undergo intense rounds of chemotherapy.
If there was a silver lining to J.J.'s difficult diagnosis, it was that his skull still had its "soft spot," allowing the tumor to grow outward rather than farther down into his brain.
"I look at him sometimes, and I wonder how in the world a tumor that big was there," Holly Moisa said.
Torkildson said researchers have not yet developed a conventional treatment for AT/RT. No drugs have been found to specifically target the cancer.
"The speed of the diagnosis is not the issue," Torkildson said. "We are still largely just treating AT/RT with conventional chemotherapy and radiation. We are trying to find the best mix and timing to minimize the harm to the kids."
In J.J.'s case, high doses of chemotherapy and a technique known as a stem cell rescue -- what Torkildson described as "basically a bone-marrow transplant" -- worked for a time.
But when J.J. was just a little more than 3 years old, he relapsed.
"That's the problem," Torkildson said. "It appears like it is gone, and then it recurs."
Added J.J.'s mother, Holly Moisa: "We kind of expected it; it wasn't a huge surprise. When we got back to the hospital for treatment, J.J. looked up and said, 'I'm home.'
"It was sweet that he likes everyone there so much, but it was also kind of heartbreaking."
Doctors immediately put J.J. back on chemotherapy as well as radiation treatment.
Again, though, the treatments worked.
After nearly two years without the disease, J.J. is looking forward to kindergarten. He enjoys his monster truck toys and is a big fan of Pixar's "Cars" movie. Every three months, he goes for a brain scan to check to see if the cancer has returned.
On Thursday, J.J. was expected to appear at California High School at San Ramon, where students joined local police officers and firefighters in getting their heads shaved to raise money and awareness for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which supports research on childhood cancers.
So far, the news has been all good.
"There are days where it almost feels like things are normal," Holly Moisa said. "When the date approaches for the scan, though, we parents get something we like to call 'scan-xiety.'"
J.J. doesn't even notice. At home in his backyard Thursday, he is mainly concerned with setting up an obstacle course for his trucks with his younger brother, Jaxson.
"There needs to be an obstacle," J.J. says. "That's what we have to do."
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The Suffolk County executive has signed two bills aimed at limiting energy drinks for minors.
Suffolk plans to ban the sale or distribution of energy drinks to people under 18 at county parks and beaches. It also will prohibit the mailing of free samples and coupons to minors.
According to Newsday, opponents have said they may sue to block next month's expected enactment of the laws.
The American Beverage Association said it was disappointed that County Executive Steve Bellone signed the measures on Friday.
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Dress up simple sugar cookies with ruffly rows of fruit leather, jelly beans and decorating gel and--voila!--it's Dora! Tune in to Dora's Christmas Carol!
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Knead the dough with the flour on a clean surface until well blended and smooth. Roll out half of the dough on a lightly floured surface to a scant 1/4-inch thickness. Use the template to cut out as many Dora shapes as possible. Transfer the shapes to the prepared cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Re-roll scrapes with the remaining dough and cut out more shapes.
Bake until cookies are golden brown and slightly firm, about 10-12 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Spoon the royal frosting into a freezer weight plastic resealable bag and seal the bag. Heat the chocolate taffy pieces in the microwave for no more than 3 seconds to soften slightly. Roll each piece on a clean surface--about a 2 inch square. Use the 'hair' template and a small knife to cut out 12 'hair' pieces. Set aside on a sheet of wax paper.
Snip a very small corner from the bag containing the Royal Frosting. Pipe two dots of Royal Frosting at the base of the cookies and add the jelly beans as the feet. Pipe a line of frosting at the head and add the chocolate taffy hair.
Using one roll of fruit leather per cookie, cut a 2-inch piece from each roll and attach with some of the Royal Frosting as the front of Dora's dress. Using the photo as a guide, gather the fruit leather on one of the long sides, every 1/2 inch or so, and press together to make a ruffle. Cut a length long enough to cover the bottom edge of the cookie. Pipe a line of royal frosting at the bottom edge of the cookie and attach the first row of ruffles. Repeat to make three additional ruffle rows. Attach two small ruffles for the sleeve pieces. Cut a small bow from the scraps and attach at the side of her hair with some frosting.
Pipe a line and a few dots of frosting to make the waistband and attach the small purple candies at her neck. Pipe eyes, nose and mouth with the decorating frosting and fill in Dora's mouth with red decorating gel. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Allow the cookies to dry at least 2 hours before stacking.
Combine all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl. Use an electric mixer on medium speed and beat until smooth. Transfer the frosting to an airtight container. Refrigerate until ready to use. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.
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Pet success story: Gypsy Rose loves her new home
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 7:14 p.m.
Editor's Note: The following story was submitted by Angela and Mac Roach, who adopted Gypsy Rose (formerly known as Choppers) from the Spartanburg Humane Society.
Gypsy Rose is just so great. She's so much fun.
She really does like being out of her chair better. (You all had told me that when we looked at her). But, we try to keep her in it at play time and definitely keep her in it while she's eating.
She loves sleeping under the covers. My other dogs don't like to sleep under the covers. But she will curl right up and sleep as long as we sleep.
She loves the cat, especially the new kitten. She really loves to play with him.
Gypsy Rose also gets along wonderfully with her canine siblings.
She is not handicapped at all. Not having front legs does not slow her down one bit!
She doesn't bark a lot, which we like. She's a very quiet little dog.
She has traveled with us and loves camping.
In March, we are taking her to a cabin in Blue Ridge for the weekend.
Gypsy Rose likes to go to PetSmart. Sometimes we let her wheel herself in the wheelchair behind us, or we tote her in.
Most people think Gypsy Rose is inspiring. In fact, we have had some people ask if we would speak at a children's amputee facility, which I would love to do. And I think Gypsy Rose would love it too!
She loves people. We bought her a stroller so we can take her on walks and camping.
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Experts say snake near hospital nonthreatening
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 7:05 p.m.
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A 5- to 6-foot snake wrapped around a handicap sign in the parking lot of Terrebonne General Medical Center sparked some concern among a local family who posted a photo of it on Facebook.
Houma resident Jessica Chauvin posted the snake photo that her son, Aaron, took Saturday night outside the Houma hospital. Then the photo went viral.
The snake was wrapped around the sign in front of Jessica's car like it was a tree branch, Aaron said.
Aaron said he was shocked to see such a large snake, so he snapped a photo and showed it to his mother, who was visiting a relative inside the hospital.
Beau Gregory, a zoologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said it's a rat snake, which is nonvenomous and indigenous to Louisiana.
"The bellies of this species are very flat, which you can barely see if you look at the photo closely," he said. "This adaptation allows them to climb surprisingly well for a creature with no appendages."
But when Jessica rushed downstairs to get a closer look of the snake, it was nowhere to be found.
Jessica said she thinks the snake slithered into a tree somewhere or into nearby Bayou Terrebonne.
A snake warning was delivered to TGMC security personnel, who said they are keeping an eye out for it.
Jessica, who had been visiting the hospital frequently in the days since, said she has not been able to spot the snake, so it probably got scared and left.
Anyone concerned about a snake or any other wild creature can call the Sheriff's Office at 876-2500. If necessary, the Sheriff's Office will alert animal control workers.
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OAKLAND -- It was a thrill for Half Moon Bay guard Jordan Cariaga and his teammates to play Wednesday at Oracle Arena, the home of the Golden State Warriors.
And they felt even better about the experience after they walked off the court with a 51-33 victory over Westmoor in a key Peninsula Athletic League North Division boys basketball game.
"It was a great experience," said Cariaga, who led the Cougars with 11 points. "When we walked in here and I looked around, I was really excited -- stoked."
The teams played at Oracle as part of the Warriors' Play Where the Pros Play program. Each school had to sell 200 tickets to the Warriors-Grizzlies game played Wednesday night. Purchasers of the tickets were admitted for both the 12:15 p.m. high school game and the 7:30 NBA game.
Other high school teams have taken advantage of the program. Overfelt played Christopher at Oracle in December.
Westmoor played Jefferson there two years ago.
"When these guys graduate, they'll never play on this floor again," Westmoor coach Herb Yaptinchay said. "It's the kind of thing you can't match when you're an adult."
Though the game was played on a school day, limiting the number of students who could attend, both schools sent a full complement of cheerleaders. And all the people who purchased tickets were able to sit courtside.
The game featured two very different teams that are both off to great starts this season. Westmoor (11-2, 0-1) is one of the smaller teams around with no player taller than 6-feet. Half Moon Bay (12-2, 1-1) is one of the bigger teams in the Central Coast Section with two 6-6 forwards (junior Rico Nuno and sophomore Case DuFrane) and a 6-10 shot blocker (Owen Putz) who comes off the bench.
Size ruled on this occasion as Half Moon Bay led throughout. Nuno, who weighs 250 pounds, had his way around the basket.
"It was a great experience," said Nuno, who had 10 points on five field goals. Dan O'Connor, a 6-3 senior, also had 10 points.
"The rims were a lot softer," Nuno added. "I was able to see how NBA players have to be in great shape to run the floor."
The court at Oracle is 94 feet long. High school courts are much shorter, usually no more than 84 feet. The court at Half Moon Bay is only 80 feet.
Though Nuno and his frontcourt teammates found the rims soft on inside shots, Westmoor's outside shooters had a hard time getting jumpers to drop, a common experience for high school kids playing in a big arena.
"We shot terrible on 3s, in the 20s (percent)," Yaptinchay said. "Depth perception was a problem."
Half Moon Bay coach Rich Forslund exacerbated the problem for Westmoor by scrapping his normal man defense for a 2-3 zone that forced the Rams to take more outside shots than they wanted.
"It's very difficult to shoot well in these arenas," Forslund said. "You see a lot of air balls."
Westmoor's Errol Fernandez led all scorers with 19 points, most in transition. He didn't think depth perception was the main problem in his team's season-low point total.
"We just didn't bring enough energy, and our energy is our biggest strength," Fernandez said. "It was an awkward pregame. We didn't do our normal stuff. We had about five minutes to warm up."
The schools had a three-hour window to get in a varsity game and a frosh-soph game. The varsity game started at 12:15, but the teams weren't allowed in the arena until nearly noon.
So there was very little time to do anything but try to get ready to play. After the game, they had time to marvel at the Warriors' team rooms, quite a step up from their locker rooms at school.
"I'm glad we did it," Nuno said. "I'd like to do it again."


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Abbott Laboratories is to spend a85m and expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Sligo (Ireland), saying that would help the company to ensure its supply of compounds in biopharmaceutical areas like virology and nephrology. The investment, which will result in the creation of up to 175 jobs, is supported by the country's investment promotion agency IDA Ireland. The expansion will be completed in 2014, bringing total employment at the site to 300. Azita Saleki-Gerhardt, president of global pharmaceutical operations at Abbott, said the company has had a presence in Ireland for more than 65 years, and that Sligo is an important part of its pharmaceutical manufacturing network. In total, Abbott runs eight manufacturing facilities in Ireland.


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These are some thoughts I've written down upon meeting and conversing with seasoned citizens in Newton:
My view of elderly folks has changed over the years. When I was young I thought they loved gardening and Rummy-cube because they had to—it was just part of being old. When I became a CNA and worked closely with the elderly I learned that those we call old are very similar to the young. People don't slowly transform into cardigan wearing, bridge playing, embroidery-sewing old folks. Cardigans were hip when they were my age. They've been having bridge nights since they were twenty-five, and embroidery used to be as common as Facebooking. Nearly everything I call "an old person activity" is a young person activity of years past. But more than that, I learned that when you reach old age you don't magically become kindly, quiet, beneficent, smiley and generally pleasant to be around. You tend to be as kind, grumpy or goofy as you were your entire life. In a skilled care nursing home, just like everywhere else, you have the quiet one, the studious one, the one who talks about no one but him or herself, the casanova, the joker, the musician, the socialite, the gossip, the grump and the drunk.
Of course old age is a different era of life. My grandmother claims, "As you grow older, things become less funny and less sad." C.S. Lewis said, "Autumn is really the best of the seasons: and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life." In my reading I find that people either relish their last years or ruin them. John Adams, our second president, was one who aged very well. His beloved wife had died, he was in some pain because of his bad teeth, and he was living alone in their old house; yet he wrote to a friend, "This phrase 'rejoice ever more' shall never be out of my heart, memory, or mouth again as long as I live, if I can help it." Yet some grow more cantankerous, cynical and prone to squabble—I've met a few. Old age seems to be an unparalleled opportunity to weed out the unimportant and live in light of the important. Some do; some don't.
Eric Tippin
In the Country near Newton
May 4, 2013


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Knitter's Review
February 24, 2011
How often do you use the yarn that's specified in a pattern? I'm guessing not always. I certainly don't.
But how confident are you about the yarn you've chosen to use instead?
To help ease any worries you may have about substituting one yarn for another, this week we reprise my multi-part tutorial on how to make headache-free yarn substitutions.
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The biggest part of staying safe from a lightning strike is to keep out of harms way in the first place. But, should one find themselves in a danger zone - like above tree line, or on a river or lake - here are some tips on mitigating risks.
This time of year, "you can almost set your clock to the afternoon storms," said Dave Miller, Keystone Science School's school programs director and trained wilderness first responder. "If you're going to summit, or be above tree line, it's very important to start early."
If you're stuck on a mountain when bad weather sets in, try to get to lower grounds, or find a spot to hide inside the woods. If lightning strikes, it will most likely hit the trees, rather than you, Miller said. Make sure the trees are healthy, because in Summit County a thunder storm probably means wind, and you don't want to get hit by a dead, falling tree, he said.
While they may look cozy, shallow caves should be avoided - lightning tends to find the "path of least resistance," Miller said, and if it hits a rock you're hiding under, it will go straight through the rock (and then through you) to the ground.
If hikers and bikers are close to their cars when the weather hits, it's a relatively safe place to hide, Miller said. This is another case of "the path of least resistance;" It tends to go through the metal around the car, he said.
Another method of protection if caught outside is the "lightning position" - a crouching pose with heels touching. It may be uncomfortable to hold, but if there's a ground strike and it goes up one leg, it should then just pass to the other and back down, rather than affecting the nervous system.
In order to measure how far away a strike is from you, use the "flash to crash" method.
"On average, sound travels at about one mile every five seconds," Miller said. "If you see the lightning, you can count to five and know about how many miles away it is."
But remember, lightning can actually precede a storm by about 10 miles. Strikes are not necessarily in the back or middle of a storm, but "everywhere," Miller said.
Staying indoors is the safest place to be, although cell hones and electrical appliances can be dangerous. There has also been known strikes when someone's in the shower, Miller said.
If someone is hit, CPR is the most successful way to revive a patient, Miller said. The biggest side effects in survivors are psychological, like depression, he said.
Miller, who has led numerous wilderness excursions, feels like he has had some close calls, but never any problems. People shouldn't be scared to enjoy their lives, but be aware of how to mitigate the risks, he said.


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Holt Cottages
For a wonderfully relaxing break in Norfolk,
a cottage in Holt might be just the answer.
Located in the North Norfolk countryside, within easy reach of
the coast, this attractive Georgian town is laden with fabulous
shops. From unusual, handcrafted gifts to exquisite antiques,
top-class toys and more, this is the perfect spot to loosen the
purse strings and shop! Browse all kinds of exceptional goods in
Holt's flagship store, Bakers and Larners, an emporium right up
there with top London names. Or call in at the galleries,
showcasing ceramics, paintings, sculpture and the likes for that
truly special keepsake. And, of course, there are bakeries, delis
and other great places to fill the kitchen cupboards in your Holt
Attractions near your Holt cottage
Hop aboard the 'Poppy Line', affectionate name for the
North Norfolk Railway, and travel by steam through glorious
countryside to the delightful seaside town of Sheringham.
Enjoy a guided tour and watch flour being milled at Letheringsett
Mill. View tanks and other military vehicles at the Muckleburgh
Collection. Drive to Felbrigg Hall, a stunning National Trust
estate a little further afield but well worth a visit. Or enjoy a
day amid nature at the Holt Country Park, where you'll find
flora, fauna and wildlife, along with nature trails, picnic tables
and a play area. And if your holiday falls during July/August,
remember the summer festival.
At the end of the day, curl up in your Holt holiday cottage or
head into town for a mouth-watering supper in a pub or restaurant -
there's a fantastic selection to choose from.


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Skeleton Argument of the Claimant (long): Electronic Edition, by Adrian DaviesTable of Contents
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The Liquidation of the Jews of Rome
101.As to the allegation at 5.220 that Irving suppressed the fact that the Jews of Rome were murdered, he wrote at page 575 of the 1977 edition of Hitler's War.--
"Himmler also considered the eight thousand Jews a potential threat to public order; Ribbentrop brought to Hitler an urgent telegram from his consul in Rome reporting that the SS had orders from Berlin that the eight thousand Jews resident in Rome are to be liquidated.' Again Hitler took a marginally 'moderate' line. On the ninth Ribbentrop informed Rome that the Führer had directed that the eight thousand Jews were to be transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria instead, where they were to be held as 'hostages.' It was, Ribbentrop defined, purely a matter for the SS. (The SS liquidated them anyway, regardless of Hitler's order.)"


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The "Wrecking Ball" meme has officially gone too far.
Inspired by the Miley Cyrus song, Hulk Hogan put on his best - and only? - thong to ride a wrecking ball in promotion of his new business venture.
The video, obtained by TMZ, was made to publicize Hogan's new partnership with a web-hosting company called Hostamania.
Watch the video (if you dare) on TMZ.
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Gay Marriages Begin in New Jersey
Newark Mayor Cory Booker married nine couples at City Hall Monday shortly after midnight, officiating what were among New Jersey's first same-sex marriages.
"It is officially past midnight, marriage is equal in New Jersey," Mr. Booker announced to cheers before marrying the first couple, Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell, in a crowded City Hall rotunda.
The New Jersey Supreme Court decided Friday to allow same-sex couplesto begin to marry Monday, in accordance with a lower court's ruling. That ruling was being appealed, but gay couples began to apply for marriage licenses in some towns that day.
By Monday morning, Gov. Chris Christie had withdrawn his administration's appeal of the ruling, making New Jersey the 14th state in the U.S. to permit same-sex nuptials.
The couples who stepped up one by one to Mr. Booker to be married looked elated.
"It reaffirms for others that we are legitimized and we are entitled to the same benefits that the majority of the country have already enjoyed," said Mr. Bell, who is 65.
A heckler briefly interrupted his marriage to Mr. Panessidi after Mr. Booker asked if there were any objections, shouting that it was "unlawful." Mr. Booker asked that the man be removed, which he was. After the ceremonies, several protesters remained outside City Hall holding signs.
Mr. Booker married nine couples in all, a mix of gay and lesbian and two heterosexual couples. Heterosexual couples were included because Mr. Booker had in the past refused to marry any couples, "because everyone wasn't able to get married," said Dreena Whitfield, his press secretary.
Gabriela Celeiro, 34, and Liz Salerno, 38, had tears in their eyes as Mr. Booker declared them lawful spouses.
"It feels like a dream, I just can't believe that in our lifetime this is happening and that we get to be a part of history," Ms. Celeiro said. "It's just, it's amazing."
The pair had a civil union almost three years ago and would have gotten married then if they had been able to, she said. Getting ready for the midnight ceremony was a whirlwind, they said, with legal uncertainties lingering until the last minute.
Mary Lou Kuegler of Litchfield, Conn., Ms. Salerno's sister, said she wouldn't have missed the chance to be there.
"My husband and my children and I are thrilled to watch our sister and longtime partner get married and be recognized by the state of New Jersey for something that we've recognized for a really long time," she said.
"This state now is resonant with the core values of our country," Mr. Booker said as he concluded the marriages. "This idea that there is no second-class citizenship in America, that we are all equal under the law."
Etta James' "At Last" played as he led couples through the cutting of a cake.
Gay-rights advocates in the crowd included representatives of the ACLU and Garden State Equality, who pledged to continue to fight to keep the right of marriage.
"This is a tremendous day and a tremendous victory for love and commitment in the state of New Jersey, and it shows that loving and committed families, loving and committed couples should be allowed the freedom to marry and we're really glad that's taking place starting tonight," said Mike Premo, campaign manager for New Jersey United for Marriage.


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In 1968, the Major League Baseball Players Association negotiated the first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in professional sports. It has evolved and strengthened over the years with each generation of players, sometimes at great personal sacrifice, ensuring the continuity of rights for the next.
Marvin Miller served as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966 through 1983, transforming the association first into a bona fide labor union then gradually into one of the strongest collective bargaining units in the United States.
Major League Baseball Players Association
12 East 49th Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 826-0808 | (212) 826-0809 (licensing)
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The MLBPA's Players Choice group licensing program utilizes the collective marketing power of Major League Baseball players to assist licensees and sponsors who want to associate their brands and products with the excitement that Major Leaguers can provide.
Since 1996, the Major League Baseball Players Trust has touched the lives of thousands of disadvantaged people in hundreds of communities around the world. The Trust helps support the players' individual charitable activities.
The Baseball Tomorrow Fund is a joint initiative between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. The mission is to promote and enhance the growth of baseball.


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Media Viewing Room
The CML Media Viewing Room is equiped with one computer workstation and a smartboard display. It is available to UNLV students, faculty, and staff for academic use only, and the use of this room for commercial or non-academic uses is prohibited. Priority of use is given to groups of three or more patrons.
Policies for Media Viewing Room
- Reservations may be made in quarter hour increments up to two hours.
- Students may only have one active registration in the system at a time.
- Reservations for group study sessions can be made up to two weeks in advance.
- Reservations will be cancelled if groups are not present within fifteen minutes of reservation time.
- Use of CML Media Viewing Room requires a reservation. Advance or walk-in reservations are acceptable.
All other meeting spaces can be reserved by approval of the CML staff.


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Parking Services
Welcome to Parking at Evergreen. The Parking Services Office at Evergreen manages all the parking lots on campus, performs courtesy jump-starts, helps with lockouts, and manages the Commute Trip Reduction program on campus.
Parking is enforced Monday through Friday, 7AM - 9PM. A valid parking decal or parking permit must be displayed on the vehicle during these times. There is no charge to park on Saturdays or Sundays.
If you are interested in purchasing a parking decal, your full name, address, and vehicle license plate number will be required on the parking decal application. Parking decals can be purchased at the Parking Services office.
Find More About
- Parking Rates
- Online Parking Decal Application (not valid for payroll deduction)
- Where to Park
- Residence Parking
- Deliveries and Loading Zones
- Policies and Procedures
Share the ride and save money: find carpools to campus!
The Parking Services Office is located in the Seminar I Building. At the front office you can obtain parking clearances for non-designated areas; purchase quarterly, academic, and annual decals; arrange guest parking; find out about alternative transportation programs, and more.


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Monday, 12/30/1996
FleetCenter, Boston, MA
Set 1: Ya Mar, SlothThe Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba[1], Talk[2], Funky Bitch[3], ThemeTheme From the Bottom > GTBTGood Times Bad Times
Set 2: TimberTimber (Jerry) > Uncle Pen, BagAC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy > SOAMuleScent of a Mule[4], SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Possum
[1] No whistling.
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] P.A. cut out.
[4] Page/Mike Mule Duel and Steven Wright ringing a desk bell three times.
Noteworthy Jams: Tweezer, Scent of a Mule, Possum
Average Song Gap: 7.78
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Steven Wright (Guest)
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fish took an "air drum" solo, Trey performed Townshend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still "playing" the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.
Song Distribution:
3 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 Billy Breathes
2 Stash
2 Hoist
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 The White Tape
1 The Story of the Ghost
1 Lawn Boy
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1996 NYE Run."


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This example shows how to batch process a set of image files in parallel. A common image processing task is to apply an image processing algorithm to a series of files. This procedure can be time consuming if the algorithm is computationally intensive, if you are processing a large number of files, or if the files are very large.
Batch processing performance can be improved if you have the Parallel Computing Toolbox™ software.
List the filenames with a common prefix. In this example, the image files are a set of 10 microscope images of rat prostate cancer cells. These files are only the first 10 of 100 images that were acquired.
p = which('AT3_1m4_01.tif'); filelist = dir([fileparts(p) filesep 'AT3_1m4_*.tif']); fileNames = {filelist.name}'
fileNames = 'AT3_1m4_01.tif' 'AT3_1m4_02.tif' 'AT3_1m4_03.tif' 'AT3_1m4_04.tif' 'AT3_1m4_05.tif' 'AT3_1m4_06.tif' 'AT3_1m4_07.tif' 'AT3_1m4_08.tif' 'AT3_1m4_09.tif' 'AT3_1m4_10.tif'
View one of the images.
I = imread(fileNames{1}); imshow(I) text(size(I,2),size(I,1)+15, ... 'Image files courtesy of Alan Partin', ... 'FontSize',7,'HorizontalAlignment','right'); text(size(I,2),size(I,1)+25, ... 'Johns Hopkins University', ... 'FontSize',7,'HorizontalAlignment','right');
Create an image processing function that segments non-touching cells in the microscope images. Test the function on one of your images.
segmentedCells = batchDetectCells(I); figure, imshow(segmentedCells)
To view
batchDetectCells use this command.
type batchDetectCells
function segmentedCells = batchDetectCells(I) %batchDetectCells Algorithm to detect cells in image. % segmentedCells = batchDetectCells(I) detects cells in the cell % image I and returns the result in segmentedCells. % % Supports batch processing example, BatchProcessImageExample. % Copyright 2005-2013 The MathWorks, Inc. % Use |edge| and the Sobel operator to calculate the threshold % value. Tune the threshold value and use |edge| again to obtain a % binary mask that contains the segmented cell. [~, threshold] = edge(I, 'sobel'); fudgeFactor = .5; BW = edge(I,'sobel', threshold * fudgeFactor); se90 = strel('line', 3, 90); se0 = strel('line', 3, 0); BWdilate = imdilate(BW, [se90 se0]); BWnobord = imclearborder(BWdilate, 4); BWopen = bwareaopen(BWnobord,200); BWclose = bwmorph(BWopen,'close'); BWfill = imfill(BWclose, 'holes'); BWoutline = bwperim(BWfill); segmentedCells = I; segmentedCells(BWoutline) = 255;
The function
batchProcessFiles uses
parfor to process each image independently. This works like a regular
for loop but can take advantage of multiple processors if you have the Parallel Computing Toolbox software as described below.
To view
batchProcessFiles use this command.
type batchProcessFiles
function segmentedCellSequence = batchProcessFiles(fileNames,fcn) %batchProcessFiles Process image files. % SEQUENCE = batchProcessFiles(FILENAMES,FCN) loops over all the files % listed in FILENAMES, calls the function FCN on each of them, and combines % the results in SEQUENCE. FCN is a function handle for a function with % signature: B = FCN(A). % % Supports batch processing example, BatchProcessImageExample. % Copyright 2007-2013 The MathWorks, Inc. I = imread(fileNames{1}); [mrows,ncols] = size(I); nImages = length(fileNames); segmentedCellSequence = zeros(mrows,ncols,nImages,class(I)); parfor (k = 1:nImages) I = imread(fileNames{k}); segmentedCellSequence(:,:,k) = fcn(I); %#ok<PFBNS> % 'fcn' is not an array but a function handle. The Code Analyzer warning is not relevant here. end
If you have the Parallel Computing Toolbox software, you can use local workers to distribute each cycle through the loop to a different worker. If you also have the MATLAB® Distributed Computing Server™, you can run your batch processing job on a cluster.
You can use workers from the default parallel profile with this command
pool = parpool
Now call
batchProcessFiles to apply the cell detection algorithm to each file.
segmentedCellSequence = batchProcessFiles(fileNames,@batchDetectCells);
Starting parallel pool (parpool) using the 'local' profile ... connected to 12 workers.
If you called
parpool to start some workers, be sure to close them if you no longer need them.
Run the following command to see the sequence in
If you have data that does not all fit in memory, instead of returning the segmented image data in one large array, you can modify the body of the
parfor loop in
batchProcessFiles.m to either write each segmented image to a new file or write the whole segmented sequence to a multimedia file one image at a time. Then, you could review the results separate from the processing.


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Massive archive is going on the Web
Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 10:40 p.m.
NEW YORK - Some of the country's top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive.
The Digital Public Library of America began beta testing Thursday, promising a site with millions of materials ranging from images of George Washington to footage of Freedom Riders during the civil rights era. Directors of the digital library, first conceived in 2010, include officials from Harvard University and the University of Michigan and a former executive at Google Inc. Government support includes the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
"Starting with over 2 million items, each with its own special story and significance, the Digital Public Library of America will now begin to assemble the riches of our country's libraries, archives, and museums, and connect them with the public," executive director Dan Cohen wrote on the library's website Thursday.
The library had planned events at the Boston Public Library on Thursday to mark the opening, but it postponed them until the fall because of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. By the fall, the library also hopes to have launched the site in full.
Efforts by Google to build an online archive have run into legal problems over the Internet search engine's proposed use of copyrighted materials. In an interview Thursday, Cohen said most, but not all of the archives in the digital library are older works in the public domain. He said he would like to have discussions with book publishers about using more recent releases, perhaps including them several years after they first come out, "once the commercial window of sales has finished."
The site is http://dp.la.
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OAKLAND -- One trucker's spilled shipment of jackfruit and plantains Monday on an East Bay freeway turned into lunch for bears, elephants and giraffes at the Oakland Zoo Wednesday.
About 13,000 pounds of plantains, a banana-like fruit, and jackfruit were donated to the Oakland Zoo Wednesday afternoon, making zookeepers grateful and some animals slightly standoffish toward the unfamiliar produce.
"We just fed some jackfruit to our bull elephant Osh. It was the first time he had tried this kind of fruit, so he was a bit hesitant," zoo spokeswoman Nicky Mora said. "Jackfruit almost tastes like a banana flavor, looks like a melon with spikes, but the fruit on the inside has the texture of a green pepper. So, Osh was a little unsure of the fruit."
Only fruit in good condition without major bruising, broken skin or insects will be fed to the animals, zoological manager Darren Minier said.
"The giraffes are smelling (the jackfruit) and are interested in it but they haven't actually conjured up the courage to try it," he said. "This is obviously one (fruit) we don't get very often. Once we can confirm it won't be harmful to them, we will try it with the chimpanzees and other primates. We might try some with some of the birds. We have a lot of animals that enjoy fruit but it's very sugary so we try not to give them too much."
The Alameda County Food Bank received about 35,000 pounds of fruit as well. About 12,000 pounds of fruit was destroyed, said Brian Deering, the founder of the F.A.I.R. Foundation, which helped distributed the unsalable fruit.
The fruit donation comes two days after a chain-reaction crash where a tractor-trailer ran into a pickup and dumped as much as 60,000 pounds of tropical fruit onto the Altamont Pass early Monday. Commute traffic was snarled for hours as workers carted boxes from the toppled big rig to transport trucks.
No one was injured, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said.
The fruit was dumped on the median and parts of westbound Interstate 580 just west of the West Greenville Road off-ramp after the 2:45 a.m. crash, CHP spokesman Officer Steve Creel said.
The big rig ran into the back of a broken down pickup, which had lost its lights after colliding with a dump truck earlier Monday.
The pickup driver moved away from his truck and shined a flashlight on the vehicle to alert drivers to the stall. But the big rig driver never saw him or the truck in the darkness, slammed into the back of it in the far right lane, skidded and turned his rig onto its left side, Creel said.
It took nearly eight hours to get the fruit boxes off the truck and clear the accident scene. Commuters were frustrated by the clogged Altamont Pass, where vehicles were backed up onto I-205 and into Tracy.
But at the least the food bank and the zoo animals made out in the deal.
"We will keep (the fruit) as long as it stays fresh," Minier said. "We don't want to give our animals too much of a good thing, but if we freeze it we will be able to use it through winter. What fruit is left could be frozen for jackfruit Popsicles."
Follow Kristin J. Bender at Twitter.com/kjbender.


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The latest weapon in the tobacco wars is increasingly finding its way into the pockets and backpacks of students across the nation.
The e-cigarette -- a James Bond-stealthy, technology-chic version of the traditional cigarette -- is often mistaken for an ink pen, but it is a battery-operated device that turns a liquid form of nicotine into an inhalable vapor.
E-cigarettes can also emit fruit and candy flavors, such as bubble gum or chocolate -- suited for youthful tastes.
Rising use among teens is a worrisome trend to school officials who are increasingly changing their tobacco policies to ban the e-devices. This week, both the Antioch and San Ramon Valley school districts will decide the issue.
With the Big Three tobacco companies of Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard investing heavily in the e-cigarette market -- projected to be a $2 billion global market -- the use of the electronic nicotine-delivery devices by teens has been growing -- doubling from 2011 to 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With a growing number of students caught using them on campus, over the past few months some Bay Area school districts have been reconsidering their tobacco policies to include a ban on e-cigarettes, e-hookahs, vape pens and other electronic nicotine-delivery systems.
Both the Alameda and Contra Costa county boards of education tweaked their policies at the end of the year to prohibit the electronic smoking devices after the state Department of Education put out updated tobacco-prevention recommendations in October.
Since then, a number of East Bay school districts have followed suit and have revised or are revising their policies, including Antioch, Berkeley, Castro Valley, New Haven and the San Ramon Valley school districts. And the Santa Clara County Office of Education is also looking to re-evaluate their tobacco policies, though they haven't done so yet, said Myrna Zendejas, the county education office's tobacco prevention and education manager.
Mary Jaccodine, a tobacco prevention coordinator at the Center for Human Development, which conducts tobacco cessation workshops for students caught smoking in Contra Costa County, said that these days, she sees "more students with e-cigarettes than those who were caught with cigarettes."
"They are the new cool thing," she said. "My students say they are fun and you can do tricks with them, blowing O's and smoke rings and doing party tricks," but they never think they'll get addicted to them like regular cigarettes, even though they contain nicotine, which is habit-forming, she said.
Janine Saunders, Alameda County's Office of Education tobacco prevention manager, said "there are a number of students who will say they would never smoke a traditional cigarette because they turn your teeth yellow or smell bad but say, e-cigarettes are fine."
Yet the devices, which cannot be sold in the state of California to anyone younger than 18, do contain liquid nicotine vapors and other toxic chemicals, and they are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, so their health hazards are still unknown, experts say.
And because e-cigarettes mimic smoking, they become a gateway for many teens to try traditional smoking and other addictive behaviors, said Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UC San Francisco.
However, many educators say that not all students using e-cigarettes are up to no good.
In fact, "in every incident we've had, these are good kids that were under the impression that e-cigarettes were not products that contained nicotine -- and that's why we are attempting to do a better job of educating students in our community," said Tony Shah, the Castro Valley school district's director of student services.
Susan Craig, director of student services for the Berkeley school district, said not just students but even parents have come onto campus and used them. Her district's new tobacco policy, passed in December, applies to visitors as well as employees and students.
Yet Scott Gerbert, ¿the San Ramon Valley district's coordinator of student services, said that for he and many other educators, it's just another chapter in the continuing saga of tobacco wars. Just as cigarette smoking has decreased over the years, the e-cigarette threatens to be the next big thing to hook teens into start puffing.
"Every time we think we've won a little battle for change, the tobacco industry stays two steps ahead of us, finding new ways to market their products and sell their goods." Gerbert said. "It's frustrating."
Contact Joyce Tsai at 925-847-2123. Follow her at Twitter.com/joycetsainews.


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OAKLEY -- Albany High sophomore Allison Chuang won the first North Coast Section girls singles title in school history, beating defending champion Stephanie Lin of Pinole Valley 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.
In a three set work of art, Chuang, the second seed, outlasted the top-seeded Lin in the Division I championship match at Black Diamond Sports Club.
In the memorable tournament, Dublin's senior doubles team of Myiesha Simmons and Vi Nguyen won their school's first girls tennis title, 7-6 (5), 6-3 over Justin-Siena-Napa's Rachel Carston and Olivia Wilson, in a final that pitted unseeded teams.
Lin and Chuang, Tri-County Athletic League rivals, were like mirror images stylistically, hitting quality shot after quality shot.
"I'm really tired," Chuang said with a smile. "I was running from side to side the whole time."
Last spring, Albany's Andrew Gu won the school's first NCS boys singles title. So these are the salad days for Cougars tennis.
"This was huge, actually," Chuang said. "Last year I got third, which I was really proud of, so this year's even better."
It also reversed a trend. Lin beat Chuang in the NCS semifinals last year en route to winning the title. She also defeated Chuang twice this season.
"Stephanie, the way she plays, she really pushes me," Chuang said. "That causes me to go for too much and I start to miss. Today I just really tried to keep it in, keep it deep but not really go for too much, and that helped me a lot."
Carston and Wilson stunned Monte Vista's Betsy Main and Danielle Yancey, the No. 1 seeds, in the doubles semifinals 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3), but Simmons and Nguyen stole the show in the finals.
"It was awesome," Dublin coach Jason Wilson said of the historic Gaels win. "It was just a dream for them. They are excited."
For Simmons, a dynamite singles player, the keys to victory were "staying focused and smiling," she said. "Just keep my partner's head up and play my game. Attack my opponent."
In the singles third-place match, Kaitlyn Haithcock of Monte Vista outslugged Rickimae Torres of Dougherty Valley to take a 6-1, 1-6, 6-0 victory. Haithcock displayed sensational groundstrokes in the third set, ripping balls repeatedly just inside the lines.
"No pressure," Haithcock said. "I just got out there and swung. ... She is tough. I've actually never beaten her before."
In the doubles semifinals, Simmons and Nguyen outlasted Foothill's Kelsey Ouyang and Ariana Motavalli 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.


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Nicox glaucoma drug meets endpoints in Phase IIb study
Sophia Antipolis/ Madison – French NicOx S.A. and the global eye health specialist Bausch & Lomb have announced positive top-line results from their phase 2b dose finding study with BOL-303259-X, a nitric oxide-donating version of Pfizer's prostaglandin F2-alpha analogue latanoprost, in 400 patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. As shown in two previous Phase II trials conducted during NiCox's partnership with Pfizer, which ran from 2004-2009, BOL-303259-X (previously NCX 116, PF-3187207) was superior to Pfizer's lipophilic prostaglandin F2-alpha formulation latanoprost (Xalatan®). In 2 of 4 dose regimes, the NO-donating drug lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) better than Xalatan. On top of that, the responder rate was 68.7% for the most efficacious dose of BOL-303259-X, compared to 47.5% for Xalatan®. The most frequent side effect was reddening of the eyes (hyperemia). The results triggered a US-$10m milestone from Bausch & Lomb to its French partner. The US eye specialist announced it will initiate a global phase 3 development program for the eye drops. The firms believe that NO improves the IOP lowering effect of prostaglandin F2-alpha. In two Phase II trials completed in 2008, the drug was reported to be at least 20% more effective than Xalatan®, according to Pfizer, which re-licensed all development and commercialisation rights to NiCox in August 2009 after having refocused its drug development priorities.


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Tuscaloosa K9 Training Academy owners face animal cruelty charges
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Four people associated with Tuscaloosa K9 Training Academy in Berry have been charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty. Investigators obtained a warrant to conduct a search of the facility last week after discovering conditions a Tuscaloosa veterinarian called the worst he's ever seen. Heather Litz, Bryan McQueen, Charles Vance and Nancy Vance were all charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia Wednesday as a result of an undercover investigation by the 24th Judicial Violent Crime and Drug Task Force. Members of the task force made the arrest returned Thursday after finding 136 dogs, several cats, goats and pot-bellied pigs were living in what they said were poor conditions. Many of the animals were emaciated, dehydrated and had untreated wounds and infections. The four have remained in the Fayette County Jail since their arrests Wednesday. Authorities have been working to return animals left at the camp for boarding or training to their owners.
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By Matt Young
Waterfowlers who began hunting after 1980 may find it hard to believe that the pintail was once second only to the mallard as North America's most common duck. In fact, pintails may have even outnumbered mallards at times in the Pacific Flyway. But older duck hunters can remember when these sleek and beautiful birds filled the skies in amazing numbers and daily limits of as many as 10 drake pintails per hunter came easily. For these veteran waterfowlers, witnessing the steady decline of pintails on their favorite hunting areas has been nothing short of heartbreaking.
Nowhere has the plight of the pintail been more apparent than in California, where the majority of the Pacific Flyway population gathers in winter. During the 1970s—the most recent era in which pintail populations were considered healthy—between 3 million and 4 million of these birds wintered in the state's vast Central Valley, and California duck hunters harvested an average of more than 600,000 pintails a year. In recent years, pintail numbers in the Central Valley have dwindled to only about 1 million birds, and last season, hunters bagged slightly less than 100,000 pintails out of a total statewide duck harvest of more than 1.4 million birds.
Similar declines in pintail numbers and harvests have also occurred in other traditional pintail strongholds such as Utah's Great Salt Lake and the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. To help reverse the long-term decline of the pintail, Ducks Unlimited has launched an international conservation initiative dedicated to restoring the species to its former abundance. This initiative, involving many conservation partners across North America, focuses on protecting and restoring vital pintail breeding habitats on the prairies of the United States and Canada, as well as on key migration and wintering areas in the United States and Mexico.
Thirty years ago, many farmers on the Canadian prairies idled their fields every other year. Standing stubble left in these idle fields usually wasn't tilled for weed control until late May or early June, giving early-nesting pintails an opportunity to hatch a brood. Consequently, during the wet years of the 1970s, large numbers of pintails hatched on idle cropland likely bolstered production on remaining grasslands, enabling pintails to produce enough young to support impressive wintering populations in areas such as California's Central Valley.
Unfortunately for pintails, during the past three decades most prairie farmers have shifted to annual cropping schedules where most fields are planted every year. As a result, most pintail nests in crop stubble are now destroyed well before their hatching date when the fields are seeded in early to mid-May. This dramatic shift in farming practices has eliminated nearly 13 million acres of potential pintail nesting habitat that once existed on fallow croplands in Prairie Canada, likely having a devastating impact on the population (see graph).
Beyond the prairies, significant numbers of pintails breed on wetlands associated with vast inland river deltas in the western boreal forest and tundra regions of northern Canada and Alaska. These deltaic wetlands also support large numbers of nonbreeding pintails during drought years on the prairies and during the summer molt. Although development impacts in the north remain relatively light compared to the prairies, the future expansion of logging, mining, and oil and gas development could threaten wetlands used by large numbers of breeding and molting pintails and other waterfowl.
Pintails have also suffered extensive habitat loss on key wintering and migration areas. Of particular importance to pintails and other waterfowl are seasonally flooded wetlands, which contain seeds and invertebrates that are important natural foods for the birds. In the Pacific Flyway's most important pintail wintering area, the Central Valley of California, more than 95 percent of its original wetlands have been lost, and wintering waterfowl now rely heavily on flooded croplands, especially rice fields, for feeding and resting habitat. But these croplands are now threatened by urban development and water-use conflicts driven by California's rapidly growing human population. Farther north in the Klamath Basin of northern California and southern Oregon, where the majority of Pacific Flyway pintails gather to feed and rest during the spring migration, remaining wetlands are threatened by chronic water shortages and declining water quality exacerbated by years of severe drought.
Pintails face equally daunting habitat challenges in the Central and Mississippi flyways. Along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas, massive losses of coastal wetlands and a 50 percent decline in rice production have greatly reduced wintering habitat for pintails and other waterfowl. And in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin and the Platte River corridor, high wetland losses have forced pintails and other waterfowl to gather into dangerously large concentrations that are vulnerable to catastrophic outbreaks of avian diseases.
DU and its partners also work with prairie farmers to convert marginal croplands to grass cover, typically for hay production or cattle grazing. During the past decade, an increasing trend in forage production has produced a net gain in grassland acres across southern Saskatchewan, the continent's most important pintail breeding area. A two-year study conducted by DU and the Saskatchewan Wetland Conservation Corporation found that pintails hatched an average of one nest in every 142 acres of hay land—nearly 10 times the hatch rate observed in spring-seeded croplands.
In areas of the prairies where large tracts of native prairie and wetlands remain intact—typically on grazing lands—DU is working to permanently protect highly productive waterfowl habitats that are threatened with conversion to cropland. In North and South Dakota, DU and the USFWS have permanently protected 570,000 acres of vital waterfowl habitat by purchasing wetland and grassland easements from private landowners. The ranching community has embraced these easements—in which landowners receive a one-time payment in return for granting permanent protection to wetlands and grasslands on their property—as a means of protecting their way of life. Unfortunately, the demand for easements far exceeds available funding. In July 2005, more than 580 farmers and ranchers were on waiting lists for easement evaluations on nearly 290,000 acres of grassland. DU and its partners are striving to raise the more than $47 million in public and private funding that will be required to protect this vital habitat for breeding pintails and other waterfowl.
DU also protects remaining tracts of native prairie by accepting donated conservation easements from private landowners and by purchasing select properties threatened with imminent development. A prime example is the 960-acre Cowan tract in South Dakota bought this summer by DU and the USFWS. This extensive tract of native prairie, which supports from 80 to 100 pairs of nesting ducks per square mile in wet years, would have been broken up and converted to cropland if DU had not provided vital emergency funding to save it. Located adjacent to an existing 1,441-acre waterfowl production area, the Cowan tract is especially productive habitat for breeding pintails because its flat topography contains numerous shallow wetland basins that regularly attract large numbers of breeding pairs.
Another important objective of DU's pintail strategy is to promote wise government conservation policies and agricultural programs in both the United States and Canada. Pintail populations have generally fared better in the U.S. portion of the Prairie Pothole Region in part because of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Through this voluntary program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pays landowners to protect wetlands and restore former croplands to grassland under 10- or 15-year contracts. CRP is believed to have contributed to a 30 percent increase in duck production in the Great Plains states and has added millions of ducks—including thousands of pintails—to the fall flight each year.
Currently, 4.7 million acres of former cropland are enrolled in CRP in North and South Dakota alone. But contracts on the majority of this land will expire during the next three to five years, and if CRP contracts are not renewed, most of this productive waterfowl breeding habitat will be returned to annual crop production. Reauthorization of CRP and other waterfowl-friendly programs is a top priority for DU as Congress begins debate on the 2007 Farm Bill.
In Canada, DU is consulting with federal and provincial officials to develop and expand similar programs, such as Greencover Canada, that compensate farmers for conserving wetlands and grasslands through the nation's Agricultural Policy Framework, the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. Farm Bill.
Farther north in the western boreal forest and tundra regions of Canada and Alaska, DU is using satellite remote-sensing technology to map vital wetlands and study waterfowl breeding ecology in these areas. DU uses information gathered in these efforts to work with government agencies, industry, and Native groups to protect especially valuable wetlands and to minimize impacts of mining, timber, and oil and gas development on other fragile waterfowl habitats.
DU is also focusing on conserving wetlands in key pintail wintering and migration areas in the United States and Mexico. In the Central Valley, for example, DU is working with a broad coalition of partners to efficiently manage public water resources, restore wetlands, and protect threatened agricultural lands. Along the Gulf Coast, DU is a leading partner in the America's Wetland campaign dedicated to conserving Louisiana's threatened coastal marshes and is cooperating with the agricultural community in south Louisiana and Texas to manage seasonal wetland habitats on rice fields and other agricultural lands.
In the Klamath Basin, DU is working with several government agencies and other partners to reduce water conflicts and restore vital waterfowl staging habitats. And in the Rainwater Basin, the Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) recently announced that it will provide $850,000 over the next three years to help DU meet its goal of purchasing, restoring, and protecting 12,000 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in the region. In 2002, NET helped DU create a revolving fund that was used to establish the 920-acre Verona wetland complex, which provides vital spring staging habitat for multitudes of pintails and other waterfowl.
Clearly, pintails face many challenges throughout their vast continental range. Without immediate action to protect, restore, and enhance vital pintail habitats—especially wetland-rich native grasslands on the prairies—these highly admired birds may decline to levels that can no longer sustain hunting. By supporting these urgent conservation efforts across North America, DU members, volunteers, and major donors can make a valuable contribution toward the future of the pintail and other waterfowl.


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CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Early defensive miscues helped Missouri State to an early lead and the Bears went on to end Bradley's season with a 4-1 victory over the Braves Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
A Bradley (21-30 overall) error in the bottom of the first helped lead to three Missouri State (25-25 overall) runs. Ashley Brentz legged out an infield single and the Bears had runners at first and third after a Stevie Pierce single. A wild pitch and BU error allowed two runs to cross and Lauren Eisenreich gave Missouri State a 3-0 lead with a two-out single up the middle.
The Bears capitalized on another Bradley error in the bottom of the second. With runners at first and third and one out, Kirstin Cutter stole second and Ali Trickey was able to race home on a BU throwing error on the play as the Bears pushed the lead to 4-0.
The Braves loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the fourth after sophomore Bailiegh Basham (Mattoon, Ill./Mattoon/Lake Land C.C.) reached on an error, but 2011 MVC Tournament MVP Natalie Rose settled down to strike out her seventh hitter of the contest and get out of the jam.
Rose pitched out of another jam in the top of the sixth after Basham and sophomore Madeline Lynch-Crumrine (Sedro-Woolley, Wash./Sedro-Woolley) led off the frame with back-to-back singles. Rose retired the next three batters she faced, however, as Bradley went into the seventh trailing 4-0.
Sophomore Shannon King (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) led off the top of the seventh with a single and senior Jackie Roth (Hickory Hills, Ill./Stagg) drove her in with a two-out double to right center in the final at bat of her career. The tying run was at the plate after Basham drew a two-out walk, but Rose got Lynch-Crumrine to pop out to end the contest.
Lynch-Crumrine gave up just one earned run in the loss, finishing the year with an 11-18 record. She struck out three and walked two in the loss. Rose earned the victory for Missouri State, fanning eight and walking two in the complete game win to improve to 17-15.
Missouri State advances to Thursday's 6:30 p.m. second round game against #3 seed Drake.


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What we've got is a simple bit of software we want to give you. It'll let you make free calls to your friends all over the world. And we don't want any money for it. It's free.
You could think of us as the big, free Internet telephony company. We prefer to think of ourselves as a big group hug, even a present. Yes! that's it; we're a present; but without the ribbon.
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For the most part for me, Skype performs as intended but I still get 1 in 7 (average) SMS stuck as 'pending' meaning I am never sure if the message was received at the other end by the intended recipient so I end up calling them.
Apparently this is more to do with the cell phone network not always sending a 'successful delivery' flag back to Skype. So you may find some cell phone networks behave better than others.
Skype is very much hit and miss. On one hand, it brought video conference to the masses and cheap conference calls to my company. On the other, the quality is mediocre on lots of calls, the service unreliable and the UI for the mac version rather drab. I downgraded to 2.6 stable from 2.7 beta due to the various issues introduced by the so-called 'high quality/resolution' calls, which do not work as advertised and are just a tie in with Logitech to sell more quickcams. (yes I know about the xml trick, but still). Recommended with reservations until IChat gets its stuff together.
Version 2.7 beta brings 640×480 video.
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Since yesterday that Skype is unable to establish a connection. And this also happens with other Skype users. My brother uses a PC and he has the same problem: since yesterday he is unable to connect through Skype.
Anyboday knows what's happening? Is the whole Skype system down?
@ bradbeattie:
I have installed version 184.108.40.206 yesterday and it did not add itself to the login items. The preferences were kept just the same, as they were in the previous version.
The new version adds itself to your login items. For shame, Skype-coders, for shame.
184.108.40.206 is crappy, stay with 184.108.40.206 for the moment:
Contact grouping is very undone, re-arranging groups is not possible, drag and drop arranging neither. It does not put online contacts at the top, all three "view" options (show/hide offline, sort by status/kind) do not work.
There seem to be some good improvements, but unless the contacts-list does work (which is kind of important), I'll stay with 2.6.151.
maybe if the status would be visible in the dock icon, may be practical more than another menu bar icon...
I love how the music fades out/in when receiving/making a call. However, the implementation is... not perfect. Only starts decreasig while the call is already accepted, resuming also has a delay which kills the nice fade-in effect. It's a minor issue though.
Only major drawback is that incoming text-chats do not open automatically, having to klick the red (1) top right of my contacts is annoying and you need to click that anyway. This makes no sense, just open the chat-window automatically, devs!
Great app- It's the only way I can do webcam to pc's besides using Mercury Messenger (which doesn't go with Tiger very well, IMHO).
To previous poster (grr): Skype noticed that this was a bug and they have fixed it. Look here for more information: http://share.skype.com/sites/mac/2007/05/usb_and_bluetooth_audio_fixed.html
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Upstate softball downs Stetson in A-Sun Tournament opener
Published: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:11 p.m.
In Nashville, Tenn., Jamie Ujvari allowed one run on four hits in a complete-game victory as USC Upstate beat Stetson 5-1 in the Atlantic Sun Conference softball tournament opener on Thursday.
Ujvari (18-3) struck out six and didn't issue a walk. Meredith Barnes was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI for the second-seeded Spartans (38-9), who will face No. 4 seed Lipscomb at 12:30 this afternoon.
"We struggled after not playing for two weeks and had a lot of rust to knock off," Upstate head coach Chris Hawkins said. "I'm really proud of how we played the game today. Getting our bunts down, executing the squeeze, getting good swings with two strikes were all things we did well today."
The Spartans scored three runs in the sixth inning to provide some breathing room.
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MARTINEZ -- The last known witness for the prosecution in the Richmond High School gang rape dual jury trial testified Monday that DNA from both defendants was recovered from the crime scene.
Defendant Marcelles Peter's DNA was found on the interior of a discarded, broken used condom, according to DNA expert David Stockwell, who retired from Contra Costa County's crime lab in 2011. Defendant Jose Montano's DNA was found on a condom wrapper, Stockwell said.
Peter, 20, and Montano, 22, are each facing life in prison if they are convicted as charged in connection with the Oct. 24, 2009, assault on a then-16-year-old girl in a dark campus courtyard during a homecoming dance. Questions that their attorneys lobbed at Stockwell on Monday focused on the integrity of the evidence collection and testing processes, and possible scenarios as to how their clients' DNA could get on the objects in an effort to raise doubt with jurors.
Ari Morales, 19, and Manuel Ortega, 22, are already serving long prison sentences after taking plea deals in the case; Elvis Torrentes, 25, and John Crane, 46, are awaiting trial.
The lab spent a year testing all the biological evidence against DNA samples that police collected from the victim, the seven men and boys originally charged in the case, and another six men and boys who were identified as witnesses to the assault.
From the victim's body, authorities identified sperm DNA from Crane, Ortega and a male who has never been identified by police, Stockwell said.
Stockwell said he could not say whether Peter's genetic material retrieved from inside a sperm fraction sample on the condom came from Peter's sperm. It is possible, he said, that Peter's non-sperm DNA, which was also found on the condom, crossed over into the sperm fraction.
Crane's sperm was recovered from that same condom, as well as on numerous parts of the victim's body, on stains on other suspects' clothes and on various objects found at the crime scene, according to Stockwell.
Montano's DNA on a condom wrapper was of the non-sperm variety, Stockwell said. Both Peter's and Montano's DNA were also found on an alcoholic beverage can.
Prosecutor John Cope began presenting witnesses June 4, and Stockwell is his last witness unless he chooses to call a rebuttal witness to contradict testimony by any defense witnesses. Contact Malaika Fraley at 925-234-1684. Follow her at Twitter.com/malaikafraley.