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One of the notable Giants fans in Detroit is 25-year-old Hayward native Ashley Chavez, who has spent the past six months living expense-free in Manhattan as the team's fan representative at Major League Baseball's Fan Cave in New York City. Chavez was one of nine fans selected from more than 22,000 applicants who crafted essays about their devotion to their favorite team.
Chavez, who was working at a Men's Wearhouse a year ago as a tuxedo manager, watched all 162 regular-season games of the Giants' season at the Fan Cave, an interactive experience and social media center at Fourth and Broadway in Manhattan. One of three remaining "survivors" of the Fan Cave competition, she has been present at all four World Series games.
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren apparently isn't satisfied with just bouncing former GOP rival Scott Brown out of the Senate in Massachusetts — she's trying to make sure Brown doesn't get elected in New Hampshire.
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Amy Carey-Jones, center, sister of Miriam Carey, speaks to the media outside the home of her sister Valarie, left, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The sisters of a woman fatally shot by police in Washington after she tried to ram her car through a White House barrier say she wasn't delusional and suggest she may have been fleeing danger when she was killed. Valarie Carey said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show on Monday that perhaps her sister, Miriam Carey, was afraid and fleeing with a 13-month-old child in her car when she was killed on Thursday. Another sister, retired New York City police officer Amy Carey-Jones, suggests police overreacted or were negligent. The sisters also disputed officials' account that Miriam Carter was under the delusion that President Barack Obama was communicating with her. Amy Carey-Jones said it's "not the Miriam we knew."


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Valdosta, GA -- After Valdosta State's most successful season since 2008, the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association took notice, naming Head Coach Kiley Hill the South Region's Coach of the Year and tagging Brittany Ferguson with an All-America Honorable Mention.
Being named region Coach of the Year puts Hill in the running for the Russell Athletics/WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year, to be announced Monday, April 2, during the second annual WBCA Awards Show.
"The WBCA congratulates these coaches on being named finalists for this year's Division II Coach of the Year award," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "Each coach was selected by their peers and is deserving of this honor for their terrific seasons. On behalf of the WBCA and its members, I wish all eight of these finalists the best of luck at the WBCA Awards Show in Denver."
"Russell Athletic believes in the 'Power of Team' and no team can be successful without a powerful leader," said Russell Athletic Executive Vice President Gary Barfield. "Russell Athletic is pleased to honor the coaches nominated for National Coach of the Year and applaud their successes."
After earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament as a sixth seed, Hill's squad pushed all the way to the Sweet Sixteen. Knocking off the third and second seeds en route to the Sweet Sixteen, top seed Rollins proved to be too much for VSU. Hill's team ended his 12th season as head coach with a 22-8 record.
Hill was one of eight coaches across the nation to earn the regional honor. His competition for the WBCA's National Coach of the Year include Meghan Burke Brown of Southern Connecticut State, Stan Swank of Edinboro, Clayton State's Dennis Cox, Ashland's Sue Ramsey, Lane Lord of Pittsburg State, Chris Kielsmeier of Wayne State and UC-San Diego's Charity Elliott.
Meanwhile, Ferguson was one of just three players from the Gulf South Conference and just five players from the south region to earn national recognition from the WBCA. Ferguson was named to the WBCA Division II Coaches' All-America Team Honorable Mentions.
Ferguson put together a stellar season that saw her named to the All-Region First Team, All-Gulf South Conference First Team and the All-South Region Tournament Team. She was named the GSC Player of the Week a conference-high five times this season. She averaged 16.7 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season.
Her conference counterparts include Delta State's Veronica Walker and Alabama-Huntsville's Jasmine Hammon. Walker was named to the All-America team while Hammon was also an honorable mention. Regional peers include Briauna Hagins of Florida Tech and Ashley Jones of Rollins, both honorable mentions.


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- World Cup: U.S. to face Belgium in round of 16
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To cheat Death is a tall order, but that's what the U.S. men's soccer team has done.
They are advancing in the World Cup and will play Tuesday against Belgium. They won their place as one of the 16 best soccer teams on the planet despite losing 1-0 to Germany on Thursday.
Despite playing most of their three games without their top striker, Jozy Altidore.
Despite a travel schedule that sent them from the jungle of Manaus 1,760 miles to the coast of Recife.
Despite weather that included 100-plus degree temps and flooding.
And despite competition that consisted of Germany, Portugal and Ghana -- aka the Group of Death.
This team was supposed to be flying home today.
They are not. They are staying on. They are playing on.
"For sure, something to be proud of," midfielder Michael Bradley said in a post-match interview. "It's important to be happy, important to be proud of it. But now let's stay focused on what this is all about ... in the big picture, we've not done anything yet."
Oh, but they have.
Few had them advancing to the knockout rounds when the group pairings were announced in December.
Germany and Portugal, two of the most prestigious countries in the sport -- featuring two of the world's best players in Thomas Muller and Cristiano Ronaldo -- were the class of the group. And Ghana had knocked the U.S. out of consecutive World Cups.
On top of that, coach Jurgen Klinsmann had taken a bunch of young, inexperienced players with him to Brazil.
Then star Jozy Altidore got hurt minutes into the opener. Then Clint Dempsey had his nose broken on a defender's shin. Then Bradley, arguably the team's best player, seemed to lose his mojo and become a liability with too many turnovers and not enough play-making.
But the U.S. overcame it all. The doubt and criticism. Ghana. A devastating, last-minute tie to Portugal. The inexperience of several key players. The intense heat of Game 2. The relentless rain of Game 3.
They subdued all the odds to earn a special place in American sports history.
It makes you wonder: Can this team be counted out moving forward?
They take on Belgium in the round of 16 on Tuesday. A win likely sets up a date with Argentina, a title contender.
This team has some intangibles it can ride, a la the 2002 squad that made it to the final eight before barely losing to Germany.
This U.S. installment is a magnet for drama. They have a penchant for dangling the nation on the edge of heartbreak every time they play. They are just good enough to make winning possible, just flawed enough to make defeat an option. But they're also just hungry enough to keep fighting.
Thursday's performance wasn't as thrilling, or inspiring, as the two previous games. Certainly not as emotional as beating Germany would have been. But Portugal's concurrent 2-1 win over Ghana negated the need for a U.S. win -- or even a tie.
Still, the Americans couldn't afford a blowout loss like the one Germany had planted on Portugal. The Deutsch squad is more than capable of racking up the goals and that might've opened the door for Portugal to sneak in. But the American resolve wouldn't allow it.
Torrential rains and focused Germans increased the degree of difficulty. The mucky field, a short turnaround after playing in the steamy jungle of Manaus, noticeably robbed the U.S. of pizazz. Yet they hung on.
Tim Howard and surprise defensive starter Omar Gonzalez came up with some key stops early to keep the first half scoreless. Graham Zusi, Jermaine Jones and Fabian Johnson had to slug it out on both ends to cover for another lackluster performance from Bradley and the German's extra attention to Dempsey.
They eventually surrendered a goal, as Muller zipped in a perfect line drive, evading defenders and the reach of Howard.
After that, the Germans went for the jugular. They pressed forward even more, clearly looking to break the heart of America. But they couldn't do it. The scoring machine couldn't score again.
And toward the end, with a chance for a draw, the U.S. mounted one last charge. They didn't know that Ghana was losing to Portugal. They just knew they had to fight. Their two chances late didn't find the net, but it was the go-down-swinging mentality that has endeared this squad to this nation.
It takes a real appreciation for World Cup soccer to fully understand what they just pulled off. Group play, especially in this daunting of a quartet, is all about survival. That seems to be how this team rolls.
Can the Yanks keep moving forward? Can they compensate for limited talent with excess heart?
Hard to say they can't. After all, they just cheated Death.
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Jackson, Mississippi Poultry pulls by the millions to Mississippi each year. However, some are worried it could now go into the wrong hands.
The USDA will now allow chicken slaughtered in the U.S. to be processed in China. No labeling will be required to identify those chicken products that will be shipped back to the U.S. Representative Tom Miles is calling foul on the idea of shipping chicken back and forth to China.
"When we have Mississippi workers, Mississippi farmers are handling our chickens, that are handling and processing our food, it's just a sense that we all feel safe with it because we know where the food is coming from," Miles feels.
Miles plans to introduce a truth-in-labeling bill next session. It would be similar to current law that requires origin labels for catfish.
"When you walk into the catfish restaurants, you see the sign that says this is Mississippi farm raised catfish," Miles explains. "That this is Mississippi processed and grown chickens."
He also looks at the labels as a way of protecting the booming industry that much of the Magnolia state relies on. His phone has already started ringing with questions.
"They're just concerned of the unknown," Miles says. "They're concerned of what happens if our factory workers leave our town and we don't have anyone left in our towns."
Mark Leggett, President of the Mississippi Poultry Association, says the state should be careful with stamping those labels.
"Our concern would be first some type of retaliation by other countries," Legget says. "That they would decide to not buy our chicken."
Leggett says the growth of the poultry industry is going to come from overseas. Mississippi currently sells chicken to 77 different countries. He also stresses that the chicken going to and from China will be a small percentage of the industry.
"It'll be processed chicken and it's not chicken you would see in a tray in the Kroger," he points out. "You wouldn't see a Mississippi chicken beside a Chinese chicken."
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Nosferatu, Lord Voldemort, Pinhead and 13 other menaces have been terminated. Godzilla, the Mummy, Hannibal Lecter and a number of other creeps remain.
Our quest to find the greatest monster of all time -- which started out as a field of 32 -- has been narrowed down to a not-so-sweet 16. Was your favorite creature eliminated? Don't blame us -- you did the voting during Round 1 of our Monster Mash.
Now, we're asking you to vote again -- as Round 2 has begun.
There are some frighteningly good matchups here. Godzilla goes head-to-head with Darth Vader from "Star Wars." The classic Mummy takes on Jason from "Friday the 13th." And who's going to win between Dracula and Predator?
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WASHINGTON (October 13, 2012)—Control of the U.S. Senate may turn on whether Republican candidates in Massachusetts and Connecticut can win over President Barack Obama's voters and Democrats from Indiana to Arizona can impress Mitt Romney's GOP backers.
Ticket-splitting is vital to the prospects of Senate candidates in a half-dozen races in states that Mr. Obama and Romney are expected to win handily.
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n light of all that has emerged about the Hillsbrough disasterI feel that all Football fans should boycott this worthless ragI am disgusted that so many lies were told and more to the point if the police could organise a piss up in a pub 41 lives need not have been lost as in stead of the ambulances being held out side they could and should have been let in to start to save some lives.God alone knows how the 96 victims families feel will they be thinking was my loved one one of the 41 that might have been saved!! how awful that will be for them.I thinkl its time to put tribal football support to one side and as a collective of football fans make sure the sun like the NOTW goes out of production
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September 22, 2010
ACEEE Recognizes the Leading State-Led Energy Efficiency Programs
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) announced on September 15 its first-ever awards for exceptional state-led energy efficiency programs. Among the top five programs is the Colorado Energy Star New Homes Program, which "presents an excellent model in which the state energy office forms regional partnerships with counties, cities, nonprofit organizations, and utilities to offer locally tailored programs." The program promotes Energy Star certification in new residential construction. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) earned kudos for two of its programs: the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Demonstration Program, which has helped pay for the installation of CHP systems at 65 locations, and the Wastewater Efficiency Program, "a model program for states intent on improving the energy efficiency of wastewater systems." A top award also went to the State of Hawaii for its Lead by Example Program, in which state agencies demonstrate the benefits of energy efficiency. Hawaii's state agencies used 5.8% less electricity in fiscal year (FY) 2009 than they did in FY 2008, saving about $10 million. Rounding out the top five is the Maryland Statewide Farm Energy Audit Program, which invests carbon allowance proceeds to offer energy audits and technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers.
The ACEEE also awarded honorable mentions to 10 additional programs that originated in Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington. In addition, three emerging programs won awards for their innovative approaches: a California program that gives fleet owners vouchers to halve the extra cost of buying hybrid versions of heavy-duty trucks and buses; a Massachusetts program that provides incentives for creating higher-density, mixed-income housing in smart-growth locations; and a New Jersey program that takes a comprehensive, whole-building approach to energy efficiency in existing commercial and industrial buildings. See the ACEEE press release and report.


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|2010 Inductee (Boxing 1958-1960/Football 1958-1961/Baseball 1960-1961/Boxing Coach 1960-1961)
Granvil "Wayne" Tedder was born on December 23, 1937 in Amarillo, Texas and later moved to Borger, Texas. At an early age, Tedder was involved in numerous athletic activities. He was a two-sport athlete at Borger High School and also found time to participate for the local Golden Gloves Boxing team.
Cameron Junior College (JC) was the next step for Tedder's stellar athletic career. He was awarded a Boxing scholarship at Cameron and would also compete on their baseball and football teams. In 1957, he won the Oklahoma State Featherweight Boxing Championship as well as 2-of-3 bouts at the National Golden Gloves Tournament in Chicago. During his sophomore year the Cameron JC football team was ranked #2 in the nation and the baseball team won the first JC World Series. Upon completion of 2 years at Cameron, Tedder was awarded a boxing scholarship at the University of Corpus Christi (UCC).
Tedder played on the UCC Tarpon baseball and football teams, but he truly excelled in the boxing program. Tedder's success at the regional Golden Gloves Tournament here in Corpus Christi propelled him to the Texas Golden Gloves Tournament in Ft. Worth where he was voted "Outstanding Fighter of the GG Tournament" by the sportswriters. The next step was the National Golden Gloves Tournament in Chicago where he would eventually lose to the National Champions during both his junior and senior years.
Tedder was named "Mr. UCC" in 1960 and was awarded the John Hickman Trophy as the Most Outstanding UCC Athlete in 1961.
After graduating from UCC, Tedder served in the Army from 1961-1963 during the Berlin crisis. He was deployed to Germany as a radio operator for the 3rd Armored Battalion. During his time in the service, Tedder played baseball for the Army's divisional team.
Upon completion of his military career, Tedder began his teaching and coaching career. He coached for 17 years at La Mirada High School in La Mirada, California where his baseball teams went to the state playoffs 10 times. In 1980, Tedder moved his family back to Texas where he was the head baseball coach and an assistant football coach at Spring Branch High School in Houston for three years. He was recognized for his ability as a talent evaluator as he served as the head scout for the Houston Gamblers of the USFL from 1983-1985.
After a few years in professional football, he was drawn back to working with high school athletes, serving as assistant offensive coach at Lee High School in Houston from 1985-1988. He then took over as head football coach and Athletic Director at Lee High School in 1989 and would serve in that capacity through 1994.
Since 1994, Tedder has served as Assistant Football Coach and Hitting Coach for Bellaire High School in Houston, TX. During his 16 years at Bellaire, he's been recognized as National Baseball Assistant Coach of the Year and been inducted into the Bellaire HS Baseball Hall of Fame (2000). In 2005, his uniform number was retired from Bellaire and the locker room was dedicated in his honor. On the Field, his 1999 Bellaire Baseball Team won the State Championship and was named the US National Champions of High School Baseball.
Tedder and his wife LaVerne live in Houston and have two children, daughter, Tanya and husband, Kevin Straka; son, Ron and wife, Dorie, and two athletic grandsons, Anthony and Michael.


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Coverage is the term used to quantify the extent to which a large assembly object is covered by instances of smaller objects. The three contexts in which coverage is most often discussed are read coverage of a genome, read coverage of a contig, and contig coverage of a supercontig. Coverage may be evaluated at a particular location, in which case it is an integer value, or it may be over a region, in which case it is a fractional average. Coverage may be nonexistent (0X), partial (less than 1X), single (1X), or multiple (2X, 3X, and so forth.)
Read coverage of a genome
The most common meaning of "coverage" is the average coverage of a genome by input reads. The read coverage of a genome project is the total length of all the reads that have been sequenced, divided by the total number of bases in the genome. Note that each insert contributes only the length of its read pair to coverage, not its own full length.
A higher coverage means a better assembly. Low-coverage assemblies have many gaps, due to random chance, and the confidence in contig consensus is low. (However, even high-coverage assemblies may have gaps due to cloning bias.) Mammalian genomes are typically considered thoroughly covered when coverage is about 7X-8X, although this can be hard to pinpoint because it is difficult to know a genome's size a priori.
The module BasicAssemblyStats describes two types of genome coverage. Sequence coverage assumes the genome is exactly the size specified in genome.size. Assembly coverage is the coverage of the draft assembly itself -- hence it assumes a genome "size" equal to the sum of all supercontig lengths and is dependent on the choice of SUBDIR. In addition, it also defines Q20 coverage, which is defined as the coverage by bases with Q ≥ 20.
Read coverage of a contig
Read coverage of a contig is the number of reads that contribute to the contig consensus. It is generally on par with the overall assembly coverage, although it varies due to cloning bias. Regions of particularly high read coverage imply repeats, while regions of low coverage may indicate misassemblies due to relying heavily on a single read-read alignment. Read coverage is easy to visualize with DisplaySupercontig, simply by eyeballing the height of read stacks.
Sometimes, during the assembly process, a contig will develop a "bald spot", a region with no read coverage. The module ContigSanitizer finds these spots and will use them to split up contigs.
Contig coverage of a supercontig
Contig coverage of supercontigs is usually 1, but it may change based on the location of gaps. Positive-size gaps create regions of zero contig coverage, while negative-size gaps create overlaps, or regions of multiple coverage. These regions are denoted in BasicAssemblyStats.
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The module CoverageAnalyzer provides tools for evaluating coverages.


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Innsbruck – Austrian specialist for so-called ugimeres, Ugichem GmbH, has landed fresh funding. Along with V+ GmbH and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Swiss private investors invested about EUR2m to develop the first preclinical candidates for the company's Ugimer gene-silencing drugs. "We are happy to secure this funding, which gives us the opportunity to build up the Ugimers as a therapeutic gene-silencing product platform in a comprehensive manner," said Ugichem CEO Holger Bock. Ugimers are synthetic antisense oligonucleotides that do not require a delivery system to access their target. Ugichem hopes that they will also be able to target cellular compartments that are not accessible through other (RNA) drugs.


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Quite possibly the cutest, sweetest, and most attractive girl you'll ever meet. Not only is she pretty and hot, but she has great intellectual insight and is all around a perfect person. No matter what she does, you could never get mad at her. When you see her pictures, her smile, her eyes, you feel not only turned on, but content. Content because you know that she is everything you could ask for.
"Have you met Nikki?"
"Yes, and I think I want to marry her."
"We all do."
"Yes, and I think I want to marry her."
"We all do."
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Probably, and by probably I mean it's highly likely that Nikki is the most badass supah fly baller you'll ever meet. She's also a sex fiend who loves Newports and coffee.
Nikki needs no example, she is the example.
by Nikki's Biggest Admirer August 30, 2006
Nikki's love to have fun, and many people enjoy their presence. However, they tend to have a lot of haters, due to their inviting charm and swag that some may envy. Nikki's are often very attractive but tend to think otherwise. In some cases, Nikki's may seem a bit shy on the outside, but once you get no know them you find that they're the complete opposite of shy. Don't provoke a Nikki too much because they do have a mean side and , if irritated enough, she will attack you( either verbally or physically).
Person 1 : "Wow that girl over there seems really nice, it's like, i want to be her friend and i don't even know her!''
Person 2 : " Yeah, i know what you mean. She HAS to be named Nikki."
Person 2 : " Yeah, i know what you mean. She HAS to be named Nikki."
by NikNakNike January 05, 2010
the anatomy of amazing and awesome!! fantastic.
a joy to be around.... always
a joy to be around.... always
That girl is a real Nikki to be around!
by Carly111 December 31, 2007
A hot.. no the HOTTEST girl there is. Shes hot and is amazing in bed. Once you go to her you will want nothing more. She knows how to have a good time, and shell make you have the BEST time!!! Shes hot and will turn you on in an instance. The best thing is if Nikki is just her "nickname".
That is the hottest nickname a girl could ask for!!
That is the hottest nickname a girl could ask for!!
Have you seen that girl? Yeah she's got to be a Nikki.
by Jordann//Nikki June 19, 2008
One of the most perfect people on Earth. once you get to know her you start loving her and cant stop even for a second and she is always is the back of your head. She is super sexy and you cant take your eyes off her. The first time you put your arm around her, you feel like you are holding the world and never want to let her go. The first time you french her, you have gone to heaven. if you are having a bad day all you have to do is look at her smile and everything is behind you
last night i had a date with nikki and i never wanted that night to end
by A nikki's lover May 06, 2009
Sex Kitten, verry good at purring, seducing and can kill with one look. Makes men crazy, can't get enough of her!
Wonderful in bed, and as a bonus she'll throw in some animal noises and will talk dirty to you in spanish.
But she's not easy!
Wonderful in bed, and as a bonus she'll throw in some animal noises and will talk dirty to you in spanish.
But she's not easy!
wow, that Nikki banged me hard last night!
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2002 West Point Bicentennial Commemorative Coin
The Tribute
On March 16, 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed into law a bill of the United States Congress authorizing the establishment of "a military academy to be located at West Point in the State of New York." During 2002, the Bicentennial of the founding of the United States Military Academy were observed at West Point and at other designated places throughout the world.
The purpose of the Bicentennial is "to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the United States Military Academy by celebrating its contributions to the Nation and the people of the world."
About the Coins
The U.S. Military Academy Bicentennial Commemorative Silver Dollar is authorized by Public Law 103-328, section 207, signed by President William J. Clinton on September 29, 1994.
This coin was produced by the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. The proceeds from the surcharges on these coins assist the Association of Graduates' efforts to provide for the academic, military, physical, moral and ethical development programs of the Corp of Cadets.
This coin is legal tender of the United States and was available from March 16, 2002 through March 16, 2003.
The obverse, by Mint sculptor-engraver James Ferrell, depicts a cadet color guard in parade with the Military Academy's Washington Hall and Cadet Chapel in the background.
The reverse, by United States Mint sculptor-engraver John Mercanti , depicts the United States Military Academy Bicentennial logo.


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The same 144-page program as sold to fans attending the Penn State-Temple football game at Beaver Stadium on September 20, 2008.
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Government PR surges amid media cuts
As reporter ranks shrink, agencies are using tax money to fill (or exploit) the void
"Undersheriff Looks Back on Outstanding Career"
"County Building Permits Keep Residents Safe"
"County's 'Live Well, San Diego!' Improving the Region's Health"
The headlines all appeared on the County News Center website, which looks like a real news outlet — but isn't. The site has a .com address, as opposed to .gov, and contains only subtle cues that it's a San Diego County government public-relations operation.
The stories are written by PR people paid with tax money. The 18-month-old venture produces daily online reports, videos and graphics that attempt to sidestep (or replace) traditional media and go "direct to you."
Spend time on the site and you will find a pattern of coverage portraying the county as essentially faultless. That perception appears to be held among top officials, who call it "the finest local government in America" and then quote themselves saying that.
Travails of the traditional news industry are well-known, with reporting ranks contracting across the nation.
The County News Center is a manifestation of a lesser-known counter-trend: a surge of government communicators to fill the void left by the media — or exploit it.
Nationwide, the number of government PR workers more than doubled from 2003 to 2011 while the number of reporters and correspondents fell by a quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There used to be one government PR specialist for every four reporters in America; now the relationship is almost 1-to-1.
In San Diego County, the ratio is 0.86 government PR specialists for every reporter. Public-sector communicators briefly outnumbered reporters two years ago, according to the California Employment Development Department.
The ratio is probably much higher. Many of the reporters included in the numbers write about business or arts or sports, leaving those who cover government easily outnumbered.
The statistics also don't account for the government's extensive use of PR contractors. The Port of San Diego has spent $2.3 million on 10 different public-affairs companies over the past four years, at least one at a rate of $595 per hour.
Just this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown pulled the plug on a $9.8 million PR contract for a Bay Area bridge project — including a commemorative book — saying it looked unseemly after the state pleaded poverty to win approval of a tax increase.
Several reasons underlie the trends. For one thing, government is growing as a percentage of the U.S. economy and in raw size — from $4 trillion in 2003 to $6.25 trillion now. In addition, a demanding populace wants more public information while changing technologies offer more sophisticated ways of managing the message.
"It used to be that if you wanted to communicate with government you had to show up at a public meeting or make a phone call during business hours," said Kendra B. Stewart, director of the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston. "Today, there are many other ways such as posting to Facebook, tweeting the mayor or sending emails. Because of the interest and ability for citizens to respond to government there has been a need to hire people to basically serve as the other end to that and communicate back."
Government PR dates back at least to Andrew Jackson's administration, which featured newspaperman Amos Kendall as the first presidential press secretary. The profession took off in the run-up to the first and second world wars and from 2007 to 2011, its ranks jumped 80 percent.
Martin Kaplan, professor of entertainment, media and society at the University of Southern California, said there is much at stake as the government's unchecked message reaches wider audiences and the fourth estate struggles to retain its footing.
"If you don't have somebody who has the time to think through the implications of the information being released and then ask whose interest might it serve, whose might it not serve, and try to find appropriate stakeholder voices to add to the story, that means that the government's point of view is often the only point of view," said Kaplan, a former chief spokesman to Vice President Walter Mondale.
Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters began covering the Capitol in the mid-1970s, when the then-and-current governor had only two people performing press duties. The Assembly speaker and Senate president each had just one dedicated press agent — a perk no other state lawmakers enjoyed. Now the governor's office, legislative leadership and rank-and-file lawmakers command a veritable army of paid communicators.
Meanwhile, Walters estimates, the press corps has shrunk in half, with many landing higher-paying jobs in the agencies they once covered.
Years ago, Walters said, virtually all of the public-information officers assigned to agencies were civil servants who maintained their posts regardless of who was in charge. Now many are political positions.
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"I don't think that the rise in flackery has really resulted in someone bending the (news) product," he said. "The real impact of it has been to make it somewhat more difficult to penetrate the kind of veil that gets thrown down. You call someone and the first person you hear back from is their flak.
"Once that intervention occurs then you are more likely to get the party line rather than talk to someone who is being candid with you."
Larry Thomas, who was 23 when he left a reporting job at The San Diego Union to become Mayor Pete Wilson's press secretary in 1972, recalled that just one staffer functioned as an information source to reporters for the entire San Diego City Council. Some department heads had media help, but most continued to handle their own press calls.
"They were more providers of information than advocates for their bosses and defenders of the departments," Thomas said. "Principally, it was designed to quickly get information to the media as they needed."
Thomas, who went on to become the press secretary to Gov. George Deukmejian and Vice President George Bush, said many public-information officers have become classic spokespeople: political allies of managers or elected officials who help to draft speeches, prepare for controversy and shield their bosses in tough times.
"The level of demands and requirements became more complex and sophisticated," he said. "And, as a result, salaries increased substantially."
In San Diego County from 2003 to 2011, the median hourly wage for government public-relations specialists increased 13 percent to $30.99 an hour while reporter pay dropped 43 percent to $18.38 an hour during the same period — a crisscrossing trendline driven in part by experienced journalists landing jobs in government PR.
The desire for government to shape its image is so strong that some are putting more stock in their messaging than their core functions. This year, the San Miguel Fire District in East San Diego County outsourced its firefighting services citing budget woes — but kept its spokesman on staff.
San Diego's county government spends about $3.1 million a year on its public relations staff of 25.
U-T San Diego has far more resources, with a newsroom staff of 200. But the County News Center is now larger than several organizations charged with keeping tabs on local news — the Voice of San Diego, The San Diego Daily Transcript, San Diego Reader and San Diego CityBeat.
"If suddenly I showed up to work on a Monday morning and I had 12 full-time writers on my staff and a budget of $3 million it would be Christmas morning times a million," CityBeat Editor David Rolland said. "CityBeat would own this town if I had those kinds of resources."
Rolland, who has an editorial staff of seven (three of them full-time), said the county has been overly sensitive to negative press and that its response has been to freeze out the weekly.
The U-T had the last reporter stationed in the press room at the county administration center, and he was asked to vacate his cubicle in 2010 after a series of critical stories. Officials cited a reorganization of space.
The County News Center launched the next year.
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- Sweetwater has not one, but two, P.R. firms
- Report questions district P.R. aimed at election
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Rolland said he doesn't begrudge the county its ability to put out information it deems worthy.
"You and I are going to mostly focus on the negative and the reason I proudly say that is you focus on the problems in order to make things better," Rolland said. "You leave the good news to the agency to put out themselves. And certainly they hope news organizations will take note of the successes. But it's the level and the amount of money going to it. Ultimately, it's the taxpayers who have to say whether this is a good use of their money or not."
Charlene Ayers, a community activist and proprietor of the "Ranters Roost" email newsletter, said the county is less interested in disseminating routine information, and more interested in being a "very expensive image-building machine — more phoniness — that has no basis in reality."
Ayers said she found it offensive that she and fellow "ranters" could line up against a proposal and speak their peace — only to find that a taxpayer-funded website had ignored them and painted a "glossy best possible outcome as far as the (county) supervisors are concerned."
"I think they decided to put out this propaganda group because they were being criticized so much that they lost control of the message," she said.
The county's own watchdog group, the civil grand jury, puts out dozens of reports critical of county operations. Only one report has been headlined on the news center — a May 10 article titled, "Grand Jury Report Praises Several County Efforts."
On May 1, a local wire service and other media ran a story based on a county staff report under variations of the headline "County Has $500 Million Project Backlog, Report Finds." The county's headline on the same day was "No Backlog; It's Called Smart Planning!"
The last line of the story said, "And the County is proud of it."
On primary Election Day in June, the county posted an item under the headline "Sup. Cox Honored for Parks Leadership" featuring a large photo of a smiling Supervisor Greg Cox riding a bicycle in office attire. It touted a national award given to the supervisor for "his leadership in helping create parks and open spaces in the county."
The problem? The longtime supervisor happened to be on the ballot that day. Officials acknowledged the timing and even the subject of the post were mistakes.
The site has a small but growing audience — understandable considering its content serves the same basic function as old-style press releases. The dispatches are carried verbatim in some community newspapers or websites.
"My only avenue back in the day was to write up the most interesting press release I could and try to entice you to come out," said Michael Workman, the chief spokesman for San Diego County. "Now, the paradigm has shifted. With technology I can tell the story directly."
Workman said he is trying to provide information about county programs and services that would be helpful to people and let them know how the agency is spending its tax money.
"We're not doing (former Rep. Randy) 'Duke' Cunningham investigations," he said. "We're trying to do stories about protecting yourself from whooping cough, telling people that a woman died from the flu."
If a negative story such as the congressman's bribery scandal ever came out about the county, Workman's outfit might follow up in its own way.
"Then we would probably write a story," he said, "including information that needed to be corrected or further explained."
Some see an inherent conflict in government agencies (or companies, for that matter) becoming the bearers of their own information.
"If we see a further diminishment of independent sources of news and become too reliant on corporate-fed or government-fed news, then voters and the public lose the ability to really be able to understand the issues that are at hand," said Kathay Feng, executive director of California Common Cause, a nonprofit good-government advocacy group.
Others see a heightened danger in undiscerning readers giving all web-published information equal standing.
"In general I am concerned and I think all participants in our democracy should be concerned when news is coming through filters that we aren't aware of — that it's being published as news when it's coming from whatever mouthpiece whether it's governmental or corporate, " said Rebekah Wilce, a reporter at the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit investigative reporting group focusing on corporate spin and government propaganda.
The county's news operation is stocked with former reporters. That's a common scenario from the White House to the Capitol to Palomar Health.
Gerard F. Corbett, chairman and chief executive of the Public Relations Society of America, said the government's need to reach the public in new ways coincides with a ready supply of journalists in need of work.
"If you are a classically trained reporter, you know how to sniff out information, you know how to put together a cohesive story, and that's a great talent to have, a talent that's in demand," he said.
With more limited media sources, some important functions of government risk being ignored without new services like the County News Center, said Mordecai Lee, professor of governmental affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
"I think one can make an argument that if the news media is contracting and the focus seems to be on a definition of news that is inherently negative — the watchdog of government — then the stories that are deemed boring public administration will be neglected and that there's nothing wrong with government generating them," said Lee, a co-editor of "The Practice of Government Public Relations."
The University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have joined the trend in publishing their own reports.
"In concept I don't have anything against these types of programs because I think that they can be very valuable: yes, they are one-sided and told from the side of the public agency, but I also think that they can be hugely valuable," said Rachel Laing, a former managing editor at The San Diego Daily Transcript who served as the deputy press secretary for ex-San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.
"Not everyone is interested in just reading about the muck. They just want the darn information."
Sometimes that information has come out less than candid.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency apologized after it held a televised news conference about wildfires in California, with four agency public-affairs executives posing as reporters. An obscure water district had to stop packaging press releases designed to show up on Google News after the Los Angeles Times revealed the program. And Pentagon-paid "military analysts" had to stop posing as independent commentators on TV, after The New York Times exposed the ruse.
"I think the more disclaimer and candor that these government news sites can muster, the better, because there's a danger that they will become propaganda machines principally, as opposed to providing needed public information, and influence public policy, opinion and elections in ways that they are really distorting the best interests of democracy," said David Westphal, the former Washington editor for McClatchy Newspapers and a journalism professor at USC Annenberg. "There's a danger for the citizenry and also for the elected officials because it could really backfire on them."
Nevertheless, Westphal said he doesn't expect government agencies to reverse course.
"I think we've just seen the beginning of this."


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Surf the Web, block pop-ups, and keep spyware at bay with this lean and fast open-source browser
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use, and adding new features for users: It is now available in more than 70 languages, includes a Private Browsing mode, better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, the ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation, support for native JSON, and web worker threads, support for new web technologies such as: HTML5 < video > and < audio > elements, downloadable fonts and other new CSS properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 offline data storage for applications, and SVG transforms.
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Firefox has gotten quite a bit faster in recent months; memory usage is much lower than either Chrome or Safari at this point in time.
Sometimes, I have too much free memory or CPU cycles. Sometimes, I just want to have to update software and arbitrarily disable chunks of its functionality. For these moments, I reach for Firefox.
Still too memory hungry to be a serious contender.
Only use it to download some video that I cannot download for Safari.
Firefox has been getting a lot better in the last little while. Version 7 is pretty fantastic. It's fast, lean (two things Firefox lost for several years) and has a straightforward UI.
NO! Thanks.
These guys don't support PPC-Macs since v. FF 4.0 …
firefox 5.0 for mac released .... you need to update it on your list.
Firefox is the only browser that gets color management support right. It's better than Safari because it has control over how page elements are treated. This is specially useful for users with wide gamut displays.
Firefox since version 4 is back in the saddle again. I just switched back and forth between Safari, Chrome and Firefox for months now, but I'm staying with Firefox.
It's just so customisable and well thought through in the tinier details. Not to mention some plugins you just can't get on the other browsers.
Also did several comparisons on memory consumption and Firefox 4 was always the lowest. Worst was Chrome using at average two to three times the memory Firefox was using.
> +1 on that grapple theme, works with the new release candidate also!
I guess you're referring to this add-on?
Just a little shoutout for the PowerPC users. Someone is maintaining a branch of Mozilla Firefox 4 that runs on OS X 10.4+ &G3/G4/G4e/G5. It's called TenFourFox: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
(Anybody with artistic sens, please make a better icon)
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STOCKTON - Three people were held up and one was injured during an armed robbery involving three gunmen early Wednesday morning in Lincoln Village West, authorities said.
The gunmen approached the victims about 5:10 a.m. near Harpers Ferry Drive and Cumberland Place, police said. One was armed with a rifle and the other two had handguns, officers said.
One of the robbers struck one of the victims with the rifle, causing undisclosed injuries to the victim, police said. The robbers then went through the victims' pockets and stole personal belongings before fleeing south on Cumberland Place in a four-door vehicle, authorities said.
The robbers were described as Latino men 18 to 23 years old with thin builds, dark hooded sweatshirts and jeans, police said.
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Facts are facts. The two most dominant forces in the field of commercial Latin dance music today are Afro-Cuban rooted Salsa and the rock steady 1,2 beat of Afro-Dominican Merengue. Although certain other styles such as the Afro-Columbian based Cumbia and, of course, West Indian Soca vie for some of the commercial market today, it seems there is little room for the dance rhythms of other countries no matter how infectious or profound they may be. Case in point Puerto-Ricos own indigenous Afro-centric forms: Bomba and Plena.
Born from the descendants of African Slaves in the central regions of Puerto-Rico, Bomba is a general term for various styles of African derived Puerto Rican music. Two common examples are the Yubá, which is in 6/8 meter, and the Xicá, which is the common rhythm that was adapted by dance orchestras. The person responsible for bringing this aspect of Puerto-Ricos culture out of the closet and adapting it to the dance band format was the late, great percussionist Rafael Cortijo who left us in 1982.
Born in 1928 in Santurces Puerto-Rico he formed his first band in 1954 at the height of the mambo era at the urging of Cubas Mr. Babalú, singer Miguelito Valdez. Cortijos orchestra would eventually give birth to Ismael Rivera, Nacho Sanabria, Roberto Roena and his Apollo Sound, and the world renowned El Gran Combo. He came to the publics attention with his first hit "El Bon Bon De Elena" with Ismael Rivera on vocals. This Rafael Cepeda composition (Cepeda being the undisputed patriarch of Afro-Rican culture and composer of some of the most well known bombas) is representative of the Plena tradition. The Plena was born in a now non-existent area of Ponce Puerto-Rico known as Joya del Castiillo (jewel of the castle). Joya was really an impoverished area where a legendary figure in Puerto Rican music lived. Joselino Bum Bum Oppenheimer was a plowman in Ponce and would sing songs to the rhythm of his oxens hooves. He played the accordion, güicharro (gourd) and the primary percussion instrument in Plenas, the pandereta (a jingleless tambourine that sounds like a conga). He is accredited with forming the first organized Plena band and composing some of the styles most well known numbers. Because Ponces population was made up of ex-slaves from the West Indies, fans of Calypso and Soca as well as house reggae will hear many similarities with this criollo (creole) form of Puerto Rican music which has an undisputable driving riddim.
Ritmos Y Cantos Callejeros is a 1970 Ansonia release that features Cortijo and fellow Puerto Rican percussionist Kako (timbalero with the legendary Alegre All-Stars) in a virtual potpourri of now classic Bombas and Plenas. In addition, the now mythic Ismael Rivera (Maelo) is featured as a background vocalist with Gilberto Cruz and a chorus made up of friends and family. One of Puerto-Ricos most underrated talents, Chivirico Davila, is the featured lead vocalist interpreting all the tunes with Sabor Boricua (Puerto Rican taste and panache) and pure unadulterated swing.
For those listeners who are Puerto Rican this recording will bring images of La Vila del Encanto (the island of enchantment) to mind immediately. For non-Boricuas it will be an enlightening experience and an education in Puerto Rican rhythm. Plenas such as "Chiviriquiton," an Ismael Rivera composition, and classics in the genre like "Yo No Baila Con Juana" (I Dont Dance With Juana) literally jump out from the speakers and invite you to dance. The Bomba tradition is represented by standards like "Alegria Bomba Es" (Bomba Is Happiness) and "María Teresa" as well as "Que Le Paso" (What Happened?) by legendary Cuban composer Justi Barretto. On all the tunes the interplay between percussionists Cortijo and Kako, pianist Paquito Pastor (one of the most unsung heroes and most talented arrangers in Latin music he was performing with Arsenio Rodriguez when he was 15) and legendary bassist Bobby Rodriguez is a clinic in and of itself. What is even more interesting is that no horns were used on this recording, which is in keeping with the street theme of the albums title.
For those of you who are seeking, as Monty Python would say, ...something completely different, check out this unheralded diamond in the rough. Itll not only put da juice in your caboose, but will also hip you to Puerto-Ricos funk.Ritmos Y Cantos Callejeros


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East Henderson students, local artist create mural
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 4:34 p.m.
East Henderson High advanced art students recently worked with local artist Timm Kurtz to create a mural at the school.
Art teacher Terri Northup wrote a grant to have an artist in residence work with her students. She learned that Kurtz, an "old school" artist with more than 30 years of industry experience, enjoyed working with students. She contacted Kurtz, who agreed to work on the project.
Kurtz worked two-and-a-half months with the students, making sure the mural looked professional. Northup's students conceptualized the image they wanted and worked with Kurtz to sketch out the concept on a large scale.
They divided into teams and worked on research, concept, coloration, drawing and budget. Kurtz instructed students in all aspects of mural construction, including how to airbrush the final details.
Students learned many lessons during this project, including how to please their client, East Henderson High School. With each day of work, the art students heard a constant stream of critique and praise for the mural they were creating for the entire school.
Northup hopes to have Kurtz paint a mural in the gym with another group of advanced students some time in the future. The North Carolina Arts Council financed some of Kurtz's time.
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For SCACD Stamp Co.
April 30th Release!!!
The Happiest of April Everyone!!!
Are you all walking on Sunshine? If not you soon will be :o)
This soon to be released collection is designed by the Fabulous talents of Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamp Co. I would say I think but I know this Sampler Edition #4 which I lovingly refer to as Walking On Sunshine recalls childhood memories or will take you back to moments watching your own child grow. Elisabeth has once again sparked her beautiful artistry to come up with these images sure to warm the heart!!! If you want hints think of day dreaming as a child, the wonder of colors and someone trying to grow up before they are ready to name a few :o) So mark your calendars for April 30th when the stamps will be available for purchase.
Don't forget to join the DT (led by the Fab Suzanne Dean) who will be doing a Blog Hop on the 130th to show case the stamps :o) along with our wonderful Guest Designers Susana Boyd and Jacquie Heffner.
Walking on Sunshine - BLOG CANDY
Starts April 25th
So I wanted to take a different spin on the Blog Candy :o) I didn't want just one winner I want to better those odds!!! So since "Just Because" makes me happy and I heart Blog Candy this Candy is BEYOND YUMMY!!!
4 Prizes for 4 People:
*One person will win one sheet of the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler #1
*One person will win one sheet of the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler #2
*One person will win one sheet of the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler #3
*One person will win one sheet of the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler #4
How Can You Enter?
I think I am going to faint how's that for Blog Candy fun??? So now I got to keep topping myself LOL. Now to enter all you need to do is leave an answer the following question by April 29th at 10:30 pm EST and leave your answer on this post ONLY (please one entry per person):
***What is your favorite childhood memory?***
There also will be Teeny Peeks of the stamps starting the 25th.
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|Rijecka, 23000 Zadar, קרואטיה
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There is a full size bed, a big closet, nightstands with a reading lamp, and free WI-FI access throughout the house. This room has a TV as well. Towel is always provided and a 42" tower fan with ionizer is provided in the room.
There are 3 rooms in the house. My apt is located on the first floor. You'll have access to all the common areas including the kitchenette that consist of microwave and fridge, and bathroom that is shared with two other rooms. Absolutely no smoking inside the house but you may smoke at the patio.
The house is located in the heart of Zadar. You may find a lot of authentic sea food, Mediterranean, and Italian restaurants, bakeries etc. Pharmacies, Coffee shops, Supermarkets, are all located in walking distances. The old town is located roughly 20 mins by walk and nearest beach 15 mins by walk.
The house is close to the major bus stops. Bus takes you to old town, any beach or ferry port if you wish to visit any of the islands.
Parking space is provided and absolutely free.
**** The listing is only for the room NOT the whole apartment.
*****We do not accept reservations from guests with blank profiles and no photos of themselves. We appreciate your candor! :)
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Very confident. We had a room exactly like the picture shows. The host is very friendly, we felt like in a family. And not to forget, it was very very clean. It doesn't matter that you have to share the bathroom. It was always available and clean when I entered. The only point might be that there is no aircondition. Only a little ventilator. It was very hot with a temperature of 38 degrees. Felt insight the room even more. If you have no car you have to know that it is a walk about almost 30 minutes to the center. We were a little tired of the distance.
Nevertheless we give a big recommendation. We were very happy and will come back for sure. Thank you Sladana. A big hug for yiu
Accomodation was very nice, everything was clean and comfortable. Only street is a little bit noisy but it´s detail. I recommend it.
Logement très propre et bien situé, à environ 20 min à pied de la vieille ville. Quartier calme avec petits commerces à proximité.
Sladana nous a accueillis très chaleureusement et nous a donné de précieux conseils pour notre découverte du pays. MERCI!
Nous recommandons fortement ce logement.
Sehr schöne Unterkunft, sauber und gepflegt. Sladana ist sehr nett, aufmerksam und hilfsbereit. Auch die Benutzung des Gemeinschaftsbades stellte kein Problem dar. Jederzeit wieder.
Très bon accueil et feeling.
On a finalement dormi dans la vieille ville car elle venait de finir la rénovation d'un autre appartement.
La habitacion muy bien, comoda y espaciosa. Lo que menos el baño compartido, aunque para una noche esta bien. A 20 min del casco historico a pie
Gracias sladana por tu amabilidad!!
A very nice place to stay in the center of zadar! Comfy and spacious, with airconditioning for the hot summerdays. Sladana is a very sweet host and gave us great tips for our stay. Thanks a lot!
Sladana's place is very nice and clean. It's not too far away from the old town (about a fifteen to twenty minute walk) and it's very calm and peaceful out there, away from the tourist buzz. The bed is comfortable and everything was very clean. We can definitely recommend staying here.
Very good service from Saldana who had been amazing with us from day 1. She explained us what to visit in zadar and even gave us a map.
The house is very trendy and clean, we were amazed by the house.
The only thing is it was not possible to cook but apart from that, everything was great.
Sladana is an amazing host and the apartament was perfect, me and my friend enjoy a very nice 5 days and if had time we d liked to stay more, the room was clean and nice with a cute balcony and the apricot of ever :) we could rich the center of Zadar in just 15 minutes walking, a really nice city :) so if you want a nice place i suggest you to go
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Lois J. Woods Thompson, 82, of Chambersburg, died on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg. Born on Jan. 9, 1931, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Victor Woods and Lula Alice Kriner Woods. She was the widow of Jacob J. Thompson, who preceded her in death on Oct. 6, 1998. She was a member of Fetterhoff Chapel and retired as a cafeteria worker from the Chambersburg Area School District, where she worked at Duffield Elementary and Middle Schools. Some of her interests included gardening, traveling, and volunteering at Fetterhoff Chapel and the Pond Bank Community Center. Surviving are two sons, Gary L. Thompson and Dale E. Thompson (wife Rosemarie), all of Chambersburg; and a sister, Pauline Levick, a resident at Quincy Nursing Home. Aside from her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Warren and Glenn; a sister, Dorothy Snider; another sister, Gail Marie, who died at birth, and her stepmother, Edna Mae Campbell. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, with viewing one hour prior. Pastor Brian K. Bowers will officiate. Interment will follow in Parklawns Memorial Gardens. The family requests the omission of flowers, and that memorial contributions be made to a local charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be offered on her Book of Memories Page at: www.geiselfuneralhome.com
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If there is one constant across the expanding global economy, it is change. Keeping up requires organizations to constantly enhance products and services to meet and exceed competitive offerings, satisfy a broad spectrum of customer expectations, and continually explore strategies to sustain revenue growth and profitability.
From a data management perspective, there are many aspects to—and challenges involved in—managing change. Business requirements evolve constantly, and the activities required to meet them can involve a variety of hardware, workload, database and application changes such as next-generation server upgrades, database fix packs or increased transaction volumes due to expanded applications and more users.
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2011 Annual Report
2. Determination of classical swine fever virus genetic determinants of virulence, immunogenicity and antigenicity. 2.A. Evaluate immunogenicity and protective efficacy of genetically modified CSFV glycoproteins. 2.B. Evaluate the role of non-structural proteins in CSFV virulence.
3. Develop and validate grating coupled surface Plasmon resonance imaging multiplexed microarray biosensor platform for the rapid detection of FMDV and CSFV, and the characterization of host responses to each pathogen.
2. Evaluate the role of non-structural proteins in CSFV virulence and protection against infection will be performed through; complete cloning of CSFV structural proteins into Baculovirus transfer vectors, completing the production of recombinant Baculovirus expressing parental CSFV structural proteins and of autonomous replication CSFV defective genomes, and by completing the immunogenicity studies in naïve swine with sera from infected swine.
3. Development and validation of the GCSPRI device will be done to use as rapid detection of FMDV and CSFV. Identify diagnostic reagents and develop host immune response characterization. Assay conditions and sensor chip configurations will be optimized to capture host leukocyte populations. In vivo virus detection will be tested through immune response by GCSPRI and by traditional bioassay.
This project was monitored through email and telephone exchange as well as by site visits to ARS, PIADC and the University of Connecticut.


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Donald G. Jackett passed away in Montrose Memorial Hospital on April 19 following a brief illness.
He was born in Genoa on Feb. 19, 1938, to George G. and Elsie I. Jackett.
He is survived by his three children; Jim (Cheri) Jackett of Montrose; Julie (Mark) Burner of Rifle; and Pam (Jesse) Hutton of Silt; and nine grandchildren, Sarah, Ethan, Dustin, Emily, Grace, Courtney, Ty, Chad, and Tucker.
A memorial service is planned at Rocky Mountain Baptist Church, 4199 W. Centennial Pkwy, Rifle on Saturday, April 28, at 11 a.m. Luncheon will follow at Saint Mary's Parish, 790 E. 7th St., Rifle.


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KINGS BEACH, Calif. - Alibi Ale Works is a new libation collaboration between Kevin Drake and Rich Romo. The duo are North Tahoe locals who've had the itch to start a brewery for years and are excited to pool their collective talents to open Kings Beach's first and only brewery in early 2013.
Romo and Drake want locals to expect progressive interpretations of traditional beer styles as well as experimental beers using local and non-traditional ingredients, wild fermentation techniques and wood barrel aging.
Alibi Ale Works plans to produce relatively small batches (100 gallons) to offer a range of beer styles and flavors, emphasizing and responding to community feedback.
Romo and Drake refer to brewing as the perfect integration of art, craft and a bit of mad scientist. Already considered mavericks with their creations, they are known to take classic beer styles and draw outside of the lines to produce something special and unique every time. The objective of this brain child brewery is "to produce handcrafted, suspiciously tasty beers."
Alibi Ale Works beer will be available through its tasting room, CSA-style growler club and at a few select tap accounts throughout North Tahoe and Truckee. Locals are encouraged to help transform Lake Tahoe water into delicious beer by supporting the upcoming "Kickstarter.com" campaign beginning Nov. 12. Look for details and announcements at www.facebook.com/AlibiAleWorks.
14th Annual National Learn to HomeBrew Day
Join the Mellow Fellow Gastropub for an introductory class on homebrewing, Saturday Nov. 3, 2-6 p.m., at the pub located at 9980 North Lake Blvd. at the at the North Tahoe state line.
Drake and Romo of Alibi Ale Works will walk new brewers through the craft of homebrewing by making both an IPA and a Chocolate Milk Stout. During the lesson, attendants will be able to enjoy more than 40 craft beers on tap at the Mellow Fellow as they learn how easy it is to make beer at home. To register, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Those who attend will be able to return to the Mellow Fellow on Nov. 17 to enjoy complementary tasting of both some home brews and a few other Alibi beers, and participate in an open discussion with the brewers.


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The "Industrial Explorers" exhibition of panels tracing the origins and history of the innovative Brown Company Research and Development group is now available to view online and to download (see links below).
The Berlin, NH, company pioneered a number of innovations, driven by a desire to make better use of the forest as a resource for a wide array of products—from "aeroplane spruce" to "kraft" pulp/paper, and including some unlikely stops along the way ("Kream Krisp," anyone?).
Below are links to two files and one web page. The first is to a file of the panels, themselves. The second is a transcription of the text on the panels. The third is a page on this website, where you can view images of the panels. We'll post a link to an online slide-show version of the exhibition in the near future.
INDUSTRIAL EXPLORERS EXHIBIT – Panels
Please contact Linda Upham-Bornstein, who did the research and developed the content of the exhibition, with questions or comments. She can be reached best via email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
All of the photos used on the panels came from the Beyond Brown Paper collection, which you can view and annotate online at: beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu.


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How do hipsters celebrate Hanukkah? Ironically
|This product image released by Moderntribe.com shows a menorah made from a bicycle chain, a perfect gift for the Jewish hipster this holiday season. (AP Photo/Moderntribe.com)
The vegetarian living in Burlington, Vt., knows of what he speaks when it comes to marking the eight-day holiday, hipster style. He's co-founder with older brother Duckie of hipsterjew.com, which ran a make-your-own menorah contest last year and enjoys about 50,000 page views a month, presumably among like-minded young Jews.
The problem with hipster Hanukkah, said Winkleman, whose given name is Charles, is once you identify out loud as a hipster, you've likely lost the descriptor for life. But the preschool teacher who dabbles in standup comedy sees a variety of differences between regular Hanukkah and a hipster's touch.
On food: "There are latkes but it's usually never with people. I'm usually alone making latkes one day. It's a little depressing, but it has to be to get the true hipster Jew Hanukkah experience. It's gotta be a little bit lonely."
On the emerging tradition of ugly Hanukkah sweaters (see Geltfiend.com): "The sweaters are a way for us to get involved with the whole Christmas celebration but still separate ourselves from it." They come with Stars of David and menorahs inside brown circles that look like chocolate gelt.
On an idea his brother (real name Ari) is working on: "You know those big saint candles? He's working on a Jewish version with Woody Allen and, I don't know, maybe Barbra Streisand."
Fedoras for yarmulkes, Fair Trade olive oil or candles via the wax of locally sourced bees - there are lots of ways to pull off a hipster's Hanukkah, even if you're not an active member of the tribe's subset.
Or a tribesman of any kind.
Sage Saturn, 22, puts the "ish" in Jewish. He's fresh out of college, not a Jew but hangs out with many and works as a graphic designer for Moderntribe.com, a site loaded with ways to dive into hipster Hanukkah.
"I think more people like me are into exploring what they don't know," said Saturn, who dumped his hard-to-spell real names for two way-cool made-up ones.
Among his favorite Hanukkah things: A menorah made of recycled bicycle chain.
Saturn's boss, Moderntribe co-founder Jennie Rivlin Roberts, sees a whole lot of hipster in what she sells. There's an insulated wine bottle holder made to look like a paper bag and a two-for-one deal on those boxes of word fridge magnets - one with Yiddish poetry and the other for bike lovers (hipsters love their fixies).
At 55, Shel Horowitz is more hippie than hipster. The expert on green and ethical marketing hipped up his Hanukkah more than a decade ago, when he moved with his wife and two small kids into a 1743 farmhouse in the western Massachusetts town of Hadley.
"We have beautiful starry skies," he said. "We light four menorahs, put them in different windows and walk around the outside of the house to look at them while singing 'Oh Chanukah.' It's just a special thing we do as a family."
His kids, now 19 and 24, still make their way home for the annual walk around the house. For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, you can find the Horowitzes up a mountain and in a stream near their solarized colonial.
Rafi Samuels-Schwartz, managing editor of the 'zine Heeb, "the new Jew review," has a few thoughts on hipster Hanukkah:
- "Jewish hipsters make their latkes out of organic, locally sourced potatoes from their CSA of choice," he wryly observed. "They can go with standard recipes, or think globally with Mexican, Indian or Korean versions."
- "While averse to wearing yarmulkes themselves, hipsters make sure their pets are dressed appropriately. That said, those Hanukkah sweaters from Geltfiend are pretty great."
- "Forget 'A Christmas Story' or 'It's a Wonderful Life,'" urged Samuels-Schwartz. "Jewish hipsters watch Hanukkah horror movies," he said, with fans of the genre anxiously anticipating the slasher "Hanukkah."
"Until the day 'Hanukkah' is actually made, they usually stick with Jonathan Kesselman's 'The Hebrew Hammer,'" he said.
As for the actual Festival of Lights, said Samuels-Schwartz: "For a while, Jewish hipsters celebrated Festivus, but it's just become way too commercial. Now they just celebrate Christmas."
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WASHINGTON (October 26, 2012)--Former New Hampshire governor John Sununu was backing away Friday from his suggestion that fellow Republican Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama because both men are black.
Sununu issued a statement in which he said the retired Army general and former Secretary of State is a friend, and he doesn't doubt that Powell's backing for Mr. Obama is based on anything but Powell's "support of the president's policies."
Sununu is a top adviser to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and told CNN Thursday Powell might have a "slightly different reason" for backing Mr. Obama.
When host Piers Morgan asked why, Sununu suggested it could be a matter of Powell being proud of having someone from his "own race" being president.
Powell endorsed Mr. Obama this week on CBS, noting that while difficult choices lay ahead on taxes, spending and other issues, the U.S. has begun to come out of its economic dive.


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Boomers and Beyond... there is inspiration out there. Just read about 89-year-old Margaret Hagerty, who finished the 25th annual Shamrock 5K run on Saturday. Apparently, she has run in all previous 24 Shamrock races, and at least one marathon on all seven continents, even Antarctica.
Among the many other marathons Hagerty has competed in were the Athens, Greece, Marathon; the Gold Coast Marathon in Brisbane, Australia; the Mount Everest Challenge; the Great Wall of China Marathon; and a marathon in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has also run in the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, D.C., and a marathon at the North Pole.
Then there's Fauja Singh, who only took up the sport at age 89! Last month he completed his last race - at age 101 - crossing the finish line in the Hong Kong marathon's 10-kilometer race and retiring after 13 years of competitive running. He ran his first marathon in 2000 and completed eight more, finishing with the 2011 Toronto Marathon.
This won't sound right to some people out there, but this doesn't inspire or impress me.
If there is something you want to do badly enough (at any age), for your own purpose, then you should pursue it, and do it with everything you have.
None of this makes me want to run a marathon now, or when I am in my 80's (or 90's).
I'm glad they had the motivation to do it for themselves, but it doesn't mean anything to me.
I find these mighty master runners very inspirational and impressive. Too many people reach a certain age, be it 30, 50, or whatever and decide they are too old to do something like running. To have role models like these two people still running at 89+ sure as heck beats reclining on the couch, or being 6 ft under. Certainly one has to do it for him or her self, but to know that someone else has done it, provides validation that it can be done.
I ran a half marathon followed the next day by a full marathon (Disney Goofy Challenge) at the age of 61. I started running when my daughter asked me to run a half marathon with her and I responded to her...."I'll be 61 at that time and 61 year old women DO NOT run 13.1 miles!" She pulled up race results on the internet and showed me that yes, they do......even 80 year olds.....".so MOM, you can do it too". I did, and I'm glad I did. I know that I have inspired other much younger people to run.
I am also inspired by those who have overcome great odds to get out there, train, and cross the finish line, be it health issues, obesity, or whatever. I am in awe of those gifted runners who cross the finish line first. Each of us who get out there and pound the pavement or trod the trails reap the benefits of better health and well being.
Thank you RUNATHON for sharing these links. If you are a new runner, good for you!!!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
I have to agree with RB on this one. Painting Lady - you say " but to know that someone else has done it, provides validation that it can be done." but why does someone else have to do it to know that you can do it as well? The saying I've always thought was best was - if there's a will there's a way. If you want to run 13.1 miles or 26.2 or whichever, then all you have to do is train and work up to and then do it. Yeah there are some limitations with handicap people, but to say nobody else does it so that means that I can't is a complete cop out. I think it's good to have people inspire you, but in the end if you don't enjoy what you do, you won't last long.
I'm reminded of the young boy at a 5K race a couple of years ago, there were close to a 1,000 people lined up at the start and I heard him ask his mother, "who are all these people, Mama?" To which she replied, " just people taking care of their health, Honey."
And so it is with the 2 people featured in the articles, they're just taking care of their health. But in the meantime, you have to wonder how many people were motivated to get up and get moving after reading their stories.
It's not about motivating runners to run a marathon, it's about taking care of yourself, at any age...
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
I started running in 2007 at the age of 48 to lose weight.
I have so far lost 60 pounds and I am training for my 6th full marathon.
Like the AARP says not everyone peaks in their 20's.
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Art, I tried running my wt off too, lost 3 lbs in my first year of this. Very hard! A friend saw my struggles and showed me what she did to lose in a healthy manner..I lost my weight in the next months and have kept it off for 5 years now. Any way to personal message on this board if you want to know the plan I used?
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How to (Legally) Hit on Your Co-Worker
Dateless on Valentine's Day? There's a good chance your future spouse is sitting just a few desks away.
As the boundary between work and life becomes ever more porous, the office has become fertile ground for romance. Four in 10 workers say they've dated a co-worker at least once during their career, according to a CareerBuilder survey of 4,000 U.S. workers, released on Wednesday. Among them, 30% said their office romance led to marriage.
"The workplace isn't a nine-to-five place anymore," she says. "Romance among peers is not as much of a no-no as it used to be," says Margaret Fiester, an operations manager at the Society for Human Resource Management.
But there are still legal considerations when Cupid's arrow strikes at work, as The Journal reported earlier this week, and there are more than a few career ramifications, too.
Nevertheless, At Work loves love, so here are some tips for doing office romance right:
-Never date the boss. While work romance is becoming less taboo, relationships between supervisors and their employees are still strictly off-limits, according to Anthony Oncidi, head of Proskauer Rose LLP's labor and employment group in Los Angeles. Even if the relationship is consensual, other colleagues may perceive favoritism, which could affect overall morale and productivity. And, in the case of a breakup, the superior may be tempted to use his or her position to retaliate against the subordinate, he says.
-Get to know your company's policy. Some companies forbid "fraternizing" of any kind at work, according to Susan Heathfield, a Williamston, Mich.-based human resources consultant who manages the HR section for About.com. Others require that couples alert the HR department or sign a "love contract" when they decide to enter into a relationship, releasing the company of any liability should hearts break.
-Don't be a flirt. Simply asking a co-worker out isn't illegal, but proceed with utmost caution, Oncidi says. Telling a co-worker that you think he or she is hot could well be interpreted as sexual harassment (not to mention cheesy — Ed.), so pursue more subtle tack. Try asking your crush out to lunch with a group of other colleagues, for example, before proceeding to one-on-one activities, he says. Coming onto a colleague repeatedly if he or she is not interested can lead to complaints of a hostile work environment.
-Consider a prenup. This could be as simple as having an early discussion about what will happen in the case of a breakup, Oncidi says. Will you be able to continue interacting with one another? Should one of you ask for a reassignment? Some couples might go to HR to draft a more formal agreement, often dubbed a "love contract" or "Cupid's contract," which usually states that neither party will retaliate in the case of a split, he says.
-Have an exit plan. If workplace relationships are anything like marriages, many will end in a split. Heathfield recalls one her corporate clients getting served with a lawsuit four years after an office couple called it quits. The male employee was promoted to become his ex-girlfriend's direct supervisor, and she claimed he was treating her unfairly. Their experience shows how a soured relationship's effects can linger years after a breakup, Heathfield says.