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The sun shone as the School of Geography and Planning saw their students graduate.
A brunch was served in the Main College Council Chamber in the morning for graduates and their families to get together to celebrate before the formal ceremony at St Davids Hall. Staff from the School enjoyed the chance to mingle with the graduates, their friends and their families and offer congratulations on all their hard work and bright futures.
Prizes were awarded to the highest achievers across the School's courses.
- Joshua Whitlock for best performance on BSc Geography(Human) and Planning;
- Jacob Goodenough for best performance on BSc City and Regional Planning; and
- Rhys Govier for best overall achievement across all Taught Masters Programmes.
All were presented with a certificates and voucher by the Head of School, Professor Paul Milbourne, who won everyone over with his encouraging speech.


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Definition of modal in English:
1Relating to mode or form as opposed to substance.
Example sentences
- In the jargon of transport planners, there has occurred a substantial modal shift in transportation in these cities.
- The objective of integrated public transport is clear - to achieve a high transit modal share with a seamless service using two or more modes.
- That is, a person's income does not vary by mode unless it is defined as net of modal costs.
2 Grammar Of or denoting the mood of a verb.
Example sentences
- However, it's crucial that the second part of such a sentence (the apodosis of the conditional) normally also has a modal preterite, often would or could or might, but not will or can or may.
- Holmes distinguishes two functions of tag questions: modal vs. affective.
- In contrast to the tense distinctions that characterize English, English-based Creoles are said to make a basic modal distinction between realis and irrealis.
2.1Relating to a modal verb.
Example sentences
- The modal auxiliaries or modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will would, must.
- Seventy-five Panjabi-speaking pupils were assessed on their expression of the English modal auxiliaries can, could, may, and might.
- Here a past modal form - would, could, should, might - is usually called for.
3 Statistics Relating to a value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.
Example sentences
- For both mutations the median and modal values were 25% opaque.
- However, if the income variable data were skewed, the median or modal value would be more appropriate.
- These distributions for the variance components imply an a priori distribution of heritability and repeatability with respective modal values of 0.15 and 0.23.
4 Music Of or denoting music using melodies or harmonies based on modes other than the ordinary major and minor scales.
Example sentences
- We find also a fascination with Baroque counterpoint and modal melodies from Gregorian chant to Appalachian folk tunes.
- Its three highly creative pieces use alternating meters, compelling ostinatos, modal harmonies and, above all, unexpected twists and turns as the 'plot' of each piece unfolds.
- How might modern Western instruments be transformed for Arab music, say by retuning the piano for microtonal modal systems?
5 Logic (Of a proposition) in which the predicate is affirmed of the subject with some qualification, or which involves the affirmation of possibility, impossibility, necessity, or contingency.
Example sentences
- Let the letter 'M' represent this operator, and add to the axioms of classical propositional logic the modal axiom M (p v q) iff Mp v Mq.
- In this connection, I describe certain modal paradoxes and the threats they pose for essentialism.
- The three most important parts of this definition for quantified modal logic are the clauses for atomic, quantified, and modal formulas.
A modal word or construction.
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- These preferences often serve to clarify, but a less deft handling leads to tercets like the following, their force buried under prepositions, pronouns and modals.
- The other students, English majors all, seemed terrified by the prospect of a semester of moods and modals, subordinate clauses and predicate adjectives.
- These complements contain modals and therefore can't be infinitives.
modally adverb
- Example sentences
- She habitually does it as part of her routine, which is defined by the co-existence of ontologically and modally different realities.
- 'The Road Not Taken' and 'The Pasture' sport two marvelous tunes, both modally inflected in a way that may remind some listeners of Vaughan Williams.
- Thus, when I say that Peter is a man, the thought by which I think of Peter differs modally from the thought by which I think of man, but in Peter himself being a man is nothing other than being Peter.
Mid 16th century (in sense 5 of the adjective): from medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus (see mode).
Words that rhyme with modalGödel, yodel
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Eclectic, in food, guests and offerings.
There's breakfast, lunch and dinner — yes. But Wolcott Yacht Club is more than just a restaurant.
Every Friday afternoon, cars line the highway for Friday Afternoon Club. There are yoga and gardening classes along with brunch on Sundays. And a Tasting Table series combining food and drink pairings with live music takes place Wednesdays. Out front, the produce stand displays veggies grown at the garden on site or at nearby Eagle Springs. Or, for a sweeter treat, score a soft-serve organic ice cream and yogurt or shaved ice doused in homemade syrups.
During the years, the Yacht Club has been many things. When owner Jan-Marie Jouflas bought it 23 years ago (her anniversary was Tuesday), it was a liquor store, small market (with memorable beef jerky) and a post office. In the mid '90s, Steven Seagal stopped by while he was in the area filming "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory." I know this because I saw him there.
Jouflas remembers that, too. "How could you forget? He seemed close to 7 feet tall in the low ceilings of the old market, which was built in 1924."
Now, the Yacht Club is an after-work-drinks destination, a stop for kids clamoring for iced treats and a slightly out-of-the-way restaurant that might not be on your radar, but ought to be.
Jouflas has roots in Wolcott that run way deeper than any of the vegetables you'll find in the organic garden out back. Her ancestors ran a huge sheep ranching operation in Wolcott. Like the food, the Yacht Club and its varied offerings are ever-evolving. But don't let the name fool you. There isn't a boat to be found, except maybe a raft trailered out front. You will, however, find a sunny patio, cold drinks, live music three times a week, thoughtful food and killer people-watching.
'Cordillera to cowboys'
The Yacht Club attracts a mixed bag of people. Bikers — both the spandex-sporting type and the leather-and-tattoos crew — stop in often, as do the river runners: fly-fishing guides and their clients, and groups of rafters and kayakers post-Eagle River rendezvous seeking $3 draft PBRs. Any night of the week you might find a family or professional couples at the smattering of tables inside the restaurant, where the open kitchen re-done a year ago draws your eye, nearly begging you to spy on the chefs.
"It is a crazy mesh of people, from Cordillera to cowboys," agreed Executive Chef Michael Joersz, a longtime local, former executive chef at Balata in Singletree and most recently owner of Two Guys Catering, which cooked for big name clients in Beaver Creek and Bachelor Gulch, including comedian Chris Rock.
On Friday nights, live music and cold drinks lure a good-sized crowd to the multi-level flagstone patio for FAC. That's a Yacht Club tradition that goes back years. The people who were bellied up to the stage 10 years ago for FAC are still coming, just with a kid or two in tow these days, and sporting earlier bedtimes and lower BACs.
The food
On Sundays, you'll also find live music on the patio, spicy Bloody Mary's (with a thick slice of applewood bacon garnish) coming from the bar, and an inspired brunch menu, offering everything from a Japanese wild mushroom and habanero cheddar omelet to creme-brulee cinnamon roll French toast with marcona almonds and lingonberries.
The dinner menu is no less interesting and thoughtful.
"It's really a restaurant that should be in Boulder," said Joersz, referencing popular farm-to-table restaurant The Kitchen.
"The quality of our culinary staff is definitely the best it's ever been, and we hope to continue offering playful and inspiring menus," Jouflas said.
To start, try the crispy Brussels sprouts with nam pla (fish sauce), sesame seeds, mint and crushed marcona almonds. Flash-fried, the Vietnamese-inspired preparation would likely convert the staunch anti-sprouts crowd.
Or opt for the smoked river trout dip with horseradish and rosemary. Served in a squat Mason jar, the dip is subtle trout, not "fishy" by any means, which means even people who don't like strong fish will likely dig in. Spread on rye toast points, or atop fresh vegetables and topped with some of the pickled red onions or olive tapenade served alongside, this is a good way to start your meal.
Also served up in a Mason jar is the watermelon and corn salad, rife with the holy trinity of summer herbs — cilantro, mint and basil — and crumbly farmer's cheese that's saltiness proves the perfect foil to the sweet hunks of melon and golden Colorado corn. Skewers of chili and honey glazed shrimp stick out of the jar, and the whole thing is served atop a slice of watermelon. The dish nabs an A-plus for presentation.
For your main, consider the truffled day boat scallops served with Yukon potatoes, English pea puree and sage brown butter sauce. Or see if the chef has in corvina, white California seabass, which Joersz names his "favorite fish" of the moment. He'll likely sub the seabass in place of the scallops if you'd rather.
Don't skip dessert. The wild berry tiramisu, with white chocolate and two stunning sauces — zinfandel reduction and a port wine reduction — is worth the calorie splurge.
High Life Editor Caramie Schnell can be reached at 970-748-2984 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wolcott Yacht Club owner Jan-Marie Jouflas took the time to answer a few questions for the Vail Daily.
Vail Daily: Tell me a little bit about the history of the property. How long have you owned the Yacht Club?
Jan-Marie Jouflas: Today (July is my 23-year anniversary! A little history... it was originally built by the Peate family in 1924, who owned and operated it until 1974. It has been (all at once) a general store, post office, market, gas station, livery stable, blacksmith shop and home to the Dreamland Dance Hall (which we have a 1934 photo of the model Ts out front with bootleggers during prohibition). It has always been like a community center and multi-purpose store. It was and still is a hub for so many different offerings. It has a very diverse and long history. This was the starting point north for the Pony Express. Wolcott was always an important junction.
VD: Did you name it the Wolcott Yacht Club? And why?
JJ: The name came from a longstanding joke with the founders of Vail. Onasis was in the news all the time during the '60s and early '70s and during those times, my dad brought many of those folks to Wolcott and they fished our section of the Eagle River in Dories. Our barn on the river was where we kept the boats. I can't remember who it was, perhaps Philip Lamentia (owner of the original deli on Bridge Street) or perhaps Bill Whiteford, but someone starting calling my dad the little Onasis of Wolcott, being Greek and all. So shortly after acquiring the nickname, for Christmas one year, my dad had t-shirts made that read charter member on the front and on the back, Wolcott Helenic Yacht Club. He gave them to everyone in Vail. When I bought the Wolcott Store and decided to start a restaurant the name came quite naturally.
VD: It's been a few different things over the years (gas station and liquor store etc), let's briefly touch on each.
JJ: The business has morphed several times through the years. When I first bought it, it was operating as a liquor store, a small market and it had the post office here. The blacksmith's shop was still in the back. I just kept expanding and improving and it has continued to grow with the needs of the community. I had just recently moved home and 28 years ago I had many dietary restrictions (gluten free, dairy free, etc). The food evolved based on my own interests and needs and it turned out that many other people in the community shared my tastes. It started as a deli, then turned into more of a summer grill offering. The music began in 1996 on a small patch of grass with blue tarps providing shelter if it rained, and a makeshift outside bar. As that starting gaining in popularity, we started to improve each year. In 1999 I tore down the old market, got big gas tanks, made a full size liquor store, full size market, built a real kitchen and put in the seating area inside (so we could be year round). Two summers later we built the big patio (tearing down the blacksmiths shop) and our casual Friday afternoons turned into the famous FACs with cars parked past the intersection.
VD: When did you put in the garden?
JJ: Our garden has been here for four years, with a wide range of vegetables, berries and some fruit. We grow lots of lettuces and things that are used in the restaurant and sold in the produce stand. This year, we have over 20 varieties of potatoes, all being grown in Hugelkultur to try and preserve water!
VD: Have you been serving the soft serve ice cream and shaved ice? How's it selling?
JJ: The Hawaiian shaved ice is a huge hit, as well as our organic soft-serve and yogurt from Boulder Ice Cream. We make all our own toppings, flavors and syrups.
VD: Do you remember when Steven Seagal stopped by in the mid-'90s? Because I do.
JJ: Yes of course... how could you forget Steven Seagal. He seemed close to 7 feet tall in the low ceilings of the old market, which was built in 1924.
VD: What's your overall vision for the Yacht Club? What are you going for now?
JJ: The overall vision is to keep building on everything we've already started. Hopefully our garden is more abundant and delicious each year. The landscaping and patios keep maturing. The quality of music we have to offer keeps growing. The quality of our culinary staff is definitely the best it's ever been and we hope to continue offering playful and inspiring menus. The vision has always been to be a community cornerstone for locals and tourists alike, to come together to enjoy good food, good music and lots of laughs in a beautiful setting. It will always morph as my interests change and grow, as well as the communities.


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High Interest: April 4
Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11:41 a.m.
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Accelerating Appalachia is accepting application for the inaugural class of Accelerating Appalachian, a business accelerator focused on nature-based companies.
This mentor- and investor-driven program is aimed at attracting and growing innovative, high-impact ventures in areas such as food products, agroforestry, fiber, green building, craft brewing/distilling, nutraceuticals, biomaterials and clean energy.
Participants selected for the program will spend an intensive 12 weeks with seasoned entrepreneurs and proven practitioners who will serve as mentors and coaches, helping with all aspects of business development, especially financing. At the end of this session, which begins in September, two pre-selected entrepreneurs will each receive a $50,000 investment.
The deadline to apply is April 30.
For more information or to apply, call Sara Day Evans at 828-216-9416 or go to www.acceleratingappalachia.org.
AM Power Hour will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, April 5, at Carolina ACE Hardware.
This Henderson County Chamber of Commerce event is designed to be a networking opportunity for area business professionals. Refreshments will be provided.
Carolina ACE Hardware is on Greenville Highway, just past the Residences at Chadwick Square. For more information, call the Chamber at 828-692-1413.
ASHEVILLE — UNC Asheville's 29th annual Economic Crystal Ball Seminar will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Noted economists David W. Berson and James F. Smith will make forecasts on the business and financial outlook for the coming year. The economic outlook portion of the program will focus on inflation, employment, interest rates, the strength of the dollar and status of the housing market. The implications of Federal Reserve policy for financial markets will also be addressed.
Berson is senior vice president and chief economist for Nationwide Insurance.
Smith is chief economist at Parsec Financial and has been an economic forecaster for more than 30 years.
The seminar, sponsored by the UNC Asheville Economics Department and Parsec Financial, will also feature a reception at 6:15 p.m.
Admission to this event is free, but registration is required.
For more information or to register, contact the UNCA Economics Department at 828-251-6550 or email email@example.com.
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STANFORD -- A Stanford sexual assault victim, furious that her assailant will be allowed to graduate this month, is demanding tougher sanctions and other changes in university policy.
"Stanford did not expel the man who raped me," Stanford senior Leah Francis wrote in an open letter that circulated rapidly online this week.
On Thursday, hundreds of men and women converged on White Memorial Plaza to show their support for Francis and call for swifter resolution, stiffer penalties and more support for victims.
Carrying signs that stated "Support survivors," "Punish rapists" and "No one should have to live in fear," they marched to the office of the vice provost of student affairs, Greg Boardman, who is considering Francis' request, asking him to "get on board."
"This is a historic moment when there is an unprecedented movement for change," said Benjy Mercer-Golden, a junior who directs the student government's new Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse. "We think where Stanford goes, other universities will follow."
Francis' story has thrust Stanford into a national debate over sexual assault complaints involving students and how those found to be responsible by their campuses should be punished. But the debate also is bringing a rising counter demand -- and lawsuits -- for more protection of the rights of students accused of assault.
In January, Francis, a senior majoring in English, reported she was raped while away from campus during winter break by a classmate she knew. Five months later, after a hearing process she described as nightmarish and draining, a Stanford panel found the young man responsible for sexual assault, sexual misconduct and violating the Stanford code of conduct, according to university documents Francis provided. (A police investigation in their hometown remains open, and no charges have been filed, she said.
Francis said she was appalled to learn his suspension would not begin until after his June 15 graduation and that he would be able to return to Stanford for graduate school in 2015.
The trauma of the attack and the intensive hearing process derailed her own plans to graduate with her class, she said.
The accused student is appealing the finding, and Francis is appealing the man's punishment. Neither Francis nor the school is permitted to name her assailant.
Francis' stand helped to mobilize students around a widespread problem that needs far more attention, said Stanford junior Keenan Molner, who attended Thursday's rally. Everyone on campus knows it's a problem, he said, but it's unusual "to see someone take a stand and put a face to the issue."
Across the country, campus sexual assault victims are demanding that their universities do more to prevent such attacks and to get assailants off campus. While some -- including Francis -- report their assaults to law enforcement, others turn exclusively to their universities for justice, support and protection, often to avoid the publicity of a criminal case.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education and President Barack Obama upped the pressure by naming 55 colleges under investigation for their policies, a list that includes prominent schools such as UC Berkeley, Harvard and Dartmouth.
Such scrutiny has led more colleges, including Duke and Dartmouth, to more harshly penalize campus sex offenders. Dartmouth now mandates expulsion for the most egregious offenses; last year, Duke made expulsion the starting point for those it finds responsible for sexual assault -- a policy Stanford is considering.
"We look forward to discussing this possibility further with students and others," the Stanford administration said in a statement issued Wednesday.
But, highlighting the challenge for universities, some of the accused are striking back, saying their colleges' student-conduct investigations deprived them of their rights. Former students at Duke and Occidental College sued the colleges, claiming that the universities railroaded them.
Federal law requires colleges to investigate student and employee sexual assaults. The U.S. Department of Education expects colleges to find students responsible for sexual assault if it's more likely than not they committed the act, rather than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard of criminal courts.
"Colleges do need to act to protect students," said Robert Shibley, senior vice president of the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which is aiding an accused student who sued Occidental. "But I think we're seeing over and over again that they're really not competent to determine the guilt or innocence of students when it comes to felony crimes like this."
If a student is guilty of a sexual assault, Shibley said, "the sanction of expulsion is laughably insufficient."
It likely will be 10 years -- after lawsuits have made their way through the courts -- before colleges know where to draw the line between the rights of the accused and the accuser, said Dan King, president of American Association of University Administrators.
Larry Moneta, Duke University's vice president for student affairs, had this advice to those grappling with sexual assault sanctions: "If you believe you have to raise the bar in accountability, do it. But if you do it, do it right."
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2012 SWRBC Recap
We couldn't have asked for a better event. Thanks to everyone who came out and made this year's SWRBC what it was. A huge congratulations to Jared, who won the Barista Competition, and to Lizzy who took 3rd place! We also want to mention some of our wholesale partners who made a huge impact in the Brewer's Cup, by taking 3 of the 6 finalist spots. Great work Bellano, Single Origin, and Fix Coffee Co!
Overall, we can't say enough. We had such a great time, and would love to do this again!
We also owe a huge thanks to the following people and companies who worked behind the scenes as some of our 'official/unofficial sponsors' of this event. Thank you so much!
Our Customers here in SC :: Thanks so much for coming out and supporting Verve!
Innerworkings :: for the official t-shirt sponsorship, and great service — thanks to Kurt Nelson.
Promo Logo Mugs :: for the event mugs, and for being the nicest people on the planet
Sprudge.com :: for such great coverage of the SWRBC
NHS and Santa Cruz :: for printing our event skate decks, shirts, and posters — Thank you Paul Merrell and Cari Herod
Pomp & Circumstance :: for the amazing space decorations
Top of the Ritt (Kevin Melrose) :: for the perfect venue and top-notch service
Corralitos Brewing Company :: for the beer!
The Penny :: for party-time ice cream & desserts
Whole Foods Capitola :: for donating all the food and drinks for our judges and volunteers
Tristan, Michael and Addison from the 515 :: for bar tending our Swanky Soiree
Natvia :: for the photo booth at the Swanky Soiree
La Marzocco :: for the mechanical bull and the Stradas at the latte art throw down
Ted Holladay and Impact 831 :: for the amazing photos
Cris Mendoza, Mike Wiser and Crew :: for the sound and video
Brandon from The KRATE, and L-Boogie (Lauren from our Pac Ave store) :: for spinning the hottest wax this side of the Mississippi
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado - The Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek is once again opening its doors to Pre-K through eighth-grade students for the kick-off of its Support the Arts Reaching Students (STARS) Program, a project of the Vail Valley Foundation that offers students in Eagle County artistic, educational and cultural enrichment through in-school workshops and daytime shows.
Now in its 15th season, the STARS program is offering a more robust curriculum than ever before, with performances ranging from dance, opera and classical to musical theater and puppetry. Each production includes a study guide which is distributed to teachers before the performance, covering writing skills, anti-bullying, diversity and multiculturalism, trust, collaboration, relationships, leadership, self-esteem and values, to name a few. Some of the productions are also performed partially in Spanish.
The 2012-13 STARS season, which will serve well over 6,000 Pre-K through 8th grade students, features its next performance Wednesday with Peter and the Wolf, presented by Jim Gamble Puppet Productions.
"I cannot express enough what a rewarding experience it is to watch young people become entertained and inspired by a performance in our facility" said Kris Sabel, executive director for the Vilar Performing Arts Center. "We look forward each year to an entire auditorium of children standing up and cheering at the production's end, as well as to the long term positive impacts we make on their cultural enrichment and education futures."
The STARS program is made possible by the generosity of our donors, including Pat and Pete Frechette, who underwrite the program each year.
Should you wish to check out the series for yourself, a limited number of public tickets are offered for purchase for each show. They are $14 for adults, $11 for students.
Full 2012-13 STARS Lineup:
• Peter and the Wolf, presented by Jim Gamble Puppet Productions, Wednesday, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• Ailey II: Revelations, presented by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• Street Beat: Dance through the Decades, presented by River North Dance Chicago, Jan. 29, 12:30 p.m.
• Teatro Lirico d'Europa: Opera for Kids, Feb. 7, 12:30 p.m.
• The 5 Browns, Feb. 13, 12:30 p.m.
• The Little Engine that Could, presented by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, March 11, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• The Mayhem Poets, April 10, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• The Journal of Abby Munson, presented by Imagination Makers Theater Company, April 11, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
More information: www.vilarpac.org or 970.845.TIXS.


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Just when you thought you couldn't genuinely like Tina Fey any more, she went ahead spent her Thursday evening drinking wine alongside Bravo's Andy Cohen. The show notoriously gets their guests filled with alcohol and Tina was in rare form.
Faced with questions like "Would you rather wax Alec Baldwin's back or front?" and "Would you rather spoon Glenn Beck for an evening or take a 10-minute bubble bath with Bill O'Reilly?" we think she handled it well.
When a viewer wrote in and asked Tina to show off her borrowed shoes, she very much obliged them.
And just for good measure, Bravo made a Real Housewives of New York/30 Rock mashup, stating that Liz Lemon would be the new cast member—if only that were true...


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Depending on how long you've worked for the state, local government, or school, you are entitled to retiree health benefits and a pension and those things don't come cheap to the state.
In fact, Governor Rick Snyder said in his budget presentation Thursday, that Michigan owes about $18 billion in future obligations to both.
When you factor in total compensation for all of the state's public employees such as health benefits, pensions, time off, sick leave, you get a giant price tag said Jack McHugh of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He said taxpayers end up footing the bill for at least in part.
"Michigan public employees collect fringe benefits that extend what they would be in the private sector by $5.7 billion per year," McHugh said.
Calculating for just the difference between what all public employees get in benefits over what the private sector receives, the Mackinac Center said the average Michigan resident pays $580 per year.
"I think if you asked most Michigan residents are you willing to write a check in order to give public employees $580 more than what you get, most would say I don't think so," McHugh said.
"I'm not really sure how they come up with that figure," Ray Holman of UAW local 6000 said.
Holman represents state workers, and he said members have given up $750 million in concessions since 2003.
"New employees as of April pay 20 percent for health insurance, plus a majority of state workers are now in a defined contribution plan, which is like a 401k pension plan," he said. "It's not true state employees have lavish pay and Cadillac benefits."
McHugh would have to disagree, saying that's why the governor is asking public employees for more concessions and contributions to their own health care costs.
The Mackinac Center's statistics account for all public employees, including state, and local government, plus school employees from Kindergarten through the collegiate level.
The governor's office did not have a similar study looking at what the average Michigan resident pays, neither did Holman.


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Bernanke Says Fed's Powers 'Not Infinite'; Stocks Hit Session Lows
Don't count on the Fed rescuing the economy if the U.S. goes over the fiscal cliff.
That was one of the messages Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke offered this afternoon in a speech in New York. He said the central bank doesn't have the tools to offset the trouble that could arise should lawmakers fail to address the fiscal cliff.
Just like that, stocks are trading around session lows.
The Dow is down 88 points, or 0.7%, to 12707, after previously hovering around the flat line in the minutes leading up to Bernanke's speech Hewlett-Packard and Intel are leading the blue chips lower. Financials are one of the few bright spots, as Bank of America is holding earlier gains.
The S&P 500 recently lost 0.6% to 1378 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% to 2900.
Bernanke also didn't rule out the possibility of cutting interest rates paid to banks for their excess reserves, although such a stimulative effect would have a small impact on the economy, he says.
Overall, Bernanke offered few fresh details on the Fed potentially expanding its massive bond-buying efforts, which may be spooking some investors, according to David Lutz, a trader at Stifel Nicolaus. Operation Twist is scheduled to end by the end of the year.
But the fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in early next year is the big concern in the market right now. Bernanke explicitly said the Fed's powers are not "infinite."
Such cautionary remarks aren't sitting well with investors right now.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.
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1. Which of the following animals is NOT represented on the Looff Carousel?
a) Lion
b) Ostrich
c) Zebra
d) Giraffe
2. What is the Giant Dipper's fastest speed?
a) 35 mph
b) 45 mph
c) 55 mph
d) 65 mph
3.The building that now houses the Neptune's Kingdom entertainment center and miniature golf course was originally what?
a) A bowling alley
b) An aquarium
c) An indoor pool
d) A roller-skating rink
4. Which Olympic champ wowed the crowds at the Boardwalk with his aquatic prowess?
a) Michael Phelps
b) Duke Kahanamoku
c) Mark Spitz
d) Greg Louganis
5. The Wild Mouse sent riders flying from 1958 to 1972. Which ride is now at that location?
a) Logger's Revenge
b) Hurricane
c) Haunted Castle
d) Fireball
6. The only other original oceanfront Giant Dipper roller coaster still operating on the West Coast is at San Diego's Belmont Park. Which one is older?
a) Santa Cruz's
b) San Diego's
7. The largest Boardwalk crowd ever was recorded at the 25th annual clam chowder cook-off in February 2007.
a) True
b) False
8. The arches of the Cocoanut Grove building borrow from the architectural style of what prominent building?
a) India's Taj Mahal
b) Virginia's Monticello
c) Paris' Louvre
d) Spain's Alhambra
a) Santa Monica
b) San Francisco
c) Atlantic City
d) Chicago
10. How many flavors of saltwater taffy dos Marini's sell?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16
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They turn heads when they display their gorgeous blue and green plumage. But peacocks also make screeching cries and leave piles of droppings.
Just as wild turkeys have populated Contra Costa in recent years, so too have peacocks, though in much smaller numbers, according to Susan Heckly, wildlife rehabilitation director at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. Most of the peafowl, a term for both male peacocks and the plainer female peahens, were previously kept as pets and either escaped or were abandoned by their owners, she said.
Members of the pheasant family, the birds trace their origins to India.
While the presence of peacocks is welcomed by some, the birds also have their detractors.
"It's pretty cool, the different colors, the greens and blues. It adds a little character to the neighborhood. It's a touch of the tropics," said Alan Anderson, a Brentwood resident who says the birds have been hanging out for years in his neighborhood near Brentwood Boulevard and Grant Street. "Of course, they really leave big droppings of character."
Jeff Wirkus, who lives in the same neighborhood, can attest to that.
"They just sit right out the front door and poop all over. They are a nuisance," said Wirkus, adding that some peacocks just dug up some flower bulbs planted by his wife last week.
"I'm an animal lover," said Wirkus, who believes that the eight or so birds that live in the area would be better off in a more natural environment. "The big thing that people have to remember is the damage they are doing. They are not normal in our environment."
Three years ago, Wirkus managed to relocate two of the birds to a large open field in Bethel Island after they wandered into large recycling bins he had set out for that purpose. "Things were getting out of hand," he said.
"There have been peacocks in various areas for a long time in the East Bay, particularly in Contra Costa County," Heckly said. "They screech and from what I've been told and heard it's loud and blood curdling and not something you would want in your backyard. That's usually when we get a call -- when peacocks are making so much noise."
Danville and outlying areas of Martinez have also attracted peacocks. In the 1980s, the birds divided the retirement community of Rossmoor, where half of the residents liked having them around and the other half wanted them to leave. Eventually, a rancher rounded the birds up and took them to a lake in the Central Valley. One way to keep them out of a backyard, said Heckly, is to have a motion-detected water sprinkler.
"Peacocks particularly don't like to get wet and it doesn't hurt them," she said.
Because they are not considered a wild species, the Lindsay Museum will not come out and retrieve them.
"Peacocks are considered domestic fowl, like a chicken," said Mark Lucero, a spokesman for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. That means there are no state protection laws for peacocks such as those that apply to wild and game species, he said.
No doubt, a peacock is one of the world's most stunning birds. But if you think all a peacock does in life is preen and look pretty, think again.
"Peacocks are very good for snake control. They eat snakes. So if you are having a problem with rattlesnakes, they are a good thing to have. Although they are not good for neighbors: they can get on the roof and make a mess," Lucero said.
The birds have been seen in Oakley on Oakley Road near Live Oak Avenue.
"I've had to stop in the roadway for one in the middle of the street. He was all by himself, just standing there pretty as can be," said Jon LaBarge, an Oakley resident, who says the birds are neither messy nor a bother. "It's actually humorous when you seen them on a neighbor's rooftop."
In Bay Point, peacocks have been spotted in places as mundane as the parking lot of the Walgreens on Willow Pass Road as well as in an enclave of stately homes on Sycamore Court that was built more than 80 years ago for Shell Oil executives.
One bird has made regular visits to homes in the Sea Breeze neighborhood.
"He's very colorful," said Greg Enholm, whose backyard is often visited by the bird, who has a penchant for the sunflower seeds that are left out for him and has been coming around for 15 years. "It is really impressive (when) he puts those feathers out."
Food is a motivating factor in the relationship. "If he's hungry, he'll come over," said Enholm, just before the bird wandered into his backyard. "He seems very content right now."
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11. Best Icebreaker: Jonah Hill has been apologizing for the wrong transgression this whole time. A day after his tearful mea culpa on The Tonight Show for using an anti-gay slur, the 22 Jump Street star drops by The Colbert Report, where Stephen Colbert wastes no time addressing the "elephant in the room" because he had "learned something disturbing recently." "It was revealed that you are friends with Adam Levine," Colbert says, as Hill dissolves into giggles. "Would you like to apologize because I have had 'Moves Like Jagger' in my head for three years and someone needs to say they're f---ing sorry for that?" "He's a great guy, but the song's too catchy," the actor would only offer up. Classic "sorry, not sorry."
10. Best Nickname: Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Fallon partake in a rousing, hilarious game of Word Sneak — in which you have to casually work random words, like "gerbils" and "mullet," into a conversation — on The Tonight Show, and they save their best for last. Having drawn "squeegee," Gervais asks Jimmy if he has a nickname for his penis. Without missing a beat, Jimmy answers with his word: "Keanu Reeves." Sad Keanu is so yesterday. �
9. Best Spoof:�Bey and Jay are�not�gonna be happy about this! Luke Bryan�and�Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of�Florida Georgia Line�pay, er, homage to�Jay Z�and�Solange's infamous elevator fight at the CMT Awards. After host�Kristen Bell�finally convinces herself she can emcee the show solo, she's forced to wait for the elevator to get to the stage. Little does she know that the elevator takes so long because Bryan, Hubbard and Kelley start punching and kicking each other inside the, as we see via the security camera footage. The trio gets out as if nothing ever happened when the door opens for Bell. However, Bryan ominously warns her, "What happens in the elevator stays in the elevator." If only that had been true the first time!
Page 2 of 4 - 8. Worst Business Strategy:�On the premiere of AMC's�Halt and Catch Fire, hot-shot salesman Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) is so eager to build the next great computer that he'll do anything. No, really. After talking his way into a job at Cardiff Electric and stalking an engineer until he helps Joe reverse-engineer an IBM PC, Joe's illegal pet project gets Cardiff sued. But how does IBM find out in the first place? Joe tells the computer giant exactly what he's done! Sure, it forces Cardiff to build the machine Joe wants to build, but there's got to be a cheaper (and less risky) way, right?
7. Best Blunder: Oh, Donnie. You can't get anything right, can you? After discovering that Alison is a clone on�Orphan Black,�he tracks down Leekie, forces him into his car at gunpoint and yells at him for ruining his family. "I quit," Donnie screams, slamming his fist onto the steering wheel for emphasis. Unfortunately, this gesture doesn't have quite the effect he intended, as he accidentally sets off the gun, shooting Leekie square in the head. We doubt the police will accept "oops!" as a valid excuse for murder.
6. Worst Sexual Assault:�A recently heartbroken Louis tries to thank Pamela for babysitting his kids on�Louie, but it takes a turn for the disturbing. As Pamela tries to leave, Louie forcibly restrains her and tries to kiss her. "This would be rape if you weren't so stupid," she tells him as she tries to run from his clutches. The scene grows even more uncomfortable after Louie corners Pamela at the door and announces, "I'm gonna kiss you now." Arms folded, Pamela reluctantly lets him peck her on the mouth before she rushes out the door, while Louie "rejoices" with a double fist pump. We'll have to wait until Part 2 next week to see exactly what C.K. is trying to say here.
5. Worst Guess Ever: Ready to experience some major secondhand embarrassment? On Wheel of Fortune, contestants have to solve a song lyric. They make it as far as "S_RF C__Y _ERE WE COME" before Stephen decides to solve Now, you may not be a diehard Jan and Dean fan, but surely you've heard of "Surf city, here we come." Stephen? Not so much. "Surf clay where we go," he says. (Yes, "go.") "Uh... no," Pat Sajak perfectly deadpans.
Page 3 of 4 - 5. Best Tribute: On the second episode of�The Bachelorette's two-parter, Andi says goodbye to early front-runner Eric. After Eric confronted her at the cocktail party, where he essentially called her fake, Andi decides that it was best he leave. Tragically, Eric died a few weeks later in a paragliding accident. In lieu of airing the weekly rose ceremony, the episode ends with the first one-on-one conversation between host Chris Harrison and Andi since his passing, as they recount Eric's days on the show.�As Harrison says, "it's hard to know what the right thing to do is."
4. Best Reveal: It's not 24 without a mole. It's taken six episodes, but 24: Live Another Day has unveiled its latest backstabber at last. After surviving last week's explosion, CIA boss Navarro chats with an unknown, mysterious voice on the other line about his framing of Kate's husband, adding that Jordan is already hot on their heels if they're not careful going forward. Now, who is Navarro working for?
3. Best Time Jump:�TV time jumps aren't as uncommon as they used to be, but�Fargo's one-year leap in the middle of Tuesday's episode still delivers a bit of a shock — especially this close to the end of the show's run. Even though it leaves some dangling threads in Molly's murder investigation (with Lester and Malvo seemingly getting off scot free), it drastically changes all the characters: Molly is now pregnant with Gus' baby, Lester has shed his emasculated insecurity to become a confident, skirt-chasing Insurance Salesman of the Year and Malvo's posing as an affluent dentist (without those bangs!) At this point, anything can happen — and we can't wait to find out what does.
2. Best Call to Arms:�Still not sure what the net neutrality hullabaloo is? Let�John Oliver�explain it to you. The funnyman launches into an�awesome 13-minute rant�on�Last Week Tonight�about the "cable company f---ery" and offers a solution for the Battle of the World Wide Web: Internet trolls. Oliver orders commenters to do some good and demand the continuation of a free Internet on the FCC website. "This is the moment you were made for, commenters," he says. "Like Ralph Macchio, you've been honing your skills, waxing cars and painting fences. Well, guess what, now it's time to do some f---ing karate." In related news, the FCC commenting system experienced some "technical difficulties" on Monday.�
Page 4 of 4 - 1. Best Fight: By now,�Game of Thrones�fans should expect everyone they love to die. But this knowledge doesn't make what happens to Oberyn Martell any easier to bear. The Red Viper uses his Cirque du Soleil acrobatics to knock The Mountain down, but just when victory seems assured, Oberyn gets too cocky. Before long, he's the one flat on his back, teeth knocked out, blood bursting from his eyes and brains splayed all over the concrete. We believe Pedro Pascal�said it best: "Ouch."
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Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849. Though Minneapolis is more nationally recognized, Saint Paul contains important institutions and the state's political activity. Regionally, the city is popular for the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild, and for the Science Museum of Minnesota. As a business hub of the Upper Midwest, it is headquarters for companies such as Ecolab and Lawson Software.
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At 5:03 p.m. Thursday, deputies, EMS personnel and Windom firefighters responded to a fatal car crash that happened on a sand road 0.1 miles west of Fifth and Mohawk Road.
James Teeter, 44, of Windom, died in the crash. Anthony Klein Schmidt, 24, of McPherson, was transported by EMS personnel to McPherson Hospital. The extent of his injuries are not yet known at this time.
Deputies reported both vehicles were driving down a sand road in the country near Windom. One vehicle skidded on the road and collided head-on with the other.
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By Chris Freud
EDWARDS - Really, the better question was "Who didn't win awards?"
Battle Mountain soccer held its postseason banquet Thursday night and, as cheesy as it sounds, everyone won. After all, sitting at the front of the room was big golden soccer ball, aka the school's first state championship trophy in soccer, and everyone's getting their name on the biggest prize of all.
And while Thursday night was part of the continuing celebration of said title, the Huskies went home with handfuls of hardware.
The Huskies have the Coach of the Year on many levels in David Cope, the Slope Player of the Year in Joe LyBarger and even their first regional all-American in Erick Briones
Befitting a state champion, the Huskies have seven all-state players in some form or another from first team to honorable mention. All-league? Eight selections.
Merely, by alphabetical order, here they are:
Erick Briones
Simply a defensive rock. The Huskies have a tradition of stout defenders, dating back to the likes Evie Gonzalez, Connor Drumm and Harrison Brown. Briones fits in just fine in this good company. Not is he all-state and all-league, but he is the school's first National Soccer Coaches Association of America regional all-American.
Cope's take: "He wasn't just a defender. He could hit 50-yard passes onto feet. He had an incredible knack to put the guys into space. He really grew. He's an example of a kid who grew within the program. He spent two years at JV and became a starter."
Roberto Diaz
He's first-team all state and with good reason. Diaz emerged as a multi-faceted weapon with 17 goals and 13 assists. Perhaps, most importantly, Diaz also moved back to defense in key point at the end of the regular season. Simply a tremendous two-way player.
Cope's take: "In so many ways, he's one of the top players in the state of Colorado."
Christian Espinoza
He will forever be linked with Battle Mountain's shootout wins at Evergreen and against Palmer Ridge. In retrospect, it shouldn't have been that surprising that Espinoza would shine between the pipes. He had 11 shutouts and allowed eight goals in 20 games. Both marks should stand for a long time.
Cope's take: "Here's an incredible stat. He faced eight penalties, and they scored three goals, missed one and Christian saved four. What are the odds that he has more saves than goals-against?"
Heivan Garcia
He will forever be remembered for making the final penalty kick to win state and his ensuing run around Dick's Sporting Goods Park. While that's a snapshot moment, Garcia also made his mark as a clutch goal-scorer. If it was a big game, Garcia scored - Cheyenne Mountain, Steamboat Springs or Broomfield.
Cope's take: "It was very fitting the biggest personality on our team had the final penalty kick. Heivan is kind of symbolic of our group - underrated, very good technically and loves the game."
Joe LyBarger
He comes from an accomplished athletic family, and he's established himself in his own right. The stats - 24 goals and 12 assists - are impressive enough. He's the first Battle Mountain player to win the 4A Slope Player of the Year since 2009 (Connor Tedstrom) and the first LyBarger since 2008 and 2007 (Emily, one of his three older sisters) to win the honor. More so was his leadership.
Cope's take: "Joe went from being a very talented athlete to being a leader of a diverse group. He went from coming to the sideline with an opinion to having a question. He would ask what was best for the team."
Diego Rodriguez
Likely the engine of the Huskies' title drive. Rodriguez had a subtle, but vital role going back on defense when others like Gunnar Wilson and Diaz moved up. Please note that the two players mentioned below were also 4A Slope Players of the Year in their day.
Cope's take: "Diego fits in the mold of other players we've had like Tyler Cole and Erik Garcia. The other thing about Diego is that he was the most passionate leader on the team."
Alex Trujillo
Simply dangerous. If you watched Huskies soccer, if Trujillo got to the end line and broke toward the goal, something good was going to happen. The junior had nine goals and team-high 17 assists. Trujillo to LyBarger was a traditional refrain.
Cope's take: "He was probably our most dangerous 1-on-1 player we've ever had. It was the same move every time, but no one could stop it. He does that hip-swivel and goes the other way. It just amazed me."
Gunnar Wilson
So the question at the beginning of the season was "Where does Gunnar go?" Many of Cope's colleagues felt that Wilson, formerly a forward, would be a liability at left-defensive back. Wrong. Wilson was sixth on an explosive team in scoring, and his defense was spotless.
Cope's take: "He is the epitome of a modern defensive back. He was great with the ball and he was great defending. He influenced the way other teams played. There's all this talk about scouting the other team, but if you can impose your style of play, forget the scouting."
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DETROIT -- Sergio Romo fired slider after slider at Detroit's Triple Crown winner, Miguel Cabrera, slyly setting up the final pitch of an unforgettable Giants season.
After five consecutive sliders, which the closer already had used to strike out the first two batters in the 10th inning, catcher Buster Posey called for one more against Cabrera, who earlier had kept the Detroit Tigers afloat with a two-run homer off starter Matt Cain.
But Romo shook his head. He wanted to throw the pitch nobody ever believed he could throw effectively -- the heater -- and Posey just followed along.
Then Romo tossed it, a beauty, right down the middle but such an absolute laser-shock to perhaps the best pure hitter in the game that he, too, was left frozen in time in the Giants' ultimate 2012 moment -- a called strike three to win the World Series.
"That guy," said Posey, shaking his head with disbelief of Romo's final-pitch decision in the 4-3 Game 4 victory. "He shook to a fastball there, and it shows you what type of guts he has and the faith in what he's got."
The source of that faith, Romo said, were his teammates.
"They relied on me. They had confidence in me all year. They knew I needed the faith they had in me." he said. "I couldn't let 'em down. I couldn't let anybody down, especially anybody in the orange and black."
Romo saved three of the four games in the Giants' sweep. Relievers Jeremy Affeldt, Santiago Casilla and Romo combined to finish the series with an ERA of 0.00. Only George Kontos was scored on out of the bullpen -- two runs in Game 1 -- giving the relief staff a 1.54 ERA for the Series
Sunday night was their best performance. With the score tied 3-3, Affeldt and Casilla delivered two electric innings, and after the Giants scored in the top of the 10th, Romo dropped the final hammer on the Tigers.
Affeldt, after walking the leadoff man in the eighth, struck out the heart of the Tigers' order -- Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Delmon Young -- and added Andy Dirks for a fourth consecutive strikeout in the ninth.
"I was commanding the zone with three pitches tonight, it just felt great out there," Affeldt said. "If you're going to have a night to have your best stuff, this was the night to have it."
But if Affeldt was terrific, Romo was downright filthy. He struck out leadoff man Austin Jackson and pinch-hitter Don Kelly with his slider. Cabrera who worked the count to 2-2 and fouled off a fifth pitch. Then came the capper.
"For a guy to get those last three outs, I don't care who you are, that's really hard to do," Affeldt said. "And he did it in unbelievable fashion. What an amazing, amazing deal striking out the side. You can't do it any better than that."
Manager Bruce Bochy said: "Sergio, he's a guy you want out there. ... He just knew that Cabrera was looking for a slider, and he commands the fastball so well, he just located it."
Pitching coach Dave Righetti said: "There's really nobody like him. That was Rod Beck-like. That was Mariano Rivera-like, a guy with total belief in what he is doing out there."
Romo and other members of the bullpen stepped into the breach when closer Brian Wilson was lost for the season with an elbow injury. Giants general manager Brian Sabean braced for the possibility by keeping the core group together.
"Santiago Casilla saved us in the first half of the season with so many big saves, and when he faltered, Romo became the guy," Sabean said. "I can't say enough about that young man. It is pretty amazing, because he didn't have a track record doing this."
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Jake and Ashley Fichtner of Shawnee announce the birth of a daughter, Jacelyn Ashley Fichtner.
She was born Sept. 2, 2012, at St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 inches long.
She is the granddaughter of Ron Fichtner of Riverside, Calif., and Becky Friebe of Superior, Wis., and Steve and Diana Simpson of Seminole.
She has one big sister, Ally Fichtner, age 3.
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Stitching a series of pole panoramas can take a long time but if you have a steady hand and take care of your shadow in the images then batch stitching is a real option to save you a lot of time.
Batch stitching is possible as long as all images are having a large overlap and are having enough details, for this reason I prefer not to use a zenith or nadir patch as these most times requires a manual intervention.
I wrote a tutorial with screenshots, demo images and PTGui templates to give you a quick start.
For the tutorial I used one set of images that are part of a small series of handheld and batch processed pole panoramas.
All panoramas are shot with a Fanotec Series 1 pole, R1 lens ring, R-D4 rotator, footplate, Canon 5D, Tokina firstname.lastname@example.com, 6 images around, tilt-15 degree, out of NPP forward shift of the lens 12 mm.
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WXII 12 announces partnership with WSJS
600 AM will air WXII 12 News at 6 p.m.
In yet another sign of the ever-shifting media landscape, two tenured members of the Triad broadcast community have announced a news sharing relationship.
Beginning March 4, The Triad's News Radio 600 WSJS will simulcast the Triad's top-rated evening television newscast, the WXII-12 Evening News at 6:00PM with Cameron Kent, Wanda Starke, meteorologist Lanie Pope and sports director Kenny Beck. The TV newscast will be broadcast on the radio in its entirety affording viewers who can't be at home the opportunity to hear the day's news from their cars and other remote locations.
Hank Price, WXII 12's President and General Manager, said simulcasting the 6:00PM news on radio is a simple matter of convenience for his viewers. "WXII 12 is pleased to be associated with WSJS and their outstanding commitment to local news and information." The WXII-12 Evening News will air weeknights from 6:00 to 6:30 on WSJS and will be immediately followed on the radio by North Carolina's Evening News with Scott Briggaman.
WSJS Operations Manager Matt Clark called the new partnership a homecoming of sorts for both stations. "Until 1972, the stations were co-owned under the WSJS call letters," he said, "and the reputation for local news excellence was cultivated back then. This new relationship ensures WSJS radio listeners will continue to enjoy the very best broadcast journalism whether the stories they hear are generated by our radio personnel or the award-winning team at WXII-12." The new news partnership will include occasional television reports from WSJS radio journalists and frequent contributions on the radio from WXII-12 reporters.


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To Test a Relationship, Take a Trip Requiring a Map
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Gallery owner and art manager John Cacciatore has managed tapestry artist Nancy Kozikowski's career for about 28 years. Starting as friends and business associates, the two eventually married. Today they divide their time between Albuquerque, N.M., where John runs a gallery and Nancy creates tapestries, and Songzhuang Artist Village outside Beijing, where John curates exhibits and Nancy has a second studio.
The couple, who have lived part-time in China since 2004, spoke to the Journal about traveling as a pair, the challenges getting to Buddhist cave paintings in Xinjiang, and the importance of writing down your hotel address.
How do you split your time between China and New Mexico?
Nancy: At this time, it's 50-50 because my mother is 94. I have three siblings and she needs one of us with her all the time. So it's three months in China, three months in the U.S.
Do you prefer Beijing or Albuquerque?
Nancy: I live in Beijing and I live in New Mexico, and I almost feel like I'm philandering because I love both places so much. But wherever I am is where I can work.
John: Now we really love China. We love having front-row seats to history.
Where have you traveled?
John: Almost everywhere in China over this past decade.
What's it like traveling as a couple?
John: We always say one of the best reasons to be a couple is to have someone to watch over the bags while the other goes to the bathroom.
Nancy: We really do enjoy traveling together. It makes it less strenuous.
John: If you ever want to test a relationship, do a road trip involving a map.
Why Beijing for art?
John: What's going on in Songzhuang is what happened at the Cedar Tavern in New York in the early 1950s when abstract expressionism developed. It shifted the art scene from Paris to New York. Something similar to that is going on here. The energy and enthusiasm is very exciting. And when I first got together with Nancy, I did research on Raphael. So I never in a thousand years thought we would end up spending years in China.
What have been your most interesting travels in Asia?
John: Xinjiang in western China. We went to look at Buddhist cave paintings, and we went by air, train, car, a three-wheeled motorcycle, a three-wheeled donkey cart, then a camel, and then on foot to get to our location. I would never have done that by myself in a thousand years.
Nancy: I probably would have done it by myself.
Where else have you traveled for your art?
Nancy: Last year we went to Seoul for the Korea International Art Fair. Seoul is beautiful and the art show was wonderful. There were 150 galleries and we were seeing every imaginable kind of art.
John: Half a million people attended—
Nancy: —and saw my work. That would take a lifetime in New Mexico.
Packing strategy?
John: I discovered early on to buy the lightest suitcases humanly possible. Some weigh a ton before you put anything in them. The other thing is to have backup power for phones and your computer. And the new smartphones are so wonderful. I have 50 books, and all my music, plus a flashlight and a compass.
Nancy: We use bags called "the lightest bags." They're aluminum frames with nylon fabric, and even large bags weigh less than six pounds. They aren't expensive and look like regular bags, and we get them at Lieber's Luggage in Albuquerque.
Favorite hotel?
John: The scene of our first date, what was called the Marina Pacific in Venice Beach, Calif. Now it's called the Hotel Erwin. And toward the end of one trip to Rome, we splurged at Albergo Del Senato, at the Pantheon in Rome.
Favorite place in China?
John: I had a friend, a Beijinger, who said he would take me to lunch. So he picked me up at 9 and we drove for three hours to a place where the river is dammed and they catch the fish and prepare it for you. After lunch, he said, now we are going to go in the river. It was November and cold, but we used bamboo rafts, and they pulled us to a gazebo in the middle of the river. Our translator pulled out an erhu and did a concert for me. It was one of the most transcendent things I've ever experienced.
Nancy: And I got to go paint in Inner Mongolia for a week. There were 25 artists and we were taken to the Kubuqi Desert, where they were planting trees to hold back the desert…To get to go there and paint for a week and have all expenses paid, that wouldn't happen anywhere else.
Favorite airline?
John: We use Air China and Southwest a lot. And loved the experience on Turkish Airlines when we went to Istanbul last year.
Best airport?
John: Albuquerque—we know we are home, or leaving.
Which city has the best taxis?
John: Seoul.
How do you combat jet lag?
John: Eat liquor chocolates and binge-watch movies.
Where haven't you been that you'd like to go?
John: Sicily, my homeland.
Best travel experience?
John: Buying an apartment in Beijing.
Worst travel experience?
John: Arriving in China and realizing our visas were expired. It was an expensive last-second trip to Hong Kong for new visas.
Nancy: The first time I visited China in 2000, I was with a group of artists visiting minority weavers throughout the country. We were in the new industrial city of Nanning. I borrowed one of the hotel bikes to ride around the block. My plan was that I would go right until I returned to the hotel. I knew there was a park behind the hotel, but I didn't know that it was bigger than Central Park. Eventually I realized that I had been traveling a long time and wouldn't even know if I had passed the hotel. I wasn't even sure what the hotel looked like. There was no one I could ask directions from; no one could speak English. I didn't know the name of the hotel or have a hotel card. I was like a lost dog. Finally I saw a familiar sign and saw the road up the hill to the hotel. The moral is never go out without a hotel card.
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WASHINGTON (December 10, 2012)--President Barack Obama and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House Sunday to discuss the "fiscal cliff," while rank-and-file Republicans were stepping forward with what they say are pragmatic ideas to break the stalemate.
Mr. Obama and Boehner didn't release details of their conversation, but Republican mavericks are pressuring their leaders to rethink some of the most contentious issues, including taxes.
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker says Senate Republicans would probably agree to higher taxes for the wealthiest Americans if it leads to overhauling entitlement programs.
Other conservative stalwarts, including Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, have floated similar ideas.
A deal won't come easily, though.
Many House Republicans refuse to support tax hikes under any circumstances and Democrats have been skeptical about rushing through entitlement reforms before the end of the year.


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- use Wetter instead, plus Regenradar.
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The neighborhood weather stations and live cams are great. Radar isn't as good, but works great in conjunction with Radar in Motion.
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LAKE TAHOE — Since so much time is spent in your kitchen, it's natural that you would want your decor to be comforting and satisfying. And it would also be great to be sure that your kitchen reflects your likes and personality.
Kitchen window treatments don't have to be 100 percent utilitarian. Swags and other types of decorative top treatments have their place in the kitchen.
Sometimes a simple scalloped valance in a patterned fabric edged in a contrasting cording is just enough to add pizzazz to a ho-hum room.
Consider repeating the fabric in other areas for a truly coordinated look — pillows on chairs, lining on the insides of cabinets, shelves and hutches. Placemats, tablecloths and napkins are also a must!
Picking a great color scheme is also so important. Often, color choices are dictated by "givens" like the flooring, appliances and cabinets — so use good judgment.
If you really want a drastic change and your color choices don't blend with your "givens" consider changing what you can now, and replace other items over time.
And you'd be surprised how many colors even coordinate with the harvest gold of the seventies! What's most important is that your colors are of the same intensity and tone.
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Poll: Millennials No Big Fans of Obamacare
As President Barack Obama gave remarks Wednesday to a White House Youth Summit on health care, a new poll shows the Affordable Care Act isn't faring well among young adults, who share the largely skeptical views of other Americans.
A majority of millennials — adults aged 18-29 — in the poll disapprove of Mr. Obama's signature health-care law, and fewer than 30% of uninsured millennials said they will definitely or probably enroll if and when they are eligible, a Harvard Institute of Politics poll found.
The poll, released Wednesday, tested whether people respond differently to the law depending on its name, but similar margins said they disapproved of the "Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare"—56% and 57%, respectively.
Depending on what the law was called, between 10% and 13% of millennials who don't currently have health insurance said they will definitely enroll, and between 15% and 16% said they will probably enroll.
More than twice as many respondents believe the quality of their care will worsen under the law as believe it will improve. About half believe their health care costs will increase under the law, and about 10% believe their costs will decrease.
Young people's distrust of the health-care law poses a significant problem to the law's potential for success. The exchanges need young, healthy people to mitigate the costs of the old and sick. Mr. Obama's remarks at the youth summit Wednesday were designed to urge young leaders to push others to enroll.
Mr. Obama, in his remarks, touted the modest cost of obtaining health insurance through Obamacare, saying young adults could sign up for roughly the cost of a monthly smartphone bill and gain peace of mind about the chance of a serious health issue.
"There was a time when I was a young invincible," Mr. Obama said, adding he thought when he was younger he had "nothing to worry about" except for a possible basketball injury. "Of course that's what most people think until they have something to worry about, but at that point oftentimes it's too late."
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that 7 million people will be enrolled in the exchanges next year, 2.7 million of whom will be people aged 18-34. If young people don't sign up, it puts insurers more at risk and drives up prices.
The poll also found significant ill will toward Washington among millennials. A majority said they would choose to recall all members of Congress if that were an option, and respondents were split 45-45 on whether they would recall their member of Congress. Respondents were also split 47-46 on whether they would recall Mr. Obama. About 41% said they approved of Mr. Obama's job performance, down 11 points since April and his lowest rating in the poll's history.
Those numbers are comparable to disapproval of Mr. Obama at all ages. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in late October found Mr. Obama's approval rating at 42%, a 5 point drop from weeks earlier. Just 29% said their congressional representative deserved re-election, the poll's lowest point in history.
Mr. Obama's approval rating among millennials on health care dropped 9 points to 34%, and his approval rating on the economy dropped 9 points to 33%.
A Gallup poll released this week found that young Americans are the least familiar with the health care law. Some 37% of adults aged 18-29 said they were not familiar with the law, compared to the average of 28% for all adults. Among Republicans, 12% said they were not familiar, and 34% of Democrats said the same.
The Harvard poll, which surveyed 2,089 adults aged 18-29 from Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1%.
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Drivers on Interstate 70 may get a preview of a possible future traffic control system at the Eisenhower Tunnel Saturday, when transportation officials are slated to test the new stop-and-go metering model.
But to test drive a system designed for heavy congestion, the Colorado Department of Transportation will have to cause a short traffic jam.
"We want to build up a few people on the west side (of the tunnel) and see how they respond," CDOT Region 1 engineer Peter Kozinski said. "(We want to) see if they can follow the instructions, the layout and see if they understand what we're trying to do."
Metering is the process used to prevent gridlock inside the tunnel when heavy traffic builds up on the highway. The new system would keep traffic flowing slowly though the tunnel by alternately releasing cars from four lanes into the two-lane facility, rather than stopping traffic for up to 20 minutes at one end while traffic clears out inside.
"That would be similar to what you see on the ramp meters in the Denver metro area," CDOT spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said.
On Saturday, transportation officials will only run the new metering system for a single cycle. The entire test is expected to take no more than half an hour.
"We'll stop traffic and allow it to queue up using the existing system," CDOT traffic engineer Clark Roberts said. "After the queue backs up, then we'll go into metering and see how quickly we an flush it out. It will give us an idea of how it's going to work."
If Saturday's test goes well, officials will look at testing the new model again on at a busier time.
Metering continues to be an unpopular but, according to CDOT, necessary feature of the Eisenhower Tunnel.
"The problem with metering is people don't understand it," Stegman said. "People still think it's because of air quality (in the tunnel) or something like that. It's for safety."
The system of metering is intended to prevent bumper-to-bumper traffic inside the shoulderless tunnel to ensure first-responders have access to the entire facility in the event of an emergency.
"The primary reason we do it is for safety," CDOT spokesman Bob Wilson said. "What's critical is to avoid a gridlock situation within that facility. It's only two lanes of traffic in each direction. There're are no pull-outs, there're no shoulders. So we can't allow those backups to occur because that wouldn't allow us to respond to any kind of emergency."
The new style of metering falls along the lines of similar low-budget solutions proposed to address frequent traffic backups on the interstate.
The idea of going slower to go faster was first tested last winter through the rolling speed harmonization program, also known as pacing, in which law-enforcement vehicles led groups of vehicles at a slightly lower controlled speed during heavy congestion with the intention keeping traffic flowing through the corridor.
The pacing program was discontinued after only a few weekends after data failed to show conclusively that it was improving traffic flows.


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cad 1
nouninformal, dated
- Britain's biggest cads, rogues and evil-doers from the past 1,000 years have been given special recognition by historians.
- He, true to form, behaves like a cad and leaves her for the gambling tables and his deserved fate.
- In short, Diplomacy is not a nice game; to win, it is necessary to behave like a complete cad.
- Example sentences
- I remember feeling rather caddish: an 18-year-old seducer, in the Caribbean with the beautiful daughter of a terrifying steel magnate at 3 o'clock in the morning.
- But his books are a celebration of caddish behaviour which, when you think about it, isn't much different from the laddish variety.
- His caddish mission is to steal her petticoat as a 'souvenir' to present to her wealthy fiancé to prove her unfaithfulness.
caddishly adverb
- Example sentences
- He fell in and out of love with metronomic frequency, caddishly abandoning each lover for the next.
- When he caddishly refuses, Isabelle accuses him of confusing life with cinema and commits suicide.
- His leading characters are invariably womanisers, middle-class, caddishly intelligent and orphans.
- Example sentences
- A cad himself, he is quick to detect caddishness in others.
- For the narrator, the 'crime' is caddishness, not coition - a failing of etiquette rather than morality.
- To compound this apparent caddishness, Howard is also a fellow traveler and a boorish personality.
Late 18th century (denoting a passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for personal profit): abbreviation of caddie or cadet.
This is a dated term to describe a man who behaves dishonourably towards a woman, and appears to have arisen at the universities as a colloquial insult for a 'man of low, vulgar manners'. It may have originated at Oxford in a contemptuous application to townsmen in the 'town-and-gown' rivalry. Cad, however, once referred to any passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for his personal profit. It is an abbreviation of Scottish caddie or its more standard form cadet. This term for a younger son comes from French Gascon dialect capdet, 'little head' hence 'junior' from Latin caput 'head'.
Words that rhyme with cadad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad
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The Ledger ran a three-day series of excellent articles Jan. 23 through Jan. 25, about robots and technology eliminating jobs for hundreds of thousands worldwide. One expert said the trend indicates coming "unemployment on a scale we have not yet begun to imagine." Modern scientific progress is reaching the economic "low of diminishing returns" — too much of a good thing starts to bring bad results.
Where is any leadership on limits and boundaries for human society? I do not see any anywhere in the U.S. At least China did limit the number of children per family.
I take it upon myself to try to stimulate public discussion of the Earth's limits. Another 2012 book, "The Last Myth: What the Rise of Apocalyptic Thinking Tells Us About America" by M.B. Gross and Mel Gilles provides relevant commentary. It says accelerating consumption resulting from globalization is decimating the world's resources. All modern societies believe in pursuit of a continuously rising standard of living. Grow, grow, grow. More, more, more.
But this world view based on endless material growth is disconnect from reality. We are encountering a metaphysical crisis. History shows that when faced with such a crisis, cultures either adapt to the new reality or the society fails or collapses.
We need leaders to help prepare us for a decline in resources available for industrialization and a decline in middle-class sustaining jobs.
Within our lifetimes, we will see a change from building a society based on exponential growth to one based on declining resources. We are going to have to learn to create a society based on decline in energy consumption, in available resources, and eventually and inevitably in numbers of the human population.
Will the solution come through cooperation or conflict? Where is any leadership on this issue of the Earth's limits?
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