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By Ms. Joan Vasey (Huachuca)February 8, 2013
Fort Huachuca, AZ. - They came. They saw. They conquered.
Although it was neither a territorial battle nor raid for plunder, a group of Danish gymnastics warriors captured the attention and stole the hearts of the spectators during a live performance at Barnes Field House on Wednesday evening.
In front of a packed house, the members of the National Danish Performance Team, 28 men and women, 20 to 26, representing all regions of Denmark, combined a variety of modern gymnastics, dance, cheer, artistic vaulting, tumbling and high-energy acrobatics into a 90-minute performance that seemed to amaze the entire audience.
The NDPT's visit to Fort Huachuca lasted from Monday through Thursday afternoons with Wednesday's performance as the highlight. It was part of the group's 2012/13 world tour which included 20 countries and an almost a month-long visit to the United States. It was their eighth U.S. tour and their second visit to Fort Huachuca.
As ambassadors of good will, the team's goal is to encourage active lifestyles, to promote sports for all and to encourage an international understanding, according to the group's website, http://www.ndpt.dk/. The athletes danced, jumped, tumbled and acted during the course of their performance. Based on the level of the crowd's clapping, cheering and screaming, the NDPT dazzled the audience.
One of the most popular numbers seemed to be a tumbling routine, set to tribal music, during the second half of the show. During this segment, each male performer took individual turns tumbling several times increasing the level of difficulty as the act went on. It almost felt as though the temperature in Barnes gym rose several degrees as gymnasts ramped up their individual performance levels during the musical score. As the volume of the cheering intensified, each performer seemed to strive to increase the height of his jumps every time he ran and tumbled down the runway of padded mats spread across the gymnasium floor. Each turn culminated with an airborne jump or tumble.
Eli Wolfington, 6, summed up what many of the audience felt.
"I liked the boys when they jumped and spun."
During a break after the first half of the evening presentation, Sierra Vista resident Raymond Townsend said, "The performance was great. I really liked the gymnastics where the teams crossed the mats and the guys jumped and tumbled."
Jill Sollington, 14, an out-of-town visitor, was enthralled by the girls.
The budding dancer, who has aspirations of her own, sighed, "I wish I could dance like that and go around the world performing for people."
During their travels, the NDPT presents many workshops for both youth and adults.
While here, the group presented several workshops at Fort Huachuca schools, enthralling students, post-wide. Their Buena High School performance, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and their only off-post performance, was cancelled when the school was evacuated due to the smell of smoke in a portion of the building.
Besides spreading their message about healthful living during their world tour, team members learn about different cultures while exposing people of other nations to aspects of the Danish culture.
Team member Louise Knudsen described one experience which will impact her for the rest of her life.
After visiting the northern part of Africa, Knudsen explained how she learned to appreciate all she had, especially the plentiful food. In Africa, while she ate what she was given which was the best of what the people had to offer, she often did not feel full at the end of most meals. At home, she could eat until full and would sometimes leave food behind or throw it away. "It made me much more appreciative about what I had [at home], "she said.
Two members of the NDPT and a manager were interviewed on Tuesday afternoon. At that time, after fewer than 24 hours on the installation, the visitors already had several activities under their belt -- a horseback ride, a simulated rifle firing experience and workshops presented to youth on post.
When asked if there are any similarities between U.S. and Danish students, Knudsen explained.
"They are happy to see new people and to have fun, the same as in Denmark. They enjoy doing different things. Even when they play the same games [they normally play but with visitors from outside of school], the [students] get a different point of view."
The female gymnast said that no matter what activity they are involved in -- performances, workshops or meetings -- the DNPT shares its philosophy and vision of healthful living. She stated that no matter what their fitness level, everyone can share and participate in healthful activities.
Being part of the elite NDPT does not come without a price; in addition to a strong commitment to gymnastics and ethical athletics, each member must audition for the team, successfully complete an interview to determine their level of commitment to being a Danish goodwill ambassador, and each must pay about $6,000 to be part of the organization above and beyond sponsor donations. Members of the NDPT only get to participate on the team for one cycle, and the group tours only once every two years.
Volunteers, such as families who host members of the team, and sponsors, who provide financial backing, make it possible for the team to exist and tour, according to team manager Mette Mogensen. A local sponsor working in concert with Fort Huachuca's Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, helped bring the NDPT to the installation for a second time.
Members of the team usually begin their athletic careers when they are very young.
"I started gymnastics when I was 5," Knudsen stated. The 22-year-old woman, who admitted to working intensely for 1.5 years in order to be part of the group, auditioned because, as part of the team, she could do what she loved best (gymnastics) for a long period of time.
Jeppe Nehr, 21, began gymnastics when he was 3, "about the time I could walk," he joked.
On Tuesday afternoon, the group spent time in the dance studio, dined on international food at the Thunder Mountain Activity Centre and went bowling at Fort Huachuca's Desert Lanes.
"It's great, how many facilities are here, and we have been lucky to get to use them," said Mogensen during the interview. "There's the fitness facilities, the gym, the bowling alley." She expressed these sentiments again when speaking before the audience during their Wednesday night performance at Barnes Field House.
The NDPT ended their tour on the fort Thursday by engaging in a paintball contest with Fort Huachuca Soldiers and by taking part in the obstacle course, also known as the Warrior Skills Course.
The Danish team enjoyed the time spent on Fort Huachuca, according to their manager.
"Everyone gave us a very warm welcome, and we [were] glad to visit," Mogensen added.
The NDPT has been in the United States for about three-and-a-half weeks. Fort Huachuca is the group's last stop; from here, they will travel to Mexico and South America spreading their message of 'health' while serving as Danish ambassadors of good will before returning the Denmark. After that, they will conclude their performances with a European tour.


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Man kills wife, then tries to fatally stab himself, police say
Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
BRADENTON - A Bradenton man stabbed his wife to death Wednesday night and then turned the knife on himself in an effort to kill himself, police say.
Someone called 911 at about 10:20 p.m., saying a man in a home in the 2000 block of St. George Drive East was stabbing his wife. When Bradenton police arrived they heard screaming and entered the house to find Karen Mudgett suffering from life-threatening stabs to her torso. The officers also say they found Sean Mudgett wielding a knife and stabbing himself.
Police were able to subdue Sean Mudgett and took both him and his wife to the hospital. Karen Mudgett was pronounced dead at about 11:30 p.m., police said.
Sean Mudgett was in intensive care as of Thursday evening and was expected to survive, according to a Bradenton Police report.
The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information can contact Detective Jim Curulla at (941) 932-9311.
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Supreme Court Does Not Act on Gay-Marriage Cases
The Supreme Court took no action on any of the 10 gay-marriage petitions before it Friday, despite expectations that the justices would finally announce their plans regarding challenges to three separate laws denying recognition to same-sex couples.
The court could add any of those cases to its docket as soon as Monday, but more likely the justices will continue discussing the matter at their next private conference, scheduled for Dec. 7.
Most attention has focused on challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 statute denying federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex spouses. Federal appeals courts in Boston and New York have found the measure unconstitutional, finding that the government had insufficient justification to penalize gays and lesbians.
Separately, the Supreme Court has been weighing whether to review California's Proposition 8, a 2008 voter initiative limiting marriage to a man and a woman. A federal appeals court in San Francisco found the measure unconstitutionally withdrew marriage rights from gays after the California Supreme Court ruled in May 2008 that those rights were protected by the state constitution.
Additionally, the court has before it an Arizona measure known as Section O that withdrew state employee benefits from domestic partners. Heterosexual couples could maintain such benefits by getting married, an option unavailable to gay couples who may not wed in Arizona.
A federal appeals court in Phoenix found Section O violated the Constitution's equal-protection guarantee.
The Supreme Court justices held their regular private conference on Friday, and they were scheduled to discuss whether to take up the gay-marriage cases. The court said Friday afternoon that it would accept two cases unrelated to gay marriage that were also on the conference calendar, but that announcement didn't say anything about the gay-marriage cases.


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WEST HAVEN — Fresh off his record-setting moment, it would have been easy for Southington High junior wide receiver Alex Jamele to bask in the glory Saturday.
But it never crossed his mind to talk about his 26 touchdown receptions he caught from quarterback Stephen Barmore this season, including two in the Blue Knights' 45-0 win over Ridgefield to break Woodland's Anthony Scirpo's mark of 25 set in 2012.
Instead after all Jamele could think of was about his teammates, especially the graduating seniors, including his older brother Zak, a starting middle linebacker.
"They taught so much about friendship and leadership," said Jamele. "They have all been like my brothers. I don't know what I will do without them next year. I will miss them so much."
Fortunately, Jamele has one more week to prepare with his teammates, as they face Fairfield Prep Saturday night at 6:05 for the Class LL title at Central Connecticut State University's Arute Field.
Jamele has 69 receptions for 1,393 yards and 26 TDs this season for the Blue Knights (11-1).
Ultimate praise: Ridgefield's punter Will Bonaparte, who happened to be the Tigers' best player and rushed for 168 yards on 24 carries, said the fierce cross wind and swirling wind at Strong Stadium made it difficult for him to punt.
Southington punter, place-kicker and kickoff specialist Kyle Smick didn't have too much trouble, though. After Smick booted a 56-yard punt, converted all six PAT kicks he attempted and also booted a 22-yard field goal, his second in the postseason and eighth this year, Bonaparte gave Smick the ultimate praise.
"What can I say, Kyle's a great kicker," said Bonaparte.
Even with a 31-0 halftime lead, Smick didn't take anything for granted. With seagulls flying above Strong Stadium and nearby Long Island Sound, Smick arrived on the field with about eight minutes left on the clock before the start of the second half. His teammates were still in the locker room.
Smick began booting kickoffs and then punts, as volunteer Rick Koczera tossed him football after football and future Southington players' Jimmy Starr, an eighth-grader at DePaulo Middle School, and Brandon Kohl, an eighth-grader at Kennedy Middle School, retrieved the ball.
When Smick missed a 26-yard field-goal attempt short and wide left on the opening drive of the game against Ridgefield, it didn't affect his psyche, said teammate Tyler Hyde.
"We all trust Kyle," said Hyde. "We told him to get the miss out of his mind. We knew he would be all right."
By the numbers: Southington QB and Yale-bound Stephen Barmore has led the Blue Knights to a 31-4 record in 35 career starts.
In his four-year varsity career, he's thrown for 6,457 yards and 74 touchdowns and rushed for 1,227 yards and 21 TDs.
This year, Barmore's thrown for 38 touchdowns, including three versus Ridgefield and two versus Norwich Free Academy, and only five interceptions.
Here's the breakdown:
2010: 776 passing yards, 11 TDs, 109 rushing yards, 1 TD; 2011: 929 passing yards, 5 TDs, 329 rushing yards, 4 TDs; 2012: 2,010 passing yards, 18 TDs, 424 rushing yards, 13 TDs; 2013: 2,742 passing yards; 365 rushing yards, 3 TDs.
Quote of the day: "The Scout Team offense deserves so much credit. They give the starting defense such great looks in practice every day. This was a battle. Every battle is won before it was fought." — Southington linebacker Matt Koczera after the Blue Knights dominating performance over Ridgefield.
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Gefilte fish and chopped liver may be iconic dishes, but New York food writer Helen Nash has always taken the art of Jewish food to new levels -- first in her classic "Kosher Cuisine," and then in "Helen Nash's Kosher Kitchen." Now she has given kosher cooking a health-conscious twist in "Helen Nash's New Kosher Cuisine" (Overlook Press, $35, 368 pages). The book mixes old-school flavors with modern ingredients and easy-to-follow directions. You'll find plenty of entrees for carnivores, but also a few options for vegetarians, including a hearty, cheesy mushroom lasagna -- and the dessert section is particularly generous.
Here's just a taste:
Pear Clafouti
Serves 8
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for the flan dish
3/4 cup blanched, sliced almonds, divided
1/2 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon for sprinkling
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 firm, ripe Bosc pears
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon each vanilla and almond extracts
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter. Grease the flan dish.
2. In a food processor, finely grind 1/2 cup almonds. Transfer to a bowl, and mix in sugar and flour.
3. Peel, quarter and core pears. Cut each quarter in half. Arrange in the flan dish, then sprinkle with lemon juice.
4. Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla and almond extracts into melted butter. Mix in the ground almonds. Pour batter over pears. Sprinkle with remaining sliced almonds and 1 tablespoon sugar.
5. Bake for 35 minutes, or until top is golden and the edges have begun to pull away. Serve warm. (Note: If you baked the clafouti earlier in the day, warm it for 10 minutes in a 300-degree oven.)
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You're just as likely to see Brooklyn hipsters singing along in the audience of a Yarn show as you are to see Texas country-loving (ala Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen) folk. But despite the differences in attire (and perhaps the drink in their hand - a Shiner Bock versus a gin jalapeno martini), there's a common theme that certainly unites the crowd.
"People looking for a good time," said Blake Christiana, the lead singer of Yarn. "Our music isn't difficult to understand or to feel or to move to, regardless of where you're from. As far as musical differences of those groups of people, half of those Brooklyn hipsters wish they were from Texas, and the other half ARE from Texas."
'All blissed out'
The Brooklyn-based Americana/alternative country band got started nearly five years ago and in the meantime have racked up eight Grammy nominations and a slew of fans around the country. They play around 200 shows a year - roughly every weekend plus three or four month-long tours, one of which they're on now.
Life on the road isn't always peachy - the six band mates miss their friends and family, of course, but the positives generally outweigh any negatives.
"To look at the audience and see people's faces, all blissed-out, in 'the zone,' forgetting their troubles, that's a real prize," Christiana said. "Then there's the people who, after the performance, show us all sorts of kindness and generosity, opening their homes and their lives to us. And of course, getting to see all sorts of new places is exciting, though this aspect is somewhat limited by the fact that there's always the next gig that we have to go to."
That "next gig" is in Vail. The six members of the band will take the stage at the Vail Ale House tonight for a free show. Though they've toured through Colorado three times, and played a dozen shows or more around the state, it's their first time performing in Vail.
"What has stood out about these (Colorado) shows was the immediate, warm welcome from total strangers - strangers no longer - as well as a generally unhinged nature," Christiana said. "People seem to have little trouble finding fun here."
Going all-acoustic with Oates
Life for Yarn has been busy the past few months. The group is working on a new, all-acoustic album. There's a few songs on the album co-written with John Oates (of Hall and Oates acclaim), and he performs on the album as well.
"That's real exciting," Christiana said. "He's a really kind, sweet guy too, beside his load of talent and musical legacy."
And the band was recently in Nashville, where their manager, booking agency and producer all reside. Each time the band is there, it feels like a homecoming of sorts, Christiana said.
"Spirits were already high, but then the stage manager of the show we were doing, Music City Roots, told us there was a legend playing that night and would we like to jam?" Christiana said.
Turned out the legend was W.S. Holland, a drummer who worked with Carl Perkins and was one of the members of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Three. Holland even played drums on the 1955 Sun Records recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" written by Perkins, the song's original performer.
"After our performance he went straight to our drummer, Robert Bonhomme, and prodigiously complimented him," Christiana said. "He also praised one of our songs in particular, which mentions the great love between Johnny Cash and June Carter. Then, at the end of the night, we all got up and jammed 'Blue Suede Shoes' as promised. Let me tell you, he's still got it."
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Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's senior vice president of racing operations, said officials have also urged drivers to get an ImPACT test before this season.
"We've encouraged them all to get that, with the emphasis that in 2014 that almost likely will be mandated for all of them," O'Donnell said Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. "We're in the process of doing that right now. We're educating them on what it is, how it works, and we'll come back with that for the 2014 preseason."
The test is used by many professional sports leagues, including the NFL, to assess concussions and determine when an injured athlete can safely return to play. The ImPACT test has transformed the way concussions are managed by giving a tangible measure of what's going on in the brain. It's a computer-based series of fast-paced quizzes involving words, pictures and colors. Scores reflect how quickly and correctly the questions are answered.
Four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon voluntarily took the test and says all drivers should complete one even if it's not mandatory.
"Why not go ahead and get ahead of the game?" Gordon said. "Plus, I would rather have it before the season starts, before the potential of having a head injury, to get a baseline."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. missed two races last season during the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with a concussion.
"The test is really simple and pretty straightforward," Earnhardt said.
Gordon said Earnhardt's injury was the deciding factor in getting tested.
"I didn't even know what an ImPACT test was prior to that," he said.


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Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics.
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Best compiled from source without Fink/Darwinports.
Refer to http://x9.ath.cx/blog/#entry060715-235014 to fix the compile errors.
Development has not stopped, it's just been on hold. It's since been resumed.
NmapFE is kinda useless. Although useful to learn with. I should take it and make it support some of the latest options in nmap.
NmapFE is definitely a great way to go. Unfortunately, developement has stopped and it was last compiled with nmap 3.70, which is a bit dated and missing out on some of Nmaps new features (better OS and service detection).
Good program, probably one of the best network tools on a Mac. but get the fe version as stated before. Just unzip and Go.
Why not use nmap fe and avoid compiling all completely?
I think compiling this is best. I don't know about darwinports, but fink tends to be several versions behind.
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If you're looking for a creepy destination to spend your Halloween, try one of these 10 spots recommended by the Travel Channel.
No. 6: Salem, MassachusettsDuring the winter of 1691 and 1692, the tiny New England village of Salem was gripped by accusations of witchcraft, leading to the now infamous Salem witch trials.


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Propane propels mowers for lawn care business
Published: Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 9:04 p.m.
ETOWAH With gasoline prices continuing to plague businesses, the owner of Cubby Lawn Care converted four of his commercial lawn mowers to propane.
Kenneth Williams 23-year-old business made the leap last fall.
They are doing really well, he said of the mowers.
Williams buys propane at about $1.89 a gallon. With gas prices in North Carolina hovering around $3.40, that savings helps his business immensely.
Not only does it save on cost, using propane leaves less of a footprint on the environment.
It burns cleaner with less pollution going in the air, Williams said.
Gasoline causes carbon buildup and when ethanol is added, it really puts a beating on engines, he added. Now, he changes oil less frequently and saves money on maintenance.
The conversion was a good fit for his two zero-turn and two push-behind mowers, he said.
Blossman Propane Gas & Appliances, off U.S. Highway 64 in Etowah, helped Williams convert his equipment. Williams said the conversion went well.
Id like to see this progress for landscapers because of the cost of fuel and equipment, he said. Its a good alternative to our (main) fuel source.
Blossman Branch Manager Kory Ball encourages the use of the alternative fuel.
Its a no-brainer, he said.
Using propane reduces greenhouse emissions by 50 percent, he said, and carbon dioxide by 80 percent compared to gasoline.
Its difficult for people to change their way of thinking despite the economic and environmental benefits, he said.
People are used to gas, Ball said.
There are avenues that can be taken to help residential and commercial equipment convert from gas guzzlers to the more energy-efficient fuel source. Organizations such as the Propane Education and Research Council can provide incentives for companies such as Cubby Lawn Care that want to switch over, Ball said.
You could have your mower converted for free, he said, if incentives are included. Anyone in the business can save on fuel cost.
He also pointed out that some companies will only hire environment-friendly landscape contractors.
Its the way of the future, Ball added.
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Monday's letters: Monday festivals
Published: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
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To the editor: Downtown Hendersonville needs more celebrations and festivals on Mondays. My husband and I have worked on weekends for years. A lot of people work weekends, and they would enjoy a festival on Monday.
I have a lot of ideas for fun festivals on Mondays. In Germany, they have a festival where they wear masks. As I recall, it is during Lent. They hand out sausages and big pretzels. What the town needs is more fun things to do on Mondays.
The festival doesnt have to shut down the streets. It could be contained to the sidewalk. What a happier place this would be! Festivals on Mondays in downtown Hendersonville!
Regina Thornton
A proven leader
To the editor: The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word compelling as strong and forceful; causing you to feel you must do something. When one looks at the record of our sheriff, Charles McDonald, since he has held the office of the chief law enforcement officer in Henderson County, there are no compelling reasons to not keep him as our sheriff.
There are, however, many compelling reasons to vote for him and ensure that the character and moral compass of the office continues to move in a positive direction. Our sheriff has represented you and Henderson County in a very positive way during his tenure. Look at his record; visit his website www.electsheriffmcdonald.com.
President Theodore Roosevelt said, People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. Sheriff McDonald is a proven leader who has, throughout his outstanding law enforcement career, walked the walk. He has never asked others to do what he would not do himself. That is leadership.
Elections have consequences, and every vote counts. We all should feel compelled to keep a sheriff who is proven! Lets all vote and support our sheriff, Charles McDonald.
George H. Erwin Jr.
Retired sheriff, Fletcher
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To the editor: As well-intentioned as Mr. N.O. Klaners letter was (April 20 edition), and I am sure he felt the need to write it, it in no way belonged on the editorial page. That letter and those of various others that have cropped up here belong in a section devoted to religion.
Please do your editorial duty and remove them from this page. By all means, print them, but print them where they properly belong. This paper used to do just that. In the Saturday paper, there was a section devoted to letters that people submitted for print. Why was that stopped?
Letters to the editor that appear on the editorial page should stay secular in nature. Surely you receive enough letters that can appropriately be seen here.
Sarah Wall
Mills River
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Central Michigan Univ e rsity
January 17, 1968
Central Michigan University Board of Trustees
Meeting of January 17, 1968
Mt. Pleasant, tI'iichlgan
Members p resent: Mr s . Jean E. Bnckus; Roger 1\1. Busfield, Jr. :
Lloyd M. Cofer, Chairman; Alfred J. Fortino; Mr s . Katharine C. Halstad ;
James M. Umphrey: Walter W. Wightman; Judson W. Foust, President.
Also: Norvall C. Bovee, Treasurer ; Mrs. Jeanne F. Collins, Secretar y;
J ohn H. DeCar lo, Vice Pr esident of Public Services; Byron P. Gallagher,
Legal Counsel.
Members absent: Lawrence D. Rahilly: Wilbur E. Moore, Vice President
of Academic Affairs.
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 P . M. by the Chairman.
The Minutes of the Meeting of December 20, 1967, were approved as printed.
President Foust reviewed the Formal Recommendations. It was moved,
seconded and carried that the For mal Recommendations be approved with
the exception of Item 39.
With James M. Umphrey abstaining, It was moved, seconded and carried that
Item 39 be approved following amendment to read , " . . . with written permission ...
as n requireme nt. "
Dr. Cleon C. Rlchtmeyer, Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, effective on or about January I, 1969, with the
r ank of P rofessor Emeritus.
Mrs. Sandra L. Alien, Stenographer C-2, one- half time,
Art Department, effective January 26, 196B .
Mrs. Patricia Rummel', Stenographer C-3, Off Campus
Education, effective J nnuary 26, 1968.
A PPOlNTMENTS:
Dr . J ohn Aitken, Visiting Instructor , Psychology Department,
effective for the s pring semester of the academic year 1967-68
Appointments Continued -
Mr s. Alison A. Baldwin, Temporary Instructor. MUSic
Department, effective for the period of December 12. 1967-
January 27, 1968.
Mr. Alfred R. Bransdorfer, Temporary Instructor , onehalf
time, JournaUsm Depa rtment, effective for the fall
semester of the academic yea r 196 7-68 only,
Mr. J ohn Cla rk , Temporary Instructor , pa r t- time. Physics
Department, effective for the spr ing semester of the
academic year 1967- 68 only.
Mr. Marshall Hie r . Visiting Instructor , Psychology
Department, effective for the spring semester of the
academic year 1967- 68 only.
Mr. Francis R. Holland. Temporary Instructor, onequarter
time, Sociology Department, effective for the
spring semester of the academic year 1967-68 only .
Mrs. Jean Holland, Temporary Instructor, Psychology
Depa r tment, effective fo r the spr ing semester of the
academic year 1967-68 only.
Mr . Michael Marcia, Temporary Instructor. one- quarte r
time, effective for the per iod of December 14. 1967 through
the end of the fali semester .
Mr . David E, Metcalf, Technician A-II, Library, Audio-
Visual Services, effective September 25, 1967 _ March 22, 196B,
Dr. Edfleld A. Odegard , Temporary Assistant P rofesso r ,
Music Department, effecUve for the spr ing semester of the
academic year 1967-68 only .
Mr. Charles R. Owens, Director , A-VIl, Center for Economic
Expansion, effective January 1, 1968.
Mrs. Leticia M. Smith, Temporary Instructor, one- half time,
Sociology Department, effective for the spring semester of the
academic year 1967- 6B and also for the period of December 13,
1967 through the end of the fall semester.
Mrs. Katalln Szluha, Temporary Instructor , one-half time,
Speech and Drama Depa rtment , effective for the spring
semester of the academic yea r 1967-68 only.
Appointments Continued -
Mr. Robert O. Turley. Temporary Instructor , one-half
time , Sociology Department, effective for the spring
semester of the academic year 1967-68 only.
Mrs. Jeanne Voor hees, Temporary Instructor. part-time,
PhySics Department, effective for the fall semester beginning
September 4. 1967, and effective for the spring semester
beginning February 1. 1968.
Miss Eugenia M. Dayton , Stenographer C-3, Off Campus
Education , effective J anuary 29, 1968.
"Ir s. Mary Lou Gillan. Stenographer C-2, Health Education
Department. effective December 18 , 1967.
lII1ss Eloise A. Haven. Relief Aide. Student HeaUh Services.
effective December 9, 1967.
Mrs. Joy L. McConnell , Stenographer C-2, one- half time,
Student Personnel Services. effective January 22 , 1968.
r.Irs. Jacqueline W. McGinnis, Stenographer C-2 , BUSiness
Divis ion, effective January 3. 1968.
Miss Cheryl Stiner, Stenographer C-2. Student Personnel
se r vices. effective January 3, 1968.
Dr. Donald Bush , Professor
Secondary Education Department
Miss Barbara Bissot, Assistant Professor
University Laborato ry School
Miss Martha Smith, Assistant ProCessor
University Laboratory School
Mr. Glenn Starner. Administrative ASSistant V
Student Personnel Services
Mr. Alexander Alex, Instructor
Economics Department
~rlng Semester. 1968
Without Salary
Academic Year 1968- 69
With Ha lf Salary
Academic Year 1968-69
With Half Salary
Academic Year 1968- 69
With Half Sa lary
Academic Year 1968-69
With Half Salary
Mrs . Judy Salters, Stenographer C-2. BuSiness Division. effective
beginning January 6, 1968. for a period not to exceed ten months,
without pay. •
Leaves of absence Continued -
Mr, William A. Florian, Custodian M-1, Maintenance
Department, effective beginning December 26 , 1967 -
March 26 , 1968 , without pay.
Dr. William F. Hawkins, Chairman, Professor, Psychology
Department, from that of Associate Professor, threequarters
time, Psychology Department, effective September 1,
Mrs. Lucille Cotter, [)e.ta P rocessing Machine Operator
C-3, Data Processing Center, from that of Key Punch
Operator C-1, Data Processing Center, effective beginning
December 25, 1967.
Mr. J ohn Hoddy, Programmer, Administrative Assistant I,
Data Processing Center, from that or Data Processing Machine
Operator C-3, Data P rocessing Center, effective beginning
December 25 , 1967.
Mr. Luther W. Smith, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Department, effective for the period of December 12, 1967,
through the end of the fall semester of the academic year
Recommend revision of a portion of the AdminiStrative and Instructional
Personnel Salary Schedule, effective with the 1968- 69 academic year.
( Copy on file in the Secretary's Office . )
Recommend approval of the following Honorary Degree Candidate and
Degree for the J anuary, 1968, Commencement:
John D. MiI1ett Doctor of Laws
Recommend that the parcels offered by the State Highway Department
"37011 (998), Parcels 43PV and 45 PV''' be pur chased at the total price of
Recommend approval oC Housing CommUtee's recommendation relative to
additional students living in unapproved bousing. (Copy, with correction,
on file in the Secretary's Office. )
Recommend approval of the list of prospective Graduates for degrees
and ce rtificates for the January 27, 1968 Commencement. (Copy on
lile In the Secretary's Office.)
Recommend approval of the change In rates of pay to instructors and
charges for off-campus Instruction.
Recommend that travel insurance on each member of the Board be
Increased from $25,000 to $100,000 effective immediately.
To the University Library:
Krapohl Ford Sales, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, a gift subscription
of the Ford ~ (Furnished free to Ford owners - no
subscription price given.)
Miss Ruby L. Mels, Ypsilanti, Michigan, a copy of her doctoral
dissertation at Pennsylvania State Univer sity. Estimated value _
To the Clarke Historical Library:
Mr. Meindert DeJong, San Miguel deAllende, GTo, Mexico,
a gift of the original manuscript and master proofs of his
book, ~ Summer. Estimated value - $500.00.
Chairman Cofer called for reports from the Standing Committees:
F inance Committee -- Mr. Wightman
No thing to report at this time.
Academic Affairs Committee-- Mr. Umphrey
Nothing to report at this time.
Presidential Selection Committee -- Mrs. Hafstad
Credentials for approximately fifty candidates have been
reviewed. Members of the Board have interviewed a
number of candidates on their own campuses and some of
the appIJcants wUl be invited to visit Central within the
next few weeks. Mrs. Hafstad stressed, however, that
this does not mean that any selection has been made.
Dr. Bovee reported on annexation and uttUty service at the Southwest
Quadrangle site. Following the Resolution passed at the December
meeting' of the Board requesting the City ot Mt. Pleasant to furnish
water and sanitary service on a temporary basis during construction,
this request was approved by the city. Our legal counsel is studying
the appropriate time for filing for annexation by election.
Dr. Bovee reported that the scheduled completion date for the new
library is 1969. It Is hoped that the move from the present Library
to the new location can be made during the Christmas break, 1968.
Dr. Bovee reported that the clerical staff Is ready to file with the
National Labo r Relations Board for an e lection on campus to determine
the agency which will represent clerical personnel.
President Foust brought to the attention of the Board a request from
student government for revision of the Student Body Constitution.
Following a discussion between the Board, President Foust and student
leaders Steve Rison and Barry Nobles, this matter was referred back
to the administration for a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
Chairman Cofer requested that this matter be disposed of by the next
The recommended Clarification of Grievance P r ocedures passed by the
University Senate on December 4, 1967, and recommended to the Board
of Trustees for its approval, was refened to the Academic Affairs
Committee for its recommendation. This ac tion was taken since the
original Grievance Procedure was worked out by the Academic Affairs
Committee and the University Senate, with the approval of the University
Senate. In the meantime, the existing procedure will be in effect.
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned at 3:10 P. M.
The next meeting of the Board will be February 21, 1968 .
Respectfully Submitted,
Collins (Mrs. )
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In a battle that many anticipated might swing the balance of the Bay Valley Athletic League football landscape, the Freedom High football team outlasted host Pittsburg 49-48 on Friday.
A blocked PAT kick by Darrell Daniels with 3:30 left in the game proved the difference.
"I just went all out and dove and the ball hit my helmet," said Daniels, who had 143 yards from scrimmage and scored twice.
Pittsburg would get the ball back with 1:21 remaining and no timeouts, but an interception by Christian Montion sealed the win with 30 seconds to go.
It was a see-saw battle the entire game with both teams holding 14-point leads at one point. The Pirates (4-3, 1-1 BVAL) built a 42-28 second-half lead behind a rushing attack that gained over 360 yards and produced all seven of their touchdowns. Harris Ross lead the ground attack with 169 yards on 14 carries.
"We bent but didn't break," Freedom coach Kevin Hartwig said of his defense. "Well, we broke, but mended things back together in time to make a play at the end."
Freedom quarterback Dante Mayes broke the 42-42 tie with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Daniels with 7:28 left in the game. It was his fourth scoring pass of the night. The first three went to running back Joe Mixon, who also rushed for a score and threw for one out of the wildcat formation.
"It was a great game," Pittsburg coach Victor Galli said. "It's a big win for Freedom. They're a good football team. Disappointed for my guys though. They played hard tonight."
Neither team wasted anytime displaying its offensive prowess.
Despite Mayes -- the Falcons' regular starting quarterback -- beginning the game on the sidelines, Freedom (5-2, 2-0) took the opening possession and scored on a 38-yard end-around run by receiver Daniels after just six plays.
Pittsburg scored roughly three minutes later after a Daniels fumble set the Pirates up on the Freedom 33. Pittsburg scored on four plays, punching it in on a 10-yard run by Ross.
Mayes entered the game for the first time on the Falcons' third possession and promptly led two scoring drives with touchdown passes of 14 and 9 yards to Mixon. The latter put Freedom up 21-7 with 2:35 left in the first quarter.
The Pirates three-headed running attack helped Pittsburg pull even as Crajon Menefee scored on runs of 3 and 2 yards to tie the game at 21-21 midway through the second quarter. Menefee, Love and Jamal Lockett combined for 164 yards on 26 first-half carries.
The teams traded scores one more time in the final three minutes of the half. Mixon threw a 77-yard scoring pass to Nenwon Gbilia and Menefee rushed for another 3-yard touchdown.
Freedom 49, Pittsburg 48
Freedom 21 7 7 14-- 49
Pittsburg 14 14 14 6-- 48
F -- Daniels 38 run (kick blocked)
P -- Ross 10 run (Saldana kick)
F -- Mixon 14 pass from Mayes (Mayes run)
F -- Mixon 9 pass from Mayes (Gbilia kick)
P -- Menefee 3 run (Saldana kick)
P -- Menefee 2 run (Saldana kick)
F -- Gbilia 77 pass from Mixon (Gbilia kick)
P -- Menefee 3 run (Saldana kick)
P -- Lockett 40 run (Saldana kick)
P -- Ross 61 run (Saldana kick)
F -- Mixon 3 run (Gbilia kick)
F -- Mixon 42 pass from Mayes (Gbilia kick)
F -- Daniels 14 pass from Mayes (Gbilia kick)
P -- Menefee 28 run (kick blocked)
Rushing: F -- Mixon 16-34, Daniels 4-34, Mayes 7-21, Zanders 3-19, Wargo 1-5, Jackson 1-4. Totals 32-115. P --Ross 14-169, Lockett 21-110, Menefee 13-82, Renteria 2-5, Huey 1-(-1). Totals 51-365.
Passing: F -- Mayes 14-29-0 241, Wargo 2-3-0 43, Mixon 1-1-0 77. Totals 17-33-0 361. P -- Renteria 5-8-2 67.
Receiving: F -- Daniels 6-109, Mixon 5-79, Gbilia 2-112, Saude 2-40, Young 1-17, Garcia 1-8. P -- Crawford 2-24, Menefee 1-23, Alexander 1-14, Benajamin 1-6.
Fumbles/lost: Freedom 1/1, Pittsburg 3/1.
Records: Freedom 5-2, 2-0 BVAL; Pittsburg 4-3, 1-1.


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There are 11,000 sex offenders on the state registry in Georgia, and those are only the ones tracked by the GBI. But soon hundreds of them will fall off the registry, their pictures will disappear from the website and they'll be free to roam undetected in the communities where you live. As we found out in this News 12 special assignment: that's just one way more and more sex offenders can hide in plain sight.
Back in June, convicted child molester Christopher Marshall Banks was arrested after he's caught on tape teaching kids in Richmond and Aiken Counties martial arts. Banks' photo was missing from the GBI website listing sex offenders.
Melanie Klaus counsels victims of rape and other crimes, including children who fall prey to predators. She says we have every right to ask why that picture was missing.
"I think sure it's a fair question. Why don't they? What's the story? Where is the breakdown? This case with the karate instructor, it's a case in point, it's very clear we need pictures, we need to be able to recognize them." Klaus said.
District Attorney Danny Craig not only agrees, he's working with lawmaker to require all sex offenders to wear tracking devices and serve a minimum 25-year sentence for the more serious offenses. He says we have to make it easier to track offenders because of one simple fact.
"In this office, we have never seen a child molester or a sex offender rehabilitated," Craig said.
And that's what makes this next fact so scary: more than 300 convicted sex offenders fall off the state registry, their pictures, their names, their addresses, no longer there for you to see, no longer tracked by the GBI, they are free to move around and live where you live, hiding in plain sight.
"Law enforcement will know about it, but the public won't," said John Bankhead, GBI.
Only those convicted of the worst crimes will stay on the Georgia registry for life, the others slip back into our communities without a warning, without knowing who they are.
So what can you do? If you want to see the laws changed, and made tougher, tell your lawmaker. Click here to contact your lawmaker.
And there's something else we're doing to help. Because hundreds of sex offenders are falling off the registry, we're going to start showing you their pictures, it may be the last time you see them. We want to take away the cloak of secrecy, as the district attorney calls it, we are putting sex offenders in plain sight. Starting November 17, and every Thursday after that, we'll show you sex offenders were you live.
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A Lehman Township man said he was attacked and robbed by a baseball bat-wielding assailant on Milford Road Tuesday.
According to police, the 50-year-old victim was walking on the roadside at 5:30 p.m. when an unknown male assailant traveling on foot struck him in the knee with a baseball bat and took $60 and a black Samsung AT&T cell phone.
Still carrying the bat, the assailant fled into the Milford Commons development adjacent to the spot where the attack occurred.
The victim said the suspect was wearing black sneakers, black sweat pants and a black sweat shirt. He couldn't give any further description of the suspect.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at Swiftwater at 570-839-7701.
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Daniel E. Conrad, age 58, of Casper, Wyo. formerly of Sleepy Eye died February 19, 2013 in Casper. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 at 1:30pm at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. Friends may call on the family from 12:30-1:30pm on Saturday at the funeral home. The Clergy will be Fr. George Schmitt. Interment will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Sleepy Eye. Reception to follow at the Railway Bar & Grill, Sleepy Eye.
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President Bush Approves One-Year Energy Tax Credit Extension
California Utility Signs Record 1,500-MW Wind Power Contract
NREL Upgrades Wind Turbine Test Capabilities
BP to Install 550 Megawatts of Wind Power in Four States
Clean Energy Investments More Than Double in 2006
U.S. Wind Power Capacity Grew 27 Percent in 2006
DOE Requests $1.2 Billion for Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy
USDA Farm Bill Proposal Includes $1.6 Billion for Renewable Energy
DOE Budget Includes Loan Guarantees for Biofuels and Renewables
North Dakota and FPL Energy Announce Plans for 48-Megawatt Wind Farm
Global Wind Power Capacity Grew Nearly One-Third in 2006
Wind Farm in India is 500th Kyoto Project in a Developing Country
New Federal Rule Encourages Transmission Access for Renewable Energy
Continuing Resolution Boosts Funding for Efficiency, Renewable Energy
U.S. Clean Energy Conferences may be Preludes to a Global Conference
Five Western States Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Minnesota Enacts the Country's Strongest Renewable Requirement
Four Wind Farm Agreements Approved by Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Partnership Opportunity for Advanced Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility Progresses
EU Agrees to Cut Greenhouse Emissions and Boost Clean Energy by 2020
New Mexico Mandates More Renewable Power and Helps to Transmit It
DOE Selects Missouri Cooperative as Wind Cooperative of the Year
Enhanced Search Tool Makes it Easier to Find Archived Articles
DOE Sets Spending Plan for $1.474 Billion in New EERE Funds
Growing U.S. Wind Industry Yields Two New Wind Blade Factories
Utah Governor Signs Renewable Energy Tax Credit Bill, Boosts Milford Wind Corridor Project
Segments 2 and 3 of Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Approved by California Public Utilities Commission
Colorado Doubles its Renewable Requirement and Aids Transmission
USDA Offers Clean Energy Grants and Loan Guarantees
Ohio Adopts Recommendations on Net Metering, Interconnection, and Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards
New 125-Megawatt Wind Farm Completed in Texas
Massachusetts Approves Cape Wind Offshore Wind Project
Austin Energy Maintains U.S. Lead in Green Power Sales
First Wind-Integrated High-Rise Under Construction in Bahrain
DOE Awards $8.2 Million for Hydrogen Storage Research
Texas Firms its Lead Over California in Wind Power Capacity
Governor of Massachusetts Mandates Conservation and More Use of Renewable Energy in State Facilities
Updated Tribal Energy Web Site Includes Project Development Guide
FERC Approves a New Model for Financing Transmission Lines
Rhode Island Wind Power Study Points to Offshore Resources
PepsiCo Shifts to 100 Percent Green Power with Record Purchase
IPCC Report Says Clean Energy Technologies Could Curb Climate Change
Study Notes Benefits of Wind Power but Calls for Guidelines
Wisconsin Public Service Commission Approves 98-Megawatt Wind Farm
Maine Creates Task Force to Boost Wind Power
Texas to Provide Two-Thirds of U.S. Wind Growth this Year
Thirty-One States and One Tribe Join New Climate Registry
Colorado Breaks Ground on Nation's Second-Largest Wind-Generating Facility
EIA: World Energy Use to Grow 57 Percent by 2030
Colorado Passes Eight Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bills
Iowa Establishes a $100 Million Clean Energy Fund
Minnesota Act Sets Efficiency and GHG Goals while Boosting Renewables
DOE Releases First Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Market
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Approves Energy Efficiency Goals that Exceed State Goals
EIA: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use Declined in 2006
President Bush Calls for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals
Montana Creates Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
North Dakota Public Service Commission Authorizes Largest Wind Farm in State
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Nevada Passes Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bills
New York Mayor Pushes Investment in Renewable Energy Projects
Wolverine Power Cooperative Agrees to Purchase Electricity from Michigan's First Commercial-Scale Wind Farm
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BP Report Sees High But Slowing Growth in World Energy Use
Oregon Requires 25 Percent Renewable Power by 2025
DOE Awards $4 Million to Two Wind Turbine Blade Test Facilities
Missouri Legislation Promotes Renewable Energy
New System Will Certify Renewable Power Generation in the West
Global Annual Investment in Renewable Energy Hits $100 Billion
China Now Leads in Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Says Report
Three Wind Facilities To Boost New York State's Wind Capacity by 70 Percent
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Oregon Expands Support for Solar and Other Renewable Energy
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Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Dedicated in North Dakota
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Growing Wind Industry Yields New Plants in Four States
Shell and Luminant to Build the World's Largest Wind Farm in Texas
EIA: Renewable Energy Gained U.S. Market Share in 2005
Pepsi Bottling Companies Join the Top U.S. Green Power Buyers
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New Mexico Sets New Goals for Specific Renewable Power Sources
World Meteorological Organization: Extreme Weather is Increasing
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EIA: Renewable Energy Consumption Increased 7 Percent in 2006
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Idaho Commission Approves Settlement between Idaho Power, Wind Developers
Illinois Requires 25 Percent Renewable Power by 2025
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Kyoto Parties Agree Loosely on Long-Term Emissions Goals
DOE Provides $610,000 to Improve State Energy Policies
California Partnership to Examine Transmission for Renewable Energy
Washington Governor Approves Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project
National Governors Association Launches Clean Energy Initiative
California Public Utilities Commission Approves Plan to Exceed Energy Efficiency Goals
Missouri Dedicates First Utility-Scale Wind Power Plant
First Feed-In Law Proposed in Michigan
R&D Partnership Opportunities for Utility-Scale Wind Turbine and Ocean Energy Technologies
R&D Partnership Opportunity for Utility-Scale Wind Turbine Testing
USDA Awards $18.2 Million for Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Texas Awards First Competitive Offshore Wind Leases
Colorado Fires Up 300-Megawatt Wind Farm
Offshore Wind Gets Boost from New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
New Jersey and Texas Pursue Offshore Wind Power
DOE Announces New K-12 Energy Curriculum Site
Bonneville Power Administration Adds Oregon Wind to Portfolio
DOE Launches New K-12 Energy Curriculum Web Site
Six Companies Win the 2007 Green Power Supplier Awards
DOE, EPA, and CRS Announce the Green Power Leadership Awards
Study Identifies 5,000 Megawatts of Untapped Renewable Energy in Arizona
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Wins DOE Wind Power Pioneer Award
DOE Seeks Clean Energy Entrepreneurs to Work at Three National Labs
Northwest's Largest Solar Facility Built Amid Wind Turbines in Washington
Federal Energy and Water Awards Honor Federal Agencies' Energy-Saving Efforts
Deadline for Utility-Scale Wind Turbine and Ocean Energy Technologies R&D Proposals Extended
Deadline for R&D Partnerships for Utility-Scale Wind Turbine Testing Extended
Interior Department Moves Forward on Offshore Renewable Energy
NREL Report Sees Near-Term Supply Shortage for Renewable Power
Report Finds Major Economic Benefits to Efficiency, Renewables
AWEA Boosts Wind Power Projections to 4,000 MW for 2007
Midwest States and Manitoba Sign Agreements to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Final Climate Change Report Raises Red Flags for the Future
Midwestern Governors Sign Climate and Energy Pacts
Report: Efficiency Could Cut Growth in U.S. Energy Use in Half
South Dakota Launches Energy Smart Initiative
Largest Wind Farm in Minnesota, Associated Transmission Line Completed
DOE Creates a $7.2 Million Clean Energy Commercialization Fund
Google Aims to Make Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal Power
FERC to Issue Conditional Licenses for Ocean Energy Projects
Report: Global Renewable Energy Experiencing Double-Digit Growth
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- Best AK-47 EverThis gun is the best!!!!!
before this i had a JG G36C its a good gun great for CQB but this AK kills it!!!
- good FPS
- great range
- a lot of metal
- Amazing For the price
- Large type battery
- Echo 1
- Its an AK-47
- a bit of wobble (but nothing serious)
I give it a 643375 out of 734
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- Echo 1 AK47This is one of my airsoft guns. I have sighted it in and put a tiny bit of hop up on it and i am shooting .25g pellets dead on at around 150ft. This thing is crazy. I am the main frontman on my airsoft team in Virginia and i rock with this baby. I added a little reflex sight to it for looks and stuff and it looks pretty sweet. I definitely recommend this AEG. Also i recommend you buy a Super Brain charger and it will charge this battery in around 5-10 min instead of three hours
Looks awesome
Great accuracy
Pretty good FPS
Lots of Metal
600 rd mag
Great Rate of Fire
Full Auto and Semi are both great
Decent Price
Tiny bit of wobble on my handle but i fixed it
Get it you will love this gun
- This gun is beasttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this gun is beast it's so much fun and it says its 340fps but feels like 360
metal gears
metal gearbox
it's echo1 (better than jg)
cons:sometimes gears will get mixed up and when you want to shoot semi auto it will go full
battery size
I really recommend this gun. Pleassseee Rate
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- Greatest AK-47 on the marketLike all my guns, I researched this one as much as the other guns I have. And, I looked at this gun for days and days, and if you asked me any question in the world about this gun I could answer it, no problems. And when I opened the box, the magazine in the pictures were not the one that came with the gun. That doesn't mean that it's not a good magazine, so I tried out the gun. And when I was pouring bb's into the magazine, I was wondering how it was holding that many bb's. The thing takes almost 600 bb's, and that's a great thing.
The first time I played with it, I dominated versus my friends with other Echo 1 AEG's. And for the field, I honestly believe that this is the greatest gun out there for the price. And it sure did hurt too.
Looks cool
Mostly metal
Never jams or misfires after 8 months since I've owned it
ROF is decent
Big, and not good for CQB
Have to buy a different magazine, because mine broke
Bottom Line
This is a great gun, and Echo 1's metal high capacity magazine is the only thing you need to make it even better. This metal mag is indestructible, and the gun surprises me every time I use it. Great field weapon, great price.
- awsome weapon (seen it in action)my friend owns this gun. it is absolutely amazing. the first day he got he he called me up and told me to com over ASAP. i was over ther in 20 minutes with my Echo1 MP5 A4 to compare the 2. i was astonished at the RPM and accuracy. since my team is on a low budget this is the gun we could afford for support. some of u may laugh at this but it is a great weapon and i suggest it to a new airsofter or an experienced player. if u r short on cash this is the weapon for you!!!
- great gun!!!i bought this gun a while ago and i have used it in at least 5 big airsoft wars.
It is awesome.
shoots very accurate and fast and the mag size is great. The only problem is that the motor will die after a while so take very good care of it.
I recommend it for anyone
- Amazing GunI just got this gun and it is amazing. I use .25 gram BB's and the FPS with this weight BB is really strong and the gun is very accurate. I love the Hi-Cap Magazine I have two (Hold 600 BB's Each.)Amazing accuracy and great rate of fire. To complete the set you should get two bags of .25 gram BB's, Gun Lube, a Smart Charger and a spare magazine. Trust me it's a great gun.
- pretty goodit's not the best but it's still pretty good. it would be real nice if you put a heavier spring in it. i think it's a great gun for CQB but would need more power for longer ranges. it's real accurate and has a nice rpm.
clip capacity
battery life
hope this helped
- Echo 1 AKThis gun is awesome! I have the green version of this gun but in any color it's great. It comes with two magazines which is great. Echo 1 guns have never let me down. just get this gun and you won't regret it.
- what can i say..... i recently purchased this weapon.it is a great study weapon.it trust this to perform equal to any high grade aeg.i would have to say my favorite part of this beautiful weapon is the incorperated R.I.S rails.currently i have a grenade launcher and red dot sight mounted on the rails.... i give this weapon a 4 out of 5 accuracy......strong fps and ..... strong rate of fire.....IF I COULD DESCRIBE THIS RIFLE IN ONE WORD IT WOULD BE "great"


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ATLANTA (WOMENSENEWS)--College junior Jazmine Miller showed off a soccer-playing robot to prospective members of the Spelman Robotics, or SpelBots, team.
"His name is Charles, he's very difficult. That's why it's a he," she laughed. "We kind of see him as human; we talk to him, we yell at him."
As Charles got its bearings, it spoke to the crowd in the computer lab. "I don't see the ball yet I'm sorry. [Pause] Oh, I see the ball." The crowd cheered as the 4-foot-tall robot kicked the ball.
Creations such as Charles must be programmed to find and kick the ball and prevent an opposing team of robots from scoring in the annual RoboCup World Championship soccer competition. Since 1997 the matches have been held in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Once a competition begins, the robots are on their own. The team's programming skills have to account for every soccer player scenario, from kicking and blocking to getting up after falling down.
Spelman, the historically black women's college here, has been sending robots to the competition since 2005, often beating graduate students from prestigious tech universities from Germany to Japan. They had their best finish last year in Osaka, Japan, when the team tied for first place with Fukuoka Institute of Technology in Japan in the humanoid robot category.
Along the way they've attracted enough interest--whether in a local campus cafeteria or an airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands--to make Miller accustomed to attention.
"Around campus people do recognize our faces; they say, 'Oh, you're on the SpelBots, you're doing the robotics thing. I saw you in Jet magazine.' I really see it when I go abroad," said Miller, a computer science and engineering major.
Early Romance with Robotics
Miller's romance with robotics started early. A self-described "world-traveling military kid," she was on the robotics team at her high school in the Netherlands.
Jonecia Keels, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., is Miller's co-captain. She was a little less sure of a computer career.
"For a long time I didn't think I was smart enough to get into computer science. I only saw males in the industry and I just didn't think I had what it took to be a computer programmer," said Keels.
Two things helped change her mind. First, the confidence she gained at this women's college.
"I know a big reason why there's not a lot of women in computer science is because of intimidation. At an all-women's school, they already know your capabilities. So it is easier to take leadership roles and go that step further without added stress," said Keels.
Keels adds that false perceptions--of being stuck in a basement lab, all by yourself--also hurt young women's interest in the field. "That's not what it is at all! It's a very social environment, because there's a lot of teamwork involved," she said.
Andrew Williams, the professor who is head of the computer science department and SpelBots' founder and coach, is Keels' second reason for gained confidence.
"After my first semester at Spelman I definitely was solid in computer science and I knew that's what I wanted to do, in part because of him," she said.
Before joining the Spelman faculty in 2004, Williams worked in the computer industry, at GE Medical Systems, in Waukesha, Wis., and was a professor at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Lack of Role Models
"Looking back at my life, there were a lack of role models for me, being African American and Korean," Williams said.
So he sought out a teaching position at a historically-black college or university. Creating the team was a way to bring a new and creative challenge to his students.
"There's a big emphasis on creativity, collaboration, the social aspects of engineering and computer science. It would do great wonders for our country on a global scale if we maximize that pool of women, and underrepresented students like African Americans, in computer science," Williams said.
At some RoboCup competitions, both Keels and Miller sensed discrimination. For example, at the Osaka games, "There were a lot of stares at the competition, nasty attitudes toward us," Keels said.
However, Keels added that it was a good learning experience. "We weren't an easy win like I think they thought we would be, being an all female, all African-American team, being from an undergrad institution as well. And we tied for first place!"
"The teams we were competing with were all male, all white," said Miller. "And the first thought that came to me was, we are going to blow their minds!" she laughed.
Williams, the coach, tries to find "teaching moments" in the negative situations the team occasionally faces.
"There's still global racism, there's global sexism. And what they do in computer science and engineering here at Spelman can have a global impact. We showed them women doing computer science. They probably had never seen African American women doing that," said Williams.
Miller enjoys helping to break down barriers. "I really love traveling with SpelBots because I feel like I am literally tearing apart the stereotypes about computer scientists and roboticists," she said.
Marsha Walton covers science, technology, environment and space issues. She was a producer for CNN's science and tech unit for more than 10 years. Her work has also appeared on Mother Nature Network, Appalachian Voices, and the National Science Foundation.
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HAUPPAUGE, NY – June 23rd, 2015 – IVCi, LLC (www.ivci.com) a leading provider of collaboration services and solutions, announced today it has been named to The Channel Company's 2015 CRN® Solution Provider 500. The annual list, spanning eight categories, from hardware and software sales to managed IT services, recognizes the top revenue-generating technology integrators, MSPs and IT consultants in North America. Solution providers like IVCi are ranked based on revenue, determined by product and services sales during 2014. "Having celebrated our 20thanniversary in business this year, we appreciate The Channel Company's recognition and the achievement it signifies" said CEO Bob Swing. …23 Jun, 2015 Read more
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A Chambersburg man died in an accident Thursday morning in Southampton Township, Cumberland County.
Charles Smentkowski Jr., 53, of 56 S. Main St. was northbound on U.S. 11 at 4:43 a.m. when his 2003 Saturn Ion ran off the road and into the field. The car then struck a mailbox, slid sideways and the driver's side door hit a utility pole, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The road was closed until 8:50 a.m.
In addition to state police, the Shippensburg Fire Department, fire police, Penelec repair crew and the Cumberland County Coroner's Office responded to the accident.
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MORAGA -- The Saint Mary's College men's basketball program signed three prospects on Wednesday, including the latest in a long time of Australian players.
Dane Pineau, a 6-foot-9 forward from Melbourne, will arrive in Moraga next fall, along with forward Calvin Hermanson and guard Cullen Neal.
Coach Randy Bennett, who coached 2012 Aussie Olympians Patty Mills and current Gael Matthew Dellavedova, was happy to land Pineau, a member of Australia's under-19 national team.
"He's not a low post guy, he's an out on the floor type four man," Bennett said in a statement. "He's one of the best guys in his age group in Australia, and those guys are usually pretty good players."
Hermanson, a 6-6, small forward from Lake Oswego, Ore., is a three-star prospect, according to Rivals.com, rated the No. 144 prospect overall. He was the 2012 Gatorade State Player of the Year for Oregon.
"He's a very good scorer without playing selfish. He can really score," Bennett said. "He'll be a good perimeter player for us that can put the ball in the basket. Super kid. Really good student. We were really excited about him, and he was equally excited about our program."
Neal, a 6-4 point guard from Albuquerque, N.M., is the son of former NBA and Georgia Tech standout Craig "Noodles" Neal.
"He's a big point guard. He's a great passer. He loves basketball. He has a high basketball IQ," Bennett said. "He's like the guards we've been playing with, and they're hard to find."
Bennett was excited about his recruiting class.
"They've all been at the top of their class where they've played thus far. They've been able to handle success well," Bennett said. "They've all been very high achievers academically, so there's just a lot of things they have going for them. Those kinds of guys do well in our program."


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Parks and Recreation Director Daryl Bergs announced Monday that the two new cabins at Sportsman's Park have been completed. An open house for the public will be held Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. until noon and 4-5 p.m.
The new cabins, located east of campsite number 16 are 12' x 24' with the 12' side facing south looking toward Sleepy Eye Lake. The cabins feature two rooms; one that measures approximately 8' x 12' that makes up an enclosed porch. The second room in the cabins features a sleeping and dining area complete with a built in picnic style table and benches. Sleeping arrangements include double bunk beds with two single bunks above two full-size bunks.
One cabin has been made handicap accessible by adding a wheel-chair accessible ramp to the front door and a single and double bed bunk on one side of the room and two single bunks on the other side of the room. One cabin sleeps five while the other sleeps six.
The interior boasts a knotty pine finish and linoleum flooring with 6" log wood finish on the outside.
Renters are responsible for brining their own bedding and cooking inside the cabin will be limited to crockpots and coffee makers. Like the campsites, each cabin has a grill area with a picnic table and fire pit.
Six slider windows open and close to allow airflow and prevent wetness inside the cabin from rain. Each cabin comes equipped with a small wall heater and air conditioner, a ceiling fan and overhead lights. There is electricity, but no running water or bathroom. Renters will have access to the bathroom facility at the park.
Pets and smoking inside the cabin is not permissible.
Rental pricing and reservations for these cabins can be obtained by contacting the city offices. The cabins will be available for rent from March through October.
Guests who attend the open house will have a chance to register for a free night's stay in the cabins March through Oct., 2013.
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The San Carlos Planning Commission has unanimously signed off an environmental impact report for the Transit Village project even though all five members said they don't necessarily agree with the document's conclusions.
Before the vote, commissioners said they were concerned that the development would be too large and noisy, and that it would cause an overflow of parking into the adjacent east side neighborhood.
"I just hope that everybody understands that assuming that we certify the FEIR (final environmental impact report), that does not mean we agree with the project or we're not hearing the concerns," said Commissioner David Silberman.
The Transit Village project calls for eight four-story buildings with 280 apartments, underground parking, offices and retail space along El Camino Real on a 10.5-acre parcel parallel to the Caltrain tracks. The site is owned by the San Mateo County Transit District, which would lease some of it to the developer, Foster City-based Legacy Partners Residential, LLC.
The state-mandated report concludes that any significant impacts from the development can be reduced to "less-than-significant" levels. For example, the additional traffic the Transit Village is expected to generate could be controlled by putting traffic signals at the intersections of Walnut and Holly streets and Laurel and Holly streets, the report states.
Deputy City Attorney Camas Steinmetz told the planning commissioners that certifying the environmental impact report doesn't mean they agree with it, just that they feel it's been prepared "with a significant degree of analysis... (that) need not be exhaustive."
Commission Chairman Scot Marsters appeared skeptical. "We just have to say that we feel that it's studied or been commented on or brought up by the public?" Marsters asked.
When Steinmetz told him the commission just needs to conclude there had been "a thorough analysis," Marsters replied, "You had to throw in that last word, thorough analysis."
Steinmetz told commissioners that certifying the report is not the same as approving the development and if it's later determined there were significant impacts, they could be addressed when the project itself goes to the commission for approval.
After those assurances, Commissioner Angela Harper-Pedersen and her colleagues said they'd be willing to certify the document.
"I think it's been looked at, although I don't necessarily agree with it," she said.
After certifying the report, commissioners worked up a list of "improvement measures" that would be given to the developer with the expectation they would be incorporated into the project. The measures include planting trees and vegetation between the Transit Village and Old County Road to soften the buildings' visual impact and paying for a possible residential parking permit program.
The commission also recommended that a study be done on how much noise the development would generate.
On Wednesday, Dimitri Vandellos, a board member for the Greater East San Carlos Neighborhood Association that has opposed the project's density and heights, said he believes Steinmetz talked the planning commission into rubber stamping the report.
"I do think they (commissioners) are hearing the neighbors' concerns. I think the direction from city attorney is what I think is suspect," Vandellos said.
According to state law, an environmental impact report should be prepared "with a sufficient degree of analysis to provide decision-makers with information which enables them to make a decision which intelligently takes account of environmental consequences. ...The courts have not looked for perfection but for adequacy, completeness, and a good faith effort at full disclosure."
Ben Fuller, who founded of the neighborhood association, said city officials are "putting themselves in a lot of risk" by ignoring the development's impacts and "pushing the project forward." If the Transit Village isn't downsized to reduce those impacts, the group will sue to stop it, he said.
City Attorney Greg Rubens stood by Steinmetz's advice to the commission.
"They can still certify the final EIR even if they don't agree with some of the factual conclusions in the document," Rubens said Wednesday.
Email Bonnie Eslinger at beslinger@ dailynewsgroup.com; follow her at twitter.com/ bonnieeslinger.


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FOMC Minutes: More QE Isn't a Done Deal; Stocks Tumble
Fed officials are divided over whether to continue their bond-buying programs into 2013. The split of opinions isn't sitting well with stock investors.
Major indexes extended earlier losses after minutes of the Fed's latest policy meeting were released this afternoon.
The Dow recently fell 112 points, or 0.9%, to 12643, on pace for a fifth decline in six days Boeing Home Depot and Bank of America were among the Dow's biggest decliners. The S&P 500 lost 10 points, or 0.8%, to 1364. The Nasdaq Comp fell 19 points, or 0.6%, to 2864, extending its slide into correction territory.
Bond prices are up, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year note down to 1.592%.
Some central-bank officials are convinced the Fed needs to keep buying bonds to boost the labor market and kickstart the overall economy. Others worry that the Fed's ballooning balance sheet will make it more difficult for it to tighten policy at the appropriate time.
"There seems to be a more active debate on how to proceed next year and whether to pursue outright Treasury purchases than I would have expected," says Alan Ruskin, head of foreign-exchange strategy at Deutsche Bank.
When the Fed announced open-ended QE in mid-September, the main assumption was that Chairman Ben Bernanke was going to keep his massive bond-buying operation going strong for quite some time. Even a pickup in economic activity wouldn't stop Bernanke, economists have said.
But the way the minutes of the latest meeting read, that view appears to have more critics on the policy-setting committee than originally anticipated.
"It is pretty clear that Bernanke has to fight his court for more QE and it is not quite as much of a done deal as most believed," Ruskin says. "This is at least modestly risk negative and should initially be helpful for the U.S. dollar, which was not the market's first move."
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Small Signs of a Conservative Thaw on Minimum Wage
Mitt Romney got a lot of attention—and intraparty grief—when he tossed his support behind boosting the federal minimum wage.
His remarks cut against the Republican Party's current orthodoxy while casting light on a quiet push in some conservative circles either to support a higher wage floor or at least to float alternative ideas.
Congressional Republicans have made no mystery of how they feel about raising the wage to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.25, as the White House has proposed. Every House Republican voted against the wage jump in March, while all but one Senate Republican in April opposed moving ahead on a wage bill.
(The issue, by the way, hasn't always been so partisan. In 2007, when Congress last passed a wage boost, 116 House Republicans and all but three Senate Republicans voted in favor.)
For conservative proponents like Mr. Romney, the call for movement on the wage front is largely political. Mr. Romney said last week that support for a higher minimum wage would help Republicans "convince the people who are in the working population, particularly the Hispanic community, that our party will help them get better jobs and better wages."
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who came in second to Mr. Romney in the fight for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, is hitting a similar note. Republicans should prepare to be part of a wage compromise, Mr. Santorum said Sunday on CNN, noting that conservatives "need to be reasonable" and "offer an alternative."
Some strong opponents to raising the wage floor have floated other ways to assist lower-paid workers. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio earlier this year suggested a new form of wage subsidies for workers earning under a certain amount, an idea that has gained few adherents.
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- Making Sense of Hillary Clinton's Change on $15 Minimum Wage
- Bernie Sanders Ad Attacks Hillary Clinton Over Wall Street Speeches, Stance on Minimum Wage
Michael Strain, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, argues that "Republicans will have to dig deeper" to offer a suite of ideas beyond the usual promises of tax cuts and an improved business environment. He suggests a blend of increased federal stimulus, regulatory easing, relocation subsidies and wage subsidies for low-paid workers.
Conservative columnist Reihan Salam acknowledges that Republicans may find it hard to swallow some of these prescriptions, as they involve more government spending. But he makes the case for why some movement is needed.
"The real case for a minimum wage compromise is not that it's good policy," he writes. "Rather, it's that conservatives in Congress and in the states have done such a poor job of offering alternatives. That has to change."
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Not 'dumb' enough for me.:lol:
I literally plan to use a "for dummies" book or something very similar. I need hundreds of pages of very very very easy and simplistic info that I can slowly work through. That tip page that you linked might as well have been instructions on how to design nuclear car engines. The only time I've ever been on a linux machine is when I missed the promt on a dual-booted machine in one of my classes...and when linux tried to come up all I got was something about a 'grub error' repeated about 4000 times. I was shocked as to how fish bait could be causing such an error? :lol:
I definitely welcome the user account tips and will keep it in mind when I start linux. Right now I've only got a single windows box but once I pay for fall tuition the current rig will probebly become my dedicated linux box. I'm not trying linux just for kicks, I need to get good...real good. For the next two years I'll be doing offensive and defensive security labs with and against the other machines on my home network as I finish up my degree. Slowly but surely I'll turn myself into a valueable InfoSec employee.
The key thing to remember is, after you get the damn thing installed (after having decided in advance on partitions, and what filesystem to go with, etc), is to set up a non-root user pronto, and then LOG IN AS THAT USER.
Heh. I hosed a few of my old Linux installs (I remember thinking "I thought this Linux business was supposed to be MORE stable than Windows!), I'm sure because I simply didn't understand the power that root had.
Or actually rm -rf / ....
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The British Council is an authoritative voice on language learning through our English teaching around the world. We use this experience to support language learning in UK schools.
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We work with governments, educators and civil society partners to promote quality education in schools and influence reforms that improve learning outcomes for young people internationally.