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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings are not tricky or clever. They want to grind you down and wear you out. They want to keep you away from their goalie and not give you second chances. They want to make it as hard as possible for you to score a goal, even when you outshoot them.
Basically, the Kings are the I-405 freeway at rush hour. They clog the lanes and make every mile of the journey torture. You might get home on time or you might not. The Sharks did not get home Tuesday night. It is why they lost, 2-0, in Game 1 of a playoff series that is going to be full of shoulders leaning on shoulders and space being sparse.
"I thought we had some good looks," said Shark defenseman Dan Boyle, trying to explain why the Sharks could get 35 shots to the Kings' 20 shots and still lose. "But at the end of the night, we couldn't get the puck in the net. We've got to get a little hungrier and dirtier at the net. We can sit here and discuss it for the next 20 minutes if you want. But you've just got to get it in the net."
For most of the first period, it appeared the Sharks might get one there. They carried the play and kept Kings goalie Jonathan Quick very busy. But then the Sharks gave up a goal in the final 13 seconds of the first on a strange play that involved miscommunication on a faceoff and then an assignment breakdown. And it turned out to be the only goal the Kings needed.
Here's why: None of those 35 Sharks shots -- which were as many or more as they had in every game of their first-round sweep of Vancouver -- gave Quick enough of a problem. Very few were second chances, which might catch him out of position.
Most critically, none of the three Shark power plays were effective enough to make a dent on the scoreboard. And of all the things that occurred Tuesday, the power-play shutout should be the most concerning to the Sharks.
It's not totally true that the beloved Los Tiburones live and die by the power play. But it is definitely their oxygen tank. In their first-round victory over the Canucks, the Sharks converted seven of 24 extra-man opportunities. They were among the NHL's best power-play teams in the season's last month.
The problem Tuesday: Los Angeles owned one of the best penalty killing units in the NHL this season and played like it. The Kings position themselves well and mess up passing lanes with terrific stickwork. They allow almost no rebound shots. The Sharks will be sunk unless they figure out how to de-congest that machinery. They had three power plays Tuesday and didn't get it done.
"We were in position a couple of times but we didn't quite finish off a pass," said Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "We've got to be crisper."
"We have to find that way to get the rebound," said Sharks centerman Joe Pavelski. "We have to find a way to score. It has to be better -- we have to produce and create more movement. We feel we can play with them. After tonight, everyone in this room feels they are beatable. It's not going to be easy, obviously. They are the Stanley Cup champs, a team that has learned how to win."
Five on five, that will be difficult. Take a snapshot of any moment Tuesday night when a Kings defenseman had a Sharks player pinned against the boards so that he couldn't get to the front of the net. The power plays are going to be the Sharks' best chances -- and because the Kings don't give up many, those chances must be converted.
During the regular season, it happened enough. The Sharks were 2-2 against Los Angeles. Quick is world class in goal, the Sharks have found ways in the past to make him less global. They beat Quick four times in the 2011 playoffs and drove him from one game this season after he allowed three goals in a period and a half. That was back in March, though.
"I'm not sure what the video is going to show," said Sharks winger Patrick Marleau. "but maybe we didn't get enough people to the front of the net, working to get to the front of the net. They like to smother you over by the boards. You've got to give it that little extra."
Thursday is the next extra opportunity, in Game 2. The Sharks know the problem. They have two days to get on the freeway and solve it.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Cecilia Jones has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Jones earned the award after leading the women's cross country team to a first-place finish Friday at the Islander Splash.
Jones had arguably the best race of her collegiate career, as she came in just behind the top runner in the Islander Splash in the women's 5km. She finished in second place in her final home meet as an Islander with a time of 18:21.2, tying her best individual finish. Jones and the Islanders climbed six spots to No. 6 in the most recent NCAA South Central Regional poll.
The Islanders men's and women's cross country teams will next be in action on Oct. 12 at the University of Incarnate Word Cardinal Invitational in San Antonio. Both teams will then head to Terre Haute, Ind. for the NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 19.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter and Instagram (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2013-14 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
10-1-13: Cecilia Jones, Women's Cross Country
9-23-13: Kevin Bettendroffer and Stefania Nicolae, Men's and Women's Tennis
9-16-13: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
9-9-13: Ivy Baresh, Volleyball
9-2-13: Yvette Franco, Women's Soccer

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The National Park Service and Millbrook Village Society will present a maple sugaring demonstration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Millbrook Village, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
Visitors will see and participate in the sugaring process, from the tree to the table. Sap from Millbrook Village will be boiled down in cast-iron kettles over an open fire.
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Tuscaloosa City and County schools to Close Early
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Tuscaloosa City and County school administrators have decided to dismiss students early because of snowy weather.
Tuscaloosa City Schools will dismiss high school and magnet school students at 1:15 p.m., middle school students at 1:45 p.m. and elementary students at 2:15 p.m.
County schools dismissed Northside High, Northside Middle and Walker Elementary school students at 12:30 p.m. and all other students at 1 p.m.
Holy Spirit Catholic School will dismiss students at 1:15 p.m.
All extracurricular activities in the Tuscaloosa city and county school systems have been canceled.
City schools administrators said that parents can check out their children early with a photo ID.
Due to weather and safety concerns, Theatre Tuscaloosa canceled tonight's Second Stage performance of Michael Walker's one-man show "Bubba." Tickets for this show will be exchanged, at no charge, for seats at any of the three remaining performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
All performances will be in the Alabama Power Recital Hall at Shelton State Community College, adjacent to the Bean-Brown Theatre.
Call the Theatre Tuscaloosa box office to exchange tickets at 205-391-2277. Tickets are $5.
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In a change of schedule the nationally-ranked Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis team will play a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon against St. Mary's (TX) in San Antonio as a final tune-up before the home opener against No. 14 Texas on Sunday afternoon. The matches against the Rattlers were originally scheduled for later in the season before being moved up to this week.
The Islanders are currently 2-3 on the season, and will play their seventh-straight road match of the year on Thursday before opening the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center with the first ever men's home match on Sunday at 2 p.m. against the Texas Longhorns. It will be the first of the year for St. Mary's, having yet to play a game either at home or on the road.
Freshman Peter Nagy and senior Aurelien Tave will lead Texas A&M – Corpus Christi into the twin bill against the Rattlers, with the Islanders looking to pick up a pair of wins against a tough St. Mary's team on their home court.
Following the pair of matches before the weekend, the team will return home for a historic day in Islanders Tennis history. The Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center will play host to the men's team for the first time in school history, with the women hosting their opener the facility on Jan. 28 against nationally ranked Rice.
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Gay Republicans aren't just a punch line anymore. Not one but three of them—Carl DeMaio in California's 52nd District, Richard Tisei of Massachusetts' 6th, and Dan Innis in New Hampshire's 1st—will be running for Congress in the upcoming 2014 midterm elections.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team made a dramatic second half comeback to defeat Tennessee State 76-74 in a nail biter on Thursday night.
With five seconds left Jasmine Shaw scooped up a rebound off a missed three and was able to put it back in, even with a foul, to put A&M – Corpus Christi up one. She was able to hit the free throw to go up two, and a heave at the buzzer bounced off the front iron to secure the victory for the Islanders.
Shaw came just short of a triple-double, as she finished the night with nine assists to go along with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Brandi Huff tied her career high in points and was the Islanders leading scorer with 15. She set a career high with 11 rebounds and picked up the first double-double of her career.
A freshmen duo of Brittany Mbamalu and Camesha Davis also had double-digit scoring performances for the Islanders with 11 and 10, respectively.
The Lady Tigers put points on the board first with a bucket in the paint to make it 2-0. The Islanders picked up right where they left off from last game, as Shaw drained one from deep and then converted on a layup after getting the steal to make it a 5-2 A&M – Corpus Christi lead.
Two free throws on the other end cut the lead to one, but Huff and Mbamalu would hit layups on the next two possessions to open the Islander lead up to five with 17:17 left in the half.
The home team would come roaring back though, as TSU scored the next 11 out of 15 to go up by two. Kassie Jones came right back to hit her second jumper while driving the lane to knot the game at 15 with 12:20 left on the clock.
However, another TSU run ensued, as it went on an 8-2 run over the next 2:21 to make it a six-point game with just under 10 minutes left until the halftime horn. Six of the eight points by the Lady Tigers would come from behind the arc during the run.
Alissa Campanero came right back with a three of her own to cut the lead back down to three. The Lady Tigers were on a hot streak though, as they made a three of their own, making it 26-20 with 9:15 left in the first half.
Camesha Davis got some points of her own, as the freshman notched the first field goal of her career to cut the lead back down to four. Two Shaw free throws made the advantage just two for the Lady Tigers.
TSU pushed the lead back up to seven though via a three, followed by a turnover turned into a layup on the other end.
The Islanders would cut the lead to three, but that was when the TSU started to take over. The Lady Tigers rattled off the next nine points to extend the lead to 12, gaining all the momentum with 1:14 left in the half.
A&M – Corpus Christi was able to get a much-needed run to close out the half though. It came from freshman Camesha Davis, who, after not recording a field goal in her first four games, she went on a 6-0 run by herself. This would cut the Lady Tigers' lead to just six, heading into the half.
Both teams opened up the second half with six points apiece with the Lady Tigers maintaining a six-point lead with the score 47-41 with 17:01 left on the clock.
During the next two minutes, the Tigers made two consecutive buckets to push the lead back up to double digits, putting them up by 10.
The Islanders would cut the lead to five twice, but TSU was able to respond each time and even extended the lead to 11 with the score 62-51 with eight and a half left for A&M – Corpus Christi to make a run.
That is exactly what the Islanders were able to do in the next 5:18, going on a 16-6 run to take a 67-66 lead with about four minutes left to play.
Two free throws by Taryn Gregory then extended the Islander lead up to three, but the Lady Tigers scored the next five points to go back up by two with 1:28 left in the game.
Gregory missed a layup on the next possession, but Huff continued the domination on the offensive glass the Islanders showed in the second half, putting the miss back in to tie the game back up at 73.
A free throw by the Lady Tigers would put the home team back up by one with just over a minute to play before the heroics by Shaw won the game for A&M – Corpus Christi.
The Islanders will now travel back to the state of Texas to take on Texas State the night before Thanksgiving, as the two teams will faceoff on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in San Marcos, Texas.


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"The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All" (8 p.m., ABC): Brace yourself, Andi. It's time for the show that provides a forum for the rejected bachelors to gripe about the season and each other.
"The Newburgh Sting" (9 p.m., HBO): This compelling documentary is about a controversial case in which four black men from Newburgh, New Jersey, were arrested in 2009 for plotting to bomb synagogues. But was it an example of FBI entrapment?
"Hotel Hell" (9 p.m., Fox): In the Season 2 premiere, Gordon Ramsay checks into a New Mexico boutique hotel run by a Cher wannabe who's more interested in singing than in managing the property.
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|Length Overall
|38' 2''
11.63 m
|Dry Weight
10,450 lbs.
4,740 kg
8' 3''
2.51 m
|Tested Weight
0.84 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
195 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
19 gal.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
5' 1''
1.55 m
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
5' 6''
1.68 m
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
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2 x 725-hp Illmor MV10 725 INDY Stern Drive System
2 x 570-hp Illmor MV8 570X IMCO SCX Xtreme Advantage Drive
2 x 430-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG High Output ECT Bravo I X
Various Mercury Racing twin engines at 565, 600 and 700-hp
Speed is a big part of the equation, but that's only the beginning of the way Formula does things.
The Heart of the Beast
The technology begins with Formula's Advanced Speed, Stability, Structural Technology (FAS³Tech) multi-plane hull. It incorporates three separate running surfaces produced by two steps built into the hull. The "steps" serve to force air under the hull and reduce surface friction for an even faster ride than a boat with a smooth deep-V. Some builders put in one step, but Formula puts in two. This stepped bottom has proven itself by dominating the APBA Factory 2 circuit for several years. Formula has earned several National and World Championships using race-rigged versions of the same performance hull that can be bought in their recreational version.
Here one can see the two steps in the hull that creates the three separate running surfaces.
Limit HP and Don't Sacrifice the Weight
Because Formula doesn't want to strive for the fastest boat, they're free to do two key things: keep the horsepower between 850 and 1400 and add strength to the hull by slightly sacrificing weight savings. Formula adds the strength (and weight) and the amenities. Rather than use a traditional stringer system injected with super light closed-cell foam, Formula utilizes a separately made fiberglass grid system that gets chemically bonded to the hull. The result is a heavier, stronger boat, and that means a more solid riding boat and therefore a safer boat. And yes...slightly slower, but so far no one's complained.
In these three shots, one can see the reason for the added weight in Formula's FAS³Techs. The first shows the reinforcing grid system suspended over the hull. In the center, the chemical bond is being injected onto the hull. And finally, the two are joined with the strength of one.
And Then There Are the Amenities
The stern features four-across seating. The dual bucket seats are McLeod offshore-style seats that wraparound both operator and navigator for comfort in sustained high-speed operations. Rocker switches on each armrest actuate the electric bolster and the electrically actuated footrest. All seats are treated with Prefixx for easy cleanup. Cabin access is through a centerline companionway.
Since high speed makes it hard to hear, the cockpit is outfitted with four 150W 6 1/2" marine-grade speakers with polished stainless steel grilles and separate tweeters with 1,000 watt amplification plus a 200 watt cockpit subwoofer.
The helm is laid out with Livorsi Monster & Redline backlit gauges. One's right hand will rest comfortably on the Livorsi chromed shifters/throttles with an in-handle outdrive trim switch at their thumb position. The Kenwood waterproof dash-mounted multi-feature stereo remote control is just above the engine controls, and fingertip K-Plane and outdrive trim override switches just ahead of the remote.
The tilt steering wheel is connected to Latham hydraulic steering. And in true Formula fashion, the windshield is framed in stainless steel.
The Cabin
Moving below, the cabin is nicely appointed. Fully forward is a bow berth upholstered in Ultraleather. Just aft is a wraparound lounge/dinette which by lowering the Corian table, can convert to another double berth should the boater decide to bring another pair of friends to spend the night.
It is hard to see in this photo, but forward of the table and seat back is a double bunk in the bow of the boat. Forward of that is the forepeak and chain locker.
At the aft end of the cabin is an entertainment center with stainless steel sink, Corian countertop and dual voltage refrigerator lies to either side. A 19" (48.26 cm) LCD TV is mounted to the starboard aft bulkhead. The enclosed head is fully aft. The cabin is cooled via the optional reverse cycle air conditioner (add $6,060) that is powered by either the standard shorepower or optional 5.0 KW Kohler generator (add $14,395).
Formula uses the shoe-box deck-to-hull construction design with a chemical bonding material, then the hull and deck are through-bolted together.
Power Options
The base boat is powered by a pair of 430-hp 8.2 MAG High Output MerCruiser engines attached to B1X outdrives ($429,730). There are nine upgrade choices topping out at a pair of Mercury Racing 700-hp SCi NXT1s ($595,570). If that engine option is chosen, then one will surely want the Mercury Racing X-Haust noise reduction system as well (add $17,450).
Formula 382 FASTech floor plan.
While still addressing the need for speed, Formula also managed to squeeze in creature comforts that are not found on some competing brands. In this manner, Formula is managing to fill a niche market with a go-fast boat that has a comfortable and classy side, and as much brute force that is wanted up to 1400-hp. It's a "have your cake and eat it too" boat that will be around for a long time. At least long enough for Formula to feel at ease by standing behind the boat with a 10-year structural warranty.
And in case anyone was wondering, yes, the Formula 382 is a certified babe magnet.
All high-performance boats are not the same. Some are built in a rented bay in an industrial park by enthusiasts who were somewhere else yesterday and will be gone tomorrow. They have virtually no overhead, do not follow ABYC standards, are not NMMA certified and will often disappear at the first sign of a lawsuit. That is why when buying any boat, much less a high-performance vessel, one should go with an established company such as Formula.
And, let's face it – these boats can be dangerous, because speed can be dangerous. If the boater thinks they are ready to move up into the rarified atmosphere of a high performance boat, and they can afford it, then our recommendation is that they go with a brand whose management and culture is dedicated to safety as well as speed. Formula is one such company.
|Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Head: Fixed
|Shore Power
|Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Shower
|Wet bar
|Bimini Top
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Epigenomics sheds boss
26.09.2012 - The Berlin-based epigenetics specialist Epigenomics AG has changed its CEO with immediate effect.
Thomas Taapken, formerly CFO will replace his boss Geert Nygaard who will leave the company on September 30. "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Geert Nygaard for his dedication to the Company for the past five and half years", said Heino von Prondzynski, Epigenomics' Chairman of the Board. Prodzynski, a former Head of Roche Diagnostics, joined the company's board in March this year. He is regarded as a renowned industry expert. Epigenomics has faced several changes in the company's business strategy in the recent years. One year ago, the Berlin-based diagnostics specialist halved its workforce to about 40 staff in the light of a corporate restructuring. Among other things, Epigenomics stopped its own marketing for the Epiprocolon blood test to detect colon cancer in Germany. The focus of the company was turned to the US market where the company runs a clinical study as the basis for a possible FDA approval. The underlying Septin9 marker was out-licensed non-exclusively to a number of partners. However, revenues from this operation do not compensate for the company's development spending. At the end of the second quarter, Epigenomics had €9.1m in cash with a loss of about €5.7m in the first half of 2012.
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To sustain healthy waterfowl populations in the future, DU must adapt to emerging challenges and increase the scope of its conservation work
By Matt Young
Ducks Unlimited is guided by one clear vision: filling the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow, and forever. During the past 71 years, DU has made significant progress toward fulfilling this vision, having conserved more than 12 million acres of wetlands and associated waterfowl habitat across North America. Despite all that has been accomplished by DU and its partners, powerful forces now threaten decades of conservation progress. Surging global demand for energy and commodities, new technology, climate change, and other trends now pose grave threats to waterfowl habitat across the continent. In addition, declining participation in outdoor recreation—including hunting—is causing a growing disconnect between the public and nature, which could undermine future support for conservation policies and programs.
Throughout its history, DU has never been satisfied with past accomplishments and, as in the past, is moving decisively to meet these new threats head on. Following a comprehensive review of all its conservation activities, DU has concluded that it will not accomplish its mission by continuing to pursue only the successful conservation programs and strategies of the past. To provide a secure future for North America's waterfowl, DU must increase its power to influence public policy, expand its on-the-ground conservation work in key places, and strengthen its scientific capacity and capability supporting its conservation programs. DU must also continue to improve its ability to assess risks and emerging threats so it can act quickly and proactively to meet challenges and seize opportunities.
"DU will only achieve our vision of abundant and sustainable waterfowl populations if future conservation accomplishments exceed habitat losses in the places most important to waterfowl," says DU Executive Vice President Don Young. "We must move beyond our traditional measures of success, from how many acres we conserve and dollars we raise to how successful we are in conserving the landscapes that sustain waterfowl. DU must invest our resources in doing the right things in the right places. And we must plan and implement the appropriate mix of science, direct conservation programs, and public policy to maximize our conservation impact on the most important landscapes for waterfowl."
Ducks Unlimited is guided by its International Conservation Plan, which clearly defines DU's vision and how best to achieve it through carefully targeted habitat conservation efforts in high-priority regions (see pages 90-91). Recently revised by DU's senior scientists, this document includes priority rankings for the geographic areas across North America of greatest importance to sustaining healthy waterfowl populations. These rankings were established to help DU invest limited resources where they will do the most good for waterfowl.
DU's highest priority ranking, Level 1A, has been given to North America's two most important waterfowl breeding areas, the Prairie Pothole Region and western boreal forest. "An understanding of what limits waterfowl populations is crucial to targeting DU's conservation work," says DU Canada Executive Vice President Jeff Nelson. "Recent research on mallards and pintails strongly suggests that populations of these two species are affected mostly by events on the breeding grounds, and it's likely that most other ducks are also limited by events that occur during the breeding period."
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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March 17, 2014 - Read remarks from Colonel David W. Maxwell of Marine Corps Base Quantico at Madison's 263rd birthday celebration at Montpelier.
March 14 - The Obama administration has selected the Presidential Precinct, comprising of the University of Virginia, Morven, William & Mary, Monticello, Montpelier, and Ash-Lawn Highland in Virginia, to support a new initiative aimed at propelling economic growth, prosperity and democracy in Africa.
March 13, 2014 - Montpelier celebrates 263rd birthday anniversary of James Madison with United States Marine Corps, Honor Guard, and remarks by Michael Signer, Ph.D.
February 6, 2014 - Montpelier Archaeology hosts log cabin workshop to reconstruct a 19th century slave cabin that was discovered in the 2010 Stable Quarter excavation.
February 4, 2014 - Students study for months to defend knowledge of Constitution, Bill of Rights; advance to state-wide competitions on February 7–8 in Williamsburg, VA.
February 1, 2014 - James Madison's Montpelier celebrates Black History Month with the addition of an online, annotated version of Paul Jennings' personal memoir, A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison, the first "insider's memoir" of life in the White House.
January 15, 2014 - Join us on Presidents' Day, February 17 for the grand opening of James Madison's refurnished library with book signing by Dr. Myron Magnet, author of The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817, and specialty tours about Madison and the Constitution.
January 13, 2014 - Winter is a humble season. No frills. No distractions. No nonsense. A black and white season. We invite you discover the peace and serenity that envelopes Montpelier at this time of year as winter exposes and enhances the ever-present beauty of this compelling landscape.
December 23, 2013 - In this season of giving, Montpelier shares with you some of our favorite gifts and treasures!
December 6, 2013 - The Montpelier Foundation celebrates the life of South Africa's former President, Nelson Mandela.
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OK. Runninng MAC OSX 10.8.2
Connecting with a PS3.
PS3 sees the media server, BUT, always gets the 7531 error. I have searched and searched and tried all the suggestions on here, but they seem to relate to much earlier versions.
Extra info. Netgear Router, uPNP is enabled and I have also forced UDP 5001 to be allowed..
On the PS3 have disbaled and re-enabled the media server client.
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In some ways, the famous Juan Marichal-Warren Spahn duel of 50 years ago was a contrast in styles.
Marichal was a 25-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic. Spahn was a 42-year-old southpaw from Buffalo, N.Y.
But, oh, those leg kicks.
Marichal's high-flying front leg once prompted writer Roger Angell to describe the Giants ace as "some enormous and highly dangerous farm implement."
Marichal thought no one in baseball kicked like him . . . until he got a load of Spahn. "Just like me," Marichal said in the summer of '63.
In truth, Spahn's right leg kick wasn't quite as high as Marichal's, but observers say his delivery was more fluid. On the night that the Braves' aging left-hander took the mound at Candlestick Park, famed columnist Jim Murray wrote that Spahn had "a motion so smooth you could pour it on waffles."
Greg Spahn, the pitcher's son, likes that description.
"It's true. It was amazing for me as a kid to watch," he said by phone from Broken Arrow, Okla.
"My father had a God's gift for throwing. If you look at his motion in slow motion, you'll see a fluidity that isn't there with most pitchers. Consequently, he could throw effortlessly. He could warm up and throw 10 pitches and feel like he was ready to go."
Greg Spahn said it was no coincidence that two players with high leg kicks managed to pitch complete games the night the Giants won 1-0 on July 2, 1963. He credited the style with taking some stress off the arm, noting that his dad was still pitching effectively into his 40s.
Marichal, however, came up with his leg kick out of nothing more than necessity. He was just looking for a way to get out of the minors.
Hard as it is to envision now, the Giants' Hall of Famer began his pitching career as a side-armer. He had adopted the style on the spot after watching Bombo Ramos, star pitcher for the Dominican National team, as a kid.
"I fell in love with his style," Marichal, 75, says now. "He became my idol."
It wasn't until 1959 that Giants minor league manager Andy Gilbert convinced Marichal to throw over-hand full-time. Gilbert's selling point was that it would improve Marichal's success against left-handed hitters.
"So I tried throwing overhand," Marichal said, "but it seemed to be impossible to do it without kicking my leg."
Thus, a signature style was born.
The Giants' 6-foot, 185-pound right-hander discovered that swinging his left leg skyward helped propel his delivery toward home plate. Somehow, doing so balanced out the rest of his mechanics -- although Marichal said no one used the word "mechanics" back then -- which meant he could throw overhand without sacrificing control.
Marichal went on to lead the National League in fewest walks per nine innings four times over his career. He finished second three times.
"First of all, Juan didn't walk anybody," recalled former teammate Orlando Cepeda, now 75. "Second of all, Juan never wasted anything.
"Two strikes no balls, he'd throw the ball right on the corner. Outside, inside. He challenged from the first pitch of the game to the last one."
As with Marichal, Spahn's high kick gave him a leg up when it came to control. Spahn finished among the N.L's top 10 for walks per nine innings 13 times.
Greg Spahn said: "An umpire came up to me one time and said, 'Let me tell you something about your dad. When I was the home plate umpire and your dad was pitching, I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark because I knew I was going to see a thing of beauty.' "
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- Apr 24:
- Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database
- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Who Do We Think They Are?
- Crowd funding for Boston's Dave Henneberry and his shot-up boat goes through the roof
- Apr 22:
- Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, could face death penalty
- Boston bombings edge into immigration debate
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Mercury News editorial: Marathon bombers raise important questions for American society
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Chechnya: What its militants are fighting for
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 18:
- Boston bombing suspects shown in photos, video released by FBI
Residents of the Boston metro area got a robocall from authorities Friday morning, telling them to stay inside during the massive manhunt in progress in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings.
TV issued the robocall to the rest of us.
Television and social media spread images of an occupied war zone, in Watertown, Mass. Urgent commentary, dramatic graphics and shots of military personnel and equipment filled the screen.
Media analysts reached for metaphors from popular culture to describe the scene. Not a few Twitter comments noted the similarity to scenes from TV dramas "Homeland" and "24."
The city looked like "The Day the Earth Stood Still," said NBC News' Pete Williams.
Police stood with weapons drawn, reporters were ordered to the ground, the streets of one of America's most vital cities were under seige as a teenaged suspect held the world's attention.
Overnight in the midst of the violence — "the sound that can only be described as combat in the city of Boston," said CBS' Scott Pelley — and as the manhunt unfolded, the TV cable and broadcast networks operated on a several-second delay, in order to enable editors to catch disturbing images before they could be widely disseminated.
After the media fumble earlier this week, network personnel were measured in reporting the breaking news.
Not that speculation wasn't rampant: the loophole for correspondents and anchors is to observe that what they are saying is unconfirmed, speculative, fluid. And then to say it anyway.
Guessing about the announced planned explosion, contributor Clint Van Zandt on MSNBC said, "They may have a residence that they may think is boobytrapped...it may be that law enforcement has made a decision that entry is too risky...there may be a reason to blow that door..." and so on.
"We're on a hair-trigger police response at least in terms of information sharing," said CBS' Homeland Security correspondent Bob Orr.
The hair-trigger response was equally evident on social media. Boston law enforcement authorities repeatedly asked for discretion from Tweeters and others, pleading that the public not share information from the police scanner.
Experts in international relations were quickly drawn into the coverage as the Chechen ties pointed to a larger intelligence investigation. Peter Baker, New York Times White House correspondent, gave a short course in Chechen politics and history on MSNBC.
Others offered predictions based on past experience. "Slowing it down is what you do when you're going to negotiate with somebody," said Richard Esposito of NBC News.
The scene may have slowed down momentarily for the police, but the media chase was on to unearth every scrap of information, Instagram posting and Tweet linked to the suspects.
While Richard Enberg explained Islamic jihadism in Chechnya and Michael Isikoff talked about the "nightmare scenario" of "radicalized young men," both on MSNBC, CNN theorized about the suspect's Tweet about Claritin.
Clearly, the pressures of live, round-the-clock coverage provided plenty of boobytraps for the media as well.


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PEPPER - 6 years, Siamese and Domestic Shorthair mix, calico point and tortie point, spayed female
MOONLIGHT - 3 years, Domestic Shorthair mix, black, neutered male
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ROY - 5 years, Domestic Shorthair mix, orng tabby and white, neutered male
SAMPSON - 6 years, Russian Blue mix, gray, spayed female
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MACCHIATO - 1 year 1 month, Domestic Longhair mix, blue, neutered male
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anubis080 wrote:*fairway drivers*
ESP-Predator - control hyzers
C-Eagle - straight shots
S-FD - finesse/woods
So, I want to incorporate some different fairway drivers in my bag. After throwing those in red, I need something else. I am partial to Discraft. Mainly for backhand, and that is usually around 375', 4 on a good toss with a Nuke. I was thinking a Surge or Avenger, suggestions?


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Location: Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research
Project Number: 6050-21000-012-00
Start Date: Oct 01, 2008
End Date: Sep 30, 2013
Honey bees play a vital role in the pollination of agricultural crops valued at $14.6B annually. Demands for commercial pollination are steadily growing. However, meeting these demands is increasingly difficult due to serious biological problems. Varroa destructor, Acarapis woodi, Aethina tumida [small hive beetle (SHB)], the emerging problems of colony collapse disorder (CCD) and high winter loss of pollination colonies all are plaguing the beekeeping industry. Perhaps Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) and Nosema ceranae, both recently discovered in the United States will join this list of serious problems. The Russian honey bees (RHB), developed by this unit, are resistant to varroa and tracheal mites, harbor fewer SHB, are excellent honey producers and overwinter well. This research is focused on further improving RHB to increase the stock's usefulness, especially for early season pollination via stock selection and the development of management procedures. Increasing the commercial acceptability of this mite-resistant stock may mitigate colony losses since commercial beekeepers who use RHB stock for almond pollination report only modest winter loss of colonies. Relevance to Action Plan: Marker assisted selection is a tool being developed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This work will be accelerated through additional funding for Russian bees. The problem to be addressed is relevant to the NP 305 Action Plan, Component 2 Bees and Pollination (Honey Bees) Problem Problem Statement 2A.3 Developing and Using New Research Tools: Genomics, Genetics, Physiology, Germplasm Preservation, and Cell Culture.


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Boulder County Coroner Emma Hall has identified the 22-year-old man who was found dead in his Boulder apartment earlier this week as Thomas Warnick.
The coroner's office said Warnick, of Frisco, was found dead early Monday morning in the 2900 block of East Aurora Avenue.
An autopsy has been completed, but the cause and manner of Warnick's death are pending further investigation, officials said.
Warnick was a professional urban-park skier, according to friends who regularly filmed ski videos with him as part of Boulder's Stept Productions.
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DANVILLE -- The De La Salle High lacrosse team won its fourth North Coast Section championship Saturday, dominating the third quarter to help down host and No. 2 seed San Ramon Valley 11-5 in the Division I final.
The game got off to a slow start as the fifth-seeded Spartans led 1-0 after the first quarter. The Wolves had plenty of chances, though, as they had three one-man advantages but couldn't put the ball in the net.
De La Salle (13-7) opened up a 3-0 lead in the second quarter, courtesy of two Brook Rideau goals. San Ramon Valley got on the board when captain Peter Tagliaferri scored in the closing minutes of the first half.
But the Spartans took over from there, netting five goals in the third quarter, including two from midfielder George Waidelich. Attackman Stephen Wilm led De La Salle with two goals and a game-high five assists.
Spartans goalie Johnny Perlite was sensational, picking up eight saves overall and thwarting the Wolves' comeback in the fourth quarter.
Tagliaferri finished with two goals for San Ramon Valley (14-9), which had outscored opponents 43-9 in three playoff games before the final. Midfielder Erik Arvesen added two goals, both assisted by midfielder Carter Nichols.
De La Salle's four title matches it with Monte Vista for the most in the section. The Spartans' last championship game in 2010.
Division I Championship De La Salle 11, San Ramon Valley 5
Halftime: De La Salle 3, San Ramon Valley 1. Scoring: DLS -- Bailey 3, Waidelich 2, Brook Rideau 2, Wilm 2, Rodney, Dodd. SRV -- Tagliaferri 2, Arvesen 2, French. Assists: DLS -- Wilm 5. SRV -- Nichols 2, Phillips. Saves: Perlite (DLS) 8, Aguilar (SRV) 3. Records: De La Salle 13-7, San Ramon Valley 14-9.


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SCHLADMING, Austria - Lindsey Vonn and Marcel Hirscher have ended their best-ever World Cup seasons, though neither of the overall champions finished on a high note.
Vonn lost her right pole before finishing 24th in the last women's giant slalom and failed to set a record for the most World Cup points scored in one season. Vonn will have to let Hermann Maier's 12-year-old mark of 2,000 points stand for at least another year.
Hirscher straddled a gate in the final men's slalom and missed out on the discipline title, one day after the Austrian gave a ski-mad nation what it had been longing for since 2006 - the overall title.
"I have never lost a pole in my life and I have been skiing since I was two years old," Vonn said. "Obviously I am disappointed. I am pretty focused on goals. These 2,000 points will have to wait until next year. But I am very proud of what I did achieve this season."
The American standout had already re-established herself as ski racing's undoubted leader by reclaiming the big crystal globe from best friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany.
It was Vonn's fourth overall crown. Also, she successfully defended her discipline titles in downhill, super-G and super-combined.
"I am extremely happy with my season, I am very satisfied," Vonn said. "But I always feel like I can do better."
During a brief visit to the World Cup finals, Bill Marolt, the President and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, said Vonn's achievements could not be rated high enough.
"She is totally committed to the sport, works 12 months a year," Marolt said. "There is no secret to her success, she just works hard. And she works hard because she loves it."
Vonn's season kicked off on a high as she became only the fifth female skier to have won in all five Alpine disciplines, immediately followed by a low as her four-year marriage to Thomas Vonn came to an end.
She went on to win more races (12) and more points (1,980) than ever before.
"For the future, I hope to win more," Vonn said. "There are few people who have achieved a lot more than me so I will try to get close to them in the coming years."
Vonn's teammate Julia Mancuso also had a consistent season and finished fourth overall, one spot higher than last year.
"I definitely like where my skiing is right now," Mancuso said.
From a winner's perspective, Vonn regaining the overall title was the only change on the women's side. Austria's Marlies Schild held on to her slalom dominance and Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg proved again she is the leading GS racer.
It was all change on the men's side, though, starting with Hirscher.
"It's completely unreal, a whole new feeling," said the Austrian, who beat Switzerland's Beat Feuz in a gripping finish to the season. "A lot could happen and it felt like playing poker. Luckily, I had full house."
Hirscher claimed his first overall title ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic, who also lost his slalom title to Andre Myhrer of Sweden.
Kostelic's battle for the championship was spoiled by knee surgery, which forced him to sit out nine races in February. A minor consolation for Kostelic was once again topping the super-combined standings.
Swiss standout Didier Cuche had to hand over both of the crystal globes he won last year for downhill and super-G to Austria's Klaus Kroell and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, respectively.
It hardly put a stain on the lengthy career of Cuche, who, like Anja Paerson on the women's side, was the most prominent men's skier to end his career.
Ted Ligety won three giant slaloms and earned more points in the discipline than ever before, but still lost his GS title to Hirscher.
"For me it was a good year," the American said. "It's just that someone else was better."
Ligety's American teammate Bode Miller skipped the World Cup finals to recover from knee surgery. The veteran scored a downhill victory in Beaver Creek, Colorado, in December and had three more podium finishes.
Asked about Miller's future, Marolt said, "We don't know that. As long as Bode enjoys what he's doing and he's having success, he will continue ... He has to do rehab. That could be good motivation for next year. Bode is unique in many ways."
With or without Miller, the next World Cup season will start at Soelden, Austria, in October.


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National flatpicking champion Tyler Grant, former guitarist of the Drew Emmitt Band and the Emmitt-Nershi Band, comes to the Snake River Saloon in Keystone tonight and Saturday with his quartet, Grant Farm.
"We just wanted to bring more joy to the world and remind the music fans out there that music does not need gimmicks, mandolins, tablas, turntables, overalls, washboards or dress suits to be thrilling and fun to dance to," Grant said on the band, which began rehearsing in 2011.
Completing the quartet are drummer Chris Misner, also of the Drew Emmitt Band and Leftover Salmon, bassist Adrian "Ace" Engfer and keyboardist Sean Foley. Group members have shared the stage with The String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Motet and Head For The Hills among others.
"We play everything from classic rock to country-rock to bluegrass-rock to funk-rock to jam band rock to rockabilly to reggae - you know, everything," Grant said.
Grant Farm recently released a self-titled debut, which Grant called "a party in your CD tray," consisting of all original songs, "mainly just the four of us rocking out." Guest artists on the album, nicknamed "honorary farmers," include Bill Nershi, Keith Moseley and Andy Thorn.
Locally, the group played River Run Rocks with Great American Taxi in July and sold out three20south in March - but group members' Summit County connections run much deeper, with numerous past appearances as members of their former groups. In fact, Misner was drumming for Leftover Salmon on the episodes of "After the Catch" filmed in Breck for the Discovery Channel this year.
Current projects include a second album and a free publication, "The Grant Farm Almanac," to include band news, tour dates, creative writing, music lessons and journalistic pieces. Fans can sign up at www.grantfarm.net; to hear their music, tune into KSKE and the NRC365 radio stations.
Grant promises "nothing but a good time" tonight and Saturday at the Snake.
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Application launcher and much more.
Quicksilver is a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.
Anyone using a computer (and the Macintosh is no exception) spends a lot of time locating files and applications, and then carrying out actions on those items. The Finder is a reasonably good tool for getting a visual overview of the contents of your disk, but it isn't ideal for quickly locating and manipulating files, especially if you have a deep and complicated folder structure, or if you prefer keyboard navigation to using the mouse.
Quicksilver allows you to find what you need quickly and easily, while keeping your hands on the keyboard. For example, if you want to launch an application hidden in the depths of your file system, simply activate Quicksilver with a keystroke, type a few letters of the application's name, then hit Return or Enter to launch it. When you don't need Quicksilver, it keeps out of your way, preserving precious screen real estate, and yet you can summon it instantly with a key stroke - just like Mercury the winged messenger. Actually, Roman mythological texts are remarkably silent on whether Mercury could be summoned with a key stroke, but it would have been great if he could. Quicksilver will certainly make you feel as if you have god-like powers.
Required OS: 10.7
Tags: productivity , utility , launcher
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This app is AMAZING, once you get used to it, you'll wonder how you ever did with out it, and you will miss it on all your non Macs.
this is the first app you should install after the system
It's the app that never stops suprising me, with hidden treasures of ingenuity. And hell, even if you don't use the advanced features, it's a super neat launcher :)
At first, was reluctant to use this because I had bought Butler, but it kicks every inch out of Butler, Launchbar, iTerm and Spotlight combined! Great app that really helps productivity and launching, while retaining ease of use. Worth the buzz!
Now whenever i get on someone else's mac, i get frustrated that they don't have quicksilver installed.
I wish Apple would license it from them and pre-install it in 10.5
....if anything, they'd just steal the idea though. :P
QUICKSILVER is the-ish!
I finally figured out what it's all about, and it's pretty cool. Quite a handy app.
I look at a lot of software, and this was the first one in a long time to really get me excited again. The speed is incredible. It's more than a launcher- It lets you tell the computer what you want to do but in fewer steps.
The one drawback is setting up the indexing. That needs a little simplification. And the original "giant icon" interface is much better looking than the new one.
The Cube interface is awesome
Everyone cites QS as a launcher, but there's a lot more to it than that. It pays to do some reading up about the possibilities, you will be rewarded for the effort. I know I've only clocked about 15% of what it can do, and I'm still out to sea on a mac without it.
An example is the calculator- pop the interface up, then hit . (full stop). Type an equation into the text box that appears, hit enter, get the result. Never reach for a calculator app again (example assumes that 'calculate' is the default action for text- if not, it can be set up easily)
Actually, QS was updated just today. There is a new prefs manager, and it seems snappier in opening things from my limited usage. And another version is due in a few weeks, according to the QS blog.
This app rocks, BTW. :-D
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Definition of co-evolution in English:
noun[mass noun] Biology
The influence of closely associated species on each other in their evolution.
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Oh, Ryan. Sweet, self-loathing closet case Ryan (examples here). What homophobic hogwash do you have for us this week? Answer: a lot. Tonight, Ryan stepped up his homophobic game tenfold, and things got ugly (and real). Videos inside.
Tonight's episode of The Real World brought four separate—and equally brain-hurting—segments involving Ryan's devolving relationship with gay roommate Preston (which, in turn, contributes to his evolving—and utterly despicable—bigotry). Let's review them, shall we?
Here, the roommates point out in a conversation with each other that Ryan shouldn't be so worried about whether or not people think he's gay if he's not. Cut to Ryan, on the phone with his cousin, discussing his "black and gay" roommate who "thinks he's so cool," with a bit of added "OMG WHY DO PEOPLE THINK I'M GAY I'M SO NOT GAY!" zing:
Next, the roommates are all in the McDonald's drive-thru when Preston reveals that one of his recent hookups, nicknamed "Big Thang," thinks that Ryan is gay. Naturally, Ryan takes all of this very well, responding with, "I hate that fag," before spewing more homophobic drivel:
Then, Ryan flips out at Preston when he feels, again, that his ~masculinity~ is being questioned, before talking to his brother on the phone and exclaiming, "There's nothing that indicates that I'm gay!"
And finally, Ryan says that his hatred for Preston is ruining his whole outlook on gay people, before pulling out the old, "You're only gay because you can't get any girls!" cliche:
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January 21, 2010
Last week I teased you with TNNA tales of gorgeous new products that you won't see at your LYS for many more weeks to come.
This week instead we look at an intriguing yarn that was released at the last TNNA and is now widely available at yarn stores. It's a plush, somewhat unusual yarn from Italy that blends extra fine Merino with the warm, delicate fibers of an unlikely animal: baby camel. Meet Classic Elite Kumara.
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This weekend, the National Historic Landmark hosts the second-annual Knitting Weekend. The event begins on Friday night with a reception, Berroco trunk show, and reception with Mary Jane Mucklestone. It continues through Saturday and Sunday with workshops and a marketplace.
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To help families cope with the serious food scarcity, World Vision is providing food aid and supporting alternative livelihoods for families.
More than 1.6 million people in 15 districts in southern Malawi are coping with serious food shortages, an increase of 200,000 since 2011.
Those struggling to feed themselves now make up nearly 12 percent of the national population.
The price of maize has more than doubled, and many families are eating only once a day, says a report from the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee. People are selling household items to buy food and seeking jobs in urban areas.
Lengthy dry spells over the past three years, current high food prices, and recent devaluation of the currency are factors in the current crisis, according to the World Food Program.
For Fatima Tchotcho, an 80-year-old blind woman from Nsanje district, events this year have taken a turn for the worst.
Fatima grows millet to support her five grandchildren, but this year her crop failed.
In the past, relatives would help her farm the garden and supplement her food supplies when her harvest was depleted. But the situation is different this year; her relatives are also hungry.
As a last resort, Fatima sends the children to the Shire River to fetch wild tubers.
"Turning to the tubers is a desperate measure," she says. "They are hardly tasty or nutritious. Worse still, collection of the tubers from the crocodile-infested river is such a risky venture."
The World Food Program estimates that 82,000 tons of food assistance, valued at $48 million, will be needed to meet the needs of hungry Malawi families.
Marko Ngwenya, World Vision's national director for Malawi, says the government has set aside 27,000 tons of maize. The World Food Program is set to contribute $18 million, funded by the United States and Britain, leaving a shortfall of $30 million.
"This gap is quite huge, hence all [the charitable organizations] working in Malawi are being called upon to help," Marko says.
In collaboration with the World Food Program and the Malawi government, World Vision is providing food aid and supporting alternative livelihoods for families.
World Vision's regular programming in Malawi focuses on the well-being of more than 130,000 sponsored children, their families, and communities in 26 of the nation's 28 districts. Building food security through improved agriculture and irrigation is a top development priority.
Make a one-time gift to help provide life-saving food and care in places like Malawi. Your gift will help provide food, agricultural support, livestock, clean water, medicines, and other essential care to hungry children and families around the world.
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New Hampshire conservation officers and other rescue crews are searching for a Quebec man and a hiking companion who may be lost on Mount Lafayette in Franconia.
Officials say an emergency locator beacon carried by the man from Sherbrooke, Quebec, was activated Sunday night. The man, whose name was not released, was said to be traveling with a companion.
Rescue crews have been facing extreme weather conditions, including wind, snow and cold temperatures.
WMUR-TV reports emergency crews are still receiving the emergency signal from an area of thick woods and heavy snow off the main trail.
A National Guard team is on standby to join the search.


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Polk County Mortgage Foreclosures
Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
These are mortgage foreclosures filed with the civil division of the Circuit Court March 6 to March 14. Names in bold are the subject of or have an interest in the foreclosure action. Lighter names filed the foreclosure action.
Ulysee, Mathieu, et ux, et al.; 1334-1336 Fairway Drive, Lakeland; US Bank National Association.
Upshaw, Demeryst M., et ux, et al.; 2358 Hamlet Circle, Lakeland; PHH Mortgage Corp.
Vari, Melody S., et ux, et al.; 130 Elanie Drive, Auburndale; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Williams-Kelston, Alvia J., et ux, et al.; 212 Old Bridge Circle, Davenport; Fifth Third Mortgage Co.
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Music to Enhance Your Workout: Tips for the Perfect Playlist
Regular exercisers know that music can make or break a workout. Listening to the right playlist during exercise can motivate you to work longer and at a higher intensity. It can make the workout seem easier and leave you feeling great afterwards. It can reduce perceptions of fatigue and improve performance. Choose the wrong playlist or forget to charge your MP3 player? You might as well go home now!
What to consider when choosing music that enhances an exercise experience?
While we all recognize the 'right' music when we hear it, choosing an hour's worth of workout-friendly selections isn't as easy as it sounds. Is fast better than slow? Strong rhythms preferential to weak? Are lyrics important? What about musical genre? And how about bass?


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I absolutely love hearing live music. I enjoy large arenas to hear Grammy-winning artists, multi-day festivals, small venues to see new bands, Monday open mike nights to support my friends, participating in choirs on Sundays, and even singing in the shower!
Since I'm far from a mega superstar, I'm in awe of a musician's capability to put on an incredible performance. As fans sitting in the stands (for me, the cheap seats), we see the band, instruments, lights, and smoke machines on stage, but have no idea about what's going on behind the scenes.


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Rain Update: It's Not the Girl, It's the Hat
A military investigation into South Korean heartthrob Rain's newly revealed relationship with actress Kim Tae-hee has moved swiftly.
After facing questions from netizens over whether the singer-actor had been taking too much time off from his military service to hook up with Ms. Kim, South Korea's Defense ministry said Thursday that Rain will indeed be punished.
The violation? Not wearing his cap.
The South Korean military has strict uniform guidelines for off-duty soldiers. When wearing their uniforms in public, soldiers have to keep on their hats. Rain, perhaps for style reasons, was shown to have run foul of that rule.
Other rules for off-duty soldiers include not eating while walking outside and not keeping their hands in their pockets.
The ministry also acknowledged that Rain had taken off almost double the maximum 50 days soldiers would get for the 450 days of his military service so far.
Punishment for the K-Pop star will be set next week.
It's unlikely that he'll face the same fate as Psy, who was forced to do his military service twice after not taking it seriously enough the first time around.


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ROANOKE (November 1, 2012)—Thursday was the busiest day of the campaign for the two presidential candidates, their running mates and their wives, who were visiting seven of the swing states that will help determine next Tuesday which man will occupy the White House for the next four years.
Mitt Romney continued to attack President Barack Obama's business policies, including his suggestion to MSNBC this week that he would create a secretary of business.
Romney told a crowd in Virginia that the nation needs a president who understands business, not a secretary of business.
Mr. Obama, meanwhile, was arguing that Romney is not the agent of change he claims to be.
Campaigning in Wisconsin, Mr. Obama also pointed to the surplus and the new jobs created under Bill Clinton, and said, "We know the ideas that work."
Mr. Obama asked for four more years, saying his administration has met many goals but hasn't completed the changes he's been trying to usher in since his election.
Aides to Romney are conceding that Hurricane Sandy slowed his momentum, although they still say their internal polling shows Romney ahead in some battleground states.
But they're not voicing as much confidence in Ohio or Wisconsin. Romney will campaign in both states in the coming days.


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NATCHITOCHES, La. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Volleyball team suffered their first Southland Conference loss of the season on Tuesday night, falling 3-1 (10-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-19) against the Northwestern State Lady Demons at Prather Coliseum.
The Islanders (9-5, 2-1 Southland) started fast against NSU (9-5, 1-1 Southland) in the first Southland road match on the season, but were unable to overcome the home-court advantage held by the Demons.
Shannon Hullum was the only Islanders player with double-digit kills, picking up 10 in the match, while Brianna Brink and Tyger Holt had eight apiece. Micah Nolan had 18 digs to pace her team and Logen Bourque finished with 35 assists on the night.
The Lady Demons scored the first point of the opening set, but it would be the only time in the set that the Islanders would trail, as they picked up their first lead of the set at 2-1 on a Nolan service ace. With the score 4-3 in favor of the Islanders, they reeled off four straight, with two coming on a kill from Brink and an Ivy Baresh service ace, as part of an 11-1 run against the Demons.
After an Islanders service error gave NSU their only point of the run, Brink earned a kill, Brooke Alverson had a service ace and Holt picked up a kill ahead of three Lady Demons errors. After the second timeout of the set by NSU, the streak was broken on a kill by the home team, but it started another 5-0 run by Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. Brink began it with a kill, followed by one from Hullum and a Bourque service ace. The final two points came on a kill from Baresh and a Lady Demons error that made it 20-5.
NSU scored three in a row to make it 20-8, but Holt and Hullum combined for a block to stop the run. Baresh made it 23-9 before the Lady Demons scored their final point to get to double digits. A kill by Hullum made it set point, and a combined block from Baresh and Alverson ended the scoring at 25-10 to give Texas A&M – Corpus Christi a 1-0 lead in the match.
It was a much different story in the second set, with the Demons racing out to a ten-point lead at 17-7 against the stunned Islanders. NSU would eventually take a 25-12 final to even the score at 1-1 heading into the intermission.
The Lady Demons picked up a 2-1 lead in the match when they won a 25-20 battle in the third set that featured nine ties during the action. The Islanders fell behind 5-3 early on, but a kill by Hullum and a block assist from Alverson and Brink even the score at 5-5. After falling behind 14-11, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi got a two kills and a block solo from Alverson to even it once again at 14-14.
NSU scored three straight of their own to regain a 17-14 lead, but the Islanders once again rallied, getting to within one point at 20-19 on a Hullum kill. From that point on however, the Lady Demons scored the final five points of the set to make it a 25-20 final and a 2-1 lead for NSU.
The fourth set started out promising for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi as a kill by Baresh, a block solo by Alverson, a kill from Hullum and yet another block, this time by Alverson and Hullum, to make it a 4-0 start. After taking a 7-3 lead, the Demons scored seven straight points to reverse the score to a 10-7 deficit before a Tyger Holt kill snapped the streak. Hullum followed it up with a kill to cut the lead to one. It wasn't until a Holt and Hullum block, followed by a kill off a Holt set evened the score at 12-12 and another Holt kill made it a 13-12 lead that forced a Demons timeout. The score was tied as late as 15-15 in the set, but 10-4 run ended the match with a 25-19 set score and a 3-1 match win for the Demons.
Next up for the Islanders will be a Saturday afternoon match at home in Corpus Christi. They will play host to Sam Houston State starting at 1 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center.
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Hundreds of people who rallied in protest of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant say it's time for the 41-year-old reactor to shut down.
More than 500 people marched through downtown Brattleboro on Saturday carrying banners and chanting "shut it down." Organizers claim the plant, owned by Entergy Corp., has been operating illegally.
The march came five days after the Vermont Supreme Court denied a petition from the anti-nuclear New England Coalition to shut down the plant.
An Entergy Nuclear spokesman told the Rutland Herald before the march that the company was aware of Saturday's protest but didn't plan to watch.


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Kendrick Perkins said he's working harder this offseason on his shot and explosiveness.
Paul George made his return to Team USA action on Friday, scoring 18 points with two rebounds, one assist, two steals and two 3-pointers.
Kevin Durant lit it up against Argentina in a Team USA tune-up on Friday, scoring 23 points with four rebounds, three assists, one steal, two blocks and four 3-pointers.
Juan Hernangomez is expected to join the Nuggets for the 2016-17 season.
The NBA has officially moved 2017's All-Star Weekend out of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Knicks are reportedly interested in trading for Greg Monroe.
Jae Crowder said that the pain in his right ankle has finally subsided.
Cheick Diallo and the Pelicans have agreed to a three-year deal.
Alonzo Gee is finalizing a one-year deal with the Pelicans.
Nets' head coach Kenny Atkinson said during Jeremy Lin's introductory press conference that he's looking for Lin to take on a leadership role, and that he will be the team's "full-time point guard."
Jahlil Okafor is reportedly the "most likely" Philadelphia big to be traded to Boston, should a trade go down.
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STANFORD -- Stanford University's Class of 2014 on Sunday got an inspiring if sobering send-off from the tech world's royal tag-team, as Bill and Melinda Gates took to matching podiums to pitch students on the power of seeing the glass half full.
"There are so many remarkable things going on here at this campus," Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder, told the more than 5,000 students accepting bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. "But if Melinda and I had to put into one word what we love most about Stanford, it's the optimism. There's an infectious feeling here that innovation can solve almost every problem."
For the next 25 minutes, the couple took turns telling stories of how their personal experiences working with the sick and impoverished in South Africa and India had changed their lives.
"On our journey together," Bill Gates said, "our optimism evolved."
It was a powerful message. And it was almost as if the lessons they were sharing were so weighty that it required two people to deliver what was the first-ever in-tandem commencement speech in Stanford history. After an initial greeting in which the couple stood side by side, the co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation broke the ice by finding common ground with the students who had filled the field at Stanford Stadium.
"Some people call you nerds," Melinda said. "And you claim the label with pride."
Bill added: "Well, so do we."
And with that, the levity ended as the couple shared a sort of tortured travelogue filled with infants succumbing to drug-resistant tuberculosis, children orphaned by mothers with AIDS and sex workers in India plagued not just by life-threatening diseases but by the humiliation of being shoved to the bottom of society.
"Most of these women had been abandoned by their husbands, and that's why they'd gone into prostitution," Melinda Gates told the crowd, gathered under pale blue skies etched with wisps of clouds. "They were trying to make enough money to feed their kids. They were so low in the eyes of society that they could be raped and robbed and beaten by anybody -- even by police -- and nobody cared."
One of these prostitutes, dying of AIDS, was painfully memorable, Melinda Gates said with an emotional delivery that had the students and the 25,000 family and friends in the stands rapt in stunned silence. She talked about how she "felt totally helpless. I had absolutely nothing I could offer her. I knew I couldn't save her, but I didn't want her to be alone."
Then she explained how that feeling of helplessness fueled her desire to use the foundation to help those suffering around the world. "Sometimes," she said, "it's the people you can't help who inspire you the most."
Her husband's catharsis took place in Soweto, South Africa, where he had gone as a high-tech emissary but returned as a different man, eventually pivoting his life's work from building software to stemming the scourge of malaria and improving tuberculosis cure rates with much cheaper drug regimens.
"Before I went to Soweto," he said, "I thought I understood the world's problems, but I was blind to the most important ones. I was so taken aback by what I saw that I had to ask myself, 'Do I still believe that innovation can solve the world's toughest problems?'
"I promised myself that before I came back to Africa, I would find out more about what keeps people poor."
Their somber stories were in sharp relief to the otherwise festive atmosphere that accompanied the school's 123rd commencement ceremony. Just before President John Hennessy addressed the crowd and warmed them up for the commencement speech, there was the traditional Wacky Walk, a decidedly nontraditional procession that featured graduates entering the field in all manner of costume.
Decked out as centipedes and fighter jets, cardboard buses and taco trucks, the classmates filled the stadium floor with a Carmen Miranda-style homage to the offbeat. There were hirsute guys in bathrobes beneath their half-open gowns, female students waving immigration-reform protest signs and conga-line cross-dressers with young men in gorilla masks.
Two hours later, Bill and Melinda Gates were ending their speech with her plea to "take your genius and your optimism and your empathy and go change the world in ways that will make millions of others optimistic as well."
And then she circled back in a reference to her own stories from India.
"In the course of your lives, without any plan on your part, you'll come to see suffering that will break your heart.
"When it happens," she said, "don't turn away from it. Turn toward it. That is the moment when change is born."
The message resonated with students as they gathered afterward with family and friends.
"I thought they were fantastic," said Ma'ayan Dembo, a 22-year-old Palo Alto native with a new bachelor's degree in urban studies. "Lately I've been contemplating a lot of the same ideas the Gateses were talking about today -- how we have these great tech tools, but we're using them to address silly problems, like how to connect your iPhone to your iPod, or use Uber for a ride home.
"They inspired me to work instead on the very real problems that are waiting for us all out there right now."
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
Bill: "Optimism is often dismissed as false hope. But there is also false hopelessness. That's the attitude that says we can't defeat poverty and disease. We absolutely can."
Melinda: "When we strip away our luck and privilege and consider where we'd be without them, it becomes easier to see someone who's poor and sick and say, 'That could be me.' This is empathy; it tears down barriers and opens up new frontiers for optimism."
Bill (talking about a woman in Africa): "She went to a doctor, and he told her she had drug-resistant TB. She was later diagnosed with AIDS. She wasn't going to live much longer, but there were plenty of MDR patients waiting to take her bed when she vacated it. This was hell with a waiting list."
Melinda: "As you leave Stanford, take your genius and your optimism and your empathy and go change the world in ways that will make millions of others optimistic as well. In the course of your lives, without any plan on your part, you'll come to see suffering that will break your heart. When it happens, and it will, don't turn away from it; turn toward it. That is the moment when change is born."


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Taylor County Recycling Center has received a facelift.
Students at Taylor County High School designed new signs for the center, made them and then had them hung.
Taylor County Fiscal Court's Sanitation and Environmental Committee met at the center last Wednesday to discuss the signs and some other issues.
Committee members said the signs look good and they are pleased.
Susan Dillery, TCHS science teacher, said art students designed the signs and had them printed at their new signs production operation. There was no cost to the county.
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I have this problem: when i set mencoder mt (with 2 level profile) i notice that work correctly only one time, if i stop the play and change film mencoder mt does't work more (not responde), while mencoder standard work correctly. I have ethernet connection q6600 4 gb ram.
Sorry for my english