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It's all a part of "Star Wars: Force for Change," a charity initiative that Abrams, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled Wednesday.
Donors will be entered into a drawing, and one winner will be chosen. The guest will be put into makeup and costume for a scene that will be shot in London.
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LSU DE Montgomery to miss rest of season
Published: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:55 a.m.
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BATON ROUGE — LSU coach Les Miles says starting defensive end Sam Montgomery will miss the rest of the season with torn ligaments in his right knee.
Miles said today that the team is scheduling reconstructive surgery and that Montgomery would not play again until next fall.
Montgomery was injured during the first quarter of No. 12 LSU's 16-14 victory over Tennessee last Saturday while attempting rush the quarterback from the right end.
Montgomery had 18 total tackles, with six tackles for losses including two sacks.
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ALBION, Maine — John K. Lowe Jr., 77, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, in the VA Maine Healthcare System in Togus. He was born in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 17, 1936, a son of the late John K. and Ada I. (Taylor) Lowe Sr. Being a son of a U.S. Navy career man, he moved around the country and was educated in Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 19, 1953, and served aboard the USS Missouri, USS Mann, USS Paiute, USS Hickman County, USS Chipola and USS Holland. He also served at several shore commands.
In 1959, he met and married Dora F. Wright while stationed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and living in Kentucky.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and past master of Granite Lodge No. 65 in New Hampshire and Medina Lodge No. 1319 in Texas. He was a member and past president of the Medina Rotary Club. He was a sports official for 32 years, working primarily high school football games. He retired from the Navy on April 1, 1983, while serving as the command master chief of the Naval Health Clinic in Corpus Christi, Texas.
He was elected as a constable in Bandera County, Texas, and served for two terms in that position. He later was chairman of the Republican Party in precinct No. 3, Bandera County.
After his retirement, he enjoyed traveling with his wife in their motor home and spending winters with their extended family in a retirement park in Niland, Calif.
He leaves his wife of 54 years, Dora F. Lowe and their faithful dog, Buddy; a son, John "Jack" K. Lowe III and his wife Miriam of York; a daughter, Jaye F. Lowe, of Norridgewock; a brother, Scott F. Lowe and his wife, Isabelle, of Buckeye, Ariz.; a sister, Joan C. Holmes and her husband Paul of McKinney, Texas; grandchildren John K. Lowe IV, Jeremy W. Lowe, Haley L. Fleming and his wife, Casey L. Ames, and Jennifer T. Gonzales and her husband, Xavier Z. Gonzales, of San Antonio, Texas; great-granddaughter Audrey Valor Lowe; several cousins, including Sandy Bushnell and husband Roger, and Carole Wright; and many nieces and nephews.
SERVICES: Calling hours for John will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, in the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. A full military graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, in the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta. Memorial contributions may be made to the VA Maine Hospice Unit, Togus, 1 VA Center, Augusta, ME 04330. Visit www.lucaseatonfuneralhome.com.
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SIKESTON -- William Earl Trousdale, 80, died at 9:05 p.m. Aug. 1, 2002, at the Miner Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 3, 1921, in Charleston, son of the late William Earl and Mina Beatrice Holley Trousdale, he was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Charleston. Having served in the U.S. Army transportation division, he had been a truck driver for the General Cable Truck Lines in St. Louis.
He married Violet Trousdale in Reno, Nev., and she preceded him in death.
Survivors include: one brother, Eugene Trousdale of St. Ann; and one sister, Ida Mae Suchman of St. Louis.
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| The line of Steve Begin, Maxim Lapierre and Tom Kostopoulos didn't make it an easy night for the Bruins.
The Canadiens' bench boss put together a line that could rival a Red Bull, joining the forces of Steve Begin, Tom Kostopoulos and Maxim Lapierre. Judging by the number of close encounters the Bruins had with the Bell Centre boards, the experiment was a successful one. At the end of the night, the trio dished out 10 hits.
"It's always fun to play with guys with as much energy as Begin and Lapierre," said Kostopoulos, who introduced Aaron Ward and Matt Hunwick to his shoulder with a couple of solid checks. "Those two always work really hard. They know how to do the little things well and don't hold back. You have no choice but to do the same."
One of the Canadiens' free agent signings this summer, Kostopoulos came to Begin's defense after the latter was on the receiving end of a Milan Lucic check. Despite being four inches shorter and 15 pounds lighter than his opponent, the 28-year-old didn't hesitate before dropping the gloves for a little dance with the Bruins left-winger.
"The concept of a team is important," explained Kostopoulos. "In this case, I just happened to be quicker than Begin to have a go at it with Lucic, otherwise, he would have done it. One thing is for sure, we have to stick together."
Lapierre was also at ease skating with a couple of guys whose style of play echoes his own.
"Playing with them, it gives you a whole different perspective to the game," said Lapierre. "When you're surrounded by guys who are constantly working hard and always looking to finish their checks, it makes for a more intense game."
The 22-year-old center was happy with his performance after his coach expressed his wish for a little more.
"It went better than the last game, that's for sure," admitted the Montreal native, who was minus-3 in three games before Thursday's contest. "Our line played well and we were in their zone almost the entire time. Aside from a few times in the second period, we were always on their backs."
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Publix Recalls Salads That Might Contain Harmful Bacterium
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Publix Super Markets Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for Publix Deli Tri Fruit and Grain Salad, which may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. Publix received notification of the potential contamination from their supplier, Allison's Gourmet Kitchens, according to a recall notice. Deli Tri Fruit and Grain Salad, UPC #41415-39662, was distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. It was sold in pre-packaged 12-ounce containers, and the recall involves all product sold with use by dates of 4/5/2013, 4/14/2013 and 4/17/2013. Customers who have purchased the salads can return them to stores for a refund. There have been no reports of illnesses, according to Publix.
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EF1 Tornado Confirmed in southern Hidalgo County June 30 2011
The National Weather Service in Brownsville conducted a survey of damage that affected portions of the cities of Pharr and Hidalgo in southern Hidalgo County. Based on this survey, it has been determined that a weak tornado touched down during the early evening hours of June 30, 2011.
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This short-lived tornado touched down in a subdivision approximately 4 miles east-northeast of the city of Hidalgo in southern Hidalgo County. Most of the damage in this area was limited to the overturning of trampolines, the knocking down of wooden privacy fences, an outdoor storage building, and minor shingle damage to the roof of two homes. A (relatively empty) moving truck was also blown on its side in the subdivision. The tornado strengthened as it approached an import/export business on the west side of US-281. Here, an office building lost between 25% and 33% of the roof as the tornado continued moving westward. Much of the roofing material landed on a car parked behind the office building, resulting in the injury of the driver. In this area, a single-wide mobile home was heavily damaged, as well as a couple of semi trucks. Before lifting, tornadic winds knocked down several hundred feet of concrete block fencing. No damage was seen beyond this point by the National Weather Service survey crew or officials from the city of Pharr.
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Ride the many trails that make Fundy National Park an amazing natural playground for all.
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Heat outdoor grill or cast iron grill pan. Gently brush off any dirt from caps. In a small bowl whisk together the oil and vinegar and season with salt & pepper. Brush caps with vinegar & oil mixture and place on grill. Cook for 2 minutes per side or until mushroom is tender. Brush occasionally with vinegar and oil. Drizzle remaining vinegar and oil over arugula. Shave parmesan into greens and toss. Slice grilled portobellos and arrange on top of arugula
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Get Excited: The Best Way to Conquer a Fear of Public Speaking
If one of your resolutions for 2014 is to conquer your fear of public speaking, forget deep breathing, meditation, visualizing the lapping waves of an ocean and other soothing rituals.
A better strategy is to take the heart-thumping symptoms of anxiety and re-frame them as signs of excitement, according to a new research paper from Alison Brooks, a professor at Harvard Business School.
That simple shift helps individuals see an anxiety-inducing event as an opportunity rather than a threat, writes Brooks in a recent paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Speakers who translated anxiety to excitement had better performance and more positive feelings about the task, she found.
"These are very subtle interventions that are really easy to use," she said, adding that she was surprised by the magnitude of the impact they had.
Brooks, whose research focuses on the effects of emotions in the workplace, studied people preparing to perform in three contexts–speaking in public, taking a math test and singing a karaoke version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'"–and found that people who said "I am excited" aloud before a stressful event did better than those who uttered statements like "I am anxious," "I am calm" or nothing at all.
In the public-speaking experiment, judges rating participants on their persuasiveness used a scale of 1 to 7 and gave an average score of 4.03 to participants who said "I am excited" prior to delivering a short speech, versus 3.45 to those in the "I am calm" group. The judges were not told before rating the speeches which group the subjects fell into. In rating speakers' confidence, judges gave an average score of 4.5 to the excited group and 3.9 to the calm group.
The karaoke test revealed similar results. Subjects who said "I am excited" prior to singing had, on average, 80% scores, compared to 53% for those who said "I am anxious" and 69% for those who made no statement. (How do you measure a karaoke performance in a laboratory? Ms. Brooks used the Wii game Karaoke Revolution: Glee, and had the program's voice-recognition software assign a 'singing accuracy score.')
Why is it easier to get psyched up than to calm down? The key, said Ms. Brooks, is the similarity of the physiological experience. Anxiety and excitement are both high-arousal states that produce a faster heartbeat, sweaty palms and high levels of cortisol, a stress hormone. So moving between the two emotions requires only minimal effort.
On the other hand, calming yourself from an anxious state requires more effort–both a change in physical feeling and a change from a negative to a positive mindset.
"People have a very strong intuition that the right way to cope with anxiety is to try to calm down. But that's very difficult to do…in some situations it's impossible," she said.
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For the millions of movie fanatics living nowhere near Austin, Texas, the next few months will be marked by a slew of $100-million-plus, major studio blockbusters, long-awaited tentpoles the likes of Men in Black 3D, The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, and The Amazing Spider-Man, amongst several others. Jump-started into maximum overdrive two weeks ago with the record-breaking opening of Marvel's epic The Avengers, the summer of 2012 is shaping up to be the most profitable one of all time, and the levels of audience elation and businessman celebration are enormously tangible.
So why single out the vibrant city of Austin, Texas, then? Because there, specifically at the storied film-buff haven Alamo Drafthouse theater, the following weeks leading up to August 25th are all about the past. Beginning last weekend with a special screening of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led fantasy classic Conan the Barbarian, the Drafthouse is dedicating this year's hot weather months to a truly badass, you'll-wish-you-lived-in-Austin series called the "Summer of 1982," inspired by the historical fact that the June-August stretch of '82 saw the theatrical releases of eight monumental genre films: the aforementioned Conan, The Road Warrior, Rocky III, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, John Carpenter's The Thing, and TRON. All of which will screen at the Drafthouse's downtown Ritz site for either one-night- or one-weekend-only engagements.
As the series tagline states, it was "the greatest summer of movies… ever." "Every movie that we're playing is almost as relevant and discussed now as anytime in the last 30 years," says Zack Carlson, 37, one of the Drafthouse's fulltime programmers. "It's not like you can bring up the original Conan the Barbarian and anybody over ten-years-old says, 'What's that?'"
And, considering that it's the Alamo Drafthouse, "Summer of 1982" is typically loaded with an abundance of special features. With each movie screening on the same weekend that it opened back in 1982, those eight movies will all be shown in their original 35MM print form, complete with the same exact trailers that played before them 30 years back and a Drafthouse menu—from which each patron can order restaurant-quality food and/or beer, per usual—accessorized by out-of-date items like Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers and a selection of choice '82-specific candies.
Most importantly, though, the Summer of 1982 events have been designed to give fans who have never seen these classics on the big screen, in their original, pre-digital-conversion forms, the chances to do so in the neatest possible ways. It wasn't an easy task to accomplish on the programmers' ends, though. Despite the Drafthouse's over-2,000-prints-deep archive of 35mm films, the O.G. prints of the program's eight old-school blockbusters all had to be obtained by Carlson. In some cases, all it took was a painless phone call to the respective studio and a pleasant request, aided by the widely respected Drafthouse name; yet, the problem children, so to speak, weren't as smoothly obtained.
Take this weekend's entry, for example; The Road Warrior, Mel Gibson's second, and best, turn as the legendary post-apocalyptic action hero Mad Max, and an oldie that Warner Bros., the studio that owns the film, isn't quick to relinquish. Carlson had to work extra hard to get the studio to send him an original 35mm version. But there was a catch: Warner's lone copy is an Australian theatrical version, in which the U.S. title of The Road Warrior isn't seen; instead, the title reads Mad Max 2. "That makes it a little more special," says Carlson. "Not only is it an authentic, used 35mm print, but nobody in the U.S. has ever seen this version of the movie in a theater."
The unique Mad Max 2 experience doesn't stop there, either. To translate all of the film's heightened carnage and violence, Carlson and his colleagues have scheduled a four-car demolition derby before this Friday night's outdoor screening, garnished with Road Warrior-esque flaming barrels and automobiles ramming into one another at ludicrous speeds. "It's probably going to be illegal, I guess," says Carlson, along with a laugh. "We don't have any kind of clearance for this; we don't know what kind of clearance we're supposed to get. But the drivers have all volunteered and signed waivers."
The biggest coup of them all, however, is the original 1982 print of Steven Spielberg's E.T.—the scheduled June 8th Drafthouse screening almost couldn't even happen. In 2002, as E.T. die-hards too agonizingly recall, the sci-fi, family-accessible masterpiece was re-released in a special 20th anniversary edition, a sanitized version in which FBI agents' handguns were digitally replaced by flashlights, phones, and other non-threatening objects; even worse, E.T. himself was, as Carlson puts it, "Jar-Jar-Binks-ed up." When Carlson first reached out to Universal Pictures about showing a 35mm print of the film, he was told that only the 2002 edition is authorized. Naturally, he wasn't having it. "We need to show the one that looks like 1982," he told the Universal rep. "We can't show the computerized, child-friendly version. That would be bullshit."
Still met with resistance, Carlson tested the hater's film-loving heart. "I said, 'Can you imagine going back to relive those E.T. moments and you see these fucking digital flashlights? That would be so awful!'" he recalls. "The guy was quiet for a little bit, and then said, 'OK, we have one of the original in the vault, and you guys can use it—but just once!' That felt like a real moment, one where even the people who should be standing in our way felt the spirit of this Summer of '82 thing, which was nice."
As complete as the program seems, though, it's actually not 100% whole. One of the biggest and most influential flicks released in that summer, director Ridley Scott's seminal Blade Runner, isn't, sadly, on the schedule. But not for lack of effort on the programmers' end. "That's the biggest tragedy of 2012 for me, so far," says Carlson.
Blade Runner, a monumental display of excellent storytelling and stunning visual effects, didn't come cheap. Made for an estimated $28 million (not exactly chump change back in 1982), Scott's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? required several wealthy parties to hop onboard as producers, in order to secure the financing necessary for Scott to present his futuristic vision of Los Angeles in all of hits dystopian, neon-colored glory. The downside to that communal funding, however, is that numerous people now own the film, meaning that lawyers had to get involved once Carlson came a-calling. One cold-blooded attorney, unfortunately, hasn't been on the same page as Carlson, his Drafthouse crew, and all of Blade Runner's other handlers, namely Ridley Scott himself, who has given his approval for the "Summer of 1982" look. "This lawyer was just like, 'Why would it benefit us to screen this movie anywhere besides L.A.?'" says Carlson. "[He also said], 'L.A. is the movie town, so why would we show it in some po-dunk Texas theater?'"
Carlson isn't about to give up the good fight. And, fortunately, the film's original release June 25th, 1982, release date gives him five more weeks to win the battle. "I just picture this lawyer bonehead as the dude from the Monopoly box, but much uglier," he says. "He's sitting there, laughing and snickering at us, and saying, 'Ha ha! No fun allowed! No good things in this world!' We're battling true evil to get Blade Runner on, because, obviously, I feel like it must happen, and I'm not giving up."


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The great value of the recent physiologic researches on the digestive processes render a comprehensive presentation of these newly acquired facts very acceptable to the practicing physician in whose work they find numerous important applications. From his acquaintance with physical chemistry Dr. Fischer has naturally emphasized the explanations of physiologic processes on a physical basis wherever possible, but he is ever ready to admit that the known physical laws are at present insufficient to explain many of the phenomena taking place in the digestive tract. The book presents the experimental results of Cannon, Starling, Pawlow and others, and gives a very comprehensive survey of the mechanics, chemistry and bacteriology of digestion and absorption. The reversibility of the action of enzymes is fully illustrated and used in the explanation of the occurrence of fat in the lacteals after the absorption of soaps as well as to give a reason why enzymic
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women Chapter 26 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 26
Artistic Attempts
- The narrator tells us that it takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, and Amy is learning it the hard way.
- Amy tries every kind of art, from clay sculpture to pen-and-ink drawing to woodburning, then oil painting, and then charcoal portraits, and finally sketching. Each art form ends in hilarity or disaster.
- Amy is patient and persevering, but it doesn't seem like she's really cut out to be a great artist. However, she's also becoming a graceful, accomplished woman; everyone likes her, and she always seems to say the right thing.
- Amy's biggest flaw is that she tries to be a social climber. She confuses money, power, and aristocracy with real values and principles.
- One day, Amy asks her mother if she can invite the girls from her drawing class over to her house for lunch and an opportunity to sketch the countryside.
- Mrs. March agrees and suggests a modest menu. Amy insists that the girls, who are mostly more wealthy than her family, have to have a really fancy meal.
- Mrs. March asks how many girls there are in the group, and Amy says around a dozen, but she thinks only half of them will come.
- Mrs. March thinks it will be too expensive, but Amy has everything planned out and has saved her own money so that she can pay for it.
- Mrs. March still thinks it's a mistake to throw a party beyond their means, but she decides to let Amy learn by experience.
- Meg agrees to help Amy. Jo refuses at first, but finally Amy convinces her that she's defying convention just for the sake of being different, and she agrees to help.
- They send out the invitations, and almost all the girls accept.
- Hannah is cranky because the preparations for the lunch interfere with her regular household routine.
- Everything seems to go wrong: Hannah's cooking turns out badly, things are more expensive than Amy thought they would be, Beth is sick, Meg is busy, and Jo keeps breaking things.
- Amy has told the girls to come on Monday, and if the weather is bad on Monday to come on Tuesday instead. On Monday, the weather is drizzly and nobody shows up.
- On Tuesday, the food is getting a little stale and Amy's also tired of the idea.
- Tuesday morning, Mr. March comes in and says he wasn't able to buy a lobster, so they'll have to go without salad. Amy goes into town herself to get one.
- Buying a lobster is a pretty low-class errand and Amy doesn't want to be seen doing it, so she carries a big basket with a lid and covers her face with a veil.
- Amy gets her lobster and takes the bus home. There is only one other passenger, an old lady, so Amy takes off her veil.
- At the next stop, one of Laurie's college friends, Tudor, gets on the bus. He recognizes Amy and sits by her to chat.
- Amy ignores the basket with the lobster while she talks to Tudor. Unfortunately, when the old lady gets off the bus, she knocks the basket over and the lobster falls out.
- Tudor thinks the lobster must belong to the old lady and starts to hand it back to her. Amy blushes and explains that it's hers.
- Tudor makes a polite comment about what a fine lobster it is, and Amy saves the day by joking that Tudor probably wants to see the girls who are going to eat it.
- Amy finally gets home, although her dress has been damaged by the lobster's dressing. She gets everything ready by noon.
- Finally, Amy orders Mr. Laurence's carriage and goes to meet her guests. But as Mrs. March watches at the window for them coming back, they discover that only one girl has come!
- Jo and Beth help Hannah clear some of the place settings, so that it won't look too ridiculous when there's only one guest.
- Amy entertains her only guest, Miss Elliot, calmly and politely, and her family helps her as best they can. Finally, the party is over.
- Amy comes home alone. Her family tries to be polite and don't mention any of the problems.
- The Marches sit down to eat – dinner, of course, is some of the leftovers from the party. Finally Amy gives up and decides not to make her family eat leftovers for days, and sends the food to the Hummel family.
- Amy starts to tear up, and Jo admits that it was pretty funny that only one girl came. Mrs. March tries to be comforting.
- Amy says that she is satisfied – she did what she meant to do. She asks her family not to mention the episode.
- Nobody brings it up for a few months, but Laurie gives Amy a coral lobster charm for her birthday!
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Goose Pond example of Wetlands Reserve Program success
ELKHART, Ind., August 30, 2007 – It's a wetlands oasis that draws waterfowl, other wildlife and people from miles around. For decades, it frustrated Greene County, Indiana farmers who struggled to get a crop from its swampy bottoms. Now, Goose Pond is one of the nation's largest Wetlands Reserve Program easements. Its nearly 7,200 acres make it a model of success for the popular farm bill conservation program.
Goose Pond is protected forever, but the future of the Wetlands Reserve Program isn't so certain. The program needs almost $2 billion in the next farm bill.
"If the Senate doesn't fund the Wetlands Reserve Program by September 30 like the House did in its version of the farm bill, the program is dead," said Bart James, director of agriculture conservation policy for Ducks Unlimited.
James says DU wants to make sure there's funding available for landowners to continue to enroll 250,000 acres of their land each year during the next five years.
Americans certainly agree with using taxpayer dollars to restore wetlands in programs like the Wetlands Reserve Program. During the past week, 79 percent of almost 1,900 respondents in a USA Today unscientific poll said they favor using tax dollars for wetlands restoration. Only 15 percent disagreed.
Lack of funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program isn't due to a lack of interest. Indiana landowners want to enroll now. Landowners receive federal funding to convert marginal cropland back to wetlands. The program, administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, turned away 154 landowners – mostly farmers - in 2005. That could have conserved 6,000 wetland acres and provided a stable source of income to farmers.
Wetlands benefit people by cleaning water, trapping and slowing floodwaters and providing a place for people to hunt, fish and enjoy nature. Just like Goose Pond. More than 900 species of wildlife depend on wetlands at some time during their lives.
"The Wetlands Reserve Program benefits everyone involved. Goose Pond is a prime example," said Michael Sertle, DU regional biologist for Indiana. "It's great for landowners, the environment and the community. That's why we need to voice our support for the Wetlands Reserve Program in the next farm bill."
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The Senate takes up the farm bill as it returns from its summer recess.
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To date, the Wetlands Reserve Program is responsible for almost 2 million acres of wetlands restored nationally.
Goose Pond is a perfect example of that success in Indiana.
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Tuesday, 12.23.2008 / 3:11 AM MT / The Desert Dog Blog - by Dave Vest
Information, observations and anecdotes about the Coyotes
as told by Dave Vest, the team's V.P. of News Content
as told by Dave Vest, the team's V.P. of News Content
Coyotes Head Coach Wayne Gretzky was not a happy camper after his team's loss to Edmonton on Monday. Eleven penalties will do that to a hockey coach.
|Head Coach Wayne Gretzky poses with 98-year-old Hilda Parker and family before the Coyotes took on the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.
Gretzky wholeheartedly agreed to the visit and spoke to Hilda and some of her family members for a few moments. It was a touching scene. Happy Birthday Hilda!
It was good to see Daniel Winnik get back in the lineup after six games as a healthy scratch. Winnik didn't make it into the scoring summary but it was his blocked shot and hustle that led to Martin Hanzal's goal in the second period.
Rookie Kyle Turris told me he is bummed out that Avalanche star Joe Sakic is injured and won't be playing tonight. Why? Because Turris has always wanted to be able to say he took a face-off against the future Hall-of-Famer.
How cold was it in Edmonton on Monday? Well, it was so cold my upper lip started bleeding for no reason. I have bloodstains on my Game Summary to prove it. Officially, I think it was like 25 degrees below zero or something crazy like that when we left.
I had to laugh while I listened to Coyotes radio analyst Tyson Nash sum up the spirited bout between Daniel Carcillo and Edmonton's Jason Strudwick in the second period on Monday night with one simple line.
"That was a punch-in-the-face contest," Nash said.
A lot of fans have written me asking if I think the young Coyotes will have enough mental and physical stamina to stay in the Western Conference playoff race all season. My answer is yes.
The coaching staff is taking steps to keep the players well-rested. For instance, some morning skates are being scratched to help keep the team fresh. Plus, Gretzky is playing most of the young players in key situations and they are gaining confidence daily. You can probably see that on the ice. I can sense it in the locker room.
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SAN JOSE -- Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies are asking the public's help finding a "person of interest" in connection with a June 16 robbery in an unincorporated part of San Jose.
Authorities are searching for 25-year-old Justin Johnson, whom they describe as 5-foot-10, 210 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Johnson is being sought for his alleged involvement in a liquor store robbery on the 400 block of Bascom Avenue, where police say a man attacked a store clerk and fled after stealing cigarettes and liquor.
Authorities said Johnson has two outstanding warrants, one for a felony arrest and another for a felony parole violation.
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By Spc. Joshua Edwards, Combined Task Force Dragoon Public AffairsAugust 19, 2013
FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZANGABAD, Afghanistan -- Security Force Assistance Teams with Combined Task Force Dragoon have forged relationships with the Afghan National Army for over a month as the task force's mission continues in southern Afghanistan.
The 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th Corps SFAT is furthering its advise and assist role in support of Operation Enduring Freedom by providing knowledge and experience to 2nd Kandak soldiers and enabling them to continue taking the lead to eliminate enemy forces in southern Afghanistan.
Establishing a basis of communication is one of the battlefield skills the team has brought to the Afghan unit at FOB Zangabad. The soldiers got an understanding of aspects needed to effectively relay information during missions.
"The (ANA) got a chance to learn and get familiarized with the radio, learn how to go through the calling process, learn call signs, load frequencies, talk out to different (command outposts) and they got a good overview of what life will be like for them as a (radio telephone operator) out on the battlefield," said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Allen Sanders, communications advisor officer for the team and native of Marks, Miss.
The SFAT provides training to the kandak in multiple areas of military operations to enhance their skills. The new partnership is going well.
"Our relationship is pretty good and in the short time we have been here we have been able to establish some pretty solid rapport," said Maj. Tyrone Powers, team leader for the SFAT and native of Albany, Ga. "We have lined up (counter improvised explosive device) training, medical training, signal training and drivers training. We also do intelligence training, such as map reading."
Sanders said the Afghan soldiers communication skills have significantly increased since the SFAT partnered with them to help the unit maintain the lead in operations.
The SFAT is honing the skills the Afghan soldiers already possess allowing them to create programs to maintain their equipment and troops. The soldiers are aware of the knowledge and experience they currently possess and are ready to learn everything they can to continue building from there.
"We try to develop their skills on whatever they have and we try to expand their knowledge," said Sanders. "We have developed a preventative maintenance plan for them as well. They know they need all the things that we have to offer them and they know that it is needed in their military in order for them to be successful."
The 2nd Kandak is self--sufficient in its operations and requires minimal support from the SFAT in its mission. They are developing and enhancing their combat skills as they continue their mission to become a stand-alone force in Afghanistan.
"I have been very impressed since I have been here with the level of competence," said Rogers. "They have been able to hold ground, they can medically evacuate their guys under fire, they can put together an operations order and they keep us updated every time something goes on. We are not even assisting them with certain parts of operations."
The relationship between the team and the 2nd Kandak remains to be a valuable asset as U.S. Forces continue their transition out of the area. The soldiers continue to refine their capabilities and take the lead in military operations as the partnership with the SFAT continues.


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Definition of intelligible in English:
1Able to be understood; comprehensible: this would make the system more intelligible to the general public
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- An examination structure, intelligible to pupils, parents and employers, must be a priority as a means of getting these proposals off the ground.
- The individual cannot make himself intelligible to anybody.
accessible, digestible, user-friendly, penetrable, fathomable;
lucid, clear, coherent, plain, simple, explicit, precise, unambiguous, self-explanatory
formal exoteric
1.1 Philosophy Able to be understood only by the intellect, not by the senses.
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Late Middle English (also in the sense 'capable of understanding'): from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere 'understand' (see intelligent).
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This is the first edition of Bridgette with all-plastic playing cards. It also comes with Bridgette Showdown.
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Joli Quentin Kansil
Xanadu Leisure
Year: 2006
Players: 2
Weight: 499 grams
Language Requirements: Game components are language-independent. Manufacturer's rules are printed in English. This is a domestic item.
- 2 all-plastic 55-card Bridgette decks
- 2 bidding boards
- 8 suit chips
- 2 dice
- 2 dice cups
- 1 scorecard
- 1 score pad
- rules
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Average Rating: 4.4 in 5 reviews
I was shocked as I went to order a new game of Bridgette for a Xmas gift that a review gave it only two stars and dismissed it as an introduction to contract bridge. This game is in the Games Magazine Hall of Fame for a good reason. It is a classic two handed games which is great to play whether you ever play Contract bridge of not. I am glad that we can finally get this game in plastic cards; my past editions are worn due to constant play. My last review of this game was in 1999, I have played this game for years and have never been tired of it.
This game has received it's share of praise, Games Hall of Fame and alike. It doesn't need any words from this humble gamer. All I can say is that it has provided me with some of the best hours of gaming and has never failed to be a fun and challenging diversion. Bridge players MUST play this game. Anyone who likes commercial card games who have not at least given this a try have kept themselves from the best of breed.
Bridgette has been around for a long, long time, and has received accolades from many of the top bridge players and writers in the world. It takes the basic mechanics of four-handed bridge, and modifies them in a way that makes for a surprisingly good two-handed game. The main differences from the original include special bids that let players know some of their opponent's holdings, special colon cards that are used strategically to force a change in suits, and the exchange, where players can improve their initial hands. While intended for serious bridge players, the instructions include enough of a primer on basic bridge strategy for beginners to enjoy the game as well.
While the game's designer tinkered with the rules for over 25 years, Bridgette has settled down to become a true classic. Highly recommended.
This game has been the pike from Gamut of Games, to Xanadu, to Mayfair Games. While being placed in the Games Magazine Hall of Fame it remains almost unknown to the public at large. A pity. You don't have to be a bridge expert to enjoy this game--it is a classic in its own right. Hopefully a new company will pick this up (Is Winning Moves doing long lazy circles?) and produce it. Gamers who have never tried it are in for a big treat.
A clever (if somewhat convoluted) introduction to Bridge for 2 players that simply isn't worth the price. Players new to bridge style games of trick taking will do much better with 2-player games like German Whist, or with the wide variety of computer games covering the Bridge family.
When this game was invented back in the 70s, it served a purpose, as a decent (though idiosyncratic) attempt at providing an introduction to players who could only find a single opponent or who didn't want to jump right in to full-fledged Contract Bridge, but with the wealth of readily available information and computer opponents available today, it is obsolete (and far too expensive).


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Bill is the son of Sam and Becky Vinton and was born and raised on the mission field of Africa. He played soccer at Grace from 1975-78. Bill radically altered the way soccer was played at Grace. He single handedly turned it into a skillful poetic form of competition.
Bill was voted MVP all four years he played. Unfortunately, Grace was not a member of the NCCAA during those years or Bill would have certainly been a four year All American. He set a school record by scoring 67 career goals and had 122 assists which still stands today. At one time he held the school for goals at 21 even though he missed three games that season. He still hold s the record for goals in a half with four. After his soccer career was over, Bill coached the team at Grace for two years.
Bill along with his wife Sue has served in the mission field in Africa. They have three daughters.


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Kate Middleton's new hairdo: it can only mean one thing...
Duchess of Cambridge's new fringe says she's either channeling Farrah Fawcett – or she's expecting
THE sign that royal baby-bump watchers have been waiting for so feverishly presented itself this week at the Natural History Museum, of all places.
There, at the opening of the new Treasures Gallery, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, sported a new fringe, flopping across her eyes. Never mind the shapeless (and recycled, observed the eagle-eyed fashion pack) Burberry dress she chose for the occasion: the hairdo was the evidence they needed to surmise that Kate was absolutely, definitely, without-a-doubt expecting.
After all, cooed Amanda Craig at the Daily Mail, "We ladies know that a woman's hair is a barometer for her emotions and that a cut often signals a radical shift in an individual's life. Younger women change their look when something drastic has happened to them... and if she is keeping a Very Important Secret, then that demure long fringe is perfect for hiding behind."
Liz Jones weighed in a few days later with a worrying dissection of the duchess's new do. "Oh dear. Oh please God, no," the columnist despaired. "She'll soon see that the new cut just isn't right for royal life. I worry, too, that, given this untimely fringe, Kate will succumb to the sort of sartorial thinking that existed in the Sixties: that once a woman is married, pregnant or over 35, she must cut her hair."
Seemingly overnight, the scrutiny of a simple snip has spiralled from a frivolous discussion over Kate's sartorial choices to a heated media investigation into what it all "means".
Over at The Guardian, assistant fashion editor Simon Chilvers asked: "Is the Duchess of Cambridge referencing disco? Or has she been studying the catwalk?" Pregnancy rumours don't even cross his mind. Is she stealing style cues from the Queen of the Floppy Flick herself, Farrah Fawcett? Or has the whole chop has been orchestrated to detract attention from the fact that Kate is recycling her clothes? "Old dress, new look: clever," writes Chilvers.
In the end, he deemed the haircut "less a statement about fashion and more an exercise in appropriateness, the sort of controlled grooming favoured by Tory wives. Perhaps what Kate is really doing here is mashing up her own references, blurring the lines between an Elizabeth Hurley va-va-voom glossy centre-parted mane with the sensibly appropriate chic of Samantha Cameron."
Perhaps the most laughable hypothesis is that Kate is simply trying to emulate her late mother-in-law, Diana. While Buzzfeed ran a series of tongue-in-cheek photo captions that poked fun at the ridiculousness of the whole assay, New York Magazine's fashion site The Cut took it one (serious) step forward, compiling a multi-zoom analysis that dissects the do from every angle.
"Kate's feathery, eye-skimming bangs are awfully Diana-esque, minus the bowl cut," they write. "If she starts adopting Diana's tendency to tilt her head forward and peek out from beneath her hair, then we'll never hear the end of it from Tina Brown."


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|Firefighters respond to fire in 13-story high rise.
Credit: International Association of Fire Fighters
PHOENIX – When responding to fires in high-rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members—instead of three or four—are significantly faster in putting out fires and completing search-and-rescue operations, concludes a major new study* carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with five other organizations.
Results of the study, conducted with 13 Washington, D.C.-area fire departments, were presented today at the 2013 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Conference in Phoenix.
"Unlike most house fires, high-rise fires are high-hazard situations that pose unique operational challenges to fire service response. How big a fire gets and how much danger it poses to occupants and firefighters are largely determined by crew size and how personnel are deployed at the scene," says lead researcher Jason Averill, a NIST fire protection engineer. "It's not simply that larger crews have more people. Larger crews are deployed differently and, as a result, are able to perform required tasks more quickly."
An analysis of 14 "critical tasks"—those undertaken when potential risks to building occupants and firefighters are greatest—found that three-member crews took almost 12 minutes longer than crews of four, 21 minutes longer than crews of five, and 23 minutes longer than crews of six to complete all tasks. Four-person crews took nine minutes and 11 minutes longer than five- and six-member crews, respectively.
Released April 28, 2010
|A fire fighter conducts a second-story ventilation at a controlled fire during a fire fighter safety and resource deployment study funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Credit: International Association of Fire Fighters
WASHINGTON D.C.--A landmark study issued today by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that the size of firefighting crews has a substantial effect on the fire service's ability to protect lives and property in residential fires.
Performed by a broad coalition in the scientific, firefighting and public-safety communities, the study found that four-person firefighting crews were able to complete 22 essential firefighting and rescue tasks in a typical residential structure 30 percent faster than two-person crews and 25 percent faster than three-person crews.
The report is the first to quantify the effects of crew sizes and arrival times on the fire service's lifesaving and firefighting operations for residential fires. Until now, little scientific data have been available.
"The results from this rigorous scientific study on the most common and deadly fires in the country—those in single-family residences—provide quantitative data to fire chiefs and public officials responsible for determining safe staffing levels, station locations and appropriate funding for community and firefighter safety," said NIST's Jason Averill, one of the study's principal investigators.


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Have a small icon next to each station with their logo. Makes it quicker for the eye to pick out one station from a list.
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@kvibik: That's the reason we haven't included them so far, though they may appear in some form in future...
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This might clash with the otherwise gorgeous design of the site, though, I'm afraid.


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1987, Col.Wright joined the Foreign Service and served as U.S. Deputy
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Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His most recent book, The Great Terror War (2003), considers the American response to September 11, including its relationship to the patriotic duties of American Citizens. In 2001 he served on a three person Human Rights Inquiry Commission for the Palestine Territories that was appointed by the United Nations, and previously, on the Independent International Commission on Kosovo. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Religion and Humane Global Governance; Human Rights Horizons; On Humane Governance: Toward a New Global Politics; Explorations at the Edge of Time; Revolutionaries and Functionaries; The Promise of World Order; Indefensible Weapons; Human Rights and State Sovereignty; A Study of Future Worlds; This Endangered Planet; coeditor of Crimes of War. He serves as Chair of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Board of Directors and as honorary vice president of the American Society of International Law. Falk also acted as counsel to Ethiopia and Liberia in the Southwest Africa Case before the International Court of Justice. He received his B.S. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; L.L.B. from Yale Law School; and J.S.D. from Harvard University.
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Early on several people advised us that we should consider changing our name because to many it invokes images of white supremacy. Our feeling was, and continues to be, that our name is part of our work. We are a "center" (i.e. an organization) that studies a specific phenomenon (i.e. white American culture). There is nothing in our name that says we are white supremacist. The perception of white supremacy is one that rests in the broader white United States culture itself.
This is because white American culture only teaches people two models of how to be white. The first model is, in fact, white supremacy. Some white people explicitly follow this model. Most do not. Most consider it outdated, inappropriate and embarrassing—not something to be consciously chosen. We agree with that.
The second model white American culture offers for being white is that we should all be colorblind. In essence, this is saying we should not be conscious of white identity and those of us who are of European American heritage should not claim a white identity for ourselves. Colorblindness is the dominant model in white American culture and the colorblind model teaches that any person who explicitly identifies as white is a white supremacist. When we use the term "white American culture" in our name, the colorblind model characterizes that act itself as white supremacist and racist.
We believe that people can be conscious of being white, and use this consciousness as a basis for pursuing anti-racist goals, working for racial equality and equity, standing for racial justice, and actively developing multiracial community. In fact, unless people are willing to examine white American culture along with its attending privileges and the fact that it is the dominant culture in the United States, we believe little progress can be made in achieving racial equity and building true multiracial community.
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And here is what Cantor said.
"Today, the Administration has confirmed that the Assad regime in Syria has crossed a dangerous, game-changing red line, using chemical weapons against its own citizens.
"The Syrian conflict has raged for many months, and nearly a hundred thousand Syrian civilians have been killed. The conflict now threatens to spill over Syria's borders, destabilizing key American allies.
"This dangerous conflict threatens American national security interests in the region, and I wanted to take this opportunity to urge Members to attend the classified briefing the Administration will be providing tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in the CVC Auditorium.
"Secretary of State Kerry, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, and Deputy Director of National Intelligence Robert Cardillo will be there to brief Members on the situations in both Syria and North Korea."
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text: KRISHNAPATNAM: The industrial sector in Andhra Pradesh will get a major boost when the country's largest private port in the making will be thrown open at Krishnapatnam next week.With five big power plants and several major industrial projects coming up in its vicinity, the Krishnapatnam port, located in Nellore district at a distance of 180 kms from Chennai, is poised to serve as an important development hub for the region.Congress President Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the port on July 17.Four berths, with a capacity of handling four vessels each having 50,000 tonnes of cargo, are ready for operation, officials of the Krishnapatnam Port Co Ltd told a group of visiting media persons."On completion of the second phase, 40 such berths will be on offer," an official said, adding Krishnapatnam will emerge as the country's largest private port by 2020 with a cargo capacity of 125 million tonnes per annum.The port is being promoted by Navayuga Group with a 50-year BOST (build-operate-share-transfer) contract awarded by the Andhra Pradesh government. An area of 4,553 acres have been handed over for the project, Subramaniam Reddy, Special Officer (Land Acquisition) for Nellore district, said.The harbour is connected to the National Highway-5 through state highway. The port authorities are constructing a dedicated 25-km road to NH-5 and a railway line connecting Chennai-Howrah broad gauge near Venkatachalam. Six helipads have also been built."Gandhi will land here on July 17 to inaugurate the port," a state government official said.