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Try this recipe for diabetes-friendly butternut squash soup. Make one batch of this delicious soup you can have enough to fill you up for two days straight.
Makes 6 servings
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed
- 1 (32-oune) container fat-free, low sodium chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup whole milk
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Sauté onion, carrots, and celery in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until tender. Add garlic and ginger and sauté 1 minute. Add squash and chicken broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until squash is tender.
Process squash mixture in a blender or food processor, in batches, until smooth. Return squash mixture to Dutch oven. Stir in milk and remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- 1 Medium Fat Meat
- 1 Carbohydrate
- 2 Vegetable
Calories: 212; Calories from Fat: 44; Total Fat: 5 g; Saturated Fat: 1.9 g; Cholesterol: 10 mg; Sodium: 426 mg; Total Carbohydrate: 38 g; Dietary Fiber: 6.2 g; Sugars: 13 g; Protein: 8.3 g


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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today refrained from making any comment on the remark of BJP leader L K Advani, who triggered a storm by dubbing the UPA-II government as illegitimate but later withdrew it after strong protests.
"He is a senior person. He knows what he is saying. I do not want to comment," Gandhi told reporters in Parliament House premises.

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Who we fund: Grantee partners are local (or occasionally national) non-governmental organizations with a track record of effective work and an interest in working with youth, a clear sense of mission and vision, and a strong commitment to, knowledge of, and respect in the communities in which they operate. We look to fund groups that:
- Have strong leadership and effective, dedicated staff
- Employ approaches shown to meet their community's needs and propose a feasible strategy for working with youth
- Commit to and implement good practices to meaningfully engage youth, empower youth and enhance their skills, and provide gender-sensitive programming
- Have an appetite for learning and to measure results and apply learnings
- Have diversified funding (EMpower funding would be < 33% of its overall budget) and an organizational budget between $70,000 and $3 M per year.
- Demonstrate potential for and interest in scale, partnerships and other ways to positively impact the environment for youth
Where we fund: Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru); Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa); East/Southeast Asia (China, Philippines, Vietnam); India; Russia; Turkey.
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By Mr. (AMCOM)May 12, 2011
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--When Lisa Oliver, administrative support specialist in the AMCOM/Garrison Public and Congressional Affairs Office, was without electrical power in the aftermath of the April 27 storms that ravaged the Tennessee Valley, she knew there was one form of communication she could count on.
"I knew I could log on to Facebook on my iPhone to find out if my friends and family were all right, and to learn about what was going on around me," Oliver said. "Once I knew that, I checked in with our Redstone Facebook page to make sure the post was OK and whether I was supposed to come into work."
In the case of Redstone and the Army, this is not your teenager's Facebook page.
Team Redstone's official social media platforms include:
Facebook, www.facebook.com/teamredstone
Twitter, www.twitter.com/teamredstone
YouTube, www.youtube.com/teamredstone
Flickr, www.flickr.com/teamredstone
During the week of recovery, repair and response, Redstone's official Facebook "Fan" page (www.facebook.com/teamredstone) and Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/teamredstone) became clearinghouses for up-to-the-minute news and information pertaining to Redstone's status in the wake of the storms. Media advisories, videos, press conference notes and news clips were constantly updated on each platform, serving as a valuable communications tool for Garrison commander Col. John Hamilton to "speak" with the public.
"A critical component of all the things we had to do in the aftermath of the storm was to communicate with our work force," Hamilton said. "Of course, the storm's damage to the local infrastructure made that much more difficult, but we have found that sending messages across a wide variety of media helped mitigate the challenge. Social media, like Facebook and Twitter, that are accessible from handheld devices are incredibly valuable resources in these type situations."
And the public appears to agree. From April 28 until May 4, the Team Redstone Facebook page - managed by the AMCOM/Garrison Public and Congressional Affairs Office - saw a 300 percent increase in the number of "fans" (users who chose to have Team Redstone updates appear on their Facebook home page). In addition, the page averaged 99,950 post views each day over those seven days.
The Team Redstone Twitter feed, which provided the same content as the Facebook page, saw a 63 percent increase in followers (users who chose to have Team Redstone updates appear in their news feed) over the same period. The microblogging site, where posts are 140 characters or fewer, is a popular tool for forwarding links and truncated messages to other official user sites.
These official platforms, along with the video-sharing site YouTube (www.youtube.com/TeamRedstone) and the photo-sharing site Flickr (www.flickr.com/teamredstone), all serve as tools to quickly and efficiently update our troops, work force, and the general public on Redstone news. Each Team Redstone platform is accessible to users whether they have an account for the site or not, and serve as tools the Army embraces as innovative and engaging channels for information, especially in times of crisis.
"Our public relies on social media to receive information in our near-instant news cycle, and Redstone's presence there gives us the opportunity to give the audience the information in a way they are accustomed to receiving it," Kim Henry, deputy for public and congressional affairs at Redstone, said. "During the recent storms, recovery and the process of the work force returning to Redstone, it was an instant way to keep communication open and flowing to the people that needed it whenever they wanted it. It gives our audience a chance to interact, provide feedback, ask questions, receive command messages and become part of an online community."
The U.S. Army's Online and Social Media Division was formed in January 2009 at the Department of the Army's Office of the Chief of Public Affairs. The division provides support, guidance and operational security training to public affairs specialists and commanders throughout the Army, along with managing all the official social media platforms for the service.
In February 2010 the Department of Defense issued guidance for Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-based Capabilities, which included social media platforms and recognized those tools as integral command communication channels. That memo empowered DoD networks to configure their systems access to those sites while continuing to stay vigilant and protect against malicious activity from all parts of the Internet.
While that access is currently available on some parts of Redstone and is being implemented on others, a majority of the audience for those platforms is outside the gates.
"We encourage everyone to get connected to one of these forums now so we are more ready for any future events," Hamilton said.
And for Oliver, those forums and connections gave her piece of mind in the wake of tragedy. "My friends and family were all right, and I knew when I needed to come to work to continue to serve our Soldiers," she said. "I'm part of that community."


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The Bishop of Clogher's Address at a Service of Community Remembrance and Reflection on the 25th Anniversary of the Enniskillen Bombing at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
The Bishop of Clogher, The Rt Revd John McDowell, will give the address at a Service of Community Remembrance and Reflection on the 25th Anniversary of the Enniskillen Bombing at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen, today, Thursday 8 November 2012. The service which begins at 11.30am will be conducted by the Dean, the Very Revd Kenneth Hall, and those taking part will include local clergy and a number of people directly affected by the bomb.
Bishop John McDowell will say: 'Today is a day when we remember those who were themselves remembering when they were murdered, and we try to do so with the same simplicity, gratitude and dignity as they showed when they gathered that day at the War Memorial.' He will continue: '…We need also to reflect on the fact that what has been achieved in this part of Northern Ireland is to a great degree due to the quiet generosity of this community. It is a community that has refused to allow its relationships with one another or its unique spirit to be poisoned by enmity and violence. I thank God that we have this opportunity today for people from every part of the community to come together in this way.'
Genesis 8:1–4, 15–22
Romans 8: 31–end
May all that I say to you be in the name of 'the God and Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God'
(2 Cor. 1:3–4)
I want to say at the outset how great a privilege it is to preach on this occasion. A great privilege and a great responsibility. I know that for many of you today will be a difficult one in a very personal way. I know that today we walk, as it were, on holy ground; on ground hallowed by twenty–five years of prayer and perseverance.
The Enniskillen bombing also raises many questions which are amongst the most difficult for Christian people to address. The problems posed by the suffering of the innocent, or the place of God in a world where pain and injustice are all too real, are particularly difficult to think about clearly when our eyes are blinded by tears and our hearts are breaking with sorrow.
Indeed without a belief in an ultimate grace and goodness they would be impossible to bear or to consider at all.
However, we are gathered here in the presence of the God of all goodness and all grace as we remember and reflect.
Each one of us, who is old enough, in this Cathedral today, will remember the events of the 8th of November 1987 in our own way. Many of us, including me, experienced those events only at a distance. I was living and working in Belfast at the time, but, as you might imagine the reverberations of that day were felt very keenly even in that city, and even amongst those who thought that they were hardened against the report of every act of violence.
Others of you who are from in and around Enniskillen will have experienced the bombing much more personally. Probably you knew some of those who were killed or injured; and the pain and grief of the day were much closer to home. You felt it in your families and in your marrow.
And others of you were tragically closer still, and to this day you bear the marks of bereavement or of acute physical suffering as constant reminders. Remembrance is your daily, even hourly companion.
But for all of us on 8 November 1987, whether near or far from Enniskillen, we were aware that something almost indescribably depraved had happened. That people who had gathered for a simple and dignified act of remembrance, had now, through some perverted ingenuity, themselves suffered the same bloody devastation that had been visited on those who they had gathered to remember.
Today is a day when we remember those who were themselves remembering when they were murdered, and we try to do so with the same simplicity, gratitude and dignity as they showed when they gathered that day at the War Memorial.
In the early 1990s I worked alongside one of the young people who had been very seriously injured in the bombing. In every sense that young man was just an ordinary person, setting out to do his best in his first job; enjoying the new experiences that working life brings, and, now looking back on it, bringing to his workplace a joy in living which perhaps only someone who was so near death can have. What struck me about him most was not his bitterness but his normality.
In my experience those who have been subjected to the horrors of violence, whether injured or bereaved, do not ask that their experience is constantly remembered by everyone else in every waking hour. But they do ask that they and their loved ones should not be forgotten.
Three words from the Old Testament reading 'And God remembered…' In that case He remembered Noah, who with his family felt lost and abandoned (literally at sea) following a great act of destruction. And God remembered them. In the Bible when it is said that 'God remembers', it is always recorded that God also acts. In the story of Noah He acted to rescue His servants and to promise them safety and security. And His promise is true today.
The scope of His acting is very wide, and the arc of His justice goes far beyond our horizons, and we do not know how it will all be resolved; but we know that somehow it will be. All is remembered, so that all may be accounted for, one way or another.
And I think that today we should also remember the family of David Black; all those near to him who have been plunged into the same bewilderment of grief and pain by another act of barbarism.
They are in our prayers, and the sight of their suffering only increases our resolve to make our land a place where every act of violence perpetrated in the name of a political cause is recoiled from in horror, and that those who commit such acts understand that they represent no–one and have achieved nothing and that the whole community is ashamed of them.
And what shall we reflect on?
Perhaps we need first to reflect on all that has been achieved in the intervening twenty five years. Heaven knows it is far from perfect (for all sorts of reasons) and in many cases people from different religious traditions still live parallel lives. But they are, for the most part, safe lives, and it is an immeasurably better situation than we had in 1987, when many people in this part of the world feared for the lives every time they heard a knock on their front door or left their homes.
We need also to reflect on the fact that what has been achieved in this part of Northern Ireland is to a great degree due to the quiet generosity of this community. It is a community that has refused to allow its relationships with one another or its unique spirit to be poisoned by enmity and violence. I thank God that we have this opportunity today for people from every part of the community to come together in this way.
In 1987 our Churches were havens; places of refuge. They were places where people could rest for a while in the familiar and the reassuring rhythms of worship. Places where people felt absolutely safe. I wonder what our Churches ought to be now?
Ought they to be places where people find the inspiration and the confidence to take the next bold step towards the wholeness of relationships that the word 'peace' really means. Should our Churches be places where our sense of what we are, and what our vocation might be in our communities, is greatly deepened? The salt of the earth and lights in a dark world. A people who walk by faith and not by sight.
Perhaps in a service such as this we might do worse than to reflect a little on the life of faith and what it means for us.
First an admission. It is relatively pain free for me to talk about some of the more demanding aspects of faith. Like most people in Northern Ireland I have been affected by the Troubles, and people who have been very near to me have suffered. But the pain of 8 November 1987 is extraordinarily intense, because the act that caused it was extraordinarily savage.
Any of you would be entitled to ask me 'I wonder how you would feel if you had been one of the bereaved, or one of those who have lived with constant pain or shattered nerves as a result of what happened here twenty–five years ago.'
And so do I wonder how I would feel. I wonder very much indeed how I would feel, considering how difficult I find it to forgive the most trivial personal slight, much less be ready to forgive someone who had murdered someone that I loved.
The Christian life is a high and hard calling for all believers. It is both a great gift and a daily struggle. Many of the great personal virtues of Christianity, the gifts of the Spirit – meekness, forbearance, gentleness, and the readiness to forgive – are often thought of as weak and contemptible, yet the New Testament calls all believers, even when we are the party that has been wronged, to work hard to create the conditions where new relationships become possible.
It does not mean that we have in any way to condone what has happened or in any sense try to minimise the horror of events. Nor does it mean that the ordinary operation of the criminal law should be set aside. Justice and forgiveness are not opposites. They are complementary virtues.
An individual may be ready to forgive another person, but that does not relieve the State of its duty to protect its citizens through the application of the law against that same person if they have committed a crime.
However, our faith does mean that we are sorrowful that any human being could do such dreadful things as were done in this town twenty–five years ago. And grace also allows us to hope, if it is in any way possible, that somehow and sometime, the people who committed this atrocity might feel the weight of the anguish and the pain they have caused in the heart of God, and in the lives of their neighbours, and might fall to their knees in sorrow.
Forgiveness is not only an extraordinarily difficult thing; it is also a morally complex thing. Forgiveness is a spiritual gift, and like all spiritual things, in order for forgiveness to complete its work, it must not only be given; it must also be received. And it can only be received by those who feel they need of it. Those who are ready to extend the grace of forgiveness always hope that their act of forgiveness will meet with a sincerely penitent heart in which to take root.
But forgiveness is also God's means of releasing us from the consequences of the harm that others may inflict on us. We are all the sons and daughters of Adam, living in a world of human weakness and human cruelty. But we are also the sons and daughters of the Resurrection, sharing in the victory and glory of the Risen Lord.
He has promised that His Spirit will give us a share in His Resurrection life here and now. It is the life of the Father, the life that lived in Jesus Christ, that we are offered. And so we are called, and usually by slow degrees, strengthened, to love with his love, and to give with his generosity, and to pray with his mind, and to live by His grace.
There are many people who looked at Enniskillen bombing and who asked – 'and where now is your God?' 'Where,' they asked 'was God in all of this heartbreak and agony?'
And it is very difficult to give a rational answer to that question. Maybe there is no rational answer. But there is a revealed one.
The revelation that on a lonely hill outside the precincts of the city of Jerusalem, when an official called Pontius Pilate was the Prefect of the Roman Province of Judea, a man called Jesus of Nazareth entered deeper into the tragedy of human suffering than even the brutality of a bomb could. That somehow in entering that mess of pain and human cruelty, He overcame it, and dealt with its consequences once and for all.
And on the third day He rose with a new Kingdom in His hand.
For many, faith is just the confidence of those who have never had their self confidence shaken; the happy by product of a pleasant temperament or a sheltered existence or a limited knowledge of life's wickedness and bitterness.
Yet there are many here, victims and bereaved, whose shelter was taken away on 8 November 1987 and who experienced just how limitless the wickedness and bitterness of the world can be.
And those people have mourned, and wept and prayed and loved and believed and persevered, because they have trusted in all the promises of God fulfilled in Jesus Christ. They have believed that there will be a day when 'God will wipe away every tear from their eyes and there will be no more mourning or weeping because the former things have passed away'.
Whatever their doubts and questionings throughout these twenty–five years (and there must have been many) they have looked at the love of God in the face of Jesus Christ and have entrusted themselves and their dear ones to that love, unreservedly and forever.
That has not been achieved without the sacrificial comfort and help of many people; doctors and nurses, relatives and colleagues, all of those, friends and strangers, who have prayed for you; in short, all who have walked beside you along the hard way. We give thanks to God for all of them this day. You and they are the real heroes of faith and we honour you today in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, your God and ours.
But the last word, because it is in many ways the real last word, must go the great apostle:
'… in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus Our Lord.'
And now to Him, who, by the power at work within us is able to do more than all we ask or think, to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen ( Ephesians 3:20)
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Fitzgerald was the second cousin three times removed of Francis Scott Key, author of The Star-Spangled Banner.16
Always a natty dresser, Fitzgerald had his Army uniform tailored by Brooks Brothers. He dressed many of his characters in attire by the same clothier.17
In 1921 he wrote the short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which in 2008 was made into a movie starring . . . some guy. We can't remember his name.18
Ernest Hemingway was paranoid that Fitzgerald (and pretty much everyone else) was gay, writing of their time in Paris, "he was cynical and funny and very jolly and charming and endearing, even if you were careful about anyone becoming endearing."19
In 1932 Zelda Fitzgerald wrote an autobiographical novel entitled Save Me the Waltz. F. Scott Fitzgerald was furious—because he thought it stole material from his upcoming novel.20
The final line of The Great Gatsby—"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past—is also the epitaph on Fitzgerald's grave in Rockville, Maryland.21
Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire at Highland Mental Hospital in North Carolina in 1948.22


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Light winds allow counties to lift burn bans
By Dave Meyer
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is lifting the burn bans for Pierce and Snohomish counties.
A high pressure system caused stagnant air conditions this week, keeping pollution close to the ground. But light winds forecast today and tomorrow are expected to improve air quality.
Officials say that even though the bans are lifted, it's always illegal to emit excess chimney smoke or to smoke out your neighbor. You know you're burning properly when you don't see any smoke coming from your chimney.
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Teenagers and senior citizens have at least one thing in common: They view having a driver's license as a ticket to freedom. It's a new-found freedom for teens, but for seniors it's a way to maintain a vibrant lifestyle.
So it can be devastating when a senior citizen is told he or she can no longer drive. But there are alternative transportation modes available to seniors that will be discussed at a free March 3 forum that will be held at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos.
Dr. Jeffrey Young is coordinating the event and is hopeful it will attract seniors and their families from across the county. "We want to attract people from all over Silicon Valley," Young said. "It's important that our communities are cognizant of the different circumstances seniors face, so we decided to have this forum as an information resource."
Presenters include Lawrence Silva, who is the president and general manager of Yellow/Checker Cabs. Among other things, he will talk about accommodating wheelchair-bound passengers. "Most people have no idea that all cabs can take collapsible wheelchairs, but you need a special cab for electric wheelchairs," Young said. So wheelchair passengers need to specify up-front if they have an electric wheelchair.
Here's another thing: If seniors ask for it, they can receive a fare discount. "Fewer than 5 percent of seniors even know they're entitled to a discount," Young said.
A San Jose ordinance puts the discount at 15 percent and Young is hopeful other cities will enact ordinances so the discounts are across-the-board. "It involves getting public and private partnerships together and not taking it off the backs of cab drivers," Young said.
The forum itself is an outgrowth of a public/private partnership that started when Santa Clara County began developing a new senior agenda. That effort trickled down to People Acting in Community Together which, in turn, led to a smaller subset that includes Shir Hadash and Congregation Beth David in Saratoga. San Jose's Alum Rock United Methodist Church, La Trinidad United Methodist Church and Temple Emanu-El are also involved. "Our congregations' social justice committees have been working on senior issues for almost two years now, but we got very active last year," Young said. "Our focus has been that transportation is an important issue for seniors in terms of isolation, getting to appointments, and getting to nutrition sites and senior centers. Transportation is integral to a healthy aging process because things change as we age."
Young went on to say, "As we age our bodies change in such a way that you may have to make adaptations. One of the critical things is knowing when to limit or stop driving. There are a whole host of issues we as a community need to address so we can enrich the lives of our seniors and not limit the lives of our seniors."
That's why the forum includes a safe driving instructor from AARP, as well as representatives from the Valley Transportation Authority and Outreach. The county-wide Outreach service provides transportation assistance to seniors who have limited transportation options because of cost or availability.
Congregation Shir Hadash is at 20 Cherry Blossom Lane, Los Gatos. The March 3 transportation forum is from 1:30-3 p.m., with a reception afterward from 3-3:45 p.m. To RSVP, call Nadine Toby at 408.358.1751 ext. 5 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Trump, a former world number one and finalist in Sheffield, looked set to cruise into the second round as he resumed 6-2 up against Ford on Wednesday morning.
But an epic battle ensued, with several frames lasting almost an hour, as Ford hauled himself back into the match before eventually levelling at 8-8.
Yet despite constantly missing simple balls, Trump found just enough left in his tank to eke out the next two frames, with Ford turning down a tough blue off the final red in the 18th frame.
As his attempted safety shot failed, Ford was always playing catch-up in the following exchange with Trump picking off the yellow and green.
That left Ford needing snookers, but a when a miscalculation left the blue over the centre pocket Trump stepped up to gratefully clinch the match and set up a second round clash with Ryan Day.
"At 8-8 he had quite a few chances and to be honest every time I got in I didn't feel comfortable at all," said Trump.
"Even in the last frame I potted a good yellow and a good green to win, but other than that I didn't do a lot right in the whole game.
"It doesn't matter how you play, if you become World Champion then you become World Champion. I'm not too disheartened."
In Wednesday morning's other match, 2013 finalist Barry Hawkins suffered no such problems as he eased to a 10-4 win over David Gilbert.
Gilbert had led 4-2 early in the match, but Hawkins turned on the style as he rattled in a succession of half-centuries to win every frame of the session and take the match.
Hawkins will play Ricky Walden in the next round in a repeat of last year's semi-final, which Hawkins won.
In the later session, Marco Fu continued his good form this season with a 10-7 victory over Martin Gould to reach the second round.
The Hong Kong potter has not always enjoyed playing at the Crucible, having lost nine of his previous 13 first-round matches there, but he revealed he has begun to feel more at home at the imposing venue in recent times.
"I think in the last few years after 15 years coming here, I'm starting to feel a little bit more comfortable at the Crucible but it's still a really tough place to play," he said.
Fu, enjoying one of his best season's to date after winning the Australian Goldfields Open and reaching the final of the International Championship, now meets Shaun Murphy in the last 16.
And Mark Allen also booked his place in the second round with a 10-4 win over Michael Holt, despite a battling a bout of food poisoning.
Allen revealed he had consumed a burger a few days previously and his play was affected by vomiting and blurred vision.
"An hour and a half before the match yesterday, I was at the NHS walk-in centre trying to get some treatment," the Northern Irishman said. "I spent all day Sunday just throwing up in my hotel room.
"It's the World Championships and you'd have to scrape me off the table no matter how I feel. At times, I actually couldn't see the balls - I was getting blurred vision and dizziness. I felt dreadful out there so it was just a matter of getting to 10."
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Recent data on waterfowl hunter numbers and harvests in Canada and the United States show interesting differences that affect national attitudes toward duck numbers and habitat conservation. Active waterfowl hunters (people who bought a migratory game bird permit and say they hunted) in the United States outnumbered those in Canada by a wide margin—about 9.5 to 1 in 2007 and 2008. Over those same seasons, hunters in the United States bagged about 90 percent of the total waterfowl harvest taken in both countries combined. In addition, nonresident U.S. hunters accounted for 31 percent of the birds in the total Canadian harvest. Clearly, U.S. hunters have a huge stake in the success of habitat conservation north of the 49th parallel.
In a country with so many challenges and limited resources, how does DU create positive change on the land in Canada? According to Dr. Henry Murkin, DU Canada's director of conservation programs, the formula is actually quite simple. "We invest in science, often with university partners, in order to understand both the landscape conditions conducive to good duck production and the functions of wetlands in relation to things like water quality that most Canadians care about," Murkin says. "Then we incorporate what we learn into our conservation plans, directing our dollars to the most promising projects, while encouraging government leaders to develop policies and incentive programs to make additional conservation gains."
The approach is paying off, as demonstrated recently in Manitoba, where wetland drainage led to increased nutrient pollution in Lake Winnipeg. "An information campaign to tell both government leaders and the public about research on wetland drainage and nutrient loading has helped move the government to act," reports Greg Bruce, DU's government relations lead in Manitoba.
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May the 4th Be With You — in Grapevine and Frisco
I knew Star Wars storm troopers would be showing up for the May the 4th (and 5th) Be With You event at Legoland Discovery Center in Grapevine this weekend. Now I've learned that the Force will be at Sci-Tech Discovery Center in Frisco as well.
There'll be a Star Wars-themed stage show Saturday at 12 and 4 p.m., included in museum admission and a chance to learn fun and creative ways to help the environment as kids attempt to Save the Ewok village in The Wow! Lab. Plus, kids can learn how to use mathematics to sketch R2D2 in "The Geometry of Star Wars" drawing class at 2 p.m. Kids can "tour" the galaxies and color, cut, and wear masks of their favorite Star War characters including C-P30 and Chewbacca. They'll learn about reflection in a Darth Vader iconic mask activity.
Young Jedi who arrive in Star Wars costume will receive complimentary admission with a paid adult ticket or Sci-Tech Discovery Center member. Everything including the current exhibits — Bodies In Balance, Putting DNA to Work, and Coordination Station — is included in general admission — and without having to leave the galaxy. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 8004 North Dallas Pkwy., Frisco. $7, $5.50 seniors 60 and older, 972-546-3050.


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Jackson Hole ranks high on my list of places I want to visit, and after fawning over this beauty captured by Carrie Patterson and planned to perfection by Lovely Day Events I'm ready to book my tickets for tomorrow. With its gorgeous vistas, picture perfect details and stunning couple - this wedding makes Jackson Hole look like the most stylish place around.
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Rosanne Haggerty: You Have to Be a Jack-of-All-Trades
What do you think are the three most important traits that successful entrepreneurs have?
Successful entrepreneurs reflect the world they live in, and that world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. In the past, all you needed was a good idea and a working knowledge of your field or industry. Today, there's virtually no such thing as a single-industry innovation. New entrepreneurs have to be fluent in a variety of fields, and more specifically, they need to be able to see the points of overlap clearly and move among them seamlessly. The places where traditional fields and sectors interface are now the key leverage points for any kind of large-scale change.
This inherently involves a certain amount of risk and failure. Today's entrepreneurs are redrawing the boundaries and rewriting the rules, and no one does that perfectly on the first try. We've got to encourage a higher tolerance for risk taking and the audacity to contradict conventional wisdom and try something completely new. You can learn a lot from failure—it's the single common factor in most breakthrough innovations—but if we don't encourage people to take major risks because we're too afraid they might fail, then we're stuck in a game of inches when we could be moving miles.
These elements have been the key factors in our success working with communities to end homelessness. We've leveraged social media, smartphone technology, public health strategies, big data and GE-style process improvement techniques to help communities get the job done. Ten years ago, nobody in human services thought any of those things had much to do with expanding permanent housing options, and to be sure, we had to invest in our own learning and growth to figure them out. Still, today, I can't imagine our work without them. Many iterations later, these tools and techniques have helped the communities we work with to house nearly 60,000 chronically homeless Americans in record time.
Rosanne Haggerty is the president and chief executive officer of Community Solutions, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen communities to end homelessness.
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It was announced earlier this week that Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams suffered an ankle injury. At the time, the team downplayed the ailment, saying Williams was expected to be ready for the start of training camp. Williams maintains that his ankle will be good to go Oct. 1 when Nets' camp begins, but he will undergo another MRI next week before he's able to be cleared to have his walking boot removed, according to Mike Mazzeo of ESPN New York.
"(My ankle's) good. It's good. As long as I'm ready for the start of the regular season (Oct. 30 in Cleveland), that's all that matters, but I'll be ready for the start of camp," Williams said Thursday at his Dodgeball charity event in Manhattan.
Williams downplayed the walking boot, calling it a preventative measure. It makes sense for Brooklyn to be cautious considering it's the start of the new season. Williams also dealt with ankle injuries last season, so the team will want to curtail the issue early to avoid having him play through discomfort once again.
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1.0 OverviewWhat would you do if you were on a day hike and needed to spend the night on a mountain using only what you have in your daypack? This outing is an exercise in advanced land navigation with an opportunity to set up an overnight bivouac on Moose Mountain. There will be a few fun surprises thrown in.
Advancement opportunities include second and first class hiking, Hiking MB, and Wilderness Survival MB.
2.0 Concept
2.1 DescriptionWe will start at the AT trailhead on Three Mile Rd, and hike up to the Mink Brook crossing. From there we will hike overland by map and compass to Destination 1. Once reaching this point we will then proceed to Destination 2 (South Peak) mostly by trail. Upon reaching the summit we will establish a bivouac and break for lunch. After lunch Matt and David will lead the troop on a side hike around the peak to Destination 3. From there it will be a piece of cake to hike back to the beginning point at Three Mile Rd.
2.2 Schedule of EventsSaturday 4 September
1000 -- Meet at Three-Mile Rd AT crossing.
1010 -- Hike to Mink Brook campsite
1015 -- Set up land nav problem
1030 -- Start compass course to destination 1.
1130 -- Arrive destination 1. Debrief. Set up next problem.
1145 -- Hike to destination 2 (South Peak).
1215 -- Arrive South Peak. Set up survival problem. Eat Lunch.
1315 -- Start Hike to Destination 3.
1335 -- Arrive Destination 3. Solve the problem.
1345 -- Start Extraction.
1430 -- Arrive Three Mile Rd.
1500 -- Pickup at Three Mile Rd.
2.3 Expected Conditions and DifficultyMoose Mountain is not very high, and it will be summer weather, so there are no particularly difficult terrain or weather issues. We will be off-trail much of the day, and we will complete the entire climb to the South Summit. Be prepared for a rigorous day hike.
2.4 Special RequirementsOpen to all Scouts, Scouters, and parents. There are no skill prerequisites for this outing. Scouts will be expected to sign up at the troop meeting of 1 Sep, and participants will benefit from the preparatory activities that will take place at that meeting.
3.0 Administration and Logistics
3.1 Announcement Date: 11 August 10
3.2 Roster Closing Date: 1 September 10
3.3 CostsNone.
3.4 Equipment
3.4.1 Individual Equipment
3.4.2 Patrol Equipment
3.4.3 Troop Equipment
3.5 Transportation PlanDrop-off Point: Three-Mile Road AT parking lot.
Drop-off Time: 1000 Sat 4 Sep
Pickup Point: Same place
Pickup Time: 1500 Same day.
4.0 Leadership
4.1 Planning Committee
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Five Yorkshire villages are among just 51 villages in the UK that are taking part in a historic charity event to recognise the contribution made by returning soldiers in World War I.
The Thankful Villages Run is a nine-day charity ride, taking place between 27 July and 4 August, to present each community with a slate plaque to commemorate those who were fortunate enough to return home at the end of the Great War in 1918.
On the seventh and eighth days of the big-hearted tour (2 & 3 August), Dougie Bancroft and Medwyn Parry – the motorcyclists who are behind the charity ride – will be visiting the villages of Catwick, Helperthorpe, Norton-le-Clay and Cundall on the seventh day and Scuton on the eighth. Their trip has been made possible by the support of several British businesses, most notably Triumph Motorcycles, which has donated two of its modern, 1215c Trophy tourers to undertake the 2,500 mile journey around Great Britain.
Triumph, the Leicestershire based firm that currently sells more large capacity bikes (over 500cc) than any other brand in the UK, has a special reason to support the Thankful Villages Run as it supplied 30,000 motorcycles (known as 'Trusty Triumphs') to the allied forces in WW1.
Because their military heroes returned, the dwellings – nicknamed 'Thankful Villages' - have no traditional war memorial and the bravery of their young men on the front line is often forgotten, though many who left to fight were scarred physically and mentally by their ordeal.
As well as recognising the debt paid by the young men who returned from the Great War, the Thankful Villages Run appropriately aims to raise £51,000 in aid of the Royal British Legion.
Starting from mid Wales, Bancroft and Parry will visit every village, where they will present the residents, who include descendants of those who survived the Great War, with a commemorative slate plaque and certificate in remembrance of their contribution. Both Triumph motorcycles feature a bespoke poppy field design to help them stand out on the road during their trip and act as a visual link to the Royal British Legion.
Guy Masters, general manager of Triumph UK, said: "We are proud to be supporting Dougie and Medwyn with their unique project. The Thankful Villages story is one that not many people are aware of, and hopefully this project will do a great deal to help rectify this.
"We owe a huge debt of gratitude not only to those that took part in the First World War, but also to those that have made similar sacrifices in subsequent conflicts. Indeed, many are still doing so today and the Royal British Legion provides invaluable support to UK service personnel past and present. We wish Dougie and Medwyn both all the best in their goal of raising £51,000."
Dougie Bancroft, from the Thankful Villages Run, said: "Both Medwyn and I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of Triumph and all our other sponsors. We can't wait to hit the road on the two bikes. The incredible support and assistance Triumph has shown us has enabled us to concentrate on the important job of speaking to the villages to ensure we can raise our target of £51,000 for the Royal British Legion."
Next year marks 100 years since the start of the 'war to end all wars' and the Thankful Villages Run has garnered strong support across the political spectrum as well as being embraced by the local communities of each village, plus the Royal British Legion's motorcycle clubs.
The journey starts at Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, near Aberystwyth at 8:00am on Saturday 27th July and finishes at the same point at about 7:30pm on Sunday 4th August.
Riders of any bikes are warmly encouraged to join in for any part of the trip, though they would be encouraged to make a minimum donation of £5 per bike per day for the Thankful Villages Run. Further details of the ride, including a complete schedule, are available on the Thankful Villages Run website, www.thankfulvillagesrun.com.
"Joining us is easy – just check out the schedule, arrive with a full tank and remember that it is a ride of respect, rather any kind of race or endurance test," adds Medwyn Parry, military historian and co-organiser of the Thankful Villages Run.
Full details of the route can be found at: http://www.thankfulvillagesrun.com/schedule.php


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Announcing BCM Bible Studies
A group of students gather in the Briscoe for Bible study. From left: James Baird and sister, Anna Baird. Back: Richard Ring. (Photo by Ashley Marsteller)
By Ashley Marsteller
BPC Staff Writer
MOUNT VERNON—Attention BPC students. If you are looking for ways to deepen your knowledge of the Scriptures, have some questions about God, faith, etc, or just want to experience fellowship with other Christians, but cannot find a way out of your shell, the members of BCM offer the solution. A team of dedicated and qualified staff and student members host weekly Bible Studies in various designated locations all over campus. "It is a great opportunity for students to join and delve into God's Word together," says BPC Campus Minister, Lauren Parnell.
The members of BCM offer a versatile schedule that meets the any and all student preferences.
For those interested in Bible studies for women only, they can attend Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., led by Lauralee Price in Friendship Hall, or Thursdays with Lauren Parnell at 8:00 p.m. in the Briscoe. Men-only groups meet on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. in the Briscoe with Will Braswell, Athletic Outreach Leader, or 9:00 with Richard Ring. Also, those interested in mixing it up and getting off campus for a while can attend a co-ed group, led by BPC alum Gady Youmans, on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Vidalia.
For more information, contact Campus Minister and State Missionary, Lauren Parnell at (912) 583-3211 or email@example.com.
The mission of Brewton-Parker College, a Georgia Baptist college, is to develop the whole student through the application of Biblically-centered truth to a liberal arts curriculum in a community of shared Christian values.


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The Conversation: Bike Master Plan
by Kelli on Apr. 09, 2007 at 3:48 PM
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Summer students have been a vital part of the Mucosal Immunology Lab, now the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center (MIBRC), since its founding in the early 1990s. Many students, including several from the Science Research Fellows Program at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, have participated in the program and gone on to successful careers in medicine and/or research.
Applications for summer internships will be considered for undergraduates and medical students interested in joining the laboratory during a ten-week period from June to August. Each student will be assigned a research mentor and will conduct an original research project.
Students will also participate in an educational program that includes a Molecular Cell Biology Summer Course. An opportunity will be made available at the end of the summer for each student to present research findings to members of the department at the MIBRC Summer Student Research Symposium. Information regarding the student perspective is also available in the form of pictures and comments from past participants.
If interested, please email a resume and a cover letter describing why you would like to join the MIBRC for a summer internship and what your main areas of interest are. Please direct inquiries using the subject heading "MIBRC Summer Internships" to Bryan Hurley PhD by March 15th.
Two main objectives of this course are to provide each student with the experience of presenting scientific material to their colleagues and to learn current topics in molecular cell biology as they relate to laboratory investigation and mucosal biology. Each student is asked to prepare and deliver oral presentations based on assigned material from the textbook Molecular Cell Biology. See complete course description and schedule.
The MIBRC Summer Student Research Symposium featured nine students presenting a variety of topics on August 9, 2013. Two students presented their final projects on August 2, 2013.


text: The Marietta Family YMCA announces that Matt Kress has joined its staff in the position of program director. Kress graduated from Kent State University in 2008 with a degree in parks, recreation and tourism management. Kress has worked in parks and recreation for the city of Green, Ohio, focused on youth programming including archery, golf and summer day camps and at the city of Massillon, where he served as a lifeguard, building monitor and water safety instructor.


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After everything that's happened so far, War Z really didn't need any more issues. But their misfortune sadly continues with their servers being subjected to a variety of attacks.
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Definition of Anna's hummingbird in English:
Anna's hummingbird
A North American hummingbird that lives chiefly in California. The male has an iridescent rose-red head and throat.
- Calypte anna, family Trochilidae.
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- Male Anna's hummingbirds raised in isolation produce much simpler songs than do wild males.
- You can also see more widely ranging North American hummingbird species such as the black-chinned, broad-tailed, rufous, calliope, Costa's, Allen's, and Anna's hummingbirds in this region.
- Along the Pacific Coast, the large Anna's hummingbird may be found, as well as Allen's, black-chinned, broad-tailed, calliope, Costa's, and rufous hummingbirds.
Mid 19th century: named after Anna, the wife of Prince François Massena (circa1795–1863), Duc de Ravoli, who obtained the original specimen.
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This document is an executive summary of a Technical Report delivered to the Naval Space Command by a commercial contractor through the Federal Systems Integration and Management (FEDSIM) Office of the GSA. The purpose of the Technical Report was to:
"determine the best match between naval communication requirements and commercial SATCOM capabilities, identifying those requirements best met by the commercial market."
This project set out to objectively analyze the commercial systems and capabilities currently providing services to a global community of users and to define the systems, applications and methodology for Naval platforms and afloat Commanders to seamlessly incorporate commercial satellite communications services into the existing Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) architecture. This document is intended for use by communications planners and individuals responsible for shaping the direction of the Navy's satellite communications programs and integrating the use of Commercial Satellite Communications (COMMERSAT) services into the Naval SATCOM architecture.
Navy SATCOM Requirements
General SATCOM Requirements
Classify SATCOM Requirements
Frequency and Spectrum Considerations
Access Methods
Cost Analysis
Extract From Draft Concept of Operations
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Commercial Satellite Communications (COMMERSAT) systems are employed aboard Naval platforms and successfully augment the military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) systems currently installed in Fleet units. The Naval Space Command, as the operational arm of the Space and Electronic Warfare Directorate within the Navy staff, sought to develop a comprehensive analysis of current and future commercial systems and evaluate their capabilities and limitations. The purpose was to identify new COMMERSAT systems to augment MILSATCOM systems and develop a concept of operations for employing these systems. The objectives of this study are to provide a technical, operational, and capabilities analysis and forecast of COMMERSAT systems to support future Navy program decisions and employment considerations.
The research team's approach was to identify all Navy satellite communications requirements, definitively quantify commercial satellite capabilities, and then match the military requirements with the commercial capabilities. The research team's analysis and evaluation were completed on regulatory agencies and considerations, spectrum and frequency issues, types of service available as well as the providers of the service, and access methods for commercial systems. A cost analysis and suggestions to cost-effectively benefit from the current set of available services as well as future offerings were also included.
A synopsis of available COMMERSAT systems as of December 31, 1995, was included in the Technical Product. It included both systems currently in operation and systems licensed by the FCC or ITU that will begin operations in the near future. The synopsis of COMMERSAT systems was broken down into three categories of service: fixed satellite services, mobile satellite services, and broadcast satellite services. The systems in each of these categories were further classified and arranged into domestic (U.S.), regional, or international services. The synopsis provides information on the service provider, the satellite system, and the technical characteristics of the individual satellites.
A high-level concept of operations is included as an appendix to this document. The concept of operations provides additional detail of the integration of COMMERSAT systems into the Navy SATCOM architecture in the near- and far-term. The concept of operations further identifies regulatory issues surrounding the use of COMMERSAT systems by the Navy and a network management strategy for each Fleet Commander-in-Chief (CINC) to monitor and control that portion of the global Naval SATCOM architecture under their command.
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Naval platforms are versatile, highly mobile, and capable of performing multiple missions, many done simultaneously. Individual platforms have a core set of required services that can be broadly categorized as:
Equally important are emerging network requirements providing services for medical support and training in multiple disciplines, as well as a host of morale and welfare networks. Television, not only as an entertainment medium, but an important source of civil intelligence, plays a significant role as a support network.
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The Navy relies heavily on the use of SATCOM for connectivity between platforms at sea because of an inability to use terrestrial-based systems and technologies such as fiber optics and microwave communications. Naval forces are globally deployed with beyond-the-horizon separation of individual platforms as standard operating procedure. This limits the use of omni-directional terrestrial Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio as well as directional microwave broadcasts. Because of the highly mobile nature of Navy ships, directional terrestrial type antennas are required to have unobstructed access to 360 of azimuth and over 90 of elevation to compensate for the ship's turning and rolling motion. Finally, current and future requirements demand increasingly more space segment capacity to keep pace with the technological advancement of computers and information systems.
SATCOM enables the transmission of three kinds of information in the four service categories to fleet units geographically distributed within the battlespace:
In an attempt to leverage the ever increasing capabilities of modern communications and information systems, the Navy developed a white paper, Copernicus, which provided a blueprint for capturing technological change. Copernicus was designed as a user-centered command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) information management architecture that laid the foundation, through its pillars, for joint and allied operations called for in ...From the Sea. The pillars described by Copernicus include:
As Copernicus evolved over the last 5 years, a new pillar emerged and was described in Copernicus...Forward: C4I for the 21st Century:
Exhibit 1 - Copernicus Architecture
The pillars of the Copernicus...Forward architecture provide the following four essential C4I functions:
Conceptually, platforms are linked by moving information around the information spectrum. The information spectrum consists of three integrated grids:
In order to implement the communications grid envisioned by Copernicus...Forward, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) merged PMW-172 (Shore Communications) and PMW-176 (Satellite Communications) to create the Joint Maritime Communications System (JMCOMS) Program Office. The objective of JMCOMS is to field Warrior-pull, interoperable, multifunctional, open architecture, modular systems, using NDI/COTS solutions to meet technical and programmatic requirements, both planned and emergent. JMCOMS is both a technical and investment strategy that implements the communications portion of Copernicus and whose objectives and priorities are to:
As shown in Exhibit 2, the JMCOMS notional communications architecture for Copernicus relies heavily on SATCOM systems to provide TADIXS connectivity and more on HF data networks for over-the-horizon communications and Single Channel Ground and Air Radio System (SINCGARS) and UHF systems for line-of-sight (LOS) communications. However, SATCOM coverage is implied for all areas as a backup to HF, UHF LOS, and terrestrial networks.
Exhibit 2 - JMCOMS Vision for Naval Networks
While the core set of services remain relatively constant for the Navy to accomplish assigned missions, the attributes of the requirements are changing significantly. Recent and emerging requirements are capitalizing on technological advances to fight and win with fewer personnel and platforms. The level of sophistication of sensors and weaponry, and the electronic environment surrounding the battlespace, demand more information for the engaged forces - sooner, faster, and more precise. Similarly, the need to maintain situational awareness of tactical, highly mobile air, land, and sea forces in a Joint environment with multiple coalition forces operating in and around population centers raises the information transfer requirements even higher. The pipeline that accommodates the requirements of these new tools is satellite communications. Exhibit 5-3 lists current Navy SATCOM requirements and emerging requirements are listed in Exhibit 5-4.
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With the use of cryptographic equipment among U.S. and Allied forces and a lack of technological capability on the part of potential third-world enemies to design and build sophisticated jamming and detection systems, a portion of Navy SATCOM requirements have application to COMMERSAT services given that other basic requirements (data rate, coverage, and power) can be satisfied. The principal reason for using MILSATCOM to satisfy certain requirements is to provide assurance for a specialized set of capabilities that COMMERSAT was not designed to provide. These protection attributes include:
COMMERSAT may provide some of these capabilities unintentionally due to a particular system design or configuration, but certain designs may increase the vulnerability to various forms of electronic warfare (EW). Navy SATCOM requirements that do not need this set of protection attributes are candidates for COMMERSAT systems. In such cases, the satisfaction of the secondary attributes of the circuit requirement (data rate, coverage, power) must be met. There are many examples and instances of COMMERSAT systems that do not fulfill these secondary attributes (particularly coverage) and MILSATCOM systems may still be needed to satisfy the requirement. The Navy is adopting COMMERSAT usage, where feasible, as a force multiplier to free up critical MILSATCOM bandwidth for increased tactical information flow.
SATCOM requirements can be assigned to MILSATCOM or commercial satellite systems based on the type of protection required (if any) for the circuit. The assignment of a SATCOM requirement to a MILSATCOM or COMMERSAT system is dependent on the criticality of the information, the survivability required of the circuit in accomplishing a particular mission, and the availability of satellite resources. The basic algorithm used by DISA to allocate SATCOM circuit requirements to the appropriate SATCOM system is shown in Exhibit 3. This algorithm was used to allocate the Navy SATCOM circuits to either MILSATCOM or COMMERSAT systems, based on a Major Regional Conflict (MRC) scenario against of foe of limited technical means to jam or intercept SATCOM transmissions. Note that this algorithm will require modification as new LEO/MEO COMMERSAT and interim GBS services become operational.
Table 1 apportions the Navy SATCOM requirements into three categories. The first category are those basic C2 circuits critical to tactical and strategic decision making and the successful coordination of operations in a Joint operation environment that typically must have the protection abilities afforded by MILSATCOM. The second category are operational and tactical circuits that may or may not require protection from jamming and LPI/LPD capabilities, based on the technical capabilities of the foe, the loading factor of MILSATCOM assets in the theater, and the assigned mission of the units. The circuits in this category will be allocated by the Commander-in-Chief (CINC) to MILSATCOM or COMMERSAT systems based on a prioritization of the circuits given the current mission(s) and tactical environment. As the mission(s) and tactical conditions change, the circuits can be reallocated to meet new operational security requirements. Depending on the mission and tactical environment, these circuits would benefit from the greater bandwidths available on COMMERSAT systems or can be allocated to COMMERSAT systems to reserve MILSATCOM bandwidth for higher priority circuits. The third category circuits are generally voice or support circuits that will typically be allocated to COMMERSAT systems, but may be reallocated to MILSATCOM systems for specific missions or because COMMERSAT systems do not meet the required data rate, coverage, or power requirements. Emerging SATCOM requirements (listed in the table in italics) are shown to give a sense of the growth of SATCOM circuit requirements in the future.
Exhibit 3 - Apportioning Algorithm
|MILSATCOM or COMMERSAT:
|AAW/ASW/ASUW C&R Nets
|BF/BG FOTC Broadcast
|BF/BG Ops/Admin
|C2 & Tac War Secure Voice
|BF/BG Cmd and Tac Nets
|DMS Ship-Shore
|DAMA/Navy Orderwire
|Secure Telephone
|Dual ANDVT
|Joint Air Coordination
|Joint Command
|Aircraft Maint. Imagery
|Low-Speed Tactical
|MAGTF Nets
|DSCS Emerg. Comm. Restoral
|Multi-Purpose Marine Video
|Navy Logistics
|Special & Tailored Tac
|Public Affairs VTC
|Quality of Life (MWR)
|Theater Unique
|Sailor Phone
|Telemedicine/Medical Imagery
|UAV Imagery
Depending on the scenario and the threat, many of the circuits marked as candidates for COMMERSAT may use MILSATCOM or COMMERSAT. The categorization of the SATCOM circuits is highly dependent on the capabilities of the enemy and the mission. The currently planned orbiting capacity of MILSATCOM will not keep pace with the increase in capacity required by new communications and information systems, the large bandwidth requirements of new services such as video and imagery, and the added demands for information to feed new sensors and weaponry. As the demand for SATCOM bandwidth increases (by the year 2010 Joint peacetime requirements are expected to increase 400 percent and wartime requirements by 500 percent over 1995 levels), the probable method for allocating circuits will be to assign MILSATCOM-only circuits to the protected systems first. The remaining circuits will be allocated to MILSATCOM systems (providing some or minimal protection capability) and/or COMMERSAT systems based more on secondary attributes such as data rates and required coverage rather than protection requirements.
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In general, each frequency band has its own unique advantages. While complementing the capabilities of the other bands, the UHF band offers terminals that are operable in adverse weather conditions and highly suited for mobile operations. UHF primarily supports single channel per carrier (SCPC) and DAMA and is both highly susceptible to jamming and heavily congested.
The SHF band provides a highly desirable satellite transmission medium due to characteristics not available to the UHF band, including wide operating bandwidth to support high data rates, narrow uplink bandwidth, and inherent jam resistance. It supports primarily frequency division multiple access (FDMA) and some DAMA and is relatively immune to all but heaviest weather. This is useful for focused coverage from multi-beam and spot antennas.
The EHF is the most survivable and secure frequency of the three, but its terminals are the most expensive. It provides low and medium data rates and has the potential to support high data rates. EHF service is degraded by heavy rain, snow, hail, and other weather conditions. It supports users with a need for robust protection and survivability, anti-jam, anti-scintillation and LPI/LPD. It is primarily used with TDMA services.
The UHF frequency band, including the L- and S-bands, are often used to provide assured access but are the easiest to jam. The X-band is valuable spectrum and is being used as one of the frequencies for common data link in the line-of-sight mode as well as providing secured access for services needing limited or moderate AJ capability. Table 2 compares the advantages and disadvantages of the frequencies bands.
|Uplink Frequency
|Downlink Frequency
|960 MHz -
1215 MHz
|225MHz -
328.6 MHz
|1.6315 GHz -
1.6605 GHz
|1.530 GHz -
1.559 GHz
|5.925 GHz -
6.425 GHz
|3.7 GHz -
4.2 GHz
|7.9 GHz -
8.4 GHz
|7.25 GHz -
7.75 GHz
|14 GHz -
14.5 GHz
|11.7 GHz -
12.2 GHz
|27.5 GHz -
31.0 GHz
43.5 GHz -
45.5 GHz
|17.7 GHz -
21.2 GHz
Most commercial satellite operators provide fixed satellite services (FSS) using the C- and Ku-bands. These bands are now congested. In the U.S., industry is now applying for Ka-band frequencies. Organizations such as Hughes, Lockheed Martin Corp., AT&T Corp., Motorola, and GE American Communications have filed applications with the FCC to participate in the next generation of satellite services using Ka-band frequencies. These applicants seek to use Ka-band spectrum to provide high-speed computer links, video telephony and multimedia services direct to small, low-cost dish antennas at homes and businesses in the United States and elsewhere. The Ka-band frequencies are the final frontier in satellite communications because it is the last open spectrum still available for commercial use. Ka-band is being sought by a LEO system, geostationary (GEO) systems, and possibly conflicting terrestrial uses such as wireless and multichannel television services . The military has also been allocated Ka-band for use with current (Milstar) and future (possibly GBS) satellite systems. The FCC will award licenses for the Ka-band satellite services in the future. The process is likely to take many years due to the increasing number of systems being proposed for the limited spectrum.
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In considering a network where many earth stations require access to the same bandwidth of a single transponder, six formats are available. Networks within the same transponder use the same format, but a high capacity earth station accessing more than one transponder in the same satellite could have equipment that would allow it to transmit and receive satellite signals in each of the formats. Table 3 shows the advantages and disadvantages of each access method:
|Access method
|Spread Spectrum
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Table 4 provides the expected costs for the four major proposed MSS systems offering voice, data, and fax capabilities that are likely to be launched. Significant differences in terminal and space segment costs are apparent in the table. The terrestrial charges that would be incurred using each of these systems has not been finalized by the COMMERSAT providers.
ICO Global
|# of Satellites1
|Start of Service
|System Design
|On-board processing
|Cost per Minute2
|Terminal Cost2
1 Active satellites in orbit, additional satellites on orbit as spares not included in total.
2 Based on published pre-launch information, subject to change.
Terrestrial long-distance charges are highly important when considering the new generation of LEO/MEO-based MSS systems. With the exception of Iridium, each of the proposed new systems is based on the traditional bent-pipe network architecture. With a bent-pipe system, all call processing functions are performed by terrestrial-based switches located at the nearest gateway hub to the mobile terminal. Because the LEO/MEO satellites are orbiting much closer to the surface of the earth, their coverage cells are much smaller than the typical earth disk coverage provided by a geostationary system, such as Inmarsat. Because of the smaller coverage, calls placed on these systems are routed to the nearest gateway, which may be a few hundred to a few thousand miles away. For calls placed in the Indian Ocean region to the U.S., this could leave thousands of miles of distance left for the terrestrial portion of call and may incur significant long-distance or double hop space segment charges to complete the call.
Iridium is the only system not affected because its system design incorporates on-board signal processing and satellite crosslinks. With Iridium, calls are routed from one satellite to another until a connection is established with a gateway in the destination country. This minimizes the cost of additional long-distance charges. Exhibit 5-22 shows the differences in the proposed LEO MSS system designs.
Exhibit 4 - Comparison of MSS Architectures
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The information demands of modern warfare exceed the capability of legacy MILSATCOM systems and the SATCOM requirements are growing exponentially. The driving forces behind the growth in requirements includes:
COMMERSAT systems will provide much needed augmentation to the total throughput capabilities of MILSATCOM systems. High data rates and the ready availability of COTS equipment suitable for shipboard application address the requirement for large pipes with short procurement cycles, providing rapid response to the warrior. COMMERSAT systems have inherent limitations such as susceptibility to jamming, operational security, coverage limitations, antenna size requirements, and EMI from shipboard systems which limits use to information exchange, administrative, and support services.
Network management will be easier to implement as more and more COTS-based equipment and software is included in the Naval architecture because of adherence to commercial network management standards. The NCTAMS or similar CJTF gateway will serve as the regional network management center for naval networks and independent units in that region. Remote monitoring and control precludes single point of failure and allows flexibility to support mobile forces. System operation will become invisible to the operator.
The MILSATCOM architecture and equipment will evolve to incorporate new technologies and applications. Dual-use or multi-frequency satellites with crossbanding or crosslinks will become more prevalent. Multi-band antennas will be fielded for their inherent flexibility and will provide a natural evolution to MMBA technology in the far term.
The Navy should bundle circuit requirements in a region and lease a whole transponder to satisfy those requirements. Current and future COMMERSAT requirements should be communicated regularly to COMMERSAT service providers to ensure Navy requirements are considered in the design and pre-launch planning phases of commercial spacecraft.
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The space segment component of the Naval SATCOM architecture is an integral part of the Copernicus architecture that supports command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) services to the naval warrior. The architecture links ashore Command Centers/Commanders (globally dispersed) with tactical forces afloat (also globally dispersed) as well as with Force, Group, Unit and Warfare Commanders embarked on the afloat platforms. The services providing information to the ashore network fall under the umbrella of Global Information Exchange Services (GLOBIXS) and are the commercial equivalent of Fixed Satellite Service (FSS). Those services providing support to the tactical forces are broadly categorized as Tactical Information Exchange Services (TADIXS) and constitute the commercial equivalent of Mobile Satellite Service (MSS). Finally, services that support the flow of information from sensors and shooters within the battlespace are categorized as Battle Cube Information Exchange Services (BCIXS) and are composed of a mix of SATCOM and line-of-sight (LOS) radio frequency (RF) systems. The MILSATCOM systems providing these services include Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Super High Frequency (SHF), and Extremely High Frequency (EHF) systems. Commercial services are in the L-, C- and Ku-bands.
COMMERSAT currently consists of leased services that support a vast array of information requirements. Commercial services are used primarily to satisfy the afloat requirements for delivering high data rate information such as video and imagery, and to free up capacity on military systems. Commercial SATCOM has been used on a limited scale, but has demonstrated the potential to provide high data rate (HDR) services (1.544 Mbps +) to meet surge demands, including contingency restoral for other military communications systems.
Operational experience has demonstrated that no single SATCOM system is capable of satisfying all maritime C4I requirements for the globally dispersed Naval Forces and command structure. An integrated approach that leverages the best attributes of each system to optimize support for Joint Operations while providing varying levels of service, robustness, and survivability is essential in meeting the information needs of modern warfare. The commercial and military satellite systems considered for this Concept of Operations (CONOPS) are shown in Exhibit B-1.
The COMMERSAT systems incorporated into the Naval SATCOM architecture have several limitations of importance to military planners. The principal limitation is the general lack of protective features offered by commercial systems. Features such as anti-jam (AJ), anti-scintillation (AS), and low probability of intercept (LPI)/low probability of detection (LPD) have not been incorporated into the system designs of these commercial services. Some protection may be afforded as an incidental by-product of a particular system's design and requires training and command emphasis to ensure operational and transmission security procedures are strictly adhered to while using these systems. The other major limitation of commercial systems are regulatory impediments to their use in foreign countries. The use of commercial systems is regulated in every country. Special operating agreements and site licenses may be required for their use within the national boundaries of a country. The commercial service providers generally pre-negotiate these agreements with the regulatory agencies of each country. However, the specific agreements and the restrictions placed on their use may vary widely from country to country. While operating in international waters, the Navy will not be restricted in their use, but shore-based units and units operating in the littoral may be affected by regulatory restraints imposed by the host nation.
|Near Term (Present - 2005)1
|Far Term (2005 +)
|5 UHF Follow On (UFO)
3 UFO w/ Interim GBS (or leased svc)
2 EHF LDR (Milstar I)
4 EHF MDR (Milstar II)
|4 UHF/EHF w/ LDR
4 EHF MDR w/ crosslinks
|Commercial C/Ku-band providers
|Commercial C/K
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In 2006, Anders Johnson made his Olympic debut at the age of 16, becoming the youngest U.S. Olympic ski jumper in history and finishing 14th in the team competition. In 2010, the 20-year-old targets his second Olympic appearance in Vancouver.
Is it true that you were three years old when you got started in ski jumping?
Yes, I was three. My dad used to be a long time coach and athlete of skiing jumping, and he took my sister and I up there, and all the coaches kind of decided that age three you're too young to be hucking yourself off some ski jumps, but I kind like any younger brother, I followed my sister up and went without anyone noticing. Afterwards there were like, "Oh well, maybe he's not too young, he can do it."
How big was the jump?
Nothing bigger than at your local ski resort. Just like a small little jump you can find anywhere in the woods
So you were already skiing then?
I think I started skiing right after my second birthday. I would go ahead and say that I've been skiing since I could walk.
When do you reach the large hill?
It is different for everyone, it is a skill-based type thing. It's a progression system, so your coach will never send you up unless you're ready. Me personally, I jumped a large hill for the first time when I was 10. That is pretty young for most people I think.
You weren't scared?
Oh no, I was terrified. Your first jump on any new hill, you're scared but you get real used to it.
Did you have a favorite ski jumper growing up since you were kind of surrounded by the scene?
My favorite jumper wasJanne Ahonen [of Finland]. He was just so good at such a young age and then it was crazy when you finally get on the scene and you're competing against them. Its like you really can't have a favorite ski jumper anymore because you're competing against them. He retired last year and he's on a comeback right now. He's the one athlete that I think has won everything so many times with the exception of an individual Olympic medal. You could sit here and have your whole binder filled with his stats. I think he has been 4th place more times than anyone else and so when retired last year it was sort of a big thing because he broke down in tears. He's like, "I can't do it anymore," and then he took a year break and the Finnish team was kind of on a couple of years where they weren't doing so well and this year... he was like, "I want in," so he's back.
Let's talk briefly about Torino. You were sixteen at the time of the Games and one of the younger competitors.
Yeah, I think I was something like the second-youngest skiing athlete from the U.S. to go to the Olympics.
What was that like to be the kid? Did people give you a hard time?
No, I mean everyone was kind of cool. A lot of people kind of looked at me like, "Really, how old are you?" It was fun, it was a really fun experience. Not many people get to experience that, so I took advantage of it. I didn't compete as much as I would like. I had a pretty hard fall the week before and so I was coming off an injury right into the Olympics.
It seems like a lot of American winter athletes have skied, snowboarded and skated, but there's far less experience with ski jumping.
And that's something that is kind of funny that a lot of people don't understand is that ski jumping is probably one of the most popular sports in Europe.
Can you elaborate on that popularity?
Like in Germany, it's the equivalent to basketball in the U.S. In Europe as a whole, it is the equivalent of golf. It's just a huge sport. Televised, every event, every jump, massive crowds, I mean, at some competitions in Europe you get upwards of 100,000 people standing out in the cold, watching and cheering. Just so ecstatic about watching ski jumping. I mean in Norway, their sports national pastime, for us, its baseball, but Norway it's Nordic sports. It's cross-country skiing, its ski jumping, it's combined, it's the works.
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The Brooklyn Nets announced yesterday that center Brook Lopez underwent surgery to replace a bent screw in his surgically-repaired right foot, according to Tim Bontemps of The New York Post. General manager Billy King told reporters that Lopez is expected to resume basketball-related activities in August.
"In the x-rays they took [during Lopez's postseason physical], they noticed the screw was bent, so just being proactive, they took it out," Nets general manager Billy King said during his pre-draft media availability. "He'll be back in August. He was pain-free, so he didn't even notice it was bent until the x-rays were taken."
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – University of Pikeville Athletic Director Robert Staggs announced on Tuesday that Christine Sheridan has been hired as the next head coach of UPIKE softball.
Sheridan comes to the Bears after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Div. I Evansville (Ind.). With the Purple Aces, Sheridan worked primarily with the infielders and provided the majority of the hitting instruction.
"I'm excited about the kind of coach we are bringing in to UPIKE in Christine Sheridan," said Athletic Director Robert Staggs. "She not only has a fantastic softball background as a player and coach, but also cares about the student-athletes and wants them to succeed on the field, in the classroom and in the community."
Prior to taking the position at Evansville in 2012, Sheridan was an assistant coach at Georgia State University for three seasons. While coaching the hitting and running the team's conditioning program, Sheridan helped GSU to three 30-win seasons and its first Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Championship.
Apart from her two stops in the collegiate ranks, Sheridan served as a hitting instructor for Champions Fast Pitch Academy in Marietta, Ga., and was a community coach for East Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga., leading them to a 2008 GHSA 5A Tournament appearance.
As a student-athlete, Sheridan played two seasons as East Carolina where she earned all-conference honors at shortstop both years and was named the 2003 Conference-USA Freshman of the Year. Her last two seasons were spent at Georgia Tech where she led the Yellow Jackets to an ACC Regular-Season and Tournament Championship in 2005 and two straight NCAA Regional appearances.
Sheridan was a First Team All-ACC selection as a junior after hitting .380 with a .485 on-base percentage and was selected to the ACC All-Tournament Team as a senior after hitting .500 over the course of five games. She was Georgia Tech's Most Valuable Defensive Player both seasons.
"I would like to thank Athletic Director Robert Staggs and President James Hurley for giving me this great opportunity to lead the UPIKE softball program," said Sheridan. "I also thank my family for supporting me in my coaching career and helping make this possible. "I'm excited to get started with the current student-athletes and working to make them a competitor in the Mid-South Conference."


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ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., reiterated her feelings about caucuses, after winning in Nevada on Saturday.
"I still have concerns about caucuses," Clinton said. "I met people today, when I was visiting a couple of hotels, who said they couldn't get off work. To me, the caucuses don't provide the broad base of participation that I have fought for my entire life."
Clinton was asked about the current dispute over delegates between herself and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
She said she didn't know about the result of the argument, stating, "Nobody really knows, and we are looking very good. Obviously, this is about delegates, but this is about what people are voting for, who they think the best president will be."
When asked if she was aware of any "dirty" politics in her campaign, as rivals have suggested, Clinton said, "Well, I don't have any response to that. We had a very effective campaign." Clinton added, "I got a significant share of the popular vote."
Clinton is heading to St. Louis, Mo., for a rally, and will then spend the day in New York on Sunday.