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The last year has not been without challenges for Sarah Ferguson – but she says she's not dwelling on the past.
"I'm looking to the future," Ferguson told PEOPLE at amFAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS gala Thursday night at the Eden Roc Hotel on Cap d'Antibes. "I don't focus on the past because there's nothing I can do to change things. I have so much to be grateful for, especially my daughters."
The amFAR gala represented what may be the start of a comeback for the Duchess of York, 51, who also has a memoir coming out June 28 called Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself and a TV show on OWN called Finding Sarah.
"I think I've changed and people will start seeing that when they see the show," she said at the event, which drew out a slew of celebrities, including Elton John, Gwen Stefani and Sean Penn, to honor the late Elizabeth Taylor.
Ferguson, whose six-episode show premieres June 12, admitted that she wishes her own life could be as admirable and revered as Taylor's.
"There are a lot of things I wish I had done differently," said Ferguson, who was famously not invited to Prince William and Catherine's April 29 nuptials. "But you don't get do-overs in life. You just have to move forward."
And Ferguson, who attended the event solo, got wistful when asked about Taylor's legacy.
"What a life she had and how much good she did – she was just remarkable," Ferguson said. "She was an inspiration and role model for so many people."
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Sargassum Early Advisory System (SEAS)
The Texas Gulf Coast consists of 367 miles of coastline, primarily sandy beaches. The slight slope of these beaches creates many large expanses of beach where the public can enjoy a variety of activities such as beach combing, surfing, swimming, and surf fishing. Communities that manage these areas rely heavily on tourism as a primary source of income. Texas beach tourism generates approximately $7 billion per year, according to the Texas General Land Office's (TGLO) Website. Public use of these beaches can be severely restricted by the periodic mass landings of the free-floating algae Sargassum, commonly referred to as Seaweed. These Sargassum episodes often occur with little or no warning. They can last for weeks at a time, usually during the prime tourist season, and hence, they negatively affect the economies of the regions. Beach managers have relied on emergency funds to assist in relocating heavier than normal Sargassum from the water's edge. This creates an unexpected hardship, since their annual budgets have little or no room for unforeseen expenditures. To assist beach management efforts, scientists at Texas A&M University at Galveston have been investigating the use of satellite imagery to forecast Sargassum landings along the Texas coastline. This Sargassum Early Advisory System (SEAS) is designed to give coastal managers as much warning as possible, allowing them to adjust their allocation of resources for the management of Sargassum landings. SEAS model uses satellite imagery from Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LANDSAT) satellites to track the movement of Sargassum as it approaches each sector along the Texas Gulf Coast. During 2012, a total of 38 advisories were sent out to coastal managers along the Texas Gulf Coast. Of those, 12 predicted Sargassum landfalls in their respective areas. All of the 12 experienced significant Sargassum landfalls within 7 days of notice. There were five overcast flyovers that we were not able to give possible landfall advisories; of those, three experienced significant Sargassum landings.
In 2013, a total of 73 advisories were sent out to coastal managers and other significant stakeholders. Accuracy increased from 85% in 2012 to 97% in 2013. Advisories were expanded to include long range forecasting, including the Caribbean Sea.

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ROCKFORD — The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay recognized three area students who achieved honors and high honors for the fall 2013 semester. The following students received recognition for their academic achievements: Elizabeth Marunde, Belvidere, honors; McKenna Kurth, Rockford, high honors; and Jacob Westendorf, Rockford, honors. Honors are awarded to students who earn 3.5 to 3.74 grade point averages. Students must earn a 3.75 to 3.99 GPA to receive high honors. For information: uwgb.edu.
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David Collins is one of WBAL-TV 11's hometown reporters. He has lived most of his life in the Baltimore-Washington area.
David is a general assignment reporter and a member of the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team. He graduated from Towson University with a political science degree, and has worked as a radio anchor, reporter and assistant news director in smaller markets. When the Maryland General Assembly is in session, you can find David scurrying through the halls of the State House, chasing down stories and holding lawmakers accountable.
He freelances for NBC News in Washington, and was the Washington Bureau reporter for King Broadcasting before coming to WBAL-TV.
David has won many journalism awards during his career, including a Gavel Award from the Maryland Bar Association for exposing corruption in the court system with regards to expert witness testimony. The Society of Professional Journalists has recognized David for excellence in general reporting on a variety of topics.
In 2009, David's coverage contributed to the station's winning a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for continuing coverage of the 2009 Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon indictments and trial, and a National Headliner Award for breaking news coverage of the 2009 Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon verdict.
David's coverage of the 2006 Maryland governor's race contributed to WBAL-TV 11 News winning a coveted Walter Cronkite Award for political reporting.
He has also won numerous awards from the Associated Press for Outstanding Enterprise Reporting, in addition to several Emmy nominations for investigative reporting.
David enjoys spending time with his wife, and their sons. He is an Orioles and Ravens fan.
He says his passion is digging up stories and exposing corruption.
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San Francisco may have the rock clubs, but many of the region's most famous bands formed on the city's outskirts. The Grateful Dead congealed on the Peninsula, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Green Day got their starts in the East Bay, and Huey Lewis put a Mill Valley bar on the cover of his band's most famous album.
Our compilation of Bay Area rock landmarks above follows our previous take on S.F. landmarks.
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State Sen. Tim Kennedy Thursday urged the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council to make the removal of the Skyway a top priority.
Kennedy has said in recent months that tearing down the Skyway – something Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, has long urged – would spur private investment and boost public access.
"The removal of the Buffalo Skyway will prove to be a transformative project that will open up new opportunities for development along our waterfront," Kennedy said. "Razing this 'structurally deficient' and 'functionally obsolete' structure will remove a physical barrier that is impeding continued economic progress at Buffalo's waterfront."
Earlier this week, Ken Adams, president and CEO of Empire State Development, told a Senate panel that Kennedy, as the ranking Democratic member of that the agency, was looking to the regional council for direction on the future of the Skyway.


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To put those numbers into perspective, Samsung -- third place in tablet sales behind Apple and Amazon -- shipped a mere 1.5 million Android-based tablets during all of Q4 2011 according to IDC.
Sources: Apple, IDC
quote: That to me is far more significant and has more original foresight than what he did as a businessman.
quote: Pretty much anything non-Apple is and has been "inferior".
quote: the XBox followed in the steps of the Playstation
quote: Zune followed in the steps of the iPod
quote: Windows copied MacOS
quote: As for Apple not doing much right before 2007, here is a letter
quote: Sony didn't invent the game console. Ever heard of Atari?
quote: Since when was the iPod the first MP3 player?
quote: AHAHAHA, how hard you people still try and cling to that. Hold on, Xerox is calling me, they have something to say about this...
quote: Smalltalk has no Finder, and no need for one, really. Drag-and- drop file manipulation came from the Mac group, along with many other unique concepts: resources and dual-fork files for storing layout and international information apart from code; definition procedures; drag-and-drop system extension and configuration; types and creators for files; direct manipulation editing of document, disk, and application names; redundant typed data for the clipboard; multiple views of the file system; desk accessories; and control panels, among others. The Lisa group invented some fundamental concepts as well: pull down menus, the imaging and windowing models based on QuickDraw, the clipboard, and cleanly internationalizable software....As you may be gathering, the difference between the Xerox system architectures and Macintosh architecture is huge; much bigger than the difference between the Mac and Windows. It's not surprising, since Microsoft saw quite a bit of the Macintosh design (API's,sample code, etc.) during the Mac's development from 1981 to 1984; the intention was to help them write applications for the Mac, and it also gave their system designers a template from which to design Windows. In contrast, the Mac and Lisa designers had to invent their own architectures. Of course, there were some ex- Xerox people in the Lisa and Mac groups, but the design point for these machines was so different that we didn't leverage our knowledge of the Xerox systems as much as some people think.
quote: A letter?
quote: Windows didn't reach parity with the 1984 MacOS for an additional six years with the release of Windows 3.0.
quote: Before 2007 Apple was a failed proprietary PC company who never amounted to anything more than a fad.
quote: Ah and the whole "copied" argument is something only Apple trolls have been using for 30 years
quote: iTunes iPod iPhone iPad. Remove them tomorrow and it wouldn't make a difference. No Bill Gates? We might as well be cavemen smashing rocks together.
quote: This is cute considering that Gates' company started off by writing software for the existing Apple II and the Mac
quote: Learn your history.
quote: So you're saying that BASIC for Altair was more profitable than the boatloads they made writing applications for the Apple II and the Mac?
quote: This is cute considering that Gates' company started off by writing software for the existing Apple II and the Mac (which his company then spent the next six years making a copy of their own).
quote: The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products,[2] designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) and introduced in 1977 .
quote: Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 , Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.
quote: Popular computing would have happened with or without him
quote: Learn your history.
quote: We can't know that. Before Microsoft OEM's like Apple and IBM wanted to sell PC's with proprietary software that were not compatible with other brands. By making software, not bundled hardware, the standard in computing Microsoft changed the game forever. Windows was the driver of the computer revolution. I'm sorry you cannot accept that the most significant advancement in computing technology came from someone you claim had a "lack of vision".
quote: But to be fair he was far better at business acumen and execution then predicting and steering the future. Watch the All Things D video of Steve and Bill on stage together from a couple of years ago. It is telling. Also read Bill's book "The Road Ahead" and look at the world as it is now. Bill was a great business leader and had the vision to build a great American company. Ultimately I would bet he personally is remembered for his philanthropy far more the how exactly he made his billions.Oh and indeed MS was founded to write software for the Altair. But from about 77' until their famous DOS deal in 81' their Apple II software was a HUGE part if not the largest part of their business.
quote: Watch the All Things D video of Steve and Bill on stage together from a couple of years ago. It is telling.
quote: For years Gates has been talking about projectors on every wall in people's houses, pie in the sky ideas that have no bearing on practical reality.
quote: I'm sure apple heavily modified/changed/re-wrote/added to the Xerox parc system.


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SALEM - A medium used by many to vandalize has become the brush of choice for Salem area artists Brad Vingle and Rustin Rapp, who have skillfully used spray paint to create beauty on three downtown buildings.
Their colorful artwork can be seen easily, by car or by foot, with the first mural by Rapp located on a wooden barricade on State Street between Lincoln Avenue and Penn Avenue.
A large koi fish swimming in restful waters greets people traveling south on Ellsworth Avenue, with Vingle turning the side of the Moonstone Massotherapy building into his personal canvas.
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Salem artist Brad Vingle stands in front of the colorful mural he painted on the side of the Moonstone Massotherapy building on Ellsworth Avenue in Salem over the weekend. The swimming koi fish is one of three art pieces commissioned by building owner Scott Cahill and his wife Lisa to dress up some of the downtown buildings they own. Vingle and fellow spray paint artist Rustin Rapp also painted a mural Tuesday on the south side second-floor wall of the building at the corner of Second and Lundy. Rapp also painted a mural on the wooden barrier at the front of a building on State Street that Cahill is renovating. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
The two Salem High School graduates teamed up this week to create a mural out of their aliases, Trap and Drone, on the south upper floor wall of a building at the corner of Lundy Avenue and Second Street.
"I think it's magnificent, beyond my expectations. I did not expect the level of quality they've done," Scott Cahill said. "Nobody could do better."
Cahill owns all three buildings and became acquainted with the artists through Rustin's brother, Shawn, who works for his company, CI Ohio. Both Vingle and Rapp took art classes in high school, but that's where their formal training ended. They've been honing their craft on the wall at Waterworth Memorial Park, where artists can legally create graffiti art.
"I taught myself how to use a spray can and make it clean and crisp," Vingle said.
He explained that some of the spray paint he uses is professional and some is the same spray paint found in any home improvement store.
"We're giving them places to do their artwork," Cahill said.
He and his wife, Lisa, commissioned them to do the work on the three buildings and other businesses are expressing an interest in the artwork. He said more murals can be expected - they just have to figure out where.
Besides using their spray painting skills for good, they're also setting an example for other young artists looking for a canvas, teaching them a better way than tagging and vandalizing buildings. Rapp said they know a lot of people and they're using word-of-mouth to get the message out against the tagging in town.
About seven or eight artists, including Rapp and Vingle, helped with the anti-graffiti group's clean-up event last month, enduring the cold weather to scrub graffiti from buildings along
Sugartree Alley and in other areas of Salem. Rapp offered thanks to city officials for giving them the chance to do what they've done.
He previously said the murals are a way to show that not all graffiti is vandalism.
The Cahills plan to give artists a chance to win some prizes and show off their skills during a Street Art Contest on June 22 during the Salem Super Cruise in the parking lot of their building at the corner of Lundy Avenue and Second Street. They expect to have 10 wooden panels set up for artist to do their thing.
People from the art community will judge the submissions at 6 p.m., with the contest beginning at 10 a.m. Artists will be required to supply their own paints and brushes or spray paints. For information about the contest, send an email to email@example.com. The contest will be limited to the first 10 artists to register.
Businesses interested in having a mural done can also make contact with Rapp and Vingle through the email.
Cahill said the effort is not part of Murals of Salem, but something they decided to do to brighten up their buildings.
"It's just really fun art," he said.
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The Superstorm Sandy telethon successfully raised $23 million for victims of the natural disaster.
The fundraising effort, broadcast Friday on various NBC networks, featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera and others.
The money will be administered by the American Red Cross.
NBC's Hurricane Katrina telethon raised $40 million in 2005.
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on May 1, 2013 - 11:25 AM
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Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said his decision not to seek a first-degree murder charge against the man who shot Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete in 2006 was based partly on the late officer's own wishes.
A high-ranking Police Department official also encouraged Sedita not to reopen the case against Varner Harris Jr.
Parete's death was classified a homicide after she died earlier this year.
"I am told that Patti did not want Harris to be re-prosecuted in the event of her death and the reasons for that decision," Sedita said in a letter to her father, Anthony Parete. "You, as well as all her other loved ones, have also advised me not to reopen this case and the reasons for that recommendation."
Harris already is serving a sentence of 30 years to life in prison for shooting Parete and her partner, Officer Carl E. Andolina, upon his guilty plea to two counts of first-degree attempted murder.
Sedita, in his letter to Parete's father, called his decision one of the most difficult he has made as a prosecutor. He said he listened to the "thoughts, opinions and feelings of several people, including those who knew Patti best over the last few years, in the hopes of making a just and appropriate decision."
The district attorney said that perhaps the soundest counsel he received came from the high-ranking Buffalo police official, whom he did not identify. "His advice to me was as follows: Given the remote possibility that Harris will ever be released from prison, I should abide by the wishes of Patti's family and loved ones," Sedita said.
Parete, who was under hospice care, died Feb. 2 in her Niagara County home. The medical examiner did not perform an autopsy, based on her family's wishes, and her body was cremated.
"The medical examiner nevertheless determined the manner of her death was homicidal due to the effects of her severe gunshot wounds," Sedita said in the letter.
If there were a new trial, the prosecution would have to prove the shooting was at least a "significant contributing factor" in Parete's death at 48.
She was shot twice during a struggle on the night of Dec. 5, 2006, when she and Andolina responded to a fight call at West Chippewa Street and Whitney Place. The second bullet severely damaged her spine, causing paralysis.
In the event Harris ever were prosecuted on a murder charge, there could be one of several outcomes, Sedita said:
• If convicted of first-degree murder, he could be sentenced to life without parole.
• He could be given 20 years to life.
• He could be convicted of a lesser offense, such as manslaughter.
• He could be found not guilty.
Under his current sentence, Harris will not be eligible for parole until 2037. Harris, now 25, is an inmate in the state's Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Comstock, Washington County.
"Given the nature of his crime, his criminal history, and the sentencing recommendation of the presiding judge, it is highly unlikely that Harris will ever be released from state prison," Sedita said.
Sedita said he would reconsider his decision if Harris ever successfully appeals his attempted-murder conviction.
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When Durango hosts a fundraiser for three local Winter Olympic hopefuls, guess who shows up?
Other Olympians, that�s who.
And national champions, world champions � champions at every level, at every age, in a multitude of sports and a variety of businesses.
�In a town like this, there are so many inspiring people,� Durango Olympic biathlete Lanny Barnes said as she gazed across the benefit crowd gathered in the basement of the Irish Embassy Pub on Friday night.
There was three-time mountain bike Olympian Todd Wells.
Not far away stood cycling legend, national and world champion Ned Overend.
On the other side of the room, three-time Olympic Nordic skier Mike Elliott of Durango chatted with Craig Ward of Aspen, a former U.S. Ski Team racer, and Dolph Kuss of Durango, yet another former Olympic skier.
�These are inspiring people,� Barnes said. �Not only great athletes but people who work hard in their jobs and make this town what it is.�
She said she and twin sister Tracy, both 29, draw inspiration from their Durango hometown that continues to line up support for their international biathlon careers.
The daughters of Deborah and Thad Barnes of Durango both have experienced the Olympics � 2006 and 2010. Both want to experience the Olympics again � 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
The Friday-night fundraiser, sponsored by the Durango Nordic community, was established to help the training efforts of the Barnes twins and Durango Nordic ski racer Tad Elliott, who also is bidding for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team for 2014.
�The support we have back here at home just pushes us that much harder,� Lanny Barnes said. �That support ... motivates us. I think the people in this room sum it up.
�We don�t look at this as just a group of supporters. These people are family to us.�
The long months of international travel for their sport can be daunting.
�But just knowing you�re inspiring people back home ... it pushes you to do your best,� said Lanny Barnes, the older of the twins by 5 minutes.
�Tracy and I have always been about doing this for the people around us.�
In another corner of the Embassy, Tad Elliott talked about the vital support Durango provides for his cross country racing endeavors � and his dream of racing for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The Durango High School graduate and former Durango Nordic racer scored his first World Cup Nordic points last season, when he also won his third U.S. national title.
Elliott, the son of Mike and Nancy Elliott, also won the prestigious American Birkebeiner ski marathon last winter.
�It feels like we�ll be racing at home all year,� said Elliott, who left Sunday morning on a four-flight trip to Finland where the U.S. skiers will have a training base above the Arctic Circle.
After racing in Finland, Sweden and Finland again, Elliott said he�ll be back home.
�We have World Cups in (North America) this year. I can come home and train in Durango,� he said of the World Cup races set for Canmore, near Banff, in Canada.
Elliott spent the skiing offseason as a professional mountain bike racer with the Durango-based Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Sweet Elite team. A former junior national mountain bike champion, Elliott finished sixth at the U.S. Mountain Bike Nationals in Sun Valley, Idaho.
He also spent extensive time training in Park City, Utah, with the U.S. Ski Team staff and coaches, including Nordic coach Jason Cork, a former Durango Nordic coach.
�Jason�s my coach again now,� Elliott said. �He was my coach here in Durango (as a junior).�
He said the �strength room� work in Park City over the summer helped significantly.
�I haven�t gotten much bigger, but I�ve gotten a lot stronger,� said Elliott, and he can�t wait for the new racing season to begin.
But first, he personally thanked everyone who attended the Olympic fundraiser in downtown Durango. The event, he said, will help him make a push for Sochi.
Besides, the gathering was fun.
Elliott�s close pals on the U.S. Ski Team, Noah Hoffman and Michael Ward of Aspen, drove down to Durango to attend the fundraiser along with their parents and return the favor. A similar fundraiser was held earlier this week in Aspen, with the Durango crew on hand for support.
�We�re all in this together,� said Craig Ward, Michael�s dad. �It�s not an Aspen thing or a Durango thing or a Vail thing. We came down here to show our support. As you can see, there�s nothing better than supporting your local kids.�


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on February 8, 2013 - 1:14 AM
Dear Carolyn: My parents are wonderful people and have been kind to allow my sister and me to move home due to the recession/higher education.
However, my mother has shifted her overprotective nature from "good intentions" to "overbearing," wherein she feels she can dictate whom I associate with.
I can understand this for a teenager, but now that I am in my late 20s, I think I am more than capable of deciding whom I associate with. I have always been a good student, have an accomplished resumé and pristine record, have never been into the party scene, and have well-mannered and mature friends. I have never given my parents a reason to worry.
However, should my friends even breathe wrong in her presence … that's it. She tells me how so-and-so "is wrong for me," how I need to find better friends, that I am too complacent/need to broaden my horizons. It has gotten to the point where I have stopped inviting friends over who are on her "no-fly" list and started lying when I go out with them. I didn't do that when I was a teenager!
I'd move out, but that's really not an option due to graduate school.
I just want my mom to trust me, and not badger me over "what people will think of me if they see me with" so-and-so. How can I draw boundaries with someone who constantly swoops down like a vulture to rip my confidence apart? Sometimes the fights are so bad I cancel my plans.
– Watching Her Friendships Sink
A: Stop engaging, stop behaving as if your mom has any say in your social life, stop explaining yourself.
That last one especially. High-achiever, substance non-abuser, good character judge – great stuff! And irrelevant!
What is relevant: (1) You're an adult and it's your social life. (2) It's your mom's house.
These realities allow you to decline to engage when your mother goes off on your friends. This is where your excellent track record does matter; at a calm moment when you're not discussing your friends, say: "Mom, do you trust that you did a good job raising me?"
Pause while she responds affirmatively.
"Good. Now it's time to show that by letting me handle my own friendships."
If she makes an argument for interfering, even though there isn't one, hear her out.
Then say you love her, appreciate how much she cares, and respect that she is entitled to her opinion. Then remind her you are also entitled to yours: that your social life is not a topic of discussion. Say this once.
Thereafter, excuse yourself from whatever conversation she takes in that direction. Do not engage. You're already seeing these friends off-site, so you have boundary enforcement already built in to your habits.


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on November 11, 2012 - 9:38 AM
Buffalo homicide detectives today identified the city's latest homicide victim as Rashiene T. Carson, 24, of Lockport.
Police said Carson was the rear-seat passenger in a car parked in a gas station lot at 595 Ontario St. about 12:50 a.m. Saturday when he was shot.
"As far as a motive, the detectives are trying to determine if an armed robbery turned into a homicide case," said Dennis J. Richards, chief of detectives.
Police are asking for the public's help, and anyone with information is asked to call or text the confidential tip line at 847-2255, or use the department's website www.bpdny.org, to report a tip.


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Hamilton College strongly encourages students to study off-campus for one or two semesters. About 250 students, nearly all juniors, take advantage of our exciting off-campus study opportunities each year. Many study abroad in Hamilton programs (China, France, India, Spain) or in one of more than 100 programs on the Preferred Program List.
Students can learn more in the Office of Off-Campus Study, located in suite 105 in Christian Johnson. Contact the following individuals, all of whom have offices in suite 105 CJ, for help with study abroad questions.
Study abroad is an enriching educational experience that is most beneficial when it is fully integrated in your overall academic experience. Therefore, the Dean of Student's Office and the Committee on Academic Standing follow certain principles in recommending and approving study abroad programs and applications:
Internships and non-liberal arts courses (ie: business, journalism) will not receive credit.
Students will not receive credit for language courses below the level of Hamilton's language requirement for the country.
Programs must be equal in length to a Hamilton semester, including vacations. Year long programs must equal two semesters.
Students must take final exams at times regularly scheduled by their host school.
Please note that if you wish to attend a summer study abroad program in another country, you must still meet conditions 1-3 in order to transfer credit.
Your Hamilton account must be paid in full prior to departure for study abroad.
An informational pre-departure meeting will be held close to the end of each semester (November for fall; April for spring). You will be notified through campus mail of the date and time.
You will receive information so you can plan ahead about transfer credit, housing and meal plan lotteries, registration, parking and other issues relevant to your return.
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STYLE: Open Category Mead
Comments: See standard description for entrance requirements. Entrants MUST specify carbonation level, strength, and sweetness. Entrants MAY specify honey varieties. Entrants MUST specify the special nature of the mead, whether it is a combination of existing styles, an experimental mead, a historical mead, or some other creation. Any special ingredients that impart an identifiable character MAY be declared.
Commercial Examples: Jadwiga, Hanssens/Lurgashall Mead the Gueuze, Rabbit's Foot Private Reserve Pear Mead, White Winter Cherry Bracket, Saba Tej, Mountain Meadows Agave Mead Introduction to Cider Guidelines (Categories 27- 28) Cider is fermented apple juice. Perry is fermented pear juice. There are two categories for cider/perry: Standard (Category 27) and Specialty (Category 28). The Standard category covers ciders and perries made primarily or entirely from the juice of apples or pears (but not both at once). The only adjunct permitted in the Standard category, and only in some sub-categories, is a limited addition of sugar to achieve a suitable starting gravity. Note that honey is not a "sugar" for this purpose; a cider made with added honey must be entered either as a specialty cider or as a cyser under the appropriate mead sub-category. Other sugar sources that also add significant flavors (brown sugar, molasses) would also create a specialty cider (such as New England style). 37 Aroma and
Flavor: Ciders and perries do not necessarily present overtly fruity aromas or flavors?in the same sense that a wine does not taste overtly of grapes. Drier styles of cider in particular develop more complex but less fruity characters. In fact, a simple "apple soda" or "wine cooler" character is not desirable in a cider or perry.
Ingredients: The apple and pear varieties are intended to illustrate commonly used examples, not dictate requirements when making the style. up to a level considered safe for avoiding bacterial contamination and off-flavors (typically pH 3.8 or below). Entrant MUST state if malic acid was added.
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Summerville Relay for LifeApril 26, 2014
Description: A large crowd joined at Summerville High School Friday to show their support for those who have been affected by cancer and to raise funds to be used toward the fight against cancer.
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Jennifer Esposito is getting married to her boyfriend and business partner, Louis Dowler.
The Blue Bloods actress, who appeared on Katie Couric's show this week to discuss her struggle with celiac disease, revealed that she is set to wed Dowler, 38, who previously dated Kate Winslet. "He's lovely," she admitted with a smile.
After being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, which is exacerbated by eating gluten, Esposito, 42, came up with the idea to open a gluten-free bakery, called Jennifer's Way in New York City, and asked the British model to partner with her.
"He wanted no part of it in the beginning," she told Couric. "He said, 'I don't know anything about a bakery.' And I said, 'I don't either! But we're gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. And if you want to see me, that's where I'm gonna be, on 10th Street.' "
Esposito, who was previously married to Bradley Cooper and engaged to Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis, revealed that Dowler lent her money to open the bakery. "Otherwise it wouldn't be there," she said. "So I'm very grateful."
Jennifer Esposito Engaged to Louis Dowler
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Does anyone read manhwa? It's Korean manga or comics. Tokyopop releases alot of them such as The Tarrot Cafe, I.N.V.U., Hotel Africa, and more. Net Comics, Dr.Masters, Infinity Studios, and CMP Manga sells a few manhwa. To learn more about manhwa, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwa
There are some manga companies that licenses manhwa and translates them in English. Wikipedia never lies!
i read this post a while ago and forgot about it lol, theres more manhwa out there then most ppl think im pretty sure, i was reading the author bio thing in the back of the first Ragnarok volume i had and turned out Ragnarok is manhwa haha, just liek manga its still the same medium of telling a story and plot its just its origin that changes it =) "Don't doubt the darkness, it can be your enemy as well as your friend."
no i've never heard of manwha.
if i come across good ones that is.. lol but there are a lot of really good manhwa out there with great artwork and storylines... though honestly it gets confusing when you're not aware it's manhwa you're reading and not manga.. coz we're so used to reading manga which is read from right to left coz that's the way it is with the japanese.. but manhwa is read from left to right, like the usual way we read in english lol... really lost me a couple of times when i didn't know i was reading a manhwa and not a manga... hahaha lol ^_^~Crescent...take me for who i am and not for who i've been...
thats interesting that you read it like english. "You know what you have to admire? A Catholic hit man who blesses himself just before he strangles someone."-George Carlin
i'll try reading some "blood isnt enough..."
has anyone read bride of the water god? it's really good."I love anime and manga! Also J-Rock!"
I.N.V.U. is very good, but I'm upset that the mangaka never wrote the last volume! D: nyazers at livejournal dot com
I hope the next volume get's released very soon."I love anime and manga! Also J-Rock!"
This manhwa is sooooo popular. Has anyone ever read it?"I love anime and manga! Also J-Rock!"
do they sell translated manwha?
The name sounds like your talking about a tansvestite..... She's a Manwha!?!? Zombaukto Clan is cool Join
Manhwa is actually really good! i have 2 of them actually i have Vol. 1 of 11th Cat and i have Vol. 1 of Chocolat both are great:D You Are My Sweetest Downfall♥
how can you tell the difference
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Doreen Kalolowohilani Matsunaga, 82, of Honolulu, died October 12, 2013, at her home.
For services on Maui, visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 14, at the Paia Hawaiian Protestant Church with a service at 11:00 a.m.
Hosoi Garden Mortuary in Honolulu has been assisting with the arrangements.
Mrs. Matsunaga was born November 9, 1930 in Honolulu. She was the daughter of Hildred (Bryant) Kaholokula and Henry Vasconcellos and grew up on Maui. She graduated from St. Anthony High School.
In Honolulu, she worked at The Sty, Hartfield's, and Zales Jewelers. After marrying James "Jimmy" Matsunaga, she moved to Kwajalein (Marshall Islands) with him and remained for 35 years.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Darrell (Jackie) Sing and Byron Sing of Haiku; and daughter, Serena of Chicago.


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Kathryn Kelly is currently petitioning the Washoe County Library Board to enter into a joint agreement with eLearning Cafe which I feel will fundamentally alter our local Washoe County Library in Incline Village, and possibly all Washoe County Libraries.
I can't imagine where in the library that she plans to expand her nonprofit, as the west end of the library is a study and research area, away from the children's learning part of the library, and is, in fact, well used and appreciated. The rest of the facility also seems well laid out to serve the library patrons' needs. That, in my mind, makes it unavailable for her enterprise use.
She also seems to have little understanding as to what it takes to manage a library collection or the value of a good research librarian, as demonstrated by her staffing recommendations, which include using eLearning Cafe staff to somehow augment the current library staff - though it is not clear in what capacity, or what qualifications they have to staff library positions.
Ms. Kelly touts her enterprise as a nonprofit. If her nonprofit is granted a presence in the library, I can think of many other nonprofits who might wish a presence there, also. It might be a bad precedent to set.
A reminder - being a nonprofit does not mean that someone is not getting well paid to advance his or her own agenda.
The library is currently expanding its staff and hours of operation as the economy improves, to better serve its patrons. I would hate to see such an efficient and well-run operation compromised by the ambitions of a private enterprise.
Government statutes are put in place - not to impede private enterprise, as was suggested by Ms. Kelly in the recent Clark School article regarding their charter school application withdrawal - but to protect the public from ill-conceived ideas postulated by well-funded, well-connected, and even well-meaning citizens.
While I generally support some type of adjunct alternative learning venue for our community, I feel that this petition, if approved, will detract from library operations which are currently efficient, laid out appropriately, and serve the public well.
For those of you who support the library in its current state, please email a letter to the Washoe County Library Board of Trustees at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For those of you who have signed Ms. Kelly's petition, please do your homework, reconsider and make sure that Ms. Kelly's ambition really reflects your library needs and desires.
- David Briscoe is an Incline Village resident and frequent Incline Village Library patron.


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When Barack Obama became president, he vowed to reduce deficit spending. Working with liberals in Congress, he increased it. With Obama's term in office not yet completed, the national debt has increased by about $5.4 trillion since he became president.
Now Obama wants voters to believe his plan to cut deficit spending is more appealing than one suggested by his opponent in the presidential election, Mitt Romney.
Obama says he has a plan to reduce deficit spending by about $4 trillion during the next decade. Actually, as analysts point out, that simply isn't true.
About $2 trillion of the amount Obama is counting already is part of a long-term plan approved only because conservatives in Congress insisted on it. Nearly $600 billion more is "savings" that would have occurred anyway because of troop reductions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But the $4 trillion number does have some significance: That happens to be the amount most analysts say the national debt will increase during the next 10 years, if Obama's proposals remain in place.
Perhaps it is because few teenagers vote that Ohio legislators enacted a ban on use of cellular phones and other electronic devices by vehicle operators that is much tougher on younger drivers. Or it could be that lawmakers simply believe younger drivers are more dangerous when distracted by practices such as "texting" on cell phones.
Whatever the logic, it was faulty. Distracted driving is a concern for motorists of all ages, not just juveniles.
After years of being prodded, the General Assembly finally enacted a law aimed at lessening the danger from distracted drivers. It went into effect a few weeks ago.
But while the measure is tough on juveniles, it is less so on adults - and it contains loopholes law enforcement officers say make it difficult to enforce in some situations.
Legislators should close the loopholes and establish the same limits for both adults and younger drivers in Ohio.


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Jasper in his dated Mazda 626, fully equipped with green headlights and a coffee can bought off eBay, is a proud rice rocketeer.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Frank and Kathy Brown have lived for 27 years on S. Gum Street, surrounded by majestic old trees and historic houses.
But the new view from their back yard a two-story, 35-foot-tall, 3,057-square-foot add-on to the Dorchester Childrens Center that looms over their property has them crying foul.
They say that if the town would allow such an out-of-proportion addition in their area, then anyone in the historic district could find themselves living next to a behemoth.
During June 11s Town Council meeting, Kathy Brown took the podium during public comments to express frustration she had with the add-on project the building is currently undergoing.
The back of her property adjoins the side of the Dorchester Childrens Center property, which faces East Richardson Avenue.
Brown had with her an iPad, on which she had a picture of what she now sees directly behind her backyard: the constructed add-on project, just on the other side of her fence.
Brown said she had called Mayor Bill Collins recently with the suggestion that the Center should add some shrubbery to their property in order to mask the construction.
Brown added that although she is the only neighbor really affected by the construction, the neighbors in the surrounding area had not been notified about any new construction and Brown feels they should have.
To me, if anyone should have gotten something, it should have been me, she said. We shouldve had some say in the matter.
However, Kay Phillips, executive director of the Dorchester Childrens Center, said the organization went through the appropriate permitting rules for starting the project; they applied for building permits last year and made a post indicating they were applying for said permits.
Also, Phillips said, the organization is willing to comply with Browns request to do some landscaping.
We agreed to whatever she wanted because we want to be good neighbors, Phillips said. We dont want our neighbors upset with us. Well definitely do what Ms. Brown asked for.
Madelyn Robinson, director of planning and economic development for the town, said properties and buildings can expand as long as they get approval.
All properties/buildings in Town are permitted to grow based on Town, state and/or federal approval of which various ordinances, regulations and procedures are followed, Robinson wrote in an e-mail.
Phillips said the new add-on will serve as office space geared toward providing resources and therapy for children.
Its a very positive thing, she said. Were helping a lot of kids. We saw about 1,000 kids last year and well see more than 1,000 this year.
The Browns said they have no problem with the mission of Dorchester Childrens Center; its a good organization, they said.
Theyre just frustrated with the construction.
Phillips said the add-on is a $1.3 million project. Construction started in January and they hope to have it finished by the end of the year.
Its just to give us more space, she said, adding construction is moving along on schedule. Everything is going good.
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STATELINE, Nev. - California and Nevada reached a historic agreement over Lake Tahoe this week with the passage of an extensive plan designed to shape development at the lake for years to come.
The Tahoe Regional Planning's Governing Board approved an update to its 1987 Regional Plan by a 12-1 vote late Wednesday afternoon. California board member Mara Bresnick was the lone vote against the plan update, which has been under discussion for the better part of a decade.
Supporters have billed the RPU as a catalyst to improving Lake Tahoe's environment and its struggling economy, while critics contend the RPU goes too far in changing stringent rules regulating land use at the lake.
Updated regulations in the plan will allow investment in outdated properties that harm Lake Tahoe by allowing excess fine sediment and nutrient runoff to reach the lake and cloud its waters, according to proponents.
"The reality is we need to take the old that is not working and redesign it so it is working to the benefit of the lake," said Douglas County Commissioner and Governing Board member Nancy McDermid during the board meeting at Harveys Lake Tahoe.
TRPA's policies have long been criticized as impacting investment and renewal by being unnecessarily strict and inconsistent.
"Approval of this plan is critical to moving our community to a bright future," Andy Chapman, chief marketing officer of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, told the Governing Board Wednesday.
The Tahoe Area Sierra Club has been one of the most vocal opponents of the plan as proposed Wednesday and has contended the RPU does not do enough to make progress on the TRPA's wide-ranging environmental goals, known as thresholds.
"Thresholds first, then development that is consistent with those thresholds," said Sierra Club member Michael Donahoe, pointing to a recent legal ruling on TRPA's proposed near shore regulations that emphasized the agency's requirement to achieve the goals.
Representatives of the group, as well as Lake Tahoe Basin residents who oppose the plan, said the changes approved Wednesday will lead to detrimental increases in height, density and coverage around the lake.
Whether Wednesday's approval will stand or will face a lengthy court challenge, as many controversial Lake Tahoe Basin decisions have in the past, remains to be seen.
Wendy Park, an attorney with the law firm Earthjustice, was quoted in a press release from the Sierra Club Wednesday.
"Earthjustice has represented local interests and conservation groups in the past to protect the lake and regions around its shoreline from unbridled construction and development," Park said. "The population of California is growing rapidly and Lake Tahoe needs stronger, not weaker, protections to stay the very special mountain lake everyone cherishes."
California board member Byron Sher, who has voiced numerous concerns with the RPU, abstained from Wednesday's vote, saying he will submit his resignation from the board Thursday. Sher cited personal problems, as well as concerns with the RPU, in announcing the decision.


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Class 3A boys state tournament
Lincoln (33-2) vs. Rockford Lutheran (30-3)
When: 12:15 p.m. today
Where: Carver Arena, Peoria
TV: IHSA Network (WCIX, Cable ...
Class 3A boys state tournament
Lincoln (33-2) vs. Rockford Lutheran (30-3)
When: 12:15 p.m. today
Where: Carver Arena, Peoria
TV: IHSA Network (WCIX, Cable Channel 19 in Springfield)
Internet: ihsa.tv (free of charge)
Radio: WFMB (1450 AM); WLCN (96.3 FM)
Coaches: Lincoln � Neil Alexander (24th year, 559-179); Lutheran � Tom Guse (fourth year, 102-25)
Conferences: Lincoln � Central State Eight (co-champs, 15-1); Rockford Lutheran � Big Northern West Division (champions, 11-1)
Postseason paths: Lincoln beat Decatur Eisenhower 53-33, Decatur MacArthur 46-44 in OT, Chatham Glenwood 48-29, Champaign Central 47-30 and Cahokia 40-37. Rockford Lutheran beat Rockford Christian 87-36, Belvidere 71-67, Maple Park Kaneland 76-61, Sycamore 59-57 and Peoria Notre Dame 71-60.
AP state rankings: Lincoln No. 1 in 3A; Rockford Lutheran No. 8 in 3A
Probable starters: Lincoln � 6-6 Gavin Block (Jr., 15.8 points, 5.9 rebounds); 6-3 Edward Bowlby (Sr., 11.2, 2.7); 5-11 Tyler Horchem (Sr., 4.5, 1.2); 6-0 Joey Olden (Sr., 7.0, 1.5); 6-2 Max Cook (Sr., 9.4, 3.4).
Rockford Lutheran � 6-5 Nate Wieting (Jr., 12.9, 8.5); 6-3 Thomas Kopelman (Sr., 22.9, 8.4); 6-2 Joseph Kellen (Jr., 12.8, 2.9); 6-0 Kendall Lawson (Sr., 9.0, 1.8); 5-10 James Robinson (So., 6.9, 4.2).
About the Railers: Lincoln has set a school record for made 3s in a season with 290. . . . The Railers are guaranteed the second trophy in school history and will look to improve on their 1980 fourth-place finish � the only time in school history Lincoln has placed in 12 previous state appearances. . . . Max Cook is third in school history in assists with 373 � 39 behind Matt Schick (2007 graduate), who is in second place. Dan Duff (1981 graduate) has 622 in his career. Cook�s 141 assists this season are good for seventh all-time for a season. . . . A win today or Saturday will give Lincoln the most wins in school history. The 2006-07 team that qualified for state won 33 games. . . . If Gavin Block can score 47 points in the next two games, he will become the 14th member of Lincoln�s 500-point club. He has 553 points so far this season.
About the Crusaders: Rockford Lutheran is in Class 3A for the second consecutive year. . . . In 2011-12, the last time the Crusaders were in Class 2A, they finished third in the state. . . . The three losses were by a total of four points: 56-54 at Maine South, 72-71 to New Trier on a neutral court and 61-60 to Winnebago. The Maine South and New Trier losses came in overtime. . . . The Crusaders have made 294 3-pointers, passing Lincoln on the all-time list for most 3s made by a team in a season. The �04-05 Railers made 286. This year�s Lincoln team team has made 290, currently good for fifth.
Winner gets: Chicago Morgan Park or Chicago Orr in championship game at 2 p.m. Saturday (semifinals losers meet for third place at 12:15 p.m. Saturday).
Chicago Morgan Park (22-6) vs. Chicago Orr (24-4)
When: 2 p.m. today
AP state rankings: Morgan Park No. 5, Orr No. 3
Probable starters: Morgan Park � 7-0 Lamous Brown (Jr., 6.0 points, 8.0 rebounds); 6-8 Josh Cunningham (Sr., 22.1, 15); 6-5 Lamont Walker (Sr., 17.8, 10); 6-4 Torry Johnson (Sr., 13.8, 7); 5-10 Charlie Moore (So., 14.8, 3).
Orr � 6-8 Marlon Jones (Sr., 15.9, 10.6); 6-7 Sire Carroll (Sr., 7.9, 3.8); 6-3 Louis Adams (Sr., 14.0, 7); 6-2 Demetrius Dortch (Sr., 5.6, 3.6); 6-1 Issiah Hayes (Sr., 8.3, 2.1).
Notes: Rebounding statistics for both teams are likely approximations. . . . Morgan Park won the Class 3A state title a year ago and Orr placed fourth in 2013. The Morgan Park Mustangs also won the 1976 Class AA tournament and placed third in the 2001 AA event. . . . Orr�s Louis Adams Jr. is the son of coach Louis Adams Sr.
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LINCOLN � The first time the coaches for Rockford Lutheran and Lincoln high schools saw each other play was on tape following both teams� supersectional wins Tuesday night.
The thought that crossed both coaches� minds was how similar the teams were offensively.
�That�s exactly what I told my boys (Wednesday),� Rockford Lutheran coach Tom Guse said. �Defensively we�re different, but we are similar teams.�
Good thing the teams will be wearing different-colored jerseys Friday when they play in the Class 3A state semifinals at Carver Arena in Peoria.
The purple and white for the Crusaders might be the biggest difference between the two teams. Once again, Lincoln will sport road jerseys � either the away greens with white and red piping or the red jerseys with red numbers, green letters and white trim.
Lincoln coach Neil Alexander�s scouting report was right to the point.
�We�ve got our hands full,� he said.
Dialed in
Anyone who has seen Lincoln play for the past, oh, what seems like 100 years, knows the 3-point shot is a key part of the Railers� offensive game. Few teams in state history have ever been more adept at shooting the 3-pointer as this Lincoln team.
The Railers have made 290 3s this season, which surpassed the 2004-05 Lincoln team for fourth most in a season in state history.
So the odds are small that Lincoln would face a team that can hit from the outside at an even higher clip than the Railers. But the Crusaders have hit four more 3s � 294 � in two fewer games. Rockford Lutheran shoots 41.1 percent from beyond the arc.
While Lincoln�s 3-point percentage is high � 38.1 percent � Rockford Lutheran is downright lethal.
�They like to shoot it quick,� Alexander said. �They�ll shoot it whenever they are open.
�We�re going to try to make them drive it; we�re not going to let them sit and shoot. I�m sure they�re thinking the same way.
�They do a lot of sets, and they shoot the ball very well. They�re a solid team.
�They can run a lot of points up on you. You know our defense. We�re not going to stand around and let them have it.�
Leading the way
Rockford Lutheran�s 6-foot-3 guard Thomas Kopelman will draw the most attention from Lincoln. The do-it-all senior leads the team in points (22.9 per game), rebounds (277), 3-pointers (122 on 264 attempts) and trips to the free throw line (134). He also averages 5.3 assists per game.
But like Lincoln, the Crusaders (30-3) aren�t a one-man show.
Nate Wieting (12.9 points per game) barely edges out teammate Joseph Kellen (12.8 points) for second on the team in scoring. Kendall Lawson (9.0) and Ryan Dolan give Rockford Lutheran fourth and fifth scoring options. Dolan is the only one of the five to come off the bench.
Page 2 of 2 - Rockford Lutheran, unlike Lincoln, isn�t afraid to come out gunning. The Crusaders are averaging 70.4 points per game.
Lincoln, on the other hand, has cracked the 70-point mark five times this season. The Railers (33-2) are scoring 57.2 per game and won a game 32-24 over Morton on Nov. 27.
�They are definitely one of the most disciplined teams we�ve seen,� Guse said. �They�re ranked No. 1 for a reason. They will break you down for an open look.�
The winner of the game will be guaranteed the best finish in a state tournament.
The Railers are trying to best the fourth-place finish in the 1980 Class AA tournament. Lutheran has a third-place finish in the 2A tournament in 2012, and in 1994 the Crusaders finished third in Class A.
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) � Alex Machado was about 10 feet away from a black bear he thought was dead when it came to its feet and ran at him, swiping and biting.
�(The) thing popped up and just came right at me,� the 22-year-old said last Friday afternoon at his Medford home.
The attack occurred last week while he and 24-year-old Nathan Shinn of Phoenix were hunting deer near Trail, Ore., north of Medford. The men, who had been at it since 7 a.m., split up temporarily as they climbed uphill when Shinn, who was carrying a bear-hunting tag, saw the bear.
�He thought he saw me,� Machado said of Shinn. �Then he realized it was a bear. He took a shot. He said he thought he hit it broadside.�
The men tracked the blood trail and found the bear lying on a steep hillside, Machado said.
�We thought it was dead,� he said.
As Machado approached with his skinning knives in hand, the bear rose and charged, knocking the knives out of his hands, its mouth snapping and biting.
Shinn fired a warning shot, but it had no effect.
Machado retrieved his knives and ducked behind a tree, swiping at the bear with his blades.
The bear knocked the weapons aside and bit down on Machado�s arm, then his hand.
�It just latched on. I just started screaming,� Machado said.
When he yanked his hand back and started to slide down a slope, the bear bit him on the inside of his upper leg and both tumbled downhill together.
Machado reached the bottom first, landing on his back, 40 to 50 feet below where they started. The bear hit next, its back against Machado�s chest. Machado wrapped his arms around the bear�s throat and squeezed as tightly as he could, screaming for Shinn to shoot the bear.
�I was just squeezing as hard as I could,� Machado said. �I was just thinking, �I can�t die like this. This isn�t how it�s supposed to be.��
But Shinn�s gun jammed. So he ran back up the hill to retrieve Machado�s rifle, then returned and fired. The bear went limp. Machado said he heard its final breath.
Machado crawled out from under the black bear and lay down about 10 feet away, trying to calm the tide of adrenaline while Shinn dialed 911.
�He kept asking me the alert questions. �Count one to 10. What�s your name? What�s the date?� All that stuff,� Machado said.
Machado started walking back uphill, hoping to meet rescue workers when they came, while Shinn stayed behind and tried to maintain contact through spotty cellphone service with emergency services workers.
The wounds hurt but weren�t bleeding too badly, said Machado, who estimates he walked about a mile and a half before rescuers found him.
The Jackson County Sheriff�s Department found him near Elk Creek Road and took him to Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford for treatment. Machado�s wounds required several stitches and numerous cleanings of the bites.
Shinn was found by rescuers about an hour after his hunting partner was transported.
Machado said he planned to be back at his job at Sportsman�s Warehouse in a few days. He also planned to meet with a plastic surgeon, who will assess his injuries and address any potential nerve damage.
Machado said he is thankful to have survived the ordeal and gave much of the credit to Shinn.
�I�m really grateful he was there,� Machado said. �I feel pretty blessed. He stuck around, and he took care of all the phone calls, too, which I wouldn�t have been able to do.�
It�s not known exactly how much the bear weighed, but Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Mike Cushman said adult black bears in this area typically weigh from 125 to 250 pounds.


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Late November is upon us – and as with every year, the autumn days grow shorter, the air gets cooler, and the leaves fall off the trees. But before those naked brambles are adorned with the bright festive lights that will mark the beginning of Advent and the approach of Christmas, we here in the United States are blessed to celebrate what is our unique inheritance from our Puritan Pilgrim forefathers and foremothers – the wonderful feast of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is the holiday that gives us a welcome respite from the over-all business of our lives, where we are encouraged to take the time to reflect on the state of our little corner of the world and give thanks for those things that we have been bestowed with – much of it with little or no effort on our own. Now of course, Thanksgiving does not require of us a willful act of amnesia: this has been a decidedly difficult period for many – here in New York, in our country, and around the world. A lot of people are struggling: unemployment is stubbornly high, economic growth remains persistently low, and "responsible government" seems to be a contradiction in terms. Still, there is a tremendous number of things that we as a global community ought to be thankful for; on the whole, the world's population is healthier, wealthier, smarter and – believe or not – more peaceful then it ever has been before in recorded history. Democracy and freedom are spreading – aided significantly through the advent of social networking – and ever-increasing numbers of people globally are gaining access to those things that they need to lead a more dignified and human life. Now, this stated does not mean that we do not have significant challenges ahead of us in addressing the needs of those still too many who live lives of unnecessary suffering: however, we would be remiss if we were not incredibly grateful for the abundance with which we have been bestowed.
As it turns out, such feelings of gratitude appear to be a "gift that keeps on giving": recent psychological studies seem to indicate that an attitude of "giving thanks" bestows upon us better health, sounder sleep, less anxiety and depression, higher satisfaction with life and kinder behavior towards others. In short, it seems that a posture of gratitude appears to be "hard wired" to our own well-being. This actually makes basic sense to me: I have always felt that the "grass is always greener" syndrome leads us to – to use a contemporary term – an "unsustainable" attitude towards living. For myself, in taking stock, I can honestly say that I have so very much in my life to be grateful for: my work, my home, my freedoms, my faith – but most particularly, I am especially grateful for the most precious gifts that I have: the people in my life – my family and my friends – and the oceans of love that they provide me with, which pours into my soul and sustains my very being. Without each one of these precious gifts, I could honestly say that I would not be the man that I have become today – hopefully more for the good then the ill! I am mindful of the fact that this love is a gift and is – to a significant degree –unearned. In fact, it is this unearned character that gives this love it characteristic as gift. And it is this particular characteristic of gift that brings me to perhaps what some may see as a particularly peculiar thing that I am most significantly grateful for this Thanksgiving – the only thing in my estimation that enables this gift that is love to keep on flowing – and that is the gift of forgiveness.
Forgiveness – like love itself – can be worked earnestly towards, but it can never be guaranteed. Like love, forgiveness is in the purview of the bestower to grant, and in this sense it is a gift: completely unearned. On a fundamental level, forgiveness is – to my estimation – one of the most essential components of human life: as important to the flourishing of the soul as water, or food, or air is to the body. Forgiveness frees the forgiver, and is completely restorative of the forgiven – it can even be transformative. So essential is forgiveness to human flourishing that the Lord Jesus Himself raised the very act of forgiveness to the level of a Sacrament in Reconciliation: God's love reaching down to unburden our souls and restore them to their full dignity. Forgiveness truly is the prerequisite of the peaceful heart.
In my line of work – support for the social mission and ministry of the Church – one phrase that is often repeated are the words of Pope Paul VI in his message for World Day of Peace in 1972: "If you want Peace, Work for Justice"; thirty years later, Blessed John Paul II on the occasion of the World Day of Peace in 2002 very wisely added to his predecessors phraseology by telling people that there is "No Peace without Justice", but adding that there is "No Justice without Forgiveness". Perhaps Pope Paul VI did not add that second phrase to his World Day of Peace Message because he was writing at a more innocent time, but I think – because of the particularly harsh conditions that Blessed John Paul II lived through: the Nazi take-over of Poland, the Holocaust and other atrocities of the Second World War, and life behind the Iron Curtain during the totalitarian communist period of the Cold War – Pope John Paul II was particularly cognizant of the importance of forgiveness in world affairs – from the personal to the societal. It's my prayer this Thanksgiving that we take this wise and saintly man's words to heart.
So this Thanksgiving; I ask you dear readers to please give thanks for – and practice – the gift that is love, the gift that is forgiveness, and to please be ever grateful every encounter with every single human person that you meet along your way.
God bless you all!


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The first and most important step in protecting against influenza (flu) is to get a flu vaccination each season. This year the Washoe County Health District will begin providing flu immunizations on Monday, October 1, at 1001 East Ninth Street, Building B, in Reno.
Health officials here and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urge everyone 6 months of age and older to get an annual flu vaccination to reduce your risk of illness, hospitalization, or even death, and to prevent you from spreading the virus to others.
Costs for flu vaccine at the Health District range from $16 for children to $28 for adults depending upon each individual's health care coverage or eligibility for state-sponsored vaccine.
The Health District administers immunizations by appointment only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 8 a.m. and noon, and between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 775-328-2402 on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday between 8 a.m. and noon and between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to make an appointment.
Appointments can now be made up to a week in advance. The phone line will be open each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday until all appointment slots for the next week have been filled.
"While the flu can make anyone sick, some people are at an even greater risk for serious complications from the flu," said Washoe County District Health Officer Dr. Joseph Iser.
This includes:
• Children aged 6 months- 4 years (59 months);
• People 50 years and older;
• People with chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular renal, hepatic, neurologic, hematologic, or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus);
• People who are immunosuppressed (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus);
• Women who are or will be pregnant during the influenza season;
• Children aged 6 months to 18 years receiving long-term aspirin therapy and who therefore might be at risk for experiencing Reye syndrome after influenza virus infection;
• Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities;
• American Indians/Alaska Natives; and,
• People who are morbidly obese (body-mass index is 40 or greater).
In addition to persons at risk for developing serious complications from the flu, it recommended for people who have close contact with them to also get vaccinated to reduce the spread of the virus. This includes:
• Health-care personnel;
• Household contacts and caregivers of children aged younger than 5 years and adults aged 50 years and older, with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children aged younger than 6 months because they are too young to be vaccinated; and,
• Household contacts and caregivers of persons with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe complications from influenza.
According to Iser and the Washoe County Health District Epidemiology staff, most flu cases are seen in January and February in Northern Nevada.
Full vaccine effectiveness usually takes two weeks and lasts through the flu season, so now would be the most opportune time to get a shot.
The seasonal influenza vaccine viral strains in this year's vaccine are A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like; A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2)-like; and, B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like (Yamagata lineage) antigens.
Iser adds, "There are several other preventative measures that can keep flu at bay — like frequent hand-washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying at home when sick, which also reduces the risk of transmission. But, your best protection against the flu is to get a flu vaccination."
More information on flu vaccines available and vaccine cost can be found at www.washoecounty.us/health/cchs/flu. A list of providers and community flu clinics can be found at www.influencenevada.org.


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Mark Wahlberg is upfront when it comes to discussing how his faith plays a central role in his life.
"It's the most important part of my life. I don't try to push it on anybody and I don't try to hide it," the Lone Survivor actor, 42, told Parade.
In fact, Wahlberg, who is Irish Catholic, often goes to church twice on Sundays.
"If the kids are good, I'll have doughnuts for them at 6:30 in the morning, and I'll say, 'You guys gotta let Mommy sleep in!' I'll go to church at 7:30 and everybody will be eating breakfast when I come home," he said.
"Then we'll go to church again at 10:30, if things aren't too hectic. Or if one of the kids has a game we'll watch them play. It's a nice family day."
Setting a good example for his four children with wife Rhea Durham was the motivation behind Wahlberg's getting his high-school diploma, which he received in June.
"I didn't want the kids saying, 'You didn't do it, so why do I need it?' They are all wanting to do things in their future that require an education," Wahlberg told PEOPLE.
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Varsity Female Athlete of the Week: Jackie Colish, Villa Maria Academy bowling
Jackie Colish, Villa Maria
The first time Jackie Colish and the rest of Villa Maria Academy's bowling team faced McDowell this season, the Victors ended the Trojans' run of consecutive Metro League victories at 32.
Colish and her teammates took even more from them in the teams' rematch.
Villa ended McDowell's three-year reign as league champions with a 211/2-61/2 victory at Eastland Bowl Jan. 30. The Victors concluded their regular season with an overall record of 8-1-1 to McDowell's 8-2-0.
"I did think we had a chance (at winning the league) after our first competition against them," Colish said. "The first time, we had a closer match against them (18-10), so this time we wanted to come back harder."
Colish's 508 series was a team high in Villa's clincher. The junior was even better the first time she faced McDowell on Nov. 28, as she posted a 659 series with a high game of 245.
Picking up spares was the team's biggest improvement this season, Colish said. That, in turn, had a secondary effect.
"Sometimes, we'd get down on ourselves if we missed (spares) in the past," she said. "Now, we keep each other going if we miss a shot, and I think we grew together because of that."
The Victors will have plenty of time to practice for the postseason.
The state's western regional tournament is currently scheduled for March at a site and time to be determined.


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TEANECK, N.J., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced that Karen McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the following investor conference:
Wells Fargo Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
- Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012
- Time: 2:40 PM ET
Live audio webcast of this presentation will be available at Cognizant's website:
A replay of the webcasts will remain available on the company's website for 60 days.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. With over 50 delivery centers worldwide and approximately 145,200 employees as of June 30, 2012, Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world. Visit us online at www.cognizant.com or follow us on Twitter: Cognizant.
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