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Maryam Taghavi is feeding her family more pasta and grinding vegetable filler into her chopped meat as she seeks to cope with international sanctions that are taking their toll on the Iranian economy.
"These days, I mince meat with vegetable protein because we can't afford as much meat as before," said the 53-year-old retired accountant and mother of two. Taghavi said her monthly budget of 6,000,000 rials ($488) for food and utilities now "is nothing."
European Union sanctions against Iran took effect yesterday, banning imports of the country's crude, restrictions that build on earlier U.S. and United Nations measures limiting trade with the Islamic Republic.
Iran's economy has deteriorated amid the sanctions, which have weakened the national currency and pushed up costs that were already surging after the government started removing energy and food subsidies a year and a half ago. Inflation accelerated to 22.2 percent in the 12 months ended May 20, the Central Bank said.
The EU embargo on Iranian oil purchases comes as three rounds of negotiations this year between Iran and world powers over the country's nuclear-enrichment program failed to reach a breakthrough. Iran rejects allegations by the U.S. and its allies that its nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons.
Remain Defiant
Iranian officials have remained defiant, repeatedly saying the punitive measures won't make the country abandon its atomic program.
"The Iranian nation will never stop on its path of progress and will stand firmly in the face of all the greedy demands and oppressive sanctions" Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said yesterday, according to the website of state television. "We are faced today with the most severe sanctions and we are asking people to help their officials so that they are not swayed from the path of progress due to some temporary confusion in the market."
Iranian central bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said the country has a "very suitable" $150 billion in foreign currency reserves to help weather the crisis.
"We have programs to fight the sanctions, and we will confront hostile policies," Bahmani said yesterday, according to the state-run Mehr news agency.
Plans Shelved
Iranian officials seem to have shelved plans to further increase energy and food prices this year as part of a five-year program started in December 2010 to gradually remove subsidies.
"The adoption of a next step in reforming subsidies by increasing prices has been completely taken off the agenda," Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said, the state-run Iranian Students News Agency reported yesterday.
The government also said it's combating high prices and shop owners' hoarding goods by sending inspectors to the bazaars. Merchants selling goods at inflated prices will be fined and their businesses will be closed if they receive three citations, said Nematollah Torki, Tehran's deputy governor for planning, the state-run ISNA news agency reported today.
The Iranian rial has lost about half its value on the open market, reaching 19,950 rials to the dollar today from 13,200 on Nov. 2.
Iran's economy will shrink 1 percent this year, the World Bank said in a June 12 report. The $480 billion economy is expected to contract 0.7 percent in 2013, it said.
Shun Imports
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranians in a speech marking the start of the March 20 Iranian New Year that the best way to combat the sanctions was to shun imports and buy domestic goods.
Mohammad Mousavi, managing director of a company that imports and manufactures parts for the energy sector, said he's increasing his focus on local production though "it's also difficult to produce most of the required industrial items due to sanctions." Mousavi, a 41-year-old petroleum engineer, said that's due to a lack of local expertise and difficulties in importing raw materials for manufacturing.
Oil and its derivatives account for nearly 80 percent of Iranian exports and about half of government revenue, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which estimates the country's 2010 net oil export revenues at $73 billion.
Oil Production
Iran was producing about 3.3 million barrels a day in May. Full implementation of sanctions will remove about 1 million barrels a day during the second half of the year, the Paris-based International Energy Agency forecast in a June 13 report.
Babak Qomi, an importer and distributer of tires for heavy vehicles, said he's been losing both customers and competitors this year.
"Less customers means less income and profit, and this comes right at a time when the prices of all goods are going up," Qomi, 30, said, speaking in his office in downtown Tehran.
Qomi, who six years ago imported goods from Germany, Italy and Spain, said trade restrictions have left him with few suppliers willing to do business.
"Now only Chinese companies are willing to trade with Iranians," Qomi said.


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This is a discussion on Re: [fw-wiz] Info Request: Looking for alternatives in HA/Load - Firewalls ; On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Oliver Humpage wrote: > On 8/4/06 12:52 am, "David Lang" wrote: > >> 5TB/day is a sustained 60MB/sec (1 1/2 DS-3's or so), given that you have >> a lot of peaks it's reasonable to ...
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> On 8/4/06 12:52 am, "David Lang"
>> 5TB/day is a sustained 60MB/sec (1 1/2 DS-3's or so), given that you have
>> a lot of peaks it's reasonable to say that your peak traffic is 2-3x that
>> value. you are still talking about ~200Mb/sec of traffic.
> Is that not 200MB/sec = 1600Mb/sec? I.e. you either need to load balance, or
> get a box with >1Gbps ports in it?
If I did make the Bytes/bits mistake (not having the original message
handy to check I don't know) then the average traffic would be ~500mb/sec
(min 4 OC-3 lines or 1 OC-12 line) with the peak being significantly
higher then that.
if you are talking about 8+ OC-3 (2+ OC-12) lines then you either need to
split the traffic to keep it well below 1Gb/sec for each set of boxes, or
you are going to 10Gb ethernet.
just load balancing won't solve this as your routers would need >1Gbps
ports on it (assuming that a setup this large will have the lines
connected to different carriers and be running BGP for telco failover).
but if you segement your address space to different interfaces on the
routers then you can split things so that each interface (and therefor
each firewall, and set of servers) doesn't need to exceed 1Gbps
as for the need to load balance the firewalls, it is getting closer to the
point of needing to, but checkpoint has quite a few boxes rated at
3-4Gbps (including that $30k Opteron based sun I mentioned) so even
discounting their rateings to real-world values you may not need to load
balance yet.
it's actually far easier to troubleshoot multiple sets of boxes that are
not load balanced then one (smaller) set of boxes that are.
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After implementation of last year's International Volunteerism Promotion campaign in Ukraine, the organizers received very positive feedback from its participants, both international volunteers and Ukrainian youth in the villages visited by the campaign.
Following these recommendations, together with our partner organisation 'Alternative-V', UNV Ukraine has started preparations for the second campaign shaped as a volunteer work camp.
This year, international volunteers will visit six villages in the Rivne and Zhytomir oblast in the north of Ukraine. Their activities will consist of two components. First, international volunteers will conduct a workshop on volunteerism for their Ukrainian peers. The aim of the seminar is to discuss with Ukrainian youngsters the benefits of being an active citizen, the possibility of influencing your own life as well as the life of your community, participation in decision-making etc. And then, together with Ukrainian peers, volunteers will help get them started by laying out a sports playground, arranging a park or translating nameboards in local museums into English.
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- By default, it manages the system on which it is installed. However, you can use the Target System function to manage any other IBM i system you can access, V6R1 or V7R1, or V7R2.
- It includes the latest updates for IBM i Systems Management. It can be accessed from the most popular browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome). All web enabled tasks are still URL addressable and can be accessed individually as servlets, or as portlets within the new web console.
- It is included as part of the base operating system option 3 (5770SS1 0003).
- The following products must also be installed (these should already be on your system):
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Rare 1927 New York Yankees World Series press pin. The decorative pin, designed in the shape of a shield, is further accompanied by the special provenance of having once resided in the personal collection of legendary Yankees scout Paul Krichell (the man who discovered Lou Gehrig) and has been consigned directly from his family. The 1927 New York Yankees, powered by Ruth, Gehrig, and the other members of baseball's famed "Murderer's Row," are still considered by many historians to be the greatest team ever assembled. Their World Series performance that year certainly affirmed that title, as the Yankees easily swept the Pirates in four straight games. The pin (approximately 1 x 1.25 inches), manufactured by Dieges & Clust, features its original threaded-post back and is in Excellent to Mint condition. This is an outstanding example of one of the most desirable of all World Series press pins. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$1,500+. SOLD FOR $4,112.50
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Consultants can serve a useful purpose, and spending taxpayers' money on them can sometimes be justified for the payoff later. That said, it's good to know the state won't spend the $500,000 the Legislature authorized for an evaluation of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula.
Instead, the state Department of Education will do the research necessary to answer lawmakers' questions about the impact of potential changes to the formula.
The MAEP formula is one of the state's most talked about and least achieved laws. Passed in 1997 and fully implemented in 2002, it sets the standard for state funding of local school districts based on what is necessary to provide children an "adequate" education.
Its primary rationale was to shore up property-poor school districts unable to provide a lot of local funding and help close the gap between them and the relatively wealthier districts. But the final legislation also gave a boost to the better-off districts to ensure support from their legislators.
The MAEP target has been met only twice since it has been in existence. Thus the repeated references to education being "underfunded."
The battle in the early days over full funding of MAEP finally subsided in late 2006 when a bipartisan consensus emerged to press ahead with fulfilling the formula from 2007 forward. But not long after that, the Great Recession hit and revenues declined. Legislators haven't appropriated the full amount since.
There is reason to be suspicious, then, that legislators who want to re-examine the formula wish to do so in order to justify reducing the amount the law sets to be spent. While the desire for economy in these tight-budget times is understandable, a word of caution is in order.
Mississippi is still near the bottom most every year in per capita expenditures on K-12 education. The goal should be to change that, not because money is the be-all and end-all of educational improvement, but because without adequate resources Mississippi's schools will continue to start at a decided disadvantage. Gutting the MAEP formula in a way that would drain state funds from schools, or lower the commitment to getting the level of funding where it needs to be, would be counterproductive.
Additionally, the very existence of MAEP has been a key reason Mississippi hasn't faced the expensive school equity lawsuits other states have.
A tweak here or there that funnels more money to where it's most needed could potentially improve the MAEP formula. But with standards getting higher and accountability stronger, lawmakers should steer clear of any changes that would constitute a retreat from providing schools the funding they need to get the job done.


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The weather has been hot, muggy and humid for parts of the country. In some places, temperatures have soared above 100 degrees for a stretch of days. Forecasters have said it may be a while before there's some relief.
At this week's band camp for Milton High School, near Atlanta, Ga., eight students collapsed in the sweltering heat, forcing an end to outdoor practice.
"I think the length of the week and the course of time took it's toll on a few students," Milton High School band director Ryan Borger said.
The coaching staff at Atlanta's Grady High School made the same call to prevent a similar scene on the football field.
"One-hundred and eighteen and it's flashing danger and it's going up as we stare at it," said LaFrederick Spence, Grady High School football coach. "It's not extreme danger, but it's danger, so we keep our guys inside."
Consecutive days of exceptionally hot weather have taken a toll. At least 15 people have died as a result of the scorching temperatures.
In Florida, a community is in shock over the death of a 2-year-old girl who died after being left in an overheated daycare center van.
Also, in Fayette, Ga., four burglary suspects could face more than just burglary charges after a police canine died while chasing them through the woods.
"We got the first two. There were still two more and we just kept going and Aaros went until he couldn't go any more," said Cody Benslay, Fayette County Sheriff's Deputy.
Those who have to be outdoors because of work are trying to make sure they take the necessary precautions.
"Every morning we talk about the heat," Scott Sholz of the Texas Department of Transportation said. "We bring up the temperature it's going to be. We tell them to drink plenty of water. We tell them you got to force yourself to drink water."
Schools in Cobb County, Ga., are giving students bottled water for their bus rides home.
Forecasters said while some may find a little relief with slightly cooler temperatures this weekend, it won't last long. The next stretch of heat, according to forecasters, could last for weeks.
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It's time for issuers and underwriters of municipal securities to tattle–on themselves. The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative to encourage issuers and underwriters to self-report violations of federal securities laws, according to Kimberly Witherspoon of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd.
The initiative will "recommend favorable settlement terms" if disclosure regarding materially inaccurate statements is made relating to prior compliance with the continuing disclosure obligations in the Securities Exchange Act, she says. Underwriters are generally prohibited from purchasing or selling municipal securities unless the issuer discloses certain information about financial conditions and operating data. And rules dictate that "any final official statement prepared in connection with a primary offering of municipal securities contain a description of any instances in the previous five years in which the issuer failed to comply," says Witherspoon.
The SEC is now asking for issuers and underwriters to self-report any breaches of these conditions.
To be eligible, underwriters or issuers must accurately complete a questionnaire within the six-month period that began on Monday, explains Witherspoon. The material they'll be required to disclose includes information on the potentially inaccurate statements; identity of the lead underwriter, municipal adviser, bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and disclosure counsel; and facts that would assist the SEC staff to understand the circumstances leading to the inaccurate statements.


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Roots and Wings International stands out in the world of non-profit organizations for its remarkable group of volunteers. The Guatemala office is entirely managed and staffed by the local communities members. The international group of volunteers, who hail from across the United States and UK, supports the local staff in promoting RWI's mission of local development through education.
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Recent reviews of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which oversees statewide implementation of higher ed policy and financial aid programs, have been mixed.
The Sunset Advisory Commission, which reviews state agencies as lawmakers prepare to determine their fate, concluded that the THECB serves a necessary role — but found that it had an ill-defined mission and that the relationship between the board and Texas universities "often appears to be one of tension and distrust rather than openness and collaboration."
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Flowers have always been a part of Mother's Day. But how often are flowers developed specifically for the occasion?
Rose grower Mike McCaffrey and his wife, Georgia, who is a Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children volunteer, collaborated with rose breeder Jerry Twomey to create the CASA Rose.
National CASA has worked with California CASA, McCaffrey Farms and Edmunds' Roses of Wilsonville, Ore., to make a limited number of the CASA Rose plants available to local CASA programs for fundraising and public awareness.
The Light of Hope auxiliary of Amarillo Area CASA will debut the CASA Rose at its Mother-Daughter Rose Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at 3009 S. Hayden St.
The rose plants will be available for sale at the event for $27.
The event also will honor Amarillo CASA's founding mothers Pattilou Dawkins, Shirley Fancher, Jerre Sprouse and Teresa Hoard.
CASA trains a diverse group of volunteer advocates to represent abused and neglected children in the court system.
Reservations are required for the Mother-Daughter Tea. To make reservations, or for information about volunteering or the Light of Hope auxiliary, call Rita Bryant at 373-2272.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday asked the federal government to take a decision on the fate of the Delhi Assembly which was placed under suspended animation after the Aam Aadmi Party government resigned
February 14.
Seeking a decision within a reasonable time, a constitution bench of Justice H L Dattu, Justice
J Chelameswar, Justice A K Sikri, Justice R K Agrawal and Justice Arun Mishra adjourned hearing on Aam Aadmi Party's petition seeking dissolution of the assembly as was recommended by the Arvind Kejriwal (pictured) -led government when it exited on the Jan Lokpal Bill issue.
Adjourning the matter, the court said that "time and again we have adjourned the matter to see if any party was willing to form the government. What endeavours are being made. We want to know".
Asking the government to take a decision either way (to dissolve the house or not), the court asked what would it say if a citizen came to the court and said he wanted to be served by an elected representative — who is not doing anything and yet getting paid, and that all because of the government.
"If a, b, c, d comes before us and says that you are paying tax payers money to the elected representative and he is not doing anything. I want elected representative to serve me. You are not allowing him to serve," Justice Dattu told Additional Solicitor General P S Narsimhan who resisted the plea that the government be asked to dissolve the Assembly paving way for fresh elections.
Initially the court wanted to give government four weeks time to take the call, but decided to substitute it with "within reasonable time" after Narsimhan pleaded not to make it within four weeks. However, in order to indicate the time limit, the court said that the next hearing of the mater would be on September 9.
The court questioned what the federal government was doing after Narsimhan told the court that everything was under the consideration and the government was making endeavours.
"What do you mean by consideration. What do you mean by endeavour? What endeavour you are making," Justice Dattu asked saying that "four-five months down the line no one is ready to form the government. No one has come forward to form the government".
"Now we are seeing the AAP's petition as a PIL. Citizens of Delhi say they want to be governed by their representatives and not by the Lt Governor," Justice Dattu observed as Narsimhan told the court that the entire issue has to be "seen from the perspective of the Lt Governor and not from the perspective of a political party which has a political expediency".
Narsimhan said that four months (since Assembly was put under suspended animation) should be seen in the context of 60 months — the five year term of the state assembly.
Recounting the party-wise break up in Delhi assembly, the court said one didn't want to form a government, other says it can't form a government, the third says it doesn't have the numbers, then "in a situation like this why should the people suffer".


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Alumni Newsletter: Spring 2009
Message from the Dean
Welcome to our first Faculty of Education alumni newsletter! A great deal is happening here. Our big news is that we will begin offering a program to prepare teachers for the Junior/Intermediate level this fall (final approval expected in June, 2009). This of course means adding more Professional Development School sites to our family and 70 more TECs on campus. On April 9, we held our first Open House to provide information to those who have been accepted into the program. In addition to mock lectures and a panel presentation, there was the opportunity to interact informally with faculty and staff and to view resources. The event was very well attended and helped to build excitement for the fall!
In addition, we will be adding one new full-time faculty member to our staff. Look for an official announcement of this in our next newsletter. More information on specific initiatives may be found in the stories below.
We are glad to have this opportunity as one more way of keeping in touch with our alumni. Please keep us posted on your accomplishments and let us know if there is a specific speaker or program you would like us to offer, custom-made for you as alumni. We are very interested in helping you to succeed!
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The summary below is from the full report titled "Effect of Once-Weekly Oral Alendronate on Bone Loss in Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 20 March 2007 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 146, pages 416-424). The authors are S.L. Greenspan, J.B. Nelson, D.L. Trump, and N.M. Resnick.
Prostate cancer is often treated with surgery or drugs to lower levels of testosterone and similar hormones called androgens. These hormones stimulate cancer cells to grow, so lowering their levels usually slows or stops the growth of cancer. However, these hormones also maintain the density and strength of men's bones, so lowering their levels also leads to weaker bones and more fractures. Drugs used to treat osteoporosis prevent weak bones and fractures, and therefore, they might be useful in preventing weak bones and fractures in men with prostate cancer who receive hormone-lowering treatment.
To see whether alendronate, a drug used to treat osteoporosis, slows the weakening of bones in men with prostate cancer who receive hormone-lowering treatment.
112 men with prostate cancer who underwent surgery or were given drugs to lower their hormone levels.
The researchers measured the bone density of the men at the beginning of the study. They then randomly assigned each to receive alendronate or placebo once weekly for 1 year. After a year, they measured the men's bone density and compared changes between the 2 groups. They also measured and compared blood markers of bone stability in the 2 groups.
Bone density increased in men who received alendronate. It decreased in men who received placebo. Blood tests showed that bones became more stable in men who received alendronate compared with those who received placebo.
It was not designed to show whether alendronate reduces fractures.
Alendronate stabilized and strengthened the bones of men with prostate cancer who were receiving hormone-lowering treatment. Men with prostate cancer taking hormone-lowering treatments should probably have their bone density measured. They can use the information to decide with their doctors whether they should take a drug used to treat osteoporosis to prevent bone loss.
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Manuscripts of Western Origin
Manuscripts of Western Origin
The collection of Western manuscripts of the period from the 6th century to the 20th century currently comprises approximately 37,000 codices, among them i. a. 17,000 in Latin, 10,700 in German, 1,000 in French, 940 in Italian, 650 in Greek, 145 in Spanish and Portuguese as well as 100 in Slavic languages. The holdings furthermore encompass over 3,200 medieval fragments, more than 520 illuminated manuscripts (codices iconographici), a small part of the music manuscripts, over 1,800 handwritten library catalogues and a large collection of printed books with handwritten comments by famous persons (libri impressi cum notis manuscriptis).
The core collection consists of the manuscripts from the two Wittelsbach court libraries in Munich and Mannheim, and of collections formerly held by the church. Thus about 1,100 codices are from Mannheim, among them the majority and the most valuable specimens of the French manuscripts. A great number of manuscripts was taken over from the dissolved Bavarian monasteries; the highest number of items came from Tegernsee (1,680), followed by Benediktbeuern (600), the Freising Cathedral libraries (400 codices), Passau and Salzburg and by collections from the city library and several monastic libraries of the imperial city of Regensburg, primarily St. Emmeram (1,100 manuscripts). Thanks to Schmeller's classification system the different origins of the manuscripts are still largely obvious from the shelf marks.


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Saturday, May 3, 2014
The most recent cold snap may be a setback for the states watermelon season. Clemson University plant disease specialist Tony Keinath points out that a repeat performance of last years spring could create problems.
The recent cool weather may delay this years South Carolina watermelon crop.
Because of the wet, cool spring, there will be more disease problems on young plants than normal, similar to what we saw last year, said Keinath, a researcher and Extension Service specialist at the Coastal Research and Education Center in Charleston.
Keinath remembers last year well.
The cool spring slowed watermelon growth after transplanting, he said. My watermelons did not grow at all the first three weeks after transplanting, which delayed harvest by one to two weeks.
Because of the late start to the growing season, the first South Carolina watermelons likely will be harvested in mid-June. In some years part of the crop has been ready in early June.
A delay can be a headache for growers, but if the weather spawns more disease problems, that can put a dent in the $30 million-plus crop. Diseases mean losses and higher costs to control them.
Fungus is the biggest problem. Fungi cause five serious plant diseases.
Fusarium wilt, gummy stem blight and anthracnose are the most severe, followed by powdery mildew and, in some fall crops, downy mildew, said Keinath.
Keinath and Gilbert Miller, the watermelon Extension specialist at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, coauthor a watermelon spray guide for commercial growers. Fungicide recommendations for anthracnose, powdery mildew and downy mildew were updated for 2014.
Keinath has been working with watermelons for 23 years: Every year since I came to Clemson in 1991, he said.
More than two decades of working the watermelon patch has given Keinath some insights. When it comes to selecting varieties to grow, I still like the flavor of Charleston Grey watermelon. Crimson Sweet has a little more disease resistance than Charleston Grey, he said.
Watermelons grow best with full sun in well-drained soil, such as sandy loam, making the Carolina coastal plain an ideal region for commercial watermelon growing.
For professionals and amateurs alike, Keinath recommends that early crops should be set out as transplants to give them a head start in cool soil. Because it is difficult to weed around the vines, the ground should be covered with mulch to block weeds and to conserve moisture when the weather turns hot. Watermelons should be sprayed with fungicide at least every other week, starting when the first flowers appear and continuing until the first fruit are ripe.
Ripeness raises another issue: how to select a sweet, ready to eat melon? Keinath offers these tips. Look for fruit with a slightly wavy or uneven surface and, most importantly, the belly of the fruit should be a creamy yellow color, he said. To pick a fruit that is sweet, the fruit should be heavier than other fruit that are the same size. To pick a ripe melon from the plant, the tendril closest to the stem of the fruit should be dried or dead.
For more help with watermelons, commercial growers should contact their county Extension agents or Keinath or Miller. Home gardeners should check the Home and Garden Information Center or a contact a Master Gardener in their county Extension office.
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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), through its municipal youth development programmes, has been working with sport and recreation organizations in slum areas to empower young people and help inform them about the challenges facing them as well as offering alternative life skills geared towards conquering life in informal settlements.
UN-HABITAT and other UN agencies have frequently used sport to engage youth. While this has been a milestone in terms of youth engagement, it has been done in the absence of a deliberate and strategic effort to maximize the benefits sports endows in the process of giving youth a voice and say in urban development. It is therefore imperative that this engagement with sport be mainstreamed into existing work programmes with strategic intent. Importantly, sport is not only a source of entertainment for spectators, it is also a vital educational instrument, teaching fair play, teamwork and a sense of solidarity and promoting gender equity. Rather than constituting a purely personal activity, sports appeal to a collective identity and can provide role models for young people and children. UN-HABITAT has principally used sports in three ways:
- As stand-alone programmes for mobilisation, education and youth empowerment.
- As supplementary or supporting components to existing youth programmes and projects.
- As a supplementary component for supporting other UN-HABITAT Programmes.
Sports have a strategic place in the Habitat-Youth paradigm. It is one activity that directly links youth and urban planning and development. Sports and recreation, especially in urban areas are essentially dependent on the availability of playgrounds and urban open spaces in which sporting and recreational activities can take place. Planned urban settlements that account for proper utilization of open spaces for the purposes and use of the youth therefore offer greater possibilities for sports and recreation and by extension the recipe for engaging and dialoguing with youth around the themes of sports, recreation and urban development. Failure to provide young people with these spaces can lead to higher levels of idleness, delinquency, vagrancy, drugs and crime.
UN-HABITAT frequently receives requests from sporting events and facility providers for advice on how to incorporate their activities and facilities within a framework of engaging young people in human settlement issues. Through the organisation of world conferences and regional and sub-regional seminars, UN-HABITAT aims to help integrate the sporting community into the Habitat Agenda.
UN-HABITAT is also currently implementing a Medium Term Institutional and Strategic Plan (MTSIP) whose overall goal is to help create by 2013 "the necessary conditions for concerted international and national efforts to stabilize the growth of slums and set the stage for the subsequent reduction and reversal of the number of slum dwellers". Its normative areas focus on the development of systems of participatory urban planning, management and governance to be delivered at the level of land, housing and infrastructure. The systems of participatory urban planning, management and governance involve three spheres of ecology, economy and equity. Urban Safety is the entry point for equity looking at the city as a whole.
1. Lake Victoria Youth-led Urban Planning Initiative:
This project aims at empowering young people from the cities of Kisumu (Kenya), Masaka (Uganda) and Bukoba (Tanzania) and is a partnership between UN HABITAT, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the respective Municipalities. It is envisaged that young people will be able to be trained on alternative construction and life skills. Sporting activities will be used as a platform to bring them together and at the same time provide opportunities to learn from one another about the challenges facing them and share experiences.
2. One Stop Youth Resource Centres:
Established and fully operational in Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), the One Stop Youth Resource and Information Centres are an initiative of UN-HABITAT and the respective municipal councils in various countries. Courses are offered to urban youth including information and communication technologies, electrical, metal work, masonry, carpentry, plumbing and block-making besides general construction. Sporting activities supplement these courses as they offer space for play and interaction.
3. Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative:
This is another UN HABITAT project that has been supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is planned to coincide with the opening of the South East Asian Games in Laos. The project involves educating school children about the importance of water conservation and other environmental aspects as they engage in play and games.
4. Safer Cities Programme:
UN-HABITAT's Safer Cities Programme aims to contribute to the overarching goal of UN-HABITAT of "Sustainable Urbanization" through urban governance, appropriate urban management, and planning, in order to reduce and ultimately prevent the incidents and impacts of urban crime and violence in developing countries and those with economies in transition.
5. Sports for Enhancing Safe Neighbourhoods:
Together with the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, UN-HABITAT hosted the International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit in June 2008 in the city of Durban with the objective of preventing and reducing crime and violence in cities, towns and villages. On that occasion, sport was highlighted as a tool to fight criminality and drug abuse as it provides an alternative, healthy lifestyle to the youth while empowering them. The Summit realised the establishment of an International Youth-led Urban Development Platform which will engage with youth in disenfranchised neighbourhoods through positive development approaches - in particular, sports and arts. Baobab Connections, a Netherlands and South African based youth-led media organization will coordinate this platform via the website www.baobabconnections.org. The Kilimanjaro Initiative is partnering the Safer Cities Programme in spearheading and building partnerships towards the upgrading of sports facilities for safe neighbourhoods in partnership with local authorities and the private sector, as part of the preparations leading to the FIFA World Cup 2010. UNODC and UN-HABITAT are in the process of developing an outline for a tool on sports for safe neighbourhoods that will be developed together with the Platform and under the auspices of the UN Inter-Agency Working Group on Sports for Peace and Development. Meanwhile, South Africa is exploring the possibility of hosting an Expert Group Meeting during the World Cup 2010 focusing on urban safety and social cohesion impacts of global sporting events on host cities.
6. Kilimanjaro Climb:
This is an annual event organized by Kilimanjaro Initiative. It was initiated by the President of Kilimanjaro Initiative, Mr. Timothy Challen with the sole aim of sensitizing young people about crime and safety. Every year, young people from East Africa are joined by others from different parts of the world to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds which are used for the rehabilitation of playgrounds in informal urban settlements.
UN-HABITAT (2007), Strategy Paper on Urban Youth in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Programmatic Focal Points:
Elkin Velasquez
Coordinator, Safer Cities Programme
Global Division
Tel: +254 20 762 5538
Fax: +254 20 762 4263
Email: elkin.velasquez(at)unhabitat.org
Juma Assiago
Urban Safety & Youth Expert
Safer Cities Programme
Disaster Post-Conflict and Safety Section
Urban Development Branch
Tel: +254 20 762 37 71
Fax: +254 20 762 42 63
Email: juma.assiago(at)unhabitat.org
Communications Focal Point:
S. Ananthakrishnan
E-mail: anantha.krishnan(at)unhabitat.org


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Wis. Army National Guard names soldiers of the year
The Wisconsin Army National Guard announced Monday its soldier and Non-commissioned officer of the year recipients.
Spc. Brandon Byrne, of Oak Creek, was named the 2013 State Soldier of the Year, and Sgt. Edward Schmitt, of Lake Mills, was named noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Both men competed in a series of events that included a physical fitness test, a combatives tournament, firearms qualifications and several other tests.
"I can't tell you how proud I am of each and every one," Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Shields said of those competing in the contest. "It takes a special kind of soldier to be able to raise their hand to volunteer for an event like this."
Spc. Byrne is with Company B, 257th Brigade Support Battalion, and Sgt. Schmitt represented the 54th Civil Support Team, 64th Troop Command.
Both men will be honored at an upcoming Milwaukee Brewers home game and throw out the first pitch of the game. Byrne and Schmitt now move on to represent Wisconsin in a regional competition May 13-16 in Illinois.
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The council and its citizen advisory committee plan to meet with representatives of Shefsky & Froelich of Chicago, for a full briefing on the casino process, Council President James J. Ferrera said. In addition, the meeting will allow councilors and committee members to provide additional recommendations to the consultants on what stipulations and requirements should be incorporated into future host community agreements with MGM and Penn, he said.
The meeting is scheduled at 5:15 p.m., at City Hall, and will be open to the public and will begin with a public speak-out.
"The whole point in this public meeting is that it ensures transparency in the entire process," Ferrera said. "Anything said, it is all said in public and everyone hears the same responses."
Some recommendations from the councilors and Casino Site Committee have already been forwarded to the consultant, Ferrera said.
The consultant and designated city officials will meet with the casino companies over the next several weeks to negotiate the agreements. Any agreement needs approval from Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, the City Council and Springfield voters.
MGM is proposing to a casino project in the South End, and Penn National is proposing a casino in the North End of the downtown district, respectively.
Any casino approved by voters will need approval from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, set to issue one casino license in Western Massachusetts, with casinos also proposed in Palmer and West Springfield.
On Monday, City Solicitor Edward M. Pikula sent a memorandum to Ferrera, stating that Shefsky and Froelich would be in Springfield on Feb. 25 and 26, "for the purposes of meeting with City Councilors individually or in groups of two, to discuss community agreement negotiations." The consultants would be available day and night to talk to councilors, and those meetings could occur in the Law Department office, Pikula said.
Ferrera said the idea of multiple, individual meetings was deemed a "bad idea" by most councilors he spoke to, and was dropped in favor of the scheduled full council meeting.
"What is said to any one councilor should really be said to all of them," Ferrera said. "Individual briefings in private lacks transparency and quite frankly would only serve to encourage public distrust of the selection process."
Pikula said Tuesday that the offer was made in response to some comments at a recent meeting "where there was an expression of a need to arrange meetings to help keep councilors in the loop."
"Trying to schedule the meetings was an attempt to keep the council up to date and involved in the process," Pikula said. "The process has been very public and there is no problem briefing them publicly. If that is what is desired, that is what we will do."


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- Dean Ball Delivers Charles W. Hunt Invited Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education on February 9
In an invited address to 1200 teacher educators and deans, Dean Deborah Loewenberg Ball urged her colleagues to work together to make the teaching of skillful practice the core of teacher education. Pointing out that skillful teaching is needed at scale if the nation is to reduce serious achievement disparities in this country, she argued that good teaching is much more intricate work than most people realize, and that it therefore requires professional training for large numbers of people to do it well. "We need a system of initial and continuing teacher education that can reliably help prepare ordinary people for effective professional practice in teaching." In Ball's lecture she used examples of the work going on at the School of Education to illustrate to the audience what it would mean to focus teacher education on teaching practice.
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Cameron targets carbon cuts
David Cameron speaks to Friends of the Earth campaigner, Katie Elliott on his way to the Eden Project in Cornwall.
David Cameron has been busy showing off his green side recently. Katie Elliot caught up with him before his speech about climate change at the Eden Project.
How high on your list of priorities is the environment?
Very high - So many other agendas will simply be impossible if we don't actually tackle climate change.
Carbon dioxide emissions have risen since Labour came into power. Why?
[The Government] did the right thing in terms of setting targets...but the problem is they haven't actually done very much to bring about changes.
In 2003 Britain was the dirty man of Europe with the largest increase in carbon emissions. So, good rhetoric, bad record. Not an unfamiliar mantra with this Government.
David Cameron, Shadow Education Secretary
How can the Opposition help the Government get back on track?
There is a real opportunity for cross-party working. If we can agree [on] some of the individual steps and take them out of politics then you would see real progress.
That's the sort of "new politics" I would offer the Government in return for a pledge to deal with this issue.
Do you support our campaign for annual cuts in carbon dioxide levels?
It's [easy] to set the target for 2010 and get a great headline when you do so, the much more difficult thing is the year-on-year progress towards it.
What we need is an independent statutory framework...that's what Friends of the Earth are talking about, and I think that is the right approach.
David Cameron, Shadow Education Secretary
So we should set more short term targets?
Yes, we should because if we don't show some progress we simply won't meet the 2010 target.
The next part of the solution is actually agreeing to some things that will make a difference. That's where I think there will be an additional need to take some of those [proposals] out of politics.
What steps do you take to cut down on your own carbon emissions?
I'm trying to get better at all the things that you need to do - whether its not leaving the computer on standby [or] switching out the lights.
We could all do more, and I would not paint myself as some sort of environmental saint.
David Cameron, Shadow Education Secretary.
I cycle to work - not as often as I should but more than I used to.
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- His campaign manifesto (PDF - 430K)
- An article he wrote for The Independent
- A report about his climate change speech
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Hickory holds off Girard in D-10 AA championship
EDINBORO -- Hickory scored two second-half touchdowns to hang on against Girard and win its third straight District 10 Class AA championship with a 21-10 win in blustery conditions today at Sox Harrison Stadium.
The two teams fought through snow and win in the first half to go to the locker rooms tied at 7-7 at halftime. Girard (10-3) took a 10-7 lead in the third quarter on an impressive 37-yard field goal by Devin Mason, but Hickory (11-1) responded with several strong drives capped by touchdown runs from Lou Derloni and Matt Voytik.
Hickory moves on to the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals next week against District 6 champion Central Martinsburg at a site and time to be determined.


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Girls Basketball: DePaul at Immaculate Heart. Jan. 24, 2013
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DePaul coach Maria Pizarro speaks to her team during a time out against IHA in the first period of a girl's varsity basketball game played at IHA. Washington Township, NJ 1/24/13. (Chris Monroe/For The Star-Ledger)
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In Memoriam: TV Shows and Characters We Lost in 2012
Grab the tissues!By Sarah Frank
Grab the tissues!By Sarah Frank
The axe falls again.By Kyle Buchanan
What reality show mesmerizes kids ages 2-5? How many NBC shows does it take to equal the audience for NCIS?By Josef Adalian
Plus: Sarah Michelle Gellar doesn't blink, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
The CW wants more of Sarah Michelle Gellar's twin drama.By Margaret Lyons
Plus: Ioan Gruffudd is on the Guinness-water diet, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
Checking in on 'New Girl,' 'X Factor,' 'Whitney,' 'Ringer,' and more.By Willa Paskin and Margaret Lyons
But SMG's new show still has a decent debut.By Josef Adalian
Time to expand the show's effects budget, CW.By Margaret Lyons
"If you're going to do a movie with other people, like, just make a movie about a girl who kills vampires. But that's not Buffy."By Willa Paskin
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Syracuse, NY -- The sign at the corner says "Bank St." But most people in Syracuse who know this tiny downtown street call it "Bank Alley."
For good reason. Some 19 Dumpsters squat on the sidewalks or in the road, which extends only two blocks. Discarded pallets, barrels and bags of garbage litter the broken sidewalks. Graffiti mark the building walls, some of which are windowless.
For more than a century, Bank Street has provided access to the gritty back sides of commercial buildings that display their faces to Warren and Salina streets. Ben Walsh, the city's deputy commissioner for neighborhood and business development, is trying to change that.
Hoping to encourage more of the upscale residential development that has revitalized downtown, Walsh is coordinating a fledgling campaign to transform Bank Street into a normal city street — one you might choose to stroll down.
The spark for this effort was the recent renovation of the five-story Syracuse Trust Co. building, a former bank at 325 S. Salina St., which now features four condos priced from $375,000 to $500,000.
The building's ground-floor commercial space still fronts Salina Street, but the shiny new entrance for The Lofts at the Syracuse Trust Building opens onto Bank Street. It's a diamond in the rough, flanked by Dumpsters and boarded-up windows.
Other buildings on the struggling 300 block of South Salina are ripe for similar mixed-use development, Walsh said. The logical place to put entrances for upper-floor residences is at the rear of the buildings, on Bank Street, he said. "Downtown's changing — we think for the better — and we need to make sure our infrastructure is changing along with it," Walsh said.
Walsh has held a series of informal meetings to discuss the idea with other city planners and with representatives from the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, a nonprofit economic development group.
There's no plan yet, and no timetable for making one, Walsh said. He plans to move gradually. One of the stumbling blocks likely will be removing the Dumpsters, which provide local businesses with an economical way to dispose of trash.
Walsh said he has held preliminary discussions with some of the building owners who use the alley, but he is still researching possible solutions to trash disposal and other issues. Should Bank Street remain one-way? Should it become a pedestrian walkway? Should the sidewalks and curbs be repaired? Is new lighting required?
Ironically, the developer of the Syracuse Trust lofts, Pemco Group Inc., violated the city's right of way by building a small wheelchair ramp that extends six feet onto the sidewalk along Bank Street. The developer has asked City Hall for retroactive permission to encroach on the sidewalk, which the Common Council is considering.
Meanwhile, the city has turned a blind eye to the Dumpsters that are illegally placed in the city's right of way on Bank Street, Walsh said. "In the past, it's been informally allowed," Walsh said of the Dumpsters. "You can understand how property owners might be a little confused about the rights of way."
Officials from Pemco Group declined to comment for this story.
Economic developers hope the recent renovations of the Syracuse Trust and Dey Brothers buildings on Salina Street will be followed by a wave of renovation moving east from Armory Square. The long-anticipated relocation of the Centro bus hub to a new facility should help accelerate that process, said David Mankiewicz, executive director of the Downtown Committee.
"Doing Bank Street is kind of like the next logical thing," Mankiewicz said. "It may not be a big project, but it makes a lot of logical sense as we keep moving east toward Warren Street."
Merike Treier, deputy director of the Downtown Committee, said changing Bank Street will require "a balancing act" to keep from inconveniencing businesses that use the alley for parking and trash removal. Treier said striking the right balance will encourage both commercial and residential development, a combination that rejuvenated Armory and Hanover squares.
"It's not like this can't be worked out," Mankiewicz said. "It can be. It will be. It has to be."
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A Thai woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport Thursday on charges of luring Thai women into prostitution in Oman, police said.
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While MyHeritage.com was at the recent Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Springfield, Illinois, chief genealogist Daniel Horowitz had an opportunity to visit the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum.
I was part of a detailed tour of the facility with Gwen Podeschi, history reference librarian.
Opened in October 2004, the library is maintained via state funds. Its main goal is to collect and preserve family and personal (non-official) correspondence and material of Abraham Lincoln and other Illinois state personalities. It holds more than 12 million historical items including 1,100 oral histories, 2 million manuscripts and 3,000 old and contemporary maps.
Collections also include early Mormon history, anti-slavery, coal miners' accidents, train accidents and the 1893 World Colombian Exposition.
The library is home to the largest Lincoln documents database and such items as the documents of trials in which Lincoln was involved. The legal collection is fascinating as it also preserves the lists of juries in every case tried. If your relatives lived in Springfield, this can be a good resource as they may have served on one of those juries.
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USC athletic director Pat Haden announced big news on Monday, news that could be a game-changer for the Trojans' recruiting strategy going forward. Effective July 1, USC will offer four-year athletic scholarships in the revenue sports (football and men's and women's basketball) in lieu of the one-year renewable scholarships currently in place:
The new 4-year commitment replaces the current practice of 1-year renewable scholarships for the revenue sports effective July 1, 2014.— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) June 23, 2014
USC AD Pat Haden: "In taking this action, USC hopes to help lead the effort to refocus on student-athlete welfare on and off the field."— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) June 23, 2014
The NCAA first allowed multiyear scholarships to be offered back in 2011, and while some schools have quietly been doing so for a few years, USC is the first to make it public knowledge. And that's a shrewd public relations move for the Trojans, who also have a long, established history of covering expenses for former athletes to return to USC and complete their degrees:
Haden reaffirmed USC's practice of assisting former athletes in achieving their degrees, which has served 250 Trojans in the past decade.— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) June 23, 2014
As Haden stipulates, having a four-year scholarship secured is more beneficial to the student-athletes. Under the current practice, student-athletes can be forced out of scholarships for performance reasons, and for many, their opportunity to complete a college degree is over. Under this new practice, as long as a student-athlete is in good academic standing, he or she retains his or her scholarship through graduation.
For high school football players that maintain they want to come away from college with a degree, this news makes USC an even more desirable target.
In fact, 5-star defensive back Iman "Biggie" Marshall tweeted his reaction to the news shortly after the announcement:
USC is now offering four year scholarships to all student athletes in lieu of one year renewable scholarships, #GAMECHANGER!— Biggie (@iman_marshall8) June 23, 2014
Recognize Whats Real.... Athletes Need their security ✊— Biggie (@iman_marshall8) June 23, 2014
If the Trojans didn't have the upper hand in recruiting Marshall before, they are sure to have more pull with him now.
In this social media age, recruits are increasingly aware of how little they get in exchange for the billions the NCAA makes off their efforts. As more and more dialogue is created about how the cartel-like NCAA has little interest in the welfare of the student-athletes it claims to protect, USC's new scholarship practice is sure to show recruits that it is actually talking the talk and walking the walk.
An academic degree is a game-changer for regular college students, and particularly so for student-athletes who wouldn't have otherwise been able to afford college. The fact that USC has taken a step toward ensuring graduation for all its academically eligible athletes is major and should keep the Trojans at the top of the recruiting game.
While USC cannot guarantee each athlete it recruits an NFL career, it can guarantee them a college degree should they maintain academic eligibility. The Trojans now stand as the lone program in the Pac-12 that can offer that, and it is sure to be a major selling point down the recruiting trail, even this summer.
There's no doubt that it will also be very popular with parents of recruits, who have an incredibly influential role in the decision-making process.
For now, this scholarship plan only applies to the revenue sports, but it's an important step in the right direction to ensuring that student-athletes aren't merely exploited for their talents.
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MICHAEL PIERCE and Paul Hughes have a nice little operation going at their Delaware County law firm, Pierce & Hughes.
Some might even call it illegal.
For the past six years, Hughes has been performing legal work for Chester Heights, a borough of about 2,500 residents wedged between Middletown and Concord.
Pierce, a well-connected lawyer in local GOP circles and president-elect of the Delaware County Bar Association, happens to be president of the Chester Heights Council, where his duties include signing checks for professional services.
That puts Pierce in position to transfer thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to his own firm. And that's exactly what he's been doing regularly since 2004, apparently without dissent from other council members.


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Published: Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 10:08 p.m.
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SAN FRANCISCO | Michael Thompson settled for second place five years ago at The Olympic Club in the U.S. Amateur.
Sunday, he tied for second with Graeme McDowell at the U.S. Open — only this time the consolation prize was worth $695,916.
"I knew from the beginning of the week, if I can just shoot right around 1 over every day I would be happy," said Thompson, who held a three-stroke lead after the first round. "I didn't expect at all to shoot under par. Then go out and shoot way under par on a U.S. Open is kind of unbelievable."
Thompson said having played Olympic's tight, twisting fairways under pressure back in 2007 made a huge difference.
"I think it helped me a ton," he said. "I learned to love the course. I play a fade, or at least try to. That's the shot I like. And this little golf course sets up perfect for a fade."
Thompson finished a dozen groups before the final pairing then had to sweat out the ending. He finished at 2 over, a shot behind winner Webb Simpson.
"I'm so young in my career, I'm just going to take this as a positive experience and build on it and hopefully gain some momentum for the rest of the year," said Thompson, 27. "I want to make it all the way through the FedEx Cup. That's one of my goals. So I think this is a great steppingstone for me."
Up a Tree
If only Lee Westwood had Lee Jansen's luck, he might have a major championship by now.
Both men found themselves up a tree at Olympic's fifth hole during a U.S. Open, Jansen in 1998 and Westwood on Sunday.
While Jansen's ball tumbled out like a gift from above after several minutes, giving him a chance to pull off a miracle chip-in par en route to a stunning upset of Payne Stewart, Westwood's disappeared for good.
It wasn't the same cypress tree that Jansen found, as that tree and numerous others have since been cut down. But it was in the same area.
Westwood used binoculars to try to find his ball Sunday but couldn't, forcing him back to the tee. He made a double bogey, dropped from three shots back to five off the lead and eventually tied for 10th at 5-over 285.
After winning 35 times worldwide, Westwood is regarded as the best current player to have never won a major.
Father's Day Present
Going into the 72nd hole Sunday, Keegan Bradley was at 17 over, and had no shot at winning the U.S. Open. But there was still time to make it a great Father's Day.
So he gave his caddie a rest and gave his dad, Mark Bradley, the bag.
"It was the highlight of my life," said Mark Bradley, who helped his son to an 18-over 298 finish. "It was really a wonderful experience, to be walking the fairway with my son. It was certainly one of the highlights of my career as a golfer. I'm a golf professional myself. I love my son, and he loves me. To walk down the 18th at a U.S. Open is a dream come true.
Keegan Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner, called the experience "pretty cool" and "one I'm sure we'll never forget."
Mark Bradley said his earliest memories of U.S. Opens with his son ended with disappointment, when Keegan would be driving back from regional or sectional qualifying and call to say he had missed the cut by a little or a lot.
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Nothing like a few pirates to liven up the holiday season. The Jolly Roger is now waving over the Milwaukee Public Museum for the new "Real Pirates" traveling exhibit. Read my Weekend Cue story to learn what pirate treasures await discovery at the exhibit. Feel free to practice your "arrrghs" as you read.
Middle-earth fans have been waiting for Peter Jackson's screen version of "The Hobbit" for years. Was the wait worth it? Is Gollum still nasty? Is the dragon a worthy wise-guy? See what Movie Critic Duane Dudek thinks in his review here. »Read Full Blog Post
Jewish Museum hosts provocative artwork of Soviet Union
Felix Lembersky's Jewish heritage and cultural background as a citizen of the Soviet Union during one of the most turbulent times of the modern age express themselves deeply in his artwork — indeed they are buttressed by this identity. The Jewish Museum is hosting a provocative, if at times inconsistent, survey of this artist's profoundly experienced life in paint.
The most ambitious work in the show is an interpretation of atrocity. "Execution: Babi Yar" (1952) depicts the 1941 massacre of 80,000 souls, 34,000 of whom were Jewish. Lembersky was one of the first visual artists to treat this subject matter. In doing so he used compositional devices from art history, specifically Gustave Courbet, as well as his knowledge of Soviet Social Realist traditions and his own gutsy paint application. »Read Full Article
WDJT-TV anchor Tom Durian leaves for Minneapolis
WDJT-TV (Channel 58) morning anchor has left Milwaukee for Minneapolis. He has joined ABC affiliate KSTP-TV where he will work as weekend anchor and weekday reporter.
His last day at WDJT was last Thursday. He starts at KSTP on July 8. »Read Full Blog Post(10)
Justin Vernon plays on Kanye West's new album
Daft Punk is playing in Kanye's house.
Kanye West's hugely anticipated "Yeezus" promises to be some party, with the French electronic music masters tipped to appear alongside the likes of Chief Keef and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. »Read Full Article
Lace up your shoes and run to Polish Fest
Awaiting Milwaukeeans this weekend is a bigger and broader — but still authentic — Polish Fest, which hopes to attract nearly 40,000 people this year from across the nation, thanks to the fest's partnership with Summerfest's Rock 'n Sole Run on Saturday.
The annual festival, which starts at noon Friday, celebrates the mesh of Milwaukee's Polish history and modern heritage. »Read Full Article
Listen to new tracks from The Civil Wars and Tedeschi Trucks Band
Both The Civil Wars and Tedeschi Trucks Band are giving fans an advance taste of their forthcoming albums, dropping new tracks online this week for free consumption.
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Fish Fry & a Flick series returns to lakefront
Fish Fry & A Flick returns to the lakefront Aug. 30, it was announced Wednesday.
It will show "The Avengers" on that date. It was the only movie announced so far. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: A movie, green drinks, River Rhythms and a funny TV ad
Uh oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day...it...is? Huh? Anybody? For the answer to this (rather obvious) question, see the video at the end of this post.
In the meantime, it's Wednesday, of course, and there's much happening in Milwaukee today. »Read Full Blog Post


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