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New Zealand confident of India upset in Test series
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AUCKLAND: New Zealand are quietly confident of being able to exploit the green state of the Eden Park wicket and upset India in the first Test starting here today.
A combination of a bowler-friendly pitch and the success of the same XI, who won back-to-back Tests in similar conditions against the West Indies in December, meant the selection was a no brainer for captain Brendon McCullum (pictured).
"It's a bit of both. It's a nice luxury to be able to continue with the same team, and obviously the pitch as well," he said yesterday.
It was definitely a bowl-first wicket, he added, with New Zealand intent on continuing the short-pitched attack that proved to be India's undoing in the just completed one-day series won by New Zealand 4-0.
The home captain was also unphased by the huge gulf in the rankings between the two sides, where India are second to New Zealand's lowly eighth.
"We know how tough a challenge it is but we've got a quiet confidence that if we continue to bowl and field as well as we have done this summer then we can expose some of the not-so-strong aspects of their game."
The pitch has "a decent covering of grass" and the promise of more bounce than when New Zealand had England on the ropes here last year, only to be denied victory by a heroic century from Matt Prior on the final day.
While New Zealand were confident enough to name their side 24 hours before the toss, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was more circumspect in delaying naming his side as late as possible.
He also batted away any suggestion that India's well-documented failings against the short-pitched deliveries in the one-day series would have a bearing on the Tests.
"The plus point in Test matches is you can pick and choose," he said, adding that India were hampered in the ODIs by their openers not setting a solid enough platform.
"If you don't get too many runs in the first 10 (overs) it means the middle order when they come in have to play those strokes because the asking rate keeps on rising if you keep leaving them."
Dhoni gave little away about India's approach other than indicating left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja could expect to occupy one end for long periods while he rotated his pace attack from the other.
Pace bowler Zaheer Khan and batsmen Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara are likely to be the only new faces in the Tests.
Pujara, boasting an impressive average of 66.25 from his 28 Test innings, will add much needed solidity to the batting line up.
New Zealand, however, by rewarding their victorious unit who beat the West Indies have retained Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford as openers and cannot be guaranteed a sound start.
Fulton and Rutherford produced a 158-run stand in their first Test as an opening partnership but have drifted down to average 30.91 in 16 innings since then.
New Zealand squad: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult. AFP
Vettori targets May comeback
AUCKLAND: Injured New Zealand cricket great Daniel Vettori has set a May target to resume his international career with captain Brendon McCullum saying he should be an automatic selection if fit.
Vettori, one of the world's leading all rounders, has been plagued by Achilles and back injuries and last played Test cricket 18 months ago.
The 35-year-old has now ruled himself out of a comeback at the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh in March but said he is targeting New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in May as the series that will determine if he can revive his career. "I want to commit to that tour otherwise it will be too hard to keep trying to come back," the left-arm spinner said following a meeting with McCullum and New Zealand coach Mike Hesson.
"Mike and Brendon made it clear that if I play for New Zealand again I've got to deliver in all three facets of the game, which is completely fair. I can't just bowl 24 balls and then expect to be hidden in the outfield."
Vettori is one of only three players — behind Ian Botham and Kapil Dev — to score more than 4,000 runs and take more than 300 wickets in Tests, and McCullum sees him as a vital member of the New Zealand team if fit.
"He's clearly a very well proven international cricketer and it will be nice if he was able to be part of the squad, but for him at the moment it's a matter of making sure he tries to get himself fit," McCullum said yesterday. "Hopefully if that's the case we will see him in the West Indies. Obviously it's the selectors who make those calls but from my point of view he comes straight in."
Vettori last played a Test in July 2012 against the West Indies and his last internationals were three appearances in the 2013 Champions Trophy one-day series in England last June.
He recently played seven games in Australia's Big Bash league, with the help of painkillers, but said he was barely able to walk at the end.
"It was a little bit worse than the past. Running around was difficult. I'll just rest up and try and get that ready. If I can then that's great and if I can't then the writing is probably on the wall."AFP


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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. All others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.
From Inwood:
Kudos to the school bus driver involved in the accident on 81 yesterday. According to a key witness, the school bus driver did a great job of correcting and getting the bus back down on all wheels, avoiding a much worse scenario. Thankfully, the injuries to the students were not worse.
From Hedgesville:
I think Martinsburg should have a statue of Belle Boyd. Also, I missed the informative writing classes that were a part of the Book Faire in previous years. Those classes were great!
From Martinsburg:
Martinsburg's reply to my comments typifies the hypocrisy and disingenuousness I attributed to the president. Being chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank's assurances about the health of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were far more conducive to the financial meltdown than McCain's comment about the economy and political correctness. And environmental extremism are, and will be, far more responsible for loss of liberty than the successful efforts to combat terrorism ever will be. Furthermore, and contrary to what his supporters would have us believe, Obama could not have parted the waters, and Katrina is not the only natural disaster the nation has ever suffered.
From Martinsburg:
To the Martinsburg caller complaining about her child being bullied and nothing being done about it: Maybe if your child reported the behavior the school would know about it. The school is not full of mind-readers.
From Martinsburg:
To the gentleman who bought the blue exercise chair at the First Presbyterian Church rummage sale last Saturday, April 28: There is a piece that was missing, and it's in the office. All you have to do is call 304-263-5201 to pick it up.
From South Berkeley:
I was one of the parents who was a chaperone for the Orchard View field trip yesterday, to the Washington, D.C. zoo. Mr. Albright, the principal, and all the staff that got together to do this for the children deserve a big pat on the back. It was absolutely wonderful yesterday, the whole experience at the zoo. The children absolutely loved it. They just need to have flowers and balloons and smilies all over the place for them, it was wonderful. Thank you so much, Mr. Albright, and thank you to your staff for letting these children have the most wonderful day yesterday.
From Bunker Hill:
First Obama averted worst recession we could have ever seen. Then he got the American auto industry back off ground, killed a terrorist Bush couldn't find, ended a war we shouldn't have been in, and he is trying to get a health plan started that would help us all. Now he has ended an anti-drug war that hasn't worked since it started, and passed the biggest middle-class tax break ever. So if you would even think to vote for the Right, you need a head check. And feel free to look up everything I laid out.
From Inwood:
Great job to the administration of Musselman High School in responding to the accident yesterday. They were on the scene of the accident and assisting with students ASAP. Sometimes a familiar face in the midst of a bad situation goes a long way. Thanks!
From Martinsburg:
As a Martinsburg resident who lives near the green grass triangle area at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and North Street: I was wondering why the City of Martinsburg planted a beautiful tree and then one week later came and dug it up. We are now left with a big dirt spot. Was it just a token gesture in celebration of Earth City or an example of the city's incompetence? We are confused. The area is currently used by ignorant dog owners who do not know how to curb their pets. The tree at least was a welcome addition. The city workers were told by their supervisor to remove the tree. What happened? The neighbors would like the tree back and a sign posted enforcing the city's "curb your dog" ordinance.
From Martinsburg:
Well here we go again with Round 2. My employer let me go due to budget cuts, without any warning at all. I'm unemployed for the second time since the chosen one came into office in 2009. The first unemployment tour was 15 months long. The chosen one came in under the false promise of hope and change. Yes sir, I have no hope of finding a job and now no change to feed my family. In 25 years of working, I never had the fear of losing my job until this one came into office. When does it stop? Will we be much better off with four more years of Obama ... or four years of Mitt? Either choice does not help me feed my family.
From Berkeley Springs:
Liberals have convinced themselves they are so superior to conservatives. I'd like to buy them for what they're worth and sell them for what they think they're worth. I'd be so wealthy I could support a lot more of them.
From Charles Town:
It's obvious that President Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements, as well as his insistence on the correct pronunciation of the word "nuclear," has harmed his re-election hopes among many callers here and millions of voters who find his unusual speaking style unfamiliar and bizarre. According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, after eight years of George W. Bush many Americans find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language. I'm sure that's why a certain caller from Martinsburg hates Obama.
From Ranson:
I would like to commend all of the students who participated in the City Wide Third Grade Spelling Bee at Winchester Avenue School on Wednesday night. Each and every one of you represented your school in an exemplary fashion. You all made your parents, your school and all the residents of the city of Martinsburg very proud.
From Shepherdstown:
To the person who was interested in a house or mobile home, for rent or to own, with pets: Please call me at 304-240-7257.
From Gerrardstown:
Just wanted to thank my sons' bus driver Jeff for the awesome job he did yesterday during the accident on I-81. I was told that his quick actions prevented the bus from possibly rolling over and causing more injuries. He should be commended for his actions! I also wish to thank the principals from both Musselman Middle School and Musselman High School, as well as the high school gym teacher and Officer Carroll for being at the scene of the accident. It was comforting to know that they took the time to go to the scene to help with the kids as needed. Thanks for helping the kids through this terrible experience.
From Gerrardstown:
I would like to know if anybody knows where you can buy purebred Pomeranian dogs. I can't find anybody that has any or anything, and I'd like to know if somebody would know where it's at. My name is Ruth, telephone 304-229-2648.
From Harpers Ferry:
I just wanted to comment after reading Wednesday's paper that Jefferson County needs qualified detectives. I noticed that it seems really uncertain about the young man who lost his life recently, and it could be a home invasion. The problem is that far too many deaths get swept under the table in Jefferson County because there just aren't qualified detectives to really do the work. It's just as easy to say that it could have been this or that. Far too often, there are deaths in this county and that's the end of it, they don't get resolved.
From Charles Town:
Instead of finishing the bicycle path from Charles Town to the Virginia line on Route 340, why don't they finish the 3.8 miles from Rippon to the Virginia line? That's more important than bicycle paths.
From Charles Town:
Thank you to the Berkeley County Health Department, for a superb job of your inspection of the restaurant and all the eatery in your county. It sure makes it a lot easier for me to make a decision on Sunday, as to where I'll be dining. Jefferson County needs to take this as an example. Get out and do the job you were hired to do.
From Martinsburg:
The Eastern Panhandle Camaro Association is having a huge car show this Saturday, May 5, in front of Buffalo Wild Wings in Martinsburg! There will be awesome cars, raffles, food and drinks, and lots of fun for everyone. Proceeds from the show go to Friends Fur Life Rescue, who rescue abandoned, abused and neglected animals! Friends Fur Life will be grilling and will also have some of their wonderful furbabies at the show! Come out for a fun day and support this wonderful cause!
From Martinsburg:
I just wanted to call and say thank you to the Main Street volunteers, and to the director. It is awesome what they take on and do. The projects are wonderful. Everyone has such a good time, especially with the chocolate fest. And with the upcoming activities, I'm looking forward to them all. And thank you, Main Street.
From Berkeley County:
The post office is deliberately mismanaged to force it out of business, by Congress, the post office's own board of directors, and its own head. Until America, as a nation, decides we want a post office and not a for-profit, private business that ignores most of the nation, the post office will remain on a downward slide.

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the Maritime Revolution to 1500
Why was sailing in the Indian Ocean less difficult and dangerous than other places?
Landmasses of Southeast Asia and eastern Africa enclose the indian ocean on each side and the Indian subcontinent provided coasts that seafarers can safely follow & coves for protection.
How did the rise of Medieval Islam give trade in the Indian Ocean an important boost?
The great Muslim cities of the Middle East provided a demand for valuable commodities. Muslim traders tied the region together. They shared a common language, ethic, and law
How did the Ming Empire attempt to create new Indian Ocean contacts?
reflected the imperial China's resources and importance
Describe Chinese-African contacts circa 1415-1433?
There were at least three trading cities on the Swahili coast of East Africa they sent delegations to China
Why did the Ming court suspend the voyages of Zheng He?
Some high Chinese officials opposed increased contact with ppls whom they regarded as barbarians with no real contribution to China
In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast, where did early Amerindians from South America also colonize?
The West Indies
What two nations began a maritime revolution that profoundly altered the course of world history?
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Loretta Lynch Supporters Hold 'Pray-In' on Capitol Hill to Urge a Vote on Her Confirmation
African-American women of faith joined other women and political leaders in a "pray-in" on April 15 to call on Republicans to quit delaying the confirmation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.
"We're standing before dead ears and asking you to open them up right now, God, that they might hear you," prayed the Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner , co-chair of the National African American Clergy Network.
"That they would wake up now from a dead sleep, unaware that America, Americans of all types and backgrounds, are united behind the fundamental concept of fairness."
President Obama nominated Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in November, but her confirmation process has stalled on Capitol Hill.
In addition to prayers, the women leaders said they will start fasting until a decision is made, and they invited women of all backgrounds as well as men to fast, too. They are joining with the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in a " Confirm Lynch Fast ."
NAN Executive Director Janaye Ingram asked that participants contact Senate offices when they normally would be eating. Fasters were expected to abstain from food one day at a time and be replaced by others the next day.
Several congresswomen, including Democratic House Judiciary Committee members Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Judy Chu of California, stopped by the pray-in, and at least one pledged to fast.


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On the second day of practice in the summer last year, New England Patriots rookie and Valencia High graduate Shane Vereen was running the football.
The smooth, shifty running back then changed gears and, as he said, "pop goes the weasel."
That pop was his right hamstring.
What it cost the always good-natured football player was an opportunity to compete for a starting position and further cost Vereen playing time during the 2011 NFL season, a season in which his Patriots made it to the Super Bowl.
"As soon as it happened, I knew what I did, and I knew how bad it kind of was because how bad it hurt," Vereen recalls. "It was like, I just got here, I was trying to prove myself. It's tough. Especially for a rookie."
It's a new day.
Vereen's rookie season is over.
One of the most electrifying football players in Santa Clarita Valley history is now poised to compete in New England.
"Very hungry. It's hard to really say, but I'm extremely hungry," Vereen says. "I just want to win. I want to feel like I really contributed to the team's success."
The 23-year-old says despite the injury, which cost him playing time early, and a subsequent second tweak of the hamstring and third of the other hamstring, he felt he was part of the team last year.
He played in five games and ran the ball 15 times for 57 yards.
The most promising game was on Nov. 21, when he ran the ball eight times for 39 yards, scoring his first NFL touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 2007 Valencia graduate says he feels blessed to have received the opportunities he had last year.
First and foremost, the former Cal running back was drafted in the second round by one of the NFL's premier franchises.
Second, he got to play with and under future Hall of Famers — quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick.
Vereen admits that early on it was special receiving the football from Brady.
"I'd say the first week or so it was like, 'Dang, Tom Brady's handing the ball off to me.' Then it takes a couple of times of him getting on your butt. Then it's like, 'It's just a quarterback. Get the ball and run," Vereen says.
Vereen adds that it's Brady's ultra-competitive nature that makes him the quarterback he is.
As for Belichick, Vereen has a much different view on his head coach than what is presented to the general public.
"Who he is in the media is not who he is as a person and a coach," Vereen says. "Talking to reporters is not always what he likes to do, so people think he's a boring, dry guy, but really he's not at all. You can talk to him very easily. He has a very dry sense of humor, very funny person. And I think his football sense, obviously he's won three Super Bowls, his football sense speaks for itself."
Belichick has led the Patriots to five Super Bowls, including last season's Super Bowl XLVI.
Vereen was a spectator for it, as he was inactive for the game.
Vereen says he was feeling like he might get a chance to play in the postseason, but was never activated after recovering from his third hamstring injury, which happened late in the season.
Nonetheless, the Super Bowl experience was unlike anything he's ever felt.
"The Super Bowl experience was still unbelievable," Vereen says. "It's really hard to put it in words, but it's like you just watch the Super Bowl as a little kid, it's a big deal at the house. Family and friends and you're having a big party and it's all centered around the game. And now, to be a part of that game, it was pretty awesome."
Yet, there was still an emptiness as the Patriots lost to the New York Giants 21-17.
Vereen participated in organized team activities (OTAs) and a mini-camp before the summer and was running at times with the first-team offense.
He counts the number of Patriots running backs on his fingers. There are six on the roster, including veteran Danny Woodhead, recent signee and veteran Joseph Addai and 2011 third-round pick Stevan Ridley — who carried the ball 39 times in the Patriots' final three regular season games.
Vereen, ever-humble, took the stance that he wants to be the best running back he can be and help the team in any way possible, whether it be as a starting back, a third-down back or on special teams.
But he's hungry.
And competition awaits.
Vereen takes off for New England today and camp begins on Wednesday.
"I've got to play well and make plays. At the end of the day, it comes down to who can make plays and who can't make plays," Vereen says of the competition for running back. "I don't think I'd be as motivated if there weren't as many running backs on our roster right now. It's a little kick in the butt that you have to bring your A-game today. Every day I go out to practice I feel they're going to be evaluating how I do."
Game 1 is Sept. 9 at Tennessee.


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Rather than using a physical disk drive to store the system and user files for a guest operating system, VMware Server virtual machines use files (known as virtual disks) located on the disk drives attached to the host system.
This guide will provide an overview of the creation and management of virtual disks. VMware Server Virtual Disk and Device Types
Virtual disks provide the storage for guest operating system and user files. Each VMware Server virtual machine will likely have one or more virtual disks configured and during the lifecycle of a virtual machine virtual disks may be added and removed as needed. The size of a virtual disk is specified at creation time and can range from 1MB up to a maximum of 950GB.
When a virtual disk is first created (either during the virtual machine creation process or later) it may be configured as growable or pre-allocated. The virtual disk type may subsequently be converted using the vmware-vdiskmanager command line tool. A growable disk is initially created smaller than the specified disk size, and subsequently grows as space is needed up until the maximum specified size is reached. This has the advantage that the disk creation process is shorter and less disk space on the host is used initially. A further advantage of growable disks is that the size of the disk can be reduced at a later time using the VMware Tools Shrink Disk feature. These features, however, come at the cost of reduced performance.
In the case of a pre-allocated virtual disk, the entire space required for the disk is allocated at creation time. This has the advantage that virtual disk performance is not degraded due to the need to increase the disk size as more space is needed. Disadvantages include an increased amount of time needed to create the disk (taking several hours for a 950GB virtual disk) and the inability to reduce the size of the disk at a later time unless the disk is converted to growable.
An additional option allows virtual disks to be split amongst multiple 2GB files on the host, rather than contained in a single file. This option has little benefit unless VMware Server is hosted on a file system which limits file sizes to 2GB.
To the guest operating system running inside a virtual machine, virtual disks appear as though they are physical devices. As such, the disk can be configured to appear to the virtual machine as either an IDE or SCSI device. In the case of SCSI virtual disks, VMware uses a virtual SCSI controller which appears to the guest as either an LSI Logic or BusLogic controller. As such, guest operating system hardware drivers for these devices may need to be installed accordingly.
VMware Server Disk Modes
VMware Server virtual disks may be configured to run in Independent mode which provides two additional options in terms of disk configuration:
Persistent – Data written to the disk by the guest operating system is retained when the system is powered off. This is the normal mode of operation for most virtual disks.
Nonpersistent – Data written to the disk during a virtual machine session are discarded after the virtual machine is powered off or reset. This is useful if the guest operating system is required to be started with a clean system each time the virtual machine is powered on, perhaps in a testing or secure environment.
Disks configured as independent are not included in snapshots.
VMware Server Virtual Disk Caching Options
The disk write caching policy for virtual disks defines the point at which new data is written to the virtual disk (as opposed to being cached in memory before being written) by the guest operating system. These settings have implications for performance, with increased performance being available at the cost of data integrity. A choice of two policy options is available:
Optimise for safety – Data is not cached. Write operations made by the guest operating system are written immediately to the virtual disk image. Reduces risk of data loss in the event of a system failure, but results in slower disk write performance.
Optimizs for performance – Write operations performed by the guest operating system are initially cached prior to being written to the virtual disk. Provides increased write performance at the cost of increased risk of data loss in the event of a system failure.
Adding a New Virtual Disk
A new virtual disk may be added to a virtual machine via the VI Web Access management interface. SCSI based virtual disks may be installed on running virtual machines as long as those machines are running on VMware virtual hardware version 7 or later (the default setting when virtual machines are created in VMware Server 2.0). IDE based virtual disks or virtual machines running on older versions of the virtual hardware require that the virtual machine be powered off prior to the addition of a new virtual disk.
Once logged into the VI Web Access interface, the first step in adding a new virtual disk is to select the required virtual machine from the Inventory panel. In the Commands section of the virtual machine workspace, click on the Add Hardware link to invoke the Add Hardware Wizard.
To add a new virtual disk, select the Hard Disk option from the list of new hardware devices to proceed to the Hard Disk page. Options are available to either create an entirely new virtual disk, or to use an existing virtual disk that may already have been created for a pre-existing virtual machine. In fact, this second option can be used to enable multiple virtual machines to share a virtual disk, although careful steps should be taken to avoid disk write conflicts (for example both guests attempting to write simultaneously to the same disk block will likely cause problems for most standard file systems).
Once a decision has been made about creating or re-using a virtual disk, the next wizard screen provides the option to configure the disk type, mode and caching options. Finally, a summary page is displayed highlighting the choices made during the configuration process. Clicking the Finish button will begin the addition process which, depending on the settings, may take some time to complete.


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UN Secretary-General Circulates Note on Implementation of Rio Conventions
10 August 2011: In preparation of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the UN Secretary-General has circulated a background note on the implementation of UN environmental conventions, including the reports submitted by the Secretariats of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
In the circulated advance unedited copy, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary reports on the outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference held from 29 November-10 December 2010, in Cancun, Mexico, including the Cancun Adaptation Framework, the Technology Mechanism, the Green Climate Fund and the work programme on REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stock).
The UNCCD Executive Secretary presents an update on principal activities undertaken in implementation of UNGA resolution 65/160, including: preparations for the high level meeting to be held on 20 September 2011, prior to the opening of the general debate of the 66th session; the second special session of the Committee on Science and Technology and the ninth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention, held from 16-25 February 2011, in Bonn, Germany, which reviewed the intersessional work related to impact and performance indicators as agreed upon at COP 9; the launch of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification and the observance of 2011 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; and strengthening collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the other two Rio Conventions.
The CBD Executive Secretary reports on the outcomes of CBD COP 10, held from 18-29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan, including: the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Targets, the national implementation of which is being promoted through organization of regional and sub-regional workshops on national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs); the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), and the GEF project adopted to facilitate its early entry into force; and indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Convention's strategy for resource mobilization; as well as the outcomes of the fifth meeting of the CBD COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, including the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress; and developments related to the International Year of Biodiversity and collaboration with other conventions. [Publication: Implementation of United Nations Environmental Conventions. Note by the Secretary-General]


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In 1815, after the fall of Napoleon, the borders within Europe had to be
re-established, which happened during the Vienna Congress. Also the border
between Prussia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands had to be established
(Belgium did not exist yet; the greater part of belonged to the
But in the neighbourhood of Kelmis (close to Moresnet) they could not come
to an agreement, because of an important zinc mine. As neither of the two
countries wanted the other one to own this mine, they negotiated for a year.
Finally, in 1816, it was decided in a separate treaty, called the Aachen
border treaty (also: the Treaty of the Borders) that the territory (the
Mairie Moresnet) would be divided into three parts. Moresnet went to the
Netherlands, the present Neu-Moresnet became part of Prussia under the name
of Prussian Moresnet and the little area with the village Kelmis and the
zinc mine got a neutral status. It was this area with its special status
that continued to exist, under the governance of a Prussian and a Dutch
commissioner, as a mini state under the name Neutral Moresnet.
According to article 42 of the Treaty of the Borders demarcation markers had
to be installed within 2 weeks from the transfer of the territory. However,
it took until 23rd September 1818 before they were actually placed. The
markers were numbered from the Moselle and with nr. 188 the (southwestern)
point of the disputed territory was reached. From this point onwards a
double row of markers was erected with the same numbers on both sides of the
neutral territory. At the top of the triangle (the present
Three-country-point) a joint boundary marker was placed, which was numbered
It is obvious that Neutral Moresnet was situated between the Netherlands and
Prussia and had thus a Three-country-points points meet with both countries.
However, this changed when the Belgian Revolution took place in 1830. The
southern part of the Netherlands seceded from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and became the independent country Belgium. From that moment on Moresnet was
part of Belgium. The governmental rights of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
over Neutral Moresnet went to Belgium, too. From the moment that Belgium
became an independent state there was a Four-country-point near Vaals.
A remarkable fact: the Netherlands never officially transferred the
governmental rights over Neutral Moresnet to Belgium.
The wooden boundary markers had to be replaced regularly and therefore stone
markers were placed in 1869/1870. Along the Belgian border the numbers were
I - XXX and along the Prussian border XXXI - LX.
The zinc mine justified the existence of Neutral Moresnet. This mine, which
had been conceded in 1805 to a chemist from Liege, Jean-Jacques Daniel Dony,
was so important that in art. 31 of the Aachen Border Treaty the following
was stipulated:
It is explicitly agreed that a change of the authority or government
will not harm the rights of Mr. Dony & Cie. to exploit calamine so that
his concession will remain undamaged and he will continue to enjoy the
advantages and rights which were originally conceded to him. The
original burden under the concession remains applicable, like the
obligation to deliver calamine to the zinc mills of both contracting
parties against the price stipulated in the concession agreement.
Because of his invention of the zinc oven, the zinc mine had been conceded
to Mr. Dony, who was a brilliant chemist. With this Liege zinc oven zinc
ore could be processed to rollable metal zinc. Though Dony was a
brilliant chemist, he was not a good businessman. Already in 1813 he had
to accept his main creditor, the banker Hector Chaulet, as business
partner. In the same year 75% of Dony's industrial properties went to
François Mosselman and in the end Dony went bankrupt.
Later Mosselman got the rest of the shares of the zinc mine and thus
complete control of it. The zinc mine blossomed enormously, through the
activities of Mosselman's heirs, who established in 1837 "Société des
Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montage", until the mine was
completely depleted.
The Société de la Vieille Montagne was heavily involved in the
administration of the territory. Some of the directors were mayors and
the offices of the company accommodated the local government offices. In
1857 the company had a local school built and one of the supervisors was
put at the mayor's disposal as constable.
It is well known that the company pursued a social policy towards the
population. Examples were the good medical care and low interest loans.
In 1856 only 256 persons lived in the disputed territory. But the number
of inhabitants grew steadily, especially by the development of the zinc
mine and the resulting economic growth. In 1850 there were 500
inhabitants and in the year 1858 this number had grown to 2.572. Of
these 2.572 people 695 were so-called "neutrals" (mainly offspring of
the first inhabitants), 852 Belgians, 807 Prussians, 204 Dutch and 14
immigrants from other countries. These inhabitants had quite some
advantages by living in Neutral Moresnet, although, and especially for
the real "neutrals", there were some disadvantages, too.
Until 1847 the inhabitants could simply escape military service (more
about this later). Imports from the surrounding countries were toll
free, the taxes were very low and prices were lower and wages higher
than in these countries.
It was permitted to distil liquor, be it for one's own use only. However,
the quantities distilled were so huge that these could never be served
in the local bars, even though there were 60 - 70 of them. Most was
smuggled across the border, especially to the Netherlands.
A disadvantage for the "Neutrals" was that they were stateless if they
were abroad.
According to art. 17 of the Treaty of the Borders neither country (Prussia
or the Netherlands and later Belgium) were allowed to occupy Neutral
Moresnet. Neutral Moresnet itself was not allowed to have an army.
However, this did not mean that there was no conscription. Following the
agreements of the commissioners the inhabitants of Neutral Moresnet, who
had reached the age of 20 years, had to declare at the town hall whether
they wanted to perform military service in Prussia or the Netherlands
Although both controlling countries had ratified the agreements already in
1823, they were never implemented because of various reasons. Prussia
was not in a hurry to implement them, because most people would choose
for the Netherlands (Belgium) anyway, because military service in
Prussia lasted much longer.
Later it was considered to have an alternating system, so that the class
of one year had to go to Prussia for military service and the class of
the next year to Belgium. But this plan was not implemented either,
because chances were that members from one family had to serve in
different countries. In the end everyone could escape military service
until 1847. This attracted quite some young people from the neighbouring
countries, who wanted to escape the service.
However, in 1847 this changed for the Belgian inhabitants of Neutral
Moresnet. From then on the Belgian law imposed the military service upon
Belgians abroad.
Prussia acted differently in 1855 and stopped considering a person who
went to Neutral Moresnet as an emigrant, because Prussia had always had
the intention to appropriate the territory, but this measure was not
implemented until 1875. In the end after 1875 only the real "neutrals"
were safeguarded from military service.
The history of Neutral Moresnet would not be complete if the legendary dr.
Wilhelm Molly would not be mentioned.
Dr. Molly, born in Wetzlar in Germany, had moved in 1863 to Neutral
Moresnet to be a general practitioner. He was soon popular with the
inhabitants because of the low prices for his treatments. When he succeeded
to root out a threatening cholera epidemic, his popularity knew no end and
soon he was appointed company doctor of the Vieille Montagne. Without Dr.
Wilhelm Molly some interesting aspects of Neutral Moresnet's history would
be missing.
Dr. Molly was the founder of the "Kelmiser Verkehrsanstalt" (traffic
organisation). The organisation itself was not so special, but the stamps
issued by the organisation were. By these stamps dr. Molly and his friends
wanted to show their aspiration for independence. They may have been
influenced by the local post services in a number of Prussian cities.
When the mayor informed the commissioners of the activities, they
immediately issued a prohibitive rule. They based this rule on the fact that
in Neutral Moresnet French law was applicable. And under this law (from
1799) the postal service was a state monopoly.
But the issue of stamps is a minor detail compared to dr. Wilhelm Molly's
effort to turn Neutral Moresnet into the Esperantostate "Amikejo". In 1906
dr. Wilhelm Molly had met the French professor Gustave Roy. Gustave Roy and
dr. Wilhelm Molly, both very keen Esperantists, decided to establish an
Esperantostate. And which territory would be more suitable than the neutral
territory of Moresnet.?
In 1908 a great propaganda demonstration was held in the pavilion of the
shooting association. The complete population was drummed up and in the
decorated hall glowing speeches were given for the establishment of the
Esperantofreestate "Amikejo" (place of great friendship). During this
gathering the miners' band played the "Amikejo-march", which was composed by
Willy Hupperman. This march was to be the national anthem. After the
meeting many international newspapers did mention that an Esperantostate had
been founded. During the Fourth Esperantist Congress it was decided to make
Neutral Moresnet the new seat of the global organisation instead of The
As they had their own stamps, their own hymn and their own coat of arms,
an own flag was essential in Neutral Moresnet. It is not clear where the
flag with 3 horizontal bars in black, white and blue originated from.
One could think that the colours came from the black and white from
Prussia and the Nassau blue of the Netherlands to symbolise both
countries originally (until 1830) controlling Moresnet. However, it
seems more likely that the colours have been taken from the emblem of
the logo of the Vieille Montagne.
In fact the justification of Neutral Moresnet's existence had ended
when the zinc mine was depleted. From that day onwards especially
Prussia put more efforts than before into ending the temporary status of
Neutral Moresnet. Everything was done to convince Belgium to start
negotiations. Because this did not happen quickly enough outright
sabotage actions were undertaken. Around 1900 Prussia cut the
electricity off as well as the telephone connections. They even tried to
prevent the construction of new connections across Belgian territory.
And they tried to prevent the appointment of new municipal officials.
The inhabitants of Moresnet, seeing the storm coming, filed a petition for
annexation by Belgium in cause the neutral status would be ended.
But events in 1914 lead to the end of the neutral territory of Moresnet.
In that year German troops concentrated at the border and on 8th August
German troops marched on Liege through the Liege-street. The neutrality
of Belgium then came to an end and the inhabitants of Neutral Moresnet
realised what this meant for their state.
Quite remarkably, the Prussian considered Neutral Moresnet at first as
occupied territory, just as Belgium. They did not annex it, although
they had always considered it to be German territory. In 1915 a German
was appointed (Dr. Bayer), who took over the tasks of the Belgian
commissioner. In the same year Dr. Bayer was dismissed and on 27th June
it was announced that only the Prussian government had the sovereign
power over the disputed neutral territory of Moresnet.
However, this took place under military pressure and that was in
contradiction with art. 17 of the Aachen border treaty, in which it was
explicitly stipulated that Neutral Moresnet was never to be occupied by
one of the supervising countries.
In 1919, with the Versailles Treaty the final curtain fell for Neutral
Art. 32 of this treaty reads:
Germany recognises the sovereign power of Belgium
over the complete disputed territory of Moresnet.
A small museum (Göhltal museum) is all what is left of this unique episode in European
history. Also of interest is the fact that of the 60 border markers,
more than 50 are still there and mark the former border as if the little
state still existed. These markers in particular form a lasting memory
of this territory, which was once so special.


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- 6 bone-in beef short ribs (5-6 pounds)
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- 1 large Spanish onion, roughly chopped
- 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 carrots, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, then into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 2 inches ginger, peeled, roughly chopped
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- 1 bottle dry white wine (such as Pinot Grigio)
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DeJesus, 27, of Vineland, agreed to a plea bargain, which included the five-year sentence, in May.
The pedestrian, Joseph J. Grosschmidt, 50, who last resided in the 100 block of S. 2nd Street, Vineland, died at the scene, on North Delsea Drive, in Vineland, from his injuries following the accident, which occurred on June 16, 2008.
Grosschmidt's ex-wife, holding her and the victim's grandson in her arms, addressed the court prior to the sentencing.
"(This baby) will never get to meet his grandfather, they'll never play together in the back yard — he now has no grandfather, on either side," said Antoinette Collins. "Joe volunteered at soup kitchens, helped and worked at different local restaurants, and he never had a bad word to say about anyone.
"He wasn't just some guy. He was a man who people cared about."
While Collins was making her statement, a loud yawn was heard from DeJesus.
Both Superior Court Judge David Krell and Cumberland County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Ostrowski took note of the perceived slight. DeJesus appeared surprised at the offense taken.
"Your honor should take into account the blatant arrogance and disdain for the victims shown in the loud, obnoxious yawn heard from the defendant during Ms. Collins' statement," said Ostrowski.
The assistant prosecutor argued that DeJesus' apparent disregard for the life of the victim dates back to soon after the crash itself, when, as Ostrowski paraphrased, he told police, "I can't believe I killed that man. Oh well, he was homeless anyway."
Krell, in his handing down of the sentence, said he had taken into account the fact that DeJesus tested positive for cocaine after his arrest, and that he fled from the scene of the accident and was later found hiding at the Vineland Days Inn, on Delsea Drive. His 2004 Lincoln Navigator was also found at the hotel with front-end damage.
Additional drug charges against DeJesus are pending Vineland Municipal Court.
"You are a relatively young man, and surely you will qualify for parole considering your lack of prior criminal convictions," said Krell, addressing DeJesus following his sentencing. "There's nothing I can say that can add to what has already been said. You will serve you time, you will get out and go on with your life."
Outside the courtroom, following the sentencing, Collins stated she could not fathom DeJesus' behavior immediately after the motor vehicle accident.
"I just don't understand — he said he didn't care because he thought he was homeless," she said. "I mean, I hit a dog and I stop. He hit a person."


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Culture vultures in Belfast are spoilt for choice for tomorrow night. Éigse Loch Lao begins with the Robert MacAdam Memorial Lecture (in Irish) by Doctor Diarmaid Ó Doibhlin at 7pm in the William Conor Theatre, University of Ulster, York Street. (Conor being another famous son of Belfast and one of its finest painters.)
Ó Doibhlin's talk is entitled "Gan tuisle, gan tibeadh – seachadadh an traidisiúin sa Naoú hAois Déag". Ó Doibhlin is a former lecturer of Irish in UU and an expert on Irish-language literature and always someone worth listening to. Éigse Loch Lao will continue in Belfast over the weekend with more lecturers and a poetry/musical trip down the Lagan.
Meanwhile – as they say – in another part of the city, the literary journal, Irish Pages, will hold its fifth annual lecture at 7.30 pm in Belfast Exposed, 23 Donegall Street. Writer and critic, Patricia Craig, will talk on "To Scullabogue Backwards from Belfast: Against Sectarian Preconceptions".
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I saw Garbage perform live in Long Beach with No Doubt back in November of 2002.
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Minara, Bopath Ella is a nature friendly "Adventure Base Hotel" on the banks of Kuru Ganga over looking the mesmerizing Bopath Ella waterfall. It is about the only hotel in Sri Lanka that offers a magnificent view of a waterfall wrapped in the sounds of nature, 24 hours of the day, year round. 4 kilometers away from the Kuruwita town, the hamlet where Minara is located is also known as Bopath Ella. The environs of minara offers the perfect nature friendly, seclude but yet comfortable surroundings that has been aptly described in tourist literature as one of the most picturesque places in Sri Lanka. Popular among foreign as well as local tourist, Minara provides the perfect hide away to relax and enjoy nature's beauty. The hotel offers privacy and comforts in a homely atmosphere to blend in with its surroundings with a personalized and friendly service.
May it be your honeymoon, weekend of relaxation, exploring the wilderness, taking part in adventure or even for workshops and receptions minara provides the facilities and services to satisfy all and their needs, importantly ensuring privacy for the guest.
Nestled among steep valleys, blue ridged mountains, paddy fields, rubber plantations, jungle patches, streams and rivers in the district of Ratnapura, minara is a 20 minute drive from Ratnapura. Traveling from Colombo the travel time to traverse the 89 kilometers will be 2 hours. During the Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) season, the hike to Adam's Peak from Bopath Ella via Erathna is an adventurous and interesting hike.


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Q:I was recently arrested for driving while intoxicated. I refused to take the Breathalyzer, and now I am nervous how this is going to play out when we go to trial. I went through the arraignment on my own and know that I need to hire an attorney. I've been trying to do this on my own, but it's become way over my head. Could you tell me what the process will be so that I can be prepared for what to expect at trial and how I should go about getting an attorney?
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For several years Sismondo Castle, the fortress designed by Filippo Brunelleschi in the mid fifteenth century at the request of Sigismondo Malatesta, houses during the winter season of art exhibitions intenazionali real absolute value. This year the date is extended until the month of June with the intention of giving, especially during the spring, the opportunity for many people to see these masterpieces. Tintoretto, Veronese, Guercino, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Manet, Vermeer, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh, Matisse, Kandinsky, Picasso and many others. A great lesson in art history open to the public not only for professionals but also amateurs and curious. A smaller but no less important section of the exhibition, dedicated to American painting of the twentieth century will be hosted, as well as last year, in the Palazzo Sums in the Republic of San Marino.
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Friday morning we eat the freebie breakfast in the lobby of our motel. I ask Bob and Glenn if they would mind checking out the fabled Fort Cody souvenir stand here in North Platte. It's right on the other side of the interstate. No objections. But first I want to finish my blog entry. Glenn […]
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Holding down the Fort!
June 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Reading the roadside.
June 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
We leave the fort, drive a few blocks north to reconnect with Route 30 and turn left to head westward out of North Platte. Not a half mile down the road, I see a ramshackle used bookstore on the left, and Bob says "Look at this!" There's a guy riding a gray horse westbound on […]
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A quick stop in Medicine Bow
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments
The speed limit in Nebraska on the interstate is 75. Whoosh! We breeze on into Wyoming, decide we can't afford even a quick stop in Cheyenne, same excuse for not stopping again at the famous Tree in the Rock attraction in the median of I-80. We sail right by the Lincoln statue at my favorite […]
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Lunch and some striking scenery
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments
I remember reading once a long time ago, a good little essay in the Travel section of the New York Times. It was about the joys of a second visit. So much is new and exciting when you travel, but sometimes it's good to go back to a place you've been before. A place you […]
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Rest area critters
June 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The internet at this Holiday Inn Express is working this morning. The woman at the desk this morning smiles and says, "Oh we had some troubles, but everything's working now." Oh? And where's the rude woman who treated me so gruffly last night? And who discovered and fixed the problem if there was no problem? […]
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On gravel roads, several videos
June 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Sunday morning we leave Tooele around 10. At the gate to the Government's Dugway Proving Ground, we get on gravel roads around 11:00. We say there's a disaster a day on this trip. When we get to Fish Springs National Wildlife Preserve in the middle of nowhere Utah, our vehicle gives us another surprise. Jay […]
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Call it Tooele. That's 2-illa.
June 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
After lunch in Green River, we keep zipping along, and soon we're in Utah. The terrain changes drastically as we drive into Echo Canyon through the Wasatch Mountains. This is one of the passages that make you wish you had taken several classes in geology when you were in college. The rock formations, the colors, […]
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A good Tuesday.
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments
We awake in Carson City, Nevada. We're taking the Pioneer Branch of the Lincoln Highway around the Southern end of Lake Tahoe, and it's extraordinary. It's stunning. It's cool and goofy. Bob got married in Stateline twenty years ago. Now he says he wants to bring his wife back. So many good memories. Some gambling […]
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A small bowl of mixed olives on the table.
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
I guess it's our own Lincoln Highway tradition now: we celebrate getting to the Western Terminus by going out for a nice Italian dinner on Union Street. We had stumbled upon the restaurant called Capannina when we made our first cross-country trek last August, and Bob and I think we could try that again. So […]
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Where did we leave our hearts?
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
It's a beautiful morning in San Francisco. Bright and sunny. No fog. The folks at the Pacific Heights Inn always have morning coffee and a big box of good donuts in the little office there, so I decide to make that my breakfast. Bob and Glenn go off in search of something more healthy and […]
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East Central 70, Franklin County 24 – East Central girls basketball secured their second straight Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference title.
Greensburg 40, South Dearborn 39
Rushville 64, Batesville 53
Rising Sun 46, Shawe Memorial 17 – Kennedy Oser led the Rising Sun Lady Shiners with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Teammate Brittany Camden added 10 and 3.
Southwestern (Hanover) 81, Milan 15
Switzerland County 39, Oldenburg Academy 39 – Eve Galbreath scored 12 points for the Lady Pacers.
In a five-way meet at Lawrenceburg on Thursday, Batesville won both the boys and girls meets. In the girls, Southwestern was second, Lawrenceburg third, Milan fourth and Shawe fifth. In boys, Lawrenceburg placed second, Southwestern third and Milan fourth.
In Aurora, Madison and South Dearborn split a duel. The Lady AquaKnights won their competition, which Madison got the best of SD in the boys meet.


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Rivermen General Manager Kevin McDonald
announced Wednesday that club has acquired defenseman Shaun Heshka from the Binghamton Senators in exchange for future
considerations. In a separate move, the
Rivermen have signed forward Pete
MacArthur to a professional tryout contract.
Heshka, 26, has appeared in 10 games with the defending
Calder Cup champion Senators and has one assist and six penalty minutes this
season. Now in his sixth professional season, Heshka spent last year with EC
Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. He registered 24 points (six goals, 18 assists)
in 50 games and also recorded a plus-13 rating.
The 6-1, 208-pound native of Melville, SK is a veteran of 284
games in the AHL and has also seen action in eight NHL games with the Phoenix
Coyotes. In his time with the Manitoba
Moose, San Antonio Rampage and Senators he has scored 21 goals and added 75
MacArthur, 26, joins the Rivermen from the Las Vegas Wranglers
of the ECHL. In 14 games this season, he
has already recorded 15 points (three goals, 12 assists). His 12 assists lead the entire ECHL. Last season, appeared in 21 games with the
AHL's San Antonio Rampage and has played in 165 career AHL games.
His most successful season was with the Rockford IceHogs in
2009-10 when he set career highs in assists (34), points (42) and games
played. He has also played for the Bridgeport
Sound Tigers, on an amateur tryout contract, following his senior season at
Boston University (2007-08).
The Rivermen continue their season-long, nine-game
road trip on Thursday against the Lake Erie Monsters at 6 p.m. All
games can be heard on CD Country 107.9 FM or online through www.rivermen.net.


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Careers with Math Options Conference to be held May 9
Approximately 200 seventh grade female students and their chaperones from middle schools in Berks, Montgomery, and Lancaster Counties are expected to attend the Careers with Math Options Conference at Penn State Berks. Thirty speakers from Penn State Berks and the surrounding area will provide workshops that encourage young women to continue pursuing studies in math, science, engineering, technology, finance, and related fields. Currently, this marks the fifteenth year for the conference, which will be held on May, 9, 2012.
The day-long event features sessions with titles such as: Hydrogen fueled Cars; Zentangles, Math, and Art; Math Kounts; Lemonade Stand, SpongeBob Generics, Finger Print Analysis; and Encapsulation and Encoding.
This program has occurred every year since 1997, when it was created and organized by Dr. Janet Winter, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics. After 31 years of service at Penn State Berks, Winter anticipates that she will retire at the end of August. In order to ensure the conference will continue to be held in upcoming years, Winter has established a coordinating committee, including members: Elizabeth Wiggins Lopez, Elaine Berish, Tricia Clark, Selvi Jagadesan, Sue Leh, and Alice Shaparenko.
In addition to this program, Winter initiated the Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference for eleventh graders, the Science for the Schools program (grades 5-10), and the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, a science and engineering program for female Penn State Berks students.


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The year was 1988 and the Los Angeles Dodgers were playing the mighty Oakland A's in the World Series.
The A's were the dominant force in baseball that year, having won 104 regular season games and breaking the hearts of Boston fans by sweeping the Red Sox in four games in the ALCS. The "Bash Brothers," as Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco were called, combined for an amazing 74 home runs and 224 RBIs.
The Dodgers, on the other hand, were the dark horse of baseball. Winners of only 94 games, they surprised all of the pundits by squeaking out victory over the New York Mets in seven games for the pennant. The Boys in Blue didn't have a single guy batting over .300 or a bona fide power hitter with over 30 home runs. They had nothing.
In the first game of the World Series, the A's, true to form, battered the hopeless Dodgers. Taking a 4-3
lead into the ninth at Dodger Stadium, the A's sent the best closer in baseball to the mound, Dennis
Eckersly. Eck, a future Hall of Famer, was nigh unhittable in 1988, amassing 45 saves and a stellar
2.35 ERA. He was a giant on the mound. And everyone knew it.
The Dodgers, having garnished nothing but outs with their first two offerings in the ninth, were demoralized and dejected. A small ray of sunshine appeared when a pinch hitter reached first on a walk.
It was only prolonging the inevitable.
The Dodger manager, Tommy Lasorda, knew the team was finished but had one sliver of hope. Kirk Gibson, the broken and damaged team leader who was barely able to walk, was the only man capable of handling the giant on the mound. Lasorda sent him to the plate.
As Gibson hobbled to the batter's box, the hometown crowd winced with his every step. What would be
Gibson's only plate appearance of the series was sure to be pathetic. A quick 0-2 count seemed to confirm
the crowd's suspicions as many began to take an early exit.
But Gibson would not go away. Three balls later, the count was full at 3-2. Then the magic happened.
Eckersly attempted to force a backdoor slider past Gibson. It was a fatal mistake. The line drive cleared
the right-field fence and sealed the moment as one of the greatest in baseball history. It was a shock that
the A's never recovered from as the Dodgers went on to claim the World Championship in five games.
It doesn't get much better. Or does it?
A battered and bruised John McCain, left for dead last year, came from nowhere to win the Republican
nomination for president. His team, the Republican Party, object of scorn and derision by the major media
and numerous pundits, seems incapable of winning against an overwhelming opponent.
The Democratic Bash Brothers, Obama and Clinton, had massive support and mountains of cash. Their campaigns were unstoppable and inevitable. A simple acquisition of the nomination and Michelle or Bill would be picking swatches to redecorate the Lincoln bedroom.
But, aye, there's the rub. Neither has won the nomination, and the "bashing" is now against one another.
Hilary's victory in Pennsylvania all but assures her continuing the campaign into August. The ongoing
campaign prolongs the damage to the Democratic Party hopefuls by drawing down money, sapping the energy of supporters and building the perception that neither is "presidential timber" due to the perpetual
mud-slinging and Clintonesque attacks on one another.
It is a scenario that right-wing pundits could only dream of: Two Democratic candidates too evenly matched
and too prideful to either take the nomination or stand down. And, best of all, supporters who are "true
believers" in the holy grail of a black or female candidate and willing to sacrifice all in their single-minded pursuit.
Al Sharpton recently declared that if the superdelegates give the election to anyone but Obama, he will be "protesting in the streets." In fact, he may even withdraw his support from the ticket. Battle lines are being drawn within the Democratic Party, and the conflict will show, once again, how fractured and directionless the Democratic Party truly is.
All the while, John McCain begins his presidential campaign early by appearing above the fray - mature
and, well, dare we say, "presidential"? He can't bowl, play golf or do the myriad stupid things that candidates do on the campaign trial due to his war injuries. He is not able to lift his arms above his
head to comb his own hair. He can barely limp to the plate as Gibson did in '88.
But, like Gibson, his crushing blow in November will stun the Democratic faithful who were sure that 2008
was already in the bank. It doesn't get any better.
Steve Lunetta is a Santa Clarita resident. His column reflects his own views, and not necessarily those of
The Signal. Right About Now runs Fridays and rotates among local Republican writers.


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Greatest of All Time Featuring James T. Smith
LL Cool J (Def Jam)
On his latest CD, LL (born James Todd Smith) takes a self-aggrandizing cue from Muhammad Ali and declares he is the greatest rapper of all time. Critics might argue with his boast, but there's no denying that the 32-year-old ranks as one of hip-hop's finest. A rap star since he was 16, he is also an accomplished actor (Deep Blue Sea).
Now, with this album, LL Cool J (translation: Ladies Love Cool James) shows why he has been a fixture in the pop-music firmament. He delivers his smart and sexy lyrics and weathers hip-hop's many stylistic sea changes with a veteran's confidence. That confidence, and his effortless way with rhymes, is evident on much of this CD, which is not as defining as his 1990 triumph Mama Said Knock You Out yet must rank among LL's best. One of rap's first sex symbols, LL loads up the seduction and swagger on tracks like "Imagine That," which gleefully details a series of amorous encounters.
It is on those silky, naughty tracks that LL shines. He falters when he tries to play the street thug. Ripping into those who dare question his abilities, LL is scathing. But despite his nimble put-downs, he is, as the old song says, a lover, not a fighter.
Bottom Line: An old hand is deft, and def, as ever
Picks and Pans Review: G.o.a.t.
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Perfect-Substitutes, Best-Shot, and Weakest-Link Contests Between Groups
Roman M. Sheremeta
Case Western Reserve University
September 9, 2009
Korean Economic Review, 2011, 27, 5-32.
This experiment investigates contests between groups. Each group has one strong player, with a higher valuation for the prize, and two weak players, with lower valuations. In contests where individual efforts are perfect substitutes, both strong and weak players expend significantly higher efforts than predicted by theory. In best-shot contests, where group performance depends on the best performer within the group, most of the effort is expended by strong players while weak players free-ride. In weakest-link contests, where group performance depends on the worst performer within the group, there is almost no free-riding and all players expend similar positive efforts.
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Keywords: contest, between-group competition, within-group competition, asymmetry, coordination, free-riding, experiments
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Miami Heat 95, San Antonio Spurs 88: The title that got away and will never be forgotten
MIAMI — I'm not sure exactly what to write about.
What a postseason. What an NBA Finals. What a Game 7.
But if you're a Spurs fan, you'll never forget this series for all the absolute worst reasons. San Antonio had every chance to finish this thing in Miami and it couldn't. Heartbreakingly, painfully, horribly, it couldn't. The Heat left the floor with a 95-88 win and their second title in as many years.
In a fashion apropos to the prior events of this series, the last opportunity the Spurs had to stay in the game was lost in the form of a Manu Ginobili turnover. It was his fourth giveaway of the night, all of which came in the final frame. It's been as difficult a stretch as this Spurs great has ever seen, and after Game 7 he admitted he never got rid of Tuesday's sting.
"I still have Game 6 in my head," Manu said. "Today we played an OK game, they just made more shots than us. LeBron got hot. Shane (Battier), too. Those things can happen."
But then he continued.
"Being so close and feeling that you are about to grab that trophy and then seeing it vanish is very hard. I think that if we would have lost both games like this I would have been a little more up. But it's a tough feeling."
Ginobili had 18 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in a 6-for-12 shooting performance, but Game 6 and the turnovers are what will last longest in the memory bank. Especially with the uncertainty of his immediate future. In the midst of bitter disappointment, the 35-year-old Manu was asked about one of the biggest upcoming decisions of his life. With all the swirling emotions, could he give a definitive answer about his plans?
"No, it's not the moment," he said with tired eyes. "I'm very disappointed, very upset. I really can't say anything."
But sometimes it's not about the mistakes you make. Sometimes it's about acknowledging what the other team did. The Spurs dared James to shoot jumpers all series long, and for the most part it had been effective. But tonight, James was the best player on the planet again, and there was nothing San Antonio could do about it.
LeBron went for 37 points, including five 3-pointers and a perfect 8-for-8 from the line. And what's more, he had nine baskets outside the paint. On the biggest stage, under the most intense criticism, he buried jumper after jumper on his way to a second title. If James is hitting shots from the perimeter, even the perfect defense might not be enough.
Still, the Spurs had a chance. Despite all of it, they had a chance. And if we're drawing attention to Ginobili's turnovers, it's only fair to bring up another topic: Tony Parker essentially disappeared from the Finals over the last two games. Whether it was his hamstring, exhaustion or just a Heat defense that was at a different level, the Spurs' MVP didn't have anything left in the tank.
He was 3-for-12 from the floor with 10 points and four assists in the season's finale as his team fell.
"I have no excuse. I'm not going to put it on my hammy and stuff like that," he said. "I just didn't play well. My shot was not falling. Couldn't get in a rhythm tonight.
"It's tough to come so close. Those last two games are tough."
The level of disappointment is physically nauseating. The end was there, the ropes were being stretched out and the trophy was being rolled onto the floor. And that was on Tuesday, before it was rolled back into the bowels of American Airlines Arena. But tonight, it stayed on the floor, and James and Co. were there holding it.
I've never been big on consolation prizes or moral victories, and the same can certainly be said of this Spurs team. But this season was special. Duncan's fifth NBA Finals appearance, 14 years after his first. The continued brilliance of Tony Parker, who had the best season of his now 12-year career. The never-ending hard work and grit of Manu Ginobili. The result we all wanted didn't come, but the process itself was beautiful to watch.
And isn't that perfect, after all? Gregg Popovich always talks about the process, not the result. He and his players obviously left their hearts and souls on the court, and the pain of walking off after the last game of the NBA season a loser must be immense. But there was no disingenuousness in his words at the podium as the championship music blared in the background.
"I couldn't love our guys more. What they accomplished this year is something nobody would have ever expected," Pop said. "And they showed a lot of good play to get where they got. And I couldn't be more proud of them.
"It was a great series, and we felt that. I don't know if 'enjoy' is the right word, but in all honesty, even in defeat, I'm starting to enjoy what our group accomplished already, when you look back," he continued. "And you need to do that, to put it in perspective."
Basketball isn't a game of perfection, even in its biggest moments. There will always be botched plays, missed shots and untimely turnovers, but it's all about how you manage the ensuing situations. Danny Green's 1-for-12 performance will hurt, especially after he scorched the earth through the first five games of the series. Parker's disappearance was tough to swallow, especially after an MVP-caliber season. Manu's turnovers and crumbling level of play were awful to witness, especially with memories of Finals past so fresh in mind.
But what makes this a little easier to handle is the fact that we've been able to experience all of this brilliance, all of this jubilation. And maybe that's why this hurts so much. We've seen this celebration before, we know what it feels like to watch our favorite team hold up the Larry O'Brien trophy. To be so close to that point again and watch it slip away is almost unbearable, because we don't know when we'll ever get another chance to see it. Hell, we don't know IF we'll get another chance to see it.
Still, I'll keep coming back to the point that we've already seen it, and we've already felt more joy from this team over the last decade and a half than most teams have had through their entire existence. The Spurs aren't going anywhere, at least not for now. And it all starts with Tim Duncan, who was asked if he'll be back.
"Back for what?" he retorted, before the reporter clarified the intention of his question.
"I have a contract that says I am (back next season)," Duncan said.
These questions will undoubtedly keep coming more and more in the near future, though it's not like they haven't been floating around for the last several years. Before Parker slid off the stage, he answered his final question of the night with some obvious anger. Anger stemming from the repetition of a line he's heard a million times already.
Do you have any thoughts that this might be the last time this group plays together?
"Can't believe you're asking that question," Parker said. "It's been five, six years you're saying we're too old. I'm not going to answer that."
And as he left the podium, he walked into the offseason after missing out on a fourth ring by a single rebound. All the work this season culminated in this, but it's only one season. This team doesn't stop pounding the rock with one result, win or lose. This is all a process that's been larger than any single season, and the end of the line isn't yet in sight.
Where the stonecutters that have gotten this team to where it is today are growing longer in the tooth, they're being helped by a new group of younger hands. And, boy, are they capable ones. As Duncan and Manu near the end, and as we wait and see where Parker's career will eventually take him, we can sit back in awe of what we've seen from Green during this series, and even more impressively, what we saw from the Spurs' incredible 21-year-old small forward.
Kawhi Leonard's 19 points and 16 rebounds were almost enough to carry his teammates, the stars who've lifted the load since his formative years. And he'll learn from tonight. He learns from every game. His mind is a sponge, and much like his current mentors, all he cares about is basketball. He quietly goes about his hard work, and we're already seeing the fruits of a young man's labor.
"I just talked to Kawhi and told him he was absolutely amazing. Nobody expected him at this young age to play the way he has through the whole playoffs," Pop said. "He really is a star in the making. He's just beginning to feel what he has. He's like a little baby learning how to walk, as far as NBA basketball is concerned."
And if that's true, it will be fascinating to watch him grow from infancy. The shift in regime is happening, and it's coming sooner than expected, all because of a trade involving George Hill and a 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. The Spurs will need more than just Leonard as the future approaches, but it's difficult to get a better running start than this with San Antonio's franchise cornerstones still in tow.
It's going to be difficult to sleep in San Antonio, tonight and for some nights to come. But as Pop said, it's necessary to maintain perspective. What we just saw from a Big 3 that's stayed together for more than a decade now as similar formations around the league's landscape have crumbled was nothing short of amazing. But as it was once Duncan's league, it's now LeBron's, and sometimes that must be conceded.
The Spurs will still be around. They might look and feel different, but they'll still be there. The concepts, the principles, the practices, they won't change drastically along with personnel evolution. Parker will be back and Timmy says he'll be there with him. At this point, who knows what will happen in Ginobili's world, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see him back at a discounted rate.
They'll all be older, and each 48 minutes will become more and more difficult. But as the role players evolve and become more than that, they'll have help. Help that will be even better next year. As Game 7 showed us, superstars win titles in this league. The Spurs' stars are fading while many others around the NBA are burning the brightest.
But, if you take Popovich at his word, the Spurs have another in the making. And Leonard's star is just beginning to shine.


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The script for Fox's upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot is getting a polish from the prolific Seth Grahame-Smith ("Dark Shadows," "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter").
Jeremy Slater wrote the initial script for director Josh Trank ("Chronicle") and newly-appointed producer Matthew Vaughn ("X-Men: First Class").
Fox previously made two "Fantastic Four" films starring Jessica Alba and future "Avengers" star Chris Evans, in 2005 and 2007.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the reboot is taking a more "grounded" approach and will rely on the mythology of the beloved Marvel Comics, although it's not yet known if the FF will face such well-known villains as Doctor Doom and Galactus again, or face a new evil.
In addition to his recent film work, Graham-Smith solidified his genre credits by writing "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "The Spider-Man Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual."


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The Linux Desktop: Not Dead, Just Broken
Faithful readers of the Linux Blog Safari column here at LinuxInsider may recall the woeful report a few weeks back that a murder had been committed — by Apple, no less! — and that the Linux desktop was dead. It was a distressing report, to be sure, not least because there was no corpse in sight. Linux Girl had her funereal-black Tux cape cleaned and pressed, just in case — but without a body, the funeral had to be postponed. Good thing, too, because since then new reports have emerged, and they're much more encouraging!
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NORTON SHORES — No injuries were reported after a furnace explosion Wednesday afternoon at Cannon Muskegon Corp., 2875 Lincoln.
Norton Shores firefighters responded to the foundry about 2:45 p.m. Fire Chief David Purchase said the steam explosion was contained to the furnace area and no structural damage to the building resulted.
Purchase said one of the melting furnaces had a problem and the molten metal came out of the furnace and burned through hoses, mixing with either cooling water or hydraulic fluid. All employees were evacuated.