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Like Michael Jordan or Jay-Z before it, Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair is coming out of retirement. The estrogen-fueled tour bus rolls into Live Nation's Comfort Dental Amphitheatre--formerly Fiddler's Green--Tuesday. Colorado's lineup isn't my personal favorite, but there are certainly some "sexcellent" specimens involved with the festival's reanimation. Janelle Monae, La Roux, Sia, Suzanne Vega, Erykah Badu and Marina and The Diamonds, to name a few. Sadly, not a single one of them is doing Denver.


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A man was swept away in an arroyo during Friday afternoon's storms.
The man entered an arroyo near Indian School Road and Louisiana Avenue, according to Albuquerque police.
Police received numerous calls in reference to an individual in the drainage ditch parallel to Interstate 40. Police said the individual was able to get himself out and walked away from the scene declining medical attention.
It remains unknown whether or not the man was swept into the arroyo involuntarily by flood waters.
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Formed in 1937, PARQUE NACIONAL LANÍN protects 420 square kilometres of Andean and sub-Andean habitat that ranges from barren, semiarid steppe in the east to patches of temperate Valdivian rainforest pressed up against the Chilean border. To the south, it adjoins its sister park, Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, while it also shares a boundary with Parque Nacional Villarrica in Chile.
The park's raison d'être and geographical centrepiece – the cone of Volcán Lanín – rises to 3776m and dominates the entire landscape. Meaning "choked himself to death" in Mapudungun, it is now believed to be extinct. The park's other trump card is the araucaria, or monkey puzzle tree, which grows as far south as Lago Curruhue Grande, but is especially prevalent in the northern sector of the park, an area known as the Pehuenia region. As well as the araucaria, other tree species endemic to the park are the roble pellí and the raulí, both types of deciduous Nothofagus southern beech. Parque Lanín also protects notable forests of coihue and, in the drier areas, cypress. Flowers such as the arvejilla purple sweet pea and the introduced lupin abound in spring, as does the flame-red notro bush. Fuchsia bushes grow in some of the wetter regions.
As for fauna, the park is home to a population of huemules, a shy and rare deer. Pudú, the tiny native deer, and pumas are present, but rarely seen: you're more likely to glimpse a coypu, a grey fox or two species introduced for hunting a century ago, the wild boar and the red deer, which roam the semiarid steppes and hills of the east of the park. Birdwatchers will want to keep an eye out for the active White-throated treerunner, a bizarre bird with an upturned bill adapted for removing beech nuts, while the acrobatic Thorn-tailed rayadito is another regional speciality.


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CANADA VS SWITZERLAND (yesterday)
4:54 left: Canada ties it at 1-1. Pass by Schenn from right circle was stopped by the defense but Ryan Johansen scooped the puck up first and slid it along the ice under Conz. Shots are 15-6.
3:21 left: Conz with the glove save on a laser from Johansen streaking down the right wing.
2:51 left: Johansen robbed again from in front. Sick backhand pass from the wall by captain Ryan Ellis.
End-1st: It's tied at 1-1 but it turned into a shooting gallery over the final 10 minutes as Canada has a 23-8 bulge in shots on goal. Johansen stopped again in the final minute and so was Kassian on a feed from Marcus Foligno. Those three put together for a great shift.
8:42 left: Conz robs Foligno from in front after feed from Johansen from behind the net. Best chance of the period.
1:59 left: And they will get USA as Kassian scores into the empty net on Canada's 50th shot to make it 4-1. Swiss star Nino Niederreiter, who has been no factor in this one, gets a misconduct. You'd think the No. 5 pick in the draft would have more impact than he has.
1:31 left: Another penalty on frustrated Swiss, a roughing call on Bartschi, and a roughing penalty to Canada's Gudbranson.
The final was 4-1 Canada. Ryan Johansen was Canada's Player of the Game. And it was well-deserved, as you might tell from the updates above.
Here's Patrick King from Sportsnet on the meeting of Winterhawks playing on different national teams. A bit of an elbow from Nino on Johansen at one point.
Nino Niederreiter and Sven Bartschi did not have good games; neither did the rest of the Swiss team, however. Their goalie had to play great to even keep them close; amazingly he didn't get Switzerland's Player of the Game. I'd have to say a disappointing tournament for Nino, who did not have nearly the impact he had in last year's tournament, with only three points in five games; and Bartschi, who was tabbed by many as the breakout star of the tournament, but only recorded two points in five games. Or maybe not, as I felt the expectations were way out of line at the start of the tournament, and from a team standpoint the Swiss were able to avoid being relegated and will play in the tournament next year. Tomorrow they play Finland for fifth place.
Canada on the other hand...
CANADA VS USA (tonight)
14:01 left: Ryan Johansen jumps on a rebound, a tap-in of Ellis' point shot. Canada leads, 3-0.
Dominating from the start, the Canadians won 4-1.
Johansen played another good game. He's scored in every game in the tournament, the only Canadian to do so. He's played the same consistent game he plays for the Winterhawks. He's actually played in front of the net more than he does for Portland; his goals have come from rebounds and within five feet. I wonder if the Winterhawks might try him in that role a little more when he comes back.
The Russians upset Sweden, so it's Canada versus Russia for the championship on Wednesday at 4:30.
Last we left them at the U17 World Hockey Challenge, Team West had been knocked out of medal contention and were playing for fifth place. Well, they won that game 4-1 yesterday over Slovakia. Brendan Leipsic scored the first goal of the game, again assisted by Derrick Pouliot. Once again, plenty of action and celebration shots in the media gallery at the link
Tonight, they unfortunately finished the tournament losing 2-1 to Team Atlantic and finishing in sixth place. Stats are sketchy at the moment, but it appears Leipsic scored Team West's only goal. They outshot Team Atlantic 35-19, so they might have been unlucky to lose.
Leipsic finishes with five points in five games, and Pouliot finishes with three points assuming he didn't assist on the goal.


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This is Who I AmJennifer Doyle
Today I am unshowered and behind on work.
Yesterday I was a taxi driver and a runner who made it four miles. I was also a Target shopper who proudly escaped for less than $60.
The day before that I was a domestic goddess, roasting pumpkin seeds while cooking chili, catching up on Friday Night Lights, AND getting two hyper-spasticated children into cheap Halloween costumes.
Tomorrow I'm going to be a darker brunette thanks to a much needed hair appointment. I'll still be behind on work because one thing that I always am is behind on work.
Twenty-some years ago I was a child who was bullied simply for existing, then the girl who didn't make the cheerleading team. I was the girl in high school who didn't have as much confidence as she should have. I was the girl who thought I'd marry my high school sweetheart and didn't believe that there were other fish in the sea.
I am that girl all grown up, who graduated summa cum laude with a Masters Degree, found a different fish in that sea, and still struggles from time to time with self confidence.
Today and everyday I'm always trying to get it right.
I am not someone who can do it all. I'm not the person someone would call to organize a class party. My house is a disaster. I am not good at making phone calls or mailing birthday cards on time. My kids sometimes get PB & J for dinner and my husband is forced to search the fridge for leftovers. My to do list now has to include things like "take a shower" and "call Mom" because the things that I used to do automatically aren't getting done. There are things that I have had to let go of and mostly they've all been tied to the perfect vision I had for what it meant to be a wife and mother.
But I'm more than the sum of the things that I'm not. I am a Christian, a woman, a mother, and wife. I'm a writer, dreamer, and business starter. I'm a Cardinals fan, lover of my Canon, and drinker of iced tea with extra lemon. I'm a friend, budget maker, traveler, and joker. I am always learning something new. I am grateful. I am happy.
I am more and more everyday.
This post was inspired by Alli Worthington's Phenomenal Women- The 'I Am' Project where all sorts of women answered her call to complete this sentence…"I am ___." Go check out her photo gallery of inspiring women and join in!


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Police were called just before 9 p.m. Sunday to a home on Gracelawn near King Avenue for a shooting. Christensen was driven to Hurley with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at about 11:15 p.m., according to a press release.
No other details were given out.
At the scene police said they were hearing "three or four different stories."
Christensen is the 61 homicide of the year, matching the second highest total ever in the city. The high mark of 66 was set in 2010.
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Robyn Ochs
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|Boston Bisexual Women's Network, Bisexual Resource Center, BiNet USA, MassEquality
|LGBT Rights/Bisexual Rights
|Peg Preble
|Susan J. Hyde Activism Award (2009); Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus's Lifetime Achievement Award for advocacy on the Harvard University Campus (2009); Reinaldo dos Santos Memorial Award for Bisexual Activism (1997); PFLAG's Brenda Howard Award (2011)
editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
Robyn Ochs (born 1958) is an American bisexual activist. She is a professional speaker and workshop leader. Her primary fields of interest are gender, sexuality, identity and coalition building. She is the editor of the Bisexual Resource Guide (published annually from 1990 to 2002) and the coeditor of the anthology Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (published in 2005, with a second edition in 2009), and the anthology Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men (2014). Ochs has appeared on a number of television talk shows, including Donahue, Rolanda, Maury Povich, Women Aloud, Real Personal, Hour Magazine and The Shirley Show, to discuss issues relating to bisexuality. She has also been in Seventeen and Newsweek.
Ochs teaches courses on topics including LGBT history & politics in the United States, the politics of sexual orientation, and the experiences of those who transgress the binary categories of gay/straight, masculine/feminine, black/white and/or male/female.[1] Her writings have been published in numerous bisexual, women's studies, multicultural and LGBT anthologies.[2]
She is the niece of late folk singer Phil Ochs.
Ochs helped found the Boston Bisexual Network in 1983, and the Bisexual Resource Center in 1985.[3] Ochs worked as an administrator at Harvard University from 1983 until she retired in 2009. In 1987 The East Coast Bisexual Network established the first Bisexual History Archives with Ochs' initial collection; archivist Clare Morton hosted researchers.[4] The group became the Bisexual Resource Center in 1993.[5]
She contributed the piece "From the Closet to the Stage" to the 1991 anthology Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out.[6]
In 1997 she received the Reinaldo dos Santos Memorial Award for Bisexual Activism.
In 2002 she delivered the first bi-focused keynote during the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Addiction Professionals.[7]
In 2004 and in 2007, she keynoted the Midwest Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Campus Conference, the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student conference in the United States. Ochs is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
On 17 May 2004, the first day it was legal for same-sex couples to marry anywhere in the United States, Ochs and her long-time partner Peg Preble were among the first same-sex couples to get legally married.[8] Ironically, in an example of exactly the type of bisexual erasure she has spent much of her life fighting against, Ochs was publicly misidentified in the press as a lesbian.
Ochs has served on the Board of Directors of MassEquality, Massachusetts's statewide equality organization, since 2004.
Ochs is a co-founder of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Faculty and Staff Group at Harvard University and served as co-chair in 2008-2009.
In 2009 at the Creating Change Conference the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force awarded Ochs the Susan J. Hyde Activism Award for Longevity in the Movement. As she presented the award Creating Change Director Sue Hyde told Ochs: "We hear your clear voice, we see your staunch advocacy and we respond to your loving insistence that our movement includes all of us."[9]
Also in 2009, Ochs received the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus's Lifetime Achievement Award for advocacy on the Harvard University Campus.
Ochs received the 2011 Brenda Howard Award at the Queens NYC PFLAG chapter's annual awards luncheon on February 5, 2012.[10]
The book Timelines of Bisexual History by Jane Collins, published by Lulu in 2014 (ISBN 978-1-304-95299-8) is dedicated to her.
On June 13, 2015, Ochs received the City of Cambridge's GLBT Commission's annual recognition award for her work as an educator and activist.[11]
See also[edit]
Selected bibliography[edit]
- Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
- Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men-An Anthology co-edited with H. Sharif "Herukhuti" Williams
- Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan (Firestein, ed.)
- Bi Any Other Name: Bisexuals Speak Out (Kaahumanu & Hutchins, ed.)
- Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism (Weise, ed.)
- Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Blumenfeld, ed.)
- Bisexuality: The Identity and Politics of an Invisible Minority (Firestein, ed.)
- Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology (Kesselman, McNair, & Schniedewind, eds.)
- Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Zimmerman, ed.)
- Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (ed. Adams, et al.)
- ^ Ochs, Robyn, Robyn Ochs Teaching, retrieved 2008-02-25
- ^ Ochs, Robyn, About Robyn Ochs, retrieved 2008-02-25
- ^ Theres more to humanity than just gay and straight March 28, 2008 Gay People's Chronicle
- ^ "BiNet USA".
- ^ "BiNet USA".
- ^ "b i · a n y · o t h e r · n a m e".
- ^ "BiNet USA".
- ^ "A Carefully Considered Rush to the Altar (washingtonpost.com)".
- ^ "Robyn Ochs receives Susan J. Hyde Activism Award". Thetaskforce.org. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ http://bimagazine.org/index.php/news/robyn-ochs-recieves-the-2011-pflag-queens-brenda-howard-award/#sthash.mbuNRnNi.dpuf
- ^ Dolan, Shelagh. "Cambridge Pride brunch marks milestone". Universal Hub. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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- Robyn Ochs' website
- Robyn Ochs' MySpace page
- Robyn Ochs Famous GLTB People
- Fighting Prejudice with Education by Sasha Hnatkovich The Pulse September 2005
- Unstoppable and Always Learning:Robyn Ochs by Jon Pressick bisexual.com Apr 23, 2007
- Robyn Ochs: Activist/Pioneer: Local leader to keynote second North American conference on bisexuality, by Ethan Jacobs in Bay Windows, 7/24/03
- Bisexuality and the Space Between Binary Categories, by John Townsend in Lavender Magazine, June 2008


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Serena wins sixth Sony Open
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As celebratory music blared through the air at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne,the No. 1 WTA player in the world, Serena Williams, held court allowing her adoring fans to take part in history getting a glimpse of the reigning queen of tennis as she celebrated a record sixth Sony Open Tennis Championship. The 31-year-old champion held the cradled the winning trophy in her arms and showed grace and poise expressing her joy and appreciation for the accomplishment. Thats to my God Jehovah, my dad and everyone in my camp, I always forget names but I felt good today, its so special to have number six now, Williams said. I finally have some record, thats really cool. But Im really happy. Williams won a competitive and entertaining three set match against No.2 ranked Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, taking control and dominating the Russian born blonde by winning 10 straight games to close out the match. It was a womens final between two of the best players in the world, one of whom people believe may be the best player in the history of the sport. Spectator, Paul Fisher, watched the Williams match and thinks its time for people to start talking about the one in a generation player in historic terms. She obviously now is the best female player ever in the world in terms of her career, Fisher said after the match. Shes breaking all the records, she just broke the record in this event, shes won it six times now so you cant argue anymore. The over-powering player with the winning smile, was proud of her latest accomplishment despite struggling with her game throughout the tournament. Her intestinal fortitude and talent eventually made the difference. I dont think this was my best tournament, said Williams. I think everyone would agree but I think those are the moments that count when you go out and do the best you can and come out on top and always try to improve. Williams has won 15 Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic Gold medal while amassing a WTA all-time record $43 million in prize money. Williams was humble about her place in history following her 49 singles career singles title. She has a career record of 573-110 which means she wins nearly 84 percent all the matches shes every played. But despite her success and famous flamboyance on and off the court, Williams was uncomfortable talking about her legacy. I actually dont like to think about that, Williams said defecting questions about her place in the sport. Im having a good year and I still want to do well, I dont want this to be my last title, so I want to keep winning as much as I can. Williams has made winning a lifestyle. She admits to being highly competitive. I dont know anyone in life who hates losing more than I do, said Williams. I just try to focus on one day at a time and just doing well. By Rod CoffeeMiami Times staff writer


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[Editor's Note: This is the fourth installment from guest blogger Isabel Rutherfurd, who is a volunteer teacher at Shanti Bhavan.]
Volunteering at Shanti Bhavan immediately pulls you from your world at home and into a new community half way across the world in rural South India. The day you arrive, smiling faces eager to learn your name greet you to learn where you are from and how you came to be at Shanti Bhavan.
Your days begin with the whole school having coconut curry, maybe a dosa (an Indian rice pancake), and a cup of chai before dashing off to start the school day. The classes volunteers teach range from grammar to music to accounting. My personal favorite was setting up a model UN with the middle schoolers as part of their history and government coursework. Each class is different, with the personalities the kids shining through to the center of the classroom. However, all of the students value their education as thy realize it is the key to their future success, and an opportunity for them improve the quality of life for their families.
Everyday, the school gathers in the schoolhouse while students share news headlines and kindergarteners explain a virtue like kindness through a short skit they've rehearsed with their classmates. These always promise a few "aws" and chuckles, as well as a chance for the young ones to bask in the limelight.
Later in the day, kids get a chance to unwind while the volunteers oversee a game of basketball or soccer. The physical activity is a great break for everyone from the academic collaboration between volunteer and student that happens throughout the day. Volunteers share their knowledge and experiences with the whole community of Shanti Bhavan, and in return, grow meaningful relationships with the students who look up to them as role models. It is an incredible experience that makes every volunteer feel lucky to have had!
Want to help more girls learn to dream big at Shanti Bhavan? Come out to the GIRLS WHO ROCK show in New York City on Friday, May 18th. Check out additional details about the concert including talent line-up and buy your tickets here! You can follow along on Twitter (of course!) at @girlswhorockny | @shesthefirst | #GWR2012


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what i'm grateful for #3: lullabiesChristine Kang
You think being grateful for "lullabies" is sort of lame, don't you? Well, my friends, allow me to convince you that lullabies are quite possibly the most awesome things that exist. But first, a story.
The godfather of my only child (shown as a newborn, above), Mark, and his wife Morgan, gave birth to their first, a son. about a week ago. Mark and Morgan (and now, little William!) live in London, and since I'm here in Houston, I haven't been able to see the baby yet. But about 7 hours after the birth, I was on Skype with the new little family, and watching little William quietly breathing, his little lips puckered in that perfect way that babies pucker their lips. I watched Mark and his family through my computer screen, just marveling at what had just happened, how their lives had been forever changed by this sweet little bundle sleeping on Morgan's chest. It was just so awesome.
Needless to say, as we bloggers are won't to do, I felt moved to write about it on my site. And as I always do, I wanted to end my post with a song. After some searching, I found this one, called "Not a Lullaby," by The Weepies, that had the following lyric:
This is just a quiet tune
to bring the light into your room
When I'm not right in front of you
to hold you in my arms
Perfect, since I won't be able to meet little William for a while. And I love that it's called "not a lullaby" — it's just a sweet, soothing song.
But then, this got me thinking.
I remember when I was waiting for my daughter to be born, I felt like it was important for me to have a lullaby in my back pocket, so that I knew what to pull out when she needed soothing. By the time she arrived, I had a few traditional lullabies in mind, but you know which song actually worked best?
That's right: Bob Marley. I know it doesn't sound much like a lullaby, but it turns out that when sung softly, it works a treat. In fact, Alex is 8 years old now, and it still is the song that works best for soothing her. I mean, how can you stay upset when the first line tells you not to worry 'bout a thing?
Then, I remembered that when I was a little girl, my dad used to sing this song to me over and over again:
He didn't sound anything like Ray Charles, and in fact, my father has a really hard time holding a tune, but it was sweet, and I can't ever not think of my Dad when I hear it.
So yes, I'm grateful for lullabies, even the ones that were never intended to be lullabies. I'm grateful for how they make instant traditions within families. I'm grateful for the moments when I've been able to sing them, or had them sung to me. And I'm grateful for how they instantly bring up wonderful memories every time I hear them.
What about you — did your family have lullabies? Did you have any special songs you sang to your kids? Share them in the comments. And mad respect points if they were song by artists in the 80's who had bad hair.
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Spain's glittering run at the pinnacle of international football came to an end on Wednesday, as the defending champions succumbed 2-0 to Chile to be bundled out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
After a 5-1 embarrassment at the hands of the Dutch in their opening game, it was widely expected that Vicente del Bosque's side would quickly recover against the Chileans to mark the Netherlands disaster as an aberration rather than a stark indication of decline.
Instead, La Roja's second humbling in six days made it clearly evident that changes must be made to this Spanish outfit in the coming months to prepare for their European Championship defence in 2016.
With an ageing squad and tactical approach that has shown signs of vulnerability, it feels like a time of generational change will enforce itself upon La Roja.
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Kim Zolciak has a new little man in her life.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star welcomed a son, Kroy Jagger Biermann, the reality star announced via Twitter Tuesday night.
"[Kroy Biermann] and I are happy to announce the birth of our son today," she wrote. "Kroy Jagger Biermann is healthy & beautiful We are so in love!"
This is the first child for Zolciak, 32, and her Atlanta Falcons boyfriend Kroy Biermann, 25. Zolciak also has two daughters, Brielle, 14, and Ariana, 9, from a previous relationship.
Biermann also Tweeted the happy news, writing, "Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes!! KJ is doing so well along with momma ... Thank you God!!!"
Once she made it into her second trimester, the reality star told PEOPLE she felt "awesome" and emphasized how excited her daughters were to have Kroy in their life – and a new baby on the way.
"He's really fantastic with my girls," Zolciak said of her boyfriend. "I couldn't have asked for a better partner ever."
Zolciak also said she got support from her Atlanta costars Kandi Burruss and Sheree Whitfield. "[Sheree will] send me text messages [like], 'I hope you're not overdoing it,'" Zolciak said, "and 'Do you need anything?' "
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Prior to Signal Hill, Ira was the Managing Partner, President and Co-founder of Updata Advisors. On August 1, 2010, Updata Advisors merged into Signal Hill. Prior to founding Updata, Ira was the CFO and Treasurer of CGA Computer, Inc., and guided Tridex Corporation, an AMEX company, and Computer Magnetics, Inc., a NASDAQ company, through acquisitions, divestitures, financings and an IPO. He began his career with Laventhol and Horwath, a large international accounting firm.
Ira is a Certified Public Accountant and received an M.S. in banking and financial services from Boston University and a B.S. in accounting from City University's Herbert H. Lehman College in New York. He has completed Harvard Business School's Executive Education program for publicly-traded company Audit Committee Chairs. Since 1985, he has appeared in the Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Ira is currently on the board of directors for a number of privately-held companies, including Signal Hill, and has previously served on the boards of several publicly-traded companies.


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Everything that's in the spreadsheet is on this site, separated into posts instead of columns. You can thank the unholy turn in the weather. Snow in May? It's the first on the official record in my state!
Again, many thanks to karenryan and rockchild for helping me get this done :)


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JACKSON, MI – Thanks to continued good weather and the number of focused crews, Consumers Energy is moving up its estimated restoration times by 24 hours.
Most customers should have their power restored by late Thursday, according to a statement from the utility.
In Jackson County, 1,248 customers – down from more than 13,000 – remained without electricity at 11:30 a.m., Consumers reported. There are 3,698 in Calhoun County and 1,115 in Hillsdale County.
Only customers in harder hit areas in other parts of the state, including Genesee and Kalamazoo counties, might not have power until late Friday.
There are 430 electric line and 150 forestry crews now working on the system. These crews are comprised of more than 1,800 Consumers field workers and contractors, according to the statement.
Contractor crews from as far away as Oklahoma have helped turn back on the lights for more than 250,000 customers since severe storms bringing high winds hit Michigan and the Midwest on Sunday.
More than 16 percent of Consumers customers, nearly 300,000 homes and businesses, were affected.
The storm caused widespread, significant damage. It broke more than 1,000 utility poles. Because there were not just one or two concentrated areas of the damage, restoration has been challenging, Mary Palkovich, Consumers vice president of energy delivery, said in the statement.
Neighboring states also had damage, so Consumers had to recruit crews from further states, such as Kentucky and the Carolinas.
Many, including support staff, are working to pull customers out of the dark, she said in the statement. "It takes a tremendous amount of coordination in the office and in the field to do that safely. We thank all of them for their continued effort. We're not done yet, but the end is in sight."
There still might be some downed wires and the public is reminded to stay vigilant and safe. Stay at least 25 feet from the wires and report them by calling 1-800-477-5050.
Additionally, drivers should take precautions when they see working utility crews along the roads, according to the statement. Motorists are encouraged to slow down or stop and wait for traffic to clear so they can safely pass workers.
Updated outage information is available on Consumer's online outage map and outage center.


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Science Through an Antique Lens
The exhibit "A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment to the 20th Century," now on display at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), features a selection of antique microscopes from UC Berkeley's Golub Collection. The full collection, donated by Orville Golub, Ph.D. microbiology '44, is housed in the Valley Life Sciences Building and curated by CNR's Biological Imaging Facility manager Steve Ruzin, who guest-curated the SFO exhibit. Open through June 30.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Breakaway Ministries began 25 years ago as a small Bible study on the campus of Texas A&M University, but now it's a weekly gathering with thousands of students on fire for the Lord.
Each Tuesday evening, the students meet at the school's basketball arena for worship, prayer and Bible teaching.
"I went to Breakaway on the first Tuesday night, and it completely rocked my world. I have never in my life just instantly felt that close to thousands of people. It was just amazing," sophomore Rachel Fisher said.
Breakaway Ministries is a non-denominational Bible study. It's mission is to introduce college students to Jesus Christ and call them to walk with Him for a lifetime.
Their passion seems contagious, and it's having what you might call a domino effect.
"There's so many things I could sit here and list out for you that the Lord is doing here. I'm on this whole retrospective look thing of what's been going on here. I just can't even fully describe what's happening here. Like I said, we're changing the world on this campus," senior Taylor Paine said.
There's a saying that everything is bigger in Texas, and apparently, it includes the Bible studies as well.
Ten thousand people have shown up at these Bible studies on Texas A&M's campus. That's one-fifth of the entire student population.
Small Beginnings
Breakaway Ministries wasn't always this big though. It began in 1989 when 12 students met in an apartment to pray and seek to know God through His Word.
The Bible study grew over the years and now students across the country are talking about it.
"I met a lot of different students from different campuses and what not from across the nation, and I tell them I'm from Texas A&M, and immediately they know about Breakaway. And they're like 'Oh you go to Breakaway?' And I'm like 'Yeah, I volunteer out there.' And it's kind of sad that I don't know what kind of ministries they have at their school," sophomore Aaron Mohammed said.
Breakaway Executive Director Ben Stuart, who graduated from A&M in 1998, says the ministry is not designed to replace the local church. He encourages students to find a church home and then come together on Tuesday nights for campus community.
Many students keep coming back because they say Stuart's teachings really connect with them on a heart level, like his series on staying pure before marriage.
"He broke into the Song of Solomon and related it into every aspect of dating, from the very first time that you meet all the way until marriage and beyond. He just elaborated on how it was the Christian example that God had given us to be able to follow in the Bible," senior James Arnold said.
Special Movement of God
No matter how much they enjoy the teaching and no matter how big the crowds get, students there say the same thing: that God alone is doing something special on their campus.
"There's something to be said about Breakaway," student leader Logan Knowles said. "If God were to move away from Breakaway, it would cease to exist. Ben usually says we have 10,000 that come to Breakaway and there's 40,000 more that don't. You know, there's always efforts to reach out and spread God's Word."
The ministry also sponsors an international outreach called the Shalom Project. Last year, students raised more than $100,000 to rescue children from sex trafficking.
These students say there's no stopping what God can do through them, and they plan to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
"As an Aggie, you are a part of something bigger than yourself. That is sort of our motto," Fisher said. "So for Breakaway to be such a prominent part, it all makes sense because what we do at Breakaway is all about glorifying God. It's really about the spreading the Gospel, and you know, showing that Jesus moves and He loves everyone."
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Another Florida book that deals with family and choice, Swamplandia by Karen Russell has much darker overtones. At the center is a family coping with great change – the loss of their matriarch.
The book also weaves subplots such as the steady loss of their livelihood, the loss of a cohesive family, and the loss of innocence. The Bigtree family runs a roadside attraction like many that were so popular in Florida in the 1950s and 60s.
With not so subtle comparisons to Disney World, a major theme park opens and steadily drains Swamplandia's paying clientele until the family business is merely a shattered hulk of what it had been just as the family itself is cracked and broken.
Here the fantasies indulged by the children are dark and dangerous, such as the ghostly lover that lures Ossie, the oldest sister, far from home and the brother who escapes into the evil world of big cities. Ava, the youngest child, goes to great lengths to rescue her family and along the way endures haunting abuse.
Ms. Russell's writing is beautifully descriptive. She has written some of the best albeit quirky descriptions of Florida I have read:
She creates Tim Burton images with words:
Her images and her characters will haunt you long after you close Swamplandia, as real as Ossie's ghosts.
This young adult book is written by the mother/daughter team of Helen and Lori Carpenter and is set in a fictional small town in Florida.
Protagonist Tovi Taggert is new in town, starting high school, and almost six feet tall. If that wasn't enough for this frustrated teen, boys are spreading rumors about her and girls are accusing her of attempting to steal their boyfriends.
While this may seem like just another tale of misfits and mean girls it deals with some very serious questions and interweaves issues with fantasy storylines.
I wish there had been more info on the Choking Game and the dangerous attraction it can have but the subject is dealt with candor and the writers are not overly preachy. The book examines issues that young and old face without the bad language and vulgarity. Can Tovi make friends among the popular teens and still be true to herself? Is it more important to be popular or truthful? What if you make a wish and it comes true but your life is even more complicated?
In the end, Tovi realizes that her choices are not easy but she has done her best for herself, her family, her friends, and the Sky Horse.
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Undoubtedly, the team had witnessed the beating the Cowboys put on the Redskins in Washington and at some point probably shuddered when thinking about this week's visit.
There was reason for hope, however, as players with lingering injuries had a chance to heal up and enjoy a week of rest. Not to mention that Arizona Head Coach Dennis Green anticipated that Warner would miss at least some playing time and intensified the preparation process for QB John Navarre. Throw in the fact that the starting QB would get an extra week of rest due to the minor knee injury, and things might actually be looking up for the Cardinals despite this week's tough opponent.
Although the coaching staff had put in extra time to get Navarre ready during the two weeks they had between contests, it wasn't evident on the playing field early on. The Cardinals opened the game on their own 20 following the touchback and proceeded to wilt immediately. LB/DE DeMarcus Ware drew first blood when his first-play blitz brought him face-to-face with RB Edgerrin James just as the running back was taking the handoff. Luckily, James was able to hold on to the ball despite momentarily losing the handle. Two incompletions later – one of which being a sure INT for TD dropped by CB Terrance Newman in the left flat – and the punting unit was on.
The Cardinals defense answered the call quite nicely as they held off the potent Dallas offense for most of the first quarter, until WR Terrell Owens burned both CB David Macklin and FS Robert Griffith, who were double-covering on a 47-yard TD strike from QB Drew Bledsoe. The defense kept up the level of play even after that deflating score. Starting in the second quarter defensive coordinator, Clancy Pendergast, began sending SS Adrian Wilson on a barrage of blitzes. Wilson, who is arguably the best blitzing safety in the game, had recent made remarks in the media about his unhappiness with how he's been used this season. Apparently, the coaching staff heard, loud and clear. He would be sent on 7 blitzes in the final 3 quarters, producing 2 sacks and 2 hurries.
As successful as the Cardinal defense was in the first 3 quarters, the Cowboy defense still played just a little better. The constant blitzing combined with an extremely versatile and confusing 3-4 alignment caused the entire Redbird offense to discombobulate. Even the Pro Bowl WR tandem of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin were forced into mental mistakes, as neither was able to read to the defenses well enough to recognize impending blitzes. This caused the receivers to continue on routes they needed to break off on and on 3 separate occasions, Navarre ended up throwing INTs because of the receivers' confusion. He also threw another INT without the aid of any teammates' errors. He had TE Leonard Pope wide open near the Dallas goal line early in the 4th, but was picked off by LB/DE Greg Ellis when he launched a wobbly duck towards the pair.
As for the Cowboys' offense, they were held in check until the 9:36 mark in the 4th, when their relentless rushing tandem of RBs Julius Jones and Marion Barber finally began to reap benefits after tiring the front four of the Redbird D. Jones rushed for 67 yards in the 4th alone (finishing with 146 on 18 carries) and Barber finished the contest with 93 yards on 11 carries and a TD.
The silver lining in this meltdown was that by the time the two-minute warning had rolled around, there were very few starters remaining on the field and Arizona fans were finally able to see their QB of the future in action. QB Matt Leinart only completed 1 of 3 passes, but did look sharp as both incompletions were drops. All things considered, he still had a better day than John Navarre, who completed 11-29 passes for 101 yards and 4 INT, and Edgerrin James who had a season-low 39 yards on 14 carries.
Cardinals lose 17-0.
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The Cardinals will be welcoming back Kurt Warner with open arms for their next opponent, the Detroit Lions, who enter the game with a surprising 5-4 mark. Most pundits had the Lions at the bottom of the divisional race, but they are currently trailing division leaders Chicago and Minnesota by only one game. The Cardinals know that their highly-touted offense will need to deliver in order for them to have any shot of a playoff spot. After this contest, the Redbirds face two on the road, so its critical to pick up the final November home game before the homestretch, where they will face all three divisional rivals.


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For almost all football players, making the jump from high school to college is a tremendous challenge.
Zach Bradshaw, though, might be wondering what to do with all of his free time.
"At our level, he's just kind of a jack-of-all-trades,'' Damascus, Md. High School football coach Eric Wallich said. "We use him as punt return, kickoff return. He's our long snapper. He plays outside linebacker. He plays receiver. He plays wildcat quarterback. He just kind of does everything for us.''
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That probably won't be an issue after this season. Although several colleges recruited Bradshaw as a wideout, the 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior-to-be issued a verbal commitment on Wednesday to join Penn State as an outside linebacker in the Nittany Lions' 2013 recruiting class.
Bradshaw, who made his second unofficial visit to University Park over the weekend, is the 13th player to commit to Penn State and the second of an expected four linebackers.
"I had a great opportunity, and it was the right choice, and I didn't want to let it slip away,'' Bradshaw told the Gaithersburg Gazette. "I'm so happy, this relieves a lot of stress, so I can just focus on playing football this fall.''
Bradshaw ultimately picked the Nittany Lions over Virginia, Northwestern and South Carolina. He had about 15 scholarship offers - some others came from Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina State and Boston College.
Wallich said there was no strong consensus on what position would fit Bradshaw the best at the next level; both Northwestern and South Carolina wanted him for offense. Already a three-year starter, Bradshaw actually made second-team all-Maryland as a junior as an offensive all-purpose player, catching 28 passes for six touchdowns and averaging more than 8 yards per carry on a Swarmin' Hornet team that finished 9-3.
"For a while, I thought he was going to end up on a team that wanted him for offense, because that's what I thought he wanted to do. But he kind of flipped the switch and really liked going [for] defense, because he thought maybe he would have better future success,'' Wallich said. "They [the Nittany Lion coaches] got a chance to look at him in person, and they really liked what they saw. He's so athletic. I think with modern football going with the spread offenses, once they were on board, and he went up there, he just kind of fell in love with [Penn State].''
Bradshaw fills a number of roles in Damascus' multiple 4-3 defense, sometimes covering the tight end, sometimes playing like a defensive end and sometimes playing a more traditional outside linebacker. He reportedly had approximately 80 tackles as a junior; Wallich said he'd often try to give him a breather on that side of the ball.
"Sitting down with the coaches and seeing what linebackers do has really impressed me,'' Bradshaw said. "Physically I think I have a better chance at the [college] level on defense in some cases.''
Recruited primarily by Larry Johnson, Bradshaw also had his first chance to meet face-to-face with Lion linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden last weekend.
"I like him a lot," Bradshaw said. "I like the campus a lot. It's a really big school, but in a pretty confined area. They run similar stuff to what I already do at Damascus with a 4-3 front and 90 percent of the time I would be outside of the box.''
Bradshaw told the Gazette that the Nittany Lion coaches addressed the recent scandal and trial surrounding former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky, as well.
"Everything else going on not related to football has not been a concern at all. Coach O'Brien answered all the questions we had regarding that,'' Bradshaw said.
Before visiting Penn State, Bradshaw returned from a church mission to Honduras.
"If you're rating someone's character, he would be off the charts. He's literally the nicest guy in the world, and he comes from a great family,'' Wallich said. "He's been going on missionary trips to Honduras every summer. We get on him about not being in the weight room with us, but how can you not respect what he's doing?''
The Lions, who previously had a commitment from New Jersey's Brandon Bell, are expected to try to land two more pledges at linebacker. One of the top players on their board, Wyomissing's Alex Anzalone, is expected to be on campus today along with several other players that already have verbally committed; recruiting analysts believe Penn State is trailing Notre Dame and Florida for his services.
Central Dauphin's Zayd Issah, Maryland's Marcus Newby, Florida's Freddie Stevenson and Michael Deeb, New Jersey's Al-Rasheed Benton and Alabama's Jonathan Walton are the other linebackers on the Lions' short list. Penn State is also hoping to get Philadelphia running back David Williams and Clairton receiver/safety Tyler Boyd on campus over the next few days.


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A preliminary autopsy report showed a Fritch man died of heart failure, but the Carson County sheriff said he is not ruling out foul play in the case.
Fritch police and medical services were dispatched about 4 p.m. Friday to 418 Boyd St., where they found Larry Ewing King, 57, dead in a bedroom, the sheriff's office said.
A Carson County justice of the peace pronounced King dead on the scene and ordered an autopsy, which was conducted Monday morning, said Sheriff Tam Terry.
"There were no obvious signs of trauma. There is a puncture wound on his (left) arm that we're suspicious of," Terry said.
The puncture wound was consistent with intravenous drug use, but investigators did not find any drug paraphernalia in the vicinity of the body, Terry said. He said King's family denied removing any paraphernalia.
Terry said another reason investigators consider the death suspicious is the body was in full rigor mortis when emergency personnel were called to the scene. King, Terry said, had been dead for several hours before his death was reported.
Terry hopes toxicology reports due back in four to six weeks will answer questions about the case, he said.
"It's easy to say it was an overdose," Terry said. "We're going to be more thorough than that."
Carson County deputies are asking anyone with information on King or his death to call Chief Deputy Loren Brand at 806-537-2105.


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GATES MILLS, Ohio - Senior running back Khari Anderson led Hawken to a 46-22 victory over Cardinal Friday.
Anderson carried 18 times for 187-yards, returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, and caught an 11-yard touchdown pass.
Anderson upped his season total to 28 touchdowns on the year. The Hawks won their third consecutive game and improved their record to 5-4, 4-2 in the CVC, Metro Division.
Wide receiver K.C Cress led Cardinal with two kickoff returns for touchdowns.
The first return opened Cardinal's scoring and covered 92 yards. The second came in the third quarter and covered 83 yards. Cardinal falls to 5-4, 3-3 in the CVC, Valley Division.


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The Cross and the Rising Sun
The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872-1931
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Drawing on both Canadian and Japanese sources, this book investigates the life, work, and attitudes of Canadian Protestant missionaries in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (the three main constituent parts of the pre-1945 Japanese empire) from the arrival of the first Canadian missionary in East Asia in 1872 until 1931. Canadian missionaries made a significant contribution to the development of the Protestant movement in the Japanese Empire. Yet their influence also extended far beyond the Christian sphere. Through their educational, social, and medical work; their role in introducing new Western ideas and social pursuits; and their outspoken criticism of the brutalities of Japanese rule in colonial Korea and Taiwan, the activities of Canadian missionaries had an impact on many different facets of society and culture in the Japanese Empire. Missionaries residing in the Japanese Empire served as a link between citizens of Japan and Canada and acted as trusted interpreters of things Japanese to their home constituents.
A. Hamish Ion, a specialist in modern Japanese history, currently teaches in the History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada.
"... a book that has much to offer to religious studies specialists as well as to scholars with a historical interest in Canada and modern Japan."
"A study so solidly based on primary sources is rare in the fields relating to the history of Christianity in Japan."
— Yuzō Ōta, McGill University
"It is a look from outside, not from within — sometimes cynical, sometimes appreciative — but a valuable historical book for reference and study."
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By the same author
The Cross and the Rising Sun: The British Protestant Missionary Movement in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, 1865-1945, A. Hamish Ion
The Cross in the Dark Valley: The Canadian Protestant Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1931-1945, A. Hamish Ion


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Goat Hollow, which enjoyed a nearly 20-year run in Mount Airy before it closed in 2004, was revived this week.
But about all you'll remember is the stone-clad building (300 W. Mount Pleasant Ave., 267-428-5672). New owners Neil Campbell (who owns Old City's Race Street Cafe) and Andy Shahan gutted it and installed a stunning wood-fired hearth backed by exposed bricks, providing a gorgeous bar area on the first floor. Twenty-two beer taps, including two pumps and two nitrogen lines, are offered, as well as cocktails. A second-floor dining room also serves as private dining. They are also creating an outdoor seating area behind a custom gate.


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|Each mushroom species deals with rain differently
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One thing I'm often asked on mushroom forays by beginners is how much rain stimulates growth and how soon after a rainstorm do we find newly grown fungi. A mushroom is the fruiting body of an underground plant/animal called a mycelium. Think of an apple tree, the fruiting body is an apple, half of the apple tree lives above the ground, half below.
Like a mushroom, some apples are better than others to eat. Unlike apples, some mushrooms are deadly poisonous and some are very tasty. Back to the rain, if the mycelium feels that conditions are right, it will flower and a mushroom is born.
How much rain does it take? Different species respond differently, as many desert mushrooms respond within a few days of rain, some within hours. In my opinion, it is dependent on the condition of the mycelium before the rain falls. If the mycelium is already about to fruit, then there will be a quick response. If still in slumber mode, then the rain will stimulate growth more slowly.
If a mycelium has already fruited and mushrooms are up with some fresh and some in the soggy, rotten end of their time, then the rains evoke a different response. In those already up, the rain will be absorbed and the mushroom will be water logged but can spring back to be solid and fresh. Those that are already past their prime turn into goo. New mushrooms sprout from the mycelium within a few days of a good rain if the mycelium is still in the fruiting mode. Yet, they might remain tiny little specimens for a while, a week or more, then unfold into a healthy, spore-bearing mushroom.
Different mycelium fruit at different times, depending on the time of year, surface temperature, conditions on/in the ground and other factors, including rainfall. Mushroom hunters know from experience when to look for different species at different times of the year. In the fall, when heavy rains come, the mycelium of several mushrooms wake up and send up their fruit/mushroom. One of the choice edibles we like to catch in the fall are the Boletus Edulis or 'Porcini.' It often looks like the British common name, 'Penny Bun' with a soft-brown cap and a heavy stem. So far, this mushroom has been resistant to commercial cultivation, so any time you see a packet of dried 'Porcini' it has been harvested in the wild, sold to a field agent, then to a broker, then to the processor to be cleaned and dried to a fragrant, dark and dry chip. Boletus grow in many countries, and in parts of Europe and Scandinavia, the Boletus Edulis are so robust that they are collected and sold for the commercial market.
For our area, the Boletus are stimulated by a few days of good, hard rain. It takes 10 days to two weeks for the little mushroom 'buttons' to push up through the forest floor, 'Duff' in mushroom speak, and are ready to harvest. Other myceliums are stimulated by the cold days of mid-winter, others by spring time weather.
I recommend you join a mushroom club. Just Google it to find the nearest group and tag along on club forays. Your first mushroom book should be, "All That the Rain Promises and More" by David Arora. It is the field guide companion to his much bigger book, "Mushrooms Demystified." The book "Rain" is about $18, the big one in the $45 dollar range and a bit much for the beginner.
Bill Hanson is a Sonoma County native and a lifelong sportsman. He is the former president of the Sonoma County Mycological Association. Look for his column in The Community Voice each week.


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In Defense of Apple's Tim Cook
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Running a big company is not like running a baseball team.
We're used to calling on the managers or general managers of our favorite teams to be fired willy-nilly, and they often are, in all sports. Even though we know that long-term success comes from keeping faith with someone through the hard times, we still do it.
So why don't we have patience with Apple
Whose fault is that? Is it Cook's? Or is it ours?
On the eve of Apple's latest earnings release, we're hearing the same Monday morning quarterbacking you get after your baseball team loses. Our Rocco Pendola has compiled some of the latest. What Wall Street wants now, as Wired notes, is some quick action to boost the stock price, which when you take the cash out is now cheaper than Ford
But the fact is, managing any big company for the short term is like thinking a single player or coach will win you a championship. It's done by teams. Casey Stengel didn't win any pennants managing the Boston Braves. Winners are also teams whose leaders are looking at the long term, not the short term.
I'm privileged to be a fan of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. They have won one title, in 1995. But they are always in the hunt. They're always very good. They make money. They're an organization. And that's what you want out of a business, as opposed to a sports team. You want an organization.
That's what Tim Cook is trying to build, an organization. Out of the top-down entrepreneurial genius that Steve Jobs left him, Cook is trying to build an organization that can win consistently. By many measures he is doing just that.
- The market share for the iPhone is up against Android, not down, according to Comscore.
- The Apple iCloud is now the largest media "cloud" in the business, according to Stratagy Analytics (reported by our James Rogers)
- Apple is the only computer maker that has made a success of its own stores, the only one that controls its whole value chain.
- Apple's margins may be falling a bit from their Jobs-era highs, but they are still incredibly high for any computer manufacturer in the history of the business, at almost 24%, according to Ycharts.
- Apple's share of the PC market continues to rise steadily, accordng to IDC.
If you buy Apple stock today, you will make a profit in five years. When everyone is selling something, that's when you should be buying. But this has nothing to do with whether Apple is a well-managed company, managed for the long term.


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I took this photo from a moving cab in Brasilia the other day, as we raced around the vast concourse where the iconographic monument is located. The round white futurist assembly building is part of the whole complex. As you can see, the surrounding buildings share the same modernist spirit as the original monument and in fact the entire city is a great big modern urban utopia. When I was in grade six we all had to do a project on a city somewhere on the globe. For some reason, I chose Brasilia. It was only a year or so old and I guess I was fascinated by the sheer newness of the experiment. My show and tell included several images of the round assembly hall and the surrounding sculpted monuments. In the days long before the web my helpful father scrounged the public library for the photographs. Those reimages have stick with me ever since.
And so here I am after all these years, getting quite the thrill of being in a city with which I had an early fascination. In the 'fifties, the government of the day decided to relocate the capital of the country to a completely new, from-the-ground-up construction in the centre of the country, away from tourism-crowded Rio. A call for design and major urban planning went out and the winner was Oscar Niemeyer who made his reputation on the enlightened architecture of modernism. Today the city looks like a shining example of mid-twentieth century aesthetics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, as well, a largely successful experiment in poured concrete.
I am here with a mission from Atlantic Canada. We have been traveling the country, meeting dignitaries and educators. Brazil is very much in fashion now, especially with Canada. The Brazilian government committed to exporting about 100,000 students in the next few years in their Science Without Borders initiative—getting the population educated for the 21st century—and so we are here to see about exchanges, partnerships, language training, opportunities for mutual benefit, and so on. In Sao Paulo the Canadian Embassy threw us a lovely welcoming reception. We have since met with the secretary of Education in the state of Pernambuco and many university officials. It's fascinating. These trips are well worth the cultural immersion. One learns a lot in a fairly short amount of time—but especially about education systems and the challenges facing a country like Brazil that is ramping up quickly to compete with major world powers.
I have certainly heard two recurring themes all week. First is that language is a huge challenge. Brazilians don't speak English. I don't speak Portuguese either and so there's been a lot of head bobbing and hand gesturing, a maddening reality when you need to find a washroom. Clearly, we need to step up our own capacity for language training, while the Brazilians need to start teaching second and third languages early in their own education programs. We learned how to train Asian students and so we likely should be focusing, as well, and with equal efficiency, on this South American market. The institution that gets that and gets it done soon will be well ahead of the competitive recruitment game.
Second point is that Brazilian parents do not want their children traveling for education. They want them close to home, where they can a good eye on them, not far away in the great big unsafe, drug-addled world. That's a cultural fear we share, I should think, and it's what keeps Canadian students from traveling abroad in greater numbers.
But Brazil will be hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016 and so the country is experiencing a fair bit of anxiety about being prepared for international scrutiny. Language training will be part of the planning and will help accelerate awareness of the importance of education. I am not sure about changing parental attitudes about travel, however, and so that remains a longer term challenge, as it does for us.
There is no doubt things are changing here rapidly. You can feel the stress of expectation.
I have lots more to say about this experience but now I am off to a meeting at Sao Paulo University, a large and prestigious institution whose top-flight students I would love to lure to our doctoral programs.
Ciao ciao, as they like to say here.
Dr. Faye Murrin is Dean pro tempore of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at Memorial University, her M.Sc. at Acadia University, and her Ph.D. at Queen's University. Her research interests have always been focused on fungi, in particular the cell biology of insect pathogenic fungi and, more recently, the ecology of mycorrhizal mushrooms in the boreal forest. Dr. Murrin has served in a number of positions on the Council of the Mycological Society of America and was awarded the title of MSA Fellow for her contributions. She was awarded the Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Membership Award as founding co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Summer Program. Dr. Murrin participates in public lectures and workshops, and is a Director on the board of Newfoundland Foray, Inc.


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Guardian: A Muslim convert who targeted members of the public as part of a campaign for a sharia state in Britain has been given a groundbreaking asbo, police have said.
Jordan Horner, 20, from northeast London has been ordered to stop preaching in public, in a legal first.
He had taken part in vigilante patrols and street protests promoting extreme versions of Islam in the city's East End.
He is also thought to have distributed leaflets and posters advertising a "sharia controlled zone" in Waltham Forest, the Metropolitan police said.
Horner appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, where a series of restrictions were imposed.
Among these was an order not to meet with Anjem Choudary, Royal Barnes, Ricardo McFarlane or Dean Le Page "except for peaceful worship inside a mosque or other Islamic cultural centre".
Barnes, 23, of Hackney, east London, this week pleaded guilty to posting videos on YouTube glorifying the horrific killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby in May last year.
Barnes and his wife, Rebekah Dawson, 22, recorded and uploaded three videos shortly after the murder in Woolwich, south London.
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This ambitious new (1983) four-volume text obviously challenges the long-held preeminent position of Campbell's Operative Orthopedics, now in its (1980) sixth edition. With nearly 200 international contributors on 183 topics grouped into 12 anatomic or pathologic sections, Surgery of the Musculoskeletal System represents a truly heroic undertaking. Chapter topics range from a superficial review of physical diagnosis, through intertrochanteric fractures, to overlapping toes, with entire sections devoted to infection, tumor, and amputations. Variable, often major, discussions on anatomy, pathophysiology, biomechanics, diagnosis, and preoperative or postoperative management accompany descriptions of surgery, accounting for much of the increased size of this work compared with Campbell's.
The work by Evarts is less tightly constructed and edited than is Campbell's. Chapters vary considerably in significance, quality, depth, and style. Readers will find different topics covered better in each of the two texts, although Evarts probably covers newer procedures more thoroughly. There is redundancy at
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Forrest W. "Bo" Wood Recreation Area
This recreational area has 47 sites available for camping and more are being added. To make reservations, see the information. For general information, you can go to www.lakeshelbyville.com.
Fox Ridge State Park Campground
43 sites, electricity at each site, shower building, and shared water. Dump station. Reservations accepted.
Since its founding in 1912, the Charleston Country Club is dedicated to exceeding your expectations. This country club features an 18-hole golf course.
Timberlake Golf Course in Sullivan, IL is a public golf course that opened in 1960. Designed by Robert B. Harris, Timberlake Golf Course measures 3045 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 105 and a 34.7 USGA rating. The course features 3 sets of tees for different skill levels.
Iron Horse Golf Club features an 18-hole links style championship golf course with bent grass tees, fairways and greens. Iron Horse provides a challenge to the low handicapper and a fun, playable golf course for the high handicapper.
30 campsites; 28 have water, 30 amp electric and cable TV. Restroom with showers. Sites are grass and gravel, flat and level.
Campgrounds, recreation shelters, several miles of trails, fishing, and canoeing.
This 18-hole, par 70 course is a challenge for players of all levels. Fun course, lots of water - a good stop for all level players.
This 15-mile-long lake has 250 miles of shoreline, offering camping, fishing, boating, marinas and more.
Lake View Park Trail is an advanced single track dirt trail, 6 miles in length. It's quite technical in nature, offering good descents and heart-pounding climbs.
Ride your bike or walk from Charleston to Mattoon on the Lincoln Prairie Grass Trail.
Enjoy the sparkling beauty of Lake Charleston, which features hiking and biking trails.
Explore 70 acres of prairie, wetlands and forest habitat.The Visitor Center features interpretive exhibits, sensory displays and live critters, including a bird observation area.
two miles of paved surface and 10 miles of aggregate surface. Jogging, walking, equestrian riding and biking permitted.
Wooded camp ground, 2½-acre pond, trails, some cabins and full hook-up.
The 9-hole Norton Knolls Golf Course in Oakland, IL is a public golf course that opened in 1969. Norton Knolls Golf Course measures 2558 yards from the longest tees. The course features 2 sets of tees for different skill levels.
Check out the store and bakery, where you can buy apples, peaches, cider, jams, jellies and apple butter. A playground and picnic area is available. An apple festival is held over Columbus Day weekend.
The Outdoor Center Fields are located at First Street, spanning either side of Stadium Drive. Not just for students, but very welcoming to the general public! Reservations for special group outings must be made! Outdoor Center Fields Amenities four lighted football fields two lighted soccer fields three lighted sand volleyball courts three lighted basketball courts six lighted Tennis courts Outdoor Center facility with exterior drinking fountains, restrooms, and a meeting room.
18,000 square feet of concrete with 3 bowls, a snake run and an exciting street course.
Located on a serene wooded hilltop, gently slopes into a full-service marina and restaurant situated on Lake Shelbyville.
This 18-hole, par 72 course features moderate to gently rolling terrain, manicured greens, a full-service pro shop and a food court.
Lake Shelbyville - Bo Wood Recreation Area
Most of the campsites in this 82 site campground are shaded. Located on Lake Shelbyville, beach nearby.
This nine-hole course is par 36/38. Located 3 miles West of Mattoon, Il. on Route 16.
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The great Patong pampering
Phuket's Burasari Resort has a spa that will soothe your socks off
You're in Phuket and you've pretty much had your fill of sun, sand, surf and trying to find that blasted Nemo among the underwater reefs. You've definitely earned a drink - maybe something wearing a paper parasol - but first, get the old battery recharged at Spa by Burasari.
If you're already on Patong Beach, you're only a few tens of metres away from the luxurious Burasari Resort. You can't miss it. It's the one that stands out for its beautiful "Thai contemporary" architecture.
Its boutique spa, two years old, has a "feel at home" theme, even if the resort is more like an imperial palace than any home we're ever seen.
There are eight spacious treatment rooms, each with its own shower, Vichy shower, toilet, steam room and a niche for getting your feet rubbed and your nails buffed.
The therapists undergo refresher training every year with "specialists" from Malaysia and Indonesia to review the basics and learn new techniques. They're mainly dedicated to detoxifying and improving blood circulation through combined Eastern and Western methods, including Swedish, Hawaiian and Chinese.
And they do this with a coconut-based essential oil whose aroma is so intoxicating that it threatens to undo the detoxification. The oil is packed with antioxidants to smooth the skin.
There are four choices. The one that's infused with flowers and plants like lavender is good for the detox massage. Grape seed and tangerine are used to stimulate lymph nodes in the treatment for pregnant women. Lemon, raspberry and peppermint release muscle tension.
"Coconut oil can be used instead of moisturiser or sunscreen, nourishing and smoothing the skin," says spa manager Wannapha Rattanaphong.
The most popular treatments include the 90-minute Thai Herbal Compress Massage, which utilises steamed therapeutic herbs and spices and traditional Thai stretching massage techniques to chase off tension and stimulate the natural energy.
The 150-minute Intensive Immune System Booster with Body Cupping is ideal if your energy is ebbed or you have a cellulite problem or skin ailment. You get a Vichy drenching and a lymphatic and meridian massage that gets at the nerves.
The 75-minute Natural Facial with Tui Na Massage zeroes in on 20 acupuncture points around your face to jolt the blood circulation. A Chinese-style Tui Na massage follows, relaxing the body.
I'm beat and my shoulder aches, so I'm going for the 90-minute Burasari Signature Massage. It promises to rid me of muscle tension and toxins and "rejuvenate my mind", which can't be a bad thing.
The therapist cleans and deodorises my feet and legs with anti-bacterial kaffir lime, then scrubs me with a soap salt to soften the skin and finally dry-brushes me with a stiff loofah and aromatic powder. It opens the hair follicles and stimulates blood circulation.
It's time for an hour's massage with aromatic oil, a mix of Swedish, Lomi Lomi, Chinese and Thai techniques. A warm bag is placed on my back, packed with kidney beans, mung beans, white rice and camphor, good for goosing the blood some more.
The therapist goes to work on my legs and the soles of my feet, focusing on nerve endings and acupuncture points related to my fatigue and pain. Then she uses her palms and elbows to rub up and down the spinal column and stretches my shoulders and neck.
The scent of the herbs is indeed refreshing and relaxing while she moves to my stomach, arms and fingers to get the blood moving. We finish up with a massage to the head and neck. And I end up with a bill for Bt1,500 - which is most happily paid.
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<< Spa by Burasari is at the Burasari Resort Patong on Ruamjai Road in Phuket.
<< It's open daily from 10am to 8pm.
<< Make arrangements at (076) 370 037 or Spa.Burasari.com.
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The great horned owl might be a powerful raptor, but these owlets couldn't keep from falling out of the nest.
To help
People who find a distressed nestling or adult raptor are asking to contact the Center for Birds of Prey, Awendaw, (843) 971-7474. For step-by-step information on how to handle an injured raptor, go to thecenterforbirds ofprey.org.
Dale Aren knew something had to be done with the birds in her yard. But what?
Great Horned Owl
Considered a fierce predator that will take anything from another raptor to a scorpion.
Clenched talon that takes 28 pounds of force to open; used to snap the spine of larger prey.
Eyes don't move in the socket, but the head can swivel more than 180 degrees in either direction.
Soft feathers that help fly quietly. Short, wide wings allow maneuvers among trees.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
She and Scott Allan, her husband, are West Ashley homeowners. She'd always heard not to touch young birds, especially ones with talons. The adults watched from nearby. Adult great horned owls are strong enough to seize prey bigger than they are.
"They are pretty ferocious, pretty protective," Aren said. The fix the couple found themselves in isn't so unusual this time of year. Raptors are nesting, and the young are starting to emerge. Already the orphaned or fallen nestlings - a list that includes hawks and bald eagles - are turning up at the Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw, said Director Jim Elliott.
The center has found that the old don't-touch rule isn't always the best way to go. It often is better to return the nestling to the nest, but that's easier said than done. The taloned young and parents will thrash and scream. The animals must be handled as quietly and as little as possible to keep them from habituating to humans. That can put them at risk as adults.
Aren contacted the center, and staff members walked her through it. The first time was the hairiest, as mom glared with those yellow eyes from a nearby tree.
"She was making a ruckus, screeching, flapping," Aren said. The center told her the bird wouldn't attack - probably. So, as Allan kept close watch, she donned gloves, covered the owlet, placed it in a small bucket and climbed a ladder to the nest. But the owlet and its sibling kept tumbling out, and the nest was falling apart.
The couple found one owlet in the hedge below, planted headfirst and spread-eagled - "Or spread-owled," Aren said - with the second hung by its neck on a fork in the branches below.
They moved the nestlings to another old squirrel nest nearby. Then last weekend, as the birds became full time "branchers" rather than nestlings, Aren placed them in a large crook of a live oak. The birds have perched there since, preening and eating dead mice dropped by mom or dad.
"I would have preferred less intervention," Elliott said, but the couple handled it as best they could.


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Adam Lanza who gunned down 26 children and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, regularly played "Call of Duty," a video game that simulates wartime violence. That revelation reignited the debate over violent video games and their effect on behavior.
The National Rifle Association suggested a link exists and Gov. Chris Christie has called for restricting the sale of violent games to minors.
The Star-Ledger asked two researchers on violent media — Paul Boxer of Rutgers-Newark and Craig Ferguson of Texas A&M International University — this question: Do violent video games cause violent behavior?
By Christopher J. Ferguson
The issue of whether the media we enjoy corrupt our society has been a historically cyclical one, targeting everything from Greek plays to comic books, to dime novels, to jazz, waltzes, rock 'n' roll and rap, through Harry Potter to, most recently, video games.
As we respond emotionally to the tragedy of the Sandy Hook school shooting, it is normal to look for any explanation, no matter how spurious. History teaches us that moral panics about media ultimately look ridiculous, but that is hard to observe in the moment.
Let's look at the evidence. Research on media effects has always been inconsistent at best, and often, methodologically sloppy. As the U.S. Supreme Court noted in its 2011 Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association decision, the quality of much of the research is so poor that it has been rejected by every court to consider it. Only a small number of long-term studies actually consider youth violence as an outcome and, with other factors controlled, tend to find the effect of violent video games on youth behavior is negligible.
Work in our lab has not found evidence for links between video games and later violence in youth. During the era in which video games became popular, youth violence plummeted nationally to its lowest levels in 40 years, and the highest per-capita video game-consuming countries, such as the Netherlands and South Korea, tend to be the least violent. Criminologists who study mass homicides pay little attention to media and video games. A 2002 U.S. Secret Service report found little evidence that school shooters consume high amounts of violent media.
Put simply, the idea that violent video games or other media contribute to mass shootings is scientifically dead, but is often revived as society grapples with the "why" question after horrific events.
It's worth considering how these beliefs survive, despite the evidence. First, there is the issue of confirmation bias in mass shootings. As a society, we pay attention to only cases that fit our stereotypes and ignore all others. As such, we have made much of the case of Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old who, much like 80 percent to 90 percent of men his age, probably played some violent video games. But we've ignored a rash of high-profile gun violence committed by older men. Just two weeks ago in Serbia, a 60-year-old man killed 13 people. No one thinks video games made him do it.
Also at issue is that some in the scholarly community have been irresponsible in promoting the idea of harmful media effects, despite evidence to the contrary. Policy statements by the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Psychological Association typify this.
Across a wide range of media issues, policy statements by these groups have been found to be highly error-prone and biased. They often comprise individuals invested in a particular view, rather than neutral, objective scientists. It benefits these groups to identify pressing social problems to which they might ride to the rescue, increasing their political influence.
Given their poor track record, the word of these groups should be recognized as political statements, not objective truth.
The National Rifle Association used video games to distract from issues of gun control. Cynical though the NRA effort may be, it was a clever strategy. The NRA has learned that society can easily be distracted by moral panics. It's unfortunate so many others have taken the bait.
Christopher J. Ferguson is department chair of psychology and communication at Texas A&M International University.
Read the other side of the argument: PRO: Exposure to violent media can contribute to future violent behavior.