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In the rush to get everyone off to school, it's easy to fall into a food rut, serving the same things for breakfast, lunch and snacks. But with some inspiration and a little planning, going back to school can taste a whole lot better than it used to.
To make things even more fun, have the kids help with these recipes and ideas. Once they get the hang of it, they can experiment with new ingredients and do it themselves, taking one more thing off your to-do list.
n Breakfast: Start the day off with pizza — Breakfast Pizza, that is. This recipe layers eggs, cheese, turkey bacon, hash browns, sour cream and guacamole on your favorite pita or flatbread. Kids can make it as hot or as mild as they like. It's a great way to sneak in avocados' 20 vitamins and minerals, and it will give them energy to get going on their busy day.
n Lunch: Skip the same old sandwiches and liven up the lunchbox with these tasty creations. Try a Tortilla Wrap made with chicken, Wholly Salsa, Wholly Guacamole and a hint of lime juice. Experiment with different kinds of tortillas, from whole wheat or sundried tomato, to spinach or jalapeño. For a full-of-flavor favorite, make a Mexican Turkey Torta. Thin turkey slices get topped with a zesty black bean and corn relish, crisp lettuce and your favorite guacamole. To help keep all the delicious flavors inside the roll, hollow it out a bit so the other ingredients don't fall out.
n After School Snack: Whether they need something to hold them over until dinner or a quick bite on the way to practice, these Wrap It Ups will do the trick. Turkey, garlic and herb spread, Havarti cheese, guac, lettuce and tomato get wrapped up in a tortilla or flatbread, then sliced into bite-sized swirls of deliciousness. Make them ahead of time, then just slice when it's time to enjoy.
Get more back to school inspiration — including quick-fix dinner recipes for busy school nights — at www.eatwholly.com.
Mexican Turkey Torta
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Black Bean and Corn Relish
1/2 cup cooked black beans, no salt added
1/4 cup frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon chopped red onion
4 teaspoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
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4 tablespoons Wholly Guacamole
12 1-ounce slices ultra-thin, lower sodium,
oven roasted turkey slices
1 cup lettuce, shredded
In medium bowl, combine beans, corn, cilantro, onion, vinegar, honey, hot pepper sauce, and cumin; mix to combine. Gently mix in cheese. Set aside.
Cut rolls in half horizontally, remove soft center, leaving a 1/4-inch thick shell.
Spread 1 tablespoon guacamole inside each hollowed roll. Top each with 3 slices turkey, 1/4 cup black bean mixture, and 1/4 cup shredded lettuce; top with remaining roll tops.


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Trust fund settles 3m euro tax bill
Published 11/12/2012 | 17:04
A trust fund based in the Alpine tax haven of Liechtenstein has made a 3.25 million euro settlement with the State over tax affairs.
Fondation Quatre Chevaux with an address in the principality's capital, Vaduz, was investigated as part of inquiries into offshore deposits. It was penalised for under-declaration of discretionary trust tax.
Other million-euro settlements published by the Revenue Commissioners in the latest Defaulters' List include the liquidated firm of John McCarthy Motors, formerly of Fermoy, Co Cork, which settled for 2.59 million euro, as well as property holding firm Keppleson Properties, Hume House, Ballsbridge, Dublin, which settled for 1.27 million euro.
Daniel Kelleher was also named on the lists after he became the first person found in breach of tax rules following a joint Department of Social Protection and Revenue investigation.
The architectural salvage agent from Shanakiel in Co Cork made a settlement for 521,638 euro.
Elsewhere, farmer Denis Hayes, from Adamstown, Kilmeaden, Co Waterford, made a settlement worth 907,924 euro with the Revenue for under-declaration of capital gains tax.
Revenue said in the three months to the end of September, 113 taxpayers' names were published with settlements totalling 21.35 million euro.
The Building and Allied Trades Union settled for 146,781 euro in tax, interest and penalties for the under-declaration of PRSI and PAYE liabilities. The union, based in Dublin, has been embroiled in internal industrial disputes.
Also in a section of the Revenue list nine people were fined for cigarette smuggling including people with addresses in Dublin, Cork, Tipperary, Lithuania, Moldova and Germany and 10 people were fined or sentenced to up to 18 months in jail for selling illegal cigarettes. Forty-eight people were named after being fined for using marked mineral oil.
And the list also included a shopkeeper and a publican who were both fined for smuggling alcohol and one publican was fined for the sale or delivery of counterfeit spirits.
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The Pro12 may be finally finding its feet
Advent of Sky deal will be a huge boon for the League
Ulster's Ruan Pienaar scores a try on their way to victory over Cardiff last Friday night to secure a Pro 12 semi-final place at home at Ravenhill. Photograph: Inpho
Is the one-time Celtic/Magners League now coming of age in its guise of the Rabo Direct Pro 12, or at any rate finding its feet? The League has not been without its teething problems since it was founded in 2000, and repeated changes in composition and format, as well as sponsors and TV coverage, have left it in an almost permanent state of flux, but this is the most settled period of the league's history and it's all the better for that.
As the poor relation of its older, more established and wealthier French and English counterparts, the league is finally beginning to show signs of health, and that this has come about in a time of relative calm is not unrelated. A league needs time, for sure, to build a sense of history, but in the interim it also requires an element of certainty and consistency.
For example, the current format to incorporate the expansion of the league to a dozen teams with the addition of the Italians is now three seasons old, with this being the fourth year in a row of the top four play-offs. With 'home' advantage rewarding the higher placed teams, there are still gains to be made in topping the table, even if Ulster have been compelled to nominate the RDS for the final.
In this, the league's smallness is a strength, for it ensures a fairer if financially less rewarding play-off system than having, say, the Premiership final in Twickenham or the French Top 14 semi-finals on neutral grounds followed by the final in Stade de France.
Brand identity
Accordingly, the brand identity of the league is stronger than it's ever been, and the advent of Sky Sports as the league's main television broadcasters from 2014-15 onwards is a huge boon. While the details have still to be ironed out, specifically which other broadcasters will remain involved, viewers will have a more regular main supplier. And we know from Sky's coverage of the Heineken Cup that their production values and energy should only portray the league in a more positive light. If Sky can sell Sale v London Welsh, they can sell a Rabo Pro12 game.
Furthermore, at a stroke, the league will now be reaching out to a pan-British, Irish and Italian audience, in effect adding England's population of 53 million to the 14 million of the Celtic countries (six million in Ireland, three million in Wales and five million in Scotland). With the best will in the world, having a big Irish derby or Welsh derby on TG4 or S4/C is not reaching out to even the widest domestic audience.
Admittedly the league has seen a 27-28 per cent increase in TV audiences and following the lead of the Six Nations. The Pro12 is also the first official club competition in the world to have its own You Tube channel, and over 600,000 people have downloaded clips.
Attendances at games are irritatingly falsified by the league's policy of including all sold tickets, ie non-attending season ticket holders, but judged by their own yardstick, the Pro12 hit the one million mark in round 21, a round earlier than last year, and 'attendances' have already exceeded last season's. All in all, considerably more people are enjoying the league, whether as paying customers or television viewers.
All positive ideas are welcome and, for example, the Welsh double header at the Millennium Stadium drew 36,000 spectators, whereas there were 16,000 at the same two fixtures last season. For sure, this underlines the comparative strength and fans' sense of identity with the Irish teams, given Leinster-Munster can fill out the Aviva.
Double header
They may have been in existence considerably longer than the more contrived marriages of the Welsh regions, but that doesn't fully explain the phenomenon of the provinces. In any event, there is surely the potential in the future for an Irish-Welsh double header in the Millennium or the Aviva Stadium.
Admittedly, from an Irish perspective say, there are about 10 to 12 very serious games, be they the six interpro derbies – which have grown significantly over the course of the league's history, even if some of this for sure is on the back of the Heineken Cup – and a few more along with the play-off games.
Furthermore, the Heineken Cup successes which the Irish have enjoyed would not have happened without the developmental aspect of the league. All that said and done, while league organisers can proudly cite the presence of 24 of the 37 Lions coming from the RaboPro12, this season's performances in Europe (two quarter-finalists and one semi-finalist) compare poorly to last season. Then, the Rabo Pro12 provided five of the last eight, three of whom reached the semis and two the final.
The player drain and worsening competitiveness of the Welsh regions and their ongoing rift with the WRU are a major source of concern. And for all Treviso's improvements, Italy's 'second' team has again been cast adrift.
Dark clouds loom in the shape of the future format of the Heineken Cup, specifically the Anglo-French demands for reduced Celtic/Italian places and the effect this may have on qualification from the Pro12. Conceivably though, a more merit-based qualification process could add intrigue further down the table.
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Jeff Gaspin Announces Exit From NBC
"I leave NBC Universal with an obvious sense of sadness and loss."By Josef Adalian
"I leave NBC Universal with an obvious sense of sadness and loss."By Josef Adalian
One report says he's following Jeff Zucker out the door.By Willa Paskin
"I just think Jay's going to hurt me in some way." —Conan.By Willa Paskin
Would you trust the people responsible for 'Bionic Woman'?By Willa Paskin
For shows from J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer.By Willa Paskin
It also appears that Jeff Zucker's job is safe (for now).By Mark Graham
"I probably underestimated the emotion of everything that went on."By Mark Graham
Wow!By Mark Graham
NBC didn't order any additional episodes of the show beyond the thirteen they had initially committed to.By Mark Graham
We're going with calamity.By Lane Brown
Bring back Silverman! Bring back Silverman!By Mark Graham
In a word, yes.By Mark Graham
A family! Profits! No white tigers!By Lane Brown


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First Carbon-Free Polar Research Station to Contribute to WMO International Polar Year
17 February 2009: Belgium's Princess Elisabeth station in the eastern Antarctic has become the world's first carbon-free polar research station. It will contribute data to the programmes of the International Polar Year, a scientific endeavor organized by the International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The Princess Elisabeth station operates entirely on renewable energy sources, including a water-recycling system, wind turbines and solar panels. Also, the window's geometry helps conserve energy.
The station, which was commissioned by the Belgian Federal Government and built by the International Polar Foundation, was inaugurated on 15 February 2009. [WMO Press Release] [Princess Elisabeth Station]


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Hey :) Been lurking for a few days and decided to make an account finally haha. I'm not exactly "new" seeing as I had an account here around 4 years ago, but ever since the announcement of X and Y I've just been really hyped and getting back into things, so I figured I'd end up being here again.
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Erie police continue search for suspect in Sunday shooting
Erie police are continuing their search today for a man accused of firing a gun on the city's east side late Sunday morning.
Police said the incident happened at about 11:50 a.m. at East 11th and Wallace streets, when a man reportedly fired a gun while arguing with another man.
No one was injured in the shooting. Officers who responded found a spent .45-caliber shell casing, police said this morning.
The shooter was described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall and with a medium build. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and was carrying a black semi-automatic handgun.


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looks awesome. Love the fabric that u took for making this block
Well I just checked out your blocks. Way cool and very interesting fabric combos. I really like this block and your choices on your pound sign block.
So inventive! I'm surprised that you're new to quilting but then, artistry will out!
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Dolce Appassionato TrioThe Dolce Appassionato Trio -- Amanda Sage, flute; Rachel D'Abruzzo, cello; and Gabriel D'Abruzzo, piano -- play a free concert entitled "An Autumn of Thanksgiving." A meet-the-artist reception follows the performance. Free admission.11/24/2012Time: 7:30 pmLocation: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, South Highland Avenue
Metropolitan Opera National Council District AuditionsLocal and national contestants will compete at this first level of auditions. Winners will proceed to regional auditions in Buffalo for a chance to go on to the Semi Finals and Grand Finals Concert in March, 2013. Pittsburgh's 2012 District winner, Andrey Nemzer, was one of the top finalists at the Grand Finals Concert. District auditions are free and open to the public.11/24/2012Time: 10:00 amLocation: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
Whistle Stop (with Eugene Perry, baritone)Internationally-renowned Eugene Perry returns for favorites by Mozart and Rossini, the stunning "Songs of Sundry Natures" -- settings of Renaissance poetry by the late English composer Phyllis Tate, and Songs of Experience by William Winstead, one of the Winds' first commissions from 1978. A post-concert reception includes guided tours through the mind-boggling toy train museum upstairs in this spectacular Victorian home.11/24/2012Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Holmes Hall, 719 Brighton Rd., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Chatham Baroque - La Suave Melodia"One of Pittsburgh's greatest treasures" says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Chatham Baroque explores sonatas, sinfonias, toccatas, and dances of I7th- and 18th-century Italy. Includes works of Vivaldi, Tartini, Bertali and Kapsperger. Andrew Fouts (Baroque violin), Patricia Halverson (viola da gamba), Scott Pauley (theorbo and baroque guitar).11/26/2012Time: 7:30 pmAndrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Budapest on the Bluff: Dominantly DohnanyiAt 17, Dohnányi was championed by Johannes Brahms, but his tuneful, brilliant and heart-on-sleeve Romanticism was soon considered old-fashioned. However, today's audiences appreciate Dohnányi's sincerity, skill and emotionalism. The PSO's Gretchen Van Hoesen will be featured in his Harp Concertino. Bartók's Contrasts were commissioned by jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman. Its finale is a "Hungarian hoe-down," complete with a deliberately mistuned violin.11/26/2012Time: 3:00 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Assumption Church Christmas ConcertNeil Stahurski conducts Pinkham's Christmas Cantata for Chorus, Brass, and Organ; Lessons & Carols, and selected Christmas arrangements featurinf the Adult & Children's Choirs. Free, offerings accepted.11/26/2012Location: Church of the Assumption, 45 N. Sprague Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website
Christmas BrasstacularWhat could be better than brass and voices at Christmas time? Join us, with school choirs from all over the region to celebrate the festive season. Sing along to your favorite tunes. Swing to a Stan Kenton Christmas. Works to include: A Christmas Festival, Frosty the Snowman, A Nutcracker Suite, the Stan Kenton Christmas book as well as traditional carols.11/29/2012 - 12/09/2012Location: 8 venueswebsite
Midnight Radio: Cult Movie ClassicsMidnight Radio ends season 4 with a Mystery Science Theater 3000-style look at some of our favorite cult classic movies.11/29/2012 - 12/08/2012Bricolage Production Company, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium ApproachesJed Allen Harris directs Tony Kushner's Angels in America, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning masterpiece that confronts the political and social failures surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1980s New York City. This epic story transcends the political moment by using humor, the supernatural and heartbreaking realism; wrestling with universal themes of love, loss and responsibility. As relevant today as 20 years ago, the play fights against fear and bigotry with compassion and startling theatricality.11/29/2012 - 12/08/2012Location: Chosky Theater, Purnell Center, CMU, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Tchaikovsky's FourthThe concert begins with Composer of the Year Mason Bates' Mothership, commissioned and premiered by the YouTube Symphony in Sydney. Bates says this "fast-paced opener imagines the orchestra as a mothership that is 'docked' by several virtuosic soloists." Then, Manfred Honeck conducts Tchaikovsky's vibrant Symphony #4.11/30/2012 - 12/02/201210/30 - 8:00 pm12/02 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Last day to dump before fiscal cliff toilet flush.
The latest Form 4 was a report by a director of gifts of stock he made during the year. If you want to call that dumping then I cannot stop you but I disagree with your view that he dumped the shares.
Santa has been very very good to these directors way to much money for a company that doesnt make money yet retire rich if it does retire rich if it doesnt.
Every time you post you show what an idiot you are.
Way over compensated.
For once I have to agree with you wiffmyanus. Probably the ONLY time this is EVER going to happen.


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"An opportunity like this never would have come available to me if I had not taken the program in the Sault College/LSSU International Division," Hornblower said. "My employer was very impressed with the fact that I not only had a degree in computer networking, but the hands-on knowledge, as well. This is the main reason that I was hired."
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"The students were most responsive to the Booze It or Lose It van because it provided hands-on activities, such as driving the golf carts with beer goggles on that distort your vision as if you've been drinking," said Kelly Rhodes, intern in campus ministry. "To my surprise, a lot of the students asked about the "1700 shirts" we wore that reflected the statistic that 1,700 college students die each year from alcohol-related injuries."
Another successful event was hosted by Residence Life. Each dorm was asked to provide one program focusing on alcohol awareness. In one program, students received a ticket with a number of drinks or designated driver on it. The number represented the number of drinks they could have, depending on size, age, etc., responsibly. As they visited the simulated bar in between rounds of Wii and Rock Band the bartender tallied the drinks on their cards throughout the night. At the end of the program, they assessed what the numbers meant and reinforced the idea of responsibility in situations where peer pressure is strong.
"Everyone is aware of alcohol, especially in college," said Rhodes. "The thing a lot of people don't think about is that the 'recreational use' of alcohol can have lasting effects. We wanted to help educate students about the effects of alcohol at their age and help them think critically about their decision making when it comes to drinking. We hope that our students will always choose responsibility when they are faced with decisions about alcohol use – not just while they're in college but even after they leave our campus."
With the success of the event, Student Life hopes to make Alcohol Awareness week an annual event.
Photo copy- Athletes, residence life staffers and other students worked together to make the dance party in Carter gym a success. From left to right: Melissa Psaltis, Libby Sanderson, Sandramarie Hoots and Caitlin Hall.
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Project Data Sheets (PDS) contain summary information on the project or program: Because the PDS is a work in progress, some information may not be included in its initial version but will be added as it becomes available. Information about proposed projects is tentative and indicative.
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|PDS Updated as of
|30 Mar 2015
|Project Name
|Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Southern Mountain Area in Jiangxi
China, People's Republic of
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|Geographical Location
|In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of, or reference to, a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
|Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
|Land-based natural resources management
|Strategic Agendas
|Drivers of Change
|Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Categories
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|Technical Assistance Special Fund
|Environmental Aspects
|Involuntary Resettlement
|Indigenous Peoples
|During Project Design
The MRLDO will be the executing agency for the TA. A TA management office (TMO) will be established in the MRLDO s International Cooperation Division to carry out day-to-day TA operations. The director of the MRLDO s International Cooperation Division will serve as the TMO executive director and will be responsible for coordinating operational matters and technical collaboration with the consultants.
|During Project Implementation
ADB will undertake intensive review and supervision by fielding missions at critical stages of TA implementation particularly inception, midterm, and final reviews; and by extending regular support from the ADB headquarters and the PRC Resident Mission. The MRLDO will ensure relevant offices and departments including the departments of agriculture, forestry, land resources, mining, and water resources; the meteorology bureau; and others at city and provincial levels participate in meetings and workshops during the inception, interim, midterm, and final stages of TA implementation. The consultants will submit an inception report to ADB within 6 weeks of TA commencement, and an interim report 7 months after TA commencement. A draft final report will be submitted to ADB 12 months after TA commencement, and a final report at TA conclusion. The inception, interim, and draft final reports will be subject to review by ADB and the government. All reports will be written in English and translated into Chinese. The TA results will be disseminated through project reports, TA workshops, and media releases by ADB and the MRLDO. An IDRM policy brief will be developed and disseminated in hard copy by ADB, the PRC Resident Mission, and the MRLDO; and will be posted on the ADB website. An outcome evaluation will follow ADB guidelines, and will be provided to the MRLDO.
|The Government of the People' s Republic of China (PRC) through the Office of the Mountain-River-Lake Development Committee of Jiangxi Province (MRLDO) requested capacity development technical assistance (TA) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Southern Mountain Area in Jiangxi. The TA was included in ADB 's country operations business plan, 2013 2015 for the PRC. A TA reconnaissance mission was conducted during 21 24 October 2013. The impact of the TA will be reductions in disaster risks to sustainable development in the Gannan Mountain area. The outcome of the TA will be improved policies and increased local capacity in the Gannan Mountain area to manage disaster risk and adapt to climate change. The expected outputs of the TA will include the following: (i) natural disaster risk assessment of the Gannan Mountain area; (ii) an integrated DRM (IDRM) plan prepared for the Gannan Mountain area; and (iii) training and capacity development for IDRM in the Gannan Mountain area. The TA will specifically develop an IDRM policy brief as a knowledge product.
|The Twelfth Five-Year Plan of the Mountain-River-Lake Development Program lists disaster prevention and reduction in the drainage basin as a priority. The PRC has developed a comprehensive system of DRM, including prevention, reduction, preparation, relief, and reconstruction. However, DRM currently emphasizes generalities, strategies, and procedures rather than case studies, practical applications, and operations. DRM is very compartmentalized, with knowledge concentrated at the top levels of provincial and central government; and focused on institutional and/or organizational aspects of DRM and recovery following disasters. Disaster warnings from the central and/or provincial governments are transmitted through cell phone calls to specific individuals in the villages considered to be at risk. The MRLDO seeks to address these issues in part through (i) an expansion of community involvement in DRM, (ii) policy recommendations to improve DRM, and (iii) the development of specific technical solutions to reduce risks and mitigate the impacts of disasters on agriculture-based livelihoods in the Gannan Mountain area. The TA will provide a framework to identify and select effective, sustainable, and feasible actions to mitigate risks to local communities. The TA will build on recommendations and lessons from previous experiences with the Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Internationale Zusammenarbeit, the ProVention Consortium, the United Nations, the PRC s early warning systems for agricultural freezing in Gannan, and ADB studies. Lessons include the importance of stakeholder participation in operationalization and disaster prevention, and the role of early warning in reducing economic losses. Preliminary experience with a pilot forest insurance initiative for natural risk mitigation in the ongoing Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project will be used as a foundation for the assessment of potential disaster insurance. The TA will complement community activities piloted in one village in 2008 by the MRLDO. The pilot focused on increasing the capacity of farmers to acquire, understand, and apply meteorological information to disaster management. Activities included participatory rural appraisals, socioeconomic and environmental surveys, and capability building. In cooperation with the village council, an information transfer network was enhanced by setting up an information assistance group. The scope of the pilot was limited, but is nevertheless relevant. The policy and technical recommendations from this TA will be used by local communities, state-owned enterprises, farmers cooperatives, and the private sector to reduce disaster risk; and will support decision making by the MRLDO. The findings may be used to develop a potential project proposal.
|Reductions in disaster risks to sustainable development in the Gannan Mountain area
|Description of Outcome
Improved policies and increased local capacity in the Gannan Mountain area to manage disaster risk and adapt to climate change
|Progress Towards Outcome
|Description of Project Outputs
1. Natural disaster risk assessment in the Gannan Mountain area 2. An integrated disaster risk management plan prepared for the Gannan Mountain area 3. Training and capacity development in the Gannan Mountain area
|Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
The inception report was submitted to ADB in Nov. 2014 and inception mission was fielded in Dec 2014. Meetings with the EA, Department of Finance, and the project consultants were held to discuss loacation of the TA activities, detailed workplan, involvement of stakeholders, project timeline, amonth others. Surveys have been conducted in the Gannan mountain area to gather relevant data necessary for the preparation of an integrated disaster risk management plan.
|Status of Development Objectives
|Status of Operation / Construction
|Material Changes
|Date of First Listing
|2014 Mar 14
|Consulting Services
ADB will engage the consultants following its Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). The consulting firm will be selected using biodata technical proposals and the quality- and cost-based selection, with a quality-cost weighting ratio of 90:10 given the high technical complexity.
Procurement under the TA will follow ADB s Procurement Guidelines (2013, as amended from time to time) and equipment purchased will be turned over to the executing agency upon TA completion.
|Procurement and Consulting Notices
|Concept Clearance
|08 Jan 2014
|21 Oct 2013 to 24 Oct 2013
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Emerging research continues to show that the microbes inhabiting the gut play pivotal roles in health and disease throughout life. Two recent studies highlight how gut microbiota affect their hosts over the long term.
The first, published today in Nature Communications, charts changes to microbial composition based on life-long caloric restriction. In it, Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Liping Zhao, Ph.D., and his colleagues show that mice that were calorie-restricted on both high-fat or low-fat diets throughout their lives showed gut microbiota phylotypes that correlated positively with lifespan, such as Lactobacillus, as compared with their non-calorie-restricted counterparts.
"These calorie restriction-induced changes in the gut microbiota are concomitant with signifcantly reduced serum levels of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, suggesting that animals under calorie restriction can establish a structurally balanced architecture of gut microbiota that may exert a health benefit to the host via reduction of antigen load from the gut," Dr. Zhao et al. write.
While validation work is needed, the researchers suggest that such structural changes in the gut microbiota could be used biomarkers for the development of dietary anti-aging interventions.
A second study, which appeared online in Science this month, charts the stability of the human gut microbiota and how that changes in response to physiologic changes, like weight loss, over time. For this, Washington University School of Medicine Jeffrey Gordon, Ph.D., and his colleagues used low-error amplicon sequencing (LEA-seq)—an approach based on redundant sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes—on fecal samples from 37 healthy adults, sampled two to 13 times up to 296 weeks apart. In doing this, the scientists took stock of the diversity of species present, finding that, on average, the volunteers' "individual microbiota was remarkably stable, with 60% of strains remaining over the course of five years," they write.
Dr. Gordon et al. also performed LEA-seq on four individuals samples during an eight- to 32-week calorie-restricted dietary study. They found weight stability to be a "significantly better predictor of microbiota stability than the time interval between samples," suggesting that gut populations are more or less stable despite changes in diet and weight.
"Early gut colonizers, such as those acquired from our parents and siblings, have the potential to exert their physiologic, metabolic, and immunologic effects for most, and perhaps all, of our lives," the authors concluded.
"Structural modulation of gut microbiota in life-long calorie-restricted mice" appeared online in Nature Communications July 16. "The long term stability of the human gut microbiota" was published July 5 in Science.
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HIGHTSTOWN — A motorcyclist suffered severe leg injuries Sunday morning after colliding with a vehicle making a turn, police said.
Victor Viruet, a 26-year-old Mt. Vernon, N.Y., resident, was traveling on Franklin Street just before 10:15 a.m. His motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by 50-year-old borough resident Monica Findley just as she attempted to make a turn from Franklin onto Maxwell Avenue.
Findley and her passenger were not injured, but Viruet was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment of his leg injuries. Viruet was listed in stable condition and was expected to have surgery, police said.
Borough police did not report filing any charges in the crash, and said yesterday the collision remains under investigation by their department and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.


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In our modern climate of increased awareness of health and personal appearance, a seemingly endless number of special diets have been developed to foster weight loss. Recently, a patient with previously untreated dermatitis herpetiformis had the good fortune of being placed on such a diet to treat coexistent morbid obesity. As the exclusively protein diet contained no gluten, his skin disease resolved rapidly, before dapsone therapy could be initiated.
Report of a Case.—
A 42-year-old man was referred for evaluation of an asymptomatic elbow rash of several months' duration. The patient weighed 135 kg (296 pounds) but was otherwise in good health and taking no oral medications. Examination of the skin revealed plaques of clustered vesicles on an erythematous base covering both elbows. The clinical diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis was confirmed histopathologically with the presence of granular IgA and C3 at the basement membrane zone on immunofluorescent
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From NHL:
Buffalo Sabres left wing John Scott will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety for a hit on Boston Bruins forward Loui Eriksson during the teams' game Wednesday at First Niagara Center.
Scott was offered the opportunity for an in-person hearing as required by provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for any suspension that can exceed five games.
Quite a collection of ne'er-do-wells and misfits disguising themselves as hockey players in Buffalo.
Lots o' Shannyvisions lately.
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From the Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth
Kirsten Jensen, curator
It's a subject few people want to think about: more than 5,000 species of tapeworms live in the intestines of their vertebrate hosts. These flatworms are far from simple, and particularly fascinating are those that parasitize sharks and rays. Journey into the underbelly world of tapeworms with assistant curator Kirsten Jensen, who will introduce you to the characteristics, diversity and peculiar life history of tapeworms.
October 28, 2009
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10/11/2012 | Press release
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DST Systems, Inc.
333 West 11th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105-1594
NYSE Symbol: DST
DST Contacts:
Kenneth V. Hager (816) 435-8603
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 11, 2012 Page 1
KANSAS CITY, MO. (October 11, 2012) ─ DST Systems, Inc.
(NYSE: DST) will release its financial results for the third
quarter ended September 30, 2012, on Wednesday, October
2012, at 6:00 A.M. Central Time.
The Company will host a conference call the same day at 7:30 A.M. Central Time. The dial-in number for domestic callers is (888) 802-8577 and for international callers is (404) 665-9928. Callers should reference the access code of 39768821 or DST's Third Quarter Earnings Release.
A telephone replay of the call will be available from October 31, 2012, at 10:30 A.M. Central Time through November 7, 2012, at 11:00 P.M. Central Time. The replay number for domestic callers is (800) 585-8367, and for international callers is (404) 537-3406, with the access code of
Interested parties may listen to the conference call via a live webcast from the DST Systems, Inc. website (www.dstsystems.com). To access the webcast from the DST homepage, click the Investor Center link. Once inside the Investor Center, to begin listening to the webcast (at 7:30
A.M. Central Time), click the speaker icon located near the center of the page and then follow the provided instructions. The call cannot be accessed prior to 7:30 A.M. Central Time.
The archived webcast will be available in the Investor Center of DST's website until the subsequent webcast link is available.
About DST Systems, Inc.
DST Systems, Inc. provides sophisticated information
processing solutions and services to support the global asset
management, insurance, retirement, brokerage, and healthcare
industries. In addition to technology products and services,
DST also provides integrated print and
electronic statement and billing solutions through DST Output. DST's world-class data centers provide technology infrastructure support for asset management, insurance and healthcare companies around the globe. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO., DST is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.


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Facebook Algorithm Change Favors Link-share Posts
Facebook recently announced a change to its algorithm that adversely affects the way a certain type of Page update appears in News Feed.
According to Facebook's Chris Turitzin, product manager, News Feed ranking, text-only status updates from Pages showed a decline in engagement, based on tests conducted by Facebook. As a result, Pages could now expect to see a decrease in the distribution of such updates.
Page owners have been experiencing a decline in organic reach among posts for several months now — as much as 44 percent according to published reports. This new announcement could prompt Page owners to advertise their Page content to reach the widest audience.
Link-share Posts Show Promise
The test revealed one bright spot for Page owners: Link-share posts — i.e., those that include a link in the update — that were accompanied by an image received more engagement than posts in which links were simply embedded without the use of an image. As a result, Facebook will now likely push more of this type of content into News Feed.
"We've found that, as compared to sharing links by embedding in status updates, these posts get more engagement (more likes, comments, shares and clicks) and they provide a more visual and compelling experience for people seeing them in their feeds," said Turitzin.
Last year, in an effort to increase click-through rates on links and make content more visually appealing, Facebook increased the size of images that appear on link-share posts in News Feed.
For content to be consistent with this new format, Facebook recommends that Page owners include images in linked content such as blog posts and product pages that are 1200×627 pixels, although images set to a minimum of 560×292 pixels will also work. Images smaller than the recommended size will result in posts that look like this.
How to Create Link-share Posts
Two steps are required to create link-share posts.
- Copy the URL of the link you want to share. This could be a blog post, product page, or other type of interesting content.
- Paste the link into the Status Update box on your Facebook Page.
Facebook will pull the title, text, and an image (if one exists) from the link and place it below the status update box. If more than one image is included in the linked content, arrow keys appear that give Page owners the option of choosing which to use. If no image exists, Facebook allows you to add one using the "Upload image" link.
After the information appears, it's a good idea to delete the link in the status update box and add a comment. This makes for a cleaner appearance and reduces the amount of clutter. Including a comment adds more context to the post, which may increase the chance that the reader will click the link. (The image, title and accompanying text are hyperlinked.)
The recent algorithm change makes it even more difficult for Facebook Page owners to get their content seen by fans and others. If the goal in posting to Facebook is to drive traffic to your ecommerce website, decrease the use of text-only posts in favor of link-share posts that contain images consistent with the size recommendations listed above.
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Hi Paul,
It's a decent start but your article doesn't take into account the time of day, current page PTAT, or current av. engagement levels/post – all of which affect post edgerank.
Facebook is being coy on details – understandably so – as their base revenue is on admins throwing at least $5/£5 a day on promoted posts.
What is more important here is developing a longer term newsroom content strategy, and looking at how and what communities as a whole are engaging with, via social analytics.
In my last position, I did a whole lot of testing – I found that while text+link updates had massive reach, they didn't necessarily have the best engagement. CTR wasn't a predictive trend in that respect either.
What DID produce higher CTRs was the implementation of a long term content strategy – developing trust with your community that they know exactly what they're getting from your links, and that you're actually providing them content of utility.
I just tried this and replaced the image that uploaded from the link with a different one sized to 1200 x 627. But when I posted it the format changed to the one with the tiny picture and the text to the right. Any suggestions on keeping the large image showing?


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No Pennsylvania National Guard soldier awaiting deployment from Kuwait will be sent across the border into Iraq unless he has up-to-date body armor, a Guard commander said yesterday.
Lt. Col. Philip J. Logan, in charge of the 800-man Task Force Dragoon, made up of units from across the state, also said that any vehicle lacking armor plating would be towed into Iraq, rather than driven.
Logan and a large number of other Pennsylvania Guardsmen were in a Kuwait audience Wednesday when a reservist complained to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that some Iraq-bound soldiers were hunting for armor in dumps.


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A Fat Person Who's Fatness Is Quite Obviously Due To The Fact There Rarely Spotted Without A Burger Can Of Coke Or Mars Bar In Hand.
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Indian man bitten by python whilst posing for selfie
Forest department officials on Saturday (September 24) promised strict action after a python attacked a man when a group was trying to click a photo with it.
WASHINGTON A first-ever walking, talking "bionic man" built entirely out of synthetic body parts made his Washington debut on Thursday.
The robot with a human face unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum was built by London's Shadow Robot Co to showcase medical breakthroughs in bionic body parts and artificial organs.
"This is not a gimmick. This is a real science development," museum director John Dailey said.
The 6-foot-tall (1.83 meter), 170-pound (77-kg) robot is the subject of a one-hour Smithsonian Channel documentary, "The Incredible Bionic Man," airing on Sunday.
A "bionic man" was the material of science fiction in the 1970s when the television show "The Six Million Dollar Man" showed the adventures of a character named Steve Austin, a former astronaut whose body was rebuilt using synthetic parts after he nearly died.
The robot on display at the museum cost $1 million and was made from 28 artificial body parts on loan from biomedical innovators. They include a pancreas, lungs, spleen and circulatory system, with most of the parts early prototypes.
"The whole idea of the project is to get together all of the spare parts that already exist for the human body today - one piece. If you did that, what would it look like?" said Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and host of the documentary.
The robot was modelled after Meyer, who was born without a hand and relies on an artificial limb. He showed off the bionic man by having it take a few clumsy steps and by running artificial blood through its see-through circulatory system.
"It, kind of, looks lifelike. Kind of creepy," said Paul Arcand, a tourist who was visiting from Boston with his wife.
The robot has a motionless face and virtually no skin. It was controlled remotely from a computer, and Bluetooth wireless connections were used to operate its limbs.
The bionic creation's artificial intelligence is limited to a chatbot computer program, similar to the Siri application on the Apple iPhone, said Robert Warburton, a design engineer for Shadow Robot.
"The people who made it decided to program it with the personality of a 13-year-old boy from the Ukraine," he said. "So, he's not really the most polite of people to have a conversation with."
Assembly began in August 2012 and took three months to finish.
The robot made its U.S. debut last week at New York's Comic Con convention. It will be on display at the museum throughout the fall.
(This story was corrected to fix spelling of documentary host's first name to Bertolt in the seventh paragraph)
(Additional reporting by Ian Simpson; editing by Barbara Goldberg and Leslie Adler)
Forest department officials on Saturday (September 24) promised strict action after a python attacked a man when a group was trying to click a photo with it.
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco's city attorney on Tuesday issued a subpoena to the developers of a luxury condominium high-rise that is tilting and has sunk more than a foot (30 cm), to determine if structural issues were appropriately conveyed to purchasers.
SINGAPORE Formula One acquired an exotic addition to its list of wildlife hazards on Saturday after a large monitor lizard wandered onto the Singapore Grand Prix circuit during final practice.


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Institutional services
The following institutional services are arranged for and reported by United Churches of Lycoming County.
County Prison, 1:45 and 3:15p.m., Rev. John Butler, Wings of Love Community Church, South Williamsport.
HCR Manor Care North, 2;15p.m., Kelly Erhard, Bethel United Methodist Church, Williamsport.
HCR Manor Care South, 2 p.m., Sara Bower, South Williamsport United Methodist Church.
Pre-Release Center, 3:30 p.m., (men) Yokefellow,Williamsport, (women) Yokefellow, Williamsport.
Valley View Nursing Home, 2 p.m., Rev. Georgianna Welch, Maple Street AME Zion Church, Williamsport.
Williamsport Home, 4 p.m., Rev. James Behrens, Trinity United Methodist Church, Williamsport.
Assisted Living Centers
Services during the week include:
Williamsport Hepburn Apartments, 11 a.m., Tuesday, Rev. Ken Wagner/Pizza, Trinity Episcopal Church, Williamsport.
Williamsport Sycamore Manor, 10:30a.m., Wednesday, Rev. Danesta Whaley, CityChurch, Williamsport and Vonnie Hawley, Bethany Lutheran Church, Montoursville.
Williamsport Housing for the Elderly, 11 a.m., Church of the Savior, Williamsport.
Presbyterian Home, 11 a.m., Rev. Jerry Cline, retired United Methodist pastor.
Roseview Center, 2 p.m., Rev. Gwen Bernstine, United Churches of Lycoming County.
On the radio
Radio Services are provided by the following congregations:
8 a.m., The Salvation Army "Salvation Sounds" WWPA 1340
9 a.m., (Saturday) Jersey Shore Assembly of God, WJSA 1600 AM/96.3 FM.
9:20 a.m., Community Baptist Church, Montoursville, WJSA 1600 AM/96.3 FM
10:50 a.m., Pine Street United Methodist Church, WWPA 1340 AM.
Radio News Show provided by United Churches:
9:15 a.m. Sunday: Religious News and Views: reporter this week is Rev. Margaret Balliet, state director of John G. Lake Ministries, Williamsport. WRAK 1400 AM/WRKK
Ecumenical luncheon
United Churches Wednesday noon ecumenical lunches are held each week of the school year at Pine Street United Methodist Church, 441 Pine St. This week Tom Wetzel and Kay Huffman, members of the Williamsport Music Club, will present a program "Inspirational Messages In Song. A serving of a catered $6 lunch begins at 11:45 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. Free parking is available in the lot north of the church. Although reservations are not needed, those not regular attendees should call United Churches at 322-1110 to help the caterer know how many to prepare for.
Devotion line
The United Churches telephone devotion line is available 24 hours a day by calling 323-5762. The devotionalist next week will be the Rev. Gwen Bernstine, director of United Churches of Lycoming County and a member of the First Baptist Church of Williamsport.


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JUNEAU (AP) — A lens in a tiny box affixed atop a tripod spins while the box oscillates. A tiny beam of light flashes repeatedly from the lens. It pulsates. It creates a unique scan of 19 individual totem poles in the Sitka National Historical Park.
For two weeks this summer this little box completed this process three to four times around each of the poles from the ground level - and three to four times from the top of them.
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development has put forth new standards for math and English language arts that are expected to be implemented starting in 2016.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission on Thursday approved an update to several regulations, including public official financial disclosure regulations.
The most significant change in the disclosure update, according to APOC executive director Paul Dauphinais, is in the self-employment section. He said there was a problem in distinguishing between retail and non-retail businesses because retail was never defined.
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by Mario Puzo
Puzo's eighth and last novel—finished shortly before his death at age 78 last July—tells a familiar tale. After New York City Mafia leader Don Raymonde Aprile is gunned down by a rival family on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral, his Sicilian nephew Astorre takes charge. Astorre is one busy capo. He must avenge the murder, keep the don's three children safe from gang attack and make the family's legitimate banking business flourish—all the while steering clear of the FBI. In Omerta (a Sicilian term for silence and secrecy), Puzo serves up his usual peppery stew of betrayal and persuasion. One enemy finds not a horse's head but the bodies of his two dogs on his bed. A disobedient underling's arm, still wearing a Rolex watch, is delivered to a corrupt judge in a box made for long-stemmed flowers. The sparks of originality are few, however, and the narrative seems sketchy and, sadly, in need of further work. Still, though Puzo fails to flesh out his tale, even these bones are worth the read. (Random House, $25.95)
Bottom Line: The families are still feuding
Picks and Pans Review: Omerta
updated 07/03/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 07/03/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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LAHAINA - The date: Dec. 23, 1982.
The teams: Virginia and Chaminade.
The end result: one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history.
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'When you look back, and I look back at it, you think that that game in itself and what it has done for college basketball and throughout the islands and throughout the world, it means a lot to me to be a part of it, and I'm always glad to come back.' – Ralph Sampson
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
As time goes by, the Silverswords' 77-72 victory over the top-ranked Cavaliers before about 3,500 fans at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu grows in legend.
If things work out, a whole new generation could be introduced to David slaying Goliath on the hardwood.
"They're in conversations about making a movie about it," said Tony Randolph, a starter for Chaminade in 1982.
Members of both teams from 30 years ago are at the Lahaina Civic Center this week to celebrate the game's anniversary - Randolph and former Chaminade head coach Merv Lopes; and Ralph Sampson, who was the Cavaliers' star center, and Dave Odom, an assistant coach with Virginia at the time.
"Sometimes when you hear the word celebration, sometimes you think everybody's happy," said Odom, now the chairman of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. "We who represent Virginia that day were not particularly happy on that occasion."
In 1982, the Cavaliers had the 7-foot-4 Sampson, and a host of other talented players. The Silverswords were an NAIA team that had to share a gym with a high school.
"When the game began, we just sort of blinked every emotion out and took our egos to another level as a team, as a family," Randolph said. "That is eventually what led to the courageousness of the men I played with to go against such a powerhouse team in Virginia. I guess we were very fortunate that luck was on our side."
Randolph, at 6-7, had the task of guarding Sampson, his childhood friend from Virginia.
"We knew each other from way back," Randolph said. "We played against each other in high school. We had a rivalry in high school, but also we were friends and we played street ball together."
Randolph scored 19 points that night. Sampson had 12.
"We lost in a good battle," said Sampson, a three-time college player of the year and the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Houston Rockets in 1983. "They were ready to play and we came in and we didn't expect them to win. But we lost and we had to go back and regroup."
One of the lasting images of the game was Richard Haenisch sitting on top of the rim and lifting one of the cut-down nets above his head.
"I guess it has a life of its own, the memories and game against Virginia," Randolph said.
Said Lopes: "The event between Chaminade and Virginia has changed my life. I know that."
The lead-in
Virginia was very busy prior to the game.
Odom recalled playing Duke on Tuesday and Georgetown, which had a freshman center named Patrick Ewing, on Friday.
Odom said the Cavaliers were supposed to leave Saturday for Japan to play a couple of games, but a snowstorm in the Northeast delayed the flight a full day.
In Japan, Virginia beat Duke and Houston. Sampson didn't play on the trip because he was dehydrated, according to Odom.
On the way back to the Mainland, the Cavaliers had a game scheduled in Hawaii against a school called Chaminade.
"We went out on the University of Hawaii's football field and played touch football," Odom said. "We had a great time. Everybody was in great spirits. But what we should have been doing was practicing that day instead of screwing around on the football field."
The game with the Silverswords was the following day.
"We just went into it and said, 'Hey, we just knocked off the University of Hawaii,' and we felt we could play against Division I," Randolph said.
The Silverswords simulated Sampson's presence in practice by having someone stand on a chair and wave a broomstick in the air.
"I think the young men that I had to play with as teammates were awesome," Randolph said. "Their hearts were much bigger than their size on paper."
The impact
People still bring up the Chaminade-Virginia game to Randolph, who is a dean and assistant basketball coach at St. Francis School in Honolulu.
"It's written in stone," he said. "It comes up so often, it's not even funny."
The last time Sampson was on Maui was in 2002, for the 20th anniversary of the upset. He currently is the player development coach for the Phoenix Suns.
Besides the memories, one of the upset's other legacies is the Maui Invitational, created after Chaminade vaulted onto the national stage.
"If a loss (for Virginia) leads to this event and it's 30 years later, that's pretty impressive," Sampson said. "So when you look back, and I look back at it, you think that that game in itself and what it has done for college basketball and throughout the islands and throughout the world, it means a lot to me to be a part of it, and I'm always glad to come back."
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v) Crop and fodder production involves the selection of annual and perennial crops, their cultivars and varieties, to meet local consumer and market needs according to their suitability to the site and their role within the crop rotation for the management of soil fertility, pests and diseases, and their response to available inputs. Perennial crops are used to provide long-term production options and opportunities for intercropping. Annual crops are grown in sequences, including those with pasture, to maximize the biological benefits of interactions between species and to maintain productivity. Harvesting of all crop and animal products removes their nutrient content from the site and must ultimately be replaced to maintain long-term productivity.
vi) Good practices related to crop and fodder production will include those that select cultivars and varieties on an understanding of their characteristics, including response to sowing or planting time, productivity, quality, market acceptability and nutritional value, disease and stress resistance, edaphic and climatic adaptability, and response to fertilizers and agrochemicals; devise crop sequences to optimize use of labour and equipment and maximize the biological benefits of weed control by competition, mechanical, biological and herbicide options, provision of non-host crops to minimize disease and, where appropriate, inclusion of legumes to provide a biological source of nitrogen; apply fertilizers, organic and inorganic, in a balanced fashion, with appropriate methods and equipment and at adequate intervals to replace nutrients extracted by harvest or lost during production; maximize the benefits to soil and nutrient stability by re-cycling crop and other organic residues; integrate livestock into crop rotations and utilize the nutrient cycling provided by grazing or housed livestock to benefit the fertility of the entire farm; rotate livestock on pastures to allow for healthy re-growth of pasture; and adhere to safety regulations and observe established safety standards for the operation of equipment and machinery for crop and fodder production.


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The 5 Most Depressing Games Of All Time - The Gist
Games are a fantastic medium for delivering and echoing all kind of feelings, here are some that made Jess really, really sad.
Games are a fantastic medium for delivering and echoing all kind of feelings, here are some that made Jess really, really sad.
With The Last of Us Remastered on the horizon we cover off on four remade games that you should really get your hands on.
With Ken Levine's comments that the ending of Bioshock: Infinite would be "unprecedented", we decided to reminisce on some of our favourite endings to video games. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
The director of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda speaks about creating games as an intensely personal player experience, and considering games as an artform.
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Approximately 4 weeks ago I had placed a sizable order for some beef from our regular beef guy, Natural Homestead Beef, and don't normally worry because I take his standard cuts. This time however, I ordered some uncut roasts, or so I thought. Top rounds became london broil and eye rounds became, well, eye round steaks. Needless to say, there was some serious miscommunication when I talked to the farmer and how it got translated to the butcher.
A little bummed out and not sure how to salvage dozens of pounds of meat now not useful for it's intended purpose, I reached out to some friends on a charcuterie list, and thanks to Bob del Grosso, Jason Molinari and Scott Stegen, I was able to get a recipe and suggestion that would let me use the great product in a different form. It's called "Salame di Sant'Olcese", and as Jason explains on his recipe page, is usually a little smoked, but I also don't have a smoker, so this is a "style" or "similar to" kind of experiment.
The recipe is pretty close to what Jason has, but the ratio's are a little different because the beef I use has such low fat content. I also used a pork steak instead of a ham steak, but the rest is pretty much in line with what Jason has on his site, so no need to repost here.
The recipe is super simple and really seems to let the product shine. Aside from the belly, which came from Whole Foods, all product is within a 100 mile radius, and all grass fed organic livestock. The pork has been great thus far and is also where the Guanciale came from.
The whole process really took me back to when I was young with my Nonna and making Sopressata stuffed by hand. I've yet to get a proper stuffer, so I leaned on those old skills to stuff these five salame's by hand. I have to admit, while there were a few moments of, "What the hell, this is taking so long", the need to simply just slow down and work with my hands was perfect. My job has me usually killing myself no less than 60 hours a week (on a good week) and that pace can absolutely kill you. This is what cooking is, this is what people did for centuries and it brings me back to the thing I always think about when I see old outdoor gear, and that's that modern day folks are wimps.
These will ferment for 48 hours(ish) and then head straight into the chamber for about 4 weeks or so, and we'll see how we did and if we made Nonna proud.


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Jacqueline Ho-Shing, a devoted recycler and bicycle enthusiast, always wanted to become more involved with sustainability around campus. Ho-Shing, a senior at The University of Pan-American, is dedicated to green living but was unsure how she could promote the cause to the UTPA community.
Ho-Shing became one of the office's many enthusiastic student interns who volunteered and participated in the Office of Sustainability's first Earth Week held April 15-19 to celebrate national Earth Day on April 22.
"The Office for Sustainability believes we are an all-inclusive University. Earth Week offers a great opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to get involved and make commitments to go green by pledging on our website," said Monica Reygada, program coordinator for the Office for Sustainability.
A highlight of the week of activities was the unveiling of new green technology to UTPA and the community. The acquisition of the series of high-tech machinery that will significantly preserve UTPA's unique ecological atmosphere was part of the Sustainability Campus Action Plan Projects put together by Director of Sustainability Marianella Quiroga-Quintanilla and her team and funded by the University.
The week also included a garden variety of games, contests, raffles, recycling drives, a healthy food challenge, and green awareness education.
The Big Belly solar machine, introduced at the East Library Courtyard, is a recycling station for plastics and refuse that has internal compactors that run on batteries. Made possible through the efforts of The Office for Sustainability, UTPA Facilities Management, and the Student Government Association, the environmentally friendly machine will save the University a lot of green. Two other useful machines unveiled - a hydro-mulcher and a wood chipper - will produce mulch from recycled brush and other organic materials resulting in a more beautiful and sustainable future for the UTPA campus grounds.
Alexis Bay, co-president of the Environmental Awareness Club (EAC), believes that education and green awareness are necessary tools young college students need for lifelong skills.
"As we all get our degrees and go on with our lives after college, the EAC wants to make people aware that environmentalism is truly a visionary practice. It prepares us for future thinking, not only about our ecological conditions today but for tomorrow as well," Bay said.
The EAC is hosting an additional Earth Week, April 22-26 offering a series of different and exciting events on campus. Go here for a list of the EAC Earth Week events.
For more information on how to go green, or pledge to live green, visit the Office for Sustainability website or call (956)665-3030.
See more photos at the 2013 Earth Week photo gallery.


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I see a lot of confusion here between a predator and an obligate carnivore. A predator is an animal who would naturally prey on other animals for all or a portion of it's food. An obligate carnivore is an animal who is physiologically dependent on nutrients found only from animal sources.
Vultures are obligate carnivores yet they rarely prey on animals in favor of scavenging. A lion is an obligate carnivore who will prey or scavenge depending on what's easier. A bear is an omnivore but is anyone here going to argue that a Grizzly isn't a predator as well? Rats are another example of predators who are also omnivores. Many people who have kept both pet rats and pet mice know what I mean! Chimps are another example of omnivorous predators.
My dogs are not allowed to run the neighborhood preying on cats, squirrels, and lizards for their dinner. Does that make them any less the predator? Does that mean that a meat based diet isn't healthiest for them? Humans are omnivores and our natural state is one of a predator and sometimes a scavenger. Buying food from the grocery store or hunting it down and killing it with our bare hands makes no difference to that.


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How much "negative recruiting" does Georgia Tech have to deal with on the recruiting trail?
"I don't think there's a whole lot of it," Yellow Jackets coach Paul Johnson told the AJC.
Say what?
"Well, if there is, there's not any more than there's ever been," Johnson said,
"I think most people try to sell their own program but there's always going to be some aspect of negative recruiting. I think for the most part, guys try to sell their program.
"I think this is a really heavily-recruited area. Everybody is now in Atlanta and Georgia, and for good reason – there are a lot of good players."
Georgia Tech has three commitments for its 2015 football recruiting class.
Read this article for more background on "negative recruiting," especially the comments by James Franklin.


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A storm is brewing over the killing of a healthy two-year-old giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo.
Officials there say it was necessary to prevent inbreeding.
The way it was killed has spurred a second storm.
The zoo also ignored a petition signed by 20,000 people and offers from other zoos which offered to take the animal. A private individual also wanted to take the giraffe.
Marius, a healthy male, was put down Sunday using a bolt pistol,. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was then skinned and fed to the lions.
Marius' plight triggered a wave of online protests and renewed debate about the conditions of zoo animals. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures.
The zoo claims the public feeding of Marius' remains to the lions was popular with the public and said it allowed parents to decide whether their children should watch what the zoo regards as an important display of scientific knowledge about animals.
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