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It's that "What does so and so want for Christmas?" time of year, and often the answer is "Video games. Which is great. If you're a gamer.
If not, yikes, what do you buy? You've seen the video game section -- row after row of games that all seem the same. In your eyes, they all merge into one long title -- "Medal of Halo IV: Revenge of Mario's Guitar Crysis," or some such.
So how do you know you're not buying a game that will cause your gamer to give you one of those "Er, thanks!" responses Christmas morn?
Easy. Read this.
Yours truly has been a game nut since the days of "Pong," and a game reviewer for the past decade. My household is home to five game systems (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, Wii, Nintendo DS.) (Before you write to me, yes, all my kids are big readers, top students, athletic and all that. Me, I'm beyond help.)
Anyway, I know whereof I speak when it comes to games. But before I get to my annual list of can't-miss titles, here are a few tips to keep in mind as you shop.
1) Know what system your gamer prefers. You don't want to buy, for instance, a game for the PlayStation 3 when your gamer uses a Wii. Ask before you buy.
2) Games are expensive -- usually between $40 and $70 -- so if you're going to ignore my helpful list, at least check out games online before you buy. A few of my favorite game Web sites are www.pcgamer.com, www.gamespot.com and www.gamerankings.com, but there are plenty of others. In particular, look for games that get review scores of at least 8 out of 10.
3) For younger gamers, make sure to look for a game's rating. Games, like movies, use a standardized ratings system -- E for everyone, T for teen, M for mature and so on.
4) If your gamer is a PC (personal computer) fan, make sure you jot down his or her system's specs before heading to the store. Many of the top games are huge resource hogs that simply won't run on rigs a few years old.
Minimum requirements are listed on every game box, but you want to be nearer the high end, not just reaching the minimums.
5) Peripherals also make great gifts -- controllers particularly. For PC gamers, wireless mouses (along with lots of batteries) always are welcome. Check reviews first. Also, game magazine subscriptions also are good. PC Gamer is the best; for console players, Game Informer.
On with the list:
"World of Warcraft," Blizzard, PC only. What can you say about a game that is so pervasive that it's featured in a pickup truck (Toyota Tahoma) commercial? So what if "Warcraft" isn't new? (It was released in 2004, in fact.) It's still one of the top sellers, with more than 9 million players worldwide. This online game lets you join guilds, build communities and explore the world of Azeroth as spell-casting dwarfs, hulking shaman he-bulls and more. What's not to like? (Monthly subscription fee required.)
"Crysis," Electronic Arts, PC only. This first-person, sci-fi shooter is nothing new in the story department -- it's really a gussied up alien invasion story. But the photo-realistic graphics and game play are top-notch, garnering the game some of the most consistently high review scores ever. Warning: You'll definitely need a high-end PC to play this one. To play it well, you'll need dual core processors and Microsoft Vista with Direct-X 10.
"BioShock," 2K Games, PC and Xbox 360. You begin in an airplane as it crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, and from there you work to unravel the mystery of what's happening in the undersea city of Rapture. Bioshock is a first-person shooter, that's true, but it's also as close to actual story-telling as a game ever has come.
"Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock," Red Octane, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PS3, PC, Mac. The "Guitar Hero" series essentially lets you play air guitar ... but with a real guitar. Does that make sense? OK, let's try this: It's like the "Dance Dance Revolution" games you've seen at the mall, except with a guitar. Notes scroll across the screen, players try to match them on a faux guitar that has buttons instead of strings. It sounds silly, but it's quite a kick.
"Rock Band," MTV Games, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3. Released this week, "Rock Band" is the season's big "it" game, meaning buy them now before they're gone. Think "Guitar Hero," only with band members. Special edition bundles (the ones you want, by the way) come with a guitar, microphone and drum kit, and everything else you and your buddies need to unleash your inner rock legend.
"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare," Activision, PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo DS. The venerable WWII franchise dumps the greatest generation's war in favor of modern warfare.
The single player campaign is short, as usual, but this is one to buy for the online play, which features games of up to 18 players on 16 maps. Coolest feature: the ability to earn the use of one of those neato, unmanned, drone aircraft.
"Halo 3," Microsoft, Xbox 360. My kid got this one a few weeks back, and that's all we've been playing ever since. The plot picks up where "Halo 2" left off with the Covenant trying to wipe out humanity by activating "halos" (think floating space zappers).
Your job as Master Chief (one of the coolest hero names ever, by the way) is, of course, to stop them with an amazing array of weapons, including my fave, the gravity hammer. (Think a baseball bat on steroids.)
The solo game is fun, but by far the most entertaining aspect of any "Halo" game is multiplay, whether you choose to wipe out your friends in your living room or go online and test your skills against the legions of players there.
"Super Mario Galaxy," Nintendo, Wii. The Wii, with its unique controllers, is a lot of fun, but so far it's been lacking "gotta-have" titles. Galaxy fixes that, with everyone's favorite plumber charged once again with rescuing the princess, whose castle is whisked away by a UFO. Good, clean fun.
"Madden NFL '08," Electronic Arts, all platforms. After several so-so years, this year's version shines with the addition of better artificial intelligence and more refined game play. Any sports fan will love this one.
"The Orange Box," Electronic Arts, PC, Xbox 360, PS3. This is the biggest value of the season. In this single collection, you get "Half-Life 2: Episode Two," "Half-Life 2: Episode One," "Half Life 2" (easily one of the best shooter series ever), along with "Team Fortress 2" and "Portal." Don't think, just buy.
"Assassin's Creed," Ubisoft, Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Nintendo DS. What could be better than being a white cloak-wearing, rooftop-sneaking 12th century Middle East assassin during the third holy crusade? Not much. Perfect for those who like their action slow and sneaky. (Note: The PC version doesn't come out until February. You can reserve a copy at most game stores.)
"Legos Star Wars: The Complete Saga," LucasArts, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS. For the younger set, this is just good-natured -- and often funny -- "Star Wars" fun. Darth Vader hasn't looked this nonmenacing since "Space Balls."
"The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion," 2K Games, PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP. Simply one of the best games ever made, and one of the best values, too. I've had "Oblivion" for a year now, and I'm still playing it, owing to the vast world 2K has created and the chart-your-own-course game play.
All role-playing games essentially are the same, to a degree: There's a looming evil threatening to destroy the world, and you have to stop it, blah, blah, blah. It's how you do so that's clever here. Join a guild, buy a mansion, be a thief, wield a sword, become a vampire. It's all up to you. Great fun.
"Gears of War," Microsoft, PC, MAC, Xbox 360. Great run and gun shooter, nearly devoid of plot. But who cares? It's a great multiplayer.
"World in Conflict," Sierra Entertainment, PC, Xbox 360. This is the war that "Red Dawn" fans always worried would happen.
It's 1989 and the Soviet Union, instead of folding, unleashes WWIII, with Seattle as its first target. (Why Seattle? I dunno. Not enough foam on the latte?)
In any case, this is a real-time strategy game without all the resource gathering.


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LOCKPORT – Metal scrappers are suspected in the theft of three steel storm drains that were reported missing Monday in the Woodlands mobile home park on South Transit Road.
Park Manager Amy Kling told Niagara County sheriff's deputies that the three drains, valued at $100, were stolen some time overnight. She said several metal scrappers come through the park on weekends.
Police said they will watch the area.
Kling said she was still checking to see if any other storm drains were missing.

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|Best Practices on Indigenous Knowledge
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Using IK to predict the impact of human activity on biodiversity
Biodiversity, birds, community development, cultural identity, ecology, habitat
Introducing the practice
This practice involves the observation
of birds in relation to habitat. It was developed in conjunction with the Hewa
people of Papua New Guineas Central Range (142 30 East, 5 10 South).
The Hewa are swidden horticulturalists occupying foothills and lower montane
forests at elevations of between 500 and 1500 metres. The 1993 Conservation
Needs Assessment (CNA) described this territory as biologically unknown
and a conservation priority for Papua New Guinea.
The practice, or methodology, was
developed during eight months of fieldwork conducted between 1994 and 1997.
While it continues to undergo refinements that will make this knowledge more
accessible to scientists and development agencies, it essentially records
generations of Hewa knowledge in a manner that is useful for conservation
By using IK to predict the impact of human activity, the Hewa are attempting to make their IK available to the international conservation community. Although indigenous lifestyles have been described as blueprints for conservation (Posey 1992), western science knows very little about the relationship between traditional human activities and biological diversity (Stearman & Redford 1992). This practice takes advantage of the convergence of IK and science by presenting IK related to birds and their responses to habitat alteration.
Contents and approach
First, the Hewa informants made an
inventory of the birds found in their territory by identifying them in field
guides. This gave me, the investigator, an opportunity to identify any cases of
local people grouping several species under one classification. Secondly,
informants identified the altitude and habitat favoured by each species. This
made it possible to generate a list of birds that would not tolerate habitat
alteration or shortened fallow cycles. These lists were then checked against
transect bird counts and vegetation surveys to determine their accuracy. Finally,
once the Hewa IK and these checks were in agreement, the results were submitted
to Dr Jared Diamond of the University of California Los Angeles, an
international expert on New Guinea birds and their conservation. Dr Diamond has
concurred with our findings.
The practice/methodology of using IK to
predict the impact of human activity has only recently been developed in
cooperation with the Hewa. Yet it is the product of thousands of years of
accumulated and transmitted knowledge. Because the Hewa are not tied to the
economy of modern Papua New Guinea, a traditional lifestyle centred on
horticulture, hunting, nature observation and intergenerational learning
continues to dominate their culture. Employing IK to predict the impact of human
activity is viable and cost-effective because it requires no costly equipment.
The only conditions are that the birds of an area must be relatively well known
and that the relevant IK must be intact. The practice can therefore be expected
to remain in use.
The practice originated as a
collaborative effort between the Hewa community and Dr William H. Thomas. More
specifically three Hewa men Wanakipa Tama, Tuki Toap and Tuki Telianwere
eager to become involved with a conservation-based development programme. After
the 1993 CNA, we decided that if the Hewa IK can be used to answer questions
which the conservation community has neither the time nor the money to
investigate, the Hewa can bargain for a greater role in determining the future
of their land. It is also hoped that as the efficacy of IK as a conservation
planning tool emerges, IK will form the foundation of a tradition-based school
system and research station. It was thus primarily through the collaboration of
four individuals that this practice was developed.
The aim of the practice is to go beyond
indigenous inventories and to link Hewa IK with conservation professionals by
providing information that only the long-term observations involved with
indigenous knowledge can give. It is meant to produce a dynamic picture of the
relationship between human activity and biodiversity. This picture is typically
absent (or comes after the fact) in the planning process.
parties involved
Although three local men were primarily involved in developing this practice, many men over the age of 25 contributed to it. As in any society, individuals vary in their observational skills and interests. However, the information gathered was not strictly the property of the principal informants. In fact, many men who were avid hunters and enjoyed observing nature could and did contribute.
A combination of methods was used to
obtain and verify information. During my work three local men emerged as the
most knowledgeable on the subjects of birds, trees and habitat preferences. They
became my assistants and contributed their knowledge to all my interviews,
transects and surveys. In the field guide Birds of New Guinea (Beehler et
al. 1986), each informant was asked to identify the birds found in the territory,
and specify the altitude and habitat each bird favoured. Habitats were broadly
defined using the indigenous categories garden, grassland, old garden, old
garden true, and primary forest. The distinction between old garden and
old garden true described their perception of the differences between
secondary forest growth that was less than 20 years old (old garden) and
secondary growth more than 20 years old (old garden true). Later, during
the vegetation transects (see below), informants were asked to identify not only
the plants but also the birds that fed on the flowers and fruit of each tree.
In order to check the information that I obtained from interviews, I compared traditional ecological knowledge with both bird and plant censuses. I surveyed the vegetation in six plots where the secondary growth was more than 20 years old. I chose the six plots because this gave me two samples within each of the three altitudinal zones described by the Hewa. Plant censuses were conducted along the paths by counting the number of trees of different species that were at least ten centimetres in diameter at breast height, and within four metres of the path on either side. This procedure follows protocols described in Beehler et al. (1987), Blankenspoor (1991) and Bernstein (1995). Plant specialists at the University of Papua New Guinea analysed the samples.
The age of each plot was determined relative to 1975, the date of Papua New Guineas independence. The Hewa have a calendar based upon the fruiting of pandanus and Pangium edule. However, since this calendar describes the fruiting sequence and not the actual dates, it is somewhat ambiguous. Some of the pandanus species can be found at all of the altitudinal bands accepted by the Hewa. There can also be several months difference between the time a fruit ripens at the lower altitudes and the time the same fruit ripens at the highest altitude. The Hewa calendar is therefore used as a guide for Hewa activity but not as an absolute marker of the days in a year. Papua New Guineas independence day is a benchmark date that all informants could remember.
My informants and I also conducted transect bird counts along two fixed forest paths that climb from 700 to 1250 metres above sea level. We established ten stations at 50-metre altitudinal intervals, and recorded the birds we either saw or heard at each station during three-minute stops. Transects were conducted between 7 and 11 am, six days a week, from September 1996 through January 1997. Each route followed a ridge that threaded in and out of primary forest and secondary forest that had long been fallow. This protocol was derived from Beehler et al. (1987). As stated previously, these checks confirmed the IK, as did correspondence with Dr Jared Diamond of UCLA.
The role of indigenous knowledge
· IK substitutes accumulated traditional knowledge for years of research by western scientists.
· IK continues to involve respected and politically powerful members of the community in a process that may ultimately decide the future of the community.
· IK generates data that is understood cross-culturally and is a basis for testing hypotheses.
By opening itself to the scientific method, IK
is moving beyond the emic/etic debate and promoting a cross-cultural dialogue
between naturalists.
The knowledge behind this practice is
based on traditions that limit both population and disturbance. Hewa traditions
produce a mosaic of habitats that actually increase the biological diversity of
the area. These traditions are not market-based. Instead, the subsistence
economy of the Hewa allows time for nature observation and the exchange of
information between kinsmen. It also encourages individuals to develop a
personal relationship with the forest and to discover personal sacred places
within this environment. Such places often are identified through ancestral
visions experienced in dreams. Tradition encourages the person receiving such a
vision to preserve the designated area (for example, by not cutting to make a
garden) and to offer small sacrifices to the ancestral spirits when visiting the
sacred site.
of knowledge
Not all members of the community possess
this detailed knowledge of biodiversity and the effects of gardening. Instead,
it is the property of those men who are interested in observing nature and who
have the necessary experience. They pass on the knowledge to younger members of
their kinship group.
The Hewa have no written language. Prior to this collaboration, all information was transmitted orally. Since 1994, we have been recording Hewa IK.
Achievements and results
The principal benefit of this practice
to the Hewa is that it reconciles the relationship between their culture and
biological diversity in a manner understood by conservation biologists. While
some have suggested that traditional cultures like the Hewa might serve as
templates for biodiversity conservation, the relationship between biodiversity
and cultural diversity remains poorly understood. This may be due to the
perception that IK, while able to generate inventories, is weak on the analysis
of ecological processes. As a result, while IK research continues, mechanisms
for using IK in conservation planning have been slow to develop. As nations like
Papua New Guinea look to IK for ways of developing flexible conservation
strategies, advocates for its use have not yet been able to shift the focus of
research beyond solving immediate problems such as ways of increasing crop
yields, controlling erosion, or using traditional medicines. However this
practice enables conservationists to access the Hewa knowledge of ecological
processes and shifts the focus of research from such immediate concerns to the
ultimate role the Hewa will play in the future of their lands. In effect, it is
the mechanism by which the Hewa can become full participants in the conservation
of their lands. Once conservationists recognize the contribution this culture
can make to the global biodiversity debate, the Hewa should reap the benefits as
a recognized partner in conservation.
Finally, this practice reinforces the importance of the Hewa culture in maintaining biodiversity. Traditions governing mobility, fallow cycles, birth spacing and land tenure play a role in promoting the diverse landscape that we seek to conserve. Such traditions are woven into the fabric of Hewa life. Rather than trying to stabilize shifting cultivators, conservationists armed with IK can capitalize on traditions that promote biodiversity. The Hewa will benefit by adding the powerful voice of the international conservation community to theirs in the search for development options.
Making a difference to the quality of life of the communities concerned
By making the connection between culture
and biodiversity explicit, this practice makes IK valuable to the global
conservation community and helps the Hewa play a greater role in their survival
as a society. The partnership should affect several quality of life issues for
the Hewa. IK will gain recognition as a tool for conservation planning. The Hewa
will then have a renewable resource, with a global value greater than that of
either their timber or mineral resources. Their natural IK capital will not only
enable them to earn an income as paid research assistants. It also means that
they can be paid royalties for conserving their lands. Potential sources of such
payments might be nations interested in carbon sequestration reserves, or the
national government in its efforts to provide drinking water to residents of the
watersheds originating in Hewa lands.
The Hewa can now enter the conservation
debate as full partners, armed with an intimate knowledge of the dynamics that
shaped these lands and sustainable strategies for resource use. The expanded
possibilities presented by their IK will help to craft the flexible and dynamic
conservation programmes required to conserve both their biological and cultural
inheritance. Full participation will enable the Hewa to improve their quality of
life by designing a reserve that embodies their traditional wisdom and includes
sufficient habitat for all species. By giving the government of Papua New Guinea
an economically viable way to conserve biodiversity as well as traditional life,
the Hewa will gain a measure of autonomy and status not presently accorded them.
Rather than primitive remnants that must be brought into the modern world, the
Hewa now present a unique opportunity to combine conservation with development.
This best practice is sustainable because it highlights the value of Hewa IK for conservation and links it to the conservation of culture and resources. However, sustainability is contingent on the global community recognizing:
· The value of wild lands.
· IK as a planning tool.
· The connection between cultural and biological diversity.
· The economic value of ecological processes such as carbon sequestration and water purification.
And is further dependent on:
National and international leaders allowing the
economic benefits of biodiversity and intact ecological processes to flow to the
locals, in effect compensating the Hewa for the restrictions that conservation
will place on them.
At present IK and traditions survive
through isolation. Unless a more accurate valuation of the services rendered by
wild lands can be incorporated into national planning, local people and their
lands will remain unprotected. Until the economic benefits of conservation begin
to flow to the traditional inhabitants as compensation for their limited
development options, local people like the Hewa will be unable to protect their
lands through isolation alone.
benefits for local people
Currently the only mechanism for
translating this best practice into a benefit for local people is the
application of research results by conservationists. However, while governments
like that of Papua New Guinea search their traditional cultures for IK that will
lead to sustainable resource use, very little funding is dedicated to recording
IK. In addition, there is some resistance on the part of scientists to accepting
IK. Since scientists are the backbone of the conservation community, IK is
fighting an uphill battle.
The best hope for translating this practice into benefits for local people lies in the publicity gained by IK through forums like this. Hopefully conservationists will look to UNESCO and others for inexpensive, flexible solutions that are culturally specific and can be implemented quickly. The best practice developed with the Hewa represents one such solution.
To sum up, the practice:
· Bridges the gap between IK and western science by using birds as indicators of biodiversity, thus providing data that both parties understand to be relevant to the conservation of biodiversity.
· Because birds are one of the best known organisms on earth and good field guides are available, this practice moves beyond the emic/etic debate concerning IK. The Hewa understand the various habitats, altitudes and roles birds occupy in their environment and communicate in a manner that professional planners can understand.
· It places a premium on tradition. IK is obtained through years of experience and transmitted along traditional lines of cooperation. Community elders therefore retain their influence.
· It aligns the Hewa with sciences current understanding of the relationship between disturbance and diversity.
· By acknowledging the value of IK, this practice will facilitate the continued transmission of traditions.
By acknowledging the value of IK, this practice
will facilitate the conservation process by giving the Hewa standing both as
landowners and as naturalists.
The practice of using IK to predict the
impact of human activity on biodiversity scores well in terms of sustainability,
cost-effectiveness and local manageability. It is sustainable as long as
traditional lifestyles are not severely compromised: that is, as long as the
forest mosaic remains intact and young men are encouraged to spend time in the
forest. The only costs of this project were the research funding for Dr Thomas.
The IK is the intellectual property of the Hewa. Their land rights are
guaranteed by the constitution of Papua New Guinea.
The practice has a number of strengths. It:
· Produces data that is accepted by and useful to the international conservation community.
· Can produce a detailed picture of the impact of activities on biodiversity, and it does this quickly and as part of the planning process.
· Involves the community.
· Acknowledges the value of their IK and traditions.
· Retains the traditional information and authority structure.
Deals in ecological facts already accepted by
the intellectual leaders of the community.
The practice will improve with time as scientists critique the methodology, and as knowledge from both science and other IK systems reveals new avenues of inquiry.
Source of inspiration
It would be possible to transfer this practice, provided certain conditions and prerequisites are considered. Using IK to predict the impact of human activity on biodiversity would be relevant and applicable in any context where:
· The community is interested in conservation-based development.
· Its traditional knowledge base is intact.
· The environment is intact.
Species such as birds can be used as indicators.
To our knowledge, the practice has not
yet been replicated.
If you think that this case could be useful in a different context than the one described here, please get in touch first with the contact person listed below (Administrative data). Intellectual property rights could be an issue.
Additional remarks and information
This practice can break down a major
barrier and vitalize the dialogue between science, development professionals and
traditional people. It removes from traditional societies the burden of
maintaining a balance with nature. Instead, it places their activities in the
realm of small-scale disturbance a process understood to contribute to
biodiversity (Reice 1994). It seems likely that prior misinterpretations of the
relationship between traditional societies and their environment have led to the
current crisis in conservation-based development projects (Soule 2000). Small,
cash-strapped nations like Papua New Guinea are often rich in both biological
and cultural diversity. The practice offers the hope that these nations can tap
their IK resources for sustainable development programmes before their unique
cultural and biological inheritance disappears. Papua New Guinea in particular
has pinned its hopes for the future on the potential of IK to conserve the
countrys resources (Swartzendruber 1993).
Beehler, B., Pratt T. and Zimmerman D. (1986) Birds of New Guinea.
Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey.
Beehler, B. Krishna Raju K. & Ali S. (1987) Avian Use of
Man-disturbed Forest Habitats in the Eastern Ghats, India. IBIS 129:197-211.
Blankenspoor, G.W. (1991) Slash and Burn; Shifting Agriculture and
Bird Communities in Liberia, West Africa. In: Biological Conservation
Bernstein, J. Ellen, R & Antaran, B. (1995) The use of plot
surveys for the study of ethnobotanical knowledge; a Brunei Dusun example.
Brunei Museum.
Posey, D. (1992) Ethnoecology and Ethnodevelopment. The Importance of
Traditional People in Conservation and Development. IVth World
Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas. Caracas.
Reice, S.R. (1994) Nonequilibrium Determinants of Biological
Community Structure. In: American Scientist 82 (5): 424-435.
Soule, M. (2000) Does Sustainable Development Help Nature? In:
Wild Earth 10 (4): 56-63.
Stearman, A.M and K. Redford (1992) Commercial Hunting by Subsistence
Hunters: Siriono Indians and Paraguayan Caiman in Lowland Bolivia. In:
Human Organization 51: 235-244.
Swartzendruber, J.F. (1993) Conservation Needs Assessment.
Biodiversity Support Programme. USAID. Washington D.C.
Administrative data
person and person who has described this Best Practice
Dr William H. Thomas
The New Jersey School of Conservation
Montclair State University
1 Wapalanne Road
Branchville, NJ 07826, USA
Tel.: +1 973 6557614
Fax: +1 973 9485131
E-mail: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
The Hewa collaborators listed above cannot be reached by telephone, fax or mail.
research was supported by grants from the National Geographic Society and the
Explorers Club. They provided the USD 8000 needed for eight months of fieldwork
between 1994 and 1996-97.
To MOST Clearing House Best Practices on Poverty and Social Exclusion
To MOST/CIRAN Database of Best Practices on Indigenous Knowledge
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SIBANYE Gold has started limited production at its fire-affected shaft at the Beatrix mine, but there is no indication yet of when the blaze will be extinguished.
Sibanye listed on February 11 and incorporates the Kloof, Driefontein and Beatrix mines unbundled by Gold Fields, which sees the new company as a catalyst in the consolidation of marginal gold mines in South Africa.
The fire broke out at No 4 shaft on February 19.
Nobody was hurt.
So far, 1,029oz of gold production has been lost and 1,961oz will be lost for every month the affected area is out of commission. Management is monitoring gas levels in the sealed-off area where the fire is burning. The area is 2,700m² and has been sealed to prevent any ingress of oxygen, in order to starve the fire and eventually extinguish it.
Judging when to reopen the affected area is critical because opening it too soon could reignite the fire. Rising levels of carbon monoxide compared to carbon dioxide levels indicated the fire was being suffocated, Peter Turner, Sibanye's vice-president of operations, said on Tuesday.
"It could take weeks or months to extinguish the fire," he said.
The carbon monoxide reading has risen to 36,000 parts per million from 16,000 parts per million in four days.
"It means there's less and less complete combustion in that fire," Mr Turner said.
Management will wait until the monoxide readings are higher than the dioxide levels and then for noxious gas levels to drop to acceptable levels before people enter the area.
"You don't want to put too much oxygen in there too quickly, so at an appropriate time we'll open the ventilation up and let air in," Mr Turner said.
Teams will then assess how much damage has been done to the working area and whether all or parts of it have been sterilised, meaning they cannot be mined.
Beatrix, which employs 3,300 workers, is in a methane-rich part of the Free State. The mine captures the flammable gas underground and flares it. A 5MW plant will be commissioned late next month to generate electricity from the gas.
The shaft generates a quarter of Beatrix's production, producing about 7,011oz of gold a month. Beatrix has output of about 28,869oz a month.


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I seldom disagree with George Will because he is usually quite thoughtful and sees both sides of an issue. However, I do disagree with him in his Tuesday column. He is only looking at one aspect for certain so called "sin" taxes. He deals primarily with the tobacco tax and any impending "sin taxes" as a way to cut down on consumption of those items. He does not consider the second item that those taxes address. That is the cost to the general population because of the health cost to those who use tobacco that is paid out of general tax funds such as Medicare and Medicaid. His perspective is narrow minded when he reduces the use of "sin" taxes to one cost item.
There is no question in my mind that the tax on tobacco has reduced the use of tobacco in the general population and required those who do use tobacco to pay more of the cost of caring for themselves when the use begins to cause medical costs paid for out of general tax funds (Medicare and Medicaid).
George Will did not address the fact that tobacco use has actually been reduced. How much it has been reduced due to the tax and how much of the reduction has been due to the recognition that use of tobacco has an objectionable aspect for the general population that does not use tobacco is difficult to determine. However, it is nice now to be able to enter almost any public building and have smoke-free air to breathe.
George Will's column was not really about the tobacco tax. His column was opposed to imposing tax mandates on "High Sugar Sweet" beverages. Again I think he misses the real life point of any tax such as the tobacco tax. It has reduced tobacco use which in turn has reduced overall medical costs. Even Mr. Will admits that. My argument is that even if it had not reduced tobacco usage, that tax will help pay the cost of medical needs for smokers and those who do not smoke but are affected by the tobacco smoke.
George Will usually is able to see the long term effects from an action. This time he is unable to see the total picture. Will a tax on SSBs reduce the use of said SSBs? No one knows and some pundit in the future may write the same article as Will did deriding that tax because either it did not make a dent in the usage of SSBs or the dent was not worth the effort. Again they would perhaps miss the fact that at least the tax from the SSBs would help pay part of the cost of caring for illness caused by that use.
If I was in power to promote a tax, I would impose a "fat" tax based on salt, fat and sugar in prepared food products. Thus no tax on fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, milk, and grain products.
With all that said, he indirectly does make a salient point. That the tax will just become another cash cow for government (read "no" term length government employees) to use on stupid pet projects.
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1965 22 Years Old He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a five-year tour of duty in the United States Navy. … Read More
1970 27 Years Old After being discharged as a lieutenant in August 1970, Woodward considered attending law school but applied for a job as a reporter for The Washington Post, while taking graduate courses at The George Washington University. … Read More
1971 28 Years Old After a year at the Montgomery Sentinel, a weekly newspaper in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Woodward was hired as a Post reporter in 1971 where he was promptly introduced to the CIA's Mockingbird network.
1973 30 Years Old Woodward made crucial contributions to two Pulitzer Prizes won by The Washington Post. First he and Bernstein were the lead reporters on Watergate and the Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973.
1974 31 Years Old … He has written multiple No. 1 national nonfiction bestsellers on a wide range of subjects in each of the four decades he has been active as an author, from 1974 to 2009.
1995 52 Years Old In his 1995 memoir, A Good Life, former Post executive editor Ben Bradlee singled out Woodward in the foreword. "It would be hard to overestimate the contributions to my newspaper and to my time as editor of that extraordinary reporter, Bob Woodward—surely the best of his generation at investigative reporting, the best I've ever seen. … Read More
2000 57 Years Old David Gergen, who had worked in the White House during the Richard Nixon and three subsequent administrations, said in his 2000 memoir, Eyewitness to Power, of Woodward's reporting, "I don't accept everything he writes as gospel—he can get details wrong—but generally, his accounts in both his books and in the Post are remarkably reliable and demand serious attention. … Read More
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2002 59 Years Old … In a series of articles published in January 2002, he and Dan Balz described the events at Camp David in the aftermath of September 11 and discussed the Worldwide Attack Matrix. … Read More
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2013 70 Years Old On February 22, 2013, shortly before the United States federal budget sequester took effect, The Washington Post published a column by Woodward in which he criticized the Obama administration for their statements in 2012 and 2013 that the sequester had been proposed by Republicans in Congress; Woodward said his research showed that the sequester proposal had originated with the White House. … Read More
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With LaDainian and Anthony Gonzalez down, my depth is a bit stretched and I have a tough decision to make at Flex this week. Any recommendations on Leon Washington vs Devin Hester? With Polamalu out, I feel like Hester could be in for a big game since that seems like where the Bears are going to have to attack Pittsburgh. On the other hand, New England seemed vulnerable against the run and it seems like Sanchez is going to be doing a lot of dump offs against a clever, if not elite, defense.
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I would totally take Washington over Hester. I'm really not convinced Hester can stand up to a fast, physical CB like Ike Taylor (Note: Total Steelers homer, but Ike runs something like a 4.24 and has a history of doing better against big, physical receivers like TO, Chad Johnson (when he was good), and Andre Johnson as opposed to guys like Steve Smith who are small and sneaky)


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More news from the weird and wacky world of civil registration. In a move rumoured to be masterminded by anti-Gathering supremo Gabriel Byrne, the HSE website certificates.ie has just increased the cost of purchasing a birth, death or marriage certificate by 125%, to a whopping €20 (plus postage). A source close to Mr Byrne said, "Just feck off and leave us alone".
Meanwhile, bizarrely, public availability of the General Register Office birth, marriage and death indexes continues to grow. These indexes are the paper volumes which it is still necessary to pay to search as part of the GRO's only official research access, the Search Room in the Irish Life Centre in Dublin. Forty years ago, the Mormon Church microfilmed all of them up to 1958. Six years ago they digitised the full set and made it free to search on their site familysearch.org. They licensed this digital transcript to ancestry.com two years ago and have now also licensed it to FindMyPast.ie. The two commercial sites charge for subscriptions, but have seriously improved access, in particular allowing reverse marriage index searches. And FindMyPast has also provided a great set of research supports and finding aids.
But the GRO continues to insist officially that the only legal route of access to its records is via the Irish Life Centre facility. So what has been its response to such outrageous, flagrant illegality? As ever, complete silence. This is the approach familiar from the Ostrich School of Public Administration: if you don't admit it exists, it can't be a problem, can it?
Step through the looking-glass into Northern Ireland, and an uncanny normality prevails. Their GRO (groni.gov.uk) has just received the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations' 2012 award of excellence for the completion of the digitisation of all records for the six counties. The plan to make them all searchable online by 2014 is on schedule and under budget. How strangely sane.
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At this very moment, you are surrounded by sound. Pause for a minute and try to listen to it all: the chatter of a passing conversation, the gentle whoosh of air vents, noise from a nearby street, someone turning the pages of a book, birds chirping in the trees. We rarely pay attention to everything we hear, but every noise in our environment has the ability to change our mood, decrease our productivity, even affect our health. While sound can heal, both emotionally and physically, it can also hurt us. In this engaging book, bestselling author and music expert Don Campbell (The Mozart Effect®) teams up with Alex Doman, a specialist in the practical application of sound, to show how we can use music and silence throughout our day to not only change how we feel but alter how we physically function. The authors delve into more than a decades' worth of research, from studies on aging to groundbreaking brain science, in order to illustrate how noise affects us for better and for worse. Walking readers through every aspect of their daily lives -- from the morning commute to getting a restful night's sleep -- Don and Alex provide practical advice and exercises so you can create perfect soundtracks for every task, combining music you already love with new favorites. In addition, the authors share nearly one hundred active links to music, video, and downloads in the book that help support their advice and show how others use the inspiring force of music to improve their lives. Combining the joy of music with the strength of science, Healing at the Speed of Sound(tm) will set you on the path to a full, rich, and truly harmonious life.
Middle Passagesby Campbell James T.
A groundbreaking history of African American journeys back to Africa over the course of three centuries, a book whose enormous accomplishment reveals to us that without understanding the long-evolving place of Africa in the African American imagination, our understanding of American history is woefully incomplete. In the four centuries after Columbus' voyage to the New World, some twelve million Africans were loaded into the holds of European ships and carried to the Americas as slaves. For most, the "middle passage" across the Atlantic was truly a voyage of no return. But beginning in the eighteenth century, a small number of African Americans found their way back to their ancestral continent. The roster includes many of the central figures in African American intellectual and political life, including Martin Delany, Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Eslanda Robeson, Richard Wright, Martin Luther King, Jr. , Malcolm X, and Maya Angelou, to name only a few. As James T. Campbell shows in this marvelous book, these journeys illuminate not only the enduring importance of Africa in African American life but also the changing contours of African American life in the United States. Middle Passagesrecounts more than two hundred years of black American encounters with Africa, from the arrival of the first liberated slaves in what would become Liberia to the photojournalism and heritage tourism of the twenty-first century. Together, the stories recounted here-of journeys celebrated and obscure, journeys replete with irony and tragedy but also hope and inspiration-chart the history of African Americans' ever-changing relationship with Africa and, by extension, their complex, often painful, relationship with the United States. As the book makes wonderfully clear, to ask "What is Africa to Me?," the question famously posed by Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen, is also to ask, "What is America to me?" and, perhaps, "What am I to America?"
Right Package, Wrong Baggageby Campbell Wanda B.
For five years, Pamela Roberts, has balanced the demands of being a single mother and a devoted Christian. She unselfishly places the needs of her son, Matthew, above her own. Although she tries to convince everyone that she's happy with Jesus alone, Matthew handpicks the perfect present for her--a husband. Everything about the man her son chooses is perfect, except for his past. Micah Stevenson is excited when he learns the son of the woman he has been praying about wants him to join their family permanently. Believing Pamela Roberts is his soul mate sent from God, Micah pursues her. Once he is certain of her love for him, Micah reveals his dark history, shaking the foundation of the once loving and stable relationship. Trust is broken as judgments and prejudices threaten to deny the couple's destiny. Will the man he used to be prevent Pamela from loving Micah for the man he is now?
Silver Liningby Campbell Wanda B.
Ordained Minister Wanda B. Campbell (Illusions) serves up another strong story of loss and redemption sure to invoke a sense of joy and hope that no matter how bad things get, there's always a "silver lining. "?The "honeymoon glow" isn't even off blushing new bride Marlissa Scott-Jennings' face when the dark demons of inadequacy emerge from her past. The pressure of living a dream existence with prominent physician Kevin is a life she doesn't feel worthy of. So she soon finds solace in alcohol, which seems, to her, to quiet the insecurities of her soul. But her drinking and the behavior it sparks is ruining her marriage, and soon Kevin's had enough. . . . 'Leon Scott had everything a man could hope for-a beautiful wife, Starla, a loving family, a thriving business. But when his younger brother's murdered, the pain is unbearable, and he, like Marlissa, takes refuge in a bottle. It isn't long before he sabotages his business and his family life, even though his dearest wish is to get back on track again. An unlikely pair, Marlissa and Leon meet up one night and make a pact to work together to stay sober and win their loved ones back-even if Kevin and Starla seem to have moved on without them. . . .
Texas Wildflowersby Campbell Lynn Loughmiller
For two decades and counting, Texans have relied on Texas Wildflowers to identify the common and rare flowers we see along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of our state. Compiled by naturalists Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, with the technical assistance of Lynn Sherrod, Texas Wildflowers is an authoritative field guide with a personal touch in the many notes the Loughmillers included about the plants they described and photographed. This new edition of Texas Wildflowers retains the charm of the Loughmillers' book while emphasizing 61 additional species and bringing the plant taxonomy and nomenclature up to date. Like its predecessor, it includes all the features you need to identify the wildflowers of Texas:- 381 full-color, close-up photos that show every wildflower in the book, including over 200 photos that are new to this edition. - 370 species accounts that include the plant's scientific and common names, a description of its appearance, and its range, habitat, and blooming season. - Descriptions of 73 wildflower families, from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae. - Indexes to help you identify flowers by their Latin name and common name. - A guide to taxonomic updates in this edition. - A map, glossary, illustrated glossary, and bibliography for further reading. Lady Bird Johnson, author of the first edition's foreword, says of this new edition of Texas Wildflowers, "How delighted I am the University of Texas Press and the Wildflower Center are preserving Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller's legacy by revising and updating this beautiful and invaluable book about Texas wildflowers! Not only does it contain a wealth of knowledge, it also awakens our awareness of the splendor of nature and joyous lift of spirit it brings. "
Unresolved Issuesby Campbell Wanda B.
Stacelyn thought her life was complete the day she married Dr. Derrick Garrison. The fairytale life she envisioned quickly vanishes, however, when Derrick's late nights and unexplained absences cause her to question his motives for marrying her. As secrets from the past and emotional wounds are revealed, Stacelyn discovers the hard way that it takes more than love to build a marriage. Alone and bitter after Derrick's sudden departure, Stacelyn is forced to face hard truths about the man she married. In the process, she discovers her own unresolved issues. Will the revelations drive her to her knees, or send her seeking comfort from the enemy?Wanda B. Campbell is a graduate of Western Career College in San Leandro, California. She has spent the past twenty years serving the public through the public healthcare system in Alameda County. As an ordained elder, she conducted couples ministry for more than ten years along with her husband, and is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in biblical studies.
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"In Arusi: Persian Wedding, the brilliant indie-filmmaker gives people outside of Iran a close and insightful look into the country and its people."Modern Iranian Magazine
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The latest criminal scam in South Philadelphia's Asian-American community is one of the oldest in the book:
A well-dressed Asian man comes to the door. He says he's new in the neighborhood and needs directions. The victim, often Vietnamese or Korean, is sympathetic and invites the visitor inside.
"If you open the door, suddenly others force themselves in," said Chinh V. Dinh, president of the Vietnamese Catholic Community in South Philadelphia, describing the scheme.


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JANE KIRKPATRICK, an award-winning author and speaker, grew up in Wisconsin and earned a master's degree in social work. Eventually, she and her husband, Jerry, decided to homestead in Oregon, and today, they live in Bend. The Kirkpatricks have two children and two grandchildren. Check out Jane's website at www.jkbooks.com.
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You may be in a talkative mood today, and ready to enjoy some lively banter. You could find yourself taunting people to engage you in a fun mental and verbal contest until you can arouse someone's curiosity and competitive nature. Witty one-liners may come to mind effortlessly today, and rather than waste them, you may choose to share them with whoever is passing by, allowing you to make someone smile and share a connection for a moment. Rather than eating meals alone, you might want to call friends who have the ability to make you laugh, and then be sure your mouth isn't full when they deliver the punchlines. It may be enough for you to go to a comedy club and observe people using language cleverly. However you choose to satisfy your desire for lively conversation, it will fill you joyful energy and allow you to make connections with people who understand your intellectual needs.
As human beings, we need mental stimulation. We become easily bored when life presents no challenges or opportunities for laughter. Conversation is the easiest and most direct way to make a mental connection, while making friends online whose written conversation is stimulating is also gift, it may not satisfy your need to speak. Sharing ideas is something that can make every aspect of life more enjoyable, so find people who challenge you and make your conversation an ongoing battle of wits in which everyone wins with laughter and the feeling of being fully alive.
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The idea to domesticate from one state to another or convert from one structure to an other not losing age of the existing company.
If you are solely leaving your home state to become a Florida Corporation. You would do so by filing Domestication.
Please follow the states allow the Article of Domestication or Re-domestication to save the age of the company.
Article of Domestications (willing to move your exiting company from one state to another to use the age of existing company):
Arizona (Allowed)
California (Allowed)
Delaware (Allowed)
Wyoming (Allowed)
Nevada (Allowed)
New York (Not Allowed)
Hawaii (Only allows redomestication for captive insurance companies)
South Dakota (Allowed)
New Jersey (Transfer then Domesticate)
State of Illinois (Not Allowed)
State of Florida (Allowed)
State of Pennsylvania (Transfer then Domesticate)
State of OH ( does not have a provision for re-domestication.Initial Articles of Incorporation, to form the Ohio corporation)
State of Minnesota (Not Allowed)
State of Texas (Allowed)
State of Idaho (Allowed)
State of Utah (Allowed)
State of Iowa (Not Allowed)
State of Indiana (Allowed)
State of Nebraska (Yes, for both corporations and LLC's.)
State of Massachusetts-Yes there are conversion forms.
State of Rhode Island (Not Allowed)
State of Mississippi-If you want to move an existing company here in the state of Mississippi from another state, you must file a new entity here and merge them together.
Yes, Virginia does have a process for a foreign business entity to domesticate in Virginia and for a Virginia entity to surrender it Virginia charter/certificate because it is domesticating in another state.
State of Tennessee-Not Allowed
State of Oregon-Oregon does not have a process for re-domestication, other than withdrawing and filing new.
State of Colorado-unless you are referring to an entity which has converted to a foreign entity and wants to convert back to a domestic entity. There is an option to do so within the existing record.
State of Maine-Foreign Corporation may Domestic to a Maine Corporation
State of Kentucky-A foreign entity can file an amended application for certificate of authority to change the domicile of organization for the entity
State of North Dakota-Not Allowed
State of Michigan-Allowed
State of North Carolina-Allowed (It is called articles of conversion in the state of NC)
State of Missouri-Not Allowed
State of Maryland- Not Allowed
State of Connecticut-Not Allowed
State of Georgia -Not Allowed
State of Kansas-Not Allowed (If you are a foreign entity in the state of KS yes, then it can be done)
State of Arkansas-Allowed
State of Oklahoma-Not Allowed
State of West Virginia-Not Allowed
State of Washington-Allowed
State of North Carolina-Allowed and called articles of conversion)
State of Montana (Allowed) Domestic Company along with Articles of amendment to retain age
State of Alaska (Allowed)
Article of Conversions (willing to change your exiting structure from LLC to Corporation or Corporation to an LLC to use the age of existing company):
Article of Conversion:
Arizona (Not Allowed)
New Jersey (Not Allowed)
Hawaii (Not Allowed)
State of Michigan (Allowed)
State of Illinois ( Partnerships/LLPs/LPs can be converted to an LLCs. Corporations can not be converted to LLCs neither LLCs can be converted into Corporations)
State of Pennsylvania (Not Allowed)
State of OH (Ohio does have a provision for converting limited liability companies to corporation and vice-versa)
State of Minnesota (Allowed)
State of Iowa (Allowed)
State of Nebraska (No, Nebraska adopted the Uniform Limited Liability Company act in 2010 which went into effect Jan. 1 2011. This act allows for the conversion but it states that the statute of the other entity (the corporation) must allow for the conversion, and the Nebraska business corporation act does not provide for conversion.
State of Massachusetts-Yes, there a domestication form
State of Rhode Island ( Yes, a Conversion could be filed if at least one of the converting entities is a Rhode Island entity)
State of Mississippi-does not have a conversion statute to allow a corporation to become an LLC and vice-versa.
State of Virgina (Yes, Virginia law does have a conversion process for an LLC to become a corporation or a corporation to become an LL)
State of Tennessee-Allowed
State of Oregon- LLC can convert into another entity such as a corporation, and vice versa.
State of Colorado-There is a filing option on an existing reporting entity record to convert to another form of entity. There is also a filing option to convert an entity that does not currently have a filing with us.
State of Main-a Maine Business Corporation may convert to a Maine LLC and vice versa.
State of Oregon-A LLC can convert into another entity such as a corporation, and vice versa.
State of Kentucky-statutes allow a corporation to convert into a LLC however a LLC cannot convert into a corporation.
State of North Dakota-Allowed
State of Michigan-The Limited Liability Company Act and the Corporation Act allow for converting one business entity into another. Currently, no document exists to convert a corporation into a limited liability company. Each individual that wishes to convert one business organization into another type of business organization would need to draft their own Certificate of Conversion that conforms to the applicable statutes. In addition, the formation documents are required to be submitted with the Certificate of Conversion. Each statute in their prospective Acts provides for the fees to file the documents.
State of North Carolina-Allowed
State of Maryland-Does not allow to conver from corporation to LLC or vice versa.
State of Kansas-Allowed
State of Oklahoma-Allowed
State of West Virginia-You can convert from corporation to an LLC but not from LLC to a corporation
State of Washington-Allowed
District of Columbia (DC)-Articles of conversion is not allowed
State of Georgia-Allows to convert LLC to Corporation and Corporation to an LLC
Following states support conversion of Corporation to LLC only:
* Alaska corporation can only be converted to an LLC only if the corp is a subsidiary of another corporation
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Republicans have unanimously chosen Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, as the new Speaker of the House. However, the drama of the day played out on the other side of the aisle, where Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., prevailed over her critics to remain the leader of House Democrats.
Yet, she doesn't have the full support of the Democratic caucus. In secret balloting, 43 House Democrats cast votes for her challenger, blue dog Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C.
The strong support for Shuler shows the degree of discontent among House Democrats. Shuler said his loss to Pelosi was expected, but serves as a warning that Democrats can't reject all Republican ideas all the time.
"It was about truly making a difference within our caucus, to ensure the moderates within our caucus are represented and have a place at the table," Shuler said. "To get that many votes that's a lot better a count than we expected."
Pelosi, 70, has refused to take the blame for her party's loss in the midterm elections, pinning it instead on the high unemployment.
"How would your ratings be if $75 million was spent against you?" Pelosi asked. "I'm an effective leader. We got the job done on healthcare, Wall street reform, consumer protections, the list goes on."
Pelosi's continued leadership is also surprising in that it bucks historic trends. Regent University's Dr. Charles Dunn told CBN News she could hurt her party.
"That's the greatest Christmas gift the Republican party could receive," Dunn said. "Now for the Democrats and history -- studies of history show that whenever a party loses a sign number of seats that party changes leadership that's the historic norm."
Boehner,60, was the Republicans unanimous choice for House speaker. He has told colleagues that his new majority will be "humbler, wiser and more focused than its predecessors on the priorities of the people."
The next two years will require a new set of strategies for both Boehner and Pelosi.
Republicans will control the House and will be able to fillibuster almost any U.S. Senate bill. President Barack Obama has already signaled he may seek compromises and this could infuriate Pelosi's liberal base.
Nancy Pelosi to Run for House Minority Leader
Republicans Win House Control; Dems Keep Senate
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MARTINSBURG - A Martinsburg woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident on the W.Va. 9 bypass near Opequon Lane Sunday evening, the West Virginia State Police said.
Elizabeth Ann Putman, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release.
The accident occurred at 7:07 p.m., police said. Putman was a front-seat passenger in a Kia Sportage driven by Andrea Hawkins, 20, of Martinsburg, police said.
Police said the vehicle was traveling east on the bypass when it veered to the right and off the roadway. The vehicle struck a guardrail and came to rest on the shoulder, police said.
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WAILUKU - The planned Olowalu Town development continues to be a hot-button issue as the Maui County Council works toward adopting the Maui Island Plan to guide future growth over the next two decades.
The plan has been vetted by the council's General Plan Committee and recommended to the full council, which held a public hearing Tuesday.
The majority of testimony focused on opposition to developer Frampton & Ward's plan to build 1,500 housing units - including 750 affordable housing units - on 600 acres in Olowalu.
More than half of the 55 testifiers during a four-hour morning session spoke out against the project, which the General Plan Committee previously voted to include within the island's urban-growth boundary.
Testifiers repeated arguments that have been heard throughout the General Plan process, urging the council to reverse its decision in favor of protecting the reef and coastline along Olowalu.
Marine biologists, ocean researchers, snorkel tour operators and boat captains said the development would cause detrimental harm to the reef through sediment and storm-water runoff during and after construction.
Sarah McLane, executive director of the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, expressed concern that if Frampton & Ward's plans don't pan out, having a growth boundary around the area would allow other developments to come in. She recommended removing the boundary altogether.
"I'm personally pro affordable housing. I'm pro jobs. I'm also for putting these things in areas that can actually sustain them in the long run," McLane said. "Olowalu is something that all of us, the entire island, are supposed to be protecting."
Veronica Sylva, a University of Hawaii Maui College marine biology student, used her allotted four minutes to sing her testimony.
Accompanied by music from her cellphone, Sylva sang in part:
"Maui's got a population problem, can't you tell?
Now you want to add a new town - what the hell?
Studies have been done on Olowalu reef
Construction on the seawall has already caused so much grief
Can't you see the kupuna corals? They're all dying
And this minimizing impact crap - I ain't buying
The studies have been done, and the evidence is right there
Yet, you continue on without a care . . .
Mr. Frampton, Mr. Ward, I bet you guys are nice
But building this town has too high a price. . . ."
Sylva said afterward that her performance was the first time she had testified before the council. She said she tries to promote ocean awareness through an online blog and believed she could reach more people at the public hearing.
"People don't understand that everything is connected on this island chain, and everything can have consequences on the environment," she said.
Lifelong Olowalu resident Adeline Rodrigues, a supporter of the Olowalu Town project, said residents want the infrastructure improvements and amenities that will come with the proposed project, like fire hydrants, street lights and retail shops.
She said that being close to 83 years old, she won't be able to see the town become a reality, but promised to keep an eye on Frampton & Ward "from above."
Developer Bill Frampton reiterated that the project got its start through a 10-day design process at the community level, which drew more than 1,300 participants in 2005.
"From the very, very get-go, we were aware of the special and unique location of Olowalu and its history and its incredible resources," Frampton said. "That played a role in shaping the design of our community. The biggest mantra, if you will, for our community is we want to build a community for Maui's families."
He told the council he's confident the project's engineers have designed Olowalu Town in a way that will allow residents to "coexist with nature."
Mark Deakos, executive director and chief scientist for the Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research, said the mitigation technologies being proposed to offset runoff and sediment have yet to be proven. He said he's been meeting with the developers for the last three years.
"I still have yet . . . to get any comfort in the EIS or in any of these plans that supposedly are supposed to protect that reef," Deakos said. "So it is a concern, and to make such a huge decision based on promises is concerning."
He said he would be open to a compromise that scales back the project to prevent any development on lands makai of the highway.
In other testimony, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands asked the council to reconsider the decision not to include any of the 939 acres of state land in Pulehunui within the growth boundary.
State officials said that they had reduced their request to 470 acres - 285 acres for the DLNR and 185 acres for DHHL.
To help generate revenue, the state departments had proposed light industrial, business and commercial activities on lands off both sides of Mokulele Highway near the old Puunene Airport and National Guard Armory.
The Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Kihei Community Association and other individuals also asked the council to reverse its decision to include 390 acres surrounding Makena Resort's golf course within the island's growth boundaries.
They noted that the resort already holds state- and county-level approvals to develop most of the property's 1,800 acres.
Developer Stanford Carr of ATC Makena Holdings, which owns the resort, asked the council to reconsider the preservation designation given to a 98-acre parcel that's already zoned for development.
Carr testified that he doesn't want to see the county caught in "a legal quagmire" over the vested entitlements.
Council Member Riki Hokama asked if that was an announcement of his intent to sue the county, which Carr denied.
Tuesday's hearing started at 9 a.m., recessed around 1 p.m., and was scheduled to resume at 5 p.m. At 5:30 p.m., six more people had signed up to testify; there were about 15 people in the gallery.
First reading on the Maui Island Plan is set for Dec. 7, with second reading on Dec. 21. The council has a Dec. 31 deadline to take action.
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