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How Did Advanced Economies Get in So Much Debt?
The U.S., Japan and Europe risk drowning in debt, with public obligations in rich countries hitting levels close to the historical peak reached in World War II.
How did the most advanced countries in the world get it so wrong?
Overly optimistic budget projections, poor data on government liabilities and a flawed understanding about how shocks can hurt public finances, the International Monetary Fund says in a new policy paper published Tuesday.
Two graphs in the paper are revealing.
In one, the IMF calculates that between 2007 and 2010, unanticipated debt increases totaled more than 26% of rich countries' gross domestic product.
Another shows how far off European Union members were from hitting their budget targets before the crisis.
Although largely a largely a stock-taking exercise that pulls together notable research from the fund and other economists since the crisis, the paper kicks off what's likely to be an official revision to its guidance on budget policies. The IMF acts as a last-chance bailout bank and economic counselor for its 188 member countries.
Criticized by its own auditor for failing to raise sufficient warnings before the crisis, the fund also is now having to re-evaluate its counsel on debt.
It has recalibrated its calculus of the impact of budget cuts on growth in crises, softening its long-hawkish advice on front-loaded budget cuts. It's pushing countries for better and more honest assessments of government debt, particularly with many countries not accounting for liabilities such as future social security or healthcare costs. And it believes that government debt stocks should be kept at levels much lower than thought before 2007 to allow more room for possible shocks.
But there are still some unanswered policy questions. What constitutes "safe" levels of government debt? Are concerns about massive central bank purchases of government debt less compelling when a country is caught up in a debt crisis? What's the most appropriate tool for managing an economy in normal times, monetary or fiscal policy?
The IMF's executive board will answer these and other questions in the coming months.


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CLINTON -- State Police units and hazardous-materials crews were responding to a collision late last night between a tractor-trailer and a box truck on Route 78 westbound near Exit 15, according to a trooper at the Perryville barracks.
Detours are in place and delays are expected during the morning commute.
Compressed liquid oxygen was leaking from at least one of the vehicles, according to Trooper Patimetha and is creating a potentially dangerous situation. Officials closed the westbound highway around Exit 15, said the trooper.
Mike Stefano, an employee at the nearby Clinton Truck Stop, said police told him to evacuate the truck stop and clear all trucks from the parking lot.
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We're not just talking about tripping over power cords! We're talking about a power trip (and not the kind your boss takes, either). Many properties built before and during the 1960s weren't built to meet the needs of our current electronic age, which means there are not nearly enough power sockets installed in the rooms of these houses.


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Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain was reduced to the role of punching bag in a 7-1 loss against the Mariners on Sunday, allowing seven runs on six hits in three innings, further putting into question whether he will be up to the challenge of pitching in the playoffs.
Just the facts:
- Before the game, Yankees manager Joe Girardi hinted that the "Joba Rules" would allow for the pitcher to go five innings. Perhaps that was assuming too much. The Mariners -- seemingly making hard contact on every swing -- knocked Chamberlain out of the game after only three innings.
- Most of the damage came in the second inning when Chamberlain allowed the Mariners to send eight men to the plate. Ken Griffey Jr. delivered the biggest blow, hitting a long homer to right off Chamberlain to key a five-run frame. He had not allowed as many runs since Aug. 25, the last start in which Chamberlain pitched without a severe innings count.
- In light of Chamberlain's short outing, Sergio Mitre saved the bullpen from a long day. After he was demoted from the rotation to the bullpen. Mitre pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two baserunners while striking out five.
- The Yankees can make their return to the postseason official with either a victory against the Angels on Monday or a Rangers loss to the A's. The magic number to win the division remains at nine.
- The Yankees' five-game lead over the Red Sox in the AL East is its slimmest since a 4 1/2 game advantage on Aug. 7.
- Despite recent struggles, Girardi said he intends to stick with Chamberlain in the starting rotation throughout the rest of the season and through the playoffs.
"Everything has went really, really well in the second half. And we've run into a little bump. We've been a little bit inconsistent. We've got to straighten that out." -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi, on his team's 4-5 record over its last nine games.
"It's going to take a lot more than this to get my confidence level down, I'll tell you that much. You can kick me as much as you want, but I'm going to come back fighting every time. That's what I'm going to do. That's the way I've lived this life and that's the way I've played this game of baseball. It's going to take a lot more than this." -- Chamberlain, on his struggles. He has a 8.42 ERA over his last eight starts and tied a season-high by allowing seven runs.
"I think we just need to worry about ourselves," -- outfielder Johnny Damon, on the streaking Red Sox, who have made up some ground on the Yankees.


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How to Save Money as an Intern
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Before graduating from college, many students participate in a ritual known as "the internship."
I was an intern myself at one time. For many interns, this period of time is entirely devoted to trying to obtain a marketable skill while subsisting on crap wages — or even no wages at all. I wasn't paid for my internship, and in the current economy, many students find that the best internships are already taken.
So, what can you do when your main source of compensation is college credit? Three former interns (who have "real" jobs now) share their tips for saving money:
Dan Wilkerson, Social Media Project Manager, LunaMetrics, LLC
Dan Wilkerson took an unpaid internship in New York City. While he has a job with LunaMetrics right now, in 2011 he was working for free with "zero savings." He suggests that you "go to school where you want to work. It makes everything cheaper and easier."
Additionally, he points out that you can look for organizational ties in the area. "I found a chapter of my fraternity and arranged for super-cheap housing," Wilkerson says. He also suggests buying a bike to get around so that you don't have to worry about paying for gas and parking: "It keeps you in shape and gives you the chance to experience the city in a totally different perspective."
If you want to be offered a job, Wilkerson suggests that you "find a way to make yourself indispensable at your internship, and they will offer you a job."
Finally, he suggests that you moderate your culinary preferences. "Learn how to cook pasta and accept your ramen-flavored fate."
Brian Beltz, Inbound Specialist, Highrank Websites
Brian Beltz knows first-hand that you can transition from intern to full-time employee. He started as an intern with Highrank Websites, and now he pulls down a regular paycheck with the company. His tips mostly focus on how to save money on food.
"Never buy coffee," he says. "Our office has a coffee maker — and I'm sure almost all offices do. Even though I desperately wanted coffee every morning when I woke up, I always waited until I got to the office to have my first cup. …Even if you make it at home, it can save you $10 to $15 a week."
Beltz brought lunch to work at day, and made it a point to cook inexpensive foods like chicken and pork chops (and save the leftovers) for dinner.
Talia Beckett, CEO, Pink Pearl PR
Along with an assistant, Sandra Rose Salathe, Talia Beckett, who has her own PR firm, Pink Pearl PR, reminisced about her days as an intern — and what she did to save money. Bringing your own lunch was one of the tips, but she also recommended shopping at the thrift store and paying attention to sales.
Additionally, your clothing choices matter. "When shopping, try to look for key essentials that are a must in every wardrobe. Don't just shop for items you already have in your wardrobe, like another purse or a pair of heels." She also recommends that you, "look for pieces that are unique and can be worn for every season."
Creating a budget, clipping coupons, and using Skype to make phone calls are some of her other tips for living as an intern.
What are your favorite tips for saving money as an intern?
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ADP Co-Chairs Outline Views on 2014 Work
4 February 2014: The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) has released an informal note containing the reflections of the Co-Chairs on progress made during the third part of the second session and on its work in 2014 (ADP.2014.1.InformalNote). The note addresses the 2015 agreement, preparation of national contributions, pre-2010 ambition and high-level engagement.
In the note, ADP Co-Chairs Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago) and Artur Runge-Metzger (EU) welcome progress made by parties at the 19th session of the Conference of the parties (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2013, and encourage parties to maintain "this positive spirit" and "intensify and deepen" their exchange in order to reach an agreement. Noting that the ADP has less than two years to finalize its work, the Co-Chairs indicate that in their view, in 2014 the ADP needs to: continue to elaborate all the elements of the 2015 agreement in concrete terms; clarify information guidance on national contributions as early as possible, preferably be the end of the first half of 2014; and unlock significant opportunities for raising pre-2020 ambition. They also note the need to decide whether additional negotiating time in the second half of 2014 will be required.
On the 2015 agreement, the Co-Chairs stress the importance of dedicated work on the content of the agreement in textual form, adding that the starting point is that the agreement will be applicable to all parties, under the Convention, and guided by its objective and principles. On the intended nationally determined contributions, they underline that parties will have to: decide how they will be presented, received, considered and captured in the 2015 agreement; explore which aspects would need to be binding and how they would be made binding; and address the aggregate and long-term perspective in view of the upper limit of acceptable warming of 2°C.
Other elements of the 2015 agreement highlighted by the Co-Chairs include: how to strengthen national adaptation plans (NAPs) and enhance the link between global and national efforts; clarification of the framework needed to facilitate, enable, catalyze and support the needed transition to a low-emission, climate-resilient development path; ways to mobilize and scale up climate finance, and barriers to this mobilization; market and non-market approaches; transparency, including measurement, reporting and verification (MRV); and placement of each element of the agreed outcome in the agreement itself for in subsequent decisions.
On pre-2020 ambition, the Co-Chairs state that opportunities to raise the level of ambition have been identified, underscoring the need to realize them. They add that the technical expert meetings in 2014 will need to focus on: seizing opportunities; addressing barriers to implementation; and turning the mitigation potential into reality.
On high-level engagement, the Co-Chairs indicate that they will continue to coordinate with the current and incoming presidencies in the preparations for the two in-session ministerial dialogues that will be held in June 2014 and at COP 20. [Publication: ADP Informal Note] [ADP March Session Webpage]


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Not as famous or as valuable as its more exotic Ferrari cousin, the Fiat Dino is nevertheless a rare, beautiful car that presents an alternative way to get Ferrari power under the hood. As with most things involving Ferrari, the story goes back to racing. The wonderful Dino motor was a smart choice for Formula 2 racing, but Ferrari needed to fit the V-6 into 500 cars before it could be homologated. Fiat, being the automotive giant that it was, could help get that many cars together more easily than the smaller shops at Ferrari. That said, Ferrari actually took over assembly of the later Fiat Dinos, and these cars are considered to be more reliable. Between 1966 and 1972, around 7,500 were built.
Dino buyers had an interesting choice to make. Pininfarina had made a somewhat strange but still alluring spider body for the Dino, while Bertone had done an elegant four-seater coupe. The coupe is a more common, if less distinctive sight than the spider, but any Fiat Dino is a rare sight and a desirable classic, especially the later 2.4 liter, 180 horsepower cars. The car featured here, located in Costa Mesa, California, is an early 2.0 liter coupe. It's not the most collectible of its kind, but that means it could be more of a bargain.
This Dino appears to have been a trade-in at a somewhat ordinary car dealership. What motivated the former owner to make that decision is a mystery, but according to the current seller he recently put in $3,000 on a full service and tune-up. In the strangely worded description, the current seller admits to a few somewhat minor faults like a non-functioning power window, but still fails to mention the missing shift knob that is quite obvious in the photos. The current seller also fails to mention that, strangely, the prized V-6 is gone and has been replaced with a Fiat/Lancia four-cylinder motor. That means that the most interesting thing about this car is gone and that it will be down about a few dozen horses. While it looks to be a sound car, and certainly is a rare one, the sketchy situation with the engine raises an undesirable red flag. Since this car is offered at no reserve it could be a bargain but, then again, bidding has gotten somewhat high, and when you consider the new Dino motor that it will take to make this car right, it might be wiser to wait until another one comes along. Check out the 1967 Fiat Dino Coupe here on eBay, where bidding has reached $13,600.


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W3C Technical Plenary, 2006
By Patrick Curran on Feb 27, 2006
This will be a week of contrasts for me. I'm currently in Cannes-Mandelieu, France where I'm attending the annual Technical Plenary meeting of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C, of course, is the organization that's responsible for defining the standards and protocols on which the World Wide Web is built. Like most standards organizations it operates through a relatively small permanent staff and a much larger number of volunteers, most of whom (like myself) are sponsored by their employers to participate in standards development activities.
The organization functions primarily through Working Groups, each of which is responsible for defining a particular standard. (The W3C's Working Groups are the equivalent of the JCP's Expert Groups.) (If you're interested, you can compare the two organizations' process documents here and here.)
My involvement in the W3C goes back several years to the release of JAXP 1.2, which revised the spec to require that XML parsers incorporated into the Java SE platform support XML schema. Oops! Suddenly my team became responsible for verifying that XML parsers conform to specifications for a language that is arguably more complex than the Java language itself. Since we'd spent more than 50 staff-years developing tests for the Java language it seemed extremely unlikely that we'd be able to develop a comprehensive conformance test suite for XML Schema.
What I wanted to do was to simply revise our conformance requirements to say "plug in any parser you want so long as it passes version x.y of the W3C XML Schema conformance test suite." I looked for such a test suite, and didn't find one. The XML Schema Working Group had developed a large body of tests, but these were not packaged into a well-documented test suite with the kind of rigorous conformance requirements that we associate with our own TCKs. Consequently it would have been very difficult for our licensees to run the W3C tests and to definitively determine whether or not their parsers conformed to the specs.
As we have learned over the years, there's much more to conformance testing than developing a collection of tests. These must be packaged together with a test harness, documentation, and conformance requirements into a version-controlled test suite. There must be a well-defined process for users of the test suite to challenge the validity of a test and for invalid tests to be excluded or updated.
In the absence of such a test suite our only option seemed to be to incorporate the existing W3C Schema tests into our own TCK. (In a presentation I gave at last year's Technical Plenary on the re-use of test suites I called this testing by value rather than by reference.)
We did eventually incorporate several thousand W3C tests into the JAXP TCK and more recently we donated back to the W3C several hundred additional tests that we had developed for the JAXP TCK. With the intent of promoting more of this kind of collaboration between Sun's TCK developers and the W3C, and in the hope that we could influence the W3C's conformance test developers in a direction that would make it easier for us to reuse their work in the future, I joined what was then the QA Working Group (we have since re-chartered as an Interest Group).
This group has focused on developing guidelines for and promoting best practices in the development of specifications and conformance tests within the W3C. A complete list of the documents we have published can be found here here. The Test Development FAQ, in particular, addresses the difference between a "collection of tests" and a "test suite."
The Interest Group met yesterday and today to discuss how we should focus our efforts during the coming months. As always we have much more work to do than we have people to do it, so we would very much welcome assistance from people in the conformance testing community. Whether or not you're able to help, please join our mailing list and read our blog.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the actual Technical Plenary day, during which we all get together for a series of presentations and then on Thursday I'm leaving for a two week visit to St. Petersburg, Russia, where most of my team is based. More on that later...


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Looking at Texas through young eyes
Democrats may have small numbers in Austin, but state Rep. Eric Johnson doesn't plan on simply warming the bench. The second-term Democrat from southern Dallas is now head of the Young Texans' Legislative Caucus. The caucus has members from both parties, so it isn't a partisan group. In fact, its goal is to look at the state's issues through the eyes of the under-40 set. That's a great concept, given that this state faces so many long-term needs. Here's to the next generation taking ownership of Texas.
City Hall employees to Dallas youths: It gets better
For Dallas youths struggling with their gender and sexual identity, it helps to know the stories of adults who went through the same experiences and survived. The city of Dallas asked 13 gay city employees to sit before the camera and tell their tearful stories about growing up, feeling out of place, enduring taunts from straight kids and dealing with constant worry about being ostracized from their parents and siblings. The 13-minute YouTube video has lots of familiar faces of people at all levels of city government who are happy and thriving today. What's most important is that these tell an extraordinary story of hope: It really does get better.
Brad Pitt he's not, but …
Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger blazed the trail from acting to politics, and now Dallas' own Mike Rawlings is tiptoeing in the reverse direction, if ever so slightly. The mayor has signed up for a bit speaking part on next season's run of the TV show Dallas, but about the details, his lips are sealed. Somehow we doubt he'll have a hot love interest or an oil deal going. Even if it's a cameo as yourself, break a leg, Mr. Mayor.
Dallas ISD citations on a welcome downward trend
Dallas ISD police reported a significant drop in the number of citations issued to students for Class C misdemeanor offenses — an excellent trend for a program whose value was highly questionable to begin with. We're all for discipline, but the idea of putting students through a criminal justice process for offenses as minor as dozing in class or throwing a paper airline strikes us as overkill. We're glad DISD Police Chief Craig Miller agrees. If it's a minor disciplinary matter, leave the police out of it and deal with it administratively.
Discretion is the better part of tweeting
This week, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott gave his opinion about a proposed ordinance in Austin prohibiting gun shows on city property. Fair enough. Giving opinions is, after all, what attorney generals do. But Abbott gave it on, of all places, Twitter, complete with a tweak that sounded more political than judicial. "If Austin or Travis Co. try to ban gun shows they better be ready for a double-barreled lawsuit," he wrote in a tweet Tuesday. The Austin City Council suspended action on the measure. The attorney general needs to remember that he is not like the rest of us who glibly take to Twitter; his stated opinions carry some weight.


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Kwik Pick Jr. Market, Santa Clarita, was the first retailer in the city to display a "Stop Tobacco Access" decal. Owner Zaher Khezam received a certificate of appreciation from the city of Santa Clarita on Wednesday, presented to him by Councilwoman Laurie Ender.
The city is partnering with local tobacco retailers, to reduce access youth to tobacco. Forty-four retailers have signed a pledge to work with the city and uphold the tobacco sales-to-minors law.
The community can identify cooperating stores through window decals acknowledging them as a "STAR" retailer. STAR stands for "Stop Tobacco Access Retailer."
Kwik Pick Jr. Market is located at 27600 Bouquet Canyon Road, Suite 132, Santa Clarita.


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At Hughes Supply Naples plumbing wholesale location, we are the supplier of complete lines of residential, commercial, well and pump supplies, along with repair and remodel plumbing supplies from leading manufacturers. Some of the lines we carry include Kohler, Bradford White, Myers, Moen, Elkay, InSinkErator, ITT, Seasons, and Brigade. Our comprehensive plumbing supply offering enables us to quickly and easily meet virtually any project requirement.
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The Big Picture
As we often deal with isolated transactions in our financial lives, it's easy to get caught up in the minutia of personal finance. It's important to periodically take a step back and think about things from a broader perspective, at which time we might even realize that wealth ranks pretty low on our list of priorities.
One of the reasons to take a big picture look at wealth is that it is such a broad subject. We need to consider things like savings, investments, real estate, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement plans, college funds, trust funds, insurance, and asset protection just to name a few. More and more people could add P2P loan portfolios from Lending Club to that list as well. The point is that there's so much to think about that we often just ignore any desires to try to get a handle on everything.
While it's true that it may be too much to think about all of the financial topics in our lives concurrently, it is important to realize the interconnectivity of many of these topics. For example, we can't fully understand our savings plans without considering how they are supplemented by retirement and college savings plans as well as insurance. Looking at investments without considering their accompanying risk poses a similar problem.
Of course, there is an even bigger picture than our financial lives to consider, namely how finances play into our overall lives. Most people aren't looking for financial security for the satisfaction that a stockpile of wealth may bring. Rather, they see that security as a way to enjoy the things that are important to them. There are certainly many more important things in life than money, but building wealth is a means by which to have the time and resources to more fully enjoy those things that are important to us.
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FLINT, MI -- The man police say shot and killed Marcus Lamonde Payne outside of a Flint Township McDonald's early Monday morning is facing his second murder charge in nearly 15 months.
A jury found Conerly not guilty in March 2011 for the 2005 death of 16-year-old Bar'Ontay Bradshaw.
Then, authorities charged Conerly with Bradshaw's death after the teen's body was discovered in a wooded area behind Northwestern High School.
Now, authorities allege Conerly fatally shot Payne outside of the restaurant on Ballenger Highway, just south of Flushing Road.
Authorities responded to the restaurant at 2:04 a.m. Monday for a complaint about a disorderly person in the parking lot.
Flint Township Sgt. James Baldwin said it appeared that Payne was acting disorderly in the parking lot and was was eventually shot multiple times after an argument ensued between him and Conerly.
Police do not believe Payne was armed at the time of his death.
Witnesses at the scene provided police with a vehicle description and license plate number of the shooting suspect.
Conerly and a 22-year-old woman, who has not been charged in connection with the incident, were located by the Michigan State Police near Ballenger Highway and Raskob Street in Flint at minutes after the shooting.
Odette asked Conerly about his criminal record during today's arraignment. Conerly responded that he had parking tickets and some misdemeanors, but he failed to mention the previous murder charge.
Conerly is being held in the Genesee County Jail without bond.
Gary Ridley can be reached at 810-280-9516. You can also follow him on Twitter @GaryRidley or on Facebook.


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Contents The Spirit Tower Boss: Byrne The Spirit Tower
Head right back to the Spirit Tower and climb the steps to the very top.
There are free bombs and arrows at the entrance, so don't worry about running out. Using the safe zone as a base, bomb away all of the cracked blocks you find. When the Phantoms are out of the way, run to the bottom righthand corner and grab the first Tear of Light.
Run to the northwestern corner and move the first block entirely out of the way, then the second block down. Run through the gap and hit the switch. A key will appear on the other side of the door. You'll have to run to the other side of the room to get it. Swing across the gap and grab the small key. When the coast is clear, use it to unlock the door and head upstairs.
Go right and grab the blue arrow stand. Now head left and downward. Drop the arrow stand on the marked tile facing left. Stand on the switch to open the door and use your boomerang to make the other arrow stand face north. Fire an arrow to activate the eye switch. A bridge will extend over the gap in the eastern portion of the floor.
You can't kill any of the Miniblins yet, so don't worry about them as you run to the right side of the floor. Cross the bridge and make your way left through the cracked blocks. Run all the way to the safe zone and bomb it open before the Phantom can hit you. When it's not looking, bomb open the blocks blocking the Tear of Light and grab it. Head up the stairs in the safe zone.
You can use the Phantom to your advantage here. Get its attention and have it roll through all of the blocks in the room. When it's finished, move the block that's sitting to the south of the top right platform to the west. Grab the arrow stand and jump across the black block to the top left platform. Drop the arrow stand on the marked title facing downward.
Stand on the switch on the top right platform and shoot the arrow stand to the left. Grab the last Tear of Light and take control of the Phantom. Your brand new Wrecker Phantom can roll around and smash blocks, but it can't carry you on its shield across lava. Keep that in mind for later. For now, go back to the previous floor.
It's payback time. Draw a route for your Phantom so it rolls through the opposing Phantom and all the Miniblins. Follow along behind, taking care to avoid the enemy Phantom when it's not stunned. Have your Phantom roll left through the spiked Miniblin stands and follow along behind.
Walk up the stairs to the platform with the symbol and switch and use your boomerang to point the nearby arrow stand north. Fire an arrow into the eye switch to make a chest appear. Grab the treasure and continue downstairs.
You'll find yourself in the previously inaccessibly middle portion of the floor you started in. Go to the northwest corner of the room and move away the small block. Have your Phantom push the large block onto the two switches.
Now move to the southeast corner. Move away the large blocks and push the small block onto the switch. Now move to the northeast corner and stand with your Phantom on both switches to deactivate the spikes. Run across and grab the key from the chest. Go back upstairs.
Unlock the door on the right and continue upstairs.
You will see a large number of boulders rolling down on the righthand part of the map. Have your Phantom roll through them while you follow. You won't just be able to wait around for the Phantom to reach the top of the screen, so make sure to hurry.
Hit the switch to stop the boulders. Have your Phantom roll through the blocks to the south and make sure your way to the stairs.
Have your Phantom clean up all the cracked block by rolling over them, then stand on both switches with your Phantom. The door will slam shut and four skeletons will appear. Have your Phantom roll through them for a few easy kills. You're not done yet though because three Zora Warriors will appear! Not only that, there are mice in the room!
Kill the mice to keep your Phantom sane. You can either use your Snake Whip to grab the Zora's shield before striking with your sword or you can have your Phantom attack from the front while you attack from the rear. When the Zoras go down, four Phantoms will appear. Run to the safe zone and wait for a good chance to stab one of them in the back. Take control of the new Phantom and return to the previous floor.
You can now cross the lava with your Phantom, so run north to the lava flow. First jump onto your Phantom's shield and have it walk to the first pole on the northern portion of the wall. Use your Snake Whip to swing to the left and grab the arrow stand. Call your Phantom over the southern part of the platform. Jump back onto the shield and move down to the bottom platform. Place the arrow stand on one of the symbols facing right.
Grab the other arrow stand to the left and place it on the left bottom stand. Use your Phantom to swing back across to the upper platform, and have your Phantom walk down to pick up the left arrow stand. Make sure your Phantom is facing left, then fire an arrow at both arrow stands. The first door will open. Fire at your Phantom's arrow stand one more time to open up the door to the next level.
Grab whatever supplies you need from the pots on 21F and continue to 22F
Have your Phantom walk all the way around through the fire and grab the Big Key. Walk across the sand to meet it. The hands will appear once again to try and snatch the key away. You'll have to have your Phantom run to the north through the fire and all the way over to a switch.
Take point and kill the two hands nearby, then have your Phantom run through the northern fire. Follow along to the south and fire arrows as your Phantom goes. When the hands are gone, have your Phantom stand on the circular pink switch and switch places.
Open the door and continue upward.
Push open the large double doors and activate the warp back to the entrance. Save and prepare for a boss battle.
Boss: Byrne
Byrne will leap from pole to pole like a ninja. He will occasionally stop and a lock-on symbol will appear on either yourself or your Phantom. You need to keep the lock on yourself as long as possible, then dodge out of the way. Byrne's claw will get stuck in the ground. Have your Phantom grab the claw and yank him down from his pedestal and attack with your sword.
After Byrne gets yanked down three times, he will stay on the ground and fight. When a red aura appears, hide behind your Phantom until he strikes. While he's struggling, run behind him and attack. Repeat this until Byrne goes down, then watch the next scene.
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At 12:50 a.m. on Friday, June 8, 1984, a tornado hit the tiny Wisconsin town of Barneveld at 250 mph, destroying nearly every building, killing nine of the 607 inhabitants and injuring another 88. That day dozens of reporters converged on the desolate scene to record the tragedy. PEOPLE's correspondent stayed on long enough to see a disaster story turn into a tale of resilience, courage and rebirth. "At the risk of sounding corny," she wrote, "these people are the embodiment of the American will and spirit." Here is their remarkable story.
Late on Thursday night, June 7, just 36 hours before she was to wed, Tory McGraw, 25, of Mount Horab, Wis., had an eerie premonition that something was wrong. She felt uneasy, vaguely disturbed, but she convinced herself that she was simply experiencing prenuptial jitters, and she managed to fall asleep. A few hours later her family awakened her with horrifying news: At 12:50 on Friday morning a tornado of astonishing force had virtually leveled the neighboring town of Barneveld, where her fiancé, Doug Manteufel, 23, lived with his family. Tory tried to call Doug but the lines were dead. Frantic, she scrambled into her Chrysler Le Baron and raced the eight miles to Barneveld to search for him. She couldn't get near the town; the state police had blocked all access roads.
Beyond those roadblocks, Barneveld, a close-knit farming community, resembled nothing so much as a scene from The Day After. The townspeople had always believed the surrounding hills would keep the 103-year-old railroad town safe from tornadoes. After a day of thunderstorms there had been an ominous silence, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning that triggered the fire alarm at the township garage, waking all within earshot. Minutes later the twister roared in, sounding, said one witness, "like a dozen express trains." Only 25 of the town's 225 houses withstood the 20-second onslaught. The others were reduced to piles of shattered lumber or ruined hulks ripped from their foundations. Aluminum siding hung like tinsel on trees shorn of bark and branches. The municipal building, the post office, the American Legion Hall, the Village Bar and Restaurant, all three churches and the Thousand Curls Beauty Shop were blown to splinters by the 250 mph winds, which scattered birth certificates and other papers over the countryside for 100 miles. The twister blasted the new $200,000 roof off the Barneveld Public School and then, as if to demonstrate a perverse sense of humor, deposited a barn in the middle of the gymnasium. Only one landmark stood—a white water tower whose black letters spelled out the name of a town that, for all practical purposes, no longer existed.
Barred from entering this horrifying scene, Tory McGraw spent the rest of the night and the next morning making the rounds of area hospitals and a makeshift Red Cross emergency center in the Dodgeville High School gym, searching for her fiancé among the injured and dazed survivors. At noon on Friday she spotted him standing in the ruins of his family's home. Tearfully, they embraced. As the twister had ripped through, Doug's family had fled to their basement and crouched under the pool table. Doug was still on the second floor when the house collapsed. After the winds subsided, the family found themselves standing in the open. Their house, torn from its footings, lay smashed in the yard.
That evening, Tory and Doug visited their priest, Father Donald Moran, to talk about canceling their wedding. The priest urged the couple to go ahead with the ceremony anyway. "Life goes on," he told them. "People can't quit. And the marriage would be a great sign of hope." Father Moran convinced the couple, and the next afternoon the groom's mother, Beulah Manteufel, retrieved an old dress from the ruins of her home. The rest of the bridal party hastily rented clothes and all gathered to watch Doug and Tory exchange vows in St. Bridget's in nearby Ridgeway. "If God let Doug live through this," said Tory, "then He wanted us to get married."
As Father Moran had hoped, Tory and Doug's wedding served as a symbol of the resilience and indomitable spirit of the citizens of Barneveld. Despite the deaths and injuries and the more than $18 million in property damage and agricultural losses, the gutsy little town simply refused to die. Only hours after the tornado hit, American flags sprouted over the rubble. As buildings were boarded up, workers scrawled on them the town's unofficial new motto: "We're not giving up, we're going on." Living in a region of dairy farms, Barneveld's people have learned to accept the vagaries of nature in the Midwest. They mourned and buried their dead, then quickly set about the process of rebuilding. Neighbors hugged each other, shared food and clothing and began digging out. "We're a tough bunch," said tractor dealer Ernie Aschliman, 56. "Nothing's gonna beat us."
Aschliman illustrates his statement as aptly as anyone in Barneveld. The tornado was especially cruel to his family. Both his sons—Charles, 27, and Bill, 25—lost their homes. His daughter, Lori, 18, was severely injured, with a badly lacerated face and fractures of her hand, arm and shoulder, when the twister whirled her out of her car. Worst of all, Aschliman's 2-year-old grandson, Matthew, was killed in his mother's arms when a piece of flying debris pierced his skull. Despite the near biblical intensity of the plague visited upon his clan, Ernie Aschliman appeared at his storm-battered business at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon to meet his payroll—just as he has done every Friday afternoon for 20 years. "What else can we do?" he said, biting hard on his lip. "We've got to go on." Aschliman stood outside his office and surveyed the wreckage of his life's work. His office building was damaged; his repair shop was razed; 100 tractors and more than 300 other farm implements were destroyed. The damage, he estimated, was more than $1 million. But in the midst of this colossal devastation, somehow he saw hope. "By winter," he vowed, "we'll have a new place."
All across Barneveld people exhibited a similar toughness. Gloria Nechkash, 26, stood on an empty dirt square, the site of her vanished kitchen. The sink was thrown up against a tree, and her refrigerator lay on its back, the contents strewn across the lawn and into the street. Looking strained and tired, Nechkash sifted mechanically through the rubble, searching for clothes and toys for her daughters, 3-year-old Tanya and 7-year-old Becky. Suddenly her eyes brightened and she screamed with joy. "I found my wedding ring!" A moment later she unearthed another sentimental find. "Here's Tanya's blanket!" she said. "She can't sleep without her blanket and her dolly."
Across the street Postmistress Marie Dimpfl, 53, dug through the remains of what had been Barneveld's post office. She picked the postage scale and the safe from the ruins and brought them home. The next morning she raised the flag over her garage and proclaimed it the temporary post office. "Everybody has a different idea of where to begin, but I feel better with the flag out there," she said. "I love my job and I love the people here. We've always had a close community."
The sense of unity that stood Barneveld so well in its time of trial had attracted David Horner, 49, his wife, Patricia, 39, and their three sons to the community two years ago. The Homers left Fredricksburg, Ohio (pop. 650) in 1978, when they decided the area had become too citified. "I'm a country boy," David explains. "Any place with more than 1,000 people makes me nervous." Like American pioneers of earlier centuries, the Homers moved West, looking for elbow room and experiencing hard times until they found slow-paced Barneveld, set in the lovely rolling hills of Wisconsin, 26 miles from the city of Madison. At last, it seemed, the Homers had found their promised land. Their sons enjoyed the school, and David and Patricia began doing volunteer work for the Lutheran church. "It was like having a love affair with a whole lot of people," said Patricia.
Unemployed and on welfare for one year, David had finally landed a sales job with a feed company. Seven hours before he was to begin that job, the tornado struck. The Homers didn't even have time to flee to their basement. They had reached the stairs when the winds ripped the house away and tossed them onto the lawn. Pinned beneath roof beams, Patricia suffered a fractured leg and torn ligaments. David's two front teeth were knocked out and shards of glass were embedded in his back and legs. Miraculously the boys suffered only minor cuts.
Patricia was still in the hospital the next day, Saturday, when David and the boys watched a bulldozer chew up the remains of their home. They salvaged a few family photographs and a cut-glass cake plate that was an heirloom from Pat's mother, but most of their possessions were gone. Still bleeding from his cuts, David shook his head. "One second we're in the bedroom," he said, "and the next second we got nothing." Onto that bleak scene scampered Maggie, the family's pet dog that had been given up for dead. The Homers, so battered by bad luck, decided to take Maggie's return as a harbinger of better days. "I have no answers," David said, "but I know we will pick up our lives and rebuild."
On Sunday morning the entire town was uplifted by a similarly optimistic omen: At 3:38 a.m.—only 50 hours after the tornado had blown her from a second-story window along with her husband, Tom, 29, and their daughter, Shannon, 3, Katy Jo Mauger delivered a healthy baby girl. The birth of Danielle Marie Mauger became a precious metaphor for the rebirth of Barneveld. Within hours many citizens of the town came—some limping, some bandaged, some clad in ill-fitting, borrowed clothes—to worship at the Salvation Army's makeshift church in a township garage that had survived the holocaust. They prayed for the dead, thanked God that they had survived and vowed to begin anew. Salvation Army Envoy James Kennedy told the worshipers that if Jerusalem could be rebuilt, so could Barneveld.
The preacher's optimism proved contagious. In the emergency shelters where the homeless dined on such disaster menus as macaroni and baked beans, talk turned away from destruction and toward such topics as floor plans, contractors, carpenters and building supplies. That night 150 residents held an informal town meeting in the local International Harvester dealership—the only business still standing in Barneveld. Tom Mauger passed out cigars to celebrate his new baby, and the citizens took the first steps toward reconstructing their town. There were promises that the bank, the grocery store and the municipal building would be rebuilt and, even more important, School Administrator Dan Woll disclosed that an insurance policy worth nearly $2 million would go a long way toward replacing the destroyed school. "There's no doubt in my mind that we'll run school in the fall," he said, "and within a year, we'll have a building better than before." Before the meeting adjourned Pastor Jann Weaver of the Congregation United Church of Christ read from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8: "There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under Heaven. A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot."
Monday morning in Barneveld was definitely "a time to plant." Sympathetic souls from across the state arrived, eager to help and armed with shovels, rakes, pitchforks, bulldozers and dump trucks. A group of Mennonites helped clear the debris from the alfalfa and grazing fields and so did the Amish, their wide-brimmed straw hats bobbing up and down as they worked on the farmland along the tornado's 13-mile path of destruction. Contributions of food and clothing poured into Barneveld until the Red Cross refused to accept any more, and free-lance Good Samaritans offered money and everything from free lumber to free haircuts.
By Monday afternoon Barneveld rang with the sound of hammering and sawing. The power was back, phones were working, and the Barneveld State Bank was handling the town's recovery money from a temporary trailer. In his empty store grocer Ron Jabs talked not just of rebuilding but of expanding. "I'll put in a bigger meat section with bigger display cases and more self-service...." Across town Lee Pollock had begun to move his family into the basement—the only part of his house still intact—and hired a roofer to turn what had been his floor into a roof.
A week after the tornado, the debris of the old Barneveld was burning in a nearby quarry. Meanwhile, the skeletons of new buildings—including a new library—climbed toward the sky. The first completed structure belonged to Bernadette Arneson, 47, whose farmer husband, Bob, had been killed in the tornado. It was a silo, finished in time for the haying season, just as Bob would have wanted. "We've still got a long way to go but we'll make it," said Postal Clerk Mary Ann Myers, 47, who lost her home, sprained her arm and saw her 4-month-old grandson hospitalized in the tragedy. "We're a people of faith and we stick together. With those things going for us, we can't lose."
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Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D., leading authority on genetics of psychiatric disorders, to head new genetics research program at SUNY Upstate
SYRACUSE, N.Y.- Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D., one of the world's leading authorities on the genetics of psychiatric disorders, especially attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, has been named to head a new medical genetics research program at SUNY Upstate Medical University. In addition, Faraone will serve as professor of psychiatry and director of child and adolescent psychiatry research in SUNY Upstate's Department of Psychiatry.
Faraone's appointment is one of the most significant faculty appointments in recent history at SUNY Upstate, said Steven Scheinman, M.D., executive vice president and dean of the College of Medicine.
"Dr. Faraone is a major figure in psychiatric genetics. No other psychiatric geneticist in the past decade has been cited more often for his or her work in scientific journals than Stephen Faraone," Scheinman said. "His appointment elevates SUNY Upstate to a new level in the area of medical research."
Faraone brings to SUNY Upstate several million dollars in funded research primarily from the National Institutes of Health. The studies, some funded through 2010, address numerous psychiatric conditions, including attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and substance use disorders in children.
As director of the medical genetics research at SUNY Upstate, Faraone will bring together genetics researchers from across campus to help foster collaborative research efforts and to raise the profile of genetics research at the university
"The study of genetics is a tremendously powerful tool for discovering the causes of disease," Scheinman said. "This is where great medical breakthroughs are being made, and Stephen Faraone will help us strengthen and move our research efforts ahead in this area with significant speed."
One area sure to benefit from Faraone's appointment is the Department of Psychiatry. Already involved in several multi-million dollar federal research studies, the department will see its research profile rise, especially in the area of ADHD.
Faraone's interest in ADHD is longstanding. He has or is currently investigating various aspects of the disorder, including the genetics of the disorder and its long-term outcomes. His studies have brought a greater understanding of the highly heritable nature of ADHD and have brought researchers closer to identifying specific genes that play a key role in increasing susceptibility of the disorder.
Mantosh Dewan, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, said Faraone's ADHD research will significantly enhance the department's already strong research and clinical interest into ADHD.
"His connection with our department will be a great benefit to moving ahead with additional research activities on psychiatric disorders, especially ADHD," Dewan said. "He is so well recognized in this field, that his presence here will cause other top-flight researchers to join our institution."
Dewan said Faraone will be a key player in helping the department develop an adult ADHD program. The department already has an ADHD program for children. ADHD is a somewhat common neuropsychiatric disorder that may affect as many as 10 percent of children. Less is known about adult ADHD, which may affect 5 percent of the adult population.
Prior to joining SUNY Upstate, Faraone has been a faculty member since 1985 at Harvard Medical School and, since 2002 , at the Harvard School of Public Health. He also served as a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
He has authored over 400 journal articles, editorial chapters and books, including Straight Talk about Your Child's Mental Health: What to do When Something Seems Wrong (The Guilford Press, 2003), which won the 2003 Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing.
Faraone is co-editor of the journal of Neuropsychiatric Genetics and associate editor for statistics and methodology of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. He is a member of the Panel of Biostatistical and Methodology Consultants for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is a member of the editorial boards of Behavioral and Brain Functions and the Journal of Psychiatric Medicine.
In 2002 Faraone was inducted into the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Hall of Fame in recognition of outstanding achievement in medicine and education research on attention disorders and in 2003 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.
Faraone received a doctorate (1982) and master's degree (1980) from the University of Iowa, and a bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook.
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'AA-' rating to Mansfield, Texas' series 2009 waterworks and sewer system revenue bonds. In addition, Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'AA-' rating and underlying rating (SPUR) on Mansfield's outstanding waterworks and sewer system revenue bonds. The outlook is stable. The rating reflects the system's: Strong, growing service area economy, which benefits from the city's access to the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; Sufficient capacity, coupled with a manageable capital plan; and Average overall rates relative to those of nearby systems. The system's historical reliance on impact fees, which have decreased recently, resulting in lower projected debt service coverage levels, is an offsetting factor. A pledge of net water and sewer system revenues secures the...
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A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would block development of a West Valley casino on land the Tohono O'odham Nation bought near Glendale.
The bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., passed the House Committee on Natural Resources on a 35-5 vote.
It now heads to the full House for consideration, and the bill's proponents are hoping for swift passage. Opponents say the project violates an agreement among tribes not to build new casinos in metro Phoenix.
The committee nixed a proposed amendment by Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., that would have essentially nullified the bill's impact.
The bill seeks to prevent more casinos on Phoenix-area land designated as a reservation after April 2013. The prohibition would expire in 2027.
The bill takes direct aim at the Tohono O'odham Nation, which announced plans to build a casino near Glendale's sports and entertainment district in 2009. The plans prompted a string of lawsuits and legislation. The tribe's opponents, including two Valley tribes that operate casinos, have argued that a 2002 voter-backed compact barred more casinos from opening in the Valley.
The Tohono O'odham Reservation is based in southern Arizona, but leaders purchased the West Valley land in 2003 using a shell corporation and then sought to designate the vacant field as a reservation. That status is important because tribes can operate casinos only on reservations.
The U.S. Department of the Interior had approved the tribe's request to create the reservation based on a 1986 federal law that allowed the tribe to take more land into its reservation to make up for tribal land damaged by a federal dam. But finalizing the designation has been stalled in court.
Thus, the very name of Franks' bill, Keep the Promise Act of 2013, is contentious. Tohono O'odham proponents see the bill as breaking a promise that congressional leaders made to the tribe, while opponents see the measure as honoring a promise made to voters in 2002. Campaign literature at the time had asserted that voting for the proposition would cap Phoenix-area casinos.
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said the measure's swift passage is critical to the future of gaming in Arizona, arguing that the bill's defeat would lead to a "dangerous precedent" of off-reservation gaming.
Gosar told his colleagues that a key part of the compact was a tribal agreement barring more Valley casinos.
But that's a point of controversy, as the compact does not include such a prohibition. U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell pointed to that when he ruled last month that the tribe's casino plans do not violate the compact.
Officials in the Gila River Indian Community this week appealed Campbell's decision.
"It's been difficult to overcome some of the misinformation generated by those working on behalf of the opponents of the O'odham tribe," Grijalva said.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., also spoke against the bill, saying it would break promises to the tribe and would kill future jobs.
The legislation's next move depends on whether the House majority leader adds it to theschedule for a vote. Last year, the House passed a similar bill sponsored by Franks but the Senate never considered it. The latest bill could meet the same fate, but Franks previously said his second attempt would attract more support because he removed any direct changes to the Tohono O'odham's congressional settlement and added the sunset clause.
Gila River Indian Community Gov. Gregory Mendoza said Wednesday in a written statement that the "bill protects the credibility of Arizona tribes who will have to negotiate and obtain voter approval for the future of tribal gaming in just a decade."
Tohono O'odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. has called the bill "special-interest legislation which would create a no-competition zone for the Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River (Pima-Maricopa) Indian Community."


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One afternoon in Delaware, Mikayla and I needed a place to sit and regroup after some casual day-drinking and ambling up and down the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk. We didn't realize it then, but The Greene Turtle is a "Sports Bar & Grille®" franchise with 36 locations across the Mid-Atlantic and Long Island.
We just saw that they had a balcony, and knew that that's where we wanted to sit; and it provided as much entertainment via people-watching as we'd hoped.
We didn't eat, we just had a couple of beers but really enjoyed being outdoors with such a great view, so for that, I'd recommend it.
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Boys soccer highlights, Saturday, Oct. 19
- McDowell 6, General McLane 4: At Edinboro, Eldin Sabic and Tobias Flimm each scored a pair of goals to spark the Trojans (11-3) past the Lancers (9-9) in a non-region game.
Gerardo Ruiz and Sam Bagonia also scored once each for McDowell, which led 3-2 at halftime.
Andy Zalik scored three goals for General McLane, while Hunter Daniels netted one goal and assisted on three others.
- Corry 4, Iroquois 0: At Iroquois, Bailey Patten scored two goals -- one in each half -- while Joshua Schrecengost and Brenden Walsh each contributed one to help the Beavers (10-7) end their season on a winning note in a non-region match with the Braves (3-12).
Justin Short and Jo Karpenko picked up assists for Corry, which led 1-0 at halftime.
Freddie Steffen registered the shutout for the Beavers.
- Saegertown 1, Conneaut 0: At Saegertown, Matt Schenberg scored the game's only goal -- breaking the school single-season scoring record in the process -- to lead the Panthers (11-6-1) past the Eagles (6-11) in a non-region game.
Schenberg's goal was his 23rd of the season, breaking Chat Hunter's mark of 22, set in 2007.
Trent Krzysiak set up Schenberg's goal with a corner kick. Zack Coon earned the shutout and equaled Ross Ferguson's school record of eight regular-season shutouts, set last year.


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The Peoria Rivermen edged the Rockford IceHogs 3-2 in a
shootout at Carver Arena on Sunday to finish off a 3-0-0 weekend. Nathan Oystrick's goal in regulation and
game-winning shootout goal, along with stellar goaltending from rookie Jake
Allen aided in the win that pushed Peoria's record to 4-2-0 on their current
The Rivermen scored the first and only goal of a fast paced
and physical first period on Oystrick's fourth of the year. Dave Spina fired a
shot that hit off Alec Richards' blocker; the long and high rebound fell at the
feet of Oystrick at the top of the right circle and he buried a turn-around
slapshot over the glove of Richards. Derek Nesbitt also recorded an assist on Oystrick's
first goal since Oct. 15.
Rockford struck 23 seconds into the second when Jeremy Morin
wristed one by Allen for his sixth of the year. IceHogs defenseman Nick Leddy
added the lone helper on the goal that evened the score at one.
The Rivermen answered at 3:57 when Spina tallied his third
of the season on the power play. Allen started the play by relaying a pass to
Ian Cole. Cole then found a streaking Spina who flew by Igor Makarov and beat
Richards through the five-hole.
Shortly after Ryan Reaves and Kyle Hagel dropped the gloves
midway through the period, the IceHogs managed to tie the game at two. Brian
Connelley's slap shot from the point was redirected off a Peoria shin pad in
the slot and found its way past Allen for his first of the year at 9:44. Rob
Klinkhammer and Leddy assisted on the goal, giving Leddy two helpers on the
Allen faced an onslaught of 20 Rockford shots in the middle
frame and made 18 saves. Peoria was outshot in the second 20-6 and at the end
of two periods and were outshot 27-14 after 40 minutes.
The Rivermen outshot the IceHogs 10-9 in a back and forth,
but scoreless, third period. In overtime, Peoria was outshot 5-0 but Allen
turned all of them away forcing a shootout.
In the shootout, after the first three shooters missed for
both sides and Brand Bollig missed for Rockford, Peoria's Graham Mink, put a
high shot by the glove of Richards forcing Rockford to score and extend the
shootout. Hugh Jesslman converted with a shot through the legs of Allen. The
Rivermen could have iced the game if Adam Cracknell scored as the fifth shooter,
but Richards stood tall forcing extra shooters.
Rockford sent out Shawn Lalonde as their first extra shooter
and he fired a shot high and wide off the glass. Peoria's Nathan Oystrick got
the call from head coach Jared Bednar and Oystrick's slap shot from the middle
of the slot beat Richards low stick side to cap off the undefeated weekend.
Despite being outshot 41-25 in regulation and overtime, the
Rivermen collected the win bringing them to 12-7-0-1 which is good for 25
points and second place in the West Division. The Rivermen currently trail San
Antonio by only four points.
Rivermen welcome the Chicago Wolves to town Friday at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are on
sale during special Black Friday box office hours (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) with
upper bowl seats available for $5 and lower bowl tickets on sale for $10. Every person who purchases tickets during
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JumpStart Inc. is an early participant in a public-private endeavor that includes Intel, IBM and Facebook.
On Monday, the Obama Administration announced Startup America, an effort to create high-growth companies and new jobs faster. In tandem with that announcement, a collection of private-sector partners, including JumpStart, banded together with plans to support early-stage businesses.
JumpStart will launch a new nonprofit, called JumpStart America, to raise $2 billion during the next decade for investments in start-up companies and communities across the country.
This effort could bring Northeast Ohio more recognition and the chance to attract investments in local companies from national foundations.
"Our hope is that three to five years from now, everybody in the country would know that Cleveland is a national center for this kind of work," said Ray Leach, JumpStart's chief executive officer.
JumpStart America will be based in Cleveland, run by Leach - at least initially - and governed by a separate board of directors. The nonprofit will build on work that JumpStart already has started with the federal government.
Since 2004, JumpStart has relied on a blend of public and private money to provide support and initial investments to early-stage businesses in Northeast Ohio. The local nonprofit will continue to do that.
But last year, JumpStart received a $2 million grant from the Commerce Department to help other Midwestern communities design their own programs for supporting entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, which are supporting a $40 million effort to create entreprenurial hubs in the Midwest, contributed matching funds.
JumpStart is providing consulting services in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; and Gary and Fort Wayne, Ind. Within the next two months, JumpStart plans to launch similar efforts in Duluth, Minn.; Detroit; and Akron, Leach said.
It is unclear whether JumpStart America will take on these efforts, or whether the new nonprofit simply will focus on connecting national funding sources to entrepreneurial organizations - including JumpStart - that are seeking money.
"While the specifics of the program are not altogether clear at this point, what is clear is that there's a recognition that there's something good going on in Northeast Ohio," said Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund for Our Economic Future in Cleveland. "It's an exciting moment for us to be a beacon to the rest of the nation on the issue of entrepreneurship. ... It's just good marketing for the region."
JumpStart is one of roughly a dozen participants in the Startup America Partnership, a private-sector effort to link entrepreneurs, corporations, universities and foundations. The partnership, a new, national nonprofit, is being funded by the Case Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, is the partnership's chairman.
Other early members of the Startup America Partnership include Intel, which will invest $200 million in start-ups this year; IBM, which will invest $150 million; Hewlett-Packard, which will invest more than $4 million; and Facebook, which plans to debut Startup Days, a series of 12 to 15 events for entrepreneurs around the country.
The partners are focused on supporting firms that average double-digit growth for several years, regardless of what industry they are in or what region they hail from.
The Obama Administration's effort, the newest chapter in a push to be more business-friendly, blends cheerleading for start-ups with efforts to help young companies find money and grow. Monday, the White House announced plans for small-business assistance programs and tax incentives meant to loosen access to cash for companies.
Several ideas, including permanent elimination of the capital gains tax on certain small business stock, will be included in the administration's federal budget proposal in mid-February. The Small Business Administration said Monday that it will commit $2 billion during the next five years as a match to private-sector investment in high-growth companies.


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Gunman kills TSA agent at LAX, wounds 3 others
LOS ANGELES -- A man carrying a note that said he wanted to "kill TSA" pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, cutting down one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding at least three others, authorities said.
The gunman was wounded in a shootout with police and taken into custody, authorities said.
The attack at the nation's third-busiest airport sent terrified travelers running for cover and disrupted flights from coast to coast.
The slain employee was the first TSA officer killed in the line of duty in the 12-year history of the agency, which was founded in the aftermath of 9/11.
Two law enforcement officials identified the gunman as Paul Ciancia, 23, of Pennsville, N.J. He had apparently been living in Los Angeles.
He was wearing fatigues and carrying a bag containing a handwritten note that said he wanted to kill TSA employees and "pigs," according to one of the officials, who was briefed at LAX on the investigation.
Pennsville Police Chief Allen Cummings said Ciancia's father, the owner of an auto body shop, had called Cummings early Friday afternoon saying another of his children had received a text message from Paul "in reference to him taking his own life." Cummings said the elder Ciancia asked for help in locating his son.
The chief said he called Los Angeles police, which sent a patrol car to Ciancia's apartment. There, two roommates said that they had seen him Thursday and that he was fine, according to Cummings.
Cummings said that the Ciancias are a "good family" and that his department had had no dealings with the son.
The attack began at about 9:20 a.m. when the gunman pulled an assault-style rifle from a bag and began firing inside Terminal 3, Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said. The terminal serves such airlines as Virgin America, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and JetBlue.
The gunman then went to the security screening area, where he fired more shots and went into the secure area of the terminal, Gannon said. Officers exchanged fire with him and seized him, Gannon said.
As gunshots rang out, panicked travelers dropped to the ground. Those who had made it past security ran out of the terminal and onto the tarmac or sought cover inside restaurants and lounges. Six people were taken to the hospital.


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Dear Abby: I am a young woman on a predominantly male college campus. One morning, while walking to a class, I had the misfortune of walking a few feet ahead of a pair of boys who were having an incredibly offensive and loud conversation about their sexual interests. It was extremely derogatory toward women, and just plain disgusting.
In a situation like this, would it have been inappropriate for me to turn around and say something, or was it better to just hold my tongue and walk faster? I have discussed this with some of my sorority sisters and we are anxious to hear your answer because I'm not the only one who has encountered this.
– Offended in Georgia
Dear Offended: You were right not to challenge them. Because this isn't an isolated incident, what you have described could be considered a form of sexual harassment. You and your sorority sisters should – as a group – bring this to the attention of the dean because you are a minority on that campus and the boys apparently haven't learned to function in an integrated environment.
Sex life hits the brakes
Dear Abby: Can a sexless marriage last? My wife and I have been married for 17 years and our sex life has been slowing for a long time. We have sex less than 10 times a year.
We get along great and are the best of friends. My wife is attractive and fun to be with, and I don't know what happened to us. What causes women to lose their sex drive? (Then they wonder why their husbands have affairs.)
My wife is in good health. There are no medical issues. We are more friends than lovers. I don't think she's involved with anyone else. I want a fun, active sex life, but I don't want to upset her or lose the closeness we have. It's just that I'm watching our sex life evaporate. Please help.
– Mike in Missouri
Dear Mike: As women age, their hormone levels decrease, which can cause the sex drive to diminish. The reduced hormone levels can also make sex painful. If your wife would discuss these changes with her gynecologist or an endocrinologist, there may be a solution that would put some spark back in your marriage. However, that won't happen unless you are able to speak frankly with her about what's bothering you.
Wash before wear?
Dear Abby: My wife and I are having a disagreement about laundry. When you buy new clothes that are still in the plastic wrapping, should they be washed before they are worn?
– Jim in New Jersey
Dear Jim: It's a personal choice. Some garment manufacturers recommend that certain items be laundered before wearing. However, if they don't, I don't!


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L-Arginine, Ginseng and Ginkgo- Boost Your Male Libido or Sex Drive and Testosterone
One of the major sexual problems men confront with age is the decline in sex drive which often triggers erectile dysfunction. Moreover, most men prefer treating erectile dysfunction or impotence with herbal or natural pills rather than resorting to synthetic drugs and prescribed medication. Another great advantage of natural remedies is that unlike synthetic preparations like Viagra they can improve sex drive also and more importantly they do not have any side effects.
If you want to enjoy increased sex drive there are supplements which are proven to enhance libido and make you feel better all at the same time. Here are some of the best.
L- Arginine
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Ginkgo Biloba & Ginseng
These two herbs not only help in increasing energy but also helps in decreasing stress which is a prominent passion killer. Moreover, they help in increasing blood circulation and the release of nitric oxide.
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Ginkgo Bilboa has been used for thousands of years in China as general body and energy tonics, to increase sex drive.
Medical testing has shown that just like Viagra, ginkgo enhances the effects of nitric oxide, which helps relax artery walls, allowing more blood flow into the penis. Like Ginkgo Biloba, ginseng also is believed to improve circulation and increase nitric oxide levels. It is also believed to have an effect on the dopamine system that sends triggers from the brain to help create an erection.
There are many other natural sex aids such as Macca horny goat weed and many others but so far tests on the majority of them have shown no signs that they help increase libido or natural sex drive.
The above three supplements combined will help you enjoy natural sex as they will help with the production of nitric oxide which is critical in keeping blood flowing to the penis.
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The high-stakes bidding process for a potential 10-year government contract at Pantex and a Tennessee nuclear facility is now under way with a familiar face in the competition.
The National Nuclear Security Administration last week began officially accepting proposals for a single, wide-reaching management and operation contract for Pantex and the Y-12 National Security Complex, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The proposal includes a five-year base period and three optional extension terms for another five years, according to the 333-page document. The merger also includes an option to phase in the Savannah River Site Tritium Operations in South Carolina.
Babcock & Wilcox, through different subsidiaries, currently manages and operates the three nuclear sites under separate government contracts.
B&W spokesman Ryan Cornell said the company will submit a bid for the consolidated contract.
"Yes, we plan to compete," he said in a statement. "It's not appropriate for us to discuss or disclose our teaming arrangements for this bid."
As part of the consolidation, the NNSA would create a single nuclear production site office with one site manager, who will oversee operations at Y-12 and Pantex. The physical locations of the sites would not change because of the merger, NNSA officials have said.
NNSA spokesman Josh McConaha said the agency will evaluate the proposals after the March 13 deadline. Interested corporations can begin site tours of the facilities on January 23, the agency said.
"We'll take some time, and it'll be dependant on the number of responses and their nature," he said.
After the review, the agency's principal deputy administrator, Neile Miller, will officially accept one proposal, he said. The contract is effective six months after Miller selects the winning bid, he said.
Union workers at Pantex have said the merger will likely cost jobs, but the proposal said the corporation that wins the contract will offer buyouts first to eligible employees in the event the restructuring prompts layoffs. A Government Accountability Office report in September estimated about 1,000 support service jobs could be eliminated over the next 10 years.
Metal Trades Council President Clarence Rashada, who represents most of the unionized Pantex workers, had no comment, but plans to review the proposal.
NNSA officials have said the consolidation will save an estimated $895 million over 10 years by eliminating waste and redundancy in multiple facilities.
That uncertainty has not stopped the federal government from pumping millions of dollars into the NNSA's various nuclear operations across the country.
The latest defense authorization bill, which now awaits President Barack Obama's signature, funds the NNSA at $11.1 billion in fiscal year 2012. The bill also allocates $165 million for Pantex operations and $67 million for the plant's High Explosive Pressing Facility, which broke ground in August.
U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, who voted for the defense bill Wednesday, said the merger is a promising cost-cutting measure.
"We won't know for sure until we get further down the road," he said. "But for as long as they've been talking about this, I've been open to the possibility because it makes some sense to me to consolidate."
He said it is too early to speculate about job cuts and the merger's other economic effects on the area.
"It's premature to say there will be job losses," he said. "You have to see the proposals before you know how much would be saved in money."
Thornberry said while the cost of consolidation is still unknown, the Department of Energy chose to undertake the lengthy process of requesting proposals and reviewing bids for a reason.
"The potential savings have to be big enough to go through all of this," he said. "I haven't heard any figure you can hang your hat on."


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Graduating seniors from Southern Adventist University's honors program, Southern Scholars, presented their thesis research topics to more than 50 peers and faculty at the first Southern Scholars Symposium on Thursday, April 21.
"The students who are part of Southern Scholars are always wanting to do something more," says Mark Peach, professor in the History Department and director of the program. "They have a very high expectation of themselves and of their professors."
The students' diverse disciplines made their presentations a learning experience for everyone who attended the symposium.
Janelle Junn, senior fine arts and allied health major
Junn created a gallery of paintings centered on touch. Inspired by the time she spent as a missionary in Ethiopia, Junn created works of art that viewers could touch. At her gallery, Junn encouraged attendees to donate their time or money to hospitals in Africa. In addition, she wrote a research paper on the influences touch has on a person.
Junn says she joined the honors program in order to become more well-rounded.
"I became a part of Southern Scholars because I wanted to achieve the best Southern could give," says Junn. "I wanted to push myself and have a broader sense of everything."
Aldo Espinoza, senior biology major
"Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on computer mice on the campus of Southern Adventist University"
For his research, Espinoza tested computer mice on campus to see if they had MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium. Of the 476 mice tested, only about 3 percent had the bacteria, which, Espinoza says, is not a high level.
Espinoza is grateful that he had the opportunity to be in Southern Scholars.
"I find it interesting as a biology major to study something relevant in my field," says Espinoza. "Southern Scholars enabled me to get the best out of my education."
Leif Harald Fredheim, senior biblical studies and archeology major
"The Metaphor of Marriage in Hosea"
Fredheim's research focused on Jewish and Christian interpretations of the marriage between Hosea and Gomer as recorded in the Bible. He identified two of the ways that scholars see the story and refuted them in his research.
"I believe that Hosea is one of the clearest books in the Old Testament regarding God's love for humans, despite their sin, and his love for us, never giving up on us whatever we do, always attempting to win us back," says Fredheim.
Senior scholars encourage other students to become a part of the honors program.
"For students who are interested I strongly encourage it," says Junn. "They can gain so much from at least trying the program."
Students who are interested in joining Southern Scholars in the 2011 school year can apply at www.southern.edu/southernscholars. The deadline is July 30, 2011.


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Homeless World Cup Soccer Team
Tiffany and Tom Maxwell, two Big White employees have been training a local homeless street soccer team in Kelowna. Two of their team members are on Team Canada for the homeless World Cup Soccer tournament. Here's the first blog entry from their adventure!
Technology is great these days, cruising in the skies on Air Canada and I'm able to plug my netbook in and write this blog, just wish they had internet. We are on route to Montreal Airport to catch our connecting flight to Paris, France. We really hope we can enjoy a "delicious" french poutine while waiting for the flight.
Tom and I have been on the go for the past year getting our Kelowna Kodiaks Homeless Street Soccer team in action and focused on making Team Canada. We have had our ups and downs with tears and struggles. Back in June we went to Vancouver on a team trip where our players had a chance to be chosen to represent Canada at the upcoming Homeless World Cup in Paris,France. One of the biggest things we had to consider when referring our players was if the players we wanted to go had a criminal record. If so then they probably would not be able to get a passport and leave Canada. Our player who we were striving hard to get to Paris, told us he had no criminal record. A month in a half before we were to leave he tells us he has a court date and probably will not be able to go to Paris. He was not motivated to try and make Paris happen, it's like he just gave up. This really upset us because we have put in our heart and soul to make his life better and to give him this amazing opportunity and all he could say was "it's not gonna happen".
I have been raised to go after my dreams and do what has to be done; therefore, it was hard for me to watch him just mope around and not even try to get off his court date or even just respect for us to at least go to the courts and get the paperwork that was needed. I'm very thankful that my lovely husband Tom has the patience and understanding that was needed for us to get our player to Paris.
Tom took a day off to go to the courts to get the paperwork we needed, in that same day went into the passport office and filed a passport for our player. It was not easy as the passport official gave us a hard time and didn't understand how our player could not have more than a birth certificate as I.D. Tom had to frantically explain the situation as it's not your typical situation; in fact our player had exactly the minimum requirements to get a passport. They do not make it easy to get i.d, let alone for people that have no roots or social existence.We waited anxiously for 10 days until we saw our player with a big smile on his face as he was holding his very FIRST ever passport. That was with tons of relief and a feeling of reward for not only our player but for us.I hope our player has learned that you can't give up and if you work hard good things will happen.
The next hurdle was the court date, Tom had to take off another day of work to go down to the court date with our player; only to realize it was only a hearing to decide a date for his next court date. Tom didn't really have to be there but it helped and he was able to leave the country for the very first time. Team Canada is safe and sound in Paris and preparing for their first match on Sunday. We will find out on Saturday what teams they are playing so we will fill you in on our blogs so you all can watch some games live at www.homelessworldcup.org. Tom and I are hoping they do not play Australia, we won't know who to cheer for :) we have brought both jerseys with us anyways and you may catch us wearing the green and yellow at some point. We are so excited to be off to Europe for this life changing event and so lucky to be able to celebrate our honeymoon(after 6 months of waiting). It is my first time in Europe and I'm so excited that I can finally use my second language(french) in the most romantic city :) Until Paris, a plus tard! xoxoxo