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Seattle's New Gay Mayor, Socialist Council Member Sworn Into Office
Seattle's new Mayor Ed Murray and city council member Kshama Sawant promised to work to improve the city as they took their oaths of office on Monday.
Hundreds gathered to watch the city's first gay mayor and first modern-day Socialist council member, who were among several city leaders sworn into office during a public ceremony.
The crowd erupted as Sawant, who campaigned on a promise of $15 minimum wage, was sworn in by a personal friend.
"Capitalism has failed the 99 percent," Sawant said during her inaugural speech. "In this system, the market is God, and everything is sacrificed at the altar of profit."
Sawant vowed to work for "the disenfranchised, the poor and the oppressed."
"Despite recent talk of economic growth, it's only been a recovery for the 1 percent while the rest of us are fall farther behind," said Sawant. "To change all this, we need organized mass movements of workers and young people relying on their own independent strength."
Murray took his oath using a 19th century Irish Bible while holding a rosary his grandmother brought when she immigrated to the U.S. Former Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke administered the oath for the new mayor.
"Seattle is a place that deeply believes in the idea of inclusiveness and collaboration," Murray said during his inaugural speech. "Our diversity is our strength. There is no challenge Seattle faces that it cannot solve if we act as a community."
Murray pledged to confront the divisions and disparities that fragment the city. He also promised to reform the police department, address the city's transportation needs and improve sustainability.
"We live at a moment in history when the ability of the government to function has been called into question. I reject that cynicism," Murray said. "Government can function again, and Seattle can lead the way."
Also sworn into office Monday were other Seattle City Council members as well as Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes.


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Japanese researchers have unveiled a prototype robot that can monitor the crater of a volcano while it is erupting.
A group of researchers from Tohoku University and other institutions developed the robot, which is made of two parts.
One is an electric-powered flying module that can operate above mountaintops where the air is thinner.
The other is a 2kg vehicle that moves along the ground.
When the flying robot reaches a monitoring site, the ground vehicle separates from it and is guided to earth by remote control.
The camera-equipped ground vehicle sends images that can reveal the risk of mudslides caused by volcanic ash.
The test flight was carried out at Mt. Asama, in the central Japanese prefectures of Nagano and Gunma.
Researchers confirmed they were able to operate the robot via remote control from a computer about 3km away.
But the surface vehicle failed to separate, and the robot fell to the earth after reaching an altitude of one meter.
Keiji Nagatani, associate professor at Tohoku University graduate school, says the robot will be able to provide important information during volcanic eruptions.
He also says the group will continue to test the robot for practical application.

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Back in hobby
After a 15 year vacation from flying RC I have decided to jump back in before funds run dry after retirement next year.
I learned to fly on sail plane at least 25 years ago so decided that was way back in. bought a Radian and flew it several times some times with difficulty. Later found out there were sosme issues I did not know about. Have done some mods and it flys OK but still is a bit touchy.
Found these starnge micro scale models at LHS, figured they were toys but at less than 100 sheckles why not try one. I picked the FZ Albetros and was quite suprised when it flew very well and seemed to have no ill manners. Tried the DR1, not so well mannered but flew until servo would not center. Changed brick to one from Champ and now it is fine flyer also.
Well I had the bug now so it was on to T-28, Mosquito, and finally a Champ to use a trainer for friends. Also recently had some really bad experience and dollar pit with Carbon Cub, seems Ok for moment but a big disappointment as far as quality and reliability.
Have purchased FMS ASW28 and have had maiden misshap but all is repareable.
That is my short story of getting back into fine hobby at 66 and enjoying wonderful changes brought about by BL motors and litho batteries and foam construction. There is a AT-Pitts, Large T-28, SE-5 and Stinson still waiting in wings for first flights. Looks like I will not be bored after retiring!
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Welcome back. It's a fascinating hobby and always plenty of new shiny things to grab your interest. I flew control line in my teens and early 20s and dreamed of RC but family / career got in the way.
Finally got an RC plane for my 50th birthday 4 years ago and have been enjoying it ever since. I fly mostly glow / petrol motors but have some electrics in my smaller stuff. Life is good, very good!
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I'm 73 years old and have been flying RC off and on sense 1972. Retired in 2003. Learned to fly on mode 1 and because of RC helicopters I have switch to mode 2.
RC flying is a great retirement pass time. You can get a pretty nice BNF plane for about $ 100.00 bucks. That's of course if you already have a pretty good TX.
I pretty much stick to Horizon Hobby stuff because of there excellent product support.
I hope you enjoy RC in your retirement years. I hate to see winter coming. It's much to windy in the winter and being a UMX flier most the time it limits my flying time. We lost our inside flying site. So it's outside early in the morning for me.
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Two striking contrasts appear in this Easter account of the third appearance or revelation of the risen Jesus to his disciples (vv. 1–14). Each contrast represents a transition …
Research will explore Spirit Christology, models of sanctification.
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Testifying in the Courtroom
Life is one of the apostle's favorite images of salvation, and he makes use of it in the assigned text: "And this is the testimony, that God gave us …
Leo Sánchez attempted to answer the question on MLK Day at Concordia University, Nebraska.
The second of four sneak peeks into the main plenary presentations for the 2014 Theological Symposium (September 23-24).
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Our text proclaims the manifestation of the Lord's "light" and "glory" upon his people (v. 1), and through Israel to the "peoples" of the earth who dwell in "thick darkness" (v. 2a). Isaiah …
"The Gospel and Our Common Witness in the Public Square," an open forum between the LCMS and NALC on December 16, 2013, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Relive, via video, Concordia Seminary's 2012 Theological Symposium, "Doing Justice: The Church's Faith in Action."
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Congratulations to Columbiana County students, parents and educators: Half of the school districts in our county have received A's or "excellent" grades on the state report card results released last week.
Six districts - Beaver Local, Crestview, Lisbon, Columbiana, Salem and United Local earned an "excellent" rating for the recently completed school year, according to results released by the Ohio Department of Education.Schools earning B, or effective were East Palestine, Leetonia and Southern. Those earning C, or continuous improvement were East Liverpool, Wellsville and Buckeye Online School for Success (BOSS).
Two county school districts fared slightly worse than they did last year - Columbiana slipped from an A plus, or excellent with distinction, to an A and East Palestine fell from an A to a B.
Fortunately, none of our districts were found to be in academic watch (D) or in academic emergency (F)
Statewide, the number of districts ranked "excellent with distinction" or "excellent" increased by 56 to 352. The Ohio average for all students' test scores jumped 1.7 points to 95 for the biggest gain since the 2004-2005 school year.
Despite showing improvement statewide, Ohio schools logged a decline in graduation rates which was attributed to a new way of measuring graduation because it tracks when students transfer to or from a school. Previously graduation rates were estimated, but federal law requires this new method which keeps better track of students who otherwise might fall through the cracks.
While we applaud the improvements made by our county schools, we hope they will continue to strive for excellence. Keep up the good work and perhaps next year we will be able to report A's or at least improvement in all 12 county schools.


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Police: Shooting suspect Marcos Delgado deadUPDATED 5:29 PM MDT Aug 12, 2014
The man accused of shooting four people last Friday kills himself Tuesday morning after a confrontation with Albuquerque police.Video Transcript
HOMEPAGE. THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND AND WOUNDING 3 OTHER PEOPLE, IS NOW DEAD. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY MARCOS DELGADO FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS EARLY THIS MORNING. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER KIRSTEN SWANSON IS LIVE TONIGHT WHERE IT HAPPENED WITH DETAILS, KIRSTEN. SHELLY POLICE SAY THIS WHOLE SCENE STARTED A LITTLE WAYS DOWN THE STREET. DELGADO SHOT AT POLICE, THEN RAN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG 11TH HE GOT TO HERE, WHERE HE THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. . THE SEARCH FOR MARCOS DELGADO IS FINALLY OVER. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY HE SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, ANA VIGIL. THREE OTHER PEOPLE GOT HURT IN THE SHOOTING AT THIS AUTO DETAIL SHOP ON VASSAR DRIVE, LAST FRIDAY. OFFICERS AND FEDERAL AGENTS SPENT DAYS SEARCHING FOR DELGADO. EARLY THIS MORNING, A-P-D GOT A TIP, THAT LED THEM TO A WHITE CAR NEAR 12TH AND CANDELARIA. :52 a passenger exited the vehicle :54 :57 when our undercover detectives approached that subject, 1:01 he began firing at them POLICE SAY THAT PERSON, WAS MARCOS DELGADO. HE RAN THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG 11TH STREET, THEN STOPPED HERE, NEAR 11TH AND BELLROSE. Su: POLICE SAY A WITNESS THEY INTERVIEWED SAW A PERSON IN THE STREET TURN A GUN ON HIMSELF. 1:25 some neighbors heard the gunshots 1:28 SKY 7 SHOT THIS VIDEO OF INVESTIGATORS BLOCKING OFF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. DETECTIVES SEARCHED BACKYARDS AND TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE AREA. INVESTIGATORS SAY DELGADO HAD TWO GUNS DURING THE FIGHT...AND THEY THINK HE USED THEM FOR VERY DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 2:17 one was a rifle, and that was what he initially used to fire upon the detectives as they approached him 2:24 and he used a hand gun to take his own life 2:27 DETECTIVES AREN'T SURE IF EITHER OF THE GUNS DELGADO HAD THIS MORNING, WERE ALSO USED IN FRIDAY'S SHOOTING. POLICE SAY THEY EXPECT TO FIGURE THAT OUT AS THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, AND INVESTIGATE THE CASE. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NORTH VALLEY KIRSTEN SWANSON KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS POLICE ARRESTED TWO OTHER PEOPLE, WHO WERE IN THE CAR WITH DELGADO WHEN HE SHOT TOWARD POLICE. RAFAEL REZA AND JOSEPHINE BAILEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH HARBORING A FUGITIVE. IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR HOW THEY KNOW DELGADO. THE CHAOS OVERNIGHT STARTLED SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THEM. SEVERAL LOUD BANGS... FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE QUICK POPS... SILENCE.... THEN SIRENS. AND A HELICOPTER ...FLYING OVERHEAD. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIVING HERE NEAR 12TH AND GRIEGOS SAY THEY HEARD TUESDAY MORNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. "it sounded like vandalism like someone beating cars because it was just repeated, over and over and over again" "we knew something was going on" MARTHA MIRABEL LIVES NEXT DOOR TO WHERE A LOT OF THIS ALL HAPPENED! SHE SAYS ALL THE GUNSHOTS WOKE HER UP. "I got scared on the 7th or 8th one that's when I called 911" MIRABEL SAYS WHEN SHE GLANCED OUTSIDE, SHE SAW A MAN WITH A FLASHLIGHT FACING AWAY FROM HER...BUT SHE COULDN'T TELL WHO IT WAS. OFFICERS SHOWED UP SHORTLY AFTER THAT ... THAT'S WHEN SHE HEARD MORE GUNFIRE. "it was kind of scary" NOW THEY'RE FINDING OUT WHO THAT MAN SHOOTING...WAS... WANTED FUGUTIVE AND ALLEGED KILLER... MARCOS DELGADO. "Oh my God! Reporter: are you surprised by that? Shirley: Yeah, I am really surprised by that" "Thats the scary part! Because you know, we're innocent people." "im surprised he was in albuquerque, im very surprised he was in our neighborhood" SURPRISED... SCARED...BUT RELIEVED ... THAT NO ONE THEY KNOW GOT HURT OR KILLED. ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. POLICE WERE IN AND OUT OF A SPECIFIC HOUSE ON 12TH STREET ALL MORNING LONG. WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. THIS WEEK A JURY CONVICTED AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN OF
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Journal Poll: King vs. MartinezUPDATED 10:29 PM MDT Aug 16, 2014
TV ads for candidates vying for New Mexico's governor position have taken over the airwaves. More often than not, the two candidates are attacking each other. Is the negative tone putting voters off?Video Transcript
T-V ADS FOR CANDIDATES VYING FOR NEW MEXICO'S GOVERNOR POSITION... HAVE TAKEN OVER THE AIRWAVES. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE TWO CANDIDATES ARE ATTACKING EACH OTHER. IS THE NEGATIVE TONE PUTTING VOTERS OFF?... ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN CRUZ SAT DOWN WITH KOAT'S POLITICAL ANALYST.... YOU KNOW THE NAMES... YOU'VE SEEN THE TV ADS... KOAT'S POLITICAL ANALYST BRIAN SANDEROFF, SAYS THIS GUBERNATORIAL RACE GOT DIRTY QUICK. Just a few days after the primary ended in June, the governor started negative ads against gary king. Gary king voted for the largest tax raise in the state's history, higher taxes on food, medicine, and gas. And a few days later, he followed suit. First ad of the campaign and susana martinez is attacking gary king, attacking to cover up new mexico being named the 2nd worse state in america. NOW HALFWAY INTO THIS RACE, SANDEROFF HAS A WARNING FOR GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING: Most voters recognize that these negative ads have a lot of spin in them. Most voters tell us they hate the negative ads. And Sanderoff says if the campaigns run these negative ads too often, voters start turning off the tvs. INSTEAD, HE SAYS VOTERS WANT TO HEAR ISSUES HASHED OUT DURING DEBATES. I think the voters like them and in recent years, we've seen a lot of voters pay attention to those debates. PROBLEM IS... Typically the candidate who's ahead wants to avoid risk. MEGAN CRUZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ AND GARY KING WILL PARTICIPATE IN A KOAT ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL POLL ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 19..... AND WHO IS AHEAD?.. SANDEROFF CONDUCTED A POLL IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL .... THEY ASKED 600 LIKELY VOTERS THIS QUESTION....IF THE ELECTION WERE TODAY, WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR ... MARTINEZ OR KING? FOR THE RESULTS OF THAT POLL....PICK UP TOMORROW'S
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The column that says those who say you can't clean up the city are the ones making the city dirty.
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Swim to work.
On Saturday, May 3, is Kids Fest 2014.
This annual event takes place at the Cohanzick Zoo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The rain date is Sunday, May 4.
Admission is free and provides a family friendly environment for kids of all ages.
Keeper Alison will present two animal programs, at 11:45 a.m. 1 p.m., respectively.
The program is free and takes approximately 45 minutes.
The public also will get to meet Stella, the zoo's newly acquired sculpture.
For a small fee, you and your family can show off your skee-ball skills, try your hand at the midway, or the kiddie high striker, and get your face painted.
Food, beverages, and souvenirs will also be available for purchase during this event.
Kid's Fest is sponsored by the Cohanzick Zoological Society and the Bridgeton Recreation Department.
For more information about this event, contact the Cohanzick Zoo office at 856-453-1658.
There is no way a man should be afraid of telling kids to stay off his grass and stop leaning on his fence.
It should not be the police who should tell the kids that.
It should by the clergy.
They should be asking the kids questions about why they're so hopeless.
Why they're doing what they're doing.
They're bullying.
They want a confrontation.
If the parents could handle them, they wouldn't be out there in the first place.
It calls for dialogue, not force.
And Chief John J. Pelura III is young enough and savvy enough to do that.
But the ministerium should be right with him because that is what the Bible says about the lost sheep.
They're 13 years old.
We remember sitting at the News in Bridgeton one night and a young girl who worked in the mailroom came up when she got a call on her cellphone.
We heard her say, "Have you cut it up yet?''
We knew it was a load of drugs her boyfriend was talking about.
We also knew who he was because she had willingly talked to us about her life.
She lived in Bridgeton Villas.
And then came the night the gunshot rang out and she dragged him back inside their apartment.
He was dead.
The last we heard, she was arrested for prostitution in Millville.
You can't let lives get thrown away that way.
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Madness and chaos
January 16, 2008 - LLee Janssen
So isn't it odd how the world works? A bit over a week ago, I awoke to a Saturday morning with my older son on my mind. Three days earlier, I used a vacation day to drive him to the airport in Baltimore to start a trip that ultimately would take him to southwest Asia.
How handsome Christopher looked in his uniform, I recall. I couldn't be anything but proud of him, admirable of him, and yet sad that he would be gone from arm's reach for the foreseeable future while on deployment with the Air National Guard. And now, on that Saturday, I awoke knowing that that was the day he was to arrive to his assignment to a relatively safe country and U.S. ally in the Middle East. But still, a country with a markedly different culture than ours, and in the Middle East.
But it wasn't there that the bullets were flying. It was here. In my beloved Williamsport.
It doesn't make sense, this madness and chaos that visited our community that dark and cold Friday night. The headlines of that Saturday morning were the makings of a piece of Steven King horror, not the kind of thing you'd expect in a town that gave birth to the most wholesome of activities and the greatest youth sport in the world, Little League Baseball.
We can all look back and ask, "How could this come to be?" And we can hold fast in our lives and refuse to give in to fear. Or we could run and hide -- and live our lives that way, always trying to get away, always looking for the next safe place.
And people in neighboring communities can decide Williamsport is too dangerous a place to be, instead of being part of the solution and thereby fending off the element that will be in their towns next.
I have no answers, only observations and a commitment to being here when Christopher returns from his mission. Yes, but what wouldn't any of us give for peace on Earth, in far away places as well as places that are near and dear?
So, for anyone who takes the time to read this, my observation for you and each and every person on the planet: Peace on Earth begins wherever you are; it lives in the hearts and minds of all of us. Please don't give up on Williamsport; to do so would be to give up on generations that came before us and generations that are to follow.
Godspeed, Christopher! Travel safely and come home soon!
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Rep. Dale E. Kildee
Madam Speaker, I rise to day to honor the Most Reverend Gregory John Mansour on the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Bishop Mansour will be honored at Divine Liturgy and festivities on Sunday, October 7th in my hometown of Flint, Michigan.
After graduating from Western Michigan University in 1977, Gregory Mansour entered Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary in Washington, D.C. and attended Catholic University of America. Graduating with a degree in Theological Studies in 1981, he was ordained a priest on September 18, 1982 by Bishop John Chedid at St. Michael Church in Flint. He celebrated his first Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church and then traveled to Rome to continue his studies earning his License in Spiritual Theology from the Gregorian Pontifical Institute.
Returning from a trip to Lebanon in 1983, Father Mansour began his work as a parish priest. He worked as an administrator at St. Maron Parish in Philadelphia and served 11 years as pastor to St. George Maronite Catholic Church in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Bishop John Chedid tapped him to serve as the Eparchy's Protosyncellus, Vicar General, and Chancellor for the newly formed Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles in 1994. He also served as Advocate/Procurator for the Eparchial Marriage Tribunal.
His Beatitude Patriarch Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir nominated him to Chorbishop and he was ordained on January 21, 1996. When Bishop Chedid retired his replacement, Bishop Robert J. Shaheen, with the concurrence of the Holy See, moved the See of the Diocese from Los Angeles to St. Louis, Missouri. Chorbishop Mansour relocated and assumed the additional duties as rector of St. Raymond Cathedral and began teaching Spiritual Theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.
When Bishop Stephen Hector Douelhi retired, His Holiness Pope John Paul II named Bishop Mansour to succeed him as the head of the Eparchy of Saint Maron in Brooklyn. Ordained a bishop in Lebanon on March 2, 2004, he was enthroned in Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral in Brooklyn on April 27, 2004.
Madam Speaker, throughout his life Bishop Mansour has followed the words of St. Augustine, ``With you I am a Christian, for you I am (a priest, and now) a Bishop.'' Bishop Mansour has kept the promise he made 25 years ago to serve Our Lord Jesus Christ with humility, joy, and compassion. I ask the House of Representatives to join me in congratulating him as he celebrates this momentous occasion and wish him the best for the future.
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Kennesaw State hosting May meeting of Georgia State Advisory Panel for Special Education
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Kennesaw State hosting May meeting of Georgia State Advisory Panel for Special Education
Thirty minutes allocated on the agenda for public input
KENNESAW, Ga. (April 29, 2013) — Kennesaw State University will host the May meeting of the Georgia State Advisory Panel for Special Education. Public input is invited.
The State Advisory Panel for Special Education (SAP) advises the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Divisions for Special Education Services and Supports on the provision of special education and related services for students with disabilities. The SAP is comprised of parents, persons with disabilities, educators and administrators, as well as representatives from public and private agencies. This diverse group of stakeholders assists the divisions in addressing a variety of special education issues and topics.
Here are the guidelines for public input:
- Thirty minutes will be allocated on the agenda for public input
- Additional time may be added at the discretion of the chair
- Public comment may be oral, in person, by phone call or in written form to be read by the chair
- Public comment is limited to no more than five minutes per person
For complete rules regarding procedures for public input, visit: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/SAP_Public_Comment_Procedures_8-12.pdf.
From noon on Thursday, May 2 until 3 p.m., Friday, May 3. Public comment, Thursday, May 2, from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
KSU Center, Room 300, 3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw, Ga. 30144
Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing, and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing population of 24,600 students from more than 130 countries.


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Tuesday was primary election day in South Carolina. Of course, theres been a political maelstrom as we all go through the birth pangs of the new 7th Congressional District.
Then, theres been quite a ruckus about the changes in the law for filing for political office.
Many people filed, or thought they did, but either they or their political party representatives didnt follow the procedures laid out in the law.
When two separate lawsuits went to the South Carolina Supreme Court, that body rightly found that hundreds of people did not follow the process.
The position that the law wasnt as clear as it should have been is correct, but its also true that the procedures were outlined well enough that hundreds of other people across South Carolina were able to successfully file to run for local and state offices.
For now, though, the voters and the candidates who planned to run for office lost many of their options because of the way the law was applied and misapplied.
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Mozilla is out with a new beta version of Firefox 4, which is a major upgrade to the browser. You can download the update now, and Mozilla's Mike Beltzner has a good post up about it on The Mozilla Blog. The new release fully incorporates Sync, which is functionality long found in Mozilla's Weave project, but now seamlessly part of Firefox. It allows you to sync your browser setup–including all of your preferences, bookmarks and favorites–across mobile devices. The Firefox 4 Beta also includes Panorama, which extends Firefox's long-standing facility with tabs.
As Beltzner notes on Mozilla's blog:
"Firefox Sync makes your bookmarks, history, Awesome Bar, passwords, form-fill data and open tabs accessible across multiple computers and mobile devices. [It] encrypts all of your data before sending it to the server and does not track your travels throughout the Web.
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Call it atonement, call it revenge - for Steve Bruce, this was so much more than a first Barclays Premier League away victory in more than four years for Hull City.
Humiliated on his previous return to his native North East three years ago, Bruce restored his pride courtesy of a display full of resolve from the visitors, who twice fought back from a goal down to end a 21-game wait for a top flight win on the road.
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CBNNews.com -- With the deal between the Bush Administration and once-warring House leaders now made to speed rebate checks to taxpayers starting in May, the Senate must now decide what it is going to with the measure.
Government insiders say the hard-won bipartisan agreement would pump about $150 billion into the economy this year. It is hoped the action would keep recession at bay. The U.S. economy has not seen a recession in the last seven years.
House leaders are optimistic that their stimulus package of providing rebate checks to 117 million families and $50 billion in incentives for businesses to invest in new plants and equipment will easily pass on the Senate floor. They are hopeful senators will not try to make changes to their simply stated bill such as extending unemployment benefits.
House leaders still have one ace to play though, if the Senate tries to make changes, the Bush administration will come to their aid.
What You Would Receive
Under the agreement, individual taxpayers would get up to $600 in rebates, working couples $1,200 and those with children an additional $300 per child. In a key concession to Democrats, 35 million families who make at least $3,000 but don't pay taxes would get $300 rebates.
The rebates would phase out gradually for individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 and for couples with incomes above $150,000. Contributions to IRA and 401 retirement accounts and health savings accounts would not count toward the income limit.
"This package will lead to higher consumer spending and increased business investment," President Bush said in hailing the agreement.
The bill is scheduled to go straight to the House floor next week and then to the Senate.
Democrats Want More in Package
Democrats pledge they will try to add elements such as extending unemployment benefits for workers whose benefits have run out, boost home heating subsidies and raise food stamp benefits.
Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass. said he wants "to strengthen this package to provide unemployment insurance to workers looking for jobs and to help families coping with high heating costs and skyrocketing food prices."
The Bush administration has signaled it's unlikely to welcome efforts to broaden the measure, and pressure was mounting in the Senate to accept the deal.
"The American people are not going to have a lot of patience for taking time," Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.
However, some Democrats, including House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y, are unhappy that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to drop unemployment proposals during the talks.
"I do not understand, and cannot accept, the resistance of President Bush and Republican leaders to including an extension of unemployment benefits for those who are without work through no fault of their own," Rangel said.
If the Senate quickly approves the measure, the first rebate payments could begin going out in May and most people could have them by July.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the goal was to send the package to the White House by Feb. 15 for Bush's signature. He noted, however, that the Senate was likely to try to add more spending for the unemployed, food stamp recipients, and states suffering budget crunches.
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Great eye! We based our New American-made Utility Chino after our old Utility Trouser (Below images, compare both pants, LEFT is new pant || RIGHT is old pant). But for manufacturing partner we are now working with for our Utility Chino, we're really happy with the overall fit and look as being much better than our Utility Trouser. Just an overall better thought out silhouette, a more durable cotton twill fabric and more versatile pant to wear casually or dress up. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more detailed feedback or call him 213.613.9626 (Ext. 2).
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Our new Waxed French Work Jacket is now available in our Los Angeles Shop. Nomad Market in Richmond, and ships immediately in the online shop. We're excited about how this jacket turned out, it's a great outer-layer that works well over sweaters.
The overall fit is similar to our chore jacket, since they both a have a raglan sleeve, but with a little more room to allow for layering. The measurements on the page are accurate, but let us know if you have any other questions.
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The new Utility Chinos in Hunter Khaki have quickly become a staff favorite here at Apolis. The fit is a slimmer, more tailored fit than any of our previous pants. Reference the size chart at the bottom of the page for accurate measurements, they are up to date, but you can let us know if you have any specific questions about the pants.


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Go get a couple packs of uncured bacon (nitrate-free, etc.). Cook up the whole package, maybe eat some of it and save the rest, maybe eat ALL of it! Then, when you're done, get a coffee mug and pour the leftover bacon grease into the mug. Be sure to use the spatula to get every last molecule of that fat. Cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge (I hear that you can just leave it out, but I feel more comfortable putting almost everything in the fridge if I'm not sure).
Then, the next time you sautee some veggies, or pan-fry a steak, get a big tablespoon and scoop out a sizeable dollop of that grease. Cook with it. Don't be afraid to add more if you need it. Delicious rendered animal fat.
The best part about this is that now you have an extra reason to cook and eat more bacon! "Oh damn, I'm all out of cooking fat. Better make some more."


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Licensed contractor Mark Clement offers insights on the removal of the older door, lead-safe practices and tips for installing the new Therma-Tru® Classic-Craft® Canvas Collection™ door with a decorative Augustine® doorlite. Fypon® urethane crosshead and mouldings were then used to enhance the entryway surround.
"Remodeling older homes is always a challenge, especially if you want them to retain their period charm while being upgraded with today's most energy efficient products," says Clement, host of the MyFixItUpLife radio show. "This video showcases the exact steps contractors can use to easily swap out an entry door on an older home and add urethane trim to accent that new entryway."
Therma-Tru created the video, which is also posted at www.youtube.com/thermatrudoors, to educate contractors on the exact steps necessary to successfully enhance an opening and install a fiberglass entry door. Written instructions for installation and troubleshooting guides for Therma-Tru products can be found online at http://www.thermatru.com/customer-support/installation-instructions/. Fypon installation guides can be found at http://www.fypon.com/support/installation/guides.asp.
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Alban Berg's only finished opera (Lulu was left incomplete at his death in 1935) has returned to the Met for a short run of four performances. Despite this discreet revival, the reappearance of the one hour and forty minute work has already created a stunning buzz. Met music director James Levine has long championed Berg's oeuvre and has now presided over nearly forty performances at the house, about two-thirds of the total since the opera entered the Met's repertoire in 1959. His enthusiasm was very much in evidence last night, although concerns about his troubled health have continued to make news, cause the cancellation of engagements, and led him to end his tenure as director of the Boston Symphony. Levine clearly laid all those troubles aside as he assailed Berg's intricate score – which balances atonality with moments of romantic sweep and parodic gestures toward such familiar forms as the military march. The Met Orchestra played with some of its greatest delicacy of the season. Indeed, after such a satisfying performance, it is easy to understand why the opera's premiere in Berlin in December 1925 is regarded as a milestone in the history of Western music.
Levine cast some of the best suited singers working today. Baritone Alan Held, who has grown considerably over the years and now counts a credible Wotan among his parts, took the title role. Capturing all of Wozzeck's insecurities and vulnerabilities, he easily moved from humiliated buffoon to murderous killer. Waltraud Meier's Marie showcases some of this talented artist's best singing. At 55 and on the verge of receiving the Lotte Lehmann Memorial Ring from the Vienna State Opera, she looks young and agile enough for the part – an unfaithful mistress who is tortured by feelings of guilt and fear. Her piercing soprano will not please everyone, but it overcame the difficult orchestration to deliver her music without once descending into shrillness. Tenor Stuart Skelton, in his debut role for the Met, captured the Drum Major's arrogant pride with consummate skill. The seduction scene – an upskirting against a wall – defies Marie's standard luring of him into the house and only adds to Skelton's allure. In the roles of Wozzeck's tormentors, Gerhard Siegel and Walter Fink, cut excellent figures as the captain and the doctor. F Siegel's pinched tenor perfectly conveyed the cruel captain, a martinet who abuses Wozzeck while chiding him for his immoral life. Fink's baritone rolled out almost too beautifully to allow one to believe that he is a social oppressor great enough to pay the impoverished Wozzeck to take part in his medical experiments.
Mark Lamos's stark, stylized production – based on walls placed askew – captures both the degenerated psychology that dominates the piece and the intimacy that we need to understand it well. The stage direction by Gregory Keller spares nothing by way of cruelty. Wozzeck's humiliation is egregious yet captures our sympathy. His murder of Marie is not a conventional operatic stabbing, but a full-on throat slashing. The children's mockery that ends the opera packs a full emotionally disturbing effect. – Paul du Quenoy


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CBP Action Needed to Improve Wait Time Data and Measure Outcomes of Trade Facilitation Efforts
GAO-13-603: Published: Jul 24, 2013. Publicly Released: Jul 24, 2013.
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Within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) data on commercial vehicle wait times--the time it takes to travel from the end of the queue to the CBP primary inspection point at land border crossings--are unreliable for public reporting and CBP management decisions across border crossings. These data--which are collected manually by CBP officers--are unreliable because CBP officers inconsistently implement an approved data collection methodology, and the methodologies used vary by crossing. For example, five of the six crossings GAO visited require observation of the end of the queue to estimate wait times, but officials at these crossings reported the lines extended beyond their view at times. As a result, these data are generally not used by the private sector and are of limited usefulness for CBP management decisions on staffing and infrastructure investments. Determining and taking steps to help CBP officials overcome challenges to consistent implementation of existing methodologies could improve the reliability and usefulness of CBP's current wait time data. CBP officials have identified automated wait time data collection technology as the best way to improve data reliability. The Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with state DOTs and CBP, has ongoing pilot projects to use technology to gather more reliable wait time data at some border crossings. However, CBP has not assessed the feasibility of replacing current methods with automated data collection. Doing so, consistent with program management standards, could help CBP determine how to best improve data reliability.
CBP officials report and analyses indicate infrastructure and staff needs, but documenting CBP's staff allocation process could improve transparency and facilitate review and validation by CBP and others. CBP officials and analyses identify needs for additional infrastructure--such as more lanes--at some crossings, and GAO analysis of CBP data on lane use generally supported agency views on the extent to which CBP opens lanes at the six crossings GAO visited. Further, GAO analysis of lane use and traffic volume data generally supported CBP officials' statements that they open and close primary inspection lanes in response to fluctuations in commercial traffic volume. CBP analyses identified a need for 3,811 additional officers, and CBP headquarters officials told GAO all southwest border ports require additional staff, but CBP field and port managers at three of six crossings GAO visited reported having sufficient staff. CBP human capital officials reported that they adjust staff allocations across locations to better ensure that staff levels match areas of greatest need, but CBP has not documented this process, and there is no guidance defining the methodology used or factors considered when allocating staff across ports. Documenting this process, consistent with internal control standards, could improve transparency, helping CBP and others to better ensure that scarce staff resources are effectively allocated to fulfill mission needs across ports.
CBP does not have outcome-oriented performance measures to determine the extent to which the agency is facilitating trade. The Office of Management and Budget and GAO guidance recommend using outcome-oriented measures to promote accountability for results. In the absence of such measures, it is difficult for the agency or others to gauge CBP's progress in meeting its stated goal of facilitating trade.
Why GAO Did This Study
Trade with Mexico is important to the United States' economy. Most of this trade crosses the border by truck, and studies have shown that long waits at border crossings can negatively affect the U.S. economy. CBP is responsible for securing U.S. borders at ports of entry to prevent illegal entry of persons and contraband while also facilitating legitimate trade and travel. GAO was asked to examine CBP data on and actions taken to address wait times at southwest border crossings. This report addresses the extent to which (1) CBP wait time data are reliable for public reporting and informing CBP decisions, (2) CBP has identified infrastructure and staffing needed to process current commercial traffic volumes, and (3) CBP performance measures assess progress toward its trade facilitation goal. GAO assessed the reliability of CBP's wait time data; visited six land border crossings (not generalizable, but selected largely for high traffic volume); analyzed CBP documentation, including needs assessments; and interviewed stakeholders and CBP officials.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that CBP (1) determine and take steps to helpensure consistent implementation ofexisting wait time data collection methodologies, (2) assess the feasibility of replacing current methodologies with automated methods, (3) document its staff allocation process and rationale, and (4) develop outcome-oriented performance measures. DHS agreed with these four recommendations and identified steps to address them, although the planned actions will not address the intent of one.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: In September 2015, CBP officials reported that in order to avoid further investment in a manual wait time methodology, the agency plans to focus resources on developing an enterprise-wide solution for automating the measurement of border delays.
Recommendation: To improve the usefulness of southwest border crossing wait time data for informing public and management decisions, the Commissioner of CBP should identify and carry out steps that can be taken to help CBP port officials overcome challenges to consistent implementation of existing wait time estimation methodologies. Steps for ensuring consistent implementation of these methodologies could include, for example, implementing the fiscal year 2008 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative report recommendations to use closed-circuit television cameras to measure wait time in real time and provide a standardized measurement and validation tool.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security: United States Customs and Border Protection
Status: Open
Comments: In September 2015, CBP's Office of Field Operations (OFO) reported working to identify a feasible and cost effective wait time solution to address the measurement of border delays along the southern border. Specifically, CBP officials report that they have been partnering with the Federal Highway Administration and the University of Texas A&M's Transportation Institute on the deployment of an automated radio-frequency identification (RFID) measurement solution to measure commercial delays at seven crossings. CBP officials report that once the RFID readers are installed and software algorithms are validated, the automated data will be transmitted to CBP's Border Wait Time website. CBP officials report that if OFO determines that the wait time measurements from the RFID commercial solution are deemed accurate and reliable, OFO may expand the RFID solution to additional commercial crossings along the southern border.
Recommendation: To improve the usefulness of southwest border crossing wait time data for informing public and management decisions, the Commissioner of CBP should, in consultation with Federal Highway Administration and state DOTs, assess the feasibility of replacing current methods of manually calculating wait times with automated methods, which could include assessing all of the associated costs and benefits, options for how the agency will use and publicly report the results of automated data collection, the potential trade-offs associated with moving to this new system, and other factors such as those influencing the possible expansion of existing automation efforts to the 34 other locations that currently report wait times but have no automation projects under way.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security: United States Customs and Border Protection
Status: Open
Comments: In September 2015, CBP's Office of Field Operations (OFO) reported that they are drafting a standard operating procedure that will guide the staff allocation process.
Recommendation: To better ensure that CBP's Office of Field Operations' (OFO) staffing processes are transparent and to help ensure CBP can demonstrate that these resource decisions have effectively addressed CBP's mission needs, the Commissioner of CBP should document the methodology and process OFO uses to allocate staff to land ports of entry on the southwest border, including the rationales and factors considered in making these decisions.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security: United States Customs and Border Protection
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In September 2015, CBP officials provided documentation demonstrating that they had developed a new Government Performance Results Act performance measure capturing an outcome of CBP's Customs and Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) trade facilitation program. C-TPAT is a customs-to-business partnership program that provides benefits, including reduced examination rates, to supply chain companies that agree to comply with predetermined security measures. To capture the cost savings resulting from this program, starting in the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 CBP will track the benefits of reduced examinations for C-TPAT program members by calculating the number of examinations a C-TPAT partner does not undergo due to membership in the program, multiplied by a nationally averaged dollar cost of an examination. Tracking and reporting this measure should help CBP better identify and publicly report the impact of the agency's trade facilitation programs. As a result, this recommendation is closed as implemented.
Recommendation: To facilitate transparency and performance accountability for its trade facilitation programs and meeting CBP's goal of balancing its trade and security missions, the Commissioner of CBP should develop outcome-oriented performance measures or proxy measures to capture the impact of CBP's trade facilitation efforts, such as measures to determine the extent to which CBP trusted shipper programs have met their goals.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security: United States Customs and Border Protection
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Redemption: Bulldogs sting Yellow Jackets
IOTA – In an interview Wednesday, Iota coach Marcus LeJeune, when asked if he was interested in payback against Iowa after a 30 point loss last year which included three Yellow Jacket onside kicks when they were well ahead in the fourth quarter. LeJeune responded that he wasn't interest in payback, he just wanted the win.
Suffice it to say, Friday night he got both.
In a complete team effort, the Bulldogs dominated Iowa 35-0 behind a staunch defense and the running of Blaise LeJeune, who gained 164 yards on 19 carries. Not to be overlooked is the contribution of Iota receiver Trenton Pickett who caught four big passes including one beautiful 35-yard reception from Abshire which he literally scooped up just a few inches off the ground.
"Our guys played their guts out," said coach LeJeune. "We dominated the line of scrimmage and just played with a lot of heart."
Iota scored on their first possession following a 67-yard run by LeJeune which set up a 3-yard touchdown by running back John Simar.
After a couple of series, it became obvious that the Yellow Jackets, who ran only 25 plays compared to 50 by Iota, were gong to have problems moving the ball effectively.
Jacket quarterback Logan Chapman had turnover problems and endured some tremendous hits from the Bulldog defense. He threw two picks, including one which resulted in a 70-yard touchdown by Iota defender Justin Benoit leaving the Bulldogs with a 21-0 lead entering the half . He ended up leaving in the third quarter following a vicious hit by two Iota defenders.
"He hurt is wrist, hopefully it's not too bad," said Iowa coach David Miller, whose team fell to 1-5. "It seems as though when things are going wrong that these things just seem to happen."
Things didn't any better for the Jackets following the intermission. They were unable to mount any serious offense against a Bulldog defense which pitched its fourth shutout of the season.
After a scoreless third quarter, Abshire's touchdown run with 7:26 left in the fourth quarter gave Iota a dominating 28-0 lead and seemingly put the game out of hand.
That's when things got interesting.
Iota then recovered a successful onside kick, and drove the ball down the field resulting in a Blaise LeJeune 4-yard touchdown run.
Iota then recovered a second straight onside kick but inserted their second unit and was content to run out the clock giving them a 35-0 victory.
Message sent?
"Those weren't planned," said LeJeune. "On the first one the kicker just missed the ball and on the next one the ball just happened to be a line drive that just hit the defender. They definitely weren't called."
One would be hard pressed to actually believe his explanation.
Did coach Miller have a problem with the onside kicks?
"It had nothing to do with the outcome of the game", he said. "Our defensive effort was soft and they just did what they had to do."
The Jackets, who fell to 1-5, could still make the playoffs but it will be tough.
"I think we have to win out," said Miller. "But we're not out of it yet."


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CaseWorks: Case Study
Summer 2007
TV Listings Magazine, Inc.
How should a provider of weekly television guides price new versions of its product for local newspapers?
TV Listings Magazine was founded by two partners in Boston in 1973, during a time when the widespread deployment of cable TV was creating demand by local newspapers for a centralized listings producer. In this case, students determine how the company should price three versions of its product, each with its own production costs, as it faces renewing its contract with the Culver City Times and Des Moines Post Intelligencer, and attempts to win new business from the Cheyenne Post-Express.
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UC Davis and Sacramento State each have one quality Big Sky Conference football win at home this season. Both have two dominating conference wins on the road.
So what gives?
No doubt quality of opponent plays a factor. All four wins have come against teams in the bottom half of the Big Sky standings.
Normally, playing in front of a home crowd is supposed to provide a bigger boost than playing in front of a hostile crowd on the road.
"You would think you'd play better at home," first-year UC Davis coach Ron Gould said. "We haven't given that much thought, but our concentration and effort on the road has been spectacular."
UC Davis (3-5, 3-1 Big Sky) defeated Northern Colorado 34-18 on Saturday – a game the Aggies led 31-7 after three quarters – in Greeley, Colo. They defeated Southern Utah 21-3 in Cedar City, Utah, on Oct. 5.
Sac State (4-4, 3-1 Big Sky) also won on the road Saturday, soundly beating North Dakota 31-7 in Grand Forks, N.D. On Sept. 28, the Hornets stopped an eight-game losing streak in games played in Ogden, Utah, by topping Weber State 31-3.
"I don't really have an answer to that," Sac State coach Marshall Sperbeck said. "If I did, we'd probably be better at home. Part of it is who you are playing. Part of it is how your guys prepare for that week. I am grateful we've been able to win a couple of games on the road in conference. Hopefully, we can maintain that with some tough games coming up down the stretch."
UC Davis' lone home win came against Idaho State 30-13 in the Big Sky opener Sept. 28, a game that wasn't decided until the fourth quarter.
Otherwise, the Aggies have lost at home to Big Sky members Montana (42-7), Portland State (41-10) and Northern Arizona (21-10), though the latter two officially were nonconference games. Only the Northern Arizona game was competitive.
Sac State has a Big Sky win at home over Northern Colorado (37-21) but has lost late leads in falling to Southern Utah 24-21 in overtime and Northern Arizona 39-38.
The Hornets' other home win was over Southern Oregon, an NAIA team, and Sac State had to rally to win 63-56 in overtime.
UC Davis senior strong safety Aarynn Jones has one theory for why winning at home has been tougher for the Aggies this season.
"There's more focus when we're on the road," said Jones, who had six tackles against Northern Colorado. "We get away from some of the distractions in Davis. At home, you're chilling sometimes with friends, watching TV."
Sac State sophomore defensive end Darnell Sankey said a hostile road crowd can sometimes work to the visitors' advantage.
"It gets you fired up," said Sankey, who was named a Football Championship Subdivision National Defensive Player of the Week for making 10 tackles, including 4 1/2 for loss, three sacks and forcing and recovering a fumble at Weber State.
Sac State, which has a bye this week, is 5-5 in road games over the last two seasons.
That includes a win at Colorado and a loss at New Mexico State last season and losses at San Jose State and Arizona State this season, all higher-level Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
That's pretty good for a Hornets program that lost 18 consecutive road games from 2002 to 2006.
UC Davis went 1-5 on the road last season and lost its first two road games this year at South Dakota and Nevada before winning at Southern Utah and Northern Colorado.
The Aggies will try for road win No. 3 on Saturday at Montana State (5-2, 3-0 Big Sky).
A win in Bozeman, in a stadium that seats 17,777 but draws standing-room-only crowds of nearly 20,000, would be monumental.
The Bobcats are ranked No. 5 among FCS schools and have won outright or shared the past three Big Sky championships.
Northern Colorado player suspended – The Big Sky suspended Northern Colorado's Courtney Hall for targeting a hit on UC Davis quarterback Randy Wright.
The junior defensive back was penalized and ejected with 3:37 remaining in the third quarter for hitting Wright with the crown of his helmet after Wright rushed for 7 yards.
By NCAA rule, Hall is suspended for the first half of Northern Colorado's next game, Nov. 2 against Montana State. Hall also was suspended last year for a similar hit against a Weber State player.
The Wright stuff – Wright set a school record for career passing attempts (1,170) on Saturday, surpassing Jon Grant (1,154). Wright is now second in completions (679) to Grant's 690 after completing 27 of 37 passes for 310 yards against Northern Colorado.
Wright's four touchdown passes moved him into third place on the career list with 51. He needs 23 yards to become the third Aggies quarterback to throw for more than 8,000.
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DJ Mafkees aka Umar Arbar. Grew up in The Netherlands. Developed an interest in electronic music at young age. Got inspired to share music after going to an amazing trance concert. I been mixing ever since with the dream to be a club DJ and share the music with the world. Hope you like my mix sets! PEACE!!
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iLike is a music recommendation service that gives you 30-second clips of music tracks as well as links to buy them. It uses Google's Video search to pull up related videos of whatever song you're listening to, in case you want to listen to the whole song. While you could achieve similar search results just by using Google, it's an easier way listen and explore.
The service may be best known for its skyrocketing growth as a part of Facebook's apps platform launch. In just two weeks, the service garnered over 2 million users and now maintains more than 3 percent of the activity on the site and a whopping 370,000-plus daily users.
One of our favorite features is that you can download a small application that links to iTunes and monitors your music listening and collection. It will take this information and compare it to your friends, giving both of you recommendations based on tastes. That information can be used to help match you with others people, or to connect artists to their biggest fans.
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Open from 11:30m until late, everyday, Melba's Restaurant and Bar is the perfect meeting place for dinner or to enjoy casual drinks with workmates and friends.
Centrally located in Surfers Paradise's Cavill Avenue, the restaurant provides a comprehensive bistro dinner menu, set menu's for special events and platter options.
Daily specials and a busy calendar of promotions combined with entertainment and live music ensures a lively and enjoyable atmosphere.
Day or night there will always be plenty happening at Melbas On The Park Restaurant and Bar.
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The Black Sea Coast south of Burgas, Bulgaria's industrial port city, is a lonely and gorgeous place. Amid a landscape of wild green forests, craggy golden cliffs and brand-new, brightly colored holiday villas, there is almost no indication of the region's complex history – which stretches back not mere centuries, but millennia, including stints as strategic outposts of the Greek and Roman empires.
Most of the coast was virtually unpopulated in recent times, its wide, sandy beaches serving as staging grounds for the communist-era workers' resorts and a few modest campgrounds.
All of which makes Sozopol – a cliff-top town in the hills just south of Burgas – such a serendipitous discovery for Americans weary of the Mediterranean throngs.
Called first Apollonia and then Sozopolis by the ancient Greeks and Romans, this ancient port town boasts one of the best-preserved and most picturesque historic centers on the Black Sea, along with white-sand beaches and a vibrant Balkan cultural scene. In the last few years, Sozopol has evolved from its Socialist incarnation as an artist colony into an international destination, with a newly restored waterfront and a crop of luxury hotels.
And while it may seem remote on the map, Sozopol is surprisingly simple to reach. Direct flights connect from London and other European cities to the airport at Burgas, a 20-minute ride by car or bus. You can walk just about anywhere in Sozopol itself; the central beach and seaside park separate the so-called old and new town sections, though you'd ideally want a car to explore the myriad nearby beaches and mountain trails.
Clustered top a rocky promontory that juts into a wide turquoise bay, Sozopol's distinctive wooden houses are prime examples of the so-called National Revival style of the 19th century – and the best example of the genre outside of Plovdiv. Geraniums bloom from windows along the hilly cobble-stoned streets, where families gather for domino games under lush grape arbors and profusions of pink and red roses.
Outside of July and August, when Bulgarians arrive en masse for summer holidays, the sleepy old town is pleasantly traffic-free. At night in June or September you can wander the romantic lanes all by yourself, as the moon shimmers over the harbor and honeysuckle perfumes the salty air, and the bouncy strains of Oriental pop waft from outdoor cafes.
Sozopol has excellent handicrafts shopping – earthenware pottery, rose-oil products, handmade lace and pearl-shell jewelry are highlights – but sooner or later, everyone heads to the beach.
Sozopol's central beach is wide, shallow, and largely protected from the often-rough Black Sea waves; it's ideal for children, and the surrounding rocks are popular with divers. Harmanite, the new town's beach, is deeper with bigger waves. Tsari, a five-minute drive north of town, is a wide, sandy expanse framed by dark-green forests, and has a more rustic feel.
What really sets Sozopol apart for Western travelers, though, is basic economics. The lush fig and pomegranate gardens and sparkling 80-degree waters are reminiscent of Greece or Sicily. But the prices aren't: for $20-30, you can park yourself in a sunny, air-conditioned room with a private bath in one of the ubiquitous guesthouses run by enterprising locals, with a balcony overlooking the sea. This is how generations of Black Sea travelers have lodged, and it's still the preferred way to go, with nearly every old town house hanging out a shingle advertising "svobodni stai" – free rooms.
For about the same amount – $20-30 – two people can share a tasty, multi-course meal with wine in one of Sozopol's dozens of seaside restaurants. Aside from the beachfront pubs and pizzerias, these are mostly traditional Bulgarian eateries; expect colorful hand-embroidered tablecloths, wonderful fresh salads of local vegetables and feta cheese, well-prepared fish and lots of vegetarian dishes, like egg casseroles and stewed peppers in tomato sauce.
Many of these establishments line the new Cliffside path that encircles the old town, where gentle waves crash onto the rocks just below. In Roman times, Sozopol's old town was enclosed by a fortress wall, and several years ago town officials decided to reconstruct it, building upon the crumbling stone remains and adding an imposing, turreted watchtower.
Set into the Cliffside wall is Sozopol's new museum, whose eclectic displays are typical of provincial institutions: you can see an ancient well, Roman water mains, and excavated pottery shards alongside oil paintings by a young local artist, and the lobby has cases of Thracian wine for sale. Up on the main drag, Apollonia Street, are the well-restored ruins of Roman temple, just a stone's throw from the modern amphitheater.
I dutifully toured the ruins, but found the cluster of antique shops in the town center far more interesting than the museum. There are Ottoman scythes, busts of Hitler and Lenin – both local heroes at one time or another – World War One medals, Star of David pendants, Red Army banners, wildly out-of-date Cyrillic and Greek maps, Soviet microscopes, wooden folk-dancing shoes, and lots more fascinating detritus from centuries of political upheaval.
For as diminutive as it is in size (about 5,000 full-time residents), the Sozopol region is an intriguing ethnic palimpsest. Many locals sport Greek names and exchange salutations in Greek, while Turkish and Romanian ads spill across billboards, and Roma – the preferred term for Gypsies – still pile into donkey carts, as they have for ages. Sephardic Jews, a quiet and matter-of-fact presence here for hundreds of years, have mostly migrated to Israel, but some secular families remain, giving their children names like Yosif and Daniel and making their kofte (meatballs) with beef instead of pork.
Today they are joined by increasing numbers of Russians, Poles and Czechs, who bounce in Sozopol's beachside discos and bask in the Slavic sun. Jews in these parts are hardly exotic, but Americans are. Yet in the long shadow of a linden grove, and two thousand years of history, it seems that anyone can feel right at home.


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There are some programs that show signs of becoming a recruiting juggernaut. Maybe there is one thing that is holding them back, such as their location, lack of tradition, frequent coaching changes or even just their conference.
Conference membership does play a role in a recruit's decision; just ask Greg Bryant. Recruits want to play in the best and most competitive conferences so they can be showcased in BCS bowls.
Another way conference affiliation comes into play is if some schools were in a different conference than their regional foes, they could offer a different alternative to recruits.
Here are six programs that could be better recruiting schools if they were in different conferences.


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Federer defeat KO's Murray
Published 27/11/2009
US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro edged into the last four Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and in the process knocked Andy Murray out of the tournament at the O2 Arena.
Del Potro overcame World No.1 Roger Federer 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 to finish second in their group and despite losing to Murray on the opening day he ended up losing fewer games by virtue of breaking Federer's serve to go 5-3 ahead in the final set before sealing the match.
At the end of the match there was a delay while organisers worked out who would go through but eventually it was ruled that Del Potro finished second in their group behind Federer with Murray exiting having finished third.
This is the first time that Del Potro, who defeated Federer in the US Open final in the summer, has made the semi-finals of the end of season event and he looks capable of going all the way.
Wimbledon champion Federer seemed on the brink of going out when he lost the first set and was down in the second set tie-break as a two-sets defeat would have sealed his exit.
But the Swiss master produced some of his best tennis to win the second set and stay in the tournament.
Murray went into the match having beaten Verdasco seven times from eight meetings, including in Valencia earlier this month, where he went on to win his sixth title of the year.
And he wrapped up the first set after finally breaking the Spaniard in the ninth game. He had plenty of chances in the second set, too, but Verdasco consistently reserved his best tennis for saving break points.
The seventh seed, who was looking for his first win at the end-of-season tournament after narrow losses to Federer and Del Potro, then levelled the match in the second-set tie-break.
With no breaks of serve in the decider, a tie-break was needed to settle the match, and this time it was Murray who came good when Verdasco — not for the first time - missed with a volley.
Reflecting on a statistic that saw him win only one of 13 break points, the world number four said: "He played ridiculously on the big points in the second set, and to a certain extent in the third
set as well. He served huge. His second serve, which in previous matches I've been able to attack, he was even acing off that, putting me in really tough positions.
"When someone hits close to the line on these courts it's tough because the ball stays very low. He was able to dictate the points. But I stayed strong."
After winning a topsy-turvy opening match against Del Potro then losing to Federer in three sets, Murray was pleased with his overall performance.
"I think, from the back of the court, I was striking the ball the best I had done today," he said.
"I didn't make many errors and hit quite a lot of winners, too. I served a lot of aces.
"I didn't think I played a poor match at all. I think I gave him maybe one break point the whole match. So I didn't give him too many chances."
Verdasco, who could still have reached the last four had he beaten Murray and Del Potro lost to Federer, felt he acquitted himself well on his first appearance at the prestigious event.
"Of course it is tough when you play well and you lose," he said.
"And also when you have, in all three matches, come close to winning. But the positive thing is against the number one, four and five in the world, I was really close. So that means that I have the level to win against these guys. I just need to improve a little bit more my tennis and maybe next year I will win these matches."
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Anatomy and Location of a Gold Nugget Patch
It's day 43…or 51 or maybe its only day 29 in the rolling red-gray expanse of the Mojave Desert. I can't remember anymore and I was never keeping track anyways. My metal detector coil is swinging in front of me like a clock pendulum, undamped and infite, and I've fallen into a walking hypnosis broken now only by the sudden and painful report of a cholla cactus ball embedding itself into my thigh. I retrieve a comb from my pocket and exorcise the demon weed from my leg with one quick swiping motion (which is the only good way to remove cholla) and the blood dripping down my leg feels remarkably cool in the oppressive heat.
It's been a week since my last gold but the high from finding it keeps me moving forward. Every faint warble in my detector threshold causes a brief yet short lived rush of excitement as I turn over yet another hot rock hoping the signal indicates something more than just excess mineralization. Magnetite, limonite patches, hot basalt, hellish burnt black minerals of mysterious classification. None of it worth a kick in the sand, but I spitefully pound my composite toed boots into a few chunks anyways – if only to clear them out for the next unlucky prospector to hunt this wash. I feel the cholla blood crusting on my leg and I miss the cooling streak so I decide to pause and avail myself of a tiny slice of a shade behind a gangly old creosote bush. I empty my pockets out and gaze upon what is a normal faire of junk targets: a depression era Levi's rivet, a few jacketed .38's, odd bits of wire and rusty tin, 5 drywasher fabric nails, and an old-timer's 44-40 slug – probably missed his javelina and went hungry. Most days my pockets are filled only with junk like this, but a week agothat same pocket was weighing heavy with the yella' when I had the luck to stumble upon a nice patch. the story of which I'd like to share with you.
Patches to the greenhorn gold prospector can often seem like a mythical contrivance. Newbies often go months, a year, or more before finding their first nuggets metal detecting. And it's frustrating when it seems like every old timer has a story of some old patch he found that just keeps producing nuggets to this day but of course no one wants to tell you where they are or how to find them. While I'm not one to dispense exact locations, I will tell you exactly how I found my latest patch (and how you can do the same), and describe for those who wonder what one looks like what I actually found therein.
For those who like to keep track: I'm using a Minelab GPX 4500 model metal detector. Costs as much as a good used 4×4 truck and I'm still waiting for Australia to grant me an honorary citizenship for my personal contribution to their economic advancement. I'm swinging a 14×7 mono coil being held together by Gorilla tape and dried mud, but it's put me over some of the best nugget patches I've ever found.
I can see my patch from where I sit behind this my creosote shade. To the east is a long ridge running north/south and a faint white streak from a decomposing quartz stringer is showing cutting across the ridge. There are actually 3 stringers, the other 2 not visible from my vantage, and this is important because they led me to locating the patch. But I didn't find this place on the ground, I found it while sipping coffee in the comfort of my camper. On aerial imagery, for those who are familiar with it, the quartz often shows up as faint lighter-colored streaks cutting through the more grayish common alluvium and darker gray host rock.
Let's take a step back for a moment. Research is the most effective tool for finding new gold bearing locations, so I wanted to narrow down my search area first rather than spend endless hours scrolling across ambiguous aerial photography. In this particular case I had determined after researching the mining history and geology of this area that certain Proterozoic age granites had hosted gold bearing quartz veins that were discovered by prospectors long ago.
I also knew from prior experience that I tend to make nice discoveries around faulted zones. So my first task was to overlay a geologic map across my aerial photos and determine where the physical rock structures I was interested in were located. On top of it all I overlaid a map of all known gold producing mines in the district so I could determine if their mines were struck within my target host rock and also to view the character of the mineralized zones in which they had driven their adits so I could find similar areas.
Using the known mine location area as a starting point I located a fault line between the Proterozoic granitic rock and an adjacent (gold barren) metamorphic formation and scanned on the aerial imagery an area of about 1/2 mile to either side of the fault from it's beginning to end. Using the mine locations as a reference I could see that the strike of the larger veins tended to be around 30 degrees N/S of the fault strike so as I was scanning the fault district I kept a close eye on any lighter color abnormalities in the imagery which could be unexplored quartz dykes.
Bingo! I found a prospective location with what looked like 2 possible large quartz occurences (and later found a 3rd on the ground). Even better was the fact that alluvium covering bedrock in the drainages was Quaternary which was formed during an age that for whatever erosional reasons tends to host most gold than the much more expansive Pleistocene-age alluvium in this particular area. And the closest 2-track road was at least 3/4 miles distant so I had hope that I would be one of the first to detect this locale. (note: the accompanying map is NOT the actual location for obvious reasons as I'm still hunting this patch but I looked long and hard for a similar location that would properly represent the actual for illustrative purposes)
After a usual restless night of sleep, hands grasping helplessly in the air in want of a 2 lb gold slug as I toss and turned thinking of my inevitable fortune and subsequent luxurious life, I awoke and promptly journeyed to my new found detecting spot. A short hike in brought me up a large gulch after dodging cactii and buzztail like my dog dodges the bathtub, and I arrived at a short feeder wash I had marked off on my GPS the night before. I could see the two quartz stringers I had spied in the aerial imagery disintegrating out a large ridge in front of me (which I currently stare at from behind my shady creosote as I write this on my tablet) and the ground showed many scattered pieces of rusty, vuggy quartz scattered about.
I turned my detector on and began a slow and methodical scan up the gut of the wash, making sure to check the eroded sides and bench tops as I moved. I noticed a few somewhat fresh detector dig holes and my hopes began to sink as I also saw the unmistakable imprint of a Bates non-metallic boot in the sand.
But no sooner than my when my groans had ceased echoing in the nearby canyon I received a faint but sweet sounding mellow signal in my headphones…right in the gut of a boot swept fresh hole. A flat black nasty looking rock lay at the bottom of the hole and I assumed I had found a hot rock the previous detectorist had conveniently uncovered for me, but I jabbed my pick under it and ripped it from it's home and swung my coil once again. Still there! I smacked my pick into the hole a few times to loosen up the dirt and subsequently discovered the target was now out of the hole. A brief moment later I had a nice 0.13 gram nugget gleaming in my grimy paws! Had the first person to hear this target spent another 10 seconds investigating the hole this nugget would now be in their pockets. And even better as I moved further up the wash and onto the benches I noticed that the previous occupant had apparently abandoned this spot as there were no long any footprints or signs of fresh digs.
As I continued scanning randomly I found another little 1/4 grammer, then a half grammer… Every 30 minutes or so I found a new nugget, a few in the bottoms of small feeder washes but the majority resting on the benches right near the wash edges. I realized I had found a new patch after the first 3 nuggets so I adopted a gridding approach to ensure that I covered all ground equally and ended the day with 7 nuggets, exhausted As I slogged back to my truck I couldn't help but wonder what lay over the high ridge and within the wash it hid on the other side.
After arriving back at camp I plotted all my finds and compared it to the map which I had created to find this patch. One thing seemed clear: the nuggets had to be eroding from the quartz I had spotted as they were almost all found within in a topological gradient that led right back to those quartz source rocks. Observing from my map that the quartz also outcropped into the wash on the other side of the large ridge my target location for the next day became clear.
Another night of restless sleep followed by 2 spoonfuls of Folger's crystals and a half cup of water in the morning, my poor man's espresso brought me on bounding legs to my unexplored wash as the sun began it's relentless eternal circumnavigation of the sky. Arriving at my patch I flicked on my detector, gave it a quick ground balance, and I began walking up the large ridge towards the quartz outcroppings. Someone had given the quartz a pounding with a hammer or pick, probably an old-timer as I noticed a tell-tale Prince Albert can rusting lonesomely on the ground. I rushed over the apex of the ridge and noticed that there was a fainter 3rd quartz stringer I hadn't seen on the aerial imagery cutting right across the center of the large wash before me and my spirits rose as I wondered if this too would produce for me.
My hopes were not in vain as I got a slamming signal within 10 minutes of poking around in the bottom of the wash. I have a video posted at the end of the article and you can see what I pulled out of the ground. In a small 15'x15′ area I dug up a 1/3rd oz'er, a 5 grammer, and another half grammer. I hunted the entire wash thoroughly (or so I thought) and found nothing else for the day but I know from experience a patch is never truly cleaned out. I've since revisted the patch a few times and I've managed a few more scattered pieces and you can see the grand total thus far in the attached photo.
One thing is clear, I never would have randomly found this spot without research. An hour on the computer led me to a spot that at least one other detectorist had found probably by chance but he had passed up probably because he didn't know that there was a "magic" combination of geologic factors combining here to create what I've found by experience to be "honey holes". Had he also dug that first nugget I found in his old dig hole he may well have cleaned out my patch and left me wondering why this optimal looking location was in fact barren.
In that way, there is always a certain element of luck involved in gold prospecting, but our job as modern prospectors is to eliminate as much of the "luck factor" as we can and I hope this example has shown how a person can go about doing this using computers. It also doesn't hurt to have the experience to know what sort of subtle signs and indicators to look for and that my friends can only be acquired by setting boot to dirt. So, on that note I will see ya in the hills!