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PALMER- A three-year contract recently was inked between the School Committee and School Aides and Paraprofessional Assistants Association that gives the approximately 50 unit members a raise of 1 percent this year, and ensures that employees with seniority will not be bumped by colleagues with fewer years of service in the event of a layoff.
Interim School Superintendent Thomas A. Charko said the contract, which runs from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2014, also features no raises in the second year, and a 2 percent increase in the last year. On the seniority issue, he said the previous contract stated that a paraprofessional could not "bump" an aide during a layoff, and vice-versa.
That meant that either a paraprofessional or aide with numerous years of service would be laid off, while a new employee remained.
Now, that will no longer happen, Charko said.
"An aide with greater seniority shall be eligible to bump a paraprofessional with lesser seniority and/or a paraprofessional with greater seniority shall be eligible to bump an aide with lesser seniority," the contract reads.
He explained that a paraprofessional works in the classroom, sometimes one-on-one with students, whereas aides are assigned to hallway, bus or cafeteria duty.
The starting pay for an aide has changed to $9.58, and paraprofessional, $11.45.
Any member who has an associate's degree will earn an extra 35 cents an hour; bachelor's degree, 80 cents an hour; and bachelor's degree in education, $1.10 an hour. There are also longevity bonuses - an employee with 10 to 14 years of service would receive $400; 15 to 19 years, $600; and 20 to 24 years, $700, while someone with 25 or more years would receive $900.
Association members may be eligible for an extra dollar per hour stipend if they are regularly assuming responsibility for student care related to bodily functions; taking care of a student with severe special needs would earn an additional $4 per hour stipend.
Association members also will be eligible to receive up to $275 annually for reimbursement of college level courses.
Co-payments in the HMO health insurance plan have been increased from $5 to $10, in keeping with the other bargaining units for the town, Charko said. Emergency room co-payments will increase from $25 to $50.
Under the PPO health insurance plan, co-pays went from $15 to $20, and emergency room visits from $50 to $75.
Ronda L. Brown, a negotiator for the paraprofessionals and aides, said the contract was resolved very quickly, and amicably.
"It wasn't anything special. We did what we had to do," Brown said. "We knew the town didn't have any money."


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Recorder News Staff
For students, the first day of school comes with a lot of baggage -- literally.
Some school supply lists are growing, and with Common Core mandates and other classroom requirements, the number of tools students need to survive has multiplied.
For some parents, providing supplies to their children is not possible.
Fortunately, some churches in Amsterdam are among those that recognize the need to assist members of the community who struggle at this time of year.
Volunteers from local parishes have been distributing backpacks filled with supplies so children do not head off to the school bus empty-handed.
At Comfort Zone Ministry, a program Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church runs to aid the less fortunate, volunteers last year distributed roughly 300 book bags stuffed with school essentials.
The group was shooting to give away more than 400 again on Tuesday.
"People are in need in this area. In fact, we had people asking us last month, 'Aren't you giving out the book bags?'" ministry volunteer Jean Amy Swenson said. "If you look at the supply list the schools are asking for, it is horrendous."
Swenson and Deacon Bette Errig are co-directors of the Comfort Zone.
The duo started the program in 2009 after witnessing a similar initiative in Canajoharie.
The backpack distribution is aimed at students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Before the distribution, volunteers fill book bags with pens, pencils, a ruler, a pair of scissors, pink pearl erasers, a box of crayons, two glue sticks, a sharpener, a spiral note book, a composition notebook, and folders.
She said the merchandise is either donated or purchased, and many local churches help out with the effort.
Amsterdam Printing Co. also donated lunch bags for the ministry to give out.
Swenson said school supply lists can leave parents spending up to $200 per child, and many parents cannot afford to provide the essentials to every youngster.
She noticed an uptick in local residents searching for help this time of year.
On Tuesday, many residents and their children lined up outside of the ministry, waiting to receive the offerings.
Community members started lining up around 3:30 p.m., and had to register with the ministry in order to receive the free supplies.
The distribution began at 6 p.m., and Swenson said some of the children's reactions are priceless.
Similar to the Comfort Zone Ministry, the Calvary Assembly of God Church is hosting a book bag giveaway on Labor Day. Terri Marcuccio, an administrative assistant at the church, said volunteers will start distributing at 10 a.m. and the event ends at noon.
The church is looking to pass out about 120 book bags filled with school necessities, from crayons to notebooks.
Marcuccio said students in kindergarten through fifth grade qualify for the bags, and each youth has to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Additionally, each child has to bring an old report card or assignment to prove they are a student.
Marcuccio said many donations have flowed in to the church, which also reached out to stores along Route 30 for contributions.
She said Calvary always hosts giveaway programs on Labor Day, but just recently started to give out book bags.
"We just saw there was a need in the community. They are going to school with no crayons or nothing to carry their books in," she said.
As a mom, Marcuccio can attest to the overwhelming school supply lists handed out each year.
She said the need in the community is there, and no student should go without on the first day of school.
"It gives them a little self-confidence. They are not going to be singled out for not having new stuff," she said.
R.J. McNulty Academy for International Studies and Literacy Magnet School third grade teacher Karyn Cognetti agrees. She has taught at McNulty for 24 years, and said students start off on the right foot when fully prepared for classes.
Additionally, Cognetti said students tend to get more excited for school when they are shopping for school supplies.
She said with Common Core standards, children are expected to keep notebooks for every subject. Additionally, she said teachers now have students reflecting on their school work, which requires additional notebooks and folders, among other supplies.
Although teachers do pitch in and purchase supplies for the classrooms, Cognetti said there are requests for extra, "more fun" items.
She understands the merchandise does not come cheaply, and the help from the local churches is a wonderful way to start the school year.
"They get excited, they know they have their supplies, they know they are prepared," Cognetti said. "It makes for a huge impact on how successful they are through the year."
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By Dominic LoGalbo
Those of us who have intently followed plans to develop Cleveland's lakefront during the past decade were stunned by the recent proposal by Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority board member Richard Knoth to convert Burke Lakefront Airport into a port.
The proposal is symbolic not only of a dysfunctional agency whose purpose is increasingly in doubt, but also that of a City Hall that appears confused as to its role in creating a waterfront with a future.
Consider the fact that Knoth sat for nearly two years on a port authority board that spent nearly $2 million on plans to build what was touted as a $2 billion port at East 55th Street. He barely raised any questions about the plan and appeared to support it at every turn.
The failure of this plan led to the resignation of port authority CEO Adam Wasserman, who mysteriously was paid $300,000 upon departure. He left an entire organization in disarray and jeopardized its very foundation.
While port authority board Chairman Steve Williams insists that the East 55th plan is still operative, Knoth's 13-page memo, reviving the much-visited idea of closing the airport, indicates not only a board at odds, but one that clearly has lost its way.
Already the whole idea of a port in Cleveland has been questioned in public, and cities to our east, such as Ashtabula, Conneaut and Erie, are talking about banding together to create a competitive facility. Federal officials are losing confidence in the decision-making process of our port authority.
Knoth's proposal was immediately rejected by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who picks six of the nine port board members and is ultimately responsible for the direction and achievement of the port. Knoth, an appointee of the county commissioners, shows in his memo how distant the authority is from the creation of a port. It shows that the mayor's selection of Williams to chair the board and provide unity of purpose was a mistake, as The Plain Dealer has noted on these pages.
The idea of moving the airport is an issue that has been addressed by almost every administration in my lifetime. While Knoth points out that Burke has declined in use, it still is viable and valuable, which the port has long ceased to be. To abandon Burke to yet another questionable port plan just multiplies the region's apparent free fall.
When the port authority goes to the voters in 2011 to renew its maritime levy, it will be difficult to explain just what its plan for prosperity is when the organization is incapable of securing federal grants, while nearby Great Lakes ports captured millions in stimulus money.
--'--By focusing its attention on economic development and failing to maintain a thriving maritime business, the authority failed at its core mission. It played a dual role, one that divided its resources and favored the issuing of bonds rather than the docking of laden vessels.
With the issue of organization in doubt, there is another of even greater magnitude to consider. What will the port authority be like under the new government that is due to take over in January? As of now, the port authority is essentially controlled by city hall, where the mayor appoints the majority of the board.
Clearly, the loss of population in the city and the receding political power base accompanying that decline make the argument that the port authority be taken over by the new government. It would naturally covet the economic development capability, but what of the maritime operations?
With change so rampant, it might be time to separate the two functions that constitute the port authority. The combination has little in common, and it is clear that maritime operations suffered while time and attention were spent on the region's needy economic status.
If the conflict of the dual role were not enough, to make matters worse, city hall added the responsibility of downtown waterfront development to the port's portfolio, an area in which the agency has absolutely no experience.
------It should be evident to the transition team preparing for the change in government that a new role for the port authority should be considered. Thus far, the port authority has failed in its dual role and the likelihood of that changing is remote.
If we are to maintain a port that has an economic potential, we must create an entity that is focused on a maritime future for the region and not an agency engaged in projects far from the waterfront.


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By Freedom Newspapers
An agreement by the Iraqi cabinet on a draft of a new law to govern the distribution of oil revenues could be the most hopeful long-term sign in Iraq in a long time. The pact might reduce a great deal of the tension and resentment that feeds violence in that country, even though it is unlikely to end sectarian violence soon and final passage is not assured.
The problem has been known for a long time. Sunni Iraqis, who make up about 20 percent of Iraq's population, ran the country while Saddam Hussein was in power, and fear for their future in a Shia-dominated Iraq. Shia comprise about 60 percent of the population. Not only do the Shia have reason to be bitter about the way they were treated during the Saddam era, but Iraq's major producing oil fields are in the Shia south and the Kurdish north. So Sunnis fear repression and not getting their "fair share" of oil revenues, two factors that feed the Sunni insurgency.
The draft agreement calls for the central government to distribute oil revenues to provinces or regions based on population. It also allows regional oil companies or governments to sign contracts with foreign companies for the exploration and development of fields. Foreign experts have recently increased their estimates of unexploited oil and natural gas deposits in Sunni regions. If those estimates prove out, the Sunnis could have their own sources of oil revenues.
The cabinet passed the draft agreement unanimously after almost a year of tense negotiation, but the parliament still has to approve it. As Marina Ottaway, who studies emerging democracies for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace warned, nobody knows how much the Iraqi government really controls oil production; much is lost to diversion and smuggling.
While the Kurds signed on to the agreement, Ottaway notes, they haven't renounced their desire for more autonomous control over oil in their regions than the agreement contemplates. And a good deal of the sectarian violence isn't about oil revenues or allocation of money, but about sectarian hatreds that go way beyond economic grievances.
It's also far from a sure thing that foreign oil companies will want to enter agreements while violence is so prevalent. Oil fields can be notably vulnerable to sabotage.
Even with all those caveats, however, this is a sign that the Iraqi government is capable of constructive compromise, a key first step toward gaining more credibility, which is key to controlling violence. Color us guardedly optimistic.


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The investigators discovered numerous problems in an unannounced inspection on Feb. 3: required fire drills had not been conducted; fire extinguishers, sprinklers and generators were not properly inspected, according to a letter Friday to Oregon Health & Science University, which oversees Doernbecher. The conditions added up to a situation of "immediate jeopardy," wrote Daniel M. Jones, deputy fire marshall.
OHSU officials said Friday that their facilities are safe, but acknowledged there is room for improvement. They said the fire marshal's findings would not have prevented the injuries to Ireland Lane, the 12-year-old Klamath Falls girl. OHSU also agreed to beef up fire safety staff, drills, staff training and maintenance and inspections of equipment.
The fire marshall repeated its criticism that Doernbecher staff did not respond appropriately to the fire. In response, OHSU also said they have agreed to activate fire alarms whenever there's a fire. Staff did not do that, or evacuate nearby patients, in the Feb. 2 fire.
"We respect the findings of the fire marshal's report and we will be working with them collaboratively to come up to those standards" said OHSU Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chuck Kilo.
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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, property and casualty insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Aspen's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Aspen facts
|Headquarters (Founded)
|Hamilton, Bermuda (2002)
|Market Cap
|$2.4 billion
|Property and casualty insurance
|Trailing-12-Month Revenue
|$2.16 billion
|CEO Christopher O'Kane (since 2002)
CFO Richard Houghton (since 2007)
|Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)
|Cash / Debt
|$1.4 billion / $249.6 million
Markel (NYSE: MKL )
XL Group (NYSE: XL )
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 310 members who have rated Aspen believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include SorgelEquity and All-Star TMFDeej, who is ranked in the top 1% of our community.
Earlier this year, SorgelEquity brought Aspen's cheapish ratios, which still apply today, to our community's attention: "Very low P/CF ratio, revenue stream is geographically diverse, and it is trading at a significant discount to book value."
Aspen's bargain-like valuation continues to fuel its five-star CAPS status. Currently, Aspen's price-to-book (0.7) is down there with close rival XL's (0.7), and below that of other insurance foes like AIG (1.6), Markel (1.2), ACE (1.0), and White Mountains (NYSE: WTM ) (0.8). Of course, when you consider Aspen's history of double-digit book value growth, that discount seems even tastier.
CAPS All-Star TMFDeej explains:
The stock is currently trading at around a 20% discount to its book value, despite the fact that it has only reported a loss in one year since it went public in 2003 (the Katrina year). That loss likely will not be repeated given the fact that the company has reduced its natural catastrophe exposure by about half since then.
Since its IPO, Aspen has grown its book value by an average of 12.7% per year, which is an impressive feat considering the fact that we have been in a weak insurance market since 2006.
I think that Aspen stands a good chance of outperforming the S&P 500 over the next several years given the current market conditions. If insurance premiums begin to improve or if interest rates rise, the stock could really take off.
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Joanna Harden just wanted to snap her team's two-game losing streak.
The Troy senior guard wound up making history, setting school and Sun Belt Conference records with 52 points in a 118-103 win against UAH Tuesday night.
The 5-foot-2, Pompano Beach, Fla. shot 18-for-28 from the field, 5-for-8 from 3-point range and 11-for-12 from the free-throw line to guide the Lady Trojans to their third victory of the season.
"We were on a losing streak and I just felt like I needed to take responsibility and be a team leader," Harden said. "I was just determined to win tonight no matter what."
The 118 points is third in Troy history. The output also marked Troy's fifth-straight time scoring 70 or more.
Harden's play nearly overshadowed UAH's Jasmine Smith's play. She scored 40 and connected on 8 of 15 3-point attempts.
"The first person I called when I got this job was Joanna Harden and I envisioned moments like this," Troy head coach Chanda Rigby said. "I coached against her two years ago in junior college and I know she can be unstoppable."
Troy hosts Jacksonville at 1 p.m. Saturday
Check out this clip wit post game comments and highlights courtesy of Troy's athletic department.


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GoldenEye 007
They say you should never go back, but consistently one of the most called for revivals of the of the last decade has been Rare's GoldenEye - the seminal FPS experience that all Bond titles still aspire to.
There's been rumours and clamours, and there was even a near re-release on Xbox Live Arcade, but with Activision now in charge of the game rights we finally see a new challenger taking a stab at what made the original such a smash hit.
We're back on a Nintendo platform, then (the Wii, silly) and what we're being offered in GoldenEye 007 is billed as a 're-imagining'. Daniel Craig is duly cast as 007 himself (providing voice and likeness), while settings like Cuba are replaced with Nigeria - the game makers attempting to make their opus more topical.
Still, we're assured that all the key scenes from the film will be recreated in some form - Bond once again taking on traitorous crime boss Alex Trevelyan across Europe and beyond.
Activision believe that - given the new, tougher Bond played by Craig - a new mix of gameplay is possible, blending firefights with sneaky assassinations and gadget-based cunning. In order to ensure a pure experience the Collector's Edition of GoldenEye 007 will come equipped with a special golden controller. This promises to deliver an FPS feel similar to the Xbox 360 or the PS3. It is also gold, which people quite like.
Our demonstration joins the game about 80 percent of the way through, with Bond crash-landing his MI6 plane in Nigeria, en route for a showdown with the game's antagonist. The first thing that draws attention is the audio, from Craig's voice work through to the atmospheric jungle sounds that encompass Bond as he crawls from the wreckage of his plane.
This emphasis on tension, and atmosphere is enhanced by some impressive visuals for the Wii, the steamy jungle brought to life through varied terrain, and surprisingly dynamic enemies. The scene plays out cat-and-mouse style, Bond taking out groups of foes while covertly moving through the mountainside foliage.
Different paths are available, and you can choose whether to go in all guns blazing or use headshots and subtle neck-crackings to take down guards. Alternatively, you can load up with a machine gun and just go crazy. Throughout the rocky hillside we also stumble across automated sentry towers, which can be hacked via smartphone and turned upon our enemies.
The action for the most part seems slick at this early stage, and with Judi Dench also joining the game's cast we're promised a well-told yarn. One can't help but acknowledge quite how mouth-watering this game might have been on the PS3 or Xbox 360, of course...
Slight niggles aside we move on to a split-screen multiplayer session. The game supports four-player split-screen, and eight-players online thanks to a game engine built by Eurocom. Choosing from a cast of familiar characters (hello Oddjob!) we're promised 10 offline and 10 online maps.
Flexibility is the key with this multiplayer mode, Activision letting players specify every nuance of the experience - right down to enforcing headshot kills and the like. The action itself is fast, unpredictable and hugely enjoyable - although whether a multiplayer FPS game can appeal to the Wii crowd remains very much to be seen. We'll have more for you on GoldenEye 007 soon. Blood trickles down...
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A long chain of volcanoes traverses Anatolia from SW to NE. It starts in the Karaman and Karapinar regions, and includes many small cinder cones, then continues east with andesitic volcanoes of increasing size towards NE: Cappadocia is topped by the highest volcano of central Anatolia, Erciyes Dagi (3917 m.a.s.l.), 20km south of Kayseri (Mons Argeus and Cesarea in Roman times). The chain finally reaches the Armenian-Iranian border forming the highest peak in Turkey, Mount Ararat.
Andesitic volcano Hasan Dagi (3268 m.a.s.l.), seen from NW.
Hasan Dagi from SW: this view shows the secondary SE crater.
View from Uchisar towards Erciyes Dagi (3917 m.a.s.l.) rising above the clouds.
View towards Erciyes Dagi from W, at the mountain pass Topuz Gecidi.
North side of Erciyes Dagi from Hacilar: NW dome chain at right and a cinder cone at left.
Huge cinder cones on the N flank of Erciyes Dagi, from the pass Tekir Gecidi (2150 m.a.s.l.).
The W flank of Erciyes Dagi from Topuz Gecidi, with the complex NW dome chain left of the top.
Telephoto view of Erciyes Dagi's summit dome from the mountain pass Topuz Gecidi (1535 m.a.s.l.).
North view of Meke Golu in the Karapinar volcano field: two cinder cones in the background.
Stephane climbs the inner caldera wall from the lake shoreline; small almond tree in the foreground.
Meke Golu from SW: just behind the cinder cone, at right, the maar of Aci Gol, about 5 km away.
Volcano lake Meke Golu ("Smelling Lake") seen from SE (fish-eye lens view).
On the shoreline of Meke Golu: note white salt deposits in the foreground.
The maar of Aci Gol, 5 km NE of Meke Golu, is filled by a deep-blue lake.
Another volcanic lake on the North side of Hasan Dagi volcano.
Chain of small cinder cones NE of Hasan Dagi, 20 km SW of Nevsehir.


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The last two months of 2003 may be looked at as the time open-source databases made their initial charge at the enterprise-level database market. In November, both MySQL AB and PostgreSQL Global Development Group released new versions of their open-source databases, which include added features and tools that are specifically targeted at larger enterprises.
After partnering with SAP, MySQL introduced MaxDB, which is its version of SAP's open-source database. With the MySQL brand and marketing behind MaxDB, it has attracted "the attention of the marketplace," according to Gartner Inc. vice-president Kevin Strange. MaxDB includes features such as snapshots, archive tables, and MaxDB replication. Also, with the MySQL Proxy software program, MaxDB and MySQL work together, and data can be transferred between the two.
PostgreSQL, while not creating as much buzz, has introduced version 7.4 of the PostgreSQL Relational Database, which includes new tools for larger enterprises. The upgrade includes optimization tuning for systems running AMD's 64-bit Opteron processor, improved index maintenance tools, and support of full-text indexing.
Charlie Brann, SAP administrator at Swisslog TransLogic in Denver, has been using the SAP open-source database for more than seven years and calls it a "dream" compared to other databases he's used.
"I might spend a couple of hours a week working with the database directly, and the majority of that is simply checking statistics and verifying parameters. MaxDB literally runs itself," said Brann. "We've had a couple of untimely system crashes due to hardware failure, and have not suffered any data corruption as a result. The database is very stable."
However, questions remain about how open-source databases will fare in a database market that is dominated by Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft. Strange contends that although open-source databases have excellent support and stability, there are still two main challenges that need to be faced: scalability for large enterprises and third-party support. As of now, Strange sees large enterprises using open-source databases only for internal applications and not mission-critical applications.
But directly competing with the big databases like Oracle is not MySQL's intention. According to Zack Urlocker, MySQL VP of marketing, the goal is to attract the commoditized portion of the market. He compares Oracle 9i and IBM's DB2 to a Ferrari, and MaxDB to a Honda. "A Ferrari is nice to drive to work in, but a Honda will get you there just as efficiently and in a more cost-effective manner," said Urlocker. Strange agrees and believes the open-source databases will find success with the lower-end and midsized markets.
It may take a while for the low-cost attraction of open-source databases to make a real change in the industry the way Linux has in the OS market. In the meantime, Strange says Oracle and IBM should keep a close eye on MySQL and PostgreSQL. "[MaxDB] is not ready to run the enterprise now, but it is a lot better than I thought it was," said Strange. "MySQL is where Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 was two years ago in the server industry. [MaxDB] is missing features now, but as [it adds] them in and makes improvements, [it is] going to cause a little shakeup."
Jeanette Perez is a former Intelligent Enterprise editor and is now a freelance journalist.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., REGIONAL
When/Where: Saturday and Monday at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.
Who's here/Records: No. 1 Connecticut (31-4), No. 2 Kentucky (29-5), No. 4 Maryland (26-7), No. 6 Delaware (32-3).
The schedule
Saturday's semifinal games: Delaware vs. Kentucky, 11:04 a.m. (ESPN); Maryland vs. UConn, 1:32 p.m. (ESPN).
Tuesday's championship game: 6:35 p.m. (ESPN).
Semifinal game breakdowns
DELAWARE vs. KENTUCKY
Outlook: Delaware brings in the star power in this matchup with 6-5 senior post player Elena Delle Donne, who averages 25.8 points per game. If not for Baylor center Brittney Griner Donne would likely be the primary star of collegiate women's basketball. But Donne and her teammates face a staggering challenge against an athletic, deep Kentucky squad. The Wildcats are led by guard A'dia Mathies, who averages 15.9 points per game. Defense is Kentucky's primary weapon. The Wildcats press and attack. And they'll play at least 10 people or more.
Outcome: Delle Donne gives Delaware a chance simply because of her ability in the paint and being able to step away from the basket and score. But Kentucky's defense will be the difference here, sending the Wildcats to the regional championship.
MARYLAND vs. CONNECTICUT
Outlook: UConn's inside combination of forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who averages 17.7 points per game, and center Stefanie Dolson, who averages 14.2 points and makes 59 percent of her shots, give the Huskies a big advantage. Then there's the experience factor as UConn is gunning for its sixth consecutive Final Four appearance. Maryland forward Alyssa Thomas in the ACC Player of the Year and presents a formidable challenge. She averaged 18.4 points per game this season. But for the Terrapins to have a chance, it'll come down to their ability to make perimeter shots, something guard Katie Rutan has been hit and miss at this season.
Outcome: Unless Maryland gets hot from the field, UConn should easily win this one.
Who's bound for New Orleans: If UConn has a weakness, it's at guard. But that's a stretch. Kentucky's defense could make it interesting for a while but plan on UConn making to New Orleans.


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Dauphin County Republicans, hoping there won't be much time to get used to their new minority status, kicked off a voter registration drive over the weekend. "We're just real excited to get things started off on the grassroots level," said party chairman John McNally.
Registered Democrats in the county outnumber Republicans 81,489 to 81,340, according to the latest numbers.
Another voter drive by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN, a national group that has drawn its share of controversy for its tactics, is drawing scrutiny from Dauphin County DA Ed Marsico after 100 to 150 registration forms were questioned.
"I've gotten some voter registration forms that are very questionable that need to be looked at by experts," said Steve Chiavetta, the county's elections chief. "We've had some calls from voters that somebody fills out this form and we send them a voter registration card and they say they've never filled out anything."
It's not the first time that ACORN, a Democratic-leaning group that registers low-income people to vote, has been a source of controversy. Republicans accuse it of engaging in voter registration fraud, and several states have investigated registration irregularities. In at least one case, ACORN workers were accused of lifting names out of telephone books and using them on voter registrations.
ACORN also became a bit player in the controversy over President Bush's firing of U.S. attorneys.
D. Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, testified told Congress that prosecutors' names were added to the list of U.S. attorneys to be dismissed after White House aide Karl Rove complained about that not enough was being done to crack down on voter fraud "during the run-up to the midterm elections."


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Poulsbo man charged with meth, heroin possession
POULSBO — Michael D. McCarroll was charged with allegedly delivering and possessing a controlled substance following a warranted search of a home on the border of Poulsbo and Suquamish Sept. 18.
As of the afternoon of Sept. 19, McCarroll was on the Kitsap County Jail roster for two counts of delivery of methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, and unlawful use of a building for drug purposes, according to charging documents. Bail is set at $150,000, according to the jail roster.
McCarroll was arrested Sept. 18 at a home on the corner of Finley Road and Totten Road by officers from the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department and West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team. The home's doorway is about 320 feet away from a school-bus stop, according to charging documents, citing the North Kitsap School District's website.
McCarroll allegedly sold two police operatives methamphetamine during two separate weeklong investigations, according to the documents. During the course of the investigation, which began in June, one police operative reported McCarroll sold him or her methamphetamine "in excess of 20 times."
During the warrant search of the bedroom associated with McCarroll Sept. 18, officers found a digital scale, bongs (one of which had white film on the glass, consistent with smoking meth), and 9.7 grams of meth, according to the documents.
Law enforcement also found a total of 8.6 grams of heroin and .9 grams of meth inside a box in a hallway closet, according to the documents.
McCarroll had $939 in his wallet, which was found by a narcotics dog to have a drug scent, according to the documents.
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Voice: Steven Volk, Munger
We can only hope that the hypocrisy the American left has displayed is so great that it shines right through the mainstream media's attempts to disguise it and reshape debate. The revolt against Democrats is dubbed a revolt against incumbents. The Arizona controversy is completely coordinated ignoring the facts about the law as written. And now the mosque controversy is portrayed as more American bigotry.
All the sudden the left is standing up for religion, in this case Islam. Never before has anyone on the left defended the right of any religion. Their stoic separation of church and state, stance is used to bully Christians and other faiths who dare erect a Nativity scene anywhere near public property, or to have a cross memorializing soldiers who died for this country torn off a mountain.
Suddenly liberals are outraged over the supposed bigotry of Americans. The truth is they support the Islamic faith so ardently because it is as another opportunity for them to create a new victim of supposed oppressed minorities to add to their voting base. It's the same reason they side with illegal immigrants.
Rest assured in November when Democrats suffer massive defeat at the polls, and lose the House and Senate, Americans will be pegged as racist. The narrative will be something like, America just wasn t ready for a black president. The truth is we didn't willingly elect a socialist.


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An evening with the Rolling Stones
June 3, 2013 - Mike Donahey
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards once said he was born to play rock n' roll. And so were mates Mick Jagger, Darryl Jones, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood.
They proved it without a doubt to a packed and fired-up crowd in Chicago's United Center May 31, witnessed by yours truly while in the company of my lovely daughter.
I expect that mammoth building has re-aligned to its foundation by now after the Stones blasted it off with 2.5 hours of solid, pure rock n' roll. There were no inflatables or fancy sets, just a legendary band who played their first gig in July, 1962.
They backed up their label as the "World's Greatest Rock n' Roll Band" from the beginning, with a rousing "Get off My Cloud," followed by a red-hot "It's Only Rock n' Roll." They didn't need to get warmed up, as the band skillfully built upon the energy generated from one song to the next
Fellow rocker Sheryl Crow, attired in a sexy black leather outfit, came on for vocals in the high-energy "All Down the Line." Other celebrities joining the band throughout the tour which began May 3 in Los Angeles have been John Fogerty, Katy Perry, Bonnie Raitt, Gwen Stefani, Keith Urban and Tom Waits. Former band member Mick Taylor had the crowd on its feet with sizzling licks on "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" "Midnight Rambler" and "Satisfaction."
Credit Watts — he laid down a steady drumbeat throughout the performance — perfect for the steaming guitar solos and other work by Jones, Richards, Taylor and Wood. Watts, the oldest member at 72, and who gets a massage after each performance, played the drums aggressively and with a passion on each of the bands' 22 songs. He doesn't get near the credit he deserves — as most publicity has centered around Jagger, Richards and Wood. All could be just fine with him. He's seemingly been content to do his job always skillfully— he can get satisfaction knowing the audience or CD listeners, received their money's worth. Frontman Jagger was in great form as well — his renown strutting and audience chatter were exemplary. At 69, he looks to be in good shape, with a body fat reading below 10.
Richards, 69, and Wood, 66 were thin as well, and looked like they could have played into the morning hours. Richards proved his lofty number 10 ranking in the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, especially with his opening chords on "Gimme Shelter." As one critic wrote: "The Rolling Stones are not ready for retirement and would've put to shame rockers half their age."
The band was on a roll and the crowd on its feet for the final one-third of the concert with mega-hits "Miss You," "Start Me Up," "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar" "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Chicago's Roosevelt University Conservatory Choir did the opening lyrics of "You Can't Always Get What You Want," to the crowd's delight. The band is now in the home stretch of its "50 Years and Counting Tour," with dates in Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington. A July 13 show in London concludes the tour, and it could be the Stones' final concert.


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We shouldn't have to choose between gay rights and religious liberties.
The media often report on the very real pain of same-sex couples unable to validate their relationships through marriage. But reporters almost never discuss the full implications of same-sex marriage, or the underlying aims of some of its supporters.
Many of my fellow professors argue that a religiously affiliated college or university should receive no government funding for student loans or faculty research until gay and lesbian couples can wed at the campus chapel, synagogue or mosque.
I was reminded of this recently when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that the University of California could deny recognition to a Christian student group that did not allow its members to engage in "unrepentant homosexual conduct."
This is just one of a number of recent court and bureaucratic decisions forcing faith-based institutions to embrace gay rights, no matter their sacred beliefs.
Yeshiva University was ordered to allow same-sex couples in its married dormitory.
In Boston, Catholic Charities ended adoptions after the state supreme court forced it to place children with gay and lesbian couples. In short, many intellectuals not only want to permit same-sex marriage; they want to stigmatize religious dissenters as either bigots or fools.
In short, many intellectuals not only want to permit same-sex marriage; they want to stigmatize religious dissenters as either bigots or fools.
Recently, such secular intolerance made me a conscientious objector in this particular culture war. At a political science conference, I had the temerity to argue that, rather than refusing to hold our conventions in states without same-sex marriage, we professors should tolerate a wide range of views.
Given the reaction, I'm just glad I don't need a grant from any of the professors who heard it.
I can't support intolerance of religion. As President Barack Obama might put it, I am a red-state American with gay friends who deserve the right to marry (and divorce). But I also spent many years teaching in a blue state at Villanova University, where the Augustinian Brothers worship an awesome God, who does not allow hatred.
Even so, Catholic intellectuals make reasonable claims that children benefit from the monogamous union of a man and woman, who together provide strength and diverse perspectives through their gender differences.
Legitimate concerns about the effect of same-sex marriage on children are not yet resolved by social science, as my friend Richard Redding, who does not oppose gay marriage, points out in his recent Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy article reviewing all of the research on same-sex parenting.
Moreover, same-sex marriage opponents have a point when they argue that on this issue, race-based civil rights approaches should not apply. Race is so uncertain a concept that some scholars deny its objective existence; while gender and sexual orientation are central to our humanity.
Same-sex marriage is therefore a far greater social change than interracial marriage, so it is not necessarily bigoted to argue that reform should be gradual.
But just because many of my friends who oppose same-sex marriage are decent people with reasonable views, that does not mean they are right. I cannot understand how a friend's same-sex union threatens my heterosexual marriage.
And if social science finds that on average, gay and lesbian parenting does not work quite as well as straight parenting, what of it? Do we really want a government powerful enough to decree that only ideal parents can raise children?
To take this to extremes, should Obama lose custody of his daughters because he smokes cigarettes? Research suggests that marriage generally, gay or straight, is likely better for children than the instability associated with out-of-wedlock birth.
For me, the reasonable compromise would recognize same-sex marriage in the public sphere, while leaving space for faith-based institutions, including schools, colleges and social services agencies, to opt out of practices that contradict their faith.
Last month, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a same-sex marriage bill only after a religious exemption was added.
Given human nature, negotiating and compromising with opponents is not as sexy as coercing them to do things your way. Yet ultimately, we can only lessen the culture wars by lowering their stakes, finding ways for diverse peoples to live and let live without sacrificing their beliefs. Because people are tribal, anyone can start a culture war, but it takes genuine tolerance of others to defuse one.
Maranto holds the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. Originally published in the Hartford (Conn.) Courant.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.- Former Staten Island residents Mr. and Mrs. William Taverner of East Brunswick, N.J., who married on May 23, 1964 in the Church of St. John the Baptist de la Salle, Stapleton, recently celebrated their golden jubilee by hosting a family vacation at Doubletree Resort by Hilton Hotel in Lancaster, Pa.
The couple met at a Sunday night dance on St. Patrick's Day in 1963 in the former Meurot Club in St. George.
Mrs. Taverner, 72, the former Joan Russo, was born in Tompkinsville and graduated from the former St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton. Years later, she continued her education and attended the College of Staten Island, majoring in psychology.
After high school, Mrs.Taverner worked as an IBM proof operator at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan for eight years.
The couple lived in Stapleton, Great Kills and Bay Terrace before settling in East Brunswick eight years ago.
Mr. Taverner, 74, was born in Dongan Hills and grew up there and in New Dorp. He graduated from St. Peter's Boys High School, New Brighton, and attended the former St. John's University in Brooklyn, majoring in mathematics.
Mr. Taverner worked 21 years with Continental Insurance Company, Cranbury, N.J., retiring as a vice-president in 1997. In 2008, he founded the First Saturday Rosary Group in his community in New Jersey.
They enjoy traveling, and together have visited Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. They also enjoy summers in their Fort Myers Beach, Fla., home with their children and grandchildren.
Asked the secret of their marriage's longevity, the couple said, " A sense of humor is very important."
Mr. and Mrs. Taverner are the parents of Karen Masucci of Spotswood, N.J.; William J. of Easton, Pa., and Joseph of St. George. They have four grandchildren.


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Preparing for this weekend's football game against Syracuse University should be a bit easier for USC defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and his 36th-ranked defense. Kiffin is familiar with the Orange's offense, thanks to his connections from the NFL.
When Kiffin worked with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he worked alongside former USC coach Paul Hackett, who is the father of current Orange offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.
"We worked down the hall from each other," Kiffin told the San Bernadino County Sun.
But despite the fact that Monte Kiffin is familiar with the type of offense Syracuse runs, USC's head coach Lane Kiffin is expecting the Orange to pumped up for the game, and says the 2-0 Trojans never "take anyone lightly."
"...Teams tend to not necessarily play great the week before us and usually do not play very well the week after us. Look what just happened to Minnesota. That has been historic here, guys not playing well the week after us. Because they get up for SC and playing in the Coliseum," Lane Kiffin told ESPN.
The Syracuse-USC game kicks off at 8:00 p.m. Saturday and is being broadcast on FX.
More Orange football links:
» The Post-Standard: Syracuse vs. USC football: Ten questions about the Trojans, Orange
» Rahme: Syracuse University football defensive tackle and LA native Deon Goggins now bleeds Orange
» The Post-Standard: USC football coach Lane Kiffin on Syracuse: 'We don't take anybody lightly'
» Axe: The Axepress Lane: The Lane Kiffin connection; Toledo Rising, and Hollywood's latest big, big mistake
» Daily Orange: His plan: Barkley's faith in God fosters on-field confidence with USC
» ESPN: USC's Tyler still not the official starter
» Fox Sports: Video: USC's Lane Kiffin talks about getting ready for Syracuse
» Daily Trojan: Trojans on the right track after 2-0 start
» Orange Fizz: Jonesing for news: How long can Syracuse survive without Chandler Jones?
» The Post-Standard: Syracuse Housing Authority bans alcohol in its parking lots before SU games
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Coping with herbicide-resistant weeds, after decades of the easy, sure control afforded by glyphosate (Roundup), will require a multi-pronged approach, Mississippi growers were told at the 2011 Delta Ag Expo. As glyphosate-resistant pigweed (Palmer amaranth) spreads in the Mid-South, and resistant Italian ryegrass continues to be documented, producers will need to include alternate chemistries — many of which are decades-old active ingredients — in their weed control programs, a panel of specialists noted.
Some grower attitudes 'a recipe for disaster'
"Unfortunately, we have some growers who take the attitude, 'I'm going to keep spraying with Roundup until it doesn't work any more.' That's a recipe for disaster.
"Even if you don't have pigweed, but your neighbor does, it's likely going to spread to your fields. The seed will stick to equipment, or to you, like white on rice. A lot of spread is by equipment movement. If you use a custom harvester, make sure they clean their equipment thoroughly before coming to your fields."
Dodds: "There was a grower in the Mississippi hills who bought a sprayer in Arkansas that has a tremendous amount of pigweed seeds in many crevices of the machine. Had he not cleaned it before putting it in his fields, he'd have spread those seeds everywhere. Be extremely careful about buying equipment in areas where there is resistant pigweed — it could be a very costly purchase."
Bond: "Equipment movement is a major way ryegrass is spread. Landplanes do an unbelievably effective job of spreading the seed. It is also easily spread by combines.
"Ryegrass doesn't spread as fast as pigweed and it's usually worse in field margins, or along roads, so you have an opportunity to control it in those areas and limit it spreading to your fields.
"We had many calls last year about fields that were infested with pigweed where they'd never had it before. But it's mind-boggling how big these plants can grow, how much seed a large pigweed plant can produce, and how easily those seeds can spread.
"When I was in graduate school, we grew a pigweed that was 12 feet tall and weighed 45 pounds. In Arkansas, researchers counted 1.7 million seeds on a single plant. Even if you get 96 percent or 97 percent control, with that kind of seed numbers you can get behind the math curve pretty quickly.


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WINDSOR LOCKS - The shutdown of American Airlines has the potential to disrupt 11 flights at Bradley International Airport, airport spokesman John J. Wallace said Tuesday.
The airline canceled flights Tuesday after experiencing problems with its booking software, although Wallace said he was told airline employees at Bradley can still check passengers in manually. All the computer problems were solved shortly after 5 p.m., but the airline warned of continued delays.
Between noon and midnight Tuesday, Bradley was to have had five American Airlines departures and another six arrivals, Wallace said.
American accounts for about 10 percent of the market out of Bradley with 270,000 passengers a year. American goes to and from Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago's O'Hare and to Miami from Bradley.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 520 flights on American and regional affiliate American Eagle had been canceled, according to published reports up until 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Wallace said there were no lines at the American counters at Bradley. As always, the airport is encouraging people to contact their airline, not the airport.


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Y. Yang (UMCP), R.F. Mushotzky (NASA/GSFC), L.L. Cowie (U.Hawaii/IfA), A.J. Barger (U.Wisconsin, U.Hawaii/IfA), D.B. Sanders (U.Hawaii/IfA), A.T. Steffen (U.WIsconsin)
We present the first results from a wide solid angle, moderately deep Chandra survey of the Lockman Hole North West Region. Our 9 ACIS-I fields cover an effective solid angle of 0.4 deg2 and reach a depth of 3 \times 10-16 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 0.4--2 keV band and 3 \times 10-15 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 2--8 kev band. The best fit logN-logS for the entire field, the largest contiguous Chandra field yet observed, matches well onto that of the Chandra Deep Field North. This indicates that over 90% of the 2--8 keV X-ray background is resolved into point sources. We show that the full range of the `cosmic variance' previously seen in different Chandra fields is reproduced in this small region of the sky. Analysis of the counts-in-cells shows that the hard band sources are more strongly correlated than the soft band sources.
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Owens shuts down Post 740
EAST SPRINGFIELD – Tyler Owens was sharp from start to finish.
Owens struck out six batters, and needed just 78 pitches to lead Toronto to a 2-0 victory Thursday evening at Richmond.
"Tyler was hitting his spots," Post 86 (4-12) head coach Steve Sninchak said. "His off-speed pitches were working. He was able to get ahead of the hitters. He threw strike one. When you do that, you are able to go after the batters. You are able to throw the ball on the corners. He threw his knuckleball well. He was able to get some groundouts with his knuckleball when there was one strike on the batters."
Richmond (6-14) head coach Sam Davis said Owens delivered a strong all-around performance.
"We didn't hit the ball," he said. "He threw a great game. You have to give him credit. From the dugout, it didn't look too tough, but it certainly was in the batters' box. He dominated us. I tip my hat to him. He did a great job.
"He not only pitched well, but he did a great job fielding his position. He made some really nice plays. That play he made in the seventh when we bunted trying to move our runners up to get something started was really nice. He got off the mound and got to the ball quickly, and he made a nice throw to third base for the out.
"Toronto did what they had to do to win. They got some timely hits, and they were able to score their two runs. We only got three hits, and two of those were in the seventh inning.
"It's a shame because Ryan Kramarich pitched a great game. We was just didn't give him any support. We only had three hits.
"Give Toronto credit. They made all the plays. They were able to score two runs and win the game."
Owens also produced a pair of singles in the win, while scoring one run.
Toronto tallied eight hits in the game.
John Romey also recorded two base hits, Billy Solomon and Jordan Mavromatis each collected a run-scoring single and Nate Stewart and Jay Lane each ended up with a base hit.
Kramarich took the loss. He struck out three and issue two free passes.
Offensively, Owens limited Post 740 to three base hits. Alec Jones, Collin Scott and Tanner Wise all collected singles.
Toronto tallied both of its runs in the third inning.
In the stanza, Romey, Owens, Solomon and Mavromatis combined to collect four-straight singles. Solomon's single plated Romey, and Mavromatis' hit plated Owens.
"We have been playing well," Sninchak said. "This is the fourth game in a row where we have played really well. We have come out on the short end of the stick in a couple of those. We lost to Beverly/Lowell in 10 innings, 7-6, yesterday.
"That is a good win for us. Richmond is a solid team. We had good pitching, and we had good fielding. That is a good recipe for success. They had a very-good pitcher.
"We were able to some big hits in that one inning. We were able to get hits with runners on. We got some good clutch hits.
"We have shown we can play with anybody in our district. We beat Steubenville. We beat Cadiz. We lost in 10 innings to Beverly/Lowell. We are here to play."
Toronto's busy week continues tonight at home. Toronto plays a nine-inning game against Cadiz at 7 p.m. at the Knight Baseball Complex. Post 86 then plays 7 p.m. Saturday night at home against Weirton before playing a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Sunday against Tuscarawas County at the KBC.
"We have got a lot of baseball left," Sninchak said. "The kids enjoy it. We enjoy it. That is what it is all about. We are here for the kids. It is a lot more fun when you win."
Richmond is scheduled to get back at it at 6 p.m. today at home against St. Clairsville followed by a doubleheader at Alliance starting at noon.
"It's fun," Davis said. "It's good competition. I tip my hat to Toronto."
Toronto 2, Richmond 0
Toronto 020 000 0 – 2 8 1
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TORONTO (4-12): Owens (WP, 6K, 0BB) and Solomon; Romey 2S; Owens 2S; Solomon S, RBI; Mavromatis S, RBI; Stewart S; Lane S.
RICHMOND (6-14): Kramarich (LP, 3K, 2BB) and Mohn; Jones S; Scott S; Wise S.


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The value of farmland in Iowa is up again this year, reaching a new high at a time when many observers expect values to drop due to falling commodity prices.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in a new report released Friday the average value of an acre of cropland in Iowa rose 9.4 percent from a year ago to a record $8,750.
The value of farm real estate — a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms — increased 10.4 percent to $8,500 an acre. Iowa leads the nation in the value of farmland and buildings with a total value of $235.6 billion. That's up nearly 18 percent.
The annual report is based on producer surveys completed in the first two weeks of June.
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Madam Speaker, it is with great sadness we share the news of the passing of Clay Westerfield Whitaker, M.D., father of Representative Mary Bono Mack, on May 13th after a long and valiant battle with prostate cancer. It was an honor to have known Dr. Whitaker and it is a privilege to serve with Congresswoman Bono Mack who is a testament and tribute to her father. From the talks I had with Dr. Whitaker, I know how proud he was of her great work.
Born in Greenville, Kentucky on April 17, 1924, Whitaker was the son of Eva Nell Hunt Whitaker and Levi Whitaker. The youngest of six siblings, all of whom preceded him in death, he was only five years old when his father, a physician, died at the age of thirty. Whitaker's mother, now a single parent, worked hard to make ends meet during the years of the Great Depression. When speaking of those years, Whitaker often said, ``We didn't think we were poor; we just didn't have any money.'' His mother understood the importance of a good education, and along with his sisters, he was admitted to Berea College in Kentucky. At Berea, he met the love of his life, Karen Lee Taylor. Together, they enjoyed music and an active campus life until his college education was interrupted when he entered the Army Air Corps during WWII. Assigned to the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, 334th Squadron stationed in Horham, England, Whitaker served as a B-17 waist gunner and flew 19 missions over Germany. After victory had been achieved, Whitaker wrote to his college sweetheart asking for her hand in marriage when he returned to Berea College.
Upon returning home, Whitaker was greeted at the train station by his sister and future bride, Karen. As he stepped off the train, his sister informed him that his wedding was scheduled for the very next day, June 30, 1944. So began a lifetime of mutual devotion. Whitaker completed his college education at Berea with a degree in chemistry and applied to Western Reserve medical school where he earned his M.D. in otolaryngology (ear, nose & throat) and then set-up his medical practice in Cleveland, Ohio. While living in Cleveland, he and Karen had four children, Stephen, David, Katherine and Mary.
In 1963, Whitaker moved the family west to Los Angeles where he accepted a position as co-chair of the ENT department at L.A. County--USC Medical Center. As professor of ENT, he remained at USC until 1983 when he moved to Asheville, North Carolina, to chair the ENT department at the VA hospital and establish an ENT program at that facility for Duke University. He held that position until his retirement from the practice of medicine.
Whitaker loved the outdoors, especially hiking, camping and the Land Rovers that transported him to the backcountry. He loved classical music, the arts, sciences, literature, cars and vintage war planes. But most of all, he loved his family. Known by family and friends as a man of immense generosity and compassion, he was a remarkably selfless and humble individual. His quick wit and keen sense of humor enlivened many family and social gatherings, and he was deeply respected in the communities in which he lived.
Preceded in death by his beloved Karen, Whitaker is survived by his four children, Stephen Whitaker and his wife, Teri, of Bruceville, Indiana; David Whitaker and his wife, Carol, of Sealy, Texas; Katherine Whitaker of Asheville, North Carolina; and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack of Palm Springs, California, and her husband, Congressman Connie Mack. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Laura Kenney and her husband, Doug; Daniel and Christopher Whitaker, Cameron and Ian Whitaker, Teresa Shuford, and Chesare and Chianna Bono, and one great grandson, Thomas Kenney.
Our deepest condolences go out to our colleague Mary Bono Mack and the entire Whitaker family.
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We discuss dramatic changes in the $z_a \approx z_e$ absorption system of the $z_e = 2.15$ QSO UM 675 (Q0150$-$203). The C IV $\lambda$1550 and N V $\lambda$1240 doublets at $z_a = 2.1344$ strengthened by a factor of $\sim$3 between the observations of Sargent, Boksenberg and Steidel (1988, ApJS, 68, 539; measured November 1981) and our earliest measurements (November and December 1990). During this time, C IV in the $z_a = 2.0083$ system may also have strengthened. The variability of other lines in these systems is unknown. Continued monitoring is in progress.
We consider several models of the $z_a \approx z_e$ absorption environment, and conclude that the absorbing clouds are close to the QSO and photoionized by the QSO continuum. The variability timescale ($\lap$2.9 yrs rest) requires gas densities $\gap$4000 cm$^{-3}$ to allow changes in the ionization balance. This minimum density, and the high ionization needed to produce the Ne VIII $\lambda$774 and O VI $\lambda$1035 absorptions reported previously (E. M. Burbidge et al. , 1993, BAAS, 24, 1135), requires clouds $\lap$200 pc from the QSO. The full range of absorption line ionizations (including C III $\lambda$977 and N III $\lambda$989) implies that the clouds are segregated, spanning a factor of $\gap$10 in distance or $\gap$100 in density. Across these regions the H I fraction varies from $\sim$10$^{-3}$ to $\sim$10$^{-6}$. The total hydrogen column ranges from a few times $10^{18}$ cm$^{-2}$ in the low ionization gas to $\sim$10$^{20}$ cm$^{-2}$ where the Ne VIII lines form. The Lyman continuum is expected to be optically thin throughout, consistent with the measured absence of a Lyman edge. The metal abundances are roughly solar or above. Implications of these results are discussed.
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Your hotel has a restaurant where you'll find good menu choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Urbano Spa is the place to be for rest and relaxation, offering facials and body scrubs, as well as hot stone massages, prenatal massages and reflexology. Guests wishing to enjoy a drink will surely want to visit the bar/lounge.
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Hotel size
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- Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Room service (during limited hours)
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- 24-hour fitness facilities
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- Golf lessons available nearby
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- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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Rollaway beds are available for USD 40 per night
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"Computers allow kids to be so creative," said Bob Ezelle, chief professional officer at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Kalamazoo. "They can get on the computer and have immediate access to the entire world."
For those families who don't have computers in their homes, there are a number of options for public access.
At the Boys and Girls Clubs' Lake Street campus, members have free access to 12 computer stations with educational games, word processing software and Internet access. Computers are also available at the Douglass Community Association location.
Ezelle said the computers have been such a popular activity that the club has implemented a 35-minute time limit on their use. If there were space, he'd love to double the number of stations.
"It's safe to say that a large majority of kids who come here don't have easy access to technology outside of school," said Ezelle.
For those who need a quieter space or up to two hours per day to work on a computer, area Kalamazoo Public Library's five locations have a combined 73 computers available to the public. At the central library in downtown Kalamazoo, there are also two computers in the children's room, designated for kids and their parents.
Children who choose to use library computers for school projects also benefit from access to a wealth of other resources, according to Susan Warner, head of youth and branch services at the KPL.
"In some cases, a computer isn't the best way to do research," said Warner. "Few things beat the 'World Book Encyclopedia' for kids. There is always a professional available at the library to help kids look for resources and give them guidance."
At the Portage District Library, children are encouraged to use the five computers in the children's room or four tech stations available in the teen room. They may also check out one of 15 laptop computers, which come in handy when students need to find a quiet corner to complete a project. There is a one-hour time limit for free use of the desktops or laptops. The laptops can be kept for longer periods of time for $10 per additional hour.
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When eagles soar high in the sky
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U.S. lawmakers are mad and want Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to step in and call China a name -- "currency manipulator" -- which may not sound like much on city streets but can be quite an insult in world financial circles.
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