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The Hope of the Playoffs
Well, in Padres news over the weekend, Jody Gerut signed a contract for 2009. This is pretty exciting because Jody was a very positive part of 2008. He's a center fielder who was out of baseball because of surgery to both knees. Now he's back, and he did an excellent job last year. This does make me wonder what our center field situtation will be. Obviously, I think Jody will get the majority of the time out there. But Will Venable showed us that he can play center very well when he was up here at the end of the year. But if he's up here, he needs to be playing. It will be very interesting.
OK, as most of my readers should know, I really do not like football. But it has come to my attention lately that I need to broaden my sports knowledge, which means that I need to learn about America's most popular sport, football. So I watched a little college football on Saturday. It was fascinating. I'm still learning, but it's actually pretty cool to watch all these guys crash into each other. And I knew a lot more than I thought I would.
Anyways, I would like to talk about the San Diego Chargers. Believe me, I cannot stand the Chargers. The memorabilia is all over San Diego, and they are so much bigger than the Padres. I do not like it. BUT if anyone is following the NFL closely, they will know about this situation between the Chargers and the Broncos. Yesterday, the Chargers won 41-24 against Tampa Bay. The Broncos lost, so now the AFC West will be decided next Sunday in San Diego. I've already said that I don't like the Chargers, but when the hope of playoffs comes here, all San Diego sports fans get excited. Doesn't matter if it's the Padres, the Chargers, the college teams. Successful playoff teams are so rare here in San Diego, and we get so excited about the potential playoff team. I am so excited about this game on Sunday! It's pretty insane since I hate the Chargers and I'm not even going to be watching it. But I will be keeping track of the score on the Internet and the radio. Games like this are so exciting, no matter what sport. Whoever wins this game will go to the playoffs. Whoever loses will have the season over. The hope of a Superbowl is there if you just get to the playoffs. Same with the Padres. If they win the NL West, all fans see the far hope, the World Series. Now, I really don't know if the Chargers have the talent or the pieces to win this game next Sunday. They've been pretty bad all year, but we'll just have to see. It will be very exciting, that's for sure. I'm looking forward to it.
Well, it's raining again!! Sounds like we're going to have big storms all week, which will be amazing. Only 3 days 'til Christmas!
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I think Tex turning down the Sox offer would be for the best, but there's still speculation that we're still in it! I guess Yogi was right: "It ain't over til it's over!"
I'm thinking I might have to take up watching football as well, but baseball will always be my number one!
Kaybee – Good for you to watch football! I am actually a pretty big football fan also – and my Patriots crushed Arizona in the snow yesterday. I now find myself in the position of actually HAVING to root for the NY Jets next week. If they beat Miami & the Pats win, then the Pats win their division. And you have NO idea how much I HATE the Jets. Cheering for them is a fate almost worse then death. Enjoy your rain. I have about 2 feet of snow in my backyard. It will be a white Christmas. Enjoy!
Kaybee, I agree. I don't like football. It's not as exctiting as baseball!! For me, football is just running, throwing and crashing into each other. IT'S LAME. I try to watch the Charger games, but I just can't stand it! The thing that's interesting right now though is that the Chargers might go to the playoffs with that bad record. Guess I have to find out next Sunday if they will win Denver or not!
Uggh the Broncos…Three weeks ago I would have said there was really no way the AFC west could be lost by the Broncos, but after yesterday's game it wouldn't suprise me if they lost to the Chargers. Should be a good game (I hope)
Do I watch football? yes..
Do I watch those shows where people have video taped horrible car crashes? yes…
See what's in common? Let's face it Football was made so that girls could get into watching sports. How so? Simple
We gave them men in tight pants bending over.
We gave them locker room fantasies.
We gave them cheerleaders to hate.
We gave them a sport that says that their over weight men can actually be sexy, all at the same time giving them the tall, dark and handsome.
Why do guys like football?
We're glad to see somone else get hurt instead of us.
We'd like to be able to hurt someone and not get arrested.
Men who just like football an no other sport are just really in it for the drinking and friendship. They really care less about the team or the sport.
Just my opinion, hopefully made someone laugh,


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/Film (slashfilm.com) is a daily destination for countless cinema fans and just so happens to serve as my personal movie trailer resource. You can imagine my excitement to find ACEFEST's very own 'Earthwork' trailer featured last week! And for the record, /Film's review of the trailer would translate perfectly to a review of the full-length […]


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Since 1967, over 1,300 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Tonga by working in teaching positions, in teacher training, in agricultural research and extension, in rural development, and in health. Since 1988, Peace Corps' strategy has focused on rural youth development and continuing work in education, providing teachers in information technology and vocational skills development. Peace Corps programs address the high unemployment among the young, one of the major issues facing the government.
Peace Corps History
Main article: History of the Peace Corps in Tonga
The Peace Corps has a rich and extensive history in the Kingdom of Tonga. Volunteers first arrived in October 1967 at the invitation of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. The initial group consisted of only 39 trainees; by the end of that first year, there were more than 400 Volunteers and trainees in Tonga. Since then, more than 1,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Tonga, primarily as teachers. However, Peace Corps programming in Tonga has also included work in fisheries, agriculture, physical therapy, architecture, health, marine biology, water resources, cooperatives, business, construction, environment, and youth.
Today, approximately 50 Volunteers are serving in Tonga. Current Volunteers are working in the community micro-enterprise development and community education projects. Both incorporate elements from previous programs and future Volunteers will build upon the foundations established by several generations of Volunteers in Tonga.
The community education project focuses on both formal and nonformal education at the village level. Most Volunteers serve in the communities with the greatest needs in Tonga, including remote outer islands and the smaller villages on the main island of Tongatapu. Volunteers divide their time roughly equally between their formal work as enrichment teachers in the classroom and their nonformal education activities at the community level. This approach helps establish schools as centers for community education and development throughout the kingdom.
Business advising/education volunteers work as economics teachers in schools or as business consultants with local business development organizations. Volunteers focus on addressing some of the business difficulties in Tonga, including poor record keeping, conflicting family obligations, and a hard-to-navigate regulatory environment. Businesses especially benefit from volunteers' trainings in business plan creation, record keeping, marketing, and computer skills.
Volunteer Projects
Main article: Volunteers supporting the needs of their communities.
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Tonga
Volunteers' host organizations are responsible for identifying and providing safe and suitable housing in accordance with the Peace Corps' criteria. Housing ranges from a one-room fale Tonga (traditional hut) with a thatched roof to a two-or three-bedroom wooden or brick house with very basic furniture. Peace Corps/Tonga asks host agencies to provide private bath and toilet facilities; however, some Volunteers may have to share facilities with a neighbor.
As access to electricity and running water varies widely, you will need to be flexible. Some Volunteers have electric lights and outlets, flush toilets, and running water in their homes. Others spend evenings reading by kerosene lamp or candle, use a pit latrine, and collect water from a tank near their home.
The Peace Corps will provide you with a kerosene lamp, a life vest, a bike helmet (if necessary); and an AM/FM radio. Once you become a Volunteer, you will receive a settling-in allowance to purchase additional household necessities.
Peace Corps staff and Volunteer leaders make site visits to Volunteers to provide ongoing support and to follow up on any housing or safety issues that arise. However, Volunteers are encouraged to contact staff if there are any improvements needed for their homes—especially if it is safety-related.
Main article: Training in Tonga
To help you adjust to living in Tonga and adapt the technical skills you already have to the local situation, pre-service training is conducted in-country. Throughout training, you will stay with one or more host families.
Pre-service training (PST) ensures a thorough understanding of project goals and objectives, the development or fine-tuning of skills and attitudes needed to accomplish your project's goals and objectives, exposure to experiences that will help you adapt to the new cultural setting, basic competence in the Tongan language, and basic knowledge of health and safety guidelines and strategies. Your counterpart or supervisor may take part in some training sessions during or shortly after pre-service training.
Training takes place partly at a training center in the capital city and partly in communities similar to those in which you will work as a Volunteer. Training incorporates both group activities in a classroom setting and work with a smaller group of four or five trainees directly in the communities. During community-based training, you will be immersed in the daily activities and events of the community, which will expose you to circumstances similar to those you will encounter as a Volunteer. Training is designed to give you hands-on practice at doing many of the same things you will do as a Volunteer.
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health care and safety in Tonga
The Peace Corps in Tonga maintains a clinic with a full-time medical officer who takes care of Volunteers' primary healthcare needs. Additional medical services, such as testing and basic treatment, are also available in Tonga at local health clinics. If you become seriously ill or required a medical evaluation for a problem that cannot be locally evaluated, you will be transported either to an American approved medical facility in the region or to the United States.
Major health problems among Volunteers in Tonga are rare and are often the result of the Volunteer's not taking preventive measures to stay healthy. The most common health problems are minor ones that are also found in the United States, such as colds, diarrhea, sinus infections, headaches, dental problems, minor injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, emotional problems, and alcohol abuse. These problems may be more frequent or compounded by life in Tonga because certain environmental factors in the country raise the risk or exacerbate the severity of illnesses and injuries.
Dengue Fever has been a common ailment during the 2007/2008 rainy season with approximately 15% of Tonga volunteers experiencing Dengue Fever symptoms. Dengue is a painful and potentially life threatening disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It is difficult to estimate the mortality rate in Tonga, but there are estimates of about 20 deaths in Tonga in March 2008 alone due to Dengue. No U.S. PCVs have been died or been medivaced, although volunteers from JICA have been medivaced to Japan for Dengue treatment.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Tonga
In Tonga, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics considered commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Tonga.
What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misperception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Tonga are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Tonga, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States, political discussions need to be handled with great care, and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in Tonga
- How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Tonga?
- What is the electric current in Tonga?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Tongan friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home from Tonga?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
Packing List
Main article: Packing list for Tonga
This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in Tonga and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight restriction on baggage. Remember, you can get almost everything you need in Tonga for a price, and you can have parcels shipped to you later.
- General Clothing
- For Men
- For Women
- Kitchen
- Miscellaneous/Recommended/Optional
Peace Corps News
Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by country of service or your home state
The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.
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Country Fund
Contributions to the Tonga Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in Tonga. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.
See also
- Volunteers who served in Tonga
- List of resources for Tonga
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So the early paint markings essentially meant nothing? There was no "paint code" to indentify parts or their location on the car? If I understand you correctly, the paint marks meant the components had merely passed Rockwell hardness standards and were approved for the assembly line, and were randomly marked with varying colors of paint. Thanks!
They were all pretty muh different... only put back on what you found during the restoration!


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|44 weeks 4 hours ago
I think this will be a very good class. It could have been a great class had Hamilton and Elliott not decommitted, but I am still happy with how it turned out.
Coming into this cycle, I thought cornerback and linebacker were the biggest position needs. I am very happy with the way both groups materialized. We obviously got two elite corners, but I am also very excited about the linebackers (a lot of high upside guys with really good athleticism and speed). Most of the linebackers are also from the deep south and boast really impressive offer sheets.
Next year OT, DT, and safety seem to be the biggest needs. I am hoping that Harbaugh is able to be proactive in mitigating some of the negative recruiting in next year's cycle. Hopefully he learns from some of his mistakes and makes a few adjustments to his recruiting tactics as well.
|48 weeks 5 days ago
|Snyder Tweet
Mark Snyder posted the following on Twitter:
"Punter Blake O'Neill, who was reported to have a knee issue this week, just jogged on the field in full pads and looks fine."
But I'll take it that you are already aware of this. I was excited for a second.
|48 weeks 5 days ago
|Blake O'Neill
Apparently he is dressed and looks perfectly fine as well.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|Linebackers and Safeties
Linebackers and safeties seemed to be the main culprits in this game.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
Hard for the clock to move when every play is either a first down or a touchdown....
|1 year 27 weeks ago
|Michael Onwenu
FWIW, a lot of people on 247sports think it's Onwenu.
|1 year 34 weeks ago
|Lavert Hill
It sounds like it might be Lavert Hill flipping from his Penn State verbal. There is a lot of smoke on 247 about it. I know there are a lot of mixed feelings about Gregg Henson on this board, but he recently posted on his blog that Hill was flipping to UM as well. We'll see.
|1 year 52 weeks ago
|No clue. If he is, I am
No clue. If he is, I am sorry. I ran across this on the 247 board.
|3 years 1 week ago
|One more question: Do you
One more question: Do you know how long games typically stay up on BTN2GO? I am assuming they take the games down after a short period of time.
|3 years 1 week ago
Thanks for the helpful info; I appreciate it.
|3 years 1 week ago
I was working, and I am pleasantly surprised to hear that we put up a fight. I know, my expectations and standards are pretty low at this point....
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|I'm not sure how one can be a
I'm not sure how one can be a genuine fan of a team without getting emotionally involved in some way. If there is such a thing as emotionally-detached fandom, I don't really want anything to do with it. Sports are emotional. Athletes play with emotion and fans reciprocate that emotion. Also, following a team involves a sense of vicariousness, which I think is pretty natural. Fans identify with the teams that they follow. When our teams lose, we get upset or sad or whatever. I also think that the "bragging rights" thing that you mentioned is a part of being a sports fan as well. I couldn't really imagine sports without opposing fan bases. rivalries between fan bases is one of the things that makes following sports really fun.
Of course, you can have all of these things and still be "classy" at the same time. Based on my experience, Michigan fans do tend to be a little classier than opposing fans. They also tend to be more articulate, which I appreciate. At the end of the day, fans are human, and they will act like it from time to time.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|"being great on offense and
"being great on offense and not turning the ball over" actually require skill, which this team obviously has. Rebounding, on the other hand, doesn't really require skill. It is basically something that any given team can do. Identify your man, put a body on him, and box him out. You don't have to be an athletic freak to do this, even though we have some athletic freaks on the team. You don't even have to be taller than the player you are defending. If you box your opponent out, even if he is taller than you, it will be difficult for him to get a rebound over you without fouling.
I don't expect this team to be "great" at rebounding, but I do think that it is reasonable to expect them to hold their own on the glass, which they have not been able to do against decent to good Big Ten teams. Because this is not really a matter of skill, there isn't much of an excuse for it. It would be unreasonable for me to expect an unskilled team to all of a sudden become skilled, but this is a totally different issue. This team has so much potential. It's simply frustrating to watch them lose games that they would win easily if only they could rebound--a thing that doesn't take much skill to do.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|Not trying to be mean, but I
Not trying to be mean, but I don't really understand your logic here. fixating on missed free-throws at the end of a game is also a "what if" scenario. My point is that if we are going to play the "what if" game, then our focus should be on the rebounding rather than missed free-throws since the rebounding issue has basically been a common denominator in all of our losses this year. On the other hand, poor free-throw shooting hasn't been a huge problem in our losses. Focusing solely on the things that take place at the very end of a game is a pretty impulsive thing to do. If you look at the big picture, rebounding is the main problem, and it is going to continue to be the main problem going forward. When opposing teams consistently get 2-3 shot attemps on one offensive possession and you only get one shot attempt on most of your possessions, you are going to have an incredibly difficult time winning. We do a lot of things well, but the rebounding issue basically negates all of it.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|I disagree with both of you guys
It is easy to fixate on the things that take place at the very end of a game, but we simply would have never been in that situation had we rebounded better throughout the entire ballgame. Look at it this way: Had we kept up with Indiana on the boards, we probably would have won this game by 10-15 points. Those free throws at the end should have been meaningless potential points tagged on to a double digit victory. It's not poor free-throw shooting that's going to potentially kill us in the tournament, it's our inability to rebound the basketball with consistency. In my opinion, it's the primary thing that is preventing this team from being elite.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|Well, not sure if this has
Well, not sure if this has anything to do with it, but one team (Florida) actually knows how to box out and rebound, while the other team (Michigan) can't quite figure it out. If you can't rebound, you definitely do not deserve to be ranked in the top five of any rating system since the inability to rebound negates everything that a team does well. A team that can't rebound is susceptible to losing to any given team at any given time. Sorry for the negativity. I am proud of this team, but they simply do not deserve a top five ranking from anybody.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|A young Dirk Nowitski?
I'll take one of those.
|3 years 41 weeks ago
I actually did not know that that option existed. So that was a misunderstanding on my part. Nevertheless, I do think that people often get negged unjustifiably here. Overall, I think that people are simply too liberal with the downvote button. The fact that my last post got negged is a perfect example. I didn't say anything neg worthy in that post. I was simply voicing my subjective opinion, and someone decided to subjectively neg my subjective opinion. Just because you disagree with someone's opinion, does not mean that you should neg their comment. For instance, I personally disagree with you in terms of posts not getting negged unjustifiably here, but I have no desire and no reason to neg you.
|3 years 41 weeks ago
|That is not necessarily true
That is not necessarily true though. If you get negged, your comment basically gets wiped out from the thread and people have to go out of their way to see it. Hence, getting negged renders you incapable of actually contributing to the community in a meaningful way. Plus, this board is extremely peer pressure-oriented, to the extent that getting negged invariably influences the opinions of others. When someone gets negged once, they are usually negged a 2nd and 3rd time by default. So, on this particular site, it does matter.
Anyways, I'm not trying to get into an argument. So I will let it go.
|3 years 41 weeks ago
it is simply my biggest pet peeve with this board. Not that people can neg, but the various reasons why people neg, which are often highly subjective. It is the main reason why I don't post here very often; it is a huge detractor, even for a person who has been following this site for over four years--like me.
|3 years 41 weeks ago
|List of 15-25 recruits that we have a decent chance with
I believe the "M Block" has a list like this, as well as Steve from 247. Also, if you go to the 2014 recruiting thread at 247, a bunch of people have posted the kind of lists that you are looking for.
Finally, had I, or anyone who is not a regular poster here, created this thread, I would have been negged -100.
|3 years 42 weeks ago
|Here is the problem:
It seems like everyone is having the game of their lives against us these days. OSU played out of their minds against us and so did MSU. There seems to be a trend here. The reason why teams are playing so well against us is because our defense is bad--plain and simple. Teams seem to play their best games offensively against us because we can't guard the perimeter, we let people freely drive down the lane all day, and we don't contest shots very well, giving players open looks again and again.
|3 years 42 weeks ago
|I couldn't imagine this game
I couldn't imagine this game being a positive for Drake Harris. If I were coach Hoke, I would be extremely embarrassed right now. I am extremely embarrassed right now!
|3 years 42 weeks ago
|Fuck yes! We needed this.
Fuck yes! We needed this. Suck on that, Urban!!
|3 years 51 weeks ago
If true, what a horrible way for Floyd to end his career at Michigan.
|3 years 51 weeks ago
|Don't Get It
I don't get it. Why not slot receiver or running back? It seems like a waste. We have pretty good depth at corner, and our starters are both really young (Blake and Raymon).
|4 years 2 weeks ago
I don't really get it. WR is the one area that we have not recruited well. I don't mean any disrespect to the receivers that have been recruited in the last few classes, but we have not been able to reel in any bue chip players at this position. We are loaded everywhere else, but dynamic wideouts are lacking. More often than not, if you want to be an elite team, you need to be able to strecth the field vertically. This is Michigan. Why can't we garner interest from 4 and 5 star receivers? Honest question.
|4 years 5 weeks ago
|4 years 5 weeks ago
I am sorry, but this post is fucking moronic! The loss last night had absolutely nothing to do with Borges. The people on this board who have perpetuated this nonsensical idea are insane. We were first and ten inside the fifteen when Denard got injured. I have no reason to believe that we were not going to score a touchdown had he been in the game to finish that drive. Nebraska then turned the ball over in their own zone with about a minute left before halftime. Again, had Denard been healthy, I am quite confident we would have been able to put some more points on the board in that situation. Thus, with a healthy Denard, we go into the half up 13-7.
We were moving the ball pretty consistently in the first half. If anything, we were controlling time of possession and were in a possition to steadily wear down their defense in the second half. Outside of one possession, our defensive was playing extremely well and, with Denard in the game, we were winning the battle up front on both sides of the ball. Also, contrary to popular opinion on this board, our gameplan was NOT hyper-conservative in the first half; I thought we were doing a pretty good job mixing things up. It is not Borges' fault that our receivers dropped 500 passes in this game! That first bomb to Roundtree should have been caught, and the second bomb to Roundtree should have been caught as well.
If Denard did not get hurt, I honestly believe that this would have been a 10-17 point victory for us. We would have worn down their defense and our defense would have stayed fresh. We also would not have had the turnovers in the second half. WE DID NOT LOSE THIS GAME BECAUSE OF BORGES, WE LOST IT BECAUSE DENARD GOT INJURED AND OUR RECEIVERS DON'T HAVE HANDS.
You can bitch all you want about Hoke and Borges not playing Gardner instead of Bellomy in the second half. Fine. But when was the last time you attended practice? For all we know, Bellomy might be the better quarterback right now. Bellomy might be throwing the ball really well in practice. Also, maybe our receivers really suck, and we need all the help that we can get at that position. Even though Gardner isn't very good at receiver, maybe the coaches felt that it would be too detrimental to the receiving core to move Gardner to quarterback.
*sorry for typos and misspellings . I don't have spell-check.*
|4 years 6 weeks ago
|OSU Game
If we beat Nebraska, the OSU game may not have any impact on our Big Ten championship aspirations. I wonder if this will have any affect on the game from a psychological standpoint.


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The three second rule. You may have heard of it (no, not that one). It's an approach strategy conceived by pick up artists.
The rule is, if you see someone you're attracted to, make your move within three seconds. Wait any longer and fearful thoughts will creep into your mind like a courage-stealing thief.
Once that happens, the probability of you making a move dwindles to practically zero.
Keep in mind that the three second rule isn't exclusive to the dating realm. It applies to any situation where fear interferes with doing. The rule works because it prevents conscious thinking, the kind of thinking that manufactures fear and suffering.
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I am a mother of a 16 month old daughter. I exclusively breastfed her for 15 months and then I was becoming more and more tired. So I weaned her a month before. I am usually a petite person, even before pregnancy, during and after pregnancy. I weighed 103 pounds until I weaned my daughter. In just one month I have gained 5 pounds, I am now 108 pounds. I eat healthy, since last month after I weaned her I have been working out 30 min 5 days a week.
Is this weight gain normal? Has anybody experienced this?
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Last night I was lucky enough to be invited to the 125th Anniversary of Cogswell College. The night was very relaxing and fun. A pretty large group came out to help the school celebrate, many of which were alumni or friends of the school. It was very nice to hear some of the wonderful memories and stories they had to offer from back in the day.
The night started off with our esteemed Chancellor, Chuck House, greeting everyone with his friendly smile and captivating words. Chuck then introduced Dr. Tim Duncan, head of the Digital Audio Technology department, who gave a presentation on some student work for Worlds Apart. Then we got to watch Worlds Apart in its entirety, it was my 3rd time seeing it, so that was a treat. After, Michael Huber and the students of the current Project X gave a presentation on their production process which was really informative and I found quite interesting. After that, Debby Hindus, the Entrepreneurship Program Director took the stage and gave us an update on what is being developed and coming to surface in the near future, all really good news. Afterword, everyone stuck around to talk and to take tours of the school. It was really great getting to be a part of the whole event and was a very momentous occasion.


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Music Review: Little-known but most rewardingBy Jim Lowe
Staff Writer | March 06,2013MONTREAL — Music lovers have grown comfortable with the masterpieces described as "war horses" or "chestnuts," but those "greatest hits" amount to a small fraction of great works in the repertoire.
Musica Camerata Montréal is now in its 43rd season of introducing audiences to music they didn't know they loved — yet. Sunday's concert at the Segal Centre introduced outstanding works by little-known composers and a couple of little-known works by well-known composers.
Perhaps the most profound, and certainly the most intriguing, work was written by a Quebec composer. Despite only two movements, the 1942 Piano Quintet by Rodolphe Mathieu (1890-1962) is a large-scale work.
The opening Larghetto, with its mildly discordant harmonic language, is deep, dark and beautiful, and introduces the scherzo-like Allegro, a lighter but no less harmonically challenging journey. It felt almost like Mahler with a French, or French Canadian, accent.
Camerata is led by Artistic Director Luis Grinhauz, assistant concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony, and his wife, Berta Rosenohl, a pianist of great clarity and deep musicality. Grinhauz, who plays with a lush singing sound and deep expressiveness, was matched in this work, indeed in all of Sunday's performances, by fellow members of the Montreal Symphony: violinist Van Armenian, violist Lambert Chen and cellist Sylvain Murray.
The major work was the much more modern-sounding 1953 Piano Quintet in D Major by the Finnish Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996). Although still tonal, the stark harmonic language and drive give it a cutting-edge feel, save for the dark and lush Adagio. The Camerata players were clearly comfortable with this music — and made their audience comfortable as well.
Much more familiar in style, but seldom performed, was Luigi Boccherini's Piano Quintet in C Major, Opus 57, a most charming and very Classical work by this Mozart contemporary. The string players' rich lyricism was complemented by Rosenohl's virtuosic clarity in this most intimate performance.
Even more intimate was Franz Schubert's one-movement String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471. Grinhauz, Chen and Murray played with an expressiveness and sensitivity that made their songful performance a joy.
Musica Camerata Montréal consistently delivered expert and musically sensitive performances that revealed the greatness in these unusual works. For its final concert of the 2012-2013 season, May 12, the ensemble will return to "war horses" by J.S. Bach, Mozart and Gabriel Fauré.
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Musica Camerata Montréal, for its final concert of the 2012-2013 season, will perform works of J.S. Bach, Mozart and Fauré at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the Segal Centre, 5170 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine in Montreal. For information, go online to www.camerata.ca.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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Recommendations of the State Superintendent's Assessment
and Accountability Task Force to bring Illinois into line
with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 regarding assessment
and adequate yearly progress issues are on the State Board
of Education's agenda Wednesday and Thursday.
State Superintendent of Education Robert E. Schiller created
the Task Force in October to study the issues and make recommendations
for consideration by the General Assembly in the Spring 2003
session. The Task Force is co chaired by Schiller and Superintendent
Robert Neilson of Bloomington School District 87.
No Child Left Behind requires all states to test students'
achievement of reading and mathematics standards annually
in grades three through eight by the 2005-06 school year,
and assess achievement of science standards at three grade
levels as of 2007-08.. Illinois currently tests students in
reading, mathematics and writing at grades 3, 5 and 8, and
students in science and social science in grades 4 and 7.
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October 14, 2005: When you think of future rocket technology, you probably think of ion propulsion, antimatter engines and other exotic concepts.
Not so fast! The final chapter in traditional liquid-fueled rockets has yet to be written. Research is underway into a new generation of liquid-fueled rocket designs that could double performance over today's designs while also improving reliability.
Liquid-fueled rockets have been around for a long time: The first liquid-powered launch was performed in 1926 by Robert H. Goddard. That simple rocket produced roughly 20 pounds of thrust, enough to carry it about 40 feet into the air. Since then, designs have become sophisticated and powerful. The space shuttle's three liquid-fueled onboard engines, for instance, can exert more than 1.5 million pounds of combined thrust en route to Earth orbit.
Right: Robert Goddard and a 1920s-vintage liquid-fueled rocket. [More]
You might assume that, by now, every conceivable refinement in liquid-fueled rocket designs must have been made. You'd be wrong. It turns out there's room for improvement.
Led by the US Air Force, a group consisting of NASA, the Department of Defense, and several industry partners are working on better engine designs. Their program is called Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technologies, and they are looking at many possible improvements. One of the most promising so far is a new scheme for fuel flow:
The basic idea behind a liquid-fueled rocket is rather simple. A fuel and an oxidizer, both in liquid form, are fed into a combustion chamber and ignited. For example, the shuttle uses liquid hydrogen as its fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. The hot gases produced by the combustion escape rapidly through the cone-shaped nozzle, thus producing thrust.
The details, of course, are much more complicated. For one, both the liquid fuel and the oxidizer must be fed into the chamber very rapidly and under great pressure. The shuttle's main engines would drain a swimming pool full of fuel in only 25 seconds!
This gushing torrent of fuel is driven by a turbopump. To power the turbopump, a small amount of fuel is "preburned", thus generating hot gases that drive the turbopump, which in turn pumps the rest of the fuel into the main combustion chamber. A similar process is used to pump the oxidizer.
Today's liquid-fueled rockets send only a small amount of fuel and oxidizer through the preburners. The bulk flows directly to the main combustion chamber, skipping the preburners entirely.
One of many innovations being tested by the Air Force and NASA is to send all of the fuel and oxidizer through their respective preburners. Only a small amount is consumed there--just enough to run the turbos; the rest flows through to the combustion chamber.
This "full-flow staged cycle" design has an important advantage: with more mass passing through the turbine that drives the turbopump, the turbopump is driven harder, thus reaching higher pressures. Higher pressures equal greater performance from the rocket.
Such a design has never been used in a liquid-fueled rocket in the U.S. before, according to Gary Genge at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Genge is the Deputy Project Manager for the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD)--a test-engine for these concepts.
Right: A rendering of the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator, showing its innovative plumbing for routing fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. [More]
"These designs we're exploring could boost performance in many ways," says Genge. "We're hoping for better fuel efficiency, higher thrust-to-weight ratio, improved reliability--all at a lower cost."
"At this phase of the project, however, we're just trying to get this alternate flow pattern working correctly," he notes.
Already they've achieved one key goal: a cooler-running engine. "Turbopumps using traditional flow patterns can heat up to 1800 C," says Genge. That's a lot of thermal stress on the engine. The "full flow" turbopump is cooler, because with more mass running through it, lower temperatures can be used and still achieve good performance. "We've lowered the temperature by several hundred degrees," he says.
IPD is meant only as a testbed for new ideas, notes Genge. The demonstrator itself will never fly to space. But if the project is successful, some of IPD's improvements could find their way into the launch vehicles of the future.
Almost a hundred years and thousands of launches after Goddard, the best liquid-fueled rockets may be yet to come.
Author: Patrick L. Barry | Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
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Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator -- fact sheet (small PDF file)
Successful test of the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator -- NASA press release about a test of IPD at Stennis Space Center
NASA, Air Force achieve key milestones on next-generation engine -- NASA press release about the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator
First-ever liquid-fueled rocket -- more information about Goddard's 1926 launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket
Rocket Fuel -- this article explores the differences between solid- and liquid-fueled rocket engines.
What's the Matter with Anti-matter? -- (Science@NASA) It may be the ultimate fuel for space travel, but right now antimatter is fleeting, difficult to work with, and measured in atoms not pounds!
Setting Sail for the Stars -- (Science@NASA) Solar sails are another exotic form of space propulsion being considered by scientists
A Little Physics and a Lot of String -- (Science@NASA) One day space tethers may be used for boosting orbits, powering satellites, and even sending payloads to the Moon or Mars -- all without the expense of propellants.


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Beyond Informed Consent: Shared Decision-Making
Happy New Year to all our readers! Today marks the completion of 5 years of SBM and the beginning of year 6. My contributions, at one a week, have now reached a total of 260. My first post on this blog, 5 years ago, was a review of an important book about science and alternative medicine, Snake Oil Science. This year I'd like to start with an important book about communicating medical science to patients, Critical Decisions, by Peter A. Ubel, M.D.
I was wrong about informed consent. I thought informed consent was a matter of explaining the risks and benefits of treatments to patients so they could decide what they wanted to do. That was naïve, simplistic, and misguided. Ubel's book has radically changed my thinking about how doctors should interact with patients.
Paternalism in medicine is dead. Patient autonomy rules. We respect the right of patients to determine their own treatments, even if their choices seem unwise to us. Patients should do what they want. But there's a problem: patients may not know what they really want. Emotions and unconscious and irrational forces influence their medical decisions. Preferences can change from one moment to the next, and they can shift with subtle changes in how treatments are described and how the issues are framed. Doctors need to develop a better understanding of what is going on in their patients' minds, of how the way they present treatment options can inadvertently influence patients, and of how they can participate with patients in a process of shared decision-making. It's possible to provide direction without paternalism. (more…)
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The Jazz & Rib Fest, now in its 33rd year, has become a summertime tradition in Columbus. Some of the country's best barbecue masters (from Kansas City, Texas, Memphis, Ohio and beyond) invade the Arena District to showcase their savory goods. Everything from fall-off-the-bone ribs and pulled pork to barbecued chicken and brisket will be smoked, grilled or slathered in sweet or spicy sauces.
Local sausage experts Schmidt's will join the barbecuers. They might be best known for their Bavarian cream puffs, but the cooks at Schmidt's also make ribs coated with pineapple habanero barbecue sauce.
And what goes better with barbecued meats than jazz? Well, maybe napkins, I guess. Three stages welcome numerous national and local jazz musicians.
Friday's headliner, Soulive — the trio of guitarist Eric Krasno, drummer Alan Evans and keyboardist Neal Evans — will chill out the crowd with its brand of soul-infused jazz.
At 9 p.m. Saturday, Chicago jazz scene fixture and three-time Grammy-winner Ramsey Lewis will perform with his Electric Band on the AEP Stage at McFerson Commons. Here's a fun fact: Lewis, a pianist, earned one of his Grammys for an album featuring Ohio's beloved "Hang on Sloopy."
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Hi, all...hoping to find some answers or see if anyone else has experienced this. The last few weeks my 7 week old has had some unusual diapers. I apologize in advance if this is too graphic, but I am desperate for help! Basically her diapers appeared normal for the first several weeks. However, she had diapers that would contain mucus and sometimes have a foul smell...kind of like it was soured. Also, the diapers would be green and sometimes contain what would looked like leaves in it! I called the pediatrician and the nurse didn't seem overly concerned. However, a few days later there were streaks of blood in it. It only happened once, but I called the ped's office immediately and the nurse and I talked about it. I did mention to her that I had supplemented with formula (two ounces), and she felt like that had been the culprit. I don't normally supplement, but my daughter had been crying non-stop and I was exhausted...I thought I wasn't producing enough milk (I know now that wasn't the case.) She felt like maybe it was a reaction to the formula.
Depsite having discontinued ANY supplementing, her diapers have jumped back and forth from normal to not-so-normal looking. I did some research, and I believe part of the issue stems from my over active let down and possibly a fore milk/hindmilk imbalance (I had this with my firstborn). Things did improve when I made some adjustments including changing her latching and cutting back on any dairy. However, they are still containing mucus and periodically the odd smell comes back. They aren't green anymore.
So I took her into the ped's office to actually look at her diaper. It looked normal again except for all the mucus. He said basically that it was just probably her system trying to heal back up. Stated that sometimes when someone had diarrhea, even once the symptoms were gone, you still won't feel great for awhile. That answer didn't really satisfy me. He didn't think it was an allergy issue until I mentioned that her dad was lactose intolerant (as well as her grandmother and great-grandmother). So then he told me to lay off the dairy. I am just not sure this is the issue. I went without dairy for awhile, and had a little and she seemed fine. Although the diapers (excluding the mucus issues) have improved, she's still pretty gassy and gets quite worked up and cries a lot prior to expelling a lot of gas or a large diaper.
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Project Status: Licensed; In Compliance Phase. Operational: July 15, 2003.
The California Energy Commission approved this project's Application for Certification on March 21, 2001. The Commission monitors the power plant's construction, operation and eventual decommissioning through a compliance proceeding.
Committee that oversaw Original Licensing Proceeding:
John L. Geesman, Commissioner, Presiding Member
James D. Boyd, Commissioner, Associate Member
Hearing Officer: Ed Bouillon
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- July 22, 1998 - Blythe Energy, LLC files petition requesting a exemption from the requirement to file a Notice of Intention (NOI) for construction of a power plant in California.
- December 9, 1999 - Application For Certification filed.
- January 26, 2000 - Commissioners found the Application for Certification (AFC) data inadequate.
- February 18, 2000 - Applicant filed supplemental information to (AFC) seeking data adequacy.
- March 22, 2000 - Data adequacy determination before full Commission.
- September 5, 2000 - Preliminary Staff Assessment released.
- November 13, 2000 - Final Staff Assessment released.
- February 20, 2001 - Presiding Members Proposed Decision released.
- March 21, 2001 - Commission approves Application For Certification.
- July 15, 2003 - Power plant on line and producing power.
The project as proposed by Blythe Energy, LLC is a 520 megawatt, base-load, combined-cycle power plant proposed to be built in the City of Blythe, California. The plant is expected to cost $250 million, and the company filed its Application For Certification to the Energy Commission on December 9, 1999.
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The ancient desert town of Timbuktu is under assault in the west African nation of Mali. Islamist forces have taken over much of northern Mali where Timbuktu is located. One group, allied with al-Qaida, has begun systematically destroying Shrines that celebrate ancient Muslim saints. Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher Corinne Dufka talks to Renee Montagne about the destruction.


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Three bloggers in the Big AppleBloggers Mau, Chiara and myself had such a great time in New York City during the Benetton photoshoot. We got so inspired by the winners that we felt like posing too, right in Chinatown.
Although we we're very tired, we managed to take a lot of pictures. Do you know why we got so tired? 'Cause we spent the whole day searching for the right I LOVE NYC tshirts. The funny thing was, that they were actually pretty much all the same!
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This is Landon Cole Hamburg. He is now 6 months old. He is a little ham and a very happy baby. Always smiling and making lots of faces. We took him outside for his first time to play in the snow and get snow pics of him.
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Yet another list for Reading Groups and National Reading Group Month…Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Although the Tiger's Choice, the PaperTigers' online reading group, selects books that are written for children but can be enjoyed by adults as well, National Reading Group Month has brought to mind those books written for adults that younger readers might adopt as their own favorites, and that could launch impassioned discussions between parents and children, teachers and students, or older and younger siblings.
The books on this week's list are books recommended for teenagers, with content that may be beyond the emotional grasp of pre-adolescents. All of them are available in paperback and in libraries.
1) Ricochet River by Robin Cody (Stuck in a small Oregon town, two teenagers find their world becomes larger and more complex when they become friends with Jesse, a Native American high school sports star.)
2) The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (Alice is twelve, growing up on a modern-day Wyoming ranch with a mother who rarely leaves her bed, a father who is haunted by the memory of Alice's rebellious and gifted older sister who ran off with a rodeo rider, and an overly active imagination.)
3) Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen (The author of Hatchet tells the true story of how he raced a team of huskies across more than 1000 miles of Arctic Alaska in what Alaskans call The Last Great Race.)
4) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (This autobiography of a young girl growing up in revolutionary Iran and told in the form of a graphic novel is rich, original, and unforgettable.)
5) From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe (An amazing odyssey of a boy from the jungles of Burma who became a political exile and a Cambridge scholar, this Kiriyama Prize winner is a novelistic account of a life filled with adventures and extraordinary accomplishments.)
6) In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (The Mirabal sisters were beautiful, gifted, and valiant women who were murdered by the Dominican Republic government that they were committed to overthrow. Their true story is given gripping and moving life by their compatriot, Julia Alvarez.)
As the weather becomes colder and the days grow shorter, find your favorite teenager, choose a book, and plunge into the grand adventure of reading and sharing!


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Walk in the footsteps of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and the colonists who in 1607 settled England's first permanent colony in North America. Experience the place where Pocahontas and John Rolfe married in 1614 and the first representative assembly in America met in 1619. Share the moment of discovery with archaeologists at the 1607 James Fort excavations, April-October, and view artifacts at the Voorhees Archaearium, the site's archaeology museum.
Take an archaeology walking tour at 11 am and 2 pm daily and join a Park Ranger for a walk through New Towne established in the 1620s. View the 17th-century brick church tower and reconstructed Memorial Church along with statutes and monuments commemorating events at Virginia's first capital. Enjoy lunch at the riverside cafe and soak up the island's environment observing bald eagles, blue herons and white-tailed deer. After departing the Visitor Center, drive the five-mile Island Loop. Waysides explain how the early Jamestown settlers survived in this environment. Don't miss a stop at the Glasshouse of 1608 to observe artisans practicing glassmaking, an early industry attempted at Jamestown.
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One Big Bag of Weird
There are a lot of different kinds of weird. There's the weird of realizing what had to happen between your parents to make you. There's the weird of managing to be all tied up after 162 games. But then there's the weird that, as my old Sunday school teacher would say, transcends all understanding. That's right, I'm talking about the weird of watching Tom Delay on Dancing With the Stars.
Tom Delay. The Hammer. The man who was able to achieve a veritable cat-herding feat by first organizing the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives and then by keeping them in line. The man who helped redistrict Texas to such an extent that no Democrat will ever win outside their existing district for the next generation. And now he's doing the rumba.
Let me explain this in layman's terms. It's like Ty Cobb quitting baseball to lead a civil rights campaign. Ok, maybe it's not that extreme but it's also not that far off. Perhaps it's more like A-Rod leaving his gorgeous wife to date an over-the-hill pop star. Yeah, that sounds about right.
However, all of this oddness led me to an almost stunningly brilliant idea for another long-serving representative. Picture it: Nancy Pelosi leaves the Congress to lead a b-boy pack that takes America's Best Dance Crew by storm. Hey, weirder things have happened. Just ask your parents.
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I certainly like the "Nancy Pelosi leaves Congress" part. *raises glass o' beer*
Ty Cobb leading a Civil Rights Campaign is like letting Barry Bonds use steroids whenever he wants. Wait he already does? Oh….
imagine being from texas and seeing this on tv!
btw the tigers put on a hell of a showing today, tip o the cap to them.
Whats weird is you watch Dancing with the Stars. It's just not normal for a guy…..
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I'm with Peter. Why are you watching "Dancing with the Stars?" I figured you for a C-Span kind of guy.
Why not man it up, take those pain medication. Tom you let us down. An athlete would never give up..
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That was a great game, Allen. I really thought the Tigers were going to win, both when they were ahead 3-0 and then when they took the lead in the 10th. I also think they got hosed on that hit-by-pitch call, that ball clearly brushed him. But I don't think I will ever see a more dramatic game in my entire life.-Erinhttp://plunking-gomez.blogspot.com


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., May 31, 2002-Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing $2,466,774 to the state of Colorado to bolster food and agricultural homeland security
protections, out of a total of more than $43 million being provided to states.
The resources are part of $328 million approved by President Bush and the Congress earlier this year to strengthen USDA's homeland security preparedness.
"These grants are an important component of the Administration's continued efforts to strengthen homeland
security protections for America's food and agriculture," said Veneman.
"States and local communities, academia and the private sector are all critical partners in making sure we are prepared in the event of an emergency."
The $43 million will provide funding to support critical efforts to strengthen the food
supply infrastructure.
Of that, $20.6 million will be provided to our state and university cooperators to be used to establish a network of diagnostic laboratories disbursed strategically throughout the nation to permit rapid and accurate diagnosis of animal disease threats; $14 million will be used to strengthen state capabilities to respond to animal disease emergencies, primarily by helping every state to meet the national standards of emergency preparedness
established by the National Animal Health Emergency Management System; $4.5 million will be used to strengthen state-level surveillance for animal disease; and $4.3 million will be used to assist states to improve their capability to detect plant pests and diseases.
Secretary Veneman made the announcement along with Sen. Wayne Allard, Rep. Joel
Hefley, and Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Don Ament at a meeting with local farmers and ranchers to discuss homeland security issues.
This week, Veneman, along with several USDA subcabinet members, will travel to nearly a dozen states to discuss the importance of homeland security and actions that federal, state, private sector and academia are taking to improve agriculture protection systems.
The state of Colorado will receive $2,466,774 in funding.
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$2 million will be used for rapid detection and diagnostics network, $273,373 will be for animal disease response, $133,401 will be for animal disease surveillance, and $60,000 will be for plant pest and disease detection.
Earlier this year, USDA also announced additional homeland security allocations which include:
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Bruce Kaiser, Bruker Elemental GmbH;
Aaron N. Shugar, Buffalo State College;
Jennifer L. Mass, Winterthur Museum.
- Shale Gas Hydraulic Fracturing—What's the Scoop? A Workshop Designed for Non-Specialists Involved in Education and Communication with the Public.
Sat., 22 March, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
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Sat., 22 March, 9 a.m.–noon.
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Cost: US$25; includes breakfast and lunch. Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a US$25 coupon redeemable at the onsite GSA bookstore.
This course will explore concepts, methods, and tools of petroleum geoscience used on a day-to-day basis in the energy industry. Day 1: review of fundamental stratigraphic and structural concepts. Day 2: focus on an applied problem in basin exploration. Students will make play maps, bid on prospective acreage, and analyze individual prospects within that acreage.
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Sun., 23 March, 1:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. FREE.
Cosponsored by the GSA Foundation.
Jennifer Nocerino, Geological Society of America, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Are you about to embark on the search for a job? Are you currently in the job market and want to increase your chances? Would you like feedback on your résumé and some pointers on approaching your interview? This new GSA workshop is designed to help you begin the process. We will discuss cover letters, CVs and résumés, job-hunting skills, and job market statistics.
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Backyard birding
March 16, 2011 —
The rewards of backyard bird feeding are many. While I frequently see chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, juncos, goldfinches and nuthatches just outside my kitchen door, a new visitor showed up sporadically this winter to take advantage of the black oil sunflower seeds offered there.
The female red-bellied woodpecker depicted in the thumbnail photo at left, above, (click for larger version) found the swampy hemlock grove next to my home to her liking. While more common to the south, this medium-sized round-headed bird has been increasing its breeding range northward over the past several decades.
The black and white-striped back is topped with a brilliant red nape (the area at the back of the head). Males also bear bright red caps at the crown. Both are beneficial consumers of wood-boring beetles and other insects.
These birds nest in dead hardwoods or pines and stash food in cracks in trees for later consumption. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this woodpecker can stick out its tongue nearly two inches past the end of its beak. The barbed tip and sticky saliva increase the bird's success in obtaining food from crevices.
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Vermont Electric gets credit rating boostSeptember 27,2013JOHNSON — A major credit rating agency has upgraded the Vermont Electric Co-op.
The Johnson-based co-op announced on Wednesday it's been boosted to an A rating — meaning that while it is somewhat susceptible to economic risks, its overall creditworthiness is strong. The co-op previously had been rated at A-minus, and has seen steady improvement since it got a BBB- rating in 2007.
Co-op CEO Dave Hallquist said the stronger rating will keep the cost of financing low. He says it will help VEC diversify its power portfolio and keep costs low for members.
"This is great news for VEC's members," Hallquist said. "VEC's board of directors and employees have worked hard during the past several years to improve our financial outlook."
S&P cited a combination of cost management, moderate growth, and regulatory support as factors contributing to the co-op's higher credit rating.
S&P analyst Judith Waite referred specifically to "a combination of cost management, moderate growth, and regulatory support" as factors contributing to the higher rating.
The S&P announcement follows news last week news that VEC would make $850,000 in payments to current and past members. The co-op said that announcement was "based on the principle that the economic benefits of the cooperative's operation should be returned to its members or reinvested in the co-op."MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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As Jian Ghomeshi likes to say, happy Friday.
I've been running on overdrive the last couple of weeks, preparing for a big move, writing papers, and knitting up a storm. Today's the first day of the All-Handmade Craft Sale that you should come check out. Items in the photo may or may not be available for purchase.
Also, today marks the arrival of Breaking Dawn, Part 1, that probably none of you should go check out, but feel free to admit it if you do.
And finally, if you didn't get a chance to check out TGS's fantastic two-month campaign yesterday, you should most definitely check that out.
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Grand jury proceedings were interrupted after the foreman found a threatening note that turned out to be from his friends, according to authorities in Arizona.
A 41-year-old man from Casa Grande, Ariz., who was serving as the foreman for grand jury proceedings, reported going out to his truck when he was on a court break on Oct. 16 and finding a handwritten note stating, "You better not find my dad guilty! I followed you home last Wednesday I know where you live, a******! Early Road sound familiar?"
Jury proceedings were postponed as detectives investigated.
The note was written on a guest check used by restaurants, and detectives went to restaurants in Pinal County to track down where the check came from. At L & B restaurant in Florence, Ariz., a waitress told deputies that another waitress was on duty the previous day and the note looked like her handwriting.
Deputies spoke with the waitress from the previous day who said two men came into the restaurant and asked for something to write on. They said they were going to play a joke on a co-worker who was in town at a grand jury. One of the men wrote the note and then asked her to rewrite the note so their friend wouldn't recognize the handwriting. The waitress said she warned the men it was a bad idea because their friend would likely call the sheriff's department, but the friends said they would tell their friend the following day.
The restaurant had the credit card receipt with Will Packard's name.
Packard, 33, of Maricopa, said he and Robert Marquez, 36, of Casa Grande, said the entire incident was a "prank."
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles released the following statement on the note:
"No thinking person would joke about having a bomb in their carryon baggage as they board a plane because they understand security officials will necessarily have to take the comment seriously to protect the public.
"I guarantee public threats made against judicial authorities, particularly jurors, are treated the same way and for the same reasons. In this case, the foreman of a Pinal County Grand Jury was threatened in the performance of his sworn duty in a note left on his personal vehicle telling him he was not safe in his own home, if he didn't vote a defendant 'not guilty.'
"Just as what would happen at an airport or the entrance to the courthouse, this threat to the rule of law was met with an immediate, professional and appropriate response. The note was analyzed and the writer quickly identified through an exhaustive all out investigation in the tradition of the best law enforcement agencies in the world. The results revealed an innocent waitress was duped into writing the threat by people who viewed the hoax as 'a joke.'
"No drill or training exercise establishes more clearly the readiness of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to defend the rule of law in Pinal County. Nevertheless, the trauma inflicted on the foreman, the risk of wrongful arrest for the innocent writer of the note, the great expense of the all-out investigation by PCSO, and most importantly, the overall potential risk of tampering with the integrity of our judicial system requires my office's action. Any risk to our criminal justice system requires my office act immediately and decisively."


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Person arrested in Graville death case returned to Wisconsin
Wife of Jefferey Vogelsberg was extradited from Washington state
A military police officer has been brought back to Wisconsin to face charges that she helped her husband hide his half-brother's corpse.
Shannon L. Remus, 26, is charged in Wisconsin's Dane County with being party to the crime of hiding a corpse. She appeared in Washington's Pierce County Superior Court on Wednesday, where deputy clerk Melissa Engler said Remus opted not to fight extradition.
She arrived in Madison late Thursday night and was booked into the Dane County Jail.
Detectives said she denied involvement in the death of 27-year-old Matthew Graville last summer, but interviews and court testimony confirmed she knew about the death and where Graville was buried.
A message left with Remus's temporary public defender, Kerry Glasoe-Grant, was not immediately returned.
Remus was arrested at the Lewis-McChord military base Tuesday. She's a U.S. Army police officer with the rank of private.
Her husband, Jeffery Vogelsberg, 28, formerly of Mazomanie, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse. Prosecutors said Vogelsberg tortured and eventually killed Graville in Wisconsin last summer. Dane County prosecutors said Remus helped organize the burial.
Graville's body was not found until early November. Graville had Asperger's syndrome, an autism-spectrum disorder.
Authorities arrested Vogelsberg in Washington state and he was taken to Wisconsin in December.
Vogelsberg's mother, Laura Robar of Fort Atkinson, was sentenced this week for using a Quest card belonging to Graville within weeks of his death to buy groceries. Robar wasn't related to Graville but helped with financial affairs.
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