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BEIJING The Chinese military has successfully landed a fighter jet on the Liaoning, Chinas first seaworthy aircraft carrier, according to a report on Sunday by Xinhua, the state news agency.
China Central Television showed video of the jet, the J-15, landing on the deck of the carrier, which was put into service in September after years of construction work. The video also showed the jet, which is painted yellow with the number 552 written in red beneath the cockpit, successfully taking off from the carrier.
Many Chinese and foreigners see the Liaoning as a symbol of Chinas military modernization and its desire to extend its combat capacity.
But the carrier will not be combat-ready for some time, and foreign military analysts say Chinas military abilities and budget still lag far behind those of the United States, which is Chinas greatest rival for influence in the western Pacific.
China bought the carrier years ago from Ukraine, where it had been called the Varyag. The Xinhua report said the carrier had undergone a series of sailing and technological tests since Sept. 25, when it was formally put into service by the Peoples Liberation Army, whose navy is modernizing more rapidly than any other military branch. Xinhua said the carrier had completed more than 100 training and test programs.
The report said the J-15 jet was designed and made in China and is the nations first generation multipurpose carrier-borne fighter jet. It is able to carry anti-ship, air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, as well as precision-guided bombs, Xinhua reported. The jet is comparable to Russias Su-33 and the United States F-18, according to Xinhua.
For years, the threat of hostilities in the Taiwan Strait drove much of the Chinese navys modernization plans, and the risk of a conflict there involving both U.S. and Taiwanese forces occupies a singular place in Chinese military strategy and planning.
But Chinese civilian leaders and generals are also focused these days on the rising tensions with neighboring nations over disputed territory. This autumn, tensions with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands, which the Japanese administer and call the Senkakus, rose sharply when the Japanese government announced that it was buying the islands.
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In recent weeks, county legislator Kathy LaBuda has reminded the people who attend meetings at the government center that Sullivan County is the "second poorest county in the state." At a community health improvement forum at the Ted Stroeble Community Center in Monticello on October 4, Carol Ryan, director of public health, reminded people that the same goes for health outcomes, where Sullivan is the second poorest in the state.
As she has done in the past, Ryan used information from the award-winning series "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" to make the point that health and wealth are closely related and that, among rich nations, the U.S. does a pretty bad job of keeping its population healthy.
One factoid from the series states, "We already spend $2 trillion a year to patch up our bodies, more than twice per person than the average rich country spends, and our health care system is strained to the breaking point; yet our life expectancy is 29th in the world, infant mortality 30th, and lost productivity due to illness costs businesses more than $1 trillion a year."
Ryan said in the four years since the series first aired, the figures have become even worse. But getting down to specifics for Sullivan, according to information on www.countyhealthrankings.org [2]., the county has a very high number of years of life lost by residents who die before age 75. For the county, the figure is 8,761 years lost per 100,000 residents; for the state, it's 5,812; and the national benchmark is 5,466.
After laying out the gloomy picture, Ryan said there are steps that communities can take to make the health picture better. To the more than 100 people on hand, she said the purpose of the forum is "to allow people to come here and see some of the agencies that support health and connect to them, to network with one another, to share information about the county's health, to start a wider conversation, to get public input and, hopefully, to get the public engaged in starting to improve the county's health."
There followed a wide ranging discussion of the health challenges facing county residents. Two challenges stood out among the many that were discussed. One was transportation, especially in the outlying towns, where low-income people had trouble getting to stores that would accept their Woman Infant and Children vouchers for supplemental food, because some low-income residents don't have cars, and even those who do can't afford the $4.10 per gallon price of gas. Additionally, not all towns in the county have stores that accept the vouchers.
Another challenge that was indentified was a lack of broadband Internet access in some of the outlying towns. Many of the agencies that provide health services can be located on the Internet, but identifying them and connecting with them is difficult for low-income residents without broadband access.

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So I guess it's 100% confirmed that Obito can use Mokuton now.
Wtf happened to kakashi's slash marks
Awesome chapter:overjoy:
Love how madara is chilling out lyk a boss
But kakashi shud hav killed obito wen he had the chance he's acting a little too soft
Too bad, now that they can finally kill Obito, the ten tails got revived. Had to stay totally exciting as usual. Anyway, good chapter like ever. Now only a totally crazy and weird miracle can save the world, but oh well, isn't it always like that in these stories?
Originally Posted by heprer
Hurry call Goku
JAJAJAJAJA , +10 BRO you made me cry of laughing jajajajajajajaa, keep going...
Originally Posted by TheKyuubiIchigo
Haha, love the way madara was just chillin what a boss
Ha ha! Yeah! He's got "G" status written all over him!
I loved the chapter! The Juubi is revived eh?....Let the bodies hit the floor...
Well, the Juubi cannot be controlled by sharingan, he himself has a sharingan...I'd like to see how they manage to trick him xD.
so, will gai now go 8 gates with kuramas help?
Annnnd....you Konoha 11 flunkies better continue to take your 200 panel piss break, and not show up to save the day, or the Juubi/Madara will obliterate you!!!
I would like to see Darui though.
Originally Posted by IIB7252
Didn't Yamato say 9 tails chakara is poisonous to everyone but Naruto?
Any thoughts
What the hell knows that brat about Kurama?Just the basics, Kurama has fused his chakra with Naruto , wicho one's chakra is peaceful and strong, so the result isn't a hating chakra , but a very good one :
I am at a very firm position that due to a large portion of audience being kids in the naruto franchise, the ending will be trash, trivial and banal like in a fairytale, where the goodguy overcomes absurd odds and defeats every single bad guy with his words and knucles in a few fights. Now I may be wrong cause of the ten-tails lol. Though it doesn't seem so yet...
Interesting little gossip:1. Kakashi should be near death, due to an big X on his chest which must have dissappeared due to Kishimoto's magic pens healing powers.
2.The Jinchuurikis should really be getting in a tight spot, due to fighting Madara and Obito, both who can suppress the power of juubi just by looking in the eyes. And it was obvious that once Madara appeared in the manga, the story should end on an epic note, in a bad way.
3.bijuu chakra is deadly and kills, obviously it's not the case with copy ninja mask wearing kakashi, it was with Sakura. Idk ofcourse it can be because of Naruto converting it and then transferring chakra.
4.Ten tails is in, obviously a ,,kami'' being won't go down by super omega gigantic naruto's fartsengan? If not, I'm expecting an ending soon, or atleast a retreat from the Jinchuuriki team side.
Juubi revival......I predict the rest of the allied shinobi force on the horizon. Thats assuming they didn't get blown up by all the hirodora's and TBBs flying around.
Guyz i think madara will use mokoutn as a means to hold down the jubbi since it makes bujus powerless.
Originally Posted by Crimson Trickster
Meh. The only thing worth noting here was the Juubi revival. Everything else was a waste of paper.
WTF was Madara doimg the whole time?! *****, get out there and kill someone already!
I quite agree. Not that it wasn't extremely predictable or anything. Although I must say this was the funniest chapter to have come out in a while. Guy's look, B going all 'what the hell is wrong with everybody?' and the Fox just throwing Kakashi to Obito.
Good humor, some satisfying hits to Obito (try acting aloof now, motherf*cker) but predictable progression.
+ I liked how Kurama throwed Kakashi at Obito (funny scene after a long time).
+ Also, Naruto and Kakashi's teamwork. :mugi:
+ The Ten-Tails! :noc:
- Where the heck were Kakashi's wounds, the ones that Obito gave him with the giant shurikens. :confused:
Next Chapter something big is going to happen. . . . . . . . . just a feeling. :shrug:
Originally Posted by General Teno
Ok. Im confused. Was Madara just chillen? Also why in the WORLD did kakashi not kill obito?
Dude, he just got hit by Guy's Hirudora. . . . . . . . . he was regenerating.
Originally Posted by YOUNGGUNNO
How is the 10tails being revived, if the 9tails, and 8tails chakra wasn't absorbed into it, wouldn't that make it incomplete, and possible weaker?
It has Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails Chakra, but not all of it.
Eight-Tails - when Sasuke captured B's clone, from the tentacle.
Nine-Tails - from the Kin & Gin brothers.
Originally Posted by Memoria
It was good, just wondering when did Naruto create a kage bunshin? maybe there was a panel I missed. Oh well...
He made the clone in last weaks Chapter. :y
i just want to scream..
but tooo short
some baka's gave this chapter 2 and 3 ?
quit reading plz ..
I just want to add that, Since Kyuubi's chakra healed Naruto .. this might be the case with kakashi .. Maybe.
i give it a 4, it was already hopeless when Madara showed up, but now its impossible...
i am speechless... this chapter was awesome !
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The board of Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) turned out to a special meeting of the county legislature to discuss how much money the county will give the college for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
Near the top of the discussion, lawmakers moved a resolution that would have reduced the county's contribution to SCCC from $4 million to $3.4 million, or $600,000. It's a steep decrease that is unprecedented in recent county history.
In a reference to the notion that there have sometimes been strained relations between some members of the legislature and the college, lawmaker Leni Binder said of the proposed cut, "This is not a fight, this is not a challenge; the numbers are just horrific."
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Jeffrey Shapiro, the vice president of administrative services for SCCC, said that, according to the State University of New York, any cut from the county would trigger another cut in state funding. He said when the county's contribution was reduced by $18,000 three years ago, the result was a cut in state funding of more than $30,000.
He said this year, any cut by the county, whether $10 or $600,000 would result in a further cut of $425,000 by the state because of a policy or law known as "maintenance of effort."
Sam Yasgur, the county attorney, said the only statute that he could find regarding "maintenance of effort" said that if student tuition rises above 33% of the funding cost of the college, and if the college were to cut its contribution, then the cost of tuition for the students would be lowered to the 33% level. He said because student tuition will be at or slightly below the 33.3% level, there would be no statutory reason of which he was aware that a county cut should trigger a state cut.
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Like many districts, West Salem is projecting a bigger enrollment of students over the next several years, but with more students comes the concerns of over-crowding in the classrooms.
Now, district officials are debating two options for building a new school.
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"There's always students in very limited spaces and a lot of students at one time," said John Smalley, West Salem Elementary School principal.
The school has run out of classroom and office space because of growing enrollment.
They also hold physical education classes in the cafeteria because of the small gym space, but Smalley said that's not even the worst part.
"You really feel the size of the school early in the morning at dismissal time, and then during our lunch and recess times," said Smalley.
Each option would include building a new school on about 20 acres of cornfield on the school's property.
"We wanted to have a conversation before we got to a spot where we either had kids warehoused some place or had to do some sort of drastic measure," said Troy Gudnerson, West Salem School District superintendent.
One option is to build a new middle school. The current building would then be renovated for fourth-and-fifth graders.
That in turn would allow more space in the elementary school. It's also the less expensive option of the two with a price tag of about $25 million.
The down side is it would cost more to maintain four buildings instead of the current three, and the older the current middle school building gets, the more costly it becomes to maintain.
The second option is to build a new school for grades four through eight and re-purposing the current middle school.
The new building would be more cost efficient in the long run and the district only has to maintain three buildings.
This option would also cost more upfront at about $30 million.
Gunderson said both options need to be considered carefully.
"When you make those kinds of critical decisions that impact taxpayers and kids and communities for 20 years, you want to make sure you make a right one," said Gunderson.
Gunderson and Smalley agree, something has to be done sooner than later.
"It's just to the point where with the number of sections and the number of students that we have in there, it just becomes a day-to-day safety concern and educational concern with the number of kids that we have," said Smalley.
Gunderson hopes to have a referendum on the possible new school on the next April's ballot.
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The West Salem School District is also looking to buy the Lakeview Health Center property near the district for future expansion.


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i know all to well... i moved to live with my dad because my mom was lost in meth hell. i witnessed first hand at age 13 how crippling that drug is... it's just so sickening, i fuckin hate what it did to my family. she was lost until I told her she was going to be a grandma in 1995. she has since completely rid herself of drugs and smoking and now works as an admin assistant at a boy's reform school. she still lives in SD, out in Campo. i visit when i can. late.
Damn man...that's rough shit right there. You still see cats out here and you KNOW they're tweakers, but nothing like it used to be. I'm glad your mom broke free from that shit...few do. Value that...especially if she broke away from it just for you and your baby...that's some real shit man...
Posted 07 May 2007 - 05:39 AM
I really wanted to make one this week but finals took me over.... anyhoo, bill god damn. and subBass awesome beat too real impressed. but bill... god damn
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Can you help me? I'm a single woman and live alone in my own home. I've learned how to do some minor repairs, but there are still some things like electrical and plumbing repairs that I'd like to have a professional do. Here's my problem. How do I know who to trust? Not only to do the job properly, but also not to rob me or put my safety at risk?
You're right. Being frugal doesn't always mean doing the job yourself. Nor does it mean always choosing the lowest price. Quality of work and your safety should also be a consideration.
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Jordan, congratulations on being willing to tackle some home repair projects yourself and also for being wise enough to know that not every repair is for the do-it-yourselfer. Some require a little professional help.
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CSR operates as a designated University Research Centre in the School of Computing Science at Newcastle University. Its Director is Prof. Tom Anderson, and Associate Director is Prof. John Fitzgerald. The Centre's Coordinator is Mrs Joan Atkinson.


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By Helena Rodriguez: PNT staff writer
And you thought making a few innocent mistakes at work was bad, like accidentally hanging up on your boss or inadvertently deleting an e-mail message you were supposed to forward.
Or you felt guilty for wasting company resources, like accidentally using two instead of one of those little Post-It Notes to write a message, leaving the lights or your computer on over night or, even worse, forgetting to save a file that you spent precious minutes working on, perhaps even hours or days.
Try and beat this: With a single keystroke, an employee at the Alaska Department of Revenue accidentally wiped out a disk drive last fall containing an account worth $38 billion. Ooops! So much for getting the Employee of the Month award.
To make matters worse, the computer technician mistakenly reformatted the backup drive. Even with this, you would think there was still a drop of hope, but then the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.
Talk about having a bad day. The mistake cost $200,000.
And I felt bad when I worked for the Hobbs News-Sun in the late 1990s and, because of my careless donut crumbs, the newspaper had to call an exterminator. I had gotten into the bad habit of eating while working. Wait, let's turn that around. I was working while eating. That sounds better. Munching on a donut while feverishly writing a news story on deadline.
Well unbeknownst to me, a well-intentioned employee who had the company's best interest at heart, donut crumbs started building up in and around my computer keyboard and desk, and one Monday morning we discovered a colony of ants moving into my lifestyles section of the newsroom.
During our weekly meeting, our editor, Manny Marquez, announced a new newsroom policy. Looking in my direction he said, "No more eating at your desks!"
Of course, the editors soon forgot about this policy when some of us reporters started retreating to the break room to sit down and have our morning coffee and donuts and were not at our desks to answer the telephones during breaking news.
Needless to say, I felt guilty for that unexpected exterminator expense. However, I'm sure the company quickly recouped the cost through my hard-hitting, investigative, newspaper-rack opening stories on designer mailboxes, hat fashions, shopping bag collections and do-it-yourself taxidermy.
Now, if I had wiped out a hard drive for a billion-dollar account, though, I just might have called in sick the next day, assuming I still had a job. The computer tech story, which I read on CNN.com, did not state what happened to the employee.
On a couple of occasions, I have paginated (did newspaper layout on computer) the entire news section of the Clovis News Journal or Portales News-Tribune and I have wondered what would happen, when it was getting close to deadline, if I accidentally deleted the entire document. Oops!
Fortunately, I did not find out.
Once, I accidentally deleted a reporter's beauty pageant story, which she had written for the coming Sunday's edition. I had to break the bad news to her on a Friday afternoon, just as she was walking out the door for the day … for the weekend … or so she thought.
Ruth had a remarkably good attitude when I told her. She said, "Oh that's OK," and almost with a smile she added. "I'll just have to write it again!"
If it had been me back then, I probably would have totally freaked out and uttered a couple of curse words. But I've learned to not freak out so much anymore and have realized that we're all human, from the people at McDonald's to the Internal Revenue Service. We all make occasional mistakes. Some people just make bigger and much costlier mistakes than others.


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Stay tuned for tomorrow, when I share the entirely entertaining story of my visit to that wonderland in the sky, the offices and studios of MLB.com. Until then, you can listen to the audio of my interview with adorable Pete McCarthy in the MLB Radio archives. Scroll down for "Under the Lights."
More pics and fun to come! (And please remember that I was on the way to a girlfriend's party, and so not quite appropriately dressed!)
(And ARGH Soriano's 2-run homer just made this a 1 run game for the Mets. Bradford's warming up in the bullpen now. Grumble.) (Also, I was able to read Rick Peterson's lips enough to know he just told Maine: "This is your f**king ball game.")
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Willie and Peterson have been big fans of calling out young pitchers on the mound this season lol. Not a shutout, but another nice start by Maine none the less!
~Eddie @ Willie Ball


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The Collect: O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
The Response: Psalm 42:1-15; 43:1-6 was led by David Maitland. *(verse 7) "Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God."
The First Reading 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15 was read by Arthur Clark. Elijah is distressed after discovering that Ahab had killed all the prophets, though he had escaped. Elijah hid in a cave for fear of his life, but God finally spoke to him and told him to return to Damascus. There he would anoint a new king, Aram.
The Second Reading, Galatians 3:23-29, was read by John Greve. Paul reminds the people that before Christ came, they were ruled by the Law. Now, Jesus had given them a new covenant and they would be justified by their faith in him. Baptized in Christ we are now children of God. It does not matter what nationality or race you are, for God loves and accepts everyone who believes. All of us are one in Christ.
Reverend Riggins read the gospel of Luke 8:26-39. While journeying to Gerasenes, Jesus met a man who was possessed of demons. Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to come out of the man, but the spirits pleaded not to return to Satan. Jesus had the demons enter a herd of swine and then the hogs ran into the lake and drowned. The man was then clothed and was sane once more. He wanted to follow Jesus in his journeys, but Jesus bade him stay in his home town and witness there. The people who witnessed this event became afraid of Jesus and what might happen, so they asked him to leave.
Reverend Riggins told how amazed people were when Jesus would heal someone of evil spirits. It is easy to be overcome with fear when you see such a drastic change in someone. The man changed from a raving maniac, uncontrollable, and naked to a sane person and showing love to God. His name had been Legion, which means many and is also the name of a large group of soldiers. People were accustomed to being controlled by soldiers in those days. This was a real man suffering real pain. He had lost his entire identity to these demons and was not fit to live in a community with others.
Next Sunday is a Fifth Sunday and there will not be a priest to preside at the service. We will have a Morning Prayer service and then have a brunch in the parish hall. We invite others to feel free to join us in our worship and fellowship.


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Forearm Fracture
A forearm fracture is a break in one or both bones of the forearm.
The forearm consists of two bones:
- Radius—the smaller of the two bones, runs along the thumb side of your arm
- Ulna—the larger of the two bones, runs along the little finger side of your arm
Forearm Fracture with Swelling
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A forearm fracture is caused by trauma to the bone. Trauma may include:
- Fall on an outstretched arm
- Fall directly on the forearm
- Direct blow to the forearm
- Twisting the arm beyond the elbow's normal range of motion
Factors that may increase your risk of forearm fracture include:
- Advanced age
- Osteoporosis
- Certain diseases or conditions that result in bone or mineral loss, such as abnormal or absent menstrual cycles, or post- menopause
- Certain diseases and conditions that weaken bones, such as tumors or cysts
- Poor nutrition
- Certain congenital bone conditions
- Decreased muscle mass
- Participating in contact sports
- Violence
A forearm fracture may cause:
- Pain, often severe
- Tenderness, swelling, and bruising around the injury
- Decreased range of motion
- A lump or visible deformity over the fracture site
The doctor will ask about your symptoms, your physical activity, and how the injury occurred. The doctor will examine the injured area.
Imaging tests may include:
- X-rays to look for a break in the forearm area.
- CT scan to look at the cartilage and tendons around the forearm. In complex fractures of both bones, it may be used to help reconstruct the bones.
Proper treatment can prevent long-term complications or problems with your forearm. Treatment will depend on how serious the fracture is, but may include:
Initial Care
Extra support may be needed to protect, support, and keep your forearm in line while it heals. Supportive steps may include a spint, brace, or cast. A sling may be necessary to help stabilize your arm.
Some fractures cause pieces of bone to separate. Your doctor will need to put these pieces back into their proper place. This may be done:
- Without surgery—you will have anesthesia to decrease pain while the doctor moves the pieces back into place
- With surgery—pins, screws, plates, or wires may be needed to reconnect the pieces and hold them in place
Children's bones are still growing at an area of the bone called the growth plate. If the fracture affected the growth plate, your child may need to see a specialist. Injuries to the growth plate will need to be monitored to make sure the bone can continue to grow as expected.
Prescription or over-the-counter medications may be given to help reduce inflammation and pain.
Medications may include acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
Check with your doctor before taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen or aspirin.
Note: Aspirin is not recommended for children with a current or recent viral infection. Check with your doctor before giving your child aspirin.
Rest and Recovery
Healing time varies by age and your overall health. Children and people in better overall health heal faster. In general, it takes up to 10 weeks for a fractured forearm to heal.
You will need to adjust your activities while your forearm heals, but complete rest is rarely required. Ice and elevating the leg at rest may also be recommended to help with discomfort and swelling.
As you recover, you may be referred to physical therapy or rehabilitation to start range-of-motion and strengthening exercises. Do not return to activities or sports until your doctor gives you permission to do so.
If you have a forearm fracture, follow your doctor's instructions .
To help reduce your chance of a forearm fracture, take these steps:
- Do not put yourself at risk for trauma to the bone.
- Always wear a seatbelt when driving or riding in a car.
- Do weight-bearing and strengthening exercises regularly to build strong bones.
- Wear proper padding and safety equipment when participating in sports or activities.
To help reduce falling hazards at work and home, take these steps:
- Clean spills and slippery areas right away
- Remove tripping hazards such as loose cords, rugs, and clutter
- Use non-slip mats in the bathtub and shower
- Install grab bars next to the toilet and in the shower or tub
- Put in handrails on both sides of stairways
- Walk only in well-lit rooms, stairs, and halls
- Keep flashlights on hand in case of a power outage
Content was created using EBSCO's Health Library. Edits to original content made by Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. This information is not a substitute for professional medical advice.


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We know .
I respect Amare for becoming a true team leader & helping his coach turn around our franchise. Without Amare; this year wasn't possible. Most good to great coaches need a great star or two inorder to contend though. Amare & Melo time.
I appreciate MDA for accepting rebuilding mode three years ago (just) for a chance to win this year; as well as seriously contend during his contract year of 2012.
I don't understand how some say coach doesn't deserve a chance next year, when he's the coach that led us to the playoffs for the fist time in 7 years. He's stressing team defense & we're much improved from last year.
We could finish with a 44-38 record after 29-53 last year. We're 18-21 on the road after finishing 11-30 away from MSG last year. Teams such as INDY, MIL, TOR & CHA all finished with much better records than us last year. ATL & ORL finished 24 & 30 games ahead of us! Ther're only 3 & 9 ahead of us right now.
We're a team on the rise under MDA. The best of the Knicks under this man has yet to come.
We know .
"I'm tired of the same threads with the same posts over and over again"
Thats funny, considering that I've never once made a post or thread showing the improvements of the Knicks under MDA from last year compared to this year in terms of overall records, away records, ORL & ATL records or the fact that INDY, CHA, MIL, TOR all finished with better records that NY last year. Or the fact that the Pistons only finished 2 games above us last year.
I continue to support MDA with different facts & opinions on why he deserves a chance next year & you all can't handle the truth of a fan that supports a winning head coach. You don't like it? Fine. Good for you. You don't have to post about it.
^ lmao @Turiaf clip...
I'm starting to like the way the Knicks play (particularly going forward); but it's early days and I refuse to give anyone credit until some consistency kicks in.
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MDA critics can only post about two things. Defensive coaching & Anthony Randolph. I have over 100 reasons & ways to support Mike D'Antoni. I don't talk about MDA in other threads unless other posters bring him into the convo. This is my way of supporting him.
MDA won with the pre-team trade that lacked any type of team chemistry. Gallo was our only returning starter from last year & had us 8 games above .500 before the trade rumors starts to fly when Chandler was an unproven NBA talent, Fields & Mozgov were both rookies, had the worst 5 hole in the league, Gallo was & is still a developing player & Felton had a career year under MDA's offensive system + Amare Stoudemire. He won with that pre-trade team that was put together during the offseason. Toney Douglas was also an unproven talent.
He's also winning with this post-trade team that features Douglas as our longest tenured Knick. Melo, Billups, JJ, Shelden, Carter & Brown have yet to have an offseason of gainin chemistry with time to GEL. 6 straight W's.


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Despite help from state, Buena Vista School District refuses to pay its teachers Friday
Without warning, the Buena Vista School District did not pay its 28 teachers Friday — despite it being a pay day and despite the state of Michigan's sending $400,000 to the struggling district to keep it open for the remainder of the school year.
"The teachers in the Buena Vista School District have made numerous sacrifices on behalf of their students, and they deserve to get paid for the work they do so they can feed their families," MEA Executive Director Gretchen Dziadosz said. "Teachers and their students should not be made to suffer for the school district's financial mismanagement and Gov. Rick Snyder's lack of support for public education."
Friday was a scheduled pay day for the teachers, who haven't been paid since May 10.
Sick teachers have also been barred by the district from calling substitute teachers, resulting in crowded classrooms.
Students and school employees in the Buena Vista School District are innocent victims of gross financial mismanagement by district and state administrators, as well as Gov. Rick Snyder's reckless $1 billion in cuts to school funding.
Despite the fact that a state-funded juvenile justice program left the district, the Buena Vista School District continued to receive funding from the state for the program — and spent those state funds. The state decided to punish students and school employees for its and the district's financial mismanagement, and immediately stopped sending school aid payments for April, May and June to make up for the overpayment.
The district ran out of money as a result. The school district shut down on May 6, and didn't reopen until May 20.
Buena Vista teachers have made countless sacrifices in recent years. They've agreed to freeze their own pay for four years running, and the number of teachers has dropped by more than half since 2009, down to 28.
Media contact: Susan Rutherford, MEA UniServ Director, 989-686-4940


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In the academic world, scholarly publications are intended for worldwide scrutiny. For this to happen, the language of publication must be one that is generally known to the discipline. Time was, every learned person knew Latin. But that time is gone. Time was, most scientific publication was in French. German had its heyday. It helps to know Russian. Knowledge of French and German remains valuable. But more and more, most of what is written appears in English, either immediately, or in translation. Scientific English is robust: authors whose native language is not English can get away with all sorts of grammatical errors without much harm to the intelligibility of their message. It is accessible, since so many people know English in any case. In no language is scientific expression particularly rich in wordplay, so little is lost in the shift to English.
The languages of the world are a treasure trove of ways of seeing and savoring. But science is already its own language and nothing much is lost if most scientific publication is in English. Convenience is gained. Thus I welcome this part of a trend which, taken as a whole, has minuses as well as pluses.
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But science is already its own language and nothing much is lost if most scientific publication is in English. Convenience is gained.
I agree. However, there is one major drawback. As many scientists publish in English only, even if it is not their mother tongue, scientific languages other than English do not develop further. This may result in problems in teaching science. More and more english words are used untranslated in other scientific languages.
Therefore, I prefer those journals which are bilingual. However, there are only a few of those.
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The Tusten Town Board voted three to two to support the Solution Project and their attempt to purchase the mothballed Narrowsburg School building, and turn it into a food innovation center. Andrea Reynosa, who is spearheading the project, said it will be an education and innovation center in a partnership with SUNY Sullivan.
She said, "We're looking at getting certification for training for food systems jobs." She said the school would also serve as part of a food hub in connection with a larger food hub being pursued in Bloomingburg by the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency.
Reynosa said she was working with county legislator Cora Edwards in applying for a state grant, and other county legislators are supportive of the project. There has also been support from Senator John Bonacic's office.
Tusten council members Tony Ritter, Eileen Falk and supervisor Carol Wingert voted for a resolution expressing support for the project. Council members Norman Meyer and Ned Lang said they could not vote to support the project because they did not have enough information about whether the project could be successful.
Another vote concerned sending a letter to Congressman Chris Gibson urging him to support a measure in the U.S. House of Representatives, which has already been approved by the U.S. Senate, that would provide federal funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC).
Lang said he does not support the DRBC in part because they have taken no action regarding the Barnes Landfill in the Town of Highland. He said, "The Barnes Landfill has been spewing hazardous waste leachate since at least 2002, which runs down to the river. DRBC has known about this for many years and refuses to do anything about it." He continued, "I think the DRBC is nothing but a paper tiger; they don't do their job, they're not looking out for the people downstream."
Lang was joined by Falk and Meyer in voting against sending the letter to Gibson.
Another issue that was discussed was the possibility that the National Park Service (NPS) would be leaving their office space within the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance building on Main Street because of reduction of the NPS budget.
Wingert said the NPS being on Main Street was "essential" to tourism in the town. Ritter described the facility as a bookstore where residents and visitors can learn about topics such as birding or canoeing. He said the town was "lucky" to have it.
Lang, on the other hand, said, "We all have to tighten our belts, and if that means that we lose a store, or a park service, or a government entity because our government is finally starting to spend less, then we all need to accept that."


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Apple's "other" operating system gets a major update
Windows enthusiasts around the world are waiting for the
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For customers that purchased a new Mac computer since June 11, the upgrade to Mountain Lion is free from Apple.
Apple brags that Mountain Lion includes
over 200 new features
-- which are obviously too numerous to list here -- but we'll include just a couple of the highlights:
Full iCloud integration
Game Center, Reminders, and Notes
-- all three are staples of iOS, and all three are iCloud-enabled
-- another iOS transplant
Notification Center
-- most Mac users got their notifications via Growl, but now Apple is getting into the game with the -- once again -- iOS-esque Notification Center
Power Nap
-- this feature allows a Mac to still periodically check email and sync iTunes content while in a deep state of sleep. If connected to a power source, the machine will also perform Time Machine backups and download software updates.
Facebook and Twitter
-- these two social networks are also baked into the upcoming iOS 6 release
A few sites have posted reviews of Mountain Lion and the consensus is that it's a worthy upgrade to Lion.
The Verge's
Nilay Patel is overall pleased with the upgrade:
Ultimately, this is pretty easy: you should spend the $20 and upgrade to Mountain Lion, especially if you have a newer Mac. You'll gain a handful of must-have features, and everything will get faster and smoother. I haven't really missed Snow Leopard at all since upgrading, which is remarkable considering how much I disliked Lion...
Mountain Lion is the first version of OS X to deeply integrate network services at every level, from storing documents to sharing photos to connecting external displays, and it seems that much lighter for it — as though Apple's relentless charge into its post-PC era has allowed the OS X team to rethink exactly what a PC is and should be. Mountain Lion isn't perfect, but it's a confident, thoughtful step towards the future of desktop computing.
Brian Heater acknowledges that Mountain Lion is a bargain upgrade, but also notes that it seems as though OS X is mainly taking a back seat to iOS when it comes to attention/features, and that the operating system is in need of a complete "rethink":
That said, it seems time for Apple to make a bold new pronouncement on the desktop front. The company appears to have most of its resources invested in the mobile side -- and there's no question as to why: the iPhone and iPad have reinvigorated the company, making it a computing player on a scale that no one (save, perhaps, for Jobs himself) could have predicted a decade ago. Still, it might be hard for OS X users not to feel neglected -- many of the latest new features feel a bit like iOS hand-me-downs. When and if Apple rolls out a new operating system this time next year, hopefully we'll be seeing a very different side of Mac OS.
But with a price tag of just $20, Mountain Lion is a no-brainer upgrade for members of the Mac community.
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December 21, the Friday before Christmas, marks the winter solstice, a date that also looms large for the so-called Mayan "end-of-the-world" prediction. Despite what you may have heard, the Maya did not predict the end of the world. What these ancient "astronomers" did do was produce highly accurate and complex astronomical calendars (and there were many) that predicted events such as solar eclipses, transits of the sun by Venus (a rare occurrence) and other celestial happenings.
This year, there was news about a newly discovered Mayan calendar that refutes all the myth and hype surrounding the calendar that's causing all the brouhaha. An archeological expedition in Guatemala that began in 2010 uncovered a Mayan calendar that is 600 years older than any previously known, and (more importantly) it tracks time for over 7,000 years, extending well beyond this Christmas. That's the good news.
The Mayan "prophecy" and the publicity that surrounds it, however, are obscuring a real warning about important celestial events we should all be concerned about. These warnings come from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Scientists who watch the heavens, know that the sun erupts in cycles approximately every 11 years. Commonly called sunspots, these solar storms are really huge ejections of electromagnetic energy (coronal mass ejections or CMEs) that explode as solar flares out into space. When a cycle reaches its peak, it is called a solar maximum, and for the last few years, NASA has been predicating a very serious solar maximum to take place from late 2012 through early 2013. In fact, on November 16 this year, two massive CMEs occurred four hours apart. They were so large they were referred to as "solar storm tsunamis." Fortunately, these CMEs missed earth, but NASA caught the whole thing on tape, and it's chilling. (www.space.com/18533-giant-sun-eruption-nasa-video.html [1])
So, you may ask—with the sun 93 million miles away, what can a solar flare possibly do to us?
Solar flares can penetrate the electromagnetic shield that protects the earth, interrupting electronic communications and satellite transmissions, interfering with navigation systems and wrecking havoc with our electric grid (which is already overwhelmed and very fragile). In our everyday lives, they can affect the electronics in everything from microwave ovens and TVs to automobiles, planes, buildings and more. Our modern way of life, totally dependent on electricity, truly is vulnerable to solar flares.
History reminds us of what can happen. "On September 1, 1859, an electromagnetic storm raged across our planet. The sky lit up with a brilliant aurora, bright enough to erase the darkness of night, and telegraph systems sparked and malfunctioned, (in the U.S. and the U.K.) shocking their operators as they struggled to send their messages." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859) The impact this flare had on the rudimentary technology of 1859 did little to disrupt people's lives, but our world today is different.
In more recent times, a solar flare on March 13, 1989 knocked out power to six million residents in Quebec and, closer to home, it destroyed a $12-million generator/step-up transformer owned by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company of New Jersey.
For people living in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, who lost electricity during the recent earthly storm named Hurricane Sandy, it's not very hard to imagine the consequences of an even more destructive solar storm that could take out our electrical grid. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, would do what it could, but we should not count on them to deliver food, water, heat and power to us quickly. If NASA's predictions are correct, we must be ready to withstand loss of power for weeks or even months.
Consider, too, what will happen after two or three weeks without power, when nearby friends and relatives in the big cities leave and head to the smaller towns in our region. (On a smaller scale, this actually happened after 9/11.) Imagine people filling our guest rooms, sleeping on our floors and sharing our food. Complete strangers will be asking for our help. Right now in Narrowsburg, up to 70 families already depend on the Narrowsburg Ecumenical Food Pantry. We are a hamlet of less than 500 people. Do the math.
None of us is really ready for an event of this magnitude. As Hurricane Sandy demonstrated—stuff happens, sometimes really bad, life-altering stuff.
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April 11, 2012
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From the Harvard Gazette. Thursday, April 5, 2012. By Matthew McClellan.
Tunisian artist eL Seed took his spray paints out into the cold last week to create an example of calligraffiti in the Science Centers plaza. The canvas featured the eponymous Arabic phrase in stylized black and gray whorls over a field of purples.
The French-born artist completed the work, which he called Taking Back the Purple, in five hours.
For those of us who are nonartists, it is a really amazing thing to go from a blank canvas to a descriptive and deep collage of thought and color, said Paul Beran, director of the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES).
EL Seed describes his work as occupying a middle ground between classical Arabic calligraphy and action painting. He first used calligraphy to help connect with his own Arab identity. Failing to find a teacher, eL Seed studied on his own. His lack of formal education in calligraphy, coupled with the intuitive, reflexive movements encouraged by spray painting, led him toward a freer approach to shape and color. Keep reading (and watch video).
Additional coverage in The Harvard Crimson, Thursday, April 2, 2012. By Jihyun Ro.
eL Seed's visit was co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, and the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.
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BELPRE – The Belpre City Schools District Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved to apply for a loan through Ohio House Bill 264, also known as the Ohio School Facilities Energy Conservation Program, to pay for changes to the high school's heating system.
"We're really stuck in a quandary because we can't get supplies and don't have a magic wand to make them and we don't have the funds to do this project," said board president Leonard Wiggins.
Board member Fred Meredith agreed, but also pointed out that the district does not have the funds to be wasting on the wornout heating system the high school has now.
"We don't have the money to wait for them to break down again and pay someone another $4,000 or $5,000 – that we don't have – to repair it," Meredith said.
During the February board meeting, Superintendent Tony Dunn approached the board about the furnace problems the district faces in all school buildings, but said the high school's system is the worst and needs something to be done soon.
The system is a converted coal furnace at the end of its life. It is constantly breaking down and parts are no longer being made for repairs. District maintenance officials had been manufacturing parts themselves, but that is no longer feasible, Dunn said.
Participation in the Ohio School Facilities Energy Conservation Program will allow the district to borrow the funds at a low interest rate and repay it using the energy savings to cover the payments over 15 years.
The project is estimated to cost $557,703 without interest and $722,865 with an estimated interest of 3.65 percent, according to Energy Optimizers, a company that specializes in cost-cutting energy savings for schools and commercial and industrial facilities out of Tipp City, Ohio.
The annual estimated savings will be $56,185 with monthly payments of $3,950 a month, or $47,400 annually, Dunn said.
"The state will not approve the loan if the estimated calculations of energy savings and payments do not work together," Dunn said. "It is a big investment but given the state of our facilities and state funding for new facilities, I believe this is the best option we have to keep things going for another decade, 15 years."
With the board's approval on Monday, the district and Energy Optimizers will be able to get detailed engineering and submit papers to the state by April 26 and have approval and funds from the state in June for work to be started in July. This will allow the heating units to be installed and any retrofitting of the electrical system to allow the units to work properly to be done by the start of the next school year.
"The plan is to get everything done by the time school starts in August," Dunn said.
The work will include up to 14 individual energy-efficient heating units for the building.
With the upgrades, the removal of the current system will give the district much-needed parts to repair the old heating units still used in the junior high and elementary buildings.
In other business, the board had expected to approve the sale of the former administration building and the property it is on, at 2014 Washington Blvd., but removed it from the agenda because an offer was not made.
"We thought we had an interested party, but as of this evening no formal offer has been made," Dunn said.
The building and property were put on the market in late 2009 and in March 2012 the board approved to allow the structure to be demolished to make the land more enticing to buyers without a former school on it. The building remains in place because the district does not have funds to raze it.
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A husband and father was attacked and killed by a shark in Auckland as he was swimming 650 feet from the shore. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports.
A man was attacked and killed by a shark Wednesday off the coast of New Zealand, police said.
Local media identified the victim as 46-year-old Adam Strange, an award-winning director of short films.
The victim was swimming about 200 yards offshore from Muriwai Beach, just west of Auckland, when he was attacked, New Zealand Police Inspector Shawn Rutene said.
Witnesses called police and lifeguards quickly jumped into action when the attack occurred about 1:30 p.m. local time Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday), but it was too late to save the man, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported.
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People grieve outside Muriwai Surf Lifesaving Club after a swimmer died in a fatal shark attack at Muriwai Beach on Wednesday.
Authorities said they had closed Muriwai and nearby beaches as the investigation continued.
Shark attacks are uncommon in New Zealand, according to the University of Florida's Museum of Natural History.
According to the museum's International Shark Attack File, there had been just 48 confirmed attacks, eight of them fatal, since 1852. Those numbers did not include Wednesday's incident.
Neighboring Australia has had 510 confirmed attacks, 144 of them fatal, since 1700, according to the museum's figures, which it says were current as of Feb. 11.
In a biography on Strange's website, he described himself as an avid outdoorsman.
"When I get a spare 5 minutes, I like to make a fruit smoothy, surf some big waves out on the West Coast," the site says.
The New Zealand Herald reported that Strange had a wife and a baby daughter. "The family are grieving the loss of a glorious and great father, husband and friend," the family said in a statement reported by the newspaper.
A short film by Strange, "Aphrodite's Farm," won a Crystal Bear award for Best Short Film for people over 14 at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, according to the Internet Movie Database, or IMDb.com.
Strange said in his biography that he had made television commercials before turning to short film.
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The President's Award for Academic Achievement was awarded to seniors Jacob Heryford and Carolina Palomino, who accumulated a 90 or above grade point average and scored in the top 15 percent of the nation in one of the tested subject areas of the SAT or ACT.
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To receive an Academic Excellence award students must be enrolled in courses, which meet the advanced high school program, with an average of 90.0 or better in the first, second, third and fourth six weeks.
Joe Richard Castellano Jr., Ally Coscetti, Hai-Lee Koonce, H.C. Neel, Derek Ressmann, Sarah Riemenschneider, John Snyder, Katie Snyder, Rylie Villarreal, Ryan Whitehead, Hailei Williams, Kaitlyn Williams, Felicia Wills and Tanner Wright.
Kalynn Abila, Claire Blaschke, Johnathan Brown, Marquis Brown, Ashley Camacho, Alexis Coronado, Darrin Deleon, Jackie Gonzales, Kenzie Herring, Shane Jochetz, Morgan Klaevemann, Dalton Klare, Carley Koonce, Jim Lafond, Cameron Loveday, Courtney Myers, Mercedes Perez, Laterrian Perkins, Travis Quintanilla, McKayla Ramos, Hannah Rose and Roslyne Tyler.
Travis Anzaldua, Cecilia Bauer, Courtney Breeden, Colton Carroll, Buster Dodge, Irene Gallegos, Jack Gumm, Lexy Hawthorne, Jake Henderson, Jessica Heryford, Coral Jones, Marcela Leal, Logan Myers, Nina Rodriguez, Lacey Sanders, Paige Shay, John Wes Shipp, Jacob Solis, Cameron Sternadel, Alex Valdez and Malaise Williams.
Jason Amaro, Alicia Canchola, Jarred Contreras, Celena Dodson, Justin Franklin, Catherine Fuller, Marina Gonzales, Lynx Hawthorne, Jake Heryford, Dante Leal, Roberto Loredo, Alexis Lynn, Meraiah Murillo, Justin Padilla, Carolina Palomino, Thomas Ramirez, Megan Shaw, Isaias Silva, Brandon Thompson, Richard Tuttle, Danielle Varela and Shiloh Whetsel.
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Carolina Palomino was recognized and received the University Interscholastic League Award of Excellence.
The UIL Academic District participants in journalism include H. C. Neel, Nina Rodriguez, Hannah Rose, and Kenzie Herring, substitute, in editorial writing; Kenzie Herring Dalton Klare, Hannah Rose and Coral Jones, substitute, news writing; Dalton Klare, Coral Jones, H.C. Neel and Hannah Rose, substitute, headline writing; Dalton Klare, Hannah Rose and H.C. Neel, feature writing; Paige Shay, prose interpretation; Claire Blaschke, Katie Snyder and Kenzie Herring, spelling and vocabulary; Paige Shay, Kenzie Herring, Jessi Heryford, ready writing; Carolina Palomino, Coral Jones, Nina Rodriguez, literary criticism.
In current events, participants are Cameron Sternadel, Brett Davis and Colton Carroll, current issues and events; Carolina Palomino, Lincoln Douglas Debate.
Mathematics participants include Hannah Rose, Alexis Coronado, Alexis Lynn, Buster Dodge, number sense; Hannah Rose and Cecilia Bauer, calculator applications, Coral Jones, Tanner Wright, John Joseph Snyder and Dalton Klare, computer science; Coral Jones, Marcela Leal and Paige Shay, mathematics.
Other participants are Cameron Sternadel, Marcela Leal and Ryan Whitehead, science; Hannah Rose and Alexis Coronado, computer applications; Cameron Sternadel and Ryan Whitehead, social studies.
The One-Act Play, Paganini by Don Nigro, Samuel French, Inc. (1965) was directed by Mary Heryford and Terrie Kendall.
The cast and crew consists of Dalton Klare, Paige Shay, Ryan Whitehead, Kenzie Herring, Nina Rodriguez, Jessi Heryford, Coral Jones, Thomas Ramirez, Jake Henderson, Felicia WIlls, Raeven Barraza and Colton Carroll.
The technical crew members are Aaron Fellers, Alexis Coronado, Sarsh Riemenschneider, Hai-Lee Koonce and Priscilla Lara.
The alternates are Tanner Wright, Katie Snyder and Courtney Myers.
Class awards
Recipients of the class awards are Michael Barraza, English I; Claire Blaschke, English II; Jake Henderson, English III; Marina Gonzales, English IV; Katie Snyder, English I Honors; Kenzie Herring, English II Honors; Nina Rodriguez, English AP.
Jaque Castellano received the Arts Award; Dalton Klare, Theater Arts; Celena Dodson, Practical Writing; Carley Koonce, Health; Malcolm Franklin, Math Models; H. C. Neel, Geometry;John Joseph Snyder, Algebra I; Carolina Palomina, Special Topics Math; Malaise Williams, Algebra II; Hannah Rose, Algebra II Honors; Cecilia Bauer, Pre-Calculus; Richard Tuttle, Calculus; Computer Science I; Tanner Wright, Computer Science I; Coral Jones, Computer Science II; Coral Jones, Physics; Megan Shaw, Anatomy & Physiology Biology; Marcela Leal, Chemistry; Jake Heryford, Biology AP; Joe Richard Castellano, Biology; Thomas Ramirez, Speech; Robert Loredo, Economics; Justin Franklin, Government; John Wesley Shipp, U.S. History; Ryan Whitehead, World Geography Honors; Morgan Klaevenmann, World History AP; Hai-Lee Koonce, World Geography; Jim Lafond, World History; Sarah Riemenschneider, Spanish I; Ally Coscetti, Spanish II; Dalton Klare, Spanish III; Kandace Jackson, Commercial Photography; Colton Carroll, Construction Technology; Andrew Garcia, Ag. Mechanics; Derek Ressmann, Principles of Ag.; Matt Galvan, Ag. Facilities; Courtney Myers, Wildlife Fisheries.
College credit hours
Refugio High School students earned college credit both through Advanced Placement or AP testing and with dual credit coursework through Victoria College.
Junior students who earned six credit hours include Lexy Hawthorne, Jessica Heryford, Coral Jones, Marcela Leal, Nina Rodriguez, Lacey Sanders, and Cameron Sternadel.
Seniors will graduate with college credit to be transferred to the college or university they choose to attend.
Earning 3 college hours is Justin Franklin; Alicia Canchola, 9 hours; Jacob Heryford, 24; Carolina Palomino, 27.
Other awards were also presented.
Dalton Klare was chosen to represent Refugio High School at the GOLD Youth Leadership Seminar this summer.
Two RHS juniors, Cecilia Bauer and Cameron Sternadel received the Texas Student Achievement Award from the Texas ACT Council for their performance on the PLAN or Pre-ACT assessment.
These students are on target to meet or exceed ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks by graduation.
The faculty of Refugio High School nominated the following students to compete for the Outstanding Senior of Refugio County: Justin Franklin, Jacob Heryford, and Thomas Ramirez.
Justin Franklin was selected as the Refugio County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Senior.


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U.S. rice producers say the farm bill, input costs, water availability, regulation and quality issues are top concerns for the rice industry, during interviews at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Coronado, Calif.
Keith Davis produces wild rice for Uncle Ben's, as well as commodity rice, on K&S Farming around Yuba City, Calif. Davis' 2012 rice crop "did OK. It wasn't the biggest crop I've had, but it averaged about 8,400 pounds to the acre."
Weather conditions prevented an early planting, noted Davis, "but we might have been fortunate that it was later. My early fields were a lot more affected by the heat. Later rice, planted around May 15 to May 20, was very good."
For Davis, the biggest issue facing the rice industry today is the lack of progress on a new farm bill. "It's not just for me, but there is a lot of pressure on young farmers who have just gotten into this business. I don't know how they're going to cope with it. With the new banking regulations, there's not nearly as much leeway as there was when farming got bad in the 1980s, which is when I got started.
"You used to be able to carry forward debt. You can't do that anymore. If you can't perform, they're going to come after every asset you have, and most likely you are not going to get a loan unless you have some really good backup.
"The risks are so great, and the cost of production is so high. Our rice market fortunately has been high enough to sustain this over the last seven or eight years. But it's different with all the trouble in the Middle East and a farm bill that's changing the landscape. They're shifting money out of the southern and the California rice industry to the Midwest.
"Fortunately, in a lot of the areas in the South, they can grow corn and soybeans. In California the humidity is so low, soybeans won't set. In my area, the soils are too tight for corn."
Davis says the farm bill should supply a safety net "which to my way of thinking is to make your financial institution and the people you do business with feel secure about lending you money to operate. Very few people have enough money where they can operate just out of their own pocket."


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As you plan your arrival, there are a number of things you should be doing to prepare. Everything you need to know can be found on this website. Below is a checklist to guide you, with links provided to the required forms and information. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us - our contact information can be found here.
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- Review your admission and financial aid letters - make sure you fully understand your admission and financial aid offer, and any expenses you will be responsible for as a graduate student at Clarkson. If you have any questions, contact your graduate coordinator.
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- Housing Information (click the link for more information on potential housing availability) - It is your responsibility to secure appropriate off-campus housing. Clarkson does not offer on-campus accommodations for graduate students. Suitable apartments in Potsdam are very limited. As soon as you know you are definitely coming to Clarkson, you should secure an apartment immediately. In view of the housing situation, we strongly suggest that you arrive on campus at least 2 weeks prior to the start of classes.
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- Graduate Conduct & Integrity Code - this will be provided in your orientation folder. Read the packet and return the signed front page to your graduate coordinator within one week of arrival.
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- English as a Second Language - all students for whom English is a second language will be required to take a placement exam given by our EAP coordinator. This exam includes a test of writing skills, as well as spoken skills for graduate students with a Teaching Assistantship. Students needing remedial work will be assigned to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. Time and date for this exam will be announced in the orientation materials.
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