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Posted on 04/21/2012 3:20:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Rick Santorum, the winner of Alabama's Republican presidential primary, hasn't released his 22 Alabama delegates to support another candidate, but delegates said they expect to unite behind Mitt Romney if he locks up the GOP nomination.
....Santorum won Alabama's GOP primary March 13, picking up 22 delegates, compared with 13 for Newt Gingrich and 12 for Romney.
Even though Santorum has suspended his campaign, the rules of the Alabama Republican Party bind his delegates to him until he releases them.
Dean participated in a conference call with Santorum on Monday, during which the former Pennsylvania senator told delegates he has no immediate plans to release them. Dean said Santorum is hanging on to the delegates for now to make sure conservative principles play an important role at the Republican National Convention in late August.
Delegate Tom Powers of Clanton said that if Romney gets the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination before the August convention, he expects Santorum to release his Alabama delegates and encourage everyone to give Romney a 100 percent vote in Tampa, Fla.
Delegate Tripp Skipper of Anniston, an aide to Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, said that even though Santorum was his first choice, Romney appears to be the presumptive nominee.
"I'd much rather have Governor Romney as president than President Obama," Skipper said.
State Party Chairman Bill Armistead said it was obvious that Romney would win the nomination. He said some of Santorum's supporters in Alabama are already helping Romney's campaign, and he expects more to come on board.
Gingrich is still seeking the nomination and has his 13 Alabama delegates. Armistead said he hopes Gingrich won't become divisive because "there is no path to victory for him to get the nomination."
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That would happen if Rick Santorum came out in support of Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich is still seeking the nomination and has his 13 Alabama delegates. Armistead said he hopes Gingrich won't become divisive because "there is no path to victory for him to get the nomination."
Mitt lies and smears his conservatives opponents in the primary - burying them with negative ads -- and the GOP-e is warning Newt.
sweater vest wants to ensure he gets picked for VP. my two least favorite candidates united. I'm beginning to see the wisdom of not voting. to hell with it.
"I'd much rather have Governor Romney as president than President Obama," Skipper said.
Here we go again, hold your nose mentality. Is this thier strategy? Romney will continue the chess game while others may overturn the table and refuse to play. Looks like the the two parties are in bed with each other and enjoying the game. Either way they win and we lose
If we can take control of the house and the Senate, it becomes: either way, they lose.
While Nevada casino mogul Sheldon Adelson - who has donated $7.5 million to the group - did not give more in March, his wife Dr. Miriam Adelson contributed an additional $5 million last month, according to a report filed late Friday night with the Federal Election Commission. All totaled she has given $12.5 million and the family has given more than $20 million."...
Romney backer balks, backs Gingrich in Delaware
Alabama GOP Chair: If Gingrich Loses the South, He's 'Out of the Ball Game'
By Lara Seligman
Updated: March 13, 2012 | 11:13 a.m.
March 13, 2012 | 7:21 a.m.
Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said on Tuesday that out of all the GOP presidential candidates, Newt Gingrich has spent the most time campaigning in the state — and that he has the most at stake as voters head to the polls.
Gingrich needs Southern support the most, Armistead said, arguing that if the former House speaker doesn't do well in Alabama and Mississippi he will no longer be competitive.
You would think he was running for governor here, Armistead said on CNN's Early Start, adding that if Gingrich loses both Southern states, I believe hes out of the ball game and then it will be a one-to-one between Santorum and Romney.
Either way I think the majority of conservatives and the country are going to give Mitt and the GOPe the middle finger salute!
Mitt Romney has one thing going for him: he's facing President Obama. Just about anyone but Obama would destroy Mitt Romney in an election, but Obama is easily the worst president of my lifetime, maybe even in the last 100 years. So, I don't think Romney is a guaranteed loss, but we're definitely in much worse shape than we might have been. I would have liked an election with real contrasts rather than a battle to find the best of the worst. Gah!
The Conservative Constitutional Cause is clearly served by an Obama re-election rather than a Romney win.
A Right leaning/Conservative Constitutional Congress can easily remain united behind an Obama re-election....whereas the same Congress will be sliced and diced by the RINOS if Romney is in the White House.
The Powers That Be fully understand this....
Welcome to the United Soviet States of America..where the Pravda State Media vet the candidates to the pleasure and needs of the RinoCrat UniParty.
This election will be a non-election...featuring the state approved candidates-whose only distinction is whether they are black or white.
"Alabama GOP Chair: If Gingrich Loses the South, He's Out of the Ball Game"
Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead sings for his supper.
AND though there are going to be some winner take all primaries, the following contests are also on the schedule:
RI (16) proportional
NY (92) proportional
WVA (28) proportional -- elect delegates (who list their presidential pick on ballot)
NC (52) proportional
OR (25) proportional
AK (33) proportional
KY (42) proportional
TX (155) proportional
CA (169) proportional (by district)
NM (20) proportional
SD (25) proportional
There there are the Contested delegates: . delegates have to be "uncontested" in order to count. The frontrunner's rivals argue some of the states that awarded Romney all of their delegates violated Republican National Committee rules when they moved their contests ahead of April 1 and therefore should distribute delegates proportionally. This dispute, if it continues, would not be ruled on until the August convention in Tampa.
"All the media counts right now give him all of Florida, which is against the rules, all of Arizona, which is against the rules, and all of Idaho," Gingrich said Monday. "Those are all three proportional states and they should only be counting his share. So he has to win 1,144 uncontested delegates."
FL: 50 delegates
ID: 32 delegates
AZ: 29 delegates
For example, the committee agrees that some states that went for Romney jumped the line in the primary schedule, a violation of party rules. But RNC defenders shrug off other complaints, like that they undercut Santorum and Gingrich by formatting a delegate tracking list to pad Romneys tally, by forming a fundraising alliance this week with Romney and by highlighting a rule that would block an unlikely path to the nomination for Gingrich.
And its possible theyll be other clashes in the coming weeks, with the RNC signaling Thursday its opposition to a push by Santorum backers in Texas to alter the rules surrounding that states May 29 primary to help the former Pennsylvania Senator.
Critics of the RNCs handling of the primary are so sensitive to signs that the committee may be pulling for Romney that theyve even detected evidence of favoritism in the staff ties between his campaign and the RNC though some concede such speculation veers more toward conspiracy theory than legitimate concern.
Summary of article:
A State Party Chair, who is a National Convention Superdelegate and a Federal Government Employee, a Congressional Staffer who is also a Republican National Convention Delegate, are trying to whip the normal delegates into voting for Romney nearly four months before the convention.
Makes you proud of the current state of the convention system of party decision-making.
He was correct. When GIngrich lost those two states, he was essentially done. Except he didn't quit. He also didn't do what others here are skewering Santorum about, release his delegates so they could support Santorum and give Santorum an argument that he could get to 1144.
Because Gingrich right now is playing the same game Santorum is — keep your delegates, go to the convention, use your influence to get your conservative positions aired.
Of course, it seems both candidates are more likely to release their delegates if Romney locks up a majority. In the meantime, Gingrich is still in the race, and has his one-on-one with Romney that his supporters wanted, and it's only mid-April.
Lets see how Gingrich does in Pennsylvania, which isn't conservative but at least is somewhat republican.
We can NOT allow this to happen!
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! I would rather fight now politically to destroy these IDEAL traitors, than HAVE to fight later with blood to keep this country what it was founded on!
Naughty Newt...didn't give poooor Santorum his delegates.
So Santorum could drop out.
Santorum was NEVER going to be the nominee.
The reason he did so much better than anyone thought possible...people thought Newt was stained, panicked, and took Rick as the anti Romney standard bearer Mr. Perfect, and Romney was so AWFUL he stood up against him beyond expectations.
But there was an outer limit. He reached it. End of story. Had to leave before losing PA, his home state, which he had lost before by 17 pts.
Newt is the far superior candidate and potential president than either Rick or Mitt. The difference is astonishing. He is everything they are NOT. Many times over.
I'm glad he's there. Rick wasn't going to be it...whatever it was, to Rick, I'm still not quite clear.
I'm clear with Newt.
Let's face it, though, the E will have none of it. All roads lead to Mitt, no matter which one you try to go down.
You're so smart, CWCT...how does it feel to go in circles like everyone else?
And you do.
The princes at the princess hotel.
Come on horse, sing dam you sing!
It's obvious from watching Fox News Special Report, listening to Rush's fill-in host Mark Davis, suffering through Shawn Hannity's farcical neutrality, reading print media, etc that the GOP-e is well aware that the base is fuming. So they're alternately complimenting Newt and pouring cold water on any coverage and/or ridiculing him. They must pry his supporters away and force everyone into Mitt's corner. They're pleading with Mitt to reach out to the base — but at the same time saying Mitt needs to move to the middle now.
The problem is, the primary isn't over. The RNC has screwed this up royally and they're blaming us for their misguided, arrogant actions.
Odd, we were just speaking about Jeb the other day, wondering if Mitt might have the gall to tap him for VP.
Now, out comes a poll showing ONLY Jeb could help Mitt in FL.
This AL GOP-E bigwig shows you what Newt faced, even down south.
I'm willing to bet this guy was bought long ago.
Go figure. The delegates pledged to one RINO will bolt for the other RINO.
Wonder if all those conservatives in Alabama who voted for Santorum thinking he was a conservative feel betrayed yet?
Wouldn't surprise me. You'd be amazed at how stuck on themselves some of these unelected politicos can be once they become the "almighty state chair of the Republican Party" or some other "high-ranking" official like that. If some politician doesn't kowtow or pay the "proper respect," then they'll use all the influence they can squeeze from their position against him or her.
But then he demures and says, but Marco would be best. Really? The Bushes have the drapes measured for another White House stay in 8 years (probably 4). I bet Marco knows he will have to wait his turn but that he will be useful campaigning with the cardboard Mass moderate to bring out conservatives and the Hispanic vote.
I'm waiting for Mitt to start parroting Rick Perry on "seal the border, strategic fencing, kill off the cartels and no amnesty." Rick Perry (as a border governor) spoke the truth because he understands and wants to fix the problem, while Mitt parroted what he was told to get the votes (while lying and saying Newt called Spanish a getto language) and once in office Romney WON'T DO A DAMN thing to fix border security or the illegal immigration situation.
Which shows us yet another reason why actual conservatives need to toss these bigwig types out on their cans.
The combined of Santorum and Newt against Romney was overwhelming in AL.
Does this E lapdog care?
Romney Assumes Role as Leader of GOP "PHOENIX (AP) - Mitt Romney is assuming his new role as leader of the Republican Party as his campaign works to integrate with the Republican National Committee.
On Friday, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee addressed a gathering of state GOP chairs and members in Phoenix. Reading from a list, he rattled off the names of his primary challengers and thanked them, saying they "fought hard and well." Those listed included Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, who are still campaigning against him.
Sen. John McCain, the party's 2008 nominee, and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus introduced Romney to the gathering of about 200 people.
Priebus told the former Massachusetts governor he wanted to welcome him "in a formal way, to greet a family here."
For sure...Marco actually blurted out that he doesn't want to be VP now...because why?
We know it's Jeb's turn.
Marco knows he can't cut in the line.
Here's the hook they can hang Jeb on for us peons down here...quote: you know we can't beat Obama without FL, so we have no choice but to pick Jeb.
Colombia and Jeb Bush with Laura and George W. Bush
Jan 11, 2012 - (CNN) - Christmas may be over, but a Jeb Bush presidential bid was apparently on the wish list for George and Laura Bush.
The former first lady told a Florida audience Wednesday that she and her husband, the former president, hoped her brother-in-law would decide to run for president this year. Source
More to secure his status as 'next in line' for 2016...
Why is it that Newt is being accused of being "divisive" again? I don't see romney giving up the portion of 'the pie' he's carved out and 'divided' up for himself. In fact the way I see it romney's the punkass bullying chump that rushes the desert table and tries to hog all the desert for himself; "metaphorically" speaking of course.
This country is in trouble if romney's the Republican nominee.
But this would be much easier than running for president...be picked for VP, and either way...by winning and serving in the office, or losing but not the one to blame, you would be next in line for president, next time.
And then it would be, Sarah WHO?
Yet I do see the mindset in this posted Laura comment.
Another one was when Bar said she had met Sarah, she's quite beautiful, I hope she stays in AK, if you know what I mean, wink wink.
Mitt can't win on his merits but has the money and the morals needed to bury his conservative opposition — and the nerve to declare himself the nominee.
But he is not there yet......
Next in line is Jeb Bush.
Don't think anything Santorum does can change that.
But he might not KNOW that...
Then George P. Bush will be groomed (is being groomed) for his turn at the White House. It really is too much.
Right on! Or as my wife just said, "so true. So true."
"State Party Chairman Bill Armistead said it was obvious that Romney would win the nomination."
Again, about the only benefit of this primary season is that the GOP-e has to reveal its existence, and be named in order to support their liberal. The enemy within is as dangerous as the enemy without...
The gop/e needs to be destroyed... or maybe even the entire gop machine. Are you romney-bots proud of YOUR party?
Well said!
We must fight NOW for NEWT! Mitt/GOP E wants to instill doubt/propaganda - resist it and it will flee. We only have NOW or fight for the next four years. Don't be suckered into their ABO mantra - used to make the weak settle.
Sure beats another four of obama mentality. I'm all for sending a message to the GOP-e - but this is not the election to take that risk.
Palin is going to kick little Rick's azz in 2016.
I think more so. The enemy outside makes itself apparent. It takes awhile for too many to see the enemy inside because they are hanging onto disbelief that they have been duped. But the time they wake up, it's all over.
Newt was the ONLY candidate to ever be considered to lead our country and beat Barry. How many were duped otherwise?!
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TURNERS FALLS, Mass. Frank C. Stratton, 86, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Buckley Healthcare Center in Greenfield.
He was born July 20, 1926, in Northfield, Mass., the son of Clarence and Jenny (Saxton) Stratton.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
He was a truck driver for most of his life, retiring from Wheeler Trucking Co. in Rutland, Vt.
He married the former Shirley Olsen, who predeceased him in 2005. They lived in Rutland, Vt., for many years and he moved back to Turners Falls a few years ago.
He was known in the Rutland area as Flip the Clown, appearing at many special occasions.
He raced stock cars and was an avid collector of Hess Toy Trucks and clown memorabilia. He also enjoyed woodworking.
Survivors include three daughters, Sandra Marcy of Turner Falls, Pamela Stratton of Pueblo, Colo., and Tammy Stratton Aliseo of Palenville, N.Y.; three stepdaughters, Shirley LaFountaine of Enfield, Conn., and Rita English and Mary English, both of Rutland, Vt.; and two stepsons, Roger LaFontaine of West Springfield, Mass., and Eric LaFontaine of Rutland, Vt.; 29 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter, Nancy (Stratton) Williams; a stepdaughter, Brenda Welch; and two stepsons, Edward and Gary LaFontaine.
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Towns urged: Don't panic over Open Meeting Law rules
The recent addition of new rules to the states Open Meeting Law has triggered some unexpected reactions.
Those included the Vermont League of Cities and Towns warning its members that they may want to deactivate their municipal websites if they were not ready to comply with the new requirement that towns with websites must post meeting minutes online within five days.
This affects every single committee, commission, board of trustees, library commissions, planning commissions, zoning boards of adjustment all of whom operate pretty much independently of each other, and a lot of them that dont have any full-time staff, certainly, and a lot of them that are not as technology-capable as the younger generation certainly is, Steve Jeffrey, VLCT executive director, told Vermont Public Radio.
Some towns are worried about complying with the law. The town of Montgomerys website is now a simple notice saying the site has been deactivated due to the new regulations. The note, still in place Saturday, says the website will return once the town is able to comply.
Our intention was I dont know if we worded it wrong we thought that wouldnt even be effective until a later date, said Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
She was referring to a clause declaring nobody will be charged for violating the new provisions before 2015. It would give them time to get used to it and figure out how they will do it.
White said she was hearing a concern that while nobody would be charged, minutes missing from a website could still generate a civil complaint. The cure for that complaint, White said, would be to put the minutes up.
I dont think that every cemetery commission and DRB I dont think they necessarily have their meetings available within five days, she said. I dont know that anybody ever challenged it and I dont know anybody would challenge this.
White pointed out that minutes are already supposed to be available after five days, and that if they are available in the town office, and the town also has a website, it should not be difficult to make them available online.
She said the manager in her own town of Putney plans to simply scan in handwritten notes and put those on the website as an image, if there is not time to type up the minutes within five days.
I think people are panicking more than they need to, but I could be wrong, White said. If theyre supposed to be available, they could easily be scanned in. Theres certainly some panic we didnt intend to cause and I am sorry it happened. I think we were caught off guard.
A number of other towns are proceeding somewhat less drastically.
Were going to do our best to comply, said Joe Zingale, administrator for Rutland Town. No ones ever come in and demanded a set (of meeting minutes) and said these arent produced on time. ... Were going to try to do what weve always done. ... If people complain, then the town might do something different.
Thats not to say the new law hasnt raised concerns for the town. For example, Zingale said the logistics of preparing minutes in five days are troublesome. Meetings are on Tuesday, and Zingale said he has a lot on his plate and does not typically work the weekend.
If you look at our minutes, they can be 15 pages, single-spaced, he said. Ill try to have it done Monday, but my understanding is wed be in violation.
On top of that, Zingale said the law appeared to have missed the distinction that minutes are unofficial until the board in question approves them, typically at the next meeting. He also argued against putting up minutes prior to their approval by the Select Board.
What if I had some grievous errors in there and it went up on the Web? he asked. There was an error once when it should have been would not and I put would. ... Just because I wrote them doesnt make them the minutes.
Zingale said the issue is a symptom of a larger problem, which is that the Open Meeting Law is geared more toward how government agencies with paid professional staffs conduct business, disregarding the volunteer, part-time nature of many town governments.
Representatives of other randomly chosen small towns said their towns would manage the best they could.
The people who have committees are each getting their own password and theyll be responsible for putting their minutes and agendas on the website, said Winnia Valenza, assistant town clerk in Marshfield.
White said she still believes the changes are an improvement to the Open Meeting Law.
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Factions: There are five factions that make up this futuristic society: Dauntless, Abnegation, Candor, Amity and Erudite. Each faction has a distinct set of values that all members have to follow.
Faction selection: When members of the society turn 16 they go through a sorting ceremony where they choose which faction they want to join. While most teens opt to stay in the faction they were raised in, some choose to join a new faction. This is considered to bring shame to the family when their child leaves for a new faction, and it often results in the child being estranged from their family.
Dauntless: The Dauntless faction values courage and bravery. They wear black clothing and sport tattoos and piercings.
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- Title
- Identifying categories and choices for software testing based on informal specifications
- Author(s)
- Tang, Sau F.
- Abstract
- It would be ideal to test a program with all its possible inputs (that is, the input domain). In this way, any fault that may exist in the program would be guaranteed to be detected. In practice, however, this 'exhaustive' approach is difficult, or almost impossible, to apply because of limited testing resources. Therefore, a more feasible approach is to construct a test suite, which is a subset of the input domain, for testing. The fundamental problem of this approach is how to construct a test suite so that the comprehensiveness of the test cases, as compared to the input domain, is jeopardized as less as possible. To solve this problem, two closely related test suite generation techniques have been developed and have attracted much attention. They are the CHOiCe reLATion framEwork (abbreviated as CHOC'LATE) and the Classification-Tree Methodology (abbreviated as CTM). A main advantage of both techniques is that they can be applied to informal specifications, which are commonly used in the commercial software industry. In CHOC'LATE and CTM, an early step is to identify a set of categories and choices from the specification, through which a test suite is generated. This set of categories and choices is very important because it affects the comprehensiveness of the test suite, which in turn affects the chance of detecting software faults. We observe that neither the original developers of CHOC'LATE=CTM nor follow-up researchers have proposed a systematic method for identifying categories and choices from informal specifications. As a result, the identification process is often performed in an ad hoc, impromptu manner. Without doubt, an impromptu approach cannot assure the quality of the identified categories and choices. This thesis addresses such a problem, with a view to developing an effective methodology for identifying categories and choices from informal specifications. To provide the background motivation, we conduct two rounds of empirical studies using several commercial specifications primarily written in an informal manner. The first round of studies investigates the common mistakes made by inexperienced software testers in an impromptu identification approach. This round of studies serves three purposes: (a) to make the knowledge of common mistakes known to other testers so that they can avoid repeating the same mistakes, (b) to facilitate researchers and practitioners develop systematic identification methodologies, and (c) to provide a means of measuring the effectiveness of newly developed identification methodologies. We also present a checklist to help testers detect the common mistakes. In the second round of studies, we shift our focus to experienced testers with many years of commercial experience in software development and testing. The objectives of the studies are: (a) to investigate the differences in the types and amounts of mistakes made between inexperienced and experienced testers in an impromptu identification approach, and (b) to determine, after discussing the mistakes with the testers and providing them with a checklist as a simple guideline for detecting problematic categories and choices, the extent of mistake reduction in the next identification exercise. We also discuss which specification components are useful for category and choice identification. Thereafter, we present the most significant work of the thesis: our DividE-and-conquer methodology for identifying categorieS, choiceS, and choicE Relations for Test case generation (abbreviated as DESSERT). The methodology is particularly useful for informal specifications which are complex and contain many different types of specification components. The theoretical framework and the associated algorithms of DESSERT will be discussed in detail. We shall also describe two case studies using commercial specifications to demonstrate the effectiveness of DESSERT.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
- Publication year
- 2009
- Keyword(s)
- Black-box testing; Computer software; Software testing; Specification-based testing; Test case generation
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
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- Copyright
- Copyright ©2009 Sau Fun Tang.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Chen, Tsong Y.]
- Thesis Note
- [A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2009.]
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Work crews lay down special mats Saturday to protect the lawn on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in preparation for the 57th presidential inauguration.WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of visitors most, but not all, happy Democrats streamed into a dressed-up capital city this weekend as organizers prepared for an inauguration that, while not as grand as four years ago, is still cause for celebration supporters of President Barack Obama.
Barbara and Loren Ing drove their minivan here from rural Ohio, lugging a trailer filled with glass centerpieces. As a volunteer for the society representing her native state, Illinois, Barbara Ing who ordinarily works in the layaway department of her local Kmart spent months creating the table decor for the societys inaugural ball, one of countless unofficial parties marking Obamas second swearing-in.
At the historic Willard Hotel where the four-night inaugural rate for elegant Oval Suites is $22,800, with a $27,000 catering minimum women in mink coats and pearls milled about the lobby.
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Tens of thousands of ticketholders will cram into the 2.3-million-square-foot convention center on Monday night to hear Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and the cast of TVs Glee all while hoping for a glimpse of Obama and his wife, Michelle, twirling around the dance floor.
Its clearly not as big or as plentiful or elaborate as the last time, but in many ways for Democrats its even sweeter, said Hilary Rosen, a prominent Obama supporter. People are thrilled about the president; there are a record number of women in the Senate. Gay people are happy, and Latinos. You have these pillars of the election; it meant something different to everybody, but it culminated in this collectively powerful feeling.
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Im practicing my speech, but Im less worried about that and more worried about when Im supposed to get up and say, Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. John Roberts Jr., the chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said. Im worried I wont get up in time.
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While much of Washington is gearing up for a party, some Republicans are lying low or getting out of town.
My wife had a partial knee replacement, so I am staying with her in Mississippi, Trent Lott, the former senator from that state, wrote in an email. Most Republicans will be otherwise busy. Some will attend events and parties, because it does only happen every four years.
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Were celebrating our shattering of glass ceilings everywhere, said Jen Bluestein, the groups communications director. The Futuro Fund, which mobilized Hispanic voters in support of Obama, staged a symposium on Latino issues on Saturday as part of a three-day Latino Inaugural. The group was planning a star-studded celebration at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, headlined by Eva Longoria, the Desperate Housewives actress, Jose Feliciano, Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno and other Hispanic entertainers.
Although Bruce Springsteen a staple of Obama campaign events will not be returning to Washington for this years inauguration, James Taylor will perform America the Beautiful, Kelly Clarkson will sing My Country Tis of Thee, and Beyonce will close the inaugural ceremony with the national anthem.
In 2009, hotels were sold out months in advance; marketing representatives said rooms were finally booking up last week, in part because celebrities and their entourages were making last-minute decisions to come.
The amount of celebrities, the wattage, may be a little dimmer, said Barbara Martin, whose business, BrandLinkDC, represents luxury clients, including the W Hotel on the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route. Like, I dont think Beyonce is party-hopping. That being said, I feel that there are just as many A-list and B-list celebrities. There are probably fewer A-plus ones.
This being Washington, all sorts of companies, organizations and federal agencies are trying to get in on the act. Knob Creek, the Kentucky bourbon maker, is promoting itself as the exclusive whiskey being served at a candlelight celebration Obama is hosting for his donors at the National Building Museum on Sunday night.
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Its one of those documents that I informally call a goose bump it gives me goose bumps, said Michael Hussey, the curator of the exhibit, which closes at the end of the month.
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The not so thru hike that became a weekend in the woods.
Oh well, there are worst places to be!
The not so thru hike that became a weekend in the woods.
Oh well, there are worst places to be!
It was really smart move to call the trip when you are in such pain. In the long wrong, things could have been worse. I'm sure you can do shorter miles backpacking trips. Hope to hit the trail with you soon dude.
Nice creek, nice view, but, but, but, how did those seal socks go, where they ok to wear after water got in them? Did they dry fairly quick? Did the socks have anything to do with your feet problem? I ask a lot of questions, don't I? Oh no, that's another one!
I agree it is better to stop the hike before you get in trouble. You can go back later and finish.
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Freedom Communications, parent company of Freedom New Mexico, filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday but said operations aren't expected to change.
The filing was done, "along with a plan-support agreement executed by a steering committee of (Freedom's) lenders," according to a company press release.
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The move — expected for months — was made in an effort to restructure the company's $770 million debt.
Under the reorganization, Freedom's debt will be cut to $325 million.
Freedom, founded by the Hoiles family of Santa Ana, Calif., in 1935, owns 33 dailies, 70 weeklies and other publications, and eight television stations.
During an afternoon conference call with Freedom associates nationwide, interim CEO Burl Osborne said he considers the move "good news, not bad news."
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Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present a Literature to Life performance of the "The Giver" by Lois Lowery on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Newly adapted by Elise Thoron, associate artistic director, this piece features 60 minutes of solo performance by actress Liz Parker focusing on the relationship between the young Jonas and his mentor, the Giver. As Jonas trains to become the "Receiver of Memories," the buried truth about the world that he was born into becomes hauntingly clear to both Jonas and the audience. Surrounded by pre- and post-show interactive discussions, the audience will explore themes such as individuality, ethics and social constructs.
As a passionate performer and teaching artist, Parker uses theatre to connect with young people in New York City and beyond. In addition to performing with American Place Theatre, Parker co-creates shows for young audiences through Urban Stages' Outreach Department. Parker has performed these shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New York International Fringe Festival, and many schools and libraries in the five boroughs.
As artistic associate at the American Place Theatre in New York from 1991-97, Thoron worked on new play development, where she developed and directed plays ranging from Carson Kreitzer's "Slow Drag" to Michael Garces' (bilingual) "[The Site]" and three one-person shows: "The Mayor of Boys Town," "Extreme Girl" and "I Love America," all of which have gone on to other venues and cities after American Place. While at American Place, Thoron also helped launch a highly successful educational program Literature to Life (now nationwide).
Literature to Life, the American Place Theatre's performance-based literacy program, presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of significant American literary works. This educational program gives students a new form of access to literature by bringing to life the world of books.
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SBA seeking early-stage fund managers
The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking applications from experienced early-stage fund managers who could receive up to $50 million each to invest in high growth potential start-ups.
The SBA has committed as much as $1 billion to an Early Stage Innovation Fund program, which it is operating with Startup America. Applicants must have experience in early-stage investing, and must invest at least half of their dollars in early-stage, small businesses. They would have to match the SBA funding with privately raised money. »Read Full Article
Policy to rehire retirees studied
A state policy that allows government employees to retire, start receiving their public pension, return to their former jobs and draw two checks needs closer oversight, according to an audit released Friday.
Employees are allowed to be rehired and receive their pension if there was a "good-faith termination." After a one-month break, employees in Wisconsin can be rehired to their job or another government position and collect their full pension on top of wages for the new post. »Read Full Article(133)
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State reviewing Milwaukee's request for more demolition funds
With hundreds of blighted homes on the "must-raze" list in Milwaukee, and hundreds more expected to join the list for years to come, city officials are looking for ways to pay for the demolitions.
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Second phase of Shoppes at Fox River sold
Opus Development Corp. said Friday it has sold the second phase of The Shoppes at Fox River retail center in Waukesha to Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust.
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Changes proposed for how Milwaukee buildings are designated as historic are scheduled for review Tuesday by the Common Council.
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At the OCLC Global Council meeting, held April 10–12 in Dublin, Ohio, USA, the Global Council elected two new members to the OCLC Board of Trustees and a Vice President/President-Elect of Global Council for 2014–2015, and announced delegate election results from OCLC regions around the world.
John Szabo, City Librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California, USA, and Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, were elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees. They each will begin a four-year term on the Board in November 2014.
Anja Smit, University Librarian, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, was elected Global Council Vice President/President-Elect effective July 1, 2014. Barbara Preece, Director, Loyola Notre Dame Library, will become Global Council President on July 1, having served as Global Council Vice President/President-Elect since July 1, 2013.
The full results of all elections are below.
John Szabo, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ellen Tise, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Anja Smit, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
There was a tie for one of three open positions for this election. The Asia Pacific Regional Council Executive Committee opted to include both candidates on the Executive Committee. This will not change the number of delegates to represent members in Asia Pacific on Global Council.
OCLC is a worldwide library cooperative, owned, governed and sustained by members since 1967. Our public purpose is a statement of commitment to each other—that we will work together to improve access to the information held in libraries around the globe, and find ways to reduce costs for libraries through collaboration. Learn more »


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~ Father Captier, Dominican superior of the College of Arcueil, to his 12 companions (Dominican priests and laymen), imprisoned by the Paris Commune for being prominent members of the Church, as they were being ordered into the street one by one. There they were murdered and defiled by the mob on May 25, 1871, just hours before the commune stronghold fell to the regular army that was advancing from Versailles.


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Mystery beyond me': A Vt. translator's search for meaningJeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
David Hinton, shown at his East Calais home, combines his life as a Chinese translator with his love of hiking in the new book Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape.
For those not celebrating todays Asian New Year, Vermonter David Hinton is the perfect person to explain what ancient Chinese tradition can teach the average plugged-in, stressed-out American.
Google his name on your iPad or iPhone and youll see the East Calais husband and father certainly has the credentials: The winner of numerous national fellowships, hes one of the most lauded modern translators of classical Chinese poetry and philosophy in the English-speaking world.
But Hinton isnt looking for more laurels or at least the figurative kind. Instead, hes aiming to let go of academic abstractions and, harnessing all he has learned from Taoist masters, literally take a hike.
At the beginning of my walk, there are the two of us the mountain and me, Hinton writes in his new book, Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape.
Then I begin to notice: wind scattering leaves off field-edge trees in gusty patterns of brilliant color; a wild apple tree, trunk gnarled, fruit incandescent reds and yellows and greens shimmering with sunlit snowmelt.
And himself merging into it all, no longer differentiating human and nature, no distinction between me and the mountain, only empty consciousness mirroring the mountains form.
Hinton knows central Vermonts Hunger Mountain across the Stowe valley from Mount Mansfield, the states highest summit may appear a seemingly unremarkable peak. But in a society wired by electronics and ego, its the bedrock of his quest to tune out the static and reconnect with the planet and the present moment.
Fellow Vermonter Bill McKibben, in a cover blurb, deems Hintons 144-page Shambhala paperback gorgeous. Londons Guardian newspaper, declaring it a book of the year, sums up its meditative series of foot-journeys through upstate Vermont and the intellectual landscapes of Chinese philosophy as very different. Publishers Weekly, sharing that sentiment, elaborates in its own review.
He pairs his own metaphysical insights from living, working and walking around Vermonts Hunger Mountain with those of Chinas classical sage-poets (Kuang Su, Tao Chien, Tu Fu, and more) to masterful effect, the latter publication writes. While this may be rigorous reading for those unfamiliar with Hintons specialized topics, there are wonderful stories for all to enjoy.
Hinton, however, isnt aiming simply to entertain. Instead, hes hoping readers dig past his words and ground themselves in direct experience seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting for themselves.
I dont want to just talk about it, I want to make it happen, he says in an interview. The center of identity is constructed of those stories we tell ourselves. In the end, you have to pull the rug out from under all of them.
Original nature
A Utah native, Hinton discovered classical Chinese poetry and philosophy as a student. Unlike contemporary alphabetic language, the earliest surviving writings oracle-bone script from the second millennium B.C. are pictographic. The symbol for moon, for example, looks like a moon.
A language of such pictures, he writes, keeps consciousness close to its original nature.
Hinton studied how to translate Chinese at Cornell University and in Taiwan. Doing so, he stumbled over many a scholars word-for-word deciphering of ancient works. Consider, for example, this reading of the eighth-century writing of Meng Hao-jan: Not aware beginning autumn night gradually long, began one line. Stairs below blaze grass see dew radiance, ended another.
I could see, Hinton recalls, they were missing most of what was there in the original.
He found something more: Autumn begins unnoticed. Nights slowly lengthen,/and little by little, clear winds turn colder and colder,/summers blaze giving way. My thatch hut grows still./At the bottom stair, in bunchgrass, lit dew shimmers.
Unlike Western writers, early Eastern poets didnt use I or metaphor to communicate their state of mind. When Tu Fu (712-770) observed, Thin slice of ascending light, arc tipped/Aside all its bellied dark the new moon, he experienced just that.
Hinton appreciates how such work more closely communicates momentary sensations in a realm of constant change. Then again, it also was written a long time ago in a place far, far away.
I wanted to do something more direct and try to make it happen in our own world.
And so Hinton began chronicling his hikes. Following the spiritual path of his source material, he walks up the mountain as if sitting down for meditation, aiming to let go of mental clouds and open to a larger truth.
All of the events and landscapes, books and people and experiences that have made me who I am, all of the ideas and what Ive built from them that whole life is completely forgotten here, this mountain walk filling my mind with blue sky and all the colors of these autumn leaves shimmering with last nights rain, he notes in his book. If I cast my attention back and tried, I could certainly remember one thing or another. But in that remembering, I would have lost whatever is happening right now.
People who funnel life through earphones or touchscreens, the author would argue, dont always realize how such equipment can disconnect them.
The longer I look, he writes of the mountain, the more it becomes another form of meditative practice, for it reveals once again how we are most fundamentally the opening of consciousness, that gaze of awareness, rather than the center of thought and intention with which we normally identify.
Hinton also has learned from such masters as Lao Tzu, creator of the seminal spiritual text the Tao Te Ching.
To translate them, he says, is to live in their minds.
As most reviews of Hunger Mountain note, communicating the journey can be a challenge.
Its sort of a mongrel book because it has all these pieces, Hinton says. It can be nature writing or Chinese linguistics, cosmology, Zen or Chan Buddhism There are lots of academics and scholars who look at me and say, hes a popularizer. Then there are people on the other side who say, Youre hopelessly complicated its way too heady.
(Cue his daughter, quoted in the book as saying: The snow is resting in the trees because its tired from falling so fast.)
Yet whether writing about old or new, language or landscape, Hinton ultimately shares his stories to help readers see past their own inner narratives. His book tells the true tale of a Chinese poet named Summit-Gate.
There was much to speak of in Summit-Gates life. The war that ravaged her village, the lost sister and husband, the glue and varnish of government. She once wrote those poems, but eventually she wanted to speak out of something larger than herself.
And so she collected autumn leaves to release into the wind after the first snowfall.
Skidding and scratching, snagging and soaring, they each inscribed a script of twists and curls, Hinton writes. Each winter, Summit-Gate emptied her library this way. She could see how the poems began, and that was enough.
In his own words
Its easy to assume that in language we can grasp the essence of things. This is a bedrock assumption in the mainstream Western philosophical tradition; but everything we know about this Cosmos, about its vast and intricate natural history, the equations describing its day-to-day web of energy transfers, and all our stories and myths and legends all of that imagination and knowledge is part of the center, this body of understanding and memory and thought that I am. Even after the most exhaustive scientific description, the most accurate philosophical account, or the most concise and imagistic poem, the ten thousand things remain, in and of themselves, a mystery beyond me.
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Less than a month after becoming the latest Kennedy to be elected to office, Joseph Kennedy III got married to fiancée Lauren Birchfield on Saturday.
Kennedy, 32, and Birchfield, 28, tied the knot in front of family and friends at Community Church in Corona del Mar, Calif., according to a statement from his office. The wedding was officiated by Birchfield's father, Rev. Jim Birchfield. Kennedy met Birchfield when they attended Harvard Law School together.Story: Missouri accountant is set to marry Ugandan princess
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Kennedy III, a Democrat who is the son of former Congressman Joseph Kennedy II and the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, won 61 percent of the vote on Nov. 6 to represent Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District. A Kennedy had been in elected office for 63 straight years before Patrick Kennedy retired in 2010.
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Yes to pipelineDecember 27,2013
When the Public Service Board this week approved construction of the new natural gas pipeline to Addison County, it made an effective and comprehensive case showing why the project would serve the public good. In doing so, it turned aside arguments by opponents who sought to minimize the environmental and economic gains to be secured by the project.
The project approved this week was phase I of an ambitious proposal to extend the Vermont Gas Systems pipeline system that has been serving Franklin and Chittenden counties for years. Phase I would reach down through Hinesburg and Monkton to Vergennes and Middlebury. Among the big customers in Middlebury would be the Cabot cheese plant, Middlebury College and Porter Hospital. About 3,000 residences also ought to gain natural-gas service, with additional branches foreseen for New Haven and Bristol.
Phase II would extend the line from Middlebury on an as yet undetermined route across Addison County and under Lake Champlain to the International Paper plant in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Income from the paper plant would help pay for phase III, which would run the line down from Addison County through Brandon and Pittsford to Rutland.
The PSB found that the project would achieve about $200 million in savings over 20 years. This is a significant economic benefit gained because the price of natural gas is about 40 percent lower than that of other fuels. Residents who switch from fuel oil to natural gas to heat their homes would win big. Businesses would spend less for fuel, allowing them to invest their savings in ways that could create jobs. The availability of low-cost fuels would improve the competitiveness of companies in the area, which would also benefit the economy.
The boards ruling this week is on phase I only; it will rule on the Ticonderoga and Rutland projects later. The Rutland pipeline extension already enjoys wide support, and the latest ruling shows that the board is ready to reject some of the arguments that might have been used to stand in the way.
Opponents argued that approving the pipeline would allow for the wider use of a fossil fuel at a time when we need to get away from fossil fuels in favor of more renewable fuel sources. Natural gas is cleaner and more efficient than fuel oil, but it still creates greenhouse gases.
The board said renewable fuel sources wind and solar, for example are used mainly for the generation of electricity, and the natural gas would not be supplanting those energy sources. Rather, it would be replacing a dirtier fossil fuel. Further, the expanded natural gas system could make use of bio-methane generated on farms, encouraging the development of a form of renewable fuel.
In addition, expanded use of natural gas will be accompanied by an aggressive energy efficiency program carried out by Vermont Gas Systems, helping homeowners weatherize their homes so that they would be able to make use of a cheaper, cleaner fuel and do so more efficiently.
The PSB dismissed the arguments of those who said the state should not expand its use of gas because it is the product of the technology known as fracking, which has damaging environmental effects. The board said it had no authority to reject the pipeline because of the source of the gas. The Legislature has banned fracking in Vermont, but it has said nothing about the use of gas obtained through fracking.
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The Stetson men's basketball team won its third straight game and earned its first road victory of the season as the Hatters topped Kennesaw State 68-65 at the KSU Convocation Center Thursday night.
Stetson improved to 6-14 on the season, winning three in a row for the first time all year, and the Hatters moved to an even 4-4 in Atlantic Sun Conference play with the victory over the Owls.
"It's a good feeling to win a road game," Stetson head coach Corey Williams said after the game. "We came into a hostile environment, and Kennesaw took it up a notch, but our guys sustained the effort and we scored enough points to win the basketball game."
Jumping out to a 7-1 lead, it was obvious Stetson was hungry for the road win early on. A 9-0 run ignited by a three-pointer from senior Raymone Andrews, and capped off by four straight free throws from senior Willie Green and Andrews, extended the Hatters' advantage to 12 points at 21-9, their largest of the night.
A layup by junior Kentwan Smith to end the half gave Stetson a 36-26 advantage at the break, the Hatters' first lead at halftime during conference play. Green was explosive during the first 20 minutes of action, leading the way with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting and 5-of-6 from the line.
"We were excited to play," Williams said of the start of the game. "We executed pretty decently, we understood the game plan, and we knew we were in for a fight. In the first half our guys understood that. In the second our guys let their guards down."
The Owls, prepared to defend their home court, buckled down on defense and came out firing in the second half. Kennesaw State started the frame scoring the first eight points to cut the Hatters' lead to just two points, and the two teams remained tight the rest of the way.
Although the Owls cut the Stetson advantage to just one point on four separate occasions, Stetson maintained the lead throughout, fighting Kennesaw off with every possession.
In crunch time the Hatters went back to Green, who knocked down a turn-around jumper in the lane to make it 64-59 with 2:31 to play. Back-to-back buckets by the Owls brought them right back into it, but four straight free throws by Andrews down the stretch allowed Stetson to hang on for the gritty 68-65 win on the road.
Green finished with 24 points to lead the Hatters, scoring 20 or more points for the fifth time this season. Smith and redshirt-freshman Brian Pegg added 13 points each, while Andrews finished with 10 points in the victory.
Kennesaw State shot 64.0 percent from the floor in the second half to get back into the game. Delbert Love and Orlando Coleman led the way tallying 13 points apiece for the Owls.
Stetson will look for its fourth straight win when the Hatters take on league-leading Mercer Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Macon, Ga.


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Drought and fire have destroyed crops and vegetation in eastern New Mexico, leaving the dry and barren soil vulnerable to wind erosion and leading the governor to declare a state of emergency earlier this month.
Curry County Road Supervisor Steve Reed said the blowing sand and resulting drifts the last two years are the worst he's seen in his 17 years with the department. He said earlier this year his department spent four to five days clearing sand from a road south of Clovis.
"It's as bad as I've ever seen," said Reed, who has lived in Clovis since the 1970s. "I can just imagine what it was like in the 1930s (Dust Bowl)."
Reed said with average rain it would take two to three years to get the county roads back into shape.
"Even when we got that good rain and we started working the roads, it was amazing how fast they dried out," Reed said.
Juana Ruvalcaba, who farms with her husband southwest of Clovis on N.M. 467, said blowing sand from leased state land nearby is ruining their property.
"It's like a sandstorm when the wind blows," Ruvalcaba said. "I can barely see in front of me and I'm afraid to cross the highway and turn into my driveway."
Ruvalcaba has a livestock gate that is nearly buried beneath a sand dune, making it unusable.
"My husband has removed the sand from our driveway three times this year," she said.
Erik Nelson, district resource manager for the New Mexico State Land Office, said he is aware of the erosion problems and blowing sand on state leased land near N.M. 467.
Nelson said wells in the area are too low to irrigate crops so the lessee is trying to dryland farm. After his last wheat crop failed, it left the land with no cover to hold down the soil, Nelson said.
"All he can do is plow it, but he doesn't have the right equipment" Nelson said. "We've talked about getting some better equipment out there to plow it properly, but we don't have the resources for that."
Nelson said without moisture to form the soil into clods, even plowing won't do much good.
Patrick Kircher, Roosevelt County extension agent, likened the conditions to those of the Dust Bowl.
Kircher said the dust bowl effects aren't as obvious as they were in the '30s because of better soil management techniques used by farmers.
A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association states that during the Dust Bowl, eastern New Mexico and West Texas had several consecutive years of 10 inches or less precipitation.
While Curry County did receive less than 10 inches of precipitation in 2011, precipitation for 2010 was almost normal (about 18 inches). The area received 16 inches in 2009 and 13 inches in 2008, according to Accuweather meteorologists.
Rachel Armstrong of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service said wind erosion occurs when the land is stripped of plant life due to fire or drought and topsoil is picked up by the wind and deposited around structures, fences and barns.
Armstrong said land erodes when it loses more than five tons of soil per acre, per year.
"Where you're seeing these mounds of sand against fences, the erosion rates are greatly in excess of five tons per acre," Armstrong said.
Armstrong said erosion removes topsoil, which contains important nutrients and organic material for plant growth needed to keep the soil in place.
"I've talked to farmers who lived through the drought of the 50s," Armstrong said. "They said the fields that lost topsoil are never as productive as they once were."
Armstrong said the land will heal itself but it will take time — and moisture.
Curry County Extension Agent Stan Jones agrees. He said grass and plant seeds can lie dormant for years until the conditions return.
"Some people are worried that the native grasses won't return in their pastures," Jones said. "If we get enough rain, they'll come back.
"It's just hard to tell when."


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Gathering on the Grounds
Event Location: Rock Island Avenue/Grand Concourse
Event Schedule
5:00 PM – 10:00 PMMay 14, 2013
Event Description
FREE for everyone and FREE Parking!
Gates open at 5 PM - event runs from 5 - 10 PM.
Cars & Motorcyles Welcome!
Come hang out at the beautiful fairgrounds and enjoy ice cold beverages, great food and live music - Flipside is the band for opening night!
Free parking for everyone. Spectator parking is in the Midway.
Activities will take place in the Triangle!
Contact: Tammie Palazzo 515/975.9041
Event Category: Sport/Outdoor
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