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Organized by the Linguistics and TESOL graduate students and faculty in
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Homeless man faces charges
FAIRMONT – A homeless man faces charges of first-degree burglary, aggravated robbery and second-degree assault after allegedly entering homes in Fairmont on Friday, and attacking one homeowner with a golf club.
According to information from the Fairmont Police Department:
Around 12:30 p.m., police responded to an assault at a residence on East Sixth Street.
When police arrived, they observed the caller had blood on the left side of his head.
The man reported he came home for lunch and was in the kitchen making a sandwich when he heard a noise from the living room.
When the man turned his head to look, he was struck with the golf club. The two men fought over the club and the homeowner was able to get it away from the intruder. The intruder then demanded "booze" and the man gave him a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade and a bottle of whiskey and the intruder left.
Police saw several more Mike's Hard Lemonade bottles and cigarette butts in the living room, which were taken as evidence.
The man at the residence reported his house had been unlocked.
Around 3:45 p.m., another burglary call was received from North Dewey Street.
Three juvenile girls were at the residence, and one had been home that day sleeping. When the other two girls came home, they smelled cigarette smoke and saw a Mike's Hard Lemonade sitting on the table. The girls went to a bedroom and saw a man there looking at prescription pill bottles. The girls yelled at him to leave, and he did so.
As police arrived, they saw a man attempting to enter another house nearby, and identified him as Erik Daniel Christianson, 31. Police were aware Christianson was on probation, and he was taken into custody.
Christianson matched the description of the intruder given by the girls and by the man attacked with the golf club.
Christianson told police he was homeless and looking for a warm place to stay. He admitted he had been drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes in the houses.
On Sunday, Christianson admitted hitting the man with the golf club because he wanted to get out of the house. He stated he had not wanted to hurt anyone, but didn't want to go back to jail.
Christianson faces two first-degree burglary charges; each carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine.
First-degree aggravated robbery carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine.
Second-degree assault carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.
Christianson also faces misdemeanor counts of theft and trespassing.


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1
Calories 192
Total Fat 5.5 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 795 mg
Total Carbohydrate 14.5 g
Dietary Fiber 1.5 g
Protein 22 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Low-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons
Juice of ½ lemon
Garlic, minced 2 cloves
Sugar 2 teaspoons
Fresh basil, chopped 1 + 1 tablespoon
Olive oil 2 teaspoons
Sea scallops ½ pound
Broccoli florets 1 cup
Sugar snap peas, trimmed ½ cup
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, sugar, and basil.
- Heat olive oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallops and stir-fry for about 3 minutes, until cooked through. Transfer to a plate.
- Add broccoli to the wok and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Add sugar snap peas and stir-fry for another minute.
- Add lemon-basil sauce to the wok and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and add scallops back in. Cook for another minute.
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It's Transgender Awareness Month
November is Transgender Awareness Month across the United States. It is a time to celebrate the diversity of gender many Americans and especially many New Yorkers share.
We often confuse a person's sex with their gender. A person's sex is determined by their physical anatomy, how we are put together physically. Gender, on the other hand, is in our minds: how we see and think of ourselves, whom we feel and believe we are deep within ourselves, how we express who we are to other people around us.
Transgender Day of Remembrance occurs annually on Nov. 20. It is a day to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of transphobia, or the hatred or fear of transgender and gender-non-conforming people, and acts to bring attention to the continued violence endured by the transgender community.
In our culture, we quantify sex and gender as a binary of possibilities – male or female, with little room for variation in between. Transgender people transcend or cross over these traditional gender lines to live our lives outside of society's norms. As transgender, we view life not in a strict male/female binary concept but rather a much fuller and richer continuum of possibilities across a variety of gender-related spectrums.
Often misunderstood, transgender is an umbrella term used to describe a larger group of people to include cross-dressers, gender-non-conforming individuals and people who identify as transsexual. Many or most transsexual people may be in various stages of changing their physical bodies in order to bring their minds, bodies and spirits into one unified, whole, happy person. Some transsexual individuals may not have the desire or finances to change their physical bodies but still need to live on a full-time, permanent basis in the identity opposite from their birth sex.
Transgender people are often grouped into the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual community. Transgender, the "T" component of LGBT, refers to how we identify, express ourselves and desire to be accepted as, on a daily basis. Many people in society today view being LGBT as a "choice." I can assure you it is not a "choice" to be forced to hide ourselves from those we love, live or work with for fear of rejection, harassment, loss of employment, loss of access to medical or behavioral health care services, denial of social services, denial of public accommodations, housing, physical or verbal assaults or the very real possibility of being murdered. These are not "choices" we make. LGBT individuals are born this way; this is how we were created from birth. Then we develop and grow into the persons we are today. We neither can nor do desire to be anything less than the persons we are. We are not looking to "be changed," "be fixed" or forced into a lifestyle deemed socially acceptable.
Who are LGBT people? PEOPLE! We are your brothers, sisters, parents, spouses, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, neighbors, retail clerks, lawyers, health care professionals, business professionals and employees. We may be the person sitting across the desk from you or just down the hall. We live full, happy, productive lives. We contribute our skills and talents in our communities and to society in general. We are homeowners, pay our taxes and mortgages; we vote in elections.
Our great nation was founded on the principles of life, liberty, freedom and justice for all; yet even today we fail to live up to these lofty principles we so proudly profess. We routinely sacrifice our brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, parents and family members in wars around the world to defend these principles, yet denying these protections to our very own citizens. I understand many in society may not like or perhaps agree with our lifestyle, but is that not why our veterans fight, many losing their lives, in order to protect our basic freedoms?
The LGB community and especially now the transgender community are not looking for "more" or "special" rights; we are only looking for EQUAL rights already extended to other members of our society.
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Filled my 100ml gaiwan up to 3/4 with dry leafs from the +- 10 year old wenshan baozhong and started brewing with boiling water. The first infusions was astonishing, lots of raisins and prunes going on there, very fragnant. The next infusions still preserve those deep flavours but stay clean and crisp in the mouth, only downside that it feels slightly too flat. Brewing this tea makes me feel relaxed in mind and body. This is 'only' the 10 years old... i'm curious what the older, more traditional styles will bring!
Thank you Tony for giving us the chance to try such great teas side by side


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Backgrounder #2750 on Budget and Spending
December 11, 2012
December 11, 2012 | Backgrounder on Budget and Spending
Abstract: Unless Congress and the President act promptly and wisely, sequestration under the Budget Control Act (BCA) will undermine military readiness, and the nearly $500 billion tax increase starting on January 1, 2013, will greatly harm an already weak economy. However, this fiscal cliff can be avoided. The key to avoiding this and future fiscal calamities is reform of the mandatory spending programs, from welfare to Social Security, that currently drive federal deficits. The Heritage Foundation's Saving the American Dream plan would rein in spending immediately, restructure the major entitlement programs to bring entitlement spending under control over the long term, and strengthen the core foundations of these programs.
Since the Heritage Foundation's Saving the American Dream plan[1] was first published in April 2011, there has been almost no substantive progress on spending control. The only plausible exception was the flawed Budget Control Act (BCA), a product of a contentious debt limit debate. The complete failure of the resultant bipartisan "supercommittee" to reach agreement was a sad reflection on a Congress that is divided and unwilling to pass the legislation necessary to rein in spending.
As a result, the nation is facing the looming sequester, which will further undermine the defense budget, jeopardizing one of the federal government's core constitutional responsibilities. Yet it would leave entitlement programs virtually untouched, even though they are the largest driver of spending today and in the future. Meanwhile, the prospect of a huge tax increase in January has had a deleterious effect on the economy for many months, although the effect is only a small portion of the harm the economy will incur if the tax increase ultimately takes effect. America seriously needs a true way forward.
The Heritage plan reflects the need to rein in spending immediately and to rethink major programs. Spending on the open-ended Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid entitlements must be brought under control, and the core foundations of these programs should be strengthened.
The following principles guide the policy solutions in Saving the American Dream:
Fiscal year (FY) 2012 closed on September 30 with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimating spending of $3.5 trillion and a deficit of $1.1 trillion.[2] Debt held by the public was $11.3 trillion (73 percent of GDP). According to the CBO, debt will explode to 199 percent of GDP by 2037, driven by growth in spending that will reach 36 percent of GDP.[3]
The main drivers of spending and debt increases are incontrovertibly the major entitlement programs: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. However, the slow economy with its high unemployment rate, which remains stuck at around 8 percent, also adds to deficits and debt through two channels: mandatory spending for those workers who are most affected by the slow economy (e.g., unemployment compensation) and below-average tax revenues.
It is clear that the top priorities for Congress and the President should be controlling spending, especially entitlement reform, and setting an economic growth agenda through tax reform. After averting the fiscal cliff, Congress and the President should immediately turn their attention to these pressing issues.
As noted, entitlements are the fastest-growing programs. Even if all other spending was eliminated, these programs would still cause large and unsustainable deficits in the future. Their growth is automatic, with autopilot spending increases built in and no serious budgetary constraints. The top priority must be to restructure entitlements and put a brake on their spending levels while strengthening and preserving them for future generations.
A number of robust proposals for health care reforms already exist, both in Congress and in the policy community.[4] Congress and the President should take advantage of this policy momentum and focus on reforming Medicaid and especially Medicare. However, changes in Social Security should follow quickly, and the rules that govern these programs in general should be more consistent. For example, increases in the normal eligibility age should proceed simultaneously for both Social Security and Medicare.
Specific steps for Congress and the President include the following:
If only one issue is thoroughly addressed in 2013, it should be the federal role in health care, the biggest driver of spending. The flawed Obamacare law only adds to the problem. Instead of expanding the government's role, health care should follow a true patient-centered, market-based model, including reforms in Medicare, Medicaid, and the tax treatment of health insurance.
Medicare. Medicare's finances must be brought under control. As a first step, the age of eligibility should be raised gradually from 65 to 68 and then indexed to life expectancy. Premiums for Parts B and D should also gradually increase, thus expanding the current policy for Medicare of adjusting the level of taxpayer subsidies to income, with the most affluent seniors receiving much smaller (or in some cases no) taxpayer subsidies for their health coverage. These steps, among others,[5] should occur immediately because they are easily achieved and less controversial and should be part of new debt-limit legislation.
Within five years of these initial changes, patients should also be transitioned to a defined-contribution or premium-support model that would be adjusted for income. Expanding competition in Medicare would restrain federal spending, slow health care costs, and promote greater innovation in the delivery of care.[6]
Medicaid. Federal spending on Medicaid should be put on a budget subject to regular congressional review to bring greater fiscal certainty and stability to the process. Federal Medicaid spending would follow antipoverty spending caps by reverting to the 2007 spending levels when the economy approaches full employment (e.g., the unemployment rate dips below 6 percent) and be adjusted for medical inflation thereafter.
In lieu of traditional Medicaid, able-bodied individuals and families should receive direct federal assistance in the form of tax credits or direct assistance to enable them to buy private insurance coverage of their choice. For the disabled and frail elderly, Medicaid would remain a joint federal–state safety net program, but states would have additional flexibility to adopt more patient-centered models.
Reform of the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance. As a part of tax reform (see below), the employee tax break for employer-sponsored coverage would be converted to a non-refundable tax credit that individuals and families could use to purchase the health plan of their choice.
These larger reforms are best achieved through normal legislative order. This could include the legitimate use of reconciliation as part of a comprehensive budget plan. In any case, Congress should pass a concurrent budget resolution for FY 2014.
Social Security needs to be reformed. It is running permanent cash-flow deficits and has severe programmatic flaws.[7]
First, Social Security's eligibility age should gradually be increased in tandem with Medicare's eligibility age. For both, this change is straightforward and could be included in an initial, small reform package. Next, Social Security should return to its original purpose of guaranteeing that all Americans are protected from poverty in retirement. As part of this insurance protection, benefits would evolve to an understandable, predictable flat benefit that is well above the poverty level. With Social Security functioning as an insurance program, moderate-income retirees would receive a smaller check, while affluent seniors would receive no check unless their financial circumstances change.
To encourage people to stay in the workforce longer, those who work beyond full retirement age would receive a higher level of after-tax income until they do retire.
Tax reform would support Social Security reforms by significantly increasing personal savings that seniors can take into retirement, and there would be no limit on the amount of these tax-deferred savings. Thus, more retirement income would be possible than under the current system. Social Security would become a safety valve against economic reversals and a floor for income after the statutory retirement age.
Defense cuts are already reducing military readiness, thus endangering the security of the United States. The defense portion of the BCA cuts is dangerously flawed and must be reversed. In Saving the American Dream, the sequester for defense spending (including the 2013 cuts) is eliminated, and the higher spending is more than offset with reforms in other spending and entitlements. Defense spending is brought slowly up to and held at 4 percent of GDP. Non-defense discretionary spending is set for 2013 at the BCA sequester level and then reduced to 2 percent of GDP, after which it is indexed to inflation.
Spending in 2014 and beyond should include reforms in long-standing but growing and expensive programs such as farm subsidies and transportation. A program of privatization, including federal asset sales, could begin as early as 2015. Anti-poverty spending should be rolled back and capped when the economy approaches full employment and then consolidated into fewer programs that reflect strong incentives for work and marriage.
Tax Reform. The economy remains plagued by the uncertainty of expiring tax policy and an unwieldy and inefficient tax code. Beyond preventing Taxmageddon by extending all current tax policy and delaying the Obamacare tax increases before January 1, 2013, Congress should pass broad substantive tax reform consistent with the New Flat Tax in Saving the American Dream. Tax reform should focus on promoting economic growth by reducing both tax rates and tax distortions while maintaining revenue and distributional neutrality. It should also simplify the tax system and improve its transparency so that taxpayers can better understand the influence of tax policy as well as the true cost of government.[8]
The broad direction for tax reform already in play, especially the bipartisan push for lower corporate income tax rates, is fully consistent with the New Flat Tax. Congress will likely find the goal of lower corporate tax rates quickly running up against the consequent need to lower tax rates for non-corporate businesses. This occurs naturally under the New Flat Tax, which taxes all businesses at a single rate on their domestic net cash flow at the entity level. Likewise, the growing support for a territorial tax system—under which U.S. businesses are taxed solely on their domestic income—is also fully consistent with the New Flat Tax, which levies tax solely on domestic income.
Under the New Flat Tax, the individual income tax and the payroll tax are rolled into one system with the same tax rate that is imposed on business income. Nearly all other federal levies are repealed, leaving a simple system for both individuals and businesses. Under the New Flat Tax as it applies to individuals, only income used for consumption is taxed, thus eliminating the existing tax bias against saving. In addition, all distorting credits, exemptions, and deductions are eliminated, leaving only two credits and three deductions.
The first credit is the above-mentioned tax credit for health insurance. This tax credit is less distortive of economic decisions than current law is, but it remains a clear subsidy for the purchase of health insurance. It is necessary because the current-law tax bias favoring health insurance is so powerful and so entrenched that simply eliminating the tax advantage is impracticable.
The second credit carried over from current law is the earned income credit (EIC). The EIC needs reform in its own right, but it is also the largest income-support component of the overall federal anti-poverty program and one of its most effective elements. Changes in the EIC should then be considered part of the proposed budget for anti-poverty programs.
The three deductions are as follows:
The New Flat Tax, the tax reform plan, is implemented effective January 1, 2014.
Addressing the Fiscal Cliff
Table 1 addresses each element of the fiscal cliff and the proposed steps that Congress should take on each of them.
—Alison Acosta Fraser is Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, William W. Beach is Director of the Center for Data Analysis and Lazof Family Fellow in Economics, and Stuart M. Butler, PhD, is Director of the Center for Policy Innovation at The Heritage Foundation.
The editors are grateful to the team leaders who worked with policy experts throughout The Heritage Foundation to develop this report: J. D. Foster, Ph.D., Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy; Rea S. Hederman, Jr., Assistant Director and Research Fellow in the Center for Data Analysis; David C. John, Senior Research Fellow in Retirement Security and Financial Institutions; Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Senior Fellow in the Center for Policy Innovation; Nina Owcharenko, Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies; and Drew Gonshorowski, Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis.
This plan was developed as part of the Solutions Initiative and funded by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The Peterson Foundation convened organizations with a variety of perspectives to develop plans addressing our nation's fiscal challenges. The American Action Forum, Bipartisan Policy Center, Center for American Progress, Economic Policy Institute, and The Heritage Foundation, each received grants. All organizations had discretion and independence to develop their own goals and propose comprehensive solutions. The Peterson Foundation's involvement with this project does not represent endorsement of any plan.
Show references in this report
[1] Stuart M. Butler, Alison Acosta Fraser, and William W. Beach, eds., Saving the American Dream: The Heritage Plan to Fix the Debt, Cut Spending, and Restore Prosperity, The Heritage Foundation, 2011, http://savingthedream.org/about-the-plan/plan-details/.
[2] Congressional Budget Office, "Monthly Budget Review," October 5, 2012, http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43656 (accessed November 30, 2012).
[3] Congressional Budget Office, "The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook," Alternative Fiscal Scenario, June 5, 2012, http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43288 (accessed November 30, 2012).
[4] J. D. Foster and Alison Acosta Fraser, "Six Bipartisan Entitlement Reforms to Solve the Real Fiscal Crisis: Only Presidential Leadership Is Needed," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2748, November 30, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/six-bipartisan-entitlement-reforms-to-solve-the-real-fiscal-crisis-only-presidential-leadership-is-needed.
[5] Robert E. Moffit, "The First Stage of Medicare Reform: Fixing the Current Program," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2611, October 17, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/10/the-first-stage-of-medicare-reform-fixing-the-current-program.
[6] Robert E. Moffit, "The Second Stage of Medicare Reform: Moving to a Premium Support Program," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2626, November 28, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/11/the-second-stage-of-medicare-reform-moving-to-a-premium-support-program.
[7] David C. John, "Social Security Finances Significantly Worse, Says 2012 Trustees Report," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3577, April 23, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/04/social-security-finances-significantly-worse-says-2012-trustees-report.
[8] J. D. Foster, "The New Flat Tax: Easy as One, Two, Three," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2631, December 13, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/12/the-new-flat-tax-easy-as-one-two-three.


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Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™
With the addition of the Perfexion™, Penn State Hershey Medical Center welcomes the first significant advance in Gamma Knife® technology in the past thirty years. Perfexion dramatically streamlines workflow and expands the treatable conditions compared to previous models of the Gamma Knife.
To learn more about technical aspects of Perfexion, please click here.
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Handbook
Penn State Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
500 University Drive, South Annex
Hershey, PA 17033
To schedule a visit, please call 717-531-8807, option 4, or Toll-Free 800-243-1455.
- Akash Agarwal, M.D., Neurosurgeon
- Sandra J. Brettler, M.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N., C.N.R.N., Nurse Coordinator
- Kevin Cockroft, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., F.A.H.A., Neurosurgeon
- Marcus F. Keep, M.D., Neurosurgeon
- Heath Mackley, M.D., Radiation Oncologist
- James McInerney, M.D., Neurosurgeon
- Michael Sather, M.D., Neurosurgeon
- Huseyin Isidak, M.D., Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
- Henry Wagner, M.D., Radiation Oncologist
How is the procedure billed?
The Gamma Knife coordinator will obtain preauthorization for procedures. For more information on Patient Financial Services, please click here. For information about insurances that we accept, please click here.
How do I schedule my procedure?
After meeting with the neurosurgeon and radiation oncologist, the Gamma Knife coordinator will contact you to schedule your procedure. A tour of the facility will be provided at one of your appointments with the physicians. Neuropsychological testing may be required in some instances; this will be discussed with you at your appointment.
Where do I go on the day of my procedure?
Park in the south parking garage, and exit the garage to the South Annex (the door will be on your left immediately after exiting the elevator). Check in at the front desk at 6:00 a.m. unless otherwise scheduled by the Gamma Knife coordinator. Remember, you should have nothing to eat or drink after midnight, except for your medications. The only medications that should not be taken will be indicated by the Gamma Knife coordinator prior to your procedure. Also, please wear comfortable clothing with no metal (i.e. no belts, jewelry other than wedding rings, metal objects in your pockets, change or credit cards). Rings, underwire bras, blue jeans, and grommets in shoes/sneakers are allowed.
What should I bring to the procedure?
You may bring music to listen to during your treatment. We can accommodate iPods or CDs. As there is limited room, only one to two family members can be with you at a time prior to your treatment. Please keep all valuables at home.
Can I drive after the procedure?
No, you will need a driver to come with you to take you home after your treatment. As you pull into the south parking garage, there are reserved parking spaces on the left hand side for gamma knife patients directly across from the elevator. Please use these for the day; however we request that you use only one space per patient. If you have other family coming for your treatment, they may park anywhere else in the garage.
Our Neuro-Oncology team is very active with Clinical Trials. Click here to view the list of current studies, as of January, 2012.


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pup wrote:Cerebral_DownTime wrote:Additionally, if you don't want these kids to sell this shit, then STOP FUCKING GIVING IT TO THEM. If we want to give players gold pants and championship rings, do it when they have spent their eligibility and they are on their way off the campus, escrow it so to speak.
I don't know about you guys, but I sold my own fucking blood to buy a couple of 12pks and a stick of beef jerkey when I was 18. If I would have had a Big Ten championship ring worth 1k, I would have sold that and kept the blood. Hell, $1,000.00 = 250 12PKS of the beast back in the day. That is like an entire month of partying!
This is an excellent point.
Giving a student athlete a $1,500 ring is a stupid thing to do. That's going to be the first thing to go the first time they need some scratch.
If you are going to reward these players, don't give them shit till they graduate, not leave for the NFL, but actually graduate. I know for a mega million dollar athelete, those rings might not mean shit. But it might to some other guys.
You know how many Big 10 Championship rings are on that campus right now? A few hundred? How many got sold? Blame the people that broke the rules, please.
I have no idea how many got sold. Probably alot more than we know of.


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Microsoft Corp. reportedly wants Samsung Electronics to pay massive licensing fees for each handset that feature Google Android operating system as the latter, the software giant believes, infringes its patents and utilizes technologies originally developed by Microsoft. Samsung is reportedly negotiating with the Redmond, Washington software developer.
Microsoft demands $15 for each Google Android-based smartphone from Samsung, which is a massive amount of money, given the current situation on the market of smartphones. Samsung agrees to pay $10 per smartphone "in exchange for a deeper alliance with Microsoft" for the Windows Phone platform, according to a report from Reuters news-agency that cites Maeil Business Newspaper which quoted unnamed industry officials as saying.
The world's largest maker of software is trying hard to promote its Windows Phone 7 platform, but without much success so far as both Apple iOS and Google Android have been gaining adoption much faster than Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and the trend is unlikely to be reversed for several more quarters.
Charging Samsung Electronics, which is currently the largest supplier of Android-based mobile phones, for patents will not only give Microsoft additional money, but will may also make it easier for the software firm to sell its WP7 operating system to Samsung. But making Android more expensive for manufacturers of phones does not automatically make Windows Phone 7 more competitive than Android, which is why it will hardly translate into larger sales of Microsoft-powered handsets.
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How to Make Cloud Dough
Cloud Dough…Have you heard of it? It turns out that cloud dough is one of the easiest sensory bin recipes around, and it is so rewarding to play with. Even adults will love it. One caveat: it can be messy, so take it outdoors if this is a concern.
Me either, and I thought I've heard of most everything arts+little kids related. Karen at Flight of Whimsy introduced me to the recipe, and as soon as I learned about it I knew my 3 year old would love it. The consistency of the dough is lovely to feel and hold. It can be powdery like flour one moment, and then moldable like damp sand the next. This brought HOURS of fun to my home, and maybe it'll do the same for yours.
Be sure to scroll down for the printable recipe!
We started off with 4 cups of Flour and 1/2 cup of Oil. The original recipe is an 8:1 ratio. I would have enjoyed having the full 8 cups worth, but I didn't want to deplete my flour reserves, just in case.
Don't worry about writing all this down. There's a printable recipe at the end of this post!
Watch the video
N took the mountain-making and oil mixing job very seriously. We mixed it with our hands for about 5 minutes until the dough held together when we squeezed it. We could still see some oil lumps in the dough, but it didn't have an adverse effect on the material. The original recipe called for baby oil, but canola worked beautifully for us. However, Karen did mention the lovely smell of the baby oil, so we added a healthy dose of lavender oil drops (found at our health food store) to scent the dough. Heavenly!
How to Play with Cloud Dough
I find it fascinating to sit back and observe how my kids explore new-to-them materials. The first thing N made was a wall. A really strong wall.
Then she crafted the dough into a bakery and soup cafe. These silicone molds are wondrous for activities like this.
She enjoyed picking up and squeezing small handfuls of dough. The texture was phenomenal.
The next day we brought it back out and shared the dough with some friends. And this is where I wished I had made the full 8-cup recipe. Hoarders!! There was so much scrambling for all the dough scraps, and I found myself patrolling more than I like to. So, if you're making a batch for more than one child, 8 cups of flour + 1 cup of oil may be the way to go.
Cloud Dough Recipe
- 8 cups flour
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- Essential oil such as lavender or grapefruit (optional)
- Scoop and pour the flour into the center of a large tub.
- Create a crater in the middle of the flour.
- Pour the oil into the crater.
- Gently mix it all together.
- Enjoy mixing and learning about the properties of the dough as it is, or add small silicone bowls, spoons, or measuring cups to make small structures, hills, or pretend cupcakes.
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The Best of Kass
Among his posts this past week, Kass shares some negative Apple (AAPL) headlines, talks about the earnings cliff and explains why the short Treasury ETF looks interesting.
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It's the Earnings Cliff
Originally published on Friday, Dec. 14 at 8:58 a.m. EST.
- No rush to buy now .
What is not overblown is the earnings cliff.
And the action of Apple's (AAPL) shares over the last 2-1/2 months is symptomatic of my 2013 fear that consensus top down ($107) and bottom up ($113) profits for the S&P next year are simply pie in the sky.
A sub-$100 2013 S&P forecast is where I live.
And 14x seems a reasonable valuation under the umbrella cyclical and secular challenges.
It is hard to see, with profits and margins near cyclical peaks, valuations expand in a subpar-profit backdrop.
This is true even if a half-assed fiscal cliff compromise is reached in the next week.
There is no rush to go out and buy at this point.
Position: None
Friday's Apple Negative Headlines
Originally published on Friday, Dec. 14 at 11:34 a.m. EST.
- What's doing the rounds.
- Several more negative sell-side calls on weak supply chain checks (Apple, Jabil (JBL) , etc). See comments from DB Asia/Japan.
Hon-Hai -5% (Largan limit down & LPL hit Thursday) on AAPL iPhone 5 demand concerns. Several more articles out overnight about NAND/DRAM pricing continuing to rip higher. Apple's Decision To Make The New iMacs Super Thin Was A Mistake.
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The Short Treasury ETF Gets Interesting
Originally published on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 12:50 p.m. EST.
- The TBT has fallen to a level that should be near support.
The ProShares UltraShort 20 Year-Plus Treasury ETF (TBT) has fallen by nearly $1 a share from the morning's highs.
I expect that important technical level -- 1.67% yield on the 10-year U.S. note -- should provide support.
I would be a buyer of the TBT between $61.50 and $61.75.
Position: Long TBT common and calls
Chasing the Dragon
Originally published on Monday, Dec. 10 at 10:20 a.m. EST.
- The economic data out of China has clearly improved.
It seems as if it was only a few weeks ago that there was rising confidence in a Chinese hard landing.
Continued worries about the legitimacy of the economic data from that region, weakening PMIs and poor prospects for the country's export markets contributed to a technical breakdown in the iShares:FTSE China 25 (FXI) , which many thought was a continuation of the deep bear market of 2010-12.


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Jarrett Jack decided to play through his shoulder injury in Tuesday's game and looked great, finishing with 22 points, three rebounds, five assists, a steal and four 3-pointers on 7-of-14 shooting in 33 minutes.
T.J. McConnell (wrist) will not play on Monday vs. the Bucks.
Enes Kanter scored a season-high 29 points with 12 rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block in Sunday's 122-118 victory over the Kings.
Doug McDermott scored 20 of his career-high 31 points during in the second quarter of Sunday's road win in Charlotte, finishing 9-of-16 from the field and 10-of-11 from the line.
Patrick Beverley got back on track during Sunday's game in Brooklyn, scoring 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting with four 3-pointers, seven rebounds, six assists, two steals and zero turnovers.
James Harden posted another triple-double on Sunday, his 12th of the season, with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, four 3-pointers, one steal and one block.
Mike Dunleavy scored a season-high 20 points vs. the Bucks on Sunday, making 6-of-10 shots with four 3-pointers, three rebounds, two assists and one turnover in 23 minutes.
Jonas Valanciunas double-doubled in his 28 minutes of action during Sunday's 116-101 blowout victory over the Knicks, tallying 12 points, 16 rebounds, one assist and two turnovers.
Lance Thomas has been diagnosed with a left orbital fracture and concussion-like symptoms, and he's doubtful to play on Monday.
J.J. Barea was phenomenal in his 17 minutes of action during Sunday's win over the Wolves, scoring 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting to go with one 3-pointer, three boards, three assists and two turnovers.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting Sunday, to go with six rebounds, three 3-pointers, two assists, three blocks and one turnover in 28 minutes.
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All we have to do to destroy the planet's climate and biota is to keep doing exactly what we are doing today.powerful corporate interests whose overriding objective is to grow by generating profit (including profit from avoiding the environmental costs their companies create, amassing deep subsidies and benefits from government, and continued deployment of technologies originally designed with little or no regard for the environment); markets that systematically fail to recognize environmental costs unless corrected by government; government that is subservient to corporate interests and the growth imperative; rampant consumerism spurred by sophisticated advertising and marketing; economic activity now so large in scale that its impacts alter the fundamental biophysical operations of the planet — all combine to deliver an ever-growing world economy that is undermining the ability of the earth to sustain life.
Today's environmentalism accepts compromises as part of the process. It takes what it can get.not "articulating a vision of the future commensurate with the magnitude of the crisis. Instead they are promoting technical policy fixes like pollution controls and higher vehicle mileage standards — proposals that provide neither the popular inspiration nor the political alliances the community needs to deal with the problem." Shellenberger and Nordhaus believe environmentalists don't recognize that they are in a culture war — a war over core values and a vision for the future.
Organizations built to litigate and lobby are not necessarily the best ones to mobilize a grassroots movement.the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club have had a sustained political presence, groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund have developed effective networks of activists around the country, the World Resources Institute has augmented its policy work with on-the-ground sustainable development projects, and environmental justice concerns and the emerging climate crisis have spurred the proliferation of grassroots efforts, student organizing, and community and state initiatives.
The environmental agenda should expand to embrace a challenge to consumerism and commercialism.influence to wealthy constituencies and large businesses, which further imperils the potential of the democratic process to act to correct the growing income disparities. Corporations have been the principal economic actors for a long time; now they are the principal political actors as well. Neither environment nor society fares well under corporatocracy. Environmentalists need to embrace public financing of elections, regulation of lobbying, nonpartisan Congressional redistricting, and other political reform measures as core to their agenda. Today's politics will never deliver environmental sustainability.
If there is a model within American memory of what must be done, it is the civil rights revolution of the 1960s.It's visible also in the increasing activism of religious organizations, including many evangelical groups under the banner of Creation Care, and in the rapid proliferation of community-based environmental initiatives. It's there in the joining together of organized labor, environmental groups, and progressive businesses in the Apollo Alliance and there in the Sierra Club's collaboration with the United Steelworkers, the largest industrial union in the United States. It's visible too in the outpouring of effort to build on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and in the grassroots organizing of 1Sky and others around climate change. It is visible in the green consumer movement and in the consumer support for the efforts of the Rainforest Action Network to green the policies of the major U.S. banks. It's there in the increasing number of teach-ins, demonstrations, marches, and protests, including the 1,400 events across the United States in 2007 inspired by Bill McKibben's "Step It Up!" campaign to stop global warming. It is there in the constituency-building work of minority environmental leaders and in the efforts of groups like Green for All to link social and environmental goals. It's just beginning, but it's there, and it will grow.


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|Fringe Symbols
The symbols, or glyphs, are displayed at the end of each act, just before commercial breaks. They are a code that spells a word indicative of that particular episode. In addition to the promotional and marketing value of the symbols, the glyphs are occasionally incorporated as background decoration by the art/set designers. Each glyph highlights a natural element, generally with some unnatural amendment that is cleverly integrated into the image.
|• The Apple glyph has human embryos instead of seeds.
• Apples were given out as clues on the Scavenger Hunt.
|• The Butterfly glyph has bones for its wings.
|• The Flower glyph has dragonfly wings in some petals.
• Like any daisy, the center has counter-rotating spirals, based on the Fibonacci sequence, and has left-right (mirror) symmetry.
• In the center of the flower, a Mandelbrot set is visible.
|• The Frog glyph has the symbol for Phi on his back
|• The Hand glyph has six fingers and is seen as a left and right hand.
• The yellow dot is not in the same location relative to the left/right images.
• It appears in the title sequence/opening splash.
• The hand glyph on the original
|• The Horn glyph is in the shape of a Fibonacci spiral and has the number Phi inscribed along the horn.
• This glyph has not been utilized in the alphabetic code.
• The appearance of the horn glyph was the starting point for the 1.61803398874989484820458683436563811.com website.
|• The Leaf glyph has a triangle, or Delta symbol on it.
• Original scripting referred to this as the "Prometheus Logo". Prometheus was changed to "Massive Dynamic" in final scripting.
• Leafs were given out as clues on the Scavenger Hunt.
|• The Seahorse glyph has the Fibonacci spiral on its side, the spiral itself is contained inside a visual representation of the golden ratio.
• The tail is also a Fibonacci spiral. Some images also include stick diagrams for the amino acids L-histidine and L-proline.
|• The Smoke glyph forms a human face.
• This glyph faces left and right with different dot patterns.
|• The dots appear in various locations around the glyphs.
• Placement of the dot around a glyph may indicate digital value, or cypher coding, in addition to the alphabetic value that is represented.
- For the on-air animation promotion for FRINGE, BUSTER (www.busterdesign.tv) worked from the initial graphic symbols found in nature that had been developed by the internal design team. These symbols are key points for viewers to key into and to tap into the show's science and nature themed premise. BUSTER developed a number of 10-second on-air tease animations.
- Jonas Morganstein, BUSTER's executive creative director and executive producer: "The print campaign features a series of elements found in nature, like a leaf or an apple, that appear to look normal at first. But after closer inspection, you realize there are incongruous elements in the imagery – a geometric pattern in the leaf and two human embryos inside the apple. To translate these concepts into a series of 10-second teaser promos, we decided to create that same sense of surreal discovery, by opening the visuals on a normal (though eerie) scene, and then slowly revealing a tweaked/unusual detail. Our challenge was to amp up the show's promise of mysterious storytelling, while keeping the imagery subtle enough for the viewer to say, 'Woah – did I just see what I think I saw?"
| This page contains semi-canon information.
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Bobby Deen visits The Blue Stove and learns to make whole wheat pie crust.
Whole wheat bread, nuts and dried fruit dial up this stuffing's yum factor.
Whole Wheat Cinnamon Pancakes prove that healthy indulgences are possible.
Bal starts her kids' day off with quick and nutritious blueberry pancakes.
Bobby gets a recipe for, and learns how to make, an organic wheat baguette.
Bobby's "No-Fry" Apple Pies are wrapped in a whole wheat crust and baked.
Bobby's tomato pie may have fewer calories, but it's still huge on flavor.
Giada prepares whole wheat spaghetti with lemon, basil and salmon.
Whole grains, buttermilk and honey add flavor and nutrition to this treat.
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Chris, excellent points. I agree. I am especially grateful that you mentioned DC. Living in the DC area, I often feel people forget about the Pentagon getting hit. Sure, NYC may have gotten it 10 times worse, but we got it just the same, and also lost a lot of loved ones in the process. A young lady I went to high school with perished at the Pentagon, and so did a young sailor who was the boyfriend of one of my classmates. "All we are saying, is give peace a chance", sure. But we also need to defend ourselves. P. Mac even said it himself...so I hope people don't think that he doesn't believe in military and defense, because he does.
Heck, just listen to 'Freedom'. "We will FIGHT for the right to live in freedom!"
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Making progress on public safety facilities
It's an understatement to say Tupper Lake's fire and police buildings are in rough shape. They're too old and too small, and in many other ways they're just not suitable for modern use – and they've been that way for a long time.
The building that houses the local rescue squad is in better shape, but it's too small as well.
For more than 20 years, local officials have occasionally floated the concept of a shared public safety building for all three departments, and even town offices, too. In 1994, voters decided otherwise, nixing such a building by a more than three-to-one margin – with high turnout, too. They didn't want to take on that kind of municipal debt.
Therefore, the departments made do. Now, 19 more years of depreciation have taken their toll on those buildings, making the need for new ones that much greater.
A major problem, however, is that Tupper Lake's economy is worse now than it was in 1994. The tax hikes needed to pay off a new debt might hurt more now than they would have then.
Still, taxpayers have gone the last 19 years without those hikes, and it's only common sense that at some point the community must put money into its emergency services facilities. At some point it will cost more to live with facilities that are decrepit, inadequate and liabilities. That's why we are in favor of building new ones.
Adding to the build-it side of the argument is that the police department is being sued by a woman who fell down the stairs while she was in custody. In a way, she's suing the entire community, since it was voters who turned down the police's request for a new station. Is that a liability? We'll see. This case could cost the village significantly, although we hope not.
Local officials are on track to solve this problem and have been working with Sean Foran of the Hueber Breuer firm, whom they became acquainted with after he worked on the new firehouse in Keene (where the old one was washed away by Tropical Storm Irene). We have been impressed by the openness and thoughtfulness of the process so far. There have been many public meetings at which options, details and ideas were thoroughly aired and people were listened to. Best of all, those meetings have shown results. Progress has been made. The goal now is to have a structure with a roof before next winter and a finished building by June 2014 – at least for the fire department.
The rescue squad seems ready to opt out for now, although an addition could be put on the new building for them.
As for police, it's being studied whether it would be more cost-effective to have them and the fire department in the same building or separate ones.
That's fine, but let's make sure all three emergency services departments get the facilities they need. Let's not leave any of them on the back burner for years to come.
On the other hand, it's absolutely necessary that these facilities not be wasteful or luxurious. Local leaders have been hearing about new firehouses in Watertown and Gouverneur that were built for less money than is being projected for Tupper's new station, and they plan to visit both. Good.
Another idea Tupper Lakers could take from the Gouverneur firehouse is the outdoor skating rink volunteers built beside it. Tupper Lake village trustees have been trying to set up such a rink in the Municipal Park, but in the long run, the preferred firehouse site on Santa Clara Avenue might be better, for several reasons:
-It's close to the park, so it's still centrally located and easy to get to.
-It's next to the civic center, where people already go to ice skate.
-The firehouse often would have drivers and volunteers inside, so there might be more passive supervision of kids than at a Municipal Park rink.
-And it would seem that fire hoses would be good tools for flooding the rink.
It sounds like May is when a referendum will be held on this. We urge planners to give voters a facility they can afford, and if so, we think it would be wise to vote yes this time.
P.S.: Saranac Lakers, many of you may want to watch this matter with interest since your fire and police stations also have issues, although not as severe as Tupper Lake's.


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So far my only experience with an Oolong is TeaVana's "Toasted Nut Brulee" blend, which has so many different things in it that I know the flavor of the Oolong itself is lost.
I'd like to delve into the world of Oolong teas and try a few "good" ones. In terms of my taste in tea overall, I love notes of nuttiness and natural sweetness, and a rich, smooth taste and finish.
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I love how Rob and Kristen always say they feel special about the first movie. Maybe many memories? :)ReplyDelete
All three show their appreciation for the success, the fans and their friendship throughout the years. My mom always say "appreciation is the road to success" when I was young. I feel good as I see this great character in them. All the best for them after Twilight saga.ReplyDelete
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A Letter and Lilies to the LeRoy Girls
Dear 12 young women in LeRoy,
I wanted to tell you how incredibly brave and beautiful you all are.
When I watched several of you on Good Morning American and CNN last week I was blown away by your courage in discussing your shared movement disorder so openly and visually.
Disclosing something so personal to the world – especially when doctors have stated they believe there is a psychological component – is not easy.
It is so not easy.
I know.
In 2001 I appeared on national television (TLC"s "The Wedding Story") and spoke honestly about my battle with anorexia nervosa – an eating disorder with a psychological component.
It was like pulling off a band-aid and showing my wounds to the world.
It left me open for judgment and analysis and misunderstanding.
It made me feel weak, but looking back, I'm shocked I had the strength to do it.
I did it to help myself and to help other young women.
From what I can gather, you are speaking out to help yourselves and to have your questions answered.
But, in speaking out, you are helping others too.
Please believe that.
I am now a mother and my son Brady, 5, has a neurologically based movement disorder. We don't know exactly how his came about either.
The doctors tell us it is genetic, but we have no movement disorders in our family.
I spent a lot of time when Brady was first diagnosed pining and pressing for an answer. "Where did this come from?" "WHY is my baby jumping 100′s of times a day?"
I still don't have answer, but we have had success in treatment.
I try not to focus too much on "Why?" anymore.
It was hard in the beginning, but now as I see him responding better to medication and therapies "Why" doesn't seem as important.
My hope for you all is that if you cannot get an answer to "Why" or the answer you get does not pacify your hearts and minds, that you use the strength I see in you to focus on the "How."
How can you get better? How can you continue to use this awful experience to help others?
You are well on your way.
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Used primarily for maths based learning, however we also use them for storytelling (Goldilocks). There are enough of them that all the children can play together. My only criticism is that they are a bit small so tend to get 'lost' - this is the second time we have replaced them, but at least it proves they are popular!
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ILENE BEECHER, 89, of Minot, died Saturday in a Minot nursing home. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot)
ALVIN ACKERMAN, 87, Kenmare, died Monday in a Kenmare Hospital. Funeral Saturday, 11 a.m., at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Kenmare. Visitation Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. with a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m., both in the church. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Kenmare)
GLENN ENGER, 63, of Tioga, died Saturday in a Minot hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga)
TAMMY EARL, 52, Garrison, died Friday at her home of natural causes. (Thompson Funeral Home, Garrison)
ARLENE SHERVEN, 72, Parshall, died April 13 in Mesa, Ariz. Visitation Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a prayer service at 2 p.m., both in Langhans Funeral Home, Parshall.
ALICE WICKMAN, 78, rural Burlington, died Friday in a Minot nursing home. Funeral Tuesday, 2 p.m., in Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot. Visitation Monday, 2 to 7 p.m., in Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.
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Every city needs a classic "black box" space for small troupes producing avant-garde theater on no money. This is Washington's. Located in restaurant- and club-filled Adams Morgan, the Arts Center is both a gallery and a theater space. The entry is up a steep, narrow stairway, and getting to the theater involves briefly leaving the building and going down another set of stairs. Seating about 50 people, the DCAC theater, with its black walls and folding chairs, is minimalist to the max. This is a place to see people taking risks and sometimes succeeding against the odds of poverty and cramped space.
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Chief executive officer of Intel Corp. said that the release of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system (OS) will catalyze enterprises to start replacing their outdated personal computers with new ones, which will boost the economy of the whole high-technology industry.
"I think that Windows 7 will help drive a refresh in corporations and we're cautiously optimistic we'll see that in 2010," said Paul Otellini, the head of Intel, in an interview with Financial Times news-paper.
According to the chairman and chief exec of the world's largest chipmaker, corporations now use personal computers that are over three years old. Outdated desktops and laptops have significantly increased cost of ownership and this factor, in conjunction with the release of Windows 7, should encourage enterprises to replace their old systems with new PCs.
"I think corporations' capital budgets got clamped down fairly aggressively at the end of last year. But in terms of PC refresh I would expect that now to happen in 2010. The fleet of PCs is getting fairly aged; most corporate notebooks are now over four years old, desktops are over five years old, they need to refresh," said Mr. Otellini.
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The Columbus Dispatch - October 12, 2012 09:14 AM
Scott Rolen doesn't know whether his major league career is over or not. After the Reds' 6-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants in Game 5 of the National League Division Series ended the season, reporters gathered around the Cincinnati third baseman's locker kept asking whether he had decided to retire.
Rolen didn't have an answer, in part because he isn't sure what he wants to do and in part because he knows it might not be his decision, anyway.
"My contract's up," he said. "There's times you can't make your own decisions. I have to see what's going on and where we are."
One thing Rolen did know: His idea of having this season as something of a farewell tour didn't quite work out that way. When a reporter reminded him of his comments to that effect on opening day and asked him how that turned out, Rolen grinned.
"Not very well," he said. "This game is too damned hard. You think you're going to smell the roses and you can't, because you're getting 94 (mph) with a cutter, a guy's throwing 100 out there. That's not fun. You don't soak that up. You're miserable when you get just annihilated at the plate. So that was a great idea, a great thought. My heart was in the right place, but that didn't happen."
Dublin native Brady Quinn, the former Cleveland first round draft pick who lost his job with the Browns and sat the bench in Denver before moving on to Kansas City as Matt Cassel's backup, is going to get another chance as a starter Sunday when the Chiefs play the 1-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
While prospects for the Chiefs aren't good, the former Notre Dame star looks to have a fairer chance there than he did in Cleveland. Kansas City not only has a better supporting cast than Quinn had with the Browns – even with injuries to the offensive line, the Chiefs showed they could run the football against a stout Ravens defense -- and KC's remaining opponents have a combined record of 13-25.
Terrell Owens, the former Bengals wide receiver who was released by the Seattle Seahawks during the preseason, posted a message on his Twitter account during Monday night's Houston Texans-New York Jets game that indicating his interest in joining the Jets:
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KINGSFORD – A K-9 search at 1:20 p.m. Friday at Kingsford High School and Kingsford Middle Schools resulting in no hits in the school buildings and one positive hit in the west parking lot, Supt. Craig Allen reported.
The search was of the lockers, locker rooms and parking lots of both buildings conducted by the Marinette County Sheriff Department K-9 Unit in cooperation with Kingsford Public Safety, the Iron Mountain Police Department and the Dickinson County Sheriff Department.
Kingsford Public Safety Department is investing the one positive hit.
"The search was not a reaction to any activity, information, or suspicion about specific drug use or possession. It was done as a proactive measure in our continuing effort to maintain a drug-free, safe and orderly environment in our schools," Allen said.
The search was done in a very professional manner and took approximately one hour to search more than 1,250 lockers, five locker rooms and all parking lots. The search was preceded by an announcement to staff and students that the high school and middle school were in a non-threatening lockdown situation.
"We were pleased with the manner in which staff and students carried out and conducted themselves during this non-threatening lockdown situation. Not only did the lockdown/search confirm our thoughts about controlled substances in our schools, it also provided an excellent opportunity to practice lockdown procedures and routines in a safe and orderly format. It was an excellent exercise in school safety," Allen said.
He added that they will continue in the future to keep the students safe and the schools drug-free and orderly. This will include periodic K-9 searches.
"I'd like to thank the Dickinson County KIND Team and Kingsford Public Safety for arranging this initiative and the Marinette County Sheriff Department K-9 Unit for conducting the search," Allen said.


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Ilocos Sur
Home to a heritage village with cobbled streets and colonial ancestral homes.
Ilocos Sur boasts two UNESCO Heritage Sites: the Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion Church in Sta. Maria, a fortress-like Baroque church on top of a hill, and the cobblestoned streets of the Vigan Heritage Village, where the stone houses and churches stand testament to the Philippines' Spanish colonial past. Natural and man-made landmarks, such as the grotto on the rocky shores of Sulvec in Narvacan and Bessang Pass, also contribute to Ilocos Sur's cultural and historical wealth. The province is also known for its famous empanada, bagnet, garlic longganisa, and chichacorn.
Ilocos Sur has played a major role in the Philippines' pre-colonial and colonial past. Here are some highlights:
- In 1572, a Spanish expedition led by Don Juan de Salcedo arrived in Vigan, which was then called Cabibigaan (after biga, a local plant). He set up headquarters called Villa Fernandina, which was later on dubbed as the "Intramuros of Ilocandia." The whole Northern Luzon was then declared an encomienda by Salcedo.
- In 1818, a royal decree was released declaring the separation of Ilocos Norte from Ilocos Sur. The northern part of La Union and the whole of Abra were then considered a part of Ilocos Sur. The present geographical boundaries of Ilocos Sur were made official on March 1917 through the Act 2683 of the Philippine Legislature.
- On December 2, 1899, young General Gregorio del Pilar, together with 60 men, battled against 300 American soldiers in the mountains of Tirad Pass, seeking to cover General Emilio Aguinaldo's escape. The Battle of Tirad Pass served as the Filipino Revolutionary Force's last stand under the command of General Aguinaldo.
- During the last stages of World War II, Bessang Pass in Cervantes, 5,250 feet above sea level, served as General Yamashita's last channel of defense.
Traveler's Attractions
Ilocos Sur has much historical, cultural, and recreational appeal for tourists.
- Walking around the cobbled streets of Vigan shows living proof of the Philippines' colonial past. The lines of colonial mansions and ancestral homes are a window into the daily lives of the Chinese and Spanish mestizo clans of olden days. Almost all of Ilocos Sur's towns have notable churches in a range of architectural styles.
- Savoring local delicacies like Vigan longganisa, bagnet, and empanada is a must for foodies. Garlic lovers will especially enjoy the strongly-flavored dishes and can visit the town of Sinait, which is known for its abundant harvest of garlic. The neighboring town of Magsingal now takes pride in its garlic ice cream innovation.
- Viewing the traditional practice of pottery-making (and trying it out as well) is also possible in Vigan, where visitors can find the pagburnayan. The burnay pots made here are used to store sukang Iloko, basi and bagoong.
- Surfing at Cabugao Island is also possible for adrenaline junkies. The island, which boasts a white sand beach, is accessible through a motorboat.
Getting There and Away
- From Manila, Vigan is accessible by land through air-conditioned buses that travel for 6-8 hours. Bus lines with regular daily trips to Vigan are Partas, Viron, and Dominion. Bus lines such as Partas Trans, Fariñas, Florida, Maria de Leon, Autobus, and RCJ pass through Vigan City on the way to Laoag, Ilocos Norte.
- By air, one can take a flight from Manila to Laoag and then ride a public bus on the way to Manila that will pass by Vigan City, which will take about 1-2 hours.
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Assignment: Education - 45-15 Year-round School
Longfellow Elementary in Rochester, MN, has been a 45-15 school for 15 years
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- This elementary school class is structured like any other elementary school class in the Rochester School District. However, the story behind the school year is a little different.
"The traditional schools in our district start the Tuesday after Labor Day," said Longfellow Elementary School Principal Kris Davidson. "We started on July 27th."
Longfellow Elementary School is a year-round school which practices the 45-15 model. The students attend class for 9 to 10 week quarters and then get a 3 week break called intersessions. It's a much different school calendar than many parents are used to.
"My first impression was, 'What? You signed her up to go to school all year round? Kids are supposed to be running around... and summertime... and vacations.' I was just very resistant," said Terry Smoots, Longfellow Elementary School parent.
Terry said he didn't know much about the program, and had made his judgment without any information on the year-round school concept. But an invitation to an open house before his daughter started kindergarten 6 years ago opened his eyes to a different option in education.5554666
"The curriculum was sort of advanced, meaning it was out of the box. It wasn't the traditional type setting," said Smoots.
Terry and his wife have been happy with their daughter's education. And statistics show there are many other families who have children attending Longfellow that should also be happy.
Between 52 and 60 percent of the student population is low-income, and 51 percent of the students are minorities. Yet these populations out-performed their peers within the district and across the state in reading and math during the 2010-2011 school year narrowing the achievement gap between this population and the white and non-free and reduced priced lunch population.
"Whenever you look at your data, you have to break it out by Black, Hispanic, White, free and reduced, non-free and reduced priced lunch, limited English learners, special education. And what we saw is not as large of a gap as the norm or the average in the state of Minnesota," said Davidson.
Educators say part of the reason these students are performing at such a high level is the year-round calendar which helps students avoid summer slide.
"When they come back, they're ready to be back," said Kim Firstbrook, Longfellow Elementary School teacher. "They're happy to be back at school and they're recharged and ready to go. And I as their teacher am recharged."
But most everything comes at a price. While the principal at Longfellow in Rochester says there is no additional cost for teachers because they work the same number of contracted days as their peers in a traditional school, it does cost a little more to bus the students.
"We provide transportation city-wide as opposed to certain locked boundaries," said Davidson. "We have students coming from all over the city. So, naturally that costs more and you need some funding to support that."
But Davidson says don't read too much into that because he just started his role as principal at Longfellow this school year and doesn't know exact numbers. What he does know is that this model of education has worked for 15 years in the district and has proven it to be a success for their community.
"In my existence here, I've seen a very strong school culture," said Davidson. "And I think when everybody knows every child that walks through our doors and every body is responsible for that child that's important. Kids are here throughout the year. I think that's very very important. We know our kids. We know their needs. Every other school does that, as well. I think our calendar allows us to embrace it more over the calendar year. That's important.
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Meeting to address submerged vegetation
Just like electricity, invasive species follow the path of least resistance.
To ensure Chautauqua Lake stays healthy, the county's Department of Planning and Economic Development is asking for the public's help in stopping the movement of invasive species.
To help the public learn how it can help, a public participation meeting on the Submerged Aquatic Vegeta-tion Management Plan for Chautauqua Lake will be held April 18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Chautauqua Instit-ution Golf Course Club House. All area residents are encouraged to attend.
"The management of Chautauqua Lake proved to be challenging in 2012 due to low water levels and excess nutrients that led to extensive aquatic plant growth and algal blooms," said Jeff Diers, Chautauqua County watershed coordinator. "Both of (these circumstances) had significantly impacted lake recreational activities.
"The summer of 2012 also held new challenges," continued Diers, "as water chestnut, a highly invasive aquatic plant, was identified in Chautauqua Lake, further complicating management efforts. Water chestnut was identified near both the Bemus Creek area, and the mouth of the Chadakoin River of Chautauqua Lake."
Diers stated that invasive aquatic plants such as curly leaf pondweed and Eurasian watermilfoil have been present at nuisance levels in Chautauqua Lake for decades as well.
However, an invasive species of much greater concern, Hydrilla verticullata, was discovered in North Tonawanda Creek, which is less than 80 miles from Chautauqua County. Hydrilla verticullata is considered to be the most noxious invasive aquatic plant in the United States.
The SAVMP will expand upon the techniques to manage the nuisance aquatic vegetation that impairs recreational, environmental and economic resources in Chautauqua Lake.
Once completed, the plan will consider the location and type of the community's uses, areas of excessive weed growth and where the conflicts between the community's uses and the weeds occur.
It will then identify sensitive areas and will prescribe reasonable and practical management alternatives that are implementable for the control of aquatic vegetation.
Don McCord, Depart-ment of Planning and Economic Development senior planner, said that an emergency action plan to prevent invasive species becoming established in the lake is being developed in tandem with the comprehensive and integrated SAVMP.
The plan is currently under development by the CCPED, the Chautauqua Lake Management Commis-sion, Cedar Eden Environ-mental LLC, EcoLogic LLC, and Pashek Associates.
For more information, contact Diers at firstname.lastname@example.com.