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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks at the U.S.-China EcoPartnerships Signing Ceremony at the Department of State on May 10, 2011. She was joined by Chinese Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission Minister Xie Zhenhua. Secretary Clinton underscored how the program will help us solve some of our most profound environmental challenges, while also creating new jobs in both the United States and China.
Secretary Clinton said, "We are very committed to this relationship, and we know it needs to expand beyond the government-to-government conversations. We need to harness the unique skills of both of our cities, our states, our universities, our private companies, our civil societies to find solutions to common problems. That is especially true when it comes to clean energy, energy security, environmental stability, and climate change. Both of our countries have companies that are developing new and exciting technologies, universities that are doing groundbreaking research, and local governments that have unique perspectives on the community environmental issues they face which can have a global impact.
"This EcoPartnership program was founded to bring these groups together to share best practices, foster innovation, and encourage sustainable development. Already, the original group of seven eco-partners has generated results, and today, we are admitting six new groups of exciting and promising partners to the list. All of these collaborations have the potential to help us solve some of our most profound environmental challenges and, at the same time, create new jobs in both of our countries. I am confident that these new collaborations will yield innovative solutions, and I look forward to learning more about the results of your work. When it comes to the green economy, local partnerships can have a global impact."
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No Man/Woman Is Left Behind!
In the time from getting shot up to the point of incapacitation/death the aiming and movements willl get worse and worse. If medics are gonna be in the game (I assume so) a medic should not be able to magicaly cure a person. A medic should only stop the bleeding which enhances just a little bit of decreased aiming/movement or stops the decrease of worse aiming/movement. If a teammember doesn't seek a medic after having a serious wound he can get incapacitated or bleed to death. This way it pays off to seek a medic as soon as you are shot. If he stops the bleeding early you will 'feel' less worse then when you are to the point of getting incapacitated.
I really liked the rescue function in Full Spectrum Warrior. Where you could carry an incapacitated member to a safe zone. The difference to me should be that if (s)he is delivered there (s)he goes off to the hospital and is only available after a few -ingame- 'weeks' (1 or 2 missions) with slightly decreased stat pionts (in stamina or some sort). If the drop off point is a safe zone it would be nice if I was reinforced by (a) new team member(s) (with less stat points).
I think it isn't NORG if you proceed into a mission while being "Combat Ineffective" by the loss of (a) team member(s).
That just comes to me. I always hated the GR missions that just faded out if your team was combat ineffective or lost an objective (killed a civillian or lost a or to many team member(s) for instance). To me a mission always has to end at the moment I am extracting or allied reinforcements are moving in towards my position (relieving my duty).
Sorry for the off topic
No your point is quite valid because the health system ties directly into mission success/faliure parameters.
I'm generally very sceptical about the usual way of doing things. I mean, in most "realistic" games you can get shot in the legs and arms, torso and head (at least when wearing helmet and body armor) and while your mobility and weapons accuracy is reduced, you can still move around and shoot. I have strong doubts about the ability of even the most elite SOF to keep proceeding with the mission with a bullethole in each limb plus on in the body armor and a dent in the helmet.
But the more realistic alternative would seem to leave you with "dead weight" as soon as one team member is hit and the mission is essentially over. This I fear would lead to rather boring gameplay.
But I'm completely stumped by this. Obviously, realism won't do any good if it makes the game boring and pointless. I do believe BFS will not let this issue mess up the gameplay, but I'm not sure there is a "right" solution.
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House of Commons Hansard #171 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was cbc.
- Commission Of Inquiry Into The Deployment Of Canadian Forces In Somalia
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Government Response To Petitions
- Maintenance Of Railway Operations Act, 1995
- Rail Strike
- Petitions
- Bill C-41
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Supply
- Racial Discrimination
- President Of Canadian National
- Rwanda
- Rail Transport
- Racial Discrimination
- Learning Disabilities
- Eric Winkler
- Burundi
- Alberta
- Rail Strike
- Quebec Sovereignty
- Rail Transport
- Rail Strike
- Rail Transport
- The Economy
- Human Rights
- Labour
- Ethics
- Government Appointments
- Air Canada
- Rail Transport
- Ethics
- U.S. Television Channels
- National Defence
- Breast Cancer
- National Forum On Health
- Gun Control
- Taxation
- The Economy
- Taxation
- Convenience Flags
- Points Of Order
- Supply
- Canada Student Financial Assistance Act
- Communications Security Establishment
Eric Winkler
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Paul Steckle Huron—Bruce, ON
Mr. Speaker, today we put aside party differences to remember the late Eric Winkler.
Eric Winkler served at all three levels of government during his 29-year political career.
He served as mayor of his hometown in Hanover, he was a cabinet minister at Queen's Park and chief whip for the federal Tories when the late John Diefenbaker held power.
During World War II he served in the bomber command of the Royal Canadian Air Force where he was shot down and held as a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945.
In 1957 he ran federally and was elected as the MP for Grey-Bruce, where he was re-elected four times.
In 1967 he left Ottawa and was elected the provincial member for the Grey riding, a position he held until his defeat in 1975. During his time at Queen's Park he became minister of revenue under Bill Davis in 1971.
In the 1980s he served as a member of the Ontario Racing Commission.
I extend on behalf of all my colleagues our deepest sympathy to his wife Frances, his children Mark, Tim, Jane and Mary, and his six grandchildren.
Eric Winkler served this country with pride and dignity and he will always be remembered as a great Canadian. May he rest in peace.
Statements By Members
March 21st, 1995 / 2:05 p.m.
Maud Debien Laval East, QC
Mr. Speaker, last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said that he too was concerned, like the official opposition, about the unstable situation in Burundi, and he stated the following: "It is sad that the ethnic conflicts which occurred in Rwanda and ended in terrible bloodbaths could now surface in a neighbouring country and trigger a similar tragedy".
However, Canada's honourary consul in Bujumbura said today on the CBC that he was not worried and that there was no comparison between Rwanda and Burundi, since the ethnic breakdown of the population is totally different.
We must ask ourselves whether this analysis contradicts the minister's and whether it calls into question Canada's capacity to speak with one unified voice and to really promote preventative diplomacy.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ray Speaker Lethbridge
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to comment on a remarkable story of growth.
The province of which I speak surged ahead of all other provinces in 1993 and its real GDP rose 5.1 percent, more than double the national average of 2.2 per cent. Both international and interprovincial exports rose and record crop and livestock production lifted farm incomes substantially. Labour income also rose markedly, accompanied by a significant jump in consumer spending.
How did this happen? Was large scale government intervention in the economy the cause of this excellent growth rate? No, it was not.
The growth that has occurred in Alberta, a province which has cut its spending by nearly 20 per cent in the last two years, is the result I am talking about.
To all of the McCrakens, the Whites, the Hargroves and the Axworthys of the world, if you want growth that benefits all citizens in Canada, do not increase government spending, cut it.
It is time the Alberta advantage became the Canadian advantage.
Rail Strike
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Elsie Wayne Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, the present railway strike has already had a severe impact on many manufacturers and producers all across the country.
In my province of New Brunswick there are many lumber mills dependent on rail. As well, our ports have been greatly affected as they also depend on the rail lines.
I ask the House to allow legislation to be passed with unanimous consent which will quickly put an end to this labour dispute. I also ask the government to undertake a consultative process between labour and management that would result in a settlement that is fair and equitable while at the same time ensuring CN and CP are not at a disadvantage compared with their transportation competitors in the U.S.
I recommend to the government that a human resources sector consultative study be established for the Canadian railway sector. This would allow both management and labour to jointly study the changing business environment and the challenges facing the railway industry in Canada now and to the year 2000.
Rail Strike
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mary Clancy Halifax, NS
Mr. Speaker, the railroad is the great symbol of Canadian unity. It provides commercial and personal access among all Canadians.
In spite of our great modern steps forward in the air, the progress of the railroad and our nation are inextricably intertwined.
Halifax needs the railroad. The Atlantic region needs the railroad. Ontario and the west need the railroad and Quebec also needs the railroad.
I call on all members of the House to remember that we represent all Canadians and get those trains running again.
Rail Strike
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Dianne Brushett Cumberland—Colchester, NS
Mr. Speaker, it is time to end this national rail strike which is crippling our economy. It is estimated that between $3 billion and $5 billion is lost from the Canadian economy in a single week by not getting our products to market.
National Gypsum, a company near Truro, produces 14,000 tonnes of gypsum a day which goes by rail, two trains a day, 7,000 tonnes a train, to the port of Halifax. From there it goes by
ship to the U.S. and to Quebec when the St. Lawrence Seaway is open.
National Gypsum is loading a ship at this moment, only partially and with great delay and extra costs because it does not have enough gypsum at the dockside. This company will have to lay off more than 100 men by week's end if the trains are not moving. The same may be said of companies throughout Nova Scotia as well as companies in Quebec and every corner of the country.
This is one case where a day really makes a difference. I urge the opposition and all members of the House to co-operate and end the railway strike.
Rail Strike
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bernie Collins Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Mr. Speaker, I am extremely disappointed with the events yesterday wherein the Bloc, supported by the New Democratic Party, refused to allow the House to bring an end to the economic chaos that has enveloped our country due to the rail strike in progress.
What is frustrating about this is there is no honourable basis for the actions of the Bloc party. It is simply sticking to its agenda of separation by allowing the Canadian economy to take a beating. Bloc members will not lose any sleep over that. They might see it as helping their battered agenda.
As for the NDP members, they continue to close their eyes to the real issues, the needs of farmers, manufacturers and many others negatively affected across Canada.
What does the premier of Saskatchewan say about their actions? Does his NDP government support what they are doing to the economy?
We have had a chance to act together for the good of our country and the Bloc and the NDP let us down for an alternate selfish agenda.
My constituents, my government and I are extremely disappointed.
Quebec Sovereignty
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Gilbert Fillion Chicoutimi, QC
Mr. Speaker, we learned today that a French speaking group in Ontario, concerned about social justice, denounced the position taken by the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne on the sovereignty of Quebec. The federation urged Quebecers to vote no in the referendum, something that this Franco-Ontarian group strongly regrets.
Members of the Bloc Quebecois reaffirm, like this group, that Quebecers have a sacred right to choose freely their own future. Members of the Bloc Quebecois also believe that links between francophones outside Quebec and within Quebec should be maintained despite differences we may have occasionally.
We cannot deny that francophones outside Quebec have had to fight long and hard for their rights, their existence and their development. The fight of Quebecers to assume full responsibility for their future is just as important.
Rail Transport
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Stephen Harper Calgary West, AB
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois pretends to be defending the interests of Quebecers, but is opposed to ending the railway strike, thereby adding to the seriousness of the situation brought about by the failure of the Liberals.
Last week, the Reform Party asked the government to act in order to avoid such a crisis. As usual, it acted too late. A lengthy strike will have only negative economic consequences for all Canadians, including Quebecers.
Saturday, 1,000 people were left standing on VIA Rail platforms in Montreal. Canadian Pacific is losing about a million dollars a day.
The Reform Party supports an end to the strike and if the Bloc is sincere about protecting Quebec interests it should agree to it right now.
Rail Strike
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Ivan Grose Oshawa, ON
Mr. Speaker, I will address the national transportation stoppage, not exactly a unique idea today.
In my constituency 14,000 General Motors union workers will be idle soon. I do not want to speak only on their behalf, as I feel I represent not only the people who specifically elected me but also the interests of all my fellow Canadians.
My union constituents will not suffer due to their hard won union contract. However, we must realize that their continuing benefits while they are not producing diminishes their sub-fund and also draws on the UIC fund. This is a cost which must be borne by all Canadians through higher prices and increased taxes.
We also must consider the workers in supplier plants who do not have the good contracts auto workers enjoy.
In short, this transportation tie-up transcends the interests of any group, province or party. All Canadians deserve relief from this problem and at this time that can only be provided by people of courage in the House.
Rail Transport
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Nick Discepola Vaudreuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday and again today, the Bloc Quebecois refused to co-operate with our government in order to quickly legislate rail workers back to work.
The official opposition does not seem to understand the scope of the negative impact of this work stoppage on the Canadian and Quebec economy. Allow me to quote the Quebec transport minister who recently said: "There is nothing quaint about trains. Their role is critical for the economy and the industry".
I will also quote its colleague for Beauport-Montmorency-Orléans who was recently pleading for the survival of rail services in these terms: "We cannot afford to lose the railroad. It would only weaken our economy further".
I urge the Bloc Quebecois to abandon partisan politics and to support the government's initiative without delay.
Rail Transport
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Lucien Bouchard Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, Commissioner Hope's report on labour relations in the rail transport sector points out the federal government's troubling behaviour during the negotiations leading to the current impasse. Mr. Hope concludes that the government was guilty of interfering in this dispute by systematically supporting the employers' position.
Does the Minister of Transport admit that the federal government's partisan pro-management attitude during the talks is responsible for the failure of negotiations and for the current dispute?
Rail Transport
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
New Brunswick
Douglas Young Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, I think that solving the problem in Canada's rail system is in everyone's interest. We much appreciated the fact that CAW president, Mr. Hargrove himself, said that special legislation was the best approach.
Some people understand full well that Canada's rail system must operate so that materials and products like those of Ford, GM and Chrysler can be moved. I have no idea with whom the Leader of the Opposition is speaking because all those with whom we have spoken, without exception, told us that, after 18 months of talks, the time has come to find a solution allowing the Canadian economy to continue to grow.
Rail Transport
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Lucien Bouchard Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, although the minister says that Mr. Hargrove supports the government's position and the bill, the CAW president does not want the bill to apply to his own members. What kind of support is that? Let the law apply to the others, but not to his union.
How dare the minister defend his government's role in these talks when Commissioner Hope stated, and I quote:
"The controversial and provocative aspects of the employers' demands are found in the partisan role played by the government in supporting the position of the railways".
Rail Transport
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
New Brunswick
Douglas Young Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, every Canadian recognizes that the Government of Canada has a responsibility to maintain a transportation system that is viable, that is competitive, that is affordable.
There is no doubt that over a long period of time every effort was made by the unions and by the employers to try to find a solution to this problem. They have not been able to succeed.
We regret very much that companies, farmers, people across the country are faced with a situation that is very unfortunate, very difficult to overcome.
All I ask the Leader of the Opposition to do is to listen to what Canadians are saying, listen to what Quebecers are saying, and make sure that we can get the railroads back in operation so that we can find a solution to the problem that has escaped the negotiators on both sides of the table for 18 months.


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Hey Scott, just to jump in a bit on my own cheese question, have you any knowledge of Fratellino Mozzarella? It's low moisture, whole milk block I bought at RD and haven't got around to trying yet, tooo busy at the hospital lately but hopefully will this week.
only having access to extremely sub-par pizza in MN
. Stop looking at that book...it is evil.
...it is evil.
Bob,LOL. I saw the smiley but was just having a little fun with you. I have never read the book but unless it is periodically updated, it is perhaps a bit stale at this point.Peter
The book, The Art of Pizza Making, has been around since 1991, and people are still buying and reading it, with quite favorable reviews for the most part (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0963203401/?tag=pmak-20). So, "evil" may be too strong a word.
It's much harder, imo, to unlearn bad information then it is to start from a blank slate.
Peter, while a book like this, like many others, might be fine for someone looking to make average pizza, for the New York expatriate seeking something authentic (such as the OP), though, "evil" is definitely not too strong of a word. It's books like these that can set back serious pizza students months, if not years. It's much harder, imo, to unlearn bad information then it is to start from a blank slate.


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High Dynamic Range
To jump straight to the HD View demos click on one of the links below. The technology that enables these demos is described on this page.
HDR Images
Mark Fairchild's HDR Survey
Wide Gamut Demo
The traditional process of viewing a photograph in a browser begins with the camera compressing and outputting an 8 bit Jpeg image. This leaves little flexibility downstream to adapt the image to current viewing conditions.
In contrast, HD View leverages new encodings such as JpegXR and modern GPUs that recognize floating point formats to maintain most of the bit depth and gamut of the light in the real world. Only at the last step does HD View adapt the current view of the image given the monitor properties to create an optimal display.
1: Our ability to see light spans the range from starlit to the sun reflecting off snow: about 1 Billion to One ratio.
1: Our ability to see light spans the range from starlit to the sun reflecting off snow: about 1 Billion to One ratio.
2: Jpeg images are typically encoded in an sRGB gamut optimized for the 8 bit restriction.
3: Raw images carry ~10 bits of depth, multiple exposure bracketed shots can lead to higher dynamic range.
4: Image editing software can combine bracketed shots into high dynamic range images.
5: JpgXR is an evolving standard that can encode each channel in a 32 float value, and thus can also afford a wider gamut.
6: HD View optimizes the mapping to the bitdepth of the monitor based on the current image portion in view.
7: New monitors can support greater gamuts than the 8bit sRGB. HD View is also color managed to use the monitor profiles.
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June 6, 2011 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: May WIC Invoices
SUBJECT 2: MyPlate New Icon from USDA
SUBJECT 3: WIC Nutrition Assessment Form for Infant (WIC 37)
SUBJECT 4: Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease
SUBJECT 5: Learning Dynamics Supervisors Newsletter-Ordering Information
May WIC Invoices: WIC Invoices for May 2011, and prior months, submitted for payment in the month of June must be submitted through the Online WIC Invoicing System by close of business on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Invoices submitted after that date will be held and paid in July, 2011. This change in schedule complies with the close of State Fiscal Year 2011 payment processing deadlines. If you have questions please contact Laura Weiler at email@example.com or 573-526-7901.
MyPlate New Icon from USDA: First Lady Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin Launch MyPlate Icon as a New Reminder to Help Consumers to Make Healthier Food Choices. Attached is information from USDA that addresses the MyPlate icon that serves as a reminder to make healthier food choices. MyPlate will replace the MyPyramid image as the government's primary food group symbol as an easy-to-understand visual cue to help consumers adopt healthy eating habits consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. MyPyramid will remain available to interested health professionals and nutrition educators in a special section of the new website. The state WIC office will begin plans to provide the MyPlate education brochures during 2012. The new icon can be seen at the following location: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. If you have questions, contact your district nutritionist. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
WIC Nutrition Assessment Form for Infant (WIC 37): The WIC 37 form is being printed. However, the printed forms may not be available at the DHSS warehouse until the middle of June. If your agency needs the forms as soon as printed, please e-mail the following information to Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease: CDC has provided an information brochure titled Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease to Improve the Health of Women and Infants. The attachment addresses the following:
- chronic disease and reproductive health
- the impact of chronic disease, risk behaviors and risk factors on pregnancy and infant outcomes
- the effect of hypertension and diabetes during pregnancy on a woman's long term health
- the benefits of reducing risk for chronic disease among women of reproductive age
- what women can do
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This brochure is for your information and not meant to be given as a hand-out to the WIC participant. If you have any questions, contact your district nutritionist. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
CDC Chronic Disease and WRA Fact Sheet
My Plate replaces Food Guide Pyramid
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Deficit reduction deceit
After income taxes have been jacked up for a targeted class of people and payroll taxes increased for 77 percent of us, only Washington could name it the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012."
Who needs pain if that's relief? While President Obama promised "spending cuts," we've heard another round of hysterics from the White House over reducing the rate of increased spending. We've been told masses of people will be laid off, air travel will be unsafe, and other national calamities will break out if just $85 billion of the $3.7 trillion federal budget is removed (a mere 0.3 percent).
We have a $16 trillion debt with deficits topping $1 trillion annually and the president can't see the dreadful plank of trillions in debt for the pesky speck of billions in cuts. While he tells people to make sacrifices, the president goes on a $1 million golf vacation at taxpayer expense, after a $4 million vacation over Christmas.
Leading by example, Senator Rand Paul gave back to the taxpayers $600,000 budgeted for his office. The president, though, can't find it within himself to return the equivalent of a few pennies from the ever-inflating federal budget.
In summer 2011, President Obama advanced the idea of sequestration. Congress passed the White House proposal, and Obama signed it into law. He vowed, "I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off-ramps on this one."
Today, he's gone back on his word, making every effort to undo the cuts resorting to demagoguery to get his way.
Fellow demagogue in Congress, Alan Grayson says, "I think the president's hallmark is not being on the left or the right, or even in the middle. The president's hallmark is being practical."
With taxes increasing, debts ballooning, spending out of control, regulations amassing, freedom gagging, welfare expanding, fiscal sanity disappearing, and paychecks declining, I don't know how much more practicality from the president we can take.
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt," Thomas Jefferson stated. What about this current batch? A headline recently on Time.com posed this question: "Does President Obama Really Believe in Deficit Reduction?"
Cutting only $85 billion would still leave more money in the budget this year than last year. What does that tell you?
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Power of peer leaders in improving self-management skills among adolescents with asthma
- Department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
- Correspondence to Nihaya Al-Sheyab
Department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO BOX 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; nasheyab{at}just.edu.jo
Implications for nursing practice and research
■ Peer-led programmes appear to be beneficial for adolescent with asthma.
■ Boys appeared to benefit more from the programme as did those with low-socioeconomic status and non-white participants.
■ Wider use should be made of developmentally appropriate adolescent peer-led education programmes inside and outside the school in improving important health outcomes.
■ Further research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of such programmes over a longer period of time to confirm their sustainability and cost benefit.
■ Research is needed to further investigate the differences noted in this study in relation to gender, socioeconomic status and race. …


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Found these figurines under a tree on the east side of HK Island today. Sometimes spontaneous shrines sprout up; often under trees. I've even seen a multi-faith one near me, with figurines of Indian gods along with the Taoist and Buddhist ones.
It's now 6:10 am and I've been up since 9:30 am yesterday
The sheer volume of tea available is a little overwhelming.
jayinhk wrote:I am planning on visiting Manila's Chinatown (Binondo) early next week. I just found out it's the world's first Chinatown, and has been around since the 1500s. Sounds like there may well be potential for finding some good, aged tea there.


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Stocks Rise, Despite Sequester Scare
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages resumed their upward climb Friday after briefly stalling during President Barack Obama's press conference on the sequestration deadline, as better-than-expected manufacturing and consumer sentiment data trumped the President's warnings about the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts.
The Dow once again moved towards its all-time high of 14,164 as the VIX fear gauge fell 1.87%.
Despite the recent strength, Hugh Anderson, HighTower's Las Vegas managing director and partner said his team is telling its clients that the market remains in a secular bear market, where risk- taking isn't being adequately compensated.
"Like it or not we are in a Fed-driven market which has distorted normal market behavior as it relates to valuations and market cycles," he said. "Periods of low volatility like we've enjoyed for the last six months are followed by periods of higher volatility, so be prepared."
Anderson said that insider sales have been 12 times greater than insider buys of late and that negative earnings guidance is four times more frequent than positive earnings guidance in the most recent quarter.
"Data points like this tend not to shine as brightly as a market that has enjoyed a rally without a 10% correction for over 500 days."
He advised sticking with stocks that have the highest quality balance sheets, stable earnings, a history of uninterrupted dividends coupled with a history of growing those dividends. He suggested making "tactical" adjustments as needed, taking advantage of periodic bouts of instability, and to be contrarian "as best as human inclination allows."
Anderson added that while bear markets are the best time to "buy low," regrettably, the Federal Reserve has made those opportunities frustratingly infrequent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 35.17 points, or 0.25%, at 14,089.66. The blue-chip index closed up 0.64% for the week. The S&P 500 was up 3.52 points, or 0.23%, at 1,518.2, and finished the five-day period up 0.17%. The Nasdaq was up 9.55 points, or 0.3%, at 3,169.74. The tech-heavy index rose 0.25% for this week.
Sector action was mixed in the broader market. Transportation, healthcare and services shares were among those edging higher. Energy, basic materials, capital goods and conglomerates were retreating.
Volumes totaled 3.67 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and 1.86 billion shares on the Nasdaq. Advancers were edging decliners by a ratio of 1.3-to-1 on the Big Board and the Nasdaq.
President Barack Obama met with lawmakers Friday morning in a last-ditch attempt to avoid the sequester, but failed to reach a compromise. This came after the U.S. Senate Thursday failed to find a way to avert the cuts. Two bills, one from Republicans and the other sponsored by Democrats, didn't garner sufficient support.


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If a high school student writes an app for a class assignment or a teacher develops great lesson plans, who owns the copyright? In Prince George's County, Maryland, the school board proposes claiming ownership of all work created for school use by students or teachers — even if it's done on their own time with their own resources.
There's a growing online market for teacher lesson plans, Kevin Welner, director of the University of Colorado's National Education Policy Center, told the Washington Post. "I think it's just the district saying, 'If there is some brilliant idea that one of our teachers comes up with, we want be in on that. Not only be in on that, but to have it all,' " he said.
Claiming the right to students' work is unlikely to hold up in court.
For Adrienne Paul and her sister, Abigail Schiavello, who wrote a 28-page book more than a decade ago in elementary school for a project that landed them a national television interview with Rosie O'Donnell and a $10,000 check from the American Cancer Society, the policy — had it been in effect — would have meant they would not have been able to sell the rights to Our Mom Has Cancer.
Board Chair Verjeana M. Jacobs said it was not the board's "intention to declare ownership" of students' work, just to "get the recognition." The language should be changed before final approval, she said.
If a teacher develops lessons, software, apps or anything else on her own time, why should the rights belong to the school district?
There can be big money in educational apps. An independent developer made $700,000 in two years from an app aimed at homeschoolers.


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Today's "Photo of the Week" is not just one, but several photos we selected highlighting Secretary Kerry's first week at the State Department. Since the warm welcome he received from hundreds of colleagues when he walked through the doors of the State Department for the first time as Secretary of State, Mr. Kerry wasted no time getting to work, meeting his new colleagues, and getting acquainted with the Harry S Truman building. Pictures tell the story better than words as Secretary Kerry assumed his responsibilities as America's top diplomat.
Louis K. in Massachusetts writes:
So what will be done about Israel ignoring human rights and creating an apartheid state?
John P. in Greece writes:
Secretary Kerry is absolutely right!
"The future is NOW!".
So everybody, back to work ASAP...
Saman B. writes:
Welcome secretary John Kerry .
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ John P. in Greece,
Hi John, how are you?
Re; "the future..." Attitude is everything.
A-la; "Life is good and then you get one."(chuckle)
Re; "..back to work ASAP"
Like Greek yougurt...the fruit's at the bottom and you got to stir it up a bit in preparation.
Been spending time working on my cash for clunker unemployment restoration "Desert Trooper" project, a 1986 Isuzu Trooper 4x4; and in consultation with trooper-holics from all over the world on PlanetIsuzu(dot)com.
Interesting mix of folks from the US, UK, land down under, Russia, EU countries, Tailand, Indonesia, Central & South America, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and a few other places.
It gets interesting when getting from point a to point b in an old 4x4 is what folks have in common, finding parts, comparing notes, and occasionally helping someone a half a world away (or just the next state over) get their truck up and running again, all via the internet.
It is in a sense , a practical application in diplomacy, and politics doesn't much enter into it...(grin), as mechanical things go.
Now that Mr. Kerry is Secretary (and a "recovering Politician"), I hope he'll persue the miriad avenues of "engagement" available to him.
And get his boss to sent the Iranian gov. a bill for 33 Trillion dollars for the lat 33 years of gov. sponsored chants of "Death to America" as a matter of public foreign policy by a hostile government.
And if he has any questions as to why I think it would be a sound and prudent action on the part of the President and Congress to enact such a measure in addition to sanctions and diplomatic "engagement"...well I'm pretty sure someone @ Dipnote has my email address and I'll be happy to answer any question he may have.
The cat is well fed, and life is good...hope you're doing well my friend.
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Concerning "past texts", you got a geat memory Eric!!! (LOL)
It's really very very nice to communicate with you again.
Well, I cannot say that I am in a great "shape", but I keep on fighting. Last 6 months were a nightmare period for me and the film still on, due to health problems. Anyway, I don't want to get you bored with my problems. After all the show must go on, right?
I absolutely agree with you that the new Secretary will have to face extremely difficult issues...
I wish you are fine,
Best Regards my dear friend! I anticipate to keep on reading more of your wise posts.
P.S. Chef's (LOL) tip: Try a couple spoons of honey -at the top- along with the yogurt and then mix 'em "Dj". You can also add walnuts. I'm sure you'll love it. They make a great "team".
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- U.S. stock futures were suggesting Wall Street would open higher as voters take to the polls Tuesday to pick their next president in what has been a very tight race.
European stocks were edging higher in cautious trading while Asian shares ended mostly lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4% to close at 8,975.15.
The economic calendar in the U.S. Tuesday includes the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales index and the ICSC-Goldman Sachs chain-store sales index.
U.S. stocks on Monday finished slightly higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added more than 19 points, or 0.15%, to close at 13,112. The blue-chip index, which has fallen in each of the past two weeks, began the session up a little over 7% in 2012.
Two small towns in northern New Hampshire, which have had first-vote status since 1948, cast their ballots for president at midnight. Dixville Notch's 10 votes were divided evenly -- five for President Obama and five for Republican Mitt Romney. In Hart's Location, Obama garnered 23 votes, Romney won nine and Libertarian Gary Johnson got one vote.
While millions more voters head to the polls Tuesday, TheStreet will keep you informed on the latest news and results from all the key races in an Election Night live blog hosted by TheStreet's Joe Deaux .
AOL (AOL) is expected to report its third-quarter results before Tuesday's opening bell, and analysts are calling for earnings of 17 cents a share in the September-ended period on revenue of $521.6 million.
Stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext (NYX) said Tuesday that third-quarter net revenue declined 21% to $559 million amid weaker trading in the U.S. and Europe. Net income fell 42%.
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The late roster features Alamo Group (ALG) , BankAtlantic Bancorp (BBX) , Cache(CACH) , Coca-Cola Bottling (COKE) , DryShips(DRYS) , Georgia Gulf (GGC) , Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) , News Corp. (NWS) , Rackspace Hosting (RAX) , Silicon Graphics International (SGI) , Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS) , and ZipRealty(ZIPR) .
Zillow(Z) , the real estate information company, on Monday gave a soft revenue outlook for the final quarter of 2012.
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Infinity Visual and Performing Arts welcomes two new instructors: Rudi Andalora and Vince Liuzzo.
Rudi Andalora, formerly of Park Avenue Dance Company, Rochester, under the direction of Christine Fendley and Marina Peters has been training in contemporary ballet since 2000.
He started at the Park Avenue Dance Studio in Rochester. Thereafter he began to train at the Toronto Danceteq Centre with instructor Darryl Tracey at the home of The Toronto Ballet. Other experiences include classes involving technique styles such as Martha Graham, Jose Limon and Laban Movement. Andalora is currently employed with the Jamestown Public Schools, is a certified Zumba instructor and teaches a variety of dance styles at Infinity.
Vince Liuzzo is an Infinity Art instructor from Jamestown. Vince has recently rejoined the arts community in Chautauqua County after five years in the Midwest, where he studied studio art and art administration. An artist since a very young age, Liuzzo specializes in oil paint and charcoal with a particular interest in large-scale figure and natural scenery, and presents classes that focus on color theory and application, gesture, life and figure drawing. Liuzzo is also a trained curator, and is a founding member of the WAKE UP! Productions team.
Infinity is an afterschool music and arts education program that offers various art, dance and theater classes throughout the year and music lessons in voice, guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, hand drums, steel drums, saxophone, flute and violin.
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The "homosexual lifestyle" is a choice made by someone with a mental disorder. That's all it is. We don't need to be putting the security of our armed forces and our nation at risk because people are too afraid to tell homosexuals the truth about their mental illness.
Nate do men and women bunk together? Do they shower together? What are the other ways that men are women are kept seperate?
If you've never served in the military, then it's really difficult to explain it to you. I spent over 10 years in the military and was stationed in hazardous duty areas like Bosnia and Croatia. However, even though I've been shot at, I've never actually been in combat. I've felt that bond of brotherhood that comes from living in a danger zone with other guys, however, I've never experienced the true bond of brotherhood that comes only to men who fight in combat. So I can only go by what I've been told by those guys who have actually fought on the battlefield and what I've read in books, like Marcus Luttrell's.
It's about being able to completely entrust your life to the guy next to you. An intimate bond that's required for men to fight side by side in combat. However, the homosexual mind is more likely to pervert that intimacy into something sexual, thus destroying the bond and making it impossible for the two men to form a cohesive fighting unit.
Again, it's tough to put it into words, we just have to trust those men who have actually served in combat to know what's best for our fighting forces. If we allow activists to pressure our military into conforming to some nonsensical politically-correct ideal, then we risk destroying the effectiveness of our military.
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well, the armed forces is about honor and integrity. Like with anything else, without a moral foundation you have nothing.
That is to say, without the restraint of one's own conscience evil begins to form. That is what we have with society right now. We have tried to compel righteousness via law. But in the process we have said righteousness is relative, so only what is law is right.
Making homosexuality legal, or forcing others to tolerate does not make it moral.
Without a moral basis, we can do what we want as long as we can get away with it. If my desire to please God did not prevent me from murdering, and i thought i could get away with it then i would do it if it suited me. So would thousands of others..... and unfortunately they have and ARE, because we have taken away the teaching of God and Absolute Truth. The law doesn't scare me but God does.
So about DADT? Well, homosexuality is an abomination. So is beastiality, incest, rape, and murder. And that is why they are not allowed in the military either.
How would it be to let a murderer openly serve in the military? Or a pedophile openly serve?
Tyburn, would you like to attend westboro baptist church? The church that is absolutely not a church and not baptist, and goes around protesting and flying nothing but hate signs and rhetoric? Would you please attend and join that church? Just ignore their values and you will be fine.
It's the same thing. You could not support that church any more than i could support the military and those in it that are moral scum, be it murderers, child molesters, rapists or sodomites.
It completely undermines the honor the military once had.
Is the military going to allow gay killers in the military under the pretense that they just have a mental disorder---- i think not
NateR, i would contend with only one thing you said, that sodomy is a mental disorder. Sodomy is no more a mental disorder than murder and rape is. I am predisposed to egging the houses of jerks and a$$holes, and robbing banks but somehow if i do that i don't think the mental disorder thing will hold up. I say it is a spiritual disorder, a CHOICE, that has consequences. Both immediately and eternally
If they can not be trusted with weaponary, then they shouldnt be in the armed forces. Obviously there is something lacking in your countries basic training if you truely feel that there is a danger of use of firearms for vendetta or hatred, because they are angry and upset...Damn right you dont want that...you dont want anyone prone to anything like that being in the armed forces in the first place.
2) thats your opinion...and it has nothing to do with this argument.
The basis of this is that some army people might be forced to do something they dont like. They are in the Military, they should be used to that! They should have been taught to put their personal feelings aside and get on with their job...They are Men, not Children.
oh...and here is the laugh of it...there have been gays in your military for years...but thats okay?? So long as you dont hear, you can brush it under the carpet and morale is high?? Do you guys really live that kinda delussion?? "I cant see it, so it doesnt exist"
Nobody is asking anyone in the Military to do anything sexual. Nobodies rights will be violated...and as GOD grants free choice to those who choose that ligfestyle, so should your Nation. Really! this is such a non issue, to those who just want to get on with their job.
Its not like you will have a bunch of screaming Queens join up!! It just means that guy, who you always thought might be a bit that way inclined, doesnt need to looose his job if he accidently lets slip that your correct.
Choosing Sexuality as the basis of who to trust is the most riddiculous and stupid thing I have ever heard anyone say.
You dont know the first thing about homosexuality, so why you suddenly know about how the homosexual mind twists brotherhood into something sexual is beyond me. Up until a week ago, you didnt seem to realize some gays live completely mognamously, for years!! Now you assume because they are gay, everysingle man they look at they want to rape or something???
Thats like saying men and women cant work together, because the man just thinks of sex all day long.
Sure you shouldnt be flaughnting your sexuality...but there is a difference between flaughting, and living in fear that someone will discover the truth and hate you for it.
So now...regardless of what sex you find attractive, noone needs to worry that they will get into trouble. Now maybe the homosexuals can stop being anxious about getting into trouble and concentrate on their jobs, and perhaps the hetrosexuals can just leave the homosexuals alone and get on with their jobs also.
Honnestly...the fact that this is even an issue in such an important environment is outrageous...havent your soldiers and your government got anything better to do, then worry about if the person next to them is gay, or worry about being outted.
For goodness sake! its like a bloody school playground!!! I do hope our Military isnt like yours in that respect.
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2008-09: Appeared in 81 regular-season games in his 12th full season and seventh with the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils … Set career-high marks in goals (29), assists (40) and points (69) … Ranked third on team in goals (29) and points (69), and fourth on team in assists (40) … Tied for first on team with three shorthanded goals … Second on team and matched career high with seven game-winning goals… Scored two goals and added one assist in four playoff games … Missed three games ofEastern Conference quarterfinals due to injury.
2007-08:Appeared in 64 regular-season games… Skated in his 800th NHL game on April 1 … Ranked fourth on team in assists (28) and fifth in points (41) … Finished third on team with 12 multi-point games … Added five power-play, one shorthanded and two game-winning goals … Named team's eighth captain prior to season… Played in five playoff games and tied for team lead in assists (4).
2006-07: Skated in all 82 regular-season games … Third on team in goals (23) and points (60) … Led team with 12 powerplay goals and tied for lead in game-winning goals (7) … Skated in 11 playoff games, scoring two goals and adding six assists.
2005-06: Finished third on team with 53 points (19-34) in 80 regular-season games … Skated in nine playoff games … Accumulated 13 points (3-10) … Tied for team lead in assists (10). 2003-04: Played in 53 regular-season games and recorded 26 points(10-16) … Finished season tied for second on team with two shorthanded goals … Missed 28 games of the regular season due to injury … Appeared in five playoff games, tallying two assists.
2002-03: Completed first full season with New Jersey … Ranked third on team in goals (22) and tied for second in points (55) in 78 regular-season games … Tied for second among team's forwards with +17 rating … Appeared in 24 playoff games helping lead the Devils to their third Stanley Cup championship … Led playoffs in goals (11) and tied for league lead with 18 points
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The Gods Must Be Crazy, and the four sequels you might not know about
Roger Ebert thought highly of the first two films, the first he summarized as "a movie that begins with a Coke bottle falling from the heavens, and ends with a Jeep up in a tree," and called the South African slapstick film "a nice little treasure." He said the second was for people who like "happy movies better than grim and violent ones." After The Gods Must Be Crazy (YT, Crackle) and its sequel (YT), three unofficial sequels were produced in the early 1990s in Hong Kong and filmed in Cantonese, still featuring Nǃxau ǂToma throughout the continued series, and Coke bottles also feature prominently. As could be expected, these knock-off sequels integrate parts of Chinese culture into the films for the predictable humorous cultural conflicts, from hopping vampires to nefarious panda-nabbers. [more inside]
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The Ohio Coalition for Open Government has contributed $1,500 toward a student journalist's legal fight to obtain police records from her private university.
Anna Schiffbauer filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court last month contending the police department of the Westerville college is a public office performing a governmental function and is required to make its records available under Ohio's public-records laws.
Student journalists at the liberal-arts college have battled Otterbein over its refusal to release records since the campus security force became a full-fledged police department of state-certified officers in 2011. The college contends it is neither government funded nor controlled and is not subject to Ohio public-records laws.
The Society of Professional Journalists' Legal Defense Fund previously gave $5,000 to help pay Schiffbauer's legal fees. The Ohio Coalition for Open Government is a nonprofit affiliated with the Ohio Newspaper Association, of which The Dispatch is a member.
The Ohio Supreme Court has referred the case to mediation. Ohio lawmakers also are considering legislation that would require the state's private police forces, mainly at private colleges and hospitals, to make their police reports public.
(Disclosure: The author, Randy Ludlow, is a board member of the Ohio Coalition for Open Government.)


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (137 votes).
In short: Well organised, challenging at times, but an excellent event.Date of review: April 9, 2012
In short: FantasticIn full: This was my first ever race and it got me hooked! It seemed very well organised, like clockwork! Apart from a hill (horrible in my opinion!) on both laps, it's quite a simple and easy course.Will definitely do it again next year, and the year after!Date of review: April 9, 2012
In short: Great race with fantastic organisationDate of review: April 9, 2012
In short: Nicely organised, good value and a challenging little course to boot.In full: My first time at Trowse, and felt very welcome. The twice-traversed hill is not to be underestimated, and this is a varied course that's reasonably undulating - it won't scupper your PB attempt but certainly provides a challenge. The crowds were great, marshals helpful and the whole thing was beautifully organised. Nice medal and bag of goodies - gratefully received - to cap it all off at the end. Highly recommended race, kudos to CONAC for running a cracking show.Date of review: April 8, 2012
In short: Well-organised, friendly race. We were first-time fundraisers but race seemed more geared to PBs. We still felt welcomeDate of review: April 8, 2012
In short: Well done CoNAC!Date of review: November 30, 2011
In short: Lovely race againIn full: Great race, done this a few times and the sun came out this year. Was warm but not too uncomfortable. Chip timing was great. Well marshalled as always. No more prawn cocktail crips in the goody bag, I get them every time! Loved the creme egg though!Date of review: May 3, 2011
In short: Damn you CONAC, the hill was a killerIn full: Fantastic organisation. Unbelievably hot which limited pb potential. I'll be back for more hill havoc next year.Date of review: April 30, 2011
In short: Excellent organisation and an interesting courseIn full: My 3rd running of this race - I've run it now in snow and hot sunshine - and my slowest (although highest position). The organisation is always excellent. And it needs to be with a reasonable amount of traffic to manage and a lot of faster runners lapping slower ones at narrow points on the course. The goody bag is also generous. Clearly the course is not easy with a substantial kilometre-long hill so not really one for a PB but ratehr one to test yourself on and see how high you can finish Really excellent support in the start/finish area which you pass four times in total. I'd highly recommend it for beginners and experienced runners alike. Date of review: April 26, 2011
In short: Challenging but fun.In full: I didn't know there was a hill in Norfolk, but CONAC found it! The first 2 miles were great, was ticking along nicely. Then came the hill. Not too bad really, but combined with a hot morning, it was a real test of training and stamina. Sadly, I had not prepared for it, and was disappointed with my result, but have only myself to blame. However... I will be back next year to try again. Fantastically well-organised and friendly run. Thank you CONAC for my first Norfolk race. The free tea afterwards hit the spot :)Date of review: April 25, 2011
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Cramer: People Don't Like Apple Right Now
NEW YORK ( TheStreet -- Debra Borchardt: All the world needs is a cheaper iPhone, right, Jim? That's what we're hearing, is that Apple (AAPL) is now talking about a cheaper iPhone. Don't we have enough iPhones?
Jim Cramer: Apple's cursed right now. I was joking this morning with Squawk on the Street, they can announce a better than expected earnings, double the dividend, big buyback, split one to ten. And it doesn't matter what they do. People don't like Apple right now. It's over-owned. That said, this is a Nokia (NOK) -killer. Nokia's owned that market. By the way, Intel's (INTC) trying to be in that market in the white-label low-end phone. You want to offer something to China? You need an inexpensive phone. You want to blunt Samsung (SSNLF) ? You get a better system that works with European telcos, and you have an inexpensive phone. You want to cover the Waterfront? You want to own every single market, and Apple has to do this. Once again, this is not the "Oh whim-Jim looking for the thing from Apple that just dazzles."
I have a mini iPad, I really like it, but it's not enough to be able to do the trick. Apple, in order to get out of the funk, it has to break down technically, it has to get rid of all the people who don't understand that Apple is no longer going to be able to grow 30, 40 percent, and then when it introduces something like a low-end phone, we want to buy it, instead of just thinking, "Well, time to sell Nokia back, too."
Debra Borchardt: Don't you also feel that Apple has too many products on the market right now? It used to be that Apple only had a small number of products. That made them unique and special. You go into Wal-Mart (WMT) now, there's Nanos, there's Shuffles. It's so many things that they just don't even need anymore.
Jim Cramer: That's a good point.
Debra Borchardt:
And no one's buying it. It seems like if they culled their product line down, it makes them special again. And it feels like a cheap iPhone is not special.
Jim Cramer: Well, you go back over the biography, wonderful biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, and that's the theme. The theme is best of breed and not a flood of products. Maybe they've got to revisit that. I will say that when you go to your Apple store, you like to have a lot of options. You like to have different color computers like, you like to have the Mac Air, you like to be able to have the new iPod, so I think they're trying to be all things to all people, just that what we're used to is them being best of breed and you pick which one you like. Is this Apple floundering? I don't know.


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Don Nelson
Don Nelson, 66, Minot, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in his home in Minot.
Don L. Nelson was born May 1, 1946, in Minot, to Mark and Adair (Olson) Nelson. He was the youngest of four, growing up with two older brothers, Ron and Bob, and his sister, Diane. Don attended Model High School and graduated from Minot State Teachers College with a degree in business education.
Immediately upon his college graduation, he was drafted into the Army and served during the Vietnam War. He attended drill sergeant school and graduated at the top of his class. He was promoted to SGT-E5 after only five months in the service which was quite an accomplishment.
Aside from his two years in Tacoma, Wash., in the military, Don lived his entire life in Minot. After returning from Tacoma, he and his brothers purchased Nelson Motors from their dad and were in business for several years. He then went on to Fisher Motors, where he sold cars for a couple of years and spent 12 years as the new car manager.
Don married Zona Soine on June 30, 1967, in Minot, and they were married for 45 years, raising a daughter, Kimberly, and a son, Brad, and having several other family members of the four-legged variety. Anyone who knows Don knows how much he loved animals, and in particular dogs. He had a dog by his side as a young boy until he just recently lost his beloved rescue golden retriever Cody. Don was an active advocate for the Souris Valley Animal Shelter and served on the board until he was no longer able to because of his ALS. However, that didn't stop him from his ongoing fundraising and monthly supply runs for the animals.
Aside from his love for his family and dogs, his true passion was his cabin at Lake Metigoshe. Growing up, we used to call him Mr. Green Jeans because he was always in the yard and his love for it showed. He loved the countless compliments that he kept his lake place looking like a resort.
Another passion was his woodworking. Anyone who visited one of his garages or his shop was in awe of how neat and organized he kept his space. He would spend every winter working on new projects for the house and the lake (tables, planters, chairs, benches, built-in shelves, you name it) and couldn't wait to install them and enjoy his new creations the following summer. Mom and I were great for tearing out pictures in magazines and asking if he could build it and he never disappointed us!! Those pieces of furniture will always be treasured!
It is a rare family that has a bond as close as Don had with his brothers and sister. That bond has given us a lifetime of fun and memories with family at Lake Metigoshe. We have all been so fortunate to spend every summer at the lake with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and more dogs than you can count! Don would start his morning at the lake on the side deck with a cup of coffee and then wouldn't sit down again until the sun went down. There were countless times he would be told to stop and take a break and eat something. When he was in project mode you didn't want to interrupt him! His hard work was evident in the countless remodels, additions, decks, projects and constant improvement of the lake cabin. He did learn to slow down a little a few years ago when mom and dad purchased a new pontoon and learned to enjoy time on the lake relaxing. It just won't be the same up there without dad keeping the place meticulous.
We can't thank you enough for what you and mom have given us through our time at the lake.
Don was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He was loved by many and will be missed by all. He was given an unfair curve ball with his ALS diagnosis but he handled his disease with grace and dignity. His resilience and love of life kept him going strong for many years after losing his ability to walk, and he has been an inspiration to all of us to remember what really matters in life; the relationships you have with family and friends.
His loving family includes: wife, Zona, Minot; daughter, Kimberly (Bruce) Homeniuk, of Austin, Texas; son, Brad (Christine) Nelson, Minot; grandchildren, Zoe, Mac and Jager Homeniuk, Lauren and Beckett Nelson; brothers, Ron (Beverly) Nelson, Bob (Judy) Nelson; nephews, Mark (Patty) Butz, PJ (Karla) Butz, Brian (Christy) Nelson, nieces, Jani (Lee) Ehrsman, Joni (Jim) Moen, Nikki (Dave) Weimiller, Shelly (Dave) Stroud and Lori (Jason) Herter.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, Mark and Adair Nelson, and his sister, Diane Butz.
A Celebration of Life for family and friends: Will take place Friday, April 19, at the Sleep Inn & Suites beginning at 7 p.m.
Memorials: The family respectfully asks that all memorials be given to the Souris Valley Animal Shelter.
Those wishing to sign the online register and share memories may access the online obituaries section at (www.thompsonlarson.com)


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New arrivals in Business & Economics: September 2012
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Canadian public policy [electronic resource] = Analyse de politiques
Downsview, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1975-
UNI Internet: HC111
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The Cuban economy : recent trends / by Rafael Romeu, Jorge F. Pérez-López, Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Washington, DC : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2011
UNI Stacks: HC152.5 .R66 2011
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Talk, inc. : how trusted leaders use conversation to power their organizations / Boris Groysberg, Michael Slind
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HD30.3 .G768 2012
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Rethinking reputation : how PR trumps marketing and advertising in the new media world / Fraser P. Seitel, John Doorley
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
UNI Stacks: HD59 .S365 2012
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National directory of corporate public affairs
Washington, D.C. : Columbia Books, 1983-
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Land economics
[Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin, 1948-
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Olathe, Kan. : Compdata Surveys, c1999-
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ACCRA cost of living index / produced by ACCRA
Louisville, KY : ACCRA, 1992-
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Chicago, Institute for Research
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What color is your parachute? / Richard Nelson Bolles
Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, 1971-
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Business ethics quarterly : the journal of the Society for Business Ethics
Bowling Green, OH : The Society, c1991-
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The tanning of America : how hip-hop created a culture that rewrote the rules of the new economy / Steve Stoute with Mim Eichler Rivas
New York : Gotham Books, c2011
UNI Stacks: HF5415.1 .S76 2011
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CPA examination review / by Irvin N. Gleim
Gainesville, Fla. : Professional Publications, c1975-
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Implementing Dodd-Frank : progress to date and recommendations for the future : the 47th annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition ; May 2011 ; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chicago, Ill. : Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, [2011?]
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Mergent industry review index
New York, NY : Mergent FIS, c1999-
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Annual register of grant support
Chicago [etc.] Marquis Academic Media, Marquis Who's Who [etc.],
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Objectified [videorecording] / a Swiss Dots production ; produced and directed by Gary Hustwit
[London] : Swiss Dots Limited ; [Brooklyn, NY] : [Distributed by] Plexifilm, c2009
UNI Browsing: TS171 .O25 2009 DVD
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Never get caught again with a blank game card before your game! Save time and use this PDF file to print out your game cards!
Under-10 to Under-14 Coaches
The file below will allow you to print two cards at a time on letter paper size (8.5 x 11 inches). Make sure it is printed on on card stock.
- Download this PDF file below and save it to your computer
- Open this file using Adobe Reader.
- Enter your team information.
- Enter your player information. Your players should be listed in jersey order.
- Enter the dates and opponents for your two upcoming matches (or leave these fields blank and fill in prior to your games)
- Print page 1
- Flip your printed card over and print page 2
- Repeat steps 5-7 for as many game cards as you need.
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Managing construction of a hangar or leasing an existing one isn't as easy as you might think. You may face obstacles ranging from local zoning laws to FAA regulations to insurer mandates. Here's what you need to consider.
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"If I took a private jet to Boca, I could save a whole travel day on both ends." When a thought like this pops into your head, it can trigger a process that ends up as a thoroughly memorable experience-or one fraught with frustration. As with most things, the more time you spend in the beginning, the better you'll come out in the end.
July 1, 2008
You've decided to buy a jet. Maybe it was your most recent airline trip from hell that convinced you. Perhaps a growing business commitment increased the need for easy access to locations where even Southwest doesn't go. Or maybe you just want the freedom and excitement of private flying and would like to be able to keep your golf clubs and favorite sweater on the airplane.
July 1, 2008
Very light jet. Super-midsize. Ultra-long-range. These are just some of the names that manufacturers, analysts and aviation journalists use to try to pigeonhole business jets into market niches. But with so much fragmentation in the field and a blurring of traditional lines, such attempts at classification are becoming harder than ever.
June 1, 2008
Thinking about flying privately in Europe? If you've been using business jets mostly just in North America, you should anticipate some differences.
June 1, 2008
I stopped paying serious attention to fashion years ago. But just out of curiosity, I do check with younger colleagues every now and then to see whether my Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses are in or out of style. I'm told they're in again. That makes at least six cycles since I bought them. By the time you read this, it could be seven.
April 1, 2008
A growing number of travelers are turning to chartered aircraft as reports of airline delays, canceled flights and deteriorating service become routine. Combined with the advent of per-seat purchase options and block-membership programs, aircraft charter has emerged as an cost-effective alternative to other means of travel for many people.
April 1, 2008
You probably don't give much thought to the windows in your airplane's cabin. With the tasteful interiors and all the office and entertainment amenities available on private aircraft today, the windows might seem as though they exist solely to shed natural sunlight on the hand-rubbed rosewood finish of the pop-up computer desk.
February 1, 2008
Digital text messaging might be the preferred communications medium of the future, but when it comes to air traffic control (ATC), pilots and their counterparts on the ground still need a live human voice at the other end of the earphones. Texting may be fine for many forms of messages aloft, and in fact, it has been widely used for years by airlines and many business-jet operators.
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Inner beauty really does trump outward appearance-especially after factoring in comfort and utility. Your aircraft's interior, from the suppleness of the seats to the entertainment system, has a huge impact on both ownership experience and resale value.
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Maverick "flying dunebuggy" in productionMonday, November 21st, 2011
The company called Itec/Beyond Roads has delivered four of its "Maverick" powered-parachutes with a driveable dunebuggy used as a cockpit. It is approved as a light sport aircraft, a category the includes powered parachutes. One is going to Dubai, and factory reps may travel there in a few weeks to provide training to the new customer. Deliveries are cautiously made only to experienced customers until fleet time for the vehicle increases. There are nine in various stages of construction at the factory in Florida. While dubbed the flying car by the press, it is actually intended as a jungle dunebuggy that can hop a stream when it needs to. It can drive faster than the 40 mph it achieves in the air, if there is no headwind. You can see the latest video here. Insurance has proven to be expensive, and AOPA Insurance Agency is contacting the company to help with the problem. The current premium is $8,000 a year for the factory to cover its personnel and give demonstrations. The company cleverly received government approval for the "car" aspect of the vehicle by getting it approved as a kit car. That move has stunned other companies trying to pass highway crash standards for the car portion of various "flying car" concepts. A flying car has to be strong enough to survive road rage, yet light enough to fly.


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Patrick Brennan graciously noted my engagement with his piece on subsidiarity, charitably calling it "substantive." He takes issue, however, with my "pace Brennan." He rightly responds that "the very point of the book to which my chapter is a contribution is a 'comparative' perspective on subsidiarity." He continues, "My assigned task in writing the chapter was to tell the what subsidiarity means in Catholic social doctrine, period."
To clarify, it seems to me that Brennan is quite ably articulating and explicating a particularly vigorous and metaphysically robust version of subsidiarity often associated with Catholic social teaching, and particularly the neo-Thomist revival of the previous two centuries. My quibble, and I'm not sure if it amounts to much more than that, is with the idea that this is identical to "what subsidiarity means in Catholic social doctrine, period."
In the papers linked in the previous post I do make more specific claims with respect to subsidiarity in "other" traditions, particularly the Reformed. But given the shared medieval (and even to a great extent the early modern) background and the diversity there, I do wonder whether that more robust, ontologically-freighted version of subsidiarity is the only version at play in the specifically Roman Catholic tradition, either before or after 1891.


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Airbus Completes A350 XWB Maiden Flight
Airbus completed the maiden flight on Friday with its new twin-engine wide-body aircraft, the A350 XWB. The first flight was completed about two weeks ahead of the airframe manufacturer's deadline, lasting four hours before landing at France's Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.
(Airbus A350 XWB makes maiden flight. Photo, courtesy of Airbus.)
The maiden flight begins a year-long flight test campaign involving five A350s, as Airbus looks to prepare to enter the new aircraft into service next year.
The A350 integrates "the latest available technologies, is now entering the final stage of its development. And it is ready. Ready to head towards certification and entry-into-service in the second half of next year," said Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Bregier.
Flight test engineers also had a chance to evaluate the in-flight performance of the A350's avionics data communications network, AFDX, supplied by Rockwell Collins. This includes a new airborne hosting platform for flight operations, which hosts aircraft maintenance and airline applications data on an electronic flight bag, giving pilots real-time access to all the flight data they require.
"This platform is especially important to our company since we've been given the opportunity to lead integration activities that introduce a new level of trust between Rockwell Collins and Airbus," said Kent Statler, vice president of commercial systems at Rockwell Collins.
In addition to supplying the avionics, Rockwell Collins also provided the rudder/brake pedal assembly for the new aircraft.
The first flight was conducted three days prior to the beginning of the 2013 Paris Air Show, as Airbus looks to build excitement around its new plane, which is a competitor to rival Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
Airbus has confirmed 613 orders for its new A350 family from more than 30 customers worldwide. Qatar Airways has been confirmed as the A350 launch customer.
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Post 340 announces Veterans Day program
HERMANSVILLE – The Floriano-Stecker American Legion Post 340 of Hermansville announced that Stanley Carlson of Faithorn will be the speaker at the Veterans Day Dinner on Monday, Nov. 11 at the Veterans Memorial Marker in Hermansville. Commander James Wash will introduce Carlson at the dinner.
Commander Wash gave a report on the Nov. 11 program to be held at 11 a.m. The North Cental High School band with Tom Howerton, director will feature the program. Commander Wash will be the principal speaker.
In the evening, the Post will have the annual Veterans Day dinner at the hall. Command Wash and Ella Gurgall of the Ladies Auxiliary unit are in charge of the morning program and the annual dinner. Social is from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and dinner to be served at 5:30 p.m.
The Post held their regular meeting on Oct. 10 at the club rooms.
Commander Wash opened and closed the meeting. Joseph Bouchard, Post 340 adjutant, gave the monthly report and all the activity which was conducted in September.
Dennis Trudell, Post 340 finance officer, gave a report on the activities of the Post and it included the finances of the July 4 funds, Christmas funds and funds from the Sons of the American Legion.
Bouchard reported that 67 have paid their 2013-14 membership dues and the Post is ahead of membership goes.
Commander Wash reported on the meeting of the 11th District to be held at Gladstone American Legion Post on Oct. 12.
Ted Gurgall reported on the visit to Hermansville by Mike Dellisse, Menominee County Veterans service officer on Oct. 2, at the American Legion Hall in Hermansville. Gurgall reported that Dellisse returns to Hermansville on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Ted Gurgall was in charge of the trick or treat activities held on Oct. 31 at the hall. Youngsters are invited to stop by and get a treat from the club rooms. Legionnaires from the post will assist Ted Gurgall.
Post 340 again this year is having its benefit drawing sponsored by the Floriano-Stecker American legion. Prizes are first, $150; second, $75; third, $50; fourth, $25; fifth, $25. The drawing is Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at the post. Persons do not need to be present to win.
Dennis Trudell of Powers is in charge of the benefit drawing.
"The community of Hermansville is proud of the Post and the Ladies Auxiliary for their observance of Veterans Day," said Wash.
The event goes back following World War II. The Hermansville Post was organized in 1934 and named after Leo Floriano, who was killed in France during World War I and the Auxiliary unit was organized in 1953.


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Police Investigate Suspicious Package on Wall Street (Update 1)
Written by: James Rogers
This story has been updated with information on the re-opening of Wall Street.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Part of Wall Street was cordoned off by police the morning while NYPD officers investigated a suspicious package.
The cordon, which extended from just outside TheStreet's office on 14 Wall Street. down to William Street, was in place for over an hour.
Officers lifted the cordon and re-opened Wall Street to pedestrians around 11AM.
--Written by James Rogers in New York.