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According to images of an alleged next-generation Apple iPad media tablet, it will not run A6 system-on-chip with four general-purpose cores, but will rely on something called A5X, which may be an improved version of the chip that is used inside iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.
While for a long time it was widely believed that the Apple iPad 3 will be powered by a new A6 system-on-chip with four ARM Cortex-A9 cores as well as improved PowerVR graphics processor, memory controller and other improvements, based on an image of iPad 3's mainboard, the device will be based on Apple A5X SoC that is likely to be less impressive in terms of functionality and performance.
The image published by WeiPhone web-site allegedly depicts logic board of the next-generation iPad that is different from the current version of the tablet. The Apple A5X chip is marked as S5L8945X (the marking of A5 is S5L8940X and the A4 is marked as S5L8930X), which clearly indicates that the new SoC belongs to the same generation as A5, but has certain improvements.
While the exact advantages of Apple A5X over predecessor are unknown, it is logical to expect it be made using thinner process technology (28nm or 32nm) and have considerably improved PowerVR graphics sub-system to support 2048*1536 resolution with proper 3D graphics and high-definition video playback acceleration. Perhaps, Apple will also boost clock-speed to improve responsiveness of the device. It is also possible that the iPad 3 will be still powered by A6 system-on-chip and the image depicts mainboard of an inexpensive iPad with A5X SoC.
Apple never comments on future devices and keeps everything secret ahead of product launches. It is generally expected that Apple iPad 3 will have a 9.7" screen with 2048*1536 resolution, new system-on-chip with improved performance, optional 4G/LTE connectivity and other advantages over the current model. It is expected that the iPad 3 will be released in March, 2012.


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Welcome to the Nixon side, a side that's about a custom-built product, quality, and durability. Keeping it loud and clear with the Lodown. Nixon's The Lodown Watch in Blue offers digital movement with Nixon details. This sleek look makes the Lodown a must have watch. It offers the ability to get wet on a trip to the beach, and keeps it dignified for nights on the town. A solid, thick band and sturdy make brings it to the table. Taco stand to Oyster bar.
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This is the year to take your Halloween movie night to the next level. We donât mean learning how to make mummy hot dogs or planning a marathon of all twenty Jason films. We mean itâs time to take your movie night outside. Think about itâthereâs no better time for an outdoor movie night than around Halloween.
First of all, the sun sets earlier in the fall than it does in the summer. Hopefully you knew that already. What that means for you is that you donât have to wait until 9:00 at night for the sky to get dark enough for a movie. As a result, you (or your kids) donât have to stay up until 11:00 at night just to finish watching.
Second, the cooler temperatures are perfect for cozy blankets, warm cider or cocoa, and cuddle buddies. Pull out all the blankets from storage, and snuggle up to your favorite personâyouâll be the perfect temperature. Added bonus: the swarms of summer mosquitos will have mostly disappeared with the cold. No more itchy bites!
So youâre ready to move your movie outdoorsâ¦now what? Read on for your list of what to bring, what to eat, and, most importantly, what to watch.
To Bring
- Lawn chair
- Blankets
- Outdoor fire pit
- Propane
- Projector
- Speakers
- Laptop
- Outdoor movie screen
- Extension cord
- Power strip
To Serve
- Popcorn
- Sâmores (get creative)
- Hot dogs
- Hot chocolate bar
- Apple cider
- Candy--duh!
To Watch
Family Friendly:
- Hocus Pocus
- Itâs the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Casper
- Ghostbusters
Feeling a Bit Brave:
- Poltergeist
- Psycho
- The Sixth Sense
- The Others
- When A Stranger Calls
Scare Junkies:
- The Shining
- The Exorcist
- The Conjuring
- Paranormal Activity
- It Follows


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Travel Guide of Paris, Ile-de-France for: Hotel Duquesne Eiffel7th Arrondissement (Eiffel Tower), Paris, France
Paris Summary
- Famous museums, like the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay
- World-renowned ballet and opera
- Home of the Eiffel Tower
- Fashion capital of the world, with great shopping
- 3,800 monuments
- Beautiful architecture -- Arc de Triomphe, the Pantheon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the list goes on...
- Large parks, such as the Tuileries Gardens
- Top-notch, gourmet cuisine
- Only 40-minute train ride to Versailles
- Great public transportation system
- Very clean for such a large city
- One of the best, most varied nightlife scenes in Europe (everything from dive bars, to ultra-chic clubs, to the infamous Moulin Rouge)
- Four distinct seasons
- Easily walkable
- Extremely expensive
- Crowded streets, particularly in the summer
What It's Like
Paris is the "city of light," the most romantic city in the world, the art and fashion capital of the world -- no wonder it is also the most visited city in the world. As France's capital, Paris boasts a plethora of museums, monuments, and astounding examples of architecture, ranging from the iconic Eiffel Tower, built in 1889, to the Gothic-style Notre Dame Cathedral, dating back to the Middle Ages. Visitors often stroll along the Seine to take in the many sites, or walk down the Champs-Elysee, lined by high-end shops and crowned by the Arc de Triomphe. The city is very walkable and tourists are never at a want for things to do.
Some of the most popular museums are the Louvre (home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa) and Musee d'Orsay (home to Whistler's Mother). Only 40 minutes from Paris by train, Versailles is also a popular destination. It's infamous hall of mirrors, ballroom, chapel, and gardens served as the royal residence for over a century before Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were forced to leave the palace and their luxurious lifestyle during the French Revolution.
It goes without saying that the cuisine in Paris is top-notch, especially on the high end: Paris has more Michelin three-star restaurants than just about any other city in the world (only Tokyo beats it). The nightlife scene is similarly excellent: It's one of the liveliest in Europe, with last call just before 5 a.m., and diverse options ranging from dive bars to the Moulin Rouge to ultra-chic clubs. Like all big cities, Paris is expensive, but it tops most in how extremely expensive it is. Still, free activities abound, particularly in the summer when there are many free concerts and festivals, and many consider Paris worth the splurge.
Where To Stay
Each of Paris's 20 arrondissements offers a range of hotels to choose from -- from the tres-chic hotel to the quaint B&B. Arrondissements (or neighborhoods) on the Right Bank are home to the more elegant and expensive hotels, while more budget-friendly, boutique hotels are more often found on the bohemian Left Bank. To be close to shopping, the Right Bank is the place to stay: The famous boutique-lined Champs Elysee, which ends in the Arc de Triomphe, is in the 8th arrondissement. The nightlife scene is particularly lively on the Right Bank around Place de la Bastille, covering parts of the 4th, 11th, and 12th arrondissements. But it's the 7th arrondissement on the Left Bank where the iconic Eiffel Tower is located, though it's a bit removed from other popular sights. A younger crowd often stays on the Left Bank, particularly around the Latin Quarter. Museums and historic sites are spread across the city -- Musee d'Orsay is in the 7th arrondissement, Notre Dame Cathedral is in the 4th arrondissement, and the Louvre is in the 1st arrondissement.


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An old-fashioned mystery set in the Adirondacks
Special to the Enterprise
Timothy James Brearton's "The Millionaire Rig Veda" begins in Naples, Fla., where retired probation officer Melvin Cooper lives with his 8-year-old daughter, Molly.
But the death of his eccentric and wealthy friend Max Anadalus sends Cooper on a curious road trip that involves a homeless Florida man who inherits $14 million from Andalus, some criminals who might be connected to the cult headed by David Koresh in Waco, Texas, and a vacation home in the Adirondacks.
Brearton's characters are an odd lot. That's a compliment. Cooper and his daughter Molly have a comfortable relationship, though it is shadowed by the death of his wife, Molly's mother. Together they are trying to find a new life in southwest Florida among the retirees much older than the 48-year-old Cooper.
Cooper's friend Ginny Straith, whose former boyfriend admired David Koresh, is the executor of Max Andalus's will. Aggressive, vocal, busy, conflicted – Ginny brings energy to Cooper and the story. Together, and with Molly in the back seat, Melvin and Ginny search for Rig Veda, who turns out to be a somewhat charismatic man who dispenses both wisdom and hope to other homeless people. Veda utters Zen-like platitudes to his followers as well as Melvin and Ginny, who inform him that he has inherited a fortune.
The foursome (Molly, too) fly to New York to meet with Max Andalus's lawyer, who describes the distribution of the estate: $14 million to Rig Veda and the Keene vacation home to Melvin and Ginny.
The lawyer makes the connection between Andalus and Veda a bit clearer, though Veda's explanation as to why Max gave him $14 million raises as many questions as it answers: "Max Andalus was a Brahmin. He was a holy man, a scholar. The highest of the castes."
A few hours after giving us that insight, however, Veda is abducted by Ginny's ex-boyfriend and driven to the home in Keene. Max, of course, follows, confronting the abductors – who are armed – and a woman who claims to be Max's wife. It is here, via a letter Max wrote just before his death to Cooper, that all of the twists and turns of the story finally become clear.
What is finally clarified is that all of the plot complications have not been what they seemed. Lake Placid author Brearton has confused not only Melvin Cooper, but (delightfully) the reader as well.
"The Millionaire Rig Veda" is a bit of a throwback – one of those old-fashioned mysteries solved quickly when most of the players are in the parlor and all the dots finally connected. Brearton's characters are individualized, idiosyncratic and well fitted to the roles they play. In addition, the author foreshadows well and provides a bit of local color, especially in the Florida pages.
What would help the book and make it more satisfying is more of what Brearton demonstrates he is skillful at. More character development fuller revelation of Ginny's motivation, history, and hopes, for example. And more local color: New York and the Adirondacks as well as southwestern Florida.
As it is, "The Millionaire Rig Veda" is a quick, fun read that offers promise of more good writing and good reading in the future.
This review reflects the individual view of the reviewer, not the views of the Adirondack Center for Writing or the Enterprise.


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Did you know that the city of Grovetown once was the site of a bustling train station, with regular passenger service bringing Augusta residents out to the country for a respite from the city's hot, humid summers by the river?
And did you know Grovetown's train depot originally included a Dutch-style windmill?
One of the companies that scrubs homes and businesses after fires has a reassuring slogan (paraphrased): "As if it never happened."
That's a great promise for a messy cleanup. It's not so great when it comes to public records, and that's an unfortunate side-effect of House Bill 1176, a bundled series of criminal justice reforms approved by the Georgia Legislature and awaiting the governor's signature.
There are two distinct types of people in our community this week: Visitors who've come to town, and locals who haven't left.
For the locals who stuck around, we know how magical this week can be – and the challenges it can offer. Yet the biggest challenge isn't fighting through the unexpected traffic or having to wait in line at a favorite restaurant. For year-round residents, the challenge during Masters Week is to be patient enough to make sure all those visitors feel welcome.
Each year, it seems, there's some new wrinkle to Georgia's lottery-funded prekindergarten program.
Last year, with legislative approval, Gov. Nathan Deal slashed the pre-k year by 20 days, to 160, but added 10,000 slots for pupils. This year, he added back 10 of those days and eliminated 2,000 slots.
The departure of Beda Johnson as director of Columbia County's Convention and Visitors Bureau was painful and uncomfortable.
Painful, because she was the only director the fledgling organization has known, and because she was such a tirelessly enthusiastic booster of Columbia County. And it was uncomfortable, because everyone involved remained so tight-lipped, at least publicly, about the philosophical differences that led to her departure. It's difficult to fix problems if they're kept secret.
There's something a little disappointing about the notice for Thursday's Augusta Regional Transportation Study, or ARTS, meeting:
Far down in the announcement is a sentence that the plan is "an update to the ARTS Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan adopted in 2003."
We haven't exactly been overwhelmed with the results from that previous plan. So who's to say this update won't simply gather another nine years of dust?
Actually, it's the citizens and taxpayers who can decide.
Wherever she is now, Melissa Chase certainly has to count herself lucky.
The former Harlem High School PE teacher was facing a 10-year prison term for her sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student when Chase's conviction was thrown out on appeal. The state Supreme Court in 2009 agreed that the flawed law allowed consent as a defense in such cases.
Because the student was old enough to be a willing participant, Chase was free to go.
It's getting to be almost as predictable as pine pollen, and every bit as ugly.
Every year, as the warm days of spring arrive, some kids start looking for mischief or just an easy exit from class.
That's when the bomb threats begin. The latest batches have had similar twists: Missives of mayhem written in the stalls of girls' bathrooms at Evans High School and Columbia Middle School.
Monday's "lactivist" protest on the front lawn of the Columbia County Justice Center certainly stirred passions.
Versions of the story appearing on Web sites for The News-Times and The Augusta Chronicle were heavily debated through reader comments.
The event wasn't so much protest as it was an effort to raise awareness of an issue: The fear of breast-feeding mothers that they'll be arrested if they nurse their children in public. It was part of a statewide "Nurse-In," held in locations where it could get the most visibility.
The images of destruction from the record-setting number of tornados that blew through the Midwest and Southeast this past week are hard to fathom, and heart-wrenching.
More than three dozen people were killed in states from Illinois to Virginia, and through Alabama and Georgia. As the worst of the storm speared Friday evening through west Georgia, the line of the approaching front spanned all the way into our community.
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text: Feature Requests item #8001, was opened at 2007-01-19 12:57 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=3152&aid=8001&group_id=797 Category: rails plugin Group: None >Status: Closed Priority: 3 Submitted By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: separate out routing specs Initial Comment: Routing happens outside of controllers and should be spec'able separately from controllers. This should be either part of a higher level integration spec or Story Runner, OR should be a new component category parallel w/ models, views, controllers and helpers. Routing specs should support both route processing and route generation. For example: route_for(:controller => "people", :action => "edit", :id => 1).should == "/people/1;edit" AND "/people/1;edit".should route_to(:controller => "people", :action => "edit", :id => 1) The latter example would be extremely useful for custom mappings like this: "/".should route_to(:controller => 'welcome') ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Chad Humphries (spicycode) Date: 2007-11-19 02:07 Message: Moved to http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645-rspec/tickets/31-8001-separate-out-routing-specs#ticket-31-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Rupert Voelcker (rupert) Date: 2007-10-04 20:46 Message: you can actually specify routes the other way round using params_from with the following syntax: params_from(:get, '/people/1/edit').should == {:controller => "people", :action => "edit", :id => "1"} although route_to is a bit more suggestive of what it does. Then perhaps route_from should be aliased to route_for so there's a route_to and a route_from. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Matt Scilipoti (mattscilipoti) Date: 2007-10-04 17:00 Message: +1. This looks like a good format to me. Note: On edge, url format has changed from "/people/1;edit" to "/people/1/edit" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky) Date: 2007-01-19 16:34 Message: I'd LOVE to take credit for it, but it comes from a comment by Eric Peden to [#6541]: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=3149&aid=6541&group_id=797 Thanks for the idea Eric! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Aslak Hellesøy (aslak_hellesoy) Date: 2007-01-19 15:00 Message: I LOVE that idea. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=3152&aid=8001&group_id=797


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Don't Tell My Wife!
Latest update: November 12th, 2012
We spent Shabbat in Ashkelon, visiting my wife's parents. On Motzei Shabbat, my wife stayed in Ashkelon (in the red glare of the rockets fired from Gaza) so that she could take her mother for a medical treatment in the morning. I drove back to Yerushalayim with my children. Along the way, we passed a stretch of fertile farmland. The heavenly rains that had fallen during Shabbat seemed to have awakened the earth, and the pungent aroma of fresh cow manure wafted into the car. My younger boys started gagging and making jokes, the way children do about such things.
"Sheket!" I told them. "I love the smell of fresh bovine in Eretz Yisrael more than any other smell in the world. To me it's like perfume."
"Come off it, Abba," my 22 year-old Golani commando responded.
I switched on the car blinker and started to pull off the highway to the side of the road.
"What are you doing?" my daughter wanted to know.
"Aahhhhhhh," my youngest son gagged, as the overpowering smell of manure filled the car. "Are you crazy? Don't stop here!"
But I wanted to teach them a lesson. After all, they were born in Israel. Sometimes they take it for granted. Having grown up in the Holy Land, they can easily forget that things weren't always that way, that for nearly 2000 years, we were exiled in impure, foreign lands, and that still today, half of our Nation is wallowing away in gentile countries, not knowing the incredible blessing and joy of living in your own Jewish country, upon your own Holy Land.
"Abba! What are you doing?!" my daughter called out, as I got out of the car and trekked off into the dark field.
The truth is, if my wife had been with us, I probably wouldn't have done it. She doesn't like me rolling in cucumber fields. The last time I did it, she stayed angry at me for a week. She said that I ruined my clothes and stank up the car. But like my kids, she grew up in Israel too. Don't get me wrong. They are all crazy about the country, but what smells to me like Chanel #5, smells to them like just plain and smelly cow doo.
"Abba, come back !"
Happily, I prostrated myself on the Holy Land and started to roll over and over. The earth was still damp from the rain. The soil of the fertilized field stuck to my beard. The most beautiful fragrance in the world filled up my nostrils, more exhilarating than any reefer I ever smoked in the past.
"Yeeech!" my daughter screamed.
"I'm calling, Ema!" my youngest yelled out.
The rain clouds had passed, and stars twinkled in the heavens. The Rambam writes how the greatest Sages of old would kiss the soil of the Holy Land upon reaching its borders (Laws of Kings, 5:10). The Talmud describes how Rabbi Chia bar Gamda would lovingly roll in the dust of The Holy Land in order to actualize the verse of Tehillim, "For your servants desired her stones and cherished her very dust."
Rabba Abba would kiss the stones of Acco (Ketubot 112B). Rabbi Kook explained that he wouldn't merely kiss the ground, which is the basis of the agricultural mitzvot dependent upon the Land, but he kissed the boulders to show the inherent holiness of the Land itself. Rashi, in his commentary to the Gemara, duplicates the verse, "For your servants desired her stones," without adding any new information, to emphasize the holiness of the very stones of the Land of Israel – up and beyond the Land's holiness because of the commandments that are performed in its soil.
At the very end of the classic treatise on Jewish Faith, "The Kuzari," when the Rabbi sets off on aliyah for the Land of Israel, he quotes this same verse of Tehillim: "For your servants desired her stones and cherished her very dust," saying, "This means that Jerusalem can only be rebuilt when the Jewish People yearn for it to such an extent that they embrace her stones and her dust" (Kuzari, 5:27).
That's how you bring Mashiach – not by singing, "Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach," but by rolling in the dust of the Eretz Yisrael and doing whatever you can to rebuild the our Nation in our Land.Tzvi Fishman
About the Author: Tzvi Fishman was awarded the Israel Ministry of Education Prize for Creativity and Jewish Culture for his novel "Tevye in the Promised Land." A wide selection of his books are available at Amazon. His recent movie "Stories of Rebbe Nachman" The DVD of the movie is available online.The author's opinion does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Jewish Press.
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Presidential Directive 2009-05 Guidelines
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The purpose of these guidelines is to provide detailed implementation instructions for Presidential Directive (PD) 2009-05 on Graduation and Change of Major. This directive has been issued under conditions of a resource and enrollment emergency. Given the level of funding received from the State, we are unable to continue to allow students the freedom to change or add units to their program that we have allowed in the past. The Academic Senate is also working to develop and refine policies in these areas.
Updated Fall 2013!
Presidential Directive 2009-05 Guidelines [PDF]
Policy Change Update for AY 2010-11
University policies passed from AY 2009-2010 are described below.
University Policy S10-6 is in keeping with the intent of the PD, though it goes beyond the specific recommendations of the PD in the areas of Probation and DQ. S10-4 (Guiding Principles for Enrollment Management) is also relevant, particularly to change of major (see #5 as it relates to impacted majors: "SJSU recruits, admits and enrolls undergraduate and graduate students who meet the eligibility requirements determined by CSU and campus budget and enrollment parameters. Rationale: It is recognized that financial and other resource limitations may necessitate modifications in eligibility requirements for specific programs or majors at SJSU that exceed the minimal CSU qualification standards for enrollment.").


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The Retail Bubble Stocks are Deflating
On Wednesday, I wrote Consumer Staples Stocks Are Holiday Laggards with that sector 14.5% overvalued according to www.ValuEngine.com. Of the dozen retail bubble stocks I have been covering, two are additional consumer staples stocks included in today's post.
On Nov. 29 I wrote Retail Bubble Stocks Play On Earnings Momentum . This story was an update to my original post on Oct. 17, Analyzing the Retail Stock Bubble. One retail bubble stock is in the consumer discretionary sector which is 2.9% overvalued. Nine of the dozen are in the retail-wholesale sector which is 12.5% overvalued. Five of these are in the retail-discount and variety industry which is 10.9% overvalued.
Among the dozen bubble stocks, six are undervalued and six are overvalued. One has a strong buy rating, nine have buy ratings, and two have hold ratings. Only one has declined slightly over the last 12 months and eight had double-digit gains between 16.1% and 67.7% over the last 12 months. All are projected to be higher over the next 12 months by 2.9% to 14.0% thus lagging the performance of the past 12 months. Six have reasonable trailing 12 months price-to-earnings ratios, and six have elevated P/E.
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Nine of the 12 retail bubble stocks are components of the iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Services sector index fund (IYC) . IYC ($85.88) set an all-time high at $89.08 on Dec. 18, and closed Wednesday below its 50-day simple moving average at $86.11, which indicates risk to the 200-day SMA at $82.94. The weekly chart (not shown) shifts to neutral from positive on a close this week below the five-week modified moving average at $86.25. My annual value level is $78.65 with monthly and weekly pivots at $86.72 and $86 93 and quarterly risky level at $90.39.
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OV/UN Valued: Stocks with a red number are undervalued by this percentage. Those with a black number are overvalued by that percentage according to ValuEngine.
VE Rating: A "1-engine" rating is a strong sell, a "2-engine" rating is a sell, a "3-engine" rating is a hold, a "4-engine" rating is a buy and a "5-engine" rating is a strong buy.
Last 12-Month Return (%): Stocks with a red number declined by that percentage over the last 12 months. Stocks with a black number increased by that percentage.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 1, 2009) – The U.S. Men's and Women's Sitting Teams both concluded the Parapan American Zonal Championships on Saturday at the McGill University Athletic Complex in Montreal with 4-0 records against the teams from Canada.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Team opened play in the morning with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-12) victory over Canada.
U.S. Head Coach Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.) started opposites Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.), outside hitters Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.), setter/outside hitters Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.) and Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.), and libero Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.).
Holloway scored nine points and completed 67 percent of her kill attempts. Aldrich scored nine points on three kills, two blocks and four aces. Erickson and Millage each added seven points.
Serving provided numerous point opportunities against the Canadians. Erickson scored four aces on 22 service attempts.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Team played a second match against Canada in the afternoon and swept their northern neighbors for the fourth time in three days, 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-8).
Hamiter started setters Aldrich and SuGui Kriss (Ravena, N.Y.), outside hitters Lancaster and Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas), opposites Michelle Gerlosky (Griffin, Ga.) and Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.) and Miller at libero.
Gerlosky scored nine points on three kills and six aces, and Millage added nine points on five kills, three aces and one block. Aldrich scored eight points on two kills, two blocks and four aces.
Hamiter varied his lineups so he could evaluate all the players.
"For the final match, it was nice to see some role players execute at a high level and to see one of our newest members (Gerlosky) to be the match point leader," Hamiter said. "This gives us the potential for longevity in the program, and a cornerstone for striving to make the team stronger working toward the goal of winning gold at the world championships in 2010."
The Men's Sitting Team also played two matches against Canada on Saturday and swept both for a 12-0 set record.
In the morning match, Hamiter started setters/outside hitters Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.) and James Stuck (New Kensington, Pa.), middle blockers Roderick Green (West Monroe, La.) and Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo.), opposites Eric Duda (Gainesville, Fla.) and Edgar Laforest (Puerto Rico) and libero Matt Johnson (Omaha, Neb.).
Duda led the team with 12 points on seven kills with no errors on 13 attempts, two blocks and three aces. Stuck scored eight points on two kills, three blocks and three aces. Rasmussen added seven points on five kills, one block and one ace.
"This was by far our most consistent match of the series," Hamiter said. "The team was able to make an adjustment by minimizing our attack errors while hitting at a high level. (Matt) Johnson passed 100 percent positive receptions with 60 percent being perfect passes."
The U.S. Men won the afternoon match, 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-22)
Hamiter started setters/outside hitters Rasmussen and Laforest, middle blockers Brad Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and Regan, Duda at opposite, outside hitter Hugo Storer and Matt Johnson at libero.
Duda led the scoring with 14 points on 12 kills and two blocks. His hitting percentage for the match was 0.476. Stuck added seven points, Regan had six and Storer scored five.
Parapan American Zonal Championship
May 28: U.S. Women def. Canada, 3-0 (25-5, 25-8, 25-14)
U.S. Men vs. Canada, 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-17)
May 29: U.S. Men def. Canada, 3-0 (28-26, 25-15, 25-23)
U.S. Women def. Canada, 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-12)
May 30: U.S. Women def. Canada, 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-12)
U.S. Men def. Canada, 3-0 (25-9, 25-20, 25-9)
U.S. Women def. Canada, 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-12)
U.S. Men def. Canada, 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-22)
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Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.)
Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.)
Michelle Gerlosky (Griffin, Ga.)
Alex Gouldie (St. Paul, Neb.)
Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.)
SuGui Kriss (Ravena, N.Y.)
Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.)
Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.)
Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas)
Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.)
Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.)
Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.)
U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team
Eric Duda (Gainesville, Fla.)
Josh Franklin (Houston, Texas)
Roderick Green (West Monroe, La.)
Brad Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
Matt Johnson (Omaha, Neb.)
Edgar Laforest (Puerto Rico)
Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.)
Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo.)
Hugo Storer (Houston, Texas)
James Stuck (New Kensington, Pa.)
Head Coach: Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.)
Assistant Coach: Edgar Miraku (Elbasan, Albania)
Assistant Coach: Cara Bartolic (Sartell, Minn.)
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SILVER CREEK – Time moves on and with it the layoffs at Petri's Baking Products grow closer.
The Department of Labor Rapid Response Team and Chautauqua Works have been taking action right along in the process to try to help the nearly 150 workers facing unemployment.
Work Force Investment Board Executive Director Katie Geise said an open job fair began the process and more recently a targeted job fair was held just for Petri's workers.
"What we tried to do as an area is hold a job fair on May 15 at the Clarion open to all job seekers. We had 26 employers and over 100 job seekers attend," she explained. "For this we tried to take it to the next level and have a job fair directed specifically to Petri's employees. We were able to go on site and we had 25 employers all on site where already laid off and still-working employees could meet with employers. Fifty-seven employees utilized the job fair, but I do not know if any were offered jobs yet."
She said one reason some workers may have not started new employment yet is many Petri's employees have expressed a desire to finish working at Petri's until the last day.
"The feeling we got from workers is that they would like to finish out their time at Petri's and wait until the last day to start a new job. I think employers also got that impression. Hopefully positions will be offered to them when it is time," she added.
She said comments they heard about the event were that it was "worthwhile." In addition to employers there was also a representative from Fidelis Care to speak to workers about affordable health insurance options after being laid off.
Geise wanted to commend Petri's for opening their doors to the DOL and WIB to hold these events.
"They have been very open to help the displaced workers as much as they can," she said.
In addition to hosting the targeted job fair, Petri's also allowed the Rapid Response Team to hold a meeting with workers in March to explain "what to do next," answer questions and provide resources.
Geise said next they are planning a workshop on training options.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification for Petri's was recently updated to say layoffs will commence June 15 and the closing of the plant will occur between June 15 and June 28, displacing 143 workers.
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ADRIENNE IVEY: Right now, I don't coach any younger athletes in Taekwondo, but that is definitely something I would like to pursue in the future. We have a pretty large sparring team at my dojang, and being one of the oldest, I would like to start coaching at local tournaments. Also, I plan to remain involved in the sport of Taekwondo throughout my life, and hopefully I will be able to produce high-caliber athletes like ones on the recent Junior World Team.
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ADRIENNE IVEY: Because I have an interest in the sciences, mainly the life sciences, I would like to study in the field of biological sciences. Specifically, my interests lie in molecular biology and genetics. I hope to study gene structures and hereditary diseases such as sickle cell or cancer.
Q4: You recently competed on the world stage at the World Junior Championships in Turkey. What did you learn from that experience which will help you at future international events?
ADRIENNE IVEY: Competing at the World Junior Championships in Turkey gave me an irreplaceable experience and I have learned and prospered from it. The most important thing I've learned from competing in Turkey is not to be afraid of other competitors and not to let them intimidate you, no matter how they look or act. Everyone gets scared, but you shouldn't let it get to your head and control you or alter your fighting. They're just as nervous as you. You should also always listen to your coaches. They are trying to help you win and can see things happening that you can't see. I also learned that, in my case, physical training was just a small part of the competition. You have to be just as mentally prepared in order to spar your best, and having a strong mentality is a key component in being a good athlete. No matter what the result is, you should always give it your best no matter what, in any situation.
Adrienne with fellow World Team Members and coach Sherman Nelson
Q5: So is this a breakout year for you? Did you feel this was going to happen?
ADRIENNE IVEY: Yes, I believe this is a breakout year for me. I felt something big was going to happen in 2008 based on my steady progression throughout 2006 and 2007. I've been training harder in preparation for Juniors, and I believe the extra practice helped me to make it onto the World Junior Team. After competing and doing well in Juniors and Seniors during the beginning of the year, I felt that I was ready for the fight-off to determine the team.
Adrienne (right) and teammate Laurissa Tanielu with some Turkish children
Q6: What's the last book you read?
ADRIENNE IVEY: The last book, and probably one of the best books I've read, is called Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin. When I am not sparring or playing soccer I can usually be found with a book in my hand. While I generally love fantasy novels, I occasionally venture out to murder mysteries or any type of fiction that catches my interest.
Q7: Can you describe the feeling you had after making the World Junior Team?
ADRIENNE IVEY: I was completely and totally overcome with joy after making the World Junior Team. It was my finest moment in this sport. This was the culmination of many training sessions, mental preparation and intense sparring sessions with my Master and Coach, Dennis Kim, and SET (Sparring Elite Team). I was so ecstatic that I would be traveling to, and competing in Turkey. All the hard work training and preparing had paid off. The feeling I had after winning my final match was of pure happiness and excitement. I also may have been sighted doing cartwheels in the holding area.
Adrienne goofing around
Q8: What's your favorite TV show ever?
ADRIENNE IVEY: There are a lot of shows that I would claim to love, but I have to say my favorite TV show ever would be Monk. Adrian Monk (played by Tony Shalhoub) is a former detective suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and many phobias, since the murder of his wife Trudy. These disorders caused him to be placed on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department and he spends his time as a freelance detective/consultant solving murders to pay the bills. He hopes to convince his captain to put him back on the force, but the captain is questioning whether Monk should be handed a gun. Monk has a full time nurse to take care of him, and is working on his dilemmas in order to be placed on the force again. I would definitely give Monk 5 stars. It is an amazingly well-written and well-acted show.
Q9: Do you have talents in other sports?
ADRIENNE IVEY: I also compete in indoor and outdoor soccer. I play on a Division 1 travel team, and one could say I am pretty talented. I mostly play the sweeper position, but sometimes go up as a center forward. I also hope to try out and play on my high school team this upcoming school year. Soccer helps with my endurance and keeps me in shape for Taekwondo as well.
Q10: What was your favorite toy growing up?
ADRIENNE IVEY: My favorite toy when I was growing up would have to have been my stuffed purple bear and my Beanie Baby cat. I got my stuffed purple bear, otherwise known as "Purply", when I had my tonsils taken out in first grade. My cat and bear were by my side every night in bed, until my cat had a tragic accident, in which gum consumed his body and he went to stuffed cat heaven. After that, only Purply slept by my side.
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Why is the amount of yeast (ADY) so important? for a 14 inch I have learned from the site 7 grams is sufficient...If you use the total package of yeast what is the negative effect...thanks
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Posted on 03/25/2013 8:48:07 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
The Portland Thorns are removing a T-shirt from store shelves and the team's website in response to criticism that its slogan "Feelin' Thorny?" was sexist.
The T-shirt was gone in slightly less than 24 hours since the controversy broke on Facebook and was fueled on other social media platforms.
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I really don't want to live in a society with no tolerance for humor.
Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: That's NOT funny.
Will they replace it with one that says: Feeling Prickly?
I liked one of the comments left after the article....make a T-shirt for the men..."Thorn Dogs"
How can a play on the word horny be sexist? Don't both men AND women get horny?
Just so they don't ban the shirts that say "Indoor Lacrosse - It's Like Hockey, With Balls"
Is it sexist to assume that only men are subject to the stae that is the object of the pun?
Why, yes, I do believe it is.
This is just so stupid. If somebody doesn't like the tee shirts, then don't buy one. Good grief. I am just so tired of this krap.
I'm with you. I told an Easter joke, and people lost their minds.
All soccer is women's soccer.
Christopher Hitchens,,"Why women aren't funny".
I do believe that a mom with a good sense of humor is priceless.
Oh, they would NOT have liked the Vesely MN hometown baseball team when they went back to wooden bats. They had teeshirts printed up that said, "We're Sportin' WOOD!"
Maybe it's just me but that slogan, "Feeling Thorny?", smells of both racism and homophobia.
Mob rule. Thugocrats. Everybody wants to be a petty dictator. Remember when noone freaked out about silly stuff - or they even laughed - because it was a free country? Remember when parents told their kids, "Don't make a federal case out of it"? Nowadays, what *isn't* a federal case?
Don't Thorn me bro...
Women's sports are walking a tightrope. They want to be selling sport, not cheesecake, but good looks help sell tickets. I imagine this is a frustration -- U.S. women's soccer is among the best in the world, the USWNT brought home the Olympic gold medal, and girls soccer is firmly established through the collegiate level. Yet two women's professional leagues have failed financially, and yet a third attempt is now underway. So if you have an Alex Morgan, you find a way to get her picture out, but you don't want to cross the line.
This problem isn't limited to soccer or to women's sports by any means. In this country, men's professional football, basketball, and baseball roll in the dough. Hockey hangs in as a strong number four, and men's soccer has now grown to the point that it seems financially stable, with a tv contract. Everybody else starves.
We grouse about other countries that provide government funding for national and Olympic teams, but the fact is, we provide lavish funding, much of it public, through the university system, until graduation. Then most of our athletes are cut off. The superstars find sponsors, and everyone else scrapes by. I'm not advocating state funded professional athletics, but I do wish we could find club systems that provided better and broader support post college for the top players. And I hope that women's professional soccer can find a sustainable business model. I'd hate for our next World Cup and Olympic teams to be composed of young women who have all gone to Europe to play.
So if I have this right a woman can go on Slut Walks and feel empowered. She can dress like a whore, get drunk, flash her boobs and flirt with men constantly and that's perfectly fine.
You sexist pig.
"Pay attention to me!"
"All women are just sex objects to you!"
"Look at me!"
"Stop staring at my boobs!"
"Want to see my new piercing? Check out my new lower back tattoo."
"Stop raping me with your eyes!"
The Feminist movement is mentally ill.
I think you should have left the crown of thorns out of it.
The immediate question here is how a women's professional soccer team wants to market itself. Does it want to sell its players as sex objects, or athletes? Take a good look at the team -- IMHO, the young ladies sell themselves quite well enough without putting smutty slogans into official team advertising.
Crass perhaps, but not at all sexist. And this from the same people who trumpet the Vagina Monologues or whatever in the hell it is.
Got all cross, did they?
You're right-- it is just you.
Maybe it's just me, (LOL!) or where I live, but this ("thorny") is absolutely meaningless to me beyond a crude pun. We here in Wasilla call ourselves "civilized," but a lot of this stuff simply never reaches us. Or, if it does, it is laughed at and/or ignored. From the looks of things "Outside" maybe it's a good thing.
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Debates of Feb. 28th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #85 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-30.
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- Original Humboldt
- Polish Canadian Community
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- New Democratic Party
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- Migrant Workers
- Ethics
- Shannen's Dream
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- 41st General Election
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Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Don Davies Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are alarmed that the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism wants the sole power to say what countries are safe for refugees. Now we see that the minister wants the power to strip tens of thousands of permanent residents of their very status if he thinks conditions have improved in the countries they escaped. These people fled persecution and hardship and were given a promise from the Canadian government that they would be protected.
Is it the minister's intention to call into question the permanent residency status of tens of thousands of refugees living in Canada and, If so, why?
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
No it is not, Mr. Speaker. As is often the case, the member is completely wrong. In fact, there is nothing in Bill C-31 that would give a minister power to revoke permanent residency from anyone. There is already in the Immigration Refugee Protection Act a power for the Immigration and Refugee Board. That would be an independent, quasi-judicial body that can revoke protected status and/or permanent residency from people who obtained it fraudulently.
Yes, we do believe that people who fraudulently obtain asylum or permanent residency should have that reviewed. If they obtained it fraudulently, it can and should be revoked by the IRB, not by the minister.
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Sadia Groguhé Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, we want to fight fraud, but this bill will only concentrate power in the minister's hands. The proposed changes do not make sense. The government is not keeping its promise with respect to a process that everyone had agreed to and that assured asylum seekers that their applications would be dealt with quickly and fairly.
Furthermore, the government is creating a climate of great uncertainty for permanent residents, who will live in fear of a sudden change in their status. Permanent resident status should not be dependent upon the whim of the minister.
Will the minister revise this flawed bill?
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, the two NDP immigration critics have had a number of months to familiarize themselves with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. I will again give them a basic briefing so that they will understand, for example, that since 2002 the Immigration and Refugee Board has been authorized under the act to revoke permanent resident status or protected person status from people who obtained it fraudulently. We believe that it is appropriate that the law give the IRB, an independent body, the power to revoke any status that has been obtained fraudulently.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ron Cannan Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, our government understands the importance of international trade to Canada's economy. Thanks to our government's leadership, Canadian businesses and workers now have preferred access and a real competitive edge in more markets around the world than in any other time in history.
Among the many initiatives our government is undertaking in high growth dynamic markets around the world is a Canada-European Union trade agreement, which is a key component of our ambitious pro-trade plan for jobs and growth.
Could the minister update the House about the results of his discussions today with his provincial and territorial counterparts?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ed Fast Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to report that today the federal, provincial and territorial governments issued an historic and unprecedented statement in support of a Canada-E.U. free trade agreement. We agreed that it was trade being equivalent to over 60% of our economy. There is no more important negotiating priority today than a free trade agreement with the E.U. As we said today in our joint statement, we all remain committed to an ambitious outcome to these negotiations.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Jean Crowder Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Job Bank operated by HRSDC has been shut down for two weeks. That is two weeks and still no resolution. Unemployed Canadians are trying to get back on their feet, but they are not getting the help that they need to get a job. The government is not serious about getting people back to work. There is no job creation strategy and now, no Job Bank.
Why will the government not get serious and help unemployed Canadians get back to work?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, in fact, our government's top priority is job creation and economic growth. Part of this is ensuring that Canadians do have the help they need to get the jobs. Unfortunately, there was a security issue with the Job Bank. It was identified and all the appropriate parties were notified, including the Privacy Commissioner.
I can assure members that HRSDC officials are working around the clock so we can get the Job Bank back up and running in a secure way as quickly as possible.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Speaker, people are looking for jobs; it is as simple as that. From employment insurance claims processing to the Job Bank, automation has been nothing but problematic. Unemployed workers need more. They need to get their employment insurance cheques quickly. They need to find new jobs using tools like the Job Bank. They need someone to answer the phone.
Canadians pay for these services. Where are the services they have paid for and are entitled to?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, the Job Bank is being overhauled to enhance security and better meet the needs of unemployed Canadians. Officials in my department have assured me that they are working very hard to make the Job Bank more secure and more useful. We want to help people find work. That is why we are working so hard.
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, we found out today that the government will be shutting down the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, PEARL, on Ellesmere Island. After significant investment into this world-renowned atmospheric research station in the high Arctic, the Conservatives are slashing funding. Instead, they plan to open another one five years from now and in the wrong location. This is another example of the Conservatives' approach to science.
Why does the government make decisions based on the whims of a Prime Minister, instead of listening to great Canadian scientists and their globally important research? When will the Conservatives get their heads out of the sand when it comes to the global climate crisis?
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Peter Kent Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, Environment Canada recognizes the importance of university atmospheric research in the Arctic and has provided partial funding, along with a number of other bodies, since 2009 for the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory.
However, the university research application to those other bodies for renewed funding, with support from Environment Canada, was not successful at the recent national centres of excellence competition. That said, Environment Canada will continue to monitor ozone and the atmosphere at Eureka.
Aerospace Industry
Oral Questions
February 28th, 2012 / 2:45 p.m.
Hélène LeBlanc LaSalle—Émard, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the government announced that it was going to review all the programs that support the aerospace industry. Canadians are no fools. They know that "review" often means "cut" to the Conservatives. The aerospace industry supports 80,000 jobs, 40,000 of which are in Quebec, including in the Montreal area. The industry accounts for 70% of the research and development done in Canada.
Will the government commit to funding the research and development that supports thousands of jobs in the aerospace industry?
Aerospace Industry
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Christian Paradis Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture)
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I had the opportunity to announce that there would be a review committee made up of David Emerson, Sandra Pupatello, Jacques Roy and Jim Quick, who are all qualified experts. In our 2011 budget, we committed to reviewing every policy in order to optimize the spinoffs from this industry, which generates $22 billion in revenue a year and 80,000 high-quality jobs.
If the hon. member were really concerned about the industry, she would support our F-35 program, which will produce even more benefits, including near her riding.
41st General Election
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Denis Coderre Bourassa, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to return to the fact that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister was briefed by his leader. Perhaps he can set the record straight. My question is for his boss, the Prime Minister.
We just learned that there is a direct link between RackNine and the Conservative Party of Canada, whether it be its head office in Ottawa or its office in Guelph.
Can someone please explain to us why this electoral fraud took place? Could he set the record straight and tell us why the Conservative Party did such a thing?


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In the past few years, automated retail kiosks have put many DVD-rental stores out of business. This hasn't been a kind development for visually impaired individuals who now have less access to video store clerks to help get them movies. Now, in a new class action lawsuit in California, a group that advocates for the civil rights of blind individuals is suing Redbox for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.
According to the complaint filed on Thursday, Redbox is denying blind individuals equal access to goods and services.
The plaintiffs say they enjoy films too, particularly dialogue-driven ones as well as movies where the action can be described by friends.
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text: Nelson Whitmore Named Assistant Athletic Director Nelson Whitmore, who is beginning his sixth season as head men's basketball coach at Hamline University, now has a little more work on his plate. Whitmore has added the title of Assistant Athletic Director to his duties. Jason Verdugo, HU Athletic Director, made the announcement today. "Nelson is one of the sharpest minds around," he said. "He has done a terrific job in molding the men's basketball team into a consistent winning program. He has been an Assistant AD before and will serve as a great aid as we continue in rebuilding our athletic programs." Whitmore's main emphasis will be with development. He will assist Verdugo in the department's fundraising efforts as well working with corporate sponsorships. Whitmore spent ten years as Assistant Athletic Director for The College at Brockport, State University of New York from 1997-2007. During that time he served as home event manager, facilities coordinator, and director of athletic travel for all twenty-one athletic teams. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work closely with our prestigious alumni and corporate sponsors," Whitmore said. "As the Assistant Athletic Director of Development, I look forward to enhancing our student-athletes' experience here at Hamline." A 1992 graduate of St. John Fisher College, Whitmore has been coaching NCAA DIII basketball for the past two decades. Prior to coming to Hamline, he spent nine years as the head coach at SUNY Brockport (NY). His teams made eight straight post-season appearances, winning at least one game every time. Whitmore's teams were State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) regular season champions in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007. They added SUNYAC tournament titles in 2001 and 2002. The Golden Eagles advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division III basketball tournament in 2002 and 2007 as well as Sweet Sixteen appearances in the 2001 and 2004 seasons. For these accomplishments Whitmore was named SUNYAC coach of the year in 2000, 2002, and 2004. When he moved to Hamline, Whitmore inherited a program that had not had a winning season in 14 seasons. Two years later, he had the Pipers in the MIAC basketball playoffs. The next season in 2010-2011, the team won 16 games and hosted a playoff game for the first time in a quarter of a century. When the Pipers went 13-12 last season, it marked their third straight season over .500, the first time that has happened in the past twenty-six seasons. In the past five years, Whitmore has coached six All-MIAC, three All-MIAC Honorable Mention, and six All-MIAC First Year players. Some of these players include: Tony Thrasher, a 2009 Josten's national player of the year finalist; Ray Brown, the 2010 College Sporting News MIAC co-MVP; Carl Hipp, a 2011 NABC 2nd team All-American and MIAC player of the year; and most recently, Mike Campbell, a two-time All-MIAC selection.


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Judge: Hormon Lawsuit Can Go Forward
A Portland judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the stepmother of a missing Oregon boy can go forward.
Judge Henry Kantor said Wednesday a two-year delay sought by Terri Horman, stepmother of Kyron Horman, wouldn't serve a purpose.
She sought the delay, saying the suit would be a proxy for a criminal investigation. Detectives have focused on her, although they haven't called her a suspect. The lawsuit was filed by Desiree Young, Kyron's biological mother.
Terri Horman was the last person known to have seen Kyron. He was 7 when he disappeared June 4, 2010.The suit will proceed Thursday with a deposition of Terri Horman's biological son, James Moulton.
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Sebastian Hadrys, whose Landhaus in Magdeburg is a dream come true, enjoys great popularity among diners and restaurant critics.
Magdeburg was not exactly a gastronomic hotspot when Sebastian Hadrys opened his Landhaus restaurant not far from his parents' home after working at Landhaus Scherrer under Heinz Wehmann and in Louis C. Jacob under Thomas Martin. Little by little, he lured guests away from simple regional food and introduced a superior country cuisine with a menu characterised by excellent produce that makes for magical moments. Alongside the regional Bördeland menu, Hadrys' protagonists are scallops from Rungis, line-caught cod from Norway and lobster from Brittany, all beautifully cooked in the 'honest craftsman' spirit and presented as cohesive but not overly complex creations. The fact that Hadrys' food is excellent value for money is one reason why people travel from far and wide to eat in his restaurant, which is deliberately positioned outside the star category to enable him to continue running it as profitably as possible.
Hadrys' specialities include pumpkin velouté, which he likes to enhance with different types of crustacean, his crispy two-course duck, which is a fixture on the winter menu, and various locally hunted game specialities such as saddle of young venison in a breaded crust on braised cassis cabbage, winter vegetables and open semolina dumplings. The outstanding quality of the game, delicately cooked, with a thin breaded crust to retain its juices, combined with wonderfully aromatic cassis cabbage and wintry dumplings – it all adds up to perfectly executed, ambitious country-house cuisine with an element of fun.
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Protesters, party-monsters, artists and activists will descend upon High Street on Friday, July 4 for the annual Doo Dah Day Parade to celebrate "liberty and lunacy." Leading the lunatic charge will be NBC4's Jym Ganahl. Confused? So is he.
Though Ganahl isn't sure why he was picked, he is sure he doesn't represent the riotous Doo Dah "demographic." But with the "polar vortex" theme, and a reputation for being unpredictable, the polar opposite of Doo Dah might be just what parade organizers — and onlookers — wanted.
I don't fit the Doo Dah Parade mold. In fact, when I told my family I was asked to serve as the "Not-So-Grand Marshal," their first question was, "Why?" Either way, I am humbled they asked me. I love the whole atmosphere and I'm going to soak in every minute. So many other parades and festivals are so organized and set in their ways, the people participating can't enjoy them. The Doo Dah Parade is so anti-everything. I am going to let loose! There is no way I'm staying classy for this. I'm thinking of bringing my grandchildren's water guns! I'll be having so much fun, I won't even mind if the people spray me with water right back.
I am terrified of cursing the Doo Dah Parade. I don't know what it is, but every time I am asked to be at an outdoor event, the weather doesn't cooperate. One year at the New Albany Founders Day parade, it was clear and beautiful directly before and directly after the parade, but the entire time it was going on, it was sleeting. It happened at an event in Coshocton, and at a Newark High School graduation I was at, too. I hope it doesn't follow me to Doo Dah! But, 15 of the last 16 weeks we have had rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and had really nice weather on the weekends, so hopefully that continues.
I wanted to become a meteorologist because I knew I could do it better than the people on TV. I would always get so mad as a kid that the people on TV would miss the weather forecast on snow days. When I was 17, my mother let me go to the TV station for a day. I told the director I could do the weather better than their meteorologist, which is very out of character for me. He let me try, and I was right. I've been doing it ever since.
I am still a kid at heart. One thing I've learned through all my years is that your mind stays about the same from when you are about 20 until you die. After a certain age, my mind didn't get any older. The things that spoke to me as a kid still speak to me now. I still love model trains because they remind me of the train that would go through my hometown in Iowa. I live in New Albany because they get more snow each year than the rest of the city, and whenever I see snow on the ground I'm like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story." That is part of the reason I am so excited to be part of the Doo Dah Parade this year; this is something for me. This is my time.
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2 Bank Stocks to Buy Now
The fact that Bank of America's (BAC) stock was able to double despite an unfavorable interest rate climate highlights how fortunate investors were in the banking sector.
Will that continue for the banking sector? Here are two names to watch closely in 2013.
JP Morgan Chase (JPM)
It makes sense to lead off with JP Morgan since the bank lead off 2012 with a bombshell -- announcing it had amassed a credit-derivative loss (initially reported) of $2 billion. Investors later learned the poor trade -- now known as "London Whale" -- had actually reached levels of close to $7.5 billion. On the news, the stock lost almost 30% of its value. But it didn't last.
Wall Street has a very short memory. Nothing says I'm sorry better than beating earnings, which JP Morgan managed to do in both quarters that followed. In the most recent quarter JPM exceeded both top- and bottom-line estimates, beating EPS and revenue goals by 6% and 16%, respectively.
The bank posted revenue of $25.9 billion, which was 13% better sequentially and improved 6% year over year. Net income also soared to $5.7 billion, a 15% sequential improvement. This was also enough to top rivals such as Citigroup(C) , which posted revenue of $19.4 billion, declining 7% year over year.
There's plenty to like with JP Morgan at current levels, including 20% upside potential. The catalysts will include the possibility of share buybacks over the next couple of quarters and the bank's commitment towards deleveraging its balance sheet. Investors should expect shares to reach the $52 level by the second half of the year.
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Next on the list is Wells Fargo. Although the bank's third quarter was not up to its usual standards, relative to expectations, it wasn't all that bad. Plus, it was enough to continue what is now 11 consecutive quarters of profit growth, posting $4.9 billion in the third quarter. Not only was this a company record, but it also represented year-over-year increase of 22%.
What's more, the bank consistently demonstrates solid execution and leverage as both its assets and its investments continue to produce meaningful returns. This is despite prolonged weakness in interest rates. Well Fargo continues to benefit from a business that is unburdened from unfavorable risk -- the types that have hurt peers such as Citigroup, which has significant exposure abroad.
Finally, while most banks tend to fall in within the same category and thereby appraised on similar standards and metrics, it is clear that Wells is out to set itself apart from the rest. There's a premium placed for banks with above-average growth prospects that still meets certain criteria of safety.


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As a Freshman in 2006-07: Scored points for the Tritons at the PCSC Championships, notching a fifth-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 2:24.97... also recorded a 200 IM time of 2:21.69.
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History's Headlines: A trip up the Lehigh River with John James Audubon in 1829
America's wildlife fascinated Native American artists long before the first white man set foot here. But when they arrived, European artists also quickly came under the spell of land teeming with flora and fauna, much of which they were unfamiliar with.
The Allentown Art Museum has recently opened an exhibit called "American Wildlife Art," which offers an overview of some of those artists.
But surely most visitors will be drawn to the works of John James Audubon (1785-1850), an artist whose passion and outsized works have cast all other nature artists into the forest shade.
Audubon has deep ties to Pennsylvania that include a 53 mile, several-week tour up the Upper Lehigh River through Carbon County's Great Pine Swamp in 1829. Today tourists to the region can even take an auto tour following roughly in Audubon's footsteps from White Haven to Jim Thorpe. More information can be obtained by calling 570-443-8759, or by going on-line.
Audubon was born Haiti in 1785 to a French planter and naval captain and one of his father's many mistresses. A revolution in Haiti in 1798 forced Captain Audubon to move to France.
Fearing his son would be drafted into Napoleon's army, he purchased a property called Mill Spring in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Today it is the John James Audubon Center in the town of Audubon.
It took some adjustment for the pleasure-loving young Frenchman to fit into the quiet confines of rural Pennsylvania. Among those who helped was Lucy Bakewell, the daughter of a local planter who later became his wife.
It was here that Audubon became deeply entranced with birds, a passion he had since childhood. Now that he could draw them, he spent hours following their habits along the Perkiomen Creek.
It was also here that Audubon discovered how to shape the birds he had shot in such a way that he could observe them in a variety of poses. Although some were to claim later that Audubon's birds seemed to be assuming positions that they never would have had in nature, other praised his accuracy. And no one doubted the beauty of them as artworks.
Audubon was passionate about his art but he had a tough time making a living at it or at anything else. His life was a trail of bankruptcy and failure that even led Lucy to sell her family silverware.
After futile attempts to find a printer willing to take the risk on reproducing his huge elephant folio prints in America, he took the concept to Europe. Here he did manage to get the books printed. But their cost of $1000 for a complete set put them beyond the range of all but the wealthiest buyers.
It was on September 1, 1829, during a break from a sales trip to Europe that Audubon set off for a trip to the upper reaches of the Lehigh River. "I left Philadelphia at four in the morning by coach," his journal begins, "with no other accoutrements than I knew to be necessary for the jaunt which I intended to make. These consisted of a wooden box, containing a small stock of linen drawing paper, my journal colours and pencils together with twenty-five pounds of shot, some flints, a due quantum of cash, my gun 'Tear Jacket' and a heart true to nature as ever."
At 8 o'clock that evening his coach pulled into what is now Jim Thorpe, then Mauch Chunk. Although Audubon does not talk of it, this ride may have been in what were called "flying coaches." Many other writers of the time have commented on the horrible state of roads in the coal regions in that era. Audubon apparently felt it was too common a circumstance in America in general to talk about.
The artist noted the village where he spent the night was "a thriving coal town." Up early the next morning, he was disappointed at finding so few birds in the vicinity of Mauch Chunk.
Later that morning Audubon engaged a cart to take him to the home of woodsman Jedediah Irish and his family. Local historian Ralph Kreamer notes that the location was Rockport, a small village four miles east of Weatherly.
The artist described his arrival as being "rattled down a steep declivity edged on one side by almost perpendicular rocks, and on the other by a noisy stream, which seemed grumbling at the approach of strangers." He described the ground as overgrown with laurels and pines and the whole place shrouded in darkness.
Irish's wife greeted Audubon and told him her husband was away. The next morning the naturalist and Irish's young nephew traveled to the swamp. Here, the artists became fascinated by the beauty of the day and the sounds of the birds, particularly the wood thrush. He took one specimen that day.
Irish arrived several days later. He and Audubon made many trips into the swamps. Often while they traveled and waited for some game the woodsman would recite to the artist the poems of Robert Burns. The two shared many an outdoor meal that included venison, trout and bear meat. Audubon wrote "methinks I can still enjoy" the taste of it.
Audubon noted in his journal the many loggers cutting trees from high mountains, letting them fall into the Lehigh and float down to nearby saw mills. He also witnessed an amusing encounter between the loggers and some bears they tried to dive away. "The assailed soon proved assailant and with claw and tooth drove the men off in a twinkling."
After 6 weeks Audubon boarded a coach for the long ride back to Philadelphia. In 1846, then living in what was then a rural area of New York, the artist awoke to discover he could no longer see clearly enough to draw. Although he would live virtually blind until 1850 Audubon died never knowing that his works had made him immortal
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