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Cookies: January 2013 Archives
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Fri - Sun, Jan 25-27 - Walkabout Weekend & Photo Contest
It's January, and the cookie the craziness has begun. The offices smell somewhat different than usual -- it must be Mango Crème's. And they certainly look different, with furniture moved aside so we can shift cases from one space to another.
I've already heard two stories of people being flagged down by others unknown to purchase cookies, one at a Waffle House. There must be something about Waffle House as I hear a similar story to that every year. We, of course, love to hear the fun stories about cookies, and there are usually plenty of them. If you have a great story, please let our new director of public relations and marketing, Meghan Cochrane, know. She can be reached at email@example.com or call either office and dial extension 2907. If you need more media releases in your area, please let us know. We put out the media kits before the holidays. Thanks to those troop leaders, girls, and press reps that made that happen. It is a lot of work, but it's fun.
The council's initial order was about the same as it was last year, which was disappointing because I think most volunteers found they did not get caught with cookies. We've also heard others say they need to come to the cupboard and refill already because their initial order is sold. We LOVE that! You go girls! Like you, we don't want to get caught with cookies either. This is why we ask you to do planned orders. We order cookies for the cupboard based on your planned orders. We keep some additional in the cupboard, but you know what it is like to be "caught" with cookies at the end. We also don't want to have that happen, so inventory management during the sale, albeit a pain, really does assist us in not getting "caught" with cookies. You might think, well it's not my problem if the council gets stuck with the cookies. That is true, but the girls pay for it, whether it is your troop or the council, so planning is a beautiful thing. I certainly understand, though, that sometimes you can't plan.
If you need additional pick-up hours for large orders, we are always happy to accommodate you. Last year we had the cupboards open for long spans of time. In fact, I received complaints when folks arrived to find out college guys snoozing while waiting to fill orders. This is what college guys do when not occupied. We are cutting back on the number of hours, again, to save the girls money. However, if you need additional hours or exceptions for pick-ups, please contact the cookie hotline at 800-239-6636, option 5, and we will work it out. This should be done in advance. We do want to sell cookies, we want to be of service to you during the cookie sale, but we also need to be fiscally conscious because all the money is the girls' money.
We do love to hear the stories about the sale. Let us know what is going on! Thanks for all you do to make this a successful program.
I'm sitting in the Volunteer Center writing this while surrounded by cases of cookies. The smell is almost overwhelming -- fresh cookies, just off the truck from the baker. The world's largest girl-led entrepreneurial program is about to commence!
I want to run through a few reminders of issues we encounter during the cookie program.
1. Girls must be registered as a Girl Scout for the current membership year, which started October 1, 2012, to sell cookies. That means she and/or her parent needed to fill out the paperwork, sign the form and provide the requisite $12 annual membership fee.
2. Girls and their parents must complete and familiarize themselves with the permission forms to sell, which also highlight the safety rules for selling. Assuring safety is always a concern in working with girls, especially in parking lots with cash in hand during a tough economy.
3. The best cookie program experience for the girls is one that involves using the program materials that the cookie baker has developed. These can be accessed by going to www.abcsmartcookie.com and signing up for COCO Cookie Command. The fun activities (materials) emphasize the five goals of the cookie program.
4. If you are having issues or troubles with facets of the sale it is better to let us know sooner rather than later. We will have a cookie hot line going during the sale. The telephone number for the cookie hot line is our council phone number, 800-239-6636, option 5.
5. ABC Bakers, our cookie baker, also has a hotline available if you are having issues using SNAP or COCO, they can be reached by 800-221-1002.
6. We are pleased that the new cookie this year is receiving some excellent attention. I saw it this morning on ABC's Good Morning America program. It is a mango crème cookie with Nutrifusion. Nutrifusion means the baker actually used the mangoes and coconut in the filling more directly than in a typical sandwich cookie. As we know, smelling is a very large part of flavor, so give it a whiff. It is like an inexpensive trip to a tropical island without leaving the state.
7. Every year this is when we have anonymous calls and accusations about the "conspiracy" between Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood. Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama does not have a relationship with Planned Parenthood. We do not provide them any funds and believe these issues are best discussed within a family and church setting. GSSA's board-approved statement on this topic can be found on this link, What GSSA Stands For. This mythology always reaches a peak during the cookie program.
8. Vegan is a new label on the Cookie Order Card this year. The Thin Mints are labeled Vegan. Lemonaids, Thanks-a-Lots and Peanut Butter Patties are Vegan, but are not labeled as such. ABC Bakers have NOT changed the anything in the cookie recipes, and these cookies always have been Vegan.
9. This is supposed to be fun. I've been around some tremendous leaders who have made this an incredible learning experience for the girls, and I have seen girls grow and come out of their silence during this program. I recognize this is a tough sell to you, since you have picked up your cookies, have the always errant parent who never pays, gives you a bad check, or does something else absolutely infuriating. We hear horror stories daily about frustrating behaviors on the part of others during this experience. And trust me, we have to deal with most of those.
My least favorite cookie-related issue occurred during the first two years I was here. We had two instances of parents throwing cookie boxes at one another in front of the girls because there was a fight over who got which door at the Wal-mart cookie booth sale. As you see, now if you are doing a booth sale, one troop takes both doors. Please let us know if you experience troop leaders not illustrating the Girl Scout Law and Promise. Children see us as role models.
And most important, thank you for all you do during this incredible learning experience. Last year we sold more than $3 million in Girl Scout cookies. The girls, with your assistance, made enough money to install zip lines, a new bath house, and a new sail loft at our properties. That is because you shared your time, patience, diligence, and responsibility with them so they could learn to be the best entrepreneurial program for girls in the world!
Can you smell it? Does it remind you of summer breezes and warm summer weather? It should! It is the scent of mango crème cookies, which remind you of an afternoon at the beach and smell like a refreshing swim in a beautiful pool with the hot sun bearing down. There's always something new in the air this time of year -- must be the precursor of the world's largest girl entrepreneur program - the Girl Scout Cookie Program!
As I am out in the community, I'm asked, "where are the cookies?" The answer to that this week is they are about to arrive! The conversation after that is always interesting. Most people note the cookie they prefer, from there they go on to explain why they like Girl Scout cookies. Part of this conversation always goes back to how they cannot resist the girl selling the cookies.
This year GSUSA is going to do some national media advertising during the cookie sale, and they have declared February 8, 2013, is National Girl Scout Cookie Day! We are working on our area media for that day. Here is what GSUSA has outlined as talking points for the cookie program.
When a Girl Scout sells you cookies, she's doing more than just handing you a box. She's creating a plan, interacting with customers, and working as part of a team. She's building a lifetime of skills and confidence.
Selling cookies teaches goal-setting, decision-making, money-management, people skills, and business ethics - aspects essential to leadership, to success, and to life.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program empowers a girl with the strength, abilities, and drive to become an accomplished woman who benefits herself, her family, and the world. From heads of the household to heads of state, troop leaders to world leaders, Girl Scouts touches every aspect of society.
So, when you are tired to hearing about cookies, thinking about cookies, or moving cookies, remember: this is what a girl can do to change the world.
Thanks for all you do to assist her in accomplishing those goals.
Pinterest is a social media site where you can see and share pictures and information from all over the web. GSSA now has "boards" with links to great cookie booth ideas and cookie sales tips. More links will be added throughout the Cookie Sale. Check it out!
I was talking to a GSUSA consultant a couple of weeks ago, and she asked what our per-girl average is for the cookie program. When I told her, she was stunned. She had been a Girl Scout board chair and has worked for the Girl Scouts for many years, so she knows what a girl can do. She was stunned at how high our per-girl average is. I explained that not only was Alabama known for some great football teams, but also our girl entrepreneurs are simply amazing, and you are, too.
As we teeter on the fiscal cliff, I expect more folks will be declining our offers of the best-tasting cookies in America. People tend to be more cautious with their money because of the harsh and uncertain economic times, but that does not deter the girls of southern Alabama. Our cookies remain $3.50 while other councils have moved to $4 and some even to $5. Of course, this is less than the largest latte at Starbucks, but people do think about these purchases. I have heard about girls who sell cookies in atypical and unusual places, whether that is at a shopping mall, community festivals, return visits through the neighborhood. Persistence is a good thing at this time of year.
I always enjoy hearing stories about girls' adventures during the cookie program. They range in both good and bad, mostly good though. In some areas, we have heard that people come up to girls at booth sales to say Girl Scouts support Planned Parenthood. We do not support Planned Parenthood, we don't give them any money, and we don't have discussions with them. Our values at GSSA are that those types of conversations are best left for families and within a church context. Our telephones always light up this time of year about the conspiracy with Planned Parenthood, which is an urban myth because we don't have a relationship.
Just to give you an idea how great you are. Last year we gave our U.S. service men and women an estimated $6,000 in cookies. Recently, in the fall product sale, we sent 63 cases, 756 cans of Honey Roasted Nuts valued at $3,780 to the troops, as well.
We know that girls learn the following from the cookie program: goal setting, decision making, business ethics, customer relations, and money management. So in addition to gaining funds for troop goals, they are gaining skills that will serve them throughout their lives.


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Rail question should not delay Tupper trail
A Tupper Lake village trail project has hit a snag as municipal crews try to build part of it along a former railroad spur that branched off the main line to the former Oval Wood Dish factory and an old veneer plant.
The trail is part of the Tupper Lake Multi-Use Recreational Trail and Transportation Network Master Plan, unveiled in 2007. Once complete, it will link the Junction neighborhood with the village center and The Wild Center nature museum, for use by snowmobilers, cyclists, cross-country skiers and foot traffic. It will follow roads and this rail spur, which hasn't been used since 1937.
Most of the spur's track was torn up decades ago, and this spring, the village had its workers remove most of the rest, which was in rough shape. Village officials said the ties were rotted and patches of the rails were missing.
They said the state Department of Transportation had asked them to remove these tracks so the six-year-old trail project could get done before grant funding expires. But recently, at the prompting of a local railroad advocate, the DOT told the village it has a right of way on the spur and may need the village to replace 1,500 feet of track there so trains can turn around in the future – if train traffic ever returns. The village has stopped trail work until the issue is resolved.
This is a waste of time, energy and momentum. We support Mayor Paul Maroun's appeal to the DOT, asking it to let trail work proceed. If the train ever returns and needs that turnaround, the mayor says, the village will see about moving the trail over to make room for it.
The return of regular train traffic is iffy even for the main railroad; for the OWD spur it's extremely unlikely. Tourist trains travel on either end of the line but have many hurdles to leap before they can provide regular service to Tupper Lake. And now the state is about to revisit the Remsen-Lake Placid rail corridor's unit management plan, which in the 1990s allowed train traffic to return. Many people have been pushing the state to replace the tracks with a bicycle-foot-ski trail, at least between Saranac Lake and the Old Forge area. It's hard to foresee what will come of this.
Even if the new UMP reinforces train travel, it would be many years at least before trains stop in Tupper Lake more than once or twice a year on their way between Lake Placid and Utica. Even if they do return in full force and need to turn around in Tupper, they can do so the way they do daily in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake – with the locomotive being unhitched and going on a parallel track to the other end of the train.
Therefore, the only way a train would need the OWD spur would be if it was hauling freight to or from some new industrial user of the OWD plant – and that's pretty much a non-option for several reasons:
1. It would require winter as well as summer use of the railroad, eliminating the state snowmobile corridor there and also requiring a great deal of winter track maintenance and snow removal.
2. For freight rail to be viable, it needs a level of volume that it's hard to imagine the Adirondacks ever achieving. A single manufacturer at OWD would be far from enough. Freight died on that line in the 1970s, when OWD was going strong, and even then, that spur hadn't been used in about 35 years.
In a recent meeting we had with Al Dunham and Steve Erman, officials with the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society and Adirondack North Country Association, respectively, they told us flat-out that freight is off the table.
The DOT should let the village go ahead and build this trail, which would provide obvious public benefits.

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A 160-year-old history book
The History of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties was published in 1853 by Dr. Franklin B. Hough. The book, a gift to me many years ago, contains more than 700 pages, and the details in numbers, names and historical documents are unbelievable.
So, published herein are random paragraphs about soldiers, politicians and the press that I hope my readers will find interesting; reading this stuff just fascinates me.
Rewarding the soldiers
"The frontiers of New York, in 1779, being much exposed to hostile excursions of the Indian tribes, who were incited to this by the British, to became necessary to provide some efficient mode of defence, and the necessity of the State of New York's relying upon her internal resources, became greater, from the failure of the several states to furnish their respective quotas of troops for the general defence.
"The state legislature, therefore proceeded to adopt the measures requisite to bring into the field a force sufficient for their purpose, and passed a law, on the 20th of March, 1781, providing for the enlistment of two regiments for the defence of the frontiers. The troops thus raised, were to be armed, subsisted, and paid by the United States, and to continue in service three years, unless sooner discharged.
"At the end of their enlistment, the state pledged to the officers and privates that they would receive lands in proportion to their rank. Noncommissioned officers and privates would receive 500 acres and officers as follows: a major general, 5,500 acres; brigadier general, 4,250 acres; colonel, 2,500 acres; lt. colonel, 2,250 acres; major, 2,000 acres; captain and surgeon of regiment, 1,500 acres each and the chaplain, 2,000 acres."
Township names
[Tract Number One in the Macomb Purchase listed 27 townships in Franklin County and why they were so named.]
"1. Macomb, Alexander Macomb; 2. Cormachus, Daniel McCormick; 3. Constable, Wm. Constable; 4. Moria, a place in Ireland; 5. Bangor, a town in Wales; 6. Malone, a name in the family of R. Harrison; 7. Annastown, a daughter of Constable; 8. St. Patrick, the Irish saint; 9. Shelah, a place in Ireland; 10. Williamsville, a son of Constable; 11. Westerly; 12. Everettaville, a daughter of Constable; 13. Dayton, Jonathan Dayton; 14. Ennis; 15. Fowler, Thedosius Fowler; 16. Johnsmanor, a son of Constable; 17. Gilchrist, Jonathan Gilchrist; 18. Brighton, a town in England; 19. Cheltenham, a town in England; 20. Margate, a town in England; 21. Harrietstown, a daughter of Constable; 22. Lochnragh, a lake in Ireland; 23. Killlarney, a lake in Ireland; 24. Barrymore, a place in Ireland; 25. Mount Morris; 26. Cove Hill; 27. Tippperary, a county in Ireland.
"These were numbered from west to east, and from north to south. See map of Franklin County, where the original names and numbers are given."
The early newspapers
[Following are a few of the early newspapers in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties.]
"The first newspaper published in St. Lawrence County was the Palladium, in 1810, by John C. Kipp and Timothy C. Strong of Middlebury, Vermont.
"The Northern Light, an anti-masonic paper was begun in Odgensburgh (sic) on July 7, 1831 by W. B. Rogers."
There were then a string of newspapers that started in Odgensburgh; The Frontier Sentinel, The Daily Sentinel, The Meteorological Register, The Daily Morning News, The Weekly News and The Odgensburgh Daily Times.
The Potsdam Gazette was begun January 13, 1816, neutral in politics, by Frederick C. Powell. Then followed The Potsdam American, The Herald, The Patriot, The St. Lawrence Republican, The Canton Advertiser and The Day Star.
In July 1832, C. C. Bill, started a whig paper in Canton, called The Northern Telegraph followed by the Canton Democrat, The Luminary of the North and the Northern Cabinet and Literary Repository, the Enquirer and the Tariff Advocate.
The Franklin Telegraph was the first paper ever published in Franklin County started in Malone in 1824. Its publisher was Francis Burnap. Then John G. Clayton started The Northern Spectator in Malone in 1830. The first newspaper in Fort Covington was the Franklin Republican started in 1827 by J. K. Averill and in 1837 there was another newspaper begun in Fort Covington by F. D. Flanders called the Franklin Gazette. Subsequently in Franklin County there was The Messenger, The Salmon River Messenger and the Jeffersonian.


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The rug industry in the U.S. has always been difficult to quantify and, after four years of recession, it is even more challenging.
Most rugs — from promotional machine made goods to hand knotted museum-quality reproductions — are imported and then distributed through channels as diverse as home centers and big box discounters, to furniture and department stores, specialty dealers, catalogs and online retailers. Prices can range at retail in a 5 x 8 from $69 to $5,000 or more. Most importers are private companies that do not share sales numbers, or divisions of large U.S. corporations such as Mohawk Home and Shaw Living that do not break out rug statistics.
The major rug suppliers, domestic and importers, that FCW consulted agreed that the total U.S. area rug market in 2012 amounted to approximately $2 billion in manufacturer's dollars. They reported that business in 2012 began to recover from price pressure as consumers began to shop for accessories to freshen up homes and retailers requested better goods.
Brandon Culpepper, vice president of specialty sales at Mohawk Home, noted that of the total rug market, $0.9 billion is hand made including hand tufted, hand hooked and hand knotted and the rest is machine made including domestic and imported.
For big box retailers, price pressure is still driving the rug business, which is increasing the importing of containers of promotional rugs, according to Culpepper.
Alex Peykar, principal of Nourison, said the company's rug and broadloom business had a modest, single digit increase in 2012. "We had projected higher numbers and broadloom performed a little better than rugs," he noted.
In 2012, confidence came back into the rug business as retailers started to ask for better price points, according to Jonathan Witt, vice president of Oriental Weavers (OW).
Fashion trends began to change too. "We began to see a lot more bright colors and contemporary looks," Witt noted. "When the consumer is willing to buy an accessory that they know will likely be changed out in two or three years, they are feeling more confident about buying power."
From the perspective of Shaw Living, the overall rug business in the U.S. was up slightly in 2012 but was still very challenging, according to Jeff Brown, vice president of sales for the rug division. "There were pockets of good and pockets of bad, depending on where and what channels of distribution. Traffic is moving in different places, but the retail trade is shrinking," he said.
Couristan's business was up in 2012 by double digits in both broadloom and rugs, according to Ron Couri, president and CEO. He explained that the company's imports consist of about 60 percent broadloom and 40 percent rugs, with machine made rugs comprising the lion's share.
Bright Spots light up rug business
Depending on which markets are targeted, rug suppliers reported better business. "We stopped pushing lower end products and saw the start of a return to better price points," noted Peykar. "Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of carpet stores during the recession. We have gained in the furniture (market), so with the recovery now, we have a chance to retain furniture and regain specialty flooring," Peykar said.
The Internet has been good for OW for the past four years as well as catalogs, according to Witt. "Furniture stores are doing well too. Floor covering specialty continues to decline as a channel for area rugs as some that carried rugs closed and others exited the rug business during the recession," Witt said. "Home centers do a large volume (in rugs) and are a stable business," he added. OW manufactures separate product lines for its independent retailers and its big box customers.
Couri reported, "On the residential side, both broadloom and rugs were up in 2012, with business especially strong though catalogs and the Internet."
Mohawk Home has a significant ecommerce business through websites of its bricks and mortar clients as well as strictly online retailers. "We've set up a team to support ecommerce with drop ship services," Culpepper said. "We are also opening up new products from Karastan and American Rug Craftsman (ARC) to a broader market in furniture, department and specialty stores (including national chains such as Bed, Bath & Beyond, flooring stores and gardening centers)."


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DUBAI, U.A.E., 13th September 2012: Following yesterday's successful start of operations in Washington DC, Emirates announced that it will begin daily flights to Algiers from March 2013, marking the next stage of growth for the airline's thriving African network.
"Algiers will be our 22nd destination in Africa, providing a wealth of new travel options for customers in Algeria, who will be able to fly non-stop to our industry leading hub in Dubai and conveniently connect to points across the Middle East, Asian Subcontinent, the Far East and Australasia," said His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group.
The non-stop service from 1st March next year, will leave Dubai at 0845hrs and arrive in Algiers at 1330hrs. The return flight leaves Algiers at 1535hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0055hrs the next day. An Airbus A330-200 in a three-class configuration will be deployed on the route.
Algeria, the tenth largest country in the world by land mass, will become the airline's 130th destination and its fifth point within North Africa, following the resumption of services to Libya in November 2012.
"The launch of our third African route in just 13 months is a further demonstration of the huge potential of this fast-expanding economic region. As a key oil and gas supplier, Algeria has an abundance of natural resources and Emirates' new service will help to grow trade routes and create new markets for imports and exports," continued His Highness.
With a bellyhold capacity of 12 tonnes on the Airbus 330-200, Emirates SkyCargo expects to transport commodities such as frozen fish, lobsters, oil and gas equipment and palm oil to points across its network. Imports including a wide range of manufactured goods will be shipped in the other direction.
With a diverse heritage of Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and French influences, Algiers is home to a rich variety of architecture and a vibrant cultural scene. The country also boasts some of the world's most spectacular coastline as well as vast mountainous and desert landscapes.
With a fast-growing fleet of 183 aircraft, Emirates is the largest operator of A380 and B777 aircraft in the world. The airline currently flies to over 120 destinations in 74 countries following the launch of Washington, DC today. Flights to Adelaide, Lyon, Phuket and Warsaw will also join the Emirates' network in the coming months.
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Sports news from the Pollock, SD area.
Posted 2/11/13 (Mon)
Mobridge-Pollock stormed back from a 12 point first half deficit to defeat the Crow Creek Chieftains, 63-51, Friday night on the Chieftains' court.
The Tigers opened the game with a couple of procedural free shots. After two minutes of non scoring action, M-P finally put down the first bucket of the night. The chieftains quickly answered with a three treys. M-P got their second bucket mid way through the quarter. Again, the Chieftains answered quickly with two more baskets to stretch their lead to seven, 13-6. After another bucket by the Tigers Crow Creek scored and old fashioned three. In the final minute the only scoring was from the charity stripe. M-P got two and the Chieftains one leaving Crow Creek up by seven at the break, 17-10.
Crow Creek opened the second quarter with a bucket and after a score by M-P and old fashioned three expanded the Chieftains lead to ten. In mid quarter action the Chieftains went up by as many as 12. M-P came back with a seven point run and trailed, 26-21, at the two minute mark. The only scoring in those final two minutes was a bucket by the Chieftains putting them up, 28-21.
M-P stormed out in the second half and got some results with their pressure. They knotted the game up at, 28-28, after a seven point run.. It was tied again at, 30-30, before the Tigers took a three point lead. A trey by the Chieftains tied the game up again. M-P answered with a bucket only to have the Chieftains take the lead back with another trey. In the final three minutes M-P out scored Crow Creek, 13 to three to open up a nine point edge at the break, 48-39.
In the first 1:30 of the final quarter Crow Creek got a bucket and the Tigers a trey. Over the next 3:30 the Tigers gave up just two free shots while putting down a free shot and three buckets to go up 15, 58-43. The Chieftains connected with another trey with just over three minutes to go. They got another bucket at the two minute mark but the Tigers sandwiched four of four free throw shooting around it to maintain a double digit lead. The Chieftains trimmed the lead to 11 with a bucket and free shot late. M-P got a the last score of the contest, a free shot, to account for their 12 point win, 63-51.


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Company Phone Number: (800) 795-9277, ext. 43288
April 8, 1998
Release # 98-093
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Warner Bros. Stores Inc., of Burbank, Calif., is recalling about 2,500 Tweety Water Timer Game Key Rings. The key rings contain ethylene glycol, commonly found in antifreeze, that could leak. Ethylene glycol can poison young children if swallowed.CPSC and Warner Bros. Stores are not aware of any injuries involving these key rings. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.The Tweety Water Timer Game Key Ring is a rectangular-shaped clear plastic container with three compartments containing a blue liquid. The middle compartment also contains a yellow wheel and a picture of Tweety at each end. When the rectangle is moved, the liquid flows freely between the compartments, spinning the wheel. A key ring is attached with a small chain. Tweety appears on the front of the key ring.Warner Bros. Stores nationwide sold the key rings from April 1996 through April 1997 for about $5.Consumers should take these key rings away from children immediately and return them to Warner Bros. Stores for a refund. For more information about this recall, consumers should call Warner Bros. Stores toll-free at (800) 795-9277, ext. 43288 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PDT Monday through Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - Text by Gayle Alleyne | BWF
As attention turns to the latter half of the season, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) is pleased to announce sport apparel and equipment company, Li-Ning, as title sponsor of the BWF World Championships 2014.
The year's second BWF Major Event will be held 25-31 August at Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the title of World champion on the line in the traditional five disciplines: Men's and Women's Singles; Men's and Women's Doubles; and Mixed Doubles.
Li-Ning already has a four-year sponsorship deal for BWF Major Events running from 2013 to 2016, including the provision of Li-Ning top shuttlecocks and Li-Ning court mats for all Major Events during this cycle. In addition to that, Li-Ning has title-sponsored a number of badminton's premier tournaments such as the recent Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in India.
"BWF is pleased to welcome our corporate partners, Li-Ning, as title sponsor for another prestigious tournament which will feature the top names in badminton vying for the honour of being World champions," said BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund.
The draw ceremony for the Li-Ning BWF World Championships 2014 will be held on Monday 11 August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Further details will be forthcoming at a later date.
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Well my friends, it's that time again. It's that time we make promises to ourselves that we are already convinced we are not going to keep. Why should this year be any different than any other year. Hmmm, good question Mike.
I'm a work in progress and I am determined that this time, isn't going to be like many of the others. Now just what do I need to do to improve myself? That would be too numerous to document in this forum but I will start things off this year.
Here is one of my New Year's Resolutions. I will be more encouraging to those around me. Even to those asking for criticism, though how tempting it will be, I will not reply with criticism but instead with words of encouragement.
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Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
Fireworks fund
THUMBS UP: It's a complaint we hear every year – why doesn't New Ulm ever have fireworks for the 4th of July?
The answer, in large part, is cost. Big, impressive fireworks shows are expensive. The liability coverage needed is a major part of the cost as well. It's a lot of work, too. It takes a major, months-long effort to raise the funds, order the fireworks, and get them set up.
The Hermann Monument Society is taking on that task this year for the double anniversary being celebrated in September. It is the 150th anniversary of the founding of the New Ulm Battery, and the 125th anniversary of the laying of the Hermann Monument's cornerstone. The Society wants to have a fireworks display similar to the one at the Hermann Monument in 2009, the 2000th anniversary of the battle of the Teutoberg Forest.
The society is looking to raise $10,000 to $15,000 for the fireworks display. Donations can be made to the Monument/Battery Fund at Frandsen Bank &?Trust, and the society is seeking corporate sponsorships as well.
We are confident New Ulm residents will respond generously to this appeal.
DWI enforcement
SIDEWAYS THUMB: No time is ever a good time for drinking and driving. But the next couple of weeks will be a particulary good time to refrain. Minnesota law enforcement agencies are combining their efforts in a Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign between now and Sept. 2.
The reason is obvious. A total of 585 people have been killed by drunk drivers in the past five years in Minnesota. Over 2,600 have been injured.
Being ticketed for DWI?carries heavy consequences – loss of drivers license for up to a year, thousands of dollars in legal costs, fines and insurance premium increases, and possible jail time. The consequences of not getting caught can be worse – causing an accident that could result in injury or death for you or others.
It's best to just not risk it. Plan for a sober ride, or offer to be a designated driver. Don't let friends drive drunk. Report drunk driving if you suspect it, and if you are driving, buckle up to protect yourself from drunk drivers.
Minnesota Nice vs. New Jersey nasty
THUMBS DOWN: A New Jersey judge used words like "bad faith" and "evil" to describe Zygi Wilf's business dealings in a New Jersey real estate lawsuit. The judge in the 21-year-old civil racketeering suit said she found fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty in the Wilfs' dealings. She added, "I do not believe I have seen one single financial statement that is true and accurate" out of the Wilfs.
Hardly the kind of evaluation to instill confidence in the state in its agreement with the Minnesota Vikings to build a stadium. So the stadium contracts are on hold while the state stadium commission conducts a deeper background check on the Vikings principal owners and their business dealings.
Gov. Mark Dayton and pro-stadium legislators should hope the Wilfs come through the investigation. If this should result in the stadium deal falling through, there will be a lot of blame going around during the next election.


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The customer showed that when playing music or videos, break sound issue occurred at a high frequency. The effect is similar to mute, and after restarting the computer, the problem can be resolved.
The above symptom may occur on the following systems:
Lenovo G450 & G550
Under the following operating system:
Microsoft Windows XP
The driver of Conexant audio card is incompatible with the internal Mic, and it leads to the intermittent sound break.
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by Anton Shilov
Advanced Micro Devices has quietly started to sell a lineup of AMD Radeon HD 6000A designed specifically for all-in-one (AIO) desktops, such as Apple iMac, which require relatively low power consumption and thermals, but which do not need ultra-cool chips that are installed into mobile computers.
At present AMD offers four products in the Radeon HD 6000A lineup: models 6670A, 6650A and 6550A based on Turks graphics processing unit (GPU) with 480 stream processors, 24 texture units and 8/32 color/z render operating units as well as 6450A powered by Caicos chip with 160 stream processors, 8 texture units, 4/16 color/z ROPs. Based on specs and clock-speeds of the new products, they should offer similar levels of performance as appropriate add-in desktop cards.
The new graphics processors require less power than normal discrete graphics cards for desktops, but still consume more than fully-fledged mobile GPUs and may not support certain power management technologies.
"Depending on the form-factor of the target product, ASICs are defined and qualified differently, thus the use of an A or M at the end of the series number to distinguish an All-in-One (A) or mobile (M) part from that of a desktop part. OEMs immediately know that a part designated as AMD Radeon HD 6000A has been validated and specified for the unique needs of All-in-One designs, including thermals, power requirements, and feature support," said Dave Erskine, a spokesman for AMD.
AMD ships Radeon HD 6000A graphics processing units as MXM modules as well as separate processors and memory chips.
The fact that AMD decided to introduce a separate lineup of graphics processors for AIO desktops proves that the popularity of such systems is growing and end-users demand higher performance graphics solutions.


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Look how far we've come
Steve and I were chatting about a lot of things the other day.
We talked about how we are going to stand firm that Joe needs to find an off-farm job for a time, before he comes home to milk cows. Anybody want to hire him? He's so nervous about it!
We chatted about Russell and where we assume he will be years from now.
But mostly we talked about how far we have come since we started milking cows as a couple more than 20-years ago. Sometimes I miss those days.
The one item that really makes a person step back in awe in our latest and most interesting step in our farm management.
Well, it is to me.
Several weeks ago we took hair samples from our cows. I felt kind of bad for the cows. Hair sampling involves pulling hair out of the tail and making sure we had the little bulb on the end of the hair. Poor cows.
We sent those samples away to a laboratory and several weeks later, they sent back a report on the cows' DNA.
In a way, I find it amazing, but yet in another way I find it old news.
You see, we can now choose bulls to breed the cows with that will improve on certain traits.
For instance, if a cow has a chromosome that tells us her teat placement is pathetic, we can use a specific bull to improve the teat placement on her bull. Yes, we have done this for years, but not with an actual DNA report to reference.
So because 420 only produces milk in three of her four quarters, we can improve her family line and use a bull to correct that lagging trait in her offspring.
For years I have been telling anyone that would listen to me, OK mostly Steve, that when a cow comes into the milking parlor and, in my opinion, she's a dud, we should send her down the road.
Even if a cow has an attitude as strong as Super Glue, I would complain and try to get her to take a nice long ride.
"Apples don't fall far from the tree." is an absolutely true statement. I have dealt with it personally. (I'm still talking about cows here, not family.)There have been cows that are a total pain to milk. Their daughters will also be total chaos in the milking parlor.
"Why do we want to keep those genetics in the herd?" I would ask Steve.
"Because we need cow numbers," Steve would respond. (I could do another entire column on the pros and cons of selling jumpy cows.)
"Well she could have a heifer calf; then that calf would have a heifer calf; and before you know it, we have an entire herd of jerks."
So you see, I was thinking about improving the genetics in our herd, a long time ago.
It didn't involve actual genetic information; just sending rogue cows down the road.
It's quite interesting to look at the genetic information of cows.
Again, my source is still outside looking at the pump on diesel barrel, so I will give this my best shot. If I am incorrect in my understanding, I am quite sure I will hear about it from someone.
Our plan is get our best cow to super ovulate. We then use our chosen bull to inseminate her with the mighty swimmers that will find one of many eggs to start the magic. At some point, I am not sure of the time line yet, we will harvest the embryos and then transfer those into cows and heifers that we have prepared for a pregnancy.
If only it were that simple. I know I have dramatically simplified the process.
Having the genetic information is just another tool dairy producers use to manage their herds. We will be improving the genetics in our herd, which allows us to produce more milk and feed the growing populations of this world.
We've come a long way in 20-plus years.
Kerry is on vacation for several weeks. Thanks for reading this column, which ran in 2012.


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JOB DESCRIPTIONDevelops and implements revenue recognition policies and procedures in conformance with current FASB and SEC guidance including ASC 985-605 Software: Revenue Recognition and ACS 605-25 Multiple-element Revenue Recognition. Fully manages compliance of revenue recognition process with GAAP and company standards (such as VSOE, TPE and BESP). Reports to the Corporate Controller & CAO but coordinates and cooperates with subsidiary management including President, CFO, EVP Sales, etc. Reviews customer contracts for revenue recognition implications and may assist with structuring non-standard transaction details. Responsible for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requirement as related to revenue recognition and quarterly reviews and annual year end audit. Manages month-end close activities including assurance of accurate and timely results in cooperation with the general accounting function. Reviews, analyzes and interprets revenue and forecast reports. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Document revenue recognition position on all customer arrangements. • Review sales, distribution and marketing agreements to identify accounting issues and to monitor compliance with the company's revenue recognition policies. • Assist sales and legal teams with contract negotiation by participating in discussion, reviewing draft contracts, and providing revenue recognition recommendations. • Lead cross functional efforts and training with groups outside of corporate accounting, including legal, sales and finance to insure all sources of revenue are properly reviewed for accounting purposes and processed on a timely basis. • Collaborate with legal, sales, operations and finance to evaluate new licensing or subscription models. Evaluate impacts to revenue recognition and communicate key risks to accounting management. • Maintain and update internal Sarbanes Oxley documentation for revenue recognition and support internal audits of related controls. Review and support all revenue recognition disclosures in all SEC filings. • Create detailed revenue reporting as needed for management purposes. • Monitor industry/regulatory changes with respect to revenue recognition, and develop new processes and policies to accommodate accordingly. • Manage the proper recognition and application of customer arrangements in the company's accounting systems and supporting information systems. • Coordinate changes in required information systems to support the company's revenue recognition policies and procedures. • Ensure that revenue is reported accurately for proper commission calculations; review changes to commission plans to ensure they are accounted for correctly. • Extensive travel to subsidiary in year one required while developing and implementing program at subsidiary; thereafter travel required to subsidiary at least quarterly. • Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
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Western Digital, one of the world's largest makers of hard disk drives that recently acquired solid-state drive specialist SiliconSystems, on Tuesday released its first-even own-brand solid-state drives (SSDs) called SiliconDrive III, which continue the traditions of SiliconSystems and are not intended for consumers.
SiliconDrive III SSDs include 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) and Parallel ATA (PATA) and 1.8" Micro SATA products featuring native Serial ATA-300 or ATA-7 interfaces with target read speeds up to 100MB/s and write speeds to 80MB/s in capacities from 30GB to 120GB. The storage solutions are aimed at embedded system and data streaming applications such as multimedia content delivery systems and data center media appliances. WD's SiliconDrive III SSDs consume maximum 1.5W during reads, 2.0W during writes and 1W in standby mode (may vary depending on the model).
"SiliconDrive III is the first example of how WD plans to productize solid state technology developed by SiliconSystems. The launch of SiliconDrive III will also enable WD to leverage its global sales and distribution channels to accelerate the adoption of SSD technology beyond SiliconSystems' traditional embedded systems OEM customer base into data streaming applications such as multimedia content delivery systems and data center media appliances," said Michael Hajeck, senior vice president and general manager of WD's solid state storage business unit.
SiliconDrive III has been designed and optimized for high performance and high reliability in demanding 24x7 applications in the embedded systems, media appliance and data streaming markets. The company's patented and patent-pending PowerArmor, SiSMART and SolidStor technologies address critical OEM design considerations such as the elimination of drive corruption due to power anomalies, the ability to monitor a SiliconDrive's useable life in real-time and integrated advanced storage technologies that ensure data integrity and SSD life for multi-year product deployments.
WD promises that the SiliconDrive III has operational lifespan for writes for 20.8 years at 1582GB/day.
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Discount tickets for Dollywood and Kings Island amusement parks, Newport Aquarium, Louisville and Cincinnati Zoo can be purchased from KEA. Members can be assured that each program has been exclusively developed for the needs of NEA/KEA members and is not available to the general public. Dollywood and Kings Island tickets must be purchased by either Visa or MasterCard by calling Mildred Johnson at 800.231.4532 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kentucky Kingdom tickets can only be purchased by calling KEA at 800.231.4532. Ticket prices are $34 for all ages. Children 2 and under are free. Price includes Hurricane Bay.
Newport Aquarium tickets can only be purchased by calling KEA at 800.231.4532. Ticket prices are Adult (age 12+) $22.00; Child (age 2-12) $14.00.
Cincinnati Zoo - Go to https://tickets.cincinnatizoo.org/ and enter KEA as the store name.
Louisville Zoo - Go to https://tickets.louisvillezoo.org/ and enter KEA as the store name.
Adult $59.50
Child $47.15
Dollywood Splash Country
Adult $46.00
Child $41.55
Arrive after 3 pm - Free with next day KEA ticket; Upgrade to regular season pass with KEA one day ticket - $38.15
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2013 Oxford Dragway Schedule
Track Manager Rich Wilcox is pleased to release the schedule of events for Oxford Dragway's 2013 season. As you
may, or may not know, Oxford Dragway has become Maine's newest Independent Drag racing facility. That means that
we can offer events, and opportunities for competition, that we were not able to in years past. The 2013 schedule has
a diverse array of events that should please the racer and race fan alike
In between points races, the schedule sports a roster of Elapsed Time (ET) races with expanded purse structures.
Many of them will run in a Combo Eliminator format with allowances for Electronic equipped and non electronic
equipped (Box /No Box) race vehicles. The planned purse for these events will be $1000 to win, paying back 8 spots.
There are also some BIG Buck races planned, including one or two for Bikes and Sleds, with weekend formats and
multiple chances to win lucrative purses.
For the Race Fan, we have a great deal to talk about. The big news is the return of SHOW, SHINE and DRAG to the
Oxford Racing Facility. SS&D will be a 2 day event (June 15th & 16th) with special eliminators and Diesel Drags with a
Dyno on hand for horsepower competition. Sunday will also feature a competition to determine the fastest Street Legal
vehicles (car, bike, truck) in the State of Maine.
July 6th is the 2nd Annual DRAGFEST Invitational. We will have TOP FUEL DRAGSTERS, FUNNY CARS, ALCOHOL
DRAGSTERS, ALTEREDS and GASSERS … all from the "Golden Age of Drag Racing" on hand making flames in the
air, tire smoking passes down the 1/8th mile. We will also have legends of the sport on hand for autographs and lots of
"bench racing", plus much, much more.
Also, We have decided to open up the track to the STREET CROWD, on WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. Bring your street legal
car, truck, or bike out to the track, pay a small entry fee and you can go racing! Go as fast as you can with no worries
… General Admission $5.00 and $5.00 to race. Hours are from 5 pm to 10 pm.
There is a lot more on the schedule. Take time to look it over … and make your plans to come be a part of the action!
Oxford Dragway is located just off route 26 in Oxford, Maine. For more info or if you have questions, call Rich Wilcox
at 207-485-5179.
The 2013 OXFORD DRAGWAY Race Season … Feed your need for speed! FEED IT!!


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2. Discuss the differences between two types of fishing outfits. Point out and identify the parts of several types of rods and reels. Explain how and when each would be used. Review with your counselor how to care for this equipment.
3. Demonstrate the proper use of two different types of fishing equipment.
4. Demonstrate how to tie the following knots: improved clinch, Palomar, turle, blood loop (barrel knot), and double surgeon's loop. Explain how and when each knot is used.
5. Name and identify five basic artificial lures and five natural baits and explain how to fish with them. Explain why bait fish are not to be released.
6. Do the following:
7. Obtain and review the regulations affecting game fishing where you live. Explain why they were adopted and what you accomplish by following them.
8. Explain what good outdoor sportsmanlike behavior is and how it relates to anglers. Tell how the Outdoor Code of the Boy Scouts of America relates to a fishing sports enthusiast, including the aspects of littering, trespassing, courteous behavior, and obeying fishing regulations.
9. Catch at least one fish and identify it. If regulations and health concerns permit, clean and cook a fish you have caught. Otherwise, acquire a fish and cook it.
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With the rapidly growing popularity of the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci system, robotic minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) has crossed the threshold from the laboratory to the real world. There are now hundreds of thousands of human-guided robotic surgeries performed every year, and the number is growing rapidly. This is a unique example of the larger paradigm of human-machine collaborative systems – namely systems of robots collaborating with people to perform tasks that neither can perform as effectively alone.
In this talk, I will describe our work toward developing effective human-machine collaborative teams. Our research largely focuses on two inter-related problems: 1) recognizing and responding to the intent of the user and 2) evaluating the effectiveness of their performance. We consider surgery to be composed of a set of identifiable tasks which themselves are composed of a small set of reusable motion units that we call "surgemes." By creating models of this "Language of Surgery," we are able to evaluate the style and efficiency of surgical motion. These models also lead naturally to methods for effective training of RMIS using automatically learned models of expertise, and toward methods for supporting or even automating component actions in surgery. I will close by briefly describing our aspirations for this work through a recently funded National Robotics Initiative consortium.
This talk includes joint work with Sanjeev Khudanpur and Rene Vidal.
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Gregory D. Hager is a Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and the Deputy Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology. His research interests include time-series analysis of image data, image-guided robotics, medical applications of image analysis and robotics, and human-computer interaction. He is currently a member of the governing board of the International Federation of Robotics Research and the the CRA Computing Community Consortium Council. He is a fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to Vision-Based Robotics.


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November 15, 2011
Katie Willoth, communications channel manager, Unilever North America, and Ritu Trivedi, managing partner, media director, Mindshare Interaction, discussed the creation of Unilever's "Man Cave," a branded gaming experience.
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About the Authors: Amber James and Ellen Shaw serve in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero led a roundtable discussion this week on the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), which featured Heads of State from Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, and the Republic of Congo, as well as the chair of the Central African Forest Commission. Assistant Secretary Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones for the Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs also briefed Congress at a bicameral caucus hearing on the Partnership to highlight the U.S. government's contributions to conserving the world's second largest rainforest.
Since its establishment at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the U.S. government — including the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NASA — has invested more than $100 million in funds and technical expertise into the Partnership. By the end of 2009, U.S. programs through USAID's Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) have helped improved the land management of 56 million hectares; trained 25,000 people in conservation; put in place 10 forest, biodiversity and conservation laws; allocated $2.5 million in small grants to local NGOs; and provided for logging concession monitoring in several Central African countries, with additional support from the World Bank and the European Union.
CBFP constitutes an international association of more than forty governments, international organizations, private sector and civil society representatives, and is designed to enhance sustainable management of the Congo Basin ecosystem. In her opening remarks at the roundtable discussion, Under Secretary Otero emphasized the importance of sustaining and increasing support for the Partnership: "In Central Africa, the challenges of deforestation, food security and agriculture, energy poverty, and economic growth are integrally connected, and require an integrated, strategic response. Despite many challenges, Central Africa is a region of great promise and hope, rich in natural resources that, if sustainably managed and governed, have the potential to provide future generations with economic growth and stability."
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Indisputably? A headache, sore eyes, and funny glasses don't seem that exciting to me. There, disputed.
Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday officially enabled its 3D Vision Surround technology which allows to span stereoscopic 3D image across three displays. The feature initially works only on the latest graphics processors and only on beta drivers, but that limitation is hardly too crucial, considering the price end-users would have to pay for an Nvidia 3D Vision Surround setup.
Nvidia 3D Vision Surround is currently the world's only consumer, multi-display 3D solution which allows users to span stereo 3D content across three high-definition monitors with 120Hz or higher refresh rate or projectors for immersive gaming experience. In order to make the technology work, end-users will have to install at least two high-end Nvidia GeForce GTX 400-series graphics cards. Nvidia's 3D Vision Surround will compete directly with ATI Eyefinity technology that allows to play video games on up to six displays (in case one graphics processor is used). Nvidia's technology does not seem to support six monitors, but can enable stereoscopic 3D effects on three, which will indisputably make gaming very exciting.
Unfortunately, at present the 3D Vision Surround is a ridiculously expensive technology: two GeForce GTX 480 graphics boards will cost around $1000, Nvidia 3D Vision kit adds another $175, three relatively large (~24") yet not too expensive displays with 120Hz refresh rate will also cost around $1200. With nearly $2400 price-tag for graphics cards and displays only, the cost of the whole setup – that should naturally include a high-end microprocessor, plenty of memory and a lot of hard drive space for modern games – will easily rich $4000.
Those who that want to build a 3D Vision Surround rig should download the entire 3D Vision CD v1.31 which contains v258.69 GeForce and 3D Vision beta drivers. It should be noted that this driver has some issues we quad SLI mode in 3D Vision Surround and Nvidia intends to provide a future driver update to support this configuration.
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Gene Ritchie, Minot
Residents of Minot beware: Many believe the Wild West with Frontier Justice has returned.
A petition opposing and signed by 115 residents of our northwest neighborhood was presented to the Public Works Committee and the full city council. Despite everyone being opposed to allowing skirted manufactured homes in the neighborhood, they chose to ignore the people's concerns about loss of home values and approved the placement of these manufactured homes in the residential areas.
Manufactured mobile homes need to be in the designated parks.
After rebuilding our homes at an enormous cost, this decision is a slap in the face to all involved.
I am sure home values will decrease and I am also sure the Magic City assessed value for taxation will not decrease.
There is nothing wrong with manufactured homes, aka house trailers, but these belong in the manufactured home parks.
When starting out in life, living in a manufactured home is acceptable, but most people dream of moving up to a neighborhood with real stick homes. The dream of real "stick built" homes in a Minot neighborhood does not seem as attractive anymore.
The sign at the edge of Minot welcoming travelers to the Magic City should be changed to Welcome to Magic Minot Home of Hotels, Motels and Trailers.


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UPDATE MARCH 24: He is now in India.
UPDATE MARCH 19: The aircraft structural damage is repaired and the journey continues. After a five-plus-hour flight, Matevz Lenarcic is on the West Coast of Australia in Broome.
Pipistrel says world-flight aircraft is of different construction.
This press release was received from Pipistrel in Solvenia on March 12 concerning the structural failure of the World Green Flight Pipistrel in Central Australia:
"Follow up on structural repairs during the World Green Flight 2012:
On March 6th, Matevz Lenarcic, flying his Virus 914 Turbo from Jacobs Well to Ayers Rock, Australia encountered severe turbulence, which resulted in airframe vibrations. Matevz commented it was the worst turbulence he had ever encountered in his life. When the vibration settled, the pilot found that the aircraft was still normally controllable, so he continued the flight. After landing, a crack was discovered in the lower vertical tail area on his aeroplane. Upon closer examination and discussion with Pipistrel engineers, it was decided that it was safer to repair the issue before continuing the around-the-world flight through tropical regions of south-east Asia, difficult conditions of Mount Everest and deserts of Africa.
Pipistrel quickly dispatched a team of two people, a highly skilled composite-technology specialist and an aircraft mechanic to fly from Slovenia to carry out the repair on site at Connellan Airport in central Australia. The team is already with Matevz and together they will also prepare the aircraft for the continuation of the journey through difficult tropical, Himalayan and desert conditions.
The Virus SW 914 Turbo, the aeroplane which Matevz is flying, has a specially modified airframe which is different from the serial-production Virus SW 80/100 aeroplanes. It has a different structure, a completely different fuel system with fuel tanks of 350 litre capacity, avionics with airframe-integrated antennae, turbocharged engine with intercooler and over 100 other modifications and improvements over the standard aeroplane.Matevž will set off on his flight again sometime during the weekend."
Matevž Lenarčič of Slovenia is writing a book about his journey west around the world–his third photographic book. Included with this news item are some of the pictures he captured above Australia just before the vibrations started. Click to enlarge.
Here is his description of what happened: "Suddenly, terrible vibrations have shaken the aircraft, and first I thought that it will fall apart – autopilot off, throttle back, pitch up, stop the speed and terrifying vibrations. I carefully checked controls and found out that aircraft is still flyable. I made some pictures with my iPhone through the window to find the cause of flutter. Everything looked like it should be. After short flight over the Rock and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National park, I've put the aircraft very carefully down to the runway, because I was not sure in what kind of condition it actually is. I checked everything in details and found two minor cracks in tail section, I sent pictures to Pipistrel and then got an answer that it is probably serious. I soon got instructions to remove rear wing, elevator and rudders. This took me the whole next day on the hot apron, strong wind and with very limited tools."
Photos by Matevž Lenarčič with permission
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With some hustle, players can get into free football camp at Wayne
It seems as if it is never too early to get ready for some football.
More than 350 varsity or junior varsity players from Section V schools have registered to take part in a camp sponsored by the NFL Youth Football Fund and National Guard.
"It's such a great opportunity for the kids, especially the way funds are nowadays," Wayne varsity football coach David Marean said.
The camp, free for the high school players, is Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 8 at Wayne High School in Ontario.
Registration can still take place on the first day, with proof of an updated physical and a form that must be filled out by the participant and a parent at Wayne.
The on-field sessions, 6-8 p.m. each night, are in helmets and shorts, with supervision from coaches in Section V.
It is part of the National Football League High School Player Development Program that will include talks about character development and life skills with 40,000 high school players at 200 sites in the nation.
Players from Wayne, Midlakes, Brighton, Penfield, Greece Arcadia, Greece Olympia, East, Irondequoit, Aquinas, Churchville-Chili and a pair from the state of New Jersey are among those who have registered.
For more information call Geneva DeSales football coach John Evans 315-664-6644.
Section V track and field honors: The most valuable performers from the Section V championship meets were presented the Devin Snyder Award on June 1 during the state qualifier in Penn Yan.
The awards, determined by votes of coaches, were created in honor of Snyder, a United States Army Sgt. and a former track and field athlete at Wayland-Cohocton. Snyder was killed in Afghanistan last June at the age of 20.
Here are the recipients, many of whom have advanced to the state meet, June 8-9 at Cicero-North Syracuse High:
Class AA: Leila Mantilla (Penfield) girls track; Janessa Mathews (Fairport) girls field; Brian Smith (Greece Athena) boys track; Kyle Podgers (Hilton) boys field.
Class A: Madeline Kopp (Spencerport) girls track; Sydney Kurtic (Honeoye Falls-Lima) girls field; Desmond Mobley (Greece Olympia) boys track; Ryan Cribbin (Irondequoit) boys field.
Class B: Jocelyn Acor (Hornell) girls track; Ireland Armstrong (Bath) girls field; Jahmahl Pardner (Aquinas) boys track; Francisco Martinez (Batavia).
Class CC: Justina Sanders-Schifano (Sodus) girls track; Karmen Auble (Warsaw) girls field; Josh Deragon (Avon) boys track; Rubin Owens (Le Roy) boys field.
Class C: Taylor Rutland (Kendall) girls track; Eleanore Grant (Red Creek) girls field; Gabe Rodriguez (Geneseo) boys track; Ian Gillens (Marion) boys field.
Class D: Isabel Hirtelen-Booker (Harley-Allendale Columbia) girls track; Aiden Brennan (Harley-Allendale
Columbia); Logan Phillips (Genesee Valley) boys track; Devon Milford (Mount Morris).
Spencerport middie to Mercyhurst: Jeffrey Nitti signed a letter of intent to play lacrosse at Mercyhurst College, which reached the NCAA Division II Tournament semifinals.
Nitti scored 46 goals, third on the Rangers, before he joins the 2011 NCAA national champion Lakers.


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Avidyne is making good use of its involvement in the FAA-funded Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness with Alerts (TSAA) program, as it announced the release of its Traffic Advisory Systems with ADS-B In capability.
The avionics manufacturer's TAS605A, TAS615A and TAS620A systems combines its VeriTAS technology, which provides a "true traffic picture for pilots" with ADS-B to provide a new collision avoidance solution for general aviation pilots.
In July 2012, Avidyne and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were awarded a three-year grant to study ADS-B under the FAA's TSAA program. The final results of the study will impact the MOPS for Aircraft Surveillance Applications described in DO-317 and a revision to TSO-C195.
"Through the TSAA program, we have defined the industry-standard algorithms for conflict detection, and also for reducing false alerts and nuisance alerts in high-traffic airport and approach environments for aircraft using ADS-B, and Avidyne will be first to implement these in our ADS-B products," said Avidyne President and CEO Dan Schwinn.
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"The aim of Olympic Solidarity is to organize assistance to National Olympic Committees (NOCs), in particular those which have the greatest need of it. This assistance takes the form of programmes elaborated jointly by the IOC and the NOCs, with the technical assistance of the International Federations (IFs), if necessary."
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Between each Olympic Games, the IOC, the International Sports Federations and NOCs focus on developing sport and Olympic Solidarity plays an important role in this.
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The areas most relevant to badminton are:
- Athletes - scholarships for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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National Federations should request information from their NOCs on:
1. What Olympic Solidarity funding is available through your NOC;
2. The application process.
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