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Budget cuts to community colleges could impact Jewish Studies
As reported in the Los Angeles Times on March 31, the failure of Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Sacramento to agree on a budget could mean cutting the spending on the state's 112 community colleges by $800 million.
In addition to an already-planned hike in student fees of nearly 40 percent, the additional cuts would mean eliminating courses from community college offerings, loading more students into the classes that remain and admitting fewer students.
But even before the breakdown of budget talks, austerity measures were being felt at the Jewish Studies department of Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) in Valley Glen, one of only a few community colleges in the country to offer a two-year degree in Jewish Studies.
"The effects are obvious," Rabbi Mark S. Goodman, an adjunct professor of Jewish history and religion at LAVC, said. Goodman had about 25 students in his Hebrew Civilization course in the fall 2010 semester; that number doubled in the spring. "Classes all around the community college have been cut, so students need classes," Goodman said.
Scott Svonkin, a candidate running for the only open seat on the Los Angeles Community College Board not decided by the election on March 8, called the projected cuts "tragic."
"Los Angeles, which is one of the largest community college districts in the state, will bear the brunt of the cuts, and the effect will be devastating on the individual students," Svonkin, a senior adviser to Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, said.
In March, Svonkin received 35 percent of the vote — more than the six other candidates running for the seat, but not enough to avoid a runoff. He faces Lydia A. Gutiérrez, who received 14 percent of the votes, on May 17.
"I am going to fight for community college students because I was one of them," said Svonkin who attended Pasadena City College, then transferred to California State University, Northridge, and went on to work for politicians including Tom Bradley and Paul Koretz, often as a liaison to the Jewish community.
If he does win the seat, Svonkin said he would work to reform the district, and its construction spending in particular. "We still have $2 billion in construction to do," Svonkin said.
Money that has been allocated for construction cannot be redirected to cover operating expenses, which has led Mona Field, past president of the Los Angeles Community College Board who won a new term as a board member in the March election, to fear the worst.
Summer programs, Field said, could be among the first offerings to go. "Whatever we offer will be the bare minimum," Field said, noting that courses like Jewish studies could be particularly vulnerable.
"We're going to have these fabulous buildings and nobody to occupy them," Field said.

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WACO, Texas (04/04/14) – Monday, Apr 7, marks a day to not only commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO), but to raise awareness of the ongoing health concerns plaguing humanity today through World Health Day. Each year a new awareness theme is created to focus attention on public health concerns and encourage families to take action to protect themselves. This year, the WHO focused on bringing to light the threats vector-borne illnesses pose to people around the world.
Mr. Rooter Plumbing took courtesy abroad in 2009, working with Haitian communities to teach locals simple water purification approaches, making clean water a possibility for the villages. After seeing the contamination they endured, Mr. Rooter Plumbing hopes to continue that outreach. Clean water and high standards for sanitation are what keep societies from apocalyptic type horrors, like the plague and possible zombie uprisings. Join Mr. Rooter Plumbing in celebrating World Health Day, and keeping zombies at bay, by following these steps to better protect against water-borne illnesses:
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Avoid flushing non-degradable products; this damages sewage treatment processes and causes water pollution.
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Draper Elementary School's 4th grade student from Mrs. Reid's class presents a slide show and video about endangered species. The children worked very hard on researching their specific animals and creating masks in order to get the message out to the world to help save these species before they become extinct.
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Feeling abandoned by Ashanti after what he's been done to help her to stradom, producer Genard Parker seeks million dollar damage from her
First she approached him in 1996 for help, then Genard Parker willingly helped Ashanti in his Bronx home-based studio for eight months when she had yet popular. Later when the female singer signed contract with another record company, Parker released her from his contract in condition that he could produce two songs on her first album and receive a $50,000 advance plus royalties.
Fortunately, the two records went success and earned Ashanti abundant wealth. Nevertheless, the already becoming a star never paid Parker, and worse than that she never thanked him. This apparently made Parker mad and thus he's seeking million dollars of damages from her.
"This case is about abandoning the people that help us succeed," so Parker lawyer Jasmine Khalili said in the contract dispute hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. As on her side, Ashanti denied that Parker played an influential role in her musical career, which was strengthen by her lawyer statement saying it was only after the success of the second album that Parker claimed his contract was violated and demanded money.


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Twenty Years of Democracy
- Main Exhibition Room
- Opens Thursday 28 August at 18h00
- Closes Sunday 13 September at 17h00
The Gallery collection features many art works relevant to what has transpired in South Africa during the past twenty years. Acquisitions since 1993 address various themes: politics, social issues, urban/rural landscape, images of the 'other', and traditional/contemporary craft. The Gallery has planned an exciting exhibition which will pose questions and assist viewers to review the past twenty years and provoke discussion about positive aspects of change – and challenges our country still faces.
A good starting point for reflection is Progress Matubaku's painting, Something for Growth. Using an iconic photograph from the 1976 student riots in Soweto, the new dispensation is packaged and delicately cushioned in the South African flag. Black cherubs attempt to fix a blank canvas in place, representing our fledgling democracy. Curtains are drawn back and chained, perhaps suggesting that there is no going back.


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The NSW Swifts squandered an opportunity to claim pole position in the Trans-Tasman league in Auckland on Sunday night, as the Northern Mystics upset victory offered Kiwi rivals Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic the possibility of earning two lives when the finals series gets under way.
A surprise 56-53 loss at Trusts Arena means the Swifts are destined to qualify third, while the Magic can end the regular season in second place if they beat Queensland Firebirds in Hamilton on Monday night.
The winner of that match plays the Melbourne Vixens, who claimed the minor premiership despite losing to the Southern Steel in Invercargill on Saturday, in Sunday's major semi-final. The loser will survive to play the winner of Monday's sudden death contest between third and fourth.
Crucially, the Mystics built a four-goal lead early in the final quarter and increased the margin to seven before the Swifts rallied in vain. Superb goal shooter Cathrine Latu (32/33) was a driving force behind the win as she dominated her duel with Australian defender Sharni Layton; Maria Tutaia (24/31) was the perfect foil and a reliable supply line for her fellow Silver Fern. Swifts captain Kim Green denied the pressure of potentially finishing top affected their performance.
''I don't think that was it. We made sure we were concentrating on the game. We're third now I think, we're just happy to be in the finals to be truthful.
''We knew they had a really great game last week [against West Coast Fever]. They played absolutely amazing.''
The Mystics, who finished in seventh, replicated their impressive form in the previous round victory against the Western Australians.
They led 19-12 at the end of the first quarter on the basis of Latu and Tutaia having made seven more shots – the Swifts' Susan Pratley was confined to just two attempts. However, the Swifts were more prominent in the run-up to half-time, bridging the gap to two thanks to a confidence-boosting 5-0 run early in the quarter.


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The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc., (EGA) is a national non-profit educational organization offering study and preservation of the heritage and art of embroidery. EGA maintains an Embroidery Museum and Resource Center, located in Louisville, KY. The center is our primary location for education, distribution of needlework related materials, and publications to members and to the public.
- EGA membership is open to anyone interested in needlework, from the beginner to the professional.
- Members work within local chapters or a member-at-large network to improve their skills and knowledge.
- Chapters offer scheduled meetings, workshops, lectures, and stitch-ins
- We offer individual and group correspondence courses and teacher and judge certification programs
- Nine separate disciplines in master craftsman programs are offered
- EGA and its chapters regularly hold workshops featuring local, national and internationally recognized artists
- A national, juried exhibit is sponsored every three years with both members and non-member submissions
The local Madison Area Chapter
The Madison Area Chapter of EGA was founded in 1978 and has over 75 members.
Meeting Information
Our meetings are held the 2nd Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. and the 3rd Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. except the months of July and December when social events occur. Meetings are held at Bethany United Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI.
Special Activities
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- An annual Needlework Show, October 21 & 22, 2017
- Lutheran Church of the Living Christ, 110 N. Gammon Road, Madison
- Embroidery special interest group meetings
- Regional and National seminars are available for additional embroidery learning opportunities.
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Any time we have people over, there are two questions I ask as soon as they walk in the door:
- Can I get you something to eat?
- Can I get you something to drink?
Usually, the answer to the "something to eat" question is a "no, thanks, we'll just munch on whatever's you've got out. But, the answer to the "something to drink" question is a bit trickier. Knowing what beverages to offer and have available takes just as much forethought as what to serve for the meal.
For our most recent get-together, I knew that only one of our guests would be drinking beer, so I made sure to have some bottles cold for him. The rest of us though, needed something non-alcoholic yet still delicious.
The answer was staring me in the face.
Watermelon. See, my mom was one of our guests, and watermelon is her favorite food. Seriously, and when I say favorite, I mean loves it more than Monica kind of favorite. She likes fresh watermelon, frozen watermelon, watermelon Italian ice... and just look how happy a forkful of watermelon makes her!
So the beverage of the evening? Watermelon lemonade. I just winged (wung?) it and put together a delicious and refreshing beverage that would be amazing with a touch of liquor (vodka perhaps) for a different kind of gathering, and definitely delicious made with Splenda or Stevia instead of sugar.
Watermelon Lemonade
- 1 cup extra-fine sugar
- 3 cups cubed watermelon
- juice of 10 lemons (or about 1 cup)
- 1 cup boiling water
- about 32 ounces water
- Lemon slices and watermelon slices for garnish
Mix the boiling water and sugar together in a large pitcher or serving jug. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Puree the watermelon in a blender or using a stick blender and pour it through a strainer into the same pitcher. Juice the lemons and pour the juice through a strainer to avoid getting any seeds into your lemonade. Stir well. Add the remaining water and stir again. Chill and serve over ice with a small watermelon slice for garnish.
We went through this entire jug (ok, it was only 3/4 full) in one evening, and it was the talk of the night! Come to think of it... there's a bit leftover that's still in the fridge.
If you need me, I'll be drinking lemonade.
P.S. Fun watermelon fact: if you put a few pieces of watermelon in a large Nalgene-type bottle of water in the fridge overnight, the watermelon will dissolve almost completely into the water and leave you with a delicious watermelon beverage in the morning!


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text: Hey, I just had a question..has anyone gotten any of their characters, in FFVIII, to do a 9999 attack? Like, not critical, but a regular attack.. I was just wondering, 'cause the most I can get Zell to do is 5000-something, though 9999 at critical. He's already got full strength (255) and nearing level 60, but I dunno if level really makes a difference in my case... Sorry, I have yet to become strong in VIII =--'=


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Lizzy - Disney's Meet the Robinsons
|Just because I want to make an Ant farm :D (not a real one though)
WORN AT: Midlands Expo 2011. Only got to wear her for an hour or so, due to being poory. But it was fun when the doorman interacted with her!!
FUTURE USES: Friday, MCM Expo October 2011... as I want a certain photo taken, an the brick walls are perfect.. I think.
I would LOVE some people for a MtR group, if anyone wants to join - ANY TIME.
the progress on this is amazing hunni!!! Cant wait to see finished pictures!
Oh hell yeah!
I love your ant farm! Its so cool!
Thank you Cez and Stripey. Should have ant farm finished tomorrow morning :D hehe
Daw the ant farm looks epic! I can't wait to see youuuuu :D
Lovedddddddd seeing this in person, you looked amazing! <3 Was so happy to see you again, shame it was so brief though xxx
Thank you for the lovely Zoe and Holly. Was SO glad to see you, even those few moments. Glad you liked her :) x
YUS someone did a costume from one of my fav disney films <333 you look awesome :D
You make such a good Lizzy! :D
although I have never seen this movie, you look really cool! :)
thank you lots everyone. Thought I'd type that Lizzy will be coming to Saturday of MCM in October.
wow, you.. just wow! :O
This is SO good! :D You put so much detail into the ant farm! <3
I'm honoured, Cez, stripeycow AND Nat commented twice :D hehehehe thanks guys
loved this so much! trying to keep straight faces with all the gang photobombing was a nightmare.
Jane inspecting your ants is adorable. So awsome. Great cosplay!!!
I have never seen the movie but I love the look anyway, rather scary and that fringe is so epic I'd never wear 1 it'd get in my eyes.
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Progress Journal
by the by... (Posted 19th October 2011)
Lizzy is coming to Saturday of Expo.... Tribute to Walt and the not-so-well-remembered (?) side of Disney. In the Disney photoshooooooooooooot. I just hope the fire ants behave! Sorry if they sting anyone.
I can't remember if I need to do any alterations to this so I better get all the bits out and have a lookie.
I did bye some new lipstick, but it's a bit dark I think...
I hope.. (Posted 24th June 2011)
.. to attend MCM in October. Been overly ill in hospital for months and after major surgerys and being feed by a machine, I don't have a clue if I will be up to it. *HUGE EVERYTHING CROSSED* If I do, I want to bring Lizzy for the Friday. The brick walls in the exabition halls,(i think) will be good for the photos I want in a 'school hall'. I may get to use a real school hall before then so we will see.
If anyone wants to join me at expo, or ANY TIME in a Meet the Robinsons group, I'd love you forever!!! <3<3
Also, today I took the broken glass of the ant farm (see last journal). I gave the new piece and other piece of glass a good clean with window cleaner spray. Then placed in all back together. I think it needs some new soil in place, but I will do that just before I use her again. [will add photo of broken glass later]
Midlands Expo 2011 (Posted 20th February 2011)
Took Lizzy. We went over to the hall for 11. Queued ect. We we given little ticket stubs to hand over as we walked in. Lizzy's giant fire ant was nibbleing on it. Everyone else was dropping their ticket into a box, but Lizzy held out her hand and ant, and the man took the ticket.. He said "There appears to be some kind of insect eating your ticket" Lizzy looked at him a bit evil. And the man hesitated to take the ticket.
Lizzy was only worn for an hour, as I was poorly. And while being poorly my ant farm glass got rather smashed. Luckily it was just the top glass, so I 'should' be able to fix it. Went straight back to the hotel. Did manage to go back to the hall to watch the masquerade.. Everyone looked amazing!! Especially loved Giselle!!
Notes non-lizzy
Ant Farm finished..... (Posted 14th February 2011)
Finished my Ant Farm. YAYs! Although i cleaned it a LOT, there is a large smeer under the top metal - I can't do anything about it as Ihad to super glue the sides together. Don't think it shows in photos so it might be okays.
I really love it any way hehe.
Sandy Soil... (Posted 10th February 2011)
I went to hobby craft - but no luck, only place i could find it was on a vary random looking website, and it would cost £4 P+P...
Forget that! I'm using soil. hehe
I took some soil from a bag in the shed.
Then mixed some Brown and Red paint, and painted on some ants/painted my large ant. Added some purple to the mix and painted the rest of the ants/painted the rest of the large ant.
Placed the second glass on top. Only needed two glass in the end. But the third got very messy when I was trying different things. Glad I bought extra.
It's laid on white paper in the photo.. that's not part of it.
Just waiting for someone to saw the metal and wood for me. I tried but am a bit weak at the minute.
Glass (Posted 7th February 2011)
I bought another frame today, but no luck with the sand. I need hobby crafts!! HINT HINT to Shaun for weekend ;) I'm excited and want to get the farm made. But I need to make myself hold out for brown sand, otherwise i'll regret it.
Wigs and Farm progress... (Posted 6th February 2011)
You'd think a black wig, with fringe... or at least a black wig would be easy to buy. Well,... I just couldn't find one I liked, or that would get here on time. (Planning to wear her for Midlands, YAY - the hall and stall table will make great 'Science Fair' photos!!!!!!) My friend Cez, almost came to the rescue, but sadly the wig she had wasn't long enough. Sooooooooooooo instead, I took my 'Monica' wig, and cut a fringe into it.
90% of this cosplay is scraps or odd and ends from my craft room!! YESSSS! hehe. I like making use of bits I already have.
It's just the Ant Farm I've spent money on. Plus I need to buy some purple lipstick. I have the rest of the make up ect.
I have 2 photo frames to use the glass, some Alumminum 'U section' and the wood for my Farm. I only have black sand - for the 'dirt' but, Im going to see if I can get some brown at the shops tomorrow. If not, i'll use the black I have. I'm debating a little over how to glue the dirt on. I may need to get another frame.... I will think a bit more... But not for toooo long.
Ants (Posted 26th January 2011)
The ants in the farm will be painted on. But I wanted to have one Queen Ant to hold. I thought a bit about the best size to make her. Lizzy is young and has tiny hands,so the ant she holds takes up her palm. I figured this would be the best thing to do too...
Made from wire, Green Stuff and various beads. All of which were odds I already had.
Haven't been able to get out of the house to get what I need for the ant farm. But hopfully I can at the weekend or tomorrow.
Dress wigs and other bits... (Posted 17th January 2011)
I messed about sewing the sleeves today. Need to get some hooks for collar as my tub has disappeared... :(
Made plans for my ant farm :D I know exactly what I need.
I need to get a wig cheaply and quickly as I might use Lizzy for a certain event coming up.The only way to get one cheap is to get a fancy dress one.. which I know I will hate. Maybe if I wash it well it'll be okay.... I dunno I think unless someone has one I can buy off them it will have to do.
Keeping the purple fabric I already have. It looks an ok colour on photos, so for now it's staying. That way all the dress was scraps - YESSS!
Starting.... (Posted 13th January 2011)
Slow start, but I had a look through my fabric box, and found two different purples I can use for the stripe on her dress and the bows. I can't decide if I want to use the lighter or darker one.


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From: "Ingrid Billings" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Barking Parish Church records
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:19:25 -0000
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It is the Family History Centres of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints (aka Mormon). To find you can log onto the LDS.org site and on there
will give you the addresses of the Libraries which are situated in Stake
buildings. These are staffed by volunteers and not open every day and have
different open times.
Know you are not local to it but there are registers at the ERO (Essex
Records Office) please be warned there are loads for this area ie Barking it
is a huge area. Hubby knows he has to look through them.
Happy searching.
Ingrid Billings
'Genealogy, a game of hide and seek'
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> Pardon my ignorance, what is the LDS library. Una.
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> Hi Una
> There is not a lot of the Barking Parish Church records (St
> Margaret's) on
> the IGI. However, they
> have been filmed and you can see them at your local LDS
> library. You will
> have to order the film
> and pay for the postage.
> Regards
> Pam in Brisbane
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> Hi Listers, I am new to this list and my main family are in
> Devon but I have
> a stray William LAY who I think should be in the Barking Parish Church
> records, are they available on web apart from Familysearch
> please. Una.
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Toxic Water: A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators' response
Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.
Largest Water Systems in Idaho
- 1. United Water Idaho Inc. Ada County (Serves 185,787 people)
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- 3. City of Pocatello Bannock County (Serves 53,932 people)
- 4. City of Idaho Falls Bonneville County (Serves 51,507 people)
- 5. Meridian Water Dept. Ada County (Serves 46,500 people)
- 6. City of Caldwell Canyon County (Serves 40,500 people)
- 7. City of Twin Falls Twin Falls County (Serves 36,000 people)
- 8. City of Coeur D'Alene Kootenai County (Serves 35,180 people)
- 9. City of Rexburg Madison County (Serves 27,300 people)


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1. Urbanscapes Part 1
We go about our daily lives at almost a breakneck pace. Often failing to see and appreciate the varied and often unique surroundings that we live in. Click on the image below to start the slideshow.
2. Protestant Cemetery Penang
I completed the processing of the photos and slideshow for this post the day after I returned from Penang for the Chinese New Year holidays but even though I don't subscribe to many Asian taboos I held back its publication as some may dislike the morbid or "bad luck" nature, more so during an auspicious celebration. To me mortality is part of Life so I've no qualms of wandering into cemeteries to make some photos. Awareness of mortality keeps us humble and brings us back to the contemplative
I tread with respect and even in awe of the surroundings, and I belief if the heart has no malice or ill-will, you have nothing to fear. Looking at the inscriptions on the head stones I often wonder what lives those who passed on lived.
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Thursday's CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. and Russian astronauts are set for an expedited journey to the International Space Station. The odds are slight, but Mars could be in the cross hairs of comet C/2013 A1. Rising levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere mean more acid in the ocean waters. Opening exploration's doors with NASA's Space Launch System. XCOR achieves a propulsion milestone in efforts to develop a reusable suborbital rocket. Test your Martian IQ. Japan plans a second asteroid mission, Hayabusa2. The FBI deals with a tantalizing post war UFO report. Solar eclipses and family vacations.
1. From MSNBC News.com: Three U.S. and Russian astronauts are set for an expedited launch and rendezvous with the International Space Station late Thursday. A Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Aleksandr Misurkin is set to dock with the station at 10:32 p.m., EDT, or about six hours and four orbits after lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The journey usually takes about two days. Planners believe the faster journey will prove more comfortable for the astronauts.
2. From Discovery.com: The odds are slight, 1 in 2,000, but comet C/2013 A1 could collide with Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. The jolt would likely alter the Martian climate, turning conditions warmer, wetter. NASA spacecraft would be watching from the surface as well as orbit. "…think of it as a giant climate experiment," said one expert.
3. From USA Today: Scientists find rising levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere ultimately increasing the acidity of ocean waters. Along the U. S. West Coast, the changes are affecting the shell fish population, including oysters harvested from the shores of the Northwest.
4. From AmericaSpace.com: A look at NASA's Space Launch System, a powerful rocket that could make new deep space destinations accessible to future human explorers. "The way we at NASA look at it is, the 'horizon' destination that we are going to is Mars—sending humans to Mars is the goal that we are working toward," explains Dan Dumbacher, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems.
5. From Flight International: XCOR successfully tests a piston fed rocket engine for 67 seconds, a milestone in the company's bid to develop a reusable suborbital spacecraft.
6. From The Los Angeles Times: Read about NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover? Test your knowledge of the red planet.
7. From Spaceflightnow.com: Japan prepares for a second asteroid reconnaissance and sample return mission. Hayabusa2 is scheduled for a 2014 launching. The probe should reach asteroid 1999 JU3 in 2018 and make its way back to Earth to drop off samples in 2020.
8. From NBC News and Cosmiclog: The U. S. FBI and UFO's. A curious memo from 1950 outlines an Air Force informant's report of flying saucer crashes in New Mexico with inhabitants. Agent Guy Hottel's memo was largely discounted.
9. From The New York Times: Planning a family vacation around a spectacular event like a solar eclipse can be challenging but rewarding.
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This article was published 22/12/2013 (1310 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Managers of a new development in one of Winnipeg's oldest neighbourhoods say modernizing heritage buildings is what revitalizing the city is about.
"Winnipeg is an old city and a very traditional type of city. I think people just started looking and went, 'Wait a sec, if we want our city to survive, we have to make it happen ourselves. We can't wait for someone to come in and fix it,' " said Winnipeg native Marion McKenzie, general manager of the ultra-modern, 67-room Mere Hotel, which opened for business in the Exchange District on Friday.
Mere and the Cibo Waterfront Café, also now up and running in a separate building behind the hotel, were developed through a partnership led by Sunstone Resorts, the development company responsible for more than 140 condos that have sprouted up across the street along Waterfront Drive. Mere is managed by Sparrow Hotels, which owns and operates the Inn at The Forks and the Norwood Hotel, and Cibo is managed by Eatz Enterprise, which owns Moxie's and Shark Club.
"I think we'll help move the east Exchange forward," said Stephen Pawulski, general manager of Cibo. Pawulski, like McKenzie, is also a Winnipeg native.
"Five, six years ago, would someone be comfortable with the idea of coming here to eat a nice dinner? I don't know. I don't think so," he said.
Stephanie Scherbain, marketing co-ordinator with the Exchange District Business Improvement Zone, agreed the Exchange District, home to more than 70 per cent of Winnipeg's heritage buildings, hasn't always been as trendy as it is today.
While any development to improve the area is welcome, Scherbain said those with the capacity to both capitalize on existing architecture and bring in new features are especially important.
"I think it's really important for the community to celebrate their heritage... I also think it's important to move on," Scherbain said.
"I think the Exchange is a very challenging area because of its historical designation and because of the fact we have to preserve our buildings."
While Mere is a brand-new three-storey building, Cibo, a full-service restaurant 10 steps away on the same $11-million property in the middle of Stephen Juba Park, is the old pumphouse intake facility from the early 1900s.
Mere stands out architecturally, especially in the winter snow. With a series of closely positioned neon green, yellow and orange vertical bars running the height of building around the perimeter, it's loud to the eye.
"When you first look at them, they're kind of crazy," McKenzie admitted. "But then when the park is in full bloom, it really is supposed to look like it's just situated in here so nicely."
Cibo, with its aged-yellow brickwork and industrial design, is visually much different. It looks as if it's been around, if not forever, at least for quite some time.
"It's a landmark to Winnipeg and it's part of our history of how Winnipeg came to be and how it was developed," McKenzie said.
Pawulski said there's some confusion over when the building, perhaps best known for its second use as the old harbourmaster headquarters, was constructed. While some apparently believe it was built after the Second World War, it actually dates back to 1904, he said.
"It goes down three storeys," Pawulski said. "There are garage doors in the river where the water used to come in. There were massive pipes that pumped in the river water for fire-fighting irrigation."
Mere -- "merely a hotel" -- isn't out to pamper guests. It doesn't offer room service or have a spa or in-house restaurant. Its rates are correspondingly low for swankily furbished rooms with king-size beds at between $139 and $199 per night.
By contrast, Cibo is much more than merely a restaurant. It's open from 7 a.m. until midnight Sunday through Thursday and until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Cibo offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, an extensive appetizer menu (there are more than 10 different types of bruschetta) and full-service bar. It also has takeout and delivers to hotel guests. The only item on the menu over $20 is the rib-eye steak.
Both McKenzie and Pawulski said they hope area residents dine at the restaurant as well.
"I always want to keep walk-in business for people around here. I think it would just be fantastic for them to be able to come in and causally grab a bite on a whim," Pawulski said.
McKenzie said Cibo provides a unique opportunity for out-of-towners to mingle with Winnipeggers.
"That's how hotels start buzzing about what the city is. That's how they learn what the city has to offer," McKenzie said.
When the MTS Centre -- the home of the former AHL Manitoba Moose and current home of the NHL Winnipeg Jets -- opened in 2004, it brought life into the city's historic core. The opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights next year is expected to generate an even greater interest in the area.
"It got people more excited about being here," McKenzie said.
"It kind of created a different buzz in the city and kind of made us funky again."


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And it's not every day fans get to witness a player like Broyles shatter an NCAA record.
But that's just what took place Saturday evening at Kivisto Field when Broyles hauled in his 317th career reception to shatter the old record set by Purdue's Taylor Stubblefield back in 2004 and further stamped his place in college football history.
And it was only fitting that the record-setting reception was like so many others throughout his career, with him sprinting toward the end zone for the 57-yard touchdown while a helpless defensive back chased him to no avail.
"It was just blank," Broyles said of the moment. "I wasn't really thinking about it until I scored. It didn't really set in until I got on the sideline and people started congratulating me. That's when I started getting a little emotional."
Rightfully so.
It's an incredible feat if you break down the numbers.
Since his first game back in 2008, Broyles is averaging 7.24 receptions per contest.
But not only that, he's also averaging 94.31 yards per game.
Unbelievable. Remarkable.
"I don't have any more adjectives to describe Ryan Broyles," said head coach Bob Stoops. "The guy is out of this world, what he's able to do, how he competes every week and the plays he continues to make, you know, just exceptional."
Quarterback Landry Jones added onto that.
"He deserved it," Jones said. "He's a great guy, a great player. He did a good job running by [the defense], and I made a good throw tonight and put it out there for him."
One thing that makes it even more impressive, though, is his background as an athlete.
Broyles claims that he was always overlooked because of size, because of his speed and other reasons.
"It's just crazy, like I said I feel like I've always been an underdog," Broyles said. "[I] just continue to chip away no matter what people say. Even at times where people want to praise me up, I feel like I still have something to prove, and I think that's what helped me succeed."
And that's what will continue to help him succeed throughout the rest of his career at OU.
Heck, he's broken the record but has a chance to set it at an unprecedented level.
If he catches balls the rest of the season at the same clip as his previous 45 games, he could finish with 375, and if he surpasses that rate, he could near 400.
How's that for impressive?
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The Wright State men's tennis team competed in the opening day of the Purdue Invitational on Friday.
The lone win for the Raiders on the day came in Flight C singles as Ricardo Pineda defeated Michael Treis of Western Michigan.
The invitational continues through Sunday.
Singles Results
Flight A
Nadin Indre (Western Michigan) def. Lauri Makikalli 6-3, 6-0
Dave Bacalla (Valparaiso) def. Hayden Joblin 6-1, 6-1
Flight B
Eric Honert (Valparaiso) def. Michal Lyzwa 6-4, 6-3
Flight C
Ricardo Pineda def. Michael Treis (Western Michigan) 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
Flight D
Ryan Jorgensen (Toledo) def. Dan Hyman 6-3, 6-3
Flight E
Kristian Trukov (Marquette) def. Myles Harris 6-2, 6-3
Flight B
Kevin Chu/Tim Noack (Washington (MO)) def. Myles Harris/Dan Hyman 8-6


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Start: 312 Lbs
Final: 200 Lbs
Total Loss: 112 Lbs
How Long: 100 pounds in 7 months
Start Pants Size: 32
Current Pants Size: 16
Start Top Size: 28
Current Top Size: 14
BMI: 50 to 31
My journey started as kind of a stroke of fate on June 3, 2007 feeling like most people who are classified as Morbidly Obese. I'd been on a steady climb to my highest weight ever and depressed from seeing pictures of myself from my Panama Canal cruise in April. I remembered all those usual problems that plague the MO [morbidly obese], like fitting into the airline seat, asking the flight attendant for an extender, not being able to do some of the activities because there was a weight limit. Humiliating.
I was feeling very lonely and sorry for myself. I had just turned 50 years old in May and had planned to walk the Portland Marathon for my big to-dah, and came down with an injury preventing me from doing so. My thought was the big ta-dah could also help me get 30 or 40 pounds off.
I had been telling myself that I would be happy with that for years. I never let myself dream about losing 100 pounds. You see, I had totally convinced myself that I was too old to try to lose anymore then that. I would never be able to keep it off. And I told myself "I am happy with my self just the way I am, and if no body else agrees, well "screw them."
I was definitely at my lowest point ever, positive I would never lose the weight. I was now at my highest weight, 312 pounds, just turned the big 5-0, never been married, no children, and just plain sick of people always starring at me like I was physically deformed or something.
I digress. On June 3, 2007 I was in the checkout line buying my 5th pound of M&M's in 3 days and noticed the cover of Woman's World magazine and it says lose "100 pound in 5 months", "no bypass surgery" etc. (I had already ruled out bypass surgery because I know so many who even though they lost right away, they gained it back and were in the same boat again). So I purchased the magazine and went straight home and began reading, while eating the M&M's, of course.
My interest was piqued since it was a low carb plan, and I kind of wanted to prove it wrong, too. But the [Kimkins] plan really made sense about going low fat. Every time I went on the usual low carb diets I always lost 20-25 pounds and then would stall out. So then I checked out the website, joined either on the 3rd or 4th and started my new way of eating on June 5, 2007 and as they say… "The rest is history."
Somewhere along the line, I assume because I saw the weight melting off and 112 pounds actually looked possible, I took on a whole new attitude and started talking to my self about never going back to the way I ate before.
I recognized that sugar and starchy carbs are an addiction for me — my Heroin. And I knew that if I did not decide to do things differently from now on that I would gain the weight back. So I started to tell myself that I will not die not knowing what chocolate and all the other goodies I use to medicate myself with taste like. I will not die from deprivation.
My head finally got in the game this time. And especially if I keep the weight off I will get to experience something I have never experienced before … "Thin-dom."
After reaching 103 pounds off I began to eat more traditional low carb and have become very comfortable. I do not feel deprived. Food does not call to me or haunt me anymore. I know that I can do this just as long as I do not touch sugar again. I have stayed cheat free from Day 1.
I made a charm bracelet as I lost the weight to mark my progress in my journey. It turned out so beautiful that whenever I wear it strangers ask me about it and I get to tell my story. My nephew thought it was so beautiful and meaningful he used a picture of it as my logo for my jewelry business. It has 52 crystals to represent the first year cheat free and 11 gold heart charms the represent 10 pounds lost each.
It took me 7 months to get 100 pounds off and I maintained in that general area just by eating more Atkins like and whenever I felt "puffy" went back on Kimkins for a few days. I have done lots of traveling and dining out with friends and holidays and I find I can move around in the world just fine this way. I look at sugar and starchy carbs as something I am allergic to and just stay away from.
The world is very low carb friendly and can bend around my needs easily. It has actually been quite empowering. Food owned me until I found Kimkins. And now I can enjoy food, but it doesn't control me. I have not gone out of my way to imitate old food choice in a low carb way. I have just found new low carb options that I get enjoyment out of, but do not use to "medicate" any emotional needs. I finally take responsibility for my emotional needs.
There is one really unfair thing about losing this much weight though, and that is you liked yourself naked better fat then thin. One of my [Kimkins] forum buddies called it "looking like a shar pei puppy". So I started saving money and planning for plastic surgery to repair the damage the higher weight had done to my body. It was finally time this last June to get my first surgery scheduled for September. So my sprint to the finish began. Wanting to reach my original goal before the first surgery I went back on strict Kimkins heading towards my surgery date.
So, the final phase of my recovery began. I had a tummy tuck on September 29, 2009. The next surgery will be in January and the last next summer. The morning of my surgery I had 105 pounds off and I told my surgeon the last 7 pounds was up to her. She made sure they told me in recovery that she had removed 7 pounds 3 ounces. I had met my goal of 112 pounds off.
I have lost 35% of my original body weight and went from a BMI of 50 to 31. My original pant size was 32. I now wear a 16. My original top size was 28 and I am now a 14.
It is now only 4 weeks since the surgery, I still have a lot of swelling and I still look great. I cannot totally rely on the scale for maintaining for up to a year because of the swelling and it takes that long for the body to finish the job. So I will only get better and better over the next year. With the swelling I weighed 201 this morning, so I may have had one last whoosh since my surgery date and the very light eating that first week after.
It is a little strange to think that I do not have to diet anymore, I have never been on a maintenance plan before … but it is a nice new place to be.
Losing the weight is phenomenal all in itself, but what I have gained is a whole [Kimkins] community of friends who are so supportive. We all know what each other is feeling and have felt. We all know what it is like for food to "own" us, call to us and control us! Whether we have 15 pounds or 150 pounds to lose, we understand and are each others life preserver.
My new friends are a great variety of truly lovely, smart and beautiful women. And I do mean beautiful. Some of us may have been hiding from the world for years, but are now sharing our pictures of before and after showing how beautiful we are on the outside as well as the inside. Most of all, finally accepting we are beautiful on the outside.
I look forward to the future in a way I never have before. Instead of brooding about what I have missed out on, I am now always excited to see what is around the corner for me. I plan to not look this gift horse in the mouth and make the last half of my life more wonderful and exciting then I ever thought would be possible.
I was always beautiful, but now I am healthy, too. And loving every minute!
"Hi Kimmer,
Just wanted to say hello. My 5 year anniversary of hitting 100 pounds lost is coming up this January (2013). My total loss with diet and surgeries is 120 pounds. I will send pics then and maybe an update to my story. People tell me all the time that they see testimonial on the site. As always, thank you so much for providing the knowledge and the"forum"that helped me grab control of my life back."
Cindylee aka Cosmogal


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And of course, there are particular places where the rates of suspension and expulsion are insane.
While the settlers are an obvious problem and source of tension, expulsion is not part of the PA platform.
To achieve this "setback" for the settler movement, Netanyahu had to threaten his own cabinet ministers with expulsion.
The Inquisition's pursuit of conversos was not based on religion, nor was Spain's expulsion of Jews who remained Jewish.
The expulsion of ISIS from northern Iraq, though, is a long way off.
Before introducing the resolution of expulsion, he hesitated and looked toward Clavering.
I have a plan which I think will procure his expulsion from the school.
expulsion is the very highest penalty that can be inflicted upon a delinquent Mason.
She lived twenty-two years after her expulsion from the palace.
In the end I was given the alternative of expulsion or of publishing nothing which had not passed the censorship of the committee.
c.1400, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsionem (nominative expropriatio), noun of action from past participle stem of expellere "drive out" (see expel).


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Stewart's disease (also called Stewart's wilt) is a bacterial disease of corn caused by Pantoea (Erwinia) stewartii. The bacterium survives the winter in the gut of hibernating corn flea beetles. In the spring, adult flea beetles transmit the bacterium while feeding on corn. The bacteria are unable to spread from plant to plant without the beetle. Field corn inbreds and sweet corn are particularly susceptible to this disease. Therefore, seed producers in moderate- to high-risk areas should scout for early season flea beetle populations because, if left unchecked, substantial leaf damage during grain fill and yield loss can be expected.
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Stewart's disease can occur at any stage of plant development. Symptoms are almost always associated with flea beetle feeding. At the seedling stage, infected plants wilt rapidly from systemic infection, death is common, and plants that do survive are stunted. Later in the growing season, usually after pollination, leaf blight occurs. Disease symptoms are long wavy streaks that are initially water soaked, and then turn yellow and die. Corn flea beetle feeding scars are visible within the lesions. If the disease is severe, whole leaves may wilt and die. Mild winters during the past decade have resulted in an increased occurrence of Stewart's disease in Iowa.
Two models are available to predict the risk of Stewart's disease: the Stevens-Boewe Index and the Iowa State Mean Monthly Temperature Model.
Stevens-Boewe Index
The Stevens-Boewe Index predicts the severity (how much of the corn leaf tissue is infected) of the leaf blight stage of Stewart's disease in the late summer. The risk is calculated by summing the average monthly temperatures for December, January, and February.
A sum below 80°F indicates a slight risk, 80°-90°F is considered low to moderate risk, and greater than 90°F is considered high risk. Forecasting with the Stevens-Boewe Index, southern Iowa has a low to moderate risk of the late leaf blight phase of Stewart's disease (Figure 1).
Iowa State Model
The Iowa State Model predicts the prevalence (whether or not Stewart's disease occurs) of Stewart's disease. A high prevalence of Stewart's disease is predicted if the mean monthly air temperatures for December, January, and February are each above 24°F. For December 2004, the mean temperature was greater than 24°F in seven of nine climate districts (only the northern and northeast climate districts were lower). In January 2005, the mean temperature was below 24°F in all of the nine climate districts, but in February 2005 it was above 24°F in all nine climate districts. Therefore, the Iowa State Model predicts that there will be a moderate to high risk for Stewart's disease to occur in 2005 in approximately 75 percent of the state and a low risk for Stewart's disease in the north central and northeast regions of the state (Figure 2). We believe the Iowa State Model more accurately predicts the risk of Stewart's disease in Iowa than does the Stevens-Boewe Index.
Figure 1. Stevens-Boewe Index predictions for the risk of Stewart's disease severity in Iowa in 2005.
Figure 2. Iowa State Mean Monthly Temperature Model predictions for the risk of Stewart's disease in Iowa in 2005. Gray areas are predicted low risk and green areas are predicted moderate risk.
This article originally appeared on pages 50-51 of the IC-494 (6) -- April 11, 2005 issue.


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Andrew David Dalby
His Perfect Kiss - Poem by Andrew David Dalby
Based on an idea by Deseree x
With a surging swirling deep within;
I rest myself upon his luscious lips so red.
It is a tryst that melts away the hints of sin,
With this sweet life, so well sustained;
From the heaving of my beating heart,
To the pulsing of my throbbing veins.
Yet, his is not so much a sweet kiss
That brings warmth and tender bliss
Instead it brings forth lust and pain:
But his voice is such a sweet refrain,
And he drinks so deep my death is near
Oh will my soul still weep a bitter tear?
Eden, is the promise now vainly made,
As a light from my eyes now start to fade;
So mesmerized, I am, of this my lovers kiss
I wrestle in the dark with ghosts and mist
Now I start to sense his so rotting flesh,
But his golden gaze leaves I enmeshed.
A brief moment of ecstasy can be felt,
He ends his kiss and deaths been dealt.
Am I now forced to suffer an eternal curse,
Of hundreds years of night and life perverse?
Will I now stalk the Earth forever in pain;
With a lust for blood that will never wane?
Will the full yellow sun now slowly cracked
Upon the horizon lift turn my skin to black?
For through his promise and his bitter kiss
I have built a wall against my soul to bath,
So, now I curl among the waiting dead
And here I kneel to my masters lower path.
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You mentioned you use advanced outbound NAT. Do you have a similar
inbound NAT setup? E.g. if you go out on one IP and in on another the
headers won't match and the game won't realize the traffic is from the
same source / destination.
Also, MS does use a UPnP-like protocol... but as with all things MS, it
is not proper RFC.
Nick wrote:
>Hi all
>I'm having trouble hosting a win32 multiplayer demo of a game called Battlestations: Midway
(http://www.battlestations.net/). This is specfically the PC version that was released recently. I
do not/have not played this on a console.
>To start with:
>- m0n0wall 1.22
>- nothing special in configuration. i.e. I've reset it so its a freshly configured m0n0wall for
this troubleshooting.
>- PPPoE on WAN.
>Put simply, forwarding the required ports for hosting the game seems to work from m0n0wall's
perspective, and I have no trouble with other applications which require NAT traversal. However, the
game refuses to load successfully for people to join.
>At first I thought it was because I have advanced outbound NAT enabled and I use traffic shaping. I
ruled this out shortly after backing up my configuration, and reseting to defaults (i.e. both those
features disabled). Still, after doing so creating the necessary NAT + firewall rules doesnt seem to
let the game host players.
>To troubleshoot further, I removed m0n0wall from the picture and connected my computer directly to
my bridged ethernet modem, and setup a PPPoE connection there. Success, I can host the game this
method (ie. no NAT etc) so it's not exactly a dead-stop software problem that the game can't host at
>My next step was utilising a 4 port router from Billion electric. co. This is just your garden
variety router, 4-port ethernet, NAT, UPnP, and a packet filter/SPI which is disabled by default. (I
believe I can use packet filter/SPI interchangably here?).
>I had two lots of success hosting behind this Billion router. First was with UPnP enabled. The
multplayer demo mentioned does have UPnP support I believe, which makes sense as it was ported from
Xbox 360 where UPnP is native I believe. With UPnP enabled, I needed to manually forward one port
only, UDP 6500. (the game mentioned it needs inbound UDP 6500, 1042, 2302 open)
>The second success utilising this router, I disabled UPnP. I just wanted to try this with NAT only.
Forwarding the required ports (UDP 6500 and UDP 2302) resulted in no problems. The game hosts fine
and there are no issues whatsoever.
>Switching back to m0n0wall, with the same ports forwarded, I cannot host the game. I then tried
another test to diagnose the issue; to enable the "Log packets blocked by the default rule". Hence
if there were any incoming ports that I did not open, it should come up on the log. But nothing
showed up.
>I'm at a loss to explain it. My only theory is going on the difference between m0n0wall and this
Billion router. One has stateful packet filtering, the other one doesn't (at least, it was disabled
and I left it that way). Ultimately following this theory I think the game is at fault, but I'm not
sure how to test this out. I dont suppose anyone would want to download a 500mb demo for windows,
and have a play?!
>NB: joining servers is no problem. It's just hosting servers behind m0n0wall which seems to give
some grief.
>Thanks for your time reading.


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It didn't take long for Franklin Regional sophomore Bria McMahon to establish herself as the runner to beat at last week's Westmoreland County Coaches Association cross country championships.
McMahon raced out to an early lead in the opening seconds of the race and never looked back, winning the girls varsity race at the annual county meet with a time of 18 minutes, 56 seconds.
"It gives me a good feeling when I'm out running by myself," McMahon said. "It makes me nervous when I'm around people, so I try to push from the start and get everyone else out of breath. I like setting the pace."
The first-year cross country runner, who played soccer last fall, continued her dominance in meets this fall. Her only race without a victory this season was the Red, White and Blue Invitational at Schenley Park in September, where she placed seventh.
McMahon's first-place finish was the major highlight among Franklin Regional, Norwin and Penn-Trafford at the WCCA meet. Kiski Area swept the boys and girls team titles, and Cavaliers runner Patrick Miller won the boys varsity race in 16:52.
The county meet was held at St. Vincent College this season after previously being held at Seton Hill.
"It's an honest course," Penn-Trafford coach Paul Conrad said. "It's challenging. You can tell by the times (that) it's got to be a challenging course. (There's) a lot of grass, and you've got some nice challenging hills."
Franklin Regional's boys team, coming off winning the section title earlier last week, finished second in the boys team standings at the meet. Senior Ian Griffith led the way, finishing fourth in 17:10. Trottier came in eighth in 17:32, Mark Provenzo took 16th in 17:59, Tim Mastovich placed 20th in 18:15 and Justin Naugle finished 21st in 18:15.
"I definitely need to push it, especially to get into states, (which is) my goal," Trottier said. "But I feel like I'm on pace. I've definitely improved from last year. If I just keep it up, I'll definitely get there, I think."
Norwin's boys finished right behind Franklin Regional in third place. The Knights and Panthers actually tied in overall points, but Franklin Regional was awarded second place because its sixth runner finished better than Norwin's.
Grant Folgate led the way for the Knights, placing ninth in 17:34. Three more Norwin boys runners finished in a pack behind Folgate. Sophomore Tyler Laughery finished 11th in 17:40, senior Clay Brough took 12th in 17:42 and junior Trey Quealy came in 13th in 17:44.
"Four guys within a very tight pack — that's awesome," Folgate said. "That's what makes you a good cross country team, and that really helps motivate you. If you know your team's right there, you have to just push with your team and you're going to race a good time."
Senior Charles Huss rounded out Norwin's top five boys runners, finishing 24th in 18:21.
Penn-Trafford finished eighth in the boys team standings. Warriors runner Jonah Graffius finished in sixth place in 17:22.
"The race felt really good today," Graffius said. "I went out a little more conservatively than I usually would because I knew there was a flat beginning followed by hills in the second half of the course. I kind of stayed back in a more comfortable 15th (place) and began to work my way up as I felt better and better throughout the race."
Brenton Sige was Penn-Trafford's No. 2 boys runner, finishing 32nd in 18:45. Austin Apelquist placed 40th in 19:11, Sean Lane came in 51st in 19:56 and Nelson Phelps finished 58th in 20:33.
Led by McMahon's first-place finish, the Franklin Regional girls team finished fifth in the team standings. Katja Kochvar finished 11th in 20:21, and Gracie Pekarcik placed 19th in 21:40. Haley Grajewski (37th place, 22:47) and Bianca Li (40th, 22:48) rounded out Franklin Regional's top five runners.
Norwin finished in fourth place among girls teams, led by freshman Kelley Giles' second-place finish in 19:24. Giles was followed by senior Becca Peters, who finished 12th in 20:21; senior Stephanie Hutchinson, who finished 18th in 21:28; junior Becca Rohac, who finished 22nd in 21:43; and junior Camryn Grudowski, who finished 26th in 21:48.
"(The course) was pretty easy besides the big hill near the end and in the middle," Giles said.
Penn-Trafford took eighth place among varsity girls teams. Sarah Taylor led the way, finishing in sixth place in 19:55.
"I was definitely excited that I got under 20 (minutes) today," Taylor said. "I'm shooting more towards states every meet, so I'm good."
After Taylor, Penn-Trafford's top girls runner was Angelica Brennfleck, who finished 53rd in 24:34. Kelly Matoney and April Miller came in right behind her, finishing 54th and 55th with times of 24:42 and 24:54, respectively. Nicole Gaussa finished 57th in 25:26 to round out Penn-Trafford's top five runners.
Franklin Regional, Norwin and Penn-Trafford will compete at the Tri-State Championships on Thursday at Cooper's Lake in Slippery Rock. The meet will serve as preparation for next week's WPIAL Class AAA Championships, which will also be held at Cooper's Lake.
"(St. Vincent was) a challenging course, but it's also pretty comparable to Cooper's Lake, too," Norwin coach Brian Fleckenstein said. "It may be a little hillier, too, with an extra hill. So it'll be a good training for that."
Doug Gulasy is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at 412-388-5830, via email at email@example.com or via Twitter @dgulasy_Trib.


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The Bryn Mawr/Haverford Robocup team tied for 5th in the US Open last weekend.
This was the team's first competition, and the team did well considering that they got all of the code working just hours before the first game.
The team, named Digitowls, scored 2 points in the League, qualifying them for the Robocup tournament in Mexico City in June.
University of Texas, Austin won first place, followed by CMU, UPenn, and WPI. Bowdoin tied the Digitowls. The Digitowls stunned the crowd when they scored on top-seeded University of Texas, Austin.
Robocup is soccer played by robots. In our case, the robots are humanoid, bipedal, completely autonomous systems. The Digitowls use the Nao robot from Aldebaran. All of the low-level code was written in C, and the high-level code was written in Lua.
The Digitowls are composed of Meagan Neal, Caitlyn Clabaugh, Alicia Harder, and Dan Giovannelli. All are juniors, and are committed to return next year to compete again.
Associate Professor Douglas Blank, Department of Computer Science, is the team advisor.
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Just a little thing I noticed, they removed the inset cross shape that was around the buttons and the D-pad, which is great because they always got dirty over time. Looking forward to trying the new sticks, don't usually have issues with my fingers slipping off on the DS3 but finally experienced it in a game this week, so the new tops are welcome. 16 more days, it's very weird waiting knowing I should have a launch unit for the first time since I joined playstation gaming, I wouldn't be so anxious if I knew I might have to wait months after launch and only if I got lucky like with the last 2 generations.
I'm getting a bit out of hand preparing, though seeing as I had to buy a brand new HDTV the day after I got my PS3 it still won't cost as much as last gen. But I expect by the time I get my PS4 I should have a set of controllers, an HDMI switch so I can have both my PS3 and PS4 hooked up at the same time, I should have the camera, a new 1TB hard drive, a PS4 compliant headset, three or four games on disc, a charging station for the controllers, a micro USB cable as back up, heck I'm even considering a stand. I'm also kind of annoyed there doesn't seem to be a remote for blu-ray watching since the DS isn't really ideal.
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Another Detainee dies in Beit Lahia Detention Facility
PCHR Calls for Establishing Independent Inquiry Committee to Investigate Detention Conditions in the Facility
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the Attorney General in Gaza to initiate an investigation into the death of Waleed Mohammed Ibrahim Salman in Beit Lahia detention facility in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday evening, 16 May 2014, and calls for publishing the investigation's results. PCHR is also concerned that the detention conditions is the main cause of death especially that it is the second death in similar circumstances and in the same detention facility in two days.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 18:00 on Friday, 16 May 2014, the father of the deceased received a call from police officers in "Abu 'Obaidah" detention facility in Beit Lahia telling him that his son, Waleed Mohammed Salman (28), was transferred from the detention facility to Martyr Kamal 'Odwan Hospital and he was in a serious condition. The father said that he and members of the family headed immediately to the hospital, where they were informed that Waleed died upon arrival at the hospital. He said that the doctors told him that there were no signs of torture on the corpse and he died due to a heart attack. The father added that the corpse of his son was transferred to the Forensic Department at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Sources at the Forensic Department said that Salman died due to a heart attack.
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Most of us have experienced it. You meet someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain, but can't seem to even come up with the first letter. Then you get frustrated and think, "Why is it so hard for me to remember names?"
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Most of us have experienced it. You meet someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain, but can't seem to even come up with the first letter. Then you get frustrated and think, "Why is it so hard for me to remember names?" You may think it's just how you were born, but that's not the case, according to Kansas State University psychologist Richard Harris. He said it's not necessarily your brain's ability that determines how well you can remember names, but rather your level of interest. "Some people, perhaps those who are more socially aware, are just more interested in people, more interested in relationships," Harris said. "They would be more motivated to remember somebody's name." This goes for people in professions like politics or teaching where knowing names is beneficial. But just because someone can't remember names doesn't mean they have a bad memory, he added. "Almost everybody has a very good memory for something," Harris said. The key to a good memory is your level of interest, he said. The more interest you show in a topic, the more likely it will imprint itself on your brain. If it is a topic you enjoy, then it won't seem like you are using your memory. For example, Harris said a few years ago some students were playing a geography game in his office. He started to join in naming countries and their capitals. Soon, the students were amazed by his knowledge, although Harris didn't understand why. Then it dawned on him that his vast knowledge of capitals didn't come from memorizing them from a map, but rather from his love of stamps and learning their whereabouts. "I learned a lot of geographical knowledge without really studying," he said. Harris said this also explains why some things seem so hard to remember—they may be hard to understand or not of interest to some people, such as remembering names. Harris said there are strategies for training your memory, including using a mnemonic device. "If somebody's last name is Hefty and you notice they're left-handed, you could remember lefty Hefty," he said. Another strategy is to use the person's name while you talk to them—although the best strategy is simply to show more interest in the people you meet, he said.


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