text: Posted February 2, 2013 Mike Dunlap revealed that he uses tape of Chris Paul and Tony Parker to help mold second-year point guard Kemba Walker. "We really feel, mentally and physically, the way those two lead their teams is very special," Dunlap said. "Different, but they get the same results." Dunlap emphasizes Parker's attention to detail. "First, change of speed: This is how he does it, where and when," Dunlap said. "Then, two is just how when he doesn't have the ball, he is one of the hardest cutters in the league. He just rips his cuts. Third is if you overplay his cuts — snap — he goes back door." Gregg Popovich believes Parker has been the top point guard in the league this season. "I think he's probably played better than any point guard in the league, if you want to be totally frank," Popovich said. "It's hard to pick somebody whose had a better year than he's had." http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225927/Bobcats-Want-Walker-To-Model-Game-After-Parker-Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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For all of Stephen Strasburg's ability, there's a painfully clear weakness to his game when he's on the mound. Last season, he allowed 14 runners to steal bases, the most of any Nationals pitcher, who all generally struggle with it. (Last year, opponents stole 111 bases in 133 attempts on the Nationals, the second-worst percentage in the majors.) Opposing base stealers' success rate against Strasburg — 88 percent — ranked in the top 10 in the majors. He admitted then it was an area to improve and, this spring, has been trying to attack that weakness.
Against the Atlanta Braves in a 7-2 loss on Monday, Strasburg was incredibly efficient and sharp over the first five innings. He started the game with two looking strikeouts of the first three batters. He induced easy groundouts and flyouts. He had innings of eight, nine and 11 pitches.
But when he came out for the sixth inning for the first time this spring, he allowed a single to pinch hitter Reed Johnson and then his delivery out of the stretch suffered. Strasburg was then facing the top of the Braves order and didn't want Johnson to steal second with one out. His command wavered. He allowed another single, a walk and two runs on a single by Justin Upton.
"I changed the way I set up in the stretch and I've kind of got them in between what I was working on and what I've done in the past," he said. "So it's just about being comfortable out there and just getting the right feeling. I think early on I had the right feeling then it started to go away and I was missing more of my spots left and right and not throwing enough strikes."
The best way to combat potential base stealers is to vary the time to the plate. Runners are thrown off and can't predict a pitcher's move home. Strasburg's initial thought when a runner reaches base is to go back to his original delivery, concentrating mostly on the batter at the plate. When he tries to speed up his delivery home, however, he tries to speed up his arm, too, which causes him to elevate the ball. The lower and upper body are then not in sync.
"Or I try to play catch up with my arm and I usually throw it in the ground," he said. "So it's just a fine line. But I know when it's feeling right, it's there. It's just trying to keep working on it and trust it out there."
Said catcher Kurt Suzuki: "It just comes with time." Added Manager Davey Johnson: "I hooked him when there was a chance to do it. But he's been great all spring varying his times."
Aside from the shaky sixth inning, Strasburg's efficiency and endurance were encouraging. He tossed 76 pitches, 53 for strikes. (The breakdown was far better before the sixth inning.) He relied mostly on his fastball. His feel for his deadly change-up is in mid-season form. He is still getting a full grasp of throwing his curveball for strikes on both sides of the plate. The sinker, which is he trying to get to move less but with more purpose, are also progressing. Hitting the sixth inning was a welcome accomplishment.
"I think that's what I've been trying to get through, getting through five and six with less pitches," he said. "I was able to do that today and I know it's only going to be a matter of time before it becomes more consistent and my mechanics aren't going to break down as much as they did in the future."
>>> Left-hander Zach Duke allowed two runs on three hits over 2/3 of an inning in relief of Strasburg. Johnson attributed that to a long layoff of six days, being too strong on throws and losing sink on pitches.
>>> Rafael Soriano was again spotless in his appearance, striking out one hitter and allowing no runs. He broke his rule of not facing division opponents during the spring.
>>> Tyler Clippard threw a perfect ninth inning and has been stellar this spring. He has thrown four scoreless appearances.
>>> Henry Rodriguez threw 2/3 of an inning and notched two quick outs before allowing a single and then hitting a batter. It was his second outing of the spring because of elbow surgery last season and Johnson said he yanked the right-hander because pitching coach Steve McCatty wants him on a low pitch count. Rodriguez will rest and then begin work on a regular schedule of throwing every other day.
>>> Almost-daily update: Bryce Harper is hitting .438/.455/.750 in 12 games.

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After opposing a second Sydney casino on the basis it would cannibalise its international and local high roller market,
As an independent panel led by former Future Fund boss David Murray weighs up Echo and Crown's proposals for the NSW government, an industry source accused Echo of hypocrisy, saying it had "stopped arguing about cannibalisation".
A report from PwC, commissioned by Echo to question an economic benefit analysis by Allen Consulting Group for rival Crown Ltd, said if Crown's proposed VIP casino and luxury hotel was approved, it would eat into Echo's premium revenue. The report said revenue from interstate and overseas players who receive rebates, which is taxed at a lower rate, would grow but would be split between the two players. It also said the market for local VIPs who do not receive rebates but also gamble large amounts, was mature and would not grow. As a result of a second casino, Echo's share would be eaten into.
Due to this, PwC expects the NSW government's gambling tax take to fall by $14 million a year from 2020 – the first year that a second casino could operate.
"If Echo actually believe in those PwC numbers, then there would be no way they could recommend a further $1.1 billion expansion of The Star," the source said. "They have changed their argument and now can see the growth potential that [Crown chairman] James Packer is talking about."
But Echo argues that it has not changed its position. It contends that both mass market and rebate play can grow, but revenue from its invite-only local high roller room will be stagnant.
Sources close to Echo argue that its proposal is better placed to cater to the Asian middle class compared with Crown's proposal for a 350-room, six-star hotel and invitation-only casino, which they say will attract very wealthy visitors.
Most of Echo's proposed investment is for non-gaming tourism facilities. It expects this will lure "entertainment-seeking" local and international customers who will gamble casually, thus growing the wider non-rebate pie. Echo's proposal also includes plans for five $25,000 a night villas, to fight for growth in rebate revenue from international gamblers.
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The notion of "good bacteria" is now familiar, as is the mind-boggling variety of different bacteria we have in and on us.
Seaman's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.
Could a mind-boggling vendetta be behind the ricin letters sent to Obama and Wicker?
For Walters, who worked at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for 37 years all told, the whole escapade is mind-boggling.
And when things get that minute, mind-boggling things happen.
Then we got George W. Bush, Iraq, Katrina, and mind-boggling deficits.
It is a mind-boggling number which amounts to more than 16 percent of U.S. GDP.
This time their final would take two days, though not because they were on court for a mind-boggling six hours.
To be mentioned in the same paragraph in print with these people is mind-boggling to me.
The extent of distortion and disinformation, of efforts to control Syrians' opinions, is mind-boggling, and terrifying.
So astonishing or complex as to overwhelm the mind: The school problem is absolutely mind-boggling
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I have quite a few hobbies, some of which are cars, car audio, home theater, video games, movies, music, anime, etc. Huge fan of music in particular. I'm listening to it most of the time. I also love to get outside and toss a frisbee or go swimming or boating or especially wake tubing. I go disc golfing pretty often. I spend a lot of time working on my car and would like to get a project car to work on at some point. I also build/fix electronics/computers in my spare time.
One thing I would like to add to my list of accomplishments is to be well traveled, but unfortunately I have yet to venture beyond our conf... err, borders. I think I'd like to go to Australia the most but Europe in general would be cool, or maybe Japan. I suppose it depends on what comes up.
I'm looking for a deep, meaningful, lasting relationship. I think it would be great if we had some shared interests that we could do together. I also think that the best relationship involves the best friendship.
I also consider myself generally a good listener and advice giver. I like to help my friends out.
Books - been meaning to read more lately, but here are a few favorites so far:
-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
-Lord of the Rings
Movies - some of many. I typically prefer comedy. Also an anime fan.
-Robin Hood: Men In Tights
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Back to the Future
-Karate Kid
-Porco Rosso
-Ghost in the Shell
LOTS more...
TV - Love TV, especially anime. Sometimes I follow stuff closely, sometimes not much.
-Arrested Development
-Breaking Bad
-Doctor Who
-Game of Thrones (which should be making its way to my book list as well soon)
-How I Met Your Mother
-It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia
-The IT Crowd
-Top Gear UK
LOTS more... (I'll just say that after every list, lol)
Some anime:
-Honey & Clover
-Yakitate Japan
-Spice and Wolf
-Macross, especially Macross Plus and Macross 7
Again, lots more...
Games: Valkyria Chronicles, Lunar, some of the older Final Fantasy series, Persona series, Xenoblade Chronicles lately, Uncharted 2, Forza 4 and many others.
I am a huge fan of music and like many types. I like most 80s music including pop, rock, hair bands, pretty much whatever. I like a lot of rock. Some metal, but nothing with much screaming. I'm a big fan of alternative and that's what I've been mostly listening to lately. Here are some of many, many bands that I like: Billy Joel, Tom Petty, 10,000 Maniacs, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band, Hootie and the Blowfish, Icehouse, The Moody Blues, The Eagles, Ayreon, They Might Be Giants, Weird Al Yankovic, Cake. Jonathan Coulton is awesome. As of recent, I am also a fan of Noah and the Whale, Manchester Orchestra and Jack's Mannequin. I also like other types of music like classical and more...
Foods... Well, I must say that a good steak is hard to beat. I like chicken and turkey a lot as well, especially in buffalo sauce. Or spiced olive oil. Also a big fan of spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, and brick oven pizza. I'm also a big fan of chocolate, but who isn't?
I'd also say technology... Things to learn... And good food to eat. I'll round it out with my car, I guess.
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Do you and your kids sometimes forget to attend online class sessions? Do your teens miss due dates for assignments?
We've been guilty of both. When my oldest was in 9th grade a few years ago, I decided that it was time to eradicate that problem.
Our computers had the solution. And since my kids are in an online school, that makes it all the sweeter to have an organizer on our PCs.
So I bet you're wondering what wonderful program I found that fixed everything for us. (Well maybe not everything.)
There are actually two options for you to choose from. One is Google Calendar and the other is Microsoft Outlook. Both have nice desktop reminders for events.
Here's the play-by-play on how to use these helpful programs.
Google Calendar
Google has some top-notch tools for organizing. One of them is Google Calendar which will help you organize important events and due dates for your online school.
You use a Gmail account to get to Google Calendar. (It's the easiest way) Sign up for an account here if you don't have one.
Once you have it, sign into your account and click Calendar on the bar at the top of your screen. If you don't see it, you'll find it under the More tab. From there, follow Google's simple steps to set up your primary calendar. Don't put any school stuff in this one. We're going to make a separate one for that.
Once this calendar is set up, you will want to create a school calendar so that everything school related is separate. I did that so that I could share the school calendar with my teens. Here's how.
- Find the My calendars on the left side. Click the box with the triangle that is next to it.
- Click on Create new calendar.
- In the new window, name your calendar.
- You can add a description and location or change the time zone.
- You can share this calendar with anyone else like your spouse or teens. Just enter their email addresses under Share with specific people. Modify the permission settings to allow people to make changes in the calendar.
- Click on Create Calendar at the bottom.
Now that you have your calendar up and running, here's how to set up reminders for the classes and assignments.
Before we get started, let me point out some items that will help you maneuver around your calendar. You'll notice at the top of your calendar that there are tabs for Day, Week, Month, etc. You can click on these to change the calendar view. There are also arrows < > next to the date. You can use these to change the date. Finally, you can click on Today to go to today's date.
- To add an event, click on the date in the calendar.
- Click on Edit event.
- Name your event at the top.
- Change the dates at the top if it is an event that takes place over several days.
- To set the time for the event, uncheck the All day box. Enter start and end times in the new boxes.
- For a repeating event like an online class session, check the Repeat box.
- In this dialogue box, enter how often and on what days you want the event to repeat. You can set an ending date. I usually set this to the last day of school so that I don't get reminders all summer long.
- Click Done.
Now, back to the main Event page. Here are some final options that you can edit.
- You can put in info under Where and Description.
- You have the option to select the calendar for this event next to Calendar. I usually select my school calendar.
- Color-code events where it says Event Color.
Finally, and most importantly, set a reminder.
- Set the reminder to either email or pop-up. I like pop-ups personally because they get noticed more than emails.
- Change the minutes setting to indicate how many minutes before the appointment you want the reminder to show up.
- To have more than one reminder, just click Add a reminder.
Once you have finished setting everything, click Save at the top.
The most important thing to remember about using Google Calendar is that you need to have it open in a browser tab every day in order to receive the pop-ups. You can be working in other browsers or tabs, but the Calendar just needs to be open somewhere. So if you use this tool, try to make it a daily habit of opening up your Calendar first thing when you get online.
If you have Google Calendar set up on your smartphone, it will also alert you of events.
Microsoft Outlook
Some people prefer to use Outlook as a calendar since it is so easy to use offline. It may already be installed on your school computer.
Here are instructions on how to use Outlook for MS Office 2003 on an XP computer. If you have MS Office 2010, here is a link to a help page for that program.
- Open up Outlook by going to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Outlook.
- Click on Calendar on the left side.
Across the top you'll see some tabs for Today, Day, Work Week, Week, and Month. There are also mini calendars on the left side. Use all of these feature to maneuver around your calendar.
Here are the steps to add an event.
- Double click on a day on the Month or Week view. The Day view is another option.
- In the new window that opens, enter the event in the Subject line.
- Give the event a color under Label if desired.
- If the event takes place over several days, change the End Time.
- Uncheck the All day event box to enter a start and end time.
- For events that repeat, click on the Recurrence tab at the top. Make changes here as needed. Click on End by and to enter the last day of school.
- Click OK.
Now for that all important reminder.
- The Reminder box should be checked.
- Set the minutes.
- Select a sound for the reminder by clicking on the box with a picture of a speaker if you like.
- Click Save and Close at the top.
Now a little box will pop up on your computer and beep to remind you of an event.
You will need to open Outlook on your computer everyday in order to get the reminders.
If you think you'll forget to open it, you can set it to open automatically on Start Up. Here are instructions on how to do that. We did this with my oldest daughter's computer and she loves it. It slows down the computer's Start Up a little, but it's worth it.
Many blessings,
P.S. If you don't have Outlook on your own computer, you can buy Outlook here on Amazon for a great price.


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HowTo:Create Fake Airplane Stats
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So, you want to be famous just like all those pilots you see, right? Well first, you must read this probably short How-To guide on airplane design.
edit Specifications
The specifications will be important. Don't be ridiculous and screw up on them, or I will hunt you down...
edit (Plane Name)
Create a name for your plane, such as: the La-1, the Yak-1000, the Yak-500, etc. the real deal-$$
edit General characteristics
These are the basic stats which every plane must have.
edit Crew:
First, decide how many crew members you want on your plane. If you are designing a fighter, I would suggest using one or two people. If you are creating a bomber, the you could possibly use up to 10 people as the crew in the plane. Anything above ten is pushing it.
edit Length:
This is how long your plane will be. From its front to its tail. Again, remember the Fighter/Bomber rule. Fighters should normally be anywhere from 30 to 50 feet long, while bombers can be from 70 to 200 feet long. Please don't try to make excessively long planes, or they will be shot down.
edit Wingspan:
This is the length of the wings, from tip to tip. If your plane's wings are slanted, use this kind of stats:
Wingspan: ___ ft straight, ___ ft at ___ degree angle
Realize that bombers can also have slanted wings. Generically, a fighter will have a wingspan of 50 to 70 feet, while a bomber will have a wingspan of anywhere from 100 to 200 feet.
edit Height:
How tall the plane is. Generic fighters can be between 7 to 30 feet tall, while bombers can be between 30 to 50 feet tall.
edit Loaded weight:
The weight of the plane including bombs and guns. Unless your plane is super light, don't make it less then 100lbs. Ordinary weight for a fighter is between 10,000 to 20,000 lbs, while bombers weigh between 50,000 to 100,000 lbs.
edit Powerplant:
Now this is where it gets interesting. Both Wikipedia and Uncyclopedia have a variety of propeller, jet, and special engines you can use in your plane. Note: A fighter will have one or two engines, while a bomber will have two to eight engines.
But anyway, back to engine choices. To start with, Wikipedia, although evil, has a bunch of engines ready to be
stolen used. Engines include the DB 610, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, the Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone, and a variety of other engines. Go to Wikipedia and look up Airplane Engines to find what you're looking for.
Uncyclopedia, the place you're at now, has a variety of super-powerful engines, including the Pratt & Whitney R-4200 Triple Wasp, Pratt & Whitney R-5600 Quadruple Wasp, L-Tech Black Hole Generator, and the TYATU Communism Curry Powder 24 DVD String engine. Uncyclopedia's engines are much more powerful and reliable, but they weigh more.
edit Performance
Another important section. Here you tell the world what your aircraft can do.
edit Maximum speed:
This area is important. The faster your plane, the better it will be. If you are using a propeller, try a speed of no more then 500 mph. If you are using a jet engine, then the speed should be anywhere from 600 to over 1,000 mph.
edit Cruise speed:
To get your cruise speed, multiply your maximum speed by 0.9, and see the answer. If the answer has a decimal, round it to the nearest full mph. If it's a fraction, then you screwed up.
edit Range:
If your plane has a super-powerful engine, then you will have less range. Lighter engines, although not as powerful, will allow you to go much farther.
edit Armament
If you like killing stuff, perk up right now.
edit Guns:
Guns are important to your plane. If you've run out of missiles, then you use guns. Some of the best guns include the 20mm cannon, the Browning .50 cal., the Vulcan Cannon, the Laser, the Phaser, the Disruptor, and the EMP.
edit Bombs:
Bombs and Missiles are also important weapons. Nuclear bombs are the best, but weigh a lot. Generically, use 1,000 lb bombs to start with, then add whatever missiles you want.
edit Notes
Just add a couple notes down here.
edit Conclusion:
And that's it. You just created an airplane. Be sure to post its stats in the Hangar.


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Friends and Family #6
Albert Anastasia's last trip to the Barber
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
|your thoughts:
The series is: Friends and Family
2 comments:
- Vanwall said...
Yes, definitely a more manly setting than getting it eating scungilli in a cheap restaurant like the "Ubazze".
- June 10, 2007 5:18 PM
- Robert Fiore said...
There's a story an old co-worker of mine told me that I always think of as a perfect example of New York wit. It was the day after the Anastasia hit and he's in an elevator with a stranger, so he says, "That was nice work yesterday in the barber shop."
Like a shot, the other guy replies, "You saw me!?"
- June 10, 2007 6:58 PM
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Since 2001, Jesuit High School has been home to an adult education program for people who want to learn English as a second language. The Hurtado Center focuses on adult and youth English language acquisition, computer literacy and youth mentoring. Approximately 150 people from surrounding Washington County area participate in evening ESL classes each year. First the students are assessed and then placed into the corresponding language level class. Classes are twice weekly for a 10-week term, with each class lasting two hours.
In addition to our adult programs, we have a Homework/Mentor component for the children of the Hurtado Center's students. Family commitments in the evenings often prevent people from taking ESL classes, and it is our hope that providing this support will invite and encourage more members of the community to begin and remain participating in the center. The Homework/Mentor component will be a time for the Jesuit High School students to provide tutoring assistance and mentoring to elementary and middle school children of the center's students.
The Hurtado Center is organized and directed by Ms. Chely Castillo. While Chely is present at the evening sessions, the classes themselves are taught and tutored by volunteers. Chely conducts orientation and training sessions for all volunteers regarding teaching methods for working with English language learners.
The success of this program is directly dependent upon volunteer support. Many community members have generously and selflessly donated their time and knowledge to the Hurtado Center, and we are truly thankful for them. But we are always looking for new people to be involved! We extend the invitation to be a part of the Hurtado Center to faculty, spouses, partners, parents, alumni, and other beloved members of the Jesuit community.
Here's how you can be involved:
Knowledge of Spanish is helpful, but not required to be a volunteer. We ask that if you decide you would like to volunteer, please make sure that you can commit to the entire 10-week term. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Chely Castillo at 503-291-5482 or the Christian Service Office at 503-291-5463.


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MLB Baseball - Preview
The New York Mets and the San Diego Padres will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at PETCO Park.
The Mets will give the ball to starter Matt Harvey in this one. Righthander Harvey is 9-4 this season with a 2.23 ERA.
It'll be Eric Stults toeing the rubber for the Padres in this contest. Lefthander Stults is 8-10 with a 3.68 ERA so far this season.
The Mets were an 8-2 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Padres. That made winners of bettors who got San Diego at -110 on the moneyline, while the total score (10) was good news for OVER bettors.
Team records:
New York: 56-65 SU
San Diego: 55-68 SU
New York most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 3-7
After playing San Diego are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5
San Diego most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Pittsburgh are 10-0
After playing NY Mets are 4-6
After a win are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Mets's last 9 games when playing on the road against San Diego
NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
San Diego is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Diego's last 9 games when playing at home against NY Mets
San Diego is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets
San Diego is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games
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Never before has the term "unspun" - Johnson supporters' term of endearment - been so exact a synonym for "shambles". It was excruciating.
Yet Johnson's incoherence got me down, too: partly because his procession to his party's nomination underlines how much the office he aspires to has been claimed by celebrity; partly because the other day I felt a twinge of admiration for him for the first time.
Johnson came to my home borough of Hackney on Monday afternoon, arriving unaccompanied in a dingy meeting room on Woodberry Down estate. There he was received by two of Hackney's tiny minority of Tory councillors and half a dozen working-class Tory voters, the most vocal of whom regaled him with a grievance about the estate's rather tortured regeneration programme. Boris asked as many questions as it took until the context of the complaint became clearer. His perseverance struck me as admirable.
Waving Dave's localist flag, he repeated his desire to give the boroughs more freedom from central mayoral control. Certain tensions made an appearance too. Woodberry Down is in New River ward, whose electors include many of Stamford Hill's Orthodox Jews. Among these is one of the councillors at the meeting with Boris. When he claimed Labour was failing to meet his community's housing needs, one of the gentiles in attendance made a remark about special treatment and integration.
It was a moment of discord, but one that threw into relief contradictions that Conservatism at large needs to resolve. It wants individual liberty and cultural conformity, decentralisation and control, tradition and modernity. Thatcher got away with pretending these paradoxes did not exist; Cameron has yet to synthesise them convincingly. London's kaleidoscopic human variety focuses their implications vividly. What is a posh MP for Henley meant to do?
· Dave Hill is a novelist and blogger.


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- This week, a group of bike riders decided to make the Northwoods home. Pedal Across Wisconsin first started in 1985 and they have made trips to Rhinelander for the last few decades.
This year, they reached a new record with 140 riders and they had to make two trips instead of the usual one. They are in Rhinelander this weekend, Eagle River next week, and then will do it all over again the week after for the second group of riders.
"I bet you 80% are repeats. So they're coming back, as a matter of fact, some are doing two and three tours a year, they're having such a great time with us," said organizer and rider, Pamela Rulau.
Those 140 riders come from all over the United States. Pedal Across Wisconsin's main focus is to give riders a quiet, scenic and safe route. Which is something the Northwoods has to offer.
"For bikers, it's lovely because there's not a lot of traffic on the roads. Most of these people live in more urban areas where there's a lot of cars. So coming up here and riding in these beautiful areas with very light traffic and very courteous traffic, it's wonderful," said organizer, Janice Goldman.
While in Rhinelander, the group meets at the Perch Lake Shelter off County K and ride in that area. Pedal Across Wisconsin has seven trips a year, five of them in Wisconsin, one in Washington state and one in the Florida Keys. If you would like to join the group follow the link below.
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Former Olympians visit UW-Stevens Point with their Team First Soccer Academy
Submitted: 07/22/2017
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- Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tisha Venturini won five Olympic Gold Medals, five World Cup Championships and 12 NCAA titles between the three of them.
Now that their soccer careers have come to an end, they now travel the US teaching the next generation of players. This weekend, their camp called Team First Soccer Academy is in Stevens Point.
So what exactly is it like for a junior soccer player from Wisconsin Rapids to not only meet her soccer idols, but to play with them?
"They've always been an inspiration to me. Mia Hamm, you watch soccer, if you watch soccer, you know who Mia Hamm is, you know who Kristine Lilly is, you know who they are. It's amazing that they're ten feet in front of me teaching me how to do soccer drills, it's awesome," said 15-year-old Hannah Nyman
Kristine Lilly knows how to handle that excitement but she uses the camp as a way to show kids that she's also a regular person, not just a player.
"Wow! She's not really that tall, she's not really that big, but she's good," said Lilly.
The soccer stars are trying to visit all 50 states with their camp.
This is their first time in Wisconsin. They came to UW-Stevens Point because the women's head coach, Dawn Crow, was their teammate at the University of North Carolina where the team went 97-1-1.
"Any opportunity to help a teammate and support what they're trying to build in this community is important for us," said Hamm.
So how did they decide exactly to do this team oriented camp?
"We played for the National team together for 17 years and we saw each other every month, for months on end and so selfishly we wanted to see each other and we also wanted to share the love of the game," said Lilly.
That love of the game is now being shared with the next generation, which to Kristine is an inspiration.
"We grew up with no female role models, at least in soccer, it was all male predominantly in every sport," said Lilly.
Mia Hamm knows how big of a role model she is, and she takes the time and effort to give back to the soccer world.
"We're not here to show up and sign some autographs and go have coffee for the rest of the afternoon. We're, as you can see, on the field, a part of every part of this curriculum, every session," said Hamm.
That hard work pays off for the campers, which makes the experience of meeting these huge soccer stars even better.
"These women are really good and really strong players and I think that encourages us to become like them," said Nyman.
Other former teammate, Tisha Venturini is usually at the camps with Mia and Kristine, but was back home due to family matters. The camp will continue into Sunday and then the team first crew will be on to their next stop.
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Lumberjacks and lumberjills travel from all around the world to compete in the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward
Submitted: 07/21/2017
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- Chopping, sawing and log rolling pretty much sum up the jobs of lumberjacks. And for the last 58 years, Hayward, Wisconsin hosts the Lumberjack World Championships.
Kate Witkowski loves traveling to Hayward every year for the world championship weekend.
"This is THE big event so if you win this, you get to call yourself a world champion," said Witkowski.
Kate is from Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin and got her start as a lumber"jill" when she was at UW-Stevens Point.
But not all lumberjacks are from Wisconsin, or even the United States.
"Yes, I am the first Belgian competitor here at the World Lumberjack Championships," said Koen Mrartens.
Mrartens is from the Province of Antwerp in Belgium. He is a tree climber arborist, which is how he got into the world of lumberjack-ing.
"There are a lot of good competitors here so it's a good opportunity for me to learn," said Mrartens.
With competitors coming from all over the world, why is the event held in Hayward, Wisconsin? Because of the lumberjack history.
"Lumberjack sports started as a professional career. There were lumberjacks running down the rivers with the logs. Which adds a historical context and a nice culture to the event and I'm really proud to say I'm from Wisconsin and I have that background," said Witkowski.
The female lumberjack culture has grown quite a bit since then. And Kate couldn't be happier.
"I think that challenge in itself is pretty appealing to me. We kind of have to work a little bit harder to make a name for ourselves and prove that we deserve to be here," said Witkowski.
It was a little nerve-racking to watch the lumberjacks and Jills handling such axes and saws and going so fast. But to them, it's simpler than that.
"What's going through my head when I'm chopping? Is just chopping, nothing else, just chopping. It's me, my axe and the block beneath me," said Mrartens.
Koen is a pretty straight-forward guy. Even when it comes to summing up his experience in Wisconsin.
"It's awesome. Just one word- it's awesome to be here," said Mrartens.
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Rhinelander hosts legion baseball's regional tournament
Submitted: 07/19/2017
- The Rhinelander Rebels hosted the first round of the regional legion baseball tournament Wednesday night.
Merrill faced off against Eagle River to get the regional, double-elimination tournament started on Wednesday. Merrill won 17-3.
Next up was Antigo and Minocqua.
The game started off with Antigo's bats on fire. Run after run would make it home and Antigo would take down Minocqua 13-3.
As of now, predications are showing that it could come down to a battle between Antigo and Rhinelander in the final game Saturday night.
Rhinelander vs. Shawano started at about 8:15 Wednesday to end the night of games.
Full tournament schedule:
Game 1: Merrill vs. Northwoods, 3 p.m.
Game 2: Antigo vs. Minocqua, 5:30 p.m.
Game 3: Shawano vs. Rhinelander, 8 p.m.
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 3 p.m.
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 5:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 8 p.m.
If Winner of Game 1 win Game 5
Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 8 p.m.
If Loser of Game 3 wins Game 5
Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 5:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 8 p.m.
If Winner of Game 1 wins Game 5 OR If Loser of Game 3 wins Game 5 AND Winner of Game 6 wins Game 9
Game 10: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9, 5:30 p.m.
Game 11: Repeat Game 10 (if necessary), 8 p.m.
If Loser of Game 3 wins Game 5 AND Winner of Game 7 wins Game 9
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 9, 5:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10, 8 p.m.
Rain Date, if necessary
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Tomahawk woman meets Danica Patrick through the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Submitted: 07/19/2017
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- Eighteen-year old Tomahawk native Gabrielle Jahn knows every turn of the Tomahawk Speedway by heart. She's watched races at the track her whole life, and even raced on the clay oval last summer. But Gabby wasn't always able to race.
"She was in casts for two years. It was hard," said Gabby's mother, Krysta.
Gabby has a progressive neurological disorder that affects her legs.
"I would be tripping and falling and all this nonsense," said Gabby.
It all started when Gabby was two. She underwent years of testing without ever finding concrete answers. Then, her life took another tough turn.
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Three Lakes hosts Brian Butch basketball camp for second straight year
Submitted: 07/18/2017
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- Sports camps teach you to respect the game, your teammates, and coaches. In Three Lakes, basketball players had no trouble looking up to their coach for the day on Monday. That's because that coach has played all over the world.
Brian Butch towers over young basketball players in Three Lakes like a giant.
"I've never even seen somebody his height before," said Three Lakes senior Karlie Volk.
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UW-Stevens Point hosts Wisconsin's first sports analytics conference
Submitted: 07/16/2017
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- Sports today include more technology than ever before. Science is more advanced, data is more easily available, and coaches and athletes are more willing to use it all.
On Thursday July 13, UW-Stevens Point hosted the Great Lakes Analytics in Sports conference to allow people to teach, learn, and share everything they know.
"This is the way of the world now, whether it's in sport or anything else. It's analyzing data to make smarter and more efficient decisions," said Robert Morris University Sport Management Professor John Clark.
Those decisions about strategy, practice, and even medical benefits are backed by numbers more than ever before. That's why UWSP decided to host Wisconsin's first ever sports analytics conference.
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Whitecap Kayak offers people a chance to learn more about the sport
Submitted: 07/15/2017
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- Summertime in Northern and Central Wisconsin means time spent on the water. That usually means time on a boat for fishing or just for leisure. Another popular way to enjoy the water is in a kayak. And Wausau offers one of the best locations for it.
"It's really just enjoyable to be out on the water and you're always learning," said Whitecap Kayak Neal Schroeter.
Thanks to Whitecap Kayak, learning the ropes of whitewater kayaking is better than ever. Schroeter started the company 12 years ago to teach young people about the sport.
"As they learn, then we have them help instruct and lead trips," said Schroeter.
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Packers' preseason schedule released
Submitted: 04/10/2017
- The Packers 2017 preseason opponents were announced Monday.
The Pack will face the Eagles, Redskins, Broncos, and Rams.
Green Bay will host the Eagles to start the preseason before traveling to play Washington and Denver on the road.
Then the Pack will conclude the preaseason with another home game against the Rams.
Exact dates and times will be announced in the near future.
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Topple-seed: Wisconsin stuns Villanova 65-62 in NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Submitted: 03/18/2017
- Top-seeded Villanova was bounced from the NCAA Tournament by eighth-seeded Wisconsin, which overcame foul trouble for two of its stars in the second half Saturday to upset the defending champions 65-62 in the East region.
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Koenig hits five 3s on Senior Day, No. 22 Badgers beats Gophers
Submitted: 03/05/2017
- MADISON, Wis. (AP) Senior guard Bronson Koenig scored 17 points in his final home game, combining with D'Mitrik Trice to give No. 22 Wisconsin's offense a second-half boost in a 66-49 victory over Minnesota on Sunday.
The Badgers (23-8, 12-6 Big Ten) secured the second seed in the conference tournament and got a sorely needed confidence boost to end the regular season after having lost five of their previous six games.
Nate Mason had 17 points for Minnesota (23-8, 11-7). The Golden Gophers had won eight straight.
Koenig hit five 3s in the second half, including baskets on three straight possessions with less than 3 minutes left. Trice had a four-point play after getting fouled on a 3-pointer with 12:24 left, before hitting a layup about 20 seconds later.
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No. 11 Wisconsin beats No. 23 Maryland 71-60 in Big 10 tilt
Submitted: 02/19/2017
- MADISON, Wis. (AP) �" Nigel Hayes scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, Ethan Happ had 20 points and No. 11 Wisconsin beat No. 23 Maryland 71-60 in a choppy, foul-filled game on Sunday.
The Badgers (22-5, 11-3) overcame 27 points from Terrapins guard Melo Trimble to snap a two-game losing streak and stay in a tie atop the Big Ten with Purdue.
Bronson Koenig scored all nine of his points in the second half, giving the Badgers a lift with his jump shot after the senior missed a game with a left calf injury. Wisconsin shot 51 percent in the second half.
Wisconsin pulled away slowly, turning a six-point halftime deficit into a 12-point edge with 3 minutes to go in a game that lacked flow because of frequent whistles.
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Northwestern secures big win, beats No. 7 Wisconsin 66-59
Submitted: 02/12/2017
- Bryant McIntosh scored 25 points, and defensive-minded Northwestern beat No. 7 Wisconsin 66-59 on Sunday, securing an important win for the school's bid to make its first-ever NCAA Tournament.
Dererk Pardon added 11 for the Wildcats (19-6, 8-4), who confounded the Big Ten-leading Badgers by doubling dominant big man Ethan Happ.
Nigel Hayes scored nine of his 13 points in the second half for the Badgers (21-4, 10-2), who had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
The Badgers didn't let up despite falling behind by 10 with 1 minute left, closing to 60-55 with less than 15 seconds after Zak Showalter hit two foul shots.
But McIntosh followed with two free throws with 42 seconds left, and Wisconsin ran out of time.
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Falcons rout Packers for NFC Championship
Submitted: 01/23/2017
- The Atlanta Falcons are headed to their second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history after routing the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the NFC championship game.
Matt Ryan threw for four touchdowns, including a 73-yard catch and run for a highlight-reel score by star receiver Julio Jones. The defense played just as crucial a role in containing quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' offense.
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Packer's Jordy Nelson out for game against Cowboys
Submitted: 01/13/2017
- Receiver Jordy Nelson will miss the Green Bay Packers' divisional round playoff game on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys because of injured ribs.
Coach Mike McCarthy said on Friday that Nelson would not be medically cleared to take part in the team's final practice on Saturday, and that the medical staff determined that Nelson would not be ready for the game.
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Money Monday: February 24, 2014 - FINALS EDITIONPosted by Amanda Wysk in Financial Aid Office on Feb 24, 2014 4:42:00 PM
It's a busy week with finals here. As you will see, there's also a lot of new scholarship opportunities as well as 10 scholarships due this week. Several of those are only for MSOE students and come with PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS.
Focus on your exams, but if you need a break (or once you're all done- yay!), why not apply to a scholarship?
Added Today
Deadline Extended: Penneco Scholarship - DUE February 28th, 2014
MSOE EE Students: $4,000 Bruno Independent Living Aids Scholarship - DUE March 17th, 2014
MSOE EE & ME Students: $11,500 Helwig Carbon Scholarship - DUE March 17, 2014
Nursing Students: $5,000 Marshfield Clinic Scholarships - DUE March 17, 2014
Current/Prospective Engineering & MIS Students: $2,500 Great Lakes Scholarship - DUE April 5, 2014
MSOE-Specific Scholarships
Hamilton Family Foundation Scholarship - Due 2-24-14
Saint-Gobain Scholarship - Due 2-24-14
Weimer Industries Business Development Scholarship - Due 2-26-14
Weimer Industries Engineering Scholarship - Due 2-26-14
Thomas J. Stobbs/TLX Technologies Scholarship - Due 3-6-14
WAICU/ATI-Ladish Scholarship - Due 3-7-14
Daniel J. Moceri Scholarship - Due 3-7-14
Bruno Independent Living Aids Scholarship - Due 3-17-14
Helwig Carbon Scholarship - Due 3-17-14
Precision Plus Scholarship - Due 4-1-14
Scholarships due This Week
MSOE EE Students: $2,000 Hamilton Family Foundation Scholarship- DUE TODAY
MSOE students only: Saint-Gobain Endowed Scholarship, DUE February 25, 2014
MSOE Students Only: Weimer Industries Business Development Scholarship, DUE February 26, 2014
MSOE EE, CE, SE, ME Students: Weimer Industries Engineering Scholarship, DUE February 26, 2014
Deadline Extended: Penneco Scholarship - DUE February 28th, 2014
Current or Prospective Business Majors & Engineering Majors: $25,000 Buick Achievers Scholarship - DUE February 28th, 2014
Involved in Community Service/Volunteering? $2,000 Scholarship- DUE February 28th, 2014
Current Nursing Students: $2,000 Scholarship, DUE March 1st, 2014
High School Seniors & College Freshman: Peace Scholarship, DUE March 1st, 2014
Any Engineering Field: $5000 Steinman Scholarship- DUE March 1st, 2014
High School Seniors: $5000 Diversity in Engineering Scholarship - DUE March 1st, 2014
Best of luck on exams as well as the scholarships you apply for! May the odds be ever in your favor!


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Report: Mindy McCready's Boyfriend Committed Suicide
Sad news comes from Herber Springs, Arkansas this morning (January 15) as police reports confirm the reason behind Mindy McCready's boyfriend's death.
The 37-year-old country singer dated David Wilson for more than two years and found him dead on Sunday (January 13).
According to the Cleburne County Sherriff's Office, the 34-year-old record producer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, but was reported dead upon arrival.
Wilson was the father of the "Guys Do it All the Time" singer's 9-month-old son, Zayne. Mindy is also the mother of 6-year-old Zander, with Billy McKnight.
On Monday (January 14), McCready released a statement, which read, "Today, we mourn the loss of my life partner and my children's father, David Wilson. David was my soulmate; he was a caregiver and guiding hand to our sons, Zander and Zayne. He was a precious gift from God to all of us and, yesterday, he returned home and is now with his mother and father."
"David loved and he was loved. Those who knew and loved him will miss him; those who did not know David missed the opportunity to know a truly loving and gifted man."
Before appearing on "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," Mindy reportedly attempted to commit suicide multiple times.


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I have been trying a linux version. If you would like to try it drop me a line.
V1.08 fixes a bug w/ 16F628 & other flash2 types, that was in V1.07
(also includes changes for linux version, not released yet)
V1.07 has added support for most members of the 12 & 14 bit families, including the new flash types.
Particularly notable is the 12F675, which we are programming before Microchip!
The Windows version (PPWIN) is now compiled using the Borland Free C5.5 compiler, but it presently uses the cc3250.dll. If you can help fix the makefile to link this in, it would be appreciated.
V1.04 checked into CVS and binary and snapshot releases available.
Additions to web page
24/11/01 Separated PicTypes_list into an include file to make changes easier
24/11/01 changed is_flash to PromType, and created an enumeration for it
24/11/01 removed unused file tdlportio.c from project
24/11/01 added type 3 programming and erasing (F7X). Always forces bulk erase before programming
24/11/01 changed the program pulse times. Created global for bulk erase time
24/11/01 added 40 new eprom PIC's. added boden bit to 16C62A
24/11/01 added a "noerase" command to block autoerasing of F7X to allow patching
25/11/01 remove autoduck help code from pphw.c
25/11/01 fixed html tags in plain text help output. fixed newlines in plain text
25/11/01 added "-help=16F8" listing of specific pic device, with wildcard
The new version V1.02 adds NT/2000 support, more PIC's, enhanced help and minor fixes.
The source code structure for OS dependent port interfacing has changed.


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Crown Point Bridge Updates -- October 27
Crown Point Bridge Update -- Tuesday, October 27
For Immediate Release: October 26, 2009
NY Contact: Marissa Shorenstein | firstname.lastname@example.com | 212.681.4640 | 518.474.8418
VT Contact: Dennise Casey | State of Vermont | 802.828.3333
New York and Vermont Transportation Agencies Continue Work to Assess Bridge Deterioration and Develop a Repair Plan
In response to the recent Champlain Bridge closure, New York Governor David A. Paterson and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas today announced transportation alternatives so that residents can cross Lake Champlain. New York and Vermont have reached an agreement with the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry operator to offer free ferry service between Ticonderoga, New York and Shoreham, Vermont and with Lake Champlain Transportation to offer free ferry service at the Essex/Charlotte crossing. Also, starting tomorrow, free express bus service will bring commuters to three major employers in Vermont. In addition, pedestrian ferry service has been established north of the Lake Champlain Bridge between Westport, New York and Basin Harbor, Vermont.
"Governor Douglas and I continue to work diligently on both sides of the Lake to offer transportation alternatives to New York and Vermont residents who have been impacted by the closure of the Champlain Bridge," Governor Paterson said. "We will continue to work with Vermont to find temporary solutions for crossing Lake Champlain and longer-term solutions for reopening the bridge to traffic."
Governor Douglas said: "Governor Paterson shares my commitment to easing the burden on commuters, reestablishing truck and agricultural vehicle traffic, and allowing businesses and families to get across Lake Champlain in a safe affordable and timely manner. These alternatives are an important step in that direction. We are going to continue to make this our top transportation priority."
Free Ferry Service
Both New York and Vermont officials have reached an agreement with Lake Champlain Transportation to subsidize free ferry service for passenger vehicles, motorcycles, buses, fuel trucks and standard-width agricultural vehicles, including dairy trucks crossing the lake between Essex, New York and Charlotte, Vermont. The two states also reached an agreement with the operator of the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry to offer free service between Ticonderoga, New York and Shoreham, Vermont. The free services will begin tomorrow.
Express Bus Service
New express commuter bus service between New York and three major Vermont employers will also begin tomorrow. The free commuter service will transport workers between two parking locations in New York to Porter Medical Center and Middlebury College in Middlebury and the B.F. Goodrich plant in Vergennes. The two-hour bus trips will run Monday through Friday, with morning pick ups and evening drop offs occurring at the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry site and the boat launch on Dock Lane in Port Henry. Buses will depart New York at 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. each morning and will depart Vermont at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. each evening.
Pedestrian Ferry
A pedestrian ferry between Westport and Basin Harbor began operating today. Parking is available at no charge at the Essex County Fairgrounds and complementary shuttle bus service will transport pedestrian passengers to the ferry. Parking is also available at the Basin Harbor Club in Vermont.
Shuttle Bus Service
Essex County Transit and Addison County Transit will operate shuttle buses between several park-and-ride locations set up in New York and the ferries. Routes are expected to include Crown Point and Ticonderoga in New York and the B.F. Goodrich plant in Vermont.
Anne Noonan, Vice President of Marketing and Traffic at Trailways Transportation System said: "We are pleased to be working with the New York State Department of Transportation to offer assistance to those who need transportation at this time."
Other Options Being Explored
At the direction of both Governor Paterson and Governor Douglas, New York and Vermont transportation officials continue to explore additional ferry service options. The Ticonderoga Ferry and Essex/Charlotte Ferry have already extended their operating hours, utilizing lights provided by the New York State Department of Transportation. The states are also examining options for an expanded vehicle ferry service that could accommodate trucks at the Ticonderoga ferry location.
The two states continue to move forward with structural assessments of the Lake Champlain Bridge. Diving inspections performed last week and over the weekend revealed that two piers supporting the bridge are in need of repair. Additional piers will undergo further underwater inspections this week, after deep mud and zebra mussels are removed from the structures. A plan is being developed to encase the deteriorating piers in reinforced concrete, though the repair work could take several months to complete.
New York is exploring the option of installing a temporary bridge south of Ticonderoga to carry traffic in the interim. Locations adjacent to the current bridge are not feasible because of the fragility of the existing structure.
Public Forums
Work continues on a repair plan to reopen the 2,184-foot-long bridge between Crown Point, New York, and Chimney Point, Vermont. Public meetings regarding the bridge closure have been set up for Tuesday, October 27, at the Addison Central School located at 121 Vermont Route 17W, Addison; and on Wednesday, October 28 at the Moriah Central School located at 29 Viking Lane, Port Henry. Both meetings will begin at 7 p.m. Additional information will be provided at the meetings.
Vermont Director Announced
Governor Douglas today also announced that he has tapped 34 year New York Department of Transportation veteran and current Vermont Agency of Transportation project manager, Jim Harris to lead Vermont's multi-faceted approach to managing the Champlain Bridge closure.
"Jim Harris' leadership skills and his ability to manage challenges that extend beyond transportation make him more than qualified for this vital role," said Governor Douglas. "He has more has 40 years of experience in transportation and project management. His expertise on the ground in Addison County everyday dealing with the wide-range of challenges, from economic and jobs loss to agriculture, caused by this transportation crisis will be essential."
Harris' responsibilities will extend beyond the transportation situation caused by the Champlain Bridge closure. Harris will act as the point of contact for all Vermont state agencies and departments as well as local officials and the public.
For More Information
In New York, Governor Paterson has established a toll-free hotline, 1-888-769-7243, and a walk-in outreach center at the bridge. Additional information about the bridge and available options for crossing Lake Champlain is available at http://www.lcbclosure.org. Vermont residents can call 211 for information regarding the bridge closure. An Addison County office location for Vermont Project Manager Jim Harris will be announced soon.
Crown Point Bridge Update -- Thursday, October 22
Public Information Meetings scheduled by New York State Department of Transportation and Vermont Agency of Transportation:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
7 p.m.
Addison Central School
121 VT Route 17W
Addison, Vermont 05491
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
7 p.m.
Moriah Central School
39 Viking Lane
Port Henry, New York 12974
New York State has set up a toll-free hot line at (888)769-7243. The hot line is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, and businesses and area residents are encouraged to call to express concerns as well as offer suggestions.
An outreach center is located in the Lake Champlain Visitor's Center at 814 Bridge Road in Crown Point. The center, also open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be reached by calling (518)485-1159. The hot line and outreach center will inform residents and businesses of state and federal resources available to mitigate the hardship caused by the bridge closure.
The NYSDOT has had divers in the water to collect core samples from the piers needed to determine their strength and are in the process of reviewing the data they currently have, as well as the new data they are collecting, to design repairs and develop a time line for reopening the bridge.
Options such as a temporary bridge or temporary ferry landing are being analyzed by both New York State and Vermont.
Other options being considered include setting up park and ride locations and creating a bussing system to help commuters.
Senator Little is continuing to push the DOT and Governor on daily basis to come up with a solution as soon as possible. She has also met with federal representatives, including U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.


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Palo Alto, Calif. HP Enterprise Services said Tuesday that Dutch supermarket conglomerate Ahold has extended its existing relationship with HP by signing a new seven-year infrastructure and applications services agreement.
The contract extension is designed to reduce the complexity and improve the efficiency of Ahold's technology environment.
Under the terms of the agreement, HP will continue to provide management and support services for Ahold's global data center environment, which includes mainframes, servers and storage. In addition, HP will implement HP Business Service Automation to make server and storage capabilities more robust and more highly available. Ahold will use HP ProLiant rack servers, HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays as well as HP ProCurve 2610 and 5412 switches.
HP also will provide network services for Ahold's extensive network that connects its supply chain and distribution with its 3,000 stores, warehouses and office locations across Europe and the United States.
Ahold's workplace computing environment for more than 200,000 Ahold associates in Europe and the United States will continue to be managed by HP.


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Today Is Flag Day...How Well Do You Know Your American Flag?
(*Flag day poster from 1917 courtesy Wikipedia and Library of commons)
From Wikipedia.com...
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.[1] The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday. Title 36 of the United States Code, Subtitle I, Part A, CHAPTER 1, § 110 is the official statute on Flag Day; however, it is at the President's discretion to officially proclaim the observance. On June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 63,
November 2011 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Chicago, Illinois November 4-9, 2011.
Lipid-Antigen Presentation by CD1d B Cells Is Essential for the Maintenance of Inkt Cells: Aberrant B Cells From Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Impair Inkt Cell Homeostasis.
Bosma1, Anneleen, Abdel-Gadir1, Azza, Isenberg2, David A., Mauri1, Claudia, Jury1, E.C.
University College London, London, United Kingdom
University College London, London WC1E 6JF, United Kingdom
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by a profound breakdown in immune-regulatory mechanisms. Disease pathogenesis is complex but recent research has centred on the role of B cells secreting pathogenic auto-antibodies. However, B cells have other essential functions including CD1d-mediated lipid-antigen presentation to invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, a specialised T cell subset with regulatory function in both innate and adaptive immunity. Very few studies have examined the role of B cells on the maintenance of iNKT cells in the context of lupus. Profound reductions in iNKT cell frequency have been reported in SLE patients. To consider the in vivo role that B cells play in iNKT cell homeostasis and whether B cell dysfunction drives iNKT cell abnormality in lupus patients, we exploited B cell depletion therapy (rituximab) as an in vivo human model.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were collected from 250 patients with SLE and 90 healthy controls. Patients had active disease (BILAG>6) before rituximab treatment. Patients were considered B cell depleted (BCD) when B cell levels were below 5 cells/ml and in most cases their disease became inactive (BILAG <6). Responding patients remained in remission with inactive disease after B cell repopulation; non-responding patients developed active disease when B cells repopulated. B cell and iNKT cell phenotyping was determined by flow cytometry. To assess iNKT cell function PBMC were stimulated with a-galactocylceramide (aGC) for 7 days and iNKT cell proliferation and aGC driven cytokine profiles determined.
SLE iNKT cells displayed an activated phenotype with clustered invariant (i)TCRs compared with dispersed iTCR distribution in iNKT cells from healthy individuals. In addition, compared to healthy, lupus iNKT cells expressed increased levels of CD69 paralleled by enhanced expression of surface Annexin V. Furthermore, we show that while healthy iNKT cells proliferate in response to in vitro a- aGC stimulation, SLE iNKT cells lack this capacity. When lupus patients were treated with rituximab, iNKT cell numbers remained low in the absence of B cells and in patients who had repopulated their B cell populations but did not respond clinically to treatment. However, iNKT cell numbers increased in patients with repopulated B cells responding to treatment, iNKT cells from these patients also regained their capacity to proliferate in response to aGC. We found that B cells from patients with SLE display significantly reduced levels of surface CD1d, compared to the levels expressed by healthy B cells. The expression of CD1d on B cells was exclusively recovered on B cell-repopulated patients responding to rituximab therapy and directly correlated with iNKT frequency.
These findings support our hypothesis that auto-reactive B cells in SLE patients impair iNKT cell-mediated responses and that B cell depletion therapy may restore this interaction by "resetting" the balance of B cell-iNKT cell homeostasis.
Funded by Arthritis Research UK Career Development award to ECJ (18106) and programme grant to CM (MP/17707) and Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Rheumatism Programme (AB). ECJ and CM share senior authorship.
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Bosma, Anneleen, Abdel-Gadir, Azza, Isenberg, David A., Mauri, Claudia, Jury, E.C.; Lipid-Antigen Presentation by CD1d B Cells Is Essential for the Maintenance of Inkt Cells: Aberrant B Cells From Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Impair Inkt Cell Homeostasis. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2011;63 Suppl 10 :1662


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On Saturday, 27 October 2012, we were in Bau to see the Jong Regatta 2012 event. It is a sailing competition using a small sail boat. Basically, you just let go of the small sail boat called 'Jong' and let the wind carry it to the other end of the lake. The first boat to reach the end would be the winner.
We arrived at about 10am, just in time to see the 3rd round of the race. There was also a remote control speed boat showcase. There were few booths on display too. The booth we were particularly interested in was the mining booth, North Borneo Gold. There were old photographs and history of the mining but they strictly stated no photographs allowed so we didn't take any.
These are the photographs we took on that day.
Reaching Bau town.
Looks deserted? That's because almost everyone was at Bau Lake for the event. So we headed there straight away.
We reached the lake and saw many spectators all lined up waiting for the event. There was a remote control power boat racing as well. Small as it looks, the noise it makes was deafening. So we walked on to see what else was going on.
Some awesome power was shown by this little power boat.
All lined up, ready for some action.
There were distraction of all sorts including this mouth watering BBQ chicken wings.
More food!
Very difficult not to think about food as we walked along to our destination.
There it is! A 'Jong'. This is what they used for the race. It is actually a miniature yacht.
Participants waiting for their 'Jong' to be transferred to the starting line.
Some participants were already in the water getting ready. I should say, between their feet and the bottom of the lake, that's a whole 300ft (91m).
All lined up, ready for the race. The weather was nice. It was windy and not too hot.
There they go! The wind will carry all the small boats to the finishing line which is on the other end of the lake.
This was a beauty. There were more 'Jong' to be seen but we were heading to a booth we were interested in. We had to remind ourselves that we were there for our 'Project Blue Lake'.
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This work was created by combining a film negative (the portrait) with a digital image (the floral background). In one print, I created a series of holes with a pin and hand-stitched a series of beads. I am excited about this new direction in my practice, where handwork is becoming of greater importance in the final print/image. I am interested in taking the photographic image beyond two-dimensional form and making it an object with which the viewer can have a unique interaction. The altered image is pictured on a light table, but I created it with the idea that the viewer could hold it up and examine it, with the image changing as the print shifted and reacted to the light source.
Original Image, Digital Print.
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Obama administration to ask for more Iron Dome funds
The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to fund additions to Israel's Iron Dome defense system.
"The Department of Defense has been in conversations with the government of Israel about U.S. support for the acquisition of additional Iron Dome systems and intends to request an appropriate level of funding from Congress to support such acquisitions based on Israeli requirements and production capacity," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a statement on March 27.
The short-range anti-missile system, funded in part by a $205 million U.S. grant, helped stop as many as 80 percent of missiles launched from the Gaza Strip toward heavily populated areas during recent tensions on that border.
Republicans in Congress have slammed Obama for what they say is underfunding of Israel's missile defense, although he has doubled the spending for this period projected by his predecessor, President George W. Bush.
Top congressional Democrats praised the announcement and said they would back the funding through bipartisan legislation already under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), a member of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee, said in a statement that he would work "to robustly fund Iron Dome."
Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee who introduced the most recent legislation with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the committee chair, called Panetta's statement a "further step in the right direction."
Meanwhile, an Iron Dome battery was deployed March 26 in the Gush Dan area of central Israel as part of an exercise to test the system's ability to protect Tel Aviv from rockets and missiles.


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Gwyn Tophan has a great article on David Pryce Jones who wrote what I believe to be the most fanatical anti-French book of the last few years, Betrayal: France, the Arabs and the Jews. Since I'm incapable of saying anything remotely objective about Pryce Jones although in spite of my lack of objectivity I believe that I'm fair and right when I state that Pryce Jones's anti-French sentiment takes the form of fanaticism, which is similar to Chávezism, I'm just going to quote what Tophan writes:
But it turns out that if there's one group worse than the French, it's Muslims. Pryce Jones says "the Islamisation of France" has now becomes an electoral factor. The rise of Le Pen is indisputable, though any implication that Muslims are a crucial electoral force might be news to those in the banliueues.
It doesn't appear though that the latter have his sympathy. "100 cars are burnt every night in France. Who is burning cars? It is Muslims. They cry allahu akbar as they burn them." Does Pryce Jones really wander the streets of France listening to the cry of arsonists, or is he taking his thesis a little bit too far?


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Indigo Imp Brewery in Cleveland will hold a beer-tasting from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday called "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" as part of Cleveland Beer Week. The event will be at the brewery and feature limited release cask-conditioned ales, cheeses and jazz.
Owners Matt and Kathy Chappel will attend the event and answer any questions about the brewery or beer. A limited number of tickets, which cost $35, are available. For tickets, click here.


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I vividly remember getting a Limited Too catalog in the fourth grade and its pages being filled with only military inspired looks. It was all camo everything and I coveted every last bit of it. Looking back, it was all pretty ugly and I think it traumatized me, making me fear military trends for years to come.
But lo and behold military 2013: where camo is praised and masculine pieces are welcomed with open arms. This time around I apprehensively accepted the trend and eased into it via a purchase of some combat-esque boots which I fell in love with. (But literally, there's almost no traction on these shoes. I love them, but I may or may not have wiped out in a dining hall on more than one occasion.)
Another (much less embarrassing) perk of the military trend is that it's a simple way to bring some style into your 8 AM class. So listen up, girl with last night's eyeliner on her cheek, because it's time to pull it together.
What immediately drew me to this particular Fashionista was her ability to mix and match masculine and feminine pieces seemingly effortlessly, which I believe is a perfectly acceptable skill to put on a resume. The outfit seemed reminiscent of Rihanna's during her last SNL appearance (sans the weird green screen), which are major bonus points in my book. This Fashionista balances her military inspired jacket and black boots with a floral top and tights, which create softness and texture. This look is also practical, which is important since this is still Michigan and it is still the middle of January. She layers a grey sweatshirt underneath the jacket and some socks on top of the tights, which peak out a little above the boots.
So if you're one to think that style must be sacrificed in the name of early morning comfort, I think this Fashionista just proved you wrong.
One Simple Change: Switch out the light jacket for a chic leather one to transition the look from your (early) day to night!


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It's not all trouble with the law and peeing in buckets.
According to TMZ , Justin Bieber dropped $545,000 at the recent American Foundation for AIDS Research gala in Cannes held on Thursday May 22.
"Bieber ... hit up the amfAR gala, which raises money for AIDS research. People started making huge pledges of money - one wealthy gent pledged $545K and Bieber - quietly and without fanfare - matched it. We're told the crowd - which included Leo DiCaprio, Heidi Klum, John Travolta, and Sharon Stone - was stunned. Justin was asked if he seriously wanted to pledge such a huge amount and he said yep. Biebs said he just felt inspired to do something good."
On Thursday Justin tweeted "Amfar #giveback"
TMZ also points out that he was wearing a shirt at the event. And, as you can see from this Getty Images photo, the drop-crotch pants are almost gone, too. Sigh. They grow up so fast.
And here is a bit from a new song called "It's Working." It's sad and stuff. So don't cry.


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ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY at UCL, LONDON
Moeletsi Mbeki, political economist; deputy chairman, South African Institute of International Affairs;
Adam Habib, professor of political science and deputy vice chancellor, University of Johannesburg
The ANC will win next year's election in South Africa but is unlikely to get two-thirds of the vote, Professor Adam Habib told a meeting of the Royal African Society in London on Thursday.
Habib also predicted that COPE, the breakaway party formed by Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa, would become the official opposition, winning 10-15% of the vote and wresting control of two and possibly four provinces from the ANC. These were the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape (where he predicted a hung parliament), as well as conceivably the northern Cape and Gauteng.
"COPE has a good chance of becoming the official opposition and this simple act – however small – will have non-racialised the opposition, with the potential to grow."
Both Habib and Mbeki – who spoke mainly on foreign policy issues – welcomed the formation of COPE, saying it was good for both development and democracy, while acknowledging that the resulting uncertainty had made investors nervous.
Habib referred to Andreas Schedler's concept of "substantive uncertainty", the product of conflict between elites in a ruling party, and said that COPE had externalised this conflict. This was a positive development, he said, as it had opened up debate.
Habib said there were 1.8m newly registered voters, mostly young women who, if they were educated professionals, might back the new party.
However, COPE still faced several challenges including financing, a national organisational structure, a clear policy agenda and more leaders with "liberation pedigree". These might include Jabu Moleketi, and Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, possibly the Pahad brothers and former deputy-president Phumzile Mlambo-Nquka.
The ANC would still win the election, he said, and a less than 2/3 majority would not be a major loss (if one considered that Obama's 53% victory was described as a 'landslide'), especially since SA parliamentary legislation only needs to be carried by a majority of '50 plus 1'.
Habib dismissed concerns that South Africa's economic policy would change under Jacob Zuma - but said this could also be a problem if the new leadership did not deal with the biggest single challenge to South Africa: unemployment. The expansion of welfare grants, which increased 20-25% under Mbeki, was unsustainable, he said.
"Employment will require state intervention to redirect patterns of investment and provide skills training," said Habib. "We are going to have to grow sectors of the economy that can absorb the under-skilled as well as launch public works programmes and an industrialisation drive that is mentioned in ANC manifestos but never carried through."
Habib said GEAR (the Growth Employment and Redistribution macro-economic programme) was the "major indictment of the Mbeki regime". It had brought inflation under control but doubled unemployment in the first five years of Mbeki's rule.
There had been a shift in the last few years, with 12m people now receiving social grants and increased spending on health and education, but Habib argued that it was Mbeki's conservative economic agenda – rather than his imperialist leadership style – that cost him his job.
"Most analysis focuses on Mbeki's technocratic style, his personal alienation (Gevisser et al), but Polokwane represented an institutionalised revolt against the ANC; the branches revolted against the lack of representation of those who did not benefit from the economic agenda."
Habib said the ANC had been forced into adopting a conservative set of policies as it had inherited a bankrupt state with limited resources (apart from those under the ground) and had to make concessions in order to appease investors.
"Once Mbeki did that, he had to bypass the 'comrades' and create a centralised system with a cabinet that would pass legislation through parliament, as well as provincial and municipal leaders who would be loyal to him. This marginalisation of Cosatu and the SACP is what came back to haunt him."
Habib said that although the SACP and Cosatu used Zuma to confront Mbeki's policies, there would not be a radical shift under a Zuma government. Spending on social grants, health and education would continue, the pension age for men reduced from 65 to 60, there might be a shift away from inflation targeting and a huge investment (R2 trillion) on energy, but "not the projected nationalisation of Sasol, Mittal and other enterprises".
Habib also addressed human rights concerns and said that institutions such as the media, the NPA and the courts, 'despite being subjected to amazing pressure', were robust and surviving. He said prosecutors may yet produce surprising results: the Nicholson case might be overturned although this would not reverse Mbeki's dismissal, which, however 'silly', was not unconstitutional.
Charges may once again be brought against Zuma but Habib suspects the ANC will pass legislation after the election, similar to that in Italy, France and the U.S., to the effect that a head of state should not face legal charges. He did not think Kgalema Motlanthe would continue as president as "a deal was struck that he would not stand in JZ's way".
"Bar anything surprising, Jacob Zuma will be president, with Motlanthe as his deputy, running things from day to day."
Habib said that Zuma's support base was not necessarily tribal, although he sometimes used those symbols. "The people around him are from various backgrounds and his base is from those who felt marginalised and disgruntled, especially in peri-urban areas."
Habib did not think SA would experience widespread violence in the run-up to the election like that in Kenya or KZN in 1994. "I am confident that the IEC will conduct a well-run election", he said.
MOELETSI MBEKI was tasked with discussing the ANC's foreign policy, which he likened to "Sudanese-Nubian hieroglyphics".
He said SA's foreign policy was driven by ideology rather than pragmatism, clearly demonstrated in Zimbabwe where the ANC had tried to entrench Zanu-PF against SA's national interests. Meanwhile India and China, who represented very critical threats to SA manufacturing, were welcomed with open arms.
Moeletsi said this 'schizophrenic' foreign policy was a result of a worldview that saw the world divided between a weak and poor South, vs. a rich and powerful West that preyed on the weak. In Zimbabwe, this meant that the MDC was perceived as an agent of the West because it was 'destabilising an established system'.
"This ideology prevents the ANC from recognising home-grown dissent," he said. The hostility to what is perceived as a 'monolithic' West led to the controversial UN votes against the resolution condemning the Burmese junta and vetoing the resolution against Mugabe. SA's arguments against western hypocrisy (condemning Burma while supporting military rule in Pakistan, or against Zimbabwe while supporting Egypt) were lost in the rhetoric.
Meanwhile SA's interconnectedness with the West – the fact that the extraction of its mineral wealth depends on imported technical and managerial skills – means that its foreign policy is "one thing in the night, another thing in the day".
There was quite a lot of discussion on Zimbabwe:
Habib said that SA had long ago recognised that Mugabe was a thug; the problem was "how do you get rid of a thug with guns?"
Moeletsi said that SA could stop diesel and oil reaching Zimbabwe so that soldiers would not be able to run the armoured vehicles on which they depend.
Habib said that the cholera epidemic (Moeletsi also said there was a widening epidemic of livestock diseases) could become regionalised, forcing the SADC countries to act. "The biggest mistake SADC made was not to wrest control of home affairs and the police from ZANU-PF" he said.
"The latest rampages of the armed forces is a serious signal" said Habib. "We are in the end stages. It may take months, or even a year, but we have to have a deal in Zim. The MDC has to be more astute and not send the wrong signals (like having the US ambassador in the next door hotel room). The ANC is sceptical of the MDC but realises it has to be part of the solution. We are in the last straights but it requires serious choreography."
On COPE, Moeletsi said that disillusionment with the ANC was extensive and that without a new party there would have been a significant abstention in next year's election. "Many who would have abstained will vote for COPE," he said, describing it as a "post-nationalist" party.
Moeletsi said the number of people voting for the ANC – about 11m - has been declining since 1994.
"The ANC has no new message for South Africa", he said.
"It is a developmental state without a development programme – unemployment has not been dented. The ANC's non-performance is very real and I am not persuaded that the population will carry on voting for it."
"I don't think the ANC will get 63%. In the same way that Mugabe lost the last election despite the rhetoric around land reform, the ANC is not exempt - and the breakaway will make these questions sharper," he said.
"Apartheid is no longer the driving force in peoples' consciousness; it's all about resources, competition, economics (look at the xenophobia), real issues of dissatisfaction. This is particularly true in a wage economy where there is no self-sufficiency, 53% below the poverty line, massive Aids infections and enormous distress."
Moeletsi also predicted possible conflict between Zuma and the trade unions. "They supported him and then he trashed them in the U.S," he said.
He also feared the 'real possibility' of intra-Zulu conflict if Zuma went head-to-head with Buthelezi. "Both of them see themselves as king of the Zulus," he said – "and both sides are training their own militia."


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|This is our standard 41 mm tree set. Shown above with a custom springer style bottom mount headlight.The finish is polished aluminum and is set up for rubber mounted handle bars.This set of trees fits the 2000 and later softail frame with the internal fork lock.The standard 11/4" thick material is used.[Headlight sold separately]
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Other show times are Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. All shows will be in Herod Hall Auditorium.
For this production, students have been learning songs, lines, dances, and creating a set design.
"We have rehearsals at different times," Erin Cheney, Alva senior, said. "Whenever we have free time we get together to rehearse and then again during scheduled rehearsal times."
"We have a great time rehearsing," Houston Hayward, Winfield, Kan., freshman, said. "Even when we are building a set we have a great time."
For students, this becomes an issue of time management. Between classes, work, rehearsal, homework, and set design, theatre students at Northwestern must develop effective time management skills.
"Many students who do well managing their time, make sacrifices," Kimberly Weast, production director and associate professor of theatre, said. "It's all a matter of priority."
However, for Weast, the challenge begins with scheduling. Coordinating each cast members' schedule with rehearsal times can become quite difficult. When students are given the opportunity to participate in many artistic endeavors such as at Northwestern, scheduling becomes a challenge, Weast said.
"We have a big individual responsibility," Ashlynn Walker, Perryton, Texas, sophomore, said. "It's a challenge for the cast because we have different lives, yet we are still able to come together as a whole."
Parents are encouraged to bring children. The songs portrayed in the production are catchy and educational. Everybody will leave the theatre singing these songs, Weast said.
"This family friendly production is a lovable show for everyone," Charlie Burns, Sayre junior, said. "We are so proud to bring musical theatre to northwest Oklahoma. We feel like we are filling a need for this area."
Relating to all ages, Schoolhouse Rock Live will be a show for the whole community to enjoy. Northwestern students will spend the next few weeks preparing Herod Hall for this production.
Schoolhouse Rock was broadcast on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1985. This cartoon series taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs. This important educational information was coupled with exciting animation and catchy music so children would be able to learn and remember it.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for Northwestern employees and $3 for children under 12 and students with a student ID.
For more information, call (580) 327-8524.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Fisher Tweets
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (EST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
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Event Details
Attention Fisher Sophomores!
Come check out this awesome event to learn about getting involved - and get free lunch! Being involved on campus is super important, and a great experience all at the same time. Hear from other students about their experiences on-campus. You can make lifelong friends by joining anything; from the numerous clubs to the 6 varsity sports and beyond. You could even start your own club with your friends! So, don't be shy and come check it out! Make sure you all have a twitter page because you are going to need one! #fishertweets
Business casual attire encouraged.
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Alumni Hall
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (EST)
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Fisher College is a non-profit, accredited, private, independent instution offering bachelor, associate, and master degrees as well as certificate programs. The college is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


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|APR 226 Electrical Code - Level III
|Emphasizes the use of understanding of the NEC. Topics include code articles, OAR's, supplemental code reference materials, calculations and practice exams. Completion of the series prepares the student apprentice to become a licensed Manufacturing Plant Electrician Journey person. Prerequisites: APR 225 or TE 9620. Audit available.
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