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The winner and four runners-up for UNC's fourth annual Student Employee of the Year Award will be announced at the SEOTY recognition event from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in the University Center ballrooms.
The event will include hors d'oeuvres and cake, followed by a guest speaker and the recognition of all nominees. The first-place winner will compete in the National Student Employee of the Year competition.
The event is one of the ways UNC recognizes its student employees during National Student Employee Appreciation Week, April 14-18. All employers of students are encouraged to recognize their student employees during the week and to invite them to attend the recognition event.
For additional information, please contact Student Employment at 351-2628, or email Aimee Rogers or Cynthia Harling.
The finals of the University of Northern Colorado Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge will be televised at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, on KTVD Channel 20. The event will be available later on-demand at mcb-echallenge.com. The finalists include Omirown Entertainment, a gaming app development company started by UNC freshman Raj Reddy.
The winners will receive a total of $50,000 in prize money and business incubator services from UNC BizHub, the new business incubator at the University of Northern Colorado.
The five finalists will present their business plans to a panel of judges in a "Shark Tank" format at 9news studios in Denver. KUSA-TV/9News is partnering with UNC's Monfort College of Business to promote and broadcast the Entrepreneurial Challenge. Gregg Moss, business reporter and 9NEWS anchor, will again be the emcee for the event. The prizes awarded are $25,000 for first place, $15,000 for second place, and $10,000 for third.
"This year's business concepts are diverse, well presented and very impressive," said David Thomas, assistant professor of management and director of the Entrepreneurial Challenge. "We are looking forward to another highly competitive event. The 9NEWS partnership and broadcast on Channel 20 is a great addition to this year's challenge and will provide a broader audience with a view of the exciting ventures being built here in Colorado."
The Entrepreneurial Challenge has been instrumental in getting much-needed products into the marketplace. Last year's winner, Vertikle Enterprises LLC/5280 Prosthetics, developed a new generation of products that enable prosthetic devices to communicate with their users, relaying critical data to improve fit, function and the general health of the patient. Their prize money helped to produce units quicker and get them to patients who were waiting on the technology.
This year's five finalists include: IX Powerclean Water, which commercializes clean water and safe power innovations; an online platform from Congo that provides users with instant access to a fee-based live video chat with qualified doctors or lawyers; a diesel-fuel treatment and monitoring system from LogiLube designed for oil and gas operators to use in the field; "Food Factory" game from Omirown Entertainment LLC that challenges new chefs to manage food from the field and bring it to their restaurant's table; and Tabrific LLC which offers customers personalized e-gifting with text, video and audio.
Winners will also be recognized during the Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards ceremony in Loveland a Northern Colorado Business Report event sponsored by the college.
Judges for the Entrepreneurial Challenge include Dick Monfort, owner and CEO of the Colorado Rockies; Brad Cheedle, senior vice president of Business Services for WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone; and Chris Onan, co-founder and managing director of Galvanize.
"The business concepts of the five finalists are impressive and should make for a very competitive Entrepreneurial Challenge," Monfort said. "The competition is truly serving as a real business initiative in northern Colorado. The broadcast of the competition will also expand economic development by encouraging more participation in future Entrepreneurial Challenge competitions."
For more information about the competition, visit www.mcb-echallenge.com.
The University of Northern Colorado's celebration of Women's History Month concludes March 31 with a presentation by a social theorist internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in gender violence prevention education.
The presentation by author, educator, filmmaker and social theorist Jackson Katz at 7 p.m. in the University Center ballrooms, 2101 10th Ave. is free and open to the public.
Katz has long been recognized as one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists. He's the author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, a candid look at the cultural factors that lend themselves to tolerance of abuse and violence against women.
He co-founded Mentors in Violence Prevention, a program that has worked with thousands of high school and college-aged men to prevent violence against women, and he's the director of the first worldwide domestic and sexual violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps.
Katz, who was the first man to minor in women's studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, earned a Ph.D. in cultural studies and education from UCLA.
Parking is free in UNC lots after 5 p.m.
For more information, contact Bernadette Cordova, 970-351-2941.
Nominations to serve on the 2014-15 Professional Administrative Staff Council, the representative body for exempt staff at UNC, are being accepted through April 1 using the form on the PASC website. Self-nominations are accepted.
PASC advocates for and supports exempt employees. Being part of the council is a great way to meet new people from other areas of campus, demonstrate leadership, have a voice, advocate for your peers, set an example, and truly make a difference at UNC.
The Friends of UNC Libraries First Wednesday Book Sale from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 2 in Michener Library features a $2 Bag Sale all day. A wide variety of books and music will be available and the sale is open to the public. Proceeds benefit UNC Libraries projects and events. For more information, contact 970-351-2640.
UNC will again coordinate and host the 9Health Fair in Greeley from 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 29, in the University Center. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend, and volunteers are needed to assist health-care professionals and to serve in non-medical capacities. No previous medical training is needed. Volunteer positions available and the number needed for each are:
Sign up to volunteer at the 9Health Fair website. Be sure to check the "No" button for the "Are you a medical volunteer?" question unless you're qualified to perform any of the screenings listed and use the "Other" category in the list of non-medical skills.
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SSX Fans Can Challenge Their Friends' Best Times & Scores in the Online & RiderNet Enabled Demo
The SSX demo is out on XBL Worldwide and PSN in North America and we're so excited to finally get it into your hands!
What game mode does the demo feature?
The online & RiderNet enabled demo allows SSX fans to get a taste of one of the modes in the SSX online feature set – Explore Mode. Mimicking the Explore experience that will be in the full game, as players post race times and trick scores in the demo, ghosts of those runs will be uploaded to the SSX server. These ghosts are exact replicas of a player's run, from the line that they took, to the tricks that they performed. RiderNet will recommend challenges as players take on their friends' ghosts or let their own ghosts chalk up wins and losses, even while they're away from their console.
What events can I play in the demo?
Two SSX tutorials featured in the full game: Skyboarding – an aerial tutorial where you learn the basic aerial controls and grabs as you freefall; and Ground Tutorial – a track designed to whip you into shape as you master jumps, grinds, spins, boost, combos and everything else that you'll need as you attempt to defy reality!
Two unique events for SSX fans to experience: JT2, a race event in the Rockies and Bulldog, a trick event in New Zealand.
Who do I get to play as?
You'll start off playing as Zoe Payne, but if you 'Refer a Friend' to the demo you'll unlock Mac Fraser as a playable character.
The demo will be available until March 20, 2012 so be sure to download as soon as it's available.

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Sears has the WeatherHandler Floor Mats 50% off for today only (8/30/12). Prices start at only $4.00 and you can get entire sets for only $7.50. You can also pick this up at your local store for FREE!
Simply go here, and scroll down to right below the blue bar, you will see the offer. If you spend $50 you can use coupon code SEARS5OFF50 to save another $5 off as well.


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So China is working to militarize space? Big surprise they are ignoring yet another set of treaties they signed onto. However, if the USA started sending up some of the technologies it has available to militarize space China would be going to the UN and pushing for sanctions. China already ignores pretty much every trade agreement whether it be with the USA, or with the EU. What people seem to forget about China is even though it is the worlds second largest economy, it still gets hundreds of billions in foreign aid from countries around the world.
(Free Beacon) Army Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, disclosed new details of China's space weapons programs last week, including information regarding China's anti-satellite missiles and cyber warfare capabilities.
Burgess stated in little-noticed written testimony prepared for an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Beijing is developing missiles, electronic jammers, and lasers for use against satellites.
Much of the space warfare activity is being carried out under the guise of China's supposedly non-military space program, he said.
"The space program, including ostensible civil projects, supports China's growing ability to deny or degrade the space assets of potential adversaries and enhances China's conventional military capabilities," Burgess said.
"China operates satellites for communications, navigation, earth resources, weather, and intelligence surveillance, and reconnaissance, in addition to manned space and space exploration missions," he said.
Read the full article on Free Beacon…
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The week-long heatwave across Australia's south-east has caused widespread power cuts, bushfires, and led to the suspension of matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
Organisers at the event implemented the extreme-heat policy just before 2pm on Thursday, when the outside courts were deemed too hot to play.
The roofs on Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena were closed when the temperature hit 43.9 degrees just after 3pm. On the outside courts play was not expected to resume until at least after 6pm once they reached a safe level determined by the tournament director.
Although Melbourne didn't reach the 44 degrees forecast, Metro Trains issued warnings urging customers to leave the CBD as early as possible as "this afternoon's peak will present significant challenges for our train air-conditioning units".
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Craig Burke said temperatures soared across south-east Australia on Thursday.
Adelaide reached a peak of 44.2 degrees and Canberra 40 degrees.
He said Adelaide was on track for five consecutive days over 40 degrees, with a top of 42 forecast for Friday, but not enough to beat the six-day record set in 2009.
"Melbourne is expected to reach 44 degrees on Friday, four consecutive days of temperatures over 40 degrees, just one day short of the 1908 record of five days in a row," Mr Burke said.
Victorian fire crews were fighting more than 40 fires across the state, with one causing damage to main power lines to the seaside suburb of Frankston. More than 19,000 homes were left without power for more than three hours as a result as United Energy worked to restore the connection.
The Climate Council said the weather is a sign of things to come.
In a report, it said the likelihood of heatwaves lingering for longer and becoming more intense was increasing as greenhouse gases accumulated in the atmosphere.
"It is clear that climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and severe," report author Professor Will Steffen said.
"Heatwaves have become hotter and longer, and they are starting earlier in the season."
The Climate Council formed after the Abbott Government disbanded the Climate Commission late last year.
The newly formed council, with the climate commission's former chief
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This article was published 7/2/2013 (1651 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Serving Cartier seniors
Cartier Senior Citizens Support Committee would like to welcome all 55+ residents in the RM of Cartier to join in their ongoing Monday to Friday suppers at the Elie Manor at 5:30 p.m. and their new Wednesday lunches served at St. Eustache Manor at 12:30 p.m.
Fir more information, contact Karla Tkachyk at 204-353-2470.
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The Headingley 4-H Club is holding a communications event, with all members giving a speech or visual presentation, on Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Headingley United Church. All are welcome to attend this event, and refreshments will be served afterwards.
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Events planned for Cartier seniors
The Cartier Senior Citizens Support Committee is offering a shopping day on Feb.12, a pancake brunch on Feb.14, an old-time dance with live band on the evening of Feb. 21, and an afternoon matinee in Winnipeg on Feb.26.
Alternative pick-ups can be discussed by calling Karla Tkachyk at 204-353-2470.
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Last call for Headingley's United Church Players
The Headingley United Church Players are performing their final production, Wash Your Troubles Away on Feb. 15 to 18 and Feb. 21 to 23 at the Headingley Community Centre.
Tickets are on sale now and can be reserved by calling Darlene at 204-255-1123.
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September 27, 1999
A hike through the old growth of Olympic National Park with former millworker Jim Podlesny reveals more than one way to look at a giant Douglas-fir, and also at the life of a one-time logging community.
A hike through the old growth of Olympic National Park with former millworker Jim Podlesny reveals more than one way to look at a giant Douglas-fir, and also at the life of a one-time logging community.
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Here come hunters; droppers-in; three cheers for Jared Farmer and Pete McBride; close encounter with a mountain goat; interns Ali Macalady and Karen Mockler.
A boom in coalbed methane gas development in Wyoming's Powder River Basin could have the strange side effect of bringing more water to the surface than the ecosystem can cope with.
Helen Chenoweth to wed Wayne Hage; Wash.'s Dawn Mining Co. can't use radioactive dirt to fill old uranium mine; Baca Ranch, N.M., to be sold to feds; a water block for Cyprus Amax mine in western Colo.; trophy home near Columbia River Gorge must be moved
Chronic wasting disease is slowly spreading among the West's deer and elk herds, and some fear that game farms are partly to blame for the transmission of the deadly disease.
The Crow Tribe plans to capture 550 elk that roam from its Montana reservation down into Wyoming, and critics say that the tribe's foray into game ranching is a plan to steal the public's wildlife.
Flamboyant Wyoming attorney Gerry Spence is at the head of a legal challenge to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's plan to build a nuclear-waste incinerator, which Wyoming residents fear could send emissions into their state.
A revival of interest in explorers Lewis and Clark raises questions about how to handle increased tourism on the National Historic Trail through Montana - as well as questions about how the history should be told.
For only the second time in 62 years, Colorado voters had the chance to elect board members to the upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District.
Book Reviews
Michael Collier's photos will be shown as part of the Glen Canyon Institute's fifth annual fall conference.
The Denver-based Citizens Coal Council charges the federal office of Surface Mining with being just a pawn of the mining industry.
Historian Mark Fiege's book, "Irrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West," describes southern Idaho as a hybrid habitat that reveals a complicated reciprocal relationship between people and nature.
An Earth First!-related group in Eugene, Ore., called Red Cloud Thunder, has published its fourth issue of a 20-page "zine called "Expletive deleted."
The Conservation Fund is working with local ranchers to remove cattle from Nevada's Great Basin National Park.
A workshop on environmental protection and growth management in the West will be held Oct. 29-30 in Denver, Colo.
Biologists are trying to track sightings of the endangered boreal toad in Colorado.
Heard Around the West
Arizona's "Stupid Motorist Act"; Ara Tripp's electrical power antics in Seattle; contrails or chemtrails?; yellow starthistle infects Colo.; Scott Silver's Wild Wilderness vs. Disney; Aspen home prices; trophy home named after Thoreau; Orem Daily Joural.
Despite growing public support for more wilderness, Congress is unlikely to add any acreage, for a variety of political and even philosophical reasons.
As the number of illegal immigrants crossing the Sonoran Desert into Arizona rises, the Border Patrol is faced with the need to protect a fragile environment at the same time that it polices the border.
Wyoming's little-known Red Desert is a unique region rich in wildlife, history - and also in deposits of oil, gas and minerals, which could lead to the destruction of the land under which they're found.
In a fiery open letter to the Aspen Daily News, Douglas, Ariz., Mayor Ray Borane blames the resort's dependence on cheap illegal labor for the social and economic problems that plague border towns like his.


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Local and Regional Environmental Advocacy Organizations in DEC Region 2 (New York City)
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties, New York
Regional Organizations
City Parks Foundation
830 Fifth Avenue, Room 280
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-360-1399
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
51 Chambers Street, Room 228
New York NY 10007
Phone: 212-788-7900
E-mail: email@example.com
Going Coastal, Inc.
230 Sackett Street, 2L
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 646-403-9794
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Green Map System
P.O. Box 249
New York, NY 10002-0249
Phone: 212-674-1631
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
112 Little Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-454-7673
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness (IDEA)
P.O. Box 124
Prince Street Station
New York, NY 10012
E-mail: email@example.com
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
4 West 33rd Street, Suite 615
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-725-3541
E-mail: email@example.com
Mercury Poisoning Project
544 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215-4201
Phone: 718-499-8336
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
457 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 800-364-9943
E-mail: email@example.com
New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP)
2183 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-0260 x204
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
115 W. 30th Street, Room 709
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-8882
E-mail: email@example.com
New York City OASIS
c/o USDA Forest Service
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3513
New York, NY 10278
Phone: 212-542-7134
New York Environmental Law & Justice Project
351 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-334-5551
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 W. 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007
Phone: 212-244-4664
New York Restoration Project
254 West 31st Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-333-2552
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Northeast Environmental Justice Network
c/o West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
271 W. 125th Street, Suite 308
New York, NY 10027-4424
Phone: 212-961-1000, x319
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
PO Box 20773
New York, NY 10009
Phone: 917-656-2984
Email: email@example.com
Partnership for Parks
The Arsenal
830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-360-1310
Scenic Hudson, Inc.
One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 200
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-473-4440
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sierra Club New York City Group
40 Exchange Place, Suite 2010
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 646-405-9838
Trees New York
51 Chambers Street, Suite 1412A
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-227-1887
E-mail: email@example.com
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
350 West 31st Street, Suite 802
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-268-7474
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Urban Divers Estaury Conservancy
641 Henry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-802-9874 or 718-901-3331
E-mail: email@example.com
Organizations in The Bronx (Bronx County)
Bissel Gardens, Inc.
4421 Ely Avenue
Bronx, NY 10466
Bronx River Alliance
1 Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, NY 10462
Concerned Residents Organization Inc.
820 Colgate Avenue,
#17M Bronx, NY 10473
For A Better Bronx
199 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 214
Bronx, NY 10454
Friends of Brook Park
199 Lincoln Avenue,
Suite 214 Bronx, NY 10454
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
80 Van Cortlandt Park South Suite E1
Bronx, NY 10463
Getting Involved Virginia Ave Effort (GIVE)
1236 Virginia Ave. Apt. 3D
Bronx, NY 10472
Green Workers Cooperative
409 Morris Park Ave,
Bronx, NY 10460
Harding Park Homeowners
1820 Harding Park
Bronx, NY 10473
Hunts Point Awareness Committee
726 Coster St.
Bronx, NY 10474
Hunts Point Multi-Service Center
630 Jackson Avenue 2nd Floor
Bronx, New York 10455
La Familia Verde
2000 Mapes Avenue
Bronx, NY 10460
MBD Community Housing Corp.
1762 Boston Road
Bronx, NY 10460
Mothers on the Move
928 Intervale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
New York Public Interest Research Group Bronx Community College Chapter
University Avenue & 181st Street RPSC, Room 312
Bronx, NY 10453
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
103 E. 196th Street
Bronx, NY 10468
Rocking the Boat
812 Edgewater Road,
Bronx, NY 10474
South Bronx River Watershed Alliance
1384 Stratford Ave.
Bronx, NY 10472
South Bronx United
594 Grand Concourse, Suite #2
Bronx, NY 10451
The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ)
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality PO BOX 265
Bronx, NY 10464-0265
The Bronx is Blooming c/o Bedford Mosholu Community Association
400 East Mosholu Pkwy South #B1
Bronx, NY 10458
The Gaia Institute
440 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY 10464
The Point Community Development Corp
940 Garrison Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Wave Hill
675 West 252nd Street
Bronx, NY 10471-2899
We Stay / Nos Quedamos Committee Inc
754 Melrose Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice
1384 Stratford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Organizations in Brooklyn (Kings County)
Arts East New York
851 Hegeman Avenue B
Brooklyn, NY 11208
Barge Park Pals
127 DuPont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
153 Columbia Street,
Brooklyn NY 11231
Brooklyn Historia Railway Association
599 E 7th St # 5A,
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Brooklyn Queens Land Trust
677 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Central Brooklyn Gardens Coalition c/o Ena McPherson
234 Vernon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Clinton Hill Apartments Owners Corp.
345 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Community Youth Organization of Bedford Stuyvesant
242 Decatur Street
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Concerned Homeowners Association
P.O. Box 080144
Brooklyn, NY 11208-0144
El Puente - Toxic Avengers
211 S. 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Fifth Avenue Committee
621 Degraw St,
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Flatbush Development Corporation
1616 Newkirk Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Fort Green Clean Air Network
259 Cumberland Street
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Going Coastal, Inc.
230 Sackett Street, 2L
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Greenpoint Monitor Museum
1101 Lorimer St,
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks & Planning
230 Sackett Street, 2L
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Habitat Map
669 Carroll Street, Suite #3
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Magnolia Tree Earth Center
677 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Make the Road by Walking, Inc.
301 Grove Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Mercury Poisoning Project
544 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215-4201
Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC (MARP)
472 Myrtle Avenue, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Neighbors Allied for Good Growth
110 Kent Avenue, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
166A 22nd Street,
Brooklyn NY, 11232
New York Public Interest Research Group Brooklyn College Chapter
James Hall, Room 0302
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
New York Public Interest Research Group New York City College of Technology Chapter
G411 General Building
300 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
New York Public Interest Research Group Pratt Institute Chapter
Chapel Hall
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP)
329 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Pratt Center for Community Development
319 Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Prospect Park Alliance
95 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Red Hook Groups Against Garbage Stations
402 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Sebago Canoe Club
1400 Paerdegat Avenue North
Brooklyn, NY 11236
South Brooklyn Children's Garden
204 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Southside United HDFC
434 S 5th St,
Brooklyn, NY 11211
St. Nicks Alliance (Formerly St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation)
2 Kingsland Avenue, 1st Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Stop the Barge
475 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
The St. John's Place Family Center HDFC
1630 St. John's Place
Brooklyn, NY 11233
The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy
89 Pioneer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
The Waterfront Museum
290 Conover Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
166A 22nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Urban Green
499 Van Brunt Street, Warehouse 8A
Brooklyn, NY 11231
221 North 4th Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Williamsburg Around the Bridge Association
398 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
NYC Group of the SierSt Club c/o Diane Buxbaum (Sierra Club New York City Group)
365 Sackett St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Organization United for Trash Reduction & Garbage Equity (Outrage)
11 Catherine St.
Brooklyn, NY. 11211
Organizations in Manhattan (New York County)
Abyssinian Development Corporation
2070 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
New York, New York 10027
African American Environmentalist Association
203 W. 107 Street Suite 2a
New York, NY 10025
Alianza Dominicana
530 West 166th Street
New York, NY 10032
Asian Americans for Equality
Central Office- 2 Allen, Suite 5A
New York, NY 10002
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
55 Hester Street, Storefront
New York, NY 10002
Chinese Progressive Association
230 Grand Street Suite 504
New York, NY10013
City Parks Foundation
830 Fifth Avenue, Room 280
New York, NY 10021
Community League of the Heights (C.L.O.T.H.)
500 West 159th Street
New York, NY 10032
Community Voices Heard Power
115 East 106 Street, 3rd Floor
New York NY 10029
Conservancy North
P.O. Box 1023
New York, NY 10040
East Midtown Coalition for Sensible Development
2 Tudor City Place, #3JN
New York, NY 10017
East River Environmental Coalition
PMB #129, 511 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10011-8435
Floating the Apple
1225 Park Avenue #10C
New York, NY 10128
Friends of Hudson River Park
305 7th Avenue, 12th Floor
Friends of Morningside Park
P.O. Box 250228
New York, NY 10025
Green Guerillas
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
Green Map System
P.O. Box 249
New York, NY 10002-0249
220A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Grow NYC
51 Chambers Street, Room 228
New York, NY 10007
Harlem Business Alliance, Inc.
275 Malcolm X Blvd. 2nd Fl.
New York, NY 10027
Harlem Environmental Impact Project, Inc.
163 W. 125th Street, Suite 909
New York, NY 10027
Harlem Seeds, Inc.
118 West 139th Street, Suite 3W
New York, NY 10030
Henry Street Settlement
265 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
Housing Conservation Coordinators, Inc.
777 10th Avenue #1,
New York, NY 10019
Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness (IDEA)
P.O. Box 124 Prince Street Station
New York, NY 10012
Just Us Inc.
413 East 120th Street, Room 101
New York, NY
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
4 West 43rd Street, Suite 615
New York, NY 10036
Lower East Side CURE c/o New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 W. 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association
501 W. 156th Street, Suite 31
New York, NY 10032
Manhattan Land Trust
148 West 37th Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Morningside Heights/West Harlem Sanitation Coalition
100 La Salle Street, #19F
New York, NY 10027
Neighborhood Open Space Coalition (NOSC)/Friends of Gateway
232 E. 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
BlueGreen Apollo Alliance, local affiliate ALIGN
50 Broadway 29th Floor
New York, NY 10004
New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP)
2183 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10032
New York City OASIS c/o USDA Forest Service
OASIS, Center for Urban Research The Graduate Center/CUNY
365 Fifth Ave., Room 6202
New York, NY 10016
New York Environmental Law & Justice Project
225 Broadway Suite 2625
New York, NY 10007
New York Lawyers in the Public Interest (NYLPI)
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) City College Chapter
Room 1/120 NAC 138th & Convent Ave.
New York, NY 10031
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Hunter College Chapter
Thomas Hunter Hall, Room 314
New York, NY 10021
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Manhattan Community College Chapter
New York Restoration Project
254 West 31st Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
North River Community Environmental Review Board
626 Riverside Drive, Professional Suite
New York, NY 10031
Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods
115 W. 30th Street, Room 709
New York, NY 10001
Partnership for Parks The Arsenal
830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Project Harmony
216 West 122nd Street
New York, NY 10027
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Randall's Island Sports Foundation
24 West 61st Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10023
The Brotherhood / Sister Sol
512 West 143rd Street
New York, NY 10031
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
217 Water Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10038
The River Project
Pier 40 at West Street and Houston Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10014
Trees New York
51 Chambers Street, Suite 1412A
New York, NY 10007
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
350 W 31st Street, #805
New York, NY 10001
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corp.
55 West 125th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10027
Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corp.
57 Wadsworth Avenue
New York, NY 10033
We Can't Breathe!
522 E. 6th Street, #7
New York, NY 10009
Wellness in the Schools
PO Box 250832
New York, NY 10025
West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
1854 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10031
Organizations in Queens (Queens County)
Alley Pond Environmental Center
228-06 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362
Coalition Helping Organize a Kleaner Environment (CHOKE)
33-60 21st Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Coastal Preservation Network 501c
9-22 119th St,
College Point, NY 11356
Community Environmental Center
43-10 11th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 300818
Jamaica, NY 11430
Federated Blocks of Laurelton
232-18 Merrick Boulevard
Laurelton, New York 11413
Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
90-04 161st Street
Jamaica, NY 11432
Long Island City Partnership
1 MetLife Plaza 27-01 Queens Plaza North, 9th Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
Materials For The Arts
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Queens College Chapter
Student Union Bldg., Rm. LL-36, 65-30
Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Queensborough Community College Chapter
Student Union Building-Basement,
222-05 56th Ave.
Bayside, NY 11364
Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp.
1920 Mott Avenue #2 Far
Rockaway, NY 11691
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Firehouse 59, 5803 Rockaway Beach Blvd.
Rockaway, NY 11692
South East Queens Concerned Neighbors
133-08 143 street
South Ozone Park, New York 11436
Southern Queens Park Association
177-01 Baisley Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11434
Springfield Rosedale Community Action Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 300165
Jamaica, New York 11430
Astoria Residents Reclaiming Our World (ARROW)
35-30 35th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Organizations in Staten Island (Richmond County)
Friends of Blue Heron Park
267 Poillon Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10312
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) of Staten College Island Chapter
Campus Center 1C- Rm. 218, 2800 Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10314
North Shore Community Coalition for Environmental Justice
P.O. Box 10073
Staten Island, NY 10301
North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island, Inc.
P.O. Box 140502,
Staten Island, NY 10302
Port Richmond Civic Association
P.O. Box 14052
Staten Island, NY 10314
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
P.O. Box 140747
Staten Island, NY 10314-0747
Staten Island Economic Development Corp.
900 South Avenue, Suite 402
Staten Island, NY 10314
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THE first of two new lighthouses has gone up on New Brighton's waterfront as part of a major new tourist attraction.
The beacons are a feature of a new Championship Miniature Golf Course - due to see its first players teeing off on Good Friday - and an official grand opening is being planned for early May.
The 18-hole miniature course is based on famous holes from some of the world's top golfing venues and appeals to serious golfers as well as families and children. It is sited on former council tennis courts on King's Parade.
Owner Nick Ashfield, who lives in Moreton, was one of two finalists in the Globe-backed Local Business Accelerator Awards.
The Globe is now designing a free three-month advertising and promotions campaign to help him boost the business and hopefully help steer him to success.
Mr Ashfield said: "Our lighthouses are replicas of two of the most iconic images in the world of golf – one at Turnberry, host to many Open Championships and the other is Harbour Town Lighthouse on Hilton Island, Carolina.
"They will light up at night and be an important added attraction for New Brighton which is booming once more following the Marine Point development by Neptune."
The course represents a £250,000 investment and has been moved from is original site in Manchester.
Mr Ashfield continued: "We see New Brighton as having far more potential and it will become our flagship site with a much improved design.
"We have reinvented the once proven and popular pastime of mini/crazy golf so people of all abilities can play miniature versions of the world's most famous and challenging holes in less than an hour."
Plans are well in hand to tie in competitions at the course with major tournaments – the first in April to coincide with the Masters.
The course has adopted the Wirral Autistic Society as its chosen charity.


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Principal External Affairs Manager
- Recruiter
- Which?
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- c. £45,000 + benefits
- Posted
- 02 Dec 2013
- Closes
- 13 Dec 2013
- Function
- Manager (In-House)
- Discipline
- External Affairs
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
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It's our commitment to making life fairer, simpler and safer for UK consumers that's enabled us to secure positive, enduring change for more than 50 years. And our ambition to do even more means we need to keep taking Which? from strength to strength. Growing our business to grow our impact.
As Principal External Affairs Manager, you'll help shape how Which? communicates with, engages and influences businesses; whether it's through our range of endorsement schemes or strategic partnerships. Leading a dynamic and successful team, you will be responsible for the organisation's engagement with businesses, the promotion and understanding of the Which? brand among corporate audiences and achieving change by influencing industry stakeholders. You'll overseeing the development of corporate engagement strategies across a number of sectors, including financial services, energy, food and telecoms as well as providing colleagues with expert advice and intelligence to help shape our campaigns. You'll also oversee the development of our highly successful Best Buy and Recommended Provider endorsement schemes and work with colleagues across the organisation to develop campaigning and commercial partnerships.
As a senior member of Which?'s Consumer Action division, you'll regularly deal with senior executives, whether briefing our Chief Executive for external meetings, accompanying him to them, or speaking to the irate CEO of a company whose product has received a 'Don't Buy'. In addition to developing and managing an excellent network of industry contacts, you'll work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed a culture of excellence in how Which? engages with the corporate sector.
We are looking for an experienced manager with a communications role background, who has ideally headed up a team. You'll have excellent communications skills, be extremely organised, diplomatic, completely unflappable and able to turn potentially tricky situations into positive ones. Above all though, you'll have the confidence to influence people and make decisions on important issues.
In return, you'll get great training, the support of a close-knit team, and the chance to see your decisions make real differences to UK consumers. Our benefits package includes 28 days' holiday, medical cover, a contributory pension, structured development and access to our products and services.
To find out more and apply, go to www.careersatwhich.co.uk
Closing date: 13th December 2013
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July 30-August 5, 2012
Church Ministry News
Yan-Shuei Church youths learn to take good sermon notes
Reported by Chen Yi-hsuan
Written by Lydia Ma
How do you know whether youths at your church are really listening to the pastor's sermon during Sunday worship? Well, one church in Chiayi Presbytery managed to nurture attentive youths by encouraging their high school and college youths to take sermon notes. Their note-taking habit has become an inspiration for the rest of the congregation as well.
Rev. Wang Chung-wu gave out prizes to 9 youths who had excellent sermon notes on July 22, 2012 during Sunday worship at Yan Shuei Church. These youths were rewarded for having the best sermon notes for the first half of 2012. Wang said that having youths take sermon notes helped them concentrate during the sermon and stay rooted in their Christian faith. Furthermore, as youths are also required to write a bit of their own reflections on each of these sermons afterward, these notes also help him to know how youths are doing in life and if all things are going well at home. It is also one of the means for the church to deal with problems youths face in their lives early on.
Wang began to encourage youths to take sermon notes about 3 years ago and added that he would personally read these notes and provide feedback. He also announced that he would pick 3 youths with the best notes every 6 months and give them awards to encourage them. He noted that many youths in Taiwan skip church services due to heavy course load and homework and many who attend may spend the hour texting messages or playing with their cellphones instead of focusing on worship. This trend in Taiwanese churches prompted him to think of ways to inspire youths to focus and listen to sermons on Sundays.
Wang said that he usually uses PowerPoint slides during his sermons to highlight the key points. For this reason, it is not difficult to write sermon notes. For youths to get good marks, all that is needed is to spend some time thinking and writing reflections on the message. He said that such an exercise also trained youths to think critically. Wang said that one member from his congregation even had a son whose essay writing skills and grades improved after such an exercise every Sunday.
Besides turning in good and sensible sermon notes, some girls at his church will also draw pictures on the side to make their notes more artistic or beautiful. Some of them will also "drop a line" to Rev. Wang using these drawings or side-notes. He remarked that, while correcting these sermon notes one late evening, he stumbled upon one that included the following message to him: "Hey, you seem pretty busy lately, pastor!" This gesture of concern really touched his heart. Wang happily reported that many adults at his church have been influenced by these youths and have also begun to form a habit of taking sermon notes.
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Businesses will be able to take advantage of a free Google training seminar next month.
On Friday February 1, representatives from Google will meet Croydon business owners to offer free advice and tips on how to make the most of the internet.
The event includes free digital consultations as part of a drive to help business owners improve their computer skills.
It has been organised by Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell in attempt to encourage Croydon businesses to use the internet effectively.
Mr Barwell said: "A successful online presence is vital for business. Successful small businesses mean a strong local economy.
"I hope that as many entrepreneurs as possible take advantage of the free expertise on offer from Google."
The free consultations are taking place at Croydon Town Hall, 9 Katharine Street, Croydon from 2pm until 5pm. Visit gbbo.co.uk/googlejuicebar to sign up.


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In Presidio Components, Inc. v. American Technical Ceramics Corp., Nos. 10-1355, 11-1089 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 19, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's decision on infringement and lost profits, but vacated its finding of no irreparable harm, no permanent injunction, and an ongoing royalty. Finally, the Court vacated the trial court's false marking judgment due to the recently enacted Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"). Plaintiff Presidio Components, Inc. ("Presidio") is a manufacturer of monolithic capacitors sold under the tradename Buried Broadband capacitor ("BB capacitor"). Presidio asserted that American Technical Ceramics Corporation's ("ATC") competing 545L capacitors infringed certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,816,356 ("the '356 patent"). The '356 patent is directed to a capacitor having a one-piece design that improves upon previous-generation two-piece designs that have to be joined together. In February 2008, Presidio filed suit in the Southern District of California, and ATC later filed counterclaims based on alleged false marking of the BB capacitor with the '356 patent. In July 2009, ATC requested an ex parte reexamination of the '356 patent, but in September 2011, the PTO confirmed the patentability of the asserted claims of the '356 patent without amendment. After a trial in December 2009, a jury found the asserted claims willfully infringed and not invalid. The jury awarded Presidio over $1 million in lost profits and denied ATC's claim for false marking. Following trial, both parties filed numerous JMOL motions, which were the subject of the present appeal.
On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the jury's finding that ATC's 545L capacitors literally infringed the asserted claims of the '356 patent. The parties disputed whether the accused capacitors were "a substantially monolithic dielectric body." ATC pointed to the admission of Presidio's expert that ATC's 545L capacitors could contain one or two percent of "porosity," i.e., that they were not monolithic. Slip op. at 10. The Federal Circuit discounted this statement. It held that, "taken as a whole," Presidio's expert supported the jury's determination. Id. at 9. Even though the accused capacitors may have "seams," the Court held that substantial evidence supported the jury's infringement finding. The Court considered but summarily rejected ATC's "numerous other arguments" regarding infringement, finding no reversible error. Id. at 11. On the lost profits issue, Court found that substantial evidence supported the jury's decision. The Court addressed the disputed first two factors of the four-factor Panduit test. As to the first Panduit factor, "demand for the patented product," the Court held that even though Presidio's BB capacitor did not practice the '356 patent, the demand for the "patented product" could still arise from a competing product, i.e., ATC's 545L capacitors. Id. at 12. The Court found sufficient record evidence to support the jury's finding that the ATC and Presidio capacitors were in fact competitors. As to the second Panduit factor, "absence of acceptable noninfringing substitutes," the Court found that the noninfringing substitutes that ATC pointed out were not in fact competitors at all since they used a two-piece design of the previous capacitor generation. Because this two-piece design did not perform as well as the patented one-piece design, the Court held that the alleged substitutes were not "acceptable substitutes" under the second prong of the Panduit test. As to Presidio's cross-appeal, the Court vacated the district court's denial of Presidio's motion for a permanent injunction. The Court found that competition between the parties could not at once be sufficient for money damages but insufficient for irreparable harm, as the district court found. The Court said that the district court appeared to place too much emphasis on the fact that Presidio conceded that its capacitors did not practice the '356 patent. "Even without practicing the claimed invention, the patentee can suffer irreparable injury. Direct competition in the same market is certainly one factor suggesting strongly the potential for irreparable harm without enforcement of the right to exclude." Id. at 19. Because the products did compete and irreparable harm existed, the Court held that the district court abused its discretion in denying Presidio a permanent injunction. As to false marking, the Court held that the intervening AIA applied retroactively to this appeal. Further, the AIA's change of law led the Court to vacate the false marking issue as moot. Under the new law, only the United States can bring a false marking claim, and so ATC could not maintain its claim against Presidio.
Summary authored by Aidan C. Skoyles, Esq.


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Bullying: Where's the power?
1 May 2013
Bullying: Where's the power?
People in schools and workplaces will think they're seeing through rose-coloured glasses on May 17 as New Zealanders join together to show solidarity and raise awareness around bullying by wearing pink and celebrating Pink Shirt Day (PSD).
Pink Shirt Day is a national campaign aimed to raise awareness about the power we all have to prevent bullying.
On PSD, we challenge New Zealanders to wear pink to show that we celebrate diversity and embrace the things that make each of us unique.
Those who wear pink on PSD are identifying themselves as allies, showing they will stand together to stop bullying.
"Pink Shirt Day isn't about demonising bullies," says Mental Health Foundation Chief Executive Judi Clements. "It's about bringing people together, building relationships, and starting conversations."
Schools, workplaces, and communities around New Zealand are celebrating PSD by having mufti-days, holding a PSD shared breakfast, parades and expos, and by inviting speakers to come into their schools and workplaces to talk about effective ways to address bullying.
On Pink Shirt Day, we hope all Kiwis will ask themselves about the power they have to prevent bullying. Whether it's the power to intervene, the power to change your own behaviour, or the power to ask for help, we can all make a difference.
Angela Roberts, NZ Post Primary Teachers Association President, believes that PSD will be a reminder to New Zealanders about our country's comparatively high rates of school bullying, and initiate conversations about how to change this.
"If we want to have every student achieving to the best of their ability, then we have to ensure they feel safe and valued at school, in their community, and at home," she says.
Thomas Hamilton, Executive Director of Rainbow Youth says "Rainbow Youth supports PSD in order to raise awareness around the challenges of dealing effectively with homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools and workplaces."
Bullying is a complex issue, and we know that both people who bully others and people who are bullied may need help and support.
The Pink Shirt Day website (www.pinkshirtday.org.nz) has resources for those who want to organise Pink Shirt Day celebrations in their school, workplace or community. We also have information sheets and contact information for those who are experiencing bullying, and would like to seek help.
The PSD campaign partners are the Mental Health Foundation, Youthline, Rainbow Youth, The Peace Foundation, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association, Q-Topia, and QSA Aotearoa.
About Pink Shirt Day
An annual event celebrated throughout New Zealand and the world, Pink Shirt Day aims to create a New Zealand where all people feel safe, valued and respected.
On PSD, we challenge New Zealanders to wear pink shirts to show that we celebrate diversity and will stand together to embrace the things that make each of us unique.
While PSD is celebrated on only one day per year, we all recognise that the work needed to prevent bullying must continue throughout the year to make a real difference. PSD is about starting conversations and taking action.
The event began in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2007, when a group of students stood up to defend a kid who was bullied because he was wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity, many of his fellow students wore pink shirts, and PSD was born.
We've been celebrating PSD in New Zealand since 2009, and the event grows stronger and larger every year.


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I doubt it. There has been a used book market for many years, and an assortment of specialty stores which
sell used books. I can't think of any attempts to curtail it.
Well they haven't had much of a way. If they can move on to a fully digital world and have everything DRMd, they can kill the used market.
In the video game industry we're seeing efforts to curtail used game sales by including codes for access to extra content that can only be used once etc.
For instance, in Mass Effect 2 new copies come with codes for access to the online "Cerberus Network" and so far that's granted a new playable character, new weapons and armor, one short mission, and one pack of five vehicle missions etc.
If you buy used, you have to pay $15 to sign up for that network.
Then you have all the download only games in the Xbox Live Arcade and Play Station Network that can't be resold etc.
So I think movie studios, book publishers etc. are also drooling over ways that moving digital can cut down on sales they lose to used stores etc.
Currently, DRM on books doesn't stop any second hand sales. But from the publishers standpoint at least someone who buys a DRM'd e-book can't easily sell it, loan it to 5 different friends over a few months etc. like they could if they bought a paper copy.
Sorry, but this doesn't compute. How does DRM on a
help curtail sales on a used
It doesn't until say 50-100 years in the future when there's super high speed wireless internet in every corner of the world and books, music, movies, games etc. have gone nearly 100% to digital versions.
Then they'll have near total control of their product as they can just charge fees to access their content vs. allowing downloads etc.
Pirates will still get it, but most will just pay for access like they do for cable TV etc. now, and the content providers will get more money from using a subscription model, killing the second hand market etc.
Will it happen? Way too soon to say. But as I said in another thread, I think that's the dream world of publishers, movie studies, record labels etc.
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ThreatJournal.com Sept 21, 2013 What You Need to Know On several occasions in recent months we have reported on the extraordinary efforts being undertaken by federal health and disaster authorities to prepare for some form of pandemic-scale public health event (see this, this and this). The sheer scale of the preparations, the amounts of... »
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This service aims to enable all MOH staff to update their data and have their own electronic ID )MOH's Portal account), where the electronic ID provides Single sign-on (SSO) feature for all MOH systems and services. In addition, employees can also benefit from a variety of electronic services and transactions, such as salary inquiry, vacations, allowances, promotions... etc.
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Color printers hit higher speeds
Vendors rev the engines, but short- and long-term costs remain high
The C7350hdn printed text at a swift 21.1-ppm average. Its weighted graphics speed was a competent 10.3 ppm. Text looked black, clean, and slightly featherweight. Colors printed accurately without serious registration or alignment problems, although large areas of solid colors had noticeable crosshatching. The focus of both color and grayscale photos looked soft, and some graininess obscured detail as well.
The printer's design makes everything accessible. The LED arrays hang down from the inside of the lid, moving out of the way when you raise the top. The toner cartridges and imaging drums drop into their slots with a little difficulty; the whole cartridge/drum subsystem lifts cleanly out of the printer in a sort of basket, completely exposing the transfer belt and fuser. Well-marked latches release the belt and fuser, if necessary. The duplexer also slides out of the printer on rails, exposing the only other place a jam could hide.
The main paper tray has automatic sensors that determine what size paper they're adjusted for (as well as media weight) and a slot on the outside where you can pop in a size label -- reusable labels for standard sizes are included. The tray itself is sturdy, but its width and length guides are delicate and difficult to move. The external auxiliary tray is fairly sturdy, except for -- like so many printers -- the last flap.
We commend Oki for making its control panel highly idiot-proof, with up and down buttons for each level of the menus. The eight buttons double as digits for secure-printing PINs, but you'd need two more buttons to enter IP addresses; as with all these printers, prepare to scroll.
The C7350hdn costs $2,425, considerably more than some other printers in the roundup, but that includes an internal hard drive, a duplexer, and 320MB of memory. You can add one or two 530-sheet trays for $397 each. Consumables costs are reasonable. The one dark spot is Oki's branded memory modules; they're among the priciest we found, and the company doesn't want you to choose third-party options.
Ricoh Aficio CL4000DN
Ricoh's Aficio CL4000DN is inexpensive, but it's also slow compared with other models we tested. Low maintenance costs plus decent print quality, however, make it an adequate choice for cost-conscious offices.
Print quality outshone speed in the Aficio CL4000DN's case. Text pages averaged a bottom-dwelling 19.5 ppm, beating only Kyocera Mita's FS-C5030N. Its 5.7-ppm weighted graphics pace was the slowest of the lot, due largely to a spooling issue with its Adobe PostScript driver and our Excel test file. Ricoh suggested a settings change to fix the problem, but our tests require using only the default settings that most users do. Text looked uniformly solid, matte-black, and crisp despite rough edges in some places. Graphics samples displayed banding on large areas of color, but hues were accurate and pleasingly saturated. Color photos looked a little grainy but focused; grayscale photos seemed dirty and somewhat dark.
Ricoh could have made the Aficio CL4000DN a little easier to use. The control panel requires drilling down through many menu layers to change anything. The Adobe PostScript driver looks cluttered and has disappointing limitations. For example, it can print watermarks in only three fonts, and only in gray. The printed setup and usage manuals are generally thorough, but the advanced topics in on-screen help files are less so.
The Aficio CL4000DN's paper handling gets mixed marks. The main paper tray adjusts easily and senses paper size, but it feels flimsy, and you have to flip a lever to match paper weight. Stick-on, paper-size labels are convenient -- until you have to change them. The auxiliary tray is sturdy, but its spring-loaded latch on our unit was finicky.
The many levers and latches inside the Aficio CL4000DN seem daunting at first, but they make sense when you use them. The front opens to expose the paper path; the left wall folds down to reveal the imaging components. Toner comes in big, translucent tubes that plug in to hoppers nesting under the output tray. Xerox's Phaser 6300DN has a similar design, but the CL4000DN's is better because the output-tray-cum-lid is attached instead of loose. A rotating, louvered cover on the exhaust port allows you to direct the printer's hot, smelly air as you wish.
Ricoh prices the Aficio CL4000DN at about $1,200 with duplexer. Adding a 40GB hard drive ($330) and a second paper tray ($390; you can add two of them) makes a fully configured model the cheapest in our roundup by $500. Ricoh's consumables are also among the most economical based on our calculations.
Ricoh Aficio CL7200
The Aficio CL7200 topped our ratings by offering excellent print quality and blazing text speed for a comparatively low price -- considering it's a tabloid-size printer. Cheap consumables sweeten the deal. A spooling issue with one of our test files slowed its average graphics speed, but that's a minor complaint.
The Aficio CL7200 averaged a chart-topping 25.2 ppm when printing text, and the results were exemplary: Letters looked a little light, but crisp, and nearly perfect, even at tiny sizes. Graphics looked great: spot-on color swatches, smooth transitions between shades, and attractive, if slightly soft-focus, photos. Blame the anemic 8-ppm average mostly on our Microsoft Excel test file. The Adobe PostScript driver processed multiple-copy Excel jobs as individual jobs, piling on extraneous processing time. A setting change fixes the problem, but our tests stick to the defaults, as your users are likely to do.
One oddity about the two standard paper trays: One is stuck at letter size, its length and width guides screwed into place. The tabloid-size tray is easy to adjust. The auxiliary tray can handle paper as wide as 12 inches.
As is our other tabloid-size printer, HP's Color LaserJet 5550dtn, the Aficio CL7200 is humongous -- almost 30 inches high -- and weighs close to 200 pounds. The printer has a strong handgrip at each corner, so four people can maneuver it. But as opposed to HP, Ricoh doesn't provide a rolling base; instead, we parked our test unit on a standard lab workbench and had to climb on a chair to read the top-mounted LCD. The left side opens, and the fuser, which is held in place with magnets, lifts right out for clearing paper jams. The right side, however, opens only to 45 degrees, making access somewhat tight. Imaging components behind the front wall are needlessly locked in place behind a plastic arm that must be unscrewed; they also have tiny thumb grips and are awkward to remove, handle, and reinsert.
The Aficio CL7200's control panel and Adobe PostScript driver are identical to those on the Aficio CL4000DN -- and so are our complaints about the overstuffed, underdeveloped PostScript dialog. As with the Aficio CL4000DN, its printed manuals cover setting up and using the printer in good detail, but the on-screen manuals on advanced topics seem less thorough and somewhat scattered.
The Aficio CL7200 base model we tested costs $2,900; you can add a 40GB hard drive for a pricey $550 and a duplexer for $300, making it cheaper than the HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn even when equivalently configured. Ricoh rivals thrifty Kyocera on consumables prices.
Xerox Phaser 6300DN
The Phaser 6300DN ranked high in our roundup for one major reason: It's fast at both text and graphics printing, a tough juggling act for most color printers. Busy offices that want a real workhorse will appreciate that, but they'll have to put up with mediocre text quality and fairly pricey consumables.
The Phaser 6300DN's engine looks fast on its spec sheet -- 36 ppm for monochrome printing and 26 ppm for color -- but its 21.7-ppm text speed was bested by the supposedly slower Ricoh CL7200. The Phaser 6300DN's 13.8-ppm weighted graphics speed left the rest in the dust.
Print quality failed to follow the trend. Text printed on the Phaser 6300DN looked grayish and blurry. The printer struggled more than most to approximate some colors in our graphics samples; for instance, it painted cyan a dark teal and magenta a grapelike purple. Large areas of solid colors had some streaking, but shading progressed fairly smoothly. Grayscale photos looked murky and dirty but preserved some detail well. Color photos looked muted and grainy, but detailed.
Xerox gave the Phaser 6300DN's control panel a welcome touch of convenience but forgot to tie up related loose ends. The control panel LCD's top-level menu displays the "walk-up" features enabled by an internal hard drive, but confusingly, printers without a hard drive display the same menus. To tap into the walk-up features, the user's computer requires an extra driver install, which makes initial deployment cumbersome.
The Phaser 6300DN's design has its pros and cons. On the plus side, three well-marked buttons open progressively deeper sections of the printer, so replacing components or clearing jams is easy. The power switch is near the front and is well-recessed. The translucent plastic flap that covers the toner cartridges also doubles as the main output tray, but removing it doesn't stop the printer, letting print jobs fly out and land on the exposed toner cartridges. When the printer duplexes, pages poke out through the exit before flipping over, making it possible for impatient users to grab a half-completed page and derail the job.
Our test unit costs $1,499, including a duplexer. A 20GB hard drive runs $499; a 550-sheet tray, $399; a dual 550-sheet unit, $599. Thus, a well-appointed Phaser 6300DN is among the less expensive printers in the group. Consumables costs, however, are on the high side. At least you have a choice when upgrading memory: If Xerox's costly branded modules exceed your budget, the company won't fuss if you seek third-party alternatives.
Mainstream color is really here
When an office can get a decent color laser for as little as $999 (or a solid-ink printer for as little as $899), you know they'll only continue to multiply in printer rooms near you. They'll make it easier for people to produce nice-looking documents on their own -- a phenomenon that's surely making traditional printers nervous.
But they're not the end-all, be-all office printer yet. Although all the models we tested could theoretically be used for both simple memos and high-resolution photos, some offices could justifiably opt to retain a monochrome laser or LED printer for plain-text and draft jobs because it's still a faster, cheaper, less-complex machine than its finer-feathered cousin.
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Print quality (25.0%)
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|Oki Printing Solutions C7350hdn
|Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 5550dtn
|Konica Minolta magicolor 5450
|Kyocera Mita FS-C5030N
|Lexmark C760n
|Ricoh Aficio CL4000DN
|Ricoh Aficio CL7200
|Xerox Phaser 6300DN


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Mackie PROFX16V2
- Description
- Additional Information
Mackie PROFX16V2 Product Description
Vita Preamps
Designed specifically for live sound, Vita preamps are virtually noiseless, featuring a discrete Class-A front end design, dual feedback stabilization and bias current optimization for unmatched low-noise performance.
ReadyFX Effects Engine
The all-new ReadyFX effects engine employs floating-point DSP, designed specifically for intensive processing of high-quality audio. This results in effects that are rich and always ready to elevate performance and inspire audiences.
Advanced Live Mixing Toolkit
Each ProFXv2 model is a well-stocked audio toolkit. From critical tools like multi-band graphic equalization to smart features like channel inserts and footswitchable FX mute, ProFXv2 always has the tools you need.
USB Recording/Playback
The ProFX16v2 features a built in USB interface to allow simple recording of your live mix direct from your mixer. Additionally the USB connection can be used to playback music from laptops and other devices during the show. Included with the FX16v2 is the easy to use Tracktion recording software.
3-Band Equalization
The ProFX16v2 has 3-band equalization at carefully selected points which can be used to boosts or cut all frequencies past the specified frequency. The hi EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut above 12kHz, and it is also flat (no boost or cut) at the detent. Use it to add sizzle to cymbals, an overall sense of transparency, or an edge to keyboards, vocals and guitar. Increase the cut to reduce sibilance from a microphone or to mask tape hiss. The mid EQ is centred at 2.5 kHz and can be used to manipulate the dynamics of connected instrument. Additionally the low EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut below 80 Hz. This frequency represents the punch in bass drums, bass guitar, fat synth patches and some baritone singers.
- 10 Extremely low-noise Mackie Vita mic preamps designed to add life to any input
- All-new ReadyFX effects engine with 16 great-sounding effects like reverbs, delays and choruses
- Single-knob channel compression for smooth, even dynamic control (ch. 5-8)
- 7-Band graphic EQ for tuning mains or monitors
- Built-in USB interface to record the show or provide music playback
- 4 Flexible subgroups for professional mix management
- 2 Aux outputs for monitor mixes, fill speakers and more
- 3-Band EQ with sweepable mids on mono channels
- 16 High-headroom line level inputs
- Individual channel mutes and overload indication
- 100Hz low-cut filters per channel (18dB/octave)
- Channel inserts for connecting outboard processing (ch. 1-4)
- 60mm faders for input channels, subgroups and main masters
- 48V phantom power for connecting condenser mics
- FX mute with remote control via footswitch
- Break switch mutes all channels for music playback between sets
- Control room / headphone outs with level control
- Balanced XLR and balanced/unbalance 1/4 inch main outputs
- Built in USB recording interface with simple setup via Mac or PC
- Choose to record subgroups 1/2 or main L/R mix
- Separate USB input level control to mains
- USB routable to full-featured channel strip
- Great for live recording and perfect for home studios
- Stream playback music for live or studio applications
- Includes user-friendly Tracktion recording software
- Legendary Mackie "Built-Like-A-Tank" design
- Solid steel chassis protects your investment
- Tough ABS side protection
- Robust internal multi-voltage power supply
Technical SpecificationsGeneral
- Inputs: 10 x XLR, 16 x 1/4" Line, 4 x 1/4" Insert, 1 x Stereo RCA, 2 x 1/4" Aux Return
- Outputs: 2 x 1/4" Main Out, 2 x XLR Main Out, 1 x 1/4" FX Send, 2 x 1/4" Mon Send, 1 x 1/4" Headphones, 1 x Stereo RCA, 4 x 1/4" Sub Out, 2 x 1/4" CR Out
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 40 kHz
- Distortion (THD+N): < 0.01%
- Mic to Insert Send (EIN): -128 dBu
- Residual Noise Output: -85 dBu
- Attenuation/Crosstalk: - 90dB
- Mute Switch / Break Switch (Crosstalk): -100dB
- CMRR: 70 dB
- Inputs Level (Max): +22 dBu
- Output Level (Max): +28 dBu
- Digital Effects (Input): Mono
- Digital Effects (Output): Stereo
- Digital Effects Presets: 16
- Phantom Power: +48V
- Operating Temp: 0° - 40°C
- Power Consumption: 40 Watts
- Height: 3.8" / 97mm
- Width: 18.7" / 475mm
- Depth: 16" / 407mm
- Weight: 5.9 Kg
- Format: USB 1.1
- I/O: Stereo Input/Output
- A/D/A: 16-Bit, 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz
- Low: +/- 15dB @ 80 Hz
- Mid: +/- 15dB @ 2.5 kHz
- High: +/- 15dB @ 12 kHz
- Low Cut Filter: 18dB/Octave @ 100 Hz
- Frequency Centres: 125, 250, 500, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k
- Gain: +/-15
- Assignable To: Main, Monitor, Bypassable
- Mic In: 3.3K Ohms
- Channel Insert Return: 10K Ohms
- Inputs: >20K Ohms
- Tape Output: 1K Ohms
- Phones Output: 25 Ohms
- Other Outputs (Unbalanced): 120 Ohms
- Other Outputs (Balanced): 240 Ohms
- Insert Output (Mic Input): 50dB
- Tape Output (Mic Input): 60dB
- USB Output (Mic Input): 60dB
- 1/4" Main Output (Mic Input): 70dB
- XLR Main Output (Mic Input): 76dB
- Monitor Send (Mic Input): 76dB
- FX Send (Mic Input): 90dB
- Insert Output (M/Line Input): 30dB
- Tape Output (M/Line Input): 40dB
- USB Output (M/Line Input): 40dB
- XLR Main Output (M/Line Input): 56dB
- Monitor Send (M/Line Input): 61dB
- FX Send (M/Line Input): 70dB
- Tape Output (S/Line Input): 30dB
- USB Output (s/Line Input): 30dB
- XLR Main Output (S/Line Input): 46dB
- Monitor Send (S/Line Input): 51dB
- FX Send (S/Line Input): 55dB
- XLR Main Output (Tape Input): 36dB
- XLR Main Output (USB Input): 36dB
- XLR Main Output (S/Return): 26dB
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text: Art & Design 14 November 2010 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 An impressive selection of images from Britain and abroad at the National Portrait Gallery. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Tony Blair # 1 from the series Tony Blair by Kalpesh Lathigra © Kalpesh Lathigra The above portrait of Tony Blair, from June 2010, seems to tell us more about the former Prime Minster's current state than any number of words could. He looks haggard, battle worn and manic. A man disillusioned, some might say; a fallen Mayor of Casterbridge for our very own 21st century. Where formerly there was passion, now there seems only to be a kind of maddened desperation in his eyes. This striking image didn't, however, win the 2010 Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize and the £12,000 award that goes with it. That honour went to David Chancellor's extraordinary photograph of a young American huntress, "Huntress with Buck". Huntress with Buck from the series 'Hunters' by David Chancellor © David Chancellor It shows 14 year old Josie Slaughter, taken by her parents to South Africa to hunt for big game. The high contrast between the beauty of the auburn hair of girl, buck and horse and the African light on the plain, with the underlying brutality of the image is both visually arresting and narratively compelling, almost forcing the viewer to demand to know more about the picture's context. Taken in July 2010, with vivid medium contrast Kodak 160VC 120 film, it forms part of Chancellor's series of photographs Hunters and is featured on the front cover of this month's British Journal of Photography. There are, however, more irreverent pleasures to be found within this exhibition, such as Jonathan Root's tender portrait of David Hockney in his Yorkshire studio, "David and Ruby". Hockney stands, cigarette held aloft, in a paint flecked pinstripe suit, a daffodil resplendent in his lapel. His dog, Ruby, looks placidly on. It seems to say, "Take me or leave me; I really couldn't care less", and gives us the artist in all his smoky, well-tailored but, nevertheless, scruffy splendor. It's a stark and lively contrast to the austere, almost statuesque nature of Lathigra's Blair. And then there is Iranian-born photographer Ramin Talaie's superb "Haitian Women", taken in February 2010 in Haiti, showing an elderly earthquake survivor, scarred but still smiling. Talaie's photograph is a powerful visual testament to the indomitable nature of the human spirit; the solitary women in Holbein red stands tall and proud, grasping a tree trunk with one hand, seemingly holding it up rather than being supported by it. The international scope, searingly high quality of the selected photographs and constant journeys in terms of theme and subject, from the political to the personal, from the downtrodden to the great and the good, all serve to make this a fine exhibition and a timely reminder of the fecundity of the British photographic scene. Until 20th February 2011 › UK: why stay? Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles From hippies to Silicon Valley: the birth of California design lies in Sixties counterculture Hokusai beneath the wave: meet the real artist behind the world's most plagiarised image Soul of a Nation: a revelatory exhibition telling the story of black art Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Dunn man struck, killed by train
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Updated June 9, 2013
Dunn, N.C. — A Dunn man died Saturday night after being hit by a train while he was trying to get his pickup truck off the railroad tracks, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The CSX train, with three locomotives and 52 rail cars, was headed to Jacksonville, Fla., from North Bergen, N.J., when it hit Andrew Williams, 59, of Dunn.
Authorities said Williams was trying to cross a closed section on Arrowhead Road in Dunn sometime after 9 p.m. when his truck got stuck in the tracks.
Williams and a passenger tried to use a jack to get the truck out of a rut when the passenger saw the train and jumped off the tracks.
Authorities said the passenger yelled for Williams to get out of the way, but that it was too late.
Williams had been drinking, the Highway Patrol said.
Authorities said the area around the railroad track had been closed for about a week while undergoing repairs. But people who live in the area said Sunday that cars have been disregarding warning signs and crossing anyway.
Williams leaves behind two children.
"Andrew was a special man. He had a good heart for his family. He loved his children. He was a good friend to me," his ex-wife, Lena Williams, said. "He would give you the shirt off his back, if he could."


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Published: 2013-10-29, by Peter Warrior.
Steven Spielberg enchanted us all in 2011 with his film about the adventures of Tintin (duly titled "The Adventures of Tintin"). Gameloft accepted the challenge and created this little masterpiece for mobile devices, acclaimed by both critics and public.
In fact, this game is what we like to call an "adventure game". In some stages you have to pass through guards by stalking and hiding, in others there are puzzles to be solved, and to make it all even more varied, you have to pilot a plane, engage in swashbuckling fights against foes and ride a camel in a camel race. It's like a long collection of minigames beautifully plaited that altogether make an enjoyable story.
This game can be enjoyed by children and pirates alike, though parents and journalists will like it as well, let alone Tintin fans who can be really proud about how Gameloft has treated this legendary Belgian character.
There isn't any trial or lite version and the $7 price tag may look quite expensive, but the outstanding technical performance plus the awesome mise-en-scene make of it a worthy investment. It looks even greater on tablets.
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By Charlie Warner
Argus News Editor
The Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove gymnastic team took advantage of the two-week layoff to get a little healthier. While they lost to a good La Crescent team 126.225 to 113.425 last Thursday in La Crescent, coach Jackie Johnson did report some of her injured tumblers are now back in action.
"We managed to get a few girls back from injury with the two-week break we had off from meets, Johnson noted. "But we have a few girls from JV stepping up to the varsity level to fill the open spots. That leaves us short for the JV team. We didn't have anyone for vault on JV and competed short on all the events.
Varsity results
Sierra Hunter placed fifth on vault with an 8.2. Abby Hoskins and Tara Solberg tied for sixth with 7.9 scores. Erin Schultz was ninth at 7.625 and Emily Hahn 10th at 7.25.
Hunter was third on bars at 7.9, Skylar Schoh was fifth at 7.2, Tara Solberg sixth at 6.825 and Hoskins eighth at 4.575.
Hunter placed third on beam with a 7.775, Hahn was sixth at 6.65 Solberg was eighth 6.15 and Jenna Dokken ninth at 5.875.
Hunter placed fourth on floor with an 8.175, Tara Solberg was fifth at 7.9 and Abby Hoskins ninth at 6.025.
All around Hunter was third with a 32.05 and Tara Solberg fifth at 28.775.
Jv results
The Lancer JV team defeated the Warriors 91.05 to 32.20.
Erin Schultz and Emily Hahn tied for third with 4.0 on bars.
Abby Hoskins was third on beam with a 5.4 and Alyssa Peterson seventh with a 3.0.
Alissa Meyer tied for second on the floor with a 6.9 and Hahn tied for fifth with a 6.0.
Jeannie Harris Tournament
On Jan. 14 the Warrior gymnasts traveled to Holmen for the Jeannie Harris Tournament.
Tournament scores were: La Crosse 123.350, West Bend East, 122.70 Baraboo, 120.275 Westby/Bangor, 118.125 C/H/SG, 117.050 Sauk Prairie 114.50 and Tomah, 111.25.
"The girls varsity and JV did a great job," Johnson reported. "We had many girls place at this event, and I was happy with the team score, as we managed to get back to the range of scoring we started out with this year."
JV team totals, La Crosse 101.95, Sauk Prairie 95.40, Baraboo, 92.8, C/H/SG 61.85, West Bend East 53.4, Tomah 35.05 and Westby/Bangor 32.15.
Varsity floor: Hunter- fifth 8.25, Tara Solberg- 14th 7.85, Heather Solberg scored 6.5, Meggan Scanlan 6.3 and Hoskins 6.25
Varsity Beam: Tara Solberg- fifth 7.850, Hunter- seventh 7.425, Hoskins- 13th 6.7, Dokken- 6.125 and Scanlan- 4.625.
Varsity bars: Hunter tied for first- 8.375, Schoh- sixth 7.475, Tara Solberg- 11th 7.05, Hoskins scored 4.925 and Schultz 3.825.
Varsity vault: Hunter- sixth 8.35, Tara Solberg- tied for 16th 8.10, Hoskins- 22nd 8.0, Schultz scored 7.75 and Scanlan 7.6.
All around results: Hunter- fourth 32.4, Tara Solberg 8th 30.85 and Hoskins scored 25.9
Tara Solberg and Sierra Hunter both had a strong meet, according to Johnson, with Solberg having her first all-around score hitting 30 points and Hunter beating her personal best as all around.
JV resutls
Beam: Hahn- fourth 6.3, Alissa Peterson- 18th 4.6, Cayla Schleich scored 4.0 and Mikki Boyd 3.2.
Vault: Hahn- 11th 7.55 and Schleich scored a 7.1
Bars: Hahn- 12th 3.95 Dokken- 13th 3.7.
Floor: Hahn- fourth 6.6, Alissa Meyer- sixth 6.5, Cassidy Bauer scored 4.6 and Becca Roble 3.75.
All round: Hahn- second 24.4.
"Emily Hahn was the only JV all around we had, and she also had a good meet, placing second out of six all around competitors for the tournament at the JV level," Johnson noted.
Up next
The Warriors host Pine Island on Jan. 19. This will be Senior Night along with Parents Night. Meet time will be 6:30 p.m.
You can contact Charlie Warner at [email protected]


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Swaffham Rugby Club hit surf in summer sevens
PUBLISHED: 17:11 03 July 2012
Swaffham Rugby Club were on the road again at the weekend for the third of their annual summer rugby trips.
This one, organised by Daniel Spencer, was the furthest and most ambitious so far – a trip to the Newquay Surf Sevens tournament in Cornwall was this year's adventure.
Eight players left Swaffham in the early hours of Saturday morning to undertake the eight hour trip and meet up with another two players who helpfully were already in Cornwall.
The squad played in the social competition on the Sunday having arrived in time to see the British Army team take the prize for the Saturday.
Swaffham's opposition was supposed to be club sides such as themselves for the following day so we watched the rugby on the Saturday, enjoyed the weather and retired to a peaceful campsite with around 50 other teams.
After a restful evening of 10 hours sleep interspersed with around nine hours 50 minutes of parties the teams took to the pitches for the day's competition.
Swaffham started strongly against 'The Slow Joes'. recording three tries in the first four minutes before easing to a strong victory.
The second game was a closer affair with 'The Mavericks' edging the result by a try.
The third game was against the 'Help for Heros Rhinos', which was a showcase for what tour / social rugby should be – both teams playing with a smile, having a laugh and enjoying the game.
Swaffham won this one with a try from John Chamberlain having reached out of a tackle to place the ball on the line and then take the conversion to his own try (his first ever conversion).
The final pool game saw Swaffham take on Exeter Chief's academy. This match was a shade one sided as Exeter should have been in the competition on the Saturday and swept everyone aside in a display of focussed, drilled rugby.
The only point of note in this match was a brutal tackle from teenager Joe Milligan – who is old enough to step into the senior side this season – on the Exeter full-back which at least left him in no doubt he had been in a game.
Having progressed into the knock out stages our progress was halted at semi-final stage against 'Hilly's Heros'.
The tents were packed down and the trip home started.
Pre-season training started on Tuesday and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday.
Meanwhile, the summer rugby will also continue with a trip to Southwold for the beach rugby at the end of this month and then back home for the Swaffham Playmore Sevens tournament in August.


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