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"What we want to do is, you've got to get the bad guy off the street as soon as possible," Wyss said. "The thing about DNA is it's the greatest thing we have in society to prove someone's guilt or innocence."
State law currently requires a DNA sample from offenders convicted of felonies after June 30, 2005, but the new bill would create a huge increase in the number of samples being collected and archived, according to the Legislative Services Agency, the General Assembly's nonpartisan research arm.
According to an LSA digest of the bill, it would require a DNA sample from anyone arrested for – but not necessarily charged with – a felony. A person who has been arrested could ask for the sample to be destroyed if:
- The person is not charged;
- The person is acquitted of all charges;
- The person's conviction is reversed; or
- The case is dismissed.
Based on state and national data, about 20 percent of all arrests will either be dismissed or acquitted, meaning that between 16 and 25 DNA samples would need to be destroyed each day if the law were passed, according to the LSA.
Wyss said he was not concerned about taking DNA from the 20 percent of people who are arrested but not convicted. Those samples "can be expunged. What about the other 80 percent," he said.
The bill would cost Indiana State Police millions of dollars – about $1 million annually – over the next four years in extra staffing, equipment and processing to run the database, the LSA wrote in its fiscal impact statement.
The agency estimated that the bill would at least double the number of DNA samples being taken each year, with a possible increase of 150 percent.
Local sheriff's departments – which usually take the initial DNA sample when suspects are booked into the county jail – also would face increased costs because of the bill, according to the LSA. But the fiscal impact statement did not go into detail about the financial impact on local police.
"The issue I have with it is typically, the state will come up with new rules and then say there's no money for it," said Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries. "As long as it doesn't cost anything at the local level, I have no problem with it."
Wyss did not know exactly how much the bill would cost local police, but he said the impact would be "minimal."
Since 2003, three other states – California, North Dakota and South Dakota – have passed laws requiring everyone arrested for a felony to submit to a DNA sample, according to the LSA digest.
Wyss' bill is scheduled for a Jan. 23 hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.


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A NEW DIRECTION for WWE (Aboard VINCE's private jet)
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HI Guys, I'm here to talk about the possibility of the wwe doing a 180 and going a whole new direction with the product. Now i have been a long time wrestling fan and i have seen many a new eras in my 23 years (for those of you you who remember the scrambler black box) we never missed a PPV, raw or smackdown.
Now with some recent NXT call-ups and the signing of a few new Indy talents there just might be a bright light at the end of the PG tunnel. with the likes of the shield and Big E Langston my hope is that we get to really see the unpredictable damn good wrestling matches that i know can be put on. according to wwe.com there is an article about future nxt stars to watch out for.I have heard good things about Bray Wyatt & family (formally Husky Harris) and also Paige who could certainly bring a new delight to the diva's division
with Kaitlin's title win over eve due to her leaving the company,I think that they are moving in the right direction because she reminds me of a young Trish stratus who was a favorite of mine. They have a few divas in nxt that jump out such as Paige, Anya and summer Rae. The diva division was once very well put together there was a lady for every preference sexy, punk, powerful (Sable, Lita, Stephanie McMahon) and now most people use these matches as so called bathroom brakes. There were days were the women actually closed the raw show with dam good matches. if they do call these ladies up i believe they can do it again if the powerhouse know as the WWE allows the ladies to show what they can do.
As for the NXT call-ups i know we haven't seen much action in the ring from the guys but i hope that changes and soon. I think that they were smart to match Langston up with ZIGGS & AJ because it can give him a good head start as long as they dont let his gimmick go stale. Letting him take the mic and insert himself vocally and physically so soon can go along way. The shield is a little bit different due to the character development that should happen. I do see Dean Ambrose coming out as the star. he is the best on the mic and his in ring work at the TLC PPV was noticeable i would like to see him against daniel bryan it coud be epic. Seth Rollins is next he was the first NXT champion and also is so similar to cm punk which i think most would agree that the fall he took into the tables was the highlight of the night.
As far as roman reigns goes i'm not sold yet. His personality to me just doesn't fit the group (others might think so which is fine they have compared to the Gotham 3 Joker, Bane and two face) he is one that could use a gimmick upgrade given that he is an a'noia family descendant. the list can go on and on just take a look at the fcwwrestling.com roster section to get a feel of who could be the future stars who one day could grace out tv's on a weekly basis and make history
The E should come to admit that there product is going stale lately and after Mania they could have a big problem depending how its booked. A fresh new direction by letting the talent they have speak there mind, they do know what they are capable of getting done out there. I don't think that the annual after WM layoff will happen this year. many a Talents could benefit from gimmick changes and be given a push that is not half hearted just to say it happened. My hope is that the WWE begins to believe in the talent they have and trust that if given the chance to showcase amazing things can happen because going out there every couple of weeks does not make stars it holds them back. why would anyone good business man keep his brand down. I know creative machine can only spit out so many new ideas so open your eyes and ears and let the Talent Be unpredictable, Raw and uncensored funny , because true personality can go along way with the real crowd and the real fans who tune in and buy your product
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The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a five-year, $31 million contract extension with first baseman Allen Craig through the 2017 season, the team's website reports.
The deal also includes a team option for the 2018 season. No monetary details have been announced.
Craig, 28, hit .307/.354/.522 with 22 homers and 92 RBIs in 119 games last season. It was his first full season in the majors after emerging as a postseason hero during the team's World Series run in 2011.
"We are pleased to have reached agreement with Allen on a new multiyear deal," general manager John Mozeliak told the website. "He has been a productive middle-of-the-lineup hitter throughout his professional career and we look forward to Allen's continued contributions."
Although Craig has spent time in the outfield, as well as at second and third base, during his three seasons in the majors, he will be the full-time first baseman this season following the free-agent departure of Lance Berkman.


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AUSTIN, Texas — For many Texans, the unique opportunity to view some of the 18 species of hummingbirds found in Texas is only as far away as the backyard. Now, experts are asking backyard birders to join a citizen effort to study hummers, plus offering tips to attract the tiny birds.
During the spring and summer months, the hummingbirds' nesting season, many Texans put feeders in the yard to attract birds. For those friends of the hummingbird, that time of year is here.
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In what critics call the "toxic treadmill," potato farmers now treat their crops a dozen or more times a season with an ever-changing cavalcade of deadly substances. Nonetheless, the pests keep coming back. Researchers were dismayed in the 1980s to discover that new types of P. infestans had found their way to Europe and America. They were more virulent—and more resistant to metalaxyl, the chief current anti-blight treatment. No good substitute has yet appeared.
In 2009, potato blight wiped out most of the tomatoes and potatoes on the East Coast of the United States. Driven by an unusually wet summer, it turned gardens into slime. It destroyed the few tomatoes in my New England garden that hadn't been drowned by rain. Accurately or not, one of my farming neighbors blamed the attack on the Columbian Exchange. More specifically, he said blight had arrived on tomato seedlings sold in big-box stores. "Those tomatoes," he said direly, "come from China."
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. Staples has announced the appointment of Mike Miles as president of Staples Foundation for Learning, the charitable arm of Staples Inc.
Miles, Staples' president and COO, succeeds Ron Sargent, Staples' chairman and CEO, as head of the foundation.
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Ferguson Jenkins, Tommy John, and How Some Players End Up Outside the Hall
The circus inside the circus known as the 2012 Winter Meetings—both of which took place inside another circus, the Gaylord Opryland—was the Trade Show, where you can buy everything from umbrellas to stirrups, stadiums to soft pretzels, mascots to misters (as in, things that spray mist) to Musco lighting.
I'll be back next week with a deeper rundown of the emporium, but it was two things not for sale at the Trade Show—well, not quite for sale, anyway—that distracted me from the Dippin' Dots and Mini Melts while the panel formerly known as the Veterans Committee (now called the "Pre-Integration Era Committee") announced its honorees in the same building.
The two not-for-sale "things" were Ferguson Jenkins and Tommy John, and they were there for radically different reasons: Jenkins on behalf of a sports memorabilia auction concern, and John in support of the ALS Association. (John has previously supported the cause.)
It's weird, of course, to see famous ballplayers in this environment, where much kitsch—stuffed animals, big foam fingers, Bud Light—is on display right next to serious stuff like professional team equipment and (ahem) the Society for American Baseball Research. But the presence of these two particular ballplayers was, weirdness notwithstanding, appropriate to the moment. Jenkins is in the Hall of Fame and John isn't, despite similar numbers in prominent places where some voters like to look: identical career ERAs (3.34, and with FIPs hovering right near that ERA); similar W/L records—although of course it took John a good deal longer to compile his—and roughly equivalent innings pitched. They played in the same era, and then John played in half of the next one. They were born six months apart during World War II. Yet one's in, the other isn't.
Well, it's quite obvious that Jenkins, who like John did not win 300 major-league games, got the coveted Canada Allowance which pushed him over the electoral edge. Ditto Eric Gagne in 2003. (Actually, none of that is true. And: Eric Gagne had a 0.86 FIP and 337 ERA+ in 2003!)
Jenkins, I was surprised to discover, allowed far more homers (484-430) in fewer innings pitched (4,500-4,970) than famously homer-happy Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, and Blyleven ranks ahead of Jenkins in all-time pitcher rankings on all of the sites that keep such accounting. These mythologies are fascinating in the construction of player legacies. Blyleven is forever known as the gopher grandee, but he led the league in homers surrendered in only two seasons, as compared to Jenkins' seven. The thing is, those two league-leading seasons for Blyleven were whoppers: 50 and 46 in 1986 and 1987. Also, Blyleven attracted notoriety for a while as The Hall-Worthy Pitcher Without 300 Wins—as though that just-missed-it shortfall was the only thing keeping him out. I'd be curious to know, from older readers who don't mind showing their age, whether a similar story cropped up around Jenkins, the last pitcher before Blyleven to be inducted with fewer than 300 wins, during his candidacy in the 1980s. I never heard Jenkins' name mentioned much as Blyleven's case gained steam.
Numbers aside, which in mainstream HOF debates they always kind of are—with borderline players, it so often seems to be about feel, timing, and momentum—Blyleven appears to have been something of a pain in the rear and ear: demanding trades and giving the finger to the camera during his career, and later making off-color remarks as a broadcaster. I always thought that hurt his HOF candidacy. And here's another, weirder, but no less compelling issue: I once read a reader comment on a Joe Posnanski article about Blyleven and Jack Morris, which argued that if you simply swapped their first names—tough-sounding Jack against Sesame Street Bert—onto one another's stats, "Jack Blyleven" with his 287 wins would have gotten in easily and much earlier. Character is always lurking in the debate, and name inadvertently suggests character. Call The Sun Also Rises something like The Man Who Couldn't or Chasing Lady Brett (or Someday Mr. Spock Will Be in The Movie Version) and you have a vastly different novel.
There is little point in rehashing John's case for the Hall. Sportswriters made the case for him every year he was on the ballot and failed to convince anyone of much of anything (John falls short of the JAWS standards for Hall of Fame starters, and he never received more than 31 percent of the vote). In fact, one of the chief pieces of evidence writers sometimes like to cite may in fact help the case against him. John knows full well that that damned surgery, ironically the very thing that helped him pitch long enough (26 seasons, second-most in history) to approach HOF worthiness in the first place, hurts his candidacy.
"In my prime when I pitched, I was as good as anyone out there," he said. (But was he?) "And there was about 12, 13 or 14 years when I was really good. And then, unfortunately, I pitched so long that a lot of that got kind of lost… To me, the surgery tips the scale (against me)." John's extended twilight—he pitched until he was 46—could have been construed as simple greedy angling for the magical 300, as Early Wynn did (it took Wynn seven starts, spanning nine months including an offseason, to notch his 300th wynn).
You could argue that John was the prototype for the PED-penalized crop of players now bidding for the Hall. It's as if his longevity is looked on with suspicion by the voters, as if it's doubtful that he could have pitched 26 years and won one more game than Bert Blyleven without the then-revolutionary surgery. Is that the dubiety that dooms John? We have seen a sea change since then, with UCL replacement surgery now common. John Smoltz, who should get into the Hall soon after he's eligible, had it. (That's going to be another fun test case, along with Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling: deserving pitchers with far fewer than 300 wins.)
Or is John's problem not the surgery or the longevity, but those two things in tandem with his velocity, or lack of it? John was just a crafty lefty, the godfather of Jamie Moyer, another southpaw who probably won't get in. He threw his sinker and watched guys hit it to infielders. His career home run rate was just 0.6/9 (Jenkins' was 1.0/9). Among post-integration pitchers with 2,000 innings pitched, John's career strikeout rate (4.3/9) is very near the bottom (198th of 220). And while John's walk rate was good (2.4/9), Jenkins' was better (2.0)—and Jenkins' strikeout rate was 6.4/9, the same as Greg Maddux.
I use the Maddux comp here not only because he and Jenkins both wore no. 31 for the Cubs. The two pitchers have some eerily similar lifetime peripheral stats: identical K and BB rates, nearly identical opponents' batting average and WHIP, and reasonably similar FIPs (3.28 for Jenkins, 3.00 for Maddux). Over a 14-year period, Jenkins led the led the majors in wins with 251. Over another 14-year period, Maddux led the majors in wins with 259. Something about this sort of comparison is very compelling. It's tempting to descry some golden mean, some nearly hidden criteria set, toward which certain greats inevitably tend. It's unsound math, surely, but the Hall of Fame is seldom about math unless you're Bert Blyleven. The stats can be marshaled however you like. We've been over this before—every year, in fact.
Nonetheless, John doesn't compare to these two pitchers. His closest comp is probably Jim Kaat (low K-rate, similar ERA and sub-300-win resume), and Kaat also came nowhere near the Hall. He attracted about the same percentage of voter support as John did.
But there they were, across the Trade Show from one another, a card-carrying Hall of Famer helping out an auction site (capitalists) and an outsider (he used to manage in the independent Atlantic League), still waiting for his Veterans Committee thumbs-up, advocating for Lou Gehrig's Disease research and support. Sure, John has been a product seller in the past, but here was a stark difference amid the action figures and airbrush tattoo machines and "Choke-Grip" gadgets. It didn't speak less of Jenkins that he was doing what he was doing while John was taking up a charitable cause; these moral standards to which we hold athletes are specious, and plenty of athletes sell. Their divergent presences there at the Trade Show simply reawakened the question of where in history they belong, and whether that's the same place.
I swear I meant to write about the life-sized Harold Baines racing character and the beer that pours into the cup from underneath and the hot nuts and the woo-hoos. Next week, I will. Sometimes serious concerns assert themselves in the silliest places. Baseball will do that.
Adam Sobsey is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Adam, at 45 I am not sure if I am "old" enough the qualify, but I lived in Chicago while Fergie Jenkins was on the ballot (and as a White Sox fan I was not wearing blue colored glasses). There were two issues that were raised against Jenkins at that time. The first had to do with his drug arrest and conviction (cocaine if I recall correctly), and the second had to do with him not being Bob Gibson. As a White Sox fan it reminds me of the treatment Tim Raines is receiving now.
Dec 12, 2012 03:37 AM
I'm with JT, the Raines thing is an absolute farce. And anyone with a lifetime ERA below 3.40 deserves consideration. John was a very good pitcher and I don't think we'd be having this discussion if he had 13 more wins or whatever it was. He missed a year plus to the surgery and it had to slow him down for longer than that. Nobody wants to water down the Hall, I get that, but Jenkins, Blyleven and John all are deserved. I'd love to see how many well pitched games by all pitchers that get blown by sub par relievers. Imagine if we knew John had 20 games over the course of his career slip out of the win column after, say, seven innings and two runs or less given up? Wins are fleeting, which is why Felix Hernandez was awarded the CY a year or two back. I don't completely agree with that, but if that is the new line of thinking we need to take a harder look at guys like Tommy John. I don't care if he pitched until he was 54. He was never a big strikeout guy, but he knew how to get you out. 280 plus wins is a ton of wins...I don't care how long it took to accumulate. Even the article stats he had a similar number of innings as Fergie Jenkins. If he's the fault line, fine, but let's be consistent. And get the second best leadoff hitter in my lifetime in the Hall...Jeez...
Dec 12, 2012 07:33 AM
I often wonder listlessly how lasik surgery and TJ surgery might sway future HOF voters
Dec 12, 2012 13:40 PM
I was shocked Tommy John is listed as only being worth 12.7 career WARP, with 3.3 of them coming in 1988 when he pitched 176 innings with an ERA+ of 88. His FRAs are quite low, except for that year, so I guess that's why.
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Tickets for BILLY ELLIOT in Appleton Go On Sale 3/23
NETworks Presentations, LLC, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions bring the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center from June 19-24. Based on the international smash-hit film and featuring music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, choreography by Peter Darling and direction by Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical has earned critical acclaim on Broadway including 10 Tony Awards®.
Tickets for Billy Elliot the Musical start at $63 and will go on sale to the public on Friday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's ticket office and online at foxcitiespac.com. To charge tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at(800) 982-2787. Orders for groups of 10 or more may be placed now by calling (920) 730-3786. Group discounts and additional fees may apply.
Billy Elliot the Musical is the joyous celebration of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his family and his whole community and changes his life forever.
In addition to the Tony Award for Best Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical received the award for Best Direction of a Musical (Stephen Daldry); Best Book of a Musical (Lee Hall); Best Choreography (Peter Darling); Best Orchestrations (Martin Koch); Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Ian MacNeil); Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Rick Fisher); Best Sound Design of a Musical (Paul Arditti); Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish); and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Gregory Jbara).
The production has been awarded 81 national and international awards including ten Tony Awards, Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle.
Ben Brantley of The New York Times says that Billy Elliot, "Sends audiences into a mass swoon!" Time Out says it's, "The most electric and passionate show in years." The Daily News calls Billy, "So exhilarating that you feel like leaping!" Liz Smith calls the show, "Absolutely awesome," The New York Observer raves that Billy is, "The best thing to happen to Broadway in a long while," and WOR's Dave Richardson cheers, "All I can say is wow!"
The show is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions. The production features scenic design by Ian MacNeil, associate direction by Julian Webber, costume design by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting design by Rick Fisher and sound design by Paul Arditti. Musical supervision and orchestrations are by Martin Koch. Touring production direction is by Justin Martin and choreography by Kathryn Dunn.
Additional information about Billy Elliot the Musical is available at BillyElliotTour.com.
Billy Elliot the Musical will play eight performances at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center June 19-24, 2012. Performance times are Tuesday - Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Billy Elliot the Musical is locally supported by Bemis Company, Inc. and Menasha Corporation. The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's engagement of Billy Elliot the Musicalis part of the Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series, which is supported by the title sponsor Kimberly-Clark Corporation.


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Ogden • With a daunting schedule in its future, Weber State badly needed a victory to open the 2013 season.Following a dream start and a fabulous return to action by Bo Bolen, the Wildcats outlasted Stephen F. Austin, 50-40, Saturday evening at Stewart Stadium.At this time last year, Bolen was on an LDS Church mission. Saturday, he scored three touchdowns, including a 100-yard kick return."With 20 yards to go, 'Hey, I'm going to score.'"The next three weeks finds the Wildcats at Utah, Utah State and McNeese State. And considering the questions surrounding the quarterback position, depth and experience, WSU could have been facing an 0-4 start.Instead, despite the loss of eight players, including the kicker and starting center, to academic ineligibility, Weber State took charge from the beginning and never trailed."This is the most bought-in team I've been on," said Bolen, who gained 215 total yards."This game was won in January," said WSU coach Jody Sears, who wondered, when Stephen F. Austin closed to 43-40, if his Wildcats were going to walk the walk.They did.Three plays after the Lumberjacks, who gained 564 total yards, closed to within three points, Zach Smith swept around the right side on a reverse and scored from 57 yards out to push the lead back to 10, the eventual margin of victory."We had a goal to score on the sixth play [of the game]," WSU quarterback Jordan Adamczyk said. "We scored on the sixth play."Weber State scored on offense, defense and special teams. The Wildcats gained 315 rushing yards as Bolen and Josh Booker combined for 162 yards.In the air, Adamcyzk wasn't spectacular, but he was efficient. Erik Walker caught seven passes for 127 yards.Meanwhile, SFA quarterback Brady Attaway threw for 450 yards, but he was also picked three times. The first pick was returned 70 yards by D.J. Ward to put WSU in front 16-0."Obviously this feels real good," Sears said. "But like I said in April, this is a process. The kids learned what it takes to win. It was a lot of work, but it really feels great."email@example.com:@tribmarty
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- Date: April 29, 2013 PIO Number: 13-4-22
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A grass-roots public service campaign targeting distracted drivers will be unveiled Tuesday, April 30 at Boyd Anderson High School.
Just Drive was developed by the school's International Baccalaureate film students to take the texting and driving awareness effort to a new level. The initiative is one of several partnerships between Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue and Boyd Anderson High School.
Nearly half of drivers aged 18-20 admitted texting or sending emails while driving, according to a recent study. "Distracted driving is a big problem and getting the message out through peer-to-peer campaigns like Just Drive is an effective way to reach those at greatest risk," Sheriff Scott Israel said. Just drive is an educational program designed by teens, for teens about the dangers and risks associated with distracted driving.
Input from teens at local high schools was solicited to ensure that important facts, details, statistics and messages were being communicated effectively through this project. Recent studies have also shown that consequences of distracted driving can be as profound as drunk driving. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Fatality Facts reports that on average, 11 teenagers a day are killed in crashes as a result of distracted driving in the U.S.
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Fruits and vegetables are a bargain for consumers when measured by serving size, according to a new research report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
"Healthy foods are not necessarily more expensive than less healthy foods," said Andrea Carlson, economist and co-author of the report, "Are Healthy Foods More Expensive? It Depends On How You Measure the Price."
Carlson said in a May 16 teleconference the excuse that healthy food is too expensive doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
While the price-per-calorie for fruits and vegetables is typically more expensive than fat-laden or high-sugar foods, Carlson said consumers can't use that measure to build their diet.
For example, a typical consumer could eat two or three 240-calorie doughnuts and not feel stuffed but one 105-calorie banana satisfies hunger more and provides better nutrition.
Carlson said the study examined the price of more than 4,000 foods based on three methods: price per calorie, price per edible pound and price for average amount eaten.
The foods were divided into fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, proteins and a "less healthy" food category.
Fruits and vegetables are more expensive when measured by price per calorie, but they are not as pricey as less-healthy foods using price-per-edible pound and price-per-average amount eaten.
The study also examined costs to consumers to meet the suggested 2010 dietary guidelines. Measured that way, vegetables are the most expensive one to meet, followed by protein, Carlson said. Meeting the recommendations for grains, dairy and fruit were less expensive.
"There is a lot of (food) in that vegetable recommendation; that's what drives that cost," she said.
In general, consumers can find a range of prices for both healthy and less healthy foods, and they need to be aware how prices are measured.
"We conclude that healthy foods are not necessarily more expensive than less healthy foods," Carlson said during the teleconference.
Produce leaders said that message needs to be heard by consumers.
Kathy Means, vice president of government relations and public affairs for Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association, said PMA research shows consumers can eat recommended servings of fruits and vegetables for not much more than $2 per day.
"Every new research piece that comes out and says that healthful eating is not expensive is important, and it is important that the word gets out to people," Means said. "It is important we keep talking about it because we are still hearing (that fruits and vegetables are too expensive) in the media."
Ray Gilmer, vice president of communications for the Washington, D.C.-based United Fresh Produce Association, commended the ERS study and said it confirms that fresh produce offers consumers value.
"It's too easy for budget-conscious consumers, who might be just comparing retail prices with other food options, to forget about the real nutritional benefits and exceptional value of fresh produce," according to a statement from Gilmer.


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The Straight Scoop on OPC and Security
What You Need to Know about OPC-UA and OPC-Xi
By Roy Kok
So you're considering OPC for an application, and with today's concerns over security, you want to make sure your choice is a good one. Is OPC capable? In order to answer that question, we need to ask and answer a few others first.
What is OPC? If you answer Orthodox Presbyterian Church, you should probably be reading another article, but if you answered OLE for Process Control (OPC), you're getting warmer. Today OPC simply stands for "Open Connectivity—Through Open Standards." The earlier acronym gives a major clue to OPC's beginnings.
The problem industry needed to solve in 1996 had to do with sharing data between disparate automation solutions. OPC was founded by a group of automation vendors and leveraged the best available technology at the time. It essentially defined a set of standard interfaces to be adopted within automation products for the exchange of three types of data: real-time data access through a specification called OPC-DA; alarm and event messages through a specification called OPC-A&E; and historic data through a specification called OPC-HDA. There are many more specifications available through the OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org), but these are the most widely implemented.
A major goal in the development of OPC was to leverage best available technology. Why reinvent the wheel? The technology to leverage back in 1996 was Component Object Model (COM) and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). This is Microsoft technology, and it's at the heart of its operating systems even today. This technology makes up the plumbing for the transfer of data between applications. In one computer, connectivity between applications is handled by COM. Over networks, DCOM takes over. OPC simply defines the messaging (data naming and access conventions). OPC leveraged existing Microsoft technology ensuring the reliable and efficient transport of data.
OPC does not define security. It leverages Microsoft security built into the operating systems. Again, why reinvent the wheel? In small network environments, that means workgroup level security. In larger environments, domain security takes over.
This presents us with a combination of both issues and opportunities. Plant engineers are expert at selecting software products, learning them and applying them. Hence, if the features are in a product, so is the solution—and they will be creative in crafting the solution. However, OPC leverages Microsoft's security, which is the same security that is managed throughout the enterprise by another group—namely IT. This means the effective use of OPC in a distributed application will require collaboration between plant floor engineering and corporate IT. There is no way around it.
Bad Configuration
The OPC Training Institute (www.OPCTI.com), a resource for OPC training around the world, estimates that a majority of distributed OPC applications are actually incorrectly configured. Randy Kondor, president, says, "Security is the first requirement of any distributed application. Customers always make sure they acquire products with the capability of being secure. Then during the implementation phase of a project, security is lost. Systems are hastily architected. As systems come together and begin to operate, attention shifts to the quality of data and the breadth of system implementation, and the initial plumbing that makes up the data transfer is forgotten and often left open and vulnerable. This tends to give OPC a bad name, one it does not deserve. The technology it is based on is excellent and can offer all the security an enterprise needs—but only if it is properly configured.
"There are also several myths about OPC that should be clarified," he continued. "First that OPC is not secure due to port uncertainties inherent in DCOM. While it's true that without configuration, DCOM will default to the use of a range of ports for communication, DCOM can also be tightly locked to the use of a minimum of two ports explicitly defined. This is important for any IT professional wanting to lock down his or her enterprise with a firewall. Additionally, I hear about OPC reliability as an issue in distributed applications. While it is also true that for performance reasons, OPC offers a subscription methodology, and a remote client is sent updates on change. A lack of updates could be stable data or a lost connection. However, most servers also offer variables such as counters or timers that are easily set up as a watchdog—ensuring that your system status is known at all times. OPC is at the heart of many automation products on the market today and isn't just technology used to bridge between solutions."
One solution to improving distributed applications involves using "tunneling" solutions, effectively replacing DCOM in these applications. Tunneling products are OPC clients and servers that have their own proprietary technology for network communications. They have the ability to bridge the gap between machines, even across the Internet, operating through network address translation features in switches, routers or firewalls. Note that these products have their own security settings and may introduce additional security challenges. Again, proper training is the key to success.
So far, we've been talking about the OPC technology developed back in 1996. Today that is known as OPC Classic, and while it has progressed in capabilities over the years, the underlying technology on which it is based (COM/DCOM) is being replaced. Also, there are new requirements for interoperability in automation. This is leading to a new set of OPC specifications.
In 2004, the OPC Foundation and vendors in the OPC Technical Advisory Council (TAC) set forth to upgrade OPC specifications for the 21st century. The new specifications included all the past data interoperability requirements as well as some requirements for unification of specifications to enable even greater levels of interoperability. This interoperability was for all data types with the ability to support data models and enhanced platform portability. This enabled OPC to be on servers and operate robustly in distributed applications both on intranets and across the Internet with built in security. Security was to be manageable by the engineer and be default—not a bolt-on. This new specification is known as OPC-Unified Architecture (OPC-UA).
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One of the most important parts of your hiking system is navigation. Staying found is very high on the list of priorities when you are out backpacking.
Finding lost hikers is the main reason that the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit stays so busy. Of course a lot of RMRU callouts could be avoided if people just did a little research before they head out.
But some hikers will inevitably become lost regardless of circumstances. The first step to avoiding this happening to you is to get a good map.
Many maps of the local hiking trails are available at local stores. My favorite is Tom Harrison's Mt. San Jacinto map, whch is up to date and very durable becasue it's printed on waterproof paper. The U.S. Geological Service's quadrangle maps are very good. Unfortunately, they are not updated very often and things do change over the decades between maps.
Even though I am extremely familiar with our local mountains, I always carry a map with me when I go out hiking. I always stay on the trails. Going off-trail is one of cardinal sins that gets hikers into trouble.
I admit I only carry a very rudimentary compass with me when I go out hiking, but it is better than nothing at all. There are literally hundreds of compasses on the market but most people can get by with one of the basic hiking models.
Of course, if you don't know how to use a compass, it won't be of much help. Books are on the market or you could take an orienteering course, which I recommend for some hands-on learning.
The GPS has replaced both the map and the compass for a lot of people; yet its has its own drawbacks.
First, in our electronic age, will probably be easier to learn to use for most people than map and compass. But the GPS is not the end-all to navigation.
Keep in mind that you have to have batteries that are fully charged. In addition, for emergencies, you need a backup battery or some way to charge your GPS when you are out on longer backpacking trips. They can also be damaged or you can sometimes find that you can't get a signal everywhere.
Therefore, a map and compass are still a good backup system just in case. Getting lost is not high on my list of things to do, but that's just me.
New Year's resolution
I believe I took about 10,000 photos last year and possibly a few good ones. While visiting a pro photographer's website he mentioned that he takes about 55,000 to 60,000 photos annually. That the equivalent of between 150 to 165 photos per day.
While I certainly don't see myself trying to break 10,000 photos for the new year, I do want to make a leap forward in the quality of my photographs. So my resolution is simply this — make every photo count, take pains to get the shots right "in the camera" and to use less cropping and editing after the fact.
This translates my New Year's resolution into better megapixel resolution. Or to put it in another way, take better pictures.


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In a delightful tradition spanning more than a quarter century, the DoGooders in partnership with the Little River Inn raised $3,800 this year for the Fort Bragg Food Bank.
The tradition of an annual DoGooder Luncheon began anywhere from 26 to 31 years ago; I wasn't able to pin down the "exact" date. After a private holiday luncheon, four local women decided to pass a bread basket for donations for the less fortunate. When there wasn't enough in the first pass, it went around again. Every year since then, a luncheon has been planned and donations collected to help feed the hungry in our community.
These founding members were Mildred Benioff, Elinor Hayes, Helen Herbert, and Liz Irwin driving forces of much of what happened on the Mendocino Coast for many years.
After the DoGooder Luncheon at the Little River Inn became a fixture, the management of the event has been handled by four people. Mildred Benioff was the first money manager. Helen Herbert, then Susan Eveleth followed. Liz Irwin was responsible for entertainment for many years. Half the time she had a different group perform but the other years she was the entertainment. It was great fun.
The current organizers are Becky Bowen, photographer, Pat Dunbar, money manager, Ginny Rorby, entertainment and Mary Willoughby, database and invitations.
The DoGooder Luncheon is made up of women from up and down the coast. All of the women who are invited to the luncheon are involved in their communities, doing what they can to improve the lives of other coastal residents. They don't advertise what they've been doing all these years. It's a holiday tradition for old and new friends alike to gather in a magical setting, and exhibit the true meaning of the season.
Helping the group get into the spirit this year, Betty Barber and Grail Dawson shared special, heartwarming stories of their youth. Everyone loved it.
One year there was a prolonged power failure and the luncheon had to be canceled after everyone had paid for their attendance. Everyone was notified of the cancellation and offered their money back; however, no one asked. Many DoGooders send in their ticket price, even if they can't attend, and many donate more than the asking price, too.
These may be quiet benefactors, but the luncheon itself is anything but quiet. It's rather hard to hear with all the chatting going on. But no one really minds as it's all for a good cause, the Fort Bragg Food Bank.
Little River Inn
Each year the Little River Inn contributes the food and setting to make the annual DoGooder Luncheon a true community act of giving. Executive chef Marc Dym and sous chef Sam Greene prepared the recent luncheon. DoGooder servers were several family members and staff, Paul Chiem, Megan Moon and Jose Bermudez.
Founding members
Mildred Benioff moved here in 1964. She started the local chapter of the League of Women Voters, was a founder of the Hospital Foundation, member of the Grand Jury, and Redwood Coast Senior Center director. In 1969 she was instrumental in getting the Mendocino headlands designed as a state park. That effort was the foundation of the historical preservation political structure of Mendocino Village.
Elinor Hayes moved to Little River in 1974 after retiring from writing for the Oakland Tribune. In retirement, she wrote a column of gossip and humor, "That's Life," in The Mendocino Beacon.
Helen Herbert moved to Mendocino in 1988. She's the past president of the Mendocino Community Library Board, the Mendocino Study Club, the League of Women Voters and served two terms on the Mendocino Historical Review Board.
Liz Irwin moved to Little River in 1972. She was the director of the Redwood Coast Senior Center for eight years, a founding member of Mendocino Coast Clinics, author and longtime Mendocino Beacon columnist.
Mildred Benioff, one of the founding members of DoGooders, passed away recently. This year's luncheon was dedicated to her.


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Topic: Does Bile Leak?
Hello. My Dad has a Sorbaview shield/patch that is covering his pic line. This dressing has a window that allows you to view the pic sight. Around the window is a white lining. Dad goes in every week to have this changed. The last couple weeks, the white lining started to turn yellow with a green discoloration identifiable sporadically around the window. The oncology nurses have never seen this and the infusion center has never heard of this but it is happening and the nurses have seen it. Even the sales rep., for the Sobraview, has not heard of it. The nurses and the infusion center does not feel it is a infection, and the discoloration has no odor involvement. Does anyone have any insight?
Dad was diagnosed in early Nov. with CC. He's 64 & is currently undergoing chemo with Gemzar.
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The New Year is a traditional time to reflect on how we can improve ourselves and our businesses. It also is a prime time to revamp your organization's intellectual property strategy of as another wave of provisions in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) come into effect.
Here are six simple and practical resolutions for getting a jump-start on patent reform.
1. Enhance your docketing or file system to track what version of U.S. patent law applies to individual patent applications. AIA does not simply substitute new laws for the old—the U.S. patent system will operate under two sets of laws for many years. AIA defines effective dates, but many provisions are triggered only when a claim in a patent or patent application has a certain effective filing date.
For example, post-grant review proceedings go into effect on Sept.16, 2012, but they generally only apply to patents containing a claim with an effective filing date after March 16, 2013.
2. Enhance monitoring of competing patent applications and patents. You can maximize your options by understanding what other patent claims are pending or issuing in your field. For example, after Sept. 16, 2012, third parties can submit prior art in the prosecution of another party's patent application with an explanation of why the prior art is relevant to the claimed invention. Additionally, the new derivation proceedings will go into effect on March 13, 2013, but there are deadlines for initiating such a proceeding based on the publication or issue date of another parties' patent claims.
3. Be ready to use inter partes review to resolve patent disputes. As of Sept. 16, 2012, inter partes reexaminations before the examiners of the Central Reexamination Unit will be replaced with inter partes review before the administrative patent judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
4. Expedite prosecution of your most important patent applications. Already in effect is an AIA mechanism for patent applicants to speed up the patent process by paying an additional petition fee ($4,800) for prioritized examination. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is chipping away at the backlog of nearly 700,000 patent applications awaiting examination, but non-expedited examination, on average, takes about three years. As of Sept. 16, 2012, the AIA also will prioritize examination of applications important to the national economy or competitiveness.
5. Use supplemental examination to protect patents from allegations of inequitable conduct. After Sept. 16, 2012, patent owners can file for supplemental examination of their own patents based on information that raises a substantial new question of patentability. Unlike ex parte reexamination, the information is not limited to prior art issues. This provision may be particularly useful if information is uncovered in pre-suit review of a patent file or during patent litigation.
6. Plan ahead for conversion to the first-to-file system. The modified first-to-file system will become effective March 16, 2013. Evaluate your invention disclosure system to eliminate delays and ensure your organization has the earliest filing date for your inventions. Also, be aware of the impact of the one-year grace period, and the potential impact in the U.S. and foreign patent systems of publications and other disclosures.


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Mary is blonde, beautiful, and the most vivacious woman I've ever known. She's also my fiancée. Like me, she's not a cigarette smoker, so I didn't know how she'd take it when I finally admitted I like to enjoy an occasional premium cigar.
Surprisingly, she took it very well. After just a week or two of hearing me rave about Cigar Aficionado and the many delights of cigars, she said she wanted to try one with me!
We decided a Friday night would be the best time to share the experience, so we began planning early in the week. To my delight, Mary got more excited as the days passed. She asked numerous questions about cigars, leafed through back issues of Cigar Aficionado (noting the photos of women cigar smokers in the Moments to Remember section), sent me e-mails regarding our big night, and even went with me to help select the cigars we'd share. (We decided on a tin of Montecruz Chicos, a Fuente Fuente OpusX and a Partagas No. 1.)
Friday finally arrived. An almost electric feeling of anticipation filled the air as we sat on the floor in my living room sipping drinks and listening to Haydn's Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87. After a while, I lit one of the little cigars (because Mary wanted to start small) and handed it to her. She took it without hesitation, puffed on it and offered her comments on its taste. We shared it until we let it go out. Within minutes, she asked, "So, which one is next?"
The OpusX was next. Mary noticed a difference in its taste (compared to the Chicos) and said she liked it better. I agreed, but thought it was a little too tightly rolled. Its draw was more difficult than it should have been.
As good as the OpusX was, however, the big hit of the evening was the Partagas No. 1, which Mary helped cut and light (she was really getting into it by that time). With the very first puff, Mary declared the Partagas best of all. We spent the next 20 to 30 minutes sharing the No. 1, talking about cigars, sipping our drinks and watching a Queen concert video.
What a magical night! The sight of this gorgeous blonde woman sharing a cigar with me is an experience I'll never forget. We're already planning our next cigar night. . .with a Partagas or two on hand, of course.
William R. Murphy
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
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Dear Marvin,
Thank you for your delightful July/August 1998 issue featuring Chuck Norris on your cover. I have never been a smoker, never been a martial artist, never been in law enforcement, nor have I ever envisioned myself in any of those capacities. I am, however, a somewhat sensitive, mature female who was irresistibly drawn to your magazine cover featuring the star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" when I was in Waldenbooks today. That cover now sits framed to my right, while "Walker" looks thoughtfully out at me, holding his cigar. In addition to all his other achievements brought out in your article, he appears to be a master of restrained sexuality.
Widowed two years ago, I find the attitude personified in "Walker" by Norris to be very similar to that of my late husband. I tell my children that I enjoy watching "Walker" because he reminds me of their father. Herb Jones was not in law enforcement but he did have a strong sense of right and wrong. When "Walker" needs to set the bad guys straight, it's because he feels so strongly about righting what he sees as being wrong. How so like Herb Jones.
When our four children were small, one look from Herb could hold them in check. I could look all day, and they would hardly notice. Now, I enjoy watching Norris keep the really bad guys in check every evening of the week on USA and on Saturday evening on CBS. In many ways he takes me back to my earlier married years, to a similarly strong, yet gentle, man.
Whether portraying the character Walker or someone else, Chuck Norris always seems to come across in his films as a man who feels strongly about seeing right triumph. Your writer, Alysse Minkoff, described him as being very much like the same type of multi-faceted man he portrays in his films. The accompanying photos you included by Stephen Wayda are incredible, also. Thanks.
Your restrained, sympathetic approach to your Chuck Norris article does you credit. Some current writers and magazines might be tempted to create a phony audience by treating a similar endeavor sensationally. They might even feature him on the front cover of their magazine but hardly mention him on the inside. How refreshing to see a magazine that can succeed by taking the almost-unheard-of journalistic high road. By telling of his early beginnings and how he and his family had to work hard for their achievements, you give your readers much insight. We learn that he is a complex person who has taken his love and enthusiasm for, and success in, martial arts and filmmaking and used them for the benefit of others.
Many thanks to Chuck Norris for being a great role model for our youngsters (and for those of us who are no longer youngsters). Children who have goals in life, as Norris seems to be encouraging them to have, are much more likely to be successful and happy in their lives. People who do that for children are fantastic in my book. As you can see, he didn't have to "beat my opinion out of me." Much success to you all.
Patricia C. Jones
Columbus, Georgia
Editor's Note: The following letter describes a situation of which all cigars smokers should be made aware.
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Dear Marvin,
I hope that this letter finds you well. I am writing to you not as a member of the cigar industry, but as a private citizen who is very concerned about his individual freedom of choice.
For the last 10 months, I have been in negotiations with Nashville's new National Hockey League franchise, the Nashville Predators. The Predators organization had planned on placing a beautiful cigar lounge in the Nashville Arena as an amenity for its luxury suite and club-level suite season ticket holders. C.A.O. was to be the title sponsor for this project in the same manner as Holt's in the Core States Arena [in Philadelphia] and J.C. Newman in [Tampa's] Tropicana Fields. I became extremely impassioned with this project and was eager to bring a top-caliber cigar lounge to the Predators organization, and to the Nashville community as well.
My dreams were crushed, however, when on August 18, the Nashville Metro City Council rejected the bill that would allow this designated smoking area in the arena. On August 3, the council passed this bill on the second reading by a vote of 21 to 13. On the third and final reading, however, the bill was rejected by a vote of 20 to 17 in favor (we needed 21 votes for a majority to win). I had the displeasure of watching this vote on public television. The antismoking zealots were not only uninformed regarding cigar smoking but chose to remain uninformed as well. At one point during the vote, it was proposed that an individual who was present would be able to further explain the state-of-the-art ventilation system that would be placed in the cigar lounge. The council chose not to hear this testimony.
Councilman David Kleinfelter argued that cigar smoking was the wrong message to send to our youth. He stated that when Michael Jordan was seen smoking a victory cigar after the Bulls's recent championship win, "one of the cigar companies undoubtedly gave this cigar to Mr. Jordan in hopes of gaining free advertisement." Why do people refuse to accept the fact that perhaps Mr. Jordan enjoys the occasional cigar and that this was not an attempt by a cigar company for free advertising? Some months ago, Councilman Kleinfelter was quoted in The Tennessean as stating that "designating a cigar-smoking area in the Nashville Arena gives the wrong message; to have a room set aside where people can sit around and kill themselves is irresponsible on our part." While I understand that everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, I believe that this statement was uncalled for, unrealistic and completely irresponsible.
Marvin, my disappointment in the smoking bill's being rejected is surpassed only by my fear that a small group of misinformed individuals is making decisions for my family and me as to what is good for our own well-being. Will coffee soon be prohibited because it contains caffeine, a known addictive substance? Does this send the wrong message to our youth? Where is our freedom of choice going? Prohibition failed years ago; however, I see a certain faction of our society that is determined to dictate what we can and cannot do.
I would strongly urge anyone who is concerned about freedom of choice and individual rights to stand up and be heard. We need to fight for our rights as hard as the antismoking faction is fighting to remove our right to make decisions for ourselves. I thank you for your consideration and continued support of the cigar-smoking public.
Jon A. Huber
Director of Promotions and Public Relations
C.A.O. International Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee
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Dear Marvin,
I was spending a week with several friends in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the week was coming to a close. On this particular day everyone had decided to go snowmobiling, discouraged from skiing because of harsh weather conditions earlier that week. I decided to stay behind, and was rewarded by some great powder skiing through the Jackson Hole trees and slopes as a result of a surprise inch-an-hour snowfall.
When I got back to the cabin after a fantastic day on the slopes, I made the wonderful discovery that I had brought a cigar along for the trip (an Ashton). I was overjoyed because I had been unable to find any hand-rolled cigars in the little ski town and had forgotten that I had brought one from home.
After an hour in the sauna and a long shower, I pulled on my robe and got out the Ashton. The setting to enjoy my smoke could not have been better; the cabin was beautifully decorated. It had a vaulted ceiling over the sitting room, which was equipped with a two-story stone fireplace adorned with a lovely mounted elk head. I lit a fire, then turned the TV and phone off. I poured a glass of good Bourbon and got settled in a chair between the fireplace and the big picture window, which looked out on the mountains and valleys of Wyoming at sunset. I lit the cigar and took a puff, had some Bourbon, and enjoyed the tranquillity and beauty of the landscape and colors of the sky with a good cigar.
Thomas Moore
Charlotte, North Carolina
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We found this in my mother-in-law's basement recently. I've looked around online and seen some can lighters, but I can't find any musical can lighters. Anyone know when these were made or any information about it? It plays "How Dry I Am." It doesn't light, but I think it's refillable.


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First of all, I deeply, deeply, deeply hate object-oriented programming, but since every fucking thing requires it, I guess there's no choice, and I'm basically about to quit programming altogether because I'm getting very sick of it.
This code won't compile:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class CR
int cope;
int main()
CR::cope = 20;
return 0;
error: invalid use of non-static data member 'CR::cope'
you cant access to non static member variable like that you should first make an instance from your class then use its members ...
CR * myClass = new CR(); myClass->cope = 20; or CR myClass; myClass.cope=20;
you should read before you start coding ,... and if you hate oop programming and hate reading you should quit at all
If you hate OOP because it's too hard, try Haskell or LISP. If that's still too hard, try Malbodge.


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Political science seeks to explain the political order in societies, power, political organizations, decision-making processes and their outcomes. Relations among citizens, the processes in and among institutions in the United States and in societies around the world and the relations among the nations of the world are the focus of the study of political science at Muskingum University.
Student Opportunities
Most of these positions are within governmental organizations, such as, city, county, or state offices, the state legislature, city or state agencies. In the past few years, a number of opportunities have been created within the Zanesville (OH) city government structure, and similar positions are in the works for the city of Cambridge. Other opportunities include political campaign organizations and political party organizations. Some are held in the private sector, such as labor unions, the state and national bar associations, and businesses, where interns will work at the interface of the organization and the political world.
Political Science majors are able to work collaboratively in various research capacities with faculty. For example, Dr. Walter Huber has taken students to professional conferences in Boston, Atlanta, and New Orleans. Fifteen Muskingum students were published last year as Political Science undergraduates in professional works. The department has also participated in the Muskingum Summer Fellows program for the past four years. Last summer, two students worked with Dr. Huber and Dr. Van Horn (Geology), putting together an interactive GIS map of the Cambridge (OH) Downtown that will be hosted by the city on the internet.
Pi Sigma Alpha is the political science honorary promoting scholarship in political science. PSA's goal is to provide the entire campus community with a framework within which to study government and public policy issues. This goal is achieved by hosting speakers, and fostering scholarly interaction between faculty and students, and promoting community service.
Professional Activities
Students attend professional conferences with faculty and have coauthored papers with them at the Ohio Economics and Political Science Conference, American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting and the Southern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting.
Washington Semester
Through a cooperative agreement with American University, selected students may spend one semester in Washington, D.C. studying the American governmental system in action. Assignments may include the State Department, lobbying groups, or Capitol Hill. Study is carried out through a seminar, an individual research project, and regular courses at American University.
Model United Nations
Students and faculty attend the American Model United Nations Conference every November. At the three-day conference this past fall, the students participated in a wide range of activities that closely model the operation of the United Nations itself. Simulated sessions included the Security Council, an Historical Security Council (1993) and General Assembly Plenary sessions on subjects including disarmament and international security, economic and financial affairs, social, humanitarian and cultural issues and legal affairs.
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Carter Eberwine ('14) majored in Chemistry, Biology, Political Science, and German at Muskingum. He chose Muskingum because he felt the small class sizes would provide "opportunities for me to build good student-professor relationships and strive in my classes." He also hoped the small campus community would allow him to gain leadership positions.
Carter was the president of his fraternity, the Stag Club; a member of Tri-Beta (Biology Honorary), Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary), Lambda Sigma (Sophomore Honorary), and ODK, the junior-senior honorary. He also served on Student Senate.
Carter spent two months interning in a hospital in Munich, Germany, where he worked in the gastroenterology department on a project that was "aimed toward correlating obesity and diet with the severity of chronic esophageal inflammation and Barrett's Esophagus." Carter found the internship by e-mailing research hospitals in Germany and asking if they were able to accept interns.
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Commercial growers and hybridizers will be offering a nice variety of tomato plants in this classification. They follow the market and know that tomatoes are the all-time favorite plant of most vegetable gardeners.
You can expect to pay more for grafted plants because the process of blending two different types of tomatoes, or peppers or eggplants, for instance, is a labor-intensive process, and also involves healing time for the plants. Even so, the results from trials (by wholesale growers and personal gardeners) of both heirloom and grafted vegetables are proving to be well worth the cost.
I was recently told of an experience one Fort Wayne gardener had raising grafted tomato plants.
As I'm sure you remember, 2012 was extremely complicated weather-wise — early spring, then very hot and dry. Actually, for quite a while, we had drought conditions. This gardener's grafted tomatoes were doing well in spite of the weather, and then he had to be gone for several days.
There was no one to continue caring for them, so he thought they would surely be dead by the time he was able to return home. Much to his surprise, they were doing just fine. They continued that strong growth and fruit production until very cold weather.If you are feeling adventuresome and wish to learn the art of grafting, here are a few tips on how to begin:
•Purchase heirloom seeds and begin planting indoors by late February or early March.
Using heirloom seeds which are more naturally resistant to disease has proved to be one of the best ways to avoid early and late tomato blight.
•Use healthy young plants that have strong roots.
•Use compatible plants to graft together, such as those in the Nightshade family: tomatoes, potatoes (not sweet potatoes), eggplants and sweet and hot peppers.
•Before approaching your transplants with a razor blade or knife, watch this very clear YouTube video demonstration produced by the University of Vermont Extension on how to graft tomatoes: www.youtube.com/ watch?v= WSwTCwlhFgo.
•Washington State University Extension has developed what they call a "healing chamber." See pictures and more information at this website: http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS051E/FS051E.pdf.
This discussion covers large chambers but also includes construction of an inexpensive small chamber if a gardener should decide to do plant grafting at home.
What is actually being built is an enclosed high humidity, no light chamber to set the newly grafted plants in so that the healing process can take place more quickly.
•As with any new plant that is grown in a greenhouse or indoors (and these will have been in the dark), they need to be acclimated to their new environment. After all signs of frost are past, and over several days, give them a few hours each day outside, beginning in deep shade.
Don't rush this process. Little by little, move them each day into a bit sunnier location, being careful to avoid sunburn. Finally, plant them in the garden on a cloudy day or in the evening.
Be prepared to stake grafted plants immediately after grafting and during seasonal growth — and especially during fruit bearing.
The weight of the fruit can break apart the union where the two plants were grafted together.
Jane Ford is an Advanced Master Gardener. Email questions to email@example.com. You also can read her What's Bloomin' blog at www.news-sentinel.com. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel.


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Don Edwards, America's Cowboy Balladeer
2 pm, Mar 10, 2013 | $25
"I do traditional music, much in the vein of some of the old-timers that went by—everybody from Jimmy Rodgers to Woody Guthrie," he tells SFR from his ranch in Hico, Texas, where the town motto is "Where Everybody Is Somebody!"
A true somebody, Grammy-nominated Edwards is an author, historian and musicologist. He's been lauded by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame, and played the character of Smokey in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer.
This Sunday, Edwards performs in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium in expectation of the cultural institution's Cowboys Real and Imagined exhibit, which opens next month.
Where: New Mexico History Museum
Phone: 505-476-5100
113 Lincoln Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
Website: http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/


text: I live on the first floor of a four story 80 year old Brooklyn apartment building with (most of) the original 2 inch cast iron drain and vent pipes. Twice in the last three months and once two years prior an obstruction (or gunk buildup) has stopped up the kitchen drain line, somewhere between the second floor and the basement. This seems to happen when residents above the second floor use their dishwashers. The soapy water hits the obstruction or gunk-narrowed section of pipe and reverses flow back up the drain line and then out of the second floor sink and dishwasher. Twice now the water has filled the second floor sink and dishwasher, overflowing onto her floor and down to my ceiling causing significant damage. My first conclusion was that the obstruction must be between my floor and the floor above it, since waste water has not come up into my sink. However, it turns out that my kitchen, for whatever reason, is not connected to the kitchen drain line but the vent line. This means that the obstruction or built-up section(s) of pipe can be anywhere from the basement where it meets the sewage line to the second floor. A plumber noticed two 45 degree elbows connected to the drain pipe right above the basement ceiling. He thinks that this is a likely area of congestion. However, he can not be certain and says that even if he replaces this section of pipe the area prone to these obstructions could still be above it. It would be hard to tell visually and the pipe is too small for a camera. Since this has happened twice over the period of a few months we must find a solution. What should we do? Replacing the entire drain pipe from the second floor down would seem to be the most thorough course of action but it would entail major expense and inconvenience. Periodic snaking of the lines may lead to further damage. Bio-Clean in a multi-unit apartment building sounds tricky. Replacing only some of the pipe sounds like a gamble. What do you recommend? All help is greatly appreciated.


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text: W.Va. inmates to start farming for food bank By The Associated Press May 24, 2013 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Inmates at seven minimum- and medium-security prisons in West Virginia will be sowing seeds this spring and tending plants this summer as part of a new program to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.Planting on small prison-owned plots will begin soon for the Harvest Now program, and the Division of Corrections will donate its produce to the Mountaineer Food Bank near Gassaway, Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein said Friday.Mountaineer serves 48 of West Virginia's 55 counties, distributing food to local pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, youth programs, day-care centers, senior programs and after-school nutrition programs."There's just such a negative connotation of corrections," Rubenstein said. "I've always just had the philosophy and desire to be good neighbors through community service and, when possible, to give back to the community."Harvest Now began in 2008 in Connecticut, where 33,000 pounds of food was donated last year. The 22,000 pounds produced at Cybulski State Prison in Enfield helped feed 5,500 people.Harvest Now also gives inmates a sense of purpose, said founder Brooks Sumberg, a Peace Corps veteran who launched the program in Fairfield, Conn., to help alleviate hunger and improve health. He's since lobbied corrections officials nationwide to participate.About 97 percent of states are involved to some extent, either feeding their own inmates or feeding inmates and donating food, Sumberg said. Only a handful of states are doing nothing, and he targeted them in letters earlier this year. New to the program this summer are West Virginia, the Frank Lee Work Release Center in Deatsville, Ala., and two prisons in Maine, Sumberg said. The prison in Enfield, Conn., meanwhile, is expanding its production area to about 10 acres this summer."They could easily hit 55,000 pounds to donate this year," he said.Sumberg said he also sees potential with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which has 119 facilities nationwide. Although his first pitch was rejected, he said he hasn't given up."They have a lot of minimum-security prisons, a lot of white-collar prisons," Sumberg said, "so we think they're going to be in a good position to do this." Harvest Now's website states that about 33 million people in the United States have substandard diets and must seek out emergency food supplies to supplement what they can't afford.It also states that 84 million Americans have gardens, with an average production of 100 pounds per year. Harvest Now encourages those backyard growers to find local food banks and donate what they can spare.Rubenstein said the 1993 federal Good Samaritan Act protects his facilities from liability if they are growing and donating food to charity.West Virginia's Denmar, Pruntytown, Huttonsville, Anthony, Beckley, Parkersburg and St. Marys correctional centers are participating. Pruntytown Warden Debra Minnix said Harvest Now encourages the practice of letting inmates keep some of the food they grow. In the lowest-security housing units, her inmates have kitchenettes where they can prepare it.Minnix said prisoners will grow tomatoes, potatoes, squash, carrots and cucumbers - all things that have a fairly long shelf life and can be used in multiple ways.Parkersburg will add green peppers, zucchini, pumpkins and, perhaps, watermelon to its mix, she said.It's too soon to predict how much the prison plots will produce, but Minnix said the food bank will weigh and track the donations.Pruntytown, a minimum-security facility with the look and feel of a school campus, already had several small gardens, and Minnix said the inmates are eager to expand them."People find a lot of pleasure in that," she said. "I'm sure there are a lot of inmates who will learn stuff, too." Harvest Now, she said, is "a good lesson about giving back to society, not just taking from society." Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 3 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 4 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 5 Photos: Teens make buttons of favorite banned books at Kanawha library Developer eyes CURA-owned city block Previous Story Justices: Mother of slain MU player can't get crime fund money to pay his college loans Next Story