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Tulsa Gets A Tough Road Win at Marshall
Tulsa scored with 8:25 remaining on Cody Green's four-yard pass to Jordan James, and the defense held on, as the Golden Hurricane defeated Marshall, 45-38, in front of a crowd of 27,189 Saturday afternoon at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
The Golden Hurricane (5-1, 3-0 C-USA) won its seventh straight road C-USA contest to remain unbeaten in league play this season.
The Tulsa defense twice stopped Marshall on fourth down in the final four minutes to seal the victory. The first was 4th-and-5 from the TU 16 when Lowell Rose broke up the pass. Then on the next possession, Demarco Nelson dove in for the break up on 4th-and-7 on the TU 17, to give the Hurricane the ball back to kneel out the clock.
Marshall took a 38-37 lead with 10:59 left in the game when Rakeem Cato found Antavious Wilson for a 32-yard touchdown. Tulsa took the ensuing kickoff and drove 66 yards in six plays for the winning score.
Alex Singleton rushed for three touchdowns and 94 yards, while Trey Watts rushed 18 times for 111 yards. The junior tailback Watts also totaled 144 yards on kickoff returns, including a 95-yarder for a touchdown, and totaled a career-high 255 all-purpose yards in the game.
Marshall (2-4, 1-1 C-USA) outgained Tulsa, 572-340, including 403-90 in the air. The Golden Hurricane outrushed the Thundering Herd, 250-169, and forced three turnovers.
Tulsa took the second-half kickoff 69 yards in 13 plays and scored on a two-yard Singleton run at the 9:54 mark of the period, giving the Hurricane a 24-17 lead. On Marshall's subsequent possession, Tulsa's Dwight Dobbins picked up a fumble and ran 11 yards for a score. However, Tulsa had a bad snap on the PAT attempt and Marshall's Andre Snipes returned the ball for two points, making the score 30-19.
Marshall took the kick 84 yards in 12 for six points as Remi Watson scored from one yard out, but the two-point conversion failed, making the score 30-25 in favor of the Hurricane.
Tulsa's Trey Watts took the subsequent kickoff 95 yards for his second career TD on a kick return, but Marshall wasted little time as Rakeem Cato hit Gator Hoskins on the right sideline as Hoskins ran more than 50 yards for a 72-yard touchdown reception.
At the 3:57 of the third quarter the score read Tulsa 37 and Marshall 32.
The home team Herd took its first lead of the game, 38-37, at the 10:59 mark of the fourth quarter when Cato threw the final 36 yards of a 99-yard drive to Antavious Wilson for the touchdown. Marshall went for the two-point conversion, but the pass in the corner of the end zone was broken up by Tulsa's Dobbins.
Tulsa answered in 2:34 going 64 yards in six plays as Cody Green threw 47 yards to Keyarris Garrett and a third-and-5 at the Tulsa 37-yard line. Green threw a four-yard TD pass to Jordan James, and a two-point conversion to Thomas Roberson to retake the lead at 45-38.
To start the game, Tulsa put the first points on the board with a 36-yard Daniel Schwarz field goal following a fumble recovery by Tulsa's Dexter McCoil at the Marshall 46-yard line. Lowell Rose's interception on Marshall's second possession gave Tulsa ball at the Marshall 38-yard line, but the Hurricane offense could not muster any offense.
Marshall took the subsequent possession 76 yards in 14 plays, but the Hurricane defense stopped the Herd at the four-yard line forcing a field goal. MU's Justin Haig tied the score with his 20-yard field goal.
On a fourth-and-1 from the Marshall 48-yard line, Tulsa's Alex Singleton went over the left side of the line and not only picked up the first down, but rumbled for a 48 yards for Tulsa's first touchdown of the game. Singleton's career-long run made the score 10-3 to cap an eight-play, 80-yard drive in 3:19 off the clock.
At the end of the first quarter, Tulsa held a slight edge in total offense, 135 to 95 yards.
Tulsa continued its drive from the first quarter and went 63 yards in 16 plays and taking 7:30 off the clock to take a two-touchdown lead at 17-3. The possession for the Hurricane was the longest drive for duration and plays this year as Singleton scored his second TD of the game with a four-yard run. Singleton gained 29 yards on eight carries during that scoring drive.
Marshall's quick strike offense tied the score at 17 in the final three minutes of the first half. First, the Herd went 80 yards in nine plays and cut the Tulsa lead to seven points with 2:36 remaining on the halftime clock as Kevin Grooms ran in for the score from six yards out.
Tulsa gave the ball right back to the Herd with a fumble by Demarco Nelson on the kickoff return. Marshall went in to tie the score 17-17 with 1:15 remaining in the first half when Cato connected with Antavious Wilson for an 11-yard touchdown pass.
At intermission, Marshall held a 255 to 208-yard advantage in total offense. Tulsa ran the ball 31 times, while throwing just eight passes in the first half as the Hurricane gained 189 yards on the ground and just 19 yards passing against the Herd. Marshall picked up 108 yards on 13 plays on its two first-half touchdown drives.
Tulsa will return to H.A. Chapman Stadium for a Thursday night game against the UTEP Miners in a nationally televised game on FOX Sports Network. Kickoff for the Conference USA match-up is scheduled for 7:00 pm.


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IntroductionIn my recent review of Lubuntu 13.10 I mentioned that it is possible to customise the Lubuntu desktop.
This article shows you how to manipulate the LXDE controls to alter the desktop appearance, add panels and position them, create items on panels and modify the menu.
Desktop Preferences
To bring up the "Desktop Preferences" screen right click on the empty desktop and when the menu appears select the required option.
You can see by the image to the left that the "Desktop Preferences" screen has 2 tabs called "Appearance" and "Advanced.
The "Appearance" tab has 2 main functions:
- Alter the desktop wallpaper
- Set the font details for icons on the desktop
To choose a new picture click on the folder icon at the end of the wallpaper field (shown above).
Scroll through the images until you find one you like and then click "Open".
If you would prefer to use an image of your own then navigate to the image you wish to use and then click "Open".
You will notice on the "Desktop Preferences" screen that there is a checkbox which says "Use the same wallpaper on all desktops".
If you are coming from Windows you may find this a bit confusing. Linux based operating systems has the concept for virtual desktops and so you can have a number of different desktops for different purposes.
The "Use the same wallpaper on all desktops" checkbox basically says that if you check this box then your wallpaper stays the same on each virtual desktop. If you don't check the box then you can set a different background picture for each virtual desktop.
If you don't want to use an image but you want to use a solid colour then you can select the colour you wish to use by clicking on the "Background Colour" button.
You can click the outer circle of colour which changes the colours within the triangle.
Then click into the triangle to pick the actual colour you wish to use.
Alternatively type the hue, saturation and value into the appropriate fields or enter the red, green and blue values into the appropriate boxes. Click "OK" to exit this screen.
The "Wallpaper mode" option lets you decide how the background is displayed.
There are five options:
- Fill with background colour only
- Stretch to fill the entire screen
- Stretch to fit the screen
- Centre on the screen
- Tile the image to fill the screen
The stretch to fill the screen option takes an image that is smaller than the screen and resizes it to fill the entire screen.
The stretch to fit the screen option takes an image that is larger than the screen and shrinks it to fit the screen.
The tile option takes an image smaller than the screen and repeats the image vertically and horizontally across the screen.
At the bottom of the "Desktop Preferences" screen there are "Text" settings. These relate to the way text appears next to icons that you can create on the desktop.
To create a new icon on the desktop right click on the desktop and select "Create new". The options available are folder, text file and shortcut.
The "Label Text Colour" option sets the font colour for the text and the "Shadow Colour" sets the shadow colour for the text.
If you check the "Show menus provided by window manager when desktop is clicked" then you will see the menu provided by the window manager.
By default in Lubuntu the window manager is currently Openbox and so if you place a check in the box the context menu on the desktop will look as follows:
By default Lubuntu only has one panel. A panel is a placeholder for items.
Panels are highly customisable and can be placed on any edge of the screen.
To amend the existing Lubuntu panel right click on an empty space within the panel and choose "Panel Settings".
- Geometry
- Appearance
- Panel Applets
- Advanced
GeometryThe Geometry tab deals with the size and positioning of the panel.
You can place a panel on any one of the 4 edges of the screen. If a panel already occupies an edge then a new panel cannot be placed on the same edge. (i.e. you cannot double up).
Ultimately though you can choose to have the panel on the left (if you want to go for a Ubuntu style look), on the top, at the bottom or on the right.
The alignment options change depending on where you have placed the panel. If you put the panel on the top or bottom then you can alight to the left, the right or the centre of the screen. If you place the panel on the left or right edge then you can align to the top, middle or bottom.
The way the margin works is also dependant upon where you place the panel. If you place the panel to the left and set the alignment to the bottom then the margin sets how far from the bottom the panel starts. If you set the alignment to the top then the margin sets the space from the top of the screen.
Similarly if you put the panel at the bottom and choose left alignment then the margin sets the space from the left of the screen and if you choose right alignment then the margin sets the space from the right of the screen.
The height and width fields are both again set based upon where you have placed the panel.
If the panel is on the top or bottom then you can set the width as a percentage or by pixels and you can only set the height by pixels.
However if the panel is on the left or right then you can set the height as a percentage or by pixels and you can only set the width by pixels.
The icon size option lets you choose how big the icon is on the panel. Obviously it is a good idea to make it smaller than the panel width or height depending where you have placed the panel.
Panel Appearance
The background colour of the panel can be set to the colour of the system theme (there is a section about this later on), a solid colour (with or without transparency) or an image.
The text can be set to a specified colour and a specified size.
To change the panel colour to a new colour click on the "Solid Colour" radio button to make it active and then click on the square block of colour.
Alternatively enter the red, green and blue mix.
The opacity slider lets you choose the transparency level of the panel.
Slide the slider all the way to the right for a completely solid colour and to the left for complete transparency.
Panel Applets
The screen to the left shows all the items on the default Lubuntu panel.
You can add other items to the panel by clicking the "Add" button.
You can remove items that you don't want to appear, edit items and change the order or items by selecting them and clicking the up and down arrow.
To add them simply click the item you wish to add and click "Add".
One of the key plugins is the "Application Launch Bar" as this enables you to iconise applications which can then be placed on a panel.
To see how this works first of all add the "Application launch bar" to the panel and then select it and click "Edit".
If you want to remove an icon select it in the "Applications" list and click remove.
To change the order of the icons click the up and down buttons.
I changed the layout of Lubuntu to have the main panel at the top and I added a new panel at the bottom to be an application launch panel.
I also added an application launcher and added the most commonly used applications.
I set the background to transparent to make it look good.
Advanced Panel Settings
The preferred applications let you choose the applications you wish to have as the defaults.
You can choose any file manager that you have installed to be the default and any terminal emulator to be the default.
The "make window managers treat the panel as a dock" option is a mystery to me. You can read this thread by PCLinuxOS magazine which tries to explain the setting or you can read this thread which also tries to explain what this option actually means.
A more obvious option is the "Reserve space and not covered by maximised windows" checkbox. When checked open applications will not be placed over the panel but when unchecked the open applications can be resized to cover the panel.
The "minimise panel when not in use" makes the panel smaller when you aren't hovered over it. This option is used in conjunction with the "size when minimised" box to determine how small the panel becomes. The biggest it can be is 10 pixels and the smallest 2 pixels.
Last but not least is the log level. The levels are as follows:
- None
- Error
- Warn
- Information
- All
Customise look and feel
By now you might have thought that this article was coming to an end.
Well we aren't even close.
The "Customise look and feel" settings deal more with actual screens, icons, windows, borders and mouse cursors.
WidgetsThe widget settings determine how dialog windows appear on the screen.
Basically click through the list of widgets and when you find one you like click apply and all windows will use that style.
For example you can change the background and foreground of a normal window or indeed a text editor.
You do have to check the "use customised colour scheme" checkbox to be able to define your own colours.
Icon Theme
You can download other icon themes and install them by clicking on the install button and navigating to the downloaded file.
The installed icon theme will then appear in the list for selection.
Mouse CursorThe "Mouse Cursor" tab is much like the "Icon Theme" tab.
Basically there are a list of mouse cursor styles to choose from. Again if you can't find one you like download one and install it by clicking the install button and navigate to the downloaded file.
Window Titles
Again choose the them you wish to use or install one.
There are two other tabs within this screen however called title bar and misc.
The title bar tab lets you choose the font name and size for active and inactive windows.
You can also enter the button order of the buttons that appear on a window.
The button order is entered by following a key which defines the item and then entering the key order into a box.
Here is the key:
- N = Window Icon
- L = Window Title
- I = Minimise
- M = Maximise
- C = Close
- S = Roll Up
- D = Omnipresent (appears on all desktops).
The misc tab lets you choose the font name and size for menu headers, menu items, font for on-screen display and font for inactive on screen display.
The best thing I have found with this sort of screen is to either leave well alone or try out a few options and see whether it works for you or not.
The toolbar style can be set to "Text beside icons", "Icons Only", "Text Only" or "Text Below Icons".
You can also set the toolbar icons size.
The rest of the settings are fairly obvious.
Customising the menuLXDE doesn't come with a graphical menu editor. You can however download and run a menu editor called LXMED.
Now unfortunately it isn't just a case of downloading LXMED and running it.
First of all you need Java installed. To get Java run Synaptic from the system tools menu and search for Java JDK.
Once Java is installed download LXMED.
Open the downloaded file with archive manager and extract the files to underneath your HOME folder. (i.e. /home/gary/lxmed)
Open up a terminal window and navigate to the folder where lxmed is installed (cd /home/gary/lxmed).
Now change the permissions of the install.sh script (chmod +x install.sh).
Run the script. (sudo ./install.sh).
Under the preferences menu there should now be an option called "Main Menu Editor".
In the right panel there is a list of items that are currently menu items in the selected category.
To view the menu items for each category simply click on the category you wish to look at.
The path field shows you where the menu items are stored.
The category dropdown lets you choose the category to add your menu item to.
The name is obviously the title you wish to give the menu item.
The command is the path or command for the program or script that you wish to run when the menu item is clicked.
The comment is just that and the icon is the picture that appears next to the text on the menu.
There is a checkbox for visible which determines whether the item appears in the menu or not.
If you want to see the properties of an existing application click on the application name and select properties.
The same dialog appears as the new item window but with the fields already filled in.
This screen is useful if you want to change the program that is to be run or if you want to change the menu category.
To remove a menu item click the delete button.
Anything you do within the menu editor can be undone or redone using the undo and redo buttons.
Finally you can also cut, copy and paste menu items from one category to another by clicking the buttons provided.
SummaryThis is obviously a fairly long blog post and I recommend that you bookmark it and come back to it and pick and choose the bits you need.
I hope that some of you find it useful.
Thankyou for reading.
And there is more....
- A review of "Instant Ubuntu"
- Lubuntu 13.10 Review
- OS4 OpenLinux
- Buy a laptop pre-installed with Ubuntu
- 5 things to consider when using Linux for the first time
- 10 things the average Joe won't know about Linux
- Linux Mint 15 XFCE Review
- SolydX Review
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About 2,000 people were huddled in a basketball gym in the southern town of New Bataan, one of only a few buildings left standing after Typhoon Bopha ravaged the area, which is home to banana and gold mining industries.
With the overpowering stench of rotting corpses from the parking lot outside, farmer's wife Violy Saging, 38, tried to focus on the needs of her surviving children.
"It (the typhoon) snatched our life away. There is nothing left, but we are hoping our relatives or friends will take us in," she told AFP.
The body of her eldest son Rodger, 15, was found wrapped around a coconut tree that he had climbed to flee the flash floods. Her three-year-old son, the youngest of three surviving children, has a high fever.
The concrete floor of the basketball court is streaked with mud. Part of the gym's roof was blown away by the cyclone, exposing the dazed survivors to both intermittent rain and the heat of the tropical sun.
Dry space along the few benches around the court is at a premium, and Saging's family shares a small area with an elderly couple who lost six children.
The Philippines' civil defence office said more than 306,000 people had been left homeless by Bopha, the deadliest natural disaster this year for a country that is also hit regularly with quakes, floods and volcanic eruptions.
The figure had risen by 56,000 from Thursday's total, and Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said the government had appealed for immediate international aid for food, tents, water-purification systems and medicines.
"People have no houses to go home to, so they are going to the evacuation centres for shelter and relief goods," Soliman told AFP in Manila as she prepared to fly to the disaster zone with President Benigno Aquino.
Those lucky enough to be inside the New Bataan gym receive rice, instant noodles, and tinned meat.
But Soliman said they faced being stuck there for months as the government finds flood- and landslide-free places to build new shelters.
Outside the gym, Medarda Opiso, 47, joined crowds with handkerchiefs pressed to their noses as they gingerly peeled away death shrouds covering faces and bloated bodies laid out on the pavement.
Soldiers have pulled scores of dead from under the rubble and body bags are running low. But many more are still missing, including Opiso's son's wife and daughter.
"My son is in despair. He is not talking to anyone. I am afraid he will lose it," Opiso said.
The son, farmer Gomer Opiso, had been tending to his crops when the wall of water and debris obliterated nearly the entire town of 48,000 people.
But amid the despair there were also some bitter-sweet reunions.
Lucrecio Panamogan, 74, found his grown children huddled together with their families in a devastated school yard two days after the storm.
"I thought I had lost them," he told AFP, his tears welling up.
"We may no longer have a house, or any possessions, but we still have each other."


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SOMEWHERE between Marin County's red flag fire warnings (in May!) and Tesla's turning its first profitable quarter, was the big news.
It may have been received as a passing whisper, but it should have been a deafening roar: 400 parts per million. Planet Earth now has a higher concentration of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than at anytime over the past 3 million years.
That's before humans evolved, in case you were wondering.
Here's the kicker — we effected this change in less than 200 years. We've created change that is in a new constant state of change. Carbon dioxide rates will continue to increase and our weather events will worsen and enter into a persistent state of instability.
It might be pretty impressive if it weren't so shocking.
So now what? Hope NASA's spacecraft can achieve its mission to find other Earth-like, habitable planets?
Wait for our legislators in D.C. to have a Kumbaya moment and solve our climate problem?
Keep an eye out for a superhero to remedy our woes?
NASA's mission is at risk. Federal legislation is stuck. Superman is a no show.
However, rather than taking on the issue personally, we are overwhelmed by the scope of the problem and live in denial, depression and a state of inaction.
In my work at Cool the Earth, I am witness to this regularly. I speak with parents who feel great concern about climate change but don't believe they make a difference. They feel guilt as they gas up their car and turn on the air conditioning, in April.
Then there's the fossil fuel economic engine, China and India, population explosion, and other reasons to do nothing.
But everything changes when we start talking about the kids. Parents immediately brighten and speak of hope. They speak of ways their kids understand and take action about the climate change crisis.
A child's view is optimistic against all odds.
Climate change is not just about the environment. At its core, it is a humanitarian issue, and as this great humanitarian disaster unfolds before us, might we imagine that kids can inspire families to engage?
Kids' influence on consumer markets, culture and media is huge. Kids' influence on their parents and communities is staggering.
Don't take my word for it.
A recent study by researchers at Stanford University found that kids in the Cool the Earth's school program took new energy-saving actions at home and they led their families to act as well. 250,000 actions. But just how do small family actions stack up to 400 ppm? Small actions empower us, give us hope and initiate real engagement.
They shift inertia and can lead to bigger things. Stanford found 38 percent of parents of kids in Cool the Earth went on to take significant steps such as higher-priced, more complex carbon-reducing measures as well as taking civic engagement steps. Small actions, taken in a community, are the foundation for broad climate engagement.
As a movement, we've reached for the brass ring of federal legislation. We've failed. We tried to hit a home run while skipping spring training.
It's time to retrench and take local, personal action.
Only by building a foundation of people acting to protect the climate will we bring about sustainable change in consumer markets and legislation.
Let's interrupt inertia and show we have evolved.
Kids and families are my local community. Discover your community for engagement on climate change. Retired, college students, religious affiliation, bikers, artists. If you don't find a «group that you can engage in climate action, create one.
Then you will find Superman — just look in the mirror.
Carleen Cullen of Greenbrae is founder and executive director of Cool the Earth, a Marin-based nonprofit educating kids and families across the U.S. about climate change and inspiring personal action and engagement.


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"You should do whatever it takes to have fun and enjoy the music you're hearing. A party is whatever you make it out to be."
Party death metal rockers Attila formed in their hometown of Atlanta in 2005, meeting each other at their high school and through mutual friends. Their mutual love of music (and partying) brought the guys together to form what would eventually become the fourth imprint on the Artery Foundation/Razor & Tie joint venture, Artery Recordings.
When the guys set out to name their newly formed band, they knew they were looking for a simple, one word name that didn't imply the typical death metal cliché terms such as "blood, dying, and darkness." One day they found themselves in a bookstore passing around a book about Attila the Hun, and so Attila was born.
Over the years Attila has gone through a few lineup changes, but founding members Fronz and Sean have remained a constant staple. For the past two years, the band has consisted of Fronz (vocals), Nate (guitar), Chris (guitar), Sean (drums) and Chris (bass). This lineup really brought together Attila's sound and image that they are known for today. The band began touring full time and as of summer 2010, has been on the road almost non-stop since.
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REDWOOD CITY — Three people arrested after a boozy party aboard a stolen yacht that crashed aground in Pacifica are being held in lieu of $1.01 million bail due the high value of the luxury vessel.
Because authorities believe the 82-foot Darling is worth over a $1 million they have set a hefty bail for a Wyoming man and a pair from Aptos, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. The trio remain behind bars after the strange stand off that began early Monday when someone spotted the boat stranded in the sand just off Linda Mar Beach.
Yachts of the same make, model and year are being offered for at sale at $2.8 million, according to online advertisements.
Leslie Gardner, 63 of Gillette, Wy.; Dario Mira, 54; and Lisa Modawell, 55, both of Aptos are due in San Mateo County Superior Court Wednesday if prosecutors decide to file charges. They are being held on suspicion of boat theft.
A salvage company towed the Oyster Marine 82 overnight to Richmond for repairs. But it wasn't clear how much damage may have been done the vessels in the at least 12 hours it was stuck in the sand and battered by waves. Early morning TV news broadcasts showed damage to the keel, which keeps the boat from tipping over, and the propeller.
The suspects initially ignored attempts by the Coast Guard and later Pacifica police to contact them Monday morning. Police later learned the boat was stolen from Sausalito Yacht Harbor earlier that day. The trio gave themselves up around noon, leading authorities to find a boat cabin strewn with drained beer bottles and empty pizza boxes.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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Free yoga in the park Sept. 8
PUREyoga studio is offering a free "Sunset Yoga in the Park" classes, 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Liberty Square Park in Stillwater.
There will be music by Lars Erik Carlson and yoga instruction by Suzy Schaak.
The studio is at 103 New England Place, suite 130, Stillwater. Liberty Square Park is on the east side of the studio.
Info: conta.cc/1qbNeN6.
Writing class at ArtReach
Elissa Cottle is offering a class titled "Creating a Writing Life" on Tuesdays at ArtReach St. Croix this fall.
The classes include eight sessions Tuesday, Sept. 15 through Tuesday, Nov. 18. Each class meets 7-9 p.m. at ArtReach, 224 N. Fourth St., Stillwater. The cost is $80.
Cottle has a master of fine arts in writing and is a published poet and journalist, as well as a writing teacher of 10 years.
Her students receive weekly writing topics, recommended readings and feedback on their writing work.
To register or more information, contact her at [email protected] or 612-206-7889.
Apple Fest comes to Stillwater Sept. 14
The Vallee de Croix Chorus is hosting an "Old Fashioned Apple Fest" on Sunday, Sept. 14, 1:30-4 p.m. at the Eagles hall, 13523 60th St N. in Stillwater. The event includes all the apple desserts and ice cream you can eat, as well as apple pie raffles, and themed basket and afghan raffles. The event will be interspersed with singing by the Vallee de Croix Chorus.
At the end of the event there will be a raffle drawing for a hot air balloon ride for two by Aamont's Balloons. Raffle tickets for the balloon ride are $5 for one chance or $12 for three changes. You don't need to be present to win.
Apple Fest tickets are $8 for adults; children ages 5-10 cost $5; and children ages 4 and under get in free.
To purchase hot air balloon raffle tickets prior to the Apple Fest call Marlys at 651-739-8635. For general information call Joyce at 651-430-2965 or visit valleedecroix.org.


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FLASH SPECIAL: Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER In 3D, In Theaters & In History
Today we are celebrating the classic holiday-themed ballet that originally premiered one week prior to Christmas Day exactly 120 years ago, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER. The ideal respite from the holiday rush, Fathom Events will be presenting the all new 3D film presentation of Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER on December 3, starring members of the very ballet company of the theater in which the fantastical family-friendly fable first debuted in 1892, the landmark Russian Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
While far from unanimously well-regarded upon its somewhat stormy premiere, Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER has become one of the most beloved and ubiquitous ballets produced in the last fifty years, following its brilliant resurgence and re-appreciation beginning in the 1950s. Based on "The Nutcracker And The Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tchaikovsky utilized the Alexandre Dumas adaptation of the children's short story concerning itself with a girl's journey through a dazzling fantasy land in search of a toy, titled THE TALE OF THE NUTCRACKER. Re-teaming with his visionary collaborator on THE SLEEPING BEAUTY from two years before, Marius Petipa, Tchaikovsky had a more difficult time of his compositional process while working on THE NUTCRACKER, due in no small part to the fact that he was also composing an opera to premiere as part of the double-bill, which would eventually become IOLANTA. Additionally, Petipa was incredibly strict in setting out the parameters of the piece to his musical compatriot - down to the number of bars and even tempi, in many cases - which Tchaikovsky found understandably frustrating and limiting, but which evidently would foster the foundation for many of his most memorable and long-lasting melodies. Despite the final result having great resonance for modern audiences, the original premiere was plagued with production problems - none the least of which being Pepita himself falling ill during preparatory rehearsals and choreographic reigns going to his assistant, Lev Ivanov, though who precisely staged what is still debated and discussed to this day by ballet buffs. While Tchaikovsky's score was praised for its lushness and epic scope, many critics found the piece less than successful overall in its first production, lobbing cruel pans to many of the lead performers and bemoaning the unusual framing device ("Insipid," to wit, included) suggested by the source material - to say nothing of the general distaste expressed for the use of actual children onstage, an anamoly for the period; an interesting and revealing insight into theatre history in itself, particularly given the preponderance of pre-pubescence on Broadway these days, such as in ANNIE, A CHRISTMAS STORY and MATILDA, to cite but a few examples of family-friendly fare.
Yet, the all-too-magical, unmistakable allure and persuasive power of the winsome Sugar Plum Fairy, the terrifying Mouse King, the good-hearted Clara (Masha in the original) and the eponymous wooden soldier himself have bolstered the reputation of the initially misunderstood ballet since its inception and initial reception well over a century ago. While the first production of the piece in the United States was not until 1944, unbelievably, it was not until ten years later, when iconic director George Balanchine created his production of it for the New York City Ballet, where it has been presented annually ever since, that the ballet reached major prominence on these shores. Since the 1960s, THE NUTCRACKER has been more popular than in any other segment of history and many of the world's most artistically daring and critically revered directors of last century and this century have adapted it or taken it on fully - among them, Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Ballet, Peter Wright for the Royal Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Ballet Theater and SWAN LAKE 3D director and InDepth InterView participant Matthew Bourne (available here) himself.
Comprised of both a real world framing device and a far-out fantasyland ala THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE NUTCRACKER has more magic per minute than many - dare I say any - other holiday entertainments available and no Christmas is truly complete without a trip to the Land Of Sweets and a view or two of the one and only Sugar Plum Fairy - plus, the titular toy. Indeed, 1892 or 2012, great art remains great - so don't miss a truly eye-popping and all-too-enveloping 21st century take on the tale with the Fathom 3D presentation of the elegant and spectacular new Mariinsky Theatre mounting on December 3, the first stage iteration of it to be filmed in 3D. It's a mouse-see.
More information on Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER on December 3 is available here.
The Nutcracker Suite
Duke Ellington, FANTASIA and Monty Python's The Flying Circus to Barbie, The Smurfs, THE SIMPSONS, Beavis and Butthead and beyond, the massive, truly incalculable influence that the themes, images, story, and, most importantly, the music of Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER have had on pop culture and society at large can be felt to this day in that handful of examples and many, many more. Look no further than your local theater listings for a live performance in your area, as well, since surely one exists not too far away - or, better yet, catch the Fathom 3D presentation on December 3. THE NUTCRACKER lives on and on, as is especially evident at holiday time, and remains a major part of the popular entertainment pantheon and lexicon, a fact which will surely continue for the forseeable future at this rate.
So, let's take a look at some of the most iconic moments from some past productions of THE NUTCRACKER as well as shine a light on some of the ways in which the inspiring and beautifully honed story of a girl's search for something lost has given us so much happiness and joy, whether or not we may actually be aware of its influence on our lives, and found a special place in all of our hearts. Masterpieces like this have a way of lingering in the memory - and heart.
Act I
First up, here is the trailer for Fathom's special one-day-only presentation of Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER in select theaters nationwide on December 3.
Get some background on the people presenting THE NUTCRACKER next week - now, first, and, seemingly, always - the Russian Imperial Mariinsky Ballet, with this fascinating documentary detailing their history and astounding legacy as a premiere world dance institution.
Also, enjoy this vintage production of THE NUTCRACKER recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre, where it originally premiered in 1892.
Now, let us take a look back at some of the most famous stagings of the ballet, starting with dance icon Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of THE NUTCRACKER, available to view in full.
Next, here is a complete performance capture of Peter Wright's production of THE NUTCRACKER, conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov as presented at the BBC Royal Opera House.
Prima Ballerina Wendy Whelan performs the "Arabian Dance" from THE NUTCRACKER in this clip featuring George Balanchine's original choreography for the New York City Ballet premiere.
Additionally, sample the Hong Kong Ballet's striking take on THE NUTCRACKER.
The Kirov Ballet stages Tchaikovsky and Petipa's forerunner to THE NUTCRACKER, the audacious and sweeping SLEEPING BEAUTY, in this 1989 filmed performance of the ballet.
Check out the trailer for Emile Ardolino's 1993 film adaptation of THE NUTCRACKER, utilizing Balanchine's original choreography and concept, starring Macaulay Culkin.
Following that, catch a peek of the most recent film version of the timeless story in the form of THE NUTCRACKER 3D, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and featuring Nathan Lane.
Act II
Changing up the pace a bit with a few fun entries, enjoy the legendary NUTCRACKER sequence from Disney's remarkable animation accomplishment for the ages, FANTASIA.
Here, Barbie gets into the spirit of the season - and even attempts a little en pointe action- with her first feature film, BARBIE IN THE NUTCRACKER MOVIE.
An MTV staple throughout the late-90s, enjoy this minute-long placard featuring roguish cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead being themselves as only they can. Ozzy-ish, man!
Take a listen to Tchaikovsky done by none other than the cast of THE SIMPSONS with this hilarious and expectedly daffy holiday ditty.
Certainly more than a mere curiosity for Disney fans, enjoy this rarely seen 1991 TV special, MICKEY'S NUTCRACKER CHRISTMAS.
Duke Ellington jazzes up THE NUTCRACKER with this swingin', Goddard Lieberson-produced adaptation of Tchaikovsky's ballet. They discuss the unique and unprecedented project in this illuminating interview.
"Arabesque Cookie" is Ellington's iteration of Tchaikovsky's NUTCRACKER "Arabian Dance". Hear it in its full glory below.
The Smurfs sing along to the bouncy jubilance of Tchaikovsky's NUTCRACKER score in this SMURFBERRY CRUNCH cereal commercial from 1982.
As a special bonus: "I am the Mouse King!" The wacky group of players making up Monty Python's Flying Circus pay homage to THE NUTCRACKER in the classic and guffaw-inducing "Hospital For Overacting" skit.
So, what production of THE NUTCRACKER above most appeals to your romantic sensibilities? What take on the classic story do you enjoy more than any other and why? Furthermore, are you ready to unwrap an early holiday gift byway of Fathom's presentation on Monday and see if you have found a new favorite take on the classic tale? With such a rich legacy and iconic music, THE NUTCRACKER is sure to be around for many more holiday seasons to come, so make 2012 your first exposure to its myriad charms or the first of many, many more.
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Märchen der Daemonwulf
This pdf is 28 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 1 page SRD and 1 page back cover, leaving 23 pages of content.
After a one-page introduction on the creation of this book, we are introduced to a new base-class, the Lycaonite, a lycanthrope (to be more precise, a Werewolf) who loses his curse and gets new abilities while trying to control the beast.
The Lycaonite gets d12, 2+Int skills per level, proficiency with their natural attacks, simple weapons and light armor, but not shields, a good fort-save and good BAB-progression. the class is more or less what you'd expect of a werewolf-base-class, complete with improving natural weapons, some minor bonus feats and several abilities that are tied to the 28-days lunar cycle and grant bonuses on the waxing/full moon while penalizing the class on waning and new moons: Lunar Rage grants penalties and bonuses to attack and damage rolls, Lunar Skills grants bonuses on Acrobatics, Climb, Intimidate, Perception, Stealth, Survival, and Swim, Lunar Agility grants bonuses to Initiative and Reflex saves, Lunar Bloodlust and Lunar Frenzy are the improved versions of Lunar Rage, Lunar resilience grants bonuses to AC and Fort saves and at high levels, the Lycaonite gets regeneration as well as the cool capstone ability to summon the bloodmoon.
The designers talk about the necessary book-keeping for the lunar phase, which is a minor downside to me, as well as the potential to abuse the class. True, involuntary night-time transformations and the need to stay lucid are drawbacks, but take a look at the following list:
At full moon, a lvl 19 Lycaonite gets +8 to Atk and damage (the bonuses of the predecessor abilities being +5 and +3 respectively), + 6 natural AC and +5 to Fort (gained at 15th level), +8 to Ini and +4 to reflex saves (gained at 7th level) and +8 to all the skills for Lunar skills (gained at 5th level).
That's an awful lot of bonuses to track.
Compare to the new moon penalties: Lunar skills is penalized with -6, we get -6 to Ini and -3 to Reflex saves, -4 to AC and fort saves and finally -6 to atk and damage (-3 and -2 in the predecessor abilities, respectively).
That's a huge amount of penalties and benefits to track and a major difference in efficiency of the character., making up 14 (!!!) points difference and damage in atk alone. You can do the rest of the math yourself, but, quite frankly, I'm both concerned about balancing this immense fluctuation with other characters as well as the enjoyment of potential Lycaonite players. ("Ah man, I want it to be full moon again..." "Let's wait till full moon, then we're gonna kick XYZ's behind!" etc.) While I think the idea to tie the abilities to the lunar cycle is nice, I also think that the fluctuation in power is too big and that the payoff for the additional book-keeping is somewhat lacking.
After that, we get the 50 new feats that define this take on the Lycanthrope:
-Bestial Agility: Dex bonus while transformed, improves at 10th level
-Bestial Endurance: Con bonus while transformed, improves at 10th level
-Bestial Speed: Movement bonus while transformed, improves at 10th level
-Bestial Strength: Str bonus while transformed, improves at 10th level
-Bestial Toughness: natural armor bonus while transformed, improves at 10th
-Call of the Wild: Summon wolves and wolf-like creatures
-Canine Hearing: Better hearing
-Canine Vision: Better sight
-Corpse Feeding: Cannibalize fallen foes to stave off detrimental effects of
-Consume Agility: +2 to Ac and Ini after eating a corpse
-Greater Consume Agility: see above, +4
-Consume Resistance: Gain +1 to all saving throws after eating a corpse
-Greater Consume Resistance: as above, +2
-Devour Strength: + 1 to atk and damage after consuming a creature
-Greater Devour Strength: as above, +2
-Enduring Feeding: Benefits of consuming a creature last 12 hours or until
sunrise instead of 1 hour
-Lesser Consume Defenses: Gain DR 1/- after eating a corpse
-Consume Defenses: Gain DR 2/- after eating a corpse
-Greater Consume Defenses as above, DR 3/- or DR 4/- (if creature was
-Quick Feeding: Eat a creature in 1 round instead of a minute
-Taboo Recovery: Consume a creature to recover from fatigue, exhaustion,
fear and confusion
-Greater Taboo Recovery: As above, plus cures poison, insanity and 1
negative level.
-Vital Consumption: Gain temporary hit points for consuming creatures
-Curse of the Beast: This is the central feat of the book and the basis for
the Lycaonite class: You can transform into a wolf, willingly and unwillingly, getting a +2 to natural Ac, +2 racial bonus to Dex and Con, low-light vision, movement rate 50 ft., the scent ability, a bite attack, +4 to CMD against trip but also suffer from the involuntary transformations.
-Cursed Bite: Your bite can spread lycanthropy. Fixed DC.
-Greater Cursed Bite: As above, DC scales with your level and you can affect dragons, monstrous humanoids, fey, outsiders, and corporal undead. Dragon werewolves? Fey werewolves? That hurts me almost physically. Not my game.
-Extended Transformation: You transformation lasts for 1 minute per lvl instead of 1 minute per 2 levels.
-Improved Extended Transformation: As above, 10 minutes per character level
-Greater Extended Transformation: As above, 1 hour per character level
-Extra Transformation: +1 transformation
-Greatwulf Form: Transform into a Direwolf-like creature
-Howl of the Night Hunter: 1/day you gain a howl that frightens creatures or panics them.
-Hybrid Form: D'uh.
-Hybrid Pounce: Full attack after a charge when in Hybrid form, can only be used with natural weapons.
-Improved Low-Light Vision: Better sight.
-Improved Scent: Better scent
-Lycanthropic Toughness: Gain DR 2/silver when in wolf or hybrid form
-Night-Eye: Gain Darkvision 60 ft.
-Night Healing: Fast healing equal to 1/4 lvl at night in transformed form
-Paralyzing Gaze: Gain a scaling gaze attack that paralyzes enemies and can be used Cha-mod times per day. This could be abused.
-Poisonous Bite: Gain a bite with a scaling poison
-Poisonous Claws: Coat your claws with your bite poison
-Powerful Bite: Bite gets 1.5 times Str-mod
-Practiced Transformation: Only be exhausted for one round and fatigued for
a minute after transformation instead of 1 minute exhaustion and 10 minutes
-Pull Down: Gain the trip special quality in wolf or hybrid form.
-Resist Transformation: Will save to avoid transformation
-Greater Resist Transformation: as above, but +4 and 1 re-roll per day
-Silver Fang: Your attacks count as magic and silver when in werewolf form.
-Tame the Inner Beast: + 2 to become lucid while transformed.
-Wolf Empathy: Speak with wolves, +4 on Diplomacy with them.
We also get two new special equipment qualities and 4 new magic items:
-Shifting: Can transform special properties to natural weapons.
-Wolfsbane: Hit Lycanthropes to force them to revert on a failed save.
-Collar of the Unchanging Form: Restricts power to shapechange
-Wolfsbane Amulet: Werewolf detector
-Wolf Belt: + 4 to stealth and transform into a wolf via Beast Shape I
-Wolf Pelt: +4 to stealth and survival and transform into a wolf via Beast Shape II
This is hard to rate, so I'm starting with the obvious: The full-color artwork is beautiful and something I didn't expect to see for this price. Editing is ok, I only noticed 1 typo. Layout adheres to the NWN-standard, i.e. you unfortunately get the used-parchment look, which, while not ugly, is not printer-friendly. The pdf is extensively bookmarked.
Those of you who read my review of Liber Vampyr know that I have very specific ideas of what a vampire should be and the same unfortunately holds true for werewolves. Personally, I don't think that players in PFRPG should be able to play werewolves. That being said, the mechanics are actually very interesting - the huge selection of feats offers a wide array of tools to customize your werewolf and lacks almost nothing. On the other hand, the (intentional) discrepancy between the full-moon-strength of the Lycaonite and its new-moon weakness is more than pronounced and would frankly annoy me as a player. The amount of book-keeping necessary for the different phases of the moon and the associated book-keeping is also quite extensive, somewhat limiting the attractiveness of the class for me. On the other hand, that's an innovative, new mechanic.
I just think that the difference from the two extremes should, for reasons of balance, be smaller. a difference of 14 points to attack and all the other abilities means that the werewolf will be sometimes much stronger, sometimes much weaker than the other characters. I would have handled the night-time transformation differently, too. I would have set a specific trigger (e.g. full-moon) and have the character transform involuntarily then - if he/she succeeds at a very hard DC (that scales with the levels) he/she retains control and gets bonuses. Otherwise, once an in-game month, the DM gets control. Due to the transformation happening every night, there is a certain potential for conflict and general usability of the character - after all, a significant amount of adventures happen at night.
If the player botches the save (presuming he has one!), he/she can't participate, as he/she is off hunting. What's my final verdict, then? I'll settle for a solid 3 stars - the lunar mechanic is clunky and I'm concerned about balance with regards to it, but the rest of the book is solid.
P.S.: While I'm flattered as a German that the book has a German title (and gets the Umlaut right, at least on the cover!), the title literally translates to "Fairy-tales the demonwolf". To be nitpicky, it should probably read "Märchen des Dämonenwolfs" or "Märchen von dem Dämonenwolf".


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text: Can someone make me a sig with the Colts front 4, that says The Horsemen. I'd like to have Freeney, Simon, Mathis, Reagor, Tripplett, Thomas. I think it would look pretty cool...maybe have the back of the jerseys like one of the other ones...and maybe have that Freeney/Leftwich shot in the background.


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Sharad Poornima or Sharath Purnima is the full moon day in the month of October and is closely associated with Lord Krishna and Radha and Gopis. According to Srimad Bhagvad Purana, the famous Raas Lila of Lord Krishna with Radha and Gopis took place on the night of Sharad Poornima. In 2017, date of Sharad Poornima is October 5.
The showering of Bhakti Raas on the Sharad Poornima night by
Krishna on Gopis and Radha has been a main theme for poets and philosophers and still continues to attract the fantasies of common man. The Sharad Poornima night is also seen as the night of love and couples come out at night to face the moon and express their love.
It is also said that the moon is close to the earth on the day and due to this the rays of the moon has several curative properties.
In some regions, Poha, puffed rice, and kheer, sweet, is prepared and left in the moonlight and is consumed later. In some areas, the full moon is not seen directly instead it seen on a vessel filled with boiling milk.
Sharad Poornima is of great significance in
, Braj, Vrindavan and Nathdwara. Mathura
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Set the hiziki in a large bowl or pot and pour an ample amount of boiling water on top. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes. Drain and rinse hiziki. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, heat the oil and sauté the leeks and garlic for 1 minute, stirring frequently. Stir in the mirin and continue cooking over high heat until the mirin evaporates, about 30 seconds. Add the reserved soybean liquid, hiziki, shoyu, ginger, and sweet potatoes. Bring to a boil. Cover and lower heat to medium. Cook until the sweet potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Add a bit more water during cooking, if the mixture becomes dry.
Just before serving, stir in the beans, cover and cook until the beans are hot. Delicious over any Eden Soba or Udon Pastas.
Per serving - 208 calories, 9 g fat (35% calories from fat), 11 g protein, 25 g carbohydrate, 8 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 462 mg sodium


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For many years the standard recommendation among nutritionists, including DuPont Pioneer forage specialists, has been to wait until after Christmas to feed new-crop silage. Recently, researchers discovered the rationale behind this decades-old recommendation, says Bill Seglar, DuPont Pioneer dairy nutritionist and veterinarian.
It starts with the physiology of the corn kernel and changing rates of starch digestion (often referred to as the mathematical term, Kd). Concentrations of zein proteins, which encase starch granules in the kernel's endosperm, increase with kernel maturation and peak at the time of black-layer formation. To preserve the next generation, these storage proteins were created with the ability to repel water to prevent premature starch hydration that could set off early germination.
These zein proteins inhibit starch availability and present a nutritional challenge. However, over time in fermented storage, silage microbial activity and the chemical action of fermentation acids gradually solubilize zein proteins freeing up starch granules for more rapid digestion by rumen microbes. As the corn kernels in corn silage begin fermentation, they undergo the most rapid changes during the first two to three months in storage. It has been proven in animal trials in both the U.S. and Europe that the rate of starch digestibility (Kd) is also changing rapidly over this period, providing scientific basis for the long-held recommendation to wait to feed new-crop silages.
Time-course studies with lab-scale research silos indicate that corn silage starch digestibility plateaus after about five to six months in storage. This finding is further supported by monitoring average protein solubility in corn silage samples submitted to commercial laboratories. If feed inventories allow, it's best to wait two to three months after harvest before feeding new crop corn silage.
By doing this, you will avoid the rapid changes in feed that make consistent nutrition levels an impossibility. Having enough silage on hand to allow for longer waiting periods before feeding new-crop is an economic decision based on the inventory carrying cost of that feed. However, it appears that most rapid changes will have abated within the first two to three months.
For more information about new corn silage feeding tips, visit http://www.pioneer.com/silagezone or contact your local DuPont Pioneer dairy specialist or livestock information manager.


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City garbage and recycling
• The city of Tucson's garbage and recycling collection services Monday will be delayed by one day. Collections the rest of the week will be delayed by one day. The Los Reales Landfill will be open Monday. For information, call Environmental Services at 791-3171 or go to www.tucsonaz.gov/esd
County garbage and recycling
• All county landfills and transfer stations will be closed Monday. This includes the Tangerine Road, Ajo and Sahuarita landfills, and the Ryan Airfield and Catalina transfer stations. All landfills reopen Tuesday; the transfer stations reopen Thursday. For information, call 243-7400. For recycling or waste collection in Pima County, call your collection company to confirm the schedule.
• There will be no Waste Management service Monday. That collection will be Tuesday and collections will be delayed by one day the rest of the week. For information, call 744-2600.
Other services
• City, county, state and federal offices will be closed Monday.
• Sun Tran buses will operate on a regular weekday schedule Monday. For information, call 792-9222 or go to www.suntran.com
Post offices
• Closed Monday.
Pima County Public Library
• Pima County public libraries and the Oro Valley Public Library will be closed Monday. Book chutes will be open for customers to return items, and online resources will be available at www.library.pima.gov
• Most closed Monday; call yours to check.
School districts
• No classes Monday.
University of Arizona and Pima Community College
• Campuses closed Monday.
Motor Vehicle Division
• Offices closed Monday.
• Test stations open Monday.


text: Patriot's move away from MTR another sign of coal's decline By Ken Ward Jr. November 17, 2012 Story Share Vivian Stockman An aerial view of Patriot Coal's Hobet complex along the Boone-Lincoln County border, with the mine's dragline machine in the lower left corner. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- On Thursday, Patriot Coal CEO Ben Hatfield stood up in federal court and announced what once might have seemed unthinkable: A major Appalachian coal producer is phasing out its use of mountaintop removal and all other forms of strip mining.Hatfield told U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers that mountaintop removal mining impacts coalfield communities "in significant ways," and that Patriot's move "will result in a reduction of our environmental footprint."But a huge part of the real motivation was financial. Patriot hopes that by refocusing on underground mining and higher-profit steel-making coal it can emerge from bankruptcy, protecting its 4,000 employees and its shareholders' investments.And in some ways, industry experts say, Patriot's decision is the inevitable result of a narrowing Appalachian coal market, the mining out of quality reserves, and a growing focus on curbing the environmental and public health impacts of large-scale surface mining in the region."It's a matter of industry's natural need to reduce risks," Hatfield said in an interview with the Sunday Gazette-Mail. "I think it recognizes the reality in our industry that large-scale surface mines have a lot of risks associated with them both in terms of market and regulatory risks."In its deal with the citizen groups, Patriot promised never to seek new permits for large-scale surface mines that need Clean Water Act permits to bury streams. The company will retire two "dragline" mining machines, and gradually reduce surface production from 7.7 million tons last year to a cap of 3 million in 2018 and -- eventually, when current leases run out -- to zero.The Patriot deal comes as Appalachian coal producers are facing tough competition from low-priced natural gas, with many utilities shifting from coal and prompting hundreds of layoffs across West Virginia and Kentucky. Many in the industry are pointing to coal exports, especially of higher-priced steel-making coal, as a huge part of the industry's future."This settlement is consistent with Patriot Coal's business plan to focus on expanding higher margin metallurgical coal production and limiting thermal coal investments to selective opportunities where geologic and regulatory risks are minimized," Hatfield said in a prepared statement he read to Chambers.Hatfield's prepared statement did not outline specific concerns about any negative impacts of surface mining.In an interview, Hatfield said, "It's a subject of much debate in the coalfields, but the coal industry does impact the communities where it operates."Hatfield said that he and his company believe that, "overall, the impacts are favorable," but that as a West Virginia native he can "relate to some of the concerns," mentioning heavy truck traffic as one example."I think to the extent that the Southern West Virginia community is concerned about the impacts of surface mining, this [settlement] should be a positive move," Hatfield said.The surprise settlement grew out of several years of litigation between the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and other groups over important, but somewhat obscure, impacts of mountaintop removal: violations of the state's water quality limits for toxic selenium at Patriot operations in Southern West Virginia.Selenium, a naturally occurring element found in many rocks and soils, is an antioxidant needed in very small amounts for good health. In slightly larger amounts, selenium can be toxic. Selenium impacts the reproductive cycle of many aquatic species, can impair the development and survival of fish, and can damage gills and other organs of aquatic organisms.In 2003, a broad federal government study of mountaintop removal mining found repeated violations of water quality standards for selenium. The following year, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report warned of more selenium problems downstream from major mining operations. Another study, published last year in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pointed specifically to serious selenium violations downstream from Patriot's Hobet complex along the Boone-Lincoln County border. Emily Bernhardt, a Duke University biologist, co-authored that 2011 paper, and said last week that the Patriot settlement sounds like a good start to dealing with mountaintop removal's impacts."I am not surprised to learn that mountaintop mining in this fashion no longer makes financial sense from the prospective of a large coal company," Bernhardt said. "I hope to hear soon that not only is Patriot coal tailing off their surface mine activity, but that the company is also finding ways to reduce the significant selenium pollution of the Mud River from their current mines."Margaret Palmer, a University of Maryland biologist who has also studied mountaintop removal's environmental impacts, noted that there is no strong evidence to suggest water quality impacts from valley fills will decline very quickly, meaning pollution from past mining could continue for some time."Regardless, this is certainly a move in the right direction," Palmer said. "The fewer valley fills we add to the region, the less additional impact on streams."For Patriot, agreeing to the settlement meant getting more time to fix existing selenium water quality violations at its current mining sites in Southern West Virginia, a move that puts off $27 million in compliance costs until 2014. The move puts Patriot in a better position to deal with an estimated $400 million in long-term selenium cleanup costs. "It's clear that selenium has become a major issue in the operation of these type of coal-mining operations," Chambers, who has presided over numerous selenium cases in the last few years, said after last week's hearing.But it's not clear how many other major mountaintop removal producers can be pressured into similar settlements through citizen lawsuits over selenium violations.Patriot is West Virginia's second-largest producer of surface-mined coal, behind only Alpha Natural Resources. Ted Pile, an Alpha spokesman, said his company has no plans to alter its approach to mining based on the Patriot deal."The decision and agreement is theirs, and it does not affect our mining plans," Pile said. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said Friday that he doesn't see the Patriot settlement really setting any sort of precedent or being the start of a trend."It's a unique situation," Raney said. "It's one company trying to restructure itself. This doesn't change anything. I don't think you can apply this universally across the industry or across the state."One reason for that may be a bill state lawmakers approved last session that makes it harder to sue coal companies for water quality problems unless those violations can be directly tied to a violation of a pollution permit limit, said Joe Lovett, an Appalachian Mountain Advocates lawyer who negotiated the deal with Patriot.Pat Parenteau, who teaches environmental policy at the Vermont Law School, said the Patriot selenium cases were an example of citizen suits doing exactly what Congress intended when it included them in the Clean Water Act."When the law finally catches up with industries like the coal industry, and it starts to be reflected on their balance sheets, that's when you see changes in corporate thinking," Parenteau said.Other coal industry experts emphasize that there are factors at work in the Patriot deal beyond the selenium issue.For example, Kentucky mining engineer John Morgan noted that most industry studies and government forecasts have long projected the current decline in Central Appalachian coal production because of the mining out of quality reserves -- especially those that are best reached by large-scale surface mining."There are only a limited number of large-scale surface mine-able reserves left and it's not attractive economically," said Morgan, who has worked for industry, environmental groups and regulatory agencies. "There are still opportunities for limited-scale surface mining. There will still be surface mining, but it won't be large and it won't be with draglines."Longtime state environmental group leaders remain hopeful that the Patriot deal is the start of a trend away from large-scale mountaintop removal operations."It's an important first step," said Cindy Rank, mining chairwoman of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. "It's an important recognition of everything we've been talking about for 20 years."Rank said it is clear that Patriot's decision was based on economics, but that it was refreshing to hear Hatfield speak publicly "to acknowledge the impacts to the communities."Pat McGinley, a longtime environmental law professor at West Virginia University, recalled that citizens he helped represent in early mountaintop removal cases in 1998 argued companies could mine coal without using such a destructive method."A more sustainable coal mining industry providing steady long-term employment will be the result," McGinley said.Hatfield said he believes Patriot's settlement will allow the company to make up surface mining jobs losses that come later in the phase-out process with positions at new underground mines. And some environmental group leaders are talking about that possibility as well."We are aware of the impact this could have on Patriot's current surface miners," said Diane Bady of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition. "We hope that Patriot's expanded emphasis on underground mining will provide employment opportunities for surface miners."But even long-time workers at a surface coal mine don't necessarily have the proper training and state-required certifications to work underground. Older surface mine workers could easily lose out to younger -- and non-union -- workers when new deep mine jobs open.Patriot's two largest mountaintop removal mines are both among the few unionized surface mines in West Virginia, with two of the union's strongest local offices. New underground mines could be opened with totally non-union work forces, though, leaving those UMW members without new jobs.UMW officials also remain very concerned about pensions and health-care benefits for thousands of Patriot retirees. Like Patriot's huge selenium treatment costs, Patriot's estimated $1.3 billion in pension and health-care liabilities were transferred to Patriot when it was formed by Peabody Energy and Arch Coal. The UMW worries that Patriot plans to try to abandon those pension and health-care costs as part of its bankruptcy."Coal mining has always been an occupation of continuous change, whether it's technological change, changes in mining methods, changes in markets, or changes in regulations," said UMW President Cecil Roberts. "Companies have always made decisions based on those changes and workers are left to live with the consequences. That is what has happened here."Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said the Patriot announcement is more evidence that the state needs to focus on planning an economic transition as the coal industry declines."The decision highlights the fragility of our state's economy and the urgent need to take steps to ensure that we will always benefit from our rich natural resources," Boettner said Friday."One way to do this is by creating a permanent trust from severance taxes or a Future Fund," he said. "This can be done with existing revenue sources and can provide more stability and help us transition our economy. Mineral trust funds have a proven track record in several other energy states and there is no reason it can't work here."Lovett, the citizen group lawyer, agreed that it's time for West Virginia political leaders to face up to coal's decline and plan for it."Instead of trying to create fear among coal miners and others who depend on the coal economy, our political leaders should be trying to find solutions for the inevitable decline of coal jobs," Lovett said. "So far, I haven't heard any. That's a failure of leadership and it will cause great misery."Reach Ken Ward Jr. at email@example.com or 304-348-1702. 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Coach said in the post game presser that they will know more in a couple days. But was non-committal when asked if he could be out a week or even longer.
Not good news.
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Coach said in the post game presser that they will know more in a couple days. But was non-committal when asked if he could be out a week or even longer.
Not good news.
I don't want to sound condescending, which means to talk down to you by the way
PacersDMB David Benner
George Hill has a small chip fracture in left ankle; out indefinitely; team will know more in a couple of days. Will not travel next 2
Crap! Dude is very important off the bench.
We are going to see what Stephenson is really made of
More lance then
More Dahntay Jones?
DC needs to pressure Rubio 2mrw but this sucks. Guys are gonna have their way with us without Hill there to defend the likes of Rubio at pg. Rubio killed Kyle Lowery the other night I hope we put Paul George on him tomorrow.
...and more AJ/DJ. This is a pretty big deal, actually... and might move us closer to considering a trade for a wing.
Beat me to it (damn slow 3g).
Look for AJ to step in. Also, if Larry is thinking of making a move, now is a good time to start looking.
A.Marrow looked good tonight....
"Larry Bird: You are Officially On the Clock! (3/24/08)"
(Watching You Like A Hawk!)
Devin Harris is available...
No idea for what.
No thank you
as long as Hill is back by playoff time we are fine.
Hurts us bad.
Dear God, no AJ. Please no AJ.
damn this hurts
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
bet that extension offer looks pretty good right about now.....
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
Rubio is 6'4", so put PG on him. Minnie starts/plays Ridenour at SG, so DC/Stephenson can guard him.
My friend in med school said that usually takes 6-8 weeks to heal :/
As I posted on a thread about Hibbert extension...It's a gamble not to sign.
Hopefully it was bad film and they find that there is no chipped bone!
Trader Joe, Thats why you don't turn down $6 Million a year.
Good luck George, hope its not too serious. But thats an injury that can nag for a long time.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Was playing basketball a few months back and my friend broke his foot in nearly the same way as Hill and it ended up being a chip fracture. He's off the crutches but he still has a bit of a limp.
Sucks for Hill but I love the way Chip Fracture sounds like it could be a Nicolas Cage character's name in a movie. "Detective Chip Fracture, NYPD"
Well this sux going into this part of the schedule. However, he should have plenty of time to heal and get back into game shape before playoffs! I hope LB doesn't panic or pull a trigger to quick for not such a good deal and not maximize the trade deadline!


text: Chef Jeff cooked up a new life in prison By Douglas Imbrogno August 28, 2012 Story Share Courtesy photo Chef Jeff Henderson CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chef Jeff Henderson has always been a good businessman, even while moving thousands of dollars a week in product as a young cocaine dealer in the streets and alleys of South Central Los Angeles and San Diego."My dream was my mother's dream -- that I would own a house on a hill with a white picket fence," said Henderson.To get there, he looked around the streets where he lived and saw opportunity."That drove me to the only option I felt that could yield dividends, which was selling drugs in the early '80s, when it became readily available to inner city men around the country."The only problem was that this line of work he chose to pursue his dreams would deposit him in a federal prison at age 24. For nearly 10 years.Busted and behind bars for a long while, he decided not to languish. He began to work in the prison kitchen with a fellow inmate and cook named Friendly Womack Jr. A seed had been dropped in fertile soil.The broad outlines of his tale -- at age 48 he is now a nationally known celebrity chef and inspirational speaker -- will be told when Henderson speaks in Charleston on Friday. He'll deliver the keynote address at the Strengthening Families in West Virginia conference, hosted by the Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action (See www.sfwv.org for more details).He was also planning on giving a motivational speech at the South Central Regional Jail, since "Chef Jeff," as he is known, goes back to jail frequently to encourage other people behind bars to turn their lives in a new direction.These many years later, Henderson still pays homage to his jailhouse mentor through his Friendly Womack Culinary Scholarships, part of Henderson's mission to help young people who have gotten into trouble turn around their messed-up, misspent younger years."He was the guy who taught me how to fry chicken. He inspired me, and people began to love my food in prison" said Henderson, whose cuisine has progressed well into gourmet comfort food since his time at Womack's side. "People convinced me I should try my shot at chef-dom after my release from prison. That was my goal." The prison where he was lodged had its share of white-collar criminals -- hedge fund traders and CEO-types who gave lessons in marketing and business practice because they didn't want to work in prison industry shops, he said.One of them told Henderson that as a seasoned, high-volume drug dealer, interacting and negotiating with gang members and dealers, marketing and selling a desired product, he had learned useful business skills. "This Wall Street guy told me: 'You understand branding, marketing, relationships, logistics -- all you gotta do is change the product and there's no stopping you,'" Henderson recalled. "And that's what I did."And how. Henderson made culinary history in Las Vegas in 2001, when he became the first African-American named "Chef de Cuisine" at Caesars Palace. He eventually became an executive chef at several top restaurants, including Café Bellagio in Vegas, where he worked until 2006. He wrote a best-selling book, "Cooked: My Journey From the Streets to the Stove" (William Morrow, 2007), about his path he took from inmate to chef, a story slated to be turned into a motion picture by the team that made "The Pursuit of Happyness." Through his Chef Jeff Project, he has taken on at-risk young adults, committing to turning their lives around by putting them to work in his catering company, Posh Urban Cuisine.Isn't it hazardous risking your business by having former inmates involved in its success or failure? Of course, it is the successfully rehabilitated inmate who answers the question, but perhaps not in the way you might expect."Believe me, more people who don't have a record backfire on me than people who do have records," said Henderson.He tries to ensure success by looking for motivated young adults with "untapped potential" for efforts like his Chef Jeff Project, a Food Network reality series that made its debut in 2008."I love to plant seeds," he said.He has many of them sprouting all over the place. His latest TV stint is on a Game Show Network program called "Beat the Chef," in which household cooks whip up traditional family recipes as they go up against culinary pros with a panel of judges rating the results. "If they beat us chefs, they get $25,000." Henderson's own cooking style is a blend of city and country, such as his Cornbread-Crusted Lamb Chops and Molasses-braised Beef Short Ribs. "I'm known for my California-French cuisine with a southern flair to it. I'm known for taking southern dishes and putting an upscale swing to it."A quick search of his name online, plus a look at the recipe list in his 2008 "Chef Jeff Cooks" cookbook, turns up recipes for dishes like Crispy Crab Cakes, Sweet Potato Soup, Spicy Turkey Chili, Rigatoni Bolognese and West Coast Chopped Salad, among others.Henderson is still cooking but not working as a restaurant chef at the moment. But he has plans underway to launch an 80 to 100-seat restaurant in either Los Angeles or Las Vegas (where he now lives with his wife and three children).The restaurant will serve two aims: cooking up his signature dishes with as many locally-sourced ingredients as possible; and handing out breaks to young folk who are trying to turn lives around."It will also be a training ground and a kitchen that offers second chances to socially challenged young people -- people who may have a felony and can't get a break or may have barriers to employment."I'm talking with lots of people. It's what I love to do. I love to cook. But, equally, I love to inspire people. It's a dual love affair."Reach Douglas Imbrogno at email@example.com or 304-348-3017. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 2 WVU seeking improvements during off week 3 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 4 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 5 Man charged after motorcycle pursuit early Sunday Food Notes: Aug. 29, 2012 Previous Story Mason County students dine on locally grown lunch Next Story


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Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
- Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEPs)
If you're a small business owner thinking about adopting a retirement plan, you should consider a SEP (simplified employee pension plan). A SEP allows you to make retirement contributions to traditional IRAs (SEP-IRAs) set up for yourself and each eligible employee. (If you don't have employees, you can adopt a SEP for yourself alone.) Your contributions are deductible from your business's income, and excluded from your employees' income. Virtually any business owner can establish a SEP.
- Taking advantage of employer-sponsored retirement plans
Employer-sponsored qualified retirement plans such as 401(k)s are some of the most powerful retirement savings tools available. If your employer offers such a plan and you're not participating in it, you should be. Once you're participating in a plan, try to take full advantage of it.
- Understanding defined benefit plans
A defined benefit plan (often referred to as a traditional pension plan) is a qualified employer-sponsored retirement plan that promises to pay you a specified amount at retirement. Although every employer's plan is a little different, defined benefit plans share certain characteristics. To make the most of your benefits, you'll need to read the summary plan description, which is provided by your employer and includes plan details such as information about vesting requirements and payment options.
- What to do after you've been automatically enrolled in your company's retirement plan


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Dzogchen Community does emphasize in-person interactions with the teacher. You have to show up.
Sorry this is my bad, my misunderstanding. For some reason I thought I heard somewhere that for transmission the internet transmission was just as good as the live version. But of course, this doesn't mean the same goes for teacher training- that was my (incorrect) assumption.