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Matt Shotwell has been raided, fined, and jailed twice. And now, televised.
Vallejo's one-time marijuana dispensary owner is again in the spotlight when "Weed Country" debuts at 7 p.m. on the Discovery Channel.
It was a year ago when Shotwell's "Greenwell Cooperative" was raided by the Vallejo police as part of a citywide crackdown on storefront dispensaries. His case is pending in Solano County Superior Court.
Unlike the cable channel's previous segment, "Weed Wars," which focused on running a medicinal cannabis business, the six episodes of "Weed Country" attempt to give equal time to those in the marijuana business and law enforcement.
A more cop-friendly, "Pot Cops," replaces "Weed Country" in April.
Shotwell, 32, isn't thinking past tonight's broadcast with a "viewing party" starting at 5 p.m. at the Rellik Tavern in downtown Benicia.
"I hope it (the segment) persuades a lot of Americans that have been kept in the dark or lied to through propaganda that 'regular' people are doing this," Shotwell said of marijuana use. "It's not hippies sitting on a couch eating granola and saying, 'Hey, dude.' That's not what the industry is. There are people who do that, but there are alcoholics in the alcohol industry. The whole mission is to bring light to the cannabis movement and the medicinal and economics side of it."
Capt. Ken Weaver of the Vallejo Police Department said the Discovery Channel marijuana-related programs "have no value to the community" and are good for "entertainment purposes only."
Weaver said he would "probably not" view tonight's "Weed Country" episode.
Shotwell filmed much of what will likely be broadcast of his marijuana business, hoping for a "cannabis reality show or documentary made on how it works."
Meantime, Shotwell was introduced to two TV producers, one who worked on "The Amazing Race" and "Deadliest Catch," who combined Shotwell's story with a pot grower in Humboldt County and sold the idea to the Discovery Channel.
"It's one slice of the industry with grower and retailer and they have the cops involved as well," Shotwell said. "The network wanted the police's side and I said by all means."
Shotwell hasn't seen the final cut, though he "knows snippets because I know what I filmed and took part in. A lot of the elements I have no idea what's going to happen."
Shotwell said the federal-government endorsed dispensary raid cost him "hundreds of thousands" of dollars in product and money. He was jailed one day, posted bail, and re-arrested the next day. Shotwell served 10 days in a small cell "with another guy who was in for a DUI. Imagine that."
He said he holds no grudges against most of Vallejo's police.
"There are great cops here," Shotwell said. "There are just a few that have an ideology that motivates them to hate me. If we had a beer at a bar together, we'd probably be buddies."
Shotwell was asked how he survives without the weed income.
"That's a loaded question," he said. "God provides for me is the best answer I can give."


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smh hope we never get the number one seed again this season
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wow what horse **** D there on the play.
smh hope we never get the number one seed again this season
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
Inexcusable loss. I'm going to be sick.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Haha wow.
You could just tell we were flirting with disaster from about 7 minutes on. We had every chance to put them away, but we just had no sense of urgency down the stretch.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Just saw the last minute, lol
They deserved to lose that one. The arrogance they exuded the whole game was pathetic. No heart, no effort--you won't win many games like that.
Letting Victor Handle the ball right at the end there was incredibly stupid like stone rock cold dumb
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
I thought I was never going to see worse defense than the Pacers played in the final seconds in Minnesota in November. I was wrong.
"What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say" -Andrew LuckJunior at the University of Louisville
"If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek, too" -Charles Barkley
"Ego is edging greatness out" -Rick Pitino
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I'm not even that mad over this one. I can't imagine where practice is going to be very fun the rest of the week.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Our two best players just gagged like *****es in a huge game on the road. Doesn't give me much hope for March. What was Oladipo thinking going behind the back there? And how does Zeller miss just about the easiest switch in basketball?
Refs cheated us. And we let them sadly. But frankly i am getting sick and tired of big ten refs.
The refs were equally awful for both teams. They didn't cheat us, that's lame. We lost this ourselves.
Did the refs miss the obvious back cut to the basket? Or was that our 7 foot all american who was too busy double teaming a guy that Yogi was all over? Seriously what was Cody thinking about there? His next hilarious tweet after the game?
So many games this year they've come out flat in the second half (especially Minnesota and Northwestern) and they finally lost one.
All our room for error the rest of the season just went out the window. God I am sick.
So I guess Michigan will be back to number 1 assuming they beat Wiscy on Saturday? Don't know what the **** is gonna happen if they lose.
How many possesions near the end did we get fouled and the refs just let it go. Sorry but the refs helped in our defeat
Blaming the refs for that collapse is so incredibly lame.
Anyway, the Purdue fans on twitter and facebook trying to take their pot shots right now are ****ing hilarious.
Ohio State is pretty much a must win on Sunday now if we're going to win this conference.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
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Criminal In TrainingSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A man went to a drive through of a bank with his mind set on robbing it. When he pulled up to the window he put a note in the box and sent it to the teller. The note read,
"I have a gun and I am a very dangerous man, if you quietly cooperate I will not shoot. If you don't I will kill you and the teller next to you. Fill a money bag with as many one hundred dollar bills from the safe as you can fit and bring it back to me quickly."
The teller nodded, did as the man asked and the man drove quickly away. When the man drove several blocks out of harm's way, far away from the crime scene, he got out of his car, took the false license plate off and placed the legitimate one back on - so he could not be traced. He threw the false tag and fake gun in the dumpster and headed home. Feeling like he was invincible and could get away with anything, he took a quick peek at his goods - nothing was inside but a bunch of wadded up tissues to give the bag a nice bulge. The man was absolutely beside himself with shock. He considered going back to the bank, but decided it was best not to as the police were probably swarming. So after disposing of the money bag he decided to just head home. Upon arrival at his house he was greeted by 6 police cars and 3 Sheriff cars. He knew there was no way for them to have traced him, so he pulled up into his driveway and got out nonchalantly.
"Hello, officers. What's going on? This is usually a quiet neighborhood. Need my help with anything?" An officer approached the man and said "Yes sir, I was wondering if I could see your I.D.?" The man saw no problem and politely handed it over. After glancing at the man's I.D. the officer read him his Miranda Rights and arrested him.
Now, if the man threw away all evidence connecting him to the bank robbery, how was the officer so sure it was him, and how did they know where to find him?
HintThe man got rid of all the evidence, but left something a bit valuable to his act at the scene.
AnswerWhen the man wrote the note to the teller giving her the instructions, he stupidly wrote it on the back of his own bank statement from another local bank. The officers thought it best to check it out (even though they could not imagine someone being so careless) and got his information from the other bank. They were able to get his name, his address, and his SS#. They drove to the address that was listed on the account and waited for the owner to arrive. When he finally showed up the officer asked to see his I.D. to see if the name and address added up. They did. That was enough evidence for the officer to arrest him.
In case you were wondering: the teller at the bank knew the man would be in a hurry and would not have time to check the bag, as he would probably assume she hit the silent alarm - which she did. The man stupidly asked her to go to the safe specifically (even though they have the money in front of them in a register at the window, so they don't have to run back and forth to the safe). The teller got smart and instead of going to the safe, she had the perfect opportunity to go to the ladies' room to get some tissue to fill the bag, give it a bulge, and hit the silent alarm. Needless to say, she got an award from the police department for her quick wit, and the Employee Of The Month award at the bank.
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Just wrapping a few things up on a Friday afternoon here at The Packer offices. I wanted to pass on a few USDA Foreign Agricultural Service reports that may be of interest, and I also wanted to let readers know of a new document I've created called "Fresh Talk Links."
This web page, still being constructed, shows some of the fresh produce-related links I see and puts them in newest to oldest format. Perhaps a few of you fresh produce news nerds may find it worth a look.
Also, I will note here that The Packer Market continues to grow, at near 1,400 members. The Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group, which I created a few years back, has crested over 9,100 members and is the largest fresh produce group on LinkedIn.
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Why Hasnt Foster Developed Offensive Game?
Monday, Aug. 14, 2006
Conrad Brunner
Q. We all know that Jeff Foster is one of the league's best per-minute rebounders. I am wondering if the Pacers ever tried to develop his offensive game, I.E. develop a jump hook or other inside moves. It just seems to me that he gives the Pacers so much on the boards, it's a shame he's never been able to provide just a little more scoring to give J.O. the alternate inside offensive threat that is needed. (From Mark in Bloomington, Ind.)
A. In order to find a picture to illustrate this article, I logged into the NBA's photo server and began searching for images of our favorite feisty center. When I typed in the keywords "Jeff Foster," fully 932 images appeared. When I typed in the keywords "Jeff Foster scores" there were, well, eight. That pretty well sums up Foster's game. It's not hard to find him doing just about everything else. But if you want to see him score, you're probably going to be disappointed.
I'm sure there were Pistons fans who believed Ben Wallace should've either been given more opportunity to score, or could've developed something of an offensive game. I'm sure there will soon be Bulls fans who feel the same. This is not to say Foster is on Wallace's level as an overall force but he fits the same basic profile. He does the dirty work: loose balls, deflections, floor burns, etc. He is one of the game's most productive rebounders, particularly on the offensive glass, and plays with a relentless energy.
He's one of those guys that can make a starting lineup work because he doesn't demand the ball. If he wants it, he'll go get it. That leaves more shots for the scorers, and that generally is good for chemistry. It's nearly impossible to construct a successful lineup that features five scorers. In fact, I can't remember any. Most great teams have three; Detroit won it all with four and that was a rarity.
That said, would it help if Foster was able to develop one reliable offensive weapon? Absolutely, although I don't think he needs to be able to score from the post. If Foster had a consistent mid-range jumper, either from the baseline or high post, it would really help the offense because of the space it would create inside. But he's 29 now and has been in the league seven seasons, so it's safe to assume he is basically a finished product, and that's not a criticism. He can't do it all, but it's certainly does a lot.


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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. Roosevelt fought for human rights in many ways and through many capacities, serving as the Chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1946-1951), the United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly (1946-1952), and the Chairperson of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961-1962). She was an ardent supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and a co-founder of Freedom House. Harry Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" due to her achievements for human rights.
Mother Theresa
Mother Theresa was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, and worked for over 45 years creating hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and leprosy. She also established soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, orphanages, and schools. Among the numerous awards and recognitions that Mother Theresa received are the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and Bharat Ratna, the Republic of India's highest civilian award.
Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi worked closely with her husband, Mohandas Gandhi. When her husband became involved in the movement to improve working conditions for Indians in South Africa, Kasturba Gandhi joined the struggle, eventually being arrested and spending three months in a hard-labor prison. Gandhi spoke on her husband's behalf when he was imprisoned, and was closely associated with the struggle in India, often giving encouragement to female volunteers.
Martha Minow
Martha Minow is the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Minow has written extensively about human rights, with a focus on racial and religious minorities, as well as women, children, and persons with disabilities. She has done work to help stabilize countries in transition, participated in government programs to increase access to curriculum for students with disabilities, and worked on the Divided Cities initiative to build an alliance of global cities in dealing with ethnic, religious, or political divisions. Minow was nominated in 2009 by President Obama to serve on the board of Legal Services Corporation, a government-sponsored organization providing civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
Urvashi Vaid
Urvashi Vaid is a community organizer, writer, and attorney, who has been a leader in the LGBT social justice movement for nearly three decades. Vaid is the Director of the Engaging Tradition Project at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Gill Foundation, which works to achieve equal opportunity for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more than 10 years Vaid has worked in various capacities at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and has also worked as staff attorney at the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she initiated the organization's work on HIV/AIDS in prisons. In 2009, She was named by Out magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in America.


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MONTCLAIR — Ever since Borders Books and Music went out of the business, the 42,000-square-foot building adjacent to Montclair Plaza has sat empty. But in recent weeks, the interior has being demolished to make way for Ashley Furniture Homestore set to open in the spring.
Those involved hope the new store will spur development in the surrounding vacant buildings and the Montclair Plaza.
The seller was represented by Brad Umansky of Progressive Real Estate Partners who said the furniture store could provide a development boost, which has also seen the closure of two neighboring national retailers during the economy downturn.
"Obviously having vacancies is an eyesore to the community," he said. "Now that it is taken by such a retailer, it will help with the absorption of vacancies."
With the former Borders bookstore adjacent to the 10 Freeway it provides the new tenant with easy exposure to the public.
"It's a better use for that building, it's a great company – the largest furniture reseller, it's going to be great for the shoppers and the Montclair sales tax," Umansky said.
Ashley purchased the building and signed a long-term lease on the land. Financial terms for the sale could not be disclosed, he said.
A representative for Ashley Furniture could not be reached for comment.
Discussions about the empty bookstore started about a year and a half ago when city officials and representatives from Ashley Furniture were at a conference.
Borders had closed in April 2011 and a month later, Ashley inquired about the property, indicating they were looking for a couple of locations in Southern California, said Steve Lustro, Community Development Director for Montclair.
"We chatted with their representative and they were very interested becoming part of the Montclair business community and left it at that," he said. "Many times in the last year we've had perspective tenants discussions end with the conversation and you never hear anything again."
Then earlier this summer, Lustro was again contacted by Ashley Furniture who told the city they were looking to move forward with the acquisition.
"We've been working with them since then with their plan for occupying the building and more recently they submitted some conceptual plans for a little of a remodel," Lustro said.
Crews have already demolished the interior of the building but Ashley will formally submitted plans soon, he said.
The goal is to have the Planning Commission review the plans for remodel by the end of January, Lustro said.
After the holidays, Ashley plans to get the tenant improvements started, he said.
But the new furniture may also give the city a boost with another development.
Lustro says the city may soon have good news to share regarding the delayed improvements at the plaza. Mall owners had indicated were going to be tearing down the former Broadway/Macy's building earlier this year. The plan was to build a "lifestyle style center" by the end of the year. The expansion would have included two or three new restaurants.
"We've been trying to schedule a meeting with owners of Montclair Plaza for about two months," Lustro said.
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Corn hybrids definitely will continue to be improved with conventional breeding and biotechnology to provide insect resistance, disease tolerance, herbicide tolerance and to contend with abiotic stress. This is all being combined with high-yielding germplasm to increase yield potential. There are few completely new breeding or biotechnology improvements that parent companies for seed research are confident will be in the marketplace within five years. But read what the major crop protection companies that own corn seed companies and finance trait discovery research are doing to introduce improved corn hybrids between now and 2025.
Syngenta has basically taken the past five years to apply germplasm available from the Golden Harvest, Garst and NK brands to develop hybrids with the best of each into the hybrid off ers that will be sold by Golden Harvest and NK in the future.
"As we look toward 2015, we are incorporating the Enogen trait into our portfolio of hybrids to make sure that we can offer solutions to the farmers who are growing corn for ethanol and adding value for the ethanol production plant," said Pat Steiner, Syngenta, head of corn portfolio, North America. Enogen hybrids deliver alpha amylase enzyme in the corn kernel and help provide additional ethanol production from a bushel of corn and are currently on the market in a limited number of hybrids.
Hybrids with Agrisure Artesian water optimization technology have been on the market with hybrid availability in the Western Corn Belt, but there will be a number of these native-trait hybrids for growers in the Eastern Corn Belt beginning in 2014.
"We will have a genetically modified water optimization trait coming out around 2020. This is a GM abiotic stress offer that might be used alone or in combination with the original Agrisure Artesian for added benefit," said Steiner.
Syngenta launched its refuge-in-a-bag insect-control products in 2013, again these are GM traited seed, and many more hybrids will be refuge-in-a-bag in coming years. Added to the on-the-market traits will be the new Agrisure Duracade brand corn rootworm trait that should be launched for the 2014 crop season.
"We will only off er Agrisure Duracade in combination with other rootworm traits as we want to manage the resistance potential aspect right from the get go," Steiner said.
"We talk about a system of breeding, biotech and advanced agronomy," said Hobart Beeghly, Monsanto, global corn technology lead. "It is less thinking about any one trait or any one technology; it is more about the convergence of systems and progressively adding yield potential and protection, kind of like layers."
But trait advancements are necessary for enacting a wider systems approach. On the horizon is a third-generation rootworm control seed product that will provide "increased control against rootworms with two distinct modes of action," Beeghly said. "The products (seeds) on the market today are all Bt products; this new product will contain Bt technology as well as another natural process known as RNAi that will control rootworms."
In talking about disease tolerance seed developments, Beeghly said, "We have always bred for disease tolerance, but we have really amped it up with advanced breeding. A couple key products within disease tolerance would be Goss's wilt and gray leaf spot." He noted that more and more acres are being attacked by these two diseases with limited new seed-bred resistance as choices to counter them.
Herbicide tolerance is where Monsanto is definitely expecting to have new corn hybrids on the market by the end of this decade. Roundup Ready Xtend corn "will contain a higher level of dicamba tolerance than corn has today."
DroughtGuard is the company's first-generation stress trait to counter low water availability when growing a crop. It was commercially introduced in 2013. Additional hybrid off erings will come from this biotech trait corn in the next couple years.
"We are working on next-generation yield and stress traits that we think are going to have broader utility and yield protection than the DroughtGuard we have out today," the corn technology leader said. DroughtGuard is a prime example of how Beeghly explained Monsanto's systems approach to helping farmers grow corn. Over the years, the company has bred high yielding corn with good genetics. Those hybrids with the best water-use efficiency are the base genetics and layered on top of that base are biotech weed control and insect control components. The last biotech layer is the first drought-tolerant gene discovered by Monsanto. Finally, the company provides answers to farmers on exactly how to plant the seed on what acres.
As DuPont Pioneer looks for new seed solutions for farmers growing corn, Reed Mayberry, DuPont Pioneer, senior marketing manager for corn, said, "We are trying to maximize the ROI on the farm and minimize the complexity of the decision that the customer needs to make. Deciding on what traits they need can be an ugly nightmare for some farmers."
Optimum AcreMax Xtreme was launched this year. It is a stacked dual mode of action seed product for above and below ground insect protection of the corn. It has two modes of action for corn borer control and two modes of action for rootworm control in a refuge-in-a-bag solution. More hybrids with this protection will be offered in the coming year.
Optimum Leptra will be introduced next year in limited launch. It is a product that provides three above ground insect protection traits—Herculex I, YieldGuard Corn Borer and Agrisure Viptera. This means it will have multiple modes of action against a broad spectrum of above-ground pests, including corn borers, fall armyworm and corn earworm.
"We are really targeting this product to growers in the South who need a superior solution for corn earworm and fall armyworm, and that is exactly what Optimum Leptra does," Mayberry said.
"We are looking at multiple modes of herbicide tolerance for post applications on corn," which he said are in the early development/advanced development phase. "These products are several years from commercialization but look to provide additional solutions to our customers."
A drought tolerance second generation product is in development. "We are building off the cornerstone of what we have accomplished with AquaMax, which was initially for customers in the Western Corn Belt, and has migrated for use in the central and eastern parts of corn-growing areas," he noted.
Nitrogen use efficiency corn is also on the radar for Pioneer, but even though it is one that customers want as much as any product, such a corn is in early phase development. Mayberry said, "I think such corn is a way that we can live up to our core value of environmental stewardship by applying less fertilizer to corn and producing the same or more bushels."
Ben Kaehler, Dow AgroSciences, U.S. Seeds general manager, notes the emphasis that the company has placed on new hybrids and finding results from conventional breeding and biotech traits.
"Over the last five or six years, Dow AgroSciences has doubled down on our corn breeding program. We have doubled the number of our breeding locations, corn breeders and yield trials, and we are continuing to invest significantly in our genetic research," Kaehler said.
There is big excitement within the company around introducing the Enlist Weed Control System, which is corn with tolerance to Enlist Duo herbicide, a proprietary blend of glyphosate and new 2,4-D choline, also developed by the company.
Planned commercial introduction of Enlist corn has been moved from 2014 to 2015 because of the United States Department of Agriculture's requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement.
"When we launch Enlist corn in 2015, pending regulatory approvals, it will be stacked with SmartStax or stacked with Roundup Ready corn," Kaehler said. "SmartStax with Enlist will give a full complement of insect control plus tolerance to Enlist Duo herbicide, or growers will have the option of hybrids with just herbicide tolerance."
Kaehler said, "Our other products after Enlist will include some agronomic traits. We have some interesting events for nitrogen utilization as well as water utilization."
He suggested the 40-year success of N-Serve, nitrogen stabilizer, has given the company insight into nitrogen use by corn, and "now we are looking to take that same knowledge and put it into the plants."
As for insect protection concepts, Kaehler contends the company is a leader partly because "we have the largest Bt library of any company in the world ... We are looking for the next generation, next evolution for controlling insects by way of the seed."
It is Kaehler's contention that by 2020, Dow AgroSciences will still be talking about SmartStax, Herculex and Enlist as the leaders in the industry for their segments of business with farmers.
Tim Zurliene, Bayer CropScience, global corn and soybean trait licensing and management lead, talked about how the acquisition of Athenix allowed the company to become primary in traits discovery and a provider to the corn seed industry.
Bayer through the former Athenix and its connection with seed companies through a joint venture of global seed companies is bringing new traits to the market. The venture is in line to introduce a new glyphosate tolerance trait. As Zurliene explained, "Roundup Ready has the leading position today, but the way to capture some of that value and revenue as a seed company is to have your own proprietary trait."
Bayer does not own a corn seed company although its Liberty Link herbicide tolerance trait has been in the market for more than a decade for corn and soybeans. Today, Liberty Link is in every corn seed that contains Herculex and/or Bt11 insect control traits.
"We do not have a branded corn seed business on a global basis as of today," said Zurliene. "But we do have strong competencies in several areas as a trait supplier and partner."
He noted competencies in seed traits that provide control against lepidoptera, coleoptera and hemiptera insects. Additionally, the company has strong knowledge for nematode control and herbicide tolerance.
Zurliene contends that some companies backed off aggressive investment in insect traits research a few years ago but now have ramped up this research. "The conventional wisdom five years ago was that there was little need for more Bt research; there were great lepidopteraand coleoptera-control products doing quite well in the fields."
Things have changed today and Bayer has been reacting. "We have some new lepidoptera-control product events coming down the line, and we have some new coleoptera, usually referred to as CRW products coming down the line," Zurliene said.
BASF does not own a seed company, but it is heavily involved in plant biotechnology as a trait technology partner that works with market leaders in the seed business, historically with Monsanto primarily with corn and soybeans, as well as with other partners in additional crops.
In corn, yield and stress research is the focus for BASF, and DroughtGuard hybrids, being offered through Monsanto, are the fi rst commercial product from the BASF and Monsanto collaboration. Work on a second-generation of drought-tolerant corn is in progress.
"Our collaboration in yield and stress with Monsanto was established in 2007 for corn, soybeans, cotton and canola. It was further expanded in 2010 to include wheat," explained Dan Bihlmeyer, partner manager with BASF Plant Science.
BASF Plant Science has other collaborations in place and is reaching out to other partners. Fungal resistant corn is a new area of emphasis for BASF; however, this research is in the discovery and proof-of-concept phase and no partner has yet been selected.
"We see fungal traits as another key area for the future. One reason is because we have strong fungal expertise both in our crop protection division and in our plant biotech soybean research, and this complements our focus on yield and stress," Bihlmeyer said.
Closer to launch are additional biotech traits for higher yielding corn. This intrinsic yield project will benefit corn farmers across the U.S. and is in collaboration with Monsanto. Product launch is expected within the decade, according to Bihlmeyer. He said, "Development is advancing quite well, and we are excited about the opportunity."


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anyone from North Central Texas? looking for place to hunt hogs
I, along with my younger brother and wife's cousin are making a trip to Killeen/Fort Hood area in early October to meet my brother-in-law to do some hunting. We were thinking of either HOGS or exotics. Is there any decently priced hog hunts down that way? I've found a few with hogs and exotic does for under $300, but in reading about some of those hunts, I see some complaints about the animals running to you as if your feeding them! Not my kind of hunting! I'd rather find a rancher looking to eradicate some feral hogs and help him out. We are all responsible hunters with Hunter's Ed cards. We will be using rifles and shotguns. we thought we'd look into dove hunting too. Driving down from Northeast Ohio, so we want the 2800 mile round trip to be worthwhile!
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Google hunts based in Mclennan, Falls, Limestone, Hill, and Williamson Counties. Hogs are a dime per dozen here, but I've never heard of tame ones.
If I see some listed locally, I'll be happy to send you the info.
Deer season is in full bloom in Oct, and dove season will be on the way out. Deer season could interfere with hog hunting but not in everycase.
October in Texas is HOT complete with snakes and mosquitoes. In January after deer season, you'll have more options with hogs, and also the fishing will be great. Temps will be moderate. Oh, and your exotic doe may be tied to a fence post.
The second dove season cranks up in January.
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With a sterling reputation for both academics and athletics, Saint Mary's College provides the rare balance of small college size with NCAA Division I competition. Gael student-athletes receive guidance and counseling to meet their needs from the first day on campus until they graduate. Taking many forms, assistance includes course and major selection, study skills workshops, opportunities for supervised study time, eligibility rules interpretations, and the proctoring of exams while competing away from campus. Coordinating campus efforts for Saint Mary's College are Katie Davis Smith, the director of Academic Services, and Kari Montero, the Assistant Athletics Director for Student Support Services. They both draw from the campus' many other resources, including the Office of Advising Services, the Career Center, the Academic Support Center, and the Library and Media Centers.
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- 5 women's lacrosse players named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic Team
- 9 members of the softball team were recognized on the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 5 Summa Cum Laude, 2 Magna Cum Laude, and 6 Cum Laude 2008 Graduates
- 4 Student-Athletes received Academic Department Commencement Honors at the 2008 graduation.
In addition, the 2007-08 year marked the eigth year of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, recognizing the top 10 GPAs in the entire Department. Achim Christner from the men's tennis team garnered top honors while being a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for two straight years.
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Remember the song, Mañana, mañana is good enough for me?In some places in Latin America and the Pacific Islands, life moves at a different pace and meeting times are meant to be fuzzy. I wonder, does the Latino tarde tag imply little respect for others and that Latinos are basically lazy?
Mi papa (a cattleman in 1950's Mexico) would say, "If you are not fifteen minutos antes, you are tarde," followed by some ejemplo about a tree that grew crooked and could never be fixed, ay, bueno. I admit being fastidioso about time. I stress when running late (now would not be a good momento to ask Carlos, I overhear). I pace and sweat when an audience waits and something delays the start of my program. If you were in the audience, know I was ready to go una hora before start time. Promesa.
It's muy malo, malo when your tardiness affects others. Salon clientes are polite, but, don't be tonto, they are muyt icked when you run late. And, they will enjoy your fabuloso skills, just until they find anotherprofesional who knows how to mange time. If you say you will see a client at a certain hora, you have essentially made them a promesa. If you are late, you have broken that promise. And, if you already enjoy a mañana reputation, your confirmed the rumor, (I knew it would be like this). "If he is careless about time, Dios mio, what else is he careless about?"
Its tough to look SPA-calmado after pacing inside el tren or riding someone's bumper, speeding through escuela zones, cursing at red lights, followed by apologetic prayers pleading for no policia sightings.
Do salon professionals suffer from "magical thinking " syndrome?
(The belief that one can get lots of things done in record time) This is a common delusion held by optimistas and leads to "displaced understanding syndrome" (clients will believe any excuse). Por favor, they don't believe nor understand, they hate it, and are only being polite.
If you notice, clients walk in, and they check to see donde you are, and how along you are with your current servicio. They are attempting to size up your temperamento and paso, after all; soon you will apparently determine their destino. Fear sets in when you are tarde, "He will not be able to do it correcto. She will rush through my foils."
For all the hard work and challenges you have gone through to get where you are, don't you feel you are so fabulously worthy of respect? Don't give anyone an opening. Always play your A game. Being on time is a way to bolster your image and self esteem. (Consequently get higher tickets??) Some people have a knack for coming up with fabulous excuses (truth not in play) about owning a dog with a ravenous appetite for index paper. I trip myself up when I stretch the truth. Besides, I don't have a dog. Get a good reloj.
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It is estimated that at least 10 – 20% of American children are exposed to domestic violence in their homes. The effects on children vary widely. Some children are very resilient and continue to function in relatively healthy ways. But many children suffer from long-term effects.
Children who see, hear or are aware of violence at home are much more likely to get hurt themselves – either by getting hit directly or being 'caught in the crossfire' and hurt accidentally. Even when they are not hurt physically, they are usually hurt emotionally. They are much more likely to get in trouble for fighting with peers, do poorly in school, be diagnosed with learning disorders, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or other mental health problems like depression or anxiety. As adolescents, they are at greater risk of substance abuse, dating violence, suicide, and a whole host of other social and emotional problems.
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The Billikens (21-5, 10-2 A-10) opened the second half with a 19-7 run that turned a 34-29 halftime deficit into a 48-41 advantage. Butler (22-6, 9-4 A-10) was left scrambling to catch up the rest of the game.
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"That was a really hard played game by those two teams," Stevens said. "Both teams fought. Both teams played well. I thought we played exceptionally well in the first 20 minutes. You look at the box score and it's 34-29, and I thought we gave them as good a shot as we could give them."
"I've said it all week," Stevens explained, "some people choose to listen and some people don't. That's a heck-of-a basketball team. They could go as far as they want to go."
The Bulldogs, who led by as many as nine points in the opening half, were outscored, 20-8, in the paint in the final period. Saint Louis finished with a 38-18 advantage on points-in-the-paint and a 19-6 edge in points off turnovers
Freshman Kellen Dunham came off the bench to lead the Bulldogs with 14 points, all in the first half. The 6-foot-6 guard hit four of his first six shots in the game, including two of three from beyond the three-point arc.
Senior Rotnei Clarke and Jones each finished with 13 points. Senior Andrew Smith added nine points and a game-high nine rebounds. The Bulldogs outrebounded Saint Louis, 39-29.
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Both stats are somewhat remarkable. As coach Al Sims says, they are still creating havoc wherever they go. Everyone would like to see a little more at the offensive end, but there's no way they are hurting the team at all defensively.
``I think it's just a confidence thing more than anything,'' Sims said. ``The longer it goes the less confident you get, the more you struggle and the tighter you squeeze your stick. Rather than being relaxed around the net, you are a little bit uptight, but you can't say enough about their defense. They are going against the top line everywhere and still creating opportunities for themselves so it's going to happen for them.''
Nicknamed the ``Redrum Line'' last year because they like to murder opponents (It's a reference to Stephen King's ``The Shining''), the line was a spectacular success throughout the season and especially during the playoffs. This year, all three players were hoping to contribute more offensively.
``After last year going 16 games last year without a goal, I really don't care as long we're doing other things to help the team win,'' Schrock said. ``We have enough goal scorers that if we can go out there and shut down the other team's top line, we're going to have a great chance to win every night, especially getting under the other team's skin. You can see it in their eyes sometimes when we are playing hard and playing physical that they don't want to be out there with us. That's the kind of game we want to play.''
There's nobody better at that. Saturday night against Gwinnett, the line controlled play 60 percent of their time in the ice, usually keeping the Gladiators' top line from even getting out of their own zone.
``We've been struggling to try to get some points, but we knew we have to play a certain role going against the other team's top lines,'' Thorne said. ``We know we have to be a pain in everyone's butts in every kind of form. We know we'll eventually get it. We have to stay focused and keep going.''
Sometimes the hardest part of not scoring is not thinking about it too much. They have all had chances to score, but they've been unable to lift the puck, they've shot it wide or they've just missed bouncing pucks.
``It's tough, but we know as long as we're winning that's all that matters to us,'' Rizk said. ``You put individual goals aside and just become a teammate and focus on that for now. You just try to focus and bring yourself back in the present moment and the present game and focus on what we have to do the next shift.
It would be nice if we could chip in offensively, but as long as we're giving our best defensively, for now that's all we can give.''
And none of them doubts they eventually will score.
``We just have to keep going to the net and good things will happen,'' Schrock said. ``We're getting chances, but they aren't going in yet. We have a lot to look forward to if we keep playing like that.''
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Part 3: How do you avoid problems obtaining a visa for your crew?
By Elizabeth Ginns — February 2003
Clearly, for crew members who enter U.S. ports for months at a time, the 29-day limitation is a source of concern. At the Superyacht Society's seminar, Garofano said that the INS will limit the length of stay to 30 days only if the individual and the immigration field officer cannot determine a reason for a longer stay. He added that people who have had no "problems" at immigration previously should have no problems now, as long as they can articulate a justifiable reason for being in the United States and can prove that they do not intend to establish U.S. residency. Garofano spoke of one particular individual who was rushing through his U.S. immigration screening; when questioned about the hurry by the immigration official, the individual responded, "I've got to get to the bank before it closes to make my mortgage payment." The individual trying to establish residency in the United States and the one who can't prove that his/her homeport is abroad, is the one who's going to have problems not the crew member who's here for a six-week stay before heading off to another destination, reportedly.
How do you avoid problems obtaining a visa for your crew? Garofano says it is crucial that they have documentation proving a permanent residence abroad to which they intend to return, that your captain keep sailing logs that establish your vessel's homeport as being abroad, a notarized copy of the cruising itinerary from the captain/owner, etc.
Still, eliminating all problems is impossible, no matter how clearly the laws are spelled out. Mullen cited an example of a South African crew member who left the United States while the yacht he was working on went in for a refit. When he tried to re-enter and return to work, he was granted a four-day visa from the immigration officer who admitted him, which was not enough time for his purposes. The appropriate immigration official for the area was contacted, the situation was quickly resolved, and the crew member was given a visa of adequate duration. Mullen says it's important for the INS to make sure that each immigration officer is well versed in policies pertaining to the marine industry. "The officials down here in Florida and in Savannah and in places where megayachts come in and out are used to admitting foreign crew members, but if someone was trying to enter in Chicago or some other place where it's not as common, he/she might run into a problem," says Mullen.
So, if the proposals go into effect, the duration of an individual's stay in the United States will be determined on a case-by-case basis. But as long as the foreign crew member entering the country is able to prove that he/she is not planning on establishing U.S. residency and has a permanent residence abroad, there should be no problems at immigration. The INS says it is not looking to scare off foreign-flagged vessels, it's just tightening up existing policies to help protect U.S. citizens in the post-9/11 world.
Immigration and Naturalization Service Phone: (305) 762-3464. www.ins.gov.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Beckham making a difference with his glove
CHICAGO -- The White Sox believe that they have more than a .224 hitter in Gordon Beckham, and that he can accomplish more than his .245 career mark. But even if he never tops .250, the talented defender can make a daily difference with his glove at second base.
Beckham has a fielding percentage of .981, which ties him for 10th among American League second basemen. But his Range Factor of 5.18 tops all AL second basemen, and he has contributed to a Major League-best 131 double plays.
Through offensive doldrums that have carried through 34 games, Beckham has not let his bat get in the way of his glove.
"I don't think I would still be here if I wasn't helping the team, if I wasn't playing winning baseball," Beckham said. "Yeah, the hitting has been pretty frustrating, but I know that there's a reason I'm in there.
"So, yeah, I think I add value. And you know what? At some point the hitting will come easier. I don't know why it has been so difficult. But it will. Defensively, you go out there and save runs, and it's just the same as hitting and getting RBIs. You keep the amount of runs they score less, you have a better chance to win.
"Ultimately, whether or not I'm hitting, I know I have a chance to help the team by doing something great defensively."
Manager Robin Ventura stands as one of those who feels Beckham has it in him to do more offensively. He's just not sure where that will happen.
"I'm not saying it's here or it might be somewhere else. But I do know he's a better player than the numbers say," Ventura said. "He does make a lot of plays a lot of second basemen don't make. The hitting, I think, he probably gets in his own way a lot of the time."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Video: Polk Audio UltraFit headphones
Most of the people appearing in our videos are employees at Crutchfield. We pull in folks from around the company to share their expertise. A lot of our on-camera stars come from our Advisor Group — they help people choose the right gear via phone, email and chat every day, so they're good at explaining the products and technologies.
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
CJ, a Crutchfield advisor, tried out the Polk Audio UltraFit headphones and gave them a real workout at the gym. He tells us about the 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000; how they fit and how they sound.
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C.J.: So I got the chance to try out Polk's new headphone line. It's called the UltraFit line. And I actually took these to the gym with me and I gave them a pretty good workout. And what I like about these things is the comfort level is amazing and I didn't have to adjust them one single time during my run, which is nice. You've got tangle-free cords, sweat resistant material that it's made out of, and the quality of sound is exactly what you'd expect from Polk. It's like listening to a Polk speaker but strapped to your ear. You get the awesome highs, awesome lows, and even a great mid range too, so all around it's a great product category from Polk.
So the headphones I started with are the Polk 1000's. The line actually starts with the 500's, but the major difference with the 1000's is that you get this awesome three-button remote. So when you're running, and you have your iPod stored away, you can control your volume, you can answer phone calls without having to, you know, take out your iPod, take out your iPhone, whatever it is that you're using. Also what you're getting with these is flexibility. It's basically gonna fit anybody's ear the way they designed these awesome headphones. And as far as sound quality is concerned, they have a port on them, kind of like a subwoofer box, so you're bass response is gonna be phenomenal out of an in-ear headphone.
So the next ones I tried are the Polk 2000's. These are actually different than the other ones in the line because they're actually on-ear headphones with the neck band design. So comfort-wise, if you don't like the in-ear headphones these are gonna be perfect for you. And sound quality-wise, these are probably my favorite in the line. Because they're on-ear, they've got the bass response that you cannot get with an in-ear headphone. You've got that pumping music, and if you're like me, that music is kind of what keeps you going when you're on the treadmill. So when I'm listening to Eminem and I'm turning it up loud, that thumping beat is gonna keep me going for that extra mile. So another difference with these headphones is the controls actually move up to the earcup so you can answer phone calls, adjust track, volume without having to look down at your cord while you're trying to run on the treadmill. And then the microphone is right there in-line.
So next up in the Polk line is the Polk 3000's. With these we're back to the in-ear technology so you get that adjustable fit. It's got a smaller tip so they're gonna really fit way down in your ear and they have advanced driver technology. So what does that mean? It means they're gonna play really loud. And what I also like about these is it has an adjustable cord. You have two options. You've got one that's a longer cord that has your volume controls and your in-line mic and all that, but there's a second cord which is shorter which is awesome because if you have your iPod up on your arm then you don't have cord and cables hanging down all over yourself, which works good for me. And so when I used these I was actually able to improve my time by a whole minute. Coincidence? I think not.
So if you have any questions about the Polk UltraFit headphones or any of our other products, just give us a call.


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Paws In The City is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization committed to ending overpopulation, abuse and neglect of Dallas dogs and cats . We are an all volunteer organization with no paid staff.
Paws In The City is committed to the following goals:
Rescuing homeless dogs and cats from the City of Dallas animal shelters by sponsoring off-site adoptions to find these abandoned animals terrific, loving homes…often many of these wonderful pets are days away from being euthanized simply because there are not enough homes... a tragedy we are determined to end;
Providing a comforting and positive environment for adoptions;
Providing medical care to neglected, abused, and injured animals through our outreach efforts;
Educating the public on responsible pet ownership; and
Supporting spay and neuter programs…the simple, common sense solution to ending the number of unwanted dogs and cats on our streets and in our city shelters.
Why we do it
Nationwide Stats:
12 million animals are euthanized each year in the United States.
That is 1 million a month
1,388 animals an hour
70,000 - The number of kittens and puppies born in the US each day.
10,000 - The number of people born in the US each day.
Local Stats:
In 2004, the city of Dallas impounded 28,686 dogs and cats.
25,699 were killed by lethal injection.
Less than 2000 were adopted or re-claimed by owners.
200,000 - Estimated cats and dogs killed each year in animal shelters in Denton, Collin, Tarrant, and Dallas alone.
Otherwise, once we receive your application we can make arrangements for you to meet the animal. Usually, the foster parent will bring the animal to your home.
Go to our website for our pre-adoption application,www.pawsinthecity.org and click on Adopt a Dog or Adopt a Cat for the pre-adoption application (in PDF format). Please print and complete the application and then email or fax it to the following address:
972 421 1697 Or firstname.lastname@example.com
Once we receive your pre-adoption application, we will contact you for a phone interview and continue the adoption process from there. Feel free to contact us by email if you would like more information on any animal.
Thank You!
Your message has been sent to Paws In The City.
You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - 'Tis the season for technology. Topping children's Christmas lists are several tech toys, including iPods, tablets and digital barbies.
"My favorite gadget is my tablet," Hannah Mayfield said.
Hannah, Ben and Ellie Mayfield are all under the age of 8, and all about high-tech toys. Their mom, Megan, sees it as a sign of the times.
"They've been surrounded by these toys since they were born, and to them it's just another thing to play with in the playroom," Megan Mayfield said.
Laurie Schacht, of the Toy Insider, says tablets still top many wish lists this year. And they're loaded with more options than ever with Innotab 3s with kid-connect technology.
"Kids can actually talk to their parents on their devices. They can send a text message, they can send a picture," Schacht said.
The Kurio Touch 4s is similar to an Ipod touch but runs on an Android Operating system. It offers parental controls and comes pre-loaded with more than 30 free games and apps.
But experts say technology in toys goes way beyond tablets.
"We're seeing all this technology appear in toys for our youngest children, and it's really giving them the skills they need both for school and eventually for every day life, but in a fun way," Schacht said.
It's called edutainment and ranges from the new Leapreader that is designed to help teach toddlers to write, to other robotic technology that could be training future computer programmers.
"Once they build it, they have to program the whole robot -- how it walks, how it talks, every movement is programmed," Schacht said.
Future fashionistas can create looks on the barbie digital dress using LED lights and there's even facial-tracking technology.
If you feel like you might be overwhelmed with all the tech, experts say it's not as complicated as it might seem.
"I feel like I'm learning right along with them. As they're exploring the toys, sometimes they'll have questions that they ask me and I'll, you know, I'll play with the toy, too, to kind of figure it out."
Prices for these toys range from $40 for the Digital dress Barbie to $100 for the Kurio Touch 4s.
With all the technology, Schacht says parents shouldn't forget about a well-balanced toy box, explaining nothing is going to replace the building blocks, playing dress up or that Teddy bear that your little one will take to bed.
For toys with internet connectivity, experts suggests you play with the parental controls to make sure they're set to levels you're comfortable with for your children- limiting what sites they see and what sites have access to their information.
Copyright 2013 by ClickOrlando.com. CNN NewSource contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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As part of a monthly column written at the official website of the Green Bay Packers, team president Mark Murphy expressed on Saturday that the team would like to retire former quarterback Brett Favre's number before the his very likely induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
"It is really just a question of timing in terms of retiring his jersey," writes Murphy. "The timing has to be right for both Brett and the organization. Brett will be a first ballot Hall of Famer in 2016, and we would like to retire his number prior to his induction."
Murphy frequently acts as mouthpiece of the organization and has commented many times on the potential of retiring Favre's number, but this would appear to be the first time he's publicly placed a timeline on the matter.
While a team can choose to retire a jersey in any manner they choose, most ceremonies take place during a regular-season game because there's a meaningful environment that creates maximum exposure.
In all likelihood, Favre's number won't be retired during the 2013 season. There's just not enough time to plan for an event of such magnitude. When such an occasion does happen, it will be announced months ahead of time with Favre's picture printed on the ticket and the publicity machine cranked into overdrive.
Because the Pro Football Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony takes place in July, that would leave two seasons worth of games in which Favre's number will probably be retired, either in 2014 or 2015.
Until that date is announced, be prepared for even more speculation. In almost every interview Favre gives between now and the time it's announced his number will be retired, he'll be asked about the matter, which the media will air or publish.
Only until they firm a date for Favre's number will the cycle of speculation be broken.
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LAKEPORT -- The Lake County Planning Commission will meet this week to continue a public hearing on a use permit extension request by Bottle Rock Power, LLC on its existing geothermal steam field in Cobb.
The meeting is Thursday at 9 a.m. at the supervisors' chambers in the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.
The Bottle Rock Power project, located on High Valley Road in Cobb, will be taken up at 10 a.m.
At 9:05 a.m., a public hearing will be held on the consideration of a mitigated negative declaration for a proposed development of a retreat facility on Liberty Lane in Middletown, where Health Consciousness Church wants to convert two existing residential structures for the hosting of seminars and workshops. The structures would also include dormitory space for a maximum of 40 guests attending seminars and workshops.
At 9:30 a.m. a hearing will be held on the consideration of a mitigated negative declaration for a proposed 10-acre lot split on Seigler Springs North Road in Kelseyville.


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Eula Louise Butler Dolby passed away peacefully, April 16, 2013, surrounded by her fam-
ily. She was a happy woman and long-time Los Altos resident.
Born February 5, 1928 in Collinsville, CT, the second child of Myron Ferris Butler and Catharine Barber Bristol, she graduated from Hillyer College, married in 1950, and resided in Putnam, CT and Schenectady, NY before moving to Los Altos in 1960 with her husband and five young children.
For fifty-three years, Eula was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church, Los Altos and with her beautiful voice, sang in the
choir for many of those years. She played bridge often with her many friends, and loved spending time with her family. She served in the El Camino Hospital Auxiliary, logging over 6000 volunteer hours, so it is fitting that her final hours were spent in that hospital. She had a full life of 85 years.
Eula was preceded in death by 28 years by her husband James Louis Dolby, Jr., PhD. She is survived by her five children: Karen Mali (Jim) of Morgan Hill, Beth Surrell (Scott) of San Diego, Bill Dolby (Nyna) of Los Altos, Diane Straw (Tom) of Laguna Niguel, and Mark Dolby (Della) of Bellevue, WA; five grandsons, five grand-daughters, and one great-grandson.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos, CA 94022, at 2pm on Thursday, May 23. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Eula's honor to the ADA Improvement Fund of Christ Episcopal Church.


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WILTSHIRE Police is appealing for witnesses following the theft of money from an 85-year-old woman in Swindon.
The incident happened at George Hall Court, a block of self contained flats occupied by elderly residents of which the victim is one, on Saturday January 11 at 7.12am.
Two females entered the victim's room, hoisted her out of her bed and took her into the lounge.
The women then made the victim a banana sandwich and left.
After they had gone, it was discovered that approximately £2,000 had been stolen from a bag hidden in the victim's bedroom.
The first suspect is described as a white female, approximately 20 to 25 years old, between 5ft 2ins and 5ft 3ins tall, of average build with messy shoulder-length blonde hair which covered her face.
The second suspect is described as a white female, aged between 25 and 30 years old, same height and build as the first suspect but with brown, straight hair.
Both suspects were wearing dark jackets with their hoods up and dark jeans.
Both suspects appear to be aware of CCTV at the property as they cover their faces when walking past the cameras.
Detective Constable Kirsty Wilson from the Swindon Priority Crime Team at Wiltshire Police said: "This is an appalling crime which has been a complete abuse of trust.
"The victim in this case is an elderly female who relies on care from others. She has been left understandably upset by what has happened.
"The two suspects clearly know the layout of the property and appear to be well aware of the CCTV cameras as they have done their best to hide their faces throughout.
"I would appeal to anyone who has information on this crime to come forward and speak to us immediately."
Anyone with information should contact DC Wilson on 101 ext. 760374 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously


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A DRUGS 'factory' in Bromham was nipped in the bud after the sharp-eyed crew of the Wiltshire police helicopter noticed a suspicious heat source emanating from a house in The Pound last week.
The helicopter was returning to base from a mission when its thermal imaging camera picked up the 'hot spot'.
The information was passed to the Devizes nieghbourhood policing team.
A drugs warrant was executed at the address on Thursday morning and paraphernalia for cultivating herbal cannabis was found.
PC Emma Reed from Devizes police said: "Only a small quantity of the drug was found but it was clear from the amount of equipment that it could have produced a great deal more.
"It was thanks to the information provided to us by the helicopter crew that we were able to find and confiscate this equipment."
Graham Saunders of the air support unit at police headquarters in Devizes said that he and his colleagues routinely look out for indications like this.
He said: "The thermal imaging camera, which provides black-and-white images of scenes based on the heat being radiated by objects, is on all the time we are airborne.
"We pick up quite a few of these indications. We are often asked by our colleagues on the ground to look out for heat sources at suspect premises but we don't go out especially to look for them. We will monitor them while we are out on other jobs.
"In this case the observer just happened to notice the heat source and we passed it on to our colleagues in the Devizes policing team."
A local man has been given a police caution for possession and cultivation of an illegal Class B drug.
It is the latest in a string of successes that Devizes police have had in executing drugs warrants in the area. Most of their information has come from members of the public but this is the first time that aerial evidence has been used.
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A DRUGS 'factory' in Bromham was nipped in the bud after the sharp-eyed crew of the Wiltshire police helicopter noticed a suspicious heat source emanating from a house in The Pound last week.


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Roderick Hill sentenced for knocking victim onto Metro track
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to punching another man so hard at a Metro station that he fell onto the tracks has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Twenty-two-year-old Roderick Hill of Washington was sentenced Friday in Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Prosecutors say on June 3, Hill punched a man at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station, causing him to fall from the platform onto the tracks. Bystanders helped the victim, who suffered a broken jaw, back onto the platform.
Hill was sentenced earlier this week to 20 months in prison for repeatedly punching a U.S. Marshal while in court for the Metro assault.
The judge ordered that Hill's sentences be run consecutively.


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Category: teen mom
Here are a dozen rapidly-climbing names that are both usable and explicable —often via a celebrity connection.
Guest blogger Brooke Dowd Sacco, expecting her first child, is relieved she wasn't a teenage mother. Sure, having a baby at such a tender age would have been hard, but what really freaks her out is the thought of the names she might have chosen back then.
I would have been a terrible teen mom. Sorry Farrah, Maci, and Amber, I just don't know how you do it. No, I'm not referring to my parenting skills (or the lack thereof), I'm talking about baby naming skills. For me, naming my child as a teen would have been like selecting my husband in High School or getting tattooed on spring break: bad choices. Looking back through past journals and scribbly notes, the child that I would have birthed as a teen would have been named Tristan or Sayla. I happen to think those names are still quite lovely, but now that I'm four months pregnant with my first child, those are not my baby's names.
Some teenagers have sophisticated, fully-formed taste in names — hello, teen berries! — but that wasn't me. Rather, like many people, my name tastes have changed and evolved over the years.


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Here's an excellent new book on European horror cinema by Ian Olney, from Indiana UP.
This is a book that has been long in the making, and the effort and work show on every page. Olney does a superb job tracking modern European horror films from Italy, Spain and France, in a style that is at once academically rigorous and at the same time absolutely accessible; in short, this is a theoretical text that doesn't drown itself in artificial systematizing or outdated jargon. Instead, this is a lively, informed, authoritative text on a group of films that have become increasingly influential in horror filmmaking in the United States, exploring the work of such artists as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava and many, many others.
As the jacket copy notes, "beginning in the 1950s, 'Euro Horror' movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain, and France and popped up in the US at rural drive-ins and urban grindhouse theaters such as those that once dotted New York's Times Square. Gorier, sexier, and stranger than most American horror films of the time, they were embraced by hardcore fans and denounced by critics as the worst kind of cinematic trash. In this volume, Olney explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema—including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S&M horror film, and cannibal and zombie films—and develops a theory that explains their renewed appeal to audiences today."
The first reviews are already in, and they are raves:
"From lesbian vampires to cannibal zombies, this remarkable book charts the rise and fall of the European horror film, and most significantly its rediscovery by Western fans and critics in the 21st century. In a style both sophisticated and lucid, Olney examines key films and filmmakers within their national and international contexts. Guaranteed to send scholars and fans running back to their DVD outlets, either to discover or revisit some of the oddest and most provocative horror films of all time." —Harry M. Benshoff, author of Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film.
"Ian Olney's new book takes us on a journey into the dark world of European horror cinema. He offers up fascinating analyses of individual Eurohorror films while also, more provocatively, arguing for the value of Eurohorror generally to a contemporary politics of identity. Not everyone will agree with what Olney has to say, but his approach is always thoughtful and accessible and it demands our attention. This is an important contribution to the literature on horror cinema." —Peter Hutchings, author of The Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema
"Olney takes on a cinema that, much like the monsters it features, keeps coming back no matter how often you kill it. His welcome study traces the emergence, disappearance, and return of Euro-Horror within US culture since the fifties, its revilers and devotees, its subversive potential, and its echoes in the work of filmmakers like Haneke, von Trier, or Almódovar. In the process, Olney explodes the last of our treasured binaries: art vs. schlock, "real" vs. fan scholar, hack vs. auteur, progressive vs. regressive movie." —Linda Schulte-Sasse, Macalester College
This last quote really sums up the book's impressive achievement: Olney really does "the last of our treasured binaries: art vs. schlock, "real" vs. fan scholar, hack vs. auteur, progressive vs. regressive movie," documenting the varying ways in which these films are apprehended by audiences around the globe, and the ways in which they transcend the boundaries of genre and artificial binaries to reach out to the widest possible audience.
This is a book to buy, and read, at once.
Tags: Dario Argento, Euro Horror: Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture, Foreign Films, Horror Films, Ian Olney, Indiana University Press, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava


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In every Irish establishment, and many others, especially around St. Patrick's Day, corned beef and cabbage will make its way onto the menu, marking a "tip of the cap" to the Irish around March 17. Another annual occurrence is Irish people complaining that this is not, in fact, an Irish dish at all, but is this true?
Beef was not readily available in Ireland and was considered a luxury and that's why the traditional Irish meal centered around ham, the bacon. But when these Irish got off the boats in America it was quite the opposite. Corned beef was the meat that they could easily and more cheaply get their hands on and, so, this became the meal of choice for generations of Irish Americans to come.
In New England, a tradition formed of having a boiled dinner. For this dish, the corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes were boiled.
Many maintain that the dish is simply not Irish at all. The close proximity of the Irish and Jewish communities at the time is said to be largely responsible for the popularity of corned beef among the Irish immigrants. According to thekitchenproject.com, when the Irish arrived in America, they couldn't find a bacon joint like they had in Ireland so they gravitated toward the Jewish corned beef, which was very similar in texture.
Francis Lam on Salon.com reports that, years ago, the bars of early 20th century New York would offer a free dinner of corned beef and cabbage to the Irish workers who would crowd in after working all day on the building sites.
The Irish builders would still have to buy a few drinks in order to get their supposedly free dinner, but the main reason that the corned beef and cabbage dinner is thought to be of Irish origin is not because they were enticed by a traditional meal so much as a cheap meal.
Whichever you prefer to treat yourself to - whether it's the corned beef and cabbage or the bacon and cabbage - enjoy!
Here you can find IrishCentral's best recipes for corned beef and cabbage or bacon and cabbage.
Do you eat corned beef and cabbage or do you prefer more authentic bacon? Let us know your thoughts on the subject in the comments section.