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Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps
RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers.
Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring another 4,000 of those outlets on line with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
"SNAP participation at farmers' markets helps provide fresh fruit and vegetables to families and expands the customer base for local farmers — a win-win for agriculture and local communities," she said in a statement.
The money is to equip these locations with wireless "point of sale" equipment to be used with the food program's debit cards. Grants range from $5,404 for Delaware, which has 11 markets, to $426,945 for California, with 687.
Kevin Concannon, the undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, was touring sites around the country this week. On Tuesday, he stopped at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh, N.C.
"We're on a mission to help Americans eat better," Concannon said after sampling a vendor's blueberries. "And what better place than to provide access, better access to folks for farmers markets. And in particular for low-income people."
North Carolina will receive $109,631.
The Raleigh market has already funded its own wireless system. Still, only four vendors there accept the EBT, though three more are setting up to do so, said Ronnie Best, the market's manager.
"We've been doing it three months and ... we don't even average fifteen sales a week on it right now," said Helen Wise, owner of Wise Farms in nearby Mount Olive.
Concannon acknowledged that many of these markets are off the beaten path and can be hard — and expensive — for low-income people to access. But he said many are within easy reach of the estimate 46 million Americans who used food stamps.
"But in general, I've found that ... once you provide access to low-income folks, they'll come back," he said. "They can price like the rest of us. ... It's one more step in trying to promote healthier eating for the country."
Merrigan said SNAP expenditures at farmers markets have risen by 400 percent since 2008.
Betty Tart of Tart Farms said she, too, sees few food stamp customers at her stand. But she said those who do come by are delighted she can accommodate them.
"It makes me feel good," she said as a large American flag waved overhead. "Because, I have family that has been in that situation. I haven't, but I'm not too far gone. I could be one day."
The Farmers Market in Raleigh has been taking Food Stamps for the whole 12yrs i have been here this is old news unless of course they are updating and adding a few more places to it..
many merchants were unequipped to handle the debit cards that are now being used unlike the old paper foodstamps thus are getting money to make equipment upgrades so more venders can accept the cards.
Kewl... I dont make it out to the market as much as i want too but i have never had an issue and they did away with paper money before NYS did so i am guess they been trying to upgrade this for a while now
Quoting silvercrow:
The Farmers Market in Raleigh has been taking Food Stamps for the whole 12yrs i have been here this is old news unless of course they are updating and adding a few more places to it..
When my kids got wic, 15 years ago, we received vouchers for the farmers market. Never had FS though. Glad more people can shop at them now!
Quoting atlmom2:
So the govt. is using taxpayers money to pay farmers to use food stamps that taxpayers pay for also?
Whatever, you don't have to like my opinion. I don't like yours.
Quoting lovinmyboys...:
They are trying to get people to eat healthier and support local farms. Get off your high horse!
Quoting atlmom2:
So the govt. is using taxpayers money to pay farmers to use food stamps that taxpayers pay for also?
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Winter really does put me in a spicy tea mood, I guess. All this summer and fall I've gotten really into green oolongs and floral teas, which is pretty much the exact opposite of a spicy black. This offering is another thanks to maisonlula. It's another in the orange-and-spice genre of teas, and this time the spices are ginger and cinnamon, both of which I can smell distinctly in the dry tea along with the orange. There's supposed to be some vanilla as well, but it's not obvious in the dry leaf.
Steeped, the tea smells very gingery… I haven't yet had a ginger black tea (most of my ginger teas come in the form of lemon-ginger greens), so I am intrigued. It definitely smells very spicy. The flavor is less spicy than I would have expected. I can taste the ginger, but I don't really get a bite from it or anything. Unfortunately a bitterness from the tea base here seems to overwhelm other flavors besides the ginger/cinnamon notes. Even then, I would wish for those notes to be stronger. This may be a tea that is a good candidate for taking home to drink with additions so I can brew it really strong and still drink it.

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COBOURG - A fire involving possible hazardous materials kept firefighters at the scene for hours Thursday, Feb. 2 trying to determine what was burning.
Cobourg firefighters responded to a fire in a waste bin in the Industrial Park directly across from the Cobourg Community Centre on D'Arcy Street.
The bin was located on the east side of the Cascade factory, against the wall, at the south corner.
Cobourg Fire Department Captain Chris Brown said when crews arrived there was "green smoke vapour" pouring from the bin.
"Because it was a different type of colour we had to change our tactics and we couldn't apply water until we found out what the substance was," he said.
Firefighter made a detailed list of materials in the bin from information provided by the personnel working on the roof of the building.
Firefighters then contacted CANUTEC for guidance on how to approach the fire.
CANUTEC is a government agency that provides information in dealing with hazardous materials and how they react in combination with other chemicals.
"The green-yellow smoke is unusual; there could be a different type of reaction (if water was applied)," Brown said. "Some applications of water with some substances could result in an explosion; other substances it could result in a corrosive atmosphere which could lead to other problems."
Smoke from the bin became heavier and eventually flames could be seen coming from the receptacle.
"Because conditions changed, we applied a hose-stream to the side of the building for protection," Brown said.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus opened the doors and painstakingly emptied the contents of the bin by hand and using pike poles.
After emptying the container's contents, firefighters were still stymied at what caused the discolouration of the smoke.
All the materials appeared to have been materials workers had put into the bin while repairing the roof of the building.
"Perhaps because of some sort of combination of material and some heat developed, it may have caused this fire," Brown said.
An ambulance was on standby on D'Arcy Street and Cobourg Police stopped pedestrian traffic in the area downwind from the fire.
Brown said firefighters must take extra precautions when responding to unusual calls.
"We always try to err on the side of caution - not only for the citizens and businesses that may be around, but also because of the firefighters," he said.
It was nearly seven hours by the time firefighters returned to the firehall and decontaminated their firegear and equipment.


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CONVENTION OF 1787. Farrand, Max, ed. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787.
The want of authy. in Congs. to regulate Commerce had produced in Foreign nations particularly G. B. a monopolizing policy injurious to the trade of the U. S. and destructive to their navigation; the imbecility and anticipated dissolution of the Confederacy extinguishg. all apprehensions of a Countervailing policy on the part of the U. States.Details


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A look at America's most athletic presidents.
George Washington: He was 6-2 and possessed legendary athleticism at a time of few organized sports.
John Quincy Adams: Regularly took morning jogs from the White House to the Capitol, along with lengthy swims in the Potomac River.
Andrew Jackson: He owned and raced horses, and was good enough to make a living at it.
Abraham Lincoln: Played a ball game that was a predecessor to baseball, was a good swimmer and a skilled wrestler. At 6-4, he was the tallest president in history and a veritable giant in the mid-1800s.
William McKinley: First sitting president to play golf, in 1897, but gave it up shortly thereafter.
Theodore Roosevelt: The quintessential sporting president, with a particular emphasis on outdoors activities. You name it, he did it. What other president can say he practiced the martial art of jujitsu?
William H. Taft: Golf was his favorite sport, but at 6-0, 300 pounds, he didn't have much other choice. His Cabinet, fairly or unfairly, became known as the "Golf Cabinet."
Woodrow Wilson: Played tennis and golf, and cycled. More notably, he coached football at Princeton and Wesleyan.
Herbert Hoover: The manager of Stanford's first football team and the man credited with organizing the first Big Game against UC Berkeley – except he famously forgot to bring a football. In his years in the White House, he worked out each morning with a medicine ball.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: He played semi-pro baseball in Kansas and football at West Point before a knee injury ended his career and forced him into coaching. As president, though, his obsession was golf and he was criticized for playing too frequently (an average of 100 rounds per year). He had a putting green built on the lawn outside the Oval Office.
John F. Kennedy: Played football at Harvard and was a single-digit handicapper in golf, but his best-known athletic feat was his four-hour swim in shark-infested waters in the South Pacific during World War II. (Yes, he also was on the swim team at Harvard.)
Richard M. Nixon: A third-string football player at Whittier College. He once phoned Washington Redskins coach George Allen with a play. Allen ran it in an NFL playoff game, and lost. He had a bowling alley installed in the White House and spent many late nights bowling alone. He took up golf in earnest after his resignation, practicing diligently on the three-hole course built at the "Western White House" in San Clemente. He finally broke 80 in 1978, and promptly quit the sport because, he later explained, "I knew I could never get better."
Gerald R. Ford: He was an all-Big Ten football center at Michigan and coached at Yale to help pay for law school. He also swam, skied, sailed, jogged, played tennis and gained quite a reputation for plunking innocent souls on the head with golf balls. "I know I am getting better at golf," he once said, "because I'm hitting fewer spectators."
Jimmy Carter: He is known as the president who boycotted the 1980 Olympics and, incorrectly, is not regarded much as a sportsman. He played high school basketball and tennis, and was on the cross country team at the Naval Academy. He also was an outdoor sports aficionado.
Ronald Reagan: He was a solid swimmer, worked as a lifeguard as a youth and played football at Eureka College. His most famous athletic moment, though, came on the big screen as Notre Dame football player George Gipp – delivering the immortal "Win one for the Gipper" line in the 1940 film, "Knute Rockne, All American."
George H. W. Bush: A big-time jock. Most people know he captained the Yale baseball team that reached the College World Series, but he also was a soccer player of some repute – playing on an excellent high school team and again at Yale. And he was still parachuting from planes in his 80s.
Bill Clinton: He claims to have broken 80 for the first time at the Coronado Golf Course in 1996, although those who witnessed it are skeptical of the score. Clinton, indeed, had an affinity for mulligans and gimme putts.
George W. Bush: Not the athlete that his father was but not half-bad, either, playing rugby at Yale after striking out at baseball there. He later became owner of baseball's Texas Rangers and, while president, took up mountain biking with mixed results. He completed Beijing's Olympic course; he also crashed into a policeman while biking at the G8 summit in Scotland.
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I must say, the variety of instruments you use is nothing short of impressive and all of them contribute greatly to this being a masterful piece.
The cover art when it's rotating gives a kind of trippy effect by the way! xD
My Prescription: I can understand you went for subtle tones of the main instruments in the piece but they were just a bit soft and hard to hear despite cranking up the volume. Other than that minor thing, this here is fantastic!
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
This honestly reminds me of the fight with the Alatreon from MH3Tri. The whole song conveys that feeling of constant action, having to trust your team-mates to the very end. And trust me, when you DID lose to this thing, you didnt feel too bad about it. The Alatreon was made to be your match, and he fulfils that role, as you have with this song.
(NOTE: Speedbombing DOES kill the son of a b*tch in 2 minutes.)
Can't say I've played it, but I'm glad the song brought you some awesome imagery! Thanks for the review!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Great song. Very suspenseful. I like how pure it is. Nothing cheesy or pretentious. Music to be taken seriously.
That's exactly what I was going for. Thank you for the review!
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haha wow! I love it! Awesome to hear such an utterly soundtrack-like piece. This is literally making me uncomfortable in suspense, especially during the silent parts with just the droning bells :o
This is pretty different from my normal stuff - I'm happy that it had the effect it did! There's actually no harmonic structure to this at all, which is what made it very different for me. I had to make it feel tense without chordal structure or melody, save the little bit of background music you get during the percussive part in the second half.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I LOVE! The build-up is spectacular!! =D I really wish it were a little longer, I would've loved to hear more.... :( As Killingyoutwice stated, I could easily hear this being in a movie! :)
I'm so glad you like it! :D I'm really considering taking this and putting a lot of work into it, maybe expanding the whole thing. I like how simple it is now, but I think it could be awesome as a part of a larger piece. Thanks for the review! :)


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Photographer's Note
This is the St. Augustine City hall. Sharing this historic structure is the Lightner Museum.
The building was originally built as the Alcazar Hotel by Henry Flagler in 1888, as a companion to the majestic Ponce de Leon Hotel across the street. It closed as a Hotel in 1932 and was vacant until 1947. At that time O. C. Lightner bought the building to house his collection of victorian art and deeded it to the city. In 1969 a massive renovation was started and in 1973, it was dedicated as City Hall, with the museum opening in 1974.
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venki (83) 2006-03-03 21:30
Hi Ned,
Impressive shot. The framing is good. The cloudless blue sky and the red top of the structure provide good contrast. The green bushes with the trees give a pleasant feeling. The fluttering flags add a punch to the picture. The time you shot the image is apt. Sunlight is not flat. Good!.
singuanti (15250) 2006-03-03 23:41
Hi Ned. I admire your attempt at shooting into the sun with this tough situation to handle. The lens flare is actually well behaved and is almost hiding up there in the palm tree. The shot is definitely crooked and needs about a degree of rotation. You could probably play with the perspective but I don't think it needs that much work. Nice one Ned.
Naherty (0) 2006-03-04 0:08
Hi Ned,
Nice composition! You´ve chosen a very good angle. The POV and FOV are perfect! Good colors, brightness, light and definition too. The blue sky is awesome, such as the vivid green on the gardens. Very impressive. A superb capture, which you´ve made even better with a nice informative note. Congratulations and thanks for sharing
digi-mom (1064) 2006-03-04 17:33
This is so pretty - I love the warm, bright colours. Very different from a northern style government building. I like the angle, and the fact that the wind was blowing the flags. And I like the sun flare - it emphasises the fact that this is the Sunshine State. ;)
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- Exposure: f/10.0, 1/250 seconds
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If you have a 4 month old computer you should contact Dell for a replacement part, not buy anything yourself. It's still under warranty. It could be the adapter, the battery or the port on the motherboard. Edit: Try a different outlet in case it's a problem with the electrical outlet in your house.
how about mine? i had my laptop for like 7 months then i had some problems for my adapter i wont work sometimes the blue light wont turn on . but now i wont work ever. i went to a dell store for the warranty to repair my charger, they told me that the warranty does not go with the charger only for the laptop. pls help is that true? how can i get to repair my charger or replace it for free. :( its inspiron 1545. if not how much for a new charger pls help
Sorry to here that your charger is also messed up. Dell told me the same thing, that it wasn't covered under warranty, and it seems that their chargers for the Inspiron 1545 are not very well made. I've gone through forum after forum of people complaining about the chargers quiting after 4-10 months of use. I ended up switching to one of my old laptop adapters, I think an Inspiron 1150 adapter that works great, and has been for a few years now. You will probably have to look into a new adapter, and if you do, i would not suggest the manufacturer because their adapters are outrageously expensive. Just google adapters for your laptop, and any adapter with either a circle or hex input should work above 65w. Hope you figure out this mess. Sorry once again to here that your adapter doesn't work anymore. I personally think that they have shipped their adapters out with bad capacitors in them. Not so much bad as they are generic. Or something along those lines. Haha. Hope this helps :]
Yup, my charger is starting to fail, too. I'm ordering a replacement now... in the scheme of things, not that expensive.
Wishing I had sprung for a Mac. I've only had my Inspiron 1545 for 8 months. At least from this forum I know lots of people are having this problem, so I don't have to waste my time on hold only to be told it's not covered!
Are you 100% certain that the cirlce input will fit the hex shaped one?
Are you 100% certain that the cirlce input will fit the hex shaped one?
Well, I didn't know that it would be circular, but it does work just fine. It's a generic one that I got from Buy.com (which can be risky, apparently ... but there are also AC adapters available on Amazon.com. All told, with shipping, it cost around $30). There's no way I'd order a replacement from Dell, since theirs only lasted 8 months!
I replaced my 65 watt charger that came with my Inspiron 1750 laptop, which has a hex shaped plug in, with a Dell 90 watt charger, which has a round shaped plug in, and it fits just fine.
i have the same problem too.. i buy my dell inspiron about 5 moths ago and the charger doesn't not work anymore.. first the led blinks and later shut off.. i duh' what to do... i need my laptop
If you purchased the system 5 months ago then you are most likely still under a service contract and you should contact Dell Tech Support immediately to report the problem. Depending on where you are located you can either call, email, or use online chat. You can find contact information for your country / region on http://support.Dell.com.
I'm very disappointed in Dell. 2 months out of warranty and the AC adaptor falis on my 1545. There's clearly a problem with the build but they still refused to replace it. Total rip. I'll think twice about buying Dell again.
If that is your criterion for purchase, you won't buy another notebook from anyone - no one covers failures out of warranty. And there are other brands much more likely to fail, out of warranty - so buy carefully.
I bought a Dell Inspiron 1545 in April of 2009. I have gone through 3 AC power cords so far. Dell did send me a free one the first time it went out because my computer was still under warranty. I thought I was the only one experiencing this problem and that I just had a "dud" until I found this forum. Yes, there are other brands out there that could fail after the warranty period; however, most of the people posting state the problem occurred while their computer was still under warranty. With so many people voicing the same complaint, I find it hard to believe that a company like Dell, refuses to address the issue. I was so unhappy with the 1545 that I ended up giving it to my daugter to use and bought another well known brand. I have had it for over a year and have experienced no problems whatsoever with it. I eventually will have to buy my daughter another computer because I am getting tired of having to replace the cord every few months. I do not buy the replacement cord from Dell because they are too expensive; however it still adds up over time. My recent experience with Dell has left such a bad taste in my mouth, I can't see myself ever doing business with them again.
Does your adapter show a green light when plugged into the wall but goes out and starts to click when connected to the laptop? That is what mine is now doing.
Okay first of all i have to say is get off your butt and do something about this growing problems. Dell isnt doing anything about this AC Power Adapter problem and it is ticking a lot of people off and you know it too. I dont care if it is a problem in your department or whoevers but you better tell your boss or someone to start fixing this problem and fast or you guys are going to lose a ton of business from thousands of loyal customers cause Dell wants to make a couple extra bucks off the people who will buy the replacement. What about all the people who dont have money to actually buy another one? What about all the people who didnt get this problem till just a little after there warranty was up? hmm i wonder if you guys have the balls to man up and fix this problem before you guys are dropped like a rock into a river.
If the blue light is not going on on your ac adapter try replugging everything (while also making sure your power bar and outlet are good)-- if that doesn't work, shake gently. This is just an interim solution so that your battery does not get dead. You don't want to leave a battery laying around without a charge--they tend to sulfate and lose the ability to hold a charge. Then buy an after market adapter online somewhere, quick and preferably as locally as possible for quick shipping. They cost from about $10 bucks to $30 for an aftermarket.
It says on the back of the laptop near the battery what voltage and amps you need. You also need the right size plug, i.e., Inspiron 1545 in this case
My adapter failed when my laptop was just 15 months old. Its too bad these adapters are lousy. I love the hex plug. I think it puts less stress on the plug solder on the board in the computer but I figure the reg round job will work fine.


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When I think of the word 'help,' I think about how hard it is to ask for and accept help. It is usually the most difficult when we are first diagnosed with a mental illness. Unfortunately, that's when those who live with mental illness need help the most. This blog will explore why asking for help can be so hard and the steps we can take to make the process easier.
Why Is It Difficult to Ask for and Accept Help?
Let me preface this by stating: We all struggle, at some point in our lives, with feeling uncomfortable asking for help and we all have differing reasons why. That aside, let's explore some of the common reasons people with mental illness find it hard to ask for and accept help:
>When we are first diagnosed with a mental illness we suddenly need help from psychiatrists, our family and friends and even those who don't really know us at all– community support workers and social workers for example. Suddenly all of these people are in our lives. The initial diagnosis is scary and realizing we cannot recover on our own, that we do require help, is frightening as well. We all want to be self-sufficient in life.
>As we work to become well, not an easy feat, we come to an understanding: We cannot recover on our own and with this realization is a feeling of powerlessness.
>We fear that if we do accept support from people, those same people will leave us once we become well.
>We fear becoming dependent on people; we fear we will be unable to function without them.
These examples all involve fear and this makes sense. It makes perfect sense. Being diagnosed with a mental illness is probably the most frightening thing that will ever happen to us and allowing people to help us is not easy. We want to tackle life on our own, but learning to ask for and accept help is part of self-care.
Learning to Accept Help in Mental Illness Recovery
It's important to remember that people want us to succeed. Our doctor and our family and friends are on our side–working with us to recover and become part of life again. And we will, it just takes time and patience and, you got it, allowing people into our lives.
Throughout my journey with mental illness–over a decade of trying to figure the whole thing out–I have a learned a few things that have helped me accept support:
>Remember that people all fall from time to time and we will be there to support those who have helped us in our recovery when they need it. We will eventually return the favor.
>We do not need to feel shame associated with accepting help or feel that accepting help is a weakness. Focus on becoming well again.
People want to support and help us in our recovery–it often makes them feel good. Doing positive things for people brings meaning to our lives. Life isn't always easy (no kidding!) and neither is it always difficult. When it is difficult, and when you need support, take a minute and ask yourself if it's really such a bad thing.


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The best of French comfort food
It's winter in Europe and with winter, comes the time to hit the snowy slopes of the French mountains. Stay in French Hi Youth Hostels at the heart of the Alps, Jura or Massif Central and get high on fresh air, good times and delicious local specialities. Discover the ultimate comfort food guide!
Star of rigorous winters, the Tartiflette combines golden potatoes, lardons and onions covered with cream and topped with melted, gratinated local cheese, the reblochon. Needless to say, eating Tartiflette at Hi Séez / Les Arcs or Hi Chamonix Youth Hostel is an authentic cultural experience!
Typical Savoyard specialty, this small square-shaped pasta made of buckwheat flour is very popular in the Tarentaise region, where Hi Séez / Les Arcs youth hostel is located. They are generally accompanied with diots a Savoyard sausage or in a croziflette at Hi Chamonix Youth Hostels. What is a croziflette, you ask? The sister of the tartiflette of course, where the crozets replace the potatoes!
Fondue savoyarde or Cheese fondue
The Alps are a farmland, sometimes called a "vast cheese plate". The Savoyard fondue, very popular in France, combines three Savoy cheeses: Comté, Beaufort and Gruyère or Savoy Emmental. A culinary treat in which your pieces of bread swim delightfully. Try it at Hi Chamonix youth hostel or Hi Val Cenis youth hostel.
To continue your Savoyard gastronomic journey, you must try the Raclette. This Swiss – Savoy specialty is also cheese-based, not surprisingly this cheese is called Raclette and it's accompanied with potatoes and local cured meats. Indulge at Hi Séez / Les Arcs and Hi Val Cenis youth hostels.
You will also find Matafan, fricassee of caïon with crozets, potée Savoyarde, potée auvergnate, hearty vegetable soup, Tomme cheese with peas or oignon, cheese soup, stuffed cabbage, farinade… And countless cheeses to delight your palet; Reblochon, Tomme de Savoie, Meule des Alpes, Abondance, Tomme au marc, Bleu d'Auvergne, Fourme d'Ambert, Saint-Nectaire…
Finally, don't forget to try a variety of sured meats, smoked ham and sausages, with nuts, hazelnuts, cheese, mushrooms…
Ask our hostel managers where to find all these treasures during your stay in the French Youth Hostels!


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The Northside boys� basketball team is one step away from reaching another goal.
The Northside boys� basketball team is one step away from reaching another goal.
Coach Tony Marshburn said his team this season had in mind not only winning the East Central 2-A Conference title this season, but also advancing deep in the state playoffs.
�I tell you what, they have really answered the bell each time I have challenged them,� Marshburn said. �I�ve given them challenges all year. One of the goals was to at least make it to the sectional finals.�
Now that the top-seeded Monarchs are, indeed, in the sectional final, they don�t want to stop.
Northside (24-3) plays host to fourth-seeded North Brunswick (18-8) tonight at 8 p.m. in the NCHSAA 2-A sectional finals with the winner advancing to the East Regional semifinals next week in Fayetteville.
The Northside-North Brunswick winner will play the winner of third-seeded Fairmont (23-5) and seventh-seeded Clinton (21-7) in the regional semifinals.
�They know what is at stake,� Marshburn said. �We�ve talked about this opportunity and they are aware. You win Friday night, that�s a big step.�
Northside has won nine consecutive games following a 77-65 loss at Croatan on Feb. 1. The Monarchs shared the ECC regular-season crown with Clinton before defeating the Dark Horses in the conference tournament final.
Northside is coming off an 85-59 second-round victory over Croatan on Wednesday.
�We�ve had to battle all year long,� Marshburn said. �It�s made us better because we haven�t had to relax.�
The Monarchs have not been to the sectional finals since 2007 and have not reached the regionals since 2005.
Marshburn said it would mean a lot if Northside won tonight to make a regional trip.
�I think it would be awesome for our kids, our school and our community,� he said. �It would be an accomplishment.�
But standing in the Monarchs� way of a regional trip is a North Brunswick team that�s coming off a 63-47 win over fifth-seeded Burlington Cummings.
Marshburn compared the Scorpions to that of Clinton because of North Brunswick�s athleticism and speed.
�They are athletic and they have really good guard play,� Marshburn said. �They are like us in that they have athletes. We are going to have to play at the level we played (Wednesday night), which was a high level.�
The Monarchs have already played the Scorpions this season. Northside beat North Brunswick 79-71 on Nov. 27 in both team�s season-opener. Northside senior Jamal Parker scored 27 points in that game.
Parker is averaging about 20 points per game while junior Josh Cabrera averages about 10 points and junior Davion Ayabarreno averages nine.
�We really weren�t established as far as starters and our bench,� Marshburn said. �I do feel like we are better (than earlier in the season) and I�m sure their coach feels they are better.�
However, Marshburn said that preparing for the Scorpions has been easier given they have experience against North Brunswick.
�I�d rather play someone we have played before so we can plan,� he said. �I feel better about match-ups.�


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Conservation Genetics promotes the conservation of genetic diversity by providing a forum where data and ideas can be presented, facilitating the further development of this field of study. Contributions come from researchers in a variety of fields including population genetics, molecular ecology and biology, evolutionary biology, and systematics, to name just a few.
EcoHealth provides a gathering place for research and reviews that integrate diverse knowledge of ecology, health and sustainability whether scientific, medical, local or traditional. The journal encourages development and innovation in methods and practice that link ecology and health and ensures clear and concise presentation to facilitate practical and policy application.


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Olean festival caters to lovers of Swine, Wine & Crafts
OLEAN – Yearning for ribs, wine, beer and a bit of culture to wash it down?
Then Swine, Wine & Crafts, an event sponsored by the United Way of Cattaraugus County, is right up your alley.
The festival, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at War Vets Park, is a contest of culinary skills, luring masters of rib cookery as well as custom brewers. The blues are also on the menu, with an appearance of the Mojo Hand Blues Band.
Two crowns are at stake, according to Candace Plants, executive director of the United Way.
"Last year's best ribs (went to) Shawn Anastasia, and The Notorious P.I.G. was crowned to be the people's choice," Plants said. "Anastasia is riding a two-year winning streak, so that makes him the guy to beat."
Contestants cook a minimum of 30 pounds of pork ribs, and the winner walks away with a $1,200 Traeger smoker, donated by local country music station WPIG. The People's Choice Award winner gets a new grill, as well. Both also receive a cast-iron pig trophy.
"We are going to order 600 pounds of ribs, and we are hoping for 20 teams to cook," Plants added. "If we do not get that many, each competitor will get more." The ribs are double the amount that was cooked last year.
Despite inclement weather last year, the United Way made a $4,000 profit from the event.
Event-goers will decide the People's Choice winner. Judges from Good Times of Olean, Attard's and DJ Butchello get to pick the best ribs.
For more information, contact Plants at (716) 372-3620.


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Apprentice jockey Martin Garcia recorded his first career victory Wednesday at Bay Meadows when he guided 6-to-5 favorite Wild Daydreamer ($4.40) to a front-running win in the third race at the San Mateo County Fair.
Three races later, the 20-year-old native of Vera Cruz, Mexico, secured his first riding double when he took the sixth race with 26-to-1 longshot Spin Or Win ($55.60). "Exciting," said Garcia of his big day. "It's a very nice feeling to win."
Wild Daydreamer, a 4-year-old filly trained by Jerry McArthur, ran away from her rivals down the stretch to win a 5 1/2-furlong race for $5,000 claimers by eight lengths.
Spin Or Win, a 3-year-old gelding trained by Wesley Ward, came from just off the pace to win a 5 1/2-furlong dash for $8,000 maiden claiming by 2 1/2 lengths.
Garcia got his start in racing last year when he began working with horses at Pleasanton. Wild Daydreamer was only his third mount.


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LISSA RANKIN's encaustic paintings and sculptures are represented in prestigious galleries and museums in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. During her artistic career, she has developed an international reputation as an expert on encaustic and has been invited by a variety of art schools, conferences, workshops, and artists' retreats to speak on encaustic art. Trained as an OB/GYN physician, her art reflects life's events, such as birth and loss, and her continued work as a physician breathes life into her art.


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What does Kaila mean?
Kaila ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced KYE-lah, KAY-lah, kye-EE-lah. It is of Hebrew and Hawaiian origin, and the meaning of Kaila is "the laurel crown; style". See also Cayla and Kayla.
VARIANTS Kaela▼, Kaelah, Kailah
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CAYLA, KAYLA Caela, Caihla, Caila, Cailey, Cailie, Cala, Calla, Cayla▼, Caylia, Kaala, Kahla, Kailagh, Kailey, Kailie, Kalae, Kalah, Kalla, Kayla▼, Kaylah, Kayle, Kaylee, Kayley▼, Kaylha, Kaylie, Kaylin, Kaylla, Kaylyn, Keyla▲CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Kela, ..
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How popular is Kaila?
Kaila is a somewhat popular first name for females (#3075 out of 4276, Top 72%) and also a somewhat popular surname for all people (#138741 out of 150436, Top 92%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Kaila entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its top rank of #369 in the U.S. in the year 1991, and is currently at #1558. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2015)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Kaila (#1558 IN RECENT RANKINGS) are Kaylee (#61), Kayla (#115), Kailey (#532), Kaylie (#551), Kaylin (#619), Keyla (#807), Kaylyn (#1270), Calla (#1565), Kayley (#1627), Kaylah (#1684), Cayla (#1731), Kaela, Kailah, Cailey and Kayle. These relations of Kaila were at the apex of their popularity 19 years ago (USAGE OF 1.7%) and are now much less popular (USAGE 0.6%, ▼62.7%). Kayla is a constant favorite, although Keyla appears to be gaining popularity too, while forms such as Kayla have become less contemporary.
Similar Names
Kaila▼ is pronounced similarly to Calli, Callia, Cally, Kaelee, Kaeley, Kaelie, Kahlei, Kala▼, Kalea, Kalei, Kali▲, Kalie, Kallie▲, Kaly, Kaylea, Kaylei, Keala, Kealy, Keelia, Keilah, Kelli▼, Kilee, Kylah, Kylea and Kyli. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Baila, Dalila, Darla▼, Dayla, Fila, Gaila, Gala, Galila, Gayla▼, Gila, Glila, Hala, Kaara, Kacia, Kahle, Kai▲, Kaia▲, Kaija, Kailan, Kailani▲, Kailin, Kaira, Kaite, Kalila, Kalilah, Kallan, Kalle, Kamila▲, Kamilka (see Camilla), Kamilla, Kara▼, Karida, Karisa, Karla▼, Karli, Kaska, Kata, Katiya, Katla, Kaylan, Keiba, Keira, Kina, Kiva, Laila▲, Lala, Naila, Twila▼, Tzila and Valla. These names tend to be less frequently used than Kaila.See names in meaning and etymology.


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In an interview with Kotaku, Hello Games' Sean Murray and David Ream go into great depth about the development spirit bringing one of E3 2014's most stunning titles to life.
The game is No Man's Sky, a procedurally generated first-person exploration game that drops players in different corners of a single, shared, endless universe. As players embark on their personal journeys across colorful planets and epic star systems, endless discovery awaits--the universe of No Man's Sky is theoretically boundless, and will continue generating new worlds and content, without loading screens, as its boundaries are pushed.
Speaking with Kotaku writer Tina Amini, Murray explains that Hello Games' impossibly tiny team of four people spent a great deal of time and effort building an engine capable of generating infinite variations of a single base model. Within the game's information are models for trees, dinosaurs, birds, spaceships--basically everything that populates the game's surprisingly detailed world. From those core blueprints (say, the skeletal structure of a cat), the engine creates variations in color, size, muscular build, and other parameters until you get "every possible variant of that. So if you build a cat, you also get a lion and a tiger and a panther and things that you've never seen--kind of mutations beyond that."
While that means No Man's Sky may never be fully explored (". . . every time I play through this I'm seeing something that's new and often I'm seeing something I've never seen before"), it's possible for players to stake their claim and leave their mark on the universe. Anything generated for an individual is immediately established as something permanent in the game's shared world. Planets new to you may have been discovered by someone else--in which case, you'll see their PSN ID as you enter the world's atmosphere.
When quizzed about whether developing an endless universe was worth the effort, and why more teams aren't doing the same, Murray said:
"It's a weird thing. It took time. To me, it's not difficult. But having said that, no one's ever done it before, so presumably it IS a bit difficult. I guess there's an element to which, and this might sound really cocky, we wanted to prove something, I think. To ourselves. We wanted to do something quite ambitious."
"There is this craft that goes into it and you can feel this warm feeling and that craft is being lost, I think, because of things like Unity and stuff like that. People don't really make custom games or custom technology. They make what they can make easily within Unity. Game designers are actually hampered by that, I think."
Murray and Ream have plenty else to share, including thoughts on Ubisoft's inability to add playable female assassins to Assassin's Creed Unity, in the full Kotaku interview, which is a fascinating read. Give it your time and stay tuned to PSU for more on No Man's Sky in the coming months.


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what is the meaing of singal Peptide?
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what is the meaing of singal Peptide?
Hi dears....
While i surfing websites related to the bioinformatics tools i found sever called Signal P..for signal peptide determining.... My question is what is the meaning of signal peptide and how can i read "expressing" the result in my report?
If anyone has experience in these software, pleas reply!
this is the link of the software.
Thank you.
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Ah, CBS...
The signal peptide tells you, where will be the protein directed to, e.g. to mitochondria, plastids, apoplast etc.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
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Did you get your fill of people being terrible (hi, Rush Limbaugh!) and using Robin Williams's death for their own means (lookin' at you, douche-y Minnesota GOP guy!) yesterday? Haha too bad because we are going to cram even more terrible down your throat, because that is how we do. We're like the opposite of a public service, basically, so let's check in on the horrible people who think that maybe Robin Williams killed himself because of abortion. Yep, abortion.
The pro-life site Life News on Tuesday published a piece suggesting that an abortion in actor Robin Williams' past may have contributed to the depression he struggled with throughout his life. [...]
According to an excerpt from Andy Dougan's book, "From Robin Williams: A Biography," quoted by Life News, the actor said that he and his girlfriend decided she should have an abortion "because we were too young and it wasn't right."
Burke then asked if this contributed to Williams' battle with depression.
Are you thinking that sounds like too scummy a bit of speculation even for LifeNews? You may be right, because they've since yanked the post and managed to get a cross-linked site to pull it down also, but they forgot to yank it from their own site search results, so they didn't memory hole it entirely.
Now, given that Robin Williams never said anything remotely like "gosh, that abortion my girlfriend had 35 years ago has haunted me my whole life," how did LifeNews get to this speculation? By playing a game of "let's pretend."
Burke included a part of an interview Williams gave to the Guardian in 2008:
"You know, I was shameful…You do stuff that causes disgust, and that's hard to recover from. You can say, 'I forgive you' and all that stuff, but it's not the same as recovering from it," Williams said in 2008 about how he behaved while drinking.
Burke then reimagined the quote to be about abortion and wrote that "Williams may have been making a thinly veiled reference to what society tells us does not exist…his post abortion trauma and complicated grief."
Or he could have been talking about his drinking SINCE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS DRINKING YOU A*******.
We're kinda surprised this got yanked down, actually. This is the site that makes shit up out of whole cloth about how abortion and breast cancer are related, so we didn't really think they had much in the way of scruples in the lying their pants off department. Making shit up that harms potentially all women by telling them they will get CANCER if they have an abortion? Totes cool. Making shit up about Robin Williams? A bridge too far. Glad LifeNews has its priorities straight.


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The injustice suffered by Kugan's family and now that of Teoh's speaks volumes about the BN government's refusal to 'clean up it act'.
The families of the late Teoh Beng Hock and that of A Kugan are "bonded" in more ways than one – both families lost their loved ones at the hands of the authority.
Not only that, justice too failed both families, leaving them angry and disillusioned with the federal government for conspiring and allowing the culprits to walk away scot-free.
Kugan, 22, a secondhand car dealer, was nabbed by the police on Jan 14, 2009, in connection with a luxury car theft. That was the last his family heard of him as six days later he died while in police custody at the Taipan police station in USJ, Subang Jaya.
In Kugan's case, federal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Mohd Bakri Zinin had assured that there would be no police cover-up and justice would be seen to be done.
But in the end, a false post-mortem was despatched to Kugan's family, claiming he died of breathing difficulties.
Thanks to the courage shown by his family and friends who entered the Serdang Hospital mortuary the same night, the first post-mortem was done and they took photographs and video recordings of his body.
A second post-mortem done at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) revealed that Kugan's body had 42 marks and contusions and among the burn marks were V-shaped burn marks believed to have been caused by a hot iron. The youngster also would have suffered "blunt force trauma" from the brutal torture and beatings he had sustained on his body.
A break down in Kugan's muscle tissues made its way to his blood stream and kidneys resulting in rhabdomyolysis – acute renal failure.
The UMMC pathologist also found Kugan's stomach was empty, which meant he was being starved before he collapsed and died from the severe beatings.
In a typical fashion, the police denied any wrongdoing, with the Selangor police deputy chief commissioner Khalid Abu Bakar denying any foul play. As far as Khalid was concerned, Kugan died of breathing difficulties.
So much for insulting the people's intelligence. A 22-year-old is caught by the police and six days later ended up dead with a battered body. How will the police ever explain the scars evident all over Kugan's body?
TBH – history repeats itself
The Kugan episode, however, made no impact on the "powers-that-be". The Sessions Court on Jan 28 last year acquitted the police constable said to have caused grievous hurt to Kugan without even calling for his defence.
So much for the promise made by Bakri of seeing to it that justice was served.
Blatant abuse of power by the authorities continued and this time the victim was a 30-year-old Teoh Beng Hock, the political aide of Selangor executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah.
Teoh was found dead on July 16, 2009, on the fifth-floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after being questioned overnight by the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission officers on the 14th floor.
An inquest was held but could only reach an "open verdict". An RCI was held later and the five-man RCI panel, headed by then federal court judge James Foong, singled out the three officers who were involved in Teoh's interrogations.
However, contrary to the RCI report which named the three MACC officers, the Bar Council recommended five MACC officers be investigated for culpable homicide. No heed, however, was paid to the Bar Council recommendation.
Abuse of power –will it ever end?
On April 5 this year, it was revealed in Parliament that the Attorney-General's Chambers has closed its case on Teoh's death and cleared the three MACC officers named in the RCI report which had found that Teoh was driven to suicide after aggressive interrogation, of all offences.
This manhandling of justice has not gone down well with former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim. To him, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail is the real culprit.
Mat Zain had told FMT that with the amount of skeletons in Gani's closet, the latter would be "digging his own grave" if he prosecutes anyone over Teoh's death.
To Mat Zain, this was the reason why Gani was being cowardly and "afraid" to institute criminal proceedings against any persons recommended by the royal commission of inquiries (RCIs).
Mat Zain is not alone in his condemnation of the repeated desecration of justice. The process of justice has been tampered with, but it is of no concern to the federal government which at present is all-consumed with its general election propaganda.
Since the ruling Barisan Nasional government cannot be bothered with the abuse of power displayed by its agencies, should the rakyat not take it upon themselves to assemble in the open as a sign of protest against the country's impotent judiciary, of the abuse of power by Gani and the unseen "blessings" given to such defilement?
The injustice suffered by Kugan's family and now that of Teoh's speaks volumes about the BN government's refusal to "clean up its act".
With such a "compromised" government, does Najib think he can misguide the rakyat through his sweet talks or "chivalry" and win big come the 13 general election?
Jeswan Kaur is a freelance writer and a FMT columnist.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- A lot of people believed Kevin Frandsen had no chance to return to the Giants' active roster by the end of the season after he ruptured his left Achilles tendon March 21. A lot of people were proved wrong on Saturday. The Giants activated Frandsen from the 60-day disabled list after he demonstrated that he was fit to perform by participating in Arizona instructional league games this past week. For the gritty Frandsen, rejoining the team before the end of the season had just as much symbolic value as practical value, since it gave his comeback added legitimacy.
"I know it's just two days," Frandsen said, referring to Sunday's conclusion of the regular season. "But it's a pretty darned good two days." Said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who plans to use Frandsen off the bench: "He wanted to be here to wrap up the season, and he has worked hard to get to this point." Frandsen, who probably would have played frequently at second and third base had he remained healthy, thanked the Giants for allowing him to undergo most of his rehabilitation in San Francisco and expressed gratitude to the athletic training staff for working diligently with him. To Frandsen, his activation represented a triumph for the trainers, too. "It's like an appreciation for all of them for what they've done," Frandsen said. "If I hadn't done it, I would have felt like I let them down because they took time to work with me every day." Frandsen, 26, must continue to regain his consistency and prove that he's healthy enough to play regularly.
"There's so much more to do," Frandsen said.
He had hoped to play winter ball somewhere, but hasn't found a spot yet, due to the competition for jobs.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The House members summoned to investigate Charlie Rangel repeatedly as sured the TV cameras yesterday they were filled with regret and sadness at their solemn duty against a colleague.
But reading the detailed charges they assembled against the New York Democrat left me with an entirely different set of emotions.
They ranged from outrage to outrage.
Charlie is more of chiseler than even the most cynical among us imagined. With gratitude to Howard Beale, it's past time we all get mad as hell and refuse to take this crap anymore.
The charges, if they hold, show Rangel was a 24-hour-a-day bunko man.
He was zealous only about feathering his own nest, whether making money on real estate, hoarding rent-stabilized apartments or hiding income and suspiciously large assets from the tax man.
No wonder his great legacy is that he went to Congress and stayed 40 years.
Consumed with the reported scams, he didn't have time to actually do any work for Harlem.
Some call him "The Dean" of the city's delegation. The damning charges suggest "The Don" fits better.
He was hitting up companies and foundations for contributions to his hoped-for library, even while those companies and foundations wanted his votes on their business before Congress.
They all played ball because Rangel had the power to penalize or reward them.
Said power was entrusted to him by voters he swore to serve. He must have had his fingers crossed when he took those oaths.
Here's a shocker: Rangel repeatedly stonewalled investigators, forcing them to issue subpoenas.
He then publicly cited the probe's slow pace as proof he was innocent.
He claimed only the press had charged him with anything, even after he had received official notification of the charges. In short, he's a serial liar on top of everything else.
A real outrage, of course, is that the 13 charges are categorized as ethical violations and infractions of House rules. Baloney.
If at least some aren't crimes worthy of prosecution, we might as well empty the prisons because nobody in there is guilty of anything.
Yet still, no prosecutor in Washington or New York has shown the guts to raise a hand and take the case.
This undue deference is a license for members of Congress to live by a different set of rules than the rest of us.
Theirs is the most exclusive club in the country, a virtual honor system exempt from the laws of the land. The mob only wishes it had that kind of power.
Tony Soprano would have enjoyed a much longer run if he'd gone to Congress.
Consider that Rangel's House disclosure forms were riddled with omissions and false claims for at least a decade.
Assets appeared and disappeared without explanation or logic, yet nobody ever said boo — until the press picked up the scent.
Taxes? They were for little people.
This newspaper blew the biggest whistle of all by finding he failed to report at least $75,000 of rental income on his villa in the Dominican Republic.
The New York Times and The Washington Post also revealed aspects of the case, leading probers to uncover additional issues.
After all that, Rangel faces, at most, expulsion from the club.
Reports until the very minute the House panel met talked of negotiations on a deal that would have allowed him to keep his seat with a slap on the wrist.
It still could happen, unless the public is vigilant and vocal.
For if such a deal emerges in coming days and we accept it as the final result, it will be proof America has become a nation of sheep who deserve to be fleeced by the Charlie Rangels of the world.


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SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) is a joint initiative of the OECD and the EU. SIGMA Papers is a series of specialised reports that are focused on particular issues in governance and management, such as expenditure control, administrative oversight, interministerial co-ordination, public procurement and public service management.
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This report examines the use of public opinion surveys as tools to advance administrative reforms in western European countries and central and eastern European countries. The aim is to demonstrate to central and eastern European governments and civil servants the utility of public opinion surveys before, during and after reforms in their countries and to encourage their systematic use. Up to now, public opinion surveys have received a great deal of scientific attention with regard to methodological problems of data gathering, data analysis and interpretation of data. There is also much literature on administrative reforms in both OECD countries and central and eastern European countries. Although this literature is widely used, there is very little information on the use of public opinion surveys in the context of administrative reforms. By providing an overview of surveys in western countries, as well as country studies of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Lithuania, and by using examples from different administrative settings, this publication can contribute to a broad understanding of how surveys can provide useful inputs to administrative reforms.


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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Police in a Northern California university town are calling on federal authorities to help investigate an attempted arson that they say appears to have been intended to maim and kill people in and around an off-campus fraternity house.
Davis Police Assistant Chief Darren Pytel says Kappa Sigma fraternity members at the University of California Davis detected the strong odor of natural gas at about 1 a.m. Sunday along with evidence that someone had tried to light the fumes. Pytel says someone appeared to be trying to cause an explosion.
The fraternity house is in a neighborhood densely packed with multi-family apartments.
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VIENNA -- Specialists trying to determine why Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko fell seriously ill during the presidential election campaign are testing several poisoning theories, but there is no conclusive evidence about what caused the disease, doctors said yesterday.
Yushchenko's face has been disfigured, with ashen, pockmarked skin, since he fell ill in September. He has claimed that Ukrainian authorities poisoned him -- an allegation they deny.
Doctors are still running tests to try to determine what caused his ailments, said Dr. Michael Zimpfer, director of Rudolfinerhaus, the private Vienna clinic where Yushchenko was treated.
"At the present stage, we are still investigating the hypothesis of poisoning," Zimpfer said. "However, we have not found any indication that a chemical or biological substance has been employed. Also, we are following new threads, and [we have] included other labs to do more specific testing."
Yushchenko suffered from a series of symptoms, including back pain, acute pancreatitis, and nerve paralysis on the left side of his face. "He was very ill but there was no immediate danger to his life," Zimpfer said at a news conference.
Doctors have "a descriptive diagnosis" but no proof of what led to the ailments, Zimpfer said, adding that they could have had internal causes or have been sparked by a poison. "It might also have been a combination of poisons. Everything is in the air," he said.
The London newspaper The Times yesterday quoted Dr. Nikolai Korpan, the Rudolfinerhaus physician who oversaw Yushchenko's treatment, as saying that Yushchenko had been poisoned and the intention was to kill the candidate. Korpan, who was at yesterday's news conference, said doctors were working on three poisoning theories, including one involving dioxin.
Making the mystery more difficult to solve was Yushchenko's refusal to let doctors take biopsies of his facial tissue -- he reportedly said he did not want to have his face bandaged while campaigning -- and the four-day delay of his arrival at the hospital, Zimpfer said. Doctors later received some tissue samples, he added.
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych defeated Yushchenko in the Nov. 21 election runoff, but the Supreme Court has ordered a rematch because of fraud.


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A young lighting designer was found dead on the floor of his Manhattan apartment, dressed in a latex outfit with his hands bound, but there appeared to be no sign of a break-in, police said.
Alejandro Bulaevsky, 26, was last seen Sunday. Worried relatives summoned the building superintendent, who entered the apartment and discovered the gruesome scene.
Bulaevsky was found wearing a black suit, apparently latex or some type of plastic, and a mask, his hands bound, a law enforcement official said. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
The medical examiner will determine a cause of death.
Police said it didn't appear anything was stolen and the apartment was not in disarray.
Bulaevsky's profile on a company Web site says he was a graduate of Parsons The New School For Design and worked on many restaurants and hotels in the city, including the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South.


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Hailstorms pummel Blue Mountains, Sydney's west
Thunderstorms lashed parts of Sydney's west after hitting the Blue Mountains earlier on Monday, leaving behind a white blanket of hail.
Residents of Katoomba and Blackheath in the Blue Mountains described it as a wild scene resembling a European winter.
The Katoomba Sports and Aquatic Centre will be closed for several days after a roof and ceiling collapsed under the weight of hail.
"Fortunately there's been no injuries but the building was evacuated," said Fire and Rescue spokesman Ian Krimmer.
"Fire crews have been involved and pumping out a large section of the building."
Blue Mountains resident Grant told ABC Local Radio what the hail storm was like when it hit.
"It's like it's snowing in Katoomba ... I've never seen hail like this for ages," he said.
Hail also hit the New South Wales mid north coast.
"We have had a report of hail about 20-cent-piece size at Tuncurry," said Andrew Hays from the weather bureau.
Earlier there was a large thunderstorm on the far north coast around Murwillumbah.
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We have just released an improved version of our popular talent calculators. You will now see all three trees for each class on the same page, and the click responsiveness has been greatly improved under Internet Explorer. Talents that unlock new class abilities will now also display all trainable ranks of the associated ability. We hope you enjoy our new talent calculators!...new Oceanic Realms are open:
We're happy to announce the opening of two new Oceanic realms: Aman'Thul a PvE realm, and Barthilas, a PvP realm. These realms will go live tonight at 11:59 PM PDT, June 8th, placing these realms live at approximately 4:59 PM GMT+10, June 9th. This will allow our Oceanic players to begin creating characters at a time comfortable for them. These two new realms will offer our Oceanic players, new and old alike, fresh beginnings in Azeroth!...the latest Warcraft Weekly is out and news of 30,000 accounts closed for cheating.
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Forcing someone to take leave when she doesn't want to can be considered an adverse employment action and become the basis for a discrimination or retaliation lawsuit.
Recent case: Susan worked as a corrections counselor for the New York State Department of Corrections. She claimed that her supervisor made unwelcome sexual advances, which she rebuffed.
But then, she contended, she had to endure a long list of alleged retaliatory actions, including being ordered to take a leave of absence and to undergo a mental assessment. She returned to work after apparently getting a clean bill of health.
Then she sued, alleging among other claims that her forced leave of absence was an adverse employment action meant to punish her for complaining about sexual harassment. The corrections department argued that a forced leave wasn't an adverse employment action and therefore couldn't be retaliation.
The court disagreed, concluding that being forced out on leave can be an adverse employment action. Susan's forced-leave claim can go forward. The court did dismiss her underlying sexual harassment claim because the incident occurred more than 300 days before she complained to the EEOC. (Taedgar v. New York, et al., No. 1:12-CV-0549, ND NY, 2013)
Final note: Remember that retaliation is anything that would cause a hypothetical reasonable employee to refrain from lodging a complaint in the first place.
It doesn't have to be a major punishment like termination or a demotion. However, it can be something otherwise important like a shift change that makes it difficult to arrange child care, a substantially increased workload or a transfer to a less convenient location.
In other words, retaliation is anything that would cause the employee to rethink complaining if she knew the consequences ahead of time.
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8 June 2013 – McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez remain hopeful of adding significant points to their respective tallies during the Canadian Grand Prix, despite being unable to make it through the second phase of qualifying in Montreal on Saturday afternoon.
With Felipe Massa causing a red flag just two minutes before the end of Q2, drivers were left with a scramble for track position at the restart. For Button, the session was over when he misjudged his run to the line and failed to complete a final timed lap.
"Today's qualifying was one of those sessions where it either all falls into place for you – or it doesn't," said Button, who starts from 14th position. "We were just out of luck this afternoon. We encountered yellow flags, a red flag; and, when the session restarted, I crossed the line about half a second too late to start my final flying lap."
The Briton added: "We weren't as competitive as we thought we'd be, and 14th obviously isn't the place where I want to start, but the good news is that you can overtake around here. A race in mixed conditions tomorrow would be good for us."
Pérez, who qualified 12th, reckons his car had the pace to make Q3 if the session was uninterrupted, with the Mexican confident of recovering positions on Sunday.
"That was a very tricky session – it was difficult to make the most of things, and, in the end, luck just wasn't with us," said Pérez. "The red flag at the end of Q2 affected me just as I was about to set a good time. Then, with only two minutes remaining, I didn't get a run without traffic – as a result, I couldn't get my tyres up to temperature.
"The fact that some of the others managed to improve was frustrating, but that's racing; sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you get it wrong. It's a shame, because I think we had the pace to get into Q3 today. Our focus is on the race, and I think we can still score good points tomorrow. It's not over."


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Saade's performance of "Popular" at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm lived up to its name with both the international jury as well Swedish viewers, who together gave Saade an insurmountable total of 193 points.
"This is totally indescribable," he said shortly after being named the winner.
"I want to celebrate with the entire population of Sweden."
Saade, who also made it the 2010 Melodifestivalen finals with his performance of "Manboy", triumphed over the pre-show favourite Danny, in what had been billed as a battle of boy-band alums for the contest's top spot.
Third place went to The Moniker's "Oh My God!", with Sanna Nielsen's "I'm in Love", taking the fourth spot.
Fifth place went to Swingfly, who performed "Me And My Drum".
Heading into the final, the hotly tipped Danny, who made the Melodifestivalen finals in 2009 as a member of boy band E.M.D. was thought to have the edge over Saade, an ex-member of the boy band What's Up.
The two were neck and neck after the international jury votes had been tallied, with Saade having a slim two-point edge.
But after the 1.32 million votes cast by Swedish television viewers were counted, Saade's lead grew by more than 40 points, securing his place at the top.
Saade will now represent Sweden at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf, Germany in May.
Saade's song was written by Fredrik Kempe, who also wrote "Manboy" and has written the winning song of the Melodifestivalen three out of the last four years.
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Speedier than most of your USB sticks: Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB USB 3.0 review
For as long as USB storage devices have been in the market Corsair has been pushing the technology to the limits. A few years ago it introduced its Flash Voyager series; with a flexible rubber casing and high transfer speeds the range has always exuded quality. Now with every motherboard on the market featuring USB 3.0 Corsair has updated its range to include this technology.
The USB 3.0 specification has a theoretical maximum transfer speed of 572MB/s which is a 10 fold increase over the 57MB/s offered by USB 2.0. The Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB has a maximum read speed of 70MB/s and write speed of 19MB/s these speeds seem very slow when you consider the maximum speed of USB 3.0 but there is more to consider than just the interface speed. The bottleneck now lies not in the interface but in the speed of the flash memory on the USB stick itself.
Theoretical talk aside this stick put up some very interesting numbers when we pit it against the Mach Xtreme FX 16GB USB 3.0 stick. Both units showed excellent sequential read speeds with a small 1% difference between them. When comparing sequential write speeds Corsair came in with 20.24MB/s while Mach Xtreme dominated with 35.59MB/s. The tables were turned slightly when we compared random read speeds with Corsair taking a convincing 5% lead in these tests.
The picture becomes slightly clearer when we compare the current retail prices of $35 for the Corsair Flash Voyager and $75 for the Mach Xtreme FX in fact Corsair offer a 32GB variant for as low as $75 and it boasts a 39MB/s write speed. Considering the performance enclosure quality and price the Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB is amazing value if you're looking for a new USB stick.
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Each year, there are numerous fashion weeks which take place around the world, and we all closely watch to see what is going to be in store for the coming season. The latest collections on show for the spring and summer seasons have seen a few surprising trends come to the forefront of the male fashion world. From a trip back through the era's with 50's inspired outfits, to the floral short-shorts, here are the best trends you need to know about right now.
Fifties Shirts
A top choice for this spring/summer are the baggy shirts and oversized polo's. The main designers to showcase this trend were Louis Vuitton and Raf Simons, and they showed some truly outstanding pieces. If you really want to cling on to this trend and create a top 50's outfit, then go for some darker tones and trousers for a great smart/casual look.
Bomber Jackets
They aren't always considered a fashionable item of clothing, but it appears a number of designers are wanting to ensure that the bomber jacket is the mainstay for out spring/summer wardrobes. They look great with a variety of streetwear outfits, but think about teaming it with a pair of skinny joggers and running trainers for an on-trend outfit.
Short Shorts
For all of your trips to the beach, there are now a number of short shorts which can allow you to make a big fashion statement. These will probably be best for the summer months and you should try make sure that you go with bright colours and floral prints which will look great with a simple button down shirt. You'll most definitely have to choose the right days to wear them, however, once you do, you'll be glad that you've followed the trend.
Alexander Wang, Givenchy and Greg Lauren all chose to give a nod to the mechanic-like overalls at their fashion shows. The dark blues, black and denim pieces were all out in full force, and if you're wanting to finish the outfit off go for simple white-tee and trainers to ensure the overalls get the most attention.
White Trousers
Usually an item of clothing most associated with Miami Vice, it looks like the white trouser trend is going to be a big one for the summer months. Perfect for an array of smart outfits, you can even choose to swap out the trousers for a pair of chinos for a more preppie look. Team it with a classic shirt & blazer and you'll have a great summer outfit.
Once you explore different styles and trends you'll see exactly how you'll move from the bulky winter essentials to spring, summer styles. As we know trends always provide a quick turnaround, so it's important to consistently move with it, especially for fashion lovers. Whether you're going for a retro look, or you're moving with the adventurous trends that are quickly moving around, it's important to keep a keen eye on them.
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