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March 5, 2012 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Update on Immunization Training
SUBJECT 2: Text4baby Breastfeeding Messages
SUBJECT 3: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk Policy Statement
SUBJECT 4: Status of "Baby Your Baby Health Keepsake" books (#1081)
SUBJECT 5: Zero Income Affidavit (Spanish)
SUBJECT 6: e-Learning Update
SUBJECT 7: MOWINS Referrals
SUBJECT 8: Microcuvette and Analyzer Deliveries
SUBJECT 9: Serving WIC Participants in a Disaster
JOB OPPORTUNITY: State Office-Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program Coordinator (Nutritionist III)
- Update on Immunization Training:
- The required annual training on Immunizations is now available on the Local WIC Provider website. Current employees must complete this training by April 10, 2012. New employees must complete this training within 60 days of hire. Completion of this training should be documented on the employee training record.
- Use the contact information below when LWP have participant immunization records that need to be updated in ShowMeVax and do not have staff to update the record within the agency. Send or fax a copy of record which should include Name, Date of Birth, DCN number if available to:
- Lynelle Paro, Health Program Representative II
Division of Community and Public Health
- Section for Healthy Families and Youth
Immunization Assessment and Assurance
Phone: (573) 526-7659
Fax: (573) 526-0238
- Please see the two attachments which will also be posted with the Immunization Training Webinar for your use.
- Reference Sheet for Immunization Screening and Referral
- Immunization Training Certificate
If you have any questions, please contact your district TA Administrative staff. (TWO ATTACHMENTS)
Text4baby Breastfeeding Messages: The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition has provided two fact sheets for text4baby. The first describes overall text4baby message development and the second is specific to the breastfeeding messages. Below are links to the two fact sheets:
If you have any questions, please contact your district TA nutritionist.
Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk Policy Statement: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has just released a new policy statement titled, "Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk". The AAP reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as complementary foods are introduced, with continuation of breastfeeding for 1 year or longer as mutually desired by mother and infant. The new policy statement encourages the use of the World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Curve Standards to monitor infant growth to avoid mislabeling breastfeeding infants as underweight and endorses the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. The policy statement can be viewed here. If you have any questions, please contact your district TA nutritionist.
Status of "Baby Your Baby Health Keepsake" books (#1081): The books are currently not available at the DHSS warehouse. The State office will notify all local WIC providers through the WIC Updates when the books become available. If you have any questions and/or suggestions, please feel free to contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com.
Zero Income Affidavit (Spanish): The Zero Income Affidavit is available in Spanish. Please feel free to make copies as needed. It is also being translated into various languages. If you have questions, please contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
e-Learning Update: In the WIC Updates of October 31, 2011, we included an article on our plans to go to e-Learning. Additional information is now available. With e-Learning, we will convert many of our current face-to-face trainings to webinars using advanced software that was recently purchased that will make the webinars more user friendly. Among these trainings are WIC Basic Orientation and MOWINS training. We will also use software that will automate the process of registering for training. Because of this, all WIC staff will need to have their own email address so they can register for WIC training. Local agencies can contact ITSD at 800-347-0887 to arrange for staff to have an email address. Also, all local agencies will need to have a training coordinator. This will be necessary because staff will not come to Jefferson City as much for training and someone at the local agency will need to be designated to ensure the required WIC training is done. See training coordinator attachment for more information. The requirement for all WIC staff to have an email address and for all agencies to have a training coordinator will be in the Scope of Work (SOW) with local agencies for FFY 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012.
If you have questions, please contact Mark Davis at email@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
MOWINS Referrals: There have been many calls and e-mails coming in to report the referrals in MOWINS disappearing from the available list for agencies when inside a participant's folder. The problem is related to access in the System Administration area of MOWINS. A permanent fix will require an enhancement. In the interim, a solution that should work for all agencies will be implemented on Monday, March 5, 2012.
Below are the steps that will happen in MOWINS on 3/5/12:
a. Seven (7) state level referrals will be available to all agencies (see list below). When documenting referrals for a participant in MOWINS, agencies should choose one that best fits the actual referral being made. Additional notes can be made in general notes or SOAP notes if necessary:
- Local Health Department (Examples: immunizations, pregnancy testing, flu shots)
- Medical/Dental Health Services (Examples: dentist, doctor, health clinic)
- Food Assistance (Examples: local food pantry, Red Cross, Goodwill)
- Community Services (Examples: car seat inspections, housing, shelters, clothing, utilities)
- Lead Screening (Example: lead program)
- Substance Abuse (Example: substance abuse program)
- Federal/State Program (Examples: SNAP, MoHealthNet)
b. All other referrals will be inactivated. Agencies will no longer be able to choose specific organization referrals from the list. All referral history will remain in the participant records.
c. Access to add/modify/delete referrals in System Administration will be removed for all local agency staff. This will not have any effect on the ability to add a referral to a participant record.
At this time, please do not request any specific referrals to be added to the system. If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Seaver by telephone at 800.392.8209 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Microcuvette & Analyzer Deliveries: Agencies scheduled to receive a shipment of microcuvettes and/or analyzers should be receiving their shipment this week, March 5th.
Once you have received your order, please verify the number of microcuvettes and analyzers received with the number listed on the packing slip. If the number of microcuvettes/analyzers in the package is the same as the packing slip, sign and date the packing slip. Please fax the packing slip to Ellen at 573-526-1470, within one (1) week of receiving the shipment. Confirmation on the packing slip is required in order for the State WIC Office to pay for the microcuvettes and send WIC tags for the analyzers. If the number of microcuvettes/analyzers received is different from the packing slip, please call Ellen Whittington at 800-392-8209 or (573) 751-3661. If you are unable to locate your packing slip, please send an email stating how many boxes or analyzers you received and the date you received the shipment to Ellen Whittington at 800-392-8209 or (573) 751-3661.
Serving WIC Participants in a Disaster: In anticipation of the severe weather season in Missouri, reviewing and/or copying the following policies now may be helpful in the event of a disaster.
- Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Plan, ER #3.00500, available on the WOM web page.
- Processing of Application and Issuance of Food Instruments when the Data System or Computer Equipment Fails, ER #3.01450, also at the above link.
- Food Instrument Issuance – Mailing, ER #3.05500 also at the above link.
Prior to implementing the disaster policy, contact your assigned technical assistance team or the state WIC office to notify them of the local emergency. The emergency is declared at the local level, not at the state level. ;The role of the state team is to assure the policy is implemented properly in the case of a true emergency.
Remember to check on the status of local retailers to assess the availability of WIC food in the area. Contact your technical assistance team to let them know the status of the WIC agency, retailers, and participants. This helps the state office respond appropriately to calls.
If you have questions, contact your assigned technical assistance team.
WIC Positions
JOB OPPORTUNITY: State Office-Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program Coordinator (Nutritionist III): The Bureau of WIC and Nutrition Services has an immediate opening for a Nutritionist III in Jefferson City. This position manages all aspects of the Missouri WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling program, which includes training peer counselors, allocating budgets for each agency, providing technical assistance and monitoring peer counselor activity. This position will require statewide travel, including some overnights. Work outside of normal hours may be necessary. Excellent customer service, written and verbal communication, teamwork, confidentiality and prioritization skills are required. All candidates must meet the minimum requirements of a Nutritionist III and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is preferred. Candidates working towards the goal of obtaining an IBCLC will be considered.
Interested applicants must apply and be determined eligible for the Nutritionist III classification by completing an application at http://www.ease.mo.gov/, unless you have previously applied and been determined eligible for this position. If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a resume to email@example.com by close of business March 16, 2012. If you have questions contact Kathy Mertzlufft at 573-526-4792 or by the above email address.
Reference Sheet for Immunization Screening and Referral
Immunization Training Certificate
LWP Training Coordinator Job Description Comments
Zero Income Affidavit - Spanish


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Les Bowen and Jeff McLane caught up with Howie Roseman down at the Senior Bowl yesterday to get his thoughts on a variety of topics.
One of them was the organization's issues with adequately addressing the linebacker position. In the interview, Roseman indicated that the Eagles wanted to make a move at linebacker last offseason (whether that was in free agency, through trade or in the draft), but it didn't work out.
Which brings us to this offseason.
The Eagles' defensive line is in good shape going into 2012. They may swap a couple of rotational guys, but my guess is the core (Jason Babin, Trent Cole, Mike Patterson and Cullen Jenkins) will stay in place.
In the secondary, they have to make a decision on Asante Samuel and possibly add some depth, depending on how they view guys like Curtis Marsh and Brandon Hughes. And at safety, they have to decide whether Nate Allen, Kurt Coleman and Jaiquawn Jarrett can be above-average starters.
But linebacker is the one area where the Eagles have to get better.
One option would be the draft. Mike Mayock of NFL Network recently released his list of the top five prospects at each position. Here's who he has at linebacker:
1. Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
2. Luke Kuechly, Boston College
3. Dont'a Hightower, Alabama
4. Zach Brown, North Carolina
5. Vontaze Burflct, Arizona State
Kuechly is the most common name I've seen linked to the Eagles at No. 15 in mock drafts. Both Brown and Burfict have been mentioned too.
Upshaw is considered a hybrid outside linebacker/defensive end. And Wes Bunting of the National Football Post praises Hightower's ability against the run, but thinks he's probably better suited for a 3-4.
The Eagles have not drafted a linebacker in the first round since 1979 (Jerry Robinson).
Below is a look at the nine linebackers who were named AP All Pros this past season (first and second teams), along with where they were drafted.
|Round Drafted
|Patrick Willis
|Navorro Bowman
|Derrick Johnson
|Brian Cushing
|London Fletcher
|Terrell Suggs
|DeMarcus Ware
|Tamba Hali
|Von Miller
Of course, several of the names on the list (Hali, Ware, Suggs, Miller) are more hybrid DE/LB types.
But as you can see, seven of the nine linebackers on the list were first-round picks. The only two that were not were Bowman and Fletcher.
The Eagles have taken nine linebackers in the past five drafts: Casey Matthews (4th/2011); Brian Rolle (6th/2011); Greg Lloyd (7th/2011); Keenan Clayton (4th/2010); Jamar Chaney (7th/2010); Moise Fokou (7th/2009); Joe Mays (6th/2008); Andy Studebaker (6th, 2008); Stewart Bradley (3rd, 2007).
However, none of have been taken in the first two rounds and only one, Bradley, has been taken in the first three rounds.
The Eagles could instead (or additionally) opt to add a linebacker or two via free agency.
Rotoworld.com has a master list of players who will be available. There are some intriguing names like Atlanta's Curtis Lofton, who is only 25 years old and was fifth in the league with 147 tackles last season, according to NFL.com. He's also a team captain and seems like the kind of player Atlanta would want to hold on to.
Fletcher was the league's top tackler and earned an All-Pro nod for the first time in his career, but he turns 37 in May. Stephen Tulloch was a free agent last offseason, but only signed a one-year deal with the Lions. He played behind the wide-nine in both Detroit and Tennessee.
Unlike last year, the Eagles will be working with a "normal" offseason. And regardless of who's running the defense, Roseman and Andy Reid need to upgrade the talent at linebacker.
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Last week, the Playstation 4 was announced with some exciting promises for the next generation of consoles. However, the recent unveiling leaves Nintendo in an awkward position. Find out with Retry Quit if the Wii U risks becoming irrelevant.
"Nintendo remarketed the Wii U to a more gamer-centric audience. The problem was that there was just not enough software to keep the hardcore interested, and the increase in technical specifications came only to match the current generation of hardware."
Good read ;)
Stick to commenting on Sony articles. You'll lose less bubbles that way.
Anyway, the Wii U, if anything is an "in between" console as far as specs go. Criterion already proved the platform is stronger than the previous generation of consoles. By just how much, who can say?
I have no fantasies about it being on par with PS4, the latter has four times the RAM among a souped up GPU/CPU that effectively make it easy to develop games on. However, suggesting that the Wii U is just another 360 because of that is ludicrous at this point.
Wii U can punch out some good looking games, it just doesn't have the same graphical potential as the PS4.
dreamcast was "in between" too & look what happened.. If publishers start throwing in the towel for em, they will find themselves in a pretty bad situation.. I just hope wii u can handle down scaled nx multiplats (if they even get em).. If it cant, then they will have a difficult time getting good AAA games.. Relying on 1st party again
The DC was definitely not in-between. There are some multiplats that ran better on DC than they did on PS2 on the early years.
wiiu cpu has ibm edram as level 2 catch IS CUTTING EDGE TECH its the future of IBM cores and wiiu LEADS THE WAY its top secret tech its stuff nintendo and ibm seem to want to protect
THE 32MB EDRAM alone has over 140gb bandwidth that is 4.5 x xbox 360 and its 3.2 x bigger also NOT NEXT GEN LOL xbox 720 edram is rated at 100GB bandwidth LOL AT WIIU WEAK XBOX STRONG SEE MY POINT THEY MAKE IT ALL UP TO SUIT THERE MS AND SONY WORSHIP CLEAR FANBOYING
The 2 main things for power in modern chips are Bandwidth RAM and features,the wiiu smashes the 720 in both,even ps4 with 174GB of bandwidth on its gpu fails to come close to wiiu in this area which is one of the main factors for powerful graphics.
32mb 140gb plus,, 3mb edram say 512bit bus 35gb plus,,,sram could be anything 20 to 50 gb whatever theres easily 200gb of fast ram on that custom gpu ,it wouldnt be there DOING NOTHING expensive ram is used to push POWERFUL PROCESSORS VERY HARD
Nintendo really have some work to do if they want to keep up!
Microsoft have more like because the wiiu gpgpu has over 200GB of fast bandwidth ram and thats just the 70% that we know of,ps4 has 174GB less than wiiu but still 74GB more than 720.
And you have no idea of what you're talking about. Lol
Don't know if I should bubble for Funny or Trolling. Tough call.
At this rate if Nintendo doesn't pull an ace from their sleeve they will eventually lose all third party support. And I hope this doesn't happen but it's going to take more than a few good games to secure a leisurely spot in the market. Decade old Zelda port and incredibly niche Pikmin isn't going to do. I do have high hopes for Monolithsoft's RPG game, though.
In my opinion, it may be a bit soon to count the Wii U out. I want to see what both Nintendo and Sony have at E3 before I judge for myself. Personally, I quite like the Wii U. It's fun and had some really good games coming out for it such as Zelda and Lego City. The Wii U may not be as strong as the PS4 or the next Xbox, but as long as it has great Nintendo games then i'd be very happy with my purchase. However that said, I would rather if Nintendo created a few more new IPs this gen. Not only that, but they should advertise the console more as it's been ages since I have seen a Wii U advert on TV.
E3 will be interesting, all the big 3 have to perform amazingly as the competition this year will be fierce. I look forward to seeing what Nintendo and Sony come out with.
Definitely not saying the Wii U is out of the game just yet. But when you look at the Playstation 4 and some of the great functionality it's touting, then compare that to the Wii U... well, it shows how much foresight Sony has put into make the PS4 future-proof, at least for the next 5-8 years.
More than before, it has to be about the games for the Wii U to keep people interested.
I totally agree with your point that Nintendo needs to get a bit more creative with some new IPs. Mario can't wave the flag forever.
I like to use the 3DS as the analogy. It's under powered compared to the Vita, yet it's selling better. Nintendo doesn't need to have be on par with the graphical capabilities of the PS4 or the nexbox in order to be successful. It will always come down to games and Nintendo will deliver like they always do. It's just a matter of time before some of the big guns from Nintendo's arsenal get released. I do agree with you, Wii U needs some new ip's, but 3DS has been getting a ton of them, so maybe the Wii U will as well.
@ssb3173 I agree that Nintendo need to give us some more IP's on the WiiU but they don't need to be new ones. I want an FZero, StarFox, Pokémon and a few other games we did not see on the Wii to show off what the Console and Nintendo can do.
Nintendo will be fine this gen as they will have the right mix of games to support everyone.
One thing I would like to see Nintendo do is Push Metroid up against Halo and KillZone in terms of the MP and to also try and give us a Game that can match Forza and GT. ( I know the last one is a long shot but seeing what Nintendo can do with some games ide love to see them do a sim).
I am enjoying my WiiU at the moment and I think once the 1st half of this year is over we will see what the big N and the 3rd party's offer.
People are forgetting games like Sonic Allstars, COD BO, Tekken Tag 2 AC and others were all ports of a 360 or PS3 version.
Where when you look at NFS most wanted the developer decided to make a version of the game that can show what the WiiU can do and rather than poring the game they worked on it and so far from the videos ive seen ive been impressed.
I also am enjoying MarioU which for me seems to the hardest 2D Mario Game to date and ZombieU is not your normal FPS game as you have to think about what you do rather then run and gun.
People also need to remember that the last 3 gens have not been successful on how powerful the console is its been on what it offers. The Wii offered something different to the PS3 and 360 so a lot of people got a wii and a 360 or PS3.
The gen before that the PS2 had the lest power but the most appealing games for everyone.
The gen before that was also the same with the PSX. One thing that also helped the sales of the 3 consoles was chipping them to. It was hard to crack the PS3 and even though it has an impact on games sales the console sales will be up because people buy them to get them chipped.
I know quite a few people who got a wii and had them chipped but don't know anyone with a chipped PS3 and very few with a chipped 360.
Fan boys will always back there console because that's what they do but for me I want Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to all do well again this gen because for me all 3 have pushed each other over the past 6 and 7 years to try and out do each other and offer some of the best games we have ever played.
The ONLY reason the Wii sold well was because they sold out the hardcore.
The Gamecube had MUCH better games then the Wii, so why didnt that sell the same numbers?
Because the hardcore left Nintendo for consoles with better games. Which the PS2 had, and you can't deny that.
So Nintendo went with a gimmick to tap into a new market. It worked fair play to them, but at the same time they soldout the loyal fans.
They tried it again witht the WiiU, but the casuals dont 'get' the WiiU like they did the Wii. When people bought the Wii they bought it because kids could play it, and they could join in. Along with other gimmicks like the balance board.
But none of them care about the WiiU hence why the WiiU isnt doing that well.
They have lost the grip on the casuals, and have turned to the hardcore again. The problem is, the hardcore Nintendo fan population is even smaller then it was back in the day of the GC.
I have to disagree. The WiiU has sold more than the PS3 and 360 in its 1st 3 months. There are no new games out for it at the moment and people know the 1st 6 months of a new console (Apart from the Wii) sales are slow.
If the GameCube did not have better games than the PS2 that is my point. The N64 and GameCube were not really supported by the 3rd party's and this is why sales were low. It was the Same with the Xbox.
Nintendo looked at the market and knew they could not go toe to toe with Sony and MS with the Wii so took it in a different direction and it worked for them. The had some of the best core games as well as a lot of none core easy pick up and play games.
This is why MS brought Kinect and Sony gave us Move because they wanted a peace of Nintendo's market. Sony flopped in that way because it was to complex for the none core to use the Move yet Kinect was simple and games Like Dance Central were the new Rock Band as well as Kinect sport a step up from Wii Sports.
Sony dropped a lot of things last gen from what they put in the PS3 hardware to losing 3rd party support on big names like GTA.
It did force them to look at what they are doing and give us some amazing games like LBP, KZ, UC but other games like LBP Karting, PSASBR were not at the quality of Super smash bros and Mario Kart.
This time round sony are going in hard and I am glad they are as it will force Nintendo and Microsoft to also go in hard and as a gamer not a fan boy that's a big + for me as I will own a PS4, WiiU and Next xbox just like I had a 360, PS3 and Wii this gen.
The WiiU will not sell as many as the Wii did but I see all 3 having close number at the end of this gen. Who sells more im not sure but it wont be as big of a gap this time round as it has been with the last 3 gens.
@ssb3173 I'm scratching my head wondering why you got that amount of disagrees. I agree with you 150%.
+well said for logical non bias opinion. We don't get enough of that around here.
Just to add, I would love to see Nintendo put some confidence in new unique IPs. It's honestly my main gripe with their business plan right now. I know they must have the talent to do so but they need to show gamers they want our money. We already played Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers, and Zelda on all of our old systems. And like my earlier comment said, I have high hopes for Monolith's ARPG but if I'm not mistaken that's a second party studio so these deals only go so far.
*edit: I'm liking mcstorm's thoughts about Nintendo pushing hardcore MP. Although third parties would easily be able to fill the hole for the racing genre (albeit not as well as first party studios of Sony or MS).
Wii U the lost the graphical war but Nintendo does have some great titles coming out lot more to announce.Nintendo gonna have to kick it in full gear by E3 keep gamers interested in it this year.
The graphic war hasn't even began ps4 graphics could pass for ps3 from what i saw.
While Wii was nothing more than a Gamecube with Motion controls!
i would really like to read the article but the background color and the white text really is uncomfortable to my eyes. I hope its just me.
Nintendo need to get off their ass and do something beside's a Nintendo direct, that says more at E3. They need to start announcing release dates for Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3 for starters.
If meaning getting off their ass means no games in January,Febuary they certainly are... Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 release dates shouldve already been announced, cause after march the wiiU games lineup looks barren to put it lightly.
"They need to start announcing release dates for Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3 for starters."
That's exactly what Nintendo Directs are for.
You want them to do stuff at E3 they do in N-Directs. I don't really follow your "get off their ass". You're asking something they are already doing.
You on crack?
considering the ps4 makes crysis 3, look like a joke, with its 8 gigs of ddr5 memory, it will be difficult for the wii u to compete
Look like a joke lol, crysis 3 is a beautiful game.
What does Crysis 3 have to do with Ps4?
And try youTubing Crysis3 played on pc with ultra settings, it's arguably the best looking game of all time to date.
If you don't agree, please tell me another game that looks better.
Once again we have people talking about "On PC"! While we're talking about consoles!
It would seem pretty obvious that it's going to look much better on PC than Consoles. But how would the console versions stack up against each other?!
If what you're saying is correct stuna1, then MC_KOOL_K is a nitwit for comparing PS4's latest against PS3/360's 7 year old hardware... I am fairly sure he was on about the PC (probably having never actually seen it).
Wii U is always going to be my go to console as it's fun and different to how Soy/MS do things.
Sony/MS will be a complimentary system this time around.
The Wii U is capable but once again maybe hardware makers need developers more then the other way around unlike the good old days.
ms should consider making atleast 1 strong development team to make hardcore games
I think they are console that wont overlap, and Nintendo was smart about that. To be honest after the PS4 event i felt more desire to buy a Wii U, i found it a more conventional and appealing package. Eventually i will pair it with the ps4 down the line, depending on how the ps4 is priced.
And that is the most important factor for the success of a console, price. And games of course.
They should have gone for more potent hardware and a new name , and dropped that silly touch screen controller.
Nintendos approach has always been MOSTLY the casual audience & even though the wii u isnt up to the standards of the ps4 or the next xbox i think it will be just fine. Will it sell like the wii, unlikely but I still believe it will be a successful console.
Why do we have to go through this in each generation shift? Gamecube survived. I loved that console and had good times even tho my xbox was better in hardware. I also had good times with the Wii and the good games like Mario galaxy both of them and the zelda games even tho my ps3 and x360 was better.
I will probably will have good times with the Wii U even tho my future Ps4 and next gen xbox will sure be better in hardware.
Conclusion , Nintendo always survive in their own way.
What we need go ask is, would Ms and Sony survive if they release same hardware as Nkntendo? ;-)
The difference is:
SNES = excellent hardware and Mario and Zelda
N64 = excellent hardware and Mario and Zelda
Gamecube = excellent hardware and Mario and Zelda
Wii = poor last gen hardware but rescued by waggle controller and Mario and Zelda
Wii U = poor last gen hardware and so far no Mario or Zelda. (I mean proper mario like galaxy)
If you're taking the low tech route you need something to make up for it and so far the public haven't embraced the tablet controller.
EDIT: Having said all this I do hope Nintendo survive. In the past when they make a decent machine it is superb. They blew my mind with the N64 and Mario 64 when it came out. And I spent way too many hours on Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye.
The Wii thrived last gen despite the lack of performance because the waggle controller captured the minds of the general public.
Hardware wise this generation seems to be repeating last gen with the Wii U a "bit" better than the gen before, only this time the Wii U doesn't have a "hook" to capture the imagination. People don't seem to have embraced the tablet like they did waggle.
That puts Nintendo on shaky ground. Hopefully they can last out this gen on all the money they made from the Wii and try again with a decent console in 5 years time.
If they brought out an 8th gen machine in 5 years that outperformed the PS4 I'd get one to last me until the PS5 came out.
I was tempted to pick a Wii U up last year as a temporary machine to last me until the PS4 and 720 come out, but there really isn't anything worth buying on the Wii U yet, and by the time there is the Next-Gen proper will be in full swing. If the Wii U came out 2 or 3 years ahead of the PS4 I might've bought one.
Perhaps I'll make a token purchase of a Wii U in a couple of years when they're cheap and give it to my daughters to play on. I'll use it for Zelda and Mario and they can have it back for everything else. The noob friendly rubberbanding Mario Karts, Dance Central, Wii Sports etc.
What does this quote tell you?
one of them (MS/SONY) will be out if they fail this console cycle. Nintendo have a strong ip which belong to them and them alone. Plus their games division is cash rich unlike the other 2.
"We've always had different competitors, we were in the space before Microsoft and we may be in the space after Microsoft," said Tretton.
PS2 was weaker than GC and Xbox yet outsold them, and Wii was weaker than PS3 and 360 and outsold them as well, each console needs an identity, Once panasonic comes out with a console, there will be no war
Let's be real, there is no way the Wii u is surviving this console generation in my opinion. If they don't get adequate 3rd party support, it's going to be a sega all over again. I'm prognosticating that Nintendo sell or verge with a company in the future and Samsung will take their place.
I love articles that compare things that are available with things no one can experience yet! Fucking stupid.
People counting Nintendo out don't have a clue about strategy and tactics. They have a few cards they can still play.
They will cut the Wii U price when 3D Mario, Zelda, Pokemon start to roll out, probably around the PS4 launch.
Never forget that Nintendo has a monopoly on "family friendly" entertainment and as soon as the price is right next holiday, Wii U will move a ton of consoles. Just look at the 3DS, Ninty will pull the same move.


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It's official. I am going to have my own reality television show. I am not sure of the concept (although I am sure all of you would line up to watch me watch reality TV), but it will happen. Why, you ask? Well, it seems that anyone–and I mean ANYONE–can get their own show these days. I know that's no surprise to any of you though.
Next up, it's time to sit back and relax with The Game (real name: Jayceon Terrell Taylor, thanks Google!). He's done beating up people, getting shot, and hanging out in jail, and, according to TMZ, he's ready to walk down the aisle! The rapper is working with 51 Minds Entertainment to create a show which follows his engagement and wedding to fiance Tiffany Cambridge. The show will reportedly showcase Game as a family man helping to plan his wedding. While neither the rapper turned reality star nor the production company will comment, it's rumored that the show has already been pitched to MTV and VH1.
No word on whether Chad Ochocinco will be on hand to give wedding advice!
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Chop the cranberries and parsley.
Mix/fold all ingredients except tomatoes.
Let mixture stand in refrigerator one hour. Remove tops from tomatoes, then hollow out.
Stuff tomatoes with chilled mixture. Place on baking sheet, cover with foil.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve hot.
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Whose running Congress these days? I bet Ozzy Osbourne is the conductor on this "crazy train."
You see only crazy people and the House Republican leadership want to shut down the government. As I noted in Investopedia, the shutdown fight could lead to a far more worrisome battle over the debt ceiling, which could lead to the government defaulting on its financial obligations for the first time in our country's 237 year history.
From the story:
The government is expected to hit its borrowing limit, which it needs to fund its activities sometime in October. Though some people have tried to compare the U.S. with cash-strapped countries such as Greece, there is a critical condition. Greece needed several bailouts because it couldn't afford to pay its bills. The U.S. can afford to pay its creditors but sometimes threatens not to, a situation that in 2011 cost the US its AAA bond rating
For now, the market is yawning at the impasse in Washington. Major stock indexes are trading up. Gold, though, is plunging which is strange since people usually buy the metal when people get scared about their economic futures.
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Later today, the Phillies expect to receive encouraging news on two-fifths of their starting rotation.
Roy Oswalt is expected to rejoin the team after spending a week with his family in tornado-ravaged Mississippi. He will throw a bullpen and is slotted as the starter for Saturday's game against Atlanta.
Joe Blanton will pitch off a mound for the first time in 12 days. The impingement in his right elbow that forced a disabled list stint is feeling better -- so much so that the Phillies and Blanton do not anticipate a minor-league rehab assignment.
Those developments would leave Vance Worley without a spot in the starting rotation, and rightfully so. Worley, of course, has been very good in 12 innings. The first start against New York was decent. The progression to start No. 2 was even better and that is the most encouraging thing.
But it shows Worley fully remains in the developmental stage, as he should. Worley is 23 and began 2010 at double-A Reading. His off-speed pitches are coming along, but they are not refined. That will come with more work.
The best argument for demoting Worley is for developmental reasons and it is hard to disagree. Worley best helps the 2011 Phillies as starting rotation insurance. Keeping him in the bullpen because of his effectiveness likely would not benefit team or pitcher. Sure, Danys Baez has not been good and Kyle Kendrick is shaky at times. Both have received limited chances.
Do the Phillies want those mop-up innings to go to Worley? I cannot speak for them, but likely answer is, "No." There are 133 games left in the season and I highly doubt Wednesday was Worley's final start. They will need him again, eventually, and why not keep him stretched out as a starter?
Because of that decision before, Worley was able to slip into the rotation seamlessly when Blanton was disabled. Kendrick has been rotation insurance in the past, but now he is not stretched out and that's why the nod went to Worley.
The 23-year-old may have shown he's ready to contribute on a major-league team, but not on this one. Remember these 12 innings, however, when the decision on Oswalt's $16 million option for 2012 comes to the forefront.
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Visitors still have time to see The Wyeths Across Texas before it closes at the Tyler Museum of Art (TMA) on December 9, 2012. This exciting exhibition provides a rare opportunity to experience works by America's most famous family of 20th century artists.
Organized by the TMA, The Wyeths Across Texas features works by N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth from public and private Texas collections. It is the first exhibition in Texas in 25 years to feature works by all three generations of Wyeths.
An exhibition catalog published by the TMA to commemorate this exhibition is available for purchase at the Museum Gift Shop. The accompanying catalog includes an introduction by Victoria Browning Wyeth as well as an essay and other entries by art historian Henry Adams.
On December 7, the TMA will start its final First Friday Tour of the year at 11:00 a.m. With admission, visitors will enjoy a free, guided tour through the exhibition. Visitors will gain a deeper understanding of the Wyeth family and their works of art. Reservations for the tour are appreciated but not required.
Family Day will take place from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the TMA Classroom on December 8. Free art activities inspired by the Wyeths will be provided and allow visitors to relate artistically to the exhibition. Light refreshments will also be served.
Admission for the exhibition is $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors, and $5 for children. Admission is free for all TMA Members and children ages 5 and under. The Wyeths Across Texas will be on view through December 9 at the Tyler Museum of Art. After its closing in Tyler, the exhibition will travel to the El Paso Museum of Art.
Tyler Museum of Art
The Tyler Museum of Art exists as an educational and cultural center to enrich the lives of East Texas citizens and visitors through the collection, preservation, study, exhibition, interpretation, and celebration of the visual arts. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave., adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus off East Fifth Street. For more information, call (903) 595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org.
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Looking for a family event to put you in the Christmas spirit?
Visit the Critter Barn now until Dec. 23 for a live nativity. Spend time with your friends and family around a beautiful live nativity surrounded by sheep, goats and angels. Listen to Christmas carols and the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke as it is read by children.
Also, visit rooms full of animals, view a display of photos from Bethlehem all from the comfort of a heated barn.
The barn is closed Mondays and Sundays except for Dec. 23. It is opened most days from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Learn to hunt to kickoff new year
With the hunting season in full swing, those parents holding their young ones back can ease them into it with a learning bird hunt.
The Grand Rapids area chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host a youth pheasant hunt at Pine Hill Farms in Belding on Jan. 4. at 9 a.m.
Participation for the three-bird guided hunt is limited to the first 20 youths ages 10-17 and, because availability generally fills up quick, early registration is recommended.
Established in 1961, The Ruffed Grouse Society is a conservation organization dedicated to preserving sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other wildlife. The society works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices.
Each of the youngsters must have a valid Michigan small-game hunting license and must be accompanied by a legal guardian. Participants must also bring an orange hat, orange vest and protective eyewear.
Registration is $30 per youth and that includes a warm-up round of clay targets, shotgun shells and lunch.
For more information and registration contact, call (616) 648-0478.
Live nativity at Critter Barn
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Aug 2, 2011
Ever since those halcyon days of running around, jumping on the heads of goombas with the Mario Brothers, platform adventure games have held a firm place in my heart; I love them. When I came across Pixeline & The Jungle Treasure, I knew I'd found something special.
Pixeline is very much in the same vein as other classic platforming games except that you play as an adorable little girl going on a jungle adventure in search of map pieces that will lead you to treasure. There are no bosses or weapons in the game and only a moderate amount of violence that includes jumping on furry monsters, slimes and other bad guys.
In each of the 23 levels spread across 5 worlds, you'll find coins, treasure and other collectible items. Some are out in the open while others are less obvious, and many are tucked away in places you can't get to. In fact, it's by design that you can't reach some items. As you progress through the game, you'll be granted the ability to transform into animals with their own unique abilities that will make previously inaccessible areas easy to reach. You'll have a lot of fun going back to old levels and playing them in a whole new way.
As cute and cuddly as Pixeline appears, one thing you shouldn't take for granted is the challenge ahead of you — especially if you aim to collect all the items on each level. Moving platforms, monsters, bottomless chasms and other dangerous obstacles make sure this jungle adventure is no easy task. Yet, even with all the environmental snares designed to stop your progress, one snare that was never meant to be one is the controls.
The traditional d-pad is replaced with a sliding nub that moves left and right. It's an analog control, designed so that you can vary the velocity of your movement, and I absolutely hate it. When it works in your favor, you can make quick, tight controls, allowing you to turn on a dime. Mostly, though, you just end up moving too slowly, overcompensating and/or missing a jump, running into an enemy or heading straight off a cliff. It gets very annoying.
While it comes down to personal preference, my preference is to have digital buttons so I can time my movement, as opposed to an analog stick. Timing is critical in a platforming game, and the analog control just completely throws me off. It's no wonder Pixeline's developers, OSAO, chose to optimize the game for the Xperia Play and included Zeemote support.
Pixeline & The Jungle Treasure is a great platforming game despite my dislike of the controls. It appears to be appropriate for children of all ages, although younger ones may not have as much fun due to the difficulty level of the game. It stands out for featuring a female protagonist who loves adventure and braving the world without appearing vulnerable or pushing the limits of good taste with risque outfits and behavior. It's just good fun.
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By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former educators indicted in a cheating scandal that has rocked Atlanta's public school system began turning themselves in to authorities on Tuesday, ahead of a deadline to surrender voluntarily.
At least 10 of the 35 former Atlanta public school educators indicted by a grand jury last week had reported to the Fulton County jail by late afternoon, according to jail records.
They face charges including racketeering and making false statements for allegedly conspiring to alter and improve standardized test scores to obtain cash bonuses, according to prosecutors.
Bonds for some of the educators who surrendered were set as high as $1 million and some of their attorneys complained the amounts were excessive. Yvette Jones, spokeswoman for Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, said some lawyers were negotiating with prosecutors to lower the bond amounts.
Former Atlanta School Superintendent Beverly Hall was among the former teachers, principals and administrators named in a 65-count indictment returned on Friday.
David Bailey, one of Hall's attorneys, said an agreement had been reached with prosecutors to set Hall's bond at $200,000 and that she planned to turn herself in later Tuesday.
"We believe she is innocent and are committed to her defense," said Bailey.
All of the defendants had been given a Tuesday deadline by the Fulton County district attorney's office to surrender or face arrest in their homes or workplaces.
The Atlanta cheating scandal is one of the largest in the nation's history, said Bob Schaeffer, education director for FairTest, a nonprofit group that focuses on ending the misuse of standardized tests.
In the last four academic years, there have been testing scandals in 37 states and Washington, D.C., he added.
The American Federation of Teachers and the Georgia Federation of Teachers said on Tuesday in a joint statement on the Atlanta scandal, "We have to re-order our priorities and move our schools from a test-based culture to one that is deeply rooted in instruction and learning."
Hall was named national superintendent of the year by the American Association of School Administrators in 2009, the same year prosecutors contend widespread cheating took place.
She received a $78,000 bonus that year from the school system for improving its test scores, prosecutors said.
"The money she received, we are alleging, was ill gotten and it was theft," Howard said at a news conference on Friday.
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Minnesota Deer Season Starts With Chilly Opener
FERGUS FALLS (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton says there's good news and bad news for hunters as Minnesota's firearms deer season opens Saturday.
Dayton wished everybody good hunting when he spoke at a luncheon in Fergus Falls on Friday for the annual Governor's Deer Hunting Opener.
He told the crowd the bad news is the forecast for early Saturday morning was for temperatures around 25 degrees. He told them the good news was that Saturday was predicted to be the warmest morning for the next several days. So he claimed credit for bringing them good weather.
Dayton won't be shivering away in some tree stand Saturday. While he speaks at the ceremonial events for the annual governor's deer openers, he's a pheasant hunter, not a deer hunter.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Hartford Public shooters struggled at times in the first half, but the Owls entered the break with a two point lead. Hartford rolled out to a seven point lead midway through the second half, but Southington still wasn't done.
On Friday, Feb. 15, the Blue Knight basketball team entered the game as an unlikely upset at best, but with three and a half minutes to play, Southington took the lead and with it came the hopes for a postseason berth.
"Obviously, we know that Hartford Public is one of the better teams in the state, but I've been telling my kids all year that, if we were able to put together a full 32 minutes we could play with anybody," said Blue Knight basketball coach Bob Lasbury. "We had a really comprehensive, full game tonight."
Just two days earlier, an upsetting loss to Hall seemed to extinguish Southington's hopes for an eight-win season, but Lasbury said he wasn't ready to throw in the towel. Even though the Knights were big underdogs in each of their final three games, he never lost hope.
"I always use the phrase that 'Basketball is a metaphor for life.' We had two choices. We could get down on ourselves or we could get back into the gym," said the coach. "I thought that we had a great practice yesterday. We stayed focused. We stayed positive, and I think this is a lesson to be learned. When times get tough, you've got to work even harder to stay focused."
It paid off against the Owls. Right from the start, Southington controlled the pace. Each time the Owls threatened to take control, a different Southington player rose to the challenge.
Hartford Public took a 22-20 lead with 1:27 left in the opening half. Chris Kelly answered with a fast break basket. Owl defenders forced a string of turnovers in the early second half, and an under-sized Alex Borofsky countered with 11 rebounds. Ted Shaw led the offense with four assists. Corbin Garry led the defense with a trio of steals.
When the Owls threatened to pull away for good, Kelly shrunk the deficit to one point with a pair of back-to-back three pointers.
"We were good defensively against Hall, but we missed a lot of shots. Tonight, in key spots, we hit those shots. That was the difference," said Lasbury. "I think they've proved what I've been saying all year long. We can play at a high level of competition. We're happy, and we're ready to go."
Borofsky paced the inside scoring with 20 points, buy Kelly matched him on the perimeter with 19. Shaw finished with 10 points. Stephen Barmore and Garry added four points apiece. The teams traded baskets down the stretch, but Southington took the lead for good with 10.3 seconds remaining.
Borofsky converted two free throws in the final seconds, and Southington escaped with a 59-56 win.
After posting just four wins last winter, Southington earned a return to the postseason with their eighth win of the season.
"I really think that it started around midseason last year. It was then that I started to become optimistic about our chances," Lasbury said. "I saw the development of our juniors at the end of last year, and they're now our seniors. The one question this year was who else was going to step up for us? Alex Borofsky and Chris Kelly have really stepped up. Tonight they all contributed."
Lightning didn't strike twice. In the last week of the regular season, Southington suffered a tight loss to Simsbury and a nine-point defeat by New Britain. Even with the losses, the Knights enter the postseason with an 8-11 record. The boys are tied with Newtown for the final Class LL berth.
Rankings will be released on Friday, and the Knights will be destined for a road game against a top contender. But that isn't the point. For the first time in two years, the Knights reached their postseason goal.
"I knew that it was going to be difficult. I knew that we had lost some chances to get eight wins earlier, but I'm thrilled now," said the coach. "I think that this will take that monkey off our back."
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV), which started calling itself MWV in March 2008[1], makes customized and printed packaging and office paper.[2] Its customers include companies in the food and beverage, media and entertainment, personal care and health care industries.[2] It operates in more than 30 countries and sells its products in over 100[2], although 69% of 2007 sales came from the United States.[3] In addition to its paper product lines, MWV's Community Development and Land Management Group manages the 952,000 acres of forestland that the firm owns in the U.S. and Brazil.[4] In 2007, the firm sold approximately 393,000 acres of forestland, generating an after-tax gain of $169 million.[4][5]
In 2007, MWV's revenue was $6.9 billion (5.8% gain over 2006) and its 2007 net income was $285 million (206.5% gain over 2006).[6] The large growth in net income in 2007 reflects an after-tax gain of $169 million from the sale of 393,000 acres of U.S. forestland.[4][5]
The other main issue facing MWV is the proliferation of digital technology and its negative impact on the use of paper and packaging products. For example, email is replacing pen and paper memos, and downloaded music is becoming more popular than purchases of CDs in their special injection-molded cases, a specialty of MWV. Because of this trend, 2007 sales growth in MWV's Consumer and Office Solutions segment was stagnant[7], and 2007 net income in its Consumer Solutions division (responsible for injection-molded cases) fell by 8%.[7]
MeadWestvaco, which rebranded itself as MWV in March 2008[8], produces and sells paperboard (a raw material used in packaging), customized and printed packaging, home and office paper products and specialty chemicals that are byproducts of the paper and packaging businesses.[2] Additionally, the firm owns 952,000 acres of forestland in the U.S. and Brazil, strategically managing, buying and selling them to produce revenue.
The following table[6] shows MWV's revenue and net income, as well as the percentage changes in each, for 2005-2007.
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MeadWestvaco is broken down into five reported business segments: Packaging Resources, Consumer Solutions, Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals and Corporate and Other.
The Packaging Resources segment produces paperboard and other raw packaging materials. It is the largest division of MWV, with $3.02 billion in 2007 sales.[10] Customers include producers of media, beverages, produce, cosmetics, tobacco, pharmaceuticals and healthcare products.[10]
The Consumer Solutions segment produces customized and printed consumer packaging for products including CDs and DVDs, cosmetics, beverage and tobacco products. It also produces packaging equipment for sale or lease to other firms.[10] In 2007, Consumer Solutions sales increased 12% to $2.43 billion.[10]
The Consumer & Office Products division produces school and office supplies under brands including AT-A-GLANCE, Cambridge, Five Star, Mead and Trapper Keeper.[7] This segment's sales increased by less than 1% in 2007, to $1.15 billion, due to decreases in volume (see Trends/Forces below). However, its profit still increased 9% to $139 million due to price increases, changes in the product mix and productivity improvements.[7]
The Specialty Chemicals section of MWV produces chemicals that are derived from sawdust or other byproducts of the paper-making process. These chemicals include activated carbon for use in vehicle emission-control systems, as well as chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving, adhesives and lubricants.[7] Sales in this division remained level with 2006 at $493 million: higher prices were offset by declining volumes due to decreased car production and lower demand in the publication inks industry.[7]
This segment includes all forestry operations, as well as income and charges related to corporate, restructuring, legal and pension matters. The $184 million loss in 2007 was an improvement over the $448 million loss in 2006, largely due to the sale of 393,000 acres of forestland, which brought in a before-tax gain of $250 million.[11]
The firm was found to be liable for environmental cleanup costs at certain sites it had used in the past; this cost $21 million in 2007, and the company anticipates that this figure, too, may grow in the years following that.[12] Additionally in 2007, MWV spent $19 million on environmental capital in order achieve its sustainability goals, and it expects this expenditure to steadily increase in the coming years.[12] Without these two expenditures totaling $40 million, MWV's 2007 net income would have been 14% higher.[6]
The Consumer Solutions segment, which contributed 35%[13] of total 2007 revenue, produces the special injection-molded cases used to package CDs and DVDs. Profits in the Consumer Solutions division fell 8% in 2007, to $86M.[7] The proliferation of computer ownership and broadband internet access have changed the way people access media. As opposed to buying music and movies in CD or DVD format, many consumers simply download them over the internet. In fact, Apple's iTunes music store became the top music retailer in the U.S. in 2008, surpassing the 5-billion-song milestone on June 19, 2008.[14] Globally, sales of music on CDs and DVDs fell 13% in 2007, while sales of downloaded songs increased 34%.[15]
In the world's wealthiest countries, per-capita consumption of paper fell 6% between 2000 and 2005.[16] This trend has hurt MWV's Consumer & Office Products segment, which contributed $1.15 billion of revenue in 2007. This was a gain of only 0.88% over 2006; growth was hampered by declining volume.[7] Similarly, the widespread proliferation of internet access has decreased the demand for consumer paper products in many areas.[16] For example, e-mail is eliminating the need for MWV's paper memo pads, letter paper and envelopes, and people can use calendar software rather than MWV's At-A-Glance brand of calendars.
MWV's competes with other firms that produce paperboard, packaging and paper-based office products. The industry is made up of large companies, with the top four companies shown in the table below. International Paper Company (IP) and Smurfit-Stone Container (SSCC) produce similar product mixes to MWV, while Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) also produces wood products like raw timber.[17][18]
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|International Paper Company (IP)
|Weyerhaeuser Company (WY)
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Home to some of the world's finest and longest-lived sweet and dry white wines, the Mosel is a region of Germany formerly known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer—named thusly for the three rivers that flow through its dramatic valleys. Geology, climate and topography are paramount here, and the wines produced communicate a distinct sense of place. In addition to being prized for their heat-retaining properties, slate-based soils lend a stony minerality to the wines, contributing to some of the most recognizable terroir in the world. Cool temperatures necessitate the use of the region's rivers to reflect heat onto the vineyards, and the best wines are made from sites with south or southwest facing slopes to receive sufficient direct sunlight for ripening. The breathtakingly steep slopes that straddle the river banks cannot be worked by machine, contributing to a high cost of labor (and treacherous working conditions).
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A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining easily identifiable typicity. This versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling, and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Riesling is best known in Germany and Alsace, and is also of great importance in Austria. The variety has also been particularly successful in Australia's Clare and Eden Valleys, New Zealand, Oregon, Washington, cooler regions of California, and the Finger Lakes in New York.
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Riesling is low in alcohol, with high acidity, steely minerality, and stone fruit, spice, citrus, and floral notes. At its ripest it leans towards juicy peach and nectarine, and pineapple, while in cooler climes it is more redolent of meyer lemon, lime, and green apple. With age, Riesling can become truly revelatory, developing unique, complex aromatics, often with a hint of gasoline.
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Riesling is very versatile, enjoying the company of sweet-fleshed fish like sole, most Asian food, especially Thai and Vietnamese (bottlings with some residual sugar and low alcohol are the perfect companions for dishes with substantial spice), and freshly shucked oysters. Sweeter styles work well with fruit-based desserts.
Sommelier Secret
It can be difficult to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling, and German labeling laws do not make things any easier. Look for the world "trocken" to indicate a dry wine, or "halbtrocken" or "feinherb" for off-dry. Some producers will include a helpful sweetness scale on the back label—happily, a growing trend.


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If your letter is chosen, your special someone will be featured in the Grant County News.
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"Go with the flow" means, "Relax! Let the current of life's river carry you along."
But, in life, that is not always the best way to get where you want to go.
In this game, you "Go with the Flow" only after you have fixed the currents to take you where you want to go. Where do you want to go? You want to get the KEY to the treasure chest full of GOLD, of course!
Remember just two rules:
- Salt makes water heavier, so it sinks.
- Heat makes water lighter, so it rises.
In your "current management" toolbox, you have these tools:
|Salt to make the current go down.
|Heat to make the current go up.
|A sideways current tool that you can use to send, or bend, the current to the right or left.
|Walls that you can use to block currents.
|With these tools, you can make your little submarine go anywhere to get the key to the treasure chest.
|The key is attached to a buoy that drifts all around under water.
It's all yours! Just go with the flow!
If you really get stuck, check out the "Hint," but only as a last resort!
What about the salt and heat in the ocean?
If you have tasted the ocean, you know it is very salty. That is why it is easier to float in the ocean than in a fresh-water swimming pool or lake. Salty water is "thicker" or denser than fresh water. If you poured some ocean water into a lake, the ocean water would sink to the bottom.
Oops, that's not quite right.
If the ocean water is warmer than the lake water, the ocean water might not sink. That is because heat makes water lighter, or less dense. So warm salt water might float on colder fresh water.
See, it's not simple!
And what goes on in the ocean is really complicated.
The ocean is salty, but some parts are more salty than others. Why? You might think, with all those waves, it would all get mixed together.
But the ocean is big. Mixing happens by way of currents that travel all around the Earth. It is salt and heat that drive these currents.
For example, every summer, some of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean (near the North Pole) melts. Then in winter, it freezes again. The salt doesn't freeze; only the water freezes. The salt from the ice mixes into the water below, making it even saltier. When the salt-free ice melts the next summer, the melted fresh water tends to make the upper ocean less salty. But the melt water is also colder, which makes it sink.
All this heating and cooling and melting and thawing drives big ocean currents. Cold water sinks near the poles and flows toward the equator, getting warmer as it goes. As it warms, it starts to rise and pushes the warmer surface water near the equator back toward the poles. The warm water flowing from the equator region helps warm the climate in North America and Europe.
This ocean motion is called the "great ocean conveyor belt." The conveyor belt makes Earth a nice place to live. Otherwise, the equator would be way too hot and the northern and southern parts of the planet might be frozen all the time.
What would happen if the ocean became too warm and the ice did not form?
As Earth gets warmer, less ice forms in the Arctic each winter and more ice melts in the summer. How are these changes in the ocean's surface temperature and saltiness (scientists say "salinity") affecting the ocean currents? How is the melting and heating affecting the average sea level?
Some very smart spacecraft are helping to find the answers.


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Welcome to my blog. My name is Heidi (hi-d).
I am a mother to four boys, and a teacher to the three youngest. I enjoy really KNOWING my kids and finding each of their unique talents. I went into homeschooling kicking and screaming many years ago, and you couldn't pay me to give it up now. Teaching these boys about their Savior, and making them into great Christian Warriors is my most important duty.
I am also an artist and love to create things big and small. In the way that most women can't get enough shoes, jewelry and clothes... I can never have too many art supplies! :)
Jesus is the center of our home, and there is no way I could do what I do with out the assurance that He is with me everyday. Ever since we brought Him into our home, there has been an undeniable peace here. Not that nothing goes wrong, or that we don't get sad, mad or angry. We do. But there is an underlying peace from Him that gives us the courage to keep going when the world seems to be crumbling around us.
This blog is just some of what our journey along life's path entails - as time allows, of course.
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Julie Church, 60, of Martinsville, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2013 in Martinsville. She was born on May 18, 1953 in Bloomington to Arthur (Bud) and Doris Richardson.
She was of the Pentecostal faith and a retired caregiver.
She was preceded in death by father and mother, Arthur and Doris Richardson; and husband, David Church.
Family and friends will gather at Kevin Richardson's home on Saturday, October 12, at 3:00 p.m. for a pitch-in dinner.
Survivors include sons, Donnie (Red) Miller, Jon Carson and Travis Pardue; brothers, Mike, Larry, Kevin, Bill, and Eric Richardson; sisters, Marilyn Waggoner, Debbie Hite and Lora Miller; six granddaughters; one grandson; and four great-grandchildren.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — During his sophomore year, Jose Avalos was urged by a principal to drop out of high school. The next year, his brother was told to do the same after entering the 10th grade. A third Avalos brother shared the same fate in 2009.
Administrators at Bowie High School cited excessive tardiness in their efforts to remove the siblings. But now the brothers suspect they were targeted for an entirely different reason: The district was trying to push out hundreds of low-performing sophomores to prevent them from taking accountability tests. The scheme was designed to help El Paso schools raise academic standards, qualify for more federal money and ensure the superintendent got hefty bonuses.
"I thought I was going crazy. I even doubted my sons," said the boys' mother, Grisel Avalos. She said she tried several times to keep her sons in class, but district officials "were on the side of the teachers and the principal."
Three years after the youngest of the Avalos brothers dropped out, the former superintendent faces prison time, state officials are strictly monitoring the schools and the district is trying to contact ousted students to help them complete their education.
"A few people did a lot of damage," interim Superintendent Kenneth George said. "Now we want to make sure these things never happen again."
The idea to cast out the weakest sophomores originated with former Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia, who pleaded guilty to fraud in a case that could put him behind bars for up to 3½ years. He's scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
After being hired in 2006, Garcia soon began implementing a plan with several other administrators that included pre-testing 10th-graders to identify those who were likely to fail standardized tests. He even asked an employee to photograph students crossing the border so they could be forced out on the grounds that they were living in Mexico and not within the district.
Garcia "was looking for 'bad kids,'" said Mark Mendoza, the district official who reluctantly photographed students crossing a border bridge during three days in 2008.
"I told him: 'Is this a residence check? Or are you asking me to get rid of kids that will not perform well?'" Mendoza recalled. "It was the most uncomfortable thing in the world for me. I threw the game. I tried to find all the reasons possible to kill this idea."
In the short term, the strategy worked. Test scores improved at eight of 11 high schools. The district's overall rating improved from "academically acceptable" in 2005 to "recognized" in 2010 — the second-highest rating possible.
But the achievements came amid startling enrollment declines for sophomores.
Austin High School, for instance, had 615 freshmen in 2005, but that number had dropped 40 percent by the time accountability tests were given the following school year. With the next batch of 571 freshmen, only about half were still enrolled by the time the tests were administered.
Students with bad grades, low attendance or limited English proficiency would be held in the ninth grade and then promoted to the 11th grade. Or if they were old enough, they might be told to seek other options such as attending a charter school or obtaining their GED elsewhere. Many of them had recently transferred from nearby Juarez, Mexico.
The whole idea, said former state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, was to make those students "disappear" so they would not be counted among the students who were tested.
Other large districts have been ensnared in scandals to raise test scores, most recently in Atlanta, where educators gave answers to students or changed answers after tests were completed. But none has been so brazen as to cast off low-scoring students.
In June, Garcia admitted defrauding the Texas Education Agency and the U.S. Department of Education in his efforts to secure $56,500 in performance bonuses and federal funding for the district. His lawyers did not return repeated requests for comment.
At Garcia's plea hearing, prosecutor Debra Kanof said the former superintendent instructed employees "to do anything they could" to make it appear that students were making adequate yearly progress as defined by the No Child Left Behind act.
Court documents indicate at least six other people helped Garcia organize the scheme. The FBI has said it is still investigating.
Johnnie Vega, an assistant principal at Bowie High, admitted his participation and provided information to the FBI.
"At the time, I wish I would have known how serious this was going to be," Vega said. "I regret not having said no."
Bowie, one of El Paso's oldest high schools, was on the brink of being shut down after years of low performance.
"When grades improved, they gave us these really nice polo shirts. Mine is brand new in my closet, I didn't want to wear it," he added. "All my career as an educator I felt like I made a difference, except for that year."
Shapleigh was first alerted by parents who came to his office to complain about their children being dropped from El Paso schools. When he looked closer at Bowie, he found that student enrollment from ninth to 10th grade dropped by 55 percent in 2007 — the year after Garcia was hired.
In 2010, the Texas Education Agency had cleared Garcia of allegations brought by Shapleigh. But in late 2011, the El Paso Times filed a Freedom of Information request for correspondence between the federal Education Department and the school district. When the attorney general ruled that the records must be released, the district acknowledged the scandal.
State officials soon placed the district on probation, named a monitor to oversee it and said the schools had shown "utter disregard" for student needs.
TEA spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe said the agency closed its initial investigation after accounting for most of the students who were pushed out of high school.
Putting the TEA in charge of a solution to the El Paso problems was "like putting the fox in charge of the chickens," said Shapleigh, who is now collecting signatures to demand the resignation of the trustees, overhaul the district's transparency policies and obtain restitution for students.
Meanwhile, the district is trying to find students who were thrown out to offer academic, as well as counseling, tutoring and social services.
For those who were booted out of class, the wounds run deep.
"They took away my high school, my time," said Cesar Diaz, who was told to drop out after the school claimed it had proof he was living in Mexico. "I wanted to study in the U.S. because I'm a U.S. citizen. My future is in the United States."
Diaz was born in Aurora, Ill., but moved to Ciudad Juarez when he was a child. His grandmother, who lives in El Paso, became his tutor, and he moved in with her so he could have a U.S. address.
As for the Avalos brothers, they want to see Garcia in prison and to move on with their lives. Roger Avalos, now 21, is seeking his GED while working at a cowboy boot factory.
"Justice would be getting my high school diploma, a picture with the cap and gown," he said.


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One year ago I stood before a bank of microphones, cameras and journalists in the lane behind the police station at 312 Main Street to announce the launch of Eastside Stories: Diary of a Vancouver Beat Cop.
In the months prior, a young woman named Ashley Machiskinic had fallen to her death from the window of a Downtown Eastside rooming house. Activists who insisted she must have been murdered had staged a sit-in at the Vancouver Police Department's Main Street station. They engaged in a public campaign to suggest that police were doing little to investigate Ashley's death, or to protect vulnerable women in the Downtown Eastside.
Other pressure groups had long complained that police in the Downtown Eastside did little more than pick on the poor, write petty tickets and arbitrarily arrest people for minor offences.
As a member of VPD's Beat Enforcement Team, I knew this couldn't be further from the truth.
I had seen police officers literally pick up and dust off Listerine drunks who were passed out in snow banks, and help them out of the cold when nobody else gave a damn.
I witnessed one police officer practically save the life of a man who had been stabbed in the neck during a knife fight, covering the gash with his bare hands to stop the man from bleeding to death.
I had personally lent my shoulder to people who had no-one left in the world to cry on.
Moreover, I'd seen the personal toll all this takes on the men and women who don the police uniform in the Downtown Eastside.
I wanted to help people understand what we actually do, the pressures we face and the frustrations we endure while policing one of Canada's toughest beats. I wanted to give people a taste of what it's like to be a police officer in the Downtown Eastside, and to help put a human face of the people who live and work here.
During the past 12 months this blog has introduced readers to a number of characters in the Downtown Eastside. There was Whistling Bernie Smith, the old-time beat cop who walked these streets in the 1970s, long before anyone had to worry about political correctness or the Charter of Rights.
We've met the man with three degrees and seven languages who wanders the streets of the Downtown Eastside, having lost his family, his job and his aspirations to a heroin addiction.
Then there was my favourite, the Ice Cream Man. As far as I know, he's still fighting the good fight. And though I'll probably never know for sure, I'd like to think I had something to do with his decision to get clean.
There are 18,000 people in the Downtown Eastside, and each one of them has their own story of heartbreak, tragedy and success. And while I'd love to stick around long enough to tell them all, it appears my time in the Downtown Eastside is coming to an end.
The Vancouver Police Department has decided to send me to a new sand box. They say it's time to broaden my horizons. In two weeks I will be reluctantly re-assigned to a patrol squad in District 2 — the north-east quadrant of the city.
Some of my colleagues have encouraged me to continue my dispatches from my new post. I'd love to continue writing about my experiences in the Downtown Eastside, but I simply don't believe I can do so with the quality and frequency you deserve.
While District 2 does technically include the Downtown Eastside, I will no longer be one of the foot soldiers on the Beat Enforcement Team. Instead, I'll be responding to calls from behind the wheel of a police car, and responsible for a larger, and more diverse area.
This blog is branded as the diary of a beat cop, and it would be wrong to suggest I am still slogging it out in the trenches when I am not.
That's why I've decided that now is the time to pull the plug. It's time to restore a little work-life balance and to focus my energy on some new endeavours.
Authoring this blog has been one of the most gratifying experiences I've had as a police officer. I've felt more fulfilled writing these stories than I did in nearly a decade working as a newspaper reporter (my previous career).
I am indebted to the Vancouver Police Department for allowing me the opportunity, and for taking such a hands-off approach. I was never told what to write or how to write it, and never once chided for wading in on sensitive or controversial topics.
I am even more indebted to everyone who took the time to read, to comment and to send me their personal stories during the past year. I've been touched and blown away by the passionate and heart-felt responses.
It has been a privilege.
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How to help your child love food
- Written by Dara Schmeck, MS, CCC-SLP, Bothell Pediatric and Hand Therapy
Offer a variety of foods at each meal and snack. Be sure a starch, protein, and fruit or vegetable is present at every meal. Teach your children about those foods, talking about taste, texture, and smell. Keep your language positive or neutral, and avoid any negative words (e.g., slimy, stinky). Model how to eat those foods, and what happens to them as you chew. Encourage any interaction with new foods; sometimes poking a new food can be a victory.
Establish a mealtime routine. Include a verbal warning prior to the meal, set-up (e.g., washing hands), and clean-up (e.g., clearing plates from the table). When a child knows what to expect at the meal, they are better prepared to handle the challenge of a new food.
Eliminate distractions. Turn off the TV, remove toys from the table, and focus on the food. The table is your classroom to teach about food and eating patterns; help your child focus by removing attention-stealers.
Schedule meals and snacks. Children should eat approximately every 2.5 hours, resulting in 5 meals/snacks each day. Their stomachs are too small to hold enough calories for the day with only 3 meals. As well, the body's natural hunger cycle occurs about every 2.5 hours. Take advantage of naturally hungry times to offer more healthful foods.
Eliminate snacking or grazing between meals. When your child is snacking between meals, they will not be hungry at meals or snacks when you are offering healthier food choices. This makes it easier for them to refuse those foods. Juice or other flavored drinks can also reduce appetite. Offer only water between meals and snacks.
Engage your child in mealtime preparation. Let them come grocery shopping and help you cook. Empower them by letting them choose and prepare that dinner's vegetable - they may decide to try it!
Get messy. Playing with food is a normal part of the developmental process in learning to eat foods. Use food as your materials for art projects or even as face paint. The more exposure a child has to a food, the more familiar it becomes, and the more likely they may be to decide to try a new food.
You are the most important factor in your child's relationship with food. Model healthful eating patterns yourself; your child will learn by your example. Be patient - eating habits do not change overnight. If you continue to struggle with your child at mealtimes, our Food Explorers feeding therapy program is designed to promote positive interactions with food and decrease resistance to touching, tasting, and swallowing food.


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On Friday, reports came out of Jerez that MotoGP rider Hector Barbera had been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. With the case handled by Spain's special domestic violence courts, Barbera received a sentence of six months in jail, while his girlfriend also received five months in jail, as she was also found guilty of assaulting Barbera in the exchange. With details of the event seemingly under lock and key by the court's proceedings, speculation has been rife about the incident.
Hoping to set the record straight, Barbera has released a clarifying statement via his Facebook page, though it does little to shed more light on the situation, and reinforces some very disturbing notions already held about misogyny in Spain, and by proxy MotoGP as well. Stressing that he himself was a victim, as was found by the court, Barbera adds that he would "never think on hurting or damaging any person, no matter woman or men, " and is adamant that he is "firmly against any type of mistreatment or abuse to anyone."
That is an interesting statement considering that Barbera's presumably now ex-girlfriend, identified only by her initials D.P., was sent to the hospital with visible bruising because of Barbera's own actions. To be fair, Barbera's own injuries have not been a topic of much discussion, and he is presumed to have suffered some form of battery as well, which presumably makes what he did more justifiable — at least, that seems to be the point Barbera is trying to make in his statement.
Looking at the story from American eyes and predispositions, a man assaulting a woman, whether provoked or not, is automatically cast as the guilty party — it is perhaps the one ironic role-reversal in America's own battle with sexism and misogyny in its socio-legal systems. As one of my legal colleagues said to me, "a speedy trial, and both parties getting punished? That would never happen here in the United States." Quite right.


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BALTIMORE – Seton Hill University used a 15-5 run midway through the second half to take a nine-point lead with just under nine minutes to play, and the Griffins held off Loyola University Maryland, 72-67, Monday night in an exhibition men's basketball game.
The Greyhounds led 49-48 on a traditional 3-point play by Erik Etherly with 13:12 to play, but Nate Perry hit two 3-pointers, wrapped around a Maiachi Leonard basket for Seton Hill and a Tyler Hubbard jumper for Loyola, sparking the Griffins' run.
Loyola got back within three, 70-67, on two Etherly free throws with 1:25 to play, but Seton Hill held the Greyhounds scoreless the rest of the way.
Dylon Cormier led Loyola with 23 points, while Robert Olson scored 21 and Etherly had 17. Olson added a game-high 13 rebounds.
Five Griffins scored in double figures, led by David Windsor's 14.
The Greyhounds open the regular season on Friday night with a 7:30 p.m. game against Binghamton University in Reitz Arena.


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September 01. 2014 8:02PM
Another View: Gordon Humphrey -- Rubens will bring principled, courageous leadership to Senate
OUR NATION faces multiple challenges as serious as I've seen in my lifetime. The private economy is too weak to supply sufficient jobs that pay enough to support families. The federal government is drowning in debt and has made spending promises it cannot possibly keep. Our treasured Constitution, the most important document ever written in defense against government tyranny, is brazenly ignored with impunity whenever convenient for those holding power.
Times such as these demand principled, courageous leadership, and for that reason, I have endorsed Jim Rubens for U.S. Senate.
I have known and worked closely with Jim Rubens for nearly two decades, dealing with a variety of state and national political issues. Jim offers voters that very rare combination of judgment, intelligence, practicality, inventiveness, persuasive ability and an unshakable commitment to principle that makes a leader.
During his time in the s tate Senate, Jim launched a debate on the complex matter of bringing electricity choice and competition to New Hampshire. We now have it, and it has saved ratepayers millions. Jim led the fight against entrenched unions to pass SB-2, the all-day voting law that has increased voter turnouts by five times in town and school district elections. Jim wrote and passed our state's charter school law, which for the first time has created school choice, diversity of education options, and bottom-up reform, allowing more of our kids to reach their full potential and showing how public schools can operate successfully at lower cost to taxpayers.
Jim was the Union Leader's Citizen of the Year in 2013 for his having united people across the political spectrum to keep crony-capitalist casino monopolies out of our state.
Jim Rubens is the only candidate running for this seat who offers a bold and concrete plan to reach long-term budget balance — without more taxes. Jim has proposed a robust and specific set of proposals to replace Obamacare, provide freedom of choice for patients and bring down the punishingly high cost of health care. Jim's six point plan to restore vigor to our private economy includes proposals to end all energy subsidies and to sunset and revisit all regulations every ten years.
If you are looking for a conventional thinker or someone who will take orders from the Washington establishment, like Jeanne Shaheen or Scott Brown, then Jim is not your man. Unlike the other candidates, Jim unequivocally opposes unconstitutional dragnet spying by government against innocent American citizens.
What most sets Jim Rubens apart and what makes him most needed today is his bravery in the face of establishment pressure to remain silent. He is the single Republican running for U.S. Senate in the entire nation to make an issue of the corrupt campaign funding system where millions in campaign money are traded for votes. Jim has pledged to give his Senate pension back to taxpayers, to limit himself to two terms, and not to become a Washington lobbyist after leaving office.
It bears emphasis. Jim Rubens has pledged to limit himself to two terms and to give back his pension to the taxpayers. As a former U.S. Senator, I state unequivocally that no reform would have greater positive effect than eliminating career politicians from Congress. It's the one, single reform that is capable of saving our country from ruin at the hands of the political hacks who have traded integrity for congressional career status over and over again.
The central argument made for Scott Brown's candidacy is that voters should overlook his awful, Democrat-like voting record because he will have the money to wage the TV ad war against Jeanne Shaheen. This argument fails on two counts. First, campaign contributions will follow the Republican candidate picked by New Hampshire voters on Sept. 9 because the overriding goal for Republican Party is to win back the Senate. Second, it gets us nothing to have an R who votes like a D for big-government, crony capitalism and Washington business-as-usual career politics.
Join me in voting for Jim Rubens, a rare individual whose talents, thoughtfulness and principle are sorely needed in these challenging times.
Gordon Humphrey is a former Republican U.S. senator from New Hampshire.