text:
Campus Happenings
NDUS Blog
NDUS Home
11 Students Named to the 2014 All-North Dakota Academic Team
Posted on 3/4/2014
For More Information Contact:
Linda Donlin, Director of Communications and
Media Relations
North Dakota University System
Phone: 701.328.2962
BISMARCK, N.D. - Eleven North Dakota community college students have been named to the 2014 All-North Dakota Academic Team, which recognizes the academic achievements of community college students. They will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony Wednesday, March 5, in Wahpeton.
Members of the 2014 All-North Dakota Academic Team, their hometowns and the colleges they attend are:
Dakota Hoots, Mandan, Bismarck State College
Jayme Pischel, Bismarck, Bismarck State College
Errin Ambers, Devils Lake, Lake Region State College
Chris Fixen, Devils Lake, Lake Region State College
Richard Juelfs, Breckenridge, Minn., North Dakota State College of Science
Michael Schmitt, Wahpeton, North Dakota State College of Science
Tausha Rainey, Fort Totten, Candeska Cikana (Little Hoop)
Myron Wanna, Jr., Fort Totten, Candeska Cikana (Little Hoop)
Rebekah Fetzer, Williston, Williston State College
Megan Telehey, Williston, Williston State College
Jori Larson, Souris, Dakota College at Bottineau
"These students are outstanding examples of academic achievement and community involvement," said Larry C. Skogen, interim chancellor of the North Dakota University System. "Being named to the All-North Dakota Academic Team is a significant accomplishment, one that both the students and their colleges can be proud of. Clearly, students who attend North Dakota's community colleges are well prepared to meet the evolving demands of the workforce or continue on for additional education."
In North Dakota, the community college awards are co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and the North Dakota University System College Technical Education Council. The academic team recognition program is active in 37 states. Students named to the state team also are nominated for the All-USA Academic Team.
Nominations are based on outstanding academic performance and service to the college and community. Each member of the North Dakota team will receive a certificate of congratulations from Gov. Dalrymple, an award certificate, a medallion and a monetary award. Team members are also eligible for scholarships from Dickinson State University, Mayville State University, Minot State University, Valley City State University, North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota. The University of Mary and University of Jamestown also offer awards to All-North Dakota Academic Team members.
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Security Policy


text:
Why Come to Us
Our Difference
Our Services
Funeral Merchandise
Funeral Planning
What to Expect
Immediate Need
Funeral Pre-Planning
Grief & Healing
Help & Guidance
Preparing for the Funeral Service
Facing the Legalities
Use the form above to find your loved one. You can search using the name of your loved one, or any family name for current or past services entrusted to our firm.Click here to view all obituaries
The lighting of a Memorial Candle not only provides a gesture of sympathy and support to the immediate family during their time of need but also provides the gift of extending the Book of Memories for future generations.
Connect with families at their time of loss.
By subscribing to email updates, you will receive two daily updates containing all new stories, photos, candle lightings, condolences, and more. You will also receive a one-time email, one week prior to the anniversary of death. The email will only serve as a reminder should you choose to connect with the family at what will no doubt be a difficult time.
Please select your relationship to the deceased and add your email address before submitting.
The following fields are required.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Meet thousands of Simpson singles through one of the best Simpson online dating sites. Matchmaker.com has great instant messenger and live video Simpson chat service for our members. Simpson dating has never been easier with our show interest feature that will allow you to break the ice with attractive local singles.
Matchmaker.com has some great services for Simpson singles looking for a longer term relationship. Besides our great Simpson chat product with live video matchmaker users can send email messages to people in the area. The Simpson dating scene can be hard to find the right person at times; however, we are here to help and our Simpson online dating service is free to register.
SimpsonJoin Now Free!
Simpson Girls | Simpson Men | Simpson Gay | Simpson Lesbians
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
More Simpson Links:
Simpson Personals | Simpson Speed Dating | Simpson Chat | Simpson Singles | Simpson Love
Senior Dating | Catholic Dating | Christian Dating | Muslim Dating
Black Singles | Asian Singles | Latin Dating
Try our Simpson dating service today. Matchmaker.com is one of the oldest Simpson online dating services on the Internet and has brought thousands of couples together from the area. Test drive our Simpson Chat room with one of the best online communities for the Simpson single person. Also, keep in mind that we have a huge member base of Simpson singles and that we also cater to members of the many backgrounds.
Still not convinced that matchmaker is the free Simpson dating service for you? Once you've filled out the quick registration process you will be to see full size photos and profiles of thousands of Simpson singles. Did you know that free Simpson dating is a few clicks away? Find love and romance in Simpson at matchmaker today!


text:
QImage is the best value you're likely to find when investing money in your printing workflow.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=53265\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Ditto what Jonathan said, you really need to work with it a bit to get used to the program - but once you do, you'll find that it's truly indespensable.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=53304\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Can anyone tell me if it also allows you to add text? [{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Can anyone tell me if it also allows you to add text? I had an order for six large 20"x30" Photo Montages consisting of many varied size photos plus text. I suppose it's possible to do this in Photoshop (but not easily, at least not for me).
in this page http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/feature.htm it states that qimage is capable is reading PSD files so the best way to do it is add text in PS then print the file from qimage.there's a problem though. took me a few hours to figure out. when i open a psd file, it says "Image Read Error". i guess it's probably because qimage hasn't updated the new CS2's PSD file structure, so when i save the psd file for printing, i choose "maximize reverse compatibility" or simply just save the file in tiff format.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=53550\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
QImage is well worth its modest cost. It may not be quite as good as a RIP like ImagePrint because it still uses the standard printer drivers, but it allows far better control over image resizing than Photoshop, and handles the printing of much larger images than Photoshop will. Its greatest strength is its ability to save presets that include ALL print driver settings, image layout on the page (indispensible for printing batches of small prints on a large-format printer like an Epson 7600), color management settings, printer profile, print sharpening, and interpolation settings. You set all of these up once, and they all can be instantly recalled by loading one configuration file. So you can instantly switch from printing 8x10s on letter-sized paper on Epson Premium Luster with an R1800 to gang-printing 4x6s 7 across on a 24" roll of Epson Enhanced Matte with a 7600 simply by loading a different print configuration file. Until you can afford the outrageous cost of ImagePrint, QImage is the best value you're likely to find when investing money in your printing workflow.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=53265\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I am looking at Qimage having read these posts. A question for which the answer may be obvious. Up to now I have used NKsharpener output sharpening after up resing in Photoshop prior to printing. What is the best protocol to use with Qimage as it will be upresing automatically when it is preparing the file to send to printer? Incidentally I am finding that the Epson R2400 seems to need less sharpening than the 1290s. Advice and comments would be most welcome.David[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=56315\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Tim Gray,Did you actually try to print out a really big image in Qimage using Windows, such that the spooler exceeded 4 GB?It doesn't work for me.Anybody out there know of a fix for this problem?Mike[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=64319\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


text:
Jul 1, 2008 at 8:18 pm
hi to everyone well i'm looking 4 some help 4 my rabbit y need to know if anyone can help me find a nice dashboard and a carburetor. and as well if anyone can help me find a nice Ford Probe Gt 97 with manual trans. please let me know. mmmm i'l also loking 4 a GMC 98 4x4 6 cyl truck please let me know if u have any
May 5, 2008 at 6:02 pm
wow thats a helluva collection of nice rides u got there
Jul 2, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Very nice looking Probe GT. My buddy had a 93 too and it was a blast to drive!


text:
Fancy Bourbon Punch
Fancy Bourbon Punch
By Matt Wallace, Mixologist
This is an all-occasion punch for any party, particularly summertime gatherings.
- 1 liter Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- Peels of 3 lemons and 1 orange
- Juice of peeled fruit
- 1 liter of strong tea (preferably green tea)
- 250 ml champagne (club soda can be used for a less fancy version)
- Freshly grated nutmeg*
- Combine sugar and citrus peels in the bottom of a punch bowl.
- Muddle together until sugar starts to clump together.
- Let sit for about 2 hours (while not necessary, this does add a little complexity).
- Brew the tea for about 30 minutes, remove loose tea or tea bags and allow to cool.
- Add the juice of the peeled fruit, tea and bourbon.
- Stir.
- Top with champagne just before serving and stir gently.
- Top with freshly grated nutmeg and serve.
- *If you can't grate fresh nutmeg, don't use the prepackaged powdered stuff. It will turn your punch into a paste. If fresh isn't possible, garnish with citrus wheels or fresh fruit.
Tags: Cocktails, Punches, Fancy Bourbon Punch, Sugar, Lemons, Oranges, Tea, Champagne, Nutmeg, Thirsty


text:
"Town Hall Meeting" on Ryan White CARE Act
November 8, 2007
This "town hall meeting," was an open forum where anyone could share their firsthand experience with Ryan White-funded services, such as free clinics, transportation and case management. It was the third of its kind this year, sponsored by the Campaign to End AIDS and the National Association of People With AIDS.
Many people spoke at the loosely structured meeting, and we've grouped the highlights by topic. Ryan White advocates present at the meeting plan to take these complaints and suggestions to the office of Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, a Ryan White ally. They want to gather information from people using Ryan White services in as many parts of the country as possible, so that the input of the people most affected by the act can be used to reform it.
Readers who want to share their experiences using HIV clinics (which generally are supported by Ryan White funding), and take part in shaping United States law at the same time, are invited to host Ryan White meetings of their own. Contact Christine Campbell of the Campaign to End AIDS at 202-408-0305 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information, or a toolkit for hosting a Ryan White meeting in your town.
Overview of Ryan White CARE Act Problems / What's the Problem With Ryan White?
My name is Michael Kink. I'm legislative counsel for Housing Works in Albany, New York, and Washington D.C. I think it's important to talk a little bit about how we got here. How did we end up with what we've got and where did some of these problems that people are talking about come from?
It's not affordable to work full time under the poverty level. You pay $1,300 a month for rent, you pay $300 a month on your co pays, not for your HIV meds. There is no money for food, for kids, for childcare, for transportation. I don't have to tell you the details. Some people get some things that they need. Some people get a 50 percent success story. I'm glad there's a 50 percent success story, but this is not a system that is set up to succeed and to get people what they need.
If programs can take money and segregate and serve who they want to serve and blackball someone who says they're not getting what they need, the system is not accountable -- it's not transparent. They work for us, right? This is a publicly funded system. The taxpayers are providing billions of dollars for HIV care in the United States. You work hard. You pay taxes. People that may or may not be unable to work now, during times in their lives, paid taxes. Our parents, our brothers, our sisters, our loved ones, everybody pays in. This is supposed to be a public system, and it is not accountable. We are not getting the bang for the buck.
There are structural reasons that some of these things are in place. Ryan White is a categorical program. Every year, people like Carl Schmid [director of federal affairs for the AIDS Institute in Washington, D.C.] have to go up to Congress and beg for money to fund the Ryan White system. Christine [Campbell, Housing Works director of national advocacy], Bill [McCall, political director at AIDS Action], other people that are in here, Nancy [Bernstein, executive director at National AIDS Housing Coalition], everyone has to go to Congress to say, "Give us the money we need this year."
We talk about flat funding, right? There are more and more and more people that are HIV positive, more and more people that are living with AIDS, and yet the money stays flat, flat, flat. In a different system like Medicare, like Medicaid, that's funded on an entitlement basis, you get the medically necessary benefits and services, and the government pays for the services that it delivers. So we don't have to go to Congress year after year to pay for the Medicaid program. We have a title that was written [decades ago] when Lyndon Johnson was president, that said, "We're going to set up a system that meets the essential health care needs of very low income people." We don't have that in the field of HIV. ...
So what we've got is a crazy quilt of Ryan White, Medicaid and Medicare, state and local funding programs. We have clinics that are serving people that are all in the same position. Everybody needs the same meds, everyone needs the same primary care, everyone needs the same tests, everyone needs the same case management services and housing. And yet, different people, even in the same agency, get different things, depending on their income, depending on their eligibility, depending on how much money is there in the given year. There are waiting lists.
When we were in South Carolina, people had no dental care for three years, and all of the sudden, they had to spend some extra money. They put people on buses and took them to dental clinics. And in one afternoon, everyone got three years of dental care. That is not an effectively managed system, and I would argue that we don't have to put up with this anymore.
We don't have to put up with Ryan White anymore. We have presidential candidates in both parties that are talking about universal health coverage. We've got candidates in both parties that are saying that health care needs to be provided to everybody, needs to be universal, needs to be affordable. We have health care providers all around the country. We have 20 years of the epidemic, an ability to bring standards of care to these huge health systems that we have. I'm not a huge fan of insurance companies and HMOs, but they're there. People should be getting care from experienced HIV doctors, but HMOs and insurance companies are set up so they could, conceivably, if we paid them money and held them accountable, they could make sure that everyone they're serving that is HIV positive was on the right meds, getting the right tests, seeing the right doctor, getting the right amount of services. This is not rocket science in the 21st century. There are specialized things that HIV docs can and need to do. But the basic, large-scale, covering 1 million people living with HIV in the United States and keeping them healthy, we can do that. Right now we don't have the political will to make that happen.
The last Ryan White reauthorization set different parts of the country against each other. Regular people with HIV/AIDS weren't informed or mobilized enough to know or to be involved in the fight. That's why this process is starting early: so that people can go in and fight. There weren't enough people. There were some people fighting and working effectively. But there were many people in the South who said, "Get on a bus, come to Washington, and tell people in Washington we should steal money from the North."
There were people from rural areas who said, "Get on a bus, come to Washington, we need to steal from the cities and get it to rural areas." But there were people all over the country saying, "Don't give us a pie that's not big enough for all of us. Give us a pie so that everybody can get the care they need; that it's everyone and everyone gets what they need; that it's affordable, and we make sure that the people that are serving us are accountable."
We have a chance to do it differently in 2009. We're going to have a president that's committed to universal health care. We're going to have a Congress that is more committed. It's not a perfect world, and it's not going to be a perfect world. But I think it can be a better world than we have now if we fight for things that we really need, instead of accepting crumbs from a table that doesn't have enough.
Accessing HIV Care in Rural California
My name is Loreen Willenberg, and I originally hail from a very small town called Placerville, which is a foothills community in the Sierra Nevadas. It's located halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. Even though I'm not a native of that town, I spent 24 years there, conducting my own small landscape design business, and indeed that's where I received my HIV-positive diagnosis in 1992. I became involved in the Ryan White CARE Act, because we had a local consortium that was dual county: It was El Dorado County and Alpine County, which is very far-flung. ... We were very rural at that time. When HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) mandated rural consortia out of existence to put planning councils in place, our group got disbanded and the planning council was convened then in Sacramento which, for me, was a 65-mile round trip. The planning council in Sacramento is still in place. It's a 45-member group. I was a member of the Sacramento planning council a year ago, but recently relocated to yet another rural community.
Up as recently as two weeks ago, I heard out of 70 consumers, there are probably 10 individuals who do not own transportation. This is rural Riverside County now I'm talking about. So in order for them to access their case management worker, whose office has been closed locally, that would have been within, say, a 20-minute drive of where we live, now they are looking at the same thing I was looking at up north: a 75- to 90-mile round trip to access their clinic, to access their case management worker, et cetera.
I'm here this evening not necessarily to speak for myself, but for 70 individuals who are distressed, who are basically feeling left out, forgotten, cut off, all of those horror stories that might, I think, be happening on a national level in so many other rural communities. I just wanted to immediately voice that. ... I can't seem to get answers from the individuals seated in authority -- say, what are you going to do for us?
Accessing HIV Care in Maryland
Now we'll hear from Cecily Carroll, an advocate for people with HIV at Washington Hospital Center in D.C.
I'm Cecily and I live in Germantown, Maryland, but I work in Washington, D.C. What I'm having issues with now is the fact that I live in Montgomery County, which they consider to be one of the richest counties in Maryland, and so there is no [HIV] funding in Montgomery County. I moved there in 2001. The HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS) list has been closed since prior to me moving there, and it still has not opened, and it's now 2007; they're not accepting any more applications.
In terms of health care, if you don't have Medicaid, you don't have Medicare, you have to drive. Like I said, I live in Germantown, and the closest health department where I can get medical is Silver Spring, which is 20 to 25 miles from where I am. I think there should be more services further north of Silver Spring, which is where the health department is.
Where I work, in D.C. at a hospital, I'm also finding that a lot of the patients that I work with are migrating from Maryland to D.C. where the funding is. I don't understand that because our EMA (eligible metropolitan area) is Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and D.C. So why is all the money there in D.C. and not spread throughout our entire EMA?
I work full time, but I'm still considered under the poverty level- ... I do know that Ryan White is supposed to be considered a source of last resort. But folks like me who work, ... "should be able to [pay]," which is not always the case. Folks don't see it that way.
My case manager is like, "OK, so what are you doing with your money?" I'm paying $1,300 a month for rent, and I'm bringing home less than $2,000 a month when you take out taxes and all that other crap. I'm on a whole lot of medicines other than HIV meds. [ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Programs)] might cover the HIV meds, they might cover the Lipitor that covers the cholesterol that HIV meds is giving me, but then what happens to the rest of the stuff? My copay each month is almost $300. That's without the HIV meds.
Accessing Ryan White-Funded Dental Care
Personally speaking, I benefited from having [Ryan White-funded services] I developed gum disease. I was uninsured, although I was self-employed and making X amount of dollars, I couldn't afford to buy health insurance or dental insurance, and received assistance then to have the surgery on the top half [of my mouth]. But, I'll tell you something: I actually needed the surgery on the bottom half, too. Because of the cutbacks -- in Sacramento now, this was about a year ago -- I needed to not have that because of the cap per head, and so I still have the blazing infection on the bottom. [I have] nowhere to go because I've heard that that dental assistance is no longer available and that several of the dentists in the area have ceased accepting people in my circumstances.
So it was a ... 50 percent success. I'm very appreciative of that, by the way, because had I not benefited from that surgery, my upper teeth would be gone. So I want to say how grateful I am for those services being available, but if let go the bottom part, now that I'm in my 50s and I am HIV positive, I have to be concerned that the longer it goes that I might have an infection that will, eventually, hurt my immune system. So there's a level of stress there. It's always in the back [of my mind].
Now we'll hear from Fortunata Kasege, one of the meeting's hosts. Fortunata is originally from East Africa. Now she works in Houston, Texas, for the Campaign to End AIDS.
The other thing is just to make sure that [we have] the dental care, the drugs, assistance, rehabilitation, all those other supportive services. I can talk about dental care, because I come from a big city, and there are thousands of people who rely on one little clinic that's there. I know how dental health is important for people who live with HIV. You don't want to get some other crazy infections to jeopardize your already weak immune system.
Getting Free HIV Care and Treatment When You're Undocumented
In Houston, where I'm receiving these services, personally, it's all that I rely on. The clinic that I go to, because of my immigration status, I can't qualify for the Medicare, Medicaid stuff. My doctor and I were discussing that it's probably time for me to start considering the medicine. We were talking about how he's going to get paid. I was not qualified and the only thing is ADAP, and of course, the money goes there. This is my life, this is it. It has to be good, it has to be perfect for it to work for me and for it to be something that I put my life to rely on it.
Next up, you'll hear Carl Schmid, director of federal affairs for the AIDS Institute in Washington, D.C.
... We got through this reauthorization, thank God, without [immigration status] becoming an issue. With a Republican Congress, we really thought it was going to be an issue, because immigration was a big, big issue. But people can access Ryan White services who are undocumented but they can't access other services. We have to continue [to work on this]. There's going to be more of a burden on Ryan White because of that.
Standing Up for Yourself and Getting the Help You Need
I think that our health care should be an entitlement. We're human beings. Everybody should be entitled to preventive health care. When I spoke to Senator Kennedy's office and the question was posed to me, "What do you want?" I said to myself, "I want George Bush and all of the senators' health care. I want to know that when my meds are no longer working, that the next med I need is in my formulary. I want you to save my life, that's what I want. I want universal care. I want to be entitled to good, effective, efficient, affordable, accessible health care."
Next we'll hear from Cecily Carroll, an advocate for people with HIV at Washington Hospital Center in D.C.
I don't have that problem in terms of being blackballed, because I have no problem with opening up my mouth. If I know that there are services, especially the fact that our EMA is four states large, and I know that the money is there, when I go in this agency and they try to tell me, "We don't have the funding for this, we don't have the funding for that," I remind [them, I was in] the same meeting [about funding] that these folks were in, I heard the same thing they heard. ... I do a lot of comparison. I'm like, "OK, if the folks in D.C. can get a certain amount of grocery vouchers per month, per family member or whatever, why can't we get the same thing if we're all supposed to be getting some of the same pot of money? What's the problem with that?"
Now, I might get in trouble for saying this, but I no longer have that problem, because they don't want to hear that from me anymore. Not to say that they give me anything I want ... But they don't argue with me anymore. If I go in and I say, "I need this," ... this is what happens. But that's me. Everybody is not like me. Everybody else doesn't hear the same things; they don't go to the same meetings that I go to. So they don't hear the information, so here I am, trying to spread the information to as many people as I possibly can. This is the money that's out there, you are eligible for this. You need to go and get it. You need to fight for it. It's there, it belongs to you. It was put there so you can get it. But a lot of people, like I said, are not as outspoken as I am about the services that I need.
Getting Involved in HIV Care Advocacy / What Can I Do?
What you can do:
The other thing is that both NAPWA (National Association for People with AIDS) and Campaign to End AIDS are organizing in all states. So get connected with some of the folks who are doing this. You absolutely cannot do this alone. So we provide support for people to be able to do that.
Get educated! One of the reasons we gave you the information is that this is the basic stuff about what's going on in our communities. Believe it or not, you can actually start learning policy-speak. It can happen. You're going to start talking in acronyms! But being able to be educated about what's going on [is important].
The other thing we have given you is a survey. Fill out the survey and get that feedback to us, so we'll be able to collect concrete data as to what people are saying. [We want to be able to tell Sen. Kennedy's office:]
This minute, people are actually, of the people surveyed,
Putting it that clearly, we cannot accept less. Also, use this network. All of us are available to each other: Larry [Bryant, national field organizer at the Campaign to End AIDS], Mike [Kink], Carl [Schmid], who just left, but I know he's available. Bill McCall, Nancy Bernstein. All of us are resources to you. One of the things we want to emphasize [is that] this is not about those of us who hang out on The Hill, it's about the people who are receiving services. Granted, some of you are hanging out on The Hill, and we love that, but sometimes we get it twisted that it's about Mike's advocacy that makes a difference. No, it's about you who are living with it day to day, trying to access services and make sure those voices get heard and represented, wherever we go, and are reflecting the legislation.
Next up is Larry Bryant, national field organizer at the Campaign to End AIDS.
The networks, the communities, the waiting rooms -- when you go back home, this conversation should continue. That survey's available online. Click here to take an online survey on your experience with free and reduced-cost services in the United States. People you know that have the same issues, the same questions, or different questions, make sure they have access to that survey, make sure they get access to us. This is just a link in a chain of conversations leading up to when we really need to be making our voices heard, but we can't wait until the last available minute before someone is signing an act that we feel like we've been force-fed. We have the opportunity to make our voices heard now.
Now we'll hear from Christine Campbell again.
If you want to do one of these "town hall meetings" in your community, just let me know. There are tool kits available, and we're willing to come to you and help you facilitate to make this happen.
And finally, we'll hear from Michael Kink, legislative council for Housing Works.
I was just going to say that the next 24 to 36 months are going to be the most intense period of concentration of health care needs for the American people in 40, 50 years. It's just going to be like in 1964 and 1965 when we were creating Medicaid and Medicare. If this community, our people, all of you guys, are mobilized, if you can speak and bring those 70 people to reporters, to senators, to members of Congress, if our networks can work and communicate with one another, we can influence this process and we can make progress. We can achieve our goals.
If everybody goes home and says, "This is terrible, and everything is bad, and it's too complex for me," they're going to [reauthorize this legislation] without us. They are not going to care about people with HIV and AIDS unless people with HIV and AIDS step up. They are not going to care about little providers and tough communities that don't have enough unless those providers step up. The big drug companies, the big HMOs, will get everything they need. They have lavishly paid people that will go and get them what they need. But our community will only get what we need if we get in there and work and fight together. That's why this is so important. This is the very beginning of the most important two or three years that there has ever been for AIDS.
Thank you for listening to these highlights from the Ryan White town hall meeting, which took place at USCA 2007. For more information about hosting your own meeting, contact Christine Campbell of the Campaign to End AIDS at 202-408-0305, or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also fill out the survey, sponsored by the Campaign to End AIDS and the National Association of People with AIDS, by clicking here.
This article was provided by TheBody.
Add Your Comment:
(Please note: Your name and comment will be public, and may even show up in
Internet search results. Be careful when providing personal information! Before
adding your comment, please read TheBody.com's Comment Policy.)


text:
Our Accuplacer Practice Test Questions are just like the ones you will see on the real exam and organized so that you will improve your knowledge and test taking skills. Working through practice questions is the most important and one of the most effective methods possible for preparing for an exam. If you don't know what is it on the exam, how can you be ready for test day? These Accuplacer practice test questions can be used by themselves or in addition to our study guide if you want extra practice. Either way, you get high quality questions just like on the exam to ensure you are prepared for the exam. We understand that not everyone needs or wants a comprehensive study guide, so if you feel you know the material and just want to hone your skills and get some practice, you will find no better Accuplacer practice test questions than these. If you already have our study guide, you can get even more practice with new questions in this book too!If you already have our study guide, you can get even more practice with new questions in this book too!
|ACCUPLACER Practice Test Questions
|Trivium Test Prep
|- 2013-08-09
You must register with us as either a Registered User before you can Download this Book. You'll be greeted by a simple sign-up page.
Once you have finished the sign-up process, you will be redirected to your download Book page.How it works:


text:
Simpson's Ex-Girlfriend Pleads Guilty In Minnesota Case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - O.J. Simpson's former girlfriend has pleaded guilty to felony burglary and drug possession in a Minnesota case, two months after getting a suspended sentence in North Dakota for trying to snatch someone's purse.
Thirty-eight-year-old Christie Prody is accused of stealing painkillers from an elderly couple in Moorhead, Minn., while working in their home as a nurse. The Forum newspaper reports she's to be sentenced June 28.
Prody in March entered an Alford plea to felony robbery in Fargo, N.D., meaning she didn't admit guilt but acknowledged there likely was enough evidence to convict her. She was given a four-year suspended sentence and ordered to serve two years of probation.
Prody and Simpson began dating in 1996 after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles.


text:
WORCESTER — Is the downtown skybridge project being revived?
City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. says he cannot give a definitive answer one way or another. What he will say, though, is a qualified "maybe."
The so-called skybridge, now a vision, is an elevated pedestrian walkway that would connect the Hilton Garden Inn with the DCU Center and the municipal parking garage on Major Taylor Boulevard.
The project's design called for a glass-enclosed, elevated walkway — 274 feet long and 10 feet wide — connecting the third level of the 1,000-space parking garage, sloping gently down to the second floor of the 200-room Hilton Garden Inn across the street, and rising again to hook up with the second floor of the DCU Center.
The bridge was to be supported by 13 pairs of cables radiating from the top of a 150-foot pylon next to the hotel.
The original estimate, from when the project was first broached in 2003, pegged the cost of the skybridge at about $2.5 million.
But after publicly bidding the project three times, and with cuts in scope and value engineering, the lowest bids the city could get for the project came in at around $8 million.
That was simply too high of a price tag for the city.
In 2007, then-City Manager Michael V. O'Brien pulled the plug on the project, saying it was too costly for the city at a time when it was dealing with significant cutbacks in municipal services and employee layoffs because of the economic chaos that existed. His decision had the support of the City Council.
Since then, the skybridge project had pretty much fallen off the radar.
That is why it came as a surprise when state Sens. Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester, and Michael O. Moore, D-Millbury, recently hinted that the project might be back. In a joint press release issued earlier this month, they announced having secured $5 million in state funding for the final phase of the DCU Center expansion project.
Among the several components of the final phase they mentioned the skybridge project.
"Construction of a skybridge connecting the facility (DCU Center) to an adjacent hotel, increasing the capacity of both the hotel and facility," the press release stated.
Another sign the skybridge project might be revived was when Mr. Augustus said he wanted to double the city's borrowing capacity — from $30 million to $60 million — for financing improvements in and around the DCU Center.
He sought and received authorization from the City Council Tuesday to file a home rule petition to amend the existing DCU Finance District, which was created in 2006, by expanding the district to include other areas of the city.
Under the law that created it, certain tax revenues generated in the district and collected by the state — hotel, meals and sales taxes — are directed back to the city to finance the bonds for improvements to the DCU Center.
By expanding the scope of the special district, Mr. Augustus said, the additional tax revenues that will be brought in from there will increase the city's borrowing capacity to fund capital improvements to the DCU Center.
It looked like the ground work was indeed being laid to jumpstart the skybridge project.
But as legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey used to say, here's "the rest of the story." It has to do with the lawsuit the owner of the Hilton Garden Inn filed against the city in 2012.
As part of the Land Disposition Agreement the city reached with the developer of the hotel in 2003, there was a provision that called for construction of elevated pedestrian walkways from the Major Taylor Boulevard parking garage to the hotel and from the hotel to the convention center portion of the DCU Center. It was to be built through a public-private partnership.
The hotel developer also entered into a separate parking agreement with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority, which built the Major Taylor Parking Garage, for the use of that garage.
The WRA agreed to reserve and dedicate 130 parking spaces in the garage for guests having business at the hotel, and it also agreed to keep available for reservation on a day-to-day basis an additional 170 spaces.
But last year it was revealed that the owner of the hotel, Monarch Enterprises, had not paid more than $700,000 in parking fees it owes for use of the municipal garage on Major Taylor Boulevard because the city has not met its obligation to have a pedestrian bridge built connecting the downtown hotel with the DCU Center and the parking garage.
The city has had ongoing pre-litigation negotiations with Monarch over the skybridge and parking fees in the hope of being able to reach some kind of mutual agreement.
"It pretty much comes down to finding parking solutions for the hotel," Mr. Augustus said in a recent interview.
In other words, depending on the outcome of the negotiations, there may or may not be a need for the skybridge. Thus, the city manager's qualified "maybe" answer regarding the revival of the skybridge project.
The manager did point out, however, that the cost of the skybridge project may not be as high as a few years ago, largely because the price of steel has dropped since then.
Contact Nick Kotsopoulos at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @NCKotsopoulos


text:
Kenneth Heuer, 82 - May 26, 2011
Kenneth "Kenney" Wayne Heuer, 82, of Ainsworth, formerly of Gothenburg, passed away May 26, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Services were conducted on May 28 at the United Methodist Church in Ainsworth with the Rev. Eldon Davis officiating. Masonic Rites were offered by the Silver Cord Lodge No. 224 AF&AM. Burial took place at the Ainsworth Cemetery with full military rites by the American Legion Post No. 79.
Heuer was preceded in death by: his parents, Louis and Laura; his wife of 48 years, Marilyn; a sister and a great-grandson.
Survivors include: his wife, Dolores Heuer of Ainsworth; daughters—Deb (Paul) Stec of Kearney, Carey (Mike) McGillivray of Bullhead City, AZ, and Becky (Lorne) Allen of Ainsworth; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; step-children—Mike (Kathy) Schulz of Daphne, AL, Ivan Schulz of Lincoln, and Jody (Todd) Stull of Omaha; five step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Kline of Gothenburg; numerous nieces and nephews.
For a complete obituary, see the print edition of the Gothenburg Times or purchase an e-subscription for only $25 per year for the complete paper on-line each Wednesday afternoon.
Latest Headlines
- Gothenburg native releases first novel
- We all need help from a friend
- Monsanto hosts 6th annual Safety Day program
- Brady places champ and runner-up at State FCCLA
- Swedes continue conference domination
- Dancing With The Stars changes venues
- Middle-of-the-Pack Finishes For Swede Boys and Girls
- Girls Show Support for Teacher's Cancer Fight


text:
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a New York City advertising executive who was crushed to death in an elevator accident in 2011 has sued the repair company.
The suit was filed by Suzanne Hart's father, Alex Hart, against Transel Elevator and Electric.
It alleges Transel caused her death because it failed to re-enable a safety circuit and disconnect a cable that bypassed the circuit.
The New York Post (http://bit.ly/WxnD1K ) says the suit was filed last week.
The company declined to comment.
Hart was dragged between an elevator and a wall when the car started rising with the doors still open as she tried to get in.
Five elevator mechanics on duty that day were fired.
Information from: New York Post, http://www.nypost.com


text:
Photos of the Day (3/4):
Images from around the world.
A boater cruises at sunrise near Bonita Springs, where temperatures reach 80 degrees Tuesday morning. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman poses for a photograph as she takes part of a Carnival parade in downtown Lisbon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Semi trailers fill a truck stop in West Memphis, Ark. Some motorists in eastern Arkansas were stranded overnight due to lingering icy conditions from a weekend winter storm. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Tibetan Monk carries a portrait of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during festivities marking the last day of the Tibetan New Year, or Losar, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Tibetans across the world marked the arrival of the Wood Horse year with prayers and festivities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Afghan refugee child chases a kite launched by his sister while playing in a field near their home on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the world's largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting in their country. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the Krewe of Zulu march during Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man wearing protection helmet and is hit by an orange during an oranges battle part of Carnival celebrations in the northern Italian Piedmont town of Ivrea. The traditional orange throwing battle has its roots in the middle of the 19th century. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indians gather at a sight where remains of several people were unearthed from an unused well in the premises of a Sikh temple in the outskirts of Amritsar, India. Experts are examining the claims that the remains exhumed here belong to hundreds of Indian soldiers who were executed in 1857 after they revolted against the British rule. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indian women sort red chillies to dry at Shertha village in the western Indian state of Gujarat. A worker earns around fifteen Rupees (25 cents U.S.) for removing the petiole of 4.4 Pounds of red chili. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photos of the Day (3/4):
A woman poses for a photograph as she takes part of a Carnival parade in downtown Lisbon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


text:
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 5 Office advises motorists that emergency slide repairs will begin this evening on northbound Interstate 65 in Bullitt County.
The left and center lanes will be closed beginning at 7:00 p.m. this evening, December 13, between mile points 107 and 108 (north of Lebanon Junction).
The center lane is scheduled to reopen around midnight. The left lane will remain closed while work continues through 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon, December 14.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The Pioneer News, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Application forms are available in person from the School and the Office of the Registrar or through the School's website at www.mun.ca/pharmacy. Application forms may also be obtained by writing the School of Pharmacy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 or the Office of the Registrar, Admissions Office, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7.
All application forms and fees for admission to the program for the Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar of the University on or before the deadline of March 1 in any year. The program commences in the Fall semester.
Applications will be reviewed after the closing date by the Admissions Committee of the School. This Committee has the delegated authority of the School's Academic Council to admit or decline to admit applicants, following guidelines and procedures acceptable to that Council.
Each applicant is responsible for ensuring that all the required information for application is supplied to the Admissions Committee, and for providing any further information required by the Committee. An application will not be considered to be complete until all documentation has been received and appropriate fees paid.


text:
Matchmaker.com is your source to meeting attractive Dale Women. Single and available Dale girls are just a few clicks away. Matchmaker has hottest Dale women on the Internet from young Dale girls available looking for dates to maybe visit the Dale nightlife or one of the top Dale restaurants. Find Dale single women and meet Dale single girls, sexy single women, Dale women who are looking for a date through our trusted Dale matchmaking site. We have thousands of Dale babes to female models to classy mature ladies also know as sexy Dale cougars looking for toy boys. If you are looking for a wife for a happy marriage, serious girlfriend, or friend, create a free dating profile today.
DaleJoin Now Free!
Dale | Dale Men | Dale Gay | Dale Lesbians
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
More Dale Links:
Senior Dating | Catholic Dating | Christian Dating | Muslim Dating
Black Singles | Asian Singles | Latin Dating
Whether you are looking for a few fun nights out to a Dale night clubs with hot Dale girls on the town or a long term relationship, keep things fun and light for now. If you seem too serious in an introductory email, it can scare her off. The thrilling part of matchmaking online dating is that it takes the impersonal and gives it real potential. Meeting Dale women for online can be easy. Two strangers who sending each other letters through their computers might actually meet in person, start dating and end up in a real relationship!


text:
School District 20 budget passes without a public peep
Board approves 2009-10 budget.
As usual, no one from the public showed up to speak about District 20's budget or tax request Monday night.
After separate hearings on the school district's 2009-10 budget and tax request, board members passed a $8,431,700 budget.
Taxpayers will be expected to pay $4,665,829 collectively to support the budget—4.8% more than last year's request.
That is despite a .7% drop in the mill levy—from 1.204 to 1.195 because of increased valuation.
The new budget grows to $8,431,700 for a 5.6% increase over 2008-09 expenditures.
In a letter in the budget document, superintendent Mike Teahon described the document as a public relations instrument in explaining to the public why certain expenditures are necessary and why specified amounts are requested.
"It may represent a compromise between what the staff requests for instructional materials and what principals think they can really use," Teahon wrote, "between what administrators want to spend and what the communty thinks it should spend and between what a fiscally dependent board thinks it needs and what community financial officers declare it should accept."
Teahon: Budget reasonable
Teahon told the board it was a conservative budget in a low-spending district.
New this year and last is stimulus money from the federal government.
Teahon noted that the district received $341,471 in stabilization funds which were part of the $2.8 million federal portion of state aid the district received.
"There are no guarantees that the state will replace the stabilization money with state money in two years when the federal money goes away," he said.
The district also received $306,158 in federal stimulus money for Title I and special education.
Some of the special education funds will be spent on the recent renovation of Dudley Elementary while other stimulus funds will be used to pay for equipment, supplies and the special education program.
Fund holders approved
In other action, the board designated Gothenburg State Bank, First State Bank and Tier One Bank as official depositories of district funds.
During the superintendent's report, Teahon said the district's application in the "Cash for Clunkers" program was approved Friday.
The board in August voted to buy a 2009 Chevrolet Impala from Pony Express Chevrolet by trading in a 15-passenger van under the program in which new vehicle buyers receive money to trade in older "clunkers" for newer, fuel-efficient ones.
With approval, the district will receive a $2,500 rebate and $4,500 for the van trade-in which brings the cost of the car to $17,381 instead of $21,881.
More district business
In other business, the board:
- approved students optioning into the district who include senior Stormie Bonifas from Lexington and the following Cozad students—Caleb Geiger, ninth grade; Cameron Geiger, sixth grade; and Connor Geiger, third grade. Students allowed to option out of the district include Bailey Malcom, sixth grade and Blake Malcom, first grade, both to Cozad, and Nathanyal Silos, third grade, to Brady.
- declared several school items surplus so they can be disposed of by Teahon. Bid will be solicited for items determined to have value. The public can view and bid on the items Wednesday (today) through Friday in the Dudley Elementary gym. They include television stands, computer carts, tables, shelving, VCRs, chalkboards, basketball backboards, overhead projectors, desks and a podium.
- found out about the district's technology plan from technology director Jo Wiggins and technology coordinator Lori Long who brought along recently purchased iPod Touches for school board members and others to follow during a presentation. The equipment works as a portable media player, personal digital assistant and more for students to use.
- learned that the move into newly renovated classrooms and media center went well on Sept. 4 and that data and telephone lines in the new areas still need work. Officials are still waiting on new shelving in the media center.
- were informed that Kressy Ristine will help Dan Yilk coach eighth grade girls basketball and that new teacher Tara Weaver will assist Melissa Buss with seventh-grade girls basketball.
- were told that 73 kindergartners started all-day classes Sept. 8—the largest grade in the elementary which has 492 students.
- heard that teachers are gearing up for a new statewide test in reading followed by a similar one in math. Administrators and some teachers will attend a conference about it.
- listened to a report about access time in the junior-senior high school which has received favorable comments from some teachers. Students are expected at school at 8:15 a.m. this year instead of 8 a.m. so those struggling with classes and others can meet with teachers before school starts.
- were made aware that the first Teacher's Academy—a new program for new teachers who are mentored by veteran staff and others—was a success. Teachers meet once a month in the evening for the academy
Latest Headlines
- Gothenburg native releases first novel
- We all need help from a friend
- Monsanto hosts 6th annual Safety Day program
- Brady places champ and runner-up at State FCCLA
- Swedes continue conference domination
- Dancing With The Stars changes venues
- Middle-of-the-Pack Finishes For Swede Boys and Girls
- Girls Show Support for Teacher's Cancer Fight


text:
Financials: June Bonds are currently 1'04 higher at 143'00 and the 10 Yr. Note 14 higher at 131'11. The imposition of a levy on Cypriot bank deposits has sent the market once again in "risk-off" mode as participants headed for safety in U.S. Treasuries. The implications of these actions are still not clear. The ECB, EU and IMF have demanded that Cyprus come up with in excess of €5 billion to be bailed out for an additional estimated €12 billion. The market worry is how will this affect other bail outs and deposits in Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal. The case in Cyprus is a bit different because it is considered a haven for deposits from individuals from other countries and deposits have swelled well beyond Cypriot GDP and banks have had to invest money in countries other than Cyprus. It is rumored that Cypriot banks have a wrong way bet on Greece and are now in need of recapitalization of up to 80% in some circumstances. For the moment Bonds have broken through resistance of 142'26 (overnight high of 143'24). For the near term treat as a trading affair between 142'11 and 143'28. If the market should trade above the 144'00 level my bias will return to negative from my current neutral bias.
Grains: May Corn is currently 5'4 lower at 711'4, May Beans 16'2 lower at 1410'0, May Wheat 9'2 lower at 713'6 and Dec. Wheat 5'6 lower at 733'2. We remain long out-of-the-money call spreads in Dec. Wheat. As for outright futures positions, I remain on the sidelines awaiting a break to the 675'0 area in May Corn for a buying opportunity.
Cattle: On Friday Apr. LC closed 227 lower at 125.77 and Apr. FC 197 lower at 139.10. These market closed on new contract lows. My bias remains negative, although I am currently on the sidelines having recommended covering all short speculative positions last Wednesday and Thursday and missed out on Friday's break. The early call this morning is steady as the market absorbs the implications of ECB actions in Cyprus and how it will affect the dollar, Feed Grain prices and meat exports.
Silver: May Silver is currently $0.13 higher at $29.00 and Apr. Gold is $14.00 higher at $1,608.50. The market is higher this morning as Gold once again appears to be a haven of safety in the wake of bank levy's in Cyprus. If the rally holds above the $1,597.00 level, gold will generate a technical buy signal. For the moment I will be a buyer in the $1,592.00 area with a $10.00 risk. We remain long Silver.
S&Ps: June S&Ps are currently 13.00 lower at 1540.50 with an overnight low of 1529.50 as the market reacts to the banking situation in Cyprus. Near term support of 1541.00 has been broken putting the next level of support in the 1525.00 area. If you went short at Thursday's stated resistance of 1557.00 either take profits of use a close stop. For consideration: If you are currently short consider selling an out-of-the-money put for either May or June expiration against your current position. Currently the May 1500 put is trading at 18.00 and the June 1500 put at 27.00.
Currencies: As of this writing the June euro is currently 109 lower at 1.2953, the Swiss 48 lower at 1.0598, the yen 41 higher at 1.0524 and the pound 23 higher at 1.5095. Given the situation in Cyprus (See Financials comment) the euro has acted as expected gaping lower and falling to new recent lows (overnight low was 1.2892). I am currently on sidelines.
Copyright 2014 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


text:
Nike Air Humara
November 24, 2017 - The Nike Air Humara originally released in 1997. Designed as a trail runner, the shoe became an instant street classic and wardrobe staple for some of the eras most significant rappers.
The Nike Air Zoom Humara, in both the Deep Burgundy and Varsity Maize colorways, is available starting December 1 on the Nike SNKRS App, nike.com and at select retailers.
Air Jordan 1 Top 3 Gold
November 22, 2017 - Using the iconic Air Jordan 1 silhouette as a canvas, many colorways have come to represent stories much bigger than just a style code. When combined with the right energy, grouping together colorways can accomplish more than just paying tribute to past favorites; it can create a new classic altogether.
Following the instant success of the Air Jordan I Top 3 Pick in 2016 comes a reimagination of three popular gold-, black- and white-based models. First released at ComplexCon, this interpretation of the Jordan I features a sleek patent leather on the upper.
The Air Jordan I Top 3 Gold releases beginning November 27 at the following retailers:
North America
A Ma Maniere: Atlanta
Wish: Atlanta
Bodega: Boston
Concepts International LLC: Boston
Social Status: Charlotte
RSVP LLC: Chicago
St. Alfreds: Chicago
Xhibition: Cleveland
Social Status: Houston
Blends: Los Angeles
Undefeated: Los Angeles
Politics: Lafayette, LA
Feature: Las Vegas
Oneness: Lexington, KY
Shoe Gallery Inc: Miami
Concepts International LLC: New York
Kith Retail LLC: New York and Brooklyn
Nike Lab: New York
Crème: Norfolk, VA
Trophy Room: Orlando
Ubiq: Philadelphia
Social Status: Pittsburgh
The Darkside Initiative LLC: San Francisco
Capsule: Toronto
Livestock: Toronto, Vancouver
Patta: Amsterdam
Oquim: Amsterdam
Si Vas Descalzo: Barcelona
Lmtd Editions: Barcelona
Overkill: Berlin
Kickz: Berlin
Bottega Back Door: Bologna
Concepts: Dubai
Jordan Dubai: Dubai
290 SQM: Instanbul
Foot Patrol: London
Sneakers N Stuff: London
Si Vas Descalzo: Madrid
One Block Down: Mìlan
BSTN: Munich
End Clothing: Newcastle
Bastille: Paris
Shinzo: Paris
Opium: Paris
Sneakers N Stuff: Stockholm
Titolo: Zurich
Greater China
Deal: Beijing
Yaxin: Beijing
Jordan Beijing The Place: Beijing, The Place
Jordan 1 Hongxing: Chengdu, Hongxing
Jordan Guangzhou 218 Tianhe: Guangzhou, Parc Central
XH55: Guanzhaou
8 Wellington: Hong Kong, Wellington
WZK: Shanghai
DOE: Shanghai
Jordan 139 Nan Dong: Shanghai, Zhongyang
Phantaci: Taipei
Jordan 16 Songgao: Taipei, Songgao
Jordan Taipei Ximenting: Taipei, Ximenting
Asia Pacific/Latin America
Titan: Philippines, Fort
Lust: Mexico City
Supply: Sydney
Jordan Hongdae: Seoul
Kinetics (Tokyo 23): Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Sports Lab Shinjuku: Shinjuku, Tokyo
Sports Lab Shinsaibashi: Osaka
DeMar DeRozan Nike iD KOBE AD
November 22, 2017 - Responding to a call from DeRozan on Twitter, Dell Treasure, 28 of Layton, Utah, went to NIKEiD and created "a nice, clean sneaker that would work on a lot of different levels."
One level, off the bat, earned a positive reaction from the Raptors guard, who chose the design from the many that were submitted and will wear it tonight in New York. "MSG is the last old-school arena in the NBA. It's a throwback to a time where the game was the only thing that mattered, so I wanted to choose a fan design that was simple and reflective of that," he says.
Nike Metcon DSX Flyknit 2
November 21, 2017 - Built for high-intensity training, the Nike Metcon DSX Flyknit 2 is lighter than the classic Nike Metcon. Still, it offers exceptional stability and performance during demanding workouts.
Featuring a new high-tenacity yarn, the shoe's durable Nike Flyknit upper wraps the foot with lightweight support, while the elastic Nike Flyknit cuff circles the top of the ankle to provide a contained feel. A drop-in midsole provides cushioning for high-impact landings during burpees, box jumps, sprints and more.
The Nike Metcon DSX 2 Flyknit 2 is available December 1 in men's and women's sizes on nike.com and at select retailers.
Nike Metcon 3 Realtree
November 17, 2017 - In a nod to the original PR Hunter colorway of the Metcon 1, the Nike Metcon 3 Realtree serves as a reminder that every WOD is a step toward your personal best. The shoe features signature Realtree camouflage print on the upper and a bright safety orange Swoosh — both elements sure to stand out in the box.
The Nike Metcon 3 Realtree is available in men's sizes November 24 on nike.com and at select retailers in North America.
Air Jordan 1 Golf Premium
November 14, 2017 - Following the original release in February, a new colorway of the Air Jordan 1 Golf Premium hits the links this fall. As it's worn, the shoe's antique leather upper, which comes with a one-year waterproof warranty, transforms to develop a beautiful patina.
It's available December 15 on nike.com and at select retailers.
Air Jordan XI "Heiress"
November 14, 2017 - Perhaps the most popular Jordan model of all time, the Air Jordan XI arrives this holiday season in an exclusive new women's make up: the "Heiress." The new royal twist comes from swapping the silhouette's familiar patent leather for a premium suede upper featuring glittering accents and gold details.
The Air Jordan XI "Heiress" launches November 24.
Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Moc
November 09, 2017 - The Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Moc is available starting November 16 on the Nike SNKRS App, nike.com and at select retailers.
Nike Air Max 95 Nocturne
November 09, 2017 - The Nike Air Max 95 Nocturne is available in black patent on the Nike SNKRS app, nike.com and at select retailers on November 16.


text:
1. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildJim_Simon Apr 17, 2012 2:04 PM (in response to StarMarc)
2. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStu S Apr 17, 2012 4:46 PM (in response to StarMarc)
Thanks for posting this, I'm considering building a version of the Videoguys system. FWIW, Shawn Lam swapped out his g.skill ram, maybe you're having the same problem he had. Appreciate you posting as you get this worked out!
3. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildJared Andrews Apr 17, 2012 6:38 PM (in response to StarMarc)
Hi Marc - you're not the only one! I've got 2 friends who forged ahead with fairly much the same system from Videoguys DIY9 and are having the same stability issues. I've been waiting for them to actually test what they have been recommending for several months but they still haven't even built a DIY9 system themselves. Why are they recommending these components when they haven't even been tested together??? Shame as I really enjoyed their advice and updates.
I've been in touch with another person who has the same specs as yours but a Quadro 4000 card. No problems at all with the GSkill Ram. (He has tweaked things quite a lot however but I don't know what). However I've noticed many people on this board are quite anti Quadro so I don't know who/what to believe anymore. Keep us updated.
4. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStarMarc Apr 17, 2012 7:07 PM (in response to Stu S)
Thanks Stu for that.. i may try buying new ram to see if that doesnt solve my problem. unfortunately im not as evolved technically as some on these forums so im going to trial and error this thing and hopefully not lose any reciepts!
5. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStarMarc Apr 17, 2012 7:09 PM (in response to Jared Andrews)
No kidding Jared, if its accurate that their DIY 9 build is flawed its pretty careless for them to post it considering many people see them as sources. I myself never really relied on their site for advice, however needed to in this case as I had to quickly put together a system without much time to research.
then again, its pretty careless for people like myself to rely on system specs that havent been tested.
i'll keep you posted, if switching out my ram for lower voltage ram works
6. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildAlan Craven Apr 17, 2012 11:36 PM (in response to StarMarc)
The random freezing can usually be cured by updating to the latest BIOS. For both Asus and Gigabyte boards BIOS releases before those in early March had this problem. F9 for Gigabyte boards largely cured this, but F10 is better. Asus has similar BIOS releases. The second Gigabyte release specifically listed memory compatibility issues. I know of an Asus user who solved this issue by updating BIOS.
My 3930K system using a Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 motherboard (I have had too much trouble with Asus in the past) is perfectly stable with 1.5V RAM, specifically 8x4 GB CORSAIR XMS3 PC3-12800 running at stock speeds.
I have never experienced the display driver problem, though I did with my previous system.
So it is possible to build a 3930K system which is OK.
7. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildJared Andrews Apr 17, 2012 11:43 PM (in response to StarMarc)
Good point - try that Marc. I checked the ASUS website and there was a new BIOS released for your board a couple of weeks ago:
P9X79 PRO BIOS 1010 (2012.04.06 update)
1. Improve system stability.
2. Improve memory compatibility.
8. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildAlan Craven Apr 18, 2012 1:59 AM (in response to Jared Andrews)
Jared Andrews wrote:
Good point - try that Marc. I checked the ASUS website and there was a new BIOS released for your board a couple of weeks ago:
P9X79 PRO BIOS 1010 (2012.04.06 update)
1. Improve system stability.
2. Improve memory compatibility.
Interesting, almost identical to the Gigabyte F10 BIOS release note - maybe they are using the same BIOS provider? The two seem to have parallel BIOS releases.
Hope this works out for you.
9. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStarMarc Apr 18, 2012 3:28 AM (in response to Jared Andrews)
Well luckily Microcenter carried the 1.35v Samsung DDR3 Ram, I bought 32Gb then replaced my Gskills... sure enough 2 sticks werent working.. but I still had 24Gb alive so... I messed around on the computer for 20 minutes and during that time I didn't experience any display driver not responding problems or freezing... I thought the solution worked.
So i wanted to check the windows experience index, but it wouldn't load because of windows explorer failing. and because im such a genius, I decided to reinstall windows again (as my solution). And not surprisingly, after I flashed the bios with the new update, my computer starts.. but all i get is a blank screen! (my ghetto-tech diagnosis tells me i killed the mobo?)
I dont have time to research and fix this problem, so I think i'm going to go ahead and buy a new motherboard. I may go with Alan's Gigabyte board since he's had no issues. Anybody else recommend a good reliable board? Here are my components:
i73930k w/ noctua nh-d14 (btw, anybody who reads this later and thinking of purchasing it, mine didn't come with an lga2011 mounting kit, you have to buy that separate)
crucial m4 128
gtx 570, gtx 680 (which im gonna return and hopefully theyll accept it back)
32Gb Gskill 1866 1.5v (which im gonna attempt to return)
32GB samsung 1600 1.35
Areca 1223
and i thought a root canal was a pain in the axe
10. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildJEShort01 Apr 18, 2012 6:10 PM (in response to StarMarc)
Motherboards have a way of redoing the boot order; possibly all you need to do is point the bios "boot order" to put your Areca first in the list (assuming your boot drive is on it).
11. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildAlan Craven Apr 19, 2012 5:53 AM (in response to StarMarc)
It is more than likely that the last stage of the BIOS update was to load optimum defaults. This takes no notice of any changes you have made to BIOS settings, so as Jim suggests, your system is set to boot from whatever is connected to SATA port 0 on the motherboard.
You need to re-boot, enter the BIOS, and repeat all the settings you changed; in particular, make sure that whatever drive has your Windows installation is set to be first for boot. In practice, I generally run with my optical drive set as primary boot, and my system drive as secondary boot.
I always keep a paper record of my BIOS settings. If they are few in number a written list is easy.
12. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStarMarc Apr 20, 2012 1:27 AM (in response to Alan Craven)
Thanks, yah eventually the BIOS came around after I reseated the gtx 570.
An update: I went back and forth with EVGA customer service and after a couple of hours of their suggestions, my system seems stable... it hasn't froze.. yet... i got a couple of display driver not responding then recovering...
Here are some of the things I did that got me sort of stable (for now):
- replaced my gskill 1866 1.5v RAM with the Samsung 1.35v ddr3 1600
- as suggested by EVGA tech support (who by the way answered daily): Reseat my gtx 570 in a difference Pci-e slot. check to see if the +12V was between 11.4-12.6 and stable (no fluctuations greater than .05), run a stress test with OC Scanner..
after those things didnt work... EVGA sent me the following, which I did, and has gotten me to my current state:
This can be caused by a faulty/corrupted driver or possible hardware issue. I would recommend doing a reload of the driver by using driver sweeper. This can be found by going to: http://phyxion.net/Driver-Sweeper/Driver-Sweeper/Version-3-2-0/.
1) Run through the normal uninstall process through Programs and Features.
2) Reboot and go into Safemode. This is done by pressing F8 prior to the windows splash screen.
3) Once in Safemode, goto My Computer, under C drive, there is in NVidia folder, delete it. Then empty the recycle bin.
4) Run driver sweeper. Select Analyze and Clean, click NVidia Display and NVidia PhysX, if this system ever had a ATI/AMD card i it also select AMD Display. In the lower right corner, click "Clean".
5) Once done, click on Analyze and Clean again in the left menu, select the same check boxes as before, then at the bottom middle, click Analyze. If files show up, you can either delete them manually or run the clean again.
6) Boot reboot back into normal mode and run the installer, going through Custom and Perform Clean Install like you did originally. When done reboot and retest.
Hope this info helps anyone in a similar situation
13. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildRjL190365 Apr 20, 2012 5:21 AM (in response to StarMarc)
One more addition to that procedure:
The "clean install" procedure will corrupt any sound card or onboard sound drivers which may have been installed! This will make the NVIDIA HDMI out the only audio device installed. Therefore, you must reinstall any onboard audio or sound card drivers after this procedure.
14. Re: Troubleshooting my new buildStarMarc Apr 22, 2012 12:11 PM (in response to StarMarc)
just a final update, its been a couple days now and ive been workin the new build like crazy and its actually been stable.. occasional hiccups.. but for the most part its okay... so the fixes ive tried above worked in relation to the build i have


text: This New York Amsterdam News article by Dr. King introduces two unknown heroes of the Civil Rights Movement in the South, Esau Jenkins and Billy Fleming. Jenkins taught the riders on his buses how to read and write so they could qualify to vote. This idea was the basis for SCLC's Citizenship School program. Fleming, an undertaker in Clarendon County, South Carolina, was a leader in the Briggs v. Elliott school desegregation lawsuit, the earliest of five suits to be combined in the US Supreme Court?s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.


text:
When state Rep. Michael Tryon proposed legislation last month to control pit bulls, he quickly learned that some dog owners could be as difficult to handle as their pets.
The evening after Tryon (R-Crystal Lake) proposed a law that would let municipalities ban specific breeds, his fax machine started whirring non-stop. It finally jammed after spitting out nearly 500 protest letters, some from as far as California.
Large groups of dog owners wearing "Pit Bulls Have Rights" T-shirts protested in Springfield each time a committee discussed the bill. They cried, threatened and eventually got Tryon to table the bill Feb. 1.
"I became Public Enemy No. 1 to the pit bull people," Tryon said. "What I did was underestimate the energy that is needed to be put in to change this to protect the public. We need a consensus."
As the momentum to control dangerous dogs swells across Illinois and nationwide, dog owners have emerged as a well-organized and loud group of activists.
After Tryon's bill was introduced, the American Kennel Club issued a bulletin on its Web site urging "immediate help."
Members were asked to write letters, send e-mails and attend committee meetings to oppose the bill and others like it. The message listed the names and phone numbers of about a dozen Illinois legislators.
"There is a huge network out there of hundreds of thousands of people who are aware and keeping their eye open to these threats," said Lisa Peterson, a club spokeswoman. "When a threat comes, they send e-mails and letters to educate politicians that generic dangerous-dog laws would be better than breed-specific legislation."
Nationwide, roughly 230 cities in 32 states have pit bull legislation either passed or proposed, said Alan Beck, a professor at the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University.
So Tryon is not alone, Beck said.
"It's not like there is just this huge groundswell of pit bull people," said Beck, who has testified in Canada in support of a pit bull ban and has been on the receiving end of hate mail from dog owners. "They are just organized and noisy."
In Illinois, about 10 dangerous-dog bills or amendments are being discussed, most of them from politicians in districts where pit bull attacks have occurred.
Tryon acted in response to a Nov. 5 attack near Cary in which two children and four adults were severely injured by three pit bulls that escaped from their owner's home.
"In Illinois our laws are all about the animals and not the people," Tryon said. "Every time we try to do something about this, the lobbyists for [animal-welfare groups] get 5,000 people to jam our fax machines."
Legislators sometimes make the mistake of writing a knee-jerk law after an attack, legislation that is usually flawed, Beck said. Proposing breed bans is not typically a successful tactic, he said.
The dog advocates "attack the flaw, then the laws get readjusted and you get to something people can live with," Beck said.
Tryon hasn't backed off completely.
He joined with state Rep. Mike Boland (D-East Moline) as a co-sponsor on House Bill 4238. Under the proposed law, a dog owner would face a felony charge if the animal runs loose and severely injures someone.
It also adds provisions urged by the McHenry County Dangerous and Vicious Dog Task Force, such as giving county boards the authority to decide fines and penalties against owners whose dogs run at large.
The bill passed its committee Feb. 14 and is before the full House.
"I found that the dog advocates are pretty responsible folks," Boland said. "With this bill we're sending out a strong message that if you have a dog that could do damage, you better make darn sure it's in an enclosure or that you have a strong leash if you're taking it out."
Even those with what they believe is a friendly dog would do well to pay attention, he said.


text:
There is an 80 percent chance that wheat prices have peaked for the 2006/07 wheat marketing-year. Central Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle cash prices peaked on May 22 at about $4.88.
At this writing, the cash price is about $4.35. For prices to recover, problems will have to develop with the foreign wheat crop and that does not seem likely.
The KCBT Sept wheat contract price peaked on May 22 at $5.23½; at this writing, the September contract is about $4.71. The uptrend that was started last December was broken. The downtrend was established on June 14 and started on May 23.
Critical September contract price levels are $4.40, $4.60, $4.80 and $5. The downtrend was established when the September contract price traded below $4.80 for two consecutive days. The current September contract price target is $4.60.
For the downtrend to continue, the September contract price must close below $4.60 two consecutive days. To break the downtrend, the September contract price must close above $4.80 two consecutive days.
In USDA's June Wheat Supply and Demand Report, the 2006/07 wheat marketing year average price was projected to be between $3.60 and $4.20 with a mid-point of $3.90. Wheat ending stocks were projected to be 416 million bushels compared to a five-year average of 580 million bushels. World wheat ending stocks were projected to be 4.7 billion bushels compared to a five-year average of 5.8 billion bushels.
For the last three wheat marketing-years, U.S. wheat ending stocks have been about 540 million bushels. For these three years, the average annual wheat price has been about $3.40.
For the 1996/97 wheat marketing-year, U.S. wheat ending stocks were 444 million bushels and the U.S. average price was $4.30. World wheat ending-stocks were 6.1 billion bushels for the 1996/97 marketing year.
To put this into perspective for the 1996/97 wheat-marketing year, the five-year average U.S. wheat ending-stocks were 490 million bushels and the world's average was 6.1 billion bushels. Thus in 1996/97, U.S. wheat ending-stocks were 54 million bushels below average and world wheat ending-stocks were on average.
For the 2006/07 wheat-marketing year, U.S. wheat ending-stocks are projected to be 164 million bushels below average and world ending stocks are projected to be 1.13 billion bushels below average.
This implies that wheat stocks are projected to be tighter than during the 1996/97 wheat marketing year. Another indicator, the U.S. stocks-to-use ratio (ending stocks divided by wheat use), is projected to be about the same as it was in 1996/97 and the world wheat stocks-to-use ratio is projected to be the lowest since my records began in 1960.
The U.S. and world ending-stocks and the stock-to-use ratios indicate that the 2006/07 wheat marketing-year average price should be at least as high as the 1996/97 wheat price of $4.30 and possibly higher.
Two questions arise: Will wheat prices recover and, if not, how low will prices go? The wheat price seasonal trend is for prices to decline after harvest and into August, and then increase into December and possibly January.
If central Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle prices decline to the $4 level, expect prices to follow the normal seasonal trend — bottom in August and peak in the December/January time period.
Watch foreign wheat production which is projected to be 20.2 billion bushels compared to 20.7 last year and a five-year average of 19.6 billion bushels.
Argentina is projected to produce 525 million bushels compared to 459 million bushels last year, and a five-year average of 520 million bushels. Australia is projected to produce 882 million bushels compared to 900 bushels last year, and a five-year average of 791 million bushels.
You may have missed the peak price, but few farmers have gone broke selling wheat for over $4.


text:
LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - The Michigan House on Thursday voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken labor union powers after Democratic representatives left the chambers in protest at the decision earlier to lock the state Capitol doors.
The House voted 58 to 52 to approve a bill that would make Michigan, the home of the U.S. auto industry, the 24th right-to-work state. A previously introduced bill was used to press the measure to the floor for debate on Thursday afternoon.
Michigan Republicans opened the drive Thursday to pass a right-to-work law that would apply to private and public sector unions except those for police and fire departments, setting off a confrontation with organized labor that immediately led to the arrest of protesters.
Right to work laws usually make the payment of union dues voluntary, even if the person is employed at a unionized workplace. Michigan has the fifth highest percentage of unionized workers among states, according to government figures.
(Reporting by Andrea King Collier in Lansing and David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by Greg McCune)


text:
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has launched a nationwide tour as part of his campaign to replace the late President Hugo Chavez.
Capriles spoke to a massive crowd Saturday in the town of Calvario in western Venezuela. He said the government had closed the airport there hours before his planned rally and he had to fly to a different town and finish the journey with ground transport.
The 40-year-old governor slammed the government for the country's high crime rates and the shortage of basic items in markets.
Also Saturday, government candidate Nicolas Maduro led an homage to Chavez in Caracas that took on the tone of a political rally.
The acting leader told an auditorium full of supporters that Capriles would send home Cuban doctors now working in government clinics.


text:
Airline industry milestones
Chicago-based Boeing Co. celebrated the delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways, three years behind schedule because of development problems. The fuel-efficient airplane can't come soon enough, as the industry continues to struggle with high fuel costs and tepid demand. AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, declared bankruptcy in an effort to cut labor costs and shed debt, something its competitors, including United Airlines, did earlier this decade. In this photo, the Boeing Dreamliner 787-800 is hosed down after making its first landing at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Dec. 14, 2011.
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


text:
As part of the 49.99 % purchase of Solarfun by Korea's Hanwha Chemical, Solarfun has changed its named to Hanwha Solar One (Nasdaq:HSOL)
Hanwha Solar One (Solarfun Power Holdings) manufactures Photovoltaic (PV) cells and PV modules, provides PV cell services to convert silicon wafers into PV cells, and supplies solar power system services in China.[1] Unlike many of its competitors, Solarfun manufactures PV products in house and sells them directly to system integrators or to third-party distributors.[2] The company has four PV cell production lines and four multicrystalline PV cell production lines, with a total manufacturing capacity of 240 megawatts. In addition to its production plants, the company owns 40 monocrystalline ingot production furnaces, with up to 37.5 megawatts of annual manufacturing capacity.[3]
Hanwha Solar One reported revenue of RMB7,527.0 million (US$1,140.5 million) for 2010. This represents a 99.2% increase from revenue for 2009.[4] While PV shipments, which totaled 797.9 MW in 2010, were a primary driver in revenue growth in 2010, Gross margin increased from 11.5% in 2009 to 20.8% in 2010 amid higher PV prices.[5] Hanwha Solar One also improved its balance sheet. the company reported for 2010 cash and cash equivalents of RMB1,630.8 million (US$247.1 million) for and net working capital of RMB3,179.9 million (US$481.8 million).[6] In 2009, Hanwha Solar One reported cash and cash equivalents of RMB1,296.7 million and net working capital of RMB2,286.5.[7]
For 2011, the company expects module shipments between 1GW to 1.2 GW, of which about one-fifth would be for PV module processing services.[8] Over the course of 2011, Hanwha Solar One plans to drive revenue growth by expanding its production capacity.[9] The expanded capacity has the potential of being a response to higher prices and international sale.[10]
As global demand increases for PV solar systems and pricing is predicted to remain stable, more companies are seeking to take advantage of the growing market.[11] While strong sales from European and US customers is a good indication of potential 2011 sales for solar companies like Hanwha Solar One, Japanese PV firms have plans to expand production capacity to better compete against Chinese rivals. Some of these rivals include Kyocera (KYO), Sanyo (SANYY), Sharp Corporation (SHCAY), and Mitsubishi Corp (TYO:8058).[12]
The export market is important for Japanese PV firms; Exports made up 64% of megatwatts shipped in the first quarter to the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2010.[13] As a result, producing PV systems at competitive prices has the potential of playing a crucial role in the ability of Japanese and Chinese firms to sell to PV importers.[14] The build capacity of Chinese companies as well as government and private investments have played a crucial role in the ability of PV firms to produce competitively-priced cells.[15] By the end of 2010, the module capacity of China's top five integrated firms has the potential of being 40% than that of Japan's entire industry.[16] Nevertheless. Chinese companies have the potential of experincing pricing pressures from Japanese and US competitors.[17]
Lower product prices coupled with long-term financing agreements are some reasons why Hanwha Solar One's sales have the potential of doubling in 2010.[18] Hanwha Solar One 195-watt capacity costs approximately 35% less to comparable panels made by Germany's Schott AG.[19] The cheaper price and high quality of the Chinese panels enable better returns for solar park builders, who have been experiencing pricing pressures since Germany lowered prices consumers pay for solar power.[20] These lower panel costs have helped Chinese panel makers increase their global market share to 60%.[21]
In addition to lower silicon prices, Chinese companies also have newer production equipment compared to many of their western rivals like Solarworld AG and Q-Cells SE.[22] Chinese companies have also had access to plenty of cheap capital for expansions. Loans made to Trina Solar (TSL), Suntech Power Holdings (STP) , and Yingli, and JA Solar Holdings, (JASO) have totaled $16 billion for 2010.[23]
Solarfun produces less efficient cells than major competitors like SunPower (22%[24]), Suntech Power Holdings (18%[25]), and Kyocera (18.5%[26]). Solar panel efficiency is important because Oil and gas prices have trended upwards over the past several years. As rising oil and gas prices lead to more expensive commercial electricity, consumers may start to demand new, cheaper sources of power. Solar power is less efficient than other energy sources, even wind. Sunlight, however, is available in massive quantities for half the day, and is free, unlike oil or coal. For these reasons, when oil and gas prices rise, solar power becomes a more viable alternative, despite its inefficiency. Concurrently, as solar power's efficiency rises, it becomes more competitive with oil and gas. The solar industry's R&D focus is on increasing this efficiency while minimizing the use of inputs like polysilicon. If solar companies can develop technology that allows more electricity to be produced with thinner PV cells, for less money, then solar power will become more competitive. On this front, Hanwha Solar One appears to be lagging.
In June 2010, Solfarfun introduce new building-integrated photovoltaic cells (BIPV). The cells, which come in a variety of shapes and designs, can be used in windows and skylights, which has the potential of making them more attractive for homeowners and architects.[27] As a result, Hanwha Solar One's new cell hopes to combine efficiency and design in way that has the potential of increasing their use on buildings and homes.[28]
Though Hanwha Solar One previously had an insignificant share of the solar market, its $135 million IPO in December 2006 gave the company the confidence to aim for an end-of-2008 capacity of 360 MW[29]. Assuming it makes its goal, the expansion would put Hanwha Solar One solidly in the top 10 solar companies worldwide.
Other competitors, with 2005 market share[30], include:


text:
"Support businesses and organizations that support THE VILLAGER"
Joes Pub425 Lafayette St., 212-967-7555, www.joespub.com: NOCHE FLAMENCA, Dancing, song and guitar from Madrid. Dec. 27-31.
Joyce Soho155 Mercer St., 212-334-7479, www.joyce.org: ROSS DANCE COMPANY, Speak is an evening program incorporating modern jazz, spoken word, video documentary and rhythm & blues to share the real life inspiring stories of domestic abuse survivors. Fri. & Sat., Dec. 21-22 at 8pm. $20, $15 students.
Joyce Theater175 8th Ave., at 19th St., 212-242-0800: TANGO FIRE, Estampas Portenas from Buenos Aires. 8 dancers and music by Quatro tango & singer Javier di Ciriaco. Wed., Dec. 19, Dec. 26 & Jan. 2 at 7:30pm; Thurs. Sat., Dec. 20-22, 27-29, Jan. 3-5 at 8pm; Sun., Dec. 23, 30, Jan 6 at 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun., Dec. 22-23, 29-30, Jan. 5-6, Wed., Dec. 26 at 2pm. $44, Sunday evenings are $25.
La MaMa E.T.C.74A E. 4th St., 212-475-7710: KINDING SINDAW, Traditional Philippine dance and music. Thru Dec. 23; Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30pm, Sun. at 2:30 & 7:30pm. $20; $15 students & seniors.
Theater for the New City155 1st Ave. at E. 10th St., 212-254-1109, www.theaterforthenewcity.net: TARANTELLA - SPIDER DANCE, Wild, erotic trance dance and ritual drumming from the Mediterranean/Southern Italy presented for the Winter Solstice. Dec. 21-23; Fri. & Sat. at 8pm, Sun. at 3pm. $15.
Email our editor
View our previous issues
Report Distribution Problems
Written permission of the publisher must be obtained before any of the contents of this newspaper, in whole or in part, can be reproduced or redistributed.


text:
Restaurant Review
All Aboard the Marrakech Express
Mediterranean Café offers a culinary tour of North Africa
A culinary delight for food explorers, the menu at Mediterranean Café sails like Marco Polo from port to port along the silk trade routes of yore. The dishes delight with the bold combinations of sweet, sour, savory and salty flavors, typical of Moroccan, Tunisian and other Middle Eastern cuisines. Cumin, saffron, dried ginger, cinnamon, paprika, rose water, dried fruits, preserved lemons, salty olives and nuts all mingle peacefully on the plate.
Fans of Marrakech, the popular but long-gone Moroccan eatery that was located on Central near UNM, will recognize some familiar dishes here; Marrakech's chef/owner Ridha Bouajila opened Mediterranean Café in partnership with his cousin Riadh Dakhl. These two are naturals for the restaurant business. They both have a friendly, accommodating demeanor and were ever patient while answering an unending round of questions about North African food and its preparation. They really seemed pleased to be teaching us about the intricacies of their menu, so feel free to ask a lot of questions when you go.
Mediterranean Café is a cozy little spot, located at San Mateo and Copper, where Annapurna Aayurvedic Cuisine & Chai House used to be. The place is tiny but doesn't feel cramped because the dozen or so commodious tables are well spaced. Warm yellow walls, a few North African decorative accents and a colorful mural keep the decor simple and sunny.
I dined at the café with a lunch bunch so that we could share dishes; it was a great idea. We started with a satisfying soup called harira ($4.95) not to be confused with harissa—the traditional spicy hot sauce which is a second cousin to our own red chile sauce. Chef Bouajila makes his own harissa sauce. Small, dried red chiles are hydrated, puréed and made into a paste; then eight spices are added including cumin, garlic, black pepper, and a dash of lemon juice to brighten the flavors. Use this delicious condiment to spice up the harira, which is more like porridge, with rich chicken stock, garbanzo beans, bulgur wheat (also found in couscous), saffron and a touch of tomato sauce. It's the dish that is often eaten to break the daily fast during Ramadan.
We opted for a mezza plate ($7.95) as the second course, although I had reservations about its cost; it was quite good but no bargain. Mezza is a Middle Eastern term for appetizer. The plate included a tasty but not very garlicky hummus, a smooth baba ganoush (Tunisian style, perfect for dipping into with warm pita bread), and a refreshing tabuli salad. This version was verdant with parsley, light and bright with a nice balance of lemon and olive oil.
Greek specialties might be more familiar and are represented here mostly in the appetizer and dessert sections of the menu. You'll find dolmathes ($3.95) rice-stuffed grape leaves ($3.95), spanakopita ($3.95) phyllo dough filled with spinach, feta cheese and nutmeg. Gyros are also offered and are served with shaved lamb, chicken or beef and garnished with cucumber, tomato, onions and cucumber sauce. It can be ordered as a sandwich in pita bread ($4.75) or as a plate ($7.95) with rice. The falafel sandwich ($4.95) didn't disappoint. The deep fried chickpea balls were nicely browned and full of flavor, a bit tricky to share but everyone got a taste.
Our next course was the most exotic dish of the day. It's called the King's Bastilla, a traditional Moroccan specialty served to esteemed guests at weddings or other special occasions. Traditionally it's pigeon pie (or squab, if you're squeamish) and I have seen it served either as an appetizer, an entrée, or with fruit and nuts as a dessert. It arrived looking like a round phyllo pastry throw pillow sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Inside was a delicious combination of moist chicken, ground almonds, spices and rose water. Everyone in our little group felt like an esteemed guest and lots of "oohs" and "aahs" followed.
We hit an impasse when it came to the next course. Two of us wanted lamb couscous and the others could not resist the tagine of lemon chicken, made with chef Bouajila's own preserved lemons (which sat in a jar within everyone's view throughout the meal). The lemons had their way with us and everyone was pleased. The citrus, salt contrast played very well with the earthiness of the olives and moist chicken of the dish. Next time I'll go for the lamb.
Fresh mint tea with rose water was the perfect companion for a shared, sweet nutty baklava and our gracious hosts automatically refilled tea as needed from a shiny silver pitcher.
A beer and wine license is in the works and Chef Bouajila is going to expand the lunch menu to include some daily specials and a few cost effective lunch items for his loyal lunch crowd.
Set your sails for a Mediterranean excursion full of exotic dishes that just might become old standbys. Friday and Saturday evenings dinner guests are treated to a professional belly dance show at no extra charge. Reservations can be made for parties of five or more, so get some friends together and head for the Mediterranean. Try it, you'll like it.
Mediterranean Café; 513 San Mateo NE; 255-5244; Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m - 9 p.m.; Price range: Inexpensive to moderate; Master Card and Visa accepted


text:
President Bush's proposed farm spending cuts could be far more costly for U.S. row crop producers than expected. A National Cotton Council analysis said they would make almost one-half of the U.S. cotton crop ineligible for marketing loans.
When the president announced his spending proposals for agriculture, they included lowering the payment limit for individuals to $250,000, eliminating the three-entity rule, basing marketing loans on historical production and reducing crop and dairy direct payments by 5 percent.
Some accounts said the administration wanted to reduce the amount of crop that could be placed in the CCC loan or for LDPs by 15 percent. But those reports didn't give the whole story.
What reporters should have underscored was the line in the above paragraph about "basing marketing loans on historical production." That's because the administration wants to limit the amount of crop a farmer can place in the loan to 85 percent of his payment yield.
For years, farmers have complained about having their program yields frozen at 1985 levels. To this day, growers who have increased their yields to 1,200 to 1,400 pounds of cotton per acre, for example, are still receiving payments on their 800-pound average from the 1980s.
"With U.S. average yields for cotton reaching 835 pounds per acre in 2004 and the average direct payment yield limited to 604 pounds per acre, only 52 percent of cotton produced in 2004 would have been eligible for the marketing loan," according to the NCC. "A 48-percent reduction just in marketing loan gains in 2004 would have reduced cotton farm income by over $850 million dollars."
USDA said its proposals would produce savings of $587 million in CCC outlays in 2006.
Asked about the difference in the numbers at USDA's Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 24, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns declined to discuss the issue, referring the questioner to the USDA's chief economist, Keith Collins.
Collins agreed that up to 50 percent of some growers' production might not be eligible for CCC loans under the proposal, but attributed it to 2004's unusually high cotton yields. "In earlier years, the difference would not have been as great because yields were lower."
The NCC also said the administration's proposed elimination of the three-entity rule would have an impact on much smaller farming operations than it might have anticipated.
"A California farm with 650 acres of cotton would hit the maximum in years such as 2004," the paper said. "In the Southeast, Mid-South and Southwest, growers with 800 to 1,000 acres of cotton would hit the maximum in payments."
In one of the speeches at the Outlook Forum, Farm Bureau economist Bob Young made light of rhetoric that seems to imply that the "family farm" is one that has five cows, six horses and a dozen chickens.
Anyone who said a 650-acre California farm or 800-acre operation in the Mid-South or Southeast isn't a family farm needs to spend some time out in the back 40.
e-mail: [email protected]


text:
Gallery: What Do You Think Of This Batman Themed Clothing Line For Grown Women?
In a bit of unexpected cross promo with The Dark Knight Rises, British design label Lazy Oaf is about to release a line of Batman themed clothing for grown-ups. Which makes me wonder: is it ever really possible to make "hip" clothing that takes itself seriously— as the numerous shots of a model wearing Batman clothes, doing editorial poses, and making sexyface would suggest—out of a movie based on a superhero comic? Maybe, maybe not. Peruse the photos and tell me what you think.
(Via ONTD)
Photos: Lazy Oaf