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Diversity sells.
That's the takeaway from the 2014-2015 network TV season. And as a result, primetime network television, the largest stage in American popular culture, is never going to be as white again.
From "Empire" on Fox to "How to Get Away with Murder" on ABC, the networks bet bigger than ever on series featuring nonwhite characters in leading or featured roles this year, and as the season enters its homestretch, they are reaping the rewards.
Working within a business model where as many as four out of five new series are regularly canceled, the networks are batting almost .500 in the number of rookie shows featuring characters of color that...


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The Verge: Samsung's 'Design Revolution' started in 1996 with Sony, not Apple
1996: Samsung's Year of Design Revolution The year is 1996: Apple just purchased NeXT from Steve Jobs and Sony was dominating all aspects of consumer electronics. For Samsung, it was rather a special year. As part of the "New Management" initiative, the company declared that 1996 was going to be the "Year of Design Revolution". […]
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Ronda Head Mangold of Kinston had a one-on-one visit with WITN TV 7�s Whitney the Hobo in April 1967, when the TV children's celebrity paid a visit to the old Woolco Store, formerly in the Kinston Plaza Shopping Center.
At the time, Ronda was a student at Teacher�s Memorial Elementary School. She now is the mother of two and works with Affordable Care at Vernon Park Mall.
Priscilla Head of Kinston submitted the photo in honor of her daughter�s birthday today.
Tasting to help give hope
St. Mary�s Episcopal Church Mission Support Team is sponsoring �A Taste of Hope� at 7 p.m. Monday in the church�s Moseley Hall, 800 Rountree St. The event will include a food and wine tasting and a cooking demonstration by Chef Vivian Howard of Chef and the Farmer Progressive Eatery. The $25 tickets include the food demonstration/tasting and two glasses of wine.
All money raised will benefit mission efforts in the village of Mosovi, Dominican Republic. A St. Mary�s mission team offered Vacation Bible School last summer to children in that village, and completed some minor repairs and renovations. This year the missionaries will work toward restoring a non-functioning water source, providing educational opportunities to the children, installing additional ceiling fans in the village church, and offering Vacation Bible School.
This mission trip is possible with the help of many community members and businesses. A few tickets remain available. Call the church at 252-523-6146.
Family bowling night set for Tuesday
The Young Professionals of Lenoir County has planned a family bowling night Tuesday at Galaxy of Sports Bowling Alley, and the public is invited.
Activities will start at 6 p.m. Games will be $3.50 each and shoe rental will be free. Families are welcome.
YPLC, an extension of the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce, is a professional society open to men and women ages 21 to 40. Events are held bi-monthly and focus on personal growth, social networking, professional development, mentoring and community outreach.
To learn more about YPLC, visit Kinstonchamber.com or join the group on Facebook. For more information about bowling at the Galaxy, contact Justin Hill at email@example.com.
Laptops available in-house at library
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is making laptops available for in-house borrowing. This will allow flexible usage of the library�s computer and Internet resources for informational and educational purposes, as well as additional options for physically disabled patrons.
Laptops can only be used within the facility. Each is fully equipped with the Microsoft Office 2013 Suite, including Word, Excel and Publisher. Public printing is available from the laptops for a small fee.
The laptops were made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act grant administered by the State Library of North Carolina. The grant also has made possible a mobile computer lab to be used at all locations of the Neuse Regional System.
For more information on laptop borrowing, call 252-527-7066, ext. 134.


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New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has explained the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's forthcoming visit to the country is "tremendous value for money".
Prince William and Kate will arrive next month in New Zealand, where they will spend nine days making official visits around the country. The royal couple confirmed on Sunday they will be taking Prince George on the tour, which will see them travel to Australia for the second leg of their third overseas visit.
"I think it's tremendous value for money," the Prime Minister told TV3's Firstline on Monday. "In the end, these royal visits aren't cheap, whether it's Prince Charles and Camilla or in previous times when the Queen has come to New Zealand."
Speaking about the costs of the tour he added: "But on the other side of the coin, if you look at what will happen over the course of that 10 days, New Zealand will get tremendous international coverage.
"There will be a large media pack that will follow William and Kate and baby George."
The Prime Minister, who met Prince George last summer, also added that the marketing value for New Zealand will be worth "millions" by the royal visit.
"I remember the first time that Prince William came to New Zealand, on the first overseas visit to represent the Queen, there was a huge media pack and media interest with him. And the estimates were millions and millions and millions of pounds a day of marketing coverage for New Zealand."
The Cambridge's will arrive in Wellington on Monday 7 April, where they will be greeted at Government House, before spending ten days in the country, with eight days of engagements planned for their New Zealand visit.
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LONDON - Duke's Nick McCrory wrapped up his showing at the 2012 London Olympic Games in fine fashion Saturday afternoon, finishing ninth overall in the finals of the men's individual 10-meter platform diving event.
A product of Chapel Hill, N.C., McCrory compiled a total score of 505.40 in the final to secure a top-10 finish among some of the best divers in the world. He heads back to the United States an Olympic medalist after partnering with fellow American David Boudia to win the bronze in the men's synchronized 10-meter event earlier in the Games.
McCrory picked up right where he left off in Saturday morning's semifinals, earning three 9.0s on his opening dive of the event finals, an inward 3 ½ somersault in the tuck position for a score of 86.40. That score was good for sixth place overall heading into the second round, where he was awarded 75.20 points on his armstand back double somersault with 1 ½ twists to bring his total to 161.60.
A forward 4 ½ somersault for a 3.7 degree of difficulty by McCrory in the third round earned him 83.25 points, moving him up two spots to ninth place. He then averaged scores of 8.0 on his next two dives, including a back 3 ½ somersault in the fifth round that garnered a score of 84.15 from the judges. That put him in ninth overall with just one final dive remaining.
On his 24th and final dive of the 2012 Olympic Games, McCrory received his best score of the three-round individual competition, tallying 97.20 points on a back 2 ½ somersault with 2 ½ twists to conclude the finals with a score of 505.40.
In a historic performance, Boudia took the gold with an overall score of 568.65 to become the first American diver to win the men's 10-meter platform Olympic competition since Greg Louganis did so in 1988. China's Qui Bo claimed the silver with 566.85 points and Tom Daley of Great Britain totaled 556.95 points to win the bronze.
The men's 10-meter final concluded what has been a very successful Olympic Games for U.S. divers, who garnered one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Kelci Bryant and Duke's Abby Johnston were the first American divers to medal, winning silver in the women's synchronized 3-meter competition on July 29.
The semifinals and finals of the men's individual 10-meter diving event will be re-aired Saturday evening in primetime on NBC. Meanwhile, the closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympic Games are scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. EST.


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CLERMONT, Calif. - Oil prices in the United States have fallen over the last few months and tensions have eased a bit in the Middle East.
But despite these hopeful signs, the price of oil on international markets remains at record highs - and the IMF warns that oil prices could double by 2022. The good news is that carmakers have continued to innovate.
Ford is introducing an electric version of its Focus. Mitsubishi, BMW, Tesla and other carmakers are also introducing new electric vehicles (EVs). And, after a slow start, GM is on track to sell between 15,000 and 20,000 of its award-winning Volts this year. But this technology, like any infant industry, needs our support. Given this, it would be folly for Congress to slash the existing tax credit.
If we cast a cold eye on the economics of EVs, the credit is a bargain. Research shows that air pollution causes asthma, heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer - and costs taxpayers billions.
A 2010 study by the American Public Health Association estimates that air pollution from vehicles causes $50 to $80 billion per year in health care costs and premature deaths.
A 2009 study by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at UC Berkeley estimates that over 20 years, EVs and plug-in hybrids could reduce health costs by $4.5 to $11.2 billion.
If we combine support for EVs with more renewable electricity generation, we could save $209 billion over that time. Estimates always contain uncertainty, but it's clear that cleaner vehicles will save billions of dollars and reduce the terrible human toll caused by air pollution.
On top of money and lives saved, we have another clear reason to support EVs: energy security. Yes, gas prices have fallen a bit in the U.S., but the IMF and many independent researchers believe this is just a temporary reprieve. EVs not only save consumers money at the pump, they make our economy more resilient to price shocks and reduce the money flowing to hostile nations.
At $4 a gallon, the average U.S. driver will spend $240 per month on gas - but utilities such as New Jersey's NRG are offering a month's worth of EV-power for only $50 to $90. More broadly, the U.S. holds less than 3 percent of the world's oil reserves - while consuming 22 percent of all the oil produced in the world. We need, more than ever, alternatives to fossil fuels.
EVs provide a bulwark against rising prices because our electricity grid is powered by a diverse array of sources that include coal, natural gas, nuclear and, increasingly, renewables such as wind and solar.
Since oil is a minuscule source of electrical power, EVs provide security. And, except in states heavily dependent on coal, EVs will reduce greenhouse gases.
A huge increase in EVs might require grid upgrades, but according to a 2007 study by the NRDC and the Electric Power Research Institute, we have enough capacity to meet expected demand.
Although total sales of EVs have been small, they are growing rapidly and researchers forecast that millions of vehicles will be sold globally within five years. Given that air pollution and oil security are huge problems around the world, and that American carmakers are innovators in creating electric vehicles, we should do everything we can to support the industry - especially because it has the potential to create jobs as carmakers search for suppliers of batteries, drive-trains and other technologies.
In an age of budget challenges, we must scrutinize all government spending - but considering the billions we spend dealing with the health impacts of air pollution, the limits of domestic oil and the security risk of importing it, our support for clean vehicles makes economic sense.
The EV tax credit will phase out as sales increase, so if we want to cut wasteful subsidies, we should reduce outdated subsidies to the fossil fuel industry and redouble our support for clean and green approaches.
Nicholas L. Cain is a researcher and doctoral student in environmental public policy at Claremont Graduate University. Readers may write him at CGU, 150 E. 10th St., Claremont, Calif. 91711.
This essay is available to McClatchy-Tribune News Service subscribers. McClatchy-Tribune did not subsidize the writing of this column; the opinions are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of McClatchy-Tribune or its editors.
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Did you know next Tuesday was National Hot Dog Day?
Did you know next Tuesday was National Hot Dog Day? I didn�t.
You can get a frank on the cheap with 25-cent hot dogs at Kangaroo Express convenience stores.
Anybody with a military ID gets a hot dog for free.
The convenience store chain will have special �Dog Day Madness� specials next Friday, like three hot dogs and a fountain drink for $3. Kangaroo Express sells Ball Park hot dogs.
Kangaroo Express has 358 stations in the state. Of those, eight are located in Gaston County.
Kangaroo Express isn�t the only one celebrating America�s love of hot dogs.
Sonic Drive-In will offer 6-inch all-American dogs and chili cheese Coney dogs for $1. Gastonia�s Sonic is located on South New Hope Road.
Last year, people spent more than $1.7 billion on hot dogs in U.S. grocery stores, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, a legitimate council of the American Meat Institute.
American typically scarf down 7 billon hot dogs from Memorial Day to Labor Day, according to the council.
Hot dogs not your thing? How about a roast beef sandwich at Arby�s for 64 cents?
Arby�s is offering a roast beef classic sandwich for 64-cents Tuesday to celebrate 49 years in business. You can get a coupon for the 64-cent sandwich here.
Notice anything new in the business landscape lately? Business reporter Amanda Memrick wants to hear from you. Call me at 704-869-1839, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or send a tweet shout out to @AmandaMemrick on Twitter.


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Location: Location not imported yet.Title: Preface to book entitled: Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Coordinated Agricultural Research through GRACEnet to Address our Changing Climate Author
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Publication Acceptance Date: 2/13/2012
Publication Date: 6/8/2012
Citation: Follett, R.F., Liebig, M.A., Franzluebbers, A.J. 2012. Preface to book entitled: Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Coordinated Agricultural Research through GRACEnet to Address our Changing Climate. New York, NY: E;sevier Inc. p. xi - xiii.
Interpretive Summary: Global climate change will impose several human, economic, and environmental costs that are country or region specific. The approach of an asset portfolio is proposed to allow 'adaptation resources' to be considered for a range of scales depending upon need. These resources can be adapted and modified to address anticipated climate change conditions for each region or country. Asset portfolio items important to adaptation include: land, water, energy, infrastructure, genetic resources, research and technology capacity, information technology, human resources, political institutions, and access to markets and trade. Successful adaptation to Global Climate Change may require recognition of all of these assets.
Technical Abstract: Atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range, a natural process that regulates the temperature of the Earth. Long-term changes in GHG emission could negatively or positively affect global surface temperature (USGCRP, 2009). The abatement of climate change is one of the most pressing modern-day environmental issues (IPCC, 2007) and raises dire concerns about global warming and its associated impacts on agriculture (CAST, 2011) and key ecosystem functions. Although a view still exists among some that global climate change associated with increases in atmospheric GHGs from human activity is not occurring, evidence to the affirmative has been documented for decades.


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Page 73 Productions Announces Playwrights for 2013 Interstate 73 Group
Interstate 73, Page 73 Productions' writers group supporting early-career playwrights, where selected playwrights meet biweekly to share new pages with their peers and Page 73's Executive and Associate Directors, will welcome Stephen Brown, Meghan Deans, Peter Gil-Sheridan, David Jenkins, Kait Kerrigan, EM Lewis and Caroline V. McGraw (who was also selected as the 2013 P73 Playwriting Fellow) into the group this year.The application for Page 73's 2014 development programs, including Interstate 73, the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, and the Page 73 Summer Residency at Yale, will become available online February 1st at www.page73.org.Each writer will receive a reading of his or her work over the course of the year.Stephen Brown's work has been seen or developed with Primary Stages, Theatre at St. Clements, ESPA/59E59, Access Theatre, and the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive. He has been a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, the Ars Nova Playgroup, and the Lark Playwrights Week.Meghan Deans is the author of the plays ASHORE, INTERNET FAMOUS, and THE LAST INVENTION. She is the recipient of an E.S.T./Sloan grant, an alumna of Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood Writers Group, and was a finalist for the 2011 Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission. She also writes recaps of X-Files episodes for Tor.com and lyrics for songs about World's Fairs. Peter Gil-Sheridan is a multidisciplinary artist whose plays include THE DEADLY BELLES, EVERYDAY I WAKE THE FOOL, GLOW, VANISHING SON, and TOPSY TURVY MOUSE which has been produced by Cherry Lane Theatre (mentor: Michael Weller).David Jenkins is a New York based playwright, producer, and founding member / Artistic Director of Human Animals. His first play, MIDDLEMEN, was produced in New York in 2009 (Human Animals). His latest play POST OFFICE, was named one of "The Top Ten Off-Off Broadway Productions of 2011" by Paper Magazine. Other plays include: SMALL CLAIMS and LAISSEZ-FAIRE.Kait Kerrigan is a Brooklyn-based playwright, lyricist, and bookwriter. In 2006, her musical HENRY AND MUDGE was produced by Theatreworks USA, and went on to win her the Kleban Award for Most Promising Librettist. Her plays include DISASTER RELIEF, IMAGINARY LOVE, TRANSIT and WE HAVE TO HOLD HANDS. Her musicals, written with composer Brian Lowdermilk, include THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF Samantha Brown, TALES FROM THE BAD YEARS, THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS, WRONG NUMBER, and THE FRESHMAN EXPERIMENT. EM Lewis received a 2012 Fellowship in Playwriting from the New Jersey Council for the Arts, and the 2010?2011 Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. She won the 2009 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for SONG OF EXTINCTION and the 2008 Primus Prize for HEADS from the American Theater Critics Association.Caroline V. McGraw is the 2013 P73 Playwriting Fellow and a 2012 graduate of Yale School of Drama. Her plays include THE BACHELORS, THE VAULTS, TALL SKINNY CRUEL CRUEL BOYS, DEBUT TRACK ONE CHORD ONE VERSE ONE (OR, THE SHED), THE KING IS DEAD, and TRADE. Her writing has been produced and developed around the country, including at the Cherry Lane Theatre by Young Playwrights Inc., the Abingdon by Highwire Theatre, Yale Cabaret, American University's New Works Series, the Cleveland Play House Next Stage Festival, F*It Club/Interborough Rep, WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, AracaWorks, Theatre4, the Intiman Theatre Festival/One Coast Collaboration, the Amoralists, Portland Center Stage, and Washington Ensemble Theatre.PAGE 73 Productions - under the leadership of Executive Directors Liz Jones and Asher Richelli and Associate Director Michael Walkup - develops and produces the work of early-career playwrights who have yet to have their work professionally produced in New York. Page 73 produces at least one New York or world premiere by an early-career playwright each year. Page 73 also offers production-oriented development opportunities that help usher the works of early-career playwrights from first draft to final script. In addition to the Interstate 73 writers group, the company also hosts the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, offering a cash grant and a year of support to one early-career playwright; the Page 2 Workshop, offering extensive rehearsal and technical support to plays in development; and a weeklong Summer Residency at Yale for four playwrights. Page 73's first production of 2013 will be SLEEPING ROUGH by Kara Manning, directed by Tony-nominee Sam Buntrock. Page 73 produced the world premieres of ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE by Quiara Alegría Hudes, directed by Davis McCallum (2007 Pulitzer finalist and prequel to Quiara's 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play WATER BY THE SPOONFUL), SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE by Dan LeFranc directed by Anne Kauffman and co-produced with Soho Rep (2010 New York Times Playwriting Award); CREATURE by Heidi Schreck, directed by Leigh Silverman and co-produced with New Georges; JACK'S PRECIOUS MOMENT by Samuel D. Hunter directed by Kip Fagan and EDGEWISE by Eliza Clark directed by Trip Cullman and co-produced with The Play Company, as well as the New York premieres of 1001 by Jason Grote, directed by Ethan McSweeney (Time Out New York - Top 10) and LIDLESS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Tea Alagic. The company received from the League of Professional Theatre Women their 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for "innovative and creative work dedicated to the emerging dramatist". For more information about Page 73 Productions, please visit www.page73.org.


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A more complex configuration of the Web Server is one in which the server hosts a few virtual servers for an intranet deployment. For example, you have three internal sites where employees can look up other users' phone numbers, look at maps of the campus, and track the status of their requests to the Information Services department. Previously (in this example), these sites were hosted on three different computers that had the names phone.example.com, maps.example.com and is.example.com mapped to them.
To minimize hardware and administrative overhead, you can consolidate all three sites into one web server living on the machine example.com. You could set this up in two ways: using URL-host-based virtual servers or using separate HTTP Listeners. Both have their distinct advantages and disadvantages.
Intranet hosting using URL-host-based virtual servers
While URL-host-based virtual servers are easy to set up, they have the following disadvantages:
Supporting SSL in this configuration requires non-standard setup using wildcard certificates.
URL-host-based virtual servers do not work with legacy HTTP clients.
You can also set up the IP-address-based configuration with one HTTP Listener per address.
Intranet hosting using separate HTTP Listeners
The advantages of IP-address-based virtual servers are:
They work with older clients that do not support the HTTP/1.1 Host header.
Providing SSL support is straightforward.
The disadvantages are:
They require configuration changes on the host computer (configuration of real or virtual network interfaces).
They do not scale to configurations with thousands of virtual servers.
Both configurations require setting up name-to-address mappings for the three names. In the IP-address-based configuration, each name maps to a different address. The host machine must be set up to receive connections on all these addresses. In the URL-host-based configuration, all names can map to the same address, the one the machine had originally.
The configuration with multiple HTTP Listeners may give you a minimal performance gain because the server does not have to find out the address where the request arrived. However, using multiple HTTP Listeners also results in additional overhead (memory and scheduling) because of the additional acceptor threads.


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Nearly Half of Dodd-Frank Rules Still Unwritten
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Dodd-Frank Act, remains a work in progress almost four years after it was signed into law.
As of April 1, only 52% of the 398 rules mandated by the law have been completed, according to law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Congress passed the legislation in July 2010 in response to the 2008 financial crisis. It requires several regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, among others, to write rules revamping the U.S. financial system.
But the law has been contentious, and rule makers have been beset by industry opposition. That has slowed the process and resulted in only 206 final rules. Regulators have missed the deadlines for 128 others, which have yet to be completed.
Still, some see the glass as half full. "They've actually done quite a bit," said Annette Nazareth, a partner in Davis Polk's financial institutions group.
Regulators, for example, already have completed the so-called Volcker rule, which restricts securities trading by banks. Also, the CFTC has finished a majority of the rules reshaping the market for the complex financial instruments known as swaps.
But the uncompleted rules include many SEC regulations covering the swaps markets tied to loans and other securities. Banking regulators also have yet to complete some rules on underwriting of asset-backed securities.
Regulators seem to be girding themselves for some heavy lifting as they work to complete the rest. SEC Chairman Mary Jo White asked Congress last week for a 26% budget increase for the commission in 2015, partly to meet its Dodd-Frank responsibilities.


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The club is for anyone at primary or secondary School and you don't need to go to school in the area.
No need to book, just come along. Please contact the library with any queries using the details on the right.


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Bears Head, Brereton
Busy pub in ideal location but customer care was a disappointment
Bears Head, Newcastle Road South, Brereton, Sandbach CW11 1RS t: 01477 544732
This busy pub is just off the M6 near leafy Holmes Chapel. It is an ideal point to stop over if you are driving from Scotland to deepest England. It also allows you to see some of affluent Cheshire, towns like Knutsford with its McLaren dealership on the common.
For star-gazers, Jodrell Bank Observatory hosts a number of radio telescopes including a huge dish which dominates the skyline. There is a visitor centre.
Our room was in a block outwith the main building which houses a busy pub (there are real ales) which was packed with diners. The room was small but enjoyed all the amenities. The mattress was uncomfortable hence we didn't get a great sleep but the continental breakfast was adequate. Sadly, they did not have an alternative to cows milk.
Also, my wife left her coat in the wardrobe. We called to alert the staff but they failed to call us back and failed to find it. Disappointing customer care but this was good value.


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Gunderson on Pricing; Akande on Education; Muex-Sisson on Women Leaders; Rishe on Business of Sports
Recent news media coverage featuring Webster University.
Webster University Leiden director and professor Jean-Paul van Marissing was featured with a photo inVastgoed Adviseur (page 29), a major real estate magazine in the Netherlands, on the topic of an antitrust investigation initiated by the Dutch Competition Authority. In the interview he says the Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents will likely need to change the way it works in order to comply with antitrust rules.
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Webster University has again been named a military-friendly school by G.I. Jobs magazine. The honor wasmentioned in the St. Louis Business Journal along with other St. Louis-based schools.
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Webster University associate professor and sports economics expert Patrick Rishe's analysis of the NHL lockout, quoted previously in the Los Angeles Times, was circulated at several other major outlets online, including Fox-TV affiliates and other Tribune papers like the Chicago Tribune and Hartford Courant. His furtheranalysis of the lockout for Forbes.com was also referenced by Yahoo's Puck Daddy, one of the top U.S. sites for hockey fans.


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SAN ANTONIO, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 31, 2015) - EnerJex Resources, Inc. (
The dividend payment will be 1/12th of the 10.00% annualized amount, or $0.208333 per share, based on the $25.00 per share liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock. EnerJex's Series A Preferred Stock is listed on the NYSE MKT under the ticker symbol "ENRJ.PR".
Expected Tax Treatment
For EnerJex's fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, some or all of the monthly preferred stock dividends may be treated for tax purposes as return of capital to shareholders. To the extent such dividends are treated as return of capital, they will not be reported as taxable income to the recipients, but will instead generally be treated as a reduction in the shareholder's basis in the stock. The Company will not be able to make a final determination regarding the tax treatment of 2015 dividends until it reports this information to recipients on Form 1099 February 1, 2016.
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EnerJex Resources, Inc. is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties located in the mid-continent region of the United States. The Company owns oil and gas leases covering nearly 100,000 net acres in multiple prolific hydrocarbon basins located in four states including Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas.
EnerJex's operations are focused in five distinct projects where the company produces oil and natural gas from reservoirs that are characterized by long lived reserves with low production decline rates. Within these projects, the Company has identified more than 500 low-risk drilling locations. Through its large acreage footprint in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin, EnerJex also has significant exposure to emerging oil resource plays that are being pursued by competitors on trend with the Company's properties. EnerJex's headquarters are located in San Antonio, Texas, and additional information is available on its website at www.enerjex.com.
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Pharoh Cooper got his name in the box score for the first time on Saturday.
Pharoh Cooper got his name in the box score for the first time on Saturday.
Cooper, a Havelock native, is a freshman wide receiver for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
He touched the football in a game for the first time as a college athlete.
Cooper gained 26 rushing yards on two carries, in the Wildcat formation, in the Gamecocks' 35-28 win over Kentucky. He also caught a pass for 12 yards.
South Carolina (4-1, 2-1 SEC) plays on the road at Arkansas on Saturday.
JUSTIN HARDY (West Craven) is a junior wide receiver for the East Carolina Pirates.
Hardy hauled in a team-high eight receptions for 85 yards to help the Pirates top Middle Tennessee State, 24-17, Saturday..
Hardy caught his touchdown pass with 13:31 remaining in the game on a 21-yard scoring connection with quarterback Shane Carden.
The Pirates (4-1) travel to New Orleans to play Tulane on Saturday.
Hardy leads the Pirates with 40 receptions for 409 yards � a 10.2-yard-per-catch average. He has three touchdown.
COREY ROBINSON (Havelock) is a 6-foot-8, 341-pound offensive tackle for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Robinson started at left tackle in the Gamecocks' 35-28 win over Kentucky Saturday.
South Carolina gained 453 yards of offense.
The Gamecocks (4-1, 2-1 SEC travel to Arkansas on Saturday.
DANNY WEBSTER JR. (Havelock) is a junior wide receiver for the ECU Pirates. Webster snagged five catches for 30 yards in the Pirates' 24-17 win at Middle Tennessee State Saturday.
He has 18 catches for 144 yards and a touchdown.
JOSH TAYLOR (New Bern) is a freshman quarterback at N.C. State. Taylor has appeared in two game. He is 0-for-1 passing and has carried the ball two times for four yards.
BRA'LON CHERRY (New Bern) is a freshman wide receiver at N.C. State. Cherry caught a pass for 19 yards in the Wolfpack's 28-13 loss to Wake Forest Saturday. He has played in three games. He has five catches for 47 yards.
N.C. State (3-2) hosts Syracuse on Saturday.
DEYLAN BUNTYN (Havelock) is a 6-foot-4, 323-pound senior defensive tackle for the N.C. State Wolfpack. Buntyn recorded a tackle in N.C. State's 28-13 loss to Wake Forest Saturday.
ROD COX (West Craven) is a redshirt senior defensive back at N.C. State. He's played in three games. The Wolfpack hosts Syracuse on Saturday.
J.R. WILLIAMS (New Bern) is a junior running back for the Chowan Hawks. Williams ran for 19 yards on five carries and added three catches for three yards in the Hawks' 35-29 overtime loss to Fayetteville State Saturday.
Williams has 71 rushing yards and a touchdown, along with 81 receiving yards.
THOMAS JUNE (West Craven) is a senior defensive lineman for the Methodist Monarchs. June recorded two tackles in the Monarchs' 24-21 win over Christopher Newport last Saturday.
June has 12 tackles and a sack on the season.
TIRON GUION (New Bern) is a junior linebacker for the N.C. Central Eagles. Guion had three tackles for the Eagles in their 37-28 win at Howard last Saturday.
He has 19 tackles on the season.
JOSHUA SIMMONS (New Bern) is a freshman offensive lineman at North Carolina Wesleyan. Simmons participated for the Bishops in their 50-26 loss to LaGrange last Saturday.
JOHN WHEATLEY (New Bern) is a sophomore wide receiver for the Louisburg Hurricanes. Wheatley caught an 8-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of the Hurricanes' 21-17 loss to Monroe College last Saturday.
He caught five passes for 15 yards.
Wheatley has 20 catches on the season for 307 yards and five touchdowns.
KARON SIMMONS (New Bern) is a sophomore running back at Louisburg College. Simmons carried the football one time for three yards in the Hurricanes' 21-17 loss to Monroe College last Saturday.
Simmons has 17 carries for 99 yards and a touchdown.
DONNIE RICHARDS (Havelock) is a 6-foot-2, 250-pound freshman offensive lineman playing for the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats.
CHRIS PERSON (West Craven) is a junior defensive back at Fayetteville State. He had a tackle in the Broncos' 35-29 overtime win over Chowan Saturday.
Person has 20 tackles on the season.
CAITLIN ANNUNZIATA (Havelock) is a freshman goalkeeper at Randolph College. Annunziata had eight saves, but allowed 11 goals in the Wildcats' 11-0 loss to Washington and Lee Saturday.
She has started 10 of 11 games and owns a record of 3-8. Annunziata has 69 saves and two shutouts in 945 minutes.
DANA MCLAUGHLIN (Epiphany) is a freshman goalkeeper at Charleston Southern.
McLaughlin has nine starts. She has 72 saves and has given up 14 goals in 841 minutes.
Charleston Southern travels to Campbell on Wednesday.
ASHLEY OSIECKI (New Bern) is a freshman at Queens University. Osiecki started her 10th game of the season Saturday in a 2-0 loss to Newberry College.
Osiecki has two goal and three assists.
NICOLE SPINK (Havelock) is a sophomore at Methodist University. Spink entered a match against William Peace Saturday. The Monarchs (5-5-1) won 4-2.
Spink has played 33 minutes in three games.
KARA BOGGS (New Bern) is a junior goalkeeper for the Wofford Terriers. Boggs has logged 135 minutes in two games. She has seven saves and allowed one goal.
SHELBY OSIECKI (New Bern) is a freshman defender at Queens University. Osiecki has started 10 games and has three shots on goal.
MORGAN YOUNG (New Bern) is a freshman goalkeeper at Southern Virginia University.
Young has appeared in three games. She has a save and allowed two goals in 62 minutes.
LAMBERTO GOMEZ (West Craven) is a freshman forward at North Carolina Wesleyan. Gomez has appeared in 10 games for the Bishops. He has four shots on goal.
BRUCE CARTER (Havelock) is a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. Carter registered four tackles in the Cowboys' 51-48 loss to the Denver Broncos Sunday.
Carter has 31 tackles and two sacks in five games.
MONTARIO HARDESTY (New Bern), a running back, was released by the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 30.
GUY WHIMPER (Havelock) is a right offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers play the New York Jets on Sunday.
KEVIN REDDICK (New Bern) is a linebacker for the New Orleans Saints. Reddick recorded a tackle in New Orleans' 26-18 win over the Chicago Bears Sunday.
Reddick has five tackles and forced two fumbles.
ALICIA REYNOLDS (Havelock) is a freshman middle blocker at Elizabeth City State. She had four kills and three blocks in the Vikings' 3-2 win over Virginia Union Saturday. Reynolds has 35 blocks and 45 kills this season.
TEMPESTT FRAZIER (Havelock) is a freshman at William Peace University. Frazier combined for 16 kills in wins over Huntingdon and LaGrange Saturday in Rocky Mount.
On the season, Frazier has 146 kills.
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January 11, 2013
June 04, 2013
Spalding House
Exhibition Overview
The second installment of Spalding House's education-driven exhibition arc is Finding X, which explores the yin-yang-like relationship between mathematics and art through five smaller exhibitions.
The Tally
Humans have been counting for thousands of years. First, verbally (out loud or mentally), or with fingers, and then with some kind of marking tabulation to track, measure in increments, or to assign value. This exhibition looks at ways contemporary artists use numerals and counting practices in their work. Included are works by Jonathan Borofsky, Micah Lexier, Deborah Nehmad, and Thomas Woodruff. Through June 4.
Textile 1010101
When the dizzying patterns of a Filipino Tinguian shaman blanket and other textiles are interpreted through simple binary codes, the connection between the modern-day computer and traditional woven textiles becomes crystal clear. Through May 23.
To no end/ Show your work
There is proof that infinity exists, but what does it look like? We turn the gallery into a workspace where students from the University of Hawai'i–Manoa math and art departments wrap their collective minds around the question and collaborate to create infinity in the flesh. Through May 23.
Faces and Places
See how artists like portraitist Susanna Coffey, sculptor Elie Nadelman, and painter Charles Bartlett employ mathematic formulas to render people and places in works from the museum's collection. Through June 4.
The Shape of Things
Triangles, squares, and circles serve as building blocks to the visual world. The Shape of Things bring together work by artists who utilize these elemental forms in their work. The exhibition features work by Piet Mondrian, Josef Albers, Ilya Bolotowsky, Larry Bell, Donald Judd, Agnes Denes, John McCracken, and others. Through May 23.
Jonathan Borofsky, American, born 1942
Piece of Infinity (B), 1991
hardwood (purple heart), 24 elements
96 x 99 x 2 inches
Collection of Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith


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"Your Home in the hills" - At Belle Villa Resort, Chiangmai, there is an opportunity to experience a mountain resort only a short drive from the city, but with the feeling of total isolation. Looking out from any of the hotel rooms or villas, you will see nothing but only the lush green of the surroundings, created by our beloved and respectful mother nature.
Tucked in between mountains, Belle Villa has achieved that much sought after, but difficult to attain task of being 'remotely accessible'. With jogging, tennis, elephant riding and other facilities, the resort is a place where you can enjoy the remoteness to the fullest. Offered facilities here are of the first class hotel standard with emphasis however on rendering a "feel at home" atmosphere.


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I'd be interested in hearing some views on pointing up wind with big kites. I'm using a Hana Crew Double vision that shoots me upwind on my smaller kites. I had a flysurfer 12.0, that even when fully powered, would hang back in the window.
I just replaced it with a Mach1 18.0. I've only used it once and felt powered up but could just barely make it back to the launch spot. Is this just a charactaristic of big kites?


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Summer 2012 is probably a time that Tameka Foster would like to forget. Last month, her 11-year-old son Kile Glover passed away following a tragic lake accident that left him brain-dead.
Days after her son's July 27 funeral, Tameka was back in court with ex-husband Usher (present at the funeral for Kile, his former stepson) as she and the singer re-commenced an ugly custody battle over their sons Usher Raymond V, 4, and Naviyd, 3.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the countless number of people who opened their hearts, extended their prayers, well-wishes and remained hopeful for my son Kile during the last weeks of his life," wrote Tameka in a personal statement on GlobalGrind — her first extensive since the tragedy. "I truly believe that he has always been an Angel from birth and the World was just too small to contain a spirit so vast. I'm thankful and blessed to merely be the vessel that carried him and humbled that God gave him to us to love. I also feel humbled by everyone's show of concern, and knowing that Kile Glover touched the lives of so many has given me strength during my worst and darkest hour … Again I THANK YOU ALL!"
While Tameka and Usher, 33 — who was close to Kile — briefly called a truce in the weeks between Kile's tragic accident and death, they returned to court earlier this week.
"Sadly, I remain in the unfortunate position of having to respond to and attend court proceedings that were not initiated or begun by me. I did not file this custody case (January 2011) and was content with the 'joint custody' arrangement that we share. Most importantly, nor do I wish to appear in court while I am mourning the loss of my son," she continued.
"I have only been defending myself and protecting the best interests of my children through my counsel," Tameka wrote.
One TMZ report claimed Tameka called Usher "bogus" for supposedly pretending to mourn over Kile's death.
"You must NOT believe everything you read or hear and never judge," she says.
Thanking her supporters for "positive energy and hope for my family during this surreal time," she adds, "There have been times when just the right words, at the right time, have provided me shelter through this storm."
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Cool that somebody started an article on that. Just by coincidence I also made my experience with Suspend2 tonight. I will add details I discovered soon (NVidia stuff, Sound stuff).
Are you sure about the need of the acpi package? I don't even have it and my system suspends just fine. The powersave package has a dep on acpi, not the hibernate scripts though, AFAIK.
As for the possibility of executing the script as a user: Couldn't the permissions of the hibernate script be changed so that members of the "power" group (seems to exist by default) can execute it.
Anyone tried out Gnome Power Manager already - does it play nice with the hibernate scripts?
ACPI is definitely not needed. You can run hibernate as a user via sudo. But powersaved >= 1.12 supports hibernate, so you could do it with kpowersave and/or gnome-power-whatever. brain0 04:55, 7 June 2006 (EDT)


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I am now happy with my 3D printed 9mm gauge wagon turntables, so they are now available.
The 24mm diameter version is small, the 48mm might be more suited to narrow gauge, and a friend suggested I do one in-between, which I initially declined but because I can use its size for other scales/gauges I will do a 36mm diameter version. This will be just big enough for anyone using the Peco 15ft wheelbase chassis.
Best link to webshop is via my website below. I am trying to group items related to scale and gauge, so turntables for 9mm gauge are under several headings . it is not possible to amend headings /groups so easier to introduce new ones.


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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Northern Athletics Conference have announced they will launch a "Challenge Series" in football that will pit member schools from the two conferences against each other, beginning with the 2012 season.
The two NCAA Division III conferences have signed a four-year agreement in which home sites will alternate each year between NAC schools and MIAA schools. In the 2012 season, NAC schools will host the Challenge Series matchups, while MIAA institutions will host the 2013 matchups.
"The four-year Challenge Series is an outcome of several years' work, and we are very pleased to enter into football competition with the outstanding colleges of the NAC," MIAA Commissioner David Neilson said. "We look forward to the inaugural games next fall."
"The development and implementation of the series seemed to be a natural progression, as many of our teams were already playing one another in nonconference games," NAC Commissioner Steven Larson said. "We also had a bridge already built between the MIAA and the NAC, as Wisconsin Lutheran College had previously competed in the MIAA prior to the formation of the NAC."
Matchups for the series in 2012 have been determined based on each school's finish in the 2011 conference standings. For example, the Flying Dutchmen will travel to River Forest, Ill. on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, for a first-time meeting with Concordia-Chicago. Hope was runnerup in the MIAA this fall and was 7-3 overall. Concordia was co-champion in the NAC and was 8-2 on the season.
Here is the complete schedule for the first year (September 15, 2012) of the MIAA/NAC Challenge:
Albion at Benedictine
Hope at Concordia Chicago
Adrian at Wisconsin Lutheran
Trine at Concordia Wisconsin
Kalamazoo at Lakeland
Alma at Aurora
Olivet at Rockford
All games will kick off at 1 p.m. local time.


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Summer's around the corner — heck, bathing suits are already in the stores — and the Los Angeles Boat Show is showing off boating's latest and greatest.
More than 175 exhibitors at two locations, the Los Angeles Convention Center and Burton W. Chace Park at Pier 44 in Marina del Rey, will inform, educate and entertain attendees in ways to have fun in and on the water Thursday to Feb. 9.
"What's so great about this show is it's highly interactive," said boat show manager Dave Geoffroy, executive director of the National Marine Manufacturers Association West. "Years ago it used to be where people would come and just look at boats, now it's fully interactive."
The show boasts many fun activities for the whole family that can be tried free of charge including paddle boarding, surfing, kayaking and a plethora of new boating techniques.
Attendees can explore many varieties of boats: speedboats, fishing boats, ski boats, family runabouts and the currently popular pontoons.
"We host many hands-on training seminars," Geoffroy said. "Check out Fred's Shed. It offers many scheduled sessions on various topics and plenty of time for Q&A from the public."
Current and future boaters can learn various skills such as how to change a boat's oil, anchoring and how to put a boat on a trailer.
For those exploring watercraft ownership there's a "Discover Boating" area, without sales staff but complete with docents.
Boat owners or renters can add to the fun through accessories such as wakeboards, water skis, kayaks and paddleboards.
"What we're selling is fun," said Steve Crane, owner of Sports LTD in Woodland Hills. "The boat show is a great way to reach a large number of people who love to play on the water."
Sports LTD has been participating in the show for 25 years and Crane has enjoyed meeting new people and greeting many familiar faces.
"It's like a reunion," Crane said. "Once people come to the boat show and see how much fun it is they seem to come back year after year."
This year is all about wakesurfing, the water sport in which a surfer is pulled by a towrope behind a boat, then gets atop a wake (a wave generated from a boat) and drops the rope.
"It's the biggest thing right now," Crane said. "You can surf on lakes or rivers for as long as you want and you are only 10 feet behind the boat so you can easily have a conversation with your friends in the boat. Wakesurfing is so popular boat manufacturers are building boats to produce bigger wakes."
Paddle boarding is also very popular — and a great exercise, Crane said.
Though boats and boating are the main attraction, there are many other activities, displays and demonstrations to experience including "Swampmaster" Jeff Quattrocchi, who will educate viewers on alligator etiquette by hands-on interaction with a 200-pound, 8-foot alligator.
"I'm not an alligator wrestler," said Quattrocchi, who's been bitten 14 times. "It's not about 'man against beast.' I handle wild alligators showing their natural behaviors. I talk about their anatomy and how they move."
Quattrocchi uses mostly Florida alligators captured by state trappers when they wandered too close to people. These are reptiles that have never been handled before, whose reactions are purely instinctual and sometimes deadly, he explained.
"I only use an alligator for one show, or up to five days. Then he goes to a farm to retire," he said. "I'm an animal lover. I don't want to hurt alligators; that's not what I'm about. I just want to show people something that many of them never get to see."
Quattrocchi also brings baby alligators that can be held and petted.
"This is just such a family-friendly event," said Geoffroy. "There is just so much to do and see."


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By Izhar Harpaz and Sopan Deb
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For millions of people struggling with the Great Recession, the American dream had become just another jaded catchphrase. But for single dad and Army veteran Dan Greeley, a Longmont, Colo., resident, the future looked promising.
In 2011, Greeley was about to be promoted to director of operations at Sister Carmen, a nonprofit community center and food pantry, and he was certain that his higher income would finally allow him to fulfill a dream: to buy a house for his three young children, ages two, four and six.
"Everything I do is for my kids," Greeley told NBC News' Lester Holt in an interview airing Friday, March 15 at 10pm/9CDT on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams. "I can live in an apartment and be happy. But they want a house, they want a backyard. They're going to get a house and they're going to get a backyard."
But instead of getting a raise, Greeley was forced to take a pay cut.
He fell victim to what is known as the "Cliff Effect," when a small increase in a family's income can lead to an abrupt termination of an essential public benefit like food stamps, health insurance or child care assistance.
For Greeley it was child care. As the single parent of three young children he needed lots of it and it came at a high cost -- $2300 a month, almost all of his take-home pay. And that was before his rent, car payments, utilities and health care bills. Not to mention the money he needed to put food on the table.
"The way I was brought up, we didn't ask for help," Greeley said. "We just figured it out and this was the first time I had to ask for help."
As long as he earned below $50,000 a year, Greeley qualified for as much as $1,700 a month through Colorado's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), a fund jointly subsidized by the state and federal government to support working parents. But as a result of budget cuts in 2010, Boulder County lowered the income limit to 185 percent of the federal poverty level for a family of four – about $41,000. That was $3000 less than what Greeley was making. And even though his upcoming raise would have increased his income a bit more, it would not have been nearly enough for Greeley to pay for his kids' child care on his own; Greeley would have been earning more, but would in fact be worse off.
"My stomach was in knots," Greeley said. "Supposed to get a raise, and instead, I took a pay cut."
Sister Carmen CEO Suzanne Crawford, Dan's employer, couldn't believe it when her newly minted director of operations showed up ashen-faced at her office. "For me, it was really educational," she said. "Because I would never in a million years expect an employee to come in and ask me for a pay cut."
She agreed to cut his pay, but with reservations.
"I was angry, as an employer, that somebody that works so hard and is so dedicated to the organization has to take a pay cut in order to keep working here and to have care for his children," Crawford said. "It's just really frustrating."
Roadblocks to self-sufficiency
"Parents who are trying to work at low or moderate wage jobs and raise kids often run into roadblocks where the system just doesn't make sense," said Olivia Golden, an expert on child and family assistance programs at the Urban Institute, a non-partisan economic and social policy research organization based in Washington, D.C.
A possible solution would be to gradually phase out benefits as a family's income grows rather than cutting it off. But the problem, Golden said, is that federal support for child care assistance is capped, and in a weak economy states cannot generate enough additional revenue to assist all those in need.
"It's like trying to take a sheet that's not big enough for the bed and pull it and tug it across," Golden said. "States find themselves trying to use those dollars to meet a need that's much bigger than what they can meet."
The federal government estimates that one in three families who are eligible for child care assistance do not receive any help at all. And the ones who do are subject to income limits that may fit a state or county's tight budget – but do little to help families become self-sufficient. Low-income working families can face other benefit cliffs when they cross income thresholds that lead to loss of food stamps or Medicaid, but Golden said that the loss of child care assistance is perhaps the most significant for those families like Greeley's who are on the cusp of a middle class life.
"We've been talking a lot about the middle class and the American dream," Golden said. "And to me, people who are working hard, trying to raise their kids, and on the edge of that middle class life, it should be one of our priorities to help them gain the stability they need to have that life that we all aspire to."
Searching for a home
Greeley wakes up every morning at 3:00 a.m. An hour later, he packs his children's bags and then drops them off at a day care facility that has been able to accommodate his early work schedule. At 4:00 p.m., he's back with the kids to start what he considers his "real job."
"I get home. I got food to cook. I got bath time. I've got play time. I've got school homework," Greeley said. "Yeah, I don't get a break. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm going to say that. I love it, every minute of it. It's my life."
A life Greeley hoped would include a home he and his kids could call their own. But his pay cut threatened his goal of buying a home. While it managed to save his child care benefits, it also lowered the mortgage he qualified for. By June 2012, after six months of searching, Greeley still had not been able to find a house he could afford. His first six offers were rejected.
"The American Dream is owning a home," Greeley said. "I fought for it. I served my country for it. And I felt like I was getting left behind."
When a doubled income creates hardship
Colorado's Gov. John Hickenlooper is trying to figure out how to lend a helping hand to working families like Greeley's.
"That's the age-old challenge," Hickenlooper said, "You want to provide a hand up, not a hand out."
The governor came face-to-face with the Cliff Effect when he hired his executive assistant, a single mother who had been earning $9 an hour at her previous job.
"We said, 'We'll start you at $16 an hour, almost double.' When she sat down and looked at what that did to her entire universe -- she would lose her health care, she'd lose her child care," Hickenlooper said. "We almost doubled her income and she was going to come out worse."
The governor recently signed legislation that would help families with child care even after they exceed the income limit. Now he has to find the money to pay for it.
"We have to look at our priorities. Certainly child care and early childhood education is critically important to our state," Hickenlooper said, "If we're going to add something, we've got to figure out where it's going to come from."
The governor fears that not giving working families the help and incentives to rise out of poverty will create a collective disillusion that may hamper the nation's recovery.
"If people aren't fully committed to doing better, and getting a promotion, and working harder, then the business is never going to do as well as it can," Hickenlooper said. "And if your businesses aren't doing well, then the country's not going to do well."
On a sunny day in July, Greeley finally got lucky. For the sake of his children he made another offer on a house, and was surprised to learn that the offer -- the seventh one on the seventh house -- was accepted.
"I was happy," Greeley said. "I was so excited to come and tell the kids, 'Hey, you got your new house, the one you love.'"
The good news did not stop there. As he was moving into his new home, Greeley found out that Boulder County, helped by a property tax hike, had found some more money in its coffers and increased the child care income limit. That meant that after three years Dan was finally able to get that raise.
"What a feeling," Greeley said.
Editor's Note: Lester Holt's full report, 'Cliffhanger' airs Friday, May 24 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.


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IBM used its INNOVATE 2011 software application developers conference today to announce new programmer collaboration software. Somewhat generically dubbed as its "collaborative design management" technology, the new offering allows developers to share data instantaneously from any source in the development process.
The new software's key enabling feature integrates application designs seamlessly with other development tasks and information, such as requirements, code, and quality management assets. IBM says that the benefits of this approach enhance the "traceability of all actions", allowing their impact on the total development process to be analyzed.
Development team members (and other stakeholders) can review, contribute, and change solution designs with transparency to every participant in the project. This is achieved through a central design hub where designs can be stored, maintained, and referenced for future reuse, documentation, and compliance.
The new software offerings are built on Jazz, IBM's open software development platform that the company says supports sharing and interactions among software and systems design and development teams.
"A critical challenge facing businesses is how to innovate while fostering collaboration among teams and a complex array of partners and suppliers," said Kristof Kloeckner, general manager of IBM Rational. "A collaborative software development platform supporting the entire end-to-end software cycle is needed for true innovation. Through new offerings of IBM's Rational Rhapsody Design Manager and Rational Software Architect Design Manager, designs no longer have to exist in isolation on an architect's or developer's desktop. They can now be part of an open ecosystem using a simple, web-based user interface."
This new solution for Rational-centric developers represents a coming together of IBM Rational Requirements Composer, IBM Rational Team Concert, and IBM Rational Quality Manager — within a unified development platform to encourage cross-functional collaboration, helping (in theory) teams improve their time-to-delivery, quality, product value. and predictability.
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Benefit planned for Pridgen, Young professional nominations wanted
Southwood Memorial Christian Church held a Veteran's Day service to honor their Veterans. This year, photos of Gene Smith and Nelson Davenport were added to the hall of fame in their memory. The Chi-Rho Youth Group presented the message about service to our country and service in the church. Youth group members who participated were: Matthew Casad, Katelynn Daughety, Austin Jernigan, Colby Modlin, Cole Price, Avery Taylor, and Owen White. Pictured in the photo are: front row from left: Nolan Snyder and Roger Grimes; second row: Reginald Stroud, David Moody, Harper Grant, Clifton Morris, and Harry Osborne and third row: Claude Stroud, George Fordham, Bryan Casad, Clyde Dunham, James Grady, Bonnie Twigg, and Tommy Boone.
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A barbecue or barbecue chicken plate for $7 can help aid a local man recovering from brain surgery.
A benefit for Mike Pridgen will be held Dec. 6. Plates will be sold from 11 a.m. until locations are sold out.
Organizers said Pridgen is recovering from brain surgery to remove a tumor that has left him blind. Pridgen began losing his vision in May and was also diagnosed with diabetes during this time. In August, he went to a retina specialist in Greenville who diagnosed him with a mass on his brain. Surgery to remove the tumor was performed on Aug. 29, however, his vision has not returned. Mike is self-employed and unable to work due to his vision loss. Mike is married to Natalie Outlaw Pridgen and they have two children, Alex and Josey.
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We live in a "connected" world. CNN has "breaking news" all day and all night. Compared to the social media activity, that's slow. I'm not aware of any intern who doesn't have email and a cellphone, and very few without mobile connectivity 24/7.
It's good to be connected. I hope you stay connected to friends and family, to parishioners and colleagues, and to community and global events. And I trust you are staying connected to God, as you pray, dwell in Scripture, live with God's people, and follow Jesus into paths of servant leadership.
You know all this, and you are probably experts at staying connected. But I'd like to remind you of two other significant people to whom you should stay connected: a) your faculty advisor and b) your candidacy committee contact person.
I had a conversation the other day with a faculty colleague. It went like this: "Rick, do you know (not to be named intern)?" "Yes, I do." "How are they doing?" "Fine, as far as I know; why do you ask?" "Well, I don't know them. They did not participate in discipleship group, and I've invited them to stop into my office to visit, but they have not responded. And of course, I have to fill out the "Form D" paragraph about them for their first call assignment. So how do I do that in a helpful way if I don't know them, and they don't seem interested in getting to know me? I suppose I could just say they've successfully avoided me for these years, but that probably wouldn't look good on to the bishops who read it. Do you have any suggestions?"
If you have been "successfully avoiding" your faculty, advisor I'd suggest you reconsider. It's hard for them to be helpful or be an advocate when they don't really know you. Drop them an email with a brief update of your internship, and tell them you look forward to seeing them when you're on campus. That would be a worthwhile connection.
Second, if you haven't had any conversation with your candidacy committee recently, it would be a good idea to just send a "friendly check-in" note to your point person. You don't need to say much. You can add whatever you like, but all you really need to do is give them a little update about your internship and thank them for keeping you in their prayers.
Enough. Blessings as you move into the summer months of ministry and life.
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It is with great pleasure that we bring you the following press release from the Midwives Alliance of Pennsylvania, whereas in the matter of Diane Goslin, Certified Practicing Midwife (it feels so good to write this) as to the charge of practicing medicine without a license. We want freedom:
The Midwives Alliance of Pennsylvania has announced today that The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has reversedthe September 2007 decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine to order Lancaster County Certified Professional Midwife Diane Goslin to cease and desist from the practice of midwifery. Contrary to the Board of Medicine's prior statements, the Commonwealth Court determined on Friday that, "…practicing midwifery cannot be construed to be the same as practicing medicine
and surgery." The Board had wrongly contended that Goslin was in violation of the 1985 Medical Practice Act by practicing medicine without a license.
Additionally, The Commonwealth pointed out that the 1985 Act, "…authorizes the Board to impose penalties only upon persons who practice as a nurse midwife without a nurse midwife license." Goslin as a Certified Professional Midwife is certified by the National Association of Registered Midwives (NARM) and is considered trained and qualified to attend out of hospital birth.
The Commonwealth Court's 5-2 ruling also overturned an $11,000 civil fine that the State Board of Medicine imposed on Midwife Diane Goslin. President Judge Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter and Judge Doris A. Smith-Ribner dissented, but did not file opinions explaining their votes. The Court further pointed out that the 1985 PA Nurse Midwifery Act, "…authorizes the Board to impose penalties only upon persons who practice as a nurse-midwife without a nurse-midwife license." Goslin however practices as a Certified Professional Midwife.
Diane Goslin may now legally attend births in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Goslin, 50, who lives near Strasburg in the heart of Lancaster County's Amish community, said today her interpretation of the ruling is that it allows her to resume deliveries. The state board of medicine couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
The board took action against Goslin in early 2007, eventually fining her $11,000. The situation resulted in several occasions where hundreds of Amish men, women and children came to Harrisburg to rally in support of Goslin. The board can appeal to the state Supreme Court, no decision has been reached at this point whether they will pursue that course of action.The Midwives Alliance of Pennsylvania (MAP) is a professional trade organization representing midwives statewide. MAP membership includes midwives, students, and a supporting membership of other healthcare professionals and consumers. MAP affirms the unique fabric and diversity of midwifery in Pennsylvania and seeks to promote and preserve the art and craft of midwifery while serving as a self-governing and self-regulating sisterhood for participating midwives. The aim of this group is to successfully advance legislation for the recognition, regulation and licensure of Certified Professional Midwives in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
However, we do not rest as the Pennsylvania case may follow the same route as Connecticut whereby the Witch Hunt is on and midwifery may move towards licensing and regulation. Licensing is at issue in Kentucky and in Missouri:
As nice as that sounds for the majority of the American public who believes everyone needs a license, in this field the license in question is about regulation as in Nurse Midwifery. In America licensing means we will have more midwives going through med school and being trained in the medical model. One argument is that this means they will also be looking at birth as "risky business" and we will simply have wolves in sheep's clothing attending our births. Another argument is why not hold our midwives to the same accountability we hold any other service provider, licensing may provide a means to keep that scorecard and may be what brings women's health rights full circle and whole.
To get there, licensing midwives, we must first recognize what normal birth is. Thomas H. Strong, MD has said it, Marsden Wagner, MD has said it, Midwifery Today will keep saying it, Ina May Gaskin shows us and we in the trenches working with the women who are birthing have said it: birth care in America isn't broken…it doesn't work. We need midwives more than ever. Will we embrace them and support them in becoming experts in normal birth or will we prefer only shadows of truth, never to be blinded with truth?


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It is better to be right than to be happy – at least for one husband on the cutting edge of science.
As part of an unusual experiment, the husband was instructed to "agree with his wife's every opinion and request without complaint," and to continue doing so "even if he believed the female participant was wrong," according to a report on the research that was published Tuesday by the British Medical Journal.
The husband and wife were helping a trio of doctors test their theory that pride and stubbornness get in the way of good mental health. In their own medical practices in New Zealand, they had observed patients leading "unnecessarily stressful lives by wanting to be right rather than happy." If these patients could just let go of the need to prove to others that they were right, would greater happiness be the result?
Enter the intrepid husband. Based on the assumption that men would rather be happy than be right, he was told to agree with his wife in all cases. However, based on the assumption that women would rather be right than be happy, the doctors decided not to tell the wife why her husband was suddenly so agreeable.
Both spouses were asked to rate their quality of life on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the happiest) at the start of the experiment and again on Day 6. It's not clear how long the experiment was intended to last, but it came to an abrupt halt on Day 12.
"By then the male participant found the female participant to be increasingly critical of everything he did," the researchers reported. The husband couldn't take it anymore, so he made his wife a cup of tea and told her what had been going on.
That led the researchers to terminate the study.
Over the 12 days of the experiment, the husband's quality of life plummeted from a baseline score of 7 all the way down to 3. The wife started out at 8 and rose to 8.5 by Day 6. She had no desire to share her quality of life with the researchers on Day 12, according to the report.
Still, the team was able to draw some preliminary conclusions.
"It seems that being right, however, is a cause of happiness, and agreeing with what one disagrees with is a cause of unhappiness," they wrote. They also noted that "the availability of unbridled power adversely affects the quality of life of those on the receiving end."
The three doctors think they might be on to something, and they wrote that they would like to see the work continue: "More research is needed to see whether our results hold if it is the male who is always right."
[Updated 10:30 a.m. PST, Dec. 18: The study was released as part of the journal's annual Christmas issue, which features offbeat and humorous research on topics like James Bond's drinking habits and whether redheads are more appealing to vampires. For those who were wondering, Science Now was well aware that this was not a typical medical research study.]
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