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Malpass Brothers to perform in Snow Hill
SNOW HILL � Summertime means its time to get outside, grab a chair and listen to music. The Greene County Museum is offering just such an event.
The fourth annual Concert in the Courtyard will be held at 7 p.m. June 11, featuring traditional country music by the renowned Malpass Brothers.
When you meet Chris and Taylor Malpass, it does not take long before you realize they are as close to real traditional country music artists as you can get these days. The brothers can be found performing from Eastern North Carolina to Delaware and back to Georgia. Now they are coming to Snow Hill.
The GCM courtyard is in the downtown Historic District at the corner of North Greene and NW Third streets. Bring your own lawn chair. The concert is free and open to the public, but donations will be gratefully received. Soda drinks will be on sale.
If there is rain, the concert will still be held inside the museum. The concert is provided through the Grassroots Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.
For more information, call 252-747-1999.
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Aurora Makes Strategic Additions
Aurora, IN—July 27, 2012—Aurora Casket announced today several organizational changes designed to accelerate the development of key solutions.
Bob Tracey was named Plant Manager for the Aurora Essentials line of memorial stationery. In 2011, Aurora acquired Rob-Win Press, based in Allentown, Penn. This new position will oversee the Aurora Essentials operations in Allentown, including manufacture and printing of quality register books, acknowledgement cards, memorial folders and other memorial products.
Bob Nobles was appointed as Director of Specialty Sales. In this role, Nobles will lead the development and sales of Aurora Cremation Solutions, the Aurora Essentials memorial stationery, and other strategic product initiatives.
Tim Southard was named Manager of Sales and Marketing Technologies. Southard will lead the development of technology solutions for funeral homes, most notably Aurora's Advisor customer service system.
"Through the years, acquisitions have expanded Aurora's product offerings and have enhanced the value that Aurora provides to funeral professionals and the families they serve," said Michael Quinn, President and CEO of Aurora. "We have confidence that these changes will better enable everyone at Team Aurora to seize the market opportunities before us, and improve the value we provide our funeral home clients."
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This book is the first in a new series for younger children (about 8yrs), a spin-off by Caroline Lawrence from her middle grade series of novels, the Roman Mysteries. It follows the adventures of Threptus, a young apprentice to the soothsayer Floridius in Ostia during the reign of Domitian.
Warning: You should probably read neither the book nor this review on a full stomach! Or just before a meal.
In the grand tradition of Scooby-Doo, this book gives kids all the thrills of encounters with demons and spirits, while always providing a more mundane (though in this case still fairly exciting!) solution to go with its real-world setting. We feel Threptus' fear as he encounters terrifying demons in sewers and midnight wells, but we know that ultimately the cause will turn out to be something benign or even useful. The story makes full use of the Roman setting in that, whereas a modern Scooby-Doo type ghost story would have to acknowledge that not everyone is likely to believe in ghosts, Threptus and the other characters here genuinely believe in the possibility of demons in the sewers, which makes their fear that much more real. Floridius exploiting that fear for financial gain at the end is perhaps rather naughty - but that's also very Roman (and realistic!).
The language in the book is neatly balanced between simple English and exotic Roman words and phrases. I remember when I was about six and reading The Chronicles of Narnia, I used to love using the phrase 'brings up the rear' (once I'd asked what it meant), which sounded terribly exotic, and there are plenty of new words and phrases for kids to get their teeth into here. There are also some Roman numerals right at the end - perhaps I was the only child who really enjoyed working out all the numbers on our clock with Roman numerals on it, but I'd have loved it.
One thing this books really brings home is the reality of some aspects of Roman life. As you will have gathered from the title, there is an enormous amount of focus on human waste here (and farting too). Since the book is for younger children, this is generally referred to as 'poo' and 'wee' (sometimes 'vomit' - 'sick' isn't really specific enough). Kids love this stuff of course - but as an adult, it really brought something home to me. Books aimed at older readers tend to use more formal words to describe these things - you might get a description of a torture victim or the hold of a slave ship being covered in 'faeces' or 'urine'. But as I read this book, I realised that nothing brings home the reality of such a situation like the use of the word 'poo'. Maybe it's just me, but when I read 'faeces' I'm somewhat detached from it. I accept that this is what happens in these situations and move on. When I read the word 'poo', I can almost smell it, and I can certainly see it (and in some of the book's most colourful parts, feel it). I suppose a description of torture or the mistreatment of slaves wouldn't really benefit from using the word 'poo', as it wouldn't seem serious enough, but I found it fascinating that I could really feel - and smell, and see - the ancient world much more strongly when viewed through the language of childhood and of immediate experience rather than the slightly drier, more formal language of written work.
Floridius, played by Mark Benton in the TV series based on the Roman Mysteries. I like to think this chicken is Aphrodite, of whom I became very fond in this book.
In theory, this book comes after the Roman Mysteries, but younger children will be quite happy to read it first, as it doesn't require any knowledge of the earlier series. The only slight downside is that it gives away a tiny aspect of the ending of that series - but only one detail about one character and nothing about anyone else, so I don't think that would be a problem. It's beautifully illustrated by Helen Forte - I particularly like the frontispiece, which not only depicts a scene from the book accurately, it includes a man with the most wonderfully comical look of constipation on his face. You know exactly what he's going through, poor thing. A lively start to this new series - I look forward to the next one!


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Total Lunar Eclipse
Why does the Moon look orange or red like Mars during a total lunar eclipse?
Mars has a reddish color because of the iron oxides (rust) on its surface. However, the reason the Moon looks red during a total lunar eclipse is quite different.
To understand why, let's understand what a lunar eclipse is all about. For any lunar eclipse, we need a full moon.
During a total lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Earth's moon line up in space.
The Sun shines on Earth, creating a shadow (umbra) that is just large enough to cover the Moon. Some indirect sunlight still gets to the Moon, however, because it is bent by our atmosphere, creating two areas of partial shadow, partial illumination (penumbra).
In its orbit around Earth, the full Moon gradually darkens bit by bit as it enters and travels through Earth's partial shadow. When the Moon is fully in the shadow of Earth (its umbra), the eclipse is total. At this time, something special happens!
The Moon turns golden, copper, or even "blood red"!
Why does the Moon turn red - sort of like Mars?
You'd think that because Earth's shadow is large enough to cover the moon during a total lunar eclipse, the Moon would go completely dark.
However, because Earth's atmosphere extends out beyond Earth, sunlight passes through it.
As mentioned, some of this light is bent back and projects onto the moon. But, why is this bent light gold, orange, or red in color?
Sunlight is an energy that travels in waves. A wavelength is the distance between the tops of the waves. Sunlight has a range of wavelengths, some of which are visible colors. Each color has a different wavelength. Violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the longest. When all of the waves are together, such as when they travel in space, the light is white. When white light passes through an atmosphere, it can be broken up into visible colors and other wavelengths.
During a total lunar eclipse, white sunlight hitting the atmosphere on the sides of the Earth gets absorbed and then radiated out (scattered). Blue-colored light is most affected. That is, the atmosphere filters out (scatters away) most of the blue-colored light. What's left over is the orange- and red-colored light. This red-colored light passes through our atmosphere without getting absorbed and scattered, before the atmosphere bends it (refracts it) back out, projecting indirect, reddish light onto the Moon. The reddish light projected on the Moon is much dimmer than the full white sunlight the Moon typically reflects back to us. That's because the light is indirect and because the red-colored wavelengths are only a part of what makes up the white light from the sun that the Moon usually receives.
How gold, orange, or red the Moon appears during a total lunar eclipse depends on how much dust, water, and other particles are in Earth's atmosphere, as well as factors such as temperature and humidity.
Red Ring Around the Earth: A Different Perspective on a Total Lunar Eclipse
If you were standing on the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, you would see a ring of orange or red light around the Earth where the atmosphere extends into space around our home planet. In essence, you would be watching all of the sunrises and sunsets on Earth at the same time! The dark Earth in front of you would be the parts of the Earth where it is night. On the other side of the Earth, where the sunlight reaches the planet face on, it would be daytime (with blue skies because of the way our atmosphere scatters different wavelengths of light).
The rosy ring around Earth would essentially be places on Earth glanced by sunlight and transitioning from day to night (dusk) on one side, and night to day (dawn) on the other, as the Earth rotates on its axis.
The reason why the Moon turns red during a total lunar eclipse is related to why we have such beautiful pink, orange, and red sunrises and sunsets to enjoy. When we see a sunrise or sunset from our perspective on Earth, sunlight is coming in at a low angle. It has to travel through a lot of atmosphere, scattering more and more blue-colored light as it goes ... until what is left when the light reaches us at these day/night transition times is the more reddish wavelengths that get through.
Lunar Eclipse As Seen From The Moon (artist concept)


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Much of history has been concerned with the pursuit of wisdom. Throughout history, philosophers have applied their minds to the task of understanding the world and living rightly. But history also shows us that when we attempt to find wisdom …Read More
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R.C. Sproul explains that everything we do has eternal significance. He demonstrates how God teaches us more in our suffering than in happy times. Dr. Sproul concludes this series with a charge to fear God and keep His commandments …Read More
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Barij Essence leads Iran men's volleyball super league
At the end of the home round games, which is half of the current season of the men's super league, Barij Esseance team from Kashan led with 27 points, while Mizan Khorasan team from the city of Mashad came in second with 23 points. Matin of Varmin ranked third with 22 points.
"We are very happy that we have got the champion title of the super league, during the first half of the season," said Mostafa Karkhaneh, head coach of Barij Essence. "We are determined to work hard and take first place once again in the second half. We had a good performance against other powerful teams.
"Each year, Iran volleyball is gaining momentum. We are looking forward to the second half of the super league games."
A total of 12 teams participated in the season.
Paykan, Tehran's most prestigious team - 11-time champion title in super league of Iran, bronze medalist of the 2010 World Club Championship and 7-time champion of the Asian Men's Club Championship - came in at fourth place with 18 points.
"Teams preformed exciting gamed this year so forecasting results was not probable and easy," said Paykan head coach Peyman Akbari. "We hope that we will show our good performance in the upcoming round. Our main aim is to enter the playoffs."
The first round matches were held in Tehran, Mashad, Zahedan, Gonbad and Bandar ABBAS. Fans filled many of the stadiums, and watched the matches on large outdoor screens at sold-out venues.
"Recent progress in international level volleyball has attracted a huge number of young and older generations toward our beloved sport of volleyball," said Iran Volleyball Federation president Dr. Davarzani. "These fans are a precious asset for our sport.
"We are not limited volleyball to the metropolitan city of Tehran, we are taking it to third degree cities and we are proud of it."
The second round of games begins January 5, and will last through February 12. The second round consists of 66 matches in 11 weeks. Following the second round, the top eight teams will enter the playoffs to determine who will represent Iran at the Asian Club Championships in Manilla, Philippines from April 8-16, 2014.
The final ranking of teams in home round games:
1. Kashan's Barij Essence - 27 points
2. Korasan's Mizan(from Mashad city) - 23 points
3. Varamin's Matin - 22 Points
4. Tehran's Peykan - 18 points
5. Tabriz's Shahrdari - 18 points
6. Mazandran's Kaleh (from AMOL city) - 16 points
7. Tehran's Gostaresh Novin Keshavarz - 16 points
8. Urmia's Shahrdari - 15 points
9. Bandar Abbas's Aluminum of Almehdi - 13 points
10. Gonbad's Javaheri - 12 points
11. Zahedan's Shahrdari - 12 points
12. Karaj's Alborz Saipa - 6 points


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Rare Indian music archive launched online
Music lovers can now access the voices of a bygone era in digital format through an online archive of old and rare gramophone recordings. The website, www.archiveofindianmusic.org, the brainchild of author-singer Vikram Sampath, was formally launched at a function in New Delhi Tuesday evening. It went online on pilot basis in January this year.


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Breaking NewsWWE superstar C.M. Punk is furious with Nike ... claiming the sportswear giant is sending a HORRIBLE message to kids by signing UFC champ Jon "Bones" Jones ... who happens to be a convicted drunk driver.
FYI -- Nike announced it signed Jones to a MAJOR global endorsement deal yesterday ... a deal likely worth millions of dollars.
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Holland will be among 60 cities around the world participating in "Global Water Dance," an international event on Saturday, June 25, that will unite people and communities in building awareness of the importance of water and motivate action through movement.
The Holland performance will take place at 5 p.m. at Tunnel Park, and the public is invited to attend. Members of the community who are interested in participating in the dance are invited to do so, although they're asked to arrive at 3 p.m. so that they can learn the dance, and to provide advance notice to the event's organizer if they can.
"It's like a 'flash mob,'" said Linda Graham, who is a professor of dance and chairperson of the department at Hope College and is the choreographer and coordinator of the Holland event. "No prior dance experience is necessary, although participants should be prepared to get sandy and wet."
The local performance will run about half an hour, but in spanning the globe the overall event is running for 24 hours, moving across the time zones of the world. There are sites on every continent except Antarctica, including across the U.S. and in nations ranging from Austria, to Australia, to Brazil, to Burkina Faso, to China, to Egypt, to the Netherlands, to Peru and Uganda, among others.
"We will be using dance and music to blend our local water issues with the global struggle to insure safe water for every human being," said Marylee Hardenbergh, artistic director for Global Water Dances.
Graham signed on because she felt that Holland was an ideal site for the event, given the historic and continued importance of Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa to the community. "Holland is what it is because of water," she said.
The Holland performance will begin at 5 p.m. with introductory remarks by Kurt Dykstra, mayor of Holland, and a blessing of the water by the Rev. Jill Russell of Hope Church.
Assisting Graham as dancers are four Hope seniors: Elena Caruthers of Des Plaines, Ill.; Jillian Conner of Finleyville, Pa.; Helen Gay of Lexington; and Michael Parmelee of Lansing. Music is by Stephen Jenkins, a staff accompanist at Hope, and senior Paul Rice of Naperville, Ill., with additional musicians. The Holland event is supported by a Hope College Faculty Development Grant.
Graham also singled out the county for providing the site and accommodating the event. "I have to say thank you to Ottawa County Parks and Recreation," she said. "They've been great."
Community members interested in arriving at 3 p.m. and participating in the event as dancers should contact Graham at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (616) 395-7703.
Additional information about the local event may also be obtained via Facebook at Global Water Dances - Holland, MI, and about the international event at www.globalwaterdances.org.


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Taverna du Liban was a welcome respite from the pressures of living in a third-world war zone.
The cozy, Kabul restaurant with its Middle Eastern décor served up a tasty variety of Lebanese dishes and the best chocolate cake I've ever eaten, courtesy of the Lebanese owner, Kamal Hamade, who baked the cakes himself.
But the appeal of Taverna — where I ate nearly every week when I lived in Afghanistan — was about much more than the food. It was about friendship.
Kamal treated each of his customers as a personal friend. Whenever my friends and I went there, he'd come over to chat. Each time, he sent over free appetizers and other goodies, despite our protestations about the pounds he was adding to our hips.
After Afghan authorities cracked down on Kabul restaurants that served alcohol, Kamal began serving red wine in tea pots, and we soon learned to ask for "red tea."
I occasionally asked Kamal about why he chose to live and work in Kabul, given how the Afghan capital was growing more dangerous over time. He told me he loved the place and the people, and that business was good.
Kamal took the war raging around him in stride, having grown up in similar circumstances in Lebanon. But he wasn't lax about security, and his restaurant was one of the few Western agencies would allow their personnel to frequent.
There were multiple steel doors separating the restaurant from the street. Patrons and their belongings were searched by armed guards before being allowed inside.
But just as other attacks on heavily guarded establishments have shown, no place in Kabul is impenetrable.
Afghan police say the well-executed bomb and gun attack Friday night killed 21 people.
The BBC reports that Kamal grabbed a gun from his office to take on the assailants. But I knew even before I read it that he had died defending his restaurant and his customers.
Like so many who had the privilege of knowing Kamal, I am absolutely devastated that he's gone.
I will raise a tea cup filled with red wine to you, Habibi. You won't be forgotten.
One of those killed in the attack on that restaurant was its owner, Kamel Hamade. He was a Lebanese entrepreneur whose desire to open a restaurant landed him in Kabul six years ago. La Taverna became an oasis to aid workers, diplomats, journalists, all looking for a pleasant and safe evening out in a big city with very few options.
In fact, our own Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson dined there often in the years she was based in Kabul. She's in Berlin now, but at the news of Kamel's death, she joined an outpouring of sadness and affection for Kamel Hamade. The flowers, now piled high at the restaurant in Kabul, speak of a man who cared deeply for his patrons and his their safety.
Just to enter the restaurant involved a gauntlet - armed guards, steel doors and metal detectors.
SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON, BYLINE: I mean there was even a password that the guards would have to use with each other before they would open the internal door to let you in. And, in fact, I was told by a colleague today that he had an oil barrel, a drum filled with oil that apparently he was planning to spill over if somebody ran in so that they would slip, they wouldn't be able to sort of get into the restaurant.
The idea was that these sort of layered approaches would make it more difficult for anybody to get into, except on Friday night, with the distraction and the damage caused by the suicide bomber outside, that sort of paved the way or somehow opened a path for the two gunmen to get inside.
MONTAGNE: And then this attack, Soraya, it's important to say 21 people died. It was not all foreigners. There was a young couple, newlyweds, Afghans, who were in there eating that night, and also staff.
NELSON: Yeah. I mean he really enjoyed being in Afghanistan, not just to cater to foreigners, but because he had the opportunity to work with Afghans. He really enjoyed training them. He taught them to make all these delicacies that he was so fond of and, you know, provided employment opportunities, which were very, very much sought after.
MONTAGNE: You took me there the first time that I went to La Taverna and I went other times without you, but with you, Soraya, it was especially warm, because when that door finally opened into the restaurant, there he was, Kamel. He was waiting to greet all visitors and he would really light up when he saw you.
NELSON: Well, it really felt almost like going home or something. I mean, you really needed that, being in Kabul. I mean it's a very intense environment. You're constantly on deadline. You're constantly vigilant because of the dangers. He also was very good at packing on the pounds for me because he kept sending over free goodies and his chocolate cake, which normally I'm not a big cake fan, but boy, that was something else.
It's definitely the best cake I ever had. So I would just really enjoy going there. I mean, it was always an experience.
MONTAGNE: Yeah, and it was also one of the few places where Westerners could, say, have a sip of wine.
NELSON: Well, yeah. I mean in the beginning there were still bottles. Unfortunately, once the government started to crack down on restaurants that were serving alcohol - because technically alcohol is illegal in Afghanistan - he, just like some other proprietors, started serving them in teapots. You had to ask for red tea or white tea, depending on what kind of wine you wanted.
MONTAGNE: I know his wife, Nabila, must be absolutely heartbroken. But she did tell you something about what it meant to her, that there was so many people who missed him.
NABILA HAMADE: I am touched beyond words and this is one part of feeling great about Kamel, that everybody was able to see him as he really is, a genuine person, very helpful, very supportive. I appreciate every single word, every single person who remembered Kamel, and I really hope they will never forget La Taverna du Libon and Kamel Hamade.
NELSON: There's no doubt that I won't forget him and I know there are many others who feel the same way, because Kamel had a way of just making you forget where you were for a few hours, I mean sort of transporting you away and just, you know, like you were relaxing with friends.
MONTAGNE: Well, Soraya, thank you for sharing this with us, and it's a sad story among so many over there in Afghanistan.
NELSON: Thanks, Renee.
MONTAGNE: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson was NPR's bureau chief in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010. This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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On Monday, we brought word that Bobby Kent, a musician from South Florida, claimed to have written the 'da da da da da da... CHARGE!' song that you hear at far too many sporting events.
Well, today, the Miami New Times, who had the original story, reports on some folks from USC who would claim they wrote the song and copyrighted it, back in 1955, except for that one of those fellows died in 1986 and the other died in 1991. No matter!
Here's the paper:
"If this guy is claiming that he wrote it, he's lying," says Tony Fox, director of the USC Trojan Marching Band. "USC has been using it since the 1950s. He's full of you-know-what."
"If he's copyrighted it, then he's violated Tommy and Dick's copyright," says Milo Sweet of Sweet Music, Inc., the record label which filed for the original license. "His copyright is worthless."
This story's redeeming value comes only from all of the fake-sounding names: Dick Winslow, Milo Sweet, and Bobby Kent (whose copyright is filed under "Ira Brandwein"). Did you know that Rodney Dangerfield (also a stage name) once went by "Jack Roy?"
Yes, that sound you hear is Arnold Schoenberg rolling over in his grave, with serialism.
Did Bobby Kent, Guy Who Claims to Have Invented "Charge" Stadium Anthem, Steal It From Somebody Else? [Miami New Times]


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- Isha said... on
- 26 July, 2007 18:19
wow, ur rendang ayam looks so great n yummy, absolutely finger lickin' good dish. i havent had this dish for ages.
- Lydia said... on
- 27 July, 2007 09:15
isha, that was the first rendang i had in >2 yrs. satisfied...
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My this looks delicious. I have never tried making a rendang. Something else to put on my must do list.
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KJ... I bet your must do list is as long as mine. :D
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- 06 June, 2008 10:35
Lydia, my hubby love spicy food and yours look tempting. Can you translate the recipe for me as I can't read Jun's coz it is in Malay. Thanks.
- Angry Asian said... on
- 17 March, 2009 22:16
i made Beef Rendang in the fall for a food challenge and it was DIVINE. to be honest, even tho i lived in southeast asia for many years, i had never really tried malaysian food before. i was completely blown away by the process of preparing the dish, but also by the flavors. it never occured to me to use chicken instead.
your dish looks so appetizing.
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Precious Moments,
Have I translated the recipe for you? I think I missed you comment, comments on my blog were sent to spam previously. Let me know if you still need this recipe.
Angry Asian,
There are many types of rendang, different states in Malaysia has their own unique taste. As for main ingredients, meats and seafood work well.


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At an event held at CERN's Globe for Science and Innovation in Switzerland, Intel Corporation has this week unveiled several new initiatives under its "Cloud 2015"" vision aimed at making cloud-based Internet computing more interoperable, secure, and simplified.
Intel details its Cloud 2015 vision as being composed of three key elements: a "federated" cloud that allows enterprises to share data across internal and external clouds; an "automated" network that allows the secure movement of applications and resources to improve energy efficiency in data centers; and PC and device-savvy "client-aware" clouds that know what types of applications, commands, and processing should take place in the cloud or on your laptop, smartphone, or other device — thus taking a user and specific device's unique features into account to fully optimize an online experience.
Intel plans to support these goals by creating software and building new capabilities into Intel Xeon processors.
The company has also used this new announcement to remind the industry that it helped create the Open Data Center Alliance, a coalition of more than 70 businesses that together represent more than $50 billion in annual IT investment and that have cloud research or projects underway.
"The industry has an opportunity to accelerate the potential of cloud computing, delivering even better industry economics through this transformation," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager, Intel Data Center Group.
"With the Open Data Center Alliance, we now have the world's top businesses focused and actively engaged with Intel and the high-tech industry, accelerating solutions to the cloud's key challenges. The server industry has gone through an amazing transformation since the Intel Pentium Pro's introduction in 1995; our goal is to ensure that cloud computing continues to deliver breakthrough economics based on the same fundamental principle — innovation on open, interoperable standards," he added.
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If you want a beautiful setting for a beautiful experience, try skinny dipping at ones of these……..
Bare beaches book recommends the following:
1. Cayo Largo, Cuba
Nudity is freely tolerated along many parts of the beach at Cayo Largo, an island off the south coast of Cuba. This island has no permanent residents and was developed strictly for tourists in the 80's. Popular with Canadians and Europeans, Cayo Largo is the only place in Cuba where beach nudity is acceptable.
2. Arnaoutchot, France
Located in the heart of Les Landes de Gascogne, in a pine forest of 45 ha, Arnaoutchot is the perfect naturist destination for your family. Facilities include:
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During the high season Arna offers over 60 workshops and multiple activities for young and old, plus evening activities.
The site is open from April until September offering a rage of accommodation.
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3. Playa Risco del Paso, Fuerteventura
Playa de Sotavento is 10 km long and situated on the south eastern coast of Fuerteventura. The beach is divided into two sections – Playa Risco del Paso and Playa Barca.
This east-facing beach of the Jandía peninsula is a tremendous expanse of over 10 kilometers, easily accessible from several points. Nudists and textile bathers intermingle along the entire length of the beach. At its northern end, the beach blends into the coves of the Costa Calma resort area. Two of these coves also draw nude bathers.
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Ile du Levant, where nudism was first practised in France, can be reached by ferry from Le Lavandou. The island is full of small naturist hotels and guesthouses, and nudity is allowed almost everywhere (except for the port of Heliopolis and the military areas which are off limits anyway). The nude beach is called Les Grottes Plage and is 10 minutes walk along the quayside. Please note that cars are generally forbidden on this island so you will have to get around by bicycle or on foot.
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Located on the eastern coast of St. Martin, the far southern end of Orient Bay beachis the most popular nude beach on the island, owing to its location next to a nudist resort – Club Orient. This is arguably the most renowned nude beach in the Caribbean.
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I have spent much of this past week preparing for a garage sale. Let me tell you, that is a LOT of work. Sorting thru all the
Band Son had a big band fundraiser last night - a lock-in event that went from 10:00 p.m to 7:00 a.m. this morning. They call it a "Rockathon" because they rock in rocking chairs all night (and play rocking chair dodgeball, rocking chair volleyball, rocking chair races, etc.). He had to bring his own rocking chair, which I assumed would be transported to the school in the back of Hubby's truck. Instead, Band Son loaded his chair into the back of my van, never seeing my phone sitting there on the bumper. That was Unfortunate Event #2.
I was inside making signs with Drama Daughter when Hubby took Band Son to the school. I was still thinking that he was taking his truck. Sometime after he got home I realized I needed my phone, remembered where I left it, and went outside for it. It was not where I left it, and I then realized that Hubby had driven my van to the high school, forgetting that I had told him to remember my phone was sitting on the back bumper. That was Unfortunate Event #3.
And so the search began. Surely it couldn't have made it far, right? With flashlights, we searched the driveway. We searched the street out in front of our house. We searched all the way down our neighborhood street to the intersection with the very busy street. We searched the intersection. Every so often we would call it from Hubby's phone to see if we could hear it ringing. No luck.
When daylight came, we searched again. The phone is gone. Gone gone gone.
Fortunately I have insurance, and my replacement phone will be here on Monday. I only had to pay my deductible - $130. We made $207 at the garage sale. Our profit is now $77. Dammit.
**Just for grins, this evening before it got dark we took an old cell phone and put it in the exact place I had left mine on the van, and drove the exact route, watching for when it fell off so we could search that area. We made it all the way to the high school and back home and that sucker never fell off!! WTF??


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The appeals process in the pork checkoff matter is moving forward, fueled by one recent and two upcoming court actions.
On Dec. 20, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the Appellate Court. In addition, another group representing Michigan pork producers, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and six state pork producer associations filed a brief with the Appellate Court.
The Campaign for Family Farms (CFF) has until Jan. 21, 2003 to file a brief responding to the DOJ and Michigan briefs, including the opportunity to argue their case as to why they believe the Appeals Court should uphold the District Court's verdict. On Nov. 15, the Sixth District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, OH, granted a stay of a Michigan federal court ruling declaring the pork checkoff program unconstitutional. The stay was requested by DOJ for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Pork Board.
There is also a Jan. 31 deadline by which the DOJ and the Michigan groups can respond to the CFF brief and provide any summary conclusions that they would like the Court of Appeals to consider, according to court documents.
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Hubble's Sharpest View of Mars — August 24, 2003
This view of Mars from the Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys provides the sharpest view of the red planet attainable by the Earth-oribiting observatory. The picture was taken August 24, when Mars was approximately 34.7 million miles from Earth.
The central linear feature running from left to right is Valles Marineris, a 2,480-mile (4,000-km) system of canyons. Sunlight illuminates one wall of the canyon, creating a striking white linear feature. To the bottom left lies Solis Lacus (Lake of the Sun) At far left is the great Tharsis plateau. A chain of three dormant volcanoes can barely be seen along the left limb.
At far right, the great dusty desert Arabia Terra is pockmarked with ancient impact craters. The bright desert in the center of the image is Xanthe Terra. The upper left corner of this desert is the site where the NASA Viking 1 spacecraft landed on Mars in 1976. Because of Mars's tilt, the icy north polar cap cannot be seen. It is just over the top limb.
Each pixel (picture element) in this black-and-white image is only 3.5 miles (6 km) across.
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As the Andrews University Grand Marshal, my job is to see that the commencement weekend events go smoothly. I want these events to honor you as our graduate. I want these events, which are naturally filled with pomp and tradition, to bring you honor and to make good and pleasant memories for you and your family. When you clearly understand your important role in weekend activities and when you play that role well, the weekend can be an extremely pleasant high point in your educational journey. On the other hand, for graduates who show up late, who wear their regalia improperly, or who don't understand where to walk or what to do, the weekend can cause great stress, disappointment, or embarrassment. This website is to help you, the Andrews University graduate have a wonderful and pleasant weekend.
Weekend Schedule of Activities:
The first rule of success is "First - You Have to Show Up" Know where you need to be, when you ned to be there, and what you are supposed to be wearing. These details are slightly different for every graduation weekend. Another thing to remember is to eat breakfast to avoid feeling faint or ill during the services.
Regalia is the name given to the academic cap, gown, and hood. For men, the regalia is always worn over a dress shirt and tie with dark trousers and shoes. For women, the regalia is always worn over a dark semi-formal attire with dark shoes
The Mortar Board or Cap:
If you have the standard flat mortar board type graduation cap, check inside the cap to see what part is marked front. Though it may look like there is no difference, it fits best and looks best when worn properly. It is surprising to see how many graduates wear their caps backwards. If you have the softer doctoral cap, it too has a front and back that you should identify so that you can wear it properly. Always hang the tassel off of the front left corner of you cap.
The Robe or Graduation Gown:
If your graduation gown is wrinkled from being packed in a box, it is best to hang it up and steam it lightly. Be very careful if you try to iron the wrinkles out. Use low heat because some gowns are made from flimsy material that melt quite easily.
The Hood:
Academic regalia includes a hood worn over the gown. The hood goes over your head and hangs down the back of your robe. Notice that the hood has a velvet strip along the part of the hood that touches your neck. The hood is oriented properly when the velvet is closest to your chin and the border of black material and colored trim (if present) are below the velvet. During the graduation lineup, you will have help arranging the material that hangs down the back to properly display the university colors of blue and gold. With the exception of doctoral candidates, the hood is worn for all three main services of the graduation weekend i.e. the Consecration Service on Friday night, the Baccalaureate Service on Sabbath morning, and the Commencement Service on Sunday morning. Doctoral candidates will carry their robe over their left arm as they march in the commencement service processional. When their name is called, they will present their hood to their major professor who will do the hooding (see the videos)
Other additions:
Note this well that medallions (such as Phi Kappa Phi) and honors cords issued by Andrews University academic entities are the only permissible additions to the academic regalia. Medallions or cords issued by clubs are not allowed. Medallions or cords issued by online honors societies are not allowed. No other ornamentation is allowed. Flowers are not to be worn or carried in the academic procession. This is an Andrews University graduation celebration with academic regalia and not a time to promote or recognize non-academic causes or events. Your sincere and enthusiastic cooperation is expected and greatly appreciated. Don't be offended if you are asked to remove non-academic additions to regalia.
To find your place in line, show up at least 20 or 30 minutes before the start of each event. Arrive late and you may not be allowed to march in. This is especially important for the commencement or graduation service because your place in line is critical (see "Finding Your Place in Line" below). For all other services, the order of march is less important. Marshal assistants will help you and tell you when to enter. When you begin your walk down the aisle, note the distance to the graduates in front of you and try to maintain that same distance as you follow at a normal pace.
Order of March:
For both the Consecration and Baccalaureate service, graduates march in first, always led by the Assistant Marshal (a faculty member carrying the university mace) who will indicate which row you are to sit in. The platform party follows the graduates. For the Commencement or Graduation service on Sunday, faculty in full regalia march in first followed by graduates followed by the platform party.
Marching Order Placard:
Finding Your Place in Line For the first two of the three main graduation services (consecration and baccalaureate), you may march in to the sanctuary in any order that you wish. If you want to sit with someone, you should be with them in the same file (just in front or just behind them). The person you march in beside will be directed to the other side of the church.
For the commencement service on Sunday morning, the lineup is highly regulated. In order for you to receive the right degree–the one for which you have worked, you must find a very specific place in line. Your place in line is posted in a big plastic placard at both corners of the mall closest to PMC. First find your name and your position in line. That position is designated something like B8 or A2. Each flag pole on the North and South sides of the flag walk is labeled with a small placard. Side A is the Seminary (South) side. Side B is the Administration Building (North) side. Go to the A or B side. Then find the flag pole with your row number and you should see your name. It will look something like the Row 16 picture at right.
See who is marching in front of you and/or behind you. The names on each flag pole placard show who will be sitting in that row and in what order. The first person on the list is the row leader. Organize yourselves in the correct order shown on that flag pole placard and get ready to march toward PMC when directed to do so.
Assuming now that you are lined up correctly, as you approach PMC, you will be given a card with your name on it. Make sure it is your card because this is the name that will be read when you walk across the stage to receive your diploma. Hang on to it tightly. Give it only to the person standing at the foot of the podium before you walk up to get your diploma.
From here on, everything should flow rather smoothly. Enjoy the service. March in when directed by the Marshal's Assistants.
Keep your graduation cap on. Men should remove their cap for prayer following the lead of the platform party.
During the graduation ceremony, Marshal's Assistants will get you to the right place at the right time. Just follow their instructions. The chart below depicts the proper way to approach the platform and return to your seat.
Official photographers will take excellent pictures of your graduation. Ask your parents and friends to stay in their seats so as not to block the view of others.
Rows of graduates march out following the Assistant Marshal. After exiting PMC keep walking away from the entrance to let the others out too.
Mostly have fun. This is your high day. We wish to honor you the graduate. Following the conferral of degrees by the president, you are now a proud alum of Andrews University.
Congratulations and may God bless you as you use your skills to serve others.
Grand Marshall
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It pays to adore Rihanna. On Wednesday, the singer took to Twitter to post several photos of herself in the tropics, tweeting one bikini pic directly to a fan.
First, the 'We Found Love' singer posted a shot of herself taken from behind with the message: "Wake…Bake…#CAKE." Moments later, she tweeted another photo, this time replying at an unsuspecting fan.
"@MzCPrettyFly just for u," Rihanna wrote with a photo of herself in a sexy metallic one-piece. The tweet seems to be a random act of kindness as @MzXprettyFly appears to be a Georgia resident with just 307 followers and no relation to RiRi. Her only response to the star's dedicated message was a retweet from a follower who simply wrote "Jelly."
Rihanna has been indulging in some R&R in a tropical location, tweeting regularly to her 12 million followers. Not only has the Barbadian beauty posted photos of herself, but she's also tweeted pics of her surroundings and her chef, calling the latter "hot."
Rihanna's vacation hasn't been without controversy, though. The R&B star was recently snapped smoking a hand-rolled cigarette, and fueled speculation about the substance she was puffing when she quoted Drake's 'Up All Night.' The tweet read, "Kush rolled, glass full…I prefer the better things!"


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Over the last few years I have made a lot of progress on tracing my mother's family. Over the next year or two I hope to do some research on ten problems I've identified. I am recording them here, and I will provide links, in the future, to any postings I do about each one.
What surprised me about this list is the huge range of skills and strategies that I would need to pursue these questions. Searching in accessible resources and repositories has helped, but not solved these problems. This is where research really begins. None of these are easy, but working on them will be a real education.
1. Jessie Ruth (McLeod) Murdock, 1861 – 1936
Jessie Ruth McLeod was born March 10, 1861 in Pictou, Nova Scotia. She is my great great grandmother along the all-female line. Her marriage certificate lists her parents as William and Rachel McLeod. She arrived in the U.S. around 1881. There is no evidence of her coming with close family, but it's hard to believe she came without family or friends at all. Her subsequent life I know all about, but this is all I have of her family origins. I have only one possible match in the Canadian census, and the only other clue is that her eventual father in law, William Murdock, had also come from Pictou, much earlier.
- Skills needed: Make timeline for her, try once again to learn more about her father in law's Pictou family, and explore naturalization records in Massachusetts. Re-explore family records for clues.
2. Catherine (Youngs Bennett Baldwin) Ross, 1835 – 1907
Another great-great-grandmother, Catherine Youngs, is the kind of mystery woman a person could chase for decades. Born in Surrey, England, perhaps on 4 Jul 1835, Catherine arrived in the U.S. around 1843. On one marriage certificate she lists her parents as William and Catherine Youngs. On another, she lists them as "unknown." Three of her children thought her maiden name was Youngs, and one thought it was Spaulding. She was married three times, to Bennett, Baldwin, and Ross. After her marriage to Hiram Ross in 1870, I know a great deal about her. Before that, very little. Her first home in the U.S. could have been Massachusetts or New York, or someplace else. If she came with family, I know nothing about them.
- Skills needed: Analyze all data reported by her and by others about her, look for other British citizens in Allegany County, New York, explore early British census and vital records, explore U.S. immigration and naturalization records in Massachusetts and New York, look for the first husband William Bennett using methods appropriate for common name searches, and talk to my mother about the idea that her father could have been wrong about his grandmother's maiden name being Spaulding.
3. Maria (Shipley) Martin, 1848 – ?
The problem with yet another great great grandmother, Maria Shipley, is almost the opposite problem. Born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia around 1841, I know a great deal about her Shipley/Innis/Dougherty/Bransby/Munroe ancestors. She came to the U.S. around 1885 with her husband and children, and at least one sister. But after her daughter's wedding in 1892 in Milton, Massachusetts, at which time she seems to be separated from her husband, I have no knowledge of her. So I would like to know more.
- Skills needed: Find local newspapers for any town she might have been living in. Pin down locations and circumstances for each relative I know of in Massachusetts, which would be her estranged husband, her six children, her sister, and a niece.
4. Anna Jean (Bennett Gilley) Douglas, 1854 – 1939
My grandfather's aunt Anna Jean Bennett was born in Belmont, New York in 1854 and her parents seem to have divorced, perhaps, soon after. By 1860 she was living with her mother and stepfather in Belmont, in obscure poverty. In 1873 she married a Boston druggist, Harrison Gilley. They divorced at some point and in 1884 she married a Providence attorney, William Wilberforce Douglas, who became a judge and, eventually, Chief Justice of the R.I. Supreme Court. From 1884 on, I am very familiar with her life. But other than that first marriage record, I have no idea what happened to her from 1860 to 1884. The lovely photographic portrait of her above was taken in Montreal during this period. Her brother was a globe-trotting artist. Who was her father (named William Bennett)? I would like to know her story, which I suspect is fascinating.
- Skills needed: Learn more about Canadian border crossings for this time period, as well as Montreal resources such as newspapers, employment records, city directories, high schools, art. Try to find her in the 1870/71 census, and 1880/81, possibly living with her father in the U.S. or Canada, using searches on multiple members of the family, since her father and brother have very common names. Since the first husband was from Boston, use city directories to pin down his locations over many years. Review all later artifacts, documents and photos for additional clues.
5. Hannah (Andrews) Lamphere, 1819? – 1878
Hannah Andrews, my ggg-grandmother, was born in Massachusetts or Connecticut around 1819. She has a brother Alden and her parents' names may be Jesse and Sarah Andrews. She married Russell Lamphere, Jr. in 1838 in Preston, Connecticut. There were a number of Andrews who moved from northeastern Massachusetts to Preston about 130 years before Hannah was born. But Hannah may actually have been born in Massachusetts. Her brother married a girl from Springfield, Mass. I can find no sign of her parents – I wonder if they died young.
- Skills needed: do another literature search, analyze known information, learn more about guardianship records just over the border in the central portion of southern Massachusetts and also in Preston. Explore church records for the church where they married.
6. Daniel Lamphere, 1745? – 1808
Daniel Lamphere is the father of my gggg-grandfather Russell Lamphere, Sr. The detail above from Daniel's 1808 probate file, about his son Russell, is part of the substantial evidence of the branch back to Daniel. Daniel, from Westerly, is likely descended somehow from George Lamphere, an original settler of Westerly, R.I. But there were several Daniel Lampheres in the area at that time and it's confusing, so, no luck so far.
- Skills needed: Learning more about all the people surrounding Daniel and his wife Nancy is the strategy I have started and plan to continue. Track down his Westerly deeds. Find out where he's buried.
7. Lydia (Miner) Lamphere, 1787 – 1849
Lydia Miner of Norwich, Connecticut, my gggg-grandmother, married Russell Lamphere, Sr. in 1807 in Norwich, CT. She passed away in Norwich in 1849. There is some suggestion she may have been born in Rhode Island, most likely just over the border in Westerly, like her husband. Miners originally settled the nearby southeastern corner of Connecticut. People familiar with the well-documented Miners/Minors think this problem should be easily solved, but so far, it hasn't been. I believe Lydia and her husband were attracted by the growing factories in Norwich, since they lived in the Yantic Falls neighborhood. Of all of my family, they were among the earliest to abandon farming for industrial life. It's possible that she and Russell met as factory hands, or that her father worked in an early factory.
- Skills needed: Local Yantic Falls history is likely to provide additional clues. Also, less easily accessed sources of local Westerly and Norwich information such as church records, town council records, the Connecticut State Library, cemetery records, and still more tracing of each of their children may help. Analyzing every available fact may bring up other possibilities. I would like to find where she and Russell are buried.
8. Thomas Arnold, 1733 – 1817
My ggggggg-grandfather Thomas Arnold comes from a well-documented Smithfield, Rhode Island family. But of course my branch is not so well documented. His wife, Rachel, might be a Smith. That possibility is repeated here and there with no evidence. I wonder if a concentrated look at deeds or other local records might help me determine Thomas' association with nearby Smith families.
- Skills needed: Investigate town records from Smithfield and any deed connected with Thomas (who is not the only Thomas Arnold in that area). Continue to research each of the children.
9. Mercy (Ballou) Aldrich, 1778 – ?
Working on Thomas Arnold, and local deeds, might help me figure out whatever happened to his granddaughter, my ggggg-grandmother Mercy Ballou, who divorced Nathan Aldrich in 1803. I have no knowledge of her life after that, but I would like to know what happened to her. Her former husband, and his second wife, sold property to her father after the divorce, and I believe they moved up the road to Wrentham, Mass after that. I am trying to pin down her father Richard Ballou's property to find a location she may have returned to after her divorce.
- Skills needed: There are numerous small family cemeteries in Smithfield. I wonder if she could have been buried there. Her father's 1824 will only mentions his wife and "lawful heirs", no specifics. Knowing far more about her siblings might help.
10. Russell R. Lamphere, 1818 – 1898
Of all the details of my ggg-grandfather Russell Lamphere's life that I don't know, one thing that I am most curious about is his relationship with Connecticut Congressman John Turner Wait. Congressman Wait submitted a war reparations bill for Russell Lamphere three times in the 1880's. What happened in Alabama that would have justified reparations, and why were they submitted by a Connecticut Congressman even though Russell and his family had moved from Alabama to Rhode Island? There is nothing in Congressman Wait's rather illustrious family history that suggests a connection to either Russell's wife or mother, and yet I suspect there is a connection, or at the very least, perhaps Mr. Wait left some papers.
- I am also learning a lot more about Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the Civil War. A kind reader approached NARA in Washington DC about any files connected to Russell's war claims. Staff did some substantial searching; it wasn't perfunctory. So I feel fairly confident there is nothing to be found there. I need to move on. I have a half-formed idea that studying Congressman Wait's complete genealogy will reveal some answers to my own.
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The Lenoir County Commissioners recently passed the budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year by a 5-2 vote. The fiscal year begins July 1 and the budget will be $64.2 million, about $965,000 more than the current year�s budget.
1. Property tax
The property tax will be raised from 80 cents per $100 to 83.5 cents, the first increase in seven years. From 2006-2008, the property tax was 84 cents per $100 and dropped to 80 cents in 2009, remaining at that rate until this year.
2. General fund summary of revenue
The revenue of the Lenoir County general fund comes from five categories. Of the $64.2 million budget, 52 percent comes from property tax, 23 percent from inter-governmental revenues, 12 percent from other revenue services, 10 percent from sales tax and 3 percent from appropriations taken out of the fund balance.
3. School fines
During the 2012-13 fiscal year, Lenoir County collected an estimated $397,250 in school fines; almost $36,000 more than the 2011-12 year. The fines collected are returned to the Lenoir County School System and used to assist with operations.
4. County employees
There will be 467 employees working for the county of Lenoir this year compared to 470 last year. Overall, three jobs were created and six were lost. All employees will receive a 2 percent increase as a cost-of-living adjustment. The three jobs created � one in the Sheriff�s Office and two communications positions due to a merger with Jones County�s E-911 service � will be funded by outside sources. Lenoir County is projected to save about $400,000 with these actions.
5. Fund balance
There will be $1.98 million taken out of the county�s fund balance this year. The money will be used to keep from cutting services or raise taxes even more. The county will hold expenditures as a means to save money.
6. Other revenue services
There was minimal growth between last year�s revenue stream and the current one. The general fund rose $335,000 to $7.62 million. Projected revenue increases will come from concealed weapons fees, commission on pay phones in jail, transfers from the school capital fund and more.
7. Organizational support
County support of community organizations will go unchanged in the 2013-14 fiscal year. The Community Council for Arts ($7,500), Council on Aging ($22,500), Flynn Home ($7,500) and N.C. Forest Resources ($92,000) will operate on the same amounts from last year�s budget.
8. Debt service
Lenoir County will pay $8.13 million this year in order to make payments on public improvement bonds, school bonds, refunding bonds, the Shell building No. 3 loan and the jail construction loan. The amount will drop to $7.96 million next year.
9. Capital outlays
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So, it looks like Orlando is getting a new Major League Soccer franchise.
Yesterday, Florida's Orange County Commission green lit a new, 18,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in downtown Orlando. That was the last obstacle to the city getting an MLS expansion franchise.
The stadium, which will cost $84 million, will be partially paid for by $20 million in tourist taxes. Florida's Orange County commissioners voted 5-2 to use the taxes to help fund the project.
With a new stadium, the only question now is who would call it home. The new tenants will be Orlando City SC, a team that currently plays in the USL Pro League, the third-best league in the American soccer umbrella, behind MLS and the NASL. The franchise is chipping in an addition $30 million toward the stadium, to be paid over 25 years.
All Orlando City have to do now is finish their application to join MLS and get a franchise agreement finalized. They were founded just three years ago, and would essentially be receiving a double promotion if play their first MLS match. (They hope to be ready by 2015.) If MLS executives agree, Orlando City be the 21st MLS franchise. The 20th franchise, New York City FC, were announced in May, and are also slated to join in 2015.
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Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a 154-page majority staff report Thursday on their nearly 18-month Solyndra investigation, concluding that officials in the Obama administration had ignored warning signs about the California solar manufacturer's perilous financial conditions and then "were willing to take extraordinary measures in order to keep the company afloat."
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"Solyndra is a prime example of the perils that come when the federal government plays investor, tries to keep a company and industry afloat with subsidies and attempts to pick the winners and losers in a particular marketplace," says the House report, which is called "The Solyndra Failure." It adds: "Policy and political pressures inevitably come into play to the detriment of taxpayers, as it did with Solyndra."
The White House countered that the report fails to show that the administration made its decisions about Solyndra based on anything but the merits, despite an exhaustive investigation that cost an untold amount of money.
"This is month 18 of this congressional investigation and everything disclosed in the 215,000 pages of documents, 14 committee staff briefings, five congressional hearings, 72,000 pages from Solyndra investors and committee interview with [Solyndra investor] George Kaiser, affirms what we said on day one: This was a merit based decision made by the Department of Energy," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement. "As Republicans won't answer how much [the] investigation has cost taxpayers, we believe they should instead be focused on legislation to creat[e] jobs and grow the economy."
Schultz then outlined a series of administration-backed economic initiatives that the House has failed to act on.
Obama campaign spokesman Adam Fetcher referred questions about the report to the White House.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrat Ed Markey also attacked the report, calling it part of a GOP "one-two punch" against clean energy — with the other punch being Romney's opposition to extending a key tax credit for wind power.
"The Solyndra investigation hasn't uncovered a scandal, but instead has created a symbol for Republicans to appease their fossil fuel fundraisers and eliminate competition for oil, coal and nuclear energy," the Massachusetts representative said in a statement.
In turn, the committee report slams the panel's Democrats for not having scrutinized the Solyndra deal when they held the majority.
"Those two years, from 2009 through 2010, were a critical time for Solyndra and for the Loan Guarantee Program as a whole," the report says, adding that Democrats "did not ask a single question regarding Solyndra, the first recipient of a loan guarantee under that program, even after Solyndra's auditor issued a letter in March 2010 questioning the company's ability to continue operating or after Solyndra laid off over 150 employees and closed one of its manufacturing facilities in the fall of 2010."
In Thursday's findings, the Republicans wrote that "this report conclusively shows that DOE pushed forward with the guarantee despite these warnings because of the Obama administration's desire to use the Solyndra guarantee to highlight its stimulus."


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