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British Go Journal No. 11. March 1970. Page 8.
Kaku Takagawa, 9p
Continued from part 4, BGJ 10 page 11.
Having discussed in previous chapters the ideas about pressing on the third line and some play on the fourth and fifth lines, I would now like to explain why the second line is called the route to defeat, and why it is important not to play on this line except as an auxiliary to play on the third and fourth lines.
Diagram 73
Diagram 74
(BGJ had Dia other way up.)
Diagram 75
Let us start with the example of Dia 73. Black plays 1 on the handicap point to disconnect whites two stones. What should white do? If he continues as in Dia 74, determined to maintain connection between his groups, black will play 3 and 5, permitting white to connect his groups. However, in the conclusion of Dia 75, white is completely connected along the upper side, but blacks outer strength is quite overwhelming in comparison with whites small territory.
Diagram 76
(BGJ had Dia other way up.)
Diagram 77
If, on the other hand, Black persists in separating the white groups, then after Dia 76, Black 1 in Dia 77 is necessary, and then white invades the corner. In such positions black should take the more profitable and simpler line of permitting white to connect along the second line.
Diagram 78
Diagram 79
Dias 78 and 79 show a familiar joseki position. The course that the joseki will follow depends on whether the ladder of Dia 80 is in whites favour or not. If it is favourable, white can follow that diagram, otherwise he must play as in Dia 79.
Diagram 80
Diagram 81
Should White play Dia 80 when the ladder is unfavourable, he will be forced to crawl along the second line to save himself, as shown in Dia 81.
It should always be borne in mind in the opening stage that a large number of plays on the second line will mean a disadvantage to the side making those plays.
Diagram 82
In Dia 82, we see a position arising from a joseki in the upper right. The formation of black stones around white appears to be a skirt, except that a stone is missing at the point A. This position is known as an open skirt.
In this position, white can extend out from the corner by playing at the point below A, but black does not worry about this at the beginning of the game, since it is merely a second line expansion. At the proper point he would press down on any such expansion, but the possibility of the expansion will make a difference to the value of other moves.
If Black succeeds in playing at B and the point two spaces below B, then the area enclosed on the upper side is almost blacks. On the other hand, even if he plays at C and the point two spaces to the left of C, he cannot consider the right side his territory before he plays at A. This White will not permit without adequate compensation. Therefore the primary area for expansion in this joseki is an the upper side and the right side is secondary to it, and white should prevent black expanding along the upper side if it is his move, which one would expect it to be after this joseki.
Diagram 83
Diagram 84
[ BGJ had Dia 84 the other way up. ]
In Dia 83, Black places his stone low on the right side, attempting to use his influence downwards. After white 2 and black 3 are exchanged, it seems that Black has expended a great deal of effort in his attempt to make territory, but has even then not been completely successful because of the possibility of White a. This is obviously bad for Black. How then should he have played?
In Dia 84, we see a high Black placement 1. This is the correct way to handle the situation, making light of the territory which cannot be secured by one move.
Diagram 85
In Dia 85, what should Black do, in view of the open skirt at the
lower right? The first thing is that Black should not play below 1. A
principle to apply to this sort of invasion is that it should be stopped
from the wider side. The right side is wider* but, in
combination with the two centre stones, you will find that the upper
side is larger.
* [ BGJ had larger. ]
Diagram 86
Dia 86 shows the sequel. In this formation the two centre black stones would be ideally placed another line to the left. On the right side Black cannot hope to secure much territory.
Diagram 87
A strong variation for Black on his fourth move is shown in Dia 87. Black compels Whites moves 5 to 11, and then places 12. The result is that the right side has been neutralised by White due to the open skirt at both ends, but Black has developed a strong area of influence which will have a great effect on the subsequent course of the game.
This series of articles is now concluded.


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Church of Serbia – September 2014
The solemn rite of the enthronement into the throne of bishops of Central Europe will be performed at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Himmelsthür on September 7th, 2014. At this Cathedral Church His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej will officiate the solemn Hierarchal Divine Liturgy with the concelebration of a few Bishops.
The newly-elected Bishop of Central Europe Archimandrite Sergije (Karanovic) was born on 4 July 1975 in BackaPalanka, and was baptized as Zoran. His family originate from Boboljusci, near Martin Brod. He finished primary school in his native town, and in 1990, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa he attended the Seminary of Three Holy Hierarchs at Krka Monastery, Dalmatia. He finished school with great success in 1995, during the civil war in Croatia, before the suffering and exodus of the Serbs from Krajina. The same year he received blessing and a canonical release from Bishop Irinej of Backa and was accepted to the Diocese of Bihac-Petrovac, which suffered from the war destruction, in autumn 1995.
During the war Zoran Karanovic became a monk at Gomionica Monastery on 12 August 1995, and received a monastic name Sergije. Not too long before the end of civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the brotherhood of the Rmanj monastery, he was exiled to Serbia, where he was received by then Bishop Hrizostom (Stolic) of Banat of blessed repose who ordered him to serve in the Vojlovica monastery near Pancevo. In this monastery he was ordained deacon, on 31 October 1995. The same year he enrolled the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade.
With the blessing of Bishop Hrizostom (Jevic) of Bihac-Petrovac, he interrupted the undergraduate studies and in 1996 went to Germany to help, as a deacon, the then Bishop Konstantin of Central Europe in the monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God in Himmelsthür. In the 1997-1998 academic year he improved his German in Regensburg.
He returned to his home monastery of Rmanj in Martin Brod, where he had obedience of a financial administrator. He was ordained presbyter by Bishop Hrizostom of Bihac-Petrovac at Sipovo on 5 April 1998. The same year he was appointed as administrator of parishes in Drvar, Prekaja and VelikiCvijetnic.
From 1998 until 2002 he gave religious instructions at Drvar, Martin Brod and Prekaja, and in 2000 he was appointed bishop's deputy in the part of Diocese of Bihac-Petrovac that is in the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to it, he served as Episcopal dean in the deaneries of Grahovo-Drvar, Petrovac-Bihac and Lijevljan-Glamoc, where he was responsible for organization of spiritual life, religious services, church-school gatherings.
In 2001 he passed the certification exam for teachers of religious education at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade.
For his efforts in the renewal of the spiritual life in the parish of Drvar he was awarded with the rank of sincellos in Drvar, on the feast-day of the Ascension of the Lord, on 13 June 2002.
On the Annunciation feast-day, 7 April 2004, at the Rmanj monastery he was promoted to the rank of protosincellos.
With the blessing of Bishop Hrizostom of Bihac-Petrovac, he went to Greece in 2005, where he enrolled the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki where he studied Orthodox Theology. In 2010 he successfully finished his studies.
Owing to his efforts in the restoration of the Rmanj Monastery, especially with the construction of the new refectory of the monastery, he was awarded with the right of wearing the pectoral cross on 2 October 2005.
On 5 October 2008, for the demonstrated priestly zeal and pastoral care, he was appointed an abbot of Rmanj Monastery.
He became Archimandrite with the blessing of Bishop Atanasije (Rakita) of Bihac-Petrovac, and was promoted by Bishop Fotije (Sladojevic) of Dalmatia, in in Rmanj on the Annunciation, 7 April 2014. During the regular spring convocation of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the SOC in Belgrade, he was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Central Europe, on 23 May 2014.


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BOSTON (CBS) — As if losing Game 6 to the Maple Leafs didn't make Sunday night a tough enough experience for the Boston Bruins, they learned shortly after the loss that they wouldn't be able to make it home.
"Late during tonight's game we were made aware that there was a malfunction with our airplane," Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. "As a result we are staying in Toronto on Sunday night and the team will travel to Boston on Monday morning."
The Bruins left Toronto early Monday morning, and arrived in Boston around 10:30 a.m..
The Bruins host the Maple Leafs in a win-or-go-home Game 7 on Monday night at the TD Garden at 7 p.m. The travel back in the morning of a game is highly unusual, but given the airplane malfunction, the Bruins were left with no other choice.
The Bruins lost 2-1 on Sunday night. They led the series 3-1 heading into the weekend but lost that game 2-1 as well.


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Great article! I have three kids and I feel like I do way too much laundry. We've been trying to get the kids to rewear clothing (we adults already do) and use towels multiple times. I've never thought to simply wash out a stain rather than washing the whole piece of clothing!
One thing I noticed though - cold water does not set stains. Hot water will, though, with protein-based stains like blood, sweat, dirt, and feces. Hot water literally cooks the proteins, so getting the stain out after that is like trying to scrub last week's lasagna pan. With oil based stains, warm or hot water works well, but cold water will not set it. :)


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Child abuse and foster care admissions increase when parents use methamphetamines
Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an increase in foster care admissions, according to a study from Baylor University.
The study, published online in the journal Economic Inquiry, found that a 1 percent increase in meth use led to a 1.5 percent increase in foster care admissions. It is the first study to provide evidence for meth abuse's causal effect on foster home admissions.
"Our findings suggest strongly that the social costs of parental meth use include child maltreatment and growth in foster care placements," said Scott Cunningham, Ph.D., study co-author and assistant professor of economics at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. "To address this, child welfare policies should be designed specifically for the children of meth-using parents."
To measure the effect of meth use on foster care admissions, Cunningham and co-author Keith Finlay, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics at Tulane University, collected monthly data on foster care admissions and exits, meth drug treatment admissions, retail meth prices, and a variety of other potentially relevant factors from January 1995 to December 1999.
The study centered on federal laws that severely restricted two key ingredients used to produce methamphetamine: ephedrine, which was restricted in 1995, and pseudoephedrine, which was restricted in 1997.
"The consequence of each policy was to cause a temporary scarcity of methamphetamine in the market, driving prices up and purity down," Cunningham said.
The 1995 restriction caused a dramatic spike in meth prices, but the effect was relatively short lived. After six months, prices returned to their pre-restriction level. The 1997 regulation had a smaller but more sustained effect on priceslasting approximately a year.
"Public health professionals have observed these large social costs of methamphetamine production and use," Finlay said. "Our paper is one of the first to provide plausible causal evidence of these effects that are not borne by users but by children."
The study used foster care enrollment data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), a federally mandated database that aggregates detailed case information on each child in foster care and each child who has been adopted under the authority of all state child welfare agencies. AFCARS also indicates whether a child was removed as a result of neglect, physical abuse, parental drug use or parental incarceration.
The U.S. foster care population increased from approximately 280,000 to 408,000a rise of over 45 percent due primarily to increased admissions in the 1980s and 1990s. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from 1986 to 2010, there was a stark increase in the foster care population from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s caused by a rapid growth in entry with no associated uptick in exit.
From August 1995 to December 1995, white meth treatment self- admissions fell 26.5 percent due to the 1995 ephedrine regulation. The drop was temporary since drug producers substituted pseudoephedrine and meth self-admissions grew 25.6 percent from December 1995 to February 1998. That growth caused 2,257 children to enter foster care, according to the researchers.
"Given the large social costs of meth use on child maltreatment, policymakers face a significant challenge to reduce its use," Cunningham said. "Regions with intensive meth use should consider greater resources for meth treatment and child welfare services. These areas have historically been rural or exurban and so may already be underserved. Our study also highlights the social benefits of policies restricting consumer access to methamphetamine ingredients, like pseudoephedrine."
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It is the late summer of 1938, Europe is about to explode, the Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl is on his way to Paris to make a movie for Paramount France. The Nazis know he's coming--a secret bureau within the Reich Foreign Ministry has for years been waging political warfare against France, using bribery, intimidation, and corrupt newspapers to weaken French morale and degrade France's will to defend herself.
For their purposes, Fredric Stahl is a perfect agent of influence, and they attack him. What they don't know is that Stahl, horrified by the Nazi war on Jews and intellectuals, has become part of an informal spy service being run out of the American embassy in Paris.
From Alan Furst, the bestselling author, often praised as the best spy novelist ever, comes a novel that's truly hard to put down. "Mission to Paris" includes beautifully drawn scenes of romance and intimacy, and the novel is alive with extraordinary characters: the German Baroness von Reschke, a famous hostess deeply involved in Nazi clandestine operations; the assassins Herbert and Lothar; the Russian film actress and spy Olga Orlova; the Hungarian diplomat and spy, Count Janos Polanyi; along with the French cast of Stahl's movie, German film producers, and the magnetic women in Stahl's life, the socialite Kiki de Saint-Ange and the emigre Renate Steiner.
But always at the center of the novel is the city of Paris, the heart and soul of Europe--its alleys and bistros, hotels grand and anonymous, and the Parisians, living every night as though it was their last. As always, Alan Furst brings to life both a dark time in history and the passion of the human hearts that fought to survive it.
Advance praise for "Mission to Paris"
"The writing in "Mission to Paris, " sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carre fan, this is definitely a novel for you."--James Patterson
"I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business--the most talented espionage novelist of our generation."--Vince Flynn
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"Unfolds like a vivid dream . . . One couldn't ask for a more engrossing novel.""--The Wall Street Journal, "about" Spies of the Balkans"
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"Though set in a specific place and time, Furst's books are like Chopin's nocturnes: timeless, transcendent, universal. One does not so much read them as fall under their spell."--"Los Angeles Times, " about" The Spies of Warsaw"
"Alan Furst's novels swing a beam into the shadows at the edges of the great events leading to World War II. Readers come knowing he'll deliver effortless narrative."--"USA Today, " about "The Foreign Correspondent"
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During a recent interview with Mike Grondahl, CEO of Planet Fitness, he said something that made me stop and think. He said that our industry developed backwards, starting with bodybuilders and then moving to facilities like Curves. Instead, it should have started with places like Curves (where social interaction makes exercise less intimidating) and then progressed to places like Planet Fitness (for post-plateau) and then onto places like World Gym (where varied programming and more personal attention is available).
With all due respect to the legendary bodybuilders who helped create our industry, I think Grondahl is correct. Our beginnings and the ensuing era of aerobics and movies such as "Perfect" only added to the stereotype that clubs are for the already fit and beautiful. It has made our facilities seem intimidating to those who need them the most. In essence, our brand as an industry needs a change, and perhaps that change has already started with the circuit facilities and low-priced clubs.
However, I'm not completely sold on the low-priced club model. I have concerns related to whether these facilities can provide the customer service wanted and needed by members (an online search will turn up plenty of negative reviews about service levels at some of these types of facilities). That view was only exacerbated when a franchisee of a low-priced facility told me that he wanted to sign up as many members as possible and then he hoped they wouldn't all show up. I thought that comment reflected a sad attitude in a business that should be all about helping people.
However, after reading a study that says that price is the number one factor for 31 percent of people who join a facility (higher than any other reason given), I began to wonder if some people just need that price barrier broken to get them through the doors the first time. I know that was the case for me. I had worked out on my own for years before joining a club and only did so once I found a good deal at the club around the corner from me. During my first year I didn't want personal attention or to join a group fitness class. I only wanted to use the treadmill, elliptical and other cardio equipment. It wasn't until later that I began to feel the need to expand my fitness routine, and then options like personal training and group exercise began to look more attractive. However, one thing I did want was to know someone was there if I had a question or was doing something incorrectly.
So I am warming up to the idea that low-priced clubs may have a place in our midst as a way to entice some people to start a fitness habit. Everyone is at a different point in their fitness journey, and a low-priced, no-frills facility may fit some people at a certain point. However, as Grondahl pointed out, many of these people will eventually want and need more, and that's when they will move onto facilities that offer more programming options, more amenities and more personalized attention. My concern is that if their first experience at a health club involved a low-priced facility with no customer service, then their view of all clubs may forever be tainted and they'll never move onto another facility where their needs can be more fully met.
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Journey into the infinite explores my perception of salvation, and the seemingly intangible notion of eternity. It is an effort to express my experience of the Christian faith through ambiguous imagery, representative of my spiritual and intellectual journey through life, and attempts to comprehend our 'infinite' continuance after death. A fascination with De Chirico's metaphysical cityscapes with the desire to express my Christian faith in an original way led to the creation of tense, almost unsolvable scenes through a simple use of layered washes and expressive line and 'scribble' work (using black biros and charcoal).
Mark Dennis has created an eerie atmosphere in his artwork through a use of scale and space. Compare Dennis's approach to art-making with Giorgio de Chirico and Peter Purves Smith and outline how these artists have incorporated elements of surrealism into their work in order to convey a mood to the audience.


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Ahmad Tazaza's mother mourning the death of his son. Photo by EFE
Overnight on Wednesday, 30 October, the Israeli military fatally wounded Ahmad Imad Tazaza, 20, after shooting him directly in the chest druing a midnight raid on the village of Qabatiya, outside the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Ma'an News Agency reported.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Israeli military forces raided several houses in the village around 1 AM in order to arrest several suspects.
After storming a handful of homes, the soldiers detained Edmad Shawkat Kamail (30), Rassem Tawfiq Khzaimiya (60), Mo'men Saba'na (23) and Ayman Abdul Rahman Abu al-Rub (28). They then prepared to exit the village.
Meanwhile, around 50 young men gathered at one of the entrances of Qabatiya, laying improvised iron barriers and burning tires in the road in attempt to prevent the soldiers from leaving.
As the military convoy attempted to exit, clashes erupted between both groups. The crowd threw stones and empty bottles at the Israeli soldiers, who responded by shooting tear gas canisters, sound bombs and eventually live ammunition--an action condemned by the PCHR as proof of the use "of excessive force by Israeli forces against the Palestinian civilians in disregard for the civilians' lives."
One of the bullets reached Ahmad Imad Tazaza, who was pronounced dead in the Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin moments after being transferred to the medical center.
According to Ma'an, a memorial service was held for Tazaza on Thursday morning, who became the seventh Palestinian in the West Bank to be killed by the Israeli military since the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority this past July.
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Standing up for gun rights
So eager is President Barack Obama to please some foreign leaders that what is good for Americans sometimes does not seem to be a priority for him. An arms control treaty being negotiated at the United Nations may be an example of such a failure.
Critics of the proposed pact, aimed at restricting arms exports, say it would infringe on the rights of Americans to keep and bear arms. Unless the treaty specifically recognizes rights to obtain and use guns for activities such as hunting and sport shooting, it should be rejected by U.S. negotiators at the United Nations, say the skeptics.
Recently, 51 U.S. senators signed a letter to the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stating their concerns about the proposal. The correspondence was drafted by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas.
The letter "sends a powerful message to the Obama administration: an arms trade treaty that does not protect ownership of civilian firearms will fail in the Senate," Moran explained.
It certainly does issue a strong warning. Though Obama often wins on issues in the Senate because Democrats are in the majority there, this is a situation in which that will not happen.
Eight Democrat senators signed the letter.
They are to be commended for going against what obviously is Democratic Party orthodoxy on the issue. Democrats who signed the letter clearly believe – as some of their peers do not – that it is more important to represent their constituents than to agree with Obama.
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Free online gaming website Kongregate has published its first iPhone and Android game - indie developer Incredible Ape's action title / Escape \.
The game sees you playing as a ninja, jumping between two walls while avoiding electric fences and a giant laser beam.
/ Escape \ was originally a free Flash game on Kongregate. It was critically acclaimed, earning gold medals in the Audio, Visuals, and Overall categories in the Ludum Dare 21 Competition last year.
The mobile version of / Escape \ boasts online leaderboards, achievements, and integration with Kongregate's Serious Street Card service, which lets you gain badges and even GameStop PowerUp Rewards.
/ Escape \ is available now as a Universal app on the App Store for 69p / 99c [buy], and on the Android Market for 65p / 99c [download].IndieGames.com


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Blast From the Past (1999)
Directed by Hugh WilsonGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners, Romantic Comedy | Release Date - Feb 12, 1999 (USA) | Run Time - 106 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - PG13
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In 1962, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) was a brilliant but somewhat paranoid scientist living with his Donna Reed-esque wife, Helen (Sissy Spacek), in Los Angeles. In the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a plane crashed into the Webber's yard. Mistaking the blast for "the big one," the Webbers moved into their elaborate bomb shelter to wait out the half-life of radioactive fallout. In the shelter, now a sort of time capsule, Calvin and Helen conceived and raised their son Adam (played as an adult by Brendan Fraser). For 35 years, Adam was raised on Jackie Gleason, Perry Como, and stories about life on the surface. Calvin taught his son about science, baseball, and communists while Mom taught Adam about dancing, good manners, and charming young ladies. Just in time, too, as Adam is sent to the surface to gather supplies and find a wife, preferably a nice, non-mutant girl from Pasadena with which to repopulate the world. Once this "fish out of water" story is set up, the fish, Adam, is set adrift in a sea of supermarkets and adult bookstores, but is soon caught by Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone). Completely lost above ground, Adam enlists Eve's help to navigate his new world and find the supplies on his list. The literally sheltered Adam falls for this bitter, cynical, street-smart woman who grew up in a bleak Los Angeles with little use for love. Living with her gay roommate, Troy (Dave Foley), Eve has had her hopes chipped away by a long line of dead-end jobs and loser boyfriends. When the throwback Adam enters her life with his sunny disposition, seersucker jacket, and joy at seeing the sky, she can't help but fall in love.
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Why limit yourself to knowing only one language when you pretend to know many more? That's what a bunch of U.S. scientists figured when they set about to create a "Tower Of Babel" translator. A series of electrodes connect to the user's neck and face to detect movements that are made when users mouth words. That is, by simply mouthing the word you want translated, rather than outright speaking them, the device can translate. There's two working prototypes right now, one that translates Chinese into English and one that translates from English into Spanish or German. Using a small vocabulary of about 100-200 words, scientists says they've attained an accuracy of 80 percent.
But think of the bigger picture: if scientists successfully made a device that translates all the world's languages, we'd be left without terrible Brad Pitt movies. And that, dear friends, would be a tragedy of unfathomable size and scope.
'Tower of Babel' translator made [BBC News]


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GCSO: Deputies need help identifying suspect in bank robbery
Deputies need the public's help in identifying a suspect in a bank robbery that happened Wednesday.
According to Sgt. Jennings Autrey of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, the subject in the above picture entered the Wells Fargo Branch on West Parker Road shortly before 5 p.m.
The subject presented what appeared to be a handgun and demanded money, said Autrey.
According to Autrey, the subject was able to obtain an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a vehicle.
The subject is described as being between 6 feet 1 inch and 6 feet 2 inches tall with a slender build and wearing a blue jacket, dark pants, white shoes, glasses and a multicolor hat, said Autrey.
Anyone who can provide information regarding this incident is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 271-5210 or Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME.


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Lewis & Clark earns presidential honor for community service
March 07, 2013
For the second time, Lewis & Clark has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
The college is one of only 113 institutions in the country—and the only one in Oregon—earning the recognition of Honor Roll with Distinction for 2013. In 2010, Lewis & Clark was one of 511 institutions named to the honor roll.
The Community Service Honor Roll honors a college or university for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. Lewis & Clark has made service a priority, creating the Center for Career and Community Engagement (3CE) to give students the chance to engage, learn, and lead through ongoing and one-time service, immersion programs, and academic civic engagement. Also reflected in the honor are hours contributed to service in schools and mental health agencies by the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education & Counseling, and the work of the new community counseling clinic.
"We value active participation, from attending local street fairs to volunteerism and community-based research," said Minda Heyman, director of 3CE. "This honor serves as a reminder of what we already know—that powerful relationships and social capital are crucial components for community building and collective action locally, nationally, and globally."


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There is still a number of problems to fix but I really want to show some of this off so I'm going to show it in-progress. We now have environment probes in addition the skylight. They can be optionally box projected which can give inexpensive reflections to scenes that fit it well. With box projected enabled you fit a volume to the room and the reflections are corrected for it. If the box doesn't fit the scene you can fall back on normal projection which makes the reflections inaccurate but still gives a nice look in a lot of scenes. Screen space reflections will be the last piece of the puzzle. Where SSR doesn't cover, environment probes will make up. Where environment probes don't cover the sky light will fill in for.
Note: these are not real time and I don't intend them to be. Processing the captured cubemaps to create proper irradiance/radiance cubemaps for PBR is not fast enough to do in real time. They are captured and processed when the engine is ran before the scene starts. They only show static objects.
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Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announced plans to make the change.
Ministers confirmed they would bring forward a bill on the issue, indicating the earliest ceremonies could take place by the start of 2015.
Political leaders, equality organisations and some faith groups welcomed introducing same-sex marriage.
But it was strongly opposed by the Catholic Church and Church of Scotland.
The announcement was made in the wake of a government consultation which produced a record 77,508 responses.
Same-sex couples in Scotland currently have the option to enter into civil partnerships and the Holyrood government has insisted no part of the religious community would be forced to hold same-sex weddings in churches — via redwolf.newsvine.com


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After a series of inaugural short sailings from New York, Freedom of the Seas was scheduled for a series of two-day and one day sailings from Boston before heading to Miami later in the week.
Flying into Boston Logan airport we were met by the RCCL representative and directed to shuttle buses starting at 10:15am. We arrived at the Black Falcon Terminal, were issued numbers and provided seating until our group number was called for check in. The lines moved quickly with plenty of check-in staff. Our bags were x-rayed and we pulled our own wheeled luggage aboard. We were in our cabin before 11:30.
We were assigned cabin 6453, an inside category L cabin, 152 sq ft. The new upgraded bedding on Freedom of the Seas is sensational! The only problem is that when the new, larger beds are made up as a queen, you cannot walk around to the side of the bed. It is that tight. Oceanview and above should be alright, as the cabins are larger. The cabin had two Pullman bunks in the ceiling, and for four people there would be inadequate storage. There was one closet which did have three shelves and the safe. The vanity had 6 small drawers, and there were small storage areas behind the mirror but the spaces were too small to be of much use. There was a small refrigerator even in this small inside cabin. The bathroom was not large, but the shower had a solid revolving door which kept the floor dry. No toiletries are provided except soap. All cabins feature flat screen TV?s with a variety of programming, movies, CNN and ESPN.
After lunch in the Windjammer Caf?, we spent several hours touring and photographing the ship. It was my second time on a Voyager class ship, and it made getting around easier, knowing where to look for things, as the layout is similar across the class, just larger on Freedom. The weather was rainy most of the weekend, in port and at sea, but we headed topside in a short break in the rain to see the Flowrider. Staff in wetsuits were demonstrating boogie boarding and short boarding. The rockwall is immense, and in addition to the basic, high wall, there is also a free standing column. The wall/column face the sports court, a nearly full sized basketball court. The H2O Zone provides ample space for children to play in the water fountains. We did note that the spa pool is outdoors. There is no pool area covered and available for use in case of rainy weather. Johnny Rockets Diner is popular, but was reported by other passengers to have a 1 hr 45 min wait. The Fuel and Teen and Arcade areas are also near Johnny Rockets, with a large number of very elaborate arcade games, and areas for teens to hang out. Adventure Ocean area for younger children is in the same area. Miniature golf and the golf simulator are on the same area aft.
The signature Viking Crown lounge is above, overlooking the pools, and contains a bar called Olive or Twist, and a musical performance area. With only two bartenders it was understaffed when crowded. Except for the main dining rooms, dining areas are all in the same area, on Deck 11, the pool deck. Windjammer Caf? offers burger mania, pasta, and general hot buffet items, as well as dessert islands. At breakfast they offer omelets and eggs to order. The beverages are dispensed by staff, so passengers are not helping themselves to coffee, tea, ice water, and iced tea or juices. They are pre-poured by the staff. Forward of the Windjammer is a section called Jade, featuring cafeteria lines for salads and Asian foods. Portofino, the specialty Italian restaurant, and Chops, the specialty seafood and steaks restaurant, are located on the starboard and port side, respectively, forward of the other areas. Each have many window tables, and are subdivided into two seating areas to provide a more intimate feeling than in a large restaurant.
The next area we visited was the Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of Deck 5. On the forward end is Pharaoh?s Palace, which features a rock and roll band in a club atmosphere. The Promenade can best be described as a large indoor mall, featuring among other things the fashion, logo, jewelry and fragrance and general stores. Features include Sorrento?s Italian deli with pizza until 3am, sandwiches, and Italian deli items. The Bull and Bear Pub features a dart room and a guitar entertainer at night, and Vintages is a wine bar which offers wines by the glass as well as wine flights. Both offer seating inside and outside on the Promenade. Ben and Jerry?s ice cream is a popular shop and is next door to A Clean Shave, an old fashioned barber shop. Caf? Promenade offers Seattle?s Finest coffees and tables inside and on the Promenade itself to ?people watch?. At the after end is the Purser?s Desk/Guest Relations, and across the way is the cozy Champagne Bar.
The main dining rooms are at the aft end of decks 3, 4, and 5. It is actually one huge dining room with three levels and the center open with a huge crystal chandelier. Deck 3 is Leonardo Dining Room, and has a red upholstery theme. Deck 4 is Isaac (Newton) dining room with a blue theme, and Deck 5 is Galileo dining room with a white theme. We ate in Galileo?s both nights with members of our group. Service is good. The food was good, not excellent, as was presentation, likely the consequence of serving 4,000 people. Beef tenderloin was offered both nights, no lobster. The menu had 4 selections to choose from among the appetizers, salads, soups, and entrees. Dessert the first night offered a cr?me Brule which came with no caramelized crust. Cherries Jubilee were among the offerings the second night. Each also offered low-fat items. Always available were Caesar salad, salmon, and sirloin steak.
Deck 4 contains the RCCL trademark Schooner Bar, which is really too small for the crowd the evening entertainer attracts. Overflow crowd actually blocks the passage way. The entrance to the two deck disco, The Crypt, is located here. A white d?cor with black light gives it atmosphere. The casino is mid ships. It is large with many tables and slots, but narrow aisles and a bar in the middle make is a bit crowded to navigate. Aft of the casino is the photo gallery and Boleros, a bar which features Latin music, a small dance floor, and Latin drinks, such as Mojitos.
Forward on Decks 2 and 3 is located the Arcadia Theatre. Seating on the main floor is excellent with great sight lines. The balconies feature some columns which do block the view for some seats. The sailing featured two shows: "Once Upon a Time" and "Marquee". Both were two of the best shows I've ever seen on board a ship. The six talented singers were Broadway quality, in my opinion. From deck 3 aft you enter Studio B, the location of an auditorium sized conference center where the ice rink is located, on deck 2. For conferences the ice is covered with flooring. The ice show was spectacular, with a Russian couple doing more instant, magical, on-ice costume changes than I could count. Deck 3 also features On Air Club, a karaoke club.
Despite the large number of passengers, near 4,000, it never seemed crowded to me, we had no trouble finding seating in Windjammer, and check-in/debarkation went smoothly. The ship will begin 7 night Western Caribbean sailings from Miami this month, visiting Labadee, Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. When her sister ship, Liberty of the Seas, joins the fleet in April 2007, the two ships will alternate Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings.
A final note for those who might consider a cruise from Boston: We had about a 4 ? hour wait between arriving back at Logan Airport and our afternoon flight home. Asking at the MassPort information desk, we were advised we could catch a free shuttle bus, 33, outside on the second island which takes us to the station for the Blue Line elevated/subway train. Ticket machines accept cash or debit/credit cards and the fare is $1.25 per person. We boarded the Inbound train, rode two stations to the Aquarium stop, and walked about 2 blocks to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. These are festival marketplaces with shops and food stalls, especially featuring ?chowda?. After lunch and viewing street performers, we took the train back and the free shuttle to the airport for our check-in for the flight.


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Danger on Deck
Dockwalk magazine's regular column, What Went Wrong by Kelly Sanford, highlights a different marine accident each month, focusing on the lessons learned. We've received feedback that some readers would like to comment on it. So we're republishing it in the forum so you can have your say.
The April 2010 column recounts two accidents caused by mooring procedures gone awry.
An accident where a snapped dock line killed a bystander due to a questionably designed wing station was the subject of last month's column. If you read the article and thought to yourself, "What a freak accident!" think again. Injury and death frequently are caused by those innocent-looking dock lines when mooring operation procedures go awry.
Unsafe deck practices have become a systemic oversight in both commercial and pleasure maritime practices, punctuated by numerous horrific injuries and fatalities annually. In an ongoing study being conducted by the UK P&I Club, it was found that "forty-three percent of vessels use non-deck crew during mooring operations." One can only assume that this number would be significantly higher if it were isolated for pleasure yachts. It's a statistic that warrants discussion about whether nondeck crew are sufficiently trained to be aware of the dangers inherent in docking and anchoring.
According to one captain, who has asked that his comments be included anonymously, "When it comes to yachting, what concerns me most about people possibly being hurt or killed while docking is that the inexperienced and naïve crew are usually only asked to participate in docking procedures when the conditions are most ripe for something to go wrong. Right?" He continues, "If there is no wind or current and the boat is running one hundred percent, then a couple guys can manage the deck just fine. But if you're limping out of the shipyard with a single engine, or it's blowing stink or there's a screaming current, that's usually when you see a lot of captains ask crew to be on deck who really should not be there. They are there in case something goes wrong. But if something does go wrong, will they react with a safe or effective response?"
Sadly, the likelihood that an inexperienced crewmember would adeptly navigate a serious incident is unlikely. The stress of a serious linehandling situation requires a practiced hand and some forethought.
Capt. "C" was running a smaller (about 30-meter) boat with a single anchor. When med-moored in St. Barths, the boat deployed a second, collapsible anchor; in the absence of a second windlass and anchor chain, it was secured with lines. A large vessel (50 meters plus) was leaving the crowded anchorage; as it passed the smaller yacht, a stabilizer fin caught the anchor line. The crew of the smaller yacht was having lunch when the bow suddenly swung about 30 degrees to starboard, breaking off a large piece of the swim platform and squeezing every other vessel to the starboard side of the boat together, fanning them out like a deck of cards.
Within seconds, the captain ran on deck. His instincts told him to let the anchor line go, but just as he reached the windlass, the line attached to the snagged anchor snapped. The recoiling line hit the captain on the leg, leaving a wound that a crewmember says, "Looked like he had been bitten by a shark. There was so much force on the line that it ripped apart the brass hawser to the anchor well like an aluminum can." The captain collapsed to the deck and said, "I think my leg is broken."
Fortunately, the leg was not broken and the captain made a full recovery. But there certainly are a number of lessons to be learned from this incident.
Capt. "P" has 14 years' experience on sailing vessels and 12 aboard large motor yachts. In his opinion, the captain of the smaller vessel was in an "unwinnable" situation. "I think his instincts were correct. Lose the anchor and worry about it later, but the situation had gone too far wrong and he's lucky he got away with just a gash on the leg."
Capt. P suggests that had the captain of the smaller yacht been seriously injured by the compromised line, it would have been the fault of the larger vessel. Having run vessels larger than 50 meters through that harbor, "Our pre-departure checklist includes checking the safe route out of a port or harbor and noting any navigational hazards or no-go areas," he says. "For the port of St. Barths, which is extremely tight, we have one of the tenders do a run out prior to our departure, primarily checking what other moored or anchored vessels may cause concern for us.
"We post lookouts on the bow, stabilizer locations and on the stern. Occasionally, we have encountered similar situations as described above, i.e. a long stay on an anchor rode of a smaller vessel. In these cases, we communicate with that captain and coordinate the easing out of their anchor temporarily while we pass," Capt. P says.
"Many vessels attach a buoy to indicate the 'long stay' of their rode but that serves as a warning only. As I mentioned, it is tight in that particular port and it goes without saying that extra care should be taken when maneuvering vessels that are constrained by their size and draft."
There are many situations where a line may become compromised and pose a threat to life and limb. In an attempt to limit the number of injuries and fatalities caused during docking or anchoring operations, the International Chamber of Shipping and the UK Harbour Masters' Association (the UK's Nautical Institute), in a joint effort with the IMO, recently released two guides offering comprehensive insight into risk management in safe mooring practices.


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Much of gumbo's complex richness comes from the very dark roux (a cooked mixture of flour and, in this case, oil) that thickens the soup. The longer the roux cooks, the darker and more flavorful it—and the finished dish—will become. This recipe calls for cooking the roux for about 15 minutes, but for an even stronger flavor, it can be cooked for up to 30 minutes over low heat, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
Filé powder, an iconic ingredient in Cajun and Creole cooking, is made from ground sassafras leaves. It's available in the baking aisle of some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores. It should be added to each individual portion just before serving, or the gumbo will become stringy.
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- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 small cup onion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 small green bell pepper, minced (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 stalks celery, minced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 quart chicken stock or low-sodium broth
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1/4 pound andouille sausage, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
- 1/2 pound fresh okra, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 cups cooked white rice
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- Hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco
- About 2 teaspoons filé powder
- In 4-quart heavy stock pot over moderately high heat, heat oil. Reduce heat to moderately low and whisk in flour. Cook, stirring frequently with wooden spoon or heatproof silicone spatula, until mixture becomes dark brown and has intensely nutty aroma, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Stir in onion, pepper, and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables soften, about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in stock. Raise heat to moderate and bring to simmer, then reduce heat to moderately low and simmer, uncovered, stirring frequently, until mixture has thickened, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add bay leaves, shrimp, sausage, and okra and simmer, uncovered, until okra is tender, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaves and stir in salt, cayenne, and black pepper.
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'Budget Cut' Doesn't Mean the Same Thing to Public and Private Sectors
Leon Drolet says there is a communication gap between the private and public sectors when it comes to the definition of "cutting a budget."
"Government employees have a very different definition," the president of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance said. "Government claims to cut its budget every year, but spending never goes down. Citizens spend less when they cut their own budgets. This is part of a language gap that exists between government workers and citizens."
A recent example is Warren Fitzgerald Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Van Sweden, who told the Macomb Daily that school districts have resorted to "disguising" the impact of annual budget cuts so that more students don't flee to a different district. Yet, Van Sweden's district general fund expenditures increased every year from 2005 through 2010. In fact, according to the financial audit on the school's own website, general fund expenditures climbed from $27.01 million in 2005 to $33.82 million in 2010.
Van Sweden didn't respond to an email or phone message left at her office.
A Warren Fitzgerald teacher who had six years of experience with a bachelor's degree would have earned $53,672 in 2005-06, according to the union contract. That teacher would have had a 7.4 percent raise for 2006-07, a 7.3 percent raise for 2007-08, and a 6.5 percent raise for 2008-09, leading to a base salary of $66,048.
That district would have paid 100 percent of the premium for health care insurance for that teacher. According to a Kaiser Foundation survey of employers in Michigan, the average employer pays only 80 percent of the cost when they offer health insurance to employees, with the employee expected to pay the remaining 20 percent.
In the Macomb Daily, Van Sweden suggested that school officials should take a stand against the new governor's plan to cut funding by $300 per pupil.
"There comes a time when you have to say, 'This is it.' And we've reached that point," Van Sweden said in the article. "Because we're the ones who face the kids every single day."
See also:
West Michigan School Super Claims Budget Cuts — But Do the Numbers Add Up?
Snyder K-12 Cuts Embellished by Critics
The Compensation of An "Unappreciated" and "Devalued" Spanish Teacher
Cutting state spending requires going where the money is: K-12 education
Analysis: Schools, Health Insurance and Corporate Welfare
Teacher Union Prez: Stronger Emergency Financial Managers is "Just Like Being in the Slave Days"
Illegal Teacher Strike Rumored After Union's 'Job Action' Letter
Teacher Union Employee Exaggerates Snyder Budget Cuts and More in Email to Rally Members
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Splitsville for ELC
Estherville Lincoln Central coach Dan Hewitt was pleased with his team's efforts as the Midgets split a pair of Lakes Conference dual meets on Thursday.
ELC was dominant in a 51-21 victory of Cherokee and gave conference leader Spencer some good battles in a 51-24 loss.
"I thought we wrestled well coming off the holiday break," said Hewitt. "We wrestled some tough matches."
While the duals featured the usual pins, ELC senior Jake Bortvit had one of the more memorable matches of the night. Down 6-2 to Cherokee's Mason Meitzenheimer in the third period, Bortvit came up with a takedown and three back points to pull out a 7-6 victory in the closing seconds.
Also against Cherokee, Juan Castro (113) came up with a pin over Matthew Stines for his first varsity win. Castro was filling in for Joel McCoy, who was out with an injury. Freshman Clay Budach (120) also won his first varsity match with a 2-0 win over Cherokee's Collin Johnson.
In other matches against Cherokee, Thomas Bortvit (138), Chase Bonner (220) and Oscar Ramirez (132) had pins. Zackary Snyder (106), Blake Gjerde (152) and Billy Snyder (170), all received forfeits.
Starting at 152 pounds against Spencer, Gjerde eked out a 3-2 decision over Andrew White while Billy Snyder (170) and Jake Bortvit (182) both had pins and Bonner won a 6-0 decision over Austin Roberts as ELC built an 18-15 lead through the top weights.
But Spencer's strength this year is in the lower weights as ELC came up with just one more victory, a pin by Ramirez (132), as the Tigers had six pins in weights 106 to 145.
ELC 51.0 Cherokee 21.0
138: Thomas Bortvit, ELCH, pinned Justine Harding, CHWA, 3:45. 145: Christain Lundy, CHWA, pinned Dalton Christoffer, ELCH, 3:20. 152: Blake Gjerde, ELCH, forf. . 160: Blake Booth, CHWA, dec. Kelly Clabaugh, ELCH, 4-3. 170: Billy Snyder, ELCH, forf. . 182: Jake Bortvit, ELCH, dec. Mason Meitzenheimer, CHWA, 7-6. 195: Austin Egeland, ELCH, dec. Dante Brown, CHWA, 6-1. 220: Chase Bonner, ELCH, pinned Charlie Wych, CHWA, 0:27. 285: Micheal Rosewall, CHWA, forf. . 106: Zackary Snyder, ELCH, forf. . 113: Juan Castro, ELCH, pinned Matthew Stines, CHWA, 0:45. 120: Drake Bechtal, CHWA, pinned Easton Gifford, ELCH, 2:39. 126: Clay Budach, ELCH, dec. Collin Johnson, CHWA, 2-0. 132: Oscar Ramirez, ELCH, pinned Hunter Morrow, CHWA, 1:47.
Spencer 51.0 ELC 24.0
106: Daniel Wilkerson, SPEN, pinned Zackary Snyder, ELCH, 2:55. 113: Cody Huckfelt, SPEN, pinned Juan Castro, ELCH, 1:46. 120: Dylan Huntoon, SPEN, pinned Easton Gifford, ELCH, 0:24. 126: Trevor Streuli, SPEN, pinned Cole Budach, ELCH, 1:44. 132: Oscar Ramirez, ELCH, pinned Matt Curry, SPEN, 3:43. 138: Levi Gilmore, SPEN, pinned Thomas Bortvit, ELCH, 1:05. 145: Adam W. Johnson, SPEN, pinned Dalton Christoffer, ELCH, 0:12. 152: Blake Gjerde, ELCH, dec. Andrew White, SPEN, 3-2. 160: Jacob Sandvig, SPEN, pinned Kelly Clabaugh, ELCH, 1:23. 170: Billy Snyder, ELCH, pinned Hunter Cauthron, SPEN, 1:59. 182: Jake Bortvit, ELCH, pinned Hunter Hurst, SPEN, 1:35. 195: Ben Pingel, SPEN, dec. Austin Egeland, ELCH, 13-7. 220: Chase Bonner, ELCH, dec. Austin Roberts, SPEN, 6-0. 285: Casey Seversen, SPEN, forf.
ELC JV wrestling
In junior varsity action, Estherville Lincoln Central came up with three wins. Cole Budach (132) pinned Spencer's Nathan McLaury in 1:29. Trevor Shryock pinned Spencer's Dawson Henrichs in 1:26. Andrew Araguz (160) pinned Cherokee's Jaron Wood in 1:48.
Brenden Duer (138) wrestled two matches against Spencer wrestlers and lost won by fall and won by a 5-2 decision.
Nathan Krug (152) lost a 9-5 decision to Spencer.
Araguz lost by fall to Spencer.
Cole Anderson (22) lost by fall to Cherokee. Amed Castro (220) went 0-2 with matches against Spencer and Cherokee, both by fall.
Indians earn pair of dual victories
SPIRIT?LAKE?- Spirit Lake's fuller lineup helped the Indians defeat both Emmetsburg and Storm Lake in a pair of Lakes Conference duals on Thursday.
The Indians received three forfeits compared to giving up two to the E'Hawks in a 42-36 victory.
Against Storm Lake, both teams had two forfeits, but the Indians proved stronger in a 42-30 victory over the Tornadoes.
Zack Skopec (145), Kenten Murray (152) and David Trucksess (160) each recorded a pair of first period pins on the night. Alec Harrington, (126) earned a pin against Emmetsburg.
Jacob Jenness (195) also had a pin against Storm Lake while Gavin Kramer (120) won an 8-2 decision and Trevor Bueltel (182) won an 8-1 decision.
Spirit Lake hosted a home tournament on Friday. The Indians are at Sioux Center with Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Tuesday.
Spirit Lake (SPLA) 42.0 Emmetsburg (EMME) 36.0
285 Pat Brennan, EMME, forf. 106 Tanner Lundgren, EMME, dec. Nick Cornwall, SPLA, 8-2 113 Carson Clark, EMME, dec. John O`Neal, SPLA, 6-4 120 Dillon Van Oosbree, EMME, pinned Gavin Kramer, SPLA, 3:47 126 Alec Harrington, SPLA, pinned Conner Crosgrove, EMME, 1:26 132 Jas Jamison, EMME, pinned Daniel Trucksess, SPLA, 2:40 138 Chris VanHuevelen, EMME, pinned Jac Radcliffe, SPLA, 4:39 145 Zach Skopec, SPLA, pinned Caige Elbert, EMME, 2:16 152 Kenten Murray, SPLA, pinned Gage Jamison, EMME, 1:00 160 David Trucksess, SPLA, pinned Joe Schmidt, EMME, 0:32 170 Justin Jones, SPLA, forf. 182 Trevor Bueltel, SPLA, forf. 195 Jacob Jenness, SPLA, forf. 220 Robert Nelson, EMME, forf.
Spirit Lake (SPLA) 42.0 Storm Lake (STLA) 30.0
220 Jesse Wolver, STLA, forf. 285 Nate Carlson, STLA, forf. 106 Nick Cornwall, SPLA, forf. 113 John O`Neal, SPLA, forf. 120 Gavin Kramer, SPLA, dec. Neftali Castillo, STLA, 8-2 126 Ronald Duque, STLA, pinned Alec Harrington, SPLA, 1:57 132 Darren Eades, STLA, pinned Daniel Trucksess, SPLA, 3:31 138 Juan Morales, STLA, dec. Jac Radcliffe, SPLA, 9-3 145 Zach Skopec, SPLA, pinned Juan Rios, STLA, 1:18 152 Kenten Murray, SPLA, pinned Bazyl Horsey, STLA, 0:50 160 David Trucksess, SPLA, pinned Eriberto Flores, STLA, 1:41 170 Noel Buenelos, STLA, dec. Javier Tapia, SPLA, 15-8 182 Trevor Bueltel, SPLA, dec. Moises Delacruz, STLA, 8-1 195 Jacob Jenness, SPLA, pinned Jose Acebedo, STLA, 0:36


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Men who want to reduce their prostate cancer risk shouldn't bother popping antioxidant vitamins and supplements, according to two of the largest trials ever conducted on vitamins and cancer prevention.
Vitamin E, alone, with selenium or in combination with vitamin C did not prevent prostate cancer.
The studies, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium won't ward off prostate cancer -- or other types of the disease -- in men.
In one study, 35,533 cancer-free men in their 50s or older took selenium and vitamin E alone or in combination. Several years later, they had the same risk of developing the disease as men who took a placebo. In a second study of 14,641 men -- some of whom may have had early-stage prostate cancer -- a combination of vitamin E and vitamin C didn't prevent prostate cancer, or any other type of cancer.
"It looks like these particular antioxidants are not effective," says Howard Soule, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Santa Monica, California, who was not involved in either study.
According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer in his lifetime, and 1 in 35 will die of the disease. The ACS estimates that 28,660 U.S. men will die of prostate cancer in 2008, accounting for roughly 10 percent of all cancer-related deaths in men.
Vitamins seemed promising in the 1990s, after one study found that men who took selenium supplements had a 65 percent lower risk of prostate cancer, and another found that vitamin E cut risk by 35 percent. But those findings were from trials not specifically designed to examine prostate cancer, or trials examining men who were taking vitamins for other reasons.
So researchers launched the two new studies: the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial, or SELECT, led by Scott M. Lippman, M.D., of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Eric A. Klein, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; and the Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial (of vitamins C and E), led by J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System. Health.com: Medical tests you must have
The Physicians' Health Study followed participants for 10 years, while SELECT -- the largest clinical trial ever run of chemoprevention for cancer -- was halted early when researchers found the supplements provided no benefit.
Durado Brooks, M.D., director of prostate cancer for the American Cancer Society, called the findings "disappointing," noting that for many years men have been taking the vitamins in the hopes that they would be protective.
"There was a lot of hope in the community that vitamin E, selenium, something was going to pan out," says Brooks, who was not involved in either study. "Right now, we don't have any agents that we can point to and say that these agents can clearly and unambiguously and safely decrease your risk of developing prostate cancer."
Although some experts might argue that supplements could be effective in different doses or combinations than those used in the study, "it's doubtful that the results would be any different," says SELECT study author Klein.
Neither study showed harm from taking the supplements, notes Gaziano, who participated in both studies. But this doesn't mean people should keep doing so, he warns. Health.com: Reasons to love (good) fat
"I think that the potential downside of taking something that's not proven to be effective is that there are only so many things that we can get our patients to do," Gaziano says. "If we think we're getting the benefit from the pill, we may be less inclined to do the other things that may be more difficult but we know are going to be more beneficial."
And what are those beneficial things? Klein notes that in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, the drug finasteride reduced a man's chances of developing prostate cancer by 25 percent.
The drug tested in that trial is the same medication in the anti-baldness drug Propecia, but at a higher dose. Klein suggests that men concerned about their prostate cancer risk talk to their doctor about taking finasteride. Health.com: Five ways to cut your breast cancer risk
There is also some evidence -- though no firm proof -- that exercising, quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and eating less fat could help prevent prostate cancer or slow the progression of the disease. Following a Mediterranean-style diet, which includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, healthy oils from fish and nuts, and moderate amounts of alcohol, may also be beneficial, Gaziano says. Health.com: Natural remedies for pain, sleep, PMS, and more
Even pomegranate juice and broccoli may help, and they can't hurt, advises Soule. "A lot of things that appear to have a scientific rationale for chemoprevention may also make you healthy," he says.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Conrad Tucker, assistant professor in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, will participate in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) fifth Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium Oct. 27 to 30 in Irvine, Calif.
Tucker, the Hartz Family Career Development Professor in Engineering, is one of only 73 of the nation's most innovative engineering educators who were selected. Attendees are nominated by fellow engineers and deans, and chosen from a highly competitive pool of candidates.
The symposium provides faculty members, who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of engineering disciplines, an opportunity to share ideas, learn from research and best practices in education and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institutions.
A faculty member since 2011, Tucker received his doctorate in systems engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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June 1 restart could be out of reach at San Onofre
Executives for the company that operates the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant sketched a future Wednesday in which one of the twin reactors restarts by summer then produces electricity after an on-off trial period for possibly years to come.
The plant between Los Angeles and San Diego has been idle since January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of unusual damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
A tentative proposal to restart the Unit 2 reactor at reduced power, perhaps as soon as June 1, is the center of a fierce battle between Southern California Edison and anti-nuclear activists who warn that running the plant at any power level is an invitation for disaster.
Edison officials are finalizing a proposal that would change the seaside plant's operating rules to permit the single reactor to run at no more than 70 percent power, which company engineers believe will limit excessive tube wear that sidelined San Onofre more than a year ago.
At a meeting in Maryland, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff told Edison officials the company's June 1 target date might be out of reach, given the complexity of a proposal that comes with reams of technical paperwork.
Any plan to restart San Onofre requires NRC approval.
Before a restart could take place, the company would also have to meet a series of steps outlined by federal regulators last year. A decision on whether Edison has met that threshold is not expected until May or June.
Company officials are also preparing long-range plans under which the plant might run for years, even though some of Edison's own research has suggested tube damage could cut short its life span.
Precise projections about the future are dependent on a restart - Edison engineers need to study how the reactor behaves at 70 percent power before being able to sharpen longer-range calculations.
The plant could be started then shut down, as many as five times during a trial run to assess its operation and safety.
"To propose an experiment in which the damaged reactor is repeatedly turned on and off shows a disgraceful contempt for public safety," said Kendra Ulrich, a spokeswoman for the anti-nuclear group Friends of the Earth.
A key issue is whether the NRC will agree with Edison's plan to cap Unit 2's capacity at 70 percent, technically known as a license amendment, down from the now-required 100 percent.
An earlier Edison analysis concluded the reactor could run at 100 percent power, but the research also found the risk of a tube break could reach unacceptable levels after 11 months.
Friends of the Earth and other anti-nuclear activists have accused the NRC of fast-tracking Edison's plans, while attempting to silence critics. Members of the public can request a hearing on the license amendment, but they point out that if NRC staff finds there is no significant hazard the hearing can be held after the amendment is approved, making it essentially meaningless.
The NRC has promised a transparent review, and Edison says safety is its top consideration. A team of industry experts has helped shape the company's plans.
The problems at San Onofre focus on its steam generators, which were installed in a $670 million overhaul in 2009 and 2010.
The future of the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor, where the radiation leak occurred after a tube break last year, is not clear. Edison has said that because of manufacturing differences, Unit 2's generators did not suffer the extent of deep tube wear witnessed in its sister plant.
Decaying generator tubes helped push San Onofre's Unit 1 reactor into retirement in 1992, even though it was designed to run until 2004.
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Yaya DaCosta is portraying Whitney Houston in the upcoming Lifetime movie about her life, and she certainly looks the part.
With curly hair, blue eyeshadow and bright red lips, the 31-year-old actress and "America's Next Top Model" alum perfectly channels the singer's 1997 Whitney album cover look. She also looks right at ease cradled in the arms of Arlen Escarpeta, the 33-year-old actor playing Bobby Brown on the small screen.
Angela Bassett, who co-starred with Houston in 1995's "Waiting to Exhale," is directing the film, but the late singer-actress's family is not involved in its production. "We reached out to them in the early days; of course we're not going to do the movie and not say anything to them," Bassett told CNN.
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"You can if you're using public domain, but that's not our desire," she said. "We paid our respects and let the conversation be had, just to get their okay. They certainly could have been not involved and against it."
Houston's 21-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown is not exactly pleased with the movie being made--largely, in part, thanks to Bassett telling Entertainment Weekly she never considered casting her "for a number of reasons."
"One being that she's not an actress. I know she's acted here and there. I know she's been on their family's reality show, but she's not an actress and acting is a craft," she explained. "It's an attempt to illuminate the complexities of human behavior and life. And this is a very fast-paced schedule; we have just 21 days to tell this story. It's more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story--there's a technical aspect."
PHOTO: Bobbi Kristina and Bobby Brown reunite for Father's Day
Bassett--along with the rest of the movie's cast and crew--aren't trying to rehash the most troubled times of the late star's life and career, but they can't entirely gloss over them, either. "Well, we know that drugs were a part of their story and that's certainly an element of their story. We can't tell their story without that," she told CNN. "It's involved, and I hope we can unpack it gently."
"I really just want to tell a story about a boy and a girl who fell in love," she explained. "And these are the words and this is the place, and these are are the people on the outside, you know? And I want to be as honest as I can about about doing that."


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"I saw a fire on the news where animals were involved, and my mom and I were talking, and we found out many departments didn't have the pet oxygen kits to help animals in house fires," Jakub wrote in an email Tuesday.
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As most IC members know, IL law now allows FCCL holders to use their FCCL cards for all purposes which formerly required FOID cards. FCCL holders are still required to have valid FOIDs but can use the FCCL for purchases of firearms and ammunition, etc. While nothing in the law requires a retailer to accept the FCCL for purchases, retailers who do not do so are unnecessarily inconveniencing their customers.
The current laws may be found at
(links provided by kwc).
Several threads have mentioned that not all retailers are up to speed with these changes, and there are now several threads discussing this topic, e.g.
This thread is an effort at consolidating some of this information into one place and keeping it updated for the convenience of IC readers. If you have a new report please send me a PM or post to this thread. If you find that a retailer has finally gotten clued in please do likewise. I'll keep the list in this post updated. I hope this thread can die a lonely death soon, but until then, if it helps avoid a wasted trip, great.
With that as background, here's what I've seen posted so far. Please PM or post corrections.
Gander Mountain (location not specified)
Reported on 10/19/2015 by Retiredguns, post #5 of http://illinoiscarry...showtopic=58700
Maxon Shooter's Supply, Des Plaines - requires FOID for range use
Reported on 10/19/2015 by soylentgreen, post #7 of http://illinoiscarry...showtopic=58700
Pekin Gun & Sporting Goods, Pekin
Store staffer states (phone call 10/21/2015) that they will continue to require FOIDs until told otherwise by ISP and ATF.
Reported on 10/21/2015 by Joebillybob, this thread
Wal-Mart (location not specified)
Reported on 10/19/2015 by Retiredguns, post #5 of http://illinoiscarry...showtopic=58700
Edited by Hap, 22 November 2015 - 01:45 PM.