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Botanists Blitz Area Cliffs for Endangered Plant
Even for a botanist, it was an unusual workday.
Chris Ulrey, a botanist with the National Park Service, tossed the rope over the cliff's edge, announced his descent, and began dropping down the cliff face. But any semblance to recreational rappelling vanished when, dangling from the rope, Ulrey lifted the hammer drill that was slung over his shoulder, put a hole in the rock next to a cluster of endangered plants, nailed a numbered tag into the hole, and began yelling out plant measurements to a note taker below.
The rappelling, tagging, and data collection is part of an extended effort to track the endangered spreading avens, a plant found only on a handful of cliffs and rocky outcrops on some of the highest mountains in the Southern Appalachians.
"The goal is to get an accurate picture of the abundance and well-being of as many spreading avens populations as possible," said Carolyn Wells, a botanist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Wells and Ulrey are part of a team canvassing the small number of mountaintops where spreading avens is found. The team also includes botanists from the USDA Forest Service, North Carolina State Parks, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, Grandfather Mountain, Tennessee Department of the Environment and Conservation, and the Archbold Biological Research Station.
Spreading avens grows in rosettes, with a circular pattern of small leaves just above the ground and a tall center stem bearing bright yellow flowers. The plants grow in patches ranging in size from a single rosette covering less than a square inch to hundreds of rosettes covering two square yards. The scientists will measure the size of each patch, tagging each with a metal tag, then use a laser range finder to map the patches in relation to one another. Additionally, they'll search for individual seedlings, tagging them with a metal pin. Returning annually to verify the presence of the tagged plants and patches, remeasure the patches, and note new seedlings will allow the botanists to track changes in the population.
Once five to six years of data have been collected, scientists can run population viability analyses to estimate the extinction risk for each population.
"A population viability analysis looks at two things – how quickly new plants are being added, and how quickly plants are dying, basically birth and death rates," explained Wells. "It then estimates the risk of extinction at various points into the future, based on these rates. If we see a population declining, we can try to determine why and address the problem."
Spreading avens was listed by the federal government as endangered in 1990, with one of the biggest threats being inadvertent trampling and associated erosion from hikers and climbers. It has also suffered from over-collection and botanists suspect the encroachment of competing shrubs also poses a threat.
A possible growing threat to the plant that isn't directly addressed by this work is global warming. Spreading avens is adapted to some the coldest places, with the harshest weather, in the Southern Appalachians, and biologists expect two possible outcomes from warming temperatures. In one scenario, warmer temperatures simply enable lower-elevation plants to move up the mountain, replacing cold-weather plants. Another scenario holds that encroaching plants are held at bay by harsh weather events, such as snow and ice, which periodically scour the rock surface, clearing away less hardy vegetation and opening up habitat for spreading avens. Less frequent snow and ice could mean the rock outcrops wouldn't be scoured, allowing competing vegetation to grow and out-compete the endangered plant. While the work done by the botanists won't provide a clear, cause and effect link between global warming and any impacts to the plant, it will show population trends over time that may be correlated with changes in temperature.
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Rural Hill's 2013 Amazing Maize Maze will debut Sept. 13. The newly designed, farm-theme labyrinth has a barn, tractor and windmill cut into its path.
"We change the design every year so people don't remember what they did last year," Rural Hill Executive Director Jeff Fissel said.
Mazes on the 7 acres of cornfield usually have about 2.5-3 miles of trail in them, he said. But that doesn't mean participants will necessarily walk every part of it.
Twelve mailboxes throughout the maze have pieces of its map. As participants find more of the map, the maze gets easier, Fissel said. The average completion time is about an hour.
"Some people will take more, some people will take less, but when we're open, there's always people out there to help," he said. "So if you're getting frustrated or haven't found anything new in a while, they're there to give you an idea on where you need to go to find that next clue."
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Medicaid Expansion Plan Will Add 92K in W.Va.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will expand Medicaid as called for by the federal health care overhaul, through a plan unveiled Thursday by Gov....
in wv the feds will have complete control of rates with this.basically national health care here.
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medicaid now cuts off at around 8000 income.now it will be in the 35K range.huge numbers will qualify in WV.maybe 200K
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oldidiot, the USA is NOT the richest country in the world per capita, 5 other countries have a higher average income than America.
South Africa has no Universal Health care.
The USA has the number one helathcare in the world ..... IF you can afford it.
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Progressive states . WV?????
There AIN'T NO FREE LUNCH, IDIOTS!
Obamascare will add more than 2 TRILLION in DEBT to the American Taxpayers and make the country a THIRD WORLD when it comes to healthcare.
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dyinggov asked -"rover, Billions of "free" bucks! Where do federal taxes come from? DC....."
The citizens of the states pay federal taxes. The federal government then dispenses money gathered back to the states for various programs including 'medicaid'. So....any state saying, 'Nah, we conservative Republicans and won't accept that 100 percent cost of medicaid money'.....well that money goes out to those states who will accept it. Guess what? The money paid in taxes by the Red States rejecting medicaid....just goes to the other states. Thanks a lot, stupes! Yeah, yeah, I know..the Feds might change the rules downrange. So what, just 'opt out' then citing federal failure to adhere to the promised program. Point is..WV is smart enough to see this is a square deal and is jumping in, like the other progressive states.
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Are you all proud to live in the richest country country in the world but the only industrialized country with out universal health care. But wait; we do have 25,000 nuclear weapons. It doesn't get better than that.
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rover, Billions of "free" bucks! Where do federal taxes come from? DC......
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As the coal fields shut down in Southenr WV,poverty will explode.These numbers are about 1/2 of what will occur in WV. OV steel is gone also;never to return.Most of the retail folks at Highlands will qualify going forward.It is probable 25% of the state will be on Medicaid with another 50%+ on Medicare.WV is a "welfare state."
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WV shows itself to be intelligent enough to accept the law of the land and billions of free bucks to better the health of our poor. And there are lots and lots of poor.
Ohio....meh.....not so much.
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Most states redistribute wealth, I guess WV will redistribute Poverty.
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By all means- Help Low "EARNED" income people. Do not help "NO EARNED INCOME" people.
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All right, good to see the Angel in the 2nd hole. I know it's Castillo's spot but I would hate moving him down considering the way he's been hitting
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Another team with a pitcher batting 8th…I just dont get it.
Doug: Batting Castillo 9th for the Mets would actually make a lot of sense. More for road games than home games but still worth trying.
When I have more time I post more on the subject.
Where should we bat wenis?
Scott: I'm sorry, but I have to disagree
Unless you have Carlos Zambrano or Micah Owens as your pitcher, a pitcher batting 8th will kill many more rallies then a pitcher batting 9th.
If a pitcher can't get a bunt down 9 times out of ten, they really should be taking as much BP as possible
Scott from Pelham: We did a double switch last night. Can batting the pitcher 8th be far behind???
I don't understand batting Kendall 9th. I know he was fast when he came up, but how fast can he be now. Batting someone other than the pitcher 9th only makes sense to me if it gives you back to back fast guys in front of the heart of the lineup. I don't see the bene of having a guy who will keep your leadoff guy from stealong in front of him. I wouldn't bat Schneider or Castro 9th.
Can someone answer me please?
Wenis bats where?
Casanova=Figgy personal C
How many days does Castillo have to be out before he is place on DL so they are not short???
scoopcoop: 14 days before they put Castillo on DL for one day.
Figgy must be real good to have his own catcher.
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The House's approval of the fiscal 2014 defense appropriations bill last week means that they have now passed all three of the major defense-related bills. The Military Construction/VA bill and the Defense authorization bill were approved on June 4 and June 14, respectively.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. – La Crosse recently became one of only two cities in the United States to have two accredited EEG labs – an honor that Gundersen Lutheran and Franciscan Skemp supervisors say is due in part to the education and training their lab technologists received at Western Technical College.
Eighteen of the 20 technologists currently working in both medical centers' EEG departments are graduates of Western's Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (ENDT) program. Western is one of only 13 colleges in the nation to have an accredited ENDT program. There is currently a nationwide shortage of ENDT graduates.
"I like to hire graduates from Western because I know they have a solid base in all of the electroneurodiagnostic areas," said Becky Appenzeller, supervisor of the Neurodiagnostics & Sleep Disorders Center at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center. "I can be sure that in whatever area I need coverage, a graduate of their program will have had some experience in the modality, and has a solid background in the neuroscience area."
Barbara Ross, clinical manager, Sleep/EEG of Neurosciences at Gundersen Lutheran agrees. "Gundersen Lutheran highly values the quality neurodiagnostic graduates Western provides right here in our community. Currently all our employees are graduates of Western. They meet the stringent requirements to perform quality patient care as set by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) and have a board pass rate well above the national average."
Accreditations are made by ABRET and certify that EEG labs meet the technical standards and demonstrate quality output. Indianapolis, Ind. is the only other city in the U.S. with two accredited EEG labs.
"We are very proud of our program and our graduates," says Stacey Austin. "Western is one of four colleges accredited in three specialized areas, including sleep studies. And over 90 percent of Western's ENDT graduates have job placement before graduation."
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News: 'Mushroom Hunters'
Story by Sgt. Alexandria Jones
RIGA, Latvia - A military police officer is responsible for leading the Soldiers that protect lives and property on Army installations. For the troops in 2nd platoon of the 46th Military Police Company from Cheboygan, Mich., they upheld this responsibility while on a range in Latvia.
Despite the overall difference of area and location, the officers expected the usual safety brief on securing the foreign area, but never expected to be told to keep a watch out for "mushroom hunters," a term coined by Sgt. Prescott Ingraham, one of the team leaders.
For safety reasons, the officers have to check all vehicles coming in and off the range and were told to monitor local Latvians who may wander in the secured area to pick mushrooms.
To provide safety and security, a squad guarded the main entrance onto the range while another squad trained on mission tasks.
The Soldiers rotated tasks in timely intervals to ensure everyone was receiving the training needed, but more importantly the rotation allowed every Soldier to shoot at the automatic target range.
This entire task would not be possible if not for the assistance of the Latvian soldiers and staff.
"I'm just a driver," said Latvian soldier Pfc. Renārs Sterns. His duties, however, included more than just that. Sterns drove the platoon to the range and assisted the Latvian cooks in setting up the hot lunch meal and removing the waste at completion.
Soldiers like Sgt. Curtis Chambers, the food operations sergeant for the police company, explained the amazing lunch service provided by the cooks. "They actually bring us real plates, real silverware, food, more food than we can eat. It's over abundance. We absolutely love it," he said. Though he may not be able to use the seasons and spices for Army dishes, he plans to use the Latvian recipes in his own home.
While no mushroom hunters were found, the Soldiers completed another essential mission task and were recognized by their officials from the 177th Military Police Brigade for their support in Exercise Winds of Change.
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February 08, 2012 04:00 PM by Lisa Princ
Folks seem to be so interested in the drama surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kris Humprhies, that we seem to have forgotten Kourtney Kardashian is expecting. Rumor has it that the Kourtney and Kim Take New York star may be expecting a baby girl this time around. Read on for the scoop…
Kourtney Kardashian, star of Kourtney And Kim Take New York, is currently making room for baby number two, although most of us seem to have forgotten that in the midst of all the drama surrounding her sister. Kourtney, who may or may not know what she is having, is rumored to be having a baby girl this time around. A pal of Kourtney Kardashian recently told Life & Style Magazine: "Kourtney was hoping for a girl. She loves having a boy but thinks having a girl would be perfect so she can dress her up and show her the ropes in life," before adding that Kourtney is indeed having a girl.
We know that both Kourtney and her beau, Scott Disick would love a girl, as he recently stated: "A girl would be a fantastic addition to our family," but is the friend telling the truth? We can't be sure, a rep for Kourtney Kardashian told Life & Style that neither Kourtney nor Scott know what they are having yet. If Kourtney does not know yet, she may be finding out soon, so we will just have to wait for the official announcement. Either way, we are sure Kourtney is over the moon.
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OSD Week returns next month with Johan Arwidmark and Dave Kawula, both leading experts in the field, passing on their knowledge on how to deploy operating systems (Windows 8.1 and Windows 7) and applications using ConfigMgr 2012 R2.
There are two main technical factors with implementing a new Operating System across your enterprise: Ensuring you have an infrastructure that can support the migration process, and acquiring the expertise to upgrade your end user workstations with minimal effort. Of course, this transitions into the ever-present "build or buy" question. Regardless of the path an organization chooses to take when initiating an SOE upgrade, it is critical that internal resources be fully trained on the solution.
In the past, it was simple enough to send the team on a Microsoft course or bring a trainer in to go through the product. Today however, organizations are reaping the benefits of third party solutions for core products, and have heavily customized environments. Learning the "textbook" method of a product like Configuration Manager does little more than form a baseline from which to start.
By incorporating some quality tools, you see a reduction in server, operating, and support costs, while providing a familiar self-service portal to your end users…not just for software requests, but to schedule their OS upgrade as well. Unfortunately, the only third party training typically offered to a team is during product implementation. When the time comes to plan the next SOE upgrade, technology has changed and possibly staff as well.
During OSDWeek, Johan teaches you how to optimize your infrastructure to support the migration to Windows 7/8.1. He uses proven methodologies to help scale out Configuration Manager to meet your organizations' needs, builds core concepts critical to creating a stable deployment solution, and introduces you to the possibilities in deployment automation. He guides you to building an OSD task sequence that supports multiple deployment scenarios, and teaches you how to optimize it for maximum success and performance.
Dave will guide you to implementing an efficient design that will simplify your Configuration Manager architecture, reduce support costs, and enable end users to take an active role in scheduling a migration. Building on Johan's OSD sequence, he will show you how to implement Nomad to provide full OSD functionality, without the use of DPs or State Migration Points. By integrating AppClarity into the sequence, unused software will be removed during a user's upgrade. He will instruct you on how to use 1E Shopping to replace applications during deployment, and what the end-user (and back-end) experience is like when someone schedules their own OS upgrade.
The entire week is jam-packed with real world scenarios, lessons learned, and best practices with building an Operating System Deployment Solution for your enterprise. Since a great car needs a great engine, architectural advice is also discussed throughout the five days. You come out of the course with a solid understanding of the inter-workings of a Configuration Manager environment that is optimized with ActiveEfficiency®, and how to make OSD really shine.
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Flood Situation in North Central Province 12/2014
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25/12/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Heavy flooding in Sri Lanka since 19 December 2014, in 18 districts has affected an estimated 675,000 people. Six people have been reported dead due to floods & landslides. Currently, 80,736 people are living in 344 safety centers. It's reported that 3,175 houses are fully destroyed and 11,366 houses partially damaged due to floods.
Out of the total 72 major made tanks (reservoirs) in Sri Lanka, 53 are already over-spilling expanding the flood damage to agricultural lands. Extremely heavy rainfall was observed during 16th -21st December in Eastern and North Central regions.
Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts received highest rainfall during this week exceeding 200mm on the 19th. Rainfall reduced slightly on the 20th but still coastal areas of Batticaloa received rainfall up to 140 mm and increasing again on the 21st with a high rainfall of 180 mm in Wilpattu in North Central Province.
While continuing the immediate response interventions by all stakeholders there are medium term and long term recovery needs are existing in affected areas. Housing, livelihood and small scale infrastructure rehabilitation are major areas to be concerned by humanitarian actors.
What we can do
1. Long Term Strategies
Mainly focuses on construction of resilient houses under the technical assistance and supervision for the affected families. The resilient village will include;
- build resilient houses with basic furniture and kitchen utensils
- Supporting for their Health Needs
- Provide water and sanitation facilities Specially Toilets.
Programme for children in order to ensure the safety and better future of children under the supervision.
- Logistic support for School Development – Books, Furniture's, Child needs,
- Scholarship scheme
- Psychosocial support and Trauma Counseling
- Play grounds with equipments.
- Empowering livelihood options of displaced personnel Provision of livelihood options for the displaced persons and their dependants. Implementation of the
- livelihood development programme linking the existing initiatives.
2. Medium Term strategies
Temporary relocation of flood victims Provision of suitable land for relocation of flood victims of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, and provision of temporary shelters and all the required basic facilities. Additionally, provision of facilities and other requirements for the children to continue their education without further interruptions.
- Temporary shelters and all the required basic facilities
- Water and sanitation facilities
- Water bowser and water tanks for drinking
- Portable generators
- Safety equipments
3. Short Term strategies
Provision of basic requirements for the displaced communities by giving special attention to children, women and disable people for their safety.
- School uniforms, School bags, shoes and other personal belongings
- Books and any other materials required to support their education
- Personal belongings for women ( sanitary items etc)
- Wheel chairs, crutches, other disability friendly equipment
- Towels, bed sheets, blankets, umbrellas, mosquito nets etc.
- Mattresses (Folding and Sleeping)
- Water purification kits
- Tarpaulin
- Mobile toilets
- Water tanks and Water pumps
- Roofing sheets
- Ground penetration detectors which can be used for search & Rescue operation
- Emergency rechargeable lamps
- Raincoats, boots etc.
4. Implementation modalities For further details please kindly contact the officials named below.
Chandrawathi Hewagallage National Coordinator
Final declaration on the strategy conference
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Schwerte, 20th May 2013
On 20th May, 320 participants met in Schwerte near Dortmund (Germany) for a strategy conference of the environmental movement.
Humankind is currently at a crossroads: The foundations of human life and the future of today's and tomorrow's generations are directly put into question by the profit-oriented economy. A global climate and environmental catastrophe is imminent. Though the environmental movement is one of the biggest and most active movements and though environmental consciousness within the global population has clearly increased, it has not been possible yet to stop this development. In order to build up a superior force, we therefore advocate a new strategy of the environmental movement, which is to overcome the current fragmentation of forces and the separation of the environmental movement from the workers' movement and aims at a direction, which is to change society. Our decisive conclusion to push forward the establishment of an "environmental union" stands for this aim. We are to bundle the forces against the main originators of the global environmental crisis, i. e. the international banks and monopolies with their governments, and to develop resolute resistance against the destruction of our foundations of life by the profit-oriented economy. On our conference, this topic was vividly and collaboratively discussed in four stages, and the following creative conclusions were drawn:
We want to present the idea of an environmental union to you!
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Dear environmentalists, dear colleagues,
Many questions and conflicts about the future of our planet on the occasion of the UN world climate conference in Durban concern us.
- With the highest CO2 emission as long as anyone can remember, the transition into a climatic catastrophe advances rapidly, but the international financial capital and its governments in the most powerful countries of the world do not see any reason to stop that seriously.
- Green technology is turning into an export hit – but 'environmentally friendly production' is only being realized if maximal profit margin is expected.
- Environmental protection and jobs are demagogically played off against each other and thus environmental and labor/trade union movements are made to compete.
- The environmental movement in Germany achieved a lot and especially last year it received a special radiation – but its activities are often fragmented, only project-orientated and it lack an international connection to lasting reliable ally partners.


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A fundraiser for the Osterhout Free Library, the Brewsterhout Patio Party, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on the patio at the Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, and inside the library. The party is an over-21 event that will feature beer and wine, entertainment by DJ Ryan Kenton and food donated by more than 20 local restaurants. The event is rain or shine with parking available in the Boscov's lot. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door or can be purchased online via the Brewsterhout Facebook page. Price includes food, beverages and entertainment. A basket raffle will be held. The party is a fundraiser for the Osterhout Free Library, and will help celebrate the 125th anniversary of the library. Tickets are available at all four library branches: Main Library, 71 S. Franklin St.; North Branch, 28 Oliver St.; South Branch, 2 Airy St., and the Plains Branch, 126 N. Main St., Plains. For information, contact Chris Kelly 823-0156, ext. 218 or email@example.com. Visit www.osterhout.info. From left, are Rick Miller, executive director, Osterhout Free Library, Leah Matusek, chairperson, Lois Ann Miller, Workplace Banking Consultant, FNCB, Melissa McLaughlin, chairperson and Chris Nash, chairperson.
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the coming months. Gross direct tax receipts grew by a modest 6.5% in the April-October period to Rs 3.02 lakh crore as interest rates and uncertain economic climate affected corporate income tax receipts. However, less refund of taxes during the period compared to the same time a year ago, helped the net direct tax collection to grow 14.63% to Rs.2.50 lakh crore. Officials said on Friday that net direct tax receipts grew 15% to Rs 2.7 lakh crore in the April-November period.
Tax collection figures falling below estimate is not surprising, considering the sluggish 5.3% economic growth in the second quarter and the 0.1% growth in industrial output in the April-September period, making the corporate sector conservative in estimating their profits at the end of the year.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The Alabama women's track and field team will open its 2008 indoor season at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational. Field events will begin on Friday, Jan. 11 at 6:00 p.m. from the Nutter Field House. Track events will commence on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 12:30 p.m.
The Tide will send 20 participants to the 2008 opener, including 11 newcomers who will make their Alabama debut on the oval. Of the 20 athletes, 16 are underclassmen.
"Our team is young but our athletes need to take advantage of using their teammates," head coach Sandy Fowler said. "I'm excited to see what is going to change from practice to the meet. To see how the team adapts mentally to the meet atmosphere and who steps up. It will show me what we can work on in practice."
Senior Julia Hicks, one of two seniors on the squad, will be making an appearance in the distance events. Hicks has been national qulaifier for the Tide in cross country and a mainstay in the distance events.
"I am excited that Julia is returning," Fowler said. "A senior, who has been to nationals and a leader on this team. If she brings her fall training and builds on her past success into Kentucky, she will have a very good meet."
The meet will showcase a total of 15 women's teams, including three teams that finished in the top-15 at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships.
Tennessee, which finished third, makes the trek to Kentucky while Michigan, who placed ninth and Georgia Tech, who finished 14th will be put to the test in Lexington.
Arkansas State, Eastern Kentucky, Furman, Kentucky, Kentucky State, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Wright State will participate at the meet.
Alabama will continue its indoor slate at the Clemson Invitational. The meet will begin on Friday, Jan. 18 at the Clemson Indoor Track.


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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 24. CALIFORNIA's Nathan Adrian reclaimed his 50-yard free crown with an American record in the NCAA Division I Men's Championships.
Adrian turned in a scorching time of 18.66 to best his previous national record of 18.71 set back in 2009 when he last won the NCAA title in the event. Last year, he fell to Josh Schneider's 18.93, or else he'd be a three-time winner in the event. That effort moved him up to third all time, as Cesar Cielo owns the U.S. Open and NCAA record with an 18.47 relay leadoff from 2008, and Matt Targett checked in with an 18.52 in 2009.
Auburn's Adam Brown nearly tracked Adrian down with a second-place 18.72 to jump to sixth all time in the event, while Texas' Jimmy Feigen earned third-place honors in 18.97 – just off his personal best of 18.84 from last year.
Arizona's Adam Small (19.03), Stanford's Alex Coville (19.25), USC's Vlad Morozov (19.38), Auburn's Karl Krug (19.50) and California's Graeme Moore (19.54) also scored A final points.
Minnesota's Michael Richards (19.39), Auburn's Drew Modrov (19.41), Auburn's Kohlton Norys (19.46), California's Josh Daniels (19.58), Auburn's Marcelo Chierighini (19.65), Auburn's Chris Manning (19.67), Clemson's Eric Bruck (19.67) and Columbia's Adam Powell (19.74) made up the consolation field.
Stanford pushed its leading tally to 104 points with California closing the distance with a second-place 94 points. Auburn (92.5), Texas (89) and Arizona (73) held third through fifth.
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Stanford (133.25), Texas (133), California (123.25), Arizona (102.25), Auburn (101.75), Virginia (79.25), Florida (69.25), USC (59.25), Michigan (58.25), Texas A&M (47.5)
* Average Scoring Projections based on the average points allotted to an A finalist (14.75) and a B finalist (4.625). Double points for relays.
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Neo-realism, gothic fable and political metaphor rub shoulders in Santiago Tabernero's powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of General Franco's life. Pic has a warmth and depth that could spread beyond local auds into arthouses offshore.
Neo-realism, gothic fable and political metaphor rub shoulders in Santiago Tabernero's distinctive "Life in Color," a powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of General Franco's life. By focusing on the people rather than the politics, busy but well-turned script avoids the clunky biases of many films dealing with 20th-century Spanish history and gives pic a warmth and depth that could spread beyond local auds into arthouses offshore.A rites-of-passage for not only a child but a whole nation, pic is set in the fall of 1975, when Franco's death was imminent and color TVs were showing up in the best Spanish homes. Thirteen-year-old Fede (freckle-faced Junio Valverde, superb) lives in the village of Las Islas with his mother Sole (Ana Wagener), his father Angel (Adolfo Fernandez), his sister Bego (Silvia Abascal), and his grandfather (vet Joan Dalmau, from "The Sea Inside"). The grandfather is awaiting the death of Franco with a champagne bottle ready. Fede is regularly bullied by a gang led by Benito (Andreas Munoz). His own friends are shy Sara (Nadia de Santiago) and her Down Syndrome sister, Ramona (Natalia Abascal, thesp Silvia's real-life sister). Also roaming around the village up to no good is Marciano (Andres Lima), the mentally unbalanced father of Sara and Ramona and the husband of Leo (Carmen Machi). The darkest of pic's several plotlines involves Marciano. Script is thick with characters and plotlines, but excess fat has been carefully trimmed, leaving pic vibrant and agile. But the sheer density of action means there's a rush to wrap things up during the final reel. None of the thesps are marquee names in Spain and many are newcomers, but all are very good. Jose Luis Alcaine's widescreen lensing, often color-drenched (per film's title), recreates the village as experienced by Fede — an expressionist vision of a child's disturbed imagination. The general effect is to emphasize the Franco-inspired climate of suspicion and fear in the village. Period detail is likewise lovingly attended to.
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An Alta Classics release of an Imval Producciones, Bausan Films, La Filmeria production, with participation of TVE, Digital Plus, TV3, ETB. (International sales: Bulbeck & Mas, Madrid.) Produced by Loris Omedes, Gaizka Urresti, Luis Angel Ramirez. Directed, written by Santiago Tabernero.
Camera (color, widescreen), Jose Luis Alcaine; editor, Jose Salcedo; music, Matthew Herbert; art directors, Soledad Sesena, Inigo Rotaetxe; sound (Dolby Digital), Sonora Estudio. Reviewed at Cinesa Parquesur, Madrid, Jan. 6, 2006. Running time: 97 MIN.
Junio Valverde, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Joan Dalmau, Ana Wagener, Carmen Machi, Andres Lima, Natalia Abascal, Nadia De Santiago, Maru Valdivielso, Adolfo Fernandez, Pep Guinyol, Jose Manuel Munoz "Cheto," Fernando Ransanz, Silvia Casanova, Fernando Cayo.


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I don't know how old your son is, but it's probably preferred to have him sedated so he doesn't remember the experience. It's less traumatic for the child and parent. Who wants to hear their child lay there crying or screaming and not be able to help them? Children are typically scared of any doctor so for your son to be squirming and trying to get away, it's understandable. It's not in how you raise your child at that point.<quoted text>
I don't think I said i blamed them for my son crying.... If that's what you read, then, maybe I should have been clearer. All I said was while he was there to get his tooth out, it Broke. We had to spend $650 for a surgical extraction, which needs sedation. Heard back from the dentist and the actually blamed my son's behavior as the reason for the sedation. My feeling is that there are taking no accountability for this. That the sedation was needed for the procedure, REGARDLESS on how my son's behaviour was.
I am glad you had a better experience than we did. All the best to you.
You're doing a great job and keep pushing for great health and dental care for your son.


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There were 2 scenarios where recently I made my answer into CW:
OP spammed me, ignored my advices, kept begging and whining, so I gave up on helping and made my answer CW to signal others to take over. I gave up ownership of my answer, so others are free to copy parts of it (not that it's forbidden to begin with, but at least now it's more explicit), or just edit and improve it.
I answered one way, then contradicted my answer with another. Truth is, I didn't know the answer, and only went on a fact-finding mission, and compiled whatever I could. I eventually put everything together into one post, contrasting the findings, etc. It's not an "answer", but it's still good information (I thought), so I made it to CW, as a signal for others that they're free to use these information, add more research, make their own conclusion (hopefully justified by the information and not just an opinion, etc).
The questions are:
- Is this proper scenarios to turn an answer to CW?
- In both cases, nothing "happened" after I turn it to CW. Nobody in the community "took over". I didn't really pass the torch to anyone. It was just dropped and nobody picked it up.
- Did something went "wrong" or should I expect this from time to time?


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This sword is what it is! A cheap plastic sword. It lasted 2 days before it broke, which is fine for me because it was just needed for the school Roman day. I am fairly glad it broke as it means I don't have to put up with my kids 'accidentally' hitting each other with it!
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Congrats. Very fine Colt, been on the market for years and has a great reputation.
I have it's cousin the New Agent and have been very pleased with it.
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"To blame a gun for a mans decision is to foolishly attribute free will to an inanimate object"- Colion Noir.
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It's Thursday again and time for another guest on nateriggs.com. Since Mike was in town this week, I'm pleased to share something that he'd written for brainzooming.com. I think you might find the comparison interesting.
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Social media programs benefit from new strategies and thinking.
Successful social media efforts should also consider offline best practices that make sense, even if they may seem old. We've been working a lot recently with Nate, introducing collaborative blogging in organizations with broad content creation and management needs. Following a client's comment on the challenges of pitching seasonally-based story ideas year after year, I realized something from my spiritual life that demonstrates a great lesson applicable to developing an editorial calendar for collaborative blogging.
Attending mass daily has helped me understand the underlying calendar that plans which Bible passages are read at each service. An approved lectionary (in essence, an editorial calendar) sets the direction. For weekdays, some readings are assigned to annual cycles and other to biannual ones. During special liturgical seasons, all daily readings are the same each year. For Sunday services, readings rotate every three years. Specific feasts and holidays during the year may cause the replacement of that day's passages with other related Bible readings instead.
The end result, beyond emphasizing different messages with varied frequencies, is simple: over the course of the daily and Sunday calendars, approximately 95% of the Bible's books are included with at least some passages.
If your organization has many stories to tell and needs to reinforce key messages at different times (with varying rates of repetition), adopting a comparable editorial calendar approach could make sense for you. Employing a similar strategy for collaborative blogging requires answering critical questions, including the following:
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By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Blac Chyna is keeping up with Kardashians. The mother of Tyga's son was spotted lunching with Kim Kardashian, sister Kourtney and her baby daddy Scott Disick in LA this week.
The YBF shares that cameras were in tow so it's likely that Chyna will be featured on one of the Kardashian's many reality television story lines.
Kim and Chyna (a noted former stripper who has danced at hip-hop haven King of Diamonds) have been making the social rounds together as of late. US Weekly reports that the two women and their respective boos, Kanye West and Tyga, were seen on a double date in Los Angeles a few days ago at Hakkasan. It's unclear how they became besties but perhaps Ye and Tyga had something to do with it.
Last year, Tyga and Chyna welcomed a baby boy King Cairo Stevenson, on October 16. Kim and Ye brought little North West into the world earlier this summer. Can a King Cairo and North West play date be next for the new moms?
North made her big debut on grandmother Kris Jenner's daytime talk show recently, when beaming dad Kanye showed off her photo. Today, Kim's other sister, Khloe, posted what appears to be a new photo of baby North on her Instagram. The pic shows Khloe holding a cute little baby hand with the caption "LOVE"


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Chimbly, my parents are at my place, so please knock when you go to pick up the polo mallets and see if you hol don to them until I get back, thanks!
Chimbly, my parents are at my place, so please knock when you go to pick up the polo mallets and see if you hol don to them until I get back, thanks!
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
bestest ride ever, thanks for a great idea LBK!Originally Posted by Elbeekay
well didn't make this one (obviously), but I def. want to come out and meet everyone. My buddy and i started a bike 'gang' in the town i used to live. We rode on sundays at 1pm and i was just thinkng about how much i missed those rides. It was really laid back, did about 30 miles total and stopped half way through to talk shop and eat chip-whiches.
When I first started it there was 3 or 4 of us that would meet, ride then end up back at my house where I would show peeps how to do simple maintnance on their bikes. By the time i moved there was about 30 of us, we had monthly meetings, petitioned the city for bike lanes and bike path funding, lead group rides for people that didnt ride much so they could feel more comfortable riding on busy streets, had a bike recyclery and were looking for store fronts to start a co-op bike shop. It was really amazing.
now i would just love to meet a group of people to just ride/hang with on the weekends. Is the sunday ride a weekly thing?
chimblysweep - did you do one of the check points at the Rico alleycat? You look really familiar...
you can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart, this guns for hire - even if we're just dancing in the dark...
Haines pics are up.
Good ride! Great weather (for january)! Cool peoples! (except for drive-by snarks from roadies) Who could ask for more. I'm all for making weekend ridey-rides a regular thing. Here's to the pirates, cradle to grave!
This is awesome. Well done, and how cool that things gelled and grew hair like that.Originally Posted by pista prole
You should come meet/ride/hang w/us. I think they sell chipwiches at the haines club house even, if you don't do grilled cheese. Which don't make no sense to me but to each his/er own. Yeah, and lurkers should come out too. Lurkers need to start participatin.
Hey! It's Amanda! I finally signed up!
Spud,you ar esuch the man!
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
couldn't have said it better.Here's to the pirates, cradle to grave!
you all are more than just my pirates, you're my family.
i love it.
hey Amanda,Originally Posted by mannakai
there is something familiar about 'mannakai'...
so youre racing this weekend, right?
putting the pi back in pirate!
Its an upstanding member of the solar system
Apply the laws of earth and make it a victim
Of Proposition 187
OK ALL, bike shopping tomorrow, kalavinka and depot and cycle...something. COmmunter bikes are free locked everywhere here, this is nutz
NYC crew is arriving Sat, thanks spud for playing booking agent, but next time, book something other than the smellest of the guys
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
Originally Posted by spud
Yup! Are y'all doing anything before the race?
anyone else work downtown and ride during lunch hour? hit me up. while it's over 50 degrees i'm back on the lunch hour haines point kick. you should join me.
Bah, today doesn't work for me. I had a random project thrown at me, and can't get away.Originally Posted by chimblysweep
BTW, I put that new stem on, it makes the benotto an entirely new bike!!
hey ,check the midnight frostbite thread, Chimbly had posted a list of events!Originally Posted by mannakai
See you all Fri ... late or Sat.
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
I'm picking up the mallets, and i'll see you folks at sherwood at 7, RAIN OR SHINE.
i got a rather disturbing phone call from a fellow pirate asking whether the game was on for tonight, since it's (*EEK!*) gently raining. I remind you that pirates are hearty and polo is funner in the rain. I also remind you that we recruited two new people who should be coming and cannot be let down.
see you at 7pm at sherwood.
NEW RULE: tink is not allowed to drink alcoholic beverages from glass bottles at polo anymore. why? because, even though he didn't show up for polo last night, his presence was felt, in that glass from his bottle-breaking last week flatted spud this week.
spud, care to elaborate? who's a ******lips?
ps - in case i haven't told y'all this lately, you rock, pirates.
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Dear Pirates,
I hate my knee. I have had to dock my ship in port if you will. The pain got so bad on my ride a few days ago that I road home with one leg. Being a good pirate I yelled, Yar! at everyone that looked at me funny.
I plan on resting it till Sat. I don't think I will race, but plan on representing anyhow.
I hate being landlocked.
alright now, give me a break hereNEW RULE: blah blah blah
what have I become?
pirate public enemy #1?
listen that glass could have come from anywhere!
How do you know it was from me?
Damn that freakin tree that got in the way of my bottle throwing skillz
For real this is a big city we're talking about here.
Ya'll need to reckognize the dangers.
but still -
spud,, sorry brother. Getting a flat is good for you. It builds character n stuff.
Dyno,, you're the man with the plan. Thank you for the presence of mind to bring the dustpan. Way to be prepared right?
tink,, no more 40oz on the playing field without hand knit 40 coozie and breakage protector.
the rest of you's,,, carry on. nothing to see here. move along.
frostbite and such... discuss
why don\t they make bike shorts in brown? brwon is the new black, isn't it....discuss
will be back in the USA by Fri Morning!, so call me if you need anything *in the afternoon(
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
Hey, Pirates!
Thanks for a great time last night!
Hope to see you all again soon!
pnc - tired of blaming your Brooks?
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high mileage pirates,
okashii and i will be on HP tonight starting aroun 530. call or ride the wrong way to find me.
WILL THERE BE hp ACTION THIS weekend, my legs are rubber from not riding for 3 weeks.
If you are not having any fun, it's all your fault
Only if you wanna go puke in two rivers.Originally Posted by poopncow
I don't know what rubber legs have to do with that.
I was so inspired by LBK's perfectly framed over-the-head shot that I made this DC Pirates wallpaper. I was also inspired by the fact that I have expensive Adobe software that has sat fallow for far too long. But be fore-warned it's designed for 1024 X 760 resolution.


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Waking up to Antarctica
Jonathan's Adventures to Antarctica
By the time we had breakfast and dropped anchor at our position off Cuverville Island, the wind too had dropped to nothing -- perfect conditions once again when combined with the cloudless sky. Some people even were walking around in only their long sleeve shirts!
Three hours ashore Cuverille Island gave us the chance to study another species of penguin breeding, the Gentoo. Much larger numbers exist further north, but the peninsula is home to about 20,000 pairs. Cuverville is home to roughly a quarter of these pairs. As with the Chinstraps yesterday, the birds were spread through a variety of small groups on the more prominent rocky outcrops (the first areas to become snow free in the spring). They were sitting or lying on nests made of pebbles, and were busily incubating eggs and protecting them from the unwanted attentions of the ever watchful skuas. One or two Weddell seals were also observed, and, for a lucky few, a female elephant seal swam by.
Our route back to the Molchanov was somewhat circuitous to take in some of the prettier icebergs. The range of colors and textures, and the endless variety of intricate and ornate designs were to be marveled. Our skilled drivers wound their way through these icy masterpieces, sculpted by the Antarctic wind, water, and sun.
Proceeding around Lemaire Island and into Paradise Bay, we anchored during lunch just off the unoccupied Argentine Almirante Brown Station. The Zodiacs were launched and quickly boarded for a cruise to the Petzval Glacier at the head of the tranquil Skontorp Cove. We motored between sea ice and small icebergs, passing Blue-eyed Shags on their nests (some with chicks). Then in a sweep, passed along the huge mass of the fractured and splintered ice front of the glacier.
The cruise culminated in our disembarkation at Almirante Brown, a somewhat unimposing cluster of boarded up huts, but a special site for us nonetheless. It was our first opportunity to set foot on the actual continent of Antarctica itself; a primary objective of the trip for some. To celebrate, it was time for some fun! We quickly weaved our way through the base and found the well-beaten track up onto the snowy slopes made for us by previous visitors. Then came the down hill derby! Down out of the mist rocketed, tumbled, ploughed and spun a steady stream of noisy yellow jackets. The techniques, grace and style of the descents were rather varied, but all survived. And so back to the Zodiacs and Molchanov.
We had dinner on the back deck in the form of a barbecue. Everyone enjoyed the sun, Russian music, and the chance to interact in such a festive atmosphere with our hosts, the Russian staff and crew members. They invited everyone to join them in dancing to traditional Russian music.
For some, there was yet one more activity to do before grabbing a few hours of sleep. About half of our team went back ashore to spend the night camping. We had already set up the tents in a line along a ridge, ten small shells that we would call home. Leaving them on shore, it was a special moment when the ship upped anchor and sailed off sounding its horn. It may have only been going around the corner, but it still gave something an eerie and romantic impression of Antarctica's solitude.
What an incredible experience to spend the next 12 hours on shore in Antarctica to watch the sun drop below the horizon only to rise a few hours later, never getting dark. I didn't have too many hours of sleep due to a snoring tentmate, so I watched the penguins as they too tried to catch some sleep after their busy day of swimming, rock stealing, and nest guarding.


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Water Works needs rate hike, blames us
Don't Waste Your Money
So you are a law abiding citizen.
You pay your bills on time, don't cheat on your taxes, always use your turn signals, and conserve water, as they tell us to do.
So let me understand this: We are now being penalized for limiting how much water we use?
Reasons for Rate Hike
Cincinnati Water Works is asking City Council to approve a 7.5 percent water rate hike for customers.
One of the main reasons, in its written request to council, is because customers are using less water these days, resulting in lower revenues.
Water Works is required to do the same amount of maintenance and upgrades to its facilities whether it makes $10 million a year or 10 cents a year.
The problem, over the past decade, is that consumers have taken dad's advice, and have turned down the water while brushing their teeth.
We have also purchased low flow toilets, high efficiency washing machines and dishwashers, and installed low flow shower heads to make our showers a trickle.
The end result should be lower bills, and up until now that's been the case. But Water Works says it is falling behind in revenue, and therefore needs to boost rates to make up for the shortfall caused by our conservation.
Doesn't That Stink?
What makes this especially painful is that it follows a series of increases in sewer rates, due to federally mandated sewer improvements that will cost the region more than $1 billion to complete.
If you use the Metropolitan Sewer District for wastewater treatment, your sewage bill is now larger than your water bill. Many Cincinnati-area families are now paying 30 percent more for water and sewage than they were just two years ago.
So combine the sewer hikes with a water rate hike, and we will pay even more.
City Council is expected to take a hard look at the request, with some council members saying a smaller rate hike in the 3 percent range would be more realistic.
While City Council approved a fiscal year budget Wednesday, it couldn't agree on a water rate hike . It could take another vote next week.
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The bottom line is that we will soon have to pay more for listening to dad and conserving water. And to that, I say, "Doesn't that stink?"
And don't waste your money.
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Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran will spearhead the Indian challenge when the team takes on Israel in a Test match beginning at the Airport Authority of India Officers Institute here on Tuesday. And its not just the event spread over three days that is unique but also the format. More importantly, the event is being considered a well thought out curtain raiser to the biggest clash in chess for the year 2012 the battle for the ultimate title of world champion between Indias Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand of Israel from May 10 at Moscow.
Besides Sasikiran, the second highest-rated player in the country after Anand, Grandmaster and reigning national champion Abhijeet Gupta, Grandmaster B Adhiban and Grandmaster GN Gopal will complete the Indian line-up. From Israel, highly regarded Grandmaster Illya Smirin will be on top board, assisted by Grandmaster Tal Baron, Grandmaster Vitaly Golod and Gil Popliski.
The Indians, though, start favourites to win the clash that will be spread over three rounds, with each player playing against all players of the other country at least once. There will be 12 games in all. Also, there will be Blindfold, Rapid and Blitz games together in a match for the first time in any competition. Both blindfold and rapid games will have a time control of 25 minutes for the entire game, with a ten second increment after every move is played. The blitz games will have three minutes with an increment of two seconds per move. Players will be able to see only their opponents last move in blindfold.
An initiative of the All India Chess Federation under the aegis of the World Chess Federation and supported by the Israel Embassy in New Delhi, the games will be beamed live through the internet.


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New principals appointed at Elkhart elementary schools
Elkhart Community Schools' board approved new principals at Hawthorne and Monger.
Both Hawthorne and Monger will have new principals in the fall.
The Elkhart school board approved Mary Teeter as principal for Hawthorne and April Walker as principal for Monger in its meeting on Tuesday, May 13.
Both women already work for the school corporation.
Walker, who was not present at Tuesday's meeting, is academic dean at Monger, and Teeter is assistant principal at Hawthorne.
Teeter said after her appointment that one of her goals is to help Hawthorne out of its "priority status" with the state department of education.
The school's current grade from the state is a D, and Teeter said it will take two years of showing improvement for Hawthorne to get out of priority status.
"It's a huge goal for us but doable," she said. "I love kids and I'm excited to move them forward."
Teeter has lived in Elkhart with her family for about 15 years.