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On this day one year ago, the global mining industry was reeling after
Just over a month later,
The dramatic leadership reshuffle at Rio Tinto, BHP and some of the world's other big miners ushered in a new era of conservative leadership in the resources sector where the focus is on cost cuts and shareholder returns instead of expansion.
Walsh, who was back in Perth over Christmas before returning to London where his new job is based, notches up 12 months in the role on Friday.
The miner's 2013 production figures, released on Thursday, are a reflection of a more austere approach towards managing the business under Walsh and chief financial officer Chris Lynch, who has held that role for 11 months.
Shareholders are expecting strong returns in coming years if Rio exceeds its cost-cutting targets. Walsh has instigated $3.5 billion in asset sales, shaved off more than $2 billion of costs in 2013 and cut exploration expenditure by more than $1 billion, which is higher than the $750 million originally targeted. It is targeting another $1 billion in cost cuts in 2014.
Capital spending will nearly halve in two years to about $US8 billion. New acquisitions and new projects are off the agenda, although existing sites will be expanded.
Citi analysts believe Rio Tinto's net debt will fall from $US20 billion to $US13.3 billion in 2014 due to asset sales and free cash flow generation.
Do not expect Walsh or Lynch's narrative to change much when they brief the market on full-year results next month. There will be more detail about targeted cost cuts but nothing that is likely to shock the market.
Boring but stable
Mining is a lot more boring than it has been over the last decade but that is how shareholders want it to stay for now.
There was a lot of pressure on Walsh to get some runs on the board early, which he has managed to achieve. The latest production numbers were important as they confirm he can deliver on promises. The key messages to shareholders will be focused on more cost and capex cuts in coming years.
After a year of over-promising and under-delivering, the reverse is now taking place although the upside surprises remain overshadowed by the nasty shocks of 2013.
Rio Tinto,
Rio's iron ore production is expected to hit 290 million tonnes a year by the end of the first half of 2014.
There is still a huge amount of uncertainty about where commodity prices are heading though, and Walsh will not be able to afford to take his eye off the ball.
It will take investors a lot more time before they forgive the massive impairments on the miner's aluminium business and its unpopular Mozambique coal assets, which were picked up through its takeover of Riversdale Mining.
Despite the progress made under Walsh, Rio's share price is not a lot higher than it was a year ago. The stock closed at $65.58 on Thursday, compared to $64.60 on January 17, 2013. The stock rose as high as $72.07 two weeks into Walsh's tenure but later fell as low as $50.24 in June.
Iron ore prices have had a good run although prices this week slipped below $US130 a tonne, according to the Chinese benchmark index – its lowest level since July. The outlook is mixed for iron ore for the rest of the year and China's economic health remains the key to future demand of the commodity, which is Walsh's bread and butter. Chinese demand is expected to slow down in the lead-up to Lunar New Year at the end of the month. The lower Australian dollar, which fell to its lowest level since August 2010 on Thursday, is also buoying mining stocks at the moment.
The pressure from investors to channel excess capital into dividends will remain until there is greater certainty about commodity prices.
It was the final blow to Murray Goulburn's ambitions to create a national diary champion and send the Canadians packing.
Commercial interests were always going to triumph over ideology and
The move gives Saputo a 47 per cent stake in Warrnambool, putting it within a whisker of control of the company which has been at the centre of an extraordinary three-way takeover tussle.
It is inevitable that the hedge funds and institutional investors which own stakes in the target will follow suit, easily allowing the Canadians to get the bid across the line.
Bega executive chairman
But the uncertainty generated by the drawn-out regulatory process Murray Goulburn was forced to navigate gave Saputo the box seat at the end of the day.
Saputo offered $9.20 a share if it acquired more than 50 per cent of Warrnambool, lower than Murray Goulburn's offer of $9.50 a share. But this would rise to $9.60 a share if it gets to more than 90 per cent.
Saputo's offer, due to expire on Wednesday next week, is automatically extended by another two weeks if it gets to 50 per cent. The focus now is on what runner-up Murray Goulburn will do with its 17.7 per cent stake. There is no question that Bega's decision to hand its stake to Saputo will end a six-month bidding war which has seen Warrnambool's share price double.
Murray Goulburn chief Gary Helou would be wise to cash in the near-$100 million profit he has made on his investment in Warrnambool and sell up, which is the most likely outcome.
Murray Goulburn cannot accept into Saputo's bid until it hits more than 50 per cent. Once that happens, it will likely withdraw its offer.
While a final decision has not been made, it is understood Murray Goulburn has no interest in hanging onto a blocking stake. Another shareholder, Kirin Holdings' Lion, has not yet decided what it will do with its stake. Helou will be seeking to leverage the relationships the co-operative has made with farmers and other shareholders throughout the takeover process and try to win new suppliers from Warrnambool.
In a way, everyone walks away a winner. Bega, which is now viewed as the next potential takeover, and farmer shareholders also walk away with a substantial profit.
The dairy industry as a whole will benefit from Saputo's foreign dollars, which is something the grains industry has missed out on with the government's rejection of a US bid for
The Warrnambool board backed Saputo all the way, even the initial $7 a share bid, and it is worth pondering how far the Canadians might have gone if Murray Goulburn had not been hamstrung by a protracted regulatory process which undermined its ability to provide the certainty shareholders needed.
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Judge sets hearing in case over WM3 evidence
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - A judge has scheduled a hearing in a lawsuit filed by the mother of 1 of 3 Cub Scouts killed in 1993 in West Memphis.
Pam Hicks filed the civil suit in hopes of viewing evidence in the slaying of her son, 8-year-old Stevie Branch, and his friends, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers.
Hicks argues that police and prosecutors are violating the state's Freedom of Information Act by not allowing her to examine items from the case, including her son's bicycle and clothing. The Jonesboro Sun reports (http://is.gd/CQAwVO ) that Circuit Court Judge Victor Hill will consider Hicks' request at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24.
Prosecutor Scott Ellington has said he's willing to let Hicks view the bicycle and clothing but that he won't release all investigative materials.
Information from: The Jonesboro Sun, http://www.jonesborosun.comCopyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Old Union Cemetery
Please visit Inscriptions in the Old Union Cemetery to see a list of burials.
The Old Union Cemetery of Stone Church is located in Upper Mt. Bethel twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. The cemetery grounds are maintained by a board of directors representing the two churches to which this burial ground first belonged. These churches are Trinity United Church of Christ and the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. The cemetery is adjacent to Trinity United Church of Christ at 632 South Delaware Drive (Route 611)Stone Church, Pennsylvania 18343. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church is across the street.
In the beginning the congregations of both churches, The German Evangelical Lutheran and the German Evangelical Reformed worshiped in the same building in the village of Stone Church (also known as Centerville). Some earlier records refer to The Old Union Cemetery as Christ Church Cemetery, because the congregations of both denominations were known as Christ Reformed and Christ Lutheran. The original church, a stone structure, was located in the middle of the now existing cemetery. The Stone Church (thus the name of the present day community) was removed when in 1832 a new brick building was erected and is occupied today by the Trinity UCC congregation. In 1910, Christ Evangelical Lutheran congregation built a new church located across the street from the cemetery.
There were at least 769 graves. Over the last 200 years many of those grave markers have been lost to time. The earliest burial in the cemetery is that of Anna Marie Goetthardt Correll, August 8, 1794. The last burial was Sarah Dildine in 1911. The cemetery is the resting place of twenty- six known Revolutionary War Soldiers; Ludwig Bartholomew, Abraham Eckert, Jacob Emerick, Phillip Emerick, John Flory, Joseph Fox, Frederick Frutchey, George Gross, John Hartzell, John Heil, Christian Hess, George Heller, Isaac Hilyardt,Peter Hilyardt, Simon Houck, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Valentine Miller, Valentine Phillips, John Ratzel, John Schoch, John Smith, Christian Snyder, Valentine Steiner, Peter Rundio, and Daniel Weidmen. Two who served in the War of 1812 buried here are Peter Reimer and Jacob Houck. Four Civil War veterans buried here are; Calvin S. Heller, Joseph J. Horn, Benjamin Kurtz and William H. Strauss.
Unfortunately, it can not be assumed that related persons are buried next to each other. When the old church was removed the then empty space in the middle of the cemetery was used for burials. Also at some point in time gravestones that had been removed from their proper gravesite were uprighted to the middle vacant area, "to make the cemetery look good." Therefore, while stones are erected they may not be in the actual place of burial.
An early transcription of the monuments in the cemetery was done by John Eyermann in June of 1899, in which only those monuments of persons who were born before 1780 were recorded. A later transcription was done by Wm. Atchley and Miss Katherine Atchley about 1909. Both of these records are available for review at the Easton Area Public Library Marx Room.
Please visit Inscriptions in the Old Union Cemetery to see a list of burials as compiled in the Atchley booklet.
Please visit these links to see some photos of graves in this cemetery.
1. Old Union Cemetery Photos - photos of the graves of Valentine Miller, Susanna Miller, Christophel Illick, Susanna Brodt Illick and John Houck.
2. Stones of Faith web site. There are 8 pages linked to this address.
3. Find A Grave web site. Search for these two names Christ Church Cemetery and Old Union Cemetery.
You may be interested in this partial list of early baptisms which are from the Church Record of the Lutheran and Reformed Congregations in Upper Mt. Bethel Township Northampton Co. 1774-1833, Copied by Dr. Wm. J. Hinke, Prof. of Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, New York, August - October, 1934.
Please see Northampton County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project for information regarding other cemeteries in the area.
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Sincerely Strange and Beautiful Music
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Better known as Aqualung, Matt Hales is moving from advertisement to attraction.
Aqualung: Magnetic North
20 Apr 2010 // 5:00 PM
There's a refreshing aspect to the personal sound of Magnetic North that many artists, when being so introspective, completely neglect: the soul need not be permanently tortured.
Aqualung: Words and Music
22 Oct 2008 // 6:00 PM
Caution must be taken to avoid listening too hard lest you risk inescapable boredom.
I Heart Adult Alternative: Failing at Being a Hipster
19 Oct 2010 // 1:30 AM
An unfairly named, unfairly shunned, and completely unhip genre, adult alternative, in my opinion, is producing some of the best new music these days, and you don't have to be a project manager with two kids and a suburban home to enjoy it. Here I examine three examples of the best records in said genre from this year.


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The Miss Coon Rapids Scholarship Pageant is having a fund-raiser Saturday, May 12 at Lilli Putt on Coon Rapids Boulevard.
A Miss Coon Rapids Bean Bag Tournament will begin at 11 a.m. Food and beverages available and the cost is $30 per team.
Cash prizes for first- , second- and third-place teams will depend on the number of teams that register.
Remaining money will support educational scholarships for young women competing for the Miss Coon Rapids title.
There will also be 50/50 cash drawings, $5 per ticket.Contact Dustin Betow at [email protected] for more information and to register a team.


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Mission Work
Allowing Christ To Shine has many mission projects happening in Haiti. We will have mission trips scheduled throughout the year. These trips include building projects, food and clothe distributions and educational trips to help teach English. A.C.T.S. school, orphanage and medical clinic exists to help serve the children in Haiti. Allowing Christ To Shine also provides accommodations for mission teams to stay at our facility. Please contact us for more information.


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Abu Dhabi
October average high: 36C
Abu Dhabi is hot on the heels of Dubai with its flashy attractions, and the Emirate's latest is a world first: a Ferrari theme park (ferrariworldabudhabi.com) with the world's fastest roller coaster which will reach speeds of up to 150mph. Other rides include a flume ride through a Ferrari 599 engine and a miniature Italy you can drive through in a 1957 California Spider.
• Best Dubai Holidays (020-7849 4180, bestdubaiholidays.co.uk) has a five-night break from London on 13 November, flying via Doha to Abu Dhabi, to stay at the five-star Desert Islands Resort and Spa on Sir Bani Yas Island, for £786. It has its own game reserve and walking trails
October average high: 25C
The history of one of the world's most incredible historic sites will be brought to life by a new exhibition at the Carthage museum (tourismtunisia.com/culture), which reveals the story and times of a man who lived there in the first century BC, whose skeleton was discovered in 1994.
• The Residence Tunis is a stylish beachfront complex 20 minutes from Tunis city centre and Carthage. W&O travel (08445 277 3310, WandOtravel.com) has a seven-night break for £4,448 for a family of four sleeping in two rooms, including flights from Gatwick. Travel between 23-31 October
October average high: 29C
Want to feel totally tropical? Head to the land of sunshine and cocktail hours for yachties. Go snorkelling and make footprints in the sand on one of 365 beaches.
• Netflights.com has a deal to stay at Jolly Beach, an all-inclusive resort with 40 acres of gardens, two pools and a spa, for seven nights including flights from £939 from Manchester. Book before 30 October for travel before 10 December
Average November high: 22C
Everyone should now give Funchal a chance, not just the retirees who once made it popular, thanks to the posh hotels and cool bars that have opened in recent years. Have a cocktail at The Vine, a hotel with a rooftop pool, then head to the club Mohle, one of many hip joints putting the fun into Funchal.
• The Co-operative Travel (0845 600 3063, co-operativetravel.co.uk) has seven-night breaks in November and December at the five-star Pestana Carlton Madeira, from a range of UK airports from £589


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Angry Pirate
Vector portrait of an old grumpy pirate smoking a pipe. Polka dots on the scarf wrapped around the man's head, eye patch, big ring on one of his ears, long beard and mustache and a long pipe between his teeth. Free vector image for all pirates, piracy, sea, sailing and smoking design projects.


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Applying evidence-based decisions in clinical practice (Proceedings)
The prevailing system of veterinary medical education and the practice of continued learning are not based on rigorous assessment of evidence for or against particular management options, including many aspects of clinical nutrition. Journals and textbooks, even those that can be rapidly accessed in the short time required to make clinical decisions, may not be helpful for determining specific risks and benefits of nutritional management. Veterinarians often rely on clinical experience and judgment, perhaps supported by the advice of colleagues or consultants who practice in a similar manner. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) represents a major, but still largely untested, intellectual advance when making clinical decisions and determining and patient care.1-6
Concepts of EBM
EBM is defined as the integration of the best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values.2 Best research evidence means clinically relevant research, especially from patient-centered clinical studies. Clinical expertise refers to the ability to use clinical skills and past experience to rapidly identify each patient's unique health state, establish a diagnosis, and determine the risks and benefits of potential interventions for that specific patient. Patient values include unique preferences, concerns, and expectations each human patient brings to a clinical encounter and that must be integrated into clinical decisions to best serve the patient. It was further believed that integration of these 3 elements would result in clinicians and patients forming a diagnostic and therapeutic alliance that optimizes clinical outcomes and quality of life.The concepts of EBM also apply to dogs, cats, and other nonhuman animals.3-9 The concept of patient values must be extended to include the unique preferences, concerns, and expectations of each owner as well as those of their animals (ie, the patients). Regardless of the definition used, the intent is that use of current best evidence does not replace clinical skills, judgment, or experience, but it does provide another dimension to the decision-making process that also considers the patients and their owners' preferences.
A conceptual model for evidence-based clinical decisions reveals that the best clinical decisions are made when clinical expertise, research evidence, and owner or patient preferences overlap.1-3 Clinical expertise is obviously needed to obtain a medical history and assess a patient's nutritional and health status. Clinical expertise allows for the individualized care of a specific animal's needs. Owners have always exercised their preferences for medical care by seeking second opinions, choosing alternate treatments, exercising economic constraints, and adhering (or choosing not to adhere) to recommended therapeutic plans. Moreover, owners currently have greater access to clinical and nutritional information than ever before.
The challenge of integrating clinical expertise with current best evidence from medical and nutritional research is complex. Veterinarians usually attempt to base their decisions on the best evidence available. This evidence often represents extrapolations of pathophysiologic principles, studies conducted in other species, and logical conclusions based on data derived from patients in clinical studies. The advent and proliferation of randomized controlled clinical studies have led to an increase in the quantity and quality of clinically valid evidence. When possible, veterinarians should use information derived from systematic, rigorously controlled clinical studies to make diagnostic and treatment decisions. Evidence-based medicine or evidence-based clinical nutrition does not always lead to a definitive answer, but it does provide a framework for making decisions and understanding the risk-benefit relationship of various feeding or therapeutic plans. To better understand EBM, an understanding of the rules of evidence is necessary.
Rules of evidence
Scientific evidence is the product of appropriately designed and carefully controlled research investigations. A single study does not constitute evidence; rather, it contributes to a body of knowledge that has been derived from multiple studies investigating the same area. Unfortunately, there is neither a central repository for clinical nutrition information nor only 1 system for establishing quality evidence. Several classification schemes may be useful for establishing rules of evidence for recommendations regarding clinical nutrition.
Traditional sources of evidence include materials such as textbooks, personal journal collections, conference proceedings and clinical guidelines. Much of this evidence is not based on appropriately conducted clinical studies in the target species. Many clinical and nutritional interventions are used because the basic pathophysiologic rationale made sense, even though data on the true clinical outcome are lacking to document a positive effect. Sources regarded as strong evidence include randomized controlled clinical studies or systematic reviews of more than 1 study (ie, meta-analysis). These are followed respectively by epidemiologic studies (cohort studies or case-control studies), models of disease, and case series. The hierarchy of evidence is based on the notion of causation and the need to control bias.


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Let's face it, there's only one way to sell a B-segment car with a C-segment price tag - it has to be cute, it has to be fashionable and it has to be fresh.
Which is why BMW has become an expert at re-inventing the Mini, with a succession of new models - the Countryman, Coupé and Roadster being the most recent - and an even more varied string of specially-themed trim packages, some of which have been very clever, others painfully pretentious.
Given the Mini's English roots, we were expecting a really sporty version (perhaps upholstered in tracksuit material?) to take advantage of the hype around this year's London Olympics.
But BMW has caught us out with a couple of classy special-trim packages celebrating two of London's parks, those quiet green oases that define the lifestyle of the English capital, as much as do the Tower and the Thames.
Just as Paris would not be Paris without the Jardin du Tuileries, London would not be the same without Hyde Park and Green Park.
Hyde Park spans 140 hectares and is famous for its Speakers' Corner on the north-eastern side. The park is a green haven right in the centre of London, between the shopping hot spots of Kensington and Oxford Street.
It's also the starting point for the annual London-Brighton Run for veteran cars and this year it will host the Olympic triathlon and marathon swimming events.
The Mini Hyde Park captures the unobtrusive elegance of fashionable London in white with chocolate brown roof and side mirrors - a combination that's never been offered before - with smartly tailored matching stripes on the bonnets and sides, and white indicator lenses.
Inside, the hard surfaces are finished in white, with the seats trimmed in either a leather/cloth combination or all leather. The standard upholstery colours are black or beige with a two-tone, black and beige leather-trimmed dashboard, but the full range of Mini upholstery and Colour Line options are available to order.
Green Park is a 19-hectare recreational area near Buckingham Palace, and forms a key element of the city's green belt, linking Hyde Park to St James' Park and making possible a four-kilometre walk through the Royal Parks, from Kensington Palace in the west to Downing Street in the east.
The Mini Green Park reflects the English sporting tradition with British Racing Green roof and side mirrors, bonnet and side stripes, over a clean white base colour with white indicator lenses.
As with the Hyde Park, the standard interior is predominantly black and beige, with hard surfaces in white but, once again, the full spectrum of Mini trim options are available to order.
The Mini Hyde Park and Green Park trim packages will be available in South Africa from the last quarter of 2012 in either standard or Clubman format with either 90kW Cooper or 135kW Cooper S power. A six-speed manual 'box will be standard issue, with a six-speed auto available to order.
How much extra they will cost will be confirmed closer to the time.


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IT was "bumpy, wet and disorientating" but the contestants at Faringdon's wife- carrying contest yesterday said they had a great time.
The competition was part of a country sports afternoon at Faringdon Cricket Club to raise funds for this year's FollyFest arts festival in the town.
The winners were rugby player Tony Hulse, 41, and "wife" for the day, Kate Howard, 41, standing in for his legal spouse, who was at work.
Miss Howard, who owns Faringdon's Bobbin Bistro, said: "It was bumpy and wet and disorientating but very exciting."
The seven competing couples were squirted with water as they sprinted 253-metres through the mud to make it first across the finish line.
The "wives" had to be 17 or older and weigh a minimum of 108lb, 7.7 stone, with each couple paying £10 to enter.
Miss Howard added: "After today I think there should be more wife carrying in Faringdon. I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was really good fun."
Tony Hulse and Kate Howard with their trophy
Mr Hulse said: "It was a brilliant idea, I've had a really good day."
The sports day also included welly throwing, cheese throwing and a three-legged race.
The arts festival will be held in Faringdon market place from August 1 to 3.
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Friendshipping Tips
Visiting a less-active member can at times be intimidating. When I received a new visiting teaching route that included a less-active sister, I put the assignment on my refrigerator door, where it stayed for a month while I mustered up the courage to call her. When I finally did call, I got a chilly reception.
While I was struggling with this assignment, I happened across a scripture that changed my attitude: "Lovest thou me? … Feed my sheep" (John 21:16). I realized that as a disciple of Christ, I needed to reach out to His sheep that have strayed. Instead of thinking of this woman as hostile, I began to think of her as my sister—a child of God—who needed to be loved back into the fold.
As I visited with this sister, and later with other less-active members, I discovered a number of things that have improved our friendships.
• Be a true friend. At first less-active members may act cold toward home or visiting teachers, but don't give up. As you continue to come by with a smile and show interest in them as you try to share a message, they will realize that you are sincere in your offer of friendship.
• Keep them informed. Call less-active members and keep them informed of upcoming ward events. While some may not be ready to attend church, they may be willing to join other ward or branch activities.
• Offer rides. Invite them to ride with you to ward or stake meetings and events. Arrange for Primary, Scout, or Mutual teachers and advisers to offer rides to family members who may not otherwise be able to attend auxiliary functions. Once they attend, they will likely make friends with other ward members.
• Bake a treat. Once, when a sister would not return my calls, I left cookies on her doorstep along with an inspirational message. She called the next day to thank me.
• When appropriate, share a gospel message. Some sisters really do long for a spiritual uplift despite their unenthusiastic response. Share a short spiritual message or leave one in a note. Include your testimony of the love Heavenly Father has for her, and include your own feelings of love for her family.
• Seek common interests. Invite a sister to go with you to take a class, shop, or attend a sporting or cultural event.
• Remember special days. A birthday card or telephone call shows you care, and bringing special treats on holidays can brighten any family's day.
• Pray for them. As you remember your less-active sisters in your daily prayers, you'll find you have increased awareness of their needs and new ideas of things you might do that may further soften their hearts.—, College Station Second Ward, College Station Texas Stake
Family Home Evening Songbooks
A few years ago our ward Primary music leader informed me that my young son was reverent in Primary, but he wasn't singing the songs. I was surprised; I knew he liked to sing. When I asked him why he wasn't participating, he said he didn't know the words. So I decided he needed more reinforcement at home.
I asked the music leader what songs the Primary children were working on. Then I made copies of the songs from the Children's Songbook (1989), enclosed them in clear protective sheets, and put them in binders for each family member. During the family home evenings that followed, the family member with the assignment to pick the songs would choose from our songbook.
It worked! This process helped our son learn the Primary songs, and it gave the rest of the family an opportunity to learn them as well.
Because of this successful experiment, our family has continued this each year. In January we ask the music leader what songs are in the new Primary sacrament meeting presentation. Then we add copies of these songs to the front of our songbooks. Even children too young to read can learn the songs when they hear them often.
Primary music leaders may be able to help in this process by regularly providing parents with the names of songs the children are working on. Since many parents do not have copies of the Children's Songbook, where possible music leaders may want to provide copies of the songs for the children to take home.
Keep in mind that due to copyright restrictions, some of the songs in the Children's Songbook may not be photocopied; those songs have a notice at the bottom of the page. Page 301 of the songbook has guidelines and restrictions for copying music.
Parents may also help children learn the songs by using the Children's Songbook recordings available through Church distribution centers or by making their own customized tapes of the song.—, Ledgewood First Ward, Morristown New Jersey Stake
Walking Your Way to Good Health
Several years ago I realized that amidst a busy schedule of family, church, and work activities I was not getting the physical exercise I needed to stay healthy. I sought a beneficial activity I could easily work into my daily routine and found it in something I had been doing all my life: walking.
Walking improves strength and endurance, helps build healthy bones and muscles, helps control weight, reduces anxiety and stress, increases self-confidence, and may improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Walking regularly reduces the risk of diseases such as osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, and diabetes mellitus. Walking is also often appropriate for people whose condition does not allow them to do more strenuous physical activities.
The following ideas may help you integrate walking into your everyday life:
• Walk to church if distances allow. Plan to leave home a little earlier each Sunday if necessary.
• If possible, walk to work or your source of transportation. In addition to starting your workday on the right "foot," you will save money on travel and parking costs.
• If you ride to work, park your car or get off the bus a few blocks early. This will give you a few valuable minutes of exercise even if your trip is too far to walk all the way.
• Walk children to a nearby school instead of driving them. This can teach them good habits about active living and will help reduce traffic congestion near the school. Babies in strollers can go along too.
• Walk to a local store instead of driving to a bigger one farther away. Reduced transportation costs in some cases make up for higher prices at a smaller store.
• Take a walk at lunchtime or on a break. You will find yourself refreshed and more alert afterward.
• If your health permits, climb stairs instead of using an elevator. Do not overdo it; climb an appropriate number of stairs for your age and condition.
• Turn off the television and take a walk for recreation. The world around you is glorious and full of amazing details only evident when you pass by at a walking pace.
• Find a walking partner. Go for walks with people you want to spend time with.
• If you are planning a move, consider a location within walking distance of your most frequent destinations (for example, church, school, workplace, grocery store).
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Wondering how to make cake pops from scratch? It's easy. Here's simple directions on turning almost any kind of cake and everyday ingredients into irresistibly charming cake pops.
Known as cake pops, these sweet little confections are ridiculously easy to make from scratch with cake and other ingredients you probably already have on hand. Given how sweet and cakey and simple these little confections are, they're the perfect party dessert—even if you're a party of one.–Julie Van Rosendaal
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The author of this charming cake pops recipe is someone who sees the world much as Alice did while in Wonderland. And when in Wonderland, do as Alice would. Which is exactly what the author has done throughout Alice Eats: A Wonderland Cookbook. It's the tale of Wonderland as seen through Alice's eyes, recipes included. We're in deep, deep like with it.
Cake Pops Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes 3 to 4 dozen
- One 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk or half-and-half
- 2 baked 8- or 9-inch cake layers or 2 pound cakes (any flavor)
- 1 pound milk, dark, or white chocolate, chopped
- Sprinkles, shredded coconut, finely chopped nuts, or colored sugar (optional)
- 1. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar and milk or half-and-half until smooth. You want the mixture to have the consistency of soft frosting. Scoop about 1/3 of the frosting mixture into a small bowl.
- 2. Crumble the cakes finely into the bowl of frosting and stir until well blended. If the cake pop mixture seems dry, add some or all the remaining frosting. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour or up to overnight.
- 3. Roll the cake pop mixture into 1-inch balls. (If you prefer cake pebbles to cake pops, make them a little imperfect so they resemble pebbles.) Place the cake pops on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and place the sheet in the fridge or freezer while you melt the chocolate or up to several hours. [Editor's Note: The cake pops were easier to dip and in fact looked prettier when left in the freezer overnight before being dipped. This ensured they remained firm enough to stay together without creating little crumbs in the dipping chocolate.]
- 4. Melt the chocolate on low heat in the microwave or in a double boiler set over simmering water, stirring until smooth.
- 5. If you want the cake pops to be on sticks, poke a lollipop stick or wooden skewer into each cake pop and use it to dip the confection into the warm chocolate, turning to coat. Otherwise, use a fork or skewer to maneuver each cake pop as you dip. Set the dipped cake pops back on the parchment-lined baking sheet. If you like, sprinkle the cake pops with candy sprinkles, coconut, finely chopped nuts, colored sugar, or other decorations before the chocolate sets. Let the cake pops sit at room temperature or in the fridge until firm. For any cake pops that don't look perfect after being dipped, go ahead and redip where needed (otherwise, if the cake pop isn't evenly coated, the filling will ooze out where it's only scantily coated).
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Raleigh, N.C. – For all the negative ads and the threatened lawsuits over them in the last month, there has been essentially no change in the North Carolina gubernatorial race. Walter Dalton came out of his primary victory with a big bump, pulling to within six points of frontrunner Pat McCrory (46-40) when PPP polled the race in mid-May. Now he trails by seven (47-40).
There are signs, however, that Dalton has more room to grow than does McCrory. Dalton lagged by 23 points with independents in May, but only 16 points now. And the undecided lean Democratic. Two-thirds of them are women, they are more heavily minority than the overall electorate, and they voted 2:1 for President Obama over John McCain in 2008.
The continuing problem for Dalton is the defection of conservative Democrats. Dalton's 10% of the GOP vote is roughly what Bev Perdue got in 2008, but McCrory's 18% of Democrats is twice what he pulled four years ago. Obama has the same problem, so Dalton is not alone.
Dalton and Obama also both show weakness currently with black voters, but history suggests that, unlike with rural white Democrats, that will not be the case in November. Dalton gets only 68% to McCrory's 20% of African Americans, not much worse than Obama's own 76-20 lead over Romney. If Dalton had 95% of the black vote, as Perdue did, and the rest of voters fell proportionately to where they are now, McCrory would lead by less than a point.
McCrory's advantage continues to be built on name recognition. As Dalton has gotten better known to voters, his standing has increased, and it could only continue to do so. Among voters who have an opinion of both candidates right now, whether positive or negative, Dalton actually leads by four points.
"Pat McCrory remains the favorite but this race is closer than it was three months ago," said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. "Walter Dalton's post-primary bounce has held up over the last month."
PPP surveyed 810 North Carolina voters from June 7th to 10th. The margin of error for the survey is +/-3.4%. This poll was not paid for or authorized by any campaign or political organization. PPP surveys are conducted through automated telephone interviews.
Topline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.
Q1 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Walter Dalton?
Favorable........................................................ 28%
Unfavorable .................................................... 28%
Not sure .......................................................... 44%
Q2 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Pat McCrory?
Favorable........................................................ 44%
Unfavorable .................................................... 30%
Not sure .......................................................... 26%
Q3 The candidates for Governor are Democrat
Walter Dalton and Republican Pat McCrory. If
the election was today, who would you vote
Walter Dalton .................................................. 40%
Pat McCrory.................................................... 47%
Undecided....................................................... 13%
Q4 Do you view Walter Dalton as being a liberal,
moderate, or conservative?
Liberal ............................................................. 29%
Moderate......................................................... 34%
Conservative................................................... 9%
Not sure .......................................................... 28%
Q5 Do you view Pat McCrory as being a liberal,
moderate, or conservative?
Liberal ............................................................. 9%
Moderate......................................................... 27%
Conservative................................................... 44%
Not sure .......................................................... 20%
Q6 The candidates for State Treasurer are
Democrat Janet Cowell and Republican Steve
Royal. If the election was today, who would you
vote for?
Janet Cowell ................................................... 34%
Steve Royal .................................................... 33%
Undecided....................................................... 33%
Q7 The candidates for Agriculture Commissioner
are Democrat Walter Smith and Republican
Steve Troxler. If the election was today, who
would you vote for?
Walter Smith ................................................... 31%
Steve Troxler................................................... 45%
Undecided....................................................... 25%
Q8 The candidates for State Auditor are Democrat
Beth Wood and Republican Debra Goldman. If
the election was today, who would you vote
Beth Wood...................................................... 36%
Debra Goldman .............................................. 36%
Undecided....................................................... 29%
Q9 Who did you vote for President in 2008?
John McCain................................................... 46%
Barack Obama................................................ 46%
Someone else/Don't remember ...................... 8%
Q10 Would you describe yourself as very liberal,
somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat
conservative, or very conservative?
Very liberal ...................................................... 13%
Somewhat liberal ............................................ 13%
Moderate......................................................... 26%
Somewhat conservative.................................. 28%
Very conservative ........................................... 21%
Q11 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.
Woman ........................................................... 54%
Man................................................................. 46%
Q12 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a Republican,
press 2. If you are an independent or identify
with another party, press 3.
Democrat ........................................................ 44%
Republican...................................................... 36%
Independent/Other.......................................... 20%
Q13 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If other, press 3.
White .............................................................. 73%
African-American ............................................ 22%
Other............................................................... 4%
Q14 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If 30 to
45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If you are
older than 65, press 4.
18 to 29........................................................... 14%
30 to 45........................................................... 28%
46 to 65........................................................... 38%
Older than 65.................................................. 20%
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252.................................................................. 11%
336.................................................................. 21%
704.................................................................. 20%
828.................................................................. 12%
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Senior Devin Gray set a new NCKC meet record in the 800 meter run, finishing his race in 2:09.6 at the conference championship meet in Owen County. He bested the old record set last year by a Trimble County runner by almost four seconds. He was also the only Panther to take home a Conference Championship in any event at the meet Tuesday, April 24.
Gray also finished sixth in what head coach Joe Creager called "one of the most closely contested 1600 meter runs that I have ever seen."
Girls results:
As soccer continues to grow in popularity in Carroll County, more opportunities have been opening up for children to take part. This is the second year for the Carroll County Middle School's co-ed program, and it has increased its numbers since last year.
What appeared to be a blown call by the umpire at second base could have been the difference in the rivalry match-up between the Carroll and Gallatin baseball teams.
Top of the third, two outs; the game is still tied 0-0 and Gallatin's Curtis Flynn is on first. He attempts to steal and catcher Austin Dunn throws to shortstop Trey Boles, who is running over for the tag. The runner appeared to be out by a couple feet, but was called safe by the umpire.
Deadlocked at 1-1, the Carroll County and Henry County baseball teams headed into extra innings Tuesday, April 17.
The Panthers had an opportunity in the eighth to end the game. With one out, Jacob Wise hit a slow roller to third base and beat out the throw to first. Dillon Craig drew a walk, but both runners were left stranded on base.
The Lady Panthers 4x800 meter relay team — Nikki Hill, Sierra Martinez, Kirsten Arvin and Jenna Richmond — won first place with a time of 13:32.6 in the Henry County track meet April 17. Overall, the girls finished in sixth place, while the boys finished in seventh place.
Head coach Joe Creager said several players set new personal bests or season bests, despite not finishing as high as the team is used to seeing.
Carroll County High School's Sergio Pascual won the No. 1 singles category in the NCKC tournament. Overall, both the boys and the girls finished in second place, with the boys losing to Trimble County by two points and the girls losing to Walton-Verona by one point.
Head coach Juan Fernandez said Pascual cruised through the tournament without dropping a set. Pascual lost a combined nine games for the tournament, with no one coming close to his level, he said.
After two road losses, the Lady Panthers softball team got back on track with an 11-5 win against Holmes High School at home Saturday.
Carroll traveled to Owen County on Tuesday, April 17 and lost 10-0. The Lady Panthers notched just two hits in the game, a single apiece from Kelsey Ogden and Sarah Hawkins.
The girls started hot on the road at Trimble County on Wednesday, April 18, scoring three runs in the top of the first. But they fizzled out after that, ultimately falling 7-3.
Kentucky Speedway will play host to Ford Fan Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The event provides a chance for race fans to see the improvements at Kentucky Speedway, along with a glimpse behind the scenes at the track.
The Carroll County track and field team had plenty to celebrate Friday night at the fourth annual Carroll County Invitational. The team honored their six graduating seniors, and a new school record was set in the girls 800 meter run.
The Carroll County boys' tennis team clinched its second win over Gallatin County this season, 3-2, on Tuesday, April 17.
Sergio Pascual cruised past Gallatin's No. 1 singles player, 6-1, 6-2, and has not lost this season in singles. "He is playing very well and getting better as the season progresses, due mainly to his recovery from breaking his leg during soccer season where he was told he would not be able to play tennis due to his injury," head coach Juan Fernandez said.
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Some of the countries best young baseballers had the chance to learn from one the game's best today.
Major league MVP contender Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks is in the country.
It's all part of Baseball New Zealand's plan to bring 'America's pastime' to Auckland.
When the Diamondback met the Diamondblacks, the one known as 'Goldy' stopped by Auckland as he continues to grow the game of baseball worldwide.
He said he wishes "to get more and more kids involved".
"Hopefully they'll enjoy it like I did when I was young, and try to stick to it, and you know they're going to continue to get better and I'm sure you're going to see some New Zealand major league baseball players soon".
Arizona's CEO admits he chuckled when they heard the name of New Zealand's national team.
"We love the Diamondblacks. And for us being the Diamondbacks...we hope that we can be New Zealand's major league baseball team as well," he said.
The Diamondbacks will open the 2014 MLB season in Sydney, but the term 'hit it out of the park' could also soon apply to Eden Park if Baseball New Zealand's plan to host a major league game comes to fruition.
"If a major league team comes here, or an all-star team, they'd have to play here. But we think Eden Park is behind that and major league baseball is behind it... so this is a good chance for the country to visualise how it would look," said Ryan Flynn, Baseball NZ president.
The main aim on these shores remains an Auckland franchise in the Australian league and its know-how, and funding that Baseball New Zealand will use opportunities like this to obtain.
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S3's MultiChrome dual-GPU technology
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 3, 2006 - 11:34 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Can S3 push themselves between ATI and nVIDIA in the fight for graphics dominance?
The new benchmarkers game
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 2, 2006 - 07:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Bethesda's newest installment to the Elder Scrolls has taken the lead in video card abuse. It pushes even the newest hardware to it's limits, when you enable all the bells and whistles. AnandTech takes it for a spin to see what the current generation of cards can do.
A different type of storage
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 2, 2006 - 03:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Tech Zone begins a series of articles on Magneto-Optical storage technology. Not many have heard of it, and even less use it; but that is no excuse not to learn about it.
A case for the price conscious
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 1, 2006 - 06:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Monster-Hardware reviews an incredibly low priced case that would be perfect for building a cheap PC. If you have a family member that needs a PC built, consider this CableMart case for a starting point.
Mix and match SLI
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 1, 2006 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Bjorn3D tests nVIDIA's claim that the newer nForce supports mixed SLI. No longer will you have to buy 2 cards from the smae vendor in order to get SLI to work.
Etch a little class into your case
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 27, 2006 - 02:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Aerobie and Coffee
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 27, 2006 - 01:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The makers of the crazy far flying ring have moved onto coffee makers. Dan's Data reviews this nifty little device that will be likely be finding it's way onto many desks.
Upgrading on a tight budget
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 25, 2006 - 03:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Legion Hardware has some advice for upgrading a computer to play the new FPS games; they spend less in total than many would on just a video card. Drop by to see how they did it.
Even ATI recommends it
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 25, 2006 - 12:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Neoseeker went hunting for the most powerful PSU they could find. They found it in the FSP Epsilon FX-700 GLN, a 700W PSU with 4 seperate 12V lines and a 99 PFC. This PSU is almost a must for high end SLI or Crossfire setups
Just mount it and you are cool
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 03:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Think Computers reviews the G-Cooler Liquid CPU Cooler. It is a closed loop when it arrives, you need not play with tubing or filling the reservoir, just mount it to your processor, and the radiator to the case where you would normally put an 80mm exhaust fan.
Intel will be the death of the BIOS
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 12:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Intel is pushing the Extensible Firmware Interface, which is intended to replace BIOS as the most basic component in a working motherboard. The Register has more information on their plans.
As well, Ryan has finished his review of the Abit A8N 32X, so check out this SLI nForce4 board.
Common Computer Killing Actions
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 12:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
PCStats has put together their latest guide on the most common ways that people kill computers. If you are under the illusion that your PC is invulnerable, you really should give this a read.
Silent cooling from ASUS
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 21, 2006 - 03:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Pro-clockers looks at a large, silent cooler from ASUS, the Silent Square. With the large heatpipes, it bears a resemblance to an engine block and it does perform well.
Blizzard's Ghost is a no show, but Tom Clancy delivers
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 21, 2006 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced was caught and interrogated by Ars Technica. Drop by to see what secrets were revelead about the newest in this long running series.
Intel First-Quarter Revenue $8.9 Billion
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 20, 2006 - 11:35 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19, 2006 — Intel Corporation today announced first-quarter revenue of $8.9 billion, operating income of $1.7 billion, net income of $1.3 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 23 cents. Excluding the effects of share-based compensation, the company posted operating income of $2.1 billion, net income of $1.6 billion and EPS of 27 cents.
More info at the Intel Pressroom.
The pick of the 7800GTX litter
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 19, 2006 - 07:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you are looking for the best of the best, check out ExtremeTech's review of 3 top 7800GTX models.
A stack of case reviews
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 19, 2006 - 01:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Cooler Master scores again with the Stacker 830, a full sized aluminium tower. TweakTown takes you through all the features of this high quality case today.
If you like the case, but think it could use some improvements, Bob Dyl will take you through the steps of some small modifications to the CM Stacker 830.
Cool copper jewlery for your system
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 17, 2006 - 05:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Virtual-Hideout reviews Vizo Sleet Copper Cooling Components, 3 types of copper heatsinks designed to cool system RAM, chipsets, and VRAM. The double sided thermal tape they come with keeps them on in any orientation. Plus copper looks good, and cools even better.
So much air intake the case looks bloated
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 13, 2006 - 12:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
... but not in a bad way. The NZXT Lexa is shaped a little differently than a lot of the boxes on the market, but Overclockers Club loves it anyways. Check out the full review of this pre-modded and superbly cooled case ... plus the case comes with a T-Shirt!
Also check out Lee's review of the Antec P150, it is a silent design that doesn't limit you to microATX motherboards only.
See your systems info at a glance
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 11, 2006 - 03:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
TECHGAGE reviews the CyrstalFontz CFA-635. It does everything you would expect a fan controller to do, but it can also display a lot more. Check it out.
"With the dearth of fan controllers and temperature monitors on the market today it's not very
often that you run across one that brings a whole lot more to the table. Today we're taking a look
at one that brings more than just fan speed control and simple temp reporting."
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What are four leadership qualities that Atticus Finch possesses? What are quotes that prove these leadership qualities in To Kill a Mockingbird?I am comparing Margaret Thatcher to Atticus Finch in...
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HE LOVES HIS FELLOW MAN. Atticus is color blind when it comes to the races, and as Maudie says,
"Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets."
GOOD PARENT. He is a single parent, but he teaches his children right from wrong, particularly by his own personal example. He gives Jem and Scout enough independence for them to make many of their own decisions, and his warnings usually serve to stop them going too far in their games and excursions. We know the children respect Atticus as adults, because on the first page of the novel Scout tells the reader that she and Jem still go to Atticus when they need the right answer to a problem.
We were far too old to settle an argument with a fistfight, so we consulted Atticus.
HONEST & TRUSTWORTHY. He is constantly reelected unopposed as Maycomb's representative to the Alabama legislature--a testimony to the man with whom many people may disagree but nearly all respect. He keeps his promises and puts his responsibilities over his personal matters, sometimes to the detriment of his family. According to Miss Maudie,
"We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us."
INTELLIGENCE. Atticus may well be the most intelligent man in Maycomb, in spite of having educated himself without the benefit of going to school. He is a capable lawyer, well-read, and adept at understanding what goes on in the mind of others. Miss Maudie claims that
"... he can make somebody's will so airtight can't anybody meddle with it."


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In April, 254 players were drafted into the NFL and next week they will meet for the NFL's rookie symposium. The event will feature inspirational speakers, including current Cincinnati Bengals corner back Adam 'Pacman' Jones who has been in trouble in the past. According to NFL Vice President Troy Vincent, another message the rookies will hear next week is how short NFL careers can be and how to prepare for life after the NFL.
"We are not here to be dream killers," Vincent said. "We have to be realistic, though, and you are now on the clock. So, of the drafted rookies, less than half will still be around three years from now. That doesn't mean life stops; it better not. While we are introducing them to the NFL, we're also talking about life after football. And there will be nothing these young men who come from all different walks of life have been through that one of us has not been through. There are life lessons that need to be learned right from the beginning."
Careers can end quickly and the NFL should be preparing rookies for life after the NFL, including managing their money.
The symposium will feature presentations, videos, and workshops on player health and safety, decision making, mental health, substance abuse, non-discrimination and maintaining positive relationships.
The event will include presentations from LaVar Arrington, Vernon Davis, Antonio Freeman, Desmond Howard, Adam Jones, Chad Pennington, and Aeneas Williams.


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Wahab, Norhaliza A. and Katebi, Reza and Balderud, Jonas (2009) Multivariable PID control design for activated sludge process with nitrification and denitrification. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 45 (3). pp. 239-248. ISSN 1369703X
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This paper investigates the application of multivariable PID (MPID) controllers to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with pre-denitrifying process. WWTPs have usually a number of interacting control loops. The controller's parameters are often left unchanged since the plant commissioning and hence poor performance is often observed due to inevitable changes in the plant and its influent characteristics. The model-based MPID tuning methods are complicated, cumbersome and expensive, and require a high level of control expertise to design, and implement. In this paper, a simple and novel tuning method is proposed along with three existing methods, which require only step or frequency response tests. The performance of these methods is compared and the parameters are tuned using a proposed optimisation technique to meet standard quality effluent at a minimum cost. This is achieved using a nonlinear ASM1 model to determine the optimal values of the controller parameters. The results Show that by effective and proper tuning of the MPID controllers, the closed-loop performance of WWTP improves and it could potentially lead to energy saving and improvement in the removal of nitrogen.
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In many ways, Adam Rose is a typical teen athlete. The 15-year-old Eisenhower High School sophomore enjoys basketball and cycling, but unlike most, he has had to overcome serious physical obstacles to participate.
Rose, of Macomb Township, was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of four in 1998, and then suffered from a rare neurotoxic reaction to chemotherapy after about four months of treatment.
"It was a very rare thing," said Don Rose, his father. "He almost died. I can't even describe how terrible it was. It was a very tough time; that is for sure."
Don Rose said his son's reaction began with hand tremors, and after a chemo treatment a few days later, he was unable to walk.
"He walked into the ER and he never walked out," Don Rose said.
Adam became quadriplegic, but progressed and is now paralyzed only from the waist down.
"He has made such a remarkable recovery," his dad said. "We are extremely grateful he can function as well as he does compared to where he was."
Adam not only functions, but is active in sports and school. Rose said his son gets good grades and started playing wheelchair basketball in 2002 at the age of eight.
"He tackles all kinds of challenges," Rose said. "He always amazes me with the things he says he is going to do."
His latest challenge is the 2009 Great Lakes Independence Ride. It's a four-day tour of 220 miles between Holland and Ann Arbor Aug. 6-9. The Great Lakes Independence Ride, or IRide, is a fundraiser for the Disability Network/Michigan and its member Centers for Independent Living. The event is all inclusive, open to cyclists with and without disabilities.
Adam wants to participate in the race to inspire other young people with disabilities.
"It is a big personal challenge," he said.
Adam began handcycle racing in 2006. Rose and his wife, Lori, are both runners, and prior to the annual Crim road race in Flint, they took their son to see the wheelchair and handcycle division of the race. Eleven at the time, Adam became so interested that he wanted to participate in the race the next year.
"I thought it was really cool and he (Don) got me a handcycle, and I entered a few small races, and it took off from there," Adam said.
He participated in the Crim race at age 12. Other races such as the Air Force Marathon and the Detroit Free Press Marathon followed.
He will warm up for his cross-state trek by participating in the Mind Over Matter cycling event to benefit the Alzheimer's Association at Metro Beach in Harrison Township on Saturday.
Adam has always held his own in races that included adults; there is not a separate juvenile division for handcycle racers.
"He is competitive now with most of the adults," Rose said. "He has always had to race with adults and he loves it."
His next goal is to qualify for the 2012 Paralympic Handcycle Team.
"He talks about that and the way he is improving I think he may actually have a shot at it," Rose said.
Tax-deductible donations to IRide can be made at www.independenceride.org, and donors can type Adam Rose's name into the Designation box. Donation checks can also be made payable to IRide and sent to Adam Rose at 16382 Applewood Court in Macomb Township, MI 48042.


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Free agency doesn't start until July 1.
There are some fallacies out there regarding the Cavaliers' bulging salary cap.
The Cavs have several players who can be free agents on July 1, including forward LeBron James, center Shaquille O'Neal and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Those players have something that is called a "cap hold," an amount of money charged to the Cavs' cap number even though those players won't be under contract.
For O'Neal, for instance, his cap number is $22,050,000 -- 105 percent of his previous salary.
That cap hold remains until the player is waived or he signs with another NBA team.
If a player retires -- where he actually submits the official paperwork to the league office -- his cap hold will also expire.
But many players don't retire until they're eligible for their NBA pension. That way, they can be used in sign-and-trade deals as salary filler years later.
That is probably why players like Wally Szczerbiak and Lorenzen Wright still have cap holds on the Cavs' salary cap. Szczerbiak's cap hold is massive -- $18,928,700 (even though it will be adjusted once the 2010 maximum salary is calculated).
In all, the Cavs have about $66 million in cap holds for the 2010-11 season.
On July 1, the Cavs' other cap holds will be guard Christian Eyenga ($850,800), guard Sebastian Telfair ($5,000,000), Ilgauskas ($1,110,000) and forward Jawad Williams ($1,029,389).
Obviously, the cap holds will eat up much of the Cavs' salary cap.
If these free agents sign -- either with the Cavs are with another team -- their cap holds will expire. If they sign elsewhere, the Cavs could have some cap space.
But it's not as cut and dry as many think.
Since they are over the cap, they will have their mid-level exception at their disposal.
Of course, the Cavs will exhaust all efforts to re-sign James. But if he decides to play elsewhere, they'll want to use him in a sign-and-trade.
Their worst-case scenario is to receive a hefty trade exception for James.
The Cavs aren't expected to re-sign O'Neal or Ilgauskas.
Quick shots
o If guard Delonte West is on the roster by Aug. 3, his $4.5 million contract is guaranteed. If he is waived before that date, which might happen, they only owe him $500,000.
o July 8 is the first day free agents can actually sign contracts.
o The Cavs are planning to enter a team in the Vegas Summer League in July.


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Dark Omens: Stonefast Mountains
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|Mechanics | The Pridelands | The Lushwood | Stonefast Mountains | The Valurian Empire | Skeleton
Under siege, the Stonefast Dwarves have been all but driven from their ancestral homes. The great dwarven city of Stonefast is the last bastion against the seemingly endless hordes of Goblins and Giants sweeping the mountains. The forges and workshops of Stoneforge are working overtime churning out much needed weapons and reinforcements inthe form of golems and gargoyles hastily enchanted by dwarven artificers. Even this may not stem the tide and long-sealed secret escape tunnels that none ever thought would be used are being prepared for the mass evacuation of the dwarves.


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> >> 2. Add _P to the following lex/yacc tokens to avoid collisions > >> CONST, CHAR, DELETE, FLOAT, GROUP, IN, OUT > I'm tempted to suggest that we should stick _P on *all* the lexer token > symbols, rather than having an inconsistent set of names where some of > them have _P and some do not. Or perhaps _T (for token) would be a more > sensible convention; I'm not sure why _P was used in the first place. "P" for "Parser". The symbols are used past the lexer, but are isolated to other places in the parser, and are (or should be) stripped out beyond there. > >> 3. Rename two local macros > >> a. MEM_FREE => MEM_FREE_IT in backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c > >> b. IGNORE => IGNORE_TOK in include/utils/datetime.h & > >> backend/utils/adt/datetime.c > It's fairly amazing that IGNORE is the only one of the datetime.h field > names that's bitten anyone (so far). Macros named TZ, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, > HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, UNITS all look like trouble waiting to happen > (and UNKNOWN_FIELD looks like someone already had to beat a retreat from > calling it UNKNOWN ;-)). I'm inclined to suggest that these names > should be uniformly changed to DTF_FOO (DTF for "datetime field"). > The macro names appearing before the field name list look like trouble > as well --- anyone have an interest in changing them? Thomas, this is > pretty much your turf; what do you think? If the lexer/parser should have postfix qualifiers, let's use postfix for other naming conventions too (or switch everything to prefix, but be consistant in the conventions). No problem with qualifying the names, though you have likely overstated the case for it; "fairly amazing" after 6 years of use on over a dozen platforms probably qualifies as a good test of reality and we aren't quite to the point of having to invoke miracles and magic to explain why it works ;) In any case, we would certainly be open to accepting patches for the limited number of cases Katherine has identified, and would welcome patches which are more comprehensive if they were available. - Thomas
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Homeless shelter for Palo Alto
Dear Editor: On April 15, our progressive Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, led by our own Joe Simitian and fellow board member Dave Cortese, voted 5-0 to begin the search for a new temporary homeless shelter to replace the Sunnyvale Armory and the beds there that were set aside for members of the unhoused community during the winter months.
This search has become necessary now that the Sunnyvale Armory will be demolished for the construction of low-income housing.
It is my request that the majority of our not so progressive council members here in Palo Alto, led by ultra-reactionary and anti-homeless council members Liz Kniss, Larry Klein, Greg Scharff and Mayor Nancy Shephard, consider a political shift toward being the leader in the housing-first model, now recognized as being highly effective in mitigating the collateral issues often exacerbated by homelessness, including mental illness, drug addition, multiple contacts with emergency medical services and excessive contacts with the criminal justice system, all of which have proven to be substantially reduced when the formerly unhoused are provided decent housing.
The City Council should request that Santa Clara County assist Palo Alto in becoming the home to a new year-round homeless shelter.
Since we know that Palo Alto has the resources for such a shelter, the only question left is do we have the necessary political will to make such a shelter happen?
Aram James,
Palo Alto
Affirmative action
Dear Editor: The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Schuette vs. Committee to Defend Affirmative Action allows states to eliminate racial preferences in allotting spots in college admissions. This forces all our young folks trying to gain entry into college to have to fight and scrap their way for yet fewer spots at higher costs. Naturally, with the fixation on using grade points to pretend that the most qualified gain entry, those from less stable families and less sterling grade averages can be dismissed as less worthy. This leaves the public with a clear conscience thinking they have been fair, yet the resulting disparity in ethnic mixes gaining entry causes resentment all around.
Aside from getting our Republican-controlled Congress to pass more federal aid for higher education, one way of relying less on whether someone with a 98 percent on an exam is more worthy than someone with an 89 percent is to just select a cutoff that guarantees competence and put them into a lottery for the ever dwindling spots. This seems more productive than continuing to pit one group against another.
I think the Republican record on funding education versus, say, insisting on tax breaks and on full funding for Pentagon boondoggles at the cost of everything else won't bode well for those hoping to see some sort of bounce in the dismal popularity of Republicans generally.
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Britney Spears' Womanizer Lyrics
While Britney Spears' latest single has been delayed by a week, she has been working hard shooting the music video. In one scene, Britney is lying on a kitchen counter and later kisses and straddles a guy while sucking on cherries.
"Womanizer" has been completed and will hit radio stations across the country Friday morning.
According to one of Britney's official sites, here are the lyrics for Britney's first single off of "Circus."
Where you from, how's it going?
I know you
Gotta clue, what you're doing?
You can play brand new to all the other chicks out here
But I know what you are, what you are, baby
Look at you
Gettin' more than just re-up
Baby, you
Got all the puppets with their strings up
Fakin' like a good one, but I call 'em like I see 'em
I know what you are, what you are, baby
Boy, don't try to front
I know just what you are
(Lyrics continue after the jump…)
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the lyrics of Womanizer?
You got the swagger of champions
Too bad for you
Just can't find the right companion
I guess when you have one too many, makes it hard
It could be easy, but that's who you are, baby
Must mistake me as a sucker
To think that I
Would be a victim not another
Say it, play it how you wanna
But no way I'm ever gonna fall for you, never you, baby
Maybe if we both lived in a different world
It would be all good, and maybe I could be ya girl
But I can't 'cause we don't


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Hi there, when I load my blog, occasionally the images will be there. Occasionally, the images won't. This includes images in specific blog posts as well as the banner. Refreshing doesn't seem to help as when I hit refresh, the images don't always appear.
Here's the url: http://www.susanpi.com
This was happening before I was freshly pressed so I don't think it's from the traffic. The images are all between 10 to 150 kb in size so that shouldn't be a problem, should it? I think my banner is probably the largest at around 600kb. Could that be the issue?
The blog I need help with is susanpi.com.


text: The game follows the story of a small utility robot sent in the dark space as part of a recovery mission. The purpose of the mission is to find and fix the space shuttles that were meant to colonize a newly found planet but where hit by a asteroid shower.**This original 2D platform game will provide hours of fun as you guide SD1 trough the broken space ship and help him to avoid the security systems in his 30 level quest for finding the necessary spare parts to fix the engine. Project SD1 will run on all iOS 4 devices and packs awesome features that makes you keep playing until you finish the game and beyond that point with the never ending mode.Game key features:*- use an iPhone or iPod Touch to control the character on the iPad via bluetooth-TV Out support - connect your iPad to a TV or other high definition screen and control the game with an iPhone or iPod Touch-30 levels, 5 different environments, each with his own dangers and puzzles-an endless mode to unlock at the end of the game-Game Center leader boards and achievements-easy to control, no on screen joystick or buttons-awesome graphics with retina display support-cinematic soundsThe Game was tested and reported working on all devices running iOS 3.2 and later.To activate the remote feature you need to:1. Tap the Remote button on both devices.2. If necessary tap yes to activate bluetooth3. From one device select the other and follow the on screen instructions.4. Start the game by tapping continue game (new game) on the remote device.For the best remote experience connect one device to an external display. * You can also find these instructions in the in-game menu, under "info".Enjoy!


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Our mother, Victoria Tawadros, who has died aged 71, followed what the poet Robert Frost described as a road "less travelled". Politics and conflict formed a backdrop to her extraordinary life, which was spent between Britain and Egypt.
She was born Victoria Wassef in Cairo, the eldest child of Youssef and Salma. Her grandfather, a journalist, had wrapped her mother in an Egyptian flag in a political demonstration against British occupation. She grew up in Heliopolis, an elegant suburb of Cairo, and was educated at the English school in the city.
When her father relocated to Britain to become the Egyptian assistant air attache, she moved to a boarding school in Middlesex. It was a sharp contrast to the easy-going lifestyle she had enjoyed in Heliopolis, but it prepared her for a life of upheaval.
Aged 17, she fell in love with a handsome Egyptian air force officer, Kamal Tawadros, whom she married in 1957. They lived in Cairo and Damascus, where Kamal was posted in the early 1960s during the time of the political union between Syria and Egypt.
Returning to Heliopolis, Vicky gave birth prematurely to identical twins – Tammy and Gina – but Gina died when she was nine days old. They later had a third child, Gilane, and settled into an idyllic life including family picnics at the foot of the Pyramids and outings to Cairo zoo and the Red Sea coast.
The 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict was a traumatic episode, and when it was over, Kamal was compelled to retire from the air force. Two years later, he and Vicky decided to emigrate to Britain. Throughout the 1970s, Vicky worked as a medical interpreter and in the 1980s became a film censor, working for the British Board of Film Classification, where she was part of a new international cohort.
Kamal died suddenly in 1990. Vicky was devastated but rebuilt her life and an entirely new career. She qualified as a hospital play specialist, promoting the value of play as a therapeutic tool for children, working initially at Great Ormond Street hospital in London.
After winning a Diana award for her work, Vicky launched a project to introduce hospital play in Egypt, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. She adored children and devoted herself to looking after their interests throughout her life, latterly as a volunteer for the Chain of Hope charity and the Child Death Helpline service.
She is survived by us and her three grandchildren, Alex, Ellie and Karim, who were a source of enormous pleasure and pride for her.


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The goal of the WPFA is to provide opportunities for you to become better informed about Wooster and to connect with other parents and members of the campus community.
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That's the sound Shirley Belair heard at about 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, as she made her way from the dining room to the living room of her home at 1214 11th Ave. N. in Princeton.
"I thought a bomb went off," Belair said. "It was a big bang that stopped me dead in my tracks."
Belair was hearing the sounds related to a lighting strike that caused a tree in the yard of Vernon and Shirley Belair to literally explode and send flying pieces of tree shrapnel into the Belair home.
Vernon Belair couldn't help but hear the big boom, too, he said. But what he and his wife didn't notice was an 8-foot piece of their giant shade tree shooting through their front bay window and landing on the couch.
"It must have gotten lost in the commotion," Vernon Belair said.
The big piece of tree concerned the Belairs, however, because it was resting in the exact spot that Shirley Belair sits while watching TV — something she would have been doing a minute later. She said she thought the tree would have hit her right in the neck or chest and seriously injured her, if not killed her.
The piece of tree wasn't all that damaged the house. Glass, branches and leaves were all throughout the living room. A window in the Belairs' bedroom was broken and tree shrapnel was on their bed. A lower level window was also shattered, leaving behind a roomful of debris, Vernon Belair said.
The tree was not only a twisted mess in the Belairs' front yard, it partially blocked 11th Avenue North. City crews were dispatched to remove the tree from the roadway. The damage also prompted a late-night visit from Service Master, which came out to board up at least three windows on the front of the Belair home, Vernon Belair said.
Because of the shards of broken glass, tree limbs, branches and leaves that filled the Belair home, the home was declared uninhabitable. Vernon and Shirley Belair were forced to relocated to the AmericInn in Princeton on Tuesday night. They were considering a Wednesday stay, as well.
Service Master was back early Wednesday morning to begin the clean-up process. Shirley Belair was hoping the carpet in the living room and bedrooms would be replaced.
"There's little glass slivers everywhere. I don't think I could ever go barefoot in the house again," Shirley Belair said.
Vernon Belair thought that was something the insurance adjuster would approve.
"They always say stay away from the windows when there is a storm," Vernon Belair said. "I never really believed that, but I sure do now," he said.


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