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When Nic DiLillo says Pitt recruited him "like no other school," he isn't kidding. The Madison (Ohio) tight end, who announced his verbal commitment to the Panthers Monday, has the personalized cards to prove it.
"Every other week, I'd have a hand-written letter from every coach," DiLillo said. "They treated me like family. No other colleges did that."
Even after DiLillo made a verbal commitment to Clemson in May, the Pitt football staff never backed off its pursuit of the 6-foot-5, 230-pounder who is ranked a top-20 prospect at his position by recruiting services.
The Panthers first won over DiLillo's parents, sending a Mother's Day card signed by every member of the staff to Christine DiLillo and a Father's Day card to Tony DiLillo.
The cards, Nic said, are hanging on his refrigerator.
"They were struck by that; I wasn't going there and they were still recruiting me," DiLillo said. "My mom got teary-eyed. She was wishing that I was going there. From day one, they've loved Pittsburgh."
DiLillo said that distance was a major factor. After experiencing a 12-hour car ride for a Clemson camp two weeks ago, the 17-year-old decided to drive to Pitt on his own to make an appearance at Dave Wannstedt's individual skills camp.
"Something wasn't right about it," DiLillo said of his early commit to Clemson. "My family, friends and coaches have been there through everything, and I thought it wasn't fair to them for me to go so far away."
Pitt coaches must have sensed as much. Madison offensive coordinator Mike Martin said that Wannstedt and defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads, who was DiLillo's primary recruiter, visited the school last month even after DiLillo had committed to Clemson.
"Coach Rhoads looked at me and said, 'I still think we're going to get him.' They never let up," Martin said. "Realistically, Nic was going through a growing period, maturity-wise, in the last four months. He had to make the decision that was right for him and he eventually saw it."
Rhoads continues to prove his worth as a recruiter. He has helped Pitt sign two of the gems of its past two recruiting classes, Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward offensive lineman Joe Thomas in 2006 and Erie Strong Vincent receiver Maurice Williams this year.
"I could call him and talk about anything," DiLillo said of Rhoads. "We developed such a close bond, such a close relationship."
DiLillo also noted that he has developed strong relationships with tight ends coach Brian Angelichio and student-athlete development coordinator Mike Antonoplos.
Under NCAA rules, only the nine members of the coaching staff (head coach and eight position coaches) are permitted to go on the road for recruiting. Because of that, Antonoplos, one of Pitt's top recruiters, is often overlooked.
Antonoplos has played a pivotal role for the Panthers as an astute talent evaluator and pseudo-recruiting coordinator. He watches countless hours of film with Wannstedt and organizes and hosts prospects during their visits to Pitt for Junior Day and Blue-Chip Day. His knack for developing relationships with prospects has paid dividends with LeSean McCoy and now DiLillo.
It was Antonoplos who arranged for the Mother's and Father's Day cards to be sent to DiLillo's parents and later arranged for DiLillo to attend the individual skills camp on June 15. That same day, West Scranton tight end Hubie Graham – another top-20 tight end the Panthers have targeted- was making an unofficial visit to Pitt.
"I got to talk to him the whole day," DiLillo said of Graham. "I like him. He's a real cool kid. We got along really well. I could see us playing together. Pitt is one of his top three schools, he said."
Now that Pitt has DiLillo in the fold, landing Graham would be considered a major score. Graham is regarded as the state's top tight end prospect and is ranked No. 10 nationally by Scout.com and No. 12 by Rivals.com.
What's stunning to see is that even though DiLillo is ranked only a few spots behind Graham nationally, he is regarded as the fifth-best tight end in Ohio by Rivals.com.
The state's top prospect is a tight end, Cincinnati Elder's Kyle Rudolph, who has committed to Notre Dame. So are two other top-10 prospects, Trotwood Madison's Brandon Moore (No. 5, Michigan) and Dublin Coffman's Jake Stoneburner (No. 6, Ohio State). Toledo Whitmer's Kevin Koger, ranked No. 15, is undecided but favors Michigan and Ohio State.
In a lesser year at the position in Ohio, the Panthers might not have had much of a chance with DiLillo. But Pitt never gave up on DiLillo when he committed to Clemson, and the Panthers' perseverance is paying off.
"It is tough," DiLillo said of his state ranking. "It makes you want to work harder, to be better. You never stop working until you're there."
After taking a roundabout route to becoming a Pitt Panther, getting to Oakland via South Carolina, it appears Nic DiLillo has finally arrived at his intended destination.

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The pressures to find clean, renewable fuels and make foods healthier have pushed Kansas soybean farmers into new markets.
Food and fuel have been portrayed as competing for crops such as corn as biofuels have become more prevalent, but with soy one hasn't come at the expense of the other, said John Wray, an Ottawa soybean farmer who was manning the Kansas Soybean Commission's booth at the Topeka Farm Show on Wednesday afternoon.
The farm show runs through 4 p.m. Thursday at the Kansas Expocentre.
In 2011, Kansas farmers harvested about 3.75 million acres of soybeans, with a market value of about $1.15 billion. That made it the third highest-value crop grown in the state, behind corn and wheat, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
A soybean has two parts that people usually use — the protein meal and the oil — with most of the rest of the bean composed of fiber, Wray said. Though eating whole soybeans isn't uncommon in some cultures, he said, most American-grown beans are crushed to separate the meal and the oil, which make different kinds of products.
Most of the meal goes into livestock feed, either in the United States or abroad, Wray said. Some aquaculture, or "fish farming," operations also are using it as an alternative to feeding the fish being raised with ground-up flesh from fish that humans rarely use, he said.
"That's our new growth market, aquaculture," he said.
Until a few years ago, the oil from the soybeans was primarily used for human foods. Typically, it went through a process called hydrogenation to turn the liquid oil into solid fats that stood in for butter — and raised worries among nutritionists as they studied the impact of "trans fats" on consumers' risk for heart problems.
As public concerns about trans fats grew, food manufacturers shifted away from soybean oil, and farmers increasingly sold it for industrial applications, including biodiesel, plastics and even the backing on the artificial grass that the Kansas Soybean Commission had set up for people visiting the farm show to putt golf balls on. That has made it easier to shift away from petroleum in some industries and to meet federal environmental standards, Wray said.
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Cape Town - Searching for gifts to enhance meals, I visited De Rustica Olive Estate, near De Rust in the Klein Karoo, which owes its success to good soil, cold wet winters, dry summers, sunshine and pure mountain waters.
Established in 2005, with the first groves planted in 2006, by 2012 De Rustica had scooped the SA Olive Awards.
During my brief tour, I was told that, in addition to its own olives, the estate buys from local farmers. There are two options: charging a pressing fee or buying their product outright.
De Rustica produced 50 000 litres of olive oil in 2012, 100 000 litres in 2013 and hopes to build this up to 200 000 over the next five years. Though I was given a tour of the premises, the presses were silent, this being the wrong time of the year.
Next I popped into the Plaaswerf Lentemark, on the road between De Rust and Uniondale. Every year, over the last weekend in September, this well-attended market raises funds for cancer.
Martie van der Westhuizen, on whose farm it is staged, said this was the third such market. Four women, Martie among them, organise exhibitors from far and wide. "We find different ones every year," she said, adding that many were located through Facebook.
I spent a couple of happy hours there, among the fabulous variety of goods, and came away armed with some unusual stuff. I also tucked into a superb cottage pie and salads. The atmosphere was great.
"One man told me he hates flea markets," said Martie, "but this is nothing like a flea market." That same man, she said, went away with R2 000 worth of goodies.
Next on the route-map was a visit to Willowmore where the local high school was commemorating its centenary. The town was pumping with former students and teachers, though the school itself looked somewhat sad and neglected.
Country folk sure know how to party. On the Friday night, the family with whom I was staying attended a spit braai in Willowmore (a 60km journey from their farm, about 15km of that on dirt road).
Old and young alike danced up a storm until the early hours, but emerged bouncy the next day… with no signs of a hangover. Maybe the country air swept away any symptoms of over-indulgence.
On the Saturday afternoon, it was again time to head for Willowmore, along with my hostess who was one of the co-ordinators of all the meals supplied over the weekend. Tables were decorated and food was prepared for the celebratory dinner that night. The Springboks were playing the Wallabies that afternoon, and the match was relayed on giant screens in one of the halls. Touchingly, when our team sang the national anthem, everyone in the hall leapt to their feet and joined in. When last did you see city folk do that?
The evening dinner, complete with the usual tedious speeches, had a fascinating slide show running in the background, showing life at the school over the years. So, even as a non-resident, I was swept up in memories of the past.
We arrived back on the farm at 1am, only to return the next morning for a special church service, followed by tea. In restaurants and at picnic sites, people were still reliving their youth before dispersing to towns across the country.
My hosts recently bought land surrounding the tiny hamlet of Miller, north of Willowmore, which has fallen into disrepair. They intend to restore the former workers' houses, as well as the blacksmith's forge, and plans for this were discussed as we walked around, soaking up some of Miller's atmosphere.
Finally, Willowmore residents are eagerly looking forward to the staging of the World Show of South African Boerbokke (goats) in their town next year. In this way, country folk often take great pride in their inheritance and the unfolding of life. - Sunday Tribune
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I think it is lovely that Warren Buffett wants to give more of his money to the government. I also have reluctantly concluded that the government should grant his wish and take it from him. I don't see how we can make folks like Buffett and Bill Gates truly happy unless we take at least half their annual income away from them. I suppose we just have to accept it as a given, as Buffett obviously does, that the government will spend . . . er . . . invest his money better than he can himself.
But if we raise taxes on the 500 richest Americans, or alternatively on all Americans earning over $10 million a year, I want something in return. For every dollar we confiscate from the super-rich, I want to lower the tax burden on small businesses and on those persons making between $250,000 and, let's say, $3 million (often they are one and the same). We can debate specific income amounts after we have an agreement in principle.
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Saudi Arabia: an oil importer by 2030?
- By Ty McCormickTy McCormick is the Africa editor at Foreign Policy.
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Saudi Arabia is home to less than half a percent of the world's population — and fully 16 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. Nonetheless, Citigroup projects that the desert nation may become an oil importer in the next 20 years. "If Saudi Arabian oil consumption grows in line with peak power demand, the country could be a net oil importer by 2030," Heidy Rehman wrote in a 150 page report for the bank.
Already Saudi Arabia uses a quarter of its fuel production and all of its natural gas domestically, meaning that its per capita consumption is higher than the United States despite its miniscule industrial base. Demand for electricity, moreover, is expected to grow by as much as 8 percent a year.
The Telegraph has more:
The basic point — common to other Gulf oil producers — is that Saudi local consumption is rocketing. Residential use makes up 50 percent of demand, and over two thirds of that is air-conditioning.
The Saudis also consume 250 litres per head per day of water — the world's third highest (which blows the mind), growing at nine percent a year — and most of this is provided from energy-guzzling desalination plants.
Analysts including Jeremy Leggett of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security have suggested that dwindling Saudi Arabian exports could contribute to a global fuel shortage, potentially causing "massive stress to the global economy."
Rehman's report comes less than six months after another Citi report, which predicted an era of oil abundance — and of reduced American dependence on OPEC:
[T]he US has become the fastest growing oil and natural gas producing area of the world and is now the most important marginal source for oil and gas globally. Add to this steadily growing Canadian production and a comeback in Mexican production and you get to a higher growth rate than all of OPEC can sustain.
Either way, Saudi Arabia's share of global exports is on the wane, so the United States had better stop treating it as a de facto Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


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In December, I wrote an editorial about the current situation of Apple Canada. At that time, the story of Computer Buyer Warehouse Direct suing Apple Canada had just broke, which resulted in many discussions on the internet about the situation. After that editorial was published, I got a lot of feedback from fellow Canadians, giving me a broad view of what is going on.
Many were relatively content with their local Apple retailers. And what did these satisfied folks have in common? They lived in large cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. Additionally, the only reason they were satisfied was because their cities had one or two good dealers, with the other half dozen being incompetent bungling fools. Those that lived in less populated areas were generally not satisfied with their Apple dealer, if they even had one.
Some Apple dealers tried to justify their higher-than-MacWarehouse pricing, presumably because I had mentioned that my local dealer was charging 15% more than that ubiquitous catalog reseller. I want to make it clear that I don't have a problem with an Apple dealer charging a few percent more than mail order; they are justified in doing so, because they can offer a level of service and support not possible with a mail order company. Unfortunately, some of these dealers charge premium prices and don't offer an acceptable level of service.
Additionally, some resellers told me that we didn't need additional mail order companies; one was more than enough. It is understandable that they would say that, because a mail order company only hurts them, but from the perspective of people who live in rural areas or whose one Apple dealer is practically worthless, additional mail order companies are definitely needed.
In my editorial, I had suggested that Future Shop should sell Apple hardware through their web site. Almost everyone I heard from told me their Future Shop horror stories (salesmen trying to sell them PCs, little or no Mac software, etc.). I realize that; my point was that with online sales, that wouldn't matter as long as they could ship Macs out by mail. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that will happen.
One other thing Canadians have to deal with that Americans don't: French. I got reports from several readers claiming that getting a French product can sometimes be very difficult; for example, French keyboards for iMacs and G4s were substantially delayed. Whether you like it or not, Canada is a bilingual country and Apple has to get on the ball and offer both languages simultaneously - it is only logical.
But perhaps the most damning complaint against an Apple dealer came from a reader in Moncton. After this reader finally convinced his PC-using brother to get Macs for his business, the owner of the local Apple dealer told him he would be better off using DOS for his accounting needs. This person had walked into the store expecting to buy ten computers and a lot of related hardware, and he is told to stick with DOS? No wonder people don't buy Macs in such areas!
Clearly, the biggest problem with Apple Canada is in distribution. There are certainly some excellent Apple dealers, but they are in the minority. These incompetent dealers are hurting Apple badly. Apple Canada has to get on the ball and straighten out its dealers, and make it easier for those of us in rural areas to purchase and service our computers. Until that happens, Apple will never experience the growth it deserves in this country.
Oliver is a computer science student a the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He has been using Macs since 1986 when his father would bring home a Mac Plus on the weekends. He was one of the original writers for Webintosh, and before that was a contributor to the now-defunct MacSense CD magazine.
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The 16th annual Western Colorado Fly Fishing Expo is set for April 12 at the Doub-leTree Hotel, and there is a place for you.
The free, all-day expo takes place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is presented by the Grand Valley Anglers Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Federation of Fly Fishers.
Just like the Trout Unlimited chapter, the expo is only as successful as volunteers make it.
"Oh, there's definitely a need for more volunteers," said expo co-coordinator Steve McCall, interrupted while practicing his casting Thursday at Connected Lakes State Park. "We can use people to help with many of the expo's activities, from the youth fly tying and the casting lessons to helping with the raffle and handling tickets."
Approximately 40 fly tiers, from Colorado, Oregon, Utah and elsewhere, will be tying in two shifts during the expo, offering tips, tricks and even some flies to expo visitors.
"This part of the expo always is popular," said expo co-coordinator Tilda Evans. "It's a great opportunity to meet the tiers and learn a lot about fly tying."
Evans said the expo also will feature the Colorado Parks and Wildlife live fish tank and a presentation by the Math Science Center at Emerson School on that school's Fish in the Classroom project.
Casting lessons, tying lessons and a day full of seminars also are on the schedule.
This year's featured banquet speaker is Chris Hunt, national communications director from Trout Unlimited. He also is a noted author, with the books "Shin Deep: A Fly Fisher's Love for Living Water" and "Eat More Brook Trout" among his literary credits.
Hunt is a graduate of Western State College (now Western State Colorado University), and the waters of western Colorado are among his favorites.
Tickets for the banquet (the only pay event at the expo) are $35, and reservations are due by April 4.
Tours (also free) will be available April 11 from Scott Rods and Ross Reels in Montrose and Whiting Farms in Delta, where most of the world's top fly-tying hackle is raised.
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Secretary of State Alexander Haig said today that the Reagan Administration is confident that Congress will approve its proposed sale of five AWACS reconnaissance aircraft to Saudi Arabia. But it still has not decided when to notify Congress officially of the arms package deal which includes enhancement equipment for the 62 F-15 fighter bombers the Saudis purchased earlier from the U.S., he said.
Haig made his remarks in denying that delay of the AWACS sale had anything to do with the resignation of the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Robert Neumann, which was announced today. Haig said Neumann quit for "personal reasons." But sources here said Haig forced his resignation because the 65-year-old envoy was critical of the slow pace at which the Administration was proceeding with the AWACS sale.
Israel and its supporters in Congress are vigorously opposed to the AWACS package deal and there are believed to be sufficient votes in both houses to reject it at this time. According to sources, Neumann had been urging the Administration to act immediately to push the sale through on grounds that the Saudis needed the sophisticated surveillance equipment to protect them from surprise attack by Israel.
The Administration position has been that the Saudis need the planes for protection against Soviet designs. It has avoided a confrontation with Congress since the proposed sale was announced earlier this year.
Neumann, a political scientist who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan during the Johnson Administration and to Morocco in the Nixon Administration, was also reported to have criticized the Administration for not taking a firmer position toward Israel after its June 7 attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor.
Neumann was born in Vienna of Jewish parents but converted to Catholicism at the age of 17. As vice chairman of Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies, he has been a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause and an advocate of U.S. negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. He headed the Administration's foreign policy transition team before President Reagan's inauguration last January.
His tenure as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was brief. He presented his credentials in Riyadh during the last week of May. Haig's assertion that he resigned for personal reasons was given some credence by reports that Neumann's wife is ill and cannot live abroad.
The White House said today that Neumann would become a full time consultant at the State Department. It also announced that Reagan will nominate Richard Murphy to succeed him as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Murphy, currently U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines and a former Ambassador to Syria, is a career diplomat.


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Three Army veterans are launching a startup to help Richmond's college crowd burn some rubber.
Brandon Costanzo, Brian Burnett and Alan Tuck this spring will open RVA Rides, a scooter and motorcycle rental and tour shop near the intersection of Broad and Boulevard. Costanzo said scooter rentals will start at $25 a day and increase with the class and engine size.
"Between VCU, UR, Virginia Union and J. Sarge, there are a lot of students in the area," he said. "Scooters are an inexpensive way to get around, so we're really trying to cater to that market."
The company is leasing a 3,000-square-foot space at 1022 North Boulevard, where it will have a showroom and repair shop. It's aiming to open between April 15 and May 1.
In addition to the rentals, RVA Rides will lead several motorcycle tours.
"The lengths and routes of each of the tours will depend on the level of experience of the group," Costanzo said. "We're planning a four- to five-hour round trip to Tappahannock that should be easy enough for beginners."
RVA Rides is starting out with a fleet 24 motorcycles and 30 scooters. The shop will carry most major brands, including Honda, Yamaha and Harley Davidson, Costanzo said.
For the more adventurous riders, Costanzo said the company would also have a street-legal replica of the 400-plus-pound "light cycle" from the movie "TRON: Legacy."
It will take about $750,000 to get the business up and running, with expenses such as equipment, rent, insurance and a staff of about three mechanics, Costanzo said. The partners are financing the venture with an SBA Patriot Express Loan and the help of several private investors. The company is also pursuing money from grant programs for veterans.
The shop will only rent motorcycles to licensed riders but plans eventually to offer the state rider training program.
Costanzo said the trio came up for the idea in 2011, when the three partners were stationed in the same unit in Iraq, where their jobs were to set up IT systems. All three are now working on RVA Rides full time.
"Brian's been riding since he could walk, and Alan has about 15 years of experience," Costanzo said. "So we have a really wide knowledge base."


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The uniform of this happy kid in Casselberry Florida was cut-off jeans and creek shoes. I donned this uniform more days then not and remember having a hard time making it through the school day because I was so excited to go "snake hunting" after school. Snake hunting was catching snakes, well anything really, by hand. Much of my snake hunting occurred in and along Gee Creek (pronounced like the letter G). This creek flowed between numerous neighborhoods before emptying into Lake Jessup.
Behind my neighborhood, Gee Creek was mostly sandy bottomed and generally knee deep or less. Deeper holes existed and the creek contained fish including gar and sunfish. The water was mostly clear but this varied with water level and other factors. Alligators and otters were the most exciting wildlife in the creek.
I don't remember how old I was when I started snake hunting Gee Creek but it was a common activity while I was still in elementary school. I would get off the bus, change, and put in downstream to wade the creek against the light current. Always conduct your activities upstream so the water you dirty by stirring up sediment gets carried in the direction you've come from, and not where you're headed. I lost snakes when they swam into my sediment cloud and developed this rule as a result.
Upstream I'd travel, sometimes with others but I was equally happy hunting by myself. I scanned the banks and likely basking sites for snakes and was always alert for any movement or sound that might give away the location of an interesting critter. Brown water snakes like to bask on branches overhanging the water. When disturbed, they drop to safety. This made them a difficult capture if you weren't observant and I believe the behavior accounts for many of the "snake attacks" perpetrated on boaters. It works like this: snakes bask on branches above the water and react to threats by dropping safely into the water. Boaters place their boat in the path of the escaping snake and before you know it people are being attacked by snakes.
I would scan ahead and move quietly or the brown water snakes and others would be gone in a blink. I also checked under large downed palm fronds for snakes of all kinds. I developed techniques for catching different species of snakes. Brown water snakes are one of the biggest bodied snakes I have come across. They have large heads, big gapes, and a nice pattern of dark squares on a lighter background. When you catch browns, grab where you can and dunk them in the water fast. Their bites can be unpleasant but their feces are downright fowl. And the musky smell doesn't wash off. When grabbed, they love to expel as much fowl liquid as possible while flailing their body in your hand. The result is akin to turning on a garden hose full blast but failing to secure the end. They spin and gyrate in your hand, their lower body flailing and spraying musk on everything …best to dunk a brown if you can. Other water snakes were simple, just grab and get the head secured if you could, if not, take the bite. I remember many days having 2, 3, or 4 snakes in my hands at a time. This approach makes each subsequent capture more challenging. Fortunately, even Ill-tempered water snakes "tame" pretty quickly. I'd hang on to them for a while then turn them loose.
I learned a lot while knee deep in Gee Creek. Follow strange sounds for example, and you might discover a frog in its last struggle while learning that water snakes swallow prey alive. Not all turtles are slow, a discovery made after many frustrating attempts to capture speedy soft-shells. I learned that brightly colored caterpillars can give a nasty sting and a particular black and yellow, stick-like bug can spray a noxious cloud of chemicals in your face. I learned that yellow rat snakes are beautiful but not to be trusted even after they are "tamed". Vines break, friends can't be trusted around water, clothes dry, wounds heal, non-venomous snake bites are no big deal, old people scream when kids walk in creeks carrying snakes, a butterfly stitch can close most wounds (thanks Mom), if you break certain aquatic plants they make you itch like fiberglass, snapping turtles get huge, gar can be captured by hand, an unexpected otter can scare the crap out of you, and alligators are fast.
Most importantly, I learned that I need nature. I have been lucky to spend most of my life knee deep in one creek or another, in swamps and coniferous forests, prairies short to tall, deserts and mountains, caves, cliffs and canyons. My life revolves around wildlife and I have decided to accept this with open arms. Even in high school I knew. I would draw, poorly, different outdoor scenes on my papers. I was fantasizing about the outdoors in lieu of learning history or math (and I can't draw women). I am not getting better, quite the opposite. The more I see and learn, the more I realize there is to learn about the outdoors. A worthy adversary the outdoors, just try to identify common birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects in one area. Then learn their annual cycles, all the variation, calls and songs, habitats, behaviors and so on. I haven't managed this yet but I'm not about to stop trying. And I like to increase the challenge by traveling and learning about new areas.
My view of nature continues to change. I become more observant, I look in different ways, I focus on different things. I know many of you are similarly afflicted and I welcome you to embrace the madness. Imagine if we could pass what we know, what we see and hear and understand about nature, to others. Somehow extract this knowledge and experience and the associated passion and load it into one of those memory erasers the Men In Black use. One flash and we could pass on a lifetime of passion-fueled outings and observations, research, education, travel, and exploration. If everyone could see what we see when we're in nature, conservation would be at the top of every candidate's platform, there would be no litter, every bit of green space would be preserved…
Maybe we each need our own Gee Creek. Don't worry, you'll get used to the sand building up in your shoes and you won't notice the itch caused by the elephant ears as soon as you see your first snake. Gee Creek in Seminole County Florida, I thank you for the many lessons and adventures you provided this swamp rat.


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez urged investigators Monday to determine responsibility for last week's deadly train crash soon, and hinted she may move toward renationalizing railways.
Fernandez also took on those who criticized her for waiting five days to comment publicly on the tragedy that killed 51 people and injured more than 700 in Argentina's capital. Saying she knows death and pain intimately, she said no one should expect her to offer simplistic solutions or pose for photographs with survivors.
"I will never speculate with death," Fernandez said in a speech that made repeated references to her late husband and predecessor as president, Nestor Kirchner.
Fernandez described her government as the best protector of the people, and while she never used the word "nationalize" in her speech, she argued forcefully for government-run solutions to Argentina's challenges.
"I will make the necessary decisions as soon as the justice system rules," she said. "I ask this of the justice system: that this probe to determine those directly and indirectly responsible not take more than 15 days. The 40 million Argentines and this president want to know who is responsible."
Fixing the deteriorating commuter rail system will be complex and costly, requiring huge investments from a strong and well-funded national government, the president said.
But "we need to bring back the railroad system we had in Argentina," she added, drawing strong applause from a crowd gathered in the northern city of Rosario to celebrate the bicentennial of the creation of Argentina's flag.
Many of Fernandez's supporters have pushed her to end the concession granted to the private Trains of Buenos Aires company, which officials say has repeatedly failed to meet safety requirements since it won the contract for a third of the capital's commuter rail system in a 1990s privatization.
The company has blamed the government for the problems, saying ticket prices and subsidies are set too low to both fund needed improvements and pay salaries and benefits to unionized employees.
Unions say the company has ignored their warnings of safety shortcomings, and Argentina's auditor general blames both the company and regulators for failing to act.
The justice system, meanwhile, has taken years to pursue allegations that TBA executives bribed a former transportation secretary with expensive trips while he managed the subsidies.


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US human rights abuses are veiled by an information vacuum, said Alexei Pushkov, head of the Russian lower house of parliament's international committee.
"The United States violates human rights beyond its borders, in various operations in other states," Pushkov said on Monday, speaking at a special session on US human rights.
Pushkov said that "an information vacuum" is created around these violations, giving a distorted picture of the country as "virtually the sole moral authority."
Referring to the criticism Russia receives over the lack of press freedom, Pushkov noted that the Reporters Without Borders 2012 survey lowered the US rating by 27 places from the previous year.
This, the report says, was due to journalists being arrested while covering the Occupy Wall Street protests. The report also lowered Russia's rating – describing the overall situation regarding media freedom in the country as "gloomy."


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A 21-year-old Apple Valley woman was arrested after her boyfriend's 2-year-old daughter ate chili powder and died, say San Bernardino County sheriff's officials.
Amanda Sorensen was arrested early Monday, Jan. 7, and booked for investigation of child abuse resulting in death, investigators said in a written statement. Her bail is $500,000, according to the statement, though her name does not appear on online jail records.
The investigation began at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday when deputies were dispatched to a home on Cayuga Road because of a report that a child had suffered a seizure after ingesting chili powder.
The girl was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her name has not been released.
Sorensen had been with the girl when the child ingested the chili powder, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller. However, investigators have not revealed why they think the incident amounts to child abuse or what evidence connects Sorensen to the death.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of the child's death.


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Walks With Men
It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don't say it's because you want leftovers for "the dog." Say that you want the bones for "a friend who does autopsies." If you can't stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil's certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins.
"One of our era's most vital masters of the short form" (The Washington Post), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.
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- Flavin-containing monooxygenase-3: induction by 3-methylcholanthrene and complex regulation by xenobiotic chemicals in hepatoma cells and mouse liverTrine Celius
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 247:60-9. 2010..Although FMO3 mRNA is highly induced by 3MC or TCDD in mouse liver and in Hepa-1 cells, FMO protein levels and FMO catalytic function showed only modest elevation...
- Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent induction of flavin-containing monooxygenase mRNAs in mouse liverTrine Celius
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King s College Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S1A8
Drug Metab Dispos 36:2499-505. 2008..However, FMO2 and FMO3 mRNAs were highly induced in transgenic mice that express wild-type rat AHR, indicating that lack of induction in rat is not due to an incompetent AHR in this species...
- Functional analysis of six human aryl hydrocarbon receptor variants in human breast cancer and mouse hepatoma cell linesTrine Celius
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Science Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S1A8, Canada
Toxicology 277:59-65. 2010....
- microRNAs in adult rodent liver are refractory to dioxin treatmentIvy D Moffat
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
Toxicol Sci 99:470-87. 2007..It is unlikely that mRNA downregulation by dioxins is mediated by miRNAs, nor are miRNAs likely to play a significant role in dioxin toxicity in adult rodent liver...
- Differential ligand-dependent activation and a role for Y322 in aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated regulation of gene expressionMelanie Powis
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 410:859-65. 2011..In summary, this study provides evidence for context- and ligand-selective differences in coactivator recruitment in AHR-regulated gene expression and reveal an important role of Y322 in AHR activation...
- Identification of aryl hydrocarbon receptor binding targets in mouse hepatic tissue treated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxinRaymond Lo
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 257:38-47. 2011..Our findings identify direct AHR target genes in vivo, highlight in vitro and in vivo differences in AHR signaling and show that AHR recruitment does not necessarily result in changes in target gene expression...
- Zinc finger nuclease-mediated knockout of AHR or ARNT in human breast cancer cells abolishes basal and ligand-dependent regulation of CYP1B1 and differentially affects estrogen receptor α transactivationShaimaa Ahmed
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
Toxicol Sci 138:89-103. 2014..Our data show that AHR and ARNT play critical roles in the basal, TCDD, and E2-induced regulation of CYP1B1 but also reveal distinct roles for both proteins in ERα transactivation...


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Where to start? That looked like Brian Vickers's fault to me, for not giving ground to Junior. Having said that, Junior looked like he might have been a little hasty in putting the bumper to Vickers. Still, blocking on the backstretch with 70-some laps to run, the way Vickers did? Stupid.
Should make for some interesting commentary coming out of the Infield Care Center. What will Junior have to say for himself? What will Vickers have to say about Junior? (UPDATE: Vickers fairly well blasted Junior, arguing that Jason Leffler had been parked for five laps in Saturday's Nationwide race for virtually the same maneuver.)
In the restaurant where I'm watching? The fairly large crowd went nuts when FOX showed Kyle Busch in his destroyed car.
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Kate Moss and Jamie Hince are celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary today, and we're joining in on the fun by looking back at their cutest moments as a couple. After dating for nearly four years, Kate and Jamie tied the knot in July 2011 with a lavish ceremony in the English countryside and have been pretty much inseparable ever since. Whether they're jumping off a yacht or supporting each other at fashion shows and concerts, we can always count on Jamie and Kate to pack on the PDA in their own rocker-cool way. Scroll through to see their sweetest moments!
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Running to lead by not leading | March 7, story
Voters need to know their plans
Once upon a time, the print media called on candidates for governor to present their ideas for solving state issues in a "White Paper."
Evidently the press has backed off or the candidates chose to avoid the opportunity to tell the public what their administration would do if elected. Florida's budget has deteriorated from over $71 billion to about $65 billion. One would think candidates for governor would have a proposal that would turn the direction of the state's financial woes in a positive direction.
Thinking Floridians and elected officials know Florida has been built on the cheap. Our political and business leaders have not created a financial climate that will attract high-paying jobs and wealthy retired new residents. The result is insufficient funds to keep up with growth and provide a first-rate educational system and a transportation network that effectively and efficiently moves people, services and goods.
Let's hear from Bill McCollum, Alex Sink and Paula Dockery what they plan to do about Florida's tax structure, property tax reform, the pending hurricane insurance disaster, improving Florida's K-12 program and Florida's university system. Let them tell Floridians they will not steal funds from the Florida Transportation Trust Fund or other trust funds. Tell us what they plan to do about managing growth so their plan protects Florida's fragile environment and at the same time attracts wealth. We should know their vision and goals for Florida's future.
The reality is that once a candidate declares a position on anything, that position becomes a target. The press, public and lobbyists take aim. So we get the silent treatment.
Perhaps underneath the silent treatment, Florida's next governor will be a strong leader with a vision and plan that will rebuild Florida with a viable financial system that will strengthen Florida's position in the U.S. and world economies.
Donald R. Crane Jr., St. Petersburg
Budget crunch
State should value those in its work force
Well, here we are again. It's March, the Florida Legislature is in session, and as usual there are no real new ideas on how to deal with the more than $3 billion budget shortfall.
One idea several senators have come up with is to cut state employees' salaries by 5 percent. Other ideas include furloughs, four-day work weeks, hiring freezes and layoffs. Nothing creative, nothing new, and nothing that requires any brainpower from our elected Legislature. Keep in mind that state employees have not had an increase in their paychecks for more than four years.
The greatest resource in state government is its people — state employees. A repeal of all sales tax exemptions should be done. Only those that can pass a litmus test as being just for the majority of Floridians should be re-enacted. An immediate reinstatement of the Florida intangibles tax needs to be done. The aforementioned should be done before any cutting of services or actions that adversely affect the state work force take place.
Randy Eisenberg, Valrico
Cockamamie idea needs a thrashing March 5, Daniel Ruth column
Attack on teachers
You go, Daniel Ruth. Cockamamie is a mild description of the machinations of lobbyist-turned-senator John Thrasher. His sneaky proposal to "make sure our classrooms have the best teachers possible" would be a joke if it weren't so serious.
As a two-time ethics violator and Jeb Bush's man, he is known as John "Stop Hometown Democracy at All Costs" Thrasher.
Here's his newest opportunity to turn another institution on its head. While many teachers are working 12-14 hour days, making the most of poor financial support for our schools, here comes a posturing peacock, with a new ax to grind.
We have two devoted teachers in our family and know many more who do not deserve such blathering, especially from a politician of his ilk.
It appears Thrasher is not truly representing anyone but himself and his agenda, whatever that is.
Lilyan Dayton, New Port Richey
Cockamamie idea needs a thrashing March 5, Daniel Ruth column
Offering no answers
Daniel Ruth's article also deserves a thrashing. When he mentions modest pay for our teachers, he does not evaluate exactly what our teachers earn per hour on the job when all the extra benefits received are included.
I did not read one word of solutions toward improving our school system. His do-nothing approach about one of the largest school union benefits, which makes it difficult for correcting inefficiency and incompetence, is parallel with our present Congress.
Richard E. Allard, New Port Richey
Gambling accord looks like a good bet March 5, editorial
Gambling doesn't pay
Gambling for education: There's something contradictory about this concept.
The lottery didn't work. It may have just produced the need for more services for those devastated by losses.
Gambling, for anything, is not a good bet regardless of any moral point of view. Who does not know that?
It seems that some political factions would like to just eliminate the state's constitutionally mandated requirement of a quality education for all of our children, while picking up vouchers to send their own to private schools.
It is not debatable that our state government must pay for it. The people have shown their support for education and willingness to pay for it the "old-fashioned way" — with hard-earned tax dollars.
Henry L. "Harry" King, Clearwater
Extend recycling's reach
The St. Petersburg Times recently included several articles about the need to "clean up" Florida government. I would like to encourage all Floridians, elected and regular citizens, to pay attention to Senate Bill 570, which would enact a new state recycling goal.
Currently, Florida recycles less than 30 percent of its waste. The new goal of 75 percent is an opportunity to simultaneously address two of Florida's most critical needs: jobs and environmental protection. Recovering rather than wasting reusable materials is better for the state's economy. The recycling sector provides five times more jobs than waste disposal, according to a recent EPA study. Recycling is also a matter of preserving the environment, which is key to our tourism economy.
The question is: Are we ready to commit to building a sustainable recycling industry in Florida, or will we let our elected officials merely pay lip-service to the idea? If we are ready to commit, then it will require an investment. Developing infrastructure and markets for recycling takes money. A disposal surcharge, or "trash tax," is an equitable and self-limiting funding source. Those who waste less will pay less. And as Florida approaches and perhaps surpasses 75 percent recycling, the trash tax burden will be reduced proportionally.
David Hastings, St. Petersburg
Tight budget reining in goals | March 1
USF empire building
Florida does not need another school of pharmacy at the University of South Florida for two main reasons:
• With a pending $3 billion budget shortfall, we can't afford it.
• With five schools of pharmacy already in the state, our needs are amply met.
Although it has a smaller population, the state of Wisconsin has only one school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
With $179 million in present construction projects and millions of dollars more on the drawing boards, it would appear that USF is in the process of "empire building."
Helping our citizens weather the present economic storm is more important than wasting our precious monies on an unneeded school of pharmacy.
Jim Hayes, Clearwater


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By Patrick Omorodion
Since this is a period of granting of amnesty or presidential pardon by those in authority, I beg today to make a case for one who has no godfather but worked tirelessly to place Nigeria's name on the continental podium in 2004 in far away South Africa.
Coach Godwin Izilein has been in pain since 2004 after leading the Super Falcons to win the African Women Championship, the same feat Stephen Keshi achieved by leading the men, the Super Eagles to their third title last month.
Izilein's feat may have not been taken seriously because the Falcons have been a dominant force to reckon with in Africa, winning the African title as if it was their birth right. It seemed so at the time until Equatorialm Guinea, Cameroon and lately South Africa's Banyana Banyana started inflicting pain on the Nigerian girls.
If Izilein were to be in-charge when the Falcons lost their supremacy to the Equatorial Guineans or the Cameroonians who denied them the 2012 London Olympics ticket, then the injustice meted out to him and his other technical staff would have been understandable.
I don't want to bore Nigerians with what happened in South Africa in 2004 with the Falcons but the bottomline was that the girls protested the none payment of their accummalated allowances. Even assurances from top government officials that they would be paid their money fell on deaf ears.
It however, took the effort of Izilein who was almost on his knees appealing to the players who are young enough to be his daughters for them to agree to suspend their protest and agree to return home.
Trust Nigerian officials, someone must lie to shift the blame of international embarrassment from the managers of football and so they found a scape goat in Izilein, who was reported to the authorities as the ring leader of the protest and infact allegedl encouraged the girls to carry the Biafran flag.
They knew that then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was one who didn't want to hear anything about Biafra in his war against MASSOB and sold the lie. No one has however come out to tell Izilein, Mrs Lizzy Ogiemwonyi, Assistant coach then and former Falcons captain and goalkeeer, Mrs Ann Chiejine who served as Welfare Officer of the team then, their offence and why their entitlements were denied them.
The affected officials have written several letters of reminders to the NFF but till date nothing concrete has come out of the appeal. In one of the letters written to the current NFF president, Aminu Maigari in February 2012, Izilein stated that Maigari's predecessor, Sani Lulu Abdullahi promised to pay them but he couldn't fulfill it before he left office.
He has also written to Godfrey Gaiya, Chairman of the House Committee on sports, stating their plight, but whether Honourable Gaiya even acknoledged receipt of the letter is another matter entirely. May be the lawmaker is not bothered that people who worked for the country are being denied their legitimate wages.
Asccording to Izilein, the accummulated unpaid bonuses to him and his two colleagues totalled $12, 750. His is $12,000, double what the players received as is the practice while Mrs Ogiemwonyi and Mrs Chiejine are owed $9,250 and $7,500 respectively.
On the presidential largesse given by the government for the Falcons triumph, the players got $1 million each. Mrs Ogiemwonyi and Mrs Chiejine were supposed to get N1 million each while Izilein was to get N2 million. All that have remained a mirage.
If one may ask, was Izilein found culpable in inciting the players to protest in South Africa? If yes, who investigated him and why was the result of the probe not made public? If there was no probe, why then is the man and his colleagues being punished unjustly?
This injustice is too much and should be looked into with a view to correcting it and compensating the affected oficials with an apology. If they were found guilty of inciting the players, I don't think it will be wrong to ask for pardon for them as this is the time for pardon for wrong doers in our country. What is good for the goose, is also good for the gander.
Still on Mba
Warri Wolves boss Amaju Pinnick said during the week that for maligning the club's name, Rangers of Enugu must offer them apologies in two national newspapers and television stations respectively. That is before they can start talking about the real owner of Sunday Mba.
When the league opened last week, Mba could neither play for Rangers nor Warri Wolves. Despite being invited to camp for the impending World Cup qualifier between the Eagles and Kenya in Calabar on Saturday, Mba risk losing his place in Stephen Keshi's plan.
Keshi has said he may be forced to drop Mba as the ownership tussle may affect his concentration in camp, stressing that he only needs players who will be mentally and physically ready to deliver the three points against Kenya for him. Here is calling on the NFF to act fast to settle this matter. Pinnick has said that the NFF should act fast to declare their findings after the investigation it carried out. I believe that is the wise thing to do in the interest of both Mba and the nation.


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wikiHow to Make a Carton Wallet
Recycle and reuse your juice or milk carton in a crafty way. This project takes about an hour and can be turned into a creative project or present.
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click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet2Prepare the milk or juice carton. Rinse the carton, and cut it open so it lies completely flat. Wipe it down with paper towels, or, if you have time, place it in a dish rack to let dry.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet3Prepare the template. Cut along the solid outside lines from the paper. Also, cut out the bottom white circle. Tape both sides together.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet4Place the template on the carton. Make sure that the gray shaded circle is aligned with the carton opening. Use a small piece of tape on the top and bottom of the template to adhere it to the carton.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet5Trace the template on the carton. Using a ballpoint pen or pencil, trace the outside lining and bottom circle. Use firm pressure to trace the dotted lines onto the carton. Using the pressure helps to mark the lines where you're going to fold.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet6Cut out the traced outlining from the carton. Carefully cut out the bottom circle.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet7Score along the dotted lines. You may use a butter knife, craft knife, or scissors blade with a ruler to score them.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet8Make an accordion out of the two half circles. This is the hardest part of the steps. You'll need to focus on your pre-scored lines and avoid getting the carton's folds altogether, as they may get in the way. Re-score the lines if needed.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet9Secure the wallet. When forming a tight accordion fold on both sides, it should resemble a rectangle. Fold the top down (the bottom circle should fit into the carton's spout) and secure it with the plastic cap.
click to unmute..to Make a Carton Wallet10Add money and cards to your new recycled wallet.
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Ryan Dixon (a.k.a former porn star Kameron Scott) has started taking HIV medication. He's keeping a diary of his experience.
Being in my mid-20's isn't easy, add HIV on top of that and we have one hell of a complicated life. I'm making the best out of the hand life has dealt me and the decisions I've made along the way. Writing helps free my mind. Hopefully these words will help you understand the plight of others like myself, and inspire you to live each and every day in the moment.
Week 46 (July 12 – July 18)
I could not be happier to be where I am in my life right now. Living these last five years in South Florida has taught me a lot about where to go and where to turn to in times of need. I don't know how I'd be managing my HIV status living in other parts of this country. The resources and healthcare systems in the Tri-County area are unmatched when it comes to taking care of people living with HIV and AIDS.
Case in point: I've been having some terrible stomach issues the last week. To spare the details we'll just say my symptoms were not so pleasant. I've been getting back to a healthier diet thanks to friends constantly having me for dinner. I've talked to my medicine study doctor and my infectious disease doctor about what I've been feeling and the changes I've made to what I'm eating and how I'm taking my meds.
I have an appointment scheduled at the beginning of August to go have tests done to see if in actually suffering from food allergies. Wheat, diary and tomatoes are all on a list of possible culprits. Allergies are sometimes heightened when another ailment is attacking the body, such as my HIV. I've most likely been allergic to one or more food items for my entire life, but when an affliction that primarily takes place in your digestive system develops, it can complicate an already existent problem.
I'm not expecting to leave the appointment in a plastic bubble, but I do expect to have to yet again make changes to my life to accommodate my HIV status. If cutting my intake of tomatoes is what has to be done, then fine by me. If only this could have happened when my mother would force feed me Brussels sprouts as a kid.


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Bears in a Red Dress
It is astonishing to discover how little you know. I often have the audacity to believe I know a little something about a topic, but there are always those who are quick to disabuse me of this notion. And nowhere does this happen faster than in the great wilds of the online world, where those anxious to knock you off your high horse lie in wait at every corner, like hungry predators waiting for unwary prey.
It happened to me recently when I commented on an online story in our local newspaper. Someone had shot a bear in one of the residential neighbourhoods in my community, and I had commented that perhaps shooting bears (bears who were in a tree in a backyard, minding their own business and doing bear stuff) was incompatible with urban life. I typically use the same avatar for most of my online activity, and it has never been a liability until the bear discussion, when someone commented that I should "muse" on fashion, and not on bears since clearly I knew nothing about bears. When I responded that I have in fact dealt with bears many times over the last twenty years a different person responded that they could not trust my "pink dress" opinion about bears, implying that my interest in fashion and wearing a dress somehow made my opinion suspect. I was troubled by both these comments, and for many reasons. Both comments appeared to come from women, and I am clearly a woman. And both comments implied that because I am a woman and because I wear a dress I cannot know about bears.
I had no idea about this correlation, you see. I had never realized that wearing a dress meant you couldn't know a thing about bears (or urban safety, or the lack of wisdom in shooting a firearm in residential neighbourhoods). And I really had no idea that women would still do this to other women, discrediting their opinions based on their appearance and no other factor. I could be a renowned worldwide bear expert for all they knew, but they saw a red dress (red, not pink, but I digress) and decided it meant I could not be bear savvy. I am not a bear expert, but I have spent years in close encounters with bears — but that red dress in my picture, well, it was the death knell for my knowledge of bears.
I'd like to believe that this is restricted to my own little community, but of course it isn't. I'd like to think that my daughter, years from now, will not face this kind of behaviour and find her knowledge base questioned because of her appearance or her clothing or just the fact that she is a woman. I would love to believe that other women in particular would stop doing this kind of thing, because if we do it to each other then we condone others doing it to us.
Question my opinion based on facts, not on my red dress or my plaid flannel jacket or because I am a woman. Doubt me if you will, and argue the opinions — but once you bring my red dress into it we have ventured into territory that is far, far more dangerous than that where bears reside. Frankly, I'd rather deal with the bears.


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Japan's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.5% in May from one year earlier. This is the fastest increase in more than 15 years.
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Japan's unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4% in the month of May. However the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits was the biggest increase in more than five years.
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Retail gasoline prices are likely to go over 180 yen per liter, according to the Oil Information Center.
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Japan's fertility rate stood at 1.34 in 2007, up 0.02 from 2006. The number of births in 2007 was 1,089,745; deaths totalled 1,108,280.
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text: News Item Click here to view more news items. Spring Graduates Walk at UTPB by Travis Woodward, Director of Communication & Special Projects, 432-552-2547 | May 15, 2014 UTPB held the Spring Commencement Ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, 2014. 402 graduates received their diplomas in three ceremonies held at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Mr. Brooks Landgraf gave the commencement address at the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremony. Landgraf is an attorney and rancher in Odessa and representative-elect to the Texas House of Representatives from District 81. "You have worked diligently to be here today," said Landgraf to the graduating class of 2014. "You are about to receive a degree that you have earned from the hardest working university around today. Your degree has empowered you to make a positive influnence in the lives of others." Provost and Vice President Dr. William Fannin gave the commencement address at the 5 p.m. ceremony. Fannin has held these leadership positions at UTPB since July 1, 1996 and has been responsible for administration, coordination and development of academic activities at UTPB. He will return to the faculty in June, 2014. In his commencement address, Dr. Fannin congratulated graduates on beating the odds since only 1 in 4 adults over 25 years of age have earned a college degree. "Leave with confidence that you have the knowledge, skills, and perspectives to do great things," Fannin added. "You have an obligation to use what you had learned to make a better Texas. Remember to thank those who had helped you achieve your diplomas and reach your goals."


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So are hard drives as we know them honestly on their way out? After looking at this kind of Flash drive, you almost have to wonder.
If you follow the hard drive market, you are probably familiar with names such as Raptor, Deskstar or Barracuda, which stand for hard drive families from various manufacturers. All of today's mainstream hard drives are based on rotating magnetic platters, allowing for relatively high capacities of up to 750 GB per hard drive. But the technology has limits, as the data transfer speeds did not increase much over time. As a matter of fact, hard drives are the slowest components in modern PCs.
Most attempts to speed up storage performance either use caches to store data that is used frequently, or they deploy faster memory solutions such as SDRAM or DDR-SDRAM. However, all of these require the steady supply of energy by means of buffer batteries or by sucking power out of the grid. Solid state hard drives based on Flash memory are similar to SDRAM-based solutions, but they are unaffected by power-related volatility issues, which plague SDRAM units. Data that is written to Flash stays – even throughout power interruptions…. Source: Tom's Hardware


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India: Gold Alternative
The government may announce more measures to wean away the Indian middle class from gold towards other financial products including investments in direct equities.
"The gold import is one of the factors for the widening current account deficit. So there is a thinking on bringing out such a scheme, which will divert investment in other financial assets, which are more beneficial for corporates and the economy," said a senior government official.
"Those investments, which increase the depth of the Indian markets, should be encouraged than gold which is an idle asset," he said.
In 2011-12, India imported gold worth $62 billion compared to around $ 40 billion in 2010-11. The current account deficit (CAD) was at 30-year record high of 4.2 per cent of the GDP in 2011-12. However, there has been a slowdown in import of gold due to hike in duties.
Even finance minister P. Chidambaram has advised people from investing in gold calling it a dead asset.
"More and more households should be encouraged to save in financial instruments rather than in gold," he had said.
The senior official, who refused to be quoted, said that the government may also fine-tune the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme in the Budget to make it more attractive for the retail investors.
The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme, which was announced in the last budget by then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, offers tax benefits to the first time investors if they invest in the permitted securities, mutual funds or ETFs, provided that their annual income is less than Rs 10 lakh.
New investors can invest Rs 50,000 and get a tax benefit on 50 per cent of this investment. "The ambit of the scheme could be increased so that more people come under its net," he added.
Meanwhile, the finance ministry has also initiated the process of setting up an exchange traded fund of 20 profit-making PSUs and will soon float a Cabinet note to seek opinion of other ministries.