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Egypt's Foreign Minister Rules out Sharm el Sheikh Summit
By Nabil Al Mulhem
Egypt's foreign minister Amr Moussa ruled out an Israeli-Palestinian summit in Sharm El-Sheikh and said an Arab summit is the most important event now.
Moussa held talks with Syrian president Bashar Assad during a brief visit to Damascus to discuss the current crisis in the Middle East.
He told reporters "no Sharm El-Sheik meeting was planned, the next important event is the Arab summit."
US President Bill Clinton has called for a summit between the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to be attended by Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in an attempt to bring an end to the bloodshed in the Palestinian lands.
Speaking at a joint news conference with his Syrian counterpart Farouq Shara, Moussa said "the peace process has reached an impasse, a state of collapse," adding that "Damascus was not annoyed by Israel's threats, neither was Beirut, every action has a reaction, and threats do not scare Arab states; Arabs are not confused, and have a sound and solid Arab stand, and understand the limits of their power."
Moussa said he carried a message from Mubarak to Assad dealing with inter-Arab coordination during the current crucial phase.
"We had an important discussion regarding the (Arab) summit," he added.
He spoke of a state of alert in the Arab world due to the gravity of the situation and the challenges the Arabs are facing particularly with regard to the peace process.
Shara blamed Israel for the escalation of violence in Palestine and southern Lebanon. "We didn't hear any threat from any other side, the Israeli threats will only strengthen the Arabs' steadfastness. There is no fear on the Arab streets, neither in Damascus nor in Beirut" he added.
He warned that they "now stand at a dangerous juncture, and Israel will pay a heavy price for all the aggressive acts it had committed". Share' praised current international moves to ease the explosive situation and said they were important but "words should be turned into deeds" he was quoted as saying and demanded that the United States and Israel hold Israel responsible for the consequences of the current developments.
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- Arafat, Barak to Meet Thursday in Sharm el-Sheikh to Discuss US Plan to Forge Peace Deal
- Egypt's Mubarak Committed to Peace with Israel, Rules out War
- Egyptian Foreign Minister Rules out New Sharm el-Sheikh Summit
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The University of Texas at Dallas students knew they'd scored when word of their new app started appearing in The Wall Street Journal and on prominent tech blogs.
But when Sarah Palin and others spanked EnemyGraph on NBC's Today show before a national audience, they knew they'd hit the big time.
So, too, did the university's fledgling Emerging Media and Communications program, which in its first few years as an offered major found the work of Professor Dean Terry's student research group igniting a firestorm of global outrage and discussion.
Addressing the application — which lets users list "enemies" — on Today, Palin said: "It's all about tearing people down, hurting people. … When an app is used to take somebody down, it just adds more darkness to our world."
Though program leaders say such descriptions miss the point, they couldn't be happier. The project — meant as a commentary on what they characterize as Facebook's ubiquitous but business-dictated platform — was "an excellent example of education done right," faculty member David Parry wrote on his blog.
In other words, it did exactly what the program was designed to do: spark critical thinking and innovation around the growing role of digital media in our lives.
Terry, the program's director, said the EnemyGraph project was part of a larger research effort.
"We're wondering if there's a way to draw people together against something but that results in positive social change," he said. "We're interested in how that works. People create alliances against things they may dislike. Think of the recent backlash against Rush Limbaugh and [African warlord] Joseph Kony."
With a state-of-the-art $60 million facility on the way next year, the Emerging Media and Communications program's future looks bright, even if its focus is so cutting-edge that course offerings could be up in the air from year to year.
And the fact that it was built from scratch — rather than fashioned onto an existing media studies program — makes it rare among such efforts nationwide.
The program, part of UTD's arts and humanities school, aims to teach students not just to assess an evolving media landscape but to take part as well — in other words, to not only consume and critique it, but to innovate within it, too.
In Parry's civic media class, students work on digital-media approaches to social issues like the costs of higher education and gay-youth advocacy.
Tiffany Mitchell is among a team of students working on a project whose website encourages pet shelters to post photos of pets using the Instagram application.
"Better photos can increase adoption rates," said Mitchell, a junior. "Our whole drive is about finding dogs homes, saving lives and turning passion into action."
According to Parry, as sites like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest continue to expand and redefine social interaction, "what it means to be media-literate is changing."
Thinking critically about that landscape is what led to EnemyGraph's development. Last year, Terry's students developed an application called Undetweetable, which digitally unearthed users' deleted tweets. Twitter disabled it within days.
Students Bradley Griffith and Harrison Massey turned their efforts to Facebook, which allows users to "like" pages devoted to public figures, businesses or things as mundane as bacon.
However, the site — to the periodic dismay of users — does not offer a "dislike" option; doing so, Parry said, would undermine its business model.
Enter EnemyGraph, which, when enabled, lets Facebook account holders list as "enemies" those very same pages as well as any Facebook friends or fellow EnemyGraph users. Don't like Coldplay? Find their Facebook page and "enemy" them.
The application, developed over the course of a year by Griffith and Massey, was launched about two weeks ago.
The Chronicle of Higher Education carried a story. By that afternoon, news had spread to Slashdot and other tech blogs, then more mainstream news outlets. By that evening, it had gone international, with Parry tracking tweets in Russian, Hindi and Thai. "I lost count at 20 languages," he said.
The app so far has 30,000-plus users. It monitors the "likes" and "enemies" of you and friends who have the application, noting when opinions conflict. Differences can be a critical part of a friendship's fabric, the developers note.
Reaction to EnemyGraph was not wholly friendly.
After it was noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, one reader threatened to boycott Facebook if the app wasn't taken down. On MSNBC, one poster wrote: "This feature promotes the hating that permeates society and is leading us to our doom."
Others called it an avenue for bullying, but the developers said that's not the intent. "I highly doubt that the majority of those fearful of EnemyGraph have actually tried using it," said Griffith.
After seeing the response on the Today show, Griffith had this to say on Twitter: "I got dissed by Sarah Palin on national TV today … certainly my life's greatest professional accomplishment."
Parry said the widespread but often knee-jerk response to the project was part of the lesson for students.
"No matter how hard you try to control the message, you can't," he said.
So far, the top declared foes on EnemyGraph are Rick Santorum, Internet Explorer and, by a wide margin, Justin Bieber. Racism and the cybergame Farmville also made the list.
"Raisins and tomatoes were trending for a while," Parry said.
While the whole venture might sound misguided or trivial, Parry said serious issues are at play.
Facebook has provided a growing venue for public discussion, he said, but it remains a private, non-democratic space. Issues that greater society would negotiate and discuss are governed instead by a small group of people with business-driven motives.
"Facebook doesn't have that discussion," Parry said. "They have a bunch of engineers that end up deciding that."
This was the virtual Disneyland that EnemyGraph meant to provoke. As Parry wrote on his blog: "This isn't simply a matter of poking a finger at Facebook. The stakes are much, much larger."
"The word enemy scares some people," Terry said. "But in the context of our app, it's not so scary. … More importantly, we are using the word enemy in the same very loose way that Facebook uses friend."
AT A GLANCE: About EnemyGraph
EnemyGraph, a Facebook app developed by a research team at the University of Texas at Dallas, is a sort of social experiment that aims to disrupt what its creators see as Facebook's sterile atmosphere — "that is, a system built upon almost purely positive feedback," said graduate student Bradley Griffith.
Once enabled, the app — available at enemygraph.com or through Facebook's search function — lets users declare "enemies" just as they would announce "likes." It cheekily touts a quote from actor Paul Newman: "If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."
The app has more than 30,000 users so far, occasionally running slowly as it stretches server capacity.
EnemyGraph's creators say it is not intended to target individuals; enemies are limited to public pages, other users of the app or your own Facebook friends. Cigarettes and the Twilight movies were among recently trending enemies.
The app also measures what it calls "social dissonance," pointing out when you and your Facebook friends disagree — for example, if you like something that another friend has listed as an enemy.
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Fifth grader Alysa Barbee of Ripon Christian Elementary School in Ripon, Calif., has a request.
"I have adopted your state as a class project. I will be doing a report and making a display about Minnesota. Towards the end of April or beginning of May my class will be having a 'State Fair.' I will display and show everything that I have gotten and learned about your great state to my whole school."
What Barbee needs is for anyone willing to send her postcards from Minnesota, maps, brochures, information about wildlife, industry, neat places to visit, statistics, sports teams and any other information and items deemed helpful.
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ok, so im a windows person, but i have been using a computer since i was about 8 or so.. started with the commodore 128, then dos, win 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98..... whatever they're all the same crappy os's (windows i mean)
So i got a copy of Mandrake 7.2 and installed it on a compaq presario 7947. its basically a crap pc, like my presario 5000 series.. only diff. is the 7000 series has a much bigger case and is more upgradeable.
the 7947 im running linux on has a AMD Athlon 600, 64 ram, ati all-in-wonder 128 32mb agp card, 30gb western digital, firewire.. thats all the important stuff.
Basically i switched the resolution from 640x480 -> 800x600, and the screen wants to turn off now, so for me to see anything i have to turn the screeen off and on again, and even THEN it only lasts about 5 seconds and i have to turn it off and on again!!
UGH its frustrating.
overall though i am impressed with the setup.. seems pretty stable except for the video stuff.
thx for any help
What XFree86 version do you use? I would recommend version 4.0.3 or the new 4.1.0 to get optimal video performance.
Here is an overview of the drivers you should use based on X-version:
It sounds to me like you are overloading your monitor. Although rare, it is possible to fry your monitor by choosing the wrong settings. Make sure you are choosing te correct video card and monitor settings when you are setting up X.
monitor is working now @ std. res., as for the video, absol. clueless
I'm really at a loss, i need a linux for idiots book, or the like hehe
So my monitor is working ok now.. i just wont put it at any higher res's.
If there is an equivalent program in linux (which i bet there isn't :) to internet connection wizard for windows, what would it be called if there is.
I cant get my net setup on this box yet.
Are there a few key programs that i should be using to help setup the net.
i live in halifax nova scotia, and have eastlink cable hsi.
thanks in advance
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What shape are you in? Speaking personally, I drink too much coffee and get too little sleep. But that's not really what I mean. I'm talking primarily about your skill-set.
Historically we've been an industry of specialists – you were either front end or back end, you might be a Flash ninja or a JavaScript guru, whatever. Fundamentally you would have deep skills in one particular area. As a result you could, if you so wished, sit in your own fiefdom and not worry too much about the stuff that went on outside.
Of course, as anyone who's been around the block a few times will know – things change. HTML 3.2 has been eclipsed by 4 and now 5. CSS is evolving as is JavaScript. New devices are emerging all the time. Nothing stays the same for long.
For me, it's one of the things that makes the industry so exciting. But increasingly it's also demanding that developers become more multi-skilled (or at the very least have a deeper appreciation for the skills that sit outside their own specialisms). And to thrive in a highly changeable future, you need to spread your bets.
A number of years back, some clever and no-doubt highly-paid consultant at McKinsey & Co came up with the notion of the T-shaped person (find a good explanation of it here). Essentially this is someone who has deep skills in one particular area but also has a wider understanding and empathy for other areas they come into contact with. Areas they can then apply their own vertical skills to in order to create a better solution to whatever challenges they're facing.
So take us web-type people. These days of course you'll need all the usual HTML and CSS skills. Perhaps some Sever Side skills. But if you haven't done so already, you should also be adding an appreciation of user experience, touch interfaces, context-driven animations and what JavaScript can do beyond simple image hovers. You'll need to understand how to develop for devices where every decision has an affect on battery life. And you'll need to be able to solve problems caused by any number of factors.
Ultimately it's the end consumer that has the greatest influence on what skills will be valued in the future. The sites and apps we build will revolve around their needs (not what we happen to be good at). So to ensure your career is as future-proofed as possible, it's time to get seriously T-shaped.
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In Friday's column I laid out the reasons for believing the market is due for a pullback. Of course, in having this view, my biggest concern is that I have too much company -- and that everyone must be overly prepared for such a pullback. As we know, the market will always do what it can to make the majority wrong.
As a reminder, the main reason for this view is that the market is due to become intermediate-term overbought Tuesday. The 30-day moving average of the advance-decline line last reached a maximum-oversold reading right around Christmas. There is now a higher high in this indicator, which is bullish, as higher highs must get retested at some point in time. In showing this chart, I don't mean so much to show you what transpires after such a peak reading, but more to highlight the higher high and to emphasize how long it's been since this indicator has pushed to such lofty levels....401 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Until recently I never found a wine opener I liked. For years I used a waiter-style opener, but always had trouble getting the cork out in one piece. I then switched to a rabbit-style corkscrew. But that was too much pressure. Guests expected a flawless display of cork extraction when I emerged from my kitchen with this yuppie device in hand. But then a family member introduced me to wall-mounted corkscrews.
This device isn't for the dainty or shy. Used by restaurants and bars in Europe, wall-mounted corkscrews resemble beer taps with their long wooden handles and sturdy metal shafts. To extract a cork, you simply slide the neck of the bottle into a receptacle at the end of the device that locks the bottle in place. You then press down the lever and pull up. The cork slides out of the bottle with ease every time.
One of the best wall-mounted models on the market is made by B. Ola?eta y Juaristi SA (BOJ), a family owned company based in the Basque Country of Spain. The pine-handled leverage arm on the wall-mounted model (BOJ also makes one that clamps to a countertop) is about a foot long. Available in a chrome or brass finish, the opener weighs six pounds and measures 22 inches from head to toe. There are other makers of wall-mounted openers (Rogar International and Zeus, for instance), though none of these other products feel as sturdy or are as elegantly designed as BOJ's.
A major drawback of these openers is that they need to be screwed into a stud in the wall. You also need enough clearance below the device so a bottle can hang down freely from the receptacle. Lastly BOJ wine openers aren't easy to find in the U.S. I found two places that stock them--www.creativecookware.com and online at Williams-Sonoma. Both charge about $200.


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Florida's top, bottom halves differ greatly in golf, style, topography
Despite being the southernmost state in the continental U.S., if you ask most Southerners, Florida isn't really a part of the South at all.
If you spend much time in this part of the country it doesn't take long to realize there's a gentle animosity that exists between Florida and the rest of Dixie. You can travel through the northwest portion of the state and swear you're in Alabama, but to most of us, and to them, Florida conjures up images of corporate amusement parks or of palm trees, high-rise condominiums, gators, swamps, ethnic diversity, scantily clad women on beaches - basically Miami.
At the risk of grossly overstating the case, it is fair to say that while portions of Florida resemble many other parts of the South in topography and temperament, south Florida is a different country altogether.
If you're planning on taking a Florida golf trip, it might be important to keep this in mind; the two halves of the state couldn't be less alike.
This article we'll take a look at some of the major differences between north and south Florida, why they're different, and ultimately how it affects the golf.
Geography and Climate
Florida is comprised of at least five distinct zones, including northwest Florida (Tallahassee and west), north or northeast Florida, Central Florida (a coast-to-coast swath thirty miles north of Orlando to about 50 miles south), south Florida (with could also be broken into the southeast and southwest), and the Keys.
For the purposes of this article we are going to consider the greater Orlando area and everything north to be north Florida, since these regions have various factors in common, and every to the south of that (where the Southern touches begin to intensify) to be south Florida.
Temperature-wise, Florida is hot not matter where you are. North or south, the ideal season to play golf is in the early spring or late fall. Northwest and north central Florida are the most humid regions but can also get quite chilly in the winter months; the farther south you travel the hotter it is year round. If you aren't within a mile or so of the beaches during the summer months, forget it - you're going be baking.
Just about everywhere you can play golf year round, but the south has more preferable days overall.
Winner: South
Speaking of beaches, for a state that borders ocean on roughly three-fourths of its perimeter, Florida hardly has a bad one.
The beaches in the northwest, from Panama City Beach to Pensacola, are some of the loveliest in the country consisting of white, fluffy sugar sand offset by the emerald Gulf of Mexico. Those from Naples up through Tampa are slightly more grainy, narrow and calm - at certain times of year the Gulf laps the shores like a lake. Of course the beaches in the Southwest are energetic, enormous and hot - think South Beach.
The author's favorite beach, however, is the area 10 miles south of St. Augustine near Crescent Beach. The sand there is amazingly powdery but firm, with no trace of pebbles as they rise into dunes. The beaches are wide and relatively quiet and the dramatic roll of the Atlantic Ocean is mesmerizing.
Winner: Tie - they're beaches, how can you go wrong?
There are two major influencing factors on golf in the Sunshine state: topography and economics.
To comment in detail here on the relative economies would be inadequate, other than to note they are largely driven by different engines: both certainly depend on tourism, but other variables such as the wealth of south Florida, the rural nature of north Florida, retired vs. working demographics, population, agriculture vs. professional careers, etc., all dictate the types of golf in each region. More on that later.
Topography is less complicated. To put it succinctly, it's interesting and varied in the north and miserably flat and wet in the south.
While much of the state possesses a water table just a handful of feet below the surface (complicating drainage, irrigation, construction, etc.), there are numerous places in Central Florida with unexpected elevations, rolling hills, and deep sandy soil. The advantageous topography beginning west of Orlando and running northwest toward Tampa and north into the Ocala region has only begun to be discovered in golf terms.
Couple the better soil with pine forests and hardwood forests (running up the west coast of the state into Tallahassee), the central region's open spaces, citrus groves and elevation changes, and north Florida is much more diverse than its southern competition. What does south Florida have, other than wetlands, cypress groves, and tomato farms? A distinct and intriguing sand ridge area near Jupiter on which are built some of the state's best private courses.
Winner: North
Florida features golf resorts at every turn. The largest and most popular in the north half are Sandestin outside Destin, Amelia Island Plantation, Marriott Sawgrass Resort, Innisbrook near Tampa, and Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Most of these are sprawling campus style resorts geared toward families with numerous golf options.
If Doral were in the north instead of Miami it would fit right in with these. Most of south Florida's complexes, however, are slightly more posh, catering to a more discerning, possibly older clientele, including The Breakers, The Boca Raton Resort, and The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne on the Gold Coast. Others are more golf-centrist, like PGA Village in Port St. Lucie and PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Combining the best of both worlds are The Ritz-Carlton and The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort (adjacent to Tiburon Golf Club) in Naples.
Several new golf resorts have recently burst onto the scene, combining outstanding golf and luxury accommodations: WaterColor Inn in Seagrove (near Destin), Ocean Hammock in Palm Coast, ChampionsGate in Orlando with its new Omni Hotel, and The Ritz-Carlton at Grande Lakes in Orlando. It is these newest additions that tip the scales slightly.
Winner: North
Public and Semi-Private Golf
This too is a no-brain category. Because south Florida is so thoroughly dominated by private and exclusive residential courses, there is a relative dearth of exciting public golf, especially considering the population. After Emerald Dunes in West Palm Beach there are few courses that would stand out in the north.
Conversely, Orlando is one of the great public golf areas in American, for both diversity and affordability (see: Victoria Hills, Southern Dunes, Mystic Dunes). The collection of outstanding courses near Brooksville and Citrus Springs an hour north of Tampa (World Woods, Dunes Golf Club, El Diablo Golf & Country Club), a strong showing from Jacksonville and its outlying areas (Ocean Hammock, Fleming Island, The Golf Club at North Hampton), and most of the broad Emerald Coast area (in particular Camp Creek) gives north Florida a resounding victory.
Winner: North
Private Golf Courses
As convincing a victory as is the north's for public courses, the south pulls off a similar rout for private courses.
In north Florida there are solid, if far-flung, private choices: Timuquana in Jacksonville, Old Memorial in Tampa, Black Diamond near Lecanto, Mountain Lake in Lake Wales, Lake Nona and Islesworth near Orlando.
In south Florida you can hardly back your car out without bumping the gates of an exclusive club. Start with Seminole and work your way back from there: Pine Tree, Boca Rio, The Medalist, RedStick, The Bear's Club, Jupiter Hills, John's Island West, Indian Creek, Loblolly Pines, Old Marsh, etc, in the southwest. Then hit the new breed across Alligator Alley around Naples: Calusa Pines, Collier's Reserve, Golf Club of the Everglades, Old Naples, Naples National, and the courses at Bonita Bay.
Winner: South
How you decide which region to play golf in depends on what you're looking for. There's no doubt that Florida has enough different golf and styles and atmospheres to satisfy almost every taste. We'll leave it up to readers to determine the overall victor between the North and the South.
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The Syrian National Council, a coalition of opposition groups, on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to impose a "no-fly zone and humanitarian corridors" to shelter civilians from ongoing violence there, AFP reported.
"The SNC considers that if the Security Council does not take serious measures to halt the regime's massacres and crimes, it will have abandoned its role as guarantor of world peace and protector of people against genocide," an SNC statement said, according to AFP.
AFP reported that the statement was issued prior to a Thursday UN Security Council meeting convened to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria. France and Britain both pledged more aid toward relief efforts during the meeting, though British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed doubt that the Security Council would approve the idea of safe zones for Syrian refugees, according to Al Arabiya and agency reports.
However, Britain and France did not rule out the option of a military-enforced no-fly zone to protect safe areas, the Washington Post reported.
Turkey had also called for the creation of buffer zones inside Syria to accommodate displaced persons, an idea that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad roundly rejected during an appearance on a pro-government television channel. Turkey and other countries bordering Syria are straining to accommodate a growing flow of refugees.
The US, China and Russia did not send ministers to the council meeting. The Security Council has been plagued by fractiousness throughout the crisis in Syria, making it impossible for the body to recommend strong action toward ending the crisis.
The UN said at the start of the meeting that proposals to create buffer zones for Syrians inside the country "raise serious questions and require careful and critical consideration," Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said, according to Reuters.


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INDIAN LAND – Nico Starcher is an old new face on the Indian Land High School football team and the ILHS coaches are glad he's around, if only for a season.
Starcher, a transfer from Cuthbertson High School in neighboring Union County, N.C., has found a home with the Warriors.
"I'm glad to be here," said Starcher, a senior linebacker. "It's a brotherhood among my teammates and I love our coaches.
FORT MILL – A trio of Lewisville High School football players reaped top honors at the weekly meeting of the Tri-County Football Coaches Association on Tuesday at the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill.
The Lions honorees for the Class AAA-AA-A awards included offensive lineman Qay Simpson, defensive lineman Josh Belk and special teams player Tyrus McCullough.
Simpson, in the Lions' 40-26 win over Eau Claire High School, graded 88 percent, with 16 highlight blocks and two knockouts.
Just when you thought it was time to dismiss defending Picks champ Ernie Rowell from 2017 contention, he deals a winning hand.
Rowell, the "Big E," was singing a victory song last week with a stellar 17-3 effort in the Picks.
He still has ground to make up, but he said he's making headway.
"Yep, I'm picking with my head now, not my heart and I'm moving north instead of south in the Picks," Ern said. "Going south in the picks is getting way to close to Eddie Land."
Lancaster Super Speedway will be hosting the SECA Crate Sportsman River Wars paying $1,500 to win Saturday night.
The SECA Crate Sportsman is a highly competitive LSS division nearly every Saturday night, but this season one driver – "Wild Bill" Knight has dominated the LSS SECA Crate Sportsman Division.
Lancaster High School veteran volleyball coach Betsi O'Shields is confident the Lady Bruins will come around this season.
LHS, 3-7, 1-1 in the region, returns a solid veteran cast to lead the 2017 campaign.
The returning players include senior libero Ashley Abbott, senior setter Keiana Howze and junior Lydia Plyler, a middle hitter.
Those three players are the LHS captains for the 2017 season.
Charges against University of South Carolina basketball player Rakym Felder, stemming for a June 30 incident in Columbia, have been dismissed.
Felder, a former Indian Land High School basketball star, was arrested July 13 by Columbia police and charged with third-degree assault and battery, Richland County court records indicated at the time.
The charges stemmed from a Five Points fight in the early hours of June 30, according to a Columbia Police Department incident report.
The South Mustangs evened their record at 1-1 with a 22-0 win over Buford Middle School.
Ryland Bell returned the opening kickoff 60 yards for a 6-0 lead.
Zy Moffatt scored on a 45-yard run and Jamarcus Elder added the two-point conversion.
South coach Marion Stephens saluted Fred Twitty, Jamez Dye and Bell with solid defensive games.
Rucker rolls
The A.R. Rucker Rams upped their record to 2-0, taking a 46-12 win over Great Falls Middle.
BUFORD – In a game billed the "Fire Ant Bowl," it was only fitting a Small player, potent in his play and offensive sting, come up big for a huge Buford High School football win Monday night at Jackets Stadium.
Buford senior halfback Dalton Small sparked the inspired Jackets, 4-0, to a 28-27 Monday night football win over Lee Central of Bishopville, which came into the game unbeaten and ranked No. 5 in the latest Class AA state media poll.
David Kellin
For The Lancaster News
KERSHAW – The Andrew Jackson Volunteers opened Region IV-AA play in a big way, rolling to a 28-0 home win over the rival North Central Knights on Friday night.
The 2-2 Vols, with a strong running game – 283 yards, posted four rushing touchdowns on the way to the shutout win.
O.J. White placed the first points on the board at 10:46 of the second quarter with a two-yard rushing touchdown. Avery Funderburk kicked the extra point to put the Vols up, 7-0.
The game wasn't a thing of football beauty, but Nation Ford coach Michael Allen was all for the taking.
He had to be.
The Falcons, at Lancaster Memorial Stadium on Friday night, were in quest of their first win on the season and they went home victors with a tough 14-7 non-region win.
"It's a 'W,' " said Allen after addressing his Falcons' team.
All the scoring came in the first half as the Falcons built their seven-point edge.
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Two Rowan biology students pedal more than 4,000 miles to battle cancer
Two Rowan biology students pedal more than 4,000 miles to battle cancer
Imagine a 70-day bicycle ride from Baltimore, Md., to Seattle, Wash. Imagine the hardships. Imagine the passion and the determination that drove you to the finish line. Imagine achieving the implausible.
Two Rowan University biology students and New Egypt, N.J., residents, Jaimelynn Kisthardt and Dalton Trembow, achieved the implausible. This summer, Kisthardt and Trembow rode 4,432 miles in 70 days for The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. The fund's mission is "to enhance lives by supporting, educating, and connecting young adults and their loved ones affected by cancer," according to the organization.
Kisthardt's mother passed away in 2007 after battling stage II lung cancer for two years. Four years later Kisthardt had an encounter with a college professor while on a trip to Washington, D.C. The professor was talking about the 4K-cancer fundraising bicycle ride. Instantly, Kisthardt knew what she needed to do.
The wheels start to turn
Kisthardt told her boyfriend, Trembow, about the exciting event that brings together a large group of young people to support young adults with cancer. Trembow figured he had no choice in the matter and together they began training and researching.
The duo trained vigorously for more than five months. Even with all the training, Kisthardt and Trembow were not fully prepared for the challenges of their endeavor.
"The first week was definitely the hardest part of the whole trip," Kisthardt said. "We did the Appalachian Mountains when we started on day two. It was an 88-mile day."
Kisthardt and Trembow realized that with each passing day, they were recovering faster. By the time they reached Wyoming, the trip wasn't as challenging.
"Eventually, your body does adjust and you find yourself waking up a lot easier in the morning." Trembow said. "The last quarter of the trip wasn't as tiring."
The riders reached the highest point of their travel in South Dakota at 9,666 feet. Elevations that high can cause difficulties breathing because the air is thinner. But it didn't hinder their performance.
A bumpy ride
The two did, however, face difficulties of their own during the trip.
Trembow is large. He is about six-foot-five and weighs 255 pounds. He experienced problems with the wheels and spokes on his bicycle.
"They were literally crushing underneath me," Trembow said.
Trembow even lost a day of riding because of bicycle complications. Eventually he was able to purchase new discounted wheels that supported him.
Kisthardt faced difficulties of her own along the rigorous journey. As each day passed Kisthardt noticed things that constantly reminded her of her mother. Her journey rang with remembrance, from lighthouses to bear-claw necklaces.
The oddest and most difficult part for Kisthardt happened when she read the host on the list for Chamberlain, S.D. – St. Joseph's Indian School.
"The name looked really familiar and I remembered that my mom used to regularly donate to an Indian school, but I wasn't sure which one," Kisthardt said. "I texted my dad, and he said he wasn't sure either."
Out of curiosity, Kisthardt's father looked into his old checkbooks. The host was the same school to which Kisthardt's mother donated money.
Kisthardt mentioned in her blog, "Here I am, cycling across the country in her memory, and end up at this school, which she helped make possible, in the middle of nowhere. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was meant to be there."
Kisthardt had the opportunity her mother never had – to see her donations at work.
Kisthardt and Trembow said they experienced many different things on their journey: passion, love, loss, gratitude, recognition and ambition. The 70-day journey started with dipping their back tires in the Atlantic Ocean and ended after dipping their front tires in the Pacific Ocean.
To read more about their story, visit Kisthardt or Trembow's 4K for Cancer page.


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Winter continues to hold Indiana tightly in its grip, with blowing snow and more below zero wind chills threatening the Tuesday morning commute.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 1 a.m. through 11 a.m. Tuesday morning for most of Central Indiana.
The NWS says 2 to 4 inches of snow are possible, with the heaviest amounts expected to the south and east of Indianapolis.
"Snow will become widespread after midnight and continue through the remainder of the night," the NWS said in its bulletin. "While the snow will taper off early Tuesday, winds will increase with gusts around 30 mph expected."
That could lead to a difficult morning rush hour Tuesday. Roads will be slick and the blowing snow may reduce visibility in areas. The winds will also drive wind chills from near zero to 10 below zero, according to the NWS.
Cities included in the advisory are Anderson, Muncie, Indianapolis, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Columbus, Bedford and Seymour.


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Who is a poor Indian? One who earns below Rs 35 a day? Or one whose salary is in four figures? While the debate rages, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the organisation that governs the affairs of the Zoroastrian community in Bombay, has said that any Parsi who earns less than Rs 90,000 a month (or Rs 10.8 lakh a year) is poor and therefore eligible for its help in finding a house. This "poverty line", drawn way above the national per capita income of Rs 68,491 (in 2011-12), was bound to raise eyebrows.
The Punchayet perhaps felt that this was drawing unnecessary attention to the community's prosperity and hence quickly denied it in its monthly magazine, The BPP Review. The definition of a poor Parsi, according to Dinshaw Mehta, the Punchayet's chairman, is anybody whose family income is below Rs 10,000 a month. The poverty line of Rs 90,000 a month was drawn only for the allotment of 46 flats owned by the Punchayet in Andheri. These flats, each of which would cost at least Rs 70 lakh in the market, are being given to Parsis for Rs 20 lakh. A loan of this amount, the Punchayet calculated, would result in monthly installments of at least Rs 25,000. To pay this money, the family income ought to be Rs 90,000 a month. "One has to view the 'poor' in the context of owning a Rs 20-lakh flat, and not 'poor' in isolation," says Mehta.
The Baugs owned by the Punchayet, which stretch from Colaba to Goregaun, have some 5,000 flats. A majority of these were donated by Bai Jerbai Wadia (Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia's great-grandmother). Some of these are upmarket apartments, well-maintained and clean, while quite a few badly need repairs. I wonder on entering the ramshackle room of Bhanoo Kermani, 82, at Navroz Baug in Lalbaug that how the walls could have so many cracks and still stand. The floor that is strewn with kerosene to supposedly kill small insects is taking time to dry up because of the wet weather and no fan in the room. Khermani has been living here for the past 30 years after she moved out of her parent's house when they passed away. She is old but does secretarial work at a place nearby because "the clock refuses to tick". I look at the wall-clock and realise that she isn't speaking figuratively. The long red hand of the clock has indeed stopped counting the seconds.
On the other hand, in Khareghat Colony at Peddar road, an Alsatian is frolicking in the veranda of a 3 BHK house. She is gathering soft toys from each of the rooms and piling them in front of the exit door in the hope that it will stop her master, Naushad Engineer, from going out. Katy, Engineer's mother, is looking at them both, entranced. This is the fourth generation of the Engineer family that is residing in this flat. I ask Katy, 70, if it would be wrong to assess this idyllic picture of her house as a synecdoche of the Khareghat Colony. "Majority of the people here live more than comfortably," says Katy. "But there are also people here who are genuinely poor. And of course there are people who think they're poor because they think they deserve more charity from the Punchayet."
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As a general guideline, for most of its Baugs, the Punchayet gives top priority to Parsis wanting to get married. The 46 Andheri flats were no different. Those intending to get married but have not found a life partner yet were given "adequate time to find one on a case-to-case basis". Anyone who wishes to get married to a person from within the community is looked upon by the Punchayet as doing a great service to the dwindling population of the community. With 60 per cent of the population aged above 60, 800-900 deaths a year, and only 150-200 births, Mumbai's Parsi population is rapidly declining. There are estimated to be only about 125,000 Parsis globally. "Either Parsis don't want to have children because of their low income or they have just one child," says Rohington Mehta, 70, a builder and social worker. "That's why the Punchayet has come out with a scheme that pays Rs 5,000 per month for a child until he/she turns 18. If let's say they have three children, the couple is entitled to Rs 15,000 per month. This grant also ensures that the mother doesn't have to go to work and can stay home to look after her children." Money for the numerous schemes of the Punchayet comes from the interest of Rs 15 crore per annum it earns on its corpus of Rs 150 crore. The corpus has increased substantially over the years (in 1994 it was Rs 14 crores) because of the deposits of Rs 50 lakh to a crore given by buyers of upper middle-class homes.
The Punchayet does everything in its capacity to create an atmosphere conducive for romance by organising interactive activities for teenagers in the Baugs. It organises a Holiday Programme for Youth, a month-long programme for Parsi students who have finished their tenth standard exams. This programme, the Punchayet believes, is much more effective "in creating a mindset in our youth to find life partners from within the community", than a thousand lectures. Mehta says: "You begin to realise [through this programme] that our own culture provides us with the greatest emotional comfort, and therefore the chances of such (intra-faith) marriages succeeding are far higher. None can deny that our population is shrinking. However, this doesn't mean that we make no effort. This programme is a vital part of that effort."
In Mumbai about 40 per cent of Parsis have opted for inter-cast marriages, while 15 per cent of Parsi couples are divorced. Children of Parsi women who marry outside the community can't become Parsis, though no such rule applies for Parsi men who marry non-Parsi women. It is obvious why the Punchayet is worried, and that's where the Holiday Programme for Youth fits in. If youngsters, boys as well as girls, don't find 'love' through this programme by the age of 18, they have the option to enrol in ZYNG (Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation), the official youth wing of the Punchayet.
What usually attracts the youth to ZYNG is speed dating. People between 18 and 40 can participate in speed dating. In such speed-dating events, 20 girls and boys are made to sit facing each other separated by a table. They have just three minutes to break the ice with each other. After the 60-minute session, each is asked to write down the names of the people they want to know more about. If, for example, a girl names A, B, and C as her preferred choices to go out for a date, she can do so only if A, B, and C have named her in their lists as well. "While the boys go for looks, girls are more practical. Therefore, we have to counsel the boys about not being too critical before the session," says Dilkhush Reporter, 30, a model and one of the heads of ZYNG. "Then there is the problem that Parsi girls are on an average better settled professionally by 25 than most Parsi boys of that age."
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The constant complaint that ZYNG receives from girls is that the boys aren't up to snuff: "If there was one thing you could point a finger to and say that this is the thing due to which our community is struggling then it is this. The boys are not risk-takers. They are happy with a salary of Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000. This attitude has turned the community from business class into working class," says Rohington Mehta. He says that he tried to persuade the youth of Navroz Baug to invest in business by offering them capital but they declined. Nauzer Golwalla, a resident of Navroz Baug, says that it is the Parsi boys who are rejecting the Parsi girls because they don't have "realistic expectations". "I will be getting married to a non-Parsi later this year. I've had enough of them [Parsi girls]," says Golwalla, 30, who earns Rs 30,000 per month. "The girl I was dating didn't want to stay with my parents. She wanted a separate house. With my salary it's not easy to get a house in Mumbai without the help of the Punchayat and my application for a new house is pending for the last three years."
If Golwalla indeed gets married to a non-Parsi, he will automatically disqualify himself from owning or staying as a tenant in a Punchayat house because the trust stipulates that the houses are meant only for Parsi Zoroastrians. But what will work in Golwalla's favour, as opposed to a Parsi girl who marries outside the community, is that his children will be allowed to embrace the Zoroastrian religion and will become a beneficiary of the Punchayat's schemes.
"This double standard needs to change. All these conditions (read schemes) are actually there to stop us girls from moving outside the community and maintain the so-called gene purity. My child, if I marry a non-Parsi, can't become a Zoroastrian. What's the great logic behind that," asks a media professional who doesn't wish to be named. If the Punchayat, she says, is doing everything to increase the population of the community and raise the per capita income then this is obviously a deeply flawed approach. Mehta, in his defence, says that the trustees of the Punchayat follow the commands of the high priests of the fire temple on matters of religion without questioning. According to the Constitution of India, it is wrong to discriminate against either sex. Rustom Marshal, a senior lawyer, said to a television channel recently: "A great problem is our refusal to change with changing times. The first modern and benevolent step that the Punchayat can take is to treat women who marry non-Parsis the same way as they treat Parsi men who marry outside the community."
So who's really the poor Parsi? Is he the one who earns less than to Rs 90,000 a month? Or is he the one who can't marry a Parsi girl because she makes "impossible demands"? The 'poor' Parsi could also be the girl who is forced to marry within the community so that she and her husband can be the beneficiary of the Punchayat's largesse. On second thoughts, it might even be the girl who has been excommunicated along with her child for marrying outside the community. This question "Who's really the poor Parsi?" asks more questions than it answers.
It was wrongly mentioned in this article that Rohington Mehta was rebuilding Navroz Baug. Bombay Parsi Punchayet is rebuilding Navroz Baug, and Rohington Mehta is only helping Bombay Parsi Punchayet in this pursuit as a social worker. The error is regretted.


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Never a dull moment
There's never a dull moment at Northern Ballet! I spent the half term preparing for a busy couple of months ahead which includes the Easter Course at Quarry Hill in April and In Motion – a dance project for young wheelchair users. If you want to know more about the courses and projects at Northern Ballet, keep an eye on the website and you can follow my Easter Course Blog where you'll find more information about the course including exciting news about what we'll be doing during the week.
With the START project, I've been back to the schools I visited before half term and we've been dancing some repertoire from Madame Butterfly which they are all going to see next week. There have been some excellent interpretations of the themes and movements from the ballet and everyone is really excited about their trip to Leeds Grand Theatre, which for some of the children will be their first ever visit to the theatre. This week as part of the project I'm also working with lots of Primary and Secondary School teachers to offer exciting ideas for classroom links to Madame Butterfly.
Towards the end of this week I'll also be welcoming students from Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe who will have the unique opportunity to observe the company in training and take part in a ballet class and Madame Butterfly workshop before watching the performance on Thursday evening. I'm sure they'll be looking forward to it as much as I am!


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Police said the teen was arrested Saturday for leaving the luggage in the middle of a walkway at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights in order to scare people, CBS Sacramento reported.
At 2:25 p.m. on Saturday, mall security guards reportedly found a suitcase sitting in the walkway between two stores. They evacuated the mall and notified Citrus Heights police.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit came to the mall, examined the suitcase for explosives, and found that it was empty.
During the investigation, a 15-year-old girl came forward and claimed to own the suitcase. Police determined she left it there to cause fear, and arrested her.
The teen's identity has not been released.


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Indian buyers will soon be catered with a stylish and futuristic scooter christened as Honda PCX 125. The scooter will revamp Indian scooter market with its breathtaking muscular looks and a power packed performance. Targeted especially for the men, the machine is seen as the future of scootering, at least in India.
Honda PCX 125 is propelled by a 124.9cc, four-stroke, liquid-cooled engine that is mated to an automatic V-matic transmission system. The mill churns out a peak power of 11.17bhp at 8,000rpm with a maximum torque of 11.56Nm at 6,000rpm. The engine is coupled with PGM-Fi (Programmed Fuel Injection System) that ensures a butter smooth performance.
The scooter is fitted with 90/90-14" and 100/90-14" tubeless tyres at the front and rear respectively, with 5-spoke cast aluminium alloy wheels. Its suspension system includes 31mm telescopic fork at the front and twin suspension aluminium swingarm towards the rear. Honda PCX 125 is fitted with 220mm hydraulic disc that is bitten down three piston calliper at the front and 130mm drum brake at the rear.
Coming to the body dynamics, Honda PCX 125 is a big sized scooter with suitable curves on its body panellings. The front profile of this machine is sportbike-like making it look the part. The headlamp section is aerodynamically designed incorporated with clear lens indicators and LED positioning lights. As one goes towards the end, the impressive body flow of the scooter can be easily noticed and it showcases itself more than just a scooter. A visor is fitted with the headlamp, which further enhances the visuals. A sporty step-up seat is also present giving a sporty look. The rear end section is also neatly designed with an oval shaped tail lamp and clear lens blinkers.
The handlebar of the scooter looks like a motorcycle handlebar making its front more muscular and appealing. Honda PCX 125 measures to 1,917mm x 738mm x 1,094mm (LxWxH) with a wheelbase of 1,305mm, giving it a handsome stance. The scooter has a minimum ground clearance of 135mm, fair for our roads conditions. It sports a fuel tank of 6.2 liter capacity, pretty good as well. The instrument cluster of this scooter is easy to read and informative that includes an analogue speedometer with digital twin tripmeters and fuel gauge. The scooter also features a pass-by switch to make easy and safe overtakings. It also comes with a decent underseat storage to accommodate helmet and other stuff like mobile phones, etc.
Design and features
Honda PCX 125 seems a futuristic vehicle with a trendy and fascinating body appearance. The front fascia of the vehicle has a bigger and sharp headlamp section embedded over the apron. Furthermore, the appearance gets even more agile with the incorporation of an aerodynamic black coloured visor crowned above it. The overall body profile of the scooter seems a hybrid of two, the front portion of a scooter and the rear end of a motorcycle. The vehicle features a wider and well-cushioned step up seat that offers an optimum comfort to the rider and pillion. Talking about the rear, it comes with a stylish body grab rail that looks fascinating. A sharp and pointed tail lamp along with the clear lens turn indicators delivers a premium look and enhances the visuals.
Honda PCX 125 has the following body dimensions: 1,917mm x 738mm x 1,094mm (LxWxH) that gives it a respectable public appearance. Furthermore, a wheelbase and minimum ground clearance of 1,305mm and 135mm respectively ensures superior handling and stability in all traffic conditions. It has been fitted with a 6.20 liter fuel tank that gives a decent range without any stoppage. Honda PCX 125 has a total kerb weight of 124.4kgs that makes it an easy to ride and convenient two-wheeler. The instrument cluster of the machine looks plain and comes stacked impressively over the front portion. The informative unit comprises an analogue speedometer, digital twin tripmeters and fuel gauge.
Engine and performance
Honda PCX 125 has been powered by a 124.9cc, 4-stroke 2-valve SOHC, liquid-cooled engine that comes mated to an automatic transmission system. It churns out a maximum power of 11.17bhp at 8,000rpm along with a peak torque of 11.56Nm at 6,000rpm. The super refined mill has a bore x stroke ratio of 52.4mm x 57.9mm that ensures a seamless all-round performance. With this, the scooter scores well on the grounds of power and fuel economy as well.
Braking and handling
Honda PCX 125 runs on 90/90-14M/C front and 100/90-14M/C rear tyres that comes mounted over robust alloy wheels. The scooter comes to a standstill with the help of a 220mm hydraulic disc brake at the front and 130mm drum brake at the rear. The vehicle avails a comfortable and stress free ride as it comes assisted with 31mm telescopic forks upfront and Twin suspension aluminium swingarm at the rear.
Safety features
Honda PCX 125 features a powerful 220mm disc brake at the front that offers a commendable stopping power to the vehicle. The maintenance free battery cuts down on maintenance costs and proves pocket friendly. The twin rear view mirrors keeps the rider aware of his surroundings and prevents any mishap. All these safety features make Honda PCX 125 a trustworthy and safe two-wheeler that fits-in well for everyone's requirements.
Superior Body Design and Appearance
Refined 125cc engine
Stability at high speeds
Not in sale in India yet
Should have more convenience features
Seems Pricey, due to the price sensitive two-wheeler market in India
Popular Honda bikes
- Honda Activa 4Gon road, Delhi 55,394*
- Honda Navion road, Delhi 46,073*
- Honda Shineon road, Delhi 61,800*
- Honda CB Hornet 160Ron road, Delhi 90,484*
- Honda Activa 125on road, Delhi 64,144*


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Mayor Clint Herbst used a humorous anecdote to make a key point about local government during a Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Industry speech.
During the start of his Dec. 18 city update, Herbst asked how many people in the audience had donated blood. Many acknowledged that they had done so.
"In the past, this has been a very uncomfortable experience for me," Herbst said. "I'm deathly afraid of needles, and I can handle just about anything, but needles just don't work for me."
Herbst recalled when he and Wright County Commissioner Sawatzke were coming back from a Bertram Chain of Lakes funding meeting in St. Paul, and Sawatzke mentioned that there wasn't anybody on the Monticello City Council who gives blood.
"I said, 'There's a reason why I don't give blood. I just can't do it,' " Herbst said. Sawatzke offered a friendly challenge, and the pair decided to donate when they returned to city hall that day.
Herbst humorously recounted the experience, pointing out he and Sawatzke had a race to see who could get their blood bag filled first. "What's happened since that time is that I've given blood eight times," Herbst said. "Sometimes you just have to do things that are uncomfortable. Four times out of eight, I went down."
Herbst's main point, doing things that are uncomfortable, also applied to city council and staff's recent efforts with a number of key projects and actions, he said.
"I think over the last eight years, the council and city have dedicated themselves to doing things that aren't so comfortable," Herbst told the audience.
According to Herbst, the council in particular as a unit of government has tried to shy away the common tactic of doing things or tasks that have an easy path.
"A lot of you realize we are trying to break that mold, and do things differently," Herbst said. During his presentation, Herbst had Councilmember Glenn Posusta pass out a letter related to Herbst's work with the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC). The handout contained an online entry culled from the LMC's mayoral blog.
"When a mayor has a question, they will put it out there, and other mayors will chime in about it," he said. Herbst's letter contained a response about city officials interacting with the public during meetings and how city councils conduct meetings and business in general. "This blog entry dealt with how a mayor deals with a member of the public who comes to meetings and talks under their breath," Herbst said, adding that one mayor commented: "We do not allow audience members to interrupt our meeting. After all, this is our meeting to conduct business, and residents should not be interfering with this process."
Herbst said that comment shocked him. "This happened about a week ago. All the mayors who responded said they would kick the person out. I just find that hard to believe," he said. "When you allow people to have input, it does create more work. It might be easier not to take the input because when you do it, you have to act on it. What happens is that you get a much better community. Everyone starts working together. That's certainly one of our goals at the city."
Herbst said the council and city staff is working hard to become more and more businesslike in its dealings with the public. "It's not something you just say once," Herbst said. "You have to keep working on it over and over and reminding staff this is something that we have to work on, and continue to develop."
According to Herbst, a sign that reads "Open For Business" should greet visitors to Monticello.
For example, he thanked Xcel Energy for meeting with the city regarding the utility's $163,728,100 increase in the estimated market value on just one parcel. The increased valuation resulted in a tax increase to Xcel Energy in the amount of more than $1 million dollars and helped ease the tax burden for Monticello and Wright County property owners. "They've added quite a bit to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, and they are a great organization to have in our community, but we can't lose sight of the fact, in the past, when we were relying so much on Xcel to pay our bills, when things changed, we were struggling and racing, and trying to find ways to back-fill taxes."
Herbst welcomed Rogers-based Bedrock Motors to the city as a new business. "They found out we were willing to sit down and hammer out any issues."
Owner Ron Maas said his business has worked with numerous city councils, but he was pleased to have worked with the Monticello council and city staff.
"I was so pleased and impressed with the help we received," Maas commented. "There was a business-friendly attitude that allowed us to come to the city."
Herbst said another business-friendly action by the council involved a recent renewal of the city's freestanding sign ordinance. That action took place Dec. 10.
"We wanted to make sure that businesses get every opportunity they can to use the signage they think is necessary to make their business grow," he said.
Regarding business development, Herbst said during the chamber lunch a buyer for the former Kmart site has come forward and a possible deal is pending.
"We are crossing our fingers and hoping that goes through," he said. "It's a big deal for us to start filling some of the empty business that we have out there."
Herbst also addressed city transportation issues. Next spring, Seventh Street project will get pushed through, connecting that street with County Road 39.
"That will open up property development there, and make travel much more user friendly there," he said. The Fallon Avenue overpass is another key project.
According to Herbst, that project is related to a Minnesota Department of Transportation commitment by the city to get the overpass in place before a west-side interchange will be considered. "I'd like to see that project go into place in 2014, because it will help with a lot of internal traffic movements around the city."
Herbst said the city is also trying to work with Sherburne County regarding a future river bridge crossing. That process is in the early planning stages, he said.
Finally, Herbst said the council remains dedicated to developing and growing FiberNet, Monticello's city-owned telecommunications and broadband provider.
"FiberNet isn't going anywhere," Herbst said. "We are dedicated to keeping it going. It's part of our obligation that we operate this system no matter what."
Monticello mayor provides year-end update at chamber
Mayor Clint Herbst used a humorous anecdote to make a key point about local government during a Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Industry speech.


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Jean Paul Gaultier Said to be Leaving Hermès (Fashion Week Daily)
"Change is brewing at Hermès, and it's starting with Jean Paul Gaultier. The designer is said to be resigning from the company; his last collection for the house is due to bow in Paris this October."
Liberty linked to Target collaboration (Drapers)
"Liberty, the iconic London department store, is reported to be in talks with US value chain Target about a collaboration on clothing next year."
Escada Draws Interest From Several Investors, Handelsblatt Says (Bloomberg)
"Several investors are interested in buying German luxury clothing maker Escada AG, which filed for insolvency this month, Handelsblatt reported, without saying where it got the information."
Fashion World Moves to Damp Sale Frenzy (Wall Street Journal)
"Next week begins the media blitz for Fashion's Night Out—a global pep rally sponsored by two fashion icons, Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenberg."


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Women in Trucking - One Woman's Journey
First Impression
Randy picked me up as scheduled. I moved my personal belongings from my three-bedroom house with a pass through fireplace and a garden tub into the bunk of a tractor-trailer rig. I couldn't take my "things" or my garden tub or my color television set. I left behind my rose bush and my strawberry plants. I said good-bye to my daughter and my neighbors and settled into the truck, which was to be my home for the next 3 weeks. A moment of panic swept across me. "What am I doing?" Then he softly kissed my forehead and said "Thank you." Then I knew exactly what I was doing.
So, with a clear head and a purpose for leaving all that I knew behind me, I buckled my seatbelt and we were off. Our first load was from Boise to St. Louis, MO. We had 4 days to get it there, we made it in 3. Randy drove like a man possessed. I do not mean he was unsafe or went too fast, I mean that he was on a mission. He stopped for a break every 2 hours or so and we had lunch and dinner at stops, but he didn't seem to have time to look at the beautiful parts of the country. He was at work. For the first time, it really hit me that, even though I would be traveling across the country, I would see very little of it. This was not the fantasy I had imagined. My bubble started to burst.
We arrived at our destination way ahead of schedule and there were no other loads to split with, so we spent all day Sunday at the truck stop. It rained and it was hot and muggy. We watched a lot of TV, talked and ate. It was nice to be alone with him and I actually had time to read a book. But it was not like RV'ing or sitting in my living room. I didn't have a car, so I couldn't go check out the sites. We were stuck in that truck, in the heat and rain for over 24 hours. I was very grateful when we finally got to move.
He delivered the load the next morning and we got another load to pick up in the yard in St. Louis. The driver who dropped of the trailer drove it up from Florida with a tire so bald that the steel was showing. This meant that Randy had to get it fixed and weighed and to Omaha by 11 that night. On top of that, we had to go through a weigh station with a bad tire. Road repair said to take the trailer to the TA and get it fixed. The TA was 1 mile from the weigh station and the weigh station was open. Well, they saw the tire, pulled us in for an inspection and wrote Randy a ticket. After fuming for about an hour, I calmed down. We got the tire fixed, ate lunch, called safety and road repair and told them all the story of the driver who couldn't fix the tire before we got the ticket and then drove on. Our company agreed to pay the ticket. I learned some very valuable lessons. Number 1 - never move a trailer with a tire that is that bald and Number 2 - get the name of the guy in road repair that tells you do that.
Anyway, we were off. But since all this had put us behind schedule, a shower and dinner were out of the question. So, we pulled into Omaha without benefit of food or a shower and I was at my wit's end.
"Can I tell you my first impression of all this, or do you want me to lie to you?" I asked.
"Be honest with me."
"I don't think I am going to like this."
"Why?" He was like a kid who was being told that there was no Santa Claus.
"I have been on the road for 4 days. I have had 1 shower. I haven't eaten since lunch and it is past 9 pm now. I was in St. Louis and didn't get to see the Arch. I am hot and tired and I don't like the way I smell. I am bored. Between the CB and the radio, we have to yell at each other to hear. And I would love to sink into a bubble bath right about now." I watched his expression change from hope to sad and I was heartbroken.
"Maybe you will feel better when you get to drive. You won't be so bored." I could tell he was hoping that I wouldn't give up yet.
"Maybe that will make a big difference. I do love you and I love being with you. I'll give it 2 months, but then we may need to have this conversation again."
His spirits picked up. "Okay, we'll talk in two months." He was happy again and I got a renewed sense of what this was all about. Training with our company lasts two months and I figured it would be long enough to decide if I could do this every day.
I am not a woman who walks two steps behind her husband. I am strong enough to have faced many obstacles in my life. I have a high IQ and I could do anything I wanted to do. What I chose to do is be with him. If that means that I have to give up my big house and my garden tub and my color TV, so be it. It also means that if I am miserable with this new life, I have to tell him. I know that I will have to go back to being a trucker's wife and spend most of my time alone, but it also means that I gave it a shot and that is really all he is asking of me. And it is all I am asking of myself.


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AMD Amends Wafer Supply Deal with GLOBALFOUNDRIES
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it successfully amended its Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. The closure of amendment negotiations solidifies AMD's new operating model as communicated at the third quarter 2012 earnings announcement. To better align with today's PC market dynamics, AMD and GLOBALFOUNDRIES agreed on purchase commitments for fourth quarter 2012 and established fixed pricing and other terms of the WSA which apply to products AMD will purchase from GLOBALFOUNDRIES through Dec. 31, 2013.
Announcement details: -- AMD lowered its wafer purchase commitments for the fourth quarter 2012. -- AMD currently estimates that it will purchase wafers from GLOBALFOUNDRIES for approximately $115 million in the fourth quarter 2012 and $1.15 billion in fiscal 2013. AMD has also committed to purchase wafers from GLOBALFOUNDRIES for approximately $250 million during first quarter 2014. -- AMD expects to negotiate the remainder of its 2014 purchase commitments from GLOBALFOUNDRIES in 2013. -- AMD will make a termination payment of $320 million related to the take-or-pay agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES associated with the adjusted wafer purchase commitments in fourth quarter 2012. -- The cash impact of the termination fee will spread over several quarters: -- $80 million by Dec. 28, 2012; -- $40 million by Apr. 1, 2013; and -- A $200 million prom issory note issued by AMD to GLOBALFOUNDRIES due on Dec. 31, 2013. -- The termination fee will result in a net one-time charge of approximately $165 million(1) recorded in the fourth quarter 2012.
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Recently, more than 1,200 San Diegans attended countywide symposiums on a Saturday morning to learn how to deal with an issue posing a challenge to our families and communities — the problems experienced by grandparents who suddenly find themselves raising their own grandchildren.
This is a growing dilemma for our aging baby boomer society. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2.7 million grandparents must provide for the bulk of their grandchildren's needs. That's up from 2.4 million in 2006.
In California, more than 300,000 grandparents have primary responsibility for their grandchildren. Nearly 65,000 of them are older than 65 and care for their grandchildren in a rapidly changing world without any other adult family member present. In San Diego County alone, we estimate more than 22,000 grandparents are primarily responsible for raising their grandchildren.
Some 20 percent of "grandfamilies" nationwide live in poverty, which is higher than it was a decade ago. The problems they face are many. San Diego County recently partnered with 2-1-1 San Diego to track local requests for help from grandparents who call them searching for resources. They found the top needs involve basic living expenses, including emergency food assistance and paying utility costs.
Grandparents raising grandchildren must navigate a complex network of health, educational and social services, oftentimes without any assistance. The children they are caring for may have difficult physical, behavioral and emotional problems, often due to the challenging situations that led to their placement with their grandparents.
Grandparents face challenges in establishing their authority to make medical and educational decisions for their grandchildren. As a result, grandparents often are unable to access information from schools or medical and social service benefits on behalf of their grandchildren.
That is why at my State of the County address earlier this year, I announced that we would find ways to help grandparents who find themselves raising their children's children. The recent free, regional symposium included simultaneous presentations in Chula Vista, El Cajon, San Diego and San Marcos. At these presentations, grandparents learned from experts about resources to help them raise their grandchildren and received a handbook prepared by the county's Health and Human Services Agency and its community partners that outlines the unique services and resources available throughout the region and carefully tailored to their unique situation.
If you find your family in this situation and you couldn't attend the conference, I encourage you to call 2-1-1 or check out the organization's website, which includes a full list of resources available to grandparents and other caregivers, at
www.211sandiego.org/grandparents. We recognize the difficult challenge of keeping up with technology, cultural shifts, trends and risks at a time of life that you did not expect to have the full responsibility of caring for young children and adolescents.
If you are a grandparent raising your grandchild, know that you are not alone. We are here to help keep your family healthy and safe.


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ABC News' Matt Jaffe and Sunlen Miller report: When Joe Biden and Sarah Palin square off Thursday in the vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, their much-anticipated confrontation might now be considered a cosmetic competition. So what if Republican presidential nominee John McCain chose a former beauty queen to share his ticket? Democratic candidate Barack Obama thinks he's got the best-dressed running mate around.
"Joe's one of the best-dressed vice presidents that we'll ever have," Obama said today at a rain-soaked rally at Virginia's University of Mary Washington.
Obama even offered Biden the chance to take off early so as not to sully his smooth, suave appearance in the pouring rain.
"You look good, though, so if you wanna cut out that's OK," he told his running mate, who stood up and pretended to walk off the stage to the delight of the crowd.
Call it a consequence of McCain's Palin selection, call it what you will, but Biden's dapper attire has clearly caught the eye of Obama, who cited his running mate's wardrobe not once but twice in their first day campaigning together in the past month.
"One of the reasons I am so proud to be with Joe Biden, it's not just his fancy foreign policy expertise, it's not just because he's a sharp dresser," Obama said earlier in the day in Greensboro, N.C., then pausing when he spotted some cheering ladies in the audience.
"I noticed a lot of women have been talking about Joe lately," said the Illinois lawmaker. "I noticed that. See, these girls right here!"
Not passing up any opportunity to jump on a moment of jest, Republicans promptly hit out at Biden's biggest fashion fan.
"Obama's statement that Biden is the best-dressed senator answers a lot of questions," said Republican National Committee spokesman Alex Conant. "Why else would Obama choose a running mate who recently called him unprepared to be president, slammed his votes to cut funding for our troops, and said he'd be honored to run on McCain's ticket?"
Biden spokesman David Wade in turn, quipped, "600,000 jobs gone in 2008, eight straight months of job loss, the highest unemployment in seven years, more home foreclosures than at any time since the Great Depression, and I'd wager John McCain's nicest pair of $500 loafers that finally the Republicans think they've found an issue that will really resonate on Main Street: Joe Biden's clothes. But you can blame John McCain for being a little peeved -- after all, just imagine the pressure to choose which suit to wear from among your dozens of closets in your seven homes."
"All right, its just trickling down a little bit here," noted Obama as the northern Virginia showers intensified. "That's OK, I'm gonna have to get my dry cleaning going, too."
Or maybe just have his GQ running mate accompany him on a shopping spree...


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Canada to get access to Afghan detainees: O'Connor
CTV.ca News Staff
Published Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:32AM EDT
Canada has reached an agreement with Afghan officials to check on the status of detainees, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said Wednesday in the face of intense questioning at the House of Commons.
O'Connor told a foreign affairs committee that officials have struck a deal with the governor of Kandahar that will let them visit Afghan detainees handed over by Canadian troops.
Earlier, both he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper rejected suggestions that his government intentionally buried the fact it was aware of allegations that prisoners were being abused in the hands of Afghan authorities.
A report published in Wednesday's Globe and Mail says federal government officials knew that prisoners held by Afghan security forces faced the possibility of abuse and torture and even execution.
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion asked Harper during question period on Wednesday why he withheld the information that he had on received the "damning report."
But Harper insisted his government received no specific reports on possible abuse of captured Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
The prime minister said the document mentioned in the newspaper is an annual report produced for the Foreign Affairs Department that talks about the general state of the Afghan prison system.
"They document general concerns, they also document the various actions that the government and officials are taking to deal with those concerns ... we have no evidence of specific allegations that appeared this week in The Globe and Mail but obviously ... we take any such allegations seriously," Harper said.
Answering a question in French, he conceded there are "human rights challenges'' in Afghanistan.
Later during question period, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay admitted that he had not read the embassy report.
"I did not have the report in hand, I have since reviewed the report, having said that of course ... we take these matters extremely seriously," MacKay said.
"I've communicated that to the ambassador from Afghanistan. We've asked that they immediately look into these allegations, that they confirm if in fact this practice was in place, that it cease immediately, that they put officials specifically designed to get to bottom of this."
But Dion is accusing the Harper government of intentionally hiding the fact it was aware of the abuse allegations.
"They release a document about the positiveness of Afghanistan, and they on purpose hide the information that they knew torture was going on," Dion said earlier Wednesday.
Dion called on the federal government to find out where the prisoners are and what kind of treatment they received in the hands of Afghan authorities.
Detainees must not be transferred into Afghan custody until Ottawa can ensure they will be safe, Dion said.
Harper and O'Connor have repeatedly told Commons that they were unaware that insurgents, captured by Canadians, were allegedly abused in Afghan jails.
They have been depending on the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission to report potential violations, but that agency says it hasn't been able to visit some prisons yet.
The abuse revelations were reported by The Globe after the paper obtained a report by Canadian diplomats in Kabul, under an Access to Information request.
However, every reference in the report to abuse or torture in prison was blacked out.
Initially, the federal government denied the existence of the report on prisoner abuses.
After complaints to the Access to Information Commissioner, the heavily censored version of the document was released.
When comparing the released version to unedited portions obtained independently by The Globe, reporters found that some of the blacked-out sentences directly referenced torture. This sentence was among those removed: "Extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture and detention without trial are all too common."
It also blacked out a sentence that suggested "the overall human rights situation in Afghanistan deteriorated in 2006."
However, it left intact many references to progress being made, "bright spots" and positive developments in the area of human rights in the country.
The report, titled "Afghanistan-2006; Good Governance, Democratic Development and Human Rights" was identified as intended for "Canadian Eyes Only."
It seems to provide evidence from the federal government representatives on the ground that senior officials and ministers knew torture, abuse and disappearances are commonplace in Afghan jails.
The Globe report says the blacked-out sections don't seem to involve national security or privacy issues, and there is no explanation as to why they were removed.
The report makes grim references to rights abuses within the National Directorate of Security, or intelligence police, the Afghanistan National Police and the Ministry of Interior.
Similar claims have already been made in other major reports by Louise Arbour, the UN Human Rights Commissioner, the U.S. State Department and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, among others.
However, when Foreign Affairs was asked by The Globe on March 7 whether it had put together its own report, the response was a definitive 'no.'
On March 22, the department reiterated its response, this time in a written response to an Access to Information request.
An earlier request specific to a human rights report on Afghanistan was filed on Jan. 29 by a University of Ottawa law professor. The edited version of that report was finally released to professor Amir Attaran this week after he complained about Foreign Affairs' refusal to release the report.


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Im 5'8" and 160lbs and currently a b cup. Is 525cc implants to big or will it give me a nice d cup?
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The first baby beavers to be born wild in the UK for more than 400 years have been spotted in Scotland!
Beavers were re-introduced to Scotland a year ago, but until now no-one knew that they had been breeding.
Two beaver kits from two different families have been seen in Knapdale Forest in Mid Argyll.
It's thought the babies are about eight weeks old and each is the size of a guinea pig. They were spotted playing in the water with their parents.
Beavers were hunted to extinction in the UK around 400 years ago.
Eleven of the wood-chewing critters were re-introduced to the UK from Norway last year.


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A man spotted hanging by his hands from the top of Allhallows car park in Bedford has been rescued.
The area was sealed off by polic earlier today as the drama unfolded.
An eye witness, who contacted bedfordtoday, said the man was literally hanging on th edge of the car park roof.
He was eventually led away by police.