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Washington, D.C. - Two new episodes of the award-winning LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS series premiere on PBS in the spring of 2005. "Empowering Parents," hosted by NBC's Al Roker, offers an action plan for parents who suspect their child may be struggling to read. "Becoming Bilingual," hosted by acclaimed actress Rita Moreno, examines the challenges of teaching English Language Learners to read.
READING ROCKETS: LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS was created to equip parents, grandparents, caregivers and educators to help the children in their lives learn to read. The award-winning, seven-part series explores the stages of learning to read, using the latest research and featuring the country's top reading experts.
"Nearly 40 percent of children have difficulty learning to read," says Noel Gunther, executive director of Reading Rockets. "'Empowering Parents' is designed to show parents how to recognize risk factors and problems, and more importantly, how to help their child."
"Empowering Parents" visits schools in Huntingtown, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon, to outline the warning signs that indicate a child may have difficulties and shows why early intervention is so important. The program features experts Rick Lavoie; Dr. Julie Washington, University of Michigan; Dr. Roland Good, University of Oregon; and Dr. Guinevere Eden, Georgetown Medical School.
"Becoming Bilingual" examines the daunting prospect many teachers face with a classroom of students who speak another language. "Becoming Bilingual" visits schools and programs in El Paso, Texas; Arlington, Virginia; Long Beach, California; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; and Woodburn, Oregon, to highlight the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers.
"Many teachers feel overwhelmed because they have little or no training teaching ELLs," says Christian Lindstrom, Reading Rockets' senior producer. "But by using techniques that are good, basic teaching techniques and capitalizing on the children's strengths in their native language, teachers can go a long way toward being successful with the changing population in U.S. schools."
LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS also includes a special episode targeted toward kids. READING ROCKS! is a splashy PBS special designed to appeal to struggling readers and also helps parents and teachers understand the emotional impact that reading difficulties can have on the children in their lives.
The READING ROCKS! special premiered on PBS in 2004, hosted by the Disney Channel's Nick Spano ("Even Stevens"). The buoyant 30-minute program encourages struggling readers to keep trying, using wacky humor to offer stories of hope to children who are trying to learn to read.
"This series is the essence of Reading Rockets' mission to help children become better readers," says Reading Rockets executive director Noel Gunther. "We use literacy experts and proven research to illuminate the mechanics of reading and also highlight authors and illustrators to show how children's literature is critical to the reading process."
Each episode of LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS is hosted by a celebrity and profiles the creative process of a children's book author or illustrator. The series was shot in more than 40 elementary schools, preschools and community centers in 17 states nationwide. Sites include the legendary Lab School of Washington, D.C., which specializes in teaching students with learning disabilities, and Mark Hopkins Elementary School in Sacramento, California, where children speak six different languages in one kindergarten class.
LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS Episode Lineup:
* "The Roots of Reading" visits a "baby speech lab" and a Head Start center to examine the earliest stages of literacy. The program shows how parents, childcare providers and kindergarten teachers can get children started on the road to literacy. Hosted by the late Fred Rogers ("Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"), the episode features author Rosemary Wells (Timothy Goes to School)
* "Sounds and Symbols" focuses on the two skills every child needs to decode the printed word: phonemic awareness (understanding that words are made up of individual sounds represented by letters) and phonics (learning the relationship between particular letters and their sounds). Hosted by actress Annette Bening, the episode features Norman Bridwell (Clifford the Big Red Dog).
* "Fluent Reading" explores the ability to decode quickly and achieve fluency. The program also demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers. Hosted by television anchor Deborah Norville, the episode features author William Joyce (George Shrinks).
* "Writing and Spelling" examines the connection between reading and writing and between spelling and composition. The program features successful methods for encouraging children to write and to build their vocabularies. Hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes), the episode features author Walter Dean Myers (Harlem).
* "Reading for Meaning" highlights effective strategies to help kids understand - and care about - what they read. Hosted by actress Vivica A. Fox, the episode features Kate Duke (Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One).
* "Empowering Parents" helps parents identify early signs of reading problems and find ideas for getting their kids the help and support they need. Hosted by NBC's Al Roker, episode six features Rick Lavoie (How Difficult Can This Be?).
* "Becoming Bilingual" examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language and showcases different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers. Hosted by acclaimed actress Rita Moreno, episode seven features bilingual poet Francisco Alarcón (Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risuenos y otros poemas de primavera).
"Empowering Parents," "Becoming Bilingual" and READING ROCKS! are available for viewing in their entirety online. All seven episodes of the series and the special are available for purchase on DVD and VHS through the Reading Rockets online store by calling 1-800-343-5540.
The original five-part LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS series first aired on PBS in 2002 and includes a resource-packed Web site at for parents and teachers who want to learn more.
LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS is part of an ongoing WETA initiative called Reading Rockets, which looks at how young children learn to read, why so many kids struggle and what can be done about it. Reading Rockets is funded primarily by a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
The series has won many awards, including four Silver Statuettes and a Bronze Statuette from the 24th Annual Telly Awards and a First Place Gold Camera award from the 36th Annual International Film and Video Festival. READING ROCKS! won the 2004 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award.
The first five episodes of LAUNCHING YOUNG READERS are a co-production of WETA Washington, D.C., and Rubin Tarrant Productions. The READING ROCKS! special, "Empowering Parents" and "Becoming Bilingual" episodes are productions of Reading Rockets. Executive producer: Noel Gunther. Producer: Christian Lindstrom. Co-producer: Keisha Dyson.
WETA is the third-largest producing station in the PBS system and the flagship public broadcaster in the nation's capital. Among WETA's productions and presentations are "Washington Week," "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and "Globe Trekker." WETA is co-producer of documentaries by filmmaker Ken Burns, including "The Civil War" and "JAZZ." WETA's educational services include www.LDOnLine.org, the leading national Web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers and other professionals. Sharon Percy Rockefeller is president and CEO of WETA. For more information on WETA, please visit www.weta.org.
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Coventry Road,Broughton Astley, Leicester, LE9 6QA
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60% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
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A little tired but good.
Rooms are slightly old, especially the bathroom which is well worn though water is lovely and hot.
Overall its a good spacious room, people are very warm and friendly. Food is cheap and cheerful pub food.
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It was easy to find and the staff were pleasant and very helpful.
The room was well laid out and appointed. However, the pillows were well past their expiry date. The bathroom was very tired. The bath was so thin it wobbled when you stood on it to have a shower. The toilet was very strange; it had been painted and where the water was it was dark green. Odd. Nice to have a heated towel rail. There was no blind at the window as it had broken and, consequently, the outside light shone through the gap under the door all night and blinded you when you went into the bathroom. The room was very quiet despite being near a busy road. Would definitely stay here again if we needed to be in the area again.
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Pretty Basic
For the price of a room it seemed very reasonable.
The accommodation is separate to the pub (A Hungry Horse). The bath and basin were losing the enamel but the main bedroom was clean and tidy. I would not recommend this site for a weekend break but ideal if you wanted to have somewhere to put your head down. Ideal for stopover for family wedding, watching a match in Leicester (bit out of the way from built-up area)
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Great location, big room, a bit dated and tired but clean.
Motel type next to Hungry Horse Pub
Parking great, value for money great, location great, breakfast very good, room cleanliness good, heating good, security when in room good (motel type) Would definitely stay again.
one night stay
for a one night stay, easy to find between Leicester and Coventry, so handy for both. Rooms basic but adequate, pleasant surroundings, though some road noise in early hours. Good value for money.
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Mill on the Soar
Comfortable beds offering a good nights sleep.
This is the second time I stayed here and on both occasions I was a little disgusted at the level of cleanliness in the room. The bed linen is clean as were the toilet and bath but lots of smaller details have been missed such as brown grime and cobwebs around window frames, black dirt around switches, plug sockets and the radiator thermostat was just gross. The bathroom hardware was slightly damaged (cracked and chipped sink), the shower head offered little more than a dribble and needs replaced. However I would stay again as its resonably priced for what you get and its well located to the pub / restaurant.
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As we were staying for just one night, all was fine and was near to the venue we attended.
I would imagine in Summer would be very nice as outside space is nice for people with young children. Security of rooms could be improved.
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306 Faculty Status and Academic Rank
In compliance with the Board of Regents' policy, Georgia State University has adopted the following specific definitions for various categories of faculty.
306.01 Full-Time University Faculty
Full-time faculty are faculty who have a contract for employment on a 100% workload basis for two out of every three consecutive academic terms. The full-time faculty consist of the following categories:
A. Full-Time Faculty with Board-Approved Academic Rank (Academic Professional, Lecturer, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor) Faculty who are tenured, who are on tenure track including instructors, and who are not on tenure track by contract, are included in this category. All faculty who hold one of the five Board-approved academic ranks are in this category, regardless of additional titles they may hold.
Full-Time Instructional Faculty: Full-time instructional faculty consist of the following: teaching faculty (faculty whose primary assignment is instruction); temporary faculty and visiting faculty when employed at .75 EFT or more; research faculty; and departmental chairmen. Academic rank resides in the department.
Librarians: Librarians who hold academic rank in the University Library.
Administrators: Administrators who hold academic rank and have full-time administrative assignments or have been placed on released-time administrative assignments. Administrative appointments serve at the pleasure of the president and can be rescinded at any time.
306.02 Part-Time Faculty
Part-time faculty are those faculty who are employed for the academic year for less than .75 EFT. They do not earn probationary credit toward tenure and are non-tenure track. They may hold a contract for any portion of the 12-month fiscal year. Temporary faculty and visiting faculty are included when employed at less than .75 EFT.
306.03 Part-Time Instructors (PTI's)
Part-time instructors are employed to teach on a per-course/per-semester basis. They have Board approval to teach within a designated academic department(s). All individuals in this category are in non-tenure track positions. PTI's are reappointed each year.
306.04 Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA's)
Graduate teaching assistants are employed to teach on a per-course/per-semester basis. They are enrolled at the graduate level and have Board approval and/or the Chancellor's administrative approval to teach within a designated academic department. All individuals in this category are in non-tenure track positions. GTA's are reappointed each year.
306.05 Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty hold one of the Board approved adjunct faculty ranks and are authorized to teach within a designated academic department. Adjunct faculty are not paid for instructional duties although they may be employed by the University. All individuals in this category are in non-tenure track positions.
306.06 Emeritus Faculty
A president may, at his/her discretion, confer the title of emeritus/a on any retired faculty member or administrative officer, who at the time of retirement, had ten (10) or more years of honorable and distinguished USG service, provided, however, that the title of President Emeritus/a may be conferred only by the Board of Regents on the recommendation of the Chancellor (BoR Minutes, January 2009.)
306.07 Graduate Faculty Membership [Added 24 April 1997]
The Georgia State University Strategic Plan provides the framework for the
development of the Graduate Faculty membership criteria:
Academic EXCELLENCE is central to Georgia State University's
development. This will be accomplished by encouraging, developing
and sustaining nationally competitive research, scholarship, and
creative activity that generate and advance knowledge and artistic
expression, and by maintaining and developing nationally competitive
instructional programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Georgia State University requires that all of its tenured and
tenure-track faculty be teacher-scholars. Being a scholar means
engaging in original research. The work of the scholar also means
stepping back from one's investigation, looking for connections,
building bridges between theory and practice, and communicating
one's knowledge effectively to students and the professional
community. After careful analysis of available models of faculty
performance, University standards, clarified by unit guidelines, will be
established for promotion and tenure, graduate faculty status, and
faculty workload (emphasis added).
The following Graduate Faculty membership criteria provide the University standards to be used in the Colleges' development of specific guidelines.
Since Georgia State University is one of four research universities in the University System of Georgia, faculty members are expected to generate and disseminate knowledge. The Graduate Faculty will do scholarly research and creative work, teach graduate students, and direct the research of graduate students. Graduate Faculty members are expected to demonstrate current knowledge of and involvement with their fields.
These guidelines describe the general criteria and procedures for the appointment of Graduate Faculty. (The SACS re-accreditation handbook specifies that "Eligibility requirements for faculty members teaching graduate courses must be clearly defined and publicized.") (Section 126.96.36.199)
A faculty member must hold Graduate Faculty membership in order to fulfill the following duties:
In accordance with the Strategic Plan, university standards, clarified by unit guidelines, will be used in evaluating candidates for the Graduate Faculty. A member of the Graduate Faculty must hold the appropriate terminal degree, and be actively engaged in scholarly or creative activities.
The primary qualitative guideline is current scholarly competence. The Graduate Faculty member is now an active and productive scholar and, recognizing the complementarity of research and teaching, is an effective teacher at the graduate level. Evidence of recent active and productive scholarship includes scholarly books, refereed articles in scholarly journals, chapters in scholarly books, abstracts in scholarly conference proceedings, successful external research grant applications, juried shows, editorships, or the equivalent as determined by the individual academic unit. Evidence of graduate teaching effectiveness includes teaching awards, successful instructional innovation grants, student evaluations, student accomplishments, guidance of graduate students' research projects, peer reviews, innovations in course design or delivery, publications in area of pedagogy, or other quantitative and qualitative evidence as determined by the individual academic unit.
Specific Guidelines. In accordance with the general criterion of current scholarly competence, each College (School) on campus will develop additional qualitative guidelines and quantitative expectations appropriate to its discipline(s) for the College as a whole and/or for its constituent units. Each College's (School's) guidelines must be approved by the College (School) faculty before submission to the Graduate Council (a subcommittee of CAP) for review. In reviewing those guidelines, the Graduate Council will insure that overall standards of scholarship and professional activities are met. The College (School) guidelines will not necessarily be a codification of extant practice, but may instead represent the unit's plan for achieving excellence in graduate education. The Graduate Council will make recommendations to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for his/her approval of the guidelines. This process also will be followed for any substantive revisions following approval of initial guidelines. The Graduate Council will monitor the implementation of Graduate Faculty Membership guidelines during Academic Program Review.
Review Process
Review for Graduate Faculty membership is initiated at the request of the faculty member. Appointments to the Graduate Faculty shall be for renewable terms of five years. Recommendations for appointment to the Graduate Faculty will be made by a designated committee from the department. (In small departments, the committee may include members from other departments.) The department's recommendation will be forwarded to a College/School designated committee for approval. College/School recommendations will be forwarded to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for final approval on appointments and reappointments to the Graduate Faculty. In most cases, the timing of the review for regular Graduate Faculty membership should coincide with pre-tenure, tenure, and post-tenure reviews.
Provisional Graduate Faculty Status. A faculty member who has completed his/her terminal degree within the last five years may request non-renewable provisional graduate faculty membership for a period not exceeding five years. Provisional members may perform all the duties of Graduate Faculty except chairing doctoral dissertation committees. At any point during the provisional period, the faculty member may request review for regular Graduate Faculty status.
All nominations for Graduate Faculty membership must be accompanied by a current vita.
(Source: Approved by the University Senate 24 April 1997)


text: Phyllis Greene Spencer1910 ~ 2011After 101 years filled with love, faith and service, Phyllis Greene Spencer passed away peacefully on November 7, 2011. Phyllis was born on February 11, 1910 in Magrath, Alberta, Canada, the fourth child of Nymphus Jay and Ida Jerusha Smith Greene. She had a wonderful childhood with her siblings: Eula, Lyle, Beth, Darrel, and Merril. She also had two siblings who died in infancy, Adeline and Eugene. Phyllis married Orson Daniel Spencer on July 25, 1942. Together they raised five children: Patricia (Roger DeBry), Daniel (Louise), Stephen (Jill), Nancy (Bruce Woodbury) and Julie (Russell Bernard). Phyllis was a selfless mother, teaching her children by example the principles of hard work, sacrifice and service. Phyllis leaves behind a wonderful legacy for her 25 grandchildren and 58 great-grandchildren. Phyllis was a full-time mother when her children were small, but also had an interesting and varied career. From 1931 to 1942, she worked in purchasing under three different governors at the Utah State Capitol. She spent 11 years working at the Ken Garff Finance and Deseret Livestock. She also worked at KSL, the Jewish Community Center and C.R. England Trucking. A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Phyllis treasured her pioneer heritage. She served in many capacities, including as an extraction worker and librarian, in the Nursery and Primary and in the Salt Lake Temple. Her testimony of Jesus Christ shone in her face and her actions. Phyllis always looked for the positive in life and taught her family to do the same. She radiated sunshine and serenity and had a heart full of gratitude. She was kind and patient, even when she did not feel well. She lived independently until she was over 100 and had an amazing memory. She took good care of her health, taking daily walks until the last year of her life. Phyllis loved nature and enjoyed hiking and camping. She also loved music and the arts; one of her favorite things was to hear her family sing to her. Phyllis is now enjoying a grand reunion with Orson, who passed away in 1983. She was also preceded in death by her parents, siblings, granddaughter Christine Spencer and grandson Richard Spencer. Funeral services will be held on November 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Ensign Stake Center on A Street and Third Avenue. A viewing will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday November 11, 2011 at Russon Mortuary, 255 South 200 East in Salt Lake City and on Saturday November 12 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the Ensign Stake Center. Interment will be at Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com.


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Cybersecurity Symposium
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10:00am to 4:00pm
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences 120 Flagg Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Leading authorities on computer network security will join with digital forensics experts and U.S. Representative James R. Langevin at the University of Rhode Island's Cybersecurity Symposium next month.
Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Partner Engagement, Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, URI Class of 1981, will deliver the keynote address at the event. Flynn was commissioned a second lieutenant in Military Intelligence and during his service he led the U.S. intelligence effort in Afghanistan, bringing a different and updated approach to gathering intelligence. URI President David M. Dooley, Rep. Langevin, and URI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Peter Alfonso will open The Cybersecurity Symposium.
See the complete agenda and information about speakers. cybersecurity2012.uri.edu/
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Hello, I had the coolsculpting procedure done on my lower abs on April 24th, and my flanks on April 29th. I am 46 years old and in decent shape with stubborn fat around my abdomen. The procedure itself was not bothersome to me. A little strange at first on the lower abs, I compared it to getting a mammogram! It wasn't comfortable, but not painful. Especially after about 3 minutes, it was... READ MORE
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With AR pattern, yes...however to be certain one often buys a new ar bolt with the new barrel that the mfg has already checked for head spacing. it is possible but rare that an existing AR bolt will not head space correctly with the new barrel. Again, the safe thing to do is to check head space with a gauge even when swapping an AR barrel (but in reality many people skip this step). Keep in mind there is a little more to it, such as the gas tube, gas block, etc., and if you change barrel length you have to adjust these things.... My original answer was just to say that you don't need a lathe. You still need to know what you are doing though, but again, it is all online. The main thing I guess is to make sure you have the proper blocks to mount the upper receiver in a vice, because the one thing you can screw up is twisting the upper receiver and ruining it. Most other things you can just give up and take your parts to someone who knows what to do.
To check head space you use a "go gauge", "no-go gauge" and sometimes a "field gauge". Basically the bolt closes on a go gauge but will not close on the no-go. People make a no-go by putting scotch tape on the base of the go. Google those terms and it will all be clear....these gauges are basically dummy cartridges of specific lengths. This is for bottle necked cases that head space on the shoulder datum, I'm not sure how rimmed case chambers are checked.
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COVINGTON, La., Dec. 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globalstar, Inc. (GSAT) today announced that it has obtained a committed issuer managed equity financing facility under which it may from time to time sell up to $30.0 million of its voting common stock to Terrapin Opportunity, L.P. "This facility provides us with funds to help finance our capital obligations over the next two years," said Jay Monroe, CEO of Globalstar, Inc. "The structure of this facility gives us flexibility and pricing control that we can use to manage the potential dilution of additional equity. On the basis of the past year's revenue and profit growth and our execution on our long-term strategic plan, this financing demonstrates investors' increased confidence in Globalstar as we continue with final preparations for our fourth launch of six new satellites in February." Under the terms of the transaction, Globalstar can draw up to $30.0 million over the 24-month period following the effectiveness of a registration statement it has agreed to file with the SEC to register the resale of the stock by Terrapin and remains able to enter into and consummate additional equity and debt financing transactions. Globalstar will determine, at its sole discretion, the timing, price and amount of the draws which will be based on the Company's share price over time. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. The securities offered and sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration, or an applicable exemption from registration, under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. About Globalstar, Inc. Globalstar is a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services. Globalstar offers these services to commercial and recreational users in more than 120 countries around the world. The Company's products include mobile and fixed satellite telephones, simplex and duplex satellite data modems and flexible service packages. Many land based and maritime industries benefit from Globalstar with increased productivity from remote areas beyond cellular and landline service. Global customer segments include: oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military, transportation, heavy construction, emergency preparedness, and business continuity as well as individual recreational users. Globalstar data solutions are ideal for various asset and personal tracking, data monitoring and SCADA applications. Note that all SPOT products described in this or any Globalstar press release are the products of Spot LLC, which is not affiliated in any manner with Spot Image of Toulouse, France or Spot Image Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia. SPOT Connect is a trademark of Spot LLC.
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Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg are engaged!
The new bride-to-be made the announcement on "The View" on Wednesday, unveiling her beautiful new ring.
"I just got engaged!" she said, showing off her sparkler. "It's a yellow sapphire."
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The 41-year-old cried as she explained how Donnie, 44, proposed, and said her 11-year-old son Evan helped the "Blue Bloods" actor with the proposal.
When asked when the wedding would be, Jenny replied, "We don't know yet."
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Following the big announcement, Donnie took to Twitter to write, "#Happy."
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This will be the second marriage for both Jenny and Donnie.
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An aviation machinist sat on his bunk reading a newspaper when he heard the first boom. A sailor poked his head out a porthole and saw a plane fly by with a rising sun on its wing. A 9-year-old boy walked out the front door just as a woman ran down the street screaming "The Japs are bombing us." The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began shortly before 8 a.m. on a quiet Sunday 68 years ago today. By day's end, 2,388 Americans had died and another 1,178 were injured. Twelve ships sank, including the USS Arizona, which is still submerged today. The destruction of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor pushed the United States into World War II and prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call it "a date which will live in infamy." Three local men witnessed the bombing that day, each with a different view.
George Dilley, 77, Seminole
I was 9 years old. I had a paper route in Pearl Harbor. I used to deliver newspapers to Admiral (Chester W.) Nimitz and Admiral (William) Halsey Jr.
It was a Sunday and my Dad was leaving for work. He was a naval officer, a cryptographer. We lived in officers' quarters on a hill overlooking Pearl Harbor and Battleship Row.
We walked outside and saw planes diving over the field. A woman ran screaming down the street in her nightgown and a plane flew down the street about 100 feet high. I could see the Japanese pilot in the cockpit.
My dad jumped on my bike and told us to stand by in case we needed to evacuate. We went back into the house, but a friend of mine from three houses down came by and we went outside. We had buckets and started picking up shell fragments and shrapnel. It was all over the place.
I drove my mother crazy that day, running around out there with all that stuff going on. We saw a few dogfights.
I was standing on a grassy bank overlooking the harbor when I saw a Japanese plane drop bombs into the USS Arizona's smokestack. I saw the ship buck up and then it went down and sank almost immediately. There were all these burning ships in the harbor. There was this constant roar punctuated by the exploding bombs. Smoke was everywhere.
It was all very exciting at the time. We were too young to really worry about it. But I know my parents were worried and so was everybody else. I had some hearing loss and one of the Navy doctors said I was suffering from shell shock but I don't think I really was.
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I was making a macrame belt for my pants in my quarters aboard the USS Nevada. It was coming along nicely. I thought I'd finish it that day.
I heard machine gun fire and poked my head out a porthole. I saw a low flying plane with a rising sun on its wing.
I wondered if it was really a Japanese plane. Maybe it was just a drill organized by the Navy. But then the pilot dropped a torpedo and it headed for one of the other ships and exploded.
I headed for my battle station, a 14-inch gun turret. I was a gun pointer, responsible for elevating the 12-inch guns.
On my way, I saw Japanese planes dropping torpedoes and firing machine guns at the ships. I saw wood splinter on the deck.
At my station, I was sent to the bucket brigade to help put out fires. I started doing that, but then we were sent to help the chief warrant officer cut the massive mooring lines. We needed to get under way.
I was pulling on the rope after it had been cut when someone pointed in the sky and yelled, "A bomb. A bomb." Someone else yelled: "Take cover." I dove behind a steel bulkhead. The chief warrant officer yelled, "Come back!"
There was an explosion as the bomb tore through the first and second decks. I waited a moment and then ventured back out. I saw a big hole where we'd been standing. The chief warrant officer was nowhere to be found. He had been killed. I saw several badly burned men crying for help, blackened skin falling off their bodies. The smell was sickening.
We continued cutting the mooring lines with axes and the ship finally started to move. As we steamed past the USS Arizona, it took a bomb and started burning and exploding. The Arizona broke in half and covered Pearl Harbor with a thick burning oil.
The Nevada was the only battleship to get under way during the attack that day.
What happened that day at Pearl Harbor made me mad and want to get even. That's how it affected most of us. We couldn't wait to get back to them because they were tearing up our ships. Today, though, it's water under the bridge. I don't feel like I'd like to get ahold of Japs and choke them to death like I did then.
Robert M. Bewley, 88, Ocala
When I heard the first bombs, I was sitting on my bunk reading the newspaper at Ford Island Naval Air Station. That's the little island in the middle of the harbor that all the battleships anchored around.
I was an aviation machinist for the Navy. I put wings on the planes and pulled the wings off.
I thought maybe the Army was pulling a sneak deal on us: We played games back and forth. But I went to the window and this plane flew along the rooftop and it had a rising sun on it.
The hangar that was furthest from the airstrip was on fire from a bomb and they had strafed the seaplanes.
They sent a group of us down there to patch the ramp so they could get the planes into the water. They wanted to get them up in the air.
The second wave of enemy aircraft came about an hour and a half later and we all ducked into a hangar next door. I saw fire and smoke everywhere. The USS Arizona blew up and the USS Nevada was trying to make it out the channel. They bombed it. The Oklahoma and one other ship turned upside down.
Then a Japanese plane dropped a bomb in our hangar. Someone yelled and it blew up. It sounded like a watermelon dropping from up high onto a concrete floor. It was just a dud. It blew powder with a yellowish tint all over the building.
I thought that we were going to be captured because all our ships were either damaged or sinking. But they didn't have the landing party, I guess. So we survived that day.
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Mass of Christian burial celebrating the life of Mary M. Bias, age 93 of Holdingford will be 11:00 AM Monday, March 17, 2014 at the Church of All Saints St. Hedwig in Holdingford. Father Gregory Mastey will officiate and burial will take place in the parish cemetery. Mary passed away peacefully with family by her side. There will be a visitation after 10:00 AM on Monday morning prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are being made with the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home, Holdingford.
Mary was born on July 22, 1920 in rural Holdingford to Albert and Agnes (Kuklok) Bias. Mary was a lifelong resident of Holdingford area. She provided day care for Dr. Schmidts children and later took care of her Mother and Father. Mary was a member of the Church of All Saints-St. Hedwig in Holdingford. She was also in the Rosary Sodality group.
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- Bacteriophage in the treatment of experimental septicemic mice from a clinical isolate of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniaeC S VinodKumar
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J Commun Dis 37:18-29. 2005..The rescue of septicemic mice could be affected only by phage strains able to grow in vitro on the bacterial host used to infect the animals and when such strains are heat inactivated they lose their ability to rescue the infected mice...
- Isolation of bacteriophages to multi-drug resistant Enterococci obtained from diabetic foot: a novel antimicrobial agent waiting in the shelf?C S VinodKumar
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J Infect Public Health 6:302-6. 2013..The co-circulation of multiple dengue virus serotypes has been reported in many parts of the world, including India; however, concurrent infection with more than one serotype of dengue virus in the same individual is rarely documented...
- Emergence of extended spectrum beta lactamase mediated resistance in neonatal septicemiaC S VinodKumar
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- Utility of lytic bacteriophage in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia in miceC S VinodKumar
Department of Microbiology, SS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Davanagere, India
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 51:360-6. 2008..It would seem timely to begin to look afresh at this approach. A scientific methodology can make phage therapy as a stand-alone therapy for infections that are fully resistant to antibiotics...
- Carbon particles in airway macrophage as a surrogate marker in the early detection of lung diseasesN K Kalappanavar
Department of Microbiology, S S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka, India
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Snow Testing with an Avalanche Forecaster
It's been a while, but the Outdoor Junkie has returned to the blog. Due to the mammoth task of transfering everything to the new and improved Daily Sentinel website, I got a little backed up on posting. As you can imagine I haven't been sitting around twiddling my thumbs, so I'll get right to it. Here's an account of an awesome day I had hanging out with a forecaster from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), a couple of weeks ago:
Cup of joe in hand, reading the daily weather and avalanche forecast from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) is one of my morning rituals. Even if headed only to work, learning about and understanding the changing conditions of the snowpack is vital for safe travel in the snowy backcountry. Every day's avalanche report is like a page in a large book, building up a reservoir of information about the snowpack over the winter months. It is today's weather that creates the snowpack and avalanche conditions of the future.
This year is going down as being one of the most dangerous in recent memory. Several long periods of dry weather interspersed with some moderate and very large snowfalls has created a rotten and dangerous snowpack. Overlaid with last week's big snow event the snowpack is now teetering on the brink and in many places, has come crashing down. Hundreds of avalanches have been recorded and sadly several deaths too. As a state program whose purpose is "to minimize the economic and human impact of snow avalanches on recreation, tourism, commerce, industry and the citizens of Colorado", the CAIC has been very busy in recent weeks.
The daily forecasts are, in part, based upon observations from backcountry travelers submitted to the CAIC. Although our backyard, the Grand Mesa, has its own avalanche forecast, the number of observations trickling into the CAIC office is minimal, and the forecast is sometimes an extrapolation of neighboring zone observations. Wanting more information on the local snowpack, I recently accompanied one of CAIC's forecasters, Scott Toepfer, on a Grand Mesa foray and conducted a number of tests to assess the stability of the snow.
We dug a pit on a north facing slope at approximately 10,000 feet with an angle of 32 degrees. The layering within the 4 foot deep snowpack was immediately obvious:
The bottom of the pack was made up of old snow particles called facets. Created by a process of metamorphism the sugar-like cohesion less grains are typical of a weak Colorado snowpack.
Scott then performed several tests which identify possible weak layers, the strength of those weak layers and overall snow stability.
First was the Shovel Compression Test which failed at the first hit from the shoulder with an easy and clean shear (CT21, Q1):
Next, a Rutschblock Test, which again tests the bonding of the layers, this time with the weight of a skier on an isolated block of snow. Rather disconcertingly, this failed when Scott stepped onto the block (RB2, Q1):
Scott also performed a relatively new test of snow stability, the Extended Column Test (ECT). The ECT provides information on where a fracture in the snowpack could be initiated and how it might propagate. Although there was no result from the ECT the low score on the Rutschblock Test was concerning enough that we decided to ski relatively conservative terrain and avoided slopes greater than 30 degrees.
The final test of the day is one I call the Happy Skier Test (HST). This test assesses the quality of the snow for skiing purposes. Judging by the size of the smile on Scott's face I would say that the HST had strong results (HST gold star).
Upon submitting the observations that were made during our trip the avalanche danger was increased from Moderate, meaning natural avalanches are unlikely and human trigged avalanches are possible, to Considerable on NW - N - NE aspects. Considerable danger means natural avalanches are possible and human triggered avalanches are probable. This was therefore important safety information for backcountry skiers and snowmobilers.
In order to provide the most accurate information possible the CAIC encourages those traveling in the backcountry to submit observations on their website. I would also encourage anyone who reads and uses the forecasts to financially support the CAIC so that we may continue to be well informed and safe beneficiaries of this important program.2 comments


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BVI Christmas & New Years Yacht Charters
Why not have a tropical Christmas this year? Celebrate holidays on a yacht charter in the BVI
The BVI is a wonderful holiday destination that is raised to a whole new level when experienced from the deck of a private yacht. Whether you're island hopping among the sixty-some islands of the British Virgin Islands or traversing between the US and BVI, you'll no doubt fall in love with the sunny skies, sparkling waters, and breath-taking scenery.
Christmas and New Years are two of the most popular charter weeks during the entire year. Specifically, the week of New Years is undoubtedly the favorite week of the year for yacht charters in the BVI.
Many visitors head to this piece of paradise at the end of the year in order to join in the fun on Jost Van Dyke Island, where things heat up on Old Year's Night at Foxy's. Yachts crowd into Great Harbour making easier to jump deck to deck, rather than swim to shore. Don't expect to get in any hurry to leave after the New Year dawns, because the laid-back visitors simply take their time untangling their yachts and maybe sipping on cocktails to ease out of their hangovers. So sit back on the white sand beach and enjoy the clear blue skies and fabulous weather as you watch the goings-on in the Harbour.
Of course, other holidays prove popular among yacht charter guests and any time is a good time to lounge on a white sand beach, snorkel in the azure waters, hike through a national park, or visit with the welcoming and friendly people who happily share their multi-cultural heritage with guests. Whether you come to relax and unwind or experience an action-packed adventure, the BVI is the place to be.
When to book a holiday charter? Quite simply, it's never too early to book a Christmas or New Years charter. Booking your charter at least one year in advance is often necessary to secure the yacht of your choice. Other holidays may not require as much advance-booking, but it's always best to ask first to ensure you have plenty of time to plan.
What about holiday surcharges? Most yachts add a standard 10% surcharge for these popular holiday weeks. Some yachts charge a flat rate.
What is the minimum length of a holiday charter? Holiday charters, such as Christmas and New Years, must be a minimum of one week. Clients can charter for less than a week, but will have to pay for a full week's rate.


text: Midge Grunstra was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, married and has two boys, Dean and David, and now four grandchildren. While raising a family, Midge attended college. She started in Hayward, California and completed her degree in Speech Pathology at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. After graduation, Midge secured a position as a speech therapist in a public school system and went on to complete a master's degree at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey while teaching. Midge moved to Ocean City, New Jersey in 1982, continued her career in speech therapy and began to build a career in real estate on a part-time basis. In 1990, Midge earned her broker's license and managed a small office in Ocean City for several years. In 1998, when Goldcoast Sotheby's International Realty opened their doors, Midge was at her desk where she continues to reside, doing sales and rentals on a full-time basis. Midge has attained the Circle of Excellence award each year of her career. In 1995 and 1999, she was named Realtor® Associate of the Year, and in 2004 and 2010 named Ocean City NJ Realtor® of the Year. Midge was the 2010 President of the Ocean City Board of Realtors. She also served as president in 2003. She was the Education Chairperson for the New Jersey Association of Realtors from 2005 to 2010 where she coordinated educational programs for Ocean City, as well as Atlantic & Cape May Counties. Midge spearheaded the Ocean City Realtors' committee to raise funds for the "Shore Tomorrow" campaign for Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, NJ. On April 21, 2010, Midge was honored by the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce as, "Business Women of the Year."


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As the Sept 15th release date for The Point of Distraction the First Collection draws closer, I've posted a special set of excerpts on my website. To introduce you to the three sexy heroes introduced in this book, I've featured the first kiss scene from each story.
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Airman found dead following physical training at Luke AFBPosted: Updated:
Medical examiners are investigating what caused the death of Airman Master Sgt. Iordanis "Jordan" Velissariou, 40, who was found unresponsive following physical training at Luke Air Force Base.
Luke AFB spokeswoman Lt. Col. Holly Slaughter said Velissariou was found unresponsive on Thursday and was taken to West Valley Hospital in Goodyear where he later died.
Velissariou was the Fleet Manager for Vehicle Maintenance in the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Velissariou became a member of the Air Force on April 9, 1991 and was transferred to Luke Air Force Base on November 5, 2009. Velissariou is from Colorado Springs, CO.
"Members of Luke Air Force Base are saddened by the tragic loss of one of our own, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the Airman's family and friends," said Brig. Gen. Mike Rothstein, 56th Fighter Wing commander. "The 56th Fighter Wing will work with the Airman's family and others affected by this loss to provide the support and any assistance they need."
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text: CORDOVA, TN—Chuck E. Cheese patron Nathan Angrim, 9, was found passed out in a booth Monday, 510 game tickets poorer and surrounded by cheap toys, following a two-hour Welch's Grape Soda bender. "Dad, where'd all this stuff come from?" Angrim asked, gesturing to the plastic dinosaurs and slide whistles scattered across his pizza-sauce-stained T-shirt. "Last thing I remember, I was playing Skee-Ball. Oh, my head." The incident marks a backslide for Angrim, who swore that he wouldn't touch "the Grape" again, after last April, when he woke up shoeless in the colored-ball pool, his pinkies stuck in a Chinese finger trap.


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The Legacy of House Bill 920: How It Has Affected School Funding
Jan Resseger- We literally have a frozen revenue stream. I've worked on 10 or 11 levy campaigns since 1987...
James Trakas- The reality is that the public wants schools to come to them to justify their existence.
David C. Barnett- The Cleveland Heights-University Heights School district has been in an uproar in recent years over school funding. School levies have been put on the ballot and the voters have turned them down. That is, until this past spring, when an emergency levy was approved in the wake of a threat to cut the district's school busing services. School Board president Barbara Hodgkiss says that her system's financial woes can be traced back to a 24-year-old piece of legislation.
Barbara Hodgkiss- The way that schools are funded in Ohio is that any increase in our costs must be covered by an increase in property tax. Because of House Bill 920, our revenues remain flat.
DCB- Ohio House Bill 920 was shepherded through the state legislature in 1976 by then-Cuyahoga County Auditor George Voinovich. Columbus-based public spending analyst Don Burno says Voinovich was trying to trying to protect property owners who were being bled by tax spikes.
Don Burno- The basic concept of property taxes is the voted tax rate times the house's value. And if your house value goes up then you're going to get a tax increase. And when you had high inflation in the mid-70s - that was not a pretty picture for elected officials across the country.
DCB- The Voinovich-backed House Bill 920 was born of the same anti-tax sentiments that fueled California's Proposition 13 of that same era. 920 effectively froze the tax that could be collected on a given piece of property. Cleveland Heights/University Heights Superintendent Paul Masem says it also had other effects.
Paul Masem- I'm sure his initial intentions were very good and that was that property owners would not become poor as a result of hyper-inflation. So, what they did was swing the pendulum completely the other way and they put a cap on the value of millage that you voted on for school taxes. The effect of that is, if a piece of property was worth $1,000 in 1900, you'd still only collect the money on what that property was in the past. So, when we pass a levy now, it's based on only those mils on the current value of the property.
DCB- Cleveland Heights resident Jan Resseger is a long-time education activist who notes that industrial cities, and younger communities with room to grow, can compensate for the money they don't get from property taxes.
JR- For a district like Cleveland Heights, which is older and largely residential, with almost no commercial or industrial tax base - and we are fully developed, which means there's no room for new construction - and so, we have to come back for levies far more often than the districts along the freeway, like Beachwood and Mayfield. Or districts like Solon, that have a lot of industrial property. Or districts, obviously, like Cuyahoga Heights and Independence. And so, we're on the ballot far more often than we'd like to be.
DCB- Cuyahoga County Republican party chair James Trakas has little sympathy for those who have called for changing, or even repealing, House Bill 920.
JT- Consistently, public opinion shows the public likes 920. By an 80%-to-20% margin people would reject such a change.
DCB- Trakas represents District 15 in the Ohio House and he says he's got all the property owners on his side. He adds that he's tired of people throwing money at educational problems.
JT- You have to remember that HB920 passed during a time of double-digit inflation, and senior citizens were hit hard by this. I understand the concern of education officials, but when you look at the money spent since the 1970s on schools, we have the same basic level of education. The money spent hasn't correlated to a better quality of education.
DCB- Cleveland Heights activist (Jan Resseger) says any talk repealing of House Bill 920 is probably pointless because it has been embedded in the Ohio constitution and, as such, would be very difficult to change. She worries that her district will continue to get shortchanged, while neighboring communities will weather such financial shortfalls.
JR- One problem for a district like Cleveland Heights/University Heights is that it is a relatively poor neighbor in an extraordinarily rich neighborhood. All of the wealthiest districts in the state, that set the highest competition for teachers salaries and everything else are right around us here on the eastern half of Cuyahoga County. It puts us in a very expensive marketplace to do business.
DCB- This week, James Trakas and his colleagues in the General Assembly are back in Columbus, ready to take another crack at changing the way that Ohio funds it's schools. Educators in communities like Cleveland Heights are wondering how long they can wait. In Cleveland, David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN, 90.3 FM.


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Summary:I've played a lot of irons over the years. I bought these new on Ebay under $100 figuring it's no big deal if I don't like. I went out and broke 80 for the first time all year. Very solid irons for mid/high handicapper. Even low h/c may like. Feels real solid. Only negative is they are hard to work but I'm not that advanced anyway.
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I played as a youngster with very little instruction, playing for fun and giving up golf at about 16. I'm 38 now and have (for the last 8 months) rediscovered the game. I'm pretty tight - spending more money on my surfboards. So when I bought clubs I paid for some beginners Oversize Maxfli's. I joined a club had one lesson and over 6 mths dropped from 31 to 20. I've shot three comp rounds in the eighties - but this new slope system is tough (New U.S system intro'ed in April / May 2010 in Australia). Time for new clubs. I bid on some Callaways etc but then as luck would have it I found a set of Tri-Metal Irons for ultra cheap - they are so sweet. I've added 10 metres to my ranges. My Dad watched me at a local range (he had'nt seen me since I was 14!) and can vouch for some 200m 4 Irons - just with timing. They are lovely.For someone getting more serious forget current year releases - Orlimar were the bees knees with a 15% market share until 2004 ish. Right when these clubs were constructed in California.
$%^&() my P wedge sails 120m. Great. At address they look like blades - hit so nice- highly recommend finding these for nothing on ebay and improving - heading for H'cap 11 within next 2 years and these Orlimars will get me there. Also I charged a 280m drive with a new FT-3 Fusion Callaway Big Bertha, Dad only said "nice shot". %^&*()_
Anyway buy these Irons they are quality from a time when Orlimar ruled the Mavericks of the tour. Several pros played Orlimar with Comp sponsorship at this time.
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Summary:Great hitting clubs! I bought this set on ebay for $75 shipped last year. My game has improved and the pw gave me my first hole in one. Long, straight and keeps you well out of trouble on those duffs, etc. This set will hang with any cavity back club out there. The 3 hybrid that comes with the set is one of the best you will hit. This set plays every bit as good as the x14's or nike clubs, etc. If you can still find them dont think twice.
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Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:Orlimar Trimetal plus hybrid
Summary:I've played a couple rounds with these clubs now. Overall, they are a real solid club. I would say they are very comparable to the big bertha 2006. Mine don't are the 2006 version, and don't look like the picture above. The hybrid is by far the best part of the set. It comes with a real nice head cover. The gap and sand wedge are nice clubs that add to the value.
The grips are a little rough on the hands, but they aren't too bad. I will probably deal with them and wait a year or two before I change them out.
All in all, if you want a real nice looking set of clubs that are very consistent and don't want to spend over $200, get these.
Customer Service:Called King Par in Michigan, they bought Orlimar back in 2004. You can get this set directly from them for $189. I got them on Ebay for $171 (including shipping). I would say that King Par is a top notch company. You won't have any probalems with them.
Similar Products Used:Big Bertha's
Review DateAugust 15, 2006
Reviewed by: bblaize
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:Orlimar Tri Metal 3-PW,SW,GWIrons/ Hybrid 3
Summary:Bought this set from Dicks Sporting Goods and have played them 3 times thus far. Value was excellent ($149), with Tru Temper Dyna Gold Lite shafts. Although these a different design(wide soles) than what I had and took a little bit to get my swing adjusted, they seem to be pretty long and are a forgiving club. Mis hits seem to still fly straight, and when you hit them well they really get the ball in the air. I am a lefty so there aren't alot of choices in this price range, other golf shops in the area had no irons less than $300 a set, so that influenced my purchase some. Couldn't be more pleased.
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Some 500 Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin today, after Israeli forces broke into an apartment to arrest a member of the militant Islamic Jihad group, the Associated Press reported.
The suspect was not there, and residents angry at the Israeli action threw rocks and petrol bombs at the Israeli troops, the AP reported. The troops fired warning shots, and tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel pellets at the protesters as they left Jenin.
An older Palestinian woman was bitten by an Israeli military dog during the protest, Reuters reported.
The Israelis arrested one Palestinian, but it wasn't the suspect they had been pursuing, Reuters reported.
The raid was the second time this week that Israeli forces had entered the Jenin area to make an arrest, according to Reuters.
On Tuesday, several dozen Palestinians were hurt while protesting an Israeli raid in Tamoun, in which forces detained an Islamic Jihad member.
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Jenin is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank under interim peace accords with Israel.
Adnan Damiri, a spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, told the AP that Israeli troops have been entering Palestinian-run areas without coordinating with Palestinian officials since November. "There has been an escalation in Israeli raids into our territories since the UN bid (for Palestinian statehood)," he said.
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It has been a long and difficult road, but Giuliana Rancic has finally announced the good news she's been waiting for- she's going to be a mom.
The 37-year-old "Fashion Police" babe and her hubby Bill are overjoyed to have a child on the way, especially given Giuliana's recent bout with breast cancer.
She told the "Today" show, "We are so thrilled that our prayers have been answered," and Bill added, "We are absolutely ecstatic to be sharing this with everyone who has been following our journey."
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Entrepreneurship must be encouraged more if Japan is to play a key role on the global stage, and foreign entrepreneurs are in a great position to lead the way, experts said at a recent conference in Tokyo.
"Japan has grown too structured, which has been a strength but is now a weakness," said Sanjeev Sinha, president of Sun and Sands Advisors Co., a Japan-based consultancy that advises companies doing business between India and Japan.
"Failure has been a big stigma and there is a lack of institutions for ventures," he said.
The Nov. 20 event at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies was part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, a worldwide movement across 85 countries aimed at promoting innovation.
Sinha's views were echoed by Naoto Kan, deputy prime minister and minister of state for science and technology policy.
"Unfortunately we do not yet have an environment in Japan that is suitable for venture companies," Kan said in a video message to the conference.
If Prime Minister Hatoyama is to act on his pledge to cut carbon dioxide levels 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, "a great deal of innovation will be necessary," Kan said, referring to clean energy and energy-efficient technologies.
U.S. Ambassador John Roos, who was one of the main speakers at the daylong event, reflected on his experience as a lawyer in Silicon Valley, the hub of venture capitalists in California.
"I think the turning point will be when taking risk is embraced," Roos said.
Japan and U.S. are the two most innovative countries in the world, and thus should lead other countries in solving such global issues as climate change, he said.
To encourage Japan to fully take on that role, Roos has been talking to academic institutions to promote entrepreneurship and companies to encourage employees to start businesses of their own. Promoting entrepreneurialism is one of the priorities of his ambassadorship, he said.
"I'm encouraging them to support entrepreneurs, because ultimately it will benefit Japan in a huge way," Roos said.
"You don't want ideas to be lost. The reality is that a lot of ideas that people come up with don't necessarily fit with the strategic plan of any particular company, so that should not be viewed as the end of that idea, but something that leads to a new company," he said.
Roos named India, China and Israel as the world's current hotbeds of entrepreneurship.
One of the main reasons Japanese shy away from entrepreneurialism is an exaggerated fear of risk, according to Mike Alfant, president and CEO of Fusion Systems Co., an Asia-based IT consulting firm.
"Japanese people tend to overfocus on perceived risk," he said during a panel discussion with Sinha and other foreign entrepreneurs.
Alfant, a 20-year resident of Japan and vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, described the horror he feels from the lack of ambition in youths he meets when lecturing at universities.
"It's shocking to me that when I said, 'Why are you getting your MBA?' (they replied) 'I want to work at Toyota.' That's a good aspiration, but not if 95 percent of people in the room have it," Alfant said.
Young people must be taught to recognize the actuality of the risk and the potential for stability in any venture, he added.
Jesper Koll, CEO of Tantallon Research Japan, said Japan must not only encourage entrepreneurship domestically, but also promote its talents worldwide as other countries do.
"Government policy must be more proactive; there is no national strategy to promote Japanese innovation to the rest of the world," he said.
Koll, who moderated the panel discussion, then asked the audience: "Do you know that Japan is the only country that when the prime minister travels overseas on a major trip there is no business community going with them?"
He compared Japan with Germany, his home country, where he said Chancellor Angela Merkel usually takes 50 or 60 businesspeople, including midsize companies and entrepreneurs, on tours abroad.
While the Japanese must encourage their own kind to startup businesses, foreigners can use Japan's cautious environment to their advantage, the experts agreed.
"We have an advantage of being different, we can make small roads here and there" without being restricted by the inertia of organizations, Sinha said.
He explained that foreign entrepreneurs arriving in Japan are by nature more ambitious, risk-taking and flexible than their Japanese counterparts.
Terrie Lloyd, founder and CEO of LINC Media, Inc., a management consulting and outsourcing firm based in Japan, agreed that foreigners have the cutting edge in Japan-based entrepreneurship.
"Foreigners are seen as change agents," he said. "You're treated the same as long as you're fulfilling the social contract."
Lloyd explained that the traditional way to get funding in Japan is debt, and a bank manager initially refused to lend him money in the 1980s for fear that he would run away with it. But having proved him wrong and developed a successful business, he has now become one of the bank's most important clients, he said.
"Japan is kinder to entrepreneurs, it's more forgiving. For example, if you miss a tax payment there is an interest rate that the tax office charges you — of course they say they're not the bank of last resort but in a way they are — whereas in other countries, you'll be shut down."
Alfant agreed that foreign entrepreneurs should be aware of Japan's distinct business environment.
"(Starting a business in) Japan is a marathon, you just have to keep putting one foot in front of other and don't think about the finishing line."
He compared it with China, where he said the worth of products is judged more instantaneously and transactions are more frequent.
"Japan is more of a gentlemen's club. People tend to shake hands and try seriously to maintain their reputation," he said.


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In what is a massive show of strength by AP NGOs, who have assembled more than a lakh at protesters at Hindupur, APNGOs president Ashok Babu breathed fire on the remarks being made by KCR and his troupe.
Reacting on their comments that coal was theirs he said power is ours. He added that VTPS (Vijayawada) is getting coal from Orissa and water from Krishna, but supplying 60% of generated power to Telangana region. He added that supplying power to Hyderabad during the recent 72 hr protest, 300 villages of Krishna had to go dark.
He reportedly reminded if Hyderabad's power is shut down then entire Seemandhra can sustain on it. It is Telangana that is benefitting from us, he thundered over TRS claim that Karimnagar was being sent to VTPS. Ashok Babu declared that civil war will happen in case Telangana leaders don't mind their tongue!


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The Seattle Sounders took a seven-game winless streak into a must-win game Wednesday night.
Knowing that if the streak didn't stop, their season would, the Sounders got the result they needed: a 2-0 knockout-round victory over the Colorado Rapids before an announced crowd of 32,204 at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle took the lead in the 28th minute, on a two-touch shot from Brad Evans from just inside a top corner of the penalty area. Eddie Johnson added the insurance goal in stoppage time.
"It's been a long time since we won a game," Sounders coach Sigi Schmid said. "We get reminded of that all the time. So for us to win a game is just a good feeling. But it's always been our belief that when we get our people on the field that we're a team that can win games. It's not just a win; it's the way we played as well. I thought we played well."
The fourth-seeded Sounders will advance to the Western Conference semifinals against the top-seeded Portland Timbers. The two-game, aggregate-score series begins at 7 p.m. Saturday in Seattle. That series will resolve Nov. 7 in Portland.
"This is going to be fun," Seattle midfielder/defender Marc Burch said. "Hopefully it's what everybody wants. Portland thinks they kind of have the edge on us right now, and we'll see what happens in a two-leg series."
First the Sounders had to get past fifth-seeded Colorado, which routed them 5-1 earlier this month.
Seattle dominated the first half, starting with Adam Moffat putting a shot on goal in the third minute. Lamar Neagle, Johnson and Clint Dempsey all followed with good chances.
The Sounders finally capitalized in the 28th minute when a rebounded ball went to Evans, who whacked it past Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin.
"I was able to chest it down," Evans said. "When I saw a little
bit of a gap, I was able to get good contact on the ball and find the back of the net."
The Sounders knew they still had work to do.
Three times during their winless streak, they had scored first, only to allow a tying goal.
This time they were able to protect their lead, despite a couple of added challenges.
Starting right back DeAndre Yedlin did not return for the second half because of a sprained right ankle.
Then, in the 85th minute, Sounders goalkeeper Michael Gspurning came out for a ball and handled it just outside the penalty box. He was given a red card, and the Sounders played through to the final whistle while a man down and with reserve Marcus Hahnemann rushed into the goal.
"Sometimes goalkeepers have to make decisions in split seconds," Gspurning said. " I just wanted to be ready if the ball is bouncing low. We talked about this at halftime, that they will chip the balls over the defense. I wanted to be ready and took a step forward, and it bounced a little higher than expected, and I thought, 'OK, I'm not too far from the box, so I can make two steps back and should catch it.' But I think I missed one step back."
Seattle finally got breathing room in stoppage time, when Johnson took a pass from Dempsey, cut inside and beat Irwin.
"Our finishing left a little bit of something to be desired," Schmid said. "The goal that Eddie finished was one of our more difficult chances. Overall, I thought we deserved to win the game. (Colorado) battled."
The winner of the Seattle-Portland series advances to the Western Conference final against the winner of the Real Salt Lake-Los Angeles semifinal series.
Schmid said it is too early to know if Yedlin or forward Obafemi Martins (groin) will be available Saturday.
Hahnemann will start in goal while Gspurning serves his one-game red card suspension.
"Marcus is a quality goalkeeper," Schmid said. "It's not going to be an issue."


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Hough on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) due north from the market town of Grantham. The hamlets of Gelston and Brandon are part of the parish. Hough on the Hill is on a significant rise, hence the name.
Wikipedia states that the population was 496 but this statistic is undated (probably the 2001 UK census).
Hough on the Hill was one of the five detached parishes of Grantham Rural District. When the district was abolished in 1931 Claypole and Grantham Rural Districts were joined as West Kesteven Rural District and the detached area no longer existed.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hough-on-the-Hill.
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Lincolnshire is very low-lying and land had to be drained for agriculture to be successful. The larger drainage channels, many of which are parallel to each other, became boundaries between parishes. Many parishes are long and thin for this reason.
There is much fenland in Lincolnshire, particularly in the Boston and Horncastle areas. Fenlands tended to be extraparochial before the mid 1850s, and although many sections were identified with names and given the title "civil parish", little information has been found about them. Many appear to be abolished in 1906, but the parish which adopts them is not given in A Vision of Britain through Time. Note the WR category Lincolnshire Fenland Settlements which is an attempt to organize them into one list.
From 1889 until 1974 Lincolnshire was divided into three administrative counties: Parts of Holland, Parts of Kesteven and Parts of Lindsey. These formal names do not fit with modern grammatical usage, but that is what they were, nonetheless. In 1974 the northern section of Lindsey, along with the East Riding of Yorkshire, became the short-lived county of Humberside. In 1996 Humberside was abolished and the area previously in Lincolnshire was made into the two "unitary authorities" of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The remainder of Lincolnshire was divided into "non-metropolitan districts" or "district municipalities" in 1974. Towns, villages and parishes are all listed under Lincolnshire, but the present-day districts are also given so that places in this large county can more easily be located and linked to their wider neighbourhoods. See the WR placepage Lincolnshire, England and the smaller divisions for further explanation.


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Sketching Distributed Data Provenance
Users can determine the precise origins of their data by collecting detailed provenance records. However, auditing at a finer grain produces large amounts of metadata. To efficiently manage the collected provenance, several provenance management systems, including SPADE, record provenance on the hosts where it is generated. Distributed provenance raises the issue of efficient reconstruction during the query phase. Recursively querying provenance metadata or computing its transitive closure is known to have limited scalability and cannot be used for large provenance graphs.
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