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Reports surfaced in the British press that Grant, the Israeli who has close links with Abramovich and who was in charge when Chelsea reached the 2008 Champions League final, could return to Stamford Bridge to help Benitez.
But a Chelsea spokesman told Britain's domestic Press Association news agency: "There is no truth in the reports."
Benitez has set some unwanted new firsts since replacing Roberto Di Matteo and being handed the mantle of turning around the Champions League winners' flagging fortunes.
The Italian is the first Chelsea boss not to win one of his first three games in charge under Abramovich, the first not to witness a goal in his first two and the first to lose to east London club West Ham.
After Saturday's shock 3-1 loss to the Hammers, Benitez conceded that the task of reviving Chelsea could turn out to be a bigger challenge than he had envisaged.
After little more than a week in charge, Benitez has overseen two scoreless draws and an unexpected reverse that has left the club's Premier League title ambitions severely dented.
That run has done nothing to get onside those supporters disgruntled by the dismissal of Di Matteo and opposed to the appointment of Benitez, and the reaction of the visiting fans at Upton Park confirmed the strength of feeling against him.
Benitez's focus now shifts towards Wednesday's Champions League meeting with Danish side Nordsjaelland, a game Chelsea must win if they are to have any remaining chance of progressing to the knock-out stages of a competition they won last season.
Asked if he considered the job more challenging than he expected when he accepted the offer to replace Di Matteo until the end of the season, he said: "Could be. It's a top side in the middle of the season, and things aren't the best.
"We'll try to improve things, but it will take some time."
He added: "My concern is improving the team. If we do that, and start winning games, we'll be able to turn things around. The main thing for me is to improve the team. I'm not thinking about anything else."
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Former Iraqi Advisor "Mugged by Reality"by Steve Charles • October 18, 2005 Share:
John Agresto went to Iraq in 2003 convinced that the war was justifiable,"that if the United States' efforts in the region succeeded, the world would be a far better place than it was at the turn of this new century."
"But we are not succeeding," Agresto told a Wabash College audience Monday night. "And I want to tell you why."
Agresto said that after nine months in Iraq, he returned to the U.S. "mugged by reality."
As Senior Coalition Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Agresto's mission was to help rebuild the country's educational system. He came away with lessons learned about what can go wrong when American naivete and incompetence engages a people twisted by three decades of tyranny under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
"I saw firsthand the evil that tyranny brings, how a society of fear breaks all decent human connections; how in such a country people learn only two things: either to obey, or to command," Agresto said.
The level of distrust was so pervasive that a custom of marrying cousins had begun during Saddam's reign. "Better to marry within the family," an Iraqi told him. "You can't be too careful."
Even after the capture of Saddam, many Iraqis feared that Americans would make a deal with the former dictator for oil or for bases in the region and that those who collaborated would be turned over to Saddam's regime.
"Tyranny built a culture of fear that nothing could easily erase," Agresto said. "The images of prisoner abuse at Abu Gharib further burned this notion into the minds of Iraqis."
Agresto added that America's largely positive view of the role religion played in shaping the American character and democracy led to a kind of "foolish thinking that all religions are good—that they all preach peace, tolerance, and brotherly love, and that only cults are wild and dangerous.
"I am not one who believes we have an enemy in Islam," Agresto insisted. "But we did not understand that the fervor of religion might have to be tamed in order for there to be democracy."
The former advisor noted that he wasn't sure the average Iraqi even wanted democracy: "What I saw in Iraq were people looking to be told by a good and holy people what to do.
"I saw Americans risk their lives just to keep an appointment they made with an Iraqi," Agresto said. Yet he was equally troubled by "America's ignorance of America; what makes us tick, what makes our democracy work, what causes our progress and prosperity, what parts of human character are universal and what parts are particular to us as Americans.
"I saw Iraqis desperate to know more about our way of life, and I saw Americans stumbling daily from their inability to articulate their knowledge and even to reflect on what should have been their understanding. I learned how little we ourselves know about what makes our country great, and what makes education so important," he added, noting that dozens of Iraqi professors had been murdered in their classrooms.
"Will the fanatical and murderous insurgency of Zarquawi succeed in Iraq? I don't think it will," Agresto predicted. "But will liberty, moderation, toleration, stability, and economic freedom survive in Iraq? That's far from a certainty. We will, I'm sure, never see all we had hoped for.
"It's possible that the slow breakdown of old socialist ways will bring about enough enterprise and prosperity to turn the attention of young Iraqis to things other than religious purity," Agresto said. "It's possible that strong but democratic national leadership can arise to put down local military tyranny. It's possible that TV and the Internet might do what the universities now find difficult to do, namely moderate people's confidence in the absoluteness of their own positions and way of life.
"The alternative? Increased civil war, Iranian control of the southern third of Iraq and the Basra oil fields, Al Qaida's free use of Iraq as they once had in Afghanistan—these are hardly alternatives we can be indifferent too. But avoiding these will take more reflection, more sobriety of thought than was invested in the mission of the first time through," Agresto concluded.
Speaking with a small group of faculty and students following his talk, Agresto reflected: "I don't know if the war was a mistake; but it is a tragedy."
Agresto's experiences are chronicled in the forthcoming book Mugged by Reality: How We Won—and Soon Might Lose—The War in Iraq.
Steve Charles is Editor of Wabash Magazine.
Above right: Agresto speaks with students and guests following his lecture "How We're Losing the War in Iraq"

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Artifacts roadshow connects archaeologists to lost treasures
LeeAnn Hartner strolled into the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology one Saturday in April holding a weathered 9 mm cartridge box. "I think I've got something real neat," she told the small, expectant crowd of archaeologists and enthusiasts milling around a table.
She slid the top off the box and withdrew her find from 40 years ago. Working on her cousin's farm in Idaho's West Teton Valley as a 17-year-old, Hartner had spotted something unusual climbing the belt of the combine among the clumps of sod and potatoes. She grabbed it, cleaned off the dirt. It was a six-inch blade of sparkling, hazelnut-hued stone.
People gasped and aww-ed when Hartner set the point on the table. One man's hands began to tremble. Bonnie Pitblado, the museum's director and an archaeologist specializing in North America's oldest Native cultures, virtually screamed.
"So, I've got something pretty cool?" Hartner asked, beaming.
"LeeAnn," Pitblado said, catching her breath, "it's Clovis."
Many at the artifacts roadshow knew at a glance that the blade had been shaped by a member of the Clovis people, the first humans to North America, peripatetics who hunted mammoth and other Pleistocene game about 13,000 years ago. The blade's craftsmanship was distinctive: Where stone had been chipped away, large flake scars, known as "overshots," feathered clear across its face and laddered smoothly up its length. The point was made of a strange volcanic rock -- welded tuff, perhaps, or rhyolite -- with square, inset crystals, and it had never been finished.
This was the artifact Pitblado had been seeking. It was the oldest ever found in the region she studies: southeastern Idaho and Utah's Cache and Rich counties. The area is the confluence of several ecosystems and boasts a wide variety of food and other resources, so it should have "a mega-record" of paleo-Indian activity. Yet when Pitblado arrived at USU in 2002, there were "exactly zero" known archaeological sites older than 8,000 years in northeastern Utah, and only about a dozen in Idaho.
So like some other archaeologists, Pitblado began holding a yearly event modeled after the ever-popular TV program Antiques Roadshow. Amateur collectors line up on the sidewalk outside the museum in Logan long before the doors open, eager to show shoeboxes and drawers of long-cherished arrowheads and pottery shards to the anthropology faculty, who examine, but don't appraise, their finds. The roadshows help people connect the angular, inanimate objects they squirrel away with the landscape's fluid, spirited past -- our collective heritage.
"I'm an anthropologist first," says Pitblado. "It's all about people. And with the Clovis, you're talking about the first people. It gives me goosebumps every time I talk about it. I think we all wonder what it was like for the people who really had the West to themselves. They were here with Ice Age creatures we can't even imagine."
Of course, the roadshows are practical as well. Pitblado could spend all her time systematically exploring the landscape and still discover little of archaeological importance. So why not turn the public -- the farmers and ranchers who know the land best -- into a gigantic research team? And it's worked: Pitblado has identified and photographed hundreds of intriguing artifacts at roadshows. In 2008 alone, her team logged 57 new paleo-Indian sites in Idaho, while also teaching the public how to properly describe and, ideally, GPS a find's location -- whether in a potato field or someone's backyard.
Pitblado hopes that Hartner's miraculous point -- which has survived 13 millennia, and the show-and-tell sessions of Hartner's four kids -- will lead to further discoveries. She suspects that the blade belongs to a cache: a collection of tools deliberately left behind for ceremonial or strategic reasons. The Clovis people couldn't count on always finding workable stone, so caches may have served as "insurance policies." Or perhaps the point's maker -- who could only carry so much -- left it behind when he happened upon something more immediately valuable. That also would explain why the blade's unfinished: It could have been fine-tuned later, as need arose.
This July, Pitblado and her graduate students will take their show on the road to the library in Driggs, Idaho, in search of more artifacts near Hartner's cousin's farm, below the Tetons. They'll start at whatever piece of ground Hartner identifies, and then slowly pace outward, scouring the furrowed earth. They'll use hand-held augers to sample the potato field's sediments for flakes or hearth remains. The odds of finding a cache are slim but tantalizing. In all of North America, only 20 or so Clovis caches have been discovered. Finding another would be a career- and field-defining moment.
"It could be the plow got them," Pitblado says of the theoretical stash of blades. "But if they're deep enough, they could be beneath the plow zone. This one" -- Hartner's prized possession -- "could have been pushed up by a potato."


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Qualified Applicant Denied Job Because His Religious Beliefs Differed From the Company's, Federal Agency Charges
TULSA, Okla. – A Lincoln, Nebraska-based supplier of lighting products violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant at its Tulsa facility because of his religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Voss Electric Company, doing business as Voss Lighting, advertised a vacancy for an "operations supervisor" position through the website of the First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow, the church attended by the incumbent manager. Although he did not himself attend the church, Edward Wolfe, who had prior management experience, learned about the vacancy and applied for the position. The Voss manager met with Wolfe and recommended him to the branch manager for an interview. Throughout the application process, both managers made numerous inquiries, both subtle and overt, into Wolfe's religious activities and beliefs. They asked Wolfe to identify every church he has attended over the past several years; where and when he was "saved" and the circumstances that led up to it; and whether he "would have a problem" coming into work early to attend Bible study before clocking in.
At Wolfe's second job interview, the EEOC said, Voss's branch manager became upset over Wolfe's truthful responses to the religious questioning. Despite being considered qualified for the position, which involved no religious duties or responsibilities, Wolfe was denied employment on the basis of his religious beliefs.
Such alleged conduct violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (EEOC v. Voss Electric Company d/b/a Voss Lighting, Civil Case No.: 12-CV-330-JHP-FHM) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC's suit seeksback pay, compensatory and punitive damages and reinstatement or front pay for Wolfe as well as injunctive relief, including a court order prohibiting Voss Lighting from any further discrimination against applicants on the basis of their religious beliefs or non-beliefs.
"Voss Lighting appears to have a corporate culture that requires employees adhere to certain religious beliefs that have absolutely no bearing on the business of selling lighting products," said EEOC trial attorney Patrick Holman. "This litigation, we hope, will serve to illuminate Voss Lighting as to Title VII's prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of religion."
Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office, added, "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has long prohibited a private employer from discriminating against applicants or employees based on their religious beliefs or practices -- or lack thereof. The level of intolerance demonstrated by Voss Lighting is inconsistent with the values of the free and diverse society embodied in these laws."
According to company information, Voss Electric Company, doing business as Voss Lighting, is one of the nation's leading suppliers of specialized replacement lighting products, with offices in 16 cities across the United States.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Development of Academic Programs
A major emphasis of the University of Southern Indiana continues to be delivery of credit programs. For the near term, the primary curricular offerings will include liberal arts, pre-professional, professional, technical, and occupational programs at both associate and baccalaureate levels. Moreover, since a need for graduate-level programs exists for people who are employed in the Evansville metropolitan region, master's degree programs are being implemented as demand is demonstrated. Because Evansville serves as the center of a predominantly rural region dotted with smaller population centers, increased educational access for adults requires innovative instructional delivery systems, including internet-based instruction and classes that meet in off-campus locations.
There are 70 undergraduate academic majors, 10 master's programs, and one doctoral program. The newest degree programs include the doctorate in nursing practice and baccalaureate majors in advanced manufacturing and criminal justice. The University has made installation of advanced technology a priority for instruction and provides training for faculty to adapt technological advances to coursework.
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Decorating garments with special-effect inks can be a daunting task when you don't have everything in place in prepress. These tips will assist you in building reliable and repeatable processes and procedures.
By Screen Printing's Solution Sourcebook
Becoming familiar with how special-effect inks work is critical to printing them successfully, no matter how long the job run. Experimentation aids in determining how special-effect inks will appear on finished garments, given your shop's equipment and practices.
An ink's features play a big part in how much it should be incorporated into a design. A high-density ink might work best when used to accentuate smaller or finer design elements, while specialized decorating materials—caviar beads and flock, for example—might not work as effective on smaller designs or graphics that feature very fine lines. Decorative products such as these don't provide enough surface area to create a visible effect.
Design elements to which special-effect inks are applied must be sized appropriately to take full advantage of the refractive, textural, or other quality the inks impart. Similarly, design considerations come into play when using inks that change dimensionally.
Let's use puff ink as an example of such an ink. The artist may need to build open space into a design to accommodate the desired expansion of the puff. In addition, when puff is overprinted, its expansion will raise, texture, and lighten the overprinted colors. Large areas of puff can bend or curl, while thick layers of the ink can expand unpredictably and inconsistently, particularly when lots of puff additive is used.
In general, the best way to create artwork for special-effect printing is to think about the printing process in reverse order: curing, printing, prepress, and design creation. Examining the workflow in reverse will allow you to identify your limitations in each step and then make adjustments in preceding steps to make up for those limitations.
Colors and print order
Specialty inks are often printed last in the sequence, particularly those that rise beyond the substrate surface. They are up last because they can interfere with the printing of other colors that may be printed close to the raised edges. However, overprinting raised areas can sometime yield interesting and unique effects in finished prints. Print order can influence many aspects of a design, including the actual number of colors available on press.
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Did You Know?
- Swimming pools are the most common site for a drowning to occur for children ages 1 to 4.
- Eighty-nine percent of boating deaths of all ages occurred on boats where the operator had not received boating safety instructions.
- The majority of infant drowning deaths happen in bathtubs or large buckets.
- African-American kids ages 5 to 14 are almost three times more likely to drown than white children.
- The use of specially made drain covers, safety vacuum-release systems, multiple filter pumps and other pressure-venting pool filter mechanisms can reduce the risk of entrapment in pools.
Working for Change
In partnership with Young Minds Inspired and with the support of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the National Head Start Association, Safe Kids developed Start Safe: Water, a program designed for children 2 to 4 years old and their families to prevent accidental drowning.
The Start Safe: Water program emphasizes three key messages for families when in and around water: Lock, Look, Learn. Safety messages are delivered to children, parents and caregivers through educators, local Safe Kids coalitions.
Safe Kids also partners with local organizations and educators to teach water safety at home and in and around pools, spas and open bodies of water. Water safety program materials are free of charge and available for downloaded.
African-American kids ages 5 to 14 are almost three times more likely to drown than white children. Safe Kids is a partner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in annual pool safety programs, which focus on underserved communities. Our joint efforts concentrate on water safety in and around homes.
Kids Don't Float is another important Safe Kids program. It gives children and families the opportunity to borrow life jackets from loaner stations near lakes or marinas. These stations provide life jackets to those families who otherwise might not wear one while in or near open water. Life jackets can prevent drowning incidents among swimmers and non-swimmers. Water safety experts and educators emphasize the importance of using life jackets through outreach events and workshops.
We offer free or discounted swim lessons, CPR classes and life jackets through many local Safe Kids coalitions.
We also support the CPSC's Pool Safety Campaign by teaching families how to keep children safe around backyard pools and spas through community events and workshops.
Safe Kids conducts research to study the attitudes and behaviors of parents and caregivers regarding water safety. These reports inform our public policy efforts and awareness campaigns so we reach as many families as possible.
Public Policy
Safe Kids works with local, state and national legislators to protect kids from drowning. For example, Safe Kids worked with Congress to pass the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act. The law establishes standards for the way drains in pools and spas are designed and was inspired by the tragedy of Virginia Graeme Baker, a 7-year-old granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker IV. Virginia was pulled underwater in a spa by a powerful suction from a drain and drowned as her mother desperately tried to save her. Safe Kids continues to monitor implementation of the law and participates in the educational efforts required in the law.
Safe Kids is also working with state legislatures in Virginia and Wisconsin to pass laws that require kids to wear life jackets on state waterways. Safe Kids supports the actions of the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board to stop the use of cell phones and wireless devices while operating a vessel.
Safe Kids works with the U.S. Consumer Product Commission (CPSC) and the National Head Start Association to promote water safety.
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Equipment and seed are more expensive, yet grain prices are lower. Farms are getting bigger, yet, to squeeze out a profit, it seems farmers must chisel thousand-acre fields into grids the size of postage stamps.
Today's farmers may feel more like the victims than the victors in Norman Borlaug's Green Revolution. We're producing more than ever and making less than before. But is it possible a gadget-ridden group of technologies collectively referred to as precision agriculture can help pay the bills and feed the world?
Precision indecision
A recent survey of 166 tech-savvy Farm Industry News readers shows that they are split in their attitudes toward precision agriculture. Even though more than 40% own a yield monitor and 34% use grid sampling, a full 64% don't use any precision agriculture tools at all.
And although more than 70% rated the potential usefulness of precision ag tools as good to excellent, half of the respondents still said they aren't sure whether they will be adding the technology to their farms anytime soon. Nonetheless, their outlook is optimistic, with more than 90% stating that precision agriculture tools will someday be necessary, useful or even an exciting technology revolution.
What's in it for me?
Potential precision ag benefits that ranked very high in our survey included improved record keeping, increased yield, reduced input costs and enhanced conservation efforts. Overall response was neutral about whether the technology saves time or labor. Of those who already grid sample, more than 66% surveyed said increased profitability has covered the added expense in time and technology.
Of those surveyed, more than 30 went beyond the standard grid sampling, variable rate fertilizer scenario, offering potential uses for precision agriculture tools that ranged from self-guided machines to disease tracking. One extremely optimistic farmer wrote that he hopes he can someday operate his tractors via remote control from his Kentucky lake cabin.
Not everyone is a true believer in precision ag, and a few appear to be dead-set against the idea. One curmudgeonly Kansas wheat farmer wrote that adopting the technology is merely a way to increase employment at the local co-op. He said precision farming just doesn't pay in his area. Most respondents were more pragmatic, however, citing the high cost of equipment, insufficient data about profitability, lack of qualified precision ag technicians, and too little time and know-how to deal with all the data as their reasons for not using the technology.
Some farmers said they know their farms well enough that they don't need precision ag tools to identify and chart problem areas in their fields. Others said their farms are too small to make the technology pay, or that grain prices are too low. And roughly half of the respondents said that if they do try the technology, they will prefer to let custom applicators or other experts handle it for them.
For a complete directory of precision ag products and services, visit our precision product file.
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As profit margins on chemicals, seed and fertilizer have gotten tighter, co-ops have adapted by selling their expertise in variable rate technology as a per-acre service. Will their services pay off for you? We asked Growmark precision farming manager Sid Parks some key questions about variable rate profitability.
What's the typical return on a precision ag investment?
Every situation is different, and because of the vast variability in soils and individual farm practices, there are no profitability guarantees. It is important to consider both potential increases in yield and reductions in inputs weighed against the extra costs. For the customers we serve, our data typically show a $2 to $6 net gain per acre per year from variable application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, with two fields in three benefiting from variable application. This is influenced by the variability and range of the soil test nutrients, cost of gathering information and implementing actions, as well as the crop price and field productivity levels.
How do you know if a particular field will respond well to precision applications?
You don't. Therefore you first need to collect some information. For farmers considering a precision ag program, I'd recommend starting in fields where the topography or soil type varies significantly, where past management practices differ, or where you see dramatic changes in yield as you go through a field.
Which types of precision applications have the best payback?
Again, it depends on your field. Most often though, because of the effect pH has on crop growth and herbicide efficacy, we find that you'll get the best payback from balancing a field's pH level using a variable rate lime application. Variable rate phosphorus and potassium applications are next. Field mapping is also useful in spot treatment of problem weed areas and determining whether or not to apply other nutrients to specific areas of the field.
Does precision agriculture make sense with today's low grain prices?
Actually, when profit margins are tight, it makes even more sense to monitor your inputs closely, and that's exactly what site-specific management provides farmers. Many times, you put about the same amount of product on your field, you simply redistribute the inputs to where they'll give you the biggest potential yield response.
Additionally, we've found in some fields variable rate technology isn't justified. A uniform rate is recommended that is less than might have been traditionally used because past applications may have been done without a producer testing fields frequently, if at all. Grid sampling provided the additional information from which we could base the nutrient recommendation.
Are a lot of farmers in your area using precision ag services?
The rate of technology adoption varies by area. Here in central Illinois, we started helping farmers integrate site-specific practices earlier than some other regions, making significant inroads as early as 1994 with continued growth since then. Adoption in these areas has slowed because significant portions of the acres are already done. Areas which started more slowly are seeing continued growth of precision ag services.
Overall, we expect to see peaks and valleys in the adoption curve. As this technology improves and farmers become more familiar with it, we expect our business to continue growing. In the future, I believe site-specific management will become the standard used by most farmers.
What about farm size?
No farm is too small to take advantage of grid sampling and variable rate applications. Many of our smaller customers can't afford to buy precision ag tools themselves, but they can still benefit from grid sampling, variable rate application or data mapping services provided through their FS co-op. It really doesn't matter if the farm is 40 acres or 4,000. The power in collecting and using the information is to make smarter management decisions.
FS/Growmark offers grid sampling and mapping, variable rate application, data mining and data management services in six Midwest states and Ontario. For more information, contact Growmark Inc., Box 2500, Bloomington, IL 61702, 309/557-6247, www.growmark.com.
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New Zealand has made it perfectly clear that it wants nothing to do with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, and to prove it the government has barred him from stepping foot on their soil.
Tyson requested and was ultimately granted a visa to make an appearance at a charity event in November sponsored by the Life Education Trust. However, that visa has since been revoked, as the sponsor of the event has decided that it "no longer wants any involvement" with the boxing legend/convicted rapist/recently-converted vegan, according to associate immigration minister Kate Wilkinson.
"Given that the Trust is no longer supporting the event, on balance, I have made the decision to cancel his visa to enter New Zealand for the Day of the Champions event," said Wilkinson.
Despite opposition from Prime Minister John Key, Tyson was originally granted a visa based in part on a letter of support from the Trust. Yet, New Zealand law prohibits access (without special permission) into the country for anyone with a criminal history resulting in a sentence of five or more years.
In 1992, Tyson was sentenced to six years in an Indiana prison for the rape of an 18-year-old woman. Prime Minister Key says that he is unsure why Tyson was granted permission to enter the country in the first place and stresses that he would never allow a visa to be granted for a convicted rapist.
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VirtualBox Guest Additions
Once you have a guest installed and running, you should install the VirtualBox Guest Additions for the guest OS, which provide the following features:
- Mouse integration: no longer will the mouse and keyboard be "captured" solely by the guest. Simply moving the mouse over the guest OS window will seamlessly direct mouse movement and clicks to the guest. Moving the mouse pointer outside of the guest OS window will automatically "free" the mouse, and mouse activity will be directed to the host OS. The operation is smooth and seamless.
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- Time synchronization: allows the guest OS time to be periodically synchronized to the host OS.
- Automated logins: passes user credentials from the host to Windows guests (only) for automated, yet secure, logins.
- Shared folders and clipboard: the clipboard and folders that you specify can be used to transfer information between the host and guests OS's. For example, you can copy text from an application on the host, and paste it directly into and application running in a guest, and vice-versa. Also, you can specify directories on the host to be mapped directly to the guest so you can easily share and copy files between the two.
Guest Additions are available for Windows (NT 4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista, and Win 7), Linux (Ubuntu, SUSE/openSUSE, RHEL, and Fedora), Solaris 10, OpenSolaris, and OS/2. This is an invaluable set of features that make using VirtualBox a pleasure. To get the most of your virtual environment, I recommend you install it right after creating a new guest OS.
Inside VirtualBox Seamless Mode
Figure 3 shows Windows running in VirtualBox seamless mode on my Mac OS X host. The desktops of the guest and host are combined such that it appears the guest applications are running natively on the host. Taskbars are integrated, to a degree, but seamless mode often works best with the taskbar in auto-hide mode. I like to place the Windows taskbar up with the Mac OS X menu bar, although you can place it on any edge of the desktop (such as the side, or with the OS X Dock).
VirtualBox Command-Line: Fast Stops and Starts
Virtualbox includes a command-line interface that lets you write scripts to control and automate almost any aspect of VirtualBox, and the guests running within it. For instance, I often switch between guests, and don't like to wait for them to boot up and subsequently shut down. Instead, I launch custom scripts that use the VirtualBox command-line to save a running guest, and then restore it when I need it.
Each operation takes literally seconds to complete, and as a result, I can have Windows XP running on my Mac in a snap. As an added bonus, the guest starts in the state I last saved it, which again saves me time as I don't need to wait for, say, Visual Studio or Microsoft Word to launch.
To begin, start your guest OS (Linux, Windows, Solaris, and so on), and when you're ready to close it, execute the following from the command-line:
VBoxManage controlvm <GUESTNAME> savestate
You'll need to replace the text <GUESTNAME> with the name of the guest you're saving. This command will simultaneously save and close the guest. Subsequently, when you're ready to run the same guest again, execute the following from the command-line:
VBoxManage startvm <GUESTNAME>
To make it easier, I've created two scripts per guest on my Macbook; one to save and close a guest; and the other to restore and open it. I've also created desktop shortcuts with nice icons so I can easily launch or close a guest (see Figure 4).
Other features of the VirtualBox command-line include the ability to:
- Create your own VirtualBox management front-end
- Create and install new virtual machines
- Delete existing virtual machines
- Gather information from a running guest
- Change settings (such as video, audio, network, and so on) for existing guests
- Snapshot an existing guest for restoration later
- Import or export a guest image to use on other machines, or from other virtualization software
- Manage DHCP and other network settings for a running guest
- Control virtual devices, such as disks and USB-connected peripherals


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MIDDLEBURY –– The No. 2 Middlebury Union High School girls' lacrosse team defeated visiting third-seeded Rutland 13-9 in a Division I semifinal Tuesday.
The Tigers will be making their third straight trip to the D-I final and fifth in six years when they face No. 1 South Burlington at Castleton State College on Friday at 7:30 p.m. That game will be a rematch of the 2011 final, won by the Rebels.
Middlebury scored first. A draw control by Emily Kiernan led to a goal by Brandi Whittemore set up by Chrissy Ritter 30 seconds into the game.
It was late Wednesday afternoon, May 23. I was wading knee-deep in a small New England river. All afternoon, caddis flies had been coming off the water in steady numbers. Though not breathtaking, it was certainly a decent hatch by any standards. I had already caught three nice brook trout, all wild and more than 14 inches. I had also lost three more, one of which was 20 inches or more and fought me for several minutes in a deep pool cut by whitewater.
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At this time of year, remember the Parisi, the original settlers of Paris and environs, who were Celts. This heritage helps to explain the distinctive sound of French Chirtsmas carols. Il est né le divin enfant, Minuit Chrétien, Un Flambeau Jeannette Isabelle, and Les Anges dans nos campagnes or Angels We Have Heard On High are readily distinguishable from English and German carols for their sprightly rhythms and celebratory mood.
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China Commits $6.5 Billion For Pakistani Nuclear Project
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Exclusive: China commits $6.5 billion for Pakistani nuclear project
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik 8 hours ago
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China has committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan's port city of Karachi as it seeks to strengthen ties with its strategic partner, Pakistani officials said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif broke ground on the $9.59 billion project last month but officials have provided few details of how they plan to finance it.
Financing documents seen by Reuters showed China National Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) has promised to grant a loan of at least $6.5 billion to finance the project which will have two reactors with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts each.
Two members of the government's energy team and three sources close to the deal confirmed this. CNNC was not available for comment.
"China has complete confidence in Pakistan's capacity to run a nuclear power plant with all checks in place," said Ansar Parvez, chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission which runs the civilian nuclear program.
"As things stand, the performance and capacity of nuclear power plants in Pakistan is far better compared to non-nuclear plants."
Parvez declined to give more details of the funding but said it would be completed by 2019 and each of the two reactors would be larger than the combined power of all nuclear reactors now operating in Pakistan.
As part of the deal, China has also waived a $250,000 insurance premium on the loan, said two sources in the Energy Ministry with knowledge of the project. They declined to be identified as they are not authorized to speak to the media about the financing.
Pakistan and China, both nuclear-armed nations, consider each other close friends and their ties have been underpinned by common wariness of India and a desire to hedge against U.S. influence in South Asia.
Pakistan sees nuclear energy as key to its efforts to solve power shortages that have crippled its economy. Pakistan generates about 11,000 MW of power while total demand is about 15,000 MW.
Blackouts lasting more than half a day in some areas have infuriated many Pakistanis and sparked violent protests, undermining an economy already beset by high unemployment, widespread poverty, crime and sectarian and insurgent violence.
Under its long-term energy plan, Pakistan hopes to produce more than 40,000 MW of electricity through nuclear plants by 2050.
The United States sealed a nuclear supply deal with India in 2008, irking both China and Pakistan.
Pakistan wants a similar agreement with the United States but it is reluctant, largely because Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan admitted in 2004 to transferring nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
"There should be no double standards in terms of civilian nuclear deals," Parvez said. "Pakistan has energy needs and the building of two new reactors should convince everyone that international embargos and restrictions and Indian lobbying won't stop us."
Pakistan carried out its first nuclear tests in 1998, soon after India conducted tests. Both refuse to join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which would oblige them to scrap atomic weapons.
China has already helped supply two nuclear reactors at the Chashma nuclear power complex in Pakistan's Punjab region, while another two are also under construction with Chinese assistance.
China's nuclear cooperation with Pakistan has caused unease in Washington, Delhi and other capitals due to fears about commitment to nuclear non-proliferation rules.
China says its nuclear ties with Pakistan are entirely peaceful and come under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. It has not given details of the project's financing but state media has put its total value at $9.59 billion.
"Bilateral cooperation in the energy sector is to help ameliorate Pakistan's energy shortages," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday. "This accords with the interests of the Pakistani people."
Three prominent physicists recently raised questions about the safety, design and cost of the new reactors in Karachi, sparking a national debate.
"There is no official information about preparedness for a nuclear accident in Karachi that is available publicly," said Zia Mian, a Pakistani-American physicist who directs the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia at Princeton University.
"The only real obstacle that may exist to the new reactors being built is if the citizens of Karachi decide they do not want to live with the risks these reactors create."
But Pakistan's new energy minister has dismissed the critics.
"Every 1,000 megawatts of electricity produced through nuclear energy saves you $1 billion in oil imports," Khawaja Asif, the minister for water and power, told Reuters.
"If critics can give me alternatives and other platforms to raise money for low-cost, clean power, I'm willing to listen."
(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard and Aizhu Chen in Beijing; Editing by Maria Golovnina and Robert
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1) "We but teach bloody instructions which, being taught, return to plague the inventor" — Macbeth, Act 1, scene 7
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Is this the same plant as in Karachi? The idea of a plant near a city concerns me, but im glad some progress is being made, whoever makes it.
I wonder where we are going to finance the other $3billion from.
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With This amount of Money hoe many MW we can produce from Wind Turbines ???
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Whether producing, hosting, or writing, Sharon Nash generates excitement. Taking a simple concept and pulling together all of the elements to bring that concept to reality is not unusual for Nash. Nash possesses a remarkable ability to make something out of … well, almost nothing.
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In 2009, Nash was the Senior Casting Producer of Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show a TBS variety special starring Emmy award winner Ellen Degeneres. Sharon promises to bring to this show and array of never seen before acts from all over the world that will knock your socks off!
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Early in 2008 Nash wrapped her 3rd season of the hot, high rated series America's Got Talent as the Senior Casting Producer. In season one of America's Got Talent she found 5 of the 10 finalists and million dollar winner, Bianca Ryan the 12 year old little girl with the big voice. Season after season Nash and the team of producers that she oversees bring incredible new talent to the show.
July 18th Nash came from behind the camera and return to the little screen as one of ten producers on TV Guides hot reality show America's Next Producer.
Nash began her entertainment career with an internship at KDFW Channel 4 while studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in radio, television and film. Undaunted when professors told her not to expect to ever be on television, Nash pursued her goal of being on camera. After sending out over 75 resumes and making countless cold calls, Nash was hired as a reporter in Ardmore, Oklahoma, a small community of about 26,000. Although she started out in the 175th media market, Nash reached the 65th market in 9 months as a weekend anchor/reporter for KTAL Channel 6 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and in a year and a half ascended to the 35th market in Raleigh, North Carolina as an anchor/reporter for WRAL Channel 5.
Then, at just 24 years old, Nash became the host of Beyond 2000, a top-rated, primetime, national science and technology program in Australia. The show aired in 40 countries, making Nash's face known worldwide. As host, she trekked across the globe while managing a 4-person crew, reported on the latest technology and its effects, and wrote and produced 50 magazine stories per year. The show became so popular that it was eventually made into a board game featuring Nash's face.
Nash returned to the United States and began working as an entertainment reporter for Group W and was featured on People Magazine on TV and Screen Scene BET. Having experienced the spotlight herself, Nash easily adapted to interviewing celebrities. She has dialogued with an "A list" of personalities including Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Jimmy Stewart, Sidney Poitier, and Elizabeth Taylor. In addition, she covered the Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Awards.
After years of being in front of the camera, Nash set her sights on writing and producing. Nash has produced for The Roseanne Show, BET's Oh Drama! and King World Productions' The Ananda Lewis Show. Executive producers of The Ananda Lewis Show, handpicked Nash from their team of producers to produce three shows in their premiere week. She was recognized for being the "strongest, most creative producer." Nash also originated and produced the six- month "Marry Me" project, one of Ananda's most successful series in which they collaborated with Brides Magazine on a major promotional event. It featured seven on-screen wedding proposals; an actual wedding and reception worth over $100,000; website viewer voting on every facet of the wedding plans; and print and television advertising. Nash's productions elicited unprecedented viewer response, garnering her two of Ananda's highest-rated shows.
Currently she continues to develop television, film, and other media products including board games and journals for her own independent production company, Radical Kingdom Productions.
A key project for Radical Kingdom Productions was the development of an inspirational audiotape for women. The tape was comprised of a series of uplifting messages set to music intended to encourage and refresh women. From concept to creation, this project only took weeks to complete. Her expertise is seen throughout this project as she created and wrote the entire project while over seeing the music arrangements, and marketing for this project.
With total confidence in her products, Nash has gained audiences with countless industry executives, often through cold calls. She has developed and pitched a variety of concepts for television and film projects to such studios and production companies as Paramount, UPN, Edmonds Entertainment, Buena Vista TV and NBC. She is skilled in everything from acquiring book rights for feature television… to hiring talent… to script writing.
Polished professionalism, drive, creativity, smarts, and sheer talent make Nash a producer and on-air talent of the highest order. Her track record of creative achievement and proven industry results are evidence that Nash is a fixture in and an asset to this industry.
Q&A With Sharon Nash Alexander
BS: Please tell us what you do and what you most love about it.
Sharon Nash Alexander: I've been a Talk Show Producer, Casting Producer, and currently an Entertainment Consultant. I consult in regards to Reality TV Shows, Auditions, and the like. As a Casting Producer I worked with Singers, Dancers, and traveled all over the world. What I love most about it is the art, being able to discover that spark of talent and aiding people in achieving their dreams.
BS: What challenges have you been faced with? How have you overcome them?
Sharon Nash Alexander: Being in the Entertainment Industry alone has its challenges, Jobs within this industry aren't like those in others. It's unpredictable. Survival is all about who and what you know. It's always a hustle to get the next job. At times I haven't worked for a year and even two. It's either Feast or Famine! This industry isn't for the feeble minded. I was the first Black Australian News Anchor which was a wonderful experience, adding onto my credibility within the industry. I utilized all of my talents. My best advice to anyone who is interested in this industry is to keep reinventing themselves….or your going to starve.
BS: What advice do you have for people who are interested in the same career path?
Sharon Nash Alexander: Assess your talents, utilize your "connections", make alot of "cold calls", make and keep beneficial relationships, and lastly KEEP PUSHING! In college one of my professors told me and my class that we most likely wont be successful in broadcast and we should take the corporate productions route instead, I KNEW he wasn't talking to me. Since the tender age of four I can remember envisioning myself within the entertainment business, maybe not as elaborate and detailed as now, but I wanted to achieve this goal since then. I even remember writing short stories. At the age of thirteen, I remember walking through the snow and made a promise to myself that I'd live in LA one day and sure enough, I've been living here for twenty-six years.
BS: What changes do you believe we should begin working on within the Black Community?
Sharon Nash Alexander: Everything starts with the man in the mirror, you. We should begin making the changes within our families, our marital status', and event the way we're bring up our children. We should hold accountable to the choices we make and the ripple effect they may have to our community.
BS: What should we expect next from Sharon Nash Alexander?
Sharon Nash Alexander: My goal is to one day become a Media Mogul such as Tracy Edmonds and Mara Brock Akil. I want to tell stories that would positively impact the lives of my viewers. I want to make them think, make them feel, and even create change. I want to work on a few books, short stories, and even one hour sitcoms.


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Adobe and Intel have announced plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimize Adobe's Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. This effort is expected to provide consumers with more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices.
The high-definition capabilities of the Adobe Flash Platform, together with the Intel Media Processor CE 3100, the first in a new family of purpose-built Intel System on Chips (SoCs) for CE devices, creates a entertainment hub capable of delivering rich Web content and Adobe Flash based applications to an array of Internet-connected CE devices. Intel and Adobe are working together to optimize both the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Lite for the CE3100. Intel plans to ship the first CE3100 with support for an optimized implementation of Adobe Flash Lite before mid-2009.
"The Intel Media Processor CE 3100 is a highly integrated solution that provides a powerful, yet flexible technology foundation that will bring to life the high-definition capabilities of Adobe Flash," said William O. Leszinske Jr., general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group. "Our effort with Adobe is poised to accelerate a rich, yet relevant Internet experience on the TV that will provide consumers with access to a growing number of Flash based applications that will ultimately be enjoyed across a number of screens seamlessly, from the laptop to a MID and now the TV."
Intel and Adobe have collaborated before, most recently as founding members of the Open Screen Project which is designed to enable a consistent runtime environment across screens. The initiative has 20 major industry partners and is dedicated to enable Web content, standalone applications and full Web browsing across televisions, set-top boxes, mobile devices and other consumer electronics that take advantage of Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash capabilities. Adobe and Intel are also working together to bring an optimized implementation of Adobe AIR technology to Intel's digital home platform in the future.
"The Open Screen Project is striving to remove barriers for developers and designers as they look to publish content and applications across desktops and devices" said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. "The Intel Media Processor CE 3100 provides a powerful platform capable of delivering outstanding Flash experiences to millions of homes as a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes makes its way into the living room."


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PURE ROMANCE: Long-stemmed roses, scattered petals and a bottle of bubbly champagne chilled in a stemmed champagne bucket await your arrival. The crystal champagne flutes may be purchased as a keepsake.
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OUT OF TOWN GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS: Additional wedding guests may be accommodated at Longhorn Lodge. See Longhorn Lodge description for more information. Package prices may apply. Pets are welcome at Longhorn Lodge.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS (COUNTRY/CITY STAYS): Experience the best of both worlds, the city of San Antonio at the Riverwalk and the Texas Hill Country. This way you can enjoy the excitement of the city and the solace of the country. Combine your Canyon Lake Ranch getaway with a stay at our city bed and breakfast home: Alamo Street Victorian Inn. Call for details and prices. (Stays of one week receive the seventh night at no charge).
BRIDESMAIDS RETREAT, GIRLS NIGHT OUT, BACHELORETTE PARTY: Enjoy the services of the "Day at the Spa" combined with a two-night stay at the ranch. A welcoming breakfast, complimentary wine, delicious cookies, a lovely bouquet of flowers, a fresh fruit basket and gourmet chocolates are included with this special retreat. Massages, pedicures, manicures and body scrubs may be arranged to ready everyone for the big day.
HONEYMOON AT THE RANCH: Your choice of one of our two vacation retreats. This honeymoon package includes complimentary bubbly and an assortment of cheeses, a fresh fruit basket, bedside chocolates, cookies, delicious cake for two and your first private breakfast as husband and wife.


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Schlitterbahn postpones the opening of the Verrückt waterslide to June 29
Once again, the debut of Schlitterbahn's high-profile new attraction, the Verrückt water slide, has been delayed.
The Kansas City, Kan., water park announced Friday that the ride is now slated to open June 29.
Originally scheduled to open May 23, the Verrückt's opening has been postponed twice. The first postponement was earlier this month, when Schlitterbahn indicated that the opening date for the ride — which has generated significant buzz since Guinness World Records in April called it the world's tallest waterslide at 168 feet 7 inches — would be moved to June 5 to allow for more testing.
According to Friday's release, Verrückt "is now functional and a few operational tweaks are ongoing." The park also said the opening would coincide with a one-hour Travel Channel special.
The Verrückt — the name translates to "crazy" in German — is one of two highly anticipated Kansas City attractions whose openings have been postponed.
The debut of the SteelHawk, a Worlds of Fun ride that spins riders from a 301-foot tower, was postponed earlier this month as the ride undergoes the commissioning process.
A Worlds of Fun spokeswoman said Friday that the park will probably know by Monday when the attraction will be open to the public.
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The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office has released the names of the deputies involved in the Monday night shooting of Lancaster resident George Randall "Randy" Bowers: Deputy Jeramie MacKinson and Deputy Michael Kimbrell.
Christopher Sardelli
Crowded around a long conference table on Monday morning, a small group of concerned citizens, a number of Lancaster County Council members and even a few political candidates discussed the county's newest dirty word – landfill.
Christopher Sardelli
A Lancaster man was injured late Sunday night after he was struck in the head during an attack.
Officers are searching for suspects in the assault of a 14th Street resident who was pistol-whipped, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The man's roommate told officers the victim left to pay someone he owed money to, somewhere in the area of North Market Street, only blocks from the man's home.
Reece Murphy
Imagine this scenario: It's 4:15 a.m. and all is quiet. The phone rings, rousing you from a solid sleep. On the other end of the line is a S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper named Smith bearing bad news – you have an unnamed family member at Springs Memorial Hospital and you need to get there fast.
You jump up, dress, call and wake your 70-year-old mother so she can come with you because you can't do it alone. You leave your family at home to wait on more news.
Jesef Williams
KERSHAW – A recently received federal grant has already reaped benefits for folks like Bobby Stevens.
About once a week, the Kershaw resident visits that town's branch of the Lancaster County Library to look for jobs.
Most of those searches are done on the Internet, which Stevens has become quite fond of.
Now he speaks of how nice it is to browse on newer computers.
Lancaster County Council approved first reading of an ordinance Tuesday night which reverses a change in the county's codes relating to required buffers between homes and solid waste landfills.
The ordinance, which was a last-minute addition to council's agenda, amends the county's Unified Development Ordinance to change landfill buffers from 1,000 feet to 1 mile. Under the county's new requirement, landfills would not be allowed within 1 mile of residences and structures such as daycares and schools.
Lancaster police officers are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store employee at gunpoint early Friday morning.
Sgt. Paul Smith with the Lancaster Police Department said a clerk at The Market convenience store,
Two top officials with Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services announced Friday they will be leaving their posts by the end of next month.
Both EMS Director Lanny Bernard and EMS Operations Manager Donald Hyatt both notified the county Friday they will each retire effective Feb. 28. The news was announced by County Administrator Steve Willis.
"We appreciate the many years of service Lanny and Donald have given for the people of Lancaster County," Willis said in a press release issued Friday.
The concept sounds grand.
Vendors from both Carolinas convene in downtown on Saturday on select months for the Lancaster Street Market.
Each merchant sets up his or her own booth, where they sell an array of items such as hand-crafted jewelry, woodwork, purses and clothing.
There's plenty to buy, with food vendors also on hand – creating an experience that will draw a slew of patrons.
But that's where concern lies.
Dozens of area youth and their families always look forward to Saturdays in Lancaster.
That's when those children can take to the field and compete – something many of them had not been able to do before.
With the swing of a bat, dribble of a basketball or the thrust of a pompom, those children are able to experience the thrills and joys of performing in front of a crowd.
They participate as part of a local sports league for special-needs children called the Dream Team.
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The Requisition System, or REQ System, in Halo 5: Guardians allows you to earn and purchase REQ Packs. REQ Packs may be earned with in-game REQ points, which you receive after each multiplayer match you complete. REQ Packs can also be found with certain Halo 5: Guardians hardware and accessories, and they may also be purchased in the Microsoft Store.
For more information on REQ Packs, visit the Halo Waypoint forums and look for Halo 5: Guardians under Games.
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