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1) This agreement is between Niall Waters and Maskienen Bikes. The buyer, Niall Waters, is bound to fulfil his second payment, before the due date of 01/01/2016. By not fulfilling this agreement, the buyer looses the right to have the product delivered, which will remain in the possession and ownership of the seller. therefore, the buyer; in this case, will also have lost rights over his/hers first payment.
2) By fulfilling this agreement, the buyer owns the right of ownership for the items, and Maskinen bikes is obliged to deliver them right away after receiving the second and last payment for their agreed value. None the less, Maskinen Bikes guarantees the delivery of the product to be between 5 to 7 weeks time. If Maskinen Bikes fail to deliver on time, then the buyer reserves the right to canceling his/her order if he/she finds it suitable.
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Alexander: Early Intervention in Mental Health is Critical
Posted on December 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2017 — At today's oversight hearing on the mental health provisions in 21st Century Cures, Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that early intervention for patients with mental health disorders is critical.
"Sean Lester is, by all accounts, a typical, Nashville young adult with a full-time job who also attends college," Alexander said. "However, just before his 25th birthday, he experienced his first schizophrenic experience and has spent ten weeks receiving psychiatric treatment since 2014. Sean wrote me, saying, "This may seem slightly depressing, but my story does not end there. The doctors and staff I encountered at the hospital and at the Centerstone clinic taught me to live productively again in society. I have been free of the hospital for a whole year now. During that time, I have taken medication, returned to work, and even paid off a car! I am currently enrolled at Tennessee State University as a Junior pursuing a degree in Psychology.'"
Alexander continued: "Sean is one person out of nearly 10 million in the United States with a serious mental health condition. Without treatment, his story could have had a very different outcome. Over the past few years, this Committee has worked in a bipartisan way to update parts of the federal mental health system – including programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – for the first time in over a decade."
Today's hearing is the third oversight hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act, which included provisions from the Mental Health Reform Act that passed the committee on March 16, 2016 and updated programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) for the first time in a decade. Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, the first Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, a position created in Cures, has new authorities through Cures to work with states and federal agencies and to help more Americans receive the treatment they need.
"Most of the services, treatment, and care for people with mental health issues is provided by the private sector, like Vanderbilt, or through programs run by the states. The federal government plays a role through Medicaid and SAMHSA, which provided Tennessee with over $80 million grants last year."
"Prior to our work on Cures, the coordination between federal agencies that provide mental health care was not as effective as it could have been. I hope today we will learn how implementation of these provisions is going. For example, how has coordination improved between federal agencies on the best ways to assist those with mental illness? We hoped that promising research into early intervention programs at the National Institutes of Health would translate into clinical applications for patients… I look forward to hearing about the progress being made to ensure more people can receive the help they need and have positive outcomes like Sean."
Here are Senator Alexander's prepared remarks.


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In a scathing (and simultaneously stunning) report for Politico, journalist Darren Samuelsohn explains how President Obama actively worked to cultivate a warm and mutually beneficial relationship with comedian Jon Stewart.
Amazing @dsamuelsohn story on President Obama's secret multi-year suck-up campaign to keep Jon Stewart happy http://t.co/OB2ADGiXDo
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) July 28, 2015
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Love Stewart's jokes or hate them, he has proven to be a unique voice who is capable of turning in-the-weeds policy discussions into viral video sensations that the country is still talking about the next morning.
As the White House recognized, Stewart can, at times, be a more potent influence on policy than Obama himself. The 52-year-old funnyman is widely credited with changing how the government treated military veterans and Sept. 11 first responders and for canceling a hyper-partisan CNN talk show. His broadsides against President George W. Bush's Iraq war and a series of Obama missteps had a searing effect on how Americans thought about Washington.
We all knew that the President had an affinity for these liberal news/entertainments shows (particularly the late night variety). I don't think any of us could have imagined that the Obama team's connections to Comedy Central and Jon Stewart ran as deep as the Politico story describes. What makes the story all the more damning (for both Obama and the supposedly clown-nosed Stewart) is that it comes not from a "right-wing website" but from the serious and left-leaning Politico.
Stewart has been criticized over the years for pretending to "just be a comedian" when the truth is that he has a serious effect on the national political mood because of his connection to America's youth. Stewart has generally tried to laugh off these attacks by saying that "everyone knows" his show is just comedy and meant only as satire – some have taken to calling this Stewart's effort at "putting on a clown nose." The problem has been that while Stewart may believe this, his army of viewers seem to take his "reporting" deadly serious.
(John) McCain, for his part, said he thinks The Daily Show "had an effect in a more indirect way, but [it] certainly had an effect."
"He talked to young people. Young people watch him. Young people vote," McCain said. "So I don't think that there's any doubt that with his comedy" — the senator smiled and held up two fingers like quotation marks as he said 'comedy' — "that he had an effect on the workings of government."
Now we know that for the last 7 years or so the Obama team has been working hard to help craft and mold their message for delivery by Comedy Central's most popular figure. Not only that, but we now also know that Stewart has been surreptitiously visiting the White House through the years to meet with President Obama on days that the President would be delivering his own message to America.
While we conservatives may not be completely surprised by the news that Stewart helped craft the Obama message or that Obama was gently massaging sycophant at Comedy Central – the news should be a blow to Stewart's fans. These are the people to whom Stewart was supposed to embody the anti-establishment nature of their personality. Now they are learning that Stewart (and they, his fans) ARE THE ESTABLISHMENT! They are the very people they thought Stewart was railing against. In fact, while the article notes that Stewart sometimes attacks the administration, the most effective example they can produce is a story where Stewart mocks Obama for believing that Republicans are trustworthy! On the surface it may seem like an attack on Obama, but in reality it's arguing that Obama was naïve and the Republicans were evil!
That's hardly an attack on the President.
The truth is as simple as the story seems to imply. President Obama and Jon Stewart engaged in a little mutual back scratching in an effort to advance both of their agendas which are irrevocably linked to the expansion of the welfare state and the propagation of a more liberal America. To anyone who thought Jon Stewart was an unbiased mocker of all things politics—you were just fooling yourself. Stewart is as establishment-centered and viciously partisan as the guys he complains about on CNN and Fox News.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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I bought this year's Christmas tree from Bohetherick Farm: I think it's a Nordmann fir: a very nice compact tree with a good shape to the trunk. I had to squelch through the mud to find it and Rosie had to endure an excessively friendly springer spaniel. It's almost exactly the right height without having to chop any bits off too, though that does mean that I don't have a chunk of the trunk to carve with. I've sort of lost track of the number of carvings made from previous trees now, but there are quite a lot of them. I have taken a lower branch off to make the 2017 carving, but haven't started work on it yet.
The 2016 carving was a tiny canoe: not one of my better efforts, I fear: I started it back in December, then I left it and discovered it again only a few weeks ago, by which time it had dried out and was not easy to finish. Ah well. I'll try to make an effort to get 2017's carving started and finished before the year is out! (I'd better get my skates on then....)
We invited the parents to lunch at our house this year: I feel rather lucky that all three of them are once again well enough to make it over here. My mother stayed over so she didn't have to drive home in the dark, which was nice. The weather has been awful : gloomy and wet, so I didn't give Rosie an afternoon walk, but instead we played one of the many games from Pp's shop, Ticket To Ride. It was fun, and I WOULD have won if I'd only had one more black coaltruck! As it was, Pp won. Boo. We discovered, playing this, that my mother's colour vision has become terrible: she had great difficulty telling green from grey or orange from red.
Pp has been terribly busy this year with his Shop on the Borderlands. This is the backlog of Things waiting to be entered into his shop. People are buying lots of the Things too. He has gone off with (I think) 12 parcels to the post office just now, having spent several hours wrapping them.
Rosie is doing well as an only dog though I still miss Brythen. It must be said though, that Rosie on her own is a very easy dog. She doesn't like walking in the wet, but if it is wet, she'll quite happily stay indoors without becoming overactive or tearing things to shreds! She just sleeps. Her ability to sleep is amazing! I must admit, although I've been very tempted to get another dog, Rosie is SO easy to live with on her own, I've sort of been putting it off. If a male whippet puppy comes up in rescue, that might convince me to make the effort again though... Or perhaps it's just not quite the time again yet.
The only thing she's a little awkward about is wearing her harness: she'd prefer to be walked on a collar, but given my experiences with Az and dogs with long elegant necks on a collar, I really prefer her to wear a harness so she can't knacker her neck or back, which obviously is a concept she can't really understand... Here she is evading me and refusing to have her harness put on like a Bad Doggy :
She DOES want a walk, but she is also quite willing to run away and hide (unconvincingly!) on the sofa in the hope that somehow this will avert the Harness Moment (once it's on, she ignores it).
I wish I'd taken my camera on our walk today, because after the first few minutes when it HAILED LIKE MAD and we fled back to the car in horror (her idea, she towed me!) and I thought we might have to go home, it was actually quite pleasant with lots of sunbeams shining through the raindrops. I adopted the strategy of spotting a patch of blue sky on the horizon, driving towards it until we got to a sunny bit, and then stopping. That doesn't seem like it should work, since clouds move about a lot, but it did, and we had a nice quiet sunny walk in the woods in the end.
Here we are having just got back as it began to rain yet again. The fire is on, it's just not warmed up yet enough to show in the photo. Yama Bungle has taken over the second dog bed, although there's room for about six of him in there, since it's Brythen sized.
What else has happened? Oh yes, we went to see The Last Jedi, and it was surprisingly good. I wasn't expecting much to be honest, but it had a lot of plot and felt like it was properly part of the original movie series somehow.
A rather belated Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a Happy New Year!


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HALSEY, Ore. — The Oregon teachers board reprimanded a high school football coach for licking the bleeding wounds of student athletes, school officials said on Friday.
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The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission placed Scott Reed, 34, on two years probation and ordered the coach, who is also a science teacher, to attend a class on the risks of blood-borne pathogens.
Last summer, Reed gave students at Central Linn High School near Eugene, 100 miles south of Portland, a pep talk about a coach who had licked and healed players' wounds so that they could rejoin the game. After the talk, he bent down and licked a cut on a track athlete's knee, the commission said.
Reed, 34, acknowledged the incident last year after parents complained.
The head of the commission, Vickie Chamberlain, said the board felt a public reprimand was necessary "because we were very concerned about his behavior."
Police investigated, but Reed was not arrested. "Sometimes there are actions that are socially unacceptable or bizarre that aren't necessarily criminal," Linn County Sheriff Dave Burright said.
Reed did not return calls seeking comment.
Small risk of disease transmission
Saliva-to-blood contact poses a small risk of disease transmission, said Dr. Sarah Hendrickson, public health officer at Lane County Public Health in Eugene.
"We do know that animals lick their own wounds," she said. "And it may be that saliva has some healing properties. But my very strong recommendation is that you confine yourself to licking your own wounds."
Complaints filed against Reed also cited other risky behavior, such as licking blood from wounds on a football player's arm and a high school student's hand. Parents said if Reed had had an open wound in his mouth, the licking could have spread an infection such as HIV or Hepatitis B and C.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


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Heavy Duty Repair Technician - Field at Peterson Holding Co.
About the Job
Customer First | Integrity | Excellence | Teamwork | Fun!
Peterson remains open and available to support our customers! It is our talented teams that truly make the difference in our ability to provide great customer support. While we remain active in our recruiting process, it is unlikely we will have new hires join the team until after 6/1/2020. We are always eager to talk to qualified individuals that want to join the Peterson team and encourage you to apply if you are interested in starting the conversation.
Peterson Tractor has an opening for a Heavy Duty Repair Technician - Field working in our San Leandro, CA location.
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At Peterson our Vision is to be our customers' first choice. We put our customers first and continually strengthen our partnerships through our employee's hard work, ingenuity and determination. Our 80 year history is a reflection of our collective efforts and focus.
We provide a family oriented environment that promotes safety, personal growth and professional achievement. Critical to our continued success is hiring and developing exceptional employees. We are deeply committed to providing an environment necessary to attract and retain engaged employees who will relentlessly strive to reach Peterson's strategic goals and vision. We have high standards for our employees, with good reason. They represent Peterson, our family, our brand, and our values to customers and our team members.
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- Candidate must have a valid California driver's license with class B endorsement and clean driving record.
- Must be a member of Operating Engineers Local 3 or willing to become one.
- Ability to work overtime is required.
- Physical requirements include ability to maneuver 50 pounds, standing, walking, and bending.
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The CommunityCare Fund assists communities affected by our overhead assets by investing in community-based projects that add real value and benefit to the wider community. The Fund makes one-off grants for projects in communities along the National Grid route, as well as communities affected by new Transpower projects.
Expressions of Interest for the next funding round (Summer 2021) close 11:59pm on 31 October 2020.


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Hugh's Roly Poly Christmas Pudding
Using Venison Sewitt!
The Sewitt Dough
• 300g of sewitt
• 600g self-raising flour
• 50g light musovado sugar
• 50g castor sugar
• Pinch or two of ground ginger
• Zest of an orange
• Pinch of salt
The boozy filling
• Raisins, apricots and dates that have been soaking in cider apple brandy for 24 hrs.
• 150g chopped stem ginger with a trickle of its syrup.
1. Mix all of the ingredients by hand, and form a small well in the centre.
2. Add the juice of the orange and some icy cold water.
3. Bring mixture together and mould it into a rectangle shape.
4. Roll out into a large rectangle approximately 1.5cm in thickness.
5. Spread the filling across the dough, leaving a clear pastry margin at one end.
6. Fold in the margins at the short ends of the dough and wet the folded edges.
7. Roll the dough, starting at the long edge and seal by wetting the final edge with water.
8. To get the Roly Poly steaming, butter up some grease proof paper, over a clean damp tea towel.
9. Fold the paper in half, then flip one folded half back so that it forms a pleat in the paper.
10. Carefully place the Roly Poly onto the pleat and wrap it with the paper and towel.
11. Tie the edges with string, as you would a Christmas cracker and steam for 2 – 2.5 hours.
12. Remove the roll from its packaging just before you are to serve and flambé with some warm cider apple brandy.
13. Slice and serve hot with some cream or custard.
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First of all, I would like to wish you all a happy New Year. I sincerely hope you and your family have had a good Christmas and are looking forward to 2018.
I don't have to tell anyone how eventful 2017 was for many reasons. Westminster continues to be extremely busy and I am looking forward to meeting the challenges that the New Year will inevitably bring. Just before Christmas I visited schools which as I have said many times is particularly enjoyable. The questions students ask me vary, from a reception class pupil asking if I had met the Queen to being grilled on Government policy by sixth form students. I hope to welcome more schools from the constituency down to Westminster to visit and I also intend to continue to visit and champion our outstanding schools locally.
Flooding continues to be an important issue which has affected residents from across the constituency. The heavy rainfall in November caused flooding in many areas. Although the banks of the Wyre held, some properties in the area did flood due to the sheer amount of rain. At the end of last year the Environment Agency published its "Upper Middle Wyre Strategy Report". I had hoped this long awaited report would look at improving flood defences in the constituency. However, I am concerned that the real focus of the report appears to be the future of the flood basins in Catterall and Garstang, with the case being made for them to be decommissioned. The flood basins have been operated more frequently than envisaged in recent years and have, in my opinion, reduced the risk of flooding further downstream. The Environment Agency has acknowledged that decommissioning the flood basins will increase the number of properties at risk of flooding and proposes no means of mitigating this increased flood risk. I am greatly concerned and have called the Agency to meet with me to discuss this further and ensure that my constituents are protected. I would like to commend the various local flood groups in the area who ensure that local residents are kept informed of progress being made to tackle flooding. They also play an important role in alerting residents to flood warnings. I know the Churchtown Flood Forum have also been using their expertise and personal experiences of flooding to help residents who have been affected recently by flooding in other areas.
You may recall that when the Communities Secretary considered Cuadrilla's appeal against Lancashire County Council's decision to refuse their application to commence fracking, he gave the company an opportunity to address concerns which had been raised about the transport arrangements to and from their Roseacre Wood site. Cuadrilla is now consulting on three possible HGV routes. I will be objecting to all the routes proposed as I do not consider them to be safe or viable. I would encourage you to participate in the consultation process. Further details can be found on Cuadrilla's website: www.cuadrillaresources.com/site/roseacre-wood. The consultation closes on 10 January.
Another priority issue which I will continuing to raise in the year ahead is mental health, particularly crisis care. I am due to meet the Chief Executive of Lancashire Care in the coming weeks to discuss crisis care and the provision of mental health in-patient beds across the county. As well as raising concerns which have been highlighted to me as a result of individual cases, I will be offering my support to lobby for greater central government funding for our area.
I receive a great deal of correspondence from constituents on national and local issues. I am always interested to read the views of my constituents and these do inform my own opinions. The highlight of my role as your MP continues to be the time I spend meeting local people. I want to visit as many local businesses, charities and community groups as possible this year so, if you would like me to visit you please let me know.
If 2018 is half as eventful as last year, then we are in for another roller coaster ride. I continue to believe that even though many things are sent to test us here in North Lancashire, we have the resolve to deal with them. We remain an area of high employment and due to our amazing schools our young people are ready for any challenges they may face.
If I can be of any assistance to you please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to me at the House of Commons (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA). Alternatively you can contact my Office at the House of Commons on 0207 219 5804 or my Constituency Office on 01995 672977.


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The quotient rule for radicals tells us that $\sqrt[n] \frac{a}{b}=\frac{\sqrt[n] a}{\sqrt[n] b}$ (if $\sqrt[n] a$ and $\sqrt[n] b$ are real numbers and $n$ is a natural number). That is, the nth root of a quotient is the quotient of the nth roots. Therefore, $-\sqrt[4] \frac{625}{y^{4}}=-\frac{\sqrt[4] 625}{\sqrt[4] y^{4}}=-\frac{5}{y}$. $\sqrt[4] 625=5$, because $5^{4}=625$ $\sqrt[4] y^{4}=y$, because $(y)^{4}=y^{4}$


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Study tracks fawn survival and mortality
State hopes to improve deer population estimates
Shiocton - From 50 yards, it appeared as a reddish lump at the gray base of a mature ash tree.
At 20, several rows of spots were visible on the tawny shape.
Animal or plant?
If you've spent any time searching the Wisconsin landscape for a specific type of the former, you know the latter - especially peeling bark - is more likely.
But as we approached to within a few paces, a shaft of sunlight penetrated the canopy and highlighted the forest floor.
A black nose glistened, a pair of ears stood alert.
Now there was no doubt. The object of our quest was at hand.
I joined a crew of researchers and volunteers near Shiocton last week working on the latest phase of the state's multiyear white-tailed deer study.
The work, conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and University of Wisconsin with assistance from volunteers, will attempt to improve the state's deer population estimates and learn more about fawn survival and sources of mortality.
The experimental design calls for 40 fawns to be fitted with radio collars in both the northern (near Winter) and eastern (Shiocton) study areas.
So early on a windy, cool morning in late May, a gang of 19 fawn searchers formed a gantlet and slogged through a 500-acre stand of mixed hardwoods in Outagamie County.
At the sight of the deer, whispers of "fawn" passed down the line as researchers and volunteers attempted to quietly circle the living cache.
In the boot-sucking mud of a flooded hardwood stand, that's no easy task. Water splashed and sticks shattered.
The tiny whitetail grew more nervous, lifting its head to inspect the army of two-legged visitors.
It was likely the first time it had seen humans. It will almost certainly not be the last.
The fawn's first instinct was to remain still and camouflaged. It's second was to flee. The deer rose from its bed and attempted to bolt on gangly legs.
Though less than a week old, the deer was surprisingly fast and agile. But it ran toward crew leader Camille Warbington, who reached out with gloved hands and collected the bounding fawn.
The fawn issued a startling "blaaat" as Warbington carried it back to its bed.
Chris Jacques, DNR research scientist based in Madison, slipped a blindfold over the animal's eyes to help calm it.
The rest of the crew hired for the project - including Nate Bieber, Gretchen Oleson, Brittany Peterson and Mike Preisler - quickly gathered to begin processing the deer.
Wisconsin's deer population is a major ecological and economical force.
Estimated at 1.16 million deer after the 2010 hunting seasons, the large herd damages agricultural crops and native plants.
The state's annual deer hunting seasons have an estimated $1 billion economic impact, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
And wildlife watchers outnumber the state's 700,000 hunters.
Though its deer management program has been acclaimed by independent experts, the DNR's deer population estimates have long been criticized as inaccurate by some in the hunting community.
And with an increasing population of black bears and gray wolves in recent years, new questions have arisen about the role predators might play in controlling or even suppressing deer numbers in northern Wisconsin.
Former DNR Secretary Matt Frank and top wildlife managers decided last year to make the largest investment in the agency's history in research to improve deer population estimates and overall deer management.
The field work began in earnest in January as deer were trapped and radio-collared. Pregnant does were implanted with transmitters to help crews find fawns within days of birth.
Wisconsin's deer population roughly doubles each spring with the new crop of fawns. Does are "dropping" single fawns, twins and even triplets across the state.
But as in virtually all wildlife populations, mortality rates are high on the newborns. Less than half of the fawns will live a year.
The causes of fawn mortality are no secret, including predators, vehicle collisions and weather, to name a few.
But the work under way in Wisconsin will attempt to quantify fawn survival and causes of mortality in each study area.
The first step is finding the fawns and fitting them with radio collars.
"Can be like a needle in a haystack," said Jacques, the DNR researcher, a veteran of projects on deer and pronghorn antelope in South Dakota before his work in Wisconsin. "Deer are good at what they do."
For a fawn, that's hide and eat.
Jacques, Warbington and crew quickly executed a list of tasks on the captured fawn. The researchers and volunteers wore latex gloves to prevent transferring human scent to the deer.
The animal was weighed (12 pounds), sexed (female) and aged (about five days). Age is determined by measuring a growth ridge on the animal's hoof.
Oleson then slipped an expandable radio collar on the fawn's neck. Peterson verified that the signal was picked up on a receiver.
Bieber then administered a black tattoo to the deer's ear. And Jacques clamped on a pair of ear tags.
Dozens of volunteers helped with the project last week. Today five are on hand: August Beier of Oshkosh, Jodi Brazee of Neenah, Mike DeMaster of Sheboygan, Mike Olm of Shawano and Jennifer Stenglein of Madison.
Most of the volunteers are avid hunters. All are thrilled to have the opportunity to assist with the deer research.
Brazee has two weeks of vacation each year from her job as a graphic artist; she is using half of her 2011 allotment to search for fawns.
"I was so excited to have this chance," Brazee said. "When I hunt, I actually spend most of my time in the tree stand observing nature and taking photos. It always recharges my batteries. Being able to help with this project is very rewarding, too."
Jacques said the project will allow the volunteers to continue with "citizen science" after the five years of primary study.
"There will be aspects of this work, including trapping and collaring deer, that we plan to continue into the future," Jacques said. "Volunteers and landowners will continue to be critical to our deer work."
For the first few days of life, fawns can't keep up with does and remain hidden on the ground. Does return every few hours to nurse the fawns.
The rich milk allows the fawns to gain about a half-pound a day, Jacques said.
As they gain size and strength, fawns spend more time moving with does. After about three weeks of age, they will be constantly with does.
The fawn found at the base of the ash tree was spotted on a "blind" search, a technique that requires lots of "boots on the ground." In good deer country and at the right time of year, it can be productive - our crew found five fawns in four hours Tuesday morning near Shiocton.
Other fawns are located by following transmitters implanted in pregnant does. One member of the crew checks the transmitters each day. Through Wednesday, three fawns were located in this manner near Shiocton.
Still other fawns were found last week by observing post-partum behavior in does. After giving birth, does are typically protective of the fawns and will stomp their feet and circle nervously if a human approaches.
And yet other deer were collared last week after local residents called the researchers with sightings of fawns. Such calls are gifts to the crews, which work from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. most days.
Through Friday evening, the Shicoton crew had radio-collared 32 fawns, 80% of its goal.
After five minutes, the fawn was ready to be released with a new identity - frequency 157.990, ear tags L1672 and R1673 and tattoo E006.
The crew stowed gear in backpacks and moved away from the tree. Jacques remained with the fawn and, as he removed the blindfold, lightly placed ferns and other vegetation over the deer's head.
The fawn stayed still as Jacques and the rest of the crew walked away, already searching for the next deer. It was determined later that day, via radio telemetry, that the fawn had reunited with its doe.
The researchers will continue to keep tabs on the fawn each day as the animal grows or dies, part of the most closely studied generation of deer in Wisconsin history.
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Fortune is running a number of articles on the importance of teams. One team they examine is from the ad world.
From 1987 to 1997, MasterCard maxed out five advertising campaigns – and failed to narrow the gap with Visa. So when the company decided to get a new ad agency, it looked like desperation. To McCann Erickson, it looked like opportunity.
McCann assigned a core creative team of three – Joyce King Thomas, Jeroen Bours, and Jonathan Cranin – to prepare a pitch. The trio, who had been working together for two years, conferred with the strategy team and brainstormed intensively for a month. "We were very comfortable working together, so we debated everything freely," says Thomas, now McCann's chief creative officer in New York City.
The breakthrough came to Cranin in the shower: the tag line "some things money can't buy" to anchor the ad. Back at the office, Thomas caught the spark and began crafting a spot around it. Inspiration struck two weeks later, as Thomas and Bours batted around ideas over coffee and bagels on a Sunday morning.
The first ad would be set at a baseball game, feature a list of ordinary transactions, and lead to the setup: "Priceless." Recalls Thomas: "We knew we had it."
MasterCard agreed, even after a different spot tested better in research. "Intuitively, we knew the insights made it more than just another ad," says chief marketing officer Larry Flanagan, then head of U.S. advertising. Gut feeling proved right. Since 1997, MasterCard has added new U.S. credit cards at more than twice Visa's rate. [emphasis added]
And the award-winning campaign's versatile format and simple appeal have also made it a global winner: Spots have been tweaked for audiences in 105 countries and 48 languages.


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Antique Suzani
Antique Suzani is a type of decorative embroidered tribal textile made in Central Asian countries prior to the early 20th century.
Background and Description
Suzani has been produced for hundreds of years, but the oldest surviving examples date from the late 18th-early 19th century. The name comes from the Persian word 'sozan' for needle. They are traditionally begun by a mother at the birth of a girl, and continued by the child with the aid of the family as she grows up to be part of her dowry, finished in time to be presented to the groom on the wedding day. The patterns signify the girl's mood and dreams.
Their method and design varies slightly between country and region, each area boasting their own special patterns and favoured motifs. It used to be an identifying factor when people travelled from region to region, letting others know where they came from due to their particular design of Suzani. Bokhara Suzani is well known and popular with collectors. The most well-known examples generally come from Uzbekistan, though Suzani is also made in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Iran.
Suzani was initially brought to the West by travellers to Central Asia.
Suzani has a cotton or silk fabric base, onto which is embroidered patterns in silk or cotton thread in chain, satin, and buttonhole stitching. Couching is also used to stitch in larger yarn. Designs usually comprise sun and moon disks, flowers including tulips, carnations and irises, leaves and vines, fruits particularly pomegranates, fish and birds. They often incorporate Arabic words, religious or otherwise.
Antique Suzani comes in varying sizes. The range of textiles can include hangings, bedcovers, cloths, table covers, prayer mats and other items.
Collecting antique Suzani
No two antique Suzani textiles are the same. They are handmade and utterly personal works of art, not intended to sell but representing a legacy within a family.
Suzani becomes more valuable with age. Collectors must decide whether to focus purely on antique pieces or contemporary examples. However, it can be difficult to date a Suzani textile, especially as many contemporary pieces are made using traditional methods, including natural dyes.
A novice collector may require the help of an expert or collecting guide to ascertain whether a Suzani is an antique. Suzani is often copied, manufactured for the benefit of tourists and naive collectors, and of a lesser quality so care must be taken to ensure a textile is the real thing.
A traditional Suzani includes several panels of material stitched together rather than one solid sheet, and this can be an aid when determining if an antique Suzani is genuine. Modern examples are sometimes may using polyester, machine embroidery, synthetic dyes and low-cost materials.
Suzani generally sells on auction websites like eBay for price from just a few dollars for modern cheap or unauthentic examples, up to a several hundred dollars for the older, quality, genuine antique suzanis. Rarer and more important examples come to auction and sell for more. For example, several have sold at Christie's for a few thousand, several have sold at Sotheby's for $5,000-$30,000, and a large medallion Suzani, embroidered in the first half of the 19th century, sold for $32,200 at Christie's in December 1997.
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Evaluation 2017 Video Contest
We challenged the evaluation community to tell us what the Evaluation 2017 theme: From Learning to Action means to you! With 27 submissions, we have chosen the top 5 videos that will be shown at Evaluation 2017. Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the video contest.
Winston Allen
This video highlights my personal process of learning as an international development evaluator. It uses a series of footage from actual field work, to emphasize the importance of mutual learning in evaluation teams, and the implication for evaluation use.
Delia Kundin
This video show that words matter. Learning novel ways to communicate the value and uses of evaluation to new users.
Sergio Cambronero
The video offers a response to the three questions by engaging the Evaluation 2017 audience with an analogy of evaluation as "gardening", asking "is evaluation planting or harvesting?". The intrinsic proposition in its imagery is that, by the nature of what we seek to accomplish as evaluators and how we choose to both "cultivate and gather" through our intended contributions, we should remain keenly aware that the path we will travel "from learning to action" is neither linear nor predictable. Moreover, the visual and sound treatments of the video aim to suggest that recalling our childhood spontaneity and curiosity will best serve our progress through this path.
Michael Patton
This video shows my top five lessons on Learning to Action based on my 48 years of evaluation practice experience and ends by inviting others to share their lessons at the conference.
Andrew Forsman
I am so excited about this year's conference theme because it embodies what evaluation is to me and captures our purpose as a profession–help other people learn, and let that learning guide their action to make meaningful change.


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I have honestly been pretty bored lately….well, really just this weekend since all of my friends went to France, and I decided to stay home. (Don't ask me why, it was a lame choice on my part). But, what's the perfect way to cure boredom? Cooking of course! Today's menu is another scrumptious sounding pasta dish: Bucatini all'Amatriciana. Let's get cooking!
As I stated above, all my friends went to the French Riviera this weekend leaving me alone to sit around and be a vegetable. Friday I watched the whole first season of Sex and the City, so on Saturday I decided to be a little productive with my life. I got my lazy butt up to go to the grocery store. I only needed to pick up 4 things: crushed red pepper, crushed tomatoes, bucatini (hollow spaghetti), and pancetta. Seems like a simple enough grocery list, right? Well, I don't think any trip to the grocery store in Italy is going to be simple.
Finding the pepper and the bucatini was easy enough, but I got stuck when it came to the tomatoes. I even translated "crushed tomatoes" before I left, but I couldn't find that translation on any can. Eventually, I gave up, grabbed a random tomato can and prayed there would be crushed tomatoes inside.
The final thing I needed to pick up was pancetta. Pancetta is like in an Italian cured bacon, I've used it before in various recipes, so I know what it looks like. I decided to test my Italian language skills, so I marched up to the deli counter and waited my turn. I said to the butcher: "cinque slices pancetta," (I didn't know the word for slices, okay) I felt very proud of myself except this man picks up finocchiona, not pancetta. I don't know if he thought I was stupid and wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and I knew I didn't pronounce it incorrectly!! I just didn't say anything because I wasn't sure if it would've been insulting. So, here I am with this meat instead of my pancetta…I was disappointed and frustrated, so I payed and left.
I stopped by Conad to pick up prepackaged pancetta instead. That's the last time I go up to a deli counter in Italy.
I was too lazy to cook last night, so when I woke up at noon today I decided it was the perfect time to cook!
This recipe was pretty simple to make. Boiling water is probably the most annoying part because it literally takes forever to bubble! I chopped up the *real* pancetta, an onion & garlic, and let that all cook together. When it came time to open the tomatoes I prayed they would be crushed…they were not, but they were close enough. I dumped the tomatoes in, and let the sauce simmer while the pasta cooked.
This meal really did only take 30 minutes to make which only happens once in a blue moon. I happily scooped my pasta into a bowl and attempted to take an appetizing picture, but alas, the lighting in my apartment stinks. At least I tried!
I sat down, and was so ready for this moment of truth. 3…2…1…. ahhh, it's just a pasta dish — a red sauce pasta dish. I've never been a huge fan of red sauce but this wasn't bad. It had a little heat to it because of the red pepper too. I gladly helped myself to two portions.
Now time for the rating. Bucatini all'Amatriciana receives ♥♥♥♥ (4) hearts. I seemed to be bashing this recipe above, but in all honesty it was good. The tomatoes here are so different than the ones in the US…they're actually delicious. This red sauce pasta was nothing like I've had at home, and it has everything to do with the freshness aspect of all the ingredients. I have enough of this to last me the next week too, so I'm pretty excited to come home and enjoy this every night. It's unbeatable.
Though being alone in a foreign city with absolutely no friends this weekend was kind of intimidating, it was a much needed break to focus on myself. Nothing relieves stress quite like cooking while blasting Kesha's new album. Really, although I preach cooking with friends, cooking by yourself just may be the medicine you need sometimes.
Fino alla prossima settimana! (Until next week!)
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This week has been profitable for Open Source. We have seen the open sourcing of two software products and a lot more.
- Lightworks, an Academy Award winning software goes open-source
- Nvidia Releases First OpenGL 4.0 Driver
- On2 might become open-source, thanks to Google
- Oracle stops free OpenSolaris CD. Will others follow?
Lightworks is an academy award winning non-linear video editor. It has recently been open sourced by the holding company Editshare. Editshare has released Lightworks as a platform. This allows developers to write code for Lightworks plugins as well. We had covered the news of this open-sourcing. Also see OMG!Ubuntu.
Nvidia has released its first OpenGL driver for Linux. This driver is labelled 195.36.07.04 and will support all Fermi GPUs. The deprecated functionalities of older drivers will not be discarded though. Read more here.
Newteevee has shed light on the possible open-sourcing of the On2 video codec Google acquired earlier this year. Currently, H.264 and Ogg Theora are fighting to get the open-web standard. If this goes through, Google will introduce an unbeatable contender in the video codec race. Read more here.
Oracle has stopped distributing free OpenSolaris CDs. Though, you can still download the CD image from the website. The OpenSolaris community is also planning on forking OpenSolaris. Read more at the H-Online.
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Andrew Westoll Wins the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
05 Mar, 2012, 20:27 GMT
TORONTO, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
The winner of The 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is Andrew Westoll (Toronto, ON) for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery.
Of the book, the jury said: "Brilliantly blending science and storytelling, primatologist and author Andrew Westoll takes us deep into the world of the haunted and haunting rescued research chimps of Fauna Sanctuary. Pulled from decades of horrific lab conditions, rescued chimps live out the balance of their long lives in sanctuaries such as Fauna, cared for and loved by an extraordinary group of people. Westoll deftly draws the reader into the wild day-to-day ride of life with the Fauna chimps and soon their Otherness falls away. Through his lens, the chimps are revealed as the individuals they are, with all their foibles, damage, and possibility - and the reader's world view shifts on its axis. Heart-rending and heart-warming, this is a stunning and important work of art and documentary and science."
Andrew Westoll's winning book, The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery, was also nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. He is an award-winning narrative journalist and internationally published author. A former biologist and primatologist, his first book, The Riverbones, is a travel memoir set in the jungles of Suriname, where he once lived as a monkey researcher. He took creative writing at the University of British Columbia. Andrew lives in Toronto with his wife, and continues to write while working at the University of Toronto.
The CAD$25,000 prize was awarded to Andrew Westoll on Monday, March 5th during a gala luncheon, hosted by CBC's Mary Ito, and held in the historic Sovereign Ballroom of downtown Toronto's Le Meridien King Edward Hotel. The remaining finalists - Wade Davis, Charlotte Gill, JJ Lee, and Madeline Sonik - each received $2,000.
RBC Wealth Management, presenting sponsor of the prize, will host Andrew Westoll in select cities across Canada to speak about his winning book. Authors at Harbourfront Centre will feature Andrew Westoll at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) in October.
The jurors for The 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction are authors Allan M. Brandt (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Stevie Cameron (Toronto, Canada), and publishing consultant Susan Renouf (Toronto, Canada). They selected The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery from their shortlist of five books, which they in turn selected from their longlist of eleven books. All three jurors each read 115 books, submitted by 35 publishers from around the world. Books in the genre of literary non-fiction, published between November 1, 2010 and October 21, 2011, were eligible for submission if authored by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and widely available for purchase in Canada.
The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation are Michael Bradley (Toronto), Judith Mappin (Montréal), David Staines (Ottawa), and Noreen Taylor (Toronto). When asked about the jury's selection, Noreen Taylor, founder of the prize, said: "This year's jury had an exceptionally difficult task, for each of the five finalists presented unique strengths and approaches to their material. Andrew Westoll has the rare capacity to make all of his subjects engaging and memorable. Once introduced to his characters, their stories stay with you, leaving you to hope that he writes a sequel."
This is the eleventh awarding of the prestigious Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, which recognizes excellence in Canadian non-fiction writing and emphasizes the development of the careers of the authors it celebrates. Since its inception, the prize has engaged Canadians in the genre of literary non-fiction and boosted sales of the winning authors' books. Founded in commemoration of the late Charles Taylor, one of Canada's foremost essayists and a prominent member of the Canadian literary community, the prize is awarded annually to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception.
The presenting sponsor of The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is RBC Wealth Management. "Congratulations to Andrew Westoll for winning the prestigious Charles Taylor Prize for 2012," said George Lewis, Group Head, RBC Wealth Management, presenting sponsor of the prize. "The work of all five finalists are impressive examples of literary excellence and demonstrate Canada's talent on the world stage. It is this excellence that RBC Wealth Management applauds and is proud to support."
The Major sponsor of The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is Windfields Farm. Its exclusive newspaper sponsor is The Globe and Mail; its media sponsors are CBC Books, CNW Group, The Huffington Post Canada, Maclean's magazine, and Quill & Quire magazine; and its In-Kind sponsors are Authors at Harbourfront Centre, Ben McNally Books, Event Source, Indigo Books and Music, Kobo Inc., Le Meridien King Edward Hotel, and The Toronto Review of Books.
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The defendant in this case may or may not have lost her senses, the judge that sentenced her clearly has:
A young woman who repeatedly stabbed her mother as she slept has walked free from court after a judge accepted she believed she was acting on the instructions of evil spirits. Lorraine Mbulawa, 20, donned dark clothes, gloves and a home-made balaclava and attacked her mother with a kitchen knife in Braunstone Firth, Leicester. The 43-year-old victim saved herself by grabbing the weapon, but suffered serious face and arm injuries.
Mbulawa, who was 18 at the time, was cleared of attempted murder at her trial at Leicester Crown Court earlier this year but convicted of unlawful wounding.
Psychiatrists said she was not mad and the jury agreed that she knew what she was doing.
However, the A-level student, who was born in Zimbabwe, escaped with a 12-month suspended prison sentence and was ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work. Passing sentence on Monday, Mr Justice Keith said he accepted the defendant had strong beliefs in witchcraft and thought she was possessed by the spirit of her dead grandmother at the time of the attack in May 2009.
He told Leeds Crown Court: 'She believed spirits can enter the body and make you do things that otherwise you would not have done.'
He praised Mbulawa as 'unusually confident and assured, also not unintelligent with a degree of charm and poise'. Family members were in court and her mother Sisbsisiwe gave Mbulawa an emotional hug as she was released from the dock. She will now be able to move back in with her mother in Braunstone Frith, Leicester, after living apart for two years. Mr Justice Keith told Mbulawa: 'I hope that you and your mother can come to terms with what has happened. I wish you all the best for the future.'
The court heard a psychiatrist who assessed Mbulawa said she was still a risk because she believed the spirits could possess her again and she has no control over them.
Any civilization that throws up 'judges' as appalling as this is in a great deal of trouble.


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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh promised to give adequate compensation to the Renuka Dam oustees by the Government.
Singh, while addressing election meetings at Paonta, Kafota and Shillai region of Sirmour district, warned BJP leaders to stop luring the people of handsome return of their land. He said that these leaders were involved in illegal sale and purchase of land and were giving boost to land mafia in the district.
The chief minister urged the people not to play in the hands of such BJP leaders and stay away from their nefarious designs, adding that people should not transfer their power of attorney in name of any known or unknown person.
Chief Minister said that compensation would not be given to those who had vested their land in name of others by transferring power of attorney and if such a case is found strict action will be taken against the defaulters.
Virbhadra Singh said that the Government would not allow corruption of any form as it has adopted zero-tolerance towards corruption and will not let the precious land of Sirmour to be sold to outsiders and the innocent people here to be looted by land mafia being sheltered by BJP.
Virbhadra Singh said that the responsible government was one which protects the rights of its people and their religion, adding that BJP was backing such a candidate for the post of Prime-minister who failed to protect the minorities in his state and the people of Gujarat won't spare him for the riots in his state.
Chief Minister informed that Channelization of Bata River would soon be taken up. He said that BJPs contribution in States development is nil and whatever development had taken place here is just because of congress governments.
He said that nowadays foreseeing the defeat of BJP on all four Lok Sabha seats former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal was perplexed and uttering nonsense.
He appealed to the people to vote in favour of the congress candidate Mohan Lal Brakta, who carries a clean image and not like Virendar Kashyap whose report card is nil and has done nothing for the people of Sirmour, besides the Sting operation against him speaks of his honesty.


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CNN recently aired a one-hour special, hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, exploring the causes of and various treatments for America's number one killer: heart disease. As he talks with medical experts as well as patients suffering from heart disease, and after spending a year investigating the issue, Dr. Gupta concludes that "with what we know right now, we could see the last heart attack in America."
He's referring to a "food-based prescription" that could save lives, and he sums it up by suggesting we should eat "nothing with a mother, nothing with a face."
During this powerful program, which can now be viewed online at CNN.com, viewers hear first-hand about former President Bill Clinton's transformation from fast-food junkie to health-conscious vegan. Viewers are also introduced to several doctors who call attention to the power of food — and how our food choices can prevent, and in some cases actually, reverse heart disease.
Referring to heart disease as a "foodborne illness," Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, explains that "we're never going to end the epidemic with stents, with bypasses, with the drugs because none of it is treating causation of the illness."
According to Dr. Terry Mason, chief medical officer at Chicago's Cook County Hospitals "we've eaten our way into a problem and we can eat ourselves out of it."
"The Last Heart Attack" is an eye-opening special worth sharing with friends and family. Everytime we choose a meat-, egg-, and dairy-free meal, we're not only helping save our own lives — we're helping save the lives of billions of birds, pigs, cows, and other animals raised and killed for food each year in the United States.
Start today: visit TryVeg.com to request a free starter guide, get quick and easy vegan recipes, and so much more.


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If you are even remotely acquainted to the Indian bread basket, the puri will not need an introduction. But for the uninitiated, a puri is a form of deep fried Indian flatbread bread made using a wheat-flour dough that puffs up after frying the bread sees a number of variations depending upon the occasion, cuisine, region, and other factors. One such variation is the palak puri.
Palak stands for spinach, so the palak puri is the classic puri but with pureed spinach kneaded into the dough. The final result is a vibrant green puri that tastes like a million bucks, whether had with other condiments like curd and pickle and vegetables or as is. Find the recipe to the delicious palak puri below.
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- Blanch spinach leaves in boiling, salted water. Drain and make into a paste. Mix the palak paste with atta, add salt, one tablespoon of oil and knead into a semi-hard dough. Keep the dough covered for about ten minutes.
- Divide into sixteen equal sized balls and roll into four-inch diameter puris. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep-fry the puris on medium heat.
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Jynx's Neon Strike Vi
Jynx, a gamer, artist, and cosplayer hailing from Canada, but now soaking up the sun in SoCal, created a brilliant rendition of Neon Strike Vi from League of Legends.
Built-in roughly a three-week period, Jynx handles every aspect of the costume with sheer awesomeness. From the suit to the articulated gauntlets strapped to her hands, she shows off her detailed design and construction skills to a tee.
I think the most engaging part of the cosplay is her make up. It seems to jump right off of the screen, completely engaging watchers, to keep on watching. The wig styling is phenomenal and the color palate if just out of this world exciting. The whole experience is a true feast for the eyes, I feel like I need sensory deprivation therapy.
Kudos to Jynx for using all of those creative powers for good.
Check out Jynx on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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In part one of Hirons' new four-part Executive Leadership Podcast Series, agency president and CEO Tom Hirons discusses the role of branding and positioning in developing successful campaigns in the digital age. The series, which will give listeners unparalleled access into the minds of some of Hirons' most experienced leaders, focuses on developing a clear and diverse snapshot of the communications industry and the ways in which Hirons services clients in a variety of fields.
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Martha Mirian Brunken was born December 27, 1923 in Hutchinson County to Christ and Emma (Tiede) Freier. She graduated from Tripp High School in 1941. Following graduation she was a bookkeeper for 3 1/2 years at the Tripp Co-op Creamery. On January 30, 1944 she married Don Brunken. They resided in California and Texas while Don served in the US Army. They returned to South Dakota, farming for 23 years. In 1965 they purchased Don's Place in Delmont. They sold it in 1976 and then purchased Don's Lounge in Tripp, then selling it in 1983. Don died August 5, 1991. Martha remained in Tripp until December 1995 when she moved to Wesley Acres in Mitchell. On November 18, 2007 she suffered a stroke and became a resident of the Good Samaritan Center in Tripp. Martha loved being with her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She taught Sunday School and played the piano for Sunday School and Christmas Programs. She enjoyed music, playing the organ or piano with sheet music or by ear. She loved to decorate her home, spend time gardening, flowers and her plants.
She is survived by her four children: Dwaine (Sharon) Brunken, Sioux Falls; Diane (Jim) Wieting, Eureka, CA; Betty (Miles) Goehring, Pine Haven, WY and Donna (Gene) Hagerty, White Lake; seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and four step great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Don and her parents.


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American Marketing Services Inc. is of the opinion that most people prefer their own kind. The $7-million manufacturer and retailer of promotional items, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., simultaneously throws three different Christmas parties for each type of professional it employs: telemarketing, production, and administration.
"It takes into account people's different sensibilities," says Ed Wiegman, vice-president of administration. "A soft-spoken, artistic production person might be intimidated by the aggressive, extroverted personality of a salesperson. But people are encouraged to go between parties, and some do."
Wiegman also notes that every manager has to buy a gift for each of his or her employees -- no cash allowed. "It personalizes the exchange," he says. "The manager has to think about what would be appropriate for each individual. That way, he has to learn something about them."


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Which was better: The Bob Newhart Show or Newhart? Both were excellent comedies, with essentially the same laid-back, stammering protagonist. (So similar that it seemed only natural that Bob should end the second show waking up in bed next to Suzanne Pleshette, his wife from the first.) It's basically like asking: which was better: the '70s or the '80s? Well, I'll say it—the '70s. Or rather, that decade's introspective, self-help-focused ethos, and his '70s sitcom's psychiatrist's office setting, were a slightly better match with Newhart's sophisticated, droll, talky comedy of neurosis. So I award the nod to Hartley, his talking cures that never quite cured anyone and his windy Windy City patients. (Sorry, Larry, Darryl and Darryl.)
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Winsted Board of Education's audit outcome: Less to pay back to federal government
WINSTED -- April 27 brought long-awaited closure to the saga of Winsted's 2009-10 audit.
The Connecticut Department of Education informed the Winchester Public Schools central office that rather than having to repay $636,000 in federal stimulus funds, the only grant money that may be in question would be a more manageable $1,825.99. Winchester Superintendent of Schools Thomas Danehy said that with the decision in hand, the school system can "move on, putting this issue behind us and focusing on teaching and learning."
"I think it's great news," Danehy said.
The entire dispute stemmed from the 2009-10 municipal audit, which was repeatedly delayed due to paperwork problems. Winchester's school system had churned through three financial managers in a 12-month span, and the school system needed to sort out the books. In the process, the district's central office documented several transactions involving American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds using journal entries.
These entries caused problems once town auditor Vanessa Rossitto closed her books, citing the $636,000 in improperly-documented funds. Considering that the funds in question came from the federal government, Winsted faced a potential investigation and the possibility of having to repay the funds.
Subsequently, the Winchester school district enacted an extensive corrective plan, including revising its pay stubs to indicate which grants are funding employees. These payments will also be made directly from grants, rather than being routed through the general fund. Additionally, the district hired certified public accountant Nadine Savage to supervise the central office's business operations.
While the federal government could have investigated the Winchester school system, the federal government deferred to the Connecticut Department of Education. On April 27, the state department concluded that it was satisfied with most of the measures taken by the school district. The only remaining issue was one transaction, which was for $1,825.99, that was not properly supported, and Winsted's schools will receive direction on repaying that transaction in the coming days.
"It's a great step in a new direction," said Danehy.
With the audit's impending resolution, Danehy said, Winsted's school system can move forward to more current matters. The Board of Selectmen is still withholding $636,000 in funds that would make the town whole against the minimum budget requirement -- the board voted to comply with the mandate, then made $732,149 available to the school system -- and a lawsuit against the town, Board of Selectmen and four Selectmen to vote for the 2011-12 budget is still pending.
Danehy said he hopes the audit's closure can give the district a chance to work on its educational needs. But the superintendent also tipped his cap towards the district's business office.
"I'm just appreciative of the work that's been done by the staff," said Danehy.
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- 1 pound 80/20 freshly ground beef (one pound for every 4 servings)
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- Seasoning Mix for burgers:
- 1T Kosher Salt, 1 tsp sugar, cumin,ground pepper, ½ tsp ground coriander:
- Buns, brushed with olive oil, salt and pepper
- Smokey Bacon, cooked til crisp 2 to 3 pieces per burger
- 2 cans Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes with Garlic and Olive Oil --not drained
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 T apple cider vinegar
- ¾ cup mayo
- Medium or Sharp Cheddar Cheese slices or your favorite cheese
- Spinach leaves
- Smokey Tomato Jam:
- To saucepan over med heat, add 2 cans tomatoes, brown sugar, cumin, smoked paprika,vinegar
- Simmer until thick and jammy 30 to 45 min.
- Remove from heat and cool
- Drain off any excess juice
- To ground beef, add 1 drained can of Petite Dice Red Gold Tomatoes with Olive oil and garlic
- Mix to distribute evenly
- Divide meat into 4 equal patties (each pound for 4 servings)
- In a small bowl with a fork or small whisk, incorporate the seasonings together
- Sprinkle each side with seasoning mix; store the remainder in a bag for future uses
- Prep Grill for cooking burgers and grill to desired doneness
- Toast buns on grill
- Smokey Tomato Mayo: add 1 to 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of cooled smokey tomato jam to mayo
- Mix thoroughly
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It was way back at E3 that I saw newcomer Nox Audio's first gaming headsets, the Specialist and the Scout. I reviewed the Specialist shortly after, and pronounced it excellent. The Scout has apparently had some production issues, since it's taken five months to come to market, but it's now available to purchase.
It costs $80, which puts it in company with stuff from Klipsch and all those guys, so it better do something to justify its cost. I mean, it may have the world's smallest send/end button:
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West Sound Senior Games begin Wednesday
When: Wednesday-Saturday
Where: Bremerton/Kitsap County
Who: Seniors 50 and over
What: Badminton, bowling, free throw/hot shot competition; horseshoes; bowling; tennis; pickleball; billiards/pool 8-ball; bowling; swimming; 5K/off road race; Ping-Pong; racquetball; track and field; disc golf; cycling.
Cost: $32/$42 to register day of events
Contact: Monica Sorenson (206) 406-9301
The ninth Bremerton West Sound Senior Games begin Wednesday and run through Saturday, bringing together residents who have just one goal in mind ? to have a good time.
"It's more about the fun and camaraderie than the competition," said Bremerton's Carol Bichon Jackson. Jackson and her husband, Gaylord, have participated in the event for many years and they look forward to getting together with other seniors.
Bichon Jackson, 63, is participating in swimming and track and field while Gaylord, 72, is running in the 5K off-road race.
Even if they only see some of the other participants once a year, Bichon Jackson said the friendships are worth it.
"We meet so many nice folks," she said. "It's as much about the social aspect as it is being physically fit. I think it helps mental acuity."
Senior games volunteer chairwoman Monica Sorenson said it's that feeling of community that brings participants back each year. About 80 percent of athletes have competed in the games previously and many bring their friends, she said.
"I think they enjoy it," Sorenson said.
Sorenson said registration is up by about 25-30 athletes and she suspects that might increase as others sign up for events during the week.
One of those new attendees is Bob Higgins of Port Orchard. Higgins signed up for all the events, but isn't expecting to participate in them all. He's looking forward to playing tennis, track and field and the free throw/hot shot basketball competition today at 6 p.m. at Sheridan Park Gym. Higgins, 55, played basketball in high school in Clallam Bay and St. Edwards (Seattle) and coaches a high-school age city league team for Bremerton.
"I wanted a little bit of a challenge," he said. "I'll have to see how it goes. It looked like fun."
And while increased attendance is great, it's nowhere near what the senior games in Port Angeles bring in with about 500-600 athletes. Sorenson, who works with Island Health and Rehab on Bainbridge ? which is also a sponsor of the games ? said Port Angeles draws high numbers because it holds softball and golf tournaments.
Those are two sports Sorenson is looking into adding for next year.
"That is going to be my focus from these games on," she said.
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Lew Wolff gives up A's managing partner role, ownership
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Lew Wolff is selling all but a small stake in the Oakland Athletics and giving up his managing partner role, turning over leadership of the franchise to John Fisher as the club seeks a new ballpark location.


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Ted Cruz wants to completely change the Renewable Fuel Standard for reasons that environmentalists now agree with.
Ted Cruz got in a lot of trouble for opposing ethanol mandates during the 2016 Republican Primary.
He may have lost that issue during the primary, but as a Senator he is still holding to his principles. And environmentalists agree with him. They realize that the government's backing of ethanol actually damages the environment.
The Washington Times reports, "Environmental groups back Ted Cruz, Republicans on overhaul of Renewable Fuel Standard."
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Green groups were among the loudest champions for the federal government's sweeping ethanol mandate a decade ago, touting it as a near-magic fuel that could help ease a climate crisis.
But the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that boosted ethanol use has fallen out of favor so badly that environmentalists now see themselves on the same side of the debate as Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz, arguing that the entire program is deeply flawed and must be completely overhauled.
The intense opposition to the RFS from environmental and conservation groups comes as the White House and congressional leaders work to craft the most serious reforms the program has seen since it was established more than 10 years ago. As Republicans and oil-industry groups bemoan the RFS as a job killer in the oil refining sector, environmentalists say their once-high hopes that ethanol could reduce carbon emissions, preserve land and help fight climate change have been proven wrong.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions," said Collin O'Mara, CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, a group that was once a vocal supporter of the RFS but now has become one of its chief opponents. "There's a reason why [the RFS] was bipartisan, but the problem is that the law hasn't been followed … We've distorted both our energy policy and our natural resources. That absolutely could've been avoided."
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