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Gov launches 'Healthy Bees' plan
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Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government today announced a ten-year "Healthy Bees" plan to combat the serious decline in honeybee numbers.
The main thrust of the plan - formulated following a public consultation - is to "sustain honeybee populations by supporting beekeepers to ensure effective biosecurity measures are adopted to minimise risk from pests and disease".
First up on the agenda is to "attempt to identify and make contact with perhaps as many as 20,000 amateur beekeepers" to stress the importance of informing the National Bee Unit (NBU) of any health problems among their bees, and to encourage them to register on the "BeeBase" beekeepers database.
Defra notes: "The last two years have seen recorded losses of between 10 to 15 per cent in bee numbers although it is possible that real losses are significantly higher due to the number of beekeepers not in contact with the NBU."
Environment Minister Jane Kennedy said: "Bees are just about the most hard working of insects. They help put food on our plates as they produce honey and pollinate other plants, many of which produce food themselves. We need to do all we can to safeguard the health of honey bees. This plan is a blueprint for doing that.
"The first step is to improve our contacts with all beekeepers so that we can ensure they take advantage of the free inspection and diagnostic services that the bee unit and its dedicated team of inspectors and scientists provide. That will help us pick up existing and emerging bee health problems and deal with them effectively."
The latest announcement in the escalating battle to protect UK honeybees comes after the government in January provided an extra £4.3m in funding to the cause - £2.3m destined for the NBU over two years. ®
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- To keep pests, diseases and other hazards to the lowest levels achievable.
- To promote good standards of husbandry to minimise pest and disease risks and contribute to sustaining honey bee populations - prevention is better than cure.
- To encourage effective biosecurity to minimise risk from pests, diseases and undesirable species.
- To ensure that sound science underpins bee health policy and its implementation.
- To get everyone to work together on bee health.


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Come next week, look for a different type of event to hit downtown Niagara Falls.
A Wearable Art Fashion Show to benefit the Aquarium of Niagara will take place Thursday, Oct. 17, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Wine on Third, 501 Third St. The Falls bistro will be the setting for a "night of fun, photography and fashion," according to Brook D'Angelo, Wine on Third event coordinator.
She describes the event as a showcase of wearable art pieces with appeal to both men and women - created by a number of artists and designers from the Western New York scene. Contributors to the show include artists Mary Grace Ohrum, also known as Mary Grace O, and Jeffrey Bagneschi of the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Falls artists Lisa Crapsi and D'Angelo, plus retail participants Jamie Symmonds of Angel to Apple in Lewiston and Modebella of Niagara Falls.
The show, the second such event presented by Wine on Third will feature up to 20 models, both men and women. "Expect the unexpected," says D'Angelo.
So, just what is wearable art?
D'Angelo describes it as a design "using unexpected materials to make fashion." Materials used run the gamut from duct tape, to blueprint Mylar, to paperclips, recycled plastics, floor mats, wrapping paper, even coffee filters.
Coffee filters?
NACC artist Mary Grace O spoke of her first exposures to this art form. A painter and illustrator since she was a child, her interest in wearable art grew from an association with designer Donna Callahan, a Niagara Falls native who worked on Broadway. "She asked if I would like to create a wearable art dress for 'Mass Appeal.' " She described the show as a fashion event that featured student models from SUNY Buffalo State and promoted Elmwood Village businesses in Buffalo. Her selected business to feature was Café Aroma.
"They gave me coffee filters for my dresses," says Mary Grace. "It was interesting because I never really made any dresses out of recycled materials ... so it was challenging. I didn't know how long it was going to take me."
But wearable art was soon to become a natural to this NACC artist. She notes with pride the past influence of multimedia artist/designer Carl Schifano while she was a student at Niagara County Community College. "He just inspired my imagination, my creativity," she says.
That, plus experiences such as living on the New England shore and developing an appreciation of nature went on to further her talents. Wearable art creations would become, well, just a natural.
"I would get a picture in my head and just make it," she says. "Look, I draw dresses all the time - these are very similar to my illustrations I've done over the years. The only difference being I never made (dresses) with recycled materials."
Mary Grace notes wearable art, while somewhat new to this area, has been popular for quite some time. She points to such happenings as the World of Wearable Art in New Zealand, a decades-old show that draws 50,000 people annually, the growing interest in the U.S. of such events as Glamour and Glow, a west coast production that recently visited Buffalo, and STRUT, an upcoming wearable art show in nearby St. Catharines, Ontario, which she describes as "a huge show" fundraiser to benefit prostate cancer research in Canada.
"There's things like that around I think people don't even know of," she says. "And there's some really talented models - high school students who get interested in this, pursuing a career in fashion. There's a great network of models in Buffalo."
Mary Grace says her childhood in the Falls also spurred her to want to become part of the Wine on Third Wearable Art Fashion Show. "I grew up a few blocks away from the Aquarium, and we would walk to see the sea lions all the time."
"It feels great to do something like this, especially growing up in the Falls," she says.
She adds she became inspired by the NACC's interest in wanting to help others within the Falls community. "We (resident artists) do fundraisers for the NACC. We do these things, so we thought maybe we could also do it for someone else in the community. The Aquarium was a natural.
"I like that everyone got involved - Brook, Wine on Third are doing this. We all agreed it would be a great idea."
As to her show creations, she says they convey an organic theme of awareness for the environment. "I'm using a lot of recycled plastic (in my fashions)," says Mary Grace. "There's so much plastic polluting the oceans, I just like this idea," especially so since it will benefit the Aquarium.
"I think it's great that we have a place like Wine on Third step out of the box and host an event like a wearable art show," she adds.
This week, wearable art models will participate in a private photo shoot on Sunday at the Aquarium and the show itself at Wine on Third on Thursday. The show is sold out and open to ticketholders only. Sponsors of the Wearable Art event include Double Cross Vodka, which will feature a "Blue Wave" signature drink at the show, in addition to Wine on Third, Pizza Bistro and Erdco Development.
Those wishing to view the fashions following the show may do so at Wine on Third, which will be displaying the wearable art inside the Falls bistro until mid-November.


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Forget about concrete dates or schedules. Particulars don't appear to matter much to Landon Donovan right now as he processes whatever he needs to process before he can return to MLS. In his world at this point, periods of time can and probably should remain unquantifiable.
And as wonderful as that hazy reality may look to him right now, it is an untenable one for his putative employers. Even the reigning two-time champions cannot afford to leave a place on hold for him without any semblance of a time line or a confirmation that such a progression even exists.
Fortunately for the Galaxy, Donovan decided to place one loose stricture on the length of his indeterminate journey: he will return at some point this season.
Los Angeles coach Bruce Arena revealed that modest and unsatisfying morsel after the start of Galaxy training camp on Monday. Arena said all of the right things about how he believed Donovan would return all along and how veteran players need less time to prepare for a campaign they know all too well at this stage of their careers.
None of those perfectly defensible and mildly informative statements included any sort of concrete notion of when Donovan would return. Why? No one knows, perhaps not even Donovan. Or no one who knows wishes to make the date public right now.
"We haven't narrowed it down yet," Arena told reporters on the scene. "We'll wait and see. We haven't firmly established a return date yet."
Truth be told, the exact date doesn't matter too much to the Galaxy, either. Now that Donovan has committed to returning at some stage, the holders can proceed with their business.
If Donovan decides he wants to start the season on time, all the better. It isn't some defining choice, though. As the trials of last year showed, the first half of the season – and, yes, even the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals – matters little in the grand scheme of things down in Carson, Calif. Early success is helpful and welcome, but it is not mandatory in a world where success means winning MLS Cup.
By the time the business end of the season rolls around and the pursuit of another title commences in earnest, Donovan should take his place alongside Robbie Keane and a third Designated Player (identity yet to be determined, but presumably still forthcoming) to mount yet another MLS Cup challenge. The longtime star will likely exhibit more than enough sharpness to fuel the Galaxy's ambitions. Even if he returns at something less than his best, he will prove plenty good enough to help fuel yet another title defense.
At this point, Donovan's primary concerns probably lay off the field. No player – not even a player with his cachet and his station – can engage in this sort of gambit without some fallout. No explanation – not even the modest justification offered by a hectic schedule over the past few years and a significant burden shouldered during his career – can justify leaving club and international teammates in the lurch for an extended spell without any resolution in sight.
It isn't an easy situation to rectify, either. Some of those folks may count the days he missed and wait for him to explain why. Jürgen Klinsmann probably wants a word or two about the cavalier way Donovan has approached national team duty recently before he decides whether to include him in future squads. A few players at the top level might even wonder whether the group could survive without him in a World Cup setting, even if his talent – assuming his form returns – all but mandates his inclusion.
Those questions may or may not float through Donovan's mind as he continues his sabbatical. Perhaps they are a bit too tangible to ponder during his separation from the game. But the time will likely come when the finer points will matter a great deal once again. Only then can he truly determine whether his decision to eschew them for a while produced the results he required.
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Last week I noted the passing of Paul Fussell, and especially his famous article, later turned into a book, entitled "Thank God for the Atom Bomb." That article originally appeared in The New Republic, back in the early 1980s when TNR was an iconoclastic publication that often challenged liberal orthodoxy. Fussell wrote a number of pieces for TNR back in those days.
Jeremy Lott, blogging over at Patheos, notes the "conspicuous" silence about Fussell's passing at The New Republic, and wonders why:
[T]his is extra odd, because the New Republic published one of Fussell's most important essays. Now, in the wake of his death, it is proceeding as if that essay never existed at a time when its republication would get actual traffic. Why wouldn't it want those hits? A few friends have speculated to me that TNR is staffed with a bunch of younger staffers who don't remember such things, but that can't be it. Grand culture editor Leon Wieseltier has weathered several regime changes at the magazine, including a recent handover in ownership. The Fussell essay appeared two years before his appointment in 1983 but he must remember it.
So why ignore it? Embarrassment? It's possible. In the famous essay, Fussell set himself up as the sworn enemy of moral reasoning that is too abstract, too removed from what, these days, we would call the "boots on the ground."


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A land-use watchdog group has filed a lawsuit challenging Hood River County's timber exchange with Mt. Hood Meadows, Ltd., of Oregon.
The Cascade Resource Advocacy Group, a public interest law firm from Portland, is seeking to have the court overturn that deal on behalf of the Hood River Valley Residents Committee (HRVRC) and Mike McCarthy, a HRVRC member and valley orchardist. That action was taken after the county refused to hold a third public hearing before the land trade was finalized on March 11.
"Unfortunately the county never formally responded to the Hood River Valley Residents Committee request, so they were left with no alternative but to seek legal redress in court," said Ralph Bloemers, staff attorney for Cascade Advocacy.
Meadows is also named in the suit because it currently holds title to the contested forestlands and received more than $1 million from the county to make up a 140-acre difference in holdings. However, Dave Riley, Meadows general manager, is not worried about the pending court case that centers on the 640 acres his company acquired next to the Cooper Spur Inn property it purchased last summer.
"Both Mt. Hood Meadows and Hood River County were very careful to follow the law and regulations governing land exchanges and I do not believe that either party has broken the law," said Riley.
At issue is the county's refusal to grant a HRVRC demand in February for a public hearing to address "illegalities in the land exchange as it neared completion." According to the HRVRC, the formula for the appraisal was faulty because it did not factor in Meadow's potential use as a destination resort.
At that time, county attorney Will Carey said that HRVRC had incorrectly interpreted the "highest and best use" requirement for appraisals because the statute only applies to existing zoning and doesn't allow for "speculation."
Carey said Meadows has not submitted an application for any type of development and if potential use was factored into one appraisal, it would also have to be included in the other since both parties could seek a commercial use in the future.
However, the HRVRC contends the county is seeking to help Meadows construct a destination resort just south of Parkdale, which they say would pose an environmental threat to the pristine wilderness area.
"While we are terribly concerned about the potential for development in this area, even more offensive to us and to the taxpayers of Hood River County is the transfer of public funds to pay a private developer for land that has been illegally estimated at a fraction of its fair value," said McCarthy.
In February, McCarthy said that by not appraising the land for that use, the county had violated state law to protect the public interest because the value of the forest zone was recently appraised at $325 per acre, down dramatically from the $40,000 per quarter-acre of nearby developable properties.
That assertion was backed up by consultant appraiser Robert T. Bancroft, who works in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. He was hired by Cascade Advocacy to review the county's appraisal for statutory compliance and concluded that, based on substantial evidence, it was unlikely that the county could comply with the "equal value" and "public interest" requirements of the law without considering the land's potential use.
"I think it goes without saying, that proper valuation and compliance with the mandates of state law is an issue that landowners, taxpayers and residents of this area should require of its County Commissioners," said Ken Maddox, HRVRC chair.
"County forest lands are an important part of Hood River County's revenue base. The transfer of these lands to a private interest with a purported `equalization' payment that is completely out of proportion with the potential value of the property is a travesty and directly violates the public interest in these lean economic times," he said.
However, county forester Ken Galloway stated at two public hearings last summer that the trade made good business sense. He said it would allow easier access to between 60-70 acres of harvestable property, avoiding the need to log by helicopter. The airborne method would increase expenditures from the standard $50-$75 per 1,000 board feet to between $375-$450.
By taking the court action, HRVRC said the county and Meadows will be ordered to refrain from activity on their respective new properties pending a legal hearing.
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Protecting your valuables
You should know that many students suffer a loss of valuables due to theft each year, both on and off campus. The fact is that we suffer as much theft as the general population. We work hard to inform our students of this reality of campus life.
- In early summer literature, in a special clause about this in the Rental Application/Agreement, in first floor and community meetings early in the fall semester and with special related programs put on by our department of Campus Security throughout our residences.
Please consider protecting yourself by:
- Keeping your room door closed and locked when no one is home
- Keeping valuables out of plain sight both in your room and in your car
- Not sharing your room keys with other students
- Not propping security doors to your building or floor open
- Purchasing a good Renter's Insurance Policy
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Gonzaga University's department of Housing and Residence Life has brochures and contact information for national companies which specialize in college students' renter's insurance needs. Such companies have some of the least expensive rates since these companies do business nationally with many colleges. Our particular companies will also cover students who live off campus in non University owned facilities.
Feel free to drop by to pick up a brochure or two, or call us and we'll be happy to mail one to you. In addition, here are a few companies you can reach online:
- CSI and Fireman's Fund Insurance
- National Student Services, Inc.
- Fidelity
- Next Generation Insurance Group
Renter's insurance will range from as low as $35 for the entire year to around $100 a year depending on the company, what you decide to cover, the amount you want covered, and the deductibles you wish to be responsible for.
Most students find a plan that is quite suitable for their needs at the very low end of this spectrum of pricing.
Whatever you decide, you will want to weigh the costs and benefits of renter's insurance for your particular situation. Rates and coverage will vary widely, from company to company. Consider as many different agencies as you can. If the above suggestions don't meet your needs, simply look under "insurance" in the yellow pages and begin calling insurance agencies. Pay attention to:
- the type of coverage
- coverage for damage to your personal property from fire, smoke, vandalism, wind, hail, snow, and water
- coverage for theft of personal property on and off the premises
- amount of coverage - the amount deductible is the sum you will be financially responsible for before a claim is covered by the insurance agency
- living situation - the cost of the policy will depend on your living situation and is based on such facts as the number of apartments in the building, whether you live alone or with roommates, the construction of the building and whether you live in or out of the city limits


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Hours after getting a 911 call reporting gunshots, police say, they found a man fatally shot in Northeast Baltimore's Lauraville neighborhood Tuesday morning.
The call notifying police of gunshots came in about 2:30 a.m. near the 4900 block of Morello Road, police said. A man whom police have not yet identified was found later about three blocks away, in the 2600 block of Southern Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital about 8:30 a.m., police said.
Another man was shot in the face in Northwest Baltimore on Monday night and drove himself to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.


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Citrus greening disease or huanglongbing (yellow dragon disease) may be the most serious citrus disease in the world. It is the major limiting factor for citrus production in parts of Asia and Africa. In areas where the disease is endemic, citrus trees may live for 5-8 years and never produce usable fruit (Roistacher 1996). At the time of this writing, citrus greening disease is widespread in Asia, Africa, and the Saudi Arabian Peninsula. It was reported in July 2004 in São Paulo State, Brazil (Coletta-Filho et al. 2004) and in south Miami-Dade County in Florida in August 2005. Citrus greening has not been found in Australia, or the Mediterranean citrus production regions.
Citrus greening pathogens are transmitted by insect vectors in the family Psyllidae. They also can be transmitted by grafting, by dodder, and possibly by seed. Even though the pathogens are bacteria, the disease does not spread by casual contamination of personnel and tools or by wind and rain.
Identification of Citrus Greening: The Citrus Greening disease often can be recognized in the field by foliar and fruit symptoms. Early symptoms of citrus greening disease are small yellow leaves on one limb or section of the tree canopy. The most diagnostic symptoms of citrus greening are leaf mottling that often ignores the leaf veins. The newest leaves may show symptoms resembling zinc deficiency, while older leaves have the characteristic greening mottle. Other symptoms are yellow shoots, twig die-back, poor flowering, and stunting. Fruit is small, poorly colored, and/or lopsided. Fruit taste is bitter, medicinal, and sour. Seeds usually abort, and fruit set is poor. Symptoms vary according to cultivar, tree maturity, time of infection, stage of disease, and other abiotic or biotic agents that affect the tree. Chronically infected trees are sparsely foliated and display extensive twig or limb dieback. Although symptoms can provide strong clues to the presence of citrus greening disease, final confirmation by molecular diagnostic tools is needed for regulatory purposes.
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A Homeowner's Responsibility With Citrus Canker
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Last week the Florida Department of Agriculture confirmed that a citrus grove location in our area has been identified as having citrus canker. This follows the announcement of another find in Port Saint Lucie.
After all is said and done, everyone has suspected for a long time that the presence of canker in the Treasure Coast was just a matter of time. No one entity is more susceptible to the importation and transfer of this disease as a dooryard citrus owner. However, a homeowner is usually very proud of the various varieties of citrus that can be grown in a Florida dooryard - bragging rights belong to the gardener who can show his northern neighbors the prettiest and the best.
It's no mistake that Florida has always had a climate conducive to growing lots of citrus. But, Florida 's climate has always had certain maladies that compete with a citrus tree's ability to survive. Among the list of maladies for citrus survival, there is predominantly one that tops the list -citrus canker.
Citrus canker is a highly contagious disease that attacks the fruit, the stems, and the leaves, as well as causes lesions to the fruit. Although the disease is not harmful to humans, it can dramatically affect the health and vitality of citrus trees.
Unlike most citrus diseases, which are predominantly fungi (plant-like), citrus canker is a serious bacterial disease. It is microscopic (unseen by the human eye), and can be spread by wind, rain, humans (contact), landscaping (trimming, chipping, cutting, or pruning citrus trees), and fruit removal (peeling, buying, selling, transporting, picking, etc.).
When a disease is bacterial in nature, the only remedies that exist for its control are decontamination (chemical antibacteriants), or sanitation (burning). The best choice for control is decontamination by antibacteriants instead of the latter.
The latter choice (burning) involves the eradication of citrus trees within 1900 feet of the radius of an infected tree. In a neighborhood or subdivision, this would mean a substantial removal of neighboring citrus trees for many blocks. In the case of citrus growers, it means the removal of more than 200 acres per infected tree site in contiguous groves.


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Four more dominoes fell for the Fort Lewis College football program, including its first skill-position player.
Ameer Deggs, a 5-9, 170-pound running back transfer from Eastern Arizona College, was one of four recruiting chips announced Tuesday by new head coach John L. Smith.
Deggs is from Plaquemine, La., where he was a three-year starter at quarterback, running back and cornerback in high school. The former district MVP is a little bit smaller, but the thing you dont sacrifice is speed, Smith said in a news release to The Durango Herald.
We have to do our best to get the ball in his hands, Smith said of the former prep track star. He has the chance to break it any time he touches it. Well try to create ways to get the balls in the hands of the playmakers.
The other three recruits are another college transfer and a pair of Piedra Vista High School players from Farmington: Brandarius Johnson, a 6-2, 255-pound defensive end from Saddleback College, and Kolt Muñoz a 6-1, 230-pound linebacker and Dylan Terry a 6-1, 255-pound lineman from Piedra Vista.
Brandarius is a very explosive, mobile athlete on the defensive side, Smith said of the Las Vegas native. He provides a lot of versatility for us hes a great defensive kid who can run, change directions and has a great knack for getting to the football.
Smith said Johnsons speed and agility are assets that could translate to multiple positions on the defensive line.
He can also play a down end and rush off the edge as well, Smith said. He could also provide you enough depth to move inside at times. Hes had that kind of experience in the past.
Muñoz played five positions for the Panthers: defensive end, fullback, guard, linebacker and tight end.
Kolt is the type of player who not only improves our depth at linebacker, but hes the type of guy who could be on all of your special teams as well, Smith said. He is somebody who can get on the field real early on special teams.
Muñoz started one year at Piedra Vista, while Terry started three seasons on both sides of the ball. The Panthers placekicker was a first-team all-state selection on the defensive line and a second-team all-state selection on the offensive line.
Well probably start Dylan on the defensive side of the ball, but hes a player who has the capability to move to the other side, Smith said. Theres nothing better than an offensive lineman who started out as a defensive lineman. He can get a lot bigger and a lot stronger, but he can provide some depth to begin with.
The Skyhawks recruiting class currently stands at nine players, including: defensive tackle C.J. Anderson, tackle Chris Friesen, guard Arthur Ray Jr., linebacker Ryan Ross and defensive end David Sweet.


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In spring 2002 Dick Cheney made one of his periodic trips to CIA headquarters. Officers and analysts were summoned to brief him on Iraq. Paramilitary specialists updated the Vice President on an extensive covert action program in motion designed to pave the way for a US invasion. Cheney questioned analysts about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. How could they be used against US troops? Which Iraqi units had chemical or biological weapons? He was not seeking information on whether Saddam posed a threat because he possessed such weapons. His queries, according to a CIA officer at the briefing, were pegged to the assumptions that Iraq had these weapons and would be invaded–as if a decision had been made.
Though Cheney was already looking toward war, the officers of the agency's Joint Task Force on Iraq–part of the Counterproliferation Division of the agency's clandestine Directorate of Operations–were frantically toiling away in the basement, mounting espionage operations to gather information on the WMD programs Iraq might have. The JTFI was trying to find evidence that would back up the White House's assertion that Iraq was a WMD danger. Its chief of operations was a career undercover officer named Valerie Wilson.
Her specific position at the CIA is revealed for the first time in a new book, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, by the author of this article and Newsweek's Michael Isikoff. The book chronicles the inside battles within the CIA, the White House, the State Department and Congress during the run-up to the war. Its account of Wilson's CIA career is mainly based on interviews with confidential CIA sources.
In July 2003–four months after the invasion of Iraq–Wilson would be outed as a CIA "operative on weapons of mass destruction" in a column by conservative journalist Robert Novak, who would cite two "senior administration officials" as his sources. (As Hubris discloses, one was Richard Armitage, the number-two at the State Department; Karl Rove, Bush's chief strategist, was the other. I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, also talked to two reporters about her.) Novak revealed her CIA identity–using her maiden name, Valerie Plame–in the midst of the controversy ignited by former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, her husband, who had written a New York Times op-ed accusing the Bush Administration of having "twisted" intelligence "to exaggerate the Iraqi threat."
The Novak column triggered a scandal and a criminal investigation. At issue was whether Novak's sources had violated a little-known law that makes it a federal crime for a government official to disclose identifying information about a covert US officer (if that official knew the officer was undercover). A key question was, What did Valerie Wilson do at the CIA? Was she truly undercover? In a subsequent column, Novak reported that she was "an analyst, not in covert operations." White House press secretary Scott McClellan suggested that her employment at the CIA was no secret. Jonah Goldberg of National Review claimed, "Wilson's wife is a desk jockey and much of the Washington cocktail circuit knew that already."


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Ronald Hendel Protests Recognizing Fundamentalist Groups in the SBL
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I am in complete agreement. Imagine giving flat-earthers a seat at the scientific table and you'll see the huge disconnect.
"The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know." This famous line from Pascal's Pensées draws a wise distinction between religious faith and intellectual inquiry. The two have different motivations and pertain to different domains of experience. They are like oil and water, things that do not mix and should not be confused...Read the full text here.
My focus is the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the main organization for Biblical scholarship in North America. In recent years it has changed its position on the relationship between faith and reason in the study of the Bible...and is falling into a confused domain of dissension and hypocrisy. The problem, as I understand it, has to do with money.
SBL used to share its annual meeting with the major American organizations for Near Eastern archaeology (the American Schools of Oriental Research, ASOR) and for the study of religion (the American Association of Religion, AAR). But due to petty disputes among the leaders of these groups, ASOR and AAR have dissolved their links with SBL. In order to keep up its numbers at its annual meeting, SBL has reached out to evangelical and fundamentalist groups, promising them a place within the SBL meeting. So instead of distinguished academic organizations like ASOR and AAR in the fold, we now have fundamentalist groups like the Society of Pentecostal Studies and the Adventist Society for Religious Studies as our intimate partners. These groups now hold SBL sessions at the annual meeting. The participation of these and other groups presumably boosts attendance—and SBL's income—to previous levels.
What's wrong with bringing in such groups? Well, some of them proselytize at the SBL meetings. One group invited some Jewish scholars to their session, asked them if they observed the Sabbath, and handed them materials intended to convert them. And recently the SBL online book review journal (Review of Biblical Literature) has featured explicit condemnations of the ordinary methods of critical scholarly inquiry, extolling instead the religious authority of orthodox Christian faith. Listen to this, from Bruce Waltke, widely regarded as the dean of evangelical Biblical studies:By their faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, [evangelical scholars] … hear the voice of higher biblical criticism, which replaces faith in God's revelation with faith in the sufficiency of human reason, as the grating of an old scratched record.This is a quaintly stated position, which directly attacks the applicability of human reason to the study of the Bible. Instead of reason, "faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob"—as interpreted by evangelical scholars—should be the rule in Biblical scholarship. Waltke dismisses critical inquiry as an annoying nuisance, like the scratchy sound of an old LP. This is in the midst of a review of a brilliant scholarly commentary on the Book of Proverbs, written by a Jewish scholar, in the Anchor Yale Bible series.
Why is this a problem? Certainly Waltke is entitled to his views. The problem is that the SBL has loosened its own definition of Biblical scholarship, such that partisan attacks of this type are now entirely valid. When I learned of the new move to include fundamentalist groups within the SBL, I wrote to the director and cited the mission statement in the SBL's official history: "The object of the Society is to stimulate the critical investigation of the classical biblical literatures." The director informed me that in 2004 the SBL revised its mission statement and removed the phrase "critical investigation" from its official standards. Now the mission statement is simply to "foster biblical scholarship." So critical inquiry—that is to say, reason—has been deliberately deleted as a criterion for the SBL. The views of creationists, snake-handlers and faith-healers now count among the kinds of Biblical scholarship that the society seeks to foster.
The battle royal between faith and reason is now in the center ring at the SBL circus. While the cultured despisers of reason may rejoice—including some postmodernists, feminists and eco-theologians—I find it dispiriting. I don't want to belong to a professional society where people want to convert me, and where they hint in their book reviews that I'm going to hell. As a scholar of the humanities—and I might add, as a Jew—I do not feel at home in such a place. What to do? Well, I've let my membership in SBL lapse. Maybe that's a cowardly response, but sometimes, as Shakespeare wrote, "The better part of valor is discretion." Sometimes it's reasonable to avoid conflict. And like Pascal and Spinoza, I'm partial to reason in matters of scholarship. But my heart, for reasons of its own, gently grieves.
I am in complete agreement. Imagine giving flat-earthers a seat at the scientific table and you'll see the huge disconnect.


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Pamela Martin: On being 'people,' corporations can't have it both waysBY PAMELA MARTIN
March 24. 2014 5:17PM
Your Sunday, March 23, editorial "Campaign Against Speech Making Inroads in NH" makes it sound like the citizens who submitted petition warrant articles to overturn Citizens United are mindless zombies who are simply doing the bidding of Washington activists. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The voters who collected signatures for town warrants are genuine, sincere citizens worried about the declining state of democracy in this country and want to make sure that actual human people can get their voices heard and respected.
It seems to me corporations want it both ways. When they want to influence elections by pouring unlimited amounts of money into a campaign, they're people and declare that money is speech. But when they do harm to the environment and cause human suffering, they're corporations so they don't have to personally take responsibility for their actions.
I understand the concept of corporate limited liability. Without limited liability, no one in their right mind would start a business for fear of being sued out of business every time someone burned their lip on hot coffee. However, real people don't have limited liability. If I poured hundreds of gallons of oil into a river or gave people a drug that killed them, I would go to jail because I'm a person. If a corporation does it, it pays back a small portion of its profits. Corporations shouldn't get to have it both ways. Corporations are not people. Real people die when they get old and go to jail when they break the law.
The U.S. Constitution says "We the people." It says nothing about corporations. The Constitution's framers were very clear that economic interests did not have the same rights as citizens. The Revolutionary War was fought against unfair and excessive economic mistreatment by Great Britain. But over the years, the balance of power between individuals and corporations has swung away from average citizens to the richest and most powerful institutions. While people have many varied goals, corporations only have one goal, and that is maximum profits for the stockholders.
Many of these multinational corporations have found ways to keep their profits offshore so that in some cases they pay very few or no taxes at all. And that includes Boeing, GE and Verizon, which have paid no federal income taxes for the last five years, despite profits in the billions. I can't imagine any scenario in which I would be allowed to pay no federal taxes on earned income. That's because I am a person.
All positive change starts at the bottom. Civil rights and women's voting rights began at the grass roots level and resulted in constitutional amendments. Without a constitutional amendment, slavery would still be legal in America. Now, we the people want to send a message to the federal government that Citizens United is wrong and must be overturned.
Pamela Martin is a retired family counselor in Plymouth.


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D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) is one the largest homebuilder in the United States with operations in 27 states and 75 metropolitan markets of the United States, primarily under the name of D.R. Horton, America's Builder.[1] DHI constructs single-family homes, mostly for entry-level and first-time home buyers. DHI also has a small financial services division which provides mortgages and title agency services to homebuyers.
While DHI's national scope can provide it with some protection from regional fluctuations in the U.S. housing market, its focus on middle-income homebuyers makes it particularly exposed to a national housing slump. As a result of a slumping housing market and the exacerbating influence of the subprime lending crisis, the company's revenue and homes closed fell significantly.
In 2009, DHI earned a total of $3.7 billion in total revenues. This was an alarming decline from its 2008 total revenues of $7.7 billion. Despite the decrease in revenues, DHI was able to improve upon its net income situation. Between 2008 and 2009, DHI was able to reduce its net loss from a net loss of $2.6 billion in 2008 to a net loss of $545 million in 2009.[2]
DHI's two primary segments include:
DHI builds and sells homes in 27 states and 83 metropolitan markets of the United States. The company's homes generally range in size from 1,000 to 5,000 square feet and in price from $90,000 to $900,000, with an average closing sales price of approximately $259,200. This segment generally accounts for well over 95% of the company's revenues.
DHI provides mortgage banking and title agency services primarily to homebuyers of D.R. Horton homes. After DHI makes a loan, it generally does not hold on to the loan or service it -- it instead sells the loan to other investors. DHI title company provide title insurance, home examination, and closing services, which are all required during the home purchase process.
Interest rates have several critical effects on the company. In general, rising rates spell bad news for all homebuilders for several reasons:
Homebuilding is a highly cyclical business and is often a beneficiary and victim of business cycles. Demand for homes is dependent upon the strength of the job market, growth in gross and per capita GDP, the level of interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing. When growth is strong, interest rates are low, and employment is robust, potential first time homeowners (DHI's target market) and those wishing to relocate can pursue new homes more affordably. Thus, more people buy homes, which drives the volume and pricing at which the company can sell its home inventory.
As mentioned above, home prices and the level of new home construction are driven by macroeconomic variables like GDP growth, interest rates and employment. In this environment, rising housing prices can lead to lax lending standards and, sometimes, exuberance as collateral values rise, which further fuels price increases. As has happened recently, however, home prices across the country can also experience sharp declines when this exuberance catches up to buyers and lenders. Currently, in part because of a cycle fed by the subprime mortgage crisis, in which mortgage borrowers with poor credit histories or little documentation have struggled to meet payments, home prices in many areas have declined. This, in turn, exacerbates default rates since these borrowers cannot refinance mortgages given deterioration of collateral. Homebuilders such as DHI assume the risk of continued price declines and hampered demand. If home prices stay depressed for extended periods, the company may have to write down the value of its properties or sell them off at losses.
DHI competes against a highly fragmented base of other homebuilders. In most of DHI's markets, it is either the largest or one of the five largest builders. [3] Some of DHI's major competitors include Lennar (LEN), Pulte Homes (PHM), Centex (CTX), and KB Home (KBH).


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Crossing Boundaries, Revealing Connections: Experiments in Interdisciplinary Studies
February 22nd – 24th 2013
Culture is mercurial and fluid. Thus research must create, but also dispute yet engage, a
transformational and reflective understanding of our subjects. The examination of
knowledge and epistemologies from varying perspectives reveals the interconnections of
vastly varying subjects. But to find these connections we first need to explore and
This year's Battleground States Conferences invites participants to facilitate creative,
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unique and multifarious perspectives. In the nature of Interdisciplinary Studies, we seek
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diverging epistemologies. We encourage participants to take risks and embrace the
Topics of interest include the following, but we also welcome innovative and thoughtful
presentations that this list does not encapsulate:
Experimental pedagogical method
Performance as presentation
Interdisciplinary and social histories as lenses to the past and a maps to the
Art, music, and documentary as scholarship
Holistic Science
Examinations of the barriers and/or facilitators in Interdisciplinary Studies
Studies in team researching, presenting, performing, or teaching
Complicating interdisciplinary research methods
Social media as teaching models/presentation tactics
Cultural theory in conjunction with social activism
The intersection of science and religion
Nuances of Cultural Studies
Pushing the boundaries of academia and publishing
Media modalities, technologies, and informational frameworks
Rethinking educational administrations
Economic geographies and industrial expansion
Integrating and connecting the knowledges of:
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We also encourage participants to present on topics and areas of research they have yet to
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Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com and must be
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What sandwich types should be deemed fit for a 32-pronged, single-elimination, bracket-style competition? This became a topic of great debate in our newsroom as we set out to launch RedEye's Best Sandwich Tournament.
Some argued that we should include patty melts, but not burgers. A falafel-filled pita is most definitely a sandwich, others said. When our heated discussion led to how a sandwich should be defined, most insisted that it's some kind of filling between two pieces of bread. But such a strict definition left local specialties such as the jibarito -- a sandwich with pressed plantains instead of bread -- out in the cold. Is a quesadilla a sandwich? What about a taco? Exasperated, our nightlife reporter Kate Bernot offered up the following: A sandwich is like porn. I can't define it, but I know it when I see it. Meanwhile, movie critic Matt Pais threatened to boycott the competition entirely if his favorite, the buffalo chicken sandwich, was not included.
And so, I leave you with this explanation: You will find no burgers or hot dogs in this bracket. We left out open-faced regional specialties such as The Horseshoe and Beef Manhattan. We had to put falafel, gyros and other pita sandwiches aside. Grilled salami, fried bologna sandwiches, naan-wiches and waffle-wiches were all advocated for, but foregone for more commonly found categories. Sincere apologies devotees of ice cream sandwiches and knuckle sandwiches, which were nominated but did not make the final cut. These decisions, fellow sandwich lovers, were not easy.
After noticing me toiling over this bracket at home one night, my husband wondered what I was up to and offered his two cents. How could we possibly attempt a bracket without seeding, he said? Shouldn't these sandwiches be required to play a regular season before being thrown into the playoffs? Valid points, I told him, if this were not a completely made-up tournament created for our own amusement.
We might never agree on what is and isn't a sandwich (#whatisasandwich), but hopefully we can all have a little fun voting for our favorites in this totally fictional war of the 'wiches. View our bracket and cast your vote in the second round of competition now here through Aug. 30.
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Round Two voting ends Friday, Aug. 30. Tweet us (@redeyeeatdrink) with your favorites and sandwich debates (#whatisasandwich) and stay tuned for Round Three!
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The Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely was born in Fribourg Switzerland on 22 May 1925. After going to school in Basle, he began an apprenticeship as a shop-window decorator in a department store in 1940. He then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basle from 1941 to 1945, a period during which he discovered the art of Schwitters and Klee as well as becoming an enthusiastic fan of the Bauhaus. Tinguely began experimenting with movement in space in 1944 with his machine-like sculptures by equipping them with electric motors and making them spin around at high speed. He moved to Paris in 1951, where he participated in Robert Rauschenberg's international happenings and associated with the casual artist group 'Nouveaux Réalistes', exhibiting works in their exhibitions. He had his first one-man exhibition three years later, in 1954, at the Galerie Arnaux. Tinguely's fantasy machines with pre-programmed elements of chance, the so-called 'Métamatics', are quite spectacular. They are machines producing drawings, or self-destructive machines. His welded iron constructions represent ironic attacks on the purpose of the era of technology. Tinguely exhibited works at the Biennale in Paris in 1959 a ...(PLease Login to see the complete biography.)
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Research Slideshow: State IT Budget Trends Report: Bellwether for Any CIO
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 07-30-2010
Whether or not you are a state CIO, we think you'll relate to these revealing findings about trends, spending and IT oversight. Throughout the U.S., state government IT budgets are expected to be reduced through the year 2013, according to a new report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). As with many organizations struggling in the private sector, state CIOs are considering tactics such as staff reductions, IT consolidation, shared services and "green IT" among the remedies to lower costs. What is most remarkable about the survey results is the similarity between tactics being considered by state CIOs and those we hear about from private-sector CIOs. There are also similarities in shortcomings. For example, the survey finds that even though CIOs are mindful of the expense of IT, many are not being proactive when it comes to tech-portfolio management or the measurement of the effectiveness of their IT resources. One silver lining that is, indeed, unique to government agencies is the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which is providing extra funding for states when it comes to health-care IT. Three of four CIOs now say their offices receive some form of ARRA funding. NASCIO, TechAmerica and Grant Thornton worked together on the report, which was developed from a 39-question survey/interview conducted with 40 state CIOs, deputy CIOs or those at equivalent positions. Read on for 14 important insights from the report. You can also download the full report, "The 2010 State CIO Survey: Perspectives and Trends from State Government IT Leaders."
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Conference Marked by Talk of "Cure," Commitment to Greater Investment in Research
July 24, 2012
The U.S. pledged an additional $150 million for the global AIDS fight, in what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said was a step designed to move closer to "an AIDS-free generation."
Politicians Praise AIDS Investment, but Urge More Spending and Support
Scientists Make Curing HIV a Priority
Talk of "Cure" at Historic AIDS Conference
This week, the world's largest gathering of AIDS doctors and experts is converging on Washington for the 19th International AIDS Conference. ... There's a lot going on: research on how to prevent HIV infection, treatment as prevention and, for the first time in a long time, talk about a "cure." in fact, one of the main themes is the launch of "Towards an HIV Cure": a global scientific strategy by an international working group of 300 researchers who are developing a road map of sorts, outlining priorities for finding a cure for the disease that has claimed approximately 30 million lives worldwide. (Young, CNN:, 7/23)
Big Names Call for More AIDS Funds
AIDS Returns to the U.S. Spotlight
U.S. AIDS Cases Come Into View
U.S. Adds $150 Million to Fight AIDS, Targets Stigma
U.S. Pledges More Funding to Fight AIDS World-Wide
Hillary Clinton Vows "AIDS-Free Generation" at Conference
Hillary Clinton: AIDS Fight "One We Can Win"
Views on AIDS: The Benefits of Male Circumcision; a More Optimistic Battle; the Need to Focus on High-Impact Prevention Strategies
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Northern Pass money dividing North Country opinionsBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 07. 2013 8:03PM
Land sales in the North Country have created another set of freshly minted millionaires, as partners in the Northern Pass hydroelectric project closed on two more large purchases to pave the way for the high-power transmission lines they hope will some day bring hydroelectric power from Quebec into the New England grid.
Meanwhile, a conservation group has obtained yet another large land easement to block them.
Renewable Properties, the land acquisition subsidiary created by Northeast Utilities, closed on two major deals at the end of April, according to tax stamps filed recently with the Registry of Deeds in Coos County.
Northern Pass now owns 20 acres in Stewartstown near the Clarksville town line, purchased for $4 million from William and Pauline Weir of Colebrook, where they own and operate the Weir Tree Farm.
Another 153 acres, also located in Stewartstown, was sold for $4.25 million by Peter and Hilda Weiner.
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests recently closed a conservation easement on 295 acres in Columbia, owned by the Lewis family. The land is just south of the Balsams Wilderness Resort and abuts a parcel acquired by Northern Pass.
"The Lewis conservation easement prohibits Northern Pass - or any other proposed elective transmission line - from completing a route from the Canadian border in Pittsburg to Dixville and Millsfield to the east," said forest society spokesman Jack Savage. "The Forest Society has also blocked the primary intended route of Northern Pass through Stewartstown."
The competing real estate maneuvers are part of a ongoing duel between Northern Pass and the forest society, which has calculated the proposed route based on land purchases and has obtained easements or ownership rights at key blocking locations.
In January, Northern Pass closed on 319 acres for $5 million from the Roger Sylvestre family in Clarksville, while the Forest Society signed options that would enable conservation easements on two parcels totaling 364 acres along Bear Rock Road owned by Brad and Daryl Thompson.
According to the Northeast Utility's annual report for 2012, the company has spent $35.4 million on land acquisition for the project since 2010.
"We knew about these recent sales," said Savage. "We knew they were coming. We have strong relationships with people up north who let us know when things are happening."
Spokesmen for Northeast Utilities and its New Hampshire subsidiary, PSNH, have consistently declined to comment on land acquisitions, citing the privacy of the sellers.
Savage said the recent purchases by Northern Pass are contiguous to the anticipated route the company is trying to build, but do not address its fundamental problems of crossing the Connecticut River along Route 3 at the Canadian border, or clearing a narrow passage through conservation land in Stewartstown near the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters and Coleman State Park areas.
In order to complete the route as it appears to be unfolding, Northern Pass would have to get state easements to cross Route 3, perhaps underground, as well as easements through the conservation land.
While a Route 3 easement is possible, Savage said any attempt to cross land in the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters would face a tough legal challenge.
"From our standpoint, penetrating that easement is illegal regardless of who may be in the governor's chair or the commissioner of DRED (Department of Resources and Economic Development)," he said.
The land sales over the past year have created tensions in the previously close-knit, somewhat remote areas along the Canadian border, as families who sell have been under fire from those who oppose the project.
In a signed editorial on May 3, Charles J. Jordan, editor of the weekly Colebrook Chronicle, called out his neighbors.
"Those overnight millionaires among us must feel like they just won the Megabucks," he wrote.
"Just in case NP ultimately succeeds, we have a suggestion: let's plan to put large tourist information plaques along all the scenic highways that will be scarred by these wires and towers with the words inscribed: "This View Is Brought To You By Northern Pass And The Following Individuals Who Sold Their Property To Help Make It Possible." Maybe our new overnight millionaires would help pay for the signs."
That triggered a letter from William Weir to be published on Friday. "I did not want to sell and neither did my family," he wrote. "We turned down three substantial offers, but when the fourth was offered, we had a family vote and we decided to take the offer."


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Re: Is Aikiweb an open Aikido Forum ? Or is it a
There are many different groups of Aikidoka and other martial artists from a variety of disciplines who both frequent and participate on the Aikiweb forum. Jun has done a remarkably good job in managing this forum. He has set parameters governing the nature of discussions. He moderates in a manner that he believes is as in impartial and as fair as possible. You obviously believe otherwise, but your position stands in marked contrast to the larger reality of the forum.
If you feel so slighted, then why do you still frequent the forum? Why don't you create your own? Personally speaking, you claim very little ownership for the predicament that you place yourself in. What you call humor is frequently thinly veiled disdain for positions other than your own. If no one has told you, please allow me to be the first one to tell you that humor works best amongst friends (as opposed to people whom you disagree with their positions on things). You are anything but open-minded. When people have graciously provided you with opportunities to experience something potentially different, valid and martial, you either respond by saying that it is nonsense or you already do it.
Using your own tongue-in-cheek descriptor from another thread, the effluent neighborhood that is your life has been and is your own creation. Your complaints about the stink around you has more to do with the world that you created for yourself and how you see it, than is really out there. A small clue to this larger reality can be seen in that you can acknowledge some "common ground" with the likes of Ledyard Sensei and Dan Harden.
Instead of seeking some self-reflection and personal change during your time-out from this forum, you seem to have accumulated a lot of frustration and anger and you are now expressing in your posts directed at everybody accept yourself.
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Carolina tops B's on Corvo's goalBy The Sports Xchange
April 13. 2013 10:48PM
RALEIGH, N.C. - Defenseman Joe Corvo scored midway through the third period as the Carolina Hurricanes clung to their fading playoff hopes by defeating the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Saturday night at PNC Arena.
The Hurricanes halted a seven-game losing streak and won at home for the first time in nine games.
The Bruins were denied clinching a postseason berth for now, needing one point to do so. Boston will have seven more chances in the regular season.
Corvo's power-play goal came on a slap shot just inside the blue line with 10:24 remaining to snap a 2-2 tie. He has six goals this season, and now holds a season-long three-game points streak.
Jiri Tlusty, who scored his second goal of the game into an empty net, and Jeff Skinner had Carolina's other goals.
Milan Lucic and Tyler Seguin scored for the Bruins, who were unable to secure a three-game season sweep of the series with Carolina.
Tlusty, who has a career-high 18 goals while playing in 41 games this season, put the Hurricanes ahead in the second period.
The Bruins responded with Seguin's 15th goal of the season when he beat Peters on a one-on-one move with 2:08 left in the second period, tying the score at 2.
Earlier, the Hurricanes pulled even on Skinner's power-play goal with 36 seconds remaining in the first period. His 12th goal of the season - coming when he shot the puck off Rask's backside - gave him points in consecutive games for the first time since February.
B's ink Soderberg
The Boston Bruins signed forward Carl Soderberg to a three-year, one-way contract through the 2014-15 season, the team announced.
Soderberg's salary is worth an annual cap figure of $1 million. Soderberg will join the club on Wednesday and will be eligible for the remainder of the NHL regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs.


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For the past 3 years, I've had 1st Gen iPad. It was a great little tablet with few weaknesses. While it was great for media consumption and games, it wasn't able to help me very much at school. Without a mic, I couldn't record class, and without a camera I couldn't just take a picture of the circuits and diagrams being drawn on the board, saving me time. So I decided it was time to retire the ol' iPad and get something that could be a little more productive. Enter the Microsoft Surface RT.
The good:
- Windows 8 OS: For all the hate for Windows 8, it's actually pretty good on the tablet. I like the tile system. I feel like I have more control over the OS compared with Apple's IOS.
- No more crashes, yay! My old iPad would frequently crash, especially on sites like Facebook. Haven't had a crash yet with this. Everything seems pretty stable.
- Skydrive: Having free online storage is pretty nice. I was able to save myself 3 GB's of pictures of video on it. I think a lot of tablets have this kind of feature now, but it's the first time I actually used it.
- Free MS Office
- Has USB: Can attach keyboards, external HD's ect. This has proven to be very useful so far. BIG plus.
- The back stand: At first glance, it's kinda gimmicky, but it's actually real useful.
- Nice portable keyboard: I had a keyboard for my iPad, but it wasn't really something I'd travel with or use outside of home. The keyboard on the Surface is very portable and also acts to protect it.
- Multi-tasking: I can operate multiple apps in 2 windows. There's also an app that lets you create even more windows to run additional apps simultaneously. Big plus.
- Apps/App Store: It doesn't have that many yet, but the ones they do have are pretty good and useful for me. With W8 RT tablets/phones being pushed out to manufacturers, the market will only grow, just as Androids did. I also really enjoyed the way the App store was organized and laid out.
- The Search function: I know, it's just a search function, but it's cleverly thought out and made.
The Bad:
-The camera: I really underestimated how bad the 1 Mp camera is. It's basically useless. Unless I get point blank to the whiteboard my prof is writing on, it comes out unintelligible. This is a BIG drawback for me, it negates half the reason I bought this thing to begin with.
- Xbox Music Player: This is the default music player. iTunes was much more refined and simplified. I feel like I have click an extra 2 or 3 times just to play a song. The "Radio" function (like pandora) is pretty good though. I frequently have to press a button multiple times to get a response, which can sometimes be delayed on it.
- The Speakers: I know that no tablet has really good speakers, and I'm no audiophile. But the iPad had significantly more gain and quality, this sucks when I'm trying to listen to "I Heart Radio" while working or showering or something. If a simpleton like me notices a difference in speakers like this, it's worth mentioning.
- The power adapter: It connects to the Surface via a magnet basically. Unfortunately, I have to fiddle with it for like 20 seconds to make sure it lines up right and actually starts to charge. This is because the power supply has to go in a slot/port thingy that is at a 20ish degree angle. Just a little bit of a nuisance that needs to be refined.
-No GPS capability: When I go on road trips, the GPS capability and 3/4g from an iPad is VERY useful. The Surface is wifi only.
I'm sure I'm missing some good/bad things, but these are the items that stood out to me. Overall, I really like the tablet. I ordered a better webcam that I can attach via USB to help me in the classroom, so in a way, it just highlights the flexibility of this tablet. It's kind-of a "jack of all trades but master of none" type of tablet. At this point, would I recommend it? It depends. I think the ASUS Transformer 700 is better for most people (has a nice keyboard with USB, nicer screen, better camera, GPS) and if you want a tablet strictly for media consumption, the Nexus 10 and iPad are both superior at this point. However, I think the next generation of Surface can really be great if they smooth out the rough edges.


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PSV midfielder Mark van Bommel has revealed that he and his former AC Milan colleagues believed Lionel Messi would struggle in Serie A.
The forward failed to shine in Barcelona's 2-0 defeat to AC Milan on Wednesday night, with the Rossoneri taking all the plaudits for silencing the famously deadly Blaugrana attack.
Van Bommel, who spent the 2011-12 season at San Siro, has claimed that he and his colleagues at Milan were of the opinion that Messi would struggle to score more than 30 goals in a campaign if he played in Italy.
"Three quarters [of the locker room] thought he would score definitely less [than 30 goals a season in Serie A]," Van Bommel told Algemeen Dagblad. "And that's me included, yes. Serie A is just a very different approach to football. You can still neutralise sides like in no other league.
"It was only last year that Messi scored his first goal against an Italian club. This is no coincidence."
Van Bommel also added that he enjoyed his year at Milan more than his season with Barca, though he puts that down to footballing expectations.
"At Barcelona I had a great year, but the affection at Milan was huge," van Bommel said. "Perhaps it was also about how I arrived at the club. I was brought in as a big name. But at Milan, I was able to apply myself, I think, in terms of football but also as a human being, and I had a great time."


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Machined to the nth degree, this leg vise clamps like a champ.
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The Benchcrafted Glide Leg Vise takes its design cues from a traditional leg vise with a wooden screw, but this contemporary iteration works more smoothly, easily and quickly. And it cinches down hard on a workpiece with little torquing effort by the user. Benchcrafted calls it "effortless workholding" – and that's true, once you get the Glide properly installed. It's a little more work than installing a wooden screw but once you're done, this vise is a joy to use.
With a traditional screw, you simply cut a through-hole in your bench leg and seat a threaded block in a notch at the back of the leg (and install a garter, if you choose), cut a through-mortise for the parallel guide, then the work on the leg is complete. (With both the Glide and a traditional vise, you also, of course, have to make the chop and parallel guide.)
Glide installation also requires you to mortise a recess and install an acetal bushing for the screw, and cut, assemble and install two blocks to hold the "roller system" – two ball-bearing wheels between which the parallel guide runs. This system helps to support the weight of the chop, which alleviates friction on the screw and allows it to move freely with just a spin of the 8″-diameter cast iron wheel. (The wheel I installed is chrome plated with a rosewood handle, but, by customer demand, Benchcrafted's new wheels will have black coated, cast iron spokes with a satin polished finish on the rim.)
The extra steps took only a few hours, however, and the instructions are straightforward and easy to follow (and include full-size templates for the roller guides and parallel guide hole locations).
Although I've been using the Glide for a few months now, I'm still astounded every time I spin the wheel (yes, you can actually spin the wheel to move the chop in and out). The 11⁄4″, 4 tpi carbon steel screw (secured at the back of the leg through a black, enamel-coated steel flange) moves unbelievably smoothly, and it cinches the chop hard on the work with almost no effort on my part. Plus, the assembly adds a lot of needed weight (and a bit of bling) to my white pine bench.
The Glide, which is made in the United States, comes with all necessary hardware and parts (including a parallel guide pin); you supply the wood for the chop, parallel guide and roller brackets.
— Megan Fitzpatrick
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