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Five-year Treasuries are leading the way in the flattening of the 5-30 Treasury Yield spread and will continue to do so as methodical tapering leaves trader's thoughts to more exciting policy lift-off dates. We see the five-year Treasury as having less than half of its remaining life in the land of zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). If some of the more aggressive calls for mid-'15 policy lift-off date are correct, as much as 70% of the current five-year will lay beyond the ZIRP. For guide, at some point over the next nine months, it is extremely likely that some news concerning inflation will put at peril expectations for protracted ZIRP.
Right now, the 5-30 spread is lower by 4 bps to 206 bps wide. This yield curve is fast making its initial objective of 190 bps.
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A sacred rite denied: Partial justice in Marriott murderEDITORIAL
July 04. 2014 11:49PM
A Strafford County jury did its grim duty at the end of a monthlong trial and found Seth Mazzaglia guilty of murdering 19-year-old Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott. Yet the conviction is only partially satisfying.
Mazzaglia and his then-18 year old girlfriend, Kathryn "Kat" McDonough, unceremoniously dumped Marriott's corpse from Peirce Island in Portsmouth in the middle of the night after the October 2012 murder. The body was presumably swept out to sea. It was never recovered.
Murdering Marriott was bad enough. But Mazzaglia's extraordinary indifference to her life extended to that of Marriott's family, who were denied the rite of burying their daughter.
There was no shortage of callous indifference in this tragic case. Mazzaglia and McDonough summoned two friends, Roberta Gerkin and Paul Hickok, to their apartment, where they showed them the body. Gerkin and Hickok urged Mazzaglia to do the right thing - call an ambulance, call the police - but then departed without taking any action themselves. It is not a crime to not report a crime, and Gerkin and Hickok did cooperate with authorities later. But their lack of action that fateful night meant the Marriott family would not be able to bury their daughter.
McDonough is serving 18 months to three years for her role in the murder. The tragedy extends to her family, too. McDonough was 17 when she started dating Mazzaglia, then 28. He had "creep" written all over him, and the family was appropriately distressed when McDonough moved in with him after she turned 18 in the midst of her senior year at Portsmouth High School.
Said a juror after the trial: "Everybody knows somebody, who maybe isn't with a murderer, but everyone knows someone who you say, 'Why stay with that guy? He is such a jerk!' and the answer is, 'I love him.' It was classic."
Mazzaglia will be sentenced to life in prison for the murder. McDonough will likely be released sometime next year. Gerkin and Hickok will have to live with their consciences for the rest of their lives. And the Marriott family will have to live with memories of their daughter, wondering what might have been, what should have been.
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CINCINNATI and TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The Hillman Companies Inc. (Amex: HLM.Pr) ("Hillman") and H. Paulin & Co., Limited (TSX: PAP.A) ("Paulin") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") which provides for the acquisition by Hillman, pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "Arrangement"), of all the issued and outstanding Class A common shares (the "Shares") of Paulin for C$27.60 per share (the "Consideration"). The purchase price, payable in cash, represents a total enterprise value of approximately C$103 million.
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Max W. ("Mick") Hillman, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Hillman, said "We began our operations in Canada in 2002, when we opened our Mississauga facility. We have greatly admired the strong distribution system, high quality products, and excellent customer relationships that Paulin has developed. Under Richard's leadership, we look forward to implementing the best practices of Paulin and Hillman to better serve customers and to grow the combined operations throughout Canada."
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The Arrangement Agreement provides for, among other things, a non-solicitation covenant on the part of Paulin, the right in favour of Hillman to match any superior proposal and the termination fee of $4,139,760 payable to Hillman in certain circumstances including if Paulin accepts a superior proposal.
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In May 2010, Oak Hill Capital Partners and Hillman's management team formed a partnership to acquire Hillman. Oak Hill Capital Partners is a private equity firm with more than $8 billion of committed capital from leading entrepreneurs, endowments, foundations, corporations, pension funds and global financial institutions. For more information about Oak Hill Capital Partners, visit www.oakhillcapital.com.
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We missed the flight. We also had to park in the airport carpark as we were too late to get to a friends to park. Expensive. We arrived in Spain with a hire car waiting. Now it was my turn to fuck-up. I'd only taken half the UK driving licence (why is it in 2!!) And for some reason stoney had his complete in his wallet. It cost a bit more, and he was grumpy cos it meant he had to drive and I could drink to my hearts content! Karma hehehe. We then headed to the city for food supplies. Filled the car with cheap wine, bread, cheese, water, strange spanish cakes, and the brightest fruit and veg Id ever seen. The ferral got some sausages for the bbq and I went for some local fish.
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First stop on the map and wannasurf trail, was Sopelana. A few campers in the park, a few more in the water. The standard looked pretty good and I hoped I could hold my own in the stronger, unknown waters. We looked left and saw a seperate beach with less people and a bigger peak. Ferral took out his new gun, and I went with my 6'8 that Id shaped myself. Its more a funboard than a gun, but has the volume and stability I feel confident with in bigger waves. My standard of surfing was mediocre. Camel ferral is a better surfer than myself, but I had the 'go for it' factor that he lacks in bigger waves. I took the drop on a left, grabbed the rail and flew across the face, watching the lip suck up, I pulled out after a short sweet first ride in the Basque waters.
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The Lies Newspapers Tell Themselves About Their Traffic
from the that's-not-going-to-work-too-well... dept
In "nearly every market" included in a study of 118 newspapers of every size in every part of the country, Greg Harmon of Belden Interactive found that publishers on average report the number of unique visitors to their websites is 1.3 times larger than the population of their respective communities -- and fully 10 times greater than their print circulation.And that's a massive problem. If they're already expecting 10 to 15% of that population to pay, and it turns out that the real population is a lot smaller and a smaller percentage signs up to pay, the numbers that those in the industry are throwing around concerning paywalls are going to not just be bad, but they're going to be downright embarrassing.
Those numbers are not just moderately overstated. "They are magnificently incorrect," said Harmon
On top of this, that same study noted that newspapers don't seem to realize how little of their actual traffic is from loyal visitors, which tend to only represent about 25% of the actual traffic. And, just because someone's a loyal visitor, it doesn't mean they'll pay. This leaves newspapers in a seriously bad spot when it comes to doing any sort of prediction on how a paywall will work:
- You don't really know how many unique visitors you have.
- You have to guess at the percentage of loyal visitors who will be amenable to paying for content.
- You have to guess the price loyal visitors might pay.
- You have to estimate not only how much web traffic you will lose but also how far your ad revenues will tumble in response to the almost certain decline in page views.


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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Casey Walker looked squarely into a television camera, clapped his hands and uttered words no Oklahoma player is accustomed to saying: ``Let's go Texas!''
Archrivals for decades, the No. 12 Sooners (9-2, 7-1 Big 12) are pulling for the 23rd-ranked Longhorns to upset No. 7 Kansas State this week with their only chance to win an outright conference title riding on it.
So, Casey, how about flashing a Hook'em Horns - right side up instead of upside down this time?
``That's too far,'' he said.
Like clockwork, Bob Stoops his team in position to contend for a Big 12 championship just in time for December.
If history holds, the Sooners will win at TCU (7-4, 4-4) on Saturday and get the help they need from Texas to claim the conference crown outright. After all, Oklahoma has won the Big 12 championship in every even-numbered year since Stoops has been the coach.
Is cheering for the Longhorns uncomfortable? Sure. But in this case, it's whatever it takes.
``I guess now I'm OK with it because we need them to handle business, so then that puts us in a better spot,'' Walker said. ``So, that's all right.''
If that scenario doesn't materialize, the Sooners' BCS chances could be in jeopardy and rest in the unlikely hands of Kent State. The Golden Flashes are 17th in the BCS standings, one spot away from securing an automatic BCS bid and perhaps taking away the last at-large opportunity out there with Florida and Oregon seemingly locked in.
Stoops said he hasn't gone through all that could happen with the BCS, trying to focus instead on the game at hand.
``I think that we have a chance. That's the only thing I've been aware of,'' receiver Justin Brown said. ``I don't know anything about all of that other stuff. You guys probably know way more than me. I just know we've got to play TCU.''
That's all that Oklahoma can control at this point. With the Big 12 membership falling to 10 teams, there's no longer a championship game to decide it all. The closest to that came in September, when Kansas State won on the Sooners' home field. That would be the tiebreaker if both teams win - or lose - on Saturday.
``That's why every game is so important now in the regular season. Once you get into conference, every game is important. Typically to be the conference champion, you have to not lose a game in conference,'' quarterback Landry Jones said.
``In an ideal world, we all want the championship game to have another redemption and be Big 12 champions but that's not the way it is,'' he said. ``We have to play the hand that we've been dealt and really just go after it, win this game and then see what happens in the end.''
A year ago, the Sooners had more control of their own destiny in the season finale. With a win at Oklahoma State, Oklahoma could have tied for first place and claimed the tiebreaker in the process. At that point, Stoops was emphasizing the Big 12's ``One True Champion'' campaign and dismissing the thought of co-champions.
Now, he's changed his tune and said he'd have no problem accepting a split conference championship.
``I brought that up in our Big 12 meetings but they haven't changed anything,'' Stoops said. ``You play the hand you have.''
``The rules are what they are,'' he added. ``I don't make them.''
In the old divisional format, Oklahoma won seven Big 12 championships - in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and the title in 2007. It's a remarkable run not only for its predictability but the sustained success of never going more than a year without winning it.
``It's difficult and challenging with all the excellent teams. I think this is 11 of the last 13 years we've been in the last game with championship implications,'' Stoops said. ``It's always tough. It's hard to do. This game will be equally tough to go down and give ourselves an opportunity to win.''


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This cold, snowy winter has taken a toll on area law enforcement with at least nine vehicles damaged and four officers injured in Holland, Allegan and Ottawa counties.
�It�s been a nasty winter,� said Capt. Steve Kempker of the Ottawa County Sheriff�s Office. Five cruisers have been damaged and one hit on I-96 was totaled.
Three of those cars were damaged Feb. 21, when strong winds and snow created white-out conditions along the lakeshore. Ottawa deputies responded to more than 100 crashes that day.
One deputy was injured about 10:40 p.m. on I-96 after his cruiser was struck from behind. The deputy had just gotten back in his vehicle when it was hit, according to The Grand Haven Tribune. The deputy was treated for head and leg injuries and the driver who struck him was ticketed for going too fast for road conditions, the Tribune reported.
Ottawa County usually sees one or two fender-bender-type crashes a year, Kempker said. Insurance covers the cost of the crashes.
The Michigan State Police had one cruiser damaged Friday in Allegan County after it struck another vehicle stopped in a travel lane during a white-out, according to Trooper Kellie Summerhays of the Wayland Post that covers Allegan County.
Two Allegan County cars were damaged that day as well.
An Allegan deputy was injured at a crash scene near 40th Street and 147th Avenue in Overisel Township when her vehicle was struck. The Fennville Police Chief Dan Hoffman was injured after his vehicle was hit at the scene of multiple crashes at 58th Street and 136th Avenue north of Fennville.
The Holland Department of Public Safety did not have any weather-related crashes involving police cruisers last Friday, though one police vehicle was damaged on Feb. 16 when it was struck by a tow truck, according to Capt. Jack Dykstra. The officer was slightly injured.
The sheriff�s vehicles that have been hit were stopped at the scenes of crashes. They�re often the first vehicle struck because they�re the first ones people see at the scene of a crash, Kempker said.
The police cruisers are parked with lights on, and people either don�t have time to react or the drivers panic and hit the brakes, causing the cars to slide into the police vehicle, Kempker said.
He advises his deputies to keep their seatbelts on when they are waiting in the car at a crash scene.
�We ask motorists, when they see the lights, please slow down,� Kempker said.
The best remedy, of course, is better weather.
�Hopefully, spring is around the corner,� Kempker said.
Unfortunately, cold and snow will be sticking around. Snow is expected through the weekend with strong winds today and possible record cold.
Holland has recorded more than 142 inches of snow so far this season. The average snowfall is 69.9 inches.
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Police vehicles taking a beating in record snowy season
This cold, snowy winter has taken a toll on area law enforcement with at least nine vehicles damaged and four officers injured in Holland, Allegan and Ottawa counties.


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OpenStack Quantum
Quantum is a virtual networking service for OpenStack.
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Quantum is a virtual networking service developed for the OpenStack cloud computing platform, but also applicable to other advanced virtual machine network deployments. The Diablo release of Quantum has been available for Fedora 16 for several months as a standalone service. Fedora 17 will include the Essex release of Quantum, integrated with the the Essex release of OpenStack Compute (nova). Plugins will be provided supporting Feature/Open vSwitch, Linux bridging, and certain Cisco products for network transport between VMs within and across hosts.
Information on the upstream project is available at Quantum Launchpad and Quantum Wiki.
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Fedora users will be able to construct and manage arbitrary independent layer 2 networks for OpenStack clouds or other large-scale virtual machine deployments. These virtual networks are realized using any of several included plugins, or a custom plugin.
As Quantum continues to evolve, layer 3 constructs such as routing, VPNs, firewalls, and load balancing will be incorporated.
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Number of violent criminals coming to Canada from Mexico increasing: Report
The Liberal government's decision to remove the visa needed for visitors to Canada from Mexico is making it easier for criminals to enter the country.
According to figures from the Canada Border Services Agency obtained by Global News, the number of Mexican citizens with a criminal background or security risk increased since Justin Trudeau relaxed the visa requirement on Dec. 1, 2016.
In the first six months of this year, 65 Mexicans involved in "serious" crimes were identified, more than the 53 in 2016 and 28 the year before.
In addition, 15 Mexicans were tagged for national security reasons, more than the last two years combined.
"These individuals were drug smugglers, human smugglers, recruiters, money launderers and foot soldiers," the CBSA wrote in an intelligence report dated April 2016, two months before the visa exemption was announced.
Officials also wrote that associates of various drug cartels and theft rings were already entering Canada and lifting the visa requirement would "facilitate travel to Canada by Mexicans with criminal records."
Trudeau made a 2015 federal election campaign promise to lift the visa requirement for people visiting from Mexico to "deepen ties" between the two countries.
Visas are still required for Mexicans to work and study in Canada.


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Demand is up, and so are prices. The USDA estimates that milk production will be up slightly to 183 billion pounds in 2007, but that is less than a 1 percent increase over 2006.
Tighter supplies, coupled with strong demand and rising feed prices, are going to push up wholesale prices for most dairy products this year. Over the past couple of years, the top dairy-producing states (Wisconsin, California, New York, Idaho and Pennsylvania) have been getting more milk from fewer cows. However, the gradual slowing in the rate of herd expansion since 2005 is going to affect stocks this year. Jerry Dryer, president of Dairy & Food Market Analyst in Delray, Florida, blames high energy costs and last summer's unruly weather conditions for potential price increases. "Alfalfa hay is in short supply as a result, and that's mainly what the cows eat," he says.
Roger Hoskin, an agricultural economist with the USDA who specializes in the dairy industry, cites the impact of demand factors as well. "Fluid milk consumption was on a steady decline but recently, it has started going up," he says. "And cheese—the largest single component for milk use—has seen a relentless climb. The country is on a cheese-eating binge." The graphs (right) illustrate projected wholesale price increases for commodity dairy products, according to Hoskin's figures.
Trade issues are going to confuse economic predictions for the next few years, Hoskin adds. Exports are driving the industry more than ever before, and imports of authentic European cheeses and niche dairy products are in demand by certain foodservice customers. However, imported cheeses account for only 5 percent of the market—a figure that hasn't changed in ten years, notes Dryer. "Plus, the EU is not subsidizing cheese exports and the dollar is weak against the Euro, so the United States is where the cheese action is," he adds.
That's especially true in the specialty cheese arena, which is expanding at a faster rate. Nevertheless, the price of milk has less of an impact on this sector. "Specialty cheeses are much more value-added and already on the expensive side. They don't have the same flexibility to go up and down with the price of milk," Dryer explains.


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Thanks to funding from Historic Scotland the NAS has established four regional centres in Scotland in order to offer NAS training and project opportunities.
The four regional centres are:
- Dan Atkinson, at Wessex Archaeology, Edinburgh
- Lochaline Dive Centre
- Orkney College
- Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay
Between 2009 and 2011 the NAS ran fieldschools, with support from Historic Scotland at the Lochaline Dive Centre. The fieldschools included NAS courses, fieldwork on the site of the John Preston and a few fun dives in the Sound of Mull. Click here for more information on the fieldschools.
For more information on current training and project opportunities, please contact the regional centres directly.


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Doves and pigeons constitute the bird family Columbidae, which includes about 310 species. Pigeons are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short, slender bills (and in some species, these bills feature fleshy ceres.) They primarily feed on seeds, fruits, and plants. This family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
In general, the terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably. Pigeon is a French word that derives from the Latin pipio, for a "peeping" chick, while dove is a Germanic word that refers to the bird's diving flight. In ornithological practice, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically, the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation between the terms. The species most commonly referred to as "pigeon" is the rock dove, one subspecies of which, the domestic pigeon, is common in many cities as the feral pigeon.
- The Dove,
On silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.
- James Montgomery, Pelican Island (1827), Canto I, line 173.
- Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly,
When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky;
Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,
When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.
- Alexander Pope, Windsor Forest (1713), line 185.
- Anon, as patient as the female dove,
When that her golden couplets are disclosed,
His silence will sit drooping.
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act V, scene 1, line 309.
- The dove and very blessed spirit of peace.
- William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II (c. 1597-99), Act IV, scene 1, line 46.
- So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act I, scene 5, line 50.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 201.
- And there my little doves did sit
With feathers softly brown
And glittering eyes that showed their right
To general Nature's deep delight.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, My Doves.
- The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wode dove upon the spray
She sang ful loude and cleere.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sir Thopas.
- As when the dove returning bore the mark
Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;
The relics of mankind, secure at rest,
Oped every window to receive the guest,
And the fair bearer of the message bless'd.
- John Dryden, To Her Grace of Ormond, line 70.
- Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song,
And spread thy golden wings in me;
Hatching my tender heart so long,
Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.
- George Herbert, The Church, Whitsunday.
- We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves.
- Isaiah. LIX. 11.
- See how that pair of billing doves
With open murmurs own their loves
And, heedless of censorious eyes,
Pursue their unpolluted joys:
No fears of future want molest
The downy quiet of their nest.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses, Written in a Garden, Stanza 1.
- Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas.
- As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses, V, 606.
- Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Psalms. LV. 6.
- And oft I heard the tender dove
In firry woodlands making moan.
- Alfred Tennyson, Miller's Daughter.
- I heard a Stock-dove sing or say
His homely tale, this very day;
His voice was buried among trees,
Yet to be come at by the breeze:
He did not cease; but cooed—and cooed;
And somewhat pensively he wooed:
He sang of love, with quiet blending,
Slow to begin, and never ending;
Of serious faith, and inward glee;
That was the song,—the song for me!
- William Wordsworth, O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art.
- Wood-pigeons cooed there, stock-doves nestled there;
My trees were full of songs and flowers and fruit,
Their branches spread a city to the air.
- Christina G. Rossetti, From House to Home, in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862), Stanza 7.
- With his mouth full of news
Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed their young.
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c.1599-1600), Act I, scene 2, line 98.
- Thou pigeon-egg of discretion.
- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595-6), Act V, scene 1, line 75.
- This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons pease.
- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595-6), Act V, scene 2, line 315.
- 'Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note,
And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;
There's a human look in its swelling breast,
And the gentle curve of its lowly crest;
And I often stop with the fear I feel—
He runs so close to the rapid wheel.
- Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Belfry Pigeon; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 597.


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text: For the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Highlander Folk School, Dr. King delivers the speech "A Look To The Future." He uses a timeline to explain the adversities African Americans endured to gain recognition as American citizens. He also points out the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Councils to make African Americans second class citizens. Lastly, Dr. King points out that America should be more maladjusted in order to avoid failing to cope with the demands of the normal social environment.


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The game will take place on November 21 and begins at 7 p.m.
St. Francis Brooklyn (12-5-1) defeated top seed Central Connecticut State in the semi-final of the Northeast Conference Tournament before coming from behind twice to defeat Bryant University 3-2 in overtime on Sunday.
It's the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the team since 1998, when they took on Jacksonville in the play-in game. For the Terriers, this is the ninth time the program has reached the opening round; the last time was more than 30 years ago in 1982, when the Terriers fell to Columbia in the First Round.
Penn State (11-5-2) secured its fifth Big Ten title in October. The Nittany Lions return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010 when Penn State earned a 15 seed and reached the Sweet 16.
St. Francis Brooklyn is anchored defensively by All-Northeast Conference Tournament selections goalie Jack Binks (Darlington, England) and Andy Cormack (Plymouth, England), who scored the game winning goal against Central Connecticut State on a free kick.
Offensively, the Terriers are led by the tandem of All-Northeast Conference First Team selection Kevin Correa (Flushing, New York), who scored four goals in the two-game tournament and leads the Terriers in scoring (13 goals, 4 game winners, 32 points) and All-Northeast Conference Second Team selection Gabriel Bagot (New York, New York), the second-leading scorer on the team with eight goals and 19 points.
St. Francis Brooklyn last played a Big Ten opponent in 2001. Penn State is 3-1 against NEC teams this year and will face the Terriers for the first time in program history. The winner of the match will travel to the tenth seed UC Santa Barbara for a Sunday night match.


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Divisions over Obamacare continue as shutdown loomsBy DAVID LIGHTMAN and ANITA KUMAR
McClatchy Washington Bureau
September 27. 2013 9:56PM
WASHINGTON — Defiant Republicans and determined Democrats on Friday pressed toward a showdown over how and whether to keep the federal government running past Monday night, with each side signaling that it would let the government close before compromising over the fate of the new national health care law.
President Barack Obama blamed Republicans. "There will be areas where we disagree," the President said at the White House. "But do not threaten to burn the house down simply because you haven't gotten a hundred percent of your way. That's not how our democracy's supposed to work."
He didn't signal any plans to talk to Republicans or to compromise over their push to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act, informally known as Obamacare.
"The House Republicans are so concerned with appeasing the `Tea Party' that they've threatened a government shutdown or worse unless I gut or repeal the Affordable Care Act," the President said. "I said this yesterday; let me repeat it: That's not going to happen."
Earlier Friday, the Democrat-run Senate voted 54-44 along party lines to fund the government through Nov. 15. It also agreed by the same margin to include money to implement the health care law.
The government's short-term fate now is up to the Republican-run House of Representatives, which passed a stopgap spending plan last week that defunds Obamacare. Republicans are scheduled to meet privately today, then the full House plans to meet throughout the day. The Republicans were expected to reject the Senate plan or at least to delay action on it.
If the two sides can't agree, parts of the government would begin shutting down after midnight Monday, when the new fiscal year begins.
Social Security payments might be delayed. National parks and museums may begin closing. Military personnel would remain on duty but might not get paid on schedule. About 800,000 of the 2 million-strong federal workforce might be furloughed without pay.
Obama, who hasn't spoken to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, about the potential shutdown, tried hard to pressure Republican lawmakers.
"No one gets to hurt our economy ... just because there are some laws you don't like," he said.
Obama also had other tough talk as the nation approaches its debt limit. If nothing is done by Oct. 17, the government is expected to exhaust its borrowing authority.
"Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions," he said.
"No one gets to hurt our economy and millions of innocent people just because there are a couple of laws that you do not like. It has not been done in the past. We're not going to start doing it now."
Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said Obama was "grandstanding."
"The House will take action that reflects the fundamental fact that Americans don't want a government shutdown and they don't want the train wreck that is Obamacare," Buck said. "Grandstanding from the president, who refuses to even be a part of the process, won't bring Congress any closer to a resolution."
House Republicans remained divided Friday over how to proceed.
One side, largely elected with backing of the conservative Tea Party, wants Obamacare defunded and repealed, period. The other, largely senior members, was more pragmatic and argued that the Senate, where Democrats control 54 of the 100 seats, would never agree to dilute the health care law.


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Mancini offered Monaco transfer fund
Each day we'll bring you the very latest tabloid rumors as the biggest clubs around splash the cash to bolster their rosters. True or not, they're always entertaining…
Monaco have offered Roberto Mancini a £170m transfer fund in an attempt to lure the Manchester City manager to France next season.
Roy Hodgson fears England could be forced into the lottery of a World Cup play-off after the midweek draw in Montenegro.
Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is keen on Norwich defender Russell Martin, with Stoke and West Brom also interested.
Yaya Toure has put a decision on his Manchester City future on hold until the end of the season, with Paris Saint-Germain linked with a move for him.
Fulham could raid London rivals Crystal Palace for in-form striker Glenn Murray who has plundered 30 goals in the Championship this season.
Chelsea are planning to hijack West Ham's move for Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony who has scored 26 goals in 24 Eredivisie games this season.
Southampton are lining up a new bid for AC Milan defender Davide Astori, with Napoli also keen.
Manchester City coach Angelo Gregucci admits he does not know if Roberto Mancini will still be in charge at the Etihad next season.
Roy Hodgson admits he may have bodged our chances of automatic World Cup qualification.
Wayne Rooney yesterday admitted that World Cup minnows Montenegro gave England a lesson.
Tottenham are plotting a move to pip Liverpool in the race to sign £8m-rated Thomas Ince.
Arsenal and Liverpool are set to battle it out for the signature of Swansea City defender Ashley Williams in the summer.
Arsenal's summer transfer plans include selling striker Gervinho to Turkish side Galatasaray for £12m and buying Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina.
Tottenham are one of the clubs chasing Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, with Inter Milan and Manchester City also keen on signing the 22-year-old Belgian.
England boss Roy Hodgson defended his players, claiming they failed to beat Montenegro because they are "not robots".
Roy Hodgson has raised for the first time the possibility that England could be condemned to the lottery of the play-offs as they seek to salvage their World Cup hopes.
Manchester United are determined to make the Sunderland fans pay for their taunts on the final day of last season.
West Ham and Fulham will battle it out for the signature of Vitesse Arnhem frontman Wilfried Bony.
The Football Association stands to miss out on as much as £26 million in income if England fail to qualify for next year's World Cup and could also be left in a seriously weakened position when it comes to negotiating new sponsorship deals at the end of the 2013-14 season, industry experts have warned.
FIFA will today study the reports of referee Jonas Eriksson and their match delegate before deciding whether to take disciplinary action against Montenegro for the behaviour of their fans in the 1-1 draw with England on Tuesday night.
Joe Hart accused his England team-mates of complacency as the realisation grew among the players that they face a battle to qualify for next year's World Cup in Brazil.
FIFA will decide today whether to open disciplinary proceedings against Montenegro after England's players were repeatedly pelted with missiles during the World Cup qualifier.
Birmingham City, in financial difficulties due to the imminent trial of their chairman Carson Yeung for alleged money-laundering, face further serious questions about the club's governance and transparency, based on internal information seen by the Guardian.
Roy Hodgson has accepted for the first time that England may have to qualify for next year's World Cup in Brazil through the play-offs as the national manager contemplates a daunting game of catch-up in Group H.
There are growing concerns surrounding the viability of England's prestigious friendly against Brazil going ahead in Rio de Janeiro this summer after the city's Olympic Stadium was yesterday closed indefinitely amid fears the roof could collapse.
Roy Hodgson has conceded that England might have to qualify for the World Cup finals next summer via the play-offs in November after the 1-1 draw with Montenegro on Tuesday night left them unbeaten but two points adrift of the Group H leaders.


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The Departure of the Soul According to the Teaching of the Orthodox Church
The crucial question of what occurs after the soul departs from the body lies shrouded in enigma. The answer is revealed in the teachings of the great Fathers of the Church, now comprehensively presented in a monumental encyclopedic tome of enormous spiritual wealth.
At the Ringing of the Bells. The Paschal Martyrs of Optina.
The lives, miracles, and writings of three young monks of the famous Optina Monastery in Russia who were martyred on Pascha of 1993.
An Ascetic Bishop. Stories, Sermons, and Prayers of St. Nephon.
The life, teachings, and prayers of St. Nephon, bishop of Constantiana, Cyprus.
Mount Athos: The Highest Place on Earth
Join Metropolitan Nikolaos, a Ph.D. Biomedical Engineer from Harvard University, in his profound quest for God on Mount Athos.
Revelation. The Seven Trumpets & the Antichrist.
Volume 3 in the series of the 104 homilies on the Book of the Revelation by Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios.
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This is a story of a young boy named Stubborn, as he strives to become the first person of I-ville to make the difficult journey to the beautiful, joy-filled Kingdom of You-ville, and to become a citizen there.
My Elder Joseph the Hesychast
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Revelation. The Seven Seals.
Volume II in the series of the 104 homilies on the Book of the Revelation by Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios.
Rejoice, Panagia. Offering to Children: The Akathist Hymn
The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God presented in simple words and accompanied by beautiful icons.
The Unrivaled Protectress
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Orthodox Christian Parenting
Guidance from Holy Scripture, the Holy Fathers and seasoned Orthodox parents on the upbringing of children.
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The Missionary Origins of Modern Ecumenism: Milestones leading up to 1920
An address prepared for the academic conference The Mission of the Orthodox Church and The World Council of Churches (Athens, May 15, 2005).
My Exodus from Roman Catholicism
Autobiography of Bishop Paul de Ballester (+1984) of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America about his conversion from Roman Catholicism to Orthodoxy.
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Morristown-based HFF, a provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services, has arranged a $12.2 million refinancing for a West Caldwell industrial warehouse, it announced Thursday.
The real estate services company worked on behalf of the borrower, The Hampshire Companies, to secure a five-year, fixed-rate loan through Lakeland Bank.
HFF said in a news release that the 210,530-square-foot, single-tenant industrial print facility and warehouse deal is leased to R.R. Donnelley to serve as its Mid-Atlantic printing facility. The facility is located at 5 Henderson Drive.
The HFF team was led by Senior Managing Director Jon Mikula and Director Michael Klein, HFF said.
"The Hampshire Companies retained HFF to help them unlock the value they created by acquiring the building with minimal lease-term left and then extending the tenant for a new 10-year term," Mikula said.
"The borrower was seeking a non-recourse loan with as little structure as possible as a result of the building's single tenancy," Klein said. "The property was well received in the debt market, but Lakeland Bank really understood the submarket and the tenant's business model and was able to provide a deal that best met Hampshire's needs."
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When will construction begin?
Between 2008 and 2010.
Will all segments be under construction at the same time?
Yes, construction will begin when right of way acquisition, utility relocation and design are complete.
How much will this project cost?
The project will cost approximately $52 million. The city of Weatherford will contribute an estimated $7-10 million.
Will I have to pay a toll?
No. Motorists will not pay tolls. TxDOT, not the motorist, will reimburse the city of Weatherford through an agreed-upon fee based on the number of vehicles using the highway; hence the "pass-through" financing.
Who will develop this project?
Weatherford will design, build and inspect the roadway. They will also coordinate public involvement in the process.
Why use pass-through toll financing?
This is a win/win project for Weatherford and TxDOT. With pass-through tolling, construction can be completed sooner than with traditional funding. Pass-through tolling accelerates projects by allowing the debt to be paid off over time. Because the money is not needed all at once, it frees those funds to be used elsewhere.
Is pass-through toll financing new?
Yes, this is a new funding tool that brings projects to construction years ahead of schedule. Weatherford is the first city in North Texas to use it and the second in the state. This tool allows local government agencies to take the lead in funding and constructing needed transportation improvements.
Why these highways?
From 1990 to 2000, Weatherford's population grew by about 34 percent. Parker County grew approximately 46 percent. Growth and economic development along I-20, SH 171/FM 51 and FM 2552 prompted Weatherford to pursue this new funding source. Traditional funding would have caused these projects to languish for many more years under a growing economic burden.
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Learn about and gently touch marine creatures from the Gulf of Maine at Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation's touch tank in Portsmouth, NH. Interact with marine educators, learn about whales, do arts and crafts and join us for story time and our crab feedings! Regular special activities too.
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FORREST CITY Authorities say a 20-year-old Forrest City man is in jail over a fatal stabbing.
Forrest City police say they arrested Kendrix Black on a second-degree murder charge in the weekend stabbing death of 54-year-old John Bey.
The Times-Herald reported that officers responded early Sunday after an altercation at a Forrest City home.
Police say Bey collapsed in the home's kitchen after he was stabbed once. Emergency crews took Bey to Forrest City Medical Center, where he died about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Bey's body was sent to the State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.
Authorities say Black was arrested later Sunday. He is being held without bail at the St. Francis County jail, and authorities did not know whether he had an attorney.


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Jan 1, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Nice Rocco, the GTI is pretty nice too. Are those Ronal Turbos that I see on the rocco.
Dec 31, 2006 at 8:03 pm
thanks, its amazing too it hit that much at about 2500 RPM, talk about some low end torque!!
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Has anyone ever wondered what it would be like to wonder free, without a car in the world? Mike Brodie was traveled the country in his youth with his camera collecting images of his adventures and friends who embodied a "train punk" lifestyle and but them together in a book titled A Period Of Juvenile Prosperity. An interview with the author was an NPR last week. The link is below.
The pictures capture a carefree lifestyle of youth, and yearning for freedom. In some cases a total disregard for safety as we can clearly see the ground racing by as the youths interact together. Though I haven't read the book yet what I've seen from some the pictures seems intriguing. For a sample of some of the pics click on the link below.


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Just have to wait for tommorow & see
If that's Thrawn (Corran is right, the ISB should have black pants), then the guy on the right may be Thrawn's right hand man, Commander Palleon, instead of Motti...
Quote from: Artoo on July 21, 2006, 02:53 AMJust have to wait for tommorow & seeUhh...today is Hasbro's Star Wars day...so we'll probably be finding out today.
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- Regional Meetings 2013: E-books & School Libraries
Dec. 17, Aberdeen
- Alternate Assessment Road Show
Jan. 6-9, 2014, Various locations statewide
- School Health Guidelines training
March 17, 2014, Pierre
Regional Meetings 2013: E-books & School Libraries
Dec. 17, Aberdeen
What's going on with e-books in school libraries?
The South Dakota State Library and the School Section of the South Dakota Library Association will hold regional meetings for certified-teacher librarians, paraprofessional librarians, district librarians, library aides, and administrators who wish to learn more about the current e-book landscape. Get an overview of what's available for schools and ways to integrate e-books with online resources and the Common Core State Standards. School librarians at each location will get to discuss and demonstrate e-book platforms they use now, and there will be time for exploration and questions, so bring your own laptop, tablet, or other device of your choice. Wi-Fi will be provided through hotspot connections.
Click here for more information.
Alternate Assessment Road Show
Jan. 6-9, 2014, Various locations statewide
2014 STEP-A Pretest Workshop
The 2014 STEP-A Pretest workshop is for all teachers who administer the Dakota STEP-A Assessment. The topics covered will include but are not limited to: student eligibility for the STEP-A, selecting and developing high-quality supporting evidence submissions, completing the rating form, role of the second rater, test security, and receiving/packing/shipping test materials.
It is required that all raters who are administering the STEP-A be trained on the administration of the assessment.
An update on the NCSC Alternate Assessment Pilot will also be provided.
Curriculum and Instructional Materials for NCSC
South Dakota is in the third year of a three-year phase-in of the Common Core State Standards. The Department of Education and local school districts have been conducting Common Core State Standards training over the last three years. It is the expectation that special education teachers, including those who teach students participating in the alternate assessment, have been receiving training on the Common Core State Standards.
The focus of this session is to review some of the NCSC math curriculum and instructional materials and to introduce the ELA curriculum and instructional materials that have been developed to support students' access to grade-level content of the Common Core State Standards.
This session is appropriate for special education teachers, curriculum directors, and administrators who will be teaching or training teachers who work with students participating in alternate assessments.
Click here for more information.
School Health Guidelines training
March 17, 2014, Pierre
Schools interested in learning how to develop or enhance their School Wellness Policy are encouraged to attend the "School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity" training to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2014, at the Kings Inn Conference Center in Pierre.
The School Health Guidelines, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provide evidence-based guidance for schools on how to most effectively promote the health of children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years.
Physical education and health teachers, school nutrition directors, school health council members, other school staff, community members, policy makers, parents, and students are all encouraged to attend this FREE training.
Sponsors include the South Dakota Departments of Education and Health and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation - South Dakota. For more information, call Karen Keyser at 605-773-6808. Click here for more information and to register.
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The Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is a clothing retailer based in the United States, operating 3,085 retail stores under three distinct apparel brand names – "Gap", budget brand "Old Navy", and urban chic brand "Banana Republic". Other brand extensions include GapBody, GapKids, and BabyGap.
The Gap's ethos of providing stylish clothes at affordable prices has been made more difficult due to the hostile retail environment. Five consecutive years of declining sales as well as increasing commodity prices have led to struggles for The Gap. Since CEO Glenn Murphy joined the company in 2007, Gap has reduced its store count, revamped its brands, and begun to expand slowly into Europe and Asia.
Gap Inc. is a leading company in the apparel retail market with 3,085 store locations [1]
Targeting a value-conscious consumer, Old Navy offers lower-priced basics. Its primary consumer is either a "trade-up" customer who normally shops at a similarly priced apparel retailer like Wal-Mart, Target, or Kohl's, or a "trade-down" customer looking for value basics and fashion. Like The Gap, Old Navy stores sell children's and infant clothing in addition to adult-sized clothing.[3]
Deemed The Gap Inc.'s "affordable luxury" brand, Banana Republic was acquired in 1983. Its target market is the 25-35 age group. Banana Republic specializes in higher-end clothing and basics, carrying suits, personal care, and intimates.[4]
Piperlime is Gap's attempt to use its experiences with the online retail operations of its three brands in order to enter a business that none of its three stores focus on: footwear. Piperlime is an online-only operation that sells designer shoes. Piperlime is largely separate from the rest of Gap, with its own team and deadlines. A key challenge for GPS will be developing this venture in a profitable way--a particularly challenging goal in the super-competitive market for designer shoes. In 2008, Gap acquired Athleta, a line of women's active wear for $150 million. It opened its first physical 5000 square foot Athleta store in San Francisco in January 2011. [5] The line has been integrated into the company website, where all five brands (Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime and Athleta) can be accessed at once.
Gap benefited in its inception in the 1990's from a number of advantages, including size, brand recognition, and long-standing relationships with landlords and vendors. However, it is now confronted by competition due to low barriers to entry and replicable merchandising techniques. H&M, J. Crew and Zara are some of the brands competing with Gap.
Zara (owned by Inditex), a fast-fashion retailer specializing in bringing the latest runway trends to cost-conscious consumers at low prices. Zara may be stealing customers from traditional U.S. brands like Gap because of their high fashion appeal.[9]
Zara mimics Gap's merchandising strategy of offering differentiated stylish-yet-affordable basic apparel that appeals to the masses. Zara's strong point is in its logistics system, in which a design can go from a sketch on paper to an actual product in stores in less than two weeks. The industry average for the same process is nine months. To compete, Gap keeps its inventories very lean, meaning it avoids profit-damaging promotions and sales. It avoids advertising in order to cut down on costs.
In the long term, Gap plans on expanding their international operations from their current base between Europe and Asia. The Gap's international operations are split between the Gap and Banana Republic - Old Navy does not have stores outside of North America. Gap's merchandise has Western appeal abroad but that appeal will have to be sustained in the face of competition from brands with extensive distribution networks such as Giordano's, Uniqlo, and Inditex. [11][12]
Gap currently has franchise agreements in place for countries on 4 continents. If it continues to penetrate emerging markets, Gap will be able to increase its sales beyond their currently over saturated market of North America. In 2010 Gap plans to open stores its first stores in Australia and China. [13]
Cotton consumption exceeded cotton production for the fifth year in the row, making cotton prices increase by 80.5% from last year.[14] [15] Natural disasters also severely damaged crops in many large cotton producer countries, such as China, India, and Pakistan. This led to decreases in cotton exports from these countries and increases in cotton imports as these countries sought to supplement their supply of cotton. [16][17] With limited cotton supplies and rising prices, retailers will either have to absorb these higher material costs, restructure the composition of their clothing to have less cotton, or pass these higher costs to its consumers. Higher clothing prices or lower quality clothing could discourage consumer spending, resulting in decreased net sales. However, adult or teen clothing retailers may not be too adversely affected as their clothing (which is usually 30-40% cotton based) has more flexibility in their composition and thus, costs. In addition, raising commodity prices in other areas will also raise costs for retailers. While premium price and established brands may be able to pass their higher costs to their consumers, value based companies may not fare as well and may suffer from lower profit margins.[14]
Gap's four major brands target different customers with very differing merchandise mixes. As such, each brand competes with a different set of other retailers:
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Who doesn't like popcorn?? The main problem with popcorn is that it usually comes covered with butter and salt, or has a weird cheese additive with ingredients that I cannot even pronounce let alone understand. Even the low salt microwavable popcorn is still pretty high in fat and the waxy bag it comes in has lately been under scrutiny for being toxic. I have found the perfect alternative to these unhealthy treats and turned popcorn into a healthy and very tasty treat with no guilt or worries.
Pick up a bag of bulk popcorn kernels, a package of brown paper lunch bags (get the recycled paper ones for extra environmental points!), and whatever spices you enjoy. Put ¼ cup of the kernels into the paper bag and add a small dash of olive oil. Lay the bag flat and make sure all extra air is out of it, fold the top over two or three times and fold a small flap over to ensure the bag stays closed. Place in the microwave for about 2-3 minutes or until all kernels are popped. If you like it plain – eat up, but for extra flavor and some health benefits you can add any spices you like. Lately I have tried dill powder, curry powder, and cinnamon. Just a few dashes of each, then close the bag and shake it together to distribute it throughout the popcorn.
This is a fantastic, healthy treat as it contains very few calories, no salt or butter, and spices such as cinnamon and curry add fantastic health benefits. It only takes a few mins to make and is really cheap. You can even make up the bags in advance putting the spices in before you pop the corn and take it with you to work or school to pop up on a break.