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The Rolla High School track team is not sending a huge group to the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field Championships this weekend. However, the Bulldogs will have an interesting mix of experience and first-time qualifiers at Dwight Reed Stadium on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City.
RHS will send six athletes in four events to the Class 4 State Meet, to be held today (Friday) and Saturday.
Rolla state qualifiers are senior Alex McCormack in the boys' 300-meter hurdles; junior Aaron Froehlich in the boys' triple jump; junior Shannon McCaul in the girls' 800-meter run, and the girls' 4x800-meter relay team of junior Madison Collier, junior Jade DeShurley, senior Katie Brow and McCaul.
Those Bulldogs got to state by placing in the top four of their respective events last week at the Section 3 Meet at Ozark High School.
McCormack and Froehlich are returning state qualifiers from 2012 in the same events. McCaul advanced to the Class 4 Championships as a freshman in the 1,600-meter run and as part of the 4x400-meter relay squad two years ago. And it's the first trip to state for Brow, Collier and DeShurley.
"We've got three kids with experience – who have been there before – and three there for the first time," said veteran RHS assistant track coach Aaron Bartle, who has headed up the Bulldog staff much of this season while head coach Don Knapp continues recovery from shoulder surgery as well as complications from that procedure. "It's a perfect combination of excitement."
Froehlich is scheduled to compete in the triple jump at 11 a.m. today. The girls' Class 4 4x800-meter relay final is slated for noon today. McCormack is to run in the 300 hurdle prelims at 4:10 p.m. today, with the 300 finals set for 2:35 p.m. Saturday. McCaul is to run the 800-meter prelims at 4:25 p.m. today, with the 800 finals set for 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Another Medal?
McCormack will be attempting to earn all-state honors in the 300 hurdles for the second straight season. He finished seventh in the 2012 event at state, the first season he competed the 300 hurdles. The top eight finishers in each event earn all-state recognition.
He was hoping to be a double-state qualifier this time. He had the top time in the preliminaries at the district meet a couple weeks ago in the 110-meter hurdles, however in the finals he stumbled and pushed the last hurdle, being DQed.
As far as the 300 hurdles, he has been right on pace with last year until last week. "Actually I was ahead of my marks from last year up to sectionals," McCormack said.
He set the RHS school record in both the sectional meet then the state meet (:39.27) last year. His PR this season is :39.4. After winning the district finals two weeks ago, at sectionals last week he ran a :39.76 to finish third at :39.73.
"I wish I could have had more meets this year (that were not rained out)," said McCormack, who is also fighting a sinus infection this week. "I really don't have anything to go off of; just the times from last year."
"He's had a really good year," Bartle said of McCormack's 300 hurdles. "His third-place finish at sectional was his worse all year finish-wise. But seniors this time of year are pressing a little; hopefully he'll have consistency in his race and he'll be fine.
"I think he's got much better technique. Last year he just got over the hurdles and ran as fast as he could in between. That experience makes a huge difference; just the number of races gives him confidence in what he does."
This weekend likely ends McCormack's track career. He plans to play football at Central Methodist and major in athletic training there. With the time that major requires, it's probably unlikely he'll be a two-sport performer.
"I'd like to better my personal record," he said of this weekend. "I'd like to run a 38 and get all-state."
Peaking Now
Froehlich put up his personal-best distance in the triple jump during his fourth-place finish at the sectional meet last week at 45-5 3/4. That, plus his state experience last year, has him confident going in. In last season's state meet Froehlich placed 11th in the triple jump at 43-5.
"I think (last year's experience) helps a lot," said Froehlich, who was an all-state player for the quarterfinal-qualifying RHS boys' soccer team (totaling the second-most individual goal total in the state for 2012) and also started for the RHS boys' basketball team this past season. "Knowing what to expect; to keep on working and get better at it.
"And I think just focusing on triple jump now, that helps a lot."
Bartle says the triple jump has so many variables, with the experience, the heat, the moisture... and mostly the wind...all playing huge roles. He says anything can happen for Froehlich.
"He has the ability to get off one great jump," Bartle said. "Or he could have four that are not as good. It's a crap shoot. He's increased his runway a little bit. And it's still kind of new to him. He just started (competing in the triple jump) at the end of last year."
Froehlich wants to make this year's track state appearance into an all-state performance in a second sport.
"I'd like to get on the podium," he said. "I'd like to get the school record, which is 46-3 1/2. I've jumped it several times, I've just scratched on them."
Bartle says Froehlich could very well be right in the middle of an all-state hunt today.
"There are two kids who are head and shoulders ahead of everybody else," Bartle said. "But everybody else is within six inches of each other."
McCaul Returns
After failing to get there last year, McCaul returns to the state meet in a pair of events, albeit a different open event and a different relay.
And it's McCaul's versatility has made her one of the most unique runners in Lady Bulldog history. She has qualified for the Missouri Class 4 Cross Country Championships two of the last three years. And now has advanced to the Class 4 Track Meet in the 1,600-meter run, the 800-meter run as as part of the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.
"We are taking advantage of her strength, speed and endurance," Bartle said of McCaul. "This (the 800) may be her nitch."
McCaul placed second at sectionals in the 800 with a time of 2:23.09 but failed to get out of district in the race that used to be her speciality, the 1,600.
"I was pretty disappointed," she said of the district's 1,600-meter race. "I was fourth until the very end; I was not happy about that race. The 800 really did (become my best event) this year; Coach Knapp thought it was last year, too.
"I feel like I can have the speed and kick at the end if I need it. But because I run the 1,600 and cross country I have the endurance as well."
The 2:23 is her PR in the race and she feels something in that area will put her in contention for a state medal.
"From fifth to 16th there is a four-second gap," she said. "It will really be up in the air for the top eight."
"A 2:20 or 2:19 (time) would really be nice," Bartle said. "If she gets down there, with the excitement of the day, I think she has a good chance for five through eight (place). She's going to have to be mentally tough (in today's prelims), to attack the race. And I think she has the experience to do that."
Another 'Shock?'
The Lady Bulldog 4x800-meter relay squad pulled off a stunner to get to Jefferson City.
Rolla blew away its previous PR time for a fourth-place position at sectionals in 9:58.10.
"That was the shock of the day (last) Saturday," Bartle said. "A team that stepped up and took 28 seconds off their best time. They finished fourth in district then go out and knock off a couple other teams in sectional.
"They gave it to (anchor leg) Shannon with a chance and she brought it home."
To medal this weekend the squad is going to have to shave off a few more seconds.
"To get on the podium they're going to have to be in the low 9:50s," Bartle said. "It's very doable, especially if they make the improvements they need to make."


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto says the army and navy will continue to fight drug cartels in Mexico while a new security strategy is determined and the troops can return to their bases.
Pena Nieto, who took office three day ago, has said he will change former President Felipe Calderon's security strategy of confronting drug gangs and focus on reducing violence. But he has not given the specifics about how he plans to achieve this.
The new president lauded the work of the armed forces in a meeting with military leaders on Tuesday.
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Meso-American Archaeological Projects
- Excavations of Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Excavations at San Francisco Mazapan, Mexico
- The Aztec Occupation at Chiconautla, Mexico
- Ekholm Archaeological Project in Sonora, Mexico
- Archaeology of the Huasteca: The Ekholm Collection
- Archaeology of the Cañada de Cuicatlán, Mexico.
- Archaeology of the Western Venezuelan Llanos. The Barinas Project
- Sustainable Development in Latin America
- Early State Development at San Martín Tilcajete
- Trace-element Analysis on Pottery from Oaxaca
- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) of Museum Collections from Chiconautla, Mexico. Aztec Elites and the Postclassic Economy
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Electromagnetic Wave Technology Use in Moisture Meters
How Does a Moisture Meter Work?
Wagner Meters uses an advanced electromagnetic wave technology in their hand-held moisture meters. This proven technology allows the user to quickly and accurately measure the moisture content (MC) of wood without the time consuming effort of driving pins into the wood. The meters from Wagner Meters provide instant readings, scanning many board feet in seconds. Electromagnetic radio waves are sent into the wood without leaving any holes.
What is IntelliSense™ Technology?
Wagner moisture meters, featuring IntelliSense™ technology, go beyond the surface conditions for accurate measurements of moisture conditions IN the wood. Most pinless meters are unable to distinguish between surface or ambient conditions on the surface of the wood, and the real moisture picture in the wood. Pin-type meters may be able to bypass the surface conditions, but they also damage the surface of the wood each time you take a reading. Air humidity, condensation, or other ambient conditions can impact many moisture meters and give inaccurate readings that cost you money.
Here is a short video about how IntelliSense™ technology works:
Pin-Type Meters vs. Electromagnetic Wave – Why Do They Read Different?
Pin-type moisture meters work on a resistance principle that basically measures the flow of electricity through a substance. This method is subject to many environmental variables that can dramatically affect moisture meter readings such as chemicals in the water trapped within the wood and the temperature of the wood. Most pin-type meter readings must be corrected for any difference in temperature above or below 70 degrees F.
Wagner Meters' hand-held moisture meters are virtually unaffected by surface moisture and temperature.
Safe to Use
Moisture meters by Wagner Meters produce less electromagnetic radiation than standard house wiring. In addition, Wagner Meters have tested and certified their meters to comply with FCC and CE regulations.
Precision vs. Accuracy
When referring to the digital readings of Wagner Meters' MMC meters, often times a reference is made to precision. For example, the MMC210 is more precise than the MMC205. This is because the MMC205 only shows the MC in whole percentages with no decimal point. The MMC210 shows the MC in a tenth of a percent readings or ".1 precision." This does NOT mean that the MMC205 is less accurate. This is simply referring to how the MC is displayed.
Meter precision does not equate to accuracy.
ASTM 4442-92 Oven Dry – this is the standard to which all wood moisture meters are compared for accuracy.
A moisture meter from Wagner Meters is as accurate, or more accurate, than any moisture meter that is on the market.
This can be verified by several university meter studies which are available upon request.
Studies which may refer to another model, relate to all of our wood moisture meters because they have the same circuitry, technology, and accuracy.
Wagner Meters Usage Tips
Be sure to press down firmly on the center of the moisture meter with approximately 3 pounds of pressure to ensure good sensor plate contact with the wood surface. This is especially important on rough-sawn lumber. Do not take readings with the meter where there is a noticeable defect or knot in the lumber.
If there is visible surface moisture or water, wipe off any excess, and let the surface of the wood dry-out for a couple of minutes. Next, use the moisture meter to take the reading. If possible, turn the board over and use the meter to measure the other side. If the thickness of the piece is greater than 1 1/2 inches, it is a good idea to use the meter to take measurements on both sides.
Ensure that there is nothing (especially your hand or metal) under the material you are measuring. In order to take a valid measurement, the meter's sensing area must be completely covered with the wood you are measuring. If the meter's sensing area is not completely covered, your MC reading may be lower.
Wood Temperature or Surface Moisture
Moisture meters by Wagner Meters are virtually unaffected by surface moisture or temperature.
Standing water or visible water on the board can affect the reading. Visible water should be wiped off.
NOTE: If water is allowed to soak into the wood, it will naturally show higher MC. If a piece of wood is quite rough, it will soak up the water quite readily, affecting the readings for all moisture meters.
Wagner Meters' hand-held moisture meters are designed for compact convenience. They are not easily damaged, but they can be damaged by being dropped or slammed down on hard surfaces, as can any moisture meter. For large volumes of wood, an in-line moisture measurement system should be used.
Verifying Calibration
Wagner Meters calibrates their moisture meters at the factory. With proper care the meters stay in calibration. In the event that the moisture meter has been dropped, or you suspect for any reason that the meter is out of calibration, a calibration verification block is available. Anytime that the meter is not reading correctly on the calibration block, it should be sent to the factory for calibration.
Sensing Area
Narrowest Measurement
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¾" for MMC200 series and the MMI1100.
Correct MC
The correct MC varies from region to region and indoor or outdoor use. Refer to local builders or associations for appropriate range in your area. If the wood is to be glued and is too dry, it won't bond; if too wet, it won't hold.
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- University Forestry Departments
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Forest Products Research Laboratory in Madison, WI, (608) 231-9200
Frozen Wood
On frozen wood with up to 15% MC, accurate measurements can be obtained. For frozen wood with more than 15% MC, contact technical support for help.
Wet pockets and gradients continually equalize as moisture passes from fiber to fiber and to surrounding humidity levels.
Moisture meters measure the average of the area scanned. Meters can be held in one place or slid along the length of the wood. Most moisture meters from Wagner Meters are unaffected by the grain of the wood.
Specific Gravity References
First refer to the handbook that comes with the moisture meter or the CD that was included with meters purchased after January 15, 2004. If unable to find the specific gravity (SG) in those documents, click here.
Measuring Non-Solid Wood
Wagner Meters has developed meter correction factors for the following non-solid woods. It is available from technical services. This gives a relative reading because of the glues and resins.
- Plywood – SYP, CDX, Douglas Fir
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- Engineered – has layers of wood like plywood
- Laminate – has very fine fibers or dust particles which are held together by glues and resins with a picture on top
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CCA (1% CCA, 99% water)
- Copper – Basis for killing insects
- Chromium – Helps copper travel & permeate wood cells
- Arsenic – Gels copper into wood so it will not leach out
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- Copper- Basis for killing insects
- Ammoniacal – Ammonia/salt based – Helps copper travel and permeate wood cells
- Quaternary – Gels copper into wood so it will not leach out
Both CCA & ACQ will cause readings on meter to be higher.
The process for treating wood is: Soak wood in pressure chambers and then use vacuum to pull out excess fluid. MC is 30 – 40% after treatment. The wood is then put on drip pads for 2 – 3 days and then kiln dried to their MC specification.
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October 09. 2013 8:21PM
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Weare goes to New Haven to find new police chief
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
— On Monday night, the board of selectmen will officially appoint a new police chief to run the department, which has been without a permanent leader since May.
John Velleca, a 20-year veteran of the police department in New Haven, Conn., has been hired to replace Chief Gregory Begin, who retired in May. Velleca, who lives in Durham, Conn., left college to began his career with the New Haven Police Department in 1992 and steadily climbed his way up through the ranks.
"I'm actually in college now," said Velleca, 44.
The new chief's experience didn't happen in the classroom but on the streets of New Haven, a tough city that taught him how to face the challenges of being a patrol officer, an investigator and an administrator for the 550-person department. He served as chief of detectives as well as assistant chief before retiring from the force in 2011.
Velleca said what he brings to the officers of the Weare Police Department is "somebody who's been in their shoes."
"They need a cop as their chief," said Velleca. "There's a lot of frustration up there, but I bring both a fresh perspective and experience."
Transparency, integrity, honesty and professionalism are what Velleca expect for himself and from those who work under him, but he won't be coming into Weare with his opinions shaped by news reports or what people tell him about the town.
"I need to see things for myself so that I can determine what needs to be fixed and how to do it," he said.
Velleca will be moving to New Hampshire soon instead of trying to make a two-hour commute, but isn't sure what his official start date is. He will be in Weare on Monday evening to meet members of the community and to be officially named chief of police, according to Thomas Clow, chairman of the board of selectmen.
Velleca is "a very forthright person who holds high his scruples and beliefs," Clow said.
Municipal Resources Inc. was hired in June to conduct the search for a new chief after Begin retired, and vetted more than 50 applicants to narrow the field to the top three, said Clow. The top candidates participated in two interviews in September, and in the end, Velleca had the right mix of experience and temperament to lead Weare's department, Clow said. The board voted unanimously to hire Valleca.
"He believes in setting an example for the kinds of police officers he wants on his staff," Clow said. "We think he will help give our police department a turn for the better. We're confident we made the right choice."
Velleca's salary, though not yet final, will be in the $72,000 range, Clow said.
"We still need to negotiate his contract and set a start date, but we'll be doing that soon."


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A media watchdog group says the founder of an Iranian protest group led by mothers has been ordered to begin a six-month prison sentence after being convicted of anti-government activity.
Reporters Without Borders appealed Thursday for Iranian authorities not to jail Mansoureh Behkish.
She started the protest group, which was inspired by mothers battling abuses and executions of perceived dissidents following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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State Police Post Application for Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor
Published on August 31 2013 11:13 am
Last Updated on August 31 2013 11:13 am
Written by Greg Sapp
In advance of the September 6th statutory deadline, Illinois State Police Officials today announced the Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor and Curriculum applications are available on its website.
Qualified individuals interested in completing the application to become an Illinois certified firearms instructor or to have their firearms curriculum approved for use in Illinois can access the application at http://www.isp.state.il.us/
The Department has developed a registry which will include information regarding approved instructors who apply and successfully demonstrate they meet all of the statutory requirements as soon as applications are approved. Similarly, a list of approved courses will also be available on the ISP website.
Instructor applicants are required to first electronically submit fingerprints through an Illinois licensed Livescan vendor in order to expedite the background check process. Electronic fingerprint submission is necessary to ensure timely approval of instructors and allow individuals who want to apply for an Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms license access to the required training.
Instructor applicants seeking to become a certified Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor shall be: at least 21 years of age; a legal resident of the United States; possess or be eligible for a valid FOID card; and be eligible for a Concealed Carry License in Illinois.
Firearms Training Instructor applicants must possess a high school diploma or GED certificate and have at least one of the following valid firearms instructor certifications:
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• Certification from an entity approved by the Illinois State Police that offers firearm instructor education and training in the use and safety of firearms, such as the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).
Individuals interested in applying for a concealed carry license must successfully complete approved training from an approved Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor. Applications for a Concealed Carry License will be available in early January 2014.
Before attempting to contact the Illinois State Police directly with questions, instructor applicants should refer to the ISP's Concealed Carry FAQ at http://www.isp.state.il.us/ for information regarding the process for instructor and curriculum approval.
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Manchester priest's crčches find a home in EnfieldBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 26. 2013 6:23PM
ENFIELD — This summer, the Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette opened a permanent exhibit of more than 450 nativity sets from more than 50 countries.
"We're wondering if it isn't the largest collection in New England, 450 is a good number," said Shrine Director Fr. René J. Butler.
The entire collection was donated to the shrine by the Rev. Msgr. Charles DesRuisseaux, a retired priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester, who lives in Manchester.
He started the collection in 1973 when his aunt made him a nativity set using unique materials such as old spools from Manchester's Amoskeag Mill as well as egg shells.
Then in 1980 while on a trip to Acapulco, Mexico, he was charmed by the Mexican interpretation of the crèche with St. Joseph wearing a sombrero and bought the nativity.
"I love to travel so I've been to many places all over the world, Africa and Asia and Europe and Latin America," he said, of the places he bought nativity sets. "I'd have to have at least 15 or 20 news ones each year. I'd always have to buy a suitcase to bring all my nativities home."
On his travels, he always marveled at how the nativity was interpreted by each culture. If it was Peru, there were llamas. If it was Quebec, there were beavers and moose. Some are set in the snow, some on sandy tropical beaches.
"The nativity is transformed and transported into the scenery," he said.
"I'm a priest so I see the spiritual side of it. God became one of us. But I think it's nice people see him in their own skin and their own part of the world."
He has pieces made of clothespins from Appalachia country and a Kenyan set made of recycled tin cans, as well as Waterford Crystal from Ireland and stone sets made in France.
"It's a nice opportunity for parents to tell their children the Christmas story. And it shows that people everywhere have great talents and use their gifts to display what they believe."
DesRuisseaux was also driven by the public's interest in his collection. In the early 1990s, the diocese opened a museum that displayed his collection year round.
When the museum was permanently closed, DesRuisseaux asked the shrine if it would like to display the collection. That was about 10 years ago, DesRuisseaux said.
At first, the shrine declined, not knowing how or where it would display the collection.
Over the past decade, the collection has lived on shelves and in boxes in DesRuisseaux's condo and at times all or just part was lent to other venues for display such as the Manchester Credit Union Museum and the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven, Conn.
The Knights of Columbus had offered to take over the collection, DesRuisseaux said, but "I'm from New Hampshire, and I'd like to leave them in New Hampshire."
This year during the shrine's annual staff review of its Christmas light display, "somebody said, whatever happened to that collection of nativity sets," Butler said, and the staff worked to find a solution so the nativity sets could be displayed.
When the Shrine called DesRuisseaux this March asking him if his offer was still good, he said his prayers were answered.
"I'm 78 now, and I will be 79 soon," he said, adding that he is happy his collection has found a permanent home in his native state.
The shrine decided to remove the pews from its seldom used A-frame chapel and set up shelving for the display.
"It was a project just getting things out of the boxes and onto the shelves and catalogued," Butler said. "It was a real team effort."
A private estate made a donation to pay for the lighting of the display, and the exhibit opened to a small crowd on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
"One of the very first people that was in there said, 'what a feast for the eyes,'" Butler said.
The diversity of sizes, materials and cultural interpretations of the crèche scene is "absolutely incredible," Butler said.
A Kenyan set has the figures dressed in the traditional orange robes of the Maasai tribe.
Some sets are all one piece, encompassing Jesus, Mary and Joseph like the Native American Huron tribe wooden sculpture that depicts the flight into Egypt with the Holy Family in a canoe and Joseph in full feather headdress.
Materials range in variety from porcelain to corn husk, crystal to seed pods, clothespins to bottle brushes, Butler said. "It just goes on and on.
There's a whole set that is crocheted. There's burlap. Everywhere you look, you think, 'Who would have thunk?'"
Since the diocese museum closed about 10 years ago, DesRuisseaux has stopped collecting nativity sets because he didn't have any more room in his condo. Now that the collection has gone to La Sallette, he said he will entertain the idea of adding to it again.
"Maybe, if I see something that they could have, and have room, I might be tempted. It's become a hobby and a passion," he said.
The exhibit is free and open to the public, though donations are accepted.
La Salette Shrine is located at 410 N.H. Route 4A in Enfield.
The exhibit will be open daily in the summer from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June through September. During the Christmas season, the display will be open in the evenings to coincide with the Christmas light display hours. For the remainder of the year, the display will be available by appointment only, Butler said.


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A Portage County man was arrested Friday after police and deputies found the body of a missing Alliance man in his apartment.
ALLIANCE The brother of a convicted killer was arrested Friday after authorities from two counties found the body of a missing Alliance man in his Portage County apartment.
John R. Fox, 34, is believed to have killed Justin Earley, 22, of North Freedom Avenue, Alliance Police Lt. John Jenkins said in a news release.
Fox is the brother of Joseph W. Fox, who is serving life in prison for killing their mother in 2012, Portage County Sheriff David Doak confirmed.
Earley was last seen Dec. 30 leaving a home in Canton and had been heading to Kent, Jenkins said. Earley was reported missing the next day.
Jenkins said that the investigation into his disappearance led Alliance detectives Don Wensel and Mark Welsh to Portage County, and they began working with deputies there.
"The investigation which included obtaining subpoena information for phone and email records, as well as subpoena information for a Craigslist ad, led investigators to develop a suspect in Earley's disappearance," Jenkins said in the release, noting that Fox became the suspect. Jenkins could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Authorities went Friday morning to talk to Fox where he works on Martinel Drive in Kent, Doak said Saturday.
"As a result of talking to him, our detectives along with the Alliance detectives obtained a search warrant for the car of the missing individual and for Fox's apartment," Doak said. "The car was found in an apartment complex in close proximity to where Fox lives."
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigators joined deputies and police in the search.
The body was found inside the apartment, but the sheriff would not provide the location or the suspected cause of death. He said he was awaiting results of a Summit County Medical Examiner's autopsy, which had been scheduled to take place Saturday.
Doak said that after they found the body, they discovered that Fox had left work after authorities had left him. Doak distributed a news release to area media notifying the public that Fox was wanted and considered dangerous. He asked that anyone who sees Fox to call the sheriff's department.
"We wanted to get him in custody," Doak said.
But deputies picked up Fox a short time later as he walked along Hayes Road in Ravenna Township. Fox was arrested without incident, the sheriff said.
Authorities believe Fox acted alone and that the victim and they had not known one another prior to the killing, the sheriff confirmed.
He also praised Alliance investigators.
"Their investigators were doing a follow-up on a missing persons report when they contacted us," Doak said. "That led us to Fox. They did a really good job of following up. This is one of those cases that could've grown cold pretty quick."
Fox remained in the Portage County Jail Saturday, charged with murder.
Doak said further charges may be pending.
His brother remains in prison, having pleaded guilty on Aug. 13, 2012 to killing their mother.
A Record-Courier newspaper article dated Nov. 18, 2012 on its website at www.recordpub.com, Joseph Fox admitted to killing his mom during a burglary and robbery attempt.
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records show Joseph W. Fox was convicted of aggravated murder, felony evidence tampering, obstructing justice and escape.
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LONDON — The ceiling of a London theater partially collapsed Thursday night, showering a packed audience with heaps of plaster, wood and dust. More than 80 people were injured — at least seven seriously — and several trapped theater-goers had to be rescued, authorities said.
The collapse at the Apollo Theatre took place at 8:15 p.m. during a performance of "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time" at the height of the Christmas holiday season. The ceiling came down, bringing parts of the theater's balconies with it, police said.
Over 700 people were in the theater at the time, according to the London Fire Department.
Brian Reardon, a fire brigade commander on the scene, said he did not believe a lightning strike caused the ceiling to collapse but added that the cause would not be known until a full investigation was carried out. London was hit by an extremely heavy thunderstorm about 7 p.m., an hour before the collapse.
"Complete chaos" erupted as the debris rained down, said Martin Bostock, who came with his family to see the show, which is based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon.
"At first, we thought it was part of the show," he told Sky News. "Then I got hit on the head."
Libby Grundy, 65, said she heard a bang — and then saw a "huge cloud of dust."
"I thought it was a special effect," she said. "And then people realized it must be some sort of emergency and people started getting up. People didn't panic. (But) people were quite shaky when they got out."
Dust-covered theatergoers, many with bandaged heads, were treated by dozens of emergency workers in the street outside the Apollo and at a nearby theater.
London's Ambulance Service said it treated 88 patients — 81 with minor injuries and seven with "more serious" injuries who were taken to nearby hospitals. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
A London city bus was commandeered to take some of the wounded to the hospital.
The fire department reported that all those who had been trapped in the Apollo have been rescued.
Shaftesbury Avenue, normally one of London's busiest streets and teeming with pedestrians, was completely shut down by emergency workers.
The Apollo Theatre, named for the Greek and Roman god Apollo, god of music and the arts, was built in 1901 and has 775 seats.
The show, which is aimed at young people as well as adults, is about a boy with Asperger's who sets out to solve a crime.
Prime Minister David Cameron said via Twitter that he was being updated regularly on the crisis. He praised the city's emergency services — who were on the scene within three minutes — for their "fast work" in helping the injured.


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However, Taylor Swift's boyfriends choices are so out the blue, we have a hard time feeling sorry for her. She's dated everyone from John Mayer to Jake Gyllenhaal, so actually, we don't feel sorry for her (just jealous). Despite our envy, we think Taylor has some issues when it comes to relationships… None of hers seem to last very long, so we're fully convinced that if she stops writing revenge-filled songs about the guys who hurt her, more guys will want to date her. But that's just our opinion.
So, in order to help her with her love life, we've composed a list of former Taylor Swift boyfriends, and the guys we think she should have dated. Just a friendly warning though, Taylor: STAY AWAY FROM JOHNNY DEPP. He's ours.


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Thinks modular for NetWeaver
There'll be no more big updates for SAP's ERP software until 2010, as SAP entices customers and developers to adopt new products and initiatives for its NetWeaver SOA strategy.
SAP product and technology group president Shai Agassi said Tuesday mySAP ERP 2005, launched in June, is the core of SAP's software and that this core would not be updated for another five years. SAP will instead introduce changes to the core - such as new functions and composite applications in vertical sectors - through Enhancement Packages released once every one or two quarters.
Agassi, opening SAP's TechEd conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, promised developers, partners and customers that mySAP ERP 2005 "will now go on for a very long time".
mySAP ERP 2005 is considered the first full implementation of SAP's NetWeaver strategy, which uses web services to turn SAP's traditionally monolithic and proprietary stack into a modular and open architecture that can be customized by business managers and extended by developers who'd otherwise not bother with SAP.
NetWeaver has been SAP's vision since 2003 and the company has been embedding the necessary web services APIs into its software, turning it into a platform partners and customers can target for service oriented architectures (SOA). ERP is a critical element of NetWeaver so it's vital for SAP that customers and partners ditch legacy versions of SAP R/3 and even mySAP ERP 2004.
That's a slow move though. According to Gartner, 500 of SAP's 30,000 customers had moved from R/3 to mySAP ERP 2004 by May this year. SAP on Tuesday claimed it has 107 live customers on mySAP ERP 2005 with a "much larger" number making a "licensing commitment" to move. Previously, SAP has encouraged customers to move by warning maintenance for R/3 would end in 2009.
To facilitate the move this time, Agassi outlined existing SAP services and new tools to assist users. Laying it on the line, Agassi said: "2007 is the year you will build, release and consume all the information we have given you since 2003... [TechEd] is your time to raise your level, become a strategic value to your enterprise and a strategic asset for SAP."
Agassi announced technologies and initiatives designed to establish support from developers and business managers for NetWeaver and mySAP ERP 2005.
SAP Enterprise Search was released to developers for free trial to gain feedback ahead of commercial launch in 2007. Enterprise Search targets information workers, and is a meta search service that will root through structured and unstructured data and, SAP promised, non-SAP data sources through both SAP and non-SAP front ends. SAP is looking to developers to provide extensions.
Also launched was SAP's business process expert community. The goal of this, SAP's third community effort, is to help partners and customers build business processes based on NetWeaver. SAP claimed 30,000 members consisting of business analysts, solutions consultants and process developers it says were referred during the last few months by the 500,000 developer members of SAP's Developer Network (SDN).
Members of the business process expert community get support and resources from SAP, which expects to add a new group for each industrial segment each month - kicking off, SAP announced a consumer products knowledge centre. This latest effort joins SDN, enterprise services community launched in April and consisting of 100 members, and SAP's industry value networks forced on technology.
Agassi also talked up the forthcoming SAP's NetWeaver Visual Composer, consisting of tools to build business processes that get delivered in software, and SAP Business Intelligence Accelerator, a software appliance built with Hewlett Packard to speed queries and to apparently minimize the need for a database. ®


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I just finished Annie Kate's end of the year t-shirt! This will be her 3 year doing this. Here is photo from last year. It has been a fun tradition. I send her to school on the last day wearing a t-shirt, a fabric marker on a string for everyone to sign the shirt and a disposable camera to take photos.
You can see close up photos here.
I used a $3.33 t-shirt from wal-mart. I buy the iron on transfers (i use these all the time for things, Annie Kate's special pj shirt that she slept in before her first day of kindergarten. more ideas to come) from Avery. Walmart has the best price. If anyone has any other great resource for these let me know.
I used my grapics program and printed out photos from the year with kids in her class.
Some of the things i typed up are:
Mr. Tom is the best bus driver
I will miss you Ms. Coppins (the principal)
First grader today, Second grader tomorrow
Best first grade teacher sign here! ______________
Class of 2006
you get the idea....
I then just sewed a gingam ribbon on the bottom.
I have a few more end of school ideas, and again am sorry you are getting these late, with not enough time to do them, but you will be prepared for next year.


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The test cell comes with two (2) hydraulically-actuated pit mounted scissor lifts under a main platform. Removable guard rails with hinged forward and side sections create gates, permitting easy access for workers, and the loading/unloading of tools and other equipment onto the platform.
While the lifts are fully collapsed, a jet engine is docked via monorail system; personnel and equipment are moved onto the platform. The test cell is then raised to a comfortable working height to allow dressing of the test engine.


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But first, there's a big myth (and it may be your roadblock) that needs attention.
The Myth: I Have No Time to Blog
Every now and then I poll my blog readers and ask about their challenges with blogging. Without fail, most people say that their number-one challenge is that they don't have time to write on their blog. Frankly, I think that is a false problem because you make time for what's important.
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Clarkson University President Tony Collins spoke with U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton when she visited Syracuse, N.Y., yesterday to discuss clean and renewable energy policy. Collins was part of the Syracuse Center for Excellence (CoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems group that met with Clinton. Left to right: Collins, Syracuse CoE Executive Director Ed Bogucz and Clinton.


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EU halts some arms exports to Egypt, aid untouched
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday decided to suspend exports of weapons and goods that could be used for internal repression but did not halt aid programs for fear of hurting ordinary Egyptians already hit hard.
Instead, the 28 EU foreign ministers called on the military authorities and the supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement to resume negotiations to avoid further bloodshed.
"It was decided ... to suspend all arms deliveries that can be used internally," said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius following the emergency meeting in Brussels. "We have decided to maintain our aid for the Egyptian population because it already suffers enormously," he added.
Clashes between Egyptian security forces and Morsi's supporters have killed hundreds of people since last week.
"We do believe that the recent operations of the security forces have been disproportionate and we're worried about the resulting alarming number of people that have been killed," said the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
"We call on all sides to stop the cycle of violence, to stop the provocations, to stop the hate speech," she said, adding that the EU "strongly condemns" the recent violence.
While the EU lacks the military muscle and long-standing ties that give the U.S. a special position in dealing with Cairo, the EU is Egypt's biggest trading partner and a major source of aid, loans and tourists. The EU and its member states last year pledged a combined 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in loans and aid for Egypt.
The bloc's decision to suspend some export licenses falls short of a full weapons embargo, but many member states including Germany and Britain have already suspended new exports to Egypt.
EU ministers shied away from more radical steps such as cutting aid programs right away or imposing economic sanctions, hoping to maintain its political leverage as a broker in the crisis by continuing to talk to both sides in Egypt, who are less suspicious of the EU than of the U.S.
Ashton was the first international dignitary whom Egypt's military-backed interim government allowed to meet Morsi in detention. Still, a joint meditation effort with the U.S. failed, leading to last week's bloody crackdown on Morsi's supporters.
It left the EU walking a tightrope of what is politically feasible.
"Doing too much would risk upsetting completely the current power in Egypt, but not doing enough risks corroborating this vision of a Europe that is extremely cynical," Elena Aoun, professor of international relations at Brussels University, said before the meeting.
The U.S. so far has canceled joint military exercises and delayed the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets in response to the violence, but it is still weighing whether to suspend some of its annual $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt.
Egypt, the most populous nation in the Arab world, is a longtime U.S. ally and has been the bedrock of Washington's Middle East policy, not least because of its peace treaty with Israel. Egypt also controls the Suez Canal, an important trade route, and has so far granted the U.S. fast passage through the canal to deploy carrier groups to the Persian Gulf.
Moreover, EU threats to cut some aid may not frighten Egypt's leadership since Saudi Arabia — a long-time critic of the Muslim Brotherhood — has pledged to plug any shortfall. Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Gulf nations, including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, have so far promised $12 billion in new aid.
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March 17. 2013 12:41PM
ALSTEAD — State police are looking for the public's help identifying a group of young men seen near a pickup truck burned at the headquarters of a group that feeds the poor early Saturday morning.
Firefighters were called to Fall Mountain Friendly Meals on Bragg Lane about 12:17 a.m. for a fire that appears to have begun in the pickup truck. It was extinguished before it could cause substantial damage to the building, but the truck was destroyed, according to police.
Fall Mountain provides meals to the needy in Alstead, Langton, Walpole and North Walpole. It was created by the founders of Fall Mountain Food Shelf.
Volunteers at Fall Mountain had complained to police in recent weeks about gasoline being siphoned from the truck. State Police said a person associated with Fall Mountain reported seeing a group of males walking away from the area about the time of the fire.
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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is to
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state and local governments. In order to comply with the requirements
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practices. The purpose of the self-evaluation process was to identify and
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The Protein Myth
The Building Blocks of Life
Protein is an important nutrient required for the building, maintenance, and repair of tissues in the body. Amino acids, the building blocks of protein, can be synthesized by the body or ingested from food. There are 20 different amino acids in the food we eat, but our body can only make 11 of them. The nine essential amino acids, which cannot be produced by the body, must be obtained from the diet.
A variety of grains, legumes, and vegetables can provide all of the essential amino acids our bodies require. It was once thought that various plant foods had to be eaten together to get their full protein value, otherwise known as protein combining or protein complementing. We now know that intentional combining is not necessary to obtain all of the essential amino acids.1 As long as the diet contains a variety of grains, legumes, and vegetables, protein needs are easily met.
Protein Requirements
With the traditional Western diet, the average American consumes about double the protein her or his body needs. Additionally, the main sources of protein consumed tend to be animal products, which are also high in fat and saturated fat. Most individuals are surprised to learn that protein needs are actually much less than what they have been consuming. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein for the average adult is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight.2 To find out your average individual need, simply perform the following calculation: Body weight (in pounds) x 0.36 = recommended protein intake (in grams)
However, even this value has a large margin of safety, and the body's true need may be lower for most people. Protein needs are increased for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. In addition, needs are also higher for very active persons. As these groups require additional calories, increased protein needs can easily be met through larger intake of food consumed daily. An extra serving of legumes, tofu, meat substitutes, or other high protein sources can help meet needs that go beyond the current RDA.
The Problems with High-Protein Diets
High-protein diets for weight loss, disease prevention, and enhanced athletic performance have been greatly publicized over recent years. However, these diets are supported by little scientific research. Studies show that the healthiest diet is one that is high in carbohydrate, low in fat, and adequate in protein. Increased intake of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables is recommended for weight control and preventing diseases such as cancer3 and heart disease.4 High-carbohydrate, low-fat, moderate- protein diets are also recommended for optimal athletic performance.5 Contrary to the information on fad diets currently promoted by some popular books, a diet that is high in protein can actually contribute to disease and other health problems.
- Osteoporosis. High protein intake is known to encourage urinary calcium losses. Plant-based diets, which provide adequate protein, can help protect against osteoporosis. Calcium-rich plant foods include leafy green vegetables, beans, and some nuts and seeds, as well as fortified fruit juices, cereals, and nondairy milks.
- Cancer. Although fat is the dietary substance most often singled out for increasing one's risk for cancer, animal protein also plays a role. Specifically, certain proteins present in meat, fish, and poultry, cooked at high temperatures, especially grilling and frying, have been found to produce compounds called heterocyclic amines. These substances have been linked to various cancers including those of the colon and breast.6-8
Long-term high intake of meat, particularly red meat, is associated with significantly increased risk of colorectal cancer. The 2007 report of the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, Food, Nutrition, and the Prevention of Cancer reported that, based on available evidence, diets high in red meat were considered probable contributors to colorectal cancer risk. In addition, high-protein diets are typically low in dietary fiber. Fiber appears to be protective against cancer.3 A diet rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables is important in decreasing cancer risk,3 not to mention adding more healthful sources of protein in the diet.
- Impaired Kidney Function. When people eat too much protein, it releases nitrogen into the blood or is digested and metabolized. This places a strain on the kidneys, which must expel the waste through the urine. High-protein diets are associated with reduced kidney function. Over time, individuals who consume very large amounts of protein, particularly animal protein, risk permanent loss of kidney function. Harvard researchers reported that high-protein diets were associated with a significant decline in kidney function, based on observations in 1,624 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. The good news is that the damage was found only in those who already had reduced kidney function at the study's outset. The bad news is that as many as one in four adults in the United States may already have reduced kidney function, suggesting that most people who have renal problems are unaware of that fact and do not realize that high-protein diets may put them at risk for further deterioration. The kidney-damaging effect was seen only with animal protein. Plant protein had no harmful effect.9
The American Academy of Family Physicians notes that high animal-protein intake is in part responsible for the high prevalence of kidney stones in the United States and other developed countries and recommends protein restriction for the prevention of recurrent kidney stones.10
- Heart Disease. Typical high-protein diets are extremely high in dietary cholesterol and saturated fat.
The effect of such diets on blood cholesterol levels is a matter of ongoing research. However, such diets pose additional risks to the heart, including increased risk for heart problems immediately following a meal. Evidence indicates that meals high in saturated fat adversely affect the compliance of arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks.11 Adequate protein can be consumed through a variety of plant products that are cholesterol-free and contain only small amounts of fat.
- Weight-Loss Sabotage. Many individuals see almost immediate weight loss as a result of following a high-protein diet. In fact, the weight loss is not a result of consuming more protein, but by simply consuming fewer calories. Over the long run, consumption of this type of diet is not practical as it can result in the aforementioned health problems. As with any temporary diet, weight gain is often seen when previous eating habits are resumed. To achieve permanent weight loss while promoting optimal health, the best strategy involves lifestyle changes including a low-fat diet of grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables combined with regular physical activity.
Protein Checklist
High-protein diets are unhealthful. However, adequate but not excess amounts of protein to maintain body tissues, including muscle, are still important and can be easily achieved on a plant-based diet. If you are uncertain about the adequacy of protein in your diet, take inventory. Although all protein needs are individual, the following guidelines can help you to meet, but not exceed, your needs.
- Aim for five or more servings of grains each day. This may include 1⁄2 cup of hot cereal, 1 ounce of dry cereal, or one slice of bread. Each serving contains roughly 3 grams of protein.
- Aim for three or more servings of vegetables each day. This may include 1 cup of raw vegetables, 1⁄2 cup of cooked vegetables, or 1⁄2 cup of vegetable juice. Each serving contains about 2 grams of protein.
- Aim for 2 to 3 servings of legumes each day. This may include 1⁄2 cup of cooked beans, 4 ounces of tofu or tempeh, 8 ounces of soy milk, and 1 ounce of nuts. Protein content can vary significantly, particularly with soy and rice milks, so be sure to check labels. Each serving may contain about 4 grams to 10 grams of protein. Meat analogues and substitutes are also great sources of protein that can be added to your daily diet.
Healthful Protein Sources (in grams)
Black beans, boiled (1 cup) .................................15.2
Broccoli (1 cup).......................................................4.6
Bulgur, cooked (1 cup)...........................................5.6
Chickpeas, boiled (1 cup) ....................................14.5
Lentils, boiled (1 cup)...........................................17.9
Peanut butter (2 tablespoons)................................8.0
Quinoa, cooked (1 cup)........................................11.0
Seitan* (4 ounces)..................................................24.0
Spinach, boiled (1 cup)...........................................5.4
Tempeh (1/2 cup)..................................................15.7
Tofu, firm (1/2 cup)...............................................19.9
Whole-wheat bread (one slice)..............................2.7
*A plant-based product made from wheat gluten; protein value from manufacturer's information.
Source: J.A.T. Pennington, Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly
Used, 17th ed. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1998).
Protein-Rich Recipes
Split Pea Barley Soup
Makes about 3 quarts
Barley adds great texture to this simple one-pot soup.
2 cups split peas
1/2 cup hulled or pearled barley
8 cups water or vegetable broth
1 medium onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
In a large pot, combine peas, barley, water, onion, celery, cumin, basil, thyme, and black pepper. Cover loosely and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender, about 1 hour.
Transfer 4 cups to a blender and process until smooth. You may have to do this in a couple of batches. Fill blender no more than half full and hold lid on firmly. Return to pot, add salt, and serve.
Per 1-cup serving: 180 calories; 11 g protein; 34 g carbohydrate; 1 g fat; 6 g fiber; 337 mg sodium; calories from protein: 24%; calories from carbohydrates: 72%; calories from fats: 4%
Black Bean Burritos
Makes 4 burritos
Black bean burritos make a quick meal when time is short, or they can be made ahead and refrigerated for lunches and easy instant snacks. Instant black bean flakes are sold in natural food stores and some supermarkets.
1 cup instant black bean flakes or 1 15-ounce can fat-free refried black beans
4 flour tortillas
2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 green onions, sliced
1/2 avocado, sliced (optional)
1/2 cup salsa
Mix bean flakes with boiling water in a small pan or bowl. Let stand until completely softened, 3 to 5 minutes. If using canned beans, heat on the stove or in a microwave if desired.
Warm tortillas, one at a time, in a large dry skillet, flipping to warm both sides until soft and pliable.
Spread warm tortilla with approximately 1/2 cup of bean mixture. Top with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado if using, and salsa. Roll tortilla around filling.
Serve or wrap in plastic and refrigerate.
Per burrito: 233 calories; 10 g protein; 36 g carbohydrate; 7 g fat; 8 g fiber; 510 mg sodium; calories from protein: 16%; calories from carbohydrates: 58%; calories from fats: 26%
Peanut Butter Spaghetti
Makes about 4 cups
Peanut sauce takes just minutes to prepare and gives spaghetti a whole new personality. Serve this spaghetti with lightly steamed vegetables.
8 ounces uncooked spaghetti
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup hot water
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar or other sweetener
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon ginger
Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and rinse. Set aside.
While pasta cooks, combine peanut butter, water, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and ginger in a saucepan and whisk until smooth.
Heat gently until slightly thickened. Add cooked pasta and toss to mix. Serve immediately.
Per 1/2-cup serving: 151 calories; 6 g protein; 15 g carbohydrate; 8 g fat; 2 g fiber; 260 mg sodium; calories from protein: 14%; calories from carbohydrates: 39%; calories from fats: 47%
Chocolate Tofu Pudding
Makes 2 cups
Soft tofu makes it easy to prepare a smooth and creamy chocolate pudding. Be sure the tofu is fresh by checking the date on the package.
1 pound soft silken tofu
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3-1/2 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
Place all ingredients into a blender and process until completely smooth. Spoon into small bowls and chill before serving.
Per 1/2-cup serving: 114 calories; 7 g protein; 20 g carbohydrate; 2 g fat; 1 g fiber; 144 mg sodium; calories from protein: 23%; calories from carbohydrates: 65%; calories from fats: 12%
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John Stamos is 50. Have mercy! Uncle Jesse is getting old.
The actor celebrated his half-century birthday Monday with his "Full House" castmates, who have kept in touch since their sitcom went off the air in 1995.
His on-screen wife Lori Loughlin and TV family posted all the details on Instagram for fan-viewing pleasure too.
"@bobsaget was the perfect emcee last night. Hysterically funny as always!" Loughlin wrote about costar and Tanner family patriarch Bob Saget.
PHOTOS: Family TV: Kid-tested, parent-approved
The party took place at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood, according to People. It was themed after Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin's Rat Pack, according to Candace Cameron Bure, who played Stamos' niece DJ in the sitcom.
"Family Forever #johnstamos50 @johnstamos @bobsaget #RatPackTheme," she wrote, snapping a pic of herself, Stamos and Saget at the fete.
"It was really great catching up with Ashley last night!," Loughlin wrote, posing for a photo with one of the Olsen twins, who played Michelle Tanner when the show aired from 1987 to 1995.
No word on why embattled alum Jodie Sweetin or costars Dave Coulier or Mary-Kate Olsen weren't at the event.
Comedian Jeffrey Ross roasted the well-coiffed actor, according to Loughlin. And music? You got it, dude! Stamos had his fair share of performers, including "It's Not Unusual" legend Tom Jones and Mike Love and Bruce Johnston from the Beach Boys, who have had a long history with Stamos' "Full House" persona. "Glee's" Darren Criss also serenaded the star.
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"The lovely and extremely talented and semi good looking @DarrenCriss sang to me at my birthday," Stamos wrote, sharing a pic of the singer belting out a tune as the birthday boy sat in the background making an unimpressed face.
Yeah, Criss has nothing on Stamos' show band Jesse and the Rippers. Though these days, Stamos has focused on acting. He's currently starring in USA's "Necessary Roughness" after completing stints on "The New Normal," "Glee" and "ER." He recently made headlines for his philanthropy, promising to go to Disneyland with a fan named Kaitlyn Dobrow, who is a quadruple amputee because of a bacterial infection.
"Had the party of a lifetime Monday night," Stamos wrote on Instagram. "everyone that is so important in my life was there. Especially my mom and sisters."
Stamos said he spent his "last few hours of being 49" with his mom and promised that the festivities would be "going all month."
Jessica Simpson gives a first look at 2-month-old son Ace
Madonna is Forbes' top-earning celeb thanks to MDNA tour
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have separated
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Top issues facing academic libraries: A report of the Focus on the Future Task Force
C&RL News, November 2002
Vol. 63 No. 10
by W. Lee Hisle
In the spring of 2001, Deanna Marcum spoke to a group of academic librarians at the ACRL National Conference in Denver and challenged us to think beyond our everyday issues. She admonished us, and the profession in general, to concentrate on the big issues facing academic librarianship.
Over the next couple of days in Denver, several of us who attended the lunch agreed that we should focus our intellectual energies on this challenge. As a result, in the fall of 2001, ACRL President Mary Reichel established the Focus on the Future Task Force to "help the association meet the challenge of keeping our focus on the big questions—those questions which have the potential to help academic librarians shape and change their services to further improve learning and research."
From the beginning, the task force was to be an inclusive effort, involving representatives from other academic library associations, such as the Association of Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, the International Federation of Library Associations, and the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Over the past 18 months, the task force has collected data concerning the most important issues facing academic libraries. Librarians at open forums, both online and face-to-face, have articulated the issues they believe are most pressing, the issues we must deal with effectively to retain the important role of academic libraries in the academy. Some 300 librarians have been involved in generating ideas for this list. Their thoughts have been reviewed and similarities noted. The following list represents the most often expressed issues (not necessarily in priority order).
Top issues
1. Recruitment, education, and retention of librarians. The need to find and retain quality leadership for libraries is a core issue for the future. Even as retirements seem to increase, fewer librarians are entering the profession as a whole, and fewer librarians are entering the academic library field in particular. Ensuring education of new librarians and reeducating existing librarians with skills and knowledge to support new roles in a digital information age, especially roles involving teaching and library promotion, is a challenge for the profession. Indeed, the continued relevance of the MLS to academic librarianship may be in question. In addition, low salaries and the lack of diversity in the profession were relevant subtopics, often mentioned as problems that need collective action.
2. Role of library in academic enterprise. Librarians are dedicated to maintaining the importance and relevance of the academic library as a place of intellectual stimulation and a center of activity on campus. Even so, some feel that libraries are becoming marginalized. Librarians believe that it is essential that we emphasize information literacy instruction and the importance of the teaching role of librarians. We must find ways to promote the values, expertise, and leadership of the profession throughout the campus to ensure appreciation for the roles librarians do and can play. Though access to information is increasingly decentralized, and computer labs now compete with libraries as campus gathering points, librarians must demonstrate to the campus community that the library remains central to academic effort.
3. Impact of information technology on library services. Librarians are aware that an appropriate institutional balance needs to be maintained between traditional library materials and services and those services (which sometimes overlap) represented by instructional and information technology departments.
Should libraries house campus information commons? Should libraries report through an "information czar," rather than through the traditional academic hierarchy? These are among the challenging questions for the profession and the academy. It is also important, though difficult, to maintain technological currency in the face of decreasing resources, rising costs, and differing views about institutional funding priorities.
4. Creation, control, and preservation of digital resources. Methods to determine what should be digitized, to find resources to do the work, and to develop appropriate bibliographic control mechanisms for digital materials offer complex challenges. In addition, librarians want to ensure that digital materials are preserved appropriately and that permanent access to those materials can be provided.
5. Chaos in scholarly communication. Librarians advocate the need for fair scholarly communication models as copyright laws change or are reinterpreted and challenges to fair-use in a digital context continue to be made. Traditional library/publisher relationships may change substantially. The consolidation of the information industry under a few large vendors is a substantial threat as it represents possible homogenization of information and the potential for monopolistic business practices. The rise of the Web as the first choice for student and faculty researchers represents a departure from traditional scholarly research patterns. Overcoming the apparent lack of commitment by the commercial information industry to future access of information will be an ongoing challenge for librarians.
6. Support of new users. Librarians articulate the need to provide appropriate services and resources to new users, whether distance education students or those involved in new teaching and learning methods. The organizational patterns of academic libraries are thought to be a barrier to providing these students with access to instruction and information appropriate to their educational style. Librarians would like to take advantage of student enthusiasm, creativity, and technical skills. At the same time, librarians observe the general and growing lack of literacy among students, along with flexible ethics that tolerate plagiarism and copyright violations and show a general lack of respect for scholarship and research.
7. Higher education funding. Considering the current state of the economy, librarians face the possibility of reductions in funding that could have a deleterious effect on library programs, salaries, and resources. Creative thought and action will be required to compensate for the already low pay of librarians, as well as the rising costs of materials and technology. The question asked is, "How can libraries provide access to the information students and faculty need when the cost of resources is rising so precipitously?" In addition, librarians must face the challenge of competition from other organizational units during these times of scarce resources.
|1. Recruitment, education, and retention of librarians.
2. Role of library in academic enterprise.
3. Impact of information technology on library services.
4. Creation, control, and preservation of digital resources.
5. Chaos in scholarly communication.
6. Support of new users.
7. Higher education funding.
What's next
The task force sees this list as the first iteration of an ongoing effort; plans are being made to institutionalize the data collection and reporting for a regular feature in C&RL News. In addition, the task force, due to disband after the 2003 ALA Annual Conference, is making recommendations for an "ACRL home" for this effort. It will also make recommendations on using the information collected in association programming.
The task force will present a program at the ACRL National Conference in Charlotte: "Focus on the Future: Big Issues for Academic Librarians," involving the executive directors of ACRL, ARL, CNI, and CLIR. They will speak about their perceptions of the real and ideal roles their associations will play in dealing with the big issues in front of us.
The task force hopes this first list of top issues will generate reaction and discussion, both positive and negative. Ideally, libraries, associations, and individuals will look to their actions on how to respond to the issues presented. Strategic planning and conference planning might be built around these issues.
About the Author
W. Lee Hisle is vice president of information services and librarian of the College at Connecticut College, chair of the Focus on the Future Task Force, and a former ACRL president, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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USF at Pacific
Tipoff: 4 p.m., Spanos Center
Records: Dons 6-5; Tigers 8-2
Radio: 1280-AM; pacifictigers.com
Skinny: The Tigers return to the floor for the first time since their come-from-behind 75-72 win Dec. 20 at Saint Mary's. ... Senior captain Kendall Rodriguez had 19 points in the final 9:08 of the game, including five consecutive 3-pointers to spark the comeback that halted Pacific's two-game losing streak. ... Junior point guard Gena Johnson and sophomore center Kendall Kenyon have been Pacific's leading scorers at 10.9 points per game, while Rodriguez is averaging 10.7. ... Senior starters Ashley Wakefield (9.4 points) and Erica McKenzie (9.3) have also played well for Pacific. ... The Tigers' impressive start has them 15th in RealtimeRPI.com's simulation of the formula used by the NCAA Tournament committee to determine at-large bids. ... The Tigers are 2-0 against West Coast Conference foes this season, while the Dons are 3-2 against Big West Conference opponents this season, defeating Hawaii, UC Davis and Cal Poly, while losing at Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge. ... USF is led by senior forward Mel Kholk (16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists) and center Taylor Procter (10 points, 7.9 rebounds). ... The Dons lead the all-time series 17-11, but the schools have split their two meetings since 1998, with Pacific winning 76-54 at War Memorial Gym two years ago. ... The schools will play twice every season when Pacific rejoins the West Coast Conference next fall.
- Jagdip Dhillon


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Most people understand the use of keyfields for the input side of the map. (If you don't, let me know, we can do an entry on that)
But there seems to be some confusion on using keyfields on the output side of the map.
Some may think it's used to skip unwanted/empty iterations of a repeating structure, but that's not the case.
The option to add a keyfield on the output side of a map was necessary for the first versions of the translator, thru Gentran Server for Windows 2.x.
In those early versions, it was not necessary for a link to contain data, to cause the map to trigger the output record. As long as data was present at that level, then it would trigger the output record. Any other rules on the output record would run, and you would have unwanted records.
The keyfield was included, to specify that you only wanted those records that had data in the selected field. The field selected for the keyfield, would be a mandatory field, or a field that you would expect to be in the output data.
It is NOT recommend to use the following setting, but you can simulate the behavior of the early versions of the translator by checking this box in the Details of the map:
With that said, here are examples of what the keyfield on the output side was originally used for, when it was needed.
01one a
02two a
01one b
01one c
01one d
01one e
02two e
01one f
01one g
Note that the 02 record is only present for "a" and "e". There is no 02 record for "b","c","d',"f" and "g".
With the way 2.x translators behaved, you would get the following output.
01one a test
02two a test
01one b test
02 test
01one c test
02 test
01one d test
02 test
01one e test
02two e test
01one f test
02 test
01one g test
02 test
Notice how you get an 02 record in the output for every iteration of the Group that was read in.
There were 7 iterations of the group, so 7 02s were written out. The 8th iteration was empty, so the translator stopped processing then.
This obviously wasn't acceptable behavior, so the keyfield on the output side was added.
Select a field that will have data, in the properties of the ouput reccord:
01one a test
02two a test
01one b test
01one c test
01one d test
01one e test
02two e test
01one f test
01one g test
The only 02 records are those that have data linked across to the field in the keyfield.
With the enhancements done for Gentran Server for Windows 3.x and newer (including all versions of GIS/SI). The translator was modified to only trigger the output record, when data is present in at least one field that is linked to the output record.
With the current translators, the only time the keyfield will come into play, is when there are multiple fields linked:
01one a
02two a two aa
01one b
02 two bb
01one c
02two c
Note that "a" and "aa" are present, "b" is not present, but "bb" is, "c" is present but "cc" is not present.
With the current translators, as long at least 1 link has data, it will trigger the output record:
01one a test
02two a two aa
01one b test
02 two bb
01one c test
02two c
you add a keyfield on the output record:
01one a test
02two a two aa
01one b test
01one c test
02two c
Note the 02 for "bb" is not in the output, since there was no "two b".
The use of the keyfield in this aspect, is getting away from the original design of why the keyfield was added to the product. As I mentioned in the beginning, the 2.x check box and the keyfield on the output are still in the product for backward compatibility.
Looking at all these examples, it may look like it's skipping the unwanted/empty iterations of the 02 records. But this is all due to the fact that the 01 and 02 are in a repeating group.
To expanded on how the translator processes data, it will continue to evaluate the links for the output records, until it finds an empty iteration for the current REPEATING STRUCTURE on the output side.
So in this case, the repeating structure is the Group. As long as those 01 records are present, it will continue to evaluate the 02 record as well.
As soon as there are no 01 or 02 records for the output, then it will stop evaluating, and leave the current repeating structure.
If you have a repeating record, instead of a repeating group:
01one a two a
01one b two b
01one c
01one d two d
01one e
01one f two f
01one g two g
It will evaluate all 8 iterations, for 2.x, without a keyfield:
01test two a
01test two b
01test two d
01test two f
01test two g
Again, because there just has to be data read in for each level.
If you add a keyfield or test it both with and without a keyfield with the current translator, it stops at the empty iteration:
01test two a
01test two b
The same holds true, for when a repeating record has multiple links to it.
As soon as the keyfield does not have data in it, it will cause an empty iteration.
So, the keyfield is not allowing the translator to skip unwanted/empty iterations. As soon as it finds an empty iteration, it stops evaluating the rest of the maximum for the repeating structure.
Hopefully this clears up the design and use of the keyfield on the output side of the map.
It really is only still in the product, because they have to keep the backwards compatibility as an option.
The same goes for the "2.x compatible" check box.
The next time you come across the keyfield on the output side of the map, you'll have a better understanding as to what it's doing. I usually end with saying that it'll make your mapping life that much easier, but if you were hoping for it to allow you to skip unwanted iterations, that's not the case.
As always, any and all comments are welcome.
Feel free to request any topics or ideas as well.
Thanks for reading!
Pat Frey – IBM Support