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"The president got his higher taxes—$600 billion from higher earners, with no spending cuts—at the end of 2012. He also got higher taxes via ObamaCare. Meanwhile, no one should be talking about raising taxes when the government is still paying people to play videogames, giving folks free cellphones, and buying $47,000 cigarette-smoking machines. Washington must get serious about its spending problem."
John Boehner: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created
Obama invented the 'sequester' in the summer of 2011 to avoid facing up to America's spending problem.
By JOHN BOEHNER
A week from now, a dramatic new federal policy is set to go into effect that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more. In a bit of irony, President Obama stood Tuesday with first responders who could lose their jobs if the policy goes into effect. Most Americans are just hearing about this Washington creation for the first time: the sequester. What they might not realize from Mr. Obama's statements is that it is a product of the president's own failed leadership.
The sequester is a wave of deep spending cuts scheduled to hit on March 1. Unless Congress acts, $85 billion in across-the-board cuts will occur this year, with another $1.1 trillion coming over the next decade. There is nothing wrong with cutting spending that much—we should be cutting even more—but the sequester is an ugly and dangerous way to do it.
By law, the sequester focuses on the narrow portion of the budget that funds the operating accounts for federal agencies and departments, including the Department of Defense. Exempt is most entitlement spending—the large portion of the budget that is driving the nation's looming debt crisis. Should the sequester take effect, America's military budget would be slashed nearly half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Border security, law enforcement, aviation safety and many other programs would all have diminished resources.
How did the country find itself in this mess?
During the summer of 2011, as Washington worked toward a plan to reduce the deficit to allow for an increase in the federal debt limit, President Obama and I very nearly came to a historic agreement. Unfortunately our deal fell apart at the last minute when the president demanded an extra $400 billion in new tax revenue—50% more than we had shaken hands on just days before.
It was a disappointing decision by the president, but with just days until a breach of the debt limit, a solution was still required—and fast. I immediately got together with Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to forge a bipartisan congressional plan. It would be called the Budget Control Act.
The plan called for immediate caps on discretionary spending (to save $917 billion) and the creation of a special House-Senate "super committee" to find an additional $1.2 trillion in savings. The deal also included a simple but powerful mechanism to ensure that the committee met its deficit-reduction target: If it didn't, the debt limit would not be increased again in a few months.
But President Obama was determined not to face another debt-limit increase before his re-election campaign. Having just blown up one deal, the president scuttled this bipartisan, bicameral agreement. His solution? A sequester.
With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.
Ultimately, the super committee failed to find an agreement, despite Republicans offering a balanced mix of spending cuts and new revenue through tax reform. As a result, the president's sequester is now imminent.
Both parties today have a responsibility to find a bipartisan solution to the sequester. Turning it off and erasing its deficit reduction isn't an option. What Congress should do is replace it with other spending cuts that put America on the path to a balanced budget in 10 years, without threatening national security.
Having first proposed and demanded the sequester, it would make sense that the president lead the effort to replace it. Unfortunately, he has put forth no detailed plan that can pass Congress, and the Senate—controlled by his Democratic allies—hasn't even voted on a solution, let alone passed one. By contrast, House Republicans have twice passed plans to replace the sequester with common-sense cuts and reforms that protect national security.
The president has repeatedly called for even more tax revenue, but the American people don't support trading spending cuts for higher taxes. They understand that the tax debate is now closed.
The president got his higher taxes—$600 billion from higher earners, with no spending cuts—at the end of 2012. He also got higher taxes via ObamaCare. Meanwhile, no one should be talking about raising taxes when the government is still paying people to play videogames, giving folks free cellphones, and buying $47,000 cigarette-smoking machines.
Washington must get serious about its spending problem. If it can't reform America's safety net and retirement-security programs, they will no longer be there for those who rely on them. Republicans' willingness to do what is necessary to save these programs is well-known. But after four years, we haven't seen the same type of courage from the president.
The president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until Washington Democrats get serious about cutting spending. The government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have.
So, as the president's outrage about the sequester grows in coming days, Republicans have a simple response: Mr. President, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. What spending are you willing to cut to replace it?
Mr. Boehner, a Republican congressman from Ohio, is speaker of the House.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Carly Rae Jepsen has had a breakout year, and now she's being rewarded by Billboard, which has named her its Rising Star of 2012.
The "Call Me Maybe" singer will be honored at Billboard's annual Women in Music event, to be held in New York City on Nov. 30. She'll join Katy Perry, who has been named Woman of the Year.
In a statement Thursday, Jepsen says she was influenced by many female artists and hopes to inspire budding musicians the way her heroes inspired her. Jepsen says she is truly honored by the award.
Previous recipients include Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga.

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Trends and Opportunities in Federal Earth Science Education and Workforce Training
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Dr. Arthur Goldstein
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Bridgewater State College
Arthur Goldstein, chair, is the founding Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts, a position he has held since August 2010. Prior to joining Bridgewater State University, he held appointments as a dean at the University of New England and the director of the Division of Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF). While at NSF, Dr. Goldstein was involved in developing GeoTeach, a program aimed at improving the development of pre-service and in-service secondary school teachers. Prior to his appointment at NSF, he was a professor of geology at Colgate University and served as department chair for five years. Dr. Goldstein was the co-chair of the NRC study on Scientific Ocean Drilling: Accomplishments and Challenges (2011). He received a B.S. in geology from Kent State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dr. Eric M. Riggs
Texas A&M University
Eric M. Riggs is the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Graduate Student Development and a research associate professor of geoscience education at Texas A&M University. Prior to this appointment, he was the founding co-director of an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the advancement of science and mathematics education research at Purdue University. His research interests lie at the intersection of cognitive science and geology, especially across diverse cultures and backgrounds. He is especially interested in workforce issues, including hispanic and native American diversity in the geosciences. Dr. Riggs is a past President of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He received a B.A. in english literature from Pomona College and a Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of California, Riverside.
Dr. Pranoti Asher
American Geophysical Union
Pranoti Asher is the Education and Public Outreach Manager for the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a professional society of the earth and space sciences with more than 60,000 members. Prior to joining AGU, she spent 18 years as a geoscience faculty member at universities and community colleges. Dr. Asher is deeply interested in education, outreach, and workforce development for the geosciences and is currently working on an NSF-funded study aimed at the development of earth and space science faculty and their students at two-year colleges. She is also knowledgeable about education and outreach activities of other professional geoscience societies. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in geology from the University of Bombay, India, and a Ph.D. in the geological sciences from the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Karl K. Turekian
Yale University
Karl K. Turekian, NAS, is the Sterling Professor of Geology and Geophysics Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist at Yale University. His research focuses on the use of radioactive and radiogenic nuclides for deciphering the environmental history of Earth. He is also interested in science education, and has previously participated in studies related to this topic. Dr. Turekian has served on more than 10 NRC committees and boards, and is currently the NAS Section 16 liason to the NRC. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Geological Society of America, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Wheaton College (Illinois) received his Ph.D. in geochemistry from Columbia University.
Dr. Eric J. Pyle
James Madison University
Eric J. Pyle is a professor of geology in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at James Madison University. He has a strong background in K-12 and college-level STEM education and program assessment and evaluation. Dr. Pyle was a member of the Earth and Space Science Design Team for the NRC?s ?A Curriculum Framework for K-12 Science Education.? He is a past President of both the Virginia Association of Science Teachers and the West Virginia Science Teachers Association. He currently serves as Co-director for the James Madison University Center for STEM Education and Outreach and is a National Association of Geoscience Teachers Counselor for Virginia. He has a B.S. in earth science from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, an M.S. in geology from Emory University, and a Ph.D. in science education from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Susan E. Cozzens
Georgia Institute of Technology
Susan E. Cozzens is Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as a professor of public policy and Director of the Technology Policy and Assessment Center. Her research interests are in science, technology, and innovation policies, with an emphasis on issues of equity, equality, and development. Dr. Cozzens is active in developing science and technology indicators as well as methods for assessing research. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past chair of the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. Dr. Cozzens has served on nine previous NRC committees, mostly related to program evaluation in a wide range of fields. She has a B.S. in sociology from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University.
Dr. Lisa D. White
San Francisco State University
Lisa D. White is the Associate Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University. Previously, she was a professor of geology and chair of the Geosciences Department. Her background is in micropaleontology, paleoceanography, and stratigraphy. Dr. White has extensive experience with science outreach programs for urban students and is active in efforts to increase diversity in the geosciences. She is principal investigator of the SF-ROCKS (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco) program, which is aimed at attracting minority high school students to the geosciences through environmental research projects and training. She coordinated the Minority Participation in the Earth Sciences (MPES) Program at the U.S. Geological Survey from 1988-1995, and is a past chair of the GSA Committee on Minorities and Women in the Geosciences. Dr. White received her Ph.D. in earth sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Cathy Manduca
Carleton College
Cathy A. Manduca is Director of the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College. She is involved in a variety of projects that support improvements in undergraduate geoscience education. Her areas of interest include bringing research results on teaching and learning into broader use in the geosciences, understanding geoscience expertise, and building strong geoscience departments. She is the Executive Director of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and serves on the AGU Outreach Committee and the American Institute of Physics Education Committee. Dr. Manduca is the lead investigator of a $10 million NSF grant to improve geoscience education and to integrate the geosciences across other academic disciplines. She received a B.A. in geology from Williams College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in geology from the California Institute of Technology.


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CLEVELAND, Miss. -- While few Mississippi farmers are currently using soydiesel in their diesel engine equipment, the potential for the alternative fuel is huge, says Herb Willcutt.
"It's estimated there is potential for 26 million gallons annually of biodiesel from Mississippi soybeans," he said at a meeting sponsored by the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board.
Several of the meetings have been held around the state to create greater awareness of the alternative fuel. The soydiesel promotion effort is funded through checkoff dollars from soybean producers.
"Soy oil accounts for 50 percent of the vegetable oil produced in the world," said Willcutt, Extension agricultural engineer with the Mississippi State University Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, "and a plentiful supply is readily available for blending with petroleum diesel."
The United States currently imports 55 percent of its petroleum, he noted, and that's expected to increase to 70 percent by 2020.
"Energy consumption is expected to increase by 40 percent to 50 percent by 2025. As their economies grow, China and India are becoming larger consumers of petroleum energy, and the competition for energy resources is becoming more intense. All this amplifies the need for the United States to be able to produce as much of its own energy as possible.
"When all costs are factored into the cost of a foreign barrel of oil, including protection of U.S. interests in the Mideast, it comes to $136. So, there's more to consider than the two- or three-cent premium for biodiesel over petroleum diesel."
Soy diesel is not raw vegetable oil, he pointed out; rather, it is produced by a chemical process that removes glycerin from soy oil and reduces its viscosity.
It must meet specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), and can be used in any concentration with petroleum-based diesel fuel in existing diesel engines with little or no modification.
For every 100 pounds of soybean oil and 10 pounds of methanol used in processing, the result is 100 pounds of soy biodiesel and 10 pounds of glycerin (which has value for industrial and other uses).
The soydiesel can be blended with petroleum diesel in varying ratios, and is denoted by the mixture; i.e., B20 grade is 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel.
"An average bushel of soybeans will produce 1.33 gallons of soydiesel, or about 40 gallons per acre, based on state average yields," Willcutt said. It is estimated that 100 million gallons of soydiesel production would resulted in a 10-cent per bushel increase in the price of soybeans.
"Biodiesel has the highest positive energy balance of any fuel," he noted. "It produces 3.2 units of energy per unit of fossil fuel used in production. Petroleum diesel production creates a negative energy balance, with only .88 unit of energy per unit of fossil fuel used in production. One gallon of biodiesel production can conserve four gallons of petroleum diesel."
An added benefit of biodiesel is its higher lubricity, Willcutt said. "Adding 2 percent biodiesel to petroleum diesel will improve fuel lubricity by up to 66 percent, extending the life of the injector system and the engine."
Biodiesel has a much higher flash point than petroleum diesel, 260 degrees F. compared to 125 degrees F., which greatly improves safety in storage and use, he said. It runs well under the harshest conditions, down to minus 35 degrees F.
Soydiesel has been "thoroughly researched and proven in more than 55 million miles of on-road use," he said. "While it can be safely used in any diesel engine, it has particularly great potential for agricultural machinery."
In 2000, Willcutt said, there were about 450,000 government vehicles burning biodiesel in the United States; today, there are an estimated 2 million, including the U.S. armed forces, the Postal Service, the Forest Service, and many municipal and school bus fleets.
Exhaust from engines running biodiesel is safer and less offensive than petroleum diesel, produces fewer cancer-causing compounds, and reduces the amount of carbon and other components that contribute to smog, acid rain, and greenhouse gases.
"The federal government is really taking a hard look at this energy source."
Bioenergy research at Mississippi State's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering has focused on improving biodiesel production technologies, the properties of biodiesel, and finding additional uses for the glycerin byproduct, along with gasification systems for agricultural byproducts such as poultry litter, gin trash, switchgrass, etc.
Some sources for information about biodiesel are:
United Soybean Board www.unitedsoybean.org
American Soybean Association www.soygrowers.com
National Biodiesel Board www.biodiesel.org
State soybean checkoff boards www.unitedsoybean.org/who_states.cfme-mail: [email protected]


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
DSW Inc., down $1.83 at $65.60
A Brean Capital analyst downgraded the shoe retailer's stock to "Hold," citing an industry wide weak holiday season.
Lowe's Companies Inc., down 82 cents at $34.76
A Canaccord analyst cut the home improvement company's stock to "Sell," saying efforts to improve sales aren't enough.
Commercial Metals Co., up 48 cents at $16.02
The steel and metal company said its first-quarter net income fell 54 percent on weaker demand in its Americas Recycling unit.
EnergySolutions Inc., up 29 cents at $3.73
Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm, said it is buying the nuclear contractor for $338.6 million.
Quiksilver Inc., up 22 cents at $5.29
Shares of the surf and skate clothing company continued to rise after the company named Andy Mooney as its new CEO last week.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., down 47 cents at $8
The gold mining firm said that one of its South African mines will stay closed, perhaps indefinitely, due to labor unrest.
Netflix Inc., up $3.22 at $99.20
The video subscription service said that it will be adding the old episodes of at least eight more Warner Bros. television series.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $1.08 at $2.43
The drug company updated investors about previously disclosed discrepancies with a study of its lung cancer treatment bavituximab.


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Stavanger Grand Slam | 24 - 29 June 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2014 – The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will once again be the centrepiece of the international beach volleyball calendar in 2014.
From Long Beach in California to Shanghai in China and many places in between players will compete for their share of the $10.2m in prize money on offer from 10 Grand Slams, an inaugural FIVB Grand Slam Final and 10 Open tournaments. The Grand Slams conclude with the first ever FIVB Grand Slam Final, which will offer $500,000 in prize money.
Last year the men's tournament went down to the wire as Latvia's Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs held off the challenge of Brazil's Pedro Salgado and Bruno Schmidt at the Durban Open in December. Brazilian fans did have something to celebrate though as Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima won the women's crown after dominating all season.
It means that both sides will be pushing hard to retain their titles, while the depth of the teams chasing them grows ever deeper.
Initially nine Grand Slam events were named, but in recent weeks the total went up to the maximum of 10 when the Klagenfurt returned as a host following a year off the Tour when the Austrian venue hosted the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championships.
The lake-side resort will once again welcome the crème-de-la-crème of the beach volleyball world as the Austrian city gets set to host the ninth double-gender Beach Volleyball Grand Slam of the 2014 season from July 29 to August 3.
This year will mark the 17th time that the Lake Worthersee site has hosted a stop on the international circuit. With the exception of last season, the men's World Tour has stopped in Klagenfurt every year since 1997 and the women's since 2001. In 2001 Klagenfurt also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and this year's tournament will make Klagenfurt the most experienced host in the World Tour's history with 16 men's and 12 women's tournament to its name.
"Beach volleyball players and fans have come to expect the best from Klagenfurt," said FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°. "I am proud to have the opportunity to now build on the previous successes of this stop on the World Tour and look forward to once again experiencing all that this excellent venue has to offer."
"We are very happy to organise the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in cooperation with the FIVB at Lake Worthersee in Klagenfurt, Carinthia again this year," said Hannes Jagerhofer of the ACTS Group, the official promoter of the event.
"The dates for the Grand Slam are hereby confirmed and official. We are sure that this year's Grand Slam will exceed all the expectations of all athletes, fans, sponsors and partners by offering an exceptional week in Carinthia."
Earlier in the month, the organisers of the Moscow Grand Slam announced a date change to June 11 to 15 so as to accommodate Klagenfurt's inclusion in the 2014 beach volleyball calendar.
Also making a return to this year's calendar is Stavanger in Norway, another popular stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The unique dockside venue, which hosted the 2009 World Championships, was last present on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2011, after 13 straight seasons, but returns with a Grand Slam from June 24-29.
The ever-popular Stare Jablonki, returns as a Grand Slam after hosting the World Championships last year. The venue on the banks of Lake Mazury will now welcome beach volleyball players and fans from August 19 to 24.
Through the year there are a host of familiar cities hosting Grand Slams; Long Beach in the USA continues for a second season after a successful debut in 2013, while The Hague in the Netherlands is planning on spreading the tournament over four different cities in preparation for their hosting of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2015.
There are also Grand Slams in Fortaleza in Brazil, Berlin, Moscow and Gstaad in Switzerland before the FIVB Grand Slam Final.
The participants in the FIVB Grand Slam Final, for
which the location and dates are still to be confirmed, will be made up of the
top eight nations on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam ranking with a
maximum quota of two teams per country, per gender. The newly conceived Grand Slam Final has yet to be assigned and the FIVB
is in negotiations with the promoters who have shown an interest in staging
this event.
Fuzhou in China, Anapa in Russia, Xiamen in China and Phuket in Thailand will once again host Open tournaments with a further five organised in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, Czech capital Prague, Parana in Argentina and Qatari capital Doha with Durban in South Africa once again bringing the season to a close in December.
The newest addition to the 2014 beach volleyball calendar, the FIVB U17 Volleyball World Championships will be held in Bahia Banderas in Mexico, providing yet another opportunity for young beach volleyball players to come to the fore and gain international experience in their sport.
Polish town Myslowice will once again do the honours of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships while Oporto in Portugal will put its previous experience of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships to practice yet again in 2014. Cypriot resort Larnaka will host the U21 World Championships.
The second edition of the Youth Olympic Games are set to take place from August 16 to 28, 2014 in the Chinese city of Nanjing and it will be the first time beach volleyball will be included in the sporting line-up.
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Yesterday, five former judges of the FISA court testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency's international terrorist surveillance program. Some observers have alleged that the NSA program is illegal to the extent that it includes surveillance conducted without a FISA court order.
Here is how the Washington Times reported the judges' testimony, in a story headlined "FISA Judges Say Bush Within Law":
A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).
The five judges testifying before the committee said they could not speak specifically to the NSA listening program without being briefed on it, but that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not override the president's constitutional authority to spy on suspected international agents under executive order.
"If a court refuses a FISA application and there is not sufficient time for the president to go to the court of review, the president can under executive order act unilaterally, which he is doing now," said Judge Allan Kornblum, magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and an author of the 1978 FISA Act. "I think that the president would be remiss exercising his constitutional authority by giving all of that power over to a statute."
This is consistent with what we have written on the legality of the NSA program.
Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times appears to have attended a different hearing. The Times' story is headlined "Judges on Secretive Panel Speak Out on Spy Program." Lichtblau reports:
Five former judges on the nation's most secretive court, including one who resigned in apparent protest over President Bush's domestic eavesdropping, urged Congress on Tuesday to give the court a formal role in overseeing the surveillance program.
In a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the secretive court, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, several former judges who served on the panel also voiced skepticism at a Senate hearing about the president's constitutional authority to order wiretapping on Americans without a court order. They also suggested that the program could imperil criminal prosecutions that grew out of the wiretaps.
These reports can't both be right. If what the Washington Times says is correct, the New York Times' account is deeply misleading, if not outright false. As we noted here, Eric Lichtblau has a huge personal investment in the idea (wrong, I think) that the NSA program is "illegal." Is Lichtblau's commitment to that proposition causing him to report falsely on testimony that was given to a Senate committee? Or did the Washington Times go too far in characterizing the judges' approval of the NSA program?
We are trying to track down a transcript of the judges' testimony, which no doubt will answer these questions.


text: National Suicide Prevention Strategy Must Emphasize Screening, Treatment, and End to Stigma Statement by Richard C. Birkel, Ph.D., Executive Director The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) May 02 2001 NAMI commends Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D. for his leadership in producing the National Suicide Prevention Strategy being released today, building on his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide in 1999. The strategy complements the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health published in 1999 and the Surgeon General's National Action Plan on Children's Mental Health released earlier this year. Taken together, these documents emphasize the need for early screening of mental illnesses and access to treatment-as well as the elimination of stigma, born of ignorance and fear, that keeps too many people from seeking help. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans take their own lives. Suicide is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States, and the third among our youth, ages 15 to 24. Most suffer from treatable mental illnesses: biological imbalances in the brain, which distort rational thinking and can lead to tragic choices. The majority suffer from some form of depression. Suicide is not the result of a lack of character or courage. Unfortunately, the stigma that surrounds mental illness extends to suicide as well. Treatment works, but only if a person gets it. No one should be ashamed to ask for help. No one should hesitate to express concern and to offer others the help they need. The best way to prevent suicide is through early recognition, diagnosis, and treatment. Routine screening by physicians and public education at all levels is essential to address what is a public health crisis.


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FULLERTON, Calif. -- Two more Gauchos earned qualification to the NCAA West Regionals on Friday evening. UCSB competed in the Big West Challenge Cup at Cal State Fullerton and saw great marks from the distance runners and throwers.
Ryan Martin set a personal best in the 800m by more than two seconds, coming across the line in 1:49.79 for the win. Martin's time is the fifth-fastest in UCSB history and earns him a trip to Regionals. He was at the front for most of the race and attacked the final 200 meters to clock a great time.
Irene Kujore was the second Gaucho to qualify for Regionals, as she threw 158-11 (48.43m) in the discus to take second place. Kujore, a freshman, now holds the fourth-best discus mark in UCSB history. She also took second in the hammer with a personal best of 165-2 (50.35m).
Scott Smith earned a Regional mark in his second event of the season, winning the 1500m in 3:47.66. He edged Matt Maldonado from Long Beach State by a tenth of a second. Smith doubled-up by winning the 3000m later in the meet, finishing with a time of 8:27.60.
Jason Newland was the winner of the 100m dash in 10.69, which was wind-legal and moves him into second place on the UCSB all-time list. Newland also set a personal best in the 200m dash, running 21.64 to take second place. Newland moves into fifth on the all-time 200m list.
In the javelin, Christina Nowak took third with a throw of 115-6 (35.21m), which qualifies for Conference. Michael Guerra threw his seasonal best in the men's javelin, hitting 191-11 (58.51m).
Also out in the field, Tayler Williams was the winner of the long jump with a mark of 18-5 (5.61m). Williams achieved that mark on her final attempt.
Athletes who qualified for Conference were Chichi Amadi in the hammer (148-4, 45.22m), Ryan Haswell in the 110m hurdles (15.22), Sarah Vitug in the 1500m (4:42.84) and Kyle Louv in the steeplechase (9:38.40).
The winner of the men's Challenge Cup was Long Beach State with 209 points. The Gauchos were second with 178 points, UC Irvine was third with 167 and Cal State Fullerton fourth with 121.
UC Irvine won the women's Challenge Cup with 194.50 points. Cal State Fullerton was second with 167.50, Long Beach State third with 157 and the Gauchos fourth with 152.
Next week the Gauchos will compete at the Azusa Pacific Invitational on Friday, March 17. Some members of the team will compete at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18.
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I've come across these driftwood, succulent creations made by some local artists. I have seen them sell at Farmers Markets, the Abbot Kinney Festival in Venice and other shops around in beach communities. My great friend Dana has seen them with me and has always said "you can make that and sell them too!" So for her birthday this month I made her my first driftwood succulent arrangement. It's an organic process since the driftwood takes its own shape when putting the pieces together. The one I created for Dana was made up of two pieces of driftwood, about 5 or so succulents, soil and Spanish moss. I added them to my Etsy shop and I am in the process of creating different types. They make beautiful centerpieces for indoor or outdoor areas. It think they would be perfect as part of decor for a wedding. Dana loved her birthday present and added it to her beach styled bathroom at home.
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Who wants to be a programmer? Microsoft is hoping everyday folks will take the challenge by using its non-professional programming tools, and other vendors are following suit. Microsoft is poised to tap the nascent market for development tools to enable non-professionals to create applications, having established a team specifically built for this push and planning several initiatives, including a new Web site strictly for beginners.


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Subject: General Tech, Storage | March 7, 2012 - 01:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: western digital, ssd, hitachi, flash, EMC
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, which was the result of the merger of Hitachi and IBM's HDD businesses, is likely being purchased by Western Digital tomorrow for about $4.3 billion. This makes sense as WD has been using Hitachi GST as a sales partner when providing EMC with high end flash disks. This deal comes on the heels of a major sell, the SSD400S flash disk which uses Intel's 34nm SLC NAND and the SSD400S-B which utilizes the new 25nm NAND developed by Intel. Check out the specifications of the flash drives as well as the new SSD company over at The Register.
"WD is buying Hitachi GST and the acquisition is expected to be formally announced tomorrow with a condition of two years of independence for Hitachi GST - imposed by a Chinese anti-competition regulator. EMC has certified Hitachi GST's SSD400S flash disks for use in its VNX mid-range unified storage arrays, including the all-flash VNX5500-F, so WD will effectively fulfil this deal once the acquisition is announced."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- TSMC suddenly halts 28nm production @ SemiAccurate
- AMD cuts loose GlobalFoundries stake @ The Register
- Peter Molyneux has left Microsoft @ The Inquirer
- Workers can't escape Windows 8 Metro - Microsoft COO @ The Inquirer
- 5 Tips and Tricks for Using Yum @ The Register
- Adobe lobs out Flash update to plug 3D security hole @ The Register
- Six foot speaker shakes buildings to their foundation @ Hack a Da
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South Bend, IN (WAFB) - Head coach Brian Kelly announced Tuesday that Gunner Kiel is leaving Notre Dame. The quarterback leaves the Irish without playing a down.
Kelly said Kiel has been granted his release and is "no longer part of the program."
The coach also said that the list of potential transfer spots for Kiel "were in line with the schools that were appropriate, relative to who was on our schedule."
"I don't know that I'm surprised," Kelly said. "We had kind of created an opportunity for him to compete in the spring. So maybe a little surprised from that standpoint, because he was actually told he'd be given the opportunity to compete. Sometimes when you don't hear that, you wouldn't be surprised."
During his 2012 recruitment, Kiel decommitted from Indiana before committing to Les Miles and the LSU Tigers.
The 6'4, 210 pound number one ranked quarterback had one more change of heart, dropping the Tigers late in the recruiting process and committing to Brian Kelly and Notre Dame.
The late commitment to Notre Dame did not sit well with LSU head coach Les Miles.
At the Bayou Bash Miles addressed Kiel's situation saying, "There was a gentleman from Indiana that thought about coming to the Bayou state. He did not necessarily have the chest and the ability to lead a program, so you know."
Kiel redshirted last year and faced stiff competition this year with the return of starting quarterback sophomore Everett Golson and senior backup Tommy Rees.
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The Marino Family
Julia Marino and her brother, Mark, were both adopted from Paraguay as babies. They were raised by parents John and Sharon Marino in the town of Winchester, Mass.
How It Came to Be
This is the story Julia's adoptive mother, Sharon, told her two children: "Daddy and I were praying that we could find two beautiful kids to adopt. So God said, 'OK, I have these two parents who are looking for two beautiful kids,' and that's how it happened."
Raised as Skiers
Julia and Mark grew up skiing at Loon Mountain, N.H., which is two hours from their home in Massachusetts.
Young Julia
"I would love to thank them for giving me this opportunity," Julia says about her birth parents, whom she does not know. "They could have easily kept me in Paraguay, but they let me grow up in the United States and learn to ski. I hope they'd be proud."
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Julia was born in the Paraguayan village of Baha Negra, eight hours north of the capital city of Asuncin. This year, she returned to her birth country for the first time since she was a baby.
In Paraguay
On her recent trip to Paraguay, Julia gave a speech to a crowd of reporters and presidents of Paraguay's Summer Olympic sports federations on her Winter Olympic dreams. "I hope you welcome my goals and accept me as your athlete," she said.
First Winter Olympian
In February, Julia will be representing Paraguay as the country's first Winter Olympic athlete in the new Olympic sport of slopestyle skiing. "The Olympics are about representing where you are from, and Paraguay is where I'm from," she says.
Proving Her Worth
"She's had a lot more work than just proving she's worthy of the Olympics as a skier," says Erik Kaloyanides, Julia's strength coach since 2008. "Because, let's face it, they had to create this."
To Make it to Sochi
To qualify for the Olympics, Julia has to have a top-30 finish in a World Cup event and be in the top 24 on the FIS points list in mid-January before the Olympics. So far, she's on track for both.
Hard Work
"At the end of the day, it's not like I switched countries and could just sign up for the Olympics," Julia says. "I had to work very hard to get that spot."
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What was Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman thinking when he hired Jeff "Buzzy" Bzdelik as basketball coach in 2010?
Buzzy, the former Air Force and Colorado coach, labored nearly two decades with NBA players and spent three seasons (2002-2005) performing admirable work as coach of the Denver Nuggets. He never should have departed his NBA life.
He failed to understand the college game. He struggled to relate to college players, fans, journalists and administrators. He ranked as a spectacularly incompetent recruiter.
On March 20, joyful Wake Forest students "rolled the quad," a romantic way of saying they tossed toilet paper into bare trees in the center of campus. This practice normally is reserved for especially massive football or basketball victories.
This was a different kind of victory. The students rejoiced after Buzzy's resignation, which followed the Richard Nixon model of resignation. Buzzy had no other choice.
A strange, sad college coaching saga had ended.
Buzzy departed the University of Colorado four years ago after stumbling along with his Buffs to a 10-38 record (26.3 win percentage) in conference play. He failed to win a conference road game and never finished higher than eighth in conference, but Wellman, that man of mystery, wanted him to coach at Wake.
Let's say this about Buzzy:
The man is consistent.
At Wake Forest, Buzzy and his Demon Deacons bumbled to a 17-51 record (25.0 win percentage) in conference play. Under Buzzy's vague direction, Wake won two of 34 conference road games, including 27 losses by 10 or more points.
And here's the most baffling twist to the Buzzy tale. To clear the way for Buzzy, Wellman fired Dino Gaudio, who finished 44-18 and 20-12 in the ultra-brutal Atlantic Coast Conference in his final two seasons.
Let's be clear: Buzzy steered the Deacons from winners to losers. He transformed the program from proud to pitiful. This explains all that toilet paper flapping in the breeze on the Wake campus last week.
Buzzy's journey from the NBA to college began with promise. In 2005, he inherited an Air Force team jammed with disciplined, experienced talent. The plate was fully set for Buzzy at the academy. Five players on the roster had been or would be named to the all-Mountain West first or second team.
He won 50 games in two seasons, including a 22-10 record in the MWC, and directed the Falcons to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. But he offered glimpses into the troubles that would trash his career.
He failed miserably as a recruiter, which explains why the Falcons lost 31 of 32 conference games from 2008-10. He clashed with a long list of Air Force employees.
And he complained about his players. I remember several conversations with Buzzy when he wondered why one of his Falcons failed to find the nerve to take a big shot or properly box out for a crucial rebound or pass out of a double team.
Life in the NBA spoiled him. He expected players to understand the game. I almost told him, more than once, he had been hired as a basketball professor. He needed to hear the words. He struggled to see it was his job to teach basketball to these young cadets.
He abandoned the Falcons on a sunny day in the spring of 2007. He could see the disasters just around the bend. He fled to Boulder.
His earliest days as Colorado coach foretold all the gloom ahead for him and the Buffs and, really, the Demon Deacons.
At Air Force, Buzzy had been recruiting a Palmer High junior. This junior boasted a matchless work ethic and outlandishly long arms. This junior could fly in the air space high above the rim.
This junior was named Reggie Jackson.
For months after moving to Boulder, Buzzy declined to recruit Colorado's best high school player. Jackson wanted to play for his home state's university. Buzzy never offered a scholarship.
After competing in camps the summer after his junior year, Jackson emerged as a national superstar. Virtually everyone wanted him, and this list finally included Buzzy.
It was too late. Jackson instead signed with Boston College. Jackson became a first-round NBA draft pick. Jackson is an emerging star with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Soon, Buzzy again will labor as an NBA assistant, and there will be a night when he looks across the court and sees Jackson soaring through the air on his way to shaking the rim.
Buzzy never belonged on a college bench.
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This month, we stopped at Cool Cars of Louisville, Kentucky, in hopes of getting some insight from their expert crew regarding battery charging basics. Of course this topic would seem to be pretty elementary, but the Cool Cars staff reminded us that it can be an often overlooked aspect of car and engine care. "We get a lot of customers asking car care questions about the simple things that some of us have done so many times and we tend to take it for second nature," they explained. We took this into consideration, and decided to inquire about the ins and outs of battery charging.
I know some of you are probably wondering why we would discuss something so seemingly unimportant. Well, think back and remember when you built your first car. I'm sure there were things that you didn't know at the time and you wish you did. In this "How To" we are going to demonstrate the use of two different battery chargers that Cool Cars recommends and offers. The first charger will be the CCE 5/10 amp multi charger, and the second will be the CCE Industrial series 8 battery charger. Now follow along, as Cool Cars takes us back to basics.


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When students return to Perry Hall High School for the first day of school Aug. 27, they will find new safety measures in place, as well as an opportunity to get psychological counseling.
"We know the anxiety is going to go up," said Principal George A. Roberts on Thursday.
The school has applied for, and received, a federal grant to help students, staff and faculty who may have emotional needs as they enter the building nearly a year to the day after a student opened fire in the cafeteria, seriously injuring another student.
The injured student, Daniel Borowy, is physically healed and is expected to be back in school. The shooter, Robert W. Gladden Jr., who...


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Museum Researchers Discover Glowing Sea Turtles
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A Museum researcher observed biofluorescence—the emission of light by plants and animals as a different color than it was absorbed—for the first time in a wild sea turtle.
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Peter Brooke's Ethereal Paintings Strike a Balance Between Landscape and Dreamscape
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Peter Brooke is a painter of American landscapes—a subject he has singularly pursued for over 15 years. Over the course of his career, his work has evolved from dark and foreboding renderings of wetlands to lighter, airier compositions. Brooke describes his paintings as "falling somewhere between reality, dream, and personal myth, [exploring] the extraordinary in an ordinary natural environment." His more recent and best-known compositions typically illustrate vast expanses, whether of sky, land, or water, with softly shifting forms and a stripped-down palette. For Brooke, the natural world is an allegorical means by which to explore themes of the fleeting nature of human experience.
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Rehabilitating land degraded by shifting cultivation
The Hariyo Ban Program with the support of the District Forest Office Tanahu and seventeen leasehold Forest Users Groups (LFUGs) started a rehabilitation program by cultivating Amriso, popularly known as broom grass. The LFUGs contributed by voluntarily planting around 375,350 Amriso plants in approximately 37.5 ha of steep slopes in Amdanda, Gaighat and Sinchangghdi of Devghat VDC and in the Baralung area of Chhimkeshwari VDC. This area serves as a forest corridor to enhance the ecological connectivity of the Chitwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL), so this restoration is very critical.
Amriso is a popular non-timber forest product (NTFP) in Nepal. The flowers can be used to make sweeping brooms, the leaves provide good fodder and the stems provide fuel. It has mat-like roots that bind the soil firmly, preventing soil erosion. When planted with tree species, Amriso stabilizes slopes preventing landslides. It also helps to reduce the growth of invasive plant species like Lantana camara.
Once planted, Amriso can be used in the first year of growth and lasts for many years. Planting Amriso is an efficient method of rehabilitating degraded land and an effective way of enhancing the livelihoods of poor and marginalized communities dependent on forest and shifting agriculture.
For further information:
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Dates: 1896-1966
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This series contains civil, criminal and probate case alphabetic indexes created by the Court, to record the names of the parties involved in civil, criminal and probate actions and provide assigned case numbers, facilitating clerical management of and access to the case files. The index contains plaintiff name, defendant name, register of action page number, case file number, and date of filing.
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Registers of actions from the District Court (Sixth District : Garfield County), Series 18270, contains a listing of actions taken in each case.
Case files from the District Court (Sixth District : Garfield County), Series 22682, contains the entire case file listed in these indexes.
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I just read (BBC News) that the program is getting started again. I sure hope they do better this time.
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This sounds like there could be three different XO computers floating around at once; the original XO, the Windows/Linux version, and the new keyboardless version.


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Eight members of the Florida track and field teams qualified for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Friday.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Eight members of the Florida track and field teams qualified to compete at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. by way of Greensboro and the NCAA East Preliminary Round Friday. In addition, six event qualifiers from Friday and two from Thursday will all compete in their respective quarterfinals Saturday with a trip to Eugene on the line.
Senior All-American Ugonna Ndu was the top qualifier in the women's 400-meter hurdles, racing to an easy win in her quarterfinal in 57.08 and punching her ticket to Eugene.
Junior Darshay Davis advanced to Eugene in the women's 100 meters for the second consecutive year, crossing the finish in a new all-conditions best of 11.29 (+3.8).
Five of the Gators' quartermilers advanced to Eugene in the respective 400 races, as Arman Hall, Najee Glass and Hugh Graham, Jr. will represent the men at Hayward Field, while Ebony Eutsey and Lanie Whittaker will race for the Florida women.
Junior Sean Obinwa advanced to Eugene in the men's 800 meters, running the fourth-fastest time of his career outdoors to finish fourth overall in 1:47.98. Fellow junior distance runner Mark Parrish advanced on time in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, turning in the top qualifying time of 8:43.63 after his fourth-place finish in the quarterfinals of the event.
The Gator men are the defending NCAA Outdoor Champions and have placed in the top three at the last four NCAA Outdoor Championships, while the Florida women recorded a third-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Women's golf: At Athens, Ga., Senior Mia Piccio finished her UF career on a high note in the final round of the NCAA Championship after carding three straight birdies and a par on the final four holes for a three-over (75), her third straight round of 75 for the week. The senior combined for a 10-over (298) in all four rounds, which not only was the lowest Gator of the week, but also her second lowest in an NCAA Championship in her career. Her previous low (294) came in 2011 when she tied for 19th.
As a whole, the Gator team had to contend with some high winds in the early hours, but still managed to shoot a 15-over (303), two shots better than yesterday. For the tournament, Florida finished with a 53-over (1,205), but climbed quite a few spots on the board to 18th as they finished their rounds. The Gators ended up in 17th place after all rounds were reported.
Southern California claimed this year's trophy with a score of 19-under (1,133), while their own Annie Park also claimed the medalist title with a 10-under (278).
Women's tennis: At Urbana, Ill., Florida's Lauren Embree and Sofie Oyen lost to Alabama's No. 7-ranked Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane in the round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championships held at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex at the Atkins Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
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At $2.85b through July, state's exports on record pace
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Workers sort freshly milled boards coming off a conveyor at Northland Forrest Products in Kingston on Friday. Northland exported hardwood lumber to 19 countries last year, accounting for about half its total sales. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
Exports from New Hampshire were up nearly 22 percent for the first seven months of this year, and are on pace to break a yearly record.
Overall, the state's exports totaled $2.85 billion through July, compared to $2.34 billion during the same time frame in 2016.
From January through July, New Hampshire companies shipped $130 million more in goods and commodities to Ireland, $108 million more to China and $96 million more to Japan than a year ago.
"They want to be competitive internationally, and they're finding there's more and more opportunities for them," said Tina Kasim, program manager for the state Office of International Commerce.
She said it was too soon to say whether the state would break its yearly export record of $4.23 billion in 2014.
"We may be at a record pace now," she said. "It may all of a sudden stop next month."
Firms shipped $123.3 million worth of pharmaceutical products to Ireland this year, compared to $29 million during the first seven months of 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For all of 2016, New Hampshire companies shipped more than $159.4 million to Ireland, including $127.6 million of chemicals.
The Census Bureau doesn't identify the individual companies.
Through July, Granite State companies exported $101.7 million of electrical machinery, such as sound and television equipment, to China compared to $16.9 million a year ago.
Canada remains the state's best exporting destination, though China is within $41 million. Electrical machinery was the top commodity at nearly $902 million so far this year.
According to the U.S. International Trade Administration, exports supported 18,281 New Hampshire jobs in 2015. That's about the population of Goffstown.
Dover economist Brian Gottlob said several factors are at play.
"Overall, a world economy that has shown solid if not exceptional growth," he said in an email. "More countries are in better shape economically and fiscally, and (there are) fewer crises (although there are always some) that disrupt trade or create uncertainty that pauses economic activity."
Currency value also plays a key role.
"As or more importantly for exports has been the decline in the value of the dollar relative to the currencies of our major trading partners," Gottlob said. "When the value of the dollar is high relative to the currencies of our trading partners it makes U.S. (New Hampshire) goods more expensive for other countries and the opposite is true when the value of the dollar weakens."
Last year, Kingston-based Northland Forest Products shipped its hardwood lumber to 19 countries, including Europe, China and Japan, accounting for half of the company's overall sales.
"As the global exports of U.S. hardwoods has grown, our company has been able to seek growth in exports along with that and see it as a strategic part of our business," Scott Seyler, vice president of international sales, said Friday.
"It grew from 2015 to 2016 right around 2 percent, and we're expecting to continue to grow this year," he said.
Seyler said a weaker U.S. dollar "allows the export business to remain stable for us."
Northland employs 65 workers, including 31 in Kingston. A section of its website is written in Chinese and Japanese.
Kasim's office is able to tap a federal program - the State Trade Export Promotion (STEP) program - through the Small Business Administration.
"STEP provides financial awards to state and territory governments to assist small businesses with export development," according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's website. "This program's mission is to increase the number of U.S. Small Business exporters and increase their export sales."
This month, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced the state will receive $267,866 for STEP.
STEP financial support helps small businesses learn how to export, participate in foreign trade missions and trade shows, obtain services to support foreign market entry, develop websites to attract foreign buyers, and design international marketing products or campaigns, according to the government website.
Northland received a $1,000 grant last year to help pay for an executive to travel abroad and identify potential new customers.
This year, the company received a $6,000 matching grant to attend a global furniture industry conference in Germany.
That exposure will help "keep our markets diversified," Seyler said.


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LEGO Harry Potter Website Updated With New Gallery, Widget and Game
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The website for the LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 video game has been updated to include a new gallery of screenshots, a desktop widget and a downloadable game. The desktop widget allows you to watch videos, play games and send Owls to friends; the LEGO Harry Potter Currency Counter mini-game involves collecting LEGO Studs from Harry's vault at Gringotts Bank for his first year at Hogwarts. You can find the website at this link.
In related news, the video game has graced the cover of Issue 133 of Nintendo World magazine. A scan of the cover is can be seen in our galleries via this link. Additionally, an extensive article on Kotaku about the LEGO game also features a new still from the game: a scan of Hogsmeade in the snow which you can also see in our galleries. The article, which you can read on the Kotaku website, has a number of quotations from Traveller's Tales' head of production Jonathan Smith:
"What Indiana Jones can do at the start of the [Indiana Jones LEGO] game is the same as what he can do at the end' Smith said. "Harry is going to go on a learning adventure over four years, transforming from a boy who can't do much at all ' he can wave, picked things up ' to an incredibly powerful wizard."
The LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 game will be released on the 25th of June.
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She is not exactly "ugly"... just not quite right :) We got this little kitty statue from our Chinese restaurant Lai-Lai" for being the loyal customers! In return, David received a Sudoku puzzle, it's not ugly at all, his classmate just wanted to be rid of it!
By the time you read this post, my family and I will be somewhere in Caribbean...under the Aruba sun perhaps! Yes, we are spoiled to go on another cruise to Southern Caribbean. I will definitely take a lot of photos to share upon my return. Wonder what food they will be serving... hm....
Meanwhile, I have a few cards to share. They were made for the blog hop, but weren't posted as I narrowed down to three cards for the blog hop. I like these nevertheless. For the background of this card, I used my new favorite stamp, Row of Houses! So subtle yet so pretty!
For the next one, I cut the stamped image (Row of Houses) half way off the houses and then piece the cut image over the dark brown background as the skyline. It actually look kind of neat!
And then there's this one similar to the one I made for the blog hop.
Here's doll card that has two removable bookmarks using photo corners with the flowers as covers (one more inside). I made this for Sue's Gradndaughter Megan! Pink and purple are her favoite colors!
Here are hugs from me to you! It's been a wonderful ride thanks to you, my friends! Wish you a A Happy and Healthy New Year!


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CORNELIUS, NC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/12/13 -- Premier real estate agent Woodson Gardner has recently announced her intention to help home sellers in the Charlotte, North Carolina area find a buyer for their home. Given the state of the housing market in the area, which has seen many homeowners forced to take a substantial loss on their property, Gardner's announcement comes as a breath of fresh air.
Woodson Gardner brings a wealth of experience and genuineness to the real estate business -- something sorely lacking in an industry overloaded with part-time and newly recruited agents. In the past, she has represented exclusive properties such as estates, equestrian properties, golf courses and other prestigious high value real estate in and around Lake Norman.
Gardner's achievements in real estate have not gone unrecognized. During her time at RE/MAX, she was selected as one of The Most Dependable Real Estate Professionals of the Eastern Unites States by Goldline Research. In addition, her firm Woodson Gardner & Associates has been the recipient of many accolades and accomplishments.
A previous client of Gardner has gone on record stating, "Woodson is a delight. She's energetic, passionate, and really seems to genuinely care about her clients." Gardner has also been recognized for her ability to match clients to a neighborhood that lines up with their lifestyle. As stated by a Lake Norman resident, "Woodson's greatest asset is her rare talent for uplifting those around her. You just can't be in a bad mood when she's in the room -- she simply won't allow it."
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Secondly, the assertion that America is currently at war with Russia is horrifying, and if Americans start swallowing this disgusting propaganda there'll be no public outcry if the US really does enter into actual warfare with the only other nuclear superpower on the planet. The evidence-free assertion that America has "been attacked" is plainly geared to elicit a fear response from the video's intended audience and manufacture support for counter-attacks and/or dangerous new cold war escalations.FINAL COMMENT BY THE EDITOR
Rob Reiner, poster boy for the betrayals of liberalism.
Reiner, born to entertainment royalty, got his breakout role in the countercultural hit ALL IN THE FAMILY, where he played the peace-loving, premature PC, anti-establishment son-in-law to Archie Bunker. For many years now an industry insider, and a card-carrying Zionist, he's 1q00% establishment, and pro-war, but not just run of the mill war, but nuclear war if necessary. How far we have come, Bob. Trust the liberals at your expense.
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^0Americans are the most over-entertained, uninformed people on the planet.
Ignorant about domestic and geopolitical issues mattering most.
The most important act anyone can do is stop using all mainstream media.
No exceptions whatsoever. It's brainwash propaganda.
Toxic sludge for the mind.
Voices like this are NEVER heard on the mainstream media.
The "1%" is the global plutocracy, the billionaires.
A sociopathic, puny segment of humanity.
These people pretend to honor and defend democracy.
But are its murderers and undertakers.
Gross injustice, war, grotesque inequality is their handiwork.
And the murder of the planet
Just 8 billionaires own as much wealth as HALF of all humanity.
That's 8 guys are richer than 4 billion people.
The corporate media is their main line of defense.
That's why the best way to break their hold on us...
Is to break their media.
The corporate chokehold on political information is killing us.
Save humanity, the planet and its innocent creatures.
Increase public distrust in the mainstream media.
Defeat their power to mislead.
They lie 24/7. They sell you war. Injustice. Death. Confusion.
And they never stop.
Some more obviously than others, but they all lie.
So trust no one on the Big Media.
And beware of "entertainment shows".
Most also carry highly toxic imperialist propaganda.
Like the fungal NCIS series. Or "24", glorifying DHS.
The police state.
Or CBS Madam Secretary.
A ridiculous show, like The West Wing.
Telling us the US government is good.
That the president is good...that its cabinet is good.
That the US establishment—which they represent...
has noble aims. Rubbish!
Get the healing truth from citizens' media.
Like The Greanville Post and similar free voices.
Do your part to break the power of the mainstream media.
Defeat the presstitutes. The media felons.
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The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone "play-crazy" — acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the "play-crazy" gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain't Donald Trump — a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a "puppet" and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report


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I feel obliged to point out that at this point, Israel still wanders in the wilderness, and haven't settled into the north or south yet.
I see "Elohim" meaning "Mighty One" and "Yahweh" meaning "I AM" or "I will become" as being names of the same God.
I've picked up from other forum posts that there is some theorizing that there were distinctive identities worshiped in the north and south,
I don't buy into the idea that there were different Gods, I only believe in one.
Pretty much, yeah.
..it kind of reminds me of the attitude when people on welfare are angrily demanding that others work to support them.
It's arrogant to assume it's all going to happen exactly as they think it should,
and question God's resolve and/or presence in the face of difficulty.
Well, since I believe in the Old Testament, I also look at the reasons Yahweh gave for sending in outside influences to conquer and/or nearly exterminate the Israelites. A lot of them have to do with the fact that Israel didn't stick with Him.
The point of origin of my perspective is Christian. That's the only view I give miraculous credibility.
Is it preposterous that I'm naturally going to reject other outside claims of miracles?
If I were to examine or reason out other miracles it would go something like this: Did Vespasien have a message from God?
So is the question why do I still believe it's a miracle that happened, and of a type that doesn't occur anymore?
And again, according to the OT, it was YHWH who sent Marduk's followers to kick YHWH's peoples' butts up between their ears and lead them into captivity.