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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is appointing the woman behind the television series "Scandal," ''Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" to the Kennedy Center's board of trustees.
Shonda Rhimes is a Golden Globe winner and three-time Emmy nominee. Her show "Scandal" stars actress Kerry Washington, a major Obama supporter.
The White House says Obama is also tapping financier David Rubenstein and executive Alexandra Stanton to the Kennedy Center's board. Stanton hosted a fundraiser that Obama headlined earlier this year.
The positions don't require Senate confirmation.


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The sentiments in primary market have also deteriorated amid the stock market correction. Most listed IPOs of 2018 are trading below their issue price.
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Canon unveils PowerShot N1/12/2013 | Mikael Svardh
Canon unveiled a new, compact PowerShot model at the CES 2013 in Las Vegas USA. It features an unconventional square design and a tilting touch screen to be able to capture images from new angles. It comes with wifi connectivity, a 12.1 megapixel sensor and 8x optical zoom.
The aperture range is F3.0 – F5.9 and it can take 2.3 photos per second. It also features a range of creative modes such as Miniature Effect, Soft Focus and Toy Camera Effect and even a Super Slow Motion Movie mode. Gallery inside.


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Classic style at a good value. Not a bad philosophy (and one we here at Valet certainly agree with). So we're pleased to introduce Penny Stock, a new west coast label that's just landed at Seattle's Blackbird. The line focuses on staples of America's past—think chinos, blazers and button-downs—updated to feel right today. And, best of all, at prices that rival a mass retailer. If a particular pair of popular tab-front pants are a bit out of your price range, Penny Stock's version is your best bet. Blackbird's discerning owner and buyer Nicole Miller is clearly a fan. "We've come to a point when many brands are putting out the same basic products but with prices all across the board," she says. "The Penny Stock guys went out and created quality products that are style relevant, that fit great and are at a price anyone would love."
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We visit a manufacturing facility to get the nitty-gritty on making abrasives.
By Christopher Schwarz
Pages: 63-65
From the October 2009 issue #178
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In all likelihood sandpaper isn't made the way you probably think it's made.
In fact, what is most unusual about sandpaper manufacturing is how similar it is to publishing a magazine. Like publishing, making sandpaper begins with picking the right thickness of paper. There's ink (the words on the back of your sandpaper). And then there's the grit and the glue, which to me is similar to the stories we print in the magazine.
If the sandpaper manufacturer uses the right grit and the right glue, then the sandpaper will last a long time, it will cut quickly and it won't clog. Use the wrong paper, grit or glue and the sandpaper will quickly end up in the trash.
Here at the magazine if we pick the right stories, then the readers keep the magazine for years, and refer to it to build furniture and buy tools. If we choose the wrong stories, the magazine ends up on the floor of a birdcage or around a dead fish.
This spring we took a tour of Ali Industries Inc., a sandpaper manufacturer in Fairborn, Ohio (gatorfinishing.com). Founded in 1961, Ali Industries makes the Gator-brand sandpaper for home centers and hardware stores.
A tour of the Ali plant brought a lot of surprises. I've been on dozens of plant tours to see how everything from nail guns to miter saws to universal motors are made. But this is the only tour where the plant seemed a combination of magic tricks and a candy factory.
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18 Things To Do in New Orleans This Month
Our Top Picks of the Month's Events
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Through The Looking Glass
The NOLA Project is known for staging productions of Shakespeare plays in NOMA's sculpture garden, but this May it stages an update on another familiar story. Andrew Larimer directs Pete McElligott's Adventures in Wonderland, a choose-your-own-adventure-style adaptation of the well-known story of Alice. Audiences can choose among three tracks depending on how active they want their viewing experience to be: they can follow the Red Queen as she attempts to take over Wonderland, they can dash madly around the garden with Alice and the Cheshire Cat or they can sit leisurely with chairs and blankets to take in the Mad Hatter's tea party.
The show runs Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and two Fridays, May 7-25. Information, NOLAproject.com
Party on the Bayou
Spend time along Bayou St. John before New Orleans' oppressive summer commences, especially because May festivals provide plenty of reasons. For some bayou booty popping, the free Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo (May 16-18) includes Big Freedia among three stages worth of music, along with food vendors, kids' activities and an art market.
New Orleans Greek Festival (May 23-25) provides Memorial Weekend fun with boxes of baklava, lamb spinning on the rotisserie, ouzo daiquiris and plenty occasion to yell "opa!" Wear a toga to get free admission on the Sunday of the fest. Information, TheBayouBoogaloo.com and GreekFestNola.com
In a city where every day could be called a "wine and food experience," the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (May 21-24) takes it to the extreme. On the wine side, there are wine dinners at restaurants around the city and the Vinola tasting of high-end bottles; food events include the massive Grand Tasting and the Big Gateaux Show, in which pastry chefs showcase sweets alongside burlesque dancers. The favorite Royal Street Stroll is a total takeover of the French Quarter street with wine and food tents. Information, nowfe.com


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'Glee' Recap: The New Directions Celebrate 'Wonder-ful' News By Singing Stevie Wonder Songs
This episode of 'Glee' is all about the master of motown Stevie Wonder and includes all his classic songs transported into the pop-tastic world of the glee club. Prepare yourselves for seven 'Wonder-ful' songs and two guest stars.
Rachel (Lea Michele) calls Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) to tell him about her call back to audition for 'Funny Girl.' He is excited for her and she thanks him for his help in making her be all that she can be. After her phone call, he starts to tear up.
Inside the glee room, Will starts announcing all the wonderful news, about Rachel's audition, Britney (Heather Morris) getting early acceptance at MIT, that he re-proposed to Emma (Jayma Mays) and she sad yes and that Tina was weight-listed at veterinary school. As a result of all the great news, the theme of the week is Wonder-ful and the songs of Stevie Wonder.
Artie (Kevin McHale) is depressed about something and Kitty (Becca Tobin) wants to know why. After some prodding, he tells her he got accepted into the Brooklyn Film Academy but asks Kitty not to tell anyone. He tells her his mother doesn't want him to go to New York because she's worried about him.
Back in New York, Kurt (Chris Colfer) is nervously packing to go back to Ohio to see how his dad's test results turned out. While packing he talks about his recent struggles with OCD. He arrives at McKinley High and is greeted by Blaine (Darren Criss), Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.).
Kitty sings 'Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)' and after she's done says the song is for Artie who was accepted into film school. Everyone is excited but Artie is upset she lied to him and leaves in a huff. After the hubbub dies down, Mercedes announces that Mr. S. brought her there to be the club's new vocal coach.
At the local coffee shop, Blaine is excited about the legalization of gay marriage in New York, Mercedes talks in excitement about her upcoming music video and Blaine notices that Kurt's OCD is showing. Mercedes assures Kurt that his dad is going to be fine.
At NYADA, some kids warn Rachel about her competition to play Fanny Brice and that she better hope no one tells Cassandra July (Kate Hudson) because she's looking for any reason to get Rachel expelled. After speaking to her, they rush to Cassandra and confirm that Rachel is trying out for the part.
Mercedes talks to the glee club and tells them they lost Sectionals because of fear. To practice for the upcoming competition they sing 'Superstitious.'
In the hallway, Mercedes approaches Jake (Jacob Artist) and tells him he's a triple threat. She then tells him he's going to show off his dancing in her music video.
Kurt is waiting with his dad (Mike O'Malley) to find out his test results. The doctor eventually shows up and tells them the tumor is gone and the Mr. Hummel is now in remission. Everyone celebrates.
The next day, Kurt's dad comes to the glee room to hear his son perform a song for him. In tribute of his father, he sings 'You Are the Sunshine of My Life.'
Cassandra approaches Rachel who is practicing for her audition when she tells her that her call back will interfere with her dance midterm. After Rachel begs to get the date moved, Cassie says she will change Rachel's midterm to tomorrow so she can see her choke at her audition in front of Barbra Streisand which will apparently be a pleasure.
Mike invites Jake to show off his dancing skills to the other kids and they perform 'I Wish' together.
Mercedes gets off the phone with her producer who has told her her album has been taken off the release schedule because she didn't show enough skin on her album cover. She is given the ultimatum that she either re-shoots the cover or they will find another girl to be on the cover for her and they will use Mercedes voice in place of the new girl's.
Artie arrives home to find Kitty talking to his mother (Katey Sagal) and she calls him out on lying. Apparently Artie's mom doesn't care if he goes to New York or not. When Kitty leaves they discuss why he lied and Artie admits that he's afraid of the future and moving away. After a mother-son talk he decides he's going to go and live out his dreams.
Cassandra walks Rachel to her dance midterm but when Rachel arrives it's full of other dance students. As Cassandra explains, they are there to get her through her midterm because at NYADA you are ultimately family. The room erupts in cheers and they brandish signs supporting Rachel in her upcoming audition. Cassandra sings 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)' to an overwhelmed Rachel.
In the glee room, Mercedes says she gave up her record deal in order to stay true to herself. However, she still got a record out of it which she plans to sell on her own. To celebrate staying herself, she performs 'Higher Ground.'
Blaine and Mr. Hummel meet in the auditorium. Blaine gives him a rainbow pin in support of gay marriage and Mr. H. says he will wear it proudly. With that out of the way, Blaine says he would like his permission to ask Kurt to marry him in a bid to win him back. Mr. Hummel sits Blaine down and reminds him they're still just kids and if they love each other there's no need to rush into anything.
Artie tells the group that they need to start performing every song they sing with passion. In response to his announcement, he invites them to a special performance in the auditorium later in the day.
Rachel thanks Cassandra for the congratulations performance with a present she found at a local flea market. Cassandra says that the musical number was a tradition but Rachel says it was for the entire year, for challenging her to become a better dancer. When Rachel admits she's nervous for her audition, Cassandra says not to be because she'll get the part. They hug.
Blaine takes Kurt aside in the hallway and ask him to stay around for Regionals. He says he will and they head to the auditorium where Artie and the New Directions sing 'For Once in My Life.'


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BOISE — A proposal to use an additional $2.24 million in state money annually to help improve the state's FFA and agricultural education programs faces an uncertain road in the Idaho Legislature this year.
The Idaho Ag Education Initiative was put together too late in the year to be included in the governor's proposed budget. Supporters acknowledge that means it will have a tougher time being approved by the joint-finance appropriations committee, which sets funding levels.
While presenting the proposal to members of the House Agricultural Affairs Committee recently, supporters were asked some tough questions, including what they would do with only $500,000 this year.
"What are the detriments of delaying it a year?" asked Rep. Ken Andrus, R-Lava Hot Springs.
Andrus, the committee chairman and a rancher, told the Capital Press later that the main objection he has heard is that the proposal wasn't included in the governor's budget.
Since that meeting, supporters say there are encouraging signs that show the legislative body may be more receptive to approving much of the proposal this session.
"I'm confident we'll get something this year," said Sen. Jim Patrick, R-Twin Falls, who is carrying the bill in the Senate. "We have a lot of support."
The initiative would include common Idaho quality standards for all ag education programs, $10,000 incentive grants based on those standards, professional development programs, $25,000 start-up grants for ag education programs and a full-time Idaho FFA Association executive director position.
It also seeks $600,000 more annually to cover the costs associated with ag education programs that are above normal classroom costs.
Patrick, a farmer, introduced a bill Feb. 3 that would create and fund the incentive and start-up grant programs.
The rest of the proposal's components already exist in state statute so JFAC only needs to approve more funding for them.
There are 4,200 FFA members in Idaho and almost 12,000 students are enrolled in ag education programs in Idaho, said Shawn Dygert, legislative liaison for the Idaho Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association.
Dygert told lawmakers that enrollment in secondary ag education programs has increased 25 percent in the past 10 years but state funding levels for those programs haven't increased since 1998.
"As we continue to grow, the money just doesn't go as far," he said.
He also noted that Idaho ag education students go on to college at a 63 percent rate, far greater than the statewide rate of 47 percent for other students.
"Ag education is proven and effective," he said.
Sen. Steve Bair, R-Blackfoot, chairman of the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee, said committee members will lobby for the proposal during an upcoming JFAC hearing.
"I feel quite comfortable about this initiative," he said. "I think the outcome will be good."
Patrick said it's possible the legislative body might only approve some of the proposal this year.
"We know this may be a long-term project to get the money we need," he said.


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Well the obvious answer is "No, I would not be surprised", because Trader Mike is at the helm. The better question is, would you be willing to spend a 3rd round pick on a quality player and do you think the Jets will?
What exactly is "out there"?
Yes I would be surprised, only because I believe waiting until cuts from other teams is a less costly option, especially at o-line. There could be a B grade o-lineman coming available. A WR pick-up less likely as they rarely will pan out unless as a special teams player.
However, from a baseball mentality, players in a contract year can be obtained cheaply for a mid or late round draft pick and could see this happening. Track record would be Holmes and coulda been Otah.
Not only would I not be suprised I expect it to happen and will be fine with it as long as its an upgrade at either pos.
I wish we traded for Steve Smith a couple of years ago. That guy can still fly.
Would be surprised re: a trade, but not surprised if we sign a camp cut RT. The Lions could conceivably cut Gosder Cherilus (in last yr of contract) who is average but still an upgrade over Hunter
No mainly because there is nothing out there that can be had that is better then what we have. Do you really want anther guy like Britt on this team? I'll flat out pass on guys like Early Doucet or Earl Bennett who do not offer an upgrade in reality. Teams also don't move OL that can get the job done. At best you'd get Erik Pears who is not wort much.
Jets have enough WR's & OL right now. Some1 will step up on the OL. Dont worry!!! Jets r deep @ WR. Holmes, Shilens, Turner,Kerley will b FINE!!! , HILL #87 Ganaway = FAST!!! , # 17 WHITE not mcwhite..
I would give a 3rd round pick for any player worth a 2nd round pick or higher, at any position.
At this point, I'd actually be surpised if we don't trade for a receiver.
I love Hill's potential as much as the next guy, but we're talking about a rookie who never caught more than 28 passes in a single season in college.
Aside from Holmes, we have question marks all over the place at receiver.
Hell, our entire offense is one giant question mark.
People can talk about getting rid of Schitty and bringing in Sparano all they want. That still doesn't change the fact that Sanchez is a bottom 3rd starting QB until he proves otherwise, Wayne Hunter is still our starting RT, we have no experienced WR outside of Holmes, and we have no idea how our backfield is going to shake out.
I'm extremely excited about our defense, why wouldn't you be?
But the offense could turn out to be just as big of a disaster as last season.
I'd be shocked if we traded a 3, yes.
I think we need OL and RB before we need another WR. We have Keller at TE along with Baker and Cumberland. Any of those three can catch the ball. We need another running back to compliment Greene. I'm not sold on McKnight or Powell.
A 4th for james Jones from the pack would be nice. I am sure Tannys called already. He called last year about him but the pack decided to resign him.
=I'm extremely excited about our defense, why wouldn't you be?
But the offense could turn out to be just as big of a disaster as last season.
...THATS about it. Ditto. I think Tanny will have to look at some of the cut players / waiver line... for a OT. Our O line has got to be better or we can never compete with NE. Speed rushers like Damarcus Ware and others of his ability will run right around Wayne Hunter. And if Sanchez gets banged up again.....?? then what.


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Just had a great interview with story consultant, author and mythology expert Chris Vogler on Soul Lab Radio. What an interesting guy.
Chris Vogler has worked for Disney Studios, Fox 2000 Pictures and Warner Bros. in the development department. He has also taught in the USC School of Cinema-Television, Division of Animation and Digital Arts as well as at UCLA extension. He is President of the company Storytech Literary Consulting. Vogler studied filmmaking at the USC School of Cinema-Television, the alma mater of George Lucas. As with Lucas, Vogler was inspired by the writings of mythologist Joseph Campbell, particularly The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Vogler used Campbell's work to create the now-legendary 7-page company memo for Hollywood screenwriters, A Practical Guide to The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Vogler later developed his memo into the late 1990s book, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers now in its third edition.


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Wibros needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 96 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Padmania.de is a german language Blog/Website with News and Test Reviews and more about the iPad.
We have decided that the header of our website is of not good enough quality compared to the content we provide to our readers.
Target audience are iPad Fans and customers that are german speaking. People will be of all almost all age groups.. men and women
We ask you to redesign the Header of http://www.padmania.de.
We are just talking about the Top of the Screen with the iPad and the left and the "Padmania". on the right side. This complete Top Header (untill the start of the Top-Menue) should be completely redesigned.
- Include any kind of iPad Photo
- include "PadMania" , as a lettering/logo/Headline
- Include any Facebook, RSS & Twitter Logo as on the header right now. Sizes and formats (round , square, rectangle) could be different, fitting to the new look.
It does not matter where the iPad is located or where the word "PadMania" is located. you can use the whole area.
- Padmania should look like a brand
Use any colors that would fit with the rest of the website
Since we are talking about a new tech Gadget, the design can be very modern.
When you present your Header, please include in in a Screenshot of the website so we can see what it looks like within the site


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Teresa Palmer Reads Her Fan Mail!
Teresa Palmer stops at the post office to drop off and pick up mail on Wednesday (June 1) in Los Angeles.
The 25-year-old actress tweeted the night before that she was reading her fan mail!
"Sat on the couch tonight with @backoffhomie writing back to fanmail, thanks for the lovely letters guys!" Teresa tweeted.
Teresa recently told the L.A. Times that she may be signing on for the upcoming zombie movie Warm Bodies.
"It's in negotiations at the moment. I am so excited about that. I love [X-Men: First Class actor] Nicholas Hoult. I think he's a super talent. The Wackness is one of my favorite movies. And Jonathan Levine is directing. If all goes to plan, I'll be shooting that in the fall," she said.
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ELON � Days into October and two games into the Southern Conference part of its schedule, there�s lots of football left this season for Elon University.
But if the Phoenix ultimately is to reach Thanksgiving weekend and the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, its margin for error is trending toward must-win territory right now.
�It�s not there yet,� Elon receiver Aaron Mellette said. �But if we take another loss in the conference, then it might be there.�
Elon (2-3 overall, 0-2 league) plays at Appalachian State (3-2, 1-1) on Saturday, its third marquee opponent in a row ranked among the top 15 teams in the FCS.
The Phoenix is coming off a narrow loss at Georgia Southern and a sound beating administered by Wofford, neither a crime, considering those teams figure to contend for the conference title and thus factor heavily in the postseason picture.
Yet only so many spots are available in the 20-team FCS playoff bracket, which dispenses 10 automatic bids to league champions and 10 at-large berths.
And a loss to Appalachian State, while undoubtedly another well-regarded opponent, would send Elon further into a back-against-the-wall position of needing to reel off victories while picking up some help from around the league.
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it would get late early on the Phoenix.
�When you�ve got a schedule like this and you�re facing three of the top teams in the conference right out of the gate,� Elon offensive lineman Clay Johnson said, �you want to come out with something to show for it. You don�t want to come out with 0-3 in the conference.
�I don�t know if App State is a must to have, especially with the parity that�s in the SoCon. But we want to be able to create our own destiny. We want to leave it up to us at the end, not somebody else.�
Already, a league championship looks probably out of the realm of possibility for Elon.
Only once since 1982 has a team with two Southern Conference losses claimed or shared the league title.
For Mellette, a fifth-year senior, the postseason math and scenarios remain simple.
�I hate losing,� he said, �because I know it�s one step closer for me not being able to play in the playoffs.�


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Pegula breaks ground on HarborCenter
Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula was joined by local leaders this afternoon for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Sabres' new hotel, parking ramp and two ice rinks on the Webster Block across from First Niagara Center.
Pegula told more than 100 people in attendance that the Sabres were going to be aggressive in attracting hockey events to the new HarborCenter. And the crowd applauded his brief speech.
"This is not a small task," Pegula said. "Many will be involved, but it will succeed."
He then went on to recount why he got involved with HarborCenter and wanted to build it in Buffalo.
Pegula was joined today by his wife, Kim, and local leaders as they used hockey-stick shovels to dig into the dirt on the 1.7 acres at Scott and Washington streets.
Work is currently under way on the $172 million HarborCenter, which will include two ice rinks, a 200-room hotel and 845-space parking garage.
The rinks' opening is scheduled for September 2014 with the hotel slated to open in spring 2015.
The project also includes a 12,000-square-foot sports bar at Washington and Scott streets and 8,000 square feet of retail space along Main Street.
A proposal to develop the block from the Sabres and Pegula was selected by Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown in August following a competitive bid process.
Pegula's opening remark about two people near the podium with him, Brown and Sabres President Ted Black, led to an uncomfortable moment.
"I'm a little confused, I'm sitting on the stage between Mayor Brown and Ted Black, yet I look over there, and I'm wondering, is something backwards here?" he said.
There was a silence and then bewildered laughter before Pegula started again.
"Ted said they're going to start a law firm, Brown and Black," he continued.


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PEORIA — Notre Dame's march is on to DeKalb.
Demarco Washington's 3-pointer in the fourth quarter gave Notre Dame the lead and the Irish blanked Morton the rest of the way in a 45-32 victory for the Class 3A Peoria Sectional championship on Friday night in front of about 3,500 fans at Renaissance Coliseum.
The boys basketball sectional title is the first in the 26-year history of Notre Dame (21-12), which will face Rockford Luthern (29-3) in the DeKalb Supersectional at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The winner advances to the state finals next weekend in Peoria.
"Demarco took a couple of bad 3s in the first half," ND coach Tom Lacher said. "The one in the fourth quarter, that was a good one. He stepped into it and nailed it."
Morton (17-15), down six early in the fourth, got two free throws from Jared Liddle to cap a seven-point run that put the Potters up 32-31 with 5:04 to play.
With 3:10 to play, Washington hesitated slightly before swishing the go-ahead trey from the top of the key.
"(Morton) gave me a lot of room, I've been shooting the ball with confidence so I let it fly," Washington said. "It was a big momentum changer."
Shea Feehan was 6-for-6 on free throws and Aaron Sanders and Pete Hanley had baskets as part of Notre Dame's 14-point run to close the game.
Morton didn't score again following Liddle's free throws. The Potters in the fourth quarter were 2-for-11 from the field. They made 13 of 37 shots for the game.
"We held Feehan (11 points) down and we did what we needed to do defensively," Morton coach Jarrett Brown said. "We just didn't score enough."
Matt Kouri was 2-for-2 on 3s in the first half and scored 10 for ND. The second of his consecutive baskets in the third quarter put ND up 23-20.
"For a guy who was sick as a dog this morning in our shootaround, Matt Kouri was huge," Lacher said.
Washington's 12 rebounds led a 34-19 advantage for Notre Dame. Aaron Sanders and Pete Hanley each collected seven missed shots for the Irish.
"Our guards got to their shooters and we got after them on defense and on the boards," Hanley said.
Corey Dullard scored eight and Liddle had seven points for Morton.
The Potters were 0-for-7 on free throws in the first half and trailed 19-18 at intermission. They finished 2-for-10 on free throws.
Washington scored nine. His 4-for-4 shooting at the line helped ND make 12 of 14 free throws overall.
"We executed offensively, we finished strong defensively and we made our free throws in the end," Lacher said. "That's what it was all about tonight."
Notre Dame, a No. 4 seed in a regional after a third-place finish in the Mid-State 6 Conference, will take a season-high six-game win streak into its first supersectional appearance.
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I have been in a monogamous relationship for three years now. Our sex life has always been fun and adventurous. We have tried almost anything we could think of, Google or read about! For the last couple of months, I have felt a loss of sexual attraction to my partner. There is no doubt I love him and do not want to be with anyone else at this time, and he says he does not want to bother finding someone else either, but I do not know how to tell him I am not sexually attracted to him anymore. It is becoming a problem because he still has a ton of sexual energy left for our relationship and questions of infidelity are coming up. I do not know how much longer, "I'm really tired right now" or "I am not really in the mood" will last. I am lost at approaching this situation.--Show Me Something New
In any long-term, monogamous relationship, we can expect periods of stagnation in the lust department. Our partners, after all, see us at our worst. It's near impossible to witness the daily monstrosities expunged from the human body and still want to bang that person 'round the clock. However, while our desire might ebb and flow, attraction is a different beast. As gonzo advice-giver Cheryl Strayed (a.k.a. Dear Sugar) put it, "Attraction is either there or it isn't. It's deeper, more durable. It's the thing that gets you through the dry spells and rough patches." Your problem, alas, appears to be with the deeper level of attraction. Also, this line gives me pause, "he says he does not want to bother finding someone else either." Put that way, it seems like you're hanging on for the sake of hanging on.
There are a few approaches you can take, but one thing is for certain: You should stop lying to your partner immediately. I know it's a particular kind of brutal to look at someone you love and say, "I'm not attracted to you," but it is far, far worse to try to cover that icky feeling up and make it seem like something else (headache, not in the mood, etc.) and have your partner question your fidelity or integrity, as is already happening. You're not fooling anyone. Your partner has noticed your sexual disinterest and until you're honest with him, he's going to concoct all kinds of (probably incorrect) theories as to why it's happening. Don't make yourself or him any crazier than necessary: Tell him the truth.
Once you start to have those blunt yet necessary discussions with your partner, you can better determine next steps, which are, in my estimation, somewhat bleak. But, depending on how committed you both are to saving the relationship, you might benefit from some distance and space. According to the latest hullabalo on the female Viagra pill from The New York Times, for many women, the ultimate lady-boner killer appears to be "monogamy itself." A study mentioned in the article noted that a woman's lust in cohabitating relationships takes a considerable dive between one and four years, but that a man's lust levels remain about the same. Those women not cohabitating with their partners didn't experience the drop-off. So taking a little time apart might help your sexual malaise.
If your attraction stays gone, however, and your boyfriend is not down with a platonic arrangement, then you just might have to call it quits.
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September 03. 2013 12:14AM
Allen Lessels UNH Notebook: Wildcats' foe reeling from big loss
NEWLY NAMED starting quarterback Andy Vailas, the junior out of Bedford and Bishop Guertin High School of Nashua, leads the University of New Hampshire into its season opener in Mount Pleasant, Mich., on Saturday to take on Central Michigan University.
The Wildcats are going to run into an angry — and hurting — bunch of Chippewas there.
Central Michigan, a Football Bowl Subdivision team, got spanked, 59-6, in its first game on Saturday at the University of Michigan.
"It was obviously not the way any of us wanted to play," said Central Michigan coach Dan Enos in the Mid-American Conference media call on Monday morning.
Worse yet, by the end of the first quarter, two of the key members of the Central Michigan offense were on the sideline with injuries. They won't be back soon.
Enos said that with lots of work and rehabilitation and some luck, perhaps junior quarterback Cody Kater, who had won the starting quarterback job, and stud senior running back Zurlon Tipton would make it back by the end of the season.
The Detroit News reported on Sunday that Kater had a broken collarbone and Tipton a broken ankle.
Sophomore Alex Niznak took over for Kater on Saturday and sophomore Saylor Lavallii, 5-foot-9 and 213 pounds, moved into the top running back spot. Niznak completed 11 of his 21 passes for 131 yards and had an interception. Lavallii picked up 52 yards in 10 carries.
UNH coach Sean McDonnell does not expect the losses to change Central Michigan's approach.
"They're a big, strong football team and they like to run the football," McDonnell said "They're going to do what they do best. These are tough, tough losses. A strength of their team is the offensive line and tight ends. They will pound the football. If we're going to have a shot, we have to stop the run."
The Wildcats will counter with their balanced offense, under the direction of Vailas.
Vailas and sophomore Sean Goldrich competed for the starting job all least season and through the offseason, too.
Going into last season's opener, Goldrich won the job largely because of his understanding of the offense.
On Friday, McDonnell announced that Vailas was going to be the starting quarterback in part because of his explosiveness and ability to make big plays.
"We felt that Andy gave us a little extra there," McDonnell said.
Vailas passed for 18 touchdowns and had just three interceptions last season. He also ran for six scores and was UNH's third-leading rusher.
The quarterbacks made it a difficult decision all through the process, McDonnell said.
Goldrich will play at least a series against Central Michigan and in UNH's other games, the coach said.
MCDONNELL was happier with the play of UNH's defense in its final scrimmage on Thursday than he had been during earlier scrimmage sessions. In part that was because of the return of junior Nick Cefalo and Hayden Knudsen, who had sat out earlier with injuries.
He also likes the work junior Brian Ciccone has been doing at defensive end in a mix with seniors Cody Muller and Jay Colbert.
Ciccone has played defensive end at times at UNH but had been playing on offense at tight end until junior Robbie Zauck went down with a knee injury during camp.
"I think it's a good move for this program, not just short term, but long term, as you look down the line with Muller and Colbert graduating next year," McDonnell said.
Ciccone, 6-foot-3 and 253 pounds, is enjoying the switch.
"I like running to the ball," he said. "Going after the quarterback, there's nothing better than that."
THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM, which went 2-1 in a tournament at Lehigh over the weekend, is at Northeastern tonight. The Wildcats host their annual Holly Young Invitational tournament this weekend. They play Brown on Friday night at 7 and on Saturday face St. John's at 12:30 p.m. and Missouri State at 7 p.m. . . . The women's soccer team takes a 1-3 record into a home game against Northeastern on Bremner Field on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Wildcats play Massachusetts at home on Saturday.
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It seems to stem from a misunderstanding. Several factors come into play but the most significant factor is the evidence for God. Atheists have a more empirical criterion than Christians do. Generally an Atheist will not settle for any testimonial or subjective evidence while a Christian will. When every Christian argument depends on the existence of God and the premise is disputed for lack of credible evidence by the Atheist, this creates a significant impediment to the resolution of the disagreement. Rationality depends on a conclusion based on reason. A rational argument depends on taking evidence into account. If the evidence is in question, though both sides are arguing rationally, this situation can understandably be frustrating for both sides in the debate and can, in a worst case, degrade into personal attacks (aka an "Ad Hominem").
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Immigration Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor in Los Angeles filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court, claiming she was targeted in the 2012 recusal order after she attended the Roundtable with Iranian-American Community Leaders organized by the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Other immigration judges who were active in their religious and ethnic communities had not been subject to a blanket recusal order when Tabaddor, who was born in Iran and participated in dozens of public speaking engagements, was recused, the lawsuit said.
"Unless the agency is prevented from having unbridled power to issue recusal orders against immigration judges, based on their race, national origin, religion or perceived interests, the effect is that immigration judges will be improperly manipulated and intimidated by Justice Department officials, and their decisional independence will be severely threatened," the suit said.
Messages seeking comment from the Justice Department and Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the immigration courts, were not immediately returned.
Tabaddor, a former federal prosecutor, wants the order reversed and to be assigned cases randomly, as is done with other immigration judges. Since the order was issued, she has recused herself from eight cases. Officials did not accuse Tabaddor of bias but issued the order to avoid an appearance of impropriety, the lawsuit said.
Later in 2012, the office sought to recuse an Armenian-American immigration judge from cases involving Armenians if she attended a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, the lawsuit said.
"The whole theory of judges is to be blind," said Ali Mojdehi, Tabaddor's lawyer. "You are supposed to be calling balls and strikes without being partial toward who is in front of you, and this sort of order upends that notion that our system is based on."
Immigration judges are encouraged to engage in civic life and the recusal order violates their right to participate in speaking and educational activities on their own time, the National Association of Immigration Judges said in a statement.
While the government once sought to appoint judges who reflected the country's racial and ethnic diversity, the order deters those same judges from participating in their communities, the association said.
Immigration Judge Dana Leigh Marks, the association's president, said she is not aware of orders affecting other judges but was concerned the practice could spread.
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It's been weeks since President Trump declared talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a great success. But today, the Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence officials have concluded North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile.
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Now that President Trump can no longer separate migrant families apprehended at the border, his administration is preparing to lock them up as a unit.
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Peyton Reed to direct "The Fifth Beatle"
Peyton Reed has signed on to direct 'The Fifth Beatle'.
The man behind 'Bring It On' and 'The Break-Up' has been announced as director for the film adaptation of the New York Times best-selling graphic novel, which chronicles the final years of The Beatles' founder and manager, Brian Epstein.
Producing the film will be Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen and Tony Award winner Vivek J. Tiwary, who wrote the graphic novel and the screenplay.
The film is set to begin production in 2014 with the casting underway now that the director is confirmed.
Reed said: ''From the moment I read Vivek's graphic novel, I knew I wanted to be the person to bring Brian's story to the big screen. I'm a lifelong Beatles fan, obviously, but it's Brian's fascinating life that really blew me away and drew me to this project.''
'The Fifth Beatle' will be the first feature film based on the legendary British rockers to secure the rights to their songs and will recount the untold story of the man who helped guide them to international stardom.
Cohen and Tiwary said of Peyton's appointment: ''Peyton's films are incredibly fun and entertaining, while still underscoring a serious empathy for the struggle for accomplishment, belonging, and the need to love and be loved.
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The cover for "Batman" No. 13, the first installment of "Death of the Family." (DC Comics)Link
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The Joker is wreaking havoc in his first major story line since DC's relaunch, and "Batman" writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have horrifying plans for Gotham's most twisted villain. "Batman" No. 13, the first installment in the new "Death of the Family" arc, is out today, revealing the smiling psychopath as a calculating villain who has been quietly plotting revenge on the Caped Crusader and his closest allies for a year. The story will cross over into multiple Bat-family series, including "Catwoman," "Batgirl," "Nightwing" and "Red Hood & the Outlaws." The first issue includes several nods to "A Death in the Family," the infamous 1988-89 story line in which readers voted to kill off the new Robin, Jason Todd, and the Joker beat him to death with a crowbar. Hero Complex caught up with Snyder and Capullo to talk about the Joker's newest makeover.
HC: Is the Joker still relevant?
SS: Yeah, like 100%. He couldn't be more relevant. To me, he's the greatest villain of all time, because what he does is he forces us more than any other villain in comics, and any villain I can think of in really any medium, to look at our own worst fears about ourselves. So that's the power he has over his enemies, is that he looks at you with these very cold eyes, and he sees the things you're most afraid of in yourself, the things you're most afraid are true about yourself, and then he gleefully brings those things to life and makes a case as to why those things are the total of who you are, and why you're no good. You know, we're only as good as our villains. Our heroes are only as good as their villains, so more than any other villain, to me, Joker challenges heroes to see their greatest fears, and to overcome them. So he makes us better by sort of putting us through these horrific trials by fire. So he'll always be relevant in that regard, but almost no time more than now given what's been happening in Batman. Batman really needs someone to shake him up.
GC: Because he hasn't been through enough just recently with "The Court of Owls."
SS: It's never enough!
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HC: Did you just decide, "I want to write a Joker story," or was it handed down to you?
SS: What happened with Joker wasn't that way at all. It wasn't an initiative to write the Joker from DC, and it wasn't just wanting to write the Joker because he's a sensational sort of villain to have. When you write these iconic characters, I feel like you have to kind of approach it from a standpoint of what's most terrifying and exciting to you about where the character is at that point in his or her life at that moment. And for me, Batman, the thing that I was interested in is that Batman has accumulated these allies and this family around him that he cares deeply about. And as a father of young children, I relate to that, deeply, how scary the world suddenly becomes when you have people that you care about. And it's exactly the kind of thing that occurred to me the Joker of all people would come after, and say, "I'm your court jester. You're my Bat-king." It's sort of the Joker's philosophy, and what he believes is that the role of a court jester — one of the roles — is to bring terrible news to the king and to make him laugh at it. He's the only person that can really do that. So he believes that he's bringing these incredibly dark truths of Batman's heart to him, and making him stronger by having him face those things and come out on the other side. So what he's here to do is to say to him essentially, "You've become fat and slow, and your kingdom rots from the inside because of that, and I'm going to rectify all of that right now. I'm going to sort of burn everything to the ground to show you the person that you really should be." So it wasn't anything that was a sort of top-down decision, or a decision that came just from the fun of using the Joker because he's such a fan-favorite villain. It really was more of trying to figure out what would be the best Batman story we could tell given the things that we love about where the character is right now, and trying to explore those in the most exciting ways possible.
HC: So Joker's a hero? He thinks of himself as a good guy?
SS: Oh yeah. I wouldn't say he thinks of himself as necessarily a good guy. But he thinks of himself really as Batman's greatest ally. He thinks the allies that Batman has acquired, between Nightwing and Batgirl and all the Robins, those are a false royal court. Those are sycophants, and those are people that make Batman weaker. And that he's actually the one that makes him stronger by keeping him on his toes and keeping him sharp and keeping him the Bat-king instead of somebody that's distracted by silly human concerns.
HC: How did you guys collaborate on this new version of the Joker?
GC: I had a bit of a rough spot with the first time I took on the Joker, which it turned out it was just Dick Grayson faking people out with something that transformed his face to look like the Joker. When I took over the book, there was a lot of pressure and all that, of course, with the relaunch and all. When Scott and I were talking about changing the look of the Joker, I learned very quickly how sensitive Bat-fans are and protective of what they feel is their property — which is Batman and all the rogue villains. And I got backlash just for giving him crinkly hair. So you go, "Wow, this one's really nerve-racking." I hadn't been reading Batman, so I wasn't aware that he'd had his face cut off. So Scott says to me, "Well, he's gotta reattach his face in some way." So I go, "This might help me in a way, because it can't be the Joker that everybody knows and loves and is familiar with." So in that way, I hope I don't get quite as much of a backlash for having crinkly hair, because it's a lot worse than crinkly hair now.
Anyway, when he told me that, it just became how do we reattach it? Does he sew it back on, or what? So I just threw some things at Scott, and when Scott told me he wasn't going to be dressed in the traditional suit, looking all dapper, and that actually he was on a mission, going to work, and he was going to be wearing mechanic overalls, it just seemed like a natural progression to make it more utilitarian. Nothing neat and clean. You know, like, "Let's get some belts and some hooks and some wire, and let's makeshift something that will hold my skin in place." And that just presented a lot of things visually that we can make comical or extremely terrifying all in one stroke. It kind of just developed that way out of conversation with Scott and what his intentions with the story were.
HC: There have been many, many iterations of the Joker, some of whom, like "The Killing Joke," are extremely dark. Is there a version that was particularly inspiring when you took this on?
SS: What I love about the character is that he's one of those that people tend to really make their own. Each person that takes him on sort of does something different with him. I would say that I lean away from the kind of social anarchist versions of him where he has a point to prove to society and lean more toward the versions that you see in things like "The Dark Knight Returns" and in Grant Morrison's work. I think that also, in "The Killing Joke," where he really has a point to prove to the people that he considers incredibly important to him, personally. The people that he holds up as these heroes that he almost serves as a villain, whether it's Jim Gordon or Batman, obviously above all. And he comes at them personally and sort of attacks them in ways where he's trying to, in our version at least, make them stronger by trial by fire, but in most versions just coming at them in this incredibly personal and terrifying way. That's the one that I'm most fascinated with, the one that sort of knows the deepest and darkest secrets of your heart, or pretends to, and then wants to exploit those and sort of make you believe that everything you're afraid is true about yourself is true, and that he's going to bring everything to bear against you to make you believe that.
HC: It seems like every time we see the Joker, there's a push to make him more extreme. How far is too far?
GC: People have gotten jaded. I've got a 10-year-old stepson at home, and the stuff that they see in their video games and things like that has made them very thick-skinned. It's shocking to me when they watch the things they're able to watch without batting an eye, and you go, "Wow, really? When I was that age, it would've sent me running for the covers." So I think by virtue of that is how that stuff keeps getting pushed, and not everybody likes that about it. There's certainly a group of people who go, "Aww, they're going for the dark and edgy," and stuff like that. But the thing is, I think you're trying to pierce some jaded skin in a way.
SS: I think the point when you're using a character that can be so completely vicious and out there is to try and tell a story where you're really using him in a way that honors the history of the character and makes sense for who you think he is, and to do your own take. With Joker, the last thing we're trying to do is just make him extreme. He's not extreme in this story for the sake of being extreme at all. He actually has a really big ax to grind, and a very, very specific mission in mind, that everything stems out of. So is he going to do horrifying things? Of course he his, with his completely twisted and deranged sense of humor. But the reason he does all of those things here is really in service of this point he's trying to prove to Batman over and over about this thing he thinks that Batman truly wants and believes about himself deep down, that he thinks Batman won't admit. For us, he's a really freeing character, because he brings these nightmares to life for everybody in ways that are more vivid and terrifying than, I think, any other villain. But he's also a really thrilling character to use because the nightmares he brings to life are a lot of the time expressions of those characters' great nightmares about themselves, so they're very pointed. It's not just sort of somebody who does things for the sake of doing nutty, random, horrifying things. This is really someone who, in his own mind, has a purpose. Even if that purpose is completely twisted and strange to everybody else. His perception of it is something that in the story you can see, and you can spend a little terrifying time inside of his head and see whether or not you kind of agree with what he's saying about Batman.
GC: The Joker is going to be the Joker that everybody's familiar with. Some people are worried that we're making him too extreme for the sake of [being extreme], but everything that makes the Joker, the Joker is still here in Scott's story. We've all lost our temper at times in life, and sometimes it's a little mild anger, and sometimes it's fury. So if anything's making the Joker more extreme it's that he's so disgusted with the way things are, and so he's very angry. So maybe it's the most he's ever lost his temper, so to speak, and in that kind of way, things are amped up. But everything that you've come to know and love about the Joker is present in Scott's story. It's psychologically creepy and terrifying, which is what we want. And it's still the Joker, so he's the clown. His body language, his facial expressions, the way he acts and talks is all the same. So they'll be scared, but they'll also be relieved that we've not bastardized their precious villain, whom we both love dearly ourselves.
SS: And part of his point is to remind Batman of all of the great times they've had together, in his mind. He believes that the things they've done together are worth a trip down memory lane —
GC: I would call it "mayhem lane."
SS: Yeah, completely. In that way, it's a story where he is, at his core, the same character you've always known, and he's trying to sort of point that out to Batman, too, like, "Look at all this wonderful history we have." And at the same time, because he's so angry, he's really even further over the line of what he's willing to do to the Bat-family to prove a point.
HC: The story hearkens back, of course, to "Death in the Family." Is Jason Todd going to survive this?
SS: Ha ha, I can't give that away! Is anyone going to survive it? I don't know. I get all of these desperate tweets and messages from people saying please don't kill this character or that character. Alfred is at the top of the list. He's the one that everyone always worries the most about, I feel like. So I know, I know. We all love all of them, though.
GC: I think the solution is just to kill them all. Play no favorites.
SS: That's the Joker's opinion, as well. I feel like we've been spending too much time in his head, both of us.
HC: You're not going to have readers vote on this, are you?
SS: No, no, no. I made a joke once that you could just call our cellphones if you want and do it. But not really. It's a story that's been planned for both of us. One of the great things about working with Greg, too, is that I consider him a total collaborator on the story, not just the pages and the art. His ideas for things to enhance the story, both visually but also in terms of the storytelling itself are totally priceless to me going forward. I feel like I have a co-creator on it. The things that are coming, we've talked about and planned out for a long time. We both know where the story's going, and it's been going there. It's just sort of a big, horrifying train on the tracks already.
— Noelene Clark
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Pasquotank County farmer Michael Gray vividly remembers the first time he thought about planting his corn crop in narrower rows and at higher densities. It was during a farm tour in a nearby county, where N.C. State University crop science specialist Ron Heiniger had established a row width and plant population test.
"Dr. Heiniger had three different ears of corn," recalls Gray, who farms 1,700 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and cabbage outside of Elizabeth City with his father, Charles, and brother, Scott.
"He had one ear of corn that was 6- or 7-inches long. He held up another one that was 5.5-inches long. And the other was probably 4. He said, 'How many farmers want ears of corn like this?' and held up a 7-inch ear of corn. Of course, everybody always thought the bigger, the longer, the better – more kernels on the cob. He said that was a pretty good choice: I forget exactly, but it was like 190 bushels per acre.
"And then he said, 'How many of you want this?' and held up a 4-inch ear. And nobody wanted the little teeny nubbin," Gray says. "But he said this would've been 238 or 240 bushels per acre – the difference being in the number of plants per acre.
"And that kind of got me to thinking, it really didn't matter how big the corn ear is, it's how many you have out there."
Understanding this, when it came time for Gray to buy new equipment, he made the switch to 20-inch rows. And he's glad he did, because he believes the change has brought him higher yields.
Indeed, Heiniger's research showed that growers could increase yield by 15 percent if they simply planted rows of corn closer together. And today, more than 40 percent of North Carolina's corn acres are planted in these narrow rows, with more narrow-row acres added each year. Growers have reported yield increases of 25 to 30 bushels per acre or more and report less stress and more consistent yields during dry seasons. Heiniger estimates that the research has increased the value of North Carolina corn by more than $50 million.
Heiniger's research also demonstrated that growers could plant more corn plants per acre and increase yield – a 3-bushels-per-acre yield increase for every additional 1,000 plants per acre. Growers have taken this information, provided through Cooperative Extension programs, to heart. The average corn plant population in North Carolina increased from 28,000 plants per acre in 2000 to 34,000 plants per acre in 2010.
Gray says he can't estimate the value of the help that local extension agents and specialists have provided, but he knows their recommendations makes a difference.
"Without the Extension service," he says, "there would be a lot of trial and error. When we have a problem, they always come up with the right answer as far as what we need to do."


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Meeting set up for Thursday with landowner.
Thursday is shaping up to be a potentially important day for Crookston's fledgling Downtown Square. With some members of the Crookston City Council a bit hesitant to endorse elaborate design and construction plans for the downtown destination because the city leases the land and doesn't own it, city officials Thursday afternoon will sit down with the owner to see if the city might be able to buy the land.
The city has what is widely seen as a good deal on the 10-year lease, with eight years remaining, and language in the lease makes it fairly easy to extend it by 10 years when it expires. In addition, the city has the right to match any offers to purchase the property made by other parties.
But, with designer Robert Gustafson coming up with some pretty cool drawings of a centerpiece structure, some council members are a little gun-shy about building something on land the city doesn't own.
Thus, the scheduling of Thursday's meeting.
"Maybe we buy it, trade for it, do a tax incentive...whatever it's going to take so we can become the owners of it," said At Large Council Member Wayne Melbye, a leader of the Downtown Square initiative. "I think that would trigger a lot for us, if people saw we were possibly going to buy it, it might change some attitudes on it."
The property owners own the portions of Central High School that remain standing, and some of that building has been renovated into apartments.
Although the council has set aside at least $75,000 for Downtown Square-related projects, no money has been earmarked for a potential purchase of the land.
"We could be talking about a lot of money here," Ward 6 Council Member Tom Vedbraaten said.
Melbye stressed that the council would have ample opportunity to weigh in on any decisions related to buying the property, if buying it indeed becomes a realistic option.
"Let's take our time and do it right," Mayor Dave Genereux added. "Maybe it'll be too expensive and we'll go back to the drawing board."
"If we meet with her on Thursday and she says no, then that's that," Melbye said. "Then maybe we're just putting a tent on it."
Engineering stuff
The city Ways & Means Committee this week recommended council approval of a necessary "geotechnical report" requested by Gustafson. He's gotten one quote for $2,300 and is securing a second one. The report, which involves soil borings and the collection of other data, is important, since potential structures on the square would be built on the high school demolition site, he explained. "You may find out you can't build anything on this," Gustafson said.
He added that engineers at Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates, working pro bono, continue to review the centerpiece structure in order to provide more detailed material needs and cost estimates.


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The Houston Texans have released S Shiloh Keo, LB Xavier Adibi, P Brad Maynard, TE Anthony Hill, WRs Trindon Holliday and Dorin Dickerson, DT Damione Lewis, C Howard Barbieri, LS Scott Albritton, LBs Mister Alexander, Steven Friday, Stanford Keglar, and Matt Marcorelle, DEs Scooter Berry and John Graves, S Quintin Demps, OG Andrew Gardner, and OT Pete Hendrickson. The team waived WR Jeff Maehl, DT Guy Miller, FB Zach Pauga, OT Cole Pemberton, WR Derrick Townsel, C Cody Wallace, RB Javarris Williams, RB Chris Ogbonnaya and S Torri Williams. The team has also waived injured LB Cheta Ozougwu (concussion) and WR Terrence Toliver (undisclosed).
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Owners to decide on 2018 Super Bowl site
ATLANTA (AP) NFL owners will vote Tuesday on the site of the next Super Bowl, choosing between New Orleans, Indianapolis and Minneapolis.
Next year's game is in Arizona, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area for the 50th Super Bowl in 2016. The 2017 game will be in Houston.
Owners also will discuss potentially expanding the playoffs by two teams, one in each conference. Commissioner Roger Goodell has said it's still possible such a change to 14 playoff teams could happen this year if it is voted on and passed in Atlanta. It would require 24 yes votes out of 32.
More likely, 2015 would be the target date for expanded playoffs.
The workplace environment also will be a topic of conversation for the owners.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have selected the contract of P Tyson Brummett from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He will join the club in Washington Monday, Oct. 1. In a corresponding move, C Brian Schneider (hamstring, ankle) has been transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
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Welcome, officially, to late August — a time of year synonymous with backpacks, freshly sharpened pencils and glue sticks.
That's right, it's back-to-school time, when routines return and lazy summer afternoons all too quickly fade.
If you're parents of school-age children, by this time you most likely have made the Big Decision of where to send your kids to school. But for parents of younger children who haven't yet navigated the diverse world of educational options, this week's In Focus (Pages 9-12) is an excellent resource for you.
In it, OSV contributing editor Emily Stimpson puts together what I like to call a "school discernment package" — a four-page in-depth look at many factors that are helpful to consider when choosing the right path for your child.
She profiles three different families who made three different educational choices: One sent their kids to Catholic school, another to public school and a third decided to home-school. In each family snapshot, the parents explain the reasoning behind their choices and recount why and how they made the decisions that worked best for their families.
In addition to these personal stories, Stimpson includes questions meant to encourage conversation and get the wheels (in your head, not on the bus) turning.
Also useful are five steps to consider when going through the process of discernment: pray, research, consider all options, consider the child and, perhaps most importantly, relax. As Stimpson writes, no decision is set in stone, and changes can always be made.
It is my sincere hope that this In Focus will assist you as you take this important next step with your children.
Finally, I'd like to turn it over to you veteran parents of school-aged children for your suggestions and comments.
How did you decide which educational path is best for your child? Do you have a set of questions you consider? Who do you turn to for the best information? What do you incorporate into your discernment process? And what have you learned during this process?
Email your comments to me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and if we get a good group of them, I'll include some in this space later this fall.
One last thing: Because it's not only the little ones who are going back to school, but the big ones, too, we've included a special piece on how to stay pro-life during college (Page 6).
We all know that college can be a tumultuous time, where the values of even the most well-behaved (and well-raised) children can be challenged. I encourage you to read the article and show it to your son or daughter as he or she prepares to leave the nest. They might shrug it off, but then again, they might not.
God bless you and your families as you head back into the routines of another school year. May it be one that is happy, healthy and faith-filled.
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Patrick Edward Tennyson
Dec. 1, 1931 - Feb. 3, 2013
Patrick was born in Agar, South Dakota on December 1, 1931 and went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:25 am. Patrick lovingly called Pat, Dad and Grandpa. Pat passed away after a long, hard fought battle with
pancreatic cancer on Sunday with his family by his side. Predeceased by his parents,
Albert and Anna, sisters Marie,
Irene and Veronica and brothers Frances, Leo and Bernie, Dad was the last of his family's generation. He is survived by his loving wife Karen of 56 years; daughter
Cindy; sons: Gary and wife Laurie, Greg and wife Susan, Terry and wife Denise and Michael and wife Cathy; fourteen grandchildren: Pat, Jereme, Jenny, Sara,
Shannon, Kelsie, Matthew, Greg Jr., Ashley, Dustin, Jonathan,
Steven, Catie and Hannah; and by his eighteen great-grandchildren: Kaydence, Kate, Gracelyn, Bella, Brayden, Mikaylee, Finley, Max, Macie, Owen, Mckenzie, Braylee, Benjamin, Gary, Gunnar, Tyson, Ryan and Caleb.
Pat spent 4 years in the Marine Corps and served honorably in the Korean Conflict. He retired from UC Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after a distinguished 26 year career as a Sergeant in the University of California (UC) Police Force. Pat accomplished expert marksman status while on the UC Police Force. After retiring Pat worked at Tennyson Electric in a variety of roles alongside his three sons. After Tennyson Electric Pat was heavily involved in St. Joachim Catholic Church in Lockeford and achieved the fourth level in the Knights of Columbus.
A Rosary will be held at Cherokee Memorial Park & Funeral Home on Monday, February 11 at 7 pm in the Evergreen Chapel, 13823 North Beckman Road, Lodi CA. Funeral Mass will be held at St Joachim Catholic Church on Tuesday, February 12 at 11 am, 13392 Lockeford Ranch Road, Lockeford, CA with a reception following services. Interment of Pat's ashes will occur in a private ceremony for family only on Wednesday,
February 14.
SEMPER FI, the battle is done, go be at peace. Your family loves you.


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We at Kemin have been doing business internationally for more than three decades. A few years after our founding in 1961, a Chinese graduate student at Cornell University spotted an advertisement we placed in a trade publication. He asked us to ship pig-feed flavoring to his father's factory. Young as we were, we weren't about to turn down an opportunity: his request came with a check.
These days, opportunities abound across the globe, no more so than in emerging markets, such as South America, Eastern Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia and Africa. Entrepreneurial companies, in particular, must take advantage of them. As development costs soar and product life-cycles get shorter, small companies will need to sell in as many markets as possible to make a reasonable profit--maybe even to survive.
Once Kemin accepted the serendipitous Chinese request, we became global believers. In the late 1960s, we entered Europe through a distributor, setting up a full-fledged unit in Belgium in 1971. A decade later, we opened a subsidiary to serve Asia, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Today, international sales account for two thirds of our annual revenue of $100 million. We operate four overseas plants and 30 offices, and 400 of our 600 workers are based abroad.
Along the way, we have learned how to do business outside of the U.S. As we venture into countries that aren't as tame as the Western democracies and some in the Far East, we are using these valuable lessons as a starting point. At the same time, we realize that we need to take additional precautions in the rough-and-tumble environment of underdeveloped countries.
What follows is an entrepreneur's guide to the steps necessary for doing business in emerging markets.
The Basics Count
Whenever we enter any foreign market, we first do our homework. When we decided to get into Europe in the late 1960s, for example, we turned to The Exporters Encyclopedia, a classic reference. It contains information, such as the size of the animal-feed business in each country and the names of companies in the business. These days, for a small fee, the U.S. Commerce Department makes this part of the job easier: it supplies a person to do the legwork.
Our next step involves making a firm commitment. Usually, we put up no more money than we can afford to lose. Then we hire an individual to spend full time developing a market. That person begins by scouting the region, a process that takes about nine months.
Next, we look for results. When we decided to enter Asia, the person we sent turned up 25 prospects during an initial three-week journey. Once we have prospects, we expect orders. And then numbers. We believe the market should break even within a year and be profitable within two years.
As we enter emerging markets, these guidelines have become like spotting an old friend in a foreign port or train station. Learn the basics. Live by them. Venturing into undeveloped countries, you will be anchored to a certainty when all around you is uncertain.
Cash is King
With your emerging-markets foray grounded in the basics, you should understand that, away from developed countries, money will be your biggest problem: specifically, how you will be paid; sometimes, if you will be paid.
At Kemin, we operate by a rule of thumb: until we do business for awhile with anyone--even domestically or in the Western democracies--we need our money up front. In the emerging markets, this isn't merely a rule of thumb. It's a rule.
Last year, we received a big order--for $1 million--from a customer in Russia, a market we have been developing for two years. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, opportunities abound in Russia, and we surely want a share.
The sticking point was how (and, as it turned out, if) we would be paid. The Russian customer argued for rubles. We demanded to be paid in a Western currency, backed by a letter of credit. Although the customer eventually agreed, our bank in Belgium wouldn't guarantee the credit line from the customer's bank in Russia. No matter how tempting the business was, we had but one choice: to turn it down.
Cash is king. Don't forget it. Especially in emerging markets. Don't let the lure of a promising new relationship blind you. What you need, most of all, is a profit.
Manage Your Managers
With volatile governments and shaky currencies pitted against today's most enticing business opportunities, the emerging markets are nothing if not a bevy of frenzied activity. It's human nature, as well as in the best entrepreneurial spirit, for managers to get caught up.
Your job is to put clamps on enthusiasm when it doesn't make good business sense. In Russia, our people were pushing hard for that $1 million sale. Understandably, their "numbers" depended upon it. But we had to say, "Hey, we know people who've lost money there, and we don't want to."
Your managers will be the hardest to convince. Accept their exuberance as the engine for getting you where you want to go. Then temper it.
Just Say No
With the emergence of emerging markets, you mustn't lose sight of common sense. It just doesn't pay to do business in some parts of the world. You don't want to be in Bosnia, in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, for instance. Or in Nigeria, where the Sunday afternoon pastime is taking prisoners down to the beach and shooting them. At Kemin, we just say no if our employees' safety would be at risk.
We also avoid areas where custom calls for passing the "brown envelope." With bribes the order of the day throughout most of Africa, we don't do business anywhere on that continent except South Africa and Algeria.
Be safe. Stay clean. Bloodshed and bribery don't make for long-term business relationships. Once you start passing envelopes, if only to get your foot in the door, you're dead. Once you venture into unsettled countries, you could be literally dead.
Expect the Unexpected
Your business life in emerging markets will be full of surprises. To make the best of them, learn to expect the unexpected and manage the unexpected.
Last fall, in the wake of turmoil in the Asian financial markets, we discovered belatedly that our otherwise competent local manager in Thailand was selling in local currency rather than in dollars. That meant we were getting 30 percent less revenue from those orders.
The manager made a terrible misjudgment, and we could have fired him. However, since the crisis was unexpected, we took the moderate course of denying him a raise and bonus.
The formula for winning in the rough-and-tumble emerging markets calls for playing the thrills against the mundane. With your venture grounded in global business basics, with a tempering hand on your managers, with a firm grip on the cash and a healthy dose of common sense, you will profit from the surprises.
R. W. Nelson Chairman Kemin Industries Inc.