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Chaplain who prayed 'in Jesus' name' convicted
Klingenschmitt jury now will consider punishment
Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt
A military jury today convicted a Navy chaplain of a misdemeanor count of disobeying his commanding officer for wearing his uniform while delivering a prayer "in Jesus' name" at an assembly in front of the White House.
"But I had prior written permission to wear my uniform if it was a religious observance, (so) prayers are not a religious observance," Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt told WND after the military court-martial recessed for the night.
"Therefore I disobeyed my commanding officer's order not to pray in uniform," he said.
Klingenschmitt, who raised immediate concerns with this superiors when the Navy issued a new order that prayers could only be "nonsectarian," also has alleged he was punished for raising those concerns, and later notifying Congress and President Bush of the situation.
Klingenschmitt told WND that his lawyer rested the case without calling any witnesses, one of whom was scheduled to be former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, because of the biblical injunction in Isaiah, where the prophecy about Jesus says he "was oppressed and afflicted yet he did not open his mouth."
Klingenschmitt told WND that there is an appeal process that will be pursued, up to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed.
The five-officer military jury is scheduled to return to work tomorrow to determine what punishment, if any, Klingenschmitt should receive.
"I do respect the verdict of my peers. I am a humble man and respect the authority of the jury. I do not respect the authority of the military judge who declared worshipping in public is not the same as public worship," he said.
Judge Moore, who lost his own job over his refusal to obey a federal judge's order that conflicted with constitutional authority and remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building, had been set to testifying about the White House assembly where he and Klingenschmitt were.
Moore, also a columnist for WND, said, "When the Legislature of Indiana or a chaplain in the Navy, Army or Air Force says a prayer in the name of Jesus, no religion is being established and no religious freedom is abused. On the contrary, the religious freedom enjoyed by all our people is being exercised in the finest American tradition."
Klingenschmitt had pleaded not guilty yesterday.
As WND reported, Klingenschmitt was at the White House March 30 with Moore to protest Navy policy requiring non-sectarian prayers outside of worship services.
Klingenschmitt had been ordered not to wear his uniform during media appearances without permission, unless he was conducting a "bona fide worship service." The chaplain, ordained in the Evangelical Episcopal Church, has said the March 30 event qualified.
Klingenschmitt could forfeit two-thirds of his pay per month for one year and receive a reprimand as punishment.
The chaplain also is promoting a bill in Congress he says aims to overrule a policy passed by the secretary of the Navy that requires non-sectarian prayers.
The Navy secretary, Klingenschmitt said, is "deliberately censoring the content of our prayers."
This court martial, he said, was over that new Navy policy.
The judge, refusing Klingenschmitt's motion earlier this month to drop the case, concluded chaplains are protected only inside the chapel on Sunday morning. If ordered not to worship in public, and they disobey, chaplains can be punished at a criminal court martial.
"There is no more fundamental right than the inalienable right to worship our creator, and I pray in Jesus name," Klingenschmitt said. "For any government official to require non-sectarian prayers is for him to enforce his government religion upon me, to censor exclude and punish me for my participation."
Several dozen other chaplains also have joined in a civilian lawsuit that alleges the Navy hierarchy allows only those Christian ministers who advocate only non-sectarian blandishments to be promoted. Those with evangelical beliefs, they say, are routinely drummed from the Navy.
Janet Folger, president of Faith2Action told WND she couldn't even express the horror of such an outcome.
"If they can silence a chaplain, they'll come after you next," she told WND. "The Navy has ruled that chaplains have just one hour of freedom of religion on Sunday morning."
Folger, the author of "The Criminalization of Christianity," said what is incomprehensible is that the judge concluded that public worship is not the same and worshipping in public.
"While our soldiers fight for freedom abroad, our own chaplains are facing court martial for praying for them," said Folger. "Where does the Constitution say that freedom of religion is limited to one hour?"
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text: DigitalFinancial Times Turns 125Paper celebrates digital success but also shares common industry woesBy Lucia Moses|February 13, 2013 ShareBy Lucia Moses|February 13, 2013 Share The Financial Times marks its 125th anniversary today, and, befitting the challenges facing newspapers today, the celebration will have practical elements. An ad campaign with the somber tagline "Still guiding the way for global business" is breaking in print and online. The U.K.-bsaed FT is using the occasion to offer a special rate on full-page congratulatory ads and a special $125 subscription offer on Feb. 13. There are some fanciful aspects, too: Hot-air balloons in the paper's signature pink color will fly over financial hubs over the course of the year, and the Empire State Building will be lit pink on May 1. With its pioneering metered paywall, the FT has been held up as a rare success story in a newspaper industry that has struggled to adapt to the digital age. Last year, subscriptions to FT.com, at more than 300,000, surpassed print circulation for the first time. Mobile is the fastest-growing source of the FT's digital traffic, accounting for 25 percent of its visitorship. But the FT isn't immune from the struggles facing newspapers in general. Print ad revenue has been challenged and digital advertising has been slow to make up for it; the paper recently adopted a "digital-first" initiative that entailed a net loss of 25 jobs. There's growing competition for the global business reader, from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and Bloomberg LP. Parent Pearson denies the paper's for sale, but rumors to the contrary have been flying. In changing times, the paper sees its continued narrow focus on business influencers and editorial independence as an asset. "Our laser-like focus on that market and providing it with a lack of party affiliation and a global outlook has been key to our success," Andrew Sollinger, the FT's managing director for The Americas, said in a veiled swipe at its biggest competitor, the Journal. "Our readership relies upon that unfiltered information. They want exactly that that we're providing, not the additional info." While print is still of "critical importance," Sollinger said, "We're prepared for [the challenge], and constantly evolving. Our reliance on digital content revenues will cushion us against any revenue swings." To that end, the FT expects to get half its revenue from circulation revenue this year (defying the conventional newspaper model, with its 80-20 advertising-circulation split), with 30 percent coming from digital. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kt5qDs copy Adweek Adweek


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Dealing with upset members.
In 1982, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman wrote an excellent book called In Search of Excellence. One of the first principles discussed is called "Getting Close to Your Customer." Essentially this means that a business needs to ensure it is paying attention to and listening to its customers.
I believe this is vital to a club's success. Obtaining customer feedback is essential in order for you to adjust your business plan and strategy artfully.
Take Immediate Action
When dealing with a troublemaking member, or even a member who makes a casual complaint, the most important thing you can do is to act. It is very likely that you will retain customer loyalty if you respond immediately to a customer complaint - extremely likely if you immediately resolve the complaint. (An immediate response would be making contact within 24 hours of receiving a written complaint. An immediate resolution would be working with a customer the minute he voices a complaint.)
In sales, a membership consultant won't be successful unless he sets many appointments that lead to tours. Ultimately, a consultant must be "belly to belly" with the prospect in order to make the sale.
Dealing with an upset customer is no different. Your chance of resolving a complaint is best when the customer is in front of you. Although it is not in most people's nature to be confrontational, it is important for you to deal with complaints "head on" and not retreat.
There is a saying that the customer is always right. I believe this is true, except for certain circumstances. I believe the customer is wrong when he is disruptive to other members, violent or excessively rude to your staff, or he is doing something that could cause harm to himself or others. Staff should be properly trained to understand these issues and how to respond appropriately. However, in almost every case, the customer should be given the benefit of the doubt, and you should take corrective action to resolve his concerns immediately.
When a customer is wrong, use tact when discussing the matter with him. The best way to handle this type of situation is to educate the customer.
You should display sympathy to his concerns yet state your position firmly. Understand that, in most instances, you will gain the customer's respect by responding to his complaint and dealing with the issue immediately. However, you will need to tell the customer that his request will not be dealt with as he would like. Explain to him the reasons why his request cannot be honored, but at the same time be considerate to him and thank him for bringing his concern to your attention.
In most cases, I have found that if you handle the situation in this manner, the customer will leave the conversation satisfied, and he will agree to abide by your response. But there will be times when the customer is not satisfied with your response, and he will continue to cause disruption. He may even react violently.
Should this happen, you must be firm. You may have no other remedy but to ask the customer to leave the club. This may even mean terminating his membership. Let's face it: These types of troublemaking members are better off at your competitor's club. The disruption or harm they cause is damaging to your business.
Frank Guengerich is vice president and regional manager for the Sport and Health Company located in McLean, Va. He oversees four clubs with more than 15,000 members.


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By Jorge A. Herrera
Although Hispanics in our region have made great progress in recent years, the community still faces daunting challenges, including a high dropout rate among youth and other obstacles, such as teen pregnancy and the prevalence of diabetes and obesity.
One does not have to be Hispanic to be affected by these critical issues. The region's economic vitality depends on a well-educated, healthy population.
With such challenges in mind, in 2007, Hispanic leaders and city and county officials joined the San Antonio Area Foundation in unveiling a new outreach fund aimed at benefiting the Hispanic community, the South Texas Hispanic Fund.
The STHF in 2011 awarded $50,000 to nonprofit agencies that serve at least 51 percent Hispanics in the fund's four key areas:
- Education, because an educated community is necessary for economic and social progress. This includes programs to prevent students from dropping out of high school and to strengthen awareness of the value of higher education and preparation for careers.
- Health and human services, supporting programs addressing needs in areas such as mental health, teen pregnancy, chronic disease prevention and treatments for conditions such as diabetes, obesity and AIDS.
- Community development, to increase the level of home ownership and support community-based investment efforts designed to foster economic opportunity and fiscal responsibility.
- Arts and culture, supporting various forms of expression, because remembering, sharing and celebrating one's uniqueness can serve as a catalyst for inspiration and dynamic change.
As an example, a grant that the STHF awarded to Healthy Futures of Texas in 2011 provided much needed funding for programs that are helping to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in Bexar County, said Healthy Futures President Janet P. Realini, M.D. Those programs include educational sessions for teens about preventing pregnancy, as well as to help parents to start talking with their teens about relationships, values and sex.
"We really appreciate the South Texas Hispanic Fund," Realini said. "It has given us resources to use in the highest-risk areas of San Antonio, where parents are really hungry for information."
The Fund also strives to increase philanthropy within the Hispanic population. Its all-volunteer leadership works to get out the message that one does not have to be wealthy to participate in charitable giving. An important message of the STHF is that through collaboration and the pooling of resources at any level, donors can build something substantial and lasting.
"Ultimately, it's strengthening our community through nonprofits that motivates me to be involved with the Hispanic Fund," said San Antonio public relations business owner Cynthia Muñoz, who serves on the STHF's Advisory Committee.
Thanks to the generosity of donors who support the STHF's mission, we are building a permanent endowment that will provide ongoing funding for the current and future needs of the South Texas community. Supporters can make donations via the San Antonio Area Foundation's website at www.saafdn.org.
Each year, The South Texas Hispanic Fund holds an annual gala to raise money and awareness for the Fund. RingSide SA features six bouts of boxing, pairing 12 community leaders from the business, educational, military and nonprofit arenas. This year's fifth anniversary RingSide SA will take place on Friday, Nov. 2, at the Freeman Coliseum. This much-anticipated black tie-optional event begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by an elegant dinner, live music, live auction and the boxing program.
To purchase seats or for more information about RingSide SA, please go online to www.ringside-sa.com, or call 210-224-4777.
Jorge A. Herrera is Vice Chair of the South Texas Hispanic Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation.


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This is clearly an indication of how effective these events are for participating photographers.
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I followed the step suggested online but did not follow the amount of chili powder, salt and sugar. I added an extra heap tablespoon of chili powder as I noticed that the colour is not as red as the kimchi I ate at the Korean restaurant. I also cheated on the kimchi sauce. Since I could not find any kimchi sauce at Asian Supermarket I substituted it with Japanese fish powder to give kimchi some fishy taste. I was thinking to use Thai fish sauce but thought that it might be too salty considering the cabbage had been marinated with salt for 4 hours!
I also made some Kakk Du Gi it tastes a bit too salty now, I am hoping that it will taste better 3 days later. Btw, Kakk Du Gi is similar to kimchi but used radish instead of Chinese cabbage. The ingredients and process are easy but need to set aside the kimchi for few days before I can eat them!
500g Chinese Cabbage (1 x large size)
1/2 cup Salt
3-4 stalk Green Shallots, chopped
4-5 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
1 slice Ginger (about 1cm), finely chopped
3-4 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Fish Sauce
1/2 cup Korean Chilli Powder
- Cut cabbage into 4 portions, lengthwise. Then, cut into about 2" pieces.
- Sprinkle salt over the cabbage, mix well. Place a heavy item on top of it, and set aside for 45 minutes.
- Rinse cabbage 2 times, squeeze all liquid out.
- Add in green shallot, garlic, ginger, sugar, fish sauce and chilli powder. Mix with hand till all cabbage is coated with the sauce.
- Transfer to container with a lid.
- Set aside in room temperature for 3 days to speed up the fermentation process, then keep in the fridge. Will be ready in a week.


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I recently wrote about a company developing
a soccer ball that could harvest enough energy to recharge a mobile phone or power a light in a place where electricity is scarce. Now I've learned of another project that also aims to provide energy in electricity-poor regions, this time targeting mobile-phone recharging through the use of portable micro generators.
The BuffaloGrid Project has based its research on the premise that mobile phones can be a lifeline for people in disadvantaged regions that have no wire telephone service, and is at the heart of economic growth in those regions. However, sometimes even if people in the locations have devices, they don't have ready access to electricity to charge them.
"Many millions of people at the bottom of the economic pyramid are expected to acquire mobile phones, greatly benefiting their lives, business activities, and access to information," according to the project's press release. "However, most of these new subscribers will not have direct access to electricity."
Enter the BuffaloGrid Project's mobile charging unit, which uses a rather inventive way to charge someone's phone. The project -- comprised of a cross-disciplinary team of engineers, agriculturalists, and architects from the UK, Africa, and Mexico -- has built a portable micro generator that looks not unlike a plastic beverage cooler and can travel from point to point attached to a bicycle.
A text message is key to the charging process, which works like this: A mobile device user sends a low-cost test message to the charging station, and once the message is received, the LED above the generator's battery lights up, indicating that it is ready to charge a device. A solar power charge is then transferred to the mobile device via maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technology that can assess environmental conditions for optimal phone charging.
The project is not only providing mobile phone charges to people that need them, but also fostering entrepreneurship by allowing people to set up mobile-charging businesses using the generator, according to the website. These are set up at local shops or can be mobile businesses that travel by bicycle to charge phones in a region.
The project is already running trials of the technology in Uganda and Ghana and has reported positive results. At the Konokoyi coffee cooperative in Uganda, for example, each text message allows a phone to be charged for about 90 minutes. If a BuffaloGrid unit has a full solar charge, it can last for three days, with up to 10 charging points that can charge 30 to 50 phones a day, according to one published report. Project representatives did not respond to several attempts I made to contact them.
In addition to these trials, BuffaloGrid Project leaders are now working to expand the project into India.
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- TI Offers Low-Power Converter to Advance Design of Energy-Harvesting Electronics
- Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Cells for Remote Wireless Applications
- Energy Harvesting Empowers Next-Gen Wireless Designs & Automation
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University introduces new platform for distance education
All of the University of Nebraska's online education programs can now be accessed at a single location thanks to the University's introduction of a new Web platform called Online Worldwide.
Online Worldwide – www.nebraska.edu/online – offers more than 80 accredited programs, including bachelor's and advanced degrees as well as certificates and endorsements, and more than 1,000 courses in a wide range of fields, including agriculture, biology, business, computer science, education, engineering, journalism, public administration and many more.
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"Online Worldwide offers a tremendous opportunity to students who want a high-quality, affordable education from a reputable institution such as the University of Nebraska," Milliken said. "Our distance education courses are taught by the same award-winning faculty who teach in classrooms on our campuses – ensuring that students in Nebraska and around the world have access to challenging, relevant curricula developed by experts in their fields."
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But there is a broader market to be tapped that extends well beyond campus borders, Milliken said.
"More than 255,000 Nebraskans have completed some college but have not earned a degree," he said. "Distance learning is a great solution for those Nebraskans. It gives them a chance to become more competitive in today's job market, increase their earning power and improve their quality of life – all while continuing to balance work, family and other obligations."
"Furthermore, all of Nebraska benefits when we increase the educational attainment of our citizens," Milliken added.
Demand for online learning also is growing worldwide because of the convenience of Web-based programs and the increased importance of postsecondary education in today's knowledge-driven workforce. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a person with a bachelor's degree will earn $1 million more over a lifetime than a person with only a high school diploma. Also, a December 2009 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that jobs that require postsecondary education will account for nearly half of all new jobs from 2008 to 2018 and one-third of total job openings in that time period.
President Obama has set a goal for America to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. This aligns with state goals to increase Nebraska's college-going rate and provide affordable access to higher education to more Nebraskans, Milliken said.
"Online Worldwide is one way in which the University of Nebraska is working to make a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree available to many more people," he said.
One degree available through Online Worldwide, a Master of Public Administration, has been offered online by the University of Nebraska at Omaha since 2000. It is the recognized graduate degree for professional positions in the public and nonprofit sectors, said John Bartle, professor of public affairs and director of the School of Public Administration at UNO.
"UNO's online MPA offers the same high-quality curriculum as on campus," Bartle said. "Courses are small and highly interactive, and are taught by full-time faculty who are leading scholars with extensive practitioner experience. This degree is the pathway to a career focused on solving public problems and managing public and nonprofit organizations effectively."
Online Worldwide also offers a number of standout educational programs, including a highly competitive Ph.D. program in educational administration.
"The educational degree programs, certificates and endorsements available through Online Worldwide will help prepare the next generation of education leaders – teachers, principals and administrators," said Larry Dlugosh, professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"These high-quality, affordable programs are ideal for those who want to learn new skills and advance their careers while continuing to balance other obligations. Online learning is perfectly attuned to the needs of 21st-century leaders."
Online Worldwide is the result of several years of extensive study and collaboration by a university-wide Distance Education Coordinating Committee and the Educational Marketing Group, located in Denver, Colo. EMG produced a report, shared with the Board of Regents in January 2009, that said the university had a major opportunity to grow its distance learning enterprise. Among the recommendations of EMG and the coordinating committee was that NU market all its distance programs under a single University of Nebraska brand.
An aggressive marketing campaign for Online Worldwide is now underway, with plans to spread awareness in local, regional, national and international markets.
For the future, Online Worldwide will evolve to meet workforce needs, adding new programs as necessary, according to Director Arnold Bateman.
"The University of Nebraska is committed to growing a talented, competitive workforce in Nebraska, and expanding our distance education offerings is one way we can do this," Bateman said.


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Heavy metal has come to the University of North Florida campus.
UNF art students and faculty this month inaugurated the Sculpture on Campus program by installing four large, steel sculptures across campus. The project was spearheaded by Jenny Hager-Vickery, a local artist and assistant professor of sculpture.
The art installations have been in the works since 2009. That's when Hager-Vickery received an initiatives grant from the University of North Florida Foundation Board Initiatives to support the program and the installation of large-scale, public art across campus. The Foundation Board Initiatives are a significant source of funding for faculty projects and this year, a total of $75,000 will be awarded, three times the amount awarded last year. There will be an informational open house for faculty from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 16 in the Student Union. To request funding, faculty members can submit a letter of interest to the committee in November giving a brief summary of their project. For more information, contact Ann McCullen at email@example.com.
The grant funded new equipment for the sculpture program, as well as the materials needed to install the pieces on four concrete sculpture pads on campus, Hager-Vickery said.
Students learned hands-on the step-by-step the process of creating large-scale public-work pieces, a time-intensive journey that involves drafting budgets and presenting proposals before the building and installation even starts.
"I'm really proud of our students and all their hard work," Hager-Vickery said.
The transformational learning opportunity provided upper-level sculpture students the chance to present four-minute proposals and maquettes (small models) to a selection committee, who chose four varied pieces. The process is very much like what happens in the community when a professional artist presents his or her work.
UNF junior Amanda Campbell created "Gentle Breeze," a 10-foot-tall bonsai tree, which is now located in front of the parking garage across from the UNF Arena. Recent UNF graduate Philip Kager's "Untitled" is a large curvilinear piece anchored in the roundabout on the north side of campus. UNF senior Scott Mihalik's "Repetitive Graduation" piece is a series of stacked triangular forms — alternating black and white — positioned in front of the Thomas G. Carpenter Library. UNF senior Joshua Raines' work, "Untitled," resembles a forest made of steel, situated by the retention pond in front of the College of Education and Human Services.
They're all wildly different aesthetically, but they share one commonality.
They're heavy. Really heavy.
Several thousand pounds of steel were used in the fabrication of the pieces, and vehicle maintenance crew members from Physical Facilities were needed to help move the sculptures to their locations. The maintenance crew also broke out the backhoe to aid students in the placement of the sculptures.
Cal Schumacher, a senior mechanic for Physical Facilities, said assisting with the statue installation was an interesting change of pace from his typical workday.
"It was enjoyable because we got to get away for a bit from our normal rounds," said Schumacher, who assisted on each of the installation along with his colleague, mechanic Ben Bryan. "It's not every day that we get to use the backhoe for artistic purposes."
Hager-Vickery said there will be a public sculpture walk in the fall semester to celebrate the students' efforts and commemorate the new artistic additions to campus.
Forget lazy summer days lounging on the beach.
University of North Florida student Chelsea Partridge spent her post-high-school-graduation vacation working with space shuttle parts during a summer internship with the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
The Robert E. Lee High School graduate and Jacksonville resident said she's always been interested in space and all the work that NASA does. That long-simmering passion was what led to her becoming involved in engineering and design work. And it just so happened that NASA was looking for some hard-working interns to help staff the Kennedy Space Center's Prototype Development Lab as part of the NASA INSPIRE Program, a year-round, internship program for high school students.
This was actually her second summer getting her hands dirty in the Prototype Development Lab.
And her primary responsibilities didn't involve fetching coffee or collating copies. The high flying Osprey used industry-standard software such as ProEngineer and MathCad to help with calculations and design projects.
Her work helped in the creation of a tool that can rotate alignment pins in the space shuttle program's helicopters, and she even wrote an analysis report on a flange that failed on Discovery.
Certain work experiences, however, stuck out to her.
"The highlight of my work was making drawings, being signed as the draftsman, designing and building a tool to fix desiccant tubes for the space shuttle," she said.
It's heady work for an experienced aerospace professional, much less an 18-year-old high school graduate on summer break. But Partridge said she was never intimidated by her surroundings.
She even found time for a little fun.
"My favorite part was going inside Endeavour," she said. "It was something I dreamed about ever since I was a small child, and it was really a dream come true. The best part was climbing into the tiny flight deck, where I got to sit in the pilot's seat and hold the joystick that flies the shuttle."
Even though she's only 18 years old, Partridge started her UNF career as a junior because of prior coursework at Florida State College at Jacksonville. On top of that, she is the recipient of the UNF Presidential and Jacksonville Commitment scholarships.
She's debating between majoring in mechanical engineering or physics, but she said her internship has prepared her for anything.
"I'm ready for the workload I am going to have, as well as working with others to accomplish tasks," she said. "The internship has made me really excited about engineering school."
Movies on the House (MOTH) is pleased to announce its new season of free movies.
This fall, the movies will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the Robinson Theater and are sponsored by the President's Office and Academic Affairs. All movies are free to UNF students, faculty, staff and guests.
Dr. Jason Mauro, an English professor, runs the free movie program and says he is very excited about the fall season. "We have some great films lined up that really showcase the purpose of Movies on the House," he said. "We don't show movies that have achieved commercial success, though we might show movies that have been released commercially. Generally, we look at films that truly showcase the art of filmmaking. We want to open people's minds to movies that are not particularly mainstream, but have a beautiful story to tell."
Mauro said this season has a bit of everything in it — from art films to those that tell the story of manipulation and deceit. They are films to make one think and have been chosen for exactly that reason.
"In the perpetual cinematic fight between art and industry, Movies on the House wants to get in a few punches on the side of art," Mauro said.
The fall season kicked off with a showing Aug. 25 of "Biutiful," a drama film directed by Alejandro Inarritu and starring Javier Bardem. It is the story of Uxbal — a single father who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amid the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona — all before terminal cancer ends his life.
The rest of the season includes: Thursday, Sept. 8, "Howl"; Thursday, Sept. 22, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"; Thursday, Oct. 6, "Beyond the Gates"; Thursday, Oct. 20, "Meek's Cutoff"; Thursday, Nov. 3, "The Tillman Story"; Thursday, Nov. 17, "Stone"; and Thursday, Dec. 1, "Four Lion."
A visit to the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens will be getting a bit more educational this year as the result of an innovative outreach program being undertaken by the University of North Florida's Coastal Biology program.
Later this year when visitors enter the refurbished Stingray Bay exhibit, they will encounter not only a school of 30 stingrays but a group of UNF student interns who will enhance their education experience.
The program is the brainchild of biology professor Dr. James Gelsleichter and is a perfect example of the type of university-community partnerships that are thriving through funding from the UNF Foundation Board and The Power of Transformation campaign. Funding was provided through UNF Foundation Board Initiatives, a program that assists faculty in a variety of innovative projects.
The University of North Florida Foundation Board Initiatives are a significant source of funding for faculty projects and this year, a total of $75,000 will be awarded, three times the amount awarded last year. There will be an informational open house for faculty from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 16 in the Student Union. To request funding, faculty members can submit a letter of interest to the committee in November giving a brief summary of their project. For more information, contact Ann McCullen at email@example.com.
The Foundation is providing about $13,000 to fund Gelsleichter's pilot public-outreach initiative, which is designed to benefit the community, the zoo and UNF students.
The Coastal Biology program is one of the University's six elite flagship programs. Flagships programs are chosen for their excellence in the scholarly accomplishments of their faculty and the demonstrable potential of those faculty to sustain a trajectory toward scholarly distinction; their potential to produce particularly compelling or exceptional educational outcomes for students; and their power to link the quality of education at UNF to a range of civic needs in the region. For this reason, Flagship Programs are selected to receive significant budgetary support for a period of five years at which point they are expected to become self-sustaining or to have generated external funding support. Coastal Biology was one of the first Flagship Programs to be selected and provides excellent hands-on and transformational learning opportunities for its students and allows for ample community involvement. The stingray exhibit is a perfect example of how and why it all works.
After undergoing training, UNF student interns will present informal science education lessons on ray biology to visitors at the zoo's 17,000-gallon saltwater Stingray Bay exhibit. Although the exhibit was initially opened under the management of a San Diego-based wildlife exhibit company, the contract has since expired. The zoo agreed to allow the UNF interns the opportunity to manage the educational portion of the exhibit.
However, a new group of stingrays are being "recruited" for the exhibit before it will be reopened.
That recruitment job fell to graduate assistant Brenda Anderson, who has been helping Gelsleichter prepare the project. The native of Chesapeake, Va., received her undergraduate training at Old Dominion University, and was attracted to UNF by its Coastal Biology program. She said she never anticipated part of her responsibilities as a graduate assistant would be collecting stingrays.
Anderson selected Nassau Sound, just north of Little Talbot State Park, as the location to collect some of the rays for the zoo exhibit. She used a fishing net and collected several rays, which had to be quarantined for 30 days before they were allowed in to make sure they were free of parasites. They also needed to be gradually acclimated to captivity by becoming accustomed to new feeding habits and being handled by humans. Additional rays were acquired from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota and Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg, Tenn. They were maintained at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine until the zoo was ready to accept them into the exhibit.
Once approximately 30 rays are obtained for the exhibit, the next step will be training interns to work at the exhibit. About a half-dozen students enrolled in the applied biology internship will be trained to engage exhibit visitors. Gelsleichter said the goal is to produce guides who don't simply recite facts about stingrays.
"The focus is an attempt to teach visitors in an informal setting so they can learn it for themselves," he said. The interns will be encouraged to ask visitors questions and actively engage them in thinking about stingrays, he explained.
Foundation funding will be used to purchase various materials used in the educational activities, such as a stingray spine and jawbone. "The key is to have more give-and-take with visitors," he said.
Gelsleichter hopes the UNF Foundation project will serve as a pilot project to generate funding from other educational foundations for future projects. The scope of the program could eventually be expanded beyond the stingray exhibit to include snakes or mammals at the zoo.
"We have a great deal of expertise in UNF's biology program," Gelsleichter said. "We have also been exploring cooperative ventures with MOSH [Museum of Science and History]."
Gelsleichter said he wants the experience to create a greater awareness about the need for public outreach in scientific education among the students participating in the project. He's hoping some student interns might even be influenced to enter the teaching profession.
"This will contribute significantly to our efforts to strengthen the country's awareness of the importance of the oceans and create an ocean-science-literate society."
Name: Jill Jackson
Department: Institutional Advancement
and the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction
Job title: Director of Development for the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction
What do you do? Build support for the computing, engineering and construction management programs at UNF
Years at UNF: 3.5
What is the best thing you ever won?
I won $200 on an airplane when I was flying to Mexico on a vacation. All of the passengers wrote their seat number on their bills and gave them to the flight attendant. My seat number was selected, and I won the pot! There's bad news, though. I developed a serious migraine on the flight and I had to get a doctor when we landed. The bill was $175.
If you could choose any other career, what would it be and why?
First reaction — a Broadway singer or tambourine player in a band. More realistic — an author of humorous novels or children's books
What would you like to do when you retire?
Retire? Yeah, right. If that happens, I would like to travel somewhere exciting, such as Australia. Not Palatka or Baldwin. I can see myself volunteering at a hospital as the greeter or visiting patients. I will definitely NOT work in the yard. I don't have a green thumb. I can't remember to water anything. I would still like to cook healthy foods and continue exercising every day. I can also see myself entering a fitness competition at 65 or older. There are so few competitors at that age I think I would easily win!
What is your favorite thing about working at UNF?
I enjoy the college atmosphere and living vicariously through the students. I have wonderful colleagues and enjoy all the collaboration we have in finding ways to raise money for the University. I especially like to introduce students to donors and hear their stories of gratitude for receiving scholarships.
If you won the lottery, what would do with the money?
Travel to places I have always wanted to go, such as San Francisco. I would have to take my mom and sister since we have always wanted to go there together. I would also establish a scholarship — at UNF, of course — to help students who, like myself, needed the help of others to go to college.
Who is the most famous person you ever met?
When I was a senior in high school, I posed in a picture with Rob Lowe for a "Just Say No to Drugs" campaign that was on a billboard on Interstate 95 near St. Augustine.
If you were not working at UNF, what would you be doing?
With this economy, I would probably be seeking employment to no avail.
What is your favorite way to blow an hour?
Exercising or playing Words With Friends on my iPhone.
What was the best money you ever spent?
Front-load washer and dryer and my Keurig coffee maker. I would trade my first-born child for them.
What is the proudest/happiest moment of your life?
Proudest moment: Graduating from college. My family struggled financially, and we had to find creative financing solutions for me to go to college.
Happiest moment: Making the last payment on my college loan. It took me 10 years to pay it off.
Tell us something that would surprise people to know about you:
I was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" in high school. I studied classical piano for more than 10 years.
What was the first concert you ever attended, and what was the most recent concert you attended?
First concert — Donny and Marie Osmond when I turned 10. My parents took me to the concert, much to their dismay, and I was so tired I fell asleep halfway into the concert. I woke up at the end. My dad was so mad! Most recent concert was Train and Maroon 5.
What person had the greatest impact on your life?
My mom has had the greatest impact on my life. She is my role model for overcoming obstacles and staying positive and joyful despite your circumstances.
Tell us about your family.
Daughter, Jillian – 14
Son, Tanner – 12
What are you most passionate about?
My kids. And my two chihuahuas. In that order, I guess.
Tell us something about you that even your friends don't know:
I had a motorcycle when I was five. My dad owned a motorcycle shop in my hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and I used to go with him to work on the weekends and jump platforms and ride trails.
My first job was as a "drink girl" at Burger King. I was 14, and as a punishment that summer, my parents made me work at Burger King because they knew I would not like the uniform or smelling like fries. They were right.
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Brooks College of HealthNursing: Dr. Cynthia Cummings spoke at the Sigma Theta Tau International conference in Cancun, Mexico in July and delivered her presentation on "Incorporating Simulation into the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum." Dr. Bonnie Holder also took part in the presentation. Public Health: Dr. Lynne Carroll presented her paper "Mothers, Madness and Meaning: Using Autoethnography and Intersectionality to Explore Lesbian Identities" at Reporting from the Front Line: A Transdisciplinary Conference on Gender at the University of West England in Bristol, England in June.Coggin College of BusinessAccounting and Finance: Drs. Jeff Michelman and John MacArthur, along with alumnae Christie Shea, recently completed "Business Risk and Internal Control: The Growing Challenges of Corruption in China," for the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance. This represents continuing research by both Michelman and MacArthur in China and is timely given the discussion of China's corruption resulting in the recent major train crash.Management: Dr. Steve Paulson's paper "Jason Poole: E-Business Entrepreneur of Kingston Jamaica" appeared in the August issue of the Online Journal of International Case Analysis.Marketing and Logistics: Drs. Robert Frankel, Yemisi Bolumole, Reham Eltantawy, Antony Paulraj and Greg Gundlach's article, "The Domain and Scope of SCM's Foundational Disciplines: Insights and Issues to Advance Research" has been recognized as one of the "2008 Top 10 Articles published in IJLRA, IJPDLM, JBL and SCM." The journals are some of the most prestigious publications in the academic field. College of Arts and SciencesHistory: Dr. David Courtwright presented a paper, "The Internet and/as Addiction," at the biennial meeting of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. He also published an essay, "Is 'Right Turn' the Wrong Frame for American History After the 1960s?," which appeared in John Hopkins University Press' June 2011 issue of Historically Speaking.Music: Dr. Michael Mastronicola, an adjunct in the Music Department, directed the inaugural Emerging Artist Chamber Music Festival at Jacksonville's Friday Musicale. Twenty advanced high school and college-aged musicians — including UNF students Hannah Meloy and Britney Maroney — participated in two weeks of intensive chamber music rehearsals from July 25 to Aug. 7. Rehearsals culminated in two public performances that included several well-known works by Mozart and Bach. Sociology and Anthropology: Dr. Jenny Stuber's book, "Inside the College Gates: How Class and Culture Matter in Higher Education," was published by Lexington Books, a division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. College of Computing, Construction and Engineering Construction Management: Dr. Maged Malek presented "The Vision of UNF Construction Management" at the annual meeting of American Council for Construction Education. He is a member of the ACCE Board of Trustees. Dr. Carol Woodson successfully passed the recertification requirements as a Certified Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Outreach Trainer by the U.S. Department of Labor. Outreach trainers must recertify every four years. School of Engineering: Dr. Adel El-Safty gave two presentations at the American University in Cairo (AUC) — "Leadership, Soft Skills and Management Skills in Construction" and "FRP Application and Design in Structural Engineering."Drs. Susan Vasana, Fan Xiong and Murat Tanik published their paper, "A Digital Circuit Model Exploration of Cardiovascular System Based on ECG (Electrocardiogram) and ABP (Arterial Blood Pressure) Signals Using Evolvable Hardware Design."School of Computing: Dr. Asai Asaithambi presented his paper, "An Efficient Method for Parallel Global Optimization Using Interval Analysis," at the 2011 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation Bahcesehir University in Istanbul in July. Dr. Robert F. Roggio presented and published his paper, "The Merging of Diverse Perspectives: Management, Customer and Developer in an Iterative Development Planning Process," at the Software Engineering Research and Practice Conference in July.
College of Education and Human ServicesDepartment of Foundations and Secondary Education: Dr. Jeffrey W. Cornett published an article in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. The article ran in a recent theme issue on the essential role of social studies. His article, "The People Unite: Learning Meaningful Civics Online" highlights recent developments in online communication about public policy and student activism through the Center for Civic Education's Project Citizen project among middle school students and teachers in Florida, Hungary and Romania. Cornett has served as a researcher, evaluator, delegate and adviser for this international civic education exchange since 1996. Childhood Education: Dr. Katie Monnin has a monthly TV segment on the morning TV show for the local Fox affiliate, Action News. The segment started Aug. 31. Action News calls the monthly segment "Katie's Korner," which covers reading and literacy topics.
Q: From Melissa Blankenship, assistant director, Admissions — As a former UNF student who attended before the creation of the Osprey Connector, I am very appreciative to have it available. However, has UNF considered an express shuttle that would run weekdays during the fall and spring terms, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and only stop at UNF Hall and the Library? Many employees at UNF Hall still need to visit main campus for a variety of reasons. Most of us have purchased a Discount parking permit. For those of us with a Premium Permit, we do not have time to hunt for a parking space at peak times. To ride the current South shuttle route, it can take almost 20 minutes to get from UNF Hall to the Library (and vice versa), making an hour-long meeting take almost two hours when shuttle time is also calculated. An express shuttle might make it easier for us to stay connected to main campus.
A: From Vince Smyth, director, Auxiliary Services — The Osprey Connector shuttle service is 100 percent paid for by the students through a transportation access fee. While others are welcome to use it, all programming decisions have to relate to student needs and desires. That said, the recently approved Master Plan does provide for some interesting ideas for decreasing the travel time from outer lots to the core of campus and we are actively pursuing some of these ideas.Q: From Kristin Quinn, administrative secretary, University Housing and Dining — Does UNF have influence on adding a traffic light at the turn from Kernan Boulevard to Butler Boulevard, or is that not considered part of the University's property?A: From Zak Ovadia, director, Campus Planning, Design and Construction — Traffic control devices outside the campus proper are in the jurisdiction of the City of Jacksonville and the Department of Transportation. UNF has no influence on that process.
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- The students will be able to list the causes of Florida's land Boom.
- The students will be able to list some reasons why Florida's land boom came to an end.
Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks:SS.A.1.2.1 - SS.A.6.2.2 - SS.D.2.2.1 - SS.D.2.2.3
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Suggested Activities:
- Have the students create a cause and effect tree using information from the passage on Florida's land boom (what caused it to begin and/or what caused it to end).
- Invite a local realtor to speak to the students about buying and selling land in Florida. have the students compare and contrast how land is purchased today, to how it was during Florida's land boom.
- have the students research other vacation spots that developed during the 1920s and afterwards. Contact a local travel agent for brochures and other helpful resources.
- Have the students discuss recent natural disasters that occurred in Florida, such as the ones that caused a Florida Depression in 1925. What effect did these disasters have on Florida's economy?
- Complete and review FCAT questions.
(Note: Actual FCAT practice passages are wrtten at the students' independent reading level. These Florida History selections are written at the students' instructional reading level. Therefore, students should not be asked to complete the questions until after receiving class instruction on the vocabulary and content of the passage. Students should also read the Florida History selection independently before answering the FCAT questions and be permited to return to the selection for rereading as they answer.)
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These companies spent $4.7 billion on advertising over those 3 years. This data was provided by Kantar Media.
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Punakaiki's Pancake Rocks - Roadside Stories
A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Punakaiki's Pancake Rocks
Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide to Punakaiki in the Video tab.
The famous Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki resemble a layered stack of pancakes, and caves beneath them open into blowholes which emit spectacular bursts of spray. The rocks are made of limestone – a sedimentary rock that is soluble in rainwater and often forms dramatic karst landscapes of caves, sinkholes and underground rivers.
West Coast places: coast road
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Limestone country
Archival audio sourced from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives. Sound files may not be reused without permission from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives (Reference number T6394).
Roadside Stories is a series of audio guides that follow major road trips in New Zealand. The stories cover the places you'll pass along the way – their people, their history, their cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/


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If you�re buying a gun as a gift or just for yourself � and haven�t before � there are some basics to know.
If you�re intending on packing heat under the Christmas tree, there are some things � both old and new � to know.
In Lenoir County, it can take some time to acquire a pistol permit or a concealed carry permit. Much of that is because of volume. Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, gun and ammunition sales spiked because of perceived fears of new gun control laws.
�There was a backlog on both sides of it � both the purchase permits and concealed weapons,� Lenoir County Sheriff Chris Hill said.
There were 858 pistol permits issued by the Lenoir County Sheriff�s office last year, and latest available numbers show 889 permits issued this year. Over the same period in 2011, 636 were issued.
�Under the law, we have to get a purchase permit out within 14 days, but under the concealed weapons stuff, we have to have the permit out within 45 days after we get back all the records,� Hill said. �And, that�s what typically drags it on, because we�re waiting for other entities to provide us with mental health records and things like that. We�re keeping pace with everything, and we�ve done it without any more staffing. But, I�ll tell you � last year at this time, we were wide open.�
A pair of bills passed by the General Assembly in its latest session have changed what residents can and can�t do in the state, relative to firearms.
In a Senate bill, there was a push to eliminate pistol permits altogether.
�We�re here to enhance our Second Amendment rights, which have been too long restricted by the previous majority,� said Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson, at the time. �These are, by definition, law-abiding citizens.�
Though that provision was taken out, there were still a number of changes.
According to the state Sheriffs� Association, pistol permit fees are capped at $5 � though that�s payable by cash only in Lenoir County � there�s no limit to the amount of pistol permits a person can obtain, and a person lawfully in possession of a suppressor, or silencer, may use it while hunting.
In another change, lists of pistol and concealed carry permit holders are no longer public record and can only be accessed by law enforcement.
The sheriff�s office has discretionary authority over the permitting process in the county, and won�t issue a pistol permit if there�s anything false on the application, or if the applicant was convicted of a DWI, drug offense or assault in the last three years.
Permits may also be denied for a person having a particularly checkered criminal history.
Concealed carry permits are also at a high point. There were less than 300 concealed carry permits issued in Lenoir County in 2008, but there were 526 processed in 2012 and 789 � so far � this year.
A concealed carry permit runs $100.
The sheriff�s office disqualifies a number of categories of people from obtaining a concealed carry permit, including those convicted on a number of offenses including assault, throwing objects at sports events and unsurprisingly, violation of the concealed handgun law.
The state Sheriffs� Association notes several changes to the concealed carry law by recent legislation. For instance, it�s now legal to bring a gun onto a public school campus, provided it�s in a container in a locked vehicle.
Also, if a sign hasn�t been posted prohibiting firearms, it�s legal to bring a concealed gun into an assembly where a fee has been charged, a facility selling alcohol � provided the permit holder doesn�t drink � a parade or funeral procession, state rest areas and state-owned hunting and fishing reservations.
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The reptile that the evolutionists claim is trying to fly.
Another false statement that evolutionists make is about how birds came about.
Their tall tale is that reptiles living on trees started to jump from tree to tree, and while they were jumping, they developed wings. Yet another tall tale is that some reptiles trying to catch flies were running flapping their forearms, and these forearms turned into wings.
Isn't it ludicrous to imagine a dinosaur developing wings while running? Things like this only happen in stories or in cartoons.
There is an even more important subject. These evolutionists say that this big dinosaur developed its wings when it was trying to catch flies. Well, then how did the fly take off? Where did the fly's wings come from? Instead of explaining how an enormous dinosaur started to fly, let them just explain how the little fly started to fly!
You see, evolutionists can never explain this. As we explained earlier, the fly is one of the best flying creatures on earth. It can flap its wings 500 to 1000 times per second. As you know, it can manoeuvre with extreme ease. No matter how many stories evolutionists tell, they still cannot explain how a bird's wings came about. They don't even want to think about the wings of a fly!
The truth is that Allah created birds and flies with their wings and the ability to fly.
The Archaeopteryx, Which Evolutionists Call a Transitional Form, is in Fact a Complete Bird!
Let us just present you a few of the differences between reptiles and birds.
Birds have wings, but reptiles don't.
Birds have feathers, but reptiles have scales.
Birds have a unique skeletal system and their bones are hollow. This makes them lighter and makes it easier for them to fly.
These are just a few differences that immediately come to mind. There are many more differences between these creatures.
If a species of reptile had turned into birds, there ought to have been many creatures that had lived in between the reptiles and the birds representing the phases of this change.
Birds could not have evolved from reptiles. They are both very different creatures. In this picture, you can see the difference between these two living classes.
Fossil hunters should have been able to come across at least one of these fossils. That is, there must have been creatures with half wings, half feathered and half scaled bodies, half beaks and half mouths, and their fossils should have been found, but no such creature exists among the many fossils on earth. The fossils that are found belong either to a complete reptile or to a complete bird. This means that birds did not evolve from reptiles. Allah created birds just as He has created all other living things.
It is totally impossible for reptile scales to turn into bird feathers. There is no resemblance between the two.
However, since evolutionists don't want to accept this, they try to convince people by inventing stories. How?
They have found the fossil of a bird called the Archaeopteryx and they have said that this bird is a transitional form between a dinosaur and a bird. They said, "The Archaeopteryx is the ancestor of all birds". To them, this is a creature that resembles a bird but is in fact a half dinosaur.
But this is false.
The Archaeopteryx is a complete bird!
The Archaeopteryx had feathers just like the birds of our time.
The Archaeopteryx had the same chest-bone, to which its wings were attached, as other flying birds.
The Archaeopteryx cannot be the ancestor of all birds, because fossils of birds that are more ancient than it have been found.


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Independence Day activities in New Bern begin early on Thursday with a Run for the Warriors Race and continue throughout the national holiday at Tryon Palace, with events concluding in an afternoon and evening festive gathering at Lawson Creek Park.
Independence Day activities in New Bern begin early on Thursday with a Run for the Warriors Race and continue throughout the national holiday at Tryon Palace, with events concluding in an afternoon and evening festive gathering at Lawson Creek Park.
The New Bern Run for the Warriors 5k is Thursday morning at Union Point Park.
All proceeds will benefit Hope For The Warriors � hopeforthewarriors.org � a national nonprofit organization that that assists post-9/11 service members, their families and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty.
Packet pick-up registration is from 6 to 7:15 a.m., followed by opening ceremonies. The race begins at 7:30 a.m., with a �-mile Kids Fun Run at 8:30 a.m.
Race registration is $30.
Awards go to the top three male and female overall finishers and top three males and females in each age category.
Tryon Palace�s Independence Day includes costumed interpreters, a performance by the Fife and Drum Corps, a live reading of the Declaration of Independence and free garden admission.
In 1783, North Carolina Gov. Alexander Martin became the first U.S. governor to issue a state order for celebrating the Fourth of July. Thursday offers the public a chance to step back in time and join the festivities of one of America�s earliest celebrations of the �Glorious Fourth.�
There will also be patriotic speeches, dancing, games and children�s crafts.
Roaming interpreters will perform Tryon Palace�s grounds and gardens. In addition to Gov. Martin, visitors will see Alexander MacAuslan, a loyalist; Elenor Pittman, a war widow; and Ben, a slave of the governor. Period music and dance from the Poppes will also take place at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.
Visitors can cool down throughout the day with lemonade from Richard Cogdell�s Ordinary, located in the Kitchen Office Courtyard. Tryon Palace also invites families to bring a picnic lunch.
Free garden admission is from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and all special Fourth of July activities are from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The live reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Fife and Drum Corps performance begin at 11 a.m. on the Palace front steps, located off the Pollock Street main entrance.
Admission is free for all events on the �Glorious Fourth,� although interior tours require a ticket.
For information on the web: tryonpalace.org.
New Bern Parks and Recreation invites the public to Lawson Creek Park for an afternoon of activities, followed by a fireworks show.
Activities begin at 3 p.m. Offerings include inflatables for children, a misting tent and painting. A number of food vendors will be on hand.
Ratio Theatre Company presents the reading of the Declaration of Independence at 5 p.m.
That will be followed by a concert by the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing Band for patriotic tunes from 6:30 to 9 p.m. As nightfall sets in over the Trent River, the fireworks show will highlight the sky.
Coolers, chairs and blankets are welcome, but pets are not, except for service animals. Also, the city prohibits alcohol, glass containers, weapon and fireworks in the park.
Call 639-2901 or 639-2902 for information. In the event of rain, the fireworks display will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday at Lawson Creek Park.
The U.S. Forest Service reminds visitors and campers that the use of any fireworks is prohibited in national forests, including the Croatan.
A violation is punishable as a misdemeanor by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than six months in prison, or both.


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Pacers want actions
If the top-seeded Pacers can't protect their home court Tuesday night, they'll be down 2-0 heading to Atlanta - where they have only won twice since December 2006.
The Pacers have been in a late-season swoon, with a perception that they're soft. Since March 1, the Pacers are 12-14 and the league's stingiest defense has been nothing short of ordinary, numbers that have increased the speculation about everything from psychological problems and team chemistry to what players are doing outside basketball.
There have been questions about Roy Hibbert's mentality, George Hill's defense and how to stay out of foul trouble. At one point in late March, Hibbert called some of his teammates "selfish dudes," a comment he later apologized for. After Saturday's game, the questions were more about how to avoid foul trouble and defend Atlanta's spread offense following the Hawks' 101-93 victory.
Critics found a new complaint Monday - Paul George's fishing trip on Sunday even though George is almost always one of the last players off the court and had asked coach Frank Vogel if he could defend the suddenly explosive Jeff Teague.
But the Pacers insist the complaints aren't a major topic of conversation in the locker room. Instead, they're focused on getting back to being themselves.
"It is motivation in that they expect us not to be at that level but that's it," George said. "Regardless, we've got to expect more out of ourselves."
Vogel is more concerned with making adjustments.
He acknowledged Monday that the 6-foot-9 George, one of the league's best wing defenders, will spend at least some of Tuesday's game guarding Teague, who has scored 53 points in the last two games against his hometown team. Vogel declined to say what other changes he has planned to deal with the Hawks' array of 3-point shooters.
Atlanta knows things won't be the same Tuesday after they became the first team to defeat Indiana on its home court twice this season. Backup forward Elton Brand indicated the Hawks have identified a few possible alterations, though he refused to give away any secrets.
"You try to prepare for adjustments but you really worry about your team and how to get better," he said.
For the moment, they have the upper hand in this first-round series and have a chance to become the first Atlanta team to open a playoff series with two straight road wins.
Teague said he won't a change a thing if George winds up on him.
And the Pacers? They are not long on words these days.
When Hibbert was asked if he liked the direction his team was headed, he responded "yeah." When he was then asked if he felt good about the planned adjustments, he responded "yeah, yeah."
Notes: One day after the TNT commentator Charles Barkley publicly blasted Indiana's toughness by calling the players "wussies," Indiana's coaches and players said the comments would not be the motivation to win Game 2 against Atlanta. "Chuck ain't never been behind this team from the get-go. Look, Larry Bird told us that, too, that we had been playing soft and all that," Paul George said, indicating the conversation with Bird took place last year. "It fires us up that we lost against a team we should have beaten and we've given up home-court advantage, not something Charles said."


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Well, the week long Targa rally has come to a close here inNew Zealand. It was a great week and Steve and Jen did a very good job. Before arriving for the start of the week we installed larger fuel injectors, a new tune, and some stiffer springs in the shocks. We figured this would be a fairly natural and reliable progression. We had no idea what the other GT-R teams had in store! Tony Quinn arrived with bigger turbos and an engine that had been bored and fitted with larger pistons, 410mm brake rotors and more. Proctor had a stroker motor with stock turbos as well as larger brake rotors. Steve said that as Proctor's GT-R launched off the line he would spin all four wheels. Dodson's R35 also came in with heavy modifications and increased horsepower. Last year, we were all on a similar playing field and ran tight all week. This year everyone brought the big guns.
Steve and Jen pushed hard all week and were able to bring the car home with a fourth place finish. The event winner, Tony Quinn in his R35, won the event for his fourth time. Glenn Inkster in his high horsepower Mitsubishi Evo 6 came home in second place just a few seconds behind Quinn despite having a couple of offs and having to take a tire penalty. Glenn Smith rounded out the top 3 in his 600+ horsepower Mitsubishi Evo X which looked like it had just come out of a video game!
Steve was pushing hard the last day of competition and had a bit of an off. He was able to carry on with the stage and never actually stopped moving. We don't think he lost more than a few seconds after it was all said and done.
These Targa rallies are a great way to test as well as develop new products. This year we brought down a few new STILLEN products like adjustable camber arms and some other performance components as well as the new generation Dunlop Sport Maxx tires. These Targa events are run on roads that would normally be open to the public so you can really see how the parts are going to perform in all conditions in the real world. The new Dunlop tires are an amazing tire and proved to work well all week long. In an event like the Targa where you only get 8 tires to last the week it's important that your tires will offer supreme grip without wearing too quickly. The Dunlop Sport Maxx tires worked great in the wet and dry conditions all week long!
The 2011 Targa New Zealand rally ran the way these rallies are supposed to be run. There were hot days, there were rainy days, and all in all it was a lot of fun! Steve and Jen did a great job and really fought hard for a top five finish! On the drive North after the rally was over we had already started planning for next year and coming with ways to improve the car to make it even more competitive for next year! We have some pretty wild ideas forming and we're excited to show you all what we come up with!
Check out the video below for a taste of the action, and more photos below!
All 2011 Targa New Zealand Coverage
- Targa New Zealand 2011: STILLEN GT-R Back in Action!
- Targa New Zealand 2011: Racing Day 1
- Targa New Zealand 2011: Racing Day 2
- Targa New Zealand 2011: Racing Day 3
- Targa New Zealand 2011: Racing Day 4
- Targa New Zealand 2011: Racing Day 5


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Oil giant Exxon last week, on the same day that announced nearly $11 billion in first-quarter profits, publicly whined about the renewed push by Congressional Democrats and President Obama to cut the nearly $4 billion in subsidies that oil companies collect every year. "What they really mean is that they want to increase our taxes by taking away long-standing deductions for our industry," griped Exxon's vice president for public and government affairs Ken Cohen.
Echoing those sentiments, 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty said over the weekend that cutting oil subsidies would be "ludicrous," and a "tax increase":
"I think we should have a discussion about all subsidies," Mr. Pawlenty told Washington Wire at a forum for 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls. "But the Obama proposal is ludicrous. I mean the worst thing we could do is raise the cost burden on costs on energy and oil…What he's proposing is a tax increase on energy at a time when the gas is $4 a gallon. It's preposterous."
But as Sima Gandhi pointed out, contrary to Pawlenty's pronouncement, oil subsidies don't lower prices at the pump for American consumers:
A Joint Economic Committee report states, "the removal or modification of [one of these subsidies] is unlikely to have any effect on consumer prices for oil and gas." The committee found that subsidies do not affect production decisions in the near term. And in the long term the Energy Information Administration explains that the major factors affecting oil prices include the production limits set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and global disruptions in supply. Moreover, the minimal impact of tax subsidies on domestic production (as discussed above) underscores that eliminating tax subsidies will have little, if any, effect on oil prices.
Meanwhile, Pawlenty's preferred model for lowering gas prices — opening up more federal land for drilling — would have a negligible effect, as even the Republicans' favorite economist, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, admitted.
Pawlenty's also decrying subsidy cuts as a tax increase when oil companies are the most profitable companies in the history of the world and are paying very little in taxes. Exxon, for instance, paid nothing into the U.S. Treasury in 2009. The sky-high profits that oil companies have made over the last five years overwhelmingly went to lining the pockets of the companies' executives.


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NO TO WAR & NO TO THE ISLAMIC REGIME IN IRAN- CALL TO PROTEST SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH 2012-TORONTO0 comments - published on Friday, September 28, 2012
Toronto Coalition to Stop War is organizing a rally "Don't Attack Iran" on Saturday October 6th 2012.
While many of us Iranian/Canadians strongly oppose any type military intervention against Iran, we also strongly oppose the Islamic Regime in Iran, and many of us are actively supporting the pro-democracy movement in Iran which seeks to overthrow the Islamic Regime.
Unfortunately the Toronto Coalition to Stop War and those who participate in these types of protests only focus on the issue of war, while taking no position on the Islamic Regime and the oppression of the Iranian people by the Regime. Also it appears that many individuals who support the Regime or lobby for the regime in Canada are very active in these protests.
In fact during a protest that was organized by the same organization in March of 2012 pro-democracy activists were physically attacked by these Regime supporters, because they were carrying signs and banners that condemned the Islamic Regime. A video of the March protest shows Regime supporters carrying the Islamic Regime flag (a clear sign of support for the Regime). There were also many pro-Palestine slogans similar to the hateful slogans chanted at the Al Qods Rally in August of this year.
No doubt this is a very sensitive time for Iran, with the closing of the Islamic Regime Embassy in Canada and strong sanctions on the Regime, it is natural for many of us to be concerned about a possible military action against Iran. At this time it is CRUCIAL for the Iranian Canadian Community to take a clear stand not only against possible military action against Iran, but also against the Islamic Regime in Iran.
Experience has shown that those who only condemn war without condemning the Islamic Regime in Iran are nothing but Regime lobbyists and supporters.
As the Iranian-Canadian Community who are fighting for a free and democratic Iran we must have a strong presence at any anti war rally with a clear and concise message of NO TO WAR & NO TO ISLAMIC REGIME IN IRAN! We cannot allow these protests to be taken over by Islamic Regime supporters whose only concern is to keep the Islamic Regime in power by trying to prevent any military action against the Regime.
Hope to see everyone there with the Slogan of NO TO WAR AND NO TO THE ISLAMIC REGIME IN IRAN!
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
PRESS RELEASE: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be banned from Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly!0 comments - published on Monday, September 24, 2012
September 24th 2012
Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor, World News Editor, Governments/Political Affairs Editor
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his entourage have arrived in New York and he will be speaking at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly!
Sayeh Hassan an Iranian Canadian lawyer, blogger and pro-democracy activist stated: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad represents a brutal, fundamentalist Islamic dictatorship that systematically arrests, tortures, rapes and executes its own people. A regime that funds and supports international terrorism, by supporting terrorist organizations such as Hammas and Hezbollah. A dictatorship that may be on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons and is a danger not only to the people of Iran but to the international community as a whole.
Ms. Hassan expressed "while Canada has taken the right step by shutting down the Iranian Embassy in Canada, and politically isolating the Islamic Regime, unfortunately the United States has not followed suit and instead is allowing Ahmadinejad to get up on this public podium to address the international community and to continue to spread the hateful, violent and racist propaganda of the Islamic Regime.
Ms. Hassan stated "addressing the international community on such a public forum is a privilege not a right! Ahmadinejad, as the president of one of the worst dictatorships in the world, and someone who has denied the Holocaust and threatened to wipe Israel off the world map must be banned from speaking at the United Nations General Assembly!"
Media Contact: Sayeh Hassan, Criminal Defence Lawyer and Pro-Democracy Activist
Tel: 416-363-9238
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.com
Iranian Woman at Risk of Deportation- May face Death by Stoning in Iran!!0 comments - published on Thursday, September 20, 2012
According to an article in The Star Ms. Tosarvandan may face an unfair trial and be sentenced to death by stoning due to the alleged charge of adultery. According to this article Ms. Tosarvandan may have been falsely accused by her estranged husband in order to punish her.
While I am not personally familiar with Ms. Tosarvandan's case I am very familiar with the Islamic Regime and the Sharia Law practiced in Iran.
Under this law women may very well be sentenced to death by stoning for the "crime of adultery." Sharia law is extremely discriminatory against women and it would take very little more than the testimony of the estranged husband to convict Ms. Tosarvandan and sentence her to death by stoning.
I find it ironic that a woman who may face such barbaric punishment may be deported to Iran while Canada has become a safe haven for many individuals and their families who are closely linked to the Islamic Regime in Iran. For many years these individuals have been able to come to Canada, bring with them millions of dollars which rightfully belongs to the people of Iran and to build a second home for themselves.
Case in point Mahmoud Khavari the former head of the Melli (National) Bank which has been sanctioned by Canada and the United States for funding international terrorism and Iran's nuclear program, was able to come to Canada with his family and obtain a Canadian Citizenship! Unfortunately there are many others like him who are living a comfortable life in Canada.
While I welcome Canada's latest decision to shut down the Iranian Embassy, I believe this is only the first step. I would urge the Canadian Government to focus on identifying individuals affiliated with the dictatorship in Iran, freeze their assets and remove them from Canada instead of deporting a woman who may be executed in the most brutal way as soon as she is sent back to Iran.
Sayeh Hassan is an Iranian Canadian lawyer, blogger and pro-democracy activist.
PRESS RELEASE: Carleton Student Association linked to the Iranian Regime must be Shut Down!0 comments - published on Thursday, September 13, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Carleton Student Association linked to the Iranian Regime must be Shut Down!
September 7, 2012
Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor, World News Editor, Governments/Political Affairs Editor
Recently a Mclean's Exclusive exposed the fact that the President of the Iranian Cultural Association of Carleton University Ehsan Mohammadi had solicited money for the club from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close friend and chief of staff Esfandiyar Rahim Mashaei.
Ehsan Mohammadi the son of Hamid Mohammadi the Iranian Cultural Counsellor at the Iranian Embassy has written directly to Esfandiyar Mashaei's office at least on one occasion asking for funding.
Sayeh Hassan an Iranian born Canadian lawyer, blogger and pro-democracy activist states: "Over the recent years the Cultural Association of Carleton University has been closely associated with the Iranian Cultural Centre which operates from within the Iranian Regime's Embassy in Ottawa. Earlier this year they organized an event commemorating the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding dictator of the Islamic Regime and a hated figure by millions of Iranians. Now we have found out that the Association is not only closely affiliated with the Embassy but to key political figures within the Islamic Regime in Iran!"
Sayeh Hassan further stated "It is unfortunate that this type of close association between Iranian University Associations and the Iranian Regime or the Iranian Embassy is not unique or out of ordinary. Numerous Canadian Universities across Canada have such student groups ran by bursary students (who are given bursaries by the Regime to come to Canada and help spread its hateful propaganda within universities) or children of various diplomats or key figures associated with the Islamic Regime. The purpose of such student associations is to create an atmosphere of fear within the university and prevent pro-democracy Iranian students from carrying out pro-democracy activities while spreading the Regime's propaganda by organizing various cultural and political events."
Sayeh Hassan lastly stated " Last week the Canadian Government took a strong stand against the Islamic Regime by shutting down the Iranian Embassy and ordering Iranian diplomats to leave Canada within five days. While this decision has been welcomed by many Iranians in Canada and Iran, there is some concern that Iranian Regime's propaganda machine which had been operating out of the Embassy will now be transferred to these student organizations in Canadian Universities as well as other "cultural centers" and various mosques throughout Canada. In the same way that pro-Nazi student organizations have no place in Canadian Universities, Iranian student associations linked or affiliated with the Islamic Regime do not belong in Universities. Universities are places to learn, think, debate and engage various ideas. It is not a place to spread hatred or fear and any group or organization closely linked to an Islamic dictatorship that is responsible for torture, rape and execution of millions of Iranians as well as worldwide terrorism has no place in Canadian Universities."
Media Contact: Sayeh Hassan, Criminal Defence Lawyer and Pro-Democracy Activist
Tel: 416-363-9238
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.com
Tensions rise as Iran slams Canada's 'hostile decision' to shut embassy0 comments - published on Monday, September 10, 2012
Tensions rise as Iran slams Canada's 'hostile decision' to shut embassy
A Toronto lawyer who fled Iran 25 years ago, Sayeh Hassan, said Iranian-Canadians had pressured Ottawa for years to close the Iranian embassy. She said even Iranians in Iran had been posting approving messages on her Facebook wall. "Everybody is thrilled. We just can't believe it," she said.
Iranian human rights activist lauds fed's decision to close embassy0 comments - published on Monday, September 10, 2012
Iranian human rights activist lauds fed's decision to close embassy:
Iranian lawyer and activist Sayeh Hassan said the closure would boost the morale of pro-democracy activists in Iran.
Iran protests Closure of Canadian Embassy in Tehran:0 comments - published on Monday, September 10, 2012
Iran protests Closure of Canadian Embassy in Tehran: MeanwhileIranian-Canadian lawyer Sayeh Hassan said she welcomes Ottawa's decision.
"Putting an end to the diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran will give a much needed positive boos(t) to the morale of the pro-democracy activists in Iran who are fighting to overthrow this Islamic dictatorship (sic)," she wrote in a statement.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/iran-protests-closure-of-canadian-embassy-in-tehran-1.947604#ixzz25y5cYAXN
PRESS RELEASE: Canada Suspends Diplomatic Relations with Iran0 comments - published on Friday, September 07, 2012
September 7, 2012
Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor, World News Editor, Governments/Political Affairs Editor
Canada has closed its Embassy in Iran, effective immediately and declared personae non gratae all remaining diplomats in Canada. Iranian diplomats in Ottawa have been instructed to leave Canada within five days.
Sayeh Hassan an Iranian Canadian lawyer, blogger and pro-democracy activist states "for many years Iranian Canadian activists have been campaigning for the Iranian Embassy (the house of terror) to be shut down and I welcome the decision of the Harper Government to suspend all diplomatic relations with Iran."
Sayeh Hassan further states "putting an end to the diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran will give a much needed positive boos to the morale of the pro-democracy activists in Iran who are fighting to overthrow this Islamic dictatorship."
Lastly Sayeh Hassan proclaimed "while Iranians welcome any efforts to isolate the Iranian Regime politically they would strongly condemn any foreign military interference in Iran!"
Media Contact: Sayeh Hassan, Criminal Defence Lawyer and Pro-Democracy Activist
Tel: 416-363-9238
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.com
Conservative Senator Attending an Iranian Embassy Cultural Event!0 comments - published on Tuesday, September 04, 2012
According to an article in Macleans a Conservative Senator Don Meredith was the guest of honour at a cultural event organized by the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa this past Saturday.
The Harper Government has taken a very strong stand against the Iranian Regime, condemning its systematic human rights violations and imposing tough economic sanctions. In the midst of media reports that the Iranian Embassy may be seeking to infiltrate/influence various Canadian entities it is shocking that a Conservative Senator would attend such an event and by doing so give some much needed credibility to the Iranian Regime and its Embassy in Ottawa.
I hope to see a strong reaction from the Harper Government in this regard. In the meantime please find below the contact information for Senator Don Meredith and contact him to voice your concerns!
Tel: 613-996-8572 or 1-800-267-7362
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran


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You will have heard of (and hopefully used) dynamic SQL; but dynamic OLAP?
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