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The "Champions for Achievement Celebration" was scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 21 at the Troy Community Center. Charlie Langton of Fox 2 News and WWJ-AM will emcee the free event.
"This is to celebrate the achievements and entrepreneurship of people with disabilities," said Lindsay Calcatera, the manager of development and communications at the Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, a non-profit with offices in Clinton Township and Auburn Hills.
"It will showcase many of the microbusinesses supported by the sponsoring agencies and the diverse array of products they have to offer," she added noting about 30 vendors were expected to be in attendance.
In addition, there will be a talent show, she said. The event was sponsored by MORC, Community Living Services, and the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority.
Jerry Wolffe is the writer-in-residence and advocate-at-large at MORC. He can be reached at 586 263-8950.


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But with Ichika, if he's an ISper, than the answer is that in 80 years when ISpers make up 75% of the world population and hence eliminating war from history, that's a lot of male IS pilots.
"In the infinite reach of space, where resources no longer matter thanks to IS, and conflicts can be resolved easily."
IE, only MPIS not linked to Three Diagram can be used in a war, and Obama's plan has allowed that to happen. His attempt to rein in IS only served to corrupt it.
Or maybe that was the point, to eventually give the US military a war machine unlike any other?
This was why, when Shooting Star first appeared, they attacked a base in Area 51, Nevada, revealing the nation having experimental IS weapons deployed outside of the ISA, which contravened the Alaska Treaty.
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Irish WAS a terrorist early in the story, I'm already done with chapter 4 and once chapter 5-6 hits he'll be beaten and forcibly detained by FRACTURE. Instead of killing him they'll give him a chance at freedom: Do missions for them and they'll let him and his teammates go and have a second chance at life. FRACTURE itself is an organization that makes sure that the IS can never be abused by one country and avoid a war. The problem is Irish's pathological hatred of the IS screwing over his mission priorities
The biggest part of Irish's story is how he grows to accept that the first impression he received from the IS pilots he first saw as a child doesn't apply to all the IS pilots in the story itself, considering the fact that his partner is an IS pilot then if he doesn't improve over the story then he'll be dead before I reach the halfway mark
What are your theories on how IS are formed and how does this prevent Irish's backstory from happening? I'm very curious about it.
I said that he was abused by pilots and forced to do manual labor in camps, I never said that they were using cores made by Tabane did I? Thats what he's gonna be trying to prevent in his portion of the story.
Also, Irish isn't Misogynistic, He thinks that if both genders could use the machine it would end up in more conflict while if only men could use the machine then the exact same thing would happen only with the opposite gender instead (He isn't very Idealistic is he?). He believes that the Infinite Stratos should be destroyed and not the pilot themselves, you'll see this once I post chapter 4 and 5.
Karon lives on the moon!? I thought she lived in singapore? how the hell is she on the moon?
I'm gonna be merging a crapton of original OC's later so far I have: Kyuukai Tokiwa (Combat engineer/soldier) from Heart of the machine, Class 1-2 (Batshit insane classroom) from the animesuki forums, and possibly <Ren> (axe crazy ninja) from wavehawks fic. Gonna have to find a way to merge all canons without breaking the universe.
I'm also gonna focus most on Talia L. Curious (Sadistic artificial human girl) and Gou Karon (ISper). I'll focus on the rest of the class as well. Like I said, that class is chock full of enemies for the three males
In my fic Ichika won't be an ISper, will that be alright with you? I have a reason for this since I already made a dark background for him, if you read chapter three and read his dream sequence you can probably figure it out
Is it possible for me to change character traits of characters to fit in with the canon I'm using? For example: A Karon who grew up knowing about the IS war or her just being a regular student enjoying life with her older brother?
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I'm not going to use crack fanon anymore, not the one Babylon have at leas
Now I see that the back-story is conflicted from what I planned ..too bad
Chapter 9 is sent to Blitz, waiting for correction....
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I also sent chapter 4 to blitz, he's gonna be very busy
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Plus I didn't have internet connection at home currently, therefore, I went to internet cafe if I can.
EDIT: I Guess Jak is screaming in agony now that V5 is finished....but he had no time reading it...
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And thus, ZeroXSEED & Blitz1/2 announced
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How do you write a fight scene in first person view?
3rd Pov:
Ichika yelled and charged towards the muscular man, seemingly uncaring of his physical disadvantage.
1st Pov:
I yell in rage and charge towards the muscular man, ignoring the fact that he was obviously stronger than me.
Are these correct?
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Never doubt his ability to build a harem.
Jokes aside, turning the whole world into ISpers with IS was part of the Tabane plan. Or at least I think its part of her plan. I mean... Look at Ichika's mind-melds.
So making them in a workshop in the middle of a cave doesn't work. But its just my theory extrapolating from the concept of making a Black Box device like an IS core.
I mixed up the characters. She's born and raised on Singapore Island; Riselle and Ginjyo were from Singapore Metropolis, the 3 lunar colonies. The latter 2 were created by a crack author who said that "during the turmoil of White Knight, Singapore Island was destroyed and everyone was evacuated to the Shinonono/ST Engineering Lunar Base."
I then expanded it to:
"Fast forward to the present. It has been 6 years since the White Knight incident, and almost a decade since IS was first proposed. 10 years of research and coping with limited resources, plus a rise of strife within Asia, and yet she produced the first functioning space colony complete with former fantasies like near-Earth environments, forcefields and artificial gravity. Singapore pulled off another miracle like herself half a century ago."
This paragraph details what the 3 cities are:
The current I-type AI was born on the Moon, Sector D-3, at Metropolis-3, a giant colony the size of Western Australia carved into the moons crust beneath Mare Insularum. As per protocol, it was transferred to the industrial city Metropolis-2 at Crater Copernicus for stress testing, before being moved to Metropolis-1 at Erasthostenes, the seat of Three Diagrams computer core. It was part of a handful of IS sent down to Singapore Island for the annual ISA trials held by the National Cadet Corps (Commando).
The bold names are actual lunar features. If you look to the moon, its one of the big gray spots always facing Earth.
I also modified that author's fanon that the Island was not destroyed in the turmoil, but is gradually being depopulated to be turned into an orbital elevator. Karon will be one of the last Singaporeans born on the island.
So while I think its a tad more tame, I recognize I crammed in as many Gundam shoutouts as I could because the author started it.
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I guess I'll throw in an example.
3rd person view.
With careful precision, Ichika drew out his Yukihira and slashed across the enemy across the chest, the enemy recoiled and kicked the Byaku Shiki in the chest.
1st person
"Take this!" I activated the Yukihira, with my intended target staring straight at me. I slashed horizontally, heavily grazing her chest. She snarled at me. Not good...
She recovered faster than I thought.
I felt the harsh impact as the enemy kicked me in the chest.
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Crap. Shit.
In Singapore, our main defense technology manufacturer is ST Engineering. It was also used as a producer for much of the equipment used by Metroids in the old fanon when Malaysians and Singapores were dominant. That influence carries on in SISTER (Singapore Infinite Stratos Technologies EngineeRing) in the current incarnation as a subsidiary of STE.
You know ST also stands for? Shinonono Tabane.
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@Blitz- Thank You! This should help a lot in the scene rewriting later.
@Meister- I'll mention Karons home being changed into a space ladder or something later in the story.
Is Karon perverted or have any boys love fangirl tendencies at all? If she is then I can add some humor between her and Irish since he's sexually clueless and when he crosdresses he looks like this (just change the eye color from red to yellow):
I'll probably have Karon and Irish act like some kind snarky brother sister pair throughout the story, his planned romance is with someone else. Is it okay for them to act like this?
How did Karon come to meet Ichika and get attached to him? I can include this later.
Is she friends with everyone in her class? Does she have any enemies?
I plan to change the ISper concept so that she's naturally empathic even outside the suit and borderline psychic when she's in one.
Karon works for a T.V show right? Do they know her civilian status or is it kept a secret?
How adept is she in live combat? Is she willing to kill people to get the job done or never kills anyone at all?
Does she have any combat capabilities outside of the chassis? If she does then where did she learn them?
Other than terrorists are there other things that really bother her or irk her?
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I mean, what's the closest city to IS Academy?
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First Review in Sacred Twins
Spoiler for Hayabusa Lin lazy to log in:
Spoiler for my reaction:
I owe Blitz, MeisterBabylon, and Eratas for your effort helping me achieve the plan.
@ Darkjak
The closest town to I.S. Academy? Odaiba. Tokyo. As Shown in Episode 9 during the shopping scene...
Spoiler for Real Place:
Fun thing, Odaiba ALSO an Artificial Island (it used to be a war fortress). In Sacred Twins, Ichika's hometown is located 'somewhere' in rural area of Tokyo.
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This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic.
On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis.
"He'd sometimes refer to me as his first wife," Ebert said in an interview the same day. They were, in a professional sense, married; theirs was a public partnership that, although ending in tragedy, enjoyed an astonishing 24-year run.
Other celebrated media and entertainment duos have ended over the years, for whatever reasons, forcing one or both partners to go it on their own. (For now, Ebert plans to continue "Siskel & Ebert" with a series of guest co-hosts.) Think Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, Sonny and Cher, Lucy and Desi or Lewis and Martin. Separation is but one of the ups and downs, challenges and pitfalls unique to the public partnership.
"It's like a marriage through your job," says Eliot Ephraim, an attorney with Ephraim & Associates, lawyers and agents for Siskel and Ebert, along with a handful of radio duos. "When two people team up like that, you face a lot of the issues people face in a marriage: financial, emotional, social, all over the map. They naturally come up when you have two people whose livelihoods depend on each other.
"It's sometimes a question of having two people come to one mind, and that's not always the easiest thing."
The path is strewn with breakups. Lewis and Martin spent a decade together before an unpleasant split in 1956. They had no public appearances together for another 20 years until Martin, at Frank Sinatra's instigation, showed up on Lewis' 1976 telethon. The pair never really restored their friendship.
In a completely different scenario, George Burns and Gracie Allen enjoyed radio and TV stardom as a couple, Burns the straight man to Allen's daffy persona. But when Allen retired and later died, Burns struggled for years, trying out short-lived partnerships with other women before finally regaining credibility thanks to the 1977 movie "Oh, God." Burns proved you can outlive a partnership, as did Lewis and Martin. But it ain't easy.
"I'm probably the poster boy for partnerships," jokes radio's Garry Meier, teamed for 15 years with Steve Dahl at multiple stations and for the last three years with Roe Conn at WLS-AM 890. "It's funny you're asking me about this in the context of Gene's death, because right after Steve and I broke up, I went with Gene and Roger to a Bulls game and asked them how they had managed to succeed together for so long.
"They said, first, you've got to be equal in money, preferably from the outset, or that will some day rear its ugly head, as it did with Steve and me. Second, they said you might be professionally competitive, but you must respect each other. I asked Penn Jillette the same thing, about his partnership with Teller, and he said you might have shouting matches, you might disagree, but if you treat each other with respect and as equals, you can work things out."
Though there had been some talk of a Dahl-Meier reunion, Meier in fact signed a deal last week to return to WLS. Indeed, both radio personalities still sound apart on the issues that divided them. Both admit they've barely spoken in the six years since their 1993 separation.
But in one of those moments death sometimes inspires, Dahl (who's currently solo on WCKG-FM 105.9) approached Meier at Siskel's funeral. "We'd run into each other at the airport some years ago and sat there without saying a word," Meier says. "At the funeral, he came up and shook my hand."
"When Gene died, I started thinking about this subject a great deal," Dahl explains, "trying to figure out what happened to Garry and me. Gene and Roger started out competitors, maybe not liking each other, and grew to be quite close. Garry and I started out liking each other and grew apart."
Both ex-partners at times sound conflicted, regretful and conciliatory, aware of how linked they were in the mind of the public.
"I wish it could have ended better," Dahl says. "I think I approached him at Gene's funeral in part because it seemed a good time to get some of that all behind me. I've had trouble letting go."
"Sometimes when people ask me why didn't it last, I say, `Fifteen years was a pretty good run,' " Meier says. "Many partners don't reach anywhere near that."
And like any marriage, breaking up is hard to do: "I did a year on radio by myself," Meier says, "and I found I could almost imagine listeners waiting for Steve to talk when I'd take a pause. You get so used to that rhythm. People get comfortable with that team dynamic."
"When you break up, no matter what the ratio is, it's 50-50 in the public's mind," Dahl says. "It took me five years to fight through that. People think you're missing half of what you are. Look at John Lennon and Paul McCartney. They did have a synergy together that made them better."
"If there's a split," notes attorney Ephraim, "nobody looks good."
When Lewis and Martin split, a lot of observers believed Jerry would bomb and Dino would survive -- that the former's juvenile shtick would fall flat without the latter's suavity. In fact, both survived. Lewis directed and starred in hits for decades (in recent years in "Damn Yankees"), and Martin managed years as a singer, movie actor and host of his own TV variety show.
A sadder fate awaited Abbott and Costello, the most successful movie comedy team of the '40s who split in 1956. By himself, Lou Costello made only one picture, the forgettable "The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock" just before his 1959 death. Bud Abbott briefly lent his voice to a 1966 cartoon series inspired by the duo.
Occasionally, teams hit, split and come back together. In the 1950s in Chicago, University of Chicago students Mike Nichols and Elaine May met and launched one of the funniest comic duos in modern show business. But in the '60s they split, both turning to directing and writing. Nichols in particular enjoyed huge success directing "The Odd Couple" on the stage and acclaimed films including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" May's directing efforts include "The Heartbreak Kid" and "A New Leaf" (in which she also co-starred).
Almost against the odds, the team reunited in the 1990s, with Nichols directing and May writing the screenplays for "The Birdcage" and "Primary Colors."
Kathy O'Malley and Judy Markey, a midday duo for the last eight years on WGN-AM 720, give another view of partnership.
"We took out life insurance on each other a couple of months ago," O'Malley says. "We both felt we were boring on the radio without each other, that the chemistry is a third of the equation . . ."
". . . And we're too old to make a new friend," Markey injects.
For now, both women are sold on partnership.
"In my professional life, I've always been part of a team," O'Malley says. "For me, the positives outweigh the negatives. It's sharing the load, having someone understand what you do. I'm bad at being married, but good at being a partner."
"I'm not a collaborative person by nature," Markey says. "It's why I'd never write a screenplay. Too many people mess with your work. But since I was terrified of the radio domain, it was nice to have someone walk into it with you who was supportive."
"Occasionally, we have shows with guest co-hosts, and it's different," O'Malley says. "It's just not as much fun."
"Around here we're referred to as `the girls,' " Markey says without a hint of objection. "We're seen as one."


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Teen driver in Kansas crash has restricted license
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 17-year-old boy with a provisional driver's license was behind the wheel when a converted semitrailer crashed on a Kansas highway, killing five members of his Minnesota family who were on vacation to see a motocross race, authorities said Monday.
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Adam Kerber's license includes several restrictions, including that all occupants of the vehicle wear seatbelts when available. Only two of the 18 people aboard were belted in, but it wasn't clear if belts were available for those passengers riding in the trailer.
The Freightliner truck broke through a guardrail and went into a ravine Sunday morning near Williamsburg, about 70 miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo. The 13 people who survived were injured, and at least two remained in critical condition Monday.
The patrol identified the dead as Melissa Kerber, 24, and Tom Kerber, 25, of New Prague, Minn., and Jessica Kerber, 10, Joy Kerber, 14, and James Kerber, 12, of Jordan, Minn.
Pauline Kerber, 46, of Jordan, Minn., a widowed mother of 12, was in critical but stable condition Monday morning. Her 17-year-old son Adam Kerber, who was driving the vehicle, was in critical condition.
A neighbor of Pauline Kerber's, Mary Jo Marks, told The Associated Press that Pauline Kerber and her family live about a half-mile from the Scott County fairgrounds, which hosts motocross races. She said the family was spending spring break on a big motocross trip.
Marks said Pauline Kerber home-schooled the children until several years ago. She said Tom Kerber was the oldest of the children and was married to Melissa. Kerber's late husband, Glen, operated an auto repair business on the family property.
Overland Park Regional Medical Center, where Pauline and Adam Kerber are hospitalized, released a statement Sunday night on behalf of the family thanking the public for the "outpouring of love and support."
"We appreciate the prayers of so many, and appreciate you respecting our privacy as we mourn our deep loss," said the statement from the hospital, which also treated a critically injured 8-year-old boy before transferring him to a children's hospital.
Patton M. Hammers Payton, 2, of Chaska, Minn., was in good condition Monday at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Matt Vanbank, 16, of Jordan, Minn., was also upgraded to fair condition Monday at the hospital.
Other victims were taken to area hospitals, including Overland Park Regional Medical Center, which had two victims listed in critical condition Monday.
Kirk Nelson, superintendent of Jordan Public School District in Minnesota, said students had last week off for spring break, and students were scheduled to return Monday. The district planned to have several additional grief counselors and ministers on hand.
"It's a big shock to everybody, that's for sure," he said. "We've got some good staff, and they'll all come together," he said. "We'll get started on healing."
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Accounting Research September 1939 BULLETINS No. 3 Issued by the Committee on Accounting Procedure, American Institute of Accountants, 13 East 41st Street, New York, N. Y. Copyright 1939 by American Institute of Accountants Quasi-Reorganization or Corporate Readjustment—Amplification of Institute Rule No. 2 of 1934 THE following rule was adopted by the Institute in 1934: "Capital surplus, however created, should not be used to relieve the income account of the current or future years of charges which would otherwise fail to be made thereagainst. This rule might be subject to the exception that where, upon reorganization, a re-organized company would be relieved of charges which would re-quire to be made against income if the existing corporation were continued, it might be regarded as permissible to accomplish the same result without reorganization provided the facts were as fully revealed to, and the action as formally approved by, the share-holders as in reorganization." In view of the fact that the Institute was the first to put forward in any formal manner the proposition contained in the second sentence of the rule, it has, perhaps, a special responsibility in the premises. Certain problems have arisen since 1934 regarding the application of this proposition which warrant amplification of this part of the rule. Readjustments of the kind mentioned in the second part of the rule fall in the category of what are sometimes called quasi-reorganiza-tions. This statement does not aim to deal with the general question of quasi-reorganizations but only with cases in which the exception permitted under the rule of 1934 is availed of by a corporation. Hereinafter such cases will be referred to as "readjustments," and the problems fall under two questions, (a) what may be permitted in a readjustment, and (b) what may be permitted thereafter. Procedure in Readjustment If a corporation elects to bring about a legitimate restatement of its assets, stock, and surplus through readjustment and thus avail itself of the permission to relieve its future income account or earned-surplus account of charges which should otherwise be made thereagainst, it should make a clear report to the stockholders of the restatements proposed to be made, and obtain their formal consent. It should present a fair and conservative balance-sheet as at the date of the 25


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Filmmaker Lynne Ramsay failed to show up for the first day of shooting on her new Natalie Portman-led western "Jane Got a Gun" on Monday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Financier Scott Steindorff says the incident happened after an eleventh hour attempt by Ramsay's lawyer to renegotiate terms. Steindorff and Portman have scrambled and apparently already found a replacement director. Exclusive Media, the film's international sales rep, says:
"As the international sales team for Jane Got A Gun we are disappointed by the departure of Lynne Ramsay but Scott Steindorff and the production team have our full support and we are fully confident the film schedule will be back on track within 24 hours as we understand a replacement director is already in hand."
The film centers on a woman who enlists her ex-lover to save her outlaw husband from a gang. The news follows on from a casting shift a few weeks ago when Michael Fassbender dropped out after a reported falling-out with Ramsey.
Portman, Joel Edgerton, Rodrigo Santoro and Jude Law were also set to start filming today.
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It wasn't that way at first. Bobby chose the original mods by participation, then watched for a week, and named an admin based on ability (NOT tech ability, people skills) and handed it all over...
My goodness Auntie! you were appointed for people skills? I cant wait for the rest of the story where we find out what happened to them
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European Commission - Press release
Digital Agenda: Coalition of top tech & media companies to make internet better place for our kids
Brussels, 1 December 2011 – 28 leading companies have come together to form a new Coalition to make a better and safer internet for children. Put together by the Commission, founding Coalition members are: Apple, BSkyB, BT, Dailymotion, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, France Telecom-Orange, Google, Hyves, KPN, Liberty Global, LG Electronics, Mediaset, Microsoft, Netlog, Nintendo, Nokia, Opera Software, Research in Motion, RTL Group, Samsung, Sulake, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Telenor Group, Tuenti, Vivendi, Vodafone. Priority actions include making it easier to report harmful content, ensuring privacy settings are age-appropriate, and offering wider options for parental control, reflecting the needs of a generation that is going online at an increasingly young age.
European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said: "This new Coalition should provide both children and parents with transparent and consistent protection tools to make the most of the online world. The founding Coalition members are already leaders in children's safety online. Working together we will be setting the pace for the whole industry and have a great basis for fully empowering children online." KROES VIDEO QUOTE HERE
The founding Coalition members have agreed a Statement of Purpose agreeing to take action in five areas:
The Coalition is a cooperative voluntary intervention. The Commission's expectation is that solutions developed by the founding members of the Coalition will be embraced by a growing number of companies, and new members will be welcome.
Keeping children safe online is a key commitment of the Digital Agenda for Europe (general DAE information available at IP/10/581, MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200).
On average, children in Europe now start going online when they are seven. 38% of 9 to 12 year olds who are online say they have a social networking profile, in spite of age restrictions. More than 30% of children who go online do so from a mobile device and 26% via game consoles.
The Coalition was formed following a call by Vice President Kroes to the ICT sector to step up actions responding to the challenges posed by how young European now go online (SPEECH/11/703).
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Hello peeps,
Has anyone noticed Boris' Avant Garden vol 3 & 4?
I love the whole 4 albums. Vol 4 is quite ambient, which I love.
Some tracks seem like familiar variations/remixes of Yello tracks we know and love but many are very original. I am sure I heard one track from vol 1 or 2 in a BBC TV trailer. It was so distinctly Boris! I hope the tracks get more use and are included in more TV/film, but there are some awesome tunes that I wish we could just have Dieter sing to . Boris must have so much material, surely it's time for another Yello album?
Can we have some thoughts or feedback from the global Yello community about this? Also can people spot the similar Yello track equivalents? I'll try to do a spot of spotting myself in the next few days....
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Boris' Avant Garden Vol 3 & 4
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Vol.3 has a distinct "the eye" flavour (IMHO), although some bits and pieces are from elsewhere - spotted "On Track" samples at the end of "Inner Mountain"
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The hiring of a new head football coach is a pretty big deal at the University of Texas.
It's such a big deal that Texas paid $266,990 to a search firm to help find the right person for the job, according to invoices obtained by USA TODAY Sports this week.
The executive search firm Korn/Ferry International billed Texas $250,000 for helping hire coach Charlie Strong in January, plus an administrative fee of 6 percent — $15,000. An additional invoice dated March 19 charged Texas $1,990 in expenses, mostly travel expenses for Korn/Ferry consultant Jed Hughes.
That outsourced total of $266,990 puts Texas in the same rarified air as Colorado State, which paid about $320,000 to search firm Spencer Stuart for its football coach search in 2011, CSU spokesman Mike Hooker confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The breakdown for CSU's search was a $250,000 fee, plus about $70,000 for other expenses, Hooker said.
Those two coaching searches cost far more than what other public schools paid for similar services in recent years.
Famed search consultant Chuck Neinas has done several placements in college sports and told USA TODAY Sports last year that he charges $50,000 per search. Another popular search firm in college sports in recent years, Parker Executive Search, often has charged schools around $75,000 to $90,000.
But this is Texas, which has one of the nation's biggest athletic budgets with $146.8 million in operating expenses in 2012-13.
Texas also hired Korn/Ferry to help hire a new athletic director last year for $200,000 plus expenses. That search ended with the hiring of Steve Patterson from Arizona State, who now makes $1.4 million per year. As the new athletic director at Texas, Patterson then worked with Hughes of Korn/Ferry to hire then-Louisville head coach Strong, whose contract at Texas starts at $5 million per year.
SEARCH GURU: Neinas charges $50,000 per search
BIG BUSINESS: Search firms weave big webs in college sports
The use of executive search firms in college sports has at times been controversial, especially when the candidates they help hire for a school fail at their new jobs. Critics also question why highly paid athletic directors need an outside contractor to hire a football coach and why they don't use their university's human resource departments to help vet candidates.
Supporters of using outside firms say they help keep the hiring process secretive along with providing skilled expertise and vetting for important positions.
Officials at Texas didn't respond to messages seeking comment about the amount paid to Korn/Ferry. Hughes also didn't return messages seeking comment.
Filling vacancies is big business for Korn/Ferry, which also was hired by Arizona State, for $200,000, to help fill the vacancy left by Patterson when he left for Texas.
Korn/Ferry also has been involved in placing Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien with the NFL's Houston Texas, Andy Reid as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and two hires at the University of Southern California: Steve Sarkisian as football coach and Andy Enfield as men's basketball coach.
USC, as a private school, wasn't required to disclose what it paid the firm, whose sports business is spearheaded by Hughes, a former college and pro assistant coach with an office in New York City.
Texas' contract with Korn/Ferry said the firm would provide the following services to the university in its search for a football coach to replace Mack Brown:
— Help market the position and obtain qualified candidates.
— Use commercially reasonable efforts to identify a qualified and diverse pool of talent to consider as applicants.
— Assist the search committee in the screening of potential applicants.
— Assist the committee with the interview process, including making travel arrangements for candidates.
Hughes signed the contract to conduct the Texas coaching search on Dec. 20. Strong's hiring was announced by the university 16 days later, on Jan. 5. After Strong's hiring, on Jan. 15, Korn/Ferry sent a follow-up e-mail to the office of university president Bill Powers, making sure the university did not require Korn/Ferry to "conduct employment reference checks or an education verification for Charlie Strong."
Powers replied, "Confirmed and correct."
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Sometimes I think the planet would be much better off without us. At least it would be much healthier.
Last week, I was eating a nice cup of New England clam chowder for lunch when a journal article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) came across my desk about a new study by Stony Brook University researchers Stephanie Talmage and Christopher Gobler.
The pair looked at how predicted increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere affect shellfish development, growth and survival. They also looked at levels that were around in preindustrial times and those we are experiencing today. What they found out was not good for the shellfish.
Suddenly my bowl of chowder took on new meaning.
The researchers used the Northern quahog, or hard clam, and the Atlantic bay scallop, two economically- and ecologically-significant shellfish. As the photos indicate, those clams and scallops that were grown in pre-industrial conditions displayed significantly faster growth and development and had higher survival rates compared to those grown in today's conditions. In addition, the shells of "tomorrow's shellfish" (those grown under conditions scientists predict we'll encounter later this century) were malformed and eroded.
But wait, there's more! Scientists call acidification of the oceans the hidden partner of climate change. As CO2 levels rise, the water becomes more acidic and the amount of carbonate (needed to make calcium carbonate -- the compound that most shellfish and corals use to build their shells and skeletons) decreases. Eventually there is so little carbonate that shells or skeletons don't form properly or can't form at all. Talmage and Gobler's results suggest that current CO2 levels, which are already increasing the acidity of ocean water, may be contributing to the global decline of some shellfish.
To those who dismiss the impacts of carbon dioxide on our planet, think again. According to Gobler:
People have traditionally assumed that the problems of fossil fuel burning will manifest themselves at some distant time in the future... The truth is that the 30% increase in atmospheric and ocean CO2 levels which has occurred since the 19th century has already significantly impacted the chemistry and biology of our oceans.
I read the study on the heels of participating in the New Green City Fair at Union Square, where some colleagues and I handed out educational materials and talked to people about our programs, which advocate a conservation ethic. At one point a guy came up to the table and tried very diligently to dismiss every point we had to make. He was much more concerned about the efficiency of production and cost effectiveness of our current industrial systems than with any sense of a need to conserve. With regards to our campaign to get power plants to update their cooling systems, he said that it really doesn't matter if the fish around power plant water intake structures are sucked into or otherwise maimed or killed by those structures and that their impacts will be minimal on the surrounding ecosystem. As for eating less meat, he was certain that there should be a hamburger on every table and asked, if we're so concerned about saving water what would happen to everyone's hamburger, and besides why should anyone in New York City bother to conserve water anyway?
I sighed, probably a little too audibly, reluctantly climbed up onto my soap box and told him all about how ecosystems are connected and how we get our water from a system that is up in the mountains far away from the city and how any place is subject to water shortages and droughts at any time and really, why wouldn't you want to develop a conservation ethic? He didn't say much, just sort of muttered, "Yeah, well, I uh... " and wandered away.
I think the guy doesn't like being told what to do, and he perceived that we were there to take away his personal freedoms. Thankfully, most people at the fair were more receptive, but it was a frustrating discussion to have, mostly because while he was arguing for personal freedom, he was also arguing for keeping his head in the sand (which works well for clams but not so much for people). There is just no denying that conditions on the planet are changing, and it stands to reason that many of those changes will eventually impact us, just as they do other species.
On a personal level, I'm not ready to give up chowder. Are you?
So what do we do? Scientists say that a CO2 level of 350 parts per million (ppm) is the upper limit of what is considered safe (as of August 2010 we were just below 390 ppm), where we can stabilize the planet and prevent disaster. Bill McKibben, the mastermind behind the 350 campaign, is demanding that our political leaders first acknowledge that climate change is happening, and then take actions that will bring atmospheric CO2 levels back to 350ppm, and McKibben has thousands, maybe millions, of people behind him.
Check out 350 for a list of actions you can take at the local level. In fact, Global Work Party Action Day is coming up on October 10 (10/10/10!). Check it out and find out what you can do to reduce CO2 and save the shellfish and, well, us. Because what's good for the clams is good for the planet.


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Record-high peanuts yields were recorded this past year in Georgia and South Carolina, with Oklahoma growers tying their yield record, according to the final U.S. peanut crop estimate from USDA. The average U.S. peanut yield also hit a record-high in 2003.
U.S. production of peanuts in 2003 totaled 2,072,075 tons, up 25 percent from last year's crop and up 1 percent from the November forecast. Planted area, at 1.34 million acres, was down 1 percent from 2002. Harvested acreage totaled 1.31 million acres, up 1 percent from last year.
The U.S. yield per harvested acre averaged a record-high of 3,159 pounds, up 598 pounds from 2002.
Production in the Southeastern states, including Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina, totaled 1,358,000 tons, up 45 percent from 2002. Most growers in the lower Southeastern states saw near-perfect weather both for growing and harvesting. Area planted totaled 879,000 acres, up 9 percent from last year. Harvested acreage was 857,000 acres, also up 9 percent from last year. The average yield for the Southeast was 3,238 pounds per acre, up 804 pounds from 2002.
Georgia growers boasted an average yield of 3,450 pounds per acre from 540,000 acres and Florida producers averaged 3,000 pounds per acre from 115,000 acres. In Alabama, peanut growers averaged 2,750 pounds per acre from 185,000 acres while South Carolina growers harvested 3,400 pounds per acre from 17,000 acres.
Production from Virginia and North Carolina totaled 207,850 tons, up 26 percent from 2002. Planted acres, at 135,000 acres, were down 15 percent from 2002. Harvested acres, at 133,000 acres, also were down 15 percent from the previous year. The average yield for the Virginia-Carolina region was 3,126 pounds per acre, up 1,026 pounds from 2002.
Virginia growers harvested 2,900 pounds per acre from 33,000 acres while North Carolina producers harvested 3,200 pounds per acre from 100,000 acres.
The Southwest peanut crop, including New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, totaled 476,950 tons, down 12 percent from 2002. Planted acres, at 330,000, were down 16 percent from last year. Harvested acres, at 322,000 acres, were down 9 percent from 2002. Yields for the Southwest tri-state region averaged 2,962 pounds per acre or 84 pounds less than in 2002.
Peanut producers in New Mexico harvested 2,700 pounds per acre from 17,000 acres while growers in Oklahoma averaged 2,800 pounds per acre from 35,000 acres. Texas growers averaged 3,000 pounds per acre from 270,000 acres.
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Both sides in the U.S. "fiscal cliff" debate stood their ground on Tuesday as they gathered in Washington for the first time since the elections, with a fundamental tax dispute preventing a broader compromise on deficit reduction.
The White House made clear it was ready to negotiate with Republicans on taxes and spending, but a spokesman for Democratic President Barack Obama said he will not budge on insisting that the wealthy's tax rates must rise in 2013.
The president wants to extend the individual income tax rates for 98 percent of Americans, but he will not agree to extend them for the top 2 percent of earners, White House spokesman Jay Carney said at a news conference.
On Wednesday, Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference, during which he will be questioned about fiscal cliff negotiations.
On the Senate floor on Tuesday, Republican leader Mitch McConnell said his party was open to discussing new government revenues, but not raising tax rates. "We're … not about to further weaken the economy by raising tax rates and hurting jobs," he said.
The defiant remarks came as Congress returned from a post-election break with seven weeks left to deal with the "fiscal cliff," a convergence of urgent tax and spending issues that, if mishandled, could plunge the economy into another recession according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
While the big fight is over tax rates, the dispute has held up other consequential tax measures on which there is less disagreement, among them a fix to the alternative minimum tax, which is designed to protect Americans who are not wealthy from being taxed as if they were.
In a new letter to lawmakers Tuesday, the U.S. tax commissioner reiterated that more than 60 million taxpayers – half of all individual filers – could be adversely affected by Congress' failure to resolve these lower-profile issues.
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December 13, 2005
Editors Note: Michael Scheuer worked as an
analyst for a CIA unit tracking and trying to understand al-Qaeda.
Under the name Anonymous, he wrote Imperial Hubris, a critical
look at U.S. counter-terrorist strategies. He was interviewed recently
about the War on Terror by journalist Richard Fricker. A version of this
interview first appeared in the Swiss publication, SonntagsBlick.
Regarding so-called rendition flights to other
countries and secret CIA prisons:
Scheuer: From the
start, the [CIAs] clandestine service would much prefer to bring these
people to the United States. One of the Cold War hangovers in America is
we are still looking for people to do our dirty work. We were so used
to, during the Cold War, of using proxies that were still doing that.
Look how much we depend on the Pakistanis to capture Osama bin Laden.
There is a certain process of returning to adulthood that has not taken
place in the U.S. leadership.
Theres just a huge misperception that we are kind of invulnerable and
we can have other people do our bidding. In terms of the Islamic
militants, on both sides of the aisle in America, there is a huge
self-delusion that these people are gangsters and deviants and criminals
and that they are such a small part of Muslim society and that we can
arrest them one man at a time.
So were still playing
this game of super cops and robbers and were really not serious about
protecting America or destroying al-Qaeda and its allies because we
still treat it as a super law enforcement problem.
I resigned from the
CIA in part to try and make them aware that al-Qaeda and bin Laden are
heroes in the Islamic world, to a huge percentage. Not because they
believe in what al-Qaeda does but in the sense of standing up to the
United States.
Al-Qaeda is a
liberation movement in many ways in the sense that their main target is
not the United States, but to get us out of the way and then to
overthrow the Israelis and
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the tyrannies as
they see them.
The bottom line for me is we dont have to empathize or sympathize with
these people, but if we dont understand the numbers that are involved
the motivations they feel because of our policies, were never going to
able to protect ourselves.
Regarding poor
intelligence about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction:
Scheuer: The
intelligence community, as well the people who worked on
counter-terrorism, clearly told the administration that an invasion of
Iraq would break the back of a fight against bin Laden because it would
validate virtually everything he had said about the United States over
the years. This administration came into office with a contempt for the
intelligence community.
Theres not one American politician willing to say they dont hate
us for what do, or how we live. They may not like it, but theyre not
going to blow themselves up over it. But they will blow themselves up
over what we do in the Islamic world. And, that has been the problem
under Mr. Clinton and Mr. Bush.
Regarding the Islamic
worlds historical reference point of the Crusades:
Scheuer: The historical
awareness of Muslims is extraordinary, in the sense that 65 percent of
the Islamic world is illiterate, but all of them know their history,
from having the Koran read to them, from having the Prophets biography
read to them. When bin Laden makes an illusion to something that
happened in the Seventh Century, people get it within a few words. So
yes, the resonance of the Crusades is very strong.
Regarding Israels stake in
U.S. policy:
Scheuer: We are at the
point where we can no longer tolerate that Israel dictates the policy
the U.S. must follow. Its time we play the great power in the
relationship and not the minor power. Fifty years is enough, I think
Israel should do whatever it needs to do to defend itself. I have no
qualms about that, but I dont think its worth one dead American.
Regarding the impact of the
Iraq War on the al-Qaeda problem:
Scheuer: I think the
debacle in Iraq is the real horrific thing thats coming down the road.
Al-Qaeda is now al-Qaedaism and has really taken hold in other parts of
the world. The media, especially American media, is really bore-sighted
on Iraq. But if you look at Thailand and the Philippines, the Northern
Caucuses, northern Nigeria, militant Islam is really gaining traction.
These will be problem areas in the not too distant future.
I also think that the
rather sophomoric argument about setting a deadline for the U.S. to pull
out of Iraq only makes the enemy strong. I dont think either party is
serious about this. There will be a pull out just in time for the 2006
The real tragic thing
about Iraq is that the administration didnt put much thought into what
they were doing, especially about the Sunnis. They thought they would
box them into a place where the Sunnis would attack and we could kill
In the thinking of the
Islamic militant, Iraq is contiguous territory to countries they were
never able to get to before. They are always looking for a Pakistan, it
was their safe haven against the Russians. Bin Laden has explained that
the reason he has not sent fighters to the Balkans or Israel is because
there was not a safe-haven border from which they could operate. Iraq
now gives them safe haven to attack Syria, Israel, Jordan and Turkey.
The militants arent
going to be bought off with economic improvements. One of the great
mistakes that Americans make is to believe that these people are
motivated by poverty, or the lack of education or that they dont have
prospects for a career. Al-Qaeda and its allies are mostly middle- and
upper-class educated people. They appeal to educated people, or they
wouldnt spend so much time dominating the Internet.
There seems to be this
belief that if we build schools it will make militant
Muslims un-militant. I dont think thats true.
Theyre very rational
Regarding whats
happened to militants captured as early as 1995:
Scheuer: I dont think
anybody has been released.
People we picked up are being held
someplace else. I dont think we held anyone until after 9/11. But the
rendition program initially delivered people to countries where they
were wanted. [These people are either still incarcerated] or theyre
dead. We never picked up anyone who wasnt wanted by the authorities.
The rendition program
was designed to do two things: to take people off the streets that we
knew were a threat to the United States, and two, at the time of their
arrest, to pick up any hard-copy documents they had. No one was ever
picked up so they could be talked to. Any intelligence service will tell
you that al-Qaeda guys are trained to fight from the jail cell by giving
false information mixed with some good information thats dated.
We still behave as if
this were still the terrorism of the Eighties. The terrorism of that era
was a lethal nuisance, but it was never a national security threat. The
problem, for the U.S. at least is that the possibility of a large attack
is a reality and the possibility of another attack is on the horizon.
Whats going to happen
in the United States is that theres going to be a much larger attack
than 9/11 or there will be a kind of nuclear attack with a weapon
acquired from the former Soviet Union. The surest sign that neither
party in the country takes the possibility of an attack seriously is
that we have done nothing to help Russia secure its nuclear weapons.
I think Iraq is going
to be central to the threat for the next decade or more. And, I think we
have probably signed the death warrant for Jordan. I think the two
attacks we have seen there are just the start of whats going to happen.
Bin Laden has always said the great human reserve for Islam is Asia, so
I assume we will see things continue to evolve in that region.
Part of the reason we
havent seen al-Qaeda is because bin Laden had to satisfy an enormous
amount of critics within the Islamic militant movement before he attacks
us again. He was criticized first for not having warned us enough.
Secondly, for not offering us a chance to convert. Both of those things
sound silly, but they are very clear demands made by the prophet before
Muslims attack.
The third criticism was
that bin Laden did not have enough religious justification to kill that
many Americans. He had to close those three loops. From about the spring
of 2002 prior to the election, he gave four speeches directly to the
American people saying that because your governments policy depends on
the support of the public, I can only assume that if you keep voting for
the people that maintain these policies that you approve of them. The
last one was on the eve of the election.
The third thing he did
was to secure from a Saudi sheik was religious authorization to use
nuclear weapons against the United States, that was in May 2003.
Zarqawi has said, thank God for letting the Americans invade Iraq
because now they will be defeated if they stay and defeated if they
Its so much more than
Israel. We are so dependent, along with our European allies on oil out
of the Gulf, we still are going to be supporting the al-Saud tyranny.
Were going to support the Egyptian tyranny because of the peace
process. Were still going to be in Afghanistan.
The real danger for
America is they will turn to the idea of a Marshall Plan or New Deal and
that by pumping tons of money into the Middle East to build schools that
that will somehow cure militancy. [What will cure the problem is]
disengagement. What this is about is the future of Islamic civilization.
We are bearing the brunt right now because we are in the way.
Regarding claims that Islamic militants seek world domination:
Scheuer: Thats the
rather silly argument of the neoconservatives. The idea that were
facing a united Islamic juggernaut is just nonsense. The only thing that
creates unity within Islam right now is hatred of U.S. policy. As we
become less of a focus, the energies of the Islamist will begin to focus
on Israel and Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states.
It is absolutely in
their [neoconservatives] interest to make us believe the militants hate
us because we are democratic and have liberty. The idea that someone
blows himself up to try to destroy Mubarak and you call him a
freedom-hater, theres a disconnect there. Mubarak is a police state,
the Saudis are a police state. The Islamists may not have the same
definition of freedom that we have, freedom is different in every
culture, but there is every bit of evidence that the Muslim militant
movement is as much a liberation movement as it is anything else.
Regarding the possible effect of a Democratic victory in 2006
congressional elections:
Scheuer: It could make
it worse. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton are seen as friends of Israel, ... and if the
Democrats come in, they are viewed by the militants as more pro-Israel
than the Republicans.
Regarding differences in renditions under Bill Clinton and George W.
In a sense, I would say these prisoners are better treated in the hands
of Americans than they were when the Clinton administration wanted us to
take these people to places like Egypt. Its kind of a disconnect for
me. The Clinton administration wanted no part of treating these people
in a manly fashion and keeping them as prisoners of war.
The difference between
the two administrations is that now we are holding people. Under the
Clinton administration they didnt want any part of it. They wanted us
to give them to the Egyptians or other Middle Eastern countries.
think the big difference in the Bush administration is that we hold
people at Guantanamo and in Iraq.
The Clinton guys didnt
want to hold these people. So we said, OK, well focus on guys that
have outstanding warrants and try to get them returned to their country
of origin. We said, You know, Mr. President, Mr. Sandy Berger, Mr.
Richard Clarke, that if they go to any Middle Eastern country, theyre
not going to be treated the way they would be in the United States. We
said the State Department puts out a negative human rights report on
virtually every state where we would send these guys. What do you want
us to do?
They asked, Will the
countries that agree to accept these people agree to treat them
according to their own laws? We said, Sure, we bet they will do that.
And, thats what satisfied them. Mr. Clinton and Mr. (Richard) Clarke
have been trying to re-write history by saying we insisted that these
countries treat these people by the standard of international law and
the law in America and that was never the case.
The rendition program
has been enormously successful and well conducted except for the last
step, where these people were to be held. In that sense, I think the
United States has shot itself in the foot. If we had treated people who
declared war on us as prisoners of war and brought them to America and
treated them as we did prisoners in World War II, the world might not
like it, but we wouldnt have all the trouble we have at the moment.
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Hard of Hearing: The Long Good-bye
FEBRUARY 1 will be a big day in Phoenix. The Super Bowl? Nah. Baseball's arbitration hearings will kick off that day and, though small in number relative to the long list of players eligible for arbitration, the process profoundly impacts the game.


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TJH wrote:grizbob wrote:TJH wrote:I kind of agree. On other sites with mixed fanbases, Seahawks fans have become insufferable.
Hate to state the obvious TJH, this isn't other sites
Gee thanks.
Has nothing to do with my point, or the original poster's.
Seems rather obvious to me, but I'm a simple man, you're pointing to other sites to make an issue here.


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Unfurling under a patriotic theme, the 76th Miss North Carolina program will welcome 33 Miss contestants and 33 Outstanding Teen contestants from across the state.
�It�s June, and you know what that means � it�s time for sparkling gowns and brand new crowns!�
These words are part of one of Miss North Carolina 2012 � and former Miss Kinston-Lenoir County � Arlie Honeycutt�s final blog postings looking toward the 2013 Miss N.C. Pageant set to run all this week in Raleigh.
�It�s hard to believe that my time as Miss North Carolina is already winding down,� Honeycutt said. �As sentimental as I am these days, I have to admit � I�m really excited to see who will capture the crown!�
Unfurling under a patriotic theme, the 76th state program will welcome 33 Miss contestants and 33 Outstanding Teen contestants from across the state. CJ Koegel, former member of TV�s �Real World� cast, will be the emcee. The contestants arrived Friday to begin competition for the chance to represent North Carolina in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September and the Miss America�s Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, Fla., in August.
Representing Kinston-Lenoir County are Maggie Nelms and Makenzie Sasnett, Miss Kinston-Lenoir County and Kinston-Lenoir County Outstanding Teen 2013, respectively.
�It�s my first and last time to be a part of a pageant in the Miss America organization because I have aged out,� Nelms said. �I turned 24 May 30.
�I am going with an open and clear mind with no expectations except to totally enjoy the experience.�
Sasnett admits being apprehensive.
�I am afraid of new things, and I haven�t done this before, so I am anxious,� said Sasnett. �I know I�m gonna be tired, with rehearsals and competitions every day from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., but I also expect to have a lot of fun.�
The road to the state program began in December when they won the local titles. Since then, the two have been involved in home front activities and experiences that have helped them prepare for this next Miss America preliminary �from parades and festivals, public appearances and volunteer commitments, to mock interviews.
�There�s a lot more to Kinston than I realized,� Sasnett said, �� a lot more to be involved in, more to do, more activities.
�Lots of girls don�t represent their home town, but I am really glad that I do. With this being my first time, being from Kinston and knowing a lot of the people really has helped.�
Nelms, on the other hand, is from Nashville.
�People in Kinston are very similar to my home town � friendly, warm and welcoming. This is my first title ever,� Nelms said, �and I have been amazed at just how excited people get, young and old, about seeing someone wearing a crown!�
After winning the title in December, Nelms changed into sweatpants and a tank, put her sash and crown back on and went to the Waffle House for a celebratory dinner.
�The crowd welcomed me in and loved my being there. It was a true celebration.
�I�ve wanted to know the town and people better, and have made opportunities to be more involved. I�ve shopped and eaten lunch downtown and volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club,� Nelms said.
�I�ve really come to claim the town. I think it is the jewel in Eastern North Carolina�s crown.� The final countdown week found both young women squeezing countless tasks into limited hours.
Sasnett packed in extra dance rehearsals and put the last touches on her auction basket, a BBQ basket with lots of items from the Festival on the Neuse.
�I�ve learned that it is OK to be open to constructive criticism,� Sasnett said, with two mock interviews, also this week, under her belt.
Nelms� mother�s birthday was Thursday, but with dental school classes that day and Friday, plus bad weather Thursday night and final packing for Raleigh, she couldn�t get to Nashville for a birthday visit.
�If I can bring home that crown for her, for her 50th birthday, that would be awesome.�
A closer look �
Maggie Nelms
Miss Kinston-Lenoir County 2013
Birthday: May 30, 1989
Parents: Cy and Cathy Nelms of Nashville
Siblings: Brother Cy Jr., 22, and sister Melanie, 14
School: ECU School of Dental Medicine
Most influential: Mother and sister
Contestant: No. 18, Group B
Talent: Ballet en Pointe
Platform: Smile Bright-Shine Bright, promoting oral health
Preliminaries: Interview Monday; swimsuit Tuesday; talent Wednesday; evening gown, onstage question Thursday; finals Saturday
CarolinaPrincesses: Kennedy Brown and Sarah Beth Howard
Contact:Miss NC Pageant, Maggie Nelms, Miss Kinston-Lenoir County, William Peace University/Finley Dorm, 15 E. Peace St., Raleigh, NC 27604; or Miss Kinston-Lenoir County Program Facebook page
Makenzie Sasnett
Kinston-LenoirCountyOutstanding Teen 2013
Birthday: July 3, 1998
Parents: Steven and Michelle Sasnett of Kinston
Sisters: Madison, 10, and Makayla, 8
School: South Lenoir High School
Most influential: Mother
Contestant: No. 3, Group A
Talent: Lyrical Pointe
Platform: It�s Hip to Be Fit
Preliminaries: Interview Monday; swimsuit Tuesday; talent Wednesday; evening gown, onstage question Thursday; finals Friday
Carolina Princess: Dayva Sugg
Contact:Raleigh Marriott Center, 500 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC 27601; or Miss Kinston-Lenoir County Program Facebook page
MissN.C., Outstanding Teen Pageant
Monday through Saturday
Memorial Auditorium
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 E. South St., Raleigh, NC 27601
Tuesday through Thursday preliminaries, 7 p.m.
Miss OT finals Friday, 5 p.m.
Miss NC finals Saturday, 7 p.m.
Ticket range: $27 to $85 at 919-123-4567 or missnc.org


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Charlize Theron Adopts Baby Boy Stateside — All The New Details!
The Oscar-winning actress is now a proud mommy to a baby boy. Check out the deets below!
Charlize Theron is the newest mom in Hollywood! The 36-year-old actress has adopted an African-American baby boy named Jackson, a source confirms to Us!
"This just came up again a few months ago [when] the baby became available," an insider tells the mag.
Earlier this week, Charlize's rep also confirmed the adoption to HollywoodLife.com. "Charlize Theron has adopted a child," the rep stated. "She is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson."
"She is glad to be able to do it on her own — and is so happy to be a mom," the insider said.
This is the first child for the Young Adult actress! Congratulations to her!
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View Sedalia's Official Fireworks Laws for 4th of July
With the 4th of July quickly approaching, the Sedalia Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Sedalia that buying, selling, displaying and shooting fireworks is prohibited within the city limits. Violating the fireworks ordinance can result in a $109 fine and potentially some time in jail.
Fireworks can be purchased at stands located outside of the city limits They must be discharged outside of the city limits as well. Please use caution when using fireworks and be aware of where the fireworks land in order to prevent fires.
The official ordinance is as follows:
Sec. 36-123. - Restriction on the sale, discharge and storage of fireworks.
No person shall buy, sell, display or discharge any firecrackers, cannon crackers, aerial bombs, torpedoes, rockets, Roman candles, flares, or fireworks of any kind or description or any pyrotechnic material within the city, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
Public displays of fireworks or pyrotechnics will be permitted only upon permission in writing, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the chief of the fire department.
No person shall store or keep any fireworks, firecrackers, cannon crackers, torpedoes, bombs, rockets, Roman candles lares or other rotechnic material within the city; provided, transportation in a motor vehicle of the same shall not be considered as storing or keeping of such items.
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Making Movie Special Effects - Hit by a car effect
Ever wonder how they do all those special effects for those top car movies? Yeah, me too.
This video may not give you the secrets of those stunt Master Jedi guys, but it will give you a way to scare the bejeebers out of your wife.


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510 College Drive
Caronport SK S0H 0S0
Founded in 1935, Briercrest College is a Christian post-secondary institution that is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education. Located in Caronport, Saskatchewan, the extensively developed 160-acre campus is also home to Briercrest Distance Learning and Caronport High School. For more information on Briercrest College, please visit their website: www.briercrest.ca.
114 Seminary Crescent
Saskatoon SK S7N 0X3
Emmanuel College was founded in Prince Albert in 1879 by the Right Reverend John McLean, first bishop of those parts of the North West Territories then known as "Saskatchewan" and comprising most of the present Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northern Manitoba. In 1883 the college was established and incorporated by Act of the Dominion Parliament as the "University of Saskatchewan". When, in 1909, the Provincial University was established in Saskatoon, Emmanuel College moved to that city, and became an affiliated college of the Provincial University. While still retaining University status, it relinquished its title to the Provincial University, and by further Act of Parliament received the title of "University of Emmanuel College". Emmanuel College from that time confined its work to theology, all Arts subjects being taught in the Provincial University.
St. Chad's College was established in the City of Regina in 1907 by the Right Reverend John Grisdale, third Bishop of Qu'Appelle, for the training of students in Divinity. It also was recognized by the Provincial University and carried affiliation status.
In 1964, Emmanuel College and St. Chad's College were amalgamated under the name of the "College of Emmanuel and St. Chad," thus establishing on the Saskatoon Campus one college for the training of ministers for the Anglican Church of Canada. For more information, please visit the website: www.usask.ca/stu/emmanuel.
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Horizon College and Seminary is a theological college of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada and is incorporated as a post-secondary training institution in the Province of Saskatchewan. We are an affiliate college of the University of Saskatchewan and are an accredited member of The Association for Biblical Higher Education. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.horizon.edu/.
114 Seminary Crescent
Saskatoon SK S7N 0X3
Lutheran Theological Seminary was established on September 1, 1965. It is the successor to Lutheran College & Seminary (1913 A.D.) and Luther Theological Seminary (1939 A.D.). For more information, please visit the website: www.usask.ca/stu/luther.
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Saskatoon SK S7N 0W3
This College, established by the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1912, was incorporated in 1913 as the Presbyterian Theological College, Saskatoon, and authorized to confer degrees in Divinity. In 1924 its name was changed to St. Andrew's College. On June 10, 1925, it passed into The United Church of Canada. It is now recognized by the United Church as its primary centre for theological education for ordination for the Prairie region. St. Andrew's College operates in cooperation with the Anglican College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and the Lutheran Theological Seminary in the Saskatoon Theological Union. For more information, please visit the website: www.standrews.ca.
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Shaped by a rich history that stretches over one hundred years, St. Peter's College is an independent, post-secondary institution affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. St. Peter's College is located 120 kilometres east of Saskatoon, along Highway #5, on the edge of the Village of Muenster. The nearest city is Humboldt, only 11 kilometres away.
St. Peter's College provides a small, friendly, campus atmosphere where students are encouraged, and indeed expected, to engage in the critical dialogue essential to lifelong learning. This is an opportunity to take advantage of your status as a University of Saskatchewan student and enjoy the benefits of the supportive network of a smaller learning community and unique environment. For more information, please visit the website: www.stpeterscollege.ca
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In May, 1994, the University of Saskatchewan and the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research entered into an affiliation agreement that established the Gabriel Dumont College. As a result of the partnership, Gabriel Dumont College offers courses for credit toward a degree in the College of Arts and Science. GDC courses are offered in Saskatoon, at the University of Saskatchewan, and in Prince Albert.
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Should the U.S. plunge over the fiscal cliff of more than $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts, then Asia is unlikely to escape without bruises, according to Capital Economics.
The economics specialists see three possibilities for how the situation will evolve.
The baseline scenario involves a deal on tax hikes and spending cuts to be reached before the end of the year and a subsequent short-term boost for Asian growth from a rebound in confidence.
Another possibility is that a deal isn't reached by the end of the year but is quickly agreed to thereafter, with limited impact on Asia, they said.
A third scenario is that no deal is reached at all, in which case there would be a U.S. recession "which would see real GDP growth nearly 3 percentage points lower than would otherwise be the case," the economists said.
The impact on Asia if no agreement is reached in a timely fashion will largely depend on the U.S-trade exposure of the individual economies and the scope for policy response, the economists said,
The U.S. is the largest or second-largest export market for most Asia countries. Hong Kong is the most exposed economy to the U.S., followed Vietnam and Singapore, according to Capital Economics.
Hong Kong is the most vulnerable to a fiscal-cliff shock, the economists said, citing its trade ties to the U.S. and the fact that, unlike most other Asian economies, it does not have the ability to cut interest rates because of its U.S. dollar peg and openess to capital.
As much as 1 percentage point of growth could be knocked off Hong Kong's economy 2013 if the worst-case scenario plays out, the economists said.
"Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam are also heavily exposed through the trade channel. The impact on relatively closed economies with big domestic markets -- such as India, Indonesia and China -- should be fairly small," they said.
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New state west of the Mississippi
Missouri enters the Union as the 24th state–and the first located entirely west of the Mississippi River.
Named for one of the Native American groups that once lived in the territory, Missouri became a U.S. possession as part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. In 1817, Missouri Territory applied for statehood, but the question of whether it would be slave or free delayed approval by Congress. In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was reached, admitting Missouri as a slave state but excluding slavery from the other Louisiana Purchase lands north of Missouri's southern border. Missouri's August 1821 entrance into the Union as a slave state was met with disapproval by many of its citizens.
In 1861, when other slave states seceded from the Union, Missouri chose to remain; although a provincial government was established in the next year by Confederate sympathizers. During the war, Missourians were split in their allegiances, supplying both Union and Confederate forces with troops. Lawlessness persisted during this period, and Missouri-born Confederate guerrillas such as Jesse James continued this lawlessness after the South's defeat. With the ratification of Missouri's new constitution by the citizens of the state in 1875, the old divisions were finally put to rest.


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Matt Newman
I find myself back here again!
@Erik et al who think that the whatwg are on the wrong side of this:
Once again I would say that NOWHERE does the WHATWG suggest its reasoning is based on styling, that was purely this article author's opinion!
The usage you seem to be promoting as 'more sematically correct' is just using <cite> as a way of quoting someone – are the 2 html elements we currently have for that purpose insufficient?
Whilst a common english usage of a citation can be to refer to a person, the scholarly usage is specifically about sources, if you're refering to something a person said in converstation what problem do you have with considering that a quote rather than a citation?