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Hyderabad, Feb 16 (UNI) Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu today questioned the Congress for inviting its President Sonia Gandhi for inaugurating the International airport at Shamshabad next month and naming it after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address, he claimed credit for getting approval for the greenfield airport project from the Centre and said it would be only proper for the state government to call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the inauguration.

The Congress government was singing ''Sonia Bhajan'' only to stick to power, he alleged, demanding the international airport terminal be named after former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, the architect of the economic reforms in the country and the national airport terminal after former Chief Minister N T Rama Rao, who upheld the self esteem of Telugu people all over the world.

The names would be definitely changed when the TDP came to power, he asserted.

He termed as an ''insult'' to all Telugu people the denial of appointment for Congress Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader G Venkataswamy to meet Ms Gandhi, forcing him to return after four days of stay in the national capital.

While the Tamil Nadu Government had got classical language status for Tamil, the Congress Government had failed to effectively take up the grant of such a status for Telugu with the Centre, he said.

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It's Kadi Chawal for Manmohan and a Marwari-UP combo for Sonia!

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New Delhi, Apr.7 : Jean Antheleme Brillat-Savarin, in his 1825 work, The Physiology of Taste, wrote, "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." Our current leaders do not talk much about what their dietery preferences are, though everybody knows that the Father of the Nation survived on the bare minimum and the satvik bhojan that he partook of was a major reason for the disciplined life that he led.

Similarly, India's first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru, to the manor born, was not much of a foodie, but veered towards European cuisine. His daughter Indira Gandhi again did not really relish her meals, but was particular that they be served in a proper manner. Her son Rajiv on the other hand would not hesitate in eating a kachori from a roadside dhaba made in the most unhygienic surroundings.

Barely a fortnight before his tragic assassination (May 21, 1991), I covered his campaign in Bhopal and saw him unabashedly polishing off three samosas in a matter of minutes and washing it down with water which I am certain didn't come out of a bottle. I couldn't hide my smile at such simple trust he had on people who thrust food at him. That probably was the way he went through life, trusting all and trusting implicitly.

Sonia Gandhi those days hardly had any security around her, and I once saw her tucking into rajma chaval and spicy pickle in Indian railways foil (foul) meals. Contrary to what one might assume that being Italian she probably prefers salads and pastas, Mrs.Gandhi loves exotic Indian cuisine whether rich marwari or UP style cooking or Kashmiri. Sonia likes to experiment with her food, but watches her weighing scale equally hawkishly.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watches what he eats so carefully, one wishes he had watched the inflation figure with such minute concern. Spartan to the core, the good doctor likes dahi chaval or kadi chaval, (which incidentally is just the north Indian version of the thayir saadam of the Coromandel Coast). He stays clear of desserts, probably because he is diabetic.

His wife Gursharan Kaur keeps an eagle eye on what he is served when he travels.

That was an impossible task for friends and family who traveled with former Prime Minister Vajpayee. Atalji is a total epicurean. Not at all discriminatory in cuisine selection, he would eat everything that was served to him with such childlike gusto that it had journalists and even foreign dignitaries look on enviously.

Chinese prawns and desi mithai were favorites though for public consumption it was said that khichdi was what he actually liked. After his knee surgery, Atalji was asked to be careful with his diet and exercise regularly, but all good advise fell on deaf ears.

He tucked into his lobsters and laddus with equal relish. I have seen him at banquets pay scant attention to the head of state sitting next to him, but look on with great interest at what was served by the Hyderabad House chefs. The good life sits easy on his ample shoulders.

Mr. Vajpayee's friend and colleague L.K.Advani on the other hand eats very little. A vegetarian by choice, small servings of rice and dal with lauki, kaddu, ghia sabzi is what he eats.

But that is not to say that guests at the Advani household are served that. Mrs. Advani is a legendary hostess so anybody who visits them at meal times is automatically asked to join the family for a meal. And she can rustle up a feast in minutes. Mr. Advani is often seen at the dining hall of the India International Centre or in Sagar, a south Indian restaurant.

He is quite uncomfortable at the ostentatious restaurants of deluxe hotels. During his rath yatras I have seen him drinking butter milk offered by villagers or eating prasad at very small temples. When I asked him if he didn't fear being poisoned or even for his health, he smiled and said that he had complete faith in the poor.

Of other BJP politicians who are known for their food habits are Sushma Swaraj and Vijay Goel, both of whom love desi khana and enjoy serving their guests exotic vegetarian specialties from old Delhi. Gujarat Chief Minister Modi is a spartan eater, but his friend Arun Jaitley likes a well cooked and well served meal.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mayawati ignores gentle advise to go easy on her diet. Mulayam Singh is a vegetarian and a very small eater, but loves a good sarson ka saag. In neighbouring Punjab, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is a legendary host and his banquet table groans with the heavy food he serves. Sukhbir Badal and his wife are gracious hosts who are vegetarians but are experimental in what they eat.

Omar Abdullah is often seen in Tony Market in down town New Delhi shopping for food ingredients. But seeing his and wife Payal's slim physique, one doubts whether he really binges on food. Another young politician Jitin Prasada shares none of his father's passion for food. The late Jitendra Prasada, congress stalwart from UP enjoyed rich Mughali food.

One look at chief minister Jayalalitha's frame and you know its not avial that is responsible for that girth. Deve Gowda brought the humble raagi mudde to 7, Race Course Road. Narasimha Rao liked his idli and sambhar every morning.

Once when he was in New York as prime minister, the chefs at the hotel very pointedly asked the PM's chef as to how Mr Rao could eat such spicy food so early in the morning. It was 7a.m. Also from the Deccan, Venkiah Naidu and Jaipal Reddy have often indulged in food diplomacy with the press corps.

The Bengal tigers in the coalition favour their own local cuisines but you know where you will never catch them! At a MacDonald, chomping on, heaven forbid, a multi national made juicy burger! That would be tantamount to agreeing to the Indo-US nuclear deal.

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Now fishermen might get added to the fortune 500 list as they try to make money through dead bodies. Fishermen in Uganda have found an easier way of making money through dead bodies. They are using dead bodies as bait and catching plenty of fishes in Lake Victoria. They also hide bodies and when their relatives claim for the body lost under water, they demand ransom from their relatives. They normally demand about Shs50,000 to do a search in the water per day.

The Jinja Central Police Station records show that this year, seven bodies have been recovered from water bodies around the region and fishermen are being accused of hiding the bodies in the water. A police official said, “We have heard allegations that the fishermen usually tether the bodies to rocks and use them to attract fish for their catch. They also reportedly use the bodies to get ransom from relatives of the deceased when they claim to be looking for it under the water for days."

One of the fisherman admits that sometime back in 2006, there was a body in his fishing area and plenty of fishes around it. This gave us an idea of using dead bodies to catch fishes".

It is a nomenclature that businessmen makemoney, but its now the fishermen's turn.

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New Delhi, Sept 13: Hinduism is losing its traditional tolerance because some Hindus have started believing that it is their faith that has brought them political power - and because this belief is not being challenged by "those at the top", Fali S Nariman, one of India's most celebrated jurists, said on Friday.

Nariman said he agreed that the "majority government at the Centre" had done nothing to stop the recent repeated tirades by individuals or groups against members of minority communities.

The eminent constitutional expert delivered the Annual Lecture at the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), titled ‘Minorities at Crossroads: Comments on Judicial Pronouncements'.

Nariman, who began the lecture by saying that he welcomed the single-party majority government at the Centre but also feared it because of "past experience with majoritarian government(s)", said Hinduism has traditionally been the most tolerant of all Indian faiths.

"But - recurrent instances of religious tension fanned by fanaticism and hate speech has shown that the Hindu tradition of tolerance is showing signs of strain. And let me say this frankly - my apprehension is that Hinduism is somehow changing its benign face because, and only because it is believed and proudly proclaimed by a few (and not contradicted by those at the top): that it is because of their faith and belief that HINDUS have been now put in the driving seat of governance," he said.

"We have been hearing on television and reading in newspapers almost on a daily basis a tirade by one or more individuals or groups against one or another section of citizens who belong to a religious minority and the criticism has been that the majority government at the Centre has done nothing to stop this tirade," Nariman said.

"I agree."

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has delivered a series of speeches at election meetings in the recent past, for which the Election Commission reprimanded and cautioned him on Thursday, and ordered that an FIR be registered against him. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has described India as a "Hindu nation", and several political leaders linked to the Sangh Parivar have made allegedly provocative statements since the Narendra Modi government came to power.
Nariman criticised the NCM for not carrying out its "main task", the "protection of the interests of the minorities".

"Every government...will do or not do whatever it considers expedient to advance its own political interests... This is why...Parliament has...set up an independent Minorities Commission...
"...The main task of the Commission is ‘protecting the interests of minorities'. And how does one protect the interest of minorities who (or a section of which) are on a daily basis lampooned and ridiculed or spoken against in derogatory language? The answer is by invoking continued.

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Yogeshwar Dutt's campaign in Rio Olympics ends, India's last medal hopes dashed

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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21: In a massive setback to India's last hope of winning a third Olympic medal on the final day of the Rio Olympics 2016, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's challenge came to a shocking end on Sunday (Aug 21).

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India's star wrestler first lost his opening bout to Mongolia's Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 0-3 and his chance to win a repechage also ended after the Mongolian was defeated by Russia's Soslon Ramonov in the 65kg quarter final.

India's Yogeshwar Dutt after losing the bout against Mongolian wrestler Mandakhnaran Ganzorig during the Men's 65kg Freestyle match in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday.

With Yogeshwar's journey in Rio coming to an end, India's challenge in the Rio Games also ended and the nation had to satisfy with just two medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) in its kitty.

The Indian wrestler looked out of shape from the very beginning as he was not in his usual form. The wrestler from Haryana took a defensive stand from the beginning of the bout which also saw him get penalised.

The London Olympic bronze-medallist's lost to Mandakhnaran, the gold-medallist from the 2010 Asian Games and a two-time World Championships bronze-winner.

As Mandakhnaran failed to make it to the final, Yogeshwar didn't get to fight two repechage rounds before entering the bronze medal playoff.

The 33-year-old grappler from Haryana, who was playing in his fourth and, in all probability, last Olympics, looked a pale shadow of his previous self as he lost 0-3 to the Mongolian grappler.

From the very beginning, Yogeshwar failed to get around the Mandakhnaran, who moved at a very fast pace.

In the opening period, Mandakhnaran earned a point in 30 seconds due to the passivity of Yogeshwar to take a 1-0 lead. Mandakhnaran then turned a defensive position into an attacking one to take down Yogeshwar and quickly bag two points to surge ahead.

With a minute to go, Yogeshwar failed to get around his opponent and went into the break 0-3 down. Yogeshwar, who qualified only in March this year for the Rio Games after struggling with a knee injury, was expected to turn the tables in the second period but he just could not script a comeback. In the last minute of the bout, he tried to pin down his rival but all his efforts went in vain.

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Hey everyone! Today I finally have a new Youtube video for you after more than a year thanks to shopping website Shopcade. They kindly sponsored these nails, if you wish to see the products provided they're all linked in the description of the video. You can also see their post on Mermaid Chevron Nails here. The full video is included at the end of this post so make sure you click after the jump!

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  • Old Man. Threescore and ten I can remember well:
    Within the volume of which time I have seen
    Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night 950
    Hath trifled former knowings.
  • Ross. Ah, good father,
    Thou seest, the heavens, as troubled with man's act,
    Threaten his bloody stage: by the clock, 'tis day,
    And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp: 955
    Is't night's predominance, or the day's shame,
    That darkness does the face of earth entomb,
    When living light should kiss it?
  • Old Man. 'Tis unnatural,
    Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last, 960
    A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
    Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
  • Ross. And Duncan's horses—a thing most strange and certain—
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  • Old Man. 'Tis said they eat each other.
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How to evaluate camera noise in the lab... JW offered a protocol, she says it's very doable, but not simple.

Some light sources produce diffuse, unfocused light, which is delivered through optic fiber. Laser/fiber set-up can be thrown out of alignment too (eg by jostling optic fiber), which then needs to be realigned by laser technician.

Lara P. says that coverslip thickness is important even when immersing in oil.

Low fluor media for live cell imaging.

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If signal is strong enough, and you can afford to bleach a little... always look through the eyepiece before acquiring image. 1) Your eyes have a broader dynamic range than the camera, and your eyes may see objects of intermediate signal strength clearly, that are difficult to see in the acquired image. The image can be gamma adjusted to improve the appearance of such intermediate objects.

2) Your eyes will see if there's bleed through from other channels (eg orange in a YFP/RFP double label), all of which will only appear grey in the acquired greyscale image.

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Pop Quiz: How Much Influence Does Big-Ag Have on Univeristy Research Programs?

Recent research coming out of Stanford University suggesting that there are no nutritional advantages to choosing organic food over conventional, was shocking for many consumers, especially for those who have seen their own health improve on an organic diet. Accusations of corporate influence quickly followed the research, connecting the study’s co-author to a history of using specially designed algorhythms to satisfy corporate influences. Giant corporations, especially in the biotech industry, have been making significant donations to higher learning institutions across the nation for decades. So, wanna guess just how much the Big Ag industry is influencing universities? (We won’t take off points for spelling.)

Universities, like Stanford, are steeped in decades—if not centuries—of highly respected research traditions, providing irrefutable facts at best, and earnest efforts of discovery at worst. We trust university researchers to provide us reliable scientific pursuits, but according to a report released earlier this year by the watchdog advocacy group, Food and Water Watch, “Since the 1970s, private-sector spending on agricultural research has skyrocketed, outstripping total public-sector spending.” The report says that between 1970 and 2006, “agricultural research expenditures (both in-house research and donations to land-grants) nearly tripled from $2.6 billion to $7.4 billion, in inflation-adjusted 2010 dollars.” Corporations, trade associations and foundations invested nearly $1 billion in 2009 for agricultural research at land-grant schools—outpacing donations from the USDA by more than 25 percent.

Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott writes of the land-grant universities, which were started in 1862 by the government on public land, “The idea of the land grants was to generate agricultural research, funded by the federal government, that benefited society as a whole. And that’s pretty much how things went for the first century.” And according to Food and Water Watch, by the mid-20th century, “seed-breeding programs at land-grant universities were responsible for developing almost all new seed and plant varieties.” Those seeds were public resources—just like the schools themselves—until the 1980s when, after passage of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, universities and the government “began to encourage professors to behave like entrepreneurs who could benefit financially from their research, not public employees,” says Philpott of the biotech inudstry that has boomed ever since, making genetically modified foods the dominant crops in our country today. “That’s when food and agribusiness companies, which were then in the process of consolidating into the vast global enterprises we know today, began to funnel huge amounts of cash into the land grants.”

According to the Food and Water Watch report, the funding “steers land-grant research toward the goals of industry. It also discourages independent research that might be critical of the industrial model of agriculture and diverts public research capacity away from important issues such as rural economies, environmental quality and the public health implications of agriculture.”

And it’s more than just research funding: branding efforts are playing a significant role in changing the face of today’s universities as well. “Monsanto’s million dollar pledge to Iowa State University ensured naming rights to the Monsanto Student Services Wing in the main agriculture building,” cites the report. “The University of Missouri houses a Monsanto Auditorium. Monsanto gave $200,000 to the University of Illinois’s college of agriculture to fund the Monsanto Multi-Media Executive Studio, where industry seminars are held.  Kroger and ConAgra each have research laboratories named after them at Purdue University’s school of food sciences.”

Big-Ag corporations also participate in university boards: Monsanto, Chiquita, and Dole are on the University of California at Davis Advisory Board, and Dole, Sysco, Earthbound Farms are on the university’s Technical Committee at the school’s Center for Produce Safety; Tyson and Walmart  are on the advisory board at the University of Arkansas; Cargill, ConAgra, General Mills, Unilever, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola are on the Board of Advisors at the Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia; Monsanto and Pioneer Hi-Bred have members of the Board of Advisors at the Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, to name a few major examples.

Further, Food and Water Watch’s report found that many university professors “are highly dependent on industry for research funding.” Data shows a number of professors receiving private grants in the millions from companies including Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Syngenta, Pfizer and Archer Daniels Midland. And beyond receiving research funds from private companies, “some professors supplement their academic salaries with corporate consulting fees. A 2005 survey found that nearly a third of land-grant agricultural scientists reported consulting for private industry.”

Any boon to revenues for learning institutions would seem to be a benefit to our culture, but the corporate influence can’t be ignored as Philpott points out, “At some of the more prestigious schools, professors have morphed into something that looks a lot like house researchers for the agrichemical industry.”

“The conflicts of interest between public good and private profits or between independent research and for-hire science remain largely unchallenged by both academia and policymakers,” cites Food and Water Watch, “there is a critical role for government to play in supporting research that can spur a financially viable alternative to the industrialized model that dominates American agriculture.”

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ImmunogenRecombinant fragment corresponding to a region within amino acids 1 and 237 of DAZ2 (Uniprot ID#Q13117)
Clone Name IsotypeIgG
Species ReactivityHuman Concentration1mg/ml
Guaranteed Application *WB, IF Suggested DilutionsICC/IF:1:100-1:1000; WB:1:500-1:3000
Predicted MW Explanation 63kDa
Buffer0.1M Tris, 0.1M Glycine, 10% Glycerol (pH7). 0.01% Thimerosal was added as a preservative.
Purification Purified by antigen-affinity chromatography.

Reference Data

Target NameHomo sapiens deleted in azoospermia 2 (DAZ2), transcript variant 1
Alternative NamepDP1678; pDP1678
Database LinkNP_065096
Entrez Gene 57055 Human
FunctionThis gene is a member of the DAZ gene family and is a candidate for the human Y-chromosomal azoospermia factor (AZF). Its expression is restricted to premeiotic germ cells, particularly in spermatogonia. It encodes an RNA-binding protein that is important for spermatogenesis. Four copies of this gene are found on chromosome Y within palindromic duplications; one pair of genes is part of the P2 palindrome and the second pair is part of the P1 palindrome. Each gene contains a 2.4 kb repeat including a 72-bp exon, called the DAZ repeat; the number of DAZ repeats is variable and there are several variations in the sequence of the DAZ repeat. Each copy of the gene also contains a 10.8 kb region that may be amplified; this region includes five exons that encode an RNA recognition motif (RRM) domain. This gene contains one copy of the 10.8 kb repeat. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq]
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Sample (30 ug of whole cell lysate). A: Molt-4 . 7.5% SDS PAGE. TA309024 diluted at 1:1000

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Immunofluorescence analysis of paraformaldehyde-fixed HeLa, using DAZ2(TA309024) antibody at 1:200 dilution.

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PPP2R2A (NM_001177591) Human cDNA ORF Clone

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RC230117 PPP2R2A (Myc-DDK-tagged)-Human protein phosphatase 2, regulatory subunit B, alpha (PPP2R2A), transcript variant 2, 10µg
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TrueORF Data for RC230117
Vector: pCMV6-Entry   Change vector? Tag: C-terminal Myc-DDK
Western validation with an anti-DDK antibody *
L: Control HEK293 lysate
R: Over-expression lysate
Sequence Data: ORF Nucleotide Sequence
Protein Sequence
ORF Size: 1371 bp
Predicted Protein MW: 53.4 kDa
Restriction Sites: SgfI-MluI     Cloning Scheme for this gene     Plasmid Map Plasmid Map
OTI Annotation: This clone was engineered to express the complete ORF with an expression tag. Expression varies depending on the nature of the gene.
OTI Disclaimer: The molecular sequence of this clone aligns with the gene accession number as a point of reference only. However, individual transcript sequences of the same gene can differ through naturally occurring variations (e.g. polymorphisms), each with its own valid existence. This clone is substantially in agreement with the reference, but a complete review of all prevailing variants is recommended prior to use. More info
Product Components: The ORF clone is ion-exchange column purified, transfection-ready dried plasmid DNA, and shipped with 2 vector sequencing primers.
Protein Families: PhosphataseDruggable Genome
Protein Pathways: Tight junction
* The lysates used for this WB picture contain the overexpressed empty vector or the Myc-DDK tagged ORF clone.

Reference Data
RefSeq Explanation: NM_001177591.1, NP_001171062 RefSeq Size: RefSeq ORF: 1374
Synonyms : B55A; B55ALPHA; PR52A; PR55A
LocusID: 5520 Cytogenetic: 8p21.2
Gene Summary: The product of this gene belongs to the phosphatase 2 regulatory subunit B family. Protein phosphatase 2 is one of the four major Ser/Thr phosphatases, and it is implicated in the negative control of cell growth and division. It consists of a common heteromeric core enzyme, which is composed of a catalytic subunit and a constant regulatory subunit, that associates with a variety of regulatory subunits. The B regulatory subunit might modulate substrate selectivity and catalytic activity. This gene encodes an alpha isoform of the regulatory subunit B55 subfamily. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2010].

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Chicago basks in the 50s as January draws to a close

A year ago, the Chicago area was bracing for a paralyzing blizzard. Today, we basked in weather just a few degrees shy of the record.

By 3 p.m., the temperature was 57 at the city's official recording station at O'Hare International Airport. That's 8 degrees below the record of 65 degrees set in 1989 -- which was expected to stand as clouds moved into the area this afternoon.

Current weather patterns are bringing warm, moist air into the area from Texas and Louisiana. Yesterday's high of 53 missed the day's record by only two degrees, according to WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/weather/tom-skilling-PECLB0017764463.topic">Tom Skilling.

The latest round of unseasonable warmth comes at the end of a month expected to finish nearly 6 degrees above normal, Skilling noted.

In fact, the opening two months of the meteorological winter season, which began Dec. 1, have been this area's mildest in 78 years and have featured the fewest number of days with an inch of snow on the ground -- just seven of them -- in 23 years.

This is a far cry from last year's blizzard that hit on Ground Hog's Day and dumped 21.2 inches of snow at O'Hare International Airport, making it the third-largest snowstorm on record for Chicago.

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'The Event' promises a death and no flashbacks

After a 10-episode opening salvo that relied heavily on flashbacks and was not exactly a ratings blockbuster, NBC's science-fiction thriller "The Event" returned last Monday with a two-hour block that featured Director of National Intelligence Blake Sterling (Zeljko Ivanek) sprawled on the ground with several bullet wounds.

As there was no medical professional pronouncing time of death, making assumptions is likely unwise. But someone will die. Executive producer Evan Katz promises it.

"In the next batch of episodes," says Katz, "there's going to be a major attack launched on this country by our friends. You're going to find out who and what Hal Holbrook's character is. A character who's become a main character is going to die in episode 15."

The show began with an ordinary guy named Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) whose girlfriend, Leila (Sarah Roemer), was abducted. That led him to uncover a conspiracy stretching back 66 years, in which the United States government maintained a secret detention facility at Mount Inostranka in Alaska, where it housed humanoid inhabitants of a crashed alien spacecraft.

Or, at least, some of the aliens are there, led by Sophia (Laura Innes). The rest have been living among the human population and in at least one case, producing alien/human hybrid children. Another alien, Simon Lee (Ian Anthony Dale), has infiltrated the CIA and is close to recently elected U.S. President Elias Martinez (Blair Underwood).

Meanwhile, Sophia's rebellious son, Thomas (Clifton Collins Jr.), is leading his own insurrection, causing trouble for both humanity and his fellow aliens.In the White House, Martinez has found himself facing trouble from both the aliens and from an Alaskan senator (Virginia Madsen) who isn't willing to sit down and keep quiet while filling out the remaining weeks of her late husband's term. She's onto the secret facility at Inostranka and is willing to bargain to get answers.

It's a lot to take in for a new chief executive.

Sitting back in his chair behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office (actually a replica set, the same one used on Fox's "24," for which Katz was a producer), Underwood says, "Martinez felt he could make a change as president. He felt he could make a difference in the lives of all people. He's a peacemaker.

"That's why there's been a very fast evolution from wanting to release these people to realizing these people are dangerous. His job is to oversee the lives of the American people, at the end of the day, in terms of national security.

"When we first meet him, he would never justify in his mind that it's OK to have anybody killed. He's not for war necessarily. But it's that realization that a lot of presidents have who are warmhearted and want to 'Kumbaya' and all that; they realize after the first national security briefing the reality of being the leader of this country."

Meanwhile, Sean Walker -- a man not privy to world secrets -- has been carrying just as heavy a burden.

"You're going to see Sean," Katz says, "start to transform into someone who, by the end of the season, is not going to be recognizable from this sweet, innocent Everyman who just wanted to take his girlfriend on a cruise.

"He's going to be pushed to acts of great desperation and things he wouldn't have believed. We have a great ending to the season that I've never seen before, which is not easy, that will forever alter the world that everyone inhabits."

And, says Katz, "No more flashbacks."

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Shannon Moore - Head Coach, Atomic Rowing Programs

Shannon Moore was named Head Coach for the Atomic Rowing Programs in August 2015. In this capacity, she will direct the developmental and competitive programs for Junior Novices, Men's and Women's Varsity, and Adult rowing programs.

Shannon Moore was a decorated rower for the Ohio State University, was a Member of the US Rowing National Team, and medaled in both the Women’s 4+ and 8+ in the USRowing National Championships during her amateur rowing career.

Shannon has 17 years of coaching experience, including international, collegiate and competitive club and high school programs. She has applied her formal education and practical experience in technical and physiological training, nutrition, and cardio fitness to produce gold medal-winning teams in the most prestigious events in the US and Canada. Shannon returns to ORRA after guiding the Atomic Women’s Varsity team to a gold medal at the 2014 USRowing Southeast Regional Championships. She will again run the Women’s Varsity program in addition to her Head Coach responsibilities.

Shannon Moore has a Bachelors of Science degree from The Ohio State University in Human Ecology and a Masters of Science degree from Columbia University in Applied Physiology and Nutrition.

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Evelyn Radford

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Evelyn Radford - Coach, Coaching Coordinator and Administrator

Evelyn Radford began her rowing career on the waters of Melton Hill Lake.  An Oak Ridge native, Evelyn began as a novice coxswain in 2004.  A year later, after placing first at the indoor erg competition in Chattanooga, she moved up to the position of rower and eventually team captain of the varsity squad.  During the summer, Evelyn represented Southeast Juniors at Club Nationals, placing third in the Second Women's Varsity 8+ in 2007 and second in the First Women's Varsity 8+ in 2008.

In 2009, Evelyn walked on to the University of Tennessee Women's Division I Rowing Team, where she competed in such prestigious events as Conference USA, Head of the Charles, and the NCAA Championships.  Over her four years at Tennessee, not only did Evelyn receive her Bachelor's of Science in Communication Studies, but she put these skills to work for her as team captain and leader.  Some of her favorite moments included winning gold in the Women's Club 8+ at the 2011 Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, winning the Women's Varsity 8+ race at Conference USAs, and becoming a Conference USA Champion in 2010 and 2012.  Now, Evelyn is excited to be back in her home town, sharing her passion and love of the sport with those around her.

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Matt Kaminski - Coach, Atomic Masters Rowing Program

In October 2015, Matt Kaminski joined ORRA's Atomic Rowing Program as the Master's Coach, with responsibility for executing the recreational, developmental, and competitive programs for the Adult rowing program.

Matt Kaminski had a distinguished Junior rowing career, highlighted by a gold medal in the Men's Junior 8+ in Great Britain's National Championship (1986), and a very successful collegiate career that included FIRA (Team Champions), SIRA (undefeated in MV8), and Dad Vail medals in MV8. He has coached at scholastic and collegiate programs since completing college, producing a significant list of medalists. Matt  has been very successful placing scholastic rowers in Division 1 rowing programs.

Matt has a Bachelors of Arts degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in Psychology. He volunteers in his spare time for a variety of socially conscious activities including crisis counseling, and working as a victim's advocate.

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Marc DeRose began his coaching career in Montreal, Canada in 1997.  Since then he’s held several coaching positions around the United States and Canada.
In 1999, DeRose began his college coaching career as head coach of the men’s rowing team at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  There he led the team to one of its most successful records in team history.  Concurrently, DeRose spent some time working with the Under-23 lightweight team at the Ottawa Rowing Club; an effort which yielded a Canadian National Championship and national bronze medal in addition to two Canadian Henley first place finishes.
Following UMass, DeRose served as head coach of the lightweight men’s team at Columbia University in New York City.  During his five years at Columbia, DeRose’s teams finished 2nd and fourth nationally.  While at Columbia, DeRose also coached the U.S. Under-23 lightweight four to a 11th place finish at the 2007 U23 World Championships.  In addition to this DeRose coached the Guatemalan single to a 13th place finish at the 2005 World Championships.
He then took on a new role at the University of Central Florida as assistant women’s rowing coach – a position he would leave after one year only to return two years later.  Between coaching at University of Central Florida, DeRose became the assistant coach at the University of Miami and then the head coach for the St. George’s School in Vancouver, Canada.  While at St. George’s, DeRose led the team to a Canadian School Boy National Championship in the eight.
DeRose then moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to assume a role coaching with the Atomic Juniors Rowing program.  While there he’s coached various programs and rowers.  Most notably was his work with the 2015 women’s single which yielded top six finishes at US National Championships and Canadian Henley as well as a southeast regional gold medal.
When not coaching at Atomic, DeRose is President of Explore Oak Ridge – the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau.  A position that combines DeRose’s love for rowing and opportunity to help develop Oak Ridge as, among other things, one of the nation’s favorite rowing destinations.
DeRose graduated from Trent University in Peterborough, Canada in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in biology.  He then went on to complete a master’s degree also in biology.  He lives in Oak Ridge with his wife and two daughters.

Kelly Kraiss

Kelly Kraiss

Kelly Kraiss - Coach, Novice WOmen

Kelly is originally from Orlando, Florida, where she started rowing with Orlando Area Rowing Society (OARS) in 1996. At OARS, Kelly won Southeast Regionals in the Varsity 8+ and 4+, and finished in 6th place at Youth Nationals in the Varsity 4+. She was a four-year letter winner at the University of Tennessee, from where she graduated in 2003 with a B.S. in Early Childhood Special Education. Her senior year, the Lady Vols were nationally ranked for the first time in school history. Kelly was a member of the Club 8+ that finished first at the Head of the Charles in 2001 and was also named as a Collegiate Rowing Coaches' Association National Scholar-Athlete that year.

After graduating from UT, Kelly was a special education teacher and also completed law school. She ran a marathon and several half-marathons and also completed a triathlon. She lived in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Orlando.  While in Orlando, Kelly coached Masters' Women at OARS and also did a number of learn-to-row sessions for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults.

Kelly is currently completing her Ph.D. at UT in Special Education. She is very interested in fitness and athletics for students and adults with disabilities and hopes to center her dissertation around this topic. She also works as a fitness coach and is group exercised certified to teach Insanity. Kelly loves rowing and fitness in general (dancing, cycling, running, swimming, yoga, group classes) and is excited to share this with the team at Oak Ridge.

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Sarah McAuliffe - Regatta Director

Sarah McAuliffe brings a love and long history of rowing to Oak Ridge Rowing Association. She has a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management from the University of Tennessee, and competed for UT's Lady Vols rowing program during her undergraduate years.

Sarah is a decorated scholar-athlete, a member of the C-USA, SEC, and Big-12 Honor Rolls in 2012-2015, and the 2014 C-USA All-Conference Team and 2015 Big 12 All-Conference Team.

She has a distinguished volunteer history, working with Habitat for Humanity, the Boys and Girls Club, the Salvation Army, Special Olympics, and a number of other charitable organizations.

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Aug 2012 04:17 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems "Quick - name the most important personal computer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those of you who mentioned the legendary Apple II - that's fine. I respect your decision. Forced to think objectively in 2012, I may even agree. But if you just named Radio Shack's TRS-80, you made me smile. Your choice is entirely defensible. And back in the TRS-80's heyday, I not only would have agreed with it but would have vehemently opposed any other candidate."
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RE: Were TRS-80 clones legal?
by henderson101 on Sun 5th Aug 2012 21:20 UTC in reply to "Were TRS-80 clones legal?"
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The British market for TRS-80 was dominated by the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64, which were not exactly compatible, but TRS-80 alikes. Probably the biggest issue with the TRS-80 was the PAL standard, which broke a lot of the graphical tricks used on the TRS-80.

I suspect in the UK, the TRS-80's biggest claim to fame was being the development system used by a lot of Sinclair ZX Spectrum programmers to develop for the (frankly awful to code on) Spectrum.

A lot of that was availability. Matthew Smith developed Manic Miner on the TRS-80 because he had it to hand. I don't know of anyone else that did that, but sure there were some. Let's be honest, assembler is assembler, the computer has little to do with that.

To answer your other question, Matthew Smith loaded the TRS-80 code by writing a custom machine code tape loader on the Spectrum. The code of which is in the released version of Manic Miner and baffled a lot of hackers till it was explained!

The TRS-80 was a good Z80 system, but once the world's greatest 8-bit micro of all time, the BBC Micro (which destroyed the Apple II that had come out years earlier), it was all over in the UK for the TRS-80 for "serious" 8-bit users, whom I suspect mostly ditched their TRS-80's for the BBC Micro.

Hmmmm. This is pure fantasy. The BBC was stupidly expensive. I was 8 when the Spectrum came out. I grew up in the 8 bit era. I knew a lot of people with computers. The ZX81 was extremely popular. The Spectrum was the most popular 8-bit by a country mile. The Commodore 64 was a close second. I knew 2 people with Atari 800xl's, I knew a guy with a Commodore 16, a couple of people with Oric 1 or Atmos, and a few people with Electrons** and Amstrad CPC's. The only people I ever met with a BBC B was, #1 my uncle, who went through Dragon 64 to BBC B and was obsessed with the game Elite. Second was the boffy sons of my High School English teacher, who lived on the corner of my street. By 1989, the ST and Amiga were coming on the scene and blasting everything out of the water.

Apple just never made inroads in the UK because we already had our own strong market by the time the hardware became reasonably priced.

** The Electron was a distinct computer that had some compatibility with the BBC, but half the games didn't work and it lost all of the cooler stuff.

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Linux I wrote an article a while ago on Linux packaging and Autopackage. There seemed to be quite a lot of interest in it so we got version 0.3 released today.
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by whoop-ie-doop-ie on Thu 4th Sep 2003 00:04 UTC

>> Autopackage looks really great, and I'm very impressed with it, but it's gonna be a challenge to get people to use and accept it.

No no no, it's going to be a 'challenge' to get _developers_ to use and accept it, not users.. (remember, autopackage downloads/installs itself when not installed on the system)

Why should they (the users) not choose to d/l an autopackage instead of RPM/tarball/whatever if the former is much easier to use and does much more work related to system integration of the packaged program?.

There's almost no cons with this system so I really don't see any challenge..

/me, being a developer for an unreleased OSS project, is definitely going to use it, so that's 1 developer less to be convinced ;)

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PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless It's no secret that the webOS is no speed demon. Sure, it has the most elegant multitasking interface (the fact that it multitasks at all means it bests both Android and iOS), but it's not exactly fast. This is all going to change. Palm held its Developer Day in New York this weekend, and unveiled its new application development framework, set to replace the current Mojo framework. Not only will this new framework, named Enyo, be a lot faster than Mojo, it will also be designed around multiple display resolutions.
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Bugs & Viruses A lot of people have been emailing us about an issue we are having with one of our ads taking over OSNews. Thank you all for emailing us, the information provided is of good use to us. We are currently working on the problem, and will let you know once it has been fixed. We would like to apologise for the inconvenience. Update by DA: I think that I've tracked down the offender. Read more for details Update 2: This time I think we really fixed it.
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Malicious site ? Check the domain name in the url: this was not trolling.
It's one of the actual pages you would end up on instead of OSNews because of the "problem". The link was just kindly disabled with a warning...

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Aug 2010 13:57 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless The fact that Android is doing well shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; lots of figures already prove that. New figures from research firms Gartner and IDC from the second quarter of 2010 show that not only is Android doing well in the United States - it's doing well in Foreign as well. Worldwide, Android has soared past iOS, and is closing in on Research In Motion's BlackBerry - just one percentage point left. Symbian is still the undisputed king of smartphone land, with more installations sold than RIM and Android combined.
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RE: Yesterday's news...
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 12th Aug 2010 15:59 UTC in reply to "Yesterday's news..."
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It's August 12 today. That's the date of their press releases. It's not yesterday's news.

And as for my English - well. Gelukkig is dat niet de enige taal waarin ik mij verstaanbaar kan maken ;) .

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RE[2]: Yesterday's news...
by Lennie on Thu 12th Aug 2010 16:10 in reply to "RE: Yesterday's news..."
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For those left wondering:

"Luckily that isn't the only language which I can use to make myself heard"

And no english is not my native language either. :-)

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RE[3]: Yesterday's news...
by vivainio on Thu 12th Aug 2010 16:15 in reply to "RE[2]: Yesterday's news..."
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RE[2]: Yesterday's news...
by timdp on Fri 13th Aug 2010 00:59 in reply to "RE: Yesterday's news..."
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I apologize. I thought this was yet another regurgitation of a different Android sales figure, combined with some of Gartner's projections that have been out there for a while as well. Reading OSNews at work is a great way to skim articles and jump to conclusions, after all.

As for the English: persoonlijk praat ik ook Frans, Duits en aardig wat Latijn. Laten we het daar vooral verder over hebben. ;)

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Discussion in 'Windows Desktop Systems' started by duder, Feb 14, 2002.

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    duder Guest

    ok this same thing happend with the freebie version, it was working fine until yesterday, now whenever i connect to the web, ie6 and outlook don't work. In the settings it says there not allowed to use the web, but i can't change them.

    p.s. I have the pro version now not the freebie
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    Sorry, don't have an answer, just a guess. Try removing them and adding them back in . . .
    P.S. I've used Norton Internet Security for about 6-7 months now, no problems yet, lol . . .
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Florida Orchestra Concert Highlights of 2014/2015 Season

By Henry Adams

The Florida Orchestra’s upcoming 2014/2015 season has lots of series to choose from to meet the needs of just about everyone’s musical tastes, budget and personal calendar, and with concerts in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, live symphonic music is always nearby. Aside from great concerts, subscribers enjoy various benefits, including a free friend voucher to invite a friend to a concert, 10 percent savings off single tickets and free flexible ticket exchanges for most concerts so that subscribers don’t have to worry about missing a concert due to a busy schedule.

The orchestra’s main musical offering is the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks series, where concertgoers can enjoy symphonies by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Haydn, Mahler and others by selecting one of several different Masterworks packages, running the gamut of 14, 10, 7 and 5 concerts.

FLORCHPeter_Serkin_credit_Kathy_ChapmanAnd there are plenty of heart-stopping concertos as well with Peter Serkin in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Midori in Schuman’s Violin Concerto, Pascal Rogé in Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2, Karen Gomyo in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Jeremy Denk in Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 3.

And to encourage concertgoers to introduce their children and grandchildren to live symphonic music, the upcoming season will offer children 18 and younger free “Classical Kids Tickets” to masterworks concerts with the purchase of adult tickets.

If symphonic classics are not your thing, the orchestra also offers some classic rock with such rockin’ effects as smoke, lasers, strobes and more. Next season’s Rock Concert series kicks off with The Music of the Rolling Stones, including such hits as Under My Thumb, I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women and more. The series  continues with a Radiohead+Brahms Mash-Up in a mystical mix of songs from Radiohead’s landmark OK Computer album combined with the dramatic and soaring themes of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. The series closes with a celebration of one of the premiere British rock bands of all time, The Who, in a night of hits from such iconic albums as Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who’s Next and Who Are You, among others.

From October through May, the orchestra regularly performs at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, and Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Nine different concert packages are now on sale or individuals can select preferred concerts with a Compose Your Own series.  Most concerts offer affordable single-ticket prices of $15, $30 and $45, which go on sale Monday, August 11.

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Fr. Dr. Jacob Mathew

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Fr. Dr. Jacob Mathew is currently lecturer at the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. Having completed his graduation (B.A.) and post-graduation (M.A.) in Economics from the Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi Universities, he did his theological education (Bachelor in Divinity) from the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. He earned his Masters in Theology from the United Theological College at Bangalore. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Theology (Old Testament) from the Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture (Kottayam) under the Senate of Serampore.

His areas of teaching are Prophets (Vision and Mission), Torah, Witness of Israel to Liberation, Post Biblical Judaism, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Readings from Feminist, Dalit, Tribal and Adivasi Perspectives and Patristics. Fr. Jacob Mathew is also immensely involved in the Orthodox Study Bible project of the MGOCSM.

Fr. Dr. Jacob Mathew has several published articles including

  • Palayathinappurathu: Lenten Meditations
  • Ente Snehathil Vassipin: Meditation on St. John Ch 15
  • Nee Ee Samayathu Mindathe Irunnaal: Meditation on Esther 4:14
  • Biography of St. John Chrysostom

Few of his published articles include:

  • A Biblical Theological and Practical Analysis of the Act of Confession (Purohithan)
  • Cordless Codes: Gadgets and Mouths (Published in the U. S.)

Fr. Dr. Jacob Mathew has also taken several public lectures like Old Testament in Modern Research and Gadhya Sahithyavum Vishudha Vedakapusthagavum: Saadhyadhakalum Prathyegagalum.


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The music industry trade group is referencing a half-year old report to scare companies into more proactive copyright enforcement policies. Because, you know, P2P networks are going to get you robbed, sued and infected by viruses.

Especially odd is a part that seems to single out younger coworkers as the gravest threat to corporate security. Encore quotes IFPI material with the following words:

"The problem appears to be concentrated among younger workers. The survey indicated that one in five under 25s illegally download music at work. It only takes one person to download an infected file and expose the company to huge risks."

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Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office Awards Honor Excellence in Preservation

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October 6, 2016

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) announced the winners of The Community Initiative Awards.  These awards recognize historic preservation efforts that are building on traditional strategies and developing innovative tactics to build stronger communities with a preservation ethic.

Inspired by this year's 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the PA SHPO is not only looking back at past successes, but also focusing on the future.  This effort presents the opportunity to promote new ideas that will influence the next phase of the preservation movement.

This year's award winners include:

Bradford Revitalization Team (Bradford, McKean County)

This team includes Bradford's Office of Economic & Community Development, the Downtown Bradford Revitalization Corporation, the Main Street Program and McKean County's Economic Development office. Bradford has become a model Certified Local Government and Main Street/Elm Street practitioner. The team clearly understands that preserving historic resources is integral to the city's economic and community development future. Their collaborative commitment to using the traditional tools within the preservation toolbox has created a community ready to integrate new ideas and approaches, build new partnerships and move into the next phase of preservation.

East Liberty Development Inc. (Pittsburgh, Allegheny County)

East Liberty Development, Inc. (ELDI) spearheaded the rapid revitalization of one of the most economically challenged and urban-renewal damaged neighborhoods in the city. The organization recognized from the beginning that a successful recovery needed to include a preservation-based design ethic.  It's not perfect, but there is now a vibrant mix of preservation and new construction in the neighborhood. ELDI is not a traditional preservation advocacy organization, but it has used traditional tactics (National Register districts, tax credits) while developing new ones, including using PA's Blighted and Abandoned Property Conservatorship law to provide a future for Saints Peter and Paul Church and Rectory.

Hidden City Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Philadelphia County)

An online publication (and tour organizer) that shares no-holds-barred stories focused on raising awareness of good architecture, planning issues and urban trends in Philadelphia. Hidden City's mission is to pull back the curtain on the city's most remarkable places and connect them to new people, functions and resources. While the publication promotes the current and future needs of the city's many communities, it has also formed a community of its own, with regular columnists and guest contributors from a cross-section of the city, and a community of people who share similar vision and goals.

The Community Initiative Awards will be presented at the 2016 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards hosted by Preservation PA on Friday, October 14, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM at The Yorktowne Hotel, 48 E. Market Street, York.

Under the direction the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the PA SHPO coordinates state and federal historic and preservation programs including the National Register of Historic Places, state and federal tax credits and review of state and federal projects for their impact on historic resources.

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In 2009 and 2010 we organised two fabulous conferences in Sussex. 2014 sees the return of AnderidaFest and what an amazing lineup it is too.

Our previous conferences were in July, but they were always competing with other Summer events, so for 2014 we have moved the conference to February, right on Imbolc. I don’t know about you but by then I’m missing my Pagan family and ready to go out, celebrate and have a good time.

AnderidaFest 2014 is booking now on the Anderida Gorsedd website – click this link

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  1. John Hartshorne September 2, 2013 at 11:07 pm - Reply

    Sadly, yet again, I will miss out.
    I will be in India staying in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Feb 14 – long story (and a good one)!
    Doubtless will meet up one day.

  2. Rhiannon September 3, 2013 at 6:58 am - Reply

    Purchased! Eeek so excited 🙂

  3. sarah September 23, 2013 at 9:48 am - Reply

    Sadly i cant afford to buy tickets, us struggling NHS nurses do not get paid enough

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PAG's Watershed Planning program focuses on strategies to preserve or improve the water resources in Pima County's watersheds.

As the Designated Planning Agency under Section 208 of the federal Clean Water Act, PAG plans for areawide wastewater treatment within Pima County. In addition, the program provides planning guidance to PAG-member jurisdictions, annual stormwater pollution prevention outreach and conducts riparian assessments on one of the region's only low elevation perennial streams, Cienega Creek.

Through PAG's Watershed Planning Subcommitee and Stormwater Management Working Group, PAG members have an opportunity to gain a better understanding of complicated state regulations that govern the use and the quality of our water resources. They also can develop coordinated input on new regulatory programs and keep informed about watershed policies and issues.

Community interest in preserving and restoring riparian habitats remains strong. While the regulatory structure is in place to ensure that drinking water needs are met, the trade-off has been that groundwater depletion has seriously degraded the quality of the natural stream environment. The future looks more promising as water conservation and water harvesting systems are increasingly being employed and stormwater is increasingly viewed as a viable water resource.

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Navajo Park open for boating, fishing, camping

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Even though the water level is below normal at Navajo State Park, there’s plenty of water for boating and other water-recreation activities.

“We have thousands of acres of water available for boating and the campground is open,” said Doug Secrist, park manager.

The boat ramp is in the water and small and medium-sized motorboats can be launched. There is not enough water, however, to launch large houseboats and sailboats.

There are many locations for good water skiing on the Colorado side of the park. For anglers, fishing is good for crappie, smallmouth bass and northern pike.

The low water level also provides a new opportunity for paddlers to try out their sea kayaks and canoes. Some historic sites that have been covered by water can now be explored. Sights include the old town of Arboles, the old railroad grade and several old homesteads. The exposed shoreline also offers new places for shoreline hiking and running. Paddlers should watch the weather because strong winds often come up around noon.

The Piedra River inlet on the north side of the park contains significant wetland areas and is ideal for bird watching and hiking and running along the old railroad grade.

The park offers more than 100 camp sites, many with full hookups, and three cabins are available for rent.

To reserve a camp spot or a cabin, call (800) 678-2267, or go to the reservation section of the Colorado Parks and Reservation website, http://coloradostateparks.reserveamerica.com.

Events, Junior Rangers

Navajo State Park offers regular educational programs for children and adults.

At 8 a.m., Saturday, July 6, Becky Gillette, southwest regional director for Audubon Rockies, will lead a bird walk to look for shorebirds, song birds, raptors and more. Meet at the north end of the Windsurf Beach at the Piedra Trailhead. Bring water and snacks. Bring binoculars; some will be available for those who don’t have them.

Youngsters can become a Junior Ranger by completing activities that encourage exploration, observation and study.  By completing outdoor exercises and a written quiz, participants earn a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Junior Ranger badge and signed certificate. Activities are designed for ages 4 to 12.

Join the park naturalist every Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m., and every Saturday and Sunday morning at 9 a.m. for a variety of programs including “Paint a fossil,” “Gyotuki-Fish Painting,” “Explore Historic Arboles,” “Bugs, Bugs, Bugs” and more.

All programs are free, but every vehicle entering the park must have a pass. Daily passes are $7, an annual pass is $70.

For more information about programs, facilities and activities, call the park at 883-2208.

For more information about camping, boating or fishing anywhere in Colorado, go to: cpw.state.co.us.

This story was posted on July 3, 2013.