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Bob Brainen's playlist October 12, 2002 E-mail Bob Brainen
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Artist Track Album / Format Year Comments Hank Levine and his Orchestra Image, Part One (45) 1961 Show intro theme. Laura Nyro The Wind Live: The Loom's Desire (CD box set) * 1993/2002 2 disc set of 2 Bottom Line Concerts done /w Laura's Harmony groups. Gordon Boyd Joey Joey Joey The Most Happy Fella (LP) 1956 Frank Loesser's Musical. Gil Evans Struttin' with some bar-b-que New Bottle Old Wine (LP) 1958 Betty Everett I can't hear you Hot to Handle (LP) 1964 U.K. comp. album Wildweeds It was fun while it lasted No Good to Cry: The Best of the Wildweeds * 1968/2002 Available from: Wildweeds.net Gracun Moncur III Tiny Temper One morning I waked up very early (sic) (LP) * 1969/2002 Reissue of Fr. Actuel album. Montage She's Alone Montage (CD) 1969/2002 Natalie Dessay and Delphine Haidan Flower Duet from Delibe's Lakme'. The Opera Album (CD box set) * 2002 2 disc set of Opera arias.
From the Bernice Brainen archive.
Dick Campbell Don Juan of the Western World Sings Where it's At * 1965/2002 Very ltd. edition of D.C's one and only album.
See: dick campbell
Thanks to Gary Campbell.
Judee Sill Lady-O Judee Sill (CD-R) 1971/2000 Japanese reissue of 1st lp.
Thanks to Stan B. Hirsch.
Erica Smith Come Around Erica Smith (CD) * 2002 Rebecca Hall Ballad of Willie Sunday Afternoon (CD) * 2002 David Blue I'd like to know David Blue (LP) 1966 His debut album. Magician's I'd like to know The Best of: An Invitation to Cry (CD) 1965/1999 Rolling Stones I am waiting Aftermath (CD) * 1966/2002 From new reissue.
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Rolling Stones She Smiled Sweetly Between the Buttons (CD) * 1967/2002 From new reissue.
Brian Jones on organ (?)
Sunshine Company Only thing that matters The Best of... (CD) * 1969/2002 Their final single. Harvey Reid Circles Dreamer or Believer * 1993/2002 2 disc set career overview.
See: www.woodpecker.com
Persuasions Anyway the wind blows Frankly A Cappella: The Persuasions sing Zappa (CD) * 2000 Muddy Waters Gypsy Woman The Real Folk Blues and More Real Folk Blues (CD) * 1947/1966/2002 Muddy's very first single on Aristocrat.
Thanks to Arthur Smith.
Tom Staley Vexations (Live) I've always known (CD) * 2002 Archival comp. disc from NRBQ's original drummer. See: www.tomstaleytoday.com NRBQ My blue heaven Music's been good to you (CD) * 1988/2002 Live track from archival comp. See: www.nrbq.com Babs Gonzales Get out of bed The Bebop Boys (LP box set) 1947/1978 2 album comp. of Savoy Bebop recordings
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Thai ex-PM supporters rally in show of force
Bangkok -
Supporters of Thailand's embattled government began streaming into western Bangkok for a show of force on Saturday that follows Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's ouster and a renewed push by demonstrators to install an unelected premier.
The gathering of the pro-government movement took place a day after anti-government protesters - who have been campaigning for six months to remove Yingluck from office - ramped up their efforts by laying siege to television stations, surrounding state offices, and demanding lawmakers help them install a non-elected prime minister by Monday.
Jatuporn Prompan, who heads the pro-government Red Shirts staging the rally, said that "as long as the country's democracy is not safe, we will be here."
Yingluck was forced from power in a controversial ruling by the Constitutional Court that emboldened anti-government protesters. They called for a "final push" Friday to oust the entire Cabinet and set up an unelected "people's council" they say would implement still-undefined reforms to combat corruption and fight money politics. They oppose polls tentatively scheduled for July, which the current ruling party would likely win.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons Friday to push back hundreds of protesters who attempted to force their way into the government's security agency. Six people were reported injured.
The competing rallies were being held several dozen kilometres (miles) apart, but still raised concerns about violence. Jatuporn said "each side should take care of their own supporters" and avoid confrontation.
The Cabinet last week named deputy premier Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan as acting prime minister. But protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told followers Friday night that the Senate should select a new premier immediately, since the lower house has been dissolved since December.
"This matter must end by Monday," Suthep warned, saying the protesters were ready to take over the offices of the prime minister themselves. "If it's not finished by then, we'll do it ourselves."
Jatuporn warned that if there's a coup or an unelected prime minister is installed, the Red Shirts will "escalate our fight immediately." The pro-government movement has not said what action it will take, but Jatuporn said it would be peaceful and they "do not wish to see people killed or hurt along the way."
The protesters achieved a partial victory on Wednesday when the Constitutional Court ousted Yingluck, saying she had violated the constitution by transferring a senior civil servant to benefit her politically powerful family. Nine other Cabinet members were also forced from their posts.
Thailand's long-running political crisis began in 2006 when Yingluck's brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was toppled by a military coup after being accused of corruption, abuse of power and disrespect for King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Thaksin, a former telecommunications billionaire, remains highly popular among the rural poor in the north and northeast, and parties controlled by him have won every national election since 2001. The protesters, aligned with the opposition Democrat Party, say they want to remove all traces of his political machine from politics. - Sapa-AP


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jerry "i manage with my heart" narron doesn't have a left-hander ready to pitch to bonds...nuf said......tick tick tick
jerry "i manage with my heart" narron doesn't have a left-hander ready to pitch to bonds...nuf said......tick tick tick
I doubt that Narron has any confidence in the relief staff. They all have recently imploded. There's a serious lack of leadership in the dugout from the manager on down.
My entire Cincinnati sports fan career that I can remember has been a complete and utter disappointment. I feel like the George Costanza of sports fans. Oh well, I've got great family, great friends, and great health I shouldn't be whining. But I wish I didn't care so much because I feel sick. I was almost positive this was the year I would see (and remember) the Reds in the playoffs.
Come on; this is a great time to be a Cincinnati sports fan, right here and right now. The Bengals have actually reached respectablity and are on the threshold of sustained excellence. The Reds have new ownership in Bob Castellini that is interested in one thing- winning. He and his GM did not have any time prior to this season to put together their team, and played this season with OB's team. The first season actions of the FO show that they are serious about trying to win, even if the results looked like they were spinning their wheels a little bit. I'm excited about the Reds future, both near and long term. Xavier basketball is a solid winner year after year, and UC basketball is rebounding (pun intended ) nicely from the Huggins PR fiasco.
6-7 years ago was not a good time to be a Cincinnati sports fan; but now is a great time to be one!
I think our big priority now is to finish above .500 and if we make the playoffs, that is a bonus.
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Listened to the 1995 Div. Clincher on WLW - Watched the 2012 Div. Clincher on FOX.
Watched the 2013 Playoff Clincher on FSO - Fiance' is a UK fan
GO STEELERS - Go Buckeyes - Go SIXERS
[QUOTE=goreds2;1151390]I think our big priority now is to finish above .500.QUOTE]
that will be hard for us to get above .500
Thank god college football and the NFL are starting. The Reds are just dragging me down and it hurts.
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I just got back from the game a little while ago. I have to say, this game was huge. If we win this game, I think the attitudes of the Players and Fans alike are completely different. Up to the Bonds homer, the stadium was excited and everyone had a sense of "This is finally over!" Then, seconds later, the air was let out of the stadium with the game being tied and Junior limping off the field. I can't remember a time this year when the entire stadium was so quiet for the final 2 innings.
If we're going to make a run now, we're going to need some help. We're going to have to win the key games, and have the Padres, Phillies, Marlins, and still the Cardinals have significant losing stretches. We've still got time, but if we don't pick it up soon, we could be all but finished in a week.
My first impulse was to be really angry with Narron for leaving Harang in and pitching to Bonds in the 8th.
Then I had an afterthought. There is no way in that situation that Narron did not realize that the game and perhaps the entire season were on the line with that at bat. It had to be that he thought his best shot was Harang pitching to Bonds instead of a lefty to face Bonds or any right hander, including Harang, facing Alou with men on 1st and 2nd.
And if Weathers was to be his first righty into the game regardless, then his performance in the 10th certainly stands as a bit of vindication for Narron.
So the game stands as a snapshot of the entire season..... No one in the pen worthy of protecting a 2 run lead with 4 outs needed to win the game.
I do not think Narron thought he should go to the lefty. Harang looked good and Bonds was 1-10 against him. Durham was hot as was Alou. I probably would have gone with Schoenweis but everything is hind sight.
And I agree that the Reds are headed in the right direction. It is just like the BEngals. Their first year, they had a shot at the playoffs and did not pull it off but had us excited going into the next year. I think in two years, the Reds are going to be a strong NL team contending for the title again. Just disappointing to end on such a sour note.
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DO GHOSTS HAVE CALENDARS? Well, only the organized ones, we suppose. But generally wraiths who occupy the Great Beyond are more concerned with chain rattling and door slamming and footstep creaking than with keeping tabs on what time of year it is. (Okay, Halloween and autumn might be the exception here, as ghosts always know when those arrive.) But ghost tours, and those humans who go looking for the stories filled with local spirits, do have calendars. Those calendar pages fill up in the fall, when evenings start earlier in the day, but one place in Kern River Valley gets the creepy chills fired up come the warmer weather months. We're speaking of Silver City Ghost Town, of course, which isn't too far from Bakersfield and Lake Isabella. But the Bodfish-based outpost it is far in the past in terms of feel, appearance, and legends, and the summer-to-fall Lantern Light Tours do love to explore all of that. And they're about to open up again, on Saturday, May 17.
DATES AND DETAILS: As the name suggests, this is an after-dark tour, so arrive with the appropriate footwear, and a desire to hear stories of jail apparitions and sightings by tour guests. J. Paul Corlew will be at the story-telling, phantom-searching helm, and he's the man to stir up local yarns of the eeriest sort. "Attendees are welcome to bring cameras & their own ghost hunting gear..." or they "can just observe." So, for sure, some people on your tour will be intrepid searchers of the night while others will be there for a juicy, spine-tickler of a story or two.
COST? Twelve bucks per person. And if you're keen to visit Silver City sans the spirits, it does keep open hours during the daytime, too, with a small fee to visit. But the spirits may be around anyway, daytime or not. Like we said, they probably don't have calendars, or wristwatches, either.


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Help! is out on Blu-Ray
15 May 2013
"Absurd, delightful and exuberantly messy, Help! is a pure pleasure to watch."
– The New York Times
On June 24 (June 25 in North America), Help! - The Beatles' second feature film - made its eagerly awaited Blu-ray debut in a single-disc package, pairing the digitally restored film and 5.1 soundtrack with an hour of extra features. An introduction by the film's director, Richard Lester, and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese are included in the Blu-ray's booklet.
Help!'s Blu-ray edition follows the 2012 release of The Beatles' digitally restored Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour feature films on Blu-ray, DVD and iTunes.
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If you are a small business owner with 25 full-time employees or less, and pay an average salary less than or equal to $50,000 a year, you might be eligible for a tax credit.* This tax credit was created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in order to give small businesses and tax-exempt organizations a break on the cost of health insurance, including ancillary products like group vision insurance and group dental insurance.
The federal tax credit will reimburse qualifying small businesses for up to 50% of the premiums they pay towards employee medical, vision and dental insurance. Tax-exempt organizations may qualify for a tax credit of up to 35% of premium expenses.
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Small businesses with fewer than 10 full-time employees that pay average annual wages of $25,000 or less may qualify for the full credit. The amount of the credit is reduced for companies with more full-time workers and higher wages, until it is phased out entirely for those with 25 or more full-time workers and average annual wages over $50,000.
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Firefighters in California said Monday the massive Rim fire raging in Stanislaus National Forest was 20 percent contained.
Thousands of people face mandatory or advisory evacuation orders for the fire, currently the largest wildfire burning in the United States, officials said.
In Tuolumne City, firefighters dug trenches, cleared brush and set backfires during the weekend in an attempt to steer the massive blaze away from the 1,600 homes there, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Residents are under voluntary evacuation orders.
Residents of Ponderosa Hills were also advised to leave. Parts of Groveland were evacuated Friday.
The fire had devoured more than 265 square miles as of Monday and was only one ridge line away from Tuolumne City, a foothill community about 60 miles northeast of Modesto, USA Today reported.
Firefighters said the Rim fire was so hot it could propel sparks more than a mile and a half -- possibly allowing the fire to jump lines and start new hot spots.
More than 3,400 firefighters from across the state and as far away as Florida were battling the fire, which started Aug. 17 east of Groveland.
The state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection deployed nine helicopters.
Crews were keeping a watchful eye on changing winds, particularly in light of what happened shortly after the fire was first observed, the Los Angeles Times reported.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Lee Bentley said "things looked good" after an air team dropped water on the fire -- but winds picked up the next day.
"The fire came boiling out, just cooking," Bentley said. "It was so hot it created its own weather. It was like dropping a boulder in a pond; fire spread out in every direction."
A key priority was preventing the fire from spreading further in Yosemite National Park, internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves and biological diversity.
The fire has burned some Yosemite acreage, but is still about 20 miles from the most-visited area of the park, the Yosemite Valley, which was not immediately threatened, officials said.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for San Francisco and San Francisco County Friday after the fire -- whose flames were leaping across treetops, creating a "crown fire" -- damaged the Bay Area power infrastructure and threatened the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, San Francisco's main water source, serving 2.6 million customers, or 85 percent of the city's water supply.
The fire's fast growth began to slow, officials said late Sunday.
"We are making good progress," state forestry spokesman Daniel Berlant told the San Francisco Chronicle. "It hasn't grown at the rate it did earlier."
Officials said the fire tripled in size from Wednesday to Thursday and then doubled again from Thursday to Friday.
State and local officials prepared for the possibility of new evacuations elsewhere and disruptions to public utilities as the fire burned north and east in extremely dry conditions and hot weather.
The fire had destroyed 23 structures so far.
President Obama was updated on the fire Sunday during a phone call with the governor. The White House said the president "expressed his gratitude for the brave men and women working tirelessly to combat this devastating fire" and reiterated his commitment to providing needed federal resources to support the ongoing state and local response.


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As a doctor who specializes in reproductive genetics, I've seen how New York's outdated abortion law hurts women. Even though federal law requires that a doctor always be able to protect the health of a woman, New York law as written appears to prohibit abortion later in pregnancy unless a woman's life is in danger.
Because abortion is regulated in the criminal code instead of the public health code, doctors are often deterred from providing the best care possible. This means when a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy who is excited to have a baby unexpectedly confronts tragic obstetric complications or a serious medical illness, or discovers she is carrying a fetus with severe and/or lethal anomalies, she is often unable to get the help or treatment she needs.
I've seen this firsthand many times.
Last fall, I cared for a woman who had visited her doctor for a routine sonogram at 20 weeks of pregnancy. During the check-up, the doctor discovered that the fetus had polycystic kidney disease—a genetic disorder that meant her baby would not survive. The woman was referred to my hospital for confirmation of diagnosis.
Before she could come in, Hurricane Sandy closed her hospital. Ten weeks passed before she could arrange to see us. When she did come, further testing confirmed the tragic news that her baby would not survive. Abortion care was the safest option. However, at that point in her pregnancy, it was too risky legally for her to obtain an abortion in New York.
She had no options. She could not afford the thousands of dollars necessary to travel out of state and get the care she needed, and therefore was forced to carry the non-viable fetus to term. She delivered a still birth and experienced a life-threatening post-partum hemorrhage, which also threatened her ability to have children in the future. She survived, but her life should never have been endangered in the first place.
The hurricane may appear to make this case extraordinary, but I see cases like this all too often. The Women's Equality Agenda will update New York's abortion law by aligning it with federal protections and current medical practice. It would remove the regulation of abortion from the criminal code and put it in the public health law where it belongs. Further, it will allow doctors to provide the best possible care to all their patients without fear of prosecution.
New York has an opportunity to once again be a leader in the fight for women's rights. It is far past time that we stop treating abortion care as a crime and start protecting women's health so that, regardless of her economic status, every woman is able to get the best care possible right here in New York. This should not be about political games. This is about women's lives.


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Great Winter Escapes
Coastal Living vacations to enjoy in any temperature
Lanai, Hawaii
Winter visitors to tiny Lanai find both lush landscapes andluxury accommodations. Book a guide and head out in afour-wheel-drive to Garden of the Gods, a mysterious display ofrocks and boulders in all shapes and sizes. For more adventure,follow the Munro Trail, a 12-mile drive through rain forests tomountain summits. After a long day on Lanai's unpaved terrain, youcan indulge in a spa treatment at the Lodge at Koele or the ManeleBay Hotel, both Four Seasons Resorts with spectacular Pacificviews. Call 808/565-4000 or fourseasons.com/lanai.
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I'm sure you've been reading about the secession petitions. There's a place on the White House web site for citizens to push petitions, and if they get 25,000 signatures, the White House says it will do something or other to respond, no matter the cause.
Twelve states advanced secession petitions after Obama won reelection. Only Texas's got remotely close to the required number of signatures (indeed Texans met the threshold). But that no-fun-nik Rick Perry came out today against the idea.
Now there's a new petition: to deport every jerkazoid who signed a secession petition. If you wanna sign, it's right here. It's early days yet, so it has only about 2,000 signatories so far.
Perry might want to reconsider after reading this Houston Chronicle item looking at demographic and political trends in his state:
A mathematical analysis of demographic trends and voting results by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News finds that Texas Democrats will reach parity with Republicans at the presidential election level by 2024 if current population and electoral participation trends continue.
Texas has 38 electoral votes, and presumably will have 40 by 2024, since it will likely gain population. If those 40 are up for grabs--no; when those 40 are up for grabs, which will have followed Georgia's 16 and Arizona's 11--conservatism won't have a prayer of getting anywhere near a majority vote in this country. The Republican Party will still exist, but it will be a very different party than it is today. And that, I can live with. It will have taken a long time, but the error Lincoln made--taking them back--will finally cease to matter that much.


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Around the same time President Ronald Reagan demanded Mr. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," Manish Kohli was in Newton Grove, N.C., helping revive a drunk who had passed out on a health clinic floor.
Kohli, a Eureka College freshman with aspirations of someday becoming a doctor, had to help this man who was comatose from heavy drinking. It was also obvious the man needed to get to a hospital.
So Kohli and those working at the rural health clinic grabbed the seemingly lifeless body of this drunk man, hauled him into a vehicle and began driving toward the nearest hospital - 100 miles away.
"We did first aid in the back of a station wagon," recalls Dr. Kohli, now a family physician with Johns Hopkins Hospital, who said the man received the care he needed at the hospital.
Kohli's initiation into the world of medicine was made possible thanks to a scholarship named after President Reagan.
The endowed Ronald W. Reagan Leadership program, organized in 1982 in honor of Reagan and his ties to Eureka College, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year of providing 116 students since its inception with free tuition and the opportunity to travel, through a mentorship program, for real world studies.
It also provides students with a chance to learn in a similar educational setting as President Reagan did many years ago before he graduated from Eureka College in 1932.
"This is a place that has had leadership as its legacy," said BrianSajko, director of college admissions and of the Reagan Leadership.
Organized 25 years ago, the scholarship program - viewed as the most prestigious of those offered at Eureka College - provides an array of opportunities for a select few students who, as high school students, maintain good grades, are involved with school and civic activities and who make a good impression on the college's faculty, administration and the student body during a pressure-packed weekend in February that is akin to elimination night on a reality TV show.
"It's kind of like that," Sajko said.
This past February, for instance, 90 prospective college students arrived on campus to compete for a Reagan Fellowship. Only five get one.
"Part of the pressure on the student is they come across in a certain way to people," Sajko said. "If you don't try and meet people, we won't be able to evaluate you because we would not have met you."
The weekend starts on a Friday with students casually mingling with the college community. Prospective Reagan Fellows stay overnight on campus.
On Saturday, the prospects meet with college officials for a series of interviews before they leave to go home.
"People are constantly watching you all weekend," said Ellie Schneider,18, of East Peoria. She was one of the lucky few to get a Reagan Fellowship earlier this year.
Sajko said the weekend is important for the college as well. Most of the students who participate in the February weekend have the characteristics the college considers a Reagan Fellow should possess.
Even if a student doesn't get a Reagan Fellowship from his or her weekend stay in February - considering the odds, most don't - the hope is that the students will choose Eureka College for their four-year stay. Last year, 44 percent of the students who came to the campus for the February weekend decided to go to Eureka College the next fall,
Sajko said.
After the weekend, the field of fellowship candidates is whittled to 15.
From there, college officials will make impromptu phone calls to the remaining candidates for interviews.
By late April or early May, the five Reagan Fellows are announced.
With that comes prestige of being a representative of Eureka College.
Not everyone has been able to live up to the expectations, Sajko said.
"There have been a few that didn't present themselves as Reagan Fellows and were asked to leave the program," Sajko said. "It doesn't mean they left the college, (but) there is a focus on them. We expect them to be leaders, and they represent Eureka College."
The program also offers opportunity to travel through multiple mentorships allowing students to travel abroad and to Third World countries.
Opportunities abound
Nick Easley, 22, a graduate of Belvidere High School, has visited Africa several times thanks largely to the Reagan Fellowship he got a couple of years ago. Right now, Easley is in Kenya to complete research on his senior thesis.
During a trip to northern Uganda, Easley met a man who got a $200 loan through a not-for-profit group called Kiva, which accepts loans over the Internet on behalf of assisting entrepreneurs attempting to develop business in impoverished nations.
Easley was interning with Kiva at the time and was in charge of developing the group's internship program.
"He started with a table under a tree," Easley said about the businessman who started on the $200 loan. "When we found him, he built a shop. He built a new house and a new house for his parents, had 12 cows and three bulls. He's this 'Fortune 500' man from Uganda. Here is a man who made a million percent profit of what he (was loaned). It inspired me to do what I do now."
Easley, a sociology major who graduates this spring, is one of 17 Reagan Fellows currently on campus who will or who already has participated in two mentorships - similar to a college internship - anywhere in the world. The program budgets a certain amount of money for thementorships, covering many of the Reagan Fellow's expenses during the trips.
Freshmen Schneider and Natalie Wetterauer already are talking about where they might go for a mentorship at the beginning of next summer. Wetterauer, 18, of Washington, might go to a Russian orphanage, and Schneider is looking at visiting a Spanish-speaking country where she can better learn a language she might want to someday teach.
"Every other conversation, we talk about going (oversees for the
mentorship)," Schneider said.
Being a Reagan
Wetterauer celebrated her 18th birthday last week in her dorm room with a midnight birthday party of cupcakes, balloons, streamers and noise makers. A group of upperclassmen Reagan Fellows were helping her celebrate.
"They are so inclusive," Wetterauer said. "They take us under their
Referred to on campus as "a Reagan" or collectively as "Reagans," the fellowship students try not to boast about their accomplishment considering that they achieved something many other students wanted before coming to Eureka College.
Is there any jealousy?
"I'm sure there is," Schneider said. "But we don't want to rub this into people's faces at all. We don't say we're 'Reagans.' We want people to get to know about us first."
A year of celebration. Change?
Schneider and Wetterauer might be part of a group that will go to the White House in the spring to meet with Jay Hein, a Reagan Fellow who is now director of President George W. Bush's Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives.
The Washington, D.C., trip is part of a yearlong celebration of the program's 25th anniversary.
It kicks off this week during the "Reagan Celebration" in which a group of Eureka College representatives will tour the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, the USS Ronald Reagan in San Diego and the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. On Thursday, President Reagan's eldest son, Michael Reagan, will broadcast his syndicated talk show live from the Reagan Ranch Center and will devote much of the show's content to Eureka College and the Reagan Leadership Program.
An inaugural "Reagan Day" will be held on Feb. 25, hosted by Eureka College's Ronald Reagan Museum. The college is finalizing plans with Douglas Brinkley, author of "The Reagan Diaries," for a visit on that day.
"What we are doing is bringing together the Reagan Fellows and connect them back to the college and to reach out to those who believed in President Reagan and potential donors," Sajko said.
Eureka College President J. David Arnold said this year's celebration of the Reagan Scholarship program, along with last year's 75th anniversary of Reagan's graduation, shows how the college still embraces its most recognizable alum.
"As I always like to say, President Reagan was a role model alum," Arnold said. "He served as a trustee and was faithful supporter of the college. Ronald Reagan never forgot Eureka College and Eureka College will never forget Ronald Reagan."
While much of the attention this year will be on the 25th anniversary of the scholarship's inception, there will be discussions about making changes to the program. Arnold and Sajko both said there will be consideration for expanding the number of Reagan Fellows admitted yearly into the program.
In the first two years of the fellowship, about 20 or so were awarded.
Since 1989, however, the numbers of fellowships offered each year was reduced to five.
Arnold anticipates the program adding only one additional scholar to its list next year.
"It's a major commitment to one student for four years," he said. "It's a combination of not only the funding but it's also just like anything we do at Eureka, what's the right size? This is a close group. They do activities together and we want to keep it personal just like all our programs here."
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The School is Our Second Home
Teachers and ESPs should work together to keep the house looking its best.
By Dave Arnold
Most of the school custodians I know take great pride in the work they do. This dedication to their job is never more apparent to the eye than the start of a new school year. But if you blink, you'll miss it.
Custodians have spent the summer scrubbing, waxing, and repainting. They have labored for long hours in hot buildings to make the school look its very best. I can tell you as head custodian at Brownstown Elementary School in Illinois that there is no greater feeling of accomplishment for me than to walk into the school and see freshly-painted walls, sparkling floors, and pristine classrooms.
Keeping it Clean
Unfortunately, students will not see this. The summer work of custodians often gets damaged and undone before students arrive on day one. How?
By teachers. Especially new ones. It's not on purpose or malicious. Nothing like that.
When teachers return to organize their classrooms they are often so eager to get everything in place that they are sometimes oblivious to the damage they do to the floors and walls.
One teacher I remember had no clue that the carton of classroom supplies she had dragged down the hallway had huge staples protruding like spikes from the bottom of the box. The result was a long trail of deep gouges the full length of the hallway.
Tape is another killer. When tape is placed on walls it will often pull the paint off when it is removed. When it is placed on floors, the adhesive will generally dissolve the floor finish.
Wiggly Trails Across the Floor
Teachers seem so focused on their personal goals of decorating their classrooms and preparing for students that they are simply unaware of the damage being done.
I think too that some teachers are so respectful of custodians' schedules during this hectic time of year that they don't want to bother us. They won't ask for help when moving furniture because they know custodians are also on a deadline to get the school in shape for the new year.
Instead, they will force a heavy desk across the floor leaving a wiggly trail that will remain until next summer when the custodian again will wax and buff.
I Just Waxed That Floor!
"Anyone who has purchased a new car can remember how they felt when they saw the first scratch on the paint," says Pat Nicholson, a custodian from Brownsville, Washington. "This is how custodians feel when they see a big long scratch in the pristine floor after a staff member drug a desk across it."
Pat says he would gladly take time to help teachers move desks, book cases and tables properly.
"Custodians sometimes view an old school building as a classic automobile," Pat says. "As something to be cherished."
Briana Jenkins is head custodian at Saks Elementary School in Anniston, Alabama. She takes a vacation the week teachers return to campus just to avoid the torture of furniture scratching its way across the floor.
"I don't want to hear the sounds of sliding furniture on the floor while teachers decorate," she says. "New teachers seem to be the worse. They drag, drop, paint, and scratch the floors while they spend days trying to figure out how to set up their first classroom."
Polishing the Floor and Our Relationship
My co-workers and I have come up with some easy rules to help keep our school looking its best.
First, draw a floor plan. Teachers should explain to custodians how they want their room arranged. Moving furniture should take place only after the scrubbing is done.
Second, post signs at the main entrance stating that moving furniture and using tape on painted walls causes damage. Indicate that custodians are available to help with any questions.
Third, show teachers samples of the proper tape (masking, blue painter's) to use and which to avoid (industrial).
I really look forward to seeing our teaching staff return to campus at the beginning of a new school year. If only you could bottle their energy and enthusiasm. They are one of the reasons custodians work hard all summer to get "the house" in order. The other reason is students. Custodians would like them also to see their school looking beautiful.
More Dave's columns.
Dave Arnold, a member of the Illinois Education Association, is a custodian at Brownstown Elementary School in Southern Illinois. He can be contacted at email@example.com.
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London - Roger Federer could play for another four years and add to his tally of 17 Grand Slam titles, according to former world number one Pete Sampras.
Speaking ahead of an exhibition match against Andre Agassi in London on March 3, Sampras said on a conference call Wednesday that he is impressed by Federer's longevity.
"I'm amazed that he is up for more tennis,"
Sampras said.
"He has done everything in the game and he could walk away
tomorrow feeling great about it.
"But he still wants to travel and compete and I'm in awe of it. He is a true lover of the sport."
Following a disappointing 2013 season marred by back problems, Federer started this year on a high.
working with new coach Stefan Edberg, he reached the final of his first
tournament, at Brisbane, and then made the semi-finals of the Australian
Open for the 11th consecutive year.
His run at Melbourne included wins over 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.
Sampras, who retired after winning his 14th Grand Slam title at the 2002 US Open, said Federer should be comforted by a streak that finally ended with a defeat to Rafael Nadal.
thought his level was quite good," Sampras said.
"When you're playing
against Rafa and if you're not quite on your game then it can seem like
you're struggling.
"Rafa is a rock. But I do see Roger building from that, I think he's going to do well this year."
Asked if Federer could win another Grand Slam title, Sampras said the Swiss "can do it" if he plays his best tennis.
"That's why he's playing, I don't think he's playing for anything else but to win some more majors," said Sampras, adding that Federer's best chance would be on his favorite grass surface, at Wimbledon.
Sampras was 31 when he decided to hang up his racket for good, while the 32-year-old Federer has hinted he could keep playing until the Rio Olympics in 2016.
"As long as Roger is enjoying it and he's healthy, I can see him playing for another two, three, four more years," Sampras said.


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In a previous post, I discussed intellectual decline and Cato's famous essay, "On Old Age," in which he offers some remedies. Recent findings by the World Health Organization, indicating that levels of dementia around the world will increase three-fold in the next forty years, especially in developed countries where detection is weak and life expectancy high, warrants a revisiting of this subject. That is why this article in The New York Times caught my attention; psychologists for the Midlife in the United States project, or MIDUS for short, find that a rigorous college education may delay the brain's aging by up to a decade. Read the rest of this entry »


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'Every day in Australia around 48 women are diagnosed with gynaecological or breast cancer' :-(
Unfortunately these cancers touch everyone's life in one form or another,
even the smallest donation will help in some way.
I thought I'd create some pretty printables that might inspire you to hold a girls' night in to help raise funds for Women's cancers. Girls' night in doesnt have to be a night event, you could hold a breakfast, morning tea, lunch or afternoon tea
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Paul Ferrill has been writing in the computer trade press for more than 20 years. Paul holds both BSEE and MSEE degrees and has written software for more computer platforms and architectures than he can remember.
Developing applications for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) requires a new mindset on the part of developers. While it is possible to take an existing application and port it to a MID, it probably will not work well without some tweaking. Building a new application from the ground up to take advantage of MID features opens a world of possibilities.
Targeting a specific MID might limit the usefulness of the application. It makes a lot more sense to build in platform awareness for things like display size, network connectivity, GPS availability, and storage. This will take a little extra coding but should make for a much more robust application. It will also make the code work on more platforms.
Making the right choices when it comes to programming language, support libraries, and user interface (UI) will determine the overall success of the project. Most open source projects typically start out as a pet project written in someone's favorite language or as an exercise to learn something new. For this article series, I use the Python language and attempt to keep the supporting libraries to a minimum.
Hardware Possibilities
The current crop of MIDs, based on the Intel Atom processor, provides a combination of CPU power, graphics performance, and memory not previously available in small devices. When you add in GPS, Wi-Fi, and 3G connectivity (on some models), you have the potential for a truly always-connected device capable of delivering precision location information. This combination of hardware functionality opens up a whole new world of possibilities for applications.
This series of articles uses the Compal JAX10 MID as the target platform. It is based on an 800-MHz Intel Atom processor with 512 MB of memory, 4 GB of solid-state disk configured as two 2-GB devices, two built-in cameras on the front and back for video conferencing and taking pictures or video, GPS, Bluetooth technology, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. The model tested did not have 3G wireless installed.
Powering up the Compal JAX10 MID reveals the Midinux operating system from Red Flag Software. A version of Moblin specifically for the JAX10 is available from Moblin.org. It requires a bit of tweaking to get the touch screen and wireless to work, but it is doable. One other option is Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME), although it is based on an older version of Ubuntu. [Editor's Note: For more information on Moblin, see Dr. Dobb's MoblinZone.]
UI Constraints and Choices
One of the problems developers inevitably face with small form factor devices is in designing the right UI to be both visually appealing and finger functional. Crafting a small-screen UI is one of the most important things you have to take into consideration when developing for the MID form factor. The Compal JAX10 MID has a display size of 800 ×480, which can chop off the lower portion of some fixed-sized dialog boxes.
Choosing a flexible and easy-to-use UI foundation library helps keep your development struggles to a minimum. Which library you select depends a great deal on the type of application you're looking to build. The GTK+ framework comes as a standard part of both Midinux and Moblin, so you won't have to include or require any additional libraries should you choose to go that route. Moblin has also decided to standardize on Clutter for graphics-intensive applications.
Development Environment
Although you could do the development work on either a Windows- or Linux-based computer, it really makes the most sense to use a Linux system for a number of reasons. The build-test-build cycle goes more quickly when you run on the same operating system. The only exception might be when using a language like Python that doesn't really require compilation. In addition, Linux target device emulation has the best support from the Linux operating system.
Choosing a stable, popular distribution like Ubuntu makes it easier to get the tools you need up and running quickly. It also increases your chances of finding help for problems you might run into, as more often than not, someone else has already found a solution. Ubuntu is also one of the distributions -- along with Fedora 9 -- directly supported by the Moblin project. We chose Ubuntu 8.10 to use on our development system for this project.
Consider using a fairly recent computer with hardware virtualization support as your primary machine. Some of the virtualization software packages require hardware virtualization support to work properly. Others will work without it but obviously run faster if the support is available. You should max out your memory, as well, although a 32-bit machine can't really use more than 3 GB.


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Logan Forsythe hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the 12th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 4-3 Monday night after squandering a late lead.
Matt Joyce and Kevin Kiermaier homered for the resurgent Rays, who have their first three-game winning streak since taking a season-best four in a row May 22-25. They've won five of six overall and no longer own the worst record in the majors, a distinction that had belonged to them every day since June 4.
Brian Roberts homered off Rays reliever Joel Peralta with one out in the ninth to tie it 3-all. As the ball cleared the right-field wall, Peralta crouched near the mound and pounded his fist into his glove.
But the struggling Yankees were unable to muster any more offense and lost for the seventh time in nine games.
Chris Archer nearly became the first pitcher in more than a century to win his first five outings against the Yankees, and Tampa Bay pitchers finished June with 287 strikeouts — breaking the major league record for one month set by the Chicago Cubs, who had 286 in August 2002.
Brandon Guyer drew a two-out walk from Jose Ramirez (0-2) in the 12th and stole second base. Forsythe lined the next pitch into center field, scoring Guyer easily.
Brad Boxberger (1-1) pitched two perfect innings for his first major league win in 72 appearances.
Archer allowed two runs over seven innings and was in line for the victory until Roberts went deep. The last pitcher to start his career 5-0 against New York was Washington Senators Hall of Famer Walter Johnson from 1907-08 — back when the club was still called the Highlanders.
The 25-year-old Archer has a 1.51 ERA in 35 2-3 innings against the Yankees.
Ryan Hanigan gave the Rays a 3-2 lead in the eighth with an RBI single off closer David Robertson. Hanigan's clutch hit came after Dellin Betances issued consecutive two-out walks.
New York pitchers have walked 16 in the last two games.
As the Yankees (41-40) hit the halfway mark of their season just off the pace in the muddled AL East, general manager Brian Cashman reiterated he's eager to upgrade the roster via trade.
"There are some things I need to do," Cashman said. "I'm ready to rock and roll. But again, I think those who have, are taking their time."
Despite his team's record (36-49), Rays manager Joe Maddon is optimistic his team has turned things around in time to make a run. Tampa Bay's bats busted loose for 12 runs Sunday in Baltimore, and Joyce picked up Monday right where he left off.
Joyce, who tied team records with five hits and 12 total bases the day before, connected off David Phelps in the first inning for his third home run in two games.
Going into Sunday, Joyce had three homers all season — none since May 11.
Kiermaier, who had three hits, made it 2-0 with a leadoff shot in the third, but the Yankees finally broke through against Archer in the bottom half. Brett Gardner grounded an RBI triple inside first base and scored on Derek Jeter's groundout.


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So clearly, you don't often start the day thinking of "The Graduate." But I was reminded of the iconic film about post-grad angst this A.M. via an op-ed from the Daily Pennsylvanian, written by Juliette Mullin, a senior at Penn, where, Mullin writes, students tend to equate the Penn seal on their diplomas with a six-figure salary.
And what I thought was this: Funny how expectations can do us in. (This seems to be a recurrent theme on Undecided, yeah?) Here's how Mullin's piece begins:
Lately, I've been having the same conversation on repeat. It doesn't matter whom I'm talking to or where I am, everyone loves asking the same question: "Do you have plans for next year?"
This question has become such a sore spot for so many seniors at this point in the year that most will flat out preempt it with "I know this is the question we're not supposed to ask each other but…"
Now it's not how you ask that bothers me. In fact, unlike most, I don't even mind being asked. What bothers me is the response I often get when I tell someone my plans are still up in the air — the look of slight pity and concern that I still don't have my life completely figured out, followed by a weak, "Sorry I asked."
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? No matter how old you are. Sure, it's a question college seniors have been ever asked, and it's been ever loaded, mixed as it is with curiosity on the part of the questioner (I confess. Often guilty as charged) with just a dash of reproach. But add the expectations that ride the backs of so many women today — Succeed! Excel! Score Trophies! — coupled with the added onus of graduating from a prestigious school like Penn and you've got a boatload of angst, according to Mullin, who compares figuring out her future to the stress of taking one more class — but more so:
Unlike our classes, however, we tend to go through this alone, constantly feeling behind the pack. This year, it's especially tough thanks to the economy. And, of course, it's all made more stressful by being at a school with such a pre-professional focus.
When Career Services Senior Associate Director Barbara Hewitt used to work at a more "liberal-arts focused school," she found that the general stress level surrounding the job hunt was not nearly as pronounced as it is at Penn. Here, we look at the students who have already secured well-paid Wall Street or engineering jobs for next year and immediately start to feel like we're behind.
Which leads us back to expectations. Sure, they help us to move forward, to do our best, yadda yadda. But when they are impossibly high, when the you-can-do-anything mantra becomes part and parcel of the iconic self, well, anything less becomes grounds for disappointment.
Or indecision. That grass over there? Gotta be greener. Let's check.
Meanwhile, scroll to the end of the story, and you find that our Ms. Mullin seems to have things figured out. At least right now. And I agree with her, but in a much larger sense: no matter your age, your job, your personal goals — life itself is a work in progress. Look at it that way, and you're less likely to be lusting over that other side of the fence.
Until you get to that mindset, though, what then?
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For kids, Valentine's Day is a time to exchange funny cards and eat boxes of chocolate. For adults, it's often much more than just a time to send flowers and buy heart jewelry, chocolates, and cards—it's a time to rededicate your love to one special person. But when you're a widow or widower, or have lost your love due to any unfortunate life circumstance, Cupid's arrow can pierce your heart in a very different way on February 14th. What was once a holiday of "warm fuzzies" can turn into a sorrowful day to overcome. Yet, says author Joni Aldrich, most grief counseling focuses on the holidays in December, not the one in February.
"If you find yourself alone on February 14th after years of celebrating with someone you loved very much, the void that you feel can be overwhelming," points out Aldrich, author of The Saving of Gordon: Lifelines to W-I-N Against Cancer (Cancer Lifeline Publications, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4392550-3-2, $19.95, www.thecancerlifeline.com). "It's difficult to see happy couples all around you when all you can think about is the person you have lost."
Aldrich speaks from experience—she knows firsthand the pain of grief and how challenging it can be to persevere through it. In 2006, she lost her husband Gordon after a two-year battle with cancer. In her book about surviving grief—The Losing of Gordon: A Beacon Through the Storm Called "Grief" (Cancer Lifeline Publications, 2009, ISBN: 978-1439264935, $15.95, www.griefbeacon.com)—Aldrich tells the inspirational story of her own rebuilding after losing her husband. Each chapter begins with a touching, yet inspirational letter to Gordon that Joni wrote during her grief "process." For those dealing with cancer in their lives, Aldrich's first book, The Saving of Gordon: Lifelines to W-I-N Against Cancer, tells the story of the Aldrich family's experiences while simultaneously offering valuable step-by-step advice that will give readers the tools they need to have a fighting chance against cancer.
"It's true that Valentine's Day holds significance for most couples, but it was particularly special for Gordon and me," she recounts. "After losing my father in February, the whole season had become fraught with painful memories. Then a young man with a lot of heart came into my life, and it just so happened that Valentine's Day was right after our first date. When I got home from work, Gordon had left a bouquet of pink carnations on my front porch. So, it became a yearly ritual for us to use Valentine's Day as the anniversary of our first date together."
Because Valentine's Day held so many precious memories, Aldrich still finds the holiday difficult to get through, even though it's been three years since her husband died. And she's not alone. Red hearts and sappy songs on the radio can highlight loss as easily as they can inspire ardor. If you are facing this Valentine's Day by yourself, perhaps for the first time, Aldrich offers some thoughts that might make the day easier to navigate.
Prepare in advance. Maybe it's true that ignorance is bliss. Even if you wanted to forget about the existence of "V-Day," though, our consumer-driven culture wouldn't let you. "Yes, I know you wish you could just hide under a rock until the last conversation heart has disappeared," says Aldrich. "But ignoring February 14th will only work until you see displays of Valentine's cards in the store, or see the florist busily making the rounds. Survival requires looking deep inside yourself to determine what you might do to make this holiday less painful. There is no secret formula—we're all different—but try to focus on the fact that it's just one day."
Know what to avoid. Yes, it's important to stay integrated into the outside world, and to remember the rituals and traditions you and your sweetheart shared with each other. But consider the possibility that Valentine's Day might not be the best time to do either. "Stay away from restaurants," Aldrich advises. "For one thing, have you ever tried to get a table on Valentine's Day? The word 'crowded' takes on a whole new meaning. Beyond that, though, the empty place across the table will cast a pall on any pleasant feelings you've managed to work up. Along those lines, avoid any of the 'old favorites' that might be painful. Order take-out or cook at home, but don't fix that special dinner you used to make with the person you loved."
Stay busy. Chances are you've heard advice similar to the following: "Get out of the house! He wouldn't want you to stop living your own life." And while such insights might not always be what you want to hear, they are underpinned with truth. If you're dreading the rush of painful emotions and memories that Valentine's Day will bring, try to plan an activity that will take your mind off of things. "Schedule some quality time with friends and family," Aldrich recommends. "Play some board or card games rather than watching movies, unless there isn't a hint of romance in them. This is definitely one day when romance can be very painful. Instead, focus on a new project that you really enjoy, such as redecorating your home."
Allow the emotions to come. Remember that grief never fits into a neat timetable, and that it's unhealthy to pretend that everything's okay when it's not. No matter how prepared you think you are or how much of your life you think you may have rebuilt after suffering a devastating loss, grief can still bowl you over with emotion. "Valentine's Day is especially tough because not only do you have to deal with your own memories, but your senses are constantly assaulted, too," Aldrich observes. "Try not to focus on the flowers and hand-holding and candy. Remember that it's okay to cry. Let the emotions come—just try to keep them from overwhelming you. Depending on how you feel, you might write a love poem or letter to the one whom you are grieving. The point is that it's okay to remember those whom you loved and lost."
Turn your love to other treasures. Although Valentine's Day is largely marketed to lovers, it isn't limited to them—in fact, far from it. February 14th is a time to focus on anyone and everyone whom you love, such as your children and grandchildren and friends. "Love comes in many different kinds of relationships," Aldrich points out. "Celebrate those, even though the loss of the person with whom you were passionate still hurts. In fact, why not buy a box of the old, simple Valentines you distributed as a child and send one to each of your friends? Every day is a good day to tell those whom you love how you feel. And don't forget to love yourself in the process."
While Aldrich has rebuilt her life and moved on, her memories of Valentine's Days past with Gordon continue to hold a special place in her heart. "As much as possible," she concludes, "try to focus on all of the blessings you still have in your life, and on all of the love that you still enjoy. Life is always a combination of good and bad. We should all appreciate the good, and know that when bad things happen in our lives the only way forward is to take one small step at a time. And remember that one heart still beats and must survive."