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Bolaram Paul
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Hello all,I love contributing to Mozilla ! I am a Mozilla Reps & Firefox Student Ambassador,volunteer as well. I love to Talk about Mozilla,Open web!Love hanging out with friends. And,Last but not the least I am a proud mozillian!
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Joni Savage
Bolaram has made life awesome for lots of Firefox and Thunderbird users. He's active in the support forums and has localized many articles for our Bangladesh community. Thank you for your contributions, Bolaram!
Rachel McGuigan
Bolaram Paul was one of the first contributors to try the SUMO Quality training in One and Done. He has come to a great start in the forums and is enthusiastic about Mozilla!
Bill Mills
Bolaram has done great work with the Mozilla Science Lab! He translated 3 lessons into Bengali:
- awk: https://github.com/BillMills/awk-lesson/blob/master/bengali-readme.md
- scheduling in the Bash shell: https://github.com/BillMills/shell-scheduling/blob/master/bengali-readme.md
- Creating Packages in Python: https://github.com/BillMills/pythonPackageLesson/blob/master/bengali-readme.md
And, he started a Study Group at the SEC: http://sylhet-engineering-college.github.io/studyGroup/
Madalina Ana
Awesome SUMO contributor from Bangladesh!
Michal Dziewonski
Bolaram has been helping out with SUMO l10n for Bangladesh (https://support.mozilla.org/bn-BD/user/bolaram/documents), and has been active in many, many places around Mozilla. Thank you for your hard, enthusiastic work for the future of the open web!
Mohammed Migdadi
Boloram is so active CL in his university he loves Mozilla and doing his best for it :)

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Agreement Brings Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Finish Line Downtown to Petco Park
San Diego, CA – January 11, 2013 – Competitor Group (CGI) and the San Diego Padres today announced a multi-year partnership to bring the 16th annual Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon & 1/2 Marathon To Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society downtown to finish at Petco Park.
"We are excited to partner with Competitor Group and the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon," said Padres President & CEO Tom Garfinkel. "Having San Diego's marquee running event finish at Petco Park, one of downtown's iconic attractions, supports our commitment to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle."
Petco Park becomes the fifth finish line in the history of the original Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, returning to the event's downtown roots where the road race finished its inaugural year in 1998. The marathon finished at the Naval Training Center the following two years, before moving next door to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot from 2001 to 2009. When barracks expansion at the base necessitated a new finish line, the event moved to SeaWorld where the road race has finished since 2010. "We feel this is a tremendous opportunity to provide a much more accessible event experience for our runners," said Scott Dickey, President & CEO of CGI. "With more than 65% of all event participants traveling from outside the region, and a majority staying in downtown hotels, this new finish line venue at Petco Park combined with our Health & Fitness Expo at the Convention Center will conveniently showcase America's Finest City. We appreciate the support from the City of San Diego in redesigning the course and helping to re-establish our signature event as one of the premier marathons in the United States."
The finish line festival and post-race concert will take place inside Petco Park, putting runners, their families and spectators within steps of the world famous Gaslamp Quarter and conveniently located downtown hotels. Runners will be able to take the trolley to and from the finish line, likely eliminating the need for the bus transportation that was required at the finish line in the past.
Famous for its live bands, themed water stations and cheerleaders providing entertainment along each mile of the route, the 2013 race will also feature the return of the popular 2-person half-marathon relay. The shorter distances have opened up the event to runners and walkers of all abilities who want to take part in the fun while raising money for charity. Over the 16-year history of the race, runners participating with Team In Training have raised more than $170 million in San Diego to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) blood cancer research and patient services.
"The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego has been one of Team In Training's signature events since 1998 and we are delighted to hear the route will now finish downtown at Petco Park," said Jennifer Grandy, National Director of Team In Training for LLS. "Approximately every 4 minutes one person in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Whether you're running your first marathon or the half-marathon relay with a friend, this race offers a distance anyone can achieve and be part of an event that has done so much to support the LLS mission."
Team In Training offers runners and walkers professional training, support, travel and accommodations for the event in exchange for fundraising efforts, which will help make a difference in the lives of more than 1,012,533 Americans living with blood cancers. Training programs are getting started across the country, with informational meetings taking place throughout the month. For more information, visit teamintraining.org.
Full descriptions of the new Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon & 1/2 Marathon courses, including turn-by-turn directions and course maps, will be announced at a later date. To take advantage of the lowest entry price by registering online, please visit RunRocknRoll.com before January 31, 2013.
Organized by Competitor Group, the 16th annual Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon & 1/2 Marathon To Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will run through San Diego on Sunday, June 2, 2013. The race is known for lining the course live bands and cheerleaders interspersed with themed water stations along each mile of the route. The original Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in 1998 is still recognized as the largest inaugural marathon in U.S. history with 19,979 entrants, a free two-day Health & Fitness Expo at the San Diego Convention Center kicks off race weekend, featuring more than eighty fitness retailers, exhibits, free samples and interactive clinics. The event concludes Sunday afternoon with a finish line celebration and headliner concert at Petco Park. For more information about the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego, please visit RunRocknRoll.com or call (800) 311-1255.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org or contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.


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Stephen Maycock worked for a leading international auctioneer in London for more than twenty years and was the specialist in charge of rock 'n' roll and film memorabilia auctions from 1990-2003. In that period, some of the highlights included the sale of the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster played at the Woodstock Festival and Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics for 'Getting Better', the auction held for Robbie Williams' 'Bid It Sum' charity, the Mal Evans Collection of Beatles memorabilia and the John Entwistle Collection of Who memorabilia.
Stephen has been a Consultant Specialist for Bonhams since 2004 and has overseen the sale of a number of important items including the prop 'Chest-Burster' from the film 'Alien', John Lennon's lyrics for 'Revolution', the artwork for the album 'London Calling' by The Clash, the Spike Milligan Collection and the Peter Golding Collection of Rock 'n' Roll Art.
Stephen is the author of 'Miller's Rock And Pop Memorabilia' and has contributed to other Miller's titles, 'Collecting The 1960s', 'Collecting Prints And Posters' and the 'Antiques Encyclopaedia' and wrote the Foreword to 'The Beatles In Rishikesh' by Paul Saltzman.


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I cannot believe how big Olivia has become! Five years ago today we received our referral for a sweet little baby girl with the cubbiest little cheeks! Today she is starting Kindergarten!
She is in Mrs. Hamm's class. Mrs. Hamm was Gracie's Kindergarten teacher, too.
Oliva is very excited, but was more nervous than I expected. She stuck very close to me on the playground.
I know she'll have a wonderful time. She was already making friends by the time I left.
Now I only have 3 little ones at home. But they keep me plenty busy!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Olivia's first day of Kindergarten
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Happy First Day Of School, Olivia! What a cutie pie!
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If you have followed the presidential campaign at all, you know one major point of contention between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is taxes.
With the Bush tax cuts ready to expire, Obama wants to eliminate the cuts for couples making more than $250,000 per year by restoring the 39% top tax rate of the Clinton administration. Romney, on the other hand, advocates an across-the-board cut of 20% and the closing of certain, yet-to-be disclosed, tax loopholes.
The candidates also differ on how to tax capital gains, estate and gift income and other areas as AdvisorOne explored in Obama vs. Romney: 6 Key Differences on Taxes, Regulation.
A look at the history of the income tax in the United States shows that nothing much has changed. Throughout the years, the closing of loopholes and raising and lowering of rates has been met with arguments that would sound familiar in the current crop of campaign commercials. From the first levy, during the Civil War, charges of Wall Street getting out of paying its fair share have been sounded.
Here then are AdvisorOne's 9 Crucial Eras in U.S. Income Tax History:
1. The Civil War
The need to pay for the Civil War forced Congress to approve a series of taxes. The first, which taxed real estate, drew the ire of those who were looking to protect the interests of farmers. In the agrarian society of the time, that was a much larger interest group than today.
William Wallace, the representative of Washington Territory, even invoked a modern-sounding argument when he decried the fact that "the great stockholders, the money lenders and the princes of Wall Street" would not be taxed. Still, the legislation passed, although many were unhappy about the need for a huge bureaucracy to collect the money.
The $50 million ($1.2 billion today) expected to be raised, though, was not enough. Congress passed a 3% levy on income above $800 ($19,700). Alas, a weak enforcement mechanism rendered the income tax ineffective. A revision of the tax legislation was passed in 1862, including the first inheritance tax (estate tax, or death tax, in modern parlance) and also established the commissioner of internal revenue. In 1866, the government collected a record $310 million ($22 billion). It took more than a half-century for tax receipts to again reach that level.
2. A Constitutional Challenge
The Civil War era income tax was abolished in 1872 only to be reinstituted in 1894. The tax rate was 2% on income above $4,000 ($102,300), but the Supreme Court stepped in a year later and declared it unconstitutional in a 5-4 decision. Farm groups, according to ourdocuments.gov, saw the court's action as evidence that the court was aligned with business interests against farmers.
The tax issue bubbled below the surface for nearly two decades with the progressive wing of the Republican Party calling for a levy on income. William Jennings Bryan, a three-time Democratic presidential nominee, also supported the idea. In 1909, progressives pushed hard for an income tax. Conservatives hatched a strategy: they proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would enact the income tax. To their amazement, three-quarters of the states ratified the amendment by 1913. The modern income tax was born. In a flip from the narrative of today, just 1% of earners paid any tax. By using generous deductions, the effective rate was just 1% of net income.
3. World War I and Roaring '20s
As with the income tax's beginnings during the Civil War, the world wars of the 20th century forced the government to seek more revenue. In 1916, the lowest rate was doubled to 2% and those making $1.5 million ($30 million) paid 15%. More increases (to a top rate of 77%) the next two years raised annual revenue to $3.6 billion ($53 billion) in 1918, a quarter of GDP, to help pay for World War I. Still, 95% of workers paid no income tax.
The economy boomed after the war, giving birth to the Roaring '20s, which saw tax rates cut five times with the top rate tumbling to 25%. Total tax revenue dived to 13% of GDP. 4. The Great Depression
After the stock market crashed in 1929, tax receipts fell sharply as unemployment spiked. By 1935 the country had stabilized due to many of the New Deal programs pushed by President Franklin Roosevelt. That same year Social Security, unemployment insurance and other programs led to a 2% tax (paid equally by employee and employer) on the first $3,000 ($48,500) of income.
The language used by politicians in the battle over Social Security is echoed today. FDR championed it as a safety net for the elderly, while his opponents vilified it, saying it would lead to job losses. Time magazine quoted Silas Hardy Strawn, a former head of the Chamber of Commerce, as saying it was an effort "to Sovietize America."
5. World War II
Tax changes started in 1940 and '41, before the U.S. was officially in the war, according to policyalmanac.org. But the biggest changes happened after Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, pushing the U.S. into war.
Besides eliminating many deductions and changing rates (23% on those earning $500, $6,400 today, and a whopping 94% on $1.5 million, $19.2 million today), withholding of taxes from paychecks was introduced for the first time since the Civil War. Receipts equaled 20.4% of GDP in 1945, and the number of taxpayers increased more than 10-fold to 43 million from 1939 to 1945.
6. The 1950s and the Modern IRS
First proposed by President Harry Truman, the modern Internal Revenue Service was created in 1953 under the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. Workers now came from the Civil Service, a move designed to instill confidence in the tax system.
Still, the debate over taxes now echoes the one back then. Arguments over closing loopholes, an effort to lower corporate taxes and Truman's plan to raise inheritance taxes all sparked battles in Congress. The top marginal tax rate, which had "dipped" to 77% (compare that to today's arguments over raising the rate to 39%), was 90% or 91% every year until 1964 when it was lowered to 77%. That 90% rate in 1954 was applied to individuals making $200,000 and couples earning $400,000 ($3.2 million today). The top rate has dropped ever since, to today's 35%—temporarily set by the Bush-era tax cuts—for those earning $373,650 or more.
7. The Reagan Years
Ronald Reagan's name is invoked often when tax policy is debated. Most people remember him as having cut taxes. And that's true to a point. Taxes were cut 25% in 1981. But when deficits started to appear the following year, some taxes were raised.
Just as now, there was debate about "trickle-down economics." Would tax cuts for the wealthy help those lower down on the economic ladder? The Reagan cuts do not seem on the face of it to bolster the case. Unemployment rose for 16 months and the economy only started to pick up after taxes were increased and budget deficits were erased. Then in 1986, Reagan signed into law legislation that lowered the top rate on individuals from 50% to 28%. The top rate hadn't been that low since 1916.
8. It's the Economy, Stupid
After President George H.W. Bush was defeated, in no small measure for breaking his "read my lips" pledge to enact "no new taxes," President Bill Clinton rode into office behind his campaign's famous "it's the economy, stupid" mantra.
In 1993, Clinton signed into law tax code changes that followed through on his promise to raise taxes on the affluent. The tax increase, which was among the largest in history, mostly took aim at high earners. A gasoline tax of 4.3 cents a gallon did affect those making less. Of course, the battle over the legacy of those tax increases continues. Democrats say they led to budget surpluses and a roaring economy. Republicans say it was their gaining control of Congress that spurred spending restraints and fed the economic engine of the nation.
9. The Bush Tax Cuts
President George W. Bush had an eventful presidency, to say the least. But nothing seems to have attached itself to his name more than two simple words: "tax cuts." Republicans and Democrats are still arguing about them as the recent extension of the Bush era tax cuts, as they're called, are set to expire at the end of the year.
With two wars and a huge expansion of a Medicare drug benefit to pay for, the budget deficit exploded under Bush. The 2007-09 recession exacerbated the problem, shrinking tax revenue. And, while everyone received a cut in their tax bills, the top 20% received 65% and the top 1% received 38% of the cut—though that's because these groups paid a larger share of the country's taxes. The Democrats argue that the highest wage earners can afford to pay more. The Republicans have changed their rhetoric from "trickle down" to helping entrepreneurs, or job creators. By Jan. 1, the era of the temporary Bush era tax cuts will either be extended temporarily—again, end completely or will obtain a different name as Congress enacts a new, permanent version of tax cuts.
Please check out AdvisorOne's Election Impact 2012 home page for complete advisor-related election coverage, including:
How the Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans Will Affect Your Clients
8 Presidents, 1 Nominee and Tax Rates They Paid
Obama vs. Romney: Energy Policy + Tax Policy = Major Differences for Investors
Don't Let Clients Be Blinded by the 2013 Sunset: Tax Planning Now
Obama vs. Romney: 6 Key Differences on Taxes, Regulation


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His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give four-day teachings on Nagarjuna's "The Fundamental Wisdom Treatise on the Middle Way" (uma tsawai sherab), Atisha's "Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment" (jangchup lamdron), Tsongkhapa's "In Praise of Dependent Origination" (tendrel toepa) & Tsongkhapa's "Concise Stages for the Path to Enlightenment" (lamrim dudon) at the request of a group from Taiwan. His Holiness will be teaching in Tibetan followed by Chinese and English translations. The teachings will be from the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, on October 4-7, 2010. There will be two sessions each day from approximately 9:30am-11:30am and 1:00pm-3:00pm Indian Standard Time (GMT+5.30).
Live webcast in English: http://dalailama.com/live-english
Live webcast in Russian: http://dalailama.ru/
Live webcast in Tibetan: http://dalailama.com/live-tibetan


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Puig's many talents defy ordinary description
Dodgers phenom's unbridled energy, skill inspire lofty comparisons
How can we properly put the five-tool, terrific talents of Yasiel Puig in perspective?
The term "freakish" has been used to describe the abilities of the Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder. The connotation is not positive enough. Lose it.
"Otherworldly," has also been in play. It's understandable, but Puig is clearly of this world, however unprecedented his talent may be. That talent could fairly be described as extraordinary and/or exceptional, but not extraterrestrial.
Comparisons with Bo Jackson have been frequent. This doesn't completely work, either. The speed, the power, the strength, the sculptured body, that's all in line. But it may be that Puig will be a better baseball player than Jackson. On the other hand, Puig is probably not going to become a Pro Bowl running back in the National Football League if the Dodgers have anything to say about it. Bo Jackson will remain a solo act in the diversity of his accomplishments, but thanks for trying.
Puig is in the eye of the beholder now, with the whole baseball world watching, in a mixture somewhere between appreciation and awe. Puig does things that you don't see done at the ballpark on a regular basis, if ever.
The Dodgers are 20-13 since Puig's arrival and that should be seen as his largest contribution. His average is still in Honus Wagner territory, but that just scratches the surface of what he is doing.
Last weekend, at AT&T Park against the rival Giants, all of his talents -- and a few moments of actual mortal shortcomings -- were on display.
Puig made a throw from the warning track in right to third that rocketed through the air of China Basin. You wondered why there weren't vapor trails following the flight of the baseball. Maybe Roberto Clemente could have made that throw. Maybe.
Giants backup catcher Guillermo Quiroz hit a sinking line drive to right-center that you knew from its direction and trajectory could not be caught because there was nobody in the neighborhood to catch it. But Puig caught it, coming at full speed from right field, covering great chunks of ground in the blink of an eye, finishing with a diving catch. This was a catch that seemed to stretch the bounds of human capability.
In the midst of all this greatness, Puig was human at the plate for one Saturday afternoon, striking out four times in the Dodgers' one loss in a three-game series. Three of those strikeouts came against Madison Bumgarner, who was at the top of his considerable game. The fourth came against Giants closer Sergio Romo.
Puig came back the next day to get a hit against Romo that started a game-winning rally for the Dodgers. But for a moment, Puig has been a young player chasing pitches outside the strike zone.
"It just really proves that if you don't swing at strikes you don't hit," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of Puig's performance. "He didn't swing at strikes. As that day went on, visibility went way down during the course of that game. But more than anything, he didn't swing at strikes.
"We've seen it many, many times with all kinds of guys. You are what you eat. You don't swing at strikes, you're not going to hit, I don't care who you are.
"[Puig] had his moments that he's chased and then he'll show us that he makes adjustments and leaves it alone. It's unusual that he strikes out like that, but for me, he was out of the strike zone all day."
There was a moment, when Carl Crawford returned from the disabled list, that it appeared that the Dodgers had four big-time outfielders for only three spots. That situation became temporary when Matt Kemp injured his left shoulder and eventually was placed on the DL. But in that initial moment of an overcrowded outfield, there was little doubt that Puig wasn't the choice for a rest.
"With Yasiel, it's like anything else," Mattingly said with a smile. "You keep getting three hits a day, you usually stay in the lineup.
"He brings a lot of energy. He plays extremely hard and he's going to get nicked up, banged up and he'll need a day off. He's at a pretty torrid pace as far as what he's doing on the team. The energy, we've seen it, it's pretty much the same every day."
That's the other part of the Puig picture. It's not only the talent, it's the full-tilt, wall-to-wall approach. Oh, man.
It's early, but off the field, Puig is an enigmatic figure, partly by choice. He has been disdainful of the typical daily baseball player's dealings with the media. Saturday, for instance, when he was named as one of the five National League candidates for the Final Vote, Puig refused to talk to reporters.
The next day, after a meeting with Puig, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and Hall of Fame Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin, Puig agreed to make himself briefly available to the media after each game.
In the Sunday postgame session with the media, with Puig's remarks interpreted by Tim Bravo, an English teacher who works with the Dodgers' Spanish-speaking players, Puig said that he was not worried about the All-Star Game, that his primary concern was the Dodgers winning.
Puig said that the All-Star Game was the fans' game and that everyone had an opinion about which players should be on the team. Puig also stayed on-message with the importance of the Dodgers winning. That was safe, conventional, indisputable stuff. Puig's play will command media attention. That attention will not go away, because in this transaction, reporters are the conduits between the athlete and the fans, the people who pay the freight.
But now, Puig's play, remarkable as it is, creates the primary impression. It is left to the rest of us to argue about which lofty descriptions are most applicable for this unique talent.


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I'm working on a project with Grails 2.3.11 and the plugin FilterPane 2.3.3. In my database I have a table whose id is compound by tree columns and I need to filter by those fields of the id.
In the Entity the id is of type EmbeddedId.
Is it possible to do this?


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It's final day here in Japan, where English Premier League giants Chelsea tangle with Corinthians of Brazil for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup crown.
Click on the links to the right to read FIFA.com's exclusive pre-final stories and interviews.
Chelsea, coached by Rafa Benitez – previously a FIFA Club World Cup winner with Inter Milan – are led on the pitch by Spanish duo Fernando Torres and Juan Mata, goalkeeping stalwart Petr Cech and a host of sturdy role-players and difference-makers.
"It's a dream of mine to play in a [Club] World Cup and I'd give anything to win it," Chelsea's Brazilian defender David Luiz, who moved up into midfield in the swash-buckling 3-1 semi-final win over Monterrey, told FIFA.com. Torres is in total agreement: "We are here in Japan to win the trophy. I'm sure we'll see a very even game, with both sides in with an equal chance," he said about the final that defender Branislav Ivanovic calls "The key game for this generation" of Chelsea Football Club.
It's a dream of mine to play in a [Club] World Cup and I'd give anything to win it.
Corinthians, last year's Copa Libertadores champions, reached Sunday's grand finale by besting Egypt's Al-Ahly 1-0 in their semi-final. It was a game that lacked fireworks, but highlighted some of the Sao Paulo side's strongest attributes: defensive assurance, dogged determination in midfield and stifling, tactical patience.
"I never think I've done enough. The day I start thinking everything is great is the day I should stop doing what I love most, which is playing football," Ralf, the team's soft-spoken warrior and icon told FIFA.com, summing up a never-say-die spirit in the O Timão camp.
The Japanese port city of Yokohama will see a new world champion crowned on Sunday, and only one thing remains to be known. Will Corinthians grind their way to the title or will Chelsea, suddenly so attack-minded, win the day with their new look? Stay tuned to FIFA.com for the answer, and all the post-game reactions.


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Community prepares for Air Force General's visit
The Air Force's highest ranking general to visit Fort Smith
Gen. Mark Welsh III will visit the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith on Friday.
Last month, a federal bill was passed that cut back on defense spending. The 188th's Flying Razorbacks are part of those cuts.
Welsh has the power to overturn the decision to cut funding for the Flying Razorbacks.
The community has banded together to welcome the general and show support for the Flying Razorbacks by making signs and T-shirts.
"It's a huge opportunity for our community to show support for the 188th," says Ashley Ahlert, a supporter of the Flying Razorbacks. "We've been getting the schools involved, local businesses in our community, and of course our local citizens. We're rallying them on Friday to come out and support the 188th."
Supporters are asking the community to line the intersection of Phoenix Avenue and 74th on Friday morning to show support for the Flying Razorbacks.


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US stock futures subdued ahead of Bernanke session
Wall Street stock futures are subdued ahead of a speech on monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Dow futures are up 6 points to 13,439. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures are up 1 point to 1,468. Nasdaq futures are down 10 points to 2,734.
Bernanke is expected to speak in a question-and-answer session in Ann Arbor, Mich., beginning at 4 p.m. ET, just as the stock markets close.
Also on tap this week are earnings reports from major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
European markets rose by midday on optimism that the worst of the uncertainty from the European fiscal crisis and U.S. fiscal cliff saga is over.
U.S. stocks hit a five-year high last Thursday.


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When one either doesn't have the money to buy food or the grocery store is closed, they go to a friend or relative's house and raid their pantry or refrigerator.
We were going to make tacos on Sunday, but we were out of lettuce and shredded cheese and the store was closed, so mom told us to go grocery shopping at grandma's house.
by lac_firefly August 09, 2009
Frenemy has a family tragedy. "Thoughts and prayers."
Shopping that happens when you finally get tired of eating crackers and/or are out of soap. May involve searching for the mustard, since it isn't next to the ketchup, until you find mustard next to the hot dogs or something else equally logical.
My girlfriend always asks me to go grocery shopping with her but it's a really annoying way to spend time.
by prinnyfan April 08, 2009
When you take food, beer, or condiments from a house party for the soul purpose of filling up your own pantry or refrigerator at home.
"Hey did you hear about this freshman throwing a house party?"
"Yeah, I am going to go grocery shopping."
"Yeah, I am going to go grocery shopping."
by 86thered February 24, 2010
Any vacation to an undisclosed location taken for complete enjoyment and maximum relaxation.
Adam: Hey, if any of my friends come by, tell them I'm grocery shopping for the next three months.
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Having sex with a girl, or guy, who has a colostomy bag, while his/her colostomy bag is filling up.
"I was doing this chick who recently had surgery on her anus, and all of a sudden, I look down at her colostomy bag and realize that I was grocery shopping."
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slang term for homosexual gingers for having unprotected anal sex with whoever needs to release and beCOME.
Marco got his mom to lactate in my tapioca pudding without me noticing and I ate it so to get back at him I convinced him to go grocery shopping with my gay ginger friend conner. Little did he know that the only thing they picked up from the grocery store was mayonaise,hot dogs,and a rubber chicken. Marco was confused as to why they went to a motel room. Lets just say the next day he woke up and looked like his penis either went for a ride in the rectum of a bloody babboon or his penis crashed into a red ant pile in the rain because his penis was caked in chunky crap and it had more dots on it then a winning grannys bingo card. Looks like hes guna have to go down the hand lotion isle for awile or at least the genital warts isle and feathered penis isle.
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I had plans for this evening. I really did. But then Zero Hedge has gone out of their way to be so fabulously wrong about how the world works I had to take a break to refute their latest attack of nonsense.
Note, the last time I wrote about Zero Hedge it attracted a lot of unwanted attention for them because it pointed out, fairly clearly, that they were basing their conclusions — that there are millions of unsold cars — on old pictures from an old story and, I don't know, massive doses of peyote.
Did it bother them? Probably. Below is a snippet from an email chain where "Tyler Durden" — the anonymous writer/s of the site — emailed with someone concerned that I was somehow in bed with GM.
I am not and, so far as I know, we do not, but glad to know they're worried.
ZH, to their credit, responded with a pretty hilarious burn in my direction in their latest post saying:
Ten days ago, some of the more confused fringes of the blogosphere took great offense at our repost of an article showing thousands of idle cars strewn around various ports, dealer lots, parkings, airports and any other flat surface in what is merely the world's largest ongoing manufacturing channel stuffing and working capital gimmick.
They didn't link to us, but I think they were talking about us and not, say, Snopes (which called their article "false") or Bloomberg View's Barry Ritholtz, who considered it so bad he used it as an example for why you should be careful about what you read on the web.
Of all the many smart people to call them wrong — and there were many smart people who recognized how wrong they are — I'm going to take the heat here and assume I am the fringe.
I don't want to break this out point-by-point because I've done that and most of the critiques of the last piece still stand and their "uh we didn't want to waste time looking up new google maps" bit is one hilarious dodge, but let's get to two big areas.
This is going to require understanding a little bit of nuance which is something you can't do if you're going to enjoy Zero Hedge because they're hoping you won't think too hard about any subject.
The Bogeyman — AKA — The Cadillac ELR
If you wanted to know how deceitful Zero Hedge is trying to be, just read their latest article, which does the classic ZH trick of taking a small fact and blowing it way out of proportion to make ridiculous assumptions — like knowing that Usain Bolt can run 100 meters in 9.58 seconds and then assuming cats are really ninjas trained by President Obama to steal our Cheetos.
They may be afraid to link to Jalopnik because it exposes their faulty reasoning, but I'm so sure that reasonable people can see the problems with their arguments I'm happy to have you read them.
In this case, they've found the perfect bogeyman in the Cadillac ELR, which is GM's Chevy Volt in a tuxedo and is, I think most people would agree, a pretty shitty product.
And in lieu of that, instead here is a verbal account of precisely what happens when domestic car-makers overestimate the purchasing power of the US, and clog channels to an epic extent. In this case, we refer to the recently launched GM Cadillac ELR, launched to much aplomb just five months ago as a competitor to the Tesla Model S for a $76,000 price point (above Tesla's $70,000), has been a complete disaster. And how is GM dealing with this latest sales disappointment (which struck even before all the recent recall scandals had hit)? Why by jamming dealers with an unprecedented 725-day supply, or exactly two years worth of cars!
I swear to God they bolded that, I am not adding that for editorial effect.
Yes, as MarketWatch noted, there are 1,700 ELR coupes unsold on dealer lots as of the end of April.
That's not, in the grand scheme of things, a lot of cars. There are about 900 Cadillac dealerships in the United States, which is to say there are less than two cars for every dealer to stock in the showrooms, which is to say you can have a burgundy one and a white one, maybe (the reality is not all dealers are getting the cars, but an annual supply for a store is about four).
That hilarious "725-day supply" number comes from the current selling rate, which is low, because it's an overpriced Chevy Volt that isn't as sexy, useful, or interesting as a Tesla. It's a bad car that's meant as a green "halo" model and not at all intended to sell in high numbers.
But the inventory is so low that it's a number that's more amusing than illuminating.
If you sell one blue Lamborghini Gallardo a year, and you have three blue Lamborghini Gallardos on your lot, in theory you have a 1,095-day supply. Or to over-simplify even more: if you had one taco yesterday, and today you had four tacos, that's a 300% increase in taco consumption... but you don't need to go to the hospital because four tacos is a totally fine number number of tacos to have.
So yes, while those lots filled to the brim we showed were not of ELR models, they should have been. Unfortunately stock photos of this brand new car sitting untouched on dealer premises are unavailable, at least for now.
Are you fucking serious? You think there are multiple dealer lots with dozens of ELRs piling up? As I already pointed out, 1,700 cars doesn't even equal two per dealer, you morons.
Do you not understand how large numbers work? I have a feeling the author of this piece wanders into a grocery store, opens up a carton of eggs and goes "Man, there must be millions of eggs in there, I can't even count them all. It's uncountable."
So yes, they made a very small number of Cadillac ELRs and they're so shitty they barely have sold any of those. Fair point. Yes, it's nonsense for GM to call this a Tesla killer, also a very fair point.
But saying this means GM and the industry as a whole is dangerously overbuilt is like saying the failure of Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humprhies in 72 days is a sign that all new marriages are doomed to end soon.
No, she sucks, that's it. She is not representative of all marriage, you weirdos.
We Have High Inventories And This Means There Are Millions Of Unsold Cars
Carmakers don't just produce vehicles on demand, they make some assumptions about how the economy is going to be in the future and build cars to meet those numbers. Sometimes they overestimate, sometimes they underestimate, but they ideally keep about 65 days worth of cars somewhere in the supply chain for the same reason they don't just send one tube of toothpaste or box of Cheerios to each an individual store.
Look at this scary chart:
That's GM Month-End inventory and it, conspicuously, only goes back to November 2009, which is a few months after their bankruptcy. As you might imagine, as the economy took a giant dump and GM went south they, like other automakers, cut back on car production.
But here's the chart Zero Hedge doesn't want you to see:
This chart is from Calculated Risk and it shows the number of auto sales (called SAAR because it's seasonally adjusted and adjusted here to roughly the same period as the ZH chart, you can see the full chart at the link above) in the United States.
Why are carmakers producing more cars? Because, durr, they're going to sell more.
As Bloomberg View pointed out, if you go back to when that chart began to what's projected by the end of the year you'll see that sales should be up somewhere by about 78%.
This has Zero Hedge very concerned and, if we're going to be nuanced about this, I think it's a very fair argument to make that we're a little overbuilt right now. We're at about a 74-day supply when we should be at a 65-day supply and I'll bet all the money in my wallet against all the MDMA in ZH's system that we'll see GM and Ford idle their plants this summer a bit to even that out.
Does this mean — as Zero Hedge contends — that there are millions of unsold cars sitting around waiting to be scrapped? Of course not. It just means that some automakers will need to take a week or two off in the summer so that demand catches up with supply.
You can't sell 16.1 million cars one car at a time and the bigger problem some automakers have had lately is not with having too many cars to sell, but with supplies that were too low.
The only thing worse than having too many cars to sell is having a customer come to your door, not be able to get a car, and go somewhere else.
A Challenge
There are definitely discussions to be had about the failure of GM in certain areas, the state of production, and the future of American automakers.
I invited Zero Hedge in a personal email to come and debate this on Jalopnik but they sheepishly refused. Unfortunately, unlike the real fake Tyler Durden, it seems like they'd rather run from a fight.
This is worthy of a serious discussion so I invite them to let me know a time and I'll invite some smart people and we can talk it out.


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Starbucks gets into the booming yogurt business
(Reuters) - Starbucks is teaming up with French yogurt maker and Danone to bring a co-branded yogurt product to its cafes and to grocery stores across the U.S.
The partnership, announced Tuesday, comes as Starbucks pushes into the "health and wellness" category and as Danone, owner of the Dannon brand, and other yogurt makers seek to conquer the U.S. market, where yogurt consumption per capita lags Europe.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Their first product will be ready-to-eat Greek yogurt parfaits, to be sold in U.S. Starbucks stores in spring 2014.
Distribution to food retailers is planned for 2015, with global expansion to follow, the companies said.
Yogurt is one of the hottest products in U.S. grocery stores and there appears to be plenty of room to grow, given that Americans eat far less yogurt than Europeans.
The U.S. retail market for yogurt has grown an average 8.5 percent per year over the last five years, according to Euromonitor International, a sales tracking firm.
Euromonitor forecasts the growth rate slowing to 5.9 percent per year for the next five years, double the expected growth of packaged food overall.
Greek-style yogurt now makes up more than 40 percent of the market, though the top-selling brand remains General Mills Inc's Yoplait, which has a nearly 24 percent share, according to Euromonitor. Privately held Chobani is second, though France's Danone has a greater overall share between its Dannon, Activia, Stonyfield Farm and Danimals brands, which together account for 30 percent of the market.
PepsiCo Inc. has also jumped into the fray, selling Muller yogurt in the United States through a joint venture with German dairy company Theo Muller Group.
The Starbucks/Danone yogurt products will be sold under the Evolution Fresh name.
Starbucks bought Evolution Fresh, a bottled juice maker, for $30 million in November 2011. The coffee giant sells Evolution Fresh juice products through some U.S. grocery stores and Starbucks cafes and has opened four Evolution Fresh stand-alone juice shops.


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FrontPageMagazine.com | 8/3/2005
As we face our Islamist terrorist enemy in this post-Cold War era, it becomes clear that we are engaged in yet another world war. This present war on terror is, without a doubt, a new kind of war. We can summarize its new aspects with one concrete example: the suicide bomber. He is eager to blow himself up in order to kill as many innocent people as possible from among Christians, Jews and, yes, other Muslims. Young men are usually inspired by dreams of the future and of enjoying their lives, but the suicide bomber is motivated only by the thought of being a martyr and he is convinced that virgins are waiting for him in paradise and will reward him for blowing himself up amongst "infidels."
The suicide bomber is a human bomb walking the streets ready to destroy other people, any time and any place. It is very difficult to recognize him and to predict where and when he will strike.
With this new weapon - the human bomb - our Islamic terrorist enemy has neutralized the most horrifying weapon: the nuclear bomb. But it has neutralized it only in our hands of course.
This War's Ingredients:
1-The weapon is the suicide bomber.
2-The ammunition is the Muslim tradition and religion.
3-The factories of ammunitions are the mosques, the Islamic centers in the West and in the U.S, the Muslim system of educations and the Arabic web sites.
4-The battle field is the mentality of all Muslims.
5-The soldiers and the generals of war are fanatic extreme Muslim scholars and the Sheikhs.
6- The very nature of this war is 100% an intellectual-ideological religious war.
7-Who will win this kind of war? The terrorists.
8-Why: Because the U.S is using its army in 90% of this war.
The Crucial Reassessment:
1-How can the U.S win this war and save thousands of lives and billions of dollors?
By using the same tactic of the intellectual-ideological religious war.
2-How could the U.S use this tactic?
By responding to every enemy weapon to neutralize it:
The weapon [suicide bomber] must be convinced that if he kills innocent people or himself he will be the enemy of Islam.
The ammunitions [Muslim tradition and religion] must be used against the terrorist themselves.
The factories of ammunitions: [Mosques, Islamic centers in the West and the U. S and the educational system in Muslim World] are under the control of U.S. allies. These factories of ammunitions in the Muslim World must be reformed in the name of Islam by the pressure of the U.S and the U.N. - along with real political reform. The mosques and the so-called Islamic schools in the U.S must be reformed and the websites of the fanatics must be delegitimized. Individuals such as myself are willing to do this if we receive American support.
The battle field of this war will be the mentality of all Muslims.
The soldiers and the generals of this war against terrorists are people like me who are free Muslim scholars and sheikhs. We are willing to fight but need the support of the U.S.
The very nature of this war against terrorists: A large percentage of it can be – and must be – an intellectual war.
Who will win this kind of war?
The U.S. will win it.
Because the terrorist Muslims have their power by using the name of Islam. We must explain from within Islam the contradiction between Islam and the bloody culture of the terrorists.
It is not hard to have the silent Muslim majority on our side if we can reach them. It is not hard to convince some of the fanatics by using the fanatic tradition against them. Also, it is very easy to recruit open-minded Muslims and organize them in this peaceful war against terrorism. Actually, they are eager to be organized and supported by the U.S so that they can attain freedom and rid themselves and the world of the terrorist danger.
Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour is a distinguished scholar of Islam with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology and politics. An Egyptian national now living in the U.S., he was an advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt for many years, during which time he himself was isolated and persecuted by religious extremists and by the regime.


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I can't see the trash on the streets
Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp have reportedly split after three years of dating.
The actress and rocker quietly began dating in 2010, but they have recently called it quits due to their cross-country relationship, according to People magazine.
An insider tells the publication, "It was the distance. She lives in New York and he resides in Indiana. It was the long distance that ultimately was the cause (of the split)".
Mellencamp previously revealed to Rolling Stone that he had no intention of moving to the Big Apple to be closer to Ryan, admitting, "I'm too sensitive to live there (in New York). I can't see poor people. I can't see the suffering. I can't see the trash on the streets. "I'm not leaving Indiana.
I'm going to die here". Ryan and Mellencamp were last seen together in May (14). The singer finalised his divorce from ex-wife Elaine Irwin shortly before dating Ryan in 2010, while Ryan split from ex-husband Dennis Quaid in 2001.
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Hialeah, Florida, homicide detectives have charged an elderly man with the shooting death of his sister-in-law.
Two bodies were found inside the home of 78-year-old Angel Dominguez on the 200 block of W 45th Street Friday afternoon. Police say Dominguez shot and killed his 80-year-old sister-in-law Hidelsia Echemendia, who was visiting from Cuba.
Dominguez's wife, 87-year-old Blesilda, was also found dead in the home. Police have not yet released her cause of death, but say there were no visible signs of trauma. A neighbor told NBC 6 that the woman had a heart attack after finding out about the shooting.
Several neighbors said they heard shots from the area of the home.
"I came out of the house. I was helping my grandpa load some things on the truck," said neighbor Alexis Espinosa. "We heard a gunshot, but we didn't hear nothing else."
Police responded to the scene around 1 p.m. Friday after another family member called 911. Dominguez was home when police arrived and cooperated with the investigation.
Dominguez is being charged with second-degree murder. His motive remains unknown. It is unclear if Dominguez has an attorney.


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What if Environmentalism Were as Big as Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]
What if everyone across the globe used his or her social media influence to help the planet?
The impact would be huge, according to a recent infographic from Recyclebank, a company that rewards green consumers with discounts and deals from local and national businesses.
The data encourages the connected generation to use social networks and technology for a positive effect on the earth. For example, if each Pinterest user shared one green idea per month, there would be 12 million more environmentally-conscious tips being passed around.
The efforts can be carried offline, too. According to Recyclebank, if everyone on Facebook shortened his or her shower by one minute, we would save enough water to fill 1,136,364 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
What relationship do you see between social media and helping the planet? What can you do to make an impact? Let us know in the comments.
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Two days from racing in her second IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season, and one practically on home turf in New York, Mary Cain was stressed out on Thursday (12).
About taking her driver's test.
"I am super-duper excited for graduation," said the 18-year-old Bronxville High School senior from New York State, who was also the the 2013 IAAF Rising Star of the Year. "But the day before, I take my driver's test so I am really hoping that by graduation I will have my driver's license.
"The thing is I can drive. I've driven on highways. I know what I am doing. But it's a matter of passing the test. I can parallel park, but what if I don't? Then that's bad."
To outsiders it might seem like Cain is living a double life, one weekend filling the role of a phenomenal and prodigious professional athlete headlining the women's 800m at the adidas Grand Prix on Randall's Island; the next completing the same rite of passage as millions of teens across America.
But according to Cain, nothing has changed since her decision to enter the professional athletics ranks.
"To me I have never seen a difference. Really, it is the same routine. The literal idea and concept of going professional it really hasn't changed anything for me, and I am glad about that. That is one of the reasons I chose that path."
And there is certainly evidence to support her claim.
Cain has had to hit the books hard in her final year of high school, taking advanced placement courses in Latin, literature and two levels of economics.
"The Latin test was a struggle," she said. "There were a lot of people that I saw drawing nice pictures during it, but I took it really seriously and tried. Hopefully it went well."
Disney distractions
Disney distractions
She is still the self-proclaimed Disney kid, pointing out that Frozen is "a quality movie," lamenting the fact that "nobody has seen The Black Cauldron but me," and proclaiming Bambi to be, "a tearjerker."
Cain, like many of her peers, attended her senior prom in mid-May. "That is why I didn't get to do a lot of early racing," she said. "But I had a great time. It was really fun hanging out with all of my friends."
She is also already contemplating her first semester college workload in autumn.
"I am pretty much going to take a normal class load," said Cain, who will pursue a major in chemistry at the University of Portland from September.
"In the fall, I will probably overload it a little bit, maybe take 18 credits and then maybe in the spring back off and take maybe 14 credits because I am going in with a lot of AP (advanced placement) credits already."
But, then again, there are equally as many indicators that Cain is not the prototypical teenager.
How many prospective college freshmen have the option of evicting their future roommate to make room for an altitude tent?
"I probably won't have a roommate because I do sleep in an altitude tent and I'm sure I would make lots of friends then," she said. "I went to the school and kind of explained my situation and they were super-understanding."
How many high school-aged runners would be upset running 2:02.31 for the 800m, as Cain did at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on 31 May, a time only two other girls her age have ever achieved?
"I was a little disappointed with only running 2:02," she said. "With that being said, I'm kind of building back into shape. I think these past two weeks I have gotten better."
How many high school-aged runners are pondering a summer spent racing the best of the best around Europe, or chasing a fun experience and possibly a gold medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene?
Eugene and European experiences ahead
Eugene and European experiences ahead
"Probably in August, I will try to run a few Diamond League events, but right now I am interested in running at the World Juniors," Cain explained.
"We are not 100 per cent official or anything. We don't necessarily even know what race. I was thinking maybe a 3000m because it would be a chance to do something a little crazy and have some fun. But the 800m and 1500m are open as well."
And how many high school girls have to fend off siblings from raiding their latest shipment of gear provided by her sponsor?
"They take a lot of my things," Cain joked about her older sister and two younger sisters. "Things disappear and all of a sudden I see them wearing it and I'm like, 'I like those too you know!'"
But mostly, Cain says she has become more driven.
"My attitude towards workouts is a little bit different, but it is kind of because I am more motivated.
"I feel like I am more intense than I was last year. If I am feeling like I don't want to do core one day, I am more likely to do it. I tell myself, 'I am doing this. I want to do this. I made the decision to fully commit to doing this.'
"I don't ever really look at running as a job. I know what I did last year and know what I can do and I want to get there. I can see the hanging fruit. Now it's me pushing myself to get there."
Cain credited her support system with enabling her to maintain what she describes as a normal lifestyle.
She said that although there are regular conversations about track and field at home, and her mother occasionally times her workouts and serves as a conduit for coach Alberto Salazar, her family life is not centered on her running.
"I feel like we're as crazy as anybody else is," said Cain.
"We talk about school gossip, school drama. My older sister is down in college, another sister does field hockey, so we have a lot more going on than just me. I've seen what can happen to people who are super-track oriented and I don't want that to be me. I like having other things on my mind. I like being able to talk about the World Cup."
Kindergarten chums' confusion
Kindergarten chums' confusion
Cain also has maintained a close circle of friends since kindergarten, many of whom are oblivious to the intricacies of the sporting world.
"They don't even know what the NCAA is," reflected Cain about her friends. "They go to school for academics. They were confused that people didn't do that. It was more difficult explaining to them that there was another option than going pro. It was kind of a funny exchange.
"I was like, 'Yeah, I decided to go pro.'
"Then I'd get a few kids who said, 'Wait. You weren't already a professional?'
"I'm like, 'No, I was not!'
"Then they are like, 'Oh, okay. So, what else could you have done?'
"I'd say, 'I could run in the NCAA.'
"They'd answer, 'I thought that was only for football.'
"I'd respond, 'No, there are other sports.'
"They would ask, 'Why would you do that? Don't you go to school?'
"I would say, 'Yeah, you still get an education.'
"They would say, 'We're very confused.'"
Cain added: "Thankfully, I don't have to have that conversation anymore because I'm a pro."
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Tours in Puyo
Tourism in the Puyo region is still fairly undeveloped, though a number of opportunities for ecotourism have been opening up in recent years, mainly under the initiative of OPIP (Organización de Pueblos Indígenas de Pastaza), an indigenous organization controlling the bulk of Pastaza's territory. Some of the attractions are open to drop-in visitors, but OPIP prefers tourists to be accompanied by local indigenous guides, available at their associated tour agency, Papangu, or other affiliated operators as listed.
One popular day-tour, usually kicking off with a visit to the Zoocriadero El Fátima, is to the Fundación Hola Vida, a tract of secondary rainforest 27km south of Puyo near the village of Pomona. This can also be visited independently by taxi from Puyo for about $10 each way. On a two- to three-hour hike through the forest, you can visit a stunning thirty-metre waterfall, bathe in crystalline rivers and take in splendid views over the Amazonian plain from a mirador. Tours here often then continue to the nearby Proyecto Indi Churis (t 03/2887309 or t 2887988), where you can sample traditional Oriente dishes like maitos (meat or fish steamed in palm leaves), take part in a blowgun demonstration, participate in an evening cleansing ritual using medicinal plants, hike to a viewpoint and float on a river in a dugout canoe. Your visit can be extended by staying with a local family or sleeping in the project's cabañas. Independent travellers can get here by taxi ($13), or on one of two daily buses, which also pass Hola Vida, leaving from the stop by the Mercado Mariscal at 6.15am and 1pm (1hr); the last bus returns at 2.30pm.
For a more costly but truly off-the-beaten-track jungle encounter, there are a number of far-flung indigenous communities (Kichwa, Záparo, Shuar, Achuar and Waorani) that have set up ecotourism projects which you can visit by making arrangements with Puyo operators. Many of the villages are reached by light aircraft from Shell, lengthy motor canoe rides with a return trip by plane, or – most adventurous of all – several days' paddling in a dugout canoe. You'll need at least four days to make the most of the further communities, even if flying. While facilities are rudimentary, you'll get guided hikes in pristine forests with true experts and treated to a real insight into authentic rainforest life few outsiders experience.
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The Diocese of Chester
Jesus said: 'you have not chosen Me; I have chosen you. Go and bear fruit that will last.' (John 15:16)
The Diocese of Chester is in the province of York in the Church of England, part of the global Anglican Communion. We are linked with the Anglican Church of Melanesia in the Solomon Islands and the Dioceses of Aru and Boga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Church of England comprises two Provinces, Canterbury and York. Each province is broken down into dioceses. There are 41 in England (42 including the Diocese in Europe).
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The Diocese of Chester was created in 1541 and assumed roughly its present dimensions in 1880.
It covers an area of 1025 square miles, approximately the old Victorian County of Chester, including parts which subsequently became absorbed into Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The Rivers Mersey and Tame approximately delineate the boundary with Liverpool and Manchester. There are areas of dense urban population, mainly in the north, stretching from Birkenhead to East Manchester. There are prosperous suburban regions of West and South Wirral, Chester and south of Manchester, with a mainly rural heartland, bounded by the Derbyshire Pennines and the Welsh Border. The overall population is around 1.6 million.
There are three Bishops. The Bishop of Chester Peter Forster, The Bishop of Birkenhead Keith Sinclair, and The Bishop of Stockport, currently vacant.
The Cathedral for the Diocese is in Chester
The Diocese is divided into two archdeaconries: Chester covering the western half and Macclesfield the eastern, each with nine deaneries. There are 273 parishes, about 100 of which can be described as rural. Compared with many dioceses, there are few teams, and few multi-parish benefices. There are approximately 231 stipendiary clergy. The ministry of Readers and Pastoral Workers is important, with over 400 licensed. The role of self-supporting ministers is increasing, with over 80 in post at present.
The Bishops and Archdeacons with the 2016 Deacons
Roughly speaking, the Archdeaconry of Macclesfield covers that part of the diocese to the east of the M6, plus the area around Crewe and Nantwich. The Archdeaconry of Chester covers the rest of the diocese to the west of the M6. Each archdeaconry has a broad mix of urban and rural parishes. The Archdeacon of Chester lives in Chester, and the Archdeacon of Macclesfield lives in Congleton. Both now work from Church House, Daresbury.


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Tony Stewart Las Vegas Advance
KANNAPOLIS, March 2, 2011: "Taxicab Confessions" is back. Not on HBO, but on the Las Vegas Strip, at least for a couple of hours on Wednesday.
Tony Stewart will be a taxicab driver for a day, and just as he's been a standout figure in his 13 seasons as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, he's bound to stand out in a city filled with stand-ups.
Stewart's ride will be familiar to NASCAR fans and slightly outlandish to those calling Las Vegas home. His taxi will actually be a bona fide No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala stock car made street legal thanks to some headlights and taillights. With a passenger seat installed as well as a lighted "Taxi" sign on the roof, Stewart will be in business. No horn will be needed. The 358 cubic-inch V-8 that rests under the hood and is controlled by Stewart's right foot will suffice.
He'll begin at Lucky Cab where the real pros will show Stewart the ropes before making pick-ups at the MGM Grand. Expect to see Las Vegas icons David Copperfield and Elvis riding shotgun with Stewart, along with some familiar faces, such as Miss Sprint Cup. The correlation with Lucky Cab and Stewart's interim role as a taxi driver is that Mobil 1 partners with Lucky Cab to test the protection of its motor oil. Driving conditions in Las Vegas are extreme, especially for taxis, as they constantly deal with high temperatures, dust, long idle times and stop-and-go driving. In changing the oil every 15,000 miles in Lucky Cab's stable of taxis, Mobil 1 found no visible signs of engine wear, even after 130,000 miles.
Stewart has been racing a few miles north of the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for more than a decade. He's logged nearly 4,300 racing miles at the 1.5-mile oval, and while he also shows no visible signs of wear, for he's currently tied for third in the Sprint Cup championship point standings, he also has nothing to show for his efforts.
Of all the venues that host both the Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Las Vegas is the lone racetrack where Stewart has yet to record a victory. (We're not counting Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, for its inaugural Sprint Cup race isn't until July. – Ed.)
It's certainly not for a lack of effort, as the two-time Sprint Cup champion has recorded two top-three, four top-five and seven top-10 finishes while leading a total of 192 laps in his 12 career Sprint Cup starts at Las Vegas. He also has four Nationwide Series starts at Las Vegas and finished third in 2007 driving for Kevin Harvick Inc. However, it was in the 2008 Nationwide Series race where Stewart appeared poised to cross Las Vegas off his "to-do" list.
Driving for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), Stewart led twice for 61 laps, and after his then JGR teammate Kyle Busch crashed out when a flat tire sent him into the wall, there was no other driver even close to matching the pace set by Stewart. But an accident with a lapped car on lap 137 of the 202-lap race sent Stewart hard into the SAFER Barrier along the outside retaining wall in turn three, ending his shot at visiting Las Vegas' victory lane.
Even though a win hasn't been earned at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Stewart has, in fact, won races on the track's grounds. The first one came in November 2002 at the Las Vegas Bullring, located just behind turns one and two of the 1.5-mile oval, where Stewart swept the USAC Sprint/Midget doubleheader. The second came last November when Stewart won the preliminary round of the inaugural Las Vegas Sprint Car Nationals at the Dirt Track. It was Stewart's first American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) victory in only his second ASCS start.
Coming off a seventh-place finish last Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway where Stewart led four times for 59 laps, the driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy returns to Las Vegas ready to notch that much desired win – on the big track and in the big-time, for Sprint Cup is the only race on Stewart's docket this weekend.
Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 is the sole focus for Stewart and the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing team, and since the Sprint Cup Series only visits Las Vegas once a year, it's Stewart's one chance to put a checkmark in the win column next to the currently vacant box that reads "Las Vegas."
TONY STEWART, Driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing:
What is the key to being successful at Las Vegas
"I wish I knew because I still have not won there in the Cup Series. I have not won anything there, except for a USAC race at the Bullring and a Sprint Car race at the Dirt Track. But you know, there's really no key to it. It's just like anywhere else you go. You just have to have a well-balanced car. It seems like track position is really, really key there, but as long as you can get your car driving well and stay ahead of it, it seems like as the day changes, or the longer the day goes, the more the track changes and the more you have to stay up with it. We've had cars that have been good three quarters of the day, but we'd lose the handle on it the last quarter. You just can't have any mistakes there because you cannot afford to lose the track position, and you have to be able to stay up with the changing track conditions as the day goes on."
What is your outlook for this weekend's race at Las Vegas?
"It's no different at Las Vegas than anywhere else. You have to get the car to rotate through the corner, but still stay tight enough on entry and exit. There's no unique challenges there. The track is really smooth and that lets you work on the attitude of your car, and I think that's a luxury that we have there that we don't necessarily always get everywhere else because every track has its unique set of bumps. Vegas has bumps too, but for the most part, it's so smooth that you can really fine-tune the attitude of the car."
You're doing a big promotion with Mobil 1 on Wednesday in Las Vegas where you're driving a taxi. Now that they've joined Stewart-Haas Racing, what does it say to have that kind of brand and a company in ExxonMobil behind you?
"It's exciting. They are the largest company in the world, so having ExxonMobil with us is definitely a huge benefit, but the technology that they bring – it's one thing to have a partner and a sponsor that can help support the projects that you need to be successful on the track, but when you have somebody like Mobil 1 that can actually add to the technology side of your program and can physically help you make your racecar go faster, you can't put a value on that."
Your World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series teams race Wednesday night and Thursday night at The Dirt Track. It's not often when the schedules of your open-wheel teams coincide with your Sprint Cup schedule. Are you looking forward to a busy week as an owner and a driver?
"Oh, yeah. It's really a cool weekend because we get to watch my open-wheel teams run two days in a row, and then I get to play the rest of the weekend. So I'm excited about that. That's what makes going to Las Vegas so much fun is that we do get to see our other programs running."
You've been a team owner in Sprint Cup for a little over two years now. How has life changed, if it's changed at all?
"It hasn't changed from the driving side. I think I've been on the ownership side long enough not only with the Cup stuff, but with my open-wheel teams, that it's just business as usual. When you get in the car, you're just thinking about being a driver. You're not thinking about making payroll at the end of the week or all the other things that you worry about when you're outside the car. When you're in the car, if you're thinking about anything other than driving the car, then you probably shouldn't be in there to begin with. For me, that's something that's been really easy to separate."
Which was the bigger transition – Sprint Car driver to NASCAR driver or Sprint Car team owner to NASCAR team owner?
"Definitely Sprint Cup team owner to NASCAR team owner. When you're a driver, it's you in a car. That's all you're trying to figure out. When you're a team owner, that's a different deal, but so is owning an Outlaws team compared to a NASCAR team. With the World of Outlaws Sprint Car team, you only have three guys working on the car versus the 163 guys that we have with two Sprint Cup teams at Stewart-Haas. Managing people and the resources that go with that is the biggest difference."
Stewart-Haas Racing receives its engines from Hendrick Motorsports. All of the top teams have an in-house engine program. Do you ever envision creating an in-house engine program at Stewart-Haas Racing?
"I don't see us making plans to do that. You look at Hendrick's engine program, and I don't think they're lacking anything there. The last five years have proven that. I think you look at past experiences and you look at Darrell Waltrip's experiences as a car owner, and he'll be the first one to tell you that was the mistake he made was going from a program like that, which kept him where he needed to be, to thinking he could make it better by starting his own program. That actually led to the end of it. We've got a great partnership with Hendrick Motorsports, and I don't see us straying off from their program and their engines. The opportunity to work with those guys and our input on top of Jeff's (Gordon) and Jimmie's (Johnson) and Dale's (Earnhardt Jr.) and Mark's (Martin) input that they have from their program. Being able to have our two cents worth in this program makes it better for all six of us."


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Charity bike ride with a difference
PUBLISHED: 17:25 15 November 2012
St Paul's Church need you to help them cycle the distance from Honiton to the BBC Television Studios in London - without going anywhere - for Children in Need.
Members of the congregation at St Paul's Church in Honiton will be making a journey with a difference for Children in Need.
They will be cycling from Honiton to the BBC Television Centre in London - without going anywhere.
Instead the journey will be made on exercise bikes located outside of the church on Friday, November 16.
The vicar of St Paul's Sue Roberts is very excited about the challenge and said: "This is a great cause and I am very proud that St Paul's is raising money for children all over the UK.
"Last year, Children in Need gave £11.7million to the South West alone and that's worth spending a day on a bike for."
Anyone is welcome to join in and help the church reach its target. Members of the public are invited to guess how far the fund-raisers get - the closest guess will receive a cash prize.
There will also be a toddler grand prix from 9am until 10am on the forecourt outside the church entry is 50p.
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Studying engineering will take time, but not ALL your time. Students take pride in balancing the challenges of earning an engineering degree with the benefits of enjoying other interests along the way. (To find out more, see the I'm an Engineer and... video playlist.)
Beyond Thayer School's walls, engineering students have access to all that Dartmouth and the surrounding communities have to offer...
The Great Outdoors
Hanover and surrounding areas offer opportunities for outdoor adventure and recreation in all seasons. The Connecticut River is just one of many rivers and lakes offering canoeing, kayaking, rowing, sailing, swimming, fishing and other water sports. The Dartmouth golf course is within walking distance of the campus. And you can take advantage of opportunities for rock climbing, on-and off-road biking, in-line skating, camping, and hiking, including the Appalachian Trail, which passes directly through Hanover.
The winter holds many possibilities too, with skating on Occom Pond, sledding on the golf course, alpine skiing at the Dartmouth Skiway and at many other top-rated ski resorts of New England, and cross-country skiing in open settings or along serene, wooded trails around Hanover.
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The Hopkins Center and the Hood Museum of Art are centers for the performing, visual, and creative arts at Dartmouth. The Hopkins Center, affectionately known as The Hop, is a multidisciplinary academic and extracurricular visual and performing arts center. The Hop houses Studio Art (the most popular subject to combine with engineering for the modified engineering sciences major). Students can use the Hop's woodworking and jewelry workshops and participate in a wide range of musical ensembles.
The Hop serves northern New England and beyond as a cultural center, presenting some of the world's finest artists and ensembles in music, film, theater, and dance. The Hood Museum comprises ten public galleries, classrooms, research and conversation facilities, and is a permanent home for Dartmouth's fine art collections.
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At Thayer School the Great Hall provides a central space to get some work done, eat lunch with friends, or watch a student design competition. At the Friday afternoon Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society, students, faculty, and staff convene to hear guest lecturers share their expertise on a wide range of topics.
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Helen E. Fernald was employed at The University Museum from 1921-1935 as the head of the Educational Department from 1921-25, was the Assistant Curator of Far Eastern Art from 1925-30, and the Curator from 1930-35. Fernald's first trip abroad for the museum was in the summer of 1928 to study in the museums and private collections of Far Eastern art in Paris and at the British Museum in London. Her second trip was from June – December of 1929 to Japan, Korea, and China to study collections or conduct scientific researches. Her trips were a success, having brought back many artifacts from the Far East such as bronzes, sculptures, porcelains, etc. The Helen E. Fernald papers consist of eleven folders in two archival boxes of correspondence.


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Maria, who graces the cover of the April issue, reveals that she began putting on weight as a teenager.
"I grew a size every year," she said. "I didn't gain the Freshman 15, I gained the Freshman 40."
Fed up with how tired and sluggish she felt, she decided to create a weight-loss plan and stick to it. Check out her advice at LHJ.com.
Once she lost the weight, she moved to California and started her career in television. While working as a reporter, she turned to fast food for convenience.
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