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By Ryan Richardson
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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Fellow Joplinites, I'm going to level with you: I'm dreading the summer weather here.
I dealt with the brutally hot summer last year in St. Joseph, which was one of the worst on record. But somehow or another, Joplin beat us in temperature and lack of rainfall.
It hasn't really sunk in that I'm further south now and that the weather will change accordingly.
During the height of last summer's hot weather, back home there was a huge outbreak of outdoor animals succumbing to the heat wave. I covered animal control, and they commented on the amount of pets that were brought in that had not survived the heat.
There were some that were just older and couldn't take the heat, but most of the deaths were preventable. I found that the local veterinarians were noticing a spike in heat-related injuries that was also avoidable. As a pet enthusiast, it made me evaluate how I cared for my pets and if I was doing everything I could.
If your pets are of the outdoor variety, then you should pay extra attention here. They are going to take the brunt of the heat and humidity this summer, so it is up to you to make sure that they are taken care of.
For less than $20, you can go a long way to beat the heat by investing in a reflective tarp and a kiddie pool. You don't need a huge tarp, but get one that at least can provide some shade and reflect the sun upward while allowing a breeze to still reach your cat or dog.
Attach it to a fence in your yard so that it shades the ground, becoming an awning. The kiddie pool is pretty self-explanatory, but you might err on the side of caution when dealing with it.
First off, empty and fill the pool every other day while taking some time to clean it out. You don't want that pool to become a home to mosquitos or algae, which will make your pet sick. In addition to taking a quick dip, your pet will most likely sneak a few drinks, and you don't want them drinking dirty water.
For those of you who exercise with your pets, adjust your outdoor schedule accordingly for both your safety and your dog. Try to do it early in the morning or after dusk. The pavement will be cooler and dehydration will be less of an issue.
If you are going out during the day, I suggest investing in a carrying bag for your dog if they are bigger. Letting your dog carry bottles of cold water on it will keep it cool. Toss in a spray bottle with cold water, so you can give your dog an occasional spray down.
I hope this goes without saying, but with the impending hot weather coming soon, there is no reason to leave your pet unattended in a car. Absolutely none. It's irresponsible and dangerous to leave your pet in a car or in the bed of a truck. A bad situation can turn fatal in five minutes if you shut your car off and leave it sealed up. If it isn't a car trip that you must take your pet on, leave it at home.
I don't like announce things that are obvious, but it will be hot this summer. A little bit of prevention and some ingenuity can go a long way in making it an enjoyable time for you and your pets.
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RALEIGH — Eddie Biedenbachs portfolio is full of scouting reports, practice plans and other notes. What it lacks is a single pen. Tucked inside the front cover is a neat row of sharpened No. 2 pencils. In a digital world, Biedenbach is still a pencil guy, one of the last links to a storied age of N.C. State basketball.
Far from being an anachronism, though, Biedenbach is as relevant as ever. At 67, he has built a Big South dynasty in the mountains, taking UNC Asheville to two straight NCAA tournaments and getting a new arena built along the way. And as much as N.C. State still means to Biedenbach, he would have liked nothing more than to pull the upset Friday.
So close: His Bulldogs outhustled and outplayed the Wolfpack, leading late before falling 82-80, a heartbreaking finish for a coach whose heart otherwise belongs right here.
I love N.C. State, Biedenbach said. My wife went here. Both my daughters went here. My son-in-law went here, the older one. N.C. State has been just great to me. From that standpoint, its like coming home. Other than that, its a big-time game in a full arena.
N.C. State long ago became home for the Pittsburgh native. He played for Everett Case, Press Maravich and Norm Sloan, coached under Sloan and recruited and tutored David Thompson, among others. Thompson still credits Biedenbach for helping hone and refine the fundamentals of his game, not that such praise resonates with todays players.
If I say David Thompson would do this, Dominique Wilkins would do this they dont even know who that is, Biedenbach said. You have to live in today.
Still, even if the stories Biedenbach tells and he can tell story after story dont have the same impact, his ability to impart the skills of the game of basketball hasnt changed. Just as he once tweaked Thompsons footwork, hell make minute adjustments to one of his players defensive position or their shooting form, always coaching, always teaching.
Thats what works in the Big South, where developing players is as important as recruiting them, and Biedenbach has gotten results. In 18 years in Asheville, the Bulldogs have won three conference tournaments, five regular-season titles and made the only three trips to the NCAA tournament in school history, not to mention getting a new 3,400-seat arena built on campus.
To Biedenbach, thats only the beginning. He has visions of Asheville alongside Davidson and Gonzaga, the major mid-majors. Thats a little harder to visualize at this moment than it was last spring after losing four starters to graduation, and as well as they played Friday, the Bulldogs are still 1-5.
I like our talent, Biedenbach said. We have a little more size. I think we have a chance to be a better defensive team than we last year. Last year we were very good. We werent big enough last year, but we were very good on the ball and taking guys out of what they did. Right now, were just playing defense. Were not taking people out of things.
Biedenbach says everyone asks him how much longer hes going to coach, because Im old. But he still enjoys it, theres no doubting his fire he picked up a technical foul early in the second half Friday night -- and the game is as compelling to him as it has been all along. If there are players willing to learn, Biedenbach is as willing to teach them as ever.
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I was on yesterday and had no problems at all.
I was on yesterday and had no problems at all.
Those who never succeed themselves are always the first to tell you how.
First thing for some of you to do is ditch IE. Firefox or Chrome are much better.
"Randy [Starkman (1960-April 16, 2012)] lived by the same motto as the rest of us. The Olympics isnt every four years, its every single day. He just got it." --Canadian Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden
I'm confused too. I could not find past competition videos on the new site. Had to rely on old url posted above to make it work
Okay. So, I haven't received an e-mail from IN yet and did subscribe last year. When I tried calling during the week, I received an automated voice stating something about being closed and this was around 2 p.m. central time. Still trying to figure out what to do next. Trying to figure out how to go about subscribing again. My billing info was still in my profile.
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Crap - was anxious to see what the new video player would be like during the speed skating event tonight. Still not iOS-compatible, and now it won't play on my Nexus 7 with Flash and Firefox browser installed. Old videos from last season do play. Disappointing.
ETA - just tried out of curiosity on my father's Kindle Fire that's based on an older version of Android. It played, so looks like it's a 4.1+ Jellybean issue (which Adobe no longer supports - argh).
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did anyone notice that the cost for a Figure Skating subscription is $49? Same cost for a Speed Skating subscription; and for both it is $89 for 1 year!
I say it had better be VERY good to warrant a $10 increase... ya think?
I'm happy with the increased amount of coverage this year and think's it well worth the price.
"Randy [Starkman (1960-April 16, 2012)] lived by the same motto as the rest of us. The Olympics isnt every four years, its every single day. He just got it." --Canadian Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden
I also think it's a bargain even if I would have had to pay the higher price.
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Thanks for the information, Jessica. The number I called was 1/866-464-8499. I'll call the other number Monday morning.
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Speed skating gets really good commentators. Wish figure skating did.
For those curious, here is the full list of all the figure skating events that are geoblocked on IceNetwork this season. The geoblock covers the live stream AND the on-demand video; i.e., I can't even wait three weeks and go back and watch it.
2013 U.S. International Classic (Sept. 11-15, 2013)
2013 Nebelhorn Trophy (Sept. 25-28, 2013)
2013 Skate America (Oct. 18-20, 2013)
2013 Skate Canada (Oct. 25-27, 2013)
2013 Cup of China (Nov. 1-3, 2013)
2013 NHK Trophy (Nov. 8-10, 2013)
2013 Trophee Eric Bompard (Nov. 15-17, 2013)
2013 Rostelecom Cup (Nov. 22-24, 2013)
2013 Junior/Senior Grand Prix Final (Dec. 5-8, 2013)
2014 Four Continents Championships (Jan. 20-26, 2014)
2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships (March 10-16, 2014)
2014 World Figure Skating Championships (March 24-30, 2014)
2014 World Synchronized Skating Championships (April 4-5, 2014)
So...pretty much everything I wanted to see this season. (Except Nationals and Euros.)
I hate being punished because I'm a fan in a non-major country. I want to watch my sport too!
Is the ISU offering a stream to countries that don't have broadcast access this year?
I hope that all Ice Network subscribers will go check out the "Video" section on the redesigned Ice Network site, and then stop and take the poll I created there. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/n38tacj
Thank you for taking a few minutes of your day to let your voice be heard!
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This is trivial, but when you have logged in (and it says you've been successful at it), the button that in the old version said "logout" now still says "register/login"?
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I began this conversation back in March's In the Works: Dungeons & Dragons is a game rife with monsters collected from all manner of sources. Virtually no stone was left unturned—and whatever critter happened to be lurking underneath a stone was quickly statted up and thrown into the game's arena. In the past, I've talked about how these sources have included myths, legends, folklore, medieval bestiaries, religious demonologies, horror movies, dinosaurs, comic books, and pulp fantasy and science fiction tropes; others have discussed how some of the game's original monsters were based on dime store toys used as stand-ins for miniatures.
I've long felt that rather than generalize D&D as generic fantasy, embracing this mélange of monsters actually helped distinguish the game. The only thing better than having its own set of monsters is D&D having multiple sets of monsters all coexisting in their own strange way.
Which segues into the today's topic: the hybrid. Here, one might also make the case that the only thing better than one monster is two (or more) monsters mashed into a single creature. In today's article, we'll take a look at our favorite hybrids from the game—and ask for your help in creating some new ones!
I have to say that if anyone loved monsters more than a 7-year old version of this author (proudly coloring in the black-and-white illos in his Monster Manual), it would be the Greeks. In Greek mythology, Echidna was quite literally the mother of monsters. Most people probably have never heard of her, but I'm sure you've heard of her kids: the chimera, hydra, and sphinx among others (and by others, we also mean the dogs Cerberus and Orthrus, Medusa and her sisters, and even the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece). That's some lineage.
Echidna (you might be little surprised to hear) was herself a monster: half-woman, half-snake (a drakaina, which also included such company as Scylla the sea monster, Lamia the child eater, and—in some accounts—Medusa). Even her children went on to create more monsters: Medusa's spilled blood resulted in Pegasus and Chrysaor, the golden giant; and as we remember from the Ray Harryhausen film, the teeth from the Golden Fleece's guardian dragon, when sown, gave rise to the Spartoi warriors.
For whatever reason, Echidna is now mainly known as a spiny anteater. Which, I suppose, still looks monstrous enough... if you're an ant. So why do we bring her up at all? For starters, she mothered the chimera, which we'll talk about next. And really, she's as good a patron for our next Creature Competition as we're ever likely to meet.
As I said, the Greeks loved their monsters. When it came to their chimeric creatures—mishmashes of humans, animals, and (occasionally) dragons—many of them made their way, in some form or another, into the original Monster Manual. Here be griffons, hippogriffs, and hippocampi (not to mention India's manticore and leucrotta, the Middle Eastern lammasu and shedu, and of course Egypt's sphinx).
Their descriptions might have changed along the way (the chimera becoming a three-headed monster in the game, instead of a monster of three parts), but then again, their exact physiologies and genealogies were fairly malleable in their own mythologies. Of course, D&D went on to create its own chimeras, with the owlbear perhaps foremost among them (and the duck bunny perhaps last).
Oddly enough, there never was an actual labyrinth in Crete. As learned on my tour there (hey, I have to make use of this information somehow), later peoples came across the ruins of the palace and found it so elaborate that they concocted the myth of the labyrinth and the minotaur (and although Theseus solved the labyrinth with a ball of twine, the same method appears foiled in the Player's Handbook by a cunning troll).
The minotaur represents another type of hybrid brought into the game—the luminal being, often referring to a creature specifically part human and part animal. The game has certainly borrowed its fair share from legend and folklore: the minotaur, harpy, centaur, rakshasa, and merfolk. Others were created for the game following the same motif: bird folk became aarakocra, insect folk became thri-kreen, even hippo folk became giff, and (arguable) octopus and squid folk became mind flayers and morkoth. The list, once attempted, goes on . . . and on . . . and on (myconids being fungus-based, saurials being dinosaur-based, dragonborn and draconians both staking claim to being dragon folk, and 2nd Edition vegepygmies listed as being mold-based . . . noting they were derogatorily called moldies for short).
In this category, centaurs and their ilk have also proven a popular hybrid: whether it's the classical part human/part horse, or any of the game's own varieties, including the wemic, scarrow, and 1st Edition's lamia. Oddly (thankfully?) no one has yet attempted something part human/part unicorn.
Of course, Dungeons & Dragons is far from the only venue to concoct its liminal beings. Where would we be without Mickey Mouse, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jeff Goldblum as The Fly, or China Mieville's anopheli (mosquito people far superior to Mansquito)? It's common culture to anthropomorphize animals and turn them into characters.
The last category we'll mention—before turning things over to you—is one that I'll call transformative hybrids. Another common meme in world folklore involves people who turn into animals (or hybridized versions). Putting 1982's Cat People (and 2004's Catwoman) aside, this meme has resulted in some classic tellings, with the werewolf chief among them. Even now, Red Riding Hood was recently playing in theaters.
In the past, I've claimed that the game created "golem" as a new creature category. I'd say that D&D did much the same with lycanthropes. True, the etymology of the word specifically refers to wolves, but the 1st Edition Monster Manual applied it to a host of animals: bear, boar, rat, tiger, and jackal. Some of these clearly borrowed from folklore (the weretiger from India, and werebears from berserkers), but creating a broad game category proved to be yet another useful classification for a disparate collection of monsters.
And although golems have exploded in variety throughout the editions, I'm rather surprised that lycanthropes haven't (albeit with the occasional foxwoman, seawolf, or cat lord thrown in). Or, for that matter, why most of the game's lycanthropes involve animal form—with some exceptions, such as the barghest and penanggalan involving transformations into monsters.
Clearly, I've rambled on long enough. Now here's the part where you come in. In the coming weeks, we're looking to fill the brackets to our next Creature Competition—and we'll be asking for your nominations.
The theme is hybrids. What new hybrids would you nominate for this competition? A straight-up chimera, like the owlbear, which mixes two or more creatures together? Something part human, part monster or animal, like the minotaur? Something transformative, like the werewolf?
Keep your eye out for the contest when it hits the promotion page, but here's what we have in mind: You'll send in your hybrid nomination. We'll select a number of them to populate our Creature Competition bracket tournament. You'll then vote for the winner—with the person who submitted the ultimate winning hybrid earning a compelling little prize!


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The Penn State child rape scandal continues to snowball by the day, taking with it advertising and sponsorship dollars, the jobs of those peripherally involved and what's left of Joe Paterno's reputation.
On Monday, Paterno's name was removed from the Big Ten championship trophy. On Sunday, Jack Raykovitz — CEO of Second Mile, the child advocacy group Jerry Sandusky founded then allegedly trawled for victims — resigned from his role. That same day, the Wall Street Journal revealed that at least six advertisers including Cars.com have pulled out of ESPN broadcasts of future Penn State games.
Still, as you'll know if you read my colleague Mike Ozanian's post on Friday (see left), the biggest, most influential sports brand on the planet continues to stick by both PSU and its disgraced former coach Paterno: Nike.
Ozanian's point proved controversial among commenters (myself included): He posited that Nike's decision to stick by troubled stars in the past — Tiger Woods among them — paid off financially once the dust had settled. Their decision to back Paterno will be no different, he said. Fine, maybe so. But this is a different case entirely, one far more serious than dalliances with cocktail waitresses.
It isn't even Nike's continued sponsorship of the Penn State football team that grates. It is Nike's refusal to address the name of a building on its Oregon corporate campus that now seems so oxymoronic it'd be more at home in an Onion.com satire: the Joe Paterno Child Development Center. The Oregonian was the first to report that Nike has no plans to rename this building, where 200 children under age five spend their days.
To spell out why this decision is unacceptable: despite hearing Mike McQueary's eyewitness account of Sandusky raping a small boy in 2002, Paterno did the bare minimum, reporting his one-time assistant coach to the University. He did not alert the police. He did not make any effort to protect the children involved in Sandusky's program from the alleged sexual predator. He did not see fit to stop Sandusky having contact with other kids on his premises, under his own roof, at the very cathedral of football where he presided as Pope. Per the Grand Jury presentment, seven more children were sexually assaulted after that first unreported incident (Sandusky denies all charges). Since this scandal broke, another 10 have come forward, said the New York Times on Monday.
Nike spokeswoman Erin Dobson trotted out a prepared statement when the Oregonian asked about the appropriateness of the Joe Paterno Child Development Center's name. Yesterday, when I approached Dobson to see what Nike meant by "monitoring the situation", she emailed me the same statement, despite my posing specific questions (Who makes these decisions? What sort of allegations would it take for Nike to immediately cut ties with an athlete, coach, or school?)
When I forwarded our correspondence to Nike CEO Mark Parker, he sent it back to Dobson, who responded with the same canned statement:
"Our relationship with Penn State remains unchanged. We are deeply disturbed by the claims brought forth in the indictments. We will continue to monitor the situation closely. We have no current plans to change the name of our child care center."
Prevent Child Abuse America's CEO James Hmurovich said he was disturbed that Nike has thus far decided to maintain the status quo.
"What allegedly happened at Penn State should outrage our nation, and to find that a national brand will not distance itself from Penn State and Joe Paterno in this situation is equally disturbing," he told Forbes. "It begs the question as to what kind of culture exists at Nike to place business issues over the well being of children?"
I emailed or called every member of Nike's board — high-profile appointees like Apple CEO Tim Cook and Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter — to see if they agree with the company's position. I have received no responses as yet. I'll be sure to update this post if and when I do.
Disagree entirely…that phrase you have in quotes – is that a direct quote? Do you know word-for-word what Paterno was told? All this after-the-fact moralizing by people who weren't there makes me just a bit queasy.
Again, Clare…very shallow thinking on your part as many respondents to your original post indicate…
In brief, don't let your "personal problem" with NIKE cloud your logic !
I've read the information, yes, and I know Paterno was told explicitly that a 10 year old boy was raped in the shower. And he did not call the police, nor report it to parents, nor inform the organization at which Sandusky had constant access to more children he continued to rape.
Which is what ought to be making people queasy. I must ask, if it's easy to get queasy by people being outraged that Paterno was informed and told nobody except the university, isn't there ANY queasiness reserved for the fact Paterno was told "that guy raped a child in the shower" and didn't try to have more done about it, and didn't tell anyone outside of the university?
I agree Tom, Joe Paterno is an elderly citizen to begin with, and he personally did not do anything wrong him self, then on top of that you look at the type of institution he worked at as well as his age and the amount of time he was there. I am absolutely certain he did it how he thought things were sipposed to be done. He also had faith in the administration to do things correctly as well as quickly. Especially in an environment like this the school is the main policing organization in proximity. That is the way it has been in large educational institutions for decades. So Joe Paterno notified who he correctly assumed would notify police etc. The fact that they did not is not at the least entirely his fault. Is it bad yes, was it wrong, yes, was it Joe Paterno personally no. The one good thing about all of this is Sandusky got Bale. Someone will probably kill the sick bastard like he deserves.
There are a lot of people who had the knowledge and the authority to make Sandusky stop, to banish him from the university and they did nothing. The police, university officials, the judge who volunteered at the charity all knew of the allegations.
Paterno did not witness the act himself. So, he reported it to those who had the authority to follow up.
How would you like to be punished for something your co-worker did, that was reported to you by a third party and that you reported to your supervisors? As I understand, Paterno did report to the head of the university police.
In the meantime, the guy who actually witnessed it and did nothing to step in or call the police still has his job? That is what should have you outraged.


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Borderlands is a perfect multiplayer RPG-Shooter that offers loot hounds hours of fun. It has its flaws, though, and its grinding sensibilities probably won't appeal to everyone.
We like
- The co-op experience is one of the best on the market
- The countless loot scattered through the world
- The striking, artistic visual quality
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- The repetitive quests
- The lack of a strong storyline
- Glitches that got us stuck in awkward situations
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The ever-growing first-person shooter and role-playing game crossover genre has received its latest addition with the release of Gearbox Software's Borderlands. Set in Pandora, which has an old West style theme, you and three friends can set out on an epic adventure to do two things: kill lots of bad guys, and collect tons of loot. With a unique comic book style art theme, 100s of quests, and the promise of "bazillions of guns," Borderlands sets out to offer a new take on the modern RPG shooter genre. While many people will rank this game as one of the best of the year, it's not as universally accessible as other entries in the genre, and it has some flaws that at the least were minor annoyances, but at the worst, were enough to deter our enjoyment significantly enough to have us want to shut the game off for a few hours.
The most rewarding aspect of Borderlands is the cooperative play, both online (up to four players) or locally with a split screen option. It's a welcome addition for any RPG fans looking to play through some quests with a small group of friends. You'll find plenty to do so long as everyone is within 10 levels of one another, though if a friend has fallen behind in the levelling process, the enemies will either be too hard for them to defeat, or too easy for your more advanced friends. Fortunately, this isn't a problem because there are plenty of ways to gain experience and level your character, though we'll come back to the multiplayer component in a bit.
At the start of the game you'll get to choose from one of four characters. Each of the characters has a unique ability in addition to a skill tree that you can pump points into as you level up. As you can imagine, different characters are better suited for different weapons, and as such you'll find each character has weapon specializations. The soldier, named Roland, is a brute and has the ability to drop turrets that automatically fire at nearby enemies. The hunter, Mordecai, gets a hawk named Bloodwing, which can swoop down and attack foes. Lilith is a siren and works heavy in a magical field, entering different planes to damage enemies or gain a quick speed boost. The last character you can pick is Brick the berserker. As the name implies, he's a beast and uses melee combat to his advantage. It should be noted that any character can use any weapon, but each character will get a boost depending on his or her weapon specialization. Once you pick your character you can customize him or her to your liking through basic color template changes. While some RPGs have a greater focus on character customization, Borderlands doesn't offer a great deal of variety for your character. We weren't bothered that Borderlands lacked deeper character customization because there was so much you can do to alter your weapons and shields.
Speaking of weapons, the world of Borderlands is covered in guns. While there may not actually be "bazillions of guns," there is enough loot to keep even the biggest treasure hunters happy. Most of the guns are randomly generated but some you are certainly intended to receive. You'll find guns in all shapes and sizes dropped throughout the world, or you can purchase them (along with shields and med kits) at vending machines. The RPG element again returns when looking at guns. You'll find gun stats like speed, base damage, accuracy, and clip size; along with modifiers, stat bonuses, elemental damage, zoom, and increased reload speed. As mentioned before, each character has different gun specializations. You'll find weapons that fit into different categories: pistols, sniper rifles, sub-machine guns, shotguns, assault rifles, and even rocket launchers.
The armor system in Borderlands works on a regenerating shield basis. You can buy or find upgradable shields. Having the shields regenerate means your gun battles will last a long time if you know how to duck and cover. Better shields regenerate faster, and some will even heal you over time. If you need to heal, you'll have to use various items or abilities - don't expect to sit back and watch your health slowly regenerate over ... (continued on next page)


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In early December, Chisum Middle School competed in the 15AA District UIL competition and came home with a 1st Place Trophy, marking their 17th consecutive win as UIL Champions.
"We are very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of students and staff who work hard to keep this record going," said Kathy Cook of Chisum Middle School.
6th Grade:
Back row, left to right: Jayla Johnson, Ryan Pickering, Hayden Todd, Hayden Kelley, Wesley Estes, William Norris, Taryan Baker, Olivia Hutchings, Zoe Tucker, Tristan Thornton
Middle row: Paula Amacendi, Tyler Mead, Kyler Scott, Sarah Hunt, Ally Moffitt, Brooklyn Powell, Daydee Holt, Khloe Kueckelhan, Madison Sanders, Matthew Clark
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Back row: Kaylee Vaughan, Riley Wilkins, Sadie Froese, Ethan Ballard, Graci Whatley, Grant Chalaire, Tristan McFadden, Hayden Wallace, Trey Denny, Cheyenne Tyson.
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Front Row: Lilly Smith, Megan Sanders, Sydney Bailey, Carson Boyer, Sydney Crumpton, Lee Armstrong, Brycen Chadwick, Tanner Allen, Rozshanae Williams, Mallorie Edge, Katelyn Gilbert.
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Awards: Technical Specialist – Annie Cullum, All Star Cast – Alex Gribble & Hannah Hurst. Honorable Mention – Kaleb Ball.
Back row – Hannah Hurst, Ciera Forrest, Destinae Edwards, Graci Whatley, Annie Cullum, Megan Sanders, Erin Cass, Karlee Brazeal, Lexy Coston
Front row – Ally Moffitt, Kaleb Ball, Carson Boyer, Bryce Cunningham, Lee Armstrong, Alex Gribble, Jared Peters.
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1st Chisum 874.5
2nd Mt. Vernon 690.5
3rd Rivercrest 417.5
4th Prairiland 417.00
5th Chapel Hill 378
6th Cooper 252
7th Dekalb 163
8th Clarksville 85.5
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Individuals: 15–first places, 16-second places, 12–third places, 11-fourth places, 9-fifth, 10 – sixth
Team: 13 first place, 6 second places, 2 third places
Trey Denny, a student at Chisum Middle School, won Grand Champion Overall Steer at the East Texas State Fair in Tyler with his steer, Magnum.
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He was Reserve Overall Steer last week at the Red River Valley Fair in Paris also.
Trey is an 8th grader at Chisum Middle School, member of Chisum Jr. FFA, and a member of Lamar Co. 4-H. His parents are Todd and Tracy Denny.
Stiff winds and cold rain didn't stop the determination and will to win of our young Mustangs on Thursday evening. They defeated the rebels from Rivercrest by a score of 20-16.
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The offensive line is made up of center-Denim McIntire, guards- Asa Kennedy and Dakota Vandeburg, tackles- Johnny Smith and Caleb Green.
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I don't know what should be more offensive to American taxpayers—the Obama administration's utterly underwhelming $17 billion in proposed budget cuts (amounting to a whopping 0.48 percent of his proposed $3.5 trillion budget), or the fact that members of Congress are starting to scream that these cuts are way too much.
Too much? You've got to be kidding. By way of comparison, states are in the process of closing budget gaps ranging from 1 to 30 percent of their general funds, and at least 34 states have enacted budget cuts thus far. Also, there are eight states that have either proposed or passed across-the-board budget cuts ranging between 3.5 to 10 percent.
States actually have to make difficult choices and painful cuts because they're constitutionally required to balance their budgets, unlike the feds. Meanwhile, the federal government is facing a fiscal train wreck the scale of which is unfathomable to states, with ongoing, trillion-plus-dollar structural deficits under the adminstration's multi-year budget plan, not to mention some major timebombs in the looming entitlement crises and higher debt service payments to cover the doubling of the national debt over the next ten years, etc.
Yet we're supposed to be grateful that they're cutting a paltry 0.48 percent when the overall budget package would increase spending by 25 percent (as Heritage's Brian Reidl points out in this sharp and utterly depressing analysis of the President's budget plan)?
As I've said before, I'm willing to give the administration some time and room to come up with real net spending reductions, as was promised during the campaign. But so far, I'm not seeing anything remotely resembling the type of fiscal stewardship that's needed in D.C. today.
No one's backing away from the trough—instead they're expanding it—and at the same time we're seeing numerous attempts in both Congress and the White House to thwart privatization and competitive sourcing, proven policy tools that save taxpayer dollars.
Perhaps even more puzzling is that the administration could have proposed a mere $1 billion in cuts, yet they'd still face resistance from Congressmen more interested in protecting pork projects in their districts or maintaining spending on nonsensical programs with small, but loud, squeaky wheel consituencies. As a basic tactic in negotiation, wouldn't it have made much more sense to roll out $50-100 billion in proposed cuts as the opening gambit, knowing full well that Congress would ineveitably whittle it down by magnitudes? You've already got a built-in fight anyway, so why not set the bar high to demonstrate to taxpayers that you're actually serious when talking about the imperative for fiscal responsbility?
From a quick blog scan, here are a handful of worthy reads on the proposed cuts:
- Heritage's Brian Reidl: "$17 billion is relatively little money. [...] By contrast, President Bush sought $34 billion in annual cuts and terminations even when the federal government and budget deficit were substantially smaller than today. Furthermore, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regularly releases "Budget Options" books recommending as much as $140 billion in low priority spending cuts. [...] No one could reasonably believe that only 0.5 of 1 percent of the federal budget is wasted. Congress should use the President's proposals as a starting point to reform..."
- Cato's Ted DeHaven: "Current and future taxpayers deserved a serious proposal to reduce the government's burden on their wallets and the struggling economy. Instead, the president's first budget represents an attempt to shove the government's hand deeper into the American peoples' pockets and lives."
- Cato's Chris Edwards, writing in Heartland's Budget & Tax News: "Even after the current spike in spending caused by the stimulus bill and financial bailouts, Obama is planning to spend at permanently higher levels. By 2019, nondefense spending would hit 17 percent of GDP, a 30 percent higher share of the economy than under President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s. [...] Obama's budget has tiny spending cuts marketed as if they were big reforms, a political strategy formerly used by Bush. For example, Obama is proposing to trim subsidies for wealthy farmers. The idea is to signal that one is a reformer without actually having to do the heavy lifting of serious budget cuts."
- Heritage's Conn Carroll: "Obama has described these program terminations as spending 'cuts'. This is simply not true. Every dollar that Obama "cuts" he has immediately turned into new spending elsewhere in the budget."
- Over at National Review's The Corner, Marc Thiessen puts the $17 billion in cuts into perspective.
- And last but not least, ABC's Jake Tapper recalls President Obama taking subtle digs at Senator McCain on the campaign trail for complaining about $18 billion in earmarks (emphasis mine): "'The total amount of earmarks even broadly defined comes to about $18 billion,' Mr. Obama said on the campaign trail in June in Wayne, Pennsylvania. 'Now, I'm not a math whiz, but if you're giving $300 billion in tax breaks, and lets say you eliminated all earmarks ... even assuming all $18 billion is delivered, you've still got to, let's see my math, $282 billion short and he hasn't specified where else he'd get the money. And what's likely is that he'd get the money the same way that George Bush got the money, which is to take out a credit card from the bank of China in the name of our kids and add a few extra trillion dollars extra worth of national debt.'"
Those words may ultimately come back to bite the President. Instead of the "change" and fiscal responsibility promised, thus far all we've seen is a perpetuation of the failed fiscal policies of George W. Bush.


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News about Islam, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Jul. 10, 2014
Report released by The Intercept online magazine, based on documents provided by Edward J Snowden, identifies five American Muslims, including the leader of a civil rights group, as having been subjected to surveillance by National Security Agency; documents arouse anger among Muslim civil-rights groups, which say there is no basis for the apparent spying. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column observes that Islamic fundamentalists in countries throughout world are measuring their religious devotion by extent to which they suppress or assault those they consider to be heretics; says that very real issue of religious tolerance, while sensitive, deserves discussion; holds that world should speak out against such repression, while remaining wary of vilifying Muslims. MORE
Jul. 8, 2014
Poverty, unemployment and anti-government sentiment in the Jordanian town of Maan have created modest but growing support for extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria; across Arab world, drive for democratic change has stalled, replaced by resurgence of strongmen and militants, both selling promise of stability and order as counterpoints to tumult that followed Arab Spring; for many, radical Sunni jihadis of ISIS are seen as a force battling oppression. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
News analysis; Bahrain's experience of sectarian feuds in wake of Arab Spring appears now to be harbinger of what was to come as centuries-old rivalries between Sunni and Shiite Muslims tear apart much of the region; scholars and activists say religious resentments have been revived and exploited by authorities in Bahrain, as well as in other countries in Middle East. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
Sanjeev Balyan has assumed a high-profile post, that of junior minister for agriculture, in administration of Indian Prime Min Narendra Modi; appointment confounds some of Modi's followers, given that he campaigned on conciliatory, centrist tone and Balyan is associated with provocative speech in 2013 that spurred riot that left around 60 people, mostly Muslims, dead. MORE
Jul. 5, 2014
Authorities in Myanmar have declared nighttime curfew and dispatched riot police to patrol streets following rampage by radical Buddhists that left two people dead; violence is part of series of disappointments that have dimmed euphoria that followed end to country's military rule; critics say that religious politicking has distracted leaders from democratic reforms. MORE
Jul. 1, 2014
Sunni extremists fire mortars into Askariya Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, monument sacred to Shiites, killing six people and damaging shrine. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column contends sectarian and nationalist fires burning in the Middle East may not be natural or inevitable; suggests 'arsonists' like Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad and Iraqi Prime Min Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, and other leaders, inflame and fuel such fires until they are blazing. MORE
Jun. 28, 2014
Mariam Ibrahim Ishag, who was convicted of apostasy for deserting her father's Muslim religion and marrying a Christian man, is now at the American Embassy in Khartoum for her own protection, after she was briefly detained at Khartoum airport by Sudanese authorities. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Security officials in Iraq's Shiite holy twin cities, Karbala and Najaf, scoff at the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying their defense forces are ready to meet the threat; there is little visible security in either city. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
World Cup in Brazil has drawn thousands of Muslim fans and start of second round coincides with observance of Ramadan, religious obligation forbidding food and drink in the daytime for one month; some Muslim players are expected to wait until after the tournament to fast, although some studies suggest that those who fast for Ramadan might not be at a great disadvantage. MORE
Jun. 26, 2014
Sunnis in Baghdad find themselves in a Shiite-dominated city threatened by Sunni extremists aligned with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, who want to kill all the Shiites; fear that walls surrounding their neighborhoods, built by Americans to protect them, could also entrap them, making them easy prey for the newly emboldened Shiite militias. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
People who have survived encounters with militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria describe questions rebels ask to determine whether a person is Shiite or Sunni Muslim, which in Iraq can now be, quite literally, a matter of life and death. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Sudanese Foreign Ministry summons American and South Sudanese ambassadors after a Christian-convert woman, Meriam Ibrahim, attempts to travel to the United States using documents issued by the embassy of South Sudan. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Meriam Ibrahim, Sudanese woman on death row after being convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian, has her sentence canceled and is ordered released by Khartoum court. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Kenan Malik Op-Ed article examines British controversy over so-called Trojan Horse plot surrounding document that supposedly sought to impose Islamist values at state-run schools in Birmingham; argues that incident is the natural outcome of Britain's flawed attempt to promote religious values at its schools, exposing misconception that any problem within the Muslim community must involve the threat of terrorism. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Memo From Birmingham; anonymous letter alleging Muslim takeover plot brewing at several Birmingham, England, schools has been deemed fake and its several accusations ungrounded; letter, however, has reignited debate over how to reconcile Islam with traditional British culture. MORE
Jun. 22, 2014
Interview with an apostate Muslim from Pakistan, who left behind his family and business and is in hiding in Afghanistan, after his family members vowed to kill him for abandoning his religion and converting to Christianity; Afghanistan holds its own dangers; while the country's laws protect freedom of religion, the reality here and in some other Muslim countries is that renouncing Islam is a capital offense. MORE
Jun. 22, 2014
Volunteers in Iraq's Shiite heartland revive battalions of the Mahdi Army, one of the dominant groups preparing to battle Islamic State in Iraq and Syria after call-to-arms by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the highest authorities in the Shiite faith. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Moderate Islamists in Egypt, Libya and Yemen and among Syria's opposition, shoved to the margins by extremists, are debating what went wrong and how to revive the Arab Spring's dream of synthesizing Islam and democracy; jihadists have seized control of territory straddling the borders of Iraq and Syria, where they hope to establish an Islamic caliphate, and are reveling in their vindication. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Three people are killed and 78 injured in riots between Buddhists and Muslims in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka, after months of rising tensions; it is some of the worst religious violence in the country in decades. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
Pres Obama, weighing airstrikes against militants in Iraq, concludes that any American military action will be conditional on a political plan to resolve country's sectarian crisis; pushes Iraqi Prime Min Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite, to work with nation's Kurds to persuade the disaffected Sunni minority that next government will represent interests of all three groups. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
Sunni Islamist militants claim to have massacred some 1,700 captive Shiite members of Iraq's security forces, posting grisly pictures of mass execution in Tikrit as evidence; action comes as militants cement control of city of Tal Afar following two days of fierce clashes with Iraqi troops; atrocity seems aimed at stoking return to all-out sectarian violence in country. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Specter of sectarian war and partition of Iraq grows as Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, country's top Shiite cleric, implores his followers to take up arms against fighters of radical Sunni group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; exhortation comes as Pres Obama tells Iraqis they need to resolve crisis themselves and vows not to redeploy United States forces. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Shiites respond by the thousands to call to arms issued by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to protect fellow Shiites and to prop up Shiite government of Iraqi Prime Min Nuri Kamal al-Maliki; strong response is in part due to fact that Shiites feel that they are on verge of squandering opportunity to rule in Iraq; reliance on Shiite militias to combat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters raises chilling memories of sectarian war that raged there from 2005 to 2008. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column contends takeover of Mosul, Iraq, by Sunni extremists underscores clash of world views in the Eastern Mediterranean, which is also evident in Kurdistan; contends real war of ideas is between religious extremists and committed environmentalists, who are both trying to erase border of the Middle East for different reasons; holds region will only have a future if environmentalists prevail. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Report from Britain's Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills concludes that pressure from fundamentalist Islamic school board governors had created culture of 'fear and intimidation' among senior staff members in number of British schools; report stops short of saying pressure amounted to conspiracy to impose Islamist views on parts of the education system, as alleged by anonymous letter that first raised alarm about situation. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Cordoba Journal; site of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, Spain, has become subject of dispute over its management and ownership by the Roman Catholic Church; dispute has laid bare a more complicated history of the building, which is often portrayed as symbol of coexistence between Muslims and Catholics. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
Dispute over how to combat threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in British schools has reached political crisis, resulting in personal intervention from Prime Min David Cameron; debate's fallout has resulted in apology from Education Sec Michael Gove and resignation of aide to Department of the Home Sec Theresa May; rift follows allegations that Islamic fundamentalists planned to infiltrate schools in Birmingham. MORE
Jun. 2, 2014
Some visitors to National September 11 Memorial Museum say seven-minute video installation devoted to explaining Al Qaeda and terrorism provides them with basic information about Islam and Al Qaeda; many say it is not enough explanation to enrich their perspective, and others believe Muslims might feel uncomfortable visiting. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Muslim rebels storm Catholic church compound in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 30 people in a deadly attack with gunfire and grenades; hundreds of civilians had sought refuge in church from sectarian violence. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Pope Francis celebrates intimate Mass in the Cenacle, hall on Jerusalem's Mount Zion venerated by Christians as the room of the Last Supper; Mass caps a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and tolerance; Francis's visit has brought ancient rivalries between Jews, Muslims and Christians to the surface. MORE
May. 26, 2014
Lebanese security forces arrest Omar Bakri Muhammad, radical Islamic cleric who was long prominent in Britain and wanted at home under security plan to curb violence in northern city of Tripoli. MORE
May. 26, 2014
Editorial urges shutdown of New York City Police Department program, known as Citywide Debriefing Team, that recruits Muslims as informants; holds that program, which sweeps city jails for subjects, is coercive and tramples on rights of Muslims. MORE
May. 24, 2014
Two protesters are killed in clashes in Egypt between Islamist demonstrators and their opponents after midday prayers on final day of campaigning ahead of the presidential election. MORE
May. 24, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Shadi Hamid contends that failure of Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi illustrates fundamental inability of secular state systems to accommodate Islamist participation in democratic process; suggests that political obituaries for Muslim Brotherhood are premature; maintains that wherever and whenever there are democratic openings, Islamists will still be there waiting and ready to return to politics. MORE
May. 21, 2014
Dr Reza Afshari, president of Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology, reports that more than one million Iranians are drinkers, despite officially enforced Islamic prohibition on alcoholic beverages; Afshari is quoted by the Iranian Students' News Agency as saying the findings were based on a yearlong study. MORE
May. 17, 2014
Some Indian Muslims worry that their place in the country could become even more tenuous due to landslide electoral triumph by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party; Narendra Modi, the party's leader, has had a fraught relationship with Muslims. MORE
May. 16, 2014
Meriam Ibrahim, Sudanese woman who married a Christian man, is sentenced to death after she refuses to recant her Christian faith; Sudan's penal code criminalizes the conversion of Muslims to other religions. MORE
May. 4, 2014
Police say they have arrested 20 people suspected of being associated with attacks that left at least 29 Muslims dead in Assam, India; say attacks were carried out by militants with an armed insurgent group that has been agitating for a separate state for decades. MORE
May. 4, 2014
Case of Alexander Aan, who was imprisoned in Indonesia for over 19 months after posting atheist commentaries online, is part of a rise in persecution connected to freedom of religion in the country in recent years. MORE
Apr. 30, 2014
Developer Sharif El-Gamal says he has downsized his plans for $100 million, 15-story Muslim community center near World Trade Center site that became lightning rod amid national controversy; says he will now build a smaller, three-story museum dedicated to Islam, and has commissioned French architect Jean Nouvel to design building and make plan more attractive to neighbors. MORE
Apr. 30, 2014
Christian militiamen decapitate a young Muslim man in Bangui, Central African Republic, two days after peacekeepers escorted some of the last remaining Muslims from the city. MORE
Apr. 28, 2014
Peacekeeping troops escort about 1,300 Muslims out of Bangui, Central African Republic, setting off looting and removing one of last pockets of Muslims from capital of nation torn apart by religious violence. MORE
Apr. 25, 2014
British police say they are willing to work with charitable organizations to prevent British Muslims from traveling to Syria as fighters in the civil war; authorities fear that some of the hundreds of European Muslims fighting alongside Islamist forces in Syria may return home and commit terrorist attacks. MORE
Apr. 24, 2014
Advisory group of religious leaders says documentary film The Rise of Al Qaeda, on view at the soon-to-open National September 11 Memorial Museum, is offensive to Muslims and may generate prejudice against them; museum officials stand by the film, which they say was vetted by several scholars of Islam and of terrorism. MORE
Apr. 24, 2014
Tony Blair, former British prime minister, says that the spread of Islamic extremism 'represents the biggest threat to global security of the 21st century'; he is Middle East envoy for the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations. MORE
Apr. 10, 2014
Government of British Prime Min David Cameron, faced with concerns that steady stream of British Muslims traveling to fight in Syria could pose a threat on their return, is pushing legislation to expand its right to revoke citizenship, which among other things keeps terrorism suspects from re-entering the country; is seeking to include naturalized citizens who have no other nationality and would be rendered stateless. MORE
Apr. 9, 2014
Brandeis University bows to growing criticism and reverses course, saying it will not award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, campaigner for women's rights and a fierce critic of Islam, who has called the religion 'a destructive, nihilistic cult of death.' MORE
Apr. 8, 2014
Memo From Indonesia; polls and analysts suggest ahead of Indonesia's national legislative elections that Islamic-based parties are poised for what could be their worst showing since Indonesia's democratic era began in 1999; slide in popularity appears to be worsening despite studies showing that Indonesians are becoming more pious. MORE
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Mandalay's Chinese Muslims Chilled by Riots
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July 13, 2014, Sunday
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Measuring Ramadan
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July 13, 2014, Sunday
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July 13, 2014, Sunday
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July 12, 2014, Saturday
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July 11, 2014, Friday
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July 10, 2014, Thursday
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July 10, 2014, Thursday
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July 8, 2014, Tuesday
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July 8, 2014, Tuesday
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Rouhani Vows to Protect Shiite Shrines
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21st-Century Concentration Camps
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HOUSTON -- Mutton bustin' was introduced at RodeoHouston a few years ago and it's quickly become one of the most popular events at Reliant Stadium each night.
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---- — NEWBURYPORT — The Custom House Maritime Museum will offer free admission Saturday and Sunday, organization officials said.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Museum managers say that the free visitation is a result of a sponsorship by the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.
A current exhibit at the Water Street museum is "Conflicting Stories — Naval Vignettes of the Civil War," which highlights Newburyport's links to the war including the presence of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
The museum offers seven galleries of historical displays, which recreates some of the history that has transpired through the 178 years of the Custom House's existence.


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Lesson 19
Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets, which you will soon be, write about everyday things. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words and grammar. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn't rhyme. A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry! Check out some Haiku at Haiku Salon (see Lesson 2 for the link).
The Rose
Donna Brock
The red blossom bends
and drips its dew to the ground.
Like a tear it falls
A Rainbow
Donna Brock
Curving up, then down.
Meeting blue sky and green earth
Melding sun and rain.
Have your teacher show you how to copy and paste this into your word processing program by toggling between the Internet and your word processing program. Now print out a copy of one, or both of the Haiku's above and mark the syllables with your pencil. If you are having trouble figuring out how many syllables, try clapping out the words, or putting your hand under your chin and counting how many times your chin goes down. If all else fails, get a dictionary! :)
Now its your turn. Pick your favorite sport. That sport will be your theme. Decide: 1) For what purpose will you write?
2) What mood do you want to convey?
Think of the images, descriptive words, and figurative language that best describe that sport (remember sounds, smells, sights). Jot them down in web form or as you think of them. Then the final step is to experiment by putting your ideas on the Haiku "skeleton" - 5, 7, 5 (syllables) and 3 lines.
Look at your poem, check it for correct syllables and lines. Now, for the real test, read it ALOUD. Does it really paint a clear picture? Share your Haiku with someone else. Listen to his or her critique of your poem. A critique is when someone tells you the strengths and weaknesses of your work. DON'T GET MAD, LISTEN to the suggestions. Revise your work. Remember, the BEST writers are REWRITERS!
Fill in the seven syllable line.
Green elms in the woods
Standing tall and proud
Fill in the two five syllable lines.
The petals bend to the earth
You are ready to look at your theme from Lesson 15 and try it in Haiku form
Write an original Haiku. Type and choose a font that adds to the look of your Haiku. Revise. Finish by illustrating your poem. If you are computer talented, you might want to draw it on the computer.
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Everyone has a weak spot in their armor...and some of us have several. For example, films like "Arachnophobia," "The Exorcist," and "The Grudge" really get to me because I'm deathly afraid of spiders, the occult, and ghosts (living in a large, old, creaky house). What gets to you, and what have you watched that got under your skin because of it?
What Scares You?
What Scares You?
im afraid of heights andAngelus143 on Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 3:06am
im afraid of heights and losing someone close
This is an interestingtwistedstorytel... on Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 6:47am
This is an interesting question. I would have to say my imagination and darkness because anything can be conjured up; strongly Altophobic (fear of heights); and slightly Aquaphobia (I always feel like I am going to drown if I go too far or stay under too long) That's about it.
I have many fears, likedbucci1966 on Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 4:12am
I have many fears, like drowning, fear of heights, afraid of dying alone......but i would have to say my biggest fear is being confined in a tight space and not being able to move. A while back i had broken my hand and they put it in a cast.....i was freaking out....they had to put me on xanax, valume to help me sleep, i could not wait to get that cast off my hand. i would try so hard to pull it off myself.....did not like it at all.
spiders & snakes & stormsLilaRivers19 on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 3:51am
spiders & snakes & storms
Rape. It is my biggest fear.Scarywomn on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 6:04pm
Rape. It is my biggest fear. I've had friends and people close to me who had been raped and it just terrifies me. But, other than that, being in the basement and having to go up the steps in the dark!!! AAAGGGHHH! LOL And sometimes the dark.
OHHHH AND SPIDERS AND SNAKES!Scarywomn on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 6:05pm
I would say humanity scareslittleCROW on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 2:42pm
I would say humanity scares me. Now a days with all the devastaing events that humanity causes like all the college shootings, boston massacre, etc. That is more terrifying than any fictional based horror characters. Not knowing where ever you go the chance of getting gunned down by some disturbed individual is growing every day. I am a Christian person and I will say one of my favorite qwotes from the Bible is "Don't love the world, because the world has done nothing for you, but instead give yourself to the lord and put all your faith in Him. A lot of people don't understand how much the Bible is accurate with all the events happening now. I digress though. Sorry for going off topic. So, deffinatly humanity scares me more than anything.
Usually nothing really truelyMother Dementia on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 8:32pm
Usually nothing really truely scares me! But in movies, when the person or evil things head starts to shake violently (back and forth), that is very disturbing to me for some reason. Like in the movies: "House on Haunted Hill" and "Silent Hill"... disturbing!
SubjectPetals on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:52pm
Going upstairs by myself at my parents house. It's a really old house and when my grandparents were living my grandaddy would always go with me because he new how scared I was to go by myself. I don't know why it scares me, it just does. It's so bad that I will usually have to go throw up.
Only one thing that scares mehorrorfreek67 on Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 3:16am
Only one thing that scares me to a major panic attack is: Centipedes!! I hate them! I can't even kill them, the fear is that huge! I have always asked God that one question: Why did You make those things???WHY?? LOL!!


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Publications : Browse
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Subject: Maternal and child health > Nutrition
- Acceptability of a Modified Nipple Shield Device to Reduce Breast Milk Transmission of HIV in Developing Countries: A Qualitative Study
Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in 2010, this poster summarizes the results of a PATH and FHI analysis of the hypothetical acceptability of a modified nipple shield device (MNSD). This novel, low-cost MNSD is based on a conventional nipple shield that could be used discreetly by HIV-positive mothers to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding.
Author: Israel-Ballard K, Hart C, Thungu F, Joanis C, Baniecki ML, Sokal D
Publication date: July 2010
Region: Africa
- Anemia Detection in Health Services: Guidelines for Program Managers
Anemia detection is often used as a screening test for iron deficiency. These guidelines are intended to help program managers establish anemia detection services or enhance existing services.
Publication date: 1996
Region: Global
- Anemia Detection Methods in Low-Resource Settings: A Manual for Health Workers
Publication date: 1997
Region: Global
- APHIA II Western Project: Best Practices and Promising Interventions
This report is a review of the USAID-funded AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA II Western) Project, which operated at the provincial level in Western Kenya from December 2006 to December 2010. The project focused primarily on increasing the use of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis health services, the adoption of healthier behaviors, the promotion of family planning and reproductive health services, and maternal and child health. The report is available as one large file or several smaller files.
Publication date: March 2011
Region: Africa
- Assessing Ultra Rice
This document briefly examines some of the research that has been conducted on Ultra Rice. From positive consumer acceptance and nutrient retention studies to impressive efficacy trials on improving vitamin A and iron levels, Ultra Rice has been proven to be an effective, low-cost rice fortification technology.
Publication date: November 2007
Region: Global
- Association Between Maternal, Birth, and Newborn Characteristics and Neonatal Mortality in Five Asian Countries
Questions about new interventions believed to improve neonatal survival have been added to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines. This document explores associations between these interventions and neonatal mortality and discusses implications for future research.
Author: Fort A, Kothari M, Abderrahim N
Publication date: August 2008
Region: Asia
- The Case for Preventing Malnutrition Through Improved Infant Feeding and Management of Childhood Illness
This poster and accompanying handout, presented by the IYCN Project at the 10th Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Congress on Diarrhoea & Malnutrition in August 2009, make a case for investing in prevention of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rather than in the universal introduction of SAM treatment.
Publication date: September 2009
Region: Global
- Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS
This two-page policy brief discusses the benefits of breastfeeding in light of the risk of perinatal HIV transmission. Recommendations include increasing adoption of recent World Health Oragnization guidelines on infant feeding and HIV and extending support to cover the first two years of life.
Publication date: March 2008
Region: Global
- Connecting Communities With Health Care Facilities to Prevent Malnutrition (Lesotho)
This document tells the story of Mabeata, an IYCN-trained community health worker, and Adelina, a nurse, who meet monthly at the Litsoeneng Health Centre in Lesotho to make sure children in their community grow well and stay healthy.
Publication date: December 2009
Region: Africa
- Country-Specific Approaches for Infant Feeding and HIV Activities
This fact sheet summarizes the Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project's approach to designing and implementing infant feeding and HIV activities.
Publication date: November 2009
Region: Global
- Delivering Health Solutions to Those in Need: Our Work in Malaria Control, Child Nutrition, and HIV Prevention Builds Healthier Communities
This fact sheet provides an overview of PATH's work in Zambia, including our work to support data-driven malaria control measures, improve child health and nutrition, prevent HIV infection, and create better information management systems.
Publication date: December 2011
Region: Africa
- Diarrhoea Dialogues: From Policies to Progress
Diarrhoea Dialogues: From Policies to Progress reviews national policies and strategies to control diarrhea in three African countries: Ethiopia, Mali, and Zambia. The report provides recommendations based on research findings and calls for global and national decision-makers to take coordinated action to overcome challenges and address diarrhea by engaging in dialogue and working together to save lives.
Publication date: April 2012
Region: Global
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 1, Issue 1)
The January 2004 issue of PATH's programmatic newsletter focuses on five projects: preventing HIV and AIDS in the Philippines, evaluating a malaria vaccine candidate, increasing youth access to services through pharmacies, advancing the Ultra Rice technology, and using theater to encourage social change.
Publication date: January 2004
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 10, Issue 1)
This issue of Directions in Global Health features work by OneWorld Health, PATH's drug development program, to lead development of innovative methods to enhance the supply of artemisinin, a key ingredient in malaria treatments. It includes a commentary by Dr. Ponni Subbiah, who directs PATH's drug development efforts. Other articles cover work to improve cervical cancer screening, protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, increase access to family planning, and strengthen and expand use of human milk banking.
Publication date: May 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 5, Issue 1)
This issue of Directions in Global Health profiles our effort to expand access to safe water, particularly in India; a project to improve nutrition for infants and young children; our thermostable vaccine work; surveillance activities for Japanese encephalitis; and our work under the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition.
Publication date: May 2008
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 6, Issue 1)
This special issue of Directions in Global Health highlights PATH's work to advance technologies to improve global health. Featured technologies include low-cost tests to screen for cervical cancer, a new vaccine to protect against meningitis in Africa, products to prevent diarrheal disease, and Ultra Rice food fortification technology. The issue also includes a summary of PATH's approach to developing and introducing innovative health technologies.
Publication date: May 2009
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 7, Issue 1)
This issue of Directions in Global Health features PATH's work to improve maternal and newborn health around the world. Articles cover innovative technologies to save newborns, better nutrition for mothers and children, methods to make childbirth safer, and women's access to more options for family planning.
Publication date: May 2010
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 8, Issue 2)
This issue of Directions in Global Health features PATH's work to address noncommunicable diseases, such as diabetes and cancer. It also covers efforts to improve health in Kenya, build global and country capacity for influenza control, improve gender equity in China, and integrate health services for better outcomes.
Publication date: December 2011
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 9, Issue 3)
This issue of Directions in Global Health highlights PATH's work to increase access to lifesaving products for women. It features a commentary by Catharine Taylor, who directs PATH's Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Program. Other articles cover efforts to improve health and nutrition with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in Kenya, increase hepatitis B vaccination for newborns in Vietnam, fight childhood tuberculosis in Tanzania, and assess a range of technologies for their potential impact in reducing maternal deaths.
Publication date: December 2012
Region: Global
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
- Ears to the Ground: An Exploration of African Culture and Health
This book contains descriptions of selected CHAPS projects from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. CHAPS aimed to improve health, well being, and gender relations of communities by identifying, revising, and promoting cultural practices and beliefs through a small grants program. The stories contained in this book are more than project descriptions; they provide an opportunity to discuss and reflect on culture and health.
Publication date: December 2007
Region: Africa


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LEWISBURG -- The school board recognized the 2012-13 men's varsity basketball team of Lewisburg Area High School at Thursday night's meeting.
Superintendent Mark DiRocco and Board Vice President Edward Zych presented certificates and thanked all athletes and coaches for their efforts this year.
Wrestlers Freshman Brian Friery and Senior Brandon Smith were recognized for making it to state championships this year, as was Coach Jim Snyder.
Head Basketball Coach John Vaji and Assistant Coach Todd Thompson were honored along with basketball team members who, Vaji noted, gave District 2 champion Holy Cross a run for it before losing to them 60-55 in the PIAA Class AA first-round boys basketball state tournament.
"I could not be more proud of these guys," Vaji said.
Team members appearing at the meeting were: Logan Cho, Ben Frankel, Tanner Host, Jesse Flannery, Nathan Fox, Erich Kline, Andrew Newcomb, Matt Fedorjaka , Nicola Costagliola, Samuel Allen, Daniel Cole, Alexander Liscum and Lucas Winter.