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UNT Receives "100,000 Strong in the Americas" Grant
The University of North Texas is among the first group of U.S. higher education institutions selected to receive grants as part of President Obama's 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative. During the announcement in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the four U.S. higher education institutions selected for the grants.
UNT Purchases BigBelly Solar for Outdoor Waste and Recycling
DENTON, TX – The University of North Texas received a shipment of 50 BigBelly Solar sets on Monday, June 2. The We Mean Green Fund, a student environmental service fee, and UNT Facilities purchased the solar compactors as part of a new recycling standard taking effect across UNT's Denton campus this fall.
First Ecology for Environmental Science graduates
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Studying aquatic insects in the Appalachian Mountains, releasing threatened quail populations into sustainable environments, and sampling mosquitos for West Nile virus are all experiences students in UNT's Bachelor of Science in Ecology for Environmental Science degree program didn't expect to have before they graduated.
UNT was the first university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to offer an ecology for environmental science degree for undergraduates, and the program's first three students graduated on May 10. Students in the program gain hands-on experience in laboratories and in the field, which is vital to their education and future careers.


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National Geographic TV show experiment puts cellphone and no cellphone lanes on DC sidewalkPedestrians walking along sidewalk in the nation's capital Thursday found themselves with a choice.
Yasiel Puig is terrified of thunder, as evidenced by this classic Instagram video'Oooh what a body. What a -- Ahhh! AHHHHH!!!'
This Kid Just Snapped An Epic Celebrity SelfieSome teens spend their Sundays just hanging out with their friends and family. Tom White, a kid from Omaha, got to spend it with Paul McCartney and Warren Buffett. Yeah, because life is that cool sometimes.
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East Tennessee toddler saves man inside locked carAn East Tennessee man is alive today, thanks to a fast acting 3-year-old. The man was locked inside his car with the sun beating down and temperatures in the 90's.
Weird Al Yankovic gets âTackyâ with Pharrellâs âHappyâ « NerdistWe are teeming with excitement to announce that Nerdist is premiering âWeird Alâ Yankovicâs first music video for his #8videos8days project. Feast your eyes on the video for âTacky,â a wonderfully warped and wacky version of Pharrellâs hyper-bubbly mega-hit, âHappy.â
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iBooks updated with nighttime reading and full-screen
iBooks have been updated with some nice new features including a nighttime reading theme, full-screen layout, and new fonts. Apple has also replaced those ugly, boring covers to public domain books with beautiful, classic covers.
- Nighttime reading theme makes reading books in the dark easier on the eyes.
- Full-screen layout lets you focus on the words without distraction.
- iBooks now features an improved selection of fonts, including Athelas, Charter, Iowan, and Seravek.
- Beautiful new classic covers for public domain books.
- Support for pop-up footnotes, included in select iBookstore titles.
- A redesigned annotation palette makes it easier to choose a color for your highlighted text.
iBooks is available on the iPhone for free.
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Won't update for me.
Not updating for me either - iP4S
Just does not work! Updated on iPad and iPhone but no new features.
The update is wonderful! I'm in heaven! Everything I said I didn't like about iBooks when I made it my Pick of the Week has been fixed! Great job, Apple!
I was able to update on my iPad 2, but not on my iPhone 4S.
Update: connect to Wi-Fi and update. The app is 20.7 MB. The App Store doesn't seem to earn you with updates like it did. My iPad is Wi-Fi only which is why it worked.
Why would Apple remove fonts? I loved using Baskerville and now it's gone! This article should have warned us that we were losing three fonts by updating.
I did updated in Wi-Fi. It did update but no new features. Anyone alse with the same problem? Any solution?
How do I go into "fullscreen mode" as describe in "Full-screen layout lets you focus on the words without distraction"?
Thanks for REMOVING fonts. Now how do I get em back...
Finally it's starting to catch up to Stanza, although not there yet. Much better to go with Stanza or Kobo.
Can you dump the icon into a folder yet?
A very small improvement, still not really usable on the iPhone. The "fullscreen" (just tap once in the middle of the screen) simply hides some of the junk and does nothing to the astronomically excessive margins. You still only get about 1 sentence per page and a very slow, overly animated, page turn which greatly detracts from reading.


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TULSA — Class 4A No. 3 Victory Christian used a 15-point advantage in the second quarter to knock off 3A No. 9 Sequoyah, 64-47, on Tuesday night. Damian Parker led the Conquerors with 15 points.
For Sequoyah (12-6), Caisen Green led the way with 11 points, and B.J. Leach added 10.
After outscoring Victory Christian 13-10 in the first quarter, shot stopped falling for Sequoyah in a 19-4 second quarter in Victory Christian's favor.
In the girls game, 4A No. 16 Victory Christian took advantage of Sequoyah's poor shooting night to avenge a loss earlier in the season.
Bailey Bergman tallied a game-high 23 points to lead Victory Christian to a 49-39 victory.
Courtney Jones led Sequoyah with 14 points, and Audrey Ballou had 11. Loren Young chipped in with 10 points for the Lady Indians, who were outscored 24-10 in the second and third quarters after the first quarter was tied at 11.
Next up for Sequoyah will be a pair of games at Riverside on Saturday.
Cougars drop dual against Webster
PARK HILL — Keys heavyweight Frankie Walker, the Cougars' lone senior, won easily by fall at home on Senior Night. But it wasn't enough for Keys to beat Webster in a 36-31 dual loss on Tuesday.
Frankie Floyd (132) won by forfeit for the Cougars, and Seth Fritts (145) and Kenneth Brown (160) both won by fall. Nick Jumper (152) won by major decision, 19-11, and Seth Alsenay (220) won 10-7.
Keys, though, had to forfeit at five weights: 113, 138, 170, 182 and 195.
Next up for Keys will regional-tournament action at Berryhill on Feb. 15-16.
Tigers' next dual called off
Tahlequah was to close out its regular-season slate with a dual at Sallisaw on Thursday. But it was canceled on Tuesday.
Instead, the Tigers' next action will be regional-tournament action at Edison on Feb. 15-16.
In its last tournament, Tahlequah had two wrestlers finish in the top two. At the Doug Rial Invitational in Pryor, Mitch Sellers won the title at 132, and Reese Davis came in second at 138.
Also for the Tigers, Chad Harlan (heavyweight) and Zech VanFleet (120) came in fifth while Tate Medlin (106) was sixth.


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Former Southern New Hampshire University assistant coach and Carlisle, Pa. native Rachel Smith was named Head Women's Soccer Coach in the summer of 2013.
Smith spent three seasons as an assistant at Southern New Hampshire where she helped guide the team to three-straight 10-win seasons for the first time since 1995-97 and a 33-20-7 (.608) overall record.
Southern New Hampshire earned three Northeast-10 tournament appearances, including the program's first-ever tournament championship in 2012 and a berth in the NCAA Tournament that same year.
In her three seasons, the program garnered seven National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region selections, one NSCAA All-America selection (Ariel Teixeira, 2011), a pair of Capital One Academic All-Americans, four Capital One Academic All-District selections, and 10 Northeast-10 All-Conference selections.
Prior to coaching, Smith was a four-year standout at Northeast-10 rival Franklin Pierce (NH) University. A stalwart defender, she was named the Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior, and was a three-time All-America selection. She helped lead the Ravens to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a berth in the 2007 Division II championship game.
Smith, who graduated from Franklin Pierce in 2010 with a degree in Sport and Recreation Management, garnered ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior and was Franklin Pierce's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior. Smith recently earned a Master's Degree in Sport Management at Southern New Hampshire.


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MONTREAL -- Darcy Regier wanted to collect his thoughts and declined comment after the Sabres' meeting today in the Bell Centre. He had plenty to say this evening in a telephone conversation with The Buffalo News.
The biggest piece of news is this: Ryan Miller has a concussion and is out of the lineup for an undetermined length of time.
Miller felt increasingly worse during Saturday's game in Boston after the hit by Milan Lucic and was removed from the game following the second period by Bruins doctors under the NHL's head injury protocol. Drew MacIntyre has been called up from Rochester and will back up Jhonas Enroth Monday night in Montreal.
As of 7:15 this evening, Regier said reports there will be no suspension are incorrect because he has been told the league has made no ruling. He said he firmly believes Milan Lucic should pay a price for the hit.
"If this hit and other types of hits like this are not suspended, we are opening up the possibility of losing goaltenders to injury," Regier said sternly. "And not just injury, but concussion. ... When i look at the position of goaltending. in a lot of ways it's not unlike quarterback in football. I feel very strongly the protection has to be provided and players committing these types of action should be punished.
"The last thing we need to do in the NHL is to be losing our stars to concussions on plays like this."
Regier said Miller will not be dressing Monday night and Drew MacIntyre will back up Enroth.
"Hopefully it is not severe and hopefully it is not longterm," Regier said ominously, although he later said Miller was feeling better today.
What about his players' lack of protection of their No. 1 goalie? Regier was blunt about that too.
"You could go to each one of our players and they would tell you that they wished they had dealt with it differently," Regier said. "And they will deal with it differently in the future. ... We were all disappointed."
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How is an Honors class different from a regular level class?
Honors classes cover essentially the same material as regular level classes but strive to create an enriched, intensified learning experience for the student. Honors classes are usually smaller in number than regular level classes.
Who is an Honors student?
An Honors student is usually a student with an A/B grade average and an active, curious mind. Honors students assume responsibility for their educational experience and understand that to be successful they must actively participate in the learning journey.
How does successfully completing an Honors course benefit a student?
In an Honors course, a student benefits from an enhanced learning environment. Honors students are given the opportunity to enrich themselves both academically and culturally. Upon completion of the course, your transcript will reflect the Honors nature of the class. In addition, some Texas colleges and universities transfer Lone Star College-Kingwood's Honors courses and count those courses toward graduation with honors.
Can a student enroll in just one Honors course?
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What is service learning?
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The helpdesk telephone number is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There will not always be someone on campus, during odd hours, to physically respond to your needs, however, most problems can be resolved on the telephone.
If you need one for a cabinet-type media installation, keys are issued during business hours at the Liberal Arts ITS office in Mezes Hall, Room 2.302.
There are too many answers to that question to be listed here. We have a web page with common Questions About Classroom Technology Operation, including the new College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA) Classroom Technology and, of course, we'd be glad to come to your classroom and show you. Call (512) 471-9666 or (512) 232-5400 to set up an appointment.
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quote:It's 250GB now. If there is no significant uproar they'll slowly lower it a little bit a the time until the limit becomes an issue for most people. All the while they'll still advertise their service as "unlimited" I'm sure.
I agree. This is just the 'ease' in period to get Americans adjusted to having a cap. Once we're all used to it any changes they make will be far less intrusive. And it seems like a lot now, but as more content is provided online this cap will seem smaller and smaller. Comcast is smart. They can see the future is HD streaming, and HD is a lot of data. Not to mention we're only at 1080 right now. Imagine when it's at 1440 or 2160!


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Over the past decade there has been more publicity regarding people who are dubbed, "hoarders." There are animal hoarders as well as hoarders of all kinds of other objects, even garbage. There are now numerous television shows about hoarding such as, Confessions: Animal Hoarding on Animal Planet. But hoarding is not a new thing and it is a very serious problem.
The Daily Herald recently reported that the village of Vernon Hills is attempting to access a woman's home because neighbors have been complaining of cat odors coming from the house. In 2004, the woman had roughly 130 cats removed from her residence; more than half of those cats, tragically, had to be euthanized. Authorities now suspect the woman may have more than four of the allotted animals she is allowed to keep in her home.
As a humane investigator, I have investigated numerous cases of individuals who are considered hoarders. In all the hoarding cases I have dealt with, I can think of only one case in which the woman changed and stopped hoarding.
Most Hoarders Do Not Recover
Hoarding is a product of someone's mental illness. According to The Humane Society of the United States' website, "There is a general consensus that animal hoarding is a symptom of psychological and neurological malfunctioning, which might involve dementia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder."
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates that "there are 900 to 2,000 new cases every year in the United States, with a quarter million animals falling victim. Those 'collected' range in species from cats and dogs to reptiles, rodents, birds, exotics and even farm animals."
The majority of animal hoarders do not recover.
Like any other mental illness, the person needs to have the desire to get better and in most cases, like the one in Vernon Hills, the hoarder is being forced to make changes because authorities tell them to.
Removing animals does not cure hoarding
The Humane Society of the United States website says "removing animals from hoarding situations can temporarily help solve the problem, but without long-term psychological intervention, animal hoarding has a nearly 100 percent recidivism rate." But the best way, should be different agencies and the family working together to treat the issue as a long-term project.
It is my hope that over time professionals in the field of mental illness will make breakthroughs in the treatment of hoarders through their research and studies of mental illness. But until then a dismal future awaits many animals in the hands of an animal hoarder.
How You Can Help
I will never forget a case I went on in unincorporated Gurnee with a woman in her late 20s who had dogs stacked up in cages in her garage living in urine and feces. All the animals were emaciated.
She saw nothing wrong with the way the dogs were living and was furious at us for accusing her of mistreating the dogs. No reasoning or discussion could get her to change her mind. Even though the majority of the animals were taken from her, I have no doubt she is hoarding again and animals are suffering because she hasn't changed.
If you suspect someone is an animal hoarder, please contact your local animal control, police department or humane society. Animals may be suffering and your call could make a difference.


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Utah: Dead Babies' Mother Was Addict, Police Say
A mother's motive for killing six of her newborns was that she was addicted to methamphetamine and other drugs and did not want to deal with the responsibility, Capt. Mike Roberts of the Pleasant Grove Police told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
July 9, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON METHAMPHETAMINES AND: Babies and Infants , West, Darren Brad , Methamphetamines , Pleasant Grove (Utah) , Huntsman, Megan , Drug Abuse and Traffic , Utah , Murders and Attempted Murders
Opium Production on the Rise Worldwide, U.N. Reports
The annual study said more land than ever was devoted to growing poppies, and noted a rise in the use of methamphetamines and marijuana in the United States.
June 27, 2014, Friday
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Murder Charge for Driver in Drug-Related Crash at a Manhattan Deli
Prosecutors said the driver was high on PCP and methamphetamine when he lost control of his car in the East Village in 2013, hitting three deli workers and killing one.
May 7, 2014, Wednesday
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State Television Airs Footage of Major Drug Raid
The assault on a Guangdong village in December by 3,000 officers ended in 182 arrests for suspected manufacture of methamphetamine.
January 15, 2014, Wednesday
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Yale Professor Died of Overdose, Official Says
The Connecticut medical examiner attributed the death of Samuel See while in police custody to "acute methamphetamine and amphetamine intoxication with recent myocardial infarct."
January 7, 2014, Tuesday
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Police Raid 'Fortress' of Drug Production in South China
The police arrested 182 suspects in a raid on a village in Guangdong Province suspected of supplying as much as one-third of China's domestically produced supply of methamphetamine.
January 3, 2014, Friday
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The Critics and Jesse Pinkman
How much sympathy does the lost soul of "Breaking Bad" deserve?
September 23, 2013, Monday
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The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts
Scientists have long known how drugs act on the brain's reward center, but a researcher shows that societal factors play a large role in addiction, too.
September 17, 2013, Tuesday
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'Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy'
An excerpt from a new book by David Sheff on America's drug problem and why we've failed in our efforts to combat it.
April 30, 2013, Tuesday
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Priest Pleads Guilty to Charges Involving Methamphetamine Sales
Msgr. Kevin Wallin, a suspended priest, also bought a video- and sex-toy shop in North Haven, Conn., apparently to launder drug money, the authorities said.
April 3, 2013, Wednesday
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Just how many Air Jordan 9s will we be treated to this year? That remains uncertain, but we know for sure that the shoe is coming back on account of the "Barons" Jordan 9 that's set to hit next month. For what it's worth, Jordan Brand certainly has enough unreleased Air Jordan IX colorways in the vault to sustain them for a while. One of them is this one, produced for Holiday 2012, that features mesa orange as its pop color. Get a look at the shoes below and then check out the chance to own them from thecoolshoeshine on eBay.
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Tagged: humanitarian response
Oxfam is expecting to send emergency staff to Apia , Western Samoa , within 24 hours to assess the situation on the ground, and identify the most urgent needs for people displaced following the 8.3 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa.
International aid agency Oxfam is sending in teams to the flooded areas in the Philippines and gearing up its aid response. It has suspended its on-going long-term development programme work in the Philippines in order to mobilise its resources for the humanitarian operation.
Oxfam international in partnership with local authorities in Bourem District will launch a major operation today to help the population in North-East of Mali affected by drought and late heavy rains.
International agency Oxfam has deployed a team in Indonesia to provide assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Java yesterday. We ar working with partners now, helping to assess the damage caused by the earthquake, and what assistance is required.
Recent conflict in the Swat Valley of the North Western Front Province has forced more than 2 million men, women and children to flee their homes.We're planning to support nearly 360,000 internally displaced people.
Oxfam's humanitarian response has provided support to around half a million people in Myanmar, after the Cyclone Nargis swept through the Ayeyarwady delta and largest city, Yangon.
Oxfam is now providing emergency relief to over 36,000 civilians who have fled fighting between Sri Lankan troops and LTTE rebels in the past few days, amid fears for thousands more women, men and children trapped behind rebel lines.
In six years time the number of people affected by climatic crises is projected to rise by 54 per cent to 375 million people.
Almost one year after Cyclone Sidr ravaged southern Bangladesh last November 15, killing more than 3,000 people and leaving millions homeless, more than one million survivors are struggling without proper shelter and are at greater risk of disease than before.


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Friday's deadly school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school prompted an increased police presence at many Akron-area schools.
As Friday's events unfolded, many area districts and law enforcement officials quickly collaborated to ensure safety and ease concerns as schools were dismissed at the end of the day.
"It's not normal, it's because of the Connecticut situation," Norton Superintendent David Dunn said of the added police officer at each of his district's schools.
Dunn said heightened "school security has always been and continues to be a major piece of what we need to do."
Akron Superintendent David James said he learned of the tragedy in a text message.
"Our hearts go out to the families," James said.
Staff and personnel are trained to respond quickly to any form of violence, James said, but even these measures cannot prevent violence.
"The news that we see on a daily basis indicates that there is not a fool-proof measure to prevent violence," James said.
Safety is "always" a concern, James said.
"Where are any of us safe? Whether it's in a school or at a shopping mall," James said. "That's a big question. Where are we really safe anymore?"
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School spurred some administrators to reassess school safety.
"Your first thought is: Could it happen here?" said Russell Chaboudy, superintendent of Coventry Local Schools.
The bedroom community where the shooting took place is much like many of the districts in Northeast Ohio, Chaboudy said, and makes you "realize it can happen anywhere."
"It's a horrific thought," he said. "It devastates you when you hear this."
The Summit County Sheriff's Office alerted school districts of the events unfolding in Connecticut and informed school officials of the department's planned response.
The sheriff pulled deputies from the Summit County Jail to ensure a police presence at schools throughout the county.
"We want to put everyone's mind at ease," said Inspector William Holland of the sheriff's office.
Holland said the department routinely works with school districts so that law enforcement can become acclimated with buildings and teachers. One such meeting will be on Tuesday with Norton school officials.
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AIH Round Table : Trade Deadline Edition - WWCD (What Would Chevy Do)? A look at what the Winnipeg Jets are looking at heading into the trade deadline tomorrow.
Jeff Carter to Columbus for Jakub Voracek and 1st and 3rd round picks, then Mike Richards to LA for top prospect centre Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, and a 2nd round pick, and finally signing Ilya Bryzgalov to a 9-year, $51 million deal. The Carter deal was pretty solid (Columbus had the 8th overall pick), but I think they're going to regret the Richards and Brygalov deals. To relate this to Winnipeg: please don't do stuff like that, Mr. Cheveldayoff.
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Recently, the College Station Police Department has received numerous calls regarding door-to-door solicitors. The majority of these calls have been related to an out of state alarm company attempting to sell their alarm services. Some of the solicitors are claiming to have a "state permit" and they are telling residents that the state permit replaces the City of College Station permit. This information is incorrect. City Ordinance requires that all solicitors and handbill distributors have a permit to do business in the City of College Station.
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A bear made its way back to the wilderness Monday, after giving some school kids quite a scare. California Fish and Wildlife wardens sedated and tagged the year-old bear, and took her back into the Angeles National Forest. Beverly White reports from La Cañada Flintridge for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 13, 2013.
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Weighing about 100 pounds, the bruin was sedated and came to rest in an alleyway between two homes, another reminder of just how close the wild animal came to residents.
Earlier in the day, three residents were lounging poolside when the wayward bear meandered into the yard, scaring the trio into the house.
At least one neighborhood school -- Paradise Canyon Elementary School -- was locked down during the search. And dozens of residents, armed with smartphones, surrounded the cage as authorities worked to transport the bear out of their community (pictured below).
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Nearly 20,000 photos were submitted over the course of the contest, which ran from May 10, 2013 to December 31, 2013. Courtney Kotewa of southern Michigan was named the grand prize winner with the image she captured during a family outing to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan along the shore of Lake Superior.
Second place went to Michael DeWitt of Ashland, WI, for his photo of the sunset through an ice-covered porthole during a winter canoe trip in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Third place went to Darrell Staggs of Mooresville, IN, for his illusionary photo that appears to show a hiker walking along the edge of a cliff in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
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We fans will forever debate the subject of who the 'best' of the big time horror villains is, but there's one thing that none of us can deny; when it comes to merchandising: A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger is king. Though Freddy is perhaps the horror villain that should by all means be least marketable to children, being a burnt-up child killer and all, the dream demon has nevertheless proven himself to be as marketable as Justin Bieber, with endless toys and products made in his likeness from the time he first came onto the scene straight through to today. From comic books to a pinball machine, a yo-yo to his own set of Nikes, Freddy is the undispusted master of merchandising, and there are very few products his face hasn't appeared on over the years. Hell, he even had his own line of candy containers, at one point!
Given his popularity from a marketing standpoint, it was only natural that Freddy would spawn not only officially licensed merchandise, but also unofficial bootlegs... and boy, did he ever. Though illegal to profit off the likeness of a character like Freddy without official approval, those legal issues can be avoided by slightly changing the look of the character, or simply omitting his name in the marketing. With so many iconic pieces to the Freddy character, like the burn scars, the hat, the glove and the Christmas sweater, Freddy opened himself up to all sorts of unlicensed merchandise, and you better believe that many opportunists have taken full advantage!
Fresh off of a line of bootlegs clearly inspired by the ever popular Masters of the Universe toys, a company by the name of Sungold next set their sights on monster toys, with a line that was quite cleverly called... "Monster." Included in the line were typical monsters like Frankenstein and Dracula, alongside a guy who looked a whole lot like Freddy Krueger. Only instead of wearing a red and green striped sweater, this guy decided to raid Waldo's wardrobe, blue jeans and all. He also appears to have swapped out his razor fingers for grey colored crinkle-cut fries... a much more delicious option.
Though none of the figures in the Sungold Monster line were actually given names, the same figures were later re-released by a company called Simba under the title "Monster Vampires," and in that line this bootleg Freddy was finally awarded a proper God-given name: "Sharp Hand Joe." In the immortal words of ZZ Top: "Every girl's crazy 'bout Sharp Hand Joe." At least I think they said that.
Perhaps the most iconic of all the Freddy bootleg toys is "Nightmare Feddy," an example of a company altering Freddy's name rather than his look. I don't know the name of the company, but this was apparently released back in the '80s, and Feddy can often be found selling for a decent hunk of change over on eBay. There's just something so fun about saying the name Feddy, isn't there? I think I'll name my first-born that... whether it's a boy or a girl.
Freddy lost his glove, cut off his sleeves, hardened his nipples and became a professional wrestler with this figure, released by European company Mannix. Coming on the scene in the late '80s, Mannix originally specialized in knockoff toys of popular pro wrestlers, and then eventually came out with a line called "Monster Maniacs," fusing together parts from their wrestling toys and turning them into monsters. Jacked-up versions of both Jason and Freddy appeared in the line, Jason going under the moniker "The Crystal Lake Killer" and Freddy billed as "Nightmare Freddy" (ah, the "r" returns). So if you ever wondered what Freddy would look like if he started hitting the weights and became a WWE superstar, Mannix has got ya covered!
Freddy once again joined a gaggle of typical movie monsters in a line of PVC figures that Yolanda put out in Spain in 1992. 24 different monsters comprised the "Super Monstrous" line, Fred being the definite standout amongst the generic skeletons and zombies. I was lucky enough to recently score one of these off eBay for super cheap, and I find everything about the little knockoff Freddy to be totally charming; the dual gloves, rolled up sleeve, v-neck sweater and red eyes coming together to turn a frightening horror icon into an utterly loveable little creature of the night. The figure is of course unmistakably Freddy, but this bootleg offers enough changes to the look of the character to make it stand out as one of the cooler bootleg treatments he's been given. Certainly the cutest!
If there's one item on this list that I know the least about, it's this one. Actually, truth be told, I know absolutely nothing about this very odd doll. The picture you see above is the only picture I've ever managed to track down of it, though I must admit I am completely enchanted by the badass skull t-shirt, the hippie sweater and the suction cup hands. If I had to guess, I'd have to say it's some kind of old carnival toy, the prize for managing to pop one of those balloons that somehow cannot even be penetrated by the tip of a dart, thrown full-force and right on target. If anyone can provide us with any information about this thing, it'd be greatly appreciated!
In a perfect world, kids would have the option of collecting candy on Halloween night inside the head of a frightening killer of children... which I guess makes Mexico that perfect world I'm referring to. A recent eBay find, this trick or treat pail hails from the birthplace of the burrito, and I can only imagine the joy it helped bring to many a kid on El Dia De Los Muertos. I'm not sure how many other horror icons were given the trick or treat-ment by the company responsible for this, but the same seller was also selling a knockoff Chucky pail, which featured the same set of neon green eyes. Here in America, Freddy appeared on a few different candy bowls, but has yet to be given his very own trick or treat pail. Someday, Freddy. Someday.
Halloween + Freddy Krueger = $$$, which is why countless different companies over the years have used his likeness to make a quick buck in October, utilizing the legal loophole of simply pretending their masks are not depicting Freddy Krueger, even when they obviously are. This is just one of many such masks I've come across in my travels, and it can often be found selling under the hilarious moniker "Burnt Face Man." Burnt Face Man vs. Hockey Mask Killer.... now there's a horror film I'd like to see! Of course, you can't be Freddy, or Burnt Face Man, without the proper clothes...
Freddy certainly doesn't hold the copyright to a striped Christmas sweater, so there's no harm in making and selling one, as long as you play it cool... and the company that put this particular one out played it real damn cool, opting for the uber-generic title of "Night Killer Costume," rather than going for something a bit more on the nose. Guess they really didn't want to take any chances by throwing key words like "burnt," "nightmare" or "dream" in there. (Kudos on the incredible show of restraint, fellas.) What really sells this one is the model, who appears to think he's Freddy Krueger, and not the Christmas sweater-wearing Night Killer that he truly is. No matter how hard he wants you to think otherwise, there is no razor glove on his hand. Nice try though, guy. Speaking of which, you can't be Freddy, Burnt Face Man or a Night Killer without the final key piece to the Freddy puzzle...
Night Killer Costume photo courtesy of I-Mockery.
Night Killer Costume photo courtesy of I-Mockery.
The Fright Glove!! Outside of the package, this might as well be the officially licensed Freddy glove that you can find in any one of your local Halloween shops in October, because I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it is. But inside, the Fright Glove is one of the coolest pieces of bootleg Freddy merch ever made, for two reasons: 1) It finally gives a name to Freddy's favorite weapon, which went without one for far too long; and 2) the insanely badass imagery of the Devil himself wearing Freddy's glove... what more needs to be said? At last, your Halloween costume is complete. Just try not to tell people that you're Freddy Krueger, because you wouldn't want to get anyone in trouble!
What's your favorite piece of bootleg Freddy merch? Do you know of any others that you don't see listed on here? Leave a comment and let us know!


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---- — Recently this once Christian nation founded under the precepts of a holy God, has had its very foundations rattled by this most recent slaughter of innocent children and adults.
I follow the news and listened to our scholarly, intellectual geniuses say how it will involve much time to unravel the complicated reasons for this unjustifiable, inhumane atrocity.
I am a senior citizen who took up residence in the USA in the early 1930s. I have been a lifetime simple carpenter and I can immediately give you the reason. This nation was founded on God and we adopted and followed his precepts for many years. The Ten Commandments were placed in a prominent location in most, if not all, of our public buildings. One of which is "Thou Shalt Not Kill." The old school teacher had a Bible on his desk and school was opened with Bible readings and the Pledge of Allegiance and "One Nation Under God."
Because of our close allegiance and fear of our God creator, this nation was protected and blessed as no other nation in history. Our demise began in the 1960s when the Ten Commandments, Bibles, mention of God, prayer, Christ in Christmas, etc., were removed and/or forbidden. The anti-God minority was given powers over the majority.
Our youth and many adults are unchurched and have little or no respect or fear of rejecting God and the eternal consequences. They have been bombarded with violence, killings, Harry Potter's witchcraft, homosexuality, illicit sex. We live in a nation where punishment for kicking a dog is more cruel and inhumane than the murder of an unborn infant in his mother's body. God help us. We will reap what we sow.
Hollywood has destroyed the generation of our youth with continued violence on television, movies and video games.
Whenever something like this happens, the blame is immediately placed on guns and the cry goes out for new enforced gun laws. Inanimate objects, guns, knives, ropes, tire irons, stones, cannot in themselves kill. There is a root cause for all things. For a comparison, our Amish brothers have no TV, movies, video games, filthy magazines, etc., and the end result is no desire to slaughter.
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Miller shot that one the way down. Explains why it was short.
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Everyone in our frontcourt has been great this year.
Well Rivers has 6 assist. Ill take it
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sorry, needed a moment. absolutely disgraceful.
For those guys who think Jeremy Lin is baaad, look at him go. 19/10/7
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The End of the 2010 365 Project
January 11, 2011 by barefootdonna
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It seems the end of 2010 got faster and busier and the days flew by — but I did continue to shoot daily! I cannot say enough great things about taking on such a project. To commit to a daily exercise of any type is huge. I feel very pleased to have completed this project. [...]
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October 8, 2010 by barefootdonna
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October 1 — taken as we drive by. October 2 — Alzheimer's Memory Walk, Peachtree City Sadie cozy on the couch — October 3 October 4 — the elliptical and I are friends again Grocery shopping — October 5 October 6 — crowd at the Goldenrod October 7 — some of the last bits of [...]
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Spending time catching up — photo shows and other activities have taken me in many directions in September. It is hard to believe that the 365 project is in its 4th quarter. In the beginning it seemed to be so large and such a long road to travel. But, like anything, when you get most [...]
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September 3, 2010 by barefootdonna
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I am confessing — and you know it already — I got behind with this blog. It happens. It is a nice thing to talk about because with this project that is what happens to many people and they stop and never pick it up again. I have been taking the daily photo — just [...]
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August 8, 2010 by barefootdonna
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July 31 — Iris and Sadie and a bone. Does the cat like Iris — ummmm, no — August 1 August 2 — the light fixture at our photo club meeting room. Orange-striped Oakworms are baaaaack — babies — August 3 August 4 — Can you tell that I have neglected pinching back the coleus? [...]
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August 1, 2010 by barefootdonna
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July 24 — too hot for dinner — garden fresh tomato, avocado, cheese, cold leftover chicken. Grilling July 25 — cheese, crackers, and wine… Iris and Sadie cooling it at the Peachtree City Dog Park July 26 July 27 — love Black-Eyed Susans! Driving through Fayetteville July 28 Driving in Peachtree City — July 29 [...]
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July 25, 2010 by barefootdonna
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July 17 — revisiting the Virginia Creeper growing on the deck. A find — a wonderful little rural cemetery — July 18 I see this shadow on the living room wall all the time — finally took a photo July 19 OK everyone — name this Fayetteville location — July 20 July 21 — I [...]
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July 19, 2010 by barefootdonna
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Driving home from the opening reception for "Visions of Old Glory" in Zebulon. July 10 July 11 — blueberry and peach crisp for dessert tonight! Sadie is being very attentive — July 12 — since I am holding a tennis ball. July 13 — printing day Near the Serenbe Photography Center July 14 A nice [...]
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July 10, 2010 by barefootdonna
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July 3 — getting ready for the Peachtree! Peachtree Road Race — a July 4 Atlanta tradition Heading home from photo club — July 5 A blackberry on the sidewalk — I put some out for the chipmunks — July 6 Pretty little garter snake creeping into the cool garage — July 7 July 8 [...]
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July 3, 2010 by barefootdonna
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June 26 — beating the heat and cooling it indoors. A trip to A Novel Experience in Zebulon, July 27, finds Booker also cooling it indoors. June 28 late in the day just before sunset – beautiful white clouds and blue sky. June 29 — another view of the evening sky. The fragrant lilies by [...]
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June 26, 2010 by barefootdonna
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Last August I wrote a blog post about my space – the place I spend most of my time working on photos, writing blogs, and preparing workshop materials. Today I wrote another post about it and how this photo is featured in a competition that I never figured to be in. Can you believe that [...]
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June 19 — grape tomatoes ripe on the plants in the backyard — yum! Today (June 20) I placed a pot on the table. I like this pot — my daughter made it. June 21 — first day of summer — the lilies by the front porch are about to bloom. The Virginia Creeper is [...]


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Mineral Wells Index
By CHRIS AGEE | firstname.lastname@example.com
Mineral Wells City Council on Tuesday failed to resolve a special use permit request for a third liquor store in the city, and an attorney for the applicant said legal action might be necessary if the city fails to adhere to its recently enacted zoning policy.
City officials are contemplating their next move on a request to locate a package store at 700 S.E. 6th Ave., Suite C. The request has drawn protests from nearby Calvary Baptist Church and Mineral Wells ISD because of its proximity to Travis Elementary School.
However, the application meets the city's 300-foot buffer zone requirement.
Attorney John Gamboa, representing applicant Jeff Stricklen, said taking the city to court to ask a judge to force the city to approve the permit request could be costly.
"Citizens are going to say, 'Couldn't that money have been better spent on the police department or the fire department?'" he said.
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NORMAN — Formal statement
Here is the text of Stillwater Superintendent Ann Caine's message to parents and staff after the incident occurred Wednesday:
"It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of a tragic incident at our JH this morning. At 7:50 a.m., one of our students died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. All other students and staff are safe. The JH is currently in lockdown and closed for the day. We are busing the JH students to Cimarron Plaza to be picked up by their parents. Skyline was on temporary lockdown but is now open. All of our schools, with the exception of the JH, are open today. We have sent counselors to Cimarron to be available to our students."
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By Adam Smith
Consumer Reports magazine announced its support this week for a new system that will allow cars to communicate with each other.
The system would transmit alerts from one vehicle to another if a car hydroplanes, has to slam on its brakes, is engaged in a high-speed pursuit with authorities, spontaneously bursts into flames, etc. I'm not actually certain about those last two, but it would be a good idea.
I've often wondered why we are unable to communicate with other vehicles on the road, considering the high-tech world we live in. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, CB radios allowed truckers to communicate with each other and broadcast information about crashes, road closures and which truck stop had the best cup of coffee.
CB radios also allowed juvenile delinquents to ride roughshod over the airwaves and give false reports on "Smokeys" and tell fart jokes, not that I would know anything about such hijinks.
There have been a number of times, however, I've been behind a vehicle on the road and wanted a way to communicate with the driver. Maybe you've been in a similar situation.
How many times have you been behind a driver who's had his or her blinker on for the last five miles? They're clearly oblivious to the "tick, tick, tick" sound of the signal and you're left with the overwhelming fear they're going to slam on their brakes and turn at any moment.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could simply type in the tag number of the car in front of you and say, "Hey Bub, turn off your #$@!%*# blinker!"
Or you could type in the person's tag number and tell them their gasoline door is open and their gas cap is hanging out. You could also ask them why they're driving 45 mph in a 60 mph zone or why they're oblivious to the sound of their exhaust system grinding against the pavement. If you pass an attractive driver, you could ask if they're single, in a relationship or outdoorsy.
Of course, it would be up to the driver to decide if they wanted to accept a call from another vehicle. You could simply just keep the driver-to-driver communication system turned off. And in a world where we already have too many driver distractions, it would have to be a hands-free device.
Drivers could also choose to sign up for such a service through the state and pay a monthly subscription fee. In order to keep personal information, well … personal, you could just submit your tag number, which would essentially become your phone number to other drivers.
In addition to the aforementioned examples, I can think of other car or road issues I'd like to be informed about. I once drove a pickup truck that rode so rough that I didn't know I had a flat tire. A female driver behind me had to drive beside me on a two-lane road to inform me. That was mighty nice of her, but also dangerous.
A driver-to-driver communication system would have allowed her to dial me up and say, "You've got a flat tire, dummy!"
There are considerable drawbacks, however. It could allow one driver to harass another just for the sake of meanness, which could lead to a higher incidence of road rage.
Besides, it would be hard to give "the finger" to a bad driver if we're allowed to communicate electronically. Flipping off another driver while laying on the horn is one of the oldest and effective forms of roadway communication.
I'm sure most of you have seen those bumper stickers on the backs of cars or trucks that ask, "Like My Driving? Call 1-800-blah-blah." After being cut off recently by a truck carrying one of those stickers, I thought about calling up the company and telling them, "Quite frankly, I did not care for the antics of one of your drivers."
Having a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system would have allowed me to communicate with the jerk directly, at which time I would have asked if he obtained his license from a box of Cracker Jacks. Depending on his answer, my query could have been followed up by right-of-way fisticuffs, imminent arrest by authorities and the publishing of my name in the arrest reports.
It's true this vehicle-to-vehicle communication system may need some tweaking before it's dropped on the general public, but I've had far worse ideas. The next time you want to tell the left-lane slowpoke to switch lanes, you'll see I'm really a genius.


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Monthly Archive: September 2011
Sep 27 2011
Lies About Workplace Productivity
Pascale has a post up giving some tips for avoiding distractions–many of them from the Internet–while trying to get work done. These are probably perfectly good ideas if you are seeking to increase your sustained focus at work. However, she also refers to a published article announcing that workplace distractions, those that take us off-task, …
Sep 25 2011
Ham-Eating Wasp
This fucken wasp was absolutely incessant about getting into the motherfucken iberico. And once it was in there, it was fucken chowing down. Anybody got a clue as to what kind of wasp would be interested in eating iberico ham? UPDATE: Check this fucken shitte out. This is pretty clearly the exact same kind of …
Sep 24 2011
Baked Rigatoni
INGREDIENTS twelve ounces ricotta one ball of mozzarella half cup diced onion six diced garlic cloves salt and long pepper one cup chopped baby spinach crushed red pepper flakes one pinch oregano (crushed in your fingers to dust) one cup dry white wine large can diced san marzanos small can crushed san marzanos one pound …
Sep 22 2011
Grant Peer Review Study Section Targeting
A potential strategy–one that I have employed to great effect–is to target study sections that are *not* filled with subfield experts. This scares people because, "OMFG! They won't understand my science and why it is important!" However, my experience is that it is a lot easier to explain your science to a non-subfield-expert audience sufficiently …
Sep 22 2011
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Sep 22 2011
Favorite Books
I was glancing drunkenly at my bookshelves, and I noticed one of my favorite books of all time. It is the 1983 paperback version of the famous 1979 Arion Press edition of Moby Dicke, set by hand beautifully in Goudy Modern, with illustrations by Barry Moser. When I was a freshman in college, I came …
Sep 21 2011
Post-Season Clinch!
The Yanks have clinched a post-season berth!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fucke, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 21 2011
It is so crackeing me the fucke uppe that all those dumshitte Red Sock fans up in farty motherfucken Beantown are rooting for the fucken Yankees right now!!!!! Hahahahah. Fucken Red Sock assewaddes.
Sep 20 2011
Teaching Science To Undergraduates With Lab Courses
Undergraduate lab courses–as currently constituted–are worse than worthless, because they give a grossly misleading picture of what it is like to actually pursue a scientific question in the lab. They are built around little technical demonstrations with a preordained outcome, and they give students the impression that being a scientist is boring, routine, and mechanical, …


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Gov. Paul LePage strikes again. This time, when asked by a national news representative about the removal of the mural from the meeting room in the DOT building, he stated that it was removed because it was paid for out of unemployment benefit funds.
That's just a lie. It came from federal funds designated for the purchase of art work to be placed in the DOT building when it was built.
LePage just keeps planting his foot in his mouth every time he speaks, and he makes the people of Maine look just as stupid as he is when he does it.
At the time of the mural being removed, he clearly stated that it was because it did not represent his view on labor. There was absolutely no mention of a funding source.
If this guy weren't the governor, he would just be a joke to laugh at but, unfortunately, he is the governor and the citizens of Maine are being represented by him and it makes me sick to think about the laughingstock he is making of himself and us nationally
Robert W. Tremaine, Livermore Falls


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These are "locked to prevent editing." Who can clean up these spam pages? --niraD 13:21, 19 September 2006 (EDT)
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It looks like the fundamental catagories have been determined, and I suspect that all other catagories will be sub-catagories of the ones on the Main Page. Using the 2x3 layout is a definite improvement. Huzzah!--S Keillan 17:06, 12 January 2006 (EST)
- Thanks. Nothing is set in stone though as far as main categories. I was really aiming for just showing some more content and cleaning up the front page.
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Last season, the booster club experimented with various ticket pricing approaches. For the 2013/14 performance season, their will be standard pricing for all concerts:
Adult tickets - $5 each
Last season, the booster club experimented with various ticket pricing approaches. For the 2013/14 performance season, their will be standard pricing for all concerts:
Adult tickets - $5 each
The Milton High School Orchestra program currently has three separate orchestras: the Chamber Orchestra, the Symphonia, and the Concert Orchestra. In the recent past, our orchestras have received Superior ratings from the LGPE Festival and the Chamber Orchestra received a Good rating as an invited performance group to the National Orchestra Festival in 2008. All orchestras are under the direction of Mr. Richard Bomba.
This site is developed and operated by the Booster Club of the Milton High School Orchestra for the support and benefit of the orchestra players, faculty and parents for the enrichment of the surrounding communities.
Dear Orchestra Parents,
Welcome to a new school year and the Milton HS Orchestra Program's 2013-14 season. First, I just wanted to let everyone know of important concert and booster club dates so that you may place these on your calendar:
Sept. 19, 2013- Orch. Booster Club Meeting/MHS Orch Rm./7-9pm (Annual Membership Meeting-Very Important-Please attend)
Oct. 30, 2013- Orch. Fall Concert/MHS Auditorium/Pizza 6:30/Tuning 7pm/Concert 7:30pm
Dec. 12, 2013-Orch. Winter Concert/MHS Auditorium/same as Oct. 30
Jan. 28, 2014-Orch. Pre-LGPE Concert/MHS Auditorium/6-9pm (exact times per orch. will be sent out after Jan. 7th)
Feb. 11-13, 2014- Orch. LGPE Concerts/Roswell HS Auditorium/TBA (Please save these dates from 8am-10pm as exact dates/times are not released by GMEA organizers until about three weeks before the event. Travel during school hours, county provides buses- travel after school, no county buses with students/parents providing transport.)
Apr. 25, 2014- Annual End-Of-Yr. Orchestra Banquet/Roswell County Club/6-9pm
Apr. 29, 2014- Orch. Spring Concert/MHS Auditorium/same as Oct. 25
More detailed information to follow, but here are the basics-
The MHS Orchestra Program maintains an inventory of formal black dresses and tuxedos for student use. The cost to use these uniforms per school year are as follows:
First Yr. (All Freshmen) $100
Second Yr. $35
Third Yr. $25
Fourth Yr. $25
Please send a check for the relevant amount made payable to Milton HS Orchestra at your earliest convenience (you may also pay at the annual booster meeting on 9/19 in person if you prefer).
We have one major fundraiser scheduled from Oct. 3-17th (Encore Gourmet Cookie Dough). For the benefit of the orchestra program, I hope all students and parents will participate in this endeavor.
Please contact me at my email firstname.lastname@example.com should you have any questions on concerns.
Thank you for your time!
Richard Bomba
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Union County fired Wanda Larson on Friday, accusing the former supervisor with the Department of Social Services of unacceptable personal conduct and grossly inefficient job performance.
Lawson, who headed a group of child-protection investigators for the agency, faces child abuse and other charges after an 11-year-old boy under her legal care was found chained to the porch of her rural home, a dead chicken tied around his neck.
In a blistering letter informing Larson of her firing, Richard Matens, the countys human services director, accused the 10-year DSS employee of violating the public trust and ignoring her responsibilities to protect children her own.
The conditions uncovered in your own home, for your adoptive children and the child for whom you have guardianship, are appalling, Matens wrote.
You have a responsibility in your official capacity to ensure that children are not subjected to such conditions, and you would have had a duty to initiate a report and investigation had you observed children in such conditions in another home.
The negligence you have shown in this situation has detrimentally affected the trust and confidence placed in you as a social work supervisor by this agency. Your actions represent a blatant disregard for the ethical conduct and sound judgment vital to your position.
Lawson was not at her Monroe farmhouse at the time. But her longtime partner, Dorian Harper, was arrested, and five children placed under government care. Sheriff Eddie Cathey described the living conditions as terrible.
Lawson had adopted four of the seized children, ages 7 to 14. She and Harper had been appointed as legal guardians of the 11-year-old bound to the porch. Investigators said it appeared the boy also had been routinely handcuffed inside the house.
More than 100 animals, including numerous dogs, chickens, donkeys, llamas and a peacock were also seized.
Larson joined the agency in 2003 and was promoted to her supervisory job in 2009. She earned more than $54,000 a year but had been suspended without pay since her Nov. 15 arrest. She had been suspended for disciplinary reasons in May 2012, but no details have been released.
Harper, an emergency room nurse with a Monroe hospital, was placed on administrative leave after his arrest.
Union County deputies talked Thursday with the five children removed from the couples home, said Cathey, who would not disclose what they said. He had said previously that investigators hoped to learn, among other details, just how long the boy had been handcuffed in mid-20 degree weather.
The boys biological mother said Larson had told her that her son was disruptive, destroyed property and had killed several animals. The mother, who had not seen her son since the first of the year, said she had never witnessed that kind of behavior from him.
The children are under the care of the Davidson County DSS in Lexington, according to Lindsay Caffey, a social worker with the agency. She declined further comment.
Harper and Larson became licensed foster parents in 1998. They bought their 5-acre farm a year later, and finalized the first of their six adoptions in 2000. Family members say they also cared for numerous foster children who eventually were returned to their parents or put under someone elses care. Larson opened a home school in April 2012.
Michael Harper-Larson, at 27 the oldest of their adoptive kids, described his parents as loving and strict.
The couple remained in the Union County Jail on Friday. They face Jan. 7 court dates.
At Union Countys request, the state is examining the operation of the countys adoption, foster care and child-protection programs.
Davidson County is investigating the abuse case itself, in addition to helping care for the children.
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From our collection of vintage humorous pictures and old classic humorous pictures. Add some instant history to your walls with our collection of vintge images from the late 19th and early 20th century. Take a glimpse at the world in which our ancestors lived - the people, their struggle, their play, and their time in between. A mosaic of images depicting those hard and eventful years of our grandparents and great grandparents, presented, as they would appear back in those rough and tumble days.


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By BRADEN LAMMERS
JEFFERSONVILLE — Some movement finally took place on a bond being sought by the Jeffersonville-Clarksville Flood Control District.
A bond anticipation note of up to $1 million was unanimously approved for a $7.5 million bond being sought to repair the Cane Run and Mill Creek pump stations. However, there was still no additional action taken on the bond itself.
The joint flood control district has been held up on moving forward on the bond because it is waiting for an approval from the Jeffersonville City Council. The city council has voted to table the resolution to seek the bond five times.
Before the city council would agree to approve the bond, members said they wanted Mayor Mike Moore to come to a council meeting and explain his vote against seeking the bond. Moore was the only vote against the bond at an August flood control district meeting.
After requests were made to attend several meetings, Moore attended Tuesday's council meeting to answer questions, but they were never asked. Moore left the meeting after the mayor's comments portion of the agenda when he offered to answer any questions the council might have about his vote on the bond.
However, City Council President Connie Sellers said the bond was an item on the agenda and told Moore to wait until the matter came up on the agenda and then they would address the issue.
By the time the resolution was presented to the council, Moore had left the meeting.
When asked by the News and Tribune why he left the meeting before the item came back up on the agenda Tuesday, he said "I was there to answer questions, they didn't ask. I'm not going to play their games anymore, I'm tired of playing their games. This is silly, petty stuff."
When asked if he has contacted the council to explain his previous vote, Moore responded that he had yet to get a phone call or a visit from any of the council members.
"They do not come to the meeting[s] where this issue is addressed and voted on," he said.
Moore explained that he has reached out to the council and schedules a monthly meeting with the council members, but they have yet to show up to the meeting.
"We have sent correspondence after correspondence...there are countless invitations to talk with the council," Moore said. "They don't come, they don't call, they don't respond."
Moore explained that his vote against seeking the bond was based on not knowing what it would cost local residents and how many people would be affected by a rate increase. The initial estimate of the cost to a homeowner, based on a $100,000 home, is about $20 per year.
The fourth time the bond resolution came before the council, Corporation Attorney Tom Lowe said that after an update was provided at the Jeffersonville-Clarksville Flood Control District Jan. 25, Moore was more comfortable with the costs moving forward.
However, the mayor was not in attendance at the council meeting to answer their questions about the bond, so the resolution was tabled again.
Moore was asked by the News and Tribune, with the information that has been presented to the flood control district to date if he would support moving forward on the bond.
"No," he said. "We do not have that watershed study done, we do not have the report from 39 Degrees North, no. There's information we don't have yet. I want to know how much it's going to cost per household. I want to know what households are involved and we've got a watershed study that's due to be turned in next week. To me those are all legitimate questions that need to be answered."
The flood control district had expected to receive a house count of the homes that would be affected by the rate increase at Friday's meeting that was being provided by 39 Degrees North. But there was a mistake in the report that was presented.
"They provided us a report, but they did not use the parameters that we asked to be set," said flood control district Executive Secretary April Smith. "What they provided us with is every property in Clark County, and what we need is all of the properties inside the flood wall."
She said a new report from 39 Degrees North is expected in about a week.
The flood control district board asked Flood Control Superintendent Mike Lanham to attend the city council's next meeting, to which he agreed that he would.
Moore said he will not be at the meeting because he will be out of town. He added that it wouldn't matter if he did attend.
"Whether I show up or don't show up, [the council is] milking this for all its worth and nothing I do is going to change it," he said.


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|Newsletter Nov 2
MasterCard marks first ATM transaction in Myanmar
MasterCard holders visiting Myanmar can use their debit and credit cards to withdraw cash from Co-operative Bank automatic teller machines in the country following the launch of services from November 15.
Tourists and business travellers with a MasterCard-, Maestro- or Cirrus-branded card could use them to withdraw kyat from 36 Co-operative Bank ATMs nationally, including two at Yangon International Airport.The first withdrawal was made from an ATM at CB bank's headquarters at the corner of 23rd Street and Strand Road in Yangon.
In September MasterCard Worldwide became the first international payments networks to issue a licence to a Myanmar bank, paving the way for branded cards to be issued and accepted in Myanmar.
MAI to resume flights to Cambodia
MYANMAR Airways International (MAI) will resume its regular flights between Yangon and Cambodia's two main international airports in early December after they were suspended for about three months.
MAI started a twice-weekly schedule to Siem Reap in late February, but suspended the route over the last few months due to low demand.
The airlines will also add two more departures to the previous routes – two for Phnom Penh, every Wednesday and Saturday while two for Siem Reap every Monday and Friday
MTF launches Int'l division
MYANMAR Tourism Federation (MTF) has launched an international division to expand the country's outreach and attract more tourists and business visitors.
The division will be managed by Mr Tin Aung Lynn, in partnership with an award-winning design consultancy, DM-ID Holland, which will manage publicity, including a new logo.
In October, MTF also signed a deal with Sphere Conference, which is a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings, to hold the first Myanmar Hospitality and Tourism Conference in Yangon in February next year.


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Wounded Warriors possess a wide array of skills and experienced
gained from their military service. There are hundreds of civilian occupations and
careers that provide a fit for those skills — from supply sergeant to logistics
specialist, corpsman to medical technician, cyber security operation to information
technology manager, and many more.
DORS — the Defense Outplacement Referral System — is a centralized
system designed to provide a single source for Wounded Warriors to register their
skills and expertise as well as their availability for civilian careers in the Department
of Defense (DoD). By registering in DORS, Wounded Warriors provide human resources
professionals and hiring managers with ready access to a host of high-caliber talent
ready to fill a position in 30 days.
"DORS offers Wounded Warriors a great network and advantage to getting their information
Purple Heart Recipient
Matthew Sullivan
Records Room Supervisor
Veterans are you:
Do you have:
Is your disability:
If you can answer yes to all of the above questions, you should consider registering in DORS to make your resume available to hiring managers across the Department of Defense.
"There are different ways to serve your country … and opportunities like DORS help
make that possible."
Purple Heart Recipient
Gabe Ledesma
Transition Outreach
"Even though we aren't on the ground, we are part of the big picture and supporting
our Sailors and Marines."
Purple Heart Recipient
Laura Langdeau
Production Controller
When seeking a position as a civilian, there are special (hiring) authorities that apply
to preference-ligible veterans. These authorities include: VRA, 30% or More Disabled
Veterans and VEOA. For more information on these authorities, visit the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) veterans' web pages: www.fedshirevets.gov/job/veterans.aspx.
For a step-by-step guide on applying for civilian employment opportunities with the Department
of the Navy or other federal agencies, visit veterans web pages at www.donhr.navy.mil.
For a listing of available job opportunities with the Department of the Navy and other Federal organizations visit: www.usajobs.gov.
The Department of Navy is committed to recruiting and employing veterans.
For more information on civilian careers, including benefits, FAQs and more, visit www.donhr.navy.mil