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Stony Plain eco-friendly hotel with an indoor pool
Located in Stony Plain, Travelodge Stony Plain is convenient to Stony Plain Golf Course and Stony Plain and Parkland Pioneer Museum.
This eco-friendly hotel is within the region of Multicultural Heritage Centre and Wagner Natural Area.
Make yourself at home in one of the 60 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and you can also request cribs/infant beds.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Travelodge Stony Plain provides a spa tub and a fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This eco-friendly hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, laundry facilities, and ATM/banking services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds available
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
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Travelodge Stony Plain Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is 11 AM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Pet fee: CAD 15 per pet, per night
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Key Eco-Rating Program, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.


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HACCP is one of the major elements of regulations, issued by USDA in July 1996 to control pathogens in meat and poultry products. Under the rules, all meat and poultry slaughter and processing plants with 500 or more employees had to develop and implement, by January 1998, a USDA-approved HACCP plan for each of their processes and products. Plants with 10 to 500 employees implemented HACCP by January 1999, and plants with less than 10 employees implemented the system by January 2000. Under separate rules issued by the Food and Drug Administration on December 5, 1995, seafood processors and importers also were required to implement HACCP plans and be in full compliance by December 1997. Headcheese A jellied product consisting predominantly of pork byproducts and seasoning ingredients. It must contain some product from the head. 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Mercy Home Care and Hospice in Centerville has a new director, Billie Hall, the former director at Appanoose County Public Health Clinic.
Hall, R.N., is the new director of operations for Centerville Mercy Home Care and Hospice. Hall holds an Associate Degree in Nursing from Indian Hills Community College and a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from Marycrest International University. Hall brings 18 years of nursing experience including home care, nursing education, public health and operating room management to her new position.
Mercy Home Care and Hospice staff provide in-home nursing, medical social service, physical therapy,occupational therapy, speech therapy, IV Therapy and home health aides for both post hospital care as well as for the terminally ill patient throughout Appanoose and Davis counties.
Affiliated with Mercy Medical Center, Mercy Home Care and Hospice is a faith-based community medical home care agency. Mercy Home Care and Hospice is growing throughout the community and in its home office. As the service area grows, so does our dedicated staff. With strong ties to the local community, we proudly introduce our staff:
Rhonda K. Prasch, R.N., is the assistant director of operations. Prasch is a case manager for Home Care and Hospice patients in Appanoose and Davis counties. Prasch received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Indian Hills Community College and is an oncology certified nurse from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Prasch was raised in Wapello and Davis County, currently lives in Centerville, and has worked in Home Care and Hospice for the past four years.
Chris Durflinger, R.N., lives in Davis County and serves Mercy Home Care and Hospice patients in both Appanoose and Davis counties. Durflinger received her R.N. degree from Indian Hills Community College and has been a home care nurse and case manager for two years and worked as a medical surgical nurse for four years prior to joining Mercy Home Care and Hospice.
Judy Lunkley, MSW/LISW, is the social worker for Mercy Home Care and Hospice. Lunkley holds a Master's Degree in Social Work from Arizona State University and is a licensed independent social worker in the state of Iowa. Lunkley has extensive experience working with families and children, groups and individuals. Lunkley returned to her home community two years ago after living and working in Arizona for 40 years. She has worked for Mercy Home Care and Hospice for one year and has enjoyed reconnecting with the community. In her work at Mercy she primarily sees hospice patients and assists them and their families with end of life Issues. Lunkley is also the volunteer and bereavement coordinator for Mercy Hospice.
Pastor Kay Singley has served Mercy Home Care and Hospice as chaplain for over a decade. Pastor Singley holds a Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry and offers spiritual care to our hospice patients and their families. She visits patients and provides encouragement, scripture readings, devotional readings, assistance with life review and prayer. As chaplain, she follows up with hospice families during the first year of bereavement.
Pastor Singley is a life-long resident of Appanoose County and has served different churches for the past 27 years. She is currently pastor of the First Christian Church in Cincinnati. Singley is a bi-vocational minister who works as the curriculum director in the Moravia School District and is the elementary principal in the Seymour School District.
Ollie Hand is the office manager for Mercy Home Care and Hospice and has been with the agency for 12 years. Hand is the pleasant voice that greets you when you call to ask questions or make a referral. She does multiple jobs in the office including receptionist, payroll clerk, medical records, human resources and employment coordinator. Hand is a life-long resident of Appanoose County, graduated from Centerville High School and went on to be certified as a lab tech through Medical Institute of Minnesota. Before coming to Mercy, Hand worked as a deputy treasurer for Appanoose County for 17 years and worked for the late Dr. Anthony Owca for 10 years.
Denise Howe, R.N., was the interim director of operations for the past year and remains as an optional/part-time home care and hospice nurse and customer relations executive. Howe received her R.N. Degree from Indian Hills Community College. She has 23 years of experience with home care and three years experience in hospice.
Nancy Barton, M.D. serves as the medical director for Home Care and Hospice and joined the hospital medical staff in 2005 as a board certified family practice physician. She graduated from Saba University School of Medicine on the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles and completed her residency in Texas. She is affiliated with the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Practice, Iowa Academy of Family Physicians and is also a member of the Iowa Medical Society.
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It's a movie about giant robots who can fold themselves into anything, but are somehow unable to fold themselves into more than two things. Unless it advances the plot, of course. And it's the sequel to a movie that had a random collection of cars and trucks somehow make it from Hoover Dam to downtown Los Angeles in less than a minute, and that replaced south Los Angeles with the Mojave. You guys are expecting too much.
With that said, I enjoyed it. It was a bit of escapist fluff, marred mainly by the shaky hands of the camera operators. I hope Michael Bay made enough from this movie to buy a Steadicam.
I personally haven't seen the movie yet. While I'm disappointed to hear all of the complaints about ROTF (or more precisely, to hear of the problems that cause the complaints), I'm not expecting anything other than giant robots beating each other senseless.
Would it have been nice to have a well executed plot, less blue humor, better characterizations, etc.? Sure. But you're not going to get that from a summer blockbuster targeted at adolescent males (and the older TF fans as well), especially with Bay at the helm.
Why are so many people making excuses for this horrifically second-rate movie?
Look, guys, I paid to see the first one in theaters: I went in with low expectations, not high ones, and usually that works out well for the film. But, I was stricken with boredom rather than pleasantly surprised.
I'm too smart (and you should be, too) to sit and watch blurry robots beat on each other. I'm too smart to ignore the stupid script. I can't suspend my disbelief when a movie savagely rapes logic and maims commonplace physics as "Transformers" does. The first Tranny movie was like "Indiana Jones / Crystal Skull" - the scene where he survives a nuclear-fucking-bomb in an icebox - except in Bay's world there's over an hour of this crap. My brain was screaming for it to stop. I kept wondering when it would cease to be insane, grab hold of something grounded, and return to form like the more realistic 1980s cartoons that I loved so much.
Everything Bay did to this franchise was a mistake. Problem is, when your mistake earns you millions and millions of dollars, no one knows it. People choose to drink the Bay Kool-Aid and call the bad movie a "rollercoaster" or some shit.
This isn't fun. Stop lying.
...And when something's bad... don't call it something else. This is a goddamn movie. Not a ride. Not a rollercoaster. Not a "Rock 'em Sock 'em" toy. A movie. It's supposed to have plot and, well, writing.
i think the movie effect is good actually
Armageddon is one of the all time worst movies. Right up there with Waterworld and the like. Those movies are an insult to the audience. Do they really think we are that stupid?
Are you complaining about the scientific impossibilities of it? Waterworld is just as impossible so I guess you are. But if that is your complaint then just about every action/sci-fi movie in history from Hollywood is terrible. Most movies of this type break some scientific law or another. Most break many.
So true.
This film is fucking disappointing.
I'm a long time reader of Ars, but have never commented before. I registered specifically to respond to this article. I had the misfortune of seeing Transformers ROTF on Wednesday. It was my friend's bday, so we decided to go see it. This movie is absolutely awful, for all the reasons previously mentioned. I liked the first Transformers movie, so it was disappointing to spend $20 on this tripe. If you haven't seen it yet, stay as far away as you can get from this steaming pile.
I wouldn't even watch that in 3-D....
I always love comments like this. "Summer Movie" is not a synoym for suck.
It is possible to have something resembling a coherent plot with your giant robots beating the crap out of each other. In fact, it tends to make the giant robots beating the crap out of each other even better.
It's also possible to not have idiotic nonsense like Devastator's balls or the "something to replace Jar Jar as the worst character ever" twins.
I don't expect revolutionary anything. I do expect a half decent movie. They seem to have failed. That people will defend that failure with "it's not expected to be even halfway decent" is really something.
Reading the low-brow humor remarks doesn't make me thrilled, I wasn't going to go to Transformers 2 for my college beer swilling humor fix (we have The Hangover for that right now I think?)
I can still see where Michael Bay would want to target that cross section for marketing, I just hope it doesn't saturate the movie to the point where it reduces to just that. For the record I find The Rock tolerable (better than Con Air by far for me) but I disliked Armegeddon, mostly for how it hits every emotional note with saccharine-sweet timing (cue patriotic overture, cue watery doe-eyed lover wistfully woeing her wong wost wover etc). In fact overall Bay's movies are highly overproduced mindless eye & ear saturating affairs intended to be pure entertainment (we all seem to be in agreement about that) which I will usually avoid at the theatre unless it's by pure impulse pr sheer accident.
I was satisfied with the last Transformers movie (my wife actually enjoyed it more than I did) but I went into it with low expectations and they were exceeded--and by a fair margin at that. The CG seemed good for this post-CG-saturated era (like the shot on Hoover Dam when they're on the side of the tower/building). The 'twenty-somethings acting as teens' love story wasn't too overplayed: used for a few teenage-relationship chuckles and some basic character motivation so it didn't dominate the story. The few 'sex sells' money shots served their purposes (for posters & screengrabs). The movie's overall choices weren't targeted necessarily where I would choose to focus, but were understandable given the movie's target market. Ie, the cartoons had children in them for the very same reason...(and less sexual overtures for similar reasons.)
Unfortunately though the movie still had enough shining through the mainstream pandering to be 'fun'. Enough to not only overcome low expecations but also set me up to expect something similar from this movie.
There are enough other movies coming out that I'm interested in that I won't lose sleep if I have to wait to see this on HD or dvd, but at the same time I think that's perhaps losing a large portion of the appeal (summer eye candy.)
Transformers were toys for kids that we played with at an age where most television watching children (and probably even some who still lacked that access) were aware of what they were. Very much like all the other pulp comics & toy franchises that the entertainment industry is busying itself 'bringing to life' for our amusement. No surprises here that it's largely profit motivated. I think it's no accident that most of this stuff is mindless & completely disposable. The 'better' movies from this arena recently seem to be more the happy result of some synchronistic collusion of the interested parties 'gelling' into something that transcended the roots that brought it to life.
I also understand that my ideas of great sci-fi flicks over time tend to put many people to sleep for either being too complicated to follow or too slow. Movies that are created for the 'lowest common denominator' are done to hit the broadest cross-section, and usually make up for their thin & watery composition through sheer production values (budget) & star factor. Movies that appeal to specific likes & interested cultivated through an adult's lifetime are going to have a lot less appeal to other adults who have their own specific set of likes/interests/prejudices etc...
It's a fair bet that I'm well outside of what I'm seeing reflected in the comments, but in an odd twist of fate my wife enjoys mindless action fare more than I do. So it seems the movie rests on how vulgar as that may turn her off (though she does get a kick out of 'potty humor'.)
I thought the first one was crap, so I don't expect anything from this one. But I will offer one thing in Michael Bay's defence - "The Island" was a good movie. Nothing Oscar-calibre or anything, but it was thoroughly entertaining, as was "Bad Boys". Still, I guess he's got to get it right by sheer chance once in a while.
Wow, that's really disappointing. I liked the other Bay Transformers. It wasn't great, but it at least had some understanding of what us grown-ups wanted to see in CGI Transformers.
It saddens me that Bay took all the worst elements of the first movie instead of all the best for the sequel.
"a big fan of the first Transformers film"
Really? And still disappointed? For me, they both are "messy, unfunny and way too long". I really don't see what's better about the first one. Actually my experience with the first one was worse because I hoped Bay didn't somehow completely destroy the property, but alas... So only watch for the special effects, although even those could be done better.
I liked it. Its no masterpiece, but it was fun to watch. I wasn't expecting much, I knew it would have no plot and be pretty poor, but I still enjoyed it.
I watched it last night and boy... for the life of me, I can't remember the plot. Utter crap!
Here's the trailer to all the Michael Bay movies:
I know some people here are saying "don't go into it with high expectations and you'll be fine" but seriously, what kind of attitude is that to have when you're paying $10/£6/whatever for the privilege? When you eat out do you expect it to taste like shit so when it's mediocre you're pleasantly surprised?
This idea that action movies can be acceptably bad - because that's just the kind of movie they are - is very sad. Take Die Hard: an awesome movie, despite not being especially clever or making any kind of profound point. It was just a well made movie that most people found incredibly enjoyable.
Transformers, on the other hand, ran like a tired checklist of action flick stereotypes with added try-way-too-hard 'wacky' humour, baffling action sequences not unlike watching the insides of a broken toaster and quite possibly the worst product placement I have ever seen in a film.
Hearing that the sequel is worse - even according to people who enjoyed the first one - brings me to the conclusion that I will not be handing Michael Bay my money. I might get a new toaster, though.
It sounds like Transformers 2 is Bad Boys 2 all over again.
Guys, its a hard core action summer popcorn flick about gigantic living transforming machines that kick the tar out of each other...why is everyone expecting Shawshank with robots?
It delivers on every premise that it needs to; ridiculous action, T&A, stupid humor, and gorgeous visual effects.
That's all it's meant to be, why does everyone go on about how "the autobots don't get fleshed out enough as characters?"
Really? REALLY? It's goddamned transformers! Everyone loves the cartoon movie from the 80s and because Michael Bay directed a ridiculously action and explosion filled update you are mad???
If you can completely shut your brain off the movie Has robots shooting and blowing stuff up.
If you want a story or character development or anything worthwhile then this is not going to be pleasant at all.
How many people like me fear that this is a preview of what is to come with the GI joe movie?
Note to Mr Bay: You can actually have good writing in your movies. It will NOT take away from your special effects and explosions. Please invest in someone who can write for any future films you work on.
Also, why do you have my eardrums ? I do not need to bleed to understand that explosions are loud.
Thank you
Ps If you do anything like this again to something I loved as a child I will have to hoist you underwear first up a flag pole.
Wow - I didn't like it much, but not sure I hated *that* much.
Still - your review is very entertaining to read. More so than the movie was to watch.
As i said to most people i know if you liked the first one you should like this, same rubbish shinier package...
So, basically the sequel is better because it has more robots and more action? That's all it takes to make movie better, more "stuff".
You shouldn't have to turn off your brain to enjoy a film. If that's your criteria, stop going so that these films such as this can die a merciful death. Perhaps then the summer movie season can begin its ascent into mediocrity.
I enjoyed it. But i wasn't looking for anything more.
fucking horse shit movie. every scene sucked except the forest scene, which was badass. if i wanted to see megan fox jump around in panties or whatnot, theres lot of internet shit to be found. (plus i can do it in my own room, if u catch my drift)
the only thing they missed with those little twin autobots was giving them some watermelon to eat; it was really disgusting. i was sitting there with 2 white buddies and 1 of them turns to me right after the 'we dont read much' comment and says 'am i really high (he was) or is this the most blatant racist shit you've seen in a while (it was)'.
the story was retarded, and most of the CGI came close to putting me in epileptic shock with all the shaky cam crap. really took away from the transforming/fighting.
id never hit a midnight premiere before. nothings worse than leaving a theatre at 245am when u have to work at 8am except if the movie you just saw was pure fucking doo-doo.
lastly, id like to send a big FUCK YOU out to everyone who was responsible for that shit movie and a partial destruction of my childhood memories.
This review is what happens when you can't just sit back and enjoy a movie. You have to nitpick every detail on every scene and analyze lighting done on CG robots. Dude, just watch it.
I thought it was awesome. Robots, explosions, Megan Fox and then some more of all three. That is what we wanted and we got it in spades.
Cry harder, Kuchera
When the trailer for an action movie is shit, you know the film is going to be especially bad. I saw the trailer when I went to see Star Trek, and was horrified. I'll skip this.
Spot. On.
Saw it last night, first time in a while, I agree 100% with the post-view write up. Nice work.
I think the key feeling I have gathered from the reviews of this film is "lowest common denominator". I'm above it. No money for you film studios!
Here are Michael Bay's directorial credits:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
... aka Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Transformers (2007)
... aka Transformers: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
The Island (2005)
The Lionel Richie Collection (2003) (V) (video "Do It to Me")
Bad Boys II (2003)
... aka Good Cops: Bad Boys II (Malaysia: English title)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
... aka Pearl Harbor (UK: promotional title)
Armageddon (1998/I)
The Rock (1996)
Bad Boys (1995)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994) (V) (music videos)
Shadows and Light: From a Different View (1992) (V)
Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection (1991) (V) (video "Call It Rock N' Roll")
Playboy Video Centerfold: Kerri Kendall (1990) (V)
NONE of these movies are movies with any substance (maybe just Pearl Harbor, but the story was already written by history, so that doesn't count). He's a fluff director. He's one of those directors that Hollywood loves though. He's great at perpetuating every possible stereotype known to man. His movies are entertaining, and never will be nothing more than that. Entertainment.
Wow! The guys over at Spill.com totally demolished your comment with a pre-emptive strike. They address retorts (?) like yours in their audio review.
No, no, no!!! That's maybe what YOU wanted, but not I. And I believe that a large number will agree with me.
How about "action that you can follow"? Action is worthless if it gives me a migraine trying to follow it. To his credit, it is not like Bay pioneered the shakey cam, he just continues to use it for some reason.
I cannot be the only one who thought, "Would that be better or worse with a ton of explosions?"
Good gosh. My first comment was for the review. Now I read all the comments and you mofos only reinforce my opinion that most of you on ars are nothing but a bunch of fucking techno-geek snobs!
Yes, I can understand a movie should have decent writing and a good plot. But you have to be an idiot to not get that Transformers have been on Earth before, they are trying to take over again and there is some old ass one trying to kill the last prime. What is so hard to comprehend about that?! Plus, is a camera going to stay in one section while a huge ass fight with 30' robots goes on? No! At least this wasn't the shakycam clusterfuck that Cloverfield was.
I thought the movie was enjoyable, entertaining and over the top like it's supposed to be. This isn't a Beautiful Mind, or Citizen Kane or some other mind-melting movie and it isn't supposed to be. But it definitely did not suck and I loved it!
Get over it you bunch of snobby-ass elitist internet critics!
Maybe the snobs on this forum, but not in the general public. Everyone at the IMAX theatre I saw it last night at applauded and loved it.
Thanks for saving me some money Ben. I went into the first movie with cautious optimism and came out pretty surprised at how good it was. I even bought it on DVD.
This second is sounding awful, hopefully it doesn't murder the whole franchise(like a certain Batman did). I'd love to see more good Transformers movies. And I have nothing against Michael Bay. The Rock is one of my favorite movies, Pearl Harbor and Armageddon were passable. I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with his style; sounds like he just jumped off the deep end or was left unchecked by his producers.
Before going to see it last night, I read a review off of Digg where the critic panned it, saying "Michael Bay has created the cinematic equivalent of snorting cocaine off of a hooker's ass."
And he absolutely has. If snorting coke off a hooker's ass sounds like your kind of fun, you'll probably enjoy the hell out of this movie (I certainly did). If that sounds too low-brow, go watch the new Johnny Depp movie because it isn't for you.
Same here, the bulk of pro critics and I don't always agree on what makes a movie enjoyable but this review was a good warning for me.


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May 20, 2010
The installation on the lights at Brown Field has now been completed and with it Valparaiso University has announced night games this fall in football as well as men's and women's soccer.
May 13, 2010
Valparaiso University head coach Dale Carlson has announced his first recruiting class for the Crusaders, which consists of 33 players that have committed to play for the Brown and Gold beginning in the fall of 2010.
May 06, 2010
Three Valparaiso University football players that just graduated this past season were among the 620 total players selected nationwide as members of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
April 26, 2010
There is still room for players at the Valparaiso University football alumni and friends golf outing on May 17 at the Course at Aberdeen in Valparaiso to raise money for the Crusader Football Fund.
April 24, 2010
Spring practice came to a close at Valparaiso University on Saturday morning at Brown Field as the Gold defeated the Brown 51-32 at the annual spring game.
April 22, 2010
Valparaiso will play its annual spring Brown and Gold football game Saturday morning at Brown Field beginning at 11 a.m. This year's format will feature the offense against the defense and admission is free.
April 20, 2010
The Pioneer Football League announced its annual Academic All-PFL Teams on Tuesday afternoon, which included two Valparaiso University Crusaders on the First Team and another on the Second Team.
March 24, 2010
The Dale Carlson era of Valparaiso University football begins on Wednesday afternoon (March 24) as the Crusaders take to the field for the first of 15 days of spring practice.
March 23, 2010
The Valparaiso University football program will be holding several summer camps in 2010 at Brown Field, hosted by the Crusader coaching staff. The camps are designed to provide helpful instructional drills that will assist young athletes improve self-confidence in their ability to transfer proper technique to actual game situations.
February 10, 2010
Valparaiso University head coach Dale Carlson has announced the Crusaders' 2010 football schedule, which will see the Brown and Gold play at home five times during the 11-game slate.
February 05, 2010
Valparaiso University had 28 members of its football program named to the Pioneer Football League's Academic Honor Roll for the Fall, 2009 semester.
February 04, 2010
One of Valpo's most prolific quarterbacks ever, David Macchi owns nearly all of the Crusader passing records, and on Saturday afternoon will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame.
February 03, 2010
Valparaiso University head football coach Dale Carlson has announced the hiring of Tony Pierce as the Crusaders' new defensive coordinator.
January 26, 2010
Valparaiso University head football coach Dale Carlson has announced the addition of Bob Muckian to his coaching staff as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Crusader program. Muckian will also assume the role of recruiting coordinator for the Brown and Gold.
January 15, 2010
Valparaiso University director of athletics Mark LaBarbera has announced that Dale Carlson has been named the 16th head football coach in Crusader history.
December 18, 2009
Valparaiso University's Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) is among the 55 members named to the 12th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star Team.
December 18, 2009
Final Notes and statistics regarding the 2009 Crusader football season are now available.
November 29, 2009
Valparaiso University Director of Athletics Mark LaBarbera has announced that Stacy Adams is stepping down as head football coach for the Crusaders effective immediately.
November 24, 2009
Valparaiso University had five football players named Honorable Mention All-Pioneer Football League as voted upon by the league's head coaches. Earning the honor for the Crusaders are Nate Blair (Andrean H.S. [Ind.]), Josh Lynn (Hammond, Ind./Morton H.S.), Nikko Carson (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township H.S.), Anthony Curry (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville H.S.), and Kyle Himmelwright (Coplay, Pa./Whitehall H.S.).
November 24, 2009
Valparaiso University's Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team as voted upon by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).
November 21, 2009
Valparaiso saw its 2009 season come to a close on Saturday afternoon, dropping a 29-6 game to Morehead State on Senior Day at Brown Field.
November 18, 2009
Valparaiso closes out the 2009 football season on Saturday afternoon at Brown Field as the Crusaders host Morehead State. Prior to kickoff, 16 members of the Valpo football program will be honored on Senior Day.
November 14, 2009
Valparaiso's defense gave up a season-low 17 points, but the offense could not find the end zone on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders fell 17-3 to Campbell at Brown Field.
November 11, 2009
Valparaiso begins its final homestand of the 2009 season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders return to Brown Field to host Campbell. The Fighting Camels will be making their first appearance ever in Valpo.
November 07, 2009
Valparaiso's Nate Goergen (Golden, Colo./Golden H.S.) threw for a career-high 261 yards and two touchdowns by Jacksonville pulled away from the Crusaders in the second half on the way to a 49-20 victory at D.B. Milne Field on Saturday afternoon in the final road game of the season for the Brown and Gold.
November 06, 2009
Valparaiso University's Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) has been named as one of the top-10 finalists for the fifth annual Sportsmanship Award handed out by the Awards and Recognition Association (ARA). The award is giving to one outstanding NCAA Division I collegiate football player who best personifies the spirit of sportsmanship.
November 05, 2009
Valparaiso University defensive lineman Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) has been named an ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-District V First Team selection for the third straight season.
November 04, 2009
Valparaiso wraps up the road portion of the 2009 football season on Saturday afternoon, heading to the Sunshine State to face Jacksonville. The Crusaders will then begin a two-game homestand next Saturday to wrap up the year.
October 31, 2009
Valparaiso began its final road trip of the 2009 season on Saturday afternoon, suffering a 24-0 setback to Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
October 28, 2009
Valparaiso heads to New York this weekend to battle the newest member of the Pioneer Football League. The Crusaders and Marist will tangle on Halloween with the Brown and Gold looking to pick up its first conference victory of the year. The game marks the beginning of Valpo's final road trip of the season.
October 24, 2009
Nicholas Henton (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle H.S.) hauled in Valparaiso's lone touchdown on Saturday afternoon as Dayton defeated the Crusaders 38-7 at Brown Field to spoil Parents' Day for the Brown and Gold.
October 19, 2009
Valparaiso returns to Brown Field on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders play host to Dayton. The Brown and Gold will be celebrating Parents' Weekend at the school and the program's parents will all be recognized prior to kickoff.
October 17, 2009
Eli Crawford (Bogart, Ga./North Oconee H.S.) returned an interception for a touchdown and Valparaiso took a lead into the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon for the first time this season, but Butler rallied with two touchdowns in the final 15 minutes to defeat the Crusaders 23-14 at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind.
October 13, 2009
Valparaiso looks to reclaim "The Hoosier Helmet" this week while also trying to pick up its first Pioneer Football League victory of the season when the Crusaders head south to Indianapolis to battle first place Butler. This week marks the midway point of the 2009 football season.
October 10, 2009
Bobby Wysocki (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood H.S.) rushed for 101 yards and Eddie Morelli (Racine, Wis./Saint Catherines H.S.) scored his first career touchdown for Valparaiso but San Diego spoiled the Crusaders' Homecoming with a 48-7 victory over the Brown and Gold at Brown Field.
October 06, 2009
Valparaiso welcomes its alumni back to campus this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders return to Brown Field for the annual Homecoming football game when the Brown and Gold entertain San Diego.
October 04, 2009
Valparaiso University's Nikko Carson (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League's Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in Saturday's loss at Drake.
October 03, 2009
Nikko Carson (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township H.S.) led Valparaiso with four sacks and the Crusaders got to Drake quarterbacks seven times on the afternoon, but in the end it was the Bulldogs that posted a 34-14 victory over Valpo in the Brown and Gold's Pioneer Football League opener on Saturday afternoon at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
September 29, 2009
Valparaiso opens its 17th season of Pioneer Football League play on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Des Moines, Iowa to battle Drake. The Crusaders are one of just three PFL schools to have yet to open league play this season.
September 26, 2009
Valparaiso piled up a season-high 440 yards of total offense on Saturday afternoon, but it was not enough as Carthage spoiled Valparaiso's 2009 home opener with a 34-24 victory over the Crusaders at Brown Field.
September 23, 2009
Valparaiso returns to Brown Field on Saturday afternoon for its 2009 home opener as the Crusaders host the Red Men of Carthage. The Crusaders are looking to build upon their 20-17 victory at Concordia (Wis.) two weeks ago as they play their final non-conference game of the season.
September 12, 2009
John Popper (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman H.S.) caught the go ahead touchdown pass with 8:38 to play in the game and the Valparaiso defense made a big stop on the final drive of the game as the Crusaders earned their first victory of the season 20-17 over Concordia (Wis.) on Saturday afternoon at Century Stadium in Mequon, Wis.
September 09, 2009
Valparaiso remains on the road on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders seek their first victory of the season when the Brown and Gold battle Concordia (Wis.) in a battle of Lutheran institutions. Following the game the Crusaders will have a week off prior to their home opener on September 26.
September 05, 2009
Valparaiso dropped its season opener to Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 31-6 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium in Rensselaer, Ind.
September 01, 2009
The 89th season of Valparaiso University football kicks off on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders travel to Rensselaer to battle Northwest Indiana rival Saint Joseph's. Head coach Stacy Adams leads 34 letterwinners into the new season, including five starters on each side of the football.
August 31, 2009
Andy Viano will join long-time play-by-play broadcaster Todd Ickow as the color commentator for both Valparaiso University football and men's basketball broadcasts this season on the Valpo Sports Radio Network, Valparaiso University Director of Athletics, Mark LaBarbera has announced.
August 25, 2009
With the start of the 2009 season right around the corner, Valparaiso University is set to begin the 89th installment of Crusader football under fourth-year head coach Stacy Adams.
August 19, 2009
Follow the Valparaiso football program through its newly released its team blog. Check back frequently for the latest thoughts from head coach Stacy Adams as well as senior defensive lineman Adam Rundh, senior offensive lineman David Wisniewski, and redshirt-sophomore quarterback Matt Upshaw. They will give you a behind the scenes look into the program as the Brown and Gold begins its quest for a Pioneer Football League title!
August 10, 2009
Valparaiso University has been projected to finish in ninth place in the Pioneer Football League for the 2009 season according to the preseason balloting done by the league's head coaches which was released Monday (Aug. 10).
July 16, 2009
Six Valparaiso University football players have been named to Phil Steele's College Football Preview preseason All-Pioneer Football League Second Team. Ross Wiemer and Nicholas Henton were selected to the offense while Adam Rundh, Anthony Curry, and Kyle Himmelwright were named to the defensive squad. Andrej Skiba was picked on special teams.
June 10, 2009
Five Valparaiso University football players that just graduated this past season were among the 564 total players selected nationwide as members of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
May 28, 2009
Valparaiso University head coach Stacy Adams has announced that 45 players have committed to play football for the Crusaders beginning this fall.
April 09, 2009
The Valparaiso University football team has announced that it will now open the 2009 season against Saint Joseph's (Ind.) on the road in Rensselaer, Ind. as opposed to at Brown due to other scheduling considerations. Kickoff is slated for 12 p.m.
March 26, 2009
With Valparaiso set to kick off spring practice on Monday, March 30, head coach Stacy Adams has announced the 2009 football schedule, which will see the Brown and Gold play at Brown Field six times.
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Olivia, 18, has been babysitting for more than 4 years. She works for seven different families in her neighborhood, caring for kids who range in age from 1 to 12.
Olivia chose to focus on babysitting instead of taking a job in a store or restaurant like most of her peers. She's worked hard to perfect her skills over the years, and she's learned a lot in the process.
Here are Olivia's tips for being a great babysitter:
- Be positive. Try to give directions, instructions, or criticism using positive language. It's more encouraging for kids to hear what they're supposed to do than what they're not supposed to do.
- Give high-fives. Encourage good behavior with positive reinforcement, like a pat on the back or verbal praise. Acknowledging kids' success empowers them to continue it.
- Be honest. When the parents come home, give them an honest report. Though it may feel embarrassing to admit if kids were difficult, it is vital that parents know the truth so they can respond in a way that fits in with their child-raising beliefs.
- Work it. When you're babysitting, you are a role model. So be the best you that you can be. Be kind, gentle, and patient. Smile, laugh, and listen. Children are very impressionable, so lead by example.
- Stay focused. Remember why you are babysitting: Your role is caretaker, so try to limit your distractions and keep your eyes on the kids at all times. Avoid texting or calling people so you can stay committed to your main duty, since kids can get into trouble quickly.
- Play house. As the babysitter, you assume the parents' responsibilities. Just like when you played house as a kid, you become the "parent," and you need to take care of the house and everyone in it. You make sure that the house is tidy and clean and, more important, that everyone is safe and happy.
- Plan ahead. Before you begin your job, consider the age and gender of the kids you are babysitting. Try to think of activities that will appeal to everyone. Even if you're sitting for just one child, try to plan something fun ahead of time to avoid default activities like TV or video games.
- Jump around. Get moving! Dance, race, play tag or Simon Says. Physical activities foster friendship among kids and between you and the kids. Also, they drain energy, which can sometimes make bedtime a little easier.
- Get out. The best playground is all natural: the great outdoors. You don't need a swing set or a jungle gym to have fun outside. Try simple activities like tag or sidewalk chalk to make the best of the sunshine. In the winter, make snowmen or go sledding. But be extra careful to keep an eye on everyone at all times and set definite boundaries for a playing area.
- Take notes. Make sure you know the details for each child. Make a ring of index cards, one for each family you babysit. On each card, write the basic information: the parents' cell numbers, children's allergies and medical information, preferred activities or interests, etc. Then take these with you to each job.
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Date reviewed: July 2010
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Torvalds: Investigating ACPI Problems
In a post on the Linux Kernel mailing list, Thomas Gleixner claims to have fixed ACPI suspend and resume problems. Linus Torvalds praised him for doing so, but also has his doubts.
"Sorry, it took me quite a while to realize the real root cause of the VAIO - and probably many other machines - suspend/resume regressions, which were unearthed by the dyntick / clockevents patches.", Thomas Gleixner explains, referring to two patches, aimed to resolve the suspend error that Andrew Morton noticed on his Vaio notebook.
The first developer to respond was Linus Torvalds. He praised the patches - "Ok, so the patches look fine," but goes on to criticize Gleixner in the same sentence, "but I somehow have this slight feeling that you gave up a bit too soon on the "*why* does this happen?" question." Torvalds then goes on to answer the question himself: "I realize that the answer is easily "because ACPI screwed up". Torvalds guesses that the patches don't actually fix the problem, but just work around it: "Because we don't necessarily understand what the real background for the problem is, I'm not sure we can say that it is solved."
Torvalds also assumes that the kernel completes the preparations for Suspend mode, and that ACPI triggers the right steps. But the "stupid firmware" doesn't expect any further calls to achieve low power status. And this is where Torvalds sees problems. Despite this, he is still going to apply the patches as is, even though he would feel better if he understood why.
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CLEVELAND — There is another beautiful angel in heaven. Our Lanie Jae Powell received her wings Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, after a brief stay at University Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lanie was born Oct. 22, 2009, in Conneaut, Ohio, the daughter of David C. Roosa of Akron, Ohio and Macie Rae Powell of Conneaut.
This world will be forever void of her precious smile and sweet laughter. Lanie enjoyed every minute of her life. She was an outgoing 4 year old that loved to dance, draw and color pictures, spending days at the beach and giving lots of hugs to her loved ones.
Lanie is survived by her parents; maternal grandparents, James and Michelle (Missi) Williams of Conneaut, and Vern and Maureen Powell of Mooresville, N.C.; paternal grandparents, David and Natasha Roosa of Conneaut, and Billie Jean Roosa of Akron; maternal great-grandparents, Lori and Kevin Jury, Ted and Janet English, and Connie Williams, all of Conneaut, and Shirley and James Powell of Statesville, N.C.; paternal great-grandparents, Duane and Bonnie Roosa, Don and Peggy Cosner, all of Conneaut and Jeanie Morris of Akron; great-great-grandparents, Delores English Briel and Jodi Reith, both of Conneaut; aunts and uncles, Celeste English Williams, Rebecca Roosa, Madison Powell, Perry Williams, Julie Williams, Betty Jo McCabe, Paula Wells, Ted and Laurinda English, Crystal and Jamie Emus, Mathew Jury, Nancy Herrera, and Gino Beeman.
Calling Hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13th, at RAISIAN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 581 Harbor St., Conneaut.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 14th, at St. Frances Cabrini Church, with Fr. Raymond Thomas, of Our Lady of Peace Parish, officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memory Gardens, Route 20, North Kingsville, Ohio.
Memorial contributions for Lanie's family can be made to www.fundly.com/m2/love-for-lanie.com.
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From best-selling author Ann Hood comes a sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras.
On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover, who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible loss. The surprising connection between these two women will change Claire's life in unexpected and extraordinary ways.
Part literary mystery and part love story, The Obituary Writer examines expectations of marriage and love, the roles of wives and mothers, and the emotions of grief, regret, and hope.
©2013 Ann Hood (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Love fiction--classic to light, serious to comedic. Selective non-fiction. These days lots of mysteries (not too violent, please :-)
"Parallel stories of love and loss"
It might be, but I have not seen the written version.
Vivian, because she had a deep understanding of what it takes to help a person process grief, although she had her own deep sense of loss through much of the book. The important thing was that in her role of writing obituaries, she knew that simple facts, such as birth and death dates, do not say anything about who the person *was* in their lives. She understood the power of healing narrative.
This book is an unusual exploration of human yearnings and grief told through parallel stories of two women struggling to find love, and make sense of losses through challenging circumstances. For one woman, Vivian, her lover has been lost in the great San Francisco earthquake, and she cannot give up hope of finding him. Claire, a woman living in the early 60's is agonizing over being with her husband or a man she has had an affair with (whose baby she is probably carrying). Initially it seems their lives have no connection, but the mystery unfolds through the book, which reveals how even the distance of half a century may be closed in unusual ways.
The most powerful parts of this book are the moving passages in which grief is explored. Through telling the stories of people who have died (as preparation for the obituaries she will be writing) Vivian helps those who are grieving bring the dead back to life in and through memory, which is a very healing process.
The attention to details in description also brings the entire book to life for the reader. Just as Vivian asks mourners for the smallest details of the lives of their loved departed, the author gives us small details of description that makes this book rich in a way that draws the reader deeply into it. Although the themes of death and loss permeate this book, it is a very compelling listen.
It is also very interesting to step back in time to two different eras, and realize what women's lives were like then. Each woman is facing and understanding her own struggle through the social ideas and pressures of her own time.
Retired CFO, Army wife, Mom of five, Grandma of six, two sons who served in combat, love to read books that reflect my values and faith, love mysteries, historical, military stories, and books that don't waste my time . . . if it doesn't have an ending that was worth the wait, I'm not a happy camper.
"Love, Grief, and the Attaining of Great Wisdom"
This book turned out to be one of my favorite audio books. The honesty with which it is written is so very valuable. Though it is fictional, the beautifully flawed lives of the women, Vivian and Clare, are portrayed in a way that is not judgmental. It does not detract from who these women are, doesn't make them more or less, just describes them. I love that the story begins in the early 1900s in San Francisco, in a beautiful place, where a young Vivian, full of optimism, trusts and makes choices that her best friend disagrees with. Then Clare, in the 1960s, when John F. Kennedy is running for President, is inspired by new ideas and has "fallen out of love" with her husband. Each story is fully told, running parallel, when of course, they are in two different time periods. But I did not find this distracting in the least. Each woman learning, growing, discovering for herself about friendship, marriage, dreams and reality . . . and gaining a wisdom that only life can teach.
"What a great story!"
I loved the character development. It was interesting to go from one era to the other.
Vivian--she had a life with tragedy and joy.
I enjoyed her voice.
Two great passions - dogs and books! Sci-fi/fantasy novels are my go-to favorites, but I love good writing across all genres.
"Loss, Grief, Life"
Ann Hood has crafted a rather beautiful, albeit short, tale of two women living in two time periods who both struggle with coping with loss (not only through death, but the loss of dreams and hopes) and how to move forward with their lives. The listener realizes almost immediately that these two stories must intersect at some point and you may figure out how well before the author reveals the connection between the two, but that will not detract from the tale. One of the stories is set primarily in 1919 and the other in 1961 and Hood does a nice job of bringing the listener into both time periods so that the setting is clearly playing a role in the story at all times. The characters are delicately drawn and distinct in this book - strangely, I found Vivien (the turn of the century character) much more independent and easier to identify with than the more contemporary Claire of the 60's but both women "rang true" as people. The stories are moving and interesting but this is not a really deep study of grief and it is not really long enough to make the listener sad, but certainly elicits some melancholy. My only real criticism of the book is the ending. After twining the two women's stories together throughout the book, the ending comes on very quickly and does not quite satisfy. Claire's story definitely seemed to end in the wrong place. A major aspect of Claire's grief would undoubtedly be some major guilt because her own very bad decisions lead to the worst of her loss, but the story "wraps up" so fast after the tragic event that there is no real exploration of that.
The book is too short to provide great new insights into grief, but it is a nice study of two women in different eras dealing with loss and the effect of the societies they live in on their coping mechanisms and their ability to move on.
Tavia Gilbert provides very competent narration. Her male voices are not great, but this book is quite "female-centric" so that is a minor flaw.
"Oh the drama!!!"
"My heart was as heavy as my luggage". Really?? That is just one example of the writing style. Sounds like something that a ninth grader would write in a Creative Writing class. These ridiculous lines were rampant throughout the book -- I tried hard to finish it, but only got 1/3 of the way through.
Narrator's speech was very clear and precise, but for some reason her voice was very annoying. She tried too hard to make EVERY sentence dramatic. It made me hate the story because her performance was over the top.
Do not waste your time on this book!
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"Great Book Club Selection"
I enjoyed this book and think it would be a great book club pick. The exploration of grief from the perspective of 100 yrs ago was quite interesting to me as death is now one of our last taboo subjects. The parallel stories of the death of a marriage in the 1960's and the death of a lover in the 1900's was an interesting contrast. This book is all about the choices we make based on the societal norms of the time, grief and how we overcome and grow from it.
Wine, food and travel writer, editor, and aspiring novelist.
"Ambiguous Resolution Leaves Me Cold"
Yes to Tavia Gilbert.
Ann Hood is obviously good at making you want to turn the page, at crafting a compelling story. I'd probably try another, but if the payoff is as poor, I'd steer clear thereafter.
To excise a line in the last paragraph that leaves me wondering.
Tavia Gilbert was good, though I was continually taken aback by the pronunciation of "them" as "thum."
The last.
This novel weaves together two stories that take place forty years apart. The 1919 story has depth and treats grief with a degree of understanding that is unusual and on the mark. The 1960-61 story actually captures the time quite well, but the character elicits less empathy, due to her histrionics.
I loved the ending, although I knew what was happening. A few chapters before the end, a name was introduced that brought it all together. It is a lovely story to read (listen to) when you can curl up on the sofa and bring the characters into your mind.
I found her to be a bit whiney and she didn't differentiate the various characters very well. I found her portrayal of Claire as someone who lacked a personality.
The story was a sad story and one that made me reminisce of times gone by
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good story about love, loss and finding your way.
"Reader's voice so irritating"
I might have enjoyed this book if I had read it in book form or if someone else had performed it as an audio book, but I could not get beyond the cloying voice of the reader. It was like chalk on a blackboard to me.
If I read a really good review of another book by Ann Hood I would be willing to give it a try, but only on the basis of a great review.
No one
"Very Enjoyable Tale"
A side by side story of two women of different generations dealing with death and their personal emancipation. Their lives are not compared nor do they contrast one another; they enhance each other if anything. Having been born in the 1950's I identified and enjoyed Claire's story more and it was a great reminder how far our place in the American family has evolved.
Eloquently written tales also of deep grief - something we all have to work through in our lives. Having also lived through my share, I found these parts especially touching. I enjoyed both tales and would recommend this book.
One point I do have to make is this book, though the premise is unique and most of thoughts are beautiful and touching, could not have been edited. Ann Hood needs to have twice as many people read her books before printed as she did this work. I would think she would be embarrassed.. Not only a lot of errors - but, also awkward sentences and wrong wording. One thing I just could not get over....tell me too how a man in his early 30's has a mother celebrating her 80th birthday?
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---- — DETROIT (AP) — A program designed to help needy families and children in Detroit also is benefitting homeless men who are recovering from alcohol and drug addictions.
Therapists have told officials homeless residents at Mariners Inn, a substance abuse treatment center for men, are jumping at the chance to take part in its Adopt-A-Family program, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday.
Some donned red-and-white stocking caps while distributing gifts Friday to a dozen needy families.
"Doing this helps us remember what a family is all about," said 42-year-old Rob Schingeck. "A lot of us lost that in our addictions."
The nonprofit agency was founded in 1925 by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. It houses 144 men going through recovery. Schingeck has been at the Mariners Inn since Sept. 19.
Adopt-A-Family was started six years ago and is based on a theory that substance addictions are signs of underlying psychological problems, said Kori Loewe, residential program director at Mariners Inn.
"Recovery isn't just putting down the drugs and alcohol," Loewe told the Free Press. "It's about finding a new way of life."
The program is funded through donations. Each family is budgeted $500. Mariners Inn residents help make the purchases and wrap the gifts, which include towels, blankets, utensils and children's clothing.
"We've found that these guys are very savvy shoppers," said Shauna Vercher-Morrow, Mariners Inn spokeswoman. "When you're homeless, you really learn how to stretch a dollar, so they come back with a lot of stuff."


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|Parallel evolution of the TAM values of verb forms/constructions in Welsh
and Hindi
Steve Hewitt, firstname.lastname@example.com
While the similarity of Welsh and Hindi/Urdu prosody is probably an amusing
coincidence, of rather more serious interest to typologists are the
striking parallels in the evolution of the tense/aspect/mode (TAM) values
of verb forms and verbal constructions in both languages. In the examples
below, form 1 is present/future in Classical Welsh, and an ordinary present
in Old Hindi. It becomes a simple future in Modern Colloquial Welsh, and a
present subjunctive in Modern Hindi/Urdu. Construction 2 is specifically a
progressive in both Classical Welsh and Old Hindi. It becomes a general
imperfective present in both Modern Colloquial Welsh and Modern Hindi/Urdu.
Both Modern Colloquial Welsh and Modern Hindi/Urdu have evolved a third,
expanded construction (3b: Welsh "I am at her, doing"; Hindi/Urdu "I have
stayed do") to express what is specifically progressive.
1 = simple tense form
2 = progressive-like construction: first progressive, then general imperfective
3 = expanded progressive construction (later periods only)
a = Classical Welsh, Old Hindi
b = Modern Colloquial Welsh, Modern Hindi/Urdu
AFF = affirmative tense particle
F = feminine
FUT = future
IMPFV = imperfective
PFV = perfective
PRES = present
PROG = progressive
SG = singular
SUBJ = subjunctive
VN = verbal noun
Classical Welsh
(1a) siarad-af
I speak / I will speak
(2a) yr wyf yn siarad
AFF be. PRES.1.SG in speak.VN
I am speaking
Old Hindi
(1a) bōl-ūñ
I speak
(2a) bōl-tā hūñ
speak-PROG be.PRES.1.SG
I am speaking
Modern Colloquial Welsh
(1b) siarad-a i
speak-FUT.1.SG I
I will speak
(2b) rw i 'n siarad
be.PRES.1.SG I in speak.VN
I speak / I am speaking
(3b) rw i wrth-i 'n siarad
be.PRES.1.SG I at-3.F.SG in speak.VN
I am speaking (right now)
Modern Hindi/Urdu
(1b) bōl-ūñ
[that] I [may/should] speak
(2b) bōl-tā hūñ
speak-IPFV be.PRES.1.SG
I speak / I am speaking
(3b) bōl rah-ā hūñ
speak stay-PFV be.PRES.1.SG
I am speaking (right now)
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William Lloyd
An oft-stated goal of the tea party is strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution and to the intent of the Founding Fathers.
Unfortunately, the unwillingness of many tea party leaders to compromise is inconsistent with that goal.
A good example is Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who defeated longtime Sen. Richard Lugar in the May GOP primary.
Although Lugar had numerous vulnerabilities, the principal tea-party complaint was that he was too willing to work across party lines in Washington. In contrasting his approach with Lugar's, Mourdock commented that it is time to replace collegiality with confrontation.
There is nothing inherently wrong when political parties offer the voters drastically different agendas. However, insistence on philosophical purity after the election is better suited to a parliamentary system than to the U.S. system of government.
For example, in the last Canadian election, the conservatives won more than 50 percent of the seats in Parliament. As a result, the conservatives' chosen prime minister both leads the Parliament and fulfills most of the functions our system assigns to our president. As long as they stick together, Canadian conservatives can implement their agenda without regard to the views of the minority parties.
In contrast, it is much more difficult for the majority party to implement its agenda in this country. The principal reason is the system of checks and balances built into the U.S. Constitution by the Founding Fathers in an effort to assure that the majority does not run roughshod over the minority.
The centerpiece of the system of checks and balances is the division of power among three independent branches: The president, the Congress, and the judiciary. As a further check on power, the Founding Fathers divided Congress into a Senate and a House of Representatives. In theory, these checks and balances assure that the federal government can act only when there is a broad consensus in favor of that action.
Over the last 60-plus years, Americans have frequently opted to reinforce the system of checks and balances by electing a president of one party while giving the other party a majority in one or both houses of Congress.
Senate rules have added another check on the majority by requiring the affirmative votes of at least 60 of the 100 senators to pass legislation if the minority filibusters.
Divided government can work, but only if there is a willingness to compromise.
Compromise is most likely when both parties have a significant number of moderate legislators. Unfortunately, the Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008 wiped out many of the moderate Republicans.
Similarly, the tea party landslide in 2010 cost many of the moderate Democrats their seats. As a result, the parties are increasingly dominated by legislators who are either very liberal or very conservative and who view compromise as a threat to their own re-election.
This trend began long before the appearance of the tea party. In fact, an analysis of roll-call votes (by Keith Poole of the University of Georgia and Howard Rosenthal of New York University) confirmed that Republicans in Congress have been getting more conservative since 1976 while congressional Democrats have been getting more liberal. However, the most startling conclusion from that study is that Republicans are now more conservative than they have been at any other time in the past 100 years.
Ironically, while their elected officials have become more partisan, voters have moved in the opposite direction. For example, a Gallup poll earlier this year found that 40 percent of the voters consider themselves to be "independents." Although many independents actually lean toward one party or the other, it appears that many Republican voters are not as conservative as Fox News, and many Democratic voters are not as liberal as MSNBC.
Despite their differences on the issues, Americans appear united on at least one point: Political gridlock is out of control. Unfortunately, without compromise, that gridlock will continue, regardless of the outcome in November.
Even if the Republicans win the presidency and sweep both houses of Congress, there is no realistic chance that they will have the 60 seats in the Senate needed to overcome Democratic filibusters. Therefore, the Republicans will not be able to govern unless they compromise with the Democrats.
Contrary to their approach in the current Congress and their campaign rhetoric, tea party Republicans should embrace compromise instead of trying to prevent it.
After all, compromise is exactly what the Founding Fathers intended.
William Lloyd of Somerset represented Somerset County in the state House of Representatives (1981-1998) and served as the state's small business advocate (November 2003-October 2011). His column appears monthly.
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"Two years ago, I established the goal of doubling U.S. exports over a period of 5 years. And we are on track to meet that goal, even before time, "the president said in his traditional weekly address.
He emphasized that in the last 23 months, companies have created 3.7 million new jobs and indicated that manufacturing firms are hiring for the first time since the 1990's.
Obama recorded his speech during his visit Friday to the floor of the Boeing aerospace company in Everett, Washington, which was praised as an example of strengthening the U.S. industry.
With his visit to Boeing facilities, which builds the Dreamliner, the newest airliner in the world, Obama ended a 3-day tour focused on U.S. industry and in raising funds for his reelection campaign in November.
The president said his visit to these facilities is "because this is a great example of how we bring back the jobs and manufacturing to the United States" after "the last decades have not been easy to manufacture in this country" .
"The result has been painful for many families and communities," he said.
"The factories in which people thought would retire are closed. Jobs that were the source of a decent livelihood have been sent abroad, "he said.
But Obama emphasized that "this does not mean we have to settle for a less promising future. I do not accept that idea. "
"In America, there is something you can do to create new jobs and new manufacturing and a new security for the middle class," said the president, reiterating its policy of reducing taxes on businesses that create new jobs.
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