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Central State University is a public institution that was founded in 1887. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,116, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 638 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Central State University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Colleges (Midwest), Tier 2. Its in-state tuition and fees are $4,710 (2012-13); out-of-state tuition and fees are $11,930 (2012-13).
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Central State University, as Ohio's only public Historically Black University, academically prepares students with diverse backgrounds and educational needs for leadership and service in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world. As an open access institution, the University fosters academic excellence through a strong liberal arts foundation and majors in selected professional fields.
Central State University is dedicated to:
- providing a nurturing and culturally enriched learning environment
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When applying to Central State University, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling. Scores for either the ACT or SAT test are due June 15. The application fee at Central State University is $20. It is least selective, with an acceptance rate of 36.7 percent.
For more information about the tests, essays, interviews, and admissions process, visit the Applying to College knowledge center.
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Academic Life
The student-faculty ratio at Central State University is 13:1, and the school has 61.4 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Central State University include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Education; Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; Psychology; and Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 50.3 percent.
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Student Life
Central State University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,116, with a gender distribution of 46.9 percent male students and 53.1 percent female students. At this school, 52 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 48 percent of students live off campus. Central State University is part of the NCAA II athletic conference.
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Campus Info & Services
Central State University offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, and health insurance. Central State University also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Of the students at Central State University, 10 percent have cars on campus. Alcohol is not permitted for students of legal age at Central State University.
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Paying for School
Paying for college doesn't have to be difficult or devastating. Go to the Paying for College knowledge center to get advice on raising cash and reducing costs.
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|Out-of-state tuition and fees
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Welcome to the Disc-O-Logue Web site. Disc-O-Logue was a catalogue of French-language popular music recordings available in Canada published between 1962 and 1979. This site was developed by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) using the archive acquired from the creator of Disc-O-Logue, Louise Lamothe. Part of the archive, a card catalogue of 90,000 song titles maintained by Madame Lamothe until 1985, has been automated. The resulting database is the heart of this Web site. There is also information on Louise Lamothe and her work as a copyright activist, an interview with Madame Lamothe, a short history and description of Disc-O-Logue, an introduction to the steps involved in creating Disc-O-Logue, a researcher's guide to the contents of the database including searching tips, sample searches, reproductions of album covers representative of recordings included in the database and information on "Best Sellers" of that era.
We wish to thank Jean-François Beaulieu, Guillaume Bergeron, Madeleine Bertrand, Martine Caron, Sylvie Casselman, Carol Clouthier, Jacqueline Cossette, Rena Detlefsen, Hélène Dubois, Stéphane Filion, Richard Green, Susan Haigh, Geneviève Laramée, Geneviève Madore, Timothy Maloney, Line Ménard, Gilles St-Laurent, Jeremy Sills, Louise Tremblay, Margo Wiper. Digital manipulation and coding by Jean-François Beaulieu, Guillaume Bergeron, Rena Detlefsen, Geneviève Laramée, Geneviève Madore, Gilles St-Laurent, Jeremy Sills, Rachelle Chiasson-Taylor and Judy Goodyear. Database implementation by Don Wallace.
This Web site was produced by LAC under contract to the SchoolNet Digital Collections program, Industry Canada http://collections.ic.gc.ca/.
This project was sponsored by Bell Canada through Stentor Alliance.
Disc-O-Logue was produced by Louise Lamothe.

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Agritourism in Umbria – Vacation Home Rental Near Assisi
Just outside of Assisi, nestled among the foothills of St. Francis' beloved Mount Subasio in Umbria, this 16th century stone farmhouse, once part of a larger castle, has been carefully remodeled into apartment holiday rentals which blend historic features and modern amenities.
The terracotta floors, hand painted tiles, antique and period country furnishings, and beautiful views overlooking the surrounding hills are just some of the features admired by guests of our vacation rentals in Assisi.
Each of the three apartments in our holiday home in Umbria provides self catering accommodations for two to four guests, making them a perfect agritourism holiday rental near Assisi for couples, families or small groups traveling together.
Within the Mount Subasio Regional Park and just six kilometers from the medieval hill town of Assisi, the self catering holiday flats at Brigolante farm holiday, owned and worked by the Bagnoli family for more than eight generations, offer both a unique view into Italian rural life and a convenient and comfortable holiday rental home in Umbria from which guests can visit the famed nearby towns in Umbria, Tuscany, and the Marches, such as Perugia, Gubbio, Spoleto and Cortona.
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Menacing: Leonard E. Lowe Jr., 32, 191 N. Transit St., was charged with third-degree menacing, second-degree harassment and criminal obstructing a person's breathing early Thursday. Lowe is accused of pushing and choking a woman who interceded in a verbal dispute between Lowe and another woman, according to the police report. Lowe was held without bail pending his arraignment April 2 in City Court.
Possession: Willie Howard, 26, 271 Locust St., was charged with criminal possession of stolen property Wednesday evening on Washburn Street. A Locust Street man called police after seeing Howard riding his bike, which had been stolen, according to the police report. An officer confronted Howard about the bike, the owner positively identified Howard as the man who'd been riding it, and Howard was charged. The bike was returned to its owner, the report said. Howard was held on $250 police bail pending his arraignment April 2 in City Court.


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Oakley's Carlos Sastre won the 95th Tour de France on Sunday, as the three-week race ended on the Champs- Elysees in Paris, emphasizing Oakley's dominance in the sport of cycling. Oakley's Cadel Evans was runner-up for the second consecutive year. Throughout the three weeks, 3,500km and 21 stages, Oakley produced six different leaders and 14 stage wins.
Five riders began the L'Alpe-d'Huez stage within a minute of the lead. Among them were prerace favorite, Oakley's Cadel Evans, Oakley's Frank Schleck, who wore the yellow jersey at the start of Stage 17, and Oakley's Andy Schleck, who was the top young rider and showed such power in the mountains that he will be a favorite to win the Tour in future years. Then there was Sastre. Age 33 and in perhaps his final year as a serious contender, he broke away on the mountain to take the yellow jersey and held onto it with a career performance in the final time trial.
"It's a dream come true," said Sastre, who has had five top-10 finishes in the last six years and four victories in mountain stages. "I have been waiting so long for this. I thought I would one day win the Tour, but I had to fight for it, get experience, and finally I have done it.''
Australia's Cadel Evans (OAKLEY) was runner-up, finishing 58 seconds behind Sastre, followed by Austria's Bernhard Kohl at 1 minute 13 seconds. Denis Menchov of Russia, Christian Vande Velde of the U.S. and Luxembourg's Frank Schleck (OAKLEY) completed the top six.
"I had some little mistakes but just to be able to continue after the crash in the first week was something I was happy with,'' Evans said. "To finish second is a good ride. Of course I'd like to win but it's not easy to win the Tour de France.''
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July's SmartBar is good as gold.
From the gold in them there hills to the cap on your tooth, it's time to dig up all things golden at our next SmartBar - GOLD!
Get out of that dreary winter weather and come to the museum after dark for pop-up bars, spot talks by museum experts on the 1850s gold seekers, the story of gold teeth, golden beetles, and much more.
We've got music by new RRR DJ Chris Gill from Get Down! and special guests I Scream Nails to give your fingertips a touch of golden glamour.
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Book online - select category 'Events including Aztecs programs'or phone 13 11 02
Thanks for your comment - we are investigating getting discounts for RRR subscribers our future Smartbar events.
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If we haven't pre-sold all the tickets then the remaining tickets will be available to be purchased on the night.
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for your comment and sorry to be a little while in replying because of Easter holidays. Perhaps it may be useful to explain the reasons museums keep animal specimens – more for research purposes than to show them. This blog is a good resource.
Museums undertake important and ongoing research to learn more about our fauna, with a view to helping inform its conservation into the future. Specimens come to us in various ways, including as road-kill brought in by interested members of the public.
At SmartBar, we're giving people a chance to learn about some of that work and meet our staff in an informal setting.
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We always suggest pre-purchasing your tickets and early bird prices are on offer up to one week prior to the night. To book you can call 13 11 02 or visit https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/tickets/ and select Events.
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PORTLAND -- At Faubion grade school in North Portland, teacher Kim Bess decided to depart from the lesson plan for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
She and a visiting reporter wanted to know what the sixth-grade children understood about the attacks.
"I want you to write down everything that you think of when you think of 9/11," Bess told her class. "What does that mean to you? What do you remember? What have you been told?" she asked.
Bess taught terrified students in the days right after the attack 10 years ago. It's all the students wanted to talk about then. But over time, the topic faded. Students were too young to remember.
Many of these sixth graders were just 18 months or younger on September 11, 2001. Eventually the teacher dropped it from her 6th grade lessons.
"So what do you know about 9/11? " the reporter asked Elizabeth Monroe. "I don't really know about 9/11," the sixth grader said.
It's possible the children are growing up protected by time and a lack of new attacks on America. The reporter asked Alex Lopez if he knew where the attack came from or why it happened.
"Um, no," Alex said.
Many of the children said the attack was never talked about at home. But Joviana Loyd learned about 9/11 from her big brother. "Well, I know that two planes crashed into the twin towers and a lot of people died. And if they didn't die when it crashed, they chose to jump out the windows so they didn't have to go through any more pain," she said.
Some of the children's answers contained facts that were a bit off. "I don't know who did it, but like it was a distraction, so I guess the government could do something else while the people were focused on that," said Shayna May.
"What they've said is just people were trying to go somewhere and they made a mistake so they just went into the tower and then it fell," said Amaya Golriz.
But others had a good grasp of the facts. "I know Osama bin Laden was behind it, because he was a leader of al Qaida and that's who all those people worked for," said Kobe Stout.
"I know that it led to the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, which led to the killing of Osama bin Laden recently," said Emil Zook.
Whether they understand the details or not, ten years after the worst terror attack in American history, the impact on these children was clear. They feel safe.
"Do you worry about terrorists attacking us in America?" the reporter asked Emil Zook. "Not really," said the sixth grader. "How come?" asked the reporter. "I kinda feel safe that we have a giant army, and lots of American patriots that protect us," the sixth grader said.
The exercise left their teacher conflicted - they were babies during the attack but many of these children know "something" about the attack.
Maybe its time to start teaching it again.
"I don't know," Bess said. "You've really made me think today, about whether or not it's important to remind these kids every year about what happened or whether we just kind of, kind of let it go with what they know. And I don't know. You made me think today."


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By John Vogl
The Sabres' talent level, which has dropped significantly through trades recently, is going down again. The team announced today that defenseman Tyler Myers will miss the rest of the season with a broken bone in his leg.
Myers played a team-high 25:37 during the 5-1 loss to Montreal, including a final shift with 2:41 to go. He was particularly critical of the team following the game but didn't show signs of the ailment.
It's not yet known how Myers suffered the injury. He blocked a team-high four shots, including a close-range blast during a five-on-three power play for Montreal. He also blocked a shot by P.K. Subban with 2:56 to play during his final shift.
Myers has struggled for much of this season after reporting to the team out of shape. He has three goals, eight points and a minus-8 rating in 39 games. Nonetheless, he was second on the team in ice time per game at 21:18, and the Sabres will need to replace his minutes.
The Sabres' farm team in Rochester has been thin on defense, with the Amerks recently signing blue-liners Michael Wilson and Fredonia native Nick Bailen to pro and amateur tryout contracts, respectively. Top prospect Brayden McNabb is out for the year with an injury.
Alex Biega, a fifth-round pick by Buffalo in 2006, leads active Amerks defensemen with 22 points, including 18 assists, in 66 games.
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5-star luxury apartment in Queenstown with a restaurant
Located in Queenstown, The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments is on a lake and convenient to Queenstown Gardens and TSS Earnslaw Steamship.
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Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and ski storage. Guests can catch a ride on the complimentary shuttle, which operates within 1.8 km.
Satisfy your appetite at the apartment's restaurant, which serves breakfast and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and 24-hour room service is provided. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a computer station, and express check-in. Event facilities at this apartment consist of a conference center and a meeting/conference room. Free self parking is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments Amenities
- General
The apartment offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities include a conference center and a meeting/conference room. A complimentary area shuttle within 1.8 km is available for guests. This luxury apartment also offers a fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and a library. Wedding services and tour/ticket assistance can be provided. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- One meeting room
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Number of floors - 7
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Conference center
- Ski storage
- Smoke-free property
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Computer station
- Porter/bellhop
- Room service (24 hours)
- Year Built 2008
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Number of buildings/towers - 5
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi , Free wired high-speed Internet
- Parking
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
- Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Balcony
- Access via exterior corridors
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- Satellite TV service
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Flat-panel TV
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Soundproofed rooms
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper
- Designer toiletries
- In-room massage available
- Complimentary toiletries
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- iPod docking station
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Dining
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
True South Dining Room - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
24-hour room service is available.
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments 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, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- General
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.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Parking height restrictions apply
- Fees
- 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.
- Breakfast fee: NZD 28 per person (approximately)
- Late check-out fee: NZD 35
- Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 15 per stay
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the apartment prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Awards & Affiliations
- Details
- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Qualmark Green, 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.
National Rating
- Details
Official New Zealand Rating provided by Qualmark®
Qualmark® assigns an official star rating for accommodations in New Zealand. This Apartment property is rated 5 stars.


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Student growth measures make up 50% of a teacher's or principal's evaluation. If Value-Added data is available from the Ohio Academic Assessments in grades 4 through 8 reading and math, it must be used for 10-50% in the student growth measures calculation.
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Ohio's new evaluation system is built on the fact that no one single measure can determine if a teacher is effective. We use a balanced approach that blends observations by trained educators and many data points. Value-Added is one source of information that we incorporate into our teacher evaluation system.
Value-added analysis is a statistical method that helps educators measure the impact schools and teachers have on students' academic progress rates from year to year. All Value-Added measures are not the same. In fact, Value-Added measures differ from state to state. Ohio has been careful to select a Value-Added measure that provides educators with information on how they can use data to focus instruction.
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By Ed BrockA Morrow man is in critical condition after being shot several times in a Forest Park hotel room. Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, police found 26-year-old Demetrios Eugene Alexander in a room at the Travel Lodge on Old Dixie Highway, according to Clayton County Police Officer Mark Vest. One of the bullet wounds was a shot to Alexander's head. Alexander was taken to Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale and then flown to Atlanta Medical Center where he was on life support, according to Clayton County Police Capt. Jeff Turner. Turner said police do not know the motive for the shooting. A small amount of marijuana was found in the room.
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I'm getting my warm clothes ready for a trip to Linton this week, and if a few thrills from the Miners, Casey or North Vermillion happen the next couple of weeks, I hope I get to see them.
But high school football is over in Vigo County for the season — as coach Chris Barrett of Terre Haute North said, prematurely — and I'm sadder to see it go than usual.
Walking the sidelines and doing midweek or postgame interviews enables me to meet quite a few of the guys whose names you are about to read, and haven't been more impressed than I was this fall. What outstanding groups of young men. What a tough, tough bunch of people.
Many know that one of my favorite athletic adjectives appeared consecutively in the previous sentence.
One of my favorite interviews was with West Vigo lineman Jacob Riley. He's been a man instead of a boy for a couple of years now — this is praise, but it's bittersweet — and he was candid enough to admit what every lineman or former lineman knows: football isn't always fun.
He wasn't about to give it up either, of course.
When I talked to Jacob, his team had been beaten decisively (on the field) in each of its first two games, but he wasn't about to give up on the Vikings either.
They wound up sharing the Western Indiana Conference championship, you may have noticed.
Terre Haute South's Braves, unfortunately — and there's the word that sums up their season — did not get the results that coming ever closer to the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference powerhouses should have delivered. The Braves had an offense dripping with potential in a year when every MIC team but one had impenetrable defense. If a South player was injured, it was certain he'd be playing a position that was vital, or where someone else had already been injured, or both.
And maybe the best example of the Braves' bad timing or bad luck was to have this year's team in the same season when North's Patriots were at the top of their game. I got to know those guys better than anybody, although part of the reason is that so many of them were around for four full seasons. North was still getting better every week, which is why the unfortunate way its season ended is sticking in my craw a little bit — just like it must be for the Patriots.
(I just hope North played long enough for all-state voters to see Calvin Blank, because there can't have been anyone playing defensive end better than he did the last few weeks.)
So if it wasn't my funniest or most ribald year on the sidelines — there will probably never be another Garry Handlin — it was certainly one of my best. Here are the reasons why:
• Seniors of the year — Danny Banks, Dylan Banks, Dillon Bell, Bobby Bennett, Danny Etling, Zac Harper, Adam Kahn, Nic Keller, Howie Lawson, Jeremy Patterson, Pedro Piloni, Brandon Russell-Cherry, Adam Scott, Tyler Seibert, Logan Steward, Trevor Thomas, Jonathan Weakley, Derik Whalen and Kane Wilford of South; Vasco Billberry, Calvin Blank, Josh Bovenschen, Lee Davis, Charles Dillahunt, A.J. Grady, Alan Grayless, Austin Lewis, Lucas May, Colton Pittman, Brother Scank, Cole Seward and Chris Spencer of North; and Ethan Boatman, Danny Creasey, Jacob Creasey, Daniel Mackey, Alex May, Patrick McVey, Tyler Murlin, Chris Neidlinger, Nate Owens, Jacob Riley and Andy Velazquez of West Vigo
• Senior good guys — Evan Alexander, Xavier Craft, Dan Miller and Jon Sagarsee of North.
• Juniors of the year — Chris Barrett II, Austin Bishop, Ricky Brookins, Nate Carson, Lucas Comer, Forrest Lowery, Austin Massey, Ronnie McConnell, Ryan Moshak, Ricky Scank, Jovanie Spencer, Wyatt Stoelting, Kai Stratten, Gerrit TenBrink, Austin Vermillion and Bryce Woodason of North; Derrick Bennett, Sam Bowden, Tyler Gustafson, Jimmy Maples, Sam McClain and Skyler Warnock of West Vigo; and Junior Berry, Taxi Brown, Luke Church, Logan Deady, Duane Deerwester, Tyler Dobbins, Jacob Johnson, Ian Newton and Dickie Rollins of South
• Sophomores of the year — Isaac Boatman, Ryan Hackett and Tyler Hayes of West Vigo; Trey Grim and Zach Potter of North; and Timmy Herrin, LaMarkis Stevenson and Michael Watt of South
• Freshmen of the year — Joshua Beasley, Dakota Short and Hunter Voils of West Vigo
• Most improved players — Alan Grayless and Chris Spencer of North, Tyler Gustafson of West Vigo and Jonathan Weakley of South are the ones who spring to mind first, but this could be a very extensive list. Grayless, incidentally, also provided me with the best — and probably most honest — excuse for losing a drag race.
• They shouldn't have been injured — Ethan Boatman, Tyler Hayes and Connar Houghton of West Vigo and Zac Harper and Logan Steward of South didn't get to show their stuff very long — or at all.
• They didn't realize they were injured — Danny Etling of South and Brother Scank of North are the best examples of guys who played through aches and pains that would have hospitalized a lot of players.
Like I said: tough, tough people.
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[VIDEO] Shannon Briggs storms gym, challenges Wladimir KlitschkoElias Cepeda at Boxing1 day ago
Heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko is currently in camp training for his Sep. 6 defense against Kubrat Pulev in Germany but appeared to nearly have an inpromtu fight against Shannon Briggs yesterday morning. The American appeared at Klitschko's workout Tuesday morning in South Florida, with a good sweat going, hands wrapped and plenty of insults for the Ukranian fighter.
Briggs has already hurled insults and threats at Klitschko at a press conference, asking for a title shot and now the 42 year-old has upped the promotional ante by storming in on Wladimir as he trained, still demanding a shot and calling the likes of Pulev, "bums."
Briggs has won four straight fights and last lost to Wladimir's brother, Vitali, via decision in 2010. In the video above you can see Briggs storm into the gym where Klitschko was training while the champ shadow-boxed. For a good while, Klitschko smiled and deflected Briggs' taunts.
Once the American stepped between the ropes and got within striking distance of Klitschko, however, Wladimir held up a hand and dared Briggs to hit it. At that point, Briggs slapped the hand away and got in the title-holder's face.
With Sen. Harry Reid's assistance, Diego Chaves gets visa, will face Brandon RiosKevin Iole at Boxing1 day ago
LAS VEGAS – Thanks to the intervention of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Diego Chaves has obtained his work visa and has been cleared to travel to the U.S., enabling him to fight Brandon Rios on Saturday at the Cosmopolitan.
The fight was in jeopardy because the U.S. state department's computer system that processes travel documents crashed, creating havoc for travelers around the world.
Chaves, who lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, passed an FBI clearance earlier this week, but like thousands of travelers looking to come to the U.S., the computer crash was creating issues for him.
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum is a longtime friend of Reid's, the Senate majority leader and one of the most powerful men in the U.S. Reid, a longtime boxing fan, got involved and with his assistance, Chaves' visa was expedited. Chaves was headed to the embassy in Buenos Aires to pick up the visa and then head to the airport.
Arum was uncertain of his travel plans but said Chaves would be in the U.S. by Thursday at the latest.
England's Samuel Maxwell proves he can take a big punch and come backKevin Iole at Boxing2 days ago
England's Samuel Maxwell may go on to a great professional career and tremendous popular acclaim. However, the light welterweight amateur boxer is going to have to reach extraordinary heights to ever be remembered for anything more than he will be for the photo of him taken during a second-round fight with Kenya's Denis Okoth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.
Okoth landed a left hand to the right side of Maxwell's face that a photographer for Reuters captured expertly. The picture captures Maxwell's face at the point of impact, his features completely distorted from the force of the blow.
Maxwell, incidentally, defeated Okoth and has moved on to the semfinals.
The photo is reminscent of the famous photo of Rocky Marciano landing a right hand on the chin of "Jersey" Joe Walcott in 1952 in which Marciano scored a knockout to win the heavyweight title.
The Maxwell-Okoth photo may never be as famous as the Marciano-Walcott shot, but it undoubtedly is one of the best boxing photos ever taken.
ShoBox: Where tomorrow's champions go to 'step-up'Elias Cepeda at Boxing2 days ago
Undefeated Antoine Douglas fought Michel Soro to a majority draw last Friday in Verona, New York in the main event of the 200 th episode of ShoBox: The new generation. In a way, it was a typical ShoBox card.
Instead of showcasing an overprotected blue chip prospect paired with an overmatched rookie or journeyman, viewers saw Douglas tested in a way he'd never been before by a game and well-matched opponent in Soro.
Douglas dominated the first half of their ten round bout but the experienced Soro rallied and stole the second half of the contest. At times, Soro even looked close to finishing Douglas.
Scores were 96-94 for Soro and 95-95 (twice). The draw seemed true as the matchup.
Since 2001, fight fans have come to expect this type of event from ShoBox, the hard core little boxing program that could. Gordon Hall, the ShoBox executive producer who has been there from the start, says that the goal is always to do things different, and better.
Incredible punching power keeps Gennady Golovkin a headline attractionKevin Iole at Boxing3 days ago
When Gennady "GGG" Golovkin knocked out Daniel Geale in the third round of their WBA middleweight title fight Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, the most impressive part of it was what occurred during the fight-ending right hand.
Golovkin was out of position, hands down, winding up to throw at Geale when Geale threw a right that landed squarely on Golovkin's nose. Geale is not a big puncher, but the force of the punch pushed Golovkin back ever so slightly and caused Golovkin to momentarily close his eyes.
But when Golovkin threw his right in return, he did so with his right foot off the ground. Geale's right had thrown off Golovkin's mechanics, and so he wasn't able to explode off the right like he frequently does and land a crushing shot.
Triple-G showed his incredible power, though, by hitting Geale so hard he knocked him down and ended the fight even when his balance wasn't nearly perfect or close to what it should have been.
Even though he's 32 years old and Saturday's bout was his 30th professional win in as many tries, Golovkin is still unproven in comparison to some of the hardest punching middleweights who ever lived.
Gennady Golovkin stops Daniel Geale, calls out Miguel CottoElias Cepeda at Boxing4 days ago
Daniel Geale was promoted as possibly the stiffest challenge of middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin's career ahead of their title fight Saturday night in Madison Square Garden. In the end, however, Golovkin dispatched Geale with a brutal quickness (Video highlights below).
The Kazakh powerhouse dropped Geale to mat twice before the fight was called off by the referee in the third round. A flurry felled Geale in the second round but the tough Aussie managed to regain his footing and survive.
With thirty seconds left in the third round, Geale landed a right punch to the face of Golovkin but "GGG" ignored it and immediately fired back with his own right hand. That punch ended up being the final one of the bout as it crumpled Geale.
The former champion got back to his feet but was clearly out of the fight as he gamely wobbled around. At that point, the referee stepped in and called a halt to the action.
With the win, Golovkin improves his record to a perfect 30-0, with an astonishing 27 KOs. Geale's loss is his second in his last three outings, and his record dips to 30-3.
Coach says humility is Gennady Golovkin's success secretElias Cepeda at Boxing6 days ago
It didn't take coach Abel Sanchez long after meeting Gennady Golovkin in 2010 to be convinced the boxer could become middleweight champion of the world one day, and the trainer let him know as much. However, Sanchez could only guarantee his prediction of "GGG" could promise him one thing - that he would do whatever the coach said, without questioning.
Four years later, the Kazakhstan fighter is indeed a champion and his coach says it's a credit to the middleweight's humility and willingness to learn. "The first thing that struck me with him was his willingness to do whatever you ask him," Sanchez said in a recent interview with Thomas Gerbasi.
"After a kid with 350 amateur fights and nearly 20 professional fights comes into the gym and he's willing to do whatever you ask him, however different it may be from what he's used to, it was refreshing."
Bryant Jennings: 'I will fight to the death'Elias Cepeda at Boxing7 days ago
Bryant Jennings may have felt he was getting a bit overlooked by those focusing on the story and heritage of his opponent on the undercard of this Saturday's Madison Square Garden HBO boxing event, Mike Perez, because he took to a press conference held this week to promote the card and promised action. "He's a Cuban fighter. He will fight to the death. I already know that," Jennings said.
"But one thing that they may not know is that I'll fight to the death as well...Come July 26, we are definitely going to get in that ring and we're definitely going to make it do what it do."
Jennings and Perez are both undefeated heavyweights looking to make the most of the big stage they'll fight one another on as featured fighters on the Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Geale-headlined event this Saturday. Who are you picking to come away with the win - the Philly kid or the Cuban warrior?
Watch video of Jennings at the presser above and then let us know in the comments section!
Mayweather Promotions gets Nevada promoter's license on 5-0 voteKevin Iole at Boxing8 days ago
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather bucked the system for much of his career in boxing, battling with promoters and attempting to change the status quo in order to favor the boxers.
Now, though, Mayweather is officially a part of the system he fought, when his company, Mayweather Promotions, was granted a promoter's license in Nevada.
Mayweather Promotions was licensed three weeks ago in New York, but the ability to promote in Nevada, his long-time home and the boxing capital of the world, was significant.
Mayweather, who faces Marcos Maidana on Sept. 13 at the MGM Grand in a rematch of their May 3 bout, said he could have been licensed long ago, but wanted to make certain the timing is right.
"We didn't want to rush and we wanted to do it when the time was right," Mayweather said following the quick hearing and 5-0 vote in his favor. "That time is now."
The challenge he'll face once his career over is he won't have a star anywhere near himself in his stable. He'll need to develop fighters, as Top Rank's Bruce Trampler did so ably with him and Oscar De La Hoya in the 1990s, and build fighters into ticket-selling and pay-per-view selling attractions.
Mike Tyson to present Evander Holyfield with Hall of Fame honorElias Cepeda at Boxing8 days ago
Mike Tyson will present fellow former boxing heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield with a trophy commemorating his induction the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Aug. 9, according to a new report. The two rivals have come a long way since their bitter in-ring feud that culminated in Tyson twice biting Holyfield's ear during a fight in 1997, resulting in his disqualification.
The fight was a rematch of their 1996 bout, which Holyfield won via stoppage.
Tyson called the opportunity to meet with Holyfield again and help induct him into the Nevada Hall a "privilege and high honor." Holyfield was seemingly more subdued but no-doubt sincere in saying, of Tyson's involvement, "that's great."


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At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. What happens when the Sycamores, the very proper Kirby family, a Russian ballet instructor, a Grand Duchess (working as a waitress), the maid, her friend, and federal agents arrive on the same evening? Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, "You Can't Take It With You" is a comedy classic which resonates with audiences today, with its themes of family love, civic duty, and freedom.
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The Chatham Borough Police Department is one of two nationally accredited law enforcement agencies in Morris County,…More which means the department must fulfill a set of rigorous standards set forth by the Commission on Law Enforcement Accreditation. It received its accreditation in 2008, and is one of seven police agencies statewide to be nationally accredited.
A plaque displaying the honor is prominently displayed outside the main door to the police department.
The department runs DARE, traffic safety, neighborhood safety and Internet safety programs. It also issues firearm permits.
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GREENVILLE — Following an executive session at the close of Tuesday's regular agenda, the Greenville City Council returned to the regular session and voted 4-3 to hire a firm to conduct a search for a new city manager.
Director of Public Works Massoud Ebrahim was apointed in May as the interim city manager for the City of Greenville, in the wake of the Council terminating former city manager Steven Alexander's contract.
Director of Human Resources Barry Robinson previously told the Council the process of finding a new, permanent city manager could take at least four months, depending on whether the Council chose to employ a search firm or employ from within.
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Surely St. Valentine is smiling down on the Sloan Supermarket -- pictured above -- where they are celebrating his feast tomorrow with, well, a feast.
They are called Sweetheart Specials. For $20 you get two 8-oz. New York strip steaks, two 3-oz. lobster tails, two twice-baked potatoes, one of those one-pound salad mix bags, and a dessert. What dessert, you ask? We were too amazed to check. We will have to let you know.
There are two kinds of shoppers at the Sloan Supermarket ...
... the quick and the dead. Buzz was quick.
"Take one of these these," offered one staffer, wheeling up noisily with another 30 or so packages packed into a cart. And we did.
"You look like you're selling a lot of them," we said.
"You have no idea," the clerk said.
There was a din over the place as befits its location out Broadway near miles of freight trains. Customers were snapping up the Sweetheart Specials and jockeying for places at the deli counter and eyeing up other bargains including big bags of smelt, huge cans of anchovies, Dusseldorf mustard and sacks of potatoes. Over it all, to add just the right touch of romantic ambience, Beyonce was blasting "If you like it then you should have put a ring on it."
At the checkout we were told that yesterday they sold 700 of those Valentine's Day dinners.A sweetheart deal!
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THE national president of the Country and Landowners Asso-ciation (CLA) is in Dorset this week on a tour of the south west.
Harry Cotterell's factfinding tour of the region is to hear about challenges and opportunities facing farming and rural businesses.
He is due at an evening drinks reception at the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester tonight.
He hopes to hear how rural businesses are linking with the Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Economic Part- nership.
CLA south west director John Mortimer said: "It is a hectic programme which will take us to all six counties and from one end of the region to the other.
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As of July 03, 2014, the fund has assets totaling $43.70 billion. Its portfolio consists of stocks of publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts, known as REITs. The fund aims to replicate the returns of the MSCI U.S. REIT Index by investing all, or virtually all, of its assets in stocks within the index.
REITs are companies that own and manage real estate. They distribute at least 90 percent of their taxable income to shareholders and receive at least 75 percent of their income from rent, mortgages, and sales of property. REITs offer investors greater liquidity and diversification than an investor would get directly owning properties. Also, REITs offer investors a higher potential for income than common stocks. REITs experienced a breathtaking rally that started in March 2009 and lasted through part of this year. While the sector has since calmed down, real estate was, as of the beginning of July, the only one of Morningstar's domestic stock categories to be in the black year-to-date. The fund has returned 13.36 percent over the past year and 11.77 percent over the past three years.
Among REIT funds, Morningstar says this fund is "one of the cheapest, no-fuss ways to add sector exposure to your portfolio." The fund has returned 23.80 percent over the past five years and 9.78 percent over the past decade.
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The fund holds each of its stocks in approximately the same proportion as the weighting in the MSCI U.S. REIT Index. The fund invests in equity REITs, which generate income from rental and lease payments and have the potential of growth from property appreciation, in addition to some capital gains from the sale of property.
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Golden Triangle—Delhi, Agra & Jaipur (TAHGTC)
Spend six days traversing the famed Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Explore the sites of hectic Delhi and onto Agra to marvel at the majestic Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and one of the most recognizable structures on the planet. Visit Fatephur Sikri, the 'Deserted City' of red sandstone, the Amber Fort and the sights of Jaipur—all await you in the frenzy of culture and history that makes up India's Golden Triangle.
Highlights: Explore Delhi's bustling streets with an expert guide, marvel at the monuments of Agra and the Taj Mahal, gaze upon the ancient city of Fatephur Sikri
Highlights of South India (AHIS)
Compared to the North, southern India is a different place working on a different pace. But you don't need to devote a month to get here; this compact trip offers a healthy taste of Kerala's stunning tropical beauty. Luxuriate on the beach and watch the sunset, explore magnificent temples, and savour that last smidgen of flavour as you scrape your banana leaf plate clean. After a night aboard a houseboat in the tranquil backwaters, you may never want to leave.
Highlights: Learn the true meaning of relaxation on a houseboat cruising Kerala's backwaters, discover how fishermen's nets can be an attraction in their own right, drool over that extra helping of delicious South Indian cuisine
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This compact Indian journey will introduce you to three very different northern cities and the colourful rural life of Rajasthan. From the hectic pace of Delhi with its bustling markets, magnificent monuments and colonial past, travel by private transport to Agra and the mesmerizing beauty of the Taj Mahal—truly one of the wonders of the world. Discover why Jaipur is called the 'Pink City' and get a taste of village life in Abhaneri with its magnificent stepwells. Photographers and culture lovers won't be disappointed on this classic adventure.
Highlights: Wander around modern and ancient Delhi, revel in the Mughal magnificence of the Taj Mahal and Fatephur Sikri, visit rural villages and historic forts, explore India's vibrant cities
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Watch the sunset through the fishing nets of Kochi, stretch out on white-sand beaches, drift through the tranquil backwaters and rise at dawn to see the sunrise. This 7-day tour offers a quick introduction to the diversity of South India. Inhale the exotic perfume of cardamom as you stroll through spice gardens and unwind with some yoga in your free time. Meet the locals and spend the night with a local family on a tour that's all about authentic cultural experience.
Highlights: Relax in the calm backwaters, experience a local homestay, chill out on quiet beaches, sample South Indian cuisine.
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A perfect add-on to any trip to India, explore the mystical and holy Hindu city of Varanasi. Take a memorable sunset and sunrise boat trip down the Ganges River and be enthralled by the thousands of devotees who come to the banks of the river to absolve themselves of their sins. Witness the bathing ghats and centuries-old temples, and explore the narrow winding lanes in search of exquisite silks, brassware and stunning saris. Also visit Sarnath, known as the birthplace of Buddhism and the site of the enlightened Buddha's first sermon.
Highlights: Cruise the Ganges River and observe local traditions and rituals, explore Varanasi's 'Old City' and marvel at its ghats, visit where Lord Buddha preached his first sermon
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Nice truck if you can't afford a Ram. by Darkwing duck from central N.Y. on 09/30/2001. Trim: 1998 Dodge Dakota Club Cab 2WD, Owned 1 year.
Pros: Definitely a sharp truck. Much better looking than the S-10 I had before this. Big 6 cylinder has all the power needed for most tasks.
Cons: Could not find used truck with a 5 speed. Had to get an automatic, which offers less control in snowy weather. 53000 miles and no real problems yet.Stereo speakers in the rear seating area mounted too low, should be up on the posts. Better yet, a 6 speaker system would be great. No lumbar supports in the seats which should be standard on an SLT model.
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San Diego, CA (July 18, 2013) – Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums are among the most popular museums worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man—Robert Ripley. IDW and the Library of American Comics will present the definitive edition of Ripley's sensational cartoons that featured the odd and amazing from around the world.
Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley drew a "Champs and Chumps" cartoon that eventually morphed into "Believe It or Not!" By 1929, the series took off as Ripley became a world traveler, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. In an era when not many people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a compulsive traveler and journeyed whenever he could! The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. The franchise still thrives as the famous Ripley's Believe It or Not!Odditoriums.
Starting in 2014 IDW and the Library of American Comics will begin reprinting Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, including bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives. The first volume will collect the cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity!
"Ripley's Believe It or Not! has been entertaining generations of readers," said IDW CEO & PublisherTed Adams, "My grandpa used to read it when he was growing up and I read it with him when I was first getting interested in comic art. Even today, Ripley's work still holds a special place for me as I recently took my son to the Ripley's exhibit in San Diego. I'm proud that IDW will be able to reintroduce some of the earliest cartoons to a new audience and look forward to learning even more myself, about Ripley's fascinating life."
Established in 2007 by Dean Mullaney, the Library of American Comics has become an authority on comic strip preservation and restoration. Their multi-Eisner Award winning collections present archival material accompanied with enriching information, framing the selected strips against the backdrop of history and culture.
Vice president of Exhibits & Archives at Ripley Entertainment, Inc., Edward Meyers, expressed his enthusiasm for the project as well, "Many of our millions of fans and readers grew up on our paperback series volumes (1929-1984) where drawings were cut and pasted and removed from their original setting, have never seen how Ripley drew and laid the cartoons out for their original newspaper publication. Publishing them in their original format, in book form, for the very first time ever, is going to be a revelation to all our younger readers who may have never realized that first and foremost Robert Ripley--- explorer, radio, movie and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario-- was an astounding artist-cartoonist."
Continuing to feature important and influential works from the history of comics, IDW and the Library of American Comics will present Ripley's Believe It or Not! in a series of hardcover collections, each containing two years of Ripley's cartoons in addition to insightful background information on Ripley and his global travels. Believe it, these books will be a welcome addition to any discerning comics library.


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The Brownsboro Bears got a pair of late scores but ran out of time in a 27-14 loss to the Crandall Pirates Friday night at Bear Stadium.
Crandall held a 27-0 lead over the Bears until Damien Thompson got the Bears on the board for the first time of the season on a six-yard touchdown run with 6:01 left in the game. Quarterback Jared Bragdon would later hit Chris Davis on a 15-yard touchdown pass with one second left on the clock to round out the scoring for the Bears. Joel Mata was successful on both PATs for Brownsboro.
Bragdon finished 7 for 13 for 65 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Will Bailey also saw time at quarterback, going 1 for 2 for 31 yards.
Crandall piled up 384 yards of offense, including 315 on the ground. Brownsboro finished with 216 yards of offense.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. King of Prussia-based employees will hold a Flea Market, Book, CD and DVD Sale, a Bake Sale and Cookbook Sale on Saturday, June 23, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is open to the public and will be held in the UHS Parking Lot at 367 South Gulph Road, King of Prussia.
The sale will feature antiques, art, clothing, sporting goods, tools, crafts, vintage items and other "treasures," along with books, CDs, DVDs and the first UHS Cookbook, a compilation of family favorite recipes. More than 400 employees have been asked to share their favorite recipes for the cookbook and to donate items for the Flea Market
Admission is FREE and proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish® Foundation and will be used to make a wish come true for an eight-year-old who is living with Wilson's Disease, a genetic disorder that results in excess amounts of copper building up in the liver, brain, eyes, and other organs.


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Bottles made of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET, sometimes PETE) can be "recycled" to reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills. However, they are not truly recycled since plastic beverage bottles must be made from virgin plastic. PET is semiporous and absorbs molecules of the food or beverage contained, and the residue cannot be removed; heating the plastic enough for sterilization would destroy it. Beverage company Naked_Juice switched their line to recycled PET (rPET) packaging in 2009.[1]
In many countries, PET plastics are coded with the resin identification code number "1" inside the universal recycling symbol, usually located on the bottom of the container.
Usage of PET[edit]
PET is used as a raw material for making packaging materials such as bottles and containers for packaging a wide range of food products and other consumer goods. Examples include soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and edible oils. PET is one of the most common consumer plastics used.[2] Polyethylene terephthalate also can be used as main material in making paper.[3]
Post-consumer waste[edit]
The empty PET packaging is discarded by the consumer after use and becomes PET waste. In the recycling industry, this is referred to as "post-consumer PET." Many local governments and waste collection agencies have started to collect post-consumer PET separately from other household waste. Besides that there is container deposit legislation in some countries which also applies to PET bottles.
When the PET bottle is returned to an authorized redemption center, or to the original seller in some jurisdictions, the deposit is partly or fully refunded to the redeemer. In both cases the collected post-consumer PET is taken to recycling centres known as materials recovery facilities (MRF) where it is sorted and separated from other materials such as metal, objects made out of other rigid plastics such as PVC, HDPE, polypropylene, flexible plastics such as those used for bags (generally low density polyethylene), drink cartons, glass, and anything else which is not made out of PET.
Post-consumer PET is often sorted into different colour fractions: transparent or uncoloured PET, blue and green coloured PET, and the remainder into a mixed colours fraction. The emergence of new colours (such as amber for plastic beer bottles) further complicates the sorting process for the recycling industry.
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The sorted post-consumer PET waste is crushed, pressed into bales and offered for sale to recycling companies. Colourless/light blue post-consumer PET attracts higher sales prices than the darker blue and green fractions. The mixed color fraction is the least valuable.
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The further treatment process includes crushing, washing, separating and drying. Recycling companies further treat the post-consumer PET by shredding the material into small fragments. These fragments still contain residues of the original content, shredded paper labels and plastic caps. These are removed by different processes, resulting in pure PET fragments, or "PET flakes". PET flakes are used as the raw material for a range of products that would otherwise be made of polyester. Examples include polyester fibres (a base material for the production of clothing, pillows, carpets, etc.), polyester sheets, strapping, or back into PET bottles.
Melt filtration[edit]
Melt filtration is typically used to remove contaminants from polymer melts during the extrusion process.[5] There is a mechanical separation of the contaminants within a machine called a 'screen changer' a typical system will consist of a steel housing with the filtration media contained in moveable pistons or slide plates that enable the processor to remove the screens from the extruder flow without stopping production. The contaminants are usually collected on woven wire screens which are supported on a stainless steel plate called a 'breaker plate' a strong circular piece of steel drilled with large holes to allow the flow of the polymer melt. For the recycling of polyester it is typical to integrate a screen changer into the extrusion line. This can be in a pelletizing, sheet extrusion or strapping tape extrusion line.
Global statistics[edit]
Worldwide, approximately 7.5 million tons of PET were collected in 2011. This gave 5.9 million tons of flake. In 2009 3.4 million tons were used to produce fibre, 500,000 tons to produce bottles, 500,000 tons to produce APET sheet for thermoforming, 200,000 tons to produce strapping tape and 100,000 tons for miscellaneous applications. (Source: PCI, www.pcipetpackaging.co.uk )
Petcore, the European trade association that fosters the collection and recycling of PET, reported that in Europe alone, 1.6 million tonnes of PET bottles were collected in 2011 - more than 51% of all bottles. After exported bales were taken into account, 1.12 million tons of PET flake were produced. 440,000 tons were used to produce fibres, 283,000 tons to produce more bottles, 278,000 tons to produce APET sheets, 102,000 tons for strapping tape and 18,000 tons for miscellaneous applications. (Source: PCI for Petcore and EuPR)
In 2012, 81% of the PET bottles sold in Switzerland were recycled.[6]
Re-use of PET bottles[edit]
PET bottles are also recycled as-is (re-used) for various purposes, including for use in school projects, and for use in solar water disinfection in developing nations, in which empty PET bottles are filled with water and left in the sun to allow disinfection by ultraviolet radiation. PET is useful for this purpose because most other materials (including glass) that are transparent to visible light are opaque to ultraviolet radiation.
See also[edit]
- ^ Mohan, Anne Marie. "Naked 'reNEWabottle' to save 8.1MM pounds of virgin plastic annually". Greener Package. Retrieved Jul 15, 2014.
- ^ Clark Howard, Brian. "Recycling Symbols on Plastics - What Do Recycling Codes on Plastics Mean". The Daily Green (Good Housekeeping). Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ Teijin Group. "Teijin Develops Eco-friendly Wet-strong Printing Paper Made 100% with Recycled Polyester Derived from Used PET Bottles". Teijin Group. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Plastic Packaging Resins". American Chemistry Council.
- ^ Melt Filtration Options and Alternatives
- ^ http://www.bafu.admin.ch/dokumentation/medieninformation/00962/index.html?lang=fr&msg-id=50084 (page visited on 4 November 2013).
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---- — LONDONDERRY — The Londonderry Fire Department and Londonderry's Professional Firefighters Local 3160 honored their own last weekend.
On Jan. 19, fire officials hosted the first-ever recognition ceremony.
More than 180 people attended the ceremony to honor fire officials for their longevity and service to the department.
The night was a joint effort between the fire department and Professional Firefighters Local 3160 union.
Fire Chief Kevin MacCaffrie said the night was a huge success.
"We honored those firefighters that achieved career service milestones and those that went above and beyond their regular duties to serve the department and the citizens," MacCaffrie said. "We also recognized those who came before us for their service."
Taking a top honor was Firefighter James "Bo" Butler, named the department's Firefighter of the Year.
Butler and the other honorees were nominated by their peers. All nominations were vetted by a review committee of seven department members.
MacCaffrie was celebrated for his upcoming retirement as chief on March 1.
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Completion of probation: Benjamin Blake, Michael Roberson, Christopher Schofield.
Length of service awards (10 to 19 years): Michael McQuillen, Elizabeth Mahon, Donald Waldron, Scott Geraghty, Patricia Hamann, Jeffrey Anderson, Michael Buco, Bruce Kenison, James Butler, James Gagne, Gary Dion, Jeremy Mague, Peter Devoe, Anthony Maccarone, Shawn Carrier, Brad Stocks, Robert Simard.
Length of service awards (20 to 29 years): Darren O'Brien, Douglas Cardwell, David Johnson, David Tallini, Frederick Heinrich, Brian Johnson, James Roger, Mark Brien, Michael Walsh, Suzanne Roy, James Bilodeau, Kevin Zins, Eugene Jastrem, Gerald Johnson, Jonathan Cares, William Brown Jr., Michael Roberts, Vincent Curro.
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In the end, budget concerns will not control whether cases are prosecuted in Snyder County. As district attorney, my duty is to follow the evidence wherever it leads, especially in cases such as the Seebold homicide where a grand jury also reviewed that evidence and recommended prosecution.
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