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The Alchemists' LabInspired by Ben Jonson's famous 17th century comedy, The Alchemist, this production is devised and written by Gab Cody and students of Point Park's Conservatory Theatre Company. Cody and the students use techniques of physical and absurdist theatre, farce, improvisation and screwball comedy to create a one-of-a-kind spectacle. In the Rauh Theatre.12/10/2013 - 12/15/2013Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Romeo and JulietAcclaimed dancer, choreographer and artistic director Nicholas Petrov choreographed the American premiere of Romeo and Juliet at Point Park more than 40 years ago. It was his first production at Point Park and he concludes his tenure at the school with another memorable production of Prokofiev's famous ballet to Prokofiev's score in the Playhouse's Rockwell Theatre.12/10/2013 - 12/15/201312/10 - 8:00 pm12/10 - 8:00 pm12/11 - 8:00 pm12/12 - 8:00 pm12/13 - 8:00 pm12/14 - 8:00 pm12/14 - 2:00 pm12/15 - 8:00 pm12/15 - 2:00 pmPittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Holiday ProgramPerformances by the Tuesday Musical Club Choral and String Ensembles. Free. A reception will follow the program.12/10/2013Time: 12:30 PMLocation: McClintic Hall Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Gilbert & Sullivan AuditionsStage and vocal auditions for the March production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited. No appointment necessary. Questions? 412 734-8476.12/11/2013Time: 7:30pmLocation: Our Lady of Victory Church, Lindsay Rd., Carnegie, PAwebsite
WQED's Jim Cunningham Presents: Opera 101 Cooper-Siegel Community Library welcomes Jim Cunningham of WQED-FM as he offers an inside look at opera, featuring video of some of his favorite opera moments. It's a fun and entertaining look at opera through the ages.12/11/2013Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Cooper-Siegel Community Library, 403 Fox Chapel Rd, Pittsburgh, Pawebsite
Highmark Holiday PopsHighmark Holiday Pops returns for two weekends. Todd Ellison, hailed by The New York Times as one of "Broadway's electric conductors," leads the PSO and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh with a host of guest artists. Music director and conductor of the 2012 Broadway revival of Annie, Ellison's credits include Monty Python's Spamalot, La Cage aux Folles, and Michel Legrand's Amour. He also was Marvin Hamlisch's music director on productions of Ballroom and The Nutty Professor.12/12/2013 - 12/21/201312/12 - 7:30 pm12/13 - 8:00 pm12/14 - 2:30 pm12/14 - 8:00 pm12/15 - 2:30 pm12/20 - 8:00 pm12/21 - 2:30 pm12/21 - 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Steinway & Sons Factory Tour Piano SaleFind the piano of your dreams at WQED's Fred Rogers Studio and support WQED while enriching your life.12/12/2013 - 12/15/201312/12 - By appointment12/13 - By appointment12/14 - 10 am - 6 pm12/15 - Noon - 5 pmLocation: WQED Multimedia, 4802 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh je t'aimeA new photography exhibition by Hilary Robinson, a London-based artist trained as a painter who transitioned into writing about art and art theory, then into leadership roles in art schools, including the College of Fine Arts at CMU. The show consists of more than 100 small printed images, taken in and around Pittsburgh with an iPhone.12/13/2013 - 02/21/2014Location: Filmmakers Galleries, 477 Melwood Ave.website
Joyful Holiday Celebration A festive evening for the entire community with sing-alongs, holiday music, Johnstown Symphony Chorus and a special visitor from the North Pole.12/14/2013Time: 7:30 pmPasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Holiday Celebration with Freddy ColeArtistic Director of the Orchestra, Sean Jones, says, "We want to try to recreate the spirit of what the holiday is all about." This very popular concert spreads Christmas cheer and old favorites receive a jazz makeover. Vocalist Freddy Cole is the brother of Nat King Cole. He "exudes a gallant but unfussy brand of cool" - New York Times12/14/201312/14 - 7:00 pm12/14 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Someone, generally gay, who has gained notoriety for being a person to whom gay people come out for the first time. The gay Moses leads the newbie, or person who has just realized he/she is gay, through the coming out process, parting the Red Sea - that is, conservative America.
Kevin: Dude, Jon totally just came out to me.
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Can refer to any type of lizard that is sunning itself on the hot pavement.
That girl is crazy as a road lizard!
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a large lizard that lives beside major highways. if you step out of your vehicle close to a road lizard, it will eat you.
look out, a road lizard.
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Dayton Shugarts says he's learned a lot in 74 years, but there's one thing he admits he hasn't learned yet.
"I never learned how to say no," Shugarts says.
That's the reason Shugarts is back at the helm of the Mount Union High School football team this season. The man who has lived through much of what his players might consider history - the Kennedys, Martin Luther King and the moon landing - has the Trojans off to a historic start: Mount Union takes a rare 4-0 record into Friday's ICC Gold home game with 3-1 Bellwood-Antis.
"I didn't envision being 4-0. It feels great," Shugarts said. "I don't know if we're better than I thought we'd be or the teams we played aren't quite as good as I thought they'd be."
Shugarts, who still works as a substitute teacher at the school, was asked to return to help groom a new coach after the late Alan Hartman was diagnosed with brain cancer and Corey Wertz decided to leave the interim post to return to devoting all his energy to Trojan wrestling.
It's the third time he's coached Mount Union, the first coming right after the golden era of eventual CFL all-time great John Helton in the mid-1960s.
Although he's almost 60 years older than his players, Shugarts said he's found a way to bridge the generation gap.
"I have grandchildren very close to their age. One graduated from Penn State in 2004, and two granddaughters, one who goes to Penn State Altoona, the other is in high school," Shugarts said.
"People tell me this generation is going to pot. But my generation, back when we were jitterbugging and following Elvis Presley, they said we were going to pot. We all survived. It's going to be OK. As the older generation, we have to be the ones to adapt to what they are doing. They're never going to adapt to us."
Shugarts will find out how good his team is this week.
"I know what Bellwood is. I know what they are," Shugarts said. "We can beat them, but we have to play a perfect game."
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Ferndale has been forced to forfeit Saturday's home game against Meyersdale because of a lack of players, according to a report on WJAC-TV earlier this week. The Yellow Jackets forfeited last week's game to Shade at halftime when they were down to 11 players after starting with 14; Shade was already ahead 26-0.
Ferndale is hoping to get its roster numbers up to where it can finish out its schedule. It has a bye next week when it was supposed to play Rockwood, which called off its season before it even started due to lack of players.
Not all the WestPAC news has been so negative, though. Alex Charlton, a Berlin Brothersvalley sophomore with Down syndrome, scored a touchdown in a game two weeks ago against Ferndale. Charlton's inspirational 1-yard run was set up when Tyler DeArmitt stepped out just before reaching the end zone.
It would have been DeArmitt's first TD of the year.
"The kids told me at halftime 'Hey, let's get him a touchdown. Let's get him a touchdown,'" Berlin Brothersvalley coach Doug Paul told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat. "We set a special play and I said that if we get around the 1-yard line, we'll run the play."
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Monday, January 14, 2013
The Swamp Fox boys basketball team, on Friday, earned its second victory of the season over Wando.
Ashley Ridge earned a 68-53 win over the Warriors in Mt. Pleasant to improve its record to 9-4. Wando dropped to 9-7 with the loss.
The Swamp Foxes had four players post double-digit scoring while holding all the Wando shooters to single digits.
Fred Weeks led the way with 19 points. Romelo Doctor added 15 points while Vernon Moree added 14 and D.J. Stevens added 13. Malik Grahm and Mikey Goodwine also scored for the Swamp Foxes.
The Ashley Ridge girls lost 56-37 to the Lady Warriors. The Lady Swamp Foxes dropped to 5-5 on the season while the Wando girls improved to 9-3.
Olivia Baum and Shelby Daly both scored 10 points for the Lady Swamp Foxes, who also had buckets from Ashley Tierney, Morgan Bowers, Ariel Glover, Brenna Swartz and Kimberly Cole. Kearsten Duvernay scored 23 for Wando while Tessa Akers scored 10.
The Ashley Ridge teams opened region play Tuesday after press time with a game against Bluffton. On Friday, they travel to Fort Dorchester for another region contest.
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The standard hot water heater is a staple of the American home. Often ignored or taken for granted until they develop a problem, these devices are one of the essentials of modern life. Anyone who has ever lived in a cold climate without hot water knows the importance of a hot water heater.
Currently there is no Energy Star label for hot water heaters. It is not known if these products are slated to receive an Energy Star label in the near future.
Here are some other products that could offer energy savings:
Point-of-use water heaters
Point of use hot water heaters may offer an alternative to traditional hot water heating systems for some homeowners. These systems offer some advantages and disadvantage depending upon each individual situation. Point-of-use water heaters are also known as "tankless" heaters because they have no (or only a tiny) storage tank. They are relatively small units that provide hot water on demand. They use gas or electricity for fuel, and can be installed near demand points, such as under kitchen sinks. They are often more expensive than a conventional water heater, but can cost less to operate since they don't maintain a tank full of hot water when not in use. A point of use heater typically provides 1-2 gallons of hot water per minute. Before installing a point of use water heater in your home, make sure its reduced capacity will be adequate for your needs.
Solar water heaters
A solar water heater typically includes collectors mounted on the roof or in a clear area of the yard, a separate storage tank near the conventional heater in the home, connecting pipe, and a controller. Solar water heaters can reduce the annual fuel cost of supplying hot water to your home by more than half. Throughout the year, the solar system preheats the water before it reaches the conventional water heater. During the summer, it may provide all the required heat.
A desuperheater is an attachment to your air conditioner or heat pump that allows waste heat from that device to help heat domestic water. In hot climates, a desuperheater can provide most of a home's hot water needs during the summer.


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Why is it important for children to continue swimming?
4 February 2014
Swimming is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the UK, providing a safe and healthy way of taking part in physical activity.
It is essential that young people have the opportunity to learn to swim, primarily for their own safety, but also because children that do not learn to swim are unlikely to take part in swimming or other forms of physical activity in later life.
In 2013, figures were released which showed that around 1.1 million primary school leavers were unable to swim the mandatory distance of 25m, with just under 40% of these children never having taken part in a single swimming lesson.
Many people assume that reaching the 10m milestone is an acceptable level; however those children who cannot swim 25m will not be safe in and around water. Although many parents rely on school swimming to help their children achieve basic swimming targets, not every school has the means or facilities to incorporate the recommended hours of swimming lessons.
40% of primary school leavers have never had a single swimming lesson.
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) partnered with British Gas provides a comprehensive training framework for teaching children of all ages to swim with confidence; the British Gas ASA Learn to Swim Pathway.
This covers all of the basic skills required for children to stay safe while they are around water. The Learn to Swim framework is the second stage of the Pathway offered by the ASA, which focuses on helping young children to pass essential milestones and is aimed at children between 4-11.
With the use of swimming aids, expert support from qualified staff and coaches and a safe, clean environment, young children can begin to hone their basic skills into more confident and competent swimming techniques.
The swimming essentials covered in the Learn to Swim Pathway include entry and exit into water, improving a child's ability to float and balance themselves in water, aquatic breathing techniques and water safety.
These skills will allow young children to develop into skilled swimmers, increasing the likelihood of them continuing to pursue an active and healthy lifestyle as they grow up. They will also learn transferrable skills for other areas of the curriculum and be awarded with achievements and certificates which will grow their confidence in their abilities across the board.
Swimming is one of the few activities which is suitable for people of all ages.
The Learn to Swim framework also opens up possibilities to continue their pursuit of swimming, allowing them access to more advanced stages such as the Aquatic Skills framework.
Swimming is one of the few activities which is suitable for people of all ages and is a skill which, once learned, is not often forgotten. This is why it is so important to get children learning to swim as early as possible. It offers a number of health benefits including maintaining a healthy heart and lungs, improving stamina, balance and posture and allows them to socialise and make friends.
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Having plans, Somewhere To Go, Reservations ,ect.
I Need Some Moves For Friday.
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to sell drugs usually weight
I can move 2 kilos a week.
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verb- the process of hitting on a girl
"watch blud im gonna move that chic"
מאת joe aka allday 22 בספטמבר, 2006
A term used to describe someones skills in a situation. It could be driving, with a member of the opposite sex or in any other situation where there is clearly a good outcome and bad outcome. When used as a persons name both the word user and person being called MOVES are immediatly upgraded to legend status.
Tim pass that car going ninety. (after he does it)everyone in the car yells MOVES!!
Moves is a legend!
Moves is a legend!
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A Japanese Rock/Rap/Metal group that excels in all of those areas. The lead singer, Yuri, has a wonderfully depthful voice; the rapper, Motsu, is an excellent complement to her style; and their composer, T-Kimura, is one who loves to dabble in every genre he can.
They are best known for their unique niche in music, and wonderfully over the top style-but most importantly, their quality music.
They are best known for their unique niche in music, and wonderfully over the top style-but most importantly, their quality music.
m.o.v.e is one of the most unique bands ever.
מאת HeartlessCloud 27 באוקטובר, 2005
means something or someone is improving. somethings getting big. movin forwards & upwards.
yer blad im moving.
we're makin movements cuz
we're makin movements cuz
מאת anonymoses 2 באפריל, 2006
Is a combination of mits and gloves into the one piece of clothing for the hands.
Hay Beth they are some nice m-oves you have there.
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Revised May 2011
The membership of the Professional Employees Association at Utah State University shall include those employees who hold professional rank.
Section 1. Executive Committee
The PEA shall be organized and represented by an Executive Committee, each of whom shall be a member of the Association. The Executive Committee shall consist of a past president, president, president elect, secretary, treasurer, and representatives of both university and standing committees, all of whom have voting power.
No member of the Executive Committee shall hold more than one elected position at a time in the PEA. All members of the Executive Committee shall be representatives on an at-large basis.
Section 2. Absences
Any member of the Executive Committee, after three absences from Executive Committee meetings in any one year of office as recorded in the minutes of such meetings, or after showing gross neglect of duty as determined by a due process resolution of the Executive Committee, may be removed from office by a two-thirds majority vote of that Committee. In the event of such removal from office, vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Committee until the next general election is held.
Section 3. Term of Office
The past president, president, and president elect shall each be one year consecutive terms. At the conclusion of the expired term, the president shall succeed to the position of past president and the president elect shall succeed to the position of president.
The Benefits Advisory Committee chair shall be a three year term. All other members of the Executive Committee shall serve for a term of two years.
All terms, shall begin July 1 and shall end June 30. In order to serve on the Executive Committee, and be considered for nomination, PEA members must be familiar with Utah State University procedures and guidelines, and must have at least two years consecutive full-time employment.
Section 4. Election of Executive Committee Members
The Executive Committee, no later than February 28 of each year, shall appoint an Election Committee of three Association members who are not members of the Executive Committee.
The committee shall be selected by a majority vote of a quorum (Note: A quorum is one more than half - a majority) of the Executive Committee. The general nomination of all PEA officers shall be conducted by March 15th. The Election Committee shall accept nominations by the general membership and shall screen the nominations to be sure the nominees are eligible, willing, and able to serve. There shall be a minimum of two nominees for president-elect, two for secretary, and two for committee representatives. Selection of the candidates shall be completed no later than March 30 unless two candidates for each position have not been identified. If that should occur then the Election Committee will be allotted two additional weeks to identify candidates and finalize the ballot. In the event the Election Committee receives more than two nominations for a position, the Election Committee may utilize a primary election to narrow the candidates down to two finalists for the general election or an alternate method such as ranked voting or approval voting which allow several candidates to run for one position. The Election Committee shall supervise the election of the Executive Committee.
An electronic ballot shall be prepared by the Election Committee and shall be distributed to all members of the Association no later than mid-April. The ballot shall be accompanied by biographical data, consisting of no more than 200 words, prepared by the candidates and submitted to the Election Committee prior to April 7. The biographical data may be subject to editing by the committee. Ballots shall be electronically distributed and processed. PEA members may request a paper ballot from the Election Committee. All ballots received by April 30 shall be counted.
The candidates with the highest count shall be declared the winner in each category. To decide a winner in the event two candidates receive the same number of votes, the Election Committee shall employ a means of chance to select the winner. The Election Committee shall count all eligible ballots and announce the results at the next Executive Committee meeting and through appropriate University publicity channels.
Section 5. Duties of the Executive Committee Members
Past President: Mentors the president.
President: The principal duties of the president shall be to preside at all meetings of the members and of the Executive Committee, and in conjunction with the Executive Committee, supervise, direct, and promote the goals and objectives of the Association.
President-Elect: The principal duties of the president-elect shall be to learn the duties of the president and be able to discharge the duties of the president in the event of the absence or disability of the latter and to accept and discharge such special assignments as may be made by the president or the Executive Committee. The president-elect shall oversee the Election Committee.
Secretary: The principal duties of the secretary shall be to keep a true and correct record of the proceedings of all meetings of the members and of the Executive Committee and to systematically and safely keep such books, papers, records, and documents pertaining to the business of this Association as may
be assigned by the Executive Committee.
Treasurer: The Treasurer manages all funds pertaining to PEA, and keeps detailed financial records of approved budgets, annual budget proposals and year-end financial reports, which shall be submitted to and reviewed by the Executive Committee. Each year an annual budget will be drafted and submitted to the Executive Committee for approval. Expenditures not approved in the fiscal year budget will need prior approval by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall have signature approval of all disbursement of monies as approved in advance by the Executive Committee. In the absence of the Treasurer, the President or President-Elect may make necessary disbursements of monies. To qualify for this position you must have a minimum of two-years accounting and financial experience with Utah State University's accounting system and have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of all accounting policies and procedures.
Committee Representatives: The principal duties of a committee representative shall be to preside over the specific committee to which he or she is elected and to supervise, direct, and promote the goals and objectives of the committee. Committee Representatives shall also represent the committee in the Executive Committee meetings and business.
Section 6. Vacancies
Should the president leave office during his or her term, the president-elect shall become president, assuming the duties and responsibilities of the president for the remainder of the term.
Should the offices of president-elect, secretary, treasurer, or committee representatives be vacated, a member of the Professional Employees Association shall be appointed by majority vote of the Quorum Executive Committee to fill this office for the remainder of the term.
In the event both the president and president-elect leave office during the same term, or if the membership of the professional Employees Executive Committee shall not constitute a quorum, a special election must be held and completed within sixty days of such occurrence. Such special elections shall be held in accordance with procedures set forth in Article II, Section 4, except that dates may be altered as necessary. The term of office of any person elected in a special election will begin the day following the close of that election. If the remaining term of office is less than six months, the newly elected officers shall serve for the interim period plus a full term of office. If the remaining term is more than six months, the interim term shall be considered a full term.
All committees shall report their activities monthly to the PEA Executive Committee.
Section 1. Standing Committees
To promote the purposes of the Association, the following standing committees are currently constituted as follows:
Endowment/Scholarship Support: The purpose of this committee shall be to identify and determine ways and means of contributing to the PEA Endowment/Scholarship and to promote funding for the annual awarding of PEA scholarship(s) and other awards deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee.
Professional Development: The purpose of this committee shall be to promote professional enrichment and encourage involvement of the PEA members in professional activities sponsored or supported by PEA.
University Relations: One of the primary purposes of the PEA is to support the goals and objectives of the University. The responsibility of the University Relations committee shall be to develop and distribute a quarterly newsletter, to maintain the PEA website, to act as a liaison between other University groups and associations, and to promote all activities of the PEA.
Professional Relations: This committee shall respond to employee grievances in accordance with the policies and procedures of the University. This committee shall also oversee nominations and publicity for the Quarterly Employee Recognition Award.
Legislative Liaison: This committee has been organized represent PEA employees' salary and benefits issues with our local representatives to the State Legislature. All activities are coordinated with USU's Assistant to the President for Government Relations and Utah Higher Education Staff Association (UHESA).
Section 2. University Committees
Members of the following University committees are appointed as outlined:
Parking: The parking representative shall represent the Professional Employees Association in meetings that pertain to parking issues on campus. This position is appointed by the President of PEA.
Calendaring: The calendaring representative shall represent the Professional Employees Association in meetings that pertain to University calendaring issues. The position is appointed by the President of PEA.
Benefits Advisory Committee: Two professional employees, consisting of the President of PEA and one member elected in the same manner as Standing Committee Representatives, shall represent the Professional Employees Association on the Benefits Advisory Committee. The terms of these two representatives shall be staggered to the extent possible so as to avoid their terms expiring at the same time.
Section 3. Ad Hoc Committees
To promote the purposes of the PEA, the Executive Committee may establish ad hoc organizational and subject matter committees and appoint Association members to them.
All meetings of the PEA, with the exception of meetings dealing with a grievance or appeal, shall be open to any PEA member. Roberts' Rules of Order shall be used.
Regularly scheduled meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at least monthly during customary working hours. Additional meetings of the Executive Committee may be called by the PEA president, the president's designate, or a quorum of the Executive Committee. In addition to the annual conference, the Executive Committee may call general meetings as needed, or a general meeting may be called by a petition signed by a minimum of 20 members of the PEA.
1. A proposed amendment to the Bylaws may be initiated by a majority vote of a quorum of the Executive Committee, or upon receipt by the committee of a petition signed by a minimum of 20 members of the Professional Employees Association.
2. All ballots for proposed amendment(s) must be received by the Executive Committee on or before the specified due date to be counted. The proposed amendment(s) shall be prepared and distributed to the members at least 15 days prior to the due date.
3. Upon a two-thirds affirmative vote of the responding members, the proposed amendment(s) to the Bylaws shall be adopted and become effective immediately.


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COLUMBUS - These Salem Quakers may not be runners, but that doesn't mean they aren't winners.
Three Salem athletes tossed, threw and jumped their way to three medals at the Division II state track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Senior Anthony Shivers successfully defended his state title in the discus - with the second-best toss in any division in the 106 years of the state track meet - while senior Zack Wukotich took second in the boys high jump and senior Ciera Trybend was eighth in the girls shot put.
Shivers' winning throw of 203-feet-2 was 5 inches behind the Division II state record set by Fostoria's Corey Echelberry at the 1999 state meet.
"I knew it was good because I heard someone behind the cage squeal," Shivers said. "It's hard to tell because of that cage. I would have believed them if they said 180 because it's so hard to tell."
Shivers also broke the stadium record of 200-7 set by A.J. Hicks of Solon in 2011. Shivers has been throwing in the 190s all season long and he bested himself on Saturday.
"It felt good coming out of my hand," Shivers said. "But it wasn't any different than any other of my throws. This was the day to do it."
Shivers somewhat struggled in the preliminaries, fouling once and sitting in sixth place with a toss of 162-9. His three throws in the final were to top three in the competition.
"I wasn't even completely sure I would make it to the finals," Shivers said. "That was a great field. I ended up sitting fifth. At that point, I said to myself 'It's states finals, let's go.' My first throw was actually pretty conservative but it still went 192 feet. I knew after that I could chase the record."
He went 192-8, 203-2 and 187-1 in the finals
Shivers was nearly joined on top of the podium by Wukotich, who placed second in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 6-feet-8.
"I was expecting fourth coming in today," Wukotich said. "I just wanted to get in the top four."
He did even better than that, coming second to only Watterson's Joe Mankovecky, who reached 6-10.
Saturday was Wukotich's first trip to state, an experience he credited to his setting his personal best by 2 inches.
"I've never even seen a picture of this place," Wukotich said. "I didn't think that many people would be there because it's the first event of the day. But seeing this crowd got my adrenaline going. It definitely helped me out."
He is the first Salem high jumper to place at state since school-record holder Tim Cope placed third in Class AAA with a leap of 6-9 1/4.
Trybend grabbed her second medal of the weekend, placing eighth in the shot put with a toss of 39-10 1/2. St. Clairsville senior Alyssa Robinson won her second straight state title in 46-1 1/2. Trybend had also placed fifth in the discus on Friday.
"It's nice," Trybend said. "I mean, I didn't make it at all last year. So getting these two medals is nice."
Reaching the podium in two events was an accomplishment that Trybend appreciated.
"It's disappointing about not throwing my best," Trybend said. "But you got to do what the day what gives you, I guess. I wanted to make it to finals in shot put. I knew that I could, but it was tight getting in. I was afraid it was going to work out like last year when I got 10th in prelims, but it worked out."
Shivers was the only one to go over 200 feet in the three divisions at the state meet.
In the Division I finals, Lakewood St. Edward senior Aaron Zedella was first (196-6) and Austintown Fitch senior Bill Price, a prized Ohio State football recruit, was second (184-4).
Shivers' previous best of 198-1 came at the Optimist Meet on May 4 when he beat both Zedella and Price.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April, 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiliconExpert Technologies, the leading provider of electronic component management tools, officially adds coverage of Country of Origin (COO) data to the breadth of its database. Access to this data provides more supply chain visibility and the ability to assess component risk in much more depth for SiliconExpert's customers.
SiliconExpert's addition of Country of Origin data allows customers to see which country carried out the last significant manufacturing process on a part family level. Country of Origin data enables Supply Chain managers with more insight into risk elements such as natural disasters, changing political environments, and compliance with trade restrictions. With Country of Origin knowledge, SiliconExpert provides a vital data point in assessing risk and moving towards creating proactive plans to circumstances that may arise in the supply chain.
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AUGUSTA — Charleston RiverDogs starting pitcher Cesar Vargas (3-3) tossed seven one-hit innings to lead the RiverDogs past the Augusta GreenJackets, 2-0, in a South Atlantic League game at Lake Olmstead Stadium.
The RiverDogs (8-7, 47-36) move into a second-place tie with Augusta (8-7, 46-38).
Vargas went a season-best seven innings, striking out three and walking four. Right-hander Ben Paullus came in to relieve Vargas to start the bottom of the eighth and recorded the final six outs to earn his team-leading fifth save. Paullus struck out the final four batters he faced, all of them looking, and also walked one to shut the door on the GreenJackets.
The Charleston bats struck early Friday for a run in the first inning. With two outs, Greg Bird drew a walk and came around to score on the next at-bat when Angelo Gumbs slugged an RBI double into the left center gap.
Jake Cave singled for Charleston in the eighth inning. Cito Culver came up next and doubled down the left-field line, advancing Cave to third base. With Bird at the plate, Augusta reliever Mason McVay threw a wild pitch to the backstop, scoring Cave.
After the wild pitch, the ump's met and called for the tarp as both teams sat through a 40 minute rain delay.
Augusta starter Martin Agosta (7-3) took the hard luck loss as the right-hander lasted 4.2 innings, allowed only one run on fours hits with three strikeouts. Agosta was making his first start since June 22 after coming off the disabled list in time for Friday night's contest. GreenJackets reliever Brandon Farley came in to relieve Agosta and tossed two innings that saw him allow just two hits with a strikeout and a walk. Mason McVay tossed two-thirds of an inning and allowed a run on two hits. Following the rain delay, McVay hit Greg Bird and that signaled the end for McVay's day. He was relieved by right hander Jorge Bucardo who got the final five outs for the GreenJackets.
Game three of this four game series against the GreenJackets is scheduled for 7:05pm Saturday at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta. Charleston sends LHP Evan Rutckyj (7-5, 4.93 ERA) to the mound as Augusta counters with RHP Chris Stratton (7-3, 3.81 ERA). You can listen to the game live locally on ESPN 910 AM or online


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The winter holidays are generally perceived as "the most wonderful time of the year." But for those who are facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be a time filled with pain and sadness, Mountain Hospice officials said.
Even for those for whom grief is not as fresh, the holidays may serve as an annual reminder of the loss-not only of that person, but of tradition and celebration.
Bereavement professionals working in hospice and palliative care understand how difficult this season can be. They support families coping with loss all year long. Bereavement counselors stress the importance of making decisions that feel right to the grieving person, and giving oneself permission to make new or different choices at the holidays.
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Holidays often center on certain traditions and rituals. For some, continuing these traditions without a loved one may be an important way to continue sharing their memory. For others, it may be more comforting to develop new rituals to help lessen the pain and immediacy of the loss.
While the holidays can be filled with meaning, they can also be filled with pressure and stress because of additional tasks such as shopping, baking and decorating. Grieving people should be encouraged to prioritize what needs to be done, and focus on those projects that may bring them pleasure. Perhaps the gift list can be pared down, cards need not be sent out, or another family member can cook the family dinner this year.
The holidays can bring opportunities to remember the person who has died in a way that is personally meaningful. Some families choose to participate in holiday events at a local hospice. Others may choose to share special family stories over a meal. Some may find that making a donation to a special charity or volunteering time to help others in need may be a comforting way to honor their loved one.
Hospice and palliative care professionals know of the importance of providing emotional and spiritual support to those who are grieving but most importantly, they remind us that a person grieving should do what's most comfortable for him or her during this time of year.
To learn more about grief and loss or about hospice and palliative care, contact Mountain Hospice, or visit www.mountainhospice.com or call 1-888-763-7789.
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The race for the Heisman Trophy is a marathon, not a sprint. And nothing proves that fact more than the 2012 battle for the statue.
To wit, Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell was the early frontrunner. The 245-pound bruiser wowed pundits and fans alike with his combination of power and agility. A run where he hurdled a Boise State defender early in the season was the college football play of the year to that point. But Bell slowly faded back into the woodwork.
As Bell's presence diminished, that of West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith swelled. A legitimate preseason Heisman candidate, Smith rocketed to the top of the heap with a miraculous performance against Baylor. It is doubtful any college quarterback has played a better game than Smith as he led the Mountaineers to 70 points. The media swooned and basically declared the Heisman race over. "Just give it to Smith," they said. "Nobody else need even apply."
But a funny thing happened on the way to Manhattan. Smith ran into a Texas Tech Red Raider defense that totally befuddled him and stripped away his Superman cape. Kansas State followed suit the next week. And now, after having lost five straight games, Smith will be lucky to garner 2nd-team All Big 12 honors, let alone the Heisman.
As Smith and the Mountaineers disintegrated, the unlikely Collin Klein and the Kansas State Wildcats put it all together. The hardnosed, old-school Klein, a combination of Johnny Unitas and Vince Young, put the no-names from Manhattan, Kansas on his shoulders and led them to the pinnacle of college football. Bill Snyder's club rose to No. 1 in the BCS rankings and Klein became the undisputed Heisman frontrunner.
KSU's march to the national title game and Klein's run to the Heisman seemed almost a formality. The Wildcats were simply the class of the Big 12. But then, amazingly, unbelievably, the Baylor Bears, the same Bears that boosted Geno Smith to demigod status, shook off their rigor mortis and petrified Klein and the Cats. Baylor destroyed the No. 1 team in the land, knocking it from national title contention, and in the process severely undermined Klein's Heisman candidacy.
Baylor's late-season torpedo job on Klein has thrown the Heisman race into disarray. The KSU signal-caller is still in the picture, but now, instead of being the presumptive winner, is merely one of six players who have a shot at the hardware. Meanwhile, a marginal quarterback recruit from Kerrville, Texas, has taken charge of the Texas A&M Aggies, and captured the imagination of Heisman voters. He's the player creating the buzz right now. But could a freshman actually win the most illustrious award in college sports? If so, it would be a historical first.
Johnny Manziel: Statistically, Manziel is the strongest Heisman candidate. He is No. 24 in passing yards per game, No. 22 in passing efficiency, and an amazing No. 30 in rushing yardage with 1,114 yards. Manziel also averages 6.5 yards per carry. He is Fran Tarkenton with an extra gear. Manziel will hawk his Heisman wares against a poor Missouri team and then likely take his show to a BCS bowl. In an age where dual-threat quarterbacks are all the rage, Manziel could well follow in Robert Griffin's footsteps and snag the Heisman.
Odds of Winning: 50%
A.J. McCarron (Alabama): If it's true that the Heisman usually goes to the best skill position player on an elite team, the Alabama quarterback A. J. McCarron is a serious threat to win the trophy. His stats are not gaudy, but his quarterback efficiency rating is third best nationally, and his intangibles are superior. McCarron leading the Tide to a comeback win over LSU in Death Valley was a bona fide Heisman moment. And McCarron will have two more chances to make his case: in the SEC championship game and a BCS bowl, if Alabama is not in the national title game. One black mark: McCarron lost in a head-to-head match with fellow Heisman candidate, quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Odds of Winning: 40%
Manti Teo (Notre Dame): Notre Dame football has woken up the echoes. The Irish are ranked No. 1 and are poised for a berth in the national title game. What's more, Notre Dame has a prime Heisman candidate, and he plays on the defensive side of the ball. Should linebacker Manti Teo win the Heisman, he will be the first player to win the award based solely on his defensive exploits. In addition to playing for perhaps the best, and certainly the most storied program in the nation, Teo has a great stat line. He leads the Irish in tackles with 98, and passes defended with 10. But most impressive, Teo has six interceptions, which is second best in the nation. That is an unheard of statistic for a linebacker.
Odds of Winning: 25%
Collin Klein (Kansas State): If the Heisman went to the grittiest, toughest player in college football, Klein would win the 2012 award in a landslide. But there's more to it than that. Klein's stats are very good but not spectacular. He's No. 21 in passing efficiency, No. 67 in passing yards per game, and has rushed for 792 yards. Those stats are on a similar level as A. J. McCarron's, but Bama has a much better shot at playing for all the marbles than Klein. But if Klein leads the Wildats to a blowout win over Texas in Austin, and some other cards fall KSU's way, Optimus Klein could still win this thing.
Odds of Winning: 20%
Kenjon Barner (Oregon): Kenyon Barner—he just sounds fast. And he is. This Oregon Duck is definitely not lame, although his Heisman candidacy is wounded following last week's loss to Stanford. Still, Barner is No. 6 nationally in rushing yardage, tied for No. 30 in yards per carry, and is fourth among all running backs in touchdowns with 19. He and the Ducks still have a prime time matchup with Oregon State, a possible spot in the PAC 12 title game, and a likely BCS tilt. In other words, Barner still has plenty of time to cement his spot in New York.
Odds of Winning: 20%
Marqise Lee (Southern Cal): It seems as though the Southern Cal Trojans have been all hype in 2012. They were the preseason favorites to win the national title, but four losses have covered Lane Kiffin's team in ignominy. Quarterback Matt Barkley was the preseason favorite to win the Heisman. But he got off to a rocky start and has never recovered. Through it all, however, dynamite receiver Marqise Lee has persevered and could well get an invitation to the Heisman ceremony. He leads the nation with 100 receptions, is No. 3 in touchdown receptions with 14, and averages an impressive 15 yards per catch. And he'll have one last golden opportunity to make his case when the Trojans take on No. 1 Notre Dame this Saturday.
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Many of the changes to Coleman Boulevard are becoming more and more noticeable and as they do, citizens are asking for a slow down.
In the most recent instance, citizens want to know when and how a parking garage was approved near Shem Creek.
Many citizens of the Old Village are concerned about the proposed parking garage at the corner of Mill Street and Coleman (on the same side as the former Settee restaurant). A petition is circulating to halt the project.
Opponents feel that the parking garage would not only detract from the beautiful natural marsh surroundings, but also, the garage would not blend with the current buildings along Shem Creek.
People from all parts of town attended the community discussion of the garage. Everyone agreed we need parking in the area but not on Shem Creek, Santos said. We need to keep the ambiance of the creek right there. That building will tower over the bridge and become the main focal point of the creek. Thats not what I want.
The structure has been approved seven Mount Pleasant Town Council members voted in favor of the project. Council member Gary Santos was the dissenting voice.
This plan also could represent a foreshadowing of future tall buildings in that area. This proposal also echoes Planning Commission member Bob Brimmers concerns of recent building proposals not blending in with the surrounding community, the petition states.
Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Gary Santos has formed a Council of Homeowners Associations consisting of presidents of homeowners associations or their delegates, as well as representatives of neighborhoods that dont have homeowners associations.
The goal is to have these representatives from the various neighborhoods in Mount Pleasant meet once a month or quarterly to discuss issues that affect the town and its citizens, including but not limited to planning issues, said Santos. This is so that they can be more informed and participate in the processes that will affect the quality of life for all of our citizens.
A meeting held Wednesday addressed concerns over the parking garage at Shem Creek.
The proposed project is a joint venture between the town and developer Tex Smalls, known for developing The Shops at Oakland. The plan is for three floors of parking below and two floors of commercial office space above. The total height will be 55 feet. The original plans for the overlay district restricted the height in this location to 40 feet.
The design hasnt been finalized. According to the developers website, construction will begin at the end of the summer.
In September of 2013, Smalls, along with the support of members of the town council, approved the zoning to 55 feet.
Opponents are concerned that the town will continue to increase the height of the proposed structures in the overlay district.
The microphone was open to everyone at the meeting. All those who spoke were disappointed that town council wont open the issue and discuss it. It is bad to stifle debate, Santos said.
Councilman Santos told the audience Wednesday that more than $2 million of public funds is currently going to be used on the garage portion of the project. He said he will make a proposal at the next Mount Pleasant meeting to rescind those funds. He told the crowd that while he will make the proposal, there is no guarantee that another council member will second his proposal and allow that debate.
Changes to Coleman Boulevard came about after an intense study that took nearly five years for the Town of Mount Pleasant to compile. The result was a revitalization master plan developed in 2008. The plan created zoning and development guideline changes that encourage mixed-use developments, with the ultimate goal being a new look and feel to Main Street.
But opponents have been clear that not only are they concerned over the height of the structure, but also the design. Petitioners fear the architecture will not be in keeping with the surrounding area and will be more in line with the architecture of The Boulevard which was built by The Beach Company.
Santos has heard that those in favor of the garage are wondering why citizens are coming forward now. But as he read the original announcements that were on the agenda in regards to the proposal, he explained that regular citizens would not have understood what it meant.
The announcement said a text amendment for a change of development on Mill Street was listed. It doesnt say anything about a parking garage. We need to do these announcements in English where the average person understands them.
His goal is to make these announcements more clear so citizens can understand them and be able to participate if they want.
The idea of the mixed-use development is to create a public parking garage that the town doesnt have to build, operate or maintain, Mount Pleasant Town Administrator Eric DeMoura has been quoted as saying.
A certain number of parking spaces would always be available for public parking, and after-office hours when Shem Creeks bar and restaurants hit their peak the entire garage would be open to the public.
DeMoura said the garage also would allow new development on some smaller nearby properties that currently cant meet the towns parking requirements.
The parking garage would count toward that parking, he said. Not only will this help spur development around Shem Creek, but it also will spur economic activity in that general vicinity.
DeMoura said the towns money will come from the towns accommodations taxes, and the developer will decide how much to charge the public for parking there.
The proposed garage has created a lot of controversy and spawned two online petitions, which to date have more than 2,000 signatures combined.
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This is not personal, Santos said. This is about protecting the ambiance of the creek.
Santos said his next goal is to change the approved 75-foot height in the overlay of Coleman. The boulevard is 65 feet and 75 feet is allowed in three more places along the boulevard, I think 55 is too high. Id do 45.
But he may have trouble changing the overlay plan. Hes tried once before, even if just for the sake of discussion, he said and could not get a second to his motion. When you cant even get a second to a motion to have an honest discussion, that tells me something is going on.
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on January 16, 2013 - 4:27 PM
, updated January 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM
The Buffalo Police Department made 44 arrests this week in the first blitz of the year aimed at attacking the city's drug dealers.
In addition, police confiscated an assortment of drugs ranging from cocaine to heroin, as well as six guns and $13,000 in cash.
City, suburban, state and federal law enforcement personnel raided 54 drug houses in all sections of the city during a 48-hour period that started Monday and concluded Tuesday. Additional arrests are expected.
"If you're drug dealing or committing other crimes, this is going to be a very bad year for you," Mayor Byron W. Brown said during a news conference Wednesday at Buffalo Police Headquarters.
Information on the locations of the drug houses, he said, was received through a number of channels that included citizens placing phone calls to the Police Department's non-emergency 311 number, the city's five district police stations, offices of elected officials and Police Headquarters.
"Citizens send us this information and then wait and see what vhappens. Well, this is how those tips are addressed. This operation rooted out many properties where drugs were being sold," Brown said. "We understand that drug dealing leads to other crimes, and we know it doesn't stop at the municipal borders."
Hence, he said, the need for partnering with other law enforcement agencies in the region.
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda pointed out that a number of the locations raided have ties to past violent crimes and gang members.
"Seventy percent of violent crime involves drugs, and 90 percent of all crime has connections to drugs and alcohol," Derenda said.
Last year, five coordinated drug raid operations were carried out over multiple days at different times, and "numerous more" are in the planning stages for this year, the commissioner said.
Chief of Detectives Dennis J. Richards said this latest raid, dubbed "Operation Restoration," highlights the efforts of the mayor and police force to restore luster and vitality to the many neighborhoods that make up the fabric of the city.
Working with Buffalo police in Operation Restoration were members of the sheriff's offices in Erie and Niagara counties, the State Police, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI Task Force, state parole and county probation personnel, officers from Amherst, Cheektowaga, Lackawanna, Lewiston and the Town of Tonawanda police departments and workers from the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Passion in Paradise: Argentine Tango for EveryoneOctober 11, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Manoa Campus, UHM Physical Education Complex Studio 3
Learn the fundamental elements of tango that will allow you to dance on the dance floor. The course is meant for complete beginners or those who have some experience and want to practice or improve their basic tango technique. Topics include the essence of leading and following, musicality, fundamental linear, rotational and traveling movements, leader and follower technique, social dance etiquette and moving around a crowded dance floor.
No partner or previous experience is required. Wear clothing that is easy to move in and shoes that are tied or strapped on the feet with leather or slippery soles to facilitate ease of spinning and movement on the floor. Each class is 1 1/2 hour long.
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Manoa Campus, Art Building, Room 117
|Linguistics Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Moore Hall, Rm. 575
|Shark Presentation with Dr. Leighton Taylor
Manoa Campus, Waikiki Aquarium- 2777 Kalakaua Avenue
|Colloquium: Innovation and Economic Catch-Up in Asia
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies
|Japan's New National Security Strategy in the Making
Manoa Campus, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
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The speed which is required to travel through time
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"If my calculations are correct when this sucker reachers 88 mph, you're going to see some serious shit!"
-Doc Brown 1:19am Saturday October 26 1985
-Doc Brown 1:19am Saturday October 26 1985
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This party just hit 88 mph.
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A pace of drinking which is intended to lead to a blackout. Blackout is essentially forward time travel. In Back to the Future the speed at which the Delorean travels through time is 88 mph. If you are drinking at a speed of 88 mph, you intend to drink yourself into a blackout.
Everyone is home this weekend we're going big. I'm doing 50 now but I'll hit 88 mph by midnight. See you tomorrow.
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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 3
- Posted: Dec 17, 2010 at 6:35AM
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On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:
Session 3: "Integrating with the device capabilities (location, camera, contacts, phone)" with Andy Wigley
"Windows Phone 7 includes facilities to access built-in services and integrated hardware. In this session, you will learn how to use the Location Service to retrieve your current location making use of Cell Tower Lookup, WiFi location, and GPS. We'll also show how you can map your position using Bing Maps. We also take a look at "Pickers and Choosers", how your application can use the built in phone behaviours to place calls, take pictures and select contacts."
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floral scarf
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Pink and purple wool floral scarf from Épice feauring a floral print throughout, yellow border, and frayed hem. Measures: 78" L x 36" W
Designer Style ID: SW1358
Farfetch ID: 10572306
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- Wool 100%
Your order will be shipped directly from the boutique to you. Farfetch ships worldwide, and you will be able to track your order at any time. The cost of shipping your order will be calculated at the checkout.
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Delivery duties are included in the item price when shipping to all EU countries plus USA, Canada, China, Australia, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Singapore, Republic Of Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, India, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, U.A.E., Japan.This means all import duties are included in your order, so the price you see is the price you pay. You will not receive an additional duty bill from the courier to receive your shipment. If you are ordering from within your own customs zone or country, import duties will not be applicable anyway, however you may have to pay VAT or local Sales Taxes where applicable (for the UK and USA these are included at the checkout).
Delivery duties are not included in the item price when shipping to all other countries. This means you may be liable to pay import duties on receipt of your order.
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You have 14 days from receiving your order to return the item to the boutique using our free returns pick-up service. We strongly recommend that you book your free returns pick-up within 7 days of receiving your order to ensure that it arrives back to the boutique in time. Please note for standard orders we can only collect returns from the same country to which your order was delivered. For click and collect orders we can collect your return from the country your order was delivered to and also the country of the original boutique you ordered from. Click here to read our full returns policy.
Épice's collections of stoles, scarves and foulards are created by Danish designers Bess Nielsen and Jan Machenhauer. "Our work is based, above all, on intense creative research of woven textiles... Next come colours and graphics. Our wide colour palette is closely linked to our native Denmark, where colours vibrate very differently than in other latitudes - due to the low skies and long, dark winters. For us, colour generates light; it is a source of energy and aesthetics."
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p&p Claims Identity and Access Control Guide is now available
- Posted: Mar 03, 2010 at 4:39PM
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Back in October, Eugenio gave us an overview of the Claims Identity and Access Control guide. At that time the team was just getting started with the project. You can see that video
We are thrilled to announce the availability of the final version of this guide. In this video, Eugenio gives us a quick overview of the layout of the guide and the scenarios covered in this guide.
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Hi Everybody :-)
Maths is the queen of the sciences.
Geometry is the queen of Maths.
Since 4 years I am designing Celtic-like motifs for crafts - knitting, filet crochet, cross-stitch ...
Hi Everybody :-)
Maths is the queen of the sciences.
Geometry is the queen of Maths.
Since 4 years I am designing Celtic-like motifs for crafts - knitting, filet crochet, cross-stitch embroidery, rug making etc. I strongly believe that Everyone can design the garment and knit it, so I decided to transpose my passion into the motifs, offering the decorations for these future unique projects. I would like to have the library of 1000 motifs, but I think, that only the cow doesn't change its mind ;-) - I already HAVE 1000, so maybe I will draw 2000? ;-)
Hope you'll like these motifs - hearts, crosses, diamonds, squares, snowflakes and panels, useful for the cabled sweaters.
I am 49, living currently in Poland, with one adult autistic son.
Professionally I am the teacher of Maths.
Our dream is to leave Poland and to go back to the country of Our Ancestors - to Scotland. Maybe when I'll be retired - it will pass through... ;-)
I designed recently 25 little Celtic squares, because my standard squares seemed too big for the purpose I had. These squares are matching one to another, so it is easy to create i.e. the throw, sewn from the various designs.
You can use it as an afghan block, adding your preferred border.
You can use it as the decoration of any garment.
Repeating vertically - you could knit the long and narrow scarf (adding the nice edge).
In the file you'll find the additional chart, useful for filet crochet or XStitch embroidery.
The dimensions of the ready square depend on the yarn used. So I decided to give the dimensions in rows and stitches: This way you can match the decoration to your actually knitted project.
Dimensions: 32 stitches x 46 rows


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Jan. 23, 2013
The Center for Political and Economic Thought will present Dr. Stephen Knott, professor of national security at the U.S. Naval War College, in its Government and Political Education Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 6, in the Fred M. Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College. His talk is entitled "Distorted History: The Case of George W. Bush and the War on Terror." Admission is free and open to the public. Knott previously was co-chair of the presidential oral history program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He also served for seven years as an associate professor in the political science department at the United States Air Force Academy. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Boston College and has taught courses on the presidency, congress, intelligence and national security and American foreign policy. His books include The Reagan Years; Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth; Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency; At Reagan's Side: Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House; and Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics. The Center for Political and Economic Thought is an interdisciplinary public affairs institution of Saint Vincent College. It sponsors research and education programs, primarily in the fields of politics, economics and moral-cultural affairs. The Center seeks to advance scholarship on philosophical and policy concerns related to freedom and Western civilization with particular regard to the American experience. The Center was founded in 1991 as an outgrowth of the Alex G. McKenna Economic Education Series, which was launched in 1986. The Center's programs include: The Alex G. McKenna Economic Education Series, the Government and Political Education Series, the Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life, Culture and Policy Conferences, and Scholarships and Fellowships. In addition, the Center supports research and educational activities through its staff and it produces numerous publications. The Center is a part of the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government. For more information, contact the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College by contacting Mary Beth McConahey, program manager, email@example.com.
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on April 27, 2013 - 11:21 PM
That giant sucking sound you hear is from the steady flow of jobs from downtown to the suburbs and points beyond.
During the first decade of this century, roughly one of every five jobs that had been in Buffalo's central business district disappeared, according to a new report from the Brookings Institute.
Some of those jobs went away entirely, as the region muddled through two recessions. But some of those jobs moved out to the suburbs – and beyond, with the portion of the metro area that's more than 10 miles away from downtown standing out as the only segment of the Buffalo Niagara region that actually gained jobs from 2000 to 2010.
In short, the heart of the Buffalo Niagara economy is steadily shifting away from downtown Buffalo and moving toward the suburbs.
Brookings researchers call that shift "job sprawl," and it's not a good thing for shrinking areas, like the Buffalo Niagara region.
"It's not just about the number of jobs," said Elizabeth Kneebone, the report's author and a fellow at the Brookings Metroploitan Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. "The location of those jobs matters, too."
And in the Buffalo Niagara region, the location of those jobs is changing.
The heart of the local job market has always been in that ring that runs between three to 10 miles from downtown, and that's still the case. About half of the region's jobs were packed into that ring in 2000, and despite the steep job cuts at the auto plants in the Town of Tonawanda and Hamburg during the decade, along with other manufacturers in that belt, it still was home to 51.3 percent of the region's jobs in 2010.
But downtown has been struggling. While 21.6 percent of the region's jobs were within three miles of downtown in 2000, just 18.1 percent were within the central business district in 2010 as office work migrated to the suburbs and the remaining retail downtown shriveled.
And most concerning, the part of the region that has turned into a magnet for jobs is the area that's in the farthest ring, between 10 and 35 miles from downtown. That ring, which stretches from North Tonawanda to Lake Ontario in the north; from Depew to Batavia in the east and from Hamburg to Dunkirk in the south, actually added 3.7 percent more jobs during the 10-year period. As a result, 30.6 percent of all local jobs now are located in that far-flung ring, up from 28.3 percent at the turn of the century.
Kneebone said the Buffalo Niagara region has plenty of company in seeing the shift in jobs toward the outermost ring of suburbia. Nationally, the share of jobs located at least 10 miles from downtown (43 percent) had grown to be nearly double the share of jobs located downtown (23 percent).
"Almost every major metro area experienced a decline in the share of jobs located downtown," she said. "This happened in every type of market," both the booming ones and the ones, like Buffalo, that were struggling during the 2000s.
The type of job also plays a role in the shift. Retail jobs tend to be focused away from downtowns, and so is factory work, which tumbled by nearly 40 percent during the decade. "Every major industry saw a shift of jobs outward," Kneebone said.
The good news is that the Great Recession brought the shift to a virtual halt. The share of jobs in each of the three rings in 2010 were very close to what they were in 2007, before the recession hit.
But that doesn't mean the shift won't resume when the economy picks up steam. And it's why the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, which is playing a growing role in charting the region's economic development strategy, has made stopping sprawl a major priority, by encouraging what they call "smart growth" policies.
That means cleaning up brownfields so that land can be used again productively, rather than leaving vast pockets of vacant, poisoned property in prime locations within Buffalo and the first-rung suburbs. The council also has come up with a scorecard to measure the "smart growth" qualities of projects and is backing a handful of projects to improve the infrastructure in downtown Buffalo.
The plan for the "Buffalo Billion" envisions "dense, mixed-use, mixed-income communities with excellent transportation and virtual connections" as one of the keys to developing a productive and sustainable regional economy.
"Smart growth is good economic development," said James J. Allen, the executive director of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency.
That's because sprawl is expensive, requiring costly investments in new infrastructure, such as roads and utilities, as businesses push farther and farther away from the city core. It also puts low-income workers at a big disadvantage, because many of the jobs at those new developments likely won't be on public transportation routes, making it difficult – if not impossible – for workers without cars to get to them, Kneebone said.
That's why Amherst officials have been working with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to try to come up with ways to expand bus service in the town. That's an easier sell when business activity is concentrated within a particular area – development officials call it density – than when it's spread throughout the hinterlands.
"We need in-fill development. We need to take underdeveloped properties and make them denser. Why do we need to do it? Because it's good for public transportation," Allen said. "We have to figure out how to get public transportation throughout Amherst," Allen said. "The people who work in Amherst can't always afford to live in Amherst."
And as jobs push outward, so does the demand for housing from workers who want to live closer to their employers so they can shorten their commutes. The flip side is that, with the region's population declining, that only weakens the demand for housing near the downtown area and exacerbates the problem of vacant and crumbling housing in the city.
Redevelopment is a big part of the solution to sprawl, too. The Lakeside Commerce Center just south of the Tifft Nature Preserve is a great example of that, with a barren industrial wasteland that sat unused for decades being converted into an industrial park that now is home to companies that otherwise might have picked a site on undeveloped property in the suburbs.
"The real challenges arise when you see this decentralization take place in a more spread out, diffuse way," Kneebone said. "It's harder to serve spread-out jobs with transit effectively. It also has implications for low-income residents."
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