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Your car is an extension of yourself, like a tattoo, or a dog, or a giant novelty foam finger. How many times have you judged somebody based on their car? A hot red convertible speeds by, you go "Hmm, midlife crisis-mobile." Minivans are the mobile domicile of the Momius Soccerus. Giant conversion vans with blacked-out windows are murderers.
Cars certainly did a lot for the Mahoning Valley. As much as they curse us with breakdowns, eat our money with their combustion engines, and run us over because they are possessed by evil spirits (well, just in Stephen King novels), cars are man's best manmade friend. While some people select cars based on silly things like price, there should be much more that goes into your car sidekick.
For the love of Mike, pick a car that makes sense for Ohio. I wrote a column ("An ode to trusty automobile steeds of winters past") listing all the cars that I have loved and lost, and in it I chide my brother for buying a Mustang ... in Ohio where it snows. As we saw last week, selecting a good winter car is a skill every Northeast Ohioan must have. I see people fishtailing in cars that would make good paperweights. To surmount ice, snow, garbage, mud, water and other Ohio-y obstacles, you must pick a car that doesn't make you think "meep meep."
Once you pick your car buddy for the next 60 months (or 100,000 miles), you need to know how to treat it. Too often, I have had to show boys how to use jumper cables, or change a tire. Sure, boys often feign the Bill Cosby tactic of "play dumb so I forgo this chore for life." But isn't a few minutes of manual labor with saving your man cred? I recently showed a friend with a math degree the difference between the positive and negative contacts on the car battery. GIANT PLUS SIGN. Surely you've seen a few of those in your life, right?
Changing a tire is one of those things that makes you feel accomplished, virile, muddy. Emergency happens! You have the tools! You save the day! That feeling is worth reading a few manuals. Just be careful, all those stories about someone developing superhuman strength to lift a car off of someone can't be true. Also, reward you car once in awhile with premium octane and Armor-All. It will make up for the three hoodies, sneakers and pile of old cassette tapes floating around the interior.
Once you master simple car maintenance, you move on to finer things, like selecting good bumper stickers. First, make sure they are all true. You have to actually have an honor student, or own a Bichon Frise. A nice smattering of local-themed stickers are always good, so passers-by see them and go "I too got hammered at Handyman Hardware!" Keep it light. Causes are fine, but no one wants to break down in tears at a red light. Also, nobody cares that you've been to the Outer Banks. And your stick-figure family is sooo last year. Unless it's a meta-stick-figure family made up of characters from "Downton Abbey" or something. Give your car a personality, not headlight eyelashes.
Next, master the car stereo. Figure out your radio-to-iPod volume ratio. Make good driving mixes. Create the opportunity for good car singalong moments with your passengers. I once parked my car in an alley, put on "ABBA Gold" and had an impromptu dance party with the passengers. The car wanted to throw itself off a cliff.
Next, becoming a snow-driving warrior. Learn the tender touch of the gas and brake pedals. Show finesse with the gentle easing of a wheel from a snowbank. Approach each intersection with cool calculation. Carry a carpet and a bag of rock salt everywhere. Don't abuse the heater. Buy the mother of all ice scrapers.
Create moments with your car. Plow it through fields like a horse charging the enemy. Use its light to camp by as you lie out under the stars. Go parking in the parking lot of Bob Karl's Auto Wrecking with your high-school boyfriend (sorry, Bob Karl). Just don't take your Corvette out in a blizzard and try to peel out through six feet of snow. That's why the snow gods invented all-wheel drive.
How do you take care of your car? Share winter road tips with me at email@example.com, or comment on this story at www.tribtoday.com.


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Marcene Robinson's interest in journalism started with a passion for writing.
He was an economics major when he first started school at the University at Buffalo. Now, the 20-year-old senior is in the early stages of a career he hopes will allow him to do what he loves best: tell stories.
Robinson is the 2012 winner of the $1,000 Carl R. Allen Memorial Scholarship awarded each year by the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists, with support from The Buffalo News and the Buffalo Newspaper Guild.
Robinson likes to tell other people's stories. "And with a passion for writing, I guess I pretty much went into journalism to tell everyone else's story," he said.
There's another reason he likes journalism: "I get to meet a lot of people, and that's probably one of the best reasons. A lot of people who have been instrumental in pretty much starting my career."
Robinson has increased his range by working at UB's student newspaper, the Spectrum, and the Reporter, a faculty and staff magazine, as well as by writing press releases and articles for the UB Office of Media Relations.
There was the story of a young college student's excitement at being crowned homecoming queen. Another about a UB civil engineering graduate student whose passion for improving the lives of the Native American community won him a scholarship.
Robinson's own story is equally intriguing.
Born and raised in Buffalo, he grew up near downtown, around Madison and Sycamore streets and Jefferson Avenue.
He attended School 61 and then the now-defunct Stepping Stone Academy, where he was eighth-grade valedictorian. He also started attending Buffalo Prep, a high school preparatory program for minority students.
He graduated from St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute.
Known as the "school artist" for his drawings while at Stepping Stone, Robinson originally intended to enroll in the Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts. But his parents wanted him to attend a private school. So it was St. Joe's.
Mark and Kim Robinson insisted that education came first: "As soon as I stepped foot in the house, 'You have to do your homework,' " he recalled his parents saying. Failing to do so meant no football practice.
School always came easy to this top achiever, but he still worked, whether it was hitting the books or making extra money for his tuition. The oldest of three children, Robinson worked almost every day after school sweeping, mopping and cleaning chalk boards. Eventually, he got a part-time job at OfficeMax on Union Road in Cheektowaga during his junior and senior years. Then 16, he caught the bus every day.
"It was not fun during the wintertime. The cold … the wind, ice would just cut your face with snow this high," he said, chuckling and measuring off a height above his ankle.
He learned how to pay for things, including his braces. That work ethic has continued at UB, where another scholarship covers only his tuition. Robinson says he's had virtually every job on campus.
He has a plan that may include putting off a fall graduation so he can study abroad – a plan that jibes with his philosophy about journalism, and what wonderful experiences it brings.
The scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Allen, a longtime reporter at The News who died in 1999. Allen wrote extensively on matters of concern to the local African-American community during his 20-year career.
The BABJ is the Buffalo chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Steamed Asari (Manila) Clam Recipe
Steamed Asari Clams – clams, butter, sake, scallion.
1 1/2 lb. asari/manila clams
1/3 stick unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup cooking sake
1/4 cup mirin
salt to taste
Chopped scallion (the green part only)
A few nights ago, I met up with my friends at Izakaya by Katsu-Ya in LA. We ordered many delicious Japanese dishes, two servings of chilled sake and chatted our night away. We had such a wonderful time!
One of the dishes we ordered was a Japanese izakaya classic—steamed asari (manila) clams with sake or asari no sakamushi, a personal favorite that I never miss out whenever I dine at izakaya.
I came to know about Japanese izakaya about eight years ago when I first visited Tokyo. During the trip, I had numerous meals at this izakaya in a small alley right next to my hotel. Sitting on a tatami mat and dine from a low table in traditional Japanese style, my host introduced me to yakitori, steamed asari clams, chicken karaage, yakisoba, agedashi tofu and various mouthwatering Japanese small-plates. I was instantly lured by this very special and casual Japanese dining culture–one that comes complete with food, booze, and great social ambiance. I have been hooked ever since.
If you haven't been to a Japanese izakaya or the place you live has no such Japanese dining establishments, you can always make the popular izakaya dishes at home. This steamed asari clam recipe is very easy to make and requires only a few ingredients. The sake and mirin used in the recipe accentuate the natural briny flavor of the clams and the end result was so lip-smackingly good that I slurped the sake broth dry. Yum!
This post also marks the start of a new "Japanese izakaya" series here on Rasa Malaysia. I am so excited and can't wait to share with you the rest of the recipes. If you adore Japanese cuisine, you might also want to check out my previously published Japanese recipes, which include miso ramen, matcha ice cream, miso soup, tofu salad, Nobu black cod, panko-crusted softshell crab, and more.
If you are in LA or Orange County, you can check out the following izakaya that I absolutely love:
Izakaya by Katsu-Ya
8420 W 3rd St,
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Musha (Torrance)
1725 W Carson St
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 787-7344
Musha (Santa Monica)
424 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 576-6330
Honda-Ya (Tustin)
556 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92780
(714) 832-0081
Note: I don't recommend the Honda-Ya in Little Tokyo. The food is not good.
Kappo Honda
18450 Brookhurst St
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
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The Stetson University women's basketball team continued to make strides academically during the spring semester, placing four players on the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic honor rolls
"It is the most we have had since I have been the head coach here," Lynn Bria said. "It's an honor and privilege to coach these girls and it's a credit to our kids, who are working hard on the court and excelling in the classroom."
The four players recognized by the A-Sun were senior Lyllique Roman, juniors Ashley Dennis and Shanasa Sanders and freshman Jama Sharp. In addition to being on the A-Sun honor roll, Dennis was named to the Conference Scholar list.
That list included a total of 406 student-athletes from around the league, including 55 from Stetson, who were recognized for their sustained achievement over at least two years to go with a 3.4 or better GPA.
Overall, the A-Sun recognized 1,416 student-athletes as All-Academic selections for their work in the classroom by reaching the 3.0 mark. Additionally, 89 percent of the A-Sun's 18 championship teams had at least half of the student-athletes on their rosters earn All-Academic recognition.
Stetson was one of four league institutions to have had more than 70 percent of its student-athletes recognized for having a grade-point average of at least 3.0. Stetson had 139 of its 197 student-athletes who competed in the Atlantic Sun recognized.
"I applaud all who continue to successfully achieve as student-athletes," A-Sun Commissioner Ted Gumbart said. "To see nearly two-thirds of our student-athletes earn this level of academic distinction means that they certainly are committed to the A-Sun's mission of 'Building Winners for Life.'
"It is important to recognize that this is a team effort, due to the commitment of the athletic administration, coaches and staff of our member institutions, who daily serve as the catalysts for such impressive development of our young people. Congratulations and thank you again to the institutions and to each student-athlete for providing such an outstanding representation of the Atlantic Sun Conference."


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Erie man charged with fighting with police
An Erie man was jailed this morning on charges of fighting with police officers who responded to a domestic dispute on the city's west side Thursday night.
Travis J. Harris, 25, of the 500 block of Stafford Avenue, was placed in the Erie County Prison on $25,000 bond after he was arraigned before Erie 6th Ward District Judge Dominick DiPaolo on charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Police accuse Harris of swinging a punch at a police officer and fighting officers who tried to detain him after police were called to the residence to investigate a domestic disturbance on Thursday at about 7:15 p.m., according to the criminal complaint filed in the case.
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Mental Health on the Bench: Empowering Judges to Change the Way the Criminal Justice System Responds to Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
On a given day in Florida, more than 70,000 people with mental illness are under correctional supervision. Until recently, judges and attorneys working with these individuals had few training opportunities or information about mental illness.
Florida Partners in Crisis (FLPIC), an organization that brings together criminal justice leaders, mental health and substance abuse service providers and advocates, is changing that. Gail Cordial, the organization's executive director, says that the idea came from judges themselves, including Judge Mark Speiser, a pioneer in the mental health court movement. Speiser said judges face a huge challenge in managing the many individuals with mental health and substance abuse in their courts, because the mental health and substance service systems and the judicial system are not well integrated.
In response to this need, Partners has held two statewide Justice Institutes, training sessions designed for judges and other criminal justice professionals, including attorneys. In addition to learning about clinical and legal issues, judges participating in the Institutes have an opportunity to discuss their concerns and share strategies with their peers.
Experienced judges presiding over mental health courts and drug courts, which specialize in developing treatment-oriented plans for individuals who have been charged with crimes and have mental illness or substance abuse conditions, find the information and resources they need over time. However, other judges may know little about mental illness and about the options available. Speiser says, "Having the training institutes can sensitize judges to this population of the mentally ill, and provide them with options, alternatives and answers they might not otherwise have access to."
Partners in Crisis (FLPIC) is also developing a "bench book" for judges who have been through the training to get quick, reliable information about mental illness and substance abuse during their day-to-day work. The bench book will be published by the end of 2012.
While FLPIC initially worked with mental health and drug court judges and public defenders, the audience for their training has expanded. Cordial says, "The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Judges are spreading the word to their peers. One judge who attended the training in 2011 offered to cover a colleague's docket so he could attend this year."
Cordial says FLPIC aims to develop a menu of training options that can inform judges, attorneys, court personnel and other criminal justice professionals, as well as service providers. Training topics include mental illnesses and symptoms, medications and their side effects, legal issues and programs that can reduce criminal justice involvement all along the spectrum before arrest to reentry. Cordial also plans regional trainings, so that judges and other professionals will be able to attend training close to home.
The Big Picture
In addition to equipping judges to better serve people with mental illness and substance abuse conditions in their courts, the project has a larger agenda. Cordial says that they educate the judges about the many kinds of local programs that can prevent people from getting involved in the justice system, or help them get out, such as police crisis intervention teams, re-entry programs, supported housing and employment.
Armed with this knowledge, judges can lead their communities in developing these programs and even apply for state funding to get started. Cordial explains that through the state's Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Reinvestment grant program, counties have an opportunity to get funding, but "all the community stakeholders need to be on board. Judges have the ability to call a meeting and everyone shows up." Judge Speiser agrees, "A judge has, because of his or her role and title and position, the inherent authority and power to bring people together."
But, Speiser says there is another good reason for judges to get involved: because it's the right things to do. "Every judge in every state is subject to the same judicial canon of ethics… to improve the quality of the administration of justice. Justice means not just doling out punishment, but reaching the right result."
With this kind of leadership from judges and other leaders in the criminal justice system, says Cordial, "Our long term goal is that we'll stop incarcerating people simply because they have a mental illness."
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Tiffin reports
Adam M. Lonsway, 29, of Tiffin, was charged with domestic violence and disorderly conduct Tuesday after an incident Monday.
A 100-block Melmore Street resident wanted to speak with an officer Tuesday night about the theft of a generator from a shed.
Lacey L. Heberling, 21, of Tiffin, was charged with obstructing official business Wednesday after an incident Tuesday.
County report
A 700-block South CR 17 man who went to the station Tuesday afternoon reported he picked up his daughter from her grandmother's home, and she had a mark on her forehead.
Fostoria reports
A 1000-block Truman Drive resident reported Tuesday night the theft of money.
A woman in the 200 block of West High Street reported Tuesday night she needed officers because of a disturbance. Damage was reported to a vehicle.
Tiffin accidents
A non-injury accident was reported at West Perry and South Sandusky streets Wednesday afternoon.
A vehicle struck a parked car in the first block of Clinton Street Wednesday afternoon. There were no injuries.
A non-injury accident was reported in the first block of North Washington Street Wednesday afternoon.
County accidents
A vehicle was struck in the rear by another vehicle on East US 224 Wednesday morning.
A vehicle went into a ditch in the 12000 block of East SR 162 Wednesday morning.
A single-vehicle, non-injury accident was reported at South SR 53 and CR 14 Wednesday afternoon.
A vehicle went off the road in the 1000 block of East SR 18 Wednesday afternoon.
Fostoria accidents
A citation was issued after a non-injury accident was reported in the 200 block of Perry Street Wednesday morning.
A citation of assured clear distance ahead was issued after a non-injury accident was reported at Perrysburg Road and North Countyline Street Wednesday morning.
A person reported Wednesday afternoon a semi struck a railroad gate near Findlay Street.
County fire
Clinton firefighters were called to an accident on East US 224 Wednesday morning.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Gregory C. Zender, Carey, speed, $108; Diane K. Baker, 548 Stinchcomb Drive, assured clear distance, $125; Michael B. LaCourse, 400 N. Main St., Apt. 102, left of center violation, $125; James R. Berry II, 426 S. Town St., failure to control, $175; James E. Seem, 441 Ash St., improper/prohibitive turn, $125; Kristy J. Hronek, Tiffin, speed, $117; Nicholas S. Torok, Fostoria, seat belt violation, $75.Eric J. Rumball, Port Clinton, speed, $120; James R. Caskey, 12400 W. Axline St., Lot 20, disorderly conduct, $115; Jerry A. Walter, Columbia City, Ind., open container violation, $115.
Angela M. Thomas, 757 Circle Drive, speed, $132; Benjamin W. Kay, Tiffin, seat belt violation, $75; Rebecca S. Bouillon, Fostoria, speed, $120; Tamara Hallman, 547 N. Main St., assured clear distance, $125; Vickie L. Hunker, Fostoria, disorderly conduct, $115; Sandra S. Reinhart, 413 Sandusky St., speed, $183; Marlene A. Davis, 1427 Morningside Drive, speed, $114; Amy R. Flood, 461 W. Lytle St., Lot 154, speed, $120; Sidney J. Snowden, 420 N. Main St., failure to control, $125.
Tiffin Municipal Court
Thomas C. Hartson Jr., Sandusky, pleaded no contest to obstruction of justice, 90 days jail, 80 days suspended, $494; pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia, six-month license suspension, permanent weapons disability, $187.
Tyler L. Klotz, Fostoria, Financial Responsibility Act case dismissed because of entry granting dismissal.
Lisa M. Niederhauser, 175 Second Ave., pleaded no contest to assault, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, behavioral/anger management assessment, $472.
Benjamin B. Comstock, Vermilion, preliminary waiver on escaping detention charges, case bound over to Common Pleas Court.


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The show must go on for Mariah Carey, who posted a clip on YouTube Thursday of her exiting her New York City hospital in a wheelchair after injuring her shoulder.
Looking glam in a maxi tank dress and still in hair and makeup – her right arm in a sling – Carey says wearily, "Well, that was fun. It was harrowing."
But the veteran singer was also a trooper.
"Were going to go back to the video," she says – she hurt herself shooting a remix video for her song Beautiful, directed by husband Nick Cannon. "You know why? You know those people we see on TV, they're professionals," Carey cracks to nurses and attendants who helped her get into her waiting car.
Not before a polite handshake and a Mimi-esque air kiss with her nurse.


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The X Factor contestants have music industry mentors to guide them through their live performances, but where is Khloe Kardashian's coach?
The reality show sibling made her live co-hosting debut last week alongside Mario Lopez, and the results were rough and embarrassing at best. With a vet by her side, she could have at least allowed him to do the heavy lifting, but instead she allowed her awkward performance take center stage to the point where it was distracting to the competition at hand. Even she knows she needs work. "I'm anxious to learn and get great! :)" she tweeted afterward.
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The committee said the U.S. space agency absolutely
must rely
more on private contractors to help fly astronauts back to the
International Space Station, and other low Earth-orbit destinations.
Five years ago during the Bush era, it was planned for NASA to get
back to the moon by 2020 -- a goal that is extremely unlikely to be
Although China, Russia, Japan, India, and the United
States all have outlined plans to get back to the moon, it seems like
Mars is the true goal for every major space nation.
can say that Mars is a destination, but it's really more like Mars is
a goal
because we're not setting a date," said Leroy Chiao, a
member of the 10-person committee, who spoke with Reuters.
"It's saying these are the things we need to do to build up the
infrastructure to get to Mars, this is how much money we have now,
and we'll see in the next several years what we think we can get
done. Then it'll be for the next budget cycles after that to figure
out when we might actually get to Mars."
China is
expected to be the next country to reach the moon again, according to
U.S. space officials, noting there just isn't enough funding going
into NASA's long-term manned missions.
Furthermore, the
current fleet of space shuttles, which were supposed to be retired in
2010, will likely fly into 2011, the panel said. President
Barack Obama's advisers will analyze the committee's findings, but
it's unknown when the president will begin to outline what lies ahead
for NASA over the next few years.
quote: im talking about a MUCH more efficient method that would lower the cost of transport by an order of magnitude.it would probably be an air breathing plane that took off from a runway, flew up to high altitude, then used rocket engines to get that last bit up. come back and land at said airport.


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Please bring back the gridded paper!
I'm a teacher and I use the comp books to write my daily notes for my classes. I will work problems and write the notes the students will get on the front sides of...Read complete review
I'm a teacher and I use the comp books to write my daily notes for my classes. I will work problems and write the notes the students will get on the front sides of the pages and then after I teach the lesson I write in improvements and ideas for next year or even the next day on the back pages (when its open the lesson page and reflections page are next to one another).These journals stay together and last MUCH longer than the ones you buy at the office supply stores and the paper is a dream to write on. My hand doesn't get as cramped when I use these.BUT… the subjects I teach require a lot of graphs and sketches so I want the gridded paper (or little dots) so it's easier to keep things lined up. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring back the Notabilia journal with GRIDDED paper! PLEASE??
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These pads have a decent weighted paper, which takes fountain pen ink well with little bleed-through. They also have a stitched spine, which seems like it will keep the pages intact longer.Read complete review
These pads have a decent weighted paper, which takes fountain pen ink well with little bleed-through. They also have a stitched spine, which seems like it will keep the pages intact longer.One drawback is that the newer versions don't have as many sheets of paper as older versions did, so those with a leather cover may find it was stretched by the older, black-and-blue-bound versions. Those were also a little different in size, so your leather cover might not fit these new versions as well as you'd like.Those looking for a nice, unlined journal or a journal with a grid pattern on its pages need to keep looking, unless Levenger decides to produce these journals with those options. As of this writing (Sept. 2014), only ruled pages are available.
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By Cider
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Comments about Levenger Notabilia Notebooks (set of two)- Ruled:
The notebooks are exactly what my husband uses to take those important notes in a "paperless" office. Some thoughts just need to be written down.
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Great notebooks
By CSI
from New Hampshire
These are great notebooks. I bought them and the leather cover as a present for myself. I will be using them in the new year at work. The paper is thick so there is no bleed through. The only thing that would make them better would be a ribbon marker like the smaller version.
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High quality, very classy look
By Tim the salesman
from St. Paul, MN
I love my Levinger note pads. Work great with the leather portfolio. A very elegant, classy look.
goes w other purchase
By navyram29
from Los Angeles, CA
i really find these notebooks great ad very usual. I have a levenger foler and this notebook fits perfect. The pages stay in place and I can fold the notebooks to write on the side. I work in a busy ER and use this for notes as i get alot of referrals. the lined paes don't bother me as I juist write over them and don't use the lines anyway
By WriterNPenFan
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Merchant response: Levenger is grateful for your feedback on our Notabilia Notebooks. Your comments concerning this product have been forwarded to our product development team for review. Per our vendor, this notebook has never been offered with less than 140 pages; however, it was offered with 200 pages. We apologize this product did not meet your expectations. The complete satisfaction of our customers is very important to us. If you would like to return this item for a replacement or refund back to your original payment method, please contact our customer service center at 1-800-545-0242 to arrange your return. We would be happy to send you a pre-paid FedEx label for your convenience.
Thick paper!
By Bevp
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Love the thickness of the paper. It's very hard to find quality paper in this type of notebook. The cover is sturdy on it's own. Maybe I'll splurge for the leather one later.
love the pads
By smikes
from Salt Lake City, Utah
Love the quality. Use in my bomber folio. Looks great. They are spendy. Could have a lower price.
Excellent notebook
By lace
This is an excellent notebook, for the quality, my boss loves it its hard to find a notebook that dont bleed through with the pens he uses. and we finally found one that wont. so thank you so much!
Excellent upgrade
By journalman
from Las Vegas, NV
I have been using the old school composition notebooks for years and witnessed the deterioration of the paper quality. I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the paper of these Notabilia notebooks. My writing is smoother and the ink doesn't run through the paper. They are perfect for journaling. Maybe someday you will have an unlined one…Great product. I will be reordering.
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"Let the little children come to me; for such is the Kingdom of Heaven," Jesus once said. He continues to give us this message today.
Many little children, usually with their mothers, come to Catholic Charities for help. However, last fall a father came in with his two daughters in a stroller. They were darling little girls; one was 3 and the other only a year old. Yet the 3-year-old seemed to be looking out for her little sister, calling out her name and hugging her.
The father had just arrived from out of town after securing custody of the girls. He said that the children's mother was a drug addict and would not take care of them. So he relocated back to Buffalo, his hometown, where his relatives lived.
One could easily see how devoted he was to the little girls; and how much they loved him. Needless to say, Catholic Charities helped him generously, and he was very grateful.
I suggested a good day-care facility, the cost of which could possibly be covered by the Department of Social Services if he found employment. I also referred him to an employment agency, since he was ready and able to work.
I told him that it was hard for me to imagine how a mother would not care for these darling little girls. However, I know that when a drug addiction takes over, the person usually thinks only about satisfying the habit, and will do almost anything to get the drugs.
I remember, not long ago, how a little boy was shot and killed on the streets in the inner city while walking home from school. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. A man was walking near him, and a man in a car shot through the windows. He killed not only the man, but the boy, too.
The grieving mother came to my office, almost inconsolable. She donated her little boy's clothes to me so that I could give them to another poor child.
The only thing that gave the grieving mother the strength to go on was her belief that her lost son was now in heaven with Jesus, and that one day she would see him again. She also thanked God that she had two other children, whom she or her husband picked up from school every day, forbidding them to walk home alone.
After some investigation, it appeared that the man who was shot had been involved in drugs and was withholding money from other drug dealers.
Drugs continue to be the downfall of our society, and contribute to the high rate of crime in our city.
I am sure we are all grateful that Mayor Byron Brown and the Police Department are working to increase safety and security measures in Buffalo.
I am left with this thought: Let us all work together to protect our children and prevent them from becoming abused, neglected or even killed.
Catholic Charities is always there to help with counseling, parenting classes, assistance with food, clothing and housing referrals, and information about summer programs and camps.
We do this all for the good of our children, whom Jesus loves. He seems to say to us all: "Let the little children come to you, keep them safe and happy."


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Monday, July 1, 2013
The three men accused of robbing a SunTrust Bank in North Charleston are in custody.
North Charleston police and Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies searched through the night in the woods, including ditches waist-high and higher with water, near Givhans Ferry State Park after two of the men crashed into another car and fled on foot.
At approximately 9 a.m., Deputy's from the DCSO were called to the Roger's residence at 332 Campbell Road in reference to two black males asking to use the phone, said North Charleston Police Department PIO Spencer Pryor. (911 AUDIO AT BOTTOM OF STORY)
During the 911 call, the caller tells the dispatcher that the two are "sitting on the porch," that they are hurt with what they told her was a broken arm and a broken foot, wearing a green "something."
They asked her to call them a cab, which she did and then she promptly called 911.
On scene, the two suspects -- Tyrone Darius Ellison, 23, and Ronald Lamont Lance, 27, both of No. Charleston, were taken into custody without incident.
They were transported to Summerville Medical because of injuries sustained during the collision that took place Monday evening during a high-speed chase. The two suspects will be lodged at the Dorchester County Detention Center.
Christopher Nehemiah Coburn, 29, of No. Charleston, who was driving the car after the bank robbery and was pushed out of the vehicle on Patriot's Blvd., by one of the other suspects during the pursuit, was arrested late Monday night.His bond is set at $50,000.
At this time the suspects are charged with Entering a Bank with Intent to Steal and Failure to Stop for Blue Lights.
The two people in the car they hit were seriously injured and transported to MUSC, one by airlift.
According to police, two men entered the bank at Dorchester Road and Club Course Drive just before 5 p.m. Monday and demanded money.
They fled with an undetermined amount of money to a waiting vehicle.
Pryor explained how the high-speed car chase began.
"The vehicle was spotted by Officers in the area of Patriots Blvd. The driver failed to stop and eluded police. During the pursuit, the driver stopped at some point and bailed out of the vehicle. The passenger got behind the wheel and continued running from police," according to Pryor.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported the chase ended abruptly at 5:05 p.m. near Givhans Ferry State Park when the 2007 Hyundai, traveling north on Highway 61 slammed into a Honda, traveling north in front of them and making a left turn onto Campbell Road. The occupants of the Honda were seriously injured. Identities of the occupants have not been released but one was 57 years old and the other 55. The 55-year-old was flown by helicopter to MUSC. The 57-year-old was also transported to MUSC.
As of 7:10 p.m. police were sealing a perimeter on Highway 61, Old Beech Hill Road, Hill Branch Road and Campbell Road. North Charleston Police, DCSO, K-9 Units and US Marshals were on scene. The deluge of rain made the hunt difficult.
According to a DCSO source, money was falling out as the suspects fled.
Police and crime scene units are still in the area, retrieving money and continuing the investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.
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ALLENDALE, Mich. - Tiffin University's men's team held Grand Valley State, one of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's strongest teams, to 66 points Thursday night.
Dragons coach John Hill said when you do that, you should win.
The problem was that TU, after taking a 30-24 lead early in the second half, couldn't score. After Joe Graessle's jump shot 27 seconds after the break ended, Tiffin went on a shooting slump, and the Lakers took advantage, going on a 15-0 run that ended on a Graessle foul shot with 8:48 left in regulation. Tiffin didn't score a basket for another two minutes, when Isaiah Twine connected on a jumper. But by then, Grand Valley State had built a 53-32 lead.
GVSU was able to hold off a late TU rally and win, 66-52.
"We just had an inability to score," Hill said.
Graessle finished with 23 points to lead the Dragons (3-4, 1-2), and Eric Roby had nine points to go with six rebounds.
"And then we did have anybody else," Hill said.
Hill said he was pleased with the Dragons' defensive effort, as they held Ryan Majerle (nephew of former NBA star and former Cavalier Dan Majerle) to two 3-pointers and 10 points.
Kristers Zeidaks had 12 points to lead the Lakers (6-1, 3-0).
"Hold a team to 66 you should win," Hill said. "We've got to score 70. They could not figure out our pressure. We just couldn't shoot."
TU women struggle on road
ALLENDALE, Mich. - Tiffin's women's basketball team was unable to generate much offense Thursday night against Grand Valley State.
The Dragons managed just 16 points in the first half, but trailed the equally chilly Lakers by only five at halftime.
In the second half, Grand Valley State got hot. Tiffin stayed cold. The result was a 59-38 win by Grand Valley State.
Tiffin, playing without injured starting guard Karli Mast, shot just 13 of 53 from the field.
"The first game Karli's out, everybody feels like they have to step up," Oswald said. "I just think everybody's trying too hard. It's not a good flow, not a good rhythm."
Briauna Taylor had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Lakers, who improved to 5-1, 2-1 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Tiffin was outscored 38-22 in the second half.
"I just felt we kind of lost that defensive intensity we had the first half, and it carried over," Oswald said. "Then, I don't want to sound like a broken record, but we started getting away from the game plan."
Perhaps the lone bright spot of Tiffin on offense was the play of Mackenzie Storlie off the bench. She scored a team-best 16 points.
TU fell to 5-1, 2-1.
Warriors rout Raiders
KANSAS - Mohawk must've brought its Windex to Lakota as the Warriors cleaned the glass to the tune of a 46-16 edge over the Raiders, part of a 64-21 Midland Athletic League victory for Mohawk.
Kasey Adelsperger's 22 points paced the Raiders. The juniors also collected seven rebounds. Sarah Runion knocked down three 3-pointers for nine points and Jessie Babcock tossed in eight.
Sarah Parker was tops on the glass with eight rebounds and Clara Adelsperger pulled down seven.
Stephanie Miller led Lakota with seven points.
Streaks stop Stockaders
OLD FORT - Fremont St. Joe started out fast and never slowed up, scoring a 44-21 victory over Old Fort in Midland Athletic League play.
The Streaks were led on the night by Be Reardon who tossed in 14 points. Jensen Lejeune and Laura Baez each added 11.
Old Fort was led by Sara Bell with eight points and eight rebounds. Michaela Davidson added six points and Sammy Miller chipped in five.
Rossford rolls past FHS
ROSSFORD - Rossford raced out 26-6 in the first quarter and held Fostoria scoreless in the second Thursday on the way to a 68-24 Northern Buckeye Conference win.
Olivia Valenti and Erica Moore each scored nine points for the Redmen in the loss.


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Dr. Molly Lauck: Welcome, everyone. Thank you for coming and joining us for this exciting, uh, presentation. As Dr. Lynn said, my name is Molly Lauck. I'm the director of, uh, Faculty Research and Sponsored Programs in the Center for Research Support. I also have the honor of chairing the committee that is charged with reviewing all of the wonderful dissertations in doctoral studies that are nominated by faculty for this award: the Outstanding Doctoral Study award. Dr. Tedford will present his doctoral study research on Internet usage of rural Guatemalan English teachers. Again, before I let Dr. Tedford come up here, I'd like to share with you some of the review committee's comments or thoughts on his doctoral study.
They felt that the comprehensive literature review flowed smoothly from general to specific, and its theoretical framework was integral to its content and organizational structure. The methodology chapter was very thorough, and a strong case was made for the use of the participatory rural appraisal approach to qualitative analysis. So he justified well what he was going to do and how he was going to do it. The results were presented in a detailed manner but then were tied together in general terms that enabled the reader to grasp the study's findings in or findings in its entirety. Finally, the review committee felt that this was a sophisticated and ambitious study. They said this student could have opted to use a simpler approach but instead invested the extra effort, and as a result, it is clear that the study participants—that's the rural teachers—are at the heart of the study. With that, let's welcome Dr. Tedford.
Audience: [applause]
Dr. Douglas Tedford: [speaking K'iche' Mayan], I'm speaking to you in K'iche' Mayan. It's a language of Guatemala, and it was the site of my study. And the transition—translation is, "I express my deep appreciation to Dr. MaryFriend Shepard and to Dr. Laura Lynn, who formed my doctoral study committee; to Dr. Molly Lauck and to Miss Brenda Kruse for their assistance today; and to President Jonathan Kaplan for his selection of my work, Social Capital Influences upon Internet Usage of Rural Guatemalan English Teachers, as the best doctoral study of the last two years in Walden. So I want to say to all of them and to all of you, maltiox. Would you repeat that with me? Maltiox. And that's K'iche' Mayan for "thank you."
This was a qualitative study which demonstrated how social capital in three forms, according to Woolcock, bridging, binding, and linking, affected the decisions of indigenous Mayan English teachers in rural Guatemala about using the Internet for online learning. It featured a methodology known as the participatory rural appraisal, an innovative approach to research which foments the—the sustainability through community-driven development, local communities. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú and her foundation based in Guatemala were my allies in recruiting and preparing teachers for this study.
Like Rigoberta, I once spoke K'iche' as a missionary and as a translator for two years in western Guatemala in the 1970s. I began volunteering with the foundation in 2006. I'm now a member of their education team, executive education team. I live in Mexico City, where I train English teachers today. For two years, my family and I traveled between Texas and Guatemala to provide free educational services in San Lucas Toliman, where the foundation subsidizes a secondary technical school.
While I trained English teachers in principles of constructivism for language teaching, my wife, Becky, and my three girls taught English to the community, and I want to thank my wife, Becky, because she was my support through the whole process. If you don't mind standing for a second.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: My wife is a quarter Mexican Mayan, and my daughters share in her heritage. Thirty-four teachers participated in my training session over a period of two years, and at one point, the foundation's education director, and now my good friend, Billman, offered me free usage of their computer room so that I could continue my services throughout that coming year. This is a very important thing no matter what you're working on. This study grew organically out of the challenges encountered when seeking to serve a population in need.
When I began training the teachers, I had no idea of the wonderful doctoral research opportunity that lay before me. Start-up to the project was successful, but as soon as our face-to-face contact had ended, teachers was faced—were faced with the decision of whether or not to enroll in my free 10-month English teaching course with no-charge Internet usage. To teachers making the equivalent of $200 a month, this should have made them eager and ready to participate. Yet like all of Latin America's underclass, who seem unable to break out of damaging intergenerational cycles, most of the Mayan English teachers of San Lucas were stuck in patterns of inaction. Traditionally, they have lacked proximity to the infrastructure which supports Internet services. They have lacked buying power to pay for the Internet. They've lacked experience. They've lacked confidence with technology and specifically with online learning.
So when they were offered free Internet usage at the foundation's computer technology center, most rejected it. Of 34 teachers who had attended my training workshops face-to-face, only 19 enrolled in my course. After four months, only 11 had continued, and only five completed the course. This lines up with Foth's assertion as above. Provision of a community of a place such as a community technology center does not guarantee usage of the Internet. Literature mirrored reality. This study was the first of its kind in the world. Very little literature was found to even touch on how to get beyond provision of the hardware of the Internet, on how to encourage and sustain usage of the Internet in a developing world setting.
In fact, although social capital theory had been promoted by researchers, World Bank, and UNESCO for application to this challenge, by the time I got around to this study, no one had taken it on. Here's something Couch had to say about it. He said, "So far as the education sector has to say about the contribution of social capital at global levels, little research is done to provide measures of social capital accretion and appreciation in the education sector. Are we measuring this macro-policy phenomenon in distance learning? I've seen no evidence of it."
While social capital concepts may seem abstract or disconnected from most educational technology leadership today, technology-enhanced education offers more social capital capacity for our nations than do most subfields in education. I might add that I came across this as—a considerable time after I had begun to explore social capital and had learned of its potential to unlock clues for enhancing innovation in rural developation—rural developing nation settings. The Menchú Foundation was, and continues to be, a primary supporter for development of actions, for social justice based on this study.
Let me play for you a short address from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum. She's speaking K'iche', the oldest of 23 Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala. It's the language of the Popol. Popol is the Book of the People, and it tells how they came from the other side of the sea, from the east, and it tells their story, and it was only repeated in oral tradition because the conquistadors burned every bit of paper writing that they had created, and they were the population, the only population in Latin America to produce an abundance of writing on paper. So she speaks that language. Let's listen to her very quickly.
Now, our people can study English and other subjects online and close to their homes thanks to our honored Douglas. Education is unequal in our country, and the digital divide is wide between cities and towns. My greatest goal is to fight for social justice, equality, and the defense of life in all of its manifestations so that humanity can develop its full potential. I extend my support for indigenous rural teachers to study on the Internet, given that it offers so much knowledge and so much information. We need universal connectivity and computers to donate to teachers in indigenous rural communities throughout our land (Guatemala). We are very happy about the work realized by Dr. Douglas and many of our Mayan brothers still lack the knowledge of new information technologies, but we are making a major effort to bring this knowledge to our towns and our people.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: There is a YouTube connection to this, and you can hear—I hope you listen to the language, it's such a beautiful language, and I hope you get a chance to go onto YouTube. Just put Rigoberta Menchú and Walden, and it should come up. Four concepts formed the framework for this study. Although social capital represented both a catalyst and a medium for promoting sustainable change from within indigenous communities, it was the choice of Chamber's participatory rural appraisal, as referenced by Woolcock in World Bank Literature, that sealed this study as uniquely indigenous and community-driven.
Um, Woolcock showed us three ways of looking at social capital, and that was, uh, bonding, bridging, and linking. Among people that know each other, going to experts and people from outside the social system, how did social capital influences as seen through the ideas of an indigenous community of educators affect the Internet usage of its English teachers? I formed questions to understand this in depth, touching on teacher concerns, teacher satisfaction, and social influences, all surrounding Internet usage. This methodology was really the ideal choice, um, because it puts the research process into the hands of those who are affected by a specific impact problem which they themselves have identified.
The researcher becomes a facilitator of the research process. The community selects its methods, conducts research, and interprets findings based on their unique worldviews, and because of that, they're more likely to put the findings into practice to create action. Um, a culturally sensitive native-speaker interviewer recast my very wordy Western interview questions into shorter, comprehensible chunks. The interviewer digitally recorded the interviewers, the interviews. I sat close by, and I took notes, careful to support rather than distract. Twenty of the teachers, five from each level of participation from zero to full-course completion, were selected in a purposive sample, meaning a random selection from those who were available.
The interviewer did many things to encourage teachers to open up, opposite to my Western no-frills methods. For example, she would spend, at times, 20 minutes in small talk, allow the respondent, when answering questions, to meander, and sometimes the interviews spanned more than one hour. I thought I was going to go crazy.
Audience: [laughter]
Dr. Douglas Tedford: But by the time the interviews began to be transcribed from Spanish into written Spanish, I realized the treasures that had been spoken. This chart shows the size of the four participation levels from which the purposive sample of five teachers from each level was chosen. I hope you'll look at my research. Daily, interviews were transcribed in Spanish. The interviewer and the researcher who also speaks Spanish—myself—extracted key phrases from the transcriptions, recording them on color-coded cards matching the categories of the original research questions.
These cards were then reproduced into five sets for use in what's called the Permanent Group Interview, PGI. It's a community meeting which we set up in which the PRA designates that the community will interpret the findings based on the interview data. Uh, here's a quick list of steps. You'll find it also in my research, but it shows the steps that I'm describing to you right now. And here's some of the shots of the actual meeting. You'll notice I'm hard to find here, like a Where's Waldo illustration. And I'm over there in the left corner wearing a blue shirt. You can hardly see me, and that's the way it should be. Here, Vilman, a respected leader among the community is orienting 42 educators to the purpose of the study. Among the educators there are the interview participants.
No one in this local meeting revealed their identify—their identity as interview participants. Uh, this allowed all present to discuss the issues objectively and freer—free of the fear of sanction. Here, Vilman is explaining to the group the meaning of the word "prioritize." It is an unclear concept in the Mayan languages. Each of the five randomly assigned groups approached the objective of prioritizing and synthesizing key interview responses in very different ways. Some pasted all the responses on their poster. Others were selective, and some derived and recorded their conclusions independently.
The researcher, while available for clarification upon request, never intervened in the organizational process which was led and managed by the local community of educators. The teacher base was relatively 50 percent male and 50 percent female; however, many female teachers tended to be assimilated Mayams, which they call ladinas—not Latinas, but ladinas—speaking Spanish and wearing Western-style clothing. They are favored for employment because of their knowledge of Spanish and because of their appearance. The employment of Mayan-speaking teachers who wear their traditional clothing is on the rise. Yet there is a significant intra-societal discrimination.
Only 14 years ago did they begin to be employed on an equal basis with the ladinas, and it's still hard for them to get employment over a ladina-looking teacher. Here, Cruz, a teacher who lives in a small hut in the forest—no electricity, no running water—is taking the lead as a presenter for his group. He doesn't even know how to address an envelope to send a letter. He was one of the teachers who participated for only a few class sessions because of his distance from the computer center. To get there, he had to lose work in a second job as a fieldworker, travel on the back of a flatbed truck two-and-a-half hours, and return to be picked up by 6 p.m. or have to sleep on the street that night and lose more work the next day.
The 42 educators determined the following findings, which are seen here, but I will tell you that family and ICT expert support, buying power, and proximity to ICT infrastructure were found to be prerequisites for sustained online teacher professional development. In other words, teachers who were the farthest away or who lacked any kind of infrastructure, not even having electricity, and who lacked family support or did not feel comfortable seeking expert help, were those that were least likely to succeed at participation.
I hope you will read the story because I filled it with interview excerpts which moved me, and I hope they will move you. While the findings cannot be generalized, this study can be replicated for both Guatemala and in Mexico's Mayan populations. Governments are calling for local design and implementation of research which addresses problems identified by the community, and this study fulfilled that objective. Please go to http://www.frmt.org/. That's http://www.frmt.org/.
That's the Menchú foundation's Web site, and look at its Campus Virtual. This is one of the many projects in development as a reaction by the community and the foundation due to this study, which employed the PRA as the basis for research. There are current products I hope that you can participate in, either as a choice for study or as an alternate form of social service, and I represent Rigoberta Menchú for a total of seven projects. Let me just explain. These are some key ones. Um, I want to continue to do on-site, twice-a-year training of English teachers in San Lucas Toliman.
You know, it's been found in research that online learning on its own doesn't work. There has to be a combination of face-to-face and online. Um, there's another project which they would like to do, and maybe you'd like to participate with me, and that's a three-to-five-year project to develop English-language teaching print and audio materials written by local Mayan authors so that it's suitable for the community that—which will be addressed and used as teaching techniques with which they are already familiar. Um, seeking your collaboration as a volunteer to design an online environment in the FRMT's Campus Virtual.
It's a great opportunity, if there's any—are there any ed tech students out there? Is there a few? Well, this is something you might like to get involved with. It's a wonderful resume-builder, and you'll do some fantastic service, and there's a heavy need, and I can talk to you about it. And, um, of course we need support or referral to donors to provide universal connectivity and green laptops to teachers and students of San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. This study also won an award from the Association for Education and Communication Technology as the best qualitative study this year, and I'm going to be presenting it in October. I am very proud to represent Walden University. I love this school. I love its purpose.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: It's a powerful concept, and it really can make a major difference. So, thank you for your time, and now I'm going to open up this to questions, and I want you to just know that if you would like to stay in contact, please do. So I've got a couple questions, unless you have something else to address, and just to say, how might this approach, the participatory rural appraisal, help you to affect lasting social change in your area or anything else you'd like to talk about?
Dr. Molly Lauck: And so you have questions?
Sam: All right, um, Sam Husho from, um, from the School of Psychology, School of Psychology Studies, School Psychology. And I have noticed that you got very emotional and very passionate about this thing. And my question, actually, to you, is, um, before and after, how did this dissertation really change your outlook and perspective about this? Not just by what the results showed you but from what it showed you from inside. Do you see things differently about other views and other cultures? Not maybe in Guatemala but in other parts of the world.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Well, it was very fulfilling because ever since I left Guatemala in the 1970s, I've tried to return as much as possible. I've worked as an editorial manager for McGraw-Hill. I returned to Guatemala. I returned to do a short study on my master's degree. I always wanted to go back to Guatemala. But I always wanted to know, what makes an individual succeed when they feel oppressed? And these people are oppressed. When I was there in the '70s, you know what they made for 10 hours of work in the field? The equivalent of one dollar and a stack of tortillas. And it's still pretty much the same. It's like the feudal system. You see the people going off to the fields with their kids, who don't go to school 'cause they need the money, picking coffee berries or bananas with their families.
And they go off without shoes. They have nothing. And I want to know, what makes the difference to support success, supp—the human potential that's there. And that's why I became interested in social capital. I began to study it long before I got to the point to realize that it's called for and had not been used as a medium for research. So it fulfilled something which now drives me. I left my job as research director of—education research director of, um, an agency which is federally funded in the United States. I was doing farm worker English and preschool programs for farm worker children in eight states.
I left that job September 4. We took a big risk and moved back to Mexico City and, um, we took a hit for it, but I really strongly believe there's so much to do and there's so many people out there ready to do it. It's just a matter of collecting those forces together. There's a person named Romo Rodriguez from Mexico. She's a theorist who said that without the support of these different entities—intergovernmental private industry, foundations, and individuals—that no one would be able to bring online education to rural areas of Latin America. It has to happen, and it will happen. And I—I know that people are dedicated to different causes out there, but they can all make those things happen. And that's why I did it, and that's why I continue to do it. It's now—this dissertation is my life's work now.
David: Um, my name is David Ananibuergi. I'm from St. Louis, um, and I thank you for your presentation. I have a, just a little question for you. Um, you said you needed a support, and you made mention of a green laptop. Can you give me a clarification about the green laptop, please?
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Well, there's a movement out there to bring solar-powered or hand-wound $100 laptops to communities in developing nation settings. We don't hear a lot about it in the world of buying power because people don't want us to know that there are cheap laptops available. But there's a number of organizations, um, that are doing that, and my goal is to—one of my goals is to combine those sources with, um, economic funding. Oh, economic funding—with funding, sorry, uh, to create pockets of universal connectivity in Guatemala, other Mayan areas, other places, because what holds back use of the Internet and progress is buying power. Yeah.
David: Thank you.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: You're welcome, sir.
John: My name is John Schauffhausen, and I'm with the D.B.A. students. Um, on the lines of the laptops or computers, I noticed you had a classroom of computers in there, um, what—what mostly looked like Dells. How did you get access to all of those computers? Were those donated, or were they something that you had to bring with you?
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Okay. Well, the foundation runs a school, uh, which was originally founded by Luciano Pavarotti. He died a year and a half ago—or almost two years ago—uh, but he was a key supporter of the Rigoberta Menchú Foundation. And the computers, there's 21 computers in that room, donated by the city of Alcobendas, Spain, and also technically supported by the government of Taiwan. Those computers are there for use of the students. What the foundation did was open up the usage, free of charge, to my 34 teachers, and so that's where those computers came from.
John: Now, do you feel you would have benefited your study more if you would have had a secondary location where you could have had the teachers just go to a place that they knew wasn't associated with something or someone else, another entity, where they could go there freely without, um, without being monitored by whatever they would think as being—who's monitoring them.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Well, let me clarify before I tell you the second—the first part. No one feels uncomfortable about going to the Menchú Foundation's school. They are there to make—to ease this transition out of a 40-year, extremely cruel civil war into helping, uh, the communities become productive and, uh, to realize their potential. They feel very comfortable in going there in general. Distance was a significant problem. So, yes, it would—and something we're trying to work toward is looking at how to develop other sites, um, that could be fulfilling the same function. And it's a very important point, so thank you.
John: One final question on that. Do you need computers, and do they have to be of certain vintage, of Pentium 3, Pentium 2, Pentium 4?
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Uh, I can work with you to go down there, and we will take the computers. The only thing they ask is, please, 'cause they've had some bad experiences, don't just send computers that are in parts or don't work anymore. They don't want them because they need to work with—with computers that are functionally, functionally. Um, they do not need the top-of-the-line, newest computers.
They do need to function, and they would be overwhelmed with joy, um, to have these, because, um—I can give you more details about that later. I'd like to talk to you.
John: Okay. Um, I have a nonprofit for donating computers.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Um, I brought a bunch of—just, what was your name, sir?
John: My name is John Schauffhausen. Nonprofit is DOES-IT. It's Distributing Opportunities and Education to Students Internationally Takes Time. DOES-IT.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Fabulous. I'll look for you right now.
Dr. Molly Lauck: All right, this is going to be our last question.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: And I—I brought cards with me also because I want to, uh, make contacts with anyone that would like to have any kind of involvement.
Dr. Molly Lauck: This is going to be our last question, okay?
Richard: Um, uh, Richard Velez. Um, I'm in the School of Public Health.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Yes, sir.
Richard: Uh, first, just an observation. I want to thank both of you for renewing my faith and inspiration for the school of Walden.
Richard: I believe the two of you embody exactly what we're all trying to become.
Richard: The last thing is, is it possible to get a copy of your presentation with a voice-over so—I'm an educator also, and I would love to be able to show this to my children.
Dr. Douglas Tedford: Absolutely, sir. Um, I'm going to give you my card right after the meeting. Anybody else, uh, also or please contact me there, and I will send you any, absolutely any information you want. I will stay up and send it to you. So yes, sir, I will definitely send it to you.
Richard: Lastly, thank you for your passion.
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Oxidation behaviour of zirconium cladding alloys in high temperature high pressure aqueous environments
Cai, Wei
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Issue date: 2008-06-04
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Subject: corrosion
oxide films
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
oxide films
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Examiner: Kuokkala, Veli-Tapani
Vuoristo, Taina
Vuoristo, Taina
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Faculty: Automaatio-, kone- ja materiaalitekniikan tiedekunta
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Degree Programme: Materiaalitekniikan koulutusohjelma
Zirconium alloys are widely employed as fuel cladding materials in the nuclear power industry also in the pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The oxidation behaviour of Zr-based alloys is of crucial importance for the performance and safety of the reactors. The thesis studied the oxidation behaviour of two major types of them. The main goal was to provide mechanistic understanding of their oxidation process in the high temperature aqueous environment and compare their oxidation performance in such environment. The thesis was composed of two parts. In the literature survey part, issues related to Zr cladding alloys, factors affecting their performance and relevant oxidation theories were explored. In the research work part, two major cladding materials were studied in situ by the contact electric resistance (CER) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. The final oxide thickness was verified ex situ by optical microscopy. The EIS data is modelled by the equivalent circuit modelling method. Results from different techniques were combined for comprehensive evaluation to draw the conclusions. The EIS measurement and equivalent circuit modeling work provided a good approach for evaluating the oxidation resistance of the cladding materials. Their results were shown to be in accordance with the optical microscopy observations.
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In the more than 45 years of her hula halau's existence, Moana Dudoit had a hand in teaching more than 300 people ranging from children to senior citizens.
The Molokai native also helped carry out her dream of spreading the island's style of aloha, traveling to the Mainland, Japan, Europe and the South Pacific with Moana's Hula Halau, her family and friends said.
"She thought and she dreamed beyond the circumstances of just living on Molokai," said her grandniece Zhantell Dudoit, representing the family. "She felt Molokai had the most special people, and the type of love and aloha and family you find on Molokai, you cannot find anywhere in the world.
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"She said, 'We're going to bring our own brand of Molokai love throughout the world. If we did it a little at a time, it would be infectious.' "
Moana Dudoit died early Saturday at Molokai General Hospital. She was 73 years old.
"She was very well loved by everyone on the island," said Molokai native Shirley Rawlins, who grew up with Dudoit and was a longtime friend. "It's really a big loss to us. She was so special in every way, so sweet, so giving and always, always making sure that everybody's OK."
Born on Nov. 19, 1939, Dudoit was the youngest of 19 children of Maurice and Lahela Dudoit. She was born in Moanui, on the same property where she was raised and lived her entire life.
The area near Mile Marker 20 on Kamehameha V Highway on Molokai's East End was named Maurice Point after Dudoit's father. Today, the area is known as having the best snorkeling grounds on the island, Zhantell Dudoit said.
Returning to Molokai after college, Moana Dudoit ended up running Dudoit's Bus Service. Her father had started the family business as a taxi company, at times trading fish and taro for rides to Kaunakakai from the East End, Zhantell Dudoit said.
She said that cultural traditions were strong in the family, with Moana Dudoit's mother fluent in Hawaiian. Moana Dudoit, who was a young child when she began dancing, started the halau as a way to preserve Hawaiian culture through hula and music, her grandniece said.
Moana Dudoit and sister Raquel Dudoit have been kumu hula for the halau, which began with family members and grew to include others in the community.
Joining the halau always has been free, supported by an annual hula show fundraiser in February, as well as funding from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and community donations, Zhantell Dudoit said. "She wanted to afford that opportunity to everybody."
The youngest halau member is 5 and the oldest is nearly 90. Some have left the island for school before returning and continuing in the halau. "Once you're a member, you're always a member of the family and of the halau," Zhantell Dudoit said.
Students learn both kahiko and auana styles of hula, with some male halau members also performing fire-knife dancing. "They're a show halau, like a Polynesian review," she said.
Over the years, the halau competed in the Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island and members traveled to Tahiti, Europe and Japan, which also has a Moana's Hula Halau group, Zhantell Dudoit said.
"She had a special love for the Japanese people because they treated her like royalty, as they probably do most kumu hula," she said. "My Aunty Moana loved Tahiti. She tried to take every one of her family members there."
In 2005, Na Kupuna O Moana, made up of retired senior citizens, was recognized by the Maui County Council for winning the overall competition award and three first-place individual honors at the Hawaii Kupuna Festival.
"Kumu hula Moana Dudoit and Raquel Dudoit once again outdid themselves with their production of a hula set to the musical 'The Lion King,' which brought the crowd to their feet and stole the show," the council resolution said.
As part of Dudoit family tradition, generations would gather for Sunday dinners at Moana Dudoit's house, her grandniece said. "She was pretty much the matriarch of our whole family and she took care of all her brothers' and sisters' children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
In 2010, Moana Dudoit was hospitalized for five or six months after suffering complete organ failure, her grandniece said. "It was a miracle that she came back to life," Zhantell Dudoit said. "From that time on, she had complications. But she was very strong and very high spirited. She never complained too much."
When she was hospitalized a couple of days before her death, Dudoit was very ill and family members were with her in the hospital, her grandniece said.
"Her wish was always to pass on Molokai with her family," she said.
A celebration of Moana Dudoit's life is planned April 27 at the Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai. The event will begin with a gallery showcasing her life and the opportunity for people to record messages from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by a service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. From 1 to 5 p.m., her halau and other entertainers will perform in a hula concert.
In addition to her sister, Dudoit is survived by 15 nieces, seven nephews, 27 grandnieces and 25 grandnephews.
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Elected officials from several municipalities agreed Thursday night that steps are being taken — although small at first — to help the Greater Lycoming Emergency Services Alliance Committee gain......
Besides with the current system when an officer gets pinched for corruption they can have the charges sealed and transfer quietly to a neighboring precinct. Unless by some anomaly the charges actually make it to the public's attention.
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Jeff33---They should regionalize the Police Departments in the Lycoming County.
Bad idea, one large centralized body of corrupt good ole boys?? No way! Easier to maintain small bands of criminals vs. one large group.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
The nation's oldest aircraft carrier museum, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) is turning 70 and Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is inviting everyone to join in on the celebration. On Sunday, April 14, Patriots Point will host a "Tribute to the Yorktown," complete with a full day of activities, programs and fun for the whole family.
Throughout the day, the museum will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to walk in the steps of the men who served aboard this historic ship. An expanded open cockpit Sunday will provide access to even more aircraft on display and living history programs will give visitors a chance to meet and interact with sailors who served aboard the ship. At 2 p.m., the Charleston Community Band will perform in Hangar Bay III aboard the USS Yorktown, along with several musical groups throughout the day. These special programs are free with purchase of regular admission.
At 7 p.m. that evening, the party will kick off with performances by Charleston jazz icons Lonnie Hamilton, III and Ann Caldwell, followed by a very special USO-style show hosted by Brad and Jennifer Moranz. Food and beverages will be available for purchase while guests dance under the stars to music from World War II. Tickets for this special evening are $22 and can be purchased on the Patriots Point website: www.patriotspoint.org.
"For 70 years, the USS Yorktown has left an indelible mark on all those who walk her decks," said Patriots Point Executive Director Mac Burdette. "She turned boys into men during times of war and peace. Ordinary citizens became heroes, and courage was an everyday occurrence. Today, she leaves visitors today with a greater appreciation for, and understanding of, the sacrifices of those who came before them."
"Our celebration will honor 'The Fighting Lady's' platinum anniversary by bringing her to life through educational and living history programs, as well as unforgettable musical performances that evening," Burdette continued. "The USS Yorktown is more than just a Lowcountry landmark, she's a national treasure. We hope everyone will join us on April 14 to celebrate her 70 years of service to our country."
The USS Yorktown (CV -10) was one of 24 Essex-class carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Built in just 16.5 months, Yorktown was commissioned on April 15, 1943. Named after the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Yorktown, she is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially named Bon Homme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate the USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk during the epic Battle of Midway in June 1942. Like its namesake, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Yorktown was modified twice at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (SCB-27A 1951-53 and SCB-125 in 1955). Yorktown's service spanned three decades and included participation in WWII and the Vietnam War. The ship also recovered the Apollo 8 astronauts and capsule in December, 1968. In 1974, the Navy approved the donation of the Yorktown to Patriots Point and the ship was towed from Bayonne, N.J., to Mount Pleasant to become the nation's first aircraft carrier museum.
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To give perspective on the size of this outpouring, San Francisco-based photographer Miguel Ríos made a visualization of Mandela constructed from tweets sent out in response to the former South African President's death. The piece includes tweets from around the world, with highlighted posts from Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Rihanna and other public figures.
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The Stetson men's basketball team (9-11, 6-3), currently tied for first place in Atlantic Sun Conference with half of the league, continues its three-game road trip at Jacksonville (11-11, 6-3) on Thursday. The Hatters and the Dolphins are scheduled to tip off at 7:00 p.m. at Swisher Gymnasium.
Stetson's recent five-game winning streak, which was the program's longest since 2007-08, was snapped with a 96-65 loss at Florida Gulf Coast last Friday. The Hatters remain in a tie for first place in league play at 6-3, the furthest into a season that Stetson has ever been atop the conference standings.
"It was disappointing that the good, solid play came to a screeching halt," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said of the loss at FGCU. "The worst thing we could do now is to let that effect what we do from this point on. I think you have to learn from it. You have to make sure it doesn't happen again, but at the same time, you have to look at it as just one game. You have to move on, and be ready to be as good as you can be for the next game."
That next game is Thursday night against another team in a tie for first place, the Jacksonville Dolphins. After falling to Stetson on Jan. 7 by a score of 81-72, JU won four straight A-Sun contests before falling on the road to USC Upstate this past Saturday.
"It's always a tough, physical, 40 minute game when you play them," Alexander said of Jacksonville. "Regardless of what the margin is, Coach [Cliff] Warren does the best job of anybody in the league of getting his guys to play hard. That's what I expect more than anything."
For the Hatters to come out on top, they will need to contain two of the Dolphins' top scorers, junior guard Keith McDougald and senior forward Glenn Powell. The former is averaging 12.2 per contest and scored 15 against Stetson earlier this month, while the latter is putting up 9.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, totaling 13 and seven in the last meeting.
"McDougald has played really well for them since our last meeting," Alexander said. "He had just come back from an injury, and he has since put up some big numbers, and is really playing well. However, Powell is always the guy you have to start your attention on. He's just been such a good player for them over the course of time."
The Hatters have had success against Jacksonville as of late, winning three of the last four meetings between the two teams. The Dolphins, on the other hand, hold a 42-31 overall advantage in the series, and have won 25 of 36 contests held in the River City.
Thursday's game can be watched live and for free on HatterVision and ASun.TV courtesy of Jacksonville Athletics. It will also be streamed on CollegeInsider.com as a part of the website's Atlantic Sun Thursday Showcase. Live Audio will be available on WSBB 1230 AM, 1490 AM, and www.MyAM1230.com. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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Orchard Park police and school officials, along with the Erie County District Attorney's Office, are investigating what were described as "inappropriate messages" about the school district on social media, authorities said Friday.
A note went home to parents Thursday alerting them to the situation.
"These postings are in violation of our district code of conduct," the note from Superintendent Matthew P. McGarrity said. "Our administrative team immediately began an investigation and are working with the Orchard Park Police regarding the social media postings."
Police Chief Mark Pacholec declined to give any details Friday but did confirm an investigation is ongoing into the messages, which he called "inappropriate."
"Very inappropriate," Pacholec said. No charges have been filed in connection with the messages.
A source told The Buffalo News the posts began appearing on Twitter in early May under the name "Op teachers lounge" and featured the face of a nameless man in a shirt and tie with glasses and a mustache.
The posts are about teachers at Orchard Park High School. They are crude, many of them sexual and some violent. One mentions killing a teacher's wife.
"There's slander, and they also took it to another level," the source said.
"They have no idea who it is," said the source, but many people at the school believe they were posted by a student or group of students. There's some information in the posts that students wouldn't be privy to, the source said. But some at the school believe that such information may have been shared by school staff with students.
Teachers at the school are deeply upset about the remarks in the posts and are looking into civil suits to stop them from appearing on social media, the source said.
School officials learned about the Twitter posts earlier this week. The source said there was a "heated faculty meeting" Friday where teachers complained to the school administration about the situation.
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Bilal (me) - the only true example of the true potential hiden within this name
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Bilal's are usually tall and from Nigeria. There are great friends, and will do anything for there bros. Evens if that means keeping watch for there bro while him and his girl are upstairs. Bilal's are funny and charming. But usually obsess over one girl, that most likely will never get with. If you have a Bilal in your life, don't lose him!
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-Turkish for man of many inches
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