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Steve Polge is the lead designer on Unreal Tournament 3, and a veteran of all things Unreal. Last week we spoke to the man himself at Epic Games' HQ in Cary, North Carolina, while checking out the new Titan Pack expansion. Read on to hear his views on the FPS genre, Epic's future plans and the potential of handheld gaming.
VideoGamer.com: Where do you see the FPS genre at the moment?
Steve Polge:Unreal Tournament definitely has a unique position. It's very much the throwback game, which is something we did on purpose - I love old classic deathmatch-style games. We've certainly tried to update it. We've done a lot of things to modernise it, but still at its core it has a lot of very traditional gameplay mechanics and decisions. To some extent, the ones that still feel traditional are because you can't edge away from it [those design principles]. If you have recharging health, which of course we have in a game like Gears of War, that fundamentally changes how you do deathmatch - in fact traditional deathmatch will no longer work in a game like UT. It works in a game like Gears, where you design the gameplay and the flow around it, but in UT it doesn't work.
You can't have fast movement anymore, because then people can just run away and recharge their health when they want. So you have to work the places where you can push forward without breaking the core gameplay that you still want to have, and that was a big challenge for us. On the other hand, I love playing games like Call of Duty and Gears of War, so I'm certainly not saying that everyone should come back to this. We just thought that this was a cool experience that was still worth having. In terms of the future... I think it's really neat to see experimentation like in Mirror's Edge, I think that kind of direction is really cool, and also people doing more stuff with AI. It's come a long way, most impressively in the scripted AI kind of setup. I also really love seeing people take chances with big unscripted AI, where you don't really have a way that the designer expects you to play it. You're given a problem to solve, and you really have a lot of choices in how you solve it.
VideoGamer.com: Have you seen Killzone 2 yet?
SP: I've not played it yet! I have this big stack of games to play at home, but I have a five-year-old who makes me play Lego Star Wars or Lego Indiana Jones at every chance he gets, so every week he's eating into two or three nights of my playing-time. But I definitely want to check out Killzone 2. It looks really cool, and from what I've heard of it, it sounds like a fun game to play. I love story-driven FPSs, at least I get a chance to finish them!
VideoGamer.com: You get more of a chance to play through them, you mean?
SP: Yeah, I can experience at least a reasonable part. Although I hear that Killzone 2 has really good multiplayer, so I plan on playing some of that. But multiplayer games are just so hard to exhaust, you never really feel like you've "done" that game.
VideoGamer.com: What's the likelihood of us ever seeing another single-player Unreal game? The last one was a long time ago...
SP: It was a long time ago! It's certainly something that we would love to do, but it's hard to say. The problem is that you always have more ideas and things you want to do than you have time to do them. I certainly hope it will happen one day, but we'll just have to figure out when the time is right. With the original Unreal, some of the things that were cool about it you really have to time right. At the time it when it came out it did some things, from a technology point of view, that hadn't been done before. It allowed us to have this kind of odd shooter with big exploration. "Oh look at this amazing vista!" You've never walked out in the open before, and now you can look off into the distance and see birds flying. So obviously if we did something like that again, we'd want it to have that same kind of feeling.
VideoGamer.com: Do you think that there's a particular trend for developers to focus on graphics, at the moment?
SP: Well, I like good graphics. You definitely want to make sure that your graphics get in the way of immersing the player. I think that good graphics make it easier for the player to believe in the world of the game, which is especially valuable for a story driven game. For Unreal Tournament we have really bright skins and things like that, because we'd rather have the trade-off of making it clear. And I think that's the second part of graphics, that if you have a powerful engine with lots of cool special effects, you want to use that to make the game clearer rather than more confusing. You want to make sure you use destruction, or whatever to tip-off the player to things, rather than making it harder to see what's going on.
VideoGamer.com: So does that link back to what you were saying about a single-player Unreal? That there's the need to have graphics at a level that will really suck you in.
SP: Yeah. I mean, that's not the Epic position - it's my personal feeling. But right now we've certainly gone away from that for quite a while, and I don't know when we'll get back to it.
VideoGamer.com: What is Epic's attitude to the rise of the iPhone, the Wii and similar tech? Is this something that you guys are interested in?
SP: I think it's something that will happen. The thing is that the Wii as it is today, the Unreal 3 engine simply isn't suited to it. The technical decisions we made are perfect for the PlayStation 3, the 360 and modern PCs. While you could port it there, it wasn't designed for that kind of hardware. But on the other hand, you look at all those other devices and they're getting so powerful. You could run Unreal Engine 1 or maybe even Unreal Engine 2 on a handheld device, and we certainly see that happening. Even the Wii... It's unlikely that there'll be anything by the next generation that can't run Unreal Engine 3.
VideoGamer.com: Do you think the appetite is there for more hardcore games? Would something like UT find favour with the new breed of casual gamers?
SP: I'm not sure. To some extent... I mean, if you look at movies there's the big summer blockbusters, and they tend to be action heavy. There's always going to be the Gears kind of games, the big summer blockbuster, and they'll always be very successful. The Unreal Engine isn't an action shooter engine, right? People can make very different games. We're getting a lot of casual developers, people who've made Xbox LIVE Arcade games and PlayStation Store games using our engine, and that's one of the things we're encouraging people to do. It's just a good engine for making games, and because you can make games very fast it's well suited for making casual titles, if your casual game can take advantage of the graphics and the things that we can offer.


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The act of attempting to court a shortie with the desire to acquire booty.
Joe: That girl over there is a bomb ass shortie, be my wing man when I go say wussup to her later.
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A spring-like giddiness overcame Jewish L.A. Monday morning when news broke that Vice President Al Gore, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, had picked Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) to be his running mate. "You're kidding, right?" was the inevitable first reaction. Could Joseph Isador Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah Freilich Lieberman, really be standing beside Al and Tipper?
Gore, a solid candidate and stolid campaigner, has broad but unenthusiastic support among local Jews (see page 14), most of whom seemed prepared to sleep through the election, rousing themselves on Nov. 7 in time to vote Democratic. The Lieberman pick changed all that, turning Campaign 2000 into an object of pride and wonder, with a dose of trepidation.
Never before had a major party nominated a Jew to the executive office. Not only that, Lieberman is, in the words of Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, someone whose "core Jewish identity" is religious. "Your selection not only says something about the appeal of embracing a fuller Jewish observance," Artson, dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, wrote in a letter he fired off to Lieberman, "but also something about the United States today."
"America," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, "will never be the same."
"He will be a very positive role model in terms of our faith and our lifestyle," said John Fishel, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
"It says one can fully be an American and a member of a community of faith - and faith can be an asset in our public lives," said Rabbi Laura Geller of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills. "I don't see any down side."
"It is true that there have been Jews who've served in high office in the U.S.," said David Myers, professor of Jewish history at UCLA, "but for most of these figures, their Jewishness was muted. I feel an unusual amount of pride to be American at such a moment."
Many Jews enjoyed the irony that Hadassah, the name of the senator's wife, was also the Hebrew name of Queen Esther, the only Jewish woman in the Bible to rule a non-Jewish nation.
For Jewish Republicans, many of whom, like Lieberman, are Modern Orthodox, the selection posed a welcome dilemma. "Despite strong conservative inclinations," said Dov Fischer, "I expect I'll cross over and vote Democrat in the fall. Not merely because a Jew is named, but because the party showed courageousness in the selection."
But Santa Monica corporate communications specialist Judd Magilnick said the novel ticket won't lure staunchly conservative Orthodox Jews like himself. "Despite his personal exemplary character, I think the cause he is involved in is the wrong cause," said Magilnick, a Connecticut native whose parents know the senator. "I don't want any Jewish finger-prints on the cultural and military meltdown of this country. To support him even though I disagree with him is a kind of tribalism I'm not interested in."
Beyond politics, Fischer, a former Orthodox pulpit rabbi who is now a civil litigation attorney at Akin, Gump in Century City, predicted Lieberman's Jewish practice will, in six months, provoke fierce debate in Orthodox circles. "What happens when he has to attend the funeral of a dignitary in a church?" said Fischer, citing one example of an act off-limits to the strictly observant but expected of vice presidents. "He'll be under this incredible microscope to find out what Orthodox Judaism means."
Chabad leader Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Cunin had no such reservations. He has worked closely with Lieberman over the years, since the senator sponsored a 1992 amendment to the Freedom Support Act to retrieve Lubavitch texts from the former Soviet Union. (The amendment's co-sponsor was a senator from Tennessee named Al Gore).
Several years ago during a Moscow summit, Lieberman was surprised to find that Cunin planned to attend a meeting with Boris Yeltsin on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. Given the holy day, Lieberman chose not to go. "By you it's a mitzvah; by me it's my job," the rabbi remembers the senator saying, "and I don't work on holidays." Nevertheless, added the rabbi, never has he seen religion stand in the way of Lieberman's fulfilling his duties.
Across town from Chabad House, at Art's Deli in Studio City, debate raged over Gore's choice. "I'm thrilled about this," said hostess Caryle Bryan, who is Jewish. "I feel proud. I've heard talk that there's going to be repercussions. I would like to go in the direction of optimism, though."
"I'm not happy about this," countered Bob Bro. "Bush is so dumb, it's enough to scare you. Lieberman's a good man, but he's just like the Religious Right - but he's Jewish!"
At the University of Judaism, Professor Aryeh Cohen also worried over Lieberman's centrism on issues ranging from welfare to affirmative action. "It's another welcome indication of the degree to which American Jews have become part of the mainstream of this society," said Cohen. "At the same time, this choice is an indication of Al Gore's continued pull to the right."
But activists in the Jewish immigrant community felt Lieberman's nomination would resonate positively. Michael Weissman, an independent liberal lawyer who works with recent Russian immigrants to the United States studying to become naturalized citizens, said, "This previews the day when every immigrant's child can dream of becoming president of the United States."
An estimated 25,000 Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union have become naturalized United States citizens in Los Angeles during the past decade. Weissman predicts a "very large majority will vote for Lieberman."
Fears about an anti-Semitic backlash surfaced too, as radio talk shows and Internet chats became stalking grounds for America's hard-core haters. Talk show host Dennis Prager debated a David Duke supporter who charged that the word "goy" really means "cattle." On another call-in program, one self-proclaimed expert said Jews still engage in animal sacrifice. The Journal received several calls from readers left shaken and disturbed by what crawled from the woodwork.
The phones were also ringing at the Muslim-American Political Action Committee, where director Salaam Al-Marayati was busy providing his reaction. "American pluralism is good for American Muslims," he said, noting that Lieberman once co-sponsored a bill against anti-Muslim discrimination.
By reaching out to American Muslims and including them in a dialogue on the Mideast peace process, Lieberman can gain their confidence, said Marayati. Does this mean a Muslim vice president can be far behind? "Well," Marayati laughed, "it only took the Jews about 200 years."
Michael Aushenker, Eric Roth, Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Charlotte Hildebrand Harjo and Ruth Ellenson contributed to this story.
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The true usage of the phrase is to claim that you simply 'do not know', however, the phrase is often interpreted as 'Fuck Nose' which may cause offence to the listner. This mis-interpretation is often replied to using 'Cunt Face' which is regarded as the appropriate answer.
"What time is Adam supposed be be here?
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"Fuck Knows"
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
With its wealth of natural beauty, McClellanville is an artist's dream. Since 2000, art teacher Annie Purvis has worked to awaken the budding artists within her students at Lincoln Middle-High School.
This year, she may have found the key to success. And in doing so, many of her students discovered their own ability for art along with success in area art contests, such as the Federal Junior Duck Stapm Design Contest.
As part of a school-wide literacy push, each teacher at Lincoln must assign a class research project. Purvis chose to have her students research a duck breed and design a poster with artwork depicting that duck with information on the breed.
The high school students started by learning about John James Audubon and reading "Working with Nature," a Scholastic piece on the artist. They also watched a PBS film called "Duckumentary."
"They learned what it means to be an artist in nature," Purvis says. "You're a scientist and you test theories."
Purvis, who used to teach black and white photography, had her students take photographs of sites, such as a historic church in the village of McClellanville at different times of the day, to see how the light changed from mid-morning to late afternoon.
The students then researched different species of ducks that migrate to Cape Romain. Species they studied include the Ruddy Duck, the snow goose, the red-headed duck and the bufflehead. Each student chose a particular breed to concentrate on. They had to identify the duck and describe its seasonal plumage. "They were fascinated by the fact that the males were more colorful than the females," Purvis says. "Each student became attached to their duck and they became advocates for it."
As part of their research, the class took a field trip to Bulls Island to test their duck knowledge and search for their breed of duck. They held a scavenger hunt and were able to teach the guide some things he didn't know about ducks, Purvis said.
Sophomore DayAnna Gray didn't see her duck, the red-headed duck, on Bull Island, but she did recognize some of the other breeds.
"I didn't see mine, but I saw some bufflehead ducks, for sure," she says. "It was neat to be able to recognize them."
Gray says she chose to research the red-headed duck because its colors really caught her eye. She likes how its face is a shade between brown and dark sienna with a little bit of dark orange.
"I learned that it's a diving duck," she said. She wants to pursue art, adding, "I enjoy the value of colors and how you decide whether to use a warm color or a cool one. I like to blend them and how to use them at the right time."
The combination of nature and art brought out the artist in Gray. "It's very peaceful sitting in a setting you're used to and you're calm and drawing. It really makes you appreciate your surroundings. Gray's painting of her red-headed duck earned her a third place prize in the Duck Stamp contest. Her art work, as well as that of her classmates, many of whom also received awards, will be on display during the inaugural Bulls Bay Nature Festival at the Sewee Center on Saturday, March 23 from 7 .m. to 8 p.m.
Art supplies can be quite expensive, and Purvis didn't get a budget for art supplies this year. So, she has had to get creative in supplying her students with the materials they need. The art show and sale during the nature festival is one way in which the class will raise funds for art. Ten percent of each sale will go to nature projects as well.
Grants supply most of the funds Purvis uses to purchase art supplies and pay for field trips. She earned some award money after being named the Mary Whyte Art Educator in 2011-12 for a mural project her class did that year. She also won a grant from the Charleston County School District Endowment Going the Distance for Art Sculpture contest.
To learn more about the art program at Lincoln Middle-High School, visit the school's website at lincoln.ccsdschools.com. Click on directory, then academic arts and then Annie Purvis' name.
The art program can also be found on Facebook under the name Lincoln Middle-High School Visual Art. Those wishing to donate to the art program can also find a listing for it on Donors' Choose at www.donorschoose.org under Ms. Purvis's classroom.
"I just keep rolling," Purvis says. "Obstacles are challenges, not road blocks."
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Ricky Costner Jr. was gunned down by a co-worker inside a Delaware Avenue restaurant three years ago, bringing a promising young life to a tragic end.
But from Ricky's death has come the chance to help others get a new beginning, thanks to a scholarship that bears his name and assists students pursuing a degree in the culinary arts at Erie Community College.
That's the path Ricky planned to take before his life was cut short at 18.
Friends and family gathered Saturday at the Costner family home on Ashland Avenue for a fundraiser to benefit the Ricky Costner Jr. College Scholarship Fund.
And while the scholarship – which ranges from $500 to $2,000 each year – helps students pay their college bills, it has done just as much to help the Costners with their grief and heartache.
The family still searches for closure, as the man accused of murdering Ricky has yet to stand trial.
"It always makes me happy to talk about Rick," said his father, Rick Costner Sr. "It hurts a little bit, but his life was so short, his story needs to be told. I like to let people know he existed. He mattered to a lot of people – and he still matters to me."
Ricky Jr. was killed the morning of Jan. 16, 2010, and his father remembers every painful detail. It happened right before his eyes.
He woke up Ricky Jr. in the morning and the two drove together to Merge restaurant, where Costner was the manager and his son had recently joined him as a sous chef.
As Costner counted the cash at the register and staff prepared for opening, the alleged gunman, Ernesto Arechavaleta-Taureaux, the dishwasher, opened fire.
Ricky Jr. went down. His father was hit once, then twice. A struggle ensued.
"I could have killed Ernesto," Costner recalled recently. "I had him on the ground. I had his gun. I remember thinking, 'Kill him,' but I didn't."
While the chef held down the gunman, the father turned his attention to his only son, who was on the floor gasping for air.
As police and medics arrived, a wounded Costner was whisked off in one direction and his son another – the two never to see each other again.
"I remember going to the funeral home, and I just couldn't see him. I couldn't look at him," Costner said. "The worst week of my life."
Justice has been slow for Costner, 50, a real estate investor who no longer works in the restaurant business, and his wife, Catalina.
While Arechavaleta-Taureaux was charged with murder, he was sent to a state psychiatric center for treatment that may make him legally competent to stand trial.
A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday to determine whether he's gotten better enough to face a courtroom trial, explained Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III.
"He has to be deemed competent to stand trial," Sedita explained. "The judge already ruled that he's not competent to stand trial, because he has a mental illness – schizophrenia – and he's delusional."
"Take him to trial anyway," Costner said. "He gets three meals a day in a facility when Ricky is in the grave. That isn't justice for any family."
After leaving Hutchinson-Central Technical High School a few credits shy of graduating, Ricky Jr. earned his general equivalency diploma from the Adult Learning Center.
Ricky Jr., one of four children in the family, liked to play video games and flirt with girls, and he was a whiz in the kitchen. He learned the restaurant business from his father and planned to go to ECC for a degree in culinary arts with dreams of one day owning a restaurant.
So when the family started receiving donations after Ricky's death, they came up with the idea of the scholarship.
The fundraiser is the fourth annual with proceeds directly benefitting the scholarship, one of more than 100 handed out each year by the ECC Foundation.
"Our scholarship program means as much, or more so, to the donors, as it does to our students," said Jeff Bagel, ECC's associate vice president of foundation and alumni relations. "It's a way they can continue to carry on the memory of their loved ones."
"This one is unique because Ricky didn't go here, but by his family and friends starting a scholarship, they're able to help the other Ricky Costners of the world who want to get their start in the hospitality industry," Bagel said.
Costner recalled attending the luncheon when ECC awarded the first Ricky Costner Jr. scholarship.
"When they mentioned Ricky's name and scholarship, it hurt like hell," Costner said. "But to see that kid and how proud he was to earn the scholarship, it just made me feel good."
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DescriptionThe theme for this year's VBS is Colossal Coaster World; Facing Fear, Trusting God. VBS will be held nightly at Big Stevens Creek Baptist Church. Everyone is invited to join us. There will be a free meal beginning at 5:00 p.m. for all attendees, their families, all workers and their families. Vacation Bible School will begin at 6:00 p.m. and conclude at 9:00 p.m.Family Commencement Night is on Friday night, 06/28/2013 at 6:00 p.m. There will be refreshments immediately following the program in the Family Life Center.Please make every effort to come out and join us for some fun and fellowship. Praying God does mighty things this week.


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Monday, August 26, 2013
The town of Summerville has rescheduled its Independence Day fireworks show for this Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Jerry Blackwell Sports Complex in Gahagan Park.
While there is no set time for the show to begin, it will likely start between 8 and 8:15 p.m. after the sun goes down, according to parks and recreation Manager Doyle Best.
Concessions such as hotdogs, hamburgers, boiled peanuts, kettle corn and Italian ice will be sold during the event.
Best said guests are welcome to bring blankets and chairs, but grilling, personal fireworks and pets are not allowed at the complex.
Attendants will direct traffic into normal and overflow parking areas.
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David Blaine is "Pushing the Limits of Human Endurance" as part of Richmond's Forum on Saturday, April 16 at 8 PM. Blaine will discuss his endurance stunts and love of magic at the Landmark Theater at 6 N Laurel Street in Richmond's historic Fan District. Individual tickets are $36 to $70 but are limited so call the Forum office (804) 330-3993 for availability.
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The Durango High School boys lacrosse team has an ember smouldering in its soul.
Today, the Demons plan to introduce a shot of oxygen, feeding a blaze they hope will help them scorch through eight consecutive games all the way to a winning record.
�Go out on fire every single game,� Demons� captain Cooper Stowers said. �I think what our team has experienced these last couple weeks is a lot of struggle, and I think that�s adding up to a lot of fire.�
DHS (1-6, 0-6 Mountain League) finished up a six-game road trip against the league�s toughest competition with a 13-3 loss to Battle Mountain on Thursday, its sixth rout in a row.
�It was rough at the beginning, just constantly getting it handed to us,� junior attacker Jared Cook said.But those six games made up the crux of the season�s competition for the Demons, who now enter friendlier waters against more comparable competition, starting with Pueblo West at 2:30 p.m. today at DHS Stadium.�We just got to put the pieces together,� said Cook, son of Bill Cook and Tamara LaZar.
It�s a blank slate now, DHS head coach John Robinette said. All around.�Back to the basics,� Robinette said. �We�ve got to be able to catch and throw the ball; we�ve got to be able to scoop the first time, and we�ve got to play with confidence.�Robinette said the Demons need some team leaders to step up and provide that confidence by powering the team forward.
He�s looking foremost to Cook, who had a big season as a sophomore last year.
Now, coach wants more.
�I�m still waiting for him to have that breakout that we need,� he said.
Cook insists its coming.�I�m ready for that big game,� he said. �I know I can do it; it�s just getting ready.�After seven games on the road, finally playing on the home field is a big bonus. The Durango crowd always gives the boys a �little more energy, little more pep in their step,� Robinette said.
To hear both Cook and Stowers talk, though, no additional pep is needed for their home opener.�It�s definitely something I wanted to do all season,� said Stowers, son of Bridget and Michael Stowers. �I want to win. I�m going to win.�
�Oh, I really want to win,� Cook said. �This is a goal I set at the beginning of the year is winning this Pueblo West game. So I�m pumped.�


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The Adventist Church in Nepal has grown to become official "mission" status in the denomination. Here, members of the executive committee pray during the September 6 ceremony in Banepa, which is located 15 miles southeast of the capital of Kathmandu. [photos by Bhaju Ram Shrestha]
September 17, 2013 | Banepa, Nepal | Bhaju Ram Shrestha and Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's work in the Central Asian country of Nepal this month was recognized as a denominational "mission," a move up from an "attached field" of its parent division.
Though it's a small milestone, the subtle distinction represents the Adventist Church's development throughout an entire country. Only a handful of countries still have Adventist work in beginning stages. The Adventist Church now officially operates in 208 of the 232 countries recognized by the United Nations.
The Adventist Church in Nepal was formerly classified as an attached field to the Southern Asia Division. It will now be known as the "Nepal Section." The denomination's administrative structure unit "mission" sometimes goes by different names in various world regions for the sake of clarity in the local context.
There are nearly 8,600 Adventists in Nepal, up from 212 in 1993, according to the Adventist Yearbook.
At a ceremony on September 6, Southern Asia Division President John Rathinaraj held the first meeting of the Nepal Section, saying the church in Nepal had grown.
Umesh Kumar Pokharel, the first president of the Nepal Section, welcomed church officers and 60 guests from other Adventist churches in the country.
Division Secretary Gordon Christo recalled the role of his father, who came to Nepal in 1958 with missionary Dr. Stanely Sturges to establish Adventist medical work.
Much of the Adventist Church's infrastructure in Nepal surrounds Scheer Memorial Hospital in Banepa, located 15 miles southeast of the capital city of Kathmandu. The Adventist-operated medical center was established in 1960.
The Nepal Section, in coordination with the division, now has an elected president. The division will soon coordinate the appointment of a secretary and treasurer. Future development of the section could promote the unit to a "conference," which means it would be self-supporting, both in nominating leadership and financial self-sufficiency.
The church in Nepal has made small but steady gains in recent years. Membership has increased, and the denomination's Adult Bible Study Guide is continually translated into Nepali by the country's first native Adventist Church member. In 2011, the Adventist Church held a major youth rally, with many participants walking several days and riding rural, public buses to attend. Also, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency has run several programs to help exploited children.
Nepal's population is more than 30 million. Formerly a Hindu nation, the Nepalese parliament declared it a secular state in 2006.


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Special attributesStraw hut for young and older snow sports enthusiasts. Comfortable sofas and deck chairs to relax in. Opening hours: Daily during pleasant weather, otherwise on weekends.
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Accessibility: Mountain railway/ski lift and ski slope
No. of seats: Up to 30 guests are welcome in the restaurant. 30 – 100 seats on the terrace.
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The revealing of the 6D has got to be one of the biggest anticlimaxes in Canon's recent DSLR history. Never has a camera wasted so much potential to score well. If Canon were alone and the only manufacturer producing a cheaper DSLR then it would probably be doing better amongst the Internet forums but unfortunately for Canon, there is the Nikon D600, alongside which the 6D appears as a "huh?"The 5D Mark III also suffered a lot, primarily because of the rise in price without a commensurate rise in IQ. Again, if you took away the Nikon D800, it doesn't appear too bad but again, there is nothing exciting about it.Now that all of Canon's cards are on the table for this year, you're left wondering what were they thinking? That Nikon and Sony would just stand by and not enter the market? Or did Canon simply underestimate what they've been able to do in CMOS sensor development?The 1DX is out there by itself. It is a remarkable piece of equipment, tailor made for its target audience. And perhaps that's where Canon's problem is: it doesn't really know who the audience is for the 5D3 and 6D. Why wouldn't it know that? Because so many people bought the 5D Mark II, it became impossible for Canon to understand all the details of who was using it, how and why.Thus the success of the 5D Mark II may have actually killed Canon in multiple ways. First they've become complacent because they've thought they could just tweak it a little here and a little there, increase the price and everyone would fall over themselves in love. That hasn't happened, in part because of the price and in part because it was just tweaking. In the second, as above, the camera has had such wide appeal that it became impossible for them to fully grasp why it succeeded and thus they didn't know how to repeat that success. This is likely just an accident of history as much as anything else. Thirdly, in not knowing who to listen to or why the 5D Mark II was such a success, they've ended up listening to the wrong folks about what camera Canon would need to succeed.Thus given what the 5D3 and 6D have revealed to be, I think that the only option for Canon is remove the people who made the final decisions about which features should be in/out and the price for the camera. I think it is more than evident that they targets for both cameras simply wasn't high enough and thus Canon has underperformed.
Dilbert really outdid himself this time. (Which if you look at his history, is pretty difficult to do).


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Federal Court Hears Challenge to Minnesota Homecare Providers' Unionization
SEIU seeks to push home-based personal care providers into union ranks
Minneapolis, MN (August 19, 2014) – Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota will consider a motion brought by a group of home-based personal care providers to immediately halt the unionization of the state's homecare providers.
With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, Teri Bierman and eight other providers from around the state filed a federal lawsuit last month against Governor Mark Dayton and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
The suit challenges a law that authorizes the forcible unionization of the state's providers on the grounds that it violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of free political expression and association.
Today, the court will consider the homecare providers' motion for a temporary injunction immediately halting implementation of the law intended to designate SEIU officials as the monopoly political representative of thousands of providers in the state. The SEIU seeks to unionize the providers via a mail-in vote that started on August 1.


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Performance Camps
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Think you have reached your peak potential on your skis? The Big White Ski & Board School wants to take you even further. This season, the Big White Ski & Board School will introduce you to a series of High Performance sessions with some of Canada's top level 4 instructors.
Each session will focus on a specific aspect of skiing to maximize your performance. Spend an entire day with a pro that will take you to, and show you how to tame, the most challenging terrain Big White has to offer. Small group sizes and the use of video analysis are guaranteed to give you the feedback you need to improve your skiing knowledge and skill.
Sessions are for skiers of ability levels 5 & 6.
Each session includes full day of skiing and lunch at the Happy Valley Day Lodge.
Maximum 4 people per group and minimum 2 people per group.
Early Season Tune-up: Dec 14th
Don't waste time getting back into the groove - start your season off right with our early season tune-up! Spend the day with one of our level 4 ski pros and work out all the kinks from a summer off snow. Take advantage of a video analysis session to help you gear up for your best season on snow yet.
Slash the Steeps: Jan 11th
Do you want to ski the cliff like a pro? This session is all about increasing performance on the steeps. Work with a pro to improve your ability to power down the steepest terrain at Big White Ski Resort.
Bash the Bumps: Feb 15th
Find yourself getting bumped around when the bumps get bigger? Take our bump session with one of our level 4 pros. You will learn the secrets to keeping your feet underneath you and riding the moguls like you were on the groomers!
Tackle the Trees: Mar 22nd
Get nervous when the trees get tight? This session will focus on improving your ability to move your feet fast to weave through the trees like they are not there at all. Our pros will improve your confidence in the trees and show you some of the finest glade skiing Big White has to offer.
Dates: December 14th, January 11th, February 15th, and March 22nd
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Cost: $139, includes lunch
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Join Josh Foster, one of Canada's most renowned ski pros, along with Big White's other Level 4 instructors for a five day ski performance camp. With six hours on snow each day in small groups, sessions will include technical assessments, video analysis, and equipment advice.
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- 6hrs on snow each day
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Keyboard Studies I
KBD 101–102; 1 s.h./term
Contrapuntal and harmonic progressions in all keys, fundamentals of figured bass, keyboard settings of folk and chorale melodies, and basic score-reading.
Keyboard Studies II
KBD 201–202; 1 s.h./term
Figured bass chorales, introduction to continuo, techniques of orchestral score-reading, Bach's Art of the Fugue in open score, and sight-reading for two and four hands.
Keyboard Studies III
KBD 301–302; 1 s.h./term
Advanced continuo, advanced orchestral score-reading, and advanced sight-reading for two and four hands.
Keyboard Improvisation
KBD 305*; 1 s.h./term
An exploration of the techniques for creating formal tonal structures on both given and free materials. The first semester will focus on harmonization and ornamentation of chorale melodies, including chorale prelude, variations, and ground bass. Free-form structure will be explored in the second semester, as well as including some two- and three-part form.
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a place that couldn't possibly exist because u cant stop & shop at the same time
how can you be stopped and be shopping at the same time but people still go to stop & shop
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A heartless corporation that under pays their employees despite the growth in the cost of living, thus lowering the quality of life.
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1) Slow down. The number one thing I have learned by living in Albania is to slow down. Albanians have a word for this: Avash avash (slowly slowly). Stop what you're doing to drink a coffee. Drive slower. Walk to places. Take a nap. If you have to be somewhere by 7:00pm, make it 7:30pm... it's okay. Don't devour your food at the table and leave. Instead, nibble and stay longer to talk. Calendar? Pfft. Who needs a calendar? What happens is what happens. Make firm plans for Thursday? Kismet (fate will decide). Need your car back from the mechanic by tomorrow? It may be several days. Don't worry. Enjoy life. Slow down.
2) Friends and family. Traffic comes to a complete stop when two Albanians who know each other stop to say hello. When two Albanians greet each other, they hug and kiss both cheeks. When you ask, "How are you?" it is not a rhetorical question. They genuinely want to know how you are doing. Then proceed to ask, "How is your family? How are your children? How is work? Are you with good health?". When you pay a bill, hire an electrician, or meet a new friend, you must first drink a coffee with them. Get to know them, where they are from, and how many family members they have, how long have they been married. Dominoes? It's not a competition, it is a common means for a group of friends to gather together and talk about politics or sports. And, here is the big one: Cafes are NOT about the coffee. They are an EXPERIENCE. It is a place to talk, meet, and laugh with friends and family. Coffee is just a bonus.
3) Improvise. Lack of resources have caused Albanians to improvise with what little they have. And, they do it well. Car breaks down? Tighten a few screws, clean the part, use aluminum foil to make a casket, use the nuts and bolts from the old Mercedes to fix the newer Audi. Part doesn't quite fit? Bend it, pound on it, it will fit. If its broke, don't throw it out quite yet, it can likely be used for something else. Old and worn out? Don't rush out to buy a new one, we may be able to fix it or modify it to make it last a few more years.
4) Community relationship. When someone dies in the neighborhood, the entire neighborhood gathers together to mourn and show their respect. When someone gets married, the entire neighborhood is invited to join in the pre-wedding celebration. And WOW, Albanians know how to celebrate weddings. When something needs fixed or repaired in the home or business, it becomes a community affair. When the electricity goes out, the community finds ways to get it restored. When the chicken gets out, the community helps to find it, catch it, and bring it back to its rightful owner. It's about serving one another. Blessing and being blessed. Giving and receiving. In fact, the Albanian word for relationship is "marredhenie", which literally means take and give. It's about serving one another. It's about community.
5) Value things. Albanians value their cars, homes, and... get ready for it... their shoes. It used to really bother me when I get behind an Albanian driver who stops at every nook and cranny on the road or the smallest speed bump. Now, I know why they do it. They want their cars to last longer. Albanians spend a lot of time cleaning their homes, mopping their floors, and flogging their carpets. Why? Because they value their home. And, shoes? Good quality shoes are hard to find here. So, they take special care of their shoes in order that they last longer and look nice. There are other things that Albanians value. But, my lesson learned? Value and take good care of what little you may have. They can save you lots of money and headaches too.
Five life lessons that I hope to take with me wherever I go. Thank you Albania.


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Southwest Virginia roads littered with car accidents
Snow, sleet, and ice cover roadways
People traveling in Southwest Virginia had a dangerous drive Thursday evening.
Snow, ice and sleet covered parts of Smyth County, all the way up to Wytheville.
Dispatchers in Smyth County tell us major and back roads were littered with accidents, including an overturned tractor trailer.
Dispatchers say there were several injuries reported.
We spoke with Executive Director of Marion Downtown, Ken Heath, who tells us this was something a lot of folks weren't prepared for.
"Several accidents on the interstate, a lot of them were fender benders, a lot of them were people who slid off the road. Thank God nothing real serious on the interstate, but there were a lot of accidents. Rescue squads, fire, police were all tied up all the way through Smyth County on the interstate for about 2 hours," Heath says.
We're told the roadways were starting to clear up around 7:30 Thursday night.


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The vast majority of people learn best by having something explained to them, followed by a demonstration and then being allowed the opportunity to actually have hands-on experience.
The National Football League is doing that with their 2013 Football Officials Academy, which is based this year in St. Clairsville. In addition to those sessions, there have been, or will be, special on-the-field sessions in Berea, Wellsville and Bethany College.
Recently, a select group of the future officials had the opportunity to take part in the NFL's Top 100 which showcased some of the nation's top high school players from approximately 20 different states. During this event at the Cleveland Browns training facility in Berea, these aspiring officials shadowed NFL instructors and other game-day personnel, learning positioning, enforcing the rules and communicating with players and coaches.
NFL Replay Communicator Jay Kiger, who is the director of the local Academy explained, "When we have them in the classroom sessions, we cover the rules, enforcement, and decorum. But, you can't replicate on the field situations in a classroom. It's important to get out on the field. That's what we're doing with these special nights and also weather-permitting, as part of our regular sessions in St. Clairsville."
The Assistant Principal at East Liverpool High School, Kiger has been the impetus behind having the 2012 Academy at East Liverpool and this year's at St. Clairsville.
This coming week, the young officials will get the chance to make their own calls during a passing scrimmage at Wellsville's Nicholson Stadium.
Entering his sophomore year at West Virginia University, Steven Murray, a 2012 Oak Glen graduate said, "It's nice to actually be on the field getting first-hand experience. This is too good of an opportunity to pass up. I never thought I would get the chance to be on a football field again."
Local teacher Ryan Willis, who lives in Chester, said, "I have always been interested in sports; anything that's competitive. This is a chance to learn from the best of the best, that's what finally pushed me to enroll."
"We have been doing the Academies for four years now," said NFL Director of Officiating David Coleman. "This is our fourth year in the New York City area, and our second year here in the Ohio Valley. We had a very good session last year at East Liverpool and thus far this year at St. Clairsville. We are using the same program in Brooklyn that we are here."
Coleman has been a frequent visitor and participant in the Academy's sessions, making the commute from NFL headquarters in New York.
"This represents the entry level for officials. We want to encourage overall participation in officiating," said Coleman. "We are teaching them to communicate, act decisively and confidently handle conflict resolution with coaches and players."
Former East Liverpool football and basketball standout Rob Green, who has coached youth football and basketball, as well as high school basketball, is hoping to use the knowledge that he gains to benefit local athletes.
"I feel that this is something that I want to do. I realize that if we have well-trained officials for our youngsters at the lower level, it will help the youth programs in the area, said Green, who played four years of Division II college basketball. "With a background as a player and coach, I have an understanding of what is expected of officials and I want to do my best to be a good official."
Nick DaLonzo, a 2012 Wellsville graduate is gaining an appreciation of what it takes to be an official.
"It felt strange not being on the football field last year after playing for so many years. I'm getting a good foundation in what it takes to be a competent official, said DaLonzo, who will be a sophomore at The Ohio State University this fall. "I hope that I do a good job."
The Academy class is slated to officiate at one, and possibly two, practice sessions at Bethany College in the coming weeks as the Ohio and West Virginia squads prep for the Rudy Mumley OVAC All-Star Football Game on July 28, at Wheeling Island Stadium.
Graduation will be held during halftime of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Sunday, August 4, at Canton's Fawcett Stadium.


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President Obama strolled confidently into the White House Briefing Room late on New Year's Day despite looking weary and sporting a tad more gray hairs. Speaking on what some are calling a victory for the president, he thanked both parties for delivering on the fiscal deal passed with a bipartisan vote in both the House and the Senate, after long, bitter haggling.
"Thanks to the votes of Republicans and Democrats in Congress, I will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans while preventing tax hikes that could have sent the economy back into recession," said the president.
Flanked by a smiling Vice President Biden--who was instrumental, along with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, in brokering the final deal--Obama also touched on the debt ceiling, offering a stern warning and putting Congress on notice that he will not accept any such partisan posturing seen in the fiscal cliff negotiations.
Though the president and fellow Democrats did not get their original tax increase for those making over $250,000, they did get the staunchly anti-tax, pledge signing Republicans to agree to increase taxes for upward of those making $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples.
The bill will also extend unemployment benefits for roughly 2 million Americans, prevent a 27 percent cut in fees for doctors treating Medicare patients, stop the automatic $900 pay increase for Congress due in March and prevent a huge jump in the price of milk. In addition, $24 billion in across-the-board spending cuts will be halted for the next two months.
However, ordinary Americans will lose 2 percent in payroll taxes and their 401Ks, for neither party made any attempts to fight to re-instate that temporary cut which expired at the end of 2012.
The final vote was not without sharp division within the GOP. A mini-revolt almost took place, splitting the leaders of the party. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia and the party's whip, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, voted against the bill while House Speaker John Boehner voted in favor.
Speakers don't usually vote, so I have a feeling Boehner was symbolically showing his party that he was still in charge. Or maybe, he was stacking up political capital by showing that Republicans can compromise, which would be in keeping with the rebranding of the party. Some, like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, have talked about changes to the party's image post-Mitt Romney's presidential loss and his subsequent talk of Obama's gift-giving to voters.
Jindal had slammed Romney for blaming his loss on gift-giving, calling for a party with a different message. Others are starting to talk like Jindal, even Newt Gingrich. The GOP realize that if they do not make some drastic changes to look and sound inclusive, the minority vote –namely blacks, Latinos and women–would continue to gravitate toward the Democratic party.
But only time will tell if the rebranding is not simply repackaging without the substantive, core changes within the GOP.
Click here to read my earlier reports on the fiscal cliff negotiations.


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South Dakota is open to the dairy industry
South Dakota is open to the dairy industry
With few of its citizens more than one generation removed from the farm, South Dakota has an affinity for agriculture and is ready for dairy industry growth.
Travel the I-29 corridor in eastern South Dakota and you will have found the heart of the state's population. Intermingled along this same stretch of land are the vast majority of the state's dairy cattle and processing facilities.
To help foster agricultural growth and dairy development within the state, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard stopped by World Ag Expo, Tulare, Calif., on Wednesday, February 15.
"Our state currently has between 90,000 and 92,000 cows in the milking herd. We are looking to double this number in the next few years," noted Daugaard. Within the last 12 years, milk production per cow has also blossomed, from 14,000 pounds per cow to its current level at 20,000 pounds per cow.
Processing plant fosters growth
Part of this growth was sparked when the announcement came from a large cheese manufacturer that plans to invest approximately $100 million to build a processing plant on a 48-acre parcel of land in Brookings, S.D.
This cheese plant will join two other large plants that call the I-29 corridor home. Currently, the other plants pull milk from Iowa and Minnesota to meet their processing needs; milk production within the state is unable to meet this demand. In 2011, the state produced 1.8 billion pounds of milk. The company's investment will also bring another 400 jobs to the state.
To start, the new cheese plant will require 500,000 pounds of fluid milk per day. Additionally, the other plants use a combined volume of around 5 million pounds per day. From the producer's perspective, these three plants foster a competitive market and a home for their milk.
Corn, alfalfa production strong
Corn is the state's number one crop and contributes to South Dakota's expanding ethanol industry. "Between 2002 and 2010 we saw rapid growth in terms of both corn acres and yields. Corn production is rising at a rate that exceeds our current demand," added Daugaard. Production exceeding demand is a plus for the burgeoning dairy industry; there is enough corn crop to go around, allowing producers to meet both cattle feed and fuel needs.
Lisa Richardson, executive director of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association has noted that current corn production hovers around 600 million bushels. With the improvements in crop genetics and tillage, it is anticipated that production will hit the 1 billion bushel mark sooner rather than later.
The state is also the largest producer of alfalfa and ranks in the top 10 for corn silage production, based on the USDA's 2011 Crop Production Report. Due to its production rankings, South Dakota is able to maintain a low feed cost; averaging around $7.74 per hundredweight.
"South Dakota," noted Governor Daugaard, "is open and ready for business."
To find out more about the opportunities for dairy in this state, click here.


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PHOENIX RECORD: Two top-10 finishes in 11 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: Like his teammate Jamie McMurray, Montoya is bringing a "brand new Target Chevy to Phoenix so I'm looking forward to this race. The guys have done a lot of work back at the shop and our cars keep improving every week. We're experimenting in hopes of finding a little extra something that will give us a competitive edge heading into next season."
LOOKING BACK: On the second restart of the day, the line Montoya was in got jammed up big time with Montoya suffering major damage to the front end of his car. This resulted in a long stay in the garage area for repairs. Montoya returned to the track and finished 34th. "We had a decent car and they all checked up on the restart…you see the leader go and we normally go and they all checked up and got on their brakes. The crazy thing is we were not even up to speed yet."
ETC.: It has been a long, long year for Montoya. He has earned only two top-10 finishes in the first 34 races. A year ago, Montoya finished the season with eight top-10 finishes and it was declared a "bad year" by car owner Chip Ganassi. Unless Montoya can finish in the top 10 in one of the last two races he will end the season with the fewest number of top-10s in his career.
78 KURT BUSCH, Chevrolet
Team: Furniture Row Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 25th, 384 points out of 13th place.
PHOENIX RECORD: One win and 10 top-10 finishes in 19 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: "Everyone at Furniture Row Racing is excited about how the team is taking shape after being together for only four races," said Busch. "We tested at the Phoenix track a few weeks ago and I look forward to another solid performance in our Chevrolet."
LOOKING BACK: In his fourth start with Furniture Row Racing, Busch earned his first top-10 finish with the team as he ended the race in eighth place. "All in all a good day for Furniture Row Racing," said Busch. "Considering that we had a top-five or top-10 car at the last two races but got nailed in accidents, it was important to come away with a solid finish today. We've made a lot of progress as a team in a short period of time, which gives us plenty of optimism for 2013."
ETC.: Busch, who has been a frequent visitor to the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., feels "visiting our injured troops has had a huge impact on me. There is so much to learn from the mental anguish that our troops go through to the mental toughness during their recovery. You want to be there to give your time, your support and tell our men and women in uniform how much you appreciate their service and sacrifices to our country."
55 MARK MARTIN, Toyota
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 26th, 410 points out of 13th place.
PHOENIX RECORD: Won the pole for the March race and finished ninth. Has two wins and 20 top-10 finishes including 12 top-five's in 31 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: Martin is tied for seventh on the all-time list of pole winners in NASCAR history. He is also tied with Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson for the most poles won in 2012 – four. "Maybe we can get another won before the year is over," said Martin, who won the pole for the Phoenix race back in March. "But what we want most is a win for these guys on the 55 car. They deserve one as they have given me great cars all season."
LOOKING BACK: Martin bounced back from severe front-end damage to challenge for a top-15 finish when he and Carl Edwards got together with only three laps remaining. The contact sent Martin spinning and ended his night in 29th place. "That was a tough day for us," said Martin. "Guys were slamming on brakes coming to pit lane and I got into the back of another car. We struggled with the handling after that but there at the end I got better. Carl just got into us and ended our race."
ETC.: Last week the 55 team made a stop in Batesville, Ark., to visit the Mark Martin Museum at his car dealership. "This is an amazing place," said Mike McCarville, the team's shock specialist. "There's so much history of the sport here. To look at these cars and equipment and to see all the pictures shows you how far the sport has come and how much things have changed."
22 SAM HORNISH, JR., Dodge
Team: Penske Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: His team stands 21st in the car owner point standings.
PHOENIX RECORD: One top-10 finish in seven starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: Hornish scored his first major NASCAR victory at Phoenix a year ago in the Nationwide Series, and for that reason he has high hopes about his first time back in a Cup car in two years. "With the success we've had there in the Nationwide Series cars since they changed the track, it's easy to understand how much we are looking forward to getting back in a Cup car," said Hornish. "Phoenix has certainly held a lot of history as far as my career goes. Wouldn't that be icing on the cake if we can pull it off and get the Shell-Pennzoil Dodge into victory lane there Sunday afternoon."
LOOKING BACK: Hornish finished 17th at Texas. "Just a tough night," said Hornish. "We didn't have the consistent race car that we needed. Our Dodge was good at times, but we just couldn't make it consistent like we needed. On the last restart, I was held down really tight by the 20 (Joey Logano) and got really loose. When I finally caught the car, I hit (the wall) with the right-front fender and bent that back which took away a lot of speed on the last few laps."
ETC.: The team and Pennzoil will give away three retro-fitted Dodge vehicles to three paralyzed veterans this Sunday at Phoenix. The three veterans were selected from hundreds that were part of "The Long Love Car" contest than ran from April to September and was open to any veteran with disabilities, their caregiver or spouse. Each will receive a vehicle of their choosing, retro-fitted to their specific needs.


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Truckee's Ruby Wood and North Tahoe's Konrad Przybyslawski led their respective high school snowboard teams at a CNISSF slalom race at Boreal last Monday.
In the girls race, Wood finished runner-up to Nelly Steinhoff of Colfax, posting a time of 59.92 seconds between her two runs to Steinhoff's 57.79.
North Tahoe's Roxy Schumann finished fifth in a time of 1:009.2, while teammate Courtney Peters was seventh in 1:12.7, Sierra Aildasani 13th in 1:19.9 and Brie Dubuc 15th in 1:22.4.
Trailing Wood were teammates Nicole Graham (10th, 1:16.0), Claire Roberts (11th, 1:16.9), Wynter Lim (17th, 1:24.5) and Mackenzie Milner (21st, 1:37.0). There were a total of 39 racers.
Jacob Peek and Andrew Carrier of Placer finished 1-2 with times of 1:00.8 and 1:03.5, and Przybyslawski was third in 1:04.8. Nash Baehr finished eighth for the Laker boys in 1:09.1.
Quinntin Butler led the Truckee boys with a sixth-place finish in 1:07.9. Casey Curtis finished 10th in 1:09.5, while Truckee's Ryan Murphy was 11th in 1:09.9 and Colten Roderigue was 17th in 1:14.1.
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EBENSBURG - After meeting twice earlier in the season, most recently in the WestPAC championship game, Portage Lady Mustangs coach Lance Hudak could foresee how closely contested it would be when the two met in Saturday's PIAA Class A first-round playoff game.
He couldn't have been more correct.
In a contest that featured 12 lead changes, nine of which came in the second half, the Lady Mustangs fell to Berlin, 50-47, at Central Cambria High School.
"This game was everything that I expected," Hudak said. "It was a battle to the very end of two very evenly-matched teams and two proud programs that left everything on the court."
The loss ended the season for Portage (22-4), while Berlin (23-4) will go on to face Vincentian Academy in the second round on Wednesday.
"We knew they'd play tight, high-pressure defense," Berlin coach Rachel Prosser said. "They brought it and we handled it the best I could hope for."
With 18 seconds left in the game, the Lady Mountaineers' Marah Riley sank two free throws to increase the Berlin lead to three points.
Portage's Emily Chobany missed a final 3-point attempt with six seconds left and after finding the offensive rebound, the Lady Mustangs were not able to get another attempt in the air.
Chobany led all scorers with 17 points, and forward Olivia McCabe added eight.
"In games like this it comes down to a few possessions at the end," Hudak said. "Berlin capitalized on their foul shots when they needed to. As close as things were, it's the little things like [foul shots] that make the difference."
"I'm proud of my girls," Prosser said. "I've been preaching defense wins games all year and we buckled down at the end and made them try a tough shot."
After jumping out to a 7-3 lead, Berlin went on an 11-0 run to end the first, a quarter that saw Portage commit 10 turnovers and Chobany pick up two fouls.
The Lady Mustangs found a way to erase that lead in the second quarter, as they were able to regain the lead at half, 27-26.
"We battled foul trouble from the start," Hudak said. "Being down 14-7 after first, we showed character and played through it. In the second [quarter] we battled back to get the lead at halftime, which made the fouls not seem that bad."
After Olivia McCabe picked up her third foul with 3:33 remaining in the third, she was called for a charge and her fourth foul on the final play of the quarter.
McCabe fouled out with just 1:20 remaining in the game, but Berlin's Shelby Coughenour missed the front ends of two one-and-one opportunities on back-to-back possessions.
Chobany was not able to tie the game, missing one of her two free throws, before Riley made both of hers for the Lady Mountaineers to set the final score.
Aleesa Fieg led Berlin with 15 points, while Coughenour added 14.
Portage will lose senior starters Candice Ramus and Emily McCabe, but will return 10 players, including its two leading scorers in Chobany and Olivia McCabe, that have gained valuable experience throughout the season.
"The two seniors were great leaders," Hudak said. "The underclassmen have played in a lot of big time games this year and its only going to help us moving forward to try and and advance further next year."
BERLIN BROTHERSVALLEY (50): Fieg 5 3-6 15, Riley 2 5-6 9, Coughenour 4 6-8 14, Craig 0 2-2 2, McClucas 5 0-2 10, Trulick 0 0-0 0. Totals - 16 16-24 50.
PORTAGE (47): Chobany 6 5-7 17, Zatek 1 0-0 2, Ramus 1 0-0 2, E. McCabe 2 0-0 4, O. McCabe 4 0-1 8, Nolan 2 0-0 6, Wozniak 1 0-0 2, Jubina 1 4-4 6. Totals - 18 9-12 47.
Berlin14 12 13 11 - 50
Portage7 20 13 7 - 47
3-point goals: Berlin Brothersvalley 2 (Fieg 2); Portage 2 (Nolan 2).
Records: Berlin Brothersvalley (23-4); Portage (22-4).


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SALEM - One loss doesn't make or break a season, but in a conference race as tight as the NBC, it makes the road to claiming a title a much more daunting feat.
With sole possession of first place in the Northeastern Buckeye Conference up for grabs Friday night at the John A. Cabas Gymnasium, Salem was unable to overcome a poor shooting performance early on and suffered its' first loss of the season to the unbeaten Canton South Wildcats 78-70.
"We didn't convert well and the first half and in the third quarter we didn't do a good job of getting the ball inside," Salem head coach Rich Hart said. "They are a good team and you have to give them credit. They hit shots early and Fontes was on fire in the first half."
In fact, if it weren't for Armand Fontes, the Quakers would have been able to stake themselves out to a comfortable first quarter cushion. Fontes single handedly lifted Canton South in the first quarter, netting his team's first nine points and 11 out of the first 13.
While Fontes factored largely into the Wildcats scoring with 24 points, Salem's Ryan Bush was responsible for over half of the Quakers scoring load,
pouring in 38.
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CANTON SOUTH SCORING: Armond Fontes 11-2-24, Jason Merriweather 3-1-7, Kyle Deckerd 5-5-16, Josh Lyon 6-3-15, Trey Taylor 2-0-4, Dejan Nervell 1-0-2, Austin Joliff 5-0-10.
SALEM SCORING: Ryan Bush 13-8-38, Austin Frank 1-4-6, Mike Madison 1-0-2, Zack Wukotich 1-0-2, Brendan Webb 3-0-9, Zach Economous 1-0-3, Max Wolfgang 3-2-8, Anthony Shivers 0-2-2
THREE POINTERS: Canton South 1 (Deckerd), Salem 8 (Bush 4, Webb 3, Economous).
"We really had no answer for him," Canton South head coach Frank Spotleson. "We just tried to keep a fresh guy on him at all times in a dogging man-to-man and he was still able to get some fresh looks which shows what a tremendous player he is."
Bush's 38 points ties his career high set earlier this season against East Liverpool.
"You can't score 30 points without being some kind of a player," Spotleson said.
Both teams jockeyed for a lead through much of the first quarter, but Canton South went on an 8-0 run to close out the frame to claim an early lead after one.
"We stuck to our game plan, and we wanted to be patient on offense, but we weren't sure what we were going to see defensively whether that be zone or man," Spotleson said. "They ended up playing us in a tight man and doing a good job with it."
Salem responded by climbing back to reclaim the lead midway through the second with consecutive baskets from Bush and Zack Wukotich. Wukutich's basket at the 4:49 mark put Salem ahead 22-21.
The Quakers lost that lead on the next possession on a basket from Canton South's Josh Lyons.
Brendan Webb, whose intelligence and patience with the ball often take a front seat to his shooting, vaulted Salem right back into the lead with one of his three 3-pointers on the night.
"He's more of a facilitator for our offense, but he can shoot the ball," Hart said.
The lead was short-lived for the Quakers, and the last one they would have on the night as Canton South came roaring back. Salem went scoreless for the next two-and-a-half minutes.
Taking advantage of multiple Salem turnovers, the Wildcats posted a 10-0 run to put themselves up eight with 1:55 to play. Head coach Rich Hart elected to use a timeout to at the very least stall the momentum that Canton South had so suddenly accumulated.
"We missed a lot of lay-ups in the first half. When you're up 10 as opposed to down 10 it changes how that third-quarter plays," Hart said. "We rushed and tried to get 10 points back all at once, which turned into bad shots and easy baskets for them."
Out of the half, Canton South surged again with a 12-4 run to push its' lead to 18 points, forcing Hart to call another timeout. The Wildcats led by as many as 20 in the third.
"We lost four or five possessions in the third quarter and forced things," Hart said. "You can't get those back. When you lose by eight, those five possessions you can't have them."
Salem went extended stretches without recording a basket multiple times on the evening. Those stretches allowed the Wildcats to continuously distance themselves from the Quakers.
"In the third quarter we just didn't do a good job," Hart said. "Max had one bucket and Tony had one free-throw and we need them to be more involved. We didn't do a good job of getting it to them."
Faced with a deficit of 20 in the final quarter, Salem stayed persistent and chipped away at the Wildcats lead. A barrage of three's, six of them in fact in the fourth quarter alone, helped pull Salem within just a single-digit deficit with just over a minute remaining.
With time as their enemy, Salem was forced to continue to foul and hope that the Wildcats would miss their free-throws.
"They are a solid team they've come back from 10 points down to Carrollton before so we knew that was a possibility," Spotleson said. "We didn't want them to shoot the three's, we were hoping they would drive to the basket so we could get the ball back and eat up some clock."
Unable to get any closer, the Quakers were forced to watch as time expired on what became their first loss of the season.
"It is frustrating because we did but we wanted to do in the first half and got the ball inside," Hart said. "We got point-blank shots, we just didn't make them."
Salem's defense, saddled with playing catch-up for much of the evening, also struggled with the Wildcats offense that featured multiple back-door screens and weak-side lay-ups.
"That's what we try to do and that's the focus of our offense," Spotleson said. "At first they started with a little bit of a sag, but when you have a lead they have to come out and play us, and that's what would give us this open lanes to the basket."
For the Quakers, they have little time to stew over a disappointing loss on their home floor as they host Canfield tonight. The opportunity to get back on the floor sooner, rather than later, may only help.
"We need to get back after it and get this taste out of our mouth," Hart said.
Canton South also won the jayvee game 55-30. Kole Ickles paced the Wildcats with 12 points and Malik Campbell added 11.
Ryan Hoover led the Quakers with 18 points.


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One of the best cars ever built!
by Justin from Marina Del Rey Ca | August 25, 2013
I always loved this model, i bought this one used, and it has been Great, a true super car! You just have to take reasonable care of it. I read, that MBZ took a loss on this car, because they needed so few repairs, and people kept them for years, used them for taxi cabs too. Fast safe. Too many nice features to mention. Built with "Green" parts & process, water base paints, eco friendly woods etc. Yes, in 1994!
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by S 600 owner from Denver, Colorado | April 8, 2013
I have to tell you that there is NOTHING about my S 600 coupe that I don't love. Yes, it is expensive to maintain, but so is a beautiful woman. Think of them both the same way, exept this one will never leave you :-)
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by FunCarLover from Central California | April 1, 2013
I've owned my S600 coupe for over 6 months and 5 of them have been at the repair shop, awaiting parts and technician interest in getting the car fixed. Cost of repair, while high, is not the big concern. It's keeping it running. Mercedes should be ashamed for building such a miserable product. I have seen some of the stupidest design blunders known to man (check out the PCV system on the M120). The phrase "the best or nothing" is pure hyperbole. I'd never own another German car.
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by Mike from Chicago, il | September 18, 2011
Very Luxury car for people who know about Mercedes benz. I have one, body is so strong and beautiful. when you drive you feel you are a prince. I think this Mercedes looks much better than new ones and I have never spend even one penny for maintenance.
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by Mercedes Enthusiast from Glastonbury, CT | June 11, 2011
I have owned nothing but Mercedes for the past 12 years...and I have to say this is a real show stopper. I bought this for my everyday car and to take clients out. The interior is so spacious and has all the bells and whistles...including heated lumbar seats in the back, seperate controlls for A/C in the back and 4 lighted makeup mirrors! The Bose sound system makes this a perfect ride. This is a solid car designed for comfort....you really feel like you are in a Limo. Gas miliage is about 19 so, if you travel 60 miles a day it might not be for you. All the trucks out there get far less....and I feel safe in this car. I would rather drive this S500 VS a small square car made out of plastic! Repairs could be expensive..but is anything cheap anymore? Regular check ups and oil changes will bring you years of enjoyment.
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If you buy one of these, you better have a lot of money in the bank. There are a zillion gizmos that all break, all the time. The A/C evaporator broke and cost over $4,200 to fix - that's as much as the car is worth, in one repair. Power windows, seat controls, antenna mast, speedometer, trunk latch, I could go on - I am buying this car new one piece at a time. Design is great, but quality is zero.
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Expensive to buy and maintenance hog...will eat yo
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You will always be fixing this car even with low miles..it is always something and everything is really expensive as this was an $80,000 base care in 1994! Everything seems to regularly fail on this car and no repair ever costs less than $1,000 to fix.
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Chocolate Seashell Cupcakes
Not much says summer more than seashells and sand. In this case, the 'sand' is brown sugar and the 'shells' made of white and milk chocolate.
I'd been waiting for summer to make these and am finally able to post them. Vanilla cupcakes covered in light blue vanilla buttercream and topped with white and milk chocolate sea shells. The recipes are at the end of this post if you'd like to try making them.
How to Make Chocolate Seashells
Easy peasy to make.
- Melt chocolate wafers in two of these chocolate melting pots; one for white chocolate and one for the milk chocolate. If you don't have the melting pots you could easily use a double-boiler.
- Spoon the chocolate into a squeeze bottle; alternating layers of white and milk chocolate.
- Squeeze the melted chocolate into your chosen moulds. I used this silicone shell-shaped ice cube tray, this chocolate mould as well as a few moulds my friend lent me to make the chocolate sea shells (She couldn't remember where she got them, but if I find out on my own I'll come back and post the info. here!).
- Scrape the excess chocolate off the back of the mould with a pastry scraper.
- Place your molds in the freezer for approximately several hours or overnight to be completely safe.
- When you take them out, turn the mould over a cutting board or plate. The chocolates should come out easily, but if they are stuck, gently tap or bend the mold to help them out.
- Enjoy!
I used these gold stripe baking cupsto make the cupcakes in and piped the icing with a large star tip.
Thank you to Holly's Sweets & Eats for these fantastic cake stands! She always has the prettiest and most unique stand, platters and gift items. It's no wonder she recognized me when I finally introduced myself.
Another big thanks to Rowell Photography for taking these fresh summer photos!
This crown is another item from Holly's Sweets & Eats. Couldn't you see a frog-princess type cupcake sitting in it?
If you'd like to try these cupcakes, below are the recipes I used and here's a video on making the icing swirl.
Happy baking!
Vanilla Cupcakes {from Martha Stewart's site}
Makes about 3 dozen
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (2 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Mix in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl as needed, until well blended. Mix in vanilla.
- Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with milk in two batches, beating until combined after each. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin tins. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until tops spring back when lightly touched, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks.
Vanilla Buttercream {from Martha Stewart's site}
Makes 5 cups
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 5 large egg whites
- 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Combine sugar and egg whites in mixer bowl. Place bowl over pot of simmering water; whisk until hot and sugar is completely dissolved, 3 minutes. Transfer bowl to mixer stand. Using the whisk attachment, beat mixture on high until cooled, about 15 minutes.
- Using paddle attachment, add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until completely incorporated. Stir in vanilla. If not using immediately, refrigerate in airtight container up to a week, or freeze up to a month. Bring to room temperature, and rebeat or stir vigorously before using.


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Name: Jacqueline Finn
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Athlete of the week achievement: Finn collected three hits, including two doubles, and drove in one run in Bellwood-Antis' season-opening 4-3 win over Tyrone
Coach Jim Payne's quote: "She is only a sophomore, and even at her young age, she leads us. She is a real good leader, and she is a hard worker. She comes early to practice and is late to leave. She is a real pleasure to coach."
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Frank
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite movie: "A League Of Their Own"
Favorite food: Pasta
Favorite song: "Yeah" by Usher
Outside interests: Playing basketball and hanging out with my friends
Favorite professional team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite college team: Pitt
Pro athlete most admired: Troy Polamalu
Best athlete I ever played with: Taylor Payne
Best athlete I ever competed against: Ronette Claar
Most influential person on my athletic career: My coach, Jim Payne
Proudest athletic achievement: Winning the district championship in softball against Claysburg-Kimmel last year.
How I got my start in softball: There was a Little League for softball in Bellwood, and I started playing when I was 9.
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Growth Hormones Not Fountain of Youth
Jan. 16, 2007 -- Older Americans taking shots of human growth hormone in an effort to turn back the clock will likely be disappointed.
As an antiaging treatment, the hormones appear to offer few benefits but significant health risks, a review of the research finds.
Stanford University researchers came to this conclusion after analyzing 31 studies that included a total of more than 500 relatively healthy elderly people.
The only clearly positive effect found from taking the hormones was a slight improvement in lean body mass.
On the negative side, participants who took human growth hormones were significantly more likely to develop joint swelling and pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
There was also a suggestion of an increased risk of diabetes and prediabetes, but that association did not reach statistical significance.
Authors of the review say better studies are needed to understand the risks and benefits of human growth hormone as an antiaging treatment.
But they say studies do not support the use of human growth hormones for this reason.
"If the benefits truly are minimal, and the risks are not, this is not a therapy that should be used for antiaging purposes," Hau Liu, MD, MBA, MPH tells WebMD.
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Growth hormone is naturally produced in the pituitary gland at the base of the brain, but its levels decline with age.
Promoters of synthetic growth hormone as an antiaging treatment claim the hormones can do everything from firm sagging skin to boost a sagging libido.
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Some things have changed since I was away, others have stayed the same. The weather – that perennial British question – is still wet, damp and windy; the trains are brand new but still can't cope with "leaves on the line" and you still can't get a taxi at 2:00am. The thing I notice most though is that despite all the advantages of living in Britain, people seem so dissatisfied. When I speak to friends about my experiences in Mongolia perhaps the most common response is "I wish I could do that" to which my normal reply is "Then why don't you?"
So why is volunteering so attractive? For me personally there were three reasons: Firstly I wanted to something completely different from what I had been doing for most of my working life. Second I wanted the time and space to evaluate what I wanted to do in the future. Third and most importantly I wanted to give some time to help others.
Mongolia enabled me to achieve all three objectives: I have traveled widely before, but seldom to a place that was strikingly different from the UK. My experiences as a volunteer convinced me to change career path to undertake work in international development and I hope that my time in Mongolia made a positive impact to the lives of people I worked with.
Although you do not have to travel abroad to be a volunteer, the good thing about giving some time freely to help others is that you can do it anywhere.
Since my return to the UK I have continued volunteering online through the UN Volunteers' (UNV) Online Volunteering Service with Reach Out (REO), a woman-centered self-help NGO operating in Cameroon whose aim is to help improve the livelihoods and well being of women in the remote southwest region of the country. As the name implies, Reach Out seeks to bring education, information and skills to women in isolated rural areas helping them to increase their knowledge of the issues that affect their lives and empowering them to access resources that contribute to their health and well being.
It achieves this by helping women to organize themselves in common initiative groups. By using participatory techniques, the women involved have been able to voice their concerns and address the issues that directly concern and affect them. Using such approaches Reach Out has enabled 35 communities to develop action plans for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Fako, Manyu, Kupe-Muanenguba, and Bamusso.
The organization has also helped women's groups to generate income by helping them to develop entrepreneurial business ideas, one of which has been to harvest and process medicinal plants which are then marketed through Reach Out's showroom. Reach Out has extended this idea to establish some demonstration farms growing corn (zea mays), yams (dioscorea rotundata), melon (cucumis melo), cassava (manihot esculenta), and oil-palm (elaeis guineensis).
The UNV Online Volunteering service has provided me with an easy and effective way to continue helping others in the developing world even from the UK. Registering was easy and I was accepted by REO to help them with a range of activities. Our initial communications were about getting to know each other to establish areas where I could be of most benefit to REO.
Once we had got to know each other, we established some clear guidelines for our working relationship, such as the amount of time I could give, and when we would communicate. This is an important step as it helps to ensure that both the expectations of the volunteer and organization are met.
I have most certainly been impressed by the way REO has responded to the help and advice given, and together we can make a difference even though I am on a different continent
Volunteering helps to build communities, share knowledge, build a caring society and really does make an impact to individual lives. So next time you ask yourself the question "I wish I could do that?" the answer is simple: just go ahead and do it!
Ian Bromage was a United Nations Volunteer for 2 1/2 years, working on the Information Communication Technology (ICT) for sustainable livelihoods projects, in Ulaanbaatar. He is back in England pursuing further studies and hopes to return to Mongolia in the near future.


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First released in 1976, this album still wields the same powerful influence on Irish music as it did nearly 40 years ago. It features Paddy Keenan, Matt Molloy, Donal Lunny, Kevin Burke, Triona Na Dhomhnaill, and Micheal O'Domhnaill, nothing short of an Irish music all-star team.
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