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About one mile up the Hermosa Creek Trail, a vista opened straight ahead to reveal a towering ponderosa pine silhouetted against the sky.
�There it is,� said Robert Leverett, a co-founder of the Native Tree Society, an international assemblage held together by disparate interests in trees. �This is a champion tree.�
Leverett, who has a degree in engineering from Georgia Tech, taught computer science and statistics at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts for 24 years. His passion is pinning down the height of trees within a centimeter and other tree data for scientific research and historical documentation.
�Anywhere I go, I measure trees,� Leverett said during the Hermosa Creek outing Thursday. �It�s compulsive. I�m obsessed.�
Leverett knew about the champion ponderosa from previous visits to Southwest Colorado. But he wanted an exact height, which was obtainable only with the highest-quality laser range finder.
He also wanted precise heights of a blue spruce and a Douglas fir that rise skyward only a few hundred yards from the ponderosa. Both are champion trees, too.
The trees represent the pinnacle of growth of their respective species in the Rocky Mountain biome, which stretches from British Colombia to New Mexico, he said.
�This drainage produces hellish trees,� Leverett said. �I can�t say there aren�t champions in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico, but I haven�t found them.�
The tallest trees probably will be found in Colorado because of the climate, he said. The availability of water in the Hermosa Creek drainage makes it a logical habitat, he said.
Accompanying Leverett was Steve Colburn, director of sales for Laser Technology Inc. in Centennial, who came equipped with the latest in laser range finders � an Impulse 200 and a Trupulse 200.
�I�ve been involved with the Native Tree Society for several years,� Colburn said.
He said he gave a tree-measuring workshop at Cook Forest State Park in Pennsylvania not long ago.
All three trees he measured Thursday lived up to expectations, Leverett said. The ponderosa topped out at 160.6 feet, the fir at 160.1 and the blue spruce at 159. All three are still growing, as indicated by a pointed leader rather than a flattened top, which would signal the tree had reached its maximum growth upward.
The height of a tree is important, Leverett said. It indicates the growing potential of a site; it�s an expression of what the tree can do; and it�s a factor in calculating a tree�s volume, which determines how much carbon it can sequester.
�By measuring and recording tree height, we establish a benchmark,� Leverett said. �If a forest is logged every 60 years, we can lose sight of its potential. We�re not against forest management, but there�s a fine line between that and exploitation.�
Three members of Great Old Broads for Wilderness � Executive Director Veronica Egan, Anne Benson and Kristine Johnson � joined Leverett on the hike.
�It was a chance to learn about the local area and maybe see a record tree,� Egan said.
Laurie Swisher, the San Juan National Forest old-growth specialist, was along for a different reason. Data from Leverett�s findings will be included in an agency arboreal database that includes species of a tree, its height, diameter, age and GPS location.
�When we look at climate change, information such as this will show the success of a species along a range,� Swisher said. �We also can spot genetically superior specimens that could produce cones with seeds for reproduction.�
The 400-member Native Tree Society, its website says, is made up of people who celebrate trees through art, poetry, music, science, mythology and medicine.
They are, in short, people who find an intrinsic value in trees, who think they�re good for something other than lumber or shade.
Among the society�s ranks are: an opera mezzo-soprano in New York City who volunteers with a pigeon rescue group; a repentant logger from Kentucky who now has a tree research farm; a Pennsylvania pharmacist; a retired truck driver and machinist from Maine; and a Finland-born German who finds forests a relief from the tundra he knew as a child.
The Native Tree Society, established in 1996, has east and west branches. The society publishes a monthly newsletter that highlights posts by members on scientific and nonscientific issues relating to trees,
If there�s a drawback, it�s that bulletin board posts aren�t available at a central location, Leverett said.
�But we get requests for data for graduate studies or from students doing a thesis, so we know the information is wanted and needed,� Leverett said.
DAVID BERGELAND/Durango Herald


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I've been getting a lot of emails about what people are calling a 2009 stimulus check, passed by Congress and signed by President Obama last month. People are confused, wondering what the stimulus check is, if it's a tax credit, who is eligible, etc. It's a little confusing but I think I can put it all to rest.
Make Work Pay Tax Credit
The Make Work Pay Tax Credit was a law included in the new stimulus package called the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan and called for a refundable tax credit to workers in 2009 and 2010.
- Workers get a tax credit of 6.2% of their earned income, up to $400 for individuals and $800 for couples.
- Nonresident aliens and individuals claimed as dependents are not eligible.
- The credit phases out at 2% of income over $150,000 for couples and $75,000 for single filers, with the credit completely eliminated for couples earning more than $190,000 and singles earning more than $95,000.
- The credit is reduced by any other payments associated with the stimulus package, such as the Social Security benefit of $250.
The credit will come by way of a reduction of paycheck withholdings, meaning your paycheck will be slightly larger than before. It won't seem like a lot but it'll be $400 or $800 (or less, based on your income) you didn't have before! The Tax Policy Center has a little writeup about it, giving it a B+.
One thing to watch out for is how employers implement this. For single filers, you don't have to worry because your employer knows your complete tax picture. For couples, you may want to work with your HR to determine the proper amounts. If you believe your combined income is in the phaseout region, or above it, be sure to tell your HR representative. If they give you the credit and you aren't supposed to get it, you will owe taxes, and perhaps penalties, next year, warns MarketWatch.
That's it! That's the Make Work Pay Credit and what some people call the new stimulus check!
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On Sunday night's episode of HBO's The Leftovers, much is revealed about the Garveys' past.
But as for the present, it's the holidays and things are only getting worse.
The episode opens in an austere toy factory, showing a worker building a lifelike baby doll from start to shelf. The toy's later purchased from a Mapleton store, swaddled and placed in the manger of the town's nativity scene.
Chief Garvey (Justin Theroux) is in his office, where he's called in Guilty Remnant leader Patti (Ann Dowd). He warns her to keep the cult away from the town's upcoming holiday dance. But in truth, he hopes they crash the party, so he can finally arrest them for trespassing.
Tom's in TroubleLater, Garvey again can't reach his son on the phone. It's revealed Tom Garvey is currently in Amarillo, Texas, holed up with the young Asian girl from the ranch, Christine (Annie Q), at what appears to be a homeless halfway house. The place is crawling with wackos from another cult – one that has followers paint bull's-eyes on their foreheads "so the creator can find [them]".
As the two sit at a table pondering the whereabouts of their own mystical leader Wayne (Paterson Joseph), a man wearing a T-shirt (and nothing else) staggers towards Christine asking why she's inside his dreams. The stranger straddles and tries to strangle her until Tom fights him off. They leave as the deranged assailant screams after them, "I know what's inside you!"
A Holy AbductionLike Garvey's, the family in Mapleton's manger has fallen apart. There's a baby Jesus bandit on the loose. Jill (Margaret Qualley), Garvey's normally apathetic teen daughter, grills him about finding the doll, which gives him the feeling she and her friends are the culprits.
Mayor Warburton (Amanda Warren) tells Garvey to replace the doll to help clean up his damaged, dog-killer image. Instead of buying a replacement, Garvey decides to find what's been lost. Surveying video footage, he learns a hooded figure absconded with the doll. He later pulls over Lilly's two Bobbsey twin friends, telling them to return the doll or kiss their clean records goodbye.
Losing FaithBack in Texas, Tom takes Christine to the doctor following her assault. There it's revealed she's 12 weeks pregnant with Wayne's baby, seeming to prove he's the pedophile police thought him to be. But eyeing the girl's bruises, the doctor assumes Tom's her abuser. He flees before police are called.
At a bus stop two Guilty Remnant members hand Tom a pamphlet. Angry, confused and clutching the flip phone Wayne gave him, he begins to doubt the mystic, who tasked him with protecting Christine. "I want to go home," he says as a bus arrives and the two GR members board. But before he gets on, the phone rings. An automated voice asks, "Have you lost someone?" It's just a generic post-departure telemarketing call, but it's enough to make Tom stay.
Broken FamilyIn Mapleton, Chief Garvey finds estranged wife Laurie and her cult's newest initiate, Meg (Liv Tyler), at his doorstep. Inside the house Meg – who's in that awkward GR stage where she doesn't get to wear white and can still talk – begins to read Garvey an emotional letter Laurie wrote.
As Meg reads Laurie's words on why she left – and we learn that Tom is actually Laurie's son from a previous relationship – all Garvey wants to know is "What's in the envelope?" He snatches it from his wife's lap to find divorce papers inside. Garvey screams for her to tell him herself, but Jill suddenly enters the room. She walks over to the tree and hands her mom a small present, saying, "It's for you."
On their walk back, Laurie opens Jill's gift to find a lighter inside engraved with "Don't Forget Me." Despite Meg's urging to keep it, Laurie shows her abstinence by dropping it down a gutter.
Not far away, baby doll Jesus is having a hard time as well. Jill and her friends desecrate the poor doll, before pouring liquor on it and setting it afloat. As she's about to set the small barge on fire, Jill has a change of heart. The next we see of the doll, the twins have dropped it on Garvey's doorstep.
Wearing a bull's-eye on his forehead as cover, Tom returns to the hospital and steals away with Christine. En route to their next destination, their bus stops abruptly thanks to dozens of morgue-tagged dead bodies littered across the freeway. "It's just like the dream," Christine says, recalling the scene her assailant described earlier.
'Twas the Night Before ChaosIt's finally the night of Mapleton's dance at the high school and Garvey's officers are on cult watch. In the school hallway Chief Garvey finds Nora Durst (Carrie Coon) sitting on the floor near her old locker. Sparks seem to fly as their cordialities give way to Nora telling Garvey her dearly departed Doug cheated on her. "I cheated on my wife," Garvey responds – a revelation that leads to a scene in first episode, where Garvey's shown having sex at the time of the disappearances.
Outside the dance the Guilty Remnant show up, but wisely keep their legal distance. Garvey opts to take them in regardless, claiming, "It's their [unspoken] word against ours." As Patti grins in the back of the paddy wagon, the chief wonders why so few of her cult showed face.
It turns out the dance was used as a diversion. The majority of the cult is sneaking about town, stealing photos from people's homes like ghosts of Christmas (forgotten) past. After taking other people's memories, Laurie leaves Meg and the group, returning to the gutter to try and reclaim her own memento.
None the wiser, Chief Garvey heads over to the nativity scene to return the baby Jesus, only to find Father Matt (Christopher Eccleston) setting down a shiny new doll. On his way home Garvey tosses the original from the car. It seems some things aren't worth looking for.


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MARTINSBURG - The Christmas season undoubtedly makes one think of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life." But if seeing these stories every year is becoming boring, then check out Apollo Civic Theatre's "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)."
This show certainly isn't boring, for it's so fast-paced and wacky, it's almost impossible to lose the audience's attention. Audience members whose thoughts stray easily will love this madcap stroll through every Christmas story we can think of, plus a few tidbits about Christmas around the world, customs, and all the nostalgic or fun references to Christmas in pop culture.
As our story opens, three actors are doing "A Christmas Carol" for the umpteenth time. But, while one curmudgeon feels it's tradition and must be done, the other two are tired of the same ol' thing. One says he's done Dickens since he was little enough to play Tiny Tim, and now as he plays the ghost of Jacob Marley, he's had it up to his neck. The two convince the third man to change things up.
"They decide to do everybody's idea of Christmas, from Charlie Brown and 'A Christmas Carol,' to 'It's a Wonderful Life' and the Macy's Thanksgiving parade,"?said Director D.C. Cathro. "Think of it as The Complete Works of Santa Claus-Abridged.'"
"Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)" was written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez. It debuted about 10 years ago and since has been performed around the nation. Michael Carleton is the producing artistic director of the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. He directs frequently at regional theaters around the United States. James FitzGerald is a Chicago-based actor, who earned two Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a Jeff Citation for Best Actor. He's appeared for 16 seasons with Chicago Shakespeare Theater as well as many other theaters in the Chicago area. John K. Alvarez is the ninth of 10 children, and was raised by parents who encouraged him to write. Coming from a large family, he said it wasn't hard for him to know practically every Christmas story, since he has heard them many times over the years.
Cathro directed it in Frederick a few years ago, where he is based. "This show is right up my alley," he said. "I normally do Bob Cratchett in 'A Christmas Carol,' but this year I'm directing this show about playing in 'A Christmas Carol.'"
He said he likes "Every Christmas Story Ever Told. . ." because it is a crazy comedy.
"I tend to shout at the actors to be louder, funnier and faster," he said. "I like it because it's big Christmas fun. I like the many costume changes and fast pace. This kind of show is becoming my specialty."
Besides acting in "A Christmas Carol," he's also directed "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged," and "Greater Tuna."
The cast is Tod Williams, Tim Eichelberger and Diana Jurand. Williams, 52, is the elder statesman, Eichelberger said. He has been in theater for 40-plus years.
"I started with church Christmas and Easter shows, pageants in school, and studied in college," said Williams. He was in the Apollo's production of "1776" as John Dickinson, and also "Mouse Trap" and "Little Shop of Horrors" as the dentist. He directed "Nunsense" in 2002.
"They like me because I made my own '1776' costume and can do choreography, hair and makeup," Williams said.
Williams said he is the "curmudgeon" who wants to stick with tradition and must be convinced to do other elements of Christmas by Eichelberger, 25, and Jurand, 21.
"The mutiny is led by Tim," Williams said. "He decides he can't do Dickens again."
"We try every other popular thing about Christmas," Eichelberger said. "If we don't do it, portions of it are mentioned."
Eichelberger and Jurand said there's a lot of singing of Christmas carols or popular songs, dancing and skits. Williams said he's gotten so into it, one night he had a dream about it.
Jurand said her character is "more Christmassy." She's upbeat and positive about everything, convincing Williams to go along with her and Eichelberger.
"We play ourselves, using our own names," Jurand said, "but we deviate."
Her character suggests talking about origins of Christmas and customs from around the world. Some of the cultural trivia they mention is strange and hilarious. It's definitely not always Santa, elves and reindeer or delivering toys down the chimney.
Eichelberger said his personality is like a big kid in an adult's body. He even plays Gustav, the green-nosed rain goat. He also plays Santa, coming onto the stage on a Norelco razor.
Other references to Christmas include fruit cake, the Grinch, Rudolph and then some. They even perform a "Dating Game" type skit.
"We play so many different characters, there's someone everyone can relate to," Williams said. "This is a lot of fun. It's one of the best rehearsal periods I've been in for a long time."
"Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)" is presented through special arrangement with Playscripts Inc.
The Apollo continues its Hunger Never Takes an Intermission program. Bring canned food items to any show to be donated to local food banks.


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"They were lovey-dovey and playful," a source tells PEOPLE. "They were with the kids, they held hands and laughed and joked as a family. It was not the typical picture of a divorce. If the reports had not come out you would think, 'Wow, they are a perfect couple.' "
It comes as no surprise that in the midst of their separation Paltrow, 41, and Martin, 37, are putting their family first and firmly remaining friends.
The whole family, including their children – Apple, 9, and Moses, 8 – flew to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas the day before announcing their separation, in order to avoid any public fallout from the split.
On Sunday, "the kids looked happy," the source went on to say. "Gwyneth was in such good spirits. She had her hair pulled back in a ponytail and she looked amazing."
Martin also made a good impression. "He seemed so engaging and nice," the source says, adding that the musician is easy on the eyes. "He looked like he'd been working out. He's ripped!"
Partygoers were stumped but pleasantly surprised by the duo's appearance together.
"Nobody knew what was going on with the them. It was like a shock," the source says. "It felt like they have a genuine love for each other, to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if a report came out in a couple of weeks that they are back together."


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West Virginia Utility Worker Wins $10,000 Settlements from Penn Line Service, Local Laborer Union
Worker discharged from job for not contributing to "voluntary" union PAC
Beckley, WV (May 31, 2013) – A former Penn Service Line, Inc. truck driver/laborer has won a substantial federal settlement from a Pennsylvania-based construction company and a West Virginia union after the company and union violated his rights and illegally seized union dues from his paychecks for the union's political action committee (PAC).
Jeff Richmond of Meadow Bridge, WV, received free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys.
In July 2012, when Penn Line Service hired Richmond, company management told him that the job was a "union job." Between July and October, the company confiscated, and the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 453 accepted, full union dues from Richmond's paychecks even though he had not joined the union or consented to union dues payments.
In October 2012, company management gave Richmond and his coworkers a union membership and dues deductions authorization form. The form included a section for the employees to authorize "voluntary" contributions to three LIUNA-affiliated political action committees. Richmond signed up for union membership because he thought it was required for him to keep his job. Richmond did not, however, authorize the "voluntary" PAC contributions. Shortly thereafter, Richmond was discharged from his job for refusing to sign up for the union PAC contributions.


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Higher milk prices dominate talk at WDMC
Higher milk prices dominate talk at WDMC
Higher milk prices and the optimism they inspire are translating into a large, positive crowd this week at the 10th Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nevada, that concludes today.
Total registration is 1,570 for the every-other-year event, a strong increase from 2009 when the dairy industry was just entering its recent recession. Producers from across the country and the world, as well as industry suppliers of all types, are packing the seminar rooms for 16 presentations on topics ranging from global dairy market perspectives and outlooks, to employee relations. All presentations are geared to deliver practical information that producers can take home and immediately begin to incorporate into management and planning on their own farms.
Out in the hallways and at meals, higher milk prices are dominating discussion. Optimism and increased confidence are obvious, although concerns about how high feed prices may go are close behind.
On the milk price side, the outlook continues to be strong for 2011, according to Bill Plourd, President of Blimling and Associates in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. His consulting firm's forecast is that Class III prices will average $17.19 per hundredweight for the year, which would be the third highest level in history. Class IV prices are projected to average $18.56.
Other speakers, however, pointed out that feed prices – both domestically and globally – are likely to remain volatile and could significantly blunt the net returns of $17 milk. As one producer told us, I wonder if the old days of $3 corn and $12 milk weren't more profitable than $7 corn and $17 milk.


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Last week, despite a hurricane and a sudden snowstorm, the biggest event in marketing and technology took place in New York City. ad:tech brought hundreds of exhibitors from all over the world and allowed them to showcase everything their company had to offer to excited attendees. With so many different businesses to see, it was hard for anybody to check out everything. Here are five companies that attended ad:tech New York that you just don't want to miss.
Alawar Entertainment – Who doesn't love games? We know we do! Founded in 1999, Alawar Entertainment is a leading international publisher and distributor of casual games over a plethora of different platforms. Their vast catalog includes over 200 PC games, including Farm Frenzy, Natalie Books and Craze. They also develop games for iPhones, Playstation 3, Mac, Nintendo DS, Android and other consoles. Alawar's games are interactive, engaging and tons of fun – perfect for losing yourself on a lazy Sunday afternoon in. @Alawar
Beyond.com – Whether you're fresh out of college or a seasoned career professional, we know everyone has questions about their career path. Beyond.com helps answer those questions for you and enables you to stay in control of your destiny by creating a personal homepage where you can network with all of the best companies out there.
Dennoo – Want to keep track of your advertising campaign on the web? Check out Dennoo, the world's first cost-per-second ad platform that measures the time your ads are physically visible on the screen. The company is able to price ads in a fair and transparent way, allowing you to get the best bang for your buck. And who doesn't love a good deal? @dennoo_inc
EbookPlus – Okay, so maybe we're a bit partial to this company since we love books, but EbooksPlus offers a great resource to literary junkies. They connect readers, publishers and authors with companies that want to advertise their products and services. These companies can also advertise to a selected and very targeted audience. The eBook has evolved! @ebookplus
GeoEdge – This innovative company provides publishers, advertisers and SEO/SEM professionals with the capability to view web content virtually, exactly as it appears, in any location around the world. Sounds awesome, right? It is. @geoedgepro
Be sure to check out all of the companies listed above. They are steps ahead of the rest and caught our attention and we know they'll do the same for you.
This article is part of Allvoices' series on ad:tech, the largest digital marketing and technology conferences and expositions. Check out allvoices.com/adtech for more of Allvoices' ad:tech New York event coverage. This series is supported by ad:tech.


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For years now, Republican candidates for public office have readily seized upon hot-button social issues calculated to rile the party's right-wing base.
But there's evidence this year that a new trend is emerging: Democrats seem more likely than GOPers to push the hot button issues.
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Facing re-election, Gov. Scott Walker, Republican of Wisconsin, no longer talks about stopping same-sex marriage. �It�s those on the left that are pushing� the issue, he says.
Ed Gillespie, the Republican Senate candidate in Virginia, argued that Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic incumbent, was �making up my views� when Mr. Warner accused him of seeking to overturn abortion rights and ban some forms of contraception. In fact, Mr. Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, said in a recent debate, he wants contraceptives available (behind the counter) at pharmacies without a prescription.
Representative Cory Gardner, a Republican in a tight Senate race in Colorado, proposed the same thing after the Supreme Court�s decision on the Hobby Lobby case exempted some private businesses from covering certain contraceptives in health insurance plans. He was shielding himself from attacks by Senator Mark Udall, a Democrat, who has spent months slamming Mr. Gardner�s �radical agenda� on abortion and family planning.
�Udall is running his entire campaign on social issues,� said Brad Dayspring of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. �All they talk about is birth control, �personhood,� abortion.�
So will many other Democrats this fall. They aim to match President Obama�s feat in 2012, when the incumbent used topics such as same-sex marriage and contraception as weapons to offset his vulnerability on the economy. That they would even try while facing the older, whiter, more conservative midterm electorate shows how thoroughly the politics of social issues have turned upside down.


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In this episode of CHOW Happy Hour, Martin Cate, of Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco, explains the culture of the Ti Punch from Martinique. If you order it on the Caribbean island, you might actually be in charge of making your cocktail yourself!
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Dean's Honour Roll
To be eligible for the dean's honour roll, students must have achieved a minimum overall GPA of 10.00 (A-) in all courses taken during the year (minimum of 5.0 credits). All departmental requirements must be fulfilled with no failures or substitutions. Students may have a maximum of 1.0 credit obtained by letter of permission. The 'year' in this policy is defined as September 1 to August 31.
Students registered with the Accessible Learning Centre will be considered for the deans honour roll in the term in which they complete each set of 5.0 credits. Potential candidates must initiate the assessment procedure by contacting the Accessible Learning Office. The dean's honour is automatically granted to eligible students.
Students are encouraged to apply for scholarships, bursaries and awards. For the complete listing of awards available, their applications and deadlines, please visit the Student Awards website.
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A 12-year-old girl died Sunday evening from injuries she suffered after crashing a four-wheeler northwest of Fort Lupton.
Kaytee Eisenbarth was driving the ATV in the Sand Hill Reservoir area, near Weld County roads 18 and 23, when she rolled about 5 p.m. Bureau Chief Steve Reams, spokesman for the Weld County Sheriff's Office, said emergency crews performed life-saving measures, but her head and internal injuries were too severe.
Reams said Kaytee, of Brighton, was driving the ATV by herself, and adults were with her in the area. She was not wearing a helmet, and she was pronounced dead at 6:02 p.m., according to the Weld County Coroner's Office.


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According to the Friends of Ziock, the grassroots group of downtown folks who have been working for several months to save the Amerock building from the wrecking ball, the 13-story building officially got its national historic status today.
�It is appropriate that this award comes during National Historic Preservation Month in May� Friends of Ziock member Don Bissell stated in media release.
The city purchased the building last year with plans to demolish it after several private-sector redevelopment plans fell through. Members of the grassroots group, who named themselves after the building's original owner, William Ziock, want to see it rebuilt and used as catalyst for economic development of Rockford's downtown.
With historic status, the city must actively market the building for redevelopment one more time in consultation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency before it can tear the building down for an expansion of Davis Park.
Developers now can apply for federal historic tax credits to help redevelop the building, something Friends members think will make a difference. The group hopes that state historic tax credits will be made available soon, as well.
The Friends of Ziock plan to celebrate the building's historic status from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.� June 9 at the Prairie Street Brewhouse, 200 Prairie St. The open house will feature a gallery of Ziock historical photos, before and after examples of similar projects, video and audio-taped interviews of Ziock descendents and former employees, Ziock family genealogy, the presentation to the Rockford Historic Preservation Commission as well as other historic documents.
Coming Monday, Rockford aldermen are expected to take a vote on an agreement between the city and the state's historic preservation agency outlining exactly what the city needs to do before it can proceed with demolition. It gives 180 days for a developer to come forward.
Friends of Ziock members oppose the agreement and asked aldermen to vote against it last week because it essentially starts the clock ticking on the building's demise rather than securing a thorough exploration of the possibilities.


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This year the African American Heritage Project of Blair County will hold it's 20th annual African American Heritage Festival at Penn State Altoona on Saturday.
Opening the festival will be a presentation at noon honoring Altoona businessman Charlie Smith, a barber who ran his own shop in the 1940s at 1476 Union Ave., Altoona, and had other shops in the city.
Smith also was a volunteer at the Altoona Hospital. His family will honor Smith, who is now 91 years old.
"The family wants to recognize what he did before he passes on. They want to say thanks for all that he has done for the community," said Harriet Gaston, president of the African American Heritage Project.
Music performances in many different genres such as Gospel, African drumming, Rap, R&B and doo-wop will be present.
"There will be mostly music that will celebrate the range of African American experience," Gaston said.
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What: African American Heritage Festival
Where: Penn State Altoona
When: Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday
Admission: Free; parking, $1
Deehja Marie, who performed at the first festival in 1994 at Garfield Park in Altoona, will be returning to the area. She is an Altoona native who is now a performer in California.
"Now I want to go home to see my family and perform for them," said Marie.
Also returning to the festival are the Southside Steppers from York. Regular attendees will be familiar with their performances.
"Stepping is an art form, militaristic, that oftentimes African-American fraternities and sororities utilize when they get together. It's a way to show that they are better than the other. It's the Southside Steppers who use it as a way to reach out to young to incorporate some discipline," said Gaston. " They will grab your attention."
She said performers as young as 6 years old can be seen doing the steps with precision, and performers can be as old as 17.
Ibeji Drum Ensemble from Pittsburgh, which performs traditional West African music, has been performing at the festival since 2005, and will be performing once again this year.
"We don't believe in an audience our performance time will be transformed into an African Village. We will "teach" a song in an African language and members of the village will be asked to join us on stage to learn a few Western dance moves," said Beatrice Mitchell, the leader of the group.
Another returning group is the House of Soul who will perform at 6:30 p.m.
"Those looking for a chance to dance will enjoy this performance," said Gaston. "They are a group from Pittsburgh and they bring the party."
Other performers are New Creation Ministry Choir and T. Sawyer.
There also will be a local showcase with Team Turn Up, Mia Newman and Al Futrell.
Exhibits with pictures from past festivals and pictures of people from the community will be available. And booths will offer information on health, registering to vote and the NAACP.
As far as food goes there will be both ethnic African American food and traditional festival food.
"Again the food will represent the African-American experience," said Gaston. "However you can get your funnel cakes, but if your looking for ribs, you can find that too.
Daniel D'Lion, sponsored by Reliance Bank, will be at the festival to host the activities for the children. He is a mascot whose program has a positive Christian focus.
"We are very thankful to our sponsors such as Penn State Altoona, Sheetz and many others. Without their support we could not hold this festival," Gaston said.


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What is a non-executive chairman?
As we reported earlier, the rumor mill (and sources) has it that Tom Horton will assume the role of non-executive chairman of American Airlines after a merger with US Airways.
Okay, the situation is cloudy. No decision is final until it's final. Tom may wind up as executive chairman when the dust settles. He may be gone entirely. As one person reiterated, the situation is rife with fluidity.
In any case, the reports caused someone here at the Dallas Morning News to raise the question: What exactly is a non-executive chairman?
In essence, they chair the board of directors, but have no daily role in the airline. They would be independent of the management team. They don't run the operations or get involved in strategy except on a very high level, the same as other members of the board.
A non-executive chairman's primary public role is to lead the annual shareholders' meeting.
For what that could mean for American and Horton, let's refer to United Continental Holdings, the company formed in 2010 by the merger of United Airlines (UAL) and Continental Airlines. In that case, UAL chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton became non-executive chairman of United Continental Holdings, and Continental chairman and CEO Jeff Smisek became CEO of United Continental.
And that about the end of Tilton's public role with United Continental. As agreed in the merger deal, he retired at the end of 2012, and Smisek added the title of executive chairman to his other roles.
From the time of the merger, Tilton disappeared from the earnings calls and other corporate events. Jeff Smisek became the lead voice in the public domain.
At other airlines, the usual pattern is that the CEO is also the executive chairman. If there's a chairman separate from CEO, it's usually a non-executive chairman.
Delta has a non-executive chairman Daniel Carp along with CEO Richard Anderson. Anderson, along with Delta president Ed Bastian, is Delta's public face.
Alaska Air Group: Bill Ayer kept the chairman's job when he turned over the CEO post to Brad Tilden last May. It wasn't called non-executive, but Ayer hasn't participated in earnings conference calls with analysts since.
Southwest: Chairman, president and CEO Gary Kelly runs the show. For several years, Kelly was CEO while Colleen Barrett was president and Herb Kelleher was chairman. But Kelleher and Barrett gave up their top spots in 2008, and Kelly is the guy.
US Airways: Doug Parker has been chairman and CEO of US Airways since it merged in 2005 with America West, and of America West before that between 2001 and 2005.
JetBlue Airways: Joel Peterson is the independent chairman of the board and, like Daniel Carp, doesn't come from the airline industry. Dave Barger is the CEO.
Hawaiian Holdings (Hawaiian Airlines): Hawaiian has kept the two jobs separate, with Lawrence S. Hershfield as board chairman since July 2004 and Mark Dunkerley as president and CEO.


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Three people were taken to Women and Children's Hospital after they were involved in a car accident Sunday on Walden Avenue near Harlem Road, Cheektowaga Police said.
The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m., according to officials. Police wouldn't disclose the ages or conditions of the patients, but witnesses reported that they were children and that one of them was extricated from the car with "serious" injuries.
Walden Avenue's eastbound lanes were closed, and there was a lane reduction on the westbound side while police cleared the accident scene, police said.


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The Cypress Gardens Cultural Dance Festival is returning for a third consecutive year on Saturday, April 20 from 12 Noon to 4 p.m.
The event will feature a vast array of authentic dances from around the world. The performers exhibit distinction and grace as they represent a number of countries, including Egypt, Spain, Philippines, Cuba, Argentina, Tahiti, India, and the United States.
This popular festival has gained an impressive following, with dances so authentic, audience members feel they are being transported to the countries which originated these beautiful performances.
"The Lowcountry is known for its rich history and diverse cultural influences," Cypress Gardens Manager Heather Graham said. "We are excited to welcome and showcase all of the beautiful, awe-inspiring performers.
"They rehearse and work hard year-round to perfect their performances and exemplify the true essence of each country represented."
This year features a bit of a twist. Audience members are invited to wear their favorite traditional outfit to help enhance the cultural atmosphere.
Take a stroll through the international craft bazaar and browse displays of exotic and unique crafts. A silent auction, raffle and door prizes will add to the excitement.
Performances will take place on the main stage in front of Cypress Gardens' magnificent blackwater swamp.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - At-risk students who have access to the arts in or out of school tend to have better academic results, better workforce opportunities, and more civic engagement, according to a new NEA report, "The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies." The study reports these and other positive outcomes associated with high levels of arts exposure for youth of low socioeconomic status.
The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth study uses four separate longitudinal studies (three from the U.S. Department of Education) to track children, teenagers, and young adults who had high or low levels of arts engagement in or out of school. Those activities included coursework in music, dance, theater, or the visual arts; out-of-school arts lessons; or membership, participation, and leadership in arts organizations and activities, such as band or theater.
The study focuses on the potential effects of arts engagement on youth from the lowest quarter of socioeconomic status. Although most of the arts-related benefits in this report applied only to these at-risk youth, some findings also suggest benefits for youth from advantaged backgrounds. Among the key findings:
Better academic outcomes
Teenagers and young adults of low socioeconomic (SES) status who have a history of in-depth arts involvement ("high arts") show better academic outcomes than low-SES youth with less arts involvement ("low arts"). They earn better grades and have higher rates of college enrollment and attainment.
• Low-SES students who had arts-rich experiences in high school were ten percent more likely to complete a high school calculus course than low-SES students with low arts exposure (33 percent versus 23 percent).
• High-arts, low-SES students in the eighth grade were more likely to have planned to earn a bachelor's degree (74 percent) than were all students (71 percent) or low-arts, low-SES students (43 percent).
• High-arts, low-SES students were 15 percent more likely to enroll in a highly or moderately selective four-year college than low-arts, low-SES students (41 percent versus 26 percent).
• Students with access to the arts in high school were three times more likely than students who lacked those experiences to earn a bachelor's degree (17 percent versus five percent).
• When it comes to participating in extracurricular activities in high school, high-arts, low-SES students are much more likely also to take part in intramural and interscholastic sports, as well as academic honor societies, and school yearbook or newspaper - often at nearly twice or three times the rate of low-arts, low-SES students.
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There is a marked difference between the career aspirations of young adults with and without arts backgrounds.
• High-arts, low-SES college students had the highest rates of choosing a major that aligns with a professional career, such as accounting, education, nursing, or social sciences (30 percent), compared to low-arts, low-SES students (14 percent) and the overall SES sample (22 percent).
• Half of all low-SES adults with arts-rich backgrounds expected to work in a professional career (such as law, medicine, education, or management), compared to only 21 percent of low-arts, low-SES young adults.
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Young adults who had intensive arts experiences in high school are more likely to show civic-minded behavior than young adults who did not, with comparatively high levels of volunteering, voting, and engagement with local or school politics. In many cases, this difference appears in both low-and high-SES groups.
• High-arts, low-SES eighth graders were more likely to read a newspaper at least once a week (73 percent) compared to low-arts, low-SES students (44 percent) and the overall SES sample (66 percent).
• High-arts, low-SES young adults reported higher volunteer rates (47 percent) than the overall sample and low-arts, low-SES young adults (43 and 26 percent respectively).
• High-arts, low-SES young adults voted in the 2004 national election at a rate of 45 percent, compared to 31 percent of low-arts, low-SES young adults.
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The report was prepared for the National Endowment for the Arts by James S. Catterall, University of California Los Angeles, with Susan A. Dumais, Louisiana State University, and Gillian Hampden-Thompson, University of York, U.K., and is available at arts.gov. This summary was provided by Sally Gifford, National Endowment for the Arts.
It is worth noting the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's leadership adopted art education as one of the enrichment programs which can be supported by Measure A funds. We are incredibly fortunate to have this funding for our schools and to have leadership in place which understands the importance of art education for our students. Especially when considering the number of students who are on free or reduced lunches, which are as high as 44 percent in some of our local schools. Art education will continue to reach all students including those who meet the criteria which this study was based upon. Please take a moment to thank your school principals and teachers for including art education as part of your student's learning experience!
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College basketball coaches are fond of hailing the capabilities of an opponent even when it's apparent their praises are much ado about nothing. But the head men won't have to resort to embellishment at this weekend's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament in Springfield, Mass. Legitimate threats abound.
How even was the MAAC this year? For only the second time this millennium, seven teams finished .500 or better in conference. For only the third time in that span six teams finished .500 or better overall. And this is the first time both have occurred in the same season.
Niagara, the regular-season champ, must wait for the result of Friday's pre-quarterfinal between Marist and Siena to learn its opponent. Eighth-seeded Marist (10-20, 6-12) is the favorite and might seem like easy pickings for the Purple Eagles (18-12, 13-5) minus the knowledge the Red Foxes enter having won three straight and five of their last seven. The burst includes wins over the Nos. 3 (Loyola) and 4 (Iona) seeds.
The 4-5 game between Iona and Canisius couldn't be much more even on paper. The Gaels are 17-13 overall and went 11-7 in conference. The Griffs are 18-12 overall and also finished 11-7 in the MAAC. And of course they split the regular-season series, with each winning at home.
No. 2 Rider (18-13, 12-6) comes in as the hottest team in the league, with its season-ending sweep of Niagara and Canisius extending its winning streak to five games. The Broncs get the winner of the 7-10 game between Fairfield (17-14, 9-9) and Saint Peter's (9-20-3-15). The one conference team Rider failed to beat this season? Fairfield.
And then there's the 3-7 matchup between defending champ Loyola (21-10, 12-6) and Manhattan (12-17, 9-9). The Greyhounds swept the season series with a two-point homecourt victory Sunday, handing the Jaspers only their second loss in the last eight games.
The pre-quarterfinals will be played on Friday. Niagara faces the Marist-Siena winner at 2:30 Saturday followed 30 minutes later by the Griffs and the Gaels.
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Iona coach Tim Cluess and his staff ditched the coat and tie for team sweatsuits after the Gaels lost six of seven with the margin of defeat never more than three. While it's surely coincidence Iona responded with season-ending victories over Loyola and Siena, Cluess isn't taking an chances.
"We're definitely wearing the sweatsuits in Springfield," he said.
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Here's what guard Devin Price had to say as reported by the Poughkeepsie Journal after Sunday's win over Fairfield sustained Marist's momentum:
"I'm not shocked by the way we're playing, but I'm inspired. I just think going into this tournament, we're a scary team to play, and I think most of the teams in the MAAC know that."
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Niagara's Antoine Mason and Juan'ya Green finished 3-4 in scoring in games within the MAAC. Mason averaged 18 points, Green 17.7. The leader was Iona's Momo Jones at 22.3 followed by Chavaughn Leis of Marist at 18.3. Billy Baron of Canisius was sixth at 16.2 and teammate Harold Washington 12th at 13.3.
Other individual Top 10 statistical finishes from Canisius and Niagara:
Rebounding: Chris Manhertz, Canisius, 3rd, 10.1; Jordan Heath, Canisius, 7th, 6.5; Ameen Tanksley, Niagara, T8, 6.3. Offensive rebounding: Manhertz, 1st, 4.2, Heath, 8th, 2.6, Devon White, Niagara, 10th, 2.2. FG Percentage: Manhertz fourth, .556; Heath 5th, .528. Assists: Green, 1st, 5.2; Baron 2nd, 4.9. FT Percentage: Green, 3rd, .837; Baron, 7th, .800; Mason, 10th, .765.
Steals: Green, 2nd, 2.0; Marvin Jordan, Niagara, 6th, 1.4. 3P FG Percentage: Washington, 4th, .414, Baron, 9th, .394; T.J. Cline, Niagara, 10th, .386. 3P Made: Isaac Sosa, Canisius, 2nd, 2.8; Baron, 7th, 2.1; Washington, 8th, 2.0. Blocks: Heath, 3rd, 2.0; White, 6th, 1.1. Minutes Played: Green, 1st, 38.6; Mason, 6th, 36.5; Baron, 9th, 35.1.
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BN Big 4 Player of the Week: Junior forward Javon McCrea put up ridiculous numbers as the Bulls split last week, losing in OT at Kent State and then snapping Akron's nation's-best 19-game winning. McCrea totaled 58 points and 21 rebounds, went 26 of 40 from the field and blocked 12 shots. He's up to three 30-plus point games on the season and 10 of 20 or more.
UB's tied for fourth in the Mid-American Conference among playoff eligible teams with two games remaining. The other two teams in the logjam (Kent State, Eastern Michigan) both have the tiebreaker advantage over the Bulls. The top five finishes avoid a first-round campus playoff game and advance straight to the MAC Tournament in Cleveland.
The Bulls (12-17, 7-7) entertain Ohio U. (21-8, 12-2) at 7 tonight and finish the regular season Friday night at Bowling Green (12-7, 6-8). This will be UB's final regular-season encounter with Ohio's D.J. Cooper, a four-year starter, twice first-team All-MAC and one of the finer guards in conference history. He's the MAC's all-time leader in assists, 13th in Division I history in assists. 24th all-time in D-I steals and on the verge of scoring his 2,000th career point. Cooper has averaged 15.6 points, 7.7 assists while going 7-2 in his career against UB.
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How tight is the Atlantic 10? Two games remain and Bona (14-13, 7-7) still could finish as high as a tie for fourth or miss out on the 12-team conference tournament altogether.
The Bonnies (14-13, 7-7) are tied for eighth with Saint Joseph's and Richmond and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over the Hawks. Their most likely finish is somewhere between eighth and 12th but, as last season showed, one never knows. Bona's combined record after Feb. 16 this season and last: 10-2.
Remaining games for teams from sixth to 13th place with conference records noted:
• Massachusetts (8-6): vs. Butler (9-5) Thursday, at Rhode Island (3-11) Saturday.
• Xavier (8-6): vs. Saint Louis (12-2) Wednesday, at Butler Saturday.
• Bona (7-7): At Dayton (6-8) Wednesday, vs. Fordham (2-12) Saturday.
• Saint Joseph's (7-7): vs. Rhode Island (3-11) Wednesday, at Charlotte (6-8) Saturday.
• Richmond (7-7): at VCU Wednesday, vs. Duquesne Saturday.
• Dayton: vs. Bona Wednesday, at George Washington (6-8) Saturday.
• GW: at La Salle (10-4) Wednesday, vs. Dayton Saturday.
• Charlotte (6-8): at Duquesne Wednesday, vs. Saint Joseph's Saturday.
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6 Great Board Games (For Ruining Friendships)
I played a lot of board games growing up, because I was an aggressively unathletic kid who appreciated any socially acceptable excuse to play with toys, and games are essentially toys with rules (this is a phase I have yet to grow out of). And competition is an integral part of most games, so a certain amount of skullduggery among friends is to be expected. However, there are some games, regardless of how fun or awesome they may be, that seem to have been designed for the explicit purpose of ruining friendships. The following board games are virtually guaranteed to leave you and your friends feeling so bitter that the rules might as well read "Stuff corpse shit into an electric toaster and leave it cooking in the center of the table while players take turns screaming racism into each other's open mouths until both slots pop up and scald everyone's faces with zombie diarrhea."
#6. Risk
Parker Brothers/Hasbro via YouTube
Risk (or alternately Risk! back when conversations about the game were apparently intended to include a lot of declarative shouting) is the game of global domination. You assume command of an army of ambiguous nature and intent and attempt to take control of the entire world, crushing those who oppose you under your war-mongering boot heel. There's no room for diplomacy in Risk -- it's a steel cage match between Jeff Hardy, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and a shimmering leprechaun cauldron of pure crystal meth. The only victory condition possible is total fucking elimination.
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With an exclamation point.
The problem is, the only people who ever suggest playing Risk are the ones who have never lost a game of Risk. It's like a shorter version of Monopoly, only without the equalizing element of chance. Consequently, the only way to win is to actually be good at the game, and the only people who are good at Risk tend to be cartwheeling douchegoblins about it. Just keeping a copy in your house is like hanging a picture of the time you ran into Shia LaBeouf at Hooters in a frame above your television. It is an accomplishment the rest of us neither envy nor need to be constantly reminded of.
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"Man, Johnny even has an exit strategy. He's too good."
More importantly, it's impossible to get better at Risk -- you either start out bad and get progressively worse each time or win every single game. So, inviting a group of friends to your apartment and then saying "Hey, everyone, let's play Risk!" is essentially the same as Channing Tatum getting a bunch of people together to watch him do stomach crunches for two to three hours. I know your abs are better than mine, Channing. I don't need you to flex me into submission while I'm stuck in Australia earning two goddamned armies each turn.
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What you're seeing here is essentially the plot of Rambo III.
#5. Fireball Island
Milton Bradley/Hasbro via YouTube
Fireball Island is a 3D board game wherein you try to beat your friends in a frantic race up the side of an angry Polynesian volcano god to steal his magical jewel and claim victory. The commercial offers a breathtaking glimpse into a bygone era when people would set fire to elaborate jungle film sets in order to sell board games to children.
Milton Bradley/Hasbro via YouTube
Milton Bradley/Hasbro via YouTube
And dress a kid up like Paul Freeman in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The volcano constantly spits out fireballs, hence the title, and if your piece gets knocked over, you have to go all the way back down the trail and start over. But the volcano doesn't act on its own -- you and your friends play cards to aim the screaming demon mouth and spew forth its blazing ammunition.
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Milton Bradley/Hasbro via YouTube
So really, the game is less about who can beat whom up the side of the mountain and more about who can be the biggest festering asshole and knock everyone into a rocky canyon or off the lip of a seaside cliff with the judicious application of molten vengeance. Nobody gives a shit about the jewel five minutes into a game of Fireball Island. It's all about blasting your friends with fireballs until everyone gets sick of it and quits to go play Sega.
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"I only invited you because my mom made me, Tina. Take your plastic gemstone and get the hell out of my house."
#4. HeroQuest
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HeroQuest is a board game of heroic fantasy that has everyone playing together on a team against one person, because somebody has to control all the monsters and dungeon traps and essentially act as the game's referee, even though sports-related terms are generally a terrifying spider web of confounding uncertainty for kids who spend their free time throwing polyhedral dice at tiny plastic doom lords. The hero players work together to hew their way through swarms of monsters in a cursed keep, patiently accepting the monster player's rulings with grace and good humor, and at the end of the game everyone high-fives and skateboards down to 7-Eleven for a congratulatory round of best-friend Slurpees.
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Just look at the camaraderie exploding from this picture.
At least that's what it says on the box. An actual game of HeroQuest is a two-hour screaming match over whether your dwarf actually stumbled through a door into a head-cleaving booby trap or was merely considering stumbling through a door into a head-cleaving booby trap.
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"Bullshit! My dwarf totally sees that guy!"
It isn't uncommon for a session of HeroQuest to devolve into threats of physical violence over whether enough of the Skeleton King's resplendent bonefinger crown was sticking out from around a corner for your wizard to spot him and blast a face-detonating mystical fireball into his undead eye socket. It's like a clinic teaching burgeoning sociopaths how to get the most out of a verbally abusive relationship.
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"I swear to God, Timmy, if you don't move that monster the hell out of my way, I will shit on my fist and punch you in the teeth."
Since the hero team is typically three to four people strong and the monster team only ever consists of one person, the game seems to be actively encouraging the heroes to bully their way through a series of explosive personal-attack-laden arguments that are typically resolved by the monster player quitting and pedaling his or her bicycle home in tearful indignation. My father once rage-quit a game of HeroQuest, back when I was in elementary school and he was 40 fucking years old. It's a brutal game best reserved for those occasions when you want to completely sabotage your relationship with a single friend or relative.
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"Once you make those decisions, you are out of the game for a decade, you know?" he said. "So, I don't know if people think we're going to have major announcements this year, next year and the year after. The league doesn't work like that. I'm confident, at some point — and it might be next year or the year after — that the history, the tradition, the commitment of our ownership, the passion of our fans, is going to all add up to having an opportunity to bring a player of significance here."
Basically, SOMEDAY we'll get a good player.....
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"I don't think we need a whole bunch of guys," Holland said at Wednesday's Hockeytown Winter Classic press conference. "I think if we can get one more player, (we'll be fine). First off, we're done in goal. I think we've got lots of pieces of up front. Obviously, with the loss of (Brad) Stuart, the loss of (Nick) Lidstrom, we're not as deep as we've been in the past in defense. Two players that are going to replace him that weren't here (last year) are Brendan Smith and (Kyle) Quincey, so it's not like we've lost two guys and don't have any players."
Yes Holland, you're right. It's not like we have any kind of scoring problem and desperately need a top 6 forward, despite the fact that we scored an average of 1.8 goals per game during the playoffs AND our own coach said we lost due to weakness in scoring potential for our 2nd and 3rd lines. Sure Holland, all is fine.
And yeah, saying Smith and Quincey will replace Lidstrom and Stuart, respectively, is in it's own level of idiocy alone.
Enjoy your summer folks.
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Wisconsin 4-H and Big Spring FFA top Junior Dairy Management Contest.
by Patti Hurtgen, Hoard's Dairyman Online Media Manager
While the seven breed shows and dairy judging contests garner the most attention at the All-American Dairy Show, a not-so-well-known contest tests young members' on-farm knowledge. The Junior Management Contest celebrated its 27th year in 2013. The contest was held on Tuesday, September 10 in Harrisburg, Pa.
Teams of three or four members compete in six dairy disciplines: dairy cattle judging, linear scoring, dairy farm business management, milking management, dairy records management and feed evaluation/nutrient management. Students cannot have completed any college courses and all are to be high school students. Those graduating in the spring and recently enrolled in college are still eligible.
The first portion includes placing just one class of four animals. Then three cows are evaluated for linear traits and contestants then answer 10 questions on the linear scores of the cows.
The next section is a 10-question exam on farm financial equations. Youth are to have memorized formulas such as debt-to-asset ratio, return on equity and operating profit margin. They then answer questions based on the formulas with data from a fictitious dairy farm's balance sheet.
Students then evaluated teat ends, animal hygiene and identified milk quality equipment. There was also a quiz on milking procedures and milking preparation.
The final workshop was on feed and nutrient management. Feed samples were on display and had to be identified, with multiple-choice options given. Also, four feed ingredients were shown (without names) and contestants had to answer questions as to which had more protein or energy.
Once the scores were tabulated from these activities, the top five individuals were randomly announced. Those five then were given 6 minutes to prepare to answer three dairy management questions. The three topics the judges selected were herd health, keeping quality labor, and milk and meat residue risks and prevention. They then were interviewed for 8 minutes (to cover three questions) and judges held tight to the time limits. Interview scores from these top five were added to their earlier scores to determine the overall winner.
Cash prizes were awarded to the top individuals and teams in the contest. Individual category winners received All-American Dairy Show milk bottles. A $1,000 scholarship sponsored by the Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association was presented to the overall high individual. This year's overall winner, Ethan Dado, credits his win to years of practice, great coaching, hard work and dedication.
Overall Individual Results:
Ethan Dado from the Wisconsin 4-H Team was top individual of the Junior Dairy Management Contest at the 2013 All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg. Ethan is pictured with Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association secretary Dave Smith.
Individual Category Winners:
High Dairy Farm Business Management Individual: Laura Jensen, Wisconsin 4-H
High Feeding/Nutrition Individual: Joseph Weber, Big Springs FFA
High Milking Management Tools Individual: Trent Dado, Wisconsin 4-H
High Dairy Records Management Individual: Ethan Dado, Wisconsin 4-H
High Judging and Linear Individual: Allison Schafer, Michigan 4-H
L to R: Dave Smith, secretary of the Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association; Ethan Dado, Wisconsin 4-H; Trent Dado, Wisconsin 4-H; Kelly Raterink, Michigan 4-H; Laura Jensen, Wisconsin 4-H; Cody Bear, Big Spring FFA (Pa.)
High 4-H Teams:
1st: Wisconsin - 1,200 points
2nd: Michigan 4-H - 1,139 points
3rd: New York 4-H - 1,094 points
Winning 4-H Team: This was Wisconsin 4-H's first time ever competing in the contest. L to R: Sponsor representative Marcia Itle of Alltech; Laura Jensen; Trent Dado; Ethan Dado; team coach Patti Hurtgen.
High FFA Teams:
1st: Big Spring FFA, Newville, Pa. - 1,054 points
2nd: Cumberland Valley FFA, Mechanicsburg, Pa. - 855 points
3rd: Southern Huntingdon County FFA, Three Springs, Pa. - 852 points
Big Spring FFA won the FFA division. L to R: Mat Haan, Penn State Berks Extension; Cody Bear; Mark Shughart; Joseph Weber; Michael Morris; advisor Shersa Nailor; sponsor representative Vinton Smith of Elanco. Big Spring FFA repeated, as they won last year's FFA team division.
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On August 31, the ALS welcomed a special group of Korean researchers for 24 hours of beam time on Beamline 8.3.1. Displaced from Japan's Photon Factory following the earthquake there last March, Dr. Jeong-Sun Kim's group turned to the ALS for a little help.
Jeong-Sun studied at UC Berkeley for most of 2004 as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Sung-Hou Kim's laboratory, and was also was a member of the Berkeley Structural Genomics Center. At that time, Kim used Beamlines 5.0.1 and 8.3.2 to study the crystal structures of a type I restriction enzyme and a heat-inducible transcriptional repressor, amongst others.
Now, Jeong-Sun is an associate professor at Korea's Chonnam National University. He arrived at the ALS with one postdoctoral researcher, one doctoral fellow, and two masters students, one of whom had no previous experience in synchrotron data collection. In addition to collecting the data the group had hoped to collect at the Photon Factory, Kim used this trip as an opportunity to teach about collecting diffraction data at a synchrotron.
Jeong-Sun still studies restriction enzymes, which impart bacteria with immunity to viral infection. These enzymes are also invaluable tools for recombinant DNA technology, and by studying their atomic structure in detail, Jeong-Sun hopes to better understand how they work, leading to new advances in biotechnology and perhaps antiviral medicine.


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The Stetson men's basketball team (5-10, 2-2) heads back on the road for a pair of Atlantic Sun Conference games this weekend. The Hatters play at ETSU (3-12, 1-1) on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and at USC Upstate (8-7, 2-0) on Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
Stetson has won two out of its last three contests, picking up victories over Kennesaw State and Jacksonville to improve to 2-2 in Atlantic Sun play. The Hatters will attempt to move above .500 in league action against ETSU on Thursday.
The Bucs, who have recorded winning seasons dating back to 2005-06, welcome Stetson to town with just a 3-12 overall record. ETSU has split its first two A-Sun contests though, falling to Lipscomb and defeating Northern Kentucky on the road.
ETSU holds a 10-7 advantage over Stetson in the all-time series, but the two squads have split the regular season series each of the last four seasons. In 2011-12 the Hatters came out on top in DeLand 73-65, but the Bucs won in Johnson City 72-56.
After challenging the Bucs on Thursday, the Hatters will continue the road trip to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on a hot USC Upstate squad. The Spartans have won four straight heading into this weekend's games, including a 2-0 start to league play with wins over NKU and Lipscomb.
Upstate has the A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year on its roster in Torrey Craig. The junior is second in the league with 17.0 points per game, and adds 5.9 rebounds per tilt. Craig and the Spartans will attempt to improve on their 5-4 record against Stetson on Saturday, which includes the wins in the last three meetings.
Thursday's game at ETSU can be watched on ASun.TV and HatterVision with coverage via ETSU Athletics. Saturday's contest will not be on ASun.TV or HatterVision, as it will be aired live and for free on ESPN3 and Watch ESPN.
Robbie Aaron will provide play-by-play for both games with coverage on WSBB 1230 AM, 1490 AM, and MyAM1230.com. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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Panel tackles fracking topic (video)
Less water does not mean fewer concerns
March 26, 2013
BOARDMAN — The director of the Ohio EPA says his goal always has been to reduce millions of gallons of water used in the state's oil and natural gas drilling process, but though it sounds promising......
Wait until they start fracking the well in Lordstown. There are many old mines in that area that may end up collapsing and destroying properties above them. The gas and oil industry is a 'money talks...' type of business, with plenty of politicians holding their hands out.
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Let me get this straight. We had to close the docks and recreation activity on Mosquito Lake reservoir because the water levels were so low due to drought. With this in mind, and remembering that Mosquito is Warren's drinking water supply, Mayor Franklin wants to sell water for fracking to the oil and natural gas industry. Brilliant! Simply Brilliant!
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WP, WTF do you get all your info and how do you know so much about everything? It must be nice to have as much expertise as you...Please run for mayor and save our city, be part of the solution rather than complain....and to save you some time I do happen to be part of a solution to one very small problem but I, as many other get tired of you shooting off your mouth about everything. Weren't you taught if you didn't have anything nice to say then don't say it at all. IDGAF about your opinions but REALLY quit talking out uranus!
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By time they figure out Fracking, our environment will be destroyed. It's pretty obvious the Big Gas & Oil money is influencing true science on this issue because it's all about making money.
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Car colour specialists PPG has just released the details of it's annual car colour survey and the results are becoming all to predictable.
Since PPG began keeping track of cars sales by color back in 1990, a key player in the car color world has been silver, and according to firm's latest study, it's still the business. For the tenth year on the trot, the silver, charcoal and gray category are the favourite hue for new car shoppers. It's only getting more powerful too, in 2008, silver accounted for 20 percent of vehicles sold and that figure climbed to 25 percent in 2009, reaching its current height of 31 percent globally.
The only other colours to challenge silver are black and white, which were tied for second with 18 percent of total new cars sold each. Extroverted red achieved 11 percent while blue was close behind with 10 percent. For those who dare to be different, there's always the colour green which managed four percent of the total action. Strangely, consumer color choices have come full circle from where they were 16 years ago. In the nineties, green was popular even once holding the top spot and silver was just up and coming.
Silver is even more popular in the Asian/Pacific region with a full third of all new cars sold sporting the conservative hue.


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