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The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school - one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious about learning. Veteran home educators Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer outline the classical pattern of education called the trivium, which organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child's mind and comprises three stages: the elementary school "grammar stage," the middle school "logic stage," and the high school "rhetoric stage." Using this theory as your model, you'll be able to instruct your child in all levels of reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music, regardless of your own aptitude in those subjects.
This newly revised edition contains completely updated ordering information for all curricula and books, new and expanded curricula recommendations, new material on using computers and distance-learning resources, answers to common questions about home education, information about educational support groups, and advice on practical matters such as working with your local school board, preparing a high school transcript, and applying to colleges.
©2009, 2004, 1999 Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
"Great resource, just not for an audible book"
The Well-Trained Mind is a great resource, however this is not a pleasure read, it is loaded with LOTS of lists of books to buy and use and it is just not practical to listen to a narrator read them aloud to you. In my opinion this is a book you need a hard copy of so that you can go back to all the lists of recommendations and research them.
"Great book, but would work better in print."
Wonderful and informative book on giving your child a classical education. Only downside to the audio version is there are many lists, schedules, resource names, etc. that are tedious to listen to and would be much more helpful to see in written format. Will probably buy the print version at some point, but this version is helpful for getting the overall information.
"supremely informative!"
a must read if you're thinking of homeschooling! I highly recommend listening to this on audible!
"Good ideas"
They do recommend a lot of their own products, but their method seems good. I will probably take a more relaxed approach following their guidelines 2-3 days a week and just do family reading/projects for the other 2. My children are in 2nd & k. I didn't read the middle school or high school chapters.
"Great for Advanced Learning!"
This method is perfect for those who want their child to have a well rounded, advanced education! We have been using this method for years, and both of my kids test above average and gifted when we tested for public school.
"Not my cup of tea"
There is way too much focus on rote memorization and drill in this book. Your kids can easily be as well educated or better without all this drill.
"somewhat helpful"
I found this book to be somewhat helpful but felt most of the suggestions for homeschooling your child were unrealistic for my family. However, if you have the time and money homeschooling with the classical child model could be very successful.
"A tome made accessible"
Can listen to the bulk of it whilst cooking and living a homeschooling life.
Not having to hold the book.
Have a pen handy for book recommendations and ideas.
"Excellent guide to classical education"
I'm interested in the section for primary school aged kids
Never listened to other performances
No - choose the sections relevant to your child's age
This is an excellent guide to educating children of all ages. It's aimed at the home schooling audience, but is also useful as a resource to support a child in regular school. It covers primary and secondary years in depth, with a short section on pre-school.
This book gives a brief summary each topic (Reading, Maths, History, Art, Languages, etc), which is enough to get started. It then recommends various additional books / resources that you would want to use if you were to properly teach that subject. In other words, this book is not a stand-alone resource for education. It is more like an index / overview of classical education and you must be prepared to invest in the other resources (many of which are only a few pounds) to make best use of it. I've found it immensely helpful.
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I've put together quite a few presentations as HTML slides using a script I wrote that you can download from here [pm.org]. The notes.txt files should get you going but feel free to email me any questions. The themes directory contains some short sample presentations to demo a range of different slide layouts. There's a snippet of JavaScript that allows you to hit space to advance to the next slide so you don't have to fumble around with you mouse clicking on the arrows.
I wrote an article about this system in a r
I've been using S5 [meyerweb.com] for a while now and I generally like the authoring workflow, especially with PPI::HTML to do code colorization. S5 is supposed to be resolution independent. However, I got bitten badly at YAPC::NA 2008 [chrisdolan.net] where I planned for 1024x768 but got 800x600, and lost the bottom and right of every slide. Luckily, I had generous margins so the talk was not a disaster. In retrospect, I should have just altered the text size with the browser's text zoom, but my brain skipped over that solution at the time.
My biggest advice to speakers, however, is to PRACTICE YOUR TALK. Maybe perform it for a smaller group first (like your local perl mongers group).

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Infographic: The Mobile Leaders
Last week, we reported on the leaders of the mobile movement. These are the small- and medium-sized businesses that saw the need to create mobile-friendly websites early on.
In this infographic that was originally published by Mashable, Duda introduced the Mobile Movement Leaderboard. The leaderboard shows that the restaurant and food industry is embracing the mobile web more than any other small business category.
Of all the SMBs that have built mobile-optimized websites, restaurants take the largest share at 28%, followed by professional services (16%), health and wellness (10%), travel and tourism (8%) and automobile and transportation (6%).


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Air Force Jet Wins Battle In Congress
By LESLIE WAYNE
Published: September 28, 2006
The F-22 Raptor fighter jet, the United States Air Force's most expensive weapon, is designed for global air dominance. But its biggest battles have not been in the skies, but in the corridors of power in Washington, where it has just taken on Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Washington budget-cutters -- and won.
Since coming into office, Mr. Rumsfeld and the administration have tried to rein in the costs of the $65 billion fighter jet program, which has been two decades in the making and has suffered one cost overrun after another.
But their efforts were rebuffed this week by the powerful F-22 lobby, a combination of the Air Force, Lockheed Martin, which makes the fighter jet, and their allies in Congress.
The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on the $447 billion Pentagon budget for 2007, which contains a measure promoted by backers of the F-22 that could extend the jet's production run beyond its 2011 termination date and reduce Congressional oversight of the program.
On Monday, after negotiations in a Senate-House conference committee, the F-22 measure was put into the final Pentagon budget, which the full House passed on Tuesday.
The measure could open the door to additional F-22 purchases above the 183 budgeted by the administration and could extend the life of the program a few years by using a multiyear procurement contract rather than subjecting the F-22 to annual Congressional review.
The Air Force thus far has taken possession of 74 F-22's, which are being sent to bases across the country. The plane has not been used in combat yet. Six more are in production. Lockheed plans to make 20 to 25 a year between now and 2011.
The plane's ''fly-away'' cost, equivalent to the sticker price in a car, is $130 million. But if development costs are included and spread over the 183 planes in the program, the total cost to the government rises to $350 million per plane.
Critics say the F-22 represents technological overkill at a time when United States air superiority is unquestioned and the nature of warfare has changed. It was originally designed for aerial combat against the Soviets. Today, one of its biggest critics is the Government Accountability Office, which in July issued a report saying, ''The F-22 acquisition history is a case study in increased cost and schedule inefficiencies.''
Still, even these critics concede that the plane is an engineering marvel, a Maserati of the skies. It can fly at 60,000 feet, twice as high as any other plane. Its cruising speed is Mach 2 and its top speed is a Pentagon secret. And its radar-eluding stealth technology allows it to fly at supersonic speeds -- invisibly.
The plane, however, has suffered embarrassing glitches. This year, an F-22 pilot became trapped in his jet and had to be rescued from the cockpit with chainsaws. The landing gear failed in another instance, causing the aircraft to fall on its nose. Structural cracks have also been reported.
Even as strong a critic of wasteful Pentagon spending as Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican, who will become the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as well as the committee's current chairman, Senator John W. Warner, a Virginia Republican, could not defeat the F-22 lobby.
The two senators were able to extract some concessions in the closed-door House-Senate conference committee. But they could not muster the support to defeat the multiyear contract, in which F-22's would be acquired in a series of three-year contracts rather than annually.
''The F-22 lobby is an extraordinary juggernaut and they fought to the death on this one,'' said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington research group. ''It is astonishing in that the lobby can take on the most powerful in Washington, including the president, and win.''
Loren B. Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute, a research group, added that ''the Air Force is dominated by fighter pilots and they would give up anything to keep the F-22.''
The Air Force would like to see scores more F-22's than the 183 it has been promised -- it says it needs at least 381.
Originally, the Air Force wanted 750 planes. Even though that number has been cut sharply, the Air Force has continue to push for more, aided by what Washington insiders call the Iron Triangle -- a politically powerful combination of military contractors and their allies inside the Pentagon and Congress.
For instance, the multiyear contract was passed by the Senate in the summer, 70 to 28, before being sent to conference committee. The language in the Senate measure was identical to a draft proposal written by a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin and given to members of Congress.
Before the Senate considered the issue, an e-mail message was circulated by Lockheed to Senate members, saying, ''Please vote 'yes' on the proposed Chambliss Amendment'' to permit the multiyear contract. After the e-mail message was sent, the amendment was introduced by Senator Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia, whose district includes an F-22 assembly plant.


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At Nalcor, corporate social responsibility is key to our ongoing relationship with our customers, our communities and the province as a whole. At all times, we strive to be a committed and innovative corporate citizen, and see our responsibilities to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador as paramount to our business.
Community Investment Program
Giving back to communities in Newfoundland and Labrador is a priority for Nalcor Energy. We make every effort possible to be a valued corporate citizen and to improve the quality of life for people throughout the province. This means actively supporting organizations in the communities where we operate and where our employees live.
Nalcor Energy and its subsidiary company Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro manage two separate Community Investment Programs, each focusing on different support areas:
- Nalcor Energy focuses its community investments on Education and Youth, and Arts and Culture.
- Hydro focuses its community investments on Safety and Health, and Environment and Conservation. Please visit www.nlhydro.com/community/ for more information on organizations that Hydro supports.


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Take you breath away
Altitude, stunning beauty worth trek to Finney Cuts
Grand Mesa is well-known for its numerous natural lakes and man made reservoirs, nearly 300 in all.
According to the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, about one-third of those lakes harbor fish: rainbows, brookies, browns and native cutthroat trout.
Most of the lakes on the mesa lie between 8,000 and 11,000 feet in elevation. This altitude, combined with the strenuous activity of hiking around any one of these lakes, can aggravate or trigger health issues, and you should beware: You may feel more alive than you've felt in ages; your frown could turn into a grin; you may become healthier physically, mentally and spiritually.
The altitude may take your breath away for a bit, but hike a few yards, then stop and look around. The stunning beauty will certainly take your breath away again, so have a sip of water and wait a minute more before proceeding.
There are literally hundreds of places to hike on this 800-square-mile flat-topped mountain looming over the Grand Valley's eastern horizon.
Island Lake at 179 acres is the largest lake on Grand Mesa National Forest. Most of the lakes on the mesa, however, are closer to 25 to 50 acres, with some, like Finney Cut Lake No. 1, much smaller at three acres.
And, while the main recreational activity on Grand Mesa during the summer months is fishing, there's a ton of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, not to mention hundreds of miles of ATV and off-road-vehicle riding.
Many of the lakes on the mesa are accessible by two-wheel-drive vehicle, but many you can only visit if you hike to them. That makes for a much less crowded recreational opportunity as most of these backcountry lakes can go for days without a visit from a human.
One such group of lakes is the Finney Cut lakes, Leon Peak Reservoir (Sissie Lake), Cole Reservoir and the Pecks reservoirs. Fishing pressure is light since all of these lakes are hike-in-only lakes. No developed campsites exist at any of these bodies of water, and their remoteness isn't all that remote. For example, from the Weir and Johnson Reservoir parking area, it's a one-mile hike to Finney Cut Lake No. 1 and 1.5 miles to Finney Cut Lake No. 2.
Commonly mistaken to be two separate lakes, Weir and Johnson is actually a single body of water. This area includes not only Grand Mesa's highest fishing lakes, but also the mesa's highest point, Leon Peak (11,231 feet).
To reach this area from Grand Junction, take Interstate 70 east for 20 miles to the Grand Mesa/Powderhorn exit (No. 49). Travel 10 miles and turn left on Colorado Highway 330 toward Collbran. Travel another 11.5 miles, and turn right onto 58 1/2 Road as you begin to enter town. You'll pass the school, hospital and Job Corps Center on your left. Follow the signs toward Bonham Reservoir.
In 7.4 miles, the pavement ends at the Forest Service boundary. From here, this well-maintained dirt road is labeled Forest Service Road No. 121. Stay on it past Bonham Reservoir and Big Creek Reservoir No. 1. You'll then turn left (east) on Forest Service Road No. 126 to Weir and Johnson Reservoir.
This is a pay-for-use area, but it's only $3 to park the car for the day. Park, then cross the dam. You'll find the trail to Sissie Lake (Leon Park Reservoir) immediately after you cross. Sissie Lake is less than a half-mile from where you parked. The trail climbs immediately up from Weir and Johnson. That's where you can take a break to catch your breath, then lose your breath again because of the surrounding beauty.
Soon, you'll come to Sissie Lake. You can hike around this nine-acre lake and fish for cutthroat trout, or you can take the right-hand trail and continue on to the Finney Cut Lakes. Finney Cut Lake No. 1 is a tiny, three-acre, natural lake and will appear on your right in a half-mile or so. In another half-mile, you'll run into Finney Cut No. 2.
You will immediately notice ancient volcanic activity in this area. After Grand Mesa blew its top eons ago, Pleistocene era glaciers caused a weathering process known as "slumping." Lava blocks from the margin of Grand Mesa's cap slid (slumped) down the mountain side to produce broad landslide benches.
This trail leads through one of these slump benches. Many of these benches were dammed up naturally to create reservoirs, such as Finney Cut No. 1.
It might be time to take another break because the scenery here is breathtaking. Wildlife abounds. Wild mushrooms grow everywhere in the dense, moist forest lawn. The air is crisp and clear, and you'll have this place all to yourself.
It's spiritually, mentally and physically uplifting, so beware: It may turn your frown into a grin.


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Cornell University researchers have created a broadband light amplifier on a silicon chip, a major breakthrough in the quest to create photonic microchips. In such microchips, beams of light traveling through microscopic waveguides will replace electric currents traveling through microscopic wires.
The amplifier uses a phenomenon known as four-wave mixing, in which a signal to be amplified is "pumped" by another light source inside a very narrow waveguide. The waveguide is a channel only 300 x 550 nanometers (nm = a billionth of a meter, about the length of three atoms in a row) wide, smaller than the wavelength of the infrared light traveling through it. The photons of light in the pump and signal beams are tightly confined, allowing for transfer of energy between the two beams.
The advantage this scheme offers over previous methods of light amplification is that it works over a fairly broad range of wavelengths. Photonic circuits are expected to find their first applications as repeaters and routers for fiber-optic communications, where several different wavelengths are sent over a single fiber at the same time. The new broadband device makes it possible to amplify the multiplexed traffic all at once.
The process also creates a duplicate signal at a different wavelength, so the devices could be used to convert a signal from one wavelength to another.


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ARLINGTON, Texas-While Oklahoma State wide receiver Josh Stewart prepares for the challenge playing the Missouri Tigers in the Cotton Bowl, his mind also wonders to a decision he will have to make following the game-one that will affect the rest of his life.
Having concluded his third season as a Cowboy, Stewart has the option of forgoing his last year of eligibility and declaring for the NFL Draft a year early.
"There is a lot of stuff (to consider)," Stewart said. "Definitely not the easiest decision I've ever made in my life. I will pray about it and see what happens."
Stewart said he has talked with everyone he knows that has gone through the same process, including Justin Gilbert. It's appealing to Stewart that Gilbert helped his draft stock by coming back for his senior season, but Stewart is not ready to announce a decision.
"I'm kinda keeping my thoughts and what I want to do between the family," Stewart said. "I really have to sit down and think about some stuff before I make and decisions like that."
Among the various factors to consider is how close Stewart is to getting his degree. Stewart is an education major, according to his official bio. Stewart says he is on track to graduate upon completing his eighth semester.
Stewart also has his family to consider. He has a son who is already more than a year old. What is best for his son will be a big factor in Stewart's decision.
"Definitely because now it's not about you anymore," Stewart said. "It's about your family and your priorities. I understand that. Then again, education is important, too."
Stewart looked ready to put himself in position to be a first or second day draft pick after a breakout sophomore season. Due to many factors, Stewart saw his junior years stats reach about half of the numbers he put up his sophomore year.
The emergence of a healthy Tracy Moore and other threats such as Charlie Moore and Jhajuan Seales caused the ball to be spread around more than 2012. Stewart was also limited by injury, missing two games.
"I understood when Charlie and Tracy and all those guys come back, I wasn't expecting the big numbers, Stewart said. "I was just expecting to play my role, and not trying to do too much and cause problems on the team."
Despite the decline in statistics, Stewart is still looked at by MU defensive backs as OSU's go-to guy.
"No. 5 is a really good route runner," Missouri safety Matt White said. "He gets open, he does a lot in space, as you can see in his punt return game and stuff. He's definitely going to be a challenge."
If Stewart were to leave, he would leave OSU with a big void at wide reciever.
"We would lose a great player," running back Desmond Roland said. "I would lose a brother, I came in with him. Whenever we needed that big play, that spark, he had it. A punt return, a simple screen, a big catch, he made that play. If we lose him, we lose and key part to our offense."
With much to consider, Stewart will make his decision based on the counsel of his family, advice from teammates and prayer.
"I got a lot of stuff I plan on doing just to narrow it down to what I need to do to make the decision a lot easier," Stewart said. "Once I get that done, I'll make my decision."


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While many were thinking what they should do during the time that their Microsoft e-mail accounts were unavailable for 2 or more days of this week, I was thinking what the folks in Redmond would do about the problem, and if they would simply admit the problem was one of overload.
Since I have several accounts with the Hotmail and Live domain names, I do think that the problem is one that has been there for awhile, yet Microsoft seems to do nothing about it. They also are unwilling to admit it. This has been a problem for this company since the days I first became aware of it – around the release of DOS 3.3. Microsoft has never been able to admit mistakes, and always waited until they were 'outed' by some third party to admit any knowledge of a problem.
Not only is this a bad process, it removes the wave of good will that would be generated by Microsoft's confession of a mistake. The cost of this good will is small, and can not be overestimated. It can only be wondered whether, at each misstep, if the route of acknowledgement and apology was taken, how much larger a company Microsoft would be. Being open about mistakes might have averted the suits by the Department of Justice and the European Union, making the company transform from one reviled by many to one that everyone wished success.
It does appear that the die has been cast for the next few years, as Ballmer and crew remind many of the cast of villains from the Star Wars sagas. That role will be hard to transform, and it appears that no one in the top echelons wishes for the transformation. Imagine though, the difference in customer attitude between the average Vista owner now, and one where the customer has been sent a letter of apology, explaining what has gone wrong, what is being done about it, and the inclusion of some offer to both appease and bolster sagging sales for Microsoft, like the offer of Office 2007 or Vista flavor as a 2 for 1.
This would cost some revenue, but remember, had this course of action been followed since the days of DOS 3.3, the Microsoft legal department could most likely be counted in the tens instead of the thousands.


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Favorite bad joke?
I don't know why it is, but there are some jokes that are so corny, so awful, that they somehow become hilarious in the telling. You know you shouldn't laugh at them, but they tickle some part of the brain that you just can't scratch, so you end up chuckling despite yourself. I have a great uncle who specializes in these. Every time I saw him as a kid, he'd lay out one groan-inducing pun after another. "Didja hear about the church that burnt down? Holy smoke!" etc. etc. These jokes somehow become funny, despite being inherently pretty dumb on paper. My personal favorite is: A ham sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'm sorry sir, we don't serve food." followed closely by: A length of rope walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve lengths or rope here. Beat it." So the rope walks outside, rubs his head on the sidewalk for a few minutes, twists himself up and walks back in. The bartender looks up and says, "Hey, aren't you that rope I just kicked out of here?" The rope says, "No, I'm a frayed knot." So, readers, any favorite bad jokes out there? Let's hear 'em; it's open mic night.


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In Days Gone By
Kittson County Enterprise
31 July 1996
1896 - 100 Years Ago
Every farmer should take advantage of the hay crop thisyear. Hay is plentiful and if everything else proves to be a failure, theremight be something in shipping hay.
While bathing at Detroit Lake last Saturday, Mayor Douglasshad a collision on the roller togoggan slide and received a nasty cut inthe head, just above the eye, the effect of which caused him to carry hishead in a sling and be laid up for a few days.
The Summer training for Kittson County opened here lastMonday morning and was called to order in the large public school building.Everything was favorable for the opening and those in charge will spareno efforts to make this the most successful term of any that has ever beenheld here. Profs. Tenny and Challman have general charge of the work andtheir reputation as educators throughout the state is such that the successof this term is certain. Teachers from all parts of the county began toarrive early Monday morning and the enrollment for the first day was forty-fourand up to yesterday two more had arrived making the total forty-six.
Following we give a list of those enrolled, furnished bySupt. E. A. Nelson: Cora Peterson, Luna Davis, L. F. Parker, Clara Porter,Addie McMillan, Eva Cridland, Minda McLeod, Isabelle Gillispie, John J.Brown, Christie McIver, mary McIver, Mary Mulver, Nora Harrison, MinniePeterson, Bertha Graham, Nellie Orme, Lee Lundberg, Selma West, Annie Ferguson,Regina Meldahl, Agnes Gillespie, Gertrude Larter, Victor Clow, P. M. Duff,James McGovern, Clara Yeo, George Hosick, Wm. Clinch, John Meldahl, CarlA. Anderson, Victor Linholm, Blanche Carey, Nellie Toner, Annie Oleson,Maud Wagoner, Nellie A. Eagan, Florence V. Dure, Katie-Toner, Stella Lindholm,Alex B. Root, Lestlie Mason, Selma Ryden, Ralph Demars, Ivez Gardiner, MillerSmith.
1946 - 50 Years Ago
The appointment of Mr. Emil Lager of Lancaster as a memberof the County Farm Security Advisory Committee was announced today by Mr.Fred J. Marshall, State FSA Director. Appointments are made for three yearsand Mr. Lager replaces Mr. Alfred Forfang, whose term expired June 30, 1946.
The other two members on the Kittson County Committee areN. L. Nelson of Lake Bronson, Minnesota and Ida M. Beck of Lancaster, Minnesotawho is chairman. The committee reviews all applications and also servesin an advisory capacity to the county FSA supervisor.
At high noon, Sunday, July 21st, Winnifred Erickson, daughterof the late Mrs. Edward Erickson of Hallock, and Raymond Edlund, son ofMr. and Mrs. Gust Edlund of Hallock, exchanged nuptial vows before the beautifullydecorated altar at the Stephen Presbyterian Church at Stephen, Minnesota.The Rev. F. L. McKean read the marriage service. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Berg,cousins of the bride attended the bride and groom. Mr. and Mrs. Edlund willmake their home in Hallock where Mrs. Edlund operates the Woman's Shop andMr. Edlund is now employed with the Tanquary Bee Industry after servingthree and one half years in the army.
Last Monday about midnight, just before Marshall Al Dipplewas making his final rounds about the town, he picked up a man who couldnot get a place to sleep in Hallock. Al took the fellow to the town jail,where he provided him with a place to rest over night. The man turned outto be a "sword swallower" who was with the Royal American showsnow showing in Canada. He said he had received word from his wife that theirson had returned home from Europe after serving several years in the armyminus two legs and one arm. The frantic mother wanted her husband to returnhome to re-adjust their lives to their sorrow. He quit his job with thecircus to go home.
1971 - 25 Years Ago
Otter Tail Power Company president Albert V. Hartl has announced a series of changes athigh-level management positions. New district manager at Langdon will beJohn MacFarlane, who has been division engineer at Jamestown since 1964and an Otter Tail employee since graduating in 1961 from the Universityof North Dakota. He is a native of Northcote, Minnesota.
The Farmers Store in Hallock recently completed a remodelingof the entire grocery department. The renovated department features newsteel shelving, wider isles, new frozen food sections, automatic checkoutcounters and an overall increase in floor space allotted to the department.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Nordling of Hallock, Minnesota announcethe engagement of their daughter, Barbara Lee, to James R. Thompson, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thompson of Donaldson, Minnesota. Miss Nordling isa graduate of Hallock High School and is presently a senior at MoorheadState College majoring in Elementary Education. Mr. Thompson is a graduateof Kennedy High School and a 1971 graduate of North Dakota State University.An October 23rd wedding is being planned.
1986 - 10 Years Ago
Peggy Pearson, rural Lancaster, was a winner of $100 anda chance to win a 1986 Pontiac Fiero in Coca Cola's "Hot Car and ColdCash" promotionn, sponsored by the Crookston and Grand Forks Coca ColaBottling companies. Pearson's name will now be entered into the drawingfor the Fiero which will take place in September among $100 winners in theCrookston-Grand Forks market area.
Kennedy John Deere won the Kitt-Co Softball tournamentin Lancaster Sunday, defeating the Miller Red Devils 11-9 and 12-3 afterlosing their first game to the Red Devils 9-3. Team members are Dean Mortenson,Ken Urbaniak, Dean Balstad, Jon Pietruszewski, Lynn Safranski, Milt Elhard,Jim Dahl, Keith Dziengel, Keith Urbaniak, Barry Langen, Greg Bogestad, DaleEschler, David Langen, Randy Swanberg, Dan Juhl and Ryan Murray.
A trip to Fun Mountain was one of the offerings of theHallock-Kennedy Community Education courses this summer and several youngsters,along with a few parents, boarded a bus to the Manitoba recreation centerlast Friday morning. The kids and chaperones spent the day enjoying thewater slides and other entertainment offered at the popular spot near Winnipeg,returning home in the early evening.
1991 - 5 Years Ago
The Kennedy Jaycees donated $175 to Maria Lutheran SeniorHigh Youth. The donation was to help defray meal expenses while the groupattended the National ELCA Youth Convention in Dallas, Texas July 1-9. Youthgroup members are Ryan Truedson, Jason Christian, Mike Martinson, Eric Spilde,Tina Hultgren, Jenny Hultgren, and Michelle Grundstrom.
Dale Eschler was closest to the pin during the ThunderbirdInvitational July 21. Duck Younggren had the longest men's drive, HelenKolden, had the longest women's drive and Brian Kraska made the longestputt.
n had the longest men's drive, HelenKolden, had the longest women's drive and Brian Kraska made the longestputt.


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Real Estate Transfers
The following recorded transfers of
property in the
Town of Hempstead:
January 07, 1892; Thursday
Allahen, James R. to Anna H. Jenkins, Denton Ave.,
Althause, Samuel B. to John T. Forrest,
35x09(?), Far Rockaway.
Buttner, Carolina to Joseph Irving, Far Rockaway.
Cooper, Edward to Adelaide A. Sherlock,
one acre at Uniondale.
Downing, Benjamin W. to George H. Schiff,
mach(?). Woodsburgh
Hendrickson, John A., to John J. Drake,
6 acres at Rockville Centre.
Jenkins, Anne H. to Hannah H. Kelly.
Seaman, Allen to Mary V. W. Pearsall,
Plot at Woodsburgh.
Smith, George W. to John P. G(?)nasly(?)
can't read.
January 14, 1892; Thursday
Abrams, William J. to Anna MacGowan,
Railroad Ave., Pearsalls
Duryea, Jno. to Ida Hodgson, Princeton St.,
25x100, Hempstead.
Friday, William H. to George D. Smith,
Jones, S. Margaret to Clarence E. Thomas,
Rockville Centre.
Matthews, Clarence to Charles Hottenroth,
Schiermeister, Charles to Menia Quist,
Seaman, Joseph A. to Mary A. Seaman,
Grove St., Hempstead.
Smith, Emma F. to Lillian D. Sealey, lots
at Pearsalls
Taeterow, Louis to William Taeterow,
20 acres at Bethpage.
January 28, 1892
Bessler, Fred, to Barbara Ochs. Rockaway Beach
Corwin, Frank L., to Charles H. Ryan, Fulton
St., east Bell st., 130x252
Healy, Edmund H. ref. to Cecilia Holloway.
2 1/4 acres, Far Rockaway.
Kaiser, Katharine L., to Fred. Bessler,
50x100, Rockaway Beach.
Pettit, Jennette to Union Free School,
No. 18, Hempstead.
Smith, James K. to James A. Seymour.
1 acre at Wantagh
February 04, 1892
Brokensha, William E. to W. S., McPheeters
31 acres.
Eldert, Luke to Ferdinand B. Hauck,
Hammels Ave., Rockaway Beach.
Freeport M. E. Church to Morris Miller,
Main St., Freeport
Hickox, John H. to George T. Sprague,
about 7 acres.
Maier, Charles to John F. Main.
Atlantic Ave., adj. land C. Maier.
Peasell, Carman trustee to Morris Miller,
Main St., Freeport
Rhodes, Amietta to James S. Wright,
2 acres at Norwood.
Rhodes, William to Frank M. delly,
30 1/4 acres at Norwood.
Wright, James S. to same. 7 3/4 acres.
Wright, Maria to Frank M. kelly,
26 25-100 acres
February 11, 1892
Combs, Edward S. to Elisha Raynor,
10 acres.
Cornell, James to Thomas Cornell,
2 acres.
Henderson, Cornelius to Caroline Henderson.
3/4 acres.
Kernochan, Catharine L. to Susanne B. Carroll.
5 3/4 acres at Hempstead.
Mott, George A. to Henry Lotze.
Village Ave., Rockville Centre.
Mott, Harriet G. and ano. to John M. Smith
Sprout, Emma to Adolph Lowenthal.
Main St., Pearsalls.
February 25, 1892
Althause, Samuel B. Jr., to Althause Pearsall,
Clinton St., Far Rockaway
Cachran, Thomas to Daniel Van Buskirk,
Scranton Ave., Valley Stream
Cornwell, Austin to Martha S. White,
10 acres at Oceanville.
Davison, Henry to Phebe A. Rider,
Rockaway Ave., East Rockaway
Duryea, John et al. to George F. Rundle,
Union Ave., 25x100
Hendrickson, Sarah J. to John R. McLean.
Franklin and Orchard Sts.
Hummel, Amelia E. to Absalom W. Dieter,
Franklin St., corner Dannat Place.
Same to Same, Dannat Place
corner Terrace avenue, 212x204(?).
Layton, Sidney W. to Henry W. Ketcham.
Bennett Ave., near Columbia Ave.
Jones, Walter H. to Ella L. Jones,
Rockville Centre
Ketcham, Nathaniel to Deborah Sargent,
Park Ave., Rockville Centre
Nostrand, Adelia to Thomas Henderson,
Centre Ave., Far Rockaway
Raynor, Elisha to John J. Randall,
86 acres at Freeport.
Raynor, Daniel B. to Samuel R. Smith,
rulton St., Freeport
Rhodes, Jane to Frank M. Kellogg
25 acres.
Rockville Centre Baptist Church to Carman
Rockville Centre
Rope, William W. to Rebecca R. B. Tracy,
Gorton Ave., Rockaway
Schmuck, J. Carl to the First Presbyterian
Church of Far Rockaway. John St.
Smith, Carman to George Wallace,
Village Ave., Rockville Centre.
Smith, Eugene P. to George W. Smith.
Grove St., adjoing land C. DeMott.
Smith, George B. to Julius F. Wiegel,
Main St., Freeport
Same to Same, Main St., Greenwich Point.
Van Deusen, Phebe to Joseph Schutz,
Centre Ave., Rockville Centre
Van Wahl, Eva H. to John H. Combs.
Laurel Ave., 78x141.
Wallace, Edwin to Julia H. Leighton,
Rockville Centre
Wood, Carman S. to John Lynn.
182-100 acres.
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BYU receiver Ross Apo lost his starting spot to Skyler Ridley coming out of spring camp, but coaches have raved about how well the big recruit out of Texas has handled the demotion.
Apo talked to reporters after practice on Friday and discussed his friendship with star receiver Cody Hoffman, his expectations for his senior year, and more.


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Luckily for us, a brand new motion poster for the sequel to The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, has just been released. The film continues the adventures of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – to make a long story short (mostly because there's a 99.99% chance you already know what the books and subsequent movies are about) the plot revolves around the Hunger Games, a government-sponsored event in which kids battle to the death.
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Rowling spokeswoman Nicky Stonehill told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Rowling, the "Harry Potter" author, signed "a few copies" of her detective novel as "Robert Galbraith." Wishing to keep her identity secret, Rowling made no promotional appearances for the book, published quietly in April, and Stonehill declined to say how any reader obtained a signed copy.
Bids for a signed first edition have topped $1,000 on eBay.
"Yes, those books will have value," said Angel Webster of Bauman Rare Books in Manhattan. "The first edition is already a scarce commodity and she only signed a handful of them under vague circumstances."
Webster added that it was too soon to know how much money a signed first edition might be worth. Signed first editions of the first "Harry Potter" book, published in 1997 in England as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," are worth thousands of dollars. Webster said the value of a signed "Cuckoo's Calling" will depend on how well the novel ends up selling and whether it becomes the first book of a series.
"The Cuckoo's Calling" received favorable reviews when it first came out but attracted little attention from the general public. It is now No. 1 on Amazon.com, and publisher Little, Brown and Company has commissioned a new printing of 300,000 copies.
The novel features London detective Cormoran Strike. Little, Brown has announced that a second Strike novel is planned for next summer.


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Beau Kallas homered, but it was all the Wolverines could muster offensively, falling 2-1 at Loyola Marymount on Friday night in the season opener. Kallas' home run came with two outs in the seventh and is the first opening-day home run for UVU since Feb. 9, 2006, when Adam Openshaw did it against Southern Utah.
Both teams got strong starts from their respective pitchers. The Wolverines' Andrew Freter pitched 5.2 innings and suffered a tough-luck loss, allowing just two hits with both runs coming in against him unearned. He allowed just two hits while striking out three in his appearance.
Colin Welmon, an All-West Coast Conference pitcher last season, lasted seven innings for the Lions and allowed five hits while striking out five.
Utah Valley out-hit LMU, 6-2, on the night, but it was a two-run second inning that provided the Lions the scoring they would need. Loyola Marymount took advantage of an error to plate two unearned runs in the frame. Tyler Cohen drove home the first run with a double and later scored on an RBI groundout off the bat of Jimmy Jack.
Welmon retired the first 11 Wolverine hitters before Craig Brinkerhoff collected his first Division I base hit in the top of the fourth. Mark Krueger followed him with a double to right, but both runners were stranded.
Utah Valley threatened in the sixth — Sean Moysh and Riley White were both in scoring position with no outs — but did not score. Moysh, who returns in 2014 after missing all but three games in 2013 due to injury, singled to left to start the inning. White then reached on a sacrifice bunt after an errant throw, but Welmon got Brinkerhoff and Krueger swinging and Kade Andrus on a grounder to short to end the inning.
The Wolverines threatened in the ninth with Krueger leading off with a base hit to right. Jordy Hart pinch ran for Krueger, stole second and later moved to third on a ground ball to first from Greyson Bogden for out number two.
Cohen, a freshman who also had the RBI double, got Colby Croft to ground out to third to end the game and earn a save in his first appearance. Cohen entered in the ninth with Hart at first and nobody out.
Utah Valley got a spotless outing from freshman Nate Slyvester in his first appearance. Sylvester retired all seven batters he faced in 2.1 innings of work.
The series continues Saturday at 2 p.m. MT, with sophomore Danny Beddes getting the nod on the mound for the Wolverines.
Clint Burgi is the assistant athletic director for sports information at Utah Valley University. For more information on Wolverine athletics, visit WolverineGreen.com.


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The aim of Artefacts as Categories is to ask what we can learn about a society from the variability of the objects it produces. Dr Miller presents a comprehensive analysis of the pottery produced in a single village in central India, drawing together and analysing a whole range of aspects - technology, function, design, symbolism and ideology - that are usually studied separately. Using the concepts of 'pragmatics', 'framing' and 'ideology', the author points to the insufficiency of many ethnographic accounts of symbolism and underlines the need to consider both the social positioning of the interpreter and the context of the interpretation when looking at artefacts. His invigorating study cogently questions many assumptions in material culture studies and offers a whole range of fresh explanations. Archaeologists in particular will welcome the discussion of familiar materials such as pottery rim shapes, body forms and decoration. However, the book will have a broad appeal to researchers in cultural studies, social anthropology and psychology and will attract all those interested in the problem of relating objects and society.
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What does fall back mean?
Definitions for fall back
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word fall back.
Princeton's WordNet
fall back(verb)
fall backwards and down
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind(verb)
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
fall back(verb)
move back and away from
"The enemy fell back"
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede(verb)
fall back, resort, recur(verb)
have recourse to
"The government resorted to rationing meat"
relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back(verb)
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
fall back(Verb)
To retreat.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fall back in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fall back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
If you have a fallback plan, you will fall back.
There was a bit more optimism this morning and then just a general fall-back as the day went on.
During all those bad times that happened in the past an industry that did not fall back was the film industry.
If you injure a harmless person, the evil will fall back upon you, like light dust thrown up against the wind.
Lockout. during all those bad times that happened in the past an industry that did not fall back was the film industry.
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Translations for fall back
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CLEARWATER — Police say the last thing 19-year-old Logan Kushner did before he went for a swim in the creek where he drowned Sunday morning was smoke "Jazz," a legal herbal incense that users say mimics the effects of marijuana.
"It was just one of those accidents," P.A. Kushner, Logan's mother, said Monday outside her home. Police told her it appeared he slipped, fell and hit his head, which could have led to him falling unconscious in the creek.
"He was not a drug addict. He was just a teenager, goofing off," Kushner said.
Police had earlier reported erroneously that Kushner and a friend were smoking K2, a synthetic cannabinoid banned in Florida and at least 40 other states. Jazz is legal, according to Clearwater police, but not intended for human consumption.
Clearwater police have not said whether Jazz contributed to Kushner's death, although his consumption of the product is one of the few details the agency has released.
To lawmakers who have made banning all synthetic drugs a priority, though, Kushner's death is further evidence of their problems.
"I am deeply saddened to learn of Logan Kushner's death," Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement released Monday. "This is exactly why we must do everything in our power to ban all synthetic drugs and protect Floridians."
Bondi is sponsoring bills this year to expand laws passed last year banning some components of synthetic drugs. Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri compares the fight to the arcade game Whac-A-Mole, because as soon as the state outlaws one compound used for fake pot, manufacturers come up with a new recipe.
Jazz comes in small neon packages with a saxophone on the front and is available at gas stations and convenience stores across the Tampa Bay area. Jazz's packaging notes that it complies with both federal and Florida laws. A 3-gram package can be bought for about $6.
WARNING: NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, the label states. The only listed ingredient is Althaea officinalis, a perennial herb also known as common marshmallow, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Herbal incense ingredient lists are not to be trusted, though, according to Cynthia Lewis-Younger, medical director of the Florida Poison Information Center in Tampa.
"There's no way to know until you test the substance what is really in there," she said.
Federal law bans certain chemicals that may be used in some synthetic drugs. However, because there is no reliable testing kit for synthetic drugs, Gualtieri says his deputies cannot go after convenience stores that may be selling the banned substances. Police elsewhere in the country have raided stores for selling synthetic drugs only to find out that the substances they seized are actually legal.
With hundreds of potential ingredients for synthetic drugs, Lewis-Younger is skeptical that law enforcement can get ahead of the manufacturers.
"The ways our laws are constructed, I don't see how they can ever not be behind the eight ball," she said. Manufacturers "are always two steps ahead."
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Kushner was a popular youth who played football and wrestled. He had recently enrolled at Stetson University in DeLand, his mother said, and had joined a fraternity. He was going to quarterback a flag football team.
"Logan was the most generous, compassionate boy from day one all through the rest of his life," Kushner said. "He was always there for people. He's always been there for me."
At Palm Harbor University High School, Kushner took classes in the medical magnet program and volunteered hundreds of hours at Mease Countryside Hospital. After friends found him unresponsive in Kapok Park creek Sunday morning, he was taken back to Mease, where he was pronounced dead.
Monday night, hundreds of his friends gathered back at the park, this time for a candlelight vigil.
Teachers, teens, family and neighbors fanned out across the park and near the shore.
Girls wore T-shirts that had a picture of Kushner in a football jersey. Several people brought flowers and wrote cards. Someone released a balloon.
"He had the biggest, goofiest smile," said Sherilyn Mansfield, 17, a family friend. "You couldn't see his eyes. … It just doesn't make sense."
They shared memories of their friend. He once pulled a prank at school by putting a banana in a urinal. Another time, he plastered his middle school with fliers in a bid to become class vice president. The flier, Mansfield said, included a huge picture of Kushner grinning, with the words "Logan loves you," underneath.
"That's why there are so many people out here tonight," Mansfield said. "Everybody loved him too."
Up the street, police officers directed traffic as more cars streamed into the neighborhood.
Times staff writer Kameel Stanley contributed to this report. Will Hobson can be reached at (727) 445-4167 or email@example.com.


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T hanksgiving doesn't have to mean a departure from healthy habits. A few simple strategies can really impact how many calories you consume. The guidelines below will help you make smart choices about what you eat—while still enjoying your Turkey Day feast.
- Do the math first
Familiarize yourself with the calorie counts of your favorite foods. Knowing that a 3 3/4-ounce slice of pecan pie, for example, contains 431 calories (with 50 percent of those calories from fat) may deter you from that first bite.
- Don't skip breakfast or lunch
Saving yourself for the big meal only guarantees that you'll be filling up on high-calorie, high-fat snacks or hors d'oeuvres beforehand.
- Tight helps fight temptation
Slip on that little body-hugging black dress or those snug-fitting pants. Okay, your mother-in-law may not approve. But feeling uncomfortable in clothes that don't conveniently expand can discourage overeating. So ditch your muumuu, "relaxed fit" jeans, and anything with an elastic waistband.
- Limit alcohol and soda intake
Liquid calories do count. And alcohol stimulates appetite. Remember: wine (5 ounces), beer (12 ounces), spirits (1 1/2 ounces), and soda (12 ounces) typically have 100 to 150 calories per serving. Fruit-juice-based cocktails have even more. The best strategy: Drink sparkling water flavored with a squirt of lemon or lime.
- Monitor sodium intake
Steer clear of chips, cheese, and other hidden sources of salt, such as canned broths and soups, bouillon cubes, and prepackaged seasoning mixes, all of which contribute to bloat and weight gain. Substitute homemade or low-sodium products, where possible.
- Look before you heap
Scan the table carefully. Allow yourself larger portions of simply prepared foods, such as plain baked sweet potatoes or steamed vegetables; take smaller portions (perhaps 2 tablespoons) of calorie-dense stuffing or mashed potatoes.
- Eat with your five senses
Gobbling food mindlessly invites weight gain. It's not your Last Supper, so chew slowly and savor fully; enjoy what you eat.


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Volatility amongst firms in the Dow Jones Eurostoxx50 Index
This article presents a study of asset price volatility, correlation trends and market risk premia. Recent evidence shows an increase in firm-level volatility and a decline of the correlation among stock returns in the US (Campbell et al., 2001). We find that, in relation to the Euro-area stock markets, both aggregate firm-level volatility and average stock market correlation are trended upwards. This article estimates the time series of market and idiosyncratic volatilities for the firms composing the index Dow Jones Eurostoxx50 for the 1992-2001 period following the volatility decomposition method of Campbell et al. (2001) Monthly time series of market and firm-level volatility are obtained using within monthly daily returns relative to the market return. This article also investigates the time series properties of the volatility series, in particular whether there are trends and whether there is a risk-return trade-off. The main findings are the following. There is a positive trend in both market and firm level volatility and consequently, average correlation among firms has increased. This contrasts with the US evidence in Campbell et al. (2001) of a strong positive trend in firm-level volatility, no trend in market volatility and consequently, a decrease in the average correlation. There is a statistical significant market risk-return trade-off and that firm-level volatility has no predictive power for subsequent market returns.
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League champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko will miss the services of head coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani in their upcoming final league game against Aduana Stars and FA Cup final against Inter Allies.
Didi, who led the Reds to a third successive league triumph after annexing the 2013/14 First Capital Plus Premier League title is set to leave the shores of the country to the US for an official duty as scout for the senior national team, the Black Stars.
The Asante Kotoko trainer, who is serving as part of the backroom staff for the Black Stars ahead of the World Cup, has been mandated to keep an eye on the US national team, who are in the same group with Ghana at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The former Ghana women's under-17 coach is set to leave the country on Tuesday to the United States to begin his duty assigned him by the Ghana FA.
The situation means the Porcupine Warriors will miss the services of their head coach in their two crucial ties on Wednesday and Sunday respectively.
Kotoko will travel to Dormaa to take on Aduana Stars in their final league game of the season on Wednesday June 4th, then return to Accra to face Inter Allies in the FA Cup finals at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday June 8th.
These circumstances mean Kotoko will have Assistant coach Michael Osei in charge of the team in both games on Wednesday and Sunday respectively.
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Hoop Heaven getting it done with teamwork
August, 5, 2011
By Adam Finkelstein, ESPN Recruiting
After six long but highly successful years together, the run of the Hoop Heaven Heat Elite team has now come to an end. Started by ESPNU 60 PG Jaren Sina's (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Gill St. Bernard's) father, Mergin Sina, when his son was just in the sixth grade, Hoop Heaven has proven to be one of the most successful AAU teams in the Northeast in recent years. This summer has been no different as the squad carried an active roster of only seven players and still played all but two days of the live period.


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California Genealogy and History Archives
Sacramento County
may be said that the entire life of Louis H. Stewart, the manager of the
Sacramento branch of the Central California canneries, has been passed
in or near a fruit cannery. Born in Healdsburg, Sonoma county, during
the year 1868, he was the son of Joseph E. and Harriette (Fiero)
Stewart, and in this vale of fruitage and bloom known as the Valley of
the Sotoyome, he practically finished his school days and childhood at
seventeen, and was prepared for work. He found his first job in T. S.
Merchant's fruit canneries in that place, and held it for five years, a
portion, or the latter portion of that period being the foreman of the
establishment. In 1890 he was employed with Miller & Hotchkiss,
fruit canners and packers, also in Healdsburg, and he remained in that
place until 1894. His next change was to Geyserville of that county, a
warm-belted fruit region, where he took charge of the Walden & Co.
fruit canneries until 1901. He then removed to Sacramento, became
foreman in the Sacramento branch of the Central California canneries,
and two years after was appointed manager.
Mr. Stewart is as successful as a manager as he was as a foreman. The same care in detail and the same faithfulness in all the obligations that ever burden the business man receive his closest attention. Under his direction are three hundred and fifty people busy handling their part of the great pack of fruit that passes through those canneries every season. He was married in San Francisco February 22, 1893, to Miss Effie Willis, and their children are Freda, Norma, Charlotte and Willis. The family have a pleasant home at No. 1228 street. Fraternally the father is an Odd Fellow and in religion .is a Baptist, two characteristics believed in the west to make for the best citizenship. Also, he is Republican in his politics, but this does not detract from his civic perfections, as he aids all movements for the upbuilding of the city, where his business interests are centered.
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This is the last blog I will be writing on the Dateline special that allowed parents an opportunity to see how their children would act in situations when they thought no one was watching.
The last segment of the show featured another fake casting call with actors and real teens whose parents were watching through hidden cameras. In this scenario one of the actors pretended to be drunk and in one particular setting he actually drank in front of the other teens.
Then they were told that they had to drive to another location. The teen that had been drinking would be the one driving and the question every parent watching had was, "Will my teen get into a car with a driver they know has been drinking?"
While all of the parents didn't believe their teens would do it, unfortunately every teen failed the test and yes, they did get into the car with another teen they believed had been drinking.
These teens were honor roll students so there seemed to be a greater expectation placed on their ability to make the right decision. However when it came right down to it, they weren't able to.
My speculation is that peer pressure and not wanting to stand out and be different is what prevented them from not getting into the car. They may have felt that the chances of getting into an accident or anything bad happening were slim.
I have studied brain development in children and it is true that teen's brains are still developing, with some portions not yet fully developed. This explains why many teens engage in risky behaviors. Yet fully developed brain or not, it comes down to making the right choice.
We cannot guarantee that our children will always do the right thing. We hope that they will. We trust that they have listened to our wisdom, yet the reality is that they will make decisions we may have no control over.
Talking to our teens is one way to stop situations like this one from occurring. We need to be open and honest with our teens. They need to know that no matter what, if they need us we will be reachable. Teens need to know that without questions being asked, we will pick them up even if it's the middle of the night.
Another way to help stop situations like this from happening is to be a good example before our teens. They are watching what we say and what we do and making sure it lines up. They will sometimes call us on the carpet when we are preaching one thing but doing another.
Parents, talk to your teens about drinking. Don't assume they will always do the right thing or that they even know what the right thing to do is.


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Quentin Tarantino has unchained some new details about his next film.
During an appearance Tuesday on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," the late-night host asked the two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker about his latest script, and while he wouldn't say much, the "Django Unchained" director did reveal some key details.
"I will say the genre. It's a western," Tarantino told Leno, as the audience applauded. "It's not a 'Django' sequel, but it's another western."
The 50-year-old filmmaker won a best original screenplay Oscar in 2013 for his work on "Django," which he also directed. Tarantino had previously won an Academy Award in the same category in 1995 for "Pulp Fiction."
"Django Unchained" -- which stars Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz in an Oscar-winning performance -- attracted some controversy for its heavy use of the n-word and for its depiction of slavery, but critics and audiences for the most part were impressed by Tarantino's take on the genre.
"I had so much fun doing 'Django' and I love westerns so much, it's like after I taught myself how to make one, it's like 'Well, let me make another now that I know what I'm doing,'" Tarantino said.
And while there was no discussion of a rumored "Kill Bill, Vol. 3" during his appearance, Tarantino did recount his first experience on "The Tonight Show" back in 1992, prior to becoming a house-hold name and before the release of his ground-breaking "Reservoir Dogs."
Leno pointed out that, at the time, Tarantino was making an appearance as more of a human interest story rather than a celebrity interview. Tarantino had been first booked on the show to talk about his unlikely career path from a video store clerk to a Hollywood filmmaker.Tarantino said that he has been able to trace his career progression through his collection of "Tonight Show" guest coffee mugs from various appearances over the years.
At the end of their interview, Leno presented Tarantino with a special "Tonight Show" coffee mug that was personalized with the words "Best Director."
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Fifteen-year-old ski jumper Sara Takanashi recorded her first World Cup podium finish on Sunday, placing second in an event in Hinterzarten, Germany.
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Thank You for the reply! I will start doing a rotating schedule, do you do anything special for exercise on/before/after your cheat day to minimize impact? I do just the squats and a light jog for 20 minutes before dinner.
Not enough exercise?
My daily exercise consists of 40 seconds of bicycle crunches, 20 push ups and 30-40 minutes of jogging(3 to 4 miles). Is this too little? Weekends are my rest days.
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What sticks out here is that you say weekends are your rest days - but you should be resting your muscles on alternating days. So instead of pushups 5 days in a row, then taking two days off, it's better to do pushups every other day (MWFSun one week, T,TH,Sat the next).
The reason is that the workout tears your muscle fibers up a bit, then during the rest period they repair themselves. It's during that recovery period that the muscles actually grow. If you don't give them time to rebuild the fibers and grow, your workouts become a little counterproductive. In other words it's more effective to do less workouts spaced better during the week instead of your current pattern.
If you want to stick to working out Mon-Fri, then come up with a routine for MWF that works one set of muscles hard, and a different routine for Tues-Thurs that works a different set of muscles, like maybe squats and pullups.
Whether or not it's enough or too little depends on your fitness level. I like working one set to failure instead of being stuck on a number. 20 pushups might be to failure right now in which case it's enough - but in a month you might need to add more to get to the same point of pushing your muscles. For the jogging, look at doing HIIT instead of a steady pace if you aren't already.
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Today Larry Ellison and Oracle will reveal in great detail their plans for the combined Oracle/Sun entity, a deal that Ellison first proposed nine months ago. In that context, it's illuminating to analyze Oracle's transformative intentions for wanting to acquire Sun.
So why indeed did Larry Ellison want Sun so badly? Why was he willing to pay $7.4 billion and put up with the excruciating and endless (if I may mix my continental metaphors) Grand Kabuki theater of the absurd staged by the European Union's anti-capitalism commission? Well I have my theories—10 of them, in fact—and I'd like to share them with you in reverse order, starting with #10 and moving through to my #1 reason. Let me know what you think:
10) Lots of customers seem very excited and optimistic about the deal's potential. In slotting this customer-outlook angle at #10, I am certainly not downplaying it or implying that Ellison is unconcerned with what customers think; quite the contrary. But first and foremost, the deal had to make sense for Ellison and Oracle—and then, if they were to find that Sun customers were also pumped up, then the deal was a lock. Here's what a few customers had to say:
--"I see this as a natural evolution of the long-term relationship between Oracle and Sun," said Marriott International CIO and EVP Carl Wilson in a batch of customer comments on Oracle.com. "This acquisition helps round out Oracle's suite of products and services providing essential solutions and powerful packaging that only a leading world-class software company could provide."
--"Oracle's acquisition of Sun provides Oracle with more best-in-class technologies to add to their portfolio," said Hologic Inc. SVP of Information Services and CIO Dave Rudzinsky. "The combined companies will be able to deliver a comprehensive enterprise application platform and solution from end-to-end. I feel Oracle is becoming more of a total solutions provider not just another software or technology vendor."
--"The combination of Sun and Oracle shows Oracle's commitment to go vertical amidst the trend of Cloud Datacenter consolidation to heighten their IT infrastructural presence," said Prof. Satoshi Matsuoka, head of research infrastructure at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. "In fact, we are optimistic that the combination will continue its trend to provide us HPC products with technological advantages necessary to be classified as one of the top-ranked supercomputers in the world, possibly for our next-gen TSUBAME 2.0."
9) Sun will have contributed an additional $1.5 billion in non-GAAP operating income. Oracle co-president Safra Catz said just that during last month's earnings call with analysts, saying the timeframe would be 12 months after the close of the deal. As with #10 above, I'm not saying the $1.5 billion is unimportant to Ellison—and again, remember, this is a list of what I think Larry Ellison's Top 10 reasons would be. Yes, he's always delivered for Oracle shareholders, and with an incremental target like that, he'll certainly continue to do so. But I still would argue that Ellison wanted this deal more for the people and technology assets that will generate that huge profit boost, rather than for the $1.5 billion itself.
8) To rattle the tech industry and force a series of changes based on Ellison's own terms. In public comments, Ellison castigated the IT industry for dumping assembly and integration work on customers who have no desire to be assemblers and integrators, and intimated that his newly constituted company would force a major change in that model: "We've treated customers like computer hobbyists—go buy an operating system, go buy some network software and routers and a database and some applications and hire a lot of programmers and—we've been selling components. It's what Andy Grove referred to as 'the horizontal computer system'—by the way, I think Andy Grove is a brilliant guy—I just think he's fundamentally wrong. He believed the right model is everyone is specialized in one area—you make memory chips or you make microprocessors—but at some point somebody's got to be the integrator, and the question is, is the integrator IBM Global Services, or is the integrator a systems company like Oracle/Sun, where the database and the hardware and the networking and the middleware and the applications all work together, and we believe that the right place to integrate is at the engineering level, not what IBM Global Services is trying to do, which is to integrate at the consulting-service level." Any CIOs out there want to push on Ellison to let you keep all that cool assembly and integration work??
7) Ellison wants to save or revive or restore Sun's reputation and capabilities. For all of his phenomenal successes in entrepreneurship, finance, acquisitions, personal wealth, sailboat-racing, and high-end competitive strategy, Larry Ellison has always had and will always have a deep and abiding love of technology: he cut his teeth on programming, code, and innovative databases. And shortly after he announced his bid to buy Sun, he came out with a 5-part pledge to Sun customers that was all about commitment, investment, and the extension/resurgence of a glorious brand:
Ellison vowed to Sun customers that he would spend more money developing Sparc than Sun does now; spend more money developing Solaris than Sun does now; spend more money developing MySQL than Sun does now; "dramatically improve Sun's systems performance by tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware; and "have more than twice as many hardware specialists selling and servicing Sparc/Solaris systems than Sun does now."
At the bottom of his pledge, lest anyone wonder what his real goal was, Ellison said in bold letters, "We're in it to win. IBM, we're looking forward to competing with you in the hardware business."
6) Ellison loves Sun's technology—ALL of it. When Ellison said that Oracle/Sun could deliver everything a CIO needs from data center to disk, he wasn't kidding—and he has publicly expressed an intense desire to keep all of Sun's technologies. Look at his passion ("Sun has been a national treasure") as he speaks about its technology in our Sept. 28 column called Global CIO: Why Oracle's Larry Ellison Will Tell The EU To Pound Sand (and be sure not to miss the closing line in this excerpt):
"We're keeping everything: we're keeping tape, we're keeping storage, we're keeping x86 technology and Sparc technology and we're gonna increase the investment in it. Sun—if you look around at technology companies, and if for $1 we could buy IBM, HP, Sun, or any of these companies—I'm not sure we wouldn't pick Sun, if they were all the same price—and Sun was selling at a helluva discount. So Sun has fantastic technology—we think it's got great microprocessor technology—it needs a little more investment but we think Sparc can be extremely competitive; [Sun's] got the leading tape archival storage systems—we think Open Storage, their new system, is absolutely fantastic; Java speaks for itself; [and] Solaris is overwhelmingly the best open-systems operating system on the planet. Sun has been a national treasure for the last couple of decades and we think with that combination of Sun technology and Oracle technology, we think we can succeed and compete and beat IBM. And that's our goal."
5) Ellison wants to push Oracle/Sun into growth markets and recast its entire image. In this excerpt from my transcript of a rare public talk/interview Ellison gave in September at the Churchill Club in the Bay Area, he offers a clear vision of what he wants the new company to be and why he's so excited about its prospects:


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WestJet snagged quite a few gullible people who fell for their yearly April Fools' joke. This year it was all about a clever video promoting the airline's new Kargo Kids section for children – no more screaming babies or crying children on flights because they'll be stowed below and passegers will be able to enjoy kid-free cabins.
WestJet released a hilarious video on Sunday showing children being placed in the underbelly of the plane with luggage, only to emerge on the turnstile at the airport for pick up. "We've heard from many of our guests that they're tired of kids screaming and running up and down the aisle and are looking, quite simply, for some peace and quiet," Vice President of communications Richard Bartrem said in the tongue-in-cheek video posted on WestJet's website (as reported by PostMedia News). The video shows two fussy kids being put in the "travel toboggan" and then explains how they will then get to go on a "magic carpet ride" before the experience is done. Your child's toboggan will arrive safely with the luggage, and other kids, who will be boarding that flight."
The Kargo Kids area features a WestJet counsellor, Bartrem says, who will make sure the kids are safe and supervised. "With plenty of toys and a state-of-the-art feed trough, your children will be able to run, play, scream and eat all they want, while you enjoy your flight in peace and quiet… From all of us at WestJet — you're welcome," Bartrem says.
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Shock the world. Or at least make somebody sit up and take notice.
That was the idea anyway – at least in part – as the Pulaski Lady Cougars traveled to Blacksburg High School for the opening game of the River Ridge District tournament Monday night, which ended in a 53-44 Bruin win.
There certainly was precedent for an upset. Okay, maybe not by this group, but back in 2008—obviously well before most of the current players were even blips on the varsity radar—Pulaski finished the regular season with just three RRD wins, well behind Hidden Valley (8-2) and Salem (5-5).
As a result they entered the tournament a sizeable underdog against Salem in the opening game. In the end, though, the Cougars edged the Spartans by a point and then shocked the Titans by one bucket to claim the RRD tournament championship trophy.
Fast forward five years and the Lady Cougars, 2-8, were again set to enter the tournament as a decided underdog, this time against Blacksburg (6-4). And early on the Lady Cougars looked like they would at least hang around the district's third-best regular season team.
Coach Jason Grubb's crew capitalized on key first quarter steals to keep it to a very manageable three-point game, 14-11 in favor of Blacksburg, after eight minutes.
"There was a period early on in the first period where we played with some good intensity, but that intensity went down in the second quarter. I don't know if it was confidence or what, but we just weren't bringing it. We got it going late, but we just ran out of clock," Grubb said.
In that second quarter, both sides seemed to hit the snooze button offensively, especially right before halftime. Combined the two put up just 13 points in the period, eight by the Bruins.
But in the second half the Bruins had other ideas than to simply allow the relatively upstart Cougars to steal the game, especially on the Bruins' home court.
Pulaski's attempts to convert turnovers into points were thwarted at ever turn, particularly in the final quarter, as they struggled to penetrate the Blacksburg defense.
"We started trying to make a run at them at the beginning of the fourth quarter with some full court pressure and we'd get turnovers, but we couldn't score," Grubb said.
Part of that was because of Blacksburg's methodical style of play, Grubb added.
"Blacksburg is just kind of a blue-collar type team. They're just a working type team. They have a bunch of kids who average about seven points a game and they all just play hard, play good defense and work together, sort of that lunch-pail sort of approach," Grubb said.
But another part was an inability to get the ball into the post with any regularity.
"We were running our offense too close to the three-point line. We weren't spreading them out enough, so it was easy for them to deny passes," Grubb said.
The Cougars managed to cut a 21-point deficit to just nine points in the fourth quarter with key three-pointers by Jordan Chrisley and Chelsea Golden. But the roller coaster intensity, not to mention a deeper, faster opponent, again proved too high a mountain to climb.
"If we play that hard early on things could have been different," Grubb said.
Appropriately, Chrisley, in her final game in a Cougar uniform, led the team in scoring with 13, including a three-pointer, one of six on the night for Pulaski. Golden drilled three triples and finished with 11 points, the only other Cougar in double-figures.
Freshman Meredith Mitchell was relatively and noticeably quiet with just six points, including one from beyond the three-point line.
Conversely, Blacksburg freshman Chris Martin led the Bruins on the scoreboard with 14 points on a seven-for-14 shooting night to help her team advance to round two against Hidden Valley Tuesday.
Despite the early exit, Grubb, as always, was quick after the game to point back to the positives his young team will take into the off-season and build on next year.
"I think they've made a lot of improvements, personal improvements and as a team. They've closed the gap on some of the teams around us. They've learned to play much better together and they've improved as shooters, defenders and rebounders. We still have plenty of work to do, and that's what we talked about," Grubb said.
By far the biggest improvement, Grubb added, has been in the physical toughness that adversity brought their way this year.
"We're no longer a young team because we've been through a whole season. Our freshman and sophomores have had considerable playing minutes. Now they're more poised, they're more confident. They have a better sense of urgency and the type of season they had this year is going to make them better down the road," Grubb said.
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With the recent spate of gun violence still weighing heavily on the minds of many Americans, violence in videogames has again been thrust into the national spotlight. Many feel that violent videogames are turning children into potential killers by desensitizing them to the horrors of death and violence. While I don't have empirical evidence to counter or support this argument, I do wonder why videogames alone are targeted as the main instigator of this so-called "culture of violence" we find ourselves in.
What seems to be escaping everyone is that violence is ingrained in virtually every form of entertainment in mainstream American media. From TV to radio, violence has become nothing but an afterthought. Yet, not once since any of these recent shootings have occurred has anyone blamed anything but videogames. Our local television stations, movies, and books all are infused with an equal if not greater level of violence and no one thinks anything of it. This is a disturbing trend that needs greater thought.
Pre-teen and teen girls line up to watch the latest Twilight, a PG-13 movie, and were treated to the sight of heads being torn off. CSI regularly showcases grizzled, mutilated bodies. Even Harry Potter features a description of dismemberment in its pages. Though none of these examples are as "interactive" as a videogame, they are still examples of graphic violence in mainstream media that no one seems to question. Frankly, a lot of the violence in mainstream media can be more visceral and gory than what an M-rated game portrays. The same demographic feared to be playing M-rated, violent games is ingesting the same sort of content across other forms of media, so why aren't we discussing the impact of these, as well?
What I find even odder is that people condemn games like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty, yet movies like Django Unchained go on to get Oscar nominations. All three are home to persistent violence, yet Django, because it's a movie, is treated with respect, despite the fact it is easily more gratuitous and gory than either of the two games I mentioned. I find this an exceptionally unfair double-standard, as titles like Assassin's Creed don't even remotely relish in the sort of violence Django embraced. What makes one better than the other? It seems totally arbitrary.
Dig a little deeper and it becomes clear that the stigma perhaps stems from the fact that Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty are called video "games". With a strong history of ties to children's entertainment, it's understandable that violent games have the stigma that they do, as people haven't moved past the notion that videogames are not the same thing they were when Pong debuted. Ignorance to change is no excuse, however, and particularly when it comes to parents.What is perhaps the most astounding thing about this debate to me is the number of parents who willing give M-rated games to their children. Every game box has a rating, and even if you don't know what each letter means, there is a description explaining them on the back. Why so many parents think themselves above reading these descriptors and then having the audacity to blame everyone else for their poor decision making is beyond me.
What's more, given the general cost of videogames, of all forms of media they should be the hardest thing for a kid to get their hands on. Just about any kid under the age of 12 is completely dependent upon their parent for income and transport. Yet it's totally commonplace to hear a six-year old on Call of Duty yelling racial slurs at people. This disconnect between parental responsibility and what children do or do not have access to is glaring and inexcusable. Coupled with the seeming inability of people to perceive the casual depictions of violence across virtually every form of mass media, and I think we have a giant mess that goes far beyond Halo or Assassin's Creed. I think that the videogame industry deserves as much creative freedom as we give to our writers and directors. If violence is truly the pervasive problem we're being told it is, it needs to be acknowledged across the board.


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Local musicians looking to foster musical talent and appreciation in kids are planning an "artist-in-residency" program at area elementary schools.
When Ahwatukee Foothills resident Sherry Finzer was growing up on the East Coast, her schools began band classes in elementary school. Most Valley schools don't start band classes until sixth grade, she said. To target younger children, she has founded the nonprofit group Arizona World Music Initiative, an education program to expose children to music at a younger age.
According to its mission statement, the nonprofit's goal is to "inspire, create, educate and entertain children, seniors and people with special needs in the genre of world music. We create music awareness in world music, build self-esteem, and unleash musical potential in participants."
When budget cuts force schools to scale back or eliminate music programs, it can affect children in many areas, Finzer said.
"They're missing a huge chunk of their life, and a lot of great experiences they can have."
Music can aid students in math and critical thinking skills, she said.
The group is holding its first fundraiser this Sunday at Il Vinaio Restaurant & Wine Bar in Mesa from 4 to 9 p.m., in an effort to raise funds to buy instruments to create sounds in schools such as Irish, African, Asian and other cultures, Finzer said.
Seven local musical groups will perform for 30 to 45 minutes each. There will also be a silent auction and raffle items to include restaurant and massage gift certificates, art, various gift baskets and a weekend trip to San Diego. The restaurant will also donate 25 percent of food sales during the concert to the group.
Although the group's main focus is students in kindergarten through fifth grade, their program can also be tailored to special needs groups and senior centers or nursing homes, Finzer said.
The initiative plans to start contacting schools in Ahwatukee Foothills and the East Valley after they generate more funds.
In the classroom, sessions can be tailored to the school and individual teacher's wishes, Finzer said. Depending on the size of the class, AZWMI can send one or several instructors to carry out the five-day program.
On the first visit, musicians will perform for students and introduce them to instruments. The next time, students have the opportunity to learn basic rhythmic patterns and listening skills. Kids will also learn how to recycle basic household items into musical instruments, and are invited to bring in water bottles, canisters, mint tins, wrapping paper tubes and other items on the third visit to create their own instruments. Musicians then play along with students to practice the rhythmic patterns learned earlier in the week, and the sessions conclude with a performance for other classes and parents on the final day.
Each workshop can last 30 to 60 minutes, and can be extended in a 10- to 12-week program, depending on school needs.
Joining Finzer in the program's efforts include Gary Kiggins, who is helping develop the initiative with her; guitarist John Calvert; percussionist Jason Weidman; and flutist Leslie Lewis. The group welcomes other area artists who are willing to donate their time and talents to the initiative and students.
The fundraiser will be held this Sunday, March 7, from 4 to 9 p.m. at Il Vinaio Restaurant, located at 270 W. Main St. in Mesa. Anyone with questions or willing to donate funds or instruments such as shakers, maracas, any drums, congas and bongos, can contact Finzer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kathleen Gormley is interning this semester for the Ahwatukee Foothills News. She is a sophomore at Arizona State University.