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Where recharging your batteries can help rebalance and re-sculpt your body too. Not only is this a great place to escape from the hustle, bustle and hassles of the city, our therapies are designed to make you look and feel better too.
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Avalon Cliff Guesthouse, winner of the 2008 Heritage Restoration Preservation Award, is only 8 minutes to Baltimore City, BWI airport: 35 minutes to Washington, DC (by train). 20 minutes to local area hospitals.
Ours is an historic, pet-friendly and green property! Built as a guest house from materials taken from the 18th century sailing ship, the Somerset, this comfortable retreat property offers two levels, with a first floor bedroom. Other rooms include a completely renovated kitchen, bath, great room, breakfast room, private laundry/changing room/1/2 bath for pool and outdoor use and 2nd floor loft (lots of space for kids) which runs entire length of the house built from rare California Redwood. Look out from your front window to view an English formal garden and watch the sun set over the Patapsco River Valley.
The summerhouse is the perfect place to relax and watch the rain fall or the fire roar. Numerous gardens, orchard and vineyard surround the wooded 4 acre, very private property. Sit out on the back deck to see the forest and streams that run below. Truly a place to relax and renew. Visit our new Swim Spa! Our property is located in the historic town of Avalon, Maryland in Baltimore County. Ask about our seasonal specials!
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Thanks so much for use of your wonderful cottage! We loved it here. It was great for the whole family. We plan to enjoy your wine tonight for New Years.
Wendy & Gene are authors, consultants, conservators, environmentalists, and interested in sustainable land, protecting wildlife and making good wine. We enjoy our special retreat property most when it is being enjoyed by others. Licensed by the State of Maryland and Baltimore County, we have provided accommodation for corporate stays, retreats, events, families (worldwide) and medical post-ops for 9 years (we are close to all of the major Baltimore hospitals). Let us welcome you for your first or a return stay. Our guests love coming back!
Relaxation, retreat and renewal are the theme of this property. Plenty of indoor and outdoor spaces to host family gatherings while in town.
The delight of nature with the easy access to civilization. Exotic birds, bald eagles and egret complement the view of the 15,000 acres of parkland. Wildlife is everywhere. Immediate view and access to the park make this a special and safe place for the entire family. We are minutes to all major highways and Baltimore City.
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GCHS seniors named Kansas Honor Scholars
GCHS seniors named Kansas Honor Scholars
Garden City High School had 42 seniors named Kansas Honor Scholars through The Kansas Honors Program, sponsored by the University of Kansas Alumni Association.
The GCHS students include: Jeffery Bogner, Stephen Bouddhara, Kennedy Brunson, Marcela Castillo, Norma Castro-Barbosa, Colton Clark, Wa Dar, Allison Doll, Kayla Doll, Edith Dominguez, Nnadozie Ekweariri, Tomasa Espino, Andrew Fowler, Aide Hernandez, Alberto Hernandez-Martinez, Thomas Hoang, Hillary Hurtado, Chelsea Jackson, Ashlee Knemeyer, Yolanda Ledesma, Taylor Linenberger, Chaitali Marwaha, Levi Mild, Alexandra Miller, Elsa Montanez, Rebecca Nelson, James Nguyen, Austin Nichols, Kristin Padilla, Janette Parra, Khaing Pyi, Karina Ramirez, Gina Resley, Yennifer Reyes, Alisia Saucedo, Joanie Schultz, Kaylee Seyferth, Ashley Smith, Tam Ta, Nennah Vainerere, Andrea Villela and Trace Woods.
The program recognizes and awards high school seniors for academic achievements and who rank in the top 10 percent of their class. Selections are made regardless of curricula (weighted or non-weighted), majors, occupational plans or higher-education goals.
Each Kansas Honor Scholar receives a certificate, a special edition of The American Heritage Dictionary and is given the chance to qualify for a $4,000 scholarship to KU. Scholars are selected based on academic records through the previous semester that are provided by high school principals.
The Kansas Honors Program has been a KU tradition since 1971. It is designed to promote academic excellence in secondary education, to reward high school seniors for their hard work and dedication, and to support Kansas communities.
Area students earn scholarships at Emporia State
Four southwest Kansas students have received scholarships from Emporia State University.
Scholarships are helping more than 1,300 Emporia State University students attending classes this academic year.
Students from this area and the scholarships they received are:
Kristina Gerard, of Johnson City, received the Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Larkin Scholarship; Alan Kessler, of Lakin, received the Mott Family Scholarship and W. D. Ross Memorial Scholarship; Madison Landwehr, of Holcomb, received the Dr. John and Ruth Breukelman Scholarship; Mauri Steimel, of Manter, received the Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Larkin Scholarship.
For more information about financial aid and scholarships at Emporia State University, visit http://www.emporia.edu/finaid.
KU announces December grads
The names of nearly 1,350 candidates for degrees from the University of Kansas this fall, representing 52 Kansas counties, 36 other states and the District of Columbia, and 34 other countries, have been announced by the University Registrar.
Area candidates for degrees are as follows:
Honey Hooper, of Sublette, a graduate of Garden Plain High School, received a bachelor of arts in anthropology.
Grant Holmes, of Montezuma. a graduate of South Gray High School, received a bachelor of science in pharmaceutical studies.
Carlos Munoz, of Garden City, a graduate of Garden City High School, received a bachelor of arts in Spanish and minor in business.
Morgan Numrich, of Scott City, a graduate of Scott Community High School, received a bachelor of science in business in accounting.
Erin Fulton, of Garden City, a graduate of Home School - State of Kansas, received a bachelor of music in musicology.
Because KU conducts only one formal commencement ceremony each year, many of these graduates will return May 18 for the university's 142nd commencement. However, some schools and programs conduct fall recognition ceremonies.
FCCLA members place at national cluster meeting
Members of the Garden City High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter traveled to CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., in November to attend the largest of three regional conferences - known as National Cluster Meetings — held around the country.
Skill demonstration events were held at the conference, featuring students participating in a wide variety of competitive activities. Events included several oratory and FCCLA-specific knowledge competitions, demonstrations of college and career-ready skills in Family and Consumer Sciences, and exhibitions of culinary food art and knife skills.
Jenifer Phipps placed second in Speak Out for FCCLA, Elsa Montanez placed third in Food Art, and Lauren Sullivan placed third in Impromptu Speaking. Desiree Parr also competed in the Creed contest.
Other students attending the conference were: Jenny Nguyen, Jazmine Nelson, Alyssa Bordewick and Hanna Leiker. GCHS advisors Karen Burden and Madeline Gurney also attended the conference.
Area students graduate from Washburn
Three students from southwest Kansas recently graduated from Washburn University in Topeka.
They are as follows:
Garden City — Kelli Parr, bachelor of applied science, human services, LinC Scholar/Bonner Leader, human services.
Leoti ¬-- Samantha Heath, bachelor of arts, theater.
Ulysses — Amber Kissell, bachelor of business administration, management and marketing.
Sunrisers Kiwanis award mini-grants to local teachers
The Sunrisers Kiwanis of Garden City visited Georgia Matthews Elementary School last month to present mini-grant checks to help teachers enhance their classrooms.
Becky Wise, science teacher, and Wynema Cessna, music teacher, received the checks during a morning assembly at the school. Wise will use a $200 grant to purchase science literature materials, and Cessna will use a $195 grant to purchase music literacy materials.
KSU Phi Kappa Phi chapter recognized
More than 100 Kansas State University students and one professor are new members of one of the best chapters of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor societies for all disciplines.
The university's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi has received Chapter of Merit status. The honor recognizes chapters that have exhibited outstanding commitment to honor and excellence. Only 69 of Phi Kappa Phi's 325 chapters earned the recognition status in 2013.
K-State's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi recently initiated new members. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. Kimberly Kramer, associate professor of architectural engineering and construction science, was this fall's faculty initiate. Kramer was recognized for her academic record in her graduate work.
Four students originally from southwest Kansas are among the new members of K-State's Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Lauren Harness, senior in architecture, Garden City; Nolan Gaede, junior in chemical engineering, Holcomb; Chelle Leininger, doctoral student in educational leadership, Hugoton; and Vickie Smith, master's student in public health, Sublette.
Washburn president's honor roll announced
Washburn University has released the names of students who were named to the fall semester president's honor roll. To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 graded semester credit hours and attain a semester grade-point average of 4.0. Students are listed by their hometown:
Dighton: Trevor Bollinger
Garden City: Heather Blackwood, David Dennis, Kelli Parr
Holcomb: Tiffany O'Rourke
Leoti: Samantha Heath
Ulysses: Paige Eslick, Amber Kissell, Logan Littell
Washburn dean's list announced
Washburn University has released the names of students who were named to the fall semester dean's honor roll.
To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 graded semester credit hours and attain a semester grade-point average between 3.4 and 3.99. Students are listed by their hometown:
Garden City: Matthew Becker, Jeffry Clayton, Jonathan Dennis, Linda Montemayor
Ingalls: Kiley Schmidt
Johnson City: Gabriel Palma
Lakin: Bryce Landgraf
Modoc: Kalie Turley
Scott City: Caitlin Beckman, Karli Cooper, Nicole Walker


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Niagara Gazette — When you read about the disaster facing Detroit, it makes you think that perhaps Niagara Falls isn't in such dire straits after all. The long-delayed payment of this city's share of the slot machine revenue from the casino obviously helped brighten the fiscal picture.
In the 1970s — long before the Seneca Nation of Indians converted the Niagara Falls Convention & Civic Center to a gambling palace — the Cataract City was struggling to avoid bankruptcy. Some longtime residents may argue that conditions weren't all that dismal, but the truth is the leaders in City Hall at the time had spent about $4.8 million they didn't have. The record also will show that, in fact, the deficit would reach $6.3 million before any firm action was pursued. The saving grace then, as it turned out, was a new City Management Advisory Board, spearheaded by experts in municipal affairs, business and industry. One of the powerful voices throughout that impressive effort was William H. Wendel, president of the Carborundum Co. and civic leader.
The city was rescued from that plight. Still, major problems persisted, Some 37,000 manufacturing jobs were eventually lost and the city's population — more than 100,000 in 1960 — has dropped to about 48,000.
There's no question that Niagara Falls could yet benefit from some outside help but don't try to convince the city council of that. One former city official, bitter over the current council-mayor friction, said, "We probably shouldn't even be a city." He agreed that the present set up at City Hall is not conducive to fostering friendly relations with other municipalities. He cited the example of rejecting an offer from a Buffalo foundation to help revitalize the city.
Niagara Falls was just one of many cities in trouble during the 1970s. New York City Mayor Abraham Beam had actually signed a formal petition attesting to that city's default but an 11th hour meeting of major parties — finally agreeing to share the blame — avoided that bankruptcy. Gov. Hugh L. Carey also played a key role in resolving the crisis.


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Acer has announced its first Ultrabook at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, the Aspire S3.
The Aspire S3 is encased in a thin, light metal design, the vendor said. It measures 1.3cm thin and weighs less than 1.4kg. It is also equipped with a full-size Acer FineTip chiclet keyboard, and powered by a lightweight, high-density battery that delivers up to 7 hours of running time. The aerodynamic design of the Aspire S3 features a strong and lightweight aluminum/magnesium alloy chassis, and a lid with a fingerprint-free metal finish.
The 13.3-inch ultra-thin HD LED display adopts an open cell design to conserve materials by using the lid and bezel to form an aluminum frame for the screen. This creates a slim yet protective profile and reduces the energy required during manufacture as compared to conventional panel designs, Acer said.
The machine will be available in select regions from September.
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This is a time of year many are thinking about new resolutions for the coming new year. For some, that means promising themselves they'll exercise more, eat healthier, lose weight, read more, spend more time with family and many other changes they'd like to make to better their lives and change their lifestyles.
One of the most often made new year's resolutions is to quit smoking. It's also one of the hardest resolutions to keep.
I smoked for 25 years and stopped completely for 9. Just to prove I could still be just as stupid at 49 as I was at 15, I started again a few years ago. I quit smoking again in August of this year. The first time I stopped smoking, I did it with the help of nicotine gum. Earlier this year I tried to quit by using the medication Chantix. It didn't work for me. I decided to try the nicotine gum again, and once again, I was able to completely stop smoking. I haven't had a cigarette in over four months. I'm still using the gum. Soon I'll switch off to using half nicotine gum and half regular chewing gum. In a few months I hope to be using regular chewing gum all the time.
This is being posted to support those of you who are starting now to mull over the changes you'd like to make in 2009. Quitting isn't impossible, although sometimes it does seem to be. Nicotine is a powerful addictive substance and it's extremely hard to overcome both the physical and psychological habit of smoking. But, you can do it. We all know someone who's done it. Use those people as your inspiration. Explore your options of quitting assistance - there's the gum, patches, lozenges, prescription Chantix, and many swear by accupuncture.
If you're thinking of breaking the habit, start thinking now about what it would mean to your life to live without cigarettes. Start forming a plan. Talk to people who've quit and ask them how they did it. Maybe start thinking of a date you'd like to quit. It doesn't have to be January 1. Read online about different techniques and support groups for quitters.
I was totally addicted to smoking, and I enjoyed smoking. But I didn't enjoy what it was doing to my body, I didn't like causing my family worry, and I was tired of being a social pariah which smokers are now.
Think about it. Make a plan. Research the information, and good luck!


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Campbell and West San Jose voters, I am proud to have served four years as your College Trustee. I humbly ask for your vote so I can continue safeguarding your family's interests in the educational opportunity that West Valley and Mission Colleges provide.
Accomplishments: responsible fiscal stewardship, balanced budget, cutbacks that respect employees and protect our core mission of student success, reduced textbook cost, new Campbell Center, LEED and solar installations, District-wide goal alignment, and a quarterly performance scorecard. I earned the respect of fellow trustees, who unanimously elected me Board President, and led the Measure C campaign to revitalize our aging campuses for the future.
California's excellent community college network launched my 30 year career in high tech business. Today I work as a management consultant, living in Campbell with my husband of 24 years. Our daughter, a recent Cal Poly graduate, attended community college too.
Affordable, business focused and fiscally sound community colleges empower lives and fuel a healthy economy. With your help, I will continue to work toward making this resource available to every family.
I am grateful for the support of educational, community and business leaders. To learn more, please visit http://www.adriennegrey.org.


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November 3, 2009
Forty1Thirty Nytro
A one-of-a-kind sled for the BC backcountry
Rob Alford
Two years ago after I had snapped my
Rev chassis in half I was talking to Curtis
at Forty1Thirty about his new prototype
chromoly chassis. He wanted someone to
do some testing for him. He told me go
ride it hard and try and break it. I had to
have one after I saw how strong the frame
was and how it handled.
I was approached by Randy Swenson
from Yamaha to ride a Nytro. It's easy to
put a turbo on a sled and go fast but what
I wanted was a machine that could boondock
with no effort and have reliable big
power to go where no one else can go. So
we came up with this concept to build a
"super sled," the ultimate mountain sled
with the strongest chassis, best handling
and lightest weight without compromising
strength as well as run on pump gas.
So Curtis designed the frame around the
motor and turbo for centralized mass. It
has the best handling traits of any sled I've
ever ridden.
The turbo system comes from Alpine
Motorsports, but it needed some additional
components to make it work for
my type of riding. We had to put a catch
tank on the oil breather from the sump
tank and added the RB3 program. Curtis
also changed the fuel system by putting
in a second low pressure pump to a surge
tank and a new flow-through regulator to
eliminate air locks in the fuel rail which
had been causing the sled to stall at some
not-so-good times.
We also changed the clutching around
from the typical turbo setup to a more
aggressive snocross style which eliminated
the turbo lag. Curtis also made a new fuel
map with better bottom end fuel delivery.
The sled has an unreal bottom-end power
delivery as well as insane top-end power.
Basically, it is completely redesigned.
I know Curt is now building the turbo
system. Most of the big power sleds can
climb with ease up steep faces, but with
this sled you can pow carve up those
steep faces, drop a cliff and carve back
As for the chassis, the running boards
are wide and super grippy and I never
have to kick snow off them as snow never
builds up. The chassis is rigid so the front
and rear suspensions are way easier to
dial in. Curtis also built a rear suspension
seat with four inches of travel, plus the
16 inches of travel in the EZ Ryde skid. I
can take huge hits without worrying about
a back injury. The sled has a direct drive
system from RMI which works great with
no chain issues. A lot of updates were
done over the season and now Curtis has
the frame jig complete and is producing
the updated version of my sled.
Check it out at www.forty1thirty.com or
(250) 335-1589.
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Visitors to the Art Wall at Deerfield's will be treated to the work of a pair of artists this month.
Denis and Barbara Rogers have been married for 46 years; art has been an important part of their lives since they were dating but their journey into the world of displaying their work publically is something relatively new. And, it is not the same.
"Barbara is big in oils," Denis said. "I'm more into acrylics and sketching."
About 10 years ago, the Rogers' children were grown and one of them motivated his mother to chart a new path.
"My younger son gave me a gift of some art material," Barbara said. "I decided to take classes and was having so much fun." About the same time Denis picked up his own art supplies after a long hiatus. "He is a sketching maniac," she said.
Denis actually thought about making art his career when he began his higher education at the Art Institute of Chicago. "I started at the Art Institute but realized no one could make any money at it," he said. "I decided to do something where I could make money."
Denis embarked on a business career where he has owned a steel company, dealt in real estate, imported bulbs and worked in plastics. "I'm an innovator and an entrepreneur," he said. His business success has let the Rogers enjoy the world of art.
Denis Rogers's business success has enabled the couple to enjoy art in different places in the world and help younger artists get a start. "We've given scholarships to pay for supplies," he said.
A great deal of Barbara's work involves painting portraits. She is thrilled how the basic features everyone shares can show so much individuality. "Everyone has two eyes, a nose a mouth, two ears and a head," she said. "They all have that but they are all so different."
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AC Milan chief Adriano Galliani insists coach Massimiliano Allegri is not under pressure.
Allegri oversaw victory over Udinese last night.
"Allegri's bench is absolutely solid. Now we'll see how many points we pick up tonight, but either way it is only Week 8 and there's no need to panic," said Galliani.
"Admittedly 13 goals conceded are a great deal. We need to be more attentive in defence. I don't know whether the problem is tactical, but most of the time I tend to see distractions.
"Adil Rami will arrive in January and is a very good defender, but we're not clinging to him. We had a very strong defence in the last six months of last term."
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Wednesday will be the last day to see the giant train display at the Belle Terre Village Center, which is also a Toys For Tots collection point.
According to the official Facebook page the trains will be running from Noon to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. There will also be a drawing for a Thomas the Tank Engine HO Train set 7 p.m. and there is still time to enter.
They are also still collecting for Toys For Tots.
"Here's an idea," a message on the Facebook page reads. "Did your kids get doubles for Christmas? Toys they don't like? Don't return them! Donate them to Toys For Tots! Merry Christmas!"


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People are saying that checking out the details is always the secret for people to have an excellent wedding event. A natural part of these vital details will be your wedding reception decoration. By preparing for a great wedding reception decoration will put in even more memories for you on your special day and definitely will make your guests to possess an excellent time as well. Because of this, you may want to seriously look for some helpful tips which will help you to prepare for your wedding reception decoration.
Don't forget the basics.
It is actually not necessary for us to mention about this but actually there are a lot of people just forget the basics when doing their preparation. You should always keep in mind in which your wedding reception decoration need to be in accordance with your wedding theme. Your wedding reception decoration for that reason need to basically have the identical look and flavor as your wedding ceremony site decoration and need to be in accordance with your color theme.
Set your major concern.
There are many couples who prepare their wedding by focusing their major concern on monetary budget. If you also having such concern for your wedding, then you may consider of getting a simple and natural wedding reception decoration. Else if money is not really a major issue for you, then you can get yourself to go for delicate and extravagance decoration which can really represent your flavor and fashion sense. Apart from the spending budget, moreover, you may have to take into account the location and space of your wedding venue.
Limit the colors of the theme.
A few of the couples just not able to make up their decision on any color for their wedding theme and end up they ruin their wedding reception decoration by setting up with colors that are not match with the theme at all. If you are not sure about the color you want, it is advisable that you should only have two colors the most. One of the best wedding reception decoration colors would be actually only contain a single color but with different shades. With such setting, it is going to give your reception area a elegant, sensible and enlightening look.
Gather more opinions from different people.
To have more ideas for your wedding reception decoration, it is good that if you can ask from your friends and family or even consult idea from different wedding planners so that you can have a better understanding and come out with your perfect one. The benefit of gathering different people ideas is that they may either provide you with something you just can't think about or they may be can tell if the idea you have in your mind is against appropriate tastes or not really match your theme.
Go and visit the wedding venue.
You can visit your wedding venue and ask for advice, tips, and guidelines. Your wedding reception decoration need to be in line to the limits that have been set by the reception site. You need to as well let the reception site management know beforehand of the time what you plan to do. By doing so, the reception site management may offer some helps to you or they may have the decorations to get listed in their wedding package deal as well.
Be ready rather than sorry later.
If you wish to end up being safe and sound then you should definitely choose those decorations which have been all time favorites. For a classic ballroom reception or an outdoor evening reception you can prepare some aromatic candles to create a harmonical ambiance. You may as well think of having wedding reception decoration which is going to match the season like tulle, white cloth and silk if your wedding is on winter season and unique flowers and plants for the spring season.
Room for creativity.
You can always be more creative by coming out with more ideas for your wedding reception decoration. It is appropriate for you to get multi-purpose place cards that can serve many purposes such as a decoration, place card and giveaway. You may as well prepare some orchids in water bottles that are tucked into guest napkins. If you wish to not forget anyone on your big day, then you can prepare centerpieces with paper, pens and pen holders in place so that each and every of your invited guest is able to leave you a special note or wedding message.
Lisa Carter is a professional wedding planner. You can get her Free Wedding Planning Guide or visit her website at www.Your-Wedding-Plans.com for tips on saving money as well as many useful advises for your wedding.


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Gustave Derweduwen, age 93, died on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. He was the son of the late Francois and Hermance (Vanherek) Derweduwen.
Gustave was born in Brussels on May 9, 1919 and lived for many years in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been a Foxborough resident for the past five years until moving to Hearthstone Alzheimer Care in Brockton.
Gustave was a veteran of WWII in the Belgium Army. After the war, Gustave worked for the UNRA in Belgium. He then worked as a budget and finance officer for the World Health Organization, a branch of the United Nations until his retirement. He was an avid reader and enjoyed world travel. He also enjoyed playing chess, soccer and fencing.
Husband of the late Mia (Verheyden) Derweduwen. Loving father of Christiane and her husband Nagy Accad of Foxborough. Grandfather of Emmanuelle Accad of Boston and Stephan Accad of Franklin.
Funeral Information
A funeral service will be held Friday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Roberts and Sons Funeral Home, 30 South St., Foxborough. Burial will be private. For additional information please contact (508) 543-5471. To light a special candle in Gustave's memory please visit the funeral home web site at www.robertsandsonsfuneralhome.com.
Donations Information
In lieu of flowers donations in Gustave's memory may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.


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The 1997 vintage was exceptional in Piemonte: famously ripe to overripe. It is clear from tasting all these wines that different producers have extremely different ideas about how such grapes should be vinified. Philosophies are all over the place but modernists are definitely in the ascendant. In fact all but the Conternos could be said to be making wine in the modern idiom whereby the wines are at least drinkable within a few years of bottling. Overall this selection was a bit disappointing. There was much more consistency and excitement in the vast Chianti Classico tasting on which I will report soon. BARBARESCO 1997 Michele...
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Alabama All-Star Football Game
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This week, July 6-10th 2014, more than 7,000 FCCLA students, teachers, and business professional from across the nation will travel to San Antonio, Texas for the 2014 FCCLA National Competition. The students competing are from the top 25 high schools in Alabama. We are proud to say that Calhoun County's own Career Technical School is among the groups competing this year! We would like to say what an outstanding achievement this is and good luck to the CCCTC Culinary Arts Team as you compete for a national title! We are so proud of you!


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Updated 11:55 a.m. ET Thursday
The Chiefs and Eagles joined a number of teams that have come forward to distance their coaching staffs from the NFL Coaches Association's brief that supported lifting the lockout.
Chiefs head coach Todd Haley told the Kansas City Star, "Nobody was aware that it was going to happen. This was not on behalf of the coaches."
Eagles head coach Andy Read released the following statement: "The Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff was not aware that a brief was being filed by the NFL Coaches Association in the 8th Circuit Court against the NFL Owners last week. We were surprised by the filing and do not support it in any way."
The coaching staffs of the Saints, Rams, Texans, Jaguars, Cowboys and Redskins also have disagreed with the NFLCA brief, uniting with owners.
Larry Kennan, director of the NFLCA, told the Washington Post last week that the brief wasn't intended to be a statement from NFL coaches, but a way to present the negative impact the lockout has had on the league's coaches.
The way we see it
As more coaching staffs come out publicly against the NFLCA's brief, it takes weight away from a potential leverage chip for the players, as owners apparently don't have to worry about coaches going against them during the current labor dispute.


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Here are a couple of fairy houses I have created, more to come :)
Here are a couple of fairy houses I have created, more to come :)
More Lego Star Wars silliness
More lego madness, this time the Empire has taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque and totally missed Endor… Doh
More Sherwood shenanigans
The Mild in the Country crew went to Sherwood Forest and had a fantastic day looking for Robin Hood :)
Some lovely pics of a few cool trees we saw today
The MITC bunch went to Castleton today with our lovely neighbors G and D, we saw the Devils Arse and Peveril Castle plus the fantastic Derbyshire countryside.
After Castleton we went to Ladybower reservoir and Derwent Valley, a great day was had by all, well worth a visit if you're in the neighbourhood.
Plus PB has some memorable 'planking' moments :)
Pictures from the RAF Firbeck memorial that took place today, click here for more details.
Tucked away in the south-east corner of South Yorkshire, a short distance south of the former pit village of Maltby and near the historic Roche Abbey, lies the little, unassuming disused airfield of RAF Firbeck. Opened before World War 2, it was the private airfield for the nearby Firbeck Hall, a large residential Country Club for the very well-heeled in society. Requisitioned in WW2, the airfield was the home to Army Co-Op Squadrons but also doubled up as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Hucknall and latterly (1944 onwards) was under the administration of 21 Group (Training), which saw a limited amount of gliding take place until closure in 1948.
The principal resident Squadrons, 613 (Lysanders), 654 (Auster I) and 659 (formed here with Auster IIIs) were largely used for local duties with nearby Army and Home Guard units. However, with the invasion of mainland Europe, 645 Sqn and 659 Sqn were moved out and closely followed the advancing Allied forces acting as air observation for artillery units, winning two DFCs in the process.
Sunset on the dog walk tonight
On the dog walk tonight and couldn't resist a picture of the wheat crops which are everywhere. :)
Here is a design for a tricephalous Green Man
Here is a concept for a magazine article, its a tree stump with 4 faces who share only four eyes, its a new take on a Tricephalous, a Quadcephalous, dont even know if it is a word :)
Ill post my Tricephalous design later.
Clun Greenman
Hi all Greenman fans, here is a papertoy for you to make. Its the Clun Greenman, click picture to get the template.
The Clun Green Man is different and special to Clun. Great trees border his cloak, their branches interlacing across his chest and, uniquely, his leaf face is crowned with deer antlers. This indicates our union with the green vegetation, which surrounds us so abundantly, and with animal life too. Deer move secretly through the woods, which clothe our hills. You may not often see them, but like the spirit of nature himself you know they are there.
If you make a Clun Greenman, send it here so we can all see it.
Cool Greenman links
Dog walk last night, she's dropped her ball and can't remember where it was :)
Here is a short video of the last part of the nightly dog walk :) every 10 strides I took a pic, I possibly looked very odd.
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Climate Inaction: It's All In Our Heads
The American Psychological Association examined the reasons we are reluctant to act on climate change.
The biggest deterrent to going green is, for most people, a simple matter of habit: We're used to doing things a certain way, and it's hard to break the pattern. That fact is among the findings of an American Psychological Association study of the reasons Americans are resistant to changing their behavior to become more environmentally-friendly, despite recognizing that climate change is a serious issue. The APA's study examined the psychological impacts and barriers of climate change, and found that several factors were to blame. Among them:
In other words, even though 75 percent to 80 percent of respondents in a Pew poll said that climate change is an important issue, indecision and shortsightedness are among the reasons that respondents ranked it last in a list of 20 important issues. But habit is deceptive—it seems to be the easiest to change, but may be the hardest. That's why there are campaigns designed to help people remember their reusable bottles in lieu of buying bottled water, as well as the entrepreneurs behind Bagnesia, a system of reminders to bring reusable bags to the store.
One classic way to break a bad habit is to provide an incentive. Saving money is one major motivation, and the design of various smart meters, which tell people how much they're spending on utilities as they go, has been successful in encouraging people to turn down the thermostat. Competition is also a powerful incentive, and other utility companies have pitted neighbors against one another in energy efficiency, with positive results. How would you break a bad environmental habit?


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Apple Customer Support needs to try harder with its emails
I got this email from Apple Support about my Apple ID. That's not surprising since their developer site may (or may not) have been breached last Thursday (see here for details).
It was a little more surprising since I'm not an Apple developer and don't have an Apple ID – but hell, I'm not going to argue; they might sue me.
But, despite the fear of being sued, I would suggest that Apple spends a little time on its grammar and style checker. The spelling's not bad, but it doesn't seem to understand the relationship between full-stops (or American periods) and spaces.
Oh, and that sentence. "We need your help in order to not be frozen your account," is decidedly not Anglo-Saxon in structure.
So, Apple, until you can improve things, I don't think I'm going to bother with you. But one last thing. Although you've got the link "update Now >" looking quite reasonable, I do suggest you change the name of your support site hidden beneath it. http:// e-kosmetyczka.waw . pl/404.html could almost look like a scam site.
If you want to beat the phishers, start with your users
Last month Bruce Schneier made an interesting comment:
I personally believe that training users in security is generally a waste of time and that the money can be spent better elsewhere… If four-fifths of company employees learn to choose better passwords, or not to click on dodgy links, one-fifth still get it wrong and the bad guys still get in.
On Security Awareness Training
My favourite riposte comes from Ira Winkler:
That argument basically says that if the bad guy gets in, all security countermeasures are irrelevant. By that measure, we should abandon security as a whole, since all countermeasures have and will fail.
Arguments Against Security Awareness Are Shortsighted
But Schneier has a point – training clearly isn't working since (according to Trend Micro) more than 90% of successful APT attacks start from a spear-phishing success. But Winkler also has a point - all [technical and human] countermeasures have and will fail. Does that mean we should just give up on security in general and awareness training in particular?
Clearly not. Surely the solution is not to abandon what isn't good enough, but to improve it until it is good enough. The question then becomes how do we make security training more efficient? Since the majority of breaches start from a phishing or spear-phishing attack, then phishing is where we should start. But if traditional awareness training isn't working, perhaps we need to think of something new.
Wombat Security Technologies thinks it has the answer: simulated attack training. In a nutshell, this involves phishing your own staff. This has two huge advantages: it is teaching through experience rather than teaching through lectures (and practical always sticks better than theoretical); and it is measurable. If somebody falls for a phish, and gets sent to a benign destination with a company 'gotcha' message, he or she won't want it to happen again. Secondly, however, it allows the company to measure the success of its training scheme.
If 20% (it will likely be more than 80% to start with) fall to the first phish, and then 25% fall to the next one, then clearly there is something wrong with the overall training package, and it needs to be re-evaluated. More likely, however, the number of victims will steadily decrease over time. Repetitive victims can then be pulled out for more targeted training; and super-repetitive victims can be assigned the gardening detail.
Wombat has published a new report based on the practical experience of several CSOs from major companies:A Security Officer Debate: Are simulated phishing attacks an effective approach to security awareness and training? It is well worth reading to see how simulated attack training works in practice; and what steps you need to take to get it started.
PS. Note that these are CSOs. Schneier is a CTO.
see also: Joe User is the weakest link – a presentation at the Infosecurity Virtual Conference
Recent stories on Infosecurity, featuring Trend Micro, phishing for Apples, NullCrew and more…
A few of my recent stories on Infosecurity Magazine over the last couple of days…
Peter the Great beats Sun Tzu in cybercrime
Despite the hoohaa about the 'Chinese cyberthreat' (in reality, read east Asia), Russia's Peter the Great (in reality, read east Europe) is beating Sun Tzu in modern cyber wargames. Eastern Europe has better cybercriminals than eastern Asia.
Beware of iPhone delivery phishes
iPhone pre-orders are now showing a 3-4 week shipping estimate. Since Apple announced that 2 million pre-orders were sold for the iPhone 5 in just 24 hours, delivery delays are not likely to disappear quickly.
NullCrew: the principled hacker group?
In a wide-ranging interview broadcast over online Spreaker radio but conducted probably via IRC, UK Anon Winston Smith has been talking to Null, the leader of the NullCrew hacking group.
Quantum Key Distribution takes to the air
An aircraft in flight has successfully transmitted quantum encryption keys to a ground station, bringing closer the time when satellites can be used to provide a theoretically (allegedly) secure communications network.
YouTube declines to remove Mohammad video clip
Asked by the White House to reconsider whether the infamous Mohammad video clip is in violation of its terms of service, Google has replied that it is not. Although it is blocking the clip in Egypt, Libya, Indonesia and India, this, says Google, is in keeping with local laws.
AlienVault doxes the man behind the PlugX RAT
AlienVault has been tracking the PlugX remote access trojan for some months, and following extensive detective work has now uncovered enough information to name the person behind it.
News stories on Infosecurity Magazine: 17, 18, 21 and 22 May, 2012
My recent news stories…
You don't need to be hacked if you give away your credentials
GFI Software highlights the problems of users' carelessness with their credentials: who needs hacking skills when log-on details are just handed over?
22 May 2012
A new solution for authenticating BYOD
New start-up SaaSID today launches a product at CloudForce London that seeks to solve a pressing and growing problem: the authentication of personal devices to the cloud.
22 May 2012
New HMRC refund phishing scam detected
Every year our tax details are evaluated by HMRC. Every year, a lucky few get tax refunds; and every year, at that time, the scammers come out to take advantage.
22 May 2012
UK government is likely to miss its own cloud targets
G-Cloud is the government strategy to reduce IT expenditure by increasing use of the cloud. It calls for 50% of new spending to be used on cloud services by 2015 – but a new report from VMWare suggests such targets will likely be missed by the public sector.
21 May 2012
New Absinthe 2.0 Apple jailbreak expected this week
The tethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1, Redsn0w, still works on iOS 5.1.1. This week, probably on 25 May, a new untethered jailbreak is likely to be announced at the Hack-in-the-Box conference.
21 May 2012
TeliaSonera sells black boxes to dictators
While the UK awaits details on how the proposed Communications Bill will force service providers to monitor internet and phone metadata, Sweden's TeliaSonera shows how it could be done by selling black boxes to authoritarian states.
21 May 2012
Understanding the legal problems with DPA
We have known for many years that the EU is not happy with the UK's implementation of the Data Protection Directive – what we haven't known is why. This may now change thanks to the persistence of Amberhawk Training Ltd.
18 May 2012
Who attacked WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay?
This week both the The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have been 'taken down' by sustained DDoS attacks: TPB for over 24 hours, and Wikileaks for 72. What isn't known is who is behind the attacks.
18 May 2012
BYOD threatens job security at HP
BYOD isn't simply a security issue – it's a job issue. Sales of multi-function smartphones and tablets are reducing demand for traditional PCs; and this is hitting Hewlett Packard.
18 May 2012
25 civil servants reprimanded weekly for data breach
Government databases are full of highly prized and highly sensitive personal information. The upcoming Communications Bill will generate one of the very largest databases. The government says it will not include personal information.
17 May 2012
Vulnerability found in Mobile Spy spyware app
Mobile Spy is covert spyware designed to allow parents to monitor their children's smartphones, employers to catch time-wasters, and partners to detect cheating spouses. But vulnerabilities mean the covertly spied-upon can become the covert spy.
17 May 2012
Governments make a grab for the internet
Although the internet is officially governed by a bottom-up multi-stakeholder non-governmental model, many governments around the world believe it leaves the US with too much control; and they want things to change.
17 May 2012
My news stories on Infosecurity Magazine
Last week's news stories (Jan 30 to Feb 3):
Security researchers break satellite phone encryption
German researchers have cracked 2 satellite phone encryption codes – huge implications.
EU publishes 10 Myths about ACTA
EU says ACTA ain't bad, just misunderstood.
VeriSign repeatedly hacked in 2010
VeriSign was repeatedly hacked in 2010, and never even told its own senior management.
Science and Technology Committee publishes Malware and Cyber Crime report
Commons committee makes recommendations on how to tackle cybercrime.
New development in post-transaction banking fraud
Banking malware now seeks to divert telephone calls between banks and customers.
Counterclank is not malware, just aggressive adware
Contrary to Symantec's initial claim, Android's Counterclank (Apperhand) is not a trojan.
Major UK companies still not blocking porn namesakes
UK companies remain open to cybersquatting by YourBrandName.xxx
New Forrester Report: Big Data Risks
Forrester describes how to secure Big Data.
Resilience is the key to security says World Economic Forum
WEF suggest an holistic view of resilience to risk rather than an isolated view of prevention.
A call for a new standard in infosec training and awareness
We need a new standard to improve security awareness in users.
IE6 users: no longer caught between a rock and a hard place
A new product allows legacy IE6 applications to run in new versions of the browser.
75% of all new malware are trojans
PandaLabs 2011 report is full of facts, figures and information.
Spam and phishing are growing problems: DMARC has the answer
A new standard is being developed to help stop spam and phishing.
CSO Interchange: Cloud concerns are largely propaganda
Misunderstandings about the cloud make it seem a problem rather than an opportunity.
Up to five million Androids infected with Counterclank
Android's largest ever infection reported by Symantec.
I'm not behind Kelihos botnet, claims Sabelnikov
Man named by Microsoft says I didn't do it, guv.
The mobile phone, its (lack of) security, and the future
Over the last few days there have been at least three major security reports:
- the IBM X-Force 2010 Trend and Risk Report (IBM)
- The Holistic Portfolio: Decision Making in the Mobile Ecosystem (TNS)
- Underground Economies (McAfee/SAIC)
All three are worth reading – but I'm going to cherry-pick from them in order to justify my own preconceptions about the future of mobile security. But first I must ask you to accept a personal observation: the majority of mobile phone users do not recognise a need for security, and currently have little or no security.
We'll start with the future direction of threat suggested by McAfee/SAIC:
The targets for the underground economy have shifted significantly in the last couple of years. While it remains a profitable enterprise to buy and sell stolen credit cards, lately, intellectual capital has become the new source of large and easy pay-outs.
We don't really know how long this has been going on, but it came to the fore in early 2010 with Google's revelation of what became known as Operation Aurora and the advanced persistent threat (APT). IBM concurs with this view: "The single most common threat vector used over the past few years as observed by ERS [IBM's Emergency Response Services] is spear phishing where an object contains a link to a web page that contains malware." Spear phishing is the targeting of an individual or small group of people for a specific purpose – such as the theft of intellectual property.
How is this relevant to the mobile market? Well, it isn't; at least, not yet. However, the IBM report shows the increase in mobile vulnerabilities, with these two graphs showing how matters have escalated over the last year:
Nevertheless, IBM says these figures should be seen in context. It points out that
First, most of what is considered best practice around securing mobile devices is still not nearly as well defined as it is in the corresponding personal computing space. Second, the underlying platforms themselves are substantially untested and likely contain years of vulnerability discovery ahead of them.
And it further comments that
We aren't seeing a lot of widespread attack activity targeting these vulnerabilities today, because mobile devices likely do not represent the same kind of financial opportunity that desktop machines do for the sort of individuals who create large Internet botnets. As e-commerce involving mobile phones increases in the future, it may bring with it a greater financial motivation to target phones, and an associated increase in malware attacks. However, mobile devices do represent opportunities for sophisticated, targeted attackers today.
Our conclusion so far, then, is that mobile phones are not yet heavily targeted; but that the potential already exists.
Let's now apply IBM's comments to the threats defined by McAfee/SAIC: stolen credit cards (that is, mass identity theft typically delivered as malware and phishing spam via botnets); and intellectual property theft via spear phishing. Neither of these appear to be happening to any great extent in the mobile market; but IBM points to the increasing use of mobile e-commerce as a spur for the former, while the potential for the latter already exists. This is where we turn to the TNS survey, which shows in particular, that the use of mobile phones for mobile banking (including the e-wallet) and social networking are the main drivers behind the future use of mobile phones.
Mobile banking and mobile payments will mean an increasing likelihood of account details and passwords being stored on mobile phones. That will attract the criminals seeking to steal credit card details. Social networks are an ideal source of the personal information that can be used for the individual social engineering that lies at the heart of spear phishing. And that will attract the criminals seeking to penetrate corporate networks in order to steal intellectual property. An increasing use of mobile phones for social networking is a given; the only question is how quickly and to what extent will banking and payments migrate to the mobile platform. Well one technology (not new, but only now taking off) that has the potential to change things very quickly is near field communications (NFC).
NFC is already in use, although not yet widespread in phones, in Barclaycard's contactless payments. "This allows people who have a Barclaycard to swipe their card across a payment terminal (if the retailer has an appropriate terminal, such as at Prêt a Manger), without entering a pin for purchases of up to £15," explained Amali de Alwis, a senior research consultant at TNS. "It is a similar line of technology that will be incorporated into mobile phones to allow people to make payments using their mobile instead of a card." In other words, the migration of bank cards onto mobile phones is technologically easy via NFC, and already well in hand (as seen by Barclaycard's presentation at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress last year).
"According to recent press, Apple are looking to incorporate this technology into their i-Phones, and additionally Google have teamed up with Citigroup and MasterCard to facilitate these types of services on Google Android phones – buzz is saying within the coming year," continued Amali.
"From our Mobile Life study we also have consumers telling us directly that there is a demand for these types of services to be available, and that consumers are already willing to consider the use of their mobiles as an e-wallet/payment device (and in some cases, such as with the use of M-Pesa in Kenya, are already doing so), and we see growth potential here not only as a device for paying for goods in store, but also for services such as bill payments."
If we put all of these elements together we have a new platform that is not yet fully exploited by the bad guys, but one that offers a mass target that will increasingly hold financial details ripe for identity theft, and personal details ripe for socially engineered intellectual property theft – and yet it remains a platform where security is hardly considered by the user. Unless the security industry and/or the phone manufacturers can rapidly explain the need for, and implement adequate security – that is one hell of a window of opportunity for the bad guys over the next few years. My suspicion is that IBM's current observation that "we aren't seeing a lot of widespread attack activity targeting these vulnerabilities today" will change dramatically, very quickly.
BLOG: The Golden Hour of Phishing Attacks
Amit Klein, CTO at Trusteer, has an interesting blog on the incidence of successful phishing:
We recently conducted research into the attack potency and time-to-infection of email phishing attacks. One of our findings was eye-popping, namely, that 50 per cent of phishing victims' credentials are harvested by cyber criminals within the first 60 minutes of phishing emails being received. Given that a typical phishing campaign takes at least one hour to be identified by IT security vendors, which doesn't include the time required to take down the phishing Web site, we have dubbed the first 60 minutes of a phishing site's existence [as] the critical 'golden hour'.
Trusteer's solution is for the security industry to recognise and react to phishing campaigns with greater speed:
As an industry, our goal should be to reduce the time it takes for institutions to detect they are being targeted by a phishing attack from hours to within minutes of the first customer attempting to access a rogue phishing page. We also need to establish really quick feeds into browsers and other security tools, so that phishing filters can be updated much more quickly than they are today. This is the only way to swiftly takedown phishing websites, protect customers, and eliminate the golden hour.
Blog entry
But as users, we cannot simply rely on the industry to protect us. That is a dereliction of responsibility when we need to accept more, not less, personal responsibility for our behaviour online. Amit Klein is right – the industry needs to be as effective as possible. But just as the industry needs to block phishers, we as users need to ignore phishers.
There are two primary actions we can take. The first is increased security awareness; and that means continuous staff training. The second is to make it more difficult to be phished, by preventing the automatic running of scripts by our browsers. For example, Firefox users can install the NoScript add-on (see here for an interview with its developer, Giorgio Maone). Non-Firefox users should become Firefox users.
Surely I'm worth more than this?
Psychology is strange. A threat from a master is far more acceptable than a threat from a novice – even though the danger is greater. Being phished by a novice is insulting: is that all they think of me?
Here's one. Look at the grammar. Look at the spelling. Look at the punctuation. Surely I'm worth a bit more effort than that!
The site hidden under the link is 'admemex dot com'. I thought I'd have a look – but Firefox tried to stop me. That was reassuring.
But I persisted – I wanted to see how good (or bad, considering the text grammar) a site forgery might be. This is where I landed; and as far as I went.
But compare the site forgery to the genuine page:
Not bad, eh? If the email author had spent as much effort in his (or her) text as was spent on the website forgery, then we might not be as safe as we are.
But remember this: curiosity compromised the cat. Don't click on dubious links at home – go play in the road where it's safer.


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EDWARDSVILLE — Claire Brown ran a career best time and led SIUE women's cross country to a second-place finish at the SIUE Cross Country Challenge.
Brown, a senior from Petersburg, Ill., ran the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 35.4 second, topping her previous best by more than 20 seconds.
The Cougars scored 65 points to edge out Bellarmine for second place. Southeast Missouri was the team champion for the Challenge with four runners in the top five. The Redhawks scored 20 points.
"I think the women competed well," said SIUE coach Eileen McAllister. "They made a lot of progress. We still need to do some work in the middle of our race. We have to commit to it and not back down."
Renee Johns-Goodenough was SIUE's No. 2 runner for the event. Her 13th place time was 19:28.0. She was followed by Conradette King in 15th (19:54.9), Emily Conlon in 21st (20:12.4), Haley Briggs in 26th (20:29.1), and Erin Kennedy in 29th (21:05.3).
"I think everybody had a great experience," said McAllister. "We had the weather break for us today so that was huge."
McKendree women
The McKendree University women's cross country team raced its way to a sixth-place finish at the Illinois Intercollegiates, which were held at Aspen Ridge Golf Course in Bourbonnais.
The Bearcats were bolstered by a pair of top-20 individual efforts at the Illinois Intercollegiates. Senior Hannah Inyart (Belleville East) was the top finisher for McKendree as she took 12th place in the field of 165 runners. Inyart covered the five-kilometer course in a time of 18:50. Fellow senior Megan Doty (Triad) also turned in a strong performance at the meet, placing 15th with a time of 19:01.8.
Freshman Karis Johnson was 34th in the final field as she crossed the finish line in a final time of 19:30.4.
The University of Chicago won the overall team championship, followed by Lewis University and host Olivet Nazarene University.
McKendree will return to action Sept. 28 at the Maryville University Cross Country Open in St. Louis. The women's race will begin at 10 a.m.
LU-Belleville women
The Lindenwood University-Belleville women's cross country team took part in the Big River Cross Country Festival in St. Louis
The Lynx finished ninth out of 10 teams. Sarah Mueller crossing the finish line first for the Lady Lynx. Mueller finished with a time of 22:05 and a 36th overall. Miyabi Komatsu and Morgan Mense came in second and third for the Lady Lynx with finishing times of 23:39 and 23:59. Alyssa Flynn finished 50th overall and fourth for the Lady Lynx with a time of 24:03. Andrea Altadonna and Elea Jenkins finished fifth and sixth for the Lady Lynx with times of 25:20 and 26:02 respectively.
The women are back in action Saturday when they travel to Carbondale to take part in the Saluki Invitational. Race time is scheduled for 10 am.
SIUE men
Three SIUE runners placed among the top seven at the SIUE Cross Country Challenge.
The SIUE men finished in second as a team with 48 points. Southeast Missouri led the way with 36 points. Bellarmine placed third (65) and were followed by Western Illinois (76), Missouri Valley (100), Quincy (144), and Blackburn (175).
Nick Moore topped his personal best for a second straight week and placed third. He finished the 8,000-meter course in 25 minutes, 41.7 seconds.
Clint Kliem was fifth in 25:52.2 while Scott Woodard placed seventh in 26:11.8.
"I thought the team competed well," said McAllister. "Our top three ran consistent and were competitive. Our four and five moved up, which is good. We just need them to keeping moving up."
SIUE's Keith Meyer took 16th overall (26:48.3). He was followed by Evan Morgeson (26:57.9), Luke Padesky (27:14.6), and Noah Isbell (27:36.4).
Craig Munie, of Southeast Missouri, was the individual medalist in 25:14.8.
McKendree men
Senior Blake DeLong turned in another strong performance in helping the McKendree University men's cross country team to a ninth-place showing at the Illinois Intercollegiates in Bourbonnais.
DeLong finished third in the field of 189 runners at the Illinois Intercollegiates, which were held on the Aspen Ridge Golf Course. DeLong, who led the way during the early stages of the event, crossed the finish line in a final time of 24:53.9 for eight kilometers. DeLong was fourth a week ago in the season-opening Stegemoller Classic in Evansville, Ind.
With his third-place effort, DeLong now has four consecutive top-10 finishes dating back to last season.
Sophomore Erick Korir registered a top-50 finish for McKendree as he took 37th overall time of 26:08.3.
McKendree will compet Sept. 28 in the Maryville University Cross Country Open in St. Louis. The men's program is scheduled to race at 11 a.m.
LU-Belleville men
The Lindenwood University-Belleville men's cross country team took part in the Big River Cross Country Festival in St. Louis.
The Lynx were led by Erick Maldonado, who finished 46th overall with a time of 22:33. Jake Peal and Brandon Wise crossed the finish line second and third for the Lynx with times of 22:57 and 23:10. Chad Callahan and Stephen Wolk finished the race fourth and fifth for the Lynx with times of 23:49 and 27:01.
The men are back in action Saturday when they travel to Carbondale to take part in the Saluki Invitational. Race time is scheduled for 10 am.


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Time: 12:oo PM – 2:00 PMTitle: ODOT, Greene & Montgomery County Engineer Project Updates
Speakers: Matt Parrill, P.E. of ODOT District 7, District Planning and Engineering Administrator responsible for all planning and design projects in the district.
Bob Geyer, P.E., P.S. Greene Co. Engineering, Greene County Engineer
Paul Gruner, P.E., P.S., Montgomery Co. Engineer, Past President of the Dayton Section of Professional Engineers Abstract: The speakers will present updates on their projects. Presentation and Lunch Location: Engineer's Club of Dayton, 110 East Monument Avenue, Dayton, OH 45402
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Speakers: John Frauenhoffer. PE – Forensic Engineer, Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
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Report: Three teams set to interview Ray Horton for head coaching vacancy
The interest makes plenty of sense, after all, Arizona's defense under Horton in 2012 was near the top of the league in passing defense and turnovers forced.
Seven NFL teams on "Black Monday" fired their respective head coaches, including the Arizona Cardinals, and Horton's name has been linked to several of them.
Monday night, CBS NFL Insider Jason La Canfora tweeted this about Horton's potential suitors:
Cards defensive coordinator Ray Horton will interview with the Bills, Browns and, well, the Cards. 3 teams so far— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) January 1, 2013
The Bills have a connection to Horton, in that Director of Pro Personnel Doug Whaley spent considerable time with him in Pittsburgh. While the Browns have no direct ties to Arizona's defensive coordinator, Horton proved he can help shut down AFC North offenses as an assistant defensive coordinator to Dick LeBeau with the Steelers.
He also has NFL experience in the division, as he spent six seasons as a cornerback with the Cincinnati Bengals (1983-1988).
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Bikers Against Child Abuse California, "The Children's Wall of Tears," "War Against Child Abuse," CASA of Los Angeles and CASA of Orange County are among the organizations that will benefit from the 65-mile race, she said. The race will culminate with lunch and a concert at Newport Dunes Resort in Newport Beach.
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Advising Manual for Undergraduate Students in Communicative Disorders
About the Bachelor's Degree
Declaring CD as a Major
Criteria for Advancement in the Program
About the Courses
Description of Courses
Suggested Course Sequence
Serve as a Clinic Aide
Application for Graduation
Graduation Requirements
Applying to the Graduate Program
About the Bachelor's Degree
There are 12 core courses required for the major, constituting 36 units. The Bachelor of Arts degree in Communicative Disorders is not a terminal degree. Graduate course work is necessary to obtain a Master of Science degree with or without the Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential for employment as a speech-language pathologist. A doctorate in audiology is required for employment as an audiologist. San Francisco State University is one of over 200 universities throughout the country that offers graduate studies in communicative disorders.
Declaring CD as a Major
Declaring a major is a milestone in a student's academic career. The CD Program is a challenging major. Students who are happy and successful in the CD major are those whose skills, talents, and disposition are a good fit for the Communication Sciences and Disorders field. Before declaring CD as your major, we require that you complete the following activities to see if CD is right for you:
1. Download the Undergraduate CD Major Guide and put your initial next to each of the specified activities as you complete it. You must bring this form to meet with a CD advisor to declare the major.
2. Download and carefully read the Essential Functions Guide that describes the essential characteristics necessary for success in the SLP field
After completing both step 1 and 2, if you believe CD is a good fit for you or if you wish to learn more about the CD major, make an appointment with a CD advisor by calling 415.338.1001. Please bring the completed Undergraduate CD Major Guide to the meeting.
Undergraduate students who are entering the program from another major are required to complete a "Change of Major" form, obtained from the Special Education Office. They should make an appointment with an undergraduate adviser in CD to complete the card, have the adviser sign it, and return it to Enrollment Services in ADM 153.
Criteria for Advancement in the Program
In order to advance in the academic sequence, the student must maintain the following:
- An overall C average (2.0 GPA) for the program.
- Letter grade of C– or better in CD 660, 668, and 651 in the first semester of the CD program in order to continue in the program.
Students who do not meet these criteria cannot take ANY other CD courses. They must re-take the courses in which they received grades below C– the next time they are offered before taking additional CD courses.
"An undergraduate student who has received a grade of C or higher, or a grade of CR, may not repeat a course unless the course is described in the Bulletin as repeatable for credit. An undergraduate student who has received a grade in a course that is lower than C, including AU, IC, RD, RP, W, and WU, may repeat that course only once more" (http://www.sfsu.edu/~bulletin/current/genpol.htm#WfCoC).
About the Courses
The undergraduate program in Communicative Disorders is designed to provide students with the prerequisite knowledge necessary for taking graduate courses and clinics leading to the completion of a master's degree and the Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential in speech-language pathology or the doctoral degree in audiology. The undergraduate courses can be used to fulfill the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) requirements for 15 units in the area of Human Communication Processes and at least 6 units in the Professional Coursework area. Additional units in the Professional Coursework area for undergraduate courses are accepted by ASHA if graduate credit is given for the course by the university. Each semester students are responsible for updating their advising card which is located in the CD Office. Students with freshman or sophomore status are not eligible to take undergraduate CD courses.
Part of the requirements for undergraduate coursework includes completion of 25 observation hours. Observations take place: (1) within the on-campus CD Clinic; (2) at selected off-campus sites; and (3) by observing videotaped sessions of nationally recognized master clinicians. Undergraduate students with senior status, at least a B overall grade point average, and permission from the CD Clinic Coordinator may enroll for a clinical experience as a clinical assistant (CD 711). In some situations, the students assist a graduate student in therapy and can acquire clinical hours. Clinical assistants have direct contact with a child, adolescent or adult who has a communicative disorder when it is deemed appropriate by the supervisor. A maximum of 10 hours of clinical experience may be completed and will be applied toward ASHA clinical experience requirement if the student has the primary responsibility for the session or portion of the session.
All undergraduate students are required to complete 15 clock hours in audiological assessment (e.g., pure tone and bone conduction hearing testing) as part of CD 654 Audiometry.
Description of Courses
The course titles below are linked to course descriptions in the university course bulletin, which specifies their prerequisites, units, and latest offerings.
CD651 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
CD652 Audiology
CD653 Fluency and Voice Disorders
CD654 Audiometry
CD656 Diagnosis of Communicative Disorders
CD658 Communication Development and Disorders
CD659 Articulatory and Phonological Disorders
CD660 Communicative Disorders
CD661 Neurolinguistics
CD663 Augmentative and Alternative Communication
CD668 Language Acquisition and Development
CD664 Clinical Phonetics
Each semester, during advising week, all CD students must have their clinic and course requests approved by their adviser and recorded on their advising card and advising sheet. The student keeps their advising card and submits the signed advising sheet to the CD clinic office staff. These forms are obtained from the adviser or the CD clinic office staff. Notices are posted at least two weeks prior to the beginning of advising week. Dates of advising week are also announced in the campus newspaper. Students will not be allowed to register for classes until they have seen their adviser. The CD undergraduate advisers are:
Dr. Laura Epstein, 415.338.1058 (email@example.com)
Dr. Minnie Graham, 415.338.7656 (email@example.com) Spring semesters only
Dr. Patti Solomon-Rice, 415.338.7652 (email@example.com)
Dr. Betty Yu, 415.338.3429 (email@example.com)
Suggested Course Sequence
In order to facilitate completion of the CD program within the shortest amount of time, a yearly schedule was created (see below). Every attempt will be made to offer courses in designated semesters. Whenever possible, class times will be held constant. If changes in times are necessary, they will be made in a way that minimizes class conflicts.
|Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
Prereq: 651, 660, 668
|Communicative Disorders
|Clinical Phonetics
Prereq: 651, 660, 668
|Language Acquisition and Development
Development Disorders
Prereq: 651, 660, 668
Total units
Total units
Prereq: 651, 660, 668
Prereq: 652
|Diagnosis of Communication
Prereq: 651, 660, 668, 658
and Voice Disorders
Prereq: 651, 660, 668, 658
|Articulatory &
Phonological Disorders
Prereq: 651, 660, 668, 664
and Alternative Communication
Prereq: 651, 660, 668
|CD711 (Optional)
|Clinic Aide
|CD711 (Optional)
|Clinic Aide
Total units
Total units
Application for Graduation
Candidates for baccalaureate degrees must file an application with the Registrar's Office before the end of the fourth week of instruction of the semester in which they expect to complete graduation requirements. Students must consult with their advisers and obtain signatures of advisers and the appropriate department chair before they submit the application for graduation. The graduation fee must be paid at the time the application is submitted. If a student has elected to complete a double major or an official minor, separate applications must be completed and filed simultaneously although no additional fee is required.
Serving as a Clinic Aide
An undergraduate CD major can apply to be a Clinic Aide for 1 unit credit (CD 711). You must have completed 6 CD courses/18 units with a minimum GPA of 2.0 in those courses in order to be eligible to be a Student Clinic Assistant/Aide. You will need to obtain an add permit number from the Program Coordinator or CD Clinic/Office/Program Manager. Download the Clinic Aide Responsibilities Guide to learn more about about the expectations for Clinic Aides. Serving as a Clinic Aide can offer you a valuable experience in the clinical context. Hours spent in your Clinical semester can count towards your 25 required observation hours.
If you wish to become a Clinic Aide, you must submit a Clinic Request Form one semester in advance. Announcements will be made when request forms become available. The deadlines for submitting request forms are announced in the CD Program Calendar.
Graduation Requirements
Undergraduates enter the program in their junior year, usually after having completed all or most of the general education requirements. Students who have questions regarding general education requirements should contact a general education adviser in the Advising Center. All undergraduate students must complete 124 units to graduate from the university. Undergraduate students with senior status may (on advisement and permission of the instructor) enroll in a maximum of 6 units of CD graduate coursework, beyond the 124 units required for graduation in their last semester.
Applying to the Graduate Program
Although undergraduates are encouraged to apply for admission to the graduate program in Communicative Disorders at SFSU, acceptance is not automatic. Acceptance into the graduate program is competitive due to the significant number of more qualified applicants than spaces available. Because the undergraduate courses closely follow ASHA requirements for human communication processes and professional coursework, the undergraduate program at SFSU meets the undergraduate academic requirements of most other ASHA accredited training CD programs. Descriptions of audiology and speech-language pathology programs that are ASHA approved are posted on the students' bulletin board and routinely updated.
Applicants for the master's degree program must complete two application forms: one for the University and one for the Department of Special Education. Information on University applications and deadlines should be addressed to the Admissions Office. Information on Program applications and deadlines should be addressed to the Student Services Admissions Office (415.338.6901). Conditional graduate students (students without an undergraduate degree in communicative disorders) are generally accepted only for the Fall semester. Most acceptances occur for admission in the Fall semester. There are no acceptances for the Summer Semester. In order to take courses in sequence, students are encouraged to apply for the Fall semester.
For more information regarding admission to the doctoral program in audiology, contact Dr. Marcia Raggio, College of Health and Human Services, at firstname.lastname@example.com


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