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Congratulations to the 16 young men who made their debut into manhood on Saturday at an elegant event at Jungle Island. The young men, who were selected from schools throughout Miami Dade and Broward counties, were presented at the 2013 Men of Tomorrow Pageant. Sponsored by the Egelloc Civic and Social Club, the young men were selected for their character and scholastic ability and talent.
The honorees are: Dwayne Holloway, president; Troy A. Duffie, vice president; Isaiah Williams, second vice president; Gregory Wright, II, recorder; Travis Hall Jr., chaplain; and Justin White, assistant chaplain.
Also, Miron Frederick, Sean Malik Watts, Albert Smalls, Michael Smith Jr., Stirling McMurray, Kwame Pla, David Harris, David Cheesborough, Berrie Dailey, and Jeffrey Brown.
Mary Salary, a past president of the organization, said the boys are selected in September. The presentation takes place in April. During the months from September through April, the boys attend workshops at which community professionals lead discussions on health, careers and law enforcement.
Luncheon to honor philanthropists
The Miracle Makers Luncheon and Fashion Show will be at 11 a.m. on May 3, at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, One Lincoln Rd. The event, according to a press release, will honor South Florida's most philanthropic individuals and will include a cocktail reception, a silent auction and luncheon, to be followed by a "spectacular" fashion show. The fashions will be from Saks Fifth Avenue Dadeland's Spring 2013 collection.
The honorees are: Rosy Cancela, Crystal Connor, Jaret L. Davis, Lana Desimone, Julie Grimes, Bill Jones, Liliam Lopez, Ron Magill, Alesia Mogul, Kristy Nunez, Suzie Sayfie, Susannah Shubin, and Beth Tasca. Jeff and Yolanda Berkowitz, will be honored as the 2013 Miracle Maker Power Couple.
The event will be hosted by the Women's Committee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami along with this year's co-chairs Irene Korge, Bronwyn Miller and Migna Sanchez-Llorens. Shannon Hori, Channel 4 New anchor, will be the mistress of ceremonies.
Tickets are $175 per person and guests can purchase raffle tickets in advance for the chance to win one of four raffle items, including a weekend stay at the Ritz Carlton, South Beach; jewelry by Mary Louise Designs; a $500 gift certificate for Saks Fifth Avenue Dadeland and a couple's massage at Massage Envy, Brickell or South Beach.
For reservations and tickets, call Shaunte Young at 305-644-0066, ext. 294 or, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Register now for Boys & Girls Clubs summer programs
Registration is now open for the 2013 Summer Program at Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami Dade.
The summer programs will be at four different locations: the Hank Kline Club, 2805 SW 32nd Ave., $450 for an eight-week session, phone number is 305-446-2654; Northwest Club, 10915 NW 14th Terr., phone number, 305-758-5753, 24-week sessions (June 10-July 5, and July 8-Aug. 2, are $100 for each session; South Beach Club at Fienberg Fisher Gym, 1400 Pennsylvania Ct, phone number, 786-319-7214; eight-week session $60, and the Kendall Club, 9475 N. Kendall Dr., 305-279-3013, 24-week session, June 10-July 5, and July 8 to Aug. 2, $325 each session. .
At the summer program, youngsters are taught values such as friendship, honesty and teamwork while providing a safe and secure environment in which they can express and develop such relationships.
The program is open to all boys and girls ages 5 to 16. Five-year-olds must be entering kindergarten in the fall and teens cannot turn 17 before Sept 1, 2013. The program runs Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., although counselors will be available to supervise children beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m.
To register, parents must come in person to the specific club where their children will be attending the summer program. For more information, call the organization's administrative office at 305-446-9910.
Group helps poor in Jamaica
The Angels From Heaven Inc. a non-profit organization what raises funds to help the poor in Jamaica, will have its annual Humanitarian Mission to Jamaica June 9-15.
The group has a "Needs List," that includes: monetary donations, twin-size bed linens for the hospitals, clothing for men, women and children, computers, medical supplies such as blood pressure machines, insulin syringes and needles, bandages, dressings, gloves, hand sanitizer, antibiotic ointment, antifungal cream, eye drops, laxatives, antacid, cough meds, worm meds and vitamins.
"The need is so great in the poor villages," said Cecile Dawn Dixon, president of Angels. "Some of the hospitals don't even have clean bed linens for the patients. Whatever anyone can do to help will be a blessing."
If you can help, send an email to, www.AngelsFromHeaven.org.
Miami Lakes Garden Club holds tea party
The Miami Lakes Garden Club will have its annual Membership Tea party from 1 to 3 p.m. on May 4, which this year, coincides with the Kentucky Derby.
The free event will be at the Royal Oaks Community Center, 16500 NW 87th Ave. in Miami Lakes. Those attending will be serves refreshments and finger foods and are asked to wear a fancy hat. Awards will be given to the most creative and best looking hats.
Seating is limited, so make your reservations early by calling the organization's president Dottie Wix at 305-331-3895. program
Opa-locka chapter honored by AARP
I know it's a bit late, but I just got this bit of information and thought it shouldn't go unnoticed.
Warm congratulations to the Opa-locka chapter of AARP on being named the "Chapter of the Year" for AARP Florida in 2012.
The chapter was so honored because of the work it does in the community such as: a Day of Service, when the members help restore public parks by planting foliage, painting picnic benches and serving lunch to other helpers; helps with the get-out-the-vote during election time and writes letters to Congress on issues of concern; gives a scholarship to a deserving student in the community; purchases books, and reads to children at the library.
Members of the organization also purchases school supplies for needy children and has annual food and clothing drives to support the needy here and in Haiti.


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The Brisbane Baylands project proposes to remediate a 680-acre former railyard and landfill and put 12,000 to 15,000 additional jobs and 4,500 new units of housing within walking distance of a major inter-modal transit hub.
Located next to the region's largest international airport, midway between its premier research universities and next to one of the largest concentrations of biotech businesses in the world, the Baylands is a model of how business and environmental groups can work together to create a nexus between jobs, transit and housing.
On June 11, 2013 the City of Brisbane published the Baylands Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The document can be downloaded here.


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Anderson University's own Raven quarterback Joel Steele is featured in this week's edition (Dec. 8) of Sports Illustrated in the "Faces in the Crowd" section. Sports Illustrated is a national weekly magazine that is owned by Time, Inc., in New York City. The magazine went on sale nationally at news stands on Dec. 3. The section highlights athletes around the world for their extraordinary accomplishments.
The article mentions that Steele is the first three-time Offensive Most Valuable Player in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. It also recognizes his NCAA Div. III record of 34 passing games of 200+ yards.
Steele was also recently named to the All-North Region team and finished second in the nation this year in passing yards and total offense. He threw for 3,663 yards and 31 touchdowns and is second on the Indiana Career passing list with 11,539 yards.


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Racism on Display: Washington, D.C.'s Status in Congress
As our nation promotes representative democracy around the world, it is time to finally bring it to those who don't have it here in the United States — the citizens of Washington, D.C.
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Existing Smart Gun Technology Would Have Blocked Adam Lanza
As our leaders begin the uncertain political debate over gun control, there is a simple and straightforward policy solution right now that would uphold gun owners' 2nd amendment rights and still keep our kids safer.
It's called "smart gun technology."
Obama and lawmakers are talking, but they aren't close to a 'fiscal cliff' deal
Listen closely and you can hear the sounds of a "fiscal cliff" deal NOT coming together. The first week of the lame-duck Congress brought multiple pledges of bipartisan cooperation from President Obama and congressional Republican and Democratic leaders. But there has been very little – if any – movement in the two sides' positions, which, in fact, may be hardening prior to the serious negotiating sessions expected to begin after Thanksgiving.
The Reagan-O'Neill Myth of Bipartisan Social Security Reform
As far as 80s trends go, the resurgent popularity of Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill rivals that of skinny jeans and Members Only jackets. But were Reagan and O'Neill really as chummy as some people would have us believe?
This post is based on an analysis I provided on the November 17 episode of Take Action News with David Shuster in the last 5 minutes of Hour 3. Podcast available here. Continue Reading
In Coney Island Public Housing, People's Relief & Local Residents Fill Void Left by Government
The new grassroots organizing group People's Relief and local residents have taken control of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in several Coney Island public housing developments where government agencies' performance has been inadequate or inconsistent, according to multiple resident association presidents, community members and People's Relief volunteers. (People's Relief works closely with Occupy Sandy and shares their resources, but is a separate, independent organization.)
Get ready for the lame-duck session of Congress
The 112th Congress reconvenes Nov. 13 with nothing less than the fate of the U.S. economy on the line.
In play in November and December: the expiring Bush tax cuts, an expanding alternative minimum tax poised to capture more and more middle class taxpayers, the expiring payroll tax cut that has been a boon to middle class households during the recession, cuts in physician reimbursements under Medicare, and the looming budget "sequestration," which will automatically cut just under $50 billion in federal spending beginning in January and $500 billion over 10 years.
Latest polls: two more years of divided, if not dysfunctional, government
The latest polls heading into the weekend before Election Day suggest whoever is elected president will face the same dysfunctional Congress that President Obama has faced the last two years. That, in turn, increases the pressure on engaged citizens to push their representatives to take action in the areas most important to them.
Hurricane Sandy's Silver Lining: A Reaffirmation of Progressive Principles
At a time when the country is still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the storm has reaffirmed progressive principles that have been under attack in recent years. Sandy has, in fact, brought together a trifecta of progressive policy vindications: the dangers of climate silence, the importance of a strong and responsive federal government, and the necessity of collective bargaining rights for workers.


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All afternoon the rain smell was coming back in
from over the ocean, as the storm turned —
a different kind of freshness in the air,
that slight, sharp savour filling my nostrils.
Now the wind howls and bangs at my door
as the water descends in torrents. Only yesterday
the puddles across the road from days of wet
began to dry and dissipate. We could smell
the steam coming off the asphalt, a singed odour.
We got home just before the storm arrived in force,
and settled in with our plates of barbecue chicken.
The hot, tangy flavour was reassuring, so were
our deep armchairs, and the ABC news on TV.
Situation normal. I poured myself a shiraz,
and you a version with alcohol removed. Yours
tasted sweeter (although not very sweet) but I liked
the deeper, spicier taste of mine. Later we finished
the cupcakes with strawberry icing and licked our lips.
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Prompt: A poem that includes at least three different flavours and two odours.
I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world,
to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')
to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')
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The Awesome Nacho Cheese Meat Burrito Pizza Taco
Here at Obvious Winner, food is important. Almost... too important. This here is a Nacho Cheese Burrito Pizza Taco that will completely satisfy your hunger needs. Most importantly though, it's easy, cheap, beyond delicious and made by your very own Obvious Winner writer.
Combining a Celeste Pizza, Tina's Burrito, hot nacho cheese and a whole lot of love... say goodbye to your good health. Want to know how to make this? Click on and find out!!!
Tentacle Pot Pie Looks Delicious and Dangerous
Pot pie. One of the best bowls of food you could put in front of your face. It's up there with Lucky Charms. So for halloween, learn how to make your pot pies into fun octopus-esque tentacle fun bowls by going [ here ].
"This is an easy and slightly creepy Halloween dinner. I very simply cut dough into long strips to create tentacles that drape down the sides of a bowl. It's awfully fun to break off tentacles and dunk them into the pot pie while eating."
[ source ] via [ laughingsquid ]
The McRib Returns to Where it Belongs, Our Guts
Pork meat bits slathered in a delicious sugar BBQ sauce? Damn right, you say, and it's coming back for an entire six weeks. When does this start? Next month (November). So prepare your faces and digestive tracts for oblivion.
[ source ] (thanks Brad, eat it)
All the Best Parts of the Unicorn that You Can EAT !
Om nomnomnom ! Come to think of it... can you make glue out of unicorn hooves? And if so, what type of magical property do you think it would have? Cause, I think I ate that glue when I was in preschool.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Pancakes for your Prehistoric Mornings
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The Reality of Fast Food: Advertisements Versus Actual Product
Put Mini-Pizzas on a Pizza and Presto ! The Recursive Pizza
Pizzas within a pizza?!?! Mama mia ! This pizza pizza is the brainchild of Milwaukee-based artist John Riepenhoff, and it sure does look rather "nommable"... Get this though... this pizza WAS the art project and viewers could walk on up and take a slice !
The final piece was a collage of different cultures' food (Hawaiian, vegan, meat lovers, macaroni, pepperoni, pesto pine nut, etc.), a collage of the actual pizza itself in an attempt at providing some perspective to the viewer of the levels of experience they might be having outside of the pizza, and finally a collage of the people attending the opening and participating in the piece by putting it inside of them.
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Boba Feta: Boba Fett Quiche for the Hungry Bounty Hunter
Quiche has it's time and place, and this time it's on a dinner table not so far far away. Move over Pizza the Hut, this quiche has jets.
"Boba Fett + feta cheese just seemed like a no brainer."
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World's Most Expensive Cheese Sandwich Sounds Freakin Great
Sourdough bread, cheddar cheese infused with truffles, sliced quail eggs, tomatoes, apples and figs... all layered into complete awesomesness. This cheese-based sandwich costs around $180 and must taste like angel milk (aged of course).
This sandwich was made by chef Martin Blunos, but seriously... who cares about that dude, just give me the sandwich.
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The New KFC Skinwich: Fried Skin, Bacon, Cheese and Deadly
5 inches of delicious fried chicken skin piled on a bun, smothered with cheese and bacon. Impressive KFC, most impressive.
Of course, any of you would give this an attempt, but I would imagine that you can theorize on the results with a great deal of accuracy. Has making crazy-ass bad for you sandwiches gotten out of control? Or have we, as a species, figured out a humane way to reduce our population?
QUICK NOTE: This has been proved to be entirely fake. Still, pretty gross and funny.
RESULTS: "Nasty. The richness of all that fatty seasoned skin is totally overwhelming. It's also tongue-parchingly-salty."
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Have a Possessive, Greedy and Wasteful Cat? Marinate it alive and Eat it
Cats... Let's face it... they are delicious. Gary L. Korkuc knew this, and he had a cat (named Navarro) marinating in an oil, crushed red peppers, chili pepper and salt mixture in the trunk of his car. Almost READY to be cooked and eaten. Well, until those pesky cops came around.
"Police took the 4-year-old cat to the SPCA on Ensminger Road in the Town of Tonawanda, where Korkuc had adopted it May 11. He told police the cat had been "mean" to him, authorities said."
And seriously... screw you mean cats! How many times have you chewed my computer cables, woken me up at night because you are "hungry", ruined the sofa, sent blank emails to people with "FUEG3420WFEF:WEH54K:JL#(@&#ksnda" as the subject, and MUCH much more.
"Navarro has black and white markings, weighs 12 pounds and is described as having a good disposition."
Sure he has a good disposition... That's what they ALWAYS say. If you are interested in learning more about this sad tale... go [ here ]


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ABC 7 Pranked Over UCLA Water Main Break As Caller Claims 'Someone Took A Very Large Dump'
A man who called ABC 7 in Los Angeles ostensibly to explain Tuesday's water main break near the UCLA campus claimed to be Department of Public Works spokesman Louis Slungpue -- pronounced "slung-poo," as he helpfully corrected one of the anchors live on the air.
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Embedded pushdown automaton
An embedded pushdown automaton or EPDA is a computational model for parsing languages generated by tree-adjoining grammars (TAGs). It is similar to the context-free grammar-parsing pushdown automaton, except that instead of using a plain stack to store symbols, it has a stack of iterated stacks that store symbols, giving TAGs a generative capacity between context-free grammars and context-sensitive grammars, or a subset of the mildly context-sensitive grammars. Embedded pushdown automata should not be confused with nested stack automata which have more computational power.[citation needed]
History and applications[edit]
EPDAs were first described by K. Vijay-Shanker in his 1988 doctoral thesis.[1] They have since been applied to more complete descriptions of classes of mildly context-sensitive grammars and have had important roles in refining the Chomsky hierarchy. Various subgrammars, such as the linear indexed grammar, can thus be defined.[2] EPDAs are also beginning to play an important role in natural language processing.
While natural languages have traditionally been analyzed using context-free grammars (see transformational-generative grammar and computational linguistics), this model does not work well for languages with crossed dependencies, such as Dutch, situations for which an EPDA is well suited. A detailed linguistic analysis is available in Joshi, Schabes (1997).[3]
An EPDA is a finite state machine with a set of stacks that can be themselves accessed through the embedded stack. Each stack contains elements of the stack alphabet , and so we define an element of a stack by , where the star is the Kleene closure of the alphabet.
Each stack can then be defined in terms of its elements, so we denote the th stack in the automaton using a double-dagger symbol: ,[clarification needed] where would be the next accessible symbol in the stack. The embedded stack of stacks can thus be denoted by .[clarification needed]
We define an EPDA by the septuple (7-tuple)
- where
- is a finite set of states;
- is the finite set of the input alphabet;
- is the finite stack alphabet;
- is the start state;
- is the set of final states;
- is the initial stack symbol
- is the transition function, where are finite subsets of .
Thus the transition function takes a state, the next symbol of the input string, and the top symbol of the current stack and generates the next state, the stacks to be pushed and popped onto the embedded stack, the pushing and popping of the current stack, and the stacks to be considered the current stacks in the next transition. More conceptually, the embedded stack is pushed and popped, the current stack is optionally pushed back onto the embedded stack, and any other stacks one would like are pushed on top of that, with the last stack being the one read from in the next iteration. Therefore, stacks can be pushed both above and below the current stack.
A given configuration is defined by
where is the current state, the s are the stacks in the embedded stack, with the current stack, and for an input string , is the portion of the string already processed by the machine and is the portion to be processed, with its head being the current symbol read. Note that the empty string is implicitly defined as a terminating symbol, where if the machine is at a final state when the empty string is read, the entire input string is accepted, and if not it is rejected. Such accepted strings are elements of the language
where and defines the transition function applied over as many times as necessary to parse the string.
An informal description of EPDA can also be found in Joshi, Schabes (1997),[3] Sect.7, p.23-25.
- ^ Vijay-Shanker, K. (January 1988). "A Study of Tree-Adjoining Grammars". Ph.D. Thesis (University of Pennsylvania).
- ^ Weir, David J. (1994). "Linear Iterated Pushdowns". Computational Intelligence 10 (4): 431–439. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8640.1994.tb00007.x. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ^ a b Joshi, Aravind K.; Yves Schabes (1997). "Tree-Adjoining Grammars". Handbook of Formal Languages (Springer) 3: 69–124. Retrieved 2014-02-07.


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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Hawkins in Argentina
Hi Marty,
Here are some photos of our trip to Argentina last March. We went on a combination business and pleasure trip with a business associate of mine Alfredo Fillon and his friend Erica. Alfredo's son was getting married and we attended the wedding. What a night that was the wedding was at 8:30 pm and the reception started at 10:00 pm and ran right through to 8:00 am.
We stayed in La Recolletta, a section of Buenos Aires, where Evita Peron is buried. The city itself is very European in design and the streets are narrow, architectural design is influenced by the Spanish and the Italians.
The people we went with are outstanding latin dancers, Alfredo was a Tango instrutor in Buenos Aires in his younger days and Alberto and Lucy are professional Salsa and Tango Dancers.
The beaches are some 400 miles from Buenos Aires to get there the best means of transportation is by bus. We stayed for 5 days in Villa Geselle, pronounced Vijja Heselle, by the beach what a fabulous time.
The two couples, Alfredo and Erica and Alberto and Lucy, put on dancing exhibitions everywhere we went. They danced at the mall, they danced on the beach, they just love to dance it was incredible to watch.
Alfredo's son and new daughter-in-law are the 2 time World Champion erobic dance team on top of it all.
It was good times, good food and a little work.
The photos are Evita's tomb, Pat and I, Tango dancers in La Boca, Alfredo and Erica, Lucy and Alberto, Bob on the beach (braless) and our favorite restaurant in Villa Gesselle
Thanks Bob
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Do you prefer the classy look of leather for an iPad case? Perhaps you're just looking for a leather case to go with your tight, hot leather pants? Regardless of your reasons, there are certainly a plethora of iPad case choices out there for folks who like the look of leather. Today, we take a look at the X-Doria Dash Folio "Leather" case for the iPad 2 and new third-generation iPad. Yeah, it says "Leather" but the description actually says "leather-like," which isn't necessarily a bad thing — especially if you're the animal lover type. The case comes in three colors: black, white and rose.
It's magnetic: If you're the type who goes "ooh" or "aah" after witnessing Apple's magnetic iPad Smart Covers, then you're gonna like X-Doria's Dash Folio. For the uninitiated, magnetic covers automatically put the iPad 2 or new iPad to sleep when said cover is closed. The Dash Folio sports that same magnetic cover functionality, allowing users to make their iPad go nighty-night when closed (ooh) and automatically wake up (aah) when opened.
Doubles as a stand: Stand functionality is pretty much a given for iPad cases these days and the Dash Folio is no exception. The front cover has a groove that allows it to fold, making it possible to tuck the edge into a leather flap at the back of the case. Voila, instant iPad stand. Like Apple's Smart Cover, it can also be folded at an angle for easier typing on the iPad's virtual keyboard.
Inside slot: The slot for inserting the iPad is on the inside of the device instead of the outside edge. This leads to a more secure fit as it prevents the iPad from accidentally sliding out from the side.
Access to controls and ports: The Dash Folio comes with openings that allow users to access controls such as the home, power and volume buttons. It also has openings for the front and rear cameras, headphone jack, speaker and proprietary port.
Inner pockets: The Dash Folio comes with several pockets on the inside of the front cover for business cards and what have you. Do be careful about what you decide to put in those pockets, however, as you wouldn't want to scuff up your iPad's precious display.
Cheap-looking speaker mesh: The use of leather-like material is supposed to emulate a classy look. This look, however, is sabotaged by the cheap-looking screen mesh used to cover up the iPad's speaker opening. It reminds me of the same material from a screen door or strainer. It doesn't help that the mesh on the unit I reviewed was also crooked. Ultimately, it's more of an aesthetic issue but it still gives that part of the case a cheap feel.
No portrait mode: Although horizontal mode gets the most use on the iPad, it still would have been nice to also have the option to use the Dash Folio as a vertical stand.
Smudge prone: The leather-like material used for the case is prone to smudging from oily or sweaty fingers. To be fair, though, this also applies to other cases that have this kind of a leather look.
The X-Doria Dash Folio "Leather" case is a solid option for folks looking for an iPad case that has a magnetic cover and sports a leather-like look. It has its share of niggles. But overall, the case works quite well so it's worth looking into if you're on the hunt for an iPad case.X-Doria Dash Folio 'Leather'
- Platform: iPad 2 and new third-generation iPad
- Cost: $50
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Jacksonville Daily Progress
Townsend to represent Rusk at state track meet
CONROE — Rusk's Shayla Townsend earned a spot in the upcoming state Class 3A track and field meet based on her superior performance at the Class 3A, Region III Meet in Conroe late last week. Townsend will be competing in the 100-meter hurdles.
Bullard's Haden Bryant takes regional gold
COMMERCE — Haden Bryant of Bullard was clocked in 14.74 which was fast enough to earn the Panther senior the Class 3A, Region II title in 110-meter hurdles. The regional meet was held late last week at Texas A&M Commerce. Bryant will now move on to the state meet in Austin next month.
Class 4-A, Region II Meet: JHS athletes give good effort
ARLINGTON — Dadrian Franklin wrapped up his storied athletic career at Jacksonville High School by earning fourth and fifth place finishes in high jump and triple jump at the Class 4A, Region II Track and Field Championships in Arlington over the weekend. Franklin cleared 6' 4" in high jump and landed a 43' 10" jump in the triple jump competition. On the girls side, Damonica Franklin had a toss of 121' 5" to come in sixth in discus.
Bi-district Baseball: Panthers to face Vandals in 1 gamer
KILGORE — It's do or die time, literally, for the Bullard High School baseball team. The Panthers (20-8) are scheduled to take on the Vandals of Van (16-13) in a single game, winner take all, Class 3A, Region II bi-district playoff game. First pitch will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at historic Driller Park in Kilgore. Bullard will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak on Thursday, while Van will be looking to extend a three-game winning streak.
Jacksonville College to offer summer tennis camps
Jacksonville College tennis coach Mark Robbins will be conducting a series of mini camps this summer which are targeted towards juniors, ages 14-18, who aspire to play at a collegiate level, or simply want to improve their game. The program will focus on technical and pre-competition aspects. Seven different camp sessions will take place in June and July. Cost is $110.00 per person, which includes 12 hours of training and a camp t-shirt. For more information contact Robbins (903) 258-3981 or by e-mail (email@example.com).
NBA player reveals that he is gay
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay.
The 34-year-old center, who has played for six teams in 12 seasons, wrote a first-person account that was posted on Sports Illustrated's website Monday. Collins finished the season with the Washington Wizards and is now a free agent. He says he wants to keep playing.
''If I had my way, someone else would have already done this,'' he writes. ''Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.''
Collins played in a Final Four for Stanford and reached two NBA Finals. His twin brother, Jarron, was also a longtime NBA center.
''Jason has been a widely respected player and teammate throughout his career and we are proud he has assumed the leadership mantle on this very important issue,'' NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement.


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Despite a couple of protestors waving signs on a far street corner, the three-day run of performances kicked off on Monday afternoon inunder the Cole Bros. circus tent with more than 800 fans in the audience.
"Attendance usually builds each day because of word of mouth," said Carole Connor, co-chair of the event that is a fundraiser for the .
Performances on Tuesday and Wednesday are at 4:30 p.m. followed by an evening show at 7 p.m.
General admission tickets are $16, reserved seating is $20 per ticket and VIP seating costs $23 each. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Cole Bros. website.
Connor said the circus pulled into Oceanport in the wee hours of Monday and the tent rose along Port Au Peck Avenue around 5 a.m.
Aside from the show under the big top — which features elephants, tigers, French poodles and springboard gymnasts — outside there are clowns offering face painting and the chance to perch atop an elephant and go for a little walk.
Oceanport First Aid has a truck parked outside of every performance in the event their assistance is required, said Connor.
"But we enjoy doing this," she said.


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I figured this would help some folks find all the tweaks!
If I missed any, please let me know! Please let me know if there is a better link than the one I used as well!
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I figured this would help some folks find all the tweaks!
If I missed any, please let me know! Please let me know if there is a better link than the one I used as well!
While that is true, electrolytic caps are inferior to begin with.Quote:
After twenty years capacitors start to fail and it is time to update them!
Good collection of SDA upgrades Trey. Thanks. For those looking to do the upgrades, true and a good point what Jesse (F1nut) said.
That'll be very helpful to SDA owners. Nice to have most "how to's" in one place.
Great idea Trey- thanks for the effort.
Very nice idea Trey! If I could make a suggestion to include links to the various links to building the AI-1 interphase.
Please post the links here and I will add them!
I don't want to flat out say Electrolytic caps suck as I do not want to trash the stock product...
And for the reference of the future - this is under the "Learning Center" part of the site.
Good stuff Trey.
Many thanks.
If I hang out here long enough maybe I'll develop the "courage" to revisit my rather dismal experience in Shop Classes and learn to DIY again (actually I didn't learn it the first time).
I marvel at how adept many of our members are at this DIY stuff. I bought my first soldering iron "ever" about a year ago, because a member of AK I had bought some speakers from had sold me a set that had loose wires on the mid-range, with no clips (bare wires) they had to be soldered on. After a call to a friend and a youtube video and an increase in blood pressure during the actual procedure, I managed to reattach the wires (with absolutely NO soldering experience whatsoever, none, I barely knew what I was doing). After that I kinda figured I would retire because I was told I'd need a soldering station for finer repairs. And I said, "What?" "Really?".
I just don't enjoy messing with things that I could F-up! It's nerve wracking, whereas for most of you it's "relaxing", and enjoyable hobby, kind of like Astronomy was for me in elementary school--but all I had to do back then was set up a telescope (no soldering, lol).
Also, anyone who has other information about the bass brace, removing top and bottom plates - etc.... let me know and I will them!
Thanks Trey,This well be helpful to alot of people.Dan
Added a link to brochures, manuals, a site that has a lot of different models documented, how to construct an AI-1 cable
Does anyone have a more extensive list of how to identify different models?
Very helpfull (especially for us Newbies) . . . Thanks, Trey!
Thanks VR! extremely helpful.
Glad I could provide some help!
Please post here or PM any other info you guys would like to see make the list!
Excellent. Thanks, Trey!
Ladies and Gents - spent a few more hours digging..
I added 20-30 more links!
Wow! Awesome links! Mucho thanks
http://polksda.com/ they have some nice info that you could link to.
Be on the look out for pages involving the LSi series, RT series, etc etc in the next few weeks! :)
I also plan on doing tutorials on how to trace circuits, how to solder, etc etc etc!
This is also a stick now at the top of the vintage section! :) Thanks Nap!
I have contemplated silent films! :)
My southern draw does not equate to educational films ;)
I know for a fact that we have some "broadcast quality voices" on this site who would be only too glad to do the narration!
Many of them are even better than GB! lol
Great idea, thanks for the effort!
Thanks Trey!


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Stoke on Trent Housing Society
Stoke-on-Trent Housing Society has around 500 homes which are managed by the Aspire Group.
The Society's homes are in a range of locations in the city, including Hanley, Penkhull, Northwood, Burslem and Etruria.
Homes are also available for part buy, part rent. Please visit the shared ownership page to see what is available.
Stoke-on-Trent Housing Society's offices at Dickson House, Ridgway Road, Hanley, is where the society's staff are based. They are supported by Aspire Housing staff, including a neighbourhood officer who is dedicated to the society's homes. They will be able to deal with any queries you may have.
There is a dedicated phone number for Stoke-on-Trent Housing Society customers to call this is 01782 854707.
Further information on Aspire's services for the society's customers is available in the leaflet at the foot of the page.
The short film below also provides an introduction to Stoke-on-Trent Housing Society.
You might also want to read the Society's annual report in our corporate publications page.


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Madras, Oregon
Madras welcomes you to the heart of Jefferson County, where U.S. Highways 26 and 97 meet. Scenic vistas, fresh air and friendly faces make this place one of Oregon's best kept secrets. The fabric of life in Madras is as varied as the colors of a bolt of Madras cloth from which the town got its name. Whether it be rockhounding, fishing, pleasure boating, rafting, water-skiing, golfing, hiking, culture sampling or just getting away from it all, there's something for everyone. We are proud of the harmony and diversity of our community and the warmth and friendliness of our residents.
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Tourism has become an important industry in the county as central Oregon has emerged as a favorite destination for travelers. U.S. Highway 97 and 26 bring thousands of travelers through Madras annually. The Cove State Park and the Deschutes River draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Madras-Culver area as well. Summer season tourism and a rapidly growing local population help keep the community's retail outlets vibrant.
The Madras Industrial Park, which includes 300 acres of air and industrial land co-owned by the City of Madras and Jefferson County, is located north of Madras. There are also 120 acres of privately owned land within the park. It is the hub of industrial activity in the county, and presently includes 28 businesses that employ over 1,500 people. With over 1,000 workers, Bright Wood Corp. is the largest employer in the county. Bright Wood, a wood remanufacturing plant, is the centerpiece of the Industrial Park. Other major employers at the park include Keith's Manufacturing -- producers of "walking floors" used by industry around the world -- which employs 108 people, and Mid Columbia Box, which employs 80.
The Madras Industrial Park is a state designated Enterprise Zone. Qualifying businesses can receive three to five year property tax abatement by locating there. For details on the Industrial Park, contact the chamber at (541) 475-2350.
Other major employers in the county include these education, medical and governmental entities: the Madras bases 509-J School District, with roughly 360 employees; Mountain View Hospital District with 175; and Jefferson county with 150 employees. Other top industrial employers include Seaswirl Boats in Culver, which has 205 workers, and Warm Springs Forest Products with 200. The county's industries are served by the Madras-Jefferson County Airport, located north of Madras near the Industrial Park, and the Burlington Northern rail line, which runs through the heart of the county, through Madras, Metolius and Culver.
Agriculture and livestock production have long been staples of the Jefferson county economy. In 1995, the sales of crops and livestock accounted for $48.8 million. The county was once known as the mint capital of the world, and although mint output has gone down over the past years, it's still one of the county's primary crops. In the mid- 1990's, though, the county's top money crops included vegetable and flower seeds, grass and legume seed, garlic, mint, potatoes and grains. Through the North Unit Irrigation district, the county has roughly 58,000 acres of farmland that have irrigation water rights.


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Forecasting 2012 United States Presidential election using Factor Analysis, Logit and Probit Models
AbstractContemporary discussions on 2012 U.S Presidential election mention that economic variables such as unemployment rate, inflation, budget deficit/surplus, public debt, tax policy and healthcare spending will be deciding elements in the forthcoming November election. Certain researchers like Bartells and Zaller (2001), Lewis-Beck and Rice (1982), and Lichtman and Keilis-Borok (1996) have investigated the significance of non-economic variables in forecasting the U.S election. This paper investigates the influence of combination of various economic and non-economic variables as factors influencing the outcome of 2012 U.S Presidential election, using statistical factor analysis. The obtained factor scores are used to predict the vote share of the incumbent using regression model. The paper also employs logit and probit models to predict the probability of win for the incumbent candidate in 2012 U.S Presidential election. It is found that the factors combining above economic variables are insignificant in deciding the outcome of the 2012 election. The factor combining the non-economic variables such as Gallup Ratings, GIndex, wars and scandals has been found significantly influencing the public perception of the performance of the Government and its policies, which in turn affects the voting decision. The proposed factor regression model forecasts that the Democrat candidate Mr. Barack Obama is likely to get a vote share between 51.84% - 54.26% with 95% confidence interval in the forthcoming November 2012 U.S Presidential election. While, the proposed logit and probit models forecast the probability of win for the Democrat candidate Mr. Barack Obama to be 67.37% and 67.00%, respectively.
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TAITO, the company that created Space Invaders (which kick-started the whole videogame craze), has reached into its peerless back-catalog and squeezed three of its classic games onto one N-Gage game card. Namely, Super Space Invaders (which needs no explanation), Bubble Bobble, in which you capture enemies in bubbles and then pop them, and Qix, a simple but addictive puzzle game. Rewind to the golden age of videogames, when things were apparently simple yet utterly irresistible.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Learning to Bark
The Morning Call's Watchdog barked with a story concerning the inaccuracy valley-area gas pumps. Inaccurate pumps cost consumers money.
The story actually began in 2002 with Lehigh County's abolition of its Bureau of Weights and Measures, a department formerly charged with ensuring the accuracy of grocery store scales and gas station pumps.
The Department's link to nowhere still exists on Lehigh County's Website.
The formerly enabled Weights and Measures Department was largely one man, Lehigh County Inspector and Chief Sealer, Donald J. Mahoney, who tested every gas pump and grocery store scale in Lehigh County every year for nearly 20 years.
Faced with budget woes and the Ervin 70% tax increase, the Commissioners and the Executive let Mahoney go.
Then "Jr. Executive" Richard Klotz proffered that Pennsylvania state workers would assume the annual accuracy inspections. Oh contraire!
A State spokesman countered the State could not check all the devices in Lehigh County, then said to be 1,400 scales and 2,600 pumps.
The rest is history.
If you pissed about pissing away 34 cents of every 20 dollars in gas, say something to your Commissioners. Maybe they'll take back the $250,000 they promised to the Allentown Art Museum.
And by the way, did Percey Dougherty recuse himself? Perhaps he should. He is on the Art Museum's Board of Trustees. Alas, so is Don Cunningham.
Monkey see, Monkey do.
I've often pondered similar inconsistencies. How can the Commissioners argue the need to shrink County Government and eliminate positions, such as Row Officers and County Inspectors, yet at the same time create a brand new County Board of Health? Explain that to me please!
Or how can the Commissioners withhold money for local policing and cite traditional County roles in limited government, yet award $250,000 to the art museum?
Dean Browning alone recognized the later. No one recognized the former.
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- Bill Villa said...
To be fair, Watchdog Reporter Paul Muschick's recent exposé on Steak & Ale (out of business) Gift Cards being honored at some other restaurants was exactly the kind of in-depth and hard-nosed investigative reporting I've been yearning for.
- August 16, 2008 at 7:48 AM
... just part of The Morning Call's new integrity-laden survival strategies. Muschick's "watchdog" department is actually called: "Investigative Reporting/Value-Added Advertiser Perks.
- August 18, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Bill. Took me awhile. Now I get it. Sarcasim intended, or otherwise Bill and the Mcall would be tight! Yeah, Steak & Ale, investigative journalism of some advertising and promotion scheme honoring a competitor's card. Yup, hard-noses. Wake me when its over! Yawn! nlv
- August 20, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Bill Villa said...
I'm waiting for Paul to do in investigative piece on how a store really IS slashing prices by 50% (but hurry, Saturday only!)
- August 21, 2008 at 5:19 AM


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3176 Jersey Street
Panton, VT 05491
Telephone: 802-475-2333
Fax: 802-475-2785
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Town office hours:
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday:
Fridays and VT State Holidays:
General assistance with issues concerning Town government: Matters involving action of the Selectboard. Matters involving the buildings and highways of the Town.
Dog or wolf-hybrid licenses: State Law requires this license by April 1st each year. A valid rabies certificate is required as well as a spayed/neutered certificate (if applicable). Fees are $10.00 for altered pets and $18.00 for non-altered pets.
Marriage or Civil Marriage licenses: At least one party must be a resident of the Town or both parties must be from out of State with the ceremony to be performed in Addison County. Blood tests are not required. License fee is $45.00 plus $10.00 if you would like a certified copy. There is no waiting period to use the license.
Copies of Vital Records: Photocopies or certified copies of birth, death, and marriage records on file are available. Photocopies are $.25 each and $10.00 each for certified copies. Genealogy searches are welcome and will be performed by the researcher.
Motor Vehicle Registration Renewals: You can renew registrations for cars, trucks, boats, trailers, etc. Bring your renewal notice and a check written to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the amount of your renewal. There is a $3. fee payable to the Clerk for this service.
Green Mountain Passports: Green Mountain Passports are available to residents 62 or over or to those who have been declared disabled by the Vermont Veterans Administration. The $2.00 lifetime passport is valid immediately; holders are eligible for free admission to state parks and museums as well as reduced prices by private businesses.
Property Tax Payments: Tax bills are mailed out once a year usually by September 1. Taxpayers may pay the bill in full or in two installments; November 1st and May 1st. Interest charges are assessed for late payment and an additional 8% penalty fee will be added on all unpaid taxes after May 1st.
Voter Checklist Application: You must be a resident of the Town and at least 18 years of age to become a registered voter. Applications are available at any Town/City Clerks office.
Land Records: Deeds, mortgages, liens, etc. are on file in the Town Clerk's office. Copies may be obtained at $1.00 per page. There is a $10.00 filing fee per page to record documents in the land records.
There are three (3) members that comprise the Selectboard. They are elected for three (3) year staggered terms. If you have any questions relative to budget & expenses, taxes, and overall town operation, you should speak with the Selectboard. Selectboard meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Panton Town offices unless otherwise posted, and are open to the public. Appointments to meet with the Selectboard should be made with the Town Clerk prior to the meeting. Minutes are available at the Town Clerk's office, and on this web site. The current selectboard members are:
Howard Hall - email@example.com - H: 802.475.2699 C: 802.377.1821
Beth Tarallo - email@example.com - H: 802.759.3133 C: 802.377.0116
John Viskup - firstname.lastname@example.com - H: 802.877.2467 C: 802.377.5511
The Town Treasurer is responsible for the Town's funds. Our Town Treasurer is Diane Merrill.
Zoning Administrator: The Zoning Administrator works with the Planning Commission and Development Review Board (DRB), and is responsible for assisting in the town planning and the land development oversight. The Zoning Administrator is also responsible for enforcement of zoning regulations. Contact the Zoning Administrator for applications for zoning permits, variances, conditional uses, site plans and subdivision proposals. The Planning Commission/DRB meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm in the town offices. The Zoning Administrator can be contacted as follows:
Ed Hanson
Phone: 802-453-3785
Fax: 802-453-7025
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Town Auditors: The town auditor plays a vital role in preserving the democratic nature of Vermont's local government by ensuring that local officials are accountable for their expenditures of the taxpayers' money. It is the auditor's job to review the accounts of local officials and report the findings directly to the taxpayers for review. Because this report is presented only days before town meeting, the statutory scheme envisions that if the taxpayers do not like what the auditors' report indicates about how the officials have spent the taxpayers' money, the officials will be voted out of office. Thus, it is the auditor's function to present an easy-to-understand picture of the town's finances to the people of the town.
Panton's 3 auditors are:
J. Douglas Dows
Heidi Mahoney
J. Paul Sokal
Town Moderator: The town moderator moderates all warned town meetings. Our town moderator is: J. Douglas Dows
Official Public Notices: Posting of Official Panton Public Notices are at 3 Panton Locations. Outside the Town Clerk's office, on the old schoolhouse adjacent to the Town Garage, and the outside bulletin board on Jackson Road, just off East Street. When newspaper notice is required, notice is put in the Addison Independent.
Justice of the Peace: Justices of the Peace have the power to perform marriages and civil unions but are not required to do so in any particular instance. However, the Justice may not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. They are elected at a general election and must be legal voters of the town. The five Justices serving Panton are:
Paulette Bogan
Ralph Burt
James Dayton
J. Paul Sokal
F. Ann Sullivan
Listers: From the VLCT handbook for Vermont Officers "...the official who is charged with determining the value of the real and personal property in the town on which the Select board will set the tax rate necessary to raise the money to pay for town services, the maintenance of town highways and the schools". Each town must have 3 listers. Panton's listers are:
Joan Burt
Cheryl McEwan
Beverly Biello
Town Health Officer: John Viskup
Town Constable: David Palmatier
Town Service Officer: From the VLCT handbook for Vermont Officers "The town service officer is charged with assisting individuals within the town who require emergency food, fuel or shelter assistance. This official is called upon only when the Vermont Department of Social Welfare is closed on the weekends and after office hours. At these times, the service officer helps individuals in need to obtain the necessary goods and services until the Department of Social Welfare is open.
Panton's Town Service Officer is Louise Giovanella.
Highway Department: Located at 2167 Panton Road, the Highway Department consists of two full time employees (one road foreman and one highway helper). For questions concerning any highway in Panton, contact one of the Selectboard members or the Town Clerk. The Road Foreman and contact info is as follows:
Richard Cloutier - 802-475-2085
Dog Warden: Report stray or lost dogs/wold-hybrids running at large to the town Dog Warden.
Panton's Dog Warden is Christine (Chris) Morris. She can be reached at 802-989-0769 or email@example.com.
Fire Warden: Issues permits in accordance with State Law 10VSA, Section 2645, which allows for the burning of approved materials such as untreated wood, brush and hay. No Permits are required when there is snow cover on the ground.
Fire Warden - Robert Moulton
1897 Vt. Rte. 22A
802-989-3983, primary
802-759-2097, secondary
Town Agent
From the VLCT handbook for Vermont Officers "The Town Agent assists the town when litigation is in progress."
Panton's Town Agent is Ted Bolens.
Green Up Day: click here to see our Green Up Page. The page is typically updated annually prior to Green Up Day.
Useful Web Sites:
Addison County Solid Waste Management District
Vermont State Government
Rabies in Vermont
United States Government
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Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
|Serve and Obey
|Haberdashers' Hall, London
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|Joff Bates
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The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the senior Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation, following on from the Mercers' Company, another Livery Company connected with clothing and haberdashery, received a Royal Charter in 1448 and has records dating back to 1371. The formal name under which it is incorporated is The Master and Four Wardens of the Fraternity of the Art or Mystery of Haberdashers in the City of London.
The Company, which was originally responsible for the regulation of cloth merchants, began to lose its authority and jurisdiction of that trade as the population of London increased and spread outwards from the City. Thus, the Company now serves as an educational and charitable institution, whilst being proud to maintain links with its heritage by giving awards to fashion education.
The Company ranks eighth in the order of precedence of Livery Companies; as such it is regarded as one of the "Great Twelve City Livery Companies". The Company's motto is Serve and Obey. Its Hall was for many centuries in the Bassishaw Ward of the City but in 2002 the Company moved into a new Hall in Farringdon Without.
As an educational institution, the Haberdashers' Company has a proud tradition of supporting excellence in schools. It founded a boys' school at Hoxton, which then split into schools at Hatcham in south London and Hampstead in north London; the Hampstead school moved in 1961 to become the Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree and the separate girls' school, founded at Acton, has now moved to be adjacent in Elstree. The Haberdashers' Company now runs a Hatcham academy, which admits girls and boys; other Haberdashers' schools are situated elsewhere in the UK, for example William Adams opened the Adams' Grammar School in 1656 in his home town of Newport, Shropshire.
Being a principally Christian organisation, the Haberdashers' presents copies of the King James Bible to starters at all their schools. The Company owns and takes a keen interest in its patronage of eight church advowsons.
The Company is sole trustee of two major educational charities: Haberdashers' Aske's Charity[1] and William Jones's Schools Foundation.[2]
Haberdashers' Hall[edit]
The Company moved into its new Hall at 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HQ on Monday 15 April 2002, opposite King Henry's Gate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Thursday 24 October 2002 was a very special day in the life of the Company when the Master, Mr Nicholas Lund, welcomed Her Majesty The Queen to Haberdashers' Hall, and invited Her Majesty formally to declare it open; Prince Edward now serves as one of the company's Court Assistants. The Hall and associated meeting rooms and offices are built round a cloistered courtyard, entered through the façade of Market View, now developed into residential apartments and retail units. On the south side of the site the Company has built an office development on the Hosier Lane frontage.
In the Hall, cloisters on the right hand side lead to a circular staircase to the first floor, where the Court Room, Committee Room and Luncheon Room lead off a Reception Gallery. The Reception Gallery leads to the Livery Hall, which has a high vaulted ceiling, with the whole room panelled in oak. There are also offices for the Company staff, facilities for catering staff and storage below the Hall together with accommodation for the Master and the Beadle.
List of haberdashers' schools[edit]
- Abraham Darby Academy, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire[3]
- Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire
- Aldersey Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Bunbury, Cheshire[4]
- Haberdashers' Agincourt School, Monmouth[5]
- Haberdashers' Aske's Crayford Academy, Crayford, Kent
- Haberdashers' Aske's Crayford Temple Grove School
- Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, New Cross, London SE14
- Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Temple Grove School
- Haberdashers' Aske's Knight's Academy, Downham, Kent
- Haberdashers' Aske's Knight's Temple Grove School
- Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, Hertfordshire
- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, Hertfordshire
- Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth
- Monmouth School, Monmouth
- * West Monmouth School (affiliated)
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- The Haberdashers' Company
- The Haberdashers' Company history
- History of the Haberdashers' Company archived by Heraldic Media


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Two of the Ranking-House Judiciary Congressman weighs in on a California Supreme Court case to provide illegal immigrants in-state tuition, while U.S. citizens who live outside the state continue to fork over costly out-of-state tuition dollars.
Congressman Steve King-IA and Lamar Smith [Unlink]-TX filed an amicus brief this week regarding California Supreme Court case Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California.
At issue is the ability for the state to give those in this country illegally more favorable tuition rates than legal American citizens.
Ranking Member Smith said, "We should not reward illegal behavior. It's fundamentally unfair to tell American parents who are not from California, but have paid taxes all their lives that they have to pay higher tuition bills to send their children to college than do illegal immigrants."
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Local rural land prices following national trend upward
Marion County is joining the rest of the country in the real estate boom that has led to rising prices for productive agricultural land.
Prices for both crop land and pasture land are climbing at rates that would have been seen as a fantasy two years ago.
Lyle Leppke, a Hillsboro-based real estate broker who has a special focus in farm land sales, said, "Two years ago you didn't see land prices over $2,000 an acre here. Now we're seeing $3,000 an acre and higher."
Marion County Appraiser Cindy Magill said the higher land prices are beginning to be reflected in taxes with another big jump in values this year.
Magill said tax values not only depend on prices, but on such factors as whether ground is tilled or in pasture, whether production is aided by irrigation, or grasslands are native grass or bromegrass.
Magill said the latest figures used for property taxes are based on 2003 through 2010, so they don't reflect current values.
Those values, she said, show cropland up an average 8 percent and pasture actually down 6 percent, although recent experience shows it has been increasing.
Leppke said with cattle prices holding up, grazing land is increasing in value just like tilled ground.
"When farmers are coming home with 20 to 30 percent more money from the elevator, they are willing to pay 20 to 30 percent more for the land," he said.
Leppke added that these value increases in real estate are not always good for everybody.
As one 70-year-old farmer remarked, "I wish we could have had those kinds of prices when I was younger."
But, Leppke said, that older farmer probably has paid off his land by now, and doesn't necessarily need the better farm income to live on at the moment. Instead, he looks for other investments.
Leppke added that farmers aren't usually the kind of people who think of putting extra money in the stock market.
"They put it into land," he said. "And, they can be at a place in life where they don't have to go to the bank to get it."
The tough thing in the farm real estate market now, Leppke said, is that land for sale is becoming increasingly hard to find. Farmers are hanging on to it to expand.
For the young person, getting into farming without significant family backing has become even more impossible at these prices.
Leppke said city dwellers who have seen their home values decreasing or holding stable can only wish their values were increasing like farm values—a trend which is reverse of the traditional situation.
Leppke said persons outside of agriculture frequently don't realize that farmers pay huge prices for equipment. That's where much of the higher income is going as well, he said.
For instance, Leppke said a new combine can cost $300,000, and a new hay swather can cost $150,000.
He said being an auctioneer puts him in a favorable position because land sellers prefer bidding rather than simply listing it as a parcel for sale.
Leppke said the way land values have changed, given it took 25 years for land to go from $200 to $500 an acre to $1,500 to $1,600.
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, farmland in its 10th District during the fourth quarter of 2011 increased from 7.5 to 8.9 percent.
The FRBKC said many absentee land owners saw the increase as the opportunity to sell their land at higher values.
But Leppke said many absentee landowners here hang on to the land to share in the increased crop prices.
FRBKC said cropland rental rates increased an average 18 percent in 2011 compared to 6 percent in 2010.
The FRBKC said bank loans for farm real estate are picking up. In addition to good crop and cattle prices, low interest rates are contributing to land sales.
Their reports indicate the pace will continue in 2012, with the biggest demand for land in Nebraska, with Oklahoma on south lagging because of last year's drought.
National insurance groups are reporting the surge in land prices here, while on the coasts farmland prices that formerly were driven by suburban growth have declined.
These groups said land prices were also driven higher by wildlife hunters until 2008, when interest began to decline because of loss in urban property values.
Thomas Hoenig, FRBKC president, has cautioned against borrowing money to buy land at the new prices because farmland prices may be getting too far above what is warranted by crop prices.
Hoenig and other farm leaders are concerned that a market bubble could be forming, although some of them note that with higher-priced grain exports, the nation is merely passing along its inflation to other countries with rapidly growing manufacturing economies and new demands for better-quality food.
Leppke said he doesn't see any signs of a slowdown or bad credit risk in Marion County. It's merely farmers buying while they have the money to do so, with total price an uncharacteristically low consideration.
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Program DescriptionThe Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) offers an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) ..
Emphasizing global health research methodology in the core curriculum, the program offers students flexibility to tailor elective coursework and an applied research experience to their individual interests. A guiding principle is the recognition that a multidisciplinary and multi-sector approach to health is essential, as health is influenced by a multitude of factors. Likewise, faculty and cohort composition reflect a wide variety of academic backgrounds and perspectives.
The 38-credit curriculum, requiring at least three full-time terms of study, imparts the following:
• An understanding of key global health concepts and challenges
• A solid foundation in core methodologies used in global health research
• Ethics training and considerations applicable across cultures
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All students will spend at least ten weeks pursing a closely-mentored, field-based global health research project, which will lead to the culminating thesis. Funding to support travel and research expenses is provided.
A dual JD-MS degree with the Duke Law School is available. Other concurrent degree opportunities may exist. Please contact the program for more information.


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By Alan Burke
Staff Writer
PEABODY — Police officers need to switch tracks as easily as any train. One minute, they're dealing with dangerous, hard cases, and the next, they encounter a problem, and a person, requiring a soft tone and empathy.
MBTA police Sgt. Steven O'Hara of Peabody was able to find empathy earlier this month when he stopped a distraught man from leaping off the T parking garage in Quincy Center in the early hours of April 5.
On May 9, O'Hara will be awarded a commendation from his chief, Paul McMillan, for what the authority calls his "swift, effective and compassionate actions as a skilled negotiator."
O'Hara was the ideal person to deal with "Dan," who was found hanging his feet over the ledge of the four-story, concrete garage. The officer has been trained to negotiate with people in just this position.
But McMillan indicates that O'Hara brought more than his training to Dan, who threatened to jump if anyone attempted to snatch him.
"Police work is being able to read people," McMillan said. "Sometimes it's difficult to know what to do."
O'Hara engaged the would-be jumper, getting him to speak about a history of drug use and what it had done to his family. In reply, the sergeant quietly explained that there are other things the man could do, other steps he could take to improve matters.
In a little more than 15 minutes, he had the man off the ledge.
"A lot of it is quick thinking," McMillan said. "And knowing how to make a connection to someone."
The distraught man was taken to Quincy Hospital for evaluation. O'Hara is a veteran officer.


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"You didn't build that" is a meme. A meme is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads within a particular culture." It is a unit of information that takes on a life of its own. It is similar to a gene.
"If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." President Barack Obama said that in a speech delivered on July 13 in Roanoke, Va. This guy and his defenders are amazing. Everyone lives near a road, but not everyone is Bill Gates.
His latest is "When I got onto the stage, I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney." Obama said that in beginning his speech at Sloan's Lake Park in Denver. "That wasn't the real Romney last night."
How delusional is this man? My question is: Was that the real Obama? I am afraid it was and the other guy we've been seeing is a media creation.
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Steve Spurrier elaborated Wednesday during the weekly SEC teleconference on his thoughts on the sideline tiff between his assistant coaches during last week's Georgia game.
"Both coaches were at fault and both coaches know we don't do that crap around here," Spurrier said. "We will have a problem if it occurs again that's for sure. I didn't see it live, but it was all over television. That camera is always on that sideline as I know, but obviously those two guys didn't know."
Linebackers coach Kirk Botkin and defensive line coach Deke Adams had to be separated by defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward after engaging in a shouting match as the Bulldogs were being beaten 41-30 by Georgia.
Spurrier cannot remember a confrontation that heated on one of his sidelines, he said.
"We have had coaches yell at each other," he said. "I've yelled at them and they've maybe yelled at me a little bit, and it really doesn't bother me much if one of them yells at me. As long as he's right. If I'm right and he's wrong, then we've got a problem. Yelling happens over there on the sideline when stuff happens. 'My guy is where he's supposed to be. Where's your guy?' Or something like that, but that should not happen, and I really believe it is handled."
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Steve Spurrier elaborated Wednesday during the weekly SEC teleconference on his thoughts on the sideline tiff between his assistant coaches during last week's Georgia game.
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Standing before a crowd of small business men and women, Gov. Scott Walker told the crowd it felt like it had been seven years since he stood in the same room at Country Springs Hotel celebrating his election night victory over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to win the gubernatorial election.
But it's only been months – albeit rocky months.
Walker's few months as governor has brought severe criticism, especially because of his hard approach to public employee unions, looking to eliminate the majority of collective bargaining for those employees.
Despite protestors gathering at the Waukesha hotel several times during the past few months when the governor appeared there, Monday was one of the few times that there was not one chant to recall Walker.
Still, Walker told those in attendance at a SCORE meeting Monday afternoon that he is confident that those reforms will make government better.
SCORE is a non-profit organization sponsored by the Small Business Administration. SCORE's motto is "Counselors to America's Small Business," according to a news release from Walker. SCORE's members help counsel business owners.
Walker said during his address before SCORE in Waukesha that the legislation in the budget repair bill bring reforms that will require employees to rewarded or disciplined based on merit – not seniority or tenure.
"We are going to give every school district and local government in the state the ability to do what you all do in the private sector – to hire and fire based on merit and to award based on performance," Walker said. "Everywhere else in life we pay for performance. Isn't it about time we do it in education where it matters the most out there? Isn't it a fundamental change we deserve?"
Ultimately, Walker said he wants Wisconsin to be a state that awards excellence as the state lawmakers move toward balancing the state's budget. Walker urged the local business men and women at the SCORE meeting to spread the word about business in Wisconsin.
"We want to make it more attractive to do business in the state," Walker said.


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