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Sony Corp. reported a surprise eightfold jump in quarterly profit Thursday as sales got a perk from a cheap yen and its bottom line was helped by gains from selling buildings and its stake in a video-game maker. More>>
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Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for computer woes that paralyzed the president's new health care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators said in a report released Wednesday. More>>
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Norfolk is trapped between the causes and consequences of global warming. More>>
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A horse racing tweet prompted prosecutors to halt a court hearing at which a lawyer for seventies heartthrob David Cassidy was supposed to accept a plea deal on the singer's behalf. More>>
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Congressional investigators say this is why they want all of Lois Lerner's emails. More>>
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Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest maker of smartphones, saw its sales drop in the second quarter, a research firm said Tuesday. More>>
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A former IRS official at the center of the agency's tea party controversy referred to some right-wing Republicans as "crazies" and more in emails released Wednesday. A key GOP lawmaker says the remarks show that Lois... More>>
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University and college professors are complaining that government restrictions on the use of small drones are likely to stifle academic research. More>>
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British police have charged two former senior journalists at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid with conspiring to hack phones. More>>
A former IRS official at the heart of the agency's tea party controversy called Republicans "crazies" and more in newly released emails. More>>
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British officials says driverless cars will be tested on roads in as many as three cities in a trial program to begin in January More>>
Nintendo Co. sank to a worse-than-expected loss for the fiscal first quarter on lagging Wii U and 3DS video-game machine sales. More>>
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Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state-owned banks.... More>>
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North Korea is upgrading its main rocket launch site and has conducted a series of engine tests as it develops a mobile, intercontinental missile that could increase the threat it poses to the United States, a U.S.... More>>
Congress passed a bill Friday that makes it legal to "unlock" cellphones so the devices can -at least in some instances- be used on other carriers. More>>
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The European Union's antitrust authority has cleared Apple's $3 billion deal to buy Beats Electronics, which makes headphones and offers music streaming services. More>>
The trailer for the next film in the popular "Hunger Games" series is making its premiere at Comic-Con. More>>
Mayflies have begun emerging from the Mississippi River in swarms that show up on radar like thunderstorms, coat roads and leave behind slimy messes. They've already been blamed for at least one car crash this week in... More>>
Cleanup efforts at the still-smoking site of an oil field supply company in North Dakota that caught fire earlier this week could take weeks, an Environmental Protection Agency Official said Friday. More>>
More than a decade after its prized chinook salmon crashed, Lake Huron is fertile fishing territory once more, with fast-growing populations of native species such as walleye and lake trout, biologists say. Now the... More>>
The federal government is planning to use sound blasting to conduct research on the ocean floor along most of the East Coast, using technology similar to that which spawned a court battle between environmentalists and... More>>
Asian stock markets posted modest gains Tuesday as investors treaded cautiously ahead of U.S. and Chinese economic reports later this week. More>>
Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lost his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. More>>
By The Associated Press LeBron James will go back to wearing jersey No. 23 in his return to Cleveland. More>>
Sarah Palin has started her own subscription-based online network. More>>
Zillow and Trulia, two companies that changed the way people shop for homes, are combining. More>>
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. fell Thursday after the e-commerce retailer reported a deeper-than-expected second quarter loss as expenses outpaced a surge in revenue. More>>
Real estate website operator Zillow is buying rival Trulia in a $3.5 billion deal that would make the biggest player in the online real estate market. More>>
An Amazon.com employee from out of town was the operator of a drone that buzzed the Seattle Space Needle this week, police said. More>>
Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home. More>>
A U.S. science advisory report says Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident offers a key lesson to the nation's nuclear industry: Focus more on the highly unlikely but worst case scenarios. More>>
For the first time in three decades, scientists are about to revisit one of North America's most remarkable troves of ancient fossils: the bones of tens of thousands of animals piled at least 30 feet deep at the bottom... More>>
London-based pay TV network BSkyB has agreed to take control of its sister companies in Italy and Germany, creating a multinational European broadcaster. The deal could have a wider impact on the media industry, giving... More>>
Several members of "The Avengers" descended on Comic-Con on Saturday to debut the first footage from the upcoming superhero sequel. More>>
Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Friday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent over a year earlier as its mobile business grew. More>>
Chinese regulators have concluded Qualcomm Inc., one of the biggest makers of chips used in mobile devices, has a monopoly, a government newspaper reported Friday. More>>
Facebook is on a roll. The world's largest online social network posted sharply higher earnings on Wednesday as revenue from mobile advertising continued to grow, and more people used it, more often. More>>
There is life after mobile phones for Nokia. More>>
Police in Southern California have arrested a 16-year-old boy who made a threat on social media against this weekend's U.S. Open of Surfing. More>>
Federal experts are recommending that California test inmates for immunity to a sometimes fatal soil-borne fungus before incarcerating them at two Central Valley state prisons where the disease has killed nearly three... More>>
Federal wildlife refuges in the Northwest and Hawaii will phase out a class of pesticides that are chemically similar to nicotine because they pose a threat to bees and other pollinators key to crop growth. More>>
After spending nearly $300 million on a new computer system to handle disability claims, the Social Security Administration still can't get it to work. And officials can't say when it will. More>>
It takes only a couple of minutes, twice a day, but 101-year-old Richard Hendrickson is fiercely proud that he has done the same thing for his country and community nearly every day since Herbert Hoover was in the White... More>>
The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June. That's after the world broke a record in May. More>>
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NASA honored one of its most famous astronauts Monday by renaming a historic building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. More>>
This week's 45th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon is being celebrated at the White House. More>>
NASA doesn't have enough money to get its new, $12 billion rocket system off the ground by the end of 2017 as planned, federal auditors say. More>>
Federal wildlife officials recently proposed strict nationwide limits on importing and shipping boa constrictors and four other snake species in an effort to prevent them from being introduced into the wild. More>>
LG Electronics Inc. reported a forecast-beating quarterly profit Thursday and gave an upbeat outlook for smartphone profitability as its mobile division ended a streak of losses. More>>
Writer-producer Sam Shaw was grappling with how to craft a TV drama about the war on terror and the price it exacts from those who keep its secrets. More>>
Twitter acknowledged that it has been hiring too many white and Asian men to fill high-paying technology jobs, just like several other major companies in Silicon Valley. More>>
AT&T Inc. on Wednesday posted lower net income for the latest quarter due to cheaper cellphone plans it introduced as a response to aggressive pricing from smaller competitor T-Mobile US. More>>
Some of the hottest tickets in town - to Broadway hits, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake concerts, a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game - were snapped up by an international ring of cyber thieves who commandeered more than... More>>
Apple's growth prospects are looking brighter as anticipation builds for the upcoming release of the next iPhone, a model that is expected to cater to consumers yearning for a bigger screen. More>>
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: More>>
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has distributed $205 million in taxpayer money to scores of technology startups using a pet program designed to bring high-paying jobs and innovation to the nation's second most-populous state. More>>
A former British tabloid reporter was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence Thursday for his role in the long-running phone hacking scandal that shook Rupert Murdoch's media empire. More>>
The European Central Bank said Thursday that email addresses and other contact information have been stolen from a database that serves its public website, though it stressed that no internal systems or market-sensitive... More>>
Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella painted an upbeat vision of the future Tuesday, saying that the next version of Windows will be unified across screens of all sizes and that two money-losing units - Nokia phones and Bing... More>>
Despite widespread drought in the West and expectations of an above-average wildfire season, wildfires have burned less than half the 10-year average area so far this summer. More>>
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes is asking for the public's help to track down the man police say killed his aunt in Northern California. More>>
Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere... More>>
Potentially tens of thousands of students awarded a Pell Grant or other need-based federal aid for the coming school year could find it taken away because of a mistake in filling out the form. More>>
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LG Display Co. said profit for the April-June quarter more than doubled as a stronger won reduced the value of its foreign debt and the World Cup boosted demand for ultra-high-definition TVs. More>>
Cyber thieves got into more than 1,000 StubHub customers' accounts and fraudulently bought tickets for events through the online ticket reseller, a law enforcement official and the company said Tuesday. More>>
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LinkedIn Corp. is spending $175 million to buy Bizo, a provider of advertising technology and measurement services aimed at professionals. More>>
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For more information about admission, care, treatment, release, and patient follow-up in public or private psychiatric residential facilities, contact your State mental health agency:
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P.O. Box 45320
Olympia, WA 98504-5320
Phone: 360-902-0790
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Toll-free: 800-446-0259 (Statewide)
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Each State has a protection and advocacy agency that receives funding from the Federal Center for Mental Health Services. Agencies are mandated to protect and advocate for the rights of people with mental illnesses and to investigate reports of abuse and neglect in facilities that care for or treat individuals with mental illnesses. These facilities, which may be public or private, include hospitals, nursing homes, community facilities, board and care homes, homeless shelters, jails, and prisons. Agencies provide advocacy services or conduct investigations to address issues that arise during transportation or admission to such facilities, during residency in them, or within 90 days after discharge from them. Contact:
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Toll-free: 800-562-2702 (Statewide)
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Mail Stop RX 40
Seattle, WA 98121-2500
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Thumbs up ... to Foster's Main Street Tavern in Beckley which hosted "Wag-Fest 2013" recently. The benefit concert raised $1,000 for Operation Underdog, a local nonprofit animal advocacy group. The funds will be used for fostering, transport and veterinary expenses for local homeless animals in Operation Underdog's care.
Thumbs up ... to West Virginians taking advantage of the special license plates offered by the state. With 112 different choices, Mountain State motorists are generating $1.2 million each year. Three-fourths of that amount is destined for the state road fund.
Thumbs up ... to a report by the National Park Service showing the organization pulled in $53 million in revenue during 2011. The 1.2 million visitors to the state's attractions such as New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River and Gauley River National Recreation Area helped fund 717 jobs in the local area.
Thumbs up ... to the federal government's making $56 million available to West Virginia to eliminate hazards caused by past coal mining operations. The reclamation grants are intended to improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage and restoring water supplies, among other things.
Thumbs down ... to West Virginia leading the nation in the percentage of adults receiving government income assistance who have disabilities, according to U.S. Census figures. The report showed 30.4 percent of the 46 million adults nationwide who received income-based government assistance in 2011 had a disability. In West Virginia, the rate is 41.7 percent.
Thumbs up ... to Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia, for being named the Best Unique Gift Shop by the state's wedding magazine, WV Weddings. Tamarack was chosen for its exquisite, handmade gifts.
Thumbs up ... to the state's exporting 40 percent more coal in 2012 than it did in 2011. That translated into $7.4 billion for the year. Yet the news is bittersweet. Despite the increase, coal production was down overall more than 8 percent in 2012.
Thumbs up ... to Rep. Nick Rahall receiving the prestigious Harry S. Truman award. Rahall was honored for his work getting the National Guard a seat at the Joint Chiefs of Staff table. Other Truman award winners include Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, as well as Gov. Tom Ridge and comedian Bob Hope.


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"I think if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we will do is validate the Al Qaeda strategy," the vice president told ABC News. "The Al Qaeda strategy is to break the will of the American people ... try to persuade us to throw in the towel and come home, and then they win because we quit."
"You cannot say as the president of the United States, 'I welcome disagreement in a time of war,' and then have the vice president of the United States go out of the country and mischaracterize a position of the speaker of the House and in a manner that says that person in that position of authority is acting against the national security of our country," the speaker said.
"And you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to call the president and tell him I disapprove of what the vice president said," Pelosi said. "It has no place in our debate." Bush had previously urged her to call him when a member of his administration stepped over the line by questioning Democrats' patriotism, she said.
Rep. John Murtha is bidding to pre-empt the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief by attaching so many preconditions to a $93 billion supplemental defense appropriations bill that troops and other reinforcements cannot be deployed to Iraq.[…]They didn't bother to offer an alternative to President Bush's troop surge to secure Baghdad and then progressively turning security over to the Iraqi military and police. Now Murtha and company scurry about throwing tiny legislative ropes here and there hoping to tie Bush down. This is political farce, not the actions of a serious legislative body.But Murtha, chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, knows that, sooner or later, even a giant like the U.S. military will be crippled if enough of those little ropes are approved. He frankly admits that his intention is to cripple Bush's ability to conduct the war by making it impossible for the military to surge troop levels in Iraq. Employing such a tactic while our nation is engaged in armed hostilities abroad is nothing less than an attempted congressional usurpation of clear presidential authority.
"People tend to say well, if we leave, there's going to be chaos. I don't believe that ... 78 percent of the Iraqis say … we're the ones that are causing this [violence], and al-Qaida is going to ... disappear" once U.S. troops are withdrawn.
Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri On Our Iraqi And Afghan Allies: "These traitors [who entered Kabul and Baghdad on the backs of American tanks] in Iraq and Afghanistan must face their inevitable fate, and face up to the inescapable facts. America—which was transformed from the Great Satan into the closest Ally—is about to depart and abandon them, just as it abandoned their like in Vietnam." ("Text Of Al-Zawahiri Statement Saying Bush 'Addicted To Drinking, Lying And Gambling,'" Open Source Center, 02/14/07)
Al-Zawahiri said he was proposing the four-step strategy in order to "stress something extremely important" to al-Zarqawi, "and it is that the mujahideen must not have their mission end with the expulsion of the Americans from Iraq, and then lay down their weapons, and silence the fighting zeal." He clearly wanted the jihadists to press on toward bigger objectives following the U.S. withdrawal.In the letter, he cautioned: "Things may develop faster than we imagine. The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam — and how they ran and left their agents — is noteworthy. Because of that, we must be ready starting now, before events overtake us, and before we are surprised by the conspiracies of the Americans and the United Nations and their plans to fill the void behind them. We must take the initiative and impose a fait accompli upon our enemies, instead of the enemy imposing one on us, wherein our lot would be to merely resist their schemes."It follows from this that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would be construed by the jihadists as an opportunity to establish an important base or sanctuary — and then to consolidate their gains and continue their "jihad wave" to other parts of the region. With that in mind, jihadist attacks against "Jews and Crusaders" could be expected to continue even after a U.S. departure from Iraq and Afghanistan.
1) Expel the Americans from Iraq. 2) Establish an Islamic authority or emirate in Iraq.3) Extend the jihad wave to secular countries neighboring Iraq. 4) Initiate a clash with Israel.
Al Qaeda wants a show down with the West,...
"and it is that the mujahideen must not have their mission end with the expulsion of the Americans from Iraq,...
made possible PR jewels (for al qaeda) such as Abu Ghraib, Haditha,...
The utter inability of some people to think clearly when their biases are challenged is remarkable. Sad, but remarkable.
Bin Laden must be chuckling as he thinks of Cheney and Bush, wishing he could give them a big hug and thank them for their help.
2) Establish an Islamic authority or emirate in Iraq.
"These traitors [who entered Kabul and Baghdad on the backs of American tanks] in Iraq and Afghanistan must face their inevitable fate, and face up to the inescapable facts. America—which was transformed from the Great Satan into the closest Ally—is about to depart and abandon them, just as it abandoned their like in Vietnam."
Arguing we should do exactly what the enemy wants because to not do what the enemy wants is playing right into what the enemy wants is just dotty. Our tactical decisions are not made in a vacuum. Now maybe if it made strategic sense to retreat and leave Iraq, if it would help us drive our longer term goal of defeating terror and fostering democracy in islam then yes, what you say would be true. However retreating from the iraq does not achieve any of those, and will have immediate negative consequences as laid out by our very enemy.
Petain thought his policy was best for France's interests.Quisling too.
The main thing the Dems need to do is to take a serious look and think "hmmmm, why are they agreeing with my position?" instead of ignoring that and just thinking "Gaawd, let's get out, let's get out - oh yeah, that might help me get elected, see
Is this argument you use to try to convince libertarians? Heh. It might work. You sound like you're channelling Bush in 2000 - NO NATION BUILDING.
Please ask yourself if you are truly being fair when you say "Nothing we are doing in Iraq is fostering democracy in the Mideast" because I seem to see a democratically elected coalition in charge in Iraq and not a Sunni minority despot. Pehaps you meant "fostering stability?"
"it's detracting from the war on terror"Is it really? I wonder. How many Strykers could be deployed to Waziristan tomorrow? Let NATO allies share that burden. And I would guess our troops are now far, far better adapted to war fighting in an Islamic/Arab environment than before
What resources were divered away from Afghanistan?Each year since the overthrow of the Taliban the US has only increased numbers of soldiers there.
'Could have been' is speculation. You said 'were'. The commitment has only increased. Thus nothing has been 'diverted away'.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers managed to beat the Carolina Panthers in the end in one of the craziest comeback victories in the history of the team. Josh Freeman, Vincent Jackson and Doug Martin led two...
The Bucs moved to 5-4 with a thrilling victory over the San Diego Chargers. It was a game that saw the Bucs offense cooled off, yet Tampa Bay still find a way to win. But what did we learn?
Tampa Bay managed a defensive, special teams and two offensive touchdowns to beat the San Diego Chargers 34-24 for their fifth win of the season.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers grab their fourth win of the season, propelled by Doug Martin's dominant performance.
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Rookie running back Doug Martin's 214 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns propelled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their third victory on the season.
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Party features food, music, Revolutionary War re-enactors, and the Marquis himself
Lafayette is throwing a huge party Sept. 6, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's birthday. There will be food, music, dancing, a lecture by award-winning Marquis biographer Lloyd Kramer, Revolutionary War re-enactors, and even an appearance by the Marquis himself.
The College is planning a yearlong celebration during 2007-08 in recognition of the life and legacy of the man for whom it is named. In addition to the birthday party, major events will include a lecture series, entitled Lives of Liberty, featuring renowned speakers, and a historical exhibit at the Williams Center for the Arts, entitled A Son and his Adoptive Father: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington.
- A web site dedicated to the celebration and to the Marquis' unique connection to the College provides information and updates.
- Sept. 6 Birthday Celebration Schedule of Events.
Headlining the Sept. 6 celebration will be Lloyd Kramer, award-winning author of Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolution. He will present "Lafayette's Historical Legacy: Politics, Culture, and the Modern World" 4:10 p.m. in the Williams Center for the Arts. The talk will be the John L. Hatfield '67 Lecture hosted by Friends of Skillman Library.
Most of the other activities for the birthday party will take place on the Quad.
Throughout the day, re-enactors from the New Jersey 2nd Regiment will set up a "living history" camp and give visitors a sense of what life was like during the Revolutionary War. The re-enactors work very hard to maintain historical accuracy in everything from their clothing, to their presentation of camp life, to the way they talk.
The original 2nd New Jersey Regiment was formed, on Oct. 9, 1775, at Trenton, N.J., for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell. The soldiers in the regiment saw action in a number of Revolutionary War battles as part of both Washington and Lafayette's armies. Some of the conflicts the regiment participated in include the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown, the Battle of Monmouth, and the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, which was the decisive victory for American and French troops over the British.
The All College Birthday Bash will officially begin at 5:15 p.m. with Contra Dancing demonstrations and audience participation. At 5:30 p.m., there will be an All-College Dinner with a Revolutionary War theme. All other campus dining facilities will be closed from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The ringing of South College bell at 6 p.m. will mark the arrival of the Marquis by carriage in front of Skillman Library. The Marquis will be officially welcomed to campus and he will also provide his greetings to the campus community. The cutting of the birthday cake and singing of "Happy Birthday" will take place at 6:45 p.m.
Throughout the evening, students can have their photo taken in Revolutionary Era garb with life size images of the Marquis, take carriage rides around the Quad, and listen to traditional Zydeco music
Earlier in the day around noon, there will be a dedication ceremony of a historical marker to commemorate the founding and naming of the College in 1824. The marker, which was approved by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, will be placed in a pocket park in the northeast corner of Centre Square. The Marquis re-enactor will make brief remarks at the marker ceremony.
Sept. 6 will also mark the official opening of the Son and his Adoptive Father exhibit at 10 a.m. in the Williams Center for the Arts gallery. The exhibition focuses on the close "father-son" relationship between the Marquis and Washington. It is currently on display through Aug. 5 at Mount Vernon's new F.M. Kirby Foundation Gallery. A reception will be held in the Williams Center gallery at 3 p.m.
The College is the primary lender to the exhibit, with materials drawn from its extensive collections of manuscripts, prints, books, memorabilia, and works of art. Other contributors include Harvard College, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Life Guard Society of Mount Vernon, Society of the Cincinnati, and Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
Items from the College's Marquis de Lafayette Collections include portraits, engravings, documents, a sword that belonged to Lafayette, china, glassware, medals, textiles, and sheet music. Many of these objects were produced as souvenirs during Lafayette's 1824-1825 Farewell Tour of America. The paintings come from the Lafayette College Art Collection and include Thomas Sully's portrait of Lafayette from the Farewell Tour and Jean-Baptiste Le Paon's "Lafayette at Yorktown."
The exhibit is organized by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in partnership with Lafayette College and made possible by the F.M. Kirby Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, The Founders, Washington Committee for Historic Mount Vernon, and the Embassy of France. Additional support for the exhibition at Lafayette College is provided by gifts from Lafayette Ambassador Bank and Jere G. Oren '50. Oren's gift was made in memory of his parents, Samuel and Sophie Oren.
The exhibit will run at Lafayette until Oct. 28 when it will move to the New-York Historical Society in New York City from Nov. 13, 2007-March 9, 2008.
Lloyd Kramer's research and teaching focus on modern European history with an emphasis on nineteenth-century France. He is the Dean E. Smith Distinguished Term Professor of History and chair of the history department at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he has taught since 1986.
His biography of Lafayette, Lafayette in Two Worlds (1996), received the Gilbert Chinard Prize from the American Society for French Historical Studies and the Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize from the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
His other publications include Threshold of a New World: Intellectuals and the Exile Experience in Paris, 1830-1848 (1988), and Nationalism: Political Cultures in Europe and America, 1775-1865 (1998). He is also co-author, with R. R. Palmer and Joel Colton, of A History of the Modern World, 10th edition (2007) and, co-editor with Sarah Maza, of A Companion to Western Historical Thought (2002).
He received a Ph.D. in European intellectual history from Cornell University, an M.A. in history at Boston College, and a B.A. from Maryville College.


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The Lake Forest Park City Council is expected to extend the city's medical marijuana moratorium 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26.
The Council seemed poised at its Jan. 12 meeting to continue to prohibit medical marijuana from being grown and distributed in Lake Forest Park until local rules are worked out and the Legislature clarifies the new state law on collective gardens that passed last July.
The Council will also vote on several other items Thursday night.
The city wants help to fund Lake Ballinger/McAleer Creek Capital Improvement Plan and address flooding problems, as part of the Lake Ballinger/McAleer Creek Watershed Forum which includes Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace.
The city is seeking several million in federal money to help remedy the issue and has hired the Seattle lobbying firm the Johnston Group, led by Jake Johnston, to help that effort in Washington, D.C.
Similar to the 2011 agreement, this interlocal agreement provides for federal government relations in 2012-13 from the Johnston Group according to the scope of work with a contract amount of $30,000/year and administrative support of $4,800/year. These costs will be shared between a minimum of three member jurisdictions. The maximum share the City will be responsible for is $11,600/year, according to city documents.
The Council will also vote on Resolution 1288, which authorizes Mayor Mary Jane Goss to sign an Interlocal Agreement for the North Sound Metro Special Weapons and Tactics/Crisis Negotiating Team. There is no extra cost except for overtime pay for officers responding to calls when service is used, according to Police Chief Dennis Peterson, who made the request.
The Council will also decide whether to approve an expenditure of $23,398 to remove the house on Town Center Park at 17038 44th Ave NE, a move that is related to flood control.
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What defines beauty? Is it a certain hair color or body type? Does beauty have to do with the clothes you wear? Does it include your makeup or jewelry? What is it that makes one girl beautiful and another ordinary in our eyes? Is beauty only skin deep or is it much deeper than that?
Raising a teenager is hard. Raising a teenager that has the world's definition of beauty thrust upon them in every magazine, television show, CD jacket, or movie is even harder. Constantly witnessing their favorite stars, my daughter strives to fit in to what the world considers beautiful and cool.
But the world is not honest. It does not tell our children that stars have blemishes that need to be covered up, hair pieces that need to be added, or photos that are airbrushed before release. Puberty, growth spurts, and essential teenage awkwardness seems to skip right by those privileged enough to grace the screens and magazines, and our children wonder how they can obtain that type of perfection.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world represented those difficult years more honestly; so that our daughters (and sons) would be able to walk through this phase as normally as possible? Wouldn't it be nice for the media to say it is perfectly normal to be a size two or higher in the junior sizes, that it is actually healthier for you. Or that hair does get greasy during that time, pimples do appear without rhyme or reason, and voices do change.
Perhaps my own childhood years have taught me the pain that happens when normalcy is eliminated and perfection is expected. I modeled for children's clothing magazines, and even was seen in a few catalogs during my elementary years. I was the girl next door with the blonde hair, blue eyes, and freckles.
Then my own season known as puberty began. My hair which was always so healthy was considerably greasy and tangled. My body was so out of sorts as my legs and arms seemed to have grown despite my body, and then I gain weight and curves that I was unaccustomed to. My face that was no longer cute with freckles, but speckled with pimples. I remember the agency telling me that they couldn't use me anymore; not until I got out of this phase I was going through.
A phase that seems to never end for many of us, but instead defines the rest of our lives. It was during that phase that I became very distant from my body and personal well being. I covered up in baggy clothes believing I was overweight, washed my hair until I probably damaged it more than I helped it, and I started to shrink within myself. Even now, years later, my self-image is not the best; and I struggle to remind myself exactly who I am as God's creation; and the beauty that lies within me.
It is during this phase that some of our daughters find eating disorders, struggling to be that "perfect" size. It is during that phase that many of our daughters want to be accepted, and will find that acceptance wherever they can; now defining themselves within sexuality instead of realizing the preciousness of their purity. Others will decide that being alternative or against society's grain is the best thing, and in their efforts to be set apart only join another social group such as the Goths, or gangs.
It is during these years that we are defined.
It is during these years that we as parents need to make our voices heard. We need to remind our children that while this period in their life seems so painful and never ending, that it can also be a time of great joy and personal exploration. It is the time of their lives that they can begin to define themselves in every area, (e.g. style, beliefs, education, social groups, morals, etc.)
As parents it is a time that we need to set boundaries and explain how freedom can be found within the limits of boundaries. Think about it, as long as we obey the law, then we have nothing to fear from the law, and we are able to enjoy many personal freedoms. It is the same with our children, as long as they obey the rules established, then they will experience freedoms within those rules. It will become a safe place for them to figure out just who they are in this world.
Most importantly we need to explain that beauty is not what the world defines it to be. It is not found in a size or a hair color. It is not found in social classes or cliques. Beauty is found in our heart, and it is the person that is in the very center of us struggling to get out. Beauty is the realization of who God created us to be and letting that light shine to the world.
This is the time that we need to teach our children the second half of the greatest commandment, "to love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:39) It is the time that we need to teach our children what it means to love themselves, to have self-respect, self-esteem, and self-awareness. It is the time that we need to teach our children to respect their bodies, and to care for them. It is the time that we need to teach them how to say no, (to sex, to drugs, to violence, etc.) and why that is so important in the long-term. In the end, as they learn to love themselves, the light at the end of the tunnel of puberty becomes brighter, and they step out as a healthy young adult; capable of making wise decisions for themselves; capable of becoming the person God intended them to be.
Please visit the video to Jonny Diaz's song More Beautiful You. (More Beautiful You). This song has become a favorite of my daughters, and I pray that it will speak to the lives of the women in our society on a whole. The lyrics are below.
Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine
Says she wants to look that way
But her hair isn't straight her body isn't fake
And she's always felt overweight
Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see
That beauty is within your heart
And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are
There could never be a more beautiful you
Don't buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
Little girl twenty-one the things that you've already done
Anything to get ahead
And you say you've got a man but he's got another plan
Only wants what you will do instead
Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come
You starve yourself to play the part
But I can promise you there's a man whose love is true
And he'll treat you like the jewel you are
There could never be a more beautiful you
Don't buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
So turn around you're not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It's not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who's strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you'll see through the eyes of a little girl


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Maine's natural beauty has inspired everyone from Winslow Homer to Stephen King. During the summer, tourists flock to the rugged, lighthouse-dotted coastline made up of sharp rock cliffs and sandy beaches with striking views of offshore islands. Campers and hikers flock to Acadia National Park (the only National Park in New England) which has over 47,000 acres of untouched forest, coastline, mountains and lakes. During the winter months, Maine's winter resorts (including Sugarloaf and Sunday River) open for droves skiers and snowboarders.
The Dockside Guest Quarters hotel has large, bright rooms with a lovely (yet basic) seaside-cottage style. Though the decor in each room varies slightly, most rooms feature shades of blues and yellows, stripes and flower prints, and balconies overlooking the sail boat-dotted water.


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Panning photos
I've been wanting to give panning another good try, so I went down to Eyre Square after work tonight. The problem is that while there's a few good spots to capture cars, the position of them means that drives can easily see you with the result that they think I'm with the Gardai or something and slow down. Fah!
#'s 3 and 4 were taken right at the top of the square opposite the bus rank, #2 was taken a little further down by Holland's and #1 was from the top of Shop Steet, as car's going into that corner make for great captures. Outside of Lightroom adjustments on the raw files, no processing work was done on these.


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DOVER, Del.- To promote and provide additional hunting opportunities, DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife has designated three upcoming Saturdays as special waterfowl and deer hunting days for youth hunters ages 10 to 15 and non-ambulatory disabled hunters on both public and private lands statewide.
Mark your calendars for these dates:
"These special days are an excellent opportunity for experienced adult hunters to share their knowledge and experience with the next generation, thereby continuing one of Delaware's great conservation and outdoor recreation traditions," said David Saveikis, DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Director. "Hunting is an exciting outdoor activity for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy."
Youth hunters must be accompanied by a licensed or exempt adult hunter age 21 or older. Young hunters must be of sufficient physical size and strength to safely handle a firearm, and may also hunt on regular season days, accompanied by an adult. Youth hunters age 13 to 15 must have completed a hunter education course, possess a certification card and purchase a Delaware junior hunting license. Licenses can be purchased from the Fish and Wildlife licensing desk at DNREC's main office in Dover, from license dealers throughout the state, or online at http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Services/Pages/Licenses.aspx. To promote youth hunting, the Division is waiving waterfowl and deer blind or stand fees for youth hunting on state wildlife areas on youth hunting days.
For waterfowl hunting, normal limits and duck hunting regulations apply. Standard daily duck bag limits apply, with hunters also permitted to harvest snow geese and two Canada geese. No state or federal stamps are required. On state wildlife areas, a lottery drawing for waterfowl blinds will be held 1.5 hours before legal shooting time, except for Little Creek Wildlife Management Area which holds its drawing two hours before legal shooting time. Hunters should plan to arrive two hours before legal shooting time to sign up for the lottery. Hunters should check each wildlife area's rules before hunting.
For deer hunting, normal bag limits and regulations apply, and all deer taken must be registered. On state wildlife areas that require a lottery drawing for available deer stands, the drawing will be held 1.5 hours before legal shooting time. Participating hunters should plan to arrive in time to sign up before the drawing. Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge also will hold a lottery for any unfilled stands at the refuge and nearby Woodland Beach Wildlife Area. Hunters should plan to arrive two hours before legal shooting time to sign up for the lottery. Hunters should check each wildlife area's rules before hunting.
For more information, check the 2012-2013 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide, available at hunting license dealers statewide or online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw.
Specialized blinds/stands and hunting locations as well as special hunting permits also are available for disabled hunters. For more information, call (302) 739-9912.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife also would like to remind hunters to take their cameras, as youth hunting days are a great opportunity for taking photos to be entered in the Division's annual Delaware Hunting Photo Contest. The contest is seeking photos of young Delaware hunters, with the winner to be published in next year's Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide. Deadline for contest entries is Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Information and entry forms are available on the Division's website at FW photo_contest, the Fish and Wildlife Facebook page (search Delaware Fish & Wildlife) or requested by calling Amanda Belford at (302) 739-9911, or email email@example.com.
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Hey you,
You know I'm not going to ask how things are, but I wanted you to know where I am.
For six months, America was my home, blindly driving up and down the Atlantic coast, creeping along the Texas boarder, circling around the southern states until it felt like Nashville and I were ready for each other. I would drive and sing with the radio all day, ignoring which highway I was on and even which state I had ventured into, and at night I'd pull off into an upscale neighborhood or a Waffle House and crawl in the backseat and sleep for a few hours, clasping your big headphones over my ears, the ones with tape, and thinking about the night in the motel after we played our first show. The next day I'd try to figure out where I was, but I'd always stop caring before I stopped for gas and coffee.
I only played a few times while I was working up my courage, but when I finally felt ready to get to Tennessee, I stopped to see Millie, and she made me play everything we did before and the few things I came up with while driving. She didn't think I should keep playing all of what we used to do together, but she said it was nice to hear again. She's right, and I hate it, but most of them only sound right with you.
She asked about you, but I just said you took a real job. She didn't know that our scare turned out to be an actual threat.
I guess, I just wanted you to know that I'm here now.


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Two days stand between the Coyotes and their first preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings. In today's post we look at number two, David Rundblad.
The Coyotes drop the puck on the preseason in 3 days, so it's only natural to take a look at number 3 and Keith Yandle's impact for Phoenix.
With just four days to go before preseason games begin, we look back at the Coyotes success in the skills competition last season.
With only five days left till the first preseason game, we look back at the career that brought coach Dave Tippet to the Phoenix Coyotes franchise.
With six players becoming unrestricted free-agents at the end of this season who will stay and who might go?
With only a week left until preseason begins, we continue our countdown with a look at number 7 for the Phoenix Coyotes Keith Tkachuk.
With our preseason countdown at 8 days, we take a look at the Coyotes defenseman who scored 8 points last season; Rusty Klesla.
Today's edition of the Countdown looks at the two players who have worn number nine for this franchise.
With 11 days left until the preseason begins, we continue our countdown series with a look at Coyotes alternate captain Martin Hanzal.
The time has come, the Paul Bissonnette edition of the countdown has arrived! Best start chirping!
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---- — GAYLORD — Traverse City Central put four runners in the top six of the cross country all-league team for the first time in the Big North Conference's 17-year history.
The Trojan boys accomplished the feat Tuesday in the league's third and final jamboree — which counted double in the standings — at the Gaylord Country Club.
Four teams had previously put four runners in the top seven.
Central also had the top three runners for the third time in BNC history, joining the 2004 Petoskey Northmen and 2008 Trojans as the only others to accomplish it.
Central won the jamboree with 28 team points, followed by TC West (49), Alpena (100), Petoskey (117), Cadillac (118), Gaylord (122) and Ogemaw Heights (189) to bring back the BNC crown for the second straight year and eighth in 17 seasons.
Senior Kyle Dotterrer was the top overall finisher at 16:38.6 as the Trojans' top three were all within 0.8 seconds.
Junior Cam McAuliffe was second at 16:39.3 and sophomore Anthony Berry third in 16:39.4. Junior Keifer Edwards was ninth in 17:27 to take the sixth spot on the all-league team. Central's other top finishers were Tyler Sepanik (13th in 17:35), Graham Bevier (17th in 17:43) and Blake Beyer (25th in 18:08).
The other runners on the all-conference team included TC West's Nick Hirschenberger in the fourth spot, Cadillac's Phillip Merrell fifth and Gaylord's Sterling McPherson with the final first-team spot. The second-team consisted in order from eighth to 14th of West's Joe Hughes, Alpena's Mitch Day, Petoskey's Mark Smith, West's Jimmy Seekamp, Cadillac's Trevor Thiebaut, West's Nick Amato and Alpena's Elisha Martin.
TC Central girls complete conference championship
Behind six first-team all-Big North Conference honorees, the Traverse City Central girls cross country team completed its run through the league season with a first-place finish at the final league Jamboree at the Gaylord Country Club.
Ashley Ko, Molly Peregrine, Graceanne Tarsa, Joy Matterella, Emmalyne Tarsa and Joy Reist were all named first-team all-conference for the Trojans, after winning each of the league meets this season.
The Trojans, who took the league title for the 16th time in the 17-year history of the league, scored 17 points at Tuesday's meet. Ko, who won all three Big North races, ran a winning time of 19:06. Peregrine was second in 19:12 followed by Graceanne Tarsa in third (19:30). West's Jessica Gockley, who also was on the all-conference first team, led the Titans with a fourth-place time of 19:38 as the Titans came in second with 65 points. Matterella was fifth (19:41), Emmalyne Tarsa was sixth (19:50), Reist was eighth (20:02) and Katie Moses rounded out Central's varsity with an 11th-place time of 20:35. The Trojans run at the Gaylord Northern Michigan Championships at Michaywe on Saturday.
West's other finishers were: Quinn Hall (10th, 20:35), Emily O'Leary (12th, 20:52), Corinn Schrotenboer (15th, 21:15), Abby Hull (24th, 21:58), Alyssa O'Hanesian (25th, 22:00) and Amanda Fouchey (27th, 22:03). Hall, O'Leary and Schrotenboer were each named to the all-Big North second team.
Cadillac was third in the league with 90, Gaylord was fourth (100), Petoskey fifth (113), Ogemaw Heights sixth (173) and Alpena seventh (192).
In the junior varsity race Central had the top 10 finishers, led by Courtney Stewart's winning time of 19:35. The rest of Central's top 10 included Kalina Pfannenstiel (2nd, 20:02), Hannah Keyser (3rd, 20:41), Mady Basch (4th, 20:46), Hayley Padden (5th, 21:05.0), Lauren Bruno (21:05.6), Lauren Marsh (7th, 21:08), Erin Lipp (21:32), Zita Hafner (9th, 21:35) and Ellie Taylor (10th, 21:36).
West had the next two junior varsity finishers as Janese Gockley took 11th (21:36) and Kate Melvin was 12th (21:38).
Rams, Rayders claim LMC crowns
Harbor Springs won the Lake Michigan Conference girls championship on a tiebreaker over Traverse City St. Francis.
The Rams and Gladiators each finished atop the field with 44 team points. Charlevoix was third with 57, followed by Boyne City (121), Elk Rapids (128) and Kalkaska (174).
The Rayders' Amber Way was medalist with a time of 18:23. She finished 21 seconds ahead of TCSF's Holly Bullough, who was in her first race after three weeks off due to a hip issue.
Emily Gallagher finished seventh in 21:04 to join Bullough on the first-team all-LMC team. Erin McDonnell was ninth (21:05) and Annie Lyman 11th (22:15), giving each second-team honors. Gabby Fournier was 21st (23:07).
On the boys' side, Charlevoix won the conference title with 28 points, well ahead of runner-up Harbor Springs (67) and followed by Boyne City (78), East Jordan (104), St. Francis (124) and Kalkaska (128).
The Glads were led by Matt Mawby in 19th place (18:56) and Andy Fitzpatrick in 22nd (19:23).
In the first running of the LMC middle school championships, St. Francis had the top two finishers in the two-mile race — Katelyn Duffing (12:35) and Madelyn Taylor (12:59).
The Gladiators return to action Saturday in the Manistee National Invitational.
Kingsley 3
Frankfort 0
Kingsley wrapped up at least a share of the Northwest Conference title after take a match from Frankfort, 25-15, 25-11, 25-14.
The Stags (37-6-5, 6-0 Northwest) can win the crown outright when it hosts Mesick on Tuesday.
Pacing the Kingsley win were: Lilly Travis (eight kills, nine digs, 12-for-12 serving); Autumn Goggin (eight kills, 27 digs); Molly Franke (four kills, three blocks); Leah Hall (four kills, 30 assists, 20-for-20 serving); Lindsey Weber (13 digs, 10-for-11 serving); and Alysia Folkersma (seven kills, two blocks, three aces).
TC Christian captures Cherryland title
Traverse City Christian captured the Cherryland Conference championship with wins over Grand Traverse Academy and Northport.
The Sabres topped host GT Academy 25-17, 25-13, 25-20 before a 25-8, 25-13, 25-16 victory over the Wildcats to clinch the title.
Leading the way for TC Christian were Abryanna Cannon (20 kills, six blocks, five aces), Maddie White (13 kills, eight aces), Rylee Price (seven kills, one block, nine aces), Mikayla Brett (six kills, three blocks, five aces), Aubrey Heersema (three kills, 43 assists, three aces), Shannon Ufer (six aces), Kyra Tosiello (five aces) and Sydney Gilmore and Olenka Alekseyenko with 100-percent serving.
The Sabres (16-13-8, 3-1 CL) travel Thursday to Leland for a quad meet featuring TC Central and TC St. Francis.
Boyne City clinches LMC top seed
Boyne City earned the No. 1 seed in Saturday's Lake Michigan Conference tournament with a narrow 25-23, 29-27, 25-20 home win over Traverse City St. Francis.
The Ramblers (7-0 LMC) will be the top seed and the Gladiators (24-12-1, 6-1 LMC) the second seed in Saturday's tourney at Boyne that determines the league champion.
St. Francis was led by Madeline Rysztak (10 kills, 14 digs), Megan Knudsen (12 assists, 16 digs), Sophie Spencer (eight kills, nine digs) and Haley Bussell (12 digs).
The Glads play in Thursday's quad at Leland before the LMC tournament.
Leland 3
Buckley 0
Leland swept a match from host Buckley, 25-15, 25-16, 25-16.
The Comets (21-10-8) had good performances by Brianna Henning (two kills, two digs, one block); Eva Grobbel (two kills, one block); Jessica Fleis (five assists); Kati Katelus (one ace); and Jaden Prevost (one ace).
Leland hosts a quad on Thursday that includes TC Christian, TC Central and TC St. Francis.
Central Lake 3
Forest Area 1
Central Lake took a Ski Valley Conference match against Forest Area, 25-21, 14-25, 25-7, 25-22.
Leading Forest Area (16-17-4, 3-4 Ski Valley) was Alyssa Birgy (12 digs), Dani Johne (11 assists) and Jackie Hyatt (outstanding floor game).
Onaway 3
Bellaire 0
Bellaire dropped a match against Onaway in three straight games, 20-25, 16-25, 24-26.
For the Eagles, Brandy O'Neal had 20 digs and three kills, Chloe Niepoth had 21 digs and three kills, Tiffany Clovis had 20 digs and Renee LaLone had four kills and three blocks.
Suttons Bay 3
Mesick 1
Suttons Bay (20-14-5) defeated Mesick in a Northwest Conference match, 25-22, 20-25, 25-22, 25-15.
Leading the Norse victory were: Delaney Kaufman (8-for-11 serving, nine kills, six digs); Jayne McFarlane (31-for-32 serving, 13 aces, 25 assists, three digs); Jessica Hunt (12-for-12 serving, four aces, four kills, three blocks); Kyra Vezina (five kills, three digs); Rachel Pasche (seven kills, four digs); and Veronica Anderson (14-for-15 serving, four aces, four kills and four digs).
Bellaire 3
Harbor Springs 2
Hunter Rowe's penalty kick goal with 6:37 left in the first half proved to be the game-winner in Bellaire's 3-2 district first-round contest against Harbor Springs.
Bellaire (20-1) held a 2-0 lead 13 minutes into the game on back-to-back goals from Adam Underwood, the second with an assist going to Rowe. But Harbor Springs battled back and tied the game with goals by John Bailey 10 minutes apart, the first on a header at the midpoint of the half and the second off a direct kick with 10 minutes to go.
Nic Underwood made nine saves in goal for Bellaire, which advances to face Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
— Compiled by James Cook and Chris Dobrowolski


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Reporter Stephanie Berzinski takes on the power of the water hose during training exercises with Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue.
The company of recruits walk to their flashover exercise.
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The company of recruits prepare to enter "the can" during a flash over exercise.
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Stephanie's official training helmet.
In over 40 lbs. of protective gear, hydration is a must. Stephanie Berzinski takes a welcomed water break during training with Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue.
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The 100 ft. ladder truck.
Stephanie Berzinski gears up during the training exercise.
Stephanie Berzinski and her Fiance Michael Hodges, a former Winston-Salem North Carolina firefighter.
One of the biggest attractions of the San Diego Comic Con is the large offering of toy exclusives. Here's a look at some of them, starting with some Bat-tastic from Mattel.
2014 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive: Life-size Batman utility belt with Batarang.
The back of the box for the "Batman" Utility Belt.
An inside look at the life-size "Batman" utility belt with Batarang from Mattel.
An inside look at the "Batman" Utility Belt box from Mattel.
Another look inside the "Batman" Utility Belt box from Mattel.
A close-up look at the "Batman" Utility Belt from Mattel.
A full-size Batarang comes with the "Batman" Utility Belt from Mattel.
Mattel is also offering action figures from their "Masters of the Universe Classics" line at the San Diego Comic-Con. Here's one of Hordak.
A close-up of the "Masters of the Universe Classics" Hordak exclusive from Mattel.
Mattel's "Masters of the Universe Classics" Goat Man action figure.
A close-up of Mattel's "Masters of the Universe Classics" Goat Man action figure.
From the "Ever After High" line, Mattel is also offering an exclusive of Cerise Wolf doll, the daughter of the Big Bad Wolf.
The back of Mattel's "Ever After" Cerise Wolf package, which is shaped like a book.
The "spine" of Mattel's "Ever After" Cerise Wolf "book" package.
An inside look at Mattel's "Ever After" Cerise Wolf.
The outer-box for Mattel's San Diego Comic-Con "Monster High" exclusive of Manny Taur and Iris Clops.
The back of the outer-box for Mattel's "Monster High" exclusive of Manny Taur and Iris Clops.
A look at the inside package of Mattel's "Monster High" exclusive of Manny Taur and Iris Clop.
An inside look at Mattel's "Monster High" exclusive of Manny Taur and Iris Clop.
A close-up look at Mattel's "Monster High" exclusive of Manny Taur and Iris Clop.
The outside package for DC Comics' Total Heroes Ultra Cyborg exclusive from Mattel.
DC Comics' Total Heroes Ultra Cyborg exclusive from Mattel. Check back soon for more pictures of exclusives from San Diego Comic-Con.
The fate of the 116 people on board an Air Algerie flight, has reportedly crashed in Mali, is still unknown. Take a look at the deadliest plane crashes in history.
March 3, 1974 -– 346 people are killed when a Turkish Airlines (DC-10) crashes in Bois d' Ermenonville, France.
March 27, 1977 -– A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 crashes into a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 at the Los Rodeos Airport at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 574 people (326 passengers on the Pan American airplane and all 234 passengers plus 14 crew members on the KLM plane).
May 25, 1979 -– An American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, killing 275 on board and three on the ground.
November 28, 1979 –- An Air New Zealand DC -10 crashes into Mt. Erebus in Antarctica, killing 257 people. The crash is believed to be the result of a navigational error.
August 12, 1985 – The largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurs when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashes into Mt. Ogura in Japan, killing 520 people.
May 26, 1991 – Twelve minutes after takeoff, Lauda Air Boeing 767 Flight 004 stalls in midair and crashes 70 miles northwest of Bangkok, Thailand. All 223 passengers and crew are killed.
July 11, 1991 -– The landing gear of a Nigerian Airways DC-8 catches on fire shortly after takeoff. Upon return to the airport, the plane crashes, killing all 261 people on board.
April 26, 1994 – A China Airlines Airbus A300 crashes on approach to Nagoya Airport, Japan, killing 264 people. Just before the crash, the pilot informs the control tower that he intends to abort the landing and try another approach.
July 17, 1996 -– A TWA Boeing 747 explodes and crashes off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., killing 230 people.
November 12, 1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines II-76 collide at the New Delhi, India, airport. All 349 people on both planes are killed.
August 6, 1997 – A Korean Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in the Guam jungle, killing 228 people.
September 26, 1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airlines Airbus A300 crashes in Buah Nabar, Indonesia, killing 234 people.
February 16, 1998 -- Flying through rain and fog, a China Airlines Airbus 676 makes a request for another landing approach at Taipei International Airport in Taiwan. In the process of turning around, the aircraft crashes into a neighborhood, killing all 196 on board and another seven on the ground.
September 2, 1998 -- A Swissair MD-11 crashes off Nova Scotia, Canada, killing 229. Investigators believe the plane lost all electrical power immediately before the crash.
November 12, 2001 -- An American Airlines Airbus A300 crashes in Belle Harbor, Queens, shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport, killing 265 people, including five on the ground. This is the second largest number of fatalities from an accident involving a U.S. carrier.
May 25, 2002 -- A China Airlines Boeing 747 crashes into the Taiwan Strait 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 on board.
June 1, 2009 -- Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 passengers and crew is lost over the Atlantic. The first bodies aren't recovered until five days later, approximately 600 miles off the northern coast of Brazil.
April 20, 2012 -- A commercial airplane carrying 127 people crashes in Islamabad, Pakistan, just before it was to land at a nearby airport, killing everyone on board.
June 3, 2012 -- Dana Air Flight 992 crashes into a furniture works and printing press building near the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 153 people on board and 10 more on the ground in the deadliest plane crash of 2012.
July 17, 2014 -- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down by a ground-to-air missile over battle-torn eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Pro-Russian separatists are accused of firing the missile.
Walmart's US CEO Bill Simon, once on track to head the entire company, is out amid reports of sluggish sales and slow growth. He had been with Walmart since 2010. Here are some other shocking CEO departures and downfalls, some for far more nefarious reasons than others.
J.P. Bolduc (W.R. Grace) -- Bolduc, the former CEO of chemical company W.R. Grace, left abruptly in 1995 amid allegations of sexual harassment. Bolduc denied the allegations, but stated in a press release he was quitting because of "differences in style and philosophy."
Joseph Nacchio (Qwest) -- In the wake of a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal that nearly destroyed the Denver-based telecommunications company, Nacchio was convicted in April 2007 on 19 counts of insider trading. He had resigned five years earlier amid the insider trading rumors.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (Nokia) -- In September 2010, Nokia announced it was replacing Kallasvuo as CEO after the company's dismal performance against Apple's iPhone to placate angry investors.
Jeff Papows (Lotus Development Corp) -- Papows resigned in 2000 after a year embroiled in controversy. A former executive of his company filed a sexual discrimination complaint and the Wall Street Journal reported that he may have lied about his personal history to boost Lotus' sales and its image.
Richard Fuld (Lehman Brothers) -- He became the target of public anger over Wall Street excess after the bank's failure set off the financial meltdown, so much so that an employee reportedly punched him in the company gym. In Lehman's waning days, Fuld tried furiously to find a buyer or a government lifeline, but it was too late.
Mark Hurd (Hewlett Packard) -- He resigned in 2010 amid sexual harassment allegations. While an investigation found no sexual harassment was involved, it did reveal Hurd had a relationship with a contractor who received payments that were deemed "inappropriate."
Chris Albrecht (HBO) -- He abruptly ended a long career at HBO in 2007 after being charged with assaulting his girlfriend. The company told him to resign or he'd be fired.
Ed Whitacre (GM) -- The news in September 2010 that Whitacre was being replaced came as a surprise, as it happened just days before GM's initial public offering. It also came less than a year after he became the company's permanent CEO.
Richard Syron (far left) and Daniel Mudd (second from left) (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) -- As CEOs of the government's mortgage giants, Syron and Mudd were sued and became the highest-profile individuals to be charged in the 2008 financial crisis. They were accused of understating the level of high-risk subprime mortgages just before the housing bubble burst. Both were fired in 2008. Also pictured are former Freddie Mac CEO Leland Brendsel (second from right) and former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines (right).
Kenneth Lay (pictured) and Jeffrey Skilling (Enron) -- Both men served at times as CEO of energy giant Enron, which imploded in the early 2000s after it became the largest U.S. company to file for bankruptcy. Skilling resigned as CEO shortly before the breaking point and cashed out $60 million in stock. Both men were later tried together and convicted in May 2006 on fraud and conspiracy charges.
Robert Pace Andrews (Andrews Technologies) -- The ex-husband of George W. Bush's brother's wife, Andrews was fired after pleading guilty to cocaine charges in the 2008 overdose death of a stripper at his townhouse.
Vikram Pandit (Citigroup) -- He was forced out of Citigroup in October 2012 by new chairman Michael O'Neill despite strong earnings. According to The New York Times, O'Neill told Pandit he had readied three news releases -- one that said he had resigned immediately, one that said he would resign at the year's end and a third saying he had been fired without cause. O'Neill reportedly told Pandit the board had lost confidence in him, and the choice was his.
Bernard Madoff (Bernard Madoff Investment Securities) -- In one of history's biggest swindles, Madoff's decades-long, $65 billion Ponzi scheme came to a screeching halt with his December 2008 arrest and earned him 150 years in prison. He had been widely regarded as a pillar of the investment community, and his son later committed suicide over the charges.
Tony Hayward (BP) -- He became one of the most reviled men in America following the Gulf oil spill in 2010. Hayward's statements dubbing the spill "relatively tiny" and later saying "I want my life back" only further tarnished the company's image, and he was ousted as CEO that summer.
Lord Browne (BP) -- Before Tony Hayward, there was Lord Browne. The former BP CEO resigned in 2007 after embarrassing details of his gay sex life were brought up in a court case and published in the media. The juicy details also cost him at least 3.5 million pounds from his retirement package.
Harry Stonecipher (Boeing) -- The former CEO was asked in 2003 to come back to Boeing to boost the firm's reputation, but only further sullied it after it came out that he had an affair with a female employee. Stonecipher resigned in 2005.
Richard Schulze (Best Buy) -- Pictured with Microsoft President Steve Ballmer (L), the Best Buy founder (R) stepped down as chairman in May 2012 after an investigation found that he knew the CEO was having a relationship with a female employee and did not alert the audit committee. Later that year, he made a bid to buy the company but that move has since fizzled out.
John Rigas (Adelphia) -- The Rigas family founded the cable provider, but John Rigas was forced to retire as CEO in 2002 after being indicted for securities, bank and wire fraud. Adelphia filed for bankruptcy after admitting that the former CEO and his two sons had failed to record $3.1 billion in loans.
Jeff Zucker (NBC) -- First hired by NBC in 1986 as a researcher, Zucker was paid to quit as CEO of NBC Universal in 2010 amid reports of differences with Comcast CEO Steve Burke. Comcast announced plans that year to acquire 51 percent of the broadcasting company. During his tenure as CEO of NBC Universal, Zucker saw the network go from No. 1 to the lowest rated of the four major networks.
Martha Stewart (Martha Stewart Living) -- Homemakers nationwide were shocked when Stewart resigned in 2003 as CEO of Martha Stewart Living over insider trading charges. In 2004, she was found guilty of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury, and served prison time.
Andrew Mason (Groupon) -- He was fired in 2013 from the company he co-founded following disastrous financial losses. But Mason didn't go out without a fight, raising eyebrows with his email to employees that began: "I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding -- I was fired today."
Gregg Steinhafel (Target) -- In a surprise move, he was ousted in May 2014 in the wake of last year's massive data breach involving up to 110 million customers. He had been with the company for 35 years.
Dov Charney (American Apparel) -- Charney was ousted by board members in June 2014 for an unspecified reason, although one board member said the decision grew out of an ongoing investigation into misconduct. Charney faces a series of sexual harassment suits filed by employees in recent years. He founded the company in 1998.


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