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It is a simple but elegant banner: A blue St. Andrew's cross, trimmed in white with 13 white stars, on a red background. It still stirs the passions as much as it did nearly a century and a half ago. It is the Confederate battle flag.
This banner, which flies over the South Carolina capitol (and is explicitly incorporated into the state flags of Mississippi and Georgia), became a matter of presidential politics during the period leading up to that state's presidential primary. Debate has not been limited to South Carolina. Everyone, far and near, seems to have an opinion about the flag.
Why all the fuss? A reasonable person might argue that the whole affair is much ado about nothing, a needless distraction from the questions that should concern primary voters. As Al Gore's recent denunciation of "Confederate flag-waving Republicans" shows, the topic has been raised primarily to embarrass Republican candidates. It is nonetheless important because of what the debate says about us as a people.
To its detractors, including many, if not most, African-Americans, the Confederate battle flag is a symbol of racism and oppression. To its defenders, the flag is a symbol of valor against overwhelming odds on behalf of a noble but hopeless cause. In other words, the Confederate battle flag has become a mirror for America. Reflecting on this requires us to avoid the twin extremes of romanticizing the South or demonizing it.
Newspaper editorials have rightly criticized what might be called the "moonlight and magnolias" view of the ante-bellum South, exemplified by Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, and the movie of the same name. This is a romanticized version of the "Lost Cause" interpretation of the Civil War, which holds that the Confederacy fought for a noble cause not slavery, but freedom from the oppressive power of the central national government. Southern patriots were the true heirs of the American Revolution, but their cause was doomed from the start because of the immense disparity in resources between the agrarian South and the industrialized and populous North.
I was raised in this tradition. My forebears were Texans and Marylanders who fought for the Confederacy. In our household, the battle flag symbolized the valor shown by Southerners, most of whom did not own slaves, on countless battlefields.
But while the part of the Lost Cause interpretation that stresses the valor of the soldiers is true, the part that claims that "states' rights" and not slavery was the cause of the war is demonstrably false. The states' rights argument became a staple of post-war Southern apologetics, advanced by such prominent Confederates as President Jefferson Davis and Vice-President Alexander Stephens, and is still invoked by neo-Confederates and their allies today.
In fact, the sequence of events that elevated Lincoln to the White House in 1860 began with a demand by Southerners for an expansion of federal power, not a defense of states' rights. During the Democratic convention in Charleston in April 1860, the delegates from the seven states of the deep South walked out when the majority who had come to nominate Stephen Douglas refused to accept a plank calling for a federal guarantee of slave property in all U.S. territories. By nominating their own candidate for president, the Southerners split the Democratic vote and ensured Lincoln's victory by a plurality of only about 40 percent.
I came face to face with the falsity of the states' rights claim when I was a doctoral candidate in political philosophy about 20 years ago. I fully intended to write my dissertation on Stephens' "A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States," the most detailed presentation of the states' rights position and an articulate defense of the idea that secession was a constitutional right, having little or nothing to do with slavery. But then I met Harry V. Jaffa, America's foremost Lincoln scholar, who asked me if I had ever read Stephens' "Cornerstone" speech. Like most Southerners, I had not.
I was astounded by what Stephens said to the people of Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861. In this speech, delivered after the inauguration of Lincoln and before the attack on Fort Sumpter, when Southerners believed the Confederacy would peacefully achieve its independence, Stephens repudiated the Declaration of Independence as "the sandy foundation" of the old Constitution.
In the speech, Stephens acknowledged slavery to be the cause of the sectional crisis besetting the nation, and claimed that the new Confederate constitution would solve the problem upon which the "old Union" had foundered. The "foundations [of our new Government] are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition...."
So the old saw that states' rights and not slavery was the cause of the Civil War is not true. But Lincoln never blamed the South exclusively for slavery. He said that, had he been in the position of Southern slaveholders, he probably would have behaved as they did. He understood that slavery was a national, not a regional sin.
For instance, when slavery was abolished in the North, Northern slave owners were more likely to sell their slaves south than to free them. Many Yankees grew rich in the slave trade. But the scions of Northern slave trading families often became staunch abolitionists, denouncing in the most extreme terms those who still owned the offspring of the human beings their own forebears had transported to America. Indeed, Brown University was founded by a family whose fortune was based to a great extent on the triangular slave trade.
It cannot be denied that the Confederacy was formed in order to perpetuate an evil institution. But it is also true that in this bad cause, Southerners fought with great bravery and perseverance against immense odds, long after prudence dictated that they should give up. Defenders of the flag see themselves as honoring this bravery.
In fact, no group of Americans has ever suffered more as the result of war than Southerners did during the Civil War. As the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian James McPherson has noted, one quarter of the white men of military age in the South died in the war.
Altogether nearly four percent of the Southern people, black and white, civilians and soldiers, died as a consequence of the war. This percentage exceeded the toll of any country in World War I and was outstripped only by the region between the Rhine and Volga in World War II.
In the end, the question of whether the Confederate battle flag should fly over South Carolina's state house is one that will be decided by the good citizens of South Carolina. A substantial minority of white Carolinians want the flag to come down. Many support the governor's proposal to move the flag to a Confederate memorial near the capitol (a move I myself support). But it should be noted that in 1996, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War voted overwhelmingly to oppose removal of the flag. In so doing, they were reflecting the view articulated by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Supreme Court Justice and Civil War hero in a Memorial Day speech he delivered in 1884.
"We believed that it was most desirable that the North should win," Holmes said.
We believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluble;...that slavery had lasted long enough. But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred convictions that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every man with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief....The soldiers of the war need no explanations; they can join in commemorating a soldier's death with feelings not different in kind, whether he fell toward them or by their side.
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First quarter: Nick Emery 13, Brighton 10.
Halftime: T.J. Haws 22, Brighton 17.
Final score: Haws/Emery 40, Brighton 38 — and the Bengals ultimately came that close only because Lone Peak's BYU-committed guards missed their last few shots and Knights coach Quincy Lewis was reasonably kind, slowing down the game and gradually removing his starters after the lead grew to 41 points midway through the third quarter.
This is not about making fun of Brighton, after the Knights' 68-38 victory made a mockery of the title matchup at the Maverik Center. In repeating, Lone Peak was just that good.
The only Utah teams that beat the Knights this season were 4A champion Orem and American Fork, which seemingly was ticketed to another meeting in the final, only to fall to Brighton in the quarterfinals. We'll never know if the Cavemen could have made things more interesting Saturday.
What's clear is that from the opening three minutes, when the emotional Emery was delivering three 3-pointers, Brighton was overwhelmed. Then came Haws' explosive second quarter, giving the Knights a 47-17 lead.
Anyone who's expecting to see much of former BYU guard Jackson Emery in his younger brother actually gets more of Matt Carlino — in facial features, left-handed shooting and personality. Haws is a more slender and red-haired version of his older brother, Tyler, a Cougar guard who's serving a church mission.
Between them, Emery and Haws went 12 for 21 in the first half, making seven 3-pointers.
Something resembling that performance occurred about 100 days ago, when Lone Peak quarterback Chase Hansen racked up 398 yards of total offense and accounted for four touchdowns — in the first half of the state championship football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Yet that day, the Knights led Fremont only 28-13 at halftime. This game was long over at a similar stage, thanks to Lone Peak's dominating effort.
With three basketball starters from the football team — Hansen, Talon Shumway and Brody Berry — Lone Peak joined Hunter (2003-04) as the only schools with dual championships in the same academic year in the 20-year history of 5A. Matt Asiata, Otis Nelson and Cole Evans were Hunter's two-sport stars.
"It keeps getting better," said Hansen, who graciously was not about to compare his first-half showing against Fremont to what Emery and Haws did against Brighton.
"I'm not even close to those guys," said Hansen, who will play football for Utah.
Whether anybody around here can touch the Knights next season, when Emery is a senior, or the following year, when Haws is a senior, is highly questionable.
All that could potentially derail Lone Peak's dynasty is a sense of entitlement, which Emery promises is not an issue.
"We're the hardest-working program in the state, by far," Emery said. "People just think we're Lone Peak and we're blessed with talent. No. We're in the gym every day, working hard."
Actually, Emery also plays golf, and he helped the Knights win a state championship in October 2010. So his total of three titles matches the senior football/basketball players' haul, with the strong possibility of more to come.
When the nets were cut, just before the Knights boarded their bus to Utah County and the arena workers dismantled the basketball floor, Emery was thinking about a three-peat. Haws, meanwhile, just laughed when someone asked him about being halfway to four titles in his career, but he won't be kidding around next March.
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Stew died in a fire and his body was burned pretty badly.
The morgue needed someone to identify the body, so they sent for his two best friends, Mick and Paddy.
The three men had always done everything together.
Mick arrived first, and when the mortician pulled back the sheet Mick said, 'Yup, his face is burned up pretty bad. You better roll him over.'
The mortician rolled him over and Mick said, 'Nope, ain't Stew.'
The mortician thought this was rather strange.
So he brought Paddy in to confirm the identity of the body.
Paddy looked at the body and said, 'Yup, he's pretty well burnt up. Roll him over.'
The mortician rolled him over and Paddy said, 'No, it ain't Stew.'
The mortician asked, 'How can you tell?'
Paddy said, 'Well, Stew had two arseholes.'
'What? He had two arseholes?' asked the mortician.
'Yup, we never seen 'em, but everybody used to say:
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As part of a new Transit Police initiative, the flyers will be given to riders on the Broad Street Line and Market-Frankford Line from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. They will have instructions for downloading free tracking applications for phones and tablets, so that if a smart device is stolen, SEPTA police will be able to help patrons locate their items.
Police have said that the theft of electronic devices is a national problem. SEPTA recommends not using the devices while waiting on station platforms and always being aware of your surroundings. Riders should immediately contact police if their device is lost or stolen.
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August 24, 1999
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Dr. Hodgkinson will present information regarding access and diversity of higher education. (Introduction by Jerry Blakemore)
Through "The Illinois Commitment" higher education has pledged to increase the number and diversity of citizens completing training and education programs. This item examines projections of future student demand and considers the capacity of colleges and universities to meet future demands. The report concludes that enrollment will increase gradually through the year 2020, but that Illinois higher education will not need to make major adjustments in capacity to accommodate the projected enrollment levels. The report further indicates that demographic and social factors will continue to affect statewide enrollment, and that significant changes in programs, services, and delivery mechanisms will be needed. (Presentation by Kathleen Kelly)
Illinois Virtual Campus: Virtual Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
This presentation will provide information on the development of the Illinois Virtual Campus (IVC) and demonstrate how a student will use IVC resources. (Introductions by Keith R. Sanders and Sylvia Manning, Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois. Presentation by Burks Oakley, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois.)
University Center of Lake County
University Center of Lake County Update (Presentation by Edwin Moore)
The Lake County Multi-University Center: An Update on Recent Activities
Since its founding two and a half years ago, the Multi-University Center of Lake County has shown strong growth. The Center offered 11 courses in five disciplines in spring 1997, compared with 75 courses offered in 16 disciplines in spring 1999. (Presentation by Doug Day)
This presentation will review the results of market research conducted during summer 1999. Employers in the greater Springfield area were surveyed to gauge (1) their satisfaction with Illinois college graduates, (2) their hiring needs for college graduates over the next 3 to 5 years, and (3) their interest in/or encouragement of the Capital Scholars program proposed by the University of Illinois in Springfield. (Introduction by Keith R. Sanders. Presentation by Peter Trott, Director, Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University.)
Higher Education Cooperation Act: Fiscal Year 2000 Allocation (Action)
This item includes recommendations for funding 138 proposals totaling $20.4 million. The proposals recommended were selected from a group of nearly 200 proposals submitted by cooperating community colleges, public universities, and independent institutions. (Presentation by Ross Hodel)
Administrative Rules
The proposed changes improve the application and administrative procedures for this program, and allow for allocation of any remaining funds after institutions have submitted their lists of funded projects. (Presentation by Ross Hodel)
The proposed rules outline the processes that will be followed in granting funds appropriated to the Board of Higher Education for specific institutions and entities for designated and non-designated purposes. (Presentation by Ross Hodel)
A list of consent agenda and information agenda items follows the regular agenda.
The Illinois Century Network: Activities Update and Appointment to the Policy Committee
This item provides a brief update on progress to date on the Illinois Century Network. The item includes a recommendation that Keith R. Sanders be appointed by the Board to the Illinois Century Network Policy Board. (Ross Hodel)
General Grants: Fiscal Year 2000
This item authorizes the Executive Director to proceed with the distribution of funds appropriated to the Board of Higher Education for legislative initiatives for fiscal year 2000. A total of $12.0 million was appropriated for grants for 21 institutions or agencies. (Ross Hodel)
New Units at Public Universities
Approval is requested for an off-campus site, an on-campus research center and six degree programs at Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Western Illinois University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Ann Bragg)
Approval is requested for new units of instruction at Belleville Area College and Illinois Valley Community College. (Ann Bragg)
Approval is requested for new programs to be offered by Dominican University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Maryville University of Saint Louis, Moody Bible Institute, and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. (Ann Bragg)
University Noninstructional Capital Improvements
This item recommends approval for noninstructional capital improvement projects for the University of Illinois. (Debra Smitley)
This report includes a summary and status of higher education legislation passed during the 1999 spring session of the General Assembly. (Ross Hodel)
This report provides a brief synopsis of basic program data on access and capacity, occupational supply and demand, and program cost and productivity for use by public universities in reviewing academic programs in architecture and design, computer and information sciences, engineering, and the physical sciences. Their program review reports, due in summer 2001, will mark the end of the first eight-year review cycle. (Ann Bragg)
Jerry D. Blakemore has agreed to serve as chair of the new Committee on Access and Diversity. The Committee will examine issues of access and diversity, and develop recommendations regarding the programs, structures, and delivery mechanisms necessary to meet demands for access to higher education programs. (Doug Day)
The Joint Education Committee (JEC) is being reconvened to serve as the states official P-16 Partnership governing body. (Ann Bragg)


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Professor of Geology and Department Chair
San Francisco State University Department of Geosciences San Francisco, CA 94132
University Of California, Santa Cruz: Ph.D., Earth Sciences, 1989;
San Francisco State University: B.A., Geology, 1984
Neogene diatom biostratigraphy and Miocene paleoceanography; stratigraphy and sedimentology of diatomaceous and related siliceous rocks around the Pacific Rim.
American Geophysical Union, California Academy of Sciences (Fellow), Geological Society of America, Society for Sedimentary Geology (National and Pacific Sections), National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
I have been a faculty member at San Francisco State University since 1990 and I graduated from this same institution (as did my parents in the 1950's) with a B.A. in geology in 1984. I earned a Ph.D. in Earth science from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1989. As a native San Franciscan who had a rather typical urban upbringing in San Francisco, I did not become interested in the geosciences until I was an undergraduate student. My interests in high school, and in the initial years of college, were the arts, especially photography and music. Although I found science interesting during high school, I received very little encouragement from teachers and had few role model scientists. Consequently, I was more concerned with the interests of my peers and in keeping up with current and popular trends in San Francisco in the 1970's.
While I was attending San Francisco State University as an undergraduate, a combination of excellent geology teachers and a summer internship at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) led me to change my major to geology in my junior year. With the guidance of mentors at the USGS, my fascination with geological research began, particularly with microfossils and their application to paleoceanography, climate change, and evolution. The tremendous amount of practical experience that I gained at the USGS by assisting in research mapping projects in Alaska and the southwestern U.S. transformed me personally and gave me a competitive edge in applying to graduate school. I applied to graduate schools that had faculty specialties in my area of interest.
In graduate school at U.C. Santa Cruz I began to specialize in diatom microfossils (single-celled algae with a silica shell) and the stratigraphy and depositional environment of siliceous rocks. My research focuses on the age and paleoceanographic setting of diatomaceous and related biosiliceous rocks (mostly from around the Pacific Rim), particularly from the Miocene epoch. This research has taken me to many countries of the world including Egypt, Israel, Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and Costa Rica. The study of ancient and modern analogues to these unique organic-rich marine sedimentary rocks had led me to both land and sea excursions, as I have twice participated as a shipboard scientist for the international Ocean Drilling Program. Studies involving siliceous sediments are significant because it helps scientists better understand climate change, including such phenomenon as ice ages, global warming, and El Nińo. Such research also has practical applications because siliceous rocks are organic-rich and are often the source and reservoir rocks for petroleum.
What I enjoy most about my profession is the interdisciplinary nature of the geosciences and all of the potential applications of the degree. In the variety of classes that I teach at San Francisco State University: oceanography, paleontology, and the history of life, I stress the importance of knowledge of the history of our planet in evaluating current environmental, energy, and climate issues. I am especially concerned with exposing more African American, Latino, and American Indian students to the geosciences, as we are disproportionate affected by unfavorable environmental policy. Finally, being a geoscientist also appeals to my sense of adventure and love of travel, in addition to the appeal of solving mysteries with small clues!


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Either by design or through incompetence, the Obama administration's war on terror has become indefinable. In fact, to the degree that there are identifiable policies, they seem either internally contradictory or at odds with other administration policies.
What is the current Obama position on the so-called Bush-era war-on-terror protocols? Are they still useful in stopping terrorists, irrelevant, toxic, or sort of all three? The administration has never given us an explanation of its attitude toward the continued operation of Guantanamo Bay, the use of military tribunals, the exact status of renditions, the use of preventive detention, and the employment of the Patriot Act, especially wiretaps and intercepts.
To the extent that anyone could define the present anti-terrorism policy, it might be paraphrased along the following lines: "We rejected these protocols when, as outside critics, there was partisan advantage in doing so. But after assuming office, we found them useful, embraced most of them and even expanded some, preferred to ignore that about-face, assumed that the global and the domestic Left would not object any longer — given that their opposition was more to Bush than to his policies per se — and wish to continue these measures even as we keep quiet about them."
Simultaneously with the flip-flop over the Bush inheritance, the administration also waged an ancillary war of euphemism. Jihad was not to be defined as an Islamist holy war against the West, but was to be officially regarded as a sort of Deepak Chopra personal struggle to achieve spiritual purity. The words Islamist and Islamism fell out of use. "The War on Terror" was rightly derided as a war against a tactic, but the phrase was wrongly not replaced with a more honest and accurate "War on radical Islamists, jihadists, and Salafists." Absurdities, like "overseas contingency operations" and "man-caused disasters," followed and yet were not seriously employed for more than a week even by those who coined them. According to the Department of Defense, "workplace violence" best explained Major Hasan's butchery of 13 of his fellow soldiers at Ford Hood — an act whose real significance was the possible harm to the military's vaunted diversity program.
From 2005 to 2008 the U.S. may have killed between 200 and 700 enemy combatants or suspected terrorists through some 50 or so strikes by pilotless drones. Originally, the program was either used in close support of U.S. troops fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan — drones being more or less equivalent to manned bombing missions or missile or mortar strikes — or employed against suspected al-Qaeda terrorists on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Such strikes were, nonetheless, often criticized by the Left as leaving the theater of war and entering the realm of contract assassination.
Yet in the first four years of the Obama administration, the program was vastly expanded, as the kill tally soared to between 2,500 and 3,000 from some 300 or so strikes. Indeed, although the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq were supposedly winding down, the Obama administration probably killed more suspects by drone in its first year than had the Bush administration in its entire eight-year tenure. Even more important than the vastly greater frequency, Obama brought some new dimensions to the drone attacks : 1) The targeted killings were used far distant from ongoing warfronts and well apart from support for ground troops, as the U.S. now blew apart suspects — including American citizens — as far away as Yemen and the Horn of Africa. A Predator was no longer analogous to a pilotless F-16 used against enemy forces in the field, but more a sort of super-telescopic assassination rifle aimed, in Cold War–era style, against suspected individual enemy agents. 2) The program was institutionalized, on the theory that the Left would not dare object and thereby endanger the Obama domestic agenda. (The Right, it was assumed, would keep quiet, content at least that the judge, jury, and executioner Predators were putting some fear into jihadists as we withdrew from the Middle East.) So much a part of the American political scene have Predator drones become that Obama off-handedly joked about using them against any potential suitors of his two daughters. (Imagine, a decade ago, George W. Bush joking about such lethal forces keeping young men away from his daughters.) We would read in addition, through timely leaks from administration aides, that Obama sought philosophical guidance from moralists like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas before he signed off on the next suspect to be blown up. Such agonizing apparently meant that an intellectual rather than a redneck was pulling the trigger. The result is that few now remember that the United States used to object vehemently to the Israelis' use of the same tactic of airborne targeted assassination against Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank.


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'Black Rat' comes from the most powerful singer to walk the Earth
The urban blues of places like Detroit and Chicago came from country blues. Little Son Joe and his better known partner Memphis Minnie were among the players who brought the blues to the cities, paving the way for Muddy Waters and others who would follow.
Memphis Minnie is known as one of the best guitarists and singers in the blues, and had a prolific career lasting 40 years. She married Little Son Joe (Ernest Lawlars) in the late 1930's and they recorded "Black Rat Swing" in 1941 with Joe on vocals.
Big Mama Thornton was one of the most powerful singers to walk the Earth, and her influence reached well beyond blues. Her 1953 hit "Hound Dog" was covered three years later by Elvis Presley, and Janis Joplin famously performed Thornton's "Ball 'n' Chain."
Big Mama's 1970 recording of "Black Rat" shows how country blues became urbanized and electrified. Here's a 1965 live clip of Big Mama Thornton with Buddy Guy performing "Hound Dog:"
Memphis Minnie and Big Mama Thornton may have paved the way, but Koko Taylor earned the title "Queen of the Blues" in her long and accomplished career, keeping the blues alive well into the 21st century. Here's a clip of Koko Taylor with Little Walter and Hound Dog Taylor from 1967 and her big hit "Wang Dang Doodle:"
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Hey yall,
Just curious guys im looking at gettig a CAI just wondering what you guys would recommend or to stay away from
come on muddd
01-18-2013, 01:13 AM #2That depends on what you expect it to do. CAI's are like snake oil -- and their manufacturers all claim they provide performance/mpg improvements. I've had two of them and they DO provide a measurable (on a dyno) performance improvement at WOT (wide open throttle), but I wouldn't call it human-noticeable, at all. My mpg didn't move, at all, with either my CAI's.
My truck came (used) with an aftermarket Outlaw CAI that's no longer made. When the proprietary Outlaw filter separated and became unusable, I needed to replace it ... which also meant replacing the air box ... so I chose to go with a Volant CAI because I liked the airbox. I knew I was buying a look and a sound when I bought it and expected nothing human-noticeable from it in terms of performance or MPG.
If my truck had an OEM airbox I'd remove the filter, remove the airbox, cut the bottom out of the airbox, place the airbox back in the truck, and install a conical K&N filter in it ... and call it a day. That'll get you everything a CAI brings to the table (i.e. measurable but not human-noticeable performance improvement at WOT ... and a different sound and a better filter).
01-18-2013, 07:07 AM #3Thanks @SurrealOne great advice do you know anyone who has done that mod with cutting the air box?
01-18-2013, 10:08 AM #4@nakranij took his out completely, installed a 'wall' between the engine compartment and the corner where the airbox is, and put in a K&N filter. I don't think it looks as good as the airbox mod about which I spoke (no offense, Nak), but it's just as functional.
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Communication Sciences and Disorders Information Service (ComDisDOME) - Some full text References to articles, books, dissertations, experts, and web sites in speech-language pathology and audiology (Dates vary with some sources going back to the late 70s early 80s).
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - Some full text Sources on all aspects of the study of language and language development, including pathology, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics (1973-present).
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MEDLINEplus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus) Full-text information on health topics including speech communication disorders, a medical encyclopedia, and information on government trials.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17th edition (http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual) Concise information on specific disorders.
The Family Village Library (http://familyvillage.wisc.edu/library.htm) Source of information about specific disabilities.
ClinicalTrials.gov (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct) Regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers classified by subject.
Interactive Sagittal Section for Articulation (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/%7Edanhall/phonetics/sammy.html) Movable sagittal section of the mouth and throat demonstrating tongue and lip positions for user specified articulations.
American Sign Language Fingerspelling (http://asl.ms/) Standard dictionary of basic finger shapes, a fingerspelling converter, and an interactive quiz.
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms (http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html) Over 1200 animated and text definitions for learning to sign.
Legislation Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm) An summary of the ADA, with links to the full text and an overview. IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.5.ENR:) Full text of IDEA with links to specific sections.
US Code Title 20 Chapter 30 Education of Individuals with Disabilities (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/20/ch33.html) Full text of IDEA including latest updates with links to specific sections.
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Associations ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (http://www.asha.org) Resources for professionals, students, and the public on communication disorders.
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American Academy of Audiology (http://www.audiology.org) Resources on hearing healthcare services, research, and research opportunities.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers (http://aac.unl.edu) Information and resources on strategies to help people with severe communication disabilities participate in social roles.
Jobs and Certification Speech-Language Pathologist (http://www.speech-languagepathologist.org) Site provides chat and online forums and links to a very up-to-date job board classified by location and job description and a place to post resumes (http://selectcommunities.hypermart.net/class_st.html).
SLP Licensure Exam Review (http://nespaexam.com) Free sample of the Speech Therapy Licensure Exam. There are charges for additional test preparation and full practice exams.
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Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary - (available through Oxford Reference Online) (http://ezp.lndl.org:2540/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t60&subject=s14) The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - MedlinePlus (Online) (http://www.nim.nih.gov/medicineplus/encyclopedia.html) The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - (Online) (http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual)
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Tell me Why
When every other photo or post is a stereotype of my people,
and my life,and you laugh.
and you laugh.
When every other girl dreams of being what I wish that I
could rip from my eyesand tells me I have no voice.
I have no voice.
Tell me why I should be courteous and kind?
When relatives, friends, sisters and brothers, are being murdered
and evicted; raped and beaten; falsely accused and tossed
asideand left to die.
Tell me why I should be courteous and kind?
When Europe does not mourn our loss but rather
celebrates destruction of thoseinadaptables, those
Tell me why I should be courteous and kind?
When the only photographs I see of my people are of
half-naked, dirty, hungry children,
and women who stare blankly after their men,
in slums
bound by walls.Or white girls in long dresses
draped in fields
with dream catchers
and gaudy rings
or playing cards and crystal balls
pretending they know what it's like
to be me.When the only stories I hear of my people are of killings,
and rapes, and arson,
and the white peoplewho did it
and who claim
divine intervention
for their hideous
crimes.Tell me why I should be courteous and kind?
When every day opens with emails and messages
brimming with hate because I am a Gypsy;Everything about me is wrong.
Everything about me is erased by your
and your photos
and your posts about Stevie Nicks and Shakiraand your wish to live my life,
as a Gypsy.
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Your penchant for taking risks will pay off toward the middle of December. Don't be surprised if you're given a prize or promotion as a result of a daring campaign. Unfortunately, your family won't be terribly impressed by this tribute. They resent your job because it keeps you away from home. It makes you sad, but it can't be helped. You've always wanted a stimulating career, and you refuse to apologize for pursuing your dream. This impulse can be taken to extremes, however. Refuse to interrupt holiday festivities for the sake of work. Your boss will drive a hard bargain, but your first loyalty should be to your kin.
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HP's New Monitor Rocks Out With Its Color Out, Can Produce Over A Billion Of Them
The HP DreamColor LP2480xz is a 24-inch LED backlit monitor that can display over a billion colors (~64x what a typical LCD monitor can do). Unfortunately they cost $3,499. But if you're an artist or someone who really values accurate color display, maybe it's the monitor for you. And speaking of art, I bet this thing can display the hell out of some porno. Am I right? Hells yeah. *high fives* This old CRT can't replicate a natural nipple hue to save it's tube. Nipples aside though, vagina. Bet it looks good on that thing.
Hit the jump for another questionable comparison vs. regular LCD and a couple other product shots.
HP DreamColor LP2480xz bedazzles with a billion colors, artists rejoice [dvice]
Thanks Charlie and Dr. Venkman, who would have thought that a billion colors even existed? Not me, I'm tone deaf.
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You can never have enough gold, amirite? I am. Or pillows. They just feel so soft on my face! I've heard a woman's breasts would too, but I am neither able to confirm nor deny that at this time. Overweight men's, yes. So supple. Zhek Kromtor's "Frankenstein" setup lets him... / Continue →
This is a recreation of Da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' made entirely out of motherboard parts (plus a frame). It sits in the ASUS headquarters in Peitou, Taiwan and is almost half as good looking as the motherboard 'Starry Night' I made. Which I just so happen to be selling for $10 m... / Continue →


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Only a few days left to save EMA
We have a huge opportunity to stand united and prove to the Government that scrapping EMA will have a detrimental effect on thousands of people.
Article published on NUS.org- to read more and learn how you get can involved click link
"On 26th March the protests are coming to the UK. THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG! Change you CAN believe in. A huge demonstration of the whole working class movement, the trade unions, youth and communities suffering cuts will take place on 26 March. The march will certainly see hundreds of thousands -- perhaps over a million people take to the streets of London. The importance of this demonstration cannot be overemphasised."
Will you be attending the protest? What do you think about the ideas shown in the video? Tell us and remember... Disqus!
After Tunisia erupted in popular protests, pundits all over the world were writing about the event as if it was a trigger-point for similar rebellions to take place in similarly repressive dictatorships all over the Middle-East.
I like many was sceptical.
Pundits love to heap significance on an event as if it's world changing or the start of something special - most often they're wrong or are connecting dots that don't exist.
It seems though that this time their predictions were right; Bahrain is splintering and the once fighting fit Gaddafi is lying on the ropes - looking as if he'll have to throw in the towel like Ben Ali and Mubarak.
It seems like the implications of these protests can't be overstated.
The laying of the groundwork must begin today, so that the American people will be prepared for the day when the mirage the Fed has created evaporates completely.
People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Luo Yuan, in a commentary published by state-owned website china.org.cn, said China has not abandoned the idea of "war at all costs" to protect its interests.
"'Peaceful rise and 'period of strategic opportunity' preclude war," said Luo, who has been described by Western media as "hawkish" for his ultranationalist views.
"It is incorrect to assume that China will completely rule out military action in any event during this 'period of strategic opportunity,'" he said, referring to Beijing's dispute with Manila.
The novelty? To drive this revolution in an economic framework that will attract investors and governments in entrepreneurial partnerships that feed self-interest while revolutionising outcomes – particularly in relation to carbon.
The blue economy was initially a report to the Club of Rome recommending innovations inspired by science and biometrics. This is a truly cool equation. Science + Economics = A Better Future.
Read more at http://www.larrikinpost.com/a-greater-sydney/
What is more interesting about Apple at the moment is the $100bn in cash reserves it's accrued and what it might use them for.
End world hunger?
Take over other companies?
Pay its suicidal employees more?
Whatever it chooses, we should really stop focussing on Jobs' genius and start thinking about how the wealth his genius created can be spent for good.


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Analyzing debt ratios and liquidity can tell you a lot about how a company is managed. Significant cash reserves is a positive indicator that management has made it a priority to conserve cash to have extra on hand to both fuel growth activities as well as serve as a cushion during market downturns. Minimal debt reflects a company that has not leveraged its assets to fund growth. These attributes, liquidity and minimal debt, belong to the mid-cap stocks on our list today. See the summaries and graphs below to begin your own evaluation.
The Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio is a variation of the traditional debt-to-equity ratio; this value computes the proportion of a company's long-term debt compared to its available capital. By using this ratio, investors can identify the amount of leverage utilized by a specific company and compare it to others to help analyze the company's risk exposure. Generally, companies that finance a greater portion of their capital via debt are considered riskier than those with lower leverage ratios.
The Current ratio is a liquidity ratio used to determine a company's financial health. The metric illustrates how easily a firm can pay back its short obligations all at once through current assets. A company that has a current ratio of one or less is generally a liquidity red flag. Now this doesn't mean the company will go bankrupt tomorrow, but it also doesn't bode well for the company, and may indicate that it could have an issue paying back upcoming obligations.
The Quick ratio measures a company's ability to use its cash or assets to extinguish its current liabilities immediately. Quick assets include assets that presumably can be converted to cash at close to their book values. A company with a quick ratio of less than 1 cannot currently pay back its current liabilities. The quick ratio is more conservative than the current ratio because it excludes inventory from current assets, since some companies have difficulty turning their inventory into cash. If short-term obligations need to be paid off immediately, sometimes the current ratio would overestimate a company's short-term financial strength. In general, the higher the ratio, the greater the company's liquidity (i.e., the better able the company is to meet current obligations using liquid assets).
We first looked for mid cap stocks. We then screened for businesses that operate with little to no long-term debt (Long-Term D/E Ratio<.1). We next screened for businesses that have a substantial amount of cash on hand (Current Ratio>2)(Quick Ratio>2). We did not screen out any sectors.
Do you think these mid-cap stocks should have higher valuations? Use our list to help with your own analysis.
1) Total System Services, Inc. (TSS)
Sector | Services |
Industry | Business Services |
Market Cap | $4.36B |
Beta | 0.96 |
Key Metrics
Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.04 |
Current Ratio | 2.03 |
Quick Ratio | 2.01 |
Short Interest | 1.54% |
Total System Services, Inc. provides electronic payment processing and other services to card-issuing and merchant acquiring institutions. The company offers issuer account solutions, including processing the card application, initiating service for the cardholder, processing each card transaction for the issuing retailer or financial institution, and accumulating the account's transactions; fraud management services for monitoring the unauthorized use of accounts; and other services, such as customized communications to cardholders, and information verification associated with granting credit, debt collection, and customer service.
It also provides processing services, acquiring solutions, related systems, and integrated support services that consist of processing various payment forms, which include credit, debit, prepaid, electronic benefit transfer, and electronic check; authorization and capture of transactions; clearing and settlement of transactions; information reporting services related to transactions; merchant billing services; and point-of-sale equipment sales and service. In addition, the company offers merchant support and underwriting, and business and value-added services, as well as prepaid cards for businesses. Total System Services, Inc. provides its services through online accounting and electronic payment processing systems. It operates primarily in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Brazil. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Columbus, Georgia.
2) American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO)
Sector | Services |
Industry | Apparel Stores |
Market Cap | $4.37B |
Beta | 1.01 |
Key Metrics
Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.00 |
Current Ratio | 3.49 |
Quick Ratio | 2.29 |
Short Interest | 4.00% |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an apparel and accessories retailer in the United States and Canada. It operates a network of retail stores that offer denims, sweaters, graphic T-shirts, fleece, outerwear, and accessories for 15 to 25-year old men and women under the American Eagle Outfitters brand name; a collection of Dormwear, intimates, and personal care products for girls under the aerie brand name; and clothing and accessories for kids aged between 2 to 14 under the 77kids brand name. As of January 28, 2012, the company operated 911 American Eagle Outfitters stores, 158 aerie stand-alone stores, and 21 77kids stores; and 21 franchised stores through its franchise partners in 10 countries. It also sells and ships merchandise via its e-commerce Websites, including ae.com, aerie.com, and 77kids.com to 77 countries worldwide. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3) Align Technology Inc. (ALGN)
Sector | Healthcare |
Industry | Medical Appliances & Equipment |
Market Cap | $2.76B |
Beta | 2.05 |
Key Metrics
Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.00 |
Current Ratio | 3.03 |
Quick Ratio | 2.92 |
Short Interest | 14.79% |
Align Technology, Inc., a medical device company, designs, manufactures, and markets clear aligner systems or Invisalign systems, intra-oral scanners, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing restorative models used in dentistry, orthodontics, and dental records storage in North America and internationally.
The company's clear aligner products include Invisalign Full for the treatment of malocclusions; Invisalign Express and Invisalign Lite solutions for less complex orthodontic cases; Invisalign Teen, which is primarily marketed to orthodontists for treating malocclusion in teenage patients; Invisalign Assist for use in anterior alignment and aesthetically-oriented cases; and Vivera retainers for invisalign and non-invisalign patients. It also offers ancillary products comprising cleaning material and adjusting tools used by dental professionals during the course of treatment.
In addition, the company provides iTero scanners; iOC scanners; and iTero dual scanner, which includes both the iTero restorative software and the iOC orthodontic software, as well as services comprising iTero restorative and OrthoCAD services. Further, it offers CAD/CAM services, such as iTero Models and Dies; OrthoCAD iCast and OrthoCAD iRecord that provides a digital alternative to traditional stone cast models, which allows for simplified storage and digital record retrieval; and OrthoCAD iQ, a computer-guided system for optimal placement of traditional brackets and customized indirect bonding tray system. The company distributes its products primarily directly to orthodontists and general practitioner dentists, as well as restorative dentists, including prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons. Align Technology, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
4) Mindray Medical International Limited (MR)
Sector | Healthcare |
Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
Market Cap | $4.13B |
Beta | 1.27 |
Key Metrics
Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.07 |
Current Ratio | 3.78 |
Quick Ratio | 3.37 |
Short Interest | 12.16% |
Mindray Medical International Limited, through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Mindray, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices worldwide. It operates in three segments: Patient Monitoring and Life Support Products, In-Vitro Diagnostic Products, and Medical Imaging Systems. The Patient Monitoring and Life Support Products segment offers patient monitoring devices that track the physiological parameters of patients, such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and temperature. This segment's products include single and multiple-parameter monitors, mobile and portable multifunction monitors, central stations that collect and display multiple patient data on a single screen, electro-cardiogram monitoring devices, veterinary monitoring devices, anesthesia machines, defibrillators, surgical beds, surgical lights ceiling pendants, syringes, infusion pumps, and ventilators.
Its products are suitable for adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients and are used principally in hospital intensive care units, operating rooms, and emergency rooms. The In-Vitro Diagnostic Products segment offers data and analysis on blood, urine, and other bodily fluid samples for clinical diagnosis and treatment, as well as semi-automated and fully-automated in-vitro diagnostic products for laboratories, clinics, and hospitals. This segment's product portfolio comprises hematology, biochemistry, urine sediment, and microbiology analyzers. The Medical Imaging Systems segment provides ultrasound systems for use in medical fields, such as urology, gynecology, obstetrics, and cardiology; digital radiography systems; magnetic resonance imaging systems; and picture archiving and communication systems. The company sells its products directly to hospitals, clinics, and government health bureaus, as well as to original design manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. Mindray Medical International Limited was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
*Company profiles were sourced from Google Finance and Yahoo Finance. Financial data was sourced from Finviz on 09/01/2012.


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The former Leola police chief who embezzled about $37,500 from the town's fire department has been sent to prison.
John R. Grabowska, 43, who previously pleaded guilty in McPherson County to two counts of grand theft by embezzlement, was sentenced to four years in prison and given credit for 81 days served on each count. The prison terms will be served concurrently.
The guilty pleas also amounted to probation violations stemming from a 2012 case in which he pleaded guilty to grand theft. In that instance, Grabowska, as police chief, took about $3,200 in a case involving the arrest of a McPherson County man accused of growing marijuana. Instead of reporting the money as evidence, Grabowska kept it for himself. That money has since been recovered.
For breaking probation rules, Grabowska was sentenced to two years in prison and given credit for 60 days served. That term will be served concurrently with the others.
Between 2006 and 2012, he embezzled roughly $37,500 from the fire department. He was the McPherson County town's police chief at the time and had been hired to keep the fire department's books. Authorities have said he used the money to make personal purchases. He must repay the stolen money.
Each count of grand theft is a felony punishable by as much as 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.


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Fall Meeting: Friday, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Kent, Ohio. Host - Mayfield CC. Click on this link to see the 'Save the Date' flyer.
USWCA Senior National Bonspiel: Fall 2014. (Dates to be announced April 2014.) Host - Green Bay CC. Deadline for application submission will be posted when details become available.
Winter Meeting: Monday, Feb. 9 - Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Host - Mayfield CC.
USWCA National Bonspiel: Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Host - Detroit CC. Deadline for application submission will be sometime in mid December 2014. Details will be posted when they become available.
Junior Bonspiels:
5 Year and Under Bonspiels:
All-American Bonspiels:
Feb. 28 - March 2, 2014Evergreen Curling Club, Portland, ORContact firstname.lastname@example.com
December 6 - 8, 2013 Centerville Curling Club, Centerville, WI
Congratulations to the event winners - the Carlson rink from Mankato, MN.
67th USWCA Women's National Bonspiel "Curl in the Name of Love" February 11 - 15, 2015
The 67th USWCA National Bonspiel will be held at the Detroit Curling Club. The host hotel will be the Westin in Southfield. More information will be provided here when it becomes available.
Please have your club representative contact the USWCA National Chair, Charlene Fitzgerald with questions
The All-American is an inner-club event held during the curling season by member clubs throughout the United States. The USWCA provides beautiful pins to each member club for the event.
This event was designed to encourage the involvement of women - especially new and less experienced women curlers - so they may have a bonspiel experience within their own clubs.
For more information about the All-American, click on this link to the All-American page.
The Fall Meeting will be held Friday, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, hosted by the Mayfield CC. What you need will be listed below when it becomes available.
Click on this link to see the Save the Date flyer.
Links to all Fall Meeting Information and Forms will be set up below as the information becomes available.
The Heart of Curling!
The United States Women's Curling Association was formed to promote and conserve the best interests and the true spirit of the game of curling. The USWCA unites women's curling clubs throughout the United States to cultivate friendly relations among its members and their clubs, to promote international friendships, to preserve the tradition and literature of the game and to hold women's curling events each year.
If you would like an informational brochure, a full color brochure suitable for printing is available for download here.
(February 18, 2014) The 66th USWCA Women's National Bonspiel, held at Broomstones Curling Club, in Wayland, MA and at The Country Club, in Chestnut Hill, MA, February 12 - 16, 2014 was a resounding success. Thirty-two teams enjoyed two New England snowstorms, along with great curling and good times!
The event Champions were the Broomstones 1 team, pictured on the right. They are, from left to right, Second Teri Olson, Fourth Karen Walker, Third Nicole Vassar, and, throwing lead rocks, Skip Sharon Cutter. For the complete list of final results, go to the National Women's Bonspiel 2014 page. You can watch replays of some of the games by going to the Broomstones YouTube link.
Congratulations to all the event winners and finalists.
(February 6, 2014) By Leslie Armstrong, USWCA Junior Bonspiel Chair
The first USWCA sponsored Junior Bonspiel of this season was held at the Centerville Curling Club in Centerville, Wisconsin. The spiel was a double round robin format and the curlers also had an opportunity for a hot shots competition.
As the second half gets rolling, we are looking forward to the Junior Bonspiels at Nutmeg Curling Club and Evergreen Curling Club. These events are very fun for the Junior curlers and a wonderful opportunity to practice developing skills.
For event winners and other information, go to the Junior Bonspiel page.
(February 6, 2014) By Elizabeth Demers, USWCA Circuit Committee
With more players than ever and a bounty of eligible bonspiels, the USWCA Circuit has provided a new level of exciting competition for the 2013 - 2014 season.
Several bonspiels that elected to be part of the Circuit in 2013 - 2014 have seen a boost both in registrations and in level of play. Kettle Moraine's Ellen Dowd observed, "If a person is a member of the Circuit, you know they are dedicated curlers and therefore are accomplished curlers, which does bring up the level of competition. We think the benefits of being in the Circuit are: bringing quality curlers to our bonspiels plus increasing the number of people participating. We had 20 competitive teams in our Fall Fling, which supports this."
The Circuit has seen a phenomenal 68% growth in individual participation in the last year. Demographically, the heart of the Circuit beats in the East and Wisconsin regions, which have the highest number of individual participants as well as the most member bonspiels. But the Circuit race isn't defined by region, as the midseason points totals show - curlers in the tiny Central division top the leaderboard, with Wisconsin and East women in hot pursuit. By its very nature, the Circuit invites travel and exploration, bringing eastern teams west and vice versa. Nutmeg teams went to Wisconsin for the inaugural Madison Schmecken Spiel, while a Madison team returned the courtesy call at the Nutmeg Crystal Snowflake, in Connecticut. Circuit organizers expect this trend to grow especially in the shadow of the Winter Olympics. With US curling heating up on the Road to Sochi, women curlers have "the eye of the tiger" as they eye club spiels across the country, sweeping their own Circuit road to glory.
(November 25, 2013) Congratulations to skip Jamie Hutchinson, vice Carolyn MacLeod, second Gwen Krailo-Lyons, and lead Nancy Jennett for winning the 32nd annual Senior Women's Bonspiel, November 20 - 24, 2013. The team from Broomstones Curling Club, located in Wayland, Massachesetts emerged victorious over the 24 team field. The event was held in Grand Rapids, Minnesota at the Itasca Curling Club. Great ice, great food, and great people made this an event to remember. For all results, go to the 2013 Senior Women's Bonspiel page.
Pictured from left to right: Nancy Jennett, Lead, Gwen Krailo-Lyons, Second, Carolyn MacLeod, Vice-Skip, and Jamie Hutchinson, Skip
(February 18, 2013) Congratulations to the rink from Portage, Wisconsin, the winners of the 65th National Bonspiel. The members of the team were Stacie Heberlein, skip, Sydney Schmus, vice, Sue Weyh, second, and Kayla Johnson, lead. For draw results, go to the National Bonspiel 2013 page.
The 65th Annual USWCA National Bonspiel was held Feb. 13 - 17, 2013 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage, Wisconsin. Festivities kicked off on Feb. 13 with the Kit Party for the 32 participating teams from throughout the four regions of the USWCA.
The 10-end curling competition began at 7:30 AM on Feb. 14 and concluded with the eight remaining teams piped on the ice at 1 PM on Feb. 17. The banquet and annual meeting of the USWCA was held Thursday evening, and a house party at the home of Michele Kornaus, National Bonspiel on-site chairwoman, who treated participants to an "old-fashioned" Wisconsin BBQ and refreshments was held on Friday evening.
(July 21, 2013) The USWCA congratulates Tracy Lawless from Exmoor Country Club for being the National USWCA Circuit Winner! Jennifer Stannard, from Nutmeg Curling Club, won the East region, Star Pfiffner, from Madison Curling Club, won the Wisconsin region, and Maureen Guay, from St. Paul Curling Club, won the West region. (For more results, go to the Individual Participation page.)
The third season of the Circuit has seen growth in both bonspiels and participation. Fourteen bonspiels from Easton, MD to Centerville, WI and Chicago, IL to Rochester NY were part of the Circuit supporting a prize fund of over $7,000.00.
A special "thank you" goes out to the Sponsors of the Circuit: Esco Awards of Distinction (Erffmeyer Pins), Hot Shots Curling Camp, Goldline Curling Supplies, Taco Bell, Rock it Gurl, and Wisconsin Regional sponsor Goldline Mobile Pro Shop. We are very thankful for their continued support!


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Boo! BallPink Palace MuseumFriday, October 25, 2013 at 7:00 PM - Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 12:00 AM (CDT)Memphis, TN |
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Costumes are highly recommended.
Attendees each receive two complimentary tickets for wine, beer and witches brew (adult beverage).
Cash Bar.
Heavy Hors d'oeuvres.
Entertainment by Walrus.
Must be 21 or older.
All sales are final.
You may buy tickets at the door.
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