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Gold Prices Slump as Dollar Surges (Update 1)
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gold prices dropped Tuesday as the U.S. dollar surged amid a weakening global economic outlook.
Gold for December delivery shed $16.90 to close at $1,709.40 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price traded as high as $1,731.20 and as low as $1,705.10 an ounce, while the spot price was losing $22, according to Kitco's gold index.
"We also had a downgrading of Spanish debt, so I think that has put some pressure on the euro," said Jeffrey Nichols, senior economic adviser at Rosland Capital.There was plenty of negative news from across the pond to sink the eurozone's unified currency. Late Monday, Moody's downgraded five regions in Spain. The move came less than a week after the ratings agency decided to leave the country's sovereign debt rating unchanged. In addition, Spain said it doesn't expect to meet its budget deficit target for 2012, and a French business climate indicator dropped to 85, 5 points below the September reading. The euro was dropping against the dollar to $1.2970, down from the prior evening's close of $1.3061. Silver prices for December delivery fell 46 cents to settle at $31.79 an ounce, while the U.S. dollar index was jumping 0.57% to $80. Another reason for the charge lower could be a small correlation between softening U.S. equity markets and gold. The major averages were plunging as disappointing earnings from blue-chip companies and reduced corporate guidance among global economic bellwethers like DuPont (DD), 3M (MMM) and United Technologies (UTX) continued to worry investors. "It's a confluence of markets. With equities off so much, typically when we see a big drop in equities there's sort of a knee-jerk reaction that brings gold down for a while before gold picks up in response to the weaker equities," said Nichols. "So it may be playing through that game once again." Gold mining stocks were mostly lower Tuesday. Shares of Yamana Gold (AUY) were decreasing 3.3%, while shares of Randgold Resources (GOLD) were losing 4.1%. Among other mining stocks, Barrick Gold (ABX) was off 1%, and Kinross Gold (KGC) was sinking 2.7%. Gold ETF SPDR Gold Trust was down 1.2%. -- Written by Joe Deaux in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @JoeDeaux
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Future of shipbuilding in Portsmouth still uncertain
The future of more than a thousand workers employed in the shipbuilding industry in Portsmouth remains under a cloud of uncertainty - that's despite a day full of ceremony when BAE Systems handed over an ocean patrol vessel to the Brazilian navy.
Even as the event was taking place, the company's managing director was still unable to give a firm commitment that it would continue operations in the city. This from our correspondent Martin Dowse.

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Sexually assaulting victims and possession of illegal firearms are among the accusations made against police officers in Essex.
Updated 9:29am Friday 4th July 2014 in News
SEXUALLY assaulting victims and possession of illegal firearms are among the accusations made against police officers in Essex.
In 2013 more than 1,000 complaints were made, with about one in ten upheld, and several resulted in criminal charges.
Other allegations included perjury, possession of indecent images, and illegally accessing data.
The figures were revealed by police and crime commissioner Nick Alston in two documents citing the last six months of complaints and alleged misconduct.
He said: ""I am not surprised it happens but I am disappointed about the number of serious incidents.
"The community has reasonable expectations and they are entitled to know what is happening and they have the right to know things are going to be dealt with."
One now former officer with Essex Police has been convicted of possession of an illegal firearm.
Other allegations include: disclosing confidential information to criminals, assault while off duty, possessing indecent images, using excessive force against a youth, inappropriate relationships with witness and abuse of position.
One officer is being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting two victims of crime.
Several of the officers involved have resigned or been fired and put on a disapproved register to stop them becoming police officers elsewhere.
Mr Alston said: "I am very conscious police officers, PCSOs and police staff are currently working tirelessly to investigate the murders of James Attfield and Nahid Al-Manea, and to keep both Colchester and all the communities of Essex safe.
"Many officers and PCSOs are working back-to-back 12 hour shifts, day after day.
"They deserve our respect, our support and our thanks.
"But I have yet to speak to a member of Essex Police who does not believe high professional standards matter.
"The vast majority of police officers, PCSOs and police staff feel that acts of misconduct, or those even more rare acts of criminality, performed by their colleagues let down everyone in the force.
"Police officers are figures of authority. They and their colleagues must act responsibly and professionally at all times.
"I am aware there may be public shock and disappointment at some of the details.
"I would ask everyone to remember that, including police officers, PCSOs, police staff and Special Constables, almost 6,000 people work for Essex Police, and there are hundreds of thousands of interactions between the public and the force, often in difficult circumstances, every year."
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10:14am Fri 4 Jul 14
HARRY438 says...
11:38am Fri 4 Jul 14
ThisYear says...
HARRY438 wrote:You are not interested in the integrity of those who would police you?
1:53pm Fri 4 Jul 14
Hatpeg says...
ThisYear wrote:Or the 90% of time wasting, and costly allegations that have to be investigated?
HARRY438 wrote:You are not interested in the integrity of those who would police you?
5:31pm Fri 4 Jul 14
mirokou says...
11:52am Sat 5 Jul 14
ThisYear says...
mirokou wrote:The offences reported by the PA do not seem to be very trivial..
Put this into perspective. Approximately 1800 incidents a day reported to Essex Police. this doesn't include the continuation incidents . There are 3000 plus officers in a multitude of different roles, for a population of over 2 million persons not including influxes during holiday season covering a multitude of tasks and incidents. So 1% have been naughty at varying scales, you can't filter to a level of purity , but have your seen some of the complaints…"I had ticket for speeding" "An officer was buying food on duty" And a lot more petty time wasting "I'll get my own back and make complaint against that officer, because i know its not true, but nothing happens to me if i do,"
11:58am Sat 5 Jul 14
ThisYear says...
Hatpeg wrote:I take it by your answer to the question that you are happy for the levels of integrity of the police service to be as low as they sometimes are.
ThisYear wrote:Or the 90% of time wasting, and costly allegations that have to be investigated?
HARRY438 wrote:You are not interested in the integrity of those who would police you?
Surely all citizens, including police officers, want their police to be beyond suspicion and held in the highest respect.
Faffing off serious crime by police officers as just another statistic amongst and which includes false allegations against the police and time wasting. does the whole issue a disservice.
Most police I would guess would want the 'bad apples' out of the service..wouldn't you?
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Michael Engst, 34, of Milnor, ND, was taken by lifeflight after a rollover crash Tuesday morning on Highway 10 near Hawley, MN.
Troopers say it happened just before 6:30 am about 2 miles west of Hawley. The crash report classified the incident as "serious injury."
Investigators say it appears the driver was going too fast for the conditions.
Traffic was backed up significantly due to the crash.
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LACONIA, N.H. — B. Helen Turner, 94, of 21 Ledges Drive, Taylor Community in Laconia, NH, died at her home with her family by her side on Monday, July 22nd. Mrs. Turner was the widow of Donald H. Turner who died in 2003.
Mrs. Turner was born on April 26, 1919 in Chelsea, Mass., the daughter of Michael and Beatrice (Davis) Tucker. She resided in Salem, N.H. for many years before moving to Laconia in 2005.
Survivors include two sons, Paul Raino and his wife Priscilla of Peru, N.Y. and Steve Tryder and his wife Elaine of North Andover, Mass.; two daughters, Susan Smith and her husband David of Gilford and Jyl Hamel and her husband Jay of Manchester. Mrs. Turner leaves eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Turner was predeceased by George Raino and Ralph Tryder.
Calling hours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH.
A Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 26, 2013 at the Laconia Congregational Church, 69 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH.
Burial and graveside service will follow in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery in Salem, N.H. at 2:00 PM on Friday, July 26, 2013.
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Chew On This: Skewers
Skewers Mediterranean Grille & Cafe on Richmond Ave. takes you on a tasty food tour through the Mediterranean.
Sophie Elhage, Co-Owner of Skewers, helped create the menu. "We have a couple of different salads and pastas that are a mix of Lebanese and American traditions."
That includes lamb meatball pasta and chicken schwarmas.
Sophie says it's food she grew up eating. "They`re recipes handed down from my grandmother, but then again we also spiced it up for somebody who is maybe scared to try something very ethnic."
Sohpie and her husband Hadi Elhage bought the restaurant a year ago.
"We changed the interior of the restaurant a little bit and we did a total menu redo," said Hadi.
Yeah, but chew on this weekend makeover. The hips don`t lie here.
"It was a casual type of restaurant, but we decided we wanted to make it a nice place where we like to hang out," Hadi explained."
So they brought in the dancers- the belly dancers that is. Now there`s a lot of skin hanging out on Friday and Saturday nights.
And it's hot! We mean a hot table.
Hadi said, "It's something our customer now call in advance to say please reserve a table for us because we want to be there during the belly dancer show."
These romp-shakers make the ladies giggle and the men blush, while the kids wonder why the heck their parents brought 'em there.
But Sophie assured, "anybody from any age will like it. It`s an adult type of dancing, but also kids love it and the dancers will bring up the little children, the little girls and they learn how to belly dance."
Hey, maybe that`s how Shakira got her start.
Skewers- great food and great people watching.Copyright © 2014, The Morning Call


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – When word started percolating last winter that pick-up game dominance was inspiring Michael Jordan to consider a basketball comeback, friends advised him to stick to planning his wedding.
When the annual rumors about a Roger Clemens' return begin this summer, we'll wonder what has been sprinkled in his corn flakes. There is occasional talk that Jerry Rice still believes he can play football, but it's never more than a whisper.
Jordan is 50. Ditto for Clemens. And Rice.
Gary Stevens turned 50 on March 6. On May 4, Stevens will ride Oxbow for trainer D. Wayne in Kentucky Derby 139.
It will be his first Derby mount in eight years. It will also serve as nationally televised proof that Stevens has put his soaring career as a TV analyst and actor on hold even though critics have been in his corner.
Stevens is four years younger than Bill Shoemaker was when he won the Derby aboard Ferdinand in 1986, but Shoemaker was never as analytical or charismatic as Stevens in front of the camera.
Why? Why risk getting tossed over the rail and getting barked at by fussy owners and trainers? Why?
"I've answered it a million times," Stevens said.
It's Derby Week, Gary. Fans who follow the game one week (or less) per year are going to realize that the guy who had been explaining Derby race strategy to them on television is riding Oxbow for trainer D. Wayne Lukas in Derby 139.
Pardon me, if I make it 1,000,001, but why come back?
"I guess the answer is because I could," Stevens said. "I didn't want to be 70 years old and say, 'Man, I could have come back.' "
Let me help him here. Gary Stevens is healthy now. His mangled right knee isn't as bouncy as it was when he roared home first aboard Winning Colors while winning the first of his three Kentucky Derby trophies 25 years ago, but the joint no longer feels as if it's on fire. The pain in his back is tolerable. He's shaved nearly 20 pounds from his compact, 5-foot-4 body.
Chase Stevens across the backstretch and you'll notice that although he just turned 50, he looks like he's 40, moves like he's 30 and intends to ride as if he's 20 and just starting his Hall of Fame career. Gary Stevens isn't here to serve as a novelty act. He's not here to sign autographs.
When Stevens left the game nearly seven years ago, he was a mess. His body wouldn't let him ride as aggressively or as confidently as he had ridden while winning eight Triple Crown races, including three Kentucky Derbies (Winning Colors 1988, Thunder Gulch 1995, Silver Charm 1997). Now he only bristles when you ask why he didn't ride Oxbow more aggressively in the Arkansas Derby.
"I've got a little different perspective than I had," Stevens said. "I was pretty burned out and hurting and stuff.
"The fire had gone. That's why I got away from it. That's why I retired. The fire was gone. I didn't feel like the fans were getting the old Gary Stevens or that the horsemen were getting the old Gary Stevens. And I wasn't happy with the way I was performing on a day-in and day-out basis."
Unlike most jockeys, Stevens had options. He has the looks, brains, vocabulary and connections to create another successful career path. His acting clips include a convincing role as a jockey agent in the movie Seabiscuit as well as another a run as a struggling jockey in the HBO series, "Luck."
Television producers loved him, giving Stevens as much work as he wanted on NBC and HRTV. But this is a guy who has won nearly 5,000 races, competed in 18 Kentucky Derbies and ridden horses as fearlessly as Mariano Rivera works the ninth inning.
When you make the list of the top jockeys of his generation, there is Jerry Bailey, Pat Day and Stevens. Now Stevens wants to show he can still ride with the best jockeys of this generation. But the tote board is against him. He's no longer a 2-to-1 shot.
Stevens plans to ride at Churchill Downs this spring – and he's worked the barn area this week, encouraging trainers to use him on their better horses.
"Give me a shout if you need any help," Stevens yelled at several old friends. "Find me one."
Stevens has earned mounts from Lukas, Richard Mandella, Kenny McPeek, Bill Mott, Dale Romans and other prominent trainers. But he's not getting the same horses he was riding back in the days of Silver Charm, Point Given and Winning Colors.
In his prime, Stevens made his way to the winners' circle on as many as 21 percent of his mounts. His current winning percentage is 13 percent – and Oxbow is not considered a top contender Saturday. His 138 mounts have won less than $1.5 million.
"Mentally and attitude-wise, he's better than I've ever seen him," Lukas said. "His diet is better. He looks like he's in the zone. The experience factor, you cannot downplay it. Experience is king. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed guy is king."
Actually, experience is a prince. Having a top runner is king in this race. Can Gary Stevens again become the king of a game he once ruled? Can he get to the winners' circle of the Kentucky Derby for a fourth time, something only Shoemaker, Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack have achieved?
"I haven't really allowed myself to imagine what it would feel like because I didn't know what it was going to feel like the first one," Stevens said. "It's the greatest feeling on earth. And I'd love to feel it again."
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Melaleuca quinquenervia
Non-Native to Florida
CATEGORY I on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's (FLEPPC) 2013 List of Invasive Plant Species
Download a page (PDF 177 KB) from Identification and Biology of Nonnative Plants in Florida's Natural Areas – Second Edition, by K.A. Langeland, H.M. Cherry, et al. University of Florida-IFAS Pub SP 257. 2008.
Download the Recognition Card of Melaleuca quinquenervia (PDF 872 KB).
For control information, see Integrated Management of Nonnative Plants in Natural Areas of Florida (SP 242) by K. A. Langeland, J. A. Ferrell, B. Sellers, G. E. MacDonald, and R. K. Stocker
See Table 1 in Florida's Established Arthropod Weed Biological Control Agents and Their Targets (2013) for a list of arthropod biological control agents that occur on this species.
This species is listed on the FL DACS Florida Noxious Weed List – Rule 5B-57.007, making it ". . . unlawful to introduce, multiply, possess, move, or release . . . except under permit issued by the department . . . ." See 5B-57.004 for more information. It is also on the FL DACS Prohibited Aquatic Plant List – 5B-64.011. According to Florida Statute 369.25, "No person shall import, transport, cultivate, collect, sell, or possess any noxious aquatic plant listed on the prohibited aquatic plant list established by the department without a permit issued by the department." See 5B-64.011 for more information. This species is also on the Federal Noxious Weed List – (7 CFR 360). No person may move a Federal noxious weed into or through the United States, or interstate, without a federal permit. See 7 CFR 360 for more information.
Date of introduction to Florida: 1906 (ornamental, agriculture)
(from Strangers in Paradise, Impact and Management of Nonindigenous Species in Florida, Chapter 2: Florida's Invasion by Nonindigenous Plants: History, Screening, and Regulation, by D.R. Gordon and K.P. Thomas, pp. 21-37. Island Press, Washington, DC, 1997.)
Melaleuca trees, (Melaleuca quinquenervia), also known as punk trees or paperbark tea trees, are native to Australia. In that country, melaleuca is well-known, planted in parks, valued by beekeepers, attractive to birds and bats. In fact, because of development, melaleuca trees in some parts of Australia are the subject of conservation efforts. In other places, there are dense forests of melaleuca, just as there were when Europeans first arrived there.
In Florida, however, melaleuca is a pest, especially in the Everglades and surrounding areas, where the trees grow into immense forests, virtually eliminating all other vegetation. Melaleuca grows in terrestrial as well as in completely aquatic situations. The Everglades, the mostly treeless "river of grass", in some places has become the "river of trees", a completely alien habitat to the plants and animals that have evolved to live in the glades. During the 50 years since its introduction into the state, melaleuca has taken over hundreds of thousands of acres of Everglades, threatening the very existence of this internationally known eco-treasure.
Melaleuca produces huge quantities of seeds, which become small trees, which grow into almost impenetrable monocultures. Researchers are attempting to find ways to control melaleuca: herbicides are proving to be somewhat effective, but purposely-set management fires (and lightning-started fires) apparently actually help spread the seeds and trees. Recently, biological control insects have been released against melaleuca, but it will be some time before biocontrol results will be known.
Melaleuca is a tree, to about 80 feet tall. Its bark is whitish, spongy, peeling, and in many layers. Its leaves are to 5 inches long, alternate, evergreen, simple, short-stalked, narrowly elliptic. Leaf veins are more or less parallel. Melaleuca's white flowers are small and crowded in bottlebrush-like spikes at branch tips. The fruit are short, cylindric or squarish, woody capsules with many tiny seeds.
View more information and pictures about melaleuca tree, as contained in the Langeland/Burks book, Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas.
For ecology information about melaleuca in Florida, download this UF/IFAS-EDIS publication, Ecological Consequences of Invasion by Melaleuca quinquenervia in South Florida Wetlands: Paradise Damaged, Not Lost, by F.J. Mazzotti, T.D. Center, F.A. Dray and D.D. Thayer.
See various UF/IFAS-EDIS publications about biological controls of melalueca.
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Here is a link to TAME Melaleuca.
Read the Melaleuca Management Plan: Ten Years of Successful Melaleuca Management in Florida 1988-98 by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.
See the UF/IFAS Assessment, which lists plants according to their invasive status in Florida.
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Melaleuca Management in South Florida by Katherine Carter-Finn, Alan W. Hodges, Donna J. Lee, and Michael T. Olexa. FE 673 (2013)
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Tom Felton joins the cast of "Belle"News
September 07, 2012, 06:29 AM
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) released an article stating that Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) has joined the cast of Amma Asante's Belle. Belle is a romantic period drama. THR reprots:
LONDON – Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Sam Reid (Serena), Tom Felton (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and James Norton (Rush) are the latest names to join BAFTA award winner Amma Asante's sophomore movie effort, the period drama
Belle.Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) is also in the film (thank you to LunaLuver for the tip).
The BAFTA film award winner's romantic drama also stars Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson and Matthew Goode and is set in 18th century England.
The project is billed as a tale of passion and romance and tells the tale of a mixed–race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in 18th century England.
It marks one of the first productions to be awarded production finance by Ben Roberts, the new director of the BFI Film Fund. It will shoot in the Isle of Man, London, Oxford, as well as Pinewood Studios, for seven weeks beginning Sept. 24.
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House lawmakers from the Mahoning Valley agree the nation needs to become more energy independent, and tapping into the rich, domestic natural gas and oil resource is one way to go.
But where U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson, a Republican, and Democrat Timothy J. Ryan disagree are on tax incentives, like the one President Barack Obama promoted last month in Las Vegas - a plan that would provide incentives to companies that purchase natural gas-powered trucks.
''The private sector needs for the federal government to get out of the way,'' said Johnson, R-Marietta.
Government needs to step aside and let the private sector find advantages to minimize cost, but he would like to see some regulatory and tax reform to assure business ''that the federal government will not come along and pull the rug out from them.''
Simplifying and reducing the tax burden will let business keep more of the earnings to re-invest to reduce costs and increase profits, Johnson said.
Quite the opposite for Ryan, D-Niles, who says there is a small, targeted role for the government to help stimulate the new industry. He wants to see incentives, like Obama's and beyond, including breaks for companies, school districts and transit systems that retrofit their vehicles with natural gas engines.
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''There should not be a regional bus in the country not in the process of being converted over to natural gas,'' Ryan said.
Ryan also sees opportunity for public / private partnerships in the research and development in areas like new techniques for handling wastewater created in the hydraulic fracturing process.
Obama in last month's State of the Union address called for an ''all-out, all-of-the-above,'' energy strategy that develops ''every available source'' of American energy. That includes natural gas.
''We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years, and my administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy,'' the president said.
Days after the Jan. 24 address to the nation, Obama was in Las Vegas, where he called the U.S. the ''Saudi Arabia of natural gas'' and began furthering his push of using domestic gas resources.
But Johnson said Obama's policy and regulatory actions are the opposite, ''the proof of that is the rejection of the Keystone (XL) Pipeline.''
Approval of the project, Johnson said, would have moved the U.S. closer to energy independence and been a big job creator.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, too, would like to see action to reduce what he calls a ''dangerous and unsustainable dependence on foreign oil.''
He supported the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act in 2010, a bill that would have reduced dependence on foreign oil by investing in vehicles that run on natural gas and electricity.
The proposed Keystone pipeline would carry Canadian oil produced from tar sands to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.
Brown, Johnson and Ryan agree the potential of natural gas to be a significant economic driver is huge in terms of direct and indirect jobs, but the industry must be developed safely.
Johnson said implementation of regulation to protect the public's safety and welfare must be ''based on fact, not around fear,'' or political convenience or rhetoric.
Ryan said ''the opportunities are great for a clean source of American energy that just happens to be right below our feet right here in Ohio. Thoughtful and mature development of this energy can have a transformational effect on our economy and quite frankly, the economy of our country.''


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Nadal cruises in Madrid for fifth title since comebackBy RAPHAEL MINDER
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Rafael Nadal falls to the ground in celebration after winning the Madrid Open against Stanislas Wawrinka Sunday.MADRID In front of an adoring crowd and on his cherished clay surface, Rafael Nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka to win the Madrid Open on Sunday, securing his fifth title since returning in February from a knee injury.
Nadals 6-2, 6-4 victory was a one-sided exhibition of clay-court mastery, particularly in the first set, which Nadal won in half an hour. Nadal, of Spain, used heavy topspin to keep Wawrinka running far behind the baseline. When Wawrinka risked a net approach, he was usually beaten by Nadals fierce passing shots.
After being sidelined for seven months, Nadal has reached seven consecutive finals, winning five. He now has three Madrid titles, but this victory is even more special considering how complicated this year has been, Nadal said.
Wawrinka has long played in the shadow of his Swiss compatriot Roger Federer, but he has been one of the most impressive players this season. He arrived in Madrid after winning a clay tournament in Portugal a week ago. He lined up strong performances on his way to the final, leaping to 10th from 15th in the rankings.
Wawrinka acknowledged the superiority of Nadals game, but he also said he felt out of juice by the time he took the court against Nadal. Wawrinkas grueling Madrid schedule included a quarterfinal victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-4, that ended after 1 a.m.
If youre not completely there, then hes killing you, like he did at the beginning of the match, Wawrinka said at a news conference, referring to Nadal. He was always dictating the points.
In the second set, Wawrinka briefly managed to keep pace with Nadal and make better use of his one-fisted backhand, one of the best on the tour. At 3-3, however, he served two straight double faults, handing Nadal a decisive break. Wawrinka never had a break point of his own.
Earlier in the day, Serena Williams defended her No. 1 ranking and her 2012 Madrid title by coasting past Maria Sharapova in the womens final.
Williams completed her 6-1, 6-4 victory in slightly more than 1 hour 15 minutes, then celebrated her 50th career singles title by performing a pirouette for the crowd.
If Sharapova had won, she would have passed Williams for the top ranking. Before Sunday, Sharapova had not dropped a set in the tournament, and she had won 25 straight matches on red clay.
But Williams has not lost to Sharapova since 2004. Sharapovas game unraveled Sunday from the start, when she failed to hold serve as Williams took a 4-0 lead. Even in the fifth game, which Sharapova won, she had three double faults and sent two backhands well beyond the baseline, symbolic of an afternoon in which she rarely found any rhythm.
Starting the match like that isnt going to get me anywhere, Sharapova said at a news conference. A lot of things were slow; I wasnt reacting well and not moving well.
Asked to compare Williams with other top players she had faced in her career, Sharapova said, She is certainly the strongest, physically the most powerful and the biggest hitter.
Williams repeatedly outpaced Sharapova, sending some forehands down the line that Sharapova could only watch from a distance.
Williams later walked into her news conference wearing a red T-shirt that read, Bestest Ever.
Every time I play, I really relish it more, Williams said, smiling. I feel like, honestly, Serena, when are you going to get tired? I dont know.
Until Sunday, Williams had not won a title on red clay since the 2002 French Open. Last year, the Madrid tournament organizers chose to use a blue clay that drew heavy criticism for being slippery. Williams said the decision to switch back to traditional clay was a plus, allowing for better preparation for the French Open, which starts in two weeks.
Its a little slower than it was last year and plays more like a true clay court, Williams said.
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COLDWATER — A fight between Lavern Mills, 62, and his girlfriend resulted in his arrest for receiving stolen property.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Michigan State Police went to Mills' Ovid Township home on Feb. 7, 2011. During the investigation Mills' girlfriend led officers to a barn where they located a stump grinder worth $10,000 — that she told officers Mills put in the barn knowing it was stolen.
During the search of his house officers also located a sawed-off shotgun.
Branch County District Judge Brent Weigle set bond for Mills at $25,000 on the 10-year concealing stolen property charge and 5-year possession of a short-barreled shotgun charge.
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Ignoring Ed Klein's 'The Amateur,' Media Once Again Show Blatant Double Standard
Democratic political operatives have been furious in their denunciations of author Ed Klein and his new book The Amateur, a biography of President Obama which relies heavily (although not entirely) on anonymous sources to paint a highly unflattering picture of its subject.
That is to be expected but surely Klein's tales might make for good television. Supposedly, journalists care primarily about a good story more than anything else. And Klein's book certainly has them, including secret feuds between First Lady Michelle Obama and TV billionaire Oprah Winfrey as well as tales of former president Bill Clinton privately bashing Barack Obama as an "amateur." Unfortunately for Klein, however, he is being almost totally ignored by the elite media.
According to a Nexis search of television news transcripts, not one of them has interviewed him on-air. His name hasn't even been mentioned by ABC, CBS, CNN, or NBC. MSNBC gave him a tiny mention in a segment condemning conservatives for opposing Obama but didn't talk about him except in passing.
The closest any network has come to actually discussing the book was ABC News, which included an item in the section of the network's Website entitled "The Note," which is produced by reporter Michael Falcone, on Friday, May 11:
"'The country needs you!' the former president told Hillary Clinton, urging her to run this year, according to accounts of the conversation included in Edward Klein's new biography of Obama. … whom Bill Clinton said, according to book excerpts, 'is an amateur.'"
But even that excerpt was picked up from a story in the New York Post written by Carl Campanile that trumpeted the headline "Bill Blockbuster: O's an 'Amateur.'"
The book has drawn the attention of some of the major newspapers—none of which is positive—including a review by Janet Maslin in the New York Times which lambasted Klein in the first paragraph as follows:
"'The Amateur' by Edward Klein is a book about an inept, arrogant ideologue who maintains an absurdly high opinion of his own talents even as he blatantly fails to achieve his goals. Oh, and President Obama is in this book, too."
Maslin maintained that same tone throughout the piece.
Not surprisingly, the media have a double standard when it comes to book authors making gossipy accusations against Republicans and Democrats. Regarding Dems, they will refuse to report on them at all, such as the Klein book or also the adultery accusations against former presidential candidate John Edwards. Regarding Republicans, however, they jump at the chance to do so.
Last September, NBC News marked the release of a book entitled "The Rogue," which was written by liberal author Joe McGinniss to attack former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, by rolling out the red carpet so the author could accuse the former Alaska governor of being "an absolute and utter fraud."
That same day, CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight also helped McGinniss promote his book and claim that he had received death threats from Palin fans because he dared to write a book critical of her.
Of course, Palin isn't the only Republican who's been the subject of anonymous liberal smears repeated dutifully by America's self-described mainstream media.
In June of 2010, former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos used his position as host of Good Morning America to tout allegations lobbyist Larry Merchant made while claiming he had an affair with South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful and conservative candidate Nikki Haley.
Stephanopoulos's parading of the slime against Haley is particularly egregious given that he played a significant role in suppressing another book making accusations against his boss Bill Clinton. That book, Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House, was similarly blackballed by America's media elite.
At the time, Stephanopoulos argued that salacious accusations deserved no place in the mass media:
"Someone should have to pass a bare threshold of credibility before they're put on the air to millions of viewers. You know, his [Gary Aldrich's] story couldn't get past the fact-checker at the National Enquirer....A 30-year record in the FBI in and of itself is no proof of credibility."
Former GOP presidential candidate John McCain was also victimized by anonymous slime in 2008 when the New York Times printed an article claiming that he'd had an affair with Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Iseman sued the paper for $27 million.
A year later, the paper reached a settlement with Iseman but never printed a retraction regarding the original article.
Given that we don't know who Klein's sources were on some of his more sensational accusations, it's tough to vouch for his credibility. On the other hand, given their previous love of repeating anonymous allegations against Republicans, the TV networks and other elite American media ought to at the very least examine and report on Klein's allegations against President Obama. That, or stop reporting on such charges altogether.
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Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 5:57pm.
Interestingly, other than the handful of mentions which you note, there is no "kill the messenger, effort by the Obama WH, nor their allies in the MSM, for Ed Klein and his book.
Often, we'd expect that to be the case, but I suspect here, the fear - from the MSM - would be that if they went after Ed Klein's credibility, or that of his sources, it would serve to simply make more of the public (think - voters) aware of the damning charges being made Against Obama; therefore, best to ignore it. That way few will hear anything - there will be no controversy - no debate - no questions - no awareness.
Wait - I'm not done, as there's more. Klein also writes about Rev. Wright, as he was awarded a 3 hour interview. This is the interview in which we learn that not only did candidate Obama, in 2008, seek and secure a private meeting w/ Wright, but that as that was unsuccessful in achieving the agreement from Wright that he would shut his trap, we learn of the $150,000 bribe - hush money - offered, via a close friend of Presidential candidate Sen. Obama.
A funny thing occurred just as the NY Post ran it's story on the "new" Wright - Obama scandal; the entire national media breaks out in a 24/7, wall-top-wall, concerted coverage effort of what really amounts to a non-story. This was the already ignored effort by one, to encourage a Super PAC, to run Obama-Wright connected ads -- based upon the old news from 2008.
After a week of this wasted time, if and when the new, and damning, revelations about Rev. Wright and President Obama do ever actually make it into the national media, I'd offer that the atmosphere - the patience level of most voters - is so tired of this again, that they will be so very much less likely to pay any attention to it?
Was this an organized preventative media campaign orchestrated by the Obama White House? Is a MediaMatters/David Brock connection, in play here? Did they instruct the national media to put all they had into the Wright/Super PAC story - in order to preempt any coverage of Klein's book?
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Obama is a superslick CON-JOB who says what people want to hear but is CORRUPT to the bone- and has deceived America by hiding his criminal past- he even surrendered his LAW license to avoid investigation- More than 40 lawsuits were filed against Obama's (proven) FORGED birth certificate and multiple SSN's and did you see even one word on the last line of any newspaper in America (or on any TV-station)? (of course you didnt) Becuase we in America (who pride ourselves on our freedoms) have a controlled news-media- who NOT only refuse to report on Obamas past indicetions(crimes) but are complicit in hiding and covering his past- OUR SYTEM is BROKEN- If it were Bush this would be on the FRONT PAGE of every newspaper in America-
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tubbs of Oakman are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Nicole Tubbs, to Christopher David Harmon, son of Phillip and Helen Harmon of The Village, Fla.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of James C. "Buddy" and Jean Tubbs of Oakman, and Lois Hyde of Jasper and the late Cecil Hyde. She graduated from Oakman High School and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She is currently a nurse at UAB Hospital in Birmingham.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Clarence Barr of The Villages, Fla., and the late Mildred Barr, and the Paul and Mary Elizabeth Harmon of Bristol, Tenn. He graduated from East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in computer science and earned a master's degree in software engineering and computer science from Auburn University. He is currently a software engineer with Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, N.M.
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IT HAS BECOME accepted economic wisdom that the only way to get control over America's looming budget deficits is to "reform entitlements."
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Republicans trot out federal budget data showing a 32% increase in direct payments to individuals since the start of 2009, including food stamps, unemployment insurance, worker's compensation and subsidized housing.But these expenditures are temporary. They've resulted from the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, which forced many families to turn
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Student loan interest rates are on track to double next month after the Senate failed to come to an agreement last night on Capitol Hill.
Competing versions in the Senate failed to receive 60 votes, which were needed on procedural votes. As a result, unless an agreement is reached, rates on subsidized Stafford loans will increase on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
The increase would affect about seven million college students taking out new loans.
Thursday, Senate democrats blocked a proposal from Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.). The Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act would lower and fix interest rates for 100 percent of newly issued student loans.
"It is clear that [Senate democrats] would rather have a made-for-television political fight on this issue rather than a resolution," Burr said. "I, on the other hand, stand willing to work with my colleagues for what should be a no-brainer for students, parents and taxpayers."
More than half of all students in North Carolina graduate with some debt. The average debt is $21,000 in student loans.
"I think that's the biggest burden we have after we graduate. Are we going to get the job? Are we going to be able to pay off this debt? That's my concern at least," said NCSU student Leah Falkowski.
NCSU math and engineering student David Smith says his chosen career path will likely take him more than five years to graduate.
"So I might be racking up some debt soon. There's definitely a lot of pressure right now with the way that the economy is going, and nobody knows what is going to happen in the future," Smith said.
Certified Financial Planner J.D. Gidley says if rates double next month, the average North Carolina graduate will have to take an extra two and a half years to pay off student loans.
"Whatever solution ends up happening, obviously, if there is a higher rate you're paying for those loans, then the longer it's going to take to pay it off as well as the more it's going to cost you," Gidley said. "So it's very important to limit the amount you take out for student loans through budgeting, working or getting an extra roommate."
The unemployment rate is still considerably lower for people with a college education. It's estimated that over the course of their career, graduates will earn as much as one million dollars more than those without a degree.


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PEORIA, Ill. -- Congressman Aaron Schock returned to his alma mater, Richwoods High School, on Thursday to discuss politics.
The 18th District Republican met with a government class filled with questions on his personal journey to the Capitol, his likes and dislikes of politics and of course, current events.
Schock says visits like this are beneficial for the students, even those not interested in a political career.
"Whether these young people ever want to go into politics or not, the reality is that they need to be engaged in their communities," said Congressman Schock. "They need to be educated on current events. So I think my presence here today helps them be able to ask questions, of me and of current events, but also get them engaged politically."
Schock says that many of the political discussions on today will effect the younger generations the most tomorrow.


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You and I sit on tattered treetops,
Burning beneath a sky so dim withhatred
It is unrecognizable.
We fade in and out of the earth'svision;
Closing like fetal roses
When the ground sighs and leavesscatter.
I want to shimmer like a rainbow fish,
But the sea is meltedinto
a shallow pool of gummy froth.
I want to feel everything aroundme
Light up with you and how
your fingers feel brushing against mine.
Iwish the world would stop screaming
And reaching out its broken hands
To beslapped on the knuckles.
I wish I could jump from tree to tree,
But I can'tmove
Because you won't look.
You won't look,
So our trees remain justtwo more
rotting shadows.
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Detoxification is a natural body process that is compromised when our system becomes overloaded from poor diet, allergies, stress, infections, and toxins such as heavy metals. Join Kripalu's Lead Nutritionist to explore the science behind detox and experience an integrated approach to cleansing the body.
In this program, you
- Enjoy a nutritionally balanced vegetarian detox diet plan
- Learn the five common causes of toxic overload and how stress impacts digestion and detoxification
- Explore the essential elements of a science-based detoxification diet, including critical nutrients that support toxin removal
- Get answers to questions on detox topics that include organic, raw foods; acid-base balance; water needs; detox supplements; exercise; skin brushing; and sauna
- Discover how to create a sustainable detox kitchen and learn culinary nutrition tips
- Explore yoga postures that assist the detox process
- Learn strategies for dealing with emotional detox.
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In the main event at UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2, UFC Middleweight champion Chris Weidman (10-0 MMA; 6-0 UFC) rematches the man he beat for that belt: Anderson Silva (33-5 MMA; 16-1 UFC). This five-round title fight caps off the five-fight main card live on PPV. The UFC Rankings have Silva as the #1 contender at Middleweight and #3 on the Pound-for-Pound list, with champion Weidman at #8 Pound-for-Pound. UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 airs live from Las Vegas this Saturday, December 28, with a fight time of 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT for the PPV main card.
It's been an astonishing 7 years since any man other than Anderson Silva walked into the Octagon as the UFC Middleweight champion. But after his incredible UFC 162 upset KO win over the Spider, that's exactly what Weidman will do tonight. That win was one of the defining moments of MMA in 2013, and there are basically two ways of looking at it. Either Weidman was simply the better fighter, or Silva got sloppy and was caught. Both sides have their supporters - tonight we find out which one is right.
How do these two stack up?
Weidman: 29 years old | 6'2" | 78" reach
Silva: 38 years old | 6'2" | 78" reach
What have these two done recently?
Weidman: W - Anderson Silva (KO) | W - Mark Munoz (KO) | W - Demian Maia (UD)
Silva: L - Chris Weidman (KO) | W - Stephan Bonnar (KO) | W - Chael Sonnen (KO)
How did these two get here?
Undefeated Middleweight champion Chris Weidman is, incredibly, only a 4-year pro at MMA. When he made his professional debut, Silva had already defended the belt 4 times and was getting bored in the division. The past 4 years have been an incredible rise for Weidman, whose wrestling background, striking, and grappling from the Serra-Longo team have elevated him to the top. He is on an amazing run, and a win here would have to vault him close to the top of any Pound-for-Pound list.
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Anderson Silva was the champion for so long that it seems bizarre to talk about him as the challenger. The greatest striker in the history of MMA, the greatest champion in the history of the UFC, and probably the greatest fighter in the history of all of MMA, Silva is, simply put, special. He did things as champion that will be hard for anyone to replicate. But last time, he clowned Weidman, and he suffered. Was that clowning a sign of his skills slipping, either mental or physical? And if so, has he sharpened them back up for the rematch? These will hopefully be answered tonight.
Why should you care?
The greatest of all time looking for vengeance against the unlikely dragon-slayer in what could potentially be his last fight ever (maybe). What more could you possibly ask for?
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In Defense of Baseball's Infield Fly Rule
Baseball's Infield Fly Rule has sparked more legal fascination than any other rule in sports. It returned to the national spotlight this past week when an unusual and controversial infield fly call in last Friday's National League Wild Card game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves short-circuited a potential Braves rally in a game the Braves ultimately lost. Opinion has been divided on the correctness of the call.
But beyond criticism of this specific call, some fans on Twitter and in web forums expressed a deeper distaste for the Infield Fly Rule itself, questioning whether it is necessary, wise, or warranted. They're misguided: The rule is part of the sport's fabric, uniquely warranted for a situation that's unique to baseball.
There's no other situation in baseball when the fielding team will be better off by not catching a fair ball than by catching it.
Here's how the Infield Fly Rule works. When a team has runners on first and second or the bases loaded with less than two out and the batter hits a pop-fly ball (but not a line drive) in fair territory that can be easily caught by an infielder (under the rule, can be caught with "ordinary effort"), the batter is called out, regardless of whether the fielder catches the ball; if the ball drops and remains fair, it is in play and the runners can try to advance at their own risk. The rule is designed to remove the incentive for a fielder to deliberately drop an easily handled ball on the infield, which likely would allow him to turn a double play on the two base runners (and perhaps, although less likely, a triple play). It took its more-or-less current form in 1901, enacted in response to infielders actually doing this, a bit of trickery that was deemed not "sporting" at the time.


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Three Kentucky Off-Track Betting facilities will close after the Belmont Stakes runs in June.
Company officials told The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/Z6NoGh) it will shutter outlets in Corbin, Jamestown and Maysville, citing a decline in the overall handle at those locations. The company says the handle dropped from $25.7 ten years ago to $10 million last year.
Keeneland Association Chief Operating Officer Vince Gabbert said last week the partners in the Kentucky Off Track Betting LLC - Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Ellis Park and Turfway Park - were examining whether to continue operating those parlors.
Approximately 20 full and part time employees will be affected by the closings. KOTB General Manager Laura Prewitt says the company will offer employees outplacement assistance.
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The Jets parted ways with quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
Per the report, the Jets will look for a "quarterbacks guru" to help with Mark Sanchez.
Cavanaugh spent four seasons as the Jets' quarterbacks coach, working with Sanchez in those four years. He has spent time as an assistant with the Ravens, Bears, 49ers and Cardinals.


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By Andrew Seligman, AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Russell Wilson connected with Sidney Rice on a 13-yard touchdown with 7:33 left in overtime to lift the Seattle Seahawks to a wild 23-17 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
Unbeaten in five home games, the Seahawks finally figured a way to win on the road after dropping five of their first six, and knocked off the NFC North leaders in the process.
This one sure was dramatic.
Seattle took a short-lived lead late in regulation on Wilson's 14-yard pass to Golden Tate, only to watch the Bears' Robbie Gould boot a 46-yard field goal as time expired to send it into OT.
The Seahawks (7-5) got their only other road win at Carolina.
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Fourth Grade: Books With A View
Contact Ellen at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 920-832-6020.
Fourth grade students will join Ellen Jepson, the school age librarian, to find popular books that demonstrate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view. Students will also learn skills for using Infosoup, the library's online catalog, including how to search for items, read a record, and access their account. A tour of the children's section is included, and the visit lasts approximately one hour. This fieldtrip is available from October 1 to May 31. Meets RL4.6 (OEU 1-4) Common Core Standards.
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Town Square
Tax time = joy
Original post made by Chris Zaharias on Mar 9, 2013
on Mar 9, 2013 at 3:51 pm
What in the world do you mean by "financial rape?"
on Mar 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm
By that I mean the increase in state of CA taxes this year - it's quite painful to be on the receiving end of it, hence the metaphor.
on Mar 9, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Bad, stupid choice of metaphor. The word apparently has no meaning for you.
Sounds like you earned a lot of money that's why your taxes are high. boo hoo.


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4th Annual Golf Outing!
Hello Friends!
Special Connections of Grundy County will be hosting its 4th Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Nettle Creek Country Club in Morris, Illinois.
The proceeds of this outing make it possible for us to carry out our mission!
The mission of Special Connections of Grundy County is to connect people with disabilities to their community through social interactions, education, recreational opportunities and shared information. We promote an environment of inclusion, self-determination and knowledge.
Embrace * Encourage * Empower
*Attached is registration information for golf and sponsorship opportunities! If you have a raffle item you would like to donate please let us know!
We hope you can join us! We greatly appreciate your support!
www.specialconnections.org * (815) 545-3397
Please Click Here to Download a Registration and Sponsorship Form!
Run the Beat 2014
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The course is paved, fast, and flat. The last half mile is a slight down hill for a great stretch to the finish! Distance is USATF certified and race is chip timed. Food and music are provided. T-shirts are guaranteed to every preregistered participant. Register on-line and save $5.00!
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Thank you to all the donors, participants, volunteers, dispatchers, and
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New beginnings for Special Connections
MORRIS – Special Connections, of Grundy County, a local organization that supports individuals with disabilities, has begun the new year with some exciting changes.
The Special Connections Board of Directors recently has welcomed three new directors, Dave Bzdill, Val Frazier and Monica Vogel to the organization. Each new director brings their own unique experience in working with nonprofits and individuals with disabilities.
Special Connections has also hired a part-time executive director to lead the organization. Kelly Thompson, a former Special Education teacher in Grundy County for 14 years, vacated her position on the Special Connections Board of Directors to take the new position.
"It's been a dream of mine since I taught in Grundy County to bring an organization like Special Connections to our area. In my teaching, I saw a real need for recreational opportunities and social activities for individuals with disabilities outside of the school setting," she said in a news release. "I've been a part of Special Connections from the beginning and I'm very excited about the direction our organization is headed. We want 2014 to be a year of growth in programs and activities, number of volunteers and number of individuals we serve."
In 2013, Special Connections offered seven different Special Olympics sports for athletes to participate in bowling, swimming, individual skills basketball, team basketball, track and field, bocce and golf, as well as two social activities. For the past two summers, several families, headed by Larry and Sue Tarman, donated their time and pontoons to give rides to the Special Connections participants on Lincoln Lake in Morris. They also provided games and food for the participants.
In October, Special Connections hosted its' annual Halloween Costume Party at Chapin's East in Morris. More than 100 individuals have participated in one or more of these activities.
In 2014, those same sports and activities will be offered with the addition of several new activities.
"We've added a board game night, karaoke night, family picnic and arts and crafts activity to our calendar and have a few other opportunities we are exploring. We're also very excited about our new partnership with Trinity Services, an organization that supports people with disabilities that is new to Grundy County. We plan to work together to bring additional services to the area," Thompson said in the release.
In order to make their events and activities happen, Special Connections depends on a wonderful group of volunteers.
"As our organization grows, we will depend on the continued support of our current volunteers, but we certainly would benefit from additional help," Thompson said in the release.
Special Connections Merchandise is HERE!
Special Connections of Grundy County is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing social activites for people of all ages and all disabilities in and around Grundy County, Illinois. We are very pleased to now make available some wonderful merchandise to help you show your pride in Special Connections, and help us provide these important opportunities. All you need to do is download our new merchandise order form and just follow the instructions . The form will automatically calulate for you the amount due based on the choices you make.
This year we have been able some very exciting new things.
Click Here to Download an Order Form and Get Your GREAT Stuff Today!
Our t-shirts now come in gray for both adults and youth!
We now have BPA Free Acrylic cups with a straw for cold beverages!
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1094 Napier Ct in The Villages
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community
- rates (USD) $ 2,750 - $ 2,950 / month
vacation rental description
3 bedroom 2 bath sleeps six Vaulted ceillings with Fans in all rooms. Fully furnished open lanai; queen size beds; Cable T/V in all rooms; Central Air; laundry room in house; two car garage; eat in kitchen; open air living room, dining room, and kitchen. Solar lighting . Short walk to pool and mail box. Our house is located in the Village of Summerhill, in the heart of the Villages, just minutes from Spanish Springs, and Sumpter Landing Town Squares where there is nightly entertainment, shopping, dining and dancing.
Monthly & long term rentals available beginning April 2014 through December 2014
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Free Golf, 38 golf course for free, Golf cart community
activities and attractions in The Villages Central Florida
Disney World,Silver Springs, Cape Canaveral, SeaWorld,Universal Studios.
All are a short drive
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Rentable By Month or Long Term Owner Pays All Fees And Taxes
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in The Villages
- Golf
- Broadway Shows
- tennis
- swim
- Village Square
Top things to do on a budget
- swim
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Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
503-370-6300 voice
This course is the first part of a three semester study intended to introduce the major styles and musical compositions of Western European culture. It covers the period from approximately 400 A.D. to 1620 and explores: Gregorian Chant through the beginnings of polyphony, English and Burgundian music at the close of the middle ages and Renaissance Music. Special attention will be paid to how music is created and experienced within a culture; how early music practice within the Catholic Church reflected various Mediterranean traditions; the aesthetic and religious dialogue surrounding the issue of text-setting, how concepts like dissonance are historically embedded, how socio-cultural factors influence music and conversely how music has influenced culture and society. Illustrations by means of lectures, score analysis, class performances and discussion.
Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically
General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing centered
Prerequisite: MUSC 231 and MUSC 232