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Metal fans from across the state were in the Magic City Saturday night to watch Killswitch Engage and other bands perform at the Babcock Theatre.
We had the chance to sit down with lead singer Jesse Leach and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz before the concert. They said they were excited about Saturday night's lineup and just being in Montana.
"The tour's been great," Leach said. "Every single band has something different to bring to the table, a lot of great energy, diversity, good people, good vibes. It's a party on wheels. It's great."
Killswitch Engage is on tour to promote their sixth album "Disarm the Descent." The album's first single, "In Due Time," is quickly moving up the rock charts.
The band is known for their high energy and comedic metal shows, which is considered a strange combination for this genre.
"We give everything we got, man, until it hurts," said Leach. "I think there's passion, there's good vibes, and then there's comedy. It's a good mixture of the two, I think."
Through the years, the group has been dubbed the pioneers of "metalcore." It's a term members say they can't seem to wrap their heads around.
"We're a metal band," Leach said. "I think the only way I could see where it comes from is we come from hardcore music, and we're playing metal. So there's a 'core' in hardcore, and I think that term kind of got bastardized to mean the melody, the sing-songy choruses, and all that stuff. It is what it is."
After a decade of making music, the members say they're excited to be on tour with younger metal bands like Miss May I, The Word Alive, and Affiance.
"The energy they bring and a youthfulness; there are nights after the show where we're talking and it's like, 'wow, these guys are kids.'"
Even though these rockers spend day and night entertaining their fans, they say it's not all about the music. Lead singer Jesse Leach says he would like to someday visit Yellowstone National Park.
"Just nature in general fascinates me and it's such raw nature," Leach said. "I've always wanted to go and I will get there eventually."
Leach says he won't have time this summer to visit Yellowstone.
Killswitch Engage plays next week in Fargo and will head overseas to Japan on July 27th.


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Tomorrow is election day in Los Angeles and beyond the biggest race (for mayor between a pair of dull left of center bureaucrats of whom the less said is better), the most important ballot measures are three that, in varying degrees, are used to restrict the explosion and proliferation of Cannabis Clinics, "pot clubs", "Chronicatoriums" (OK, I made that one up) or whatever you'd care to call them. Naturally, the most popular of these, according to polls, is the measure that would severely restrict the number of such venues as they are the classic NIMBY, filling up Southern California's mini-malls with stoners disinclined to buy anything else from whatever shops are there. Which, regardless of what moral trepidation is claimed by shopkeepers, is the source of their objection, as the Brains or Cyndi Lauper could tell you, money does change everything.
That this is restraint of trade in the extreme is an understatement but given the nature of "medicinal marijuana", what do you expect? While it is true that marijuana does have valid medical use for glaucoma, nausea from chemo, insomnia and some forms of nerve pain, the only reason this half measure exists is as the gateway to the drug's eventual legalization. As the case with any "moral scourge", once it is plainly obvious that the world isn't gonna end because people toke up and enough marginally interested voters switch their positions as a result (see the companion issue "marriage, gay"), end of laws. Which is why I've always seen medicinal marijuana as a crock of undiluted crap in the first place--the drug, in fact all recreational drugs, should be legal for adults period. Not incrementally and yes, all of them.
For the weed, that is inevitable and has happened already in Colorado and Washington state (with some restrictions). Marijuana is not seen as a dangerous drug, not responsible for overdoses, not anywhere near as physically addiciting (if at all) as the presently legal alcohol, nicotine or caffeine. While it's true that some of the affectations that go along with it can be somewhat inexplicable (see "bands, jam"), they tend to be harmless and as is, the legalization of the drug is a slam dunk (or should be). This isn't exactly a radical idea and does have an unusual array of proponents.
In reality, all recreational drugs should be. Even the "bad" ones. First of all as "bad" as hard drugs are supposed to be, the laws that govern the punishment for their use are far worse, more life destroying, costlier and have made the US the world's number one prison state. Secondly, despite being illegal and punishment for same being draconian, people still seem to do lots of them at the danger of their health and well being--yet, when heart disease and diabetes are the first and seventh causes of death in the US, there is no similar call for imprisonment for either overeating, sedentary lifestyle or the injection of corn syrup into processed foods which lead to both--seems absurd. And yes--one does have to eat to live, one doesn't have to eat everything!
It's true--tweakers are gross, crackheads are whacked and junkies are thieving, scheming troublemakers. But banning their jollies hasn't changed any of this. What they do is illegal and they still do it--in the case of the narcotic addict, simply giving them the drugs they want plus clean supplies for injection ends their stealing and severely reduces HIV/HCV transmission. As far as the other drugs go, were they legal, they would not be brewed in a bathtub or in a clandestine lab and have the kinds of impurities that wreak misery on them and (as is the case with heroin/opiate addicts) simply giving them their drugs ends the street crime that goes along with it. Most importantly (but generally unknown to non users), once the stigma of "criminal" is gone, the positive effect is two fold--people that want to seek treatment can do so without stigma and much more importantly, the badge of perverse honor that goes with being an outlaw/renegade dope fiend a la Charlie Parker, Keith Richards or Johnny Thunders is history. Junkies are resourceful, cunning people, but it's no fun to be a junkie when all you do is go to a clinic, fix and nod out all day.
But because our Puritan roots suggest that all "bad behavior" (as if self-medicating is such a thing) can be stamped out with enough force, none of this will ever come to pass, I fear. It is (no pun intended) Johnny's pipe dream. And I have no personal stake in this--I haven't had a drink or rec. drug since Reagan was president, the USSR extant and indie rock any good. The binary thinking which leads to "drugs bad, must be eradicated" is what keeps the prison complex alive and well and the murderous Mexican drug cartels in business. Get rid of the "well-intentioned" laws and both disappear. However, my faith in the common sense of people died long before my sobriety was born, sad to say.
And Federal law trumps anything LA does or, for that matter, California.
Keep your eyes peeled for this case when it goes before the 9th Circuit: http://blog.norml.org/2012/10/25/suit-before-ninth-circuit-court-of-appe...
There are more important things in life than getting high.
Like staying out of jail for doing something that harms no one.
Or living as you choose to, in a "free" society.
Internet poker for money.
And yes, recreational drugs, although it could be a stretch to say it harms nobody else if you end up needing healthcare on the public dime as a result.
For heart disease and cancer, causes of death 1 and 2?
Americans are overweight and 450,000 of us die each year from smoking related causes.
So, should they also be considered a public health spending issue?
and many of them cannot pay for their treatment.
Then there is addiction treatment of course.
We are all harmed.
No, we are saddened. Harm and sorrow are not the same thing.
addiction, then I have been harmed by your behavior. That entitles me to argue that your behavior remains criminal.
Shouldn't eating red meat be illegal then? Diseases caused by red meat cost a lot more money than diseases caused by pot. Rather than parse who costs what, isn't it just better to acknowledge that everybody does something that's dangerous, and pull together as a community to help those in need. And if you live a perfect life and never need anyone's help, be happy. A long life is reward enough.
And besides... if you're thinking of the cost, it costs society a lot more to deal with it as a criminal matter.
read meat and heart disease, with the blatant link between illegal drugs and overdoses/addiction.
And anyway I carry health insurance but many addicts do not.
Heart disease is the #1 killer, and American diet is the #1 cause. This no more in dispute than the link of cancer and smoking (which incidentally is also legal).
Marijuana, OTOH, hasn't really been proven to cause major health issues. It's not physically addictive -that actually IS proven. You're talking to someone who's taken their pharmacology classes.
It may or may not cause cancer, though the doses that would be required are generally greater than the doses that most people use.
And not a single overdose death has ever been attributed to it.
Keeping marijuana illegal does not make sense in any way.
And please spare me this straw man argument about it being a "gateway drug." That's a crock of shit -it's basically an acknoweldgement that "Ok, marijuana isn't harmful, but people who do it might go on to do something else harmful, so we should ban it." You can use that argument to ban just about everything.
the only reason Marijuana has this label stuck on it is because you have to go on the black market to purchase it. Probably from the same guy selling the other/hard stuff.
If you could get your weed at 7/11 or QuickCheck or the Chevron station down at the corner, then you wouldn't even know the guy with the hard stuff.
You can buy soda at the liquor store. Is soda the gateway to alcohol abuse?
It will cost even more for police, court costs & imprisonment. Apparently you would also consider these costs "criminal" since they are paid with our taxes. So why not go with the lesser "crime" & legalize?
No amount spent on enforcing morality is too much. As a good libertarian conservative, I see the main function of government as keeping us safe. Therefore more money spent on police and jails is money well-spent. Clinics and addiction programs, this we can't afford. No good pot smoking scum don't need to be coddled, they need to be jailed.
"No good pot smoking scum". Your creditability just went out the window with your choice of words to make your absurd, non-point.
Nobody needs pushers, junkies and addicts.
The argument that some people who take drugs may receive medical assistance paid for with stolen taxpayer dollars, therefore drugs should be illegal, is like saying that some people who go hunting may get in accidents and receive medical assistance, therefore hunting should be illegal.
Both of these arguments are statist and paternalistic and fail to respect individual rights and freedom.
The problem is government stealing money from people in the first place. How the politicians choose to spend the stolen money should not be used as a rationale for criminalizing our peaceful choices* or expanding government control even further over our lives.
*I'll leave aside the issue of whether hunting is truly a "peaceful choice", except to note that it is just as peaceful (or not) in its effects as going to a restaurant or supermarket and buying meat that was killed by somebody else.
and many of them cannot pay for their treatment.
Then there is addiction treatment of course.
We are all harmed.
Total freedom for big business;
For the rest of us, it's pepper spray in our eyes and billy clubs across our skulls.
Libertarian freedom forever!
Libertarianism is about freedom for everyone, not just big business. That's because each person has the right to make his or her own choices in life as long as those choices do not involve aggression (initiating force against others or committing fraud).
Libertarians want to help small entrepreneurs and mom & pop businesses compete with big corporations by eliminating bureaucratic requirements and regulations on business that large companies with their teams of lawyers, accountants, and so on have an easier time dealing with. Libertarians want to democratize economic opportunity and undermine the "big box" stores and chain retailers by letting people sell stuff on the streets without paying government licensing and permit fees.
Do you agree with that real free market agenda, or do you side with the big corporations?
Libertarians defend civil liberties as ardently as people on the left -- perhaps more so when you consider that most of the people who run the local governments of urban areas where police abuse is common are Democrats. The people wielding those billy clubs and attacking people with pepper spray are just your friendly local government employees, handsomely compensated by the politicians you elect.
Attacking big business makes no sense anyway if you simultaneously defend big government, because government is the biggest business there is! Take a look at the budgets of the top Fortune 500 companies and then take a look at the budget of the U.S. government; if it was included, it would top the list.
Do you really believe that the people running government are selfless, noble-minded defenders of the public good? You think they're not trying to make a nice profit for themselves and the special interests who help fund them and support their statist agenda? Think again.
resist arrest.
That becomes the burden of the public while the costs of such are not always reflective in a market. Its like gasoline, if the price at the pump factored in the real cost of Middle East foreign entanglements and the health ailments resulting from all the pollution produced from the transformation of oil into petroleum products to even the exhaust from a car or truck, that price would be much much hire.
I think if we had a public health system, be it just single-payer or something more complex like the NHS, the costs of this could be handled better. One need only look at some European countries, where recreational drug usage isn't viewed so much as a crime as it is a public health problem. Instead, what we'll see is a hodge podge of public initiatives by say a county or state with regards to these drug rehabilitation versus something where resources could be pooled more efficiently.
1) Your use of illegal drugs often leads to emdical costs which society has to pay for if you are indigent (and I'm sure you are) and that means society gets a say in whether to criminalize your drug use.
2) Your drug use is illegal which subjects you to criminal prosecution as well as the bad will of your fellow people.
No Congress is going to change the Federal law on this, so the rest is just fluff.
Or that all drug addicts are?
Either way, no. Lindsay Lohan is a drug addict and has a very nice place to live. So do I.
Good lord, you are a bleeding idiot.
poverty, plus of course the inability to hold down a job if you're junked up all the time.
But hey, it's your choice and your life.
The federal government has no Constitutional authority to tell you what you can put into your own body. That's why they needed a Constitutional amendment (later repealed) to outlaw alcohol in 1919. Unfortunately the arrogance and sense of entitlement among politicians today is such that they don't bother with such legal niceties today, they just do what they want, the Constitution be damned.
Bottom line - It is the people passing and enforcing the drug laws, in violation of their oaths of office to uphold the Constitution, who are the criminals, not peaceful drug users.
If you support federal drug laws, then you don't support following the Constitution. It's that simple.
The feds' constitutional justification for drug laws stems from the Supreme Court's expansion of the Commerce Clause to include virtually any human activity in Wickard v. Filburn. It's time for a Constitutional amendment to overturn that case and restore proper Commerce Clause jurisprudence
SCOTUS justcies themselves.
Good luck with that.
It wasn't the SCOTUS who overturned Dred Scott v. Sanford. It was the 14th amendment.
Thus a constitutional amendment would be needed to overturn Wickard
includes any amendments to it.
Basta! I agree.
Jaywalking does actually harm others -it causes accidents. Although I wouldn't mind a law saying that jaywalking is Ok as long as drivers aren't responsible for a your death if you jaywalk.
Littering definitely harms the community, so I have no problem with that remaining legal.
Keep in mind that the penalties for littering and jaywalking are very light in comparison to federal penalties for marijuana possession.
The other two that you mentioned should just be legal, period.
fact that you don't like some laws (neither do bank robbers and murderers) doesn't mean you don't have to obey them.
I grew up and live now on a main road in one of the most desnly populated cities in the US. I jaywalk all the time, and frankly, I agree with you partially. Some (not all or most, but enough) pedestrians, jaywalkers or not, are oblivious idiots.
As I said, I jaywalk, its easy, just pay attention, look for what the cars are doing and going to be doing, and find the gap... sometimes it takes a few minutes.
Now, I don't know about where you are, but half our pedestrians who jaywalk don't even realize it because they think they can use the crosswalk no matter what the walk/don't walk light says (when there is one, it is supposed to be followed).
I really believe that, maybe not so much 20 years ago, but now... pedestrians have become the major problem with pedestrian/car accidents. Some of them cross the road while playing games on their phone! Few really look around and pay attention to the traffic (like that left turning driver who is trying to simultaneously judge the speed of oncoming cars, size of gaps, checking the other side for cars coming straight, and watch for pedestrians from multiple directions.... yah you should try to notice him too if you value not being hit)
Some pedestrians really just seem to take their legal advantage as license to totally disclaim all responsibility for their own safety in the road. Frankly, I think the Russians got it right... a cars stopping distance is many times more than a pedestrian....so the car always has right of way in the road.
Accidents happen when people cross at crosswalks too, so it's misleading to say that "jaywalking causes accidents". If drivers are accustomed to people crossing the street wherever it's convenient to do so, they are likely to drive more carefully, so it's quite possible that jaywalking actually saves lives.
Unconstitutional anti-drug "laws" aren't the most important things in life either. I think we can do without them.
What you think the laws should be doesn't matter. Bank robbers don't like the laws against robbing banks and drug addicts and pushers don't like the drug laws. Deal.
Drug cartels love prohibition, though, it increases their profits
legalize murder?
...are drugs illegal?
As I explained in a previous comment, drugs are not illegal, at least not at the federal level. The Feds are illegally violating the Constitution with their unlawful anti-drug statutes. No amount of legal blather from the Supreme Court can change that basic fact.
There is a general consensus that robbery should be illegal. There is no community consensus that drug use should be illegal. Indeed, many drugs are completely accepted as legal, including many that are more dangerous than many of those that are criminalized.
As Martin Luther King said, unjust laws (or in this case unjust government proclamations masquerading as laws!) deserve to be broken.
Only authoritarian busybodies really get worked up about what other people put into their own bodies.
I'm against the drug war and most anti-drug laws, Starchild, but it's the Supreme Court's job to say whether a law violates the Constitution.
Look, fake-Anon. For those with PHYSICAL nerve damage, there is nothing more important than a certain plant remedy that causes analgesia. So call it a high and be all smug. You are fake-Anon and should delete yourself from the net. Oh unless you think Oxy is a wonderdrug and should displace 10,000 years of success via pot. What a moron.
It is ironic that you would refer to diabetes in an article about restricting medical marijuana clinics.
Last week the American Journal of Medicine released a large study that showed regular marijuana use improves insulin control, increases HDL (good cholesterol), and reduces waist circumference. The bottomline is that regular marijuana smoking could help prevent diabetes.
OK. There are a lot of ridiculous claims about marijuana's beneficial effects. There is also a lot of demonization about "bad" drugs, and tacit acceptance of the carnage brought about by legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco). Mr Wendell: spot on. Honestly, we might as well legalize the lot of 'em. Heroin? Evil? Same effects and side effects as any of the over-prescribed (legal) narcotics in America. Oxycodone? Morphine? Dilaudid? Might as well add heroin to the mix because it's neither worse nor better than any of the others. There is no joy for the junkie excreting his colon out three ways of Sunday because he can't score: I've been in recovery for over 7 years, and there was nothing glamorous about having a raging IV opiate dependency. Likewise, being tethered to the teat of the clinic was just a continuation of the same. Wasn't until I felt accepted that I could stop using and begin recovery. You are SO correct: treatment is less viable when the substance that you're abusing is considered downright evil: it's a damn chemical, fer cryin' out loud. A chemical is not good, bad or evil. It's a damn chemical. Love the blog...
As someone who suffers from chronic severe pain, I would sooner take something natural like pot versus what I have to take now. Probably would be cheaper too. There is currently a bill on Illinois Governor Quinn's desk to establish the legalization of marijuana for medical use, that was passed by the Illinois Senate and majority supported by the public. Its a pilot program, I guess the only way politically it could pass, but everyone knows that it will eventually lead to something permanent.
Regarding legalization of all drugs, you got your pluses and minuses here. The plus side is that the "War on Drugs" would be kaput, our jails won't see has many arrested for drug-related crimes. One has to wonder what the cartels in Sinaloa or say the gangs in Chicago will fight for once their "turf" moves from the street corner to your local Walgreens or Kroger. The minuses would be a a short term increase in drug usage by some folks wanting to try something that was once verbotin. But longer term, costs would shift from fighting gang bangers to subsidizing clinics. So does that make it a wash? At least the violence may drop.
When Prohibition ended, the traffickers moved into legit businesses. Many of the wealthiest families in North America owe their fortunes to Prohibition - the Kennedys, the Bronfmans, etc. There is no reason to expect any different from an end to the war on drugs. Get ready for a more diverse one percent
And the one percent can afford far better drugs than you can.
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A: He or she needs to complete the "Undergraduate Request for Program Change" and drop the form off at the SMC Student Affairs/Advising Center in Room 9, Annenberg Hall.
Q: What if my son or daughter wishes to change his or her major outside of SMC, such as to Business?
A: He or she needs to schedule an Intra-University Transfer (IUT) session with the Advising Center of the School or College into which the student wants to transfer (i.e., the "new" college). After the student attends the session, they are then prompted to fill out paperwork to formally change their major. The IUTs are effective for the following semester. These IUT sessions are held multiple times throughout the year, except during January and August, at the discretion of the School or College's Advising Center.
Q: Where can I locate information related to university or academic policies, including Academic Warning or Probation?
A: Please visit the Undergraduate Bulletin: www.temple.edu/bulletin.
Q: My son or daughter has concerns about a grade he or she received. What does he or she do?
A: Please download the PDF document "SCT Undergraduate Grade Appeal Policies and Procedures" for information about grades.
Campus Safety
Q: If I have questions concerning campus safety, whom do I contact?
A: Please visit: http://css.ocis.temple.edu or contact Campus Safety Services at 215-204-1234.
Q: What safety services and programs are offered to students?
A: Temple's Campus Safety Services offers a shuttle service which runs from campus to campus as well as the "to your door" (TUr door) service, which transports students from Main Campus to their off-campus residences in surrounding neighborhoods. Download the map and schedule, click here for link (PDF).
Commencement and Graduation
Q: What is the difference between graduation and commencement?
A: Commencement is the University ceremony, which is open to all graduating students within Temple. Graduation is the school-wide ceremony, which is open to all graduating students within SMC. Commencement and Graduation are two separate ceremonies. Commencement is held only in May while Graduation is held in January and May.
Q: My son or daughter is graduating, where can I get information?
A: For graduation information, please visit the Graduation Information page. For university commencement information, please visit www.temple.edu/commencement/.
Q: What is the graduation process?
A: When a student has completed 90 credits, he or she needs to make an appointment with an SMC Academic Advisor for a graduation review. The Advisor and student will discuss remaining requirements for graduation as well as the graduation process during this meeting. Additionally, the student needs to complete a mandatory online graduation application, which can be submitted through the TU Portal on Self-Service Banner. Diplomas will NOT be mailed in cases where this form has not been completed. Any student who has a hold on their record must resolve the issue prior to graduation. Diplomas will NOT be released to students who have holds on their accounts. Additionally, all students who have had financial aid are required to complete an Exit Interview at: www.temple.edu/bursar.
Contributions to the School
Q: How do I make a contribution to the School of Media and Communication?
A: Please visit: http://smc.temple.edu/alumni/giving-to-smc/.
Counseling and Self-Help
Q: If my son or daughter needs individual counseling, group counseling, or self-help resources, who should he or she contact?
A: Tuttleman Counseling Services
Phone: 215-204-7276 | www.temple.edu/studentaffairs/counseling
Diamond Dollars and Temple Purchases
Q: How do I add money to my son or daughter's Diamond Dollars account?
A: Please visit www.temple.edu/diamonddollars/deposits.htm for information about making deposits.
Q: How do I purchase Temple clothing/gifts?
A: Please visit the Temple University Bookstore.
Directory Information and Contacts
Q: Where do I locate the School of Media and Communication faculty/staff directory?
A: Please visit: http://smc.temple.edu/contact/sct-faculty-and-staff-directory/.
Q: My son or daughter is a prospective student and would like to visit the School of Media and Communication. Who does he or she contact and does this need to be scheduled in advance?
A: It is best to schedule in advance in order to ensure that someone is available to assist you. Please contact the Office Manager for the department in which you would like to visit. Please contact as follows:
- Advertising: 215-204-4268
- Media Studies and Production (formerly Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media): 215-204-5475
- Communications: 215-204-6434
- Journalism: 215-204-8346
- Strategic Communications (formerly Strategic & Organizational Communication): 215-204-5790
Q: How do I contact Temple University Student Affairs?
A: Please visit the Student Affairs site: www.temple.edu/studentaffairs.
Enrollment Information and Transcripts
Q: Our family insurance company (or my employer) is requiring proof that my son or daughter is (or was) enrolled at Temple. How do I get that information?
A: This documentation is referred to as Enrollment Verification, and the student may obtain this document through TU Portal. Please visit: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/alumnifamily/verification/enrollment/ for more detailed information.
Q: Where can I locate information related to my son or daughter's program of study and related policies?
A: Please visit the Undergraduate Bulletin at: www.temple.edu/bulletin and look for the appropriate academic year for when your son or daughter selected their major.
Q: My son or daughter needs a transcript. How does he or she obtain one?
A: Please visit: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/alumnifamily/verification/transcripts/ for information about obtaining a transcript.
Financial Aid and Billing
Q: How can I get information on financial aid for students?
A: Please contact Student Financial Services. For students at Main Campus, call 215-204-2244 or visit their website: www.temple.edu/sfs.
Q: When will my son or daughter receive their tuition bill?
A: The billing schedule is available at: http://www.temple.edu/bursar/current/billingInfo.htm
Bills are not mailed out; notifications are sent to your official Temple e-mail account and bills will be available in TUpay.
The Bursar's Office can be reached at 215-204-7269.
Parents' Access to Information
Q: Why am I not able to access all of my son or daughter's information?
A: For more information on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), please visit:
Student Health and Medical Withdrawal
Q: If my son or daughter becomes ill, where does he or she go?
A: He or she can go to the Student Health Services.
Phone: 215-204-7500 www.temple.edu/studenthealth
Q: What does my son or daughter need to do if he or she needs to medically withdraw for the semester?
A: All the information regarding the medical withdrawal is on the "Form for withdrawal for medical reasons (.doc)". He or she needs to download the document, read it throughly, fill it out and submit it to an academic advisor. Medical documentation is required for medical withdrawals. The medical withdrawal process requires a student to withdraw from all courses during the semester, and a medical withdrawal will not be approved in cases where a grade has been earned. For more information, please visit: http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_policies/policies_part5/policies_part5.shtm#withdrawal.
Q: Are there immunization and medical requirements for new students enrolled at Temple?
A: For information, please visit: www.temple.edu/studenthealth/General_Information_for_Incoming_Students.html


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---- — Thanks for helpingour son succeed
I would like to thank everyone that gave our son, Brandt Carmichael, the time of day to help with his benefit concert. I was simply amazed how many of the business owners and people in the community stepped forward and supported a 12-year-old.
Thanks to my son for coming up with such a heart-felt idea and following it all the way through. Thanks to Jason at Emmaus for supporting Brandt and also for asking him to make this a yearly event. Thanks to Dan at the radio station for always taking time out of his busy schedule to talk to a 12-year-old young man.
Thanks to Mathew Paul for being such an awesome master of ceremonies. Thanks to all of you that helped sell tickets, bought tickets, bought raffle tickets or purchased items through the auction. Thanks to all of our family, friends and groupies that supported the "Little Help for My Friends" benefit concert.
Kevin and Jody Carmichael
Let the Utilities Service Board do its job
The Utilities Service Board and the City Council have different legal purposes. The Utilities Service Board (USB) makes utilities policy; that is not the business of the mayor and the council. The council only decides whether to give financial approval to a rate or construction decision by the USB. The Service Board's legal powers and duties include consideration of contracts for "purposes that are necessary for the full and efficient construction, management, and operation" of each utility. I.C. 8-1.5-3-4(a) (10).
Any Purchase Power Agreement as well as any Build-Operate-Transfer (B.O.T.) agreement is necessarily the business of the Service Board. The City Council can only review the financial consequences if and when the USB has made the policy decision. Both the Mayor and the Utilities Superintendent have said they do not intend to present the B.O.T. to the Service Board. That would be a legal mistake.
Even though the city administration and Utilities Service Board have different legal purposes, attorney Molitar for the mayor and attorney Head, sometimes attorney for the mayor but also sometimes attorney for the Service Board, in combination, put a halt to the Service Board's stated effort in February to communicate with IMPA, MISO, Duke and Wabash Valley, alternate suppliers of electricity, because those two lawyers somehow believe that Pyrolyzer has an exclusive position with the city and utilities board at this time. The board's effort to learn more came to a halt.
Finally, consider how this effort to privatize local electric generation impacts the civil city budget. In 2012, as of Aug. 31, utilities budget shows "payment in lieu of taxes" to the civil city in the amount of $219,325. Historically, the electric department has been a source of revenue to the city. The City Building itself was built in 1924 with profits from the electric utility. The electric department transferred $6,405,401.54 to the civil city budget between 1930 and 1976. Then the Utilities Service Board got created to make it run like a business, separate from the tendency of a city administration to reach over and act like it knew how to manage a utility. Let the Service Board do its job.
Jim Brugh
Thanks to many for helping renovation
The Cass County Olde Towne DAR Chapter would like to thank the following for supporting our Sept. 7 renovation of Olde Towne Cemetery Project, 175th Logansport Anniversary Celebration and Community Service Award to Myra Vanecek.
We appreciate the local support for allowing us the opportunities to participate in Daughters of the American Revolution projects on a local level.
Sponsors were American Tool-Time, Burton Contracting, Home Depot, Martin's Supermarket, members of Cass County Logansport American Legion Post #60 and VFW Post #3790 and Mike Sims, members of the Cass County Boy Scouts especially Caleb, Zach and Eli Sedam, Mike Meagher with Area Five Council on Aging, Thelma Conrad with Cass County Historical Society, Tamara Szarszewski with Mary Dykeman Hospital Guild, Kay and Tom Weatherwax with Cass County Republican Party, Dan Keister with Midamerica Radio WSAL, MIX 102 and Hoosier Country, Amie Sites with the Pharos-Tribune, Indiana State Regent Jeanie Hornung, Indiana State Registrar Charlotte Blair and Kay Pike, Continental Congress Organizer and the many other individuals who helped make this event possible.
Historic preservation, patriotism and education are all part of what DAR, NSDAR members promote.
Joan England Burton
Old Towne DAR
First benefit concerta resounding success
I would like to personally thank everyone that helped make my benefit concert a success. I am so glad that the businesses and community supported me. A special thanks to Matthew Paul for being my master of ceremonies for the evening. A special thanks to Dan at Mid America Radio for blasting my commercials all over the radio.
Thanks to my mom for taking me seriously and supporting me from the beginning when I told her what I wanted to do and to my dad for always being my roadie and both of them for always having my back. Thanks to my meme and poppy for driving me all over to get the give-aways and auction prizes (little hard to do when your only 12).
Thanks to Jason for supporting me from the very beginning and having faith in me. Thanks to Ken at the McHale Performing Arts Center for working with me to make my benefit successful and to all of the student crew at LHS, the special lady in the box office, the janitors. Thanks so much to everyone for coming to the show, buying a ticket, purchasing auction item, donating a prize and just helping a 12-year-old make his first annual Benefit for the Emmuas a success!
Brandt Carmichael
Attend meeting to have your say on project
Meeting being held during working hours to stifle citizen opposition: Attention citizens of Carroll County, the commissioners, at their regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 21 will make public the details concerning the 4-H Exhibit Building and the desires of the Flora Community Club.
I believe the citizens will be afforded an opportunity to discuss this subject prior to the signing (or at least I would hope that would be so). If you have questions or concerns, please plan to attend the meeting at 9 a.m. Oct 21 on the second floor of the courthouse.
Quite frankly, I believe this meeting should have occurred prior to the closed door meetings and the Public Private Partnership and Build Operate Transfer talks. I believe we, the owners of that building, have not been treated properly. The last time I looked around this was still America, battered and bruised, but still a country where the citizens have rights! Sadly, a country where silence is taking those rights away.
Pat Robertson


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Haverhill — David Barson, 91, of Haverhill, died on Saturday, February 9, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House, Haverhill with his by his side.
He was born in Manchester, NH, October 27, 1921, son of the late Joseph and Fannie (Berzofsky) Barson.
Educated in the Haverhill school system, Mr. Barson graduated from Haverhill High School, class of 1940. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He owned and operated BDI Industries, a kitchen and bath remodeling company, for many years.
His survivors include his wife of 63 years, Beverly (Tooter) Barson of Haverhill, a son, Michael Barson and his wife Jean Behrend of Glen Ridge, NJ, two daughters, Sherry Barson of San Rafael, CA, Shauna Tuohey and her husband Kevin of Natick, five grandchildren, his sister-in-law, Jean Tooter and several nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home, 106 Summer St., Haverhill. Burial was in Children of Israel Cemetery, Haverhill. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843, or, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington D.C., PO Box 7022, Albert Lea, MN 56007. To view his complete obituary or to send a condolence to his family please visit


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News: Eve Is A Natural Born Killer, "I Want To Shoot Somebody"
Monday, Jun 6, 2011 12:55PM
Philadelphia rapstress Eve recently discussed her desire to get back into film acting and why Inglorious Bastards director Quentin Tarantino is at the top of her list of directors to work with.
Admitting her first priority involves completing her upcoming solo album, Eve said she is still searching for the perfect role.
"I haven't read any scripts, I don't want to, I want to finish this record - that's like my top priority. I've read some stuff but nothing that has really grabbed me at all. My dream, dream, dream would to be directed by Quentin Tarantino. I want to kick somebody's a** or shoot somebody." (Necole Bitchie)
Academy Award-winning rapper-turned-actor Eminem recently spoke on waiting for the right script to find him.
"There are some things in the [works], a couple of scripts," Eminem answered. "I guess it's more so of just waiting now to see how they come together. Obviously it's gotta be something that I feel is dope enough to make me want to say, 'OK, let me put the mic down for a second and go do this movie.' There are some things that are in the works. I guess we'll just see how they come together." (RapFix)
Last year, Young Money's Nicki Minaj said her dream role would be in a Tim Burton film.
"I'd like to play someone in a Tim Burton movie, where I get dressed up and painted and crazy," Minaj reveals within her cover feature interview. "Then I want to be able to do some action stuff, like Angelina Jolie...And then I'd like to just play a regular girl who, you know, is facing the world. Something really sentimental and organic, that girls all around the world can identify with. You know, how Jada Pinkett Smith did in Jason's Lyric." (KING)
The LOX's Jadakiss recently discussed his intent to make a name for himself as an actor.
"I want to do more acting and I want to do voiceovers, too. I want to get in some of these animated joints; that's where the money's at. I think I got the voice. I know I can do it. I can be one of these squirrels... one of these birds, or dolphins or something, or pandas or monkeys, or seals [Laughs]." (VIBE)
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Danielle Robinson '10 prepares soil for planting.
Tucked on a small plot of land in the woods behind campus, Randolph College's organic garden is a testament to perseverance— and to passion. Just a few years ago, the area resembled an overgrown dump site. Today, it serves as a learning laboratory and showcase for what a community with a shared drive can create.
The peaceful area teems with life—of both the animal and human variety—although the centerpiece is clearly the student-built chicken coop that is home to more than 50 hens and roosters. During the spring, summer, and fall months, the organic garden produces a variety of crops including vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Students often make their way to the garden, which is located on a woody hillside near the Maier Museum, to work in the garden or sit and relax in the quiet.
"The organic garden is an important part of Randolph College because it is a real life application of many of the principles of economics, sustainable development, social science, philosophy, and politics we learn in class," said Ludovic Lemaitre '11, one of the student leaders.
For Louise Searle '12, the organic garden is a sanctuary and a respite from everyday stress. "For me, it's a place to get away from the built environment on campus," she said. "It's very relaxing to sit in silence or lie in the grass and watch the chickens, or to just put my hands in the dirt. It's a different kind of classroom."
The idea for the organic garden began in 1998, but it was not until 2003 that work slowly began to provide tangible results. During the past few years, student interest has created a surge in activity at the garden. During the summer, students participating in a summer internship with the organic garden built a chicken coop, dug a pond, and created several gardening projects testing new cultivation techniques. On a daily basis, students feed the chickens (using leftovers from the Dining Hall) and collect eggs.
The students, who are members of the Food and Justice Club, work regularly with staff and faculty members as well as Lynchburg community members to learn permaculture and indigenous principles and practices. They have also begun holding workshops to teach these organic gardening methods to the public.
"The organic garden aims to demonstrate a possible example of a communitybased, sustainable future," said Shahriar Abbassi, staff advisor to the student club.
Students have great plans for the organic garden and have already begun construction on a new greenhouse. Katherine Turner '13 is an active member of the club and often spends her free time at the garden. "I am so impressed by everything students have done over the past few years," she said. "It is truly amazing."
The garden has also created a community center for students, who gravitate to the space for cook-outs, discussions, and just to be with one another. In a world where many are constantly connected to computers and technology, a break to enjoy and appreciate nature is important. "This is a great way for students to emotionally and physically refresh themselves while feeling highly productive," Abbassi said. "Gardening by its very nature is creative, and students who play a role in the miraculous cycle of seed to fruit to seed partake of an experience that has a positive, lasting effect on the rest of their lives and long after they have left the College."
For students, watching the transformation of the organic garden has been more rewarding than anything else. "It is not just a place to work," said Karl Sakas '10, one of the student leaders who has helped bring the garden back to life. "It is a place to gather and get together."


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More than 100 people gathered to shoot a music video to raise awareness on the disappearance of Isabel Celis.
Tucsonans gathered at the volunteer command center Monday evening. A local music group, Flight Crew, wanted to put together a music video with the community's help for their song "Bring Isa Home."
The song will be featured on the "Bring Isa Home" web page.
Volunteers showed their support by wearing purple and releasing balloons in honor of 6-year-old Isabel, who was last seen Friday, April 20.
"We really want to make the video as visual as possible so they can see how much it is impacting our community here in Tucson, Arizona. And hopefully they will softener their hearts and bring her home and come through with any evidence or information," said Mic Ortiz, a band member in Flight Crew.
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24 Dolphin Soccer Players Named Academic All-TAAC
March 13, 2000
Jacksonville, Fla. - Led by senior Co-captain Tony Powell and freshmen John McGrady and Eric Smentowski, who earned perfect 4.0 G.P.A.'s, 24 Dolphin soccer players (men and women) were named to the TAAC Academic All-Conference Team this past fall.
The Dolphin men had 14 members of its 24-man roster earn a 3.0 G.P.A. or better. The women's team, led by five players who earned a 3.6 G.P.A. or better, landed 10 of its 17 players on the academic All-Conference team. The Following is a list of players receiving All-Academic honors:
When asked to comment on the number of players earning All-Academic honors, JU Director of Soccer Aleks Mihailovic said the following, "I am very proud of these players...When we recruit a student-athlete to JU, we expect them to make the grade in the classroom and on the field. Our success on the field has been widely noted for both the men's and women's teams. That 24 players have earned academic recognition is equally rewarding to all the coaches and deserving of the same recognition."


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"Wait, so what does that mean?"
"Yeah, I'd rather just punch him in the face and call it a day," Potter said flatly.
"I'll confess too," Potter sliced in quickly, looking completely unfazed.
Well... One drink couldn't hurt. Besides, deep down, I knew I really didn't have a choice in the matter. So, shoving my dignity into the little box where, coincidentally, I also kept my common sense, I gulped down the shot.
I am not drunk.
No sir.
I am definitely, utterly, one-hundred-percent not drunk.
I swear.
So I'm a little drunk.
Somewhere, in between all of Martin's dance-bartending and Dom's screams of 'TIME TO GET FABULOUSSS!'... I'd lost control of all mental functions.
And now, the world was feeling a little bit fuzzy.
And spinny.
I didn't know how it happened, exactly, but this room had turned into one giant merry-go-round. And I couldn't seem to find my way to the exit.
Time passed in a blur of roaring music and getting shoved between crowds. Faces flicked by, laughing, screaming, shouting. And still, the drinks kept coming. From the magically-refilling shots to the never-ending bowl of spiked fruit punch, I never had to go thirsty. And. There. Were. So. Many. Different. Kinds.
1. I had a lot to drink.
2. Dom had more.
3. At one point, Dom stood up on the bar and started running back and forth, kicking people's drinks out of their hands and screaming 'I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED!'
4. She then promptly fell off.
5. Then Aidan took it upon himself to stand up on the bar as well, announce that he loved 'every single fucking one' of us and declare his decision to move to Africa and save the baby tigers.
6. Everyone in the room cheered.
7. Martin then picked Aidan up, twirled him around in what I can only suspect is a German figure-skating move, and then accidentally dropped him.
8. Everyone cheered some more.
9. Apparently, Dom and I played Butterbeer pong against a bunch of Hufflepuffs.
10. And apparantly, I rock at Butterbeer pong. I made all the winning shots. People were actually chanting my name. I even bet the Hufflepuffs a million dollars and my underwear that I could make a shot blindfolded.
11. I made the shot.
12. Like a boss.
13. At one point, Aidan and I sat behind the bar and aughed hysterically for ten minutes straight about literally nothing.
14. I'm pretty sure someone threw up on me.
15. I'm pretty sure I congratulated that person for throwing up on me.
16. I don't know why.
17. But I do know that I had a lot of fun.
"Who, Kevin?" Potter shrugged. "He's not that bad... You should meet him when your bloodstream isn't, you know, seventy percent alcohol."
Potter's eyebrows flew into his tousled hair, his lips quirking upwards. "A bozo? You don't say?"
Potter's smile seemed to grow wider. Stupid prat with his stupid smile. Why does he have to be so pretty? "I'm a bozo?"
"What - No!" I gasped, at the exact same time Aidan lunged forward, whipping around to level his electric blue eyes on me as well.
"Aidan, please – " I stuttered helplessly. The words were thick and blocky in my mouth, the alcohol slowing my tongue. I locked eyes with Potter, but his face was blank, expressionless, offering no scrap of hope.
Alrighty, that's it for now, folks!
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Schools to go tobacco-free
Henrico County public schools and school-sponsored events soon will be entirely tobacco-free, following the School Board's 4-1 vote Sept. 27 to enact a tobacco-free policy.
The policy likely will not take effect officially for a period of at least a few months, so that staff members and visitors who smoke or use tobacco have time to become adjusted to it.
Board member Lisa Marshall of the Tuckahoe District cast the dissenting vote.
More than 30 other school systems in the state – including Hanover County – already have similar tobacco policies. Henrico school officials believe the policy will promote healthier environments for students, staff members and visitors alike while encouraging healthier lifestyles at the same time and serving as a reinforcement to students about the dangers of tobacco.
Existing HCPS policy allowed individual principals to set their own conditions for tobacco and cigarette use on their campuses by adults, staff members and visitors. Twenty-four elementary schools in the county, three middle schools, five high schools and two specialty facilities already banned all tobacco use on their campuses prior to
the board's vote last week. Other schools and specialty centers allowed smoking in designated areas.
The change is not without detractors. About a third of the 1,263 faculty members who responded to a school system survey last month said they favored the existing policy, while two-thirds said they favored the new one.
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
Author, child abuse survivor to speak at Henrico event
To help celebrate twenty years of service to advocating for abused and neglected children in Henrico County, Henrico Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA) will host an evening with bestselling author K.L. Randis on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Belmont Recreation Center in Lakeside.
Randis is best known for her bestselling novel, Spilled Milk, which tells her painful – but ultimately triumphant – personal story of abuse and of child abuse prevention. The book is her first novel.
Philippines ambassador to the US visits Filipino Festival in Henrico
The Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. attended the Ninth Annual Filipino Festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Church earlier this month. Cuisia (pictured above with festival performers) was welcomed by County Manager John Vithoulkas and Brookland District Supervisor Dick Glover (below) at the church, which is located in Lakeside.
While enjoying some of the cultural performances at the festival, the ambassador and his wife had a private lunch with Vithoulkas, Glover, Eldon Burton (an outreach representative from U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner's Office) and Father James Begley, the pastor of OLL. > Read more.
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Authentic Santa Fe Charm near the Plaza-102 Pena Place in Santa Fe
- bedrooms 1
- baths 1
- sleeps 3
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Cottage
- community Guadalupe District
rates (USD)
/ week
$ 1,800 - $ 2,700 / month
vacation rental description
Casita del Sol and Casita de la Luna are the epitome of the charming, authentic casitas that everyone looks for when visiting Santa Fe. They are located at 102 Pena Place, within a .7 mile walk of the center of old Santa Fe's historic and picturesque plaza. Each casita can accommodate 2-4 people (depending on whether two people can share the full sleeper sofa). Families can rent the entire compound for a larger group.
We have just added a new vacation rental, Casita de las Estrellas (small house of the stars). It is the smallest one bedroom (and price reflects that), but still very comfortable and attractive.
The property is located in the historic Guadalupe district. It is a short walk to the Santuario de Guadalupe, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Palace of the Governors, etc. Restaurants within easy walking distance include the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the well known Coyote Cafe, the renowned Pink Adobe, as well as many others. There are many shops and galleries filled with lots of interesting and attractive merchandise. In the other direction, it is about a three block walk to the Guadalupe Street area and the new Railyard.
In the summer, enjoy our walled garden (shared by Casita de la Luna and Casita del Sol). Casita del Sol has its own private patio area. Casitas de las Estrellas also has its own exclusive patio area. In the winter, cozy up by your own kiva fireplace. The property is very secluded and quiet.
All three casitas feature authentic hand-painted Mexican tile and coved ceilings with original vigas, furnished with hand-carved Southwestern style furniture. The bedrooms features fine linens for a wonderful night's sleep. The sunny atmosphere is the result of skylights throughout. Tastefully decorated with attractive artwork and hand-woven rugs. We have flat screen HDTVs, satellite service, HBO and an IPod dock stereo.
Casita de las Estrellas is 512 square feet with a queen bed in the bedroom and a full sleeper sofa in the living room. There is a shower only. There is a patio behind the casita with chaise lounge, table and chairs. This is for the exclusive use of Casita de las Estrellas.
Casita del Sol is approximately 650 square feet with a queen bed in the bedroom and a full sleeper sofa in the living room. There is a shower only in the bathroom. In addition, Casita del Sol has a private bistro table and chairs in the rear of the casita.
Casita de la Luna is approximately 830 square feet and features a king bed in the bedroom and a full sleeper sofa in the living room. There is a large jacuzzi tub in the bathroom as well as a separate stall shower.
Off-street parking is available as well as laundry facilities. Upon your arrival, you will find all the ingredients for a continental breakfast!
The casitas are maintained with care and pride. My husband and I have owned this property for more than eleven years. In that time we have established a number of return guests who come year after year, saying that this is the best accommodation they have ever stayed in while in Santa Fe.
A/C: Please note that the property does not have air conditioning and it is not necessary. This is the original adobe construction which has been used in New Mexico for centuries. The adobe walls keep the casitas cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The only kind of air conditioning that I could put in these historic buildings would be window units and I refuse to do that as they can be quite noisy and unsightly. We do have fans available for the summer months if people want to use them, as well as portable air conditioners. In addition, in Santa Fe, the nights are about 25-30 degrees cooler than the days, so we do not have warm summer nights. We have guests who return every summer and know that the casitas are very comfortable. I remember a couple from Southern California who stayed with us a few years ago. They were concerned that there was no air conditioning, but they decided to stay anyway. They later told me that they were totally comfortable and were very pleased to have stayed in our property.
**Availability calendar represents all three casitas. If the calendar shows a vacancy, it may be that any of the casitas is available. Please contact us for availability and rates.
Dates available: Year Round
Sorry, but no pets allowed.
Minimum Stay - 1 week
cottage rental amenities
Casita del Sol floor area approximately 650 sq. ft.; Casita de la Luna
approximately 830 sq. ft.; Casita de las Estrellas is 512 sq. ft.
Location Type: Downtown
Theme: Historic
* local maps
* local activities guide
* restaurant/dining guide
* washer/dryer (laundry soap and cleaning supplies provided)
* dish washer
* microwave
* oven
* blender
* refrigerator
* stove-top-burners
* cooking utensils; pots and pans
* dishes and flatware
* iron & board
* toaster
* coffee maker
* paper towels/garbage bags/dish soap, etc.
Living Room:
* kiva fireplace (firewood provided)
* full size sofabed
* telephone/answering machine
* flat screen television with satellite service
* DVD/VCR player, HBO
* WiFi broadband internet access
* stereo with IPod dock, CD player and tuner
* books
* dining area with seating for 4 people (for 3 people in las Estrellas.
Bathrooms: 1 bathroom in each casita
Casita del Sol-shower only; Casita de la Luna-stall shower, as well as a large jacuzzi tub; Casita de las Estrellas-Shower only
* towels provided
* hairdryer
* shampoo (enough to get you started)
* soap
* toilet
Bedrooms: 1 bedroom in each casita, sleeps maximum of 4 people
Casita de las Estrellas - queen mattress, Casita dell Sol - queen mattress, Casita de la Luna - king mattress
* linens provided
* alarm-Clock
* garden-larger garden for the use of Casita del Sol and Casita de la Luna. Casita de las Estrellas has its own private patio/garden area.
* off-street parking
* brick or flagstone patio
* garden table/chairs/umbrella
* chaise
* 2 adirondack chairs
* two benches
* children welcome
* pets not allowed
activities and attractions in Santa Fe New Mexico
Local Activities:
* loads of museums
* World class summer Santa Fe Opera
* cycling
* skiing
* lots of hiking trails
* walking
* water rafting
* swimming
* horseback riding
* live theater
* sledding
* outlet-Shopping
* gambling-Casinos
* sight-Seeing
* restaurants
Nearby Attractions:
* historic sites/towns
* scenic-Drives
* restaurants
vacation rental rates
Regular Season: Jan 3, 2014 - May 31, 2014
Casita de las Estrellas $750 per week, $1,800 per month
Casita del Sol $900 per week, $2,100 per month
Casita de la Luna $975 per week, $2,400 per month
High Season: June 1, 2014 - August 31, 2014
Casita de las Estrellas $850 per week, $2,000 per month ($700 per week introductory offer through September)
Casita del Sol $1,100 per week, $2,400 per month
Casita de la Luna $1,200 per week, $2,700 per month
September 2013
Casita de las Estrellas $800 per week, $1,900 per month
Casita del Sol $1,000 per week, $2,200 per month
Casita de la Luna $1,075 per week, $2,500 per month
Regular Season: October 1, 2013 - November 30, 2013
Casita de las Estrellas $750 per week, $1,800 per month
Casita del Sol $900 per week, $2,100 per month
Casita de la Luna $975 per week, $2,400 per month
December 1-20, 2013
Casita de las Estrellas $750 per week, $1,900 per month
Casita del Sol $900 per week, $2,200 per month
Casita de la Luna $975 per week, $2,500 per month
Holiday: December 21, 2013-January 2, 2014
Casita de las Estrellas $850 per week
Casita del Sol $1,100 per week
Casita de la Luna $1,200 per week
**Please note that on stays less than 30 days, I have to collect a 7%
lodger's tax and forward it to the City of Santa Fe.
***Reviews are from both Casita de la Luna and Casita del Sol guests. No reviews yet for Casita de las Estrellas.


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"After 16 fulfilling years of playing quarterback in the NFL, I am officially announcing my retirement from professional football," Collins said in a statement released by his agents at Athletes First.
"The past several months have brought much introspection, and I have decided that while my desire to compete on Sundays is still and always will be there, my willingness to commit to the preparation necessary to play another season has waned to a level that I feel is no longer adequate to meet the demands of the position," he added.
Last month, Collins told PFW correspondent and Tennessean writer Jim Wyatt that he was open to a return to the Titans. "I know I still have good football left in me," he said at the time.
"I want to wish Mike Munchak and the Tennessee Titans the best of luck in the future," Collins added in his retirement statement. "I have had a fantastic five years here, and my family and I look forward to remaining part of the Middle Tennessee community that has been extremely gracious towards us and an honor to play for."
Collins was a two-time Pro Bowler — in 1996 with the Panthers and 2008 with the Titans. He advanced to Super Bowl XXXV as the quarterback of the Giants. Collins, who had an 81-96 record as a starter, threw for 206 career touchdowns and 195 interceptions.
In 2010, he played in 10 games with seven starts, throwing 14 TD passes and eight interceptions. Collins would have been a free agent.
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Hampton School stand two wins from a Twickenham cup final after reaching the quarter finals of the NatWest Schools Cup.
A Jacob Goss try and two Rory Chatterton penalties secured an 11-0 win over The Campion School on Wednesday.
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"Campion were extremely spirited and, at times, really put us under pressure – their boys were a real credit to the school and they should be proud of their performance.
"The Hampton players were equally outstanding in extremely difficult conditions and I have to applaud their intelligence in the way they solved the problems the game and weather threw at them, as well as the physicality they showed throughout.
"I am very proud of them in what has been an outstanding season regardless of what happens in the quarter finals.
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Fuse ESB Enterprise provides a clustering engine that enables you to use Apache ActiveMQ, or any other JMS broker, to specify the endpoints to cluster in a JBI application. The Fuse ESB Enterprise clustering engine works in conjunction with the normalized message router (NMR), and uses Apache ActiveMQ and specifically configured JBI endpoints to build clusters.
A cluster is defined as two or more JBI containers networked together. Implementing clustering between JBI containers gives you access to features including load balancing and high availability, rollback and redelivery, and remote container awareness.
Clustering provides the following features that can be implemented in your applications:
Connect JBI containers to form a network, and dynamically add and remove the containers from the network.
Enable rollback and redelivery when a JBI exchange fails.
Implement load balancing among JBI containers capable of handling a given exchange. For example:
Install the same component in multiple JBI containers to provide increased capacity and high availability (if one container fails, the same component in another container can service the request).
Partition the workload among multiple JBI container instances to enable different containers to handle different tasks, spreading the workload across multiple containers.
Remote component awareness means each clustered JBI container is aware of the components in its peer containers. Networked containers listen for remote component registration/deregistration events and can route requests to those components.
Complete the following steps to set up JBI endpoint clustering:
Install the jbi-cluster feature included in Fuse ESB Enterprise. See Installing the clustering feature.
Optionally, configure the clustering engine with a JMS broker other than the Apache ActiveMQ. See Changing the JMS broker.
Optionally, change the default clustering engine configuration to specify different cluster and destination names. See Changing the default configuration.
Add endpoints and register the endpoint definition in the Spring configuration. See Using clustering in an application.
See the following sections for additional information:
To install the jbi-cluster feature, use the install command from the command console:
Start Fuse ESB Enterprise.
At the
karaf@root>prompt, type:
features:install jbi-cluster
featuresL:listto list the existing features and their installation state. Verify that the jbi-cluster feature is installed.
The cluster configuration bundle is automatically installed when you install the jbi-cluster feature.
Fuse ESB Enterprise has a pre-installed clustering engine that is configured to use the included
Apache ActiveMQ. The default configuration for the Fuse ESB Enterprise cluster engine is defined in the
jbi-cluster.xml file in the
org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.config bundle. This bundle is located
in the installation directory in
The default cluster engine configuration, shown in Example 5.1, is designed to meet most basic requirements.
Example 5.1. Default cluster engine configuration
<bean id="clusterEngine" class="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.engine.ClusterEngine"> <property name="pool"> <bean class="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.requestor.ActiveMQJmsRequestorPool"> <property name="connectionFactory" ref="connectionFactory" /> <property name="destinationName" value="${destinationName}" /> </bean> </property> <property name="name" value="${clusterName}" /> </bean> <osgi:list id="clusterRegistrations" interface="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.engine.ClusterRegistration" cardinality="0..N"> <osgi:listener ref="clusterEngine" bind-method="register" unbind-method="unregister" /> </osgi:list> <osgi:reference id="connectionFactory" interface="javax.jms.ConnectionFactory" /> <osgi:service ref="clusterEngine"> <osgi:interfaces> <value>org.apache.servicemix.nmr.api.Endpoint</value> <value>org.apache.servicemix.nmr.api.event.Listener</value> <value>org.apache.servicemix.nmr.api.event.EndpointListener</value> <value>org.apache.servicemix.nmr.api.event.ExchangeListener</value> </osgi:interfaces> <osgi:service-properties> <entry key="NAME" value="${clusterName}" /> </osgi:service-properties> </osgi:service> <osgix:cm-properties id="clusterProps" persistent-id="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.config"> <prop key="clusterName">${servicemix.name}</prop> <prop key="destinationName">org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster</prop> </osgix:cm-properties> <ctx:property-placeholder properties-ref="clusterProps" /> </beans>
Fuse ESB Enterprise has a preconfigured Apache ActiveMQ instance that automatically starts when the container is started. This means you do not have to start a broker instance for the clustering engine to work.
You can alter the default configuration by adding a configuration file to the bundle
org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.config. This added configuration
file enables you to change both the
clusterName and the
You can configure the cluster engine with another JMS broker by adding a Spring XML file
containing the full configuration to the
When using an OSGi packaged JBI service assembly, you can include the clustered endpoints definitions directly in the Spring configuration. In addition to the endpoint definition, you must add a bean that registers the endpoint with the clustering engine.
Example 5.2 shows an OSGi packaged HTTP consumer endpoint that is part of a cluster.
Example 5.2. OSGi packaged JBI endpoint
<http:consumer id="myHttpConsumer" service="test:myService" endpoint="myEndpoint" />
<bean class="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.engine.OsgiSimpleClusterRegistration">
<property name="endpoint" ref="myHttpConsumer" />
When using a JBI packaged service assembly, you must create a Spring application to register the endpoint as a clustered endpoint. This configuration requires that you provide additional information about the endpoint.
Example 5.3 shows a JBI packaged HTTP consumer endpoint that is part of a cluster.
Example 5.3. JBI packaged endpoint
<http:consumer id="myHttpConsumer" service="test:myService" endpoint="myEndpoint" />
<bean class="org.apache.servicemix.jbi.cluster.engine.OsgiSimpleClusterRegistration">
<property name="serviceName" value="test:myService" />
<property name="endpointName" value="myEndpoint" />
To create a network of JBI containers, you must establish network connections between each of the containers in the network, and then establish a network connection between the active containers. You can configure these network connections as either static or multicast connections.
Static network connections — Configure each
networkConnectorin the cluster in the broker configuration file
Example 5.4 shows an example of a static
networkConnectordiscovery configuration.
Example 5.4. Static configuration
<!-- Set the brokerName to be unique for this container --> <amq:broker id="broker" brokerName="host1_broker1" depends-on="jmxServer"> .... <networkConnectors> <networkConnector name="host1_to_host2" uri="static://(tcp://host2:61616)"/> <!-- A three container network would look like this --> <!-- (Note it is not necessary to list the hostname in the uri list) --> <!-- networkConnector name="host1_to_host2_host3" uri="static://(tcp://host2:61616,tcp://host3:61616)"/ --> </networkConnectors> </amq:broker>
Multicast network connections — Enable multicast on your network and configure multicast in the broker configuration file
installation_directory/conf/activemq.xmlfor each container in the network. When the containers start they detect each other and transparently connect to one another.
Example 5.5 shows an example of a multicast
networkConnectordiscovery configuration.
Example 5.5. Multicast configuration
<networkConnectors> <!-- by default just auto discover the other brokers --> <networkConnector name="default-nc" uri="multicast://default"/> </networkConnectors>
When a network connection is established, each container discovers the other containers' remote components and can route to them.
You can cluster JBI containers to implement high availability by configuring two distinct
Fuse ESB Enterprise container instances in a master-slave configuration. In all cases, the master is in
ACTIVE mode and the slave is in
STANDBY mode waiting for a
failover event to trigger the slave to take over.
You can configure the master and the slave one of the following ways:
Shared file system master-slave — In a shared database master-slave configuration, two containers use the same physical data store for the container state. You should ensure that the file system supports file level locking, as this is the mechanism used to elect the master. If the master process exits, the database lock is released and the slave acquires it. The slave then becomes the master.
JDBC master-slave — In a JDBC master-slave configuration, the master locks a table in the backend database. The failover event in this case is that the lock is released from the database.
Pure master-slave — A pure master-slave configuration can use either a shared database or a shared file system. The master replicates all state changes to the slave so additional overhead is incurred. The failover trigger in a pure master-slave configuration is that the slave loses its network connection to its master. Because of the additional overhead and maintenance involved, this option is less desirable than the other two options.
The following conventions apply to configuring clustering:
Don't use static and multicast
networkConnectorsat the same time. If you enable static
networkConnectors, then you should disable any multicast
networkConnectors, and vice versa.
When configuring a network of containers in
installation_directory/conf/activemq.xml, ensure that the
brokerNameattribute is unique for each node in the cluster. This will enable the instances in the network to uniquely identify each other.
When configuring a network of containers you must ensure that you have unique persistent stores for each
ACTIVEinstance. If you have a JDBC data source, you must use a separate database for each
ACTIVEinstance. For example:
<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost/broker_activemq_host1?relaxAutoCommit=true"/>
You can setup a network of containers on the same host. To do this, you must change the JMS ports and
transportConnectorports to avoid any port conflicts. Edit the
installation_directory/conf/activemq.xmlfile, changing the
activemq.portas appropriate. For example:
rmi.port = 1098 rmi.host = localhost jmx.url = service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://${rmi.host}:${rmi.port}/jmxrmi activemq.port = 61616 activemq.host = localhost activemq.url = tcp://${activemq.host}:${activemq.port}


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