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Jim Cramer believes there is always a bull market somewhere, and he wants to help you find it. He is host of CNBC's "Mad Money," (M-F: 6 p.m. ET) featuring lively guest interviews, viewer calls and most important, the unmatched, fiery opinions of Cramer himself. He serves as the viewer's personal guide through the confusing jungle of Wall Street investing—navigating through both opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind—to help them make money.
Cramer is also co-anchor of the 9 a.m. ET hour of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" (M-F: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. ET) and the founder of TheStreet, a multimedia provider of financial commentary.
He graduated from Harvard College where he was president and editor-in-chief of the prestigious daily, The Harvard Crimson. After graduation, he became a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat and later for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, where he covered stories ranging from homicides to sporting events.
Cramer is a former hedge fund manager and founder/owner and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz. His compounded rate of return was 24 percent after all fees for 14 years at Cramer Berkowitz. He retired from his hedge fund in 2001, where he finished with one of the best records in the business, including having 36 percent-plus year in 2000.
He helped Steve Brill launch American Lawyer magazine before attending Harvard Law School and earning a law degree. Upon graduating and passing the New York State Bar Examination and being admitted to the N.Y. State Bar, Cramer joined Goldman Sachs in sales and trading. While at Goldman, Cramer wrote for The New Republic about stock market issues.
In December 2013, he published the book, "Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully," in which he creates a guide to high-yield, low-risk investing. Cramer is also the author of "Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even," "Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich," "Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich," "Jim Cramer's RealMoney" and "Confessions of a Street Addict."
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Craig Counsell has been in the major leagues for 16 seasons. You might remember him as the player leaping across the plate with the winning run for the Marlins in the 1997 World Series; he got a second ring with the 2001 Diamondbacks. For the last five years the Milwaukee-area native has been a capable backup infielder for his hometown Brewers.
Until now, that is. Counsell turns 41 this month. In celebration of his upcoming birthday, he's hitless in his last 45 at-bats, dating back to June 10:
During his 0-for-45 streak Counsell has lowered his batting average from .236 to .145, although with one walk and one hit by pitch during that stretch he does have a nifty .042 on-base percentage.
The all-time record (for non-pitchers) is 46 consecutive hitless at-bats, set by Bill Bergen of Brooklyn. They were known as the "Superbas" then, but Bergen's performance was anything but superb. He was one of the worst hitters -- maybe the worst -- in major league history, hitting .170/.194/.201 (with just two home runs) in 3,228 plate appearances.
Counsell has tied the second-longest streak in history, set by Dave Campbell in 1973. Here's a list of the longest non-pitcher streaks, as of 2005 (the most recent list I could find).
But Counsell has been a decent hitter at times in his career, and hitless streaks like this aren't necessarily the sole property of banjo hitters. Earlier this year, the Phillies' Raul Ibanez had an 0-for-35 run, one short of the Phillies' team record, held by Len Matuszek (1982-83) and Desi Relaford (1998).
It happens to All-Stars; Robin Ventura suffered through an 0-for-41 in 1990, his rookie year, but his manager, Jeff Torborg, stuck with him and Ventura had a solid career. Also in his freshman season, Jose Canseco had an 0-for-40, but recovered to be named Rookie of the Year.
Perhaps Counsell can take counsel from what happened to a future Hall of Famer. Luis Aparicio went 0-for-44 in 1971, while with the Red Sox. It can happen to anyone.
I mentioned this is the record for non-pitchers. The all-time record is held by Bob Buhl, a former Cubs pitcher who did not get a hit for the entire 1962 season (0-for-70) and was 0-for-87 overall from late 1961 through early '63.
That record will likely stand for a long time, but now that Counsell has reached the
pinnacle nadir of position-player 0-fer's, he should go for the record. Zero for two in his next two at-bats would put him in the memory of baseball fans forever. Go for it, Craig.
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Trinity Saint David: student sit-in over 'staff cuts'
Students have taken part in a sit-in in West Wales this morning.
They're angry about what they claim are cuts to academic staff at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David following a merger between the University of Wales Lampeter and Trinity College Camarthen.
Bosses say they've had to restructure, but teaching has been reallocated to staff with the same specialism or alternative modules offered.
The University has been reviewing its staffing complement; seeking efficiency gains in some areas whilst looking to invest inothers as part of the annual planning process.
This is normal activity withinthe business environment and its purpose is to secure the long term sustainability of the organisation.
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State Sen. Lee Bright, R-Spartanburg, is running for the U.S. Senate and as part of his campaign, he is holding a gun giveaway.
Bright's campaign sent out an email Thursday announcing the contest. In order to be entered, people are asked to fill out an online form here. They're also asked to pass along the word to their "pro-gun friend and family member."
According to the giveaway website, on Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. a random name will be drawn for the prize - a brand-new Palmetto Armory AR-15.
His email opens with saying how gun control supporters tried to use the Newtown, CT, shooting to pass new laws, but how strong supporters of the Second Amendment like himself kept them from winning. In the email, Bright said he is the, "Pro-gun, pro-Constitution candidate in this race for the U.S. Senate - and I can't think of a better way to get that word out than by giving away a brand new AR-15."
Bright also asked for donations for his campaign in the email. He is one of four Republicans challenging incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham in the 2014 Senate race.
According to the contest website, the winner must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible and will have to pass a background check as required by law.
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NASCAR's suspension of Kurt Busch on Monday was the most surprised I've ever been at a penalty announcement for a couple reasons.
First of all, I always felt NASCAR's "probation" was relatively meaningless. Turns out it's not. Busch was already on probation when he threatened SportingNews.com reporter Bob Pockrass after Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Dover, and that played a big part in the suspension.
Second, I didn't think Busch's actions were enough to draw a suspension. Another fine? Sure. But a suspension? NASCAR typically reserves suspensions only for the most egregious incidents.
Threatening to beat up a reporter who asks a relatively innocent question is pretty bad, but it's not like Busch actually followed through and did something physical. That said, there's no question NASCAR looked at Busch's previous incidents and felt it needed to send a huge message to the driver: ENOUGH!
If that's the case, I certainly agree.
At the start of the season, Busch's rebuilding project was encouraging. He seemed sincere about trying to get himself back together and he was doing a good job of avoiding rough spots up until Darlington. I personally bought into the idea that Busch was using a second chance to get some positive momentum for his career and his life.
But ever since he snapped at Darlington – he drove through the No. 39 team's pit box, hit Ryan Newman's car on pit road and shouted at crew members – it all seemed to unravel. The goodwill from his hilarious Talladega Nights act at 'Dega disappeared, and he's appeared to be as unhappy as ever.
That said, there was no excuse for his comments to Pockrass after finishing fourth at Dover. Anyone who thinks Pockrass was out of line with his question to Busch is either an apologist for the driver or someone who isn't being honest with themselves.
NASCAR holds the drivers who finish second through fifth on pit road to do media interviews. Pockrass wasn't somewhere he shouldn't have been or making a demand on Busch that was unreasonable.
Busch himself brought up the topic of probation in an interview with ESPN (and was actually funny about it, making a comment about nose-picking); Pockrass was simply following up. There was no reason for Busch to suddenly turn sour about a subject he'd just mentioned moments earlier.
So what if he raced hard with Justin Allgaier and was frustrated? Professional athletes have to deal with these situations all the time, and 99.9 percent of them don't threaten the media who ask about it.
If Busch felt the question was inflammatory, then he should have either deflected it or answered it in about one million other ways than telling Pockrass he'd like to beat him up – with a freaking SPEED camera crew right there recording the whole thing!
When I found out about the incident, I was personally upset on Pockrass' behalf. I used to be co-workers with Pockrass and got to see his incredible work ethic up close. I admire him because I've never known anyone who works harder at any job than Pockrass does at his. The dude is just an incredibly driven individual, he's well-respected by just about everyone and he is not an attention whore in any way.
People kept asking me on Twitter for a reaction to the incident, but I didn't want to tweet something I would regret later. Ask yourself this: How would you feel if a someone threatened to beat the crap out of your friend who was simply doing his job?
Busch may be a fun guy away from the track who does great things for U.S. troops, but when he gets into a competitive environment, he's the Incredible Hulk. NASCAR's decision indicates officials believe that's not an acceptable way to behave.
It'd be nice to think the suspension will finally make Busch realize he can't keep treating people in a disrespectful manner, but ultimately I doubt it will have that kind of lasting impact.


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|Reimagining the Superblock
Cities around the country have central business districts that are active only during the day. Unwelcoming outside of business hours, these pivotal locations become barriers between neighborhoods, important public spaces, and civic landmarks. State capitals, in particular, often have campuses of government buildings that are poorly integrated into the surrounding city.
Washington, DC faces similar planning challenges with federal office buildings that go dormant at night and on weekends. These "superblocks"—large office buildings of monumental scale—lack the human dimension and street-level activity that would draw people to the area outside business hours. Precincts in the heart of the city—such as Federal Triangle and Southwest Federal Center—hinder movement among key places like the National Mall, the central business district, and the Anacostia waterfront.
Reimagining the Federal Superblock—an offshoot of the Framework Plan—explores how to enliven single-use office districts. The elimination of urban "dead zones" helps create viable connections among city neighborhoods.
NCPC and GSA sponsored a public discussion in May 2009 to explore ways to encourage federal agencies to make their facilities more publicly accessible and to open up their ground floors to retail and cultural uses. Building security emerged as one of the largest obstacles to circumvent, but the participants were eager to solve the problem.
"Are we willing to live with the assumption that we can't let people into buildings?" asked Bill Dowd, NCPC's director of Physical Planning. "We shouldn't allow security to be an excuse for inaction."
Creative solutions include a "building wrap" that creates a separate, publicly accessible space around the secured area of the building. It provides a buffer and supports active uses, but does not create the appearance of two separate buildings. Other ideas include reinforcing the retail space within the building envelope and allowing freestanding vendors outside.
"We have examples that work right here in DC," said David Zaidain, NCPC's manager of the Federal Superblock project. "The IMF Headquarters has two attractive retail spaces along Pennsylvania Avenue, and the International Trade Center has over 80,000 square feet of space for restaurants, exhibits, and event programming."
A wider mix of ground-floor uses will have many benefits, including a more attractive work environment for federal employees, more amenities for visitors, and a more vibrant, connected urban environment.
"Our visitors don't want to be forced to patronize places where everybody around them is a tourist," said Jane Levy Freundel of DC Cultural Tourism. "Part of the attraction of Washington, believe it or not, is that visitors want to see what the bureaucrats look like."
The ultimate effect of these initiatives could be quite profound. "I hope that we can get rid of the idea that government is just a 'bureaucracy behind walls," said Ms. Miller. "Creating seamless connections between federal buildings and the rest of the city could reshape people's perceptions of government and their relationship to it."
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KENNESAW, Ga., - The FGCU volleyball team earned the 100th win in program history with a 3-0 (30-15, 30-12, 30-16) sweep of Kennesaw State in Atlantic Sun Conference play on Friday night. The Eagles improve to 20-2 overall and 8-1 in the A-Sun while Kennesaw State falls to 4-21, 2-6 A-Sun.
FGCU led throughout game one and built a 20-12 lead. FGCU used a pair of small 4-0 runs to take the lead. Ana Kokanovic (Lazarevac, Serbia) served six straight points to close game one 30-15. Kokanovic picked up three aces during the run.
In the second game, the Eagles quickly jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Following a pair of side-outs, FGCU went on a 4-0 run to take an 11-4 lead. FGCU built a lead of 17-8 and followed with a 7-0 run to put game two out of reach. FGCU would end up with a 30-12 win in the second game.
Kennesaw State would go up 2-0, their only lead of the match, in the third game. FGCU responded with a 5-1 run to regain the lead. The Eagles would slowly pull away and close the game with a 6-0 run to end the match in three games.
Sabrita Gulley led the Owls with eight kills on the match. Jenny Black and Lindsey Plotner each picked up seven digs in the match.
Roberta Santos (Recife, Brazil) and Brooke Youngquist (Fort Myers, Fla.) each picked up nine kills in the match. Santos hit .300 and added 16 assists, seven digs, three aces and three blocks. Youngquist collected eight digs while hitting .333. Kokanovic hit .636 in the match and finished with eight kills and three aces.
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Former students frequently drop by to visit Robert Rice or invite him to lunch, coffee, birthday parties, high school and college graduations. But this year was the first time, he says, that he was invited to the wedding of a former student.
"Not wanting to dwell on how old this made me feel," he recalls, "I had to ask why was I invited. I was told by the bride, 'Why wouldn't I invite my favorite teacher?'"
Touched by the praise, and by being included in such a personal event, Rice went on to have a wonderful time reuniting with former students and their parents at the ceremony. The bride also told him that she was becoming a teacher, and that he was partly responsible for her choosing that path.
Despite the numbers of students who continue to stay in touch, and others who Rice "checks in with" from time to time, he is surprised – and maybe a little amused – that any student would want to contact him after moving on. "They know that just because they leave my classroom, doesn't mean they've left my clutches!"
He is often "floored," he adds, that the former students still remember things that were done in class years ago. "And they know," he says, "how easy it is to get me to cry too."
A recent encounter that Rice admits drew some tears was related to a civics project that he has assigned for many years. The project requires students to pretend that they are 18 and fresh out of high school, and that they must live on their own for one month. Using the newspaper, internet and job and apartment guides, they must find age-appropriate jobs, apartments for rent, and transportation – then figure out to pay their bills.
As this school year began, Rice received an email from a former student. "She informed me that when her mom lost her job during the summer, they used my project to help budget their household," he says. "She let me know that my project played a large part in helping them through some pretty tough times."
Rice also has a gift for teaching history to his students, who say that he teaches in a way that is interactive and engaging and helps all students understand the material. More than one former student has stated that he or she was never interested in history until having Rice for a teacher.
"But he made history so fun," wrote one, "that I thoroughly enjoyed going to class. Now, almost five years later, I still attribute my love of history to Mr. Rice."
One former student called Rice "the most motivational and inspirational teacher I have had" in HCPS, and said he made her "fall in love with history." He teaches the subject with such enthusiasm, she wrote, that it makes students want to learn.
It was his passion for history that led him to the profession of teaching, says Rice – even though not all of his own teachers were good ones and some he described as "pretty terrible."
He credits Moody Middle School teacher Bonnie Geiger (now retired) with shaping the way he teaches middle schoolers.
"All through college, I was preparing to teach high school," says Rice. "When placed at Moody, I thought I was being punished by my advisor. Thankfully, Mrs. Geiger was there to show me that middle school was the best place for me to be.
"I still use her lessons and worksheets in my classes . . . 15 years later."
Rice drew praise from nominators not only for his skills in the classroom, but also for his participation in PTA and school pageants, and for supporting his students outside of class by cheering them on at after-school activities and athletic events.
Other students expressed appreciation for the tutoring, advice and listening ear he gave them. "He is always there to lend a helping hand to a struggling student," said one.
When another student was struggling with her feelings over losing a close relative, wrote a parent, she turned to Rice. "Mr. Rice had something about his caring for his students – not just their grades, but overall well-being – that made her think about life and that she still could exist among others and allow them to care."
Another parent wrote that Rice has a high-energy and creative personality that makes even typically-unmotivated students want to please him, adding that students also bond with Rice because he respects their individuality. "He seems to make a personal connection with every child he teaches," said the parent, who was echoed by a former student now in high school. "He is not only a phenomenal teacher, but a wonderful friend," wrote the student. "He still keeps track of my grades and makes sure I am staying focused, even though I am no longer his student. There is no way I could be as successful without him."
But the parents who have had multiple children in Rice's classes are perhaps his biggest fans, citing the turnaround they have seen in children who complained about school but began to love it, and the way his students talk about him years after leaving his class. "There is no other teacher that I know," said one, "[who can so] touch their students intellectually and inspire them with smiles on their faces."
One parent of several children said that Rice's impact has filtered down even to her four-year-old, who enjoyed and learned from the projects done by older siblings.
"I think," she wrote of Rice and his relationship with his students, "that he literally would be their mentor for life."
Celebrating 106 years
Former Sandston resident Mildred Taylor celebrated her 106th birthday Aug. 9. Taylor, who now lives in Powhatan, is still a member of Sandston Baptist Church. She was visited the day after her birthday by several members of the church, who played for her a recording of the entire church membership singing happy birthday to her during worship. > Read more.
YMCA breaks ground for aquatic center
YMCA officials gathered last week to break ground on the new Tommy J. West Aquatic Center at the Shady Grove Family YMCA on Nuckols Road. The center, which will featured 7,600 square feet of competitive and recreational space, including water slides, play areas for children and warmer water for those with physical limitations, is the fourth phase of a $4 million expansion at the facility. West was president and CEO of Capital Interior Contractors and a founding member of the Central Virginia Region of the Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. > Read more.
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.
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Enjoy the final days of summer with comedian Guy Torry, the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour or mystery writer Mary Miley Theobald at Twin Hickory Library. Another great way to welcome the beginning of fall is to check out the UR Spider Football season opener with man's best friend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Bottoms up
Short Pump brewery offers more than just beer
I am still (happily) thinking about my entire experience at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery last week. Knowing nothing about this new brewery out of Denver, I was leery of brew-pub in the heart of Short Pump Town Center – this is not what I'd usually think of as a perfect fit, and yet, it was.
The restaurant and craft brewery opened in early June and features 10 beers made by female brewmaster Becky Hammond (pictured). This is the restaurant's second location in Virginia; the first is in Arlington. Behind glass walls, customers watched the beer brewing in massive steel barrels. For our up-and-coming beer region, it makes sense that Short Pump would jump on board.
As I walked up to the back of the mall near the comedy club, I was taken aback by what I saw: at the top of the stairs was an overflowing restaurant with outdoor seating, large umbrellas and dangling outdoor lights. > Read more.
Cultural Arts Center announces 2014 fall class schedule
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is now registering participants for its fall 2014 schedule of classes.
The center will offer more than 100 classes for children and adults, covering topicssuch as culinary arts, fiber arts, visual and performance arts and more. Instruction is structured to appeal to a wide range of abilities, from beginners to experts of all ages. Class sizes are kept small to ensure maximum benefit for participants with generally no more than 15 students. > Read more.
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Obituary – Helen S. Davis
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ELYRIA -- Last year, Magnificat won its first district title in 10 years, before eventually losing to Wadsworth in the regional semifinals.
The Blue Streaks lost their entire starting five, and nine players total from that team to graduation, so very few people gave them a chance at repeating the type of success they had a year ago.
On Saturday they took a big step in not only repeating last year's success, but taking it another notch further, as they beat Elyria 51-39 to advance to the Sweet 16, where they will meet Wadsworth once again in the regional semifinals.


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The Lowepro SlingShot Sling Bag (Black) is a 420 and 840 denier nylon bag designed to carry a pro digital SLR camera with lens attached (70-200mm f/2.8), plus 5-6 additional lenses, flash and memory cards. The main compartment is outfitted with adjustable, padded dividers to customize the interior. There is a padded compartment to hold most 15.4" notebook computers. The bag has an All Weather Cover, a built-in memory card pouch, accessory pockets for easy access to personal items, a microfiber LCD cloth, and Hypalon SlipLock attachment loops.
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The Bucs defense made its mark in the win over the Bills: seven sacks, five takeaways. Similar stats would certainly be welcome in the Bucs' home finale this season, Sunday afternoon against the Forty Niners.
The Bucs compare San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick to the Panthers' Cam Newton. Kaepernick can hurt teams with his arm and his feet.
And Bucs coach Greg Schiano knows it.
"I think he's really talented. That guy has a huge arm, he throws the ball from the far hash to a 22-yard. I don't really see many throwing 22-yard comeback," Schiano said. "But he really rips it, and it doesn't leave much more than about seven feet off the ground."
The Niners' quarterback has been on Schiano's radar since he was the coach at Rutgers, and Kaepernick was the quarterback for Nevada.
Schiano recalled a visit to the University of Nevada where one coach was singing Kaepernick's praises.
"I can remember the coach there, Chris Ault, speaking to our staff about 'Kaepy.' It was 'Kaepy' this, 'Kaepy' that. I said 'I have to see this Kaepy guy.' Well, I'm seeing him. I tell you, I'm seeing him in my dreams."
The Bucs don't make turnovers or sacks top priority this week. Stopping San Francisco is all about stopping the run, stopping the Niners' running quarterback -- and stopping Frank Gore.
Since 2011, when Gore rushed for 100 yards or more, the 49ers are undefeated, 11-0.
Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy says Gore is on the radar.
"I don't know why people don't focus on Frank Gore," McCoy said. "They can say he's getting old all they want. That guys till runs the ball the same. He can't run away from people like he used to, but he gets the yards as necessary, and for us, he's our focal point. I'll openly say it: Frank Gore is our focal point"
McCoy says the priority needs to be slowing Gore down.
"If you can slow that guy down then we can start worrying about everything else. It's not to downplay anybody else, because they have a great offense. But that guy, he makes things run. If he's going, their offense is going, so we've got to slow that guy down."
In Schiano's tenure, the Bucs have allowed only four opposing players to rush for 100 yards. They plan to prevent Frank Gore and San Francisco from running away with number five.
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KSP Post 3 Labor Day Weekend 2013 Activity
Date of News Release: 09/04/2013
(Bowling Green, KY) -- During the Labor Day holiday weekend which began on August 30, 2013 and ran until midnight on September 2, 2013, Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowing Green reported zero fatalities on the roadways.
Troopers and Detectives issued or worked the following during the holiday period:
- Citations- 220
- DUI's- 7
- Speed- 47
- Seatbelt- 24
- Cases- 16
- Collisions- 12
- Arrests- 20
"With an increase of traffic on the roadways, the continued effort to enforce traffic laws, and a presence of KSP Personnel on our roadways had made this a very safe and successful holiday period."
"Kentucky State Police Post 3 Troopers will continue to utilize directed patrols and road checks throughout the Post 3 area during the month of September as a way to keep the roadways safe," commented Trooper Jonathan Biven, Public Affairs Officer


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McIntyre News
Local news for McIntyre, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
Feb 10, 2014 | Examiner.com
Honey Boo Boo's sister 'Pumpkin' rushed to ER: Report
Honey Boo Boo's sister Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon, 13, has been rushed to the emergency room on Sunday, according to a TMZ report .
Would-be shoplifter can't pull it off
"Those batteries I didn't steal? I want to return them," was the message a shoplifter had for a store employee Sunday evening.
'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo': TV Recap
One night in 1977, Arthur Fonzarelli, an auto mechanic from Milwaukee, made television history when he donned water skis and leapt over some sort of aquatic tank, reasserting his pre-"Night Shift" coolness, but more importantly giving all of us a handy way to parse good vs. no-longer-so-good.
Significant Snow Expected Tuesday Night in Middle Georgia
A Winter Storm Watch is issued by the National Weather Service when there is a potential for heavy snow or significant ice accumulations.
'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' TV Recap: 'Familymoon' and 'Hubba Bubba!'
This week on " Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ," the family took the show on the road, literally, as they piled into an RV for the "familymoon" of a lifetime.
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First of all, let me say that this was one of the most enjoyable cruises that we have ever taken, probably the BEST! The ship was one of the most beautiful that we have ever been on and very clean, clean, clean! There was marble and granite everywhere. We booked an inside cabin on Deck 1 and it happened to be a great location for us. The cabin had plenty of room for all our clothing and even the bathroom had quite a roomy vanity top. It was not a huge cabin but it served our needs nicely without feeling cramped as we have on other newer ships.
The activities were abundant and the staff was the most energetic group of young people that I have ever met. I never even had time to crack open a book or a magazine since we were so busy having fun. They did many of the same things done on other cruise lines but they also did more. I guess that's what CRUISING ITALIAN STYLE is all about. They had several theme nights (TROPICAL DECK PARTY, ITALIAN NIGHT, MEDITERRANEAN NIGHT, and do not miss the ROMAN TOGA NIGHT!) I took over 300 photos (also a rarity for me) but wanted to share our experience with friends and family.
ENTERTAINMENT: The two main production shows were very well done. Also, the singers they had on two of the nights were excellent and really got the audience to participate. They also had a very original act called THE MYTH TRIO from South Africa. . .not to be missed. But, I must say, some of the greatest entertainment was provided by the staff on the theme nights. It would take too long to go into detail here and you will just have to experience it.
PORTS: SAN JUAN-We did not get off the ship here since we have been here many times before. ST. THOMAS-We did get off the ship and did some local shopping right at the dock. Always a great place to shop. LA ROMANA-We did take a van ($4.00 round trip each) into the town. The best bargain of the cruise was the Internet Cafe in La Romana -$1.00 for a half hour of access!! It seems to be a very poor island and they seemed desperate to sell their goods at an area called Central Park. GRAND TURK-This was our favorite stop on any cruise we have ever been on. We were the only ship in port and the shopping and a lovely beach were right there as soon as you got off the ship. There were tons of deck chairs and cabanas on the beach for the use of the cruise passengers. There was also a MARGARITAVILLE which had a huge pool and a DJ to entertain. I think everyone had a great time on GRAND TURK.


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Sassy Chicken & Peppers Recipe
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
- 2 teaspoons taco seasoning
- 4 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 1 small onion, halved and sliced
- 1/2 small green bell pepper, julienned
- 1/2 small sweet red pepper, julienned
- 1/4 cup salsa
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Sprinkle chicken with seasoning. In a small nonstick skillet, cook chicken in 2 teaspoons oil over medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. Remove and keep warm.
- Saute onion and peppers in remaining oil until crisp-tender; stir in salsa and lime juice. Spoon mixture over chicken. Yield: 2 servings.
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one more thing: It does not look like this picture. One could add even more peppers to this dish. The more the better.
My mom made this and I loved it! It tasted like candy! :) I couldnt get enough of it. You dont even miss any bread or tortilla flavor. Much less calories than most of the other recipes with these ingredients: chicken, salsa, green peppers. I am making this for Memorial Day when our friends are coming over. Serving it with home-made 4 cheese macaroni and cheese. Should comlpiment well!
This was very easy and delish!! I used the frozen grilled chicken instead of fresh and I'll do that next time too to cut down on cooking time. This would be good in a tortilla too. Will def. make agai.
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Lee Westwood's decision is kick in the teeth for Billy Foster
7:20pm Friday 16th November 2012 in Sport By Sports Desk
Billy Foster, one of golf's best-known caddies, has described not being able to go back alongside Lee Westwood when he recovers fitness as "unbelievably disappointing".
The world No 4 has told Bingley St Ives member Foster that he is sticking with Zimbabwean Mike Kerr going into next season.
Keighley-born Foster, alongside Westwood in his rise to the top of the rankings, has needed two operations since suffering a cruciate knee injury during a soccer kickabout in America in May.
"It's been very difficult these last six months - I've been in a dark tunnel," said Foster.
"I've only started walking again these last two weeks, so to get the call from Lee just as I was starting to see the light again was unbelievably disappointing and made it harder to take.
"We had such a laugh together, have been great mates and were very successful, but it's a tough game for caddies and I've just to focus on getting myself right.
"I'm a strong character and I'll be fine - I know I will be - but all this because of a freak accident. I wasn't even playing in the game when it happened."
Foster chose not to be part of a caddie side against a local team in North Carolina, but was there to watch and went on the pitch during the warm-up.
"My foot went in a hole and you could hear the crack 20 yards away."
Kerr is Westwood's third caddie since then. They linked up in August after his missed cut at the USPGA Championship, which also resulted in him parting company with coach Pete Cowen.
Westwood's manager Andrew "Chubby" Chandler" said: "Lee is at that stage of his career where he has to be a little bit selfish.
"Billy hopes to be fit enough at the start of next year to caddie for one week and then have one week off, but Lee is playing six tournaments in a row starting in Dubai next February."
As soon as he proves he is fit again, Foster should be much in demand. His previous bosses include Seve Ballesteros, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn and even Tiger Woods at the 2005 Presidents Cup when Steve Williams was unavailable.
Westwood was back as a member of the PGA Tour in the States this year and has now taken the extra step of moving his family from Worksop to Florida as he approaches his 40th birthday.
He is still searching for his first major title, and the US Masters in April will be his 60th attempt.
A spokesman for Westwood's management company said: "Lee says he did not fire Billy, but took the decision because Billy was unable to give him a date when he would be able to start working again."
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Alumni awards recognize Queen's-Kingston community leaders
The Queen's University Alumni Association (QUAA) is honouring Regina Rosen with this year's Padre Laverty Award, and the 2009 Queen's Gaels football team will receive the Jim Bennett Achievement Award.
"The Kingston Branch is delighted to be honouring Regina Rosen and the Queen's Gaels football team, who through their achievements have each given so much to both the Queen's and Kingston communities," says Sue Bates, local QUAA president. "They truly represent the spirit of the two gentlemen for which our awards are named—Padre Laverty and Jim Bennett. We look forward to a wonderful celebration."
Inaugurated in 1967 as the Kingston Award, and renamed in 1991 to commemorate the long and distinguished service of the first University Chaplain, the Padre Laverty Award is presented to the person whose service best emulates that of Padre Laverty.
Kingston philanthropist Regina Rosen will receive the Padre Laverty Achievement Award for volunteering energy, enthusiasm and financial support to Queen's University, the arts and the greater Kingston community. Her extensive volunteer activities include sitting on the selection committee for the Endowed Irving & Regina Rosen Public Lecture Series at Queen's, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Kingston, Co-chair of the 100th Anniversary Centenary Celebrations at the Beth Israel Synagogue, and Board and Committee Member of the Kingston United Way. Ms Rosen graduated from Queen's in 1980 with a BA in Religion & Drama.
"Receiving the Padre Laverty Award has been inspirational," says Ms Rosen. "I asked myself, 'am I worthy of this?' I then began to think not so much about what I have done, but that I had so much more to do. This extraordinary event has been life-changing, affording me the opportunity to look back, reflect on my life, and to refocus on what more is possible. It is always a time for new beginnings"
Inaugurated in 1993 as the Kingston Achievement Award, and renamed in 2000 to commemorate the distinguished and dedicated service of the late Jim Bennett to the university, to its students, and to the citizens of the greater Kingston community, the Jim Bennett Achievement Award honours Kingstonians who have made outstanding achievements in careers, sport, the arts, or volunteer endeavours.
The 2009 Gaels Football Team will receive the Jim Bennett Achievement Award for capturing Queen's spirit of excellence in sport. In November, the fourth-ranked Queens Gaels upset the No. 1 and defending national champion Laval Rouge et Or to capture the CIS semifinal Mitchell Bowl and put themselves in the Vanier Cup finals. In the national championship game, the Queen's Gaels scored 26 unanswered points to turn a 25-7 halftime deficit into a 33-31 victory over the Calgary Dinos and captured the 45th Desjardins Vanier Cup.
The awards will be presented at the Padre Laverty and Jim Bennett Achievement Awards Dinner, hosted by the Kingston Branch of the Queen's University Alumni Association, on Thursday, May 13 at Ban Righ Hall.


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Published Friday 29 August
Major investment in Burnbank and High Blantyre roads
Around £200,000 is to be invested in improvements to two roads in Hamilton.
Published Friday 29 August
Around £200,000 is to be invested in improvements to two roads in Hamilton.
Published Thursday 28 August
A further £10million is to be invested in the construction of two new primary schools in South Lanarkshire.
Published Wednesday 27 August
The capacity of the Park and Ride facility at Blantyre Railway station is set to be more than doubled.
Published Tuesday 26 August
Planning in principle has been granted for a multi-million pound redevelopment of the former Daks Simpson site in Larkhall.
Published Monday 25 August
The hugely successful Crucial Crew children's safety programme is celebrating its 21st birthday this year.
Published Friday 22 August
Cooks from across South Lanarkshire have passed a national food safety hygiene test with flying colours.
Published Thursday 21 August
The City Deal – set to inject £1.13billion of investment into the west of Scotland – has now been signed.
Published Wednesday 20 August
An extra 350 jobs are to be created thanks to the expansion of the council's hugely successful South Lanarkshire Jobs Fund.
Published Tuesday 19 August
Improvements have been ongoing along the B7078 in Lesmahagow with a safety camera also being introduced on part of the road.
Published Friday 15 August
To commemorate the centenary of the start of World War 1 there will be a special Drumhead Service in Hamilton Town Hall.
Published Tuesday 12 August
A memorial book, 'Lest We Forget' has been published which tells the story of the Bothwell men who fell in the First World War.
Published Monday 11 August
There is still time to enjoy an evening of fantastic music and entertainment with Dougie McLean Live at Lanark Memorial Hall.
Published Friday 08 August
Young golfers from across South Lanarkshire have teed off in a Junior Ryder Cup as part of the area's annual golf festival.
Published Thursday 07 August
Cambuslang Park has joined last year's winner Strathaven Park in winning the Green Flag award.
Published Wednesday 06 August
Improvements get underway tomorrow (Thursday 7 August) at a number of roads in the Rutherglen and Cambuslang area.
Published Tuesday 05 August
The exam results for 2014 will be sent to pupils today, Tuesday 5 August.
Published Monday 04 August
Everyone is being encouraged to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I starting by turning their lights out tonight (4 Aug).
Published Friday 01 August
Monday 4 August 2014 is the 100th anniversary of Great Britain's entry into the First World War - "the war to end all wars".
Published Thursday 31 July
It may still be the summer but nursery pupils have been getting off to a flying start in the run-up to starting primary school.
Published Wednesday 30 July
A special summer reading promotion for adults is now underway at every library in South Lanarkshire.
Councillor Angela Crawley has had to cancel her surgery at South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Fairhill on Tuesday 2 September.
Published Friday 29 August
Everyone in the Greenhills area is being advised to expect disruption from tomorrow as Scottish Power cable work gets underway.
Published Tuesday 19 August
High Blantyre Autistic Base (HIBABS) supporters are collecting old phones for Heart and Minds.
Published Friday 11 July
Amendments to the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils have been approved.
Published Friday 11 July
There's a new training course for private landlords and letting agents which is now available to book online
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Business Briefs
Golden joins insurance firm
Kristy Golden has joined Staub, Riggs and Collins Insurance as a personal lines agent. Golden's primary responsibility will be working with home and auto insurance clients. She joins SRC after spending seven years as an agent at Miller-Hanover. She has worked extensively with Erie and Progressive insurance customers.
Wentz joins insurance firm
Nicholas Wentz has joined Staub, Riggs and Collins Insurance as an account executive. Wentz's primary responsibility will be working with commercial insurance clients in the York/Adams county area. He joins SRC after spending six years as a sales and marketing director for local senior living facilities.
Staub, Riggs, & Collins Insurance is an independent agency that represents Erie, Progressive, Safeco and many other insurance carriers. For more information, call 717-359-8006.
On McDonald House board
Karyn Patterson, of Hanover, has been named to the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central PA in Hershey.
Karyn and her husband, Emmett, have been McDonald's owner/operators since 1991. They now own and operate nine restaurants in the Hanover, Gettysburg and York areas. Karyn is the human resources director for their organization. Previously while living in Illinois, Karyn worked in the human resources department at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook. She later became administrative assistant to the vice president of national operations, where her duties included coordinating the McDonald's Worldwide Convention, as well as coordinating national field operations managers. Karyn completed undergraduate studies at Monmouth University, majoring in business administration.
Circle of Achievement designations
Janet Short and Brian Berkheimer of ERA Preferred Properties Real Estate Inc., Hanover, were awarded Circle of Achievement designations by ERA Franchise Systems LLC, a global franchise leader in the residential real estate industry. Announced at the end of January, Short and Berkheimer will receive recognition for this designation at the 2013 ERA International Business Conference March 21 to 24 in Austin, Texas.
Weis Markets introduces Weis eCoupons
Weis Preferred Shoppers Club Card members now have the ability to load paperless coupons to their club card through any internet
enabled device including iPhones and Android-based smartphones. The new program, Weis eCoupons, currently offers 75 different coupons and is available at www.weismarkets.com.
To get the electronic coupon, customers can register their Weis Preferred Shoppers Club Card by creating a MyWeis account at www.weismarkets.com and then digitally "clip" coupons to place them into their MyWeis account. The coupons in this account are matched with a customer's purchases of designated products at which time the discounts are issued and redeemed from the customer's account. Unredeemed coupons in the customer account stay in the account until they are redeemed on a future shopping trip or expire.
Sullivan Nursery & Landscaping now U.S. Lawns
Celebrating 10 years in business, Sullivan Nursery & Landscaping joins forces with U.S. Lawns.
Founded in 2003, Sullivan Nursery & Landscaping is now doing business as U.S. Lawns, the nation's foremost leader in landscape management.
Combining national strength and local commitment, owner Alex Cistone said, "Under the U.S. Lawns brand, we will undergo dynamic improvements as our Hanover-based company continues to expand its service throughout Adams and York counties. The transition was carefully reviewed to help with our growth and continued commitment of service to our existing clients. Through innovative ideas and solutions we can deliver the quality expected from a professional contractor."
U.S. Lawns will provide service to a variety of markets including industrial sites, business parks, commercial properties, hospitals, churches, schools and multifamily housing. Remaining a locally based company backed by a national organization, U.S. Lawns is positioned to provide an unrivaled ability to deliver quality and reliable service. Clients will still be dealing with a local owner and management team, and their money will continue to stay in the community.


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Bruce Ham essentially has 10 wives now.
Dont call the law on him, though.
He really has no wife. He had one, but she died three years ago.
What he has now are three daughters and 10 women who were good friends of his wife and who help perform the duties of a wife when it comes to raising the daughters.
Learning to braid
Being a widowed father at 48 and raising three teen or pre-pubescent daughters they are now 16, 13 and 11 sounds like the stuff of which sitcoms are made. It is also the stuff about which books are written, and Ham has written one about his experience called Laughter, Tears and Braids.
His table has been laden with big bowlsful of all three since his wife, Lisa, died at 38, but the frustrations and joys of his new reality were crystallized in one incident a couple of months after she died.
My youngest daughter was standing in front of the mirror sobbing, and I asked Whats wrong? he recalled. She said she couldnt braid her hair. I told her Let me do it, but she said You dont know anything about hair. You hardly have any.
Ouch. Being follicle-deprived notwithstanding, Ham said he was determined to learn to braid hair, and with help from his middle daughter, mastered the techniques to the point that he can now braid and get this name different styles.
Aside from conquering the Katniss braid you know, the reverse French braid the girl wore in the movie The Hunger Games Ham said the hardest part of his new reality is the number of details I have to deal with that my wife used to deal with, like making cupcakes for school, getting everybody to birthday parties, planning birthday parties, dance recitals, costumes, shopping, cheerleading schedules. ... It is overwhelming to keep up with the schedules of three very active girls.
I was never a hands-off kind of dad, but my wife was the COO of our house, he said. She made everything run. ... There are so many things that are girl things that a dad doesnt necessarily relate to, like girl friendships or facts of life, changing bodies, all these sorts of things. There are tears sometimes, and Ill say, Why are you crying? Theyll say I dont know. Then Ill call my mom or mother-in-law or sister-in-law and theyll say Sometimes girls just cry. I dont get that. If I had sons, I could probably relate and understand.
His wife and he knew, Ham said, that one of the best things you can do is form a strong community and foundation for your kids.
Lisa, just before she died, said, I dont worry about them because we have done that. She had probably 10 girlfriends from various parts of our lives church, schools, the Junior League. Therell be two or three that have a child the same age as my youngest daughter, and two or three that have a child the same age as my middle daughter and two or three that have a child the same age as my oldest daughter. Thats why I call them my 10 wives.
He may call them wives also because theyll nag him my word, not his, and its not a bad thing, so yall chill to find out, he said, Have you signed them up for this? or Do you need carpooling for this? or Did you buy Christmas gifts for their teachers because I saw this on sale?
They really have helped me raise my daughters, and between them and my mom, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law, its been incredible, Ham said.
I was determined, he added, that my daughters wouldnt grow up looking scraggly and that people wouldnt look at them and say, Oh, those are the widowers kids; look at them in that pitying, judgmental way weve all seen.
No, indeed. Now, they will look at them and say, Those are the kids of the Widower Ham, the man who wrote the book on raising three daughters. With 10 wives.
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Quite a few mock drafts that have been popping up over the last few weeks have the Jets pick penciled in as a wide receiver. Sure the team traded for Braylon Edwards last season but Jerricho Cotchery was injured as well causing some to think they'd want to add another weapon for Mark Sanchez.
According to Jets beat writer Rich Cimini of the NY Daily News, the Jets are "unlikely" to use a first round pick on a receiver.
The Jets have a good chunk of change wrapped up in the future of Edwards and Cotchery. Edwards in particular is a restricted free agent and seeks a long-term deal. Cotchery was injured at times last year but when healthy plays at a high level.
Unless Dez Bryant falls down the draft boards, it doesn't appear as if the Jets are targeting a receiver.
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A YORK councillor will step down from the city's council cabinet next year to become Lord Mayor.
Coun Julie Gunnell, who represents the Micklegate ward, will leave her position as City of York Council's cabinet member for corporate services when she is formally sworn in next May. The Labour councillor will take over from the present Lord Mayor, Coun Keith Hyman. She said: "It's a huge honour to be chosen and something I'm incredibly proud of as a York woman, born and bred.
"I'm excited already about the opportunity to meet all the different local groups and individuals who make the role of Lord Mayor such an interesting and rewarding one. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time on the cabinet and will miss it, but I didn't want to pass up this wonderful opportunity."
Council leader James Alexander said that, as a cabinet member, Coun Gunnell had helped ensure the council's 2011/12 budget balanced and said: "I'm confident she will do so again this year before becoming Lord Mayor, by which time the council will be moving into its new home at West Office".
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18 Vets Kill Themselves a Day: We Hail Them As Heroes Then Treat Them Like Garbage
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The month of July set a record high for the number of suicides in the U.S. military. An Army report reveals a total of 38 troops committed suicide last month, including 26 active-duty soldiers and 12 Army National Guard or reserve members — more soldiers than were killed on the battlefield. The reasons for the increase in suicides are not fully understood. Among explanations, studies point to combat exposure, post-traumatic stress, misuse of prescription medications and personal financial problems. Army data suggest soldiers with multiple combat tours are at greater risk of committing suicide. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta addressed the issue in June at the annual conference on suicide prevention in the military, saying, "Despite the increased efforts, the increased attention, the trends continue to move in a troubling and tragic direction." We speak with Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard, whose new book is called "The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan."
AMY GOODMAN: The month of July set a record high for the number of suicides in the U.S. military. An Army report revealed a total of 38 troops—26 active-duty soldiers, another 12 National Guard or reserve members—are believed to have committed suicide in July, the highest rate recorded in a month since the Army started tracking detailed statistics on such deaths. More U.S. soldiers died in July by taking their own lives than on the battlefield.
We recently spoke to Iraq War veteran Aaron Hughes about suicides in the military.
AARON HUGHES: Every day in this country 18 veterans are committing suicide. Seventeen percent of the individuals that are in combat in Afghanistan, my brothers and sisters, are on psychotropic medication. Twenty to 50 percent of the individuals that are getting deployed to Afghanistan are already diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, military sexual trauma or a traumatic brain injury. Currently one-third of the women in the military are sexually assaulted. It's clear that these policies of the global war on terror has had a profound effect on the military, my brothers and sisters, while simultaneously perpetuating a failed policy. And unfortunately, we have to live with that failed policy on a daily basis, and we don't want to be a part of that failed policy anymore.
AMY GOODMAN: That was Aaron Hughes of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta addressed the issue in June at the annual conference on suicide prevention in the military organized jointly by the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA: This issue, suicides, is perhaps the most frustrating challenge that I've come across since becoming secretary of defense last year. Despite the increased efforts, the increased attention, the trends continue to move in a troubling and tragic direction.
AMY GOODMAN: Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, speaking in June.
Well, to talk about the enormous problems that are contributing to increasing suicide rates in the military, we're joined by Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard, whose new book is The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan. She's resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, previously a professor of political science and creative writing. Welcome to Democracy Now!
MARGUERITE GUZMÁN BOUVARD: Thank you.
AMY GOODMAN: It's great to have you with us.
MARGUERITE GUZMÁN BOUVARD: It's a pleasure to be here.
AMY GOODMAN: July, 38 soldiers, National Guard, killed themselves. That's more than a soldier killing themselves a day.
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Night at the Museum
Explore life after dark in the Lower Cape Fear as you creep through Cape Fear Museum on Saturday, July 28 from 6:00-10:00 PM. The following events will be offered at the Museum that night: Examine patterns in the night sky and make your own glow-in-the-dark constellation; Where do reptiles and amphibians sleep? Find out and meet live critters from the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher's "Bedtime for Wildlife" program; What do snakes and tree frogs do at nighttime? Learn their habits as you explore an exciting collection of live creatures from the North Carolina Herpetology Society; How does sound travel? UNCW's Watson School of Education CESTEM will help you experiment and discover the principles of sound; Area expert "Dr. Rocks" and his team from Cape Fear Community College's Geology Department will showcase rocks, gems, and local fossils. Take home a little piece of the world beneath you!; Summertime brings sea turtles to the coast to lay their eggs. Learn about these protected marine reptiles and their connection to local beaches with Wrightsville Beach and Pleasure Island sea turtle projects; Think bats are creepy and scary? Discover the vital role they play in our ecosystem with Dr. Webster of the UNCW Biology Department; Settle down for a cozy read with bedtime stories from New Hanover Public Library.
Satisfy your sweet tooth – Fuzzy Peach will be on-site with their frozen yogurt bar! Cups are $3.50 each. Admission is $3 for members and $6 for non-members. Night at the Museum is sponsored by Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds initiative. For more information about science activities in your town, visit connect amillionminds.com.
Camp Spots Available
A summer of adventure and education awaits your child at Cape Fear Museum. Museum Summer Camps teach kids that science and history are FUN! Camps are geared towards children 5-14 and provide hands-on fun while offering engaging opportunities to learn about the history and science of the Lower Cape Fear region.
The museum has spots available in these exciting and interesting week-long camps:
• In Museumology*, (July 30 – August 3) campers ages 11-14 design their own exhibit for Cape Fear Museum by selecting artifacts and telling their stories.
• In Dinos & More, (August 6 – 10) for ages 5-6, children discover the answers to everything they ever wanted to know about dinosaurs: from size and shape to names and features, try comparing prehistoric fossils and meeting their modern relatives. Summer camps are half day, running from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Weekly camp fees are $70 for Museum members and $90 for non-members. *Museumology is $90 for Museum members and $110 for non-members. Camp dates and registration forms are available at the Museum or online at www.capefearmuseum.com. Completed forms must be printed, signed and mailed, including full payment to: Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401-4731. For more information, call 910-798-4362.
July/August 2012 Programs
• Learning Center - In the Learning Center on Saturdays, the whole family can conduct experiments, explore artifacts, play fun games, and create exciting tools and toys to take home. Parental participation is required.
- July - Play! Saturday, July 21 from 1-4 PM for all ages. Fee: Free for members or with Museum admission. Hopscotch your way to the finish line and explore games that pirates played. Play the oldest known game and compete in Museum Bingo. Compare modern and historic toys. Investigate the inventive process by creating your own toys and games to take home.
- August - Dynamic Dinosaurs - Saturday, August 4, 11, 18, 25 from 1-4 PM for all ages. Fee: Free for members or with Museum admission. Dinosaurs big and small; come meet them all! Dig for fossils that you can take home and find out what a T. rex tooth looks like up close. Discover why Wilmington's Giant Ground Sloth and the pterodactyl are not dinosaurs. Measure some well-known dinosaurs and make an Apatosaurus model to take home.
• Cape Fear Skies - 3-2-1-Blast off! Cape Fear Skies offers your family a realistic planetarium experience the third Sunday of each month. Venture into outer space as you hear mythical tales and explore stars, planets, and more. Parental participation is required.
- August - Sky Mapping - Sunday, August 19 from 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM for all ages. Fee: Free for members or with Museum admission. Discover how to use a planisphere to locate objects in the night sky.
• Museum Carts - Explore artifacts, conduct experiments, and play fun games at facilitated carts stationed throughout the Museum. Activities and locations vary – What exciting cart will you encounter on your visit? Date: Sunday, August 5 from 1-3 PM for all ages. Fee: Free for members or with Museum admission.
• Family Event - Night at the Museum - Saturday, July 28 from 6-10 PM for all ages. Fee: $3 for members; $6 for non-members. Cape Fear Museum comes alive at night! Join us for Night at the Museum, a fun-filled summer evening exploring the Lower Cape Fear region after dark. Meet nocturnal animals. Examine the night sky. Be amazed as you encounter the sights and sounds of our nighttime world! Sponsored by Time Warner Cable Connect A Million Minds.
• Special Event - Grown-up Game Night - August 17 from 7-10 PM. Fee: $5 for members; $7 for non-members; Memberships available on game night. Bring some friends, grab some appetizers and a seat, and get your game on! Try your hand at new and old favorites—from Battleship to Spades to brand new games. Admission includes access to great games (instructions if needed!), snacks and drinks, and a visit to the Museum's Toys and Games exhibit. Games provided by Cape Fear Museum, Cape Fear Games, and Learning Express.
• Summer Camps – 2012 Offerings - Cape Fear Museum Summer Camps provide an avenue for children 5-14 to engage in fun, hands-on learning about the history and natural science of the Lower Cape Fear.
- Museumology* - July 30 – August 3 * 9AM-Noon * Ages 11 - 14
- Dinos and More - August 6 – 10 * 9AM-Noon * Ages 5 & 6
Camp Fees: $70 for Museum members / $90 for non-members; Museumology $90 for Museum members / $110 for non-members. Descriptions available at www.capefearmuseum.com.
Summer Shorts – 2012 Themes - Cape Fear Museum Summer Shorts are hands-on adventures for groups of 10 or more children and their adult chaperones. "Shorts" are a great option for day care centers, year-round schools, home-school groups, as well as camps that are looking to supplement their activities with an educational component. Programs are 60-minutes in length and appropriate for children ages 5–14. $6 per child. Call 910-798-4362 to register your group today! Themes include: Cape Fear Indians, Bugs, Star Quest, and Toys and Games.
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $7 for adults; $6 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $6 special military rate with valid military ID; $4 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members are admitted free. New Hanover County residents' free day is the first Sunday of each month. The Museum is located at 814 Market Street in historic downtown Wilmington, N.C.


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Today's weather forecast: Land of Sunshine
Around town this month we've been spotting orange globes: dancing on haystacks at the grocery store, slaughtered into faces on doorsteps, scraped clean and baked into pies at bakeries. It's hard to miss the fact that it's pumpkin season. Halloween is around the corner, but that doesn't mean the end of the season for this hardy squash, its meaty flesh, its seeds, or its fragrant oil. Find heirloom varieties of pumpkin, sugary versions for pies, and squatter types at every farmers market in the city. McGrath Family Farms has some beautiful round ones with tall stems this weekend at Santa Monica's markets, but you can also go to their farm and pick your own until October 31. Windrose Farm at the Hollywood Market on Sunday has a wide range of pumpkins and squash in colors from emerald green to vermillion.
In Beverly Grove, pastry chef Roxana Jullapat (Cook's County) is experimenting with pumpkin bagels ("I can't find pumpkin bagels around town, and they're my favorite, so I'm making my own!"). And in Studio City, chef CJ Jacobson (Girasol) is roasting pumpkins and serving them with a browned-butter buttermilk sauce as a side dish. We find that topped with a scoop of ice cream, it works perfectly as a dessert as well. Here's his recipe, adapted for the home cook. It will make your kitchen smell like pie—no pesky crust-making required.
Long Roasted Pumpkin, recipe by CJ Jacobson at Girasol in Studio City
Ingredients:1 medium to large orange cooking pumpkin 3 cups buttermilk½ cup condensed milk3 Tablespoons browned butter (to make, heat 5 Tablespoons butter in a pan until toasted brown)1 Tablespoon lemon juice3 Tablespoons walnuts, toasted, chopped
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After a very vanilla start that didn't even originally include a pitch video, the content has started to pick up on the Kicktarter project page for Elite: Dangerous, with Frontier Developments and David Braben now even releasing some actual prototype gameplay for the masses in the latest update.
The five minute clip is presented developer diary style and features Braben discussing multiplayer and some of the elements of how the ships work.
Elite: Dangerous is pitched as a sequel to Braben's original 1980's procedurally-generated space sims, and the crowdfunding project has now passed the half way mark on the way to its £1,250,000 goal with 39 days remaining.
Watch the developer diary below, and head over to the kickstarter page for all the details.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Penn State's Coquese Washington goes by the title of head coach, but "counselor" works, too.
And Washington still hopes to go by that title more often someday. Washington has a law degree from Notre Dame, where she also played basketball as an undergraduate.
"I never wanted to be a coach. I always wanted to be a lawyer," Washington mentioned this week while preparing the Lady Lions to meet LSU in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Tuesday night.
Washington has practiced law already, doing so during the offseason early in her professional playing career. The problem with being a lawyer in the offseason, though, was that it involved too much time behind a desk.
Washington, who played in the ABL and WNBA, wanted an offseason gig that would help her stay in shape and keep her playing skills sharp, so she became an assistant at Notre Dame.
"I was like, Yeah, I'll do this little coaching thing until I get done playing professional basketball, and then along the way I fell in love with coaching and being around the players and helping have an impact on young people. So I decided to stay, but I am adamant about going back to practice law at some point."
It could be a while though. The 41-year-old Washington has Penn State in its second straight tournament and is considered among the top young head coaches in the game.
LEAVING THEIR MARK: Tia Magee and Rubylee Wright are two of the cornerstones of the winningest senior class in Georgetown history.
Though their careers ended with a second-round loss to Georgia Tech, they leave the Hoyas program better than they found it. Georgetown had been to only one NCAA tournament when they arrived in 2008-09 but they helped lead the Hoyas into the field of 64 in each of their final three years.
This year's senior class leaves with a record of 93-41 -- surpassing the mark of 85-46 that last year's group established.
"We all came here to make our own name, to make our own legend, to start our own program," Magee said. "Before we got here, nobody knew about Georgetown, nobody took us seriously and from our freshman year all the way to now, we just got better and better, and now people know who Georgetown is. We have the target on our back."
ENCOURAGING CROWD: Baylor coach Kim Mulkey was impressed with the turnout for her team's 76-57 win over Florida on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears and Gators played in front of a crowd of 4,097, which nearly filled Bowling Green's Stroh Center. The reason Mulkey was pleased was because Ohio State lost to Florida on Sunday and she was worried that would hurt attendance for the second round.
"I was concerned that all the Ohio State people would not come back or would not give their tickets to somebody, and to walk out there and see a full house -- you appreciate your women's basketball," Mulkey said. "People came out today and there really weren't Baylor or Florida fans here. We had our small contingency of fans from our respective universities, but I appreciate it."
REACHING FOR THE SKY: Devereaux Peters and her Irish teammates were well aware that they would be playing against top-notch rebounding teams in Cal and Liberty in the opening rounds of the NCAA. In fact they were so much aware of it that much of the week's practice had been spent on rebounding drills.
Now despite her 14-rebound, 11-point, career-high 7-block performance against Cal, Peters knows what lies ahead. More rebounding drills. "We are still not where we need to be," she said. "I'm sure we will still have a lot of rebounding drills. It is something we have been struggling with all year. Tonight (against Cal) was a step in the right direction."
Notre Dame had a 40-35 advantage on the boards against the Golden Bears. hat step was accomplished against a tough and deep rebounding Cal team that had outrebounded Iowa, 41-29, just two days earlier.
"Cal's rebounders were very good," Peters said. "They were extremely athletic and very good posts. My guards helped me out a lot."
Teammate Skylar Diggins said Peters' performance was becoming the norm.
"Fourteen rebounds, that's just something that is regular now," Diggins said. "She has been stepping that up. The five assists, she's a good passer and she gets the ball and initiates the offense on the first pass. The seven blocks, I think that is crazy."
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A man found two $100 bills tucked away in two separate boxes of cookies at Walmart in Salem.
That was last Saturday. Since then, there have been reports of more $100 bills discovered hidden away in various items at local stores.
But where was this money coming from? Good Samaritans? Smugglers?
Nope, this is the work of a country music radio station in Portland.
Radio station 98.7 The Bull has come forward to take responsibility for at least some of the hidden hundreds.
It's part of a promotion called the $1,000 Cash Cow. The station is giving listeners a chance to win up to $1,000 through an on-air promotion at various times throughout the day.
The hidden $100 bills is just an offshoot of that, according to assistant program director B-Dub.
He said they started hiding the money last week in various places at various locations and plan to keep doing it in the weeks ahead. He said the goal was simply to help make the day of whoever was lucky enough to find the money.
One of those people contacted Fox 12 this week after buying a box of snickerdoodles and finding something even sweeter than the cookies inside.
The man returned to the Walmart store and searched the other boxes of cookies. He found another $100 bill. The man took the cookies, and the money, to the customer service desk to report the discovery.
Store workers tested the bills, confirmed they were real and then let the man keep the $200. He said he was overwhelmed by whoever was behind the mystery money.
"I'm really thankful, I really appreciate it," the man told Fox 12. "I hope someday to be able to do what you did."
B-Dub said that's part of the point of their promotion. There is nothing on the bills identifying they came from the radio station.
"We just want to do some good," he said.
Another Fox 12 viewer reported finding a $100 bill tucked between bags of brown rice at a Fred Meyer store in Salem.
B-Dub said the station also doesn't want to claim credit for all of the hidden money being found throughout the region, just in case others are following their lead and paying it forward by planting their own mystery money.
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The Madison Area Bus Advocates, a non-profit group comprised of citizens who describe themselves as "pro-bus," said when it comes to advertising policies, Metro Transit sometimes forgoes consideration of citizens' "[o]bjections, including ones having to do with respect, safety, accessibility, dignity, and justice, [are] dismissed hastily in pursuit of the almighty dollar."
The president and a board member of the advocacy organization -- Susan De Vos and Laurie Wermter -- write that the Metro's ad policy "needs to be redone."
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Kindergarten can be a big adjustment for a young student, but there are federally funded programs to help prepare your little one for their first day, even school year. Voluntary Pre-kindergarten programs are designed to kick start a lifetime of learning.
Enrollment for Bay District Schools' 18 school sites and other programs throughout Bay County is well underway for the Fall. There's still room for your child to sign up.
Bay District Schools Board Member Ginger Littleton says VPK is a way to give your four or five year old a leg up before Kindergarten. It's a free and voluntary program. Parents can enroll their child at any program with an open spot.
"I would encourage parents to look for those programs that are actually demonstrably successful," said Littleton.
The Florida Department of Education provides a tool for interested parents, the VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate. It uses a test to determine how well a program prepares a student for kindergarten. Those results are posted online, where parents can search for their ideal program. The search tool lists each program location and percentage rate.
"If you find a VPK program where 100 percent of the students are scoring in the acceptable range, that's probably a program you want to explore. If only a third of those students are scoring acceptably, you may want to take a look at some other options," said Littleton.
Children must be four years old on or before September first to be accepted to a program.
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Number: 94 Prizes to 126 Laureates
Declined the Peace Prize: 1
Awarded women: 15
Average age of a Peace Prize Laureate: 62
"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Alfred Nobel was interested in social issues and was engaged in the peace movement. His acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner (who was later awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize) influenced his own views on peace. Perhaps his peace interest was also because his inventions were used in warfare and assassination attempts? Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Nobel mentioned in his will.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting (Parliament of Norway), Oslo, Norway.
Read about Martin Luther King, Jr. at Nobelprize.org:Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech (text and video)
Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 together with Frederik Willem de Klerk for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. Nelson Mandela died on 5 December.What does Nelson Mandela mean to you? Share your thoughts
The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons".
On 10 December, Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of OPCW, received the Nobel Prize medal and diploma at the award ceremony in Oslo.See the diploma
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