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The longest running of WHYY's media courses, WHYY's Youth Programs offer hands-on production training for teens. After-school programs teach 10th-12th graders to produce short documentaries, create original radio stories and operate the equipment in the Lincoln Financial Digital Education Studio. Students can further explore their interest through a series of summer camps with focuses on multimedia journalism and filmmaking. Youth Programs encourage teens to explore their own worlds through media, as they create projects on topics they select themselves. Questions? Please contact Craig Santoro at 215-351-3318
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Y201 — Young Journalists Summer Camp 2014
This award-winning, hands-on camp gives you the opportunity to use WHYY production equipment to develop and produce news stories based on your interests, while under the tutelage of experienced media instructors. Facilitated by the staff of WHYY's Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons, the two-week intensive camp features lectures and training sessions from the renowned staff of WHYY's news department. For students finishing 9th-12th grade. Learn more about this camp »
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Students will learn to operate video switchers, lighting and sound boards and robotic cameras as they shoot and direct their own studio production. WHYY's media instructors act as executive producers, while the students write, direct, shoot and produce in small production crews.
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This new hands-on Spring Break experience reimagines WHYY's popular teen journalism camp for middle schoolers. Students in sixth through eighth grade will spend five exciting days at the WHYY studios creating video news stories. Participants will work with the staff of WHYY's award-winning Hamilton Commons to learn all aspects of the video news production experience: interviewing, writing, shooting and editing video, and more.
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Munch, a Norwegian, devoted his oeuvre to the expressive depiction of emotions: love and fear, loneliness, melancholy and death are the central motifs. With this composition, which he executed in numerous variations and media from 1891/92 until well into the 1930s, Munch revealed one of the most intimate aspects of his psyche. He attempted to come to terms with his personal experience of jealousy in a ménage à trois by condensing it in a motif of virtually metaphorical character. The problematic relationship between man and woman is a recurring theme for this artist, who never married and apparently never got over two unhappy romantic liaisons. In Jealousy, he links innocence and sin in the woman, who, dressed in virginal white, has her hands clasped behind her hair in a gesture of self-offering. The two men are "green" with jealousy. Rivals, they are separated from one another by the woman's body, the cause and object of their desire. Although Munch gained a reputation as an epoch-making innovator at an early stage, his relationship to his profession was ridden by crises and self-doubt until the end of his life.


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Pop's Diner: Re-Opening February 1st
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Pop's family owned and operated diner is located in the heart of Carolina Beach and walking distance from the Boardwalk at 104 North Lake Park Boulevard.
Pop's Diner will re-open February 1st after doing some remodeling. Come in and enjoy homemade soups and chili for the Winter Season. The five-bean chili is the perfect blend of spices that are sure to warm up even the coldest of days, add onions or cheese for that little something extra. Pat's homemade soups are better than Grandma's! The list goes on for days including Cheesy Red Potato, Creamy Clam Chowder, Steak and Potato, Spicy Pepper Jack Crab, French Onion, Creamy Chicken Noodle, Shrimp Bisque, Vegetable Beef and Creamy Tomato Bacon just to name a few. Cups are 8oz for $2.95 and a 12oz bowl is only $4.95. Feel free to call (910) 458-7377 to see what the Soup of the Day is; it will also be displayed on the Diner's marquee. Try a cup of soup along with the "Lily's Grilled Cheese" that includes three cheeses and a drink for only $6.95! This deal and other available daily specials are sure to fill any appetite while being easy on the wallet.
Pop's regular menu is still available including hand-pattied burgers including the "triple bypass" stacking high this big boy is sure to fill even the biggest of appetites. The list goes on from foot long corn and hot dogs to subs, sandwiches, fresh seafood and baskets made all with delicious homemade ingredients. Pop's also is the perfect cure for a sweet tooth with their Frozen Cheesecakes, Floats, Sundaes and more! This March the new ownership of Amy Webster and Patrick Puffpaff will have been running the Diner for a year. Both have a long history of working in the restaurant business with Amy running restaurants and Pat serving as a Chef for over 20 years. Both take pride in the Pop's being family owned and operated establishment. Still sticking with the existing theme they are still your favorite local burger joint but the new owners created recipes and designed the menu with unique items for everyone one to try including Deep fried sweet corn, slow cooked beef brisket and sweet potato fries tossed in sugar and cinnamon, just to name a few.
Pop's family owned and operated diner is located in the heart of Carolina Beach and walking distance from the Boardwalk at 104 North Lake Park Boulevard. They are currently running on Fall Hours so call (910) 458-7377 for details. Become a fan of Pop's on Facebook to receive the latest updates on everything happening at Pop's this summer.


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Lowepro's Messenger 150 Bag Totes An iPad And Camera Gear [Review]
Gadgets! Camera bag crafters know that, these days, if you're carrying photo stuffs, you're likely also bringing some kind of computer, and other electronic knick-knacks, along for the ride.
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A lot of bags concede that means a small Macbook Pro or Air will need a lift, but Lowepro's Event Messenger 150 bag knows true technorati stroll with only the essentials: a lens or two, a camera body, and an iPad. So that's what the sleek-looking Event Messenger 150 (EM 150) was built to transport. I took it for a spin to see how it performs.


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Eluveitie is one of my favorite bands, but this album was a huge misstep. There are really only 2 decent tracks, and like the other reviewers said, it's more pop than metal. The band was trying to kind of do a 'back to roots' acoustic folk album but it ended up being long, boring and overproduced.
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When Eluveitie announced that its next album would be a folk acoustic album it sent shockwaves amongst its growing fan-base. Some expressed disappointment, others like myself, took a let's-wait-and-see approach taking into consideration the talent of this band. Slania was Eluveitie's breakout album and one the two best death metal albums of 2008. Given that they were just starting to gain notoriety around the world for the excellent combination of melodic death metal with folk music, I thought it was premature to come up with an accoustic album. A folk/metal follow-up along the lines of Slania or Spirit would have been the wiser move, in my view.
So here it is. There are two ways this could have gone. It could be better than expected or it could fulfil the pessimist's view that it would just be poor. Unfortunately, in my view, it fails to deliver the excellent music that this band could have come up with. There are 15 tracks plus two nice and familiar bonus tracks. That's a lot of music. However, several songs are unnecessary and have almost no value: A Girl's Oath and Nata- both of which are mainly vocals, the first female, the second ugly male vocals that sound like a drunkard's song. The CD has the same intro and outro song-Sacrapos-which isn't good either. The outro version adds some bells at the end. A lot of songs are listeneable but also unremarkable and forgetable: The Arcane Dominion, Within the Grove, Dessumiis Luge, Gobanno, Voveso in Mori. I will say thought that I am very fond of Dessumiis Luge mainly because ends with an awesome and gutsy girl scream that for some reason I can't stop listening to. This leaves us with a with a few oustanding songs: Brictom, a nice and energetic song gets things started on the right foot. The Cauldron of Renascence, a wonderful fast cheery instrumental song. The single Omnos, which is this album's Inis Mona in so far as once you hear it, you'll be replaying it in your head for days to come. Carnutian Forest, which is hampered by a lame intro that lasts more than half of the song. Memento, which sounds very much like a song by the great German folk metal bands In Extremo or Nachtgeschrei- that is to say, a more traditional folk song that is more bagpipe and guitar-based. And finally, Ne Regv Na, which sounds at times like a good Latin-American pop song.
Overall, this is a very pop sounding album with the vocals standing out far above everything else. In this case Anna Murphy provides the majority of the vocals with Chrigel Glanzmann providing the occasional low-volume scream or groan. Anna has quite the vocal range and a pleasing voice. But as a pop folk album it has to obey the immutable law of pop music according to which an album can have only a few good songs and the majority have to be fillers. And it's a shame. The good songs in this album are indeed outstanding. But too many songs aren't at all. What those songs lack is a certain something- an edge. They are rather slow, mild, musically very light- not the kind of music you associate with peppy or tear-inducing folk melodies. It mostly sounds like there are only 2 or 3 people playing instruments during most songs instead of the full 8 member band. Production is excellent overall.
The band chose not to translate the ancient lyrics. That is unfortunate. And while I do appreciate the text included in ancient scripts, I for one am curious about what the ancient Europeans had on their minds. Perhaps the lyrics to A Girl's Oath or Nata would help us understand the significance of including these lacklusters songs. Translations for some songs can be found online if one searches long enough. The artwork overall of the booklet is nice and complex but the print quality is not good. I wonder if European versions are better. The US version looks like a copy of a copy somehow.
Recommended for those who enjoyed the folk instrumental songs on Slania and for everyone who likes their folk music sounding more pop.
I have to say that I think this is a pretty good release from the band. I was really enjoying how Anna Murphy got to take the lead on the vocals for this album otherwise I don't think it would have been as good. If your into music such as: Faun, Neun Welten, and Nest I suggest you give this album a try. And if you really were into this Eluveitie release and haven't heard of any of those bands, check them out for sure.
I'm going to have to disagree with the first review of this album and say that the album sounds GREAT in the gaulish language. I think this is a solid effort by the band, and no, not one second of the album gives off and Linkin Park feel.
I was disappointed though however, I expected something better. Some of the songs don't even have lyrics to them and give off a very immature vibe when being compared to musicians or groups in the celtic/folk genre.
It's worth picking up though as it provides a great atmosphere for background music.
For fans of Eluveitie's previous work, this isn't anything like that, as there's not really any black metal, or even metal influence. Yet, it's not a real folk album, either – I have plenty of straight-ahead Celtic (and even some Scandinavian) folk CDs, and this doesn't sound like that. It IS folk-influenced – there's the obvious presence of the folky acoustic instruments, and Irish/Celtic melodies pop up throughout. The singing doesn't sound Celtic to me – it reminds me of folk-pop bands from Scandinavia, particularly Varttina, which is a kind of cool, energetic sound. The drumming is the only thing that bugs me on this, it tends to have that overstressed "3″ on the 4/4, like modern pop-rock (almost techno-ish), although it's not terrible – but it's certainly not Celtic/folky sounding. The overall sound is very polished, modern, professional recording quality, and it sounds good to me.
But then, I don't need a straight-ahead folk album by Eluveitie, there's plenty of that on the market; and they've got two and a half pretty solid Celtic black metal albums out (and there's more by bands like Cruachan and Waylander if you want more), and I'm pretty sure they'll go back to their metal style after this, so it was cool to hear something different. (Finntroll similarly did an "acoustic" 3rd album, then returned to their folk-metal style for the next couple).
So, I agree with the people who commented that it sounds somewhat pop-rock, but since it retains the folk/pagan/ancient Gaelic influences of their previous recordings, it still is better and more interesting than anything you'll hear on the radio – I mean, it would "fit in" somewhat with some modern radio, but it would still stand out and if I heard it on the radio, not knowing what it was, it would be the only thing that would interest me, and I'd run out and buy it! Overall, it's a cool CD with an unusual and interesting sound, and I like it quite a bit. (There is actually a scene of modern folk and medieval pop/rock that this fits in pretty well with, although some of those bands have a goth/80's/punkish rock basis that I don't like as much).
It's still pretty energetic, but will do for those times when you don't want to totally rock out or scare the company, but want to listen to a little Eluveitie.
…then yeah, this is probably not the Eluveitie release for you. But I saw them last night live, and the new songs worked great up alongside Inis Mona and Uis Elveti. I actually had to listen to this release a couple times before I was feelin' it, and now I can't get enough, and it's been within grabbing distance of my car stereo for months. Anna's singing is beautiful on it, and I especially like her and Meri's whispered vocals on a lot of the tracks. Many of these I first thought were instrumental tracks on first listen, but then realized that there's vocals on most of the tracks, they're just back in the mix more (in a good way). Really the only track I ever skip is track 7, which I don't quite care for, but the rest is solid, and I think it really hangs together well as a cohesive album, with the obvious singles not sticking out too much. In other words, I didn't really feel like there was a lot of filler, as submitted in other reviews. That said, I think the singles "Omnos" (which has a great video out for it), and "Brictom" are hooky as all get-out, and grow on you like moss. The album is acoustic, regardless of what other reviewers have said, though I think you have to compare it within the context of their other albums. No, not "MTV Unplugged" acoustic, but come on, in comparison to Slania or Spirit, it's acoustic.
Apparently the next album is close to done, and it's back to straight-up Eluveitie metal, so no worries if you can't hang with this one. I think it was a nice little left turn for the band though, and it really shows them stretching their legs and broadening their sound. Meri has a solo acoustic album out there too, if you liked this release. I've only seen it available at their show, but it's called "Irij", and it's very dark and chill.


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This is the first bolted climb to appear on The Sea Of Glass Wall. As Pat was one of the first climbers on this crag, we were both very impressed that this fine and fun (and mostly blank) right line had yet to have its flanks developed! The first 6 bolts were drilled on lead, but both of us felt the Ravages Of Time (which subsequently results with decreased boldness?) coaxed us into completing the drilling from above. Maybe too, hooks skittering off of the glass like quartzite had something to do with it, as well.
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The Omni µH, Micro Homogenizer is a hand-held homogenizer specifically designed for small non-fibrous samples in low volumes. The µH is battery operated for mobility in field-testing. It is optimal for environmental samples but can handle a wide range of other applications. Patented Omni Tip Plastic Homogenizer Probes or Stainless Steel Generator Probes allow for greater flexibility in processing options.
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Poignant tributes have been paid to the memory of missing five-year-old April Jones as Chinese lanterns were released into the sky.
Well-wishers lit candles and released the symbolic glowing lights at around 7pm on Monday after the girl's parents asked for her to be remembered one week on from her disappearance.
It is believed Coral Jones, 40, and husband Paul, 44, released their own Chinese lantern from their garden in Machynlleth.
Their private remembrance came several hours after the five-year-old's alleged killer was remanded by magistrates. A police van carrying former lifeguard Mark Bridger was attacked and he was sworn at by an angry crowd as he was taken to and from Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court yesterday.
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Bridger, who owns a Discovery, was arrested last Tuesday afternoon and was charged on Saturday.
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3.98/5 rDev -9.1%
12 oz. can poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass. Looks ok, pale yellow, you can actyually see right through it even thought there's a good amount of particles floating arounf, but larger particals than you normally see, almost looks like fish food. Lighter than expected, but kinda makes up for it with a white head with small bubbles, decent amount of lacing to it.
You can tell this particular can is pretty fresh, nice hoppy aromas to it. Mostly piney and earthy, yet mantains a somewhat sweet smell too. A breadiness to it, but hops are the dominant feature here.
Taste is equally as good as the smell in my opinion, yet a little different. Piney, earthy, then followed by citrus hops. After the earthy flavor there's a slight natural nectar slight flavor that's pretty pleasant overall. It's pretty unique, but it's not that aggressive, which I like. Still good though.
Mouthfeel is good, the balance is good, but unique in it's own right. Pretty light bodied for a DIPA. GOod carbonation level and reasonably smooth. Decenet balance between bitter and sweet, not agressive on either like the taste, but it's still good.
Overall this is a good, really good, beer, but it isn't as fantastic as all of the hype I've heard from it thus far. The distribution is pretty limmited to my area and I can only purchas single cans when distributed. I'd get it again, but should probably just trade it to others who want it and can't get it. Worth trying for sure though.
04-02-2012 21:17:36 | More by AndyAvalanche
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North Carolina
4.3/5 rDev -1.8%
A: Pours a hazy golden peach/apricot in color with some moderate amounts of fine visible yeast sediment in suspension at the bottom of the glass, light amounts of visible carbonation, and some orange + golden yellow highlights. The beer has a finger tall foamy light beige head that slowly reduces to a couple of medium sized thin patches, a thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer, and a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Very light aromas of caramel malts underneath moderate to strong aromas of citrus/grapefruit hops, tropical/pineapple/mango hops, and much lighter amounts of pine & floral hops.
T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of caramel malts with a light amount of sweetness. That is followed by fairly aggressive and strong flavors of hops - citrus/grapefruit, tropical/pineapple/mango, and pine. Moderate amounts of fairly aggressive hop bitterness in the finish which lingers for quite a while.
M: Just shy of full bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly sticky with a light amount of dryness in the finish.
O: This is really enjoyable with nice hop flavors, though slightly aggressive, and well balanced with the malts - there is enough sweetness that is it not overly or unpleasantly bitter. Pretty easy to drink and definitely one I would like to find again. Alcohol is well hidden.
04-10-2013 01:18:16 | More by dbrauneis
4.25/5 rDev -3%
03-26-2013 20:11:52 | More by braugon
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
01-30-2014 20:45:29 | More by DanGeo
4.05/5 rDev -7.5%
Thanks to Ultra-Plinian for the big NEBCo hook-up. DIPA from a can, yes sir! Orange haze, all in my brain. There's really not a better way to describe the look of this one. The slightly gray tinted, mostly white head waxes and wanes down to a thin, thin skin that never completely leaves the top of the beer bare, and lasts for quite a long time.
Pretty stankin' dank, with lots of pines, grass, and some resin on the back end in the aroma. Very hop oil-y over the first half, with the second half lending a heavy hand to blasting citrus peels, oranges, and some grapefruits. Your typical, citric and resiny hop profile... Good, but nothing too ravishing. Some herbal pepper on the back end, and I'm not really pulling much malt out of the aroma here.
The taste follows through nicely, with personification of the ashy and piney characteristics of the hops. The fruit is understated, but it's there; juicy grapefruit and some lighter, bitter citrus notes. There's a hefty bitterness that strikes the back of the tongue somewhere around mid-palate and leaves a long lasting impression. It's not gonna knock you off your socks, but it's pretty potent.
I finally get some resemblance of malt in the very finish with a bit of bread and crackers that only adds a touch of sweetness, perhaps because the lasting bitterness of the malt is still massaging my palate hard. Medium bodied, not too thin and not too thick, and surprisingly not as resinous or sticky on the mouth as you'd expect given the taste. Carbonated well enough to keep things rolling.
Very nice DIPA, though it's nothing to lose your shorts over. I can see why people love it, but it doesn't do much to stand out above the rest. That's not to say that it still isn't pretty delicious, though, because it certainly is. Goin' hard on that piney and citric hop swerve, this will make most hop heads happy, or at the very least, pleasantly content.
08-19-2013 16:53:14 | More by tectactoe
New York
4.45/5 rDev +1.6%
A: A moderately hazy, unfiltered looking dark golden beer that produces a good head stand when poured. The two finger of off white head is made of rocky foam with very good retention.
S: A huge citrus hops nose with pineapple, lemon, resinous pine and a dry hopped herbal aroma dominating. There is a medium-low caramel malt sweetness and some low floral alcohol notes there as well but this is all about the hops.
T: An aggressive hops bitterness with a strong citrus hops flavor and enough malt for support. The hops flavors match the aroma with pineapple, lemon and some pine. The malt brings a low caramel flavor but the balance is pretty bitter. The aftertaste is of hops bitterness and lemon.
M: A medium bodied beer with a medium-strong level of carbonation. There is a moderate alcohol warmth on the palate although the alcohol is fairly well hidden overall.
O: We have a hophead winner here, this one makes my short list of awesome beers I've met this year. An aggressively bitter beer that showcases citrus hops but remains balanced and doesn't get harsh.
08-10-2013 20:11:01 | More by MadScientist
North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
07-16-2014 09:59:44 | More by CavemanRamblin
4.25/5 rDev -3%
11-27-2013 19:43:10 | More by jono0101
4/5 rDev -8.7%
03-07-2014 05:58:50 | More by Schlais
4.75/5 rDev +8.4%
01-14-2014 00:39:38 | More by Tiernan
4.75/5 rDev +8.4%
03-06-2014 02:41:17 | More by tbryan5
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
04-27-2014 22:29:36 | More by woodchipper
4/5 rDev -8.7%
12-26-2012 03:11:39 | More by SanFranJake
New York
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
07-24-2014 19:32:42 | More by SkiBum22
3/5 rDev -31.5%
07-14-2014 01:14:16 | More by SuomiHobbit
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
06-12-2014 04:38:47 | More by Ben7773
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
06-23-2013 23:31:58 | More by supa0525
4.47/5 rDev +2.1%
Thanks to Andrew for providing me with this beer. It was excellent.
In a tulip it was hazy orange in color with a medium off-white head. Impressive lacing.
Sweet malt aroma. Citrus and herbal hops. Peppery in my nose.
Big-time grapefruit taste, also tangerine and apricot. Piney taste entering later. Nice strong malt background, still sweet.
This was a very smooth, easy drinking beer.
04-30-2011 19:11:15 | More by lordofthewiens
New York
4.75/5 rDev +8.4%
05-19-2013 00:58:35 | More by pengs68
4.15/5 rDev -5.3%
Thanks to woosterbill for this one, picked up essentially right off the canning line and about 10 days old at this point. Poured into a tulip.
A - Pours hazy amberish orange with one finger of off-white head. Head has okay retention but leaves quite a bit of spotty lacing behind.
S - Big grapefruit and grapefruit zest aroma, with some grassy and herbal hops to complement.
T - A lot more malt in the taste than the aroma let on, but still a very nice hop punch, herbal with lots of grapefruit. Malt profile consists of mostly caramel with some biscuit malt as well. Finish has a nice lingering bitterness.
M - Medium mouthfeel that is actually quite smooth before the dry, bitter finish.
O - Very enjoyable DIPA. Definitely delivers the hops,but I would like a bit less malt. Deceptively drinkable, without noticeable alcohol. I would definitely get this again.
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Dr. Keroack came to Baystate Health from University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) in Oak Brook, Illinois where he served as senior vice president and chief medical officer. At UHC, a national alliance of 112 academic medical centers, he oversaw programs for clinical and operational performance improvement, faculty group practice management and patient safety. He is the co-creator of the Faculty Practice Solutions Center database and the UHC Patient Safety Net adverse event reporting system, both of which are in use at Baystate Health. He also led UHC's research to define the leadership and management practices associated with top organizational performance in quality care.
Prior to his national work, Dr. Keroack served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts for 12 years. During that time, he focused on HIV and AIDS care and won five annual teaching awards. Beginning in 1995, Dr. Keroack took on a more administrative role, serving as the first president of the 700-physician UMass Memorial Medical Group and the vice president of Medical Management for UMass Memorial Health Care. He has authored over 50 publications.
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text: Hochstetter's volcanoes A volcanic city This vividly coloured map shows us Auckland through the eyes of German geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter. You can see a few man-made features recorded here, such as the Royal Oak Hotel and the Harp Inn. But the focal points of this scientific survey are the deep orange volcanoes and their related landform's fertile soils, lava flows, tuff rings and swamps. The volcano in the centre of this close-up is Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill, which was home to the Wai-o-Hua and Ngāti Whātua iwi (tribes) in the 1600's and 1700's. Maungakiekie means mountain of the kiekie, a native epiphyte which grows on forest trees. By the time Europeans settled in Auckland in 1840, the forest was gone. The single remaining tree, a tōtara, gave the hill its other Māori name, Te Tōtara i Ahua the tōtara that stands alone. The fine parallel lines feathering out from Maungakiekie are hachures a traditional way of showing the direction and steepness of slopes. The darker pink, cloud-like shapes depict the lava flow created by One Tree Hill's last eruption, which occurred about 20,000 years ago. Map details: Geology by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (18291884) in 1859, cartography by A. Petermann in 1862, published in Geologisch-Topographischer Atlas von Neu-Seeland in 1863. View catalogue entry.


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Aron Ralston photographed himself while trapped in Blue John Canyon, 2003
WWAD? What would Aron do? After 127 hours trapped in a remote canyon in Utah with his right hand lodged under an 800 lb. boulder, Aron Ralston amputated his own arm in order to survive. He made a choice to live. It's the most extreme example of self-preservation I've ever heard of.
I remember seeing Ralston give television interviews back in 2004 when his book, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, was published the year following his ordeal. I added the title to the list of books I intended to read, but I wasn't ready for it at the time. That happens to me occasionally, when I know something will have a profound effect on me, but I need to shelve it until I'm ready for the lesson.
The likelihood of me ever having to amputate my own arm, or anyone else having to do that, is very slim. That's not really what Aron Ralston's story is about. That's just the headline, the attention-grabbing detail that reels you in. When Ralston set out on what he considered a routine canyoneering adventure, he was alone, and he hadn't told anyone where he was going. At the time he was 27 years old and very independent. I can relate. But he didn't summon the strength of will it took to get out of there on his own, it was Aron's connection to his family that made survival so important that he was willing to achieve it by any means necessary, even if it meant cutting off his own arm.
"An arm is not a life."
James Franco is phenomenal as Aron Ralston in 127 HOURS, the latest filmby Academy Award-Winning Director, Danny Boyle. Franco is alone on screen for most of the 93-minute film and it is INTENSE. Going in, audiences know the outcome of this story, but the way it unfolds is heart pounding and absolutely stunning. Both Boyle and Franco deserve Oscar nods for this project.
James Franco is the biggest risk taker in Hollywood. Not only is he an actor, but a director, producer, author, painter, sculptor, performance artist and he's well educated. He dropped out of UCLA after his freshman year to pursue acting, became a huge movie star, and then re enrolled in 2006. He majored in English with a concentration in creative writing, earning his undergraduate degree in 2008 after taking 62 credit hours in one semester. (He petitioned the university to lift the normal cap of 19.) Franco then moved to New York City where he earned his MFA at Columbia University's writing program (while simultaneously studying filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.) He's currently pursuing his PhD in English at Yale University.
Last year Franco surprised viewers by portraying a sociopathic artist and serial killer named "Franco" on General Hospital, which left people asking, "What is James Franco doing on a soap opera?" Apparently he considers the role performance art. He also recently published a book of short stories and exhibited his own multimedia art installation at a gallery in TriBeCa. The sheer number of projects and post-graduate degrees this guy's working on is impressive.
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The NFL disbanded its Los Angeles stadium working committee.
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2:00pm Monday 16th April 2012 in London Scottish By Stuart Amos
London Scottish head coach Simon Amor is confident his side can avoid the Championship chop after a 26-20 defeat at Moseley on Saturday.
The losing bonus point means the Exiles need just a point from the final game of the season - when fellow strugglers Esher visit the Athletic Ground this Saturday - to be certain of survival.
Esher beat Plymouth Albion 42-17 to set up the final day decider and Amor, whose side won 20-16 when the two teams met at the beginning of the championship relegation play-offs, insisted home advantage would be crucial. "We know they're a dangerous side and will be on a roll after their win," he said after the defeat in Birmingham.
"We'll still be confident because we know we're a good team and we're playing at home, which is our big strength."
A brace from Worcester Warriors loan star Charlie Hayter and ten points from Dan Mugford's boot accounted for Scottish's points on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a London Scottish squad reached the quarter-finals of the Melrose Sevens on Saturday in the club's first visit to the event in 22 years.


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Record: 25-29. Pace: 75-87. Change on 2011: -5. Change on 2010: +5
Hardly a week ago, Diamondbacks fans had to be talked down from a very high ledge. Today, Arizona played the 18-37 San Diego Padres. With the Dodgers struggling, Southern California is looking like a mighty fine place right now.
For 2012, this game would be a perfect candidate for disappointment, a lefty on the mound versus a vulnerable opponent. Instead, Trevor Cahill happened.
|Final - 6.3.2012
|Arizona Diamondbacks
|San Diego Padres
|WP: Trevor Cahill (3 - 5)
LP: Eric Stults (1 - 2)
The contest started Petco-y enough. The Diamondbacks managed a Ryan Roberts leadoff single before being erased by an Justin Upton double play to end the first. The Padres followed that up with a harmless display of no runs scored. In the second, Paul Goldschmidt, aka Leroy Brown, though tempered as a goldfish, didn't wait long to push his 11-game hitting streak to a 12-gamer with an opposite field homerun to give the D'backs an early 1-0 lead. Over those twelve games, Goldy has 18 hits with 4 homeruns. That'll do.
Meanwhile, Cahill got down to business like he was defeating the Huns. In the second, the man who proudly own Star Wars Legos recorded his first strikeout and first double play of the afternoon, a common occurrence for today. The next inning, the Padres would knock on the door with a Mark Kotsay double before Cahill dropped a curve by a swinging Alonso for the final out. In the fourth? 1-2-3.
And then it was the fifth inning. Cahill got a routine liner to center for Young to put awa.. What's that, Chris Young is on the bench today? It seems Mr. Parra was in center today. Okay, he got the ou.. Alas, Parra misread the ball and watched it sail over his head for a leadoff triple. With a runner on third with nobody out, Cahill got by with a little help from his friends. Goldschmidt made a run saving play on a quick slap by Cabrerra, then Stults missed on a suicide squeeze, leaving the runner in no man's land to be gunned down. A swinging K got Cahill out of the fifth. Deep Breath, folks.
Stults, outside of Goldy, managed to stifle the Diamondbacks hitters, at one point going 11 batters without giving up a hit. Enter the silly sixth (tm). After a Cahill K, Roberts hit a grounder right back to the pitcher and the ball bounced off his leg and was corralled by a fielder who then threw it wide of the bag, Roberts safe at first. The two teams then tried and out Diamondbacks themselves, as Roberts was picked off but a poor throw by first baseman Alonso allowed the runner to advance to third. That display of Major League Baseball was followed by a, gasp, productive out by Jason Kubel who gave the D'backs a sac fly for a 2-0 lead.
But wait, that's not all! Following an Upton single, Miguel Montero, in the midst of a 128 at-bat homerless streak, blasted a pitch to the depths of Petco's centerfield. Ladies and gentlemen, the sixth inning. Should that not be enough for the silly sixth (tm), in the home half Stone Hands Josh Bell made a diving play and threw from his knees for an impressive play. Then Kotsay managed a walk bringing Alonso to the plate who was quickly dispatched in an inning ending double play.
In the seventh, with Upton on base from a walk, Parra decided to make up from his miscue in center, tagging an opposite field homerun to give the Diamondbacks for a 6-0 lead. Cahill even joined in the fun with a hit of his own before Roberts and Kubel went down.
Cahill started the seventh with 77 pitches thrown. With his 78 pitch, Chase Headley managed a single and on his 79th pitch there were two outs. That sums up Cahill's game quite nicely. Things were a bit shakier in the eighth. Cahill gave up a leadoff double and a walk before a getting a fly out and coaxing his fourth double play of the evening out of Denorfia to end the threat.
The Diamondbacks went down 1-2-3 in the 9th inning, but not before Cahill went to hit for himself. At this point, we're confident for the win, but did Cahill have enough for another inning? #InGibbyWeTrust..?
One great play by Goldy, another by Velvet Hands Bell and Cahill gets the complete game shutout. #InGibbyWeTrust. Can we play San Diego every day, Mr. Selig?
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Night of the Living Dead: Trevor Cahill, +30.6%
Shaun of the Dead: Goldschmidt, +16.6%; Roberts, +11.2%
House of the Dead 2: Justin Upton, -5.3%
Appropriately enough on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, hotclaws topped the comments. Hip-hip-hooray! AzDbackfanInDc was second, with Jim McLennan narrowly outrunning the pack for third. Also to be found: Bryan J. Boltik, 4 Corners Fan, Ridster09, blank_38, , piratedan7, txzona, snakecharmer, Zavada's Moustache, onedotfive, BattleMoses, shoewizard, rd33, sonic barracuda, since_98, SongBird, fandbacks, Airwave, PR151, Fangdango, GuruB, Bryn21, asteroid, CaptainCanuck, rfffr, dbacks79 and Stupendous Man.
No comments were greened up, so I'm going with this little gem from Jim,
That we have scored six runs – not just without a hit with runners in scoring position, but without an at-bat with runners in scoring position. Can't happen often.


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ATWATER — The Central California Conference girls basketball race will go down to the final day.
Merced kept its hopes of grabbing a share of the title alive by handing Buhach Colony its first conference loss and snapping the Thunders 10-game winning streak with a 42-40 win on Tuesday night at the Thunder Dome.
Tekerra Borden scored all 11 of her points in the second half, including three 3-pointers to help Merced erase a six-point deficit in the third quarter.
I think I came out a little too excited in the first half, said Borden, who added five rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocks. I kind of took a breath at halftime and relaxed. I realized the team needed me as much as I need them.
The Bears (18-7 overall, 7-2 CCC) kept to the pace to their liking in the second matchup between the teams.
Merced only turned the ball over 12 times as Buhach Colony (20-6, 8-1) waited until the fourth quarter to turn up the pressure on its press.
Thats what we tried to do, slow down, Bears coach Brad Reed said. We made too many mistakes last time. We did a much better job of being patient.
Merced went straight man-to-man with Tandra Henley guarding Buhach Colonys sharp shooter Jessica Silva. Henley was up to the challenge, holding the Thunders all-time leading scorer to just nine points.
Meanwhile, the Bears started knocking down shots in the second quarter. Freshman Lexi Thompson hit a pair of 3-pointers to spark a 10-0 run
The Thunder answered back with a 10-0 run of their own and eventually took a 22-18 lead into intermission.
It was Bordens turn to ignite the Bears in the third quarter, draining a pair of 3-pointers and eventually give Merced a 32-30 lead with 2:30 left in the third quarter.
Dalonna Jones only scored five points for Merced, but dominated in the paint, finishing with 16 rebounds and seven blocks.
The Thunder never caught the Bears the rest of the way. Every time Buhach Colony crept close, Merced came up with a big shot.
Oleachea Bowers scored six crucial points in the fourth quarter.
I think we really wanted this one, Bowers said. This time we won it with our defense.
Silva did put a scare in the Bears when she knocked down a 3-pointer to cut the Merced lead to 42-40 with 1:33 left.
However, Buhach Colony couldnt make the plays down the stretch.
The Thunder can still win the title outright on Thursday at Atwater.
We knew what we were facing tonight, said Silva, who led BC with nine points. We knew it was going to be a tough match. Its one loss. We have to come ready to go to work against Atwater so we can still take the title ourselves.
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Pitman 59, Golden Valley 44
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My observation has been that customers like cost-plus contracts. Even though a cost-plus job and a fixed-price one cost the same — in theory, anyway — many homeowners are happier with a payment term that says they'll pay the direct job costs plus either a certain percentage or a fixed fee for the contractor's overhead expenses and profit. They seem to feel they're getting a better deal that way — regardless of whether they actually are.
Before I go any further, let me point out what a bad idea I think it is to agree to work for cost plus a fixed fee. It's just asking for trouble. Suppose — and this is just one of the many things that can go wrong with a fixed fee — the job takes twice as long as scheduled. The fixed fee, which includes your profit, could turn out to be one reason you are in the red at the end of the year.
So let's concentrate on cost plus a percentage. We'll start with an important lesson in math. Your customer agrees to pay all the direct costs plus 15 percent of those costs as overhead and profit. If your direct costs are $1,000, you will collect $150 on top of that as overhead and profit. If that $1,000 in direct costs goes up to $1,500, you will collect an additional $75 of overhead and profit. That means there's a real motivation to keep your books in such a way that every cost that could legitimately be a direct job cost is accounted for as one.
Put another way, the more items you move from overhead to direct job costs, the more profit you will make on cost-plus jobs. Sounds pretty simple, right? But it has been my sense that small construction companies err in the opposite direction: They count things as overhead that could or should be attributed directly to the job.
Here's an example of the kind of decision you can face. Suppose the company consists of you and another carpenter, and you're present on the job as a lead carpenter. Yet it's your company. So when you're functioning as the lead carpenter, should your time be attributed to overhead or labor? My opinion is that every time you pick up a hammer, it's labor. I don't care if you are the boss.
In fact, I'll go even further than that: I believe that every time you're on the job site — unless you're just dropping by to say hello to the customer — it's labor.
However, your customer may say, "Hey, wait a minute. That's part of the 15 percent I'm paying as overhead and profit." And why would he say that? Because for him, that would probably be the better deal.
How would you defend yourself if this issue came up in arbitration or litigation? By looking at the same kinds of things you should have looked at back when you initially decided what qualified as direct costs and what qualified as overhead.
You would begin by examining what the contract actually says. Is there a definition of "direct costs" in the contract? If the payment term is clear and detailed, the argument ends right there. (So when you write the contract, be sure to mention issues like lead carpenters.)
But what if the contract isn't clear enough or detailed enough? Suppose the contract just says "direct costs," without defining the term? Or what if the contract includes the correct language, but you and the client disagree on what exactly that language means? Suppose the client says, "Hey, 'lead carpenter' doesn't mean you, it just refers to when you have to bring in somebody else to run the job."
To address such issues, the court or the arbitrator will — once again — look at the contract. If the contract clearly provides an answer, great. If it doesn't, the next step is to try to figure out what was in the parties' minds when they made the deal. What did you and your customer think those words meant when you signed the contract?
How do we figure out what was in people's minds? A moment of quick brain surgery performed with a circular saw may be tempting, but it won't work. We want to know what was in their minds then, not now.
A better place to start is to look at what the parties have done in the past (assuming such information is available). If you've done business with this customer before, and you've always billed your time on the job site as labor, you're in good shape. If the customer says, "You never itemized before, so I didn't know you were including that as a direct cost," you're still in decent shape, but on slightly less firm ground.
Beyond past practices, what other evidence might exist to clarify what you and your customer were thinking when you put the contract together?
One possibility is notes that you made at the time about what you explained to the customer. (The lesson here being that you should spend some time explaining to your customer up front what direct costs include — and then make a brief note about the conversation in your daybook or calendar, or even on the contract itself.)
Another resource is what's customary in the industry. You can bring in expert witnesses or published material from the construction industry, or even get someone who's running a business like yours to testify. Remember that "expert" doesn't necessarily mean someone with a degree after his name — it means someone in a position to know. Other people in the industry who negotiate construction contracts can testify about what they understand those contract terms to mean.
With all of these dire examples and warnings, do I think you should just avoid cost-plus payment terms altogether?
No. It's simply a reality of the marketplace that many customers prefer this approach. But I do urge you to attribute as many expenditures and activities as possible to direct job costs, and to explain the concept clearly and thoroughly in your contract.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Every marriage is under attack. Marriage is given to humanity by God as, ultimately, an expression and picture of His love for His people. Satan wants to tear this living image down.
There is much to work on in marriage, but it strikes me that there is a single key that unlocks the door to health: humble repentance. As sinners living together under the same roof, husband and wife will annoy one another, hurt one another, and fail to edify one another as they should. Sin and its baggage are not only possible, but inevitable for even the godliest couple. If we pretend otherwise, if we act as if we can bat 1.000 all the time, if we plaster smiles on our faces and project the image of perfection, then we lie to ourselves and to others.
Most significantly, we lie to God, who knows the depth of our fallenness, and who is justly offended by our sin.
The single most important key to a strong marriage, it seems to me, is humble repentance. Sin is the fundamental problem of our marriages; humble repentance is the fundamental solution. What does this mean? It means that husbands and wives must train themselves to be experts in the art of saying "I was wrong. I hurt you. I get that. I am so sorry." What a simple collection of words, but what a punch they pack.
It is surprisingly easy for even loving couples to get out of this habit. You hurt your spouse, and she lets you know as she should, but you don't apologize. You skate over it. On a regular basis, we arrive at a fork in the road: we can take one path and evade meaningful confession, or we can swallow our pride and take the route of humility. Whether you're married or not, you know what I'm talking about. Taking the first path guarantees that things will get harder, that sin will calcify. Taking the second brings light into the marriage; the pressure releases, and it's as if someone opened the blinds in a gloomy house. The light of the Gospel shines again.
Christians are called to be experts in repentance. We may not always feel that way; some of us, relatively young in our marriages, are working on establishing good rhythms, and training ourselves to take the good path. But this is a crucial part of what distinguishes us as a people. We have seen by God's grace that we are wrong and that God is right. The cross of Christ is a summons to this confession, and the means by which we are made right. But being cleansed by the blood of Jesus does not free us to live as super-people deluded by our infallibility. Instead, the confession of repentance that marks our conversion is the initiation into a lifetime of the same. So believers are not first and foremost practitioners of ritual. We are not primarily people who merely enjoy gathering together. We are students in the school of repentance. This is not theoretical, though; it is by nature intensely practical.
If your marriage has run aground on the iceberg of unconfessed sin, the way off is humble repentance. Husbands are to lead in this discipline. Being the head of the home doesn't mean that men are untouchable potentates. It means that men are lead repenters. Being the "head" or the leader in biblical Christianity doesn't mean getting off the hook and doing whatever you want in the most lordly and officious way possible. It means leading in all the hard stuff: sacrifice, humility, change, growth, confession, and yes, repentance.
Wherever your marriage is today, break up the ice by initiating humble repentance. If you've gotten locked into patterns of hurting one another and never confessing it, get a babysitter tonight. Go get dinner somewhere. Talk about this. There's a place for unwinding what has happened, and you'll need to identify how not to hurt one another going forward. But make sure that your conversation leads ultimately to full-throated, whole-hearted confession of sin. Claim the Gospel, practically, afresh in your marriage.
Along these lines, a former pastor of mine and very wise man, Mike Bullmore, once recommended that I have a weekly conversation with my wife to do just this. Some weeks get busy, but I think this has been the single most helpful piece of practical advice Bethany, my sanctification partner, and I have received.
This is needed, by the way, not just by the downcast among us, those who cannot help but wear their pain on their faces. It is needed by high-achieving couples, those who are always smiling, those who seem impervious to normal struggles. Healthy marriages definitely do exist. But we can also paper over our hurts. As a husband, take time this week to ask your wife, without any arguing back, how you can care for her better and not hurt her through sin. Are you two locked in patterns that make you ships in the night -- the marriage hums along, things seem fine, but there's little direct spiritual edification happening?
In truth, all of us are fighting sin together. Every marriage requires hard work. Don't pretend. Don't mask sin. Don't say you're a sinner but then act, practically, as if you're not. The most mature among us are not those who seem never to offend God and man, but those who know they are going to sin and who actively hunt their sin down, in part by engaging with their spouse or loved ones.
Christians are not perfect people who can avoid repentance. Through Christ, Christians are called to be experts in repentance. The good news: wherever we find ourselves, we can grow, and change, and light can flood the room.
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The eighth-seeded St. John's football team knocked off top-seeded Leipsic 33-18 on the road last Saturday night to open Region 26 action.
The Blue Jays (7-4) look to knock off another higher-seeded unit, the fourth-seeded Tiffin Calvert Senecas, tonight in Region 26 semifinal action at a familiar spot: Findlay's Donnell Stadium.
For Blue Jays head coach Todd Schulte and his staff, the defense must zero in on dual-threat quarterback Tyler Long operating out of the spread offense.
"Of all the teams we have faced this year, this is one that is most a one-man gang on offense. Long does everything for them: he has the ball in his hands all the time and does the bulk of the running and, of course, the passing," he explained. "He has about 1,400 yards rushing and over 1,000 passing. He goes about 6-3, 190, and he seems more comfortable at running the ball than throwing. Once he gets to the edge, he can simply outrun defenders; he's pretty quick and athletic. They design a lot of runs for him at quarterback: powers, counters, the typical spread-offense running plays. However, they can tighten it up, put him at tailback and hand him the ball.
"Up front offensively, they have good size but they are not overly big; they are very typical of the type of teams we have faced this year."
A Blue Jay defensive unit surrendering 22.6 points and 349.9 yards (199.5 rushing) per game, senior linebacker Cody Looser (76 solo stops, 45 assists) and junior linebacker Austin Heiing (55 and 34) lead the way, along with junior Hays (45 and 32; 2 picks) and sophomore Jordan Mohler (48 and 16; 2 picks) out of the secondary, senior Tyler Jettinghoff (37 and 22), senior linemen Jason Wittler (22 and 29) and Luke MacLennan (37 and 11) and senior cornerback Ben Wrasman (33 and 9; 37 punts, 37.4-yard average).
"Their defense is a mix between what we saw against Minster — a read-and-react look — and the aggressive, get-in-the-backfield unit last week against Leipsic; they are in-between," Schulte continued. "What they do that is a prime concern is multiple looks up front; that always means your offensive line has to be on its toes and immediately know who they have to block."
The Blue Jay offense, averaging 24.5 points and 281.1 yards (233.1 rushing), is paced by the 3-headed backfield tandem of tailback Jettinghoff (206 rushes, 1,188 yards, 22 touchdowns; 7 catches, 73 yards), fullback MacLennan (86 rushes, 750 yards, 7; 14 catches, 243 yards, 2) and junior quarterback Nick Martz (116 rushes, 583 yards, 5; 39-of-100 passing, 2 scores, 10 picks). Hays (6 catches, 69 yards), Wrasman (5 for 38; 30-of-36 extra points, 1 field goal for 33 points) and senior Andy May (5 for 82) are other targets outside. Road-graders up front include senior tackle Spencer Ginter (13 pancake blocks), junior guard Wes Buettner (6) and senior center Ryan Shumaker (4), along with MacLennan from the fullback spot (4).
"Teams are very aware that we want to run the ball, so we have to establish the line of scrimmage. If we do that — execute up front especially — that opens other things up," Schulte explained. "Defensively, we don't want to give up the big plays. At this time of year, that is very important; you want an offense to earn every point they get. If they can drive the field on us, then we had to adjust."
Big plays were crucial in the Jays' opening playoff victory.
"We had two big plays for touchdowns in the first quarter and that seemed to take the wind out of their sails. We have become more of a grind-it-out offense; we started to do more of that as the game wore on," he added. "I felt we started to wear on them midway through the second period and also in the fourth.
"Defensively, our cornerbacks — Ben and Jordan — maybe had the best game they have had as a tandem this year. Leipsic wanted to get deep on them and they never really did. Outside of a couple of drives, we played a solid defensive game."
Calvert (7-4, 6-1 Midland Athletic Conference) ousted Edon 34-31 in their post-season opener.
Long leads an offense that averages 26.5 points and 323.6 yards total (220.7 yards rushing) with 234 totes for 1,370 yards (15 scores) and 59-of-146 passing for 1,056 yards (12 TDs, 10 picks).
However, other contributors are Austin Ball (112 rushes, 635 yards, 9), Adam Recker (101 attempts, 438 yards), Donovan Stith (23 catches, 495 yards, 5), Dan Reineke (19 catches, 286 yards, 3) and kicker/punter Michael Smith (40 points; 34 punts, 39.4-yard average),
A defense that cedes 19.7 points and 260.6 yards (131.7 rushing) is led by Reineke (6 interceptions), Drew Ritzler (3) and Recker and Long (2 each).
Kickoff is 7 p.m. tonight, with St. John's the home team.


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Sittin' (and spinnin') on the board
For every event we attend, whether it is sponsored by a church, school or social group, a great deal of planning goes on behind the scenes.
Some groups and organizations have been in existence for many years. A lot of boards set agendas and protocol for most of the groups. It is always nice to add to your resumé, "I sit on a board of directors. Our group does this and that throughout the year."
However, what role do you, as a board member or a member of an organization, do to ensure the event your group sponsors is a success?