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Holly-G003 was a member of the SPARTAN-III program in Team Saber, one of the leading squads in the Gamma Company of SPARTAN-IIIs stationed on Onyx at Camp Currahee.[3]
When Holly was around 5 or 7 years of age, she was orphaned during a Covenant attack on her home colony. Around 2546, she was conscripted into the SPARTAN-III program developed by Colonel James Ackerson, along with other orphans who had volunteered to become Spartans. She and the other SPARTAN-III candidates were trained on the planet Onyx by Senior Chief Petty Officer Mendez, survivors of Beta Company Lucy-B091 and Tom-B292, and SPARTAN-II Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose.
Holly was assigned to Team Saber, under the command of fellow SPARTAN-III Ash-G099. During a top honors training exercise, Team Saber moved dangerously close to Zone 67 to avoid the other teams. The team spied what they assumed at the time to be a new type of Covenant aircraft or drone, noting that it had energy shields and seemed to use anti-gravity technology. Unknown to them, it was in fact one of a group of Forerunner Sentinel, which had awoken in response to a pulse from the destroyed Installation 04. Team Saber decided to investigate and engaged the Sentinels, but upon being faced with the machines' deadly energy weaponry, Holly and the rest of the team were forced to split up and retreat.[4] Holly became cornered by a Sentinel at the edge of a cliff, but was rescued when Ash hurled a rock at the Sentinel, distracting it. The Sentinel then chased Ash into a crevasse, after which Holly and the rest of Team Saber dropped boulders on the Sentinel and destroyed it.[5]
Holly and the rest of Team Saber decided to retreat to the base camp to retrieve live ammunition and heavy weaponry. On their way, the group met up with Commander Ambrose, Chief Mendez, and Petty Officers Tom and Lucy, and proceeded to try and evade the Sentinels that were swarming throughout the forest. Shortly afterward, Holly and the rest of the group met up with Kelly-087 and Dr. Catherine Halsey. After the Spartans successfully defeated the attacking Sentinels, Holly and the rest of the group took Dr. Halsey and Kelly to a bombed-out bunker, where Dr. Halsey explained the origin of the Sentinels and outlined a plan of action.[6]
Holly and Team Saber scouted out a tunnel to trap a pair of Sentinels in, and Dante rigged it with explosives. Kelly led the Sentinels on a chase through the tunnel, which exploded behind her and successfully destroyed the Sentinels. After the team destroyed all Sentinels in the area, they moved into an excavated Forerunner city within Zone 67. Once there, they discovered the map room of the Onyx installation, and discovered the location of the lost Team Katana. Before they proceeded to use Onyx's teleportation grid to translocate to Katana's position, they were contacted by AI Endless Summer, who urged them to launch a strike on the installation's Sentinel manufacturing facility, thus cutting off the stream of Sentinels swarming throughout the planet.[7]
After successfully shutting down the Sentinel production facility under Onyx's north polar region, Holly and the rest of the team arrived at Team Katana's holding area to find the group contained within an array of Forerunner slipspace field pods. Dr. Halsey deduced the purpose of the shield world, and also found out that Covenant forces nearby had pinpointed the location of the group and were on the way with large numbers of troops to attempt to stop them.
The humans then fell back into Onyx's core room antechamber and made a stand at the entrance to the shield world. During the battle, a pair of Mgalekgolo moved to fire upon Kelly-087. Holly took the blasts from both Hunters' assault cannons, saving the older Spartan but at the cost of her own life. She was vaporized by the blast, leaving only two footprints where she had stood.[8]
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Holly was small in stature, even by non-SPARTAN standards. Kurt-051 once remarked that she reminded him of Kelly-087 when she was younger. Holly was remarkably agile, and was excellent at reconnaissance roles. She had short cropped hair buzz-cut into a series of bear-claw scratch patterns. For that some of the other teams teased her, and she was demoted twice for fighting.[9]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
- Halo: Glasslands (Mentioned only)
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 100 ("The average age was only twelve in 2551.")
- ^ Letter - Re:Spartan-Holly, "Holly should be G003; the G122 looks to be an error. I'll forward that onto TOR and make sure they correct it. Thank you for pointing this out." -- Eric Nylund, Nov 14, 2006 10:40 PM
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 114
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 117-120
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 130-134
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 170-184
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 313-314
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 360-362
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 115


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New hires complete a course of online learning or classroom instruction on diversity and inclusion. Some courses are offered in depth for leaders; others are designed for groups to share in the diversity and inclusion learning experience.
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The groups are aligned with recruiters on Parker's staff and help them find diverse talent. The original groups have been around for about seven years; the most recent group is the mature associates group. "The Baby Boomers wanted to come together because their experiences are unique to their generation," Barnhardt says.
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My personal experience is that CFHW has made me a very fit and well-rounded athlete. I played team sports growing up, was an athlete in college and I've competed in triathlons since graduation. Since CFHW, not only has my body changed, but I am stronger and I feel better physically. Crossfit isn't designed to make your biceps huge, it is designed to keep you arms and shoulders strong enough to pick up heavy things. Its not about losing X pounds, its about being able to run further or take the stairs without getting winded. You really have to just come out and try a workout. You'll know after day 1 if Crossfit is for you.
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I was so scared starting CrossFit because I felt that everyone would be better, faster, and stronger than me. This proved to sort of be true when I started and I felt super self-conscious at first. But no one ever laughed at me or made me feel unwelcome (my ultimate fear). Instead, the unwavering support and positive feedback from the coaches and my fellow CrossFitters kept me coming back and I started to feel a valued part of the group almost instantly. An obvious plus is that people in my life noticed and commented on my increased fitness and positive changes in my body within just a couple months of starting. I look forward to reaching the 6, 9, 12+ month bench marks and seeing what I'll be further able to accomplish on my fitness journey. Next goal: a real pull-up! (something I could only dream of doing before CF) CFHW has made me realize that I WILL reach this goal and any other fitness goal I set for myself if I simply just keep coming back! I heart CFHW.


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What's in a W?
A lot of memories, for one sports-memorabilia collector
Today's story is brought to you by the letter W. A hollow, one-of-a-kind, one-metre-by-one-metre, aluminum W.
The story dates back nearly a decade, when the Winnipeg Arena was laid to rest by a demolition team that administered the coup de grâce with explosives.
For our purposes, though, it starts more recently, in late December, when a 46-year-old Winnipeg woman -- who has requested anonymity -- called with a request. Could I help her get Neil Young's autograph when he was in town this week? People asking for help getting the signature of a touring celebrity isn't unusual in itself. What made this request different was what Neil Young was expected to sign. She wanted the former Kelvin High School student to sign the letter W that was salvaged back in 2005 from the sign above the front entrance to the Winnipeg Arena.
How did she end up with such a unique, symbolically significant souvenir of our city's past? Well, the way she tells it, back at the end of 2005, she just called someone at Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking and asked for it.
"I told him my husband was hard to buy for. And I really wanted that W."
And about a month later, the guy from the wrecking company called back and told her to come and get it. No charge.
It turns out there's another reason the wife wanted that letter in particular. Her husband had seats high up in the Winnipeg Stadium stands where he could admire the sign. And when he heard the building was coming down, he began coveting the first letter of both the building and the city he's so proud of. He's a sports-memorabilia collector, in case you hadn't gathered.
But what do you do with it once you've got it? In his case, he made space for it on his basement wall.
Then what?
Then you start carting the letter around, collecting autographs of athletes and entertainers who played in the Winnipeg Arena over five decades.
Starting with Gordie Howe.
Old No. 9 showed up at the hotel where the wife works and she asked Howe if he would sign the W.
He was happy to.
"He thought it was a really wonderful thing," she said.
Then Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings hit town together.
She knew someone well-placed at the MTS Centre and she knew he would understand the significance the letter W.
"He has the E," she explained.
So she asked if he would ask Randy and Burton to sign the W.
Which they were happy to do, too.
Then one summer, when Alexander Steen was playing host to his celebrity golf tournament, the husband showed up with the W. Now the W proudly wears the signatures of Guy Lafleur and Mark Messier, along with local favourites Joe Daley, Ab McDonald, Thomas Steen, Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson and best of all, Bobby Hull.
I say best of all Bobby Hull because of something the husband shared with me Friday. We were talking about where -- other than his basement wall -- the W really belongs, and I suggested it really should be in a place where we can all see it and remember all it represents.
The MTS Centre would be ideal.
"I totally agree with that," the husband said.
If he ever parted with his prize possession, he would want something in return, though.
No, not money.
"I would never sell it," he said.
But first, he feels Bobby Hull's career and connection to Winnipeg need to be celebrated and permanently acknowledged at the MTS Centre. Only then would he donate the W.
"People have to realize if it wasn't for Bobby Hull there would be none of this."
Of course, there are others responsible for what we have now with the next-generation NHL Winnipeg Jets, but I understand what he means, and I agree. So give us a B and an H to go with that W. And get all of it in the MTS Centre where it all belongs.
Oh, one more thing.
If you were wondering if I managed to help get Neil Young to sign the W, the answer is no.
But here's a thematic postscript.
After his news conference at the Centennial Concert Hall on Thursday afternoon, Neil did an impromptu autograph session for a group of young women huddled patiently in the cold behind the building. But when Free Press photographer Joe Bryksa tried to snap a shot, one of Young's security detail snapped, too. He smacked Joe's camera out of the way. And with that, the autograph session ended.
One can only shudder at the thought of what Neil Young's hired help would have done if someone had approached our hometown hero to autograph a giant, aluminum W.
W still loves ya anyway, Neil.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 18, 2014 B1
Updated on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 6:51 PM CST: Correction to reflect that W is made of aluminum, not cast-iron.
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Amd that's why we love Adam Kredo of the Washington Jewish Week, for rounding up the latest on Rachel Abrams' screed against Palestinian terrorists and their kin; the demand from J Street, which sees the screed as attacking all Palestinians, that the Emergency Committee for Israel oust her from its board; ECI's blast back; and ECI's refusal to sign the ADL-AJC comity pledge.
For the record, I think Adam is right. I had to read Abrams', umm, lengthy sentence eight or nine times before I understood it, but, yes, she's referring to terrorists and their mothers, and not the entire Palestinian people.
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Then round up his captors, the slaughtering, death-worshiping, innocent-butchering, child-sacrificing savages who dip their hands in blood and use women—those who aren't strapping bombs to their own devils' spawn and sending them out to meet their seventy-two virgins by taking the lives of the school-bus-riding, heart-drawing, Transformer-doodling, homework-losing children of Others—and their offspring—those who haven't already been pimped out by their mothers to the murder god—as shields, hiding behind their burkas and cradles like the unmanned animals they are, and throw them not into your prisons, where they can bide until they're traded by the thousands for another child of Israel, but into the sea, to float there, food for sharks, stargazers, and whatever other oceanic carnivores God has put there for the purpose.
Maybe, I thought, the sixth time, I should snap my fingers and imagine 1956 Greenwich Village, basement, caffeinated, smoke-filled.
Maybe, the seventh time, I should drink some espresso.
Maybe, the eight time, I should imagine inhaling some of those fumes…
That worked!
UPDATE: I had to read it a 10th time. (This is gonna be a looong election season.) A reader points out that "Round up his captors … and their offspring" implicates innocents (children) in the sharkfeed fate Abrams imagines.
That's, uh, kinda out there, it must be said. But J Street in its statement still goes too far in generalizing her references to terrorists, their mothers and (now I realize) their children as signifying all Palestinians.


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An Austrian millionaire was in the news this month for giving away all of his fortune. Why? "For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said. "I come from a very poor family where the rules were to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this for many years," said Mr. Rabeder. But over time, he had another, conflicting feeling. "More and more I heard the words [rising up inside me]: 'Stop what you are doing now—all this luxury and consumerism—and start your real life'," he said. "I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need. I have the feeling that there are lot of people doing the same thing."
Since selling his belongings, Mr. Rabeder said he felt "free, the opposite of heavy". "My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," he told The Daily Telegraph. (All of his money will go to fund micro-credit for the poor in Latin America.) But he said he did not judge those who chose to keep their wealth. "I do not have the right to give any other person advice. I was just listening to the voice of my heart and soul." [3]
Over the last few months, I have been thinking a lot about money and stewardship and even tithing. A number of us within the congregation have been talking about it. A number of you have shared your stories with me.
Arleen Henricksen gave me permission to share with you about an encounter I had with her. Arleen was a member of the church, a person of quite modest means, who lived on a very fixed income as a retired teacher. Arleen told me she felt grateful for having been raised poor, because she learned to live frugally and came to understand the value of people helping people. AND, she was always a person very rich in spirit! She was always very giving.
She gave a significant sum of money to an acquaintance a few years ago, and did not understand the money to be a loan, but a gift to help this friend out in a time of need. Fifteen years later, the friend sent her a check paying back the money, along with a letter of gratitude. Well, Arleen called me and said she wanted to meet with me. We sat down together and she told me the story of having given the money to her friend, and its unexpected repayment.
Then she said, "I don't need that money. I want to give it to the church, which is so important to me in so many ways." And she handed me a check for $1000. I was simply bowled over by her generosity. "I don't need that money. I want to give it. Giving relates to happiness," she said.
Arleen died just a few weeks ago. One of the last checks she wrote was to the church's new building fund, for another $1000. She wanted to support the future in a meaningful way. Right up to the end, Arleen was a model of generosity. And she was a truly happy person—which had nothing to do with what was in her bank account. She understood what matters most.
Listen. Money is simply energy and nothing more. Money can be stuffed in the mattress, or kept in an offshore bank account, to provide a sense of security, or to move us just a bit closer to that ever-elusive sense of "enough". Money can also be used to do great good in the world.
I believe that this church changes lives for the better and that we're only getting started. We need to be a congregation of stewards, who understand that the church needs our strong support in order to fulfill our shared mission of transforming ourselves and the world. As stewards, we are caretakers of this institution for a future we will never see, just as our founders had the vision to build and strengthen a congregation that we now benefit from.
The magic envelopes are a cute gimmick, sure. (Great! They give away money at that church! How cool!) But there is a really deep point that we are making by doing that today, on the day we ask for your pledges for the coming year.
When you give money to this congregation, that money is used to bless the world in a variety of ways. It is money that goes far and wide beyond these walls. Think about it: over the past few weeks, you've been hearing about how various members within the church have been personally transformed through their association with this congregation.
We know that our religious education program enriches the children beyond measure. We know that the comfort our lay chaplains provide mean the world to those who are cared for. We know that the music ministry of this church heals hearts and opens spirits. We know that community members showing up month after month to do community-organizing with the local interfaith group, or to host the temporarily-homeless families, are making a true difference in real lives.
And there are so many things we'll never see: the teenager who decides not to commit suicide because they had access to our Our Whole Lives program, affirming them as they questioned their sexuality. We'll not know for years about the young children currently attending our church who will be called to enter the UU ministry, affecting thousands of other lives in the future. And there are many of us who have changed the very course of our lives because of something we have learned here, or felt here, or touched here, or because God, or our own deeper knowing, has spoken to us here. If you feel that your life has been enriched because you are a part of this congregation, raise your hand.
How can we ascribe monetary value to the place of the church in our lives? Quite frankly, I'm not sure that we should. That way of thinking connects us solidly with the consumer culture in which we live. ("Let's see…what did I get from this? Well then, I'll give that…") A church is not a buffet that we approach in order to pick out what we're most in the mood for. In fact, some of the things we most need are things we wouldn't ordinarily seek out to do. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be challenged to grow. I think that's what church is for!
Our mission states it clearly. This religious community exists to support the transformation of each one of us, and the transformation of society. We need a place where we can celebrate life, come together to mourn and marry and march and to learn spiritual practices which will help us to live our values every day of the week.
And we need a place which will challenge us to recognize our own privilege and invite us to be counted among those who are willing to change our lives for the sake of others. This will motivate us to see our interconnectedness with all of life, and will lead us to heal the environment, racism, classism, able-ism, and homophobia. It will lead us to become more and more generous and more moved to help. As I said, we are just getting started. There is so much more work to do.
On the one hand, Unitarian Universalists are statistically the highest income-earning faith group. On the other hand, we are statistically the faith group that gives least to our own churches. Why is that?? If we gave of our resources at the level that the Baptists, Mormons, Episcopals, or Jews do, we would be able to serve the community in amazing ways.
Think of the soup kitchen we could run each Sunday, serving hundreds of hungry neighbors. Think of the houses we could build in New Orleans, and the green technology we could help to retrofit our entire area with. Think of the co-housing communities we could build, the Unitarian Universalist preschool we could run, the progressive retreat center we could build, the spiritual direction institute we could create. All of these are actual and real possibilities. There are so many things that we could do. The sky's really the limit.
A few of you may be wondering about the invitation that we make to you to give 5% of your income to the church, worrying that there are surely those who can't afford to give at such a level. Studies show it is low-income working families that are the most generous group in America, giving away about 4.5 percent of their income on average. This compares to about 2.5 percent among the middle class, and 3 percent among high-income families.
I think that we need to be challenged to reexamine our biases, and recognize that our religious community is just as worthy of support as is the neighborhood Jewish temple, the Baptist church, or the Moslem mosque. Historically, Unitarians just haven't been asked to give at the level that those others have. That is changing, as all around our movement, people are recognizing the power of the church in their lives, as well as making the connection between generosity and spiritual wholeness. Our culture is broken, and one of the reasons why is because we are told it's all about getting more. Getting more isn't the key to wholeness. But giving more, just may be.
Tithing is a term understood by Christians, which is an expectation of giving 10% of one's income to the church. After that tithe, the literature states, you are then free to give as the spirit moves to special invitations…but that the 10% to the church comes first. That 10% is used to support the programming and ministry that is offered not only to us, but to others who are not even like us in any way.
The pledge is meant to support the overall ministry of the church, not to support the sliver of the budget that is most important to us personally. This is what stewardship is: building the foundation for a future we will never see.
An important principle of Islam is that everything belongs to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. Zakah—stewardship—is one of the 5 pillars of Islam, and means both "purification" and "growth." Possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion to give. Like the pruning of plants, it is understood that this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.
Others of you may be thinking, "I give to a lot of causes, I can't give that much to the church!" It is true that we Unitarian Universalists are a very civically-minded group. We all care about causes outside of the church. But I highly doubt that you are giving 5% of your income to causes outside the church.
When you think about it, 5% is really quite a minimal percentage out of 100%—and I really believe that for most of the people here, the church means more than that in our daily lives. (You may spend more on Starbucks than you do your church. While I do believe in the magical powers of caffeine, I wouldn't call it life-transforming.) I have learned that sacrificing for the sake of supporting the church at a responsible level feels really good, actually. Giving up something like regular meals out, or a vacation, can enrich us more than we think.
Last year, my husband lost his job. He didn't love his work, but it did provide our family with income that we use to cover our basic expenses. When he lost his job, we went into survival mode. I called the church and froze my pledge, because I wasn't sure what was going to happen. But as the months went by, and my partner began to create for himself a new direction, a much more healthy and life-affirming path is opening before him. He has been using this time to put his life in alignment with his overall values, a project that I support whole-heartedly.
He and I talked a few months ago about our pledge. Our lives had never been richer, we realized. We had reprioritized our spending because we were forced to. And we wanted our church to be represented as one of our priorities. We decided that we would see what would happen if we tried to meet our original pledge amount, even though it was a stretch pledge for us to make on both of our incomes.
And so the last few months, we have been making large payments to the church to make up our pledged amount. And I feel great about this. When I look at my bank account and my checkbook, I feel as though my priorities are obvious.
I wanted to share this story, and have asked others to share theirs, because I wanted you to be encouraged to try it. As I mentioned earlier, if everyone were to give at a 5% level, we would have no budget crunch at all, ever. And that is a good reason to do it. But it's the private and personal transformation that I want to encourage in you. It is simply a matter of deciding that giving to the church comes first, along with one's rent payment or electric bill. It gets paid along with the other necessities of life, because that's what it is.
Think back to a moment ago when some of you raised your hands. When money is given to the church, it is given to the greater good; to enrich your lives. We end our Sunday services here, and you go out there and do service yourselves—you live your principles far and wide. And the church touches so many beyond our walls, via our website, and the weddings we perform, and through community coalitions and our partner church. And the children. What about the children. If you have been to one youth service here, you might have thought, "What amazing young people!" If you have been to more than one youth service, your thinking must have changed to, "We raise amazing young people here!" which is the truth.
Week upon week, we make a difference in countless lives. Deep differences that are profound…life-changing…and life-affirming. And the challenge before us is, are we willing to prioritize the church in our giving? Because if we did that, each of us giving 5% of our income, we would be happier people—statistics prove it! And we would be able to bring more love and more light and more justice to the world.
I hope that the fire of commitment will be growing in you this morning, and that you'll be inspired to do something truly generous. And please hear this: whatever your gift to the church is, we celebrate and appreciate it.
As the magic envelope donors would tell you, and as others have shared here this morning: giving can be a gift to the giver. It expands and widens and nurtures the soul. "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
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Mon, 08/01/2011 - 1:31pm
For Sale: 1991 Scamp Camper, 16 ft. We're selling it because our family is outgrowing it. I put new tires on it last year and re-packed the bearings. It's really been updated since 2005.
Here's a list of amenities
1991 Scamp 16' Travel Trailer
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New Chrome Rims
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New Window Tint
New Aluminum Grab Bar (Side Of Door)
New Inside/Outside Digital (Accurite) Thermometer
New (Sharp) Digital Atomic Clock (Wall Mounted)
New Ventline Range Hood With Fan/Light
New Microwave
New Fridge
New Porcelain Bowl Toilet (Sea Land) With Hand Sprayer
New Medicine Cabinet
New DC Bath Exhaust Fan
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New Blue Curtains
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New Rear Bumper Alum. Diamond Plate Storage Box
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Newborn Screening Materials and Resources:
Newborn Screening Videos
Newborn Bloodspots Save Lives...One Spot at a Time
When a bloodspot sample is taken from an infant for newborn screening, a few drops of blood from the heel are collected into circles on a special filter paper. These samples are dried and then sent to the laboratory for screening. The blood-filled circles are known as newborn bloodspots, and they are essential not only for the life- saving screening, but also to assure the quality of the current screening and for development of new screening tests. The video provides a clear discussion of these and other critical issues about newborn screening.
Newborn Bloodspots Save Lives...One Spot at a Time (video: 17 minutes)
One Foot at a Time
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation developed this educational film, in English and Spanish, to share experiences of parents and expert opinions regarding the newborn screening process. It contains information that could save a baby's life.
Newborn Screening Saves Babies.....One Foot at A Time (ENGLISH) from Save Babies on Vimeo
Newborn Screening – An Introduction
This introduction to newborn screening is from Medline Plus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health.
MedlinePlus Newborn Screening Introduction
Michigan Newborn Screening Program & The Michigan BioTrust for Health
A video from the Michigan Newborn Screening Program that explains Newborn Screening.
Michigan Newborn Screening Program & The Michigan BioTrust for Health video
Fighting to Survive
Pennsylvania twins with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency celebrate 100-day milestone since life-saving transplant.
Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease in the Apparently Healthy Newborn - Texas Pulse Oximetry Project
This video shares the story of one family's devastating journey with their daughter who was diagnosed with Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) and highlights the importance of using pulse oximetry to screen for CCHD.
Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) on YouTube


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G&G Self Storage, pursuant to Chapter 59, Texas Property Code, shall conduct a public sale of the contents on the storage unit(s) listed below to satisfy a landlord's lien. All sales will be conducted at 980 W. FM 664 Ferris, Texas on 6-5-08 10:00 AM and will be for cash to the highest bidder. All successful bidders shall remove the contents of the units(s) immediately. G&G Self Storage reserves the right to reject any bids and withdraw any items from such sale.
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Digging between the seats of your '98 Tercel for spare
change? You might want to hold off on scavenging long enough to
read this article.
Life is expensive any way you cut it. If you're
paying for college, grad school or a professional program, you know
it can be really expensive. Annual tuition hikes are
only heightening the challenge.
The latest Trends in College
Pricing by the College Board, reports that the 2004-2005
academic year tab for a four-year undergraduate degree averages
$20,082 (up 6 percent from last year) at a private school and $5,132
(up 10.5 percent from last year) at a public one. That's just
tuition! This "tab" is increasing every year and a look at
tuition rate inflation offers little comfort for the years ahead.
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid,
states that in recent years, tuition inflation "has been between
6 percent and 7 percent. A seven percent college inflation
rate means that the cost of college doubles every 10 years."
How do you pay for this costly adventure without taking
out loans the size of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's personal worth
(a meager $76 million)?
Scholarships, grants and fellowships are a good place
to start. They are all forms of financial aid that DON'T have
to be paid back. That's right, free money! OK, almost free.
You do have to research and fill out paperwork, but the hours spent
and pencil lead used could earn you thousands of dollars.
Where do you find this dinero? Pack up your lunch,
grab a notebook and mosey on over to your local library, counselor's
office or career center. A multitude of books, newsletters and computer
search programs are at your fingertips. But hold on, Lone Ranger.
Before you head off into the sunset you might want to get yourself
Make a list of factors that make you eligible for
any scholarship. You don't have to be Einstein or Michael
Jordan to be competitive for financial awards. You've
heard of scholarship offers for someone born in Bucklick Hollow,
Ky., whose dad works for the Mister Mouse cheese factory.
Don't laugh, they're out there. OK, maybe not Bucklick Hollow, but
you get the point.
According to Chris Vuturo, author of "The Scholarship
Adviser" (Random House, 1998), when building a profile of eligibility
you should "include as many categories as possible. Start with the
big stuff." He suggests potential majors, place of residence,
extracurricular activities, service activities, societies you belong
to, sports you play, ethnicity and religious backgrounds.
Don't forget to include parental affiliations -- clubs, professional
organizations and place of employment. Vuturo found that his
parent's insurance company gives away a scholarship to policyholder's
Once you've made a profile, check out some scholarship
indexes and application help books. These books are often
available for free in your library and career resource centers.
Most are easy to use and are organized similarly to your profile
-- by majors, career interest, etc. If you're not into photocopying
or you don't feel like camping out at the library you can find these
books for a nominal price at a local bookstore.
Time to let your fingers do the walking and home in
on those computer skills. An online search is an easy and quick
way to access scholarship information. The only down side
is that you're stuck sifting through a generous amount of information
that might not be free. Some sites sucker you into filling
out a lengthy form and in the end tell you to pay $45 if you want
your scholarship matches. For FREE scholarship searches
try these sites: FastWeb,
Express, Mach25,
and Finaid.
What about companies that guarantee $1,000 of scholarship
money in exchange for a fee? Scholarship search companies are numerous
and their services can cost you from $45 up to $395. These companies
take a student profile and match eligibility requirements with scholarships.
For a fee you receive a list of scholarships that you might
be eligible for. Is it worth it?
"In my personal experience, I found that the list
of scholarships they could generate was inferior to the ones I could
generate on my own," Vuturo says. "No one can guarantee you
a set amount of money or winnings. Finding a source is just
the beginning. There is a whole process to successfully competing
for scholarships. Beware of anyone who promises you the moon."
Don't be narrow-minded when you look for financial
aid. Aside from traditional scholarships, you can find service
and fellowship programs in your field of specialty that offer big
bucks. Americorps
is a national service organization that allows people of all ages
and backgrounds to get financial help for school in exchange for
a year of service.
If you have special talents such as writing, composing
music or researching, use them to enter competitions for award money. A
unique sculpture could win you up to $1,000 through the Young Sculptor
Awards Competition from the National Sculpture Society.
Whatever path you choose, be wary of scholarship scams.
Due to a large amount of complaints, The
Federal Trade Commission has initiated Project $cholar$cam,
a law enforcement and consumer education program to protect college
students from fraudulent college scholarship services. People
who offer free information such as Kantrowitz warn, "If you have
to pay money to get money, it is probably a scam." If a program
is suspicious you should contact The Federal Trade Commission
before you toss your clams away.
The key to success is to start early, don't get frustrated
and stay open minded. Use every resource you can get your
hands on. Don't disillusion yourself -- this is a timely process.
The good news is that if you spend three hours researching and win
a $3,000 award, you earned $1,000 per hour. With so much free
information out there, don't get stuck with a big research bill.
Books and software have minimal costs and may be worth the investment,
so don't lose your shirt to finance your education!


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Felt Mistress – Creature Couture book and talk
Felt Mistress aka Louise Evans has a book coming out of her creature designs from the last 18 years. 400-pages feature over 1,650 photographs, previously unseen drawings of her partner Jonathan Edwards' original design ideas, details of every Felt Mistress collaboration with other artists and more. With in-depth interviews with Loiuse, Jonathan, Jon Burgerman, Pete Fowler, Ben Newman, John Knox, Nobrow and more, it looks like the definitive article.
If you pre-order the book from the publishers Blank Slate you're in with a chance to win an actual Creature made by Louise which is featured in the book. One book will come with a felt 'You Win' ticket as seen below and details of how to claim your prize.
There are also versions of the book with Mr Tippy characters in regular and gold editions and, if you still can't get enough creature love, you can hear Louise and Jonathan talk about the book at Foyles on Charing Cross Rd. on Dec 11th at 8.30pm. The talk is free but you have to book a place online and Jonathan will be doing creature portraits on a first come first served basis.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Bissell has named Jim Krzeminski president, North America, of Bissell Homecare.
In his new role, which has made him responsible for the company's overall North America operation, Krzeminski reports directly to Mark Bissell, the company's chairman and CEO. This is a new position for Bissell.
Krzeminski joined Bissell in 1984 and has served in a number of executive posts in sales management, marketing and research and development. Most recently, he served as president of Bissell Business Ventures, which focused on the company's pursuit of new opportunities in the global market. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and chief customer officer.