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Waterford, Michigan -- The Brooksie Way Half Marathon and its scenic course is getting national exposure as one of the most desirable half marathons to enter this fall.
Active.com, the world's largest directory of sports and recreational activities, selected the Brooksie Way along with 10 other half marathons in such international destinations as Vail, Colo.; Myrtle Beach, N.C. and Napa Valley, Calif., as a must to run.
"Looking for a beautiful setting for your next 13.1?" Active.com wrote. "From Kingston Beach to California wine country, here are 11 picture perfect courses you should run."
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson was gratified to know the race, which is named in memory of his son, Brooks Stuart Patterson, had received national attention in only its fourth year. More than 6.5 million people receive weekly and monthly newsletters from Active.com. The special feature on the top 11 races is currently featured on the Active.com homepage.
"Incredible," Patterson said Wednesday. "We're in some tall cotton when our race is being compared with races in Vail, the California wine country or the Outer Banks of North Carolina. If you want to run on one of the most scenic race courses in the country, you don't have to leave Oakland County. It's right here in your own backyard."
The fourth Brooksie Way Half Marathon is set for Oct. 2 in Rochester Hills. The race begins on the campus of Oakland University and winds through the streets of Rochester and Rochester Hills and parts of the Clinton River Trail and Paint Creek Trail before returning to the OU campus. This year, the course will start and finish for the first time on the Meadow Brook Music Festival grounds.
New this year is an expanded post-race party. All half marathon entrants receive an apple red long-sleeve Brooks technical shirt and finishers receive a medal designed especially for the 2011 race. A complete list of registration prices and deadlines can be found at www.thebrooksieway.com.
Besides the half marathon, there is a 5k race and a One Mile Fun Run on the grounds of Oakland University. You may walk or run any of the events. A half marathon competitive walk is among the races.
Greg Meyer and Lisa Rainsberger, the last American male and female winners of the Boston Marathon, are schedule to run the half marathon.
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A monthly record 10.3 million boxes of cherries shipped from the region in June, according to Yakima, Wash.-based Northwest Cherry Growers.
The amount more than doubled the June 2012 tally of 4.7 million boxes — part of that year's record crop.
Demand outpaced supply on most varieties and sizes, according to the group.
Overall frontline pricing was down 22% heading into the Fourth of July holiday, with dark sweet cherry advertised prices averaging $3.06 per pound. Northwest Cherry Growers was urging further retail promotions and increased display space.
Rainfall in the last week of June caused some splitting of Oregon cherries, but damage varied by grower.
"It depends on where you were at," said LeRoy Nickerson, a grower and an administrator at the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission. "Probably somewhere around 10% was lost."
Losses would have been worse had Northwest cherries not started production early — like many West Coast crops.
"Washington is well over half picked," Nickerson said. "Most of where their rain hit was in the Yakima Valley, and that was mostly picked. Areas like Wenatchee were still real good."
In Oregon, damage appeared hit or miss. The upper Hood River Valley was largely untouched, Nickerson said. The Dalles received minimal rainfall and might have suffered 5% splits on some varieties.
"In Hood River we got good rain right in the middle of my rainiers, about two weeks before I normally pick them," he said July 7. "But it was only one night that did it and it hasn't rained since. In fact it's hot now."

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Prudential Sponsors The American College's Online Learning Center
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Women's Leadership Academy Summit 2013
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February 5, 2013
Thomas P. Tooley, ChFC®, CLU®, Elected to The American College's Board of Trustees
February 13, 2012
Addressing health care in your estate plan: advance medical directives and living wills
August 18, 2011
Non-traditional types of wills, Pt. 1
February 28, 2011
Considerations in selecting gifts
October 25, 2010
Advantages of making gifts during life, Pt. 2


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PITTSBURGH – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) President Alex Johnson announced today that the Kane Regional Centers and CCAC branches will suspend the issuance of photo identification for voting purposes in response to today's Commonwealth Court decision.
"Today's Court decision, to allow eligible voters to cast their ballot regardless of whether they have photo identification, is a true victory," said Fitzgerald. "As I've said before, I believe that anyone who wants to participate in our democracy through elections should have every opportunity to do so. We should be doing everything within our power to encourage voting and make it easier for those who are eligible to vote."
Late last month, the Executive and Dr. Johnson announced that photo identification would be issued to eligible voters at sites throughout the county, provided that the voter was able to show another form of identification. The acceptable forms were those that were allowable under prior state law as proof of identification for first-time voters. Last night marked the first opportunity for voters to take advantage of the offering. Thirty-three people were able to get photo identification for voting purposes. Those IDs, although no longer necessary to vote in this upcoming election, will be valid through November of 2017.
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Antonio Morales sits on his bike, staring vacantly in the early-morning light. He gazes past the South Miami Avenue Bridge at the enormous unfinished condo tower, alive with dozens of workers. He holds his hard hat against his chest and idly spins one of the pedals with his foot. Morales, like the others, rose at 5 a.m. and rode his bike downtown from his home in Little Havana. Unlike the men he's watching, he has yet to find work today.
"It's been a bad month," he says quietly. "They turned off the electricity in my house. Estan malas las cosas. Things are bad."
Morales is one of Miami's class of invisible bikers — laborers, the elderly, the working poor, immigrants who come from countries where two wheels are still the dominant mode of transportation. The city's bike activists tend to be affluent and middle-class, easy to peg as any other latte-fueled crusaders. But head across the tracks — anywhere west of Biscayne Boulevard — and it's obvious the people to whom bikes matter most aren't Miami's upper crust at all.
Morales, in his sixties, is short and thick, with jet-black hair that is just beginning to gray. He came here from Nicaragua 20 years ago and has worked construction ever since. He has never owned a car — "It costs three or four thousand dollars for a good one, plus there's gas," he says dismissively — but perks right up at the mention of his bike. "I use it for everything, everything!" he says, proudly pounding his palm on the crossbar. "Come on, let's ride together!"
At the next construction site, Morales points at a small mountain of bicycles past the gate before parking his against the fence and wandering inside. He emerges a few minutes later, shaking his head. The same thing happens at the next site, and the next. By 9 a.m., Morales figures he has been to every work site downtown.
He quietly sticks his hard hat into his backpack and pulls out a baseball cap — a silent sign of defeat. He suggests breakfast and leads the way through downtown and back to the bridge. Riding the sidewalk the entire way, he threads precariously between obstacles, human and otherwise. When I hop the curb onto the street to avoid hitting a slew of pedestrians, he looks startled.
"Careful!" he says, inching his way forward in tiny, almost stationary maneuvers. "It's dangerous in the street!"
Neighborhoods like Little Havana, Allapattah, Overtown, and Liberty City abound with bikes, and as Morales heads west on Flagler, he passes scores of them — elderly men and women pedaling heavy-framed adult tricycles loaded with groceries, lumber, fishing equipment.
Ricardo Ochoa, who owns the Cuba Bike Shop at 2930 NW Seventh Ave., arrived two decades ago from Colombia. He worked for most of that time as an accountant before taking over the shop five years ago. Working with bikes, he says, showed him a different America.
"You know, this business makes me upset, because fixing bikes, I see the poverty, man," he says, absently tinkering with the brakes on a rusty BMX. "I see these people from Overtown with these bikes. I can't believe the extent of the poverty. Here, to be a poor person, you need a car, a cellular [phone], all these things. In other countries, if you're poor, you're just poor, that's it."
Bogotá, the capital of his birth country, has implemented a highly integrated citywide bicycle system. Every Sunday 70 miles of the city's streets are closed to automobiles for the benefit of bicyclists and pedestrians.
Ochoa's theory is that cars have isolated Americans from each other, especially in Miami. "Here people drive all the time, and it makes them lonely," he says. "It's like a cloud of loneliness hanging over the city."
In the parking lot behind the Walgreen's at Flager Street and NW 12th Avenue in Little Havana, Pedro Gonzalez stands, his bike beside him, arms elbow-deep in a Dumpster. He turns from his work as if receiving a visitor in his office. "How can I help you?" the tiny, wizened man says pleasantly, his rubber-gloved hands still clutching a reeking bag of garbage.
Next to him is a children's mountain bike, ridiculously small, even for him. From the handlebars hangs a basket as big as his torso, containing maybe 12 aluminum cans. Gonzalez, 79 years old, collects and recycles them to get by. He isn't homeless, but he too has fallen on hard times. His wife recently had a stroke (a "brain stroke," he explains), so he mostly stays home caring for her. The cans don't bring much, but every bit helps: "One and one is two," he points out, waving the can in the air. "And two is more than zero."
He finishes and hops onto the bike to head home. It's a slow ride. Gonzalez weaves wobbly from sidewalk to street — the wrong way — to sidewalk again. When SW First Street ceases to be one-way, putting Gonzalez face-to-face with oncoming traffic, he is unperturbed. At the Flagler Street Bridge, he disdains the narrow sidewalk, approaching the blind point at the crest. "I'm not afraid of anything," he declares, lifting a hand from the grip and pounding it on his small, white-shirted chest. "If I die tomorrow, that's fine. Death will come when it will come."


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Fall 2010 Events
Past Events:
December 7th, 2010
Neat Ideas Fair
Time |
Event |
09:00am - 09:45am | Exhibitor Registration |
10:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibition open to the public |
10:00am - 12:00pm 01:00pm - 03:00pm |
Exhibit judging and People's Choice Award |
03:30pm - 04:30pm | Elevator Pitch contest |
05:00pm - 05:30pm | Announcement of Awards & Closing |
December 6th, 2010
NIF exhibit setup, drop-off poster boards
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Event |
10:00am - 12:00pm | Poster board set up |
12:00pm - 02:00 pm | Preliminary judging of Elevator Pitches |
November 17th, 2010
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Growing your Business in a global world |
Where: | MLK 225/229 |
Time: | Wednesday, November 17th, 6:00pm-7:30pm |
Speaker: | Jay Fulcher, CEO Ooyala |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Jay Fulcher
As CEO of Ooyala, Jay Fulcher oversees all aspects of the company's strategic planning and operations. He is especially focused on growing and scaling Ooyala's brand and business globally. Mr. Fulcher has driven revenue and market share growth in technology companies for more than 20 years. Before joining Ooyala, he was President and CEO of Agile Software, managing the company's growth into a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) leader with over 11,000 customers. His career there was capped by Agile's successful 2007 acquisition by Oracle. He also served as President of the Products Division of PeopleSoft, and led the transformation of the company's billion-dollar global services organization. Mr. Fulcher's earlier career included work as a regional Vice President at SAP and as Senior Vice President of worldwide sales and marketing at Red Pepper Software. Mr. Fulcher has a B.S. in Management from San Jose State University, and serves on the advisory board for the school's Lucas Graduate School and College of Business. |
November 21st, 2010
Deadline for:
NIF registration
Submission of written summary for Best Executive Summary
October 11th, 2010
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Protecting your Idea |
Where: | ENG 189 |
Time: | Monday, October 11th, 6:00pm-7:30pm |
Speakers: | Paul Hickman, TIPS Group |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Paul Hickman
Practice emphasis Technology Counseling Intellectual Property Counseling Technology & IP Licensing Background and experience AB Stanford University, JD Santa Clara University of Law, BSEE San Jose State University; Patent Attorney Hewlett-Packard Company; Patent Counsel, Applied Materials; Vice President Neostar, Inc.; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, California and Texas Supreme Courts, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, various U.S. District Courts; USPTO. (For the complete Bio, please visit: http://www.tipsgroup.com.) |
September 13th, 2010
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Getting off the ground: Ideas & Execution |
Where: | MLK 225/229 |
Time: | Monday, September 13th, 6:00pm-7:30pm |
Speakers: | Paul McGrath (CEO, Ridespring) Steve Olson (CFO, Ridespring) Matt Ready (VP, Sandforce) Steve Erickson (VP and GM Audio Products, Creative Labs) |
NIF On-line registration on YouNoodle OPENS
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Paul T. McGrath
As a frustrated commuter, Paul felt compelled to employ his 17 years of experience as a design engineer to develop cost effective solutions to the problems of traffic congestion. After significant market research and product development, RideSpring is the result of this vision. Paul holds a BSc. in Engineering from Lancaster University, England. |
Steven W. Olson
Steve has over 25 years executive level management experience in technology focused organizations. He has successfully managed in startup and high growth environments raising capital, building organizations, process, and infrastructure to support aggressive domestic and international expansion. His background as the VP Finance/CFO coupled with other senior executive roles he's played in general management and operations, gives him a broad business experience set to draw from while being fiscally grounded in his approach. He has built finance organizations from scratch, and taken existing finance organizations to the next level. Steve holds a BS in Business-Finance from San Jose State University and an MBA in International Business from Santa Clara University. |
Matt Ready
Matt has over 25 years of semiconductor sales experience managing sales organizations for both emerging technology startups as well as multi-national publically traded companies. Prior to SandForce, Matt was VP of Worldwide Sales at eASIC, PLX Technology, Zeevo (acquired by Broadcom), Genesis Microchip (acquired by ST Microelectronics), Array Microsystems and OPTi. Matt earned his BS in Business Administration from San Jose State University. |
Steve Erickson
Steve has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry with over 8 years
as a Vice President and 6 years as General Manager. While at Creative
he has held numerous positions over time, starting as a Field Application
Engineer to currently managing a global team as a General Manager and
Vice President overseeing R&D, P&L, operations, sales, marketing, IT and
business development. Prior to Creative, Steve was at Tandy Electronics where he
was an electrical engineer. Steve earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from
New Mexico State University.


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I live in NJ close to the Hudson. I am growing zinnias and they seemed to be doing well, except that the leaves are wilting. I am not sure if it is due to over-watering or sweltering temperatures or due to come other reason. Kindly take a look at the photo below. I hope you all are enjoying summer gardening! |
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- Posted by padmaaleti none (My Page) on Fri, Jun 22, 12 at 15:08
looks like they need more water...touch the soil with your finger if you are not sure..if it is too dry it needs more water... also..if the leaves are turning yellow, it means over-watering. if they start to turn brown(dry)at the tips, they need more water. zinnias need plenty of sunlight, heat and regular watering..I live in NJ, I plant them every year and they bless me with a blast of blooms.. :) good luck! |
- Posted by padmaaleti none (My Page) on Fri, Jun 22, 12 at 15:09
check the drainage too...if excess water is drained properly... |
Thank you!!!! :-) |
Is this plant on a terrace? I see a lot of brick and concrete. Keep in.mind, official temps are recorded off the ground, in the shade--around here, those temps have been quite hot (upper 90's), they can get much hotter on a terrace without a lot of other plants or evaporation. Plus, you have to deal with wind. I know because I used to have to garden on a terrace. It's a challenge! |
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Learning to Write
Please remember that the ABCJLM Curriculum and this website are free for the teaching of children in a individual family, home setting under the Terms of Use only. Use of any idea on this website and/or the curriculum with any child not in your individual family whether in a daycare, childcare, preschool, church, therapy, or other setting requires purchasing a License first.
Almost every preschool website contains its own version of tracing worksheets. Almost every dollar store and superstore has for sale a "letter workbook." And because of this, many have the idea that this is the method kids should use to learn to write their letters and numbers. But, if you have ever tried this approach, you know it can be frustrating for everyone involved. While tracing worksheets have their place and can be a great learning tool for some children, through occupational therapy I was taught a process that has achieved better results with our kiddos.
While working with our Bubs' therapist, I learned a lot about teaching our kiddos how to write their letters and numbers. I learned that the key is in the process and that each level is a building block for the next level. In this method, tracing worksheets are not used until after the child has learned the proper formation of the letters and numbers. And even then, I had to discover the "perfect" tracing worksheets. Beginning writers need larger letters and thicker lines to learn how to correctly form letters and numbers. Adding start and stop dots along with spacial boxes guides a child through this process. Combining this sequence with the Letter Formation Chants and Number Rhymes will help your child succeed!
The ABCJLM Handwriting Process involves five steps. Each of these steps are devleoped in the ABCJLM Curriculum.
1. Holding the Pencil Correctly - 2 Year Curriculum
2. Pre-Writing Worksheets - 2 & 3 Year Curriculum
3. 3" Tactile and Written Letters and Numbers - 3 & 4 Year Curriculum
4. ABCJLM Letter and Number Progression Worksheets - 4 Year Curriculum
5. ABCJLM Tracing Worksheets - 5 Year Curriculum
**If you have trouble getting all of the lines to print in color, please print while using the free Firefox browser as IE and Chrome do not always work correctly.
Step #1 - Holding a Pencil Correctly
Handwriting is one of those topics that creates an array of emotions. Even professionals don't agree on the procedure of teaching and practicing. Add in the vast difference of development among children the same age and what a mess we all face.
No matter which side of the fence you live on there are two absolutes. The process of teaching handwriting should not be a negative experience for a child. Secondly, the personality and development of the individual child needs to always be forefront. No matter what other children the same age are doing, remember the child before you is unique and special.
There are several pencil grip stages of development before the child masters the three-finger grasp that we all think of. Time and progress in the child's fine and gross motor coordination will automatically move the child through these stages.
Half way through the 2 Year Curriculum, activities are provided to help the child hold a pencil correctly. IMPORTANT: At this point in a child's life, some children will not be ready for this activity and that is okay. Be careful not to frustrate the child while doing this activity. No matter how much you work with the child, if the fine and gross motor skills are not at the level they should be, your child will not be able to properly hold a pencil. If this is the case, continue to work on fine motor activities (small muscle movement like in the fingers) and gross motor activities (core strength) to increase the child's motor control.
When the child is ready, teach the child to hold the writing utensil with his/her thumb and index finger while supporting it on the middle finger. I tell the child to make an alligator mouth with his thumb and index finger to pinch the pencil. Then the alligator goes to sleep and rests the pencil on the middle finger. Lori, on our ABC Jesus Loves Me Facebook Group shared this similar idea, "Lay a pencil in front of the child with the point facing toward her. Ask her to pinch it with her thumb and forefinger about 1/2-3/4" from the end. Pick it up and flip the pencil back onto her hand. Support the underside of the pencil with the middle finger." Both of these techniques work with right and left-handed children. Short pencils and broken crayons are best to start with if the child does not use proper grasp.
Click for tips on teaching a child how to correctly hold a pencil.
Step #2 - Pre-Writing
Since all letters and numbers are made of five simple movements, a child must first be able to hold a pencil and follow a straight, diagonal, or circular line.
To begin teaching this process, use a yellow marker or highlighter to draw 3" vertical lines. Move to horizontal, diagonal, and circles as your child is ready. Add a green dot for "go" and a red dot for "stop" in the correct spots. Help the child place her pencil on the green dot, draw along the yellow, and stop at the red dot. An alternative options is to purchase or print off the worksheets.
Click on the links below to print the worksheets. Be sure to print the worksheets in color.:
Straight Lines Worksheet
Horizontal Lines Worksheet
Diagonal Lines Worksheet
Drawing Lines Review Worksheet
Circular Lines Worksheet
The ABCJLM Pre-Writing Worksheets are available to purchase in the 2 or 3 Year Workbooks, or in the Handwriting Workbook.
Step #3 - 3" Tactile and Written Letters & Numbers
Upon mastered the basic lines and circles, the child is ready to begin Step #3. This portion of the process can be done using tactile and/or written letters and numbers. The purpose of this step is for the child to learn the correct formation.
Tactile letters and numbers are part of the 3 Year Curriculum and are a multi-sensory way of the child learning letters and numbers. Sight - the child sees the letter. Touch - the child forms the letter on the textured form. Hear - the child says the name of the letter while tracing it.
In writing, use a thick yellow marker or highlighter to draw 3" tall letters or numbers across a horizontal paper. Begin with just one character per page at a time. Add a green dot at the starting point of each character and a red dot at the finishing point.
Most letters have more than one starting and ending point. Only draw the first starting and ending point. Once the formation is mastered, take away the yellow line, red dot and then finally the green dot. Progress to smaller and thinner lines. Be sure to say the Letter Formation Chants and Number Rhymes as you form the characters. These will assist the child and help him remember the correct formation.
The first half of the 3 Year Curriculum focuses only on the child tracing tactile letters and number with her index finger. In the Week 20 Lesson Plan, the child slowly begins to write her name using capital letters only. Follow Step #3 to aid in this process.
3" Letters with yellow lines and green and red dots are available to print or to purchase in the 3 Year Workbook and the Handwriting Workbook.
- For children who desire to write but are unable to do the 3" letters and numbers due to lack of fine motor skill, use the Letter Posters and Number Posters to teach the correct formation. Add green and red dots to the posters and teach the formation using the Letter Formation Chants and Number Rhymes. Encourage the child to stay between the lines when forming each.
Step #4 - ABCJLM Letter and Number Progression Worksheets
Once the child is able to correctly form the 3" characters with the green starting dot, place the characters on the classic tracing lines. Now the child is ready to practice keeping the letters and numbers uniform.
Almost every number and letter in the alphabet is similar to another letter or number. The Letter and Number Progression worksheets combine these similarities to make handwriting easier. Beginning with the simple line and progressing to more difficult strokes, the worksheets increase in difficulty allowing the child to ease into the harder forming letter and numbers.
Letter Formation Chants and Number Rhymes have been written on each of the worksheets to help the child learn how to correclty form each. As my kiddos write their letters and numbers, I say the chants along with them.
I have color-coded the lines to help in the formation. The middle line is green since many lower case letters start (go) on the middle line and end on the bottom (red) line. The top line is blue (sky). Draw the characters in yellow with the added the green and red dots for each letter and number. To finalize this step, take away the yellow line first, red dot second, and finally the green dot when the child is ready.
Line Characters - l i L I F E H T t 4 - All include horizontal or vertical lines
Angled Line Characters #1 - X x V v W w N M - Two worksheets to work on diagonal line letters.
Angled Line Characters #2 - 7 Z z A Y y
Circle Characters - 0 Q o l0 - Compare how the zero and "O" are the same as an oval or circle
Bubble Characters - b p 5 B 3 D 2 - These letters contain big and little bubbles.
Uppercase "C" Characters - C G O
Lowercase "C" Characters - c a d g e q
Hook Characters - j g J f q - Hook letters formed in different directions
Hump Characters - r n m h
Kick Characters - P R K k
Snake Characters - s S 8 - Use the Number Rhymes to help write the "8"
Characters - U u 6 9 - Left over letters that didn't really fit anywhere.
Step #5 - ABCJLM Tracing Worksheets
Step #5 places all of the letters and numbers in alphabetic and numeric order and begin placing the letters into words.
All of the ABCJLM Tracing Worksheets are available in four ways to help children improve fine motor skills and handwriting. The below list is ordered from most difficult to easiest.
1. Letters or Numbers - These are the most-basic worksheets with a place to copy over the letter or number and then write it.
2. With Boxes - Beside each letter or number is a box that gives the child a specific space to write the letter.
3. With Green Dots - The green dot shows the child where to begin the letter.
4. With Green & Red Dots - Inside each box is a green and red dot. The green dot shows the child where to lay the pencil while the red dot means stop. Best printed in color but can be printed with black dots if the colors are no longer needed.
Click on the below links to print or purchase in the 4 Year and 5 Year or Handwriting Workbooks:
Alphabet Worksheets - These worksheets include both uppercase and lowercase letters.
Number Worksheets - Numbers 1-20
The second set of Handwriting Worksheets are called "Writing Worksheets." These worksheets - adapted from Mrs. E - practice correctly writing the letter, drawing words that begin with the letter, and finding the letter in words. These worksheets are available to print or purchase in the 5 Year Workbook and Handwriting Workbook.
Blank Tracing Line Worksheets
These worksheets use the same setup as the Letter and Number Progressions Worksheets with blue, green, and red lines. Start with the wider lines and progress to the small lines. These worksheets are available to purchase in the 4 Year and 5 Year or Handwriting Workbooks and to print.
Blank Tracing Line Worksheet - Wide
1" Blank Tracing Line Worksheet - Medium
3/4" Blank Tracing Line Worksheet - Narrow
**If you have trouble getting all of the lines to print in color, please print while using the free Firefox browser as IE and Chrome do not always work correctly.
Stetro Grips are very good to enforce a good pencil grasp when writing.
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Online Ideas:
Pre-Writing Worksheets can also be helpful. These worksheets teach a child the concept of tracing lines. I would suggest that you trace the lines with a thick yellow marker (to make them wider) along with adding the green and red dots at the beginning and the end.
Lil Bunny Hops
Preschool Learner Pre-Writing Worksheets
Printable Worksheets - Links to free printable worksheets and sites that allow you to create your own handwriting worksheets
Downloadable Font - Download handwriting font to your computer. This allows you to make your own handwriting worksheets.
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Students develop perspectives on how information systems are actually designed and used, and how broad social and ethical questions must be considered in thinking about the use of such systems. Students will complete a major application project as part of this cluster.
MSIS 641: Information Technology: Ethics and Public Policy
Introduces the normative principles for ethical decision-making: which principles are applicable, and weighing conflicting principles. Includes in-depth explorations of contemporary ethical and public policy issues relating to information technology, with class lectures and discussions supplemented by guest speakers from government, industry, and two of the University Centers of Distinction (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Center for Science, Technology, and Society). Prerequisite: None. (3 units)
MSIS 641: Information Technology—Ethics and Public Policy
The first part of the course will introduce the students to the normative principles for ethical decision making - which moral principles, if any, are applicable for particular cases, how should they go about in assigning the weights if some of the principles are in conflict with each other.
The objective of this part of the course is to help students graduating from MSIS program acquire a set of moral principles which will guide them in their ethical decision making throughout their careers as information system workers.
In the remaining part of the course the students will explore in depth a number of contemporary ethical and public policy issues relating to uses and abuses of information technology.
Topics relating to ethical issues may include business need for information versus the right of privacy for customers and employees, objectionable materials on Internet versus freedom of expression, right to deploy technology for Internet uses versus intellectual property rights, and whistle blowing corporate frauds versus concern for job security.
Topics relating to public policy issues may include digital divide and cyber quandaries, information technology and globalization, and the role of governments in networking world.
Class lectures and discussions will be supplemented by a series of invited guest speakers. Speakers will come from government, industry, and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the Center for Science, Technology and Society.
MSIS 642 - MSIS 643: Capstone I & II
Capstone Project I & II is a sequence of two three-unit courses, viewed as a single project-oriented course. It is intended that both courses will be completed over a sequence of two quarters, preferably autumn & winter or winter & spring. These courses make up two of three required courses in the Integrative Experience Cluster.
The objective of the capstone project is to solve a practical or theoretical problem by applying and integrating the methods and concepts studied in the MSIS program. An applied capstone project must be a real project, with an identified sponsor or client. A self-selected team of MSIS students will complete each capstone project. Student teams will be limited in size, with typically three to five students in a group. Larger or smaller groups may be approved at the discretion of the faculty advisor. The student team will define the problem, perform a feasibility study, analyze the problem, design a solution, and implement that solution. The capstone project is structured so that the student team addresses a real problem; hence it is essential that the problem be solved by the implementation created.
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To improve the packing density of your corn silage, think like an agronomist, suggests Paul Craig, Dauphin County, PA, Extension agent. Or, rather, think about what an agronomist wants to prevent – compaction – and then work to accomplish it.
While growers want to avoid using heavy tractors with narrow tires while planting and harvesting, this is the very equipment packing operators should desire, he says.
"A heavier tractor provides greater compaction at deeper depths than a lighter tractor. Narrower tires or road-type tires provide greater density, especially at the surface of the pile compared to floatation tires. Likewise, tires with a smaller footprint produce greater pressure in a smaller area compared to tracks or dual wheels, although dual wheels provide greater safety on the pile surface," Craig stresses.
Tire pressure should also be considered. "If we overinflate, the compaction is centered in the middle of the tire, so it would be preferable in a bunk to overinflate your tires.
"Adding more weight, narrower tires and overinflating. Those are all practices that can be done on a farm without any extra costs," he concludes.


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Guns and football: Xbox One's launch plan sharpens Microsoft's focus on the mainstream
Microsoft's mercifully concise media presentation at Gamescom this morning displayed plenty of the attitude that has defined the console's public outings to date, no matter how much the platform holder has changed its mind since May 21.
It remains a mainstream entertainment box, and aligning itself so closely with videogame colossi FIFA and Call Of Duty is Microsoft's smartest move yet in a pre-launch campaign fraught with blunders.
In terms of mainstream player power, it's difficult to imagine a better one-two punch. The news that every European Xbox One pre-order will now come with a free copy of FIFA 14 is sensational, and the Call Of Duty: Ghosts bundle – allied with a string of timed, exclusive content drops – cements the Xbox brand's close affiliation with the industry's biggest shooter.
This was Microsoft playing to the average joe, who couldn't care less about independent development, DRM or who 'won' E3 – they just want to play CoD or FIFA, and they'll buy the console best for doing that. A new current-gen FIFA bundle, offering the game and an Xbox 360 for £199, was also confirmed in a press release that followed the conference this morning – a proposition that will cannily sweep up anyone outside the existing player base that hasn't got a box to play FIFA on yet and might be tempted by a £200 splurge.
An Xbox One-exclusive iteration of EA Sports' lucrative Ultimate Team mode will tick another box, and though surely a large fee was involved, it says much about Ultimate Team's earning power that EA is prepared to give away FIFA 14 for free.
Microsoft did cater for industry watchers, though. Information on ID@Xbox – its indie self-publishing initiative – was given to the press in advance of the Gamescom event this morning, and shows a welcome, if belated commitment to indie studios. Mojang's Cobalt was also confirmed for release on Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Elsewhere, Lionhead's Fable Legends made its debut, an expected move online for the series with a focus on cooperative adventuring, though it can be played alone. The Division, Massive Entertainment's open-world RPG-shooter will be home to exclusive content on Xbox One, and some will consider the biggest news of the day to revolve around Peggle 2 and Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare; both will debut on Microsoft's next console, though they seem a little at-odds with their host platform. Within the now-traditional 'oh, and don't forget about Kinect' section, Ubisoft unveiled a new Xbox One launch title Fighter Within, and there was a little extra detail on Rare's Kinect Sports Rivals and how it uses Kinect to scan players and place them in the game.
But the day belonged to that FIFA 14 coup. Xbox One just took a giant step forwards in Europe, but Microsoft will know that its US heartland might now be awaiting similar treatment.


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The Latest Asylum Pack for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game is Now Available |
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"The story is that there's a whole legion of devils seen sometimes on that reef - sprawled about, or darting in and out of some kind of caves near the top."
- H.P. Lovecraft, Shadow Over Innsmouth
The latest Asylum Pack for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, The Terror of the Tides, is now available from your Friendly Local Game Store and at the FFG Webstore. In this Asylum Pack, 40 more cards are added to the Call of Cthulhu metagame, including Arcane Grifter, Agency Groundskeeper, and Clever Zoog. Terror of the Tides adds cards that emphasize the Arcane Struggle and offers a wealth of deckbuilding opportunities. Terror of the Tides also continues the serial story of Julia Brown into frightening new realms.
To find out more about The Terror of the Tides, you can read this spoiler article by guest contributor Marius Hartland.
Watch this space for news and spoilers for the next Asylum Pack in the Summons of the Deep series: The Thing from the Shore...
Based on the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and his literary circle, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game takes two players deep into the Cthulhu Mythos where investigators clash with the Ancient Ones and Elder Gods for the fate of the world. To learn more about Call of Cthulhu,visit our minisite.


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Jusst came across a problem and wondering if you guys can help. :question:
Have reservation for Chef Mickeys on my first day at WDW, for 8am.
I thoght that MK was EMH on that day but its not. originally thought that if i do CM's at 8am, be in MK for 9 - ok i missed the EMH but would still be there early and also transport would be running from my hotel (Coronado Springs) to get me to MK for 7.30 so i could walk round to Contemporary in time for my Reservation.
Follow me so far ?
Problem !?! MK is NOT Extra Magic Hour on the Monday. As transport starts running 1 hour before Park Opening (which will is 9am on that day) it means Buses wont start to around 8am.
I do have a Hire Car but would rather use the Disney Transport on this day but this is now not possible due to time it starts. I also can only park for 3 hours in Contemporary unless i Vaket Park but why pay $7 when i can park for free in MK car park.
Heres my options:
1. Drive to Contemporary for 7.45am. Park car, then move to MK after Breakfast. Does anyone know how long this will take, to drive from Contem to MK Car Park, 5 mins ? Also, is it easy enough to leave Contemporary Car Park and get into MK's as i imagine not a lot of people take cars from there to MK car park. Do i need to go all the way around again?
2. Drive to MK Car Park for 7.30am. Can i get from MK Car Park to Contemporary by walking from Car Park? I know i can walk from the MK gates to the Resort for breakfast but if transport doesnt start till an hour before opening, the TTC will not be open until 8am and i wont be able to Monorail to Contemporary or MK, or use the Ferryboat over to MK and walk to Resort.
3. change reservation day ? But id like to have Character Breakfast on 1st full day.
Please help. Has anyone had same problem before? Any advice would be great.
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Bajaj introduced a new model of the Discover 125ST range, called the 125T. It is designed to attract a large mass of customers. T signifies a better and premium pricing of this bike under the Discover 125ST series.
The new Discover 125T is identically configured like the 125ST. But there is no tyre hugger and there are minor tweaks to tank graphics. The 125T has 124.6cc, single-cylinder, four stroke and air-cooled engine that have four valve head. It creates a torque of 12.3bhp at 9000rpm which is substantially less.
The highest torque remains constant at 1.1kgm. It is now available in 6500rpm and 500rpm. There is also a 1-down, 4-up 5-speed gear box that remains the same as that of the ST. Additionally; the Discover 125ST has a gas-charged shock absorber in the rear. This is in contrast to the Nitrox mono-shock of the 125ST.
Coming to the price, the 125T is available in two trims. The variant with the drum brake costs Rs.52,000 and the bike equipped with the front disc brake costs Rs.55,000. Both the prices were up in the ex-showroom at Delhi.
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A FAMILY reunion of sorts has helped one of Hamilton's oldest residents, Ella Walter, mark an incredible milestone.
Born in 1909, the mother of three, grandmother of eight, great-grandmother of 17 and great-great-grandmother of four turned 105 last Tuesday.
To celebrate the remarkable milestone, Eventide Lutheran Homes hosted a birthday party for her on Friday.
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Denis E. Ribordy is a College of Pharmacy alumnus, class of 1952. His wife Carolyn McClurg Ribordy is a 1954 alumna of the college. Denis Ribordy began his pharmacy career as a partner in the Hill Drug Co. in Augusta, Ga. In 1955, he had the opportunity to buy a drugstore in Gary, Ind., and then became the founder and president of Ribordy Drugs, Inc., a 26-store retail drug chain that was sold to Walgreen Company in 1985. He then became president and CEO of Ribordy Enterprises, which held eight Hallmark shops that were sold in 1992. He has been a longtime leader in many professional and civic organizations, and is a trustee emeritus of Butler University's Board of Trustees. He received the Alumni Association Achievement Award in 1983.
The Denis E. Ribordy Endowed Scholarship was established in 2002 by Denis and Carolyn Ribordy to provide financial assistance to deserving Butler students enrolled in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Preference is given to a P3 (fifth year) or P4 (sixth year) student who is interested in community pharmacy.


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The Cincinnati Health Department is continuing its efforts to reduce childhood lead poisoning in the city.
The Health Department presented its latest information Wednesday to Council's Rules and Government Operations Committee.
The group heard about a recent consultant's report to improve the program. It contains more than 30 recommendations. Dr. Camille Jones said one aspect involves the city's law and regulations.


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Let's ignore the title of this article for a second, and play a little game of "guess who."
This company bases their business almost ENTIRELY off of knock-offs. They're fast fashion at its core, using sweatshop labor in the US, subcontracting the cheapest labor possible overseas, and stealing designs from anyone with a modicum of success.
This company also employs retail workers that are treated poorly and managers that are taught to treat them poorly. They press their religious beliefs on others, in both business meetings and on their stores' shopping bags, but don't actually represent the religious mores they claim to purport. They promote employees based not on their talent, but their ability to turn out cheap copies of others' designs while claiming to be "good Christians" like the owners of this company.
Oh, and they sue bloggers who make them look bad. (Come at me.)
Sounds pretty nasty, right? I mean, this company has to be one that flies under the radar. Maybe one of those generic knock-off shoe brands, or a store that's sort of popular, but you don't really shop there – at least not regularly. Or maybe it's a store we've already covered. You've already said your goodbyes to Urban Outfitters. How bad can it be?
…pretty bad, actually.
The store we're referring to – the sweatshop-supporting, knock-off creating, religious hypocrite-promoting fashion mecca – is…
Forever 21.
At the outset, Forever 21 sounds like the American Dream come true: it was founded by a poor Korean couple who emigrated to the USA in 1981. The company is still privately-owned and operated in L.A. and the couple, Do Won "Don" Chang and Jin Sook, chalk up its success to their Christian faith and frugal, hard-working values. Those who have worked with or for the company, however, say that its success comes from a much darker place.
Sweatshop Labor
The biggest issue I have with Forever 21 is, by far, its human rights violations: Forever 21′s garments are made using sweatshop labor. And I'm not just talking about their overseas manufacturers (yes, those are sweatshops. No, they're not paid fairly or given humane working conditions. Grab that Made in China tag and know where it comes from). Their US employees have it just as bad.
In September 2001, a number of Forever 21′s California workers sued the company for a myriad of issues, including "unpaid wages, mandatory unpaid overtime, 12- to 15-hour days, and compulsory weekend shifts" without benefits. (Radar Magazine, March 2008 edition.) Instead of making things right, Forever 21 countersued the workers (as well as the Garment Workers Center, which helped the workers file suit) for defamation, and with the defense that they shouldn't be responsible for their manufacturing plants' working conditions. The company was smacked down when a judge ruled that Forever 21 was in fact responsible for the poor conditions at its suppliers' manufacturing plants. The company settled with workers (for an undisclosed amount) out of court.
These abuses are still happening, too: check out Made in LA, a documentary that proves these poor working conditions, and you'll have trouble walking into any major store touting an LA-made label.
Copyright Infringement
As of August 2011, Forever 21 has been sued for copyright infringement over forty times. Like their claims against sweatshop abuse, the company says that their manufacturers' copied designs are also not their fault. As Chang told the Gaurdian, "I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them."
For most people, that would mean stopping the copyright infringement, or at least changing suppliers. Apparently, to Chang, it means continuing to "blindly trust" people to…well, to keep making him money with copied designs, and taking the blame when he gets sued.
Christian Hypocrisy
And that's a Christian more, right? Stealing other people's work, using one's fellow man to manufacture that work, and selling it for a profit while other companies (designing their own fashions instead of stealing others') are losing money?
Oh, wait.
Apparently, "Christian" means creating designs that readers of Christianity Today consider "skimpy" and printing John 3:16 on the bottom of your shopping bags. One frustrated Christian puts it bluntly:
"The Changs' fashions and those who wear them bring the name of Christ into disrepute, pure and simple. No complications need to be manufactured.
Need I quote chapter and verse about humility, modesty and the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit?
[...Instead of John 3:16] A motto on their bags such as "Cheap Tarts R Us" would be more appropriate."
Forever 21′s Jin Sook, who runs everything but the finances (her husband takes care of that) chooses these garments, and also the designers who create them. According to a number of anonymous sources, the Changs regularly choose to promote "Christian, religious" designers over anyone else, and it's been said that if you want to get on their radar you should join their church.
I'm not saying it's religious blackmail, but I know of someone else who did.
When I first started researching Forever 21, my heart sank to find all of these stories, these quotes, these nails in my cheap clothing coffin. I kept hoping they'd have some semi-understandable excuse, like American Apparel's "it's not degrading; it's sexual revolution!" mantra, or even that their bad business practices would end with religious favoritism…instead of extending to copyright infringement and human rights violations.
But Forever 21 is stealing others' intellectual property. And more importantly, they're debasing other human beings, both in the US and around the globe.
Forever 21 is truly a "big business" enterprise – with cut-throat politics and cut-rate manufacturing – disguised as a God-loving, fashion-forward immigration success story.
We pledge to stop buying products from Forever 21. We will no longer spend our money on unfair employment practices, US- and world-wide sweatshops, and hypocritical religious pandering.
Will you boycott Forever 21?
Further Forever 21 reading:
- A copy of the March 2008 Radar Magazine article about Forever 21, the Changs, and their business practices.
- WTForever21.com.
- Just a few of the designers Forever 21 has knocked off.
- Christianity Today's take on Forever 21.
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Rovera 4W, $200
If you want something a little more rugged and "off road" than the 2W, the Rovera 4WD kit offers a four-wheeled robot with a larger platform to add additional sensor packages and other components. Like the 2W, it comes with all of the parts you need and the Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot book to guide you through the build process. Rovera is a great way to delve into the worlds of both Arduino microcontrollers and robotics. Both versions of Rovera come with the Leonardo Arduino board.


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Best Blonde Female Singers
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1Britney Spears
I like britney spears so much especially on her 1st album. it was the best!
Britney is awesome she loves what she has and will always achieve she doesn't give up she loves her fans and she gets what she can and is amazing fans and an awesome band! Shes young and beautiful all you guys hate her for is because you might not be beautiful and skinny like her okay so back off britney is awesome whether you like it or not
Very difficult to argue with the intelligence of Britney or whoever she has planning her moves. Also she is a great showman (pardon the gender).
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2Christina Aguilera
Her voice is godlike. She has a beautiful voice that is so distinct and soothing. There is no dispute that Christina Aguilera is miles and miles ahead of other female artists. She is in a league of her own.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the legend and talented of them all? Mizz Christina Aguilera, Queen of it all.
WOW... I have never seen a voice that is enchanted all around it...! She is the most best singer and vocalist and has a heart of a kind personnality as she tells us in songs. In Beautiful it tells us a lesson-to never tease anyone about there body and stuff... She is #1 on my singing list along with a few other singers... HELP US VOTE FOR CHRISTINA AGUILERA!
[Newest]She is the best "white" blues singer of all time.
3Taylor Swift
Taylor has got an amazing personality. she is damn smart and gorgeous. she have amazing voice and talent. LOVE YOU SWIFT
Taylor Swift is talented, beautiful, smart, kind-hearted, successful, and so much more :-D She really cares about her fans :-) She doesn't undress or sell her private life to the press to sell her music, and she does great anyway ;-)
Her songs are honest, catchy and beautiful :-) She's a great entertainer, and she reaches out to a lot of people! I know both kids, teens and grown-ups that likes her music :-)
Her songs are honest, catchy and beautiful :-) She's a great entertainer, and she reaches out to a lot of people! I know both kids, teens and grown-ups that likes her music :-)
A real nice person who is talented and down to earth. I really like that she is so real with her fans and seems to really like them.
[Newest]She's the best and talented blonde singer! She influenced many people. Including kids, young adults, and adults! She's not like the others!
4Lady Gaga
I like lady gaga because she doesn't care what others think about her plus she is pretty so I pretty much like her!
I like most of her songs like Bad Romance/Alejandro/Judas/Just Dance/ LOve Game.
I like most of her songs like Bad Romance/Alejandro/Judas/Just Dance/ LOve Game.
Lady Gaga deserves her place in this list. She shouldn't be hated so much just because of her songs or fashion style. She just wants to have fun with life and she encourages her fans to do so too.
ONCE AGAIN LADY GAGA IS WAY BETTER THAN taylor swift! I TURN THE RADIO OFF WHEN a taylor swift SONG COMES ON! BUT WHEN A LADY GAGA SONG COMES ON I TURN IT UP ALL THE WAY! LADY GAGA YOU ROCK!
[Newest]She is not only a pop star...
She is an artist.
She is an artist.
5Avril Lavigne
She belongs in the top ten. Taylor Swift can't sing.
Avril 16? She should be the 2nd
Beautiful and the best singer ever
1 Taylor swift
2Avril lavigne
3 carrie underwood
Beautiful and the best singer ever
1 Taylor swift
2Avril lavigne
3 carrie underwood
[Newest]I'm her biggest fan ever I love Avril little black star
6Carrie Underwood
The best female singer. She has always had heart warming songs. And one that make you want to sing along to them. She is on e of my idols. Carrie Underwood has an amazing vocie and I can not wait to hear more of her music love ya Carrie. Sing long and strong. You have given me devotion to move towards my dreams because you tried for your s thank you. You are the best.
Carrie has such beautiful voice. She is capable of having strength, passion, emotion, story telling, beauty and control she has in her voice as she sings! She is at the top, as Elvis was at the top!
Carrie Underwood has an amazing voice :) She is my favorite singer. She is amazing at rifting
[Newest]I love her singing
7Kelly Clarkson
It should be
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Christina Aguilera
if it's really based on being the best singers.
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Christina Aguilera
if it's really based on being the best singers.
Kelly has the best songs ever! Lady Gaga? Seriously...
It should actually be
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Carrie Underwood
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Carrie Underwood
8Mariah Carey
My IDOL best voice alive I want to one day be just like her cross your fingers when I her Mariah sing it helps me remember why I love to sing so much her voice is like an angel and she can carry the longest notes some range right... :D
She is THE VOICE. Voted as the best singer of the MTV generation. The only diva who has a huge range AND expressive voice. Also, writes and produces her own stuff and SOUNDS GOOD LIVE.
Hottest singer ever, should be first.
She's got a unique and interesting voice. There are loads of singers on here who aren't that good. Lady Gaga? Almost everything she sings is distorted and messed about with in the studio.
Duffy has a great voice. She's very talented and with a natural beauty, which makes her one of the best singers in this world! Not only in this "blond category" but in general. Let's vote for Duffy people!
Duffy is just gorgeous! Her voice is unique and it's cool that she is in this list. I love her music style, it's a mix of Pop and Dance Music. Vote 4 Duffy! VOTE VOTE VOTE!
Luuve that girl, and luuve that voice!
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11Jackie Evancho
Only 13 years old; destined to be the greatest singer of her generation.
Other teens should take behavior lessons from her. Beautiful inside and out. Her voice goes right to your heart.
Beautiful young lady with a beautiful voice and a beautiful heart.
[Newest]She modeled for GUESS at age 12. Now at age 14, she's modeling for Justice.
12Gwen Stefani
I'd love to see/hear a "sing-off" between Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Adel, and Kelly Clarkson. That would be the best show ever!
HOT hot hot and :) a GREAT singer and PERFORMER
Best all rounder for a long time. and Hot!
[Newest]Way cool and sweet!
13Agnetha Faltskog
Thanky ou for the music Agnetha (and, she is actually a REAL blonde). Her voice helped sell almost 1/2 Billon record units.
Best pop singer by far. She can sing any song not matter how good or not and make it sound like a masterpiece. Her voice touches the soul.
Agnetha is the girl with golden hair and a golden voice from ABBA
[Newest]She is a dream come true!
Amazing! By thw way, Lady GaGa's rubish, not blonde, a bruenet, ugly & Freemason!
So beautiful that face unbelievable I would eat a mile of her cap to see where it comes from
Shakira is a great singer, I love all of her songs, they are just brilliant!
15Debbie Harry
One Way or Another she is the best! Not Maria, not Denis- Debbie Harry! With her Atomic look and Heart of Glass she showed us the meaning of Rapture! Call Me, Debbie- I won't be Hanging on the Telephone. I'll keep Dreaming another Debbie to be born! The Tide Is High but I'm holding on-
You are my number one!
You are my number one!
"Parallel Lines" is one of the best pop records, ever. Some artists escape with a few passable tunes each album, but Debbie Harry is chock-full of single-quality tracks.
Too bad, with Debbie, it ain't even the age, it's the milage, laugh out loud
16Ellie Goulding
Beautiful young girl! She has one of the greatest voices EVER!
17Jessica Simpson
Sweet set of sweater puppets.
Fergie is AMAZING! She can hol notes most female singers can't even reach!
Excuse me but why The Queen Of Pop ain't on top? 0_0
21Exo Chica(Aural Vampire)
I love her so so much
Adele is so pretty and an amazing singer,
23Miley Cyrus
She's actually brunette but she's just such an amazing powerful woman.
Pink is amazingly talented and she is an inspiration to so many people. Not only can she sing but she writes her songs, dances non stop, plays instruments, hangs upside down and still manages to get the song out with breathless effort- just brilliant!
P! Nk is like my Idol
25Hilary Duff
She's a great singer and is so pretty
I love her she's bautiful, funny, amazing, and etc
26Kim Petras
She is going to change the World
I love tic toc
She should be 1st! At least above that horrible mutant being Taylor Swift! Taylor has no talent what so ever! She sucks!
28Perrie Edwards
She is a wonderful, soulful singer. We you hear her voice it is like an angels. So beautiful. She has a lovely voice.
She is the most beautiful from little mix
She very talented and should be number 1!
29Doro Pesch
No one beats queen b
Bey is queen x
31Ashley Tisdale
Well she is on so many shows and
She is so pretty, smart and talented
She is so pretty, smart and talented
Really preatty, coming from a loser
Not her me
Not her me
32Petula Clark
Gorgeous in an angelic & naturally seductive beauty
33Kim Wilde
34Alexandra Stan
35Ashlee Simpson
36Jenna McDougall
Extremely talented, self-respectable, flawless and lovely musician from Tonight Alive, deserves to be up in the top 10
37Jen Ledger
38Paris Hilton
39Taylor Momsen
40Pixie Lott
41Dove Cameron
42Jennette McCurdy
43LeAnn Rimes
Can't fight the moonlight remains an unforgetable hit.
44Carol Channing
Fantastic gravily voice but great entertainer!
45Keri Hilson
46Jamie Lynn Spears
I used to watch her on zoey 101. She was pretty then, and still is. Her new song how could I want more is just so amazing.
48Nina Nesbitt
49Brooke Hogan
50Emily Osment
Emily osment is the prettiest and best :) xx
51Layla Brooklyn Allman
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Girls Track Athlete of the Year: Rensselaer's Chelsie Meeks
By John O'Malley Post-Tribune correspondent June 28, 2013 11:06PM
For the honorable mention list, see page 29.
Updated: July 30, 2013 8:53AM
It seems like Chelsie Meeks is always the bridesmaid — never the bride.
When the Rensselaer standout competed earlier this month at the state meet, she came away bitterly disappointed once again.
This time around, though, the Bombers discus thrower didn't have her heart broken following a No. 2 finish for the second straight year.
A year ago, Meeks lost the state title by a mere 14 inches to DeKalb's Rachel Dincoff.
Earlier this month, Lawrence Central junior Adrina Brown launched a state-record throw of 168-6 and beat Meeks (144-8) by nearly 24 feet.
"Last year was a lot worse,'' Meeks sighed. "This year, she (Brown) just went out and won it. There was really nothing I could do. Losing by more than 20 feet, isn't anything like losing by only 14 inches.''
Despite not winning state, Meeks repeated as The Post-Tribune's Girls Track Athlete of the Year.
Meeks won conference, sectional and regional titles and was unbeaten in her quest to become a state champion — until running into Brown at state.
"That was my only loss this year, and it was a tough one,'' she said. "I was still able to end the season on a good note, winning the Midwest Meet of Champions (throwing 149-7, in Fort Wayne, June 15th).''
Brown's performance was shocking when you consider it marked the first time she'd ever beaten Meeks.
She had beaten Brown at state a year ago and twice at the Warren Central Invite, including earlier this spring.
"I know it was disappointing for Chelsie not winning state,'' Meeks' throws coach Gene Edmonds said. "The other girl was pretty good, but she hadn't been very consistent all year until then. We thought we could beat her, but it didn't turn out that way. She put everything together at the right time.
"I'm pleased with Chelsie and her performances. She threw well, threw hard and worked hard. I surely don't have any complaints about her. I thought I should have been able to bring her along more — and I just didn't. Maybe that's my limit (140 to 150 feet).''
While Meeks' high school career might not have gone according to plan, she's excited about moving on and competing at Purdue.
"It's weird the season and my career is over,'' she said. "It definitely didn't go as well as I wanted it to, but I'm happy with the way my four years of high school went. I'm definitely ready to move on, and I'm excited about it.''
Meeks, who will work under throws coach Keith McBride, is excited about learning to throw the hammer along with the discus.
"I'm definitely looking foward to throwing for at least four more years, and we'll see what happens after that,'' said Meeks, who has a 3.7 GPA, but hasn't decided on a major.
"I have no clue what I want to do, really,'' she said. "I'm just going to check things out the first year and then decide.''
Meeks praised the work of her coaches, especially the legendary Edmonds, and former Bombers discus thrower, Julie Koebcke, for helping her become one of the state's best.
The 84-year-old Edmonds coached multiple state champs, an NCAA champ, and college All-Americans at Purdue, while Koebcke won the state title in 1991, and later became a three-time All-American at Indiana State.
"I'm going to miss them a lot next year and will have a very hard time leaving them,'' Meeks said. "I spent every day with them for the last four years, but I won't be anymore. Gene and I get along pretty well and have a good relationship. It's really pretty awesome. Julie, she's like a second mom to me.''


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When was the last time someone asked you when you were going to quit and you told them something along the lines of, "when I'm ready", or "now's just not the right time".
Why did you say that?
What isn't NOW the right time?
I think the answer has a lot to do with what happens to your body when you quit smoking. You know things are going to change. You know you'll start feeling some pretty intense cravings and physical withdrawal symptoms.
Do you really know what you're going to experience when you quit smoking (the positive as well as the negative)?
Here's a timeline to help you understand what is really going to happen to you if you decide that you're never going to smoke another cigarette again.
30 minutes: your heart rate has dropped
Nicotine is a stimulant. It increases your heart rate and temperature. It's a high… and if you smoke cigarettes you're also taking into your body and incredible array of deadly, toxic chemicals that act as poisons in your body. The effect of these poisons also acts to put stress on your heart and increase your heart rate. Thankfully, nicotine starts leaving your body very quickly and the effects of the poisons from cigarettes isn't going to keep you feeling sick for very long (in the short term at least).
2 hours: cravings have started
By now your heart rate and blood pressure will be almost back to normal and your circulation is now getting right into your peripheral limbs (your fingertips and toes are warming up)… but the withdrawal symptoms are also starting to kick in. Expect to start feeling some cravings, anxiety, tension, frustration, irritability and hunger pangs.
12 hours: carbon monoxide levels normal
At high levels carbon monoxide is deadly poison. It enters your body in cigarette smoke and bonds to your blood cells. Here it starts starving your body of oxygen. It takes about 12 hours for the carbon monoxide from just one cigarette to leave your body so that your blood can start breathing again.
24 hours: a heart attack is less likely
Smokers have a 70% higher risk of heart attack than non-smokers. 70%!! Just 24 hours after your last cigarette, however, that risk is falling!
48 hours: smelling and tasting again
Smoking attacks the nerve endings in your mouth and nose and consequently deadens your sense of taste and smell. 48 hours after you stop smoking those nerve endings are coming back to life and so are your senses.
3 days: nicotine is gone
It only takes 3 days for all the nicotine in your body to leave. This is actually great news because it means your brain can start undoing the addiction. The bad news is that this is when the physical withdrawal symptoms of quitting also kick into high gear. Expect some headaches, cravings, anxiety, sleeplessness etc.
2 weeks: withdrawals are almost over
The most acute physical and emotional withdrawal symptoms associated with nicotine cessation don't usually last more than two weeks. By now you're feeling calmer, your head is clear, you're sleeping normally and those intense hunger pangs are going away. Even the heaviest of smokers usually don't continue to feel withdrawal symptoms after 4 weeks, so if you're in that category, you're half way there.
1 month: your lung function is improving
Depending on how long you've been smoking, you may not ever know what it feels like not to feel out of breath when you exercise (or even engage in strenuous everyday activities). You're about to start finding out now because your circulation is improving and your lung function is recovering. Your heart attack risk is also starting to fall faster and faster. Things will keep getting better and better for you each month now, until…
12 months: 100% improvement
The effects of smoking are very long lasting. Although it's been a year since you quit smoking, you're still not completely out of the grasp of all the damage you've done, but your risk of heart attack is now half that of everyone still smoking.
5 years: risk of stroke back to normal
While you were smoking the carbon monoxide in your system was shrinking your blood vessels and increasing your chances of having a stroke. 5-15 years after you quit your risk of stroke has returned to normal. This is a significant milestone!
10 years: risk of cancer improving
Smokers suffer from 90% of all lung cancer deaths. As a decade long non-smoker now, your risk of dying from lung cancer is half what it was. Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas is also decreasing!
15 years: back to normal
It's taken quite a while, but after 15 years your risk of heart disease is back to the same level as a non-smoker. Your risk of heart attack, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, angina, infections of the heart, or conditions that affect your heart's beating rhythms are also not affected by your past smoking anymore.
Back to NOW…
There is no better time to quit smoking than right now. You are addicted to nicotine and that addiction isn't going away. It will never let you feel like now is the right time. It's just not going to happen… not tomorrow, not next week, not next year. Addiction doesn't work that way (click here to read more about the nature of addiction…)
Now you know the timeline behind what happens to your body when you quit smoking. Hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades – the benefits of quitting just keep getting better.
I know it seems like a long time now (read my story…) but it will get better.
Quit now (right now!) and you've got about 3 days before all the nicotine gets out of your system and you start getting hammered with the withdrawals, but that is highly unlikely to last for more than 2 weeks and by that stage you'll really be able to handle it.
The secret is that you have to tackle your addiction as well as the withdrawal symptoms. It's not the withdrawal symptoms that are stopping you from quitting smoking right now (you're not feeling them yet, that's why). The reason you won't quit NOW is that you're addicted and you want to keep smoking – even though you know it's killing you.


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I remember several people in my family being really upset about having to buy digital television receivers when the switch was made back in 2009. They felt they were being forced to spend money on something they had no control over, and many of them could barely afford to scrape by on their small incomes, anyway.
So, they took advantage of the NTIA's coupon program. This agency allowed every household to get as many as two coupons for digital converters, and these were worth $40 a piece. Considering that the boxes cost $50 to $60 each, these coupons nearly paid for them.