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MOSUL, IRAQ - In late November of 2005, Spc. Kyle Shelton, from 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, searched for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq.
LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS - Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Ashley M. Cooper has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
During the six weeks of training Cooper studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Cooper is the daughter of Dennis Cooper of Creekside Drive, Loveland, Ohio, and a 2003 graduate of Loveland High School.
Army National Guard Pvt. Brian P. Welling has graduated from basic combat military training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma.
During the eight weeks of training, Welling studied the Army mission and received instruction in drill and ceremonies, rifle marksmanship, weapons, map reading, tactics, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, Army history, core values and traditions, and special training in human relations.
Welling is the son of William and Jackie Welling of Ashwood Drive, Loveland, Ohio.
LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS - The Loveland Stage Company is bringing the Madcap Puppets to Loveland for two shows on January 14.
"Mosey on down to the farm and learn about life cycle science in this hilarious new puppet play. Animal environments, life cycles of organisms (the talking egg is a hoot), and food chains are cleverly woven into traditional folktales."
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Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre is a nonprofit, touring children's theater company, which combines giant puppets with actors to create a unique style of puppet theater. Madcap introduces children to a whole new concept of puppetry, "one that allows all the elements of theater to be combined in an artistic and educational performance." Madcaps are now in their twenty-first year.
January 14, 4 PM and 7 PM at the Loveland Stage Company Theater, 111 S. 2nd Street (St. Rt. 48) in Historic Downtown Loveland, Ohio. Admission is $8.00 for all ages. Call (513) 677-1409 for tickets.
LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – A lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of Loveland's Solicitation and Peddling ordinances has resulted in Loveland City Council declaring an "Emergency" to change the law's wording.
The Federal law suit was filed by Lisa Mason, Mark W. Miller and Suzanne LaChapelle. They alleged their right to go door-to-door to distribute leaflets and talk to city residents, was prohibited by a law that required them to first obtain permission from the city manager and pay a fee.
Mason is a former Loveland resident, Miller is a resident of Hamilton County, and LaChapelle is a current resident of the City. They told the court they wanted to distribute leaflets and other material to private residences and business properties, and circulate referendum and initiative petitions, but that the City's Soliciting, Hawking, and Peddling ordinance prohibited them from doing so. They wanted to tell local citizens about the, "oppressive government tax policies" and "overzealous and disproportionate" criminal prosecutions in Loveland" but were fearful of being prosecuted under the law.
The issue arose after national uproar over the prosecution of Loveland resident Deborah Combs for owing $1.16 in back taxes, and for failure to file Loveland tax returns for three years she owed no money. Mason faces similar charges over $0.50 in back taxes
The lawsuit was dismissed by Judge Michael Watson on December 1 after City attornies told the Judge that they did not intend to restrain or interfere with the Plaintiffs right to participate in any of the activities. The court concluded that even though the law "could have been more artfully crafted," and amid assurances from the City that they would not interfere with the plaintiff's first amendment rights, prosecution under the law was not remotely possible. Because of these factors, the Judge ruled that the plaintiff's had no legal "standing" to challenge the law's constitutionality.
In response to the case being dismissed, a press release was issued by Tom Carroll, Interim City Manager for the City of Loveland, titled, "Federal Judge Dismisses Frivolous Lawsuit Filed Against Loveland." Carroll said, "Mr. Finney and Mr. Adams have made some very negative statements and allegations about Loveland in the media and in their lawsuits. I think the Judge's dismissal of the case shows that they are off the mark both legally and in terms of their public comments. I hope they recognize they are doing a disservice by making such strong, negative comments about municipal government." Christopher Finney and Steven Adams are representing the three plaintiffs.
However, at he end of the regular City Council meeting of December 13, Council declared an emergency and passed changes to the Solicition and Peddleing ordinances.
Consideration of the ordinance was not on the published agenda for the meeting and not discussed until the meeting was about to be adjourned. The ordinance was read by title only - "Ordinance Amending Chapter 731 and Declaring an Emergency." The city solicitor discussed some of the wording changes, but neither he, nor councilmembers discussed the need of an emergency being declared to change the language of an ordinance they had recently defended in Federal Court.
The ordinance now exempts "Individuals" from its provisions.
"This Ordinance is hereto determined to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety and welfare of the City of Loveland. Also it is necessary to further clarify at the earliest date possible that Codified Ordinance Section 731 is not designed to restrict individuals from engaging in religious, charitable or political speech or the distribution of religious, charitable or political literature and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon it passage."
The three had asked the Federal Court to strike down as unconstitutional sections of the Loveland Code of Ordinances dealing with solicitation on private residences, and the requirement to obtain a permit before distributing material to private property.
Before the law was changed, charitable organizations and candidates for public office could distribute literature on private property without first obtaining permission from the city manager, but individuals were not exempt. The lawsuit claimed that before individuals could go on private property, they must first disclose their identity to, and ask permission from the city manager before speaking to their neighbors.
Lawyer, Finney had already appealed the court decision before Loveland changed the law. He said in a phone interview that he was not aware of council's action, but it would not affect the pursuit of the appeal. "We've sued six or eight communities with similar laws, and they have all done the same thing - change their laws." Finney said that this only means they have accomplished one of their goals, to get the law in line with the U.S. Constitution. "But my clients had already suffered damages under the old law."
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Washington, DC - I have always believed that southern Ohio is home to some of the most charitable, good-hearted people on earth. The spirit of giving is present year round, but is especially strong during the holidays. As I've traveled throughout the Second District over the years and during this holiday season, I have witnessed again and again the strong sense of charity in our communities. The spirit of giving is the backbone of our area, and it is alive in our schools, places of worship, hospitals, community charities and non-profit organizations.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Guard Bureau has announced a unique opportunity for the youth of America. Students who will be high school juniors or seniors by August 2006 are eligible to participate in the National Guard's Youth Rendezvous essay contest. Ten students from each state and territory will be involved in this once-in-a-lifetime experience, and earn an all-expenses-paid trip to North Dakota August 13-18, 2006.
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SYMMES TOWNSHIP, OHIO NEWS – In a breakout game for his team and himself, and a game where scoring was spread among 11 players, Senior Ross Siekman scored 29 points to lead the Loveland Tigers over Walnut Hills on Thursday, December 22 at Loveland High School. Loveland 83 Walnut Hills 57.
Eleven Tigers were in the scoring column with 31 points coming off the bench.
Against a quick, but smaller Walnut Hills team, Loveland was able to grab defensive rebounds that led to many layups for the Tigers. Siekman also pulled down 5 offensive and 6 defensive rebounds and blocked one shot. He shot 12 for 16 from the field and put in 5 of six foul shots.
Siekman said his previous game high was 18 points and that the game was the best his team had played all season.
Senior Kurt Texiera coming off the bench put in 3 for 5 from the field and a perfect 6 for 6 from the foul line to contribute 13 points. Senior Rich Dowd scored 9 and Junior Justin Gaton 8.
Loveland's record stands at 2 wins and 1 loss in the conference and 2 wins and 4 losses overall. They next play Amelia High School, who are also 2-1 in league play, at home on January 3.
LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – Bobbie Joe Miller is a 2005 graduate of Loveland High School and enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. He is on leave from training at Fort Knox in Kentucky until the first of the year. Miller will be a crew member on an M1A1 tank.
While at home in the Loveland area, he is assigned to help local recruiters. He said he is not yet sure what his next assignment will be, but is assuming he will go to the 29 Palms Air Ground Combat Center in southern California's Mojave Desert or the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, south of Los Angeles. He also said that he will certainly serve a tour of duty in Iraq in the coming year.
Miller said that as he is out about in public and in air ports, people regularly come up to him and thank him for his service. He said that older veterans especially , "get real emotional" and he has seen tears come to their eyes as they thank him. Miller said that even though he has not seen combat yet, he does appreciate the attention he gets.
On Tuesday morning, Miller stopped to help load presents and bicycles onto a Loveland School Bus that was heading to the Loveland Firefighter's Hall for the Annual Toy Store sponsored by the Loveland Initiative.
LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – When asked what were the best gifts the community gave to the Loveland Initiative's Annual toy Store, Lil Lane said, "All of the volunteers."
Lane also said that 100% of the money raised from the event, where parents can purchase new, unwrapped gifts for their children, goes to the scholarship fund given annually by the Initiative to help area youth attend college. "The way to break the circle of poverty is through education. You've heard me say this a hundred times, but I really believe it to be true." Lane explained that besides all of the toys that have been donated, everything required to put on the event is also donated by area residents, churches, organizations, neighborhood associations, and local businesses. "All of the wrapping paper, ribbon, scotch tape, food for volunteers, even the plastic garbage bags the moms use to carry the presents home."
The decade old program was originally started and the rules established, by mothers in the community that couldn't afford to buy their own children Christmas presents. Other community volunteers chipped in to make the program a success. The toys are all brand new and unwrapped. Individuals, community groups, and businesses have toy drive programs to support the project, the Loveland schools also participate with their own toy collections.
The program was always meant as a way the working poor and others living in poverty, could select the gifts themselves from the rows and rows of tables lined with toys, yet have the dignity of purchasing the gifts and not feeling they were just getting a handout from an unknown person that decided what their children wanted or needed as a Christmas gift.
Prices are marked at the end of each table and are sold, "pennies on the dollar" compared to their true store price. A one dollar table, followed by a two dollar table, etc. Nothing sells for more than five dollars, except the four bicycles collected at Loveland High School. They sold for $10 each.
Volunteer Lisa Mason excitedly brought a Cabbage Patch Doll and showed that they still have the "adoption papers" inside. She said this was one of the favorite toys they had at the Toy Store. "Still, after all these years," she said. Her Daughter Brianna Brooks said that on Tuesday night when they were setting up everything getting ready for all of the shoppers to come in on Wednesday, that she and some twenty-year old volunteers, who were ten years her senior, couldn't help but play with an electronic game called "20 Questions." She said, "It cracked me up beating the older guys. It was fun."
In its first year the proceeds from the sale bought a new computer that was used by the students at the Cool School; the after-school tutoring program held in the community center at the Westover Village Apartments. The Loveland Initiative was called the Loveland Shalom Initiative at the time. It was after a local resident of Westover and Loveland High School graduate, Tracy Johnson, died from a lifelong battle with Muscular Dystrophy, that the proceeds started being put into a scholarship fund bearing her name. Johnson had become a hero to the children and the adults at the Cool School because of her heroic struggles to get into, and stay in college in spite of her degenerative disease. At one point, Johnson nearly died while attending Wright State University in Dayton when the aid that was assigned to her, left her alone in her dorm room for a weekend without care. Every time that Johnson seemed on her way to getting the college degree she so badly wanted, her disease interfered with her dreams.
Terri Rogers, President of the Loveland Initiative said some of the popular gifts that were donated for older children were bath and body products, "a lot of DVD's. and nice clothing such as Bengals and Bearcat wear."
Rogers said that more than twenty-five adult volunteers helped with the set-up, the sale, and the clean-up. More that thirty students from Loveland High School's Student Council also volunteered. On Monday they helped load the gifts from the Initiative Center at Westover, into a Loveland school bus, and helped deliver them to the Loveland Firefighter's Hall on Karl Brown Way. Use of he "Bingo Hall" for the Toy Store was another donation from the community. On Wednesday, after parents shopped for their Children's presents, the Loveland students wrapped each of the gifts for them.
Rogers said by the end of Wednesday, they will have helped seventy-nine families, 146 children, fifty-eight grandchildren, and thirty-one teenagers.
Other area residents brought Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for the volunteers on Wednesday morning and one local woman bought all of the volunteers dinner at McDonald s on Tuesday night.


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I have two, they've been in the ground several years, and are already producing more than I can use. If someone wants to come dig one up, it's yours. It's the Nagami, the tart/sweet one. I'm in SW Houston. And if you can, I'd like for you to help me move two small grapefruit trees that are in the wrong place - I put them near a Rio Red grapefruit, which has grown very large very fast and is swallowing them up! |
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Hello, since you are growing grapefruit trees, do you have any advise on the perfect location, and any other planting advice. I just bought a naval orange, persian lime, mangrin orange and rio red grapfruit, have no clue on where to plant in the yard. I will be planting them in Rockport Tx? I would appreciate any citrus planting advise. I also have a meyers lemon that I need to plant there. My husband just retired and wants citrus trees, and I have no clue. Barbra |
All of those will do fine in Rockport, Barbra. The more sun the better. I like citrus more than other fruits because birds, squirrels, coons, possums, etc. leave them alone. You might contact your county extension agent for specific advice. I have hard clay soil in my yard and they do fine. Give the rio red plenty of room, it gets very large very fast. It will have a heavy fruit set every other year. The mandarin is the only small one you have, so give them some room. They can get 20 ft tall or so and 15-20' wide over time. I'm having to move a couple that are too close to my rio red, all were planted at the same time, and it's quite a bit larger than the other two. |
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Thanks for the information, do you know what side of the house they need to be planted on, to have the best results? I am going down on Monday and would like to plant a couple in the ground, the rest in 15 gallon pots. Barbra |
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19 Foot-Tall LEGO Saturn V Rocket, We Now Have Nerd Lift-Off
This is one small step for nerd, one giant leap for nerd-kind. This 19 foot-tall LEGO creation is an homage to the brave astronauts of yesterday and today. It's a replica of the Saturn V rocket, complete with gantry.
It is made from 120,000 bricks and was built by LEGO pro Ryan McNaught, who may or may not be compensating for something with this enormous spacecraft.
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This amazing LEGO creation will be on display at the Melbourne (AU) Town Hall on the 21st and 22nd of January. If you happen to be in the area be sure to look for it.
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In case you missed our video review of the Vaja iVod Video, we figured we would flesh out our thoughts in print as well. The Vaja iVod Video cases for the 5th generation iPod with video are impressive, and this one was made using the Vaja Choice service. First impressions count, and as you can see, the product was custom-made with Gear Live orange and gray taking center stage. We took tons of images which you can find in our iVod Video Gallery, and give our full impressions, after the jump.
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We have given some love to SCOTTeVEST products in the past, mostly because they impress the hell out of us. Recently, the company announced availability of the performance version of the SeV T-Shirt. This one is made from 3M Quick Dry fabric, and pulls moisture away from the skin in the event that you are in the midst of a two-hand touch football game at the park, or full-on tackle while playing Madden from your couch. The shirt has one pocket on the left, which has the now infamous SCOTTeVEST Personal Area Network tunneling system for your earbuds if you want to keep an MP3 player in there. You can pick up a short sleeved shirt for $29.99 USD, or a long sleeved version for $34.99 USD.
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In this special episode of The Bleeding Edge, we take a look at Gear Live's latest Mind Camp event. Held semi-annually in Seattle, Mind Camp is a gathering featuring some of the smartest tech geeks around. Here is what we have for you:
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Alright peeps, we have yet another opportunity for anyone out there to walk away with an Xbox 360, courtesy of Gear Live. We are looking to see what our readers can come up with in terms of creating a simple video game. We just made one ourselves, and despite not having any previous coding knowledge, we are pretty happy with the way Tennis Challenge turned out. Yeah, it may appear to be a Pong rip, but we made it our own. Now it's your turn. Here is how it's gonna go down:
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- The contest ends on June 23, 2006, but seriously, it took us all of ten minutes to create Tennis Challenge. Of course, we want you to do better than we did.
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What to get for your budding engineer offspring? How about a hydrogen fuel cell toy car? Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has patented a toy car with its own hydrogen fuel cell and requisite hydrogen fueling station. The fueling station uses solar energy to power the process of producing hydrogen from water via electrolysis and is complete with flashing blue LEDs (to excite the young scientist of course). From there the hydrogen can be transfered to the car's fuel cell for powering its electric motor. Since the amount of hydrogen used is rather small, the process is quite safe and is an interesting look at where the future of automotive power may lay.
Not currently available, the toy car is rumored to be priced at $80 when released. One thing that's interesting to note is that per Horizon's brochure, the fueling station is listed as being sold seperately. That seems a bit odd for something fairly pivotal to the whole concept.
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Faintly reminiscent of those Hypercolor t-shirts from the early 90's are the Moving Color glass tiles that change color with exposure to heat. The tiles are available in eight base-coat colors, carry a one-year warranty, and are suitable for use in any kind of installation where they will come into contact with water. You can install the tile in a shower as shown in the picture above, or another application that depicted on their website is where a radiant heat source is installed behind the tile, causing it to change colors without any apparent external stimuli.
Pricing starts at $25 USD per 4-inch square tile, and the only downside we can see (besides the price) is the potential life-span, or lack thereof. The website is quoted as saying that the "Reaction life of moving color has been witnessed as exceeding 7 years." Assuming you may only get 7-10 years worth of color-changing goodness from the tile, it seems a bit steep for the money. Then again, you may be tired of the look within just a few years so the life-span may be a moot issue.
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For the ultimate in case modding pleasure, you have got to check out the Project WMD mod. The idea behind the project is to completely custom-build a computer case out of stainless steel, having it end up looking similar to an atomic bomb that one might find on a show like 24. Oh, and despite the awesome look of the case, it houses a fully functional PC - including optical media drive. If you are interested in creating something similar, be sure to check out the instructions by clicking through using the link below.
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If you are in New York City, you owe it to yourself to head on down to the new Fifth Avenue Apple Store. Apple's new flagship retail location opened for business just a couple of hours ago, and it is a beauty. Customers braved horrible weather to be one of the first to enter the magical glass cube, including guests from as far away as Scotland. Aside from the glass cube structure, the other unique feature of the store is that it is mostly underground. The subterranean levels feature iPod, Mac computers, and a large array of accessories for customers to mess around with before they buy. The Genius Bar will have dedicated Studio and iPod sections with full-time staff of 96 people available to help. The store will be open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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Since the Gear Live and Bleeding Edge crew has spent the past week in our travels to and from E3, this one seems more than appropriate. Boeing has released some shots of the interior of their new luxury aircraft, the Boeing 787. Looking at the images, this thing is a beauty - and would have been much more enjoyable than flying on our smaller jet via Alaska Airlines. The new place features nice, wide aisles, dynamic lighting, and larger overhead bins available throughout the aircraft. Even better, there will be area that are designed to make the air traveler feel more at home with their flight experience.
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The towel is a hand-me-down from my father, and before you dismiss this splendid item of attire, allow me to describe it. From afar, you'll notice that the kiltlike piece of terry cloth is emblazoned boldly with Budweiser logos. An external pocket is perfect for holstering a 16-ounce tallboy or the remote control. But the genius of the garment is revealed fully only to the wearer. A supple cotton liner inside coddles your delicates should you choose to roll commando; snaps circling the waist keep your privates snug for entire afternoons of leisure, presumably spent drinking beer right after the bath.
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I've had my dad's dog tags since high school. My sister and I found them as we were helping pack for a move to the new house my father had built for us in the country. She wanted to play dress-up with them, but I bolted downstairs, tags held high, to show them to my dad.
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noun: a cold drink that is usually sweet, does not contain alcohol, and is often sold in bottles or cans
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Nonalcoholic beverage, usually carbonated, consisting of water (soda water), flavouring, and a sweet syrup or artificial sweetener. Attempts to reproduce the natural effervescence of certain spring waters for presumed health benefits began before 1700. Joseph Priestley's experiments with fixed air (carbon dioxide) led in the late 1790s to the successful preparation of carbonated mineral water by Jacob Schweppe of Geneva; by the early 1800s it was being bottled and sold commercially. Today there are hundreds of varieties of flavoured soft drinks. Some of the world's largest corporations (including Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo) founded their businesses on soft-drink manufacturing.
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An Invitation from Province VIII President Sara Lee Macdonald
Dear Sisters in Province VIII
It is my pleasure to invite all Daughters of the King in Province VIII to attend the Provincial Retreat, "Love Divine; All Loves Excelling", 13-15 February 2015, at the beautiful Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, California. All Daughters resident in the Province have seat, voice and vote at the business meeting Friday evening, where we will elect our Province VIII Board for the 2015-2018 Triennial term. The Rev. Mary C. Earl, author and retreat leader, will open the retreat with a keynote talk following the short business meeting.
We will be joined by the Rt. Rev. Diane Jardine Bruce, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and Province VIII DOK Chaplain, as well as members of the National Council. Registration is limited, make your plans and register early. Click here for information and online registration form. I look forward to hearing about your personal journey with DOK and meeting you in person.
Love and blessings,
For His Sake,
Sara Lee Macdonald
The Rev. Mary C. Earle is the author of several books, most notably "Julian of Norwich: Selections from Revelations of Divine Love", "Broken Body, Healing Spirit" and "Celtic Christian Spirituality", among other titles. Visit her web site at www.marycearle.org
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Executive Board of the Order of the Daughters of the King of Province of the Pacific (VIII)
President Sara Lee Macdonald
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Diocese of Los Angeles
Vice President Cynthia Carson
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Diocese of Hawaii
Secretary Kathleen Nyhuis
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Diocese of Olympia
Treasurer Arlyne Dudley
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Diocese of Oregon
Daughters-at-Large (and Past President Advisor) Christine Budzowski
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Province VIII is known as the "Province of the Pacific." It incorporates all the states touching the Pacific Ocean, plus the states that touch those states, and therefore includes:
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Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Ulcers are slow healing wounds on the skin. Diabetic foot ulcers occur on the feet of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetic foot ulcers usually occur on the bottom of the foot.
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Diabetes can damage the nerves of the legs and feet. This may make it difficult to feel a blister or sore. If you don't care for a sore it may become larger and infected.
Diabetes also can cause problems with blood flow. Poor blood flow can make it difficult to heal.
The ulcer itself is usually caused by:
- Repetitive trauma or pressure on the foot
- Puncture wound on the foot
- Objects in the shoe that can damage the skin, such as a small rock
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.


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Simple CSS: Removing the Underline from Links
We frequently get responses and e-mails from viewers, and I see it requested all the time in user forums and elsewhere around the web: how do you remove the underline from links in your Web page?
First Method: Inline Style
The first way to do this would be to apply a style attribute to your links containing the CSS property "text-decoration." Like so:
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This will create a link with no underline, but it will only affect that link, so you'll need to apply the style attribute to each link that you want to appear without an underline.
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Congratulations, Sioux Falls! You Have Excellent Credit.
Congratulations, Sioux Falls! According to the credit reporting agency, Experian, Sioux Falls has one of the highest average consumer credit scores.
According to Experian, its annual State of the Credit report assessed nationwide data to determine the cities whose residents have the highest, lowest and most improved average credit scores. The report found that midwesterners continue to earn the highest scores.
Here's a list of the top 10 cities with the highest average consumer credit scores:
- Minneaplis, MN – 787
- Madison, WI – 786
- Wausau, WI – 785
- Sioux Falls, SD – 784
- Cedar Rapids, IA – 783
- San Francisco, CA – 783
- Green Bay, WI – 781
- La Crosse, WI – 779
- Boston, MA – 778
- Duluth, MN – 777
According to Credit.com, these are the numbers to use to see if you have good or bad credit.
Do you know your credit score? When was the last time you pulled your credit report? Federal law allows you to get a free copy of your credit report every 12 months from each credit reporting company. This will ensure that the information on all of your credit reports is correct and up to date. There are three credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
To pull a free credit report, click www.annualcreditreport.com. Credit scores are not included with your free credit report and you'll be given the option to buy it. It's usually less than $10.


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Reviewed Chicken Skewers With Grilled Romaine
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"Just randomly tried this recipe and I'm so happy I did! It was easy to make & it turns out the whole family loved it! I love the process of tossing the chicken in with the sauce and how the bread crumbs adhered to the chicken perfectly! ""