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Tagetes erecta
American Marigold, African Marigold
Asteraceae (Compositae)
TAGETESNative to Mexico and Central America. Robust, free-branching, nearly trouble-free plants ranging from 6 in. to 6 ft. tall, with flowers from pale yellow through gold to orange and brownish maroon.
Finely divided, ferny, usually strongly scented leaves. Annuals will bloom early summer to frost if old flowers are picked off; in the desert, they bloom best from fall until frost.
Handsome, long-lasting cut flowers; strong aroma from leaves, stems, and flowers permeates a room (some odorless varieties are available).
Easy to grow from seed, which sprouts in a few days in warm soil; to get earlier bloom, start seeds in containers indoors or buy nursery plants. Smog will damage tender young plants, but they soon toughen up.
Original strains of this annual were single-flowered plants 3–4 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide. Modern strains are more varied; most have fully double flowers. Choices include Antigua (10–12 in.); Guys and Dolls, Inca, and Inca II series (12–14 in.); Lady and Perfection (16–20 in.); and Climax (2 1/2–3 ft.). Novelty tall strains include Odorless (2 1/2 ft.). Sweet Cream has creamy white flowers on 16-in. stems. Triploid hybrids, crosses between T. erecta and T. patula, have exceptional vigor, bear profuse 2-in. flowers over a long bloom season; they are generally shorter than other T. erecta strains. Examples are Zenith (12–15 in. high) and Nugget (10–12 in. high).
Avoid overhead sprinkling on taller kinds; stems will sag and even break under the weight of water. To make tall types stand as firmly as possible (perhaps stoutly enough to do without staking), dig planting hole extra deep, strip any leaves off the lower 1–3 in. of stem, and plant with the stripped portion below the soil line.
Xeranthemum annuum
Mediterranean native to 2 1/2 ft. tall and 1/2 ft. wide. Bears so-called everlasting flowers, with dai...
Fava bean
From northwest Africa and Southwest Asia. Actually a giant vetch, this cool-season bean is best known ...
Abutilon hybrids
Grown as a shrub in zones 8, 9, 12–27, H1, and H2, and anywhere as an annual. The best-known flo...


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6 that in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God has promised. | 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |

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Russia will keep on supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government if the U.S. launches strikes against the Middle East country, President Vladimir Putin said.
"Will we help Syria? We will," Putin told reporters in St. Petersburg today after discussing the Syrian issue with U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders at a Group of 20 summit. "We are already helping them with weapons and we are cooperating in the economic and humanitarian spheres."
Putin is resisting Obama's drive to drum up support for a military strike in Syria, without saying how far he will go in supporting Assad. When asked if Putin would rule out Russia's direct involvement in a Syrian conflict, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "we don't know how things will pan out."
The Russian leader signaled on the eve of the two-day summit that his country may resume deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria if Obama carries through on his threat to attack selected targets to punish Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Aug. 26 said his country "won't fight with anyone" when asked about a possible reaction to Western strikes against Syria.
Russia, which has embarked this decade on the largest rearmament program in more than 20 years, maintains its only military base outside of the former Soviet Union at the Syrian port of Tartus.
Navy Deployment
The country has been reinforcing its naval presence in the east Mediterranean near Syria while Obama used the G-20 meeting to enlist support for an attack. Most countries in the group oppose such action, Putin said.
Obama is also facing an uphill task to win the backing of Congress. Russia and China say they are unswayed by the U.S. assertions blaming Assad for the Aug. 21 chemical attack that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus. Putin said today the attack was "provocations" by rebels involved in a 2 1/2 civil war that has left more than 100,000 dead.
European and U.S. stocks declined after Putin's comments. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped as much as 0.5 percent from yesterday's close, before rebounding to trade up 0.3 percent at 305.54 at 3:45 p.m. in London. The S&P 500 fell as much as 0.9 percent and traded 0.3 percent lower at 1,650.59 at 10:47 a.m in New York.
Putin said this week that congressional approval would "legitimize aggression," adding that only the United Nations Security Council can endorse the strikes. Putin, whose country wields a veto as a permanent member of the Security Council, said he needs proof that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to back action.
"Russia may step up military assistance to Syria" in case of an attack, Fyodor Lukyanov, head of the Moscow-based Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, said by phone. "Putin doesn't consider that the demonization of Assad places him under any obligation to limit cooperation with him."
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A special unit from the Arakkonam-based battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached the State capital on Monday to help tackle sea erosion and tidal wave attack on the coastal belt here.
The unit, a 24-member contingent led by Commandant M.K. Verma will include an Assistant Commandant, four team commanders, and 18 personnel. During the three-day visit to the city, the team is slated to visit affected areas, make assessments, consult with the police, revenue and other officials, and chart out an action plan that the district administration can put in place in times of such crisis to launch effective rescue/evacuation missions and to be prepared in the event of similar natural calamities, apart from advising an awareness creation campaign as well.
The visit of the NDRF team comes on the heels of discussions initiated by Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Shashi Tharoor with Union Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh and National Disaster Management Authority vice-chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy.
Mr. Tharoor, who had earlier held talks with Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash and District Collector K.N. Satheesh had also taken up the issue of including sea erosions and tidal wave attacks under disasters for which Central assistance is available. A request has been made to the NDMA to include these on the list of calamities for which Central funds are sanctioned, according to a communiqué from Mr. Tharoor's office here.
The NDRF is a national-level para-military agency constituted in 2006 following the enactment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 with the objective of meeting man-made or natural disasters in any part of the country.
Long-term plan
"The visit of the NDRF unit is not just to enhance the relief works being undertaken by the State government to meet the existing crisis, but also to put in motion a long-term plan to increase preparedness and work out ways to meet this recurring crisis in the city's coastal areas," the press release said.
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The folks at Lovewell Lake finally got some good news today from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. It comes 5-weeks after the lake was first shut-down July 16th. The Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has given park officials the green light to open the reservoir to pleasure boating and fishing activities. The latest KDHE water ... Read More »
Finally, mountain lion confirmed in Kansas
Most citizens of rural kansas knew they were here. Several people in Marshall County claimed to have seen them, but failed to get a photograph. This time a hunter was ready with the camera. WAKEENEY, Kan. (AP) Kansas wildlife officials confirm a deer hunter's close encounter with a mountain lion in the northwestern part of the state. The Department of ... Read More »
Wymore Rescue conflicts continue
The struggle to keep a rescue department in Wymore continues to wear on the emotions of local residents. Dr. Don Rice, Gage County medical director, notified members of the Wymore rescue department that they would become inactive after a decision by the Wymore City Council to close the department for a minimum of 45 days. The department's closure was required ... Read More »
CRP Deadline approaching
Farmers and ranchers have until close of business Aug. 27 to offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general sign-up. Applications may be completed by land owners at their local FSA county office. CRP participants with existing contracts scheduled to expire on Sept. 30 may re-enroll under a new 10- to 15-year contract. Cropland that is highly erodible, within a Conservation ... Read More »
4 Marysville businesses suffer damage
August 16, 2010 Several businesses along Highway 36 suffered damage overnight Tuesday. According to police sources Hardees was broken into. According to Todd Ackerman, Marysville Police Chief, money and other items were taken from the restaurant. A drive by the building revealed the side door to the drive through was covered with board. Signs were on the doors and drive ... Read More »
Washington County Sheriff's report
On 080410 on US 36 just east of Upland Road Lee Rieth, Washington driving a 2001 Chevrolet failed to signal a left turn and a 2006 Chrysler driven by Adam Yungeberg, Barnes who was attempting to pass struck Rieth's vehicle. Rieth was issued a citation for Failure to Signal. Damage estimated at more than $1,000.00, no injuries were reported. On ... Read More »
Marshall County Commissioners minutes
August 16, 2010 The Board of Marshall County Commissioners met in regular adjourned session with Michael J. Keating, Chairman; Charles R. Loiseau and Thomas K. Holle member; and Sonya L. Stohs, County Clerk present. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. The Board opened the meeting with the flag salute. The minutes and agenda were approved as presented ... Read More »
Washington County Commissioner minutes
The Board of Washington County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, August 16, 2010 in the commission room at the Washington County Courthouse. Present: Alison Mueller, 1st District Commissioner, Roger Otott, 2nd District Commissioner; Gene Helms, 3rd District Commissioner, Chairman, and Lou Kern, County Clerk. Chairman Helms called the meeting to order with prayer. The next regular meeting will ... Read More »
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Beatrice Rescue will help Wymore
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1 Now, concerning what you wrote about the gifts from the Holy Spirit. I want you to know the truth about them, my friends. | 1 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. |
2 You know that while you were still heathen, you were led astray in many ways to the worship of lifeless idols. | 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. |
3 I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say "A curse on Jesus!" and no one can confess "Jesus is Lord," without being guided by the Holy Spirit. | 3 Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. |
4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. | 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. |
5 There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. | 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. |
6 There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service. | 6 There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. |
7 The Spirit's presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all. | 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. |
8 The Spirit gives one person a message full of wisdom, while to another person the same Spirit gives a message full of knowledge. | 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, |
9 One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal. | 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, |
10 The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said. | 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. |
11 But it is one and the same Spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person. | 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. |
12 Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. | 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. |
13 In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink. | 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. |
14 For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts. | 14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. |
15 If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body. | 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. |
16 And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not an eye, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body. | 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. |
17 If the whole body were just an eye, how could it hear? And if it were only an ear, how could it smell? | 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? |
18 As it is, however, God put every different part in the body just as he wanted it to be. | 18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. |
19 There would not be a body if it were all only one part! | 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? |
20 As it is, there are many parts but one body. | 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body. |
21 So then, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" Nor can the head say to the feet, "Well, I don't need you!" | 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" |
22 On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker; | 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, |
23 and those parts that we think aren't worth very much are the ones which we treat with greater care; while the parts of the body which don't look very nice are treated with special modesty, | 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, |
24 which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it. | 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, |
25 And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another. | 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. |
26 If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it; if one part is praised, all the other parts share its happiness. | 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. |
27 All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it. | 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. |
28 In the church God has put all in place: in the first place apostles, in the second place prophets, and in the third place teachers; then those who perform miracles, followed by those who are given the power to heal or to help others or to direct them or to speak in strange tongues. | 28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. |
29 They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles | 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? |
30 or to heal diseases or to speak in strange tongues or to explain what is said. | 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret? |
31 Set your hearts, then, on the more important gifts. Best of all, however, is the following way. | 31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way. |
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Thread: Little girl #3 arriving soon!
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Little girl #3 arriving soon!
Hi berries,
My husband and I are expecting our third daughter in about a month. We are super excited! The hubby, unfortunately, isn't really in to names. It's like pulling teeth, whereas I am a woman on a mission! Our first two are Adelle Mae and Amelia (Millie) June. Last name sounds like Johnson. We are going to name our third Lucy. Although Lucy is not my first pick, I do like it, and it took us a long time to agree on something, so Lucy she shall be. We are having a hard time finding a suitable middle (Something that has NOTHING to do with a month!). So far, we've come up with two options:
Lucy Pearl
Lucy Camilla
I also like Claire and Grace, but eclair is a little silly, and Grace is overdone. Do either of these work? Any other ideas? Help a hormonal woman! :roll:
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Re: Little girl #3 arriving soon!
Mama to Theodore Adl3r Emm3tt "Theo" born April 2012
Expecting baby #2 March 2015!! It's a GIRL!!!!
*Louisa *Felicity *Gwendolen *Clementine *Rosalie *Philippa *Lavinia *Beatrix *Wren *Eugenia *Florence *Primrose
*Percival (Percy)*Augustin (Gus) *Arthur (Ari) *Frederick (Fritz) *Dashiell (Dash) *Winston *Felix *Walter *Henry/Hendrick *Edwin *Rupert
Guilty pleasures ~Pomeline, Peregrine, Delphine, and Ferdinand
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Okay, I'm laughing at myself for not just saying my last name. I'm, uh, pretty sure you can figure it out.
Thanks, people! Keep the input coming!
April 25th, 2011 06:10 PM #9
Re: Little girl #3 arriving soon!
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9772380 (please vote!)
Due December 13, 2014 (12/13/14) It's a boy!
Zorina, Faustine, Castalia, Vasilisa, Indrina, Calluna, Anaxandra, Hildana, Selenia, Lisandra, Satyana
... Alaric, Silvan, Alistair, Stellan, Rainer, Evander or Evren, Caspian, Soren, Theron, Sander, Sven


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MAPUSA: A 19-year-old girl from Assonora has allegedlycommitted suicide by consuming rat poison.
The victim, a standard XI student, is believed to have been depressed as she scored less marks in the mid-term exam. She consumed the poison Ratol on November 22 and died on Tuesday in GMC.
Shruti Kalishwaran Mithupemal, 19, is a resident of Assonora and a native of Tamil Nadu. She was first referred to the North Goa district hospital and later shifted to GMC Bambolim as her condition became critical.
PSI Nitin Halarnkar conducted the panchanama and the body was handed over to the family for final rites.
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Lipscomb University Sustainability News
Fall Job Shadow Opportunity with USGBC for Students and Alumni
Collaborative Conversations Event Draws More than 60 to Discuss Sustainable Water Resources
Lipscomb Academy and ISP Undergrad & Grad Students Work to Restore West Fork of Brown's Creek
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Lipscomb Green Team Supports Biogas Recovery Unit for Kenya Charity
On Wednesday, Sept. 24, Lipscomb Green Team members had the opportunity to meet Mr. Frances Mbuvi, from Made in the Streets, a Kenya-based charity. MITS has been wishing for a biogas recovery unit to change the waste from their cattle into biogas which they can use (a free source of energy) for cooking. This would save the group hundreds of dollars each year on their electricity bill. Our Green Team has agreed to partner with MITS to provide the unit to improve conditions on the farm in Kenya for the young people. Wednesday's meeting was the students' first introduction to MITS, and they began to learn about this type of renewable energy, which they will have the opportunity to continue to learn from throughout the school year. As the Green Team studies energy sources this year, they will be able to see it in action and personally help promote use of renewable energy in the world.


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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) | |
Established | July 1, 1983 |
Type | Public University System |
Chancellor | Frank T. Brogan (Salary $337,525 (2014))[1] |
Academic staff
5,500 |
Students |
111,000 students (2014)[2] 119,513 students (2010) [3] |
Location | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
Campus | 14 campuses |
Affiliations | NCAA Division II – PSAC Keystone Library Network |
Website | http://www.passhe.edu/ |
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a large public university system in the United States. It is the tenth-largest university system in the United States and 43rd largest in the world. The system comprises 14 state-owned schools, all of which are NCAA Division II members by virtue of being members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.[4][5]
The PASSHE should not be confused with Pennsylvania's other state-funded university system, the Commonwealth System of Higher Education that includes the land grant university (Pennsylvania State University) and three historically private universities (Temple University, Lincoln University, and University of Pittsburgh). While Commonwealth System members are separate legal entities with their own charters, boards, and endowments, the PASSHE is a state agency whose chancellor and board are appointed by the governor.
The Normal School Act of 1857 was passed on the last day of session on 20 May 1857.[6] Its passage created 12 normal school districts in the state in which to establish private corporations answerable to the State Superintendent of Common Schools.[7] Afterward, the School Code of 1911 mandated that the Commonwealth purchase all the normal schools. The normal schools evolved from state normal schools, to state teacher's colleges, to state colleges. Act 188, which was signed into law on November 12, 1982 and came into effect on July 1, 1983, established the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, and converted those state colleges into universities.
Universities and Locations[edit]
The system is a composition of the following 14 universities in Pennsylvania:
PASSHE universities also operate four branch campuses. The Office of the Chancellor is situated in the capital city of Harrisburg at the Dixon University Center.
Rankings for the Universities[edit]
Campus | U.S. News & World Report Ranking |
Bloomsburg | 95th, Regional Universities (North) |
California | 135th, Regional Universities (North) |
Cheyney | Rank Not Published, Regional Universities (North) |
Clarion | Rank Not Published, Regional Universities (North) |
East Stroudsburg | 116th, Regional Universities (North) |
Edinboro | 126th, Regional Universities (North) |
Indiana | 177th, National Universities |
Kutztown | 116th, Regional Universities (North) |
Lock Haven | Rank Not Published, Regional Universities (North) |
Mansfield | 135th, Regional Universities (North) |
Millersville | 81st, Regional Universities (North) |
Shippensburg | 93rd, Regional Universities (North) |
Slippery Rock | 93rd, Regional Universities (North) |
West Chester | 74th, Regional Universities (North) |
- Rankings according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Rankings.[8]
As established by the founding legislation, Act 188 of 1982, the primary mission of the State System of Higher Education "is the provision of instruction for undergraduate and graduate students to and beyond the Master's degree in the liberal arts and sciences, and in the applied fields, including the teaching profession." Additionally, the purpose of PASSHE is "to provide high quality education at the lowest possible cost to students." [9]
A 20-member Board of Governors oversees the system. Additional power is vested in the Councils of Trustees at the constituent universities.
Board of Governor's membership includes: four state legislators, three students, the Governor of the Commonwealth (or a designee), the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (or a designee), and 11 citizens appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate.[10]
The Board of Governors sets general policy for PASSHE. It also appoints the chancellor, who serves as the system's chief executive officer, and the university presidents. The chancellor is an ex officio member of each university's Council of Trustees.
Roll of Chancellors[edit]
- Frank T. Brogan; Chancellor, Oct 01, 2013 – [11]
- Dr. Peter H. Garland; Acting Chancellor, Mar 01, 2013 - Sep 30, 2013[12]
- Dr. John C. Cavanaugh; Chancellor, Jun 2008-Feb 2013[13]
- Dr. Judy G. Hample; Chancellor, 2001–2008
- Dr. James H. McCormick; founding Chancellor, 1983–2001
Board of Governors[edit]
Current enrollment and alumni[edit]
Almost 109,000[3] undergraduate and graduate, part-time and full-time, students attend PASSHE universities. Nearly 90 percent are Pennsylvania residents and 64 percent remain in Pennsylvania after graduation. Minority enrollment also is at an all-time high. A record total of 13,860 minority students—nearly 12 percent of the total student population—are taking classes at PASSHE universities. There are more than 617,000 PASSHE alumni, including more than 454,000 who live and work in Pennsylvania.
Facilities and employees[edit]
The total university campus comprises approximately 4,700 acres (19 km²). A total of 862 buildings with nearly 25 million square feet (2.3 km²) house classrooms, residences, administrative offices, and student support services. PASSHE employs more than 12,169 professional and support staff, most covered by collective bargaining agreements, making it the 16th largest employer in the commonwealth. The various libraries are connected through the cooperative Keystone Library Network.
Tuition at System universities for the 2012/13 academic year is $6,428 per year for Pennsylvanian undergraduate students and from $9,642 to $16,070 per year for nonresident students. The graduate student tuition is $429 per credit hour for Pennsylvanians, and $644 per credit hour for out-of-commonwealth students. Pennsylvanian students also pay a $358 annual instructional technology fee, which is $542 for nonresidents. Board and room charges vary, as do local fees. Students may apply for a variety of commonwealth and federal financial assistance programs and campus scholarships, as well as grants and loans.[15]
See also[edit]
- ^ Jan Murphy (October 28, 2014). "Salaries on the rise for presidents, chancellors at the 14 state universities". Harrisburg Patriot News - Pennlive.com.
- ^ The Daily item, Pa. university enrollment slips again, September 29, 2014
- ^ a b Press Releases - PASSHE universities set ninth straight enrollment. Passhe.edu. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.
- ^ Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Psacsports.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.
- ^ NCAA Division Division II Member Sports Links. Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.
- ^ John Edward Merryman, The Indiana Story 1875–1975: Pennsylvania's First State University ... Clearfield, Pennsylvania: Kurtz Brothers, 1976 (p. 18).
- ^ Merryman, pp. 18–20
- ^ "Best Colleges 2014". US News and World Report. 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ PASSHE Board of Governors, Leading the Way, Jul 2004.
- ^ Pennsylvania General Assembly, "Act 188 of 1982." Available at: http://www.passhe.edu/inside/bog/Pages/Act-188.aspx
- ^ "Pages - Chancellor". PASSHE (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education). Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Press Releases - PASSHE Chancellor Dr. John C. Cavanaugh accepts...". PASSHE (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education). Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Escack, Steve (7 August 2013). "Frank T. Brogan, Florida educator and ex-lt. governor, named Pennsylvania System of Higher Education chancellor". The Morning Call - Allentown, PA. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Pages - BOG Home. Passhe.edu. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.
- ^ Pages - Tuition Schedule. Passhe.edu. Retrieved on 2013-08-09.
External links[edit]
- Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education official website
- PASSHE Foundation, Inc.
- Dixon University Center


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James Fenimore Cooper | |
Photograph by Mathew Brady, 1850 | |
Born | Burlington, New Jersey | September 15, 1789
Died | September 14, 1851 Cooperstown, New York | (aged 61)
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works | The Last of the Mohicans |
James Fenimore Cooper | |
Photograph by Mathew Brady, 1850 | |
Born | Burlington, New Jersey | September 15, 1789
Died | September 14, 1851 Cooperstown, New York | (aged 61)
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works | The Last of the Mohicans |
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, which was established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it.[1] He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society, but was expelled for misbehavior.[2] Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians Cooper's works on the early U.S. Navy have been well received, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.[3]
James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, to William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper, the eleventh child of twelve children, most of whom died during infancy or childhood. He was descended from James Cooper, of Stratford-upon-Avon, England, who emigrated to the American colonies in 1679. James and his wife were Quakers who purchased plots of land in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Seventy five years after his arrival in America his great-grandson, William, was born on December 2, 1754, father of the author James Cooper.[4][5] Cooper lived the first year of his life in New Jersey. Shortly after his first birthday, his family moved to Cooperstown, New York, a community founded by his father, who was a United States Congressman. Their house was in the wilderness on the shore of Otsego Lake, an area in central New York that was surrounded by the Iroquois of the Six Nations.[3]
Shortly after the American Revolutionary War, Cooper's father purchased several thousand acres of land in upstate New York along the head-waters of the Susquehanna River. By 1788, William had selected and surveyed the site where Cooperstown would be established. He erected a home on the shore of Otsego lake, and in the autumn of 1790 and, after moving belongings, servants and carpenters to the location, he began construction of what would become Otsego Hall. Otsego Hall was completed in 1799 when James was ten years old.[5]
At the age of 13, Cooper was enrolled at Yale, but, after inciting a dangerous prank that involved blowing up another student's door, Cooper was expelled in his third year without completing his degree. Disenchanted with college, Cooper[2][6] obtained work in 1806 as a sailor and at the age of 17 joined the crew of a merchant vessel. By 1811, he obtained the rank of midshipman in the fledgling United States Navy, conferred upon him on an officer's warrant signed by Thomas Jefferson.[3][7]
At twenty, Cooper inherited a fortune from his father. On January 1, 1811, at age twenty one, he married Susan Augusta de Lancey, at Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York.[8] Susan Augusta de Lancey was the daughter of a wealthy family who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. They had seven children, five of whom lived to adulthood. His daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper, was a writer on nature, female suffrage, and other topics. She and her father often edited each other's work.[9] Paul Fenimore Cooper (1899–1970) a writer during the 20th century, was a great-grandson of James Cooper.[10]
In 1806, at the age of seventeen, Cooper joined the crew of the merchant ship Sterling as a common sailor. At the time, the Sterling was commanded by the young John Johnston from Maine where Cooper served as a common seaman before the mast. His first voyage, taking some forty stormy days at sea, brought him to an English market in Cowes with a cargo of flour. There Cooper saw his first glimpses of England. After passing through the Strait of Dover and arriving at Cowes, the Sterling dropped anchor. Because Britain was in the midst of war with Napoleon's France at the time, their ship was immediately approached by a British man-of-war and was boarded by some of its crew. They seized one of the Sterling's best crew members and impressed him into the British Royal Navy.[11][12][note 1]
Their next voyage would take them to the Mediterranean at points along the coast of Spain, including Águilas and Cabo de Gata where they picked up cargo to be taken back to America. Their stay in Spain lasted several weeks and greatly impressed the young sailor, the accounts of which Cooper would later refer to in his Mercedes of Castile, a novel about Columbus.[14]
After serving aboard the Sterling for eleven months, Cooper joined the United States Navy on January 1, 1808, when he received his commission as a midshipman. Because Cooper had conducted himself well as a sailor, his father, a former U.S. Congressman, easily secured a commission for his son through his long standing connections with various politicians and naval officials.[15][16] The warrant for Cooper's commission as midshipman was signed by President Jefferson and mailed by Naval Secretary Robert Smith, reaching Cooper on February 19. Along with the warrant was a copy of naval rules and regulations, a description of the required naval uniform along with an oath that Cooper was to sign in front of a witness and to be returned with his letter of acceptance. Cooper signed the oath and had it notarized by New York attorney William Williams, Jr., who had previously certified the Sterling's crew. After Williams had confirmed Cooper's signature, Cooper mailed the document to Washington. On February 24 he received orders to report to the naval commander at New York City. [note 2] Joining the United States Navy fulfilled an aspiration Cooper had kept since his youth.[17]
Cooper's first naval assignment came in March 21, 1808, aboard the USS Vesuvius, an 82 foot bomb ketch that carried twelve guns and a thirteen inch mortar.[18] For his next assignment Cooper served under Lieutenant Melancthon Taylor Woolsey near Oswego on Lake Ontario, building the brig USS Oneida for service on the lake. The vessel was intended for use in a war with Great Britain which at the time had yet to begin.[19] The vessel was completed, armed with sixteen guns and launched in Lake Ontario in the spring of 1809. It was in this service that Cooper learned shipbuilding, ship yard duties and frontier life. During his leisure time Cooper would venture through the forests of New York state and explore the shores of Lake Ontario. He also took frequent cruises among the Thousand Islands where he often spent time fishing. His experiences in the Oswego area would later inspire some of his work, including his novel The Pathfinder.[20] [note 3]
After completion of the Oneida in 1809, Cooper accompanied Woolsey to Niagara Falls, and was then ordered to Lake Champlain to serve aboard a gunboat up until the winter months when the lake froze over. On November 13 of the same year he was assigned to the USS Wasp under the command of Captain James Lawrence, who was also from Burlington and a personal friend of Cooper's. Aboard this ship Cooper met his lifelong friend William Branford Shubrick, who was also a midshipman at the time. Cooper would later dedicate The Pilot, The Red Rover, and other writings to Shubrick.[22][23]
In 1820 Cooper's wife Susan wagered that he could write a book better than the one she was reading. In response to the wager, Cooper wrote the novel Precaution (1820). Its focus on morals and manners was influenced by Jane Austen's approach to fiction. He anonymously published Precaution and soon wrote several other novels. In 1823, he published The Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking series. The series features Natty Bumppo, a resourceful American woodsman at home with the Delaware Indians and their chief Chingachgook. Bumppo was also the main character of Cooper's most famous novel, The Last of the Mohicans (1826). Written in New York City, where Cooper and his family lived from 1822 to 1826, the book became one of the most widely read American novels of the 19th century.[24]
In 1823, while living in New York on Beach Street in what is now downtown's Tribeca, Cooper became a member of the Philadelphia Philosophical Society. In August of this year his first son died.[25]
In 1824 General Lafayette arrived from France as the nation's guest aboard the Cadmus at Castle Garden in New York City. Cooper witnessed his arrival and later was one of the active committee of welcome and entertainment.[26][27]
In 1826 Cooper moved his family to Europe, where he sought to gain more income from his books as well as provide better education for his children. While overseas, he continued to write. His books published in Paris include The Red Rover and The Water Witch, two of his many sea stories. During his time in Paris, the Cooper family was seen as the center of the small American expatriate community. During this time he developed friendships with the painter Samuel Morse and with the French general and American Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.[28][29]
In 1832 he entered the lists as a political writer; in a series of letters to Le National, a Parisian journal, he defended the United States against a string of charges brought against them by the Revue Britannique. For the rest of his life, he continued skirmishing in print, sometimes for the national interest, sometimes for that of the individual, and not infrequently for both at once.
This opportunity to make a political confession of faith reflected the political turn he already had taken in his fiction, having attacked European anti-republicanism in The Bravo (1831). Cooper continued this political course in The Heidenmauer (1832) and The Headsman: or the Abbaye of Vigneron (1833). The Bravo depicted Venice as a place where a ruthless oligarchy lurks behind the mask of the "serene republic". All were widely read on both sides of the Atlantic, though The Bravo was a critical failure in the United States.[30]
In 1833 Cooper returned to the United States and published A Letter to My Countrymen, in which he gave his own version of the controversy and sharply censured his compatriots for their share in it. He followed up with novels and several sets of notes on his travels and experiences in Europe. His Homeward Bound and Home as Found are notable for containing a highly idealized self-portrait.
In June 1834 Cooper decided to reopen his ancestral mansion, Otsego Hall, at Cooperstown. It had long been closed and falling into decay; he had been absent from the mansion nearly 16 years. Repairs were begun, and the house was speedily put in order. At first, he wintered in New York City and summered in Cooperstown, but eventually he made Otsego Hall his permanent home.[31]
On May 10, 1839, Cooper published History of the Navy of the United States of America. It was a work he had long planned on writing. Before departing for Europe in May, 1826, at a dinner given in his honor, he publicly announced his intentions during a parting speech that he would be authoring this great historical work while abroad:
His historical account of the U.S. Navy was first well received but later was harshly criticized in America and abroad. It took Cooper fourteen years to research and gather material for the book. His close association with the U.S. Navy and various naval officers and his familiarity with naval life at sea made him more than qualified to research and write this work. Cooper's work is said to have stood the test of time and is largely considered an authoritative account of the U.S. Navy during that time.[33]
In 1844 Cooper's Proceedings of the naval court martial in the case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a commander in the navy of the United States, &c:, was first published in Graham's Magazine of 1843-44. It was a review of the court martial of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie who while at sea, had hanged three crew members of the brig USS Sommers for mutiny. One of the hanged men, nineteen-year-old Philip Spencer, was the son of Secretary of State John C. Spencer. He was executed without court-martial along with two other sailors aboard the Somers for allegedly attempting mutiny. Just prior to this affair Cooper was in the process of giving harsh review to Mackenzie's version of the Battle of Lake Erie. Mackenzie had previously given harsh criticism to Cooper's interpretation of the Battle of Lake Erie contained in Cooper's History of the Navy of the United States, 1839). However he still felt sympathetic to Mackenzie over his pending court martial at the time.[34][35]
In 1846 Cooper published Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers covering the biographies of Commodores William Bainbridge, Richard Somers, John Shaw, William Shubrick and Edward Preble.[36][37]
In May 1853, Cooper's Old Ironsides appeared in Putnam's Monthly, It was the history of the Navy ship Constitution, and became the first posthumous publication of his writings.[38]
In 1856, five years after Cooper's death, his History of the Navy of the United States of America was published. The work was an account of the U.S. Navy in the early 19th century.[33][39] Among naval historians of the period the work has come to be recognized as a general and authoritative account, however it was criticized for accuracy on some points by other students of that period. For example, Cooper's account of the Battle of Lake Erie was said to be less than accurate by some naval historians. For making such claims Cooper once sued a Park Benjamin, Jr. a poet and also editor of the Evening Signal of New York, for libel.[40]
His books related to current politics and Cooper's self-promotion increased the ill feeling between author and public. The Whig press was virulent in its comments about him, and Cooper filed legal actions for libel, winning all his lawsuits.
After concluding his last case in court, Cooper returned to writing with more energy and success than he had had for several years. On May 10, 1839, he published his History of the U.S. Navy,[33] and returned to the Leatherstocking series with The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea (1840) and The Deerslayer (1841) and other novels. He wrote again on maritime themes, including Ned Myers, or A Life Before the Mast, which is of particular interest to naval historians.
In the late 1840s Cooper returned to his public attacks on his critics and enemies in a series of novels called the Littlepage Trilogy where he defended landowners along the Hudson River, lending them social and political support against rebellious tenant farmers in the anti-rent wars that marked this period. In one of his later novels, The Crater, an allegory of the rise and fall of the United States, authored in 1848, his growing sense of historical doom was exemplified. At the end of his career he wrote a scornful satire about American social life and legal practices called The Ways of the Hour, authored in 1850.
He turned again from pure fiction to the combination of art and controversy in which he had achieved distinction with the Littlepage Manuscripts (1845–1846). His next novel was The Crater, or Vulcan's Peak (1847), in which he attempted to introduce supernatural machinery. Jack Tier (1848) was a remaking of The Red Rover, and The Ways of the Hour was his last completed novel.[41]
Cooper spent the last years of his life back in Cooperstown. He died of dropsy on September 14, 1851, the day before his 62nd birthday. His interment was in Christ Episcopal Churchyard, where his father, William Cooper, was buried. Cooper's wife Susan survived her husband only by a few months and was buried by his side at Cooperstown.
Several well-known writers, politicians, and other public figures honored Cooper's memory with a dinner in New York, six months after his death in February 1852. Daniel Webster presided over the event and gave a speech to the gathering while Washington Irving served as a co-chairman, along with William Cullen Bryant, who also gave an address which did much to restore Cooper's damaged reputation among American writers of the time.[42][43]
Beginning in his youth Cooper was a devoted follower of the Episcopal Church where his religious convictions deepened throughout his life. He was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church, which at the time was a small parish in Cooperstown not far from his home. Much later in his life, in 1834, he became its warden and vestryman. As the vestryman, he donated generously to this church and later supervised and redesigned its interior with oak furnishings at his own expense. In July 1851 he was confirmed in this church by the Reverend Mr. Birdsall.[44][45][46]
Cooper was one of the most popular 19th-century American authors, and his work was admired greatly throughout the world. While on his death bed, the Austrian composer Franz Schubert wanted most to read more of Cooper's novels.[47] Honoré de Balzac, the French novelist and playwright, admired him greatly.[48] Henry David Thoreau, while attending Harvard, incorporated some of Cooper's style in his own work.[49]
Cooper's work, particularly The Pioneers and The Pilot, demonstrate an early 19th-century American preoccupation with prudence and negligence in a country where property rights were often still in dispute.[50]
Cooper was one of the first major American novelists to include African, African-American and Native American characters in his works. In particular, Native Americans play central roles in his Leatherstocking tales. However, his treatment of this group is complex and highlights the tenuous relationship between frontier settlers and American Indians as exemplified in The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, depicting a captured white girl who is taken care of by an Indian chief and who after several years is eventually returned to her parents.[51] Often, he gives contrasting views of Native characters to emphasize their potential for good, or conversely, their proclivity for mayhem. Last of the Mohicans includes both the character of Magua, who is devoid of almost any redeeming qualities, as well as Chingachgook, the last chief of the Mohicans, is portrayed as noble, courageous, and heroic.[52] In 1831, Cooper was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.
According to Tad Szulc, Cooper was a devotee of Poland's causes (uprisings to regain Polish sovereignty). He brought flags of the defeated Polish rebel regiment from Warsaw and presented them to the exiled leaders in Paris. And although Cooper and Marquis de La Fayette were friends, it remains unclear how Cooper found himself in Warsaw at that historical moment, although he was an active supporter of European democratic movements.[53]
The Season 2 Futurama episode Put Your Head on My Shoulders contains an opening caption "Not Based on the Novel by James Fenimore Cooper"
Though some scholars have hesitated to classify Cooper as a strict Romantic, Victor Hugo pronounced him greater than the great master of modern romance,.[48] This verdict was echoed by a multitude of less famous readers, such as Balzac and Rudolf Drescher of Germany, who were satisfied with no title for their favorite less than that of the "American Scott."[54] Mark Twain famously criticized The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder in his satirical but shrewdly observant[citation needed] essay, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" (1895),[55] which portrays Cooper's writing as cliched and overwrought. Cooper was honored on a U.S. commemorative stamp, the Famous American series, issued in 1940.
Cooper was also criticized heavily for his depiction of women characters in his work. James Russell Lowell, Cooper's contemporary and a critic, referred to it poetically in A Fable for Critics, writing, ". . . the women he draws from one model don't vary / All sappy as maples and flat as a prairie."[56]
Cooper's lasting reputation today rests largely upon the five Leatherstocking tales. As for the remaining body of his work, Literary scholar Leslie Fiedler, however, noted that Cooper's "collected works are monumental in their cumulative dullness."[57]
Three dining halls at the State University of New York at Oswego are named in Cooper's remembrance (Cooper Hall, The Pathfinder, and Littlepage) because of his temporary residence in Oswego and for setting some of his works there.[58] The gilded and red tole chandelier hanging in the library of the White House in Washington DC is from the family of James Fenimore Cooper.[59] It was brought there through the efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in her great White House restoration. The James Fenimore Cooper Memorial Prize at New York University is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of journalism.[60]
In 2013, Cooper was inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame.
James Fenimore Cooper's novels were very popular in the rest of the world, including in Russia. In particular, a large interest of Russian public were called the novel The Pathfinder, about whom the famous Russian critic Belinsky said it "Shakespearean drama in the form of a novel".[61] Their author was more recognizable by its rare second name Fenimore, and this name became a symbol of exciting adventures. For example, in the movie The Secret of Fenimore (Russian: Тайна Фенимора), third series of children's television mini-series Three cheerful shifts (Russian: Три весёлые смены, see Tri vesyolye smeny (1977) at the Internet Movie Database), tells of a mysterious stranger named Fenimore, who appears in a camp at night in a ward of boys and tells them amazing stories about Indians and extraterrestrials.
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Among all the words expressed after JD Salinger's death, RL Stines' tweets about how his generation revered the anti-establishment anti-hero while today's youth just wonder why the kid can't deal with his issues struck me as the most provacative. I'm often wary of statements that imply a historical trend, especially when it seems there are […]
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When I was growing up, poetry always seemed to be something classical and esoteric, with all of it sounding like John Donne's Holy Sonnet No. 10 – "Death, be not proud … " And then, in high school, came Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," a must read for any 14-year-old boy. That includes these […]
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If she starts thinking that this song is about her, she might start having regrets about how close she came to being his lonely star. Maybe she'll realize that she didn't give him that right attention and consider drowning from her wrist.
The line is a slight allusion to Carly Simon's You're So Vain:
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The U.S. version of the Galaxy S III has a dual-core Qualcomm S4 processor, while the global model features Samsung's quad-core Exynos chip. The new iPhone is expected to have a quad-core CPU too, most likely Apple's long-awaited A6 processor. (The new iPad uses the A5X, a dual-core chip with quad-core graphics.) The new iPhone may have a performance advantage over the Galaxy S III, at least in the U.S., although it probably won't be too dramatic.
Bigger iPhone Display: Why Apple Has No Choice
Apple Earnings: All About iPad
Samsung Galaxy S III: 10 Million Sold
iPhone 5 Dock Smaller: Accessory Headache
Apple, Samsung Patent Fight Draws Blood
Smartphone Shoppers Prefer Larger Displays
IBM: Sorry, Siri. You're Not Welcome Here
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III, Music Hub
iPhone 5 Parts Leaks Suggest Minor Design Changes
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Nineteen people were injured, two of them critically, when two minibus-taxis collided in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning, paramedics said.
The taxis collided on Summit Road, said Netcare 911 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann.
"Two men were found to be in a critical condition while the remaining seventeen people sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious."
One of the critically injured was airlifted to hospital. Others were transported there by road.
The cause of the accident was not known, Steinmann said. - Sapa
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Jennifer Lawrence on Her Musical Loves, From the Spice Girls to Black Keys
The Oscar-nominated actress, who stars as the teenage huntress Katniss Everdeen in this month's much-anticipated adaptation of The Hunger Games, reveals the soundtrack to her life.
Do you recall the first album you bought with your own money?
I think it was the first Spice Girls CD. It was my everything. I would come home from school every day and play it as loud as I could. My room was right next to my brother's, so it drove him nuts. Then he told me about this really cool trick that involved taking a pin and scraping the underside of the CD. I've never forgiven him for it. I don't even give him Christmas presents.
Who would you like to portray in a biopic?
I love Joni Mitchell. I heard Blue when I was 19 or 20 and I thought it was the most beautiful album in the world. She's an interesting character. I hear she's not very nice, which would be really fun to play.
When you were growing up in Kentucky, did your parents object to anything you listened to?
No. I liked the Beatles. And Queen. "Another One Bites the Dust" was my favorite song.
Of your Hunger Games costars, who had the best taste in music?
Josh [Hutcherson] introduced me to dubstep, which I hadn't even heard of before. He started playing Skrillex and Bassnectar. It made my brain short-circuit in this great way. I would've never thought that I'd like that, but I loved it.
Do you recall your first concert?
Yes — 98 Degrees. I was, like, 11. I went with my mom's friend's older daughter. I think I just wanted to go to a concert.
What song would you want played at your funeral?
I had an idea, but I can't do it now because it was in Love Actually. There's a funeral and they play [the Bay City Rollers' version of] "Bye Bye Baby." Hopefully, by the time I die, nobody will remember Love Actually and they'll be like, "Oh my God, what an original idea."
What was the last concert you attended?
My list of concerts isn't impressive because I keep missing them for work. Like, the Black Keys are my favorite band. When you listen to them, anything you're doing feels cooler: If you're running, you're a cool runner. I was going to see them in London but couldn't because I was getting my hair dyed for X-Men: First Class. It was miserable.
What were you listening to the first time you smoked pot?
I so cannot answer that question. I'm in a franchise.
Name a song that has helped you over a breakup?
One time I was upset and I didn't want to cry in my car because then everyone stares at you. And "Survivor" by Destiny's Child came on and made me feel so much better.
If you were to curate a festival, who would be on the bill?
The Black Keys, obviously. And Mumford & Sons. They're a timeless band. I missed them, too, when I was in North Carolina. Yet I made it to that 98 Degrees concert.


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Environmentalists plan to save steelhead trout
Ventura, Santa Clara rivers could be key
The future of endangered steelhead trout in Ventura County may be uncertain, but environmentalists hope a multimillion-dollar plan and greater public awareness will help save the fish.
More than 50 people gathered inside the community room at Ventura City Hall Wednesday to talk about the steelhead recovery plans and restoration techniques to help improve riparian habitats.
The meeting was sponsored by the Tri-County Fish Team, a group made up of representatives from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, who are focused on helping the fish survive and reproduce in healthy creeks, rivers and streams.
"We all benefit from healthy, functioning watersheds," said Penny Ruvelas, a project resources division manager for the National Marine Fisheries Service. "If we can protect the watersheds and restore their natural function, the fish benefit and the people benefit."
A dramatic decline
Steelhead trout a century ago were plentiful in California's rivers and creeks, but their populations have dropped dramatically in recent years. Development near watersheds and the pouring of concrete over natural creeks for flood control has devastated the population.
Adult steelhead live in the ocean but return to freshwater streams they were born in to spawn. Fish barriers, such as concrete culverts, make it improbable for the trout to swim back to the rivers because the water flows too rapidly on the slick concrete channel.
Some steelhead that make it upstream, back to their birth places, often get landlocked. Those landlocked fish, referred to as rainbow trout, can live their adult lives in the streams.
The decline in the steelhead population is rampant throughout the state, but environmentalists see restoration efforts in Ventura County as hugely important because of the sheer size of the Ventura and Santa Clara rivers.
"Those rivers present the biggest opportunities in California simply because of the sizes of the watersheds," said David Pritchett, a Santa Barbara ecologist who attended Wednesday's meeting. "That's where there is the potential to grow thousands of the species a year and really recover the species."
Plans in development
The environmentalists, along with state and federal officials, are currently developing the Southern California and Central Coast Steelhead Recovery plans, massive documents that outline ways to save the fish and restore habitats.
With so many parties showing a vested interest in the process, the plans have generated notable discussion and debate. The exact cost of saving the fish is not known.
"The biggest challenge is public buy-in," said Mary Larson, senior fisheries biologist supervisor for the state Department of Fish and Game. "It's a federally endangered species and people get a little intense."
Closely tied to the efforts to save the fish are restoration projects, undertaken by local governments or environmental nonprofit agencies. Environmentalists and government agencies often seek ways to return a creek to its natural environment, removing invasive species, concrete and other fish barriers.
Brian Stark, conservation director for the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, gave a 45-minute presentation Wednesday, where he highlighted effective restoration methods and discussed ways to save the fish. In essence, he said, restoration is frequently a trial-and-error method, and that it's important for people in the community to share their ideas with one another.
"Trying to bring a species back from the brink of extinction takes a lot of time, money and energy," Stark said. "In some ways, we are really living on the edge. There are no easy answers."
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The space un the townhome,Pool, lazy river, hot tub, banana jacks
Tvs were very small, old and outdated, blinds were missing in the living roim. Master bedroom had stains in sheets unit 327 Cambria
room space, made me feel like home. great when traveling with kids!
check in staff was not polite, did not give much information. also the streets are dark at night, making is feel a bit unsafe.
Pool n game room
They were missing sheets for the pullout s but other than that great
I love their pool area. They have a family friendly pool with a slide, a lazy river, and a spa style pool. The staff is friendly.
The beds are really uncomfortable and really firm. If you like mattresses with pillowtop, then this is not the place to stay. It is at least 20 minutes away from all theme parks and the downtown area. The only other issue is it has a lot of hidden charges.
We love the pool, lazy river, and the friendly staff. We have made it a tradition to stay at the Omni at Champions Gate every year.
Perhaps the location.. Only because there isn't much in the area. Other than that (which is so minor) this is a wonderful place to stay
I stay here alot because its close to where I do business when I fly in from Puerto Rico. The staff is outstanding and they will go out of their way to accomadate any need.
Lol, nothing !!!
The staff was nice!
Pool was out of order, run down looking, dirty on outside and inside.
The hotel looked good from outside and reception area.
The hotel was not clean. The sink was plugged, the refrigerator door was broken and not cooling at all. The swimming pool wasn't working and needed to be fixed. room was very filthy. The ironing table and iron was very old and over used. Shower water cold
Friendly at the front desk, I arrived early and they were able to help get me checked in before the official check in time.
Was a bit dated, seemed to be cleaned quickly - a few spots were missed on the floors when being swept.
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The training introduced different areas of customer service such as customer satisfaction and customer relations. More specifically, the training discussed different conflicting scenarios the staff has experienced with their customers and discovered practical and professional strategic communicative solutions. Also, exercises and debates on customer satisfaction standards and policies were practiced and discussed. As a result of this training, TRACCS anticipates a build-up in customer service standards that will enhance the customer relations in Jordan's service industries.
The objective of the training is to build understanding and skills on customer satisfaction as well as to raising the bar to customer relations. The training also derives from Midas's policies, strategies, and future outlooks which stresses on the development of the quality services and standards to ensure their customers' loyalty.
Mr. Raja Khoury, Midas's Chief Executive Officer stated, "At Midas we recognize that our success is based on our customers and so we need to ensure that every single guest's furniture shopping experience at our store is unique and outstanding by making them feel at home. To reach our customers effectively we hope that the training TRACCS conducted will create awareness and change among our sales and service staff concerning their customer relations behavior that will be noticeable to our customers."
Midas consistently strives to improve their services through their staff by providing workshops and trainings to achieve their goal of effectiveness and by providing a stronger service in Jordan. Midas continues to aggressively evolve so that they may provide a service the customers will enjoy. Furthermore, Midas will not only differentiate itself from the competition through its customer relations standards, but also raise the customer relations standards in the nation.
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My in-laws were in need of a place for their new tv. They choose the plan and I got to work.
I really wanted it to look similar to the furniture that They already had so I used oak and provincial stain.
I surprised them by adding one pull out drawer to each side for easier location of the movie collection.
I was happy with the results!
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Great job!
Wow -- you did an unbelievable job of coming up with something that looks like it should have been there all along. The stain matching looks flawless. Really nice job.
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Wow, thank you!
Thank you, that is great to hear! I really enjoyed the challenge and wanted the best for them!
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Richeson 75 - Jack Richeson School of Art and Gallery. Kimberly, WI.
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The videos (there are English and Spanish versions), while somewhat dated, still manage to tap into nostalgia for the Latin explosion of the late '90s. The 41-year-old is still shaking his hips and wearing white suits that would make anyone else look ridiculous. Check out "Come With Me" (standard version) up top and the spicy Spanglish video after the jump.
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Arizona's success is surprising only because it happened so fast, Ryan Finley writes.
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Arizona will face Oregon in tonight's Pac-12 Conference championship game, and the shopworn story lines will position themselves on the Levi's Stadium turf like a marching band. You've already heard the ones about the high-flying Ducks and Marcus Mariota, their Heisman Trophy candidate quart…
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Soccer has meant big business for sports bars, gathering spots.
Ryan Finley: March makes Tucson fans even crazier
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Few answers as Match Play's future here hangs by a thread
Sometime, perhaps next month, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem will announce his plans for the 2015 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Day burns way to Match Play semifinals; Fowler next
His fourth win in as many days was in the books, but Jason Day wasn't finished.
Little-known Dubuisson continues run through Match Play field
Over three days of competition, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship field has been winnowed down from 64 golfers to eight. The remaining competitors are a who's who of the sport's superstars: Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth, Graeme McDowe…
Match Play notes: Kuchar continues mastery of Match Play
It's no secret that the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship will be looking for a new sponsor — and, maybe, a new location — after this year.
Charmed run continues for McDowell, Match Play's ultimate sleeper pick
Graeme McDowell spent Thursday night celebrating. After hitting a bucket of balls at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain, the Irishman tucked into a dinner at Li'l Abners, took a cold bath — "to get the toxins out of the body," he said — and stretched out on his bed to rest.
Seen and heard at Match Play
"Andy" Fowler
New-look Fowler stuns Poulter in first round
Mired in the worst slump of his golf career, Rickie Fowler arrived at Dove Mountain on Wednesday morning disguised as someone else.
Warmer, sunny days mean shirtsleeves, new strategies for Match Play golfers
Cameron and Carson Kuchar returned to Dove Mountain this week expecting snow.
Long hitter Aphibarnrat hoping for a little luck vs. No. 1 Stenson
Anukji Hirunratanakorn was 16 years old, playing good golf but lacking the results he desired, when his mother urged him to visit a Buddhist temple.
Fashion always wins at Match Play
The best week of the Tucson sports year brings together two sports, rodeo and golf, that — to an outsider — have almost nothing in common. Look closer, though, and you'll see a few similarities.
Longtime Star editor, UA professor Chanin dies at 92
Abe Chanin, a longtime Arizona Daily Star sports editor, UA professor, author and historian, died Saturday morning. He was 92.
Chanin dies at 92; was a longtime Star editor, UA professor and author
Abe Chanin, a longtime Arizona Daily Star sports editor, UA professor, newspaper publisher and author, died this morning following a brief illness. He was 92.
Fans can sound off on StarNet's new forums
My back patio might be the loudest place on the West Side.
Candlelight Madness leads to top date-night spot
Tucson is America's Most Casual Town, especially if you're a guy. And, honestly, it's great.
UA hurdler, CDO grad dies following brain surgery
At 20 years old, Lezo Urreiztieta seemed to have his priorities straight. He attended the University of Arizona on an academic scholarship, competed in a sport that he loved and was wholly dedicated to his family.
Try to top system in annual bowl challenge
I learned the first, and maybe most valuable, lesson of my football life as a third-string offensive lineman on my freshman football team.
New on Starnet: Check out our redesigned Arizona Wildcats page
The Arizona Wildcats are ranked No. 1 nationally in basketball heading into their biggest game of the season, and the UA football team is headed to a New Year's Eve bowl game.
New on StarNet: Our redesigned Arizona Wildcats fan site
Welcome to the Star's new Arizona Wildcats page. Get the latest from Bruce Pascoe, Greg Hansen and Daniel Berk, as usual, but check out our new features, too. Visit the forums to commiserate and argue - no Facebook registration required. Then, custom-build your own UA meme and share it with …
El Tour de Tucson: Endurance cyclist will tackle El Tour, then Australia
During a span of 41 days this fall, Paul Solon rode his bicycle from Mexico City to Washington, D.C., and then Ottawa, Ontario.
Race's route to include I-10 frontage roads; distances shortened
Participants in this month's El Tour de Tucson will be taking a different route — and riding a bit less than in past years.
Finley: Passion fuels every fan, whether it's at Comic-Con or in McKale Center
I was sitting down to dinner in July when I saw a flock of Spocks.
UA swim coach taking leave of absence for 'personal matters'
UA swimming coach Eric Hansen has taken a leave of absence from the program to attend to what athletic director Greg Byrne says are personal matters.
Burger Madness begins: Let the best burger win
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Board of Regents approves contract extensions for Byrne, two coaches; sand volleyball boss gets first deal
The Arizona Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve contract extensions for UA athletic director Greg Byrne, baseball coach Andy Lopez and women's golf coach Laura Ianello, and Steve Walker — the leader of the Wildcats' new sand volleyball program — received his first deal as a head coach.
Grandma Tony's takes pizza title
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Opinion by Ryan Finley: Cover boy Carey is reason to watch Wildcats play in 2013
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Sitton, hailed as Tucson icon, dies
Whether broadcasting the Wildcats' football and basketball games on television or coaching its club rugby team, Dave Sitton was passionate about University of Arizona athletics.
Broadcast partner: UA icon Dave Sitton 'was energy'
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Cast your vote for best pizza in S. Arizona
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Tennis coach Clark, a THS legend, dies
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Legendary tennis coach Sue Clark dies
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Boston Marathon: Former UA star Bruschi near finish line at time of blast, but is safe
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