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Where do your finances stand halfway through 2010? Arthur Stein is a certified financial planner with SPC Financial in Rockville, Md.
He says the summertime is a good time to think about where you are financially.
"Get to know your mortgage. Find out if you could refinance at a lower rate or with better terms. Find out if it's going to reset and you're going to have a higher payment in the future. If you are, you need to get ready for it. Also, with your homeowner's insurance -- check with your agent, make sure that you're fully insured. . . . I'm surprised at how many people who do not have enough homeowner's insurance."
Another area to look at would be your legal liability coverage under both your homeowners and car insurance plans.
Also, find out whether or not you will need to pay estimated taxes. Stein says this is especially important for those people who have more than one job.
"Even people who don't have outside income should at least look at the withholding that they're doing now . . . and make sure that the witholding is sufficient so that they do not owe money at the end of the year."
Another important issue has to do with life and disability insurance, even if you are still working and otherwise healthy.
"Very few people have enough life and disability insurance. If you're married and your spouse is dependent upon you, if you have kids, this is really a key issue. If you're approaching retirement, it's time to start looking at long term care insurance. Another big problem I see a lot is, either people do not have wills and powers of attorney, or they have not been updated in many years."
Stein explains that these documents should be clear, precise and detailed for a variety of reasons.
"With your will, it's kind of a package. You're also going to get powers of attorney and health care powers of attorney -- at least, you should. Take your couple. They're in a car accident, both of them are severely injured and can no longer make decisions for themselves. Who's legally entitled to make decisions? Nobody . . . Go ahead and get that legal package."
If there is no one to make decisions, the state usually steps in and Stein says, unless you want this, those documents are extremely important.
In addition to this, there are also beneficiary forms for your TSP, IRA and life insurance. These should all be up to date, as well.
"Most people will spend more time planning a vacation than they do planning their finances. People don't like to think about this. To think about a will is to think about -- 'I'm dying. I'm going to die early'. . . . It's not that people aren't smart enough, it's not their area of expertise. I have clients who are, literally, rocket scientists and they can't figure out their finances."
Stein says this is why there are professional financial planners available, and no one should feel stupid because he or she doesn't understand a beneficiary form or how the process works.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Head men's lacrosse coach Jason Lange has announced the addition of Brian Ray to his staff as a graduate assistant coach. Ray comes to Pfeiffer after a successful playing career at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa.
Ray was a three-year captain as a member of the of the Crusaders lacrosse program where he led his team in goals, assists and points during his junior and senior seasons. Ray played as a midfielder and attackman and was named a Middle Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The Cranford, N.J. native is second in points scored in Alvernia lacrosse history, third in goals, and fourth in assists.
The Falcons went 13-4 in 2012 and 5-1 in conference play. The team advanced to the Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship game for the third straight season, but fell to Limestone. The program is clearly on the rise as Pfeiffer has increased or equaled its previous seasons win total in each of the past seven years.

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Essay contest winners at Sharpsburg Elementary School
Hagerstown, MD (April 13, 2012) - Sharpsburg Elementary School hosted Ava Gift, Americanism chairperson of Sharpsburg American Legion Auxiliary United 236 on Friday, March 30, 2012. Miss Gift presented monetary awards and ribbons to the winners of the annual Americanism essay contest for 5th grade students. The theme of this year's essay was, "How Can I Show My Patriotism in My Community?" First place winner Paige Reynolds received $25. Morgan Dyer received $15 for second place and Cassidy Nicholson received $10 for third place. Each participating student received a 2012 one dollar gold coin as a token of appreciation from the Sharpsburg American Legion.
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An ice floe is a large chunk or layer of floating sea ice. Since ice both flows and floats, I'd assumed that 'floe' shared its ancestry with one of those 2 words. In fact, or at least according to my dictionary, it's from Old Norse and unrelated to either. So this one escapes the eggcorn-cancellling phenomenon of shared derivation. Examples:
According to ice shelf thickness, the main ice flows are restricted to the eastem and western parts of the sea.
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Good find, though there are already some figures of speech in the database involving flow/floe. Another one wouldn't hurt.
There are also examples of people mistakenly using "lava floe" instead of "lava flow."
Mt. St. Helens newspaper headline: "Molten Rock Rebuilds Lava Floe in Volcano"
Parks website "One of the truly unique features of this trail is actually walking on top of the toe of a lava floe created about 10,000 years ago…"
Ken didn't pursue his chain of thought to ice float, so I've added it here.
It is one of a group of nine to have plunged into the ocean after the ice float they lived on melted.
In non-rhotic India, a thoughtful editor has perhaps made a correction to ice floors.
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What's your take on online backup services?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 2/5/10 1:38 PM
What's your take on online backup services?
I truly enjoy the Friday afternoon (well, evening in my part of the country) newsletters. I seem to learn tons and tons about things that I never knew I wanted (or needed) to know! So many times I archive the questions because I know that Ill need to know that soon, or I had that exact same question before-and probably will again. Or, more often than not, the question is timely for my own issues, and I get to try out the suggestions right away. This is an AMAZING group!
I have never written before, but I want to get the group's collective wisdom on online backup services (Carbonite.com just to use an example). I have had two fatal hard-drive failures in the last year. While I use an external hard-drive to back up data (most of the time), I am starting to really think about using an online backup service. That said, I am trying to understand the various services that these companies offer versus the costs (I am concerned about cost-an external hard drive is relatively cheap, so Im not going to pay a small fortune for online services). I am not a large corporation looking for mega-service. I am a sole proprietor, and Im looking for a safe place for my 500GB of data (actually, well under that amount, but it could grow to that amount) that resides on one computer (Windows) and one external hard-drive.
So, I am looking to all of you to help me better understand the following:
1. How secure from "prying eyes" are these online backup services? I don't know that I have anything that anyone would care about on my computers, but I certainly don't want some random technician accessing my data, just because they were servicing the server on which the backup was stored and felt like "helping themselves."
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BLOG #3: Unforgettable!
November 7, 2011
By: Becca Walters (Coach Dub), Assistant Coach
The good news is were still 0-0.Despite what some may call a shellacking or beat down, our team was able to come away with some positives and a great experience in our loss to Duke on Thursday night.Years from now, it is unlikely that anyone will remember the score, therefore no need to repost it, right?
The remembrances will be of the atmosphere in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Playing on a historic and legendary floor. Hearing your name through the same speakers as Christian Laettner, Lindsey Harding and Grant Hill once did. Competing against players which someday may be stars in the WNBA. Realizing a dream.
From the moment Coach Thomas and I received our 32-page Womens Basketball Visiting Team Guide from Dukes Game Operations Manager, we knew this game was going to be unlike any game at Pfeiffer. Even something as simple as having the charter bus drop off our team involved several Duke staff members. Another group directed us to our locker room (where we coaches had our own private area), and Coach Thomas was greeted by her own personal escort.
As amazing experience this was for our players, it was for the coaches too. We had to be sure to put up (and of course, make) a few shots as well as tour the concourse and walk through a bit of Blue Devil basketball history. And while our players were competing against athletes bigger, stronger and faster, we were going head-to-head with coaching from one of the best in the womens game.
We all very much appreciated the support from Pfeiffer. Parents, families, friends, staff, faculty and students gave us a great turnout at the game. It was nice to show Duke that we have our own Pfeiffer following.
Losses always sting at least a bit. But knowing the team we were competing against, the facility in which we were playing, and the memories our team will forever have from that night make it easier to take.
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From the opening seconds to the final ticks of the clock, Southwest showed its latest regional soccer final would be different from its previous ones.
Senior forward Austin Tausch scored 2 goals, and the Stallions controlled the tempo from the opening kickoff as Southwest defeated Franklin Academy 4-1 on Tuesday night in the NCHSAA 1-A East Regional final.
Southwest (13-2-2) will take on Lake Norman Charter (19-3) on Saturday in the state championship game at the Dail Soccer Stadium at N.C. State University. The game time will be announced today. Lake Norman Charter beat Hendersonville 3-1 on Tuesday.
This marks the first trip to the state final for the Stallions, who lost in the regional finals in 1990, 2005, 2010 and 2011 before finally breaking through this season.
Southwest lost in sudden-death overtime last year at home in the regional final to N.C. School of Science and Math.
"We've come so close a number of times," said Southwest coach John Sweeney, who has led the Stallions' girls' program to three state final trips, with two of those appearances ending with titles. "This is a good bunch of boys. They drive me a little nuts, but they play hard, they play for one another and it's a thrill to see them in this position."
But, as Sweeney quickly added "there is still one more to play."
Until then, the Coastal Plains Conference champions can celebrate a regional final victory that saw them dictate the game's tempo from the start against the Patriots (13-7), the second seed from the Carolina 12 Conference.
Southwest never let go of its pressure.
"That was our game plan," Tausch said. "We wanted to come out and play hard. If we play hard, we can do what we need to do."
Southwest sophomore defender Tracy Hall agreed.
"We wanted to control the game from the start," he said. "We wanted to take over."
That mindset paid off in the form of a goal just 9:52 into the match from sophomore Jamaal Respus. Freshman Noah Tausch delivered a well-played corner kick from the right side to Respus, who headed the ball into the back of the net.
"It was a good set up and a great curve (of the ball)," Respus said. "I felt nobody was on me, I found me a spot, saw that the goalie was pushed over to the left and I headed it and made sure I hit it to the right."
Yet the Stallions weren't done.
Just 30 seconds after Respus made it 1-0, Austin Tausch scored after he played a long pass from junior Alex Blake, went around Franklin Academy goalkeeper Peter Kassay and scored from inside the 18-yard line.
All of the sudden Southwest led 2-0.
"I was looking for those back-post runs," Austin Tausch said of his first goal. "We were kind of nervous coming out, but our first goal opened things up."
Southwest's midfield play was a key to the win. From the opening kickoff, the Stallions controlled the middle, allowing them to create scoring chances and limit the Patriots' attack.
"I think we had trouble building from the midfield," Franklin Academy coach Michael Hunt said. "Their midfield controlled the tempo."
That's just how Sweeney wrote the game plan up.
"The plan was really to play conservatively and to be able to defend the middle as much as possible," he said.
With the Stallions executing their style of play and already with a 2-0 lead, things were looking good for Southwest.
Still, the game wasn't over.
The Patriots got back into the match just 4:55 into the second half when Jack Adams scored to cut Southwest's lead to 2-1. Franklin Academy was ready for more.
"I always told (his team) that the next two minutes after any goal is the most dangerous time," Hunt said.
The Patriots found that out the hard way as Tausch scored his second goal just 49 seconds later to extend the Stallions' lead to 3-1 after he went around three defenders before shooting from the right corner of the 18 just inside the far post.
Southwest senior Markkel Bannerman then scored with a shot from the left side with 26:50 left in the match to make it 4-1.
"I told the boys that they (Patriots) were a good team with good players and that there would be this 10-minute storm we would have to weather," Sweeney said. "I sure would have liked for us to get that third goal first, but when they scored Austin came back and answered so quickly, and I really felt that was when we established momentum."
And it was a momentum the Stallions never relinquished, thanks in large part to its defense.
Although Southwest allowed 7 shots on goal, many came from the outside and didn't threaten to find the net. The Stallions' backfield held its own against Franklin Academy leading scorer Ian Hunt.
"My defenders have done a terrific job lately of communicating," Sweeney said. "They always knew where he (Ian Hunt) was and they always made sure somebody was tight enough to apply a little bit of pressure. We had to keep his back to the goal."
Senior goalie Nick Matics finished with 6 saves with 2 of them coming during a 20-second span midway through the first half in what was the Patriots' only really challenge until their goal.
"We just made sure we marked him (Hunt)," Hall said. "We knew they liked to play crosses and so we watched for those."
And in the end, this regional final victory was a continuation of solid postseason play from the Stallions.
"The guys have been playing with intensity in each round of the playoffs," Sweeney said. "I think you saw that from the first whistle tonight."
FranklinAcademy 0 1— 1
Southwest 2 2— 4
GOALS—S: A. Tausch 2, Respus, Bannerman. ASSISTS—S: N. Tausch. IN GOAL—F: Kassay (5 saves). S: Matics (6 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL—F 7, S 10. CORNER KICKS—F 2, S 7. RECORDS—F: 13-7, season complete. S: 13-2-2, vs. Lake Norman Charter in state 1-A final on Saturday.


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Getting Started
The first step towards receiving a kidney transplant is discussing transplantation with your personal physician or nephrologist (a kidney specialist). You can ask your physician or dialysis center to arrange an evaluation appointment with the Organ Transplant Program at Swedish. You can also make an appointment directly by calling or writing:
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Organ Transplant Program
1101 Madison, Ste. 200
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Phone: 206-386-3660 or 1-800-996-7426
Fax: 206-386-3644
Once we schedule your evaluation appointment, we will ask to have your medical records sent to us to be reviewed by our transplant surgeon and nephrologist. We will conduct a brief telephone interview to obtain your health-insurance information, emergency contacts and other important general information. We also will mail you a health questionnaire to complete prior to your appointment. You will be sent driving directions to our clinic and information about parking.
The day of your evaluation appointment
Please ask a family member or close friend to accompany you to your appointment if possible. Your companion is welcome to remain with you throughout the appointment. You'll be receiving a lot of new information, and he or she can help you ask questions and keep track of important details. Your family or friends will help take care of you after the transplant, so it is important to include them in the information-gathering process.
Your first visit will last approximately three hours. You will meet individually with a transplant surgeon, nephrologist, social worker and transplant nurse coordinator. Our goal is to help you understand what it means to get a kidney transplant. You will get to know us and learn about our approach to transplantation.
The transplant team will review your medical history and current health status to determine if transplantation is a safe and suitable treatment for you. During your initial appointment, we will discuss the following with you:
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This is your time. We recognize that organ transplantation is a complex procedure. We encourage you and your family to ask questions. By the end of this meeting, we hope you will understand the transplant process and the further steps necessary for your evaluation. If you have any questions after you leave, you are encouraged to contact us again.
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The potential transplant recipient undergoes an extensive pre-transplant medical evaluation. Some testing may be completed via your nephrologist prior to your first evaluation appointment, and the remainder of the tests can be done later. Testing includes, but is not limited to:
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- Chest X-ray
- Heart test: Electrocardiogram or other more extensive testing of the heart
- Blood tests assessing your immune system, liver function and the presence of infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis
- A complete gynecological examination for all female recipients and a mammogram for women 32 years and older
- Evaluation of the gastrointestinal system
- Blood typing, determining if you are O, A, B or AB blood type
- Tissue typing. This is another blood test that reveals the six genetic tissue codes that you were born with. (You inherit three codes from each parent.) This information is used in "matching" you to a possible cadaveric donor organ
For some, the evaluation can proceed very rapidly. For others, the process may take many weeks. For some patients, we will require more extensive testing due to your complicated medical history or other risk factors. You will be introduced to a transplant nurse coordinator who will communicate with you about the process of evaluation and who will arrange and/or monitor the tests and results. The coordinator is also an education resource for you and your family regarding the assessment and transplant process. To ensure that your workup will proceed as quickly as possible, we encourage your active participation in this process.
Approval for transplant
Once your pre-transplant evaluation has been completed, the Organ Transplant team meets to discuss your transplant candidacy. The team includes Organ Transplant medical staff (surgeons, nephrologist, transplant coordinators and social worker), as well as nephrologists in the community affiliated with our program. If the team feels that it is medically safe for you to receive a transplant, you are ready to go on the deceased donor waiting list, or your living kidney donor's medical evaluation can begin. You are encouraged to identify one person who will be available for a few weeks to support you and learn with you when you undergo the transplant procedure, whether you go on the waiting list or have a living donor.
Contact Information
Transplant Program1101 Madison
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Florida Religious Freedom, Amendment 8 (2012)
|Amendment 7
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The proposed measure would prevent individuals from being barred from participating in public programs if they choose to use public funds at a religious provider. Essentially, the measure moves to repeal the state's ban of public dollars for religious funding, also known as the "Blaine Amendment."[1][2][3]
The measure requires 60 percent voter approval for adoption.
The measure first appeared as Amendment 7, but on December 14, 2011, Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ruled that the legislatively-proposed measure would no longer be on the 2012 ballot. However, a new state law which was not overturned by the lawsuit allows the Florida Attorney General to rewrite the proposal. This must have been done within 10 days, according to that law, which it was.[4] Read more about the lawsuit here.
On December 20, 2011, Attorney General Pam Bondi rewrote the wording of the ballot measure, placing the proposal back on the ballot as Amendment 8[5]. Read the revised text here and on this article's lawsuit section.[6]
Text of measure
The proposed ballot question reads:[7][6]
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing that no individual or entity may be denied, on the basis of religious identity or belief, governmental benefits, funding, or other support, except as required by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and deleting the prohibition against using revenues from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.
Constitutional changes
The proposed measure would amend Section 3 of Article I of the Florida Constitution to read:[7]
| Text of Section 3: Religious Freedom
There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace, or safety. No individual or entity may be discriminated against or barred from receiving funding on the basis of religious identity or belief.
The 'Yes on 8 Campaign' is spearheading the drive to pass the amendment. Florida Representative Stephen Precourt is a spokesman for the campaign who says that religious should be treated the same as non-religious ones. He has described education as a marketplace and said, "They shouldn't be telling a group that just because you're faith-based organization you shouldn't be participating in the market."[8]
The campaign against the measure is spearheaded by the "Vote No on 8" committee. The campaign argues that the amendment is not really about religious freedom, but is rather an attempt by the state to gain voter approval for funding religious organizations with taxpayer money.[9]
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The following data was taken from the Florida Division of Elections campaign finance database. The following political action committees are campaigning against the measure.
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Shapiro v. Browning
On July 20, 2011 the Florida Education Association (FEA) along with an inter-faith clergy group and some school administrators filed a lawsuit to block the proposed measure.[10] Also involved in the suit is Lee Swift, president of the Florida School Board Association, and Susan Summers-Persis, president of the Florida Association of School Administrators. Opponents argue that the measure's title and ballot summary are misleading. FEA describes the proposed measure as an "underhanded attempt to legalize state tuition vouchers for private schools, including church-affiliated schools."[11] "This is designed to open up the state treasury to voucher schools, but that's not what the title of the amendment and the ballot summary say," said union president Andy Ford.[12]
Measure supporter Rep. Scott Plakon said, "They are trying to paint a picture that if this is repealed that the state is going to put a million dollar check in the offering of the Baptist Church and that is simply them being untruthful. All this does is make sure that our constitution does not treat people of faith differently than any others."[12]
In response, Rep. Scott Randolph said, "Throughout the 2011 legislative session, Republican legislators disguised the proposed constitutional amendment as one that would merely protect religious freedom and end religious discrimination. But in actuality, this proposal has one purpose: to allow the unlimited use of taxpayers' money to send children to private schools instead of building a quality public school system."[13]
The filed lawsuit also challenges 2011 legislation that allows for the Florida Attorney General's office to rewrite ballot summaries or titles when the Florida Supreme Court removes a certified measure from the statewide ballot. The lawsuit argues that authority for such a changes lies only in the Florida State Legislature.[14]
The lawsuit was heard October 27, 2011.[15][16][17]
The case was heard by Judge Terry Lewis. The case (Shapiro v. Browning) number is 2011-CA-1892.
Court ruling
On December 14, 2011 Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ruled that the legislatively-proposed measure would no longer appear on the 2012 ballot. Specifically, Lewis ruled that the phrase "consistent with the U.S. Constitution" was ambiguous and misleading. The phrase, Lewis said, implies that it would make the Florida Constitution conform with the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment.[4]
The lawsuit also challenged 2011 legislation that allows for the Florida Attorney General's office to rewrite ballot summaries or titles when the Florida Supreme Court removes a certified measure from the statewide ballot. Lewis rejected that challenge. "The law under review does not, after all, give the Attorney General authority to re-write the amendment itself -- only the description of it," Lewis said.[4]
Because the 2011 state law was not overturned, the Florida Attorney General still maintained the authority to rewrite the proposal. This was done within 10 days, which was the allotted time to do so.
Measure re-written
On December 20, 2011, Attorney General Pam Bondi rewrote the proposal, and therefore the measure was placed on the ballot for a second time.[4]
The new language of the proposal reads: "Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing that no individual or entity may be denied, on the basis of religious identity or belief, governmental benefits, funding, or other support, except as required by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and deleting the prohibition against using revenues from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution."[6]
Despite new language, some argue that the measure remains misleading. Rabbi Merrill Shapiro of First Congregation Sons of Israel and the primary plaintiff in the case said that Amendment 7 would repeal provisions in the Florida Constitution to prohibit the use of public funds for religious institutions. However, Shapiro notes that the current ballot language does not make that clear.[18] Howard Simon, the executive director of the ACLU of Florida, said "the proposal continues to mislead voters by failing to inform them of the chief purpose and actual impact of the amendment – to virtually require taxpayer funding of religious activities of churches, mosques and synagogues."[19]
In early January 2012 a lawyer for the education groups and clergy members said that they did not plan to pursue a legal challenge against the revised language.[20]
Path to the ballot
In order to qualify for the November 2012 ballot the proposed amendment requires approval by a minimum of 60% in the both the House and the Senate. On April 27, 2011 the House voted 81-35 on HJR 1471. The Senate gave final approval to refer the measure to the statewide ballot on May 6 following a 26-10 vote.[21][22]
The following is a timeline of events surrounding the measure:
|Apr. 27, 2011
|The House voted 81-35 in favor of the measure.
|Final approval
|May 6, 2011
|Senate gave final approval to refer the measure to the statewide ballot.
See also
- Florida ruling kicks religious funding amendment off the 2012 ballot
- Florida's religious funding amendment for the 2012 ballot heads to court today
- FEA lawsuit against Florida religious funding amendment heads to court in October
- Florida Education Association files suit against religious funding amendment
External links
- HJR 1471 (status) and (full text)
Additional reading
- Sunshine State News,"Religious Freedom Amendment Supporters Confident of Rewrite," December 15, 2011
- Education Week,"Courthouses Rife With Education Policy Battles," September 28, 2011
- The Palm Beach Post,"Teachers fight ballot question to allow state money to go to religious groups," July 20, 2011
- The Florida Independent,"Elections overhaul makes it harder to challenge 2012 ballot measures," July 7, 2011
- The Miami Herald,"Lawmakers ask voters to weigh in on abortion, taxes and more issues in 2012," May 11, 2011
- The Herald Tribune,"Legislature passes 7 ballot items for 2012," May 6, 2011
- Sun Sentinel,"Florida amendments 2012: State-church funding just the start," April 25, 2011
- The Palm Beach Post,"It doesn't belong on ballot," December 18, 2011
- Tampa Bay Times,"Religion amendment still misleads," December 15, 2011
- ↑ Florida State Senate,"SJR 1218: Religious Freedom (status and summary)," retrieved April 13, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press,"Repeal of Fla. ban on religious funding gets boost," April 13, 2011
- ↑ The Palm Beach Post,"Voters to get chance to lift religious ban," May 6, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Palm Beach Post,"Fla. judge knocks religious funding question off ballot; attorney general could put it back on," December 14, 2011
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections page on the measure
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 News-Press, "Bondi rewrites Amendment 7 summary", December 20, 2011
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Florida State Senate,"HJR 1471 full text," retrieved May 13, 2011
- ↑ FOX 13 "On Florida ballot, an issue over separation of church and state," August 13, 2012
- ↑ Vote No on 8 campaign website
- ↑ The Miami Herald,"Teachers union aims to block attempt to lift ban on tax money for religious organizations," July 19, 2011
- ↑ Florida Capital Bureau,"FEA sues to block voucher amendment," July 20, 2011
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Associated Press,"Repeal of Fla. ban on religious funding challenged," July 20, 2011
- ↑ The Bradenton Times,"Rep. Scott Randolph Applauds Legal Challenge of HJR 1471," July 23, 2011
- ↑ Ocala.com,"Teachers sue over validity of proposed amendment to state constitution," July 20, 2011
- ↑ The Palm Beach Post,"Florida merit-pay law challenge is part of bigger fight by unions against GOP legislatures," September 14, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press,"Judge hearing challenge to Fla. religion amendment," October 27, 2011
- ↑ News-Press,"Court battle begins over ballot measure," October 27, 2011
- ↑ Historic City,"Shapiro: Amendment 7 re-write still deceptive," December 23, 2011
- ↑ The Florida Independent,"Faith leaders say 'Religious Freedom' amendment is still misleading," December 21, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press,"Revised Fla. religion amendment not challenged," January 3, 2012
- ↑ Florida State Senate,"HJR 1471 vote history," retrieved May 9, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press,"Senate approves repeal of religious aid ban," May 6, 2011
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'Valitar's' epic collapse
Real spectacle was off stage, where ambition clashed with ability
That same month, while practicing a demanding chariot act in Otay Mesa, a horse broke his leg.
The animal was destroyed; Martonovich was fired.
He believes other, more personal factors, led to his dismissal: "I'm pretty sure at that point, it was about Tatyana. She didn't want me around because I didn't want her."
When they heard that Martonovich had been axed, about 18 of the 25 performers left the show. And the Remleys could no longer use acts owned by Martonovich and his Big Horse Productions.
The couple hired Sylvia Zerbini, another ex-"Cavalia" performer and horse trainer. She had two months to rewrite the show, hire more performers, finish rehearsals and move the show to the fairgrounds — by mid-November.
Because that's when "Cavalia" would hit San Diego.
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In the tight-knit horse community, some doubted that the Remleys' show could dethrone its rival.
"It seems a little crazy to go up against 'Cavalia,' which has been doing it a long time," said Erpelding, California Riding's publisher. "There's only so much disposable income that people are going to spend on horse shows.
"And if you are going to see just one, which one would you see?"
But the Remleys' strategy was for "Valitar" to match "Cavalia's" buzz and ticket sales in San Diego. Both shows scheduled local runs from mid-November through Jan. 6. Then "Cavalia" would go abroad.
Thus, Tabasa said, "'Valitar' would have the run of the United States."
"Valitar," though, opened to reviews comparing it unfavorably to its rival, playing just 23 miles away.
"'Cavalia,' " U-T San Diego critic Pam Kragen wrote, "feels like what 'Valitar' could be when it grows up."
The show's first weekend ended without sellout crowds packing the 2,200-seat tent. Still, the show's ticketing manager — a former Ticketmaster and Live Nation employee — saw no reason to panic.
"I think they expected more," Christine Lawrence said of her former employers. "Being new to the business, never having done entertainment, I think they didn't know what to expect.
"You have to build up the clientele."
That clientele only had a short time to find "Valitar." Six days into the show's run — the day before Thanksgiving — Lawrence came to work to find that the Remleys had closed the show.
"I was as surprised as anybody else when I came in that morning," she said. "I hadn't been paid for three weeks."
"Valitar's" crew was paid every two weeks, but the checks stopped in November. The Remleys also canceled contracts they had with Imperial Beach landlords and the Del Mar Hilton, where some employees were housed.
Fearing the worst, Tabasa hurried back to the Hilton. Her passkey no longer worked.
"Mark had closed out our rooms overnight," she said, "while we were sleeping."
Horses and riders were stranded, their plans of a national tour — and almost a year's employment — shattered. Vendors such as Baumgart, the interior designer, hurried to the fairgrounds, laboring around the clock and — because the Remleys had canceled the utilities — in the dark.


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When the Teacher Becomes the Student: Life Lessons through International Volunteering
There are experiences that teach us. There are moments that seem to alter the passage of time. Then there are experiences powerful enough to change one's perspective forever. The experience of international volunteering achieved all of these things for me -- and more.
I worked in Brazil on a volunteer placement through i-to-i, an award-winning volunteer travel organization. i-to-i helps disadvantaged communities and ecosystems around the world by sending trained volunteers to selected projects.
"Venice of Brazil"
For two weeks, I taught at a community center just outside of the city of Recife. Recife is the capital city of the state of Pernambuco. The city has numerous waterways and bridges and is therefore often referred to as the "Venice of Brazil" . It was built as a port city along tropical, white-sand beaches lined with palm trees. The coast of Recife is lined with coral reefs; hence the name "Recife" (Reef).
Teaching Social Skills
The classes I taught were designed to provide my students with social and lingual job skills. We worked on simple English terms such as names and family titles, descriptions of people, likes, and dislikes. By the end of each lesson, the students always demonstrated what kind of people they were. Every one of them was mature, adaptable, and happy regardless of circumstance.
Most of the time, though, the roles were reversed. I was the student, learning lessons of generosity, love, and sincerity from those I had come to teach. On the second day of class, one student – Nadiele -- realized that the teachers had nowhere to eat their lunches. She invited us to her home. Before we got there, she used her Portuguese/English dictionary to explain to us that her house was "simple."
The house was simple by our standards. It was nearly bare, with cinderblock walls, a half-kitchen, and two bedrooms containing mattresses on the floors. Nadiele's father was a policeman, and her family of five was not poor by local standards. This was how the middle class lived outside the cities of Brazil.
staying in the hotel. We would chase after the city bus, waving our arms until it stopped for the "gringas." The ride to the community center in Toto, where our project was, took about an hour; we used the time to finish preparing our
This was true by material standards, but not in what matters; the house was full of love. They were a tightly-knit family-the first thing they showed us was a box of photographs of their family, going over each one and using the dictionary to explain all of the details.
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But Nadiele was wrong too. There was nothing "simple" about the love and joy that filled the house. Her two sisters ran to greet us "gringas." They made us fresh fruit juices, showering us with excitement and affection. I had learned the most important lesson, and it is now engraved on my heart. Happiness is not about possessions or circumstance. It is 110 percent internal.
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On my first day with i-to-i, during the program orientation, the project coordinator explained that as long as the people of Recife had work to do and something to eat, they had reason to party. Recife is one of the poorest areas of Brazil but is famous for having the best Carnival. My visits to Recife and Rubbish Dump taught me to live by example by seeking happiness within.
I joined an i-to-i venture after a family vacation to Mexico introduced me to poverty, which reminded me of the television ads I'd seen for aid organizations. i-to-i helps communities to become self-reliant, not aid-reliant. Aid organizations had learned over the years to create sustainable projects instead of just giving random money. Volunteer placements with i-to-i are not free, however, and I was helped by some wonderful businesses and incredibly generous people in my home county. There are tips on fundraising on the i to i website. Fees go to support the projects, the safety of volunteers, preparation, and placement.
If you are interested in volunteering abroad, I recommend it without reservation. Most importantly, remember to keep an open mind. The lessons you learn may surprise you.
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Looking for ideas for summer reading? How about the reading lists of authors and celebrities? How about if you could then donate those books to U.S. Service Members and communities in need of new books?
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The Jasper County Public Library invites teens to "Spark a Reaction" with this summer's Teen Summer Reading programs at each branch of JCPL.
Summer is here this month, and so is summer reading. There is a lot of science going on this year with FIZZ BOOM READ, so be sure to check out the exciting programs and events happening at your local library.
I wish I had a nickel for every time I start a sentence with the words, "I wish…" I wish it would only rain at night and that the sun would shine all day long…I wish the wind would stop blowing; it's giving me a stretch of bad hair days like no other; I wish the pollen count were not so high (sniff, sniff).
For the next few weeks, area graduates will be focusing on those last steps before they walk down the aisle and get their diploma. But for other high-school-aged students, now is also a good time to be thinking about what happens next.
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PIQUA - A man reported to be sleeping behind the wheel of his car netted an arrest and multiple charges against a Piqua man on Sunday morning.
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Officers attempted to wake him but he would not immediately wake up. An open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle.
After waking Batforf, a field sobriety test was administered, which the suspect reportedly failed.
A search of Batdorf's vehicle revealed additional unopened alcoholic beverages, along with a large amount of cash, a white powdery substance, appearing to be cocaine, a digital scale and an unloaded handgun.
Batdorf was arrested and transported to the Miami County jail. He has been charged with trafficking in drugs, a 4th degree felony due to the close proximity to a school, (Bennett Intermediate). Additional charges include OVI, with an additional charge due to Batdorf's refusal to take an intoxylizer test, carrying a concealed weapon and underage consumption of alcohol. All of the remaining charges are misdemeanors of the 1st degree.
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Very lightweight...even more so than my older Pearl Izumi. Easy to roll up into a small ball and stuff into your back pocket. Great on or off the bike.
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Yeah super tight esp around arms. I was hoping I could wear this jacket to the gym also but I would probably get hassled. Get sticky and sweaty quickly on bike compared to my old Pearl Izumi jacket.
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Very euro cut high at front ending around navel. One thing I don't like - I am fussy - is the collar style that starts too low. You will know what I mean if you try one on. Pearl Izumi does the collar better for sure. Otherwise I will look cool on my bike.
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So, the Getty Museum hosted the gala kick-off for "Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture from 1950 to 1970" last night, Oct. 3, 2011. Must have been over 1,000 people crowded onto the Getty plaza. Felt like it, anyway. Everyone was told to be there by 7:30 pm for the "reveal," which turned out to be a pretty spectacular laser light show on the cultural history of Los Angeles from the 1940s to the '80s, with old photos and art, accompanied by period music, projected onto the sides of the Getty Museum!
The laser light show was done by Ben Bourgeois, a major event planner. The slideshow was narrated by a "big voice" just like the one that guides you through Disneyland. Metropolitan Museum director Thomas Campbell was there, looking a little stunned. Another attraction was the themed food stands from each era: deviled eggs from the '40s, hamburgers from the '50s. I went straight for the '80s, a prosperous decade, where they served smoked salmon with caviar and Wolfgang Puck's pecan tarts.


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I find Cataclysm is a hard expansion to really pin down. The thing is that there were no "unambiguous wins" this expansion. It seemed like every element was "one step forward, one step back".
Compare that to Wrath of the Lich King. Lich King had, in my mind, at least two moments of awesome: the Wrathgate ("Did you think we had forgotten? Did you think we had forgiven? Behold, now, the terrible vengeance of the Forsaken!" - best speech since original Ragnaros); and Ulduar. Maybe the Lich King fight counts as a third moment, I'm not sure about that. Cataclysm, in contrast, didn't really have anything to match those highs.
The Good:
- Choosing specializations at level 10 - I thought this worked remarkably well. It made choosing your path a lot cleaner and simpler.
- Class balance in general - I really liked class balance this expansion. While there were a few issues at the very high end, for the most part almost all specializations were balanced against each other.
- The new healing model - Maybe it's because Holy paladins were one-button spam for so long, but I greatly enjoyed healing this expansion. Using many different spells, watching your mana, triage. The basic process of healing was interesting again. It did break down a bit near the end, admittedly.
- Twilight Highlands - Dwarven wedding! The best zone of the expansion.
- Mylune - You know you love her.
- Looking For Raid - excellent job on making a transient version of raiding.
- 10-man raiding - Pro: 10-man raiding became a first-class activity. Con: 25-man raiding was gutted.
- Guild levels - Pros: was fun to level up your guild. Cons: loss of perks made guilds too sticky, I thought. Also, the setup of cauldrons and feasts was terribly annoying, and done just to preserve the perk.
- T11 and Firelands - Pro: solid, interesting fights. Con: very static difficulty, gave rise to "dancing" claims, also possibly too difficult at the start
- Firelands dailies - Pro: Interesting quests, liked the storyline. Con: because of phasing worries, actual process was excessively grindy. Unlocking areas every single day was annoying. Blizz should have just had it unlock once and not worry about the phasing.
- Heroics - Pro: difficult and challenging. Con: difficult and challenging. To be honest, I still think these could have worked if the endgame had been structured differently. Take a look at how TBC heroics were placed in the attunements for raids
- Hyjal - Pro: good quests, interesting storyline. Con: excessively linear.
- Deepholm - Decent zone, nothing too interesting though.
- Uldum - Pro: quests with the cat people: Con: quests with Harrison Jones
- Old World Revamp - Pro: Lots of interesting new quests. Con: Loss of the old stories and common experiences. Many veterans felt it was too easy.
- Dragon Soul - I don't think I can look at this raid objectively. My feelings are coloured by the dissolution of my guild.
- Archaeology - Pro: neat items and very flavorful. Con: Very grindy. Fly a lot, survey, survey, survey, fly to the next area.
- Vash'jir - Underwater sucked. Was way too long and linear. Trapped a quartermaster midway through.
- Only 5 levels - Questing was too short, endgame came too fast. I much preferred the 10 levels of the previous expansion.
- Deathwing - Pretty boring villain. No style. Didn't appear often enough to feel like a true Big Bad. It felt like Blizzard thought they overexposed Arthas, and tried to pull back with Deathwing. But the problem wasn't that Arthas appeared too much, it was that Arthas always lost, and so started to come off as a paper tiger.


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Jacksonville soccer coach Dave Miller said he didn't expect this shower.
Moments after the Cardinals' 2-0 win over White Oak on Thursday night, Miller found himself soaking wet after his team drenched him with a shower of water from a cooler.
Jacksonville had just won the outright Coastal 3-A Conference title, the third consecutive season in which the Cardinals have claimed at least a share of the league crown and the fourth title since 2004.
And this one meant a lot.
"I know it means a lot to the girls," Miller said. "New conference next year with new teams coming in and some teams leaving and so it's a good way to end the four-year period."
Junior Rachel Owens, who scored a late goal to put the game away, agreed that this was big.
"We knew if we won it would mean conference champs," she said. "So we came out with heart and played as hard as we could."
The victory for Jacksonville (16-3-2, 13-1) also avenged a 1-0 loss at White Oak last month. The Cardinals now look toward the playoffs. They open Tuesday at home against Southern Nash.
The official NCHSAA playoffs pairings will be released Monday.
Meanwhile, defending state 3-A champion White Oak (16-4, 11-3) finishes second in the conference. That, however, doesn't bother coach Buddy Carroll.
After sharing the league title last year with Jacksonville, the Vikings were the conference's second seed, but defeated the Cardinals in the playoffs en route to the state championship.
"We are sitting in a good position. Second is not going to hurt us one bit," Carroll said. "We are going to still be successful in the playoffs."
And Carroll and the Cardinals anticipate another showdown this season, that coming in the East Regional semifinals.
"Yes, definitely," Owens said. "We look forward to playing them again. It's always good competition."
Added Carroll: "It's the third one that counts."
Until a possible third meeting, the Cardinals hold bragging rights, given their win gave them the league title.
And Jacksonville won this one thanks to second-half goals from Meredith McCarty and Owens.
It took about 60 minutes in what was for the most part an equally played match for the Cardinals to strike first on McCarty's goal.
The score was set up after Taylor Leyble's 25-yard shot from the right corner deflected off the left post. The ball remained in play and the Cardinals' Leah Oswalt trapped it near the left corner before crossing it to McCarty for an open shot in the middle.
"I was running to get the rebound and then Leah — she is fast — got it to her feet," McCarty said. "Leah played a great ball to me and I just settled it and put it in the corner pocket."
The Cardinals then sealed the win with 4:25 left when Owens scored off an assist from Karley Holland to make it 2-0. Holland delivered a diagonal pass to the right side to Owens, who lofted a 25-yard shot over White Oak goalkeeper MaryKate Helms.
"Karley passed me the ball and I dribbled and beat the defender," Owens said. "I shot right above her hands."
That's when the Cardinals could take a sigh of relief.
"I was pretty confident," McCarty said. "We just packed it in and held them."
The Cardinals simply finished their chances, something they weren't able to do the first time against the Vikings.
"Those were great opportunities," Carroll said. "I'm not upset at all about the loss because they scored two great goals. It'd be different if we gave up garbage goals. They had good quality opportunities that they were able to put away."
Both teams created more chances in the second half after the two squads combined for just one shot on goal in the opening 40 minutes — an 18-yard shot by Holland midway through the half.
Jacksonville goalie Krysten Stenclik finished with three saves while Helms had four.
"We were close in the first half, but we couldn't really get the good looks," Miller said. "In the second half, we were able to create spaces to get in, combine and finish."
For the longest time, however, Jacksonville led just 1-0, and White Oak pushed for a tying goal. The Vikings' best shot came with 19:55 left when Ericca Lenhardt had an attempt inside the 18-yard box that was kicked to Stenclik.
"The only thing we really did (late) was drop Cassie Padilla and have her stay a little more home on defense. We just tried to keep everything in front," Miller said. "We knew they were trying to play their target player up top. The girls did a good job of keeping everything in front of them."
Resulting in Jacksonville keeping the lead.
"I think we had a little bit of fire under our bellies," McCarty said. "We were ready."
White Oak 0 0— 0
Jacksonville 0 2— 2
GOALS—J: McCarty, Owens. ASSISTS—J: Oswalt, Holland. IN GOAL—W: Helms (4 saves). J: Stenclik (3 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL—W 3, J 7. CORNER KICKS—W 0, J 1. RECORDS—W: 16-4, 11-3, vs. TBA in state 3-A playoffs, date TBA. J: 15-3-2, 13-1, hosts Southern Nash on Tuesday in first round of 3-A playoffs, time TBA.


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The second in our series of selecting the best-quality lenses for your camera concentrates on one of the most highly-anticipated cameras of our time, the successor to the hugely popular EOS 5D Mark II. But by the time it was announced, in early March, it's probably fair to say Nikon had taken fair amount of interest away by announcing the 36M-Pix D800 and D800E models the month before. Be that as it may, there's no denying the 22.3 M-Pix EOS 5D Mark III is a remarkably capable camera, and a formidable rival to the Nikon.
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Canon were busy in 2012 releasing three wide-angle primes, the EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM, EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM and EF 35mm f/2 IS USM, on to the market. The latest launched in November 2012 was the Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM as an updated version of the original that dates back to 1990. Featuring Image Stabilization, Canon's USM Ultrasonic autofocus motor, a 'fast' f/2 maximum aperture and wide-angle focal length, it looks a great option for Canon shooters into landscape or architectural photography.
Adding to its range of image stabilised lenses Canon has brought out this new EF 28mm f2.8. 28mm is a useful focal length and while f2.8 is not very wide, the IS makes this an attractive proposition. Taking into account that this is optically pretty good too and the result is quite promising. Photographers looking for a good all round wide angle for their kit bag could do much worse.
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Sigma has produced some really fine lenses over the past few years, including the 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM (which we liked a lot when we reviewed it in 2008) and the 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. But the 35mm F1.4 DG HSM may possibly be its best yet. In fact it's one of those rare lenses for which finding any fault seems almost churlish, so good is its overall performance.
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Discerning photographers have always understood the quality benefit of buying prime lenses over zooms, The Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM is a great example of why this is worthwhile. This Sigma lens scores higher than any other lens in its focal length, including many that are much more expensive, and is among the highest, for sharpness, of any tested by DxOMark on a Canon body.
Canon's EF 35mm f2 has been around for quite a while, launched in late 1990, 22 years ago, it predates digital photography as we know it. Does this matter? Apparently not, this small, old, cheap lens continues to be a worthwhile piece of equipment, albeit on a rather basic level, but in this age of super-zoom lenses, this light, compact workhorse is worth looking at. Here are the DxOMark test results, while waiting for those of the new version of the Canon EF 35mm f / 2 IS USM released last November.
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Newer Canon camera bodies for measurement?
I'm actually very interested to know why the canon lens tests are still based on 1ds Mk 3 or 5D mark II, both of which are quite old models, while Nikon has already started using D800.
Or is DxO expecting very close performance between 5D mk 3 and these models?
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Re: Newer Canon camera bodies for measurement?
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
Your question is very relevant: we are about to review 90 lenses mounted on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the results are amazing...
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