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Middle school students won't forget the value of college over the summer.
GEAR UP N.C. (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), a college awareness initiative with a chapter in Lenoir County, hosted a two-week Summer Enrichment Program Camp at Kinston High School, which ends today. Rising seventh and eighth graders presented projects in aerodynamics, theater arts and crime-scene investigation Thursday, displaying potential career choices for the youth.
"Early exposure to college sets (students) in the college-bound mindset," said Jeannine Haigler, local GEAR UP N.C. student coordinator. "We live in an area that is very rural. There's a lot of that old mindset that still lives here … and we're trying to change that by exposing them. These things that we did today show them different careers."
Seventy-five students participated over the enrichment camp period, which was split into two weeks. GEAR UP serves rising seventh, eighth and 12th grade students. There wasn't a strong enough senior interest to host high school students, Haigler said.
"(The Summer Enrichment Program Camp) is just a continuation of what we had been doing all year long with getting kids into the college mindset and exposing them to things that they'd probably not been exposed to previously," she said.
While children launched bottle rockets, solved an iPod theft crime and wrote mini-plays, some parents were in attendance.
Jenna Gooding, the mother of the bottle rocket champion Makayla Simmons, 13, said the program was her daughter's first year of summer camp.
"She loves it," Gooding said. "Anything having to do with school, she loves it. She's fantastic. To be 13-years-old and to be interested in something like this instead of running in the streets, I think it's good. ... It keeps them busy over the summer, at least for a week."
During testimonies, some students expressed interest in a longer-running camp next year.
"Some ideas I think that should be important next time would be making sure that we go longer," said Frink Middle School student Josh Davis, 13. "What I liked about GEAR UP was everything about it. The things I liked the most about bottle rocket was the materials. In CSI, I liked that we learned about DNA."
Throughout the school year, GEAR UP took students to tour area businesses and colleges. The summer enrichment was designed around the visits. For instance, the youth explored the Theatre Arts Department at ECU, which influenced the mini-play portion of the camp.
Altimisha Little, a 13-year-old Frink Middle School student, has a vested interest in performance arts.
"The thing I liked the most was the acting class," she said of her camp experience. "(Something important I learned) is that when you act, you have to move and get into it instead of sitting there and being dull. It gives you a chance to express yourself."
The plays were the last prong of projects Thursday, presented in Kinston High's cafeteria.
GEAR UP will expand its service to a different cohort each year, as the initiative tracks its students into their first year of college. Some recently graduated seniors appeared during the camp for workshops, otherwise, it was completely populated by Lenoir County middle school students.
"They are loving it," Haigler said of student reaction.
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The Ristretto is designed to help one realize the dream of a mobile office: working at a coffee shop, on the light-rail, at the airport, or on the plane, essentials at hand, and unencumbered by extraneous stuff. It's a vertical messenger bag with a padded interior compartment sized to fit everything from tablets such as the iPad and laptops up to 13" in size, such as the 13" MacBook Pro or Air. (Previously also available in sizes for the iPad and 11" MacBook Air, we now make the Ristretto in one size only, as most folks told us they preferred this larger size over the two smaller sizes because of the extra room it provides.)
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TruxMap is a live map of all the roaming food trucks in the city. Once a food truck has scheduled a stop through its Twitter account or one of our interfaces, a marker of theirs will automatically be generated on TruxMap.
We get our data a few different ways. The Twitter feed of every truck we track is being constantly monitored, and whenever they schedule a current or upcoming stop via a tweet, we will map it in real-time. Truck operators also schedule stops on TruxMap through our iPhone app using GPS. Lastly, some choose to use the web interface to add themselves to the map.
No. Whatever is said in the Twitter feed is the final word. That's why we suggest you click the "Show Recent Tweets" link in order to reveal the latest information about the truck. The app has been throroughly tested, however, it is not flawless. For this reason, we ask that you use common sense before driving to Nova Scotia to track down a Los Angeles food truck.
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PEMBROKE — At this point, it's hard to rule the No. 18 University of North Carolina at Pembroke football team out of any game.
Two weeks into the season, the Braves have already faced plenty of adversity and come out with wins.
In the season opener, UNCP allowed 21 unanswered points and trailed late in the third quarter only to come back and win. Last weekend at Fayetteville State, it was a similar situation as the Braves trailed by 10 points at halftime only to outscore the Broncos 24-0 in the second half.
"That is always fun for your team to be able to answer somebody else's call during the game," UNCP coach Pete Shinnick said. "I think this team is learning how to work together and this team is growing."
It's growth that will be tested this week as the Braves continue a series of games in the spotlight. After playing the first week on national television and the second against a major rival, Week 3 will send UNCP to Wilmington for a neutral-site game against Shaw University.
The inaugural Cape Fear Classic brings college football back to the coastal city and serves as the finale for a week that has been filled with events. It started with a 5K fun run/walk last weekend and continued throughout the week with a health fair, a golf tournament, a banquet for teams, a step show and a scholarship dance tonight.
The week helps raise money for the Cape Fear Classic Foundation, was formed last year to provide scholarships and programs for under-served youth in Wilmington, as well as provide funding for other organizations that help youth.
It keeps the spotlight on the Braves, giving the team attention that Shinnick says his team has done well embracing.
"I think it's worked out really well for us," he said. "The fact that were having the opportunity to garner that attention, it works out well."
With the attention comes a challenge.
Both UNCP and Shaw enter the game 2-0 with quality wins under their respective belts.
Shaw has received votes in the national poll, but Shinnick said that alone doesn't mean they wouldn't be deserving of a spot.
"Early season it's very difficult to get in the polls if you aren't already in," Shinnick said. "They're as good a team as we've seen so far."
How good?
The Bears have racked up 77 point in their first two games, a 44-14 win against Charleston (W.V.) and a 33-21 victory against Virginia Union.
The basis of it is a balanced attack that's put together 467.5 yards per game, split nearly equally between the run and the pass.
Both sides have benefited from running back Marquise Grizzle, who has a team-high 46 rushes for 269 yards with three touchdowns and has five receptions including one touchdown. He was named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's Offensive Back of the Week this week.
The passing game, led by quarterback Quinshon Odom, otherwise caters to Kowaski Kitchens, who has 17 receptions for 183 yards, and David Jordan, who has 11 for 147. Odom himself has completed 43 of 70 passes, a 61.4 completion percentage, for 234 yards.
Beyond Grizzle, the Bears have gotten 118 yards from Marquise Stephens.
Shinnick said he expects to see both side of the offense from the get-go.
"They're pretty balanced. They do well both, believe me," he said.
Defensively, the Bears have only allowed 226.5 yards per game and have caused trouble to passing games by nabbing five interceptions, including three total from Darnell Evans, who overtook the school's interception record last week and was named the CIAA Defensive Back of the Week.
Shinnick cites a total package — an experienced quarterback, a dynamic running back and a shut-down defense — that the Braves can't underestimate.
"They're a complete football team playing on a very high level," he said. "We're going to have to play our best game. These guys are good and we know it."


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It seems like when anyone discusses anything in the world of old cars, monitary value is associated with everything. If it's rare, it must be worth a lot. Something can only be collectable if it's worth a lot. You own a classic car? Oh, you must have paid a fortune for it! I don't think any of this is actually true.
A rare car is simply something that doesn't exist in large numbers. I have no personal thought on a cut-off, but I think that total production numbers are far less important to me than relative "survival" numbers. There could have been 100k of car x produced in 1955, but if there's only 5 around today, the car is now rare. It certainly becomes a bit of a gray area when it comes down to trim levels. Convenience, color, or upholstery options mean very little to me. If the car you own is one of 5 with a brown dashboard, even if there are 10's of thousands of that actual car around, I would say the dashboard is rare and not the car. Oddly though, I would pay more attention and it would mean more to me if someone had a car with a rare performance option package--like a bigger engine or FI, coupled with a better suspension, and brakes for example. Though, the car on it's own would have to be rather interesting as well.
I think though, if you equate rare with value, then you're only understanding half of the equation. Monetary value only comes into play when you add in this like desirability and personal worth to something that's rare. Barry's ultra rare Conti isn't worth much because not many people really care enough about it at the current time to warrant big money. Sometimes it's about the car just being known as a hunk of junk--I don't ever see a cadillac cimarron in any condition or mileage being worth more than a few grand for that very reason, even if it was the last one on earth. But I think cars like Barry's Conti don't go for more because most people don't even know they exist. There simply isn't enough of a hook or nostalgia around such a car to register with most people--IMO.
And yet, there's a small group of people out there who would pay even larger sums of money for super clean Westfalia edition Vanagons. People can find significant value in some of the weirdest things.
Garmin Is My Pilot.
I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
Back when Ford GT's were current models and most dealers were asking ridiculous premiums over MSRP, there was a website called FordGTPrices.com (don't know if it's still active or not.) Their contention was that the planned production of 3500 cars wasn't "rare" so there would be enough to go around at regular prices (4038 ended up being made) Some cars I do consider rare include the Porsche Carrera GT (1270), the 959 (337), the Bugatti Veyron (300), and the McLaren F1 (106.) My personal cutoff would be 3000 total production as being "kind of rare" but 1500 or less is probably a better number.
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It also has nothing to do with desirability. Just because your Pontiac Aztek is rare, doesn't mean I want it.
Kind regards,The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." -Benjamin Franklin
"I have several cars that are rare and valuable. However, probably the rarest car I own is the least valuable.
My newly acquired '33 Continental Flyer in great original condition is the most rare as so many were destroyed in the metal drives of WWII. It was more valuable as scrap steel as it was one of the very first all-steel bodies. I know of less than 10 in any body style that exist today."
Garmin Is My Pilot.
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rare is a very relative term. Anything cn be rare when compared to something that is much more abundant. For example...a 2008 Honda Accord EX-L Sedan with a 5-Speed transmission is rare. Accord sedan's arnt rare....Accord sedans with a manual transmissionre still not that rare, but finding one with leather and a manual is very very tuff. There simply arnt many out there.
For me, any car that i can't find locally for sale on any given day....i would consider rare. clean (Low Mileage, 5-Speed, all original) E36 M3's are getting pretty rare, as i would have to travel many miles to purchase such a car. There simply arnt any around here...and the ones that do exist...i never see for sale. Cars tht were produced in low numbers (relative) are rare from from the start...cars like the Porsche 968. less the 5 thousand were sold in North America. Good luck finding a clean low mileage 6 Speed Coupe for sale close to home. Certain colors are VERY RARE. I don't find it to be abuse of the term by advertising your car as being rare if you have a Color that was produced in double digits. If i owned a Futura Yellow MKIV Jetta...i would most def. advertise it as being rare. Sure, Jetta's are common....but good luck finding another Futura Yellow Jetta for sale.....anywhere in the country for that matter. Its a Rare hard to find car in that specific color. And if thats the only color you want to buy...then that is most def. a rare hard to find car for you.
If you are going to discredit a car as not being rare because of its single year color or the fact that there are millions of Accords and having one with a manual and leather with a 4cyl shouldnt be considered rare (even though the combo is very rare)...we can argue semantics all day and say barry's Continental isn't rare. Its a 356. There are many of those. Its a trim level just like EX-L 5MT is for the Accord Sedan. The name was chnged to 356A and very many of those were produced.
I wouldn't call my Camaro rare, it's a Camaro for God's sake, but it is comparably rare. When I go to Ocean City or Carlisle or some other large event I may see five other chrome bumper second-gens, and maybe only one other with the RS front (not just split bumpers, which many people do, but also different header panel, front valence, parking lights, tail lights, steering wheel, etc.). But I'll easily see fifty or a hundred '69s. Same with most smaller, local events. I'll be the only second gen, and there will be twenty or thirty first gens.
Is it rare? No. They're out there and there's plenty of them, but when compared to the number of surviving or restored first gens or Novas or Chevelles or Mustangs, it is comparably rare.
My S8, again, is it rare? One of 300 Final Edition cars, and one of 100 built in this color combination globally. Maybe one of eighty still in existence. The D2 Audi isn't rare, but compared to other Audi offerings of its time, it is. B5 S4s, Mk1 Audi TTs, etc., all exist in much higher numbers. Being rare didn't help its value either, an $88,000 sticker price, I picked it up nearly mint for $9,500 (which is a damned good value for the buyer, I've rarely been in a more comfortable highway cruiser, and I've ridden in some pretty nice stuff, think Bentley and the like).
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I've always heard that the three things that determine a collectable's value are Rarity, Condition and Desirability (the old three-legged-stool thing).
Of course, the most dynamic of the three is desireability (demand). As discussed 57 Chevy's are by no stretch, rare, but even in average condition, and even sedans (which back in the Fifties we thought were truly uncool) still seem to command a premium.
The Mark II stool's desirability leg is a bit short.
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"Your pants too tight,your wheels too bright"
I get to quote myself from when I used to be employed by this site. Spiffy. This is what dividing by zero feels like, or falling through the last layer of the Inception dream into limbo.
To hear Plato tell it, somewhere above us in the realm of forms and ideas there is one, and only one, perfect automobile, of which the lemon you're driving in the physical world is merely a crude imitation (you've probably suspected something along those lines already). Plato, obviously, has never thumbed through his local Auto Trader. Wading into the deadly morass of adjectives and promises in those rags can be daunting, so we at Motive have assembled a collection of the most egregious turns of phrase you're likely to encounter. If you're just beginning to look for a car, a red flag should run up your mental pole whenever you encounter anything on our list. If you're selling a car, consider the following a primer on how to unload your old heap.
The 1958 Ferrari 412S? That's rare. That base-model Kia Rio sitting unloved in the back corner of a dealer's lot? That's also rare, but in an entirely different way. Problems begin cropping up when sellers begin confusing, as they often do, "rare" with "desirable." That pea-green Country Squire wagon with woodgrain paneling and a green cloth interior is indeed rare. It is not, unless you are in possession of a Kermit fetish, desirable.
I love seeing unrestored classic cars in great condition. Of course i admire all the time it takes to get a car in concourse of elegance condition,but it is not "original" anymore. I guess that might sound silly but it`s just me.
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Garmin Is My Pilot.
I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
less than 1750 in ever in North America. Most have fallen apart by now. How many do you think are left in good condition?
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I normally spend ~30 hours a week driving. Anything that I usually see once a month or less during the summer is something I would consider rare. I don't even care how many of them were made, its about how many are still on the street today. I wouldn't consider something rare just because it has an uncommon paint color or trim level. It might make them cool, but not rare.
I would differentiate between rare, and super rare. Those are the cars you get excited to see at all.
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To me, a car can not be rare if it is still in production, or has a hard to find trim level. Rare cars are cars with single digit production numbers that where made 50 years ago. The 20th edition GTI is a prime example. Its one of my favorite cars and they are very nice but they are not "rare". Sought after, yes, but not rare.
Riding shothun on q four hour trip right now and just saw a subaru baja. I consider them rare.
Surprised how they actually look decent in black.
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I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
Not enough pictures of rare cars guys........
come on....
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'01 A4 Avant 1.8t S-line (Sold)
'90 Coupe Quattro 20v (Sold)
'95 "Getta" VR6 (Sold)
As in it "scarce" me to think of how you would replace some of the parts if you got rear ended in your coupe quattro?How about the word "scarce"?
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'08 A4 Avant 2.0t S-line Titanium
'01 A4 Avant 1.8t S-line (Sold)
'90 Coupe Quattro 20v (Sold)
'95 "Getta" VR6 (Sold)
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Meh, rare is a relative term. You can't define it on its own, it's always relative. An Accord is not rare compared to any car. An S2000 is rare compared to an Accord. A 427 Cobra is rare compared to an S2000. A Bugatti Royale is rare compared to a Cobra. A MKII is rare compare to a Royale.
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People mixup the words rare and uncommon when talking about cars.
Without talking about cars where there has been a deliberate limit on production, cars like the Bugatti Royale, Porsche 930SE and Ford GT40 are rare because not many people bought them. A fully optioned Honda Accord with leather and stick shift isn't rare, it's merely uncommon. And even then it depends on the area, my Citroen is common around my area, yet in other areas they are non existent. Does this make it rare? Not by a long shot.


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If a detailer knew the nature of the bacterium in the motor vehicles they work on they might have second thoughts about being in the business. Or, if they were knowledgeable about the affects and dangers of these germs they could be making a lot more money by more clearly explaining why customer should have their vehicles detailed regularly.
Testing for bacteria and mold
Recently, Dr. Charles P. Gerba and Sheri L. Maxwell set out to test the presence of bacteria and mold in vehicles. It was quite possibly the most scientific test ever done on an automobile interior. There were 100 vehicles involved in the test in the states of Illinois, Arizona, Florida, California and Washington, D.C., to provide a good cross-section of climatic conditions across the country. The study considered several variables, including:
The scientists collected four-inch samples from 11 areas of the vehicle and packaged the sterile swabs in ice to be sent via overnight courier to a University of Arizona laboratory.
The interior sites tested were:
The results
Who had the "germiest" automobile? The results of the testing revealed that a married female in Florida had the automobile with the most germs.
The cleanest automobile? A single male living in Arizona.
It was also revealed that married individuals and females have automobile interiors with the most bacteria/germs while single individuals and males who had the cleanest automobiles.
Of the cities tested, Tampa, FL, had vehicles with the most bacteria/germs and Tucson, AZ, had the lowest bacterial numbers. Car owners in Tampa had 10 times more bacteria in their automobile interiors than those in Tucson.
The germiest sites in the interior
Measurements were also taken on which sites of the interior had the most bacteria/germs. The radio knob had the least amount of bacteria/germs. Food spills had the highest number of bacteria, as would be expected. A great point to make with customers that food spills do, in fact, grow bacteria and should be removed immediately to prevent bacteria from growing.
One interesting discovery: The dashboard had the second highest number of bacteria. It was summarized that this was due to the movement of air over the dashboard. Air is drawn in from the dashboard and bacteria may be landing on the dashboard as the air is drawn into the air circulation system. Another possibility is that this is the warmest spot in the automobile, in most cases with direct sunlight shining on the dashboard most of the day.
The types of vehicles
More bacteria were found in vans and SUVs than in passenger cars, which probably reflects the greater number of people that ride in the larger vehicles and also the occurrence of children in the larger vehicles. As would be expected, greater numbers of bacteria were found in those automobiles that carried children on a regular basis.
The bacteria, S. aureus (see sidebar) was found on the steering wheel more frequently than on any other site in the vehicle. This is logical since the steering wheel is in contact with the hands more than any other interior site.
The study also determined the percentage of automobiles in which both S. aureus and MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) (see sidebar) were found. MRSA was isolated from a car seat and steering wheel. MRSA was found in two percent of the vehicles tested.
Molds found in vehicle interiors
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In service organizations, heterogeneity in workforce skills can lead to variation in end-product/service quality. The multi-mode, resource-constrained, project scheduling problem (MRCPSP), which assumes similar skills among resources in a given resource pool, accounts for differences in quality levels of individuals by assigning different activity durations depending on the skill level used. This approach is often inadequate to model the problem type investigated here. Using typical projects from the customer training division of a large telecommunications company (which motivated this research), a labor assignment problem using a successive work-time concept is formulated and solved using integer programming optimization procedures. The setting represents a multiple-project environment where projects are separate and independent, but require the same renewable resource mix for their completion. The paper demonstrates how the output of the model can be used to identify bottlenecks (or critical resource skills), and also demonstrates how cross-training the appropriately skilled groups or individuals can increase throughput. The approach guides decision-making concerning which workers to cross-train in order to extract the greatest benefits from worker-flexibility.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
READER IDEAS - Week of 5/29/2011
34 comments:
- Becky Garrison said...
Loved this sketch! I've linked up my card. Thanks!
- Sun May 29, 12:44:00 PM CDT
- Lorraine said...
Great sketch and great DT creations!
- Sun May 29, 10:28:00 PM CDT
- Payne Holler Cards said...
wonderful cards from DT! - my card is linked...
- Sun May 29, 11:34:00 PM CDT
- Janeen said...
What a fun sketch and thanks for featuring Gina K.
- Sun May 29, 11:36:00 PM CDT
- Mary Jaminski said...
Love the sketch idea. Thank you!
- Mon May 30, 05:49:00 AM CDT
- Theresa said...
Great cards from the DT...love the sketch.
- Mon May 30, 07:40:00 AM CDT
- miriam said...
loved this sketch great cards from the dt
hugs miriam
- Mon May 30, 12:33:00 PM CDT
- Hazel said...
I think I have linked my card. Loved this weeks sketch,
H xx
- Mon May 30, 02:22:00 PM CDT
- Donna Phelan said...
Thanks for a great sketch and an opportunity to win some Gina K! :)
- Mon May 30, 03:21:00 PM CDT
- Kim D. said...
Great sketch!! Thanks. :)
- Mon May 30, 04:21:00 PM CDT
- Lynne said...
Would love to participate but do not have a blog. Can I link to Stamp TV?
- Mon May 30, 04:41:00 PM CDT
- Kelly said...
This was a fun sketch to work with! Thanks!
- Mon May 30, 05:13:00 PM CDT
- Janet said...
another great sketch - had a lot of fun putting this one together.
- Mon May 30, 07:41:00 PM CDT
- Neva said...
What a fabulous sketch again this week. Thanks for helping me with my stampin' addiction. :)
- Tue May 31, 06:18:00 AM CDT
- LaLa said...
I love this sketch!
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- Tue May 31, 07:46:00 AM CDT
- Alison H said...
Great sketch. This was great fun for a holiday Monday project!!
- Tue May 31, 10:14:00 AM CDT
- Carey said...
I loved working with this sketch! Thank you.
- Tue May 31, 02:13:00 PM CDT
- Andrea said...
Another fun week!
- Tue May 31, 07:54:00 PM CDT
- Tameko said...
Classic sketch! Wonderful DT projects.
- Tue May 31, 07:59:00 PM CDT
- Sue VanDeVusse said...
This is a great sketch, really easy to adapt just about any image to it. I look forward to each week with a new sketch.
- Tue May 31, 09:17:00 PM CDT
- Lindalou said...
It feels great to link up again. I've been a bit distracted and haven't done a card in a long time. Thanks for the fun sketch.
- Wed Jun 01, 09:26:00 PM CDT
- Vickie Kertz said...
Wonderful sketch. Thanks for the inspiration. The design team did a wonderful job also.
- Wed Jun 01, 09:32:00 PM CDT
- Rachael said...
I loved this sketch! I really loved how my card turned out with this great sketch! Thanks so much. :)
- Wed Jun 01, 10:54:00 PM CDT
- Kary said...
Hello! Love this sketch and I'm glad to be able to play a long this week. My first time! ;)Thanks!
- Thu Jun 02, 05:44:00 AM CDT
- Kelly Massman said...
Great sketch!
- Thu Jun 02, 10:48:00 PM CDT
- Roxy said...
Love all your sketches, and so glad I finally made it under the wire with my card!
- Thu Jun 02, 11:22:00 PM CDT
- candi said...
Once again another great sketch to get my mojo rolling! Thank you!
- Fri Jun 03, 11:56:00 AM CDT
Thanks for the great sketch!
- Fri Jun 03, 09:20:00 PM CDT
- Ruby said...
Thank you for another fab sketch! I had fun with this one!
- Sat Jun 04, 09:33:00 AM CDT
- Brook said...
Great sketch. Thanks for the inspiration!
- Sat Jun 04, 04:56:00 PM CDT
- Crafty Math Chick said...
Thanks for the cool sketch and the wonderful inspiration from the DT - and thanks for sponsoring Gina! I love your stamps and all your great videos on Stamp TV!
- Sat Jun 04, 06:50:00 PM CDT
- Toni K said...
Awesome sketch! I think I'll be using it again!
- Sat Jun 04, 07:36:00 PM CDT
- Lori said...
What a fun sketch! I can't wait to try another one :-)
- Sat Jun 04, 11:11:00 PM CDT
- Corinna said...
Loved this sketch!
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Many of us have heard about Bitcoin already, so many things were said and written about this "new disruptive technology" which is going to "revolutionize Banks" as much as VOIP did for TELCOs.
While it holds true that P2P currency is extremely hot Innovation, in the very sense that Schumpeter would give to the "I" word, it should also be pointed out how Bitcoin is just an early manifestation of it and, we dare to say, a pretty naïve one.
Here you can download the slides used in the presentation of Freecoin held at the hackmeeting 2011 in Italy:
From Bitcoin to Freecoin.
Freecoin is born as a fork of bitcoin (on 18 May 2011) and its main goal is not that of preserving the Bitcoin currency or servicing its circulation, but that of continuing the development of P2P currency software as an educational experiment and a free reference implementation for further innovation.
Freecoin is not a currency, but a suite to create P2P currencies
What can be considered naïve in Bitcoin is a premature investment of time and resources in it. Bitcoin has been linked too fast to the already problematic world of existing physical currencies, especially considering its stage of development and its usability.
While it is fun to see it works, it is also obvious to many that this technology needs more development and that we cannot be concerned about the integrity of a network of stakeholders while at the same time adding features and correcting bugs.
In these regards, Freecoin can be seen as consolidated playground for experimentation on P2P crypto currencies and further growth of this technology, still open to the use people will make of it in future.
Additionally, one of the main points of Freecoin is that to make the genesis code configurable at runtime, meaning it will be possible to use the same technology that circulates Bitcoin today for new and diverse currencies in future, relying on a shared code-base and a set of configuration files that represent the "unique genetic code" for each currency.
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Astronauts used the bag to protect the arm rings on the Sokol KV-2 (Falcon) pressure suit from damage during their stay on board a space station. Each bag is clearly labeled with the Russian word for arm.
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OXFORD, Ohio—A pair of second-half goals by junior forward/midfielder Kelsey Dinges lifted Miami University's soccer team to a 2-0 win over the University of Toledo on Sunday afternoon at the Miami Soccer Field. Miami (8-6-2; 5-1-2 Mid-American Conference) recorded its ninth shutout and its eighth shutout win of the season and extended its unbeaten streak to seven straight games. Toledo dropped to 5-10-1 on the season and 2-5-1 in MAC action.
"I was pleased with it our effort today," said head coach Bobby Kramig. "I thought we played very well. I thought it was a good, solid professional effort on our part. We did the things that we needed to do to get the result, and I'm just really proud of our players."
The teams played 61 scoreless minutes before Dinges put a long shot from 30 yards out past the Rockets' goalkeeper off a pass from sophomore midfielder Jess Bronke at 61:03. It was the second game-winning goal for Dinges this season.
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"It's been an interesting two weeks with Kelsey," remarked Kramig. "We haven't started her in the last four games. She's been transitioning from midfield to up front, and Kelsey has handled it like a pro. She's had a good attitude the whole time, and what a response. She doubled her season goal total in one weekend."
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Miami withstood a barrage of shots in the second half from the Rockets, who tallied 10 of their 12 shots for the game in the last 45 minutes. The RedHawks took 11 shots, six on goal, posting six shots in the first half and five in the second.
The RedHawks conclude a three-match home stretch on Friday, Oct. 25, hosting Central Michigan at 3 p.m. Miami then hits the road for matches at Bowling Green on Sunday, Oct. 27 and at Ball State on Thursday, Oct. 31 to round out the regular season.


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MISENHEIMER, NC - The Pfeiffer men's volleyball team (2-3, 1-1 CC) overcame a 2-1 deficit to defeat Barton (2-6, 1-4) in five sets in the Falcons home opener. Pfeiffer trailed in the decisive fifth set by a score of 7-5 before rallying to score 10 of the final 15 points. Sonny Hirini's 17th and final kill sealed the victory as Hirini has finished with at least 12 kills in each of Pfeiffer's first five matches.
Pfeiffer hit .301 as a team compared to a .144 mark from Barton. Pfeiffer had a huge 61-38 advantage in kills, led by Hirini. Fabio Diniz had 12 kills and hit .429 for the match, while Michael Brewer had 13 kills and a .500 percentage.
Barton was led by Zach McCalla's 15 kills and Chad Stanback Jr. added 14 kills and six digs.
David Specian dished out a game-high 46 assists and added six digs. Kevin Ecklund had a game-high 11 digs.
Barton ran out to an early 1-0 advantage by taking the first set 25-21. The Falcons responded with a dominant 25-11 win in the second set and hit a blistering .524 as a team.
Barton would rebound to take the third set 25-15, before Pfeiffer grabbed a 25-16 win in the fourth frame, setting the stage for a fifth set.
After the Bulldogs ran their lead to 8-6, Pfeiffer would storm ahead by scoring six of the next seven points, capped by a huge kill from Brewer. Barton cut the lead to 12-10, but would get no closer the rest of the way. Brewer had five of Pfeiffer's 12 kills in the set.
The Falcons return to action tomorrow when they travel to Belmont Abbey for a 7:30 p.m. match. Pfeiffer beat the Crusaders 3-0 in both of last year's meetings.


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Softball's Second-Half Slump Continues as Limestone Sweeps Lady Falcons 5-0; 4-1
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GAFFNEY, S.C. Pfeiffer University second-half slump continued on Monday as Limestone College claimed a 5-0 and 4-1 sweep in Conference Carolinas softball action at Saints Field. Limestone improves to 16-26-1 overall, 7-3 in league play while the Lady Falcons drop to 14-26, 8-10 ending their conference slate for 2011. Pfeiffer currently stands eighth in the conference with the top eight teams moving on to the year-end tournament.
On senior day, Limestone hurlers had a perfect game going until Celia Dew (Sanford, NC) broke it up with a two-out, fourth inning single to left. Pfeiffer tried to rally late with a pair of hits in the sixth and seventh frames, but couldnt muster a run. Rachel LaBar (Bradenton, FL) had the only extra-base hit for the visitors with a two-out double in the seventh.
Limestone used a pair of runs in the first and third frames, finishing off with another tally in the sixth. The Saints out-hit the Lady Falcons 10-5 in the opener.
Things didnt fare much better for Pfeiffer in game two as Melanie Conklin (Wellington, OH) picked up the only hit of the game breaking up the no-hit bid with a lead-off sixth inning single. Conklin scored the lone run in that sixth frame moving to second on a sac-bunt by Dew, third on a wild pitch and scoring on a Sarah Waylock (Cary, IL) sac-fly to left.
Dropping 13 of their last 14 contests, Pfeiffer will look to turn things around on Thursday hosting soon-to-be conference foe King at 2:00 p.m. The Tornados will join the league as a full fledge member for the 2011-2012 season.


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This weekend, at the request of the New York State Attorney General's Office, the ASPCA, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office and the New York State Police, assisted with the removal, transport and sheltering of as many as 4,000 fighting roosters in the largest cockfighting case in New York State history.
On Saturday, February 8, the ASPCA seized 65 birds as a result of a cockfighting bust by law enforcement agencies in Woodhaven, Queens. Six arrests were made for violation of the animal fighting law. The ASPCA also discovered rooster carcasses that had been killed earlier in the night during the cockfighting event.
Simultaneously, police executed a search warrant at Pet NV, a pet shop in Brooklyn, resulting in the seizure of 50 roosters as well as other animals including hamsters, finches, rabbits and snakes. ASPCA responders found the roosters living inside metal cages in the basement of the pet shop, with physical alterations to the roosters consistent with cockfighting.
At both properties, cockfighting paraphernalia, including artificial spurs, candle wax, medical adhesive tape, syringes used to inject performance enhancing drugs to strengthen the roosters' fighting ability, was discovered.
The following morning, February 9, the ASPCA assisted law enforcement agencies as they raided a 90-acre farm where as many as 6,000 roosters and hens were seized. The farm had operated for years under the guise of a live poultry farm, and the birds were living in deplorable conditions. Many showed signs of starvation and other conditions requiring medical attention. The owner of the property collected rent from rooster owners and blood sport enthusiasts in exchange for boarding, feeding and caring for their birds.
The ASPCA established a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location, where the birds will be cared for and housed pending disposition.
Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states. In New York, cockfighting and possession of a fighting bird at a cockfighting location are felonies, with each charge carrying a maximum penalty of four years in jail and a maximum fine of $25,000. Additionally, attending a cockfight is a misdemeanor, with a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Stay tuned to ASPCA.org/blog for more news to come--and please consider making a gift to the ASPCA today so we can rescue more victims of blood sports and animal cruelty. Together we can save animals from lives of suffering and abuse.
What will happen to all of the seized birds? I have room for some more hens. The fighting roos will be hard to place. I have a wonderful, well behaved roo and can't upset him as he is getting up there in years. Anyway.. Where can the public find out about adoption though?
Hi Cindy, We are still working to remove all of the birds upstate. We are transporting them to a temporary shelter, where we will house and care for them. The birds are considered evidence in the criminal case until disposition is determined by the court.
Why did the new farm bill signed Feb 7th 'spectator' admendments not apply? The news indicates spectators were arrested but released? I understood the new farm bill would allow for charging spectators with a federal felony?
As a sanctuary with 10+ years of experience in rehabilitating former fighting roosters, we are willing to offer advice and instruction to any sanctuary able to take in some of these birds. We hope that roosters and hens will be placed together -- it's so much harder for sanctuaries to say "yes" to roosters unaccompanied by hens.
In most cases, after excellent law enforcement like this, the birds are killed. That is so wrong. It victimizes them twice. Please use the funds at your disposal to make use of the first class sanctuaries (Farm,Woodstock,Vine...) that exist in the Northeast.
Since the ASPCA closes this post by referring to this as a "rescue" of the birds, we are sure that they intend to place, rather than kill, as many as possible. We have worked with the ASPCA on other bird rescues and look forward to working with them on this.
Everyone should be charged and fined, the birds deserve that much.
Thank you so much!! This is great news!! I really hope that you will place as many birds as possible...when I visited VINE Sanctuary in Vermont last year they had many former fighting roosters there who they had worked with and lived very happily...It will be so great and be a true rescue for some of these birds to have a chance at a good life...thank you.....


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Standing near midfield at Daytona Beach's re-furbished Municipal Stadium, Mainland High School linebacker Mike Swillicote and his teammates marveled at the stadium's new artificial turf surface.
"I can't wait to get out here and play football on this stuff," Swillicote said at the turf's unveiling two weeks, to which his teammates quickly agreed.
Well, guys, now's your chance.
Mainland will open its 2010 season at 10,000-seat Municipal Stadium Friday night against the visiting West Point Green Wave, who will be making their first out-of-state trip since 1989. The matchup will kickoff "Florida vs. the USA," an 8-team two-day event that pits some of the best teams from the Sunshine State against some of the best from across the country.
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Enter West Point, which will march into Daytona on the strength of 15 straight wins and an impressive 39-14 opening-week win over rival Shannon.
In Florida, though, expect Mainland to be an entirely different animal from Shannon.
"They've got athletes, no doubt about that," said West Point head coach Chris Chambless, who attended the event's press conference in Daytona along with Mainland coach John Maronto two weeks ago. "They've got great athletes and they're well-coached. It will be quite a challenge."
Mainland, a Fla. 6A school with an enrollment of over 3,000, routinely competes for championships in Florida's largest classification. In 2009, the Bucs were 9-3 and lost to eventual state champion Deland in the state playoffs.
While Chambless expects a challenge, so does Maronto.
"From what I've seen on film, they are big, physical, tough, fast – Any word you can use to describe a good football team, they've got it," Maronto said of West Point. "We are honored to have them coming down here and we look forward to playing this game."
On the field, Mainland at times looks like a mirror image of West Point, despite running a drastically-different offense. The Bucs have size and speed to burn, only they utilize their strengths in a passing-oriented spread attack, as opposed to West Point's ground game, which chewed up 231 yards in the season opener.
Running that spread offense for Mainland will be Shelton Willis, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound QB that transferred into Mainland from Class 1B Warner this Summer. Willis is tall and rangy, and led Warner to back-to-back state title game appearances.
While Willis will call the shots, Mainland's main offensive threat won't be available Friday night.
Marlin Lane, a 6-2, 210-pound tailback that's listed as one of the top 50 seniors in the nation by ESPN and Scout.com, is still recovering from a knee injury suffered last year, and the Clemson-bound running back will not play during the first month of the season for Mainland.
Further, Lane's primary backup from a year ago transferred, leaving Mainland with sophomore tailback Kelvin Lee to should the load. Lee will be seeing his first real test in varsity action Friday night.
On the outside, Cortez Davis, another top prospect that's headed to Clemson, will give Willis a big target on the outside. At 6-4, 200, Davis is a force for Mainland both offensively and defensively, and he will likely play safety in college.
For Mainland's players, Friday night will be the first game of the season. It will also come against a team unfamiliar to the Bucs, although Swillicote believes that Mainland will be just fine.
"We watched West Point on film during the Summer," Swillicote said. "They are big and they can run the ball, but they can't match up with our speed. I think we can handle them."
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A few successful contracts led a Kinston nonprofit to a major investment — in the form of a water park.
Lions Industries for the Blind, Inc., a company employing blind and visually impaired workers, is a major part of the reason why the aptly-named Lions Water Adventure Park will hold its ribbon-cutting ceremony today.
The attraction will open full-time Saturday after today's dedication ceremony.
LIB Executive Director Ray Amyette said some criteria for the company's investing into Lion's Water Adventure was to retain naming rights, which they did. Otherwise, LIB was in the right position to be a part of the project.
"(We) decided that it would fit within our realm of what our mission was," he said.
Because of the LIB input, there are contrasting colors on the stairs of the park's waterslide and will soon have lion paw prints in bright yellow leading to different areas to help, "someone who's visually impaired be able to see."
LIB is one of six agencies across the state that provides employment opportunities to the visually impaired.
It began in 1971 as a place to train and assist visually impaired with finding jobs, but that's changed over the years.
"A majority of the people that come in here, most of them, look forward to spending a good while in here," Amyette said of the new set-up. "They're not really looking to have training and then get prepped to go out the real world. They like staying here because we're they're peers, for one thing."
LIB has more than 50 employees whose primary disability is a visual impairment and nine management individuals. Before 1980, the company only employed people who were totally blind.
Some employees at the LIB are blind and deaf, and the totally blind employees man the sewing machines.
LIB manufactures a number of items, from service tapes that go across pockets of Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard to embroidered hats and shirts for companies in Lenoir and WayneCounties.
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Employee of the Year Oscar Lopez spends his work days in the cut-and-sew department of the 40,500 square-feet facility on Berkeley Avenue.
Amyette said Lopez lost his vision to a gunshot wound trying to protect his family during a home invasion.
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He often serves as an inspiration for LIB workers who are losing their vision.
"He has the best attitude of anyone you'll ever meet," Amyette said. "He gives a lot of encouragement here to people."
It will be Lopez' first time down a water slide, he said.
Many other people in Kinston will have their inaugural ride when the park opens Memorial Day weekend. The park features a lazy river, kiddie pools among other water fun.
Lions Water Adventure will be open through Labor Day weekend.
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In 1963 the great musical artist Bob Dylan sang "for the times they are a-changin," — and indeed they have. Gone are the drive-in movie theaters once scattered across Logan County, immensely popular and purposeful in local pastimes. In fact, very few remain in the entire United States.
Such also is the case with drive-in restaurants. Although there are several chains of drive-in diners across the country, Logan County seems to have had the handle on such "home grown" eateries for a long time. Even today there are three such thriving locations in the county, all with the necessary "curb girls" which it takes to make the facilities complete. Sadly, we must report that until recently there existed four such locations.
Mecca-Drive-In opened and closed its doors for one final time October 5 of last year at its Stollings location. Though the familiar building still stands today like an old worn tombstone made of sand, it too is scheduled for demolition and will disappear more quickly than even the former Logan High School and Junior High School that once stood on Stratton Street in Logan.
Like the former school— once the proud home of first the Wildcats and then the Kittens— Mecca's disappearance comes in the wake of what is known as progress.
It is written and even put to tune that "all things must pass." Such passing leaves a host of memories for many. For some, those memories may be in the form of former teachers, classmates or even a library experience at the school. It could also be as simple as the greasy and great Mecca cheeseburger, always with a giant sized onion and plenty of mustard.
Devonah "Bonnie" Blevins operated Mecca for over 35 years. In the mid-1970s the popular restaurant was open 24 hours per day, a popular stop for many coal miners going to and from their jobs.
"I wish to thank all the many people for their years of support," Miss Blevins said. "I've wanted to say thanks for a long time. I appreciate everybody."
It is not known why Mecca was so named. However, according to courthouse records, W.O. (Omer) Avis opened the restaurant, purchasing the property in 1946 for $6,000. Mr. Avis resided until his death at 719 Stratton Street, Logan. Ironically, the West Virginia Department of Highways recently purchased the property from Avis' daughter, Nancy Beach, a non-resident of West Virginia. The irony being that Mecca also has been bought by the Department of Highways. Both purchases are connected to the work on the new road from Logan to Man.
Former Stratton Street resident Mark Fragemeno remembers Mr. Avis well. "He drove a big and long Cadillac, and when us kids saw him coming home, we always knew we were getting candy and balloons.
An exit ramp from the new highway is proposed to the airport at Melville, thus the closing of Mecca Drive-In ending another chapter of our fair county's history.
Today, many residents and others frequent Morrison's, Parkway and the Park 'n Eat drive-ins just like we always have. Former "hillbillies" now living in other areas still marvel for these places when visiting. However, there used to be other popular such places. Perhaps the older generation will recall the likes of The Green Top at Aracoma, Penny's outside of Logan, the Nava-Jo near the Stollings underpass, The Junction at Man or The Patio at Chapmanville.
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The link below takes you to the website where in the right hand column you can see the "Our SERVICES" which is in RED and designed.I want to customize my widget title Recent Blog Post in similar way. How can i do this? I have white house theme.
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That is background image set up via CSS. Do you have Firebug for Firefox?This tool, an add-on for Firefox browser will help you identify the proper CSS elements to change. I'd use it with both your own site and that site to achieve results, by comparing the elements and adjusting for your own. Each widget has its own unique identifying CSS code and elements.


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