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If you'd like to travel to China on your own private tour then we've got some itineraries that are bound to get your travel bug biting. From the stunning stone forest in Yunnan and the birthplace of Confucious in Qufu to the famous Silk Road, the natural beauty of Guilin and China's beautiful mascots, the Giant Pandas in Chengdu, whatever brings you to China, we'll be happy to suggest a private tour tailored to your specific needs.
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Home to many of China's ethnically diverse minority peoples, Kunming & the Stone Forest, delightful Dali, UNESCO-listed Lijiang and the awesome Tiger Leaping Gorge. Yunnan Province offers an uncommon Chinese experience.
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Explore China's beautiful Sichuan province! Discover Huanglong calcium pools and wildlife at Jiuzhaigou Scenic Reserve, Chengdu's leading panda breeding and research centre, UNESCO Listed Dafo - the 'Great Buddha' and the lofty summit of Mount Emei.
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Delve into the mystery that is North Korea on this 9 day tour taking you from the incredible sights of Beijing to the Soviet-style capital of Pyongyang in the DPRK. Get inside this isolated country with visits to important historical monuments and fascinating museums complimented by trips to and...
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Get off the beaten track and see the highlights of China's scenic south. Discover dramatic landscapes, trek in the beautiful Yunnan Province and meet the locals at eco lodges and homestays.
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From Beijing to Shanghai via the Jinan Province, visit UNESCO sites, Qufu - Confucius' birthplace, sacred Tai Shan, ancient Suzhou and its many waterways, concluding in bustling Shanghai.
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Journey south from the nation's capital Beijing to the terracotta warriors in Xi'an and the beautiful Giant Pandas in Chengdu. Spend some time marvelling at these amazing creatures before continuing on to sensational Shanghai - China's gateway to modernity!
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Taking in Urumqi, Kashgar & Turpan in China's far west before heading east to the dunes at Dunhuang, the UNESCO-listed Mogao Caves, Yellow River & the Terracotta Warriors. Our Silk Road Adventure is a road less travelled.
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Visiting the nation's capital - Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Yangshuo, Hangzhou, Suzhou and cosmopolitan Shanghai. This cultural rollercoaster of a tour is filled with top UNESCO sites, spectacular scenery and unique experiences, guaranteed to captivate and enthrall.
Highlights of North China
Beijing - with the splendour of the Forbidden City and magnificence of the Great Wall, Chengde - with its stunning imperial buildings, Xi'an - home to the Terracotta Warriors standing guard over the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and the huge Buddhist sculptures in the cave temples at Datong and Luoyang are some of our top picks for the North of China.
Highlights of South China
In the South, the enchanting Bai town of Dali, the picturesque Naxi town of Lijiang and the dramatic Tiger Leaping Gorge are just some of Yunnan's highlights. Guangxi on the otherhand is famous for the karst landscape and cormorant fishing of Guilin and Yangshuo. Sichuan, renowned for its spicy food, is home to the panda research centre in Chengdu, and Chongqing where cruises begin their scenic route down the Yangtze. And last but not least are the great metropolises of Shanghai and Hong Kong.


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Step 1: Print out the words you would like to throw into 3D perspective on a sheet of paper. A heavier card-stock works even better if your printer can handle it.
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Step 5: Score the dotted lines at the top, bottom, and middle of the letters.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
A two vehicle collision has resulted in the death of a Hemingway man. The Williamsburg County Coroner Harrison McKnight said Samuel Green Jr., 56, of Hemingway was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on Highway 41 and Harmon Street near Hemingway around 9:40am this morning. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a log truck and a vehicle driven by the Hemingway man were driving south on Highway 41. The log truck was in the right lane and the vehicle, which was in the left lane, made an abrupt left turn in front of the log truck, causing the two vehicles to collide. No charges are expected to be filed and the log truck operator was not injured. However, the investigation is ongoing.
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LComm is a two-semester graded course that all first-year students complete. All students are taught by full-time faculty members.
In the program writing is taught as a process, and throughout the year students learn how to independently evaluate and revise their written work. Faculty members use technology to enhance their teaching and prepare students for the widespread use of technology in practice. LComm faculty members continually update their curriculum to stay in touch with today's legal practice.
In the fall, new law students are introduced to foundational lawyering skills. They learn to read judicial opinions, analyze the law, and then apply the law to a set of facts. Students write objective legal memoranda of the type that a junior associate or judicial clerk might be asked to write. They also learn how to communicate with clients.
In the spring, the focus shifts to persuasive writing and advocacy, and students work on a litigation matter from filing to appeal. Students begin by writing a pre-trial motion—for example, a motion to dismiss, a motion for summary judgment, or a procedural motion. Students also present an oral argument on this motion. They then write a complete appellate brief and present a second oral argument, this time in front of a panel of practicing lawyers and judges. Throughout the semester, students continue to improve their legal research skills, not only conducting the research for their major writing assignments but also completing a series of regular short exercises.
During the two-semester course, LComm students complete the following:
LComm Program Overview (Webisode #1): This video features students who discuss LComm's benefits. LComm Professors Jill Barton and Christina Frohock moderate.
What Are Writing Assignments Like? (Webisode #2): Hear 1L students describe the steps taken to analyze a legal problem and write about it.
First-year law students have the opportunity each year to observe the judicial process when the Third DCA holds oral arguments at the University of Miami.
Miami Law encourages students to showcase their writing skills by entering national writing competitions. Sponsoring organizations and law firms typically offer generous cash awards and resume-boosting recognition to top writers. Click here for a list of other writing competitions.


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Don't be too hard on your old backpack—lugging all your junk around isn't easy. The ol' girl has had a hard life and it shows. Give your old friend a proper farewell and equip yourself with the Garden 20L backpack from Dakine. It's got a front organizer pocket with three interior pockets, a front slip pocket, a large main zip compartment and a padded 14" laptop sleeve. Also featuring two mesh beverage pockets, a fleece-lined sunglasses pocket, Dakine embroidery and a cute allover print, this heavy-duty backpack is the perfect updated pack for a busy girl on the go.
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iPhone 2.0 Firmware Details, Available July
iPhone firmware 2.0 was detailed in WWDC with some rumored features finally seeing the day of light. Features include:
- iWork and Office document viewing
- Save images from E-Mail directly to photo library
- Contact Search
- E-Mail/SMS Bulk Delete & Move
- Scientific Calculator when switched to Landscape Mode in Calculator
- Support for a TON of languages including Chinese, Japanese
On top of those features, Jobs detailed enterprise support for mass distribution of apps (up to 100 authorized iPhones) and also unveiled a new push notification system for apps that would use it (such as IM clients).
Firmware 2.0 will be available for iPhone users come 'Early July' for free and for iPod Touch users at a reduced fee (compared to the last update) of $9.95.
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iPhone 2.0 Firmware Details, Available July
STILL no cut/copy/paste nor synched ToDos/NotesStickiesMemos? Sigh.
goldni: 3G is a hardware thing, so it's part of the new iPhone 3G and not the original model.
The new iphone looks very nice, but it has a solid competitor, Samsung Omnia smartphone.
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does anyone know when the 2.0 firmware is supposed to be released? everyone is talking that it was supposed to come out in june
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Mrs. Linda Pettit Tucker, 69, of Wyo Road passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 at Walnut Cove Healthcare Center.
She was born August 27, 1943 in Yadkin County to the late Howard L. and Annie Pearl Miller Pettit. Mrs. Tucker worked with the Yadkin County Schools at the Success Academy for several years.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker who enjoyed gardening, cooking, and spending time with her grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a sister, Betty Jean Clarkson. Surviving are her devoted husband of 49 years, Jimmy W. Tucker, of the home; her son, Derek Tucker, Yadkinville; Grandchildren, Brandy Tucker, Jessica Tucker, both of Yadkinville; sister, Gaynell (Jimmy) Brawley, Yadkinville; brother, Dennis (Diane) Pettit, Yadkinville, and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Saturday at Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville. Her funeral service will be 3:00 PM Sunday at Courtney Baptist Church by Rev. Billy Seats. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family requests that memorials be made to Southside Baptist Church Building Fund, Yadkinville, NC 27055. Online condolences may be made to www.gentryfuneralservice.com.


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The Halal topic is understandably of great importance to all Halal consumers and one in which considerable discussion and debate continues to evolve as demand for Halal proteins grow each year. With over 2 billion halal consumers globally when one takes into account halal food products are not only consumed by Muslims but by people of all faiths, the challenge of feeding the world with halal food will continue to mean that defining halal standards and processes will evolve and require ongoing discussion and debate.
Midamar is North America's pioneer and oldest Halal food company in North America having been in business for nearly 40 years. As a Muslim family owned company since our founding in 1974, we take great pride in setting the standard for Halal product development and supply to Halal consumers not only in the United States but the world over. Inshallah (God Willing), we will continue our leadership in the years ahead.
Midamar is the first company to be approved by many International Islamic Organizations in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Kuwait, UAE, and more. Additionally, we are audited and approved through Islamic Services of America (ISA) which was started in Iowa in 1975 by my father Bill Aossey and other key individuals and to this day is the most continuous Halal certifying body in the United States and is a leading internationally recognized Halal certifier throughout the Muslim and non-Muslim world. These Islamic bodies further attest to our high standards of Halal production. Above our commitment to our consumers is our religious responsibility for our actions and intentions in this life, especially in our commitment to providing Halal food to others.
On a global scale within the Islamic world, many Muslims believe Halal to mean products that are not only without pork or alcohol but also slaughtered according to Islamic Law. The permissibility of a product as Halal and whether it is slaughtered correctly are not parallel issues in the definition of the word Halal.
Midamar has and always will refer to our products as Halal under the belief and understanding of the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) that not only are the products permissible to consume, free of any Haram ingredients but also are slaughtered according to Islamic understanding. Midamar primarily utilizes Islamic Services of America's halal certification and in other instances recognized Halal certifiers for halal certification.
Midamar purchases beef from facilities in the US and abroad that is slaughtered by Muslims, supervised by Muslims and/or from religious slaughter. This process depends greatly on the availability of cattle to slaughter, breed stocks, natural and organic requirements, specification to consumer needs, production facilities employing religious slaughter capabilities and the export regulations for countries products are sent.
For processed chicken products, Midamar purchases from sources that utilize both hand and machine slaughtering methods. At Midamar, machine slaughters are conducted in facilities which we have confirmed utilize the services of Muslim slaughter men to perform and/or oversee the Halal slaughter process. Tape recordings of the "Tasmiyah" to replace live human Muslim slaughter men at the time and point of slaughter are categorically rejected by Midamar. We realize there are Halal consumers who prefer to consume poultry from hand slaughter facilities and thus Midamar makes every attempt to notify consumers of which items will best suit their level of Halal preference.
As owners of Midamar, we feel strongly that our Halal consumers should be knowledgeable and comfortable with the explanation of our Halal slaughter practices and product development. There is no question the topic of Halal and its correlating definitions is challenging to understand at times. Ultimately, your ongoing satisfaction in our products, our service, and our Halal integrity and transparency are the reasons we exist. We appreciate your business and continue to look forward in being your halal provider of choice.


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Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Stratford Knights left no doubt in showing who the city champion is on the tennis court. The Knights dropped just 11 games in blanking rival Goose Creek 7-0 on Wednesday. Dylan Sides (1, 2), Griffin Wong (0, 0), Jeffrey Wong (1, 0), Garett Sides (1, 3) and Parker Hoffman (1, 0) posted singles victories. In doubles, Jordan Smith and Anthony Yeung (0, 1) were winners while Sides and Griffin Wong won 8-2 in a pro set. Stratford traveled to Cane Bay on Thursday for another region match and won 6-1. Griffin Wong (0, 4), Jeffrey Wong (3, 3), Sides ((2), 4, (10-3) and Hoffman (0, 1) all recorded singles victories. Sides and Griffin Wong won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles, while Smith and Yeung won 7-6, 6-2. The wins gave Stratford a 7-3 overall record and 3-2 mark in region play. The Knights host Wando on April 22 in their next match.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State head football coach Doug Martin announced that former Boston College head coach and defensive master mind, Frank Spaziani will visit the Las Cruces campus for the week of April 15-20. Spaziani hired Martin as his offensive coordinator in 2012.
"To have an opportunity to have a coach like Frank Spaziani visit with your staff is a real honor," Martin said. "He obviously is one of the best defensive coaches in the country and has a great reputation of being a very creative coach. I think this is a great opportunity especially for our defensive staff to learn a lot from him specifically on the blitz package. I'm very grateful he is willing to take time out of his schedule to spend a week with us."Frank Spaziani spent four years as head coach of the Boston College football team and 16 seasons overall on the BC football staff. Widely regarded as one of the best defensive minds in college football, he was named head coach in 2009 after a 10-year run as the Eagles' defensive coordinator and two as running backs coach. Spaziani's head coaching record at Boston College was 22-29, including BC's 25-24 win over Navy in the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl as he served as interim head coach following the departure of Tom O'Brien


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Canadian-born Jay Godfrey moved to New York City to work as a Wall Street trader, but ended up specializing in a wholly different business: designing flattering women's clothing. After quitting his high-roller lifestyle to attend Parsons, Godfrey landed a coveted internship at Oscar de la Renta, and the rest was fashion history. Inspired by the chic women he encounters on the streets of Manhattan, Godfrey's coquettish dresses and separates combine de la Renta's fascination with feminine silhouettes with his own love of modern cuts and luxurious fabrics. Godfrey's sleek, sophisticated evening gowns, maxi-dresses, and cocktail frocks have appeared on <i>America's Next Top Model</i> and are favorites of stars such as Leighton Meester and Blake Lively. Modish silk shifts and color-blocked numbers exude girlish charm.
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2013 Linguistics & TESOL Symposium
Call for Abstracts
We hereby announce a call for abstracts for the 2013 Linguistics & TESOL Symposium
at SJSU, organized by the LLDSA. This event is designed to showcase the great diversity and quality of student work
in our department. An invitation to present is extended to all current students of
SJSU (graduate and undergraduate) as well as alumni and recent graduates. You will
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Event info
Name: 2013 Linguistics & TESOL Symposium at SJSU.
Date: September 20th, 9am-5pm.
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Cost: Free and open to the public.
Info for presenters
- Talk length: 20 min. (15 to present, 5 for q&a)
- Graduates, undergradates, and alumni of our department are all welcome to apply!
- Subjects: Any personal research in Linguistics or TESOL undertaken at SJSU or stemming from it.
- Criteria for selection: Relevance of research, quality of presentation, and balance of presenters. We want to give a voice to undergraduate, graduate, and alumni presenters at this event. Final selection will be done together with the LLDSA faculty advisors.
To apply:
- Please email a detailed abstract of your talk, along with your contact information, to email@example.com. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 6th (fri) at midnight.
Contact us if you have any questions. Students, please encourage each other to participate. As always, contributing to the LLDSA will help us make events like this better. You may buy custom-designed LING & TESOL Memorabilia at our online store. Or you may submit a donation: mark us as the recipients of your donation: "Linguistics and Language Development Student Association at SJSU" (LLDSA).


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Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
Chi Alpha exists to foster an on-campus family of students committed to growing devotionally, investing in each other, and building the kingdom of God. We fulfill our vision through relationships so the best way to experience the group is to come out and meet us!
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ARLINGTON (October 30, 2012) -- Last year, Adrian Beltre became the Texas Rangers' first Gold Glove third baseman since Buddy Bell in 1984. This year, he became the Rangers' first back-to-back Gold Glove recipient since first baseman Mark Teixeira.
Beltre led the American League with a .974 fielding percentage at third base, with 8 errors in 312 total chances. That's the second-best showing of his career, and the eight errors are the fewest by any American League third baseman with at least 125 starts since 2006.
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LOS ANGELES — James Gandolfini's fans and colleagues shared reaction to his death Wednesday:
• "I am shocked and devastated by Jim's passing. He was a man of tremendous depth and sensitivity, with a kindness and generosity beyond words. I consider myself very lucky to have spent 10 years as his close colleague. My heart goes out to his family. As those of us in his pretend one hold on to the memories of our intense and beautiful time together. The love between Tony and Carmela was one of the greatest I've ever known." – Edie Falco, who played Tony Soprano's wife, Carmela, on "The Sopranos."
• "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. He was my partner. ... He was my brother in ways I can't explain and never will be able to explain." – David Chase, creator of "The Sopranos."
• "Jimmy treated us all like family with a generosity, loyalty and compassion that is rare in this world. ... Working with him was a pleasure and a privilege. I will be forever grateful having had a friend the likes of Jimmy." – Michael Imperioli, Gandolfini's co-star on "The Sopranos."
• "I admire Jimmy as a ferocious actor, a gentle soul and a genuinely funny man. I am fortunate to have sat across the table from him and am gutted by this loss. I wish his family strength and some semblance of peace." – Brad Pitt, who co-starred with Gandolfini in "True Romance," "The Mexican" and "Killing Them Softly."
• "My heart goes out to his family. James was incredibly talented and I feel very fortunate to have had the chance to work with him. He was very committed during the shooting of 'True Romance.' I remember Tony Scott saying he slept in his suit in his car to stay in character. His work as Tony Soprano was flawless. It is a real loss to the creative community." – Patricia Arquette.
• "James Gandolfini was a friend and a great actor. He wrote me after portraying me last year, which was a great thrill and honor. I told him I was glad an Italian played me – swear words and all. We laughed together at the fact that tough guys can have a heart of gold. He did, and we will miss him." – Leon Panetta. Gandolfini played then-CIA director Panetta in Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama "Zero Dark Thirty."
• "If Broadway has a version of a guy you want in your foxhole, Jim Gandolfini was mine. During our time together in 'God of Carnage,' we played 320 performances together. He didn't miss one. Sadly, I now miss him like a brother." – Jeff Daniels.
• "It's an awful shock. James Gandolfini was a fine actor, a Rutgers alum and a true Jersey guy. I was a huge fan of his and the character he played so authentically, Tony Soprano. I have gotten to know Jimmy and many of the other actors in the 'Sopranos' cast and I can say that each of them are an individual New Jersey treasure." – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
• "We lost a giant today. I am utterly heartbroken." – Lorraine Bracco, who played Gandolfini's therapist on "The Sopranos."
• "I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time." – Musician Steven Van Zandt, who played Silvio on "The Sopranos."
• "Fifty-one and leaves a kid – he was newly married. His son is fatherless now ... It's way too young." – Joe Gannascoli, who played Vito Spatafore on "The Sopranos."
• "Jimmy was one of the most talented, authentic and vulnerable actors of our time. He was unorthodox and truly special in so many ways. He had the sex appeal of Steve McQueen or Brando in his prime as well as the comedic genius of Jackie Gleason." – Brad Grey, a producer of "The Sopranos."
• "The great James Gandolfini passed away today. Only 51. I can't believe it." – Bette Midler on Twitter.
• "James Gandolfini what a nice guy, so funny and sweet. He will be sorely missed. Our deepest condolences to his family." – Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry on Twitter.
• "My condolences to the family and all those who loved James Gandolfini – a true NJ Great and NJ Original. RIP." – Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Twitter.
• "You will be missed greatly James Gandolfini Maybe best actor ever on a tv series. Salute"' – Comedian Artie Lange on Twitter.
• "awful awful news. James Gandolfini will be missed. He was a great actor. Just great." – Mia Farrow on Twitter.
• "James Gandolfini. Unbelievably sad news. A fine man." – Steve Carell on Twitter.
• "My thoughts and prayers go out to James Gandolfini's family. An extraordinary actor. RIP, Mr. Gandolfini." – Robin Williams on Twitter.
• "I am so deeply saddened by the untimely passing of sweet James Gandolfini! My heart is broken for his family!! I'm in shock worked with him in "Surviving Christmas"" – Christina Applegate on Twitter.
• "James Gandolfini was a kind, funny, wonderful guy. I'm so lucky to have worked with him. Sending love to his family. Such a sad, sad day. worked with him on "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone"" – Olivia Wilde on Twitter.
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Fundraiser at Freeze Daddy's slated for Kaylee Halko, progeria researchWritten by Vicki L. Kroll | | firstname.lastname@example.com
She's been featured on a TLC documentary, charmed Dr. Mehmet Oz on his TV show, questioned Barbara Walters on "20/20" and last year stole the spotlight again in a commercial for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
July 28 is your chance to meet that little star with the ginormous personality: Kaylee Halko will work the window at Freeze Daddy's, 8060 Monclova Road, Monclova.
"We let her take the orders," said Ron Loeffler, owner of the ice cream shop. "We have her standing up on milk crates, and she's up at eye level there with the window. She'll take some of the orders, and she's got a tip jar out.
"The last time, two years ago, she made about $150 in tips for herself. That's why she likes doing it. She's the center of attention, and she makes a few bucks," he said and laughed. "She's something else, that's for sure."
Loeffler is another fan of the spunky girl who has progeria, a rare rapid-aging disease.
"From 11:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. [July 28], I will donate 30 percent of our revenue to the Progeria Research Foundation," he said.
Starting at 7 p.m., there'll be classic wheels on display courtesy of the Glass City Corvette Club and the Oak Park Gang. Vic and his guitar will provide live music, a silent raffle will be held, and Kaylee will work the window in the evening.
Loeffler said a 2012 event raised $700 for the nonprofit dedicated to discovering treatments and a cure for the fatal genetic condition.
"We just want to do everything we can to help the Halkos because they're a great family," he said.
"We're excited about this event," said Marla Halko, Kaylee's mom. "It's a fun way to raise awareness and funds for progeria. We're lucky to have a friend who wants to help us with the cause."
Asked what the best part of the fundraiser will be, Kaylee, who turned 11 this month, shouted, "Ice cream!"
If you can't make it to the event, stop by any time and order a Kaylee cone. The kid-sized treat has been on Freeze Daddy's menu since it opened in 2010.
"We donate around 20 cents of each Kaylee cone to progeria research," Loeffler said. "I usually donate about $1,200 a year; most of it's from the Kaylee cones."
Earlier this year, Loeffler took a photo of Kaylee eating ice cream and posted it on Freeze Daddy's Facebook page.
"Our posts will get maybe 100 people see them or 200 is good," he said. "The photo of Kaylee I put up got more than 700 likes. It's just amazing the amount of people that follow her and care about her."
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Bring your children to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Saturday, March 30, for the 2013 Easter Egg Hunt on the great lawn.
Children will be divided into three age groups for the 30-minute hunts.
The first group – children 3 to 5 – will start at 11 a.m. The hunt for children – 6 to 7 – will start at noon. And children – 8 to 10 – will get their chance to find a prize at 1 p.m.
The hunts will be on the great lawn, except for children 2 years old and under who will look for the eggs stuffed with prizes in a special area on the side lawn adjacent to the house.
Prizes will include:
• A nature train ride for up to five individuals
• A nature boat ride for up to five individuals
• An annual family membership
• Chocolate Easter bunnies
• A birthday party for up to 30 children
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Homeward Bound Project featured on national news
Students at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine are tackling the pet overpopulation head-on through the Homeward Bound Project of MS. This special program has hit the national news recently with an article in Ladies' Home Journal and a feature on Fox News.
To view the Fox News feature, click here.
The Homeward Bound Project of MS began in 2007, with CVM students Megan Caulfield, Krista Gazzola and Amy White, who noticed the imbalance between the large supply of adoptable dogs in the South and the high demand in the Northeast. They set to work creating the first successful transport program developed, maintained, and operated by veterinary students.
Their mission was to take adoptable puppies and young adult dogs from overcrowded shelters in the South, and transport them to adoption guaranteed shelters in the Northeast, where there is a high demand for adoptable dogs. Today, the Homeward Bound Project is still run by vet students and continues to send deserving dogs up north with a chance for a better life.
To date, Homeward Bound has rescued 3,010 dogs and transported them to forever homes.


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Roots-rock megastar Ray LaMontagne is playing in Bend next week, but the notoriously press shy singer-songwriter declined my request for an interview.
I won't lie, it hurt a little bit.
UNTIL … (this is called a cliffhanger, please scroll down)
I SCORED AN INTERVIEW WITH RAY LAMONTAGNE'S BEARD!!! That made me feel way better. Here's an excerpt:
GO!: Have there been any low points in Ray's career so far, in your opinion?
RB: I don't know about low points, but did you see Taylor Hicks sing "Trouble" on that "American Idol" show? What is up with that dude? How did he win? Better yet, how did he beat Daughtry, Kellie Pickler and Katharine McPhee?
GO!: I don't know.
RB: Me neither. I just know I don't trust him. No facial hair.
GO!: So what musicians do you like?
RB: Hmm … well, I dig Hairy Belafonte. Whiskertown. Tuft Merritt. Aesop Locks. And also actual artists like Bush, Grizzly Bear and Shaggy. ZZ Top, obvs.
And I can't resist posting this part of it:
GO!: Why can't I find any pictures of Ray smiling?
RB: I don't really want to get into that. Let's just say that his teeth and I have had some tussles in the past, so it's good to have his lips as a buffer between us.
GO!: Whoa … are you saying that Ray LaMontagne's teeth are a bunch of jerks?
RB: No comment. Next question.
Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good interview, considering I was talking to a beard. I hope you'll go read the whole thing by clicking here.
I went and saw Bend fave Ben Harper at Les Schwab Amphitheater last week and thought it started slow but ended strong. Also, my steak chilaquiles from Spork were awesome. Here's an excerpt:
Now, I'm no classic rock connoisseur, but even I admired Harper's epic cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter," with its unmistakable, roiling guitars and dynamic extremes. Set against a subtly psychedelic light show, Harper ably handled Robert Plant's vocals while his band jammed with significant crunch for a good 10 to 15 minutes.
Then, as if to declare himself unafraid of any classic guitar riff, Harper launched into Neil Young's protest song "Ohio," which predictably provided a perfect showcase for his deceptively strong voice and his not-so-deceptively prodigious skills on the slide guitar. The crowd around me — filled with 30- and 40-something rock 'n' roll lifers — went wild, fully satiated by the 20-minute nostalgia detour.
But with Ben Harper, the music always comes back to positive, forward-thinking messages. He closed the show with one of his best tunes, the globally flavored "Better Way" (complete with shrieked final verse) and an unreleased song called "Better Than I Deserve" that I'm still humming six days later.
Click here to read the whole thing, including more about the food (and also the show).
Elsewhere in this week's music section: return visits by the Reverend Horton Heat, Portland Cello Project and Diego's Umbrella, Jailbox plays The Sound Garden, and summer concert series are wrapping up at Parrilla Grill, Angeline's Bakery and Black Butte Ranch.


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Georgian Court University was formerly the winter home of George Jay Gould, millionaire son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould. The architect Bruce Price was hired to transform the land, purchased in 1896, into a lavish country estate resembling an English estate of the Georgian period; therefore, it was named Georgian Court. In addition to designing the buildings, Bruce Price designed three of the four historic gardens: the Classic or Italian Gardens, the Sunken Garden or Lagoon, and the Formal Garden. The garden designer Takeo Shiota designed the Japanese Garden.
The sandy soils of the New Jersey Pine Barrens were not conducive to the cultivation of the exotic plants the Goulds wanted to grow. To provide rich topsoil, fine loam was brought to Georgian Court from neighboring Monmouth County. George Gould died in 1923. The Sisters of Mercy bought the estate in 1924, moving their College of Mount Saint Mary to the site. The Gould family requested that the name of the estate be retained, so the college became Georgian Court University.
The arboretum, established in 1989, is named after Sister Mary Grace Burns, a professor of biology from 1927 to 1968. It comprises the cultivated parts of the campus (approx. 100 acres). In addition to a large number of exotic plant species, the arboretum features a good collection of native plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens (New Jersey Pinelands). Most of the pinelands plants are scattered throughout the arboretum. Most notably, we have a number of very large and old oaks (mostly chestnut, black and white) and pines (mostly shortleaf but also pitch). These species are well adapted to our climate and soils, and are found on most parts of the campus. The densest concentration of oaks is on oak knoll, the highest elevation on campus just past the university's entrance gate. The largest white oak in Ocean County is located behind our Sister Mary Joseph Cunningham Library -- we have a total of 16 trees that are the biggest of their species in Ocean County.
The S. Mary Grace Burns Arboretum of Georgian Court University, acting in harmony and interdependence with all creation through sustainable landscaping practices, has the mission of preserving and enhancing the unique botanical heritage of the former Georgian Court estate and its gardens, while promoting its use for education, research, enjoyment and inspiration. Species added to the four historic gardens augment the gardens' authenticity. The New Jersey Pinelands flora is maintained and expanded. Additions to the arboretum include species that provide interesting colors, textures and fragrances throughout the year. Collections are developed that build upon the historic botanical strengths of the grounds.
The arboretum is an ongoing project of the biology faculty and staff. The director of the arboretum is Dr. Michael Gross. The assistant director is Sister Mary Bilderback.
For information about the tree collection, call 732.987.2373 or 732.987.2203, or e-mail Dr. Gross, or go to our list of woody plants and their location on campus.
If you are interested in donating a woody plant, want to know how we map and keep track of our trees, or want to know why many of our trees and shrubs are fenced, click here. For photographs of some of the fountains, statues and urns not shown in other sections of the Web site, click here.
For a list of some of the many non-plant species on campus, visit our All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory!
We welcome visitors! The arboretum is open from 8 AM until dusk daily, year-round with the exception of spring Commencement and other major event days (posted here two weeks ahead of time). We suggest printing a copy of the campus map so that you can more easily enjoy your self-guided tour of our plants and gardens (you will probably be asked to park in lot A or B). Our campus is a national historic landmark, and we hope you enjoy our statuary and historic building exteriors during your visit. To ensure the safety and security of you and our students, guests are not permitted in any of the university buildings (except the library). You may also be interested in driving directions. If you are interested in bringing a group (i.e., more than one personal car full of people) onto the campus, please call 732.987.2285 (Office of Special Events and Conferences). The campus as a whole is handicapped accessible, but the sunken garden is not, and most paths through the formal, Italian and Japanese gardens are pebble-covered and narrow. The 32-page color 2012 edition of the arboretum booklet is available in pdf (click here). The self-guided tour begins in front of Farley Center. It is sometimes possible to arrange a group tour. We also have a native New Jersey Pine Barrens Woody Plant Species tour handout and a guide to our collection of Famous and Historic Trees purchased from American Forests.
Weddings cannot be held outdoors. Indoor weddings in the Chapel are permitted for alumni and current students and employees (contact Office of Campus Ministry --732-987-2691-- for policy and information). Wedding photos are permitted for people with an affiliation to GCU (contact 732-987-2285 Conferences and Special Events for more information). Regarding photographs of the campus/grounds (NOT wedding photos): Professional photographs are permitted ($250/hr fee first hr, then $50/hr; contact 732-987-2285 for permit), and personal photographs are permitted if not sold or used for commercial purposes (complete this waiver). Please contact 732-987-2285 Conf. and Special Events with any questions about the photography policy.
In keeping with the historic nature of the former George Gould estate, our gardens feature woody plants, statues, fountains, Japanese teahouses/stone lanterns, bridges, etc., with very few showy annuals or perennials. Many of the new additions to the arboretum are seedlings of their parents to ensure the continued presence of genotypes adapted to our landscape. Most of the annuals are in urns in the Italian Gardens and the periphery of the Formal Garden. Beds of the formal garden contain dianthus, irises, and some other species, and the garden itself is ringed by peonies. Please also enjoy the many flowering plants in the two gardens in front of the library. Do not let the fence prevent you from entering the Wellness Garden (click here for plant list) between the bookstore and the Wellness Center. A new deer-resistant garden is located between the dance studios and the athletic department at the Wellness Center.
Georgian Court University has signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. To reduce our carbon footprint and live in a sustainable manner with minimal adverse effects on our environment, our gardens are not irrigated, and we minimize our use of fertilizers and pesticides. We no longer regularly mow some less-trafficked areas to reduce noise and chemical pollution from mowing, reduce stormwater runoff, moderate temperatures, and promote the growth of natural vegetation. We thank you for appreciating the more natural appearance these practices give our historic landscape and the enhanced wildlife habitat we are providing.
If you are a student in need of leaves/twigs for a school project, please help yourself to a leaf/small twig from any tree having more than 50 leaves.
We are proud to have Cooperator Status in the Plant Conservation Alliance and are supporting Plants for the Planet.
The Biology Department houses an herbarium that includes over 400 specimens, about 300 of which were collected in Lakewood. Click here for a listing of specimens. Contact Dr. Gross for access.
We are members of the Garden State Gardens Consortium -- click here for a copy of the Garden State Gardens Flyer listing all member gardens. Click here for the handout we provided for a GSG Native Knowledge event. The university is also a member of the:
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Our efforts to reconcile the existence of suffering with our belief in a God Who is both omnipotent and benevolent must proceed simultaneously on two planes: one of intellectual understanding and the other of trust. From the outset, we must realize that definitive answers as to why one person suffers in a particular way are closed to us.
We can and will, however, identify reasons why God allows suffering. Before doing so, however, we will first examine an alternative approach that has recently gained a great deal of prominence. Analyzing the faults of that approach will help clarify a coherent Jewish response to the problem.
The opposite approach might be termed that of randomness. According to this view, not everything that takes place in the world has a purpose or comes from God. Efforts to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering in the world with God's justice are a waste of time because they proceed from the false premise that everything that takes place in the world comes from God and has a purpose.
Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi, followed precisely such an approach in his best-selling book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Few "Jewish" books in recent decades have had a greater impact, and Kushner is regularly cited, in both the Jewish and non-Jewish media, as an expert on suffering and a variety of other ethical issues.
Kushner came to the topic of suffering through a terrible tragedy in his family: He and his wife lost a young son to a particularly perverse degenerative disease ― premature aging syndrome. He has thus paid a heavy price for the right to talk about suffering. Though we shall be very critical of Kushner's conclusions, nothing we say should be seen as a personal criticism of him, or an attempt to in any way diminish the awful suffering he had to bear. It would be contemptible to pass judgment on another's experience of a tragedy of such magnitude.
If we are critical of Kushner's ideas, it is only because he has offered his views to the public as a consolation to those in pain and as an authentic Jewish response to the problem of suffering. As we shall see, they are neither.
While Kushner is in some sense a believer in God, his own faith was severely tested by the prolonged agony that he and his wife endured. He felt the need to construct a theory that would reconcile his tragedy with Judaism's belief in God's benevolence.
In Kushner's view, God cannot quite control the world He created.
He concluded that to maintain his belief in God he must reject either God's benevolence or His omnipotence. He chose the latter course. God, in Kushner's view, created the world and provides the foundation of moral principle. But He cannot quite control the world He created. He hopes for our good and He sympathizes, as it were, with us in our pain, but He is powerless to do anything about it.
As to why a God Who had the power to create the entire universe in the first place would create one that He is powerless to control, Kushner basically shrugs his shoulders and contents himself with noting that the world is relatively good for most people most of the time. We might designate this theory as "randomness plus God."
Unable to understand why a good God would allow individuals to suffer, Kushner ends by neatly defining the question away. He cannot even conceive of the possibility of any understanding, and so concludes that we have no answers because there are no answers. Much of what happens is nothing more than random chance. Pain and tragedy are a necessary consequence of a world over which God does not exercise complete control.
The first thing that must be noted about this view is that it provides no solace whatsoever. Mrs. Kushner herself is on record as saying that she derived no comfort from her husband's theories. And that is not accidental. What good is it to know that God shares my pain if at the same time I am told that pain is utterly without meaning and purpose? Even if I cannot know the exact meaning of my personal suffering, I can still have faith that there is some purpose to that suffering. Kushner, however, denies the possibility of meaning, and with it any possibility of comfort.
There is no comparison between pain that is without purpose and meaning, and that which is purposeful. Childbirth is one of the most intensely painful experiences. Yet women willingly endure the agony of childbirth because they know that the end result is a child. A woman may not understand why pain must be the price for giving birth, but since it is, she accepts it.
The Jewish view of suffering, as we will learn later, is that it is part of a process of self-development ― in effect a process of birth of the self. Though we would never choose intense suffering for ourselves, faith that it is part of a growth process can take away, if not the pain, at least some of its sting. Knowledge that the suffering has purpose and is leading somewhere offers me the strength to weather the crisis.
But if that suffering has no meaning, I am left all alone, a helpless victim of blind fate or randomness. Hearing that God feels my pain and laments my bad luck does not alleviate my sense of victimhood. Indeed, being told that my particular suffering somehow eluded God's notice until it was too late only exacerbates that sense of victimhood.
Compare the case of two laborers who both have their wages taken away. One has the money deducted from his paycheck and deposited in a pension fund. The other is mugged on the street. Both have lost their hard-earned money, but their reactions will be very different. For one the loss is only temporary; he is building for his future. The other, however, is bereft. He is a victim and nothing more. He cannot conceive of his mugging as leading to some future good.
If God Himself can find no rhyme or reason for my suffering, if there is no gain from my pain, how am I supposed to feel about it? How can I grow by viewing myself as the victim of chance? Far more than God's sympathy, I seek His assurance that whatever is happening to me is designed to lead somewhere and that I have not simply been abandoned to blind fate.
Kushner does argue that even if our suffering is random, it can be a means of personal growth and a means of deepening our sensitivities. But this is little solace. If God Himself judges the gain from our suffering not to be worth the price, how are we expected to feel?
What value are we supposed to attach to our life if at any moment it can be cut off for no reason whatsoever?
Kushner's vision saps our emotional strength at times of suffering. But its effects go beyond just those instances of personal suffering and affect the entire sense of our place in the cosmos. What value are we supposed to attach to our life if at any moment it can be cut off for no reason whatsoever? Without an answer to that question, Kushner's theory remains an emotional nightmare.
In the end, Kushner's vision fails to even achieve his original purpose: preserving God's benevolence. If God cannot prevent suffering, then neither can He direct Creation to bring about good. If He is not responsible for the bad, neither can He be credited with the good. If so, God's benevolence, which is central to both Jewish thought and that of Harold Kushner, is irretrievably lost.
Limiting God
Now, of course, because an idea is discomfiting and provides no comfort does not make it untrue. But Kushner's book not only fails to provide any comfort, it also is profoundly un-Jewish. Each of his main arguments runs counter to the traditional Jewish approach to the subject. They reflect accepted modern views far more closely than they do anything written in classical Jewish sources.
Morning and evening, Jews proclaim God's unity in the Shema. The Shema, with its assertion of God's absolute unity, constitutes the basic affirmation of Jewish faith. The Jewish belief in God's unity stands in stark contrast to paganism, based on a pantheon of competing gods, each with its own sphere of influence.
Kushner's view of the world is closer to Persian Manicheanism, in which the forces of Good and Evil are in constant struggle, than it is to traditional Judaism. He arrays a benevolent God, on one side, against the forces of randomness on the other. At best, his God is nothing more than a superman.
Kushner's God is a sovereign with very limited powers. Kushner has basically projected human limitation upon God. We have limits, so God has limits. Sometimes we are too busy to attend to all the details in our life, and God, too, sometimes loses track of the details.
All classical Jewish sources reject precisely such anthropomorphic projections of our human failings and limitations to God. The Jewish God is transcendental, completely different from us. We are physical beings, and as such subject to limitations. God is not a physical entity and knows no limitations. Maimonides describes the qualitative chasm between us and God:
"God is not physical and there is absolutely no comparison between Him and any of His creations. His existence is not like their existence; His life is not like that of any living being; His wisdom is not like the wisdom of the wisest of men. The difference between Him and His creations is not merely quantitative, but absolute..."
Any similarity between Maimonides' God and Kushner's is purely coincidental. The God of Maimonides is the Creator and Source of all being ― the uncreated One Who must exist, has always existed and will always exist. Since He necessitates all being, He can possess neither lack nor limitation.
Kushner effectively severs the connection between God and the world and thereby empties physical existence of all meaning.
Kushner's God, by contrast, is nothing more than an intellectual construct designed to save its author's belief in God's benevolence. His God is but a bit player in the heavenly hierarchy, playing a limited role in our existence, like the deities of Greek mythology. By arguing that much of what happens is beyond God's control, Kushner effectively severs the connection between God and the world and thereby empties physical existence of all meaning. The events of our lives, as portrayed by Kushner, have no relationship to God.
Removing God, in this fashion, from an active role in the world and our lives is a complete distortion of all Jewish thought and living. Our faith as Jews does not end with an affirmation of belief in God's existence. God does not sit, as it were, in isolation in His heaven. Faith, for us, means that we are aware of the Divine Presence in every aspect of our world.
We are required, writes Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato in The Way of God, to both "believe and know" that there is a God. This statement is hard to understand. If I know that there is a God, then belief is extraneous. The explanation is that knowing does not refer to empirical knowledge. Rather "knowing" refers to a process of relating our faith in God to everything we do. Knowing that there is a God means that our faith in Him must become inseparable from who we are and how we view the world.
Attaining this level is the work of a lifetime. Most of us are far from reaching it. We walk through life as if in a fog. Our faith remains theoretical at best. When we think about God, we forget the world. And when we think about the world, we forget God. No integration of God into our world takes place.
Occasionally, however, events intrude with such force that we are compelled to deal with our faith in the context of what is taking place in our lives. Suffering is one such event. It challenges us to confront the ultimate questions of who we are and what is the significance of our lives. Suffering is a painful invitation to deepen our faith and make it a real part of our lives.
But that can only be done if we first recognize the physical world as God's creation and as an ongoing expression of His Will, which exists only as a medium for us to relate to God. By denying God's control over the events of our lives, however, Kushner denies meaning to those events and any possibility of using them to deepen our relationship with God.
In the face of acute suffering, he would strengthen the chasm between God and the world, and thus ensures that God remains irrelevant to our lives ― an intellectual concept to be retrieved intermittently. He thus denies us any possibility of solace through a deepened relationship with God.
Having seen why a philosophy of randomness undermines rather than strengthens our faith in moments of crisis, let us now examine the traditional Jewish view, which is the very antithesis of Kushner's: the belief that everything that happens in the world has a purpose.
Read the second part of this series.
An excerpt from "Making Sense of Suffering: A Jewish Approach" by Rabbi Yitzchok Kirzner (ArtScroll).