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Exciting times are on the horizon for Stratford-upon-Avon as 2014 marks 450 years since the world's greatest writer was born there. Paul Hindle goes on the trail of William Shakespeare... and looks further afield too.
They are two English literary giants born nearly 250 years apart but it is partly thanks to Charles Dickens that there is quite so much of William Shakespeare heritage to see in Stratford today.
In 1846, three years after he penned A Christmas Carol and three years before his epic David Copperfield, Dickens was a key figure in the battle to save Shakespeare's birthplace.
The Henley Street house had fallen into disrepair by the 19th century and was up for sale.
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Dickens helped organise a series of fund-raising performances nationwide to ensure that by 1847 the necessary £3,000 had been raised to buy this treasure for the nation.
Today, the house where Shakespeare grew up anonymously has been re-created to look as if visitors have entered in the year 1574.
Then, a ten-year-old William would have been the eldest of five surviving children competing for the attention of parents John and Mary.
It is an obvious starting point for a tour of the five Tudor houses in and around Stratford with a direct connection to the writer and now cared for by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Two more of the properties are a short stroll away and one of them has muscled in with an anniversary of its own, ahead of the biggie in 2014.
The main part of Hall's Croft, the timbered marital home of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna and her doctor husband John Hall, was erected 400 years ago.
To celebrate, an informative exhibition focusing on the home's various residents, is on show upstairs and events, such as a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the garden on August 18, are running all year.
Round the corner is Nash's House and New Place, the site of Shakespeare's last home, where he died in 1616.
Further afield are the storybook Anne Hathaway's Cottage, the family home of the playwright's wife, and Mary Arden's Farm, the childhood home of his mother.
In Wilmcote, four miles away, this farmhouse may have served as far more than an idyllic rural retreat in Shakespeare's childhood; his mother may well have taken him there to escape the plague, which killed 15% of the town's population just after he was born.
Today, the venue has been styled as a Tudor farm, complete with animals, falconry displays, have-a-go archery, nature trails and adventure playground and is a full family day out.
The town's open-top sightseeing bus picks up outside both of these outlying properties as well as Hall's Croft, Nash's House and our next stop, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
This had £112m spent on it in a sympathetic three-year refurbishment, completed in 2010, and is an awe-inspiring venue worthy of staging the works of the world's foremost writer.
We picked the comedy As You Like it, which runs until September, for our live Shakespeare experience and are happy to report that director Maria Aberg's version is a five-star triumph.
This joyous and uplifting play has a modern Glastonbury Festival feel complete with live musicians and a contemporary soundtrack from double Mercury Prize nominee and Brit Award winner Laura Marling.
In among the classic passages ("All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players") there is plenty of humour too (including an ad-lib stand-up comic passage from Nicolas Tennant, as Touchstone, and a Rik Mayall-esqe turn from the talented Oliver Ryan, as the melancholic Jaques).
Pippa Nixon (Rosalind/Ganymede) and Alex Waldmann (Orlando) deliver deeply moving and passionate lead performances which are so believable that their joy at the end is infectious.
From standing ovation to the reception of our accommodation, the spanking QHotel simply named The Stratford, was a 16-minute stroll through the tranquil town centre.
And if the play was a treat, the hotel built on the feelgood factor, especially as we had upgraded to a massive Q Star Room.
Featuring extras such a bottle of wine, complimentary beer and fresh milk in the fridge, jar of chocolates, free newspaper, mattress toppers, towelling robes, feather and down pillows and duvet, this felt like our own private pamper experience.
Toiletries were also in on the upgrade, with Pecksniff's goodies awaiting us, including a herbal bath infusion in a bag.
The hotel's Quills restaurant, which is aiming to land AA rosettes under the stewardship of head chef Ben Tyan, had a dinner menu to match its ambition.
Highlights of a memorable three-course meal included a starter of deep fried goats' cheese, beetroot, green beans, candied walnut and balsamic glaze, which was light but packed with complementary flavours; a perfectly cooked duck breast main and an intense dessert of dark chocolate and hazelnut tart with sea-salted toffee.
The restaurant will serve dinner from 6pm for theatre-goers, and hold dessert until after the final curtain, while an all-you-can-eat hot and cold buffet breakfast is served 7.30-10.30 at weekends.
With it only being six minutes' walk from Shakespeare's Birthplace, and with stop No.8 for that sightseeing bus right outside, it is ideally placed as a base to follow in the footsteps of Mr Shakespeare.
STRATFORD GUIDE: For accommodation, special offers and more information on all Stratford has to offer, visit the official website www.Shakespeare-Country.co.uk or call Shakespeare Country on 0871 978 0800.
STAY AT: The Stratford QHotel has a special offer for readers of the Derby Telegraph. Two nights' bed and breakfast with dinner on one evening, plus a bottle of wine and Breakaway Club membership is £210 for two guests, subject to availability. Book via the website at www.qhotels.co.uk/our-locations/the-stratford using the reader offer code of DERBY. Call the hotel on 01789 271000.
SEE A PLAY: For details of the summer and winter seasons at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre visit www.rsc.org.uk or call 0844 800 1110.
THINGS TO DO: Tickets for the Shakespeare Houses & Gardens are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase. Visit www.shakespeare.org.uk or call 01789 204016.
Details of the sightseeing bus are available at www.citysightseeing-stratford.com or call 01789 412680.
FURTHER AFIELD: About 20 minutes' drive from Stratford is the Compton Verney art gallery, housed inside a stunning 18th-century mansion.
The courtyard house nestles in sweeping, photogenic grounds designed by top landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) and is well worth setting an afternoon aside for.
Six permanent art collections (including British portraits and paintings from Naples, 1600-1800) are spread over four floors of the sprawling property and are complemented by a visiting exhibition.
Until June 23 this is Bellini, Botticelli, Titian… 500 years of Italian Art, a memorable and thought-provoking journey from 1400 to 1900 featuring some of the greatest Italian paintings, on loan from the City of Glasgow's comprehensive collection.
Next up in the exhibition rooms, from July 13 to September 22, will be 60 works by Turner, Constable and contemporaries, from the Tate collection.
For more, visit www.comptonverney.org.uk.


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Solar water heaters can be constructed by simple materials such as plastic bottles. Jose Alano, who is a retired mechanic, invented a solar water heater built by simple and cheap materials.
It was in Brazil 2002, that José Alano, designed a solar water heater by using a pile of cartons and plastic bottles. However, since then thousands of people in southern Brazil have adopted Alano's inventions. It does both save money and diminish waste.
The whole idea of recycling litter such as cartons and plastic bottles was motivated from the blemished landfill full with plastic and carton garbage. José Alano wanted to make something about the rubbish. So he and his wife built a solar heating system with the use of 100 milk cartons and 100 plastic bottles. He said that "It worked perfectly well, and we got rid of our waste in a responsible way".
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The initiative taken by Alano became popular in Brazil subsequent to winning the Superecologia prize. It is a prize provided by the Superinteressante magazine for renewable projects meant for the non-profit sector. Following, the reward of the prize, the Brazilian retired mechanic has been actively involved in workshops as well as giving lectures in community centres and schools, mainly close to his own resident at Santa Catarina.
Alano did not build the innovative solar heater system for profit but rather as a responsible consumer. He considers that his development is simply a minor contribution to protect the environment and help people to save money. The product invention is also registered by Jose Alano. This prevents businesses from promoting the solar water heater for profit motives and political usage during electoral campaigns. However, the invention can be used by any other individual; information is freely available in the public domain.
The recycled solar heater is propagated by the media and supported by electricity companies and local governments.
According to Alano, it is very hard to track the speed at which the recycled solar heater is being spread in Brazil. However, to provide a few figures for the southern state, there are already 7,000 people who are using solar heaters in Santa Caterina state. There actually two cooperatives that are encouraging and producing solar water heaters; Tubarão and Florianópolis. Moreover, in the Paraná state, there was more than 6,000 recycled solar heaters in 2008. The DIY leaflets available together with various workshops organised has motored this progress.
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The renewable water heater saves roughly 30 percent of energy. The rubbish in the landfills is also less. Alano's invention has motivated cooperation such as Tubarão to start collecting plastic bottle and carton boxes. Regrettably, this is only occurring in a few Brazilian towns.
Alano says he has even lost the count on how many times he has lectured students and groups about the invention. Besides, this is not Alano only design. He has other inventions such as a low cost multifunctional bed intent for disabled people, but he is still having trouble to find a business partner.
It is already eight years since his creation recycled solar heater was launced. He is now starting to emphasis on other projects like the multifunctional bed. He also explains that he does not consider himself as an inventor rather a citizen trying to solve some common problems.
There is a great climate difference in Brazil and major part of Europe and United States. However, Alano's design of the solar water heater is based on the same thermosyphon technology used in commercial heaters that are sold in UK for around £6,000. The system uses natural heat to induce circulation of water. Hot water which is less dense moves upwards while cold water, which is denser, moves downwards.
The only material required to build a recycled water heater are:
1. 2L plastic bottles (60),
2. Cartons (50),
3. 00mm PVC pipe (70 cm)
4. 20mm PVC pipe (11.7m)
5. 90-degree 20 mm PVC elbows (4)
6. 20mm PVC T-connectors (20)
7. 20 mm PVC end caps (2)
8. PVC glue
9. Black matt pain
10. Roller
11. Sand paper
12. Self-amalgamating tape
13. Rubber hammer, saw, wood or other material for the support.
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The series, which runs through May 23rd, offers clips of Secretary Ridge's keynote address at the Lexis-Nexis Annual Government Users Conference, held in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2008.
The series also features commentary by Dr. Parney Albright, the former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology. Dr. Albright currently serves as Managing Director of Civitas Group LLC and as a member of Ridge Global's Advisory Committee.


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SUBJECT: PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES FOR FINAL PARCEL MAP NO. 26692 (Applicant: Mahmood Forouzesh).
Staff Coordinator: Ryan Luckert, Assistant Planner
Accept the parkland dedication (Quimby) fee for Final Parcel Map No. 26692, pursuant to the City's parkland dedication fee formula in the amount of $41,135.50.
On May 27, 2003, the Planning Commission conditionally approved Tentative Parcel Map No. 26692 thereby allowing a 2-lot subdivision. Pursuant to the City's subdivision ordinance, a subdivider shall dedicate land, pay a fee in lieu thereof, or a combination of both, at the option of the City, for park and recreational purposes when a subdivision is approved. Furthermore, the ordinance states that if there is no park or recreational facility designated in the City's General Plan to be located in whole or in part within the proposed subdivision to serve the immediate and future needs of the residents of the subdivision, the subdivider shall, in lieu of dedicating land, pay a fee equal to the land prescribed for dedication. Since there is no park or recreational facility located, or proposed to be located within the approved subdivision, the Planning Commission as part of the conditions of approval, required the applicant to pay a parkland dedication (Quimby) fee in lieu of land dedication. In accordance with the City's subdivision ordinance, the fee must be paid prior to approval of the final map and shall be determined by the City Council.
The applicant received Planning Commission approval to subdivide an existing 24,454 square foot vacant parcel located at 7455 Via Lorado with an average slope of 24.7-percent. Parcel 1 will be a vacant parcel containing a lot area of 12,227 square feet, and Parcel 2 will also be vacant and will include a lot area of 12,227 square feet. Pursuant to the subdivision ordinance, the amount of land to be dedicated shall be based on the number of parcels created through the subject subdivision. However, if there is an existing dwelling unit that will remain on one of the new parcels, said parcel shall be exempt from the parkland calculation. Both parcels are subject to the parkland dedication fee since both parcels are currently vacant.
Pursuant to Section 16.20.100 of the City's Municipal Code, where a fee is required to be paid in lieu of land dedication, the amount of such fee shall be based upon the "fair market value" of the amount of land, which would otherwise be required to be dedicated. Furthermore, the Development Code states that the "fair market value" of the land at the time of the filing the parcel map shall be determined by the City Council using one of four alternative methods. These methods are: 1) tax assessor valuation, if the land has been assessed within one year; 2) sale price of land, if sold within the last five years; 3) the sale of comparable properties; or 4) a land appraisal.
Since the property in question sold approximately 14 months ago, the sale price of the land is being used as the method to determine the property's fair market value. The applicant submitted the attached "Buyer Closing Statement" from the escrow office to show that the 24,454 square-foot vacant lot was purchased by the subdivider on June 12, 2002 for $805,000. Staff independently verified this transaction by consulting the L.A. County Assessor's data. Furthermore, in accordance with the City's Development Code, the inflation rate established by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for each year subsequent to the sale must be added to the sales price of the property. Staff has used the average CPI rate (shown in attachment) for the second half of 2002 (2002 half 2) and the first half of 2003 (2003 half 1) to calculate the subject property's current "fair market value" as follows:
July 1, 2002 – December 31, 2002 = 1.9% CPI
January 1, 2003 – July 31, 2003 = 2.5% CPI
(half 2 of year 2002 (1.9%)+ half 1 of year 2003 (2.5%) / 2) = 2.2% (average)
$805,000 x 2.2% = $822,710
Using this adjusted sale price as a market value ($822,710), Staff calculated the per-acre value of the .56-acre property as $1,469,125 per acre (.56 acre at $822,710 = 1.0 at $1,469,125). Based upon the market value, the calculation for the Quimby park fee for this project is as follows:
Market Value of the subject property (per acre) $1,469,125 / acre
Multiplied by: Parkland Dedication requirement 0.0140 acre per dwelling unit
Multiplied by: Number of Parcels 2 parcels
Equals: $41,135.50
Thus, Staff recommends that the total amount of $41,135.50 be paid in lieu of land dedication since Staff believes that the dedication of 0.028 acres of land (.0140 x 2) in this area is not feasible. Staff consulted with the applicant regarding the fee and he has indicated that he will pay it prior to final map recordation.
Based upon the discussion above, Staff recommends that the City Council accept the parkland dedication (Quimby) fee of $41,135.50.
The following alternatives are available for consideration by the City Council:
Respectfully submitted:
Joel Rojas, aicp
Director of Planning, Building
and Code Enforcement
Les Evans
City Manager


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New London — Contract negotiations between Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and the union representing 800 nurses and technicians scheduled for 1 p.m. today have been canceled, after the two sides failed to agree about whether the session would be open to union members.
Each side blamed the other for the impasse.
The union insisted that the session be open to its members, while the hospital wanted participation limited to the two negotiating teams.
"By taking this position, the union is showing it is more focused on theatrics and grandstanding than it is on negotiating," hospital spokesman Mike O'Farrell said in a statement Monday night. "Given the seriousness of the situation, we are deeply disappointed by this development."
He said the union's refusal is "unlawful" and that the hospital would file an unfair labor practice charge against the union for "failure to negotiate in good faith."
AFT Connecticut spokesman Matt O'Connor said in his statement Monday night that a "closed" session would shut members out at a crucial time.
"We have been clear on this point," he said. "We cannot agree to further disenfranchising our members and allowing (L+M's) record of false claims and mischaracterizations of the issues being discussed to continue."
He said the union's negotiating committee members plan to be at the Best Western Olympic Inn in Groton at 1 p.m. as scheduled, and expect "a large crowd" of nurses and technicians "to be there to witness what we sincerely hope will be a session attended by (L+M's) representatives."
The session would be the 16th since contract negotiations began. Nurses and technicians began a four-day strike Nov. 27, nine days after the last contract expired, but were not able to return to work after the strike because of a lockout the hospital had previously announced. The hospital said the lockout was necessary because of threats of intermittent strikes that the union denies. Since the strike, the hospital has been staffed by 150 to 250 replacement nurses and technicians.
The union wants the hospital to pledge to let nurses and technicians move with their jobs if outpatient departments are moved out of the main hospital to L+M affiliates. L+M is offering to guarantee not to transfer jobs in acute care areas only, and would provide six special benefits and programs such as retraining and severance pay to any nurses and technicians displaced by future transfers.
O'Farrell said the cancelation of the talks means the lockout, in its eighth day Monday, will continue.
"We want our employees back," he said, adding that will not happen "until the union is ready to resume focused discussions."
O'Connor said the union hopes L+M representatives come to today's session after all, and that they will be "ready to work to reach a mutual resolution on the patient care delivery issues at the heart of this crisis."
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Literature relating specifically to flowers has its origins in classical and medieval herbals, which emphasized the botanical/medical aspects of flowering plants, while floriculture forms part of practical horticulture. Both types of flower book are generally characterized by their use of illustration for instruction and identification. One genre of flower book, the florilegium, consists almost entirely of illustrations, with little or no text. Special Collections holds over 200 titles relating specifically to flowers and floriculture, printed between the late sixteenth and the late nineteenth centuries. Over half of this collection consists of American works published between 1830 and 1900. The remainder is European, with British and French works predominant.
Besides monographs on flower gardening, floriculture in nineteenth-century America may be studied through the catalogs of seed and nursery establishments, particularly those well known for flower seeds, such as Joseph Breck & Sons, Briggs Brothers Company, John Lewis Childs, Dingee and Conrad Company, and James Vick. Although no American magazines on floriculture existed prior to 1870, all horticultural periodicals devoted some space to the subject, notably The Horticulturalist and Vick's Illustrated Monthly . Toward the close of the century a few magazines appeared, such as The Mayflower , devoted wholly to floriculture. Special Collections has an extensive collection of these publications.
A sub-genre of the flower book is the literary or moral tract on the language of flowers. Although consisting almost entirely of sentimental poetry and essays on the moral and religious significance of flowers, these popular works often included illustrations of flowers, a few rather elaborate, and had some influence in popularizing the cultivation of flowering plants. Special Collections holds over 100 titles relating to flower language and flowers in literature, principally published between the decades of 1830 and 1880. These illustrate the tastes and preferences in the flowers grown during this period.
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Congratulations to another state recognizing the right of same-sex couples to marry after voter approval – Maryland joins Maine and Washington as civilized states in our union. Happy 2013 to the Marylanders ushering in a new era of civil rights for its residents. (Baltimore Sun):
Shortly after 12:30 a.m. New Year's Day, not long after fireworks had erupted at the Inner Harbor, James Scales and William Tasker kissed in the ceremonial room of Baltimore City Hall — sealing their new marriage as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who'd just officiated the ceremony, looked on.
Then Scales, a manager in the mayor's office since William Donald Schaefer was in charge, threw up his right hand, Tasker beamed, and the room erupted in cheers.
"It just means a lot to be able to spend the rest of our lives together, and legally," Scales, 68, said of his marriage to Tasker, 60, his partner of 35 years.
And, as we've seen time and again when marriage equality blooms, the world survives, heterosexual marriages continue (and don't fall apart any faster than they would have otherwise), procreation and family-building continues.
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One-Year Non-Residential Training Program
September 27, 2014 - July 18, 2015
with Ryushin Paul Haller, Keiryu Liên Shutt, Konin Melissa Cardenas, Zachary Smith and Kyoshin Wendy Lewis
Apply by September 24
This one-year, experiential training program is designed to help participants develop a sustainable daily meditation practice and mindfulness of body, mind and emotions during everyday activities and relationships. Some meditation experience would be helpful but it is not essential. We will engage the modalities of meditation, yoga, sensing, and mindfulness of activities, and explore practice themes in dyads, triads and small groups. All of these methods will enable us to apply the principles of Zen Buddhist practice in our daily lives at home and in the marketplace.
See these articles on EPP:There will be three parts to the course:
2014 Interview with EPP alum
2013 Teacher Interview: Forming the Habit of Mindfulness
2013 Testimonials: What Former Participants Experienced
Saturday, September 27, 9:30 am – 4:30 pmFirst Trimester
Thursday, October 9, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, October 18, 1:15 – 5 pm
Thursday, October 30, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, November 15, 1:15 – 5 pm
Tuesday, November 25, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, December 13, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Establishing the fundamentals of practice
The emphasis will be cultivating meditation postures, body awareness, and the ability to bring awareness to our daily activities through a series of mindful exercises. These practices will be continued throughout all three trimesters.
Second Trimester
Saturday, January 10, 9:30 am – 4:30 pmExploring self and relating to others
Thursday, January 22, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, February 7, 1:15 – 5 pm
Thursday, February 19, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, March 7, 1:15 – 5 pm
Thursday, March 26, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, April 11, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Through attention to the habits of thought and feelings, actions and reactions in our own being and in our interpersonal interactions, we will explore how these arise in everyday situations and learn ways to practice with them.
Third Trimester
Expressing practice in our life
Saturday, May 16, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday, June 4, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, June 20, 1:15 – 5 pm
Thursday, July 2, 7:30 – 9 pm
Saturday, July 18, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Discover how the insights that we're realizing through practice can be expressed and embodied in all aspects of our lives and how the cultivation and practice of intention can support this.
Participants will be expected to:
Registration deadline: September 24, 2014
Please mail or deliver: 1) the completed registration form, 2) full tuition payment for the first trimester, 3) your personal statement and 4) a recent photograph to:
San Francisco Zen Center
Attn: EPP 2014 Registration
300 Page Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
If you have any questions about financial assistance, work-exchange, payment arrangements or any other matters related to the application process, please call Kim Koei Hart in the City Center office at 415-354-0386 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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5'5"...Started playing golf at the age of 11...Credits her parents as the individuals most influencing her career...Hobbies include shopping…Qualified for the Tour with her fifth-place finish on the 2005 Futures Tour season-ending money list.
LPGA Tour Victories (2)
• 2010 Sybase Match Play Championship
• 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
2014 in a Nutshell
• 26 events, 18 cuts made, $261,351 (61)
• Season-best finish was T8 at the 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
Career Highlights:
• 25 events, 20 cuts made, $383,748 (39)
• 5 top-10 finishes including season-best tie for fifth at the Wegmans LPGA Championship
• Finished 19th in putting average (29.46)
• Won her first-career major championship and second-career victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship where she also crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings
• 23 events, 22 cuts made, $781,587 (17); four top-10 finishes.
• Finished second in Greens in Regulation (75 percent).
• Finished fourth at the HSBC Women's Champions.
• Tied for seventh at the RICOH Women's British Open.
• Tied for seventh at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.
• Tied for 10th at the CN Canadian Women's Open.
• Tied for 12th at the Kia Classic and tied for 15th at the Honda LPGA Thailand.
• Tied for 20th at the Wegmans LPGA Championship.
• Tied for 23rd at the Avnet LPGA Classic.
• Tied for 25th at the US Women's Open.
• Tied for 28th at the LPGA State Farm Classic.
• Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Sybase Match Play Championship.
• Tied for eighth at the LPGA Hana Bank Championship Presented by SK telecom.
• Tied for 10th at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic.
• Posted a career-best tie for second at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons where she lost a three-way (with Angela Stanford) sudden-death playoff to Jiyai Shin.
• Tied for third at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge, where she tied a career-low with a 64 in the second round.
• Finished sixth at the HSBC Women's Champions and tied for seventh at the Wegmans LPGA.
• Recorded a tie for third at the LPGA Corning Classic.
• Carded a career-low 64 in the first round of both the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, where she tied for 16th, and at the LPGA State Farm Classic, where she tied for 12th.
• Crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by Banamex and Corona Light, where she tied for fourth and carded her first LPGA career hole-in-one in the third round.
• Also tied for fourth at the CN Canadian Women's Open and Kapalua LPGA Classic.
• Best finish was a tie for 17th at the Longs Drugs Challenge.
• Best finish was a tie for fifth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup.
• Competed on the Futures Tour, where she won the Betty Puskar FUTURES Golf Classic and ended the season with 10 top-10 finishes in 18 starts.
• Finished fifth on the Futures Tour season-ending money list to earn exempt status for the 2006 LPGA season.
• Turned professional in November.
• Yoo won the Korea Junior Golf Championship in 2001 and was a member of the Korean National Golf Team in 2002 and 2004.
• She finished second at the 2003 Senior High School Championship and in the amateur division of the Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Women's Open.
• In 2004, Yoo was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, won the MBC-Hanzen and Par-Max tournaments and finished fourth at the Women's World Amateur Golf Team Championship.
• 5'5"
• Started playing golf at the age of 11.
• Credits her parents as the individuals most influencing her career.
• Hobbies include shopping.
• Qualified for the Tour with her fifth-place finish on the 2005 Futures Tour season-ending money list.


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Just a week after landing a gig as a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight", Prince Michael Jackson is heading back to TV again—this time in a role on "90210". The Clicker reported that Michael Jackson's oldest son is going to have a guest spot on the popular CW show.
The young Jackson will play a trauma victim who bonds with a main character when the two realize how short life is in the series finale. In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight" host Brooke Anderson, the 16-year-old said he wanted to become a "well-rounded as a producer, director, screenwriter and actor." Looks like he's on his way. Prince Michael is scheduled to film his portion of the show this week. 90210 airs at 9 p.m. Mondays on The CW.


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Schreibsol Yes, you don't live in Cleveland and you don't get the games for free at home. Temp 72 Beer and Hot Dogs cheap and the CAN is a short walk away.....
Nobody believes we should draft Blackmon ahead of Richardson. But to save face in case of a trade, Mary Kay is trying to make us all feel better if it happens. Thanks Mary Kay, but I think we trade down.
e107stclair With a salary cap soooo much more money (you must be thinking of our baseball team) doesn't matter.
Mary Kay continues to beat a dead horse for news!
Cincy is 21st and they lost the Royals, can't support hockey, the Bengals are the team headed for Portland and...... Did you ever talk to a Reds fan that even knew they had a team before 1970. And Columbus has Ohio State and a hockey team that should move north. The Sporting News died when it lost the Box Scores and changed it's format. Who cares what they think!!!!
And they lost and let the State of Ohio down once
DeRosa is a career .982 fielder at 2nd base and a
weak .944 at third. My guess is Barfiled will
be traded and DeRosa is at 2nd.
I always felt we handled Tony Horton wrong.
But he is safe now. Most pro athletes are high
key, win orientated people. But they are just people, no matter how much money they make.
The rumors that were floating around about
Winslow and testicular cancer were all over
the internet. Surely Savage and Crennel heard
them and know Kellen Winslow is a volatile
individual. Were was his high priced agent
to calm him down. People are just people
and there was alot of false rumors that the
Browns were just going to sit on and wish aways.
Sure we can fine him and suspend him, even trade
him. But he was just a young man (who is super human on the football field) yet in life he is
very weak minded, as we have seen. He needed help
and no one was man enough to admit a big problem.
You can point the finger all you want but the
truth is we have a cancer on our football team and
it is not testicular. It is time the Browns start
communicating with it's people and not try and
hide the truth. If you though by hiding the truth
better players would come, forget it. Nobody,
will want to play in Cleveland now!
The Dad died 20 years ago!!
I have to beleive that Jim Brown was right. As great as Davis was, so was Bobby Mitchell. Paul Brown's problem was he didn't use Bobby right and he had no one to spread the field. If we had Mitchell or if Davis lived Paul Warfield and Gary Collins with Mitchell or Davis would have made Jim Brown and the Browns unbeatable.
Who is Skip Hall and why is he allowed to write such garbage!
Show a little class!
The sad thing is that the AAFC was the better league. They outdrew
the NFL which was really slumping in the late 40's. The past is
immutable as such, yet in the present and in the future, the
accumulated works can be altered by the whim of time. Someday
the whim may forget the Dolphins and the Pats and focus on more
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COLUMBIA CITY — Property tax bills are due Tuesday for Whitley County residents.
However, according to County Auditor Jennifer McGuire, 72 properties received a tax bill for back taxes accrued during the last three years.
The difference in taxed amount comes from homestead exemptions filed incorrectly.
"The Indiana State code only allows an individual one homestead credit," McGuire said. "That is allowed for the primary residence only. It is not allowed for a secondary property such as a lake home or rental property."
Whitko Soccer Athletes will be completing in the 3rd Annual Indiana Elite North vs South All-Star Soccer Challenge Saturday. Indiana Elite will showcase all-stars from both Northern and Southern Indiana schools. The Junior Division starts at 9 a.m. and the Senior Division 12:30 p.m. at Danville Community High School's Warrior Stadium, in Danville, Ind.
Concerning Christmas shopping:
•I'm more than half done.
•Yes, I've started.
•Haven't even thought about it.
CHURUBUSCO — There was a large pair of shoes to fill coaching on the sidelines for Churubusco's football team.
Paul Sade stepped in to replace Lee Etzler in 2013 after several years as an assistant. Etzler had led the Eagles for 11 years, including two regional championships and at least a share of the Northeast Corner Conference title over the past four years.
Kindergarten students at Little Turtle Elementary School participated in Pumpkin Day activities.
Students enjoyed learning pumpkin finger plays, poems and songs.
They also weighed, measured, and explored pumpkins they received from their study trip to Fashion Farm Pumpkin Fantasyland.
Mable I. Blanchard, 91, of Richmond, Texas, passed away at 6:13 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at Cambridge Nursing Home in Richmond.
Born on March 28, 1922, in Columbia City, she was the daughter of Leland Edward Blew and May Ilean Blew.
On July 11, 1942, she married Melvin Hayes Blanchard at Hattiesburg, Ms. She was a custodian at Whitko Community School Corporation for 22 and a half years. She had lived in Columbia City until 2003, when she moved to be closer to her son in Richmond, Texas.
COLUMBIA CITY — A night to tempt the senses was all in an effort to raise funds and awareness for Leadership Whitley County (LWC).
The nonprofit organization held its annual Sip & Savor at Eagles Nest Event Center, Columbia City Thursday night.
Working to develop community leaders and engage local residents, LWC is responsible for producing ideas and concepts, such as the Splash Pad in Morsches Park.
"We want to give people the opportunity and the tools to better our county," said LWC leader Kelley Sheiss.
COLUMBIA CITY — Polling locations require more than a simple ballot box and voting booth.
To comply with state regulations, the county will invest in upgrading several locations throughout the county to be ready for primary elections in May of 2014.
Debbie Beers is Whitley County's clerk of the courts and oversees the voting process. She approached County Council members Tuesday to ask for funds up front in the work needed to make locations meet state standards.
KENDALLVILLE — Whitley County Rapids took home first place among eight teams at the Spooktacular Invitational held at the Cole YMCA in Kendallville.
There were eight teams that competed in the swim meet.
Several Rapids team records were broken. Hadley Snell swam 18.75 in the 25 butterfly to break the girls 8-and-under record.
Mykaela Crowell set three new team records for girls 11-12. Those times and events included: a 32.49 in the 50 backstroke, a 35.50 in the 50 breaststroke and a 1:12.16 in the 100 individual medley.
COLUMBIA CITY — Blue skies and mild temperatures are standing by for Saturday morning's Veterans Marathon in Columbia City.
In the fifth-annual event, athletes can expect temperatures in the upper 50s with partly sunny skies.
Online registration for the race closed at 11 a.m. today.
Defending champion Justin Gillette, who has won every Veterans Marathon since its inception five years ago, is looking to grab his fifth win this year.


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Keith Mellinger, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics, recently saw his co-authored research article Embedding cycles in finite planes published in the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. The article addresses graph cycles in planes, a topic that has been connected to certain soft-decision decoding algorithms for error-correcting codes.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
By virtue of winning the Region 5-AAAA title, the North Augusta High School football team earned the right to be the No. 3 seed in the Class AAAA, Division II bracket.
The only teams seeded higher than the Jackets are the undefeated No. 1 seeded Goose Creek Gators and No. 2 seeded Northwestern Trojans.
In the first round, the Jackets have drawn Laurens High School. The Raiders are owners of a 6-5 (5-2 Region 1-AAAA) record as the No. 14 seed, but the record is a bit deceiving. Laurens is led by a stout defense that has only allowed more than 28 points twice all year. The team forced six turnovers against JL Mann in a 43-14 win two weeks ago. Of the team's 43 points, 30 of them came off turnovers. Against Greenwood last week the defense held strong despite a 13-10 loss.
The offense is under the watchful eye of Jay Brannon, who was hired in the offseason to be the offensive coordinator. The team has three quarterbacks that have seen playing time, with sophomore Toby Jackson being the most recent leader. However, he exited the game against Greenwood and gave way to Quinn Suber – a player he had been in competition with for the job in the preseason. Against Greenwood, Suber completed only 2-of-4 passes, but rushed 33 times for 124 yards and a touchdown. Grayson Bailes has also seen playing time at the position throughout the year.
On the flip side, Jackson led the team in carries two weeks ago against JL Mann with 13 for 67 yards and a touchdown.
As such, there's no guarantee what offense will show up to the Jackets Nest on Friday night. Given the Raiders' injury woes and the fact that so many players have seen time throughout the year, it's likely that a quick hook may be in store. If the Raiders stall early on they may go with someone else in the backfield.
However, the opportunistic defense will be a difficult test for the Jackets. That said, given the explosiveness on the Jackets offense, it will be a difficult matchup for the Raiders.
With the North Augusta pass rush, including Brandon Maddox, Sebastian Hernandez, Ronald Williams, Brandon Thomas and Kyle Saverance, among others, clicking at the right time, the defense could wreak havoc. This is a defense that held the potent Dutch Fork offense scoreless in the second half, and their opponents' best output was against the JL Mann Patriots – who were winless on the year.
Scott Rodgers is the news editor at the North Augusta Star.
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Some surgical procedures are performed on an outpatient basis which provide convenience and shorter recovery times. Regardless of the kind of surgery you need, you can depend on the experience, technology and the caring staff at South Central Regional Medical Center.
If are you are planning to have gynecological surgery, call us for a tour of The Women's Place.
To schedule a tour or for more information about Gynecological Surgery, please call 601.426.4229 or 601.426.4469 .