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Expanding International Business Opportunities - EDC-VC presents an all-day seminar at CLU
The Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County and its Small Business Development Center present an International business learning workshop Oct. 23 at California Lutheran University, Lundring Events Center in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, 60 West Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; the program runs 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The seminar will be divided into two sessions. The morning session will have a panel of industry experts to answer any export questions and share their collective knowledge on where to go to solve export issues. Panelists will cover topics such as logistics and documentation requirements; complying with U.S. export controls; financing; managing risks in International contracts; and offer other education and training resources. Panelists include Gerhard Apfelthaler, associate dean, CLU; Ray Bowman, EDC-VC/SBDC; David Habib, Esq., International Trade Counsel; Robert Krieger, Norman Krieger, Inc.; Donald Kurtz, City National Bank; and Brett Tarnet, Brett Tarnet Insurance Services.
At 12:30 p.m. there will be a luncheon presentation by keynote speaker Richard Swanson, Network Director, U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Pacific South Region. Swanson will discuss opportunities for expanding business' export markets.
The afternoon session, beginning at 1:30 p.m., will focus on utilizing EB5 to finance U.S. projects and create local jobs. Panelists include David Hirson, Esq., Fragomen and Aaron Goforth, Wright Johnson LLC. They will cover topics such as how to utilize foreign direct investment opportunities to fund new or troubled commercial enterprises; create additional U.S. jobs under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service EB5 program; and how to package your business for an effective EB5 raise.
Registration cost is $100, which includes training materials, breakfast and lunch. CLU student rate is $30. For more information, or to register contact EDC-VC at 805-384-1800 ext. 21, or email email@example.com.
The SBDC is funded by the SBA and provides professional business assistance at no cost to businesses. Participating businesses are required to follow a well-defined scope of work and report their economic successes. These SBA milestones are defined as job creation, increase in sales, capital investment, jobs retained and business started.
EDC-VC is a private, nonprofit organization that serves as a business-to-government liaison to assist businesses in Ventura County by offering programs that enhance the economic vitality of the region. For more information about the Small Business Development Center and loan, manufacturing outreach and international trade programs, contact Bruce Stenslie at 805-384-1800 ext. 24, or email@example.com. Or visit www.edc-vc.com.
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Nice Day at the Ballpark for a Game of…Frisbee?
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I was at Busch Stadium Wednesday for a story I'm working on (sometimes I love my job) and saw an interesting sight before the game against the Astros.
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Ben Hubbert, co-owner of Champion AC, is a former member of Special Operations in the Air Force, who's now committed to helping San Antonio reduce our community's demands on the energy grid. Visit championac.com or twitter.com/championac or call (210) 699-0022 for more information.
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Getting Your Ducts in a Row
Feels like fall outside, doesn't it? The change of season (even if it's temporary for now) is always a good time to start thinking about what's going on in your attic. The National Comfort Institute says about 80% of homes across the country have problems with air duct design. That means your air conditioning system, […] [Read More]
CPS Energy's 5 Steps to Reducing Energy Use
I got an interesting flyer in the mail this week from CPS Energy. It was all about the utility's STEP program, which sets a goal to cut down on energy usage each year. Turns out San Antonio met last year's goal – and actually exceeded it by quite a bit. That's good news. CPS Energy […] [Read More]
Get Money Back by Saving Energy
You've probably heard about all the rebates you can get for making energy-efficient upgrades to your home. Most of those rebates expire at the end of the year. But one – a very important one – does not. I'm talking about the CPS Energy rebate for air duct replacement in your home. You can save […] [Read More]
An AC Nightmare…Told in Pictures
Halloween is this weekend, so I thought I'd share a scary tale with you today. The following pictures are examples of what you should hope to NEVER find in your attic. Those are tangled air ducts and insulation that is barely existent. Pictures like those are sad to see. Unfortunately we see stuff like that […] [Read More]
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Statement of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar On the Passing of Park Superintendent Brian O'Neill
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar issued the following statement regarding the death yesterday of Brian O'Neill, longtime superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the San Francisco Bay area of California.
"With heavy hearts, the Department of the Interior family mourns the loss of one of America's great champions for our national parks and for the wise stewardship of our national treasures. As an architect of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and its superintendent for almost a quarter century, Brian O'Neill left an indelible mark on our landscape and on the millions of lives he touched through his service.
"Year after year, Brian found new ways to connect ordinary Americans with the wonder of our nation's history and our sacred places. Last year, more than fourteen million people visited the Golden Gate National Recreation Area from Tomales Bay and the Muir Woods to the Golden Gate, Presidio and Alcatraz Island.
"Deeply loved by the community in which he served and widely admired among his colleagues, Brian O'Neill's was, and will always remain, a legendary figure in National Park Service and the Department of the Interior. His big heart, infectious enthusiasm and talent at what he called "friend-raising" made him the perfect ambassador for the cause of conservation.
"My thoughts and prayers are with Brian's family, friends, colleagues, and the San Francisco community. May his example of stewardship and service always endure in the stories and places that he dedicated his life to enrich, protect, and preserve."
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Laurie Rudman suspected as much. Rudman, associate professor of psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, studies reactions to "counterstereotypicality." That is, she studies what happens when our stereotypes fail us, whether they are stereotypes about others or ourselves. What happens when we encounter a compassionate lawyer? An opera-loving trucker? A wild-and-crazy party animal of a certified public accountant?
Previous research led Rudman to conclude that negative stereotypes about feminism and feminists are widespread in the culture, even among young, educated women. This confirmed her anecdotal experience – and unsettled her.
"If African-Americans ridiculed and stigmatized Martin Luther King Jr., that would be really big news," Rudman said. "But this negative stereotyping seemed to be happening under the radar. And to find out that college women didn't know very much about Gloria Steinem and the other women who fought for the rights they enjoy … that was really hard to bear."
Having established that "feminism has a branding problem," Rudman and graduate student Julie Phelan set out to find out how much truth there was in the negative stereotype that feminist women were likely to have unhappy love lives.
Rudman designed two surveys, one for college sophomores administered in person to 513 students and one for adults between the ages of 18 and 65, taken online by 471 respondents. Both surveys asked how respondents felt about career women and whether they identified themselves as feminists. Relatively few did, though more women did than men. There followed a series of questions intended to the health of the respondents' relationships – quality, equality, stability, and sexual satisfaction.
Their study "showed that there was no correlation between self-identification as a feminist and homosexuality," Rudman said, and that feminists or people whose partners were feminists were more likely to be satisfied with the quality, equality, stability, and sexual satisfaction in their relationships than non-feminists or their partners.
The peer-reviewed journal Sex Roles accepted Rudman's work for publication (it's in press as we write) and issued a press release, which attracted the attention of a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, whose story ran on November 17. Within a few days, it popped up in papers in Australia and India, with headlines like this one from the Brisbane Times: Want a Happy Love Life? Marry a Feminist.
There also was considerable reaction in the blogosphere, much of which either praised or condemned the work on ideological grounds. Liberals tended to say they always knew that feminists had rewarding romantic lives; conservatives tended to say that Rudman was a feminist with an agenda.
Rudman is a feminist, and she is happy to admit that she has an agenda when it comes to deciding what to study and what questions to ask. Are feminists negatively stereotyped? Yes, her research indicates, they are. Are the stereotypes true? No, her research says, they are not. "I would never have done this if I didn't care about the image of feminism and about women's history," she said.


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As drone expert, P.W. Singer said, "At this point, it doesn't really matter if you are against the technology, because it's coming." According to Singer, "The miniaturization of drones is where it really gets interesting. You can use these things anywhere, put them anyplace, and the target will never even know they're being watched."
The Air Force is saying that so far only prototypes have been developed but, as we know, military technology is likely decades ahead of what is released to the public.
No amount of protest seems to be stopping the drone juggernaut, and it is clear that miniaturization of this technology is paramount; we are merely being acclimatized to what is on the way. Here are some surveillance and detection concepts already in operation, or under development:
- A group of smaller surveillance drones called NAV (nano air vehicles) or MAV already have been commissioned: mapleseed drones; sparrow drones by 2015, dragonfly drones to fly in swarms by 2030, and eventually a housefly drone. And if the reconstruction of nature doesn't pan out, nature itself can be hijacked using electrical impulses to create cyborg surveillance insects being studied at major universities.
- Nano sensors for use in agriculture that measure crops and environmental conditions.
- Bomb-sniffing plants using rewired DNA to detect explosives and biological agents.
- "Smart Dust" motes that wirelessly transmit data on temperature, light, and movement (this can also be used in currency to track cash ... and perform target tagging and assassinations). This has been admitted to having been developed over a decade ago.
- Nano-based RFID barcodes that can be embedded into any material for tracking of all products . . . and people.
- Devices to detect molecules, enzymes, proteins and genetic markers -- opening up the door for race-specific bioweapons, as mentioned in the Project For a New American Century's policy paper Rebuilding America's Defenses.
Laser-powered UAVs are powered by a laser transmitter which converts power from a primary source, such as a battery, generator or AC powerline, into a single-wavelength beam of light. These UAVs are capable of staying airborne for their entire lifecycle as this method of recharging avoids the need to land and refuel, which may also improve the lifecycle and maintenance costs as much of the damage incurred by UAVs occurs while landing. (Source)The obvious plan is to form an interconnected, autonomous fleet of surveillance. And according to the above video, we can expect lethality in addition to surveillance. The Air Force video lets on that this technology is an essential part of the future battlefield, presumably "over there;" however, as we have seen recently, Congress is fully willing to welcome drones to America . . . with drone strikes on American soil apparently not far behind. Seeing the form in which these "strikes" could occur based on the Air Force's own admissions, we would be unwise to dismiss any possibility.
As the drone race continues with massive investment, drone technology is quickly revealing itself to be a genie that may not have a bottle to which it can be returned. According to the 60-page must-read document National Nanotechnology Initiative 2011 Strategic Plan, 25 federal agencies are combining to create a nano-level surveillance matrix. Soon, it seems, there will no longer be anything in our field of vision to protest against.
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Overshoes - Dunlop Australia, Black Rubber Reg. No: SH 880770
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- Pair of woman's black rubber overshoes made by Dunlop Australia. Shiny rubber on vamp back and heel, scolloped edge on flat which is secured by single press stud with black jewel on top. Hand-writing on inside of sole.
The appearance of these shoes is reminiscent of early 20th century styles, but these shoes may be much later, in a retrospective style. Lassetters' Commercial Review, 1911 (reproduced as Australian in the Good Old Days) illustrates shoes of a similar style. Note that Dunlop first manufactured rubber boots in 1915 and used the name Dunlop Rubber Company of Australia Ltd from 1906 to 1929.
The Powerhouse Museum has a similar pair of galoshes made of moulded black rubber which it dates to 1945 - reg.no. 97/216/1.
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Denise Roth, a native of Berea, Ohio and a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, enters her fifth season as head coach for the BW cheerleading program. Roth earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University in 2009 and has been working in the automotive industry as a Quality Engineer since 2010.
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Just finished putting on the buttons for this baby sweater. It's for a friend of a friend who's due in September. The baby sweater pattern is based on the Child's Placket Neck Sweater pattern in Joelle Hoverson's "Last-Minute Knitted Gifts". The letters are taken from "Nursery Rhyme Knits" by Teresa Boyer. I love this baby sweater pattern obviously... you've seen it many times I'm sure.
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Cute sweater and very well made.
Cutie pa-tootie. You make the coolest baby gear! This one reminds me of the joys of knitting in the round.
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Sheridan Smith scoops Olivier award
Actress Sheridan Smith has won a prestigious Olivier award for her role as Elle Woods in the hit musical Legally Blonde.
She scooped the gong for best actress in a musical, with co-star Jill Halfpenny being named as best supporting actress.
Smith, who attended the ceremony with her father, thanked the show's creator for letting a "chav" play a rich American girl.
Speaking to the BBC, the 29-year-old said: "I was so gobsmacked and overwhelmed. This is beyond my wildest dreams. I'm baffled, but so honoured."
Smith is currently appearing alongside Sienna Miller in Flare Path, but described her time playing Elle as "the best 14 months" in her life.
Other winners included Roger Allam, who won the award for best actor and Adrian Scarborough, who picked up the prize for best actor in a supporting role.
We Will Rock You, which is based on the music of Queen, won the audience award for most popular show.
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Hello 5th Graders!
On Australia Day, January 26th, we all went out to eat at Darling Harbor's Blackbird Café . Right after we had dinner, Sydney had a fireworks display right outside the window of where we ate in honor of Australia Day (the equivalent to the 4th of July in the United States)! It was amazing. I was able to capture most of the finale on my digital camera.
Here it is! I hope that you will all enjoy it!
Good luck with the rest of your Australia unit in Social Studies and enjoy the rest of the school year! It was a pleasure to show you our experiences in "The Land Down Under"!
Until we meet, take care!
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Dreamtime 2009 Student Artwork
We have begun the part of the project where we write our own stories using a traditional way of story telling used by indigenous Australians.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Last Day in Australia!!!
Tomorrow is going to be our last day in Sydney. Luckily it's Australian Day here which is similar to July 4th back home. There are going to be lots of festivals, live music and fireworks to end the night. We've had an excellent time here in Australia and look forward to returning again hopefully sometime soon. We look forward to seeing you when we get back and uploading more pictures and videos for you to see. Hopefully you've enjoyed reading our posts because we enjoyed keeping you informed.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Cricket Game
Yesterday Drew and I got to go to our first Cricket game! Cricket is a very popular sport in Australia. We watched Australia vs. South Africa in a game that we thought would last a few hours, but it ended up taking 8 hours to complete! It reminded us of a high-scoring and faster paced baseball game. Some quick tid bits; the stadium holds 40,000 plus people and when purchasing tickets, the higher up tickets cost more because you can see more of the game and how it all plays out. Also we found it interesting that you are able to legally bet on the game in the stadium prior to the game starting. Growing up in the U.S., we idol football, basketball, baseball, etc. players as compared to here where kids grow up idolizing cricket players. It was an excellent experience getting to see such a popular sport over here in action! We had a blast! Hope all is well back home.
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Drew and Mike
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
A Walking Tour of Sydney (Continued)
Hello 5th graders! On our walking tour through Sydney, Australia Adrian also talked to us about the Sydney Opera House. According to Adrian, it took 15 years to construct and it cost 102 million Australian dollars! (By today's standards, it would have been 2.2 billion Australian dollars!). The design of the building was actually decided through a contest. Architects from all over the world submitted their ideas and Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, won! (They had a total of 250 entries submitted for the contest). These are the words of the winner regarding his unique design:
"I imagined peeling an orange and putting it back together."
The Sydney Opera House was one of the very first major buildings in the world that used computers to aid in the design process. The first year that the Sydney Opera House opened was in 1973.
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Koala Bear
We saw a Koala bear at the Wildlife Center. They actually are not bears but a marsupial. They eat eucalyptus leaves which are actually poisonous! They can eat them because they have very strong livers in their body to break down the poison! They are very slow moving animals and sleep about 20 hours a day! We even got to pet it! Click on the link to see a video and learn more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgHB6ZAE7kc Enjoy! Lacy
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A Walking Tour of Sydney
Hello 5th graders!
Wow, we have been so incredibly busy the past couple of days! So much has happened and we are all dying to share our experiences in Sydney with you all! Anyway, on January 18th we had a walking tour of Sydney, Australia. This is Adrian, our tour guide for the morning:
He is a student at New South Wales University and has been a resident of Australia his entire life! He is majoring in History. Anyway, he provided us with some extensively informative information about the Sydney Bridge.
The Sydney Bridge was constructed during the Great Depression from 1824 to 1832. According to Adrian, 16 people died during this construction of the bridge and it cost the country 14 million English Pounds! It was originally painted gray because gray was a cheap color (of course because it was the era of the Great Depression) and was finally paid off by the city in 1980. Another half million (Australian dollars) was spent later for the additional framing later. What we mean by that is the stone pillars on each side of the bridge. From the flag on top of the bridge to the water is 150 meters, but from the top of the stone pillars to the water is only 95 meters high.
Fact: Did you ever watch the movie Crocodile Dundee? The main actor, Paul Hogan, was a painter of the bridge before he became a famous movie actor!
Did you know that people can actually walk on top of the bridge? It costs $150 to $200 Australian dollars to walk on top of the bridge. They do this in groups of 10 to 14 people at a time. Can you spot some walkers in the picture above?
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Hey kids! Sorry it's been a while since we've really wrote to you. We've been so busy exploring Sydney and meeting new people. Sydney is amazing though, it's like New York with all the skyscrapers and people but it is so warm! yesterday a few of us went to the Sydney wild life exhibit and aquarium where we saw and got to touch koala bears and a blue tongue lizard. We also got to walk through an under water tunnel which was filled with beautiful brightly colored fish, the biggest sting rays we've ever seen and scary sharks! It was an experience which us girls will never forget, we'll be putting pictures up soon! In the harbor near our hotel we crossed a bridge and there were thousands of jellyfish in large groups which was an incredible sight! We have to take the transit system to get around here and at first we all had troubles finding what bus and train to take, but after being here for a couple of days we all have become more comfortable with it. One thing that I highly suggest you all do is try as many types of food that are offered to you. We have all tried so many different/weird types of foods that many of us being back in the states may have not been open to trying. Such foods include calamari(squid), kangaroo, croc, muscles, snow crab, baramundi, salmon, waddleseed shortbread and
prawns(not shrimp because thats what they feed the fish). For the next few days we are volunteering with two organizations. One deals with kids with dissabilities and the other with troubled teens called Tednoffs. A few of us were able to meet with some of the teens who were really nice and welcoming. We'll let you know how that goes as we are all excited for it!
Phyllisa and Jordyn
prawns(not shrimp because thats what they feed the fish). For the next few days we are volunteering with two organizations. One deals with kids with dissabilities and the other with troubled teens called Tednoffs. A few of us were able to meet with some of the teens who were really nice and welcoming. We'll let you know how that goes as we are all excited for it!
Phyllisa and Jordyn
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Bondi Public School
Today we went to Bondi Public School located next to Bondi Beach! We had a blast! For a few hours during the day we got to interact with kids roughly the same age as you! We mainly did a lot of outdoor activities and even got to learn the game of Cricket which is very popular over here. One thing we noticed is that the teachers walk around with sunscreen and make all the kids put it on everytime they go outside. Another thing that we noticed was that all the kids have to wear hats outside, otherwise they aren't allowed out. The reasons for both of these precautions is because the sun is so hot here during their summer season. It was hard for Drew and I to adjust to the heat, but the kids seemed to be doing just fine. I bet they probably couldn't handle the cold back home though like us Wisconsinites can!!! Today really reminded us of you guys and we hope you're having a good time back home!
Drew and Mike
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Greetings from Sydney
Hey kids! Yesterday we had our first free day in Sydney! We decided to try to see as much as we could in one day starting with the Harbor Bridge. It's the largest steel arch bridge in the World! Drew and I went inside one of the limestone pylons which was 95 meters above sea level. The view of the city was spectacular! After this we traveled through an area of Sydney called the Rocks. There were many stands with local artists and plenty of retail shops. Since we aren't the biggest shoppers, we decided to head over to Bondi Beach and catch some rays! The water was crystal clear, but we shared it with thousands of people. This is one of the most World renowned beaches and at first glance you could tell why. After we were nice and crispy, we decided to head back and get our favorite snack here, a kabob. A kabob is the same as a gyro except it is Turkish. Throughout the entire day there wasn't a cloud in the sky which helped make the day a complete success. Hope all is well and hopefully you recieve our box of sunshine!
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By clarencecarter | REVERSEBLOG: the reverse shot blog May 23, 2006 at 5:24AM
As the film movies around the country, we'll be posting reviews of A Lion in the House here for your perusal.
Coverage for the Columbus screenings at the Wexner was lovely:
Columbus Alive (weekly) feature
Columbus Dispatch (daily) feature
Coumbus Dispatch review
And we received a small mention in the Village Voice last week. (Not to get all CZ on detractors, but how can anyone who's seen the entirety of this film argue that it doesn't take into account issues of race and class?)
Also, a terrific comment on an earlier post from one of our readers who caught it at the Makor this past weekend. No question this is a tough film, but it's also immensely rewarding.
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Thank you Dave. You make a point that needs to made over and over. Its really simple. Your name is your word. Only say online what you are willing to say to another person inperson. Post in manner in which you would like to be spoken to as well.
This needs to happen for two reasons:
The 6% not collected from transaction at online-only stores like Amazon allow these transactions to undercut local businesses. MI then loses tax revenue and also personal income generated by MI businesses when shoppers buy online tax-free.
It will also close a funding grap for public PK-12 education.
This needs to happen. the 6% not collected by online-only stores like Amazon, allow them to undercut local businesses taking not only taxes but income out of MI local economies.
Great piece Monica. GRPS does have its share of schools that can match Charter performance. You should look into the MAPs at North Park Montessori. We are pretty competitive with Excel.
Teachers like the MAP tests as it is a more accurate measure of student performance than the MEAP because it adjusts in realtime based on the response. It also provides a normalized mean result. This is useful for planning individual learning plans. It is also useful to identify gifted an talented kids.
Shouldn't this article be tagged 'Art' and 'UICA'?
Great to see the coverage but why is this article not tagged 'UICA, Film, Documentary, Grand Rapids, Downtown Grand Rapids,Movie'?
@Todd--Not every 'Art' related article is about artPrize. Its now 6 weeks since an article has been tagged 'Art' But I could find 6-8 that are visual art related across your site easily within that time frame.
I would argue that you don't have a system. Many articles have no tags, some have only one. This an issue across the mlive site with education , business, development, design as well as entertainment. A good best practice on tagging would mean mlive would be using 2-5 pre-determined tags in a consistent manner across authors and subject matter.
This article should be tagged at a minimum : UICA, Art, Grand Rapids, Downtown, Grand Rapids, ArtPrize.
I am a subscriber and a constructive supporter of mlive. I just want you do what you are doing better and reach a broader audience.
Yes, the GRSAF was instrumental in collecting community donations to fund education consultants for the GRPS Montessori Program in 2011. A year later and we have a renewed commitment from the GRPS for PK-12 Montessori education. Thank you ro Susan Heartwell and her staff for their help.
It's always good to see contemporary art coverage on mlive.com but why is this article only tagged 'ArtPrize'? There have been a number of articles in print and online since mid march but none of them have been tagged 'Art'. why not 'Art', 'Design', 'Downtown Grand Rapids' along with 'ArtPrize'. It will broaden your reader base.
It's good to see coverage like this on mlive. Have you thought of using tags like 'social entrepreneur' , 'design', 'design for good', sustainability to expand the reader base by linking together seemingly unrelated articles? Might reveal some interesting regional trends in our creative and practical thinking as a design center.
Great idea, thanks for covering it . To expand readership would be great if MLIVE would use more tags on articles like this that crosses several categories if content. In this instance, I would think tages like 'social entrepreneur' , 'design', 'design for good', 'detroit', 'steelcase', 'michigan women's foundation' etc. would allow your editors to group seeming unrelated articles in interesting ways.
I will have to disagree. I was raised here and have left only to return several times at different stages in my life and could imagine leaving again at some point in the future. Not out of a dislike for the region but because a healthy sense that GRMI is no the only place in the world. This place has a lot to offer but it does not have everything.
@Zane: The point you missed though is that Burch LEFT the region and then came back to settle in Holland and commute to GRMI. You can't discount expertise or experiences gained by leaving town and then returning at a later date to contribute in ways not possible if one had stayed put.
I would like to see more reporting on returning 30/40 somethings an their impact on the community.
When I travel to other cities like NYC, LA or Chicago, I love the variety and quality provided by food trucks and street vendors. A food truck would have made a killing during last Sunday's 4 for free museum day in downtown #GRMI.
Hi Monica,
Thanks for covering GRPS theme school programs. You forgot to mention the PK-12 Montessori offerings which are some of the best in the region. My children have attended for the last 5 years and we are very happy with GR Montessori @North Park. Superintendent Neal recently made a $250K professional development commitment to expand the program over the next 5 years. Learn more at: http://www.grpublicschools.org/montessori
This is a good move by the GRPS BOE and it shows their positive evolution as a working group. From those I know in the district, Ms. Neal is held in high regard. As a GRPS parent, this action puts me at ease moving forward with the Superintendent search process. It will make for level-headed deliberation, knowing we have a person who is working with our school communities in this key leadership role.
@virgo girl: The search process is expected to cost $10-25K. As long as the BOE uses these funds to make an enlightened choice, its money well spent.
I will miss this patron of the Arts and Education. He understood what a community needed after food, shelter and clothes.
@phileksa The photo that accompanies this article is from North Park Montessori. There are a number of BOE members who support the Montessori program in the GRPS. Geitzen, Baker and Falb have children in the program. Maureen Slade is a former Montessori teacher. If you wish to advance Montessori education in the GRPS start with them.
Vote YES for the sinking fund. It's something practical and direct way that citizens can support their schools and keep more pr student dollars in the classroom.
Sorry but what is the point here? Even as child, 40 years ago, my parents bought school supplies. This is a very devise piece of reporting. Why not have a larger discussion of what does it really take to fund public education, engage parents to participate, creative ways of solving this problem, what PTA organizations do to bridge this issue, etc.?
@bluemoontwo: Having participated in the GRPS Montessori Task Force for the last 2 years I can tell you every school gets the same per pupil allotment regardless of the program even Montessori. We advocate for classroom configuration, the methodology and teacher credentials and overall program format. In any specialized program, typically it is an engaged parent community that raises funds for teacher training, materials and other resources to meet a program's specific needs.


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The frost during this cool spell was hit and miss. Much of Vermont got below freezing Tuesday morning, but some areas escaped a freeze, barely.
It got into the mid-30s around Burlington. Some clouds Monday night helped temperatures stay just above freezing.
Had skies been clear, more heat would have radiated out to space, and it would have been colder.
As Vermont gardeners know, the date of spring's last frost varies greatly. The average last frost comes around the end of April right near Lake Champlain, and in early June in many chillier valleys of the Northeast Kingdom.
On average, the area around the National Weather Service office in South Burlington, at least, has its last frost of the spring on May 7.
I'm beginning to think much of the Champlain Valley has already had its last frost of the season, but we obviously can't be sure. Frost is possible in the Champlain Valley anytime through the end of May.
It will be cold again Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, with some scattered frost and freezes around. Just to be safe, I'd keep sensitive plants indoors until after Wednesday morning, even in the Champlain Valley. Just in case.
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Here are some more notes, nuggets and tidbits of information all things Georgia Bulldogs, statistically speaking of course. For the most complete information on a specific upcoming game please checkout the individual sport and game you are looking for on www.georgiadogs.com.
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|Mark Richt has 99 career wins as head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. Two other head coaches have won over 100 games for the Dawgs: Vince Dooley (201) and Wallace Butts (140). With a victory over Tennessee this weekend, Coach Richt would reach 100 faster than any other Georgia football coach.
(this is Richt's 11th season and 136th career game)
(The Georgia Bulldogs 100th win came in 1921 during a 27-7 victory over Furman)
(Arkansas has 1 but they were not in the SEC then... also Auburn has 1 as well, but they had 2 coaches with 99 including former Georgia player Pat Dye... Coach Dye had a chance to win 100 but with 3 games left, he tied Arkansas then he lost his last 2 games... one against the Dawgs and the other Alabama.)
Coach Richt is 6-4 all-time against the Tennessee Volunteers. He also has 3 wins in Knoxville. Both of these win totals are the most by any head coach in Georgia football history.
As Georgia faces Tennessee, one storyline that will be said time after time will be Volunteer Head Coach Derek Dooley being the son of former Bulldog Head Coach Vince Dooley. The Dawgs have faced a Dooley twice before as an opposing team head coach and won both times. Last season, Georgia defeated Derek in his first season in Knoxville and in 1971, Vince defeated his brother Bill Dooley when he was the head coach of North Carolina in the Gator Bowl.
Once again, looking at the stat sheet from last week, I notice Isaiah Crowell went over 100 yards rushing. He was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the 3rd time which ties the most by a Bulldog in that category (see my article from 9/30 for complete list). But more importantly what I noticed was after 5 career games, Crowell actually has better stats than another freshman. Now there will never be another Herschel, but its still fun to look at this rushing comparison through first 5 games.
(Now in game 6, Herschel had his highest career rush yard total when he had 283 against Vanderbilt.)
Also in an offensive comparison between a freshman and a super standout. Malcolm Mitchell has put together a fine season as well. He leads the Dawgs in receptions and is tied-for-4th in the SEC in that category. But here is what he is done compared to a recent great wide receiver for the Bulldogs. This is what both did receiving wise in their first 5 career games.
One player on offense that is definitely not a freshman is tight end Orson Charles. One of my previous articles, I mentioned that he was climbing the charts on Georgia tight ends under Mark Richt. Now if you look at it updated you will see a name on top or near the top on all the lists.
On defense, Michael Gilliard has certainly made a name for himself. Due to injuries, he found himself as a starting middle linebacker and he hasn't disappointed his team. Gilliard is tied for the lead on the team in tackles with 28 including 2 ½ for loss. He had just 15 tackles in his first 2 seasons (22 games) combined. In his last game against Mississippi State he had a career-high 9 tackles which is more than he had in his entire freshman season (7) or his entire sophomore season (8).
Also in the last game both Jarvis Jones and Cornelius Washington each totaled 2 sacks apiece. It was the first time those players have had at least 2 sacks in a game. Several players have done at least that in a game under Mark Richt, but several have done it in more than one game. Here is the list that have had at least 2 sacks in a game the most under Mark Richt.
The beginning of the article, we talked about milestone victories. Well, the Georgia soccer program will be going for one of its own. If Georgia defeats Mississippi State on Friday or Ole Miss on Sunday (both games at home) the Dawgs will collect win number 200 in its school's history. Georgia has been playing girls soccer since 1995 and has finished with a .500 record or better in 14 of their first 16 seasons. Here is a list of other sports at Georgia and when they got their 200th win in school's history.
Football: 1938 vs The Citadel
(some records were not kept early, so some numbers may be off)
Georgia had a big SEC win on Wednesday over Auburn and they look for another win this Friday as they travel to Starkville to play Mississippi State. Both of these teams this week, Georgia has had a lot of success against. Here are the top-5 teams that the Georgia volleyball teams have their most wins against.
South Carolina --- 43 wins
Georgia sophomore Campbell Johnson just won the title at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational this week. Johnson, who hails from California has been a Peach State punisher as of late. As of freshman, he was just 5-4 against teams from Georgia (one of the losses came against his teammate Hernus Pieters). This season so far he is a perfect 4-0. Here is a breakdown team-by-team in his career against teams from Georgia.
Against Georgia State 4-0
|Former Georgia running back Kregg Lumpkin had a big game catching the ball for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win over the Indianapolis Colts during Monday Night Football. Lumpkin tied a career-high snagging 3 receptions for a career-high 25 yards (20 of those yards, were yards after the reception). The funny thing about the 3 receptions is that the one other time he had that many was his first career game in the NFL back in 2008 vs the Detroit Lions. The 15 games in between, he never had that many, but if you add them up those games you get a grand total of, you guessed it 3 receptions.
We go north of the border to find former Bulldog wide receiver Terrence Edwards. Georgia's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and TD receptions has had a pretty successful career in the Canadian Football League. Currently he is playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Here are his season stats so far and where he ranks among the leaders of the Great White North.
47 Receptions 14th
(In case you are wondering it is 1,623 miles from Athens, Georgia to Winnipeg)
|GEORGIA vs TENNESSEE BY THE NUMBERS
As I conclude this article... I take a look at this rivalry by looking at some important numbers and memories when the Bulldogs have faced the Volunteers.
401 Passing yards thrown by Eric Zeier in the 1994 game (1 of 7 400-yd pass gms for EZ)


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In 1983, Ernest Hook and Dorothy Warburton published their classic paper on Turner syndrome, in which they reviewed the evidence that a second cell line (46,XX or with a structurally abnormal X-chromosome) had a productive effect for the in utero survival. Now, over 30 years later in a remarkable paper, they revisit the issue and review data to suggest that all apparent 45,X surviving pregnancies are in fact the result of cryptic mosaicism with 45,X arising from miotic cell errors. They conclude that survival may well be dependent on the presence of the rescuing cell line being present in the placenta. The paper documents an extraordinary long-term dedication to a single prenatal question and the complementation of cytogenetic and epidemiologic expertise. ISPD congratulates Ernest Hook and Dorothy Warbuton!
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Cynical JOJO says that this is a ploy to remove even more Hernandez jerseys from the backs of their fans. How quaint, we can scrub the existence of our murederous TE by making/shaming our fanbase into buying more $100 jerseys with someone elses name on it!
I can guarantee that there was no plan in place to change this logo until that POS hernandez murdered that dude..
Old one's on the left, new one's on the right. This'll make everyone forget that Aaron Hernandez ever played for New England!
Also: does everyone with an old Pats jersey get a free trade-in now?
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The two finalists' small-scale models for the Newhall Roundabout Project are displayed at City Hall in the first floor lobby and allow the general public to contribute their vote as to which iconic art piece, M.L. Duffy's "Facing the Sun, Facing the Future" or Michael Clapper's "Western Reel," should be featured in the Newhall Roundabout. Voting is expected to end August 31.
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The Newhall Roundabout Art Project involves implementing a public art piece that will be the focal point at the intersection of Main Street, Newhall Avenue and Fifth Street. It is the City of Santa Clarita's first roundabout and it is proposed to be constructed as as a part of Santa Clarita's initiative to revive Old Town Newhall, according to city officials.
"We want residents to help us decide which iconic piece of art should be the centerpiece of Old Town Newhall's roundabout project. This intersection will serve as a southern gateway into the community, so we want something that reflects our past, present and future," said Mayor Bob Kellar.
Michael Clapper's "Western Reel" is a mammoth and enormous film strip sculpture commemorating Santa Clarita's history of serving as a backlot for Western films, such as Gene Autry's Melody Ranch in Newhall.
Artist M.L. Duffy said his piece "Facing the Sun, Facing the Future" is an adage to Santa Clarita's past and future and draws its influences from Newhall's first residents, the Tataviam indian tribe in 450 AD.
"I was blown away by how nice Santa Clarita was, and by creating a modern, contemporary version of the Tataviam home, I was hoping that the Newhall roundabout piece becomes a subconscious marker or indication of the sense of being at home or arriving at home," said M.L. Duffy.
The city's arts commissioners will request approval by the City Council for the final artist selection which will occur on Oct. 8.
"Ultimately, the arts commission will select the proposal and City Council will ratify it, but community input is very important in this particular project," said Jeff Barber, City of Santa Clarita's Arts and Events Supervisor.
"We'd like the public's input on the Newhall Roundabout project because it is essentially a public piece," according to his statement.
Online voting is additionally available. To vote online, click here.
The Newhall Roundabout models and voting box are located at the first floor lobby of City Hall. City Hall is located at 23920 Valencia Blvd #120 Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
KHTS AM 1220 was not able to reach Michael Clapper for comment.
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"I've seen crazier (expletive) than this. Floyd Mayweather got to decide when he went to jail. But this kid on an assault charge couldn't come out and fight today when he would have gone back to jail, I would have bailed him out, I would have flew him to Des Moines, Iowa to face the charges down there. I was willing to do anything and they dragged me out and played games with me all day."
"There's no doubt he's responsible for the situation, but again he's got a completely different story. We all have different stories when we're in trouble, but I was trying to help him."
"It's a big deal to him. This kid isn't Jon Jones or Rampage. Do you know what losing this purse means to a kid like Jeremy Stephens, it's a huge blow. This is how these guys make a living, this is how they feed their families. He spent money to get to this fight, money he probably didn't have and now he's really screwed cause the fight didn't happen."
"Jeremy's in a whole other world of trouble. That guy might be in Des Moines, Iowa for the next two years. I'm telling you I've never seen a situation where a guy couldn't get out on bail for an assault charge. He didn't kill three people, he didn't murder 20 people in three states, he's not wanted for any horrible crimes, it's an assault charge," said White.
"He's in big trouble, so I don't know what's going to happen to Jeremy."
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Terrible situation. Hope it works out for him. Being charged with assault and battery is no joke. I can speak from experience from when I was younger. It's just not worth it.~Bob'O
what happen to innocent until proven guilty?? This guy is not a flight risk as hes in the UFC.
stupid system
It's easy to say "it's not worth it" after it's done. Rational thought seldom comes into play in times of anger.
HerpAtwerp, Actually it's called being young and learning from your mistakes you dumb ass. Shut your self-righteous pie hole bro. ~Bob'O
You're the only one being self-righteous. He wasn't insulting you either. Clearly rational thought very seldomly comes through your head.
Yeah, Hide behind your fake name you gutless turd. You're too stupid to comprehend rational thought.
Now get back to your deviant lifestyle you sicko. 😉 ~Bob'O
Let him rot in jail, shouldn't let him out . Would you let me out if I were in jail… don't think so
Uh, I see another problem for Stephens. I don't know anything at all about his situation, the charge, the warrant, or the circumstances, but if I were sitting where he's sitting, I wouldn't be excited in a happy way about having Dana White negotiating with the police/sheriff/court/whoever he says he's been dealing with. It kinda sounds like these were the kind of negotiations where Dana calls people "bro" and says "fuckin'" a lot, and it doesn't sound like it went very well, and now Dana's basically trashing these people in public, accusing them of malfeasance and dishonesty.
When he then predicts that Stephens is "going to have a rough time" when they get their hands on him, I think, well, yeah. They don't like him? Maybe they don't like him because he left their jurisdiction with a warrant and then it turned out he had a fast-talking rich guy with a dirty mouth who wanted to throw his clout and his money around to get his boy some special treatment.
"Special treatment"? You mean bail?
If he has a warrant for assault and battery or whatever, he needs to deal with it. That said, if you spend some time watching Court TV or are familiar with legal proceedings you will begin to notice that the D.A.'s office can be every bit as malicious and dishonest as the people that stand accused.
I'm not even saying you're wrong about Dana's "help", I would just suggest to anyone to do your best to stay as far away from that kind of mess as possible. Make good choices and don't place yourself in potentially bad situations.
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Air America Radio may have tried and failed to use washed-up comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Al Franken to make liberal talk radio work, but their rule seems to be that if first you don't succeed, flop, flop again. When wacky radical Randi Rhodes resigned over a nasty and profane denunciation of Hillary Clinton, Air America replaced her in afternoon drive time with ... Roseanne Barr.
And in no time flat Roseanne behaved like Roseanne. On April 28, she suggested leftists should ignite riots at the Democratic convention in Denver. "We should, a bunch of us, go there and repeat the Democratic Convention from Chicago. Like, let's just cause a bunch of trouble!" There's even a leftist group called "Recreate 68" building up the rioting nostalgia.
"Recreate 68" is no joke. It is trying to draw a raucous crowd: "Join us in the streets of Denver as we resist a two-party system that allows imperialism and racism to continue unrestrained." These troublemakers live to get arrested.
Is it newsworthy that Recreate 68 is talking about real violence at a national political convention? The Fox News Channel thinks so. The local media in Denver have covered this as well. But CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC? Not a peep. Nothing in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today. The New York Times had a mention, at the bottom of an article. "Recreate '68" is a concept they just don't want to acknowledge. None of these outlets noticed Roseanne's comments, either.
But what happens when a conservative talk show host talks about -- comments on -- this same subject, and does so not seriously, but humorously? On April 23, Rush Limbaugh declared that protesters making a scene in Denver would wake up America to see how the Democrats are dominated by the far left. He said, "Now, I am not inspiring or inciting riots. I'm dreaming. (Singing to the tune of 'White Christmas') 'I'm dreaming of riots in Denver.' Remember 1968? And which party did that? It was the radicals in that party, the anti-war radicals, the same bunch of clowns that are running around defining the Democrat Party today."
What happens is that in some quarters, all hell breaks loose. The local media in Denver quickly declared that Rush Limbaugh was rooting for violence, although some outlets like the Denver Post put the whole statement in its proper context, that Rush clearly said he wasn't inciting riots. Local TV stations took polls to underline the outrage. Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado sent an angry letter to Clear Channel radio (which airs the Limbaugh show in Denver) asking for them to "reprimand" Limbaugh for talking up violence.


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According to Gadol, TeamCFA is a network of charter schools. Schools in the network gain access to startup funding, grants, training, services and the Core Knowledge curriculum. At the conclusion of her fellowship with TeamCFA, Gadol will be able to step into a leadership position in any of the network's schools.
"I want to help the school (LLCA) develop and produce a high school that can have students that are competitive applicants to any college they want to attend," Gadol said.
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Gadol's background in classical education began at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (TJCA) where she taught for 12 years. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia where she majored in statistics. During her time at TJCA she taught AP statistics, logic, geometry, algebra 1, algebra 2, rhetoric and art. After that she joined the TeamCFA Fellowship Program.
"I actually had not really thought about doing that. I was very happy teaching but TeamCFA people appraoched me and Mr. Maimone (headmaster of TJCA) approached me and asked if I would be interested in doing this new program and I said yes," Gadol said.
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Christian doesn't have a particularly surprising or unusual etymology, but it is a good example of the care one must take when consulting a dictionary. If one looks up the word in the Oxford English Dictionary and then takes a casual read of the entry, one may be deceived into thinking that the word's use in English is surprisingly recent, dating only to the sixteenth century, and begin to wonder what English Christians called themselves before that time. Dictionaries are sophisticated references, and one must understand how the one you are using is edited before drawing conclusions.Read the rest of the article...
Hwæt You Say? (Redux)
Back in November, George Walkden published a paper on the Old English word hwæt and how it is used in in Old English poetry, most famously in the opening lines of Beowulf:
Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
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My previous post summarizing Walkden's article is here. But in a nutshell, Walkden says that instead of translating hwæt as an independent interjection "Listen!" "Lo!", as is usually done, that it is part of a larger exclamative phrase, "How have we heard the glory..." Walkden uses statistical analysis of the word's use in four works, three Old English and one Old Saxon, to make his case.
In his blog, Phenomenal Anglo Saxons, Peter Buchanan has challenged Walkden's statistics, saying that his results are insufficient to draw a general conclusion about how the word is used in Old English. For anyone interested in the topic, I highly recommend Peter's blog post. And if you're not especially interested in the Old English, but want to know what the heck a p-value is, you should also give it a read. It's one of the clearest explanations of statistical significance that I've seen. Not only does Peter walk through the mathematical process for determining p-value, but he explains exactly how the measure should and shouldn't be used.
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The name of the city in which I currently live is from the Mohawk word tkaronto, meaning "trees standing in the water." The name is a good example of how place names can shift geographically. It is not unusual for a name to start in one place and, over time, move to eventually become associated with a different place entirely. It also has a long-standing false etymology attached to it.Read the rest of the article...
If you look at terrific, the origin is rather obvious. The form, or morphology, of the word gives it away, although from its meaning you would never guess where it comes from. Terrific is from the Latin terrificus, meaning frightening. Despite it coming from classical Latin, terrific doesn't enter English use until the early modern era. The first writer known to use it is John Milton in his 1667 Paradise Lost. Milton uses it in the sense of frightening as he describes the creation and lists many of the animals that God has created:
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The Serpent suttl'st Beast of all the field,
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Speed is a word with a rather straightforward etymology, but one with several archaic meanings that may be surprising to some. It is from the Old English word sped, which, among other senses, carried the meaning of quickness, swiftness that we are familiar with today.
In Old English the sense of quickness was a secondary and rarer sense of the word. In the extant literature it only appears in the dative plural form spedum and is used adverbially to mean speedily. (In Old English the dative plural of a noun can function as an adverb.) For example, there are these lines from the Old English poem Genesis, 2033–35:Read the rest of the article...
Our current senses of sophisticated, meaning either refined, cultured or highly developed, complicated, are surprisingly recent. The application of the word to people meaning experienced, refined can only be dated to 1895, when it appears in Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure:
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Though so sophisticated in many things she was such a child in others that this satisfied her.
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Rafachat - vol. 79. Who cares about the AO? SA slam to start very soon! Bamos!
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So people are still whining?
IMO it was the best decision the court could make. And as you explained, it's not like he'd ever get out. I saw the relatives of the victims also seemed OK with that. So really don't see a reason to complain here.
And yes I remember the Dutroux case Hilde. Horrible.
It was the best decision the court could make given the laws that governed the case, not necessarily the best decision that could have been made if the court had complete discretion to devise a sentence.
The controversy is not over the decision the court made, but rather the laws. For me, the people of Norway and their elected representatives are the ones who get to decide what they want for their country.
Of course, people on message boards can voice opinions about it, and I suppose that is considered as "whining" by some who insist on "whining" about people who have opinions that differ from their own.
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Saddle Time & Good Scenery by J. Brad Hardin will explore the cruiser motorcycle lifestyle. (Yep, we've been looking for a cruiser columnist for a while, if you recall.) Brad's a lifelong rider: "My first motorscooter was a Moto Morini moped bought by my dad at Boswell's in Nashville. My first motorcycle was a 1981 Suzuki TS125, which I mutated into a cafe racer. No CB125 could beat me." He's also been involved in the local moto scene as one of the early employees at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson (though he no longer works there). He currently owns a 1977 H-D FXS lowrider, as well as a 2005 Buell XB9SX and a 1982 BMW R65.
The Long Way is written by you. Have you ever taken a long road trip and had lots of tales to tell? Well, now you can share them with our readers. We invite you to write up your experiences and send them to us. In this first edition, Rich Gardner tells us what it's like to ride straight to Massachusetts in a day—on a Ninja 250. Yeah, you've probably never considered doing that yourself, but it's certainly interesting to hear how it went. Submit your articles to firstname.lastname@example.com for consideration.
Meanwhile, I'm still getting used to being on two wheels myself. After being out of the saddle for many years, I succumbed to the habit of so many middle-aged guys: Buying the dream bike you couldn't afford when you were young. In my case, that's the Honda Hawk GT. No, you probably haven't heard of it. Imported for just a few years in the late '80s, it's now considered to be the original (modern) naked V-twin sport bike that preceded the models that Ducati, Aprilia, and Suzuki now produce. It was pretty trick for its time, and expensive—which made it a flop in the marketplace. And that all adds up to make it a bona fide "cult bike." More to come.
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It's that time of year - teacher's gifts! M has her last day of school tomorrow. We kept it simple with a lemon fresh twist. An IKEA glass jug, some beautiful yellow lemons and a bag of fine sugar will do the trick this year. M helped me assemble the packages and I created a tag. The tag says: "Have a refreshing summer". Fast, sweet, simple and doesn't break the bank.
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Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has filed a lawsuit to protect his "Johnny Football" nickname.
The Manziel family got a trademark on the name "Johnny Football" last fall.
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A&M is not a party to that lawsuit.
But A&M Vice President for Business Development Shane Hinckley told News 3 on Wednesday that: "The NCAA says Manziel can keep any earnings awarded from a civil judgement, as long as it was not an orchestrated event allowing money to pass to a student-athlete."
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