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Wright State University Staff Council Minutes
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The WSU Staff Council met on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 2:30 pm, in Room 267 University Hall.
Present: Council Members: Barbara Bullock, George Collins, Mary Healea, Joanie Hendricks, Fran Keeley, John Sheidler; and
Convener, Bill Rickert
1. Update on Classified Civil Service Reform (House Bill 187)
The Civil Service Reform Resolution will be going to the Board of Trustees for approval, which will permit consideration of changes to the classified hiring process, bumping procedures, and other possible changes to classified rules.
Fran Keeley distributed a summary from the Open Forums that were held on campus and at Lake Campus in October (attached). All classified and unclassified staff members were invited to attend. Presenters were Allan Boggs, Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, and Fran Keeley, Chair of the Classified Staff Advisory Council (CSAC). Many questions were asked and are on the attachment. Fran said the forums went well. The perception was that generally CSAC and USAC members believe that this whole process with be open, and that they will be included in any decisions made. However, there was some skepticism conveyed at the forums.
2. Staff Summit
It was noted that the Staff Summits held on campus were very well received. People were fully engaged and genuinely concerned about what goes on at WSU.
Concerning the Staff Summit at Lake Campus, the staff were supportive, but raised concerns about:
- Distance Learning at Lake Campus,
- Degrees getting watered down because of budget cuts,
- Lack of interaction with high school counselors,
- Steady and strong decline in enrollment at Lake Campus the last few years,
- State looking into the feasibility of branch campuses in Ohio.
3. Time Off Issues
A. Sick leave – There is a great disparity in the use of sick leave on campus. Some employees have had to use a lot of sick leave for legitimate reasons, while others have a huge amount saved up. There is concern that a significant number of employees abuse their sick leave or don't report it.
B. Short-term Disability – This issue is brought up by staff often, and further consideration is warranted. Questions were raised regarding who might come to Staff Council to discuss short-term disability, how many employees have less than six months of sick and vacation saved and therefore might want coverage, and costs.
C. Time off for bereavement is also brought up often. Now staff can use up to five days of sick leave for bereavement for members of their immediate famiy.
D. Time off for staff development and staff participation in governance might be enhanced through one or more of the following:
Possible policy changes.
There may be a staff survey asking about the ability to attend development and committee activities during work time, and about the value of participating in Staff Development Day.
The next SDD is scheduled for December 18, 2007. Bill Rickert will get from Albert Bondurant, Director of Organizational Development and Learning in Human Resources, a list of previous participants in SDD and the list for the one on 12/18/07. This list can be broken down by which areas/departments that the participants are from to get an idea of what areas are not participating.
4. Staff Concerns
Council members spent considerable time discussing various issues concerning the Office of Human Resources. Items discussed included:
- customer service issues – employees are not receiving timely responses on critical issues;
- USAC never received written responses to questions following an open forum that occurred in March, 2007;
- the appearance of no cross-training in the department (if someone is out for vacation/sick leave/conference--no answers at all); and
- voice mail does not indicate that representative is out of office for extended period of time.
Bill Rickert will talk to Allan Boggs about these problems.
5. Performance Impact
The online performance evaluation system, Performance Impact (PI) was brought up. It is being tested in many departments. It has been criticized by some since it creates a lot of work for supervisors, etc. Bill Rickert said that a decision on keeping PI has not been made.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 pm. The next meeting of the WSU Staff Council will be held on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.


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The First Annual Officer
Danny Martinez Jr. and
Deputy Dustin Duncan
Memorial Scholarship
Fund Co-Ed Softball
Tournament will be
October 8 at the Panama
softball fields. entry fee is
$100 per team. The tournament
will consist of
teams of seven men and
three women using 44 core
balls. Senior league and
Ultra 2 bats are prohibited.
There is a three home run
limit, home runs scored
after the limit will be
counted as singles. There
will be a home run derby
at noon.
Proceeds from the tournament
will be used to
fund a memorial scholarship
in the names of
Officer Danny Martinez
Jr. and Deputy Dustin
Duncan. The tournament
has been endorsed by the
families of both Officer
Martinez and Deputy
Deputy Dustin Duncan
lost his life in a motor
vehicle accident on
Highway 270, near Wister.
Deputy Duncan's patrol
collided with an oncoming
pickup truck, cutting short
the Deputy's life. His
watched ended February
4, 2008. He was 28.
Officer Martinez was
killed in the line of duty
while helping a mother to
retrieve her child from the
residence of her estranged
boyfriend. Officer Martinez
served for many years with
the Poteau, Panama, Shady
Point, Wister, and Fort
Smith Police Departments.
His watch ended on March
23, 2007. He was 33.
The Memor ial
Scholarship Fund Co-Ed
Tournament has been organized
to honor the memory
of both fallen law enforcement
officials by setting up
memorial scholarships in
their name in order for area
youths to further their educations.
For more information,
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Resident Evil 4 HD
Achievement Guide by OmegaMustard
Version: 1.0 | Updated: 09/28/11 | Printable Version
GAME: Resident Evil 4 HD By: Kenneth Stubbs (OmegaMustard) If you want to use this on your website or such, email me and ask first. This Document is copyrighted by me. The Resident Evil 4 HD Achievement Guide is Copyright (C) Sept. 27, 2011 Kenneth Stubbs If you liked the guide, click the recommend tab at the top of the page if viewing this on GameFAQs.com. Thanks. If viewing on Neoseeker.com - Rate the article in the upper left corner, thanks. If you would like to donate. I accept paypal.com donations. Just type in my email email@example.com. I appreciate all donations. Hope you enjoy the guide. My guides are only updated on Cheatmasters.com and Gamefaqs.com, so if you are viewing this on another site, it may not be fully updated. This Guide is sponsored by CheatMasters.com http://www.cheatmasters.com/blog/2011/09/28 /resident-evil-4-hd-achievement-walkthrough-guide/ *If you are looking for an achievement inparticular, just search the word* *Does Contain Spoilers, so SPOILER ALERT!* Contents -------- I. Achievement Overview II. The Achievements A. It Begins With a Ring B. Do Not Shoot the Water! C. A Rock and a Hard Place D. Secure the Ballistics E. A Bloodline Severed F. A Terrifying Assassin G. The Castellan Falls H. The Ties That Bind I. We're Going Home J. A Heart of Steel K. What Are They Worth? L. The S Stands for Stylish!! III. Closing Statements/Contact I. Achievement Overview ----------------------- Resident Evil 4 HD is on the Xbox Marketplace as a Games on Demand. For Playstation 3 it is on the Playstation Network as a downloadable game only. Resident Evil 4 HD currently has 12 achievements worth 1000 gamerscore. It requires at least 2 main story playthroughs and 1 playthrough of the Separate Ways Campaign to unlock all costumes. Each playthrough for the normal gamer should take anywhere from 8-10 hours for Normal mode and then tack a few more hours on for Professional. Separate Ways takes about 4-6 hours for the normal gamer. You must complete the game at least once on Normal to unlock all the other modes including Professional. There are different modes depending on your region like the German version doesn't include Mercanaries or the Assignment Ada but neither modes are needed for the complete 1000. When you reach the Merchant before the last boss, you can do all the bottle caps. You can do them earlier but not all target courses are unlocked until near the end. If you are having a lot of problems with certain bosses. Rocket Launchers are one hit kills on all bosses. Here is a speedrun playthrough of the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvkMkLCvZ6Q&feature=results_main &playnext=1&list=PLB755A584337B5453 II. The Achievements -------------------- A. It Begins With a Ring - Ring the mysterious bell. What happens after that, is up to you. 50G - When you get to the first village in the game. You will get attacked by all the villagers. You must defend them off for a bit of time until the bell rings to lure them away. *Note* Video is of the Wii Version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Px9hKAl7gg B. Do Not Shoot the Water! - Summon the master of the lake. Don't rock the boat. 50G - When you get to the part in the game where you see the Ganados throwing the bodies in the water for the big fish. You can either run up to the lake and shoot the water to get eaten to get this achievement or you can defeat the big fish and get it. Either way you must defeat the fish to continue with the story. *Note* Video is of the Wii Version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYH8qtNpg4o C. A Rock and a Hard Place - Outmaneuver the rampaging beast, El Gigante. 50G - Remember the dog in the bear trap at the beginning of the game. If you rescued him, it will make this fight a bit easier. You must kill this giant Ganado. You have to shoot him until he falls to his knees and then run up his back and knife the parasite that appears. *Note* Video is of the PC Version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DATao6-87c0 D. Secure the Ballistics - Rescue the president's daughter, Ashley. Afterwards, the real fun begins. 50G - This happens in Chapter 2-1 inside the Church. Nothing really special about it. E. A Bloodline Severed - Defeat the village chief in battle. 50G - This is the final boss of Chapter 2. You will fight him in the barn. He has two forms. Here is a video of how to beat him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sA9f_2EdUE F. A Terrifying Assassin - Turn the tables on Verdugo, the right hand of Salazar. 150G - You will fight Verdugo in Chapter 4. He is pretty much invincible unless you freeze him with the canisters that are scattered around the area. While frozen, just shoot him up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0PT9mES_U G. The Castellan Falls - Defeat Salazar, and make your escape from the castle. 50G - You will finally fight Salazar at the end of Chapter 4. You have to shoot the middle tentacle in the eye to get Salazar to appear. Then just shoot him up. There is plenty of ammo at the bottom floor if you need some. *Note* Video is of the Wii Version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw5Eglu2fUk H. The Ties That Bind - Defeat Krauser, your former partner, in battle. 50G - You will fight Krauser in Chapter 5. He may seem hard but an easy tactic to beat him is to flash him and keep knifing him. Your knife does the most damage to him. Full Krauser Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_sxNQYQmA Knife Trick *Note* Video is of the Wii Version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyeXkdx6NrA&feature=related I. We're Going Home - Defeat Saddler in battle, and escape from the nightmare. 100G - Saddler is the final boss of the game. You must shoot him until he collapses and then run up and stab him in the eye. Do this until Ada throws you a rocket launcher to finish him off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP09q-XrFe8 J. A Heart of Steel - Clear the game on the highest difficulty. 50G - You will have to complete the game on Normal first to unlock Professional difficulty. Mostly everything will kill you on Professional. A way to make it easier is to complete Separate Ways first. This will unlock Ashley's suit of armor costume making her invincible. She also cannot be picked up by the Ganados while in this costume making yourself the only person you have to worry about. K. What Are They Worth? - Acquire all of the bottle caps in the game. 150G - Once you get to the castle, you will notice the merchant will have a door next to him in some locations. This is a target shooting game mode. You must score so many points on each Trial to get all the bottle caps. All Unlockable Bottle Caps Ada Wong Score 4000 or more on Game Type A. Alternately, hit all of the targets on Game Type A Ashley Graham Score 3000 or more on Game Type A Bella Sisters Score 4000 or more on Game Type B. Alternately, hit all of the targets on Game Type B Don Diego Score 3000 or more on Game Type B Don Esteban Score 3000 or more on Game Type B Don Jose Score 3000 or more on Game Type B Don Manuel Score 3000 or more on Game Type B Don Pedro Score 4000 or more on Game Type C. Alternately, hit all of the targets on Game Type C Dr. Salvador Score 3000 or more on Game Type B Isabel 3000 or more points in Game D. J.J. 4000 or more points in Game D. Hit all targest in Game D except Ashley. Leader Zealot Score 3000 or more on Game Type C Leon with Handgun Score 3000 or more on Game Type A Leon with Rocket Launcher Score 3000 or more on Game Type A Leon with Shotgun Score 3000 or more on Game Type A Luis Sera Score 3000 or more on Game Type A Maria 3000 or more points in Game D. Merchant Score 3000 or more on Game Type C Soldier w/ dynamite,Soldier w/ hammer,Soldier w/ stun-rod 3000 or more points in Game D. Zealot with Bowgun,Zealot with Scythe,Zealot with Shield Score 3000 or more on Game Type C L. The S Stands for Stylish!! - Acquire all of the costumes in the game. 100G - You unlock all costumes by just completing the game on Normal and then completing Separate Ways. Normal Story - Leon's R.P.D. Uniform Ashley's Night Club Costume Separate Ways - Leon's Mobster Uniform Ashley's Suit of Armor II. 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Sea Wolf
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Tags: rock, indie
As Sea Wolf, Alex Brown Church has kept us ensnared in his world of gorgeously lush and longingly moody tales of gypsies, wolves, foggy coastlines, redwood forests, metropolitan nightscapes and precarious loves since his 2007 debut. With his new album Old World Romance, released in September on Dangerbird Records, Church continues the story, delving into new territory.
An NYU film school graduate, and northern California native, Church has always taken the auteur's approach to Sea Wolf, infusing his lyrics and imagery with his experiences from the romantic grandeur of the West to the old school classicism of the East. But while the scenes he paints in his songs reflect his dual penchants for dramatic natural landscapes and the headiness of urban life, under the surface they are most often about periods of change.
It was one of those periods that brought Church back to California to write and record Old World Romance, the third Sea Wolf album. While not confined to the concept of "home", it is in many respects a homecoming album, its creation coming after the songwriter returned to his artistic base after three momentous years away.
"Some significant things happened for me while I was living in Montreal, but life happens all the time to all of us," Church says. "A lot of the album is about facing realities, reconnecting with who you are. And a lot of that came from this complete sense of rediscovery of where I'm from — not so much L.A., but the West Coast in general. I felt a resurgence. I felt like this is where I belong."
Ensconced in his home studio for the first time since he worked on his first Sea Wolf album, Leaves in the River, which was completed in Seattle with producer Phil Ek, Church was able to refine his craft, and readdress his old way of writing and recording. Mostly on his own, on his own time, with his live bandmates contributing here and there over the course of a year and a half.
"I spent a lot more time tinkering and writing more of the instrumentation myself again," Church says, noting the change in dynamic from his sophomore album, 2009's White Water, White Bloom, which was written in Montreal but recorded with the full band in Omaha with producer Mike Mogis. "I felt like I'd learned enough to be able to self-produce,"
"I wanted this album to be more straightforward, more melodic, with simpler song structures. Much of it came down to my getting out of my own way," he explains. "I wanted it to feel uncalculated."
Those qualities are evident in the beautiful simplicity of the single "Old Friend," the wistful optimism of "Changing Seasons" and the brisk missives "Dear Fellow Traveller" and "In Nothing." Church's DIY approach to Old World Romance even allowed him to push his own boundaries, leaning away from the indie-folk instrumentation of his previous releases toward a new rhythmic electronic underpinning, perhaps most exemplified in the shimmering song "Kasper."
The ethos that created Old World Romance was fostered in Church's childhood. As part of an non-traditional family of builders with a profound appreciation of travel, adventure and the arts, Church spent his early years in the woodsy environs of Columbia, Calif., then lived in a tent in the French countryside for a year — taking time out to travel Europe — before his family finally settled in Berkeley.
In the Bay Area, Church's passion for music gravitated toward hip-hop and indie-rock, while his enthusiasm for writing and film grew. His artistic discipline solidified, however, during his time in New York — his NYU film studies and the influence and ambition of the city itself would profoundly inform Church as a musician.
His interests in film and music brought him to Los Angeles, where he soon befriended Brian Canning and Steven Scott, who would become his bandmates in the indie-rock outfit Irving. By the time Irving released its second album in 2006, though, Church was restless. He turned his attention to the music project he'd been working on in the background — Sea Wolf, named for the Jack London epic.
Not long after, he bowed out of Irving and Sea Wolf was signed to Dangerbird Records, which introduced its new artist by releasing the EP Get to the River Before it Runs Too Low in 2007. The single "You're a Wolf" ushered Sea Wolf into the world with aplomb, quickly capturing the attention of radio and the blogosphere,.
Besides his three albums, Sea Wolf contributed the tune "Song of the Magpie" to the audio book for author Augusten Burroughs' A Wolf at the Table. Burroughs had asked Church to read the book and respond with an original song.
It's all part of a remarkable run that has seen Church carve out a niche as a distinctive voice whose orchestrated allegories provide an antidote to the over-thought and overwrought. On Old World Romance the songwriter's meditations are as unvarnished as ever, exuding the kind of melancholy that begets clarity that begets hope.
"We're at a weird place in popular music where people are just recycling things, so I think it really just comes down to individual voices. Being back in Los Angeles, surrounded by other artists and friends and in the comfort zone of my own studio, has let me work toward being as clear as possible with my own voice. I felt inspired and rejuvenated, and I hope the album evokes that too."
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KCRW's Jason Bentley on Sea Wolfabout 1 year ago
Played "You're a Wolf" 07/21/2014 11:22 am
KCRW's Jason Bentley on Sea Wolfabout 1 year ago
Played "Bergamot Morning" 05/19/2014 10:41 am
Buzz Bands LA on Sea Wolfabout 2 years ago
Alex Brown Church has said that much of his third album as Sea Wolf — "Old World Romance," released last September on Dangerbird Records — was informed by his move back to California after spending a couple years in Montreal. And so it is with the video for "Old Friend," which Church made with director Jeff Gardner over the course of a California sojourn. Gardner could hardly have rendered the Golden State so beautifully. It's fitting imagery for Church's lush indie-folk, which, three albums into the life of Sea Wolf, continues paint pretty picutres more here
TheOwlMag on Sea Wolfover 2 years ago
Artist: Sea Wolf Album: Leaves in the River Label: Dangerbird Records Genre: Folk/Freak Folk, Indie Rock Rating: Buy it >>
If you're looking for a soundtrack for the upcoming change of seasons, something sweet and pretty to get you through the unaccustomed chill of the looming winter, look no further than Sea Wolf's new release Leaves in the River. With pretty acoustic guitar and a folksy sound, Leaves is perfect for those transitional days of fall when the days are getting shorter, the leaves are starting to fall, and the light is all fuzzy and soft. Like a traveling gypsy in a caravan, Alex Brown Church's beautifully imperfect vocals mesmerize as he tells tales of gypsy boys and finding love on Halloween. An accordion even makes itself present on the second track, "Winter Windows,†whose driving beats and catchy, repetitive vocals makes for a great change of pace from the slower numbers on the record. With a scattering of just enough synth and sampling to keep it catchy, the album combines the best of folk with just enough danceability to make it fresh. While at times the lyrics can border on sappy, ("this is the world we live in, it's not one I choose, but it's the one we're givenâ€) Church's voice is so pleasant to listen to that it really doesn't matter what he's saying, as long as he just keeps on singing.
- Review submitted by Grace Blasco.more at theowlmag.com
TheOwlMag on Sea Wolfover 2 years ago
Sea Wolf Old World Romance [Dangerbird]
Sea Wolf's special knack for emotional and mental image manipulation is a testament to the heart that their tracks have always been created with.
Old World Romance is a continuation of this testament. While touching on memorable moments of Sea Wolf albums past, the project moves forward with a new, previously untapped atmosphere. The album's first single "Old Friend†is reminiscent of "The Cold, The Dark, and The Silence,†"Changing Seasons†reminds us of "Where The Wind Blows,†and "Blue Stockings†takes us back to the title track on Leaves In The River. We love these nods to Sea Wolf past because we've heard these albums innumerable times and still can't get enough of them.
At the same time, there is a taste of a happier, more hopeful flavor, which is Sea Wolf anew. Characteristic, exquisite hooks are weaved into warmer tones. Some tracks even compel us to run directly to our significant other for an embrace to rival all embraces everywhere with lyrics like, "You came from nowhere, my own miracle cure†and "If I could surround you with beautiful sounds, I will, I will, I will!â€
Wow, we just love how deeply Sea Wolf can capture our raw emotions and make them beautiful. They have really done us right by this album. It's everything we want from Sea Wolf and so much of what Sea Wolf knew we wanted, even if we didn't know it ourselves yet.more at theowlmag.com
KCRW's Jason Bentley on Sea Wolfover 2 years ago
Played "Priscilla" 11/13/2012 10:26 am
88.5 KCSN on Sea Wolfover 2 years ago
Sea Wolf Sat, Nov 10 El Rey Theatre more at kcsn.org
Amoeba "Music We Like" on Sea Wolfalmost 3 years ago
Sea Wolf, Old World Romance (CD) On Sea Wolf's breakthrough song "You're a Wolf,†Alex Brown Church was running, seemingly away from someone, or unable to reach someone. On the opener, "Old Friend,†of his latest album, Church sings of such youthful drama as a thing of the past — "I went north, and I went east/Follow in the footsteps of some beautiful beast/But now we're getting older and we're growing up.†Old World Romance finds Church singing about relationships in similar turmoil, though with the grace gleaned by age, rolling nostalgic melodies over lush instrumentation. Its...more at amoeba.com
Buzz Bands LA on Sea Wolfalmost 3 years ago
Sea Wolf has emerged from the mist. The nom de tune of singer-songwriter Alex Brown Church, Sea Wolf today announced that its third album "Old World Romance" — Church's first new music in more than 2 1/2 years — will come out Sept. 11 (via Dangerbird). There's nothing to stream yet, but in the announcement the new music is described as more stripped-back and lean. The album will be released just short of the three-year anniversary of 20092s sophomore album "White Water, White Bloom." ||| Live: Sea Wolf performs at an event titled "Into more here
Buzz Bands LA on Sea Wolfalmost 3 years ago
Alex Brown Church's songs as Sea Wolf unfold like dog-eared photographs come to life, his pastoral imagery (and equally lush arrangements) not only carrying the weight of nostalgia but the sense that by articulating it his protagonists can somehow free themselves of the burden. So it is with "Old Friend," the new single from Sea Wolf's forthcoming album "Old World Romance" (out Sept. 11 on Dangerbird). The album, written upon Church's return to California after time spent living in Montreal while his girlfriend attended school, is Sea Wolf's third. "This record is about a lot of things, but more here
Buzz Bands LA on Sea Wolfalmost 3 years ago
This will come as no bulletin to anybody familiar with Alex Brown Church's music, but Sea Wolf is not a party band. Not a single crowd surfer, stage diver or glowstick was spotted during the Los Angeles folk-pop outfit's first local show in two years last Friday night. This despite the vaguely suggestive name of the event, "Into the Night: Playtime." But that's because the night's host, the Skirball Cultural Center , minds its middle name. In booking and organizing its annual summertime hipster foray at its Sepulveda Pass locale, the Skirball went for the more here


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Nov 23 2006
I'm Thankful For These Two Little Turkeys
I had this little photo shoot with my niece and nephew yesterday morning. They're cute little Turkeys, aren't they?
I love this one; directly behind me, their mother was trying to corral one of my extremely well-behaved children, who kept trying to get in the shot.
Don't you just love Mr. Toothless Wonder up there?
I held my breath as they climbed up in the loft of this dilapidated old barn on our ranch. I'm sure thankful it didn't crumble while they were inside.
Ahh, A Girl and Her Horse. Is there any greater love? She could have stayed there all day.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Eat yourselves silly and have fun. And don't forget the "Give That Photo a Name" contest tomorrow. Bring your family; Tell your friends; Alert the media! See you then.
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skippymom On Thursday, November 23 at 6:11 am
HI! Happy Thanksgiving again!
YOU SERIOUSLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PHOTOGRAPHY….I mean it honestly…your kids are gorgeous….and you are a talented writer and photog….
Thanks for sharing…me and SKH get such a kick out y'all.
Take care!
Pam On Thursday, November 23 at 7:55 am
Happy Thanksgiving Ree and family.
momto3cubs On Thursday, November 23 at 8:42 am
Excellent photos!
My 7 yr old currently has the same smile as your nephew, LOL. "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth…"
Happy Thanksgiving to you
sasha On Thursday, November 23 at 8:44 am
I sure wish I had you around for our family portrait this year.
And hey, I'm thankful for waking up to The Pioneer Woman every morning.
Jenni in KS On Thursday, November 23 at 9:25 am
Aw, man! I thought the photo contest was today. You probably won't get 30 entries from this family, but I'll be sure to show everyone your blog. Once again, great photos! I especially love the top and bottom photos.
Is everyone in your family naturally photogenic, or is that purely your talent coming through? If it's all you, I'd like to hire you. I am the least photogenic person on the planet. I really stick out in family photos next to my very photogenic dh and dc. It would be nice to have a few more decent photos with me in them:o)
cecedon On Thursday, November 23 at 9:26 am
Happy Thanksgiving Ree (and family)! Great photo's. I love the toothless little guy (I have yet to get one that looses both front teeth at the same time, soooo cute). I absolutely love the barn shot, it's so great with the old wood around them. I wish I had a barn like that (if that barn is really falling down you should use the wood for a great new kitchen/dining table or a great coffee table or if you know a really great carpenter you could make a great bed out of it, you could probaby do it all if the barn is big enough. Our kitchen table and a side table are both made of old barn wood.). We went to the beach yesterday and were playing and I took a bunch of photos of the children. It was a bit chilly but we had fun (I live in chicago, lake michigan is no classified as a warm lake I don't think, the warmest it ever gets is about 72 degrees).
Tonya On Thursday, November 23 at 9:56 am
Happy thanks giving.. have a great one The pics are wonderful!
Nan On Thursday, November 23 at 10:22 am
Adorable!! I love Mr. Toothless!!
You ought to be charging people (other than your sister that is) and you know… do this thing for a business! You are so good at it.
catalinakel On Thursday, November 23 at 10:45 am
Am I wrong, or does the gorgeous girl have Wetsy's turned up nose? What kind of camera do you have again? Remember, youcanmake your photos into beautiful books at http://www.youcanmakebooks.com. And then anybody can buy copies of it once it is made. Thankful for your slice of life shared so freely each morning. Blessings to you and yours.
Gee On Thursday, November 23 at 11:00 am
Happy Thanksgiving Ree and Everybody!! Wonderful, fabulous, stupendous shots of niece and nephew; the first one took my breath away…your black and whites…light and shadow, composition….man, I don't know much about photography, but you gotta be among the best! Remember the black/white books of you and siblings? I'm interested in catalinakel's suggestion about youcanmakebooks.com. Love to everyone over there in ranch country! Have a happy day!
Heidi On Thursday, November 23 at 11:59 am
Beautiful! I especially love the last two, because I love old barns so much. And of course… girl and horse. That's what love's all about, eh?
Have a wonderful day!
Willowtree On Thursday, November 23 at 3:11 pm
Ree, that little girl is beautiful, I mean TV commercial beautiful! Is that Pinkie?
What's up, did your camera run out of colour? You should have got the more expensive one. There's nothing like B&W for showing texture.
Ree On Thursday, November 23 at 3:40 pm
Yes, that's Pinkie! They're Tim's kids.
I'm on a real B&W kick…can you tell?
Thanks for your sweet remarks, everyone. Glad you found the kiddoes as cute as I do…I'll pass the word along to my pesky brother-in-law.
Stacie On Thursday, November 23 at 5:49 pm
Those photos are AWESOME! you seriously have a wonderful talent for photography! What kind of camera do you use if you don't mind my asking?
Kim and Kody On Thursday, November 23 at 6:45 pm
PAMELA On Thursday, November 23 at 8:41 pm
I feel so sorry for your family….. the beautiful kids that are the burden you and have to bear.
Wrong birds tho, Ree…
A hootin' little barn owl and a wild canary.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Ree On Thursday, November 23 at 9:28 pm
Stacie, it's a Nikon D70S. I love it!
Mindy On Thursday, November 23 at 9:58 pm
Ree, your photos are breath-taking. All those pictures are gorgeous, but that top one is sensational. Could you bring your camera to Washington state and take some pictures of my kids?!?
Brooke On Sunday, November 26 at 1:08 pm
LOVE the pictures! You are very talented. They are precious kids….Tim is a lucky Daddy.
wetsy On Monday, November 27 at 11:40 am
WHATEVER!!!!!!! These photos are to die for. I can't stand it. You are sooooooooooo Annie. Annie Marie-ree Liebovitz.


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As we've already mentioned, we couldn't be happier that Apple has chosen to leverage our own Readability as a native feature in the Safari browser. As the debate around Safari Reader heats up, we thought we'd chime in and share some of our thoughts, motivations and aspirations for what reading can become on the Web.
The Decline of Print
It's been well reported that traditional print publishing is in a state of turmoil today. For years, it has been experiencing a gradual decline in paper advertising and circulation. All the while, the ad revenue from Web properties has not caught up with the revenue lost on the print side.
In response, what has materialized is an almost frantic attempt to deliver as many ad impressions as possible alongside original copy on the Web. Some news sources and blogs do a better job than others, but many show no regard for the potential impact on the viewing and reading experience. The ad men have bullied their way into art direction and copy. In the fight to survive, the due respect that a quality piece of content deserves goes by the wayside.
But this isn't only about ads.
When we created Readability, we built something we badly wanted. It turned out that legions of others wanted the same thing. So what exactly did we want?
We wanted a better reading experience.
Here's the harsh reality for publishers big and small: when we read, we want to be left alone. If the article or post is really great, we really want to be left alone. The better the text, the more we'd like to be left alone with it.
So what needs to go away so I can read peacefully? Everything. Not just ads. Layers of navigation. Reams of "related" links. Article "tools" for sharing. Everything but the stuff worth reading must leave our line of sight. This is the place we all seek to be when we find something worth reading.
Beyond just a "clean" reading view, Readability has proven invaluable for people with vision problems and cognitive difficulties. We've received countless emails from users thanking us for making the Web usable again for them.
We wanted a consistent reading experience.
It isn't only about removing unwanted elements to read peacefully. It's about transforming a page so that it presents itself in a manner that the reader finds familiar. The Web is an incredible but wildly unpredictable place. There are no interface guidelines for the Web. It can be experienced in countless ways. While some de facto design patterns have surfaced, there is no sense of consistency.
Apple enjoys substantial customer loyalty by exerting an unusual amount of control on how interfaces and content are presented. The typical iPhone application evinces a common set of patterns and elements that reinforce themselves across applications. The Web benefits from none of that. There is no "user advocate" for the Web.
Readability and its progeny impose an after-the-fact quasi-standard. By empowering users to effectively force a particular set of visual guidelines, we provided an antidote for inconsistency and unpredictability. I personally find myself clicking on Readability on sites that have no ads at all and are relatively well-designed. It isn't just about removing stuff, it's about imposing a consistent experience across the Web.
We wanted it on the Web.
Publishing has written off the Web. The line of argument is familiar: It's messy. It's cluttered. It's unsafe. People expect everything to be free. As a result, publishing finds itself looking elsewhere to solve the puzzle of distributing and monetizing. Magazines like Time, Wired and Popular Science have decided to invest in delivering purchasable "packages" of their content that work on Apple's iPad. Many magazines and newspaper subscriptions are available today on Amazon's Kindle.
Why not the Web? How did the Web become relegated as the discount bin of content? The Web is perfectly capable of delivering a world class, beautifully designed reading experience.
For us, the Web is the right bet. The notion of tethering content delivery to a particular proprietary platform or hardware device is admitting defeat. Content is effectively locked up. It's un-shareable, un-index-able, inaccessible and un-linkable. It's a glorified form of paper.
Where do we go from here?
Let's work back from what we believe everyone would like to see happen on the Web:
- We want a reading experience that is attractive, consistent and isn't tethered to any single hardware or software standard, but rather works seamlessly on the Web and across various form factors and devices.
- We want a set of standards or design guidelines that publishers can opt into that deliver a consistent way of experiencing content.
- We want a way to package up or "bundle" discrete units of content (e.g. articles that comprise a magazine) and represent them in an easily searchable, findable way on the Web.
To date, Readability is purely an end user tool. As we look ahead, we plan to make it even easier for both users and publishers to deliver better reading experiences on the Web.
If you care about all facets of the Web reading experience – design, typography, semantics, technology – and are interested in helping us take Readability from a browser tool to a broader Web reading platform, we'd love to hear from you.
We're incredibly excited about what we have in store for Readability. You can keep up with updates and announcements by visiting this blog or following us on Twitter.


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Black and Blue Encampment Oct. 13
The fifth annual Black and Blue Civil War Living History Encampment will take place on Saturday, October 13, at Historic Jefferson College. Reenactors tell the story of the African American experience during the Civil War in Adams County. This year's keynote presentation at 1 p.m. commemorates enslaved and non-enslaved black women who served as freedom-fighting nurses for the Union and six runaway enslaved Adams County men who joined the Union Navy in 1862.
"We are pleased to provide a venue for this important historical living history event," said Historic Jefferson College director Robin Person. "Too often the lives of African American participants in the Civil War have been overlooked in favor of battle histories and general politics. Black and Blue gives a voice to some of the unsung heroes of this time."
Senegalese musician Morikeba Kouyate will kick off the program at 11 a.m. with a discussion of the African roots of the banjo, violin, and guitar in American music and a performance with the kora, a twenty-one-string African instrument. At 3 p.m. actor and living history interpreter Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux will portray abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman.
The living history event will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. A soldiers camp for children will begin at 10:30 a.m., and a games activity camp will begin at noon and run throughout the remainder of the program. There is no charge for any of the events. The Black and Blue Civil War Living History Encampment is sponsored by MDAH and the Friends of Forks of the Roads Society, Inc. For more information contact Ser Boxley at 601-442-4719 or email email@example.com.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- In helping lead Northridge to a 1-0 Big West Conference victory over Long Beach State last week, Cal State Northridge women's soccer junior Cynthia Jacobo was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week. Against the 49ers, Jacobo made three saves as the Matadors' earned a crucial three points in the conference standings.
In a match-up of two of the top three teams in the Big West, Northridge posted a 1-0 victory on a goal in the 89th minute. That they got to that point without allowing a goal from a vaunted Long Beach State offense is due in large part to Jacobo and her defense.
The 49ers finished the 90 minutes with a CSUN opponent season-low seven shots. Dangerous on set pieces, Long Beach State also had four corners during the contest that Jacobo had to defend.
"It feels great to receive the award. We played really hard throughout the game and it was a lot of dedication and work by the team that helped us get the result," Jacobo said.
Playing just in front of Jacobo, the Matadors' backline of Katie Russ, Chloe McDaniel, Shannon Ward and Stephanie Norton certainly share in the award. All four played all 90 minutes of the match against the 49ers and stopped numerous attacks before Jacobo could ever get involved.
"Those four, and all of the defense, deserve as much credit as I do because they are out there sacrificing their bodies on every single play," Jacobo added.
In fact, McDaniel and Russ earned assists on Heidi Farran's game-winning goal in the 89th minute. McDaniel started the play with a long throw-in near the Matador bench and Russ then headed the ball back toward the center of the net where Farran cleaned it up with her left foot.
For the season, Jacobo is 5-7-2 with 44 saves, a .721 save percentage and a 1.21 goals-against-average. In CSUN's five league matches, she owns a 0.77 GAA and has an .846 save percentage to go along with two shutouts.
Jacobo also received Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 3 after helping lead the Matadors to four road points on the league's opening weekend.
She and the Matadors return to action twice this week. Thursday, CSUN heads to Orange County to face Cal State Fullerton at Titan Stadium at 6 p.m. Then on Sunday, Oct. 23, Northridge welcomes in league-leading UC Irvine to Matador Soccer Field for a 7 p.m. contest.


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The Lipstick Effect
Recently my friend, Philip Wood from Citizen Citizen told me about a fascinating occurrence, something totally counter intuitive, that really grabbed me at a gut level. He pointed me to this article about an excerpt from the diary of one of the first British soldiers to liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from the Nazis in 1945. In January I blogged about "What Inspires You?" This real life story inspired me with hope.
And it's also a story about lipstick.
Essentially, what Lieutenant Colonel Mervin Willett Gonin wrote about was the month he spent at Bergen-Belsen (one of the most notorious death camps of the holocaust), and the atrocities and horrors he saw there, along with the helplessness and shame the British soldiers felt in their inability to save every single person. But amidst all the misery, an interesting thing happened. A package full of red lipsticks arrived.
At first, the British were flabbergasted that someone in their ranks had thought a box of lipsticks would be any help at all in saving the victims of the death camps. They were in dire need of medical supplies, food. So many more pressing things in order to save lives. Wouldn't lipstick be incidental, even an offensive offering to those in dire need?
Never underestimate the power of hope in saving a life. The lipsticks got out, and suddenly, the prisoners were reminded of a life beyond the walls of Bergen-Belsen, before there was a war. Suddenly, everyone was wearing lipstick. They didn't have proper clothes, but they had lipstick. And that red lipstick, as Colonal Gonin put it so eloquently, started to give them back their humanity.
I don't know how to integrate this information into my own obviously more comfortable and privileged life, but I do know that there is a message in this story. I'd love to hear your thoughts, and to share this harrowing yet somehow lovely account, in Colonel Gonin's own words. It's not an easy read, but it's a rewarding one.
Hope in a tube of lipstick,
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24 Feb 2009
Hi amy! Thanks for sharing this. I have heard of this story before and was equally intrigued, also reminds me of a quote by Frank Lloyd Wright; Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. When we see beautiful things, they say that we get the same sensation in the brain as when we find things that are essential to "survive." It is nothing but all the pleasures of life that keep us really alive… let's keep flowers in our houses in this hard time :)
25 Feb 2009
Wonderful story and reminds us that these hard times do not even compare to those that others have suffered. Take nothing for granted and enjoy the littlest of pleasures…
25 Feb 2009
Amy from IO
Wise comments, folks. THANK YOU
28 Feb 2009
Never underestimate the power of hope in saving a life. The lipsticks got out, and suddenly, the prisoners were reminded of a life beyond the walls of Bergen-Belsen, before there was a war. Suddenly, everyone was wearing lipstick.
31 May 2010
Paul Nethercott
Amy I really appreciate this post. I am writing an article about hope for a magazine and I found your post by googling "the power of hope to keep prisoners alive." I would like to use part of this story "as is" for my article, may I have your permission to do that?
02 Jun 2012
Lipstick makes the difference between heaven and hell. In the midst of a human created Hell (Bergan Belsen), a picture of heaven (dignity) appears. I suspect heaven is not defined as a place, but as a state where people are dignified. Hell is the opposite of this, where people are degraded into objects. We can choose to create heaven or hell now.
14 Oct 2012
This article gave me the goosebumps, i think it is a beautiful illustration of the verse in Isiah:.. to bestow on you a crown of beauty instead of ashes.' this story makes that come alive. In that situation there was nothing 'life saving' for anyone to do, opportunity to save their lives would have been next to nothing, But this just shows beauty can be created amoung the horror. I wanna bring this crown/ lipstick to the ashes of today. Love the post above about heaven/hell !! beautiful


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In all fairness, our "official" proposal story has yet to happen. This is a story about two people with so much love, devotion and respect for each other that the proposal became just as important as the actual vows they longed to say. A proposal became something they wished to share as equals and as partners.
My fiancé and I have been together for four years, but friends for almost a decade. We have lived miles apart and moved miles to be together. We have shared everything as equals for almost all of those four years. For the past year, the question and conversation of marriage came up time and again. We know that what we share is very special and there are many people in our lives who support us and love us individually, as well as together. We definitely wanted to share our commitment with our loved ones in a big way. We did not, however, want this to be one person's decision. This is a partnership and communication is vital to its existence. It just would not feel right to make one person the sole decision maker in a moment that would ultimately change the rest of our lives.
On my birthday this past winter, I was given a handmade book. On each of the pages was a drawing leading up to the surprise at the end. It was a weekend romantic getaway to Big Sur. Just this alone would make a spectacular gift for me! Then he sat me down and told me what was really on his mind. We talked about how we both new marriage was in the cards for us and how we both wanted to be a part of that decision. Then he asked me if I would like to partake in a "super secret ceremony" with him in Big Sur, where we would exchange vows to one another before officially proclaiming our engagement. Of course, I said, "yes!" At the end of the month we will be traveling north to declare our commitment and love for one another atop a mountain. The past two months have been unbearably long, but I couldn't imagine a more perfect and precious proposal.


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"faster-than-light", also known as superluminal velocities, refers to any sort of travel at a speed greater than the speed-of-light. Prohibited in mainstream physics due to special-relativity. Would be possible for "tachyons", particles with imaginary mass, but tachyons indicate an unstable ground-state, due to tachyon-condensation.
Such a phenomenon is generally taken to be false, as it violates causalty.


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The Power of Touch
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Despite the fact that we have a range of senses with which to perceive the world around us, museums and other cultural institutions have traditionally used sight as the main way to convey information. In everyday life, though, we use touch constantly in conjunction with sight. Why, then, does it play so small a role in the study and enjoyment of museum objects? Contributors to this volume explore how the sense of touch can be utilized in cultural institutions to facilitate understanding and learning.


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Hello everyone! "Fill This Bed" was written on November 27, 2013 at 8:04 am. Thank you sincerely for your love and support. All glory to God! You are loved. You are beautiful. You are perfect. You are incredible. You are loved. I am praying for you. God loves you! May God bless you always! With love and blessings, Kevin C. Martin "Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him. This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven. Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us... God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them" 1 John 4:7-12,16b, Good News Translation. "For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior" Jesus speaking in John 3:16-17, Good News Translation. "...everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence... For sin pays its wage - death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord... If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved" Romans 3:23, 6:23, 10:9, Good News Translation.
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Lay down at night and rest your head?
Stay here forever and love me the same?
Even through the darkness, even through the pain?
Take my hand in the middle of the night?
Calm my waters in the depth of the fright?
Make me laugh with your beautiful snoring?
Wake me up with I love you's in the perfect good morning?
Be my soulmate in a love unexplainable?
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Just wondering if you could fill in some info, trying to get a sense of the first month of primal in terms of some data. All I want to know is:
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This is just for some curiosity's sake, thanks to all who can post and help out.
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"Carbs are the victim, not the crime" - ChocoTaco
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Starting Date: Dec 18, 2010
Starting Weight: 294 pounds
Current Weight: 235 pounds
Goal Weight: 195 pounds
Starting weight: 315
Weight after about one month: (not there yet!)
Goal weight: 220
Height: 6'0"
Gender: Male
Age (if you want): 26
"Carbs are the victim, not the crime" - ChocoTaco
Starting weight: 340
Weight after about one month: 316
Goal weight:220
Height: 6'
Gender: ManBeast
Age (if you want):35
More details in my journal linked in my signature.
My Primal Journal - Food, pics, the occasional rant, so...the usual.
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Starting weight: 177
Weight after about one month: (Only been at it 1 week) 173
Goal weight: 135
Height: 5'2"
Gender: F
Age (if you want): 25
Starting weight: 186
Weight after 1 month: 179
Goal weight: Was about 150, lost more than that so now changing it to 125
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Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )
Starting weight:210
Went just generic "low carb" and lost 30 lbs in 5 months.
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Stalled and went nowhere for five months
Limited calories and lost the last 35 in five months.
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Users and editors of Wikipedia gathered at more than 450 events around the world to celebrate the online dictionary's 10th anniversary on Saturday.
The community-driven events ranged from a party in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to an 'editathon' at the British Library.
Australian Wikipedians met up in Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Melbourne and Canberra at events supported by Wikimedia Australia.
Wikimedia Australia committee member Adam Jenkins said it expected a total of 80 to 100 attendees at national events.
"There has, for a long time, been a strong commuity of Australian editors on Wikipedia, who have worked together to develop a lot of Australian content," Jenkins told iTnews.
"This was a chance to say thank you to some of the volunteers, and to give people an opportunity to come together so that they could discuss how to further the project."
Jenkins, who is an IT lecturer at the University of South Australia, was directly involved in a gathering of "about 10 people" in Adelaide.
Adelaide attendees discussed projects, ways to incease local involvement, and their experiences with Wikipedia, he said.
A celebration in Cabramatta, southwestern Sydney attracted 50 attendees according to organiser Quang Luong Dang, a martial arts and oriental medicine instructor at the VietDaoQuan Academy.
"We have benefitted from Wikipedia a lot," said Dang, adding that he had contributed to Wikipedia articles about oriental literature, medicine, religion, and martial arts.
Wikipedia currently houses 17 million articles in 270 languages with over 400 million people visiting the site every month, making it the fifth most popular website in the world.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, thanked all the contributors and editors of the site.
"It's hard to imagine that it's been 10 years since I first edited Wikipedia. I remember that first day," Wales stated.
"I clicked on 'Edit' and I wrote 'Hello World', and that was the beginning of Wikipedia and all the things that have come since then."
As for the future, Wikipedia has plans for extended growth and wants to reach a billion people by 2015.
"We want to persuade more readers to edit. More women. More people from the Global South," said Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation executive director.
"We know that the more diverse the editing community becomes, the more comprehensive, accurate and rich the encyclopedia will be."
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Windstream's REIT announcement is having quite the effect on telecom-focused exchange-traded funds.
Shares of the iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ) are up 3.2% today on Tuesday after 1.1 million shares changed hands, which is four times the ETF's average daily volume.
The fund holds Windstream (WIN) in its top 10 assets – No. 9 actually with a weighting of 5.46%. At $11.66, the stock traded almost 11% higher in late afternoon market action after earlier rising more than 26% to $13.30.
Windstream is spinning off its telecom network business into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT).
Others telecom stocks enjoyed a bump on the news, namely phone company stocks, amid speculation that some may also take the REIT road even though it is unclear whether others can replicate the strategy, assuming it works for Windstream.
CenturyLink (CTL) and Frontier Communications (FTR), both local phone companies, shot up 6% and 14% respectively.
Even telecom giants telecoms got a lift though any REIT plans for the biggest firms are regarded as highly unlikely. Verizon Communications (VZ) rose 1.2%, while AT&T (T) climbed 2.8%.
Checking back in with telecom-focused ETFs, the Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF (VOX), jumped 2.8%.follwoed by a 2.6% gain by the Fidelity MSCI Telecommunication Services Index ETF (FCOM). SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL) rose 1.8%.
Money moved into the U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust sector in the latest week, with aggregate fund inflows of $244 million, Citigroup reports.
This marked the second week of positive fund flows. Citi reports the U.S. REIT market had been negative for five weeks, with approximately $3.4 billion of gross outflows. Flows were positive from all channels this week, Citi reports, driven by REIT exchange-traded funds, which netted $130 million of inflows, as well as U.S.-registered, dedicated real estate mutual funds that report weekly with $79 million of inflows.
The Market Vectors Mortgage REIT ETF (MORT) and the mortgage-REIT tracker iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage PLUS Capped Index Fund (REM) are each up slightly today.
Citi analysts Michael Bilerman, Joshua Attie, Quentin Velleley, Emmanuel Korchman and Nicholas Joseph said in a report that:
"Our sense is that there has been less selling pressure on the exchange-traded fund/index side and generalists, as concerns over rising interest rates has eased since [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke's initial tapering comments in late May. Flows were positive from all channels this week, mainly driven by REIT ETFs, which netted $130m of inflows, as well as U.S.-registered, dedicated real estate mutual funds that report weekly with $79 million of inflows."
"U.S.-registered dedicated real estate mutual funds have seen almost $8.7 billion of inflows so far this year, split between $6.6 billion of inflows to mutual funds and $2.1 billion of inflows to exchange-traded funds. This follows ~$14 billion of inflows in 2012, split between ~$6 billion to mutual funds and ~$8 billion to ETFs. Japanese registered dedicated [real estate] mutual funds experienced $3.7 billion of inflows in 2012 and have seen $4.0 billion of inflows this year. Assets under management from Japan funds now total ~$60 billion: $33 billion in U.S.-only focused funds and $27 billion in global focused funds."
As exchange-traded funds and other investing vehicles have ballooned in number, the task of figuring out what works well and what doesn't has only gotten harder. Barrons.com's Focus on Funds looks under the hood of ETFs, mutual funds and hedge funds for overlooked values, actionable ideas and the latest pitfalls for fund investors.
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Sept. 1, 2012 – Giovanni CrottiPLACER COUNTY, CA � Senior Softball-USA returned to the Sacramento area for the California State Championships after a year away from the state capital. Sixty-six teams flocked to Placer County and looked for their shot at glory.
With temperatures near 100 degrees, the players braved the heat to get their chance to be called the best of the best in California.
The 40�s Masters Men�s Division was filled with hard hitters from all over the Golden State. After they lost their seeding games, the Nor-Cal Stars caught fire and rolled through the winner�s bracket. A familiar foe, Prime Lending/TPS, greeted them in the championship game and drew first blood, 24-9. The �If� game, though, told a different story as The Nor Cal Stars outlasted rival Prime Lending/TPS (26-19) to win the cup.
In the ultra competitive Men�s 50 AAA division, nine teams battled for the cup. The No. 5 seed SoCal Knights outgunned Twelve Gauge in the championship game by a score of 28-16. The SoCal Knights won by no less than five runs a game in bracket play on their road to victory.
Historically, the 60AAA division is the largest in most Senior Softball tournaments and the Cal Cup was no exception. Nine teams fought long and hard to advance through the bracket, but at the end of the day only two teams remained, North State Screen Printing and the Bay Supporters 60�s. The Bay Supporters lost their first bracket game and took the long road to make the championship game.
In the championship game, the Bay Supporters continued their hot streak as they beat North State Screen Printing, 16-14, in a furious battle. The thrill of victory would prove to be short lived though as North State Screen Printing won the �If� game handily 29-18 to take the top prize.
In the 65AAA division, five teams clashed in this ever growing division. The Mustangs off their impressive second place finish at the Rock �N Reno Challenge Cup fought hard and advanced through the loser�s bracket to face SoCal Crush for the championship. The Mustangs, new to the 65 age group this season, double dipped the SoCal Crush and won the �If� game in a back and forth one-run game, 21-20.
The Men�s 70/75 Silver Division was filled with many close games. The California Oaks fought through the stiff competition and upended Triple Play 70 in the championship game, 25-16.
For complete results, see seniorsoftball.com
Men�s 40 Masters- Norcal Stars- Frank Montez, Billy Jolly, Saul Gevarter, Don Mackay, Howard Ritchie.
Men�s 50 Major- Calif.Barons- Paul Supat, Gary Hoffman, Ron Graves, Rich Navarro, Brian Crisp.Worth 50�s- Steve Loftis, Jim McFarlin.
Men�s 50AAA- SoCal Knights- Wayne Galer, Marlowe Santos, Charles Hopkins, Craig Matthews, Rusty Lee. 12 Gauge- Craig Nourie, Doug Dalton, Dean Devincenzi.
Men�s 55 Platinum- MTC 55- Dwayne Breckke, Gary Robertson, Wayne Doty, Roger Underwood, Ron Webb.
Men�s 55AAA- X-Factor- Bob Calhoun, Bill Eppinga, Phil Yacap. Timberworks Const.- Jim Burrows, Tim Kesner.
Men�s 60Platinum-Timberworks- Dennis Barrett, Larry Gies, Don Hayashida, Randy Faulkner, George Sylvia.
Men�s 60AAA- North State Screen Print- Phil Dicks, Gerry Filippi, Craig Sweeney, Steve Fox, Bill Mannel. Bay Supporters- Sandy Beall, Kevin Pringle, Ron Ward.Last Call- Steve Oxoby, Ray Moberg.
Men�s 60 AA- Base Hawgs- Ed Arroyo, Don Smith, Ray Smith, Hal Joyce, Bob Hulse. Islanders Gold- Dave Raydon, Bill McMahan, Lou Chavez. Lincoln Hills Coyotes Black- John Gho, JR Jackson.
Men�s 65/70 Platinum- Grumpy Old Men- Bill Davenport, John Hoffman.
Men�s 65AAA- Mustangs- Robert Salinas, Bob Covert, Ron Tatti, Bob Montalvo, John Vanderpool.So. Cal Crush- Bill Hughes,Dennis Nuibe, John Murillo.
Men�s 65AA- Physiomotion 65- Glenn Fitzgerald, Lou Sotello, Kent Grant, John Thompson, Will Chavarria. Sacramento Buds- Bob Riola, John Yoshikawa, Rich Del Chiaro.
Men�s 70 Major- Thousand Oaks Panthers- Ralph Bartlett, Herb Burstein, Mike Jauregui, Bob Rose, Dave Myers. Lincoln Hills Coyotes 70- Gym Mikaelsen, Pete Savoia, John Wible. RWC State Roofing- Carl Maryland, Tim Curtin.
Men�s 70/75 Silver- Calif. Oaks-Herb Epple, Freddie Miller, Elden Manthey, John Dyer, Merv Mill.Triple Play 70- Bill Svoboda, Russ Chandley, John Ventura, John Bass, Gary Nobriga.Sonoma fog- Don Nebiolini, Jay Stanphill.


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It must have been a thrill, or at least a remarkable novelty, to watch the first televised broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony in 1953. It was the first time the larger-than-life stars of the big screen — so many of them, all dolled up and beaming — were delivered right into the living room.
Things have changed. Movie stars are not a seldom-glimpsed species anymore, and as a culture we're less fixated on the big screen than the little bitty ones we carry in our pockets. And yet the Oscars still draw quite a crowd — of 40 million viewers last year, for instance — and the broadcast remains one of the year's biggest advertising events.
But why do people still watch the Oscars? Is it about the movies? The celebrities? Or, in the social media era, is it all about us?
In 2014 it's about the stars and us — in a relationship that would have baffled, and perhaps horrified, the Hollywood royalty gathered to see The Greatest Show On Earth take Best Picture 61 years ago. In those days there was a distance and mystery to movie stars that gave them a shot at achieving writer Virginia Postrel's idea of "the power of glamour."
But nobody today watches a celeb-stuffed awards show in a state of starstruck awe. In fact, many watch for basically the opposite reason: to witness (and digitally share or comment on), the humanizing gaffes, the goofy moments, things that could become GIFs or memes.
It's not even about what the stars say and do at the ceremony, but what they say and do on social media. Think about what the most recent Grammy broadcast added to popular culture: Pharrell's hat, Taylor Swift's GIF-able reaction to losing, Macklemore's post-event public text-admission that someone else should have won Best Rap Album.
This may sound more cynical than I intend. Perhaps, as Shia LeBeouf or Alec Baldwin could tell you, we live in a meaner media culture. At the least, we now approach this spectacle with no particular reverence — and with the assumption that the audience (certainly not the Academy) is fully in charge of deciding which moments from the show really matter. And those moments are unlikely to be the mere revelation of who won Best Supporting Whatever.
Tommy Wesely, BuzzFeed's director of development and a contributing editor to the site's Celeb section, says that covering the Oscars or similar awards shows is all about recognizing "gem moments" from the broadcast — the three to 30 seconds of, say Emma Thompson flinging her shoes at the Golden Globes, or Jennifer Lawrence photobombing Taylor Swift. (Or, he adds, Jennifer Lawrence doing almost anything: "I love me some Jennifer Lawrence.") By now, Wesely suggests, "Awards shows would be foolish not to almost plan those moments."


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Boat Ramp to Remain Open
LUBEC, Maine (AP) – U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree say the federal government will allow a boat launch ramp at a state park to stay open despite the shutdown.
Michaud and Pingree said in a statement on Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service won't prohibit the public from accessing the launch at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge for the remainder of the shutdown.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said federal officials placed barricades to block the entrance to the Edmunds boat launch Tuesday.
LePage has called on the government to open the launch at Cobscook Bay State Park to allow fishermen access. LePage is planning to travel to the state park in eastern Maine on Thursday.
The state parked is owned by the federal government, but run and maintained by state officials.
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• Rap group Hellfyre Club performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Busdriver, Milo, Open Mike Eagle & Nocando, Burnell Washburn. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $14, at 24Tix.
• Rapper Machine Gun Kelly performs at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Yonas. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $40, at Smith's Tix.
• Indie-folk band Jared & The Mill performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: Bronco. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $12, at the venue's website.


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The D.P.O.A. has been working hard to keep up with information and the changing technology with the Metro Pomona Website. Originally launched back in 2005 as www.downtown-pomona.com, the website was small and had little traffic due to the infamous dash "-" that was in the domain name. The domain name with out the dash was taken by an anonymous party and would not let it go. So a rebrand was in order and downtown-pomona.com was reinvented into MetroPomona.com in 2006 with an award winning design upgrade.
From 2006 to 2010 the site had grown from 20 pages to 80 pages excluding the business directory with an increase in traffic each and every month. In 2009 a blog was added to the site where daily and weekly updates on events and happenings could be easily updated by the D.P.O.A. staff. Once the blog was launched an increase in traffic soared and links and networks from other sites was increased.
To keep up with technology the D.P.O.A. launched an upgrade to the website in 2011 that helped organize the site content and increased the size of the overall visibility of the site. The new site offers businesses their own pages that they can manage themselves. The site continues to increase in traffic that can be now monitored with ease using google analytics. Today the website has over 130 pages of content and over 200 business listings and growing.


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We very recently presented a live virtual tasting of our new Spring Releases, with winemakers Eric Baugher (VP of Winemaking/Monte Bello) and John Olney (VP of Winemaking/Lytton Springs) weighing in on the new vintages. Moderated by David Amadia (VP of Sales and Marketing), the… Read More ›
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Buffs are a type of effect that can modify a creature's statistics. Those with primarily detrimental effects are typically referred to as debuffs.
Identifying a buff
Each buff affecting the player will display an icon in the top-left of the screen. This is one way to determine whether or not an effect is a buff - if it does not show an icon, it is not a buff that is attached to the player. The exceptions to this are charges and elemental status effects which also show an icon but are not buffs.
Aura buffs:
- All player aura skills (both your own as well as those received from other players)
- All positive auras from friendly monsters (spectres from Raise Spectre ability, Dominating Blow monsters)
- Rejuvenation Totem aura
Similarly, the three herald skill gems (Herald of Ash, Herald of Ice, and Herald of Thunder) are also considered buffs.
The functioning of buffs
A buff simply adds statistics and modifiers to the creature it is attached to. Although a buff may increase the damage of the that the affected creature deals with hits, a buff itself cannot deliver hits or take any action. A buff may include degeneration or damage-over-time effects. For example, if a monster is attacked by a player using the Wrath aura, the monster is not "hit" by the aura, or the buff, it is the player that hits the monster:
- Wrath is a spell that is cast by the player.
- The spell creates an aura that applies a buff to any allies within range.
- The buff contains a modifier that adds lightning damage to the player's attacks
- The player hits the monster, dealing the added lightning damage
Buff duration
All buffs have a duration, which can be infinite (as in the case of auras). This duration is affected by Buff Duration modifiers, and can also be affected by Skill Effect Duration modifiers if the buff was applied by a skill.
The passive skills which increase buff and debuff duration apply not to buffs on you but to buffs (including debuffs) you create, either on yourself or other entities. This includes all the above as well as such things as the debuffs placed on cursed monsters.
Buff effect
The effect of a buff can also be altered, buff effect modifiers alter the numerical values of the buff. For instance, the notable passive skill Inner Force grants a 15% increased Effect of Buffs on you modifier. This will increase:
- The amount of mana regeneration granted by the Clarity aura
- The amount of Fire Damage per second taken by the player using Righteous Fire
- The spell damage bonus provided by a player using Righteous Fire
- etc.
It will not increase the amount of Fire Damage per second taken by monsters that are nearby a player using Righteous Fire, because Inner Force specifies it only applies to buffs "on you".
The Inner Force and Buff Effect passives increase the bonuses from buffs that affect yourself. It does not increase damage dealt from buffs as it is something that affects enemies.
Therefore one has to be careful when amplifying some two-sided effects. For instance, Righteous Fire increases the spell damage bonus from the buff, but also increases the damage dealt to yourself without increasing the damage dealt to enemies. Using Blood Rage increases the life leech amount as well as the attack speed on you, but also increases the Chaos Damage degeneration.
A debuff is simply a buff that only provides a detrimental effect to the debuffed creature. Effects must be closely examined to determine whether they are considered a buff or debuff by the game, as it is not obvious. For instance both the bonus spell damage and the self-burn damage from Righteous Fire are part of a single buff, despite the fact that the burn is a detrimental effect. Another example is, poison damage is a debuff, while burn and bleed damage are status ailments.(exception is burn damage from Fire Trap is a debuff)
List of buffs & debuffs
- All auras.
- All curses.
- The added damage from Herald of Ash, Herald of Ice, or Herald of Thunder.
- The armour bonus from Molten Shell
- The Chaos damage, attack speed, and life leech effects of Blood Rage.
- The charge timers of Explosive Arrow.
- The duration effect placed on enemies by Dominating Blow that turns them into minions.
- The effect placed on enemies by when hit by Dominating Blow, Infernal Blow, or Power Siphon that causes the skill's effects (domination, detonation, and gain power charge respectively) to activate if the enemy dies within a short time after the hit.
- The damage reduction and mana cost of Arctic Armour.
- The effects granted by some items, like Onslaught and Unholy Might.
- Map effects like Creeping Darkness.
List of things that are not buffs or debuffs
- Elemental status effects (ignite, chill, freeze, shock).
- Flask Effects regardless of the flask type
- Endurance, Frenzy, and Power Charges.
- Damage over time from Puncture[1] or Viper Strike.
Passive skills
There are passive skills that grant buff bonuses.
Effectiveness of buffs
These passive skills grant increased effect magnitude for buffs from any source affecting the character.
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Michelle tells Eddie that she has nothing to do with Lance any longer. He tells her that he needs the papers that Lance had and tells her that his death was an accident. Eddie promises her that she will be okay if she gives him the evidence. Nikki is manages to survive with minor injuries, but Michael is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Nikki goes to the hospital with him and leaves Luke behind at the apartment. The Detective warns Luke to stay out of the investigation because Eddie is a dangerous man. Luke remembers Michelle telling him that the papers are at her old house and sneaks out the door while the cops finish gathering evidence.
At the hospital Dr. Evans informs Nikki that Michael is going to be okay. Gloria walks up and Nikki recognizes her from somewhere. The two of them start to talk and Gloria is shocked to hear that Lance is dead. Nikki then tells Gloria what happened at her apartment. When Gloria asks Nikki who did all of this, Nikki informs her that all she knows is that his name is Eddie. Eddie holds a gun to Michelle in the living room and tells her that she has no choice but to tell him where to find the evidence in the house. Michelle tells him that she would be a fool to do that because he will kill her for sure. Luke sneaks in and spies on them just as Eddie tells her that her time is up. Manny sneaks up behind Luke and hits him over the head. When he drags Luke in front of Michelle, she tells them that the safe is in the bedroom.
Gloria tells Nikki that she has a past with Eddie and that he is a crook. Nikki is horrified to hear that Lance was laundering all of this money and that Michelle has been brought into the mix. As Eddie orders Michelle to open the safe Gloria interrupts him with a phone call and tells him that she needs to see him immediately. Eddie tells her not to call back and hangs up on her. Gloria hears Michelle scream before he hangs up and informs Nikki that they are at Lance's house. Michelle opens the safe and grabs the papers�.and a gun. When Eddie takes the evidence, she points the gun at him and tells him to drop his gun�.now!
Michelle and Luke arrive at the hospital and Gloria is happy to see that they are okay. Michelle and Gloria hug for a moment and the she tells Gloria that Eddie is going to be put away for a long time. Luke thanks Gloria for telling the police where they were at and goes in to see Michael. Luke tells him that Michelle ended up shooting one of the men. Michael tells his best friend that she is definitely a keeper! Michelle breaks down in the waiting room and tells Nikki that everybody has their lives but her and that she can't force Luke into taking her to New York with him. Nikki drags Luke over to see her and tells them that she is tired of them not being able to work things out. Michelle tells him that she is tired of it too and that she is ending it for good. Michelle storms out of the waiting room and Luke chases after her. When he catches up to her she tells him that she doesn't want him to go to New York without her. He then tells her that he agrees. For the first time they say �I love you� to each other and kiss.
Luke, Michelle, Nikki and Michael stand in Maria's vacant office and Clive tells Luke to please consider not selling the company. Luke tells him that he doesn't want to be a part of something that killed his mother. Everyone leaves Luke alone inside to have a moment by himself. Luke takes the chance to say a final good-bye to his mother. Luke walks out of the office and suddenly we are taken back 4 weeks prior to when Maria found out that Dr. Woods was leaking information.
Hans and Harold take some of the dresses to Nikki's and tell her to pick out whatever she wants. Before they leave they tell her that she should consider becoming a modeling agent. Nikki tells Michelle that she should invite herself to New York if Luke didn't invite her. Michelle insists that he needs to figure his life out there and she will figure hers out in Los Angeles. They head outside and burn some of the dresses on the grill. Michael arrives and tells them that they are cut off from drinking! He tells Nikki that he agrees that her becoming an agent is the perfect idea! The three of them head back inside as Eddie and his men watch from the SUV. Eddie insists that if they can't get Michelle alone, they will just get them all! Back inside Michelle gets a call from the police station telling her that they need her to come down and identify a body that they believe to be Lance. Eddie and his crew approach the front door of Nikki's apartment as she finishes her call with the police.
Luke goes to GATE and meets with the caller�..John Cotter. John tells him that all he has to do is sign over the entire company of Gianni to him and he will give him the information. Luke tells him that he is lying but John insists that he is not and gives him ten seconds to come to his senses. Luke punches John and the police rush over. They inform him that he is under arrest for extortion and withholding evidence. John is shocked to find out that Luke is wearing a wire. As John is rushed off to jail Luke and the Detective agree that they can't believe the name of the killer that John had written down. Michelle calls Luke and tells him that it had to be Eddie that killed Maria. As Luke tells her that he knows who the killer is, there is a knock at the door. Nikki goes to answer it right before the door is kicked in. The door hits Nikki and knocks her to the ground. Michelle screams as Michael is shot twice by Eddie's men. Michelle drops her phone and is dragged away as Nikki and Michael lay unconscious on the floor. Luke tells the detective what is going on and they rush out of the bar.
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As regular visitors to this site are aware, I've been watching the health of the Victorian antique market recently for concrete examples of this trend and I thought I'd take another quick glance at some fresh auction results that speak to the decline that we've been seeing lately.
I'll open by saying all is not in the dumps. There is money still out there aggressively chasing select items, but I can tell you that there is no distinct pattern that we can extract. Items such as the late English Victorian Jockey Scale armchair shown at the top of the page surprised me as it reached $10,000 via 25 bids. Were you to remove the scale looking something like an antique sewing machine fastened to the side, the chair is fairly unremarkable itself.
Some items are seeing better prices than from only a few months ago, so the market is certainly schizophrenic. This Laminated Rosewood bed by John H Belter saw a $19,000 price tag in February but a comparable bed recently fetched $29,000 at auction. While the overall trend is down, a confluence of buyers at any moment in time can drive bidding up.
I was recently left a bit queasy by the $1,500 that this cabinet fetched at auction. Months ago, in a stronger market, this cabinet would have fetched $4,500 to $6,000.
Pieces by J & JW Meeks appear to be caught in a time-warp, fetching near their usual pricing as if they are in a different market altogether. This Meeks "Hawkins" pattern Rococo chair recently fetched $5,000, albeit at the low end of the range.
I recommend that you pick up a copy of this weekend's edition of the Wall Street Journal or read the article here on the state of the antiques market, in general. Aside from being an interesting article which addresses the broader antique market and not just the niche that we favor on this site, RareVictorian.com is also mentioned.
The article's premise is that due to shifting tastes and economic pressure on consumers it is creating quite the buyers market for antiques. I, for one, have been taking advantage of it whether my budget should be allowing me or not.
I was the recent high-bidder on this 3-piece Egyptian Revival set by Pottier & Stymus with marked mounts bearing "P&S" to confirm their maker. It also appears they may have their original upholstery and purportedly came out of a famous Tarrytown castle formerly known as Carrollcliffe but known today as Equus. I've never been so excited in my 4 years of collecting and will be picking them up tonight.
As I have captured the process of my recent Merklen Brothers restoration in high-definition video, stay tuned in the months ahead for the journey of restoring these Pottier & Stymus chairs captured in another video series on this site.
There is no recent auction activity on this fairly well-known chair design so I can't compare the price I paid to "typical" auction levels, though I can compare it to retail levels of other comparable Egyptian Revival sets by P&S at $29,500.
As you can see, I am availing myself to the current pricing trends and will probably be curbing my sales in the meantime.
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