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North Carolina released its ACT scores for 2013's graduating class.
Yadkin County and the state as a whole saw results lower than the previous year. However, this data is the first set following a mandatory testing of all juniors.
The ACT, which has widely replaced the SAT as the preferred college entrance exam, tests students on reading, math, English, science, and has a optional writing portion.
The SAT does not have the science portion, making colleges look at the ACT as a better indicator of a student's overall education.
The ACT is scored on a point system different than the SAT. Instead of looking for a number in the thousands, test takers are looking to score between one and 36, 36 being the highest.
Both Yadkin County and North Carolina saw drops in their average scores between 2012 and 2013.
Yadkin students averaged 16.2 points in English in 2013. North Carolina averaged 17.1 points.
In 2012 Yadkin had averaged 18.6. North Carolina had averaged 21.
Yadkin averaged 19 in mathematics. North Carolina averaged 19.6.
In 2012 Yadkin had averaged 21.6. North Carolina had averaged 22.3.
Yadkin averaged 18 in reading. North Carolina averaged 18.8.
In 2012 Yadkin had averaged 21.2. North Carolina had averaged 22.2.
Yadkin averaged 18.6 in science. North Carolina averaged 18.7.
In 2012 Yadkin had averaged 20.7. North Carolina had averaged 21.4.
Yadkin averaged 18.1 in composite. North Carolina averaged 18.7.
In 2012 Yadkin had averaged 20.6. North Carolina had averaged 21.9.
"Well, it's not good and it's not bad in my opinion," Yadkin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Hobbs said of the results.
Dr. Hobbs pointed out that readers need to take in account the added number of students taking the test.
According to the score sheet given from the state to Yadkin County only 30 students took the test in 2012 - 18,817 students across the whole state.
That number jumped to 393 Yadkin students in 2013, part of the overall 95,782 students across the state.
"Do we have a lot of work to do? Yes. But we went from testing 30 kids in 2012 to testing all of our juniors in 2013, which was 393," Dr. Hobbs said. "Any time you make that kind of jump and you're testing every kid the numbers are going to play with it."
Prior to 2012, only the students who elected to take the ACT were administered the test.
The state then began mandatory testing for all juniors. The graduating class of 2013 was the first class affected by the decision, taking their tests in the spring of 2012.
The state's data is one year behind. Since that time another junior class has taken the exam, but their results have nor been analyzed or released yet.
Students who previously chose to take the ACT had two reasons: 1) they were preparing for college, and 2), they were confident their performance would be.
Starting with the mandatory test-taking North Carolina began footing the bill for all of its junior students to take the exam.
Before that each student was required to pay for his or her own test, something that a student would not likely do to goof off or not try to succeed at.
Now every student regardless of their goals or academic achievement takes the test. Each student averages in their performance to the whole school system, whether they goofed off or tried at all.
Dr. Hobbs put forward a question to the state concerning the ACT and when the mandatory test-taking is administered.
"My thing with the ACT is, why don't we let our seniors take it? Why are we testing our juniors?" Dr. Hobbs said.
The test is given to gauge a student's understanding of high school material prior to college entry but is given when only three-fourths of the student's classes have been completed.
Still, Dr. Hobbs said Yadkin students should be proud of the numbers they put up against the state.
"I always try to look for a positive in any negative, and what we did in Yadkin County Schools, yes, our scores dropped … however, we — pretty much in every single category — closed a gap between Yadkin County Schools and the state average," Dr. Hobbs said.
In fact, Yadkin closed the gap in every category.
In 2013 the gap between the state and Yadkin in English was .9 points, down from 2.4 points in 2012.
In 2013 the gap between the state and Yadkin in mathematics was .6 points, down from .7 in 2012.
In 2013 the gap between the state and Yadkin in reading was .8 points, down from 1 point in 2012.
In 2013 the gap between the state and Yadkin in science was .1 points, down from .7 in 2012.
In 2013 the gap between the state and Yadkin in composite was .6 points, down from 1 in 2012.
"I look at that as a positive," Dr. Hobbs said. "We tested 363 more kids. Yes we're not at the state average, but we are closing that gap as far as the state average goes."
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PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™, the leading render farm management software for digital media creation, announced today the release of Qube! version 6.4. Along with new tools for smart farming, system supervisors can now access Qube! via their smartphones (MobileView), set priority limits for non-privileged users, and control how much of their workstation will be available to the render farm. All with what often amounts to a single click of their mouse.
"Scalability, stability, and simplicity have always been key drivers in the development of Qube!," said Richard Lewis, CEO of PipelineFX. "Qube! 6.4 breaks new ground in this space, and provides even more features and applications that will put more power into the hands of its operator."

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Letter writing is a lost art, some say, but I say we've not lost it as much as laid it aside. There's no art to putting words on paper when you're writing to a friend, and there is no better chronicle than a box of saved correspondence stretching over decades.
My friend Beth and I spent the first morning of the new year in Meigs County looking through her mother's letters to her best friend.
The two, friends from childhood, corresponded faithfully throughout their lives until Beth's mother's death a few years ago.
These are not the hastily scribbled notes my friends and I share, but four-page, single-spaced, typed letters, some on onion skin paper, that detailed so much of their daily lives in a time when long-distance phone calls were reserved for emergencies.
Beth remembers being awakened many mornings by the sound of her mom typing away at her manual typewriter, writing another letter to her friend. It wasn't until New Year's Day that she got to read what her mother had been working on.
We read about her boat trip to Japan, where she joined Beth's father after World War II. The small-town Mississippi girl was shocked to see men answering the call of nature, well, whenever and wherever it called.
There were anecdotes about Beth, who once announced to her parents, "I'm growing. I know I am. I can feel it," and descriptions of the farmhouse they bought when Beth was a child.
If Beth didn't already know it, her mom's letters made clear how much her parents doted on their only child.
Though they were boxed and put away, it's hard to know whether Beth's mom pulled them out from time to time and revisited herself as a young married woman, a new mother, an empty nester.
I was once a prolific letter writer, channeling all of my need to write into letters to my mother, my sisters and my friends. When my mother died, I found a few letters of mine she had saved, and revisiting that silly girl in the midst of such sorrow was a comfort.
Think of the great writers and historical figures whose lives were chronicled in letters, and whose letters gave us insight into their work and the workings of their minds. Through her letters, I have come to know Flannery O'Connor as so much more than the eccentric short story writer; John Cheever's correspondence amazed me.
It's silly to think we'll revive the practice of writing letters. This week I read that some 10- and 12-year-olds don't know how to address an envelope; some don't even know where to place the stamp.
It's not just the younger generation that has laid letter writing aside. Even with a computer at hand, I haven't written a single letter since New Year's Day. It's easier to post on Facebook or email a quick thought.
We're all about easy these days, not lasting.
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Ballast Pound is an old marina next to the local sailing club where frequent yacht races are held during the season. Antony House is more than six hundred years old and was the residence of the Carew family.
This house is surrounded by the Antony Woodland Gardens and includes several walks, an enclosed summer garden, a salt water pond, attractive sculptures, a knot garden, many shrubs, azaleas, rhododendrons, magnolias and more.
Mount Edgcumbe house and gardens was the residence of the Edgcumbe family and is more than five hundred years old. It has a deer park and the gardens are formal divided into individual areas such as the English garden, decorated with classical structures, the French and Italian gardens with their statues, fountains and stairways, the Geyser gardens and others.
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Posted by NotChuckTesta on 10/02/2011
The best part about getting a pie for yourself is being able to enjoy the other half of it the next day. It's just as delicious, but it's too bad you finished all the garlic knots the night before. Better grab a beer to wash it down with! My honest only wish is that they were on seamless, because it is hard to order sometimes over a bad cell signal.
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Best Italian food in the neighborhood!
Posted by Stuy Guy. on 06/29/2011
Always the best value and quality. Great neighborhood place. If you want a quality meal with friendly service in the hood...Franks is for you! If you are looking for 20 dollar sub par pasta....go elsewhere and waste your money.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/03/2011
My husband and I ordered a pasta and a chicken dish for delivery. The portions and the price were good, but the food was unappetizing. We wanted to like it as we live nearby and needed to add a good Italian place to the takeout roster, but this is definitely not it.
Posted by christy on 02/17/2011
i don't know what happened to those other folks but i live across the street from Frank's and eat in/order all the time and it's ALWAYS delicious! dinning in is like going to your Grandma's favorite spot in Italy. Very friendly service and they always try to their best to accommodate picky eaters. Their sangria is great too!!
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I was shocked to see negative comments about the food. If you are acquainted with Nothern Italian food, you have cheated yourselves from enjoying Southern Italian/Scicilian food. I love the place. No pretentions. No attitude. Reasonable prices. What on Earth do you want more than that at these prices? I cook four nigths a week. Frank's is a reliable gift.
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2012-2013: Member of the varsity eight in all 13 regattas...varsity eight won the Irving-Christensen Cup (April 21), placed second out of 34 boats at the Knecht Cup (April 13-14), placed first in the club eight race out of 17 boats at the Textile River Regatta (Sept. 30), finished first out of 48 boats at the Snake Regatta (Oct. 13), placed second in the club eight race out of 34 boats at the Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 20) and finished third in the open eight race out of 27 boats at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 27)…won the silver medal with the freshman four at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 27)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Holy Cross:
Rowed for Community Rowing Inc., for coach Ethan Curren…team
captain in 2011-2012…team won the overall points trophy at
the 2011 U.S. Club National Championship…member of the
lightweight eight that placed first at the 2010 U.S. Youth National
Championship, and a part of a varsity quad that placed 15th at the
2012 U.S. Youth National Championship…member of the varsity
eight and four that both placed first at the 2011 U.S. Club
National Championship and placed first at the Royal Canadian Henley
Regatta…part of varsity eight placed first at the CanAmMex
Regatta…also a four-year member and senior captain of the
varsity swimming team at Needham High School…named the
team's MVP as a senior…earned 2011 Bay State All-Star
accolades…member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Jack and JoAnne McCormick…mother attended Holy Cross (Class of 1987)…has two brothers (Matt and Andrew)…brother, Matt, was a member of the Holy Cross track and field team...has not yet declared a major.


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Sunday July 10th at 1pm the Evergreen Recorder Consort will perform Summer Breezes and Peanut Butter, a diverse selection of music that celebrates the unique qualities of the recorder.
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Moodle is an online tool that allows educators to interact with students outside the classroom and manage a course from anywhere. In Moodle Essential Training for Teachers, Chris Mattia shows how this program works for teachers on three levels: disseminating information, creating a forum where ideas are exchanged, and assessing the progress of students. Chris shows how to build course materials with Moodle's HTML editor, post assignments, and save time by using Moodle's grade book to evaluate tests automatically and organize scores. Exercise files accompany the course.
It's always a good idea to make backups of your materials while you're working with them. Moodle is a built-in tool for this inside of your course that you're able to manage. Backups may be being made automatically for you by your institution. You'll need to find out the specific policies and procedures for backing up your courses for within your institution. Inside of your own Moodle course, generally all instructors do have the ability to back up their courses. To do this, simply go to the Administration block on the lower left-hand corner and click on the Backup link.
Now, you're taken into a page where you can select all of the different items inside of your course that you want to back up. The default has everything selected. You can verify this by simply clicking on the link for All next to Include at the top-left, and clicking on the link for All at the top-right. Clicking on the link for None will show you which items are being selected. The right-hand column is selecting all of the user data associated with each item.
The left-hand side selects everything in your list. You want to make sure all is selected though, so that we get all of the data associated with our course. If we scroll down in the listing, you can see each different item that we've added throughout this training. As we scroll all the way to the bottom, we have some additional settings that we can choose. The first setting is for Users, and whether or not we want to back up all users or just the users inside of our course, we just want the users inside of our course. We can choose whether or not we want our logs that have been collecting all of the data of each different user's activity throughout the course of the semester to be captured as well. Generally, logs are not necessary all the time, so we'll go ahead and leave that set to off.
User Files would be any files that a user has uploaded as part of this course. We want to select this to Yes, especially at the end of the semester when we're backing up all the material for our course and we want us too our copy of that. The Course files listing is going to set whether or not all of the files that we've uploaded to our course are going to get backed up. We'll go ahead and say this to Yes as well. Then you want to make sure that you have Site files used in this course also set to Yes. If you want to keep track of all the Grade histories, you can do that here as well. It's generally not needed though, so we'll leave that set to the default of No.
Then you can back up any unique role assignments that have been made for this course. We'll go ahead and leave everything selected and click the Continue button. Next, you're given a detailed listing of everything that's going to be backed up including a backup file name at the top that you can control. The name of this document is in a format of the word backup, the short name for your course, then the date and year, month and day, and then a unique identifier associated with the file name and then a .ZIP file extension indicating that you're going to have a ZIP file that is going to contain all the data for your course.
As we scroll down through the list, you can see all the different information is being included as part of the ZIP file. We'll scroll all the way down to the bottom and click the Continue button. The backup is then created for us, as the page continues to load, we can scroll down and see that the backup was created successfully. We can then click the Continue button and we can see the file that has been backed up for us is part of our course. The size of this file is currently 38. 4 megabytes. We can then download this file if we'd like by simply clicking on the name of the file and the file will attempt to download to our system. We can click on the link for Save File and say OK and the file should download to our local machine.
We'll go ahead and minimize our browser and we can find the backup file then listed on our Desktop. We can take that backup file and put it in a safe secure place that we can use then if we need to restore our data. You can also restore the data by going inside of your course and clicking on the Restore link. We'll do that in another exercise. For now, know that your backup files are safe and secure both inside of your server and you've got a local copy on your local system. Let's go and return back to our course by clicking on the BIOL432 link.
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Food to be distributed to those in need Jan. 24
Jan. 11, 2013 @ 12:00 AM
HAMLIN, W.Va. -- The Huntington Area Food Bank will distribute food to those in need in Lincoln County at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Lincoln Primary Care in Hamlin, W.Va.
According to a Feeding America report, nearly 6,000 Lincoln County residents lived in poverty in 2010, or more than 25 percent of the county's population. Proof of residency must be presented at the time of registration. Individuals who are picking up food for someone else must provide the food recipient's proof of residency as well as a notarized permission slip from the food recipient.


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The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were on Sunday, and it saddens me to say that over all I was left feeling completely underwhelmed by the fashion I saw. It used to be that you could watch the Emmys and be inspired left and right by almost every gown that came down the Red Carpet, now, not so much. It's not to say that in the past the dresses were ALL good, but, the dramatic fashion forward gowns usually overruled the mundane or horrifying. This year it felt as if everyone remembered the Emmys one or two days before the event, and ran for whatever evening gown they could find on short notice, even if it was not extremely flattering or interesting. It's true there was some beautiful fashion, but they were few and far between; more on the good fashion later.
First, let's do a quick style rundown.
|What was popular this year? Sparkles, sequins, and more sparkles! In fact, it seemed to be sparkles first, fit second. Brides, when you're searching for your perfect bridal gown do NOT take your fashion hints from the 62nd Emmy Awards. A perfectly fitting and flattering dress in a classic fabric will look 1000 times better on you than a flashy ill-fitting bridal gown.
Total number of glitter covered gowns I counted: 12
|Another major style walking down the runway was the one-shoulder gown. One-shoulder evening gowns can be very flattering, and give an added interest to a simple silhouette. There is no denying that one-shoulder dresses are a very now. Of course, it used to be that the red carpet gowns would be a window into tomorrow's looks, rather than a reflection of current trends, but that certainly doesn't diminish their fashion factor.
Total number of one-shoulder gowns I counted: 17
|The next fashion trend I preface with a warning: Do NOT try this at home. Cut out dresses were scattered across Red Carpet this year, for reasons that are beyond me
I cannot name one person where this style has made their figure look better than it would have if they had worn a whole dress. Even if you happen to be a size 0, in my humble opinion you will still look skinnier if you leave the holes for your Swiss cheese.
Total number of cut out style dresses I counted: 4 too many
As with any award show, the next day almost everyone will dole out their awards and opinions for best and worst dressed. However, this year's Emmy Awards warranted a little more than just best and worst in my book.
|The award for the best Saloon Girl dress: Cristina Hendrix
The award for the most ordinary dress: Kim Kardashian
|Honestly, it even looks similar to Rose Byrne's dress from the same night.
|The award for the most beautiful dress: Lea Michelle (Even though in my opinion this style it has been done before).
|The award for the most terrifying/made me want to cry dress: Anna Paquin
The award for the most baffling dress: Lauren Grahm.
Lauren, I love you, you have a beautiful figure and generally a great fashion sense, what happened?
|The award for the dress most flattering for the figure: Kelly Osbourne
|And finally, the award for the most interesting style and best dressed overall: Tina Fey


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Huntington faced with prioritizing enhancement ideas for 4th Avenue
HUNTINGTON -- While the City of Huntington has two major construction projects planned to improve the Old Main Corridor, city officials have a number of smaller design elements they plan to integrate eventually into 4th Avenue from Hal Greer Boulevard to 6th Street.
Charles Holley, Huntington's director of planning and development, said the ideas came from three public meetings over the last year with professional architects, Marshall University personnel, 4th Avenue business and property owners and residents.
Holley said the city has received funding for and will begin construction on two projects
|Click here for the Old Main Corridor Project: Fourth Avenue Streetscape Master Plan.
Holley said the idea to connect the university to the downtown through 4th Avenue was Mayor David Felinton's idea when he first took office.
"Now that the plans are coming together, you can really visualize what the corridor will look like," Felinton said.
Though the city would like to implement all of the concepts developed from the meetings, Holley said officials will first have to prioritize the projects and determine the timeline and costs. While the city is unsure they will implement all of the elements, Holley said they are considering all of the ones discussed at the meetings.
The architects involved with the Old Main Corridor project suggested archways across the street. Phoebe Patton Randolph, with the American Institute of Architects' West Virginia Chapter's Livable Communities Committee, said the archways could be fitted with exposed lights to better illuminate the road and sidewalks, thus taking care of security and lighting issues.
While the city can also hang banners and notify the public of upcoming events, Randolph said the archways bring the scale of the street down to the human scale. Instead of feeling overpowered by the grand scale of the area, Randolph said the archways enclose the streets and make the area more inviting.
Though their implementation is not included in the two scheduled city projects, Holley said the city would like to mesh Marshall University's architecture with the rest of 4th Avenue. This can be achieved, he said, by bordering vacant and parking lots with brick-and-iron fences similar to those on Marshall's campus.
"There's a real sense of divide between the Marshall University campus and the Old Main Corridor. We need to remove that divide," Holley said. "Right now, when you leave Marshal University, you really leave Marshall University."
"There needs to be a meshing between the corridor and Marshall," Randolph said. "We want to promote the historic corridor, but that doesn't exclude the inclusion of modern design and architecture."
Holley said the city is also considering raising, texturing and coloring a new center, turning-lane on 4th Avenue. This, he said, will force people to slow down while turning onto side streets. Parallel parking will remain on 4th Avenue, but the city plans to have angled parking for several of the side streets along the corridor.
The safe, pedestrian-friendly environment created by the improvements, he said, will foster development along the corridor.
City officials and design experts stressed the importance of upper-story development along 4th Avenue. Randolph said the spaces above many of the shops are perfect opportunities for residential and commercial spaces.
Holley said the city also is planning to implement public art. The city has already begun publicly advertising for artists to become involved in the project from 8th to 10th streets on 4th Avenue. Sidewalk paintings, glass blocks in the sidewalks and statues are among the elements being considered.
The projects between 14th Street and Hal Greer Boulevard and 8th and 10th streets' scheduled projects include improvements to the "hardscape" and landscape and are meant to draw more people down 4th Avenue from Marshall University to the downtown. Holley said the projects will serve as a model for the improvements to be made for the rest of the corridor.
Holley said the 8th Street project is expected to cost about $800,000, which will be covered under several grants. Holley said the city has raised $850,000 from the Community Development Block Grant, Huntington-Ironton Empowerment Zone and Tax-Increment Financing proceeds.
The construction between 14th Street and Hal Greer Boulevard will cost about $500,000, he said. Most of the money, $340,000, comes from the state's Transportation Enhancement Program along with an additional $100,000 from a Community Development Block Grant.
The city is also awaiting approval for a $500,000 Transportation Enhancement grant application for continuing the Old Main Corridor construction between 12th and 14th streets.
These are projects planned within the next year along 4th Avenue:
From 8th to 10th streets
- What: Widening and repairing sidewalks, installing a surveillance system with wireless Internet capabilities, increased lighting and creating an outdoor plaza.
- Cost: About $800,000, which will be covered under several grants.
- Schedule: To start in August and be done by year's end.
- What: Building one or two bike lanes, widening the sidewalks to 12 feet, installing a surveillance system with wireless Internet capabilities and increased lighting. The city is still working on the details of the project.
- Cost: About $500,000. Most of the money, $340,000, comes from the state's Transportation Enhancement Program along with an additional $100,000 from a Community Development Block Grant.
- Schedule: To start next spring.
From 14th Street to Hal Greer Boulevard
SOURCE: Charles Holley, Huntington's director of development and planning.
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I chose the submarine force for its small, team oriented work. You really bond as a team when you're doing missions or running drills. You rely on everyone on the boat to get you through tough situations and you have to trust everyone completely. Tuck seemed like a perfect extension of that, with the small group work and the intimate setting.
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A support bracket for an electronic daytimer (e.g., a PDA or a PIM), a cellular telephone, and pager combination includes a housing with at least two indentions, one of which is sized to receive an electronic daytimer and the other of which is sized to receive a cellular telephone; power supply lines carried by the housing so as to connect with, and thereby provide power, to a received electronic daytimer and/or received cellular telephone; and a printer for an electronic daytimer secured to the housing and combined with a cable connecting it to a received electronic daytimer.
1. An embedded notepad system for a cellular telephone system comprising:
a cellular telephone, said cellular telephone having a means for holding a piece of paper;
a printer for printing information on said piece of paper, said information comprises information extracted from a personal digital assistant, wherein said printer is connected directly to said personal digital assistant; and support means for detachably supporting said cellular telephone and said personal digital assistant.
2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for holding comprises a clip mounted on said cellular telephone.
3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for holding comprises a three sided frame structure integral with said cellular telephone.
4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said support means supports said printer.
5. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising means for charging said personal digital assistant and said cellular telephone when supported by a unitary support.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of electronic organizers and communications devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to combined electronic organizers and communication devices especially well suited to be disposed in automobiles.
2. Description of the Related Art
Outside salespersons, who account for a large percentage of total sales in many product lines, have heretofore been a generally "forgotten" portion of the business community when it comes to electronic assistance. These salesmen have two fairly distinct needs. One need is for a means to collect, manipulate, and retrieve information. The second need is for a means to communicate with, for example, the home office and customers and clients.
The first need can be, and has been, addressed by "daytimers," that is, paper address books and calendars. Such books and calendars are high maintenance items; entries can be smudged or written over to illegibility; pages can be lost or damaged by rain or other liquids; and, very significantly, such books and calendars are hard to back up--if one is lost, it is difficult, at the every least, to replace it.
Electronic, as opposed to paper, capture of data has advantages in that back up copies of the data can be made and kept in various different places, reducing the likelihood of total loss. Electronically captured data can be manipulated very easily, and presented in multiple ways if desired. This capability can ensure that current and historical data is not confused, rendered illegible, or otherwise made useless.
In the electronic data processing area, notebook computers have evolved so that they can keep address and appointment information. However, such computers still suffer lack of easy portability, and they have limited battery life. Likewise, personal digital assistants ("PDA's") have heretofore evolved so that they can readily keep information needed by outside salespersons and other such mobile professionals. PDA's, or personal information managers ("PIM's"), are hand held devices generally including a processor and a memory, and a primary user interface in the form of a pressure sensitive screen. PDA's or PIM's (and those two terms are used interchangeably throughout this document) have advantages including small size and weight relative to notebook computers, and the fact that they deal with information electronically. However, many people still consider PDA's to be too large and heavy to conveniently carry around.
Regarding communication capability, both notebook computers and PDA's have heretofore been provided with modems and interfaces for telephone line connection and communication, provided with cellular telephone interfaces for wireless communication, and provided with infrared link means for optical communication. These capabilities, although desirable and good, have not made notebook computers or PDA's any easier to carry. Paper address books and calendars communicate only by being read.
Mobile professionals also have communication needs involving voice as opposed to data communication. To address these needs, cellular telephones and pagers have become popular options. The cellular telephone is used mainly for outgoing calls from a car. The pager is used for receiving call requests.
In general, at the present time, all of the foregoing options and accompanying pros and cons have led mobile professionals to carry daytimers, cellular telephones and pagers. Even though it would be highly desirable to receive, manipulate, store and communicate "daytimer" data electronically, there has not heretofore been developed a product that has been perceived as being so convenient and easy to use that it has replaced the daytimer/cellular telephone/page triumvirate. It is a shortcoming and deficiency of the prior art that there has not yet been developed such a product.
The present invention overcomes the shortcoming and deficiency mentioned above by providing a support bracket including a housing, power supply lines, and a printer. In embodiments of the present invention, the housing has at least two indentions, one of which is sized to snugly receive a personal digital assistant, the other of which is sized to snugly receive a cellular telephone. Still further, in embodiments of the present invention, the power supply lines are carried by the housing so as to connect with, and thereby provide power to, a personal digital assistant received in its indentation and so as to connect with, and thereby provide power to, a cellular telephone received in its indentation. Still yet further, in embodiments of the present invention, the printer is designed so as to be able to interface with a personal digital assistant and is secured to the housing and combined with a cable connecting it to a personal digital assistant received in its housing.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a combined car bracket, electronic daytimer, pager, and cellular telephone, a purpose of which is to ensure all information and capabilities needed by a mobile professional can be neatly carried in a car, and to further ensure that all essential information needed by that mobile professional for a trip away from his or her car can be easily extracted from the car and carried.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an alternative portion of an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like or similar elements are depicted with identical reference numerals throughout the several views and, more particularly, to FIG. 1, there is shown a block diagram of a combined electronic daytimer, cellular telephone, and pager system (generally designated by reference numeral 10) according to the teachings of the present invention. The system 10 includes a number of combined elements, including a support system 12, a PDA 14, a cellular telephone 16, and a pager 18. Each of these elements is discussed below.
The support system 12 is an element designed to be easily and neatly disposed in an automobile, in a position where the elements it supports can easily be reached by the automobile operator. The support system 12 could be a plastic or metal bracket, for example, designed to be mounted in the front seat portion of an automobile between the driver and passenger seats.
The support system 12 includes portions 20, 22, 24 configured so as to snugly receive the PDA 14, the cellular telephone 16, and the pager 18, respectively. These portions 20, 22, 24 could be indentations in the plastic or metal support system 12. It is important that these portions receive the elements 14, 16, and 18 snugly, so that there is no "rattling" during vehicle movement and so that certain connections (discussed below) are properly made. It is also important that the portions 20, 22, and 24 be configured so that the elements 14, 16, and 18 can easily be removed from the portions 20, 22, and 24 by a system 10 user if desired. The portions could have, for example, adjacent finger grooves by which a user could insert his or her finger under a snugly received element 14, 16, and 18 and then pull up to remove it.
The support system depicted in FIG. 1 may be seen to also include power lines 26, a printer 28, and a scanner 30. The purpose of power lines 26 is to provide power to any of the elements 14, 16, 18 that could profitably use it. In FIG. 1, the lines 26 may be seen to connect a power supply (e.g., a car battery, not shown) to contacts 32 and 34 in portions 20 and 22. Via these contacts 32, 34, and corresponding conventional contacts (not shown) on the PDA 14 and the cellular telephone 16, the automobile battery may be drawn upon to charge or recharge conventional power supplies in the PDA 14 and the cellular telephone 16. If a particular element, such as the pager 18, has an independent power supply (e.g., an enclosed battery that cannot be recharged when installed in the pager 18) lines 26 need not establish contact between the automobile battery and the indention (here, indention 26) in which that element may be placed (in this discussion, element 18.
As mentioned above, the support system 12 depicted in FIG. 1 also includes a printer 28 and a scanner 30. These two elements 28, 30 are designed to work in concert with the PDA 14. The scanner can convert information in written form (i.e., a note or small completed form) into electronic form for storage in the PDA 14. The converted electronic conformation can be stored in the PDA 14 in graphic form or, provided the PDA includes a character recognation capability, in a recognized text form. The purpose of printer 28 is to provide a written record of selected information within the PDA, preferrably on small slips of paper (discussed below).
The pager 18 depicted in FIG. 1 is a conventional one. The purpose of the pager 18 is to alert the mobile professional of the fact that someone desires to communicate with him or her. The pager 18 also provides certain information (e.g., a telephone number) regarding the person seeking to establish communications.
The cellular telephone 16 depicted in FIG. 1 is also generally conventional. However, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 it may be seen that the cellular telephone 16 is novel in at least one respect: it includes a means for holding the small slips of paper mentioned above. In FIGS. 2 and 3 the small slips of paper are designated with reference numeral 36. In FIG. 2, the means for holding the slip of paper 36 is a clip 38 mounted on the backside (i.e., the side opposite the conventional keypad 40) of the cellular telephone 16. In FIG. 3, the means for holding is shown to be a three sided frame structure 42 into which the slip of paper 36 can be slid.
Based upon the description of elements above, operation of the system 10 can now be understood. When traveling in an automobile the support system 12 keeps a PDA 14, a cellular telephone 16, and pager charged (as appropriate) and readily assessible. When the mobile professional leaves the automobile, he or she need only take the cellular telephone 16 and pager 18 with him or her. The mobile professional has this freedom because any information needed from the PDA 14 can be printed by the PDA 14 and printer 28 onto a small piece of paper 36. Such information could include a to-do list, names and telephone numbers of persons appearing in near-by dates, the twenty most commonly used names and numbers, or the like. One or more slips of paper could then be attached to the cellular telephone 16 for use by the mobile professional while away from his or her automobile.
If the user writes notes on a piece of paper, he or she can enter that information into the PDA upon returning to the automobile. This information can either be entered manually into the PDA (e.g., via the PDA input screen) or into the PDA via the scanner 30.
Based upon the foregoing, it now be understood and appreciated that the present invention provides a well integrated package for keeping mobile professionals informed and in touch. Because, except for the inclusions of a means for holding paper on the cellular telephone 16, the present invention employs generally conventional major components, existing components can readily be assimilated into embodiments of it.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations are possible in view of the teachings above. For example, the support system 12 could include portions defining a slot to hold small slips of paper 36. As another example, semi-sticky note paper (e.g., POST-IT™ brand noted) could be used as paper 36, which could alleviate a need to include a means for holding (other than just a surface) on the cellular telephone 16. In embodiments of the present invention, a scanner need not be included. Other such modifications and variations, too numerous to discuss in detail or even mention, can also be made based upon the teachings above. Accordingly, within the scope of the appended claims, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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I had a problem with circle dock.
Links to files or folders located in different partitions don't work!
I'm sure that my problem is due to this fact:
on my laptop i installed Windows Vista on C partition, Windows XP on E partition and i saved my data on another D partition.
I run Circle Dock from the E partition (i execute it on Windows XP OS), i copied the program folder in the E partition.
When i created a blank link in the circle dock and i put in the target box the address of a folder which is located in D partition (for Example D:\Games\), the program gives me an error.
I'm Italian and i'll write the error message in italian as the OS gave me:
Impossibile trovare il file "E:\Games\". Verificare che il percorso e il nome del file siano corretti e ritentare.
i try to translate it. Sorry for (if there are any) errors:
It is impossible to find the file "E:\Games". Verify that target and file name are correct and try again.
But i can't understand: the program changed the path automatically! I didn't write in the target box E:\Games\, i wrote D:\Games\
why the program changes it to E? I tried to create a link to a file or a folder located in the same E partition and it works! Then if i put the program into D partition and i run from D it surely will work. But if i want to put links either from E either from D how do i do? I can't run simoultaneousely two circle dock applications! Please help me!


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Friday's action will begin at 4 p.m., while Saturday's begins at 9 a.m.
"Having the third annual West Virginia State Games this weekend is a great meet for all the programs from West Virginia to come together and express their school and state pride," says coach Vic Riggs. "We all share a common bond of being West Virginians and I'm excited to be hosting the meet this year."
This will be the second time that WVU has hosted the meet, as the inaugural State Games were held at the Natatorium in 2011. Last year's meet took place at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va.
This year's field features eight schools, including the Mountaineers. Other schools competing are Alderson Broaddus, Davis & Elkins, Fairmont State, Marshall, West Virginia Tech, West Virginia Wesleyan and Wheeling Jesuit.
This meet marks the first of three consecutive weekends of competition for the Mountaineers, as well as the first chance at competition against other schools. WVU held its Gold-Blue meet last weekend.
"This is the first meet of three weeks of racing for the teams, so I'm looking to see where we are at as a team and where our focus needs to improve as we head into the heart of our dual-meet season," says Riggs.
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The Sagehen Report for November 19
Jake Klewer '14 had the game-winning lay-up at the buzzer as Pomona-Pitzer Men's Basketball opened the season with a thrilling 81-79 win over Westmont, ranked No. 8 nationally in NAIA.
Mark Hudnall '13 had a team-high three goals to help Men's Water Polo's senior class end their careers on a high note with a win over No. 19 Santa Clara in the fifth-place game at the Western Water Polo Association Championships.
The fall-to-winter athletics transition concluded this week with both seasons providing great thrills for Sagehen fans. In fact, the final team event of the fall (Men's Water Polo vs. Santa Clara) and the first team event of the winter (Men's Basketball vs. Westmont) both produced thrilling down-to-the-wire finishes for victories over nationally-ranked opponents.
Men's Water Polo concluded the fall season at the WWPA Championships this weekend at Whittier College, and went out on a high note by playing well in all three matches. After giving No. 11 Loyola Marymount all it could handle in the opening round before falling 13-11, the Sagehens defeated CMS 9-8 in overtime in a thriller in the consolation round, with Ryan Higgins '14 providing the game-winner with 14 seconds left in the first overtime, giving the Sagehens a 2-1 win in the season series against the Stags.
Then, in the fifth place game on Sunday, Pomona-Pitzer earned a 12-11 win over No. 19 Santa Clara, as Cody Moore '13 broke an 11-11 tie with 27 seconds left on his final collegiate possession and Stephen Vint PI '15 clinched the win with a steal with less than five seconds left. Moore's winning goal capped off a great weekend for the team's three senior starters, as Jason Cox PI '13 led the Sagehens with five goals in the loss to Loyola Marymount, Moore had a team-high four goals in the win over CMS, and Mark Hudnall '13 paced Pomona-Pitzer with four goals in the win over Santa Clara.
Meanwhile, the first team event of the winter on Friday saw Men's Basketball open the 2012-13 campaign with a home game against Westmont, the preseason No. 8 ranked team in NAIA Division I. Both teams came out firing on all cylinders offensively, as Pomona-Pitzer took a 47-45 lead into halftime. The Sagehens seemed to have the upper hand late, pulling ahead by five points with just over 4:00 left in regulation, but Westmont rallied, and a steal and a three-point play gave the Warriors a 77-74 lead with 1:23 to play.
Kyle McAndrews '15, though, took over down the stretch to will the Sagehens to the win. He fed John Weiss '14 for a lay-up with 50 seconds left to cut the lead to one, After Westmont made two foul shots, McAndrews made a deep three-pointer off a kick-out pass from Michael Cohen '15 to tie the score up 79-79. Westmont called a time-out to try to go for the winning shot, but Cohen (game-high 20 points) poked the ball free just outside the paint, McAndrews beat Westmont to the loose ball, drove the length of the floor, and fed Jake Klewer '14 with a no-look pass for the game-winning lay-up as the horn sounded for a thrilling 81-79 opening-day win.
The second game of the season for the Sagehens had less drama, as Pomona-Pitzer jumped out to a 17-0 lead on La Sierra on Saturday and went on to an 87-64 victory. McAndrews had 17 of his game-high 19 points in the first half, and Klewer added a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds on 6-of-6 shooting from the floor (improving to 9-of-9 so far this season). Pomona-Pitzer will be in action this weekend at the David Wells Classic, facing Master's College on Friday at CMS and hosting UC Santa Cruz on Saturday.
The Women's Basketball team (which had its opener at Hope International postponed on Thursday due to mechanical problems at HIU's gym), hosts Linfield on Tuesday and then participates in the David Wells as well, hosting Dallas on Friday and playing UC Santa Cruz on Saturday at CMS.
Men's Cross Country also wrapped up its fall season on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Championships, making its first appearance as a team since 2005. Alex Johnson PI '13, who had qualified the last two years as an individual, had the best finish for the Sagehens, coming in 64th place with a 25:26, while John Fowler '16 was the second-fastest Sagehen in 123rd place with a 25:51. As a team, Pomona-Pitzer finished 25th, outperforming its ranking, as the Sagehens entered the championships out of the national top 35.
The Men's and Women's Swimming teams were the first winter sports to start their seasons in October, but competed in their first team competition at Cal Baptist on Saturday, with the women earning a 166-96 win behind dominant performances in the freestyle and backstroke. The Sagehens finished 1-2-3 in the 50, 100 and 200 free (as well as the 400 free relay) and also swept the top three positions in the 100 and 200 back. Jenna Haufler '16 won the 50 and 200 free, Vicky Gyorffy '15 won the 100 and 500 free, and Mia Hahn '16 won the 100 and 200 back.
Adding to the victory count on the women's side were Ellena Basada '16, who picked up a win in the 400-yard individual medley, and Mari Pettibone PI '15, who won the 200-yard breaststroke. On the men's side, Hugh Berryman '15 earned a title in the 100 free and was runner up in the 50 free, just .10 behind the winner, as the Sagehens lost to the Division II Lancers.
To keep up to date with all the Pomona-Pitzer athletics action, follow us on the web at www.sagehens.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sagehens, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sagehens.
This Week's Schedule
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Tuesday, Nov. 20
Women's Basketball (H) vs. Linfield, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 23
Men's Basketball vs. Master's, 5 p.m. (at CMS)
Women's Basketball (H) vs. Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24
Women's Basketball vs. UC Santa Cruz, 5 p.m. (at CMS)
Men's Basketball (H) vs. UC Santa Cruz, 7 p.m.


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The Northern Vance soccer team followed a 1-1 draw at Southern Durham Monday with a 9-0 loss at Chapel Hill Thursday.
Northern head coach Razvan Tegean said his team's effort was solid against the first-place Tigers, who stayed perfect in 3-A Big Eight Conference play.
The Vikings trailed 4-0 at halftime before the home side ended it via the nine-goal mercy rule about 20 minutes into the second.
Stephanie Garcia had Northern's goal on Monday.
The Vikings (1-12-3, 1-10-1) host Northwood on Monday before finishing the season at home against J.F. Webb next Friday.
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So I am working on my design and pattern which will be published (early 2011). I swatched the scarf with some leftover yarn last night. I want the neat slip stitch edges but can't remember if I slipped as if to knit or slipped as if to purl to get those. I tried to do it according to: slip as pattern reads (knit on some rows, purl on others) and the edges were very messy. If any one can help me clear this up so I can begin work on the actual piece with the yarn the company sent me I would be very grateful. I am trying it again tonight with the "waste" yarn to see if I can figure it out. If it works I will hopefully begin the scarf tomorrow as it will take the longest to complete. Thanks guys.
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Yes, Tom is right in that they have to be opposite actions. I often slip the last stitch purlwise, yarn in front; knitting the first stitch of every row. You can either knit in the front or the back of the stitch but knitting in the front gives it a twist, making it a bit firmer. Lots of luck. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Thanks Tom. I just tried it on my little ball of waste yarn and it worked! Now I can get to work on the scarf and write up the pattern!
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It's a combination of two things, Russ. (Man, I feel like such an "old pro" handing out this bit of craft lore!) It's a combination of how you do the last stitch of the row before you turn the work and how you slip the first stitch of the next row after you turn it. I purl the last stitch and then slip the first stitch knitwise. I guarantee that will work but I think that if you knit the last stitch and slip the first purlwise, it seems that that should work too. I'm pretty sure it will NOT work if you knit the last stitch and then slip the first one knitwise or purl the last and slip the first purlwise. They've got do be done oppositely.


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Sep 2014 - $20.00
Stayed here en route to Colorado for one night only. It was very sufficient for the one night. A lot of space to back up our big trailer. Attendant was friendly. It was quiet and off the highway as well. Would stay here again. - JulieDR
Sep 2014 - $20.00
Nice, clean, large back-in sites. Full hookups, it is on the county fairgrounds land. No showers/restrooms, you must be self-contained. There are no signs on roads to find this campground. You can stop at the visitor center or like most add to your GPS. Quiet area and close to shopping and gas. Great place for overnight stays. - not one
Aug 2014 - $20.00
We made the decision to stay here at the last minute, when a thunderstorm chased us off the interstate, so I didn't have very high standards. The Thomas County Fairgrounds both met my expectations and surprised me. This is a campground that exists to serve annual county fair. The fact that it was still open puzzles me a bit, but there were another half-dozen sites occupied, so maybe they get enough business to justify it. The campground is really just an open field, mowed short, and a little muddy in the rain. There are zero activities for the children, unless you count running amok in field (after a long day on the road, sometimes that's all we need!). No pull-through sites, but the sites are incredibly easy to get into, with tons of maneuvering room, and only the utilities hookups to worry about hitting. The campground attendant was very casual -- we called in to check they had an opening, and he just told me to pick whatever site looked good to us :) As we were settling in, he came to collect our payment -- $20 cash, no registration required. Because we'd pulled off the road due to a thunderstorm, I asked about a storm shelter. It's a concrete box under the grandstand -- not exactly ideal to this Kansas girl, but lots better than a trailer in a storm! Fortunately, we didn't need it. Would I stay here again? If I needed to a place to get off the road in Colby, yes. Would I make it a destination? No. - User3639
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I guess the first thing you notice about this park is that you kind of have to guess where the registration office is. Coming in the main entrance, dirt and dusty, you miss it completely. The second thing is that there rate is not as quoted on the web site. Not $32, but $35 and then they charge you a $3 credit card fee. I had driven all the way from Sarasota FL and this is the most I have paid for site, and the place is basically a dirt field. - acephx
Sep 2011 - $95.00
It's unusual that we find a park that really flips our switch, good or bad. This place did it. And, not in a good way. We were looking to stop in the Colby, KS area for the night. There were no recent reviews of this park since this time last year, so we were curious and stopped by. By "stopped by", we don't mean we drove through the entrance. We mean we found the park next to a Walmart. We parked at Walmart and wandered in (easy, too easy). Here is what we found. We probably wouldn't have found the park in the first place had we not been fortunate to see the EXTRA-small camper sign that directs you to the park. You know the one, a 1 square foot blue background with white relief of a trailer you see along County roads. Yep, that's all there is here. We can't imagine how many potential customers have missed that. Wished we had. It is no longer called Bourquin's RV Park & Restaurant. The restaurant is dead. It is now Bourquin's RV Park & Farmer's Market. We didn't see any farmers, or a market, just poor passer's-by who paid money to park there. This is a teenie-tiny RV park charging premium prices for teenie-tiny sites. Not as bad as KOA, mind you, but close, and still charging WAY too much for what they were selling. Sad! We truly felt sorry for those who'd paid to stay there. At least the owners didn't presume to call the place a "Resort" and charge yet another $3 per night. The park's only claim to fame is it is a very, and we mean a VERY short walk to Walmart (lock EVERYTHING up). That's the best we can say. We didn't check to see if we would be allowed to park at Walmart for free. We suspect not. By-the-way. There were at least two motels in town that advertised less for a single room than Bourquin's charged for their tiny pieces of dirt. Not at all a fair deal for the RVer. We'd have paid $20 for a night at this place, if they'd talked real pretty. $15 if not. Not a penny more. We decided we could drive another hour or two, and did. WE DID NOT STAY AT THIS PARK! - sass
Nov 2010 - $33.00
This is one of the worst RV parks we have ever stayed in. It bears little resemblance to the pictures on their website. The instructions on the office were to call the owner(?) and we would be assigned a spot. She gave us a couple to choose from. One didn't have water and the other had a faulty electrical hookup. We got this information from a "permanent" parked near the sites. He indicated he had told the owners several times about the spots that had water and electrical problems but nothing was done to repair them. With his assistance we finally found a spot where the connections worked and got parked. Totally overpriced. We would not stay here again. - lina43


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Episode PremiereSeptember 20, 2013
Show Period2012 - 2014
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SALEM, ORE. -- The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) released the honorees for the 2013 Division III PING All-Region Teams on Tuesday, May 14. Willamette's Ryan Kukula (So., Ocean Park, WA/Ilwaco HS) was named to the PING All-West Region Team, adding yet another accomplishment to his already superb 2012-13 season.
The PING All-Region teams consisted of 81 total players honored over the six regions in Division III golf. Kukula was selected in the West Region, of which the Northwest Conference is a member. The Southeast Region led all regions with 17 players chosen, and no region had fewer than 12 players selected.
In the West Region, Kukula was one of 14 players to receive All-Region status. The only other NWC school represented was Whitworth University with golfers Jesse Salzwedel and Oliver Rudnicki named to the team. Whitworth won the 2013 NWC team championship.
Other schools represented on the All-West Region team were the University of Texas at Tyler, University of La Verne, University of Redlands, California Lutheran University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Centenary College.
Based on the available records on the GCAA website, Kukula is the first male golfer from Willamette to ever be named to an All-West Region Team in the Division III era. Kukula carded a stellar year in 2012-13 for the Bearcats, taking NWC Golfer of the Year honors after winning the NWC Fall Classic and the NWC Spring Classic, and finishing in second at the NWC Championship Tournament.
On top of those victories, Kukula also won the Pacific Spring Invitational. He never finished lower than second in a tournament during the spring season. Following the NWC Championship Tournament, Kukula was one of six golfers in the conference selected First Team All-NWC.
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INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County has all but one school accredited and once again barely missed federal adequate yearly progress (AYP) benchmarks as a division — leaving school administrators excited about the improvements.
School Director of Instruction and Assessment Stephen Cornett updated the school board on the system's progress during a regular meeting Oct. 12.
The school system managed to add Independence Middle School to its list of schools that met AYP, leaving only two — Fries Middle and Independence Elementary — remaining to improve
INDEPENDENCE — In an effort to save money during tough economic times, Grayson County has opted to close a public-access Dumpster site at its Public Works Department just north of Independence.
The county arrived at the decision, according to County Administrator Jonathan Sweet, not only as a way to save the county money, but also because of safety issues.
HILLSVILLE — About 100 people turned out to Ninth District Rep. Rick Boucher's town hall meeting on healthcare reform in Hillsville on Saturday, and attendees heard the congressman's concerns about the public insurance option and his assurances that no federal funds will go toward treating illegal aliens or providing abortions.
WAYNESBORO -- Defending Southern Bracket Racing Association national champion Team Elk Creek Dragway stormed back to win the 2009 points championship, taking the title over Colonial Beach Dragway in a tiebreaker. For the finals last Sunday under sunny skies, the race began to turn into a battle between Colonial Beach and Elk Creek, with Colonial beach blowing out in the late rounds.
HILLSVILLE -- Carroll County ran its record to 10-0 in the Southwest District, rolling past Graham 25-14, 25-11, 25-21 Tuesday.
Galax drew to within one match of a perfect run through its Mountain Empire District volleyball schedule, bouncing back from a first-set loss to knock off Narrows 22-25, 25-15, 25-8, 25-19 last Thursday in Galax. "We would love to finish the season 8-0 in the district," said Maroon Tide coach Rose Houk after her team improved to 14-4 overall, 7-0 in the district.
INDEPENDENCE -- Having ended one streak, Grayson County would like nothing better than to start a new one, this time one of a different sort. Coming off a bye week that followed the end of a 17-game slide, the Blue Devils will look for their second straight win this week when they return to action with a Mountain Empire District game Friday at Bland County.
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MIDLOTHIAN -- Galax put forth great effort in trying to defend its 2008 Group A golf championship but fell just short at Independence Golf Club on Tuesday. The Maroon Tide shot a second-round 313 to put the pressure on Giles, but the Spartans held on for their first team championship since 2002 with a score of 622, followed by Galax (636) in second and Chatham (643) in third. Radford H
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With newspaper reports linking Liverpool and Newcastle with Andre Ayew, fans of both sides will be interested to see how the winger performs at the World Cup this summer.
The 24 year old is expected to start for Ghana tonight against the USA.
A versatile option, Ayew is capable of playing anywhere across the midfield or the attack, although he is at his best in central midfield or on the left wing.
For Marseille, the Ghanaian is part of a fluid attacking trio that frequently interchange positions mid-match.
Despite only standing at a relatively diminutive 5 foot 9 inches, Ayew actually poses a strong aerial threat.
The winger scores an impressive number of headed goals and seems to have knack for finding space in the penalty area. In the past two season in Ligue 1, no player has scored many headers than Ayew.
The winger also doesn't shy away from his defensive duties, averaging 2.5 tackles a game according to WhoScored.
Ayew frequently uses pace to beat his man and in possession, the Ghanaian is an accurate passer of the ball. In a disappointing Marseille side this term, Ayew still managed to notch six goals and three assists in 25 Ligue 1 appearances.
With just 12 months remaining on his current deal, Marseille are believed to be ready to cash in on the 24-year-old this summer.
If the reports are to be believed, Napoli have opened the bidding with a £5 million offer although the French club are expected to hold out for a fee closer to £10 million.
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We adopted my teenage son a year ago. He has been with us two years. He chose to leave the situation and asked us to adopt him.
At first we only had power of attorney, so good boundaries couldn't be set, because she would just take him away, so he went over there when she wanted (even though it wasn't safe), and she called when she felt like it (once a week or once a month).
Since then, she has accused me of having sexual relations with my son, that I have stolen him, i have had to call the cops on her, we have called CPS on her for her two remaining kids numerous times. She just recently got arrested for a DUI.
She calls when she wants and promises things that won't happen to my son. She says that they will get together (we sit in a park next door when they do - she doesn't know we do that) and then she doesn't go through with it. My son has been diagnosed with PTSD and major depression. He is 16.
She won't let him call me mom in front of her, she gets drunk and calls and cusses me out. It hasn't happened in a while, but overall has happened too many times to count.
I am in the end of my Masters Degree. I had to take a test to get my degree. She called on the day of the test and started in on how she wants to see him and causing drama. I failed my test.
I have been given another opportunity to take the test. How do I eliminate this stress? Even when she is good, I'm stressed because I know it will go bad. I already blocked her from being able to call my son's cell phone because it was too stressful with her calling drunk and yelling at him. Do I block her from my phone? He wants a relationship with her and his siblings, how do I find a good medium? Have her call my husband's phone?
Help please.
While I don't have experience adopting a teen, I was a foster parent for a while. It sounds like you would all benefit from more structure around the relationship with your son's bmom.
Maybe set a time, once a month for example, that she can talk to him and a designated time she can call. She has to stick to that. She doesn't get to call when she wants or cause drama when she wants. This way your son is mentally prepared for his time with her, and you know when you can expect to have the difficutlites you have been having.
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You don't necessarily have to block the call. You could consider just not answering it if you are not fully prepared at that moment to deal with her. Good luck on your re-test!
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Track: Nesbit Breaks WVU Triple Jump Record
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia jumper Stormy Nesbit highlighted the final day of the ECAC Championships by breaking the school record for the triple jump Sunday in Princeton, NJ.
The Roseville, Minn., native triple jumped a distance of 13.07 meters to top former Mountaineer Christine Brown's distance of 12.95 meters from 2002, previously the all-time best distance for the event in WVU's program history.
The sophomore continued momentum of lengthening her distance for the event for a third consecutive meet, jumping 12.61 meters last week at the BIG EAST Championships and 12.51 meters three weeks ago at the Larry Ellis Invitational. The 12.61 meters was previously WVU's second all-time best distance in the triple jump.
"Stormy is really coming into her own right now," says WVU coach Sean Cleary. "Today's performance was a testament to how bright a future she has. If she continues this improvement, she will open many doors for herself."
Liberty's Mia Aghaji placed second to Nesbit with a distance of 12.83 meters.
Junior Sydney Cummings matched her season- and career-best height of 1.75 meters in the high jump Sunday to tie for fourth with two other athletes. She had previously reached the height at the Texas Relays and the Larry Ellis Invitational earlier in the season.
"Sydney put together another very good set of jumps," Cleary says. "She is so close to a big breakthrough. We are really hoping she gets the call for the NCAA Championships. It's very clear she has another bar in her."
Boston's Allison Barwise won the event with a height of 1.87 meters, while Monmouth's Alison Day and Connecticut's Natasha McLaren followed close behind. Cummings tied with Priscilla Frederick of St. John's and Amina Smith of Maryland at the 1.75-meter mark.
Several Mountaineers continue action Monday with the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet in Swarthmore, Pa., seeking NCAA regional-qualifying marks.
Senior Chelsea Carrier-Eades will compete in the javelin throw at approximately 4 p.m. and the high jump shortly after. Redshirt sophomore Chené Townsend is set for the 100-meter hurdles at 6 p.m., while Hallie Portner, Jordan Hamric and Jessica O'Connell compete in the 1,500-meter run at approximately 8 p.m.
The NCAA East Regional is scheduled from May 24-26 in Jacksonville, Fla., with the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships set for June 6-9 in Ames, Iowa.
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