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Hi, I'm Miss Tam Chiak. "Tam Chiak" is a hokkien translation for "greedy" or "贪吃". My surname is not Tam, so please don't call me Chiak. My name is Maureen, pleased to meet you.
I started this food blog in July 2007 while I was interning for a chinese food magazine. Back then, I called this blog "Jaime-La-Nourriture". It is actually in french and it means "I Love Food". Sounds atas isn't it? But very soon later, I realized it was a total mistake as I have difficulty pronouncing it myself.
In 2009, I decided to go for a change. Hokkien is a common language among the Chinese in Singapore, so I wanted to call this little food blog of mine something closer to the heart, and hence "Miss Tam Chiak" was born.
I started this blog in Chinese and hope to continue the beauty of Chinese language. Frankly, it is not easy. Yes, I am unique as there are less than 5 chinese food bloggers in Singapore. But, it is depressing to find that majority of the readers visit my blog merely to admire the photos without reading the words. So on the 4th anniversary of my Singapore Food Blog (July 2011), I decided to transformed the entire blog to an English one.
Everyday is a learning journey for me. And I'm thankful for all the support from readers. Miss Tam Chiak will not be what it is today without all of you.
I will continue to make all of you hungry. Thank you for staying with me.
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I didn't carry a DLSR right from the beginning. Like everyone else, I was using a Fujifilm digital camera in the beginning. Slowly, DSLR became more affordable and I bought a Canon 450D with a 50mm F1.8 lens in May 2009 for food photography. In May 2011, I upgraded my gear to a Canon 7D, Canon 60mm Macro lens, Sigma 24-70mm walkabout len, Canon 10-22mm Wide Angle Lens and Speedlite 430EX flash.
Strictly speaking, I am not a professional food blogger nor photographer. I don't do this full time because I believe that passion cannot become a job. But I think Miss Tam Chiak is my serious hobby, which I will never give up.
This humble blog of mine has been featured on:
- i-weekly (2010, issue no 667)
- Cuisine & Wine (Jan 2011).
- Interviewed by Radio FM 100.3 on 7 August 2010
- Weekly hawker column in My Paper (Jan 2011- Dec 2011)
- Weekly food program with Daniel on Radio FM 100.3
- Elle Magazine Nov 2012
- Scoot Inflight Magazine December 2012

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T.I. reflects on his rough upbringing with help from ASAP Rocky on "Wildside", the latest track to surface from Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, due out December 18th via Grand Hustle/Atlantic. Take a listen below.
"I'm basically just narrating my childhood and what I come from and giving people some insight into why I am the way I am and why some of the things that happen to me only happen to me and they wouldn't happen to anyone else 'cause they're specific in my upbringing," T.I. told Rap-Up.com. "A lot of motherf**kers just see the outcome and see the things that I go through. They see the effect, but I'm narrating the cause a little bit for 'em."
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WOODSTOCK, VERMONT... Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont's rural heritage, announces the 6th Annual Cheese & Dairy Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Celebrate Vermont's rich dairy heritage during this two-day event: Meet New England cheesemakers, sample their delicious artisan cheeses & dairy products, and take part in engaging dairy education programs.
The Cheese & Dairy Celebration will showcase many of New England's artisan cheesemakers, who will offer cheese samples, discuss their products, and have cheese on hand for purchase. Visitors can Judge Jerseys with the farm manager to improve their bovine knowledge, participate in a dairy scavenger hunt, name the calf contest, Inside-Out Cow (have fun learning the body parts of a cow) and Cow Make-Over (learn what it takes to groom a cow in preparation for being judged in a show). Especially for the children: cranking fresh ice cream and making dairy headbands and moo masks.
View the schedule of activities.
The operating dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and the restored and furnished farmhouse are included in the entrance fee.
Admission: adults: $14.00; over 62: $13.00; children 5-15: $8.00; 3-4: $4.00; under 3: free.


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If we're seeing any renaissance in American politics at the moment, it comes from a backlash against an ever-advancing policy against the ability for women to think and make choices for themselves.
This policy of female subjugation, which mostly but not entirely has focused on health care issues, has realized real gains on an almost unbroken line for 40 years. But for whatever reason – conservative overreach, a new generation of feminist activists – we're seeing a real and sustained pushback. While it has not translated into policy advances yet, it has set the stage for them.
Consider the increasing success with stopping the most noxious of the conservative subjugation policies. The mandatory ultrasound bill in Virginia was shifted from a trans-vaginal one to a trans-abdominal one. That hardly represents much of a defense, but considering the normal trajectory of these things, it was a place to start. The Blunt amendment, which would have given employers the ability to decide whether women could receive treatment they found objectionable, also went down to defeat, and Republicans have no intention of bringing it up again. Similarly, in Arizona, a bid to allow employers to drop coverage for contraception and require employees to justify their purchases of contraception products has been dropped and will be rewritten.
Lesko said critics have wrongly read House Bill 2625 as requiring the employee to disclose her medical condition to her employer in order to continue coverage. However, that disclosure is between the worker and the employer's insurance company, she said […]
On Monday, she pulled the bill from the Senate Rules Committee agenda so she and other lawmakers could work on amendments before it comes before the full Senate for a vote. It has already passed the House.
But the more interesting factor is the drag these fights on contraception and abortion have had on the overall public opinion of Republicans, particularly at the state level. [cont'd] Consider that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell had an astronomical approval rating and was considered a possible Vice Presidential candidate before the flap over the ultrasound bill there. Now, new polling numbers show:
Voters approve 53 – 32 percent of the job Gov. McDonnell is doing, down from a 58 – 24 percent score February 9 and McDonnell's lowest rating since the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University began Virginia surveys June 29, 2011.
The State Legislature's negative 38 – 47 percent score is a 19-point shift from a 47 – 37 percent positive approval rating February 9 and the first time the legislature has received a negative grade […]
Virginia voters disagree 52 – 41 percent with a new law that requires women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound examination at least 24 hours before the procedure.
Voters say 72 – 21 percent that government should not make laws which try to convince women seeking an abortion to change their minds.
Part of this is just how voters tend to dislike politicians once they try to legislate. But in addition, you have women's issues really driving up the negatives of the Governor and the Republican state legislature. Conversely, you're seeing reproductive freedom groups, including campaign-based ones like EMILYs List, drawing newfound attention and funding by highlighting these issues.
Finally, the one entity that made a big gamble on subjugating women, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, is reeling in the aftermath of its efforts to defund Planned Parenthood:
Two top executives at Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced their resignation, amid reports that the breast cancer charity is struggling to raise money and repair its reputation after its decision to defund Planned Parenthood and subsequent reversal.
Katrina McGhee, Komen's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, privately announced several weeks ago that she will be stepping down on May 4, and Dara Richardson-Heron, CEO of Komen's New York City affiliate, announced her resignation on Tuesday. Both cited "personal" reasons and declined to elaborate.
If I had to guess, I'd say there won't be a Susan G. Komen Foundation come next year.
I'm willing to call this a trend. It has not translated fully into political power just yet – witness Idaho joining other states on mandatory ultrasound legislation. But I think awareness has been raised to the war on women, which has really super-charged over the past two years. And the conditions are ripe for a major backlash.
UPDATE: The campaign of protesting GOP Governors on Facebook is another nascent example of this, as is the campaign of women knitting lady parts for their members of Congress.


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Torres has been linked with a return to La Liga, but he insisted he wants to impress the new man at Stamford Bridge.
"I want to stay, I want to honour the contract I signed, keep winning titles and I'd like to be the best in my position," he said in an interview with Spanish newspaper AS.
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Virginia Beach, Va. – The mother of the 15-year-old boy at the center of the Patience Perez sex scandal is speaking out only to NewsChannel 3.
"She preyed on my baby," said the mother, whose name NewsChannel 3 has chosen to withhold. "Why my son? Why?"
Police said the 22-year-old and the boy met while Perez was working as an assistant security guard at Renaissance Academy in Virginia Beach.
By March, Perez was charged for having sex with the teenage boy and using him to plot her husband's murder.
"She pulled him in by saying her husband was abusing her," the mother said. "She preyed on my son's compassion."
The mother said the affair began to unravel early last month after she caught Perez in her driveway.
"I said who is this in front of my house? And he said ma' that's my friend. She's getting ready to take me to school," she said. "I knocked on her car window. I said who are you? She was like, I'm such and such. I go to school with [your son].
"She showed me her license and I took a mental picture of her name and her birthday," the mother said. "And then bells and whistles started going off."
The mother said she let her son leave with Perez, thinking she was an older student at Renaissance. The school does cater to students with behavior problems or academic challenges. However, later that same day, the mother said the school called to say her son was getting expelled because he showed up to school high on drugs.
"It came out that he was under the influence of marijuana," the mother said.
The mother said she started digging through her son's cell phone.
"That's when we discovered naked pictures, and the first picture I hit, it was her!" the mother said.
The mother also found Facebook messages between her son and Perez. Court documents said the messages discussed Perez's plans to have her husband killed.
"I'm going through everything like what is this? What the hell is this?" the mother said.
"The school called to check on him, and I told them it's a 22-year-old lusting after my son. Her name is such and such. I mispronounced the name. The counselor corrected me on the name. She said, 'Oh my God! She doesn't go here, she works here,'" recalled the mother. "The day I reported her to the school, she was in my house having sex with my son."
Beach police arrested Perez and charged her with indecent liberties for the sexual relationship. Perez was fired from Renaissance Academy, too. The mother also believes Perez tried to confront her son after the charges came down.
"The next day when she was fired and they arrested her and she bonded out, I get a call to come get my son and bring him down to the station for an interview, and when I turned on my street, she's just leaving my house!" the mother said.
Days later, Perez was arrested again, this time by Norfolk police. Court records say Perez admitted to sleeping with the boy and smoking marijuana with him in her Norfolk home. Norfolk police also charged her with solicitation and conspiracy to commit murder. During her Norfolk bond hearing, prosecutors said Perez and the boy talked about a hit man and how to make it look like an accident.
"She preyed on my baby, and he already had issues," said the mother. "It's got to stop, and it's going to stop with him."
While court records say the affair lasted about a month, the boy's mother believes it went on longer.
"He keeps asking, 'How am I a victim, ma?'" the mother said. "He doesn't understand that he has been victimized, and for the last month and a half I've been trying to convince my son that you have been victimized."
The boy's mother said he's been treated for serious bouts of depression, and she believes that made him an easy target. She said that Perez, as an adult and authority figure, should have known better.
The mother said she wanted to speak out to encourage parents to keep a close eye on their kids. She also said she does not want what happened to get swept under the rug.
"I need for her to feel my pain," the mother said. "I need her to do some time, because she wasn't thinking about her children when she was preying on my son."
"I want her prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!" she said.
The teen's mother said her son has not been charged with anything related to the murder plot. Perez's attorney said neither Patience nor her husband will be making any comments about the case. He also said he does not believe Perez went to see the boy after her Virginia Beach arrest. Perez is out on bond and will be back in court for preliminary hearings in Virginia Beach and Norfolk next month.
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This week's book trailer of the week is for Prophecy by Ellen Oh. Prophecy is the first book in the new Dragon King Chronicles, where Oh creates a fantasy medieval world where one girl has the power to save everyone. Kira knows she is a demon slayer, since she has been able to sniff out demons (literally) since birth. However, this ability has made her an outcast and the only friends she finds are in those she is assigned to protect. Click here to find Prophecy in the Library!
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Robert W. "Bob" Tasker
Robert W. "Bob" Tasker, 86, of Carrollton passed away Sunday afternoon, Oct. 17, 2010, in Carroll Golden Age Retreat following a lengthy illness.
Born April 23, 1924, in Canton, he was the son of the late Hallock (former Carrollton Police Chief) and Lucille Fearn Tasker.
He was a veteran of WWII, a sergeant of the First Calvary Unit and awarded the Purple Heart. He served in the Pacific on the Island of Luzan.
He was employed for 33 years as the Carroll County (Assistant State) Welfare Director. He was the founder and former chief of the Carroll County Volunteer Fire Department, life member of the VFW, DAV, Forty and Eighth, and the American Legion Post 428 and 10th District where he served as past commander of both. Emeritus for Board of Buckeye Boys State, he served ten years on the American Legion Security Council. He was a member of Carrollton First United Methodist Church and Canton Polish Club. He was proud to say he lived in Carroll County all of his life.
He is survived by one son, Larry Tasker of Carrollton; two daughters, Margie (Richard) Pitts of Salem and Sandi Tasker of Carrollton; eight grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Janet Tasker of Corry, PA; and his good friend and companion, Maxine Furney of Massillon.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Jacqueline Logan; a son, William L.; two grandsons and a sister.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. in Sweeney-Dodds Funeral Home of Carrollton with Rev. Dan Loomis officiating. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery of Carrollton with full military honors provided by Carrollton VFW, DAV and American Legion and local fire departments. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 5-8 p.m. in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made to Carroll Golden Age Retreat, 2202 Kensington Rd., NE, Carrollton, 44615 and/or Carroll County Volunteer Fire Dept., 1101 N. Lisbon St., Carrollton, 44615.
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says closing loopholes in the background check system for gun purchasers won't threaten firearms owners' Second Amendment rights to own a gun and is a matter of common sense.
In a prepared statement for his committee's hearing Wednesday on curbing guns, Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy says that after the killing of elementary school students and staffers in Newtown, Conn., it is time to stop sloganeering and partisan recriminations on the subject.
Leahy says the background check system needs strengthening. By law, anyone buying a gun from a licensed dealer must have a background check, with convicted criminals and people with mental problems barred from purchases. Gun buyers at gun shows and online don't need the check.
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The man has no etiquette when he is conducting himself as a medical doctor. Deep down, if this is ever brought to his attention or he reads this email, he knows this to be true. Whether Dr. Gonzalez cares or not is the root of the problem and combine that with his ego, the Sharp Experience wont be reached as preached. He belongs in a clinic in Mexico, where he came from.
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Teacher's Guide
Civil War Archive, ca. 1863
APPRAISER: Christopher Mitchell
AR CATEGORY: Arms & Militaria
A photo of Fernando Robbins in his uniform as a member of the 8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment.
Small "Bible flags" such as this hand-painted one were often carried by soldiers during the Civil War.
During the American Civil War, Fernando Robbins, a member of the 8th New York Heavy Artillery, was captured by Confederate soldiers and confined in three Confederate prisons. Robbins kept a diary during his imprisonment; he wrote about the conditions he faced, as well as about men he knew who had deserted their units and joined the Confederate army.
Robbins collected numerous other artifactsAn object made by a human being, typically an item of historical or cultural interest. during his time in the South. These include a small Confederate flag, which he brought home to New York as a souvenir; a stencil of his name; a "housewife" (or small case for storing needles and thread); and several small pieces that he carved while in prison. These items were passed down through the Robbins family, along with a photograph that shows Robbins in his uniform. The appraiserAn expert who assesses the value, quality, and authenticity of works of art or other objects. describes this collection as a "unique archiveA place where public records or other materials are organized and stored." that illuminates the experiences of a Union soldier who served time as a prisoner of war.
A Closer Look
- What items are contained in this historical collection? Consider each item alone. If this were the only item that existed, what would we know about Fernando Robbins? How does the collection as a whole enhance our understanding of this man and of this period in history? Why is it significant that all the items were owned by one person instead of by a group of people?
- Apart from his abilities as a soldier, what can you conclude about the skills that Robbins possessed based on the objects in this collection? Do you have any of these skills? Are we as a society losing some of these skills? Explain your answer.
- What is a prisoner of war? What do the artifacts reveal about Robbins's daily life as a prisoner of war?
- What is a deserter? What might lead a soldier to become a deserter?
- Tell the story of the hand-painted flag. What does it look like? How did Robbins most likely acquire it? What is a Bible flag? What did Robbins use his flag for? Why do you think a Union soldier would have wanted a Confederate flag?
Activities and Investigations
- Imagine that you are Fernando Robbins. Write a one- to two-page diary entry in which you describe a typical day as a prisoner of war, using as much information from the artifacts and the video as possible.
- What constitutes a civil war? (A war between different people in the same country.) Name a country that is involved in civil war today, and find out more about the basis of the conflict. How does a civil war differ from a war over ethnic differences? Consider Iraq, Somalia, Lebanon, and/or Darfur.
- Choose five to seven items that belong to you or to a family member and use them to create a current-day "time capsule," modeled on Fernando Robbins' collection of Civil War artifacts. Describe each item and its significance in detail. What does each object reveal about the values and beliefs of its owner? What does it reveal about the historical period from which it comes?
For Further Exploration
Civil War Preservation Trust
America's largest non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of endangered Civil War battlefields; includes an extensive section for educators and students.
Ask the Civil War Collector
An expert on Civil War memorabiliaObjects that are valued for their connections with historical or cultural events, such as political campaigns, concerts, sporting events, etc. responds to readers' queries about collectiblesCollectibles come in three forms: Artistic and historic objects that are less than 100 years old; popular items that are mass-produced but that may not have any individual artistic merit; and objects that gain value because of their associations..
The Civil War
This companion Web site to Ken Burns's acclaimed documentary series presents video clips, images, maps, biographies, historical documents, a bibliography, related links, and a section for educators.
Prisoner of War
Describes different prisoner-of-war situations, including those involving the Civil War.
Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp
Includes lessons and information about the Andersonville prisoner of war camp and the life of Civil War prisoners of war.
Civil War! America Becomes One Nation
by James I. Robertson Jr. (Alfred A. Knopf, 1992)
Provides an overview of the war and includes photographs and maps.
A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War
by Ina Chang (Lodestar Books, 1991)
Looks at female roles during the Civil War.
Gods and Generals
by Jeff Shaara (Ballantine Books, 1996)
Presents a fictional story of the war up to Gettysburg.
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AJ Bailey was born in St Louis, United States. She is a sexy, slim actress with blue eyes. She was raised in Bible Belt and has to drop out from school in high school. She passed two years in Australia before going back in United States to finish her high school studies. After finishing the high school, she got the degree in Anthropology in the University of Missouri.
She started to act in adult movies in order to pay for her postgraduate studies. Besides appearing in adult movies, she has also featured in different magazines like Penthouse or Strip Las Vegas. After 2 years in movie industry, she was able to sponsor her studies in St Andrews University in Scotland where she also worked in other jobs. When she returned in America she tried to get a job, but she had to go back in film industry after she signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment. She is living in California, Los Angeles.
AJ Bailey said that despite everything she thinks that education is important and it makes her a better person. It gives her discipline and helps her to mature. When asked how she feels about sex scenes, she said that she tries to be normal and thinks herself not to be an actress as everything affects her, from the location, the people around her, to what she puts on.
AJ Bailey said also that she does not care about her sexual life, although she has not disclosed her sexual orientation. She started out acting aged 26 years, which is a relatively high age for the debut of a porn star. She is one of the well-known actresses in the industry having starred in a considerable amount of films. Most of the movies that are released under her casts will often be either solo or lesbian.


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The ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic system of writing in pictograms included signs which were essentially alphabetic in character, not unlike its interior African (including Ethiopian) predecessors.
Besides each picture item standing for itself (the picture of a house meaning house), they also used the rebus-principle to construct words which could not easily be depicted.
Rebus is a representation of words or a phrase in the form of pictures, letters, numbers, or symbols. For example, a picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.
The worlds first known books were the coffin texts, the pyramid texts, and the Book of Going Forth by Day (renamed as The Book of the Dead by a 19th century European translator).
All of these Black African manuscripts were well-established by the 17th century B.C. The Coffin and Pyramid texts -- both contributions to the contents of the Book of the Dead -- originated between 6,000 and 4,000 BCE (before the Christian Era).
Perhaps even earlier writings were on perishable materials like wood or hide.
The Coffin Texts -- prominently painted on the burial coffins of the First Intermediate Period (2130-1939 B.C.) and the Middle Kingdom (1938-1600 B.C.) -- consist of spells or magic formulae as well as more than a thousand different spiritual sayings meant to safely guide the deceased through the after-world.
This makes them the most ancient written religious and philosophical thoughts known to mankind. Similarly, The Book of The Dead is a compendium of ancient indigenous Black African (who traveled along the Nile Valley from Uganda to the Mediterranean Sea) and Egyptian writings.
Also called Osiris, it deals with instructions for a departed soul on how to use secrete wisdom to get through the treacherous underworld and reach the Field of Rushes, or Egyptian heaven. At every step the soul would find its way blocked by divine gatekeepers.
These gatekeepers would admit the soul to the next step only if it knew the correct spells, passwords, and secret names of the gods. The soul also had to know how to take on the form of various animals, gods, and spiritual beings.
This book, whose doctrine is earlier than any written history of Egypt, teaches that the goddess Isis is a Negro woman and Osiris a Negro Nubian man, an Anu.
The Anu were the first to practice agriculture; to irrigate the valley of the Nile; build dams, invent sciences, arts, writings; the calendar; and teach the possibility of an eternal happy afterlife -- but only as long as one could pass an after-death test of having lived a moral life.
According to Diop, Osiris is the god who, 3000 years before Christ, dies and rises from the dead to save mankind. As humanitys god of redemption and the Son of God, Osiris ascends to heaven to sit at the right hand of his father, the great god, Ra.
Because different foreigners borrowed different aspects of the African/Egyptian culture, its writing system and mythology came to be within the grasp of people all over the world. Furthermore, the Egyptians taught writing (among other things) to all the people they colonized -- especially the Phoenicians.
It was the Phoenicians who later carried writing in alphabet form to Greece and throughout the Mediterranean. According to Diop, Judaism and Christianity borrowed from The Book of The Dead the theory of creation by the word, the representation of future beings in the divine conscience of Ra, and the divine trinity.
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It has been revealed through a new report that a Tasmanian wallaby that was previously successful in escaping from a fishery has now been captured.
According to the reports, two wallabies were sold to Francis Gilhooly, owner of Leadburn Manor, informing him that they do not swim. It was asked to them that it would be perfectly safe to keep wallabies on an island.
It is therefore that he kept the two of them on their three acre islands. However, the report says that both of them had run away, swimming off on a pond at Leadburn Manor, West Linton. While one of the two was caught on Wednesday evening, the other one was able to evade the capture.
Francis Gilhooly told that the information was incorrect as both of the mischievous marsupials were found swimming off the island merely within six hours of being bought. Also, he said that the second one has been apprehended with much difficulty.
As per his statement, it has been eventually found near the boundary between Midlothian and the Scottish Borders after midnight. The zookeepers spotted the 2ft wallaby feeding on a 40 acre estate, where they ensnared it using fishing net.
It is being said by the owners that the incident has made them face a distressing time. Wallabies can attain speeds of up to 40mph, which makes it really tough to catch them. They had to search the area for about 30 times to capture the second wallaby, said they, and it was found all of a sudden when they had almost given up.
"We will not be releasing them back onto that island because we can't take the chance of them swimming off again so instead we are building a big 1,000 sq m enclosure for them", avowed Mr. Gilhooly.
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Spring practice hasn't even started yet, and Duke football is already getting bitten by the injury bug.
Head coach David Cutclffe announced Tuesday that freshman linebacker Dominic McDonald has undergone surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
A 6-foot-2, 240-pound native of Longwood, Fla., McDonald enrolled at Duke a semester early after graduating from Lake Brantley High School in December 2012. McDonald was one of four Blue Devil signees to enroll early this year.
During his senior season, he earned first-team all-state honors from the Associated Press and was ranked the No. 59 outside linebacker in the Class of 2013 by ESPN.com. Originally committed to Tennessee, McDonald switched his commitment to Duke and came to campus in January.
McDonald is expected to miss the Blue Devils' spring practice, which starts March 4 and concludes with the team's annual Spring Game April 13.


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D-inc launch their new range by showing us some new moves.
Making our way to the INC space - an impressive gym/showroom/spa/Fame-style-rehearsal-room/breakfast-bar fusion of a venue, we were kitted out in the latest D-inc range: a hoodie vest (what gay doesn't love a vest) and some baggy harem pants. Now we know what you're thinking - at least what men of a certain age are thinking - and that's MC Hammer. Well, this unisex range comes in tasteful grey and black and they're surprisingly demur and not the screaming fashion statement you might think. They're very light and airy, which was to prove useful when 'busting some moves'. There is another range being launched if you do want to make a statement, as the Mrs Jones @ D-inc range was designed by the lady responsible for this iconic hood:
AND she joined in the dance class with us. BB Kaye, one of the dancers leading our warm up was in one of those baggy snoody hoods. They look very good with a dancer's physique.
For the actual dance class, we were taken through 'two sets of eight' for a routine to What's My Name by Rihanna. We could just about keep up with the moves, and were grateful for the hood to hide in when things got complicated (i.e. moving your arms and legs at the same time in different directions), and the excruciating freestyle moves at the end. Otherwise, we have a killer routine to whip out for the inevitable G-A-Y-Late podium moment.
And, you know what - we would wear harem pants out to a club. Though it's a dancewear brand, they have designed the clothes to be multi-purpose, and they all have the potential to be dressed up for a night out or dressed down for the gym.
After our workout we had a chat with Aaron Renfree, former GT interview subject, former member of S Club Juniors, current X Factor Live tour dancer and now D-inc brand ambassador. He told us about how Rylan could be getting a custom made D-inc outfit and how close all the five dancers are. We hinted that they should form a band together…. Watch this space.
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Friday, September 08, 2006
As a teenager, history was the class in which I daydreamed -- the one that required memorization of long lists of kings, of battles, of arcane disputes that led to war. It was something I left behind when I graduated from high school and went on to the "real" things in life.
But history was not done with me. Many years later, I drifted from reading George Orwell's novels 1984 and Animal Farm and Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon to reading more about the Russian Revolution. The evolution of the Bolshevik Old Guard from scruffy revolutionaries fighting a stifling monarchy to becoming ruthless dictators for Stalin's killing machine was fascinating. History had drawn me into its web. History isn't a dry laundry list of the likes of "Ozymandias". It is what everyone in any era does, full of rich detail.
And now you can find those contemporary details (and more current ones as always) through a new archive search feature of Google News. This new feature can help you explore history through archives of news and other information sources. You can search for events, people and ideas, and see how they have been described over time. If you were to seek information on the 1969 moon landing, now you can find original coverage from that year, as well as analysis, news and commentary from the 37 years following.
Based on relevance, the archive results on Google News include freely available articles from sources such as TIME.com, The Guardian and many others, as well as snippets of articles available for a fee or via subscription. These may come from news organizations like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, and also from news aggregators like AccessMyLibrary.com, ThomsonGale, Factiva, HighBeam™ Research, LexisNexis and others.
In addition to finding the most relevant articles for your query, you can get an historical overview of the results by browsing an automatically created timeline. Articles related to a single story or theme within a given time period are grouped together to enable you to see a broad perspective on the events. The archive search results include articles about an incredibly wide variety of topics, people and events over the last 200 years or so. About kings and battles, yes, but also about athletes and games, political dramas, crimes, romances and much, much else.
History is often presented to us with a viewpoint many years after it happens -- and it's frequently smoothed over in many ways, and for many reasons. Here's hoping archive search in Google News can help you read about history as it has unfolded, and explore and understand the past for yourself.


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by Rich Pope, Corn and Soybean Initiative and Jon Tollefson, Department of Entomology
The map below indicates the accumulated degree days for each of the nine Iowa crop reporting districts. Degree-day information indicates that alfalfa weevil larvae should be hatching this week in southern Iowa. In central Iowa counties, weevils should be hatching by the third week of April; and in northern Iowa, weevils should hatch the last full week of April. That means that fields in southern Iowa should be scouted now.
Figure 1. Projected degree days (base 48 °F), Jan. 1 through April 15, 2009 and predicted hatch date.
Scouting should begin at approximately 200 degree days in fields south of I-80, and 250 degree days in fields to the north. Begin scouting in a respective district based on the projected hatching dates. Scouting should start on south-facing hillsides where larvae will hatch first. These areas warm up more quickly than north-facing hillsides.
Management of alfalfa weevil depends upon proper identification, timely scouting to determine populations, and if needed, early cutting or spraying with an insecticide. These larvae can cause significant damage to first-cutting alfalfa, so fields should be scouted.
Larvae remove leaf tissue, beginning with the new leaves at the top of the plant, then work down the stem to other leaves. This feeding reduces forage quality and quantity.
Alfalfa weevil larvae can be recognized by a very dark head, which is almost black, and a pale green body with a white stripe along the back. When the larvae hatch, they are approximately 1/16 inch in length and may be light yellow in color. After feeding for several days, they turn green. They are 5/16 inch in length when fully grown.
Image 1. Alfalfa weevil larva
Image 2. Clover leaf weevil larva
Alfalfa weevil larvae (Image 1) may be confused with larvae of the clover leaf weevil (Image 2). Clover leaf weevil are much larger, have a light brown head, and often have the white stripe edged with pink. Clover leaf weevil larvae usually hide around the base of the plant during the day, feed mostly in lower leaves at night, and rarely cause economic yield losses. Clover leaf weevil larvae should not be counted as part of the alfalfa weevil sample.
Using a sweep net can save some time when you first scout for alfalfa weevil larvae. If larvae are captured in the net, then switch your scouting procedure to the stem-collection method.
The economic threshold depends on crop height, estimated crop value, control costs and the growing conditions stated in Table 1. Use the smaller threshold if alfalfa is drought-stressed or control costs are relatively low ($7 to $10 per acre). Use the larger threshold if rainfall is abundant, diseased larvae are present, or control costs are relatively high ($11 to $14 per acre). Several commonly available insecticides labeled for alfalfa weevils are listed in Table 2.
Rich Pope is an extension program specialist in the Corn and Soybean Initiative with responsibilities in integrated pest management. Jon Tollefson is a professor of entomology with responsibilities in research and extension.
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Laurie Carls, PT
Laurie graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of California, San Francisco. She has 23 years of experience, mainly in outpatient orthopedics. Her treatments emphasize manual and exercise therapy techniques.
Laurie has worked in clinics in California, Wyoming and Colorado prior to coming to LRMC. While at these facilities, she has had extensive experience with patients dealing with joint replacements, joint repair, injuries following motor vehicle accidents, and athletes recovering from sports-related injuries. She strives to help patients reach their goals to increase function and quality of life.
Rosa Garcia, OTR/L
After graduating in 1998 from the University of Puerto Rico with a BA in Occupational Therapy, Rosa began working with an early intervention program at a hospital and immediately fell in love with the children. Since then, her work experiences include hospital, school and private clinic settings. She brings 12 years of experience in pediatric occupational therapy to Lakeland Regional.
Describing herself as a dynamic, fun, creative and compassionate therapist, Rosa's specialties include the Handwriting Without Tears program and all four courses on the Sensory Integration Certification sponsored by the University of South California and Western Psychological Services.
Rosa is registered by the National Board of Certification for Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) and is licensed by the State of Florida. She participates in community health and fitness by providing Latin dance-fitness classes (Zumba) to adults and children in the Lakeland area.
Michael Gardner, ATRI, Ai Chi
Mike received his Aquatic Therapy Certification through the Aquatic Therapy and Rehab Institute (ATRI) and is also Chronic Pain Certified. In addition, he is trained in Ai Chi, water-based total body strengthening and relaxation. In November 2010, Mike will travel to Chicago to complete Pediatric Aquatic Therapy Certification training at ATRI.
Mike works with adults and children facing a variety of challenges to improve function, flexibility and locomotion. He feels that, in addition to producing clinical outcomes, he helps his patients gain something that cannot be measured — confidence.
In addition, outside of Lakeland Regional Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Clinic, Mike coaches minor league baseball for boys, ages nine to 11, and fast-pitch softball for girls, ages 10 to 13. He also served as a captain for an Extreme Kids Olympics fourth grade team through his church.
Kelley Giovannucci, PTA, CLT
Kelley graduated from an accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program at Polk State College. She is driven to provide the best care possible for all of her patients, from pediatrics to adults. After graduating, Kelley has continued to advance her professional knowledge by completing two certifications. The first is in skilled manual therapy, which better allows her to identify and treat various joint and soft tissue deficits. Kelley also has a certification in lymphedema therapy which allows her to care for patients who have a history of cancer and cancer treatments. In addition, Kelley is certified in fitting compression garments for patients with lymphedema. Kelley continues to strive to gain more knowledge to better treat all her patients.
Kelley believes in giving back to her profession and mentoring physical therapy students to allow future therapists more clinical knowledge to advance their patient care.
Nicole Johnson, PT, DPT, CEEAA
Nicole graduated with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Wheeling Jesuit University in 2007. She has continued her education with courses ranging from insurance regulation, manual therapy, and has completed her certification as an Exercise Expert in Aging Adults (CEEAA). In addition to her educational training, Nicole has a wide range of clinical experience in the areas of pediatrics, assisted living, skilled nursing, sports medicine, and outpatient orthopedics.
Currently, Nicole is a physical therapist and team leader at Lakeland Regional Medical Center's outpatient facility.
Mary Lisa Laches, MS CCC
Mary Lisa has more than 25 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist. Throughout her career, she has worked with infants, children and adults in a variety of settings including clinics, schools and hospitals. Prior to joining LRMC, Mary Lisa was a full-time Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the graduate program of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of South Florida. Additionally, Mary Lisa previously owned and managed an outpatient pediatric speech therapy clinic.
Mary Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language & Hearing Association. Mary Lisa's professional interests include language development; working with infants, children and adults exhibiting feeding and swallowing disorders; and providing literacy intervention to school-aged children.
Outside of work, Mary Lisa enjoying boating, bicycling and spending time with her husband and daughters.
Rizwana Mir, PT, CLT
Riz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy from Sheffield City Polytechnic in 1992. She is a certified Pilates instructor and is working toward certification in Pilates reformer and manual therapy. Riz is also certified in lymphedema therapy.
For seven years, Riz worked in health care in Illinois at facilities including Rush North Shore Medical Center, Lutheran General Hospital and the renown Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. In addition, she gained five years of experience in the outpatient rehabilitation facility at Winter Haven Hospital.
Riz is an active member of the PTA.
Lisa Reuther, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Lisa comes to LRMC with more than 20 years of clinical expertise treating both adults and children. She is experienced in the evaluation and remediation of impaired communication, cognition, and swallowing. Specialty areas include the following: aphasia, brain injury, dysarthria, oral/pharyngeal/esophageal dysphagia, and alaryngeal speech methods.
Lisa graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and went on to earn a Master of Education in Communication Sciences and Disorders, both from the University of Georgia. She is certified in the use of Vital Stim, a therapeutic intervention for the management of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing).
Lisa has been a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association since 1990 and has a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology.
In addition, she has worked in Georgia, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Florida.
Luz Rivera, PT, CLT
Luz received her BS in Physical Therapy from the University of Puerto Rico (Medicine School Campus). She has 20 years of experience in acute care and outpatient rehabilitation.
Luz provides outpatient rehabilitation for UE (upper extremity) orthopedic injuries, outpatient wound care and specializes in lymphedema care within LRMC's new lymphedema clinic.
Active in her church, Luz serves as treasurer, secretary and as a Bible school teacher. She is bilingual.
Michael Smith, OT, CHT
Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University in 1996 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Board of Governors Program from Eastern Illinois University.
Michael received advanced training and earned a specialty certification as a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT). For the past 14 years, he has specialized in evaluating and treating patients within a wide age group range with diverse and complicated musculoskeletal and neurological deficits affecting the use of the upper limbs (shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand). He is dedicated and passionate about treating each patient as an individual and customizing treatment to meet patients' unique needs.
In addition to his work with LRMC, Michael is a Tai Chi instructor and a member of the Florida Hand Society.
Jamie Sturgill, PT, MA, MBA
After graduating summa cum laude from Ohio University with a BS in Physical Therapy and becoming licensed as a physical therapist, Jamie went on to receive both an MA in Health Services Management and an MBA from Webster University in Orlando, Florida.
Jamie's area of specialty is orthopedics, and he enjoys working with the geriatric population. He also serves on the Board of Kaiser University's Physical Therapy Assistant Program.
Working in a management role for a number of years, Jamie comes to the LRMC team with a great deal of leadership experience and enjoys the challenges of leading a team and coming together to accomplish common goals.


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Bezeau Breaks 15-Year-Old Single Game Assist Record In 89-42 Win Over CuyahogaFebruary 7, 2013
By Nicholas Huenefeld/Owens Sports Information
Toledo, OH---Danielle Bezeau had a record-breaking night, while Emma-Jean Ricketts poured in 20 points to help the Express women's basketball team rout Cuyahoga Community College 89-42 in the SHAC tonight.
Bezeau only had seven points, but had team-highs in rebounds (12), assists (14) and steals (4). Her 14 assists broke Dawn Spencer's 15-year-old single game record of 13. The final assist came in the final minute on a jumper off the glass from Bailee Adams.
Meanwhile, Ricketts had a solid night (8-for-13 overall from the field) for a team-high in scoring. She added four rebounds in 26 minutes.
The Challengers took their only lead on the game's opening basket at 2-0 before Ricketts tied it up with a jumper. Following that, Mackenzie Heacock hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Express an 8-4 lead. After that, Jordyn Bond hit a jumper and Heacock hit another three and the Express rolled.
The closest the Challengers got after that was 15-11 with 11:38 left, but the Express went on a 14-2 run to take a 29-13 lead with 4:11 left in the half. The Express took a 40-20 lead into the break.
The Express then led 52-29 with 15:38 left before going on an 11-3 run to take a 63-32 lead with 8:34 left.
Heacock finished second on the team in scoring with 17 points, while adding three assists, two rebounds and two steals.
Uniqua Mitchell, in her second game back after being out since Dec. 20, produced a double-double. She had 12 points, 11 rebounds (seven offensive), six assists and two steals. Her assist total was second on the team behind Bezeau.
Karahn Scott was the fourth player in double figure scoring as she had 10 points, 12 rebounds and only one turnover. It was her fourth straight double-double.
As a team, the Express fell just one 3-point attempt away from tying the single game record for most attempts. They totaled 34-for-86 from the field overall, 12-for-33 from 3-point range and 9-for-24 from the foul line.
On the glass, the Express vastly outperformed the Challengers - as shown by their 67-40 advantage overall, which included a 30-11 advantage on the offensive glass.
Scott and Mitchell each tied for the team-high in offensive rebounds (seven each).
Colleen Huberty was the lone player in double figures for Cuyahoga as she had 15 points and seven rebounds. Brittany Flannigan and Shayla Miller each added a team-high nine rebounds.
The Express are now 18-7 overall and 5-2 in the OCCAC. They have won two in a row and four of their last five.
The next game for the Express will be on the road Saturday in Dayton, OH against Sinclair Community College beginning at 2 p.m.
Ricketts eclipsed the 400 point mark in scoring for this year tonight. She now has 822 career points and moved into 10th place in on the career scoring list. She passed Spencer (818 points) to move up from 11th place.
Heacock now has 518 career points. She is on the verge of breaking into the top 30.
Mitchell now has 189 points in 17 games (11.1/game) this year and 572 for her career, which puts her in the top 30 in career scoring.
Aside from scoring, Scott eclipsed the 400 career rebound mark tonight. She ended the game tonight with 411. She also now has 431 career points.


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Monday, February 10, 2014
Palmetto Christian completed the season sweep of Thomas Sumter Friday with a 56-44 win at home on senior night.
Four Eagles scored in double figures, while the Palmetto Christian defense held Thomas Sumter without any one player. Mitch Hogan scored 14 points with nine rebounds, Joe Siegwald added 12 points and 10 boards, J.T. Waters 11 points and 4 assists, and Will Tuchfarber 10 points, six rebounds.
Carlton Washington scored nine to lead Thomas Sumter, Tanner Brunson and Austin Hudson both added eight.
Palmetto Christian (12-10, 9-0) built an early 11-point lead through the first quarter, limiting Thomas Sumter to just six points. The two traded baskets throughout the game but the Eagles were able to keep pace and close out their Region II slate with an unblemished 9-0 record.
Lady Eagles falter late
The Palmetto Christian Lady Eagles surrendered a 12-point advantage in the fourth quarter Friday in a 48-46 loss to Thomas Sumter.
Corey Caulder scored a game-high 26 points with eight rebounds, while Annie Pascutti added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Palmetto Christian (11-12, 6-3).
The Lady Eagles managed just four points in the fourth quarter, while allowing Thomas Sumter to climb back with an 18-point effort. Taylor Knudson led Thomas Sumter with 25 points.
Palmetto Christian finishes third in Region II, two games ahead of Calhoun Academy.
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A combination of federal and state tax credits, plummeting equipment prices and an environmentally savvy population has led to a dramatic increase in the number of Wilmington rooftops outfitted with solar panels, according to local installers.
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Gov. Cuomo Signs 3 Bills into Law to Spur More Solar PV Installations in New York
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Aiming to create green jobs and make solar energy more affordable for homes and businesses, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a series of bills into effect today, August 17.
U.S., Facing Drought, Wants More Clean Energy, Poll Says
Three out of four Americans think the U.S. needs "to start focusing more" on clean-energy sources like wind and solar that require less water than conventional power generation as the country faces its most widespread drought since 1956, according to a think-tank survey.
SEIA Statement: New York Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Promote Solar Energy
WASHINGTON – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today approved legislation allowing solar energy to continue its rapid growth in the state. The package of bills, all related to tax exemption of solar projects in New York, is likely to have a positive impact on the total amount of electricity derived from renewables in the state. The Solar Energy Industries Association ® (SEIA ®) applauded the new laws, which will keep New York's impressive solar growth on track to achieve its renewable energy goals in the NYSun Program.
Solar Company Adding 1,000 Jobs in Riverside, California
A company that markets solar panels and has a very bullish outlook about the future demand for its products is relocating its operations to a historic but long-abandoned Riverside building and hopes to employ as many as 1,000 people there, a spokesman said Wednesday, Aug. 15.
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Come and experience four days of fun and world-class bluegrass music in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State. Pickin' In The Pasture hosts some of the finest professional bluegrass entertainment in the country. The event features legendary performers as well as exciting new artists. Pickin' In The Pasture is known as "the destination" for traditional bluegrass music in NY State by the many fans that return year after year. We appreciate the strong support that bluegrass enthusiasts have given the event as we continue to make upgrades and improvements. Pickin' In The Pasture is large enough to be able to feature a professional quality stage show yet small enough to maintain a friendly family atmosphere. Festival goers comment that the event offers the best value for the admission price in the northeast.
Many people that camp at Pickin' In The Pasture use it as their home base to visit attractions in the Finger Lakes region. While you are here be sure to tour the nearby wineries, check out the local Amish crafts and goods, throw your line in the lake or hike one of the gorges that the area is known for.
AGAIN THIS YEAR - FULL DAY OF WORLD-CLASS BLUEGRASS ON THURSDAY! We have noticed a lot more people around early in the afternoon on Thursday than can stay on Sunday afternoon. Therefore, we have made the decision to reduce the Sunday show to a church service and gospel performance and make a full schedule of music on Thursday. Note that this year's Thursday lineup is as powerful as Saturday so make plans to be here early! As always,
the gate will open by noon on Wednesday and tired campers are welcome to stay over on Sunday night.
Pickin' In The Pasture has the reputation for some of the best jamming in the northeast. Whether you are a seasoned player or a beginner, you'll find some great pickin'. The festival has become a bluegrass musician's summit where each year many of the most outstanding players and singers gather in the campground to share their talents.
The best thing about Pickin' In The Pasture is the quality of people that attend. Bluegrass folks are the greatest! Come to Pickin' In The Pasture and see what everyone is talking about.
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West Ashley High School senior Tyler Kreiling hasn't applied to any college yet, but he started his first application Tuesday morning.
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South Carolina students and parents who are interested in learning more about the college application process can go to SC CAN, a campaign to promote college access in South Carolina, at www.sccango.org.
He began the process during the school's College Application Day, an event that gave students time during the regular school day to talk to college advisers and fill out applications.
"It's really hard to find time," he said. "I probably would've kept sticking this back and not doing it."
The state Commission on Higher Education launched College Application Month in 2009 with 12 high schools and 1,000 students. Without any advertising dollars, the event has grown annually, and an estimated 39,000 seniors in 183 high schools will participate this year.
Almost every high school in the Lowcountry will host a College Application Day this year, in which students will get the chance to ask questions of representatives from two- and four-year colleges statewide, as well as business partners, parents and community representatives.
"I like to think of this as unmasking the college application process," said Patricia Ferguson, coordinator for the Trident Regional Education Center. "Hopefully, applying won't seem like such a daunting task."
The goal is for every student to complete at least two applications, and those familiar with the program say it's good for all students, especially those who might need an extra push to apply or who are first-generation college students.
"It opens (students') lens to the future," said West Ashley High Principal Mary Runyon. "They're not going to have this support system anywhere else."
Although high school guidance counselors routinely help students navigate the application process, the program is beneficial because it's a concentrated effort giving students more support and information, said Jane Pulling, regional coordinator for College Application Month for the state Commission on Higher Education.
Last year was the first that West Ashley High hosted the event, and about 120 students signed up. This year, all of the roughly 400 students in its senior class wanted to take part in it. Students went to the school's computer labs during their English classes, and officials from at least nine colleges were available to answer questions. Most colleges also offered to waive application fees.
Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller was among those who helped create College Application Month, and she was at West Ashley High Tuesday to talk to seniors about the initiative.
Senior Bernard Edwards hadn't applied to any colleges before Tuesday morning, but he said he learned about Trident Technical College's Bridge program, which would allow him to take courses at the two-year community college before transferring to a four-year university. He said that sounded like a good idea to him, and he planned to look into it further.
"This has helped me," he said.
Senior Amy Paparozzi already has applied to Winthrop University and the University of South Carolina, but she said she still was interested in applying to Anderson University and planned to do that during the program.
Although her mother went to college, she said the process has changed since then, so it's nice to have people available to answer questions.
"I've definitely been stressed, and I'm glad I have time during the school day to get this done," she said.
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CIEE Gaborone
- Location: Gaborone, Botswana
- Language of Instruction: English
- Minimum GPA: 2.7
- Class Eligibility: Juniors and seniors.
Gaborone, the capital city, is one of Africa's fastest-growing cities and lies in southeastern Botswana, close to the border of South Africa. In addition to the main campus of the University of Botswana, Gaborone also hosts the headquarters of the 10 nation Southern African Development Community, (SADC) which focuses on regional development, economic growth, and poverty alleviation. The older part of Gaborone, the old "Village", is steeped in colonial history. A large dam on the Ngotwane River provides for sailing water sports. Down river and till within the conUines of the city is the Gaborone Game Reserve.
- Visa:
Not required.
- Fees: Students pay Haverford tuition and room to Haverford College if they live in university residence halls and tutition, room, and partial board to Haverford College if they live in a homestay. Haverford will then be responsible for submitting payments to the program.
Academic Overview
Students take a Setswana Language and Culture Practicum course and regular university courses totaling an additional 13-15 semester hours. These courses can be chosen from the CIEE program electives and courses offered by the University of Botswana. The CIEE Study Center follows the University of Botswana's calendar, similar to the North American calendar. This differs from many other Southern African universities that operate on the Southern Hemisphere academic calendar.
Academic Credit
Students are expected to take 15-17 credit hours per semester, usually 4-5 University classes plus the required language course. Students in the Arts & Sciences program take a mandatory Setswana Language and Culture Practicum course, and 4-5 other electives. Students in the Community Public Health program take the mandatory Setswana Language and Culture Practicum course, 3 mandatory Public and Environmental Health Courses, and 1-2 other electives. Fulfills Haverford's language requirement. Major, minor, and concentration transfer credit will only be granted for courses in which students received a grade of a C or above.
There are two CIEE programs students may participate in: Arts & Sciences or Community Public Health. Students in the both programs may take courses in African Languages and Literature, Business, Economics, Education, Engineering & Technology, English, Environmental Health and Science, History, Media Studies, Political Science & Administrative Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Geology, Health Sciences, Physics, and Setswana Language. Students in the Community Public Health program also take additional courses in Public and Environmental Health.
Course Highlights
African Literature, Art History, Biology, Business, Ecology, Economics, Education, Engineering & Technology, English, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Feminist and Gender Studies, Geology, Health Studies, History, International Relations, Literature, Math, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health
Note: Changes occur frequently. Students are responsible for finding the classes they need and consulting the official site of the institution.
Non-Academic Overview
Orientation: An online pre-departure orientation to meet the Resident Director, plus a week-long orientation in Gaborone to introduce students to the city, country, culture, and academic programs.
Number of Students: This program was created in the 2007-08 academic year. It hosted 2 students during its first semester and 10 during the second.
Housing/Meal Plans
University residence halls or homestay. CIEE students living on-campus live in double rooms in apartment-style residences with local and other international students. Meals are not included in the program fee. Students who live with homestays are provided two meals per day. Students may not opt for housing not arranged by the program.
Opportunities / Cultural Events
Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of local and regional excursions. These may include the Gaborone Game Reserve, the National Museum, the Kokobeng Ruins (the remains of David Livingstone's 1840 mission), the Jwaneng diamond mine, the Kalahari Desert, and the Okavango River Delta.
Internships: Students in the Arts & Sciences program have the option of replacing one of their elective credits with an internship. Students may enroll in an internship based at a non-governmental organization involved in community development, public health, social welfare, women's rights, environmental protection, or education. Students record their experiences in a journal, which is evaluated weekly during the internship, and complete a Uinal research paper and oral presentation that includes what they have learned during their experience at the organization. Pre-approval for enrollment in an internship must be obtained from the resident director and the student's home institution prior to the start of the semester.
- Semester/Year
- Fulfills Language Requirement
- Semester I: Late July to early December
- Semester II: Early January to mid-May
- Year: Late July to mid-May
Application Deadlines
- Semester I: March 5
- Semester II: October 5
- Year: March 5
Faculty Contact
Zolani Ngwane,
- Associate Professor of Anthropology
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Scottish Renewables' response to Daily Telegraph article
25 February 2013
In response to the Daily Telegraph article published on 23 February referring to a study undertaken by researchers at Aberdeen University on wind farms built on peat land, Scottish Renewables has released the following statement.
Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said:
"The Daily Telegraph article on the relationship between wind turbines and carbon emissions is based on an article in Nature, subsequently corrected by the authors of the Aberdeen University study, who said the article had "resulted in misunderstanding of the intended message".
"The Aberdeen University researchers make it clear that there can be carbon emissions savings from wind farms built on peat lands and that it is only when we have a largely decarbonised electricity system that windfarms on non-degraded peat are unlikely to give net carbon benefit.
"We already know that windfarms currently reduce carbon emissions, as figures recently released by National Grid showed between April 2011-September 2012 the electricity generated by wind farms in Britain resulted in an estimated 10.9 million tonnes less CO2 being emitted.
"Results from the Scottish Government's carbon calculator, a tool developed by the researchers at Aberdeen University, show that recent wind farm developments will pay back all carbon emissions associated with their development and construction in a few years, or even in some cases a number of months."
The Aberdeen University researcher made clear their position in their response to the article in Nature:
"With good management, our calculations show that carbon savings are possible for windfarms constructed on many peat sites; it is developments on non-degraded peats that should be avoided. After 2025, assuming low-carbon electricity generation, windfarms on non-degraded peats are unlikely to give net carbon benefit and technological advances would be needed to achieve savings."
Notes to Editors
- The Aberdeen University researchers' response to the Nature article can be accessed here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7414/full/489033d.html
- The Daily Telegraph article can be accessed here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9889882/Wind-farms-will-create-more-carbon-dioxide-say-scientists.html
- National Grid's figures on wind farms and carbon emissions can be found here (p.6/7) http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_EconomyEnergyandTourismCommittee/NATIONAL_GRID.pdf


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There's something odd about Fall River's retail community. Among its members are businesses that if clustered together, would come pretty close to the kind of retailing that would rival many small tourist destinations. But they're not clustered together.
I've written about this before, so you may want to skip this one.
There's a bead shop in Fall River. There's actually two – one that sells beads and jewelry and one that sells jewelry made out of beads. And that Irish store. There are several women's dress boutiques. And a yarn store.
Ever go to those places? Those little daytrip tourist towns where people go to spend money? Sometimes just to spend money?
There's usually a book store and a bakery. There might be a specialty food purveyor. We got those.
Ice cream? Yup. Maybe a shoe store and a handbag place. Restaurants. Really hip places might include an army-navy store, a tattoo parlor, a comic book store or even an independent hardware store. Candy store. Florist. Maybe a few "personal care" places like a hairdresser and a tanning place.
We got all those. And we have "art & artisan" retailers. Yes, we do.
The thing is, some of these popular retail districts really only amount to twenty or thirty businesses. But they are areas where retailers feel compelled to locate. They are places that are considered "the" place.
And in Fall River, we could populate such a district without breaking a sweat, in the sense that all of these businesses are already doing business in Fall River. Every type of business I have mentioned here is represented by an already-existing and presumably viable example in li'l ol' Fall River. Right now.
So, the idea that Fall River cannot become a place for destination shopping is a bit weak. The remaining handful of local textile manufacturers is rumored to be opening up an outlet store. Portugalia Imports recently opened a store that already attracts customers from beyond the immediate area. So do some of our restaurants. So does Party Dress Express. And Corky & Company.
Ah, if I only had a couple of million dollars.
It's not the kind of thing that happens easily. And I'm not wishing any city landlords any bad luck. But if there is no obvious "gotta be there" area for destination retailing, one could be created. Because we already have the destination retailing. We just don't help it out very much.
Anawan/Poacasset Street and Water Street/Ponta Delgada Boulevard. Ground zero. Open-air the falls. Like New Bedford, we can have our own "cobblestone" district and like Providence, we already do have our own Riverwalk. Like Newburyport, we can have our own destination shopping district and like Newport, we can attract people who are just trying to spend money.
Yes, we can. Not with the wave of a wand, but by bringing together property owners, developers and retailers (and some government grants, yes) to share a vision of the future. What I am not talking about is massive urban renewal (aside from the waterfall).
I'm talking about a vision and a plan. I'm talking about using the Gates area not as another park, but as a buildable lot. About any kind of tax credit that is required to convert street-level mill space into sidewalk-accessible storefronts. I'm talking about asking the Chamber of Commerce to relocate, about a SRTA trolley run.
I'm talking about using a pile of exiting resources to our best advantage. And I don't give a rat's butt who gets rich doing it.
With the roadwork, lighting of the bridge, and the fact that we already support the kinds of retailers that would be required – it can be done. It takes more than money, though. It takes vision. It requires Fall River to bust a move unlike any move it's busted before.
And maybe it'll save downtown.
Okay, I know. Talk is cheap. But at least I'm not criticizing anyone. My point is that many people in Fall River do not think that the city is a place where people will visit and spend money. Except people do visit Fall River to spend money. And we could increase that – by a lot.
My point is that it's possible. I've heard that at least two of those mills on Anawan Street could change hands at the right price. We have plenty of cobblestones. And we have plenty of what people want. We just have to package it better.
It can be done. Simple point.