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The Illinois River has already crested in some areas, while downstream residents await the highpoint.
Thousands have been working hard to sandbag and shore up levees.
If you take a close look at the men and women waging the battle against the river, you'll find that many farmers are leading and taking part in the fight.
As Department of Corrections inmates and volunteers work to fill thousands of sand bags, Bluffs area farmer Alan Merriman decided to help out.
"Well for one I'd like to plant corn in those fields down there," says Merriman, "and a lot of my neighbors are on the levees, and this is where I come cause I can do this halfway decent and not get in the way."
Sandbagging is a family affair on many farms as they work to help their neighbors.
"Because they're in need," says Hannah Cannon, a young girl volunteering with her family, "and I want them to have their homes."
"It's hard work but it's fun," says another young volunteer, Josh Daniels, "you get used to it."
This whole bag filling operation is being housed on the Dolen family farm near Bloomfield.
"We're high enough here that water can't get to us," says Scott County Drainage and Levee District Commissioner Randy Dolen "we take care of everything in Scott County out of this site, this borders 2 drainage districts, so it's close, handy."
Many of the bags are heading to a nearby levee as volunteers attempt to raise it above the crest.
"Well we just put the fence up and drive stakes and put 2 by 12 boards up and it works pretty good," says Scott County Drainage District Board Member Lane COmerford, "we've done it before."
The idea is simple, hold back the Illinois River.
"Well to keep it out of about 10,000 acres of farmground, and houses, and several buildings", says Comerford.
These levee districts are primarily set up and run by local farmers.
"The drainage district is a municipality," says Pike and Scott Farm Bureaus Executive Director Blake Roderick, "just like the city, or a village, or a county, and they assess themselves fees for maintaining these levees, maintaining the pumps, pumping the water out."
Savingfarmground isn't necessarily a selfish enterprise.
"People need to realize that bottom's where their food comes from," says Merriman, "they ought to a appreciate the people who come out and help."
The fact that so many are helping means these farmers' mission stands a chance.
"I'm hopeful that when it crests, we've got enough low spots, and she's taken care of and we can get back to pumping her out, and going back and farming," says Merriman, "I'd like to have some warm weather, it ain't late by any means, but it will get there pretty soon."
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Dear all,
I have a problem using 'aptitude', the ssh shell outputs an error telling me it cannot get to the ubuntu web address to download the package. I believe it is because I did not set the internet connection correctly. So here is my config (I believe it is the most basic one):
I use the ssh shell over the wifi AP provided by my plug computer. I connected the ethernet port to my home router, note that this router correctly sees the plug, provides it with an IP address via DHCP and the other computers connected to the router use the internet with no problem at all.
As this did not work I had a look at my /etc/network/interfaces file and it shows:
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I believe this is the most basic setup, isn't it? You have any idea of where I could go wrong? Or what I could check?
I found out what was going wrong actually.
The internet was working ok, as shown using a ping on google:
Code:ping -c 1 www.google.fr
I am using a computer with an ARM architecture called a DreamPlug which turns out to be using Ubuntu 9.04.
Ubuntu for ARM architecture is no longer maintained (probably for some strategic reason which are not relevant here) and it turns out that the ubuntu servers that are used for the package management (the ones used when runnind commands 'aptitude' and 'apt-get') are not the same for the maintained version and the unmaintained version.
These servers are specified in file /etc/apt/sources.list, which is the file you should change to get access to the packages update via 'apt-get' back. The three servers initially indicated (for maintained versions) have the url 'http://ports.ubuntu.com/' which you should replace by the url for unmaintained versions 'http://old-release.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/'.
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In accordance with rules prescribed by the Board, each Federal credit union shall pay to the Administration an annual operating fee which may be composed of one or more charges identified as to the function or functions for which assessed.
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1982—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97–320added subsec. (e).
1978—Pub. L. 95–630substituted provisions relating to the payment of an operating fee by each Federal credit union to the Board for provisions relating to the payment of costs incident to the ascertainment of whether an organization certificate should be approved and costs upon approval by the subscriber of such certificate to the Administration and payment of a supervision fee by each Federal credit union to the Administration.
1970—Pub. L. 91–206substituted "Administrator" for "Director" and "Administration" for "Bureau", wherever appearing.
1959—Pub. L. 86–354incorporated in last sentence subject matter formerly contained in a proviso clause following table and authorized fees to be expended for supervisory expenses.
1952—Act Apr. 17, 1952, amended section, substituting a graduated scale of supervisory fees for the $10 a year supervisory fee.
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Act Apr. 17, 1952, ch. 214, § 2,66 Stat. 63, provided that: "The amendment by section 1 of this Act [amending this section] shall apply to supervision fees payable with respect to the calendar year 1952 and subsequent calendar years."
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Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this title.
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Hunters who want to apply for an antlerless deer, elk, pronghorn or moose permit for hunts in Utah this fall will have to use a computer.
For the first time ever, the Division of Wildlife Resources will not accept paper applications for antlerless permits.
Hunters will also have more permits to apply for. At their April 26 meeting in Salt Lake City, members of the Utah Wildlife Board raised the number of doe deer, cow elk and cow moose permits that will be available for hunts this fall.
This year will also be the first year that 12- and 13-year-olds can apply for an antlerless deer, elk or pronghorn permit (cow moose permits are considered limited entry permits, and 12- and 13-year-olds may not apply for them).
Hunters who are 11 years old, but who will turn 12 by Dec. 31 can also apply for an antlerless permit. They may not hunt until the day they turn 12, however.
Hunters can start applying for antlerless permits at 8 a.m. on May 23.
Applications must be received through the DWR's Web site (www.wildlife.utah.gov) no later than 11 p.m. on June 19.
Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the DWR, said applying online provides hunters with several benefits.
"Receiving applications only through the Internet will allow us to process the applications faster," she said. "And that means we can let hunters know sooner if they drew a permit."
Hunters will know by June 29 whether they drew a permit. That's only 10 days after the end of the application period and almost a month earlier than last year.
Receiving applications online will also allow the DWR to get permits into the hands of hunters before the hunts start.
Some of the antlerless hunts begin on Aug. 1. In the past, the time it took to process paper applications meant the DWR couldn't post the results until the end of July. Because of the late posting date, the agency couldn't offer permits that weren't taken in the draw until the first week in August. By then, some of the hunts had already started.
"This change will allow us to start selling permits on July 26, before any of the hunts begin," Tutorow said.
Applying online also helps hunters two additional ways: it's almost impossible to make a mistake on the online application, and hunters won't have to wait for a refund because a $5 nonrefundable handling fee is the only fee they'll have to pay when they apply.
The DWR received more than 28,500 antlerless applications last year. Of those, about 2,900 were paper applications. "Every year, fewer and fewer hunters are applying with a paper application," Tutorow said.
If you have questions about applying online, please visit the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office. Computers are available at each office, and the staff at each office can help you through the process.
You can also receive assistance by calling the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.
The board increased the number of permits for doe deer from 1,080 to 1,705 in 2007. Cow elk permits were increased from 4,999 to 7,881. In 2006, the division allowed 63 cow moose. That number increased to 89 for the 2007 hunt. And the number of doe pronghorn increased from 587 to 347.
Anis Aoude, big game coordinator for the DWR, said good weather and intense habitat improvement projects over the past few years are starting to pay off for Utah's big game herds. "The state's big game animals are doing well," he said. "Over the past few years, much of the state has enjoyed mild winters and wet springs and summers. These conditions really help animals."
Aoude said during a mild winter, fewer animals die. And a wet spring provides good vegetation for does and cows.
"Good vegetation in the spring helps does and cows produce more milk for their young. That helps them raise strong and healthy fawns and calves," Aoude said. "Good summer rains also provide plenty of vegetation for the fawns and calves, which helps them grow quicker before fall and winter arrive."
For more information, call the Price DWR office at 636-0260 or the Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.


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Hi Rebekah...it is 7 1/2 inches tall. I think the neck portion inside and the lip is copper. The rest of the inside looks to be fired clay, but the glaze is worn in some spots on the inside. The metal trim seems to be copper also. And it looks to be painted??? I am not sure. I can find no marks on it anywhere. Hope this helps....


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The 2013 East Carbon/Sunnyside Community Daze Grand Marshal is Carmin Bonacci, a distinguished World War II Army veteran and East Carbon resident since 1948.
Bonacci's family came to Sunnyside from Italy in 1908 to work in the coal mines which brought so many to Carbon County. His mother would arrive a year later and give birth to all three of her children in Sunnyside (Carmin, Mike and Mary). Bonacci's mother died when he was just 18 months old.
After receiving the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and Philippine Liberator Victory Medal during his time in the military, Bonacci was honorably discharged in 1945 and came to East Carbon. He began a life-long career in the area's coke ovens and underground coal mines.
Bonacci's work life began with his father and brother at the Sunnyside Coke Ovens where he toiled for 10 years. He then went underground at the Columbia Mine until its shutdown, spending his last 14 years at Horse Canyon before retiring in 1980.
Bonacci can be seen driving around in his 1979 Chevy Impala.
"I appreciate Dave Summers keeping it in good running condition all these years," he said when interviewed for the East Carbon City News Letter.
As a member of a close-knit family, Bonacci lives with his daughter Judy in his Berkley Avenue home. His son Charles lives in West Valley, while his daughter Diana resides in Carbonville with her husband Kent Houghton. He has four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. His wife of 62 years Amelia, passed away in 2003.
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Micro Puff Hoody (Men's) (out-of-stock)
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The men's Patagonia Micro Puff Hoody is always ready to go. Cathedral Ledge, New Hampshire: Great routes, terrible weather. Then again, the rain, sleet and cold create some of the best ice in the East. For the wet and frigid, our updated Micro Puffs now house superwarm and compressible 100-g PrimaLoft� Sport insulation, which allows for a cleaner front devoid of cold spots, sandwiched between the durable, windproof 100% recycled polyester shell and lining, both of which are treated with a Deluge� DWR (durable water repellent) finish. The single-pull, 2-way-adjustable hood fits snugly over a helmet, and the main zipper is backed by a wind flap and coated with a Deluge DWR. Pockets: two zippered handwarmers and one interior zippered. With articulated elbows, gasket cuffs, a drawcord hem and a stuffsack.
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- Windproof shell made of a lightweight recycled polyester with a Deluge DWR finish
- Insulated with warm and compressible 100-g PrimaLoft Sport
- Single-pull hood adjustment controls volume and improves visibility
- Articulated elbows improve mobility and stretch cuff inserts enhance protection
- Full-length front zipper has a low bulk wind flap
- Two zippered handwarmer pockets and one internal zippered storage pocket
- Drawcord hem; stuffsack included
- Shell: 1.7-oz 30-denier ripstop 100% recycled polyester with a Deluge DWR (durable water repellent) finish. Insulation: 100-g PrimaLoft Sport 100% polyester. Lining and stuffsack: 1.4-oz mini-ripstop 100% polyester
Gender: Men's
Weight: (18.3 oz) 519 g
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Dell Enterprise Plus Equallogic Seagate ST9900805SS / FR83F / 9TH066-157 900GB 10K 6Gbps SFF 2.5" Serial SCSI / SAS Hard Drive - Brand New OEM
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For Dell Equallogic enterprise storage solutions.
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Rep. Grijalva requests federal intervention in ethnic studies battle
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona)
Reporter: Forrest Carr
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - U.S. Rep Raúl Grijalva is asking the federal government to step into the battle over the Tucson Unified School District's Mexican-American Studies program. On Tuesday afternoon, his office released a letter the congressmen is sending to U.S. Department of Education, urging an investigation.
The letter was sent out on the letterhead of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and co-signed by its chairman, U.S. Rep Gonzalez (D-Texas). The two addressed it to Russlynn Ali, who is assistant secretary in the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
The letter points out that Arizona education chief John Huppenthal found TUSD's program to be in violation of the state's new law cracking down on ethnic studies even though his own auditors found otherwise. Grijalva and Gonzalez said they believe that law is "bad public policy and fundamentally flawed." They said that its use to shut down TUSD's Mexican-American Studies program "will only serve to exacerbate the already harmful anti-Latino sentiment in Arizona. Arizona is sending the wrong message."
The letter calls on Ali to open an investigation to ensure compliance with federal law.
In a statement released with the letter, Grijalva said that the state is shutting down the program "for purely ideological reasons." He said the Dept. of Education should investigate to determine "whether this power grab is authorized under federal law."
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In the PA — Aquatics section of the standards book, user groups are incorporated into the wording of the standards differently than in any other section of the book. This has caused some confusion when it comes to interpreting applicability. The PA standards have DNA statements that (we thought) indicated when that standard applied only to the camp-run programs. E.g., DNA when user groups provide their own aquatic personnel.
To clarify: If the camp provides personnel for aquatic activities for day camp, resident camp, weekend programs, outdoor ed groups, or any other group, the following standards DO APPLY to those programs: PA-1, PA-2, PA-3, PA-7, *PA-15B, *PA-20B. (Note that *PA-15B and *PA-20B require documentation of skill verification.)
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Some of the standards most often missed by camps in 1999 were those requiring documentation of skill checks and observations for leaders of specialized activities — such as archery, riflery challenge course activities, aquatics, horseback riding, and tripping.
Camps must be sure staff have the appropriate skills and must be sure staff are teaching/leading activities correctly. Both steps must be documented to meet standards.
Camps must have written documentation of:
- Credentials of overall supervisor of the specialized activity (See PD-12, PA-1, PC-1, PH-1, and PT-3.)
- Verification of skills of each staff member who will be teaching the specialized activity (See PD-13, *PA-15B, *PA-20B, PC-3, *PT-2, and PT-5.)
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Viral Load in Blood and Lymph Tissues of HIV-Infected Individuals
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Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that lymph nodes are a major reservoir for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a major site of active virus replication in infected individuals(1-3). There is at least a 10 fold greater viral burden per given number of CD4+ T lymphocytes obtained from the lymph nodes versus the peripheral blood in the same infected individual. These data have been accumulated predominantly in individuals with progressive generalized lymphadenopathy (CDC Class A1 and A2). It is unclear at present whether this pattern holds true for all categories of HIV infected individuals. We have proposed that the seeding of lymph nodes by HIV early in the course of HIV infection and the persistent production of virus in lymph nodes throughout the course of infection are major factors in the pathogenesis of HIV in virtually all infected individuals. In addition, it is likely that the selective perturbations of various T cell subsets (i.e., V-B classes of CD4+T cells) that have been observed in peripheral blood are much more dramatic in the lymph node given the greater viral burden in the lymph node compared to the peripheral blood. In order to investigate this hypothesis, it is essential that we study simultaneously lymph nodes and peripheral blood from the same individuals and that we study different individuals at various stages of disease from early in the course of infection (CDC Class A) to advanced disease (CDC Class B and C). If, as we suspect, there is active virus replication in the lymph node early in the course of infection, even at a time when there is little virus burden or active replication in the peripheral blood, this would justify anti-retroviral therapy at the earliest possible time in the course of infection. In addition, in certain patients who are about to initiate treatment with an anti-retroviral agent such as zidovudine or didanosine through their private physician, it would be important to know whether treatment actually reduces the viral burden and virus replication in lymph nodes. The effect of therapy on viral burden and replication will be compared in the lymph node versus peripheral blood mononuclear cells and both of these parameters will be compared with the level of plasma viremia.
HIV Infection
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|A Study of Viral Burden in Peripheral Blood Versus Lymphoid and Bone Marrow Tissue in HIV-Infected Individuals
- We also wish to investigate the HIV-specific B-cell and T-cell responses in the different subsets of cells in both peripheral blood, aswell as BM and LT of HIV-infected individuals. [ Time Frame: Throughout ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- In addition, we wish to delineate the precise nature of the immunoregulatory mechanisms and altered homing patterns that contribute to the perturbations in the phenotype and functions of various lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood versus the ... [ Time Frame: Throughout ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- The purpose of this project is to determine the relative burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or associated changes in hematopoiesis and immune activation as well as HIV-specific responses in the various subsets of peripheral blood m... [ Time Frame: Throughout ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Study Start Date:
|March 1992
Several years ago, we and others demonstrated that lymph nodes are a major reservoir for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a major site of active virus replication in infected individuals. Subsequent studies from our group showed that virologic cross talk between B cells and CD4+ T cells occurs within the microenvironment of lymphoid tissues (LT), and that immunosuppressive CD25+CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells enriched in the LT. Furthermore, Treg cells isolated from the LT are particularly effective in suppressing HIV-specific cytolytic activity. More recently, follicular helper (Tfh) CD4+ T cells have been described in LT and found to play an important role in providing help to B cells during germinal center reactions. These Tfh cells are expanded in HIV-infected viremic individuals and their numbers correlate with frequencies of germinal center B cells, consistent with longstanding observations of HIV-induced GC hyperplasia in untreated infected individuals. Despite the increased frequencies of Tfh and GC B cells in LT, there is also evidence for reduced immune function due to over-expression of negative regulatory molecules. We are currently investigating several issues related to the impact of HIV infection/replication on the immune competence and homing profiles of numerous cell types within the LT. Given the paucity of Tfh and GC B cells in the peripheral blood, these studies are more appropriately conducted with tissue samples. We will also pursue immunological, migrational and virologic characteristics of various cell types including B cells and their subsets and CD4+, CD8+ and NK cells in the LT and bone marrow (BM) tissue. In this regard, the BM is both the site of B-cell development and the only known long-lived repository of plasma cells that are responsible for maintaining humoral immunity. While HIV infection has been shown to impair hematopoiesis in the BM, relatively little is known regarding the effect of HIV infection on plasma cells that home back to the BM after maturation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- HIV infection must be documented by a licensed ELISA and confirmed either by Western blot, or plasma viremia.
- Aged 18 years or older.
- Ability to give informed, written consent.
The following laboratory values:
- Absolute neutrophil count of greater than 1000/mm3.
- PT, PTT within normal limits (unless PTT is elevated in presence of positive lupus anticoagulant in a subject with no prior history of abnormal bleeding).
- Adequate blood counts (HIV positive volunteers: hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9.0 g/dL, HCT greater than or equal to 28%, platelets greater than or equal to 75,000; HIV negative volunteers: hemoglobin greater than or equal to 11.2 g/dL, HCT greater than or equal to 34.1%, platelets greater than or equal to 150,000).
- Blood pressure less than or equal to 180/100; pulse rate 50-100, unless a lower pulse rate is considered normal for the volunteer.
- HIV negative individuals will qualify as control subjects.
- Patients must have a clinically palpable lymph node in an easily accessible location.
- Women who are pregnant and/or breast-feeding.
- Currently abusing alcohol or other drugs, including narcotics or cocaine.
- Patients with AIDS dementia or with an AIDS related malignancy other than minimal Kaposi's sarcoma.
- No Aspirin or Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory medications (NSIADs) 7 days prior to procedure. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is permitted at any time.
- Any medical condition for which the PI feels LN BX might be contraindicated.
- Subjects in which sedation is planned. Use of narcotics (other than as prescribed by a physician) or cocaine less than 1 week prior to the date of biopsy will be excluded.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001316
|Contact: Catherine A Seamon, R.N.
|(301) 402-3481
|Contact: Susan Moir, Ph.D.
|(301) 402-4559
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Susan Moir, Ph.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) )
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00001316 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 3, 1999
|Last Updated:
|September 24, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Lymph Node
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
In Situ Hybridization
Excisional Biopsy
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If you're having a bad hair day..
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Go play with paper dolls, and..
Get their Halloween costumes ready for trick-or-treat night,..
Because these little people don't care what kind of hair style, hat, or cat you have on your head!
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By KAREN BASSOSports Writer
The Lady Eagles from the College of Eastern Utah traveled to Palm Desert, Calif., to compete in a three day tournament Dec. 28-30. After experiencing bus trouble, the team left 12 hours late bound for the golden state.
Despite the late start, the Eagles made it just in the nick of time to compete in its first game against Glendale Community College.
Although the Eagles were tired from the long bus trip, the team played well against the Glendale Gauchos.
After missing a layup in the last two seconds of the game, the Eagles entered overtime where they lost 87-84.
Leading scorer for CEU was Rose Hamilton who finished with 17 points, 12 points coming from three point field goals. Hamilton also dished out two assists and stole two balls.
Julianne Orgill followed in scoring with 14 points. Orgill was 2-2 from the three point line and finished with two assists, two steals, and two rebounds.
Megan Valgardson also played well against the Gauchos. Valgardson scored 13 points, posted eight rebounds, and had two blocked shots despite the team loss to Glendale Community College.
The following night, the Eagles met Golden West College. CEU bounced back from a loss the previous night and defeated the Golden West Rustlers 93-52.
Brindi Spadafora lead the Eagles in scoring with 16 points. Spadafora shot 3-4 from the three point line, while shooting 5-5 from the free throw line, and stealing one ball.
Eagles guard Kasey Mills followed in scoring with 15 points, while dishing out four assists, stealing two balls, and posting five rebounds.
Eagles high scorers also included Hamilton with 14 points, Dawnielle Boudreaux with 13, and Orgill who finished with 10 points against Golden West College.
The Eagles finished the three day tourney against Imperial Valley College. The Eagles struggled in shooting and lost 80-66.
According to head coach Dave Paur, "we couldn't hit nothing. We had several girls sick and everyone was tired from the trip. The long vacation did us in. We just did not play well."
Despite the Eagle's struggles against Imperial Valley, both Mills and Boudreaux scored 13 points while Orgill finished with 10.
Constance Rasmussen lead CEU with four assists while Chelsea Bolz and Alexandra Cobb lead in rebounds with six each.
With the bus repaired and the CEU ball club prepared for competition, Coach Paur and the Lady Eagle's will travel to Idaho to take on Ricks College and North Idaho Community College Jan. 3 and 5.
The team hopes to bounce back from the tough weekend in California and walk away victorious in Idaho.


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The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects of two different nerve blocks to see if one is better than the other. A nerve block is a procedure in which local anesthetic, also known as numbing medication, is injected around a nerve in order to decrease pain and discomfort. Nerve blocks are typically performed before surgery. This study will compare two different nerve blocks to see if either one is better at decreasing pain or decreasing the amounts of pain medication needed after partial knee replacement surgery.
Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


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Nellie Flores Morales, who died Feb. 14 at age 94, and her husband, Pete, operated a "mom and pop: neighborhood store, Tilden Grocery on Stafford and Tilden Streets in San Antonio for many years, according to the obituary published in the Express-News of San Antonio, Texas.
Her belief on God manifested itself in the love, kindness, and generosity she shared with all who knew her, and in her daily prayers for family, friends, and strangers. She was an active member of a neighborhood watch program and community action group (COPS). She loved to dance. In her later years she delighted sharing riddles, with children and strangers she met.
George L. Bair Sr., who died Jan. 15 at age 89, and his wife Jean were the original Bair's of the Bair's Grocery on South Campbell, per the obit from the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader.
They opened Bair's in 1962, first in a small building north of its current location. It was moved to its current location in 1967. They sold the store in 1972, though it continues to maintain the name Bair's and is the last "mom and pop" neighborhood grocery to exist in Springfield.
Lloyd Reinwald, who died Feb. 3 at age 90, ran Bob & Lloyd's, a meat counter/locker business, with his first wife, Myrtle, and close friend, Bob Pitzer, until 1963, according to the obit in The Statesman Journal of Salem, Ore.
He sold insurance for a few years until he opened his own butcher shop, Lloyd's Custom Meats. It was a mom and pop business for more than 20 years. Even after his retirement in 1983, he fondly introduced himself as "Lloyd the Butcher".
Kazuko Swauger, who died Jan. 17 at age 84, and her husband, Charles, were known as "Mom and Pop Judo" during the 16 years in which they served as sensei of the Judo program at Norton Air Force Base and taught many men, women, and children, the obituary in the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun said.
A "San-Dan", or third degree black belt in Judo, Kazuko worked with the pioneer of women's Judo, Fukuda Sensei, along with her Judo partner and friend, Elizabeth Lee.
Renowned fixtures in the women's Judo community and champions in the sport, Kazuko and Elizabeth traveled the nation together and won the Ju-No-Kata division of the AAU Judo Championships for two consecutive years in 1972 and 1973.
This post was contributed by Alana Baranick, a freelance obituary writer. She is the director of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers and chief author of Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers.


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Paris Neighborhood Guide for First-Time Visitors20 Photos
Travel with us as we take you on a tour to explore the hidden gems in each of the 20 arrondissements that make up the magnificent City of Light.
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Face your fear of heights! Visit these glass structures and glass-floor attractions — including the Grand Canyon Skywalk — that provide jaw-dropping views with a euphoric adrenaline rush.
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It may not be possible to travel back in time like Claire Beauchamp Randall in the Starz series Outlander, but fans can certainly follow her footsteps across the Scottish countryside. The show, which is based on Diana Gabaldon's books, is filmed on location in Scotland as it follows World War II nurse Claire and her adventures with Jamie Fraser in the 18th century.
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Seeing is believing. And our all-inclusive Punta Cana hotels boast an awe-inspring range of sights. Punta Cana is located at the south-eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. Some of the best beaches in the world can be found here, with dazzlingly white sand, turquoise waters and coconut palms growing right down to the sea's edge. No postcard does justice to the beauty of this place.
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NeoAir™ technology in the Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite Sleeping Pad has changed what people expect from a backcountry mattress. Warm, comfortable and extremely lightweight, our next-generation NeoAir™ mattress delivers even greater performance than the original. The streamlined shape makes the XLite™ mattress ultra light and highly packable, while continuing to provide the comfort you need in the backcountry. Stuff sack and repair kit included.
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Rev. Lovejoy:
Good afternoon everyone and welcome. My name is Reverend Lovejoy and I am a celebrant of the Humanist Society of Scotland. I was delighted when Marge and Homer asked me to join them together in marriage, and I would like to thank you on their behalf for joining us here today for this celebration. Although the distance you have travelled may not be great, it is still heart warming to see you all gathered here for such a joyous occasion.
Neither Marge nor Homer is religious, so they would have been uncomfortable getting married in a religious ceremony. Humanism is not a religion, but rather a philosophy of life inspired by humanity and guided by reason and Humanists believe that people should show respect to others irrespective of class, creed or race. These values and attitudes are important to Marge and Homer: they believe that everyone has something to offer which will make the world a better place, and I am sure that you all share their hopes for a more peaceful, tolerant world.
Marge and Homer have been together for quite a while now. They met on a Christmas night out at a ceilidh, where Homer told some truly awful jokes (even by his standards), and Marge spilt Guinness all over her white top. I am sure that both families and sets of friends recognise this as characteristic behaviour. They share many common interests: Indian food; fine wine; and shouting at the politicians on Newsnight once they're full of Indian food and fine wine.
When Homer proposed to Marge, it was about three in the morning, they had just come back from a friend's wedding where the bar had been open late. As a memorable romantic experience it was, of course, absolute rubbish. Marge ignored it for a week, but apparently Homer did mean it after all.
Marge and Homer have both supported each other through University as mature students, both shared in the parenting duties for Bart, watching him grow through primary school and into high school, and getting to know him as the distinctive individual he is growing into. The late Princess of Wales famously said that there were three people in her marriage. In this marriage there are also three people, since today is as much about securing the future for Bart as it is for Marge and Homer. Bart is very much a central part of Marge and Homer's lives, as important to both of them as they are to each other.
The location of this wedding is also important to Marge and Homer. Originally Marge wanted to get married on a hillside in Spain, surrounded by vineyards and flamenco guitarists. Homer wanted to get married in Las Vegas. By Elvis. They compromised, as all good marriages should, on Loch Lomond. In choosing a venue, they had to discard many around the lochside: too big; too small; too expensive; too far away, but eventually they decided that they would get married actually in the loch, which is why we have come to Inchmurrin today.
The loch has featured strongly in both Marge's and Homer's lives: Marge grew up in this area, and spent much of her childhood riding around the loch on her bicycle, and climbing the trees that surround it. Homer used to get away from Glasgow by riding here on his motorbike and climbing the hills that surround the loch. Loch Lomond is well represented in song and verse, and the enthusiasm that Marge and Homer feel for the natural beauty of the loch and its surroundings is reflected in many of these works. I would like to introduce Moe Syzlack, who will read "Inversnaid" by Gerard Manley Hopkins:
This darksome burn, horseback brown,
His rollrock highroad roaring down,
In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam
Flutes and low to the lake falls home.
A windpuff-bonnet of fáwn-fróth
Turns and twindles over the broth
Of a pool so pitchblack, féll-frówning,
It rounds and rounds Despair to drowning.
Degged with dew, dappled with dew
Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through,
Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern,
And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.
What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
Rev. Lovejoy:
Thank you, Moe. A good question to ask yourself at a time like this is: what is a marriage? What will it mean to Marge and Homer to be married?
Marge and Homer recognise that marriage is a cooperative venture. It is a relationship based on love, respect, and a determination on the part of both husband and wife to adjust to each other's temperaments and moods, whether in health or sickness; joy or sadness; ease or hardship. Together they will find honesty and understanding, and as individuals they will use those virtues to encourage and support each other in their marriage, acknowledging that love helps us to grow, and that our partners can bring out the best in each of us.
When two people come together and share their lives, they unite; but they keep their separate identities. They know each other; but neither seeks to enter into to the entirety of the other. They seek to please each other; but they retain their distinct personalities. They grow in their respective ways and come together in mutual understanding; though each does not necessarily follow all the demands of the other.
In recognition of the meaning of marriage which they espouse, I would ask you now to bear witness to the vows that Marge and Homer make here today.
Bride and Groom hold hands
Rev. Lovejoy: Marge and Homer, will you promise to always respect and support each other in your journey together through life?
Marge and Homer: We will.
Rev. Lovejoy: Will you promise to live together as equal yet different individuals, and to recognise and accept each other's strengths and weaknesses?
Marge and Homer: We will.
Rev. Lovejoy: Will you promise to love each other through good times and bad; joy and sorrow; sickness and health; in the knowledge that your love can endure these trials?
Marge and Homer: We will.
Rev. Lovejoy: Do you, Homer, take Marge to be your wife, to love and care for her and bring her happiness and laughter throughout your lives, whatever the future may hold, sharing your wholeness, your brokenness, your success and your failures?
Homer: I do
Rev. Lovejoy: Do you Marge take Homer to be your husband, to love and care for him and bring him happiness and laughter throughout your lives, whatever the future may hold, sharing your wholeness, your brokenness, your success and your failures?
Marge: I do
Bart and Moe give rings to Marge and Homer
Rev. Lovejoy: As a symbol to represent the commitment that Marge and Homer have made here today, they will now exchange rings.
Homer, would you please repeat after me: I give you this ring as a token of my love, and I ask you to wear it as a symbol of our commitment to each other.
Homer: I give you this ring as a token of my love, and I ask you to wear it as a symbol of our commitment to each other.
Rev. Lovejoy: Marge, would you please repeat after me: I give you this ring as a token of my love, and I ask you to wear it as a symbol of our commitment to each other.
Marge: I give you this ring as a token of my love, and I ask you to wear it as a symbol of our commitment to each other.
Rev. Lovejoy: We will now have some music from Patty and Selma while the Marriage register is being signed.
Signing of the marriage register (Music: 'Playground Song', Patty; 'Crush', Selma).
Rev. Lovejoy: Thank you, Patty and Selma. I would now like to introduce Bart, who will read 'To a Kiss' by Robert Burns.
Humid seal of soft affections,
Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.
Speaking silence, dumb confession,
Passion's birth, and infants' play,
Dove-like fondness, chaste concession,
Glowing dawn of brighter day.
Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action,
Ling'ring lips, -- no more to join!
What words can ever speak affection
Thrilling and sincere as thine!
Rev. Lovejoy: Thank you Bart. Marge and Homer, you have declared your love for each other, and you have made your marriage vows here today, in front of these witnesses, your family and friends. It now gives me great pleasure to pronounce you husband and wife. Homer, you may now kiss your bride.
A right good snog.
Rev. Lovejoy: I would like to invite you to join me in reading a traditional Irish blessing, not only for Marge and Homer, but for all of you who have come here today to help celebrate their marriage. The blessing is on page five of your order of ceremony.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the road rise to meet you,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you your bride and groom!
Exit of the Wedding Party (Music: "Roseville Fair", Bill Staines).
Other than Selma the musician being stung by a wasp in the middle of the vows, it was brilliant.pieces o'nine wrote:^ looks like it was a very nice ceremony.
Cap'n Tedward wrote: In this thread, we'll be taking submissions for weddings. We want the long an short of it. From the cartoonishly short to the mind numbingly long. From the scurviest, surliest drunken revelry, to the humblest humanistic bond.
So let's hear it. Let's all inspire new Monisters and either build, or burn, some bridges with other religions.
(processional ends)
(to the couple) Are ye ready to walk the plank together and thereby engage in (legal) matrimony?
Arrrrrgh, let us begin!
Dearly beloved Pirates, Wenches and fellow Pastafarians and assorted landlubbers. We be gathered here today to marry this here wench to her pirate.
Let us pray.
Hail Marinara,
Full of Spice,
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is filled with thee.
Tasty art thou amongst sauces,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy jar, tomatoes
(although fools believe they are vegetables).
Holy Marinara,
Chief Amongst Toppings,
Save a plate for us now,
and at about 6 o'clock when dinner is served, if you would be so kind.
Any Scurvy dog who has a problem with this here union should be saying Yarr right about now. Otherwise shut your noodle hole so we can get on with this and get to the part where we get wasted on rum.
Now both of ye say yarr where it concerns you, understood.
Do ye wench take this here pirate to be ye (lawfully) wedded pirate. To be liking a lot through the good stuff and the bad stuff, to be caring for him in the healthy times and the scurvy times, to be loving him during the times of great booty and the times without, to be having fun together while adventuring at sea and while home in port, and to be upholding the word of the great noodly gospel as long as ye both shall live?
(arrrrgh, I do)
And do ye pirate take this here wench to be your (lawfully) wedded wench. To be liking a lot through the good stuff and the bad stuff, to be caring for her in the healthy times and the sick times, to be loving her during the times of great booty and the times without, to be having fun together while adventuring at sea and while home in port, and to be upholding the word of the great noodly gospel as long as ye both shall live?
(arrrrgh, I do)
Ye may now exchange the rings, which are shaped in the unending circle of his great noodly appendages.
And now, by the power vested in me by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (and the State of Utah), I pronounce you pirate and wench, husband and wife!
Ye may kiss your wench.
May I introduce ye all to the new Mr. and Mrs. -------------!
(applause and such; recessional)
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james+burgundy wrote:nice parts
james+burgundy wrote:Think you can get me the guys number
james+burgundy wrote:O I was hoping he'd stay at my place
OneEye589 wrote:He said himself that he split it into it's own thread, therefore making a new thread about it.
Technically it's stubby though, so stubby needs to be banned.
BUT "Rayhawk" hasn't been on in like a billiondee years, so the Overlord probably just forgot the password or something and doesn't want to tell anyone.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
Bonn-o-Tron wrote:I propose that creating shitty ATTN: RAYHAWK threads should be grounds for a ban.
stubby wrote:Come on guys! I know you can do shittier than this. Where's Tahthing when you need him?
muffinman42 wrote:stubby wrote:Come on guys! I know you can do shittier than this. Where's Tahthing when you need him?
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When Michael S. Krzywonos used to attend Sunday Mass at the former St. Cecilia's Church in Pawtucket he'd see the same friendly faces sitting in the same pews every week. Other than exchanging passing greetings and a few pleasantries at the end of Mass, it eventually dawned on Krzywonos that he really didn't know who his fellow parishioners were.
"For the longest time they were just faces without names," he says.
In 1999, Krzywonos started taking a closer look at the Catholic men's fraternal organization, the Knights of Columbus, figuring it would be a good way to get to know some of the men in the parish. As luck would have it, the following year, the Knights of Columbus organization granted a charter to Saint Cecilia Council #12613 and on Jan. 19, 2000, 32 charter members were initiated - Krzywonos among them.
Four years later, Krzywonos would become the council's grand knight, a position he holds for a second time now as head of Blessed Pope John Paul II Knights of Columbus Council #12613, which is the same council re-named after St. Cecilia Parish merged with St. Leo's Parish last year.
The Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic men's fraternal organization in the world with close to 2 million members. The charitable contributions of the organization number in the millions of dollars and thousands of hours each year. As a fraternal society, there is also a world-class benefits arm available to the members and their families.
Krzywonos has done a lot as a Knight in 11 years, saying the fellowship he shares with the council's other 50 members has inspired him to do as much as he can within the organization.
Today, Krzywonos, 56, is a pro-life chairman for the Knights of Columbus. He has also established the 50-50 fundraiser for ultrasound machines for the Gabriel Project, is co-chairman along with Joanne Ciocys for the Diocesan-sponsored 40 Days for Life campaign, and serves on the Human Life Guild Board.
"Once you join you find yourself getting more involved or at least I did," he says. "Not only has becoming a Knight made my faith stronger, it's given me the chance to do things I would have never thought about doing before."
Sean Boudreau of Woonsocket, a cradle Catholic, saw his faith drift off course back in his teens, a rebellious response, he says, to family problems that eventually become a deep crisis in faith. It was a crisis that took years for him to come to terms with.
He was helped on his journey back to the Roman Catholic Church by the woman he would end up marrying. But it was a group of Catholic men he encountered when he got back who not only helped him plant his feet firmly back into his faith - but showed him how that faith can be something real and tangible in the world through daily works of service to his community and fellow man.
"I knew after only five minutes of listening to these guys talk that I wanted to join the Knights of Columbus," says Boudreau, 40, the newest member of Knights of Columbus Woonsocket Council #113.
Boudreau was initiated on Jan. 29 becoming the council's 163rd member. Woonsocket Council #113 based at Sacred Heart Parish is one of the oldest, most prosperous and largest Knights of Columbus councils in the state. The council was instituted on Jan. 27, 1895 in St. Jean Baptiste Hall on High Street.
"I used to be the guy that had all the excuses, but after being away for so long I decided to try again and it began by spending one hour every every week in church," says Boudreau, a parishioner at Saint Joseph's Parish in Woonsocket. "I tell people who have fallen away to make the time no matter what. Since then I have been blessed and everything is wonderful, especially now that I've joined the Knights of Columbus."
From Parish Basement to Worldwide Order
The Knights of Columbus was founded by an Irish-American Catholic priest, The Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney, in New Haven, Connecticut. He gathered a group of men from St. Mary's parish for an organizational meeting on Oct. 2, 1881 and the order was incorporated under the laws of the state of Connecticut on March 29, 1882. Though the first councils were all in that state, the order spread throughout New England and the United States in subsequent years.
The primary motivation for the order was to be a mutual benefit society. As a parish priest in an immigrant community, McGivney saw what could happen to a family when the breadwinner died and wanted to provide insurance to care for the widows and orphans left behind. He himself had to temporarily leave his seminary studies to care for his family when his father died. In the late 19th century, Catholics were regularly excluded from labor unions and other organizations that provided social services.
In addition, Catholics were either barred from many of the popular fraternal organizations, or, as in the case of Freemasonry, forbidden from joining by the Catholic Church itself. McGivney wished to provide them an alternative. He also believed that Catholicism and fraternalism were not incompatible and wished to found a society that would encourage men to be proud of their American-Catholic heritage.
McGivney had originally conceived of the name "Sons of Columbus" but James T. Mullen, who would become the first Supreme Knight, successfully suggested that "Knights of Columbus" would better capture the ritualistic nature of the new organization.
"What a lot of people don't realize is that the Knights of Columbus originally started out as a mutual benefit insurance society," says Michael Lehman, Knights of Columbus general agent for the State of Rhode Island since 2009.
Many early members were recent immigrants who often lived in unsanitary conditions and performed hazardous jobs for poor pay. Since its founding, a primary mission of the Knights of Columbus has been to protect families against the financial ruin caused by the death of the breadwinner. While this method originally was intended to provide a core group of people who would support a widow and her children after the death of their husband and father, it has expanded into much more.
"Today the order offers a modern, professional insurance operation with more than $70 billion of life insurance policies in force," Lehman says.
Today, there are more than 1.7 million Knights of Columbus members in 14,000 councils - 60 in Rhode Island - with nearly 200 councils on college campuses. Membership is limited to "practical Catholic" men aged 18 or older. Councils have been chartered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, the Philippines, Guam, Saipan, Japan, Cuba, and most recently in Poland.
Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism
The Supreme Council is the governing body of the order and is composed of elected representatives from each jurisdiction. The Supreme Council acts in similar manner to shareholders at an annual meeting and each year elects seven members to the Supreme Board of Directors for three year terms. The twenty-one member board then chooses from its own membership the senior operating officials of the order, including the Supreme Knight.
State Councils are led by state deputies and other officers elected at state conventions.
District deputies are appointed by the Supreme Knight upon the recommendation of the State Deputy and oversee several local councils, each of which is led by a grand knight. Other elected council officers include the deputy grand knight, chancellor, warden, recorder, treasurer, advocate, guards and trustees. A chaplain is appointed by the grand knight and a financial secretary by the supreme knight.
Councils are numbered in the order in which they chartered into the order and are named by the local membership. San Salvador Council #1 was named for the first island Columbus landed on in the New World.
The order is dedicated to the principles of "charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism." A First Degree exemplification ceremony, by which a man joins the order, exemplifies the virtue of charity. He is then said to be a First Degree Knight of Columbus and after participating the subsequent degrees, each of which focuses on another virtue, rises to that status. Upon reaching the Third Degree a member is considered a full-member. The Fourth Degree is the highest degree of the order. The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism and to encourage active Catholic citizenship. A Knight is eligible to join the Fourth Degree after six months from the date of his First Degree, providing he has completed the second and third degrees beforehand.
The Knights of Columbus is a multi-billion dollar non-profit charitable organization. Knights may be seen distributing Tootsie Rolls to raise funds to fight developmental disabilities; volunteering for the Special Olympics and other charitable organizations; erecting pro-life billboards and "Keep Christ in Christmas" signs; conducting blood drives and raising funds for disaster victims; or parading at patriotic events with their bright capes, feathered chapeaux, and ceremonial swords.
"We're not just guys with funny hats," says Jeff Gaulin, 35, a parishioner of All Saints Parish and membership director for Knights of Columbus Woonsocket Council #113. "As an organization, the Knights do a lot of great things for the community, but a lot of it is kept under cover because we're not out seeking publicity," Gaulin says. "Being a Knight has not only provided a vehicle for me to help people, it's really grounded me in my faith."
A Long History of Giving
Charity is the foremost principle of the Knights of Columbus, says David G. Bebyn, financial secretary for Woonsocket Council #113.
"Last year alone, the order gave $154 million directly to charity and performed over 70 million man hours in voluntary service," says Bebyn, a parishioner of Sacred Heart Parish who became a Knight in 2005.
Bebyn is only the 14th financial secretary in the 116 year history of Woonsocket Council #113l. He served as the 82nd Grand Knight of Woonsocket council and currently serves the State Council as the membership director, degree/ceremonial chairman and a member of the State Finance Committee. He was also elected as a delegate from Rhode Island to the 2010 Supreme Convention held in Washington D.C.
Bebyn says the Knights have a long tradition of supporting those with physical and developmental disabilities, adding that more than $382 million has been given over the past three decades to groups and programs that support the intellectually and physically disabled. One of the largest recipients of funds in this area is the Special Olympics, he says.
"Days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the Knights of Columbus established the $1 million Heroes Fund where immediate assistance was given to the families of all full-time professional law enforcement personnel, firefighters and emergency medical workers who lost their lives in the rescue and recovery efforts," Bebyn said.
Orderwide, more than $10 million was raised for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The order also donated more than $500,000 to the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 relief efforts and $50,000 to help victims of Typhoon Durian in the Philippines.
The project that may best exemplify the work of the Knights of Columbus is Project Medishare, which gives prosthetics to Haitian children who lost limbs during the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
"When the earthquake hit Haiti, nearly 800 children lost limbs," Bebyn says. "The Knights of columbus were touched by this and, as a result, the program has
fitted more than 300 amputees with prosthetic limbs and created a state-of-the-art prosthetic lab. This has helped the children in Haiti play again."
The Knights do a lot of work in their own backyards, as well, and few councils do it better than the 166-member Knights of Columbus St. Teresa-Delaney Council #57 in Pawtucket, one of the last councils in the state to be chartered by McGivney, the order's founder. Council #57 is led by Grand Knight Bill Goodwin.
"Locally, we generally tend to run six to eight big events a year, including a breakfast to help fund the Pawtucket fireworks and a Christmas breakfast for the Times fund," says Al Hervieux, a past grand knight and Council #57 member since 2004. "Our main thing is charity so we're always doing something throughout the year from donating food to the Pawtucket soup kitchen to donating Stop & Shop gift cards to the needy at Thanksgiving."
Hervieux, who is also a district deputy for the state, said he joined the Knights because he wanted to help people less fortunate.
"What I found was that the Knights of Columbus were a group of guys doing more charitable work than I could ever do on my own, so it's been a real privilege to be a part of that," he says.
Raymond Riel is the 83rd Grand Knight of Woonsocket Council #113 and has been a knight since 1983. He was chosen by State Deputy Steven Ciolfi to serve as a district deputy from 2008-2010. Under Reil's previous tenure as the Woonsocket council's membership director, the council has achieved its membership quota for the past five fraternal years. The council, he says, averages 10 new members a year.
"What's satisfying to me is to see these new vibrant younger members all ready to go," says Riel, who has helped bring in 25 new members to the council over the years.
The council also has many veteran and experienced members like Robert R. Gallant and Jerry Lesperance, a Knight since 1976, and who has coordinated the council's annual candy drive for the past 20 years, as well as its annual memorial service for deceased members.
"I find it fulfilling because it keeps me Catholic," says Gallant, a district deputy who joined in 1968.
For Bebyn, being a member of the largest Catholic men's fraternal organization in the world has given him the opportunity to really put his faith into practice.
"Faith without action is an empty faith," he says. "Faith in action is what members of the Knights of Columbus strive for each and every day.
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Sendek Packs His Bags, Makes Deal with the Devils
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Sat, 04/01/06, 05:50pm:
I'm sitting here with Justin between games and we just heard about Herb Sendek bolting N.C. State for Arizona State. Justin and I are both huge ACC guys - he's a Duke grad and I'm an Atlanta kid who grew up going to Tech games and with a grandfather who went to Duke. This means you'll have to endure occasional ACC content.
The news prompted a fun parlor game: "Who will State hire?" And Justin nailed it:
John Calipari.
If you think about it for two seconds, it makes perfect sense. The whole Valvano thing. The prestige that would come with elevating State to the level of Duke and UNC, putting an end to State's being the ugly stepsister among the Triangle's basketball programs. You can already see the GQ photo spread with Krzyzewski, Williams and Calipari - the Delphi at Tobacco Road, the great Sanhedrin of college basketball.
Justin thinks that Davidson coach Bob McKillop would be a natural choice if they want to go the well-regarded-small-conference-guy-from-instate-who-knows-the-backroads (read: cheaper) route.
The curious detail here is the report that Sendek was getting increasingly bent about the flak he was taking in Raleigh and that this was a primary motivation in making the move. Justin notes that the good news for Pack fans is that immediately following Bill Frieder's departure from Ann Arbor to Tempe, Michigan won a national championship


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