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In short: A picturesque and challenging course out of the town, superb organisation and support.Date of review: October 4, 2015
In short: Well-organized and with amazing local support around the course.In full: This race has a lovely atmosphere. Organisation is excellent and even the weather was perfect for it.Date of review: October 7, 2014
In short: Love it - will keep coming back for moreIn full: Superb organisation, easy to access car park, speedy and efficient number, chip and t shirt collection, encouraging marshals, fantastic support from those lovely people at Cliddesden and Ellisfield, and the final four miles wipe out the pain of the earlier hills. Definitely recommend this one.Date of review: October 9, 2013
In short: Take a bow, organizers, that was superb!In full: Excellent organization, marshalling and the people of Cliddesden and Ellisfield are the coolest on the planet - their support was awesome as indeed it was last year. The race didn't feel too crowded or too lonely: the limit of 2000 seems right. Plentiful water stations. Car parking, chip collection, t-shirt collection and baggage all worked like a dream. Looking forward to next year already.Date of review: October 7, 2012
In short: Heat 'n' hillsIn full: An October half marathon seemed such a good idea back whenever it was that entries opened. Who could have predicted today's temperatures? Knew from my recce of the route that it needed a conservative start. Support from locals was fantastic and organization and marshalling were faultless. Well done, Basingstoke.Date of review: October 2, 2011
In short: Great organization and marshallingIn full: Very much enjoyed this race. Thank you, Wargrave.Date of review: June 12, 2011
In short: Tough course with excellent marshalling, lots of refreshments on the way round and loads of cakes and drinks at the end. In full: That keyring in the marathon goodie bag showing St Martha on the Hill was a really nice touch!Date of review: September 19, 2010
In short: Appreciated the compact start with parking, event centre and start all close together. Scenic route along one side of the river and back along the other side was perfect on such a sunny day.In full: Well organized with all the facilities you could want in the leisure centre, and parking, start and finish nearby. Lovely undulating scenic route along one side of the River Avon and back along the other. Roads weren't closed to traffic but drivers were very patient. Occasionally didn't know which side of the road to run but simply followed everyone else and it all seemed to work out fine. This is definitely one of the better events.Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Well organized, low key series of off-road Wednesday evening racesIn full: A short loop, followed by two laps of a longer loop gives you a chance to see if you can find a better line through the mud, and run a bit further up the hill the second time round. Well worth turning out for.Date of review: August 2, 2009
In short: Excellent organization as alwaysIn full: Yateley looks after its runners so well! Red Bull was being handed out near to chip and number collection, and water, chocolate bar and chocolate-flavoured For Goodness Shakes at the finish, as well as a medal. For good measure our chip and gun times and overall position were texted to us almost as soon as we'd crossed the finish line. What more could we ask?Date of review: June 7, 2009
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text: Bio: Jing Zhou, born in Chongqing, China, is an Assistant Professor of Art at Monmouth University, New Jersey. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Georgia Southern University. Jing is a multimedia artist, designer, and educator. Her award winning artwork has been widely shown and collected internationally, including SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, Triennale Design Museum in Milan, EVA London, Royal Institution of Australia, New York Hall of Science, RE-NEW Copenhagen, Instants Vidéo Festival Marseille, Int'l Istanbul Triennial, Danish Poster Museum, FILE Festival Sao Paulo, Visual Information Design Assn. of Korea, Hungarian Electrographic Art Assn., Prix de la Photographie Paris Awards, public collection of the WRO Media Art Center in Poland, the Museum of the Living Artist in San Diego. Numerous books and magazines, such as Computer Graphics World, Photo Techniques, have published her work. Ms. Zhou is also a Gold Medal recipient of the Art Directors Club of New Jersey, Gold Winner of the American Design Awards, and Silver Winner of the Summit International Creative Awards. Her clients include organizations such as Greenpeace. Ms. Zhou was previously a Senior Graphic Designer at Gruen Associates and First Look Media, Inc. in Los Angeles and a Junior Art Director at Chongqing Huaxi Packaging, Inc. in Chongqing, China. Jing's multimedia artwork explores our common humanity and reflects her interest in spiritual experiences, Eastern and Western art, literature, and philosophy. To Jing, creating art is a process of deciphering her life journey.

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I'm looking at my calendar right now and I can't believe June is almost over. I feel like I just did my May post. Things have been busy lately and unfortunately I haven't been able to post here as much as I used to. But I still like the idea of doing monthly summaries--so here's another!
Photographed the Bouncing Souls at Webster Hall. I don't think I've seen any band live more times than I've seen these guys but every show is just as fun as the last.
Walked past Irving Plaza and saw that the Gwar show/Zombie Prom was emptying out. So of course I shot a few photos.
Shot the Flogging Molly show at the Paramount on Long Island.
Posted part two of my latest photo series for How We Are. Asked nine people from across the country about the significance of their punk band tattoos. It was cool getting to hear everyone's story and photograph them as well.
Been spending a lot of nights walking the boardwalk at a few of the nearby beaches. It's a good way to clear your head and just relax.
An afternoon in Brooklyn. Pouring rain and then a few minutes later, a rainbow.
Central Park one afternoon.
Found these murals at another Long Island beach.
And lastly, some Instagram shots.
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A special exhibition to celebrate peace is on display at Haverhill Arts Centre.
The Art of Peace includes contributions from primary school pupils, which show what peace means to them, their families, Haverhill, Great Britain and the World.
Pieces, created by Year 6 children at Place Farm Primary Academy, show the natural environment, pets, sport, freedom and kindness.
This is the second Art of Peace exhibition to be held.
The exhibition, by Havepeace, is on display until the end of August.


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The Vodafone Americas Foundation has awarded prizes worth $600,000 in money to the creators of three mobile solutions designed to improve lives. The winner of the first prize was ColdTrace, a low-cost wireless sensor which has the potential to protect thousands of lives by remotely monitoring the temperature of vaccines and transferring data to a global database. Nexleaf Analytics was recognized with the award of $300,000 at the Wireless Innovation Project Competition TM presentation at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Silicon Valley.
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Vodafone Americas Foundation announced last night the eight finalists for its fifth annual Wireless Innovation Project, a competition that identifies and supports wireless-related technologies with high potential to solve critical global issues.
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Willie Kwok, who is wrapping up his eight months internship at Vodafone xone mHealth function is already going all-in starting his own company.
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The annual competition helps chart a path to success for the most promising wireless and mobile innovations, awarding $600,000 in cash for outstanding global solutions
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Just one year after tech incubator Vodafone xone™ (pronounced "zone") was built by Vodafone Group R&D in Silicon Valley, it has already nurtured a dozen tech companies,
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Winning AI-integrated Solutions Refine Shopping, Smarten Search and Prioritize News
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New facility designed to take innovative concepts through rapid testing process to potential high-volume production
Vodafone, August 3, 2012 - Vodafone Looking for the Technology Stars of Tomorrow in East London, New incubation centre in Tech City will build on the success of Vodafone xone in Silicon Valley
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-The hauntingly poetic images created by Italian artist Alessandro Bavari are the fruits of a long journey of exploration to discover a personal artistic language that can transcend the limits of established media through what he describes as –
"a kind of contamination amongst the arts dissolving the boundaries which distinguish them."
+short bio: Bavari began making photomontages at the age of fifteen. He subsequently studied scene-painting and history of art at the Academy of Fine Art in Rome. He started working in a variety of traditional media, from oil painting to copper plate engraving, whilst maintaining a strong interest in photography. His working methods became increasingly experimental, mixing tar, glue and industrial paints and exploring the possibilities of photographic printing techniques. He then added imprints creating a vocabulary from found natural objects, such as bones and fossils and creatures washed up on the shores near his home. In 1993 he bought his first Macintosh. Working exclusively in Photoshop to create his highly personal imagery, he found he was able to arrive more easily at the fusion of painting and photography that he had been working towards. Bavari regards the computer as being like-
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Sri Lanka's left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara claimed 5-87 to dismiss Pakistan for 340 in the third and final Test at Sharjah on Nov 6, 2011. (AFP)
Sharjah: Left-handers Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara struck half centuries on Sunday as Sri Lanka bid to level the series with victory over Pakistan in the third and final Test.
Paranavitana hit an undefeated 66 on the fourth day to lead Sri Lanka to a second-innings 164-5 at stumps, an overall advantage of 237 runs heading into the final day. Sangakkara was dismissed for 51.
Earlier Chanaka Welegedara's 5-87 helped Sri Lanka seize a first innings lead of 73 after bowling Pakistan out for 340 by lunch at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Opener Paranavitana hit four fours and a six while Sangakkara supplied early momentum by striking two fours and two sixes in 91 balls.
Pacer Umar Gul (2-35) and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal (2-44) were Pakistan's best bowlers.
Sri Lanka, trailing the series 1-0, got an early boost when Pakistan started the day at 282-6 in pursuit of the visitors' total of 413. Left-arm seamer Welegedara dismissed Abdur Rehman (3) with the final ball of the first over.
Rehman edged to second slip where Mahela Jayawardene fluffed the chance but Paranavitana at first slip was there to grab the rebound.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath (3-85) quickly claimed Gul for 5 caught at mid-off by Angelo Mathews. With Pakistan on 289-8, Sri Lanka sensed a big lead.
But Misbah-ul-Haq stretched his overnight 50 to within sight of a fourth Test century and shared a crucial ninth wicket stand of 47 with Ajmal (12 not out).
Misbah was dropped three times in the session — by wicketkeeper Kaushal Silva on 52, Angelo Mathews on 53, and Paranavitana on 66.
Misbah eventually went for 89, top-edging a sweep to provide off-spinner Suraj Randiv his first wicket in the innings. The right-handed batsman struck seven fours and a six off 261 balls.
Welegedara returned to mop up the innings and snare his maiden five-wicket haul in his 14th Test.
Last man Junaid Khan (0) had his off stump rattled by an outswinger from the 30-year-old Welegedara.
Pakistan struck early in Sri Lanka's second innings with success for Gul with the new ball.
Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan edged to third slip where Mohammad Hafeez grasped a low catch at 5-1.
Gul should have added the wicket of Paranavitana soon afterwards but Asad Shafiq grassed a sharp gully opportunity.
Paranavitana struggled to assert himself early but Sangakkara — fresh off a brilliant 144 in the first innings — passed 500 runs in the series before he fell soon after tea after sharing a second wicket partnership of 75 with Paranavitana.
Mahela Jayawardene completed a miserable series when he was leg before wicket to Gul for 20 at 127-3.
With an early declaration on Monday in mind, Sri Lanka tried to up the run rate in the final hour but lost the wickets of Mathews (13) and Kaushal Silva, both lbw to Ajmal playing across the line of off-breaks.
Paranavitana survived to the end with Kosala Kulasekara (4 not out), although the latter was lucky to survive a run out opportunity.
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OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 -- The US Department of State said it will closely monitor recent energy agreements between Venezuela and Iran to ensure that they do not violate international sanctions against the Middle Eastern country.
"We will watch to see if any of these deals…constitute a violation of the Security Council resolutions and sanctions against Iran," said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley.
The State Department's announcement came after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a visit to Iran, signed a number of agreements focused on energy cooperation with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Among the agreements signed were pacts for the formation of a joint oil shipping company and joint construction of petrochemical plants, as well as Venezuelan participation in the exploitation of Iran's South Pars gas field.
Under the shipping agreement, PDV Marina, Petroleos de Venezuela SA's shipping subsidiary, and Iran's IRISL Group, plan to create a maritime oil transport firm that will enable Caracas to sell more than 500,000 bbl of crude in Europe and Asia.
The two sides also reaffirmed an earlier agreement to build a refinery in Syria, Iran's main ally in the region. An agreement to build the refinery was first signed in 2007 with Iran, Venezuela, and Malaysia as partners.
Earlier this year, the US introduced new sanctions against Iran that target the country's gasoline imports. The European Union also passed sanctions that target the financing of Iranian refineries.
There is concern in Washington, however, that the new refinery in Syria could be used in an effort to bypass those sanctions.
Chavez shrugged off those concerns, saying that his country remains committed to helping fund the construction of the Syrian refinery, which should be finished in 2 years. Chavez did not say how much his cash-strapped country would actually contribute.
Venezuela also signed an agreement to supply Syria with as much as 1 million tons/year of diesel fuel for domestic use, Chavez said.
Underlying Chavez's visit, however, were additional concerns in Washington and Europe about possible cooperation between Venezuela and Iran on nuclear issues—a point stressed by Crowley.
"Venezuela has a right to pursue civilian nuclear energy," Crowley said, adding that, "it also has a responsibility to make sure that any nuclear program does not represent a proliferation risk."
Crowley's remarks echoed President Barack Obama's earlier backing of Venezuela's efforts to develop nuclear power after Chavez signed an agreement that will see Russia build and operate Venezuela's first nuclear power plant.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev announced the move at the end of a 2-day visit to Moscow by Chavez, who says he wants nuclear power to diversify energy supply—a point stressed by other Venezuelan officials.
"We are going to start designing the project," said Venezuela's Electricity Minister Ali Rodriguez, who is charged with expanding the country's inadequate power capacity.
"It's long term because the idea is to reach 4,000 Mw of nuclear capacity within about 10 years," said Rodriquez. "Our plan is not just for electricity, but also to create health products and use it for other peaceful means."
While Chavez insists that his country has only peaceful intentions for nuclear power, he backs Iran's right to a nuclear program, which Western powers suspect may be secretly intended for arms. The evident concern is that Venezuela might contribute to Iran's nuclear capability.
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1992-06-27 Chris Eubank w pts 12 Ron Essett, Quinto Do Lago Hotel, Quinta Do Lago, Portugal - WBO
1992-06-27 Chris Eubank w pts 12 Ron Essett, Quinto Do Lago Hotel, Quinta Do Lago, Portugal - WBO. Referee: Roberto Ramirez. Scorecards: 117-112, 117-113, 118-110. Once again the champion was unable to close down a negative opponent, allowing the light-hitting Essett (166) to score with flicking jabs and remain in the fight when boxing in a haphazard fashion. Occasionally Eubank (168) scored heavily, but was unable to set the American up for a finishing blow. By the seventh session it was clear that Eubank needed to up the pace and he began to put in more effort, hurting Essett and putting him down in the eighth. It should have incurred a count but the referee ruled it a slip and Eubank was unable to improve on that despite having his man in trouble up against the ropes in the ninth. Although Eubank won by a unanimous decision there were many who thought that the contest was closer than scored.


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After hacking the account of Shirley Phelps-Roper, Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) spokeswoman and the daughter of Fred Phelps Sr. – the head of the controversial organization –, UGNazi hackers have turned their attention to another Phelps family member.
This time they hacked the Twitter account of Fred Phelps Jr. – the son of Fred Phelps Sr.
Just as they did with the account of Shirley (@DearShirley), the hacktivists started retweeting hundreds of anti-WBC messages.
The overtaken account has been renamed to "Cosmo" and a picture that reads "pray for Newtown" has been posted on the profile.
The UGNazi hacker who took credit for the hack claims to be the notorious Cosmo. A couple of days ago, Wired reported that it was really Cosmo, the hacker sentenced to probation back in November, who was behind the attack.
However, someone has told me that it's not actually Cosmo, but a hacker that goes by the name of Shm00p.
The WBC continues to be targeted by hacktivists. So far, the hackers have taken down the organization's websites and leaked the personal details of their members, but they claim that OpWBC is far from being over.


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A Place to study
As the semester winds down, I remember why the last few weeks after Thanksgiving come and go so quickly. Aside from course wrap-ups and professor and gsi evaluations, there are also end of the year/semester events all over campus. I remember when I was a freshman we got booted out of the dorms the last day of finals and couldn't get back in until welcome week. That wasn't actually a problem for me because I was packed and ready to go back home well before finals even started- and I brought home about 3 check-in luggages as well as my 2 carry-ons. As I sit here, I'm thinking, when will I really have time to pack, what I really need to pack anyways besides maybe a few essentials to last me a few weeks...and how did I do it back then?
All this random thinking comes of course only because it's time for finals, time to "buckle down" and study. I think this is true for every college student but I feel like we all need a study place, where we are motivated to work. For some it's the library (but God knows I DO NOT want to fight for then fend my spot in the library from all the troopers who call it "home" for the duration of finals. I think i'm getting old, I need my sleep. That's why I stay close to home. My favorite places to study? It's a tie between Royal Grounds on Shattuck and Starbucks on Oxford, the places where I tell myself I have to work.
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Information bulletin
5 November 2012
VR Transpoint's warehousing terminal in Kouvola's logistics area Tehola will be expanded. The storage space of Cargo East Terminal - specialising in Eastern exports - will be enlarged by around 16 000 m2 which more than doubles its current surface area.
The current terminal - completed in 2004 - has 11 500 m2 of warehousing and office space. Due to increasing good volumes additional space has been leased from external parties.
– Our biggest customer is UPM, which uses 90 per cent of the current terminal's capacity. The key factor in the decision to expand the terminal was their decision to invest in a new product to be produced by Kymi factory. The markets for this product are in the east, says the head of VR Group Logistics, Senior Vice President Rolf Jansson.
We want to bring all warehousing operations under the same roof. The terminal will have 15 000 m2 of new space and 800 m2 of office space which will house all VR Transpoint's mass goods operations in Kouvola. Moreover, new tracks will be laid at the terminal.
Cargo East Terminal will mainly process forest industry products exported to Russia and CIS countries. Additionally, small consignments imported from Russia - chiefly recycled paper bales and raw material for the industry.
The operational concept includes a comprehensive service from the factory to the destination. The products will be transported from the factory to the terminal by road vehicles and domestic railway wagons. Products are then shipped from the terminal by road vehicles or railway wagons. In addition, the intermediate storage services include the processing of goods, warehouse accounting, forwarding and customs clearance.
– With the expansion we seek greater business volumes, a wider customer base, alternative solutions for eastern markets and comprehensive solutions combining VR Transpoint's rail and road transports, says Jansson.
The expansion of the terminal has entered the planning stage. The goal is to complete the construction work at the end of the summer of 2013.
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DWTS' Kate Gosselin: I Wake Up in "a Cold Sweat" Every Night
Kate Gosselin -- who makes her Dancing With the Stars debut tonight -- is beginning to wonder why she agreed to hit the dance floor in the first place.
"I wake up in a cold sweat every night," the mother of eight, 34, tells USA Today. "What have I signed up for?"
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Gosselin, who has zero dance experience, has been practicing with partner Tony Dovolani on a makeshift dance floor in the basement of her family's Wernersville, Pa., home.
"Never danced in public," she says. "It's a huge fear." Overall, her goal is "to conquer my fear of dancing. It's hugely scary."
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Her toughest competition? "Me. I struggle with perfection," she says. "While it's fun, I'm frustrated. Tony has to tell me to stop being so hard on myself."
So far, she's had no major ailments, but she says: "There's a sharp pain behind my right rib."
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Last week, Gosselin denied rumors she was being a diva on the Los Angeles set and defended her decision to do the show (critics have said she should be spending more time at home with her kids).
Gosselin said doing the show and being a mom is "a delicate balance" and that she is usually dancing "before [the kids] are up in the morning or at school."
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The History of UCC
UCHC is a global franchise with the mission to create a family of upper cervical doctors who embrace the commonalities among the upper cervical procedures and unites the doctors to pursue the common goal of bringing upper cervical care to the forefront of the healthcare industry.
In 1893, a man by the name of Daniel David Palmer, who went by the name D.D. Palmer, was working in his office one night, treating a patient who was telling him about the loss of his hearing almost 17 years prior. The patient had heard a "pop" sound in his neck and then, all of a sudden, his hearing was gone. Dr. Palmer asked to have a look at the patient's neck to see if he could possibly figure out what had happened to make him lose his hearing. When he started feeling around the patient's neck, he felt a little lump. When he pushed on the lump it made a popping sound.
At first, nothing happened. But after 3 days of repeating this process, the patient's hearing returned. So, Dr. Palmer believed he had found the cure for deafness. D.D. had people coming from all over the world to be treated for their deafness. While not all of the deaf patients got their hearing back, Dr. Palmer noticed that a lot of other conditions started clearing up—conditions such as kidney problems, heart conditions, etc. So then his son, B.J. Palmer, comes into the picture. B.J. Palmer is known as the developer of chiropractic because he built on what D.D. had been doing, which was basically pushing up and down, three times on each side of the spine, any high spot just pop, pop, pop, pop—anything you could pop.
Some people got better and some people didn't, but B.J. decided he needed to narrow this process down, to figure out why some people got better and why some didn't. So, in 1935, B.J opened a research center and employed the same method that his father had: adjusting all the way down one side and all the way back down the other side, pushing all the highest spots. And he narrowed it down and did less and less and less. And his results got better and better and better. And after 16 years of research, on only the worst cases, he discovered that it was one of the top two bones in the body, in the upper cervical spine, that was the cause of most of these ailments. By this point, it was 1951.
By 1951, when upper cervical research came up, there were several other schools that had appeared all over America, teaching people how to adjust the entire spine. B.J. Palmer focused on upper cervical work before leaving the clinic. He died in 1961. At the time of his death, B.J. Palmer was known all over the world. He had been to the White House with four different presidents. He took care of Dr. Mayo and his family from the Mayo Clinic. He was world renowned.
When B.J. passed, his son, Dr. David Palmer, took over the school and began to teach the full spine model once more, a model that is taught in most of the schools across the country today. So, even as recently as 20 years ago, there were only a handful of upper cervical doctors. However, over the last decade, upper cervical has seen a real surge and growth of popularity, especially over the last four or five years with the production of documentaries on the subject as well as huge conferences. There is also now a postgraduate diploma program. Upper cervical care is really beginning to pick up some momentum.
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by Peggy Post
I just returned from a fabulous work-related trip to Myrtle Beach. On the drive to my hotel I learned that the 60-mile stretch of South Carolina beach is one of the busiest resorts in the U.S., with 16 million annual visitors. The 350, 000 year-round residents manage to capably accommodate the influx. The beaches are beautiful and the area boasts numerous family resorts and golf courses. I was there to talk about weddings – specifically, the etiquette involved in planning weddings.
My hosts were the owners of a delightful stationery shop called Peaches & Cream. I spoke at a "Host-A-Post" event in which the stationers rolled out the red carpet for customers and visitors. I answered questions about wedding dilemmas like where the feuding divorced parents of the bride sit during the ceremony and also discussed various ways to word wedding invitations. I showed samples in albums of our Emily Post line of wedding invitations and stationery, produced in partnership with M.Middleton.
The next day, I was the guest speaker at the area's largest annual wedding event, The Wedding Showcase. There were more than 800 attendees and 50-plus booths of wedding professionals presenting their goods and talents. The organizer of the
event, professional wedding consultant Cheryl Cox, has run this showcase for 14 years. It certainly appeared to be a sm
ashing success. People came from as far away as Texas, Tennessee and North Carolina to be immersed in the afternoon devoted to "all things weddings."
I met many wonderful people during my Myrtle Beach visit. This truly was a "glamorous" trip! Many thanks to my Myrtle Beach hosts and the other hospitable people I visited with while there! These photos of my January 27 –30 visit, are compliments of one of my hosts, the awesome professional Myrtle Beach-based photographer Kate Philip.


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TOLEDO, Ohio -- A report says a nurse who accidentally disposed of a kidney during an Ohio transplant didn't realize the organ was in cold slush that she removed from the operating room and took down a hallway to a "dirty utility room."
The report health officials released Monday says the nurse said she was on break when a surgeon announced the kidney was in the protective slush during the Aug. 10 transplant at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
The report cites poor communication and oversight and insufficient policies as factors in the incident. It says the hospital has since enacted clearer policies about communication and the removal of contents from an operating room.
It's not clear what happened to the intended kidney recipient.
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Collingwood's IPL troubles could be Durham boost
Durham are hoping that Paul Collingwood will be available for the full season following reports that his Indian Premier League contract with Rajasthan Royals has been cancelled. It will be a further reminder to Collingwood of life's ups and downs. … Continue reading
Colly's globetrotting, Knotty's hidden talent: Richard Gibson
Paul Collingwood is no longer wanted by England but he is certainly in demand when it comes to Twenty20 cricket around the globe. A beaten finalist with Perth Scorchers in Australia's inaugural Big Bash League at the end of January, … Continue reading
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Two days after signing a new three-year contract, having rejected Derbyshire's overtures, Paul Collingwood was unable to take part as Durham were sent spinning out of the Friends Life t20. Collingwood's off cutters were sadly missed in the Rose Bowl … Continue reading
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Durham are confident they can repel Derbyshire's audacious bid to sign Paul Collingwood, which has been confirmed by the tabling of a 28-day notice to speak to him. After sacking John Morris as director of cricket early this season, the … Continue reading
Collingwood tribute to Durham record-breaker Benkenstein
Dale Benkenstein has become Durham's record run-scorer in first-class cricket. He passed Jon Lewis's total of 7,854 with the boundary which clinched the five-wicket win against Lancashire at Liverpool. While Lewis scored his runs from 262 innings, this was 37-year-old … Continue reading
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A week after his 37th birthday, Dale Benkenstein goes into Durham's LV County Championship match against Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street needing 148 runs to break the county's record first-class tally. Former captain Jon Lewis, now the second team coach, totalled 7,854 … Continue reading
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Simon Hughes: England missing Collingwood's dynamism
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- 1 1/2 pounds thin asparagus spears, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (preferably extra-virgin)
- 1 1/4 cups chopped green onions
- 1/3 cup minced shallots
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 cup diced seeded red bell peppers
Bring broth to boil in large pot. Add asparagus; cook until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Using tongs, transfer asparagus to large bowl of ice water. Reserve 1 cup broth in small bowl. Drain asparagus; pat dry. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap asparagus in paper towels. Seal in plastic bag. Cover broth. Chill asparagus and broth.)
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 cup green onions, shallots and sugar. Sauté until onions and shallots are tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in reserved 1 cup broth, 1 tablespoon oil, mustard, lemon juice, thyme and lemon peel. Simmer until slightly thickened and liquid is reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature.
Arrange asparagus on platter. Spoon sauce over. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup green onions and bell peppers.
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For more than a year, following a spate of kidnappings of aid workers, outside journalists have not been able to visit this isolated, arid camp.(..) The World Food Programme relies on donor funds to feed the almost half a million people in Dadaab. But they are almost $40 million short on keeping people fed for the next six months and are contemplating ration cuts in a camp where people currently exist on the bare minimum. Australia has donated two million dollars but it is a drop in the bucket for what is actually needed.
3 January 2013
Installing handpumps in far-flung villages has long been a favourite activity of aid agencies and development NGOs. But the pumps rarely last forever: at any given time, only two of every three handpumps in rural areas are actually working. That's precisely the problem a team of researchers at Oxford University are trying to tackle. They have created a device that uses mobile phone technology to generate – and transmit – data on handpump use in rural Kenya. They hope their approach will ultimately help to improve water access in drought-stricken areas.
5 September 2012
Thousands of people have been displaced in parts of Kenya's Rift Valley Province as floodwaters continue to submerge houses and schools and destroy crops. They are among more than 240,000 people throughout eastern Africa are estimated to be affected by seasonal flooding.
18 June 2012
Every time a drought has hit this elderly couple's village in northern Kenya they have had to rebuild their lives all over again. (..) By then Wacho and Dawe had lost 10 of their 15 cows, but they danced too. They knew they would struggle to support their nine children without these animals but this drought was different -- for the first time in their lives Wacho had taken insurance out on some of their cattle. (..) "Micro-insurance for agriculture is something that farmers in the rest of the world have had access to for sometime," says Challiss McDonough from the World Food Programme. (..) WFP and Oxfam America have their own micro-insurance initiative for agriculture in Ethiopia and it's now being expanded into Senegal.
15 March 2012
When she was enrolled in the programme six weeks ago, Namuding's mid upper arm circumference (known to nutritionists as her 'MUAC') measured 20.3 cm. Now it is 21.3 cm. According to WFP nutritionist Joyce Owigar, a pregnant or nursing mother with a MUAC of less than 20 cm is severely malnourished. "Namuding has improved from being almost severely malnourished to moderately malnourished," she said. The programme through which Namuding receives her rations of Super Cereal targets people who are already certified as malnourished. (..) Alongside the nutrition programmes, the European Union (either through individual member countries or through ECHO, the humanitarian arm of the EU) is also supporting other WFP-run programmes for people affected by drought in northern Kenya.
8 March 2012
CNN's David McKenzie spends time with [Molly] a Kenyan girl who is reaching the world.
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Today Cisco's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team had the unique privilege of bringing together two seemingly different groups of people: children who live in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya and their "video pen pals" in Rome. (..) Cisco hosted the event using its TelePresence technology to support the World Food Programme's video series "Molly's World: A Girl Films Her Life in a Nairobi Slum." (..) Molly has received school meals from WFP for four years.
20 February 2012
As Kenya struggles to recover from the massive East Africa drought of 2011, school feeding is playing a critical role. (..) Charles Njeru of WFP Kenya says, "With additional funding we could do much more, and even become more innovative. For example, the school feeding impact evaluation of 2009 recommended that we pilot a midmorning snack in a selected district but this has not been possible due to funding constraints."
16 February 2012
Molly is a 12-year-old Kenyan girl living in the Mathare Slum just outside of Nairobi -- one of the poorest places in the world. Every day, Molly walks to a school where she receives a free meal. But last year, she was given something more: A camera.
14 February 2012
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So THAT'S what a Category 5 yeast infection looks like.
5 million points for you.
Rosie does her impression of Snookie's vagina.
i think i see boba fett.
Didn't she used to live in a trailer park? You've come a long way, Rosie.
I think she still does although if so it's located in Hawaii because that's where her fat lives.
Huh… I was wondering where Tom Arnold's balls went…
…. and then he done the Heimlick remover on me and out popped my ovaries into my mouth! Boy, was I embarrassed.
Whoa, I just swallowed my own vomit, and found it to be more tasteful than this picture.
well you are what you eat.
That is the most fucked up Pez dispenser I have ever seen.
normally fat chicks look better when they have nuts in their mouth.
Mouth is open wide, now you can put your dick inside.
There's a reason why it is empty…
If you're having problems with both weight gain and too much sex drive, boy, have I got the cure for you.
Gag! She's disgusting just like she's been for 60 years.
Nobody wants to see Roseanne's nuts.
"Deeez Nuuuts"
Scope meets its greatest challenge.
Positive: In 10 years Americans create the time machine
Negative:Snookie gets the first ride
After looking at herself in the mirror, Roseanne's bulimia automatically kicked back into full gear.
"Nom nom, these eggs are so FERTILE!"


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Alice in Wonderland-obsessives take note: the fantastical and whimsically surreal artist, Mark Ryden, will be signing copies of his latest book, The Tree Show, at the MOCA store in Los Angeles on Jan 31st.
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EMMANUEL ADDEH writes that the Delta State Government is far from achieving its 'Delta without Oil' slogan
It is commonplace to find governments in Nigeria holding on to political and economic slogans as if they are going out of fashion.
A careful study will show that almost all states in the federation have at least one catch phrase, which embodies the direction their governments are headed.
While the Federal Government proclaims its 'Transformation Agenda' as strident as it can, for Delta State, the refrain has been building 'Delta without Oil.'
Although some of the states seem to be striving to live up to what looks like their singsong, it is believed that a majority of them are just doing it as a form of political convenience.
In this regard, Delta State officials have always seized the slightest opportunity to tell anyone who cares to listen about the new direction of the Emmanuel Uduaghan Administration.
However, in reality, it would seem that the highly publicised attempts to shift Delta from its current dependence on federal allocation remains either dawdling, stunted or a complete mirage.
For a government that has eight years to implement its agenda of moving the state from being oil-dependent, many believe that five years after, a substantial part of this vision should have started to materialise.
As if to buttress this position, the state government, led by Governor Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party, admitted during the presentation of the 2012 budget that, "oil revenue (still) contributes 90 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product in Delta State."
The rest are proceeds of taxes accruing from the "harassment" of the few business concerns that have managed to stay back in the state despite the huge challenges they face every day.
The origin of the much mouthed 'Delta without Oil' slogan seems to have been well documented, especially by the government.
Incidentally, it would appear that it is only the state government that has bought into and indeed believes, at least on paper, that the agenda is really on course.
Admittedly, however, a few of these projects, especially the shift to the tourism sector, gives the impression that they are dead on arrival.
Apart from the setting up of what it describes as a "high powered" economic team, led by prominent natives of the state, the idea of a 'Delta without Oil'is obviously exaggerated.
The state government unconsciously gives the impression that it should be doing exactly the opposite of what its intentions are.
Interestingly, this year, the capital budget is N231.56bn. It is N13.66bn or 6.01 per cent lower than the 2011 capital budget of N227.22bn.
"The decrease is due mainly to the desire of this administration to avoid over-ambitious capital budget which cannot be actualised," the governor said during the budget presentation earlier in the year.
And that is exactly what critics think is wrong. Most of the projects are at best over-ambitious and bogus.
For example, the state, in collaboration with a private company, says it is developing a leisure resort which will cover over 150 hectares and estimated to cost N49bn or £167.4m.
The suitability of the texture of the large expanse of the land in Oleri, Warri, where the project lies, it was learnt, was never determined before the contractors moved to site. This singular mistake has cost the Delta State Government an additional N2bn on sand filling alone.
In Asaba, the government has been building an airport. This airport, it says, will create employment. From its original contract sum of N7bn to N14bn, then 17bn and its rumoured final sum of N40bn, the upward movement in the project sum appears to be unending.
In fact, a further N7.4bn had just been expended by the state government to "blow up" some hills surrounding the airport to allow larger airplanes to land, according to government officials.
The same story goes for the proposed development of the humongous Koko Export Free Zone. Five years after, the project largely exists on paper.
Also, the about N100bn Warri Industrial Park proposed by the state government, again, with a private company, is struggling to take off years after it was first conceptualised. The state government has about 80 per cent stake in the project.
The state Independent Power Project, which is estimated to cost $4bn and with a completion circle of 30 months, is generating its own controversies with the government being on the defensive over the slow pace of work.
The above are just a few of the multi-billion naira projects initiated by the administration, some of which have barely taken off. It is also being argued that a sector like tourism cannot thrive in a state with such serious security and infrastructural challenges.
Not done, the state government recently approached the capital market to borrow N100bn through bond insurance. It was fully subscribed on a fixed rate coupon of 14 per cent and will be due in 2018.
The anger generated by the government's action despite what is believed to be huge sums of money received as federal allocation and Internally Generated Revenue, is yet to abate.
Roads, especially in Warri and its environs, remain in a state of disrepair with motorists going through torture every day.
The abandoned but oil-rich city of Warri remains disorderly, flooding is still a huge environmental issue because there are no drainages and where they exist, they are not maintained.
The government has also had cause to refute allegations that it had abandoned the N24bn Ughelli/Asaba dual carriage way, the N14bn street light project, the N4.5bn expansion of Osubi Airport Runway and the N3.6bn beautification of the state.
Currently, the state gets between N4bn to N5bn every month as internally generated revenue and that translates to between N48bn and N60bn every year.
So, the questions have always been: where do the huge resources accruing to Delta State go? Why are the numerous multibillion naira projects not being effectively monitored to ensure that completion dates are adhered to?
If funds are not available like the government argues, why is it biting more than it can chew? Why would the government not focus on even one project and complete it before its tenure runs out?
That, perhaps, informed the comments of a human rights activist in the state, Mr. Ogehenejabor Ikimi, who posited that the "1,800 days" spent by the present administration have been largely wasted.
He said, "By our candid assessment, the impact of this government has not been felt by the downtrodden masses of the state as official corruption, inequality and injustice remain the biggest obstacles to the development of the entire state.
"The three-point developmental agenda of the state government of peace and security, human capital and infrastructural development, like the President Goodluck Jonathan's transformation agenda, remains meaningless to the people as same is without direction.
"Despite the N100bn bond the Delta State Government had secured from the stock market for the development of the state, sometime last year, the rate of infrastructural decay, unemployment, poverty and insecurity in the state has assumed a frightening and an unacceptable dimension.
"We call for the umpteenth time on all well meaning Deltans and indeed Nigerians to henceforth cultivate the habit of asking their leaders questions by monitoring their activities and holding them accountable for their actions and inactions."
But the governor insists that his drive for a 'Delta without Oil' remains on course.
"It is my determination to run the economy of Delta State without oil; we must look away from oil which is a depleting resource.
"We have the objective of attracting industries to Delta State because without industries, there cannot be economic development and our second goal is that of creating a Delta State without oil," he said.
Uduaghan adds, "Right now, we are almost 100 per cent dependent on oil. We believe that as a state, we have enough resources, both natural and human resources, to create a state that is not totally dependent on oil, the oil can finish tomorrow."
Apart from funds, the government continues to blame its inability to deliver most of the projects on the length of time it takes to make such projects see the light of the day.
Here, the words of the late politician, Moshood Abiola, readily comes to mind: "If a man takes eternity learning how to get mad, how long will it take him to put it into practice?" The answer remains in the belly of time.


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Atlas DMT's President Tom Sperry Named Chairman of Newly Created Associate Member Board
New York, NY – March 11, 2003 –Extending its membership policy to include companies whose business supports the sale of interactive advertising and marketing, the IAB, the leading voice of the interactive advertising and marketing industry, has announced the creation of an Associate Member category which will be represented within the organization by an Associate Member Board (AMB).
Atlas DMT's President Tom Sperry has been named Chairman of the AMB. Joining Sperry on the AMB are Lynn Bolger, Executive Vice President, Agency Development, comScore Media Metrix, Nick Nyhan, CEO, Dynamic Logic, Gal Trifon, CEO, Eyeblaster, John Vincent, CEO EyeWonder, Lee Smith, COO & President, InsightExpress, Charles Buchwalter, Vice President, Client Analytics, Nielsen//NetRatings and Richard V. Hopple, Chairman & CEO, Unicast.
"It is abundantly clear that this industry will achieve the greatest success through direct and open dialog. Bringing together these seemingly diverse businesses under the auspices of the IAB creates the perfect forum to foster and promote such collaborative work to the benefit of the entire industry," said Greg Stuart, President and CEO, IAB.
In addition to the companies represented on the AMB, other new Associate Member companies include; Amazing Media, Applied Semantics, Bluestreak, CentrPort, DigitalGrit, Emode, Go Toast, iCrossing, Internet Press Association, I/PRO, itraffic, Nihon Kezai Shimbun America (NIKKEI), Performics, Singingfish, SME Global Solutions, Inc., Solbright, Viewpoint and Walter Karl Interactive.
Representing the perspective of companies that support the interactive advertising industry, associate member companies will work with the IAB Board in identifying and prioritizing key issues and initiatives the industry will undertake to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiencies of the business. Associate members are eligible to join any of IAB's sixteen committees, and will meet separately four times a year.
"Now, more than ever, the success of the industry depends not only on cooperation, but identifying those areas of commonality which are necessary for the industry to grow with direction and purpose," said Tom Sperry. "The IAB's work over the last year has created an optimal environment for the addition of Associate Members and I am pleased to have an opportunity to work with the rest of the Associate Member Board to further refine, support and improve industry efforts."
About the IAB
Founded in 1996, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the leading interactive advertising association and represents companies responsible for selling over 75% of online advertising in the United States, including; AOL, CNET, MSN, Overture Services, Walt Disney Internet Group, Yahoo, and over one hundred others. Its activities include evaluating and recommending standards and practices, fielding research to document the effectiveness of the interactive medium and educating the advertising industry about the use of interactive advertising. Membership includes companies that are actively engaged in, and support the sale of interactive advertising.
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Images from the Jazz Jams at the Black Box Theatre, located at the Sunrise Theatre at 117 South Second Street in Fort Pierce. The society, which started 17 years ago, is hosting performances from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Tuesday through May, and every other Tuesday starting June 10. Admission is $6, or $5 for members. For more information on the society, visit www.jazzsociety.org.


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Salmon graduate Clint Gosack is still the best 3A high school pole vaulter in Idaho history, winning state in 2009 with a classification record height of 15 feet, 1 inch.
Now the best pole vaulter in the Big Sky Conference, Gosack got up and over 16-6 at the prestiguous Mt. SAC Relays, finishing fourth in the open division for Idaho State.
Gosack is now ranked No. 1 among BSC outdoor vaulters and is ranked No. 20 among all NCAA Division-I pole vaulters.
Firth graduate and ISU senior Jesse Sorensen also spent his weekend at the
Mt. SAC Relays, finishing his 400 meter race in BSC qualifying time of 47.43 seconds. Sorensen was 14th in a field of 66.
Competing for ISU at Utah State's Faldmo Invitational this past weekend, Idaho Falls graduate Zach Havlovick placed fourth in the hammer throw (133-11) and fifth in the shot put (45-6 ).
Also throwing in Logan, Utah, for the Bengals, Mackay's Dallin Pearson was fourth in the discus (123-7), fifth in the hammer throw (132-10), and sixth in the shot put (43-1).
Throwing for the ISU women, Skyline product Caryn Wendt was sixth in the hammer with a whing of 147-3 at the unscored meet.
Butte County graduate Korbin Traughber posted a pair of seventh-place finishes at the USU meet with times of 4:51.99 in the 1,500 and 2:25.43 in the 800.
Representing the host Aggies in Logan, Rigby graduate Chalese West won the 200 with a time of 24.33, adding a runner-up finish in the 100 (12.19).
Also for USU, Blackfoot grad Michael Cardinal was second in the shot put (51-5) and Idaho Falls grad Katelyn Zabriskie was second in the high jump (5-5).
Competing for USU at the Mt. SAC relays, Madison graduate Chari Hawkins was fourth among collegiate competitors in the heptathlon, scoring 5,500 points. Hawkins set personal-bests in the 800 (2:25.67), shot put (36-7), and 200 (24.69).
Also setting personal bests this past weekend, Butte County graduate Jessica Bates broke the College of Idaho school record in the shot put and hammer throw, reaching 39-3 and 90-9, respectively, at the Northwest Nazarene Invitational.
Also for the Yotes at the NNU meet, Challis grad Angeline Getty was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:19.28), and North Fremont product Jocelyn Allen was sixth in the 800 (2:26.46).
Western Oregon junior Clark McKitrick was named Northwest Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday. McKitrick, an I.F. grad, came in with the bases loaded and got a clutch strikeout with his team leading Northwest Nazarene 3-2.
McKitrick struck out two over 11/3 scoreless innings, improving his season record to 4-1.
Fellow I.F. product Riley Barr took a hard-luck loss against Seattle on Friday, giving up six unearned runs in a 9-3 loss. Barr struck out three and had just one earned run for the 16-20 Aggies.
Blackfoot graduate Cole Mansanerez got a clutch 2-RBI pinch hit double to help push the College of Idaho past Menlo in a 10-6 win Saturday. The Yotes are now 25-19.
Idaho Falls graduate and West Texas A&M junior Tyler Wilkinson had a huge weekend in a pair of doubleheader sweeps, going
6 for 9 with a double, a triple, four stolen bases and seven runs.
Wilkinson is now hitting .348 with a team-best 30 stolen bases for the 44-4 Buffs.
Treasure Valley freshman and Blackfoot graduate Jessica Capson struck out seven in a complete game victory over Columbia Basin on Friday, allowing one earned run and one walk. She also went 2 for 4 with a double for the 23-10 Chukars.
Shelley graduate and Utah State senior Tanner Higham finished five-over at the Santa Barbara Intercollegiate on Apr. 14-15, posting a 75-74-72--221 to finish 23rd. Long Beach won the team title with an 869, 17 better than the Aggies seventh-place total.
William Penn got an 89 from Skyline graduate Alexi Rule at the Central Methodist Open on April 15, helping the WPU B team place third with a team stroke count of 342. William Penn A won the team title with a 313.
Hillcrest graduate and Army veteran Sarah Lusk joined the Army volley-
ball coaching staff as an assistant on Apr. 15, named to the staff by coach Alma Kovaci.
Lusk played for Colorado State-Pueblo, completed two tours in Iraq and coached the All-Army Women's Volleyball Team to a pair of gold medals.
"Sarah is the perfect addition for West Point and our volleyball program," Kovaci said. "She was an excellent player, ... is reliable, competitive, energetic and passionate about coaching and recruiting. The decision to bring Sarah to West Point was an easy one, and we are thrilled to have her on our team."
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Since 1973, the O'Hara Chemical Sciences Institute has provided new students at the University of Dallas the opportunity to complete two semesters of General Chemistry during the summer. This residential program spans eight weeks in June-August. Accepted students receive a scholarship that covers room, board and tuition. The value of this scholarship is approximately $5,600. Students supply only their text books; the rest of the program is free.
Admission to the program is competitive. The SAT average is typically over 1300. A maximum of twenty scholarships are awarded each year and require SAT or ACT scores and a letter of recommendation from a science teacher. Applications for 2015 are due by April 1, 2015. Only students who have been accepted to the University of Dallas are considered for scholarships.
The schedule is quite demanding: class is in the morning, Monday through Friday, and laboratory is three afternoons each week. Exams are given each Friday. On the weekends, students enjoy group activities, such as a trip to Six Flags amusement park, attending a Texas Rangers game, or touring the Coca-Cola syrup plant. Upon completion of the program, students receive credit for CHE 1303, 1103, 1304 and 1104. This is the first year of college chemistry.
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GARDINER, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It's fiddlehead season in Maine. Picking and cooking the tasty fern is a spring tradition in this region.
Scott Ramsey of the Bureau of Parks and Lands' says you should look in low, flat, sandy soil along lakes, rivers and streams. The delicacy is formally called an ostrich fern, but better known colloquially as a fiddlehead because its prawns curl into a ball like the ornate head of a stringed instrument.
Ramsey likes to canoe to his favorite spot because it cuts down on the competition. However, the ferns grow so fast, that if someone has picked over an area, the crop of fiddleheads will be replenished just a couple of days later.
"I invite a lot of people, but they rarely come back because it's such back breaking work," he told NEWS CENTER. "It's a three or four hour process to pick a five gallon bucket full. However, if you want to give them away, they'll take them in a minute and a half."
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Community Wide Kids' Day, or El DĂa de los Niños, is the latest gift from the Latino community to mainstream US culture.
DĂa de los Niños (Children's Day) is celebrated in many countries throughout Latin America and the world. The United States has holidays for mothers, fathers, grandparents, teachers and a host of other adults, but no day set aside for the appreciation of children.
The church Iglesia Bautista Hispana is planning a Borger National Kids' Day event for Saturday, May 5, 2012, from 10 a.m. 3 p.m. at Huber Park. There will be games, prizes, piñatas, air rides and food.
The City of Fritch is doing its part to safeguard its citizens against wildfires.
City officials signed a County Wildfire Protection Plan during a special ceremony Thursday.
According to Joe Kozlowski, Wildland Urban Interface Specialist for the Texas Forest Service, the CWPP enables a community to plan how it will cut the risk of wildfire.
This plan also identifies strategic sites and methods for fuel reduction projects across the landscape and jurisdictional boundaries.
Benefits of having a CWPP include National Fire Plan funding priority for projects identified in a CWPP.
Thursday was truly a day of prayer in Borger.
Various citizens from across the area came out to Huber Park Thursday afternoon for the 61st observance of the National Day of Prayer.
The theme of this year's observance was "One Nation Under God" and the theme verse was Psalm 33:12, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." The honorary chairman for this year was Christian speaker David Jeremiah.


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This Satsang talk with Susan Stone is entitled "Beyond Mindfulness and Stress Reduction". Susan Carol Stone, Ph.D., has practiced mindfulness thirty years, has lived in Zen Buddhist and Theravadan monasteries and is a Zen lay priest. She teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the UVa's Mindfulness Center (www.uvamindfulnesscenter.org) and co-leads the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville, a weekly mindfulness group (www.imeditation.org ). She has taught mindfulness at a men's and a women's maximum-security prisons, as well as in a private middle school. Susan is author of the historical novel The Kosambi Intrigue; A Tale at the Time of the Buddha published in 2012 and available on Amazon. Comments about the novel include: "A terrific read!" "an engrossing adventure," "dramatic, engaging, brilliantly done," "you don't have to know anything about Buddhism to love this book." She is also author of At the Eleventh Hour about mindfulness and caregiving and The American Mosaic about workforce diversity. Susan leads mindfulness workshops and retreats in a multi-state area. She is also a Reiki master. More information about Susan, her teaching and her latest book is available at www.susancarolstone.com.


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We were pleased to see Pleasanton named as one of America's 100 Best Small Cities in the August 2010 Money magazine. We have enjoyed living here and working here for the last 26 years and feel we have made a contribution to the city through our many years of volunteer service to the Firehouse campaign, the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, the Amador Valley Assistance League, numerous civic committees, etc. Consequently we were thrilled to learn we could stay here indefinitely in the Stoneridge Creek Continuing Life Community.
Imagine our dismay when we have watched the City Council needlessly postpone and dither for more than five years over approval of this worthwhile project. It will bring jobs and extra income to the city with little expense. Most importantly it will provide security and stability to our deserving seniors who know they can stay in their beloved city which has benefited so much from their many years of service. Please, please, City Council, approve this now without further delay. We have earned your prompt support!
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Dear Editor,
My wife, I and two guests from Norway attended the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the new Bernal Community Park Sunday night. It was fabulous! One of our guests imagined it to be like a drive-in movie and told several others it was the No. 1 highlight of her first week in the USA.
This venue offers real bathrooms, is much more spacious, and even has adjoining play areas for children prior to the show. It runs the next two weekends, through Aug. 8, on Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Thank you, Pleasanton, for this outstanding program.


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An exchange scheme was set up between CUED and the Ecole Centrale Paris in 2008. The Ecole Centrale is one of the prestigious "Grandes Ecoles" in France and offers a range of courses similar to those given at CUED. We hope to be able to offer two or three places on this scheme again in the coming academic year.
Cambridge students participating in the Exchange Programme spend their third year in Paris instead of doing Part IIA or MET Part I. They are assessed at ECP (by a combination of examinations, coursework and project work) and, subject to a satisfactory performance (i.e., the equivalent to a Cambridge third-class honours or above) will be deemed to have deserved honours at Part IIA. Note that, as with students participating in the MIT exchange, students do not receive a degree classification for their third year.


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25th Nov 2008, 16:49
is it possible to use the database for met? thanks for any replies
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25th Nov 2008, 16:49
is it possible to use the database for met? thanks for any replies
25th Nov 2008, 17:43
If you mean for Met only at a cheaper price, then no; it's a flat fee for all subjects.
25th Nov 2008, 18:19
sorry i should have been more clear with my question i mean can you just bristol met but obviously u need to know understand tafs and metars?
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25th Nov 2008, 19:42
TAF and METAR encoding questions are all 2-3 marks worth ;)
25th Nov 2008, 19:54
You mean you can't be bothered to study the subject? Well, OK then,just use the Question Bank and give it a try and let us know how you get on! :}
25th Nov 2008, 19:54
is it possible to use the database for met?
The Met section of the database ought to be fully functional.
It might be considered a 'rip off' if Met didn't work as well as the other subjects...
25th Nov 2008, 20:19
whirlygig thanks for the sarcasm i have just started with met i was just wondering thats all
25th Nov 2008, 22:04
Zuluflyer, you are going to be a professional. commercial pilot; what do you think the answer is? If you're having difficulty understanding a subject, then get some help from your groundschool. Met is actually one of the more useful subjects and some understanding would really help!
Yes, I was sarcastic but sadly the reasoning behind my sarcasm was lost; hence the equally sarcastic gratitude.
25th Nov 2008, 22:37
Yes, I was sarcastic
Whirls, don't be so harsh on yourself! You might have been slightly 'off' with zuluflyer, but not unduly.
The only sarcasm in the thread comes from zuluflyer when he reprimands you "thanks for the sarcasm".
25th Nov 2008, 23:33
i back you Whirls.
its prob the most useful subject out of all of them... well except for IFR/VFR comms....:} (still cant believe they cost 3 pounds a question....)