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Republicans warn: Rationing medicine has already begun
Posted By Drew Zahn On 10/30/2009 @ 11:35 pm In Front Page | Comments Disabled
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
President Obama today extended a federal AIDS program that an unlikely pair of Republicans – one blasted for being "anti-gay" and the other chairman of an organization for homosexual conservatives – criticized earlier this month as a foreshadow of the rationing and waiting lists sure to come if the U.S. adopts even more government-run health care programs.
In a ceremony this morning, Obama signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, which continues a federal program that provides up to $2.5 billion annually in medication for AIDS patients.
The move was lauded by many homosexual advocates, including Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, who called the extension a "tremendous step" on behalf of people with HIV and AIDS.
But in a joint opinion piece called "Govt.-Run Health Care Isn't the Answer," published in the online version of The Advocate, a leading homosexual magazine, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and GOProud's Christopher R. Barron warned the homosexual community that the Ryan White CARE Act has already demonstrated how government-run health care has introduced rationing and waiting lists and cost the lives of the people under its provisions.
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"The federal government will spend $15 billion on AIDS treatment alone this year," wrote Coburn and Barron, "yet due to the inefficiencies of the public-run program, thousands will not receive appropriate care."
The Republicans leveled a list of accusations against the government program Obama extended and the recipient of most of its spending, the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, or ADAP. They alleged:
"These bureaucratic inefficiencies and mismanagement have literally cost lives," the unlikely Republican pairing summarized. "The attractiveness of a public plan to ensure care for those with no insurance is understandable. But as we have seen with ADAP, a public health program is not a panacea."
The Republicans' appeal to the homosexual community – whose activists often take up the cause of advocating assistance for AIDS patients – has been met mostly with fierce criticism, in part because of Coburn's reputation on homosexual issues.
"Of all the people to write an op-ed for The Advocate, why Tom Coburn?" commented Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post. "Coburn has opposed gay marriage, gay adoption and anonymous HIV testing, and he has called the 'gay agenda' the 'greatest threat to our freedom that we face today.'"
In fact, the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, as recently as 2006 gave Coburn a zero rating on its scale of homosexual issues pending before the legislature.
Comments on The Advocate's website turned outright angry:
"I can't figure out what's more repulsive, a gay 'leader' teaming up with a loud-mouth ignorant bigot like Tom Coburn or the Advocate providing the two of them a platform," spouted a post from David La Fontaine, reportedly of Philadelphia.
David Hamburger, reportedly of Boston, added, "Why would anyone listen to what a homophobe and gay traitor say about health care and HIV/AIDS? If the Republicans would actually support spending more money on HIV/AIDS and on health care in general, then we wouldn't have any of this rationing they're complaining about."
James Kirchick, a contributing writer to The Advocate, however, praised Barron for teaming with Coburn in making his appeal.
"If there is to be progress in this country on gay rights," Kirchick wrote in the New Republic, "Republicans, and conservative ones especially, are going to have to be a part of it."
Coburn and Barron concluded the op-ed by pointing out that RWCA and ADAP aren't the only government-run health care programs to suffer inefficiency.
"Medicare only recently began offering seniors prescription drug coverage that had long been covered by private plans, and no one would claim that those in Medicaid are receiving the best possible care," the Republicans wrote. "Indeed, 40 percent of doctors currently refuse to treat Medicaid patients. Medicare teeters on the verge of bankruptcy, Medicaid is bankrupting state budgets and both programs are rife with billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse."
Instead of more government-run health care, the op-ed proposes prohibiting insurance companies from refusing customers with preexisting conditions, allowing all Americans the same choices of health care coverage enjoyed by members of Congress and passing the Patients' Choice Act.
"We can and should work to make sure that every man, woman and child in this country has access to quality, affordable health care," they conclude. "We can do it without creating an inefficient and expensive government program, and we can do it in such a way that empowers individuals to take control of their own health care."
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Starting our "real" ranking, we have at number 18 the slovak, Dominika Cibulkova!
Dominika Cibulkova bio
Dominika Cibulkova was born in May 6th 1989, in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, now part of Slovakia.
The short (5′ 3" – 1m60) hot tennis player made it to the Roland Garros semifinals in 2009, where she beat in the quarter-finals Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-2, after being just a single point away from handing her a double bagel. She only lost one set en route to her defeat to the world number 1, the russian Dinara Safina, in the semi-finals of that edition of the French Open Grand Slam. About one month after that, Dominika Cibulkova reached her highest ranking of 12.
In 2011 she also had a fantastic campaign in the Wimbledon Championships, where she made it to the quarter-finals, beating the world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki for the second time in the year. She was beaten by another former WTA world number 1 Maria Sharapova in straight sets. Dominika Cibulkova is yet to win a WTA title, but she was runner-up for a couple of times in 2008. She lost to Maria Sharapova in Amelia Island and to Dinara Safina at the Canada Masters, Montreal.
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People items for May 6
Rotary students
Hanover Rotary students of the month for April were:
Hanover High School: Katherine Tine of Hanover, daughter of Gregory and Jennifer Tine; and Zachary Gulden of Hanover, son of Kevin and Cynthia Gulden.
Delone Catholic High School: Isabela Ugarte of Hanover, daughter of Dr. Marcos and Leanne Ugarte; and Keith Plummer of Gettysburg, son of Joseph and Pamela Plummer.
Spring Grove High School: Jacquelyn Maurer of Spring Grove, daughter of Jeffrey and Jennifer Mauer; and Hunter Wolfe of Seven Valleys, son of Todd and Buffy Wolfe.
South Western High School: Lauren Stiff of Hanover, daughter of Brian and Kimberly Stiff; and Sam Jubb of Hanover, son of Charlie and Meg Jubb.
Horse club winners
York County 4-H Horse Clubs hosted an open benefit show recently at the York County 4-H Center to raise money for the county's 4-H horse program. Fifty-three exhibitors competed at the show.
Division winners were as follows: Beginner Hunter - Kira Feeser of East Berlin; Open Hunter - Stephanie Kelch of Littlestown; Youth English - Kira Feeser of East Berlin; Open English - Katie West of Felton; Youth Western - Caryn Barshinger of Windsor; Open Western - Kelley Livelsberger of York; Youth Gaming - Erynn Otte of White Hall, Md.; and Open Gaming - Maison Shearer of Spring Grove.
LVC spring inductees
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, inducted 92 students into various academic honor societies this spring. Local inductees include:
John E. Englebert, of East Berlin, was inducted into Phi Kappa Pi. Phi Kappa Pi, the Business and Economics Department honor society, is open to business, accounting and economics majors. Membership is open to juniors and seniors with a department GPA of 3.4 or higher and a College GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Brian E. Sheehan, of Hanover, was inducted into Beta Beta Beta. Tri Beta, the Biology Department honor society, is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Sheehan is a senior biology major and graduate of Spring Grove Area High School.
Attending HOBY program
Alexa Groft, daughter of Wendy and Troy Groft of East Berlin, has been selected to represent Bermudian Springs High School at the Central Pennsylvania Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar May 16 to 19 at Shippensburg University.
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Never having been a phone guy, 2011 was my first smartphone experience. Opted for the Pantech Breakout, because it looked like it could do all the same cool stuff everyone else does, but cheaper. Well it sucks. A lot. A Bing search reveals 'memory full' as one of the first things that comes up (I'm sure it would on google too if it wasn't an android phone). So after shelling out another $30/mo for a data plan over 2yrs, I've learned the hard way that a smartphone is definitely at the top of the "things that don't make sense to buy cheap" list.
So now I'm suddenly a phone person. Obsessed with every latest gadget and its review, counting down the weeks 'till my June upgrade, determined to find the latest & greatest device so I can use it to maybe 20% of its capacity. But that's beside the point. At least I won't get burned again, right?
Some Contenders for our next purchase and some comments/questions:
Samsung Galaxy S4 - There's no way this won't be awesome right? Can someone who isn't a tech geek get a lot out of it & find it simple enough to use though?
Iphone 5 - because it's a f*****g iphone. Simple and rich with features. Do I want the same phone as everybody else though? Meh, probably not (although I do love my Honda Civic and everyone has that too).
Nokia 'Laser' - a variant of the well received 922 (which was made exclusive by AT&T) reportedly coming to Verizon this year, running on Windows. Yah it's cool to hate Microsoft and they're not as popular and they "only" have 150,000 apps instead of 500,000 but so what? Having real MS Office seems pretty cool, as is the ability to easily delete bloatware with rooting or jailbreaking, which apparently you can do.
The HTC One, revealed yesterday - looks pretty awesome. A bigger iphone aluminum build with an appealing Windows-like homescreen, running on Android. Of course it's available on every carrier except mine - Verizon, because they want to sell their comparatively crappy 'DNA' HTC phone with half as much memory at the same price in the same old boring black color. F-U Verizon. You suck sometimes.
For those of you on other carriers, how is your voice/data coverage in Philly? I'm a little scared to leave Verizon because of that, but maybe I shouldn't be?
What's say you? What's your carrier and phone and why do you like/hate it? And is there even a 10% chance we can discuss this w/out a lame Apple/Android fanboy flamewar?
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Hi Legally,
I too am interested in seeing your work. My wife works at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown MA and the staff there has had many discussions of blind photographers. Perception is more than acute vision, and I'm always trying to push at the edges of perception. I'd love to experience your take on it.


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Atle Staalesen is BarentsObserver staff writer and Adviser in the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. He has a degree in Russian from the University of Oslo and has studied journalism at the Moscow State University. He has worked with BarentsObserver since its establishment in 2002.
Atle Staalesen is editor of the Barents Review and also responsible for the Barents Secretariat's Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) activities in Slovakia and Bulgaria, a part of the Norway Grants financial mechanism.


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The fourth annual Alexa Brown Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing will begin with a shotgun start at noon Aug. 4 at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Clyde. Prizes will be offered.
Alexa's battle with brain cancer started when she was 8 years old. She was the epitome of strength and good nature during her three-year ordeal, although she hated her "stupid cancer."
The outing's goal is to raise awareness of childhood cancer. This is a chance to raise funds for an ongoing scholarship to be offered to a worthy classmate when Alexa's class graduates from high school in 2016.
Call Sleepy Hollow for registration information at 419-547-0770 or call Wendy or Warren Brown at 419-547-3007.


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15 Dec 2008
This past weekend two round the world race events got back onto the track, making three circulating the world's oceans at the same time. A race (or two) too far?Good for the competitors, good for the spectators, good for the sponsors?For the sailing news internet websites it is a continuous stream of email PR, my spam programme is totally confused . . . maybe the followers of the sport are as well. This was a subject during the recent World Yacht Racing Forum, maybe one thing they could agree on is some sort of agreement to space out these events or more likely natural selection will take its course and the weak will fade away.Almost a non-subject in the yachting press is the present international financial meltdown taking place. Despite the stock values of most marine related companies having plunged to 25% of their value 12 months ago, in line with the general collapse, and a stream of lay-off and short-time working announcements, you will see little of this reported or discussed.Sailing covers a wide spectrum; the dinghy/keelboat weekend sailor, the keen dinghykeelboat racer, the cruising sailors, the professional sailing arena that has boomed over the last 20 years, from Olympic sailors to big boat crews. All are or will be effected by the changed economic climate. It may take a while to hit those with deeper pockets but the slow down is already effecting the club sailor. The decision to delay in replacing a sail, to put off the boat upgrade, and when that membership renewal drops through the letterbox how many will decide that this is something that can be dropped?Gerald NewSail-world.com/uk Editor Timoneer wins Superyacht Cup Antigua Event media, After a very close day of racing in what had to be one of the most nail biting finishes to The Superyacht Cup Antigua ever, Timoneer claimed a worthy victory... [more]Portimao Global Ocean Race restarts from Cape Town Event media, With a heavy cloud shrouding Table Mountain the six boats participating in the Portimao Global Ocean Race set off on their 7,900 nautical mile voyage to Wellington, New Zealand. Michel Kleinjans aboard Roaring Forty crossed the line first, sails sheeted in tight and wide grin plastered on his face... [more]Volvo race for Christmas in Singapore Volvo media, Since the Volvo Ocean Race fleet left Cochin in India yesterday at the start of leg three to Singapore, most of the teams have had their moment in the sun at the head of the fleet - Telefónica Blue currently leads Green Dragon by five miles, with overall race leader, Ericsson 4 in third place a further two miles astern... [more]Bleak New Year looms for UK yachting Sail-World.com/UK, Europe is creaking toward Christmas and the New Year with daily news items of rising unemployment and plunging stock markets. With high street stores disappearing like the autumn leaves and car sales in free fall, how long can the boat industry stand aloof? In the UK the reality of the stark economic situation is gathering pace... [more]Vendee: Jean-Pierre Dick extends lead over Golding Event media, Jean-Pierre Dick has been able to extend his lead overnight to 72.8 miles, the biggest leading margin yet of this Vendée Globe. Dick managed to stay with the stronger winds for slightly longer, making an extra two knots of boat speed over his nearest rival Mike Golding, GBR, and doubling his lead over Roland Jourdain... [more]Vote Ben for BBC Sports Personality of the Year RYA, Don't forget . . . . . Vote for Ben Ainslie to win the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award this Sunday - 14 December - Voting will take place by phone only during Sunday evening's live BBC One broadcast... [more]Rolex Sydney Hobart Race to be Webcast Live Event media, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia announces that the Seven Network and Yahoo!7, will provide a live 90 minute webcast of the start of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race to a global audience. Sail-World will provide the links to the coverage from 12.30pm AEST on 26 December 2008. (1:30am-3.00am GMT)... [more]New 18ft Skiff Global event Christophe Favreau, The 18 Foot Skiff International Association has announced a new global competition, the Mark Foy Trophy, to be sailed for the first time in Carnac, France, between 29 June and 4 July 2009. A huge turnout of 18ft Skiffs is expected, with over 30 boats representing Australia, New Zealand, the USA and many European countries... [more]RC44 Gold Cup: Artemis takes DHL Trophy MaxComm Communications, RC44 Gold Cup. You can't just turn up in the RC44 class and expect to win, but today saw the new owners come to the fore in the Puerto Calero RC44 Gold Cup in Lanzarote. Torbjorn Tornqvist steered Artemis to victory in the long distance race for the DHL Trophy, and local owner Daniel Calero came second.... [more]Temenos II Retires from Vendee Globe Kate Jennings - Expression, Making a pit-stop in the Kergelen Islands, after having received outside assistance, Dominique Wavre was therefore forced to retire from the Vendee Globe. The skipper will now have to wait for a favourable weather window to stand a chance of making southern Australia and ultimately envisage getting the boat back to La Rochelle... [more]Gladwell's Line: Mirror, Mirror on the wall... Sail-World NZ Editor, Richard Gladwell takes a look at the America's Cup: 'While it is early days in the 33rd America's Cup cycle. To our eyes the entry list is a House of Cards, which may go the distance in ideal conditions. But in the current financial situation will soon shake down to a much smaller list of committed players, the bulk of whom will be teams from the 2007 America's Cup cycle.... [more]Green Dragon lead Volvo fleet to Singapore Event media, Images of the start as the Volvo fleet is making steady progress at around 12 knots of boat speed. The lead bunch, positioned offshore, early leader PUMA who have Telefonica Blue, the Ericsson twins and Delta Lloyd for company. Latest ranking indicating lead swinging to coastal boats... [more]Vendee: Now Bernard Stamm is in trouble Event media, Bernard Stamm on Cheminées Poujoulat, is the latest skipper to report problems, not 24 hours after the keel damage of his compatriot Dominique Wavre. Stamm's trouble, collapsing bearings which have made his leeward rudder hard to move, means he will be the third skipper in four days to report damage... [more]America's Cup multihull on ABC - on board video Sail-World, BMW Oracle Racing's 90ft multihull has featured on the ABC News show 'Good Morning America' profiles the BOR 90, with commentary from Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts and Dennis Conner. The video features on board sailing footage and an interview with Dennis Conner, who is a strong supporter of the legal action bought by BMW Oracle Racing saying they are defending 160 years of America's Cup tradition... [more]3rd leg of Volvo Ocean Race starts from Cochin Volvo media, The third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, a step into the unknown, began in 7 knots of NW breeze in Cochin this morning. As the fleet embarked on its 1,950nm passage to Singapore, it was PUMA who had eked out a slight advantage soon after the gun... [more]Vendee: Jean-Pierre Dick setting the pace Event Media, Showing resolute confidence in his boat, his preparations and himself, like a metronome, Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) has been setting the pace over the last three days, since he overtook Sébastien Josse (BT). Mike Golding, GBR, (Ecover 3) continues to match Dick, setting the same 24h VMG average, 17.7 knots... [more]Busy time for Sam Davies on Roxy Sam Davies, The last 24 hours have been really busy for Sam Davies on Roxy in a rough and windy Southern Ocean. First an alternator failed, then the keel refused to cant and it was out with the head-torch, volt-meter and tools and head first in the batteries and keel hydraulics as Roxy hurtled down the huge waves at break-neck speeds!... [more]Golden Gate YC responds to America's Cup Meeting Golden Gate Yacht Club, Golden Gate Yacht Club and BMW Oracle Racing have issued a statement following the Competitors Meeting held in Geneva SUI on 12 December 2008. 'It is worth defending the integrity of the America's Cup even if it entails a few more months, especially since much of the delay is due to the Defender's actions, not ours. '... [more]Team Ceeref continue winning at RC44 Gold Cup Event media, After James Spithill steering Team Ceeref to victory in all 10 match races of the Puerto Calero RC44 Gold Cup, today owner Igor Lah continued that winning streak in fine style, taking three of the four fleet races, and finishing second in the other. Can anyone stop the Slovenian team?... [more]20 teams from 10 countries for 33rd America's Cup Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, The competitor list for the 33rd America's Cup is expected to contain 20 teams representing 10 countries. Half of those teams are new, and have not previously sailed at an America's Cup. Of the ten that have previous America's Cup experience, six or seven are currently active in America's Cup type activity while the legal hiatus has prevented proper organisation being undertaken.... [more]Teams continue planning for 33rd America's Cup Daphne Morgan Barnicoat, Challengers entered in the 33rd America's Cup continue to work with the Defender Alinghi and the Spanish Challenger of Record towards a Match in Valencia as soon as possible, in either 2010 or 2011... [more]Vendee: Mike Golding into second place Media, Mike Golding is fairly pleased with his current second place in the Vendee Globe today and his more southerly route appears to be paying off against the chasing pack. Jean-Pierre Dick led the fleet through the gap between the Kerguelens and Heard Island... [more]Finn TV hits the Internet Robert Deaves, The Finn class have announced the launch of a dedicated Finn Channel. The channel is being launched with twelve online clips which includes action from the 2008 Olympic Regatta venue and some stern camera footage from the 2007 ISAF World Championship in Cascais... [more]Vendee: Temenos II crippled by keel damage Vendee media, There's been a tough blow aboard Temenos II. At 14:20 GMT this Friday afternoon Swiss skipper Dominique Wavre notified the Vendée Globe Course Directors that he had broken the head of the keel of Temenos II which means that the keel can no longer be held at a canted angle... [more]Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 starts Saturday Volvo media, The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is set to sail into the unknown this Saturday when leg three starts from Cochin, India. The finish line is off Singapore, and the fleet is expected to take just over a week to get there... [more]Crew Lists for Leg 3 of Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Ocean Race Media, The third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, 1,950-mile eastward from Cochin to Singapore, commences Saturday. Crew Lists for leg 3... [more]Gitana Eighty - Choice of destination remains open Kate Jennings, 24 hours after Gitana Eighty dismasted in the Indian Ocean, operations to recuperate the monohull equipped by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild are taking shape.... [more]Superyacht Cup Day 2 full of drama and action Lizzie Shawcroft, Breakages, rough seas, squalls, sunshine and a new leader, the second day of The Super Yacht Cup Antigua had it all. Timoneer started 22 minutes after Tenacious, choosing to go offshore on the first leg resulting in big gains and eventually the lead. Wild Horses had less luck suffering damage in the morning race... [more]Pallot Windows Frostbite Series -Race 2 Bill Harris, Twenty-two boats that turned out in St Aubin's Bay on Sunday morning, for the second race in the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club's Pallot Windows Frostbite Series. op performer in Class 1 (IRC of 0.970 or more) was Rhys Perkins & partners' Archambault 35, Abracadabra, taking an early lead... [more]World Yacht Racing Forum concludes MaxComm Communication, The first World Yacht Racing Forum closed its doors tonight following eight debates and several presentations held over two days at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum. Over 300 key figures from the yacht racing industry attended the conference, the schedule including 37 speakers from 15 different countries.... [more]Spithill delivers a match racing master class Event media, James Spithill delivered another match racing master class today, winning all five of his matches for the second day running in the Puerto Calero RC44 Gold Cup. This means that Igor Lah's Team Ceeref win the 2008 Match Race Series by a dominant margin... [more]Top 5 Vendee boats within 40 miles after 31 days Event media, Speeds of 18.7, 18.3 and 18.1 knots displayed by the top three boats over the hour before this afternoon's poll confirm that few concessions are made among the Vendée Globe vanguard since the dismasting of third placed Loïck Peyron early yesterday, nor indeed the report from Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) that he had spotted a large ice floe less than half a mile away today... [more]Groundhog Day for Mike Golding Media, It's a bit like Groundhog Day for Mike Golding who this morning finds himself in exactly the same ranking position on the Vendée Globe, as he was on Day 32 this time four years ago in the last edition of the race. He's even battling it out in fourth place with some of the same world class players... [more]BMW Oracle arrives for Louis Vuitton Series Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, Two yachts from BMW Oracle Racing have arrived in Auckland for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series. 12 teams were initially confirmed for the series however this has been reduced to 11 teams and may settle at 10 teams for the event, unless new entries are accepted. A total of 23 teams expressed interest within days of the event being announced... [more]Superyacht Cup Antigua 2008: Day 1 Ship Equip Race Superyacht Cup Media, Blue skies, black clouds, sunshine and rain all in one afternoon for the first day of racing at The Superyacht Cup Antigua. The forecast turned out to be pretty acurate, predicting 17 – 20 knots with occasional squalls, but no one really expected squalls on every leg, and winds to reach over 35 knots on several occasions during the two and a half hour race... [more]2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World NOR published Helen King, ISAF has published the Notice of Race for the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship to be held in Buzios, Brazil from 9-18 July 2009. The Iate Clube de Armação de Buzios in the Brazilian city of Armação de Buzios, located just 180km northeast of Rio de Janeiro, will host an anticipated 200+ of the world's best young sailing talent... [more]Science Speaks: Rogue Waves are Real Live Science/Sail-World, Every year sound sailing boats, well equipped with safety gear, with experienced crew on board, go missing. Their loved ones are forever left wondering: Was it a whale? a floating container? a rogue wave?... [more]Spithill leads RC44 Puerto Calero Gold Cup Event media, Lanzarote delivered on its promises of strong wind today, with the six RC44 teams battling to master the gusty conditions while also trying to win their five flights of intense match racing. The only boat to keep a clean sheet was Igor Lah's Team Ceeref, helmed by James Spithill... [more]No Change at top of ISAF World Sailing Rankings ISAF Media, It's a time for consolidation in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings released on 10 December. All eleven world 1 crews maintain their positions as the stars of the Olympic sailing world recuperate after Beijing and ready themselves for the start of the ISAF Sailing World Cup... [more]America's Cup heavyweights square off in Monaco MaxComm Communication, 'We need to manage our sport in a better and more cost-effective way', say World Yacht Racing Forum speakers. The economic situation and the need to better manage our sport, including the America's Cup, were at the heart of today's debates at the World Yacht Racing Forum. The Cup debate was definitely one of the highlights of the day, with Tom Ehman and Brad Butterworth in the opposing corners.... [more]Battle for Vendee lead after Peyron dismasted Event media, Following Loick Peyron's dismasting around 13:00hrs GMT, Wednesday afternoon, one of the favourites to win the race is out of the Vendee. On the race course Sébastien Josse (BT) lead through the middle part of today, but on the 15:00h GMT poll, is matched almost evenly with Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2)... [more]Vendee: Gitana Eighty has dismasted Event media, At around 13h00 (UTC) this afternoon, Loick Peyron's IMOCA Open 60 racing in the Vendée Globe solo round the world dismasted while sailing 180 miles south of the Crozet Island and 650 miles from the Kerguelen Islands... [more]Volvo: Team Russia change Media Specialist TeamRussia media, Team Russia brings in Moscow-based yachting photographer Sergey Bogdanov as media crew member on Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Mark Covell who sailed the first two legs, is flying home for Christmas and hopes to rejoin the team in Singapore for the start of Leg 4... [more]Sailrocket crashes at 50+ vision and pix Sail-World..com, Australian Paul Larsen and his Vestas Sailrocket has crashed and burned a few times on the way to 50 knots. Here he does it again at 50 + knots. Look at the video as Vestas Sailrocket literally took off and performed the full '420 degree rotationl' in equally spectacular form flying over 10 metres in the air upside down.... [more]Volvo Green Dragon announce crew changes for leg 3 Into The Blue, The Green Dragon Team has announced two crew changes for Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cochin to Singapore, which starts on Saturday 13th December 2008.... [more]Medals decided at Sydney International Regatta Di Pearson, SIR media, Set down to start from 10.00 hours, racing was delayed on the final day of the OAMPS Sydney International Regatta as course officials waited for the expected nor-easter to fill in. Britain's Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith clinched the 49er Gold and Alison Young the Radial... [more]Velux 5 Oceans route confirmed Event media, Clipper Ventures PLC, organisers of the Velux 5 Oceans yacht race, have confirmed the route for the 2010-11 race, the routing was described as - Five Ocean Sprints within a Marathon Solo Circumnavigation of the Planet. Also announced a €1.8 million of value for skippers of the next Velux 5 Oceans to be delivered by Velux and Clipper Ventures PLC, including a Skipper Prize Money Pot of €500,000... [more]Goodison is Yorkshire Sports Personality of Year Karenza Morton, Paul Goodison capped his remarkable 2008 by being named BBC Yorkshire's Sports Personality of the Year last night. Rotherham-raised Goodison picked up the award at the ceremony in Bradford after his Laser class gold medal at Beijing 2008 was chosen as Yorkshire's sporting highlight of the year... [more]J/109 final race at Garmin Hamble Winter Series Classs media, The final race of Garmin Hamble Winter Series for the J/109 fleet took place on Sunday 30 November 2008 and winter had certainly arrived with 15-20 knots from the North-East - J-Dream was victorious in her first J/109 Garmin Hamble Winter Series with a weekend to spare, from current UK National Champions Johnny Blue II... [more]Swan 82, DreamCatcher KM takes ARC Line Honours Fast Track, Swan 82, DreamCatcher KM, owned by Karsten Möller, has outdone a fleet of 221 yachts to take line honours for ARC 2008, crossing the Rodney Bay finish line after racing for 13 days 23 hours and 44 minutes... [more]Vendee: Davies and Caffari fight for positions Event media, With approximately one third of the Vendée Globe course completed, both British girls, Dee Caffari and Sam Davies were overhauled by rivals Tuesday, Bernard Stamm, SUI, passed Sam Davies for 14th place, but Caffari fights back to reclaim her 16th this afternoon now leading Arnaud Boissières by 20 miles... [more]Will you be first? Round the Island Race 2009 Flavia Bateson, Will you be the first entry for the next J P Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race? This unique event sees a huge fleet race westwards the 50 nautical miles round the Isle of Wight. The race will take place on Saturday 20 June 2009 and entries open on 22 January... [more]World Yacht Racing Forum opens in Monaco Wednesday MaxComm Communication, The principal actors of the world yacht racing scene are on their way to the first World Yacht Racing Forum, in Monaco. The event begins Tuesday night, December 9 with an official welcome from Pat Lilley, the Chairman of the Forum. Sir Keith Mills will give the keynote address on Wednesday... [more]Volvo: Delta Lloyd to get new mast in China Volvo Ocean Race Media, Team Delta Lloyd shore manager Jeff Condell has confirmed that their boat will have a new mast from Southern Spars to be stepped in Qingdao. The team came into the race with a weakened mast because of damage sustained when the boat was still owned by Ericsson Racing Team.... [more]Vendee : Ecover 3 writes from the deep south Mike Golding Media, On Sunday morning Mike Golding found himself in fourth place and reported from Ecover 3 'I have just seen Gitana Eighty passing 0.5 miles ahead but on the opposite gybe. We are now in 4th place hurray!!! - hey, I might as well enjoy it. The way things are happening around here - I may not be here for very long!'... [more]Alinghi responds to BMW Oracle Racing's refusal Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, Alinghi responds to BMW Oracle Racing's refusal to enter 'Alinghi's Cup'. Their response, issued by Paco Latorre, Communications Director for Alinghi/ACM is as follows: 'Today's announcement by BMW Oracle and GGYC is not a surprise because they have never shown any interest in joining the competition with the 14 teams which are currently officially entered.... [more]BMW Oracle Racing bow out of 'SNG Regatta' BMW Oracle Racing Media and Sail-World, Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) today released a letter from its Commodore, Marcus Young, to Pierre-Yves Firmenich, the Commodore of Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), officially informing him that GGYC and the BMW ORACLE Racing team will not submit an entry for the regatta being organized by SNG, more commonly known as the 33rd America's Cup.... [more]Garmin Hamble Winter Series - Prizegiving Event media, The Garmin Hamble Winter Series has been concluded with the prize-giving reception at the Hamble River Sailing Club on Saturday 6 December. Over 100 prize winners, supporters, and VIP guests watched the awards ceremony... [more]Gap widening between Vendee leaders and pursuers Véronique Teurlay, The speed tables alone show that the gaps are widening between the leaders and the groups of different boats in pursuit as the leaders still hold on to a decent westerly breeze. As Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) leads now by 35 miles from Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement)... [more]Latest images of Mach 2 Moth Simon Payne, On the 28 December Simon Payne and Amac will arrive in Zhuhai to oversee the finishing of their two Mach 2 International foiler moths. They will then then sail in the Australian National Championships starting on the 20 January in Geelong near Melbourne - Images of the new hulls here... [more]Day 3 at Sydney International Regatta Sail-World.com/uk, Unlike last year, the British 49er duo of Paul Campbell-James/Mark Asquith have been able to maintain the status quo at this year's SIRs, a second and a win today kept them ahead of their rivals by three points, after day 3 at the Australian regatta... [more]ISAF updates Match Racing - Team Racing Call Book ISAF Media, The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published the 2009-2012 editions of the ISAF Call Book for Match Racing and the ISAF Call Book for Team Racing.... [more]Sail 4 Cancer Christmas cards PR, You don't have to sail the seven seas, run a marathon, sail around the clock, compete in a triathlon or even put on fancy dress to raise much needed funds for Sail 4 Cancer this winter - Simply order some Sail 4 Cancer Christmas cards... [more]2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart race 26/12/08 .... 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Nostalgia is a big word in the music world right now, and it seems like every act has lyrics about the past in some way. Nostalgia is about a longing for a perceived better time and place of the past, and some artists go beyond lyrics to actually re-imagine the past in their aesthetic presentation. This trend has existed […]
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Tim Foreman, Switchfoot's bassist chats with WPGU about upcoming album Vice Reverses, their split with Columbia Records, his relationship with his brother Jon (Switchfoot's frontman) and the rest of the band, and the documentary about the band on the road.


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A duster made of genuine ostrich feathers which are tough, long wearing, and washable. Picks up dust like a magnet instead of scattering it from one place to another.
Excellent in janitorial service. Handy to use in close places where a vacuum would be impractical.
Prices range from $6.00 to $40.00
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Meet Mary Dunn, NP-C, OCN
Mary Dunn is an adult oncology nurse practitioner in a multidisciplinary role with the Urologic Oncology Program. She works with four independent clinics and also runs the monthly Testicular Cancer Survivorship Clinic and the Von Hippel Lindau Center of Excellence.
She enjoys spending time with her husband, Stephen, and their four-legged child, Wrigley. They attend lots of athletic events together, especially baseball, NASCAR races, and college football games. In her spare time, she reads, dabbles with amateur photography, and cheers on the Chicago Cubs and all things UVA. Wahoo!
"As a brand new Nurse Practitioner, I was welcomed with open arms. I am fortunate enough to work with an intelligent, passionate, and dedicated group of professionals who put forth a great amount of energy to provide excellent care to our patient population," says Mary. "It's an honor to be able to serve the people of North Carolina with Genitourinary malignancies."
"There have always been countless opportunities for me to grow, professionally and personally, with support from my colleagues. I am proud to be a part of this exceptional UNC team!"


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I think you should go with the average WC-looking shading. SC shading is a bit too dark and gritty for WC3, except playing as the Scourge or on Scourge-looking Maps the SC shading would look brilliant.
Just my two cents.
A fully fledged conversion featuring a breathtaking, lore abiding storyline spanning several emotionally-gripping campaigns containing new units, new heroes and new features as well as a fully featured melee mode.
Paladins, priests, all worshippers of the light unite! For an article containing in-engine shots and a detailed description of what the powerful Galaxy 'Light Editor' can bring to WCLOTD!
Posted by GreyNightmare on Feb 25th, 2011
When we first set out making this mod, we asked ourselves what do we want to achieve? Or more specifically how will we know when to quit? When will we have achieved our goal? It may seem like a stupid question, but think about it. What makes a game, a mod or any product for that matter... finished?
We decided the easiest way to do this would be some sort of checklist, so we can mark this, that and everything off and when there's nothing left to check off were finished. The mod is made, the fans are happy(?) and we're satisfied. One of the most important factors on that checklist was a rather obvious one.'Make the players forget their playing Starcraft II'
We all agreed without question that once a player has downloaded WCLOTD and opened sc2, booted up a map and in-game. Nothing, no doubt should be left as to what their playing. We want your friend to come round to your house wait impaitently at the door, call up the stairs, hear no answer and run up and say "Oh my god! What's this!? That looks way cool!" You reply... "Starcraft II" - They Reply "Get Lost!".
If we can achieve that, well. Words could not describe my personal satisfaction, what about yours?
Well in several ways, actually. For starters we plan to replace all the sc2 models, units first and hopefully time abiding (and most likely after first release) tile-sets (terrain texutres), environmental doodads, water textures and the like may follow.
But really, that's stating the obvious, all that is expected of a 'total conversion' mod. A zealot model renamed to 'Grunt'... We plan to deliver a lot more than that. At any rate, I digress. The one and only feature of immersion and differentiation I plan to talk about in detail today is the Art-Style and Lighting in WCLOTD and the Starcraft II Editor.
The last article, if you remember contained some 'cell-shaded' like images demonstrating a quick mess-around with said tool, the Light Editor. It's quite astonishing, at least for ex-Warcraft III modders, who were used to spamming thousands of 'glowing' doodads or 'static meshes' to achieve any kind of half-decent light environment. But here, right now. Were not talking about making a spooky dungeon with a greenish glow or a red misty cavern surrounded by glowing lava, no.
Were talking about changing the graphical style of a game. Borderlands compared to Crysis.
Warcraft III compared to Age of the Empires.
We hope to make a difference akin to that and without further ado, here are some screens of our progress. Without custom textures/models, all through the light editor (wow models are present).
That's what we've managed to come up with so far, anything take your fancy? Are you all in for high saturation? Like a little bit of shading? Or should the default sc2 style stay all the way? Whatever your thinking, we'd love to hear it!
Until next time guys!
P.S. - If there is a particular image you want to see full size just right click it and click 'open in new tab' or copy image address (and paste into a new tab). It will vary depending on your browser.
I think you should go with the average WC-looking shading. SC shading is a bit too dark and gritty for WC3, except playing as the Scourge or on Scourge-looking Maps the SC shading would look brilliant.
Just my two cents.
So nicely saturated (high colour intensity, very bright and jolly). Something akin to the second BIG picture down perhaps? Thanks for the feedback!
I think the middle picture in the second row is the most accurate!
Hmm, first 2 pictures, the left one is much better, I'd like to see it as shady-as-possible.
That's the least 'shaded' imo? :/
Oh did I say left? I meant right... just make it shaded and complicated as possible :D
I personally prefer some of the Intense shading on some of them. Most of our attempts have resulted in a more muted, sepia tone, I think trying to improve and enhance the saturation would be good to try before we decide on a serious path to pursue.
OH EM GEE, those pics look AMAZING!
Glad you think so, do you a particular favourite? :)
the pic with the mammoth like thingy and light beams is the best.
Thankyou ^^
Were getting mixed reviews on the lighting, it's something I think were going to have to keep coming back to.


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2016 Hippie Chick Quarter and Half Marathon
Sat May 7, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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The Hippie Chick Quarter & Half Marathon is an all women's event that is designed to celebrate women. This event is held on Mother's Day weekend just for that reason, and we want to help make it all about you! Run or walk the half marathon or quarter marathon. We look forward to seeing you on Mother's Day weekend!
Costumes are important! Prizes will be given for the top three "Hippie Chicks". A team prize will be given to the group (6-12 people) that best personifies the Modern Hippie Chick. Email firstname.lastname@example.com with your team name and a brief description of your costumes so that we can be prepared to look for you on race day!
The Hippie Chick Quarter & Half Marathon is being held at the Hillsboro Ballpark in Hillsboro, Oregon on Saturday, May 7th, 2016 and will begin at 8:00am. The Hippie Chick Half & Quarter Marathon will run through beautiful Washington County, Oregon on flat, tree-lined streets with amazing scenic views.
We are proud to make Raphael House the official charity of choice for the 2016 Hippie chick. To learn more about Raphael House please visit raphaelhouse.com
You may register on race day, however you will incur an additional premium fee and we will not guarantee any specific race shirt/sizes
Hippie Chick Highlights:
- Far Out Post-Race Music
- Most Groovy Hippie Chick Costume Contest!
- Beautiful Finisher Necklace
- Finisher Tech T-Shirt is Boss!
- Hang Loose with a Free Mimosa! (ID Required)
- Out of Sight Pancake Breakfast (9:00am – noon)
Course Map:
Know the course, know where you'll make your move! Check out the Hippie Chick Quarter & Half Marathon Course Map
Click Here to view the on course water stops!
No dogs or strollers are allowed on course!
NOTE: Course changes will be sent to all registered participants via email.
Packet Pickup:
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Important Announcements:
- Parking will begin at 6:00 am. Arrive early! Follow police instruction to find parking at stadium or Intel.
- Gear check opens at 6:30 am!
- Kid's run starts at 7:30 am!
- Race starts at 8:00 am!
- Ceremony begins at 10:30 am.
- Prizes will be given out to the top 3 finishers.
- Top 3 of each age category will receive awards.
- Best Modern Hippie Chick Costume Contest
Pace Groups Provided by Team Athena and Celebrity Guest Pacer Paula Harkin!
Traveling? Here's Some Hotel Info
Hillsboro Courtyard Marriott LOVES Hippie Chicks! From now until 4/8/16, the Courtyard Marriott is offering an exclusive Hippie Chicks special group rate of $109-119 per night. BOOK NOW
The Courtyard Marriott offers a complimentary shuttle service to the start of the Hippie Chick Quarter & Half Marathon. Please schedule shuttle upon arrival. You may walk or drive as well. Continental Breakfast is provided.
When calling the hotel, guests simply have to identify themselves with the Hippie Chick Quarter & Half Marathon. To guarantee rates and room availability, please reserve your room by April 10, 2016. Hippie Chicks can always call the hotel directly @ 503-690-1800.
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I just wanted to thank you for the part you played in giving my son and his new wife an absolutely wonderful, perfect wedding! The food was everything we had hoped it would be.
I recently posted a picture of a box of butter thins on Muskegon Memory Lane. Over 230 likes & 45 comments.. All praising your products: cookies, cakes, coffee & meals served, free cookies on Tues. The butter thins were especially praised. I couldn't believe the response. Thought you'd like to know.
We wanted to pass along a word of appreciation for the wedding cake. It was beautifully done, both inside and out! Our guests enjoyed it very much (we of course loved it too) and continue to send compliments our way. Greg & I would like to thank you and your team for your work in putting the design together and baking a fabulously tasty cake.
Hi Renee. I just wanted to take a minute to give you a huge thank you for Heather and Jim's wedding cake. It was just breath-taking. You and your employees are part of what I am calling my "Dream Team", an elite group in Muskegon and surrounding areas that a person thinking of planning a wedding should look no further than you. Our cake was not just pretty, it was delicious and we had so many compliments. Just saying thank you doesn't seem to be enough but I would never use another bakery when it comes to anything in our future.
Ryke's catered the food at our wedding of 160 people this past weekend and I haven't stopped hearing from guests how amazing the food was! My husband and I agree. Chef Butch and his team at Ryke's were very easy to work with and had many selections to choose from to stay within our budget. We were also sent home with the leftovers and the food is so good we have been eating it, or some variation of it, for dinner everyday this week and are not sick of it yet. The only complaint I have was that a few guests said they felt rushed by the wait staff to finish but I don't know that it was the vendors fault, more them trying to stay on our schedule and keep the night moving along. I would absolutely recommend them and will use them again if I ever throw another event that needs to be catered.
We are so happy we chose Ryke's catering and bakery services for our daughter's wedding reception. The food and cupcakes were awesome – received so many positive remarks! We appreciate your professionalism and ease to work with! Thank you for making it a memorable event!
The service was excellent for our wedding in May at the Owasippe Boy Scout Camp. The food was arranged in a delectable manner and there was plenty to go around. Your help and suggestions were invaluable. The cake – white and chocolate with several different fillings was delicious! There were no worries during the reception… Thank you for exceeding our expectations and going the extra mile!!
Ryke's did such an amazing job on our wedding cake! The staff is so professional, kind, and fun. They delivered the cake on time and it looked perfect when we got there, not to mention how good it tasted. I would recommend anyone I know to get their cake at Ryke's!!
The cake and chocolate covered strawberries were scrumptious! Everyone raved about them! Our cake was incredibly beautiful as well as delicious. Also, working with Renee was an absolute delight! She is very professional, organized and very attentive to all the details. Glenn and I thank you and your staff for all that you have done to make our wedding very special and memorable!
Fantastic! Everything was done and set-up in a timely manner prior to the reception and exactly how we had requested! We got a top-tier with fresh flowers from our florist and 200 cupcakes with butter cream frosting shaped into a rosette. Half were chocolate, half were white. No filling. DELICIOUS!
We had Rykes do both our catering and our cupcakes. The food was amazing!!!! Heard nothing but compliments from our guests. Rykes changed some recipes to match our tastes and everything was wonderful. We even had food for the next day!!! We had 297 guests and they were all through the buffet in less then a half an hour. We would definitely recommend Rykes to everyone!!! Chef Butch & Renee are wonderful to work with and their staff is awesome too. Thank you Rykes !!!!
Chef Butch and his staff catered our Christmas Party December 6th. Our event was an Open House format. The food was fabulous. I'm still hearing the rave reviews and it is late Tuesday. The presentation was spectacular. The staff is very professional and personable. I would highly recommend them for your next event.
We were married in Muskegon in April, LOVED OUR CAKE! Wouldn't go anywhere else for the service, food, and the people!!
First and foremost, THANK YOU so much for the absolutely gorgeous (and delicious) cake that you and your bakery staff created for our October 20th wedding at the Grand Haven Golf Club! It far exceeded my greatest hopes and was truly a centerpiece for the entire wedding. I continue to receive comments from guests about how beautiful it was and how delicious it tasted. We are so glad that we chose Ryke's to create the cake of our dreams!
Thank you again for all of your efforts in our special day. The cake tasting experience was one of my favorite in the planning process and the final product was truly a piece of art. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
I ordered a birthday cake for my dad from you last Friday, Oct. 7, to be delivered the next day to my parents home at Kersting and Heights Ravenna Road. It was wonderful, they said, both beautifully decorated and delicious.
My dad has cancer, and I was there twice over the summer but could not make it back for his birthday. It meant a lot to me to do something special for him. He loved it, and was as thrilled as a kid.
I spoke with several of you over the course of a few days, but the only name I can remember is "Renee". But Renee, and each of you I spoke to, were so helpful and pleasant to work with. I'm sure you probably don't get that many out of state delivery orders that are that small. I am very appreciative of your effort and your kindness. Much thanks to you all.
I just wanted to thank you for doing such a fabulous job with our wedding cake! We were absolutely thrilled with the cake (inside and out!), and we are so grateful for all your hard work! We have received many compliments on the cake; it looked and tasted magnificent! We couldn't have been more pleased.
We truly enjoyed working with you — you have a wonderful staff! We appreciate your time, efforts, and understanding as we made MANY decisions about our wedding day. The day just wouldn't have been the same without you!
Thanks again!
Thank you for producing the tasty and eye-catching Italian dinner. With your help we were able to express our appreciation in style. We couldn't have done it without you! We look forward to our next opportunity to work together!
Thank you for a lovely lunch today. The food was delicious and beautifully displayed. It was the kind of lunch offered in an elegant restaurant. I appreciate your efforts to offer such a delightful dining experience on an extra busy day! It was great!
Thank you for doing such a good job on the lunches for the Holland ground breaking. I know this was outside your usual operation and I am grateful that you were willing to do it and that you did it so well. Both the food and service were just right. Please express my appreciation to your staff.
The food on Friday night was not only delicious – but elegant to look at! What a beautiful arrangement you provided and also the wonderful ambiance that we were looking for! Helping us with the preparations for Saturday was above and beyond and we all are so very grateful to you for making us look good!
Dear Renée and Butch,
Thank you for a lovely evening. The dinner party was a success and I think your appetizers and meal really added to the enjoyment of the evening by everyone.
I especially liked the combination of the flavors in the appetizer with the cilantro and avocado. Delicious! Also, everyone raved about the duck and I enjoyed the roasted root vegetables. My father was psyched that we had left over duck breast to enjoy at another meal up at our cabin, later that weekend. Dad also commented, later that weekend, about enjoying the multigrain bread and the hummus. I think every item was a hit!
The dinner party reminded me of how my parents and their friends and neighbors would often have each other over to their homes for similar parties. Now that so many of them are older and not so mobile, the only way to make it happen was to step in and get your help. Thanks for making it such a happy evening for everyone. Please let Lora know that she, too, contributed to making it such a nice occasion.
My husband and I purchased our wedding cake from Ryke's. We are writing to tell you how impressed we were with it. It looked wonderful! The frosting and flavor of the cake were just excellent! We appreciated how easy it was to work with you!
Thank you so much for the cake. It was so perfect and delicious! We ate the top of the cake a week later so I'll have to come in this September to get an Anniversary cake. Thanks!
Hey Renee,
I just wanted to let you know….absolutely blown away by Ryke's yet again with Mary's baby shower cake, everyone RAVED about it and we are now (as if we weren't before) permanent Ryke's devoted followers….great job Renee and it is so nice to have such great service from someone who is so nice, accommodating and on point to deal with….you are the best!
I can't say enough about Ryke's Bakery! After reading more about your new menu in the Muskegon Chronicle, I had to see for myself. Every time I visit I have to try something new. Not only is the food exceptional, the atmosphere is wonderful. I have spread the word to my friends about the Ryke's "experience" and everyone is happy that we finally have a cool place to hang out in Muskegon!


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Determines how we can improve the underlying operations and structure of our colleges to ensure that we don't endanger our academic missions. Incorporates the Operational Excellence and Optimization task force. Includes some Faculty and Staff Development initiatives.
In fall 2011, the nine members of the Process, Operations and Governance (POG) task force dove deep into murky waters of process, policy, governance, management and communications, exploring opportunities for improving CCC's overall health – whether in the facilities we use, the hiring process by which we bring in and maintain our talent or even in how we set our rules and regulations as an institution and to what extent we can democratize the creation, revision, retirement and accessibility of the policies that formalize our practices. A brief summary of our work is provided below, and we strongly encourage you to explore the data behind these recommendations.
Kathy and Steven were aided in this massive endeavor by Elinore Moore, HR Administrator from Daley College, Truman student Nina de Guzman and Lauren Belcher, student advisor at Wright College.
When the POG team decided what initiatives to undertake, we considered feedback from the colleges regarding which projects would have the highest impact on organizational health – and, in turn, student success. At the top of the list were issues around how CCC manages its talent, so we turned to answering questions regarding how we can improve CCC's hiring process, recruitment strategy for talent acquisition and professional development and performance management for talent growth.
Lynnel Kiely, a faculty member from Harold Washington, tackled professional development and was the strategic lead this semester in hammering out the processes and training required for the new professional development and performance management software solution that CCC will procure this Spring. Among other items, Lynnel's recommendations encompass standards and methods for performance appraisal, for training performance appraisers and appraises, for rewards and recognition programming and for tying performance reviews to professional development outcomes so CCC can ceaselessly, systematically strive to improve its talent.
Valerie Pell, a faculty member from Malcolm X College, and Lauren Belcher, a student advisor from Wright, undertook examination of our hiring workflow alongside a best practice examination of how other community colleges hire there faculty and staff, and, afterward, they conducted a gap analysis. Highlights from their findings led to the following recommendations:
Valerie and Lauren worked closely with Academic Affairs on this recommendation and ran it by Faculty Council, HR and other stakeholders as well. Look for implementation on many of these recommendations this semester.
Without clear and clean policies governing CCC practices, all process improvements are jeopardized. Elinore Moore from Daley College and Nina de Guzman from Truman, in collaboration with Academic Affairs, uncovered numerous instances of lack of policy knowledge impacting student ability to graduate on time or for Student Services staff to know how to properly advise students. Elinore and Nina also learned that many community colleges (e.g., Alamo Community Colleges and Valencia Community Colleges), state universities (e.g., University of North Carolina and University of Minnesota) and Ivy League institutions (e.g., Cornell University) have full policy governance functions governing the process of creating, revising and retiring policies.
In light of their research, at the end of the semester the POG task force advocated the creation of a single policy database, accessible over the Web, that would bring together all CCC policies in an easy-to-search format. Additionally, Elinore and Nina took the lead on developing a workflow for policy governance by which anyone in the CCC community can submit a policy change or creation request and recommended examination of which student policies ought to be emphasized to students at orientation. Their work was greatly aided by Shawn Burnett-Whittaker, a Senior Staff Attorney with the Office of the General Counsel, who collaborated with Elinore and Nina through numerous meetings to hash out feasible recommendations in the policies arena.
Although implementation of this project will take time and follow a phased approach, we hope that in coming semesters CCC policy governance will be even more transparent, speedy and accessible.
Adriana Martinez, a student from Daley College, spearheaded work on how to mitigate disruptive behavior on the part of students. Conducting a focus group of faculty members, Adriana learned that nearly all faculty and adult educators do not receive training on crisis prevention, de-escalation and safety. She also learned many feel unaware and unsupported by present student services and security policies through which faculty, adult educators and student services staff could escalate classroom issues. Also, a survey of registration personnel from Fall 2011 uncovered that nearly a fifth of them at one point encountered a student using alcohol or drugs and an even larger number had to log an incident with Security. These incidents slowed the registration process, represented disservice to non-disruptive students and indicated a need for standard process around incident escalation throughout registration and any areas of student service.
In the Spring semester, Reinvention hopes to work with Academic Affairs, the Wellness Centers and Security to put these recommendations into action – what sort of workshops will we offer faculty and staff in Fall 2012 on dealing with troubled, unruly and uncontrollable students? How can we better prevent incidents from occurring and, when they do, what specific resources should be in place for the student, the faculty member and the supporting staff?
The Chief Engineers and the facilities management team labor tirelessly to make City Colleges not just functional but beautiful. Linda Huertas, Registrar at Wright College, explored areas of concern for them, which include undue financial loss from prior vendor management experiences, over-reliance on cost-plus contracting on electrical repair and outdated procurement rules that cause unnecessary resource constrictions. Linda is finalizing recommendations around cost control in the area of preventative maintenance for electricity, and she provided a data-driven case changing procurement rules in the areas of facilities. Linda's work, assisted by Steven Seidman from Harold Washington College, not only uncovers areas of potential cost savings but also potentially aids the work of engineering staff at all the colleges.
Process, Operations & Governance Work Product for Fall 2011
All of the above recommendations required a great deal of data research and vetting. Some are still works in progress. As we start Spring 2012, we look forward to a new year of new recommendations from the POG team and also implementation of ideas from Spring and Fall 2011.
Coming up with recommendations is a studied and highly collaborative endeavor. We want to thank the Chief Engineers who worked with us on the facilities recommendation, the faculty members and Academic Affairs, Office of General Counsel and HR staff who provided invaluable data and feedback on the HR and policies recommendations, the Adult Education Deans for their input throughout the adult education off-sites governance research, Budget Director Ray Sanders for ensuring the feasibility of many of the above recommendations and the Office of Information Technology – particularly the PeopleSoft team and Robin Jackson and Maureen Barrett – for helping with all the technology automation, refinement and procurement involved with these and other Reinvention recommendations.
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EPC Short Run 2013. Warm day here in Southern California...
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EPC Short Run 2013. Warm day here in Southern California...
Took advantage of a break in the weather and had a RP "Lite", which tasted quite nice.
Sadly, we are expecting single digits again within the next couple of days and I will once again be forced to the sideline while you warm weather boys get all the PT.
Trying to kill a box of Joya de Nicaragua Antano lanceros. One of the few 'blind' buys from a couple years ago that I regret. Just not my thing. Old Fitz BiB to go with it.
Smoking a Cromagnon Knuckle Dragger. Unbanded. Had a local shop discontinuing at 35% off so picked up some (actually quite a few of them and some Aquitane's). Good smoke for my tastes. Paired tonight with Mellow Corn BIB.
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MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured and some THH Saz.
Smoking an Undercrown right now.
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The Obama administration is running out of money to fight wildfires in the fall and Congress is under increasing pressure to find extra funds quickly and provide a steady stream of cash for a long-term effort to prevent blazes before they start.
The Forest Service and the Department of Interior are close to exhausting their firefighting budgets though the fiscal year doesn't end until Sept. 30.
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Accused child rapist's neighbor: His house 'was like a Disneyland'
BEAVERTON, Ore. – For years, people in Steven Rockett's neighborhood had their suspicions.
Pool parties. Lavish video-game systems. Video cameras everywhere. Free toys for anybody who wanted them.
All for children who weren't even his.
Rockett's behavior became so sketchy in fact, that neighbors called police – only to see nothing come of it.
One neighbor said she cornered Rockett after an incident in which he tried to get her son to pull down his pants for the cameras.
"That made me so angry - we had him over here," said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous. "We told him to come over here and we had him sit on the couch and I was at him. I said 'You're not moving, you're not going anywhere until the police get here.'
"And they came and talked and talked and talked and talked and apparently there was not enough evidence to convict."
That information would've been valuable to Paul Blackmore, the president of the Aloha Soccer Club.
He learned Sunday night that Rockett had been arrested – he's charged with rape, sodomy, sex abuse, unlawful sexual penetration and using a child in display of sexually explicit misconduct. Detectives said Rockett sexually abused three sisters while their family was homeless and living with him in Beaverton in 2011.
Rockett, it turns out, had been taking pictures of young girls at soccer games in the Aloha Soccer Club in the meantime. Those pictures were later sent to parents.
They also went on Rockett's Flickr page, which consists of 663 pages that are almost entirely of young children.
"It would've been nice if there was something that could've let us know that or let us see that potential people have a potential issue," Blackmore said. "But again, there was nothing out there for that.
"It kinda sickens you to think that somebody is taking these pictures and has some other kind of motive behind why he's taking them."
Neighborhood children describe a kid's paradise at Rockett's house. He would throw Fourth of July fireworks shows that rivaled those in downtown Portland, rent inflatable bounce-castle and set up giant slip-and-slides.
Now that they've grown up, it all makes sense, but they say it took them quite a while before they put the pieces together and realized what he might be up to.
"You'd go into his house and he had a huge screen TV back when they were brand new," one now-adult man said. "He had like every single video console you could imagine and then literally a binder with like the slots for CDs and every single game ever made for every system right there.
"In his garage he had these boxes of RC cars and he'd give them out to everyone just like they were candy."
The man said Rockett would also throw lavish parties in his backyard nearly every weekend during the summer, ostensibly inviting other children to keep his own kids company – even though his own kids were much younger than the rest of the attendees.
"He would use his kids, I guess, to have everybody over," the man said. "And he'd have these parties in his back yard with these trampolines and these like waterslides. It was like a Disneyland.
"Yeah, it was Disneyland and we'd see drinking going on back there. I don't know who was responsible for the drinking but we'd always see lots of alcohol and a lot of toys."
Even as his neighbors grew suspicious, Rockett was becoming involved in a web of sports teams. Many of the pictures on his Flickr page are from baseball games, soccer games and swimming pools.
Most leagues run background checks on adults who come into contact with the children. Since Rockett didn't directly deal with the children in an official capacity, there was no call for background checks.
Blackmore said Rockett became involved with one team in the league because he was friends with the parents of a girl who played on the team.
"At any given soccer game, you'll see many, many people out taking photos of the games," Blackmore said. "So it's not an uncommon occurrence to see that. He never gave us any outward signs that there was anything other than him taking pictures of the team.
"It's quite disturbing. We have somebody who's been entrusted to take pictures of the girls during the games and it definitely gives us concerns and time for pause."
Police said they kept an eye on Rockett for 14 years but only just recently compiled enough evidence to arrest him. Now they're working with police in Asia to investigate Blackmore's trips there – at least some of which are documented on Flickr.
One neighbor said Rockett showed him video of a trip to the Philippines.
"He would take this whole town – he had this extravagant feast for the entire city," the man said. "Everybody would have their own table with every food you could imagine. He would show us these videos of him playing with these little kids and they would follow him around like he was a father."
The woman who eventually called police said Rockett used his trips to attempt to lure at least one neighborhood girl, who was about 12 at the time.
"He goes, 'Oh girls in the Philippines at your age are having relations all the time, that's perfectly normal,'" she said. "He goes 'Anytime you want to come over, spend the night at the house, sleep in my bed, that's perfectly normal."
Blackmore said there's not much his league can do to keep people like Rockett away, so long as they're not there in an official capacity.
"It's disturbing, really," he said. "The parents are upset because they feel like a trust has been broken there and somebody that they were trusting to do something – taking photos of their children playing soccer in an innocent context - has been taken into another context. So that's kinda disturbing.
"Unfortunately, I think it's kinda the world we live in right now."


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UAE Jet Ski Championship, organised by Dubai International Marine Club, sixth and final round is being held off the Umm Suqeim Beach on April 21st 2012. The tussle for top positions in most of the classes will be the highlight this Saturday.
UAE Jet-Ski Championship 2012
There is very little to separate from Mansoor Rashid Al Qubaisi and Lahij Khalid Saif Al Ma'saam in the Ski Junior class as they remain within reach of the overall honours with 257 points and 250 points respectively. But breathing down the necks is French national Burger Ryan in third place with 237 points.
The Novice Runabout class promises to be a battle between four jet-ski riders from Qatar with Abdullah Ghulam Ali leading the pack with 200 points, followed by Rashid Al Manai'e (166 points), Abdul Aziz Al Manae'i (157 points) and Mohammed Abdullah Al Haidous (149 points).
In the Expert Ski Limited class, the UAE's Al Mur Mohammed Bin Huraiz is safely at the top with 257 points, but breathing down his neck is countryman Omar Abdullah Rashid (239 points) and Japan's Toshi Ohara with 236 points.
Omani rider Khamis Subait Al Hosni is already assured of the top position in the Expert Runabout Stock class as he is comfortably at the top with 271 points leaving Amir Abdul Aziz Al Manaei and Abdullah Ghulam Ali to battle for second place with 142 and 139 points respectively.
In the PRO Ski GP class, a couple of Frenchmen and an Englishman will be contesting for honours with Steven Duliach and Caumont Ludovic within grasp of each other with 274 points and 259 points respectively, while Chris Wilkinson is in third with 240 points.
And in the PRO Runabout GP class, James Bouchel with 265 points will have to target a podium finish or thereabouts to assure himself of the overall crown ahead of Japan's Toshi Ohara (215 points) and defending champion Nader Bin Hendi (169 points).
'Most of the classes are yet to be decided and the sixth and final round will be crucial for most of the riders who are targeting a top finish,' stated race official Sid Bensalah. 'It will be a good day of action out on the water,' he added.
Saturday's action will commence with the official practice at 8.45 am and actual racing will be held in two separate sessions starting at 9.45 am and 2 pm.
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The two main accused of Garden Reach violence were today remanded in police custody till February 26.
The other 10 accused of yesterday's campus violence that claimed life of a police officer and wounded one critically were also remanded in police custody till February 19.
Sk Suhan and Ibon, the two main accused, were arrested yesterday along with 10 others after sub-inspector Tapas Chowdhury was shot dead during a clash between Congress and Trinamool Congress student unions at Hari Mohan Ghosh college during filing of nominations for a college election.
A ruling TMC councillor, whose name figured in the FIR lodged by the police has absconded.
"We are looking for the TMC councillor who is yet to be traced," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pallab Kanti Ghosh said, but did not give the name.
The name of a Congress supporter, Moktar, also figured in the FIR, Ghosh said.
Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda handed over a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the SI's widow Minati at her Thakurpukur residence during the day and assured of providing a job to her daughter
"We will also take care of her son's studies," Pachnanda said after meeting
Urban Development Minister, Firad Hakim, meanwhile, denied the allegation of nexus with an anti-social in Garden Reach.
"I don't have any nexus with any anti-social in the area," Hakim said.
"You may have seen some questionable elements standing behind me at some
programmes, but as a people's representative how can I prevent such thing? I have to attend many programmes as the people's representative," Hakim said.
He said "Many anti-socials elements who were with the CPI(M) have now switched over to the Congress. Such incidents can't be thought of without CPI(M)'s influence."
He was supported by Transport Minister Madan Mitra who alleged involvement of anti-socials in the Congress and
Describing this incident as an isolated one, Hakim, quoting guidelines by Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, said the offenders would be punished and a number of the accused have been arrested.
The SI's widow said she expected Chief Minister, who is in charge of the Home (police department), "to see how the family was facing a crisis with the death of the only earning member."
"Responsibility to maintain security has been given to those who have no security for themselves," she said.
Chowdhury's daughter Tanushree demanded exemplary punishment to the killers of her father.
Congress leader and union minister Deepa Dasmunshi alleged the Trinamool government was "passive" in dealing with criminals in the state leading to an alarming law and order situation.


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Originally posted by A Chavda: 1. When the button in the page is clicked, a request is generated. First JSP is called and all the form data are stored in the form bean. Then the servlet is called. How we know which servlet will be called? Also do we have different servlet called for different request?
2.Say the servlet is called. Web Container will load the servlet and calls the init method passing the configuration information to the container and thus the container intialize[make the instance of] the servlet.
3.Then service method is called which will process the request which means validate form data.
Is the service method called for each request? I mean if two request are there service method of the same servlet is called twice?
4.When the container wants to destroy servlet instance it calls destroy method. Do we have to invoke specially the destroy()?
What are the circumstances when container wants to destroy the servlet?
Can we call destroy() method from service()? If no what will happen if we call?


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A potent result at the opening race of the F1 calendar has left Nico Hulkenberg invigorated for a strong year with Force India for the rest of the season.
The German driver finished in 6th place having qualified from P7, with his result subsequently promoted to 5th after it was revealed that Daniel Ricciardo had been excluded from the race and stripped of his second place finish.
Hulkenberg was eager to point out the fact that this was the first time he managed to finish at the Australian Grand Prix.
"I'm quite happy to finish the race, said Hulkenberg. "First time for me ever, which is is good news straight away in the points. Good job from the team today."
"I had better track position at times and then we lost two positions after the first stop. It looked like we didn't quite have the pace as many others had. There were just a few cars out there which seem to have a little bit of an advantage in terms of downforce and cornering speeds looked a bit higher."
"I had some issues with front left graining on the soft compound, which never really cleared up. That compromised my first two stints a little bit. But overall positive I think. Lots learned and we can build on that."
When asked whether he was happy with the pace of the car thus far, Hulkenberg said there was room for improvement.
"I think it could be better. We're lacking a little bit there. At least that was the case today. But it's only the first race. There's a long season ahead."


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Hip-Hop's Effect on Gentrification in SanTana
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Suicide Silence Goes On After Singer Death
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In May 1997, they added a section to the Sunday Show called Encore, which is meant to focus on "fine" arts like dance, classical music, theater and art exhibits. It's pathetic, elitist twaddle, segregating culture into separate camps, as if rock, jazz, film and television were somehow less worthy.
Standards of what editors will and won't allow to run in the paper are wildly inconsistent. For two weeks last year, the Reg censored the title of Meredith Brooks' hit "Bitch" from its Friday Billboard chart listings, renaming it "B----," despite the fact that radio stations, DJs, MTV and virtually every other print medium in the country had no problem with the word. Yet they'll let humor columnist Jeff Kramer pen a double-entendre column about "presidential seamen" that reads like it was lifted from an old Three's Company script.
I feel especially for Show, though, which has always been the Register's idiot bastard son compared to, say, the paper's sports section. The sports department is blessed with what seem to be bottomless pockets, judging purely by the locales sports reporters have filed from in the past year and a half: Jeff Miller in St. Louis for the McGwire-Sosa shootout; Janis Carr in New York for the U.S. Tennis Open; Steve Bisheff in San Diego for Ryan Leaf's quarterback debut; Cammy Clark in Tokyo for a Mighty Ducks game; Earl Bloom in Cooperstown for Tommy Lasorda's Hall of Fame induction; Larry Bortstein on the road with the Mission Viejo Vigilantes.
Columnist Mark Whicker is the most frequent flier of the bunch, jetting off to places like Washington; South Bend, Indiana; Cincinnati; Indianapolis; Chicago; and Minneapolis-all in just a few months over the summer.
None of this traveling is bad, of course. It's what you should expect from a major daily paper the size of the Register. Show's coverage of entertainment issues and events could easily be as widespread as sports, if only the Freedom Communications suits who hold the purse strings would allow it. Why not send pop scribe Ben Wener to Austin for South by Southwest? Why not send film writer Henry Sheehan to Cannes, or theater critic Paul Hodgins to New York to cover the Tony Awards?
The Reg is a 45-minute drive from Hollywood, and if the Register powers that be really wanted to make the effort, they could come up with a tab that's every bit as informative as the Times' Calendar section. But until the Register gets serious about its arts coverage, Show will continue to be the anemic rag it's always been.
But nobody buys the Register for its entertainment section. People pick it up so they can prop up their own smelly little orthodoxies. Until that changes, the Register will continue to trudge along as it always has, their "associates" and freelancers will continue to grumble, and eventually, another rebel-like the one who produced the Slave4OCR Web site-will unfurl a bloody flag.
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The passenger of a vehicle that crashed into a building on Des Moines' north side last week has died, officials said.
The driver, Damien Daniel Brockett, 32, of Polk City, is now charged with vehicular homicide. He was also charged with second-degree theft and possession of prescription drugs. ...
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First-grade teacher Shelly Byron, right, explains the new Common Core mathematics curriculum to parent Taylor Gmaz at Alice Boucher Elementary in Lafayette Tuesday.
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Parents of Alice Boucher Elementary students learned more about the Common Core standards and what it means for their children's math lessons during a special Math Night at the school on Tuesday.
Lafayette Parish is one of hundreds of school districts across the country that began using the new standards this school year. The district is using the Engage New York math curriculum in conjunction with the standards.
The Engage New York curriculum uses newer tools like tape diagrams, number bonds and number lines to teach math concepts, said instructional strategist Jada Singleton. She ...