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Rowing Starts Fall Season At Head Of The Des Moines Regatta
The Drake rowing team and the Des Moines Rowing Club host the 29th annual Head of the Des Moines Regatta on Saturday, Sept. 29 starting at 8:45 am at Prospect Park along the banks of the Des Moines River. This weekend is the first of four races this fall for the Bulldogs and the team will conclude the campaign with a dual against the Creighton Bluejays in Des Moines on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The Bulldogs have 16 returners from last season's championship team and 17 newcomers will join them this fall (junior Mallory Bonstrom is studying abroad this semester). The roster is comprised of 17 freshmen, seven sophomores, five juniors and four seniors.
The 2012 spring season was the most successful in the Drake Rowing program's history. The Bulldogs won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship which was the first league title in school history. In addition, the Bulldogs' team of Jacque Nowers (coxswain), Kat Moore, Susan Goullette, Sarah Travis and Maggie Benhart captured the women's varsity heavyweight four division at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia for the first gold medal ever won there by a Drake team.
The NCAA announced bracket expansion for women's rowing effective for the 2013 national championship. The expansion will give the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference winner an automatic bid to the national championship. The Drake rowing team is an auxiliary member of the MAAC. The MAAC Championship will be held Saturday, April 27 in Princeton, N.J. and the NCAA Championships will be held May 31-June 2 in Lake Lanier, Georgia.
The Bulldogs competed in five races at the 2011 Head of the Des Moines, including the collegiate eight, collegiate singles, club doubles and collegiate doubles. Drake raced mainly its novice teams, but Susan Goullette and Kat Moore place second and third respectively in the collegiate single race.
A pair of seniors, Andrea Piekarczyk (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Kristina Vann (Batavia, Ill.), are the designated captains this year for the Bulldogs.
Charlie DiSilvestro is entering his 20th season at the helm of the Drake rowing program. DiSilvestro was named the head coach in July of 1993 and oversaw the transition of rowing from a Drake club sport to a Division I varsity sport.
DiSilvestro was named the 2012 MAAC Coach of the Year prior to the MAAC Championships on April 27, 2012. Drake captured the MAAC championship the next day, its first conference championship in school history. DiSilvestro helped lead Jacque Nowers, Kat Moore, Susan Goullette, Sarah Travis and Maggie Benhart to the women's varsity heavyweight four championship at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta. Their gold medal at the Dad Vail was also a first for the program.
In May of 2011, DiSilvestro was named Collegiate Coach of the Year by the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa. The award is presented annually to a collegiate rowing coach that has had outstanding success and has also contributed to the regatta.


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Plenty of NFL players have been released the past several weeks after declining to restructure their contracts, so Jamarca Sanford figured it was wise to listen when the Vikings made that suggestion.
The Minnesota safety said Friday he agreed last week to restructure his deal.
"When a team comes to you, it's usually a good idea to try to work it out," Sanford said. "That's just the business side. So I'm glad we were able to work it out."
Sanford signed a two-year, $5 million deal last March. According to OverTheCap.com, he reduced his salary for 2014 by $750,000 and in return got a $400,000 guarantee.
He can earn his money back through incentives based on playing time.
The move dropped Sanford's base salary from $2.45 million in 2014 to $1.7 million. Sanford, who becomes a free agent after next season, hopes the move will help the Vikings in free agency.
"They asked me to do it, and my attitude is I'm a team player," Sanford said. "I hope it will help the team and help us get some more good players in here."
The Vikings, last in the NFL in pass defense in 2013, already have signed cornerback Captain Munnerlyn to a three-year deal that could be worth as much as $15 million and agreed to a one-year contract with cornerback Derek Cox.
Munnerlyn was a roommate of Vikings linebacker Jasper Brinkley at South Carolina.
"I know Captain Munnerlyn through Jasper Brinkley," Sanford said. "I love his attitude.
Sanford spent the winter working out in Miami. He said he will return to Minnesota for offseason workouts around April 5.
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Ok so i wasnt happy with my feed at the local feed store, it turned out to be CRAP. So i switched to strategy. I went to walmart today(horrid 3 hour drive) I got like 6 bags. im wondering can i soak it with water? i prefer to soak my feed but wasnt sure about this. Thanks!
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I have about 120 feet to walk between feedroom and horses, and when I pour a little water over the Strategy by the time I arrive at the horses it has already fallen apart. So soaking in it's true sense is not necessary, wetting it down is just fine:-)
If it doesn't say to soak it, then it is not a feed that needs soaking. I'm not familiar with strategy, but I assume it isn't something that will expand when soaked, and will thus just be grain + water, wont hide anything and your horses may not want to eat it. Your best bet for supplements is to get something that is meant to be soaked, or even add it to an oil, or blend some carrot / apple and add it to that.
Yes, you can soak Strategy. It won't cause any harm to it and if your horse isn't a great drinker, get more water into him.
I wasn't aware Walmart sold Strategy.
Strategy will turn to dust if soaked - it won't expand - been there. But you can put your supplement and carrot or apple slices in a blender and then mix it in your strategy and that might help!
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Here he is. He'll make you freaking rich now man.
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The economics of a downturn such as this now to maybe a while of "jobless recovery" and now a new Congress starting in January is the nuclear issue as counter productive as the "go green" was/is? Where when "go green" rushed in with global alarmism and scare tactics and with stories of Spain having lost two jobs for every one post carbon consumption old industries created how now does "nuclear" issue present when Hollywood made such now a "hero" weapon able to save the entire earth from near earth objects and even one the may cause the moon to collide into Earth? "NUCLEAR" today no longer just about being able to kill as many or more of an enemy but now celebrated as a space weapon needed to save an entire planet >> we really can't say another country isn't also allowed weapons needed to save the human species, can we?
So President Obama cannot be Clinton after 1994 for then policies and practices towards "a shinning city on a hill" improvements in greater good then calling for decentralization across America in its cities called Republicans to help President Clinton just to keep such moving forward to the meant greater good. President Obama now post 2010, and really post 2008, is of such a time that he has little or nothing to offer Republicans to help them with next steps to such greater good much of more decentralization, and such as a better "example" for other large nations, and while most foreign country leaders of less "responsibilty" than most of our Governors?
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[1879] Glucose Transporter-1 Protein Expression in Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms: A Marker for Poor Prognosis
Sing Yun Chang, Sarah M Jenkins, Kelly K Edwards, Marie-Christine Aubry, Eunhee S Yi, Stephen D Cassivi, Yolanda I Garces, Anja C Roden. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background: Glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) is involved in cellular glucose uptake and has been shown to be increased in malignant epithelial and mesothelial cells. In fact, we and others have demonstrated that GLUT-1 expression is higher in thymic carcinomas (TCa) than in thymomas. Evidence also suggests that GLUT-1 expression in carcinoma cells may be associated with resistance to radiation and chemotherapy and increased recurrence and metastasis. We studied the prognostic value of GLUT-1 expression in thymic epithelial neoplasms (TEN).
Design: Specimens from patients treated for TEN were included. Three pathologists independently classified all cases according to WHO. Type AB, B1 and B2 thymomas were excluded due to the high number of lymphocytes. Sections were stained for GLUT-1. The percentage of GLUT-1+ cells was expressed as 100*(number of + epithelial cells) / total number of epithelial cells (mean of 5 HPF counted). Cases with >5% GLUT-1+ cells were considered positive since most cases showed a few scattered GLUT-1+ epithelial cells. Logistic and Cox proportional hazards regression models were used for statistical analysis.
Results: 49 patients (20 women, 29 men; median age, 63 years, range, 18-85) were included. Pathologists agreed upon type A (n=16) and B3 (n=14) thymoma, or TCa (n=19). The median follow-up (n=44) time was 3.6 years (range, 12 days–20.5 years). GLUT-1 positivity was associated with modified Masaoka stage (p=0.01), increased risk of metastasis/recurrence (n=10, HR=8.72, p=0.01) and death (n=24, HR=2.72, p=0.03). GLUT-1 expression was also associated with WHO type (p=0.005) and was more commonly positive in TCa vs. type B3 and type A thymomas (% GLUT-1 positive cases, 78.9 vs 50.0 vs 18.7, respectively). In high-grade TCa GLUT-1 was expressed by a higher percentage of tumor cells (median, 80%) compared to low/intermediate grade TCa (median, 41%) (difference statistically not significant). When controlled for Masaoka stage and WHO, GLUT-1 expression was not an independent prognostic marker, however.
Conclusions: Our results show that increased GLUT-1 expression is associated with poorer prognosis, higher tumor stage and morphology when evaluated in type A and B3 thymoma and TCa. Although multivariate analysis does not show GLUT-1 as an independent prognostic marker in TEN, GLUT-1 expression may be useful in evaluating patient prognosis when combined with cell-kinetic parameters or other prognostic marker. Larger studies are necessary to evaluate GLUT-1 as prognostic factor in TCa.
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Man shot by police a 'gentle giant,' according to friends, family
PORTLAND, Ore. – Family and friends say the man shot by Portland police over the weekend has never been violent before, but now he's the suspect in an attempted murder.
Officers responded to the Hathaway Apartments on Southeast 134th early Saturday morning after 38-year-old Vadim V. Kobenko was shot there. Police chased the suspect, 27-year-old Joshua Stephen Baker, for four miles until he crashed. That's when an officer opened fire.
Baker's sister, Rhiannon Bassett, and roommate, Amber Schmidt, are upset and not excusing his actions but want people to know the man they know.
Bassett sent KATU News pictures of her brother, describing him as a "gentle giant."
She admitted he must need mental help and said he's gone downhill since they learned last year their biological mother was convicted of murdering an officer in Arizona.
She heard from neighbors at the Hathaway Apartments that Baker was looking for his girlfriend when he had the gun Saturday and that he must have accidentally shot the other man.
She and Schmidt said they feel for that family but are still trying to wrap their heads around what happened.
"Just flabbergasted. Absolutely shocked. It's a whirlwind of emotions," said Bassett by phone Monday. "It's fear for the guy fighting for his life. It's fear for my brother."
She said Baker was going for his girlfriend, Jesse, with a gun but accidently shot Kobenko.
"He freaked out, he didn't know what to do," Bassett said. "I really don't think he meant to shoot that guy. I don't know if he meant to kill Jesse. I just, I don't want to believe he's capable of that."
"He's a completely different person than all that anger and rage," said Schmidt. "I've known him for a long time. I just could never imagine him doing something like this."
They said they don't know how to feel toward police right now. They don't know what Baker did in the moments before an officer fired.
Police said Baker refused to comply with officer commands and witnesses told KATU News he was holding a rifle.
Baker suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is now being held at the Multnomah County Jail, facing charges of first-degree assault with a firearm, attempted murder with a firearm and fourth-degree domestic violence assault, according to police.
Portland police identified the officers involved in the shooting as Erik Strohmeyer, a 12-year veteran, and Garry Britt, a four-year veteran. Both are on paid leave during the investigation, which is standard procedure.
Kobenko is in critical condition at a local hospital, police said.
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Helen Petts is a British artist film-maker who for the last 7 years has concentrated on working within the experimental and free improvised music scene both, in the UK and in mainland Europe. Her work has been screened in galleries, museums and international music festivals. She also has a hugely popular Youtube site - helentonic - devoted to showing this work plus live performances. youtube.com/helentonic
She runs Mopomoso free improvisation night in London with guitarist John Russell, which gives her great access to many musicians from all over the world. She says she is interested in filming the music itself and the moment of improvisation rather than just documenting the performance. This can result in extreme close-ups of textures and rhythms in an abstract equivalence of the music.
In 2012 she completed a film following the route of artist Kurt Schwitters, who escaped Nazi Germany to live on Hjertoya island near Molde in Norway and then to Ambleside in the British Lake District. This film, entitled "Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing" a term used by Schwitters to describe how he created his work, was a commission for the Cultural Olympiad – the arts festival of the 2012 Olympic Games. This film features improvised sounds and images from Turner and Minton as well as Sylvia Hallett and Adam Bohman. It was shown as an installation in the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle in a solo exhibition alongside Schwitters' Merzbarn Wall, the Royal Festival Hall, London, Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal alongside their Schwitters' collection, Tate Britain as part of the Schwitters in Britain exhibition events, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim, Møre and Romsdal Centre for Contemporary Art, Molde, Norway. If you would like to see this work which is on a private link, send an email for the password to email@example.com.
In 2013 Helen Petts completed Solo Soprano, a film about saxophonist Lol Coxhill, commissioned by the Full of Noises Festival in Cumbria. More info on helenpetts.com.
These works are password protected. Curators and festival promoters please write and request to see them. email@example.com
Helen Petts would like to acknowledge the support of an Arts Admin fellowship in development of this work, the Arts Council of England Unlimited programme for funding for the Schwitters film and Lottery funding for Solo Soprano.
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Charlotte Rutkowski of East Berlin has recently undertaken a Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) assignment with Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas.
Charlotte will serve as a resident advocate, one of the front-line service providers in the shelter. They answer crisis calls, provide meals, and assist clients with their needs to provide a safe and healing environment in the shelter.
She is a 2013 graduate of Bermudian Springs High School, where she was a member of National Honors Society, the BSHS Softball team, and the Steel Band. She also served for two years as club president of the BSHS Bible Club. Charlotte is a member of Hanover Church of the Brethren in Hanover and she can be reached through the BVS office at 1451 Dundee Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120.
Her assignment to Family Abuse Center followed an orientation at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., where a group of 24 volunteers came together from all over the United States and Germany.
Neuroscience award
Lycoming College in Williamsport student Lauren Robertson, a senior biology major from Hanover, recently won a Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience travel award to present her work at the national Society for Neuroscience Meeting in San Diego, Calif., in October. The $750 award covers travel and meeting expenses.
In April, Robertson also won the Best Poster Presentation award at the 2013 Lehigh Valley Society for Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Conference for Psychology, Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind with her project, "Characterization of Early Purkinje Cell Processes in the Mouse."
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Hilary Therit of Hanover was named to the Spring 2013 dean's list at Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va.
Students named to the dean's list earned grade point averages of 3.50 to 3.74. To be eligible, a student must be a degree candidate and must have earned at least 12 semester hours for the grading period.
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Kristen O'Shea, of Gettysburg Hospital/WellSpan Health, has been selected as a Nightingale Award finalist by the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania in the nurse administration-executive category.
Finalists will be honored and the winners will be decided at the 24th Annual Gala Oct. 25 at the Radisson-Penn Harris in Camp Hill. O'Shea resides in York.


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The steady rise of tuition rates, class sizes and student debt combined with the decline in the number of teaching assistants, courses and programs has pushed education into the spotlight over the past year. Many schools have begun to turn to technology for answers, and higher ed institutions are now moving online at a breakneck pace to meet changing student behavior. Read More
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With around of 650,000 users, installs up 400% this year, a podcast recommendation engine, and today adding Facebook auto-sharing to its Android app, Stitcher has made a lot of progress towards owning talk radio after the fall of AM/FM. Today it revealed a number of stats through a Facebook Developer Spotlight, but when I deduced that it now has 650,000 active users based on AppData and the… Read More


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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Genius Is...
I drew this comic for Red Lemon Club, a great site of advice and inspiration for creative professionals. Thanks to illustrator and creative blogger Alex Mathers for the gig! Be sure to check out his other site, Ape on the Moon, for interviews and portfolios from a vast array of illustrators.
You can order a poster at my shop.
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As the nights draw in, Halloween creeps ever closer. The spooky celebration is coming up shortly, on the 31st October. If you're looking for some bewitching jewellery to wear on the evening, look no further: Halloween Jewellery: 1) Pieces Rapi Multirow Halloween Star Necklace - ASOS £12 - this enchanting necklace is perfect for Halloween, but it isn't too cliche, so it can be worn beyond … [Read more...]
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This week we're loving… Michelle Keegan's latest collection for Lipsy London
Here at Spreadz, we're slightly addicted to the soaps and we have a special spot in our hearts for Coronation Street. While we were sad to bid farewell to Michelle Keegan's character Tina earlier this year, we're now loving the actress's recent foray into fashion designing. This week, Michelle revealed her third collection for Lipsy London, which is now available to buy online and in … [Read more...]
Cara Delevingne for DKNY
Earlier this year, everybody's favourite supermodel Cara Delevingne announced her first capsule collection for DKNY. Last week, the brand previewed the collection, complete with a press release written by the model herself! The 15-piece collection is very 'Cara' and true to her signature style. There are a couple of beanie hats, t-shirts, onesies and a leather crop bomber jacket, which Cara … [Read more...]
Have you heard? Warehouse are running a Fashion Shooters festival.
Do you love fashion and photography? Perhaps you're a personal style blogger with a desire to take better outfit photos or a beauty blogger that wants to learn more about composition and technique? The wonderful Warehouse are running a Fashion Shooters festival this month, especially for bloggers. The event is FREE to attend and there are some AWESOME VIP experiences up for grabs too, with an … [Read more...]
Kardashian Kollection for Lipsy: our top picks
Lipsy London have collaborated with loads of celebrities in the past, including Pixie Lott, Millie Mackintosh and Amy Childs to name but a few. However, I don't believe any have been as successful as the new Kardashian Kollection. According to Glamour magazine, most pieces sold out within 24 hours, and the launch day become Lipsy.co.uk's biggest online shopping day to-date. Khole … [Read more...]
Review: Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Fairytale Perfume
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We listen to a lot of music at Africa Express. Here are some of the things we've been watching, reading and listening…
Red Hot Chilli Pepper's 'Ethiopia', written about Flea's experience of generosity when he got lost in a market on the Africa Express trip to Ethiopia:
Flea talks about his experience here:
Baloji: KARIBU YA BINTOU feat. Konono N°1 – Track featured in the Africa Express Sound System set at Standon Calling:
BLNRB is what happened when some of Nairobi's best hip-hop & electro artists shared a house with Berlin's electronic music scene:
Baloji (frequent AfEx collaborator): Le jour d'apres/ Siku ya baadaye (Independence cha-cha)
Toumani Diabate's Black Cab Session:
Fatoumata Diawara – 'Alama' live on Later with Jools Holland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igu1Ryz4qjg
Blitz the Ambassador – 'Breathe':
Professor ft Oskido & Picat "Toyi Toyi"
RICHY PITCH feat M.anifest – Blackstar (featured in recent AESS standon calling show)
One of the best videos we've seen in a while and a recent MOBO nominee:
SPOEK MATHAMBO: Control
Toumast: Electric guitar vs Ag Keyna's rebel attitude:
Ag Keyna is a former Touareg freedom fighter who was seriously injured in 1993, turning to music to carry on his fight. He teamed with his niece, percussionist and haunting vocalist Aminatou Goumar. and French multi-instrumentalist/ producer Dan Levy. Listen here – http://www.last.fm/music/Toumast
We don't know how to describe this except for by its title, 'Boomslang Hyperdub' :
(Artist LV ft Okmalumkoolkat – Boomslang Hyperdub 2010)
Need a Liberian electro house fix? Try some Chief Boima: http://ghettobassquake.com/gbeco-mix-o A musician, DJ, cultural activist, writer and true global citizen
Vampiro – 'Haunter' New S.African dubstep producer – love this
Joan As Policewoman talking about AE:
Zahara – 'Loliwe'
vocalist from Johannesburg who got so much love on the blogs that her album went platinum after 13 days:
General Pype: Nigerian dancehall Artist
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Haunting Past
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I've got the dreaded elusive creak going on in my crankset. It happens only when climbing and standing on the pedals. It's getting to be pretty bad and I'm surprised something hasn't broken yet. Here's is what I've checked:
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The dashing John Abraham had refused to work with newcomer Kangana Ranaut in two films.
John who himself was a model had a tough time to break into the film industry and later on when he had carved a niche for himself, was supposedly apprehensive to work with Kangana.
But John has also worked alongside other new actresses, like Udita Goswami in Paap . Or perhaps John was well aware of Kangana's capabilities and was afraid of being overshadowed by the actress.
John refused to work opposite Kangana in Imtiaz Ali's Rock Star and Anurag Kashyap's No Smoking .
In Bollywood often the hero and his preferences are always taken into consideration first hence even though Kashyap was keen to work with Kangana, John's decision forced him to opt for the buxom Ayesha Takia instead.
However the forthright and sprightly Kangana Ranaut says, "I've no idea whether John wants to work with me or not. I'm too busy working with those who want to work with me than to worry about those who don't. It's true that Anurag who's a dear friend was keen to have me in his film. I've no idea what happened but I'm sure we'll work together in the future."
However Kangana too has had her share of disagreements with her co-star Shiney Ahuja who was seen opposite her in Gangster and Who Lamhe . Though Shiney and Kangana share amazing on-screen chemistry, off-screen the two actors barely acknowledge each other.
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Learning to write poetry is a worthy undertaking. There are rules and techniques to be followed but many of us fear that if we study, our creative juices may dry up and we will have nothing to write about. At least that's my excuse but maybe we should learn the rules of poetry writing and see what happens. I have been studying (somewhat) and this is what I am in the process of learning.
Many poets complain that they don't want to be held back by technical considerations in writing poetry. Why do we who write poetry feel this way? We seem to think its an infringement on our creativity to follow any rules. Some of it comes from poets like Dylan Thomas in "Fern Hill" and Allen Ginsburg in "How" They wrote their poems as if they were talking to us. It sounds as if they wrote these poems straight off the tops of their head. But, of course, that isn't true. These poets were so skillful that we can't detect the craft of their technique.
What are the techniques of poetry writing? Ezra Pound divided them into three categories. (sight), (sound), and (voice).
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Image is the heart and soul of poetry. It is the most basic of all communication. Our earliest memories are in pictures. We think in pictures. Our ancestors of thousands of years ago made images of stone. The cavemen drew pictures on the walls of caves. Pictures tell a story. Pictures are an important aspect of poetry. Following are the picture aspects of poetry.
image-a simple picture
metaphor-a comparison
simile-an indirect comparison, such as "like" or "as"
figure-an image and an idea
Sound and rhythm has its source in the beat of our own heart. If we are excited it may skip and jump at a frantic pace. There are the sound of drumbeats and marching feet in parades, the sounds of children playing, the sound of wind tossed trees, the splash of water in the creek.
Following are poetic devices for sound.
assonance-rhyme of vowel sounds
alliteration-repetition of consonants
rhyme-one word echoing the sound of another
metrics-a simple notation system of rhythm.
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Voice is the unmistakable voice of the poet. You would never mistake "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" as anyone other than Robert Frost. Following are the poetic devices for voice.
denotation- the literal meaning of a word
connotation-an indirect meaning of a word.
personification-presenting the object in a humane fashion
diction-choice of words
syntax-the arrangement and structure of words
rhetoric-an adornment of speech to impress
persona-an assumed voice, pretending to be other than what he is
The only way for any real learning and progress is endless writing and rewriting. Master all the poetic devices until they become familiar as a second skin. Go to your library and check out books explaining the devices of poetry writing. Check out poetry books by Robert Frost, Dorothy Parker, Walt Whitman, John Keats, and other great poets. And continue to enjoy and write poetry.There is nothing like it for expressing our feelings. Continue to enjoy writing your poetry even if you never pick up a book to study.
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Thanks for these lessons, have almost forgotten about them.
Yup, I love to write poems a long time ago but lack the passion now. It's not easy, really. It's not just about expressing feelings or angst. There are techniques that we need to adhere to.
I tried writing some, but feel there is no spontaneity. With your lesson I must try again
I fancy myself as a "free-flow" type of poet, but I do take time to choose the right words. I also consider imagery and meter (somewhat), as well as connotative language. Good info here, Ruby!
It is nice info, but I myself am an avid Poet and I believe poetry is art and should have no boundaries. I guess some believe that has to be a style or format to it , and i guess it makes it easier for some. Good info though.
a very well presented entry
Wonderful lesson! Poetry should be a glimpes into the soul of the poet. But to project that vision of ones soul, the poet needs to know how to utilize the techniques you have listed to take the reader on the journey. Excellent post Ruby.
You are right Ruby, another great post.
Good tips and advice. I find poetry very hard to write but I try my hand at it once in a while.
Ruby another winner. Thanks for sharing. Poetry is difficult and takes time definitely. I just wrote one recently, "Poet, Hush!" if anyone is interested. I have others to.
Thanks Ruby for the tips will study them.
Wonderful share Ruby!
-Liane Schmidt.
i write as the words come to mind. then i might revise.
but for me free flow is the go
enjoyable reading
Very informative aritcle.
Thank you for this article
Thanks, I really need this article.
Really great reading Ruby. I have no training on poems at all, I love to read how others do it and have had a few goes myself. I am not sure if I do it right but there is something satisfying about the end result!
Very enlightening. I had no idea there was so much to think about when writing poetry. I usually just write. A good piece.
Excellent article!
Maybe if I learn to utilize what you have written I will become a better poet.
I would like to study poetry and I will when I have some time.
interesting post. I am self taught, never studied at school, college etc. What I write is what I write. I wont change the way I do it but I will step back when looking at my pieces & think can i do better, having taken your points into account. Cheers Pete
Thanks for the brush up on this topic. I took a course in creative writing which extensively touched on poetry but that was about 4 years ago. I still stick to free verse, and these tips are useful.
I'm just starting poetry. I will keep this in mind as I write.
I think it comes naturally to the real poetic greats! its for the rest of us to study and master them..:)
To me writing poetry came naturally but admits another fellow Triond writer taught me what I didn't know.Story telling and articles was harder but am getting better with each piece I write.
But is interested in a few of the names you stated since I'm a fan of Robert Frost.Would love to take a creative writing class and may someday if given the chance.Great article and well worth reading.
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Nice, but I seem to like my poetry a bit better…
I believe the poetry genre is the best way to express ones self. Positively written article for inspiration. Thanks
Very interesting, Ruby, I usually write what I feel. Great post.
Your writing here – at least portions of it – sounded like poetry for me. You are a great teacher. I have a great mind block that I can't write poetry. I know nothing about any of the techniques. But when I read some of the poetry presented here, I know the good ones from the bad. Some merely write sentences from which they take out a few words, stack it on different lines and call it poetry/haiku or whatever it is. I don't know where to look for rules for haiku.
I write alot but am afraid that i have no structure in my writing. I have only posted two pieces was wondering if anyone could help me out and give suggestions?
nice post, thank you
Interesting article.
Nice lesson. Also-you earn money by commenting?
Wow. Excellent article. Well written and formatted. Lost of useful material and information. Thank you for this article it is defiantly going to be one that return to over and over again.
I think it's an inborn talent and no one can learn writing poetry. No matter how much you read or write, this thing you won't be able to achieve unless you have soething in you. Buy and read greta poetry books to enhance your intellectuality and intelligence plus knowledge. Enjoy it. Forget lto learn 'how to write a poem'! Wow that's silly.
thou hath read thy article, enjoyed to the core.
thy tips shall try to make thy audience awe.
thou hath lost thy passion a while back,
i finally found my knack.
a test to thee to help in thy quest,
to welcome thee to my nest,
or perhaps thou might fail the test?
nice share…writing is actually puring out what is inside you… anyone can write
These are really good standards for poetry. But , for me, it has always not worked. I have always believed that poetry is art. Art has no boundaries and no rules, it is expression. These are good guidelines, but I feel by going outside of them at times, I am able to pull out very good pieces of my own art. This, by no means indicates that these methods do not work, and your article was very well written and pretty interesting to boot.
Great article, and you've received some very interesting comments. I think it's useful to think about your potential reader if you write poetry. Some of the poetry I've read is great, some of it so so, but all of it is written and shared on Triond. Those who don't edit your work can stand out as the ones who don't quite make it from OK to excellent.
I would advise anyone who is interested in poetry to check out some of the many contemporary poetry collections published these days. And poetry readings can show you new ways of getting your words out into a larger audience. Poetry is everywhere, if you care to look for it!
I meant to say some of the poetry I've read HERE. I've read & heard lots of poetry from all of the place!
I hope this article helps me more with my writing. I sometimes know WHAT I am going to write, then I get a piece of paper, && then it disappears.
Thanks a lot your article will help me a lot. I love writing poem. I had wrote poems in English but it seems it is not that good but I still write and edit them whenever I have time. Making poems is fun. Thanks again and God bless…. ♥
Very useful ;]
Nice article. Good job, you are a very good writer!
Great article. It has been ages since I wrote poetry. Must get into it.
A very interesting and fascinating article.
I enjoyed the informative article and marvel at the range of your
curiosity. Many poems fail to deliver their message in their
elitist language so if very few translate it, why bother. In every forms of popular literature we expect the message to be delivered with clarity. Poetry has frustrated more readers than
any other form of communication. Based on numbers of people
who have benefitted from it I'm inclined to think that ambiguous
poetry only reaches some eggheads and God forgive me if I'm wrong….is a waste of good time. LOL
Poetry is so wide ranged . Tx for the info.


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June 3, 2013
The ULTIMATE Fishing Date!
by Robin
Are you a fan of creative dating? How about inexpensive dates? Well, did you know that each state offers a FREE FISHING DAY? Well, whether you and your spouse are seasoned fisherman or just beginners, this day is the perfect day to have a
For me, as a Utah girl, free fishing day is JUNE 8, 2013.
To start this date out, you will need our FREE printable invitation. I set mine out in the morning of a day I knew my husband Zac didn't have to work.
To get this free printable click here: FISHING INVITATION PRINTABLE
I had babysitting pre-arranged and a cute little fish-themed lunch packed for us and ready to go! The lunch was really easy. I did tuna FISH sandwiches, GoldFISH crackers, and Swedish FISH! Not super healthy, but super fun! I seriously tried SO hard to think of a delicious fish-themed drink but I don't think one exists. Anyone know??
We dropped the kids off and we were off! We headed to one of my favorite ponds. I love it because there is an old bridge I used to jump off when I was a kid, a beach area, a park, and LOTS of ducks. We saw these little cutie-patooties right when we arrived.
So we talked, we laughed, we made bets about who would catch the first fish. This was pretty fun because we set up some fun little winning-favors between us {wink-wink}.
My husband is a GREAT fisherman, and I have no clue what I'm doing! Hanging out with him doing something he really loves was so fun. And guess who won the bet?
OK fine, it's not a fish. But I DID catch the first item: a VERY small stick/branch thing. I could have SWORN I had something. My husband said no and to leave my pole in there but hey, reeling it in is the most fun part right??
So try it!!! Again, here is the list of FREE FISHING DAYS in your state. Grab your man and go!
And if you LOVE outdoor dates, you have got to check out Michelle's Star Light, Star Bright Date and Becca's Romantic Rooftop Date, and Julie's Pool Party Date!
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Robin, What a fun day! My husband LOVES to fish and we've only done it a few times, so I know he would really like this. Just curious…did you eat the fish you caught?
If only I knew about this a couple of days sooner:( Oklahoma's free days were Saturday and Sunday. May just have to go get fishing licenses:)
For the drinks, a FISHbowl margarita?
That was an awesome answer!
It comes up with file damaged/cannot be repaired when trying to load the link. Is anyone else having problems??
Water seems an appropriate drink!
I love this idea and am doing it next week! It's not the free day in Indiana but he already had a license and I will get one. I can't wait! Thanks for sharing such a cute idea. I know my groom of 30 years will love it!!!!
I can't seem to print this off. Is anyone else having the same problem. Super cute idea and would love to use if anyone can help me.
I just presented my hubby with this Date this past week since our free fishing weekend was last weekend. I put it on the kitchen table with some sour gummy worms (the bait) & swedish fish, along with the print outs. He was excited and grinning from ear to ear.
This is the 3rd Date I've tried and he has loved them all so far and is really appreciating that I am putting more into our marriage…in turn he is also
The Dating Divas + a little time & effort= a happily married couple
Thanks Girls!
For a drink, you could get Ocean Water from Sonic.
Bottles of Green River soda maybe? Cute idea!
I know that place. Grew up right next to Salem Pond. Went there all the time as a kid. Cute idea for a date!
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Stryper -- New York, NY -- May 24th, 2012
Stryper B.B. Kings Club Times Square, NYC, NYMay 24, 2012
Battle Hymn of the republic (Taped intro)
1. Sing-Along Song
2. Loud 'N' Clear
3. The Rock That Makes Me Roll
4. Reach Out
5. Calling on you.
6. Free
7. More Than A Man
8. Breakin The Law w/Tony Harnell
9. Heaven and Hell
10. All for one
11. Makes Me Wanna Sing
12. The way
13. Abyss (Taped intro)
14. To Hell With the Devil
15. Soldiers Under Command
16. Closing prayer
Great to see Stryper again. They look the same as 25 years ago, and sound great. Only difference is the spandex is gone replaced with designer yellow and black modern clothes.
I lost my notes on the Tony Harnell set that opened.
But it was all acoustic. A Guitar, A Violin, and his wife on harmony vocals and tambourine. He played mostly post TNT material. But he did Play Northern lights. Michael Sweet joined him on stage for Bostons More than a Feelin. De did do a medley ending the show with 10,000 Lovers.
Typical set, but I can't complain much since most of those songs rock live.
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^^^ Christopher did mention searches Sogood, seems the old data needs re indexing with the new SW installed, it's only about 180,000 individual posts IIRC.
Glad the speed issue seems to be sorted, the new server must go to one of "those" doctors.
I wouldn't mind more choices in colours if possible. The new messaging is 10/10.
...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
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Oops, I missed the details of Chris' earlier notice.
Bianchi, Ridley, Montague, GT, Garmin and All things Apple
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I've posted this in a few other places, but it doesn't hurt to spread it around:
Until the search function is working (and even after, if you're like me) try using a Google Search with the format "let there be light site:bicycles.net.au", where "let there be light" is what you're searching for. (This works on all web sites and is one of the best things in Google searches!)
I never use the search function in forums because it usually only searches the forum you're in at the time. Google searches the whole web site with that domain name.
Think outside the double triangle.
Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it ....
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Greame - advanced search?
however google does a great job of indexing the site and making it easier for others to find the cool topics.
Currently rebuilding the search index - it really is taking hours.
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Colours look good!
However... I would personally prefer the user ID / avatar / info on the left. Studies on user interaction demonstrate that people tend to look at webpages looking down the left side of the page and then across. Certainly, I seem to find it more difficulty to instantly grasp who the author of a post is with that section on the right.
Anyway, just my thoughts.
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Yes it is all possible - just a matter of working out how and when to do it.
My thoughts are to collect feedback - create a priority list.
For topics with differing opinions - get votes.
For the look and feel I will see about loading other themse so that each member can individually select a theme (in their preferences) in which they prefer.
Just a note - the forums as you see are what you would call a standard installation - so there was not a specific decision to have certain colours or layout - but lets see about how we can update the forum and make it feel more like home.
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Has it been re-indexed yet? If not, then that is the explanation. There is a separate thread on this topic.
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Just want to say I'm loving the speed of the new forum, thanks Christopher! Right now it's the fastest it's ever been for me. Would have to agree WRT the theme/colours (IIRC from way back when I had a PHPBB2 board it's not that hard to add new themes) and I'm also not a fan of avatar on the right. But who cares, it's fast
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Ok, the database has been re-indexed and the search function is now working again. I like the fact that it now displays the actual post rather than the thread the post is in.
Bianchi, Ridley, Montague, GT, Garmin and All things Apple
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Requesting that the maximum horizontal pixels for the avatar be doubled so that TLL can fit the front half of his horse
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PAIN - this TOO will pass
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Even if this suggestion is not implemented, any chance of increasing the allowable filesize from the current 9kB to 20kB (or so)?
Salsa Casseroll, Avanti Quantum, Specialized Tricross, Cell SS
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Same here... Still can't search any historical posts...
2005 Yamaha R6 (R46 Yellow/Black)
2006 Giant Alias MTB (Grey)
2007 Giant XTC C1 - Project MTB (Carbon)
2007 Teschner Euro Pro - Custom Road (Carbon/Red)
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I did 9 hours worth of indexing - before I had to then packup - so it was not finished and the search index is therefor only partly accessible.
I will try again and let it run... see what happens - if we have any luck.
Regarding avatar size - no way - not increasing the size. a page of 25 posts each with a 20kb avatar - absolutely crazy!
regarding the design... yep - I will collect and take all suggestions onboard for consideration.
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I agree. Small avatar is the go and keep page loading efficient. For fancy pictures, there are photo hosting sites that one can link to.
Bianchi, Ridley, Montague, GT, Garmin and All things Apple
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Fair enough. Worth asking the question .
Salsa Casseroll, Avanti Quantum, Specialized Tricross, Cell SS
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Sorry but I thought the whole idea behind using an off the shelf board such as phpBB was the fact that someone else had already done all the work and put it out there to share around?
phpBB Styles Database
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I do like the new layout, more modern etc. I do have one bugbear though, and others may or may not agree.
When browsing forums, i am finding it really hard to quickly identify threads and thread titles. I am finding that the thread title itself is too close in colour and size to the author and date stamp under it. Like the thread title should be slightly bolder and the author/datestamp maybe a point or 2 smaller in font size and maybe a colour slightly softer than the thread title. There is just so much going on now (new post icons view unread first post icon, thread title, author, stamp) and the colours of each alternating thread backgrounds are very close, that when scanning the thread for new titles or familiar threads, its just harder to do.
Anyways, thats my suggestion/rant, its not bad at all, but I think it needs slightly better hierarchy.
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This prosilver theme is driving me insane. Will be back when there are some other options
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Partly true - though someone still had to install, add, change etc etc etc.
What I am doing is getting feedback and making sure there is a general consensus for changes, then based on the priority/importance will make the changes.
rocketeer, yes, I agree - it seems like more of a jumble and I will see what options there are to improve this.
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Does the pale yellow cell highlight that follows the cursor annoy anybody else or is it just me?
I'm running out of things to whinge about now the problem with the server is sorted
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I've just sorta gotten used to the new theme... starting to like it now... the avatars etc on the right hand side take some getting used to though...
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Uploading pics to the forum?
I've noticed it's no longer possible to "attach" a pic to a thread. The only option is to post a link to a hosted pic... Is it just me? or is that intentional??
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Don't like the new look?
Well - change it - now possible inside your "User Control Panel".
Full details here >
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Nice one. Thanks Chris!!
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when running cheathappens trainer this exe (i4jdel0.exe) pops up in my task manager, looking through the internet for this .exe i found out it was a virus. can someone please confirm this?
maybe it is due to virus man,because such thing never happens to me.
I don't really think CH trainers are responsible for this. Some virus (A real one) must have infected your PC by some means. Are you sure it is a CH trainer and you have not used any kind of h4x0r trainers in the past?


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A complete and up-to-date guide to becoming a mage. Simple and easy for those new players.
When you create your character, you DO NOT have to keep re-rolling the dice to get the best stats it resets once on the island. To get the best mage possible just ALWAYS put the points on INT, nothing else. Now we have the character made we're off to train. Train on Maple Island until you reach level 8. DO NOT leave until you are level 8 otherwise you cannot ever come back.
You'll primarily want to kill snails for exp. Quests are also a good way to gain exp here, just go to the people with light bulbs on their head and do their quest. Try and collect over 4150 mesos.
I REPEAT every time you level up, put all your points into INT. Since you're going to be a mage, your damage will come from your INT stat. Also, NEVER put any points into HP or MP. Those stats will go up naturally as you level up, and points you put there will decrease your attack power.
Once you reach level 8, head to Southperry and board the boat to Victoria Island. Check your map by pressing W if you're not sure where you are and remember to have collected over 4150 mesos here- you'll see why later.
Now go the potion shop, on the bottom level, buy a Return Scroll to Lith Harbor. Next, find Olaf, and take the quest.
Go to the boat where you entered Victoria, and talk to the man in the ticket booth, make him take you to Ellinia (the magician town.)
In Ellinia, go to the very top and find Grendel the Really Old. Talk to him, complete Olaf's quest. Congratulations! You're a Magician.


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Greenpeace targets Indian PC maker
Posted by: Bruce Einhorn on September 6, 2007
If there's any company that has a chance of becoming India's answer to Lenovo, it's HCL. The PC maker is the top local brand, second in market share only to Hewlett Packard. Now HCL finds itself in the midst of an embarrassing fight with global environmental group Greenpeace. Last week, green activists staged a demonstration (or, as Greenpeace dramatically called it, a "Shame HCL" protest") at the company's headquarters in Noida, near Delhi. Greenpeace's gripe: The demonstrators want HCL "to end the use of hazardous chemicals in its products and accept responsibility for its end-of-life products." In a statement on its website, Greenpeace also criticized HCL's policy on phasing out hazardous chemicals as "misleading 'greenwash'." Adds Greenpeace: "HCL has talked about 'striving' to phase out PVC and BFRs, once 'economically viable technical solutions' exist."
For its part, HCL argues that it is doing nothing wrong. On its website, the company has a press statement from earlier this year from George Paul, the company's executive vice president. According to Paul, "HCL, as a socially responsible corporate citizen, has a comprehensive program to ensure protection of environment, health and safety of all its stakeholders, which also recognizes the need to minimize the hazardous impact of e-wastes of its products on the environment." The company has launched a new range of notebook PCs that are compliant with RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) standards.
Until recently, I bet few people outside of India would care much about the environmental bona fides of an Indian PC maker. India's PC market was tiny, an afterthought for companies focusing more on important Asian markets like China and Japan. But the industry is now taking off as the government has eased tariffs on imported equipment and parts. Demand is soaring and companies like Dell, HP and Lenovo are all boosting their India investments. And with developing countries across Asia and Africa suffering from mountains of toxic e-waste imported from the West, maybe it's not such a bad thing for greens to remind companies that they need to clean up their acts quickly.


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My carb is spitting out fuel I turned down my fuel pressure regulator till it was dang near all the way shut but it is still spitting up fuel but runs fine just nervous about something catching fire
January 10, 2013.
January 10, 2013.
Why are you using a regulator?
It needs a max of 7 lbs before you push past the needle and seat
It needs a max of 7 lbs before you push past the needle and seat
Jan 10, 2013.
Jan 10, 2013.
Because the motor that was in there originally was a built 302 and I wanted to kinda run the same setup for now with this stop setup but tune everything down instead of pulling it all and having to re install it when I build another 302 and put it in there
Stock setup sorry I just got out of the army and need to ship it and since the motor just blew on me a few months ago I put a stock one in to just get it moving under its own power so they will ship it all I gta do is fix this issue and hook up there jimmy rigged clutch linkage an ill be golden lol
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- Make everyone pay their fair share: Implement Tax Clearance System in Pa.
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It doesn't have to be this way. The General Assembly could act favorably on a commonsense approach to local fiscal stability by giving us a tool to cut property taxes and help support critical funding for police and fire services.
House Bill 1858 gives counties the option to increase the sales tax by 1 percent. Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties have had this option for years. In fact, 40 states have enacted a local sales tax to support local communities. It is a fair way to help pay for services used by visitors and other "out of towners."
But is this the right time to raise any tax? Actually it is the best time to reduce property taxes, and that's exactly what counties and local governments would be required to do under the proposal. For example, if $4 million were collected for the city of York, $2 million would go directly to municipal property tax reduction. That's 2.1 mils of tax or $118 on an average residential property assessed at $56,000. That's real property tax reduction for the first time in 30 years.
Where would the non-tax reduction funds go? In York, 70 percent of our city budget funds public safety services. The dramatic increase in health care costs and automatic salary increases in our union contracts have had a detrimental impact on our public safety costs. Having attended many neighborhood meetings over the years, cutting cops and firefighters has never been embraced by residents. In fact, we have heard loudly and clearly that they want more officers patrolling and more firefighters inspecting properties and helping to fight blight.
Through grants and the elimination of non-public-safety positions, the number of York City police officers now totals 106. With that said, when grant-funding alternative sources of revenue for these positions expire, city government will be back to square one in terms of keeping up with current staffing levels.
This restructuring can be effective; however, reducing personnel has its negative impacts as well. The loss of institutional knowledge and fewer people doing more adversely affects customer service and outcome-based performance.
HB 1858 is the right way to enact a tax. Why not have a system of tax fairness that can evolve regionally?
But remember, the local option is only enacted when the county adopts it or a majority of municipalities with the most people publicly support it. In other words, it will only happen if your local leaders work to get it. Enacting the option is certainly not automatic.
Yes, as Pennsylvania goes, this is a relatively new idea and may cause the anti-tax fervor to add disciples to the growing chorus of those vehemently opposed to any tax of any kind, anywhere. I wonder where these same people have been for the last 30 years as local governments have been forced to dramatically increase the over-burdensome property tax while state legislators could walk around spouting that they didn't raise your taxes.
Let's get it right this time. Let's make sure our local communities are strong enough to weather the recession by avoiding cuts in public safety services. Let's do it with a new relationship between the commonwealth and our local communities. Give us the tools to make the tough choices and we'll get the job done.
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NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Demand for rented homes has halved and rents are down by 25% in several popular residential localities in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, as India Inc tightens housing budgets in its battle against economic slowdown.
In Mumbai, rentals in marquee buildings like the sea-facing Haveli on Malabar Hill, NCPA Apartments at Nariman Point and Maker Towers at Cuffe Parade, where rentals range between Rs 5.5 lakh and Rs 12 lakh a month, are down by up to 30%. In Delhi's Vasant Vihar, West End, Chanakyapuri, Shanti Niketan and farmhouses in Chattarpur and West End Greens, rentals have dropped 25% in the last one year.


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After New Life Christian Fellowship in Supply opened its weekly meal and clothing program for Brunswick County homeless called Showers of Blessing on Monday nights earlier this month, they expected to be busy.
Donated clothes are carefully stacked by size from infant to adult in the upstairs of the church's activity center. A special bathroom has been outfitted with various toiletries for anyone who needs to take a shower. Silk flowers sit in glass vases atop the refrigerator ready to add some cheer to the Monday night dinner tables.
But the program isn't being used, said Theresa Tese, director of the program. She's also the founder of four-year-old Comfort Socks, a local nonprofit that has distributed more than 43,000 socks to agencies and nonprofits that serve the homeless in the state.
In the three weeks since Showers of Blessing has been active, only a handfull of people have come on Monday nights. Showers of Blessing is open 5-7 p.m. each Monday night at New Life, 2162 Stone Chimney Road SW in Supply.
"The obstacle is getting people to understand it's a safe place and how to find the church because it's a hard church to find," Tese said of the church on Stone Chimney Road in Supply. "I can't stand the thought of a child or someone going hungry today. It just shouldn't be. We're not in a Third World country."
Tese said after New Life was a host site for Brunswick County Streetreach in November, they wanted to start a weekly dinner program to help the homeless or low-income population have a meal and a place to shower. She added that they didn't want to compete with Streetreach but to add to the help in the county for the homeless. Churches in the Brunswick County Streetreach program host homeless people nightly until 7 a.m. each morning for one week, and the program moves on to another church the next week. The program was the first of its kind in the county. Though Brunswick does not have a publicly funded homeless shelter, the county's commissioners recently recognized the growing role the nonprofit sector is playing in caring for the poor.
In November 2012, at the urging of the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition, the Brunswick County Commissioners adopted a proclamation of a week in November called the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Brunswick County.
The Streetreach host site this week is First Baptist Church of Shallotte. Pastor Bob Weathers at First Baptist said about 15 homeless people stayed at his church on Monday night (Jan. 28).
Showers of Blessing hopes to add one more tool to the fight against hunger and homelessness, Tese said. One of the donors to the program bought 105 pairs of underwear in all different sizes and large bath towels.
"She said to me, 'When a person comes out of the shower, I want them to know that it's Jesus that's covering them," she said. "The heart of giving whatever you can give is beautiful."
According to Streetreach statistics, the organization helped 196 individuals, kept five families from being evicted and paid power bills for eight families in 2012, its first full year of seasonal operation.
At Showers of Blessing, the volunteers sit down to eat and fellowship with the guests.
"We just want to comfort them and give them a good hot meal. If that helps them be able to tie ends together then so be it," she added. "We're ready. Everything's all set. We just need the people."
Details: Call the church for a ride to Showers of Blessing each Monday night, 910-269-8577 or 910-842-3201.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- State lawmakers and education officials have filed a state lawsuit to have the Alabama Accountability Act ruled unconstitutional.
The Montgomery Advertiser reported Wednesday that the suit was filed on behalf of Democratic state Sen. Quinton Ross of Montgomery, Lowndes County schools Superintendent Daniel Boyd and Alabama Education Association president Anita Gibson.
They say the Accountability Act diverts money to schools that may be religious, and they take issue with the way the law was passed during the last legislative session.
The Alabama Accountability Act provides tax credits of about $3,500 for parents looking to transfer their children from schools that are considered failing to participating private schools.
The Southern Poverty Law Center also filed a lawsuit this month to try blocking the legislation from being implemented.
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Matthew Messer and Wendy Ruiz make the dance floor their home at Palms Bar and Grill.
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After attending a local club's Latin night party, friends Eligio Soto and Rene Valle left with one thought: They could do it differently, and they could do it better.
When they were presented with the opportunity, the veterans and business partners did just that. Their creation was Palms Bar and Grill, where customers leave knowing Soto and Valle personally and have a new appreciation for Latin culture.
Though all types of music are offered on Fridays, Palms is known for Saturday nights, where Soto and Valle have brought their Puerto Rican roots to their own Latin night. Latin Night Saturdays ...


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Review: My boss and I ordered from California Vegan,thinking it would be a flavorful healthy change for lunch,as he is a vegetarian and I am a vegan. It was horrid! Granted, the delivery service was very quick, but the food was flavorless and very greasy. I ordered the mock chicken Pad Se Ew with the raw Tony rolls, and he ordered the Kung Pao mock chicken lunch special. His Kung Pao was very, very tiny, not to mention that to his dismay, there were only 2 pieces of mock chicken. He said it was very greasy,and was flavorless. My Pad Se Ew was probably the greasiest I ever had ( yuk) and the Tony rolls were filled with very VERY strong basil. They were awful. I mostly got greasy noodles and flavorless sauce, and the overcooked broccoli was slimy. We tried to call to complain, but no one really cared. Bulan Thai is a MUCH better choice for Thai Vegan!!
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"Books and films" days in Belgrade: 12 - 14 December (Belgrade)
The film festival "Days of films and games" will be held in Belgrade from Monday 12th of December to Wednesday 14th of December.
On the festival six films that marked the last few years of cinema, will be shown. One of them is a film of German-Austrian co-production "The Counterfeiters" (German: Die Fälscher) written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, who won the Oscar in the competition for the Best Foreign Language Film.
During the three-day festival an exhibition of books that inspired the most popular film hits will be also held. The publishers have announced discounts of up to 50 percent.
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