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Karbo told reporters one of the cases concerned a 14-year-old boy who is thought to have died two weeks ago in Guinea and then been taken back to his village on the Sierra Leonean side of the border in the eastern district of Kono.
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The Little Sprouts Garden is full of sunshine, laughter, color and children watering plants, learning about soil, blowing bubbles and making music.
The Little Sprouts Garden is full of sunshine, laughter, color and children watering plants, learning about soil, blowing bubbles and making music.
Young children lean in around Master Gardener, Steve Bottino. Steve kneels behind a bench covered in newspaper. On top of the newspaper is a pile of black dirt. Today the five to 7-year-olds are learning about soil types.
Every week about 110 children participate in a different lessons out in the garden. They will learn about plant spacing, insects, plant diseases, dividing plants and basic care for a garden, among others.
Adjacent to the bench, are black buckets. Each bucket is filled with a different soil — sandy, clay and loam. Spreading out the soil he asks the children what they can find in the soil.
"What do the plants eat out of here?" he asks. He names off possibilities like leaves, twigs, bugs and other things. The children do not see any insects. Bottino then asks them what else they can see. "Some grass" a child responds.
"Basically we want to educate kids where their food comes from and try to help them learn about gardening skills and life skills," said Kim Christman, Educator for Youth Development at Stephenson County University of Illinois Extension.
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Each age group is responsible for a garden. Gardens include: the Friendship, Pizza, Salad Bowl, Butterfly, Viny, Secret Sunflower gardens and 5-Senses Plot. The children will have a chance to show the gardens to the public at a Family Garden Party from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
The five to 7-year-olds are responsible for the Rainbow Garden. Steve stands up and tells the children to water their garden. The children race to small multicolored watering cans. One child asks to water some plants in the center of the garden. Steve reminds her to walk on the dirt paths between the flowers.
"Every time they come out here we take them for a little learning process something to do with gardening," he said. "We spent the last couple of weeks talking about seeds."
After watering, they get to play in the garden. A racket of clanging and banging begins. A few children have found their way to one of the new gardens — the Sound Garden — made up of wood and metal and PVC pipes.
Nearby, Gabriel Williams, 5, tosses beanbags at a wooden clown part of another new garden. In the Circus garden, the plants are shaped into a big top. Gabriel said his favorite part of gardening is watering. He also likes to blow bubbles and play in the Sound Garden. The Three Sisters garden is also a new plot. It has an American Indian theme with corn, beans and squash.
Dominic Mannino, 6, and his brother Anthony, 7, blow bubbles in the Five Senses Garden. Anthony said they like to help plant and water tomato plants in their grandmother's garden.
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Little Sprouts is a 4-H youth development program with the University of Illinois Extension in cooperation with YMCA Day Care Center, YMCA Day Camps, Highland Community College and Freeport School District.
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HI, ive got a fault with my focus tdci 1.8 2002 and it wont start without easy start. My diagnostics is showing p0335 Crankshaft position sensor A malfunction. Ive looked everywhere on my engine and cannot find this sensor, ive ordered a new one and was told the sensor was next to the starter motor but i still cant find it. Can anyone explain exactly where this sensor it please.
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It should be at the front left hand side of the engine, near the flywheel.
Posted 31 December 2013 - 02:26 PM
It's almost under the front of the clutch pedal. playing hide & seek with the cat. You have to lie on your back and go in head first from the front, and it'll be just above your face!
Posted 31 December 2013 - 02:34 PM
Thanks for the advice im going to have a look now and see if i can get to it.
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Found it and got it out. Done exactly as you said and went under on my back under the pedal and found it just to the left of the cat. Got a new one ordered, just hoping that will solve my issue of it only starting with easy start. Then my injectors need recoded which i still cant find a software anywhere that can do the job. Thanks for your help everyone
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ALBANY, Ga. -- Two separate incidents Sunday sent three people to a local hospital and one to the Dougherty County Jail.
At 4:10 a.m., the Albany Police Department was called out to 301 E. Oglethorpe Blvd., the site of China Palace, in reference to a shooting.
There were two groups of females arguing in the vicinity when authorities say Jerald Reid, 20, pulled out a handgun and shot Brian Massey and Ronald Taylor.
Reid was booked in the Dougherty County Jail on Sunday afternoon.
"Reid is being charged with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, use of an article with an altered I.D. and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon," said Phyllis Banks, spokeswoman with the APD.
Both Massey and Taylor were taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and later released, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Around 5 a.m. on the other side of town, officers were called out to 3118 Savannah Lane in reference to a stabbing. The victim was 24-year-old Takelia Jones.
"She was bleeding heavily from several stab wounds," Banks said Monday afternoon. "Investigators are waiting to speak to her."
Banks added that no suspects had been named yet in the case. Jones was taken to Phoebe and was released.
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On Tuesday Winona County prosecutors charged Pamela Ann Fahy with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.
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"Is there an app for that?"
For the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, that answer soon may be "yes," thanks to a new class.
The university's school of journalism this fall offered a two-semester course for the first time that encourages students to conceptualize and create a smartphone app for the museum. Along with journalism students, the class appealed to students with a variety of skills from other colleges, such as architecture and design.
Al Tims, the journalism school's director, said size, proximity and dedication to education made the Weisman Art Museum, or WAM, the perfect place. "The Weisman is an important asset in the community," he said. "It's in our back yard, and they care about the students."
Instructor Camille LeFevre said the class offers real-world experiences for students. "App development is a growing field," she said. "They (students) want to be able to put this in their portfolio and take it out to the job market."
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The 14 students include architecture, graphic design, art history and journalism majors. They are focusing on creating the concept for the app, starting with studying museum apps from around the world. They also have met with staff and other officials to figure out the vision for the final product.
"We've gotten so much good information from the WAM staff," public relations major Paige Dietz said. "It's hard to narrow down to a concise and focused vision that you want to create for your app."
The class was divided into three teams, each asked to collaborate to make a wireframe, a basic outline proposing a concept for the app and how it would function, which they presented to museum staff in late November, LeFevre said.
The museum will decide which concepts and features best fit its vision, and students then will propose a final concept at semester's end.
Although nothing will be final until next semester, possible features might include an interactive map of art on campus, interviews with local artists and a feature that would allow users to create their own personalized art gallery.
The idea of the app is to create features that give users a chance to learn and engage, LeFevre said.
"This is where I am encouraging them to be creative, to think outside the box and to not make an ordinary app," LeFevre said. "We'll deal with the reality of it next semester."
The size of the class, which is one of just a few classes that are developing apps, is expanding in the spring to about 20 students to make room for those with additional skill sets, such as video broadcasting, photojournalism, coding or app experience.
LeFevre said interdisciplinary collaboration between students with different skills and educational backgrounds is one of the biggest takeaways of the class.
For strategic communications major Alexis Swanson, it's her favorite part.
"Usually in the journalism school I never work with anyone from different colleges, but we have people from the college of design and the college of architecture," she said. "It's nice because I get to meet new people."
Tims echoed that sentiment. "I think this immersive experience that brings students together who sometimes wouldn't connect is what the university needs to be about today," he said.
Next semester, the students will prepare the app concept for Apple to review, as well as propose a marketing campaign. However, completion of the app and funding ultimately is the museum's responsibility, LeFevre said.
"That's something that comes down the road," she said. "We hope that the app would be free, but that's WAM's decision to make."
Challenges may come into play as students work on creating content and figuring out what will work and what won't, LeFevre said.
But she has high hopes.
"Their concepts at this point are very workable, very fresh and creative," she said. "I'm very proud of them.


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Couple tie the knot mid-cyclone
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- April 14, 2014
AIN'T no cyclone strong enough to keep me from getting to you, babe.
Cyclone Ita threatened to gatecrash the wedding of El Arish couple Rachel Skirde and Jason Di Mauro but the monster storm did not reckon with the determination of a bride who had been waiting a decade for her big day.
With the entire community rallying around them, offers of home-cooked meals to cater for the wedding came pouring in when it seemed like the caterers would not make it and many of the 170 guests risked being stranded in the Far North because of flooded roads.
The couple and their guests ended up around the bar at Castaways Resort instead of feeling the sand of Mission Beach under their toes.
But with the waves crashing triumphantly in the background, and their gorgeous children Ayla, 2, and Sebastiano, 11 months, by their side, Mr and Mrs Di Mauro said 'I do' on Saturday afternoon as Ita barrelled toward them.
"I thought about calling it off but my family and friends kept reassuring me that it would be all right and that's what got me through," Mrs Di Mauro said.
"I'll be able to tell the kids one day mummy and daddy were crazy and got married in the middle of the cyclone."
Any talk of postponing the wedding was off limits despite Cyclone Ita lingering in the background.
Mr Di Mauro, a cane harvester driver, knew he would be met with a force even stronger than a Category 5 if he suggested they delay the big day until after the next crushing season.
"It was either have it now or wait another year and I know Rachel wouldn't have been happy about that," he said.
As they partied the night away in the El Arish Hall with the cyclone pounding down outside, the couple proved life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass – it's about learning to dance in the rain.
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Lynda Colwell Posted at 3:22 PM April 14, 2014
Wonderful, congratulations to you both.
maggie of bushy beach of bushland beach Posted at 7:00 AM April 14, 2014
good on them, just goes to show that nothing can stop true love from finding a way, I wish them all the best and a long and happy life together . What god has joined together ,no cyclone can tear apart.


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Exhibition RE: Follow-ed
My book Recounted is currently on view in Re: Follow-ed (after Hokusai), an exhibition curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler at the Cabinet du livre d'artiste in Rennes. The show runs from September 28 to December 3, 2015. You can find the invitation here.
Poetry International
One Swimming Pool will be exhibited during Poetry International in Rotterdam from June 7 – 13. The book will be on view at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg in the context of the language & ART Gallery Tour. A timelapse video made during one of its installations on the floor will also be shown.
Exhibition Sequence I
The exhibition Sequence I aims to show Dutch artists' books in an international context. It draws from the collections of the Groninger Museum and private collector Henk Woudsma and is curated by Henk Woudsma, Rein Jelle Terpstra and Barthold Boksem. See the invite here and a list of works on view here.
On view at Academie Minerva in Groningen, The Netherlands, from March 12 – 27.
Exhibition In Peril on the Sea
My work will be on view in the exhibition In Peril on the Sea: Sailing Ships, Stormy Seas, curated by Clive Phillpot at CHELSEA space in London. The exhibition runs from 28 January 2015 to 20 March 2015, with a private view on 27 January, 18:00–20.30.
From the press release:
Taking an excerpt from the text written for the booklet, A Voyage on the North Sea (1974) by the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers, "It is up to the attentive reader to find out what devilish motive inspired this book's publication" as a provocation, the exhibition sets out to question and explore 'motive' and 'decoy' within artistic and curatorial practice.
Both a film and book, A Voyage on the North Sea were distributed together as part of the same package. Thematically connected, the works mutually consisted of 19th and 20th century nautical images including photographic reproductions of an amateur 'grand master' painting along with a photograph of a contemporary sailboat. This work, along with many of Broodthaers' written, object-based and site-specific environments were not widely known in his lifetime – but this work has latterly been canonised within the sphere of contemporary art, not least in part by attention of the renowned US critic Rosalind Krauss in such works as A Voyage on the North Sea: Art in the Age of the Post-Medium Condition (2000).
Looking at artists who, like Broodthaers, approach art production from a post-medium perspective, the exhibition will display works from Lawrence Weiner and Ed Ruscha that contemplate the mysterious and somewhat perilous nature of making and showing art – by being, manifestly, 'at sea'. Reproductions of nautical works by Willem van de Velde the Younger, Peter Monamy and J.M.W. Turner, unobtainable in their original formats, will be presented via forms of secondary documentation, endlessly accessible and reproducible via printed or digital means.
Book works by Helen Douglas and Elisabeth Tonnard as well as other works from the Special Collections at Chelsea will be on display alongside ephemera and other items.
Exhibition Reading Room
Tonight is the opening for 'Reading Room', at the Owens Art Gallery. The exhibition presents artists' books and book-like objects by Canadian and international artists. Through intervention, alteration and re-presentation the artists in the exhibition draw attention to how we read, understand, and interact with books. The exhibition includes works by Kristen Atkins, Amelia Bird, Adam David Brown, Michael Dumontier, Lucy Harrison, Emmanuelle Jacques, Micah Lexier, Heidi Neilson, Dave Dyment and Roula Partheniou, Karen Reimer, and Elisabeth Tonnard.
Curated by Kirsty Bell and Lucy MacDonald and produced with the support of the Canada Council of the Arts. The show runs until February 8.
Stedelijk Museum book fair
In the weekend of January 17 and 18, I'll be participating in the new book fair at the Stedelijk. You'll find my books and me at the table I am sharing with Joachim Schmid.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ABN Amro gallery (basement of the 'bathtub')
17 – 18 January 2014
Saturday 12 – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
On Sunday at 1 pm there will be a speed tour of my work in the exhibition On The Move: Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design. The fair includes a special selection of art books from this show as well as tours and booksignings by participating artists.
Guided tour at Van Abbe
On December 21 there will be a short tour through my exhibition Elisabeth Tonnard Artists' Books 2003-2014 at the Van Abbe museum. I'll highlight a few themes in my work. It starts at 1 pm in the library and ends at 3 in the DIY archive (where a selection of books will be available for closer inspection). You can sign up here.


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|Cervical pregnancy--a forgotten entity in family practice.
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|BACKGROUND: Cervical pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy that is associated with considerable maternal morbidity and a high mortality rate if early diagnosis and treatment are not carried out in a timely fashion. METHODS: The current medical literature was reviewed by searching MEDLINE files from 1985 to 1996, using the key words "ectopic pregnancy" and "cervical pregnancy." Older articles were accessed from cross-reference of the more recent publications. RESULTS: The incidence of cervical pregnancy is 1 in 2400 deliveries and represents less than 1.0 percent of all ectopic pregnancies. No clear cause of cervical pregnancy has been described, and criteria for the clinical, pathologic, and sonographic diagnosis have been well established. The most common clinical complaint is painless vaginal bleeding. Routine transvaginal sonography early on allows for conservative management and avoids adverse outcomes. Methotrexate administered systemically and by intra-amniotic instillation are the therapeutic options of choice. Gestational age and the presence or absence of fetal cardiac activity are major prognostic factors for its success. CONCLUSION: Earlier diagnosis of cervical pregnancy using sonography and conservative management of this condition have reduced considerably the morbidity and mortality associated with this rare form of ectopic pregnancy and have helped preserve a woman's future fertility.
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|Title: The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice Volume: 10 ISSN: 0893-8652 ISO Abbreviation: J Am Board Fam Pract Publication Date: 1997 Jul-Aug
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|Created Date: 1997-09-02 Completed Date: 1997-09-02 Revised Date: 2005-11-16
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Woolworths' new hardware chain, Masters Home Improvement, recently unveiled a $3 billion venture that seeks to increase their brand's recognition among consumers. The organization has introduced a logo that it hopes potential customers will quickly find memorable, according to Startup Smart. "For Masters, we wanted something timeless that would be instantly memorable and recognizable," Hans […]
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Creating a worthy brand name is perhaps one of the most challenging creative aspects of any small business. There are certain strategies that should be taken into consideration when deciding on ways to market a company. Small Business Branding reports that although a logo is important, it's not something a small business should spend a […]
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According to Trade-Show-Adviser.com, exhibiting at a trade show is often essential for businesses that are working to attract new customers. However, the opportunity comes with the risk of spending a lot of money without achieving the desired traffic. A strong promotional plan will help draw in new visitors and bring in new business. Attracting crowds […]
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Hey all,Sole Sister V here. Summerlike temperatures have finally broken out in northwest Ohio. This is one of my favorite times of year. No more bundling up like a hobo to go for a run outside, no more obsessive worrying over whether a blizzard will cancel a long run, and no more need to wear closed-toe shoes every where you go. It's sandal season! Its feeling the grass beneath your feet time! And naked toes at the beach day! And then, you look down and realize that after a whole season of marathon training, your toes ... look ... like ... this:
Um, wow. Where do I begin? I've got some black, white, reddish, yellowish -- let's face it: I have the United Colors of Benetton of toes going on right now. I knew the second toe on my right foot was turning black, so I treated it as best I could. And by "treating" it, I mean I kept a steady supply of dark burgundy nail polish on ALL of my toes at ALL times. They didn't hurt (not since I had switched to a Saucony Virrata from a pair of Brooks months and months ago), and I didn't want to watch the transformation of pretty toes to icky toes, so I thought I'd just keep them under wraps. So, it was to my great surprise this week when I finally took the polish off and found not just one black toenail, but about five little monstrosities. Some little piggies go to market; my little piggies just went through hell.
So right now, I'm soaking my feet in warm water and Epsom salts. I'll give my feet a light pumice rub, then cut my toenails straight across, using clippers that I dipped in alcohol first. And then, my toes are going to get a nice coat of dark-colored nail polish. TIP: If you want to wear a lighter color polish over a black toe, ladies (or gents, if you're so inclined), use an opaque, bright-white polish first as your base layer, let that dry, and then put your lighter color on top. You'll in effect "mask" the black toe so the top color won't be affected as much. OK, I'm off to pamper my piggies so I can wear my sandals without grossing out the general population.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to each other. -- V
They look nice now!
I agree. I think you've inspired me to do my toes tonight!
Decide who you want to be, and go be it.
Be Fearless. Be 261. - K. Switzer
Hahahaha well done. I've got some messed up big toenails (or lack thereof) right now that are...modified...by some nail polish.
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 26.2.
So this is kind of a before and after thing, with instructions. That's why they call this the loop!
Those were some scary looking toes in the first pic, but you sure know how to make the most of things. Well done!
- Emma (formerly MJ --- it's a long story)
It's like you have brand new feet.
Life's a little better when we run.
Thanks y'all! I was calling them FrankenFeet for awhile there. It's amazing what a new coat of color can do.
A little TLC and those piggies are looking shiny and new!
This is a welcome blog entry in the Loop. It may also belong in Cosmopolitan.
"Glory is Fleeting, Anonymity is Forever"
Speed+Pavement = a fling
Distance+Trails = True Love
They looked OK to me.
Attitude is everything
Update: While they looked pretty, two of these nails still bit the big one after three 5Ks! At this point, sandals be damned: My feet have a story to tell, for anyone who cares enough to wonder what's wrong with them. I'll keep the nails i have as pretty as I can, for as long as I can, lol.


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New Look Hockey Prospectus is available with new Premium Content!Limited time offer: $9.99 for an entire year!
April 10, 2010
The Blue Line
Tiger Crazy
by Matthew Coller
"Isn't that nice."
That was the local media's sentiment when the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers won the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament, earning their first NCAA bid. The tournament, which was held in Rochester, was pretty bare; a sea of blue seats and plenty of room to stretch in the press box. The now-famous "Corner Crew" chants and pep band echoed throughout the arena like a single basketball bouncing in a gym.
RIT's 0-5 start to the 2009-10 season caused local news stations and the lone Rochester newspaper to tune out the Tigers. The blare of Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball overtook the air waves. While the old boys gushed over Wesley Johnson's jumper, the Tigers quietly dominated college hockey going 27-7-1 after the slow start and 15-2 in front of the Corner Crew.
But, who could blame the media for ignoring RIT? Head coach Wayne Wilson isn't exactly Jim Beoheim. RIT has never had a Derek Coleman or Carmelo Anthony (zero NHL players). They don't sell jerseys in department stores. And, the only households that knew the names of the RIT Tigers were dorm rooms. It was just four years ago that the Tigers won nine games and lost 24 in their inaugural season as a Division I men's hockey team. Sure, the Tigers had won 20 games twice since becoming a Division I program, but the team had failed to win the AHA tournament and secure a bid to the NCAA tournament.
Even as the Tigers blew through 10 straight games without a loss, nobody was looking. The 'Cuse volume had been turned up even louder as the Orangemen shot to No. 1 in the country. Rochester's eyes were fixated Eastward. The Tigers won their final eight games allowing just 12 goals and still remained a fifth page story.
RIT finally got to stand in the shadow of the limelight when "in other news" they smashed Canisius and Sacred Heart 4-0, 6-1 in the AHA tournament. Isn't that nice.
The Tigers then traveled a few hours down I-90 to Albany, NY, to play the Denver Pioneers. The Pioneers, who came into the NCAA tournament ranked No. 2, are coached by 500-plus game winner George Gwozdecky. Denver's program produced Olympian Paul Stastny and 125 other NHL players in the program's history, which dates back to before hockey players wore helmets. The history also includes seven NCAA titles and over 1,200 wins.
Five minutes into the first period, freshman defensemen Chris Tanev flung a wrist shot top shelf past Denver Pioneers goalie Marc Cheverie. RIT Tigers up 1-0. Cheverie, a contender for the Hobey Baker Award, had a save percentage of .932 for 2009-10 season and had already been drafted by the Florida Panthers.
Cool, they have a lead, that's nice, but there's no way RIT, who is not allowed to give scholarships, beats the No. 2 team in the country. RIT goalie Jared DeMichiel (a die-hard Hartford Whalers fan) became increasingly confident, stopping 39 shots as the Tigers found a way to grind out a 2-1 victory. The local media, still mourning from Syracuse's Sweet 16 defeat, finally started to pay attention. They stammered and struggled with RIT players' names. They yammered with ambiguous, non-specific sports bar talk, using more clichés than the coaches and players.
The Tigers weren't done. They defeated the University of New Hampshire 6-2 and were headed to the Frozen Four at Ford Field in Detroit. All the sudden, Rochester was "Tiger crazy." Front page news. The Rochester media spent the next 10 days looking for every angle from DeMichiel's helmet (which features a Whalers logo) to center Cameron Burt's homecoming in the Motor City. I was told by a local anchor "nobody saw it coming." That happens when nobody's watching.
The loyal Corner Crew made the trip to Detroit only to see the Tigers knocked off by the Wisconsin Badgers 8-1. They called RIT the George Mason or Butler of the hockey world. They threw around 1980 Olympic references. They called them bracket-busters. They were completely unable to put RIT's victory in context due to pure ignorance about the sport and the team.
The reality is that RIT isn't at all like Butler. Butler gives top recruits scholarships, RIT does not have that luxury. They had to lure players who were passed over by every major program. The team wasn't just an underdog, each player was – in his own way – an underdog. Goalie DeMichiel played for the Junior Blues of the Eastern Junior Hockey League, the Boston Harbor Wolves in the EJHL, the Indianapolis Ice in the United States Hockey League and the Chicago Steel in the USHL. All in a two-year span. Nobody offered him a scholarship.
As the Tigers returned to Rochester after their 8-1 loss, they were greeted by hundreds of those who had been in the Corner all season. The TV crews were there, probably a newspaper guy, too. The homecoming brought an end to the RIT coverage. A local talk radio host interviewed coach Wilson concluding with "isn't that nice." It seems we're still years away from the time that hockey is treated like a first class citizen in the sports media world.
Matthew Coller is host of The Blue Line Show on ESPN 950 Rochester and is an author of the Business of Sports Network.
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I tender the ground so hard and dry
To ensure I grow the best possible
Seething hatred before I wither and die
The seeds I sow are created from pain
The kind that makes you soul bleed
And the blows of a fist over and over again
The nourishment they thrive upon
Are the salted tears of sorrow and despair
Hastily collected before they are gone
My fertiliser of choice not for the faint of heart
And the shit that I spread from the decaying dead
Give my unholy seeds, the best possible start.
So I tender the ground with tools made of bone
As I while away the centuries and beyond
With no-one else to care for, but myself alone
I care for my seeds like a father doth his spawn
To help them along and nurture and grow
With the ultimate glory for them to be born
So with tears and faeces I tend to my young
Talking all the time to them of the lives ahead
Their hurt and betrayal not yet even begun
So I watch as my hatred grows to wondrous heights
Seeing the potential they now have to offer
And my thoughts drift off to imagine the delights
I bid my children goodbye, with a blood red tear
As they go into the world to spread unrest
And a large proportion of unbridled Fear!
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That is one great recognition to the effort of the organization and people in producing quality milk products. - Marla Ahlgrimm
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In honor of June Dairy Month, Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson today released the annual list of top Minnesota dairy herds with low somatic cell counts (SCC). Somatic cell count is a key indicator of milk quality – a lower SCC count is better for cheese production and a longer shelf life. This year, 115 dairy farms are being recognized for superior herd management skills by achieving an average under 100,000 SCC.
For more than a decade Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and University of Minnesota dairy experts have been working with the state's dairy farmers to lower somatic cell counts. When the initiative began in 2003, the 100 herds honored that year included those with SCC averages as high as 144,000, compared to the goal of obtaining a SCC under 100,000.
Although somatic cells occur naturally and are not a food safety concern, dairy farmers monitor them because processors will pay a premium for milk with low counts. A farmer whose herd has a very low count can receive significantly more per hundredweight compared to a farmer whose herd average is high.
The farmers who make the list receive a certificate of congratulations signed by Commissioner Frederickson. Congratulations to the following list producers:
Top Minnesota Dairy Herds
That is one great recognition to the effort of the organization and people in producing quality milk products. - Marla Ahlgrimm


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An unknown accusation
Thinks it has persuasion.
But it's false!
Its insults every pulse!
Lay off that claim!
You should be put to shame!
I hate your game!
Gossip feeds your fame!
Your lies aren't anything!
Your words disgusting.
You claims aren't accurate;
Your story is chronicled hate.
We need to deflate your head!
Make your evil mind dead.
I'm not standing for this,
And neither is all the rest!
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Lexington, Ky. (WKYT) - UK freshman Nerlens Noel, the big man out of Everett, Massachusetts says he's eligible. Coach John Calipari never expressed any concern that Noel would be coming to Lexington but he did need to take two summer school courses to meet NCAA Standards.
"Sandy Bell called me and woke me up," Noel told CBSSports.com on Wednesday afternoon. "She told me I was good to go. I knew I did it, but I was still nervous waiting on the official word."
Noel went on to say he an A in English and a B-plus in history.
"I needed two B's," Noel said. "I never studied that hard in my life."
CBSSports.com reported Noel will leave for Lexington on Aug. 19 and quoted Noel as saying he struggled this past week in California at the adidas nations camp, "It was frustrating," Noel said of his play. "I just didn't have my wind, but it was all worth it because the focus was to get eligible for this season."
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The Cuminkwartz League is entering its 31st season and Gary Lepak, the organizer and secretary of the league, has kept meticulous records since its inception.
His records are kept in pen and pencil.
"I'm not very computer literate," he says.
His records list everyone who bowled in the league, their number of games, total pin fall, average, high game and high series. In addition, he lists all league champions and season-ending 9-pin tap tournament winners.
But it's not very time consuming - only 60 bowlers have competed in the league since its inception, leading Lepak to tout it as the area's and probably one of the nation's smallest bowling leagues.
"It averages only four or five each night. Last year, our biggest turnout was six, and our record was 12 or 13 one night when we were at Western," he said.
Doug Phillips, Jim Zillmer, Tim Karcz, Bill Zielinski and Lepak formed the league.
"We were five young guys just out of high school who started the league," Lepak said.
He is the only one still bowling regularly, although Zielinski returned last year and bowled six games.
The league took its name from a sign outside a liquor store.
"One of the guys worked at the store and they had a real cheap wine on sale and had a sign out in front, so we borrowed it, just the way they had it on the sign," Lepak said.
Although the league isn't sanctioned by the Green Bay-Bay Area USBC Bowling Association, most of its bowlers are sanctioned in other leagues. It is open to men and women.
In addition to being small, the league is somewhat of a vagabond group. It was formed at Red Carpet, then moved to Ashwaubenon and then to Western Lanes. From there it was back to Ashwaubenon, then to Pro Bowl for one year until again returning to Ashwaubenon, where it is currently.
The league competes every Sunday at 8 p.m. from the first Sunday after Labor Day until the last week in March. It concludes with a 9-pin tap tournament the first week in April then has its banquet the next week.
The banquet also is in flux each year.
"We don't decide on where to have it until February and we go to a different place every year," Lepak said.
Because of its size, finding a place to hold it is not a problem. Last year, 13 bowlers competed at one time or another but eight of them bowled nine games or less. Four showed up only once. Five of them were first-time participants in the league.
The number of bowlers showing up on any given Sunday varies, so the league has a unique scoring system.
The league is based on a point system based on the number of bowlers. For instance, if five bowlers compete, the high series over average earns five points, the next four and so forth down to one.
"Unfortunately, some nights when everyone is struggling, it's the bowler least under their average who's the big point winner," Lepak said.
In addition there are bonus points, one each for 25 over game average, 50 over series average, covering your average all three games, an all-spare game or playing the numbers game (successive scores). Two points are awarded for 50 pins over game average and 100 over series average and three for 75 over game average or 150 over series average.
In the 30 years, Lepak has won the most championships, 18.
"Not always because I was the best bowler, but mostly because I was the most dedicated and showed up the most often," Lepak said.
Zielinski has the most 9-pin tap tournament victories with nine and Leon Bluma is next with six.
Last year, Lepak and Bluma had the most games with 69 and 60, respectively. Next up were Dennis Cohorst, with 33, newcomer Chris Gunville with 29 and Lepak's son Mike with 18. Those five are regulars this season.
"We have had four or five each night," Lepak said of this season. "In the second half participation picks up a bit as some bowlers join in just to try out a new ball or use the league as practice for their other leagues."
No matter who or how many show up, the league will go on - at least until Lepak hangs it up.
"I hope somebody will keep it going," Lepak said, "but at least for now we'll keep it going."


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Hello. My grandfather has a pretty strange family history. His father came to the South from New York and met his mother here. She became pregnant and they planned a wedding. As the story goes, when his father's family arrived for the ceremony they threw him in the car and drove him straight back to New York. My grandfather says that they threatened his father's inheritance and didn't want him marrying a Southern woman. My great grandmother married a man by the last name of Benton and my grandfather took his last name. All that we know about his real family and last name is that the name is Gallo and they are from New York. If anyone finds this story familiar please reply as I am interested in finding out anything I can about my real last name and relatives. Thanks,
grandfather was adopted, searching for my Gallo relatives
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by rovern it was not my grandfather agallO THAT EMIGRATED. i KNEW SOME gALLOS AND STATED i WAS GOING TO CHECK.
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Image from History's original series, "Ax Men" - Season Two. Indialantic's Bart Colantuono was a helicopter pilot or helilogger on the series. Colantuono was killed Monday afternoon in an Oregon crash.
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When she got the call her son died, it was expected in a way. Bart Colantuono was a helicopter logging pilot, a profession several of his family members knew could be dangerous. He was killed in a crash on Monday.
"I'm sure he probably knew that his eventual end would probably be something like this," said his mother, Betty Colantuono. "I sure didn't. Well I probably did, but I just didn't want it to be now. He was just too young."
She had just come to spend time with her daughter, Alexis Damo, who lives in North Carolina when she got the call. ...


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I don't listen AFI or Thrice but I do listen to Radiohead and Muse quite a bit. Some of the other stuff I like that you might is: Modest mouse (for some people their older stuff is an acquired taste), Aphex Twin, The new Chemical Brothers album is pretty dope, Daft Punk, LCD soundsystem, Blur, Broken Social Scene, the shins, for some heavier stuff there is Sleater-Kinney, the hives, Death From Above 1979. thats all I can think of right now but check out some of that stuff. Most of it is great to snowboard to.
Oh and if you like Radiohead you should check out some of Thom York's solo stuff you might digg it.
thanks I'll check that stuff out.
Well I'm not sure what you mean by AFI because in my mind, they have to time periods. One was a while ago when they played hard fast raw punk rock, and now they are more like a dark, gothicy, angry punk/something. If you like their old punk stuff check out bands like Guttermouth, older Anti-Flag, Subhumans etc. As far as their new stuff, some Tiger army songs remind me of them, but they pretty much have a style all of their own now.
I was talkin about their old stuff, and thanks for the bands.
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Holly Hughes has been editor of the annual anthology "Best Food Writing" for more than 10 years. In that time, she's seen many changes.
In her own words, Hughes talks about food writing's past and future.
On the evolution of food writing:
Daily newspapers have really evolved from featuring short recipe articles to covering food policy issues and profiling local producers. Local newspaper writers were always able to call attention to some local pig farmer or heirloom apple orchard, but lately they've been able to cover more of that. The food scenes in so many cities have more depth to them these days. It's really been a boon to local newspapers' food sections.
Increasingly, writers tell me that magazine editors don't want full stories, they want blurbs and boxes, because they claim readers today have a shorter attention span. I worry that we may be seeing the death of the longform nonfiction article, not just in food writing but in all branches of journalism. That's why I love the alternative weeklies — they still devote space to longform writing.
I tend to like humor, and there's so much more of that. This year, the Beard award added a humor category for the first time, and Ruth Bourdain (the anonymous Twitter writer) won. I love that people can laugh at themselves.
On writing about food in an online world:
The Internet has really changed a writer's access to the audience. Think back to the old days where someone was thrilled with having a letter to the editor published. Now you can have a dialogue directly with the writer, and that's really empowering.
From the writer's perspective, you can fine-tune what you're writing about because you know who is reading your work and what their tastes are.
To me, there's a big difference between a food blog and the online sites, places like eGullet and chow.com. These sites are really aware of their readers, and writers can get a story up in a timely fashion. (Most food magazines are put to bed months before they come out — it's August and you're writing about root vegetables.)
Even for bloggers, the Internet can give you instant access to an audience, and provide space for you to develop a voice. But there are an awful lot of blogs out there. Many have beautiful food photography but nothing to say.
On the audience shift:
The term "readers" covers a wide range of people. There are foodies who are obsessed with checking out food trucks; there are home cooks who invest in their own sous vide machines and all the gear — cooking is a competitive sport for them.
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Salem State University held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. convocation on Monday, January 24, 2011, featuring an essay writing contest involving 19 Massachusetts communities. Winners were selected from three categories—elementary, middle and high school. In addition, three Salem State University students addressed the Main Stage Auditorium audience with their reflections on the work of MLK Jr. Soane Mertelus, president of the Multicultural Student Association, Brittany Perez, president of the Residence Hall Association, and Richard Moylan, president of the Student Government Association, spoke about the past and president impact of Martin Luther King Jr.
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In a startling proposition put forth in the nineteenth century, it was averred that during their psychosexual development phases, girls develop a strong envy towards the boys' penises. The jealousy (blended with the desire to have one) is so unyieldingly strong that the girls are driven from being homosexuals to heterosexuals (in general).
Now, the theory (which we shall see in a while) still subsists; while there were efforts to thwart and refute it contemporarily, the endeavors seem to have died for now. It seems either the people have come around to accept it (which might be because of the element of the patriarchal society – that since it relates to the male dominance and female submission, it needn't be countered) or that the general and the intellectual populace have grown to be unaware of the theory altogether.
It wouldn't be hard for any of the people who have gone through some or the other professional or philosophical courses (or psychological ones) to guess who really proposed the aforesaid theory. It was none other than Sigmund Freud. This very revelation is bound to astound most of the female readers who once might actually have admired Freud's works.
Psychosexual Development – the Phallic Stage
As theorized by Sigmund, during the psychosexual development phases, the phallic stage features at the age of 3.5 years and continues all the way through the age of 6 years. It is, for the first time, during this stage that the focus of attention of both the sexes (boy and girl alike) is the male penis. Now, different psychological mechanisms occur in boys and girls.
As far as the boys are concerned, they have by now (3.5 years of age) developed a sexual desire for their mother and spite and sort of hate their fathers because it's the father who gets to sleep with the mother. The boy's id wants to kill the father but his ego suggests that it wouldn't be possible because the father is the stronger of the two. Such a situation is called as the Oedipus Complex, named after the Greek mythological character who unknowingly killed his father and bedded his mother. It is only because of this fear of Castration Anxiety that the boy fears establishing sexual relations with the mother and 'hence' starts focusing towards other girls.
As for the girls, they are initially homosexuals and develop sexual desire toward their mothers. But they realize by the age of 3.5 years that without a penis, they cannot establish sexual relations with her. So they crave for penises and develop envy towards the male genitals. It is then that their sexual attention shifts from their mothers toward their fathers and they move from being homosexuals to heterosexuals. But they also fear their mothers' wrath (which would strike if they establish sexual relations with the father) and hence begin to focus on other males.
While both of the aforementioned psychological mechanisms (for boys and for girls) are equally debate-worthy, let us try to analyze and identify the loopholes in the penis envy part.
Penis Envy – the Lacunae
One should know, right through the onset, that Freud's theory of Penis Envy is based around phallogocentrism, i.e. in his quest to give sense to his arguments Sigmund Freud gave too much importance and privilege to the male phallus. While such a behavior would be expected on the part of a male, it also divulges the extensively prevalent nature of the patriarchal society and lack of empathy towards the female counterparts.
I'd say being a male, Freud naturally wouldn't have been able to view things from the female perspective. Hence there is little (or diminutive) possibility that Freud could have been right. His views were even contested and opposed by many feminists as being profoundly misogynistic and patriarchal in nature.
Although most of Freudian assertions were based on (and theorized only after) long sessions of interactions with his patients, that comprised males as well as females (and hence one could cite tangible elimination of subjectivity and gender bias), it nonetheless is noteworthy that his critics often cited that the patients' experiences he used to record were (more often than not) not actually their own and were rather the constructs he would force upon them. What is also striking and notable is that, Sigmund used to practice hypnosis (before giving it up at a later stage); thus it wouldn't be too stiff for him to force his constructs upon his patients.
Some feminist psychoanalysts (Karen Horney being the most notable among them) also coined other terms to depict how similar sort of envy could mount and cultivate in males – womb envy and vagina envy. While their effort to tackle and combat against Freudian ideas met with some success (it gave feminists a platform to argue), there seems to me there was a fundamental flaw in their measures and terminologies.
Consider the womb envy for instance; the womb remains hidden from physical appearance in the first place, and hence its likelihood of sparking an envy stands void – more so in infants. To say that the males might feel the vagina envy, too, wouldn't be an apt approach as it is the 'presence' of some noticeable stuff in other's possession that is more likely to trigger an envy, rather than the absence of it. Thus, a boy, upon discovering that his female counterpart does not have a penis (equivalent to his discovering that she has a vagina) would not necessarily experience an envy ensuing. A better argument would have been for the feminists to cite the Breast Envy. Their 'presence' is noticeable and going by the Freudian norms, is potent enough to ignite envy. One might argue that breasts in girls develop only at a later stage and hence are unlikely to affect the thinking processes in infants. But then again, an infant male grows up not only noticing female infants but also female adolescents and adults.
That was one side of the multifaceted set of feasible arguments against the penis envy. Mull over another prospective occurrence of a thinking phenomenon. What if the female infant, upon discovering the presence of penis in males, develops a revulsion against it (or against the males in general) rather than building up envy? What makes Sigmund believe it would only be envy? Just imagine a female infant who at the age of 4 discovers that her male counterpart has a penis. Now, isn't it equally likely that she develops a distaste and loathing for it given the fact that some nasty stuff is sticking out of the concerned place of genitals, while she has it clean?
Moreover, many a times at such an age, children don't even know that the boys have penises and the girls have vaginas. Whatever happens to the Freudian concept of psychosexual development then? There seems to be another fundamental flaw in Sigmund's assertions. He assumes that by the age of 3.5, female infants have developed a sexual proclivity towards their mothers and discover between the age of 3.5 years and 6 years that without a penis they can't indulge in sexual relations with them. It seems almost rubbish that a female infant would know by that time that it is the penis and the vagina that are involved in an intercourse. While some might know, a vast majority might not.
Also worth mentioning is that the base that Freud cited for the inception of penis envy could actually be futilely unjustifiable and groundless. Freud believed that the prime reason for it was that the females would first develop sexual penchant towards their mothers, then there'd be a penis envy ensuing, then the sexual tendency toward their fathers and ultimately towards other males. The nature's laws exhibit otherwise in general. Generally, it's the unlike poles and the opposite genders that attract. It isn't necessarily only after the Freudian phases that the girl would get sexually inclined toward a male. And it isn't necessary that owing to some months of breast feeding, the girl would develop sexual tendency toward her mother. And it also isn't necessary that she would develop a sexual tendency even toward her father.
It has been shown scientifically that naturally, occurrences of incest are rare, even among animals. Incest, resulting in inbreeding, leads to recessive genes rather than the progressive ones. Such offspring suffer from reduced fertility, increased genetic disorder, slower growth rates, loss of immunity and higher mortality rates. Thus, naturally and generally, we can conclude that sexual attractions toward father (or mother) would be rare; and Freudian theory says it occurs universally. In critical theory and deconstruction, Freudian theories would be classified as aporetic, i.e. based on indeterminate grounds.
Maybe Sigmund Freud was weak in evolutionary science, or maybe he didn't have access and recourse to such discoveries at that point of time. Or maybe it was something else (as we will see later toward the end of this article that I identified, after studying in depth about Sigmund Freud, that there could be other reasons for his controversial inferences). Furthermore, animals lead lives quite differently than humans do. They don't necessarily have both their parents guarding them throughout. Do they then end up having intercourse with their parents? No, it is rare. Naturally, to prevent recessive or deleterious traits in genes, species are not sexually inclined toward their parents. Horses and some other animals drive off the young of both genders to avoid inbreeding (either parent-offspring or offspring-offspring) and their instinct of avoiding incest is reflected in the genotype of even their offspring. Hence to expect the traits of sexual proclivity toward the parents, and more so in almost all the cases, would be imprudent.
If the base that triggers the inception of penis envy itself is indeterminate and groundless, why would then the penis envy ensue in females in the first place?
A multitude of accounts are available of criticisms of Sigmund Freud that he was unable to document even a solitary unequivocally and successfully effective treatment. If Freud was so insightful and aware about all he claimed were the psychosexual development phases, maybe he needed to demonstrate a bit more of evidence. Many historians of psychoanalysis have also written that the things actually did not happen the way Sigmund Freud told they did. Why, then, on earth someone should so firmly believe his aporetic theories?
Sigmund Freud – The Veiled Reality
When we theorize an assertion that is aporetic rather than apodictic (i.e. based on indeterminate bases rather than determinate ones), we are, more often than not, affected by subjectivity and our own lives. Why did Sigmund Freud theorize all that he did? Was there something identical associated with his own life? Exploring these quests, I came across a fact that helped me understand issues to some extent (or at-least I think so). Once on a train journey (when Freud was around 2.5 years of age), he had seen his mother naked when she was undressing (possibly changing clothes). He had then developed sexual feelings toward her (and he had accepted that). He had also felt hostility toward his father (possibly after the incident).
Maybe Freud was affected by such personal incidences, was disturbed by what he felt and embarked upon a quest to find answers that could allay his guilt or inquisitiveness. Maybe that was why he practiced projection of his own psychological feelings, stereotyping and strong fractions of subjectivity in his inferences and theories. He might have consciously/unconsciously thought that if somehow he could come around believing that such feelings are common in every single person, he would be able to extricate himself from the guilt of feeling that way.
It seems the poor chap was successful in what he sought. And it also seems that most of the people accept his theories and rather than trying to repudiate them, they instead preach them; thanks to the prevalent patriarchy or misogynist tendency. Had the society been female dominated, maybe we had had some different version of psychosexual development theory.
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