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To help promote the creation of new ideas for financial security, nonprofit organization Changemakers devised a contest to encourage innovation for the global financial crisis. The competition is called Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial Solutions for All.
Changemakers in an initiative of Ashoka, the world's largest association of leading social entrepreneurs. The nonprofit association started Changemakers as an open source community that would provide, collect and create information about social solutions, as well as organize collaborative competitions that would spur social innovation.
Banking on Social Change, their most recent competition, sponsored by Citi, came to a close last week. Nearly 300 contestants from more than 40 countries submitted financial solutions in the form of new products, distribution and credit ideas, including new ways of using things like mobile banking and peer-to-peer lending. According to Changemakers, "the projects ranged from improving access to affordable healthcare in India to an initiative that allows Canadians with disabilities to invest their government income."
These top finalists will each receive US $5,000 to expand their projects:
Fundación Pro Vivienda Social, Argentina: Using a community-modeled financing system, the Fundación Pro Vivienda Social is working with low income rural residents to increase their access to utilities and basic services by lowering costs and extending infrastructure.
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), India: Through their Sampoorna Suraksha program, SKDRDP is making health care affordable for the poor by providing them with medical coverage without destroying their savings or force them to borrow at steep rates.
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), India: Through their Pragathi Bandhu program, SKDRDP is uniting coalitions of small farmers to share their ideas and aggregate their land and talents to reach better economies of scale.
To learn more about the each recipient or to learn more about other competitions, visit the the Changemakers' website.
Read more about financial solutions in these articles from the Worldchanging archives:
Reconciling Poverty, Sustainability, and the Financial Crisis
The Future of Philanthropy: Innovation, Networks, Thought Leaders and the Fringe
Open Source Microcredit, Revisited
(Disclosure: We felt this was an important contest to cover, despite the fact that Citi, currently receiving a lot of heat from anti-coal activists, was its main sponsor.)
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It is not difficult to recover your deleted photos and videos from Samsung Mobile, if you are sure that you've saved these photos on the inner memory card.
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The 2011/12 season has been unlucky for the Hull Stingrays. The amount of games they have lost in the final two minutes are into double figures, players have been released , new blood brought in yet still they are falling at the final hurdle.
Despite having twenty one regulation losses, two over time losses and two shoot out losses the Stingrays still find themselves clinging on to the eighth spot and thus are in the playoff zone. The Stingrays also hold two top twenty scorers in the team in the shape of Jereme Tendler and Jason Silverthorn, this combined with the "talent" of Derek Campbell patrolling the ice chirping everyone and everything in sight, playing against Hull isn't as open and shut as the league position might suggest.
There is another thing heavily playing in the Stingrays favour and that is the brand of hockey they play. It's not the well polished, slick passing of the Giants and Panthers of the league it is old school hockey. Gritty plays, getting in the dirty areas and fighting for every puck for sixty minutes (well fifty eight minutes). Hull coach Sylvian Clouthier lives and dies by this brand of hockey and, though it is not paying them that well so far this season, it is only one or two good bounces away from the team getting a run together. They are only four points behind the team in seventh, the Edinburgh Capitals, so if they can get a bit of good luck taking over them is a real possibility.
If the league was to then remain as it is now that would put them up against the Panthers. Nottingham notoriously struggle in Hull and if the top twenty guys, the Derek Campbells and the gritty style can unite for those two games who is saying that Hull cannot make the final four week end. As long as the coach, the players and the fans keep the belief anything may be possible and you never know it may be a few old school guys from Humberside holding a trophy over there heads come early April.By admin in EIHL No comments yet


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The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team, currently in third place in the Big Sky Conference standings, will play host to Portland State, who is tied for the top spot, in a 2:05 p.m. showdown on Saturday (Jan. 24).
The Eagles suffered a tough defeat in their last outing, falling at home to Northern Colorado 55-53 on Thursday (Jan. 15) to drop to 3-2 in league games, 8-10 overall.
"Overall there were a lot of good aspects of that game, including out-rebounding our opponent by 17 (38-21), shooting 44 percent and holding them to 37 percent and 55 points," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "Those were very good things, but we were really disappointed in our number of turnovers (26).
"We have talked about the different ways we can take better care of the ball, including taking what people give us. We have to find out what the other team is not taking away from us offensively and go to that rather than trying to force things to happen. But, in the end, it's just something we have to do when game time comes."
The Vikings beat the Bears 92-71 in their most recent game on Saturday (Jan. 17) to move to 5-0 in the league, tied with Montana for first place, and 12-6 overall.
The Vikings are led by Claire Faucher and Kelsey Kahle. Faucher ranks ninth among NCAA Division I players in assists per game with 6.11, while Kahle leads the Big Sky in two statistical categories, points per game (16.7) and shooting percentage (52.8). Kahle also broke the Portland State school record for career points scored in that win over UNC; she now has 1,803 and is fourth on the Big Sky all-time scoring list.
"Portland State is a very good, veteran basketball team," Schuller said. "Faucher is a phenomenal point guard who really makes everybody around her a lot better. She makes the easy pass and sees the floor well.
"Kahle is obviously a phenomenal scorer and just has a knack to know how to put the ball in the basket. She does a nice job of exhibiting patience inside.
"Around them, they have a bunch of players who really shoot the ball well (Portland State as a team shoots 42.0 percent from the floor, the second-best average in the Big Sky)."
Last year, Portland State took both meetings, including a narrow 75-71 win in Cheney, Wash., on March 1, while the Eagles secured a victory in the teams' previous match-up on Feb. 15, 2007, at home by an 80-61 score. Overall, the Vikings have claimed 4-of-5 meetings.
Being Aggressive on the Boards
The Eastern Washington Eagles have shown themselves to be an aggressive team this year, evidenced partly by the team's impressive rebounding numbers.
The Eagles lead the Big Sky Conference in rebounding margin (+3.1), rank second in rebounds attained (38.8 per game) and is first in least rebounds allowed (35.7). The team also leads all league schools in offensive rebounds per contest (14.89).
Eastern has tallied at least 10 offensive rebounds in its last nine games and in 15-of-18 games played this year.
Win on the Road? No Problem
On Jan. 10, the Eagles used an 18-3 run in the first half to grab a 26-19 lead two minutes before halftime and cruise from there to a comfortable 82-68 road win over Weber State.
The win snapped a 22-game losing streak the Eagles had against the Wildcats in Ogden, Utah, as well as a nine-game losing streak in all Big Sky contests.
It was also the largest margin of victory for EWU in any Big Sky Conference road game since the Eagles won at Portland State, 77-46, on Jan. 15, 2005. It was the team's biggest win on the road in any contest since an 80-60 victory at UC Irvine on Nov. 13, 2006.
Earlier in the season, the Eagles earned an impressive 70-69 overtime victory over UNLV in the semifinals of the Lady Rebel Round-Up on Nov. 28.
That victory snapped a 14-game losing streak for Eastern in road contests (16 in games played away from home, including two neutral-site contests last year).
The last win away from home prior to that contest came on Feb. 24, 2007, when the team claimed a 66-63 road victory over Sacramento State.
The victory was Eastern's first-ever over UNLV in four tries as well as its initial one over a team in the Mountain West Conference since a 53-30 victory versus Wyoming on Jan. 10, 2004.
Halftime Deficit? No Problem
Eastern Washington earned its first win of the 2008-09 season on Nov. 21 by an 80-70 score over San Francisco, rallying from behind to do so.
In earning the victory, the Eagles rallied from a 38-33 deficit at the half, marking their first win after trailing at the break since Feb. 24, 2007. In that earlier contest, EWU trailed Sacramento State 29-27 at the half before prevailing by a 66-63 score.
The Eagles then made it twice after the team responded to a 34-33 deficit to Montana Tech on Dec. 2 by outscoring the Orediggers 40-29 after the break in a 73-63 win.
A third occurrence came in Eastern's first Big Sky Conference game of the season on Jan. 4, when the team rallied from a 34-31 halftime deficit to defeat Northern Arizona 70-64 in overtime.
One of Best Turnarounds in Country
The Eagles are in the midst of one of the best turnaround seasons in the NCAA Division I ranks this year with its 8-10 overall record and 3-2 Big Sky Conference record.
The Eagles have doubled their win total from last year's squad (4-25), one of just nine teams nationally to have already done so. Additionally, EWU has tripled its Big Sky win total from a year ago (1-15).
Eastern is one of just eight squads nationally to have already recorded four more wins than the year before. A complete list may be found on page 6 of the corresponding PDF.
Nailing Shots All Over the Court
The Eagles have had some impressive shooting performances this year.
Most recently, the team shot at an outstanding 56.3 percent clip (27-of-48) on Jan. 10 in an 82-68 road win over Weber State.
That is the highest shooting percentage for Eastern Washington in any contest since the team shot 57.8 percent (26-of-45) in an 81-56 win over Portland State on Feb. 12, 2005.
Eastern also made 54.5 percent (24-of-44) in a 63-58 win over Pacific on Dec. 13 and 55.6 percent (30-of-54) in an 80-70 defeat of San Francisco on Nov. 21.
"Our shot selection was really good (in those games)," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "The players took shots that were the best shots for the team and shots they were good at knocking down."
The Eagles had not reached the 50.0 percent mark at all last year and have now done so three times in 2008-09.
The Eagles also had an amazing shooting half against Georgia on Nov. 29, making 60.0 percent from the floor (12-of-20), an impressive rebound from 30.4 percent shooting in the opening stanza (7-of-23).
The last time Eastern Washington shot that high in a half came on Dec. 21, 2007, when the Eagles made 60.6 percent of their shots (20.33) in a road game versus Pacific.
Also, the Eagles shot at a very high clip from three-point territory in that win over the Wildcats on Jan. 10, making 58.3 percent of their attempts (7-of-12). The last time that high of a three-point shooting percentage occurred on Jan. 10, 2007, in a 76-69 loss to Idaho State (also 7-of-12).
Scott Earns Co-Big Sky POW Honors
Junior Nicole Scott had a perfect performance on Dec. 13 and rode that 6-of-6 showing (including 2-of-2 on threes) to Big Sky Conference Co-Player of the Week accolades. She became the first Eagle to win the honor since Jamie Chicane earned accolades on Jan. 30, 2006.
Scott's perfect shooting, which included a couple of threes, came in a 63-58 home win over Pacific. It was also the best shooting percentage by an Eagle (with at least six attempts) since Felice Moore was 6-of-6 at Montana State on March 6, 2004. The Carson City, Nev., native contributed four rebounds and two steals in the win, as well.
The 6-2 forward also helped the team as a whole make 54.5 percent of its shots in that game (24-of-44), the second time this season the Eagles have made more than 50.0 percent from the floor.
Scott shared the week's honors with Montana's Mandy Morales.
She also had an outstanding game on Jan. 10 in an 82-68 win over Weber State, tallying 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field and 8-of-8 shooting from the free throw line. That point total ties for the second-best by an Eagle in 2008-09.
Scott has now made 23 straight free throws and is shooting at an 88.9 percent clip from the charity stripe this year (24-of-27). Her perfect 14-of-14 free throw shooting in league contests leads the conference.
She has been an intimidating force inside this year, as well, as her blocks per game average of 0.67 ties her for ninth in the Big Sky. She is also seventh in shooting percentage (45.5), 15th in rebounds per game (5.7) and 24th in points per game (9.8).
Resilient Ryan Turns it on in BSC Play
Freshman Brianne Ryan has not only settled in nicely for the Eagles, but has turned it up several notches since the commencement of Big Sky Conference play.
In the league statistical rankings for conference games only, she not only far and away leads all league players in three-point shooting percentage (80.0), but is third in field goal percentage (66.7). She is also tied for 12th in three-point field goals per game (1.60) and tied for 14th in rebounds per game (5.6).
In road games with Idaho State on Jan. 8 and Weber State on Jan. 10, respectively, she shot at a sizzling 75.0 percent clip (9-of-12) and 100.0 percent from beyond the three-point arc (4-of-4). She also led the team in scoring (12.5 points per game) and rebounds per game (7.0) that week.
"Brianne has gotten better and better as the year has gone on," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "She is such a good defensive player, and she is starting to show the offensive part of her game. She has done a nice job in terms of shot selection, as well."
Jess on EWU List, Ranks Nationally
Mid-way through her junior season, point guard Jessica Huntington has moved into the top-10 list for career assists in Eastern Washington history, as her total of 273 places her eighth.
With 9:29 remaining in the first half of an 82-68 road win over Weber State on Jan. 10, she recorded her 265th career assist on a pass to Tatjana Sparavalo for a lay-up to move into sole possession of that eighth spot. Jean Ness had previously held that placing with 264 tallied from 1978-79 through 1980-81.
Huntington also is one of the nation's best in assist-turnover ratio, as her average of 1.71 (65-to-38) is 46th-best among all NCAA Division I players.
In the Big Sky Conference statistical rankings, she is fourth in assist-turnover ratio and seventh in assists per game (3.61).
Powerful Piper Shows Clutch Form
Julie Piper had an outstanding weekend of play to start the 2008-09 Big Sky Conference season, as she averaged 18.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in wins over Northern Arizona and Sacramento State on Jan. 2 and 4, respectively.
In addition to shooting at an impressive 52.0 percent clip (13-of-25), she led the team in steals with five and tied for the team pace in assists with five and blocks with two.
Against the Lumberjacks on Jan. 2, a 70-64 overtime win, she hit several big shots and grabbed a couple of clutch rebounds.
With 1:37 left in the second half, Piper grabbed an offensive rebound before scoring 13 seconds later to give Eastern a 58-56 lead. Then, with just 14 seconds left, she hit a jumper to tie the game at 60. Piper also secured a key defensive rebound with three seconds left to send the game to overtime.
In the extra session, she converted a jump shot with 34 seconds left to give Eastern a 66-64 lead on its way to the 70-64 win.
Against the Hornets in a 69-64 win two days later, she contributed 21 points, the highest-scoring game any Eagle has posted so far in 2008-09.
"Piper had a really good weekend, well earned for her," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "She works so hard day in and day out, and it's great when everything comes together. She played extremely hard, offensively and defensively."
Piper has played at a high level throughout the season, ranking in several Big Sky Conference statistical categories: sixth in rebounding (7.2), ninth in free throw shooting (76.0 percent), tied for ninth in blocks (0.67 per game) and tied for 19th in scoring (10.5 points per game).
Perhaps most impressively, Piper is the Big Sky leader in offensive rebounds per game with 3.56.
Piper has also tallied at least eight points in 14 of Eastern's 18 games played so far this year. The sophomore has led the team in rebounding in 12 contests, including in seven of Eastern's last eight outings.
Kyla Nails Shots from Everywhere
Sophomore guard Kyla Evans has shot lights out so far in 2008-09, as she ranks highly among the top 75 NCAA Division I players in both three-point baskets made per game (59th, 2.3) and three-point shooting percentage (72nd, 37.8).
She is second in the league in three-pointers per game and 10th in both overall (54.5 percent) and three-point shooting percentage.
"I have been pleased with Kyla and the way she has shot the three," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "We've also talked to her about hunting for her shot because we know teams are going to be focusing on closing her down."
In fact, Evans is listed in four different Big Sky statistical categories. She is also 15th in scoring (11.1 points per game).
Her career three-point makes of 94 have already placed her fifth in Eagle history in that category. This feat is especially impressive when you consider she is half-way through her sophomore season and had missed 11 games her freshman campaign due to an injury.
Evans shot extremely well in Eastern's 80-70 defeat of San Francisco on Nov. 21, as she made 8-of-10 shots. The three-point specialist was covered tightly on the outside that night and adjusted her game by taking shots from nearly every spot on the court, only two of them from three-point range.
She finished with 20 points in that game, tied for the second-highest point total posted by any Eagle so far in 2008-09.
"Kyla really improved her mid-range game this summer, spending a lot of time working on pull-up jumpers and those kinds of moves," Schuller said. "That was what she really had to pull out of her bag against San Francisco because they were not letting her get any open looks. She did a really nice job knocking those shots down."
Against Southeastern Conference-member Georgia on Nov. 29, she also shot at an impressive clip, making 6-of-8 attempts, 4-of-5 from three-point range.
Evans then made more than 50.0 percent of her three-point shots for the third time in 10 outings this season when she nailed 5-of-8 from beyond the arc (5-of-9 overall) versus Utah State on Dec. 6.
Excellence from the Free Throw Line
A year ago, the Eastern Washington Eagles set a school record with its top-notch free throw shooting. That squad nailed 73.3 percent of its charity tosses, breaking the school record set the year before (71.2).
The 2007-08 Eagles really turned on its free-throw shooting during Big Sky play, converting 75.4 percent of its attempts during that portion of the schedule.
Eighteen games into the 2008-09 campaign, the Eagles are hitting at a 70.4 percent clip (221-of-314). In the four Big Sky contests, the team has made 73.1 percent of its charity tosses (76-of-104).
And the Honors Go To ...
Eastern Washington as a team was once again honored over the summer, being named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll.
It marked the seventh consecutive season the Eagles had ranked 10th or higher in the rankings. That span included a No. 1 ranking in 2003-04.
Eagles Picked Ninth
Eastern Washington was picked ninth in the Big Sky Conference preseason coaches and media polls.
The two polls were nearly identical. Both picked Montana to win the title, and the Grizzlies were followed, in order, by Portland State, Montana State, Northern Colorado, Northern Arizona, Weber State/Idaho State (WSU was sixth in the coaches poll and seventh in the media poll, while ISU was seventh and sixth, respectively), Sacramento State and the Eagles.
"Our team is hungry this year," head coach Wendy Schuller said. "We have a great group of players who really play hard for each other.
"We had a rough year last year and a rough off-season, and those memories have set with a lot of us. We also have new players who are determined not to let those types of things happen."


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The Royal Malaysian Customs will enforce the collection of anti-dumping duties on imports of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) effective as of April 23, 2013 for five years.
The anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of BOPP from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Vietnam range between zero and 12.37%.
On July 27, 2012, the government initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by San Miguel Yamamura Plastic Films Sdn Bhd on behalf of the domestic industry producing BOPP.
The petitioner alleged that imports of BOPP originating in or exported from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia and the Vietnam are being imported into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries. The practice, the petitioner claimed, was causing material injury to the domestic industry in Malaysia.
The government has completed detailed investigation on producers and importers in Malaysia as well as producers/exporters in the alleged countries.
The scope of product under investigation covers BOPP film of thickness between 13 and 50 microns and specifically excludes printable shrink films, metallised films and tape.
With the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of BOPP from the alleged countries of Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Vietnam, it is expected that the issue of unfair trade practices will be addressed.
"To enhance the implementation of anti-dumping duties, the government may review the possibility of introducing measures to verify the BOPP products which have been excluded from anti-dumping duties," the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said in a statement.
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Even though I've been schlepping things uptown to the new place for weeks, the big moving day was finally scheduled for Friday, June 8. It may not surprise you to know that I'm a compulsive Type A-organized person in almost all aspects of my life, so everything about Moving Day was orchestrated with the same care, precision and attention to detail I put into my journalistic and broadcast work. My friend of nearly 30 years, Lori, offered to tag along and help keep me calm/cool/collected…I gratefully accepted. She's fun to be around and would definitely make the transition more enjoyable.
Up at 6am to do a last load of laundry and wrap up the mattress and get everything lined up for the movers' ease and efficiency. Then the interminable waiting for Dispatch to call with their arrival time (Most NYC apartment buildings have strict rules about when Moves can be performed: typically only weekdays 9am-5pm. Deposits are required and Moving Companies must provide certificates of insurance). By Noon, still no call…so I rang and was informed, "They're still at the first job…it will be another 3 1/2 hours." I panicked. That would be cutting it close. I talked to the Superintendent and he assured me he could be flexible with time restraints. So Lori and I went out for what I hoped would be a leisurely lunch at the Coffee Shop.
When it was nearly 2pm and I called back, they came up with some (presumably bogus) excuse that the elevator had broken in the building where the movers were working and they had to wait for a technician. They would be happy to make me a "first priority for Monday morning." WHAT!?! I kept the phone away from Lori, because she was itching for a fight. It was already so late in the afternoon, I knew there was no point in arguing. I was cornered and would have to wait. Not only was it inconvenient (and inexcusable on their part!), but I'd now have no place to sleep for the next three nights–with a massive work weekend ahead: Three on-camera interviews with Keira Knightley…and the bloody Tony Awards Red Carpet & Ceremony!
Lori looked at me with fire in her eyes. It was the way Susan Sarandon looked at Geena Davis in THELMA AND LOUISE. "I have a truck. We can do it ourselves." It was a crazy idea…two people with a Sports Utility Vehicle could never pull this off in under three hours. I chugged a glass of cheap Diner Chardonnay and returned Lori's steely gaze. "Let's do it. It will be something we'll never forget!"
2:06pm We jumped on the subway to 14th Street to retrieve Lori's Escalade. Her husband Danny gives us rope and a dolly. We empty out the vehicle of all the kids' stuff and start driving Uptown. My friend Andrew calls to kindly inquire how the move went. "Went!? It's happening now and WE ARE DOING IT!" He offers to meet us at the apartment and lend a hand. Andrew is 6'5 and a champion at "Tetris." He would prove to be a valuable ally with lifting and packing! (Keep in mind, I'm still nursing a shredded leg muscle at this point…limping around with a leg the color of an overripe plum!)
2:45pm We arrive at Apartment #1 (finding a Parking spot right in front of the freight entrance!) and my super Super and the building staff form an assembly line as we load up the truck in mere minutes!
3:07pm We arrive at Apartment #2 (I'll be darned! No traffic and another parking spot right in front of the building). My Contractor, Ziggy, meets us there and the four of us unload, lickety split. Then climb back in the car to retrieve the second load. I'm feeling confident that we'll pull this off, so I call my credit card company and instruct them NOT to accept any charges from "Manor Moving." I then call Manor Moving and resist the urge to be snarky, and simply cancel the Monday move.
3:30pm. Truck is loaded and Apartment #1 is now empty. After dispensing a few well earned gratuities to the building staff, we were on our way. The Parking Gods continue to smile on us.
4:07pm. Boxes to the ceiling, but the move was made!!
Just two hours from inspiration to completion. We had done it! Faster, cheaper and more efficiently than Manor Moving could ever have done it! Lori said, "I'm so glad you didn't let them get your money!" Amen! So, off we went to a nearby cafe and I gratefully treated to a few rounds of beverages.
I'm now unpacked and settled in… a few key pieces of furniture and art are still in storage & some last minute touches need to be completed…but it is HOME! And I got there thanks to the generous friendship of those wonderful people who believed "Yes, We Can!" They will forever be a part of my lovely little Upper West Side digs. I've always contended that helping a friend move is a great thing to do for many reasons:
*it's a BIG help to them…
*it's social!
*it's good exercise…
*they'll owe you one!
NEXT TIME: Welcome to my Happy Home! (or "It's Been Such a Saga, Even the NEW YORK TIMES Can't Resist the Story!")


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|Celina-Coldwater Bike Path
|This path is a 4.5 mile long, 10 foot wide path on an old railroad bed. The path is perfect for biking, walking or running between Celina and Coldwater.
|East Bank Path
|This 2 mile paved stretch is along the east bank of Grand Lake St. Marys and is great for biking, walking, running, skating and has a full view of the lake.
|Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature Preserve
|County Road 66A, just north of U.S. 33, St. Marys, OH 45885
This preserve covers nearly 16 acres of woodland with three trails for hiking and other nature activities. It was donated and named in honor of, Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner, one of the first female Doctors in Auglaize County. Dr. Kuffner was a practicing physician and surgeon from 1938 until her retirement in 1985. She also had impressive Army career, joining during WW2 and rising to the rank of Major following the Korean War. The nature preserve lies just north of St. Marys, along County Road 66A, just north of U.S. 33.
|Franklin Township Greenway Trail
|This 5 5 mile, continuous, non-motorized, paved walking trail is located on the south side of Grand Lake St Marys it not only meanders through over a 100-acre wildlife preservation area with an observation desk overlooking two wetlands, but also traverses two covered bridges along this wonderfully scenic route!
|Gilliland Nature Sanctuary
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The Gilliland Nature Sanctuary is located on the Southside of Grand Lake St Marys, along Club Island Rd. There is an observation tower at the site built by a local Eagle Scout.
The Franklin Township Green space Committee invites you to enjoy this beautiful sanctuary! Parking is also available at South Shore Sportsman's Club, 5380 Club Island Road, Celina, OH 45822. Enjoy the experience through an 80 acre prairie grass and wooded wildlife sanctuary. Throughout the trail there are stations providing information on the area. For more information contact: Franklin Township, 419-268-2139 or email email@example.com, or visit http://www.facebook.com/FranklinTwp/info
Keep a watch in the newspaper and bulletin boards for future walks and talks along the Franklin Township Trail. The committee will be planning events throughout the coming seasons. If you have recommendations or requests, please feel free to contact the Franklin Township Green space Committee, 419-268-2139. Committee members are: Gary Steinbrunner, Susan Gilliland, Jim Tesno, Sandy and Steve Dorsten, Sandy Armour, Laura and Matt Walker, Kip Wright, Ron Puthoff, Tim Homan and Ruth Dorsten.
|Miami-Erie Canal Path
|You can hike for miles along this historic trail. The trail is accessible at 158 High St., St. Marys, OH (parking available). A great place to walk and enjoy nature's beauty.
|Prairie Creek Wetlands Trail
|This .7 mile trail meanders through the Prairie Creek Wetlands where you can view abundant wildlife among the three ponds. This crush stone trail is adjacent to the Franklin Township Greenway Trail.
|Route 703 Bike Path
|This stretch on State Route 703 between Celina and St. Marys is for the experienced rider as the rider cycles along side sometimes heavy traffic. The path is approximately 9 miles long.
|West Bank Trail
|This paved scenic trail is accessible on the west bank of Grand Lake St. Marys south of the State Boat Docks on West Bank Rd., or Lake Shore Park in Celina. This beautiful trail meanders along the lake and into a wooded area. The non-motorized trail is great for biking, walking and skating!
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Is Mike Tirico a Seahawks fan or what?! I'm about ready to go up in the booth and smack him around!
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Is Mike Tirico a Seahawks fan or what?! I'm about ready to go up in the booth and smack him around!
who said we were a playoff calibre team? and what were they smoking?
My roommate walks in before first down and I say, "watch this, first down run doesn't get in, then a sack, then a pass in the stands, then a field goal. Happens every time" Understanding Rams football sucks!
we are only 1 score down
That's right Mike. A BAD era of Rams football...
Unfortunately, Bradford has no intangible ability to overcome anything that is going on around him. This will be a problem going forward no matter how good a system or how good the talent around him is.
In a nutshell, he just doesn't have "it".
Time to pack the bags, warm the bus.
Thats your ball game folks. Spags needs to be fired. A joke on national television ... Hope we can all awake to good news tomorrow that Spags has been fired.
game over...
Stop getting hurt. This is ridiculous, this kind of luck is unwarranted and I have no clue how anything like this is possible. Oh btw a TD SURPRISE!
Steven Jackson deserves better than this. He needs a team where he will have victories. I remember the commentators saying something about just imagining if Steven Jackson was surrounded by talent.
Defense is now worn out. Just like in so many games before they will look pretty good, but with the offense doing nothing the D can only do so much.
Bradford is really struggling, I don't know who said he was good to go tonight, but it's clear he wasn't ready for a game. I still think he's our QB for the next several years, but with bad protection, minimal weapons, and playing while hurt... don't use this game against Bradford, he's doing the best he can with what he's dealt.


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The term bandwidth is very common these days, especially because its technology affects almost all aspects of our lives. You use bandwidth when you connect to the internet, when you use the telephone, when you watch television, and in many other activities. But what exactly is bandwidth? Read on to find out and see how it can change your life.
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The term 'bandwidth' refers to the amount of data or information that can be transmitted over a network in a given time, or, in much simpler terms, is a measure of how much 'stuff' is sent through any connection. Information sent can take many forms depending on the channel.
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Bandwidth in internet terms is usually expressed in either bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), or megabits per second (mbps). The higher the bandwidth of your connection, the faster you can upload and download data from the internet. Dial-up connections are low speed at only about 50+ kbps, while better cable connections go from 500 kbps and up. Whether you need a connection that has bigger bandwidth depends on your purposes for using the internet. If you only use the net for text-based research purposes, you don't need much bandwidth. A whole page of English text is only about 16,000 bits, so if your modem can move about 57,000 bits per second, you are more than covered. You may need higher bandwidth if you upload or download full-motion and full-screen video, which, depending on compression, requires roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second. It is wise to subscribe to a high-bandwidth connection if you use the internet for pictures, graphics, music and videos.
The telephones use bandwidth, too – in fact, a bandwidth of about 3,000 'cycles per second' (cps) is required for voice transmission. The bandwidth required for television broadcasting is even higher at about 6 million cps, and satellite system prevent interference by spreading television signals using bandwidth of as little as 17.5 MHz to a as much as 72 MHz.
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Earth Calendar For January 2nd and January 3rd
Keep everyone warm and save energy at the same time by using a programmable thermostat.
Homeowners can save up to $180.00 per year by using a programmable thermostat to automatically reduce heating when it's not needed as much-such as when you are sleeping or away from home.
Prepping and cleaning up after meals can use a lot of water. Save a few gallons by thawing frozen foods in the refrigerator instead of using running water. Scrape dirty dishes before you put them in the dishwasher rather than rinsing, to save even more. If every American household reduced their water use by ten gallons a day, we would save more than one million gallons of water.
On Our Calendar: Have you ever gone on a walk through the woods, found an animal track and wondered what kind of animal was there? If so, The Campbell County Environmental Education Center has just the class for you. Tracks not only tell us what kind of animals are in the area but where they like to go and what habitat they prefer. Saturday, January 5th, 10:00 am and Sunday January 13th, 3:30 pm. Register by calling (859) 572-2600 or visiting the website.


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Oakland A's: Yoenis Cespedes Trade Reaction
The blockbuster trade that sent shock waves through Major League Baseball Thursday morning — Yoenis Cespedes for Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes — really, is too early to be judged from the perspective of the Oakland A's. There are so many considerations that need to be taken into account from the A's side of things.
For the Red Sox? Sure, it's easy. They weren't going anywhere this season and they made a move to help their offense next season. Let's face it, Yoenis Cespedes should certainly do that for the Red Sox in 2015, and he'll have the rest of 2014 as a warm-up on how to play the angles and maximize his performance at Fenway Park.
By the way, I think for Cespedes, this is exactly the move that he needed to kick his career to a higher level. Yes he was a star in the spacious confines of the O.co Coliseum, an All Star even, but he could be downright deadly in the smaller dimensions of Fenway Park with the Green Monster there to aid his extra-base hit production. For any home run that the monster takes away from him by knocking down a line drive that otherwise would have carried out of other stadiums, it will give him an extra double on the stat sheet.
The Red Sox also got the A's 2015 competitive balance draft pick. Not exactly just a throw in, but there's no way for us to evaluate the true value of that pick for several years, so let's leave it alone. The player selected could wind up being a Hall of Famer, or could be a total bust. There's just no way of knowing.
Giving up Lester and Gomes to get Cespedes hardly hurts Boston's goal of fielding a competitive team in 2015. Gomes, a free agent following this season, has not been much of a factor for Boston this season, leading to questions of whether they would have had interest resigning him or not anyway. Lester, also a free agent after this season, expressed his willingness to return to the Red Sox in the offseason even if he were traded.
With that in mind, he could have helped his own cause by being traded to improving the offense that will support him in 2015. Of course, he could also sign with another team. Had Boston retained him, offered him a qualifying offer, and still watched him sign elsewhere, they would have picked up a draft pick for him, but nothing more. Again, no telling how that works out for several seasons in that scenario.
By shipping him, they got an All Star outfielder with a ton of power that loves to play in the spotlight. That's a much safer gamble than letting him pitch the remainder of a lost season and taking their chances in negotiations. Now they have a power hitting All Star to boast in left field to help sway him back to Fenway for 2015 and beyond.
That's the Boston side of the argument.
The A's side of the argument is trickier. Fans are split on the trade, probably with the greater percentage upset that we gave up a slugger that was under team control for next season as well.
As Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle has reported, the plan all along for the A's was to trade Cespedes this offseason anyway. It was unlikely Oakland could resign Cespedes to an extension, and his contract allowed for him to become a free agent without any draft pick compensation tied to him next offseason. That last part hurts his trade value if Beane had held onto him into the offseason or next year. Looking at the trade from that perspective, it makes sense that getting Lester and Gomes for a pennant race, with their set of intangibles and World Series experience, makes a lot of sense.
Oakland already had a league best offense and a run differential that was off the charts. Yes Cespedes is a major part of that offense. Even if his numbers don't suggest it, he plays a larger roll than his stats suggest because of the threat his presence poses for opposing pitchers. It results in better pitches for Josh Donaldson, better pitches for Brandon Moss, better pitches for any player batting around him.
Still, removing him from the lineup and inserting Sam Fuld and Jonny Gomes in a platoon roll will not cause the run differential to suddenly come crashing back down. Gomes can run into a fastball from a lefty and provide some of that lost power, and Stephen Vogt or Fuld will do their part against righties in left field, get on base and let the A's bigger bats keep doing their thing.
Meanwhile, you add one of the best left handed pitchers in all baseball in Jon Lester, a pitcher with two World Series rings and a 3-0 record and 0.43 ERA in the World Series, to boast on his resume. Lester is the ace that you pitch in any game one, in any decisive game, and feel confident that he will rise to the occasion.
You now have a rotation of Lester, Jeff Samardzija, Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir to boast in the playoffs.
Assuming that the A's will run into the Detroit Tigers and their rotation of David Price, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez again, there are now four pitchers that can go toe-to-toe with any of Detroit's aces.
Looking at those match-ups and you instantly jump to the conclusion that you will have low scoring games and offense will count. Yes the A's just traded away some offense and yes that's a cause for concern.
The way this needs to be looked at though, is that the pitchers on the Tigers, the pitchers on the Angels, the pitchers on the Orioles, will not be making very many mistakes, allowing a player such as Cespedes to jump on a mistake and punch the ball over the fence. Yes, it can happen, but it can't be counted on.
Instead, you need players that can get on base, something Fuld and Gomes can do. You need those players, along with the current A's roster, to get on base for the RBI guys such as Donaldson and Moss, but more importantly you need a balanced attack. The A's have that, perhaps now more than before.
They lost a deep threat, the possibility for an immediate impact, but they gained consistency that was one of the few flaws of Cespedes' production. Face it, for as talented as he is, and he is, he is also a streaky player that went through a 25-game home run drought not all that long ago. Any stretch like that in the post season and you are in far better shape with the production you can count on from Jon Lester every third or fourth day on the mound, and the production and intangibles of guys like Sam Fuld and Jonny Gomes.
The hardest part to swallow of this trade is that at the end of the season Lester will be gone, Gomes may or may not be gone (but we could have signed him as a free agent anyway) and Cespedes is also still gone. Had we traded him for a package of prospects in the offseason, at least we would have had some players under club control for the next several years to learn to love. Instead, we are left with a few holes in the roster.
Jason Hammel and Lester's spots in the rotation will be filled next season by the returning Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin, so that lessens that impact to a degree, but what of Cespedes then?
Reserve your judgement until Billy spends the $10.5 million that would have been spent on Cespedes, because face it, by trading for two to-be free agents, he took $10.5 million off the books for 2015 that can be spent this offseason. Some of that could be earmarked for the raise that Samardzija will get through arbitration, but it could also be a nice starting point towards signing or trading for another slugger to fill his spot in the lineup (probably with a few extra million added on).
That's looking too far ahead though. What this comes down to is winning this season. It comes down to outlasting the Angels for the American League West. With the A's four aces and Jason Hammel or Jesse Chavez to hold down the fifth spot in the rotation, they should be able to stave off a late surge by the Angels.
This was about getting past the first round of the playoffs in the five-game series. Again, with four pitchers you could feel comfortable winning with on any given day, you have to like your chances now against any opponent.
This was about the seven-game series that would come in the American League Championship series and a likely showdown with the Detroit Tigers. The rotations stack up, the A's have the edge with the bullpen, and although Detroit has Miguel Cabrera, the A's have the more balanced attack. The odds are in the A's favors that they should get to four wins quickest.
This was about the World Series and the ability to shutdown the lineups of any team the National League throws at them.
This was about getting that elusive ring since Beane took over the General Manager's position.
It was also about maintaining the flexibility to make moves to field a competitive team again in 2015. The A's took care of this part, if the parts they traded for hold up their ends of the bargain, they are in the best position they could be in to take care of the goals of winning the division, ALDS, ALCS and ultimately the World Series.
When the final pitch of the season has been thrown and the A's are either celebrating in a shower of champagne, or quietly packing up their lockers to the tune of "next year," then get back to me and I will have a more solid take on this trade. Maybe not a definitive stance, since there is still 2015 to consider, but I think all around the A's fan base there will be a firmer sense of this was the right move to make, or a gamble gone wrong.
For now though, as unpopular as it might be, and it certainly is to many, this was the right move to put Oakland in the best position to add their fifth World Series title since moving the team to Oakland in 1968.by


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The education staff is happy to announce that we now have a friends' group for our education programs! We're inviting people interested in youth and education to provide input, brainstorm ideas, and volunteer some time to ensure that the museum is meeting the needs of the youth in our community through its programming.
Here are some areas where the museum could use the help of creative, energetic minds (and hands, too!)
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