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"Maximizing the number of Jews doing Jewish with other Jews."
—National Hillel Mission Statement
Shalom & Welcome!
The Shippensburg University Hillel is a student-run organization dedicated to enhancing Jewish life on the campus of Shippensburg University and fostering understanding of Jewish life, religion and culture for both Jewish and non-Jewish students. The organization is open to all members of the campus community. The organization also provides religious, social, and educational programs of Jewish nature to the students of the University. Shippensburg University Hillel/Jewish Student Organization is affiliated with the national Hillel organization as a "Small and Mighty" campus.
Shippensburg University Hillel/JSO students building a sukkah on campus (2010).
Jewish Life on Campus
Shippensburg University has a small number of Jewish students, but the SU Hillel/JSO works hard to reach out to Jewish students on campus and to create opportunities for Jewish students to interact with each other and to build a strong sense of community. Past events have included events such as movie nights, sukkah building, a student-run Passover seder, Chanukah parties, and road trips to celebrate Shabbat with students on other area campuses. Upcoming programs will include a display of Israeli martial arts techniques, a ga-ga tournament, and a community-wide Havdalah celebration.
History of the Jewish Student Organization and Shippensburg University Hillel/JSO
The Shippensburg University Jewish Student Organization was founded in 1973. Its first president was Michael J. Shapiro and the organization's original faculty advisor was Dr. Norman Sharp. Twelve student members signed the organization's founding document at the time of its creation. Dr. Sharp retired from Shippensburg University in 2000, and Dr. Steven Burg became the organization's advisor that year. In 2005, the membership voted to affiliate the organization with Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. The next year, Dr. Dara Bourassa became the organization's co-advisor in 2006. Today, Shippensburg University Hillel/JSO is continuing the long tradition of being a fun and welcoming place for Jewish students at Shippensburg University.
Hillel: The Foundation for Campus Life
Hillel is largest Jewish campus organization in the world, with organizaitons on 500 colleges and universities and a global network of regional centers, campus Foundations and Hillel student organizations. Hillel's mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Hillel student leaders, professionals and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment for Jewish college students, where they are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. Hillel helps students find a balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human by encouraging them to pursue tzedek (social justice), tikkun olam (repairing the world) and Jewish learning, and to support Israel and global Jewish peoplehood. Hillel is committed to excellence, innovation, accountability and results. Shippensburg University Hillel/JSO is also a "Small and Mighty" campus--a program supported by Hillel to enable students to celebrate Jewish life on campuses with smaller Jewish populations.
Campus Spiritual Center
Shippensburg University Hillel/Jewish Student Organization has use of the campus Spiritual Center that includes a 2,300 square foot Interfaith Chapel, a smaller meditation room for more intimate religious functions, a meeting room, office space, and a fully-equipped kitchen. It shares the Spiritual Center with other campus religious organizations.
Jewish Life in Central Pennsylvania
There are several Jewish organizations and congregations only a short distance from campus. These include:
Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg --Harrisburg (50 minutes from campus)
Temple Beth El (Conservative)--Harrisburg (50 minutes from campus)
Chisuk Emuna Congregation (conservative) - Harrisburg (50 minutes from campus)
Congregation Beth Tikvah - Carlisle (20 minutes from campus)
Historic B'nai Jacob Synagogue - Middletown (75 minutes from campus)
Kesher Israel Congregation (orthodox) - Harrisburg (50 minutes from campus)
Temple Sons of Abraham (inclusive)--Chambersburg (20 minutes from campus)
Temple Beth Shalom (reconstructionist) - Mechanicsburg (40 minutes from campus)
Temple Ohev Sholom (reformed) - Harrisburg (50 minutes from campus)
Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life at Dickinson College--Carlisle (20 minutes from campus)
Shippensburg University and Shippensburg University Student Services, Inc. recognize more than 100 student-centered clubs and social organizations. The University provides web space for these sites, but the sites are created and maintained by the students.


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|Corn Festival Quilt Show Saturday in Haxtun
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
The 26th Annual Corn Festival Quilt Show is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Haxtun Community Center at 125 E. Wilson St.
This will be a judged show with Barbara Broshous, a certified CQC judge. A silent auction of items made by High Plains Heritage Quilters' members is also planned.
For more information on entering quilts and the categories, please contact Barb Holtzman at 854-3082.

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Design by: Maggie Weldon
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Bag Keeper: 21″ long (with Hat) x 7″ wide; TP Topper: Fits standard toilet tissue roll.
Materials: Hot or craft glue; Small amount Raffia, Fiberfill, Fabric, and Felt; Four ½″ Buttons;
Four small Black Beads; Worsted Weight Yarn;
Bag Keeper: Off-White (W): 2 oz, 110 yd (56 g, 99 m); Green (G): 3 oz, 165 yd (84 g, 149 m);
Blue (B): 3 oz, 165 yd (84 g, 149 m); Small amount Black;
TP Topper: Off-White (W), Green (G), and Blue (B): 1 oz, 55 yd (28 g, 50 m) each; Small amount Black.
Crochet Hook: Size H-8 (5.00 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
Scarecrow Bag Keeper and TP Topper Crochet Pattern
The fall season comes around every year and you need something to give your home a festive feel. That is where the Scarecrow Bag Keeper and TP Topper Crochet Pattern come into play. This quaint TP Topper and Bag Keeper are a perfect addition to any home. This scarecrow definitely has a brain as he smartly adds a festive feel to your kitchen and bathroom spaces. The Scarecrow Bag Keeper saves you from even more clutter because it is actually a double-sized bag keeper with both legs having room to hold all the plastic store bags in your home. The Scarecrow TP Topper Pattern adds a touch of fall to your bathroom by hiding that extra roll of toilet paper sitting on top of the toilet. This simple idea for crochet home decor is so smart.
Scarecrow Bag Keeper and TP Topper Crochet Pattern are fun designs to crochet for your home. These intermediate crochet skill patterns keep things organized and attractive in your home. The bag keeper will store more bags than you can imagine with a length of 21 inches. Both legs hold bags for extra storage. The toilet paper topper fits a standard roll of paper to keep it protected and out of sight of guests visiting your home. Seasonal and holiday crochet projects always get your home in a festive mood and tend to bring more smiles. These cute scarecrows are waiting to be made so they can hang out in your home. These projects also make great gifts for that person that has everything. I am sure they don't have one of these fun scarecrows to decorate the home.
Other popular Christmas and holiday crochet patterns include:
Holiday CD Coasters Crochet Pattern
CD Coasters 1 Crochet Pattern
Santa Toilet Cover Crochet Pattern
Christmas Tree TP Topper Crochet Pattern
Vintage Christmas Doilies Crochet Pattern
Christmas Ornaments Set 1 Crochet Pattern
Soft Sculpture Christmas Trees Crochet Pattern
Christmas TP Toppers Crochet Pattern
Holiday crochet is the most fun of all with these crochet patterns!
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The wine festival was founded in 1991 to promote the wine industry and raise funds for local charities. Each year, it's gotten bigger and better, and so has its charitable giving. Over the course of more than two decades, the annual celebration has donated more than $3.9 million to local charities across the region. Today, the wine festival is recognized as one of the largest wine events in the entire country.
The Cincinnati International Wine Festival increases in winery participation, events and attendance each year; like a fine wine, it seems to get better with age. Each year, as participation grows, so does the nonprofit's ability to distribute grants to Greater Cincinnati area programs that support the arts, education, health and human services.
The festival itself is made up of four prominent events: Winery Dinners, Grand Tastings, a Charity Auction and Luncheon, and the annual Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament. These events don't just celebrate wine. They also foster community and charity in the process.
Winery Dinners
This year's line-up of Winery Dinners is filling up fast, but tickets to many of the special events are still up for grabs. The dinners celebrate cooking and winemaking as art, and aim to combine the two to create perfect pairings that are sure to please any palate. The popular dinners showcase the skills of visiting winemakers from around the world alongside the area's finest chefs. Together, the chefs and winemakers work together to create what the Wine Festival describes as a harmonious experience filled with fine wine and masterful cuisine.
Reserve your seat at the table of a very special Winery Dinner celebrating a special evening with 2014 honorary chair Leonardo LoCasio, the founder of Winebow, Inc. at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherlands Plaza's Orchids at the Palm Court on Wednesday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. ($175)
Wineries and some of the Cincinnati area's most beloved restaurants team up all across the city on Thursday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. Reserve your seat at the table for some serious wining and dining at the following restaurants:
Grand Tastings
The festivities continue with The Wine Festival's main event: the 2014 Grand Tastings, which take place March 7 and 8 at the Duke Energy Convention Center. More than 700 wines from more than 100 wineries are available to sample as you enjoy live music, delicious food and a silent auction.
The Grand Tastings are the centerpiece of the Cincinnati International Wine Festival as they showcase new, rare and exciting wines from around the world. Whether you're a seasoned expert or an intrigued beginner, winemakers and winery representatives welcome you as they mix useful knowledge with exquisite samples of their art.
This year, access to the special tasting room will give you VIP access to seven tastes of high-end wines an hour prior to each night's Grand Tasting at the Grand Ballrooms of the Duke Energy Center. ($40 prior to the event, $45 at the door. Tickets the special tasting room are only available with the purchase of a Grand Tasting ticket.)
After the special tastings room closes its doors, the celebratory Grand Tastings take center stage at the Duke Energy Center's Grand Ballrooms on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening:
Charity Auction and Luncheon
Continue your celebration with Silent and Live Auctions at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza's Hall of Mirrors on Saturday, March 8. The auctions boast a phenomenal catalog of limited-release bottles, winemaker-signed grand format bottles, rare wines coaxed from the cellars of notable Cincinnatians, chef's table dining opportunities at exclusive Cincinnati homes, fantastic trips, wine cellar tours, and more.
Afterward, experience a luncheon filled with savory cuisine from the Hilton Netherland's Chef Todd Kelly paired with incredible wines presented by winemakers and winery principals from across the country.
The charity auction and luncheon will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a reception, silent auction, and live auction lot preview. At 11 a.m. the live auction will begin, followed by the winery luncheon. Tickets to the reception, auctions and luncheon are $125.
The Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament
The festival might only last a few short days this March, but the celebration and charitable giving continues in June as the Wine Festival promises a tournament unlike any other. This summer, Russ Wiles Memorial 2013 Honorary Chair Dan Temming hosts a golf outing at TPC River's Bend. Enjoy wines from around the world at 5 holes during play along with food provided by some of Cincinnati's finest restaurants.
The day kicks off with a Dom Perignon toast and a shotgun start. 36 foursomes will compete in a scramble format tournament where the 3 winning teams will take home large-format bottles of wine. Golfers will also be eligible to win amazing prizes when they compete in the Closest to Pin Shootout, Hole-in-One Contest, Putting Contest and the Skins game. An After Party will then be held at the end of play where live music, food and drinks will be served under beautiful tents overlooking the 18th green. As a special thank you for supporting our Cincinnati charities, tee gifts will also be presented.
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are available online through March 5 at winefestival.com or at the door for many Wine Festival events. Visit winefestival.com for more information.
Organizations Benefiting from the Cincinnati International Wine Festival's Proceeds
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|Bands perform Christmas and more
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Holyoke's Junior High Concert Band, High School Concert Band and JR/SR High combined Jazz Band entertained with Christmas music and more in a Dec. 17 concert in the HHS auditorium.
The bands were under the direction of Miko Martinez, with Marcia Dalton accompanying some of the Jazz Band numbers.
Jazz Band opened Monday's program with "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Other tunes included "Secret Agent Man," "25 or 6 to 4," "Come Sail Away" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."
Holyoke JR/SR High Jazz Band members bring out the shades and hats to perform "Secret Agent Man" in the Monday, Dec. 17 band concert. Pictured from left are Ben Martinez on bass guitar, Camille Elliott on trumpet, Emily Krogmeier on alto sax and Lindsay Helgoth on tenor sax.
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The junior high portion of the program featured "Ursa Minor," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "Good King Wenceslas" and "Fanfare for a Holiday Celebration."
HHS Concert Band members closed the program with "Do You Hear What I Hear?," "Fantasia for Christmas," "Theme from the New World Symphony," "O Holy Night" (dedicated to Pat Wiebers) and "The Brighter Side of Christmas."
High school flutist Taylor Goldenstein and tuba players A.J. Brandt, pictured at left, and Morgan Golden, perform in last week's JR/SR High band concert.
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Holyoke Enterprise December 27, 2012


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(UPDATE 12/19/2013 11:48 p.m.) Crystal Heidrick has been discharged from the hospital.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A five-year-old girl was killed early Thursday morning when the car she was in hit a tree on I-295.
Kelsey Johnson, 5, died as a result of the crash while traveling in a late model Chevrolet Impala being driven by her mother, 28-year-old Crystal Heidrick, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Heidrick was transported to UF Health Jacksonville in serious condition. At this point in the investigation, it is believed alcohol and speed were a factor in the deadly crash, FHP said.
According to the FHP report the Heidrick was traveling in the left emergency lane on I-295 Northbound and drove into the grassy center median when the emergency lane ran out. FHP said Heidrick over corrected, crossed the northbound lanes and struck a tree.
Heidrick consented to a blood draw, but has not been charged at this time.
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MEDIA ADVISORY STEM CELL INSTITUTE'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER GRANTS REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES Policy Intended to Encourage Treatment Development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The Intellectual Property (IP) Task Force of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will meet on Thursday, November 9, 2006, at 1:00 p.m.
WHO: The 12 members of the IP Task Force are appointed by the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), the 29-member governing board for CIRM.
WHAT: The Stem Cell Research and Cures Act (Proposition 71) authorizes CIRM to award research grants to for-profit organizations. Historically, the involvement of the for-profit research sector has been essential to the discovery and development of medical therapies and diagnostics. The proposed policy that will be considered on November 9th follows the CIRM Intellectual Property Policy for Non-Profit Organizations, approved by the ICOC on February 10, 2006, and is intended to provide terms and conditions to for-profit recipients of CIRM grants. There are no extant policy models that capture in entirety the intent of the State of California in its objectives to fund the for-profit research sector and provide a return to the state. As a consequence, this proposed policy is a unique synthesis of best practices and recommendations from funding agencies and foundations around the world.
WHEN: Thursday, November 9 2006,
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Estimated)
8950 Villa La Jolla Drive
Suite A124
La Jolla, CA 92037
Note: The meeting is accessible by teleconference from three additional locations (see the agenda).
WHY: Public-private partnerships involving research and development activities among industry, government, and universities can play an instrumental role in introducing key new technologies and valuable products to the commercial marketplace. Experience shows that partnerships involving government participation in research and development activities with industry, universities, and government laboratories can greatly facilitate the translation of basic research discoveries to products with societal benefits.
The mission of CIRM is to foster and promote stem cell research with the aim of improving human health. A secondary goal is to strengthen California's biotechnology industry and create collateral economic benefits such as high-paying jobs and increased tax revenues. CIRM believes that the funding of commercial research organizations focused on stem cell-related projects is a key component to achieving the overall mission of the Institute. Increased interest by the commercial research sector in stem cell-related research projects and the successful translation of basic research discoveries into commercial products for public use are primary success indicators (among others) that can be used by CIRM to track benefits of commercial sector funding.
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My granddaughter is going to be four in a month, and my grandson will be three in a half a year from now. They are supervised vigilantly, and are never by themselves unless its in their rooms or out in the enclosed patio. It is kind of sad, but its necessary because they really ARE too young to be wandering in stores or outside. I am 58, and I was left to explore outside on my parents farm at the age of 3, and I dimly remember certain no go places like the settling pond for the dairy, the silage silo, haystacks etc, but I was free to go to a lot of places and no one gave a rip, as long as I came back. Even then, I know of times I missed meals because i didnt hear the call in, and no one noticed. Later as a young girl, 6 and 7 I used go off on my own for hours to climb the mountain up behind the orchard, at the back of the farm, and investigate the creeks and grasslands, the irrigation canal, the corn fields. I really attribute my interest in biology and my chosen career with that freedom to discover things, and I wish my grandkids could have that same freedom. My own kids lived at the end of a cul de sac above some farms, and they and all the other kids on the street would be out together as a group, playing till dusk. They have great memories of that time. That was 20 to 27 years ago, though. Before Michael Dunnahee, and other disapeerances.
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BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA) - With soaring temperatures for the second round of the A T & T National Tournament at Congressional Country Club, our 9News Now team found one way to stay a little cooler is to shop.
Watch the above video to see what souvenir merchandise Derek,Mike and Topper found customers eager to take home.


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I used to watch I Dream of Jeannie when I was little (in black and white of course until my mom and dad got a COLOR TV!) I thought it would be cool to be a genie. How fun to just *BLINK* (insert sound effect here) :) and suddenly your room was clean! Wow, I could get my whole house clean now, have yummy dinner right there whenever I wanted, blink myself to Hawaii...but one thing was sure...I was NOT gonna call anyone "Master!" Here's my IF entry for "bottled"...with apologies to all the genies out there...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Illustration Friday: Bottled
Posted by Tracy Sztanya at 7:24 PM
Labels: bottled, digital, genie, Illustration Friday, Jeannie, Tracy Cundiff, yellow kitty
8 comments:
- Mark MacKay said...
Neat! Our bottles do kind of match. Great illo.
- Saturday, April 09, 2011 7:42:00 PM
- kaety said...
Great style Tracy I love it! :)
- Saturday, April 09, 2011 7:58:00 PM
- ValGalArt said...
haha! love this Tracy! me too, i wanted to live in that bottle and wear the outfit too ;)
- Saturday, April 09, 2011 8:13:00 PM
- TrisTania said...
It's very cute, and I like how you experiment with the background! :D
- Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:03:00 PM
- got caught said...
Haha, i really love the Jeannie's face. Really cute! :)
- Sunday, April 10, 2011 4:42:00 AM
- Juan said...
A lovely interpretation of this weeks theme!
- Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:12:00 PM
- Desiree said...
So charming!! :)
- Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:56:00 PM
- Jack Foster said...
You thought it would be cool to be a genie and I thought it would be cool to have a Jeannie :o) We both went with the genie theme. :o) Great minds think alike . Great character. Perfect outfit and that bottle ROCKS Tracy!
- Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:06:00 PM
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When setting up an e‑mail account in Windows Mail, you'll be asked to select the type of e‑mail server your account uses. Windows Mail supports the following e‑mail server types.
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) servers hold incoming e‑mail messages until you check your e‑mail, at which point they're transferred to your computer. POP3 is the most common account type for personal e‑mail. Messages are typically deleted from the server when you check your e‑mail.
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) servers let you work with e‑mail messages without downloading them to your computer first. You can preview, delete, and organize messages directly on the e‑mail server, and copies are stored on the server until you choose to delete them. IMAP is commonly used for business e‑mail accounts.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers handle the sending of your e‑mail messages to the Internet. The SMTP server handles outgoing e‑mail, and is used in conjunction with a POP3 or IMAP incoming e‑mail server.
If you're not sure which type of e‑mail server your account uses, check with your e‑mail provider or Internet service provider (ISP).
Windows Mail also supports additional server types: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), which is used to read and post newsgroup messages, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which is used to access directory services.
Windows Mail does not support the HTTP:// protocol, which was used by Outlook Express to access Hotmail and other web-based e-mail services. For more information about accessing web-based e-mail, visit the Microsoft website.


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We need to change LIPA, but with care
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Local unions are worried that PSE&G would transfer its own workers from New Jersey instead of keeping the jobs on Long Island. Don Daley, a representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1049, requested that call centers be staffed by Long Islanders.
In March, a spokeswoman for PSE&G told the Herald that the New Jersey-based company had created a separate subsidiary for Long Island that would be focused solely on the needs of Long Island. The deal should mandate that PSE&G hire from within local communities. I trust that this subsidiary would be sustained, as jobs are a legitimate concern.
I agree that LIPA must be overhauled, but my biggest concern is that this deal is being rushed, and it may lack oversight. It removes LIPA's staff, and takes the state comptroller, the attorney general and, for the most part, the Public Service Commission out of the picture. Under the bill, the Public Service Commission would only have an advisory role and no real enforcement power; LIPA trustees would still set the rates. This is backward.
The State Senate must approve Governor Cuomo's bill. I urge the senators not to rush to a conclusion.
LIPA is a public entity with a massive amount of debt, and we cannot afford a weak deal. A lower interest rate must be secured for the debt, while at the same time reducing customer rates.
It is important to note that, like LIPA, PSE&G would not be permitted to build its own power generating facilities, meaning that both companies would have no assets, only debt that taxpayers are responsible for.
Bureaucracy accounts for many of the problems with LIPA's operations. A PSE&G takeover would require more regulation, which would undoubtedly impact the company's ability to provide services at the lowest costs possible.
The people of Long Island suffered a great deal after Hurricane Sandy. Let's not allow this deal to do more harm than good. Additional oversight would be necessary. I urge the governor to reach out to community leaders, hold more public hearings and listen to the concerns of the people.
Al D'Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? email@example.com.
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|Musicians earn top ratings in Ogallala
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Thirty-six vocal and instrumental students in grades 5-8 recently competed in the annual Ogallala, Neb. Middle School solo and ensemble music contest. Holyoke was well represented as the students performed for an audience and an adjudicator Saturday, April 6.
In the vocal competition, Whitney Powell, Mackenzie Thompson and Tyler Lamm each received the highest rating possible of a superior 1+ for their vocal solos. Instrumentalists earning the top rating were Powell on a piano solo and Ashlyn Churchwell on a saxophone solo.
Junior high musicians participating in last weekend's competition are pictured from left, front row, Tyler Lamm, Brook Prottsman, Dominique Penzing, Anna Jelden and Regan Van Overbeke; second row, Trey Bennett, Logan Osborne, Juana Penzing, Michalla Drake, Kaitlyn Shafer and Mackenzie Golden; and back row, Jarrett Woodhead, Drew Stewart, Grace Dille, Emily Krogmeier, Mackenzie Thompson, Whitney Powell and Megan Humphreys. Not pictured is Tori Hatton.
Vocal students receiving a superior 1 rating were soloists Paola Ruiz, Logan Osborne and Megan Humphreys and vocal duets Emily Krogmeier and Powell, Tyler Lamm and Drew Stewart and Kyra Loutensock and Savannah Burris.
Vocal ensembles receiving 1 ratings were Andrea Becerra, Jacky Mosqueda and Jaydy Dominguez; Krogmeier, Thompson, Osborne, Juana Penzing and Powell; and Regan Van Overbeke, Anna Jelden, Megan Humphreys, Thompson, Mackenzie Golden, Brook Prottsman, Juana Penzing, Krogmeier, Dominique Penzing, Grace Dille, Powell, Stewart and Lamm.
Receiving 2 ratings were vocal soloists Churchwell, Tori Hatton, Golden, Jessica Mosqueda, Juana Penzing, Prottsman and Kaitlyn Shafer; vocal duet Makayla Voigt and Jacky Mosqueda; and vocal ensemble Dille, Jelden, Dominique Penzing and Van Overbeke.
Fifth- and sixth-grade students who competed at the solo and ensemble contest are pictured from left, front row, Mikayla Voigt, Ashlyn Churchwell, Gabi Gordon and Keegan Shaw; second row, Jesus Trejo Arvizo, Andrea Becerra, Jacky Mosqueda and Jessica Mosqueda; and back row, Crystal Astorga Solis, Kyra Loutensock, Savannah Burris, Brenna Sullivan, Lali Marquez, Kassidy Porter and Paola Ruiz. Not pictured are Andrew Rivera and Jaydy Dominguez.
Instrumentalists earning 1 ratings were Keegan Shaw, piano solo (1); Michalla Drake, flute solo (1-, accompanied by Hatton); Dominique Penzing, Trey Bennett and Jarrett Woodhead, percussion ensemble (1-); Dille, Powell and Jelden, flute trio (1-); Hatton, piano solo (1-); and Lali Marquez, piano solo (1-).
Earning 2 ratings were Brenna Sullivan, Gabi Gordon and Jesus Trejo Arvizo on a woodwind ensemble and Kassidy Porter and Andrew Rivera on a baritone/clarinet duet.
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The workplace of today is not the easiest of places to settle into comfortably. With the daily pulls & pushes from clients & customers, demanding bosses, tight deadlines...the list goes on.
The objective of The Young Leader Challenge is to bring together and share various perspectives around a circumstance/issue that one could face in the workplace.


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The Russian government is apparently not a fan of how the country is represented in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, as all copies of the console version of the game have been recalled from stores.
Infinity Ward has also released a patch for the Russian PC version of the game which will remove the "airport" mission from the game entirely reports HellForge, citing a Russian gaming website. The mission in question features a civilian slaughter carried out at the behest of a Russian terrorist named Makarov.
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Recently coming home from a short hospital stay, the very first newspaper article I read was your report that HealthAlliance was proposing to not include obstetrics, physical therapy, or detox in its single hospital configuration. I was shocked! Thank goodness the state has said "Let's think about this."
This proposal raises some questions for me:
o When it was reported that the two hospitals were losing money, Benedictine had the greater losses. Which part of its operation was the biggest culprit?
o How much do the losses at Woodland Ponds figure into HealthAlliances financial problems?
o When Kingston's City Hall reopened and claimed parking places, whatever happened to the idea of a multi-tiered parking garage to be used by both City Hall and the hospital?
o If physical therapy were to be dropped, does this include the therapists who come on to the hospital floors to help patients or would it just be the acute rehab which is now done at Benedictine? This would surely lead to the loss of most orthopedic surgery which requires acute rehab. And what about stroke patients who may initially requires some acute rehab?
o HealthAlliance claims there would not be room at Benedictine for the three services it proposes to drop, but the cancer center, heart center, and breast center are already next door at 111 Mary's Ave.
o I know that Kingston Hospital has the ambulatory surgery building. Obstetrics would care with its special chamber and, of course, there's the recently renovated and always busy emergency room, plus the new gift shop funded by the auxiliary. What will happen to all these entities?
If HealthAlliance says that one of the reasons it has financial problems is that Medicare does not reimburse at the same rate at it does for Dutchess County, it seems to me that cutting out more services and making us a second class hospital is not the way to gain the confidence of the federal government to fund us.


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Crate Motor Racing - Completing The EquationWritten by on May 1, 2008 Jam-Packed Pit Areas With Healthy Car Counts Have Nothing To Do With Crate Racing
In the last issue we continued our debate on crate motor racing and offered some suggestions that could create a happy medium between all parties. Our three suggestions were:
1. Just Tech It: aka enforce the rules.
2. Ditch the bolts: by unsealing the engines you keep tech inspectors from assuming the engine is legal just because of the presence of the bolts.
3. Spec It: create a list of approved aftermarket components that any racer or engine builder can use.
Reinforcing the fact that there is a problem with crate racing, shortly after the last issue went to press two-time StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion
David Gentry of Lewisburg, Tenn., was suspended from series competition for one year. The reason? An engine rule infraction found by StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Technical officials on a warm December Saturday during the Third Annual Crate Racin' USA World Championship Race at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla.
When Gentry requested to change engines after he had won his heat race, officials agreed to the engine change provided that they could inspect the engine that was used in the heat race. When they cracked the motor open they found a valve in the left cylinder head that was not machined into spec, and ruled the engine illegal. Gentry appealed the decision, and StormPay.com technical officials looked further into the cylinder head and valvetrain components, where they found the ports on the cylinder head had also not been machined into spec.
Gentry's engine had the correct "RM" seal bolts at the time of the inspection, which indicated it had been previously worked on inside the sealing bolts of the engine. At press time, the Gentry-StormPay issue is still open and is going to take a lot of hard work on StormPay's part to determine exactly what happened.
The incident is arguably the highest profile penalty to hit the crate racing scene since its inception five years ago. But as we dissected the actual crate racing situation, we kept coming back to the same conclusion, which goes back to something Scooter Brothers, part-owner of Comp Cams, said in our initial interview on this subject back in November of 2007.
"My fear is that racetrack promoters see this crate engine as a gift from heaven that will automatically double their car counts," said Brothers. "The only thing that I have ever seen to double car count is to roll up the sleeves and go to work."
Hmmm, hard work, what a concept.
Let's face it, crate or open, the days of opening the gates on Saturday, collecting the money and going back to your day job on Monday are long gone, if they ever existed at all.
While a legitimate concern to engine builders and part manufacturers from a competitive standpoint, the crate motor issue is a symptom of a much larger problem facing the motorsports industry-the bozo promoter.
You know him. He's the bulls--- artist who likes to bad-mouth other promoters, tries to squeeze every penny out of his racers while ignoring the front gate and does little or nothing at all to involve the local community in the track. He's the reason short-tracks around the country are closing, not NASCAR broadcasting races on Saturday night.
But while there are plenty of those bozo promoters around, there are also a whole host of guys and gals attempting to do it the right way. For this story we talked to a few of them in different areas of the country.
Sitting on 50 acres in the center of Florida is Ocala Speedway, a dirt track for 45 years before it was paved in 1997. For the next eight years, the track remained asphalt but went through several different owners before former driver Mike Peters bought the 3/8-mile semi-banked track two years ago. Peters heard the rumblings of Ocala's former dirt glory. "I ignored it the first year, but then I started talking with the folks at DIRT about eight months ago," says Peters, a lifelong asphalt racer and admitted dirt beginner. So after conversations with the sanctions, racers from all over Florida and beyond, as well as other dirt track owners, Peters made the gutsy decision to dump 350 truckloads of prime Florida clay on the track.
"It would have been easier to sell the place. After all we're sitting on 50 acres of prime industrial property that is probably worth way more as something other than a racetrack," he says. But being a true racer, Peters wanted to see the track thrive, not go under. His solution was to look back to the history of the speedway and find when they had the most success. Ocala's heyday was as a dirt track under the management of the Powell Family. Now, Peters is hoping that taking a page out of history will pay off for the track's future.
Here's why he decided to go dirt:
Uniform Set of Rules: his competitors can run at different tracks around the Southeast with little to no change to the car.
Better Racing: As an asphalt track, Ocala had a single groove that didn't promote side by side racing. That should change with the addition of the dirt.
More Cars: Peters says, rightly so, that promoters must put on the most entertaining show possible to attract fans to the stands. One key to that is a healthy car count. In the dirt world, it is not uncommon for a $2,000-to-win feature to attract more than 100 cars. Conversely, 30 is a strong car count for an asphalt race.
Lower Cost to Race: In many cases, dirt cars tend to be lower cost for a driver to run. This translates into a healthier car count.
Granted, Peters is a novice dirt track operator and 2008 will be a learning year for him. However, he may have done one of the smartest things he could have possibly done in the scheduling of his shows. Ocala Speedway is going to run on Friday nights. Why is that so smart you may ask?
Well, less than one hour to the east is Volusia County Speedway and just one hour and 40 minutes to the south is East Bay Raceway Park, two dirt tracks that run Saturday night shows. By running his show on Friday (along with the common set of rules), Peters is allowing East Bay and Volusia racers to run at his track the day before they run their home track. That's good business sense. Instead of competing directly with the other tracks he's working with them.
Working with nearby tracks to share racers and fans can no doubt help car counts and front gate flourish. But that is just one part of the equation.
I-25 Speedway in Southern Colorado (just outside Pueblo) has been owned by the White brothers, Randel and Perry, for almost seven years. When they took over the track it was in disarray; shoddy facilities, dwindling car counts, purported illegal activities and vacant seats in the grandstands were the norm for the little 1/4-mile facility.
To bring it back, the Missouri-born brothers treated it like it was a brand-new racetrack and applied a common sense theory of track management: "Don't let greed be the motivating factor, work as a team with the drivers, the crews and the fans. Give them ultimate respect, and do what you say you're going to do," says Perry White. "If I tell them something, they know that it is the Gospel."
That philosophy permeates everything that the Whites do; from Perry himself handing out free bottles of water to the drivers while they are waiting for hot laps to personally thanking his racers for coming to the track. I-25 offers a fair purse, clean rest rooms and a hospitable environment for racing.
But make no mistake about it, the Whites run the show. "You have to remember where your bread is buttered and you have to treat these people with respect," says White. "But you still have to draw the line."
White has an innovative approach to handling concerns. Depending upon the actual issue, White will ask the person to go to another racetrack and check out how they run their program. The person is then asked to come back and report their findings directly to White. Not only does this help White stay on top of what other tracks are doing or not doing as the case may be, but it also builds a stronger bond with his racers.
Currently I-25 draws about 2,000 people every week. While that number is small compared to the 6,000 to 8,000 at North Carolina's Bowman Gray Stadium, 2,000 is a number many short tracks would kill for. How do they do it? The Whites' respect and dignity philosophy has yielded solid car counts. Routinely, I-25 will host in excess of 18 Late Models, 26 modifieds and 26 street stocks. For a little 1/4-mile track, more cars translates into more fans.
But White says it's not just one thing that contributes to their success, it's a complete plan and a process. "There's a right way, a wrong way, and a common sense way. We try to do the common sense way."
One example is in the area of rule changes. At I-25 you won't find mid-year rule changes. White insists on giving his competitors at least a full year to conform to a rule change. In addition to that White says the best thing he has done since taking over the track is to join the ASA sanction, which gives his competitors excellent insurance coverage and gives him a valuable resource to tap into motorsports marketing.
The well-known North Carolina bullring sits in the middle of NASCAR country and as such it's a safe bet that the competitors at the track have a whole host of engineering technology at their fingertips, perhaps more so than at other tracks around the country. Like many short tracks Hickory runs a variety of different divisions some of which include crate motors. But unlike many crate motor divisions around the country, Hickory takes a different tactic.
"About four or five years ago, we did away completely with seals on all three crate motors that we run," says Paul Deyo, Technical Director/Chief Steward at Hickory. Deyo and his team even encourage competitors to remove the seals before coming to the track. Inspectors are going to remove them anyway and it's a lot easier to do it in the shop than at the track at midnight.
Hickory runs the crate in three divisions-the 602 in Street Stock (which is a new addition for '08), the 603 in Limited Late Model and Trucks and the 604 in Late Model Stock. Deyo says that they tech the motors exactly the same way they tech "built" motors. The rule book says the crate motor must be completely stock so they routinely check things such as combustion chamber size, intake/exhaust ports and runners, valve spring ratings and more. The team at Hickory has even made several tools and jigs to make these checks easier. Deyo bases the specs on a combination of the GM Circle Track Crate Engine Technical Manual and from their own inspections of known stock or legal motors.
"I am not nave enough to think that some things are not being snuck by us, but we do know where the horsepower is made and we concentrate on those areas."
Pulling the seals on the crate motor is an idea that has been written about in the pages of CIRCLE TRACK more than once. But it goes far deeper than just catching potential cheaters, the team at Hickory is ensuring a fair race. There isn't a racer on the planet who doesn't love a fair race and having fair races translates into healthier car counts which in turn translates into more fans in the stands.
At the end of the day, that is truly what it is all about, more fans in the stands. "Short-track racing is alive and well," says Randy Myers, the outspoken (we like that) owner of Friendship Motor Speedway, head of the ASA-Southern Modified Race Tour and longtime modified racer. Myers makes the comment with a caveat, something needs to be done to let people know that indeed short-track racing is not only alive and kicking, but a viable option for great family entertainment on a Saturday night.
The tracks mentioned in this article are just a few examples of successful approaches. In the coming months we will be scouring the nation to find more tracks that are taking the right approach and proving that short-track racing is alive and well. Stay tuned and maybe your local track will wind up right here.


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MIAMI — Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor's office, the jury's verdict that......
Dikweed the Zimmerman story has been ATTACKED by the liberal media. Attacked is not debunked.
FACT: George Zimmerman and another man rescued a family of 4 from an overturned SUV which subsequently caught on fire. The accident occurred with one MILE of the location where he was forced to shoot Trayvon Martin in self defense.
I got the FACTS, *******, all you got is your toothless Hillbilly MOUTH!
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Do Do, The Zimmerman rescue story has been debunked. More Zimmerman lies.
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We'll let the morally righteous "Stand their Ground" in a culture and civilization which is provincial, inmoral and not of much value except for those who are so steeped into a very isolated world. Someone I know, who was in my city, brought here by her husband's job, across the country from Florida--she knows that "Stand Your Ground Law"--she was born in Martin's Ferry, she knows the Valley but has lived outside of the country for many years; professing daily for Jesus and God, blaming the bad times on the Devil--such a convenient mechanism for a society which can't bridge the gap between that which is merely bad and that which is simply racist and bigoted. What would "Jesus" do...probably not spend the night within driving distance of Wheeling, perhaps not even on that piece of Real Estate known as the United States.
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Speaking as someone who HAS been in similar situations, you have milliseconds to make a life or death decision in a self defense situation
I do not have time to conduct an interview and I'm under no obligation to do so!!!
If you are breaking into my house, I don't care if it's for a glass of water, you are gonna die!!!
And if I see ANYBODY who looks like they are being attacked and their life is in danger, I WILL without hessitation take aim and TERMINATE the attacker!!
No corrupt government will EVER tell me when or how I can defend myself or my family!!!
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The stand your ground law wasn't even used in the Zimmerman case!!
This was a SELF DEFENSE case!!!
And EVERYBODY has the G O D given RIGHT to defend themselves with deadly force when they feel they may die or be seriously injured!!!
My rights come from G O D, not from government!!!!!
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GETACLUE "I prefer to call the cops and let the professionals handle it as opposed to stalking someone walking lawfully in my neighborhood. BUT HEY I'M CRAZY LIKE THAT!"
Yeah, you're crazy alright.
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GETACLUE, Sep-10-11, in Comments to NRI article "Battling Drug Abuse in W.Va" - "you should be shoot for being an UN-AMERICAN RIGHTS TRASHING TREASONIST!!! At the very least BEATEN about the HEAD AND FACE. I know just the guy to do it ...ME!!!"
So you appear to be sympathetic to both acts, Clueless. You think citizens should be shot for disagreeing with you, and you're willing to beat citizens about the head and face, too. Are you more like Martin or Zimmerman? Or like both?
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@Getaclue. If you're the neighborhood watch captain in your community and you notice a stranger walking slowly in a driving rain carrying a bag, which may contain burglary tools, what would you do?
That's right, you already said it, "You would call the cops". You would do exactly what GZ did!
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George, being the Good Samaritan that he is, had a fire extinglisher.
He took a chance getting out of his vehicle, seeing that he has a target on his back and a very recognizable face.
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@Getaclueless. You prefer to call the police, but you would rather stand there and take a chance of being killed till the police arrive. Just shows what a total moron you are. If your wife and children was there and could also be killed, would you still wait for the police? I wouldn't call the police till after "Boom Boom" the bad guy is dead, because if he is uninvited into my home he deserves whatever he gets. You need to quit sashaying down the street holding hands with Obozo, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Holder,Sharpton, and Jackson Maybe you don't care about living or you don't care about your families well being. I take pride in myself and I will protect my life and my families and friends if be needed
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That these conservative states, so many of them of the "God Fearing" nature find that they need a statute on the books which is "Stand your Ground" might be proof that while their God might be feared, their Christianity, of which they profess, is very thin on the skin.
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I'm sure if Trayvon were still alive, he could loot the victims and run away.
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Zero to HERO AGAIN!
"George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today.
Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of a family of four -- two parents and two children -- trapped inside a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had rolled over after traveling off the highway in Sanford, Fla. at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route Route 46, police said. The crash site is less than a mile from where Zimmerman shot Martin.
By the time police arrived, two people - including Zimmerman - had already helped the family get out of the overturned car, the sheriff's office said. No one was reported to be injured.
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getaclue, What does illegal walking look like?
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If states let this law stand, it's an excuse for the feds to cut state funds, as they did with seat belts & others.
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White- kill a white-Bad, but ok. Black kill a white- Bad- maybe one paragraph in news. Black kills a black- just a statistic- white kills a black- excuse to riot & loot. You & I have seen this many times.
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Can anyone doubt the resources and commitment of the Obama administration? Have you noticed that every time an event that contradicts his tenets happens, there is an immediate and extended protest too organized to be grass roots? Every politician does what it takes and says what they need to say in order to get elected, but rarely do they use their power in such a detrimental way once they are in power. All these actions serve to do is weaken this nation.
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I mean with OUT a gun you be dead.
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Clueass, in Detroit, second highest violent crime city in the USA, the average response time for 9-11 call is 1 to 2 HOURS!
You be a dead MF with a gun before the cops git to U, boi!
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WVcoughy, here's Trayvon's story.
"I be walking in hood comin' back from da 7-11 with my stolen loot in my hand and HIGH as a MF kite on POT when I's sees dis Cracka M_F seemin' like he be STALKIN' me.
So's I turned around approached the sutpid MF and said "WTF CrackA u be followin me, I kick yo ASS, boi!"
"And he said "FU N***gga it is a free country, whats youz doin' in the hood"?
I said "FU white POS" and starting beating on his white ass when SHEET! Da MF done pulls a gun and shoot me in da gut!!
I be dead now, just like daWraith!
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I prefer to call the cops and let the professionals handle it as opposed to stalking someone walking lawfully in my neighborhood. BUT HEY I'M CRAZY LIKE THAT!
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George wasn't "standing his ground" he was fighting for his life!
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Stand your ground -- No person should be forced to retreat from a location or situation where he legally has a right to be.... period.
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Acquitted by a jury does not prove you are innocent. I would love to hear Trayvon's side I've the story but he was murdered.
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It's becoming clear that when Zimmerman saw that stranger prowling in his neighborhood he should have run for the hills. If we would all simply run when we sense something is wrong the horrific level of violence in America would drop to zero.
Me? I'm putting in escape doors in every room of my house, so when that home invader bursts in I won't put a running-man-shaped hole in my rear wall.
New American motto: "Who needs a gun when you can run?"
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Retailers know consumers use their smartphones and tablets to research products and hunt for sales. Now they want to make that part of the experience in the actual brick-and-mortar store.
Touch screens are the trend in mobile phones and tablets. Now retailers are finding uses for that same technology, inside stores.
What you're able to do is put together an outfit to see how everything looks together, while you're right there in the store. So you might start with a particular shirt, match it with a pair of jeans.
The National Retail Federation show in New York showcased a number of practical uses like this touch screen display aimed at large appliance retailers, highlighting pricing, features, and more, even without the items physically being in the store.
INTEL, which has partnered with a number of major brands for new high-tech ideas, says it's not just about the "cool factor," it's about giving something extra to the consumer.


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Fantasy map I did for a private commission. The compass-rose was inspired by the work of TheRedEpic. The actual size is 25x25inch so this is just a small version cheers, DJ
Fantasy map I did for a private commission. The compass-rose was inspired by the work of TheRedEpic. The actual size is 25x25inch so this is just a small version cheers, DJ
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Very nice!
"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government."
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This is fantastic DJ. Snagged to my inspiration folder.
Love it DJ, that is just way cool. I really like the coloring as well.
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It's too small.
It's great.
Fantastic Map, great detail. I really like the Font used for "The Lorelands". Is that a computer font that I could download somewhere or did you do it by hand?
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
Well done!
Looks fantastic! Have some Rep. .
And i want to echo what Freodin said
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The North Central College Board of Trustees has announced the members of the Presidential Search Committee. The committee is charged with presenting candidates to the Board of Trustees for election of the 10th president of the College.
North Central College prepares students to be informed,
involved, principled and productive citizens and leaders over their lifetime.


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Well I had the best b-day present ever this year, the best part was having my Dad along on the hunt. We hunted south central Wyoming this year and spotted one buck that was a 180 class deer. We hunted hard for him in the same quakie patch for 3 days with no luck. The 4th day I saw this guy on a different ridge and was able to put him down with a accubond bullet. I am now a firm believer in this round. Anyways it was the day before my birthday and a hunt with my old man and seeing his excitement plus mine made it my best birthday ever. I don't care about the score but he greened 160 and in my mind is just a gorgeous 4x4 buck that is super tall and has perfect symmetry. A perfect representative mule deer buck.
I Hope every one else had a great season as well!!


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Australia's 2013 wine harvest was the biggest in five years, rising more than 10% on 2012 to hit an estimated 1.83m tonnes, according to the Winemakers' Federation of Australia (WFA).
Political instability in Argentina is pushing up production costs for French winemakers based in the country, prompting questions over the rationale for making wine there.
The new owners of landmark Los Angeles store Wally's Wine & Spirits are moving into the fine wine auction business with the establishment of Wally's Auction House.
Brunello di Montalcino producer Argiano has expressed its 'satisfaction' after a Siena court acquitted it of all charges related to the long-running Brunello tainted wine scandal.
Italian authorities have employed a local oenologist to combat the rising problem of 'fake' Prosecco being sold in the Veneto region.
The Burgundy Wine Bureau (BIVB) has reported record export sales of â¬214.5 million in the period between January and April 2013, signifiying a return of sales figure heights last seen in the 2008-2009 campaign.
Ireland's first purpose-built distillery for over 200 years - the Dingle Whiskey Distillery â" is celebrating its inauguration by offering its first 500 casks of 'Founding Fathers' single malt to investors.
A new fine wine auction website is aiming to become the 'eBay' of the wine trade by offering cut-price lots from a selection of merchants.
Robert Parkerâs Wine Advocate and its former correspondent Antonio Galloni have settled their dispute out of court.
Sales of wine in the US hit a new record in 2012, spurred on by drinkers' growing thirst for Moscato.
As expected, Pomerolâs Chateau Gazin became the first Bordeaux estate to release its en primeur wine this week, coming out at an ex-Bordeaux price of â¬39, a reduction of 7.14% on last yearâs price of â¬42 ex-Bordeaux.
The dry whites of Pessac Leognan have come out of this year's en primeur tastings with a solid vote of confidence from Decanter's tasting team â" followed by Pomerol and Margaux.
Bordeaux negociants say they are âsereneâ about the quality of 2012, but most agree that it will severely affect the saleability of the 2011 vintage â" for the time being.
After years of litigation, multiple failed cases and endless court appearances, billionaire William Koch has claimed the first scalp in his war on what he calls âwine fakersâ.
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Starting with the 2005-02-16 release, the series reflects an increase in the universe of permit-issuing places from 19,000 to 20,000 places.
Source: US. Bureau of the Census
Release: New Residential Construction
US. Bureau of the Census,
New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits [PERMIT],
retrieved from FRED,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - For a second straight day, NHL owners and players engaged in lengthy talks in an effort to end the nearly three-month lockout.
After meeting for nearly 10 hours on Tuesday, the two sides went at it for even longer on Wednesday.
The talks adjourned shortly after 1:00 A.M. (EST).
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey spoke on behalf of the players, while NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly represented the NHL.
The two warring factions met twice last week with the involvement of federal mediators, but the process was unsuccessful as it had been during the 2004-05 lockout.
The current work stoppage, which began Sept. 16, has already forced the cancellation of regular-season games through Dec. 14, as well as the Winter Classic and All-Star Weekend.
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The University owns, rents and maintains approximately 80 rental units, ranging from studios to 3-bedroom apartments. Both Lesley affiliates and non-affiliates may rent these units.
Lesley University manages the following Cambridge apartments:
A stucco double house constructed in 1849 and converted to apartments 1910, 3 & 5 Everett contain 6 units.
The three-story row houses that are 17, 19 and 21 Mellen Street date to 1858, with an 1897 addition and subsequent infrastructure modernizations throughout the years. There are 6 units in the 17 Mellen Street address while 19 and 21 Mellen Street are two and three-family residences respectively.
This 2 1/2 story, multi-unit residence was built in 1892.
This 6-unit, 3-story apartment building
was constructed in 1869 and renovated in 1919 and 1951, with subsequent
mechanical/electrical/plumbing upgrades throughout the years.
Originally constructed in 1856, this two-family Victorian has had a number of additions that predate 1900, bringing the total living area up to 2,464 square feet. Each unit has two-bedrooms.
Conceived as a double house in 1869, this charming duplex has received subsequent modernizations throughout the years. A total of 2,168 square feet is split between the two units on two and a half floors.
This three-story, 1959 brick apartment building contains 6,120 square feet of living area divided among 8 units.
Constructed in 1924, this four-story stately brick building is divided into two entries, containing a total of 32 units.
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Stealth treaty
United Nations | An international treaty used to change abortion laws around the world could soon find its way into more U.S. adjudications
In Saudi Arabia, women may not vote, drive a car, or travel by themselves. In Afghanistan, women set themselves on fire to escape forced marriages. In China, pregnant women have no choice but to abort their babies and sterilize their wombs.
Yet all three countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), an international treaty that promises women "the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on a basis of equality with men."
But the promises of CEDAW ring hollow: "Where it's really needed, it has not been effective. Where it's been harmful to women, it has been effective, as in overturning pro-life laws," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America. One area of effectiveness, say pro-life activists like Wright, has been to twist the treaty's original purpose to compel support for abortion worldwide.
Although Jimmy Carter signed the treaty in 1980 and advocates in the U.S. Senate have twice tried to muster a two-thirds vote for ratification, the United States is one of eight countries that have not ratified CEDAW. That may change. March 8 is International Women's Day, it's election season, and pro-lifers are expecting a Democratic Congress to start pushing CEDAW soon.
When the UN adopted CEDAW in 1979, most countries still criminalized abortion. Some of the 185 states to ratify the treaty still do. The word "abortion" never appears in CEDAW's text. The text does not even mention reproductive health-just access to health services, including family planning-and the State Department has pronounced the treaty "abortion neutral."
But the treaty's text matters less than its interpretation as a living document. Experts in countries that implement CEDAW have reinterpreted the treaty to include abortion rights. The CEDAW committee-23 elected experts who create "General Recommendations" to guide interpretation of the treaty-in 1999 issued General Recommendation 24 declaring access to reproductive health care a basic right. They called it discriminatory to "criminalize medical procedures only needed by women." It recommends that countries amend abortion legislation "to remove punitive provisions imposed on women who undergo abortion."
The committee has no enforcement power and the recommendation isn't legally binding, but Susan Yoshihara, executive vice president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), said, "It does tell you the mind of this committee, how they perceive it."
Wright said pro-lifers aren't just speculating that the committee will use the treaty to support abortion: "They've used it that way." Thomas W. Jacobson, Focus on the Family's representative to the United Nations, found that since 1995, the CEDAW committee has pressured 58 nations to legalize or increase access to abortion. Each country that ratifies the treaty must give the committee regular updates on its progress implementing CEDAW. In countries where abortion is illegal, the committee expresses concern about "clandestine abortions" and "maternal mortality rates," recommending that nations remove "punitive provisions" and decriminalize abortion to make it safer.
In countries where abortion is already legal, the committee presses to liberalize abortion laws by increasing access to RU-486, providing social security coverage, doing away with spousal consent, and expanding abortion services to rural areas. In 2007 alone, the committee pressured seven countries-Belize, India, Indonesia, Liechtenstein, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Sierra Leone-to liberalize their abortion laws.
Some countries act on those recommendations. In May 2006, Colombia's constitutional court overturned its pro-life laws and cited CEDAW in its ruling: Abortion laws compromise "women's right to gender equality in the area of health" and violate "international obligations to respect those internationally recognized rights." In a Women's Link Worldwide video celebrating the victory, attorney Mónica Roa said her challenge sought "to create consistency between international human rights law and national law."
Since abortion is already legal in the United States and U.S. law trumps international law, CEDAW supporters dismiss concerns that CEDAW would affect abortion law. Pro-lifers say CEDAW still has the potential to shape the abortion debate. Wright said legislators would use CEDAW to attack restrictions on partial-birth abortion and parental consent requirements: "They could take their cue from the CEDAW committee or conveniently rely on the CEDAW committee rulings as if they were authoritative."
Austin Ruse, president of C-FAM, said the same would happen with the Supreme Court: "When Roe v. Wade is reheard by the Supreme Court, CEDAW will be mentioned by the majority upholding Roe or by the minority that dissent from Roe being overturned. It is a guarantee that CEDAW will play a part . . . because the claim of the other side is that CEDAW requires governments to change their laws to have liberal abortion laws."
Yoshihara said the Supreme Court has already set a "remarkable" precedent. In the landmark 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case, it cited an amicus brief that used UN treaty-monitoring bodies to argue for homosexual rights.
Marie Smith, director of the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues, said efforts to elect pro-life committee members to CEDAW haven't worked: "Efforts to try to reform the CEDAW committee have just failed miserably. . . . It has been so overtaken by the abortion advocates." The committee once had a pro-life member, but Smith said other members ignored her and her country refused to renominate her.
Unfortunately, supporting CEDAW may not help oppressed women and has yet to change the fact that Saudi Arabian women ride gender-segregated buses and are not allowed to drive cars. When the committee heard Saudi Arabia's report this January, it rebuked the country for its system of male guardianship and failure to enact "a comprehensive gender equality law." The committee can only rebuke, though, and Saudi Arabian leaders made it clear that they see "no discrimination against women" and "no contradiction" between Shariah law and human rights.
Ruse said governments like Saudi Arabia's ratify human-rights treaties "to get the international feminists off their backs" but then ignore the treaties.
So what is the solution to the plight of women worldwide? Ruse said, "I don't think it's CEDAW. I think that it's increasingly enlightened democracy, but enlightened democracy doesn't come from UN documents. It comes from instilling things like the rule of law, property rights. . . . It's much more fundamental."
Wright agrees, saying real change comes when totalitarian governments institute democracy and the rule of law, "democracy that recognizes in the law that women are fully human beings and not property or a subclass of humans."
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly and is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end "any" discrimination. It was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1980 but has failed twice to be ratified by the U.S. Senate.


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Patrick completed his PhD ('10) in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley working on a new type of medical imaging, Magnetic Particle Imaging. He holds a BS ('01) and MS ('04) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and he previously worked at Intel designing and debugging microprocessors.
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Season is almost open here in MT.
Nice Graylight. Looks like a good and successful day.
Congart! san diego or northern ca
Congrats! That's the way I'm going to hunt them when Utah opens up.
Shoot STR8
Very cool. I bet that was difficult.
Nice! I'm jealous.
Thanks boy's... It was a hunt I won't soon forget... After all, firsts are firsts right... they only come once!
Mike, The bird is from Southern Ca...
"This is A Way of Life"
cool great pix, I will be headed out on Wednesday with my good ol' Browning scatter gun!
Congrats on the nice gobbler Graylight. Have you weighed it yet?
Here's one I spot-n-stocked a few years back in a fall turkey hunt. It's a younger jake.....taken out of So Cal.
My first bird with my bow.
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EXTRASTUDIO in collaboration with landscape architects Oficina dos Jardins, won the competition for Tavira's Island Regeneration, in Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal.Launched by Sociedade Polis Litoral Ria Formosa in collaboration with ParqueExpo and Tavira's Municipality, the project includes the exist-ing infra-structures and landscape re-qualification.
Sociedade Polis was generated by Parquexpo, the public company responsible for the construction and management of Lisbon's EXPO 98, and which as since then the major players behind the successful urban regeneration in all major Portuguese cities, using architecture as a key element in the modernization of public space. Since 2009 both compa-nies have been addressing the coastline re-qualification of Algarve.
Continue reading Tavira Island | Algarve Portugal | EXTRASTUDIO with Oficina dos Jardins


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All Seasons Tahoe Limousine Service
The Nevada airport ground transportation company called All Seasons Tahoe Limousine Service which is located in Minden, Nevada was recently rated by our editors and received a GroundCar Score rating of 15. Scores range from 0 to 100. Companies with a high transparency score generally communicate important travel information on their website which may also include transfer rates going to and from Nevada area airports and or other locations.
2651 Kayne Ave
Minden, NV 89423
Company Information
SERVICE AREA: Reno
SERVICE TYPE: Limousine
1 = Poor, 2 = Below Avg., 3 = Average, 4 = Above Avg., 5 = Great
Refer to our state regulatory page for additional information about agencies which may regulate All Seasons Tahoe Limousine Service.
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- The Registered Company Name is the name which is registered with the Nevada Transportation Authority (NTA), formerly called the Transportation Services Authority (TSA), and or the Nevada Secretary of State.
- The NTA issues a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to all authorized ground transportation companies who operate in the state of Nevada and whom are under their direct supervision.
- State Results are compiled from all Nevada ground transportation companies who are listed on www.TransportationReviews.com.
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The following is a daily arrest report provided by the Gastonia and Gaston County police departments and the Gaston County Sheriff�s Office. An arrest does not imply someone is guilty of any alleged wrongdoing. These arrests occurred from midnight March 1 to 11:59 p.m. March 2. Juvenile arrests (younger than 16) are not included. This report has been designed to capture as much data as possible based on the arrest date/time.
Gastonia Police Department
Frederick Steven Black, 27, 103 Stacy Lane, Bessemer City; 2:40 p.m., aggravated assault, 246 Scruggs St.
Brandon Montrell Brice, 19, 401 Digh St., Gastonia; 1:03 a.m., stolen property, 2419 W. Franklin Blvd.
Eric Scott Brooks, 38, 418 S. Willow St., Gastonia; 2:40 p.m., simple assault, 246 Scruggs St.
Devon Scott Crosby, 19, 109 Sante Circle, Gastonia; 9:40 p.m., larceny-other, 109 Sante Circle
Keisha Lorraine Jenkins, 28, 631 N. Weldon St., Gastonia; 9:10 p.m., resisting arrest or escape from custody, 631 N. Weldon St.
Erika Faith Phillips, 17, 164 Lowery Wood Road, Kings Mountain; 10:16 p.m., drug/narcotic violation, 1400 W. Walnut Avenue
Cleveland Junior Wallace, 30, 631 N. Weldon St., Gastonia; 9:10 p.m., drug/narcotic violation, resisting arrest or escape from custody, 631 N. Weldon St.
Gaston County Police Department
Mary Ann Sexton, 33, 521 Elizabeth Lane, Gastonia; 8:44 a.m., simple assault, 521 Elizabeth Lane
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About this font family
The BATTISTA typeface stands in the long tradition of the designs developed by Giambattista Bodoni, who made his famous typefaces in the end of the eighteenth century. Similar designs can be found on various specimen books e.g. Alexander Wilson, John Bell, Edmund Fry and Alexander Thibaudeau. One of the best italics was available by Stephenson Blake & Co. foundry form Sheffield, England. In the end of the nineteenth century an unknown punch cutter at the German type foundry Schelter & Giesecke made an very bold cut of this Bodoni design. He brought both designs, the regular and the italic to an new level of harmony. More…
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Mobile Development Services
We're full-service, never-outsourced, eating-sleeping-breathing user-experience, mobile-marketing experts.
Mobile Strategy
Strategy is where it all starts. And at Punchkick it means a lot of unique things.
Everything begins with strategy.
Strategy means a team of uber-talented folks working on-site with project stakeholders to learn everything possible about our client—and leaving those meetings feeling like a united team. It means making smart recommendations about how to spend each dollar as though it's ten. It's understanding the needs of our clients and recognizing what success truly means to them. It's accepting that our clients are not the audience, and that we are not the audience. Rather, that our audience is the audience. And that everything we do must speak to that audience.
User Experience
User experience underscores all that we do. And user experience starts with an understanding of the user.
We are not the audience. Our users are the audience.
Punchkick follows a UX-centric product development process that puts the user first. We start with research, as well as learnings about our target audience through surveys, interviews, client data and more. As we learn more about the landscape, we start to form hypotheses. These hypotheses are frequently tested and re-tested through two-week iterative design and development cycles that result in invaluable prototypes.
Through prototyping, Punchkick has the ability to validate and test hypotheses with the target audience. Are the features we're proposing a hit? Are users following through the paths we need them to? All of this and more is answered through constant validation of prototypes with the folks that matter most: end users.
iOS & Android App Development
Punchkick's native app development happens natively. As in, right here in our studio. Because Punchkick doesn't outsource its development talent, the quality of our work is magnified tenfold. Maybe more.
App Development is a Unified Team Effort.
Designers need developers. And developers need designers. And so on and so forth. Our unified team works together to create industry-leading app experiences by capitalizing on the value of the team—not the individual. Above all, our collective experience is our greatest asset.
Future-scaleability isn't always a top concern for clients at a project's onset, but it's something that's incredibly important as later enhancements and upgrades come through the pipe. At Punchkick, those updates are easy to launch thanks to solid, elegantly designed codebases. Apps can and should be seen as evergreen. And future upgrades should be a breeze.
Responsive Website Design & Development
Punchkick Interactive has worked with the world's leading brands—including Microsoft, ESPN, and Marriott—to increase their mobile presence on a global scale. With nearly a decade of experience developing exclusively for mobile, Punchkick is at the cutting edge of the mobile web, using proprietary web technologies to create award-winning mobile sites that reach millions of users worldwide.
Mobile Phones Are Doing Serious Things In Web.
Clients are often surprised at the sheer power of mobile web browsers. So much of what occurs within a native app can happen right within a web browser—with mobile products ranging from games to web applications. Our dedicated mobile web team stays on top of the newest technologies and pushes mobile web boundaries every day. And the results are utterly amazing.
Brand Experience
Let's build something beautiful together.
Send us a message about your goals on digital and one of our strategists will be in touch.


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Ashlee Simpson
Birth Name: Ashlee Simpson
Born: 10/03/1984
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Born: 10/03/1984
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Born Oct. 3, 1984, Simpson-Wentz was raised in the North Texas town of Richardson where her father, Joe Simpson, was a Baptist minister. Her talent for dancing was apparent at the age of four, and by age 11, she was the youngest student admitted to study at the esteemed School of American Ballet in New York City - mainly due to the fact that Joe misrepresented her age on the application by a year, when minimum age for acceptance was 12 years old. After a few years spent training, she began dancing professionally, jumping at the opportunity to join the crew backing older sister and new-found pop star Jessica on tour. After moving to Los Angeles with her family in 1999, Simpson-Wentz landed he... Continue Bio >>
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Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
ISU MBB: Bigger than a single person, player, or coach.
Yes I realize this is a teaser and it's mean and nasty to make you guys wait but it's soooo fun:)
First verbal from a recruit?
Kyle S. Flander
I feel like I should be getting Blue Balls here.
"Seven minutes to glory."
Can you at least give us a little hint??
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I feel like I should be getting Blue Balls here.
Wildly inappropriate, but hilarious.
Not cool man.
AH but when, my friend Jeremy?
I'll take "I just found out my wife is actually my sister" for $500 please.
Hey...you tease us like that...we'll speculate about anything!
Ok, I'm not Rudy Guiliani (yes he married his second cousin that was his best-friend growing up and knowing the whole time they were related). But nice try:)
Anyways, the news revolves around CycloneFanatic, ISU coverage, etc. That's all I'll say right now but just rest assured that exciting times are ahead...
You just saved a bunch of money on your car insurance?
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22 is growing his hair back?!
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I killed KDE's plasma-desktop on a openSUSE 11.2 machine, because it was eating too much CPU. How can I restart it via SSH or another tty session? On the affected computer there is only shown a blinking cursor on the screen, but I cannot type anything.
If I try "kstart plasma-desktop" over SSH the error message of course is "kstart: cannot connect to X server", because I haven't enabled X11-forwarding. But nevertheless "kstart plasma-desktop" is not the completely correct, because I want to start plasma-desktop on a desktop session and not over SSH on my computer.
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I'm sorry, but I just had to post a screenshot of Zimbra inside Firefox on the eee pc
And just another general of the home
I have been using Zimbra for a while now. Like a year. Totally happy with it, other people around me are starting to consider it for there business as well. Especially in combo with a eee.


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Fair sees increase in attendance
Final numbers were 244,883 fans for 2012 run.
GOSHEN — The Elkhart County 4-H Fair released final attendance numbers Monday, showing an increase in attendance from the previous year.
A total of 244,883 people came to the Elkhart County fairgrounds for the nine-day even compared to 235,495 in 2011. The numbers equate to a four percent increase.
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