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Real Name: Joseph Shepard
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Wanted For: Murder
Missing Since: July 1978
Details: Joe Shepard of Tellico Plain, Tennessee is wanted for the murder of 15-year-old Roxanne Woodson, who vanished in 1978. Her body had been buried and hid under his parents old vehicle at his home and later discovered by his mother.
Shepard attempted a shoot-out with the police that failed and denied his implication in the murder, but he was also connected to the disappearance of another girl, 14-year-old Cathy Clowers. Shepard later revealed the location of her body to police, and although it was rumored but never proven, it is believed he might have had some help in the murders. In July 1978 while sitting in jail, Shepard escaped with two other inmates, who were ultimately caught. Joe Shepard has remained missing.
Extra Notes: The case was featured as a part of the October 5, 1988 episode.
Results: Captured. Shepard was arrested in London, Ontario, Canada under the alias Joseph Tripp and returned to prison. He was convicted of the second-degree murder of Clowers, but after an appeal, the charge was lowered to involuntary manslaughter. In the Spring of 1991, he was convicted of the first-degree murder of Woodson and sentenced to death which was later commuted to a life sentence. Shepard died in prison of natural causes in August 2010. Sadly Roxanne's grandmother, Dorcas Woodson, passed away in 2011.


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Al Neuharth, the gutsy founder of USA Today who did on Friday, was a genuine 20th-century pioneer -- and a maverick.
The term maverick is greatly overused in our society, but Neuharth had the credentials. The leader of Gannett, the large U.S. newspaper chain, had the extraordinary idea of launching a national newspaper. On Sept. 15, 1982, the U.S. welcomed USA Today, Neuharth's vision and dream.
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Once, I did a piece about U.S. Steel and an editor in the Rosslyn, Va., headquarters implored me to change that to say "USA Steel" (I refused). The idea was to bring America together. The headlines could be, well, ridiculous. I remember one saying "We eat our vegetables," careful to use the word "we." (Another one proclaimed: "Men and women: We're still different.")
Neuharth did something that would seem out of place in today's newspaper industry: He spent money! Once, an editor asked me where I wanted to go to cover the nation's news. I had never been to New Orleans so I cautiously asked to go there on assignment. Voila! The next thing I knew I was in New Orleans, writing about the burgeoning cajun tech industry in nearby Lafayette, La. All I knew for sure about that city was that New York Yankee great pitcher Ron Guidry had hailed from it.
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Mark McGwire made headlines this week by admitting he used steroids during his playing career, but that's all in the past. The more interesting question as the season gets closer is how successful Mr. McGwire will be as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. He isn't the first big-name player to try his hand at teaching, but given the track record of similar experiments, he shouldn't get too comfortable in his new role.
The appeal in having a legend mentor younger players on how to hit is obvious, but the results are usually not as fruitful as teams would hope. Paul Molitor and Rod Carew are both in the Hall of Fame for their achievements at the plate, though both have struggled to find success as hitting coaches. Mr. Molitor lasted one season with Seattle before being dropped after the offense regressed—the Mariners' team on-base percentage dipped 13 points under his watch. Mr. Carew also failed to make an immediate impact, and his tenure with Milwaukee was short-lived.
Teams would be wise to remember that the old adage "those who can't, teach" was coined for a reason. Often, the hitting coaches with the best reputations are those that weren't able to succeed themselves. Rudy Jaramillo, who played minor-league baseball but never reached the show, spent 15 years as the Texas Rangers hitting coach, then was immediately hired by the Chicago Cubs once he became available this offseason.
So don't expect Mr. McGwire to take Albert Pujols's game to another level, although maybe Mr. McGwire can teach him how to perform his patented forearm bash.
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Here are several quality hitters who became hitting coaches, and a comparison of how they fared during their first year, based on the team's change in on-base percentage.
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There's nothing like a long-standing rivalry on the gridiron.
Barn burner, slobber knocker or nail biter. All three could be used to describe Turlock High's 48-47 victory over Buhach Colony High at Joe Debely Stadium on Friday night.
Q. What do you like most about the game of golf?
The second time two teams meet rarely results in the same outcome as the first matchup.
Though its girls can no longer claim to be straight-set winners through all of their matches, Pitman High is still undefeated and seemingly on its way to its fourth consecutive Central California Conference volleyball championship.
The Pitman girls tennis team came up short against a visiting Merced Bears team, 2-7, on Tuesday bringing the Pride's league record to 4-5.
The Turlock High football team broke its recent lull and with a hard-earned victory on the road, defeating Golden Valley, 50-29, in Friday's Central California Conference opener.
Q. What does it mean to be a team captain for Denair High varsity soccer?
Pitman High continued its winning ways Friday night with an old fashioned, defensive beat down of Buhach Colony High in the Pride's Central California Conference home opener at Joe Debely Stadium.
The atmosphere was electrified at the Turlock High pool on Tuesday night after a much anticipated crosstown rivalry clash between Turlock and Pitman's varsity boys water polo squads resulted in a back and forth game.
Turlock High girls golf trounced Atwater on Tuesday by a score of 221 to 282.
The Pitman Pride girls varsity water polo squad is a perfect 5-0 in the Central California Conference to start off the 2014 season after defeating crosstown and league rivals Turlock, 12-6, at the Bulldogs' home pool on Tuesday.
Turlock High's girls tennis team is a perfect 6-0 in the Central California Conference thus far, after defeating Merced High, 6-3, on Tuesday at home.
Hilmar volleyball added yet another win to its prestigious record, beating out Modesto Christian 3-0 Monday evening, for its 14th consecutive victory.
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The Washington Voting Rights Act, as supporters call it, would encourage court challenges to cities, counties, school districts and others to push them to switch from at-large to district elections in areas where large minority groups are present.
Sen. Pam Roach, chairwoman of the Senate Governmental Operations Committee, said it was not likely the bill would advance from her panel.
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The measure passed the state House earlier this month, where all but one Democrat voted in favor and Republicans unanimously voted in opposition.
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"Dont take life so seriousit aint nohow permanent."
It's a reasonable inference from your statement.
"Dont take life so seriousit aint nohow permanent."
Still going to work up some links for you all, but this one passed my way today from Newsweek. I hope Newsweek is still a credible source. The info in the article I have been reading about for some time and I consider it to be accurate.
Autism- Yes, I can agree that many just get lumped into the Autistic label because they can be. Unfortunately there are a lot more that have unexplained behaviour problems the DO get improved with a change in diet. Many dont but connections on what their mothers ate becomes a factor and even what drugs their GRANDMOTHER took has been found to be gene changing to cause major problems in the third generation.
Like I said in my first post, I was just as skeptical as many of you are. Eventually there were writers who composed papers that made sense and were backed up with references. People are starting to doubt "facts" spread with millions of dollars from companies like Coke, Pepsi, Nestle and Monsanto, especially when they were caught ILLEGALLY hiding their money spent for a recent labeling initiative in WA. What are they REALLY hiding?
Be healthy my friends.
I suspect that the issue with autism and the other associated disorders are more to do with foetal alcohol syndrome.
But no-one wants to talk about that, because it's not the sort of subject that goes down well at the bar over a couple of beers, or the dining room table with a couple of wines, or at the big game on a Saturday night.
Dream. Dare. Do.
Nice to see they put that story online. They have a done a number of nutrition vs athletics articles lately.
Many people tolerate certain foods/chemicals much better than others. While I am certain that HFCS was the biggest contributor to my being diabetic, others still ingest large quantities with no problem. Same with something like nutrasweet. Some cannot ingest it at all without becoming ill.
Lets add another one to the list- Why are there so many more people with allergies to easy common items like peanuts?
There really is something to whats ended up in our bodies, but its also difficult to find out what it may be.
The thing about your suggestion is that it can be evaluated against reality, as you would evaluate any hypothesis. It would predict that autistic and ASD children would tend to be born to alcoholic women, and unless there's been an increase in alcoholism in women there should be no increase in rates of autism, and AFAIK there's no evidence of that.Similarly, there should have been more Autism before women were told to stop drinking during pregnancy. The parents of the Baby Boom had never heard such, and so they drank, and smoked, pretty much as they did when NOT pregnant. Yet autism rates rose more after the news about not drinking during pregnancy came out.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is real, it's a recognized set of effects, but autism is not one of them.
"Dont take life so seriousit aint nohow permanent."
You are making a lot of assumptions about this. First of all, women do not need to be alcoholics to consume enough alcohol during pregnancy to cause FAS. Secondly, people are notorious for hiding their drinking or underestimating the amount they have consumed. I don't think parents of baby boomers drank nearly as much as the current generation does because of the restrictions on outlet trading hours, and because alcohol was not regarded as much as a fashion accessory as it is now.
I did a casual search and came up with this link that indicates there is some crossover in diagnosis between FAS and autism... whether it is right or wrong.
Dream. Dare. Do.
Alcohol consumption statistics do not show a rise in consumption corresponding to the gestation of the children who now make up the rise in Autism and ASD. And if you don't think alcohol was as much a fashion accessory as it is now, I suggest you watch a few old movies.
It's an interesting hypothesis, but like any hypothesis it makes predictions, like that per capita alcohol consumption would rise, and that states with the highest alcohol consumption would also have the highest level of autism and ASD. Indeed, alcohol consumption dropped a bit in the 1990s relative to the 1980s, yet it's in the generation gestated in the 1990s that you see the big rise in Autism and ASD, and Utah, with the lowest level of alcohol consumption of the 50 states has one of the highest Autism/ASD prevalence rates.
The data just aren't there to support it.
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After every hard-fought contest - even pro hockey games in which hulking skaters have spent the previous couple of hours slamming opponents into the boards and trying to knock their teeth out - second-place finishers typically shake hands and congratulate the victors.
Evidently, though, Mitt Romney and his vanquished GOP minions - Fox News commentators, talk-radio troglodytes and other disenfranchised banner-wavers for the far right - subscribe to the sour grapes school of politics. They continue to talk trash about President Obama as if the election were tomorrow instead of more than two weeks ago, and just can't choke down the fact that the majority of voters don't agree with them.
It's like the scene in the 1941 classic "Citizen Kane," when fictional gubernatorial candidate Charles Foster Kane, as played by Orson Welles, holds up a prematurely printed newspaper with the headline he hoped would run, "Kane Elected," and then selects the alternative version, "Fraud at Polls."
A photograph supposedly snapped of Mr. Romney the other day pumping gas for his SUV at a Shell station in La Jolla, Calif., shows him in uncharacteristically rumpled attire and with an expression suggesting he has been infected by an acute case of post-election stress disorder.
The authenticity of the picture, now circulating widely on the Internet, hasn't been verified. In fact, aside from a brief concession speech in the early morning hours of Nov. 7 we've seen or heard little from the former Massachusetts governor.
Mr. Romney's only other comments after the election, made via a telephone conference call to wealthy campaign donors that was later leaked to the media, blamed his loss on "gifts" President Obama gave to African-Americans, Hispanics, women and young voters.
He was quoted as saying, "With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift. Free contraceptives were very big with young, college-aged women. And then, finally, Obamacare also made a difference for them, because as you know, anybody now 26 years of age and younger was now going to be part of their parents' plan, and that was a big gift to young people. They turned out in large numbers, a larger share in this election even than in 2008."
Meanwhile, distraught voters in a number of red states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, are circulating petitions calling for secession from the union.
Even though the United States just re-elected its first African-American president, it's as if we're getting ready to fight the Civil War again.
This nation already faces far too many immediate challenges - solving the debt crisis to avoid plunging off the fiscal cliff; trying to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians; the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - to remain so sharply divided.
It's time for Mr. Romney and his followers to show some leadership and some class.
Extend a hand, if not in friendship, at least in acknowledgement that we are all Americans, and we can either stand as one or all fall together.
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You guys are seriously blowing me away with your freaking amazing #colddeadfingers posts. Every new post is just SO good.
I found a pretty great pair of lights on Craigslist last week. At least I thought they were a pair. When I called the seller to set up a pick up he told me that he had sold one. Whyyyyyyy? If you have a pair of anything, keep it that way, I promise it is worth it! Lights, chairs, eyes (because who wants just one eye?). All of the things. Pairs=Joy
So there was just one light. Which was fine, it was amazing enough on it's own. But there is just something about knowing that there is a mate somewhere out there (sing that like Fievel!) So if you live in Southern UT and you have the twin, message me. I will pay you with lots of money and Durangos.
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Even though Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been cleared to play and has made the trip to New York, a decision still hasn't been made as to whether he'll play, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
Per a league source, a final decision regarding whether Gronkowski will play on Sunday has not yet been made. Officially, Gronkowski is listed as questionable to play.
A decision is expected to come in the morning. The Patriots and Jets play at 1:00 p.m. ET; inactives will be released at roughly 11:30 a.m. ET.
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Bedrooms: 6/
Bathrooms: 2/
Sleeps: 16/
Type: House
2399 Marshall Trail House
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This deluxe Lake Tahoe mountain home is located just three miles from skiing and area beaches. Amenities include five TVs (1 60" HD TV), premium channels and sports package, three DVD players (with living room 5.1 surround sound) and a pool table! A gourmet kitchen and large family dining area make meal time a pleasure! Coffee lovers - there is a new espresso coffee station! After a day on the water or on the slopes, relax in the comfort of your private hot tub - in the privacy of your fenced yard. This property has been recently decorated with new furnishings, carpet and upgraded appliances. Memories are made in Tahoe - and yours can begin at this lovely home!
**A high speed Internet connection with wireless access is available at this property - however we can neither guarantee service nor trouble shoot any problems.
Sleeping Arrangements
Master Bedroom: King bed with private bathroom, TV, DVD, jacuzzi tub
Second Bedroom: King bed and Twin day bed with Twin trundle with shared bathroom
Third Bedroom: Queen bed with shared bathroom
Fourth Bedroom: Queen bed with shared bathroom
Fifth Bedroom: Set of Twin bunk beds and separate twin bed with shared bathroom
Sixth Bedroom: Queen Futon bed with shared bathroom, TV, DVD
Livingroom: Queen Hide-a-bed with shared bathroom
Ski Lifts: 3 miles
Lake: 3 miles
Casinos: 5 miles
Because of the location of this property, a four wheel drive is recommended during the winter.
Additional amenities include: address 2399 marshall trail, bbq/patio furn gas/yes, bedrooms 6, bathrooms 2.5, pets yes, sleeps 16, rating deluxe, laundry yes, view- wooded residential, parking- 3 car garage + 3, permit number 1875, type home, square feet 3000.TripAdvisor property ID 2423148 ...Read more
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2399 Marshall Trail South Lake Tahoe, California
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Proximity to TripAdvisor's Top South Lake Tahoe Attractions
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Last updated on May 25, 2016
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- Hot Tub/Jacuzzi
- Dishwasher
- Television
- DVD Player
- Deck
- Pet
- Suitable for the elderly - ask
- Smoking
- Wheelchair accessible
- children - ask
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Very Good
based on 14 reviews
of guests would stay again
Very good
A FlipKey verified reviewer
"A must stay!"
This was not our original rental for the weekend, but we were excited that it worked out that way! The house is extremely roomy. It has a huge table for everyone to eat at, but the kitchen is a bit small for multiple people to be in at the same time. The jacuzzi tub in the master is to die for. We had no complaints, except the carpet had a few stains that needed tending to (nothing major).
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Recommended for: Romantic
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"Bad service"
I am a travel agent at California, I reserved a vacation home for 15 of our Familes for our Christmas vacation on DEC 22-25, 2012. That was the bad experience for our families vacation on 2012, the vacation home location is good, the house is pretty and big, but there was no hot water enough we can use for shower, every night, we have to wait for 2 hours or more to take a shower one by one, the first night on DEC 22, we even waited till 2-3PM that all of us finish our shower, and we called to the service center, they even had 2 guys came in and check, but they kept saying that was what the house built, Immagin during winter time take a show with cold water, how can you enjoy your vacation. When we check out on 12/25, we did talk to the office manager, but she was rude and keep saying that was what the house built, and welcome us to send a complaint letter to them. I will not book with Tahoe keys resort again
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San Jose
"Lousy...No response"
To start the service form the rental company was excellent all the way until we were in our rental. The house was well stocked, clean, well maintained, except for the hot tub. It did not work. I called 5 times to the company and each time the promised a call back. Guess what nobody called. I wish I could overlook this but I felt like Tahoe Keys Resort did not have concern for us once they had my money. I will not use them again
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San Francisco
"Pretty nice home"
The house had a good layout and was quite comfortable for 14 people. The TV needs to be updated for sure and 2.5 bathrooms for 14 is hard! Although, even after 14 showers there was plenty of hot water! We found everything we needed as far as kitchen utensils and the house was in a good location. It could have been a bit cleaner as far as spider webs on the walls/ceiling. The rental company is awesome as always!
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"Great vacation house."
15 of us stayed at this house and had a great time. It was very roomy, the jaccuzzi is really nice, huge dining table and good sized kitchen. Lots of pots, pans, dishes in the kitchen and in the garage they even had a sled and snowball maker. There was minor inconvenience with that many people and only 2.5 bathrooms but it wouldn't keep me from renting the house again. If you're coming with a lot of people like we did you may want to bring some extra towels and I don't think there were any kitchen towels. Only other strange thing was there was still a Christmas tree up in the middle of February.
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"Its a wonderful vacation with 6 families."
We enjoyed our stay at this house. We like the open feel layout of the kitchen, living room. The rooms are great, though we wished the powder room at the main floor is a full bath so the guests staying in the 2 rooms downstairs doesnt have to go upstairs to take a bath. The sevice is good. The location is perfect,its inside the quiet residential area with beautiful pine trees outside.
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"Nice home and spacious"
This home is nice and big, the rooms are a good size, big table for a large group. It was overall perfect if you are going with a large group and dont want to be crowded. The only downside but not that bad was the kitchen is a little tot small to fit a bunch of people trying to cook at the same time. other than that, it was perfect
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"It was just a home away from home"
We stayed at this address with 3 other families of our friends. It was amazing. The house was so comfortable, well kept and very comfortable. Kitchen, bathrooms bedrooms, all has all the necessities provided. Bathroom were clean, bed linens were clean and well provided with the towels. It was a wonderful experience.
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Bill the Snowdog
"Everything you would expect"
I have used Tahoe Keys Resort a couple of times for vacation home rentals and it's always worked out well. Check in & check out was simple and fast, especially check out.
The house was great. We had 8 adults and 7 kids in the rental. There was enough room for everyone. We went skiing and tubing/sledding, and even a little gambling when we could. The kids had plenty of room to play in the backyard in the snow.
The only slight downside I could note was that we ran out of paper towels and clean dish towels. Cooking and cleaning for that many people, especially kids, over 4 days takes lots of towels.
We would definitely use Tahoe Keys Resort for another vacation rental in the future. They have many nice homes to choose from.
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Would you recommend this vacation rental to a friend? Yes
Recommended for: Friends, Groups, Families w teenagers, Families w children
"Large 6 bedroom House"
The house was large and comfortable for everyone. We had a great time.
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Would you recommend this vacation rental to a friend? Yes
Recommended for: Friends, Groups, Tourists, Families w teenagers, Families w children, Rugged, Singles
Steve & Sheila
"The house was spacious with plenty of bedroom space & privacy."
The house was very spacious. The bedrooms were the best! The backyard was nice. Easy access to the beaches, golf, casino, grocery store. There was a little problem with the master bedroom shower, but after we made a call you sent someone out to fix it right away!
"Roomy for a large family gathering"
A nice home with plenty of beds for a large family gathering. Living room is a bit small, but adequate. A nice kitchen. A good location within easy driving distance to stores and beaches. Unfortunately, need to be aware of speedy drivers coming down hill. Needs a new refrigerator. A clean home. Service received was excellent and prompt!!!. But overall we enjoyed our stay.
C Reese
"nice house"
onl 2 t.v.'s in the whole house. Each bedroom should of had one, Drive way was sloped and nOT iced so you had to be very carefeul. Stairs were wood so had to be careful as well. Would probably not stay there again!
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san francisco
we had such a good time, we are thinking of renting it out this summer again.
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UPDATE:Hurricane Ike brought high water to Kemah in September, 2008. We hope it will be restored quickly and attracting visitors once again.
We recently visited friends in the Houston area who were our former neighbors in New Jersey. Since moving to the Dallas metroplex we've longed to be near the water once again, so after leaving their home in League City and driving a short distance to the waterfront, they introduced us to Kemah.
Kemah is a popular destination along Galveston Bay. The name comes from an Indian word meaning "wind in face". It includes a marina, boardwalk and entertainment venue.
As we neared the crowded boardwalk, we spied pelicans and cormorants fishing for the next meal; the air was salty and there was a pleasant breeze. Families were loading up for a boat ride, browsing through souvenir-packed shops or lining up for the amusements.
In the square a kiddy show involving pirates caught the attention of some of the children, while squirting water spouts diverted others seeking respite from the humidity. Kemah Boardwalk looked like a perfect way to spend a leisurely afternoon.
A moment after I snapped my photo, several children ran through this cooling station eager to be squirted.
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Sarah's brother lives a few minutes from here. Looks like I will go visit the next time we are down.
GREAT read about Kemah boardwalk! Maria loves Texas :-)) and can't wait to meet with y'all!! Thank you for leaving me your comments!! I appreciate :-))
I must admit that I have never heard of this place, but I really like the idea of having a giraffe at christmas. *winkygrin* Fabulous little page here.
update I love reading about small, unknown places, and your descriptions help to transport me there. You have a keen and discerning "eye" for making everyday events and places seem exotic.
It looks like it was a worthwhile trip to the coast! I know what you mean - being in landlocked Zambia for 3 years was an adjustment for a guy from the Maritime Provinces!
This looks like a lovely way to spend the day! It seems that you are enjoying Texas!
An excellent page, Veronica. I also love to smell the salt air, hear the seagulls, and watch the pelicans catching their dinner from the sea. You may become a birder, here in Texas.
Ahh :-) I bet you missed the sea ! This town indeed seems to have deserved its name - looks quite windy :-)
Thanks Veronica, for viewing those cute penguins. I loved reading about the Beast ride. It sounds great! Thanks for sharing all these wonderful stories. 'njoy the up & coming w/end!
Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookies, I can just imagine how good that fudge was :-) Nice page!
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Last year Lorie Line headlined a show with her pop chamber orchestra that included a family-style dinner for 1,000 people. It was a typical affair for Line, a local new-agey jazz pianist, but with a twist. The event was held whose daughter attends school in the district, had raised $82,000. The concert set the tone for the alliance's work, and fundraising for public schools suddenly took on a new level of sophistication. Soon enough, other districts would be following suit.
Started four years ago by parents who wanted to give their children opportunities on a par with their private-school peers, Orono's foundation has morphed into one of the most successful school funds in Minnesota. This summer, the group's grant giving hit the million-dollar mark. Just as notably, the money isn't being used to build a swimming pool or a hockey rink. The alliance has ventured into uncharted territory by directing donations toward teachers' salaries.
The Orono group started a year before the tax reform that some public education proponents argue is at the root of the current school-funding crisis. In the old days, schools were funded largely by local property taxes. Now, since 2001, the vast majority of public money for schools comes from the state--a maneuver that was supposed to equalize resources between poor and wealthy districts. Since the reform, however, the state has cut public school funding and limited how much localities could raise taxes to make up the difference. In the last couple of years, many districts have been forced to slash millions of dollars from already tight budgets.
Parents in the suburbs, particularly the western suburbs of Minneapolis, have the means to do something about it. What started as funding mechanisms for supplemental programming have turned into well-oiled foundations with nonprofit 501c3 status, executive directors, and endowments. While wealthy parents are doing what is needed to maintain quality education for their children, the changing role of foundations in Minnesota questions a longstanding tradition that public education should be funded by public dollars--and raises the specter of privatization. And there are concerns about equity. Not every district can lean on Lorie Line for a favor.
Orono's executive director Tammy Hauser has no qualms about the work of the foundation and the funding of operating expenses. "It might be radical for Minnesota, but in the broader picture, it really is not," says Hauser. She cites work in California, where the state's tax reform hit schools hard in the early 1980s, leading foundations to start funding teachers' salaries several years ago.
But even Hauser admits that the foundation's unexpected funding to hire four teachers could cause heads to turn. This summer, after parents learned class sizes were larger than expected, a group of them approached school administration seeking approval to pay out-of-pocket for additional teachers. With the go-ahead from the school board, a few from the foundation began calling parents of children who would be affected by larger class sizes. With $45,000 needed to hire one teacher, the group raised $180,000 in two weeks--enough to add four elementary teachers.
Hauser says it is only because the district's new superintendent, Karen Orcutt, gave her support that the group could direct funds to add specific teachers. Not all superintendents and school boards are buying into the idea of using private donations for what used to be paid for by public dollars.
In Delano, a district just west of Orono with 1,800 students on the cusp of the rural/urban divide, Superintendent Howard Carlson supports the efforts of parents to start a foundation of their own. But he hopes it will never need to raise money for teachers' salaries. The leader of the Delano Area Educational Foundation, Sarah Gallagher, says she doesn't think the foundation could raise enough to support teachers' salaries, but she thinks foundations have become a school necessity. "It's just kind of where we all have to go," says Gallagher.
Anecdotal evidence shows Gallagher is right. Orono's Hauser also runs a consortium of public school foundations in Minnesota. Four years ago, there were 10 foundation representatives on the list; now there are 54, representing schools from Edina to Rochester.
David Else, the director of the National Center for Public and Private School Foundations, estimates that there are over 5,000 foundations nationally, and he says most of them are staying out of the business of buying teachers partly because it comes with too many risks. "It becomes pretty easy for a state to give up their responsibility," says Else. "It turns into an issue of public policy."
Parents in Hopkins, another district in the western suburbs, started the Hopkins Education Foundation in 1995 and have since granted over $650,000 for things such as software to publish the yearbook and Palm Pilots for students with specific learning disabilities. Even without as much wealth as its neighbors in Orono, Minnetonka, and Wayzata, the foundation's fundraising is done in style. The annual Hopkins event, the Royal Gala, recently moved to International Market Square to accommodate a larger crowd. KARE 11's Roxane Battle, a Hopkins parent, was on hand.
Last year, Hopkins started the STAR Fund, a onetime campaign to save teachers. Led by Kris Newcomer and Julie Woolfrey, they held small get-togethers educating parents about the district's funding, the state's role in it, and the anticipated cuts. Newcomer, a parent of children in the district, says the parents weren't surprised to be asked for donations to pay for teachers' salaries. "They were saddened it had to come to this," says Newcomer.
The campaign brought $200,000 to the district, with almost $10,000 coming from teachers themselves. Newcomer admits that raising money for teachers' salaries could potentially allow the state to further abdicate its role of funding public education. But she says there is little left to do for parents who want to have the assurance of quality public education.
In Minneapolis, the schools' foundation takes a slightly different role. Achieve!Minneapolis brought in and managed $10 million in the last three years. For a district with some 39,000 students, the per-student amount does not equal that of its suburban counterparts. Instead of relying primarily on parent donations, like the suburban foundations, Achieve!Minneapolis seeks corporate help.
For Catherine Jordan, the foundation's CEO and president, it's important that the donations stay away from supplementing core activities. "Philosophically, it is important for tax money to fund operations. There is no way to replace it," says Jordan. "There's been $100 million in cuts the last three years. I can't raise that."
The parents in Orono haven't yet raised the millions in cuts from their district, either. But, as foundations funnel more money into districts, public schools are drifting toward privatization. While the inequities between urban and suburban schools are already great, Jordan believes that foundations in some suburban districts are better able to cover the cuts, while other schools are left with only a dwindling supply of state tax dollars.
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It seems that much of my childhood was associated with railroads, especially steam locomotives. My father worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a machinist. He repaired steam locomotives and much later, diesels.
Dennison, where we lived, was a small town with a big railroad presence. It was located halfway between Pittsburgh and Columbus and therefore a perfect spot for the thirsty steam locomotives to take on water and sometimes coal. The railroad had a roundhouse where repairs were made to the locomotives and a car shop where freight cars were rebuilt.
The Pennsylvania Railroad was a big player in the growth of Dennison. When the people wanted to start a Presbyterian Church in town, the railroad donated money and built a temporary spur track to the building site so that materials could be unloaded there, and also for the delivery of the large pipe organ. The pews of the church were made like railway passenger car seats, with movable backs so that they could face one way for worship service or be reversed for a performance on a stage at the back of the sanctuary. To this day, it is called the Railway Chapel and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I spent almost every Sunday from second grade through high school in one of those pews.
We lived just three blocks from the main line of the railroad. During World War II, there were many trains, day and night. I remember hearing, and sometimes with the larger engines, feeling them, as they rumbled down the grade and into town. The sound of the engine's steam whistle was somewhat haunting late at night. These trains carried much of the military equipment that was to be shipped overseas to support our troops.
The trains also carried many of the service men and women who were traveling home on leave or back to camp for their next assignment. The local people opened a free canteen that provided coffee, doughnuts, sandwiches and a smile for all military personnel who passed through Dennison.
We lived in the section of town called Thornwood Park, or just "the Park" to most everyone. To get to the uptown section of Dennison, we had to cross the railroad tracks. This led to some long waits, as the freight trains taking on water at the depot often blocked our crossing. It led to much frustration but a good excuse for being late for school, which was uptown.
When I needed lead to cast reinforcements for my toy soldiers, there were two sources. One was an abandoned shooting range where hard summer rains would expose the lead bullets in the embankment behind the targets. The other source was along the railroad tracks, where lead straps from "torpedoes" could be found. Torpedoes were strapped to the rails by the train flagman to warn an oncoming train that there was some problem on the track ahead. The torpedoes made a loud noise when run over by a locomotive.
It was a real thrill for me when my dad took me to the roundhouse one day while he picked up his paycheck. He introduced me as his helper and let me climb up into the cab of one of the engines being worked on. I had watched the engines go by but had never imagined all of the levers and gauges inside the cab. A big day in the memory bank for me.
Being a railroad family, we were able to ride free, and we took advantage of this perk. We went to the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, which was probably my first train ride. My mother would take us to Columbus or Pittsburgh for shopping trips, and my father took me to Columbus to see "Snow White" when it first came out. When going to Columbus, we would take a sack lunch but could not eat it until we were over halfway there, usually at Trinway. How we waited for the conductor to call out "Trinway" so we could unwrap our sandwiches and enjoy an apple. We also took the train to New York City as a graduation gift for me. It was a great trip, including going around the Horseshoe Bend in Pennsylvania, and seeing Lena Horne on stage.
A closer association with railroading came the summer between my junior and senior years. I worked that summer on a section gang as a "Gandy Dancer." (I was not quite 17 but the PRR was not too strict about age.) Our job was to pull out old rotten ties from under the rails and replace them with new ones we called "black bananas." We tamped rock ballast under the ties to support them, and at the end of the day, we realigned the rails.
My connection with railroads continued while in the Army, traveling to basic training and to engineering school. I rode a Japanese railway from Yokohama to Sasebo, and in Korea from Pusan to Seoul. While in Korea, I was able to visit friends from Dennison who were part of a railway battalion running the trains there.
After being away for over 30 years, we moved back to a small village nearby and became reacquainted with what was left of the railroad. The roundhouse and car shops were gone but the depot was restored and was now the home of the Dennison Depot Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was recently awarded Historic Landmark status. There are exhibits in the building and in several restored railway cars. In one of these is a reference library where I found my employment record from the summer job I quit on my 17th birthday.
The biggest thrill was seeing a photo of my mother along with other World War II canteen workers. What a nice memory of bygone railroading days.
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Another day, another sorority recruitment video, another melted computer screen, another reminder your life sucks since you graduated.
Although that might be a little exaggerated…life isn't THAT bad. I mean your 20s are cool too. But when girls that look like this don't talk to you anymore unless you buy them 4 overpriced drinks, and most of your days consist of sitting in an office chair in a tiny cubicle next to Jan from HR…yeah, you kind of miss college. When your biggest responsibilities were replacing handles and restocking condoms. Guess it's just a matter of perspective.
Hot chicks aside, does this shit actually work for recruiting? A video of girls fake laughing while walking down spiral steps? The fucking IQ of broads never ceases to amaze me. Gotta love em
My wife, kids, and job are enough of a reminder....
God I miss college. Last sorority formal I was at I fought my girlfriends (now wife) ex boyfriend. Def can't get away with that at 28.
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I'm sure your life doesn't suck to bad kmarko. Don't beat yourself up.
Looks like the only girls in Boulder who shower/shave
My wife, kids, and job are enough of a reminder….
Who the fuck watches these things? And more importantly, why?
I can assure you my, and all of the stoolies, biggest responsibilities did not include restocking condoms while in college
@0fficerfarva: you are a moron and clearly have no idea about the demographics of CU.
Back in the pre internet days when I was at Boulder, dated an Alpha Phi for 4 years, not one chick in that house looked that good. Oh and she married my old college roommate.
Hot chicks aside, does this shit actually work for recruiting? A video of girls fake laughing while walking down spiral steps? The fucking IQ of broads never ceases to amaze me. Gotta love em
While I appreciate these more than beiber blogs, dick blogs, and beiber dick blogs, there is an entire internet full of videos of got chicks getting cocks in every hole imaginable.
I graduated from Arizona about 1 year ago. My life has gone to complete and utter shit so quickly.
I'd like to think the extended video is of all them chowing box like a 'we live together' porn
@prespennybags lived there for 18 years bud.
graduated from Boulder 2 years ago. All for Free was a go to. Go Buffs
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College is reaching that point that it was so long ago that just that fact alone is enough to depress a man to the brink of suicide. I don't even need the video to remind me
Herpes. Herpes EVERYWHERE.
I was CU class of 98, because I'm old as fuck. This house was known as Alpha Phat at the time. I hooked up with one of the chunky chicks in the house and later stood her up for their biggest house event that year. This video is God's way of punishing me, as none of these girls would have given me the time of day when Inwas in college.
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CCNA v2, the rebooted version of R&S, has been streamlined to include the broader aspects of routing and switching. The latest concepts like IPv6, Ether Channel, DHCP, autonomus labs etc have been integrated into the curriculum. Cisco has revamped and renamed this foundational course into a track specific certification program much like its equivalents in Wireless, Security or Datacenter.
CCNA R&S, is the basic level of the Cisco certification program, which validates the competence of network professionals in Routing, Switching and Connectivity. This program provides the foundational knowledge in networking hardware cores like TCP/IP protocols, Routers, Switches, LAN, WAN, etc, enabling you to install, configure, operate, troubleshoot, maintain and manage IP and non IP networks.
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A lot of readers frequently ask about "sleepers'' in the draft. I'll give you one from right in the NFC South's backyard.
How about North Carolina running back Johnny White?
"Maybe one of the most underrated players, regardless of position, in this year's draft is Johnny White from North Carolina,'' ESPN draft guru Todd McShay said in a recent conference call with the national media. "He played different positions early in this career. He was a defensive back, they moved him over as wide receiver. They tinkered with him. Right around 5-10, little over 200 pounds. He's your average NFL back size basically. He has quickness. He has that lateral agility and the ability to make the sharp cuts and stick his foot in the dirt and explode. He has tremendous ball skills."
White's been under the radar because he didn't have a huge college career. He wasn't really a force until last season when he carried 130 times for 720 yards and seven touchdowns before breaking his clavicle against Florida State in early November. But this is a guy who seems to have the tools to play on Sundays and I wouldn't be totally surprised to see him land in the NFC South as a mid-round pick.
White's a guy with good speed and he also can catch the ball out of the backfield. Atlanta needs a guy like that to go with Michael Turner and Jason Snelling. Tampa Bay also could be in the market for a running back to play behind LeGarrette Blount and third-down back Cadillac Williams is a potential free agent.
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Located on the southeast side of Lincoln Square, it has delicious food and friendly service.
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Here's a quick video of a group of us enjoying a break along the river, just off the Yough Trail.
The Point of Gap Overlook is on the Pennsylvania side on PA-611 between the towns of Delaware Water Gap and Portland. There is a large parking lot and a gazebo with a view of the Gap (mainly Mt. Tammany). PA-611 is in the foreground and I-80 in the background.
On the Pennsylvania side just south of the town, Delaware Water Gap, there is a pullover called the Resort Point Overlook on PA-611. It is a good place to get a view of the I-80 bridge across the Delaware River and the exit to the Kittatinny Point Visitor Center on the New Jersey side. The video also shows the way you get to Old Mine Road by going under the bridge.
This is what the Delaware River looks like where Old Mine Road goes under the I-80 Bridge near the Delaware Water Gap.
The stream at Van Campens Glen has trout in it. I watched a guy fly fishing below one of the waterfalls upstream. He caught and released a small trout.
Near The Wheatfield on Ayres Avenue's far southeast loop there is a view of the "Valley of Death," as it was named after the battle. Both Round Tops are in the background.
On 2 Jul 1863, Little Round Top was the key point in the Union Army's defensive line, overlooking The Slaughter Pen, Devil's Den, Houck's Ridge and The Valley of Death. With its views of the battlefield, it is easy to see why the position was so important.
The Battle of Gettysburg began around 8 AM on 1 Jul 1863 on McPherson Farm. There are now several statues and memorials at this site where Meredith Avenue intersects the Chambersburg Pike. The day I was there, 2 May 2008, the adjacent fields were awash in blooming yellow wildflowers, making a spectacular backdrop for this historical site.
East Cemetery Hill is across the street from the Baltimore Pike entrance to the Soldiers' National Cemetery. There are many monuments commemorating the battle there at the end of the day on 2 Jul 1863. There are some nice views at the top of the hill and one can see why it was a strategic position.
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Republicans kept their grip on two key state Senate seats that represent parts of Johnson County.
In the 36th District, Republican incumbent Brent Waltz defeated challenger Mary Ann Sullivan, a Democrat from Indianapolis. Waltz relied on his record of supporting education and funding for adult education while pledging to strengthen Indiana's workforce moving forward.
Waltz took 58 percent of the vote, compared to 42 percent for Sullivan. He defeated Sullivan 11,171 total votes to her 8,047, as well as taking the most votes in Johnson County.
Johnson County's other state Senate race was in the 37th District, where first-time candidate Republican Rod Bray defeated another political novice, Democrat Jim Cahill. Bray won the seat that his father, Sen. Richard Bray, R-Martinsville, had controlled for 20 years.
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Waltz, a former member of the Johnson County Council, has served in the state Senate since 2004. The Greenwood resident has been active in the appropriations committee, commerce and economic development and is the ranking member of the pensions and labor committee.
His platform also included plans to introduce legislation to create a financial literacy initiative for students in middle and high school. Students would learn how to handle credit cards, college debt and mortgages at an early age, before they run into financial difficulties, he said.
Sullivan was elected as a state representative in 2008 and won re-election in 2010. This was her first attempt for a state Senate seat.
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Qualstar Appoints Allen Alley to Board of Directors
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SIMI VALLEY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/11/13 -- Qualstar® Corporation (NASDAQ: QBAK), a manufacturer of data storage solutions and high-efficiency power supplies, today announced the appointment of Allen Alley to its board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Alley has over 30 years of experience with private and public companies. From engineering roles at Ford, Boeing and Computer Aided Design (CAD), to founding and leading Pixelworks, a semiconductor company for plasma and LCDs which he successfully took public, to serving as a general partner at Battery Ventures, and running for Governor for the state of Oregon, Alley's background is truly unique. Currently he serves on the board of two private software companies and on the board of the Technology Association of Oregon.
"We are very fortunate to welcome such a talented and seasoned executive to Qualstar's board of directors," said Larry Firestone, President and CEO. "Allen's many years of operating and board experience with small and large companies will be extremely valuable to Qualstar as we restructure the company and position it for sustainable growth and profitability and return value to our shareholders." About Qualstar CorporationQualstar, founded in 1984, is a diversified electronics manufacturer specializing in data storage and power supplies. The company's products are known throughout the world for high quality and Simply Reliable designs that provide years of trouble-free service. More information is available at www.qualstar.com or www.n2power.com or by phone at 805-583-7744.
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It looks like we have some rain moving in today as scheduled, continuing into Friday with showers. Hopefully, the showers will subside by Saturday morning, and we have a basically dry weekend! But no promises as there could still be widely scattered showers left over for Saturday.
Next week starts out with warm temperatures reaching the 70s, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone hits that wonderful 80-degree mark.
We had several frosts this week in the colder areas, especially Wednesday morning. The rooftops were white here in Salmon Creek. I had 32 degrees right around sunrise.
Just because warmer weather is heading our way, we are not out of the woods with frost just yet. The main parts of Vancouver are probably safe, but outlying areas from Felida north are still prone to frost even into the first two weeks of May. That certainly goes for Brush Prairie and Battle Ground. This would happen only after a sharp cold frontal passage and clear skies overnight. There still is snow on Silver Star Mountain, so keep an eye on that when planting tender seedlings in the garden or setting out tomato plants.
When I moved here from across the river years ago, I found that out the hard way and then listened to the old-timers talk about possible frost when snow is on Silver Star. It seems to hold true much of the time.
When I did extensive gardening, I never planted warm-weather crops until Mother's Day weekend, and even then caught cold a few times, ha, ha.
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