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Ray Zajac, Mantador North Dakota's governor and legislators will be reducing taxes in this legislative session....
h4c I see it is for the benefit of the few rather than the benefit of the majority. I forgot the republican message.
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h4c interesting twist coming from you. I would thought you would be more for the income tax elimination. Not all working people own property, but everyone has to make a living and if we eliminate the state income tax it may help some of these people a chance to purchase their own homes and contribute to the property tax roles and help eleveate some of the property tax burden.
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I feel there is no moving forword if ANY tax is either reduced or eliminated. Both the Republican and Democrat Parties MUST embrace taxation. And must disavow any reduction in taxes. No matter debt or surplus.
There will be no Votes if there are no Gifts....beware politicians.....
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Eliminate the state income tax for all. Require all out of state businesses & workers to have their vehicles licensed and registered in ND in order to work in ND. That would generate increased revenue like Montana does.
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April 17, 2012 - San Antonio, TX
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Founders Club named Marvin Schlanger, chairman of the supervisory board of LyondellBasell Industries, as recipient of the 2012 Petrochemical Heritage Award at the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM; Washington) International Petrochemical Conference held in San Antonio, TX this week.
Globalization, technology advances, and the more rapid pace of decision making have transformed industry and how it is managed, Schlanger told IPC attendees.
No decision can be made without assessing the global implications, Schlanger says. Application of technology has also become central to success. "Whether it is bulk petrochemicals or specialties we seek a technological advantage over competitors," Schlanger says. "We use it to create differentiated products for our customers in specialties, or to give us a cost advantage in basic chemicals."
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Pressure to perform well financially has also intensified. "Investors in our equity or debt and industry's private or corporate owners have become ever-more demanding," Schlanger says. "Capital markets are ruthless and unforgiving and this has made us change how we operate our businesses."
Capital expenditures receive more scrutiny forcing companies to be more analytical in assessing their competitive position, he says. "We can no longer afford to make what we call 'strategic investments.' A smart executive once told me that when I heard the words 'strategic investment' I should substitute 'uneconomic.' We see industry management taking steps that would not have been thinkable a decade ago. Every day plants of businesses are being shut or sold if they don't meet financial expectations," Schlanger says.
One pressing challenge is being transformed into a significant opportunity for industry thanks to surging supplies of natural gas from shale resources in the U.S. Schlanger notes that a continuous and urgent concern for him since he started in industry in 1973 has been whether feedstock cost or availability "would affect my ability to provide my customers with the product they need."
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Second, support for alternative fuels to diversify energy sources will bring long-term benefits, he adds. "I know there are some [in industry] who will disagree, but the U.S. has a long history of using tax and fiscal policy to foster key national investments and national strategies for everything from home ownership to interstate highways." The U.S. should also continue to invest in R&D to develop new energy technology. "Many of the advances in information technology and life sciences had their origins in government funding," Schlanger says.
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Schlanger closed by saying he is a bit jealous of current industry managers. "Every generation has its challenges and opportunities, but today's opportunities are unsurpassed. . . . The future of our industry has never been brighter."
Schlanger began his career with Mobil, and joined Arco Chemical in 1975. He served as president and CEO of Arco Chemical in1998 until its acquisition by Lyondell Chemical. Schlanger then worked with private equity firm Apollo Management to lead the acquisitions and management of the Resolution companies in 2000-2005. These companies were merged with Borden Chemical and Bakelite to form Hexion in May 2005, and are now part of Momentive Specialty Chemicals. Schlanger also serves on the board of Momentive Specialty Chemicals.
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- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:56 am
Post subject: Upstairs/downstairs romances?
I'm a little bit obsessed with Downton Abbey and love the romance between Sybil (daughter of an earl) and Branson (the chauffeur). Does anyone have recommendations for historicals with class differences, preferably rich girl and poor boy? And not romances where the poor boy is really a duke in disguise or whatever.
I know of two off the top of my head - Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas and The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt.
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One of my favorite books in this genre is Catherine Cookson's "The Moth."
While she isn't as "romancy" as the other authors you list it's definitely a romance.
They made it into a fantastic TV movie for British Television with Jack Davenport. I highly recommend it.
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While it's not technically romance, Connie Willis' To Say Nothing Of the Dog is wonderful. The upstairs/downstairs romance is in the background, but it's a jaw dropper once it's revealed and you look back at the story and all the pieces fall into place.
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Mary Balogh's novella
A Matter of Class
addresses this subject and is a good read, but short. The hero is wealthy, but not in the heroine's social circle because she is an aristocrat and he is "working class". Not truly upstairs, downstairs, but pretty close in that day and age. Enjoyable.
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What about Eva Ibbotson's A Countess Belowstairs? Such a charming novel with a comic turn. I've loved it for years.
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Second A Countess Below Stairs, although it's not exactly a misalliance as you'd guess from the title.
Joanna Chambers debut The Lady's Secret has some excellent upstairs/downstairs action.
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I'll join willaful in recommending The Lady's Secret. I can think of three other class difference romance novels that I've read in the past few months:
Silk is for Seduction
by Loretta Chase
The Sergeant's Lady
by Susanna Fraser
Portrait of Seduction
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Oh, I love DOWNTON ABBEY - I've got the DVDs for the second series and haven't started watching them yet. I missed the first few episodes on telly and decided to wait and save the DVDs as a Xmas treat...
Cross-class historical romances - hmmnnn. I do love them (I'm English afterall and we're obsessed by class) but it's very difficult to do at all realistically. These are my favourites though:
- Patricia Gaffney's LILY - although the heroine is one of those secret daughter of nobility types, the description of her life as a maid and the consequent power imbalance between her and the hero is pretty well done, taking into account the over the top gothic atmosphere, of course... Old school-type romance, though if that bothers you: the hero treats the heroine like aristocrats those days routinely treated their maids in the first half of the book, only to have the tables turned in the second.
- Patricia Gaffney's FOREVER AND EVER - this is the third book in the Wyckerley trilogy and the one that everyone forgets. However, I really loved it - the hero is a socialist/radical journatlist from a poor mining family, and the heroine is the owner of the mine that he's going undercover to investigate.
- Mary Balogh's LONGING - Balogh has quite a number of cross-class romances but this is probably my favourite. I loved it because it really highlights how difficult the situation would have been then - even if the couple really loved each other. It's one of the few times in a romance book where I honestly did not see how it could work out for the couple, and then it does [sigh]...
- Carla Kelly's REFORMING LORD RAGSDALE - Probably the most realistic ending for a cross-class romance while still having the obligatory HEA. Amazing book and Emma is a fantastic heroine.
- Judith Ivory's THE PROPOSITION - Forget the angst, let's just have fun!! Great Pygmallion in reverse storyline, and Mick is a hero to DIE for...
There's a whole lot more but those are the books that come to mind where class plays a large role. It's somethig which I find American romance writers rarely get right as there's (still) a large cultural divide in that area.
However, if you want the ultimate cross-class romance, then I would HIGHLY recommend the BBC series NORTH AND SOUTH with the absolutely delicious-lick-him-all-over Richard Armitage [swoons]. I'm sure others here will be take to take up the raving...
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I can think of a few where the heroine is from nobility and the hero a commoner...
Rightfully His by Tracy Grant...The hero used to be her father's secretary.
Broken Wing by Judith James. The hero is a working prostitute at the start of the book.
The Emerald Necklace by Diana Brown ...hero is a commoner but very wealthy.
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, I love this theme too, and posted asking for something similar a while ago - a lot of these recs although they have a poor hero are not necessarily based on class difference - might help though.
I was surprised that so few romance books seem to have this theme, as I would've thought it would be very popular. All the heroes who started life poor seem to have become self made men with loads of money, I really don't understand why romance heroes have to be rich, it's not something that floats my boat!
Btw, I'm a big Downton Abbey fan too, love it! I much prefer Sybil and Branson's romance to Mary and Matthew's who are both such irritating people I just wish they would get together to spare anyone else having to be with either of them!
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Thank you for all the great responses!
CD, North & South is monthly viewing in this house.
autumn, agreed about Matthew and Mary. Holy crap I want to smack both of them. Matthew really doesn't seem special enough to have all these ladies falling all over him. I'm worried that Sybil and Branson might not appear in series three since they will presumably be living in Ireland...
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Cee - if you are a big "North and South" fan you should definitely watch "The Moth." It's up on You Tube - I think a couple of people have posted the whole series in sections. Here is a link to the first part if you are interested.
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However, if you want the ultimate cross-class romance, then I would HIGHLY recommend the BBC series NORTH AND SOUTH with the absolutely delicious-lick-him-all-over Richard Armitage [swoons]. I'm sure others here will be take to take up the raving...
THIS, a thousand times over!!!!! Richard Armitage makes the perfect English romance hero. I love that movie and all his yummy gloriousness!!!
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I loved N&S too, but it took me a while to get into it, but boy, am I glad I did.
Thanks for comments on "The Moth." I'll look it up. I don't think anyone explores class better than Catherine Cookson. She's gritty, but she's good. Not everybody's cuppa, but she is mine.
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(Updated) Miami Dolphins: Brandon Marshall sits out, Chad Henne works to return
UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: Tony Ugoh won't be signing with the Dolphins at this time. He's already on a plane to Washington, where he will work out with the Redskins, a source tells me. Instead of signing the man who once protected Peyton Manning's blind side, the Dolphins have nabbed the 83rd-worst player in NFL history. All right, it's not a legitimate ranking or anything. It's Deadspin.com's humorous answer to the NFL Network's Top 100 player ranking that came out recently, and I'm guessing Eric Ghiaciuc's family didn't appreciate it as much as the rest of us did.
UPDATE 3:15 p.m: OK, so it turns out the Dolphins didn't sign Tony Ugoh after all. At least not today. He's sitting on deck, I'm told, in case Jake Long has a setback. Meanwhile, the Dolphins moved to address their center problem in the wake of Joe Berger's lingering knee issue. Eric Ghiaciuc, a natural center who also has played both guard spots, has been signed for depth along the interior line. Cory Procter was officially placed on injured reserve. Ghiaciuc (pronounced GUY-check) made 42 starts for the Bengals from 2005-08. Since leaving Cincinnati, the Central Michigan product has spent time with the Chargers, Browns and Patriots. He is 29 and a former fourth-round draft pick in 2005.
UPDATE 1:15 p.m.: That is indeed former Colts left tackle Tony Ugoh out there with the Dolphins today, a source has confirmed. Ugoh, who made 27 combined starts for the Colts from 2007-09, is a former second-round pick out of Arkansas who lost ground at Indianapolis due to a nagging toe injury. Ugoh can also play some guard, which likely gave him a leg up over ex-Bengals tackle Levi Jones, who also worked out for the team over the weekend.
The Miami Dolphins returned to the practice field Monday morning, but they were without the services of three key starters, at least during the portion of practice open to the media.
Leading receiver Brandon Marshall, coming off a hamstring injury that knocked him out for the second half of the Bears loss on Thursday, was not at practice during the open portion. Marshall told WQAM's Michael Irvin on Friday that he would do everything in his power to get back to the field as soon as possible, but it's unclear if Marshall will be able to play against his old AFC West foes at Oakland on Sunday.
In addition, inside linebacker and defensive co-captain Karlos Dansby joined starting center Joe Berger (knee) on the exercise bikes. Dansby was listed on the injury report last week with an elbow issue, but it's unclear if that's what kept him on the side today. Tim Dobbins took Dansby's place alongside Channing Crowder at ILB.
While Tyler Thigpen continued to work with the first-team offensive line — with Richie Incognito at center and Pat McQuistan at left guard — Chad Henne took his share of reps as well. Henne had a huge brace on his sprained left knee, but his arm appeared fine and he seemed able to make all the throws.
Mobility, obviously, will be a huge issue as the team determines whether Henne can return to the field in six days at Oakland. For now, Henne appeared to be experimenting with backpedaling on his three-step drops rather than turning away from the defense.
Whether this was knee-related or purely a mechanical adjustment isn't known yet, but I'm guessing it's the former.
Also this morning, former starting DE Phillip Merling returned to practice for the first time since tearing his left Achilles' tendon in July. Merling, currently on the reserve/non-football injury list, has another eight days on his practice window before the Dolphins must determine whether to add him to the 53-man roster.
Offensive lineman Cory Procter, who made his first Dolphins start at center on Thursday, was not at Monday's practice. He has been placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL in his left knee, although the team has not announced it yet.
His replacement was on the scene, wearing No. 73, but it's unknown if that was ex-Colts LT Tony Ugoh or not. Ugoh, who can also play some guard, worked out for the Dolphins over the weekend, along with ex-Bengals LT Levi Jones, and I can assure you that wasn't Jones out there.


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ELKHART — Braxton Barhams was just like the typical 16-year-old, his family describes him.
He went to school, loved basketball and knew many people in the neighborhood.
Barhams was shot Saturday evening, June 22, near the intersection of Benham and Garfield Avenues. First responders were called at about 6:45 p.m. to 250 W. Garfield Ave., according to a press release from the Elkhart Police Department. Barhams was taken to Elkhart General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said they arrested a juvenile male early Sunday morning in the shooting.
Family members said they didn't not know why Barhams was shot. He was on his way back home from the store on the corner of Benham and Indiana Avenues when the drive-by shooting happened, said Latrissa Lane, Barhams's cousin.
Lane and Barhams's mother heard the gunshots. The Barhams live less than a block away from where the shooting happened. At first they thought the sounds were from fireworks. But they looked out and saw some commotion. And then they heard a neighbor yelling Barhams had been shot.
Adrianna Wilson, was talking on the phone when she heard gunshots. She looked outside to see Barhams and two women who were with him running toward her backyard.
Wilson, Lane and Barhams's mother stood around the victim as they waited for an ambulance.
"I saw him gasping for air, and I put a hand to his throat [to find a pulse,]" said Wilson.
The police department's crime scene unit worked for several hours, blocking Benham Avenue between Indiana and Garfield Avenues.
By 10:30 p.m., the sidewalks on the 300 block Garfield Avenue remained full with curious neighbors and tragedy-stricken family members.
Umicha Baker, a cousin of Barhams's, drove from South Bend to see her family. She said she was finding it hard to process the events from that evening.
"It's just wrong," she said.
Baker last saw her cousin a few weeks ago. Her children, however, saw him more often.
"He was a good kid," she said. "He was a jokester, everyone knew him. He was the funny guy. This is going to be hard for [my kids.]"


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Purchase College, SUNY, is a unique institution in which the arts play a special role—where liberal education infuses the arts and the arts infuse our campus. Through this strategic plan we renew and expand our commitment to quality education that pairs conservatory and liberal arts programs in a distinctive manner.
We are a college at the crossroads—of the liberal arts and conservatory education; of affluent and aspiring communities; and of our dreams and the reality of declining state support for public education. These intersections present challenges as well as opportunities. The Purchase 2010–2015 Strategic Plan embraces the transformational potential of our position at these crossroads.
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In renewed pursuit of these goals, the Purchase 2010–2015 Strategic Plan has been crafted in alignment with the principles expressed in our mission, vision, and values: MISSION:
Purchase College, SUNY, offers a unique education that combines programs in the liberal arts with conservatory programs in the arts in ways that emphasize inquiry, mastery of skills, and creativity. Our graduates contribute to the arts, humanities, sciences, and society. VISION:
Purchase College will be recognized nationally and internationally as the leading public institution to pair conservatory programs in the arts with liberal arts programs. We will continue to create opportunities for transformative learning and training in a community where disciplines connect, intersect, and enhance one another. VALUES:
Purchase College celebrates individuality, diversity, and creativity in a community of educational excellence. Our 2010–2015 Strategic Plan points toward four interrelated directions as we move forward:
- Toward the Learning-Centered Community: develop the practice of a learning-centered institution with high-impact pedagogies, including systematic assessment and purposeful use of the results of those assessments;
- Toward Institutional Effectiveness: become a more effective and efficient organization, operating in a culture of transparency, collaboration, civility, and collegiality;
- Toward a Sustainable Community: ensure fiscal, academic, and environmental sustainability;
- Toward a Greater Purchase: enhance our connections within our community and beyond.
We reaffirm our commitment to educating the whole student, to the critical importance of curricular depth and breadth, and to our students' timely graduation.
To meet this commitment, Purchase College will:
- Implement a faculty hiring plan to enhance the quality of our programs, reduce the student-to-faculty ratio, increase the diversity of our faculty body, and deepen the connection of faculty to their students, to curricula and professional work, and to the College.
- Implement an approach to the arts that provides a rich, liberal education for arts students, supports the establishment of Bachelor of Arts degrees in the arts, facilitates access to arts and interdisciplinary courses for all our students, and takes advantage of the valuable educational resources of the Neuberger Museum of Art and Performing Arts Center while maintaining excellence in all our programs. We will refer to this approach as "Conservatory Plus."
- Support student learning and success by strengthening the connections between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs in order to provide high-impact learning activities, a culture of wellness, and innovative initiatives inside the classroom and beyond.
- Assess student learning and use those results to improve students' experiences inside and outside the classroom and to enhance student engagement and success, resulting in improved four-year graduation rates.
- Provide opportunities for faculty to engage in scholarly, professional, and artistic development and for administrators and staff to participate in training and development experiences to ensure high quality, consistency, and effectiveness in all that we do.
To operate effectively and efficiently, Purchase College must build an infrastructure that guarantees the quality of our practices, units, and governance.
To meet this commitment, Purchase College will:
- Foster an environment of civility, collaboration, and efficiency through a culture of communication and by streamlining and clarifying administrative policies.
- Review our administrative and governance structures to promote effective campus operations and collegial decision-making.
- Implement an assessment plan whose results are used in successful and on-going strategic planning and sustainable resource allocation.
- Establish an integrated marketing plan that tells the compelling Purchase story to potential students, their parents, and donors, as well as our community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends.
- Incorporate facilities and technology needs into every strategic decision to ensure that we create and maintain the physical environments that support our central mission of learning.
Our future depends on smart and innovative planning—our ability to manage our resources and rethink our practices to guarantee fiscal, academic, and environmental sustainability.
To meet this commitment Purchase College will:
- Enhance procedures for planning that allocate resources to priority areas as effectively as possible in an uncertain financial landscape.
- Support the implementation of entrepreneurial and innovative ideas for generating new revenue streams, and leverage all existing resources to maximize our return on investment and generate cost savings.
- Develop and deploy a sustainable mix of academic programs.
- Continue to focus on growing our endowments.
- Expand our commitment to sustainable environmental practices while incorporating the concepts into our educational endeavors.
Purchase College shares the mission of the State University of New York, which is to fuel the engine of economic, cultural, and intellectual growth locally, nationally, and globally. We intend to fulfill this mission by creating strong connections with partners at home and abroad and by educating creative, entrepreneurial, and responsible students. We want to broaden the learning locus of our students from the campus to the world.
To meet this commitment Purchase College will:
- Teach students to appreciate the interconnectedness of contemporary global society and to assume ethical responsibility for their roles in it.
- Internationalize our curricula by incorporating enhanced study-abroad opportunities and multicultural experiences.
- Raise our reputation and increase our visibility by developing strategic partnerships and lifelong connections with alumni and external advocates.
- Contribute to the region's cultural and intellectual life by providing service-learning opportunities for our students and artistic and cultural access for our neighbors.
- Make our campus, with its Neuberger Museum of Art and Performing Arts Center, our neighboring communities, including New York City, and the world part of the "Greater Purchase": a location for learning across borders.
Purchase College: Our Strategic Plan 2010–2015 is designed to guide us as we strive to better fulfill our mission and achieve our vision through the values that we hold dear. The plan provides a broad framework for our transformation into a learning-centered, sustainable institution with deep connections throughout the world. This strategic plan is not an end in itself. Instead, it is an institutional map that will direct the development and implementation of unit plans, each dedicated to the improvement of our institution and the elevation of the education we provide, our reputation, and our contributions to our world.


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Tonight The Pimps of Joytime will play live at the Brooklyn Bowl with DJ Concerned & Eclectic Method. The Pimps come back around to The Bowl in a month (12/4), but tonight the tickets are just $5 and the mood is right – NYC is in full speed right now.
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Responding by land, air, and seawith backup sometimes days awaythese troopers patrol hundreds of miles of rugged terrain in bone-chilling temperatures to protect the people and wildlife of Alaska. Whether it's overturned snow machines in 22-degree weather, violent chainsaw crimes, volatile fishermen zigzagging down waterways, thieves stealing essential village items, moose-hunting checks, gunman confrontations in the wilderness, or intoxicated gold miners blocking roadsbeing prepared for anything is just part of the job.
Episodes include Extreme Justice, Knife Fight, Alaska Chainsaw Massacre, Shotgun Showdown, Armed and Bootlegging, Bloody Warrior, Campground Crazies, Grizzly-pendence Day, Hostage Standoff.
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Extreme JusticeGet the adrenaline flowing with this special episode that includes arrests in remote villages; helicopter rescues on frigid, 22-degree mountaintops; and dangerous suspect chase-downs in south central Alaska.
Knife FightSnowflakes fall as Trooper Howie Peterson responds to a search and rescue call in the Kenai Peninsula: a snow-machine accident where the victim may be dead or alive.
Alaska Chainsaw MassacreWinter has seized Alaska, and Trooper Timothy Cronin gets a chilling call sounding like a domestic violence situation involving a chainsaw.
Shotgun ShowdownThis episode starts with a bang as the troopers respond to a call about gunshots and screams.
Armed and BootleggingIt's a criminal homebrew operation and Trooper Tim Smith is tackling it head-on. He's new to the remote post 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle and he must head into one of the most dangerous villages in the areaa "dry" village where illegal manufacturing of alcohol has gotten out of control and law enforcement has been run out of town.
Campground CraziesIn Alaska's Mat-Su Valley, Trooper Joseph Hess is called in to investigate an alarming discovery: campers have found remains that appear to be human toes and hands. Hess must use knowledge from the academy to decide if these are the real deal, or misidentified animal parts. Across the state in Juneau, troopers Jake Abbott and Aaron Frenzel head out on boat patrol to Prince Cove, a popular spot for king salmon.
Grizzly-pendence DayTrooper Gabe Rich is called to a residence where renters are armed and have fired shots on anyone trying to enter their house. Will Rich find himself in the middle of a firefight in this hostile situation? Meanwhile, in Soldotna, suspects caught speeding ditch their car and take off on foot, leaving trooper Jim Buttrey to risk being outnumbered in a heavily wooded area. And finally, across the state, trooper George Kammer is in the middle of sorting out a domestic violence case.
Hostage StandoffRide along with Alaska State Troopers on some of the most dangerous calls yetlife and death hang in the balance when an armed, belligerent man turns his loaded gun on his pregnant girlfriend, a search and rescue mission unfolds in the forest, and road rage turns potentially fatal when a gun is involved.
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Now the presentation by National Geographic at Season 4 gets worse. No listing of the episodes on the box plus no listing on any of the 5 discs. Episode Shotgun Showdown is missing.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Question of the Week: Hopes and plans for senior year
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
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Lately, the school counseling office has been very busy preparing students for the upcoming 2013-14 school year by calling them to register for new classes the next year. One can assume that the class most affected and excited about the next year is the juniors. I've asked numerous juniors the question: What are your hopes and plans for senior year?
"I hope that my senior year is just as amazing as this year, only not as rigorous. I have learned so much and had wonderful teachers, but not enough time to relax and act like a teenager with all my friends." — Mikayla Cross, Lexington Senior High School
"I would like to enjoy my senior year. I feel like many students become stressed senior year because they must make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. I just want to enjoy each day for what it offers and spend time with those whom I enjoy. — Cole Riggan, Lexington Senior High School
"My plans for senior year are to make it count. Some say that in high school there are three things you can have: good grades, social life and sleep. And to pick two, I want to keep my grades up and have fun while doing it. Bye bye sleep." — Katarina Strenk, Lexington Senior High School
"My plans for senior year are to get more college offers and watch all my hard work for 12 years pay off and make it one step closer to becoming someone in life." — Ramon Anglin, Lexington Senior High School
"I hope to get the chance to earn as many scholarships as I can to get into UNCG. I plan to work hard for an advance education so that I may be able to become a high school English teacher to teach and inspire many other high schoolers to get the right education they need to make a well living." — Chinta Thap, Lexington Senior High School
"That it be a great year. Hopefully see new people come to the school. Spend the last year with friends and make it worthwhile. Meanwhile I still plan to work hard and stick to my studies and mentally prepare myself for college." — Saul Pina, Lexington Senior High School
"Maintain good grades; stay out of trouble, graduate and get accepted to a four-year university." — Isaiah Moore, Lexington Senior High School.
"My plans are to maintain good grades (and) apply for colleges and scholarships, and my hopes are to get into the colleges I apply for." — Getsemani Monsalvo, Lexington Senior High School.
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In March 2010, the Eyjafjöll volcano paralysed air traffic with its plumes of smoke, a reminder of nature's extraordinary power. You'll see for yourself during your travels through Iceland, a "land of ice" wracked by huge volcanic and geothermal forces. With its islands rising up from the sea (Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago), Lakagígar's rows of craters as far as the eye can see, fumaroles, boiling mud, basalt columns at Dettifoss and a natural 39°C pool at Hveravellir, this laboratory of Creation offers a magnificent spectacle in Cinemascope: colourful iceberg reflections on Jökulsárlón, Landmannalaugar's orange mountains, the Víti volcano's reddish slopes, and fire concealed under the ice at legendary Snæfellsjökull. Perhaps like one of Jules Verne's heroes you'll be tempted to penetrate its crater, hidden under an immaculate icecap, and head for the centre of the Earth. Unless you prefer the hugest glacier in Europe, majestic Vatnajökull, whose enormous white mass covers 12 % of the surface of the island. Regardless - when they take you back to the airport in the festive and welcoming capital of Reykjavík after your immersion in these magnificent landscapes, you'll already be wondering about how soon you can come back to this unique country. Entrust your wish with the queen of the elves, who lives on Mount Dyrfjöll, and it's sure to come true.
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Reykjavík is a young, modern town built on a human scale, and a hot spot for European "partiers" drawn by its Saturday night fever. But you can also enjoy the museums in this lively capital of Iceland...
Egilsstaðir, a crossroads and the main city in the east, is a recently built town with many shops and services. Between shopping you can admire imposing Lake Lögurinn (or Lagarfljót), in whose depths ...
This tiny village has two museums, including the Folklore Museum, one of the best in Iceland. Charming Skógar is 5km from Skógafoss, a magnificent waterfall (60m high by 25m wide). Vik, about 30km awa...
Seyðisfjörður, on the banks of the fjord of the same name, has a lot of potential as a tourist destination with its picturesque wooden houses, a river full of fish cascading into a lake, mountains wit...
Ísafjörður will captivate you with its mountains, Skutulsfjörður fjord, its university, festivals and remarkable maritime museum, worthy of the "capital" of the western fjords. Not to mention its old ...
Höfn ("harbour" in Icelandic) is connected to the sea by a narrow bottleneck and was long cut off from the world in the shadow of majestic Vatnajökull. Nowadays the town is captivating for the rugged ...
The white church here (1907, the prettiest in Iceland) offsets the colourful façades of Húsavík, European capital of whale-watching. This charming town on the edge of Skjálfandi Fjord has three museum...
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The Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope is played out, but that hasn't turned us off from the OG MPDG herself, Zooey Deschanel. The actress's blue eyes and hipster quirkiness have enchanted men everywhere, and factor heavily into us agreeing to watch New Girl with our girlfriends. Zooey, you give "adorkable" a good name.
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Onto the last pocket-sized box Valentine's Day candy! After the last two boxes of the Sweethearts, I was a little apprehensive to give another "message" candy a try. I then say these Wonka SweetTarts hearts and figured what the heck. The package is still very much Wonka styled but has a hint of Valentine's Day on it. It has a nice spot to write your "To" and "From" on the box. I wonder if anyone uses it?
The candies inside are about the diameter of a penny and made of that same compressed dextrose as normal SweetTarts. they come in five colors: red, purple, orange, green and blue.
First off, these candies are such an improvement over the Necco Sweethearts. None were broken, the candy has a nice sheen to them, and the part that's most striking to me is that the messages are imprinted into the candy as opposed to printed on like the Sweethearts. They say the typical cute things like "XOXO", "Cutie", "Kiss Me", "Love U" and "Maybe".
Red is sour and fruity like cherry. It's extremely tart and bitter.
Orange is bright and zesty with a wonderful juicy orange flavor.
Blue is very sour with a strong floral flavor that kinda tastes like berries.
Green is tart with a strange apple/melon taste to it.
Purple is a medicinal sour grape.
These are just like normal SweetTarts, so this is a cute candy alternative to the Sweethearts if you're a big fan of SweetTarts and the style of flirty Valentine's Day candy.
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This kit comes with one multi-rib belt, two drum support rollers, one idler pulley, four tri-rings, and one clip. This part can be used with both gas and electric dryers.
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This dryer drum belt has four ridges, three grooves and is 1/4" wide.
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Grow a second set of hands. Always unplug any appliance. Remove lint screen. remove two screws (philips Head). I took a wooden shim lightly tapped w/hammer to pop front of dryer top free. Mine worked on hinges and just flipped back til it rested against the wall. Removed two 5/16 screws inside holding face on carefully raise face section off the support clips at either side on the bottom. Pull drum out (I have the large style drum commercial size [approx.). Clean the inside free of all lint (known to be fire hazard). Sling new belt around drum. Get newly grown set of hands to hold drum in place. Pinch belt to fit between tensioner, lift tensioner and place belt around motor pulley. Spin drum couple times to make certain belt isn't twisted. Reverse dismantle proccess to put back together. Replace all parts that come with kit, you'll feel better knowing you got a new dryer, almost.
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1st Unpluged power.2nd removed two screws under lint screen cover.3rd poped up lid with flathead screwdryer, then removed (2) 5/16 screws from door cover and unpluged lid switch, lifted up dryer door pannel4th removed drum5th took out plastic triangle wheel rings6th removed old belt guild (to motor pully)7th removed old wheels and plastic rings stops8th cleaned excessive hair dust with shopvac9th put new replaicment part in dryer. made sure to turn manually to make sure belt was lined up properly, then put all dryer peices back.10th aditional work, took back cover off and removed the (4) 1/4 screws for lint screen case (left side in dryer) vacumed out any excessive dirt lint ect, also cleaned any excessive dust I found in back of dryer, dryer , exhaust ect, and put all back together.JUst like a new dryer aain after all PM was complete.
Removed front panel, drum,replaced belt,tensioner and worn rollers. Then removed rear panel and replaced heating element and high limit thermostat. While I was there completely cleaned inside of dryer. Repair and replacement of parts was quite easy. Just take your time and don't hurry it.
Great! Spent about $36.00 and I ended up with a overhauled dryer. I ended up cleaning the whole thing out, it's amazing how much stuff accummulates in the frame of a dryer, I also found about $2.00 in change. It's a good idea to clean out a dryer every few years and the broken belt forced me to do it. But anyway the parts cam very quick and had easy to follow directions. I would reccomend part select. Matt
Pryed the top off the dryer, unplugged the door switch, took the screws out of the front panel, then lifted the drum out. Placed the new belt around the drum and while my wife held it in place and steadied it, I reached underneath and looped the belt through (as per instructions), reassembled and back in business! Reaching under the drum was not that easy....VERY tight space to work in and there was no way I could get both hands through, I almost gave up, but one last try and a couple of good grunts, and it popped into place. Getting the wires back on the door switch was a bit of an ordeal too. Took about 30 mins. but still worth it. I'm sure I saved at least a $100 repair.
super fast shipping, got the part in two days, and had it done in 15-20 min, remove the front pannel, remove the belt and tenssioner,took the drum out , took the old rollers , lubed the shafts,replaced the old rollers with the new ones, intalled the drum back, the tenssioner and the new belt, reinstalled the front pannel, and done...easy and fast job, like new dryer, works nice...save some money...the new one will do the same..just dry the clothes.
It was really quite esy remove the screws from the back and pop the top off . then remove 2 top inside screws from the front , lift the front off the sides , support the drum and lift out , you will then see the idler wheels, replace them with the new ones ,replce the tensioner , wrap the belt around the drum, need help putting the drum back in the case, have someone hold the drum in place while you lay on the ground and put the belt around the motor pulley and the tensioner on the bottom.you then put the front panel back into place and secure with the 2 inside screws, then put the rest back together in reverse oder. ... hope this helps someone
Replaced the belt and the wheels supplied with the kit. I also cleaned the inside of the unit. It looks and works like new.
First, I watched a utube video of replacing the dryer belt. Then I went to Sears Hardware and couldn't find a part. Then I ordered the parts for my favorite online repair parts source - partselect.com. I had the part in one day! We did exactly what the video showed and also replaced the two wheels that looked like roller blade wheels. Piece of cake. Saved a $75 repair call plus whatever the parts would have been and spent about 20 minutes doing it. Back in business. Great for a 12 year old dryer! Buy the dryer kit!
Took off the top and front panel. Found that the belt tensioner was worn out. Decided to pull drum out,and replace the belt and drum rollers also. Put it back together, and it works fine.
I looked for squeaky dryer within parts select and went with the 80%. I received the Maintenance Kit, replaced two rollers and it works like new. Amazing since this is the first time I have ever opened a dryer. The instruction sheet and parts were all I needed.
Just follow the instructions the one was provided with Maitanace kit we bought from you.
I raised the top of the dryer, removed the front, the belt and the drum. Slipped off old rollers, installed new ones and new tensioner. Reinstalled drum and belt, bolted front back on and closed the top.
I took the dryer apart ( using a repair book ) It was Super Simple to do I only needed a extra set of hand's to hold the drum in place while reassembling it. removed the hold down snap on collar's on the Motor ( after removing the Blower from the back of the dryer ( super simple. Extra set of hand's needed ) Reassembled in the same order. And now The Dryer work's like NEW..Shure Beat Buying a new Dryer..
I looked at the parts breakdown to see how it cam apart.I tore the dryer down, 1. removed the door 2. openned the top 3. removed front panel 4. removed fron bulkhead 5. removed belt and drum 6. removed back cover 7. removed the ductwork 8. removed the fan (this is the hardest part, it is very tight on the motor with left hand threads, there are flats on the (inside of the dryer)fan where the motor shaft goes into the fan for a wrench and you can put a socket on the front pulley on the motor. I ended up just knocking the center out of the fan and replacing it. 9. removed the motor and cleaned the entire unit 10. reinstalled everything in reverse order. Note:I went ahead and replaced the idler pulley and the rear wheels that support the drum, and put a new belt in (just about everything that could fail) I spent about $200 to keep a $1200 dryer in service at least another 7 years.
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
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General Contenta) What are the expectations for the outcome of Rio+20, and what are the concrete proposals in this regard, including views on a possible structure of the Outcome document? 50+20: Management Education for the World
Educating Leader of a Sustainable Future
Our call to service:
We call on all stakeholders (education governments, business and international accreditation agencies, youth and parents) to make the primary focus of business schools to serve society by focusing their research and teaching to enable the development of a business system and corporations which deliver a sustainable world.
The future license to operate any management education organization will depend on its contribution first and foremost to the world achieving environmental sustainability and social justice. This means policy frameworks for management education throughout the world which will transform business education organizations to become custodians of the future of sustainable corporations and a sustainable business system on behalf of society.
Concrete proposal:
We will propose a daring vision and concrete roadmap to implement a radically new management education FOR the world. A fundamental re-thinking of business- and management education in order to create globally responsible leaders equipped with required competences to embrace emerging environmental, societal and economic challenges. Such leaders will be needed in business, in government, NGO and social entrepreneurship ventures.
Who are we:
50+20 is a coalition of three organizations dedicated to ensuring relevant management education: the World Business School Council of Sustainable Business (WBSCSB), the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), and U.N. backed PRME (Principle of Responsible Management Education). www.50plus20.org
b) What are the comments, if any, on existing proposals: e.g., a green economy roadmap, framework for action, sustainable development goals, a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, or others? We need to include education of future leaders FOR a sustainable future in the core of any and all action. We need to educate the next generation and to re-educate those in and approaching positions of power.
c) What are the views on implementation and on how to close the implementation gap, which relevant actors are envisaged as being involved (Governments, specific Major Groups, UN system, IFIs, etc.); Implementation:
We will propose 4 different avenues of action:
a) Creating a model business school in every major region of the world (supported by major foundations)
b) Proposing concrete avenues for change to existing business schools (sharing emerging practices and recommendations)
c) A manifesto for government and international agencies to work on a legislative and regulatory level
d) Raising awareness in the general public with a book, articles, and a video, targeted for them through various channels.
d) What specific cooperation mechanisms, partnership arrangements or other implementation tools are envisaged and what is the relevant time frame for the proposed decisions to be reached and actions to be implemented? We (GRLI, WBSCSB, PRME) have formed the 50+20 coalition in order deliver this vision and concrete roadmap to the RIO+20 conference. It is critical to be able to present this vision to all relevant stakeholder groups (government, business, youth, women, the bottom 4bn) and to ensure that education of leaders for a sustainable future is an integral part of what is a successful and hopefully ground-breaking outcome of RIO+20.
Specific Elementsa) Objective of the Conference: To secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assessing the progress to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges. Contributions could include possible sectoral priorities (e.g., (e.g., energy, food security and sustainable agriculture, technology transfer, water, oceans, sustainable urbanization, sustainable consumption and production, natural disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation, biodiversity, etc.) and sectoral initiatives that contribute to integrate the three pillars of sustainable development could be launched and endorsed at Rio+20. A safe and powerful approach to educate leaders that are equipped to act for a sustainable future. Such leaders are required in business, government, NGO, and social entrepreneurship ventures of all scales and in every nation of this world.
We need a large scale political commitment for this based on the understanding that we can only safe this planet if we completely re-think how we educate leaders, so that they can build a sustainable future in every function they may occupy anywhere in this world.
We need a resolution that every government and international accreditation agency adapts and agrees on as the required minimum standard and sets of outcomes and criteria at which leaders are educated.
We know the problems of this world ? we need to create people, citizens around the world who can work on resolving them by embracing the three pillars of sustainable development.
b) Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication: views regarding how green economy can be a means to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions, and poverty eradication; what is its potential added value; experience to date, including what has worked and how to build upon success, what are the challenges and opportunities and how to address the challenges and seize opportunities, and possible elements of an agreement in outcome document on a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication Educating leaders equipped to shape a sustainable future is a critical element of creating a green economy that serves the world and achieves a balanced contribution to social, environmental and economic demands.
Developing course materials and case studies for integration of sustainability concepts, practices and values, into core business school courses in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Information Systems, Operations management and strategic Management.
c) Institutional framework for sustainable development: Priorities and proposals for strengthening individual pillars of sustainable development, as well as those for strengthening integration of the three pillars, at multiple levels; local, national, regional and international. Fundamentally re-thinking business and management education is a key to success. Global responsibility and sustainability must be built-in and not bolt-on.
Getting business school accreditation agencies (AACSB, ACSP, EFMD, etc.,) and government education regulatory bodies to incorporate sustainability performance parameters into their curriculum requirements, faculty appraisal, and over Business School performance.
Business school and management institutes can make a difference at a local, national, regional and international level. Business studies have become the most popular topic of undergraduate studies world-wide: we must ensure that we educate the next generation to have the competences needed to address societal, environmental and economic challenges in a balanced and effective way FOR the world.
d) Any proposals for refinement of the two themes. Recall that Resolution 64/236 describes the focus of the Conference: "The focus of the Conference will include the following themes to be discussed and refined during the preparatory process: a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development". - Educating the bottom 4 billion of the world to ensure that they have the right frame of mind as well as tools to start and sustain entrepreneurial actions that serve their societies and the world.
- Educating the next generation to embrace and resolve societal, environmental and economic challenges in a balanced and effective way FOR the world.
- Re-educating current and emerging leaders to balance societal, environmental and economic challenges in the best interest of the common good (a societal contract).
- Designing poverty alleviation programs in ways that get active engagement of business schools, their faculty and students.
Full Submission50+20 - Management Education for the World About the 50+20 Project The Challenge The world is demanding a mindful, sustainable approach to the planet?s finite resources. Societies are stressed to the point of fracture by shifting demographics, poverty and the rapidity of change itself. Global-thinking citizens are seeking purpose rather than consumption. Business is being challenged to expand its purpose beyond mere profit-making to value-added contributions to society and the world. Business leaders are being called upon to reconcile this panoply of competing urgencies and to lead responsibly in a time of runaway uncertainty and complexity. But how? More daunting still are the challenges brought to bear by this new scenario on today?s business schools. These towers of expertise and tradition are being compelled to re-think the very nature of management education. They are faced with an imperative to set aside what for decades they have done with near exquisite efficiency in favour of something altogether tentative, unmapped and risk-laden. The new reality is calling for wholly innovative, safe and powerful new learning environments capable of inspiring and equipping a new generation of leaders with the skills and competences they will need to bravely and responsibly ?step and stumble? their way forward as they address the challenges of an unknown future. Currently, B-Schools are a long way from being able to do this. But time has run out. The future is here. The Context of 50+20 and Emerging Action beyond To this day business and management education efforts at large function in line with an agenda that was set during the 1950s when the world was a very different place from the one we know today. It has therefore been 50+ years since the agenda for management education has been reset. The upcoming RIO+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (June 2012) will mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Rio Earth summit. It has therefore been 20 years since Governments have been collectively urged to rethink economic development and find ways to halt the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources. It is at this juncture in history where the 50+20 project takes action to reset the management education agenda. Management education of the future provides education and research that is relevant & applied, holistic & integrative, responsible & sustainable, inter-disciplinary & multi-level, and, of course, learning-oriented. The 50+20 project seeks to achieve this through: - The 50+20 report will serve two purposes:
A summary agenda that highlights the vision, the challenges and the emerging solutions that will be presented at the RIO+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012.
A comprehensive book for the inspired managers, business students and general public outlining the future business school in pragmatic and captivating language (publishing the report after June 2012) - Emerging projects at participating business schools around the globe, showcasing emerging practices and pioneering solutions of a responsible & relevant business education. - Creation of five new business school initiatives in different geographic areas (Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, North America) as leading pioneers to showcase enlightened new models of b-schools. The Ultimate Goal To provide ground-breaking work for a new paradigm of business schools that embrace the challenges future leaders face when dealing with the world?s emerging big issues. A pragmatic, pioneering effort envisioning what a future business school could and should look like. A new paradigm, a quantum leap without comprises, a stick in the ground marking a new era of possibilities to be explored and discovered together. This paradigm of a new business school seeks to inspire and trigger:
- Multi-stakeholder discussions about where business schools should be heading in the coming decades
- Fundamental and/or incremental change at existing business schools, both the top accredited schools as well as the 10?000 non-accredited schools out there, all of them contributing to educating leaders.
- Business students to take an active part in their education, becoming co-creators in their learning journey
- Accreditation agencies to review and adapt step-by-step their criteria towards a new paradigm
- Inter-stakeholder collaboration between business schools and other fields (coaching & training organizations, societal actors, environmental activists, social & other sciences, emerging business leaders)
- Interdisciplinary discussions in the field of business education ? from finance to marketing to strategy, human resources and back to ensure a fundamental re-thinking of how these silos can be overcome. The Rio+20 Milestone Presenting our vision at the U.N. Earth Summit RIO+20 in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 represents a first small step of the business school community to participate in and contribute to the public dialogue on the challenges the world (the Earth, society, citizens and business) faces in the coming decades. The agenda will include both a new paradigm ? a vision yet to be realized ? as well as relevant examples of existing examples and emerging best practices of how business schools are taking action today already towards the new paradigm. The momentum is building A leadership team of two dozen deans and professors of business schools around the globe and thought-leaders of key stakeholders have started on this path less travelled, a journey towards a better world. The 50+20 Steering Committee
Mark Drewell, Chief Executive, GRLI
Thomas Dyllick, Delegate for Responsibility & Sustainability, University of St Gallen, Co-founder WBSCSB
Derick de Jongh, Director, Albert Luthuli Center for Responsible Leadership at University of Pretoria
Katrin Muff, Dean Business School Lausanne, Co-founder WBSCSB
John North, Albert Luthuli Center for Responsible Leadership at University of Pretoria
Paul Shrivastava, Director, D. O?Brien Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Co-founder WBSCSB


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For more than half a century, Ronnie Hawkins – known variously as "Mr. Dynamo," "Sir Ronnie," "Rompin' Ronnie" and "The Hawk" – has been energizing crowds with his signature rockabilly swagger. Born in Huntsville, Arkansas, in January 1935, Hawkins would find his way to the Grange club in Hamilton, Ontario, on the recommendation of Conway Twitty. He never left, adopting Canada as his own and becoming a permanent resident in 1964.
In addition to hits that included "Hey, Bo Diddley," "Marylou" and his cheeky cover of Chuck Berry's "30 Days" (renamed "Forty Days"), Hawkins gained recognition for recruiting and grooming outstanding Canadian talent to play in his band, the Hawks. The rotating cast of musicians over the years included Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Arkansan drummer Levon Helm – the quintet that would leave the Hawks to back Bob Dylan before striking out on their own as the Band. Other incarnations of the Hawks included the members of Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, and another Ronnie Lane and the Disciples. John Lennon and Yoko Ono traveled to Hawkins' Ontario farm to plan a festival during the couple's peace crusade. In 1992, Hawkins was hired to perform for one of his biggest fans: former President Bill Clinton, at his inaugural party.
In this clip, filmed backstage at the 17th annual American Music Masters concert honoring Chuck Berry on October 27, 2012, Hawkins shares memories of first hearing Chuck Berry, the impact of Berry's lyrics and guitar playing, why he renamed Berry's tune "Forty Days" and more.


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Rock Hall President and CEO Terry Stewart talks with Hanson about Chuck Berry, Leon Russell and more.
Had a great visit with some old (relatively speaking) friends of the Museum, Hanson. These guys are incredible music lovers and self-described music geeks. They first toured the museum almost 10 years ago when they had their break-out record. Since then they've been back several times. Yesterday they were doing a short performance and signing of their new book. Then they came down to our offices and we had a conversation about how much they love classic rock and the artists from the 50s like Chuck Berry. In turn, it led to an interesting discussion about an artist who has a lot of influence on them, Leon Russell. They wanted to know about the nominating process because they know I'm on the committee. I explained to them that Leon is an tremendously gifted musician, singer, producer, etc. and really qualifies in two categories – Performer and Sidemen. In fact, during the past year, we received numerous communications from fans and inductees and others lobbying for his induction in either of these categories. We spent some time talking about his varied and long career. They finished their visit by saying how much they hoped to be in some of our future programs like American Music Masters. I told them this year we are honoring Janis Joplin. We agreed to stay in touch.


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Art Pianos for All
This organization places colorful, painted pianos around Summit County with a mission to "bring back the piano as a centerpiece of music, community, art and fun."
"We started Art Pianos for All because it seemed like a simple way to put a smile on people's faces," said Mark Maziarz, founder of the organization, "Through this project, we're saving old pianos and giving them new life as visual, auditory and performing art. It's great to see these pianos being played every day, when they used to see only occasional use."
Several pianos have already been placed around town, and will be moved periodically. Summit County residents can play Renee Mox Hall's "Jazz Birds" piano, moving to Silver Star Café soon; or look for Sonny Luca's "Blue Note," to be placed at the South Summit Aquatic Center; Sally Neilson's "Rocky Mountain Bliss" will stay on the Kimball Art Center's lower patio; and a grand piano will soon be installed at the Transit Center.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/artpianosforall, or email Maziarz at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Canines with a Cause and Park City Veterans
Canines with a Cause trains shelter dogs to "work as companion, therapy and service dogs for veterans in need," according to the organization's website.
"[Many veterans] live in total isolation. If they have a meltdown or anxiety attack the dog is there for them," said Cathy King, Executive Director of Canines with a Cause, "dogs are calming, dogs make you feel good."
King points to a recent success story with a woman, Stephanie, diagnosed with PTSD, and her dog, Fly. Before Fly, Stephanie's six-year-old son often took on the role of protector, asking people to back away from her during anxiety attacks. Now that the family has Fly, Stephanie's son can be a kid again, knowing Fly will help protect his mom.
For Live PC Give PC, Canines with a Cause is partnering with Park City Veterans to raise money for awareness and support for Park City's local veterans.
For more information, visit www.canineswithacause.com.
Hope Alliance
Hope Alliance partners with local organizations around the globe to help battle the effects of poverty. According to its website, Hope Alliance aims to "empower impoverished people with the skills and tools they need to create positive change in the lives of their families and in their villages."
"Poverty in the developing world is really dramatic," said John Hanrahan, Hope Alliance's co-founder and chair of the board, "we can have a tremendous impact overseas; our resources go so much further."
Hope Alliance supports a range of projects, but one example is a midwife training program in rural Guatemala. Guatemala has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Many women who act as midwives in their rural towns have never had any formal training. Hope Alliance supports a program that trains women and provides birthing kits.
For more information, visit www.thehopealliance.org.
Salt Lake Climbers Alliance
According to SLCA's mission statement, the organization "exists to promote climbing opportunities, preserve local access and encourage stewardship of the environment."
"If you don't have a local organization involved, access to crags [climbable rock outcroppings] can be taken away," said Julia Geiser, SLCA's executive director. "Joining our alliance, or donating to the cause is your pass to climb," said Geiser comparing membership to buying a ski pass. donating to the organization, climbers can help ensure access and maintenance of their favorite climbing destinations.
Recently, the organization hosted the "Adopt a Crag" event to raise money to help maintain and preserve Roof Lake, one of the most popular climbing destinations in the area, according to Geiser. The organization is also beginning to educate the local community about climbing, particularly on the safe transition from climbing gyms to outdoor climbing.
For more information, visit www.saltlakeclimbers.org.
The Speedy Foundation
The foundation is named after Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, an Olympic freestyle aerials medalist who took his own life in 2011. The Speedy foundation is "dedicated to understanding mental illness, preventing suicide and fighting stigma through education, research, and advocacy."
"As an organization, we are looking to use our unique platform and access to world-class athletes and global media to do what we can to help break the stigma of mental illness and provide education and direction towards professional resources," said Mike Ruzek, Executive Director.
The organization is currently working with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness to help educate the public about the signs of mental illness or substance abuse. The organization takes a special interest in reaching coaches and members of the athletic community.
For more information, visit www.thespeedyfoundation.org.
Utah 1033 Foundation
This Park City-based foundation (Park City's Chief of Police, Wade Carpenter, serves on the board) helps support the families of Utah's fallen police officers. "Police officers everywhere take on great risks as part of the job," said Ryan Walsh, Utah 1033 Foundation's executive director, "[we have a] deep appreciation for the commitment and service that these individuals provide to ensure a level of increased safety and security in our communities."
Within 24 hours of hearing about the death of a Utah policeman, the foundation will be at the family's door with a check for $25,000. Though police officers do have death benefits, Walsh said they can be as little as a temporary extension of the health insurance the family received before the officer's death. According to Walsh, receiving benefits after the death of an officer is often "mired in red tape," and it can take months for a family to receive anything.
Utah 1033 has helped the families of two fallen officers this year: the family of Officer Jared Francom, who was killed in a shootout after a "knock and announce" at a suspected drug dealer's home; and the family of Trooper Aaron Beesley, who fell during a search and rescue mission on Mount Olympus. The foundation also hopes to eventually raise enough money to provide scholarships to the children of any Utah police officer.
For more information, visit www.utah1033.org.
Utah Legal Services
Utah Legal Services' mission it to provide "free legal help in non-criminal cases to low-income Utahns."
"We work to make sure there is a level playing field in court for low-income people, and we help individuals at the most basic level, issues involving their shelter, safety food and income," said Eric Mittelstadt, Utah Legal Services' deputy director.
One example of Utah Legal Services' work is a case, involving "JC," mother of three and victim of severe domestic violence by the father of her youngest child. The organization worked with the mother, eventually getting a permanent order of custody. Resolving this legal issue helped bring stability to JC's family, says Mittelstadt.
A few key stats about Utah Legal Services: The organization assisted 14,137 people living below 125% of the federal poverty line; 6,902 people affected by domestic violence and 3,275 people facing homelessness or living in unsafe housing.
The organization also runs two monthly clinics in Summit County offering free advice for low-income people.
For more information, visit www.utahlegalservices.org.
Youthlinc is a Salt Lake City-based organization that encourages students to volunteer locally and abroad with the mission to "create lifetime humanitarians."
Julia Rametta, Youthlinc's local service director, says that the organization seeks to instill the spirit of community service in our youth. Youthlinc works with students in a range of grade levels: from sophomore year of high school, through graduate school. Students work to earn sponsorships to volunteer abroad by volunteering in the local community for a year prior.
This year, eight students from Park City High School are participating in the program. By the end of the year, these students will have a combined 600 hours of community service to Summit County organizations. Once they earn sponsorship, the each student will travel to Peru, Thailand, or Vietnam for two weeks. While abroad, the students will work on projects they have developed in teams over the course of the year. Projects might be health education, vocational training, or construction of schools or water treatment facilities.
For more information, visit www.youthlinc.org.


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The only way to accurately explain how important the Hollies are is to provide a little historical perspective. So I beg your indulgence for a moment for what will seem like a digression but actually isn't.
Don't worry the whole thing's only like ten minutes so it's not bad.
First of all every ten, twenty years, it's probably a good idea to put this night in perspective.
You know, a lot of us in this room have been doing what we do a long time. We can't help it, I guess, if we take it all at least a little bit for granted. Sometimes some of us don't even show up. And we can't help but feel a little disappointed now that the business is pretty much artistically, financially, and spiritually bankrupt. With a few exceptions. And I say a few exceptions so you can pretend you're one of them.
It's temporary probably, a cycle type thing we hope. There's lots of great new bands out there and hopefully we can find a way to create an infrastructure to support them. But we can't help be a little ...