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Spring 1 and Summer
is now ready. A_ postal
mailed to us will get one
ii-(H^ of oliarge.
Our Spring Opening ol Ladies' Hats,
Bonnets and Millinery Garniture
Thursday and Friday, March 29tli and 80th
when Mrs. ,1. Fisher will take pleasure in receiving and attending
to the calls of her many lady patrons. The entire line is a very
attractive one, selected by her exclusive); in the various Eastern
markets, and consists of many new and beautiful styles. Our
Spring and Summer Novelties in Dry Goods are being daily re
ceived and placed on sale, and when all are delivered will consist of
Silk Waists, Silk Skirts, Silk Wraps, Summer Silks for Skirts, Waists and
Suits, Ties, Belts, Buckles, Parasols, Ribhons, Embroideries, Matched Sets of
Embroideries, All Over Embroideries, Laces, All-Over Laces, Nets, Fringes,
Braids, and many other Novelties in Ladies Lingerie.
Our many patrons are cordially invited to call and inspect
our extensive lines before making their purchases.
Ladies' Tailor Suits!
&*£ " ((t^gß^fo ' X fijk fi The l«wt shipment having just arrived,
,** Tu^4s^~ f we are lowing a complete line of Ladies'
i-:. /^ v^^Jt^^^/ i Tailor Suits. We guarantee them to be
V yR&?& —i&fWr^sk'" }T**\ the beHt valueß in tb'H market and of the
l'\w/stfsixm:Wmm latest styles. Eton Jackets and Skirts
\l We also offer some excellent hargaine
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i->yWv jlj upwarde-
/t\ /^*i^>) XI <£%i 1]• J3 As "Special" for this week we have the
/A "Odlßk '\ 1 celebrated Boys' Ribbed Hose"
I^P^y at Ir> centß !)('r lair- Holli fl"" -:» cents at
i \ I JMar%£39> other places.
Pioneer Merchant, Colfax, Washington
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Cleveland, Rambler and Ideal
Bicycles, with a & J. Clincher Tires,
Are Beauties. Drop in and examine them and learn prices. Bicycle Sundries
of all kinds. Bicycle and Gun Repairing 1 of every description.
GEO. L. COrMSTELIUS,
Osborne's Old Stand, opposite City Hall.
f^ j^J) JL General Hardware
y^^^^^^^^^ aiul Crockery.
|¥\^p^pl FOR PRUNING,
A V^^Ofl :^^^^^\v as well as planting, we have all the dif
/S/ )>^^s=s^^s^fe^\\vJ ferent tools that are needed. No matter
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W, kS\ ' W'th ever.TtllinC necessary in the line of
l^s \V> Knives, Shears, Saws, Pruning Hooks,
co»vr,oh T i-jJ-** Ladders, Etc.
Fine Commercial Printing
Executed l>y
General Printers and Telephone Building,
Legal Blank Publishers. COLFAX,
The Plate to Save Money.
lIWS OF THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
Boiled Down As It Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Headers.
Wednesday, March 28.
Nearly a foot of snow fell at Huron,
lour thousand settler* passed St.
I'aul coming Test, most of them to the
Arbockle Brothers announced a re
duction of 5 points in the price of all
grades of retitied sugars.
The state department adds its denial
to that of the Spanish foreign office rela
tive to the Paris story that the United
States had completed the acquisition of
the Danish West Indies.
Thursday, March 29.
After four days of stormy debate the
house passed the army appropriation
While insane, Fred Keynolds killed his
wife and son with an ax at Red Beach,
A petition bearing IGOO names of
Hhoshone county, Idaho, citizens was
received in the senate, asking that the
government troops in theCoeurd'Alenes
be not withdrawn.
Marines will continue to serve the bat
teries of American men-of-war. This de
cision has been made by Assistant Sec
retary Allen as a result of consideration
given to a provision inserted into the
national regulations by a board which
has revised them, practically prohibiting
the further employment of marines as
gun crews.
Kx-President Grover Cleveland was
interviewed in regard to the statement
that he favors the renomination of W.
J. Bryan for the presidency and will
vote for him if he runs again. Mr.
Clevela:! denied he had erer given any
authority for such a statement. He de
clined to give expression to his views on
the subject.
Friday, March 30.
Alderman (has. Joy was shot and
killed by his wife at Leadville, Colorado.
He attacked her with a pistol.
Admiral Dewey announced his willing
ness to run for the presidency, but does
not say what party he will train with.
Joseph Hurst was executed at Glendive,
Montana, for the murder of Dominick
Cavanaugh, who beat Hurst for sheriff
in 1898. He was convicted on circum
stantiul evidence and there was great
doubt of his guilt, but he confessed.
A settlement of the strike in the ma
chine (shops of Chicago was reached. It
is ;i settlement which is to be nat;on?il
in its scope, and under its terms the
general strike timed to involve the 150,
--000 machinists of the country about
April 1, will be averted.
Saturday, March 31.
Former Senator Gibson of Maryland
died at Washington from heart disease.
Twenty thousand men will be benefit
ed by the wage increase recently an
nounced by the tube combine at Pitts
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces is at
Washington asking that his tribe be re
turned to their old country at Wallowa,
The new rural free delivery route from
North Yakima, secured by' Represent
ative Jones, will be over 20 miles long,
covering 11) square miles and serving a
population of 412 persons.
Sunday, April 1.
Former Senator Philetus Sawyer of
Wisconsin died at Oshkosh.
Plague has run its course at Honolulu.
No new cases are appearing.
Dr. B. H. Shaw was shot and killed
by his insane brother-in-law, John xMc-
Kimm, at Kansas City.
A strike of St. Louis painters is prob
able. The journeymen want an advance
in wages from $2.50 to $3 a day.
Gustav Henry Geyer, an old timer at
Butte, Montana, spent several thousand
dollars in a few days and suicided.
Monday, April 2.
Democrats had losses in the Butte,
Montana, election.
Republicans elected their ticket at
Canton, Ohio, by 800 to 1200.
Democrats made gains in several
Michigan cities, though several towns
went republican for the first time.
Republicans swept Cincinnati in the
city election by about 9000. Three
years ago the fusion ticket won by 7445.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
the interior, who recently returned from
the Transvaal, resigned his office and
will lecture in behalf of the Boers.
A possible reduction of the war taxes
was foreshadowed in a resolution adopt
ed by the house today, calling upon the
secretary of the treasury for information
as to the probable surplus that the ex
isting revenue laws would create during
this and the coming fiscal year. The
resolution was presented by Mr. Payne,
the floor leader of the republicans.
Tuesday, April 3.
Cash n-beat at Portland. 54 to 55.
The Puerto Rico tariff bill passed the
senate by a vote of 40 to 31.
Republicans made great gains in most
Kansas towns at city elections.
At Butte, Montana, Mrs. Fay Creech
shielded her husband's body from an
assassin and received the bullet hereelf,
killing her.
Republicans elected Campbell mayor
of Tacoma by a majority of 117 over
his fusion opponent. They also took
the majority of the council.
Kansas City democrats elected their
mayor by 1000, reversing a republican
majority of 1439 two years ago. Dem
ocrats were generally successful through
out Missouri.
News from the Philippines received by
the transport Sheridan shows that Ag
uinaldo is in Singapore. The Singapore
papers make mention of the fact and
publish a short interview with him.
People There Hope to Preside Over
Their Own Destinies.
Washington, April I.— The sub-com
mittee of the senate committee, consist
ing of Senators Platt (Connecticut)
Aldnch and Teller, which went to Puerto
Kico to personally investigate condi
tions on the inland to warrant intelli
gent action by congress with respect to
Cuba, has returned to Washington
Senator Platt tonight authorized a
statement concerning the subcommit
tee s observations:
"We inquired as carefully and com
pletely as we cou'.d into the'condition of
the people, their needs, and the pros
pects of establishment of an independent,
satisfactory and stable government by
and for the people of Cuba," hr said.
' We saw and conversed with a great
many prominent and leading men from
all portions of the island, men who
represented different ideas and interests,
from intense conservatism to decided
"It may be said of all classes that
they are looking to the establishment of
an independent government, a Cuban
government. A few are impatient, and
wish for immediate and complete inde
pendence. Others are less Impatient,
believing sufficient time should be taken
to ayoid mistakes and to set up the new
government upon snch a firm basis as
to insure its success and permanence.
All are looking forward to the municipal
j elections that are to take place in the
latter part of May, regarding such elec
tions as the first step toward the es
tablishment of the new government. If
they take place without disorder, and
good ollicials are elected, that will go
far to prove the capacity of the people
for self-governmeut, and steps can be
taken without great delay for further
progress in that direction.
"The problem is complicated by the
fact that self-government is an untried
experiment, by a people who have bad
little opportunity to study its details,
its necessities or its responsibilities.
"We were much impressed by the evi
dences of good administration of the
affairs of the island under Governor
General Wood. He has a very difficult
and complicated problem to deal with,
but we are convinced that he is the right
man in the right place and that his ad
ministration, though firm, is as gentle
as possible, and calculated to lead the
people wisely to the establishment of an
independent government which shall
have close relations with our own, and
in which the interests both of the people
of Cuba and the United States shull be
surely subserved.
"It is not too much to say that the
people of Cuba, in respect to the forma
tion of a stable and beneficent govern
ment are very much like children who
have to be taught and led. They regard
the United States as their friend and
teacher, and as a whole are quite willing
to be guided. There are great possi
bilities in the island. It is fertile, has
great natural resources, and is capable
of cupporting a population four or rive
times as large as it numbers at present.
On the whole, there has been marvelous
recuperation 6ince the declaration of
peace, but it needs American capital
and American enterprise, which hesitates
as yet to go there. English and Ger
man capital seems more confident, and
is being invested. Surely our own peo
ple ought to have as much confidence in
the future of Cuba as foreigners have in
us. On the whole, we were much pleased
and encouraged. The people of the
United States and Cuba should alike ex
ercise patience, being assured that there
by progress will be most certain."
A New Policy Inaugurated lor the
Washington, March 31.—The execu
tion of Moralez and Gonzalez, the Phil
ippine leaders, marks the inauguration
of a new policy in the Philippines. This
is the execution of the death sentence by
order of the military officers in com
mand in the cases of persons, natives or
others, convicted and sentenced by mili
tary commissions organized under the
rules of war. Moralez and Gonzalez
were convicted by a military commission
of the murder of Filipinos and were sen
tenced to be hanged near Bayambong
March 30 and the press dispatches from
Manila show the sentence was carried
into effect. No official report of the
case has been received at the war depart
There have been several cases where
the death penalty was imposed by mili
tary tribunals, but up to the present no
instance where the death sentence was not
commuted to imprisonment for life. It
is stated that General Otis' action is un
doubtedly intended to suppress brigand
age and outlawry in the Philippines, but
some conservative officers fear that his
summary action may jeopardize the
safety of American prisoners now in the
hands oi the insurgents.
General Pana Surrendered.
Manila, March 31.—The Chinese gen
eral, Pana, who has been terrorizing and
devastating the province of Panay, has
surrendered at Logaspi to Brigadier
General Kobbe, who is bringing him to
Favor of Hough Riders.
New York, March 31.—A special to
the Harald from Washington says: Men
who served in the Twenty-second New
York regiment and in Roosevelt's rough
riders will receive two months' extra
pay from the government, as the result
of an amendment of which Representa
tive Clayton of New York was instru
mental in adding to the army appro
priation. These two regiments and two
lowa batteries were mustered out of the
service before the general law went into
effect giving the volunteer extra pay.
The amendment will place those organ
izutions on the same footing as al! other
volunteers in the Spanish war.
Ice Breaks Early.
Seattle, April I.—The ice in the upper \
Yukon shows signs of breaking up, mak- j
ing navigation possible six weeks earlier \
than in any previous season within the !
memory of pioneers. This is the news
brought by the steamer City of Seattle
which arrived today.
If you would have the best blood
purifier and tonic, get Dr. Buck's Celery,
Sarsaparilla and Dandelion compound.
Only at The Elk Drug Store.
Boers Shut Off Drink of the
English Soldiers.
Casually. They Also Romnded Ipa
Few Hundred of the Brit
ish Fighters
London, April 2.—The war office baa
received the following dispatch from
Loid Roberts, dated Bloemfontein Sac
"I received news late yesterday even
ing from Colonel Broadwood atThaba
d'Cba, 38 miles east of here, that in
formation bad reached him that the
enemy was approaching in two forces
from the north and cast. He stated
that if the report proved to be true be
would retire toward the waterworks, 17
miles nearer Bloemfontein, where' we
have hud a detachment of mounted in
fantry for the protection of the works.
"Broadwood was told in reply that
the Ninth division with Marty's mount
ed infantry would march at daylight to
day to BOpport him and that 'if he con
siders it necessary he Bhonld retire from
the water works. He moved there dar
ing the night and bivouacked.
Attacked at Dayhreak.
"At dawn today he was shelled by the
enemy, who attacked him on three sides.
He immediately dispatched two horse
artillery batteries and his baggage to
ward Bloemfontein, covering some of
them with his cavalry. Some two miles
from the water works the road crosses n
deep mullah or spruit, in which during
the night a force of Boers had concealed
themselves. So well were they hidden
that our leading scouts passed over
them and it was not until the wagons
and guns were entering the drift that
the Boers showed themselves and opened
"Many of the drivers of the artillery
horses were immediately shot down at
short range and several' guns captured.
The remainder galloped away covered
by Roberts' horse,which suffered heavily.
"Meanwhile Lieutenant Chester Mast
era of Remington's scouts found a pass
age across the spruit unoccupied by the
enemy, by which the remainder of
Broad wood's force crossed. They re
formed with great steadiness, notwith
standing what had previously occurred.
The Ijoss AVas Heavy.
"Broadwood's report, which has just
reached me, contains no details, hut
states he had lost seven guns and al! his
baggage. He estimates all bis casualties
at about ."{."(0, ineluding2oo missing. On
hearing this morning that Broadwood
was hard pressed, I immediately ordered
General French with the two remaining
brigades to follow in support of the
Ninth division. The latter, after a
magnificent march, arrived on the scene
of action shortly after 2 p. m. Broad
wood's forces consisted of the Royal
Household cavalry, the Tenth HiiKsurs,
the Q and U batteries of the Royal
Horse artillery and Pitcher's battalion
of mounted infantry. The strength of
the enemy is estimated from 8000 to
10,000, with guns, the number of which
is not yet reported."
Boers Took the Waterworks.
London, April 2.—A special dispatch
from Bloemfonteiu this morning says
that the water supply of that place hits
been cut off. This is the natural se
quence of the Boer success at the water
works. But the authorities are hopeful
that the strong reinforcements sent by
the commander-in-chief will promptly
remedy this. It is evident from Roberts'
dispatch that a big engagement is in
Although it is difficult to estimate the
number of British engaged they prob
ably exceed even the eight or ten thous
and men which the Boers are estimated
to number. The scene of the British
disaster appears to be Mealie spruit,
where the Bloernfoutfin road crosses a
tributary of the Modder river.
To Dispute the Advance.
kimberly, April I.—There is a great
Boer activity aloDg the Vaal river.
About six thousand burghers have as
sembled at various points between Four
teen Streams and Christiana. About
700 men ere occupying Wirand north of
Klipdam and 400 men are laagered at
British in a Trap.
Bushman Kop, Saturday, March 31.—
The British force commanded by Colonel
Broadwood, consisting of the Tenth
Hussars, household cavalry, two-horse
batteries and a force of mounted infan
try under Colonel Pilcher, which has been
garrisoning Thanchu, was obliged in
consequence of the near approach of a
large force of Boers to ieave last night.
Colonel Broadwood marched to the
Bloemfontein water works, south of the
Modder, where he encamped at 4 o'clock
this morning. At early dawn the camp
was shelled by the enemy from a near
point. Colonel Broadwood sent off a
convoy with the batteries while the rest
of the force remained to act as a rear
guard. The convoy arrived at a deep
ppruit, where the Boers were concealed
and the entire body walked into ambush
and was captured, together with six
guns. The loss of life was not great,
since most of the British had walked
into the trap before a shot was fired.
General Colviile's division which left
Bloemfontein early this morning arrived
here at noon and is now shelling the
Republican Gains in Montana.
Helena, Mont , April 2.—Republican
gains are reported from most parts of
the ptute where municipal elections were
held today. The most notable republi
can victory was ia Helena, where Ed
wards, republican, defeated Sullivan,
democrat, by a majority of 800, and
elected aldermen in all but one of the
seven wards, including other candidates
on the city ticket. The question of
municipal ownership of water and elec
tric lighting plants and the referendum
entered into the campaign. Edwards
being recognized as the champion of city
ownership of such utilities. Edwards'
majority was the largest ever received
in Helena on an election for mayor. For
the first time in seven years the republi
cans will have control of the government
at Great Falls, and republican gains
were reported from Butte, Livingston
and Anaconda. I'bilipsborg elected ■
silver ticket, and Boseman gained a
democrat in itn council.
Pork Bounced Up,
Chicago, Man-!. 31.-With commission
bouses bidding frantically to fill beavj
outside order, broken for packerascrap
pm« to cover sales, and a chorus ol dis
consolate sports straggling to gel oat
ol the record breaking hull market May
pork at the firsi part of todaj's session
snot np ... cents a hundred over yester
day, which then wenl IT cents over the
previous day.
Surplus Sixteen Millions for Moat*
<>i March
Washington, April 2-Tbe monthly
Btatement ol the government receipts
and expenditure* during .March shown
the total receipts to have beet) |1H 72G -
837 and the expenditures 132.188,2*71
which leaves a surplus for the month ol
The receipts from the several sources
2!,^noA a| 0 a tregiveniulfolloirK Costoms,
$22090.681, an increase as compared
with March of last year ol about *1 -
000,000. Internal revenue, $24 'K\~'
963; increase, $1,566,000. Miscellan
eous, $2,889,192.
The disbursements for the month
charged to the war department amount
ed to $8,329,053, a decrease as con.
pared with March, L 899, of $3 300,000
Navy department, $4,413,637, n de
crease of $430,000. Civil and miscel
laneous, $0,839,836; decrease, $2,203
For the nine months of the present
fiscal year the receipts exceeded the dis
bursements by $54,302,000.
National Hank Circulation.
Washington, April 2.— The month)?
statement of the comptroller of the cur
rency shows thai at the eloae ol busi
ness, March 31, L9OO, the total circula
tion of national bank notes was $270,
--953,068, an increase for the year of
127,900,751, and an increase for the
month of $21,518,190. The circulation
!>iiwe<J on I nited States bonds was $263,
--284,239, nn increase for the year of
$23,358,081, and an increase for the
month of $19,674,201.
The circulation secured by lawful
money wan $] r.668,838, an increase for
the year of $4,542,510, an increase for
the month of $1,843,900.
The amount of United States register
ed bonds on deposit to secure circulating
notes wan $256,001,480, of which those
of the new -' per cents amounted to
#y7,7!t7,i'>'.M>, and to secure public de
posits $89,631,080, of which $ 1!>,!••.••_',
--900 were the U per cents.
Coinage in March.
Washington, April 2.—The monthly
statement of the director of the mini
shows the total coinage at the mints ol
the United States during March to have
been $17,075,688, as follows: Gold
112,596,240; silver, $4,341,375; minor
coins, $138,072.
Bill for Their Forfeiture Introduced
Hj I'ennise,
Washington, March 31.—Senator Pen
rose of Pennsylvania lihh introduced a
bill which proposes to declare that all
transfers of land to, or bj. the present
corporation known us the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company shall be declared
illegal and void; and authorizing the
committee ou Pacific railroads to exam
ine into certain charges and report
thereon. The committee in also given
by the bill full power to send for persons
and papers.
The title of the bill in "A bill to inquire
into the reorganization of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company and the dia
gonal of the lands belonging to the said
Northern Pacific Railroad company by
the Northern Pacific Rail way company."
The charges referred to above are to
be found in the following lengthy pream
ble preceding the enacting clause of the
"Whereas. On July 2, 1864, there
was enacted a bill granting a charter to
certain parties towit: Richard I). Rice,
John A. Poore, Samuel P. Strickland
and others, for building a railroad from
Lake Superior to Pug. t sound, with
branches thereto, under the name and
title of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company; and
"Whereas, To aid in the construction
of said railroad, public lands to the ex
tent of 43,000,000 acres were given to
said corporation to aid in building the
road; and
"Whereas, Under the said charter con
gress expressly stipulated in section lo
that no bonded debt should ever be cre
ated by the corporation, or mortgage
or lien in any way, except by and with
the con«ent of congress; and
"Whereat*, congress authorized an iw
pue of bondH known as the first mort
gage bondrt, and by the issue of the Haid
bonds the corporation exhaunted ith
power to issue bonds; and,
"Whereas, the corporation, in viola
tion of law and its charter, have issued
80-called second mortgage bondH, $19,
--210,000; third mortgage, $11,481,000;
consolidated mortgage bonds,fl6o,ooo,
--000, and caused an illegal pale of the
property under a foreclosure of the sec
ond and third mortgage bondH which
were illegally isßued, in violation of the
charter, to the injury of the stockholders
of paid corporation, I lie preferred Htock
of the company representing the surrend
ered original first mortgage bonds; and
"Whereas the reorganized Northern
Pacific railway company in illegally using
the charter and franchise** of the North
ern Pacific railroad company to enable
them to dispose (;f the land* and ho
forth belonging to it for the benefit of
the said Northern Pacific raiiway cotn
paDV, and to the injury of. the real
owners of the said charter and land
grant, towit: the unas*entingr stock
holdere of the Northern Pacific railroad
To Fight Epidemics.
Washington, March 81. —Secretary
Gage has submitted to the house a re
quest for $200,000 additional to the
fund to prevent the introduction and
spread of epidemic diseases. He says
that the surgeon general of the marine
hospital service reports that on account
of the continued and increasing danger
from plague, medical officers have been
stationed at United States consulates in
Europe from which emigrants depart.
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Thread: William or George?
March 28th, 2012 05:32 AM #1Junior Member
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William or George?
My husband and I are stuck naming our second son, and can't decide between George or William. Our son is currently a baby of 2 weeks old and I'm trying to visualise him as a grown man and how he will feel when asked his name, introducing himself as either George or William.
Which name do you think you would prefer to have? What character do you associate with the names William and George?
He has dark hair, will be tall and well built, if that helps!
Thanks very much for your help
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March 28th, 2012 09:12 AM #9
I agree with the others--I lean toward William as well! George is nice and I like it as a MN, but I agree that it either feels old fashioned or a bit nerdy as a FN. I imagine a William being smart, handsome, kind, a good friend, maybe momma's little boy. I think William is so versatile, too--he could be anything from the princely Will to the rough-and-tumble Billy to the more European Wim to the scalawag Liam. I think William has personality and class to fit just about anyone, and it sounds perfect for your little man.
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Colgate recorded its League-record 11th Patriot League Women's Soccer Championship on Sunday.
Center Valley, Pa.—Top-seeded Colgate claimed its League-best 11th Patriot League Women's Soccer Championship, but not without a fight from second-seeded American. Sophomore Monica Jensen broke a scoreless tie in the 108th minute, giving the Raiders a 1-0, double-overtime victory over the Eagles.
Making their 14th appearance in the Patriot League title game, the Raiders won their first Patriot League Championship since 2004. Colgate outlasted an American squad that was making just its third championship appearance.
American out-shot the Raiders by an 11-8 margin, as each team placed four shots on goal. Patriot League Rookie of the Year Ashley Walsh made four saves, including a key save in the second overtime. Walsh stopped a shot by American forward Kelsey Brasher in the 105th minute, keeping the game scoreless. Three minutes later, Jensen fired a shot from 20 yards out that slipped past the defense and into the near corner.
Colgate senior Jillian Arnault, who recorded five shots during the tournament, was named the Patriot League Tournament MVP. Joining her on the Patriot League All-Tournament Team were teammates Calista Victor, Liz Polido and Walsh.
American goalkeeper Arianna Efstathiou made three saves, including a crucial stop in the 102nd minute. Brasher kept pressure on the Colgate defense by firing seven shots, including two shots on goal. Both were named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team. Also named to the All-Tournament Team from American was freshman midfielder Michelle Montilio.
Rounding out the Patriot League All-Tournament Team were Bucknell's Amanda Citron and Kayla Yee and Navy's Kelsey Learned and Brittany White.
Colgate, which has now won seven straight games, will advance to the NCAA Tournament. Selections and pairings will be announced on ESPNews tomorrow at 8 p.m.
2009 Patriot League Women's Soccer All-Tournament Team
Jillian Arnault, Colgate, Sr., M (Tournament MVP)
Liz Polido, Colgate, Sr., M
Calista Victor, Colgate, Jr., D
Ashley Walsh, Colgate, Fr., GK
Kelsey Brasher, American, Sr., F
Arianna Efstathiou, American, So., GK
Michelle Montilio, American, Fr., M
Amanda Citron, Bucknell, Jr., D
Kayla Yee, Bucknell, Fr., F
Kelsey Learned, Navy, Fr., M
Brittany White, Navy, Sr., F


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I took a bit of a blog break over the holidays, posting less frequently, but I'm back now...as is the disability ministry weekly round-up!
A Year End Prayer for Weary Waiters The year has ended, but the prayer still applies. Come, Lord Jesus! Amen.
Why They Resist Volunteering Some good tips here for recruiting and engaging volunteers in your ministry.
Jill's House CEO on How to Guard Against Sexual Predators Jill's House is the respite care facility affiliated with McLean Bible Church.
When the Pastor's Family Has Special Needs I can't remember if I posted this a few weeks ago or not, but it's a good one and worth listing again.
When Being Nice is Not Enough Mark Stephenson's post about why "nice" isn't the opposite of or the remedy to disability discrimination.
Dear Dad [Tissue warning for this one - have 'em ready!] This blogger writes a letter to her late father about what she learned from his disability, caused by a stroke when she was two, that she is now applying as she cares for her husband Tim, who has ALS. The hardest yet most touching line for me: "I am envious that Tim will join you so much sooner than I will."
Family ready to adopt two children with Down syndrome I love that the good work done by Reece's Rainbow is appearing more and more frequently in the news. Even more than that, though, I love that children around the world aren't being denied a family because of an extra chromosome.
every single day This is a story about my friends Matt and Ginny and their son Eliot and 99 Balloons. (Well, I've only talked to Matt a couple of times and I've never talked to Ginny and we've never met in person, but I think "friend" is the best word to describe them. The other option would be "the people whose blogs I'm currently stalking for adoption news," but that doesn't have the same ring to it. They're in the Ukraine right now, and their fourth daughter Lena - who is loved a whole lot and who has some special needs - will be coming home with them soon!) Read it. Like, now.
Why do disability ministry? For your joy! So true. Great reminder from John Knight.
Pieces of Hope This article was written by a mom of a child with autism to help churches know how to support families like hers. It was published in April 2011, and Home Life magazine featured it on their blog as one of the top articles of 2011.
Four Tips for Surviving (and enjoying!) Church Services with Your Children Written for parents of kids with special needs.
Waite Park ministry holds church services for people with developmental disabilities My favorite line in this story is from a mom of two children with developmental disabilities who launched this disability ministry because "We did not find any place for our sons to grow into discipleship or knowledge of the Gospel at all; I don't know of any church in our area that is willing to open their doors, gearing things specifically to them."
It Takes a (Christmas) Village to Raise a Child with Autism The language isn't completely clean in this post, but it's a helpful read from an honest momma.
Key Ministry presentation slides My friends at Key Ministry are stepping up their game in providing online resources for churches wanting to engage in disability ministry. I'll post more about what they're doing in the future and how you can benefit, but for now you can check out the slides from several of their presentations.
AAIDD Religion and Spirituality Division December newsletter Note that this organization is not specific to Christianity and includes other faiths as well.
I've seen this posted by both Justin Taylor and John Knight, and it encourages me each time. This video includes part of the address given by Dr. Robertson McQuilkin to Columbia Bible College and Graduate School in 1990, announcing his resignation from the post of university to care for his beloved wife Muriel. She has unable to recognize him three years later and went to be with the Lord ten years after that. (Here's an interview he did with Christianity Today after Muriel died.)


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It's a holiday-shortened work week for many, and with time of the essence, let's cut to the chase. Here are 40 players worth considering at the following positions: QB (five), RB, WR, TE (10 apiece) and D/ST (five). Players are in order of how I would prioritize them on the waiver wire by position.
The suggestions below are a function of matchups, expected opportunities and other factors. As a general rule, we will focus only upon players available in more than 50 percent of Yahoo! fantasy leagues.
1. 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick (owned in three percent of Yahoo! leagues) — Does he get another start in Week 12? Who knows? We do know this: he can play. We also know that the 49ers' Week 12 opponent (New Orleans) has a shaky defense. Sometimes, you claim a player and worry how it all settles later. This is one of those cases. Pick. Him. Up.
2. Titans QB Jake Locker (16 percent) — He has an excellent matchup against a porous Jacksonville defense on Sunday, and he has shown some promise when healthy. That's enough for me.
3. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson (21 percent) — He might be a little underrated by fantasy owners. He has thrown multiple TD passes in four of his last five starts.
4. Jaguars QB Chad Henne (three percent) — I have no problem with QB-needy owners picking him up, but be careful not to overrate him. His 354-yard, four-TD performance at Houston came out of nowhere. Ask yourself this: in 100 matchups against the Texans' defense, how many times would Henne have a day like that? The Jaguars' offense has mostly sputtered, and Henne has never been a consistent fantasy standout, let alone starter, so I'd proceed with caution.
5. Rams QB Sam Bradford (24 percent) — Faces Buffalo in Week 14 and Tampa Bay in Week 16; might be a nice big-league sleeper.
Running backs
1. Broncos RB Ronnie Hillman (17 percent) — To me, he has the most upside of the backs on this list, which makes him the back to target on the waiver wire. The Broncos' offense is a machine, and Hillman is first in line to get the work that Willis McGahee (knee) would have received down the stretch. With McGahee potentially out for the rest of the regular season, Hillman might be the most coveted pickup of Week 12.
2. Cardinals RB Beanie Wells (27 percent) — Returns to the starting lineup and gets two favorable matchups (St. Louis, N.Y. Jets) right off the bat. However, the schedule turns tougher thereafter, and the Cardinals' running game has been shaky all season. Still, he's a featured back, so he needs to be on more rosters than this.
3. Packers RB James Starks (23 percent) — Five times the Packers have given a running back 20 carries or more in the first 10 games. None have scored a touchdown, and none has reached even 90 yards rushing. What you see is what you get with the Packers' running game, I'm afraid.
4. Saints RB Mark Ingram (29 percent) — While Ingram could lose some touches once Darren Sproles (hand) returns to action, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner has led the Saints in carries in back-to-back games. Ingram has value for owners looking to bolster their RB and/or flex depth.
5. Eagles RB Bryce Brown (four percent) — If LeSean McCoy (concussion) can't play in Week 12, Brown will likely get the bulk of the carries Monday night vs. Carolina. Brown's value is highest to McCoy owners, who should be looking to add him even before there's clarity on McCoy's status. By then, it might be too late to act.
6. Jaguars RB Jalen Parmele (five percent) — Got a featured back's workload in Week 11 (24 carries, three catches) but didn't exactly do much with it (83 total yards). He'll start again in Week 12, and on volume of touches alone, he's interesting in bigger leagues, but I'm not sure he's a long-term solution.
7. Patriots RB Shane Vereen (six percent) — With Brandon Bolden (suspension) out two more games, Vereen is an ideal addition for Stevan Ridley owners
8. Broncos RB Lance Ball (one percent) — If you swing and miss on Hillman and desperately want a Broncos back, I'd suggest Ball.
9. Dolphins RB Daniel Thomas (31 percent) — Can't say I've loved what I've seen from the Dolphins' running game of late, but he does get enough work to be added, especially for owners who have Reggie Bush.
10. 49ers RB Kendall Hunter (21 percent) — I'm a huge fan of his game and the 49ers' rushing attack. He's a very nice pickup-and-stash proposition in bigger leagues. I wouldn't be surprised if he puts up nice numbers, even in a reserve role, against the Saints' defense on Sunday.
Wide receivers
1. Chargers WR Danario Alexander (23 percent) — Alexander's stat line in the last two games: 12 catches, 230 yards, three TDs, 18 targets. Just pick him up already.
2. Jaguars WR Cecil Shorts (43 percent) — Yes, Justin Blackmon had a breakout game in Week 11, but I still prefer Shorts from a fantasy perspective. Shorts has been the more consistent producer, and he's been much more of a big-play threat. In yardage leagues, Shorts has racked up 11 points or more in four of the last five games.
3. Colts WR T.Y. Hilton (23 percent) — Has racked up 100 or more receiving yards and at least one TD in two of the last three games. Could even get more looks if Donnie Avery (concussion) misses any time, though that's tough to forecast.
4. Broncos WR Brandon Stokley (20 percent) — Eleven fantasy points in each of the last two games, one TD catch in five separate contests, the trust of Peyton Manning. There's plenty to like here.
5. Jaguars WR Justin Blackmon (10 percent) — Comes off a simply wonderful game at Houston (7-236-1), so he needs to be a priority claim for many owners. However, he had only 250 receiving yards in his previous nine games, so I'm not sure if he's someone you immediately rush into the lineup in two-WR formats. Now, in three-WR formats? A roll of the dice is OK.
6. Seahawks WR Golden Tate (26 percent) — Putting up sneaky-good fantasy points, a la Stokley.
7. Titans WR Kendall Wright (37 percent) — Team-high 70 targets for season and has one TD catch in two of last three games.
8. Patriots WR Julian Edelman (three percent) — One day after the Patriots released Deion Branch, Edelman played 85 percent of the offensive snaps against Indianapolis, racking up 105 combined yards and a TD on offense and also scoring on a punt return. You never know how the Patriots are going to utilize their complementary skill position guys from to week-to-week (see Woodhead, Danny), but there's a pretty clear case to pick up Edelman.
9. Lions WR Ryan Broyles (14 percent) — With Titus Young (disciplinary reasons) out for Week 12 and having to work his way back into the team's good graces, Broyles will get the start on Thursday vs. Houston. While Broyles hasn't scored a TD in the last three games, he has hauled in all nine passes thrown his way in that span.
10. Bengals WR Mohamed Sanu (one percent) — Has scored a TD in back-to-back games. Just as importantly, the rookie from Rutgers played 63-of-71 offensive snaps at Kansas City on Sunday. He's a sleeper.
Tight ends
The forearm injury to Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski figures to send quite a few fantasy owners to the waiver wire early this week. Here are 10 widely available tight ends worth considering:
1. Raiders QB Brandon Myers (40 percent) —If you need a tight end and he's available, thank your lucky stars. He's too productive to be on this many waiver wires. He has been targeted 10 times or more in three of the last five games, and now the touchdowns are coming, too (three in the past three games).
2. Jets TE Dustin Keller (38 percent) — Targets have fallen in recent weeks, but he's a good spot play Thursday night vs. New England. In the first 2012 meeting with the Patriots, he hauled in seven passes for 93 yards and a TD.
3. Bills TE Scott Chandler (40 percent) — Gets a favorable matchup against Indianapolis on Sunday.
4. Titans TE Jared Cook (40 precent) — Has some big-play potential, and the Jaguars' defense allowed 17 catches for 159 receiving yards and three TDs (!) to the Texans' Owen Daniels, Garrett Graham and James Casey on Sunday.
5. Buccaneers TE Dallas Clark (12 percent) — Caught another TD on Sunday, his third of the season. The real story, though, is the targets — 11. Clark hadn't been targeted more than six times in any of Tampa Bay's other games.
6. Broncos TE Joel Dreessen (25 percent) — Has been targeted more than Jacob Tamme (22-19) in last five games and has been more of a TD threat.
7. Redskins TE Logan Paulsen (three percent) — Hauled in his first TD catch of the season in Week 11 on his lone target. In the previous three games, he had 20 passes thrown his way.
8. Jaguars TE Marcedes Lewis (seven percent) — While Lewis did score a pair of TDs in Sunday's loss at Houston, he was targeted the same number of times (four) as he was the previous week, and he has had only four games of five or more targets this season.
9. Patriots TE Visanthe Shiancoe (one percent) — Shiancoe might be worth a flier in huge leagues early this week, but I prefer all of the tight ends ahead of him until we get a better sense of how the ex-Viking will be used.
10. Browns TE Benjamin Watson (one percent) — Had two TD catches in the Week 11 loss at Dallas, but this was out of the blue.
1. Minnesota (28 percent, at Chicago) — Vaults to the top of the list considering Chicago's pass-protection and general offensive woes in the Bears' Monday-night debacle at San Francisco.
2. Arizona (41 percent, vs. St. Louis) — A startable group even as the Cardinals continue to slide.
3. St. Louis (34 percent, at Arizona) — The Cardinals' offense … my goodness.
4. Cleveland (13 percent, vs. Pittsburgh) — The Steelers are starting their third-string quarterback (Charlie Batch), and they surrendered a punt-return TD in Week 11.
5. Miami (36 percent, vs. Seattle) — The Seahawks' offensive improvement doesn't make the Dolphins the slam-dunk start they might have been earlier in the season.
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WARNING: There is absolutely nothing interesting in this post. If that is what you are looking for (and you probably are), skip on past this one. xo. Olivia
Blogging Goals
I didn't make any blogging goals for 2012, only conscious efforts on my part. Those efforts pretty much fell apart when I started the fall semester. However, to keep that from happening again, I have made some goals for 2013.
This year I intend to plan ahead more. Especially during these next two weeks before classes start. My goal is to work hard at writing a pile of reviews that I will post when I start the Spring semester. Another goal is commenting! I must get better at commenting on all the lovely posts that are on my feed. Lastly, BEA. I had a blast this past summer at BEA, and I really hope that I am able to attend again this year.
Challenge Goals
Last year I set two goals for myself: the Goodreads Challenge (which I set at 50 books) and The Debut Author Challenge (read and review 12 debuts). I completed my Goodreads Challenge, with sixty-one books. However, I am a little behind with The Debut Author Challenge at eight out of twelve. I have read well over twelve debuts, but now I must write reviews for at least four of them.
Since school now takes up so much of my time, and a lot is going on in my personal life, I am not going to set many goals this year. My Goodreads Challenge for 2013 is 45 books. Forty-five seems like nothing compared to a lot of the goals out there, but I decided to set a number that is realistic in a goal-ish way for myself. I've also decided to participate in The Debut Author Challenge (again) and The Sophomore Reading Challenge (for the first time). Since I am awful at keeping track of my goals, and because the best way to stay on track is to release them out into The Universe, that is what I am going to do :)
Goodreads Challenge = 45 books
The Debut Author Challenge 2013 = 12 debuts (read and review)
The Sophomore Reading Challenge 2013 = 10 sophomores (read and review)
Goodreads Challenge = 45 books
The Debut Author Challenge 2013 = 12 debuts (read and review)
The Sophomore Reading Challenge 2013 = 10 sophomores (read and review)


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The International Media Seminar began in 1996 as part of a Communications Studies class taught by Professors James Ettema and Lee Huebner at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. About two dozen students in the News and International Relations class spent a week in Paris in March.
It was about this time that the Center for the Study of International Communications was being established in Paris. Governed by a nine-person board of directors, with Huebner as chairman, the Center stepped in to handle the Paris arrangements for the International Media Seminar. Huebner, at the time, was interim president of the American University of Paris.
In 1997 and 1998, students from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the American University of Paris joined their counterparts from Northwestern University. Missouri Southern State University sent 18 students and two faculty members in 1999 as the total number of participants increased to 40.
With the help of Dr. Chad Stebbins, professor of journalism at Missouri Southern, the International Media Seminar expanded to two week-long sessions and 85 participants in 2000.
In 2007, the program expanded further as Professor Huebner moved to George Washington University, which started sending its own delegation to Paris. At the same time, however, Northwestern University has continued its active participation.
Seminar sessions have been fine-tuned each year to keep up with the changing issues and the particular interests of those who attend. Special attention has also been paid to structuring the social and touring side of the week for those who want that assistance.


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State Conservationist James E. Tillman Sr., of the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has announced that about $1.2 million in financial assistance was approved for the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) in the Lower Flint River Basin project.Local NRCS offices will be taking applications through April 19, 2013.This project will improve water efficiency by deploying advanced irrigation management practices across 27 counties in Southwest Georgia.Funded practices include low-pressure drop nozzle irrigation retrofits with end gun shut-offs, remote soil moisture monitoring, and sod based rotation and variable rate irrigation.The AWEP promotes ground and surface water conservation and improves water quality by helping farmers and ranchers implement agricultural water enhancement activities. These include:* Water quality or water conservation plan development, including resource condition assessment and modeling;* Water conservation restoration or enhancement projects, including conversion to the production of less water-intensive agricultural commodities or dry land farming;* Water quality or quantity restoration or enhancement projects;* Irrigation system improvement or irrigation efficiency enhancement;* Activities designed to mitigate the effects of drought; and* Other related activities to help achieve water quality or water conservation benefits on agricultural land.The AWEP was established by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) and funding comes from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The NRCS administers the program for USDA. NRCS implements AWEP by entering into EQIP contracts directly with agricultural producers.Everyone receiving assistance through AWEP must meet EQIP eligibility requirements.More information about specific AWEP projects visit: http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov, or visit the nearest USDA Service Center in your area.
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Demi Moore Dating Joe Manganiello?
"New Couple Alert! Are Demi Moore and Joe Manganiello Dating?" reads a headline from OK!, which reports that Moore and the "True Blood" actor were "spotted canoodling" at the L.A. premiere party for That's My Boy.
The site says it "looks like" Moore is finally moving on from Ashton Kutcher, quoting a so-called "source" at the bash as saying, "They looked amazing together."
The alleged witness reveals, "Demi was getting a lot more attention than a lot of the younger girls in the room, and Joe was seen waiting for her before they went off and hung out together at the party. They had amazing chemistry."
OK! goes on to note that Moore and Manganiello "first met when they were both cast in Magic Mike, but Demi had to drop out," and adds, "Looks like they kept in touch!"
So, how serious is it between them?
Not. At. All.
A rep for Manganiello tells Gossip Cop the tab's story is simply "not true."
Side note: OK! was so off with their story, they spelled Manganiello's name wrong throughout their article.
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Kindest thanks.
I'll ask you a question ;-) Do you know anyone who uses Windows XP or later and has a printer attached to the PC?
I'm sure you do - and would you believe it, it is very simple to print out a multi-page version of any image onto ordinary printer paper.
Just use the Windows Paint program, according to these instructions....
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Long-Term Wishlist
1. New iPod. My old one broke and now I can only listen to it on shuffle. I will hopefully buy this before Christmas.
2. Digital camera. I'm sick of not being abke to post pictures of my purchases on here. Hopefully I'll get this for Christmas/Birthday from my parents. (Yes, Christmas and birthday are interlinked. Christmas is on the 25th and my birthday is on the 28th.)
3. New winter coat. Hopefully this will be a Christmas/Birthday present too. My current gold quilted coat doesn't match anything and fails at being classy. The new winter coat will preferrably be a red plaid pea coat, depending on what fabric is available.
4. Prom shoes. Since my mom is making my Prom dress, and I just want it to be a simple white bustier-slip dress (very Narcisco Rodriguez), the shoes will have to be mind-blowing.
5. Designer handbag. Something recognizable, like Gucci or Vuitton. I've been unsatisfied with my multitude of cheap purses as of late and need something with quality, class and trend-transcending style.
6. Laptop. Self-explanatory for University.
7. Doc Martens. I need heavy-hitting shoes to survive in a concrete jungle.
8. American Apparel sweatpants in Gray, Black and Brown. For University studying purposes only. Not to be worn in public.
Short-Term Wishlist
1. Random wardrobe items. I'm going to Toronto twice in the next 2 weeks and should make budget allowances for whatever trinkets I might find.
Otherwise, I will always be on the vigilant lookout for a:
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Quick, read every television programming story written in the last week. Actually, now that you're done, it's the week after and you're really behind. Or, as an alternative, just start coming here on Fridays.
I'm Sam Thielman, Adweek's cable reporter, and every column after this one will pop up at the end of the week with a breakdown of what's happening in development, series orders, renewals, and cancelations. Occasionally casting, too. We're calling it The Slate - it's not meant to be exhaustive, but it is meant to be interesting and occasionally funny and hopefully predictive of what will be worth checking out in the next few months and years. I'll provide a little color rather than just rehashing press releases, and I'll also salt these items with as much related news and gossip as I can dig up, so hopefully you'll see some things you didn't know even if you already knew that, say, Game of Thrones was getting renewed, and you'll be able to check me out every Friday and feel like you're caught up on the week's programming news.
Anyway, welcome! This is my first regular column, but I've been a TV beat reporter for years and a media reporter in one form or another since 2005. Before Adweek, I was at Variety; I live in Brooklyn with my wife; and I grew up in North Carolina and Nairobi, Kenya. I like my job and the industry I cover. I don't wish I was a producer or a film reporter.
TV reporters hear from the networks at the rate of about 15 programming-related announcements per week, and some are interesting, and some are resolutely not, and I will be running them down based entirely on my own subjective ideas about what's good (Community, Futurama, Louie) and what's bad (CSI: Tupelo, America's Next Top Predator). So without further ado, here's a double dose to start off with—the last two weeks' worth of interesting programming decisions:
Game of Thrones: I have a weirdly possessive attitude toward this show, mostly because of how good the books are, but it's been quite heartening to see HBO give this series the royal treatment from the pilot forward. The two HBO shows this program has the most in common with are crazyfest Carnivale and wildly expensive period drama Rome, and both of those took massive budget cuts in their second seasons and then didn't get renewed for a third. Bearing that in mind, it's very heartening to see that HBO isn't stinting on the budgets for the new season (I've watched the first four, and if you thought the season finale had some weird stuff in it, you ain't seen nothing yet), and that it's willing to plant the renewal flag immediately after the premiere just like it did last year. Having read the books, however, I'll say that the creative team is wading into some deep waters here. Martin confirms that seaons three will be ten segs long and that he'll be writing episode seven; that means the series will have to go on for at least eight seasons in order to cover all the material in the books. And that's provided the books end at volume seven, which is also in some doubt. It's hard not to worry that Game could have trouble staying fresh for eight seasons, especially when you can't write characters out if the actors decide they want to leave. Still, it's getting great ratings for the network - (a cume of 8.3 million viewers for the season two premiere!) and as long as that doesn't change, it'll probably be around for a good long time. Speculation: I'd be surprised if this show is not getting some serious juice from HBO GO. It's serialized to the point of incomprehensibility if you're trying to go cold into the second season, and HBO has been running marathons of season one and keeping the on-demand version available, which probably helps bring in new viewers in much the same way that Netflix's huge AMC library helped bring in new Mad Men viewers after that show's 18-month hiatus.
New Girl: A lot of folks really, really wanted to hate this show, but most don't. It's cute. The jury is out on how long it can stay cute, but Fox appears to be betting that Zooey Deschanel will be adorkable for at least one more season, and I don't know. It's hard to contend that they're wrong. I basically watched for the showrunner, the hugely underrated Liz Merriwether, but the ensemble is surprisingly strong (Max Greenfield as fat-kid-turned-frat-kid Schmidt stands out) and the writing magically manages to hit that sweet spot between traditional sitcommery and skin-crawling embarrassment comedy. It also has a solid demo average (3.2 million) and at NATPE this year, people were talking about it like it was a shoo-in for syndication on account of being A) funny and B) not serialized.
Southland: A reportedly excellent cop show on TNT that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves because, well, it's a cop show on the network that airs Rizzoli and Isles and The Closer and syndicated epsiodes of Law & Order and Cold Case, among others. But to the folks who love these things the heirarchy appears to go The Wire, The Shield, Southland, so this seems to be a victory for the forces of light.
Glee: This the every bit of energy I am willing to expend discussing Glee.
Twenty Twelve: I'm to the point where I just feel sorry for people who think that British comedy is Noel Coward and reruns of Blackadder (not that there's anything wrong with Blackadder). Hugh Bonneville of Downton Abbey stars in this thing, a mockumentary series about the preparations for the 2012 Olympics in London, and Bonneville will play the "head of deliverance" for the Olympic Deliverance Commission. BBC America will run all 12 episodes of the show starting in June, and we'll all laugh but we'll all also wonder if British white-collar workers are secretly really that dumb.
XIII: Actually more of a quasi-acquisition than a greenlight, this announcement makes it look like ReelzChannel is trying to get on the premium-cable bandwagon alongside HBO, Showtime and Starz, to which it has thus far been the pay-cable equivalent of the little bird that picks food out of an alligator's teeth. XIII, until this week, was a Canal+ show that debuted last year with Aisha Tyler and Stuart Townsend in the leads. It looks a little ham-handed, at least from the material available online, but the production company is due to bring on Roger Avary as a writer for the current season, which appears to be the first one ReelzChannel will be airing. If that sounds goofy, consider that Starz did basically the same thing with Torchwood: Miracle Day, which premiered last year—that show was technically the series' fourth season, with the first three produced in the U.K. and aired stateside on BBC America (it was originally the sexy version of Doctor Who, believe it or not). It was also, unfortunately, not as good as some of the other Torchwood material, so we'll see if ReelzChannel can pull off a better Europe-to-U.S. transition for XIII. It's based on a Belgian comics series, incidentally, and Belgian comics can be pretty great.
Dog With a Blog: Disney Channel has placed a series order for a multicamera sitcom about a dog that can talk and write, who heals the rift between two bickering siblings. It's so hard to come up with commentary on a show with a logline that sounds like a 30 Rock joke.
Betsey + Lulu: One great way to succeed as a straight male reporter covering the huge glut of women's lifestyle networks is to keep your fat mouth shut about what you think is cool and understand that basically none of it is for you and it does well anyway. Fellow male television reporters, I promise you, we're going to come home to find our wives watching this. It's about Betsey Johnson, who turns seventy this year and basically is basically Lisa Frank for grownups, and her daughter, who is pregnant. It's on Style.


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Harrell Named to Preseason Maxwell List
June 26, 2007
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech junior QB Graham Harrell (Ennis, Texas) has been named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, announced Tuesday by Maxwell Football Club president Ron Jaworski. The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the nation's top collegiate football player.
While directing the nation's top passing attack last season, Harrell produced the fourth-best sophomore season in NCAA history with 4,555 yards and 38 touchdown passes. Additionally, Harrell and the Red Raider offense orchestrated the greatest comeback in bowl history, erasing a 31-point deficit with 7:47 to play in the third quarter in the Insight Bowl win over Minnesota.
Harrell joins fellow Big 12 quarterbacks Chase Daniel (Missouri), Colt McCoy (Texas) and Stephen McGee (Texas A&M) and four other players from the Big 12 on the initial list of 64. Harrell is the first Texas Tech quarterback under Mike Leach named to the Maxwell Award preseason list.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced in early November and three finalists will be announced November 26.
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Does Herman Cain Understand the Abortion Debate?
We think no.
Now that former pizza chain CEO Herman Cain is somehow dominating the GOP primary field, he's going to receive much more scrutiny, from his opponents and from the media, than ever before. Not just regarding his 9-9-9 tax plan, or his mostly nonexistent policy views, but on a wide range of common issues that it doesn't seem like he's totally prepared to discuss. Take abortion, for example. About three months ago, when he was still mired in the low single digits, Cain made an appearance on the Fox Business Network show with John Stossel, the nation's foremost mustachioed libertarian. When Stossel asked Cain his views on abortion, a topic that any presidential candidate should expect, Cain laid out a contradictory, confusing mess of a position.
So, wait, what was that? Cain says "people shouldn't just be free to abort," but also says that "government shouldn't make that decision." He thinks that if a woman is raped, getting an abortion is "her choice, that is not government's choice," but then adds that abortion shouldn't be allowed in the case of rape "because there are other options" and "we must protect the sanctity of life."
It was as if Cain had no familiarity with or understanding of the role that government plays in the debate over abortion rights. He had simply gathered some common abortion-related words and phrases "her choice," "government's decision", "sanctity of life" then randomly assembled them into sentences. Poor Stossel was left on the verge of speechlessness. Columnist Ellis Henican, who was seated next to Cain during this fiasco, can be seen at one point with his mouth agape in shock and bewilderment, as if Cain has just admitted to despising Ronald Reagan.
Yesterday, three months after his disastrous Stossel interview, Cain was asked about abortion again in an interview on Meet the Press. Cain did much better this time (a pretty low bar, admittedly), but he still left some questions about his beliefs.
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Cain tells Gregory that he's against abortion without exception, even in cases of rape or incest (putting him to the right, by the way, of both Mitt Romney and Rick Perry). But when asked whether his opposition also applies to cases in which the life of the mother is at risk, Cain repeats this vague response three times: "That family is going to have to make that decision."
So, if the family is making the decision, then abortion would be legal in that scenario, right? Which seems to conflict with what Cain said a moment earlier about not "agree[ing] with abortion under any circumstances." Perhaps Cain is having difficulty distinguishing what he believes from what the law should allow. It's clear that Cain doesn't personally support abortion under any situation, but on the much more important question of what aspects of abortion should be legal or illegal, Cain's position is something of a mystery. He'll clarify it eventually, we're sure. The 0-0-0 abortion plan, maybe? Zero abortions in the case of rape, zero abortions in the case of incest, and zero abortions when the life of the mother is in danger.


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get out of my way kirby, i've got gulags to build.
Originally Posted by God
what is your greatest ambition in life, toxic?
To be contented with my life and the world around me.
Originally Posted by Flaming Flamingo
I feel like this is directed at me.
That's called your conscience.
how I see Toxic
Is that Muk?
nope its obviously a ditto
Either way it's a fuckin monstrosity.
I'm flattered.
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how I see Toxic
i guarantee kirby is somewhat sexually attracted to this creature
so draw your conclusions toxic
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LOS ANGELES — A fluffy duckling might seem a natural accompaniment to a basket of Easter eggs, but shelter officials and animal welfare experts want gift-happy parents to picture something else: poop.
The average domestic duck relieves itself every 15 minutes, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. That's why very few people have ducks for pets — except at Easter.
Yet millions of people have or will celebrate spring and Easter by getting their children a duckling, figuring they can release it in a pond when it gets too big to keep at home.
"We usually get tons of calls right after Easter," said Susie Coston, national shelter director for the Farm Sanctuary.
Duck diapers are available online, but it takes more than that to raise a duck, said Carol Chrysong, the 56-year-old founder of The Lucky Duck Rescue & Sanctuary in Los Angeles.
The sanctuary is home to 120 ducks, including a drake and two hens that Chrysong keeps as her pets. The cleanup is exhausting, she said.
The upsides to keeping a duck as a pet include their surprisingly doglike behavior, which has them greeting owners upon arrival (Muscovy ducks even wag their tails), learning tricks and being extremely loyal, she said.
The downside, though, is cleaning up after a diaperless duck that also likes to get into water and splash — then walk around, Chrysong said. An indoor duck would have to sit on a poop mat and sleep in a playpen full of shavings.
Chrysong added that ducks are in heat as many as 10 months out of the year, so "if you don't want to have the sex talk with your child, don't get a duck."
Experts say that most ducklings sold at Easter are drakes, so parents hoping for fresh eggs are out of luck.
Coston discourages ducks as pets. They can live up to 20 years and more, she said, adding that it's unlikely a child can take the duck to college.
Parents often assume they can set a duck free at a local pond once it outgrows its duckling stage, but "domestic ducks are not equipped to survive in the wild like their wild cousins," she said.
They can't fly, their colors don't match the environment and they don't know how to act in the wild, "so they fall prey to many wild animals, dogs and, sadly, even people," she said.
In many cases, territorial ducks at a pond will kill newcomers.
Lydia Yasuda, a photographer from Diamond Bar, Calif., volunteers weekly at Lucky Duck after she took in her daughter's duckling. He had followed the girl around at a lake, and "we thought he could grow up, and we could take him to the pond," said Yasuda.
Then, the Yasudas started to read about caring for ducks. They live in an apartment, so Benji went to the duck rescue.
Chrysong said she herself fell in love with ducks at age 8, when she and her sister received ducks as Easter gifts.
"Those two ducks followed us all over Inglewood. They would wait outside when we took them to the store," she recalled.
When the ducks were 5, her parents released them at a pond, she said.
"It was devastating for me. They kept following us to the car. Eventually, my father said, 'Let's go,' and we left them there in the parking lot. I never got over it. Now, I know what happens to them. That's why I am so aggressive about the work we do," Chrysong said.
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COLUMBUS, OHIO – May 2, 2011 – State Auto Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:STFC) today announced that recent storms will adversely affect its financial results for the second quarter of 2011.
"In April, we experienced five separate catastrophes that triggered widespread damage from tornadoes, wind and hail in 20 of our operating states," said STFC President, Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo. "State Auto claim teams are currently in communities throughout the region, assisting our policyholders and agents. We're determined to help them through this difficult time.
"While it will take several weeks to prepare reliable loss estimates, as of now we know that our experience in April will exceed our recent historic five-year average experience in the second quarter for catastrophe weather related claims, perhaps by a significant amount. Prior to 2011, our historic five-year average catastrophe loss ratio for the second quarter is 18 percentage points or $50 million of losses. We will provide an update when we have more accurate information on the impact of these April storms," Restrepo continued.
"We will announce our first quarter results on Tuesday, May 3, as planned, including the disclosure of our first quarter catastrophe weather related losses. In the first quarter of 2011, our catastrophe loss ratio was 4.6 percentage points, or approximately $16.0 million of losses, compared to 3.3 percentage points, or approximately $10.1 million of losses, in 2010. Over the five-year period 2006-2010, our historic average five-year catastrophe loss ratio was 7.6 percentage points in the first quarter."
State Auto Financial Corporation, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a super regional property and casualty insurance holding company and is proud to be a Trusted Choice® company partner. STFC stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, which represents the top third of all NASDAQ listed companies.
The insurance subsidiaries of State Auto Financial Corporation are part of the State Auto Group. The State Auto Group markets its insurance products in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through independent insurance agencies and brokers. The State Auto Group is rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company and includes State Automobile Mutual, State Auto Property & Casualty, State Auto Ohio, State Auto Wisconsin, State Auto Florida, Milbank, Farmers Casualty, Meridian Security, Meridian Citizens Mutual, Beacon National, Beacon Lloyds, Patrons Mutual, Litchfield Mutual Fire, Rockhill Insurance, Plaza Insurance, American Compensation and Bloomington Compensation. Additional information on State Auto Financial Corporation and the State Auto Insurance Companies can be found online at http://www.StateAuto.com/.
Except for historical information, all other information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied. The most significant of these uncertainties are described in State Auto Financial's Form 10-K and Form 10-Q reports and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) legislative changes at both the state and federal level, state and federal regulatory rule making promulgations and adjudications, class action litigation involving the insurance industry and judicial decisions affecting claims, policy coverages and the general costs of doing business, the impact of competition on products and pricing, inflation in the costs of the products and services insurance pays for, product development, geographic spread of risk, weather and weather-related events, and other types of catastrophic events. State Auto Financial undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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Hi, my name is, my name is…… no, not Slim Shady. My name is Green Egg Forty Sippa. That's my Gangsta name anyway and don't you forget it. Yo.
I'm thinking Dr Seuss and 50cent must have collaboratively invented the Random Name Generator that came up with my alias.
No longer do we have to piece together the names of our childhood dog and the first street we lived on (Zippy Balcombe) or our favourite pet and childhood food (Candy Cupcake) to embrace a fantasy name for a character in a story or a fake ID or umm, you know, roleplay, whatever. Ahem.
As with most things these days, we need look no further than the amazing Spiritual Guide of All Things Bizarre, the Internet. Find the name generator you want, type in your real name, one click and there's your new pseudonym. It's that simple. And that stupid.
Why do I even look at these things? Could I really not go another minute of my life without knowing that my Pirate name is Captain Mary Bonney? Like, am I planning to run away to sea to sail on the Black Pearl, drink rum with Johnny Depp and swap spit with Orlando Bloom? Actually, that doesn't sound like a bad idea…
Was it essential that I know my Mexican Wrestler name? Which, by the way, is Ratón Último. It means Last Mouse. Does that mean I am a fantastic fighter and will be the last rodent to survive, or is it just something that would look good listed on a WWE Smackdown poster next to Dolph Ziggler, Ricardo Rodriguez and The Undertaker?
I was hoping my Mafia name would be really sexy, like something straight out of a Brian De Palma movie. So disappointed, I find nothing sexy about Alley Cat Sandra. Pussy jokes included.
And then there's my Porn Star name. Tonya Sinn. It sounds a bit too sophisticated; more like a champagne-sipping high-class callgirl than someone who does pizza delivery guys on a pool table to an electro-pop soundtrack. (I admit my idea of porn may be a bit out of date, but ahhh... those were the days.)
My real, boring human name is Cathryn, derived from the Greek Katharos (Katherine), meaning 'pure'. Yes, I know. Go on, I'll wait while you have a good laugh at that.
I have never really adored my own name (do any of us?) but I do have to thank my oldest sister for saving me from a fate worse than Cathryn. My siblings were 17, 14 and 11 when I burst onto the scene as the Great Mistake of 1964 (mistake [mis-teyk] noun, verb: an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge or lack of birth control) and cries of "She had the baby", "It's a girl" and "You woke me at 2am for that?" were quickly followed by "What's her name?"
One or both of my parents (neither will admit guilt in this heinous almost-committed crime) wished to call me… Patricia.
Apologies to those of you who are named Patricia and love it. But, really….
Do you see Patricia?
(I acknowledge maybe there are some similarities with AbFab's Patsy, but....)
No, absolutely no. Just… no.
For starters, I am not an old-age pensioner. The popularity of the name Patricia peaked in the late 1930s through to the 1940s and has plunged into a steady decline since, so I may have been able to accept the name if I was a war baby, conceived in the back of a Ford coupe utility during a hastily arranged shore leave. But I wasn't.
Nor am I Catholic, wanting to bear the name of an Italian virgin martyr and Saint. I mean, I admire her for escaping an arranged marriage, but women usually do that so they can shag whoever they want, not to stay a virgin.
Anyway, you could say my sister was the 60s version of the Random Name Generator, as she insists she plucked the name from nowhere. Apparently, whilst announcing that nobody better dare tell her to turn her radio down once the baby came home, she also declared there was no way she was having a sister called Patricia, that was a horrible name, but a Katherine/Catherine/Kathryn/Cathryn would be fine. (Exactly who chose my particular spelling is unclear, but there is a rumour that it was a mistake by Dad, his second one that year.)
At some stage during the early school years Cathryn of course got shortened to 'Cathy'; it's the Aussie way. I remember trying to get people to call me 'Cate' at one point, but Dad was the only one who did and others argued I couldn't be a Cate, it had to be Kate with a K (these were the years long before Cate Blanchett came along). And I attempted 'Cathie' during the rebellious teenage years, because a group of 26 of my closest friends all voted that it was much more of a cool-surfie-chick way to spell it. Hey, it was the 70s. But it didn't stick. Neither did 'Imogen'. Don't ask.
So over the years Cathryn has evolved. Don't be surprised if you call me Cate, then my Mum approaches with 'Cathryn', a friend greets me as 'Cath', the kids moan at 'Mum', Dad lets slip 'Chook' and the Husband yells 'Bloody hell Cathy, are they more new shoes?'…. I will answer to them all. Some more politely than others.
Interesting postscript. I have just discovered if I use Cathryn on the Porn Star Name Generator I am actually…. Sweatee Asstronaut.
Oh yeah. That's more like it.
Did somebody order pizza?


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