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Tim Taylor has been a part of the Vandal family since 1982 when he came to Idaho as a student-athlete. A standout thrower for the Vandals, he took the 1985 Big Sky title in the shot put and qualified for the NCAA Championships, where he finished 18th. His personal-best shot put of 60-0 ranks sixth all-time at Idaho. He also has a career-best throw of 196-4 in the discus.
Taylor joined the Idaho track and field program in 1989 as a throws coach. Since then, he has coached some of the most successful athletes in Idaho history. He coached 10-time NCAA All-American, 2000 NCAA shot put champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Joachim Olsen, as well as three-time NCAA All-American Simon Stewart. He also coached NCAA provisional qualifiers Jeff High and T.J. Crater. Since he became a throws coach at Idaho, every men's throwing record has been broken multiple times.
Taylor graduated from Idaho in 1985. He is married to Julie Taylor, Idaho's head track & field coach and also a standout Vandal thrower. They have one son, Alex, who is a thrower at Community Colleges of Spokane, and one daughter, Kelsey, who was an all-Western Athletic Conference volleyball player for Idaho from 2007-10.

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Innovation and Competitiveness in the World Economy
Warsaw, June 6, 2011
Warsaw School of Economics
Building C, Auditorium I
Al. Niepodległości 128
The World Economy Research Institute is pleased to announce its annual conference on competitiveness. This event aims to stimulate the discussion between international researchers conducting related empirical and theoretical analysis as well as business representatives and policy makers.
The conference will also be an occasion to present the results of the research published in the current edition of the World Economy Research Institute's annual report: Poland. Competitiveness Report 2011. Focus on Manufacturing. The report, published already for over twenty years, assesses Poland's competitive position in the world economy. This year's edition draws particular attention to the competitiveness of the Polish manufacturing sector.
Conference objectives
- To discuss the impact of the recent economic crisis on competitiveness of the European Union Member States compared to other countries of the world economy
- To assess the influence of innovation on competitiveness from countries', sectors' and enterprises' perspective
- To examine innovation and diffusion processes in manufacturing
- To compare innovation activity of foreign-owned and domestically owned firms
- To disseminate good practice in innovation policy making
Scientific Committee:
- Professor Marzenna Anna Weresa, PhD
- Professor Guenter Heiduk, PhD
- Professor Józef Olszyński, PhD
- Arkadiusz Kowalski, PhD
- Andreas Bielig, PhD
- Mariusz-Jan Radło, PhD
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"Gazelles" were identified by M.I.T. small business researcher David Birch as a those high-growth firms that generate most of the new jobs in an economy. George Mason professor Zoltan Acs has argued that "gazelles" must double their revenues every four years to qualify, and have at least 20 employees. Saras Sarasvathy at U.V.A. found that expert entrepreneurs were those who had a minimum of ten years of startup experience and have participated in taking at least one company public.
UB's Entrepreneurship Gazelles will combine the features identified by Birch, Acs, and Sarasvathy. The Ratcliffe Fellows in the Entrepreneurship Fellows Program are building rapidly growing companies that generate lots of new jobs. Think the best of the Inc. 500 — that is a UB Entrepreneurship Gazelle.
The following list of gazelles have committed their time to the Entrepreneurship Fellows program.This will expand as the program grows.
Lily Benfort, founder of a local pest control firm and CenGen, a wireless and mobile communications technology venture
Lily Bengfort, emigrated with her family from Guyana to the United States, started CenGen in 2000. The company was named Maryland Technology Company of the Year in 2006, and Bengfort was declared the 2010 Maryland Small Businessperson of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. In 2011, she received the Influential Marylander Award from The Daily Record. A practicing network engineer, Bengfort has now founded and sold two companies—the mark of what is known in business as a "serial entrepreneur." She also is a member of the Merrick School of Business Dean's Advisory Council..
Greg Cangialosi, founder of Blue Sky Factory and co-founder of Betamore and Baltimore Angels
Greg Cangialosi established Blue Sky Factory, an e-mail marketing firm, in 2001. He sold the company last year. Located in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood, his Betamore venture is an urban campus for technology and entrepreneurship modeled after New York City's General Assembly initiative. Cangialosi is also the managing member of the Baltimore Angels, a local network of active technology-oriented individual investors.


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California Budget Cuts Eliminate Gang, Drug Task Forces
August 19, 2011 03:40:59 pm
Fighting crime on a tight budget can prove difficult as gangs and drugs maintain their strength in California's Tulare County, says the Visalia (CA) Times-Delta. Now that Gov. Jerry Brown cut $71 million from state gang and drug task forces, it's going to get even tougher. Just two months after California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the Tulare County TARGET team, her office's funding was cut along with 55 task forces across the state. "We are going to see a problem in law enforcement. We'll have no teeth to fight gangs and drugs," said Visalia Police Chief Colleen Mestas. "Investigations are expensive and we weren't expecting this cut to law enforcement."
The team would have been headed by the Visalia Police Department, and included representatives from two other police departments, a sheriff's office, and the California Department of Justice, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Parole, and California Highway Patrol. "The multi-agency approach offers an extreme amount of information and intelligence into the criminal life," said Tulare County sheriff's Capt. Mike Boudreaux. A recent Operation Street Sweeper, which resulted in the arrest of nearly 40 suspected members of the Nuestra Familia street gang, combined efforts from local and state law enforcement, but only temporarily.


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User reviews on Bruno
"This was the worst movie I have ever seen.", Then you need to see more movies! This was definitely not even close to the worst movie I've seen. It's amazing how people are still so homophobic, I think Bruno is the perfect wake up call for America. Isn't it ridiculous that Homosexuals can't get married? I think it is. I thought that movie was extremely graphic though, don't get me wrong. It is strategic though, it's far more intelligent than most reviewers give it credit for. Think about how a crazy graphic straight sex movie is called silly (Not another --- movie series), while a homosexual scene is used to "gross" people out. That's the point of Bruno, and I think that the point of him releasing this characters movie right now is a direct political statement to the Prop 8 thing in California. Just as Borat was a critique of the paranoia around middle easterners at the time it was released.
Nothing can beat the king of filth by the way, Pink Flamingos! To quote the Gay Steelworkers of America (in the Simpsons), "Oh, be nice!"
This was the worst movie I have ever seen. I'm sure I have seen a few bad movies, but this was the absolute worst! My family and I gave it at least 30 minutes before we just walked out. What a waste of my time and hard earned money. Previews shown on television had to have been the funniest parts of the movie, unfortunately we didn't make it that far. Definitely not for anyone under 18!
I saw this with my boyfriend and while he laughed at parts(and I almost not at all), we both agreed it was not worth the money.
It's extremely vulgar and explicit. The fact that Bruno is gay is not a big deal to me- but the constant sexual acts explicitly(although fake) shown are way too much to see on a huge screen.
Outragios, gross, not funy at all. We fell utmost discomfort beeing there. This nauzeating "story" should be were it belongs: in a theatre freqented by individual with lowest level of human feeling. I am asked to put a star, so I will (-5).
It is probably too late to follow anexample of Brits, or even Ukraina
in redoing the most uglie part, or forbid showing respectfully.
I have to admit that my friends and I all agree that this movie was rated wrongly and some of the scenes were a little too much but we all laughed so hard that I have to give this movie 4 stars.
This is a love it or hate it type of movie.
TRASH . . . should be rated XXX with all of the ANAL fixation. Sticking all sorts of things in their anus and showing it up close is absolutely disgusting and gross. This show should not be in the mainstream theatre. Sasha Cohen might as well just go into the porn industry. He's not funny and can't act but he sure can make a nauseating porn show. Change your profession Sasha!
I agree that Bruno was a waste of time and a waste of money. The only plus is that now I know I have just seen the worst movie I've ever viewed in my life, so from here on out, I'll have a bottom line comparison. I'm sorry, actually. I saw "Bruno" on Conan's show the other night, and I thought he was funny, creative, and a pretty good comic caricature. Because of this impression, I convinced my husband and a couple of our friends to go see the movie with us tonight. We were all sorely disappointed, and one of my friends was totally disgusted. Sex and nudity don't bother me if they are done tastefully, creatively, and purposefully. None of these criteria seemed to apply to Bruno. Most nudity appeared done simply for shock value. I don't think this worked, either. There's a difference between shocked and just plain grossed out. We had all seen Borat and found it funny and a good caricature and spoof. Further, Borat seemed to have some plot we could hang onto and use to tie things together. Although Bruno did have a plot, it was weak, lacked logic, and didn't hold the movie together. So… please take away the p**** close ups of the talking wagging wang. That's wang too much!
Hilarious, virtually the whole cinema was laughing out loud. Don't go and see this if you're expecting any kind of story line just take it for what it is, Borat revisited just in another guise. You'll be open mouthed at some of the scenes, some are a little close to the bone but that's Sahsa Baron Cohen for you.
Probably the most pathetic waste of time I have ever experienced in a theater. At least Borat provided a rather twisted critique about the American perspective. Watching Bruno was like watching Jerry Springer and Jeraldo Riviera trying to pretend they're Oprah. I'm embarrassed I spent the money for the matinee.
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Located on the second floor of NRG Center, on the east end, the Ranching & Wildlife Expo includes various wildlife exhibits and educational seminars. A special auction includes hunting and fishing trips, as well as outdoor trip opportunities.
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Ramon is a super stud and all the girls know it. If the ladies want to get fucked in the club, they know which guy to grab. We had a live group that was showing us love before we even got into the limo. The weather is starting to cool off, but the ladies are just too hot to keep clothes on. All through the night layers of clothing just kept slipping off while Ramon was fucking Kagney and her friend in front of everybody. Their hard bodies had all the right curves to play with. Big tits, flat tummies, and tight asses are perfect for any VIP party.
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Wow. Rosario was caught by Manuel walking down the streets with tons of bags of groceries. So much so that she was hitchiking home. So being the good guy that he was, Manuel picked her up and offered her a ride home. This fine Colombian mami was all about showing off that big huge round ass of hers. It was amazing. Once we got to her house, she invited Manuel in for something to drink. He went inside. The rest is history. Her great perky natural latin titties and bubble butt ass were fucking amazing. I would have lost my mind. Manuel handled that nicely. Tons of great blowjob action and ass and pussy licking. The fucking was amazing. He pounded her tight shaved pussy all afternoon long. I love this job. Enjoy.
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Kids and adults alike are going to totally love this exhibit currently at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Dinosaurs have descended on Richmond and you have an incredible opportunity to interact with a huge animatronic triceratops. Kids won't believe their eyes when they see a 9-foot tall, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur that's 21-feet long from its horns to the tip of its tail. Now that's a dinosaur!
You can also experience what it's like to be a dinosaur by walking in their footsteps. The Science Museum is hosting this awesome exhibit which allows us to discover more about the dinosaurs' ecosystems and what it was like to traverse the terrain with those massive feet and tails. Computer simulations bring it all to life and there's much more to explore.
Like everything presented by the Science Museum, this exhibit is fun, engaging, fantastic, and educational. What better way to learn about the dinosaurs than to 'be the dinosaur'?
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ROCKFORD, Ill. - With two singles matches left to play, Northern Illinois was at the heels of No. 68 Brown, 3-2. However, the Huskies were unable to overcome of the deficit and fell to Bears, 5-2."This match was there for the taking today," said Patrick Fisher. "Unfortunately we came up short today, but we put up an unbelievable fight at certain spots in our lineup. We were leading the match at one point, 2-1, and we had Brown on their heels scrambling for answers."The Huskies (10-5) dropped the doubles point to the Bears (10-3) but freshman Dor Amir and sophomore Axel Lagerlof took the upper hand with their wins at No. 1 and No. 3, respectively. Amir won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, as did Lagerlof, 6-2, 6-3. Following the wins, the Huskies carried a 2-1 lead and sparked Northern Illinois' energy at Boylan Tennis Center. Senior Roman Turtygin and sophomore Maksym Lagutin fell at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively, and put the Huskies back on their heels, 3-2. Having both lost their first sets, freshman Frederic Cadieux and junior Maximilian Phillips rallied in their second sets to clinch a third tie-breaking set. However, both lost and the Huskies fell to 68th ranked Brown, 5-2.Fisher closed by saying "We need to continue to improve all the way through the line-up. I know good things are ahead for us. But as I have said before about this team, we still have so much room for improvement and we are looking forward to getting outdoors in Florida to get ready for Conference play."Northern Illinois will head to Florida next week for spring break and will open up March 12 against North Carolina Central and Quinnipiac in Orlando, Fla.No. 68 BROWN 5, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2Boylan Tennis CenterRockford, Ill.DOUBLES1. Amir/Lagerlof (NIU) def. Riechman/Deighton (BU) 8-42. Burke/Hill (BU) def. Lagutin/Turtygin (NIU) 8-33. Azargui/Laser (BU) def. Cadieux/Phillips (NIU) 8-4SINGLES1. Dor Amir (NIU) def. Brandon Burke (BU) 6-1, 6-22. Soufiane Azargui (BU) def. Roman Turtygin (NIU) 6-2, 6-23. Axel Lagerlof (NIU) def. Michael Riechman (BU) 6-2, 6-34. Mike Hill (BU) def. Frederic Cadieux (NIU) 7-5, 1-6, 4-1 (ret.)5. Daniel Hirschberg (BU) def. Maksym Lagutin (NIU) 6-3, 6-06. Tom Deighton (BU) def. Max Phillips (NIU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1


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'Viva La Bam' Star "Don Vito" Margera Dead at 59
The lazy-eyed and vulgar uncle of 'Jackass' star Bam Margera passed away earlier Sunday morning after falling into a coma last month.
The lazy-eyed and vulgar uncle of 'Jackass' star Bam Margera passed away earlier Sunday morning after falling into a coma last month.
One of the craziest members of the Jackass crew wanted to protest Sea World. He did it, in the only way Steve-O could. By doing something extremely dangerous.
Been awhile since we have seen some Jackass stunts from the guys and looks like Steve-O has brought his talents to his YouTube channel.
Today on "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show," we had the pleasure of having stuntman, comedian and TV personality Steve-O in our studio for a half hour.
Steve-O is best known for his work on the TV show and movie series "Jackass." He is also an incredible storyteller.
The masterminds behind the Jackass TV series and movies are at it again, and while this new spinoff film doesn't feature the whole gang doing outragous stunts and pranks, it still looks like it'll be worth the money to go see.
I cannot believe anywhere in the world Bam Margera is allowed to rent a car.
Although the 'Jackass' brand seems to have officially run its course after a TV series and three (very successful) movies, the name will live on in a new spinoff movie titled 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.' Awkward title aside, it sounds like it'll feature everything about the series that has entranced and disgusted so many people. Namely, grown adults doing terrible things to themselves and others in public places.
I've interviewed 'Jackass' star Bam Margera before and he is one of the coolest most laid-back kind of guys you'll ever meet. I guess he'd have to have a little down time to do so many insane stunts. This is just the most recent stunt that put him in the hospital and on an operating table.
There was a memorial service for "Jackass" star RYAN DUNN at Paramount Pictures last week. Co-star RICK KOSICK put together a tribute video of Ryan's best moments from the show. Of course its a lot sad. But then again you can remember all the laughs he brought over the years. He was always my favorite Jackass.
This past Monday I heard the news that Ryan Dunn of Jackass fame was killed in an auto accident. He was without a doubt one of the funniest & friendliest Jackasses of them all he will be sorely missed! More details have surfaced about the accident and the circumstances surrounding his death.
34-year-old Ryan Dunn, one of the many faces of MTV's popular prank franchise 'Jackass,' was killed in a car accident early Monday morning, TMZ has confirmed.
According to the report, the accident occurred at around 3AM at Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. Dunn was in the vehicle with an unidentified person – who was also killed – though no word yet on who was actually driving the car.
I still get excited about a "big d.v.d. release" day. Whether you're buying d.v.d.s that day, renting the movies online, or just the realization that the movies are a couple days closer to hitting the premium movie channels, knowing a couple more great titles are available is pretty cool. Read more after the break.


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February 17, 2009 5:00 pm ET
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» Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Jack Sexton
Welcome to our fourth quarter financial results conference call. My name is Jack Sexton, Chief Financial of Ultra Clean Holdings and with me today is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Clarence Granger.
A few moments ago we issued a press release reporting financial results for the fourth quarter 2008. The press release can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Ultra Clean's website at uct.com. In addition, we have arranged for a taped replay of this call, which may be accessed by phone. This replay will be available approximately one hour after the call's conclusion and will be accessible for two weeks.
The dial-in access number for this replay is 800-642-1687 for domestic callers and 706-645-9291 for international dialers. The pass code is 82608074 for both domestic and international dialers. This call is also being webcast live with a web replay also available for 14 days from the Investor Relations section of our website at uct.com.
Together with our recently issued press release, this conference call enables the company to comply with the SEC regulations for fair disclosure. Therefore, investors should accept the contents of this call as the company's official guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Investors should note that only the CEO and CFO are authorized to provide company guidance. If at any time after this call we communicate any material changes in guidance, it is our intent that such updates will be done officially via public forum, such as a press release or publicly announced conference call.
The matters that we discuss today include forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 related to matters including our future financial performance, new product orders and shipments, consolidation of activities in the U.S. and expanded production at our China facilities.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Some of those risks and uncertainties are detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Form 10-K filed for the year end December 28, 2007. The company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any such forward-looking statements or to reflect events or circumstances that occur after this call.
Now here are the fourth quarter results. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $47.1 million down 22% from the third quarter revenue of $60.1 million, and a decrease of 49% compared to revenue of $92.8 million in the same period a year ago.
The decrease in demand was due to the continued industry-wide cyclical reduction in demand affecting all semiconductor capital equipment customers, partially offset by growth in our non-semiconductor business. Semiconductor revenues declined $13.3 million or 32% sequentially. Non-semiconductor revenues, including sales within the medical device, flat panel display and solar industries, increased $800,000 or 5% sequentially to $19 million.
Gross margin for the fourth quarter was 0.9% down from 9.1% recorded in the third quarter and a decrease from 12.4% in the same period a year ago. The 820 basis point sequential decline in gross margin breaks down as follows.
Approximately 380 basis points are due to factory absorption variances due to lower volume. Approximately 210 basis points are due to mix related margin declines, which we expect to be temporary. Approximately 110 basis points are due to facility centralization and closure costs, and approximately 80 basis points are due to employee severance charges.
On completion of our annual impairment testing of goodwill and other long lived assets using the methodology prescribed by statement of financial accounting standards numbers 142 and 144, we determined that the company will incur a fourth quarter non-cash charge to goodwill and other long lived assets of approximately $48 million. This charge is net of $7.1 million in tax and relates to the impairment of assets associated with our Sieger acquisition. The earnings per share impact of the charge is $2.26 per share.
Operating expenses, inclusive of the previously described impairment charge, were $62.9 million. Exclusive of this charge, operating expenses were $7.9 million up approximately $100,000 compared to prior quarter. The sequential increase reflects approximately $200,000 in increased year end compliance charges, approximately $300,000 in charges associated with our ERP implementation in China, and approximately $200,000 in employee severance costs offset by approximately $600,000 in reduced employee compensation.
Interest and other net expense of $45,000 was down approximately $200,000 from prior quarter due to higher interest income on government reimbursements offsetting interest expense related to third party debt. This debt was originally put in place in support of the Sieger acquisition.
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College Hockey:No. 13 Michigan holds off Ohio State on strength of three power-play goals
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 13 Michigan closed out its regular season rivalry with Ohio State on Sunday by earning another one-goal victory, 4-3 at Nationwide Arena.
Three of the four games the teams played were one-goal Wolverines victory; the other was a tie on Friday after which the Buckeyes won the shootout.
Special teams played a critical role on Sunday, with the Wolverines going 3-for-4 on the power play, while Ohio State was 1-for-5. The Wolverines established a two-goal lead with back-to-back power-play tallies early in the opening stanza and closed things out with the game-winning goal netted on the man advantage as well.
"That was huge," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "When you're on the road, you have a home team that is ready to complete a sweep and I thought our power play, you know, we scored right away on the power play. It was within 15 seconds on both [first-period] power plays we scored. I can't tell you we were out-playing them but we got three power-play goals and that was the difference."
Early in the first frame, Ohio State's Max McCormick was sent to the penalty box for interference, and the Wolverines wasted no time in capitalizing. Just 18 seconds later, Alex Kile deflected Andrew Copp's shot from the left circle past Ohio State netminder Matt Tomkins to give Michigan a 1-0 lead.
Less than five minutes later, with Sam Jardine in the box for slashing, Luke Moffatt fired a low shot in the slot to add another power-play tally for the Wolverines.
"We talked about getting a fast start and it was really important especially the way we started Friday night," Copp said. "It just showed our preparation was where it needed to be today."
David Gust cut Michigan's lead in half and put the Buckeyes on the board when he fired a wrist shot past Michigan goalie Steve Racine on a breakaway 3:03 into the second period to make it a 2-1 game.
The Wolverines retaliated when Derek DeBlois sent a one-timer from the slot over Tomkins' shoulder at 6:12 of the middle stanza to put Michigan up 3-1.
The Buckeyes made it 3-2 as Darik Angeli and Gust crashed the net with 2:15 to play in the second frame. Angeli managed to hang on just long enough to slip the puck past Racine to cut Ohio State's deficit to one heading into the second intermission.
With Michigan on the power play again, Phil Di Giuseppe re-established a two-goal lead with a rocket from the top of the right circle at 10:30 of the final frame.
Just 1:19 later, Ohio State's Sam Jardine sent a shot through traffic from the point to net his first career goal and again make it a one-goal game.
In the end, however, Michigan managed to stay one step ahead, never relinquishing its early lead.
"We have a never-say-die attitude and obviously we would have liked to have tied it up later and believe we could have and if you put us in that situation again, we still will believe that we can," Jardine said. "We just keep learning and keep progressing."
Though the Buckeyes' rally effort fell short, they had chances to tie.
"I think that has been our team all year," Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik said. "We talked about it tonight, down one or down two, we were going to keep playing the same and these guys never give up. That is our attitude in the locker room. Right to the bell, and we did that tonight.
"But against good hockey teams, you can't continue to get behind by two goals because that is a deep hole to dig out of, and tonight was a little too deep for us. But I love our guys' attitude and we have lots of energy and we work hard and never quit."
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Evalyn G. Stubbs, 97 of Dover, DE, formerly of Henderson, passed away on Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 at Bayhealth Medical Center. She was born on Aug 03, 1915 in Kent County, DE to the late Anna Lydia Price and Edward L. Gooden. Mrs. Stubbs was a 1932 graduate of Greensboro High School. She was owner and operator of Stubbs General Store, which she and her late husband James N. Stubbs had operated for many years.
She was a member of Henderson United Methodist Church and the Dover Modern Maturity Center. In addition to her husband and parents Evalyn's infant son James N. Stubbs, Jr. also precedes her in death. She is survived by her 4 children Robert E. Stubbs of Hartly, Phyllis Tarbutton and Darlene Zlock both of Dover, and E. Lydia Tucker of Hartly, sister Nedra Medford of Camden Wyoming, 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, 8 great, great grandchildren.
A celebration of life for Evalyn will be Wednesday, April 10 at 11:00 AM in the Fleegle and Helfenbein Funeral Home, Greensboro where family and friends may call from 10:30 till 11:00. Burial will follow in the Greensboro Cemetery. Condolences to the family may be made at www.fleegleandhelfenbein.com.
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When it was announced that the world of addiction would be the focal point of the next play in Cornerstone Theater Company's Hunger Cycle, head-scratching may have ensued, at least among those of us (guilty!) who have had precious little exposure to addiction. Do users and abusers fit, shoehorn free, into the cycle's examination of "our relationship to the most elemental of needs – hunger"?
In Shishir Kurup's "Bliss Point," bet your bottom farthing it does.
The connection isn't explicit or flogged (although company veteran Kurup makes a typically eloquent case in his program notes). The characters in this multi-faceted and often heartbreaking search for stability and inner peace have some serious stuff going on. Or their family members do. Somewhere in the second act, a character makes the point that but 5% of all people who go through a 12 Step program emerge successfully.
Not exactly an inspiring percentage, that. "Bliss Point" has 15 characters and an undercurrent of real hope in the face of some awful odds. Kurup is no Pollyanna. Some of the men and women we grow root for will not make it. Others will. Still others will simply disappear.
While past Cornerstone shows adapt established classical plays to fit contemporary and thematic parameters, "Bliss Point" is largely original. These characters are not men and women inspired by Brecht or Chekhov or Shakespeare; they're just folks who are rattling around Los Angeles (except for one reference to Woodland Hills, this could probably be any big city), occasionally bumping up against each other.
"Bliss Point" takes us from the apartment building where young Seamus (played by Talmage A. Tidwell) and his friends hole up and go on benders to a rehabilitation center where Adelina (Page Leong) leads a group of three young women (Michelle Farivar, Melissa Ann Kestin and Tricia Nykin), to the house where freelance writer Jay (Sunkrish Bala) takes care of his mother Aya (KT Thangavelu), a former nurse now saddled with a ton of health problems of her own and clinically depressed to boot.
Jay is writing an article for "Rolling Stone" on addiction, and he's staring down some writers block. Adelina lets him interview her group members, the most thoroughly written of whom is Summer (Kestin) whose unstable family drove her to a food addiction. Jay also spends time with Arif (JoDyRaY), a cross dressing entertainer who is frequently on and off the wagon, and who carries a gun.
Seamus, who also lives hard, has a notion to go out and find the father (David Bard) who disappeared years ago. Seamus's running mate Billy (Jared Ross), an enabler as well as a good friend, is a well-educated and successful artist despite hair and piercings that make him look anything but. Seamus and fellow addict Lara (Amelia Yokel) are every bit in love despite an open relationship. Whether the two of them can make it together "without the sheen" becomes an issue as the play develops.
There is no substitute for dramatic authenticity, and another tenant of the Cornerstone mission is to use non professional members from the community being explored to help tell the story. Several of director Juliette Carrillo's cast members have come to "Bliss Point" through the production's community partners Beit T'Shuvah residential treatment center, the Hills Treatment Center and the United States Veterans' Artists Alliance. The program bios identify which of these performers are first time actors and which have been through recovery. Many have likely drawn on their own experience in developing their characters, and Carrillo blends them expertly. "Bliss Point" often feels disturbingly real.
Performed at the Odyssey Theatre, the play suffers occasionally from claustrophobia when it moves to scenes outside of close quarter apartments or locked down rehab centers. Nephelie Andonyadis has crafted a functional single room with a single wall that sports a swirling paper mural design. The chairs and tables feel institutional and anybody coming through that single door could potentially be a threat. The evocation of wide open spaces is trickier, and the production might have benefitted had it been able to find a way to move even into the parking lot (Cornerstone shows have accomplished far trickier location hops).
Notwithstanding, the plight of these seekers, their families and observers are never less than moving. Thangavelu and Bala build a mother-son relationship where tension, regret, sadness and – above all – deep love are always on display. Aya may still occasionally treat Jay like a child, but the son, whose father deserted the family, is desperate to keep his mother alive. Tidwell, who spends a significant portion of the play looking like he's been beaten with a crowbar, anchors Seamus's scenes, which enjoy rather different dynamics whether his scene partner is Ross's Billy or Yokel's broken heiress, Lara.
Kestin and JoDyRaY offer two vastly different portraits of addicts, the former an embodiment of innocence, the latter a hardened, bitter (and quite humorous) individual who has been around the block several times.
Kurup's tableau is, to some extent, a dreamscape. Certain encounters are clearly dreams while others might be, and there is a unifying twist waiting at the end. Kurup just came off directing a very different play also about addiction – the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Water by the Spoonful" which is the shining light of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. His own dramatic examination of addiction is no less affecting and those of us hungering for impactful drama should come away from "Bliss Point" feeling well fed.
"Bliss Point" continues 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. through Sunday at 2055 S Sepulveda Blvd. L.A. Tickets are pay-what-you-can with a suggested donation of $20. (310) 310-477-2055 EXT. 2, cornerstonetheater.org/blisspoint.


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Calorie Burning Tips...
Ali Hale of Diet Blog offers up ten tips to help you burn some unwanted calories. I thought these were pretty cool:
- Roll up your sleeves and spring-clean a room for twenty minutes
- Do an extra ten minutes on the cross-trainer or the rowing machine at the gym.
- Stroll to the local shop (fifteen minutes there and back) instead of driving.
- Each time the ad breaks come on, do a three-minute exercise blast: crunches, press-ups, jogging on the spot.


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USSF occassionally releases "Position Papers" and "directives" that are to clarify how USSF referees should handle situations that arise that may be unclear in LOTG. USSF and NH referees are expected to remain current on these papers. The most recent are listed below in the "Attachments" section.
The following links are to USSF sites containing a plethora of information relevant to decisions and postions, please stay up to date by reading these links periodically:
US Soccer Referee Resource Center, including the ATR
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Making sense of 'the Romanian orphans' phenomenon
4/4/2011 —Dr. Alina Bodea will speak on "Making sense of 'the Romanian orphans' phenomenon in post '89 Romania. A view from the ground," on Thursday April 7.
A resident of Pittsburgh for the past 10 years, Alina Bodea earned her MD degree in Romania just a year before the collapse of Ceausescu's repressive regime. She continued working in clinical medicine until the end of 1990 when she joined the emerging non-governmental sector and became active in programs for institutionalized children.
Dr. Bodea is currently a doctoral candidate in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health. Her dissertation explores some of the fundamental assumptions embedded in the contemporary pursuit health in the U.S. and investigates professional and lay views of health promotion. She is also an active member of the Romanian Study Group at the University of Pittsburgh.
The presentation will be held at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center. The event is open to the campus and the public. Bodea's talk is a part of the Globalization and Sustainability Speaker Series sponsored by Penn State Greater Allegheny's Teaching International, Greener Allegheny, and Honors Programs.


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Sacramento, Calif. November 3, 2010 — Northern California's SAFE Credit Union is blazing new territory in business banking, and in a far more comprehensive way than simply offering financial services.
SAFE's new division — Community Banking — takes the credit union's wide variety of existing products, services, and innovations and packages them into custom solutions for local industries. The division uses a consultative approach to determine which of SAFE's resources would best serve the company, organization, or nonprofit. And, with a heritage of 70 years of serving the greater Sacramento area, SAFE has more than just great financial products. The credit union has valuable insight on the local economy, a pool of experienced civic-minded professionals, and a strong connection with its members and the greater community. That means a business gets affordable banking services, but also financial literacy courses for its employees and SAFE's marketing know-how in reaching out to new and existing customers. And in the case of nonprofits, even volunteer-minded SAFE employees join in to help out at fundraising events.
Launched at the end of last year, Community Banking attracted the University of California Davis Children's Hospital as one of its first members. In addition to a standard suite of financial services, the hospital's nonprofit foundation gained instant access to SAFE's 150,000 membership base. SAFE members are able to support the Children's Hospital through SAFE's Partner for Change program, which directs 1% of the amount of participants' SAFE Visa® Credit Card transactions to their designated cause. Within a few weeks, the foundation received a $4,500 check from SAFE through its members' use of what are called "affinity cards." Meanwhile, SAFE employees who enjoy volunteering in the community were invited to mobilize and help staff a fundraising event for the children's hospital.
"Community Banking delivers on SAFE's goal to build a better community through its membership and by partnering with leading local organizations. The program engages existing and potential members who want to help their community, and it allows SAFE to share its considerable resources and expertise with other organizations to help them achieve their financial goals," said Henry Wirz, SAFE's President and CEO.
As the #1 local small business lender, SAFE has already caught the attention of nonprofit organizations and private businesses. And, the potential for growth through the Community Banking division is tremendous, especially with people, nonprofits, and businesses alike seeking extra value beyond paid services in a still-rough economy.
"In one respect, Community Banking reflects the roots of the credit union movement. It takes a cooperative approach to sharing everyone's assets for a common good. But in this case, those assets aren't strictly monetary, but also include skills, talents, and relationships," said VP of Community Banking Jim Allen.
About SAFE
Established in 1940, SAFE Credit Union maintains assets in excess of $1.6 billion and serves more than 150,000 members through 21 branches in the greater Sacramento region.
|Federally insured by NCUA