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WADSWORTH — The union representing non-teaching employees at Wadsworth Schools is protesting the district's decision to impose provisions of a contract that the workers rejected.
Wadsworth Educational Support Personnel Association members said they feel disrespected by the Board of Education unilaterally setting wage and benefits as proposed in the board's "last and final offer" made in Nov. 28.
"We voted it down, then the board implemented it on Jan. 23 and said it's retroactive to Jan. 1," said JoNell Fox, president of WESPA and a janitor in the district.
WESPA represents 200 custodians, bus drivers, professionals, student aides, maintenance employees, crossing guards, secretaries and cafeteria workers.
The union has been in negotiations with the district since its contract expired in April. When no agreement was reached by the end of June, a federal mediator was called in.
Fox said "very good progress" was made, but the negotiations soured after the board made the Nov. 28 offer an ultimatum.
"At this point, the board's attorney became rude, unprofessional and disrespectful," she said.
The union's negotiators reached a tentative agreement, but the proposal was voted down by the union members "because they felt it was not a fair contract."
The board's imposed contract provisions froze wages but significantly increased health insurance costs for the 49 union members who are full time, she said.
"With the new deductible, you could lose up to 8½ percent of your pay," said Fox. "And we haven't had raises in two years, not even a cost-of-living increase."
Fox said teachers and administrators received pay increases to help compensate for their expenses under the new insurance plan, and that's all her union is asking for.
"By implementing a contract on our members, the Wadsworth board will destroy the trust between the parties and the positive and collaborative relationship we have had with the board and administration," she said.
Superintendent Dale Fortner said he was willing to continue negotiations, but the board was frustrated that the tentative agreement was rejected by the employees.
"We had completed our contract talks and settled with our teachers and hoped to do the same with (WESPA)," Fortner said. "We reached a tentative agreement that their union leadership signed off on in November, but then their union membership voted it down."
"I guess I'm a little puzzled by a perception that we're not listening or making progress," he said.
At Monday's school board meeting, union representatives called attention to the salaries of the district's administrative personnel. That included Fortner, whose total compensation last year was $167,000, according to pay records requested by the union. That total includes $15,000 in contributions to a pension fund.
Fortner, 53, announced earlier this month that he was retiring, effective June 30.
The superintendent defended his pay, which was increased in September with the support of the school board.
"I think that I'm competitively paid for my responsibilities and my position and my education and training, and my experience as a superintendent," he said.
Fox said her union members are affected much more by the changes to the health insurance than Fortner and other administrators.
Most employees in the union earn less than $30,000, she said, with only a few earning as much as $40,000 to $45,000. For those who receive insurance benefits, the new plan's cost for maintenance drugs is going to be difficult to manage.
"For some people, you're looking at an additional $1,200 cost out of pocket, plus the higher premium cost," she said.
"We're asking them to be reasonable in what they're offering,"
Fox acknowledged the board offered a "stipend" of up to $300 to offset the insurance hike, but she said that wasn't enough to cover the increase. She added that employees who receive step increases in pay — no matter how small — wouldn't be eligible for the stipend.
Fortner said a meeting is scheduled next week with the union. Although he characterized the meeting as a continued negotiation, Fox said she had been told it wasn't a bargaining session.
"They told us it's just going to be to explain things," she said.
She said the union would welcome a chance to continue negotiations, if the district agrees.
"We're hoping we can resolve it quickly and come to a fair contract for everyone involved because this is a great community with great parents and we want to keep the attention on the kids," Fox said.
If negotiations are halted, Fox said the union plans to file a complaint with the State Employee Relations Board.
Contact reporter Loren Genson at (330) 721-4063 or email@example.com.


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In F. Paul Wilson's novels, the rakoshi (singular: rakosh) are demon-like creatures from ancient India.
Roughly humanoid, the rakosh stand about eight feet tall, with cobalt blue skin and malevolent yellow eyes. They are incredibly strong, fast, and agile, and are armed with viscious fangs and razor-sharp claws on each of their three-fingered hands.
Rakoshi are virtually immune to almost all forms of attack, and feel no pain whatsoever. Iron can weaken them, but only fire can destroy them.
According to legend, ancient Old Ones, who predateded the Vedic and pre-Vedic gods, sought to take over mankind's place on earth. To this end, they took some humans and stripped them of everything good and decent, making them "hate, lust, greed, and violence incarnate." Giving the rakoshi an insatiable appetitie for human flesh, the Old Ones set them forth on earth to take humanity's place.
Fortunately, humans turned out to be smarter than the creatures, and learned to control them. Ancient priests finally imprisoned the last of the rakoshi in caves in northern Bengal, and built a temple to Kali above. For generations, they kept and controlled the rakoshi. The Keepers of the Rakoshi wore magical necklaces, forged from iron and set with a pair of yellow stones resembling the creatures eyes, which healed them, prolonged their lives, and rendered them invisible to the rakoshi.

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Today's date: June 26, 2016
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June 26, 2014
Featured in this issue is a special section devoted to Senior Life.
Several active area seniors are featured, as they share their stories.
Kathryn Crowley will be celebrating her 100th birthday soon. She shares stories about her life. The celebration will be on July 20th at the Fulda Legion/Community Hall.
Lloyd Fuerstenberg of Wilmont shares his collection of wrenches, which line the walls of his shed. He has also restored an old tractor.
Lucille Magnus, Avoca, spends time doing needlework and shares some of her creations. Her talents include sewing, quilting, knitting and crocheting, embroidery and tatting.
Margaret Henkels and Eva Rostomily of Heron Lake, and Edna Voss and Marilyn Zinnel of Slayton also share their stories, as does Flavia Kirchner.
For our e-edition subscribers, the special section will be included with the next Murray County ADvantage issue online.
Recently, Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman stressed the importance of awareness and the steps that seniors can take to protect themselves. "One of the best lines of defense is prevention through education. Whether you are being solicited over the phone, through email, or someone knocking on your door, seniors must take steps to not be the next victim."
Minnesota seniors are urged to be aware of the potential for elder financial abuse and to take the following steps to protect themselves from scams:
End the Call – There is no such thing as being rude when protecting yourself and your investments from scammers. If a solicitor makes you uncomfortable or is confusing, just hang up. Trust your instincts.
Phone a Friend - When Commissioner Rothman's grandmother is called by a solicitor over the phone, the first thing she does is call Commissioner Rothman. You should identify a trusted friend or family member you can call for questions and advice.
Report the Fraud – The Minnesota Department of Commerce is here to help. Report the fraud so others don't fall victim to the same scam.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Consumer Help Line can be reached by phone at (651) 539-1600 or (800) 657-3602. Complaints can also be sent by email to firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail to Minnesota Department of Commerce, 85 7th Place East, Suite 500, Saint Paul, MN 55101.
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Spaces of the Heart: Dynamics and Disciplines of the Spiritual Life
Focuses on select postures of the heart that dispose one to the cultivation of a spiritual life. Special attention is given to the themes of the journeying heart, the reflecting heart, the discerning heart, the waiting heart, the suffering heart and the heart of darkness. Includes a one-day inventory of the heart retreat at an additional cost. Prerequisite: SPIR 0700.
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My father began active duty in the Army in April 1941. In early 1944, he left the United States and was sent to Kunming, China. My father met my mother only ten days before he left for China. He began writing letters to her as soon as he departed from New York City. It is apparent from his writing that they fell in love despite the short amount of time they had together before he departed. Alison de Groot, Modern Memoirs, Inc. said the following regarding the book: "A stunning book! Simplicity and poignancy go hand in hand in these intimate letters from "Morty" Katz to his girlfriend and wife-to-be, Sara. They cover Morty's journey from New York City to Kunming, China in the thick of WWII. Because only two letters exist from Sara back to Morty, the mystery lies in conjuring up the other half of the story. This book satisfies an appetite for WWII history as well as for the art of letter-writing and the beauty of courtship."
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Students explore the craft of drawing through class exercises, presentations of professional work, and group critiques. An understanding of the expressive and communicative possibilities of all of art's languages is encouraged.
Students progress from dry media to watercolor to a mixed-media approach.
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By Scott Reed
"The economy isn't growing as fast as we would like." I heard that statement on the news last week. Really? I mean, really?
Weren't these the same people that were saying just two years ago that we were likely to go down to 350 on the S&P 500 and 2,500 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Aren't these the same people that said it would take decades to recover from the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression?
How fickle and petty we have become. Have you ever seen an interview with one of those sailors who has been lost at sea for a long time?
When they are asked how they're doing now that they have been rescued, I have yet to hear, "Well, OK, I guess. The pasta was a little salty on the rescue vessel."
They don't complain about the loud engine noise or rusty railings of the rescue vessel. They look to the future with unbridled optimism because they understand that they are fortunate to be here.
I think that attitude and a healthy amount of respect for the resiliency of the American free enterprise system would be helpful to today's investors. The fact is, our economy is getting better.
For a long time it was getting worse and then it rotated from getting worse to getting less worse. We were in the "getting less worse" cycle when the equity markets began to turn around. Now we are actually getting better.
I know that too many people are still without a job and too many businesses still hurt, but we are getting better. This day-to-day barrage of comments from the financial press is simply a way to keep people tuned to their channel, and it is difficult to make good decisions when you pay attention to whatever spin the press puts on today's news.
Some of you who read my column regularly will remember that I put the fair market value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at about 12,000 when the Dow was hovering around 6,500. I projected that when the market turned around, it would move toward that fair market value pretty quickly and then we would have to "earn our way up" from there.
So far, that has been a pretty accurate statement. Most people were telling you how far down the Dow could go if this happened and that happened. Few people in the financial media were telling you how positive things were.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a soothsayer. I am not a financial genius. I do not have access to insider information that would allow me to know things the average person does not know, and I am not, as Charlie Sheen might say, "a —-ing rock star from Mars" in the financial world.
The truth is much less exciting than that. I do have the ability to tune out most of the "white noise" that comes to us every day explaining the importance of what happens "today" in the financial world. This ability has come from a quarter-century of experiencing the utter failure of trying to figure out the day-to-day significance of the markets.
My prediction on the Dow moving toward 12,000 was based mostly on pure math and a small bit of intuition. The Q ratio is a mathematical formula that calculates the replacement value of assets. We can use the Q ratio to figure out the replacement value of the market.
Once I get that number I add a touch of investor sentiment to the number and round it off. When I made that prediction back in the early spring of 2009, the answer was 12,000 on the Dow and it was very close. That prediction had nothing to do with what was happening the day I calculated the number or any day since.
If there is anything I have learned in the past 25 years in this business, it is that the financial markets will move toward fair market value over the long term. I have no idea what the markets will do in the short term.
I know you would like to know where we are going from here. I can tell you a couple of things with a great degree of certainty:
• Markets never go straight up or straight down, so it's not rocket science to think that we might have a fall-off in the stock market sometime soon.
• The economy is getting better, so it's not rocket science to think that the stock market might go higher as the economy improves.
My mantra every day is to block out the white noise in the media and make decisions based on facts. Also, invest for the long term because no one knows what will happen in the short term.
Scott Reed, CIMA, AIFA, is CEO of Hardy Reed Capital Advisors in Tupelo.


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Like LiveHTTPHeaders, but for IE. ieHTTPHeaders is an Explorer Bar for Microsoft Internet Explorer that will display the HTTP Headers sent and received by Internet Explorer as you surf the web. It can be useful in debugging various web-development problem
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Amazing and Wonderful Mind Machines You Can Build
Format Post in Mysticism / Occultism BY G. Harry Stine
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Reviews This is a great little book. The Author of this Book is G. Harry Stine Unforntunately alot of the machines are hard to make since they require a working knowlegde of electronics. Array ISBN . But I did manage to make one of them. Amazing and Wonderful Mind Machines You Can Build available in English. The Energy Wheel. It does actually work but not really by Paranormal means. Its actually more quantum physics & phsyiology. You have a small magenetic field around you. In marshall sylver's book "Passion, Profit & Power" he explains that concious thought has a phycosymatic effect on your body. You move the wheel by placing your hands around it & imagining it moving your desired direction.


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Bowling News USA - March 2, 2013 Open Championships Begin 125-Day Run in Reno!
The 2013 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships kicked off its 125-day run Friday as the first of more than 10,000 teams hit the lanes at the National Bowling Stadium.
The tournament is making its record 11th visit to The Biggest Little City in the World and eighth trip to the one-of-a-kind NBS, where more than 400 bowlers and fans helped usher in the 110th edition of the storied event.
The opening-night festivities included a ceremonial ribbon cutting, traditional Mass Ball Shot, exhibition by the cast of "Magique," a show being held at the Eldorado Hotel Casino and the crowning of Joe Bowler.
Michael Mariani of Havre, Mont., earned the distinction of being named this year's Joe Bowler, a tradition started in 1951. The 61-year-old right-hander randomly was selected from the opening squad and earned the right to throw out the ceremonial first ball.
Mariani received some coaching tips from USBC Hall of Famer Bob Hart as he prepared to make his shot, and he then knocked down seven pins to mark the official start of the 2013 tournament.
"Getting picked out of all these people, I thought no way," said Mariani, who made his 12th USBC Open Championships appearance. "I knew about it but never thought it would be me. I didn't want to try and take a full approach because the cape hinders you a little, but the best part was just going out and doing it."
Following the ceremony, Custom Decks of Northfield, Ohio, wasted no time racing to the top of the leaderboard, taking the early lead in Regular Team with a 2,733 total.
Chuck Lewis led the way for Custom Decks with a 602 series and was joined by Kyle Oleksy (573), David Oleksy (535), Gene Klonowski (524) and Phil Klonowski (499).
"We practiced for an hour on the Showcase Lanes today, and they seemed to be a tad drier down there," said Lewis, who made his 19th tournament appearance. "We talked about it and tried to tighten up each other's games. Spare shooting is essential. It was very challenging, but it's nice to be on top at the end of the first day."
In the Classified Division, Fran-Way Tree Moving of Pella, Iowa, grabbed the top spot with a 2,388 effort. Rod Blunck paced the group with a 518 set and was followed by Wayne VanMersbergen (511), Kyle Blunck (488), Jeff Blunck (471) and Nathan Blunck (400).
"We actually thought we struggled, but it turns out we must have done fairly well," said Rod Blunck, who made his 20th Open Championships appearance. "I told the guys that if we finished first on the squad, we would be leading. It was a good time. We're pretty pleased with the results."
Competition at the 2013 Open Championships will continue until July 7. For the first time, the Storm Bowlers Journal Championships presented by USBC is being held in the same venue and will be held at the high end of the 78-lane venue.
The newly-added 900 Global Showcase Lanes on the ground floor of the building will be available for team practice sessions, coaching sessions with USBC-certified coach Matt McNiel and two new side tournaments - the 900 Global Two-Game Challenge and Who's Got the Look Baker Bonanza presented by 900 Global.
Also a first this year, the USBC Women's Championships will be held in the same host city at the same time. The 2013 tournament will be contested on 44 specially-constructed lanes at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The event will kick off April 12 and run for 81 consecutive days, concluding July 1.
Presenting sponsors for the 2013 USBC Open Championships include Circus Circus Reno, Eldorado Hotel Casino Reno and Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno.
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- 3/31/2013: A Victory for The Ages...Weber Slays The Tournament of Champions...
- 3/31/2013: Doug Kent, Danny Wiseman Inducted Into PBA Hall of Fame...
- 3/30/2013: 2013 PBA Barbasol Tournament of Champions Highlights...
- 3/29/2013: The Stage is Set in Indy...Weber Leads, Belmonte Second, Osku Fifth...
- 3/29/2013: The Fate and Destiny of Pete Weber by Louie Wemett
- 3/28/2013: Osku, Weber and Belmo Maintain in Indy...
- 3/28/2013: Storm Two-Handed Take Over in Indy...Osku, Belmo Rocket to Top of Leaderboard...
- 3/28/2013: Pete, George and Del From the 2013 PBA Barbasol T of C...
- 3/27/2013: Pete Weber Powers To Lead at PBA Tournament of Champions
- 3/27/2013: Storm's Pro Shop Perspective
- 3/27/2013: Weber, Osku Lead the Staffers After Round 1...Scoring Pace High at T of C...
- 3/27/2013: Wisconsin Bowler Perfect at Open Championships with IQ™ Tour...Coach Jasnau Strikes Again...
- 3/27/2013: 2013 PBA Barbasol Tournament of Champions Update (Wednesday - 12: 30 PM)
- 3/26/2013: Storylines Are Many at the 2013 Barbasol Tournament of Champions...
- 3/26/2013: Storm Teams Up With Pinstar
- 3/25/2013: Tish Johnson, Janet Romig Roll to Golden Ladies Classic Titles...
- 3/25/2013: Storm InsideBowling.com Open Preview Show...
- 3/25/2013: Hall of Famer Bob Hart - Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award Winner
- 3/25/2013: Norton, Russell, Win on PBA Tour...
- 3/21/2013: Ballard, Roberts and Tish Johnson Will Star at WTBA World Senior Championships
- 3/21/2013: Storm Tips with Randy and Del
- 3/20/2013: Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions Milestones...
- 3/19/2013: 2013 Storm Bowlers Journal Championships Leaderboard
- 3/19/2013: Excellence in Asia!
- 3/18/2013: Another Win For PDW...49th Career Regional Win, 85th PBA Title For Hall of Famer...
- 3/18/2013: 2013 USBC Open Championships Leaderboard
- 3/18/2013: Osku, Third in Kuwait
- 3/16/2013: Storm Tips with Randy and Del
- 3/15/2013: High Sports 2012 #1 International Storm Distributor Award
- 3/14/2013: Kloempken - Special Assignment Singapore
- 3/12/2013: PBA Inks Major Deal with CBS Sports...Summer Swing To Be Broadcast on Tuesday Nights
- 3/12/2013: Harn-Chieh Kwan 'SYNC's' 6th Mutze-Derby in Switzerland
- 3/11/2013: Pete Weber Wins 84th PBA Title in Council Bluffs...
- 3/11/2013: Attention Coaches!
- 3/10/2013: The Vision of John Davis...
- 3/09/2013: Professional Bowling's Classic Tournament, the PBA Tournament of Champions, Ready to Roll in Indy...
- 3/08/2013: The Storm Vector Layout System™
- 3/05/2013: Storm's Steve Kloempken Conquers Border War XIV
- 3/04/2013: 16th Jin Seung Amateur Bowling Festival
- 3/03/2013: In The Bag - 2013 PBA Don Carter Classic
- 3/02/2013: Walk-Ins Welcome at March's Senior High Roller
- 3/02/2013: Sterner Nearly Perfect at PBA's Don Carter Classic
- 3/02/2013: Open Championships Begin 125-Day Run in Reno!
- 3/01/2013: In The Bag - 2013 USBC Masters
- 3/01/2013: Storm's Jeff Richgels Gets The Scoop on The "Ice"
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Tour de Pink 2010 benefiting the Pink Ribbons Project is scheduled for Sunday, September 19 at Prairie View A&M University. This is the sixth anniversary for the first bike ride in Texas to solely benefit breast cancer awareness and education. Cyclists registering for the event can choose from the following routes: 12, 23, 47, 63, 80 and 100-miles. A post-ride event will feature artists from the Houston and Prairie View areas and includes a festival complete with a catered meal for all cyclists.
Registration is available online for individuals or teams. Early registration is $25 and open from now until September 12, 2010. Late registration at packet pick-up on September 17th and 18th is $30, while event day registration is $50. Each cyclist is required to raise a minimum of $100 in pledges.
Volunteers are also needed for pre-ride activities and for the day of the event. Approximately 200 volunteers are expected for the following duties:
-packet pick-up
-corner marshals
-parking attendants
-SAG drivers
If interested in volunteering email Kate Bizzell at email@example.com or call 713.524.7465. Volunteers can also collect pledges with no rider registration fee.
Jersey Design Art Contest:
This year's event will include the first annual Tour de Pink Jersey Design Art Contest. There is no fee to enter and pre-registered participants of the ride will select the winner. The winning selection will be placed on a featured cycling jersey and other Tour de Pink merchandise that will be sold at the Pink Ribbons Project's "Pink Boutique" at the Tour and online year round. For more information on how to enter this contest, click here. All designs are due by July 26, 2010.
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- Publication Date: 02-18-2013
- Page Count: 432
- Categories: Art/Film/Performance, Forthcoming, Sexuality
The Feminist Porn Book
The Feminist Porn Book brings together for the first time writings by feminists in the adult industry and research by feminist porn scholars. This book investigates not only how feminists understand pornography, but also how feminists do porn—that is, direct, act in, produce, and consume one of the world's most lucrative and growing industries. With original contributions by Susie Bright, Candida Royalle, Betty Dodson, Nina Hartley, Buck Angel, and more, The Feminist Porn Book updates the debates of the porn wars of the 1980s, which sharply divided the women's movement, and identifies pornography as a form of expression and labor in which women and other minorities produce power and pleasure.
"In terms both jarring and harrowing, women's bodies became the terrain on which the 2012 election was fought. That the choices, experiences, and consequences of women's sexual lives became fodder for such poorly informed national "conversations" is evidence of the pressing need for thoughtful, sex-positive scholarship which centers on women's sexual agency. The Feminist Porn Book is just such a contribution, and I predict this volume is going to find its way onto the bedside tables of several generations of American women. This volume brings together academics, activists, and porn entrepreneurs who have a startling array of interactions with pornography as an experience, a business, and a field of inquiry. This text is straightforward and informative in ways that are unfortunately rare in the multi-decade feminist struggle over porn. It's also fun and sometimes a bit naughty to read. The authors do not assume that the porn industry as it exists is the one essential and only possible incarnation of porn. Instead, they assume that when feminists engage, intervene in, produce, and study pornography, they can radically alter its formations and meanings. At the core of the book is the question: Can porn coexist with the principles of feminism? No matter how one ultimately adjudicates this question, The Feminist Porn Book leaves no doubt about the inherent value in the inquiry itself."
"Finally the time is right for feminist porn! This stunning collection by academics and artists in dialogue accounts for the massive changes in technology, erotics, modes of spectatorship, and embodied identities which impact the world of pornography. As this volume demonstrates, we are now far from the sex wars of the 1980s, the sex panics of the 1990s, and well into a new era of erotic representation. In order to make sense of new and emergent worlds of desiring bodies, trans-femininities and trans-masculinities, transgressive racial performance, and the erotics of disabled bodies, read The Feminist Porn Book , and when you are finished, go out and make some porn!"
"The Feminist Porn Book is a knockout! If this doesn't sway antiporn feminists to the pro-porn feminist side, I'll eat my bra. Let's come together right now!"
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After a harsh and bitter winter, spring is finally "mustering" up the courage to come out of hibernation in Gettysburg this weekend. Join the Friends of Gettysburg for their annual Spring Muster and check out all the other goings on taking place in and around town.
An event open to both non-members as well as members of the Gettysburg Foundation, the Spring Muster is the perfect weekend-long event to have you springing back into spring. Many of the weekend happenings are all-inclusive when you reserve your room at the Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel, for the special rate of $134 (plus tax) the entire weekend. Note: hotel rate is separate from the registration fee.
Spring Muster events include a series of battlefield tours, special lectures, luncheons and evening banquet dining and all the latest news and merchandise from the Friends of Gettysburg Foundation.
All event times start at the Wyndham Hotel. Start the weekend off which with your hotel registration between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4. Registration pick-up is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Enjoy the merchandise room, open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Member's Lounge at 7:30 p.m. and special musical performances from Susquehanna Travellers. Saturday registration packet pick-up is from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. The Member's lounge will be open for juice and coffee and the Hotel Restaurant will open from 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Happy Hour (evening banquet buffet and auction) will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday events will include a First Corps Breakfast with featured speaker, Dr. Brian Jordan at 8:30 a.m. This is available for First Corps Members only.
Throughout the day on Saturday, there will be ongoing tours. Morning tours will take place between 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and afternoon tours will occur between 6:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. These tours vary with plenty of options to choose from. Tour #1, available in the morning, is called Diversity in the Civil War and Gettysburg: Germans, Irish, Hispanics, African Americans and Women Soldiers. Tour #2, available in the afternoon is Gettysburg's Forgotten Corps Commander: General George Sykes. Tour #3, Guns West of Gettysburg, is offered in the morning as well as the afternoon along with Tour #4, Everything You Can See in the Cyclorama and Tour #5 Devil's Den: Fighting, Photos, and Folklore at Gettysburg's Strangest Place.
Tour #6, Gettysburg's Electric Railway is also available at both times as well as Tour #7, Waiting for Pickett: The Repulse of Pickett's Charge. The last two tour options are ongoing throughout the day. Tour #8 is The Unknown Second Assault on little Round Top: The Pennsylvania Reserve Division at Gettysburg, and Tour #9 is Treasures of the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In addition to this event, many other on-going happenings around town are signaling the return of spring. Many living history occurrences will be taking place as well as tours and other specials. Also, this Saturday, April 5, marks the first of the weekly seasonal Farmers' Markets in Lincoln Square. Ongoing through Oct. 25, the Gettysburg Farmers' Market will be held every Saturday between the hours of 7 a.m. and noon. Come on out to experience the best of fresh local produce, homemade breads and other baked goods, flowers, cookies, artisan soaps, alpaca products and so much more.
How ever you plan on celebrating spring, Gettysburg has numerous options available to you. To learn more about the Spring Muster, visit, www.friendsofgettysburg.org.


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I had Statefarm for ten years. It was a pain most of the time. I had a leak I thought was under my slab and the agent had me file a claim, they denied my claim and then demanded I get a complete inspection of my pipes (ended up only a supply line but tons of damage to my wood floor) and foundation at my expense which was going to cost a ton,
I felt if they insisted on it they should pay for it especially since all the sudden there was an exclusion in my policy for the issues I had (pulled my original policy and it was not there). I dumped them and hope for nothing major to happen until I can find an affordable solution.
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Earlier this week I reported on Canonical's master plan to fund the highly anticipated Ubuntu Edge smartphone. The Indiegogo campaign in which the company hopes to raise $32 million appears to be losing its momentum. After the first 24 hour special of $625 ran out, the price of the phone went up by $200 to $830, which saw much less investors than expected.
Today Canonical has edited the campaign to add slots in the $625 option as well as adding a $675 and $725 options which both have about 1250 unclaimed spots each. An additional "perk" was added in the form of a $1400 "Double Edge" package, which will land you two of the Ubuntu based smartphones. The $10,000 and $80,000 bundles are still there with the former actually having four takers.
Currently the campaign has raised just over $4.5 million and with a goal of $32 million, the Ubuntu Edge crew have a long ride ahead of them over the next 29 days.


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That is not to say that all of his policies sit well with a majority of Summit County residents, many of whom are justifiably disappointed in Herbert's stands on public lands and environmental conservation. Nevertheless, the governor has convinced us that he is willing to listen to all stakeholders and, if he is re-elected, we intend to hold him to that promise.
His Democratic opponent, Peter Cooke, has mounted a spirited campaign that has been especially critical of the governor's apparent coziness with special interests and his failure to head off problems like the mismanagement of the Division of Alcohol and Beverage Control and the Utah Medicaid data breach.
Cooke's concerns are valid and he does the public a service by demanding the governor's response on those issues. In doing so, he epitomizes the definition of the loyal opposition, whose criticism is constructive and rooted in a desire to serve the state's best interests. But Cooke's relentless emphasis on criticism of the governor's office and the legislature would likely make it difficult to form the coalitions needed to move the dominant party toward Park City's and Summit County's more liberal positions.
In lieu of hiring Cooke as a permanent watchdog, the best way to ensure transparency and accountability in the governor's office and the legislature is for voters to elect a Democratic attorney general. Fortunately there is a strong candidate on the Democratic side of the ticket, Dee W. Smith.
Smith whose credentials as a prosecutor cement his support for law enforcement, has also expressed his reluctance to use the position to push "message lawsuits." Specifically, Smith said he opposes efforts to sue the federal government. That could help put the brakes on House Bill 148, the Transfer of Lands Act, a measure that could jeopardize the future of more than 20 million acres of federally controlled land.
Smith's opponent, John Swallow, on the other hand, is hell bent on pursuing the right wing's agenda, by any means necessary. He supports the misguided land grab, which many of the legislature's own advisors say will likely be deemed unconstitutional, and he wants to overturn the federal Affordable Health Care Act.
As expected, that stance plays well with the national conservative PACs and he has been well rewarded by them with campaign contributions. Swallow received a quarter of a million dollars from the Washington, D.C.-based Republican State Leadership Committee. comparison, Smith has raised less than half a million dollars all told.
This is just one of many reasons not to vote a straight ticket. As Summit County voters go to the polls next week and on Nov. 6, we urge them to consider each race individually. There are candidates on both sides of the ticket who have valuable skills to offer.
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EA Sports has announced the winner of the NCAA Football 14 cover vote. Former Michigan QB Denard Robinson will be the cover boy choice this year. Over a quarter-million votes were tallied.
With winning the voters over by media campaigns, Denard becomes the third Wolverine to be on the cover of a NCAA Football title (Charles Woodson, Desmond Howard). Using Twitter and Facebook to fuel his campaign was clearly a smart move for the quarterback.
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Sales engineers held about 66,000 jobs in 2012 and employment of sales engineers is projected to grow 9 percent from 2012 to 2022. Growth is also likely to be strong for sales engineers selling computer software and hardware. Employment of sales engineers in computer systems design and related services is projected to grow 35 percent from 2012 to 2022.
Sales engineers sell complex scientific and technological products or services to businesses. They must have extensive knowledge of the products' parts and functions and must understand the scientific processes that make these products work.
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- They must interest the client in buying their products or services, negotiate a price, and complete the sale. To do this, sales engineers give technical presentations during which they explain the technical aspects of the product and how it will solve a specific customer problem.
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The median annual wage for sales engineers was $91,830 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $55,660 and the top 10 percent earned more than $150,970.
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Test Drive: Off-road is a step away from the previous game in the Test Drive series. First of all, it takes place off-road in four large, powerful trucks (plus four more secret vehicles). It also is less realistic than the previous Test Drive games. The police (which have always been a staple in the franchise's history) are no where to be seen, and you have only three other drivers to compete against.
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|Canadian Dressage Riders Win Freestyle Gold and Bronze at the 2010 NAJYRC
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August 1, 2010—The success continued for the Canadian dressage riders as they captured one gold and two bronze medals on the final day of dressage competition at the 2010 North American Junior and Young Rider Championships, held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY July 28 – August 1st, 2010.
The Young Rider Freestyle was held under lights in the main ring Saturday evening, July 31. Jaimie Holland, 21, of Caledon, ON, and her 12-year-old Westphalian mare, Fleurina, won the class with a score of 72.700%, more than two per cent higher than the silver medalist, American Jhesika Wells from Region 5/6, who scored 70.550% riding Intrepid.
"I would like to thank my parents for their support and Tom and Ellen Dvorak for their help," said Holland. "They have coached me since I was ten."
Megan Lane, 19, of Collingwood, ON, riding her nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, Caravella, earned the bronze medal in the Freestyle with 70.350%.
The medals were the third won by both Holland and Lane at this year's Championships. They were part of the Young Rider silver medal winning team on July 28, and earned individual silver (Lane) and bronze (Holland) on Friday, July 30.
"Caravella definitely pushed into a higher gear this week, and I suddenly have more from her than ever before," said Lane, who was a triple Junior medalist at the Championships in 2009. "I would like to thank my new coach, Albrecht Heidemann, for his help, and Tina Irwin for her help previously."
Lindsay Seidel-Wassenaar of Bluffton, AB, riding her horse Oslo, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, finished in fifth place with 69.600%. Erika Urff of Langley, BC and her horse Focus, a nine-year-old Oldenburg mare, finished in ninth place.
In the Junior Freestyle, which was held earlier in the day, Esmee Ingham of West Vancouver, BC, riding Norseman, a 14-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding owned by Esmee and Candie Ingham, won the bronze medal with a score of 70.900%. Ingham was a member of the British Columbia gold medal winning Junior team on July 28.
Exclusively for Junior riders, aged 14–18, and Young Riders, 16–21, the NAJYRC gives up-and- coming riders the opportunity to experience representing their country as a team, and prepares them for future international competition. The Championships, presented by Gotham North, are being hosted at the site of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and feature the disciplines of dressage, eventing, jumping and reining. For more information and complete results for NAJYRC, please visit www.youngriders.org.
About Dressage Canada
Dressage Canada, as a committee of Equine Canada, is the National governing body for Dressage in Canada. Dressage Canada's objective is to foster the growth of Dressage and the pursuit of excellence in the sport at the local, national and international levels. Dressage Canada provides support and guidance to both amateur and professional through the following programs: coaching education and programs, officials' education and programs, rules & qualifying criteria, sport development, publications & awards. For more information about Dressage Canada, please visit the Dressage section of the Equine Canada site.
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Equine Canada is Canada's national governing body for equestrianism. A member-driven, charitable institution, it is the executive branch of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and the national authority for equestrian competition; the national voice for recreational riders; and the national association for equine welfare, breeding, and industry. Equine Canada is recognised by the Government of Canada, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), and the Canadian Olympic Committee as the national organisation representing equestrian sport and equine interests. For more information about Equine Canada, please visit equinecanada.ca.


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With its fresh, fun, and hip approach, SEXUALITY NOW: EMBRACING DIVERSITY, 4E, helps to teach readers what they need and want to know about sexuality while clearly conveying foundational biological and health issues and citing current and classic research. The new edition continues answering the questions and concerns that readers have about themselves and their sexuality with scientific fact, sensitivity, humor, and unmatched candor. Carroll presents the range of sexual orientations and behaviors and takes into account the current social, religious, ethnic, racial, and cultural contexts. This edition includes even more examples and research on sexual diversity both within and across cultures.
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Dr. Janell Carroll received her Ph.D. in human sexuality education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. She teaches in the psychology department at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, is an AASECT-certified sexuality educator, and has received numerous awards for her teaching and work in the field of human sexuality. In 2005 the University of Hartford recognized her with the Gordon Clark Ramsey Award for Creative Excellence, given to professors who demonstrate sustained excellence and creativity in the classroom. Carroll has also been recognized by Planned Parenthood as a Sexuality Educator of the Year. Prior to teaching at University of Hartford, Dr. Carroll was a tenured psychology professor at Baker University, where she was honored with awards for Professor of the Year and Most Outstanding Person on Campus. A dynamic educator, speaker, and author, Dr. Carroll has also hosted two of her own radio talk shows about on sexuality and appeared as an expert on numerous television talk shows and networks.
I purchased this eBook from Amazon because of the price savings. To my disappointment I found out that there was an additional component 'CourseMate' from the publisher, cengagebrain.com, that was needed to access the numerous media links and tools. There was no mention on Amazon's site regarding this missing component.
After accessing the eBook, the cengagebrain.com is referenced immediately and quite often, giving information about CourseMate. If purchased separately, which I would have had to do, CourseMate would have been an additional $100.00! I decided to go without. Information concerning CourseMate needed to have been disclosed by the publisher on the Amazon page.
Regarding the content and structure of the book, Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity, 4th Edition, there is nothing out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, a textbook requirement is a requirement, and there is nothing a student can do to change that.
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Addiction as a disorder of the brain
The way a person's brain is wired may play a role in determining whether or not they are likely to become addicted to drugs. This is according to new research from the University of Cambridge, which suggested addiction may partly be explained as a disorder of the brain.
Published in the journal Science and funded by the Medical Research Council, the study revealed siblings who are hooked on drugs have the same abnormalities in the region of the brain that controls behaviour as their non-addict brothers and sisters.
Chartered psychologist Dr Karen Ersche, lead researcher on the investigation, said it is well-known that not everyone who takes drugs subsequently becomes dependent on them.
Speaking to the BBC, she added: "It shows that drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we need to recognise this."
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The abstract for this study can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6068/601.abstract
This should, I think, contain the answers to your questions.
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Is it the frontal lobes that are affected, the areas of the brain in charge of our personality ? Cortex or neural pathways ?
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We are happy to offer our Family-Focused Tae Kwon Do to our members and guests. This class helps students develop discipline with a focus on good grades in school. Self-esteem, confidence, self-defense, self control and respect are also focused upon. Y members ages 3 and up are invited to participate in this program. Come try out the class. Adults are welcome too!!!
• Warm-ups, stretches, and basic exercises.
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Today, Hartford Books Examiner is rejoined by Susan Kietzman.
A Connecticut native, Ms. Kietzman will visit her hometown bookstore, Mystic's Bank Square Books, on Thursday evening, February 27th, to celebrate the release of her new novel, A Changing Marriage (Kensington, $15.00). She has a bachelor's degree in English from Connecticut College and a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. Ms. Kietzman has worked in both magazine and newspaper publishing and currently writes grants for the Mystic Seaport Museum. Her debut novel, The Good Life, was published in 2013.
Ms. Kietzman has already earned high praise for her depictions of the drama that is inherent within domesticity. Of The Good Life, RT Book Reviews noted, "This moving story portrays the relationships between parents and children with insight and honesty. Descriptions of life with an ailing family member are painstakingly accurate and will resonate with many …"
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Karen Spears and Bob Parsons meet in college and embark upon the kind of enviable, picture-perfect relationship featured in romantic movies. Bob is ambitious and adoring; Karen is bright and beautiful. And nothing seems more natural to them than getting married right after Karen's graduation. Newlywed life meets all of Karen's expectations. Bob's career is soaring and Karen has a fulfilling job of her own – one that's put on hold when she becomes pregnant. But their caring partnership begins to slip away as Bob's single-minded pursuit of the next promotion blinds him to how overwhelmed Karen feels as a stay-at-home mother. When resentment and disenchantment build on both sides, Karen finds herself at a crossroads.
Now, Susan Kietzman provides readers an intimate glimpse into her new novel …
1) What inspired the idea for A CHANGING MARRIAGE?
This book came out of conversations with friends and acquaintances, especially those who were home with children. Some will think it's autobiographical because I've been married for 28 years and have three children I stayed home to raise. The emotions Karen is feeling – of being unappreciated, of missing more intellectual pursuits, of envy that her spouse can live the same life with children as he lived before them – will ring true, I think, with many women. And Bob's rise to power in the business world will resonate with men and women alike.
2) Your books focus largely on domestic drama(s). Why do you feel that such scenarios resonate with readers – and what do you hope to achieve by exploring them through your fiction?
Most people are involved in domestic drama, in one way or another, and can therefore relate to various domestic scenarios. We talk about them, with friends and family. Reading about them can serve the same purpose. A Changing Marriage is about a young couple with young children and how they navigate external and internal conflicts that complicate their communal life. Reading the book – like talking to a friend – might give the reader another perspective on his or her own relationship. It's a novel and not meant to be instructional, but we do, nonetheless, learn from what we read.
My hope is that the people who read my books will 1) enjoy the story, and 2) know that there are people like them in similar situations and that they are not alone.
3) Your female protagonist, Karen, is a stay-at-home mom who eventually reenters the traditional workforce. What do you hope that her experiences convey about motherhood (and/or the perception of it) and how does Karen's job outside the home symbolize her inner progression as a woman?
Ask a stay-at-home mother about her job, and she will, on a good day, most likely tell you that it's the best job in the world! And it is. What could be more rewarding, after all, than nurturing and shaping your children? But certain parts of the mom job, like certain obligations of a job outside the home, are taxing and boring and repetitive – and unsavory! Plus, there is no remuneration. Appreciation is typically spotty. And time alone, time to be an adult, is rare. While Karen does not re-enter the workforce for a paycheck, she is most definitely looking for attention and personal satisfaction. Working at the newspaper is, for Karen, a means to temporarily push motherhood aside. In the newsroom, she is a person, a woman, first, and this is a very welcome change for her.
4) You have a very strong male presence in the book through Bob's character. How do you endeavor to get into a man's mind – and how do you find the process of writing a male point of view to compare to that of a female?
I have a husband and three sons, which gives me some insight into how a man thinks. But the rest of it is guesswork. I think about what a man would say or do in a given situation – what's reasonable. Once I find that place, I can deviate from it. It's much easier to get into a woman's head, even though women are far less predictable than men.
5) Your characters, like "real" people, are flawed. How do you balance likability with realism? Also, do you ever worry that readers might make assumptions about you personally based on your characters and their circumstances? (And, if so, how do you transcend that?)
You are right; real people are flawed. This means that real characters have to be flawed too. A number of readers had trouble with Ann Barons, the protagonist in my first novel, The Good Life, because she is hard to like. Her good qualities are hidden away. Some readers may have the same trouble with Bob in A Changing Marriage. But our flaws are what differentiate us from those around us. Our inadequacies help define who we are, just like our more likable qualities do.
Readers do make assumptions about me and my life. This is normal, right? Don't we all make assumptions about actors based on the characters they play on television or in a movie? In some cases, the assumptions prove true and in some cases they don't.
6) Leave us with a little teaser: what comes next?
I am working on another novel about a family that's focused on the two summers they spend at a family cottage thirty years apart. The domestic drama continues!
With thanks to Susan Kietzman for her generosity of time and thought.
Ms. Kietzman will appear at Bank Square Books on Thursday evening, February 27th, from 5-7 PM. Copies of A Changing Marriage will be available for purchase and signing; this event is free and open to the public. BSB is located at 53 W. Main Street in Mystic.


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Just went skydiving through Skydiving Des Moines a couple days ago and all I have to say is everyone and anyone needs to give this a shot before you die. It's the most liberating feeling I've ever done and is a lot different than I expected. I imagined it being a lot like a rollercoaster, but it was way different. There was no knot in your stomach like you get from falling on a rollercoaster, physics guys care to explain? Anyways I will definitely be doing it again in the near future.
Skydiving is definitely on my bucket list. I would love to be able to do it.
You gotta just go and do it! Sign up with friends and ya get discounts for groups
I wish I would have done it when I was young. Talked about it forever. When I finally got ready to do it, found out it is not covered by life insurance. With two small kids at home, probably not wise. Yes, I know that sounds boring.
So I am glad you did it and am also jealous!
Did it once, proud to say I did it. I will never ever do it again, I hated every second of it.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
I jumped 3 times in 1981. There were no tandem jumps. You strapped on a round chute with a static line and if you didn't jump (more like fall) when they said so they would push you.
I would have loved to do it again but I couldn't afford it at the time.
They say country music speaks to the heart. Unfortunately, it has to go through your ears to get there.
Wife and I did it on our first anniversary. Definitely something I'd do again if I had the cash laying around.
I have zero desire to go skydiving. The youtube videos are cool, though.
I went when I was about 23. It was a blast, I would have done it over and over given the opportunity - but now that I have children, I probably wouldn't do it again (just in case). It was a huge rush, though.
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I got 99 problems but angie isn't one.
your guide jumps barefoot :P
Cool photo. It's definitely on my bucket list. I've always wanted to do it on one of our Vegas trips but haven't yet.
I did it first with a round chute. LALO jump. (Low altitude, Low opening). Then a did that a few times. Then I did a few tandom. Then a did about 10 solo. I really like it. However, I kind of suck at the solo stuff. I never gained enough control really to enjoy the solo stuff. Then I had kids and quit.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
I did it the same way Cylones_R_GR8 did it. It was a lot of fun. I remember part of our 1 hour training was jumping off a picnic table. This was to learn how to land. I think we were at 3300 feet with the static line.
Just a little tidbit that you have a greater chance of dying on the way to the airport than you do actually skydiving :)
Just looking at those pictures make my tummy feel funny.
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by Kathy Jones on July 7, 2012 at 10:34 PM Indian Health News - G J E 4
Patients in small towns may take advantage of specialist doctors in major cities thanks to a new electronic remote monitoring project launched by Fortis Healthcare in collaboration with GE Healthcare.
Known as CritiNext, the program will allow doctors in major cities to access real time data of patients who require critical care and suggest possible treatments to the doctors in small towns.
AdvertisementThe program is based on the eICU concept and will initially involve around 34 beds in two hospitals in Raipur and Dehradun before being expanded to more than 500 beds in hospitals in different towns by 2014.
The executive director of CritiNext, Dr Amit Varma said that the program will increase the number of people who require personal care. "According to estimates, 10 per cent of all hospital admissions require ICU care. We have only 70,000 well equipped ICU beds though there is a demand of four lakh for five million people per year. Less than 15 per cent receive dedicated and needed personal care", he said.
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A boy is lucky if he is the first love of a girl. A girl is even luckier if she is the last love of a boy.
Boys are like stars. There are a million of them, but only one will make your dream come true.
Six juvenile convicts who have nothing to do each other will team up together to help prove one girl's innocence in the name of friendship and...love.
Four Elites. Three Best Friends. Two People That Can't Stand Each Other. One Crazy Arranged Marriage.
I trusted him. He broke my heart. I vowed to never fall in love with a younger guy again. But then I met Minwoo. And then he came back. Then my world crash and burned. What am I supposed to do when I'm in love with two dongsaengs?
Your life became even more dangerous with the arrival of 7 new boys who call themselves BLOCK B.
Waking up one morning and finding 6 cute boys in your room isn't so bad after all...
My pupil is so annoying. He won't do his homework. He refuses to learn. On top of that, he's in a gang 0_0. But the good thing is he is amazingly hot and he could be sweet sometimes...
One girl gets unexpectedly tangled in a messy war between three high school gangsters.
Bloodthirsty Vampires. Dangerous Powers. Forbidden Love.
It's crazy to love someone who broke your heart. But it's even crazier that although he hurt you, he still loves you, too.
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If you are involved in (or injured in) an accident, it is vital that you obtain trustworthy legal advice from an experienced and knowledgeable attorney. Michael Crosner has been specializing in personal injury law for over 45 years and has worked on several highly publicized personal injury lawsuits.
I sat down with Michael to answer some common injury questions.
Question 1: What steps should I take if I am in a car accident?
Crosner: Yes, there are key steps to help prevent a bad situation, such as a car accident, from getting worse:
- Call the local police, sheriff, or highway patrol
- Obtain complete name, phone & address of the other driver
- Copy all important information from other party's driver license & registration (often easier to photo these documents with your cell phone camera)
- Obtain the complete identification of all witnesses
- Photograph damages to all vehicles involved in the accident
- Photograph any physical evidence such as skid marks or debris
- Obtain immediate emergency or other necessary medical care
- Consult a personal injury attorney for assistance in investigating the accident; reporting the claim to the appropriate insurance carries; obtaining any needed medical care on a lien basis (no initial out of pocket expense); repairing your vehicle damages; and obtaining a rental car.
Question #2: If I am in an auto accident should I talk to my own insurance company? What if the opposing party's insurance company contacts me - should I speak to them?
Crosner: It's advised that you speak with a personal injury attorney before discussing anything with an insurance company (your carrier or opposing party's). Many times they can do all the talking with your insurance company and thereby eliminate any confusion and possible adverse outcome of your claim.
Never give any insurance company a detailed recorded or written statement of the facts of the accident or the nature and extent of your injuries without legal representation. If the opposing insurance company contacts you simply obtain their name, phone number & claim number and instruct them to call your attorney. You are under no legal obligation to provide information to the opposing party's insurance company, it should be done only by your attorney.
Question #3: Am I limited on recovery to the opposing driver's liability insurance policy limit?
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Kerman (13-8, 2-0) softball pitcher Giana Olivera didn't plan anything special taking the mound against Yosemite High (7-5, 0-2) April 11. Seven innings later the senior walked off the Badger diamond with a "perfect," game added to her resume. Not a single Badger made it to first base in Kerman's 1-0 league win.
Not only did Olivera have her first ever perfect game as a pitcher, it was her double in the top of the sixth inning that drove in teammate Wesania Gastelun for the game's only run.
"I just stayed relaxed during the game and had plenty of trust in my teammates behind me," Olivera said after the game. "I was blessed to get a perfect game."
The Badgers continue league play Friday at Chowchilla. The team hosts Washington Union at 4 p.m. April 23 and Liberty visits Yosemite for a 4 p.m. game on April 26.


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Natacia Davis, of Helena-West Helena, has been selected the 20012-2013 Outstanding Faculty member at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA). She will be honored as PCCUA's outstanding instructor by the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges (AATYC) in October. Davis joined the college's Helena-West Helena campus in 2009 as an English instructor. She currently teaches Basic Writing I & II, Freshman Composition I & II, and World Literature II. Additionally, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in composition studies at the University of Memphis. On her teaching philosophy, Davis says, according to Zig Ziglar, "If you dream it, then you can achieve it. You can have everything you want in life, if you just help enough other people get what they want." She adds, "Since education is the ultimate intangible asset that has the power to touch every aspect of my students' lives, I am, ultimately, a salesperson promoting critical thinking, effective communication, active learning, lifelong learning, and cultural diversity. Essentially, what I want as a teacher is for my students to buy what I am selling and believe in the transformative power of education as much as I do."
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Yunus Emre is exactly the man described by Mevlânâ, and Mevlânâ the man described by Yunus. Yunus Emre is a seed, Mevlânâ a stately plane tree.
Mühsin Demirel, Calligrapher
I took my inspiration from the Mathnawi
So if I stole, it was public property that I took.
Şeyh Gâlib (1757-1799)
Gate generally produces great men in periods of chaos when people are unable to distinguish truth from falsehood. A great man emerges from amidst the deep valleys, sheer slopes and rugged peaks and invites human beings to the Right and the True, saying 'Come, whoever you are, come'. Not confined to the time in which he lives, his words embrace the ages, whispering mysteriously of the warmth of being, the dignity of being human and the secret of living in perfect harmony with nature and other men.
The Crusaders from the west and the Mongol invaders from the east shattered the integrity of the Seljuk state in the period when Mevlânâ lived in Anatolia, and a transition followed to the period of Principalities when deception, betrayal and disorder ruled as far as the eye could see and no one listened to anyone else. In such a time, when order had broken down completely, two great figures appeared whose language and styles of expression were different but who said basically the same things: Yunus Emre and Mevlânâ Jalal Al-Din Rumi.
Yunus Emre has survived to the 21st century through the poetry he wrote in such pure, pristine Turkish that the earliest literary men described it as so perfect and simple as to defy explanation or emulation. Mevlânâ meanwhile reproduced in powerful Persian, and contributed highly to Islamic Civilization. In essence he explained man, man's nature, and his strengths and weaknesses, pronouncing him the most glorious of creatures and created in the most perfect form. In fact, the man Mevlânâ describes is exactly Yunus Emre. And what Yunus Emre describes in turn is Mevlânâ. Yunus Emre is a seed, Mevlânâ a stately plane tree.
Like all the great thinkers of the East, Mevlânâ speaks the language of wisdom in a magisterial style by which he lifts the veil of the familiar from the eyes of the person addressed without offending him personally. The truth about things and events is described in figurative language employing similes, metaphors and anecdotes, while the business of grasping the idea is left to the interlocutor's ability, capacity and willingness to understand. Or, as the expression goes, 'Opening the door of the intellect, but not depriving it of its own judgment.'
Modern man's concept of struggle, strife and domination, of which he can't seem to let go, gives way in Mevlânâ to mutual succor, brotherly feeling, and living together in harmony. When he died in Konya in 1273, all the city's Jews, Christians and Muslims were present at his funeral as members of diverse races and sects. The night of Mevlânâ's death, which he called the '?eb-i Aruz' or 'wedding night', was truly a celebration of this great man's life.
According to Mevlânâ, Allah has created everything in this world in a special order which is part of a higher and greater order. Even though everything in this world may appear lifeless to us, in the eyes of Allah it is alive. For the world is being created anew at every moment, leaving the human mind in awe. Since man too is a small universe and a part of the greater universe, two of Allah's attributes are especially important in this sense: his role as creator, nourisher and sustainer of the universe, and his love, which lies at the heart of his creation.
Man, society, living creatures and the universe all come to life in Mevlânâ's fertile, fecund, poetic utterances, exuberant as a rushing river, in which they are transformed into a virtual rainbow of sound and color. Everything and everyone is bound up in multiple relationships both within himself and with everyone else and with all the other creatures in the universe in a special sphere of meaning and obligation. And the world in turn, as a magnificent work of art that manifests clearly Allah's attributes and qualities, is transformed into a book laden with profound significance.
All creatures great and small move and act in an awesome unity that embraces and intoxicates us. Mevlânâ in this sense offers a new outlook that fundamentally alters the modern mentality which views everything, even nature, with an eye to self-interest, thereby enabling us to take a deep and integral approach to every life at every stage. As a result, Mevlânâ and his work exhibit in every line and every couplet what we would today call a 'multi-disciplinary' approach, and can be characterized as addressing the need of people of every class and every walk of life for knowledge, love, thought, comfort and affection.
Those who were living in an abyss of pain fraught with the never ending and indescribable hunger, disease, despair and death that suffuse a time of chaos flocked to the hope and comfort held out by this divine mercy as if to bread, water and pure air. People from every walk of life drank thirstily from this wellspring. And man's relations with nature, with himself and with the society in which he lived began to take new shape, and life itself to assume a new form.
Ottoman culture is a synthesis formed of this fermentation. Emerging a scant quarter century after Mevlânâ's death, the Ottoman State throughout its 625-year existence lived and breathed Mevlânâ and his Mathnawi. Never before in history had so many races, religions, sects, tribes, geographical areas and climates lived together so long in concord and harmony beset by innumerable wars, incidents, rises and falls. It should not be forgotten that Mevlânâ and his Mathnawi formed the basis of Ottoman urban culture and intellectual tradition, just as the folk culture was based on Hacı Bektaşi Veli. Mevlânâ in this sense had a hand and a part in the poems of Baki and Fuzuli, in a dome or minaret by Mimar Sinan whether he was a Mevlevî or not, in the way neighborhoods and markets were organized, in lifestyles, in short, in the very air that was breathed in the vast Ottoman geography. Most of the men of music, poetry, literature and calligraphy in Ottoman urban culture and intellectual life were Mevlevî's in any case: Neşati Ahmet Dede, Rasih Dede, Esrar Dede, ?eyh Galip, Itri, Dede Efendi, Zekai Dede... Our lives could be said to have been shaped by the Mevlevi sheikhs in the cities and by the Bektaşi fathers in the provinces.
Mevlânâ is being rediscovered today in a world that is being destroyed and recreated at every instant. His profound wisdom aside, there is no doubt that Mevlana is far more than a mere whirling dervish performance or series of rituals. When he died, he left behind a legacy of wise sayings to satisfy the eternal thirst of the human soul, heart and mind. He refined and polished man like a fine diamond; his hand kneaded and shaped man like clay and continues to do so today. Unfortunately man is becoming more and more alone in this globalizing and, as it globalizes, increasingly materialistic world. Too busy to look around at his fellowman with whom he lives, so far adrift from shore as to be unable to reach the things that really matter to him, man today is compelled to learn, at least to try to learn, to look at life from a different angle. In our day when it is frequently debated whether man and human relations have, or shouldn't have, a deeper, more meaningful and more moral basis, Mevlana's thought and teachings are assuming more importance by the day, a beacon to those who seeking the way.
One of the Islamic cultural world's most prominent figures, Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi is thought by many people to have been born in Konya. Nevertheless, this is not true. The sources mention two possible birth places. One, the city of Wakhsh, in what is now Tajikistan, the other, the city of Balkh near the village of Haci Golak in today's Afghanistan. Mevlana's caravan set out from Balkh, the capital of Khorasan in the 13th century, finally arriving in Konya at the end of five long years fraught with danger. Stopping at a large number of settlements along the way, the caravan traveled through Merv, Nishabur, Baghdad and Kufa before reaching Mecca in Saudi Arabia. After visiting the holy places, Mevlana and his family turned northwards, to Anatolia, via Damascus, one of the leading centers of learning of the day. Following the cities of Erzurum, Akşehir and Karaman (Larende) in Anatolia, Mevlana Jelaladdin finally decided on Konya, becoming 'Rumi', in other words, a man of 'Rum' (Anatolia).


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A startup called Outbox could revolutionize the way we get our mail
Starting a business requires capital, and it is thanks to investments by the nation's top 1% that good ideas can become reality.
My friend Evan Baehr has founded a company called Outbox that could revolutionize the way Americans get their mail. To get it going, he got $2.2 million from venture capitalist Mike Maples Jr., billionaire Peter Thiel, and other angel investors.
Most communications that used to pass through snail mail are obviously better passed through email, and junk mail gets pretty annoying. But there still are some things that people like to receive on printed paper: Christmas and birthday cards, catalogues, and, for some, maybe even that Publisher's Clearing House envelope that, who knows, could change your life.
Outbox sets it up so that all your mail goes to them first. They scan each item, which you can view online. If you want it, you let them know and they mail it to you. They'll shred anything you don't want. So it might take an extra day or two to get a greeting card, but you'll only get mail delivered that you actually want.
These are the types of ideas that spur economic growth, the ideas that made America into what it is. And they're made possible not by government programs, but by industrious, visionary private citizens.
The website Betakit has a profile of Outbox here (1.5 pages/900 words).
Thought you and our fellow Express Riders would enjoy this update on Outbox:
"Mail startup Outbox just announced that it's shutting down its current service. After a pilot program in Austin, Outbox launched the service in San Francisco a year ago, and it raised a $5 million Series A over the summer. Outbox says there just weren't enough people signing up to pay for the service, at least given the company's costs. That may not come as a huge surprise to the critics who found the idea impractical or downright creepy."
So my question is: how much of that five million dollars did your patriotic, job-creating buddy pocket before he ran this venture into the dirt?


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