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Grace Bedell
Grace Bedell was born November 4, 1848. Bedell grew up in Westfield, New York and on October 15, 1860 she wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln encouraging him to grow a beard in order to gain more votes. On October 19, 1860, Lincoln responded that he would consider her advice but would not make any promises. However, after Lincoln was elected President he made a stop in Westfield on February 16, 1861 to meet Bedell and show her his new whiskers.
Bedell married civil war veteran George Newton Billings when she was 17 and together they moved to Delphos, Kansas, where the couple later had one child. Bedell died November 2, 1936 in Delphos, Kansas. A memorial was dedicated in the town square on August 8, 1966. In 1999, a monument of Lincoln and Bedell was erected in Westfield, New York.
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Author: Haydan Vosburgh
Date Created: June 2012
Date Modified: July 2012
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Amy Carmichael
55 Years Without A Furlough
"You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving"
Born in Ireland on December 16, 1867 to a wealthy family, Amy was the oldest of seven children. Her childhood of relative ease ended with the death of her father as she approached her eighteenth birthday. His death plunged the family into financial insecurity and Amy was now faced with the responsibility of raising her brothers and sisters.
During this time Amy was spiritually influenced by the Keswick conventions sweeping through Europe. An emphasis during the conventions included a focus on missions and the needs of the world. During one of these meetings Hudson Taylor spoke of the four thousand who die ever hour without Christ. Amy later wrote in her journal, "Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness?"
At the age of 24, Amy first set out into that darkness. Her destination was Japan where she served for fifteen months before suffering severe health issues. Although Amy's time in Japan was short, it was a time of much growth and training that would continue to profoundly impact her ministry. It was here she begin wearing the traditional Japanese dress, an innovation that would continue later in her ministry in India. All the workers and children in Amy's ministry wore Indian clothing and had Indian names.
A year later, after receiving medical attention, working briefly in China and a brief furlough at home, Amy set sail for India. At first Amy rejected the idea of India as "much too easy," possibly due to the British presence there at the time. Her first several years were spent as part of an evangelistic team. By 1901, Amy's focus had shifted from traveling evangelism to the rescue of orphans who were dedicated at Hindu Temples to the worship of the gods. This was the beginning of the Dohnavur Fellowship; a group of women dedicated to the rescue and upbringing of these orphans who were used as sexual servants in the temples. Amy's missionary career in India lasted over 55 years without a furlough.
A spirit of service and a love for those who others considered "unlovable" always dominated Amy's ministry even in Europe before she begin ministry cross-culturally. In her early twenties, she worked with a group of young ladies called "shawlies" because of the shawls they wore on their heads. The proper members of Amy's church were shocked that someone would reduce them self to teaching the Bible to these low members of society.
Again in India much of the missionary community shunned Amy's ministry to orphans. Some believed the temple children did not exist while others looked down on the acts of service and emphasis at Dohnavur to the education, physical care and character building of each child. On one occasion Amy asked a visiting missionary to help her carry a bucket, the missionary replied he would rather "carry his Bible." Amy felt that service was an essential part of missionary work, although she did not always readily embrace the sacrifices it took to have this spirit of service.
Once back in Ireland, as Amy and her family were returning from church they chanced upon an old woman carrying a heavy bundle of rags. Amy and her brothers took the bundle and helped the old woman to her destination. To Amy, this act of sacrifice and kindness was "hated." As they turned and walked along, they passed by the other Churchgoers and worried what these "respectable people" would think. Before bringing the woman to her destination Amy and her brothers passed by an elaborate Victorian fountain.
A voice impressed upon Amy's heart the words from 1 Corinthians 3:12-14. "Gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble. If any man's work abide." That afternoon Amy sought God privately in her room anguishing over the idea of what would last in eternity from her own life. The lessons of obedience and sacrifice from that day would echo through the rest of her life.
Apart from the sacrificial love Amy gave so many she is also remembered for her writing. Amy wrote over 35 books from the field, many being written after and accident in 1931 that left her bedridden until her death at the age of 83. Once Amy sent a book home for publication that was denied publication and returned with the request for a rosier picture of mission work. The publisher was worried many would feel disdain at the harsh reality of the mission field she had portrayed. Amy sent the manuscript back without any changes except for title, renaming it "Things as they Are." On writing to missionary candidates she's been quoted as saying, "bring to India a strong sense of humor and no sense of smell." To another candidate she Amy wrote the poignant truth that above all mission work offers one thing and one thing only, "A chance to die."
Sources: Elliot, Elisabeth. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael. Grand Rapids: Revell, 1987. Tucker, Ruth. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.
From our friends at the Traveling Team (www.thetravelingteam.org)
tuul said:
I love u Amy Charmichael! YOU were awasome woman,.
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Beatriz said:
I am doing a project and need alot of information by Wensday
Charlaine Siefert said:
I have been sharing the Good News Child Evangelism stories about Amy Charmichael for over thirty years. How wonderful to know that Dohnavur exists and still provides for children! Her stories have meant more to me than those of any other missionary because I have been allowed to also "rescue" children through other avenues. Praise the Lord for her testimony and encouragement! I only wish I were able to read more of her Books. Raj, Chief of Brigands, seems to be out of print, and of course, the boys all want to know more. How wonderful to know that we will be able to sit and listen to even more stories in Heaven some day.
Paulson Livingstone said:
Just one word......AWESOME.
In fact I am doing an assignment on Amy Carmichael.
madison said:
loved it!!!!
luke Zung Lian Hre said:
God has been glorified through your life "Mama"
maggie said:
it was very interesting and cool !!!!!! thnx sooooooooooooo much!!
maggie said:
Amma = Mother
David H Matier said:
Amy Carmichael is much to be praised for her walk with God and her bravery as she worked under, what I am sure, were hostile conditions. Lord, give us some young people today that will be willing to give their lives back to God for the work He is calling them to; young people that will be willing to live a life of purity, purpose, and sacrifice for the Lord.
Micah said:
Amy was a great missionary, and a great mother ( Amma ) too. She is my favorite missionary.
bob de-vilan said:
Im doing a project on her and i love her
bob de-vilan said:
love her sosooooo much
emmy said:
love ittttttttttttttttttt
kylee said:
nona said:
O_O she is....AWESOME!!!
Abgail Hyatt said:
I am doing the wax museum on her. Since I go to a Christian school it's perfect.
Zoe K. Palmer said:
Abgail Hyatt, I go to a Christian school also! I go to Providence Classical Academy on Brownlee Rd. What school do u go 2? Calvary, maybe?
Karien said:
Amy Carmichael was a great person in life. When I was watching her move it help me though life. I wish to meet her in real life.
re said:
i think what amy did was amazing
just think she changed history!
i also are doing a project on her but i am being her for my balloon debate
praise God for amy and others like her
i have always wanted to be a missonary and she inspires me and helps me
to keep that idea in my head
( ever heard about glads alward?)
edgardo said:
does she have a museum?
brookie said:
thanks so much! you are a big help with my schoolwork!
karen said:
I hope you have a day!!
ryan said:
it was very interesting and cool !!!!!! thnx sooooooooooooo much!!smilies/grin.gifsmilies/kiss.gifsmilies/tongue.gifsmilies/cool.gifsmilies/wink.gifsmilies/smiley.gifsmilies/wink.gifsmilies/grin.gif
Heidi said:
you did a lot work in India and you had an accident in 1931 and you were stuck in your bed. In bed you wrote 35 books about what you did in places you visited.
P.J. PATRICK KRANTHI KUMAR said:
Really you are a Great inspiration
K@I+LYN said:
Im doing a project on her and this was very helpful
suzanne said:
we r from barclay primary school. we r learning about this lady.
suzanne said:
thislady was amazing
mary said:
hiiiiii. im from barclay primary school. we r doing a project and presentation about her. she is so amazing. i wanna be like her. i wanna travel all over the world. one word...........amazing
mary said:
hiiiiii. im from barclay primary school. we r doing a project and presentation about her. she is so amazing. i wanna be like her. i wanna travel all over the world. one word...........amazing
Klasse said:
im 12 and I've done Amy for every book report she has taught me so much and to think about it
I wouldn't have gave my life.
lisa said:
She was so nice I wish I new her
Paige said:
i am doing a book report on her... she is amazing... wish i knew her
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Satellite, Explorer 1
One of several replicas and backup Explorer-1 spacecraft in the collection. Explorer-1, also known as Satellite 1958 alpha, was the first American satellite to successfully orbit the earth. This sample is a full-size replica of the payload section attached to an empty fourth stage Sergeant solid fuel rocket motor. It was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in August 1974.
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Taylor Swift knows how to work a modern design just as well as she works a packed house. Taylor headed to the red carpet on April 6, 2014 for the ACM Awards in Las Vegas according to Just Jared.
The country singer once again selected a totally modern look by the fabulous J Mendel. The design featured a figure flattering cropped white top with short sleeves and shoulder cutouts. It was paired with a black column skirt that incorporated a dramatic thigh-high split and sweeping train.
Taylor kept her jewelry minimal with pops of gold in her wrapped bracelet, Art Deco earrings and ring by Marina B. Loved her choice of leather strappy sandals and handbag! The handbag was like a small treasure chest in black leather with a top gold handle. Such a nice departure from metallic and crystal that is a favorite of the country singers.
Taylor went soft with both her makeup and hair which provided the perfect contract for her evening look. Soft pink lips and defined eyes highlighted her lovely golden soft waves. Just beautiful.
Swift was up for multiple awards but it just wasn't her night. Miranda Lambert seemed to be the hot property. But when it comes to fashion Taylor was just plain hot and we loved it.


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The 1.03 patch change has been posted for the recently-released "Minecraft: PS3 Edition." According to a report from Now Gamer on Jan. 14, the new title update addresses several issues that are plaguing the console port of "Minecraft" on Sony's current-generation console.
The new patch will be fixing the save file corruption caused while playing online or through split-screen multiplayer. The "No DLC offers available" error message has also been eliminated when trying to convert to the trial version to the full game. The other notable change includes general stability and performance improvements. You can check out a few screenshots from "Minecraft: PS3 Edition" and "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition" with the slideshow on the left of this article. The full change log for the 1.03 title update is located below (courtesy of Now Gamer):
- Fix for issue in multiplayer/splitscreen which could cause save file corruption.
- Fix for memory issue causing random game freezes and exits to XMB.
- Fix for being unable to join games at times ("The host has exited the game" message incorrectly being displayed).
- Fix for splitscreen crash on adding a player when language is Russian.
- Fix for issue which can prevent leaderboard updates and some trophy awards.
- Fix for issue causing "No DLC offers available" message when converting trial to full version.
- Fix for game render glitch when a new streaming music track starts up.
- Fix for a lighting issue on a network client.
- Fix for the block damage decal being incorrectly offset
- Fix for selected item text not fading off screen if a menu is opened when it's visible.
- Fix for "Where are we now" music disc
- Fix for issue with Ghasts firing at certain angles
- A few rendering performance improvements
4J Studios should move on with other projects if the 1.03 patch manages to fix a majority of the issues with "Minecraft: PS3 Edition," which was released through the Playstation Store on Dec. 17th of 2013. The development team is also planning to release the TU14 patch for "Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition."
Furthermore, the studio is also developing the open-world sandbox video game on the PS4, Playstation Vita and Xbox One platforms. The release dates for the three forthcoming console versions of "Minecraft" have not yet been announced.
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Attorneys trying to pick a jury in George Zimmerman's murder trial have selected a pool of 40 potential jurors who will go on to a second round of questioning.
The pool was whittled down Tuesday on the seventh day of jury selection for the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys had been questioning jurors about their exposure to media coverage of the case. They will now be able to ask those invited to the next round more detailed questions about how they feel about the case.
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Nikki Bella Begins Rehab
Nikki Bella announced through social media that today is her first day rehabilitating her injured shin.
"Goin' to get this shin stronger than ever!" she wrote on Instagram. "@briannagc you're one of my inspirations! She's been workin' insanely hard!"
She then added on Twitter, "Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future." Day 1 of Rehab… N #BellaBootCamp."
The one-time WWE Divas Champion has not wrestled since June. No timetable has been publicly given on her return to the ring.
Total Divas Preview
WWE has posted a preview clip of this Sunday's episode of Total Divas on E! where The Bella Twins watch their boyfriends' wrestle in a match on Raw.
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Leah Johnson Q & A
NIU Career Bests: Vault - 9.850; Bars - 9.775; Beam - 9.800; Floor - 9.850; All-Around - 39.125.
2008: Competed in eight of nine regular season meets for the Huskies and advanced to the NCAA Regionals in the all-around for the second straight year. For the season, averaged 9.681 for the vault with four top five finishes. Averaged 9.417 on bars, finishing in the top 10 four times and placing in the top five three times. Recorded an average of 9.422 on the beam with five top 10s. Tallied an impressive average of 9.73 for the floor exercise. Recorded eight top 10 finishes and was in the top five six times. In the all-around competition, averaged 38.250 and garnered five top 10 placings. For the season, earned second-highest average on the team for vault, ranked first in floor exercise, and second in the all-around competition. Against Kent State (1/20), recorded season-high scores of 9.800 and 9.775 for the vault and bars, respectively, to earn MAC Gymnast of the Week honors. Scored a 9.825 on floor and a 38.800 in the all-around competition in that meet to take three firsts. Earned her second MAC Gymnast of the Week honor versus Western Michigan (1/27) as she tallied a season-high 9.775 on bars, and went 9.725, 9.625, 9.800, and 38.925 for the vault, beam, floor, and all-around, respectively. Recorded a career-best score of 9.850 to win the floor exercise against Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan (3/14). At the Illinois State Championships (3/22) tallied season-best marks in the vault, beam, and all-around, scoring 9.800, 9.775, and 39.125, respectively. Earned second-place with a career-best score in the all-around, and placed third on vault at the State Championships. Placed sixth on floor exercise at the MAC Championships in Kent, Ohio (3/29).
2007: Competed in 11 of 12 regular season meets for the Huskies and advanced to the NCAA Regionals in the all-around. Second team All-MAC selection. Scored 38.500 at regionals to earn 14th place. For the season, averaged 9.692 on vault, 9.481 on bars, 9.583 on beam, 9.548 on floor exercise, and 38.304 in the all-around. Earned highest averages for the team for the vault and all-around, as well as second on the beam. On the vault, finished in the top three eight times. Placed in the top 10 for the bars in eight meets. Finished in the top 10 nine times on beam, with three top three finishes. On the floor, placed in the top 10 nine times. Placed in the top three in the all-around nine times. Started the season with first-place finishes on vault (9.750), beam (9.675), and all-around (38.150) at the Huskie Triangular versus Wisconsin-Stout and M.I.T (1/14). Recorded a season-best score of 9.750 on bars and had a season-best score of 9.775 on beam at Denver (2/17). Tallied a first-place finish on vault with a career-best score of 9.850 versus Ball State (2/23). Placed first on vault with a 9.775 and first on floor exercise with a career-best score of 9.825 versus Eastern Michigan (3/4). Tallied scores of 9.850, 9.725, 9.700, 9.800, and 39.075 for the vault, bars, beams, floor, and all-around, respectively, to earn first-place finishes and state titles for both the vault and all-around at the State Championships (3/25). Named MAC Gymnast of the Week following that performance. Tied for third on vault at the MAC Championships (3/31) with a score of 9.775 and was fifth in the all-around competition with a 38.650.
2006: Made an immediate impact before suffering a season-ending injury versus Eastern Michigan (2/18). Won the all-around title in each of her first three competitions and was second versus Western Michigan (2/12). Tallied a top all-around score of 39.050 at the Huskie Triangular (1/29) with season-high scores of 9.800 on vault and beam and 9.775 on floor. Averaged a 9.675 in five outings on vault. Recorded a 9.800 to tie for first on vault at Bowling Green (2/3) and tied for third on vault with a 9.750 in the Huskie Triangular (1/15). Named the MACGymnast of the Week with that performance. Earned three titles versus Bowling Green with a 38.075 in the all-around, a 9.800 on vault and a 9.750 on beam. Averaged a 9.718 in four outings on balance beam and her floor average was 9.583. Prep: Earned two letters as a member of her high school gymnastics team and captained the squad as a junior and sophomore. First team All-North Suburban Conference choice as a junior and was the team Most Valuable Player. Won the league all-around title with a record-setting score of 38.5. At the 2004 IHSA state championship meet, finished fourth on vault, sixth on floor exercise, seventh on bars and eighth in the all-around. Took second place on vault at the 2003 IHSA state meet. A second team all-conference selection as a sophomore. Two-year Elite All-American selection. Competed at Level 10 for five years for American Academy of Gymnastics in Wheeling, Ill. and qualified for regionals four times. At the U.S.A. Gymnastics regionals, finished ninth in the all-around, fourth on the uneven bars and sixth on floor exercise. Qualified for the 2004 Junior Olympics. Level 10 state and regional qualifier in each of her first three years of high school. Top prep scores were 9.7 on bars (9.35 USAG), 9.6 on beam (9.05), 9.75 on floor exercise (9.55) and 9.85 on vault (9.4).
Personal: Daughter of Tamara Johnson-Draper and Johnny Johnson, Jr. Born Sept. 20, 1987. An organizational and corporate communications major.


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Under the direction of the Manger HVAC Programming, leads trouble-shooting and repair efforts on commercial grade heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and multi-zone systems that incorporate pneumatic, electronic, and/or programmable logic controls. Operations central plants with chiller/boilers, high-voltage electrical switch-gear, pumps, pneumatic, electronic controls, blueprint reading and initiation of new computerized control system.
Position: Lead - Preventive Maintenance
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Essential Functions, Major Duties, and/or Accountabilities:
- Assist in managing upkeep and repair of cooling, heating and pneumatic systems as well as evaluates sensor readings in all areas and keep each area at its predetermined temperature.
- Analyze building systems and controls campus wide for efficiency, safety and adjusts controls for optimum performance for energy conservation.
- Design a variety of systems and sub-systems, involving mechanical electrical system components/controls, to accommodate new construction or enhance efficiency and effectiveness of performance, comfort and energy for occupants.
- Analyze work of subordinate HVAC controls specialists in determining causes of off-normal and uncomfortable conditions and assist the initiating of appropriate adjustment of actions in emergencies.
- Coordinate and interact with maintenance, purchasing vendor's contractors, department supervisory personnel, and design professionals to determine implementation of designs, purchases, repair work, and planning.
- Coordinate the scheduling times of HVAC equipment and lighting into a computerized management system, setting or resetting operating parameters within energy management goals.
- Oversee work of equipment conditions and all systems related to HVAC, to pick up on off-normal conditions of situations preparatory to initiating further work by us or external contractors.
- Refine computers and electronics to make needed and predetermined corrections, to save time, material and money.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Special Requirements of the Position:
- EPA and Gas Certification.
- Able to climb ladders, work in overhead conditions.
Graduation from an accredited institution with an associate's degree in a related field and 6 years of experience; OR any combination of education and experience related to the summary of duties totaling 8 years. Knowledge of mechanical systems, building materials, and emergency maintenance.
- Knowledge of HVAC systems.
- Knowledge of HVAC installation, troubleshooting, repair and maintenance.
- Knowledge application software, such as Word process, Word Perfect and Spreadsheets for analyzing and organizing data.
- Skill in the use of computers, preferably in a PC, Windows-based operating environment.
- Ability to document and track preventive maintenance activities.
- Ability to communicate with supporting crew to allow implementation of changes with minimal impact on campus and personal.
- Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to trade.
- Ability to read, understands, follows, and enforces safety procedures.
- Ability to read schematics and blueprints and/or technical manuals.
- Ability to lead and train staff and/or students.
- Ability to develop heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system modification plans.
This position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the position.


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Which Shoes Go With Plum Dress?
Are you planning to go to an event soon wearing a plum dress and are confused what shoes to wear with it? First of all plum is an excellent color choice, it is flattering and beautiful on any skin tone and body type. Not to mention the fact that plum dresses look extremely graceful. Maybe that is why they are an excellent color choice for all sorts of gowns.
Plum is also an excellent color choice for work clothes. You can wear plum suits or plum colored bloused with your pencil skirts to work. It is a highly flattering color among women. If you have chosen the plum color then you don't have to think again about your color choice. Plum color has a regal aura which makes it perfect choice for formal occasions.
So you may already be planning to wear a plum dress to an event. So let us help you choose which shoes go with plum dress. Let's take you through a proper guide to help you choose the best shoes to match your dress.
Occasion Type
What type of occasion are you planning to go to? This is an important question to answer. Based on this question you will be deciding the appropriate type of shoes to match your dress. So be clear whether it is a formal, semi-formal or informal event that you are going to.
Formal Occasion
The appropriate shoe types to wear to highly formal occasions like wedding, balls, proms and engagement parties are as follows:
- High Heel Pumps: They perfectly match all kinds of gowns and dresses. They look graceful and can be worn by women of all ages.
- High Heel Peep Toes: Peep toes are mostly chosen by younger women, but they will equally beautiful on older women as well. Lacquered nails glimpsing through the peep toes look graceful and stylish.
- High Heel Sandals: Sandals are the right call if you want to glamorize your look wearing fancier shoes as there are much fancier options available in sandals.
Informal Occasion
If you simply headed off to a beach party, to the movies or a dance party then here are the best shoe choices:
- Flat Sandals: Simple flat sandals will be perfect no matter which informal occasion you are off to. Choose something light and comfortable.
- Flat Pumps: Pumps are good as well as stylish.
- Sneakers: If you are probably thinking of wearing plum tee-shirt or something similar then sneakers would be a great option for you.
Color Choices
There are two options: either you can match the color of your dress which is plum or you could wear a contrasting color.
Matching the dress color is the best option where formal occasions are concerned. At the most you can choose black shoes for formal occasion. Aside from that no other will do at all.
Where formal occasions are concerned you can choose black, white or beige as the safer colors. Plum is a decent shade so bright color shoes really will not match with it all. So try to avoid it.
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Jeramy Hudnall of Lawrenceburg successfully completed the General Education Development test June 23 and received a certificate of completion at the Adult Education Center at Springfield Campus, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.
To pass GED tests, participants must score higher in five subjects than 60 percent of graduating high school seniors across the nation.
Successful completion of the GED is a significant accomplishment and a crucial step toward further success in post secondary education and the workplace
Anderson County High School students Emily Drury and Chelsea Straton recently returned home from Kentucky Farm Bureau's Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL).
Drury, Straton and 43 other high school students from around the state attended the five-day summer leadership conference held June 13-17 at Murray State University.
IFAL is designed to expose high school students to college life while helping them explore the different fields of study for careers in agriculture.
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 34 celebrated the Fourth of July by inviting veterans and other parade participants to the Legion clubhouse for hot dogs, chips, cookies and soft drinks prior to the start of the parade.
Unit members decorated three 16-foot trailers with patriotic decorations for veterans and American Legion family members to ride on in the parade.
Shirley Thornberry "Department of Kentucky Auxiliary Woman of the Year" rode atop a convertible driven by Larry Kyle.
The agency that helps guide children through the legal system got a significant monetary boost during the recent Lawrenceburg Fair and Horse Show.
Twenty people, including a number of county and city officials, volunteered to become prisoners during the fair and raise $250 each to make bail. Their efforts raised over $5,000 for CASA, according to organizer Ginny Smith.
"This was a tremendous fundraiser and I am thrilled that the citizens of Anderson County were so willing to support CASA," Smith said.
Mount Eden residents came out in full force last Thursday night in an effort to keep their post office from closing later this year.
Hoping there is strength in numbers, about 200 residents filled the fellowship hall of Mount Moriah Baptist Church seeking answers from United States Postal Service representatives.
The postal representatives on hand said Thursday's crowd was the largest they have seen from about 40 meetings this year.
Judge Linda Armstrong heard the following cases during Anderson District Court proceedings April 21.
Megan K. Kinslow, arraignment, possession of marijuana -- pleaded guilty, sentenced to 30 days (conditionally discharged for one year), $100 to Anderson County Drug Intervention Fund, $253; buying/possessing drug paraphernalia -- pleaded guilty, $100, installment/deferred payment May 5.
Vivian M. Liles, arraignment, menacing -- pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference May 18, motion/disposition/trial date June 2, released on own recognizance.
A wrap-up meeting for Relay for Life committee members and team captains is scheduled for July 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the public library, according to a news release.
Plans are to discuss this year's Relay and plan for next year.
Those attending are asked to bring any money collected.
The following people were indicted June 28 by the Anderson County Grand Jury, according to information obtained at the Anderson County Courthouse.
William J. Dalton, 40, of 10 Lynn Drive, Apt. 102, was indicted on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse.
Charles N. Drury, 20, of 1340 Aaron Barnett Road, was indicted on three charges: possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone); operating a motor vehicle under the influence; and failure to wear seatbelt.
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The Victorian House Party
by Ellen Micheletti
To give a house party for His Royal Highness involved much planning and a large outlay of money on the part of the host and hostess. The hostess had to be sure the guest list would meet with royal approval. The prince had friends whom he would expect to be invited, such as Christopher Sykes. Sykes was a snobbish, sycophantic fellow who served as the butt of many a practical joke to which he would always reply, "As your Royal Highness pleases." His Royal Highness would laugh and play another joke on Sykes - get the same response, and laugh some more. The hostess had also to be sure not to invite a member of Society with whom the prince was on the outs. For a long time, Lord Randolph Churchill was not received by the prince and was never invited to a party where royalty was present. The prince was a rake and a womanizer and if he was currently involved with one of his lovers, she had to be included in the guest list. The prince was easily bored and had the attention span of a gnat. He did not like to read, and he could not bear to be alone. The one sure way to keep him happy was to have charming, witty women around. If at any time the prince began to look bored and drum his fingers on the table, the hostess began to worry.
Once the guest list was approved, the hostess had to have the rooms newly decorated and the train station festooned with banners and bunting. There had to be enough carriages for all the guests and enough game for the men to hunt. Then the hostess had to ensure that there would be plenty of food. The Prince of Wales was very stout, to be kind about it, and behind his back, he was referred to as Tum-Tum. He ate about five meals a day - breakfast, luncheon, tea, supper and a midnight snack. He was fond of elaborate food and rich sauces - the richer, the better - and if he took it into his fancy to have a lobster salad at midnight, the hostess had better be able to produce it.
Not only was it expensive to host a house party, it was expensive to be a guest as well, especially for the women. They had to have 4 or 5 changes of clothes every day and a party would usually last from Friday till Monday. At dinner, the guests would all dress formally. The men would wear their medals and orders and the women would be in full evening dress, dazzling jewels, and tiaras to boot. This could cause some anxiety among the guests because the prince was a stickler for correct dress. If he noticed a man wearing a medal incorrectly, he got very upset. At one party, a lady did not wear her tiara because it gave her a headache; instead she wore a diamond ornament in her hair. When the prince noticed it, he scolded her. "The Princess has taken the trouble to wear a tiara, why haven't you"?
So what did the guests do during the party? Usually the men would spend the day hunting. They would rise early, eat breakfast, then go out to the hunting field. The object of the hunt was to kill as many animals (rabbits, pheasants or grouse) as you could. They would stop the hunt for a picnic lunch with the ladies and this would be the only time the men would meet the ladies during the day - women did not hunt.
While the men were slaughtering wildlife, the ladies would read, write letters, converse, or take a walk or drive in the neighborhood in their morning attire. They would change into tweeds to have lunch with the gentlemen. The ladies would change clothes again to join the gentlemen for tea. After tea, they would rest and change clothing yet again for dinner.
After a long and rich dinner, the ladies would leave and the gentlemen would stay at the table for a time drinking and smoking, but the Prince liked the company of women and the gentlemen would soon go to the drawing room to join the ladies. The company would play cards (the prince was very fond of bridge) or they would play various parlor games. The descriptions of some of these games reminds me of The Three Stooges. The guests would get large silver trays, sit one them and slide down the stairs. Sometimes they would even squirt each other with seltzer bottles. They would also play charades, short sheet the beds and generally act silly.
No matter how silly the prince might be acting, the guests had to keep in mind that the gentleman on the other end of the squirt bottle was His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and their future king. Although the prince enjoyed his fun, he was very conscious of his position and did not take his majesty lightly. During one party, the gentlemen were playing billiards and Sir Frederick Johnstone had had too much to drink. The prince said to him, "Freddy, Freddy you are very drunk." to which Sir Frederick replied "And Tum-tum, you are very fat." Sir Frederick found his bags packed and his carriage waiting. The next day. Before breakfast.
House parties were one of the most convenient times for ladies and gentlemen to meet their lovers. Most hostesses knew who was involved with whom and they would situate the bedrooms accordingly. If the locate of the rooms was changed unexpectedly, there could be some embarrassment. At one party, Lord Charles Beresford popped into a bedroom and jumped into bed expecting to find his current lover there, but instead found himself in bed with a very surprised Bishop.
After the party was over, the guests would go back home till the next weekend. The Prince and Princess of Wales would sign the guest book and leave a small token of appreciation, like a Faberge gift box or engraved silver tray. The host and hostess would be left with some newly decorated rooms, some memories and then next week, they would probably be guests at yet another party. Anything to keep boredom at bay.


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Lambda Legal announced today that Baltimore County must grant equal employment benefits to same-sex couples as a result of a binding arbitration decision. That decision came from grievances filed by Lambda and the Baltimore County police union on behalf of two officers who were refused benefits for their same-sex spouses.
Lambda and the Fraternal Order of Police filed grievances on behalf of Officers Margaret Selby and Juanika Ballard, who each married their spouse out-of-state, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively. The two women had asked the County Police Department to add their spouses to their health coverage and were denied because their spouses were of the same-sex, and Maryland does not grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Following a February 2010 legal opinion by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D), the state of Maryland recognizes legal, out-of-state, same-sex marriages. Lambda and the union held the position that because the state recognizes the officers' marriages as valid, the county did not have the right to deny them spousal benefits.
According to Susan Sommer, Lambda Legal's director of constitutional litigation, the collective bargaining agreement between the county and the police union granted spousal benefits to "a spouse in a marriage recognized by the state."
After Lambda and the union entered into binding arbitration with the county, arbitrator Lois Hochhauser found that denying spousal benefits to the police officers was discriminatory and contrary to the county's agreements giving benefits to spouses legally recognized under Maryland law.
In a prepared statement, Sommer said she was pleased that Baltimore County would have to "fulfill its obligation" to the police officers by granting them the same employee benefits and protections granted other officers. She also thanked the Fraternal Order of Police for standing up for the rights of two of its members.
"We believe the county tried to save themselves a few bucks by penny-pinching at the expense of these lesbian police officers," Sommer later told Metro Weekly.
A spokeswoman for the county said its lawyers were still in the process of reviewing the decision, and declined to comment on the ruling.
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In the intense dramatic film "Locke," construction foreman Ivan Locke (played by Tom Hardy) has worked hard to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call in his car that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job and soul. The life-changing news? A woman with whom he had a one-night stand is about to give birth to his child.
"Locke" (written and directed by Steven Knight) is an unusual film because only one actor (Hardy) is seen in the movie, which takes place as Locke is driving his car. The other actors in the movie are voices that are heard in Locke's phone conversations, as he tries to navigate the crises in his career and personal life. Here is what Hardy and Knight said when they did a "Locke" press conference in New York City.
What were the challenges of working in a confined space?
Hardy: There were no challenges at all because it's a small work space. You have less parameters to explore and investigate. It's like being in the dark. It's an easier space. I suppose it's like being in a dog kennel. There are boundaries within that space. In the literal sense, you have my GPS system. I had my box of medicine because I had a cold.
Did you really have a cold?
Hardy: I did actually, which is always the way, isn't it, when you do something at the last minute? You get ill. And that was it, really. The rear view mirror, the [windows] and the road ahead, so it was a safe space to explore.
And lot of the functionality of the piece is in the airways: the conversations coming in from around the country through the phone. It's a talking-head piece anyway. So it was nice to be doing something as simple as fixing a lightbulb or changing a plug. Driving a car in one direction has a simple, practical symbiosis with the radio aspect of what's going on in his head.
Knight: It's an advantage. But the advantage of shooting everything in one space means you can shoot and there's no continuity issue. The background is always changing and it's sort of chaotic in its light. So when you come to the edit, you can always choose according to the performance rather than anything else.
And also, the nature of the space and the nature of the journey offer up all kinds of metaphors that maybe you don't have to force. In other words, Ivan's future is through the windscreen; it's ahead. His past is in the rear view mirror when he speaks to his [absentee] father.
So the space is giving you the journey as well. You know there's a destination. You know there's a beginning, a middle and an end. Normally, when you construct a film, you talk about the three acts. It's there in front of you [in "Locke"].
It was sort of a solid evocation about lots of things that this man's life — in one space. We had three cameras in there at all times. After to the very short shooting period, we pretty much have everything that we could possibly get from that space.
How much research about concrete pouring did you do? What was required to garner the nuance of this Locke character, as opposed to the villain Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises"?
Knight: Fortunately, my experience dealing with concrete was limited. But when I was younger, I worked on building sites and learned that the arrival of concrete is the big day. It's the big drama. It's when the foreman's job is on the line.
And when concrete arrives, you have to deal with it, because it's going to go hard somewhere, and if it goes hard in the wrong place, you've got to dig it up. So, the whole premise of the film is to see an ordinary man and an ordinary tragedy. You also have to do justice to the drama in so-called ordinary lives. Here's a man who runs a construction site, and makes multimillion-pound decisions every day, he gets in his car, and no one knows who he is.
Concrete was great for that. It's a shapeless, solid thing that you have to make into something. That's what Ivan does. He tries to make rational decisions, solve problems, fix things with his hands that are solid. Like John Locke, the philosopher, he's a rationalist. But tonight, of all nights, it's not going to work. There is no practical solution to this problem.
It's like concrete: The baby's going to come. To get the technical stuff, I spent some time with the man who built the shards on the biggest buildings in London. He was very Ivan Locke-like. He was very methodical, very practical.
Hardy: I think there is a theme between all the characters I play. I connect to all of them in some fundamental level. Ultimately, everything's in the script and in what my director and what he's given me. For me, what was interesting about Locke, juxtaposed to anything I've played before, is an essence of containment. You don't have any physical exposition, in a way — physical, like being overtly bombastic or violent.
But there's still a huge amount of vengeance and aggression in Locke, which is deeply rooted, which you never see. He obviously talks to his father. There's a propulsion in him to drive to London, which is compelling enough, which is probably driven with anger, in a lot of ways. But its containment and its slow diffusion and understanding of the deconstruction of his own psychology without an analyst on his own — literally pioneering into the deconstruction of himself and the rebuild of his new life, however he is destroying an old one.
I can understand from looking at it and talking to Steve that there was a part to navigate, which is fascinating of the human condition and ordinary environment. This is very much a hugely dramatic night for an ordinary person and a man — all of us, really. Like any of the cars on the motorway that night, this is one man's night.
We were talking early on that this could've easily have been called "Not Very Nice Wednesday." It wasn't so far removed from home in many ways. A lot of people, friends of mine, who have seen the film have responded in a way in which they've said, "That hits very close to home." That just goes to show that you don't have to have huge stunts and vagarious characters, which are fantastic as well, to elicit a response from an audience who's intelligent and demands a certain stimulus and buttons to be pushed from their films or their books or their paintings or music or whatever it is.
Containment, just as a purely technical aspect of acting, Ivan's not too far from who I am, to be honest. It was nice to play with containment — a man that puts out fires and is technically very good at calming other people, being an anchor for so many other people, even in places that are not solid. And yet everything goes horribly, horribly wrong for him.
And perhaps his natural M.O. to be the fire-calmer, the guy who puts things out and can organize, join the dots and problem solve finds himself, ultimately, in a position where he can't solve this problem, and he can't do anything about it. And Locke is a floodgate of psychological and human paradoxes and grayness, which is terrifying for him.
But ultimately, he breaks new ground for himself. On that journey, he has a clean sheet by the end of it, whether you like him or not. He has courage and bravery to completely deconstruct himself and leave himself naked. Whether you like him or not is irrelevant. That fact that he was brave enough to try makes him less than ordinary, that he faced something, rather clumsily, a situation that I would have personally been terrified of.
Can you talking about technical aspects of filming those driving scenes?
Hardy: I was pretending to drive. It would have been illegal to read the Autocue and drive at the same time. It's really simple. I was reading the Autocue, so that is similar to watching the road. I was reading the script, because I didn't know the lines. I got the script three days before we started shooting. So if you didn't notice I was reading the lines, then that's a bonus.
This is my first result. Sleight of hand. I don't know what's going on. I'm following the script, which is beautifully written. I've also got phone calls coming in, live feeds into my ear, when Steve says, "OK, call Tommy now."
The phone goes off and I have to speak to my ensemble, who were in a hotel room calling me live, and then I'd react in real time to them, as well as being on the back of a load driving on the M1, watching cars go past. And I have a cold.
My life wasn't so dissimilar to Ivan Locke's at the time. All of that, hopefully, translated into the serendipity of the character. Then I tried a dodgy Welsh accent, just to add insult to injury. I tried on my best Welsh.
Did you channel Richard Burton when you were doing the Welsh accent?
Hardy: I channeled him and I failed. A proper Welshman would probably say it was awful, but I listened to Richard Burton. The Welsh accent is very gentle and very kind. But also there's something about that country, which is built on harsh terrain, and it's very windy and wet.
It's a very powerful country, in many ways, with the elements. For me, it's symbolic of where Ivan came from. We wanted a working-class character, without trying to be classist, sort of blue-collar, who worked his way from the floor up to being incredibly successful at what he does and under an incredible amount of pressure. But ultimately, his grass roots come from a specific postcode.
Whether or not I was absolutely on the money with my accent, that's subject to taste and people's ears. The long and short of it is the Welsh accent seemed to be particularly relevant for two reasons:
One: A lot of tough men and women have come out of Wales, and they endured a lot of incredible weathering elementals, and they work incredibly hard, physically.
Two: There's a very gentle, kind and compassionate, almost melodic — not soporific, because we don't want people to fall asleep — but there's a gentleness to it, because as we watch Ivan's face, we see what he's thinking, we hope. And you hear what the people on the other end of the phone hear.
And it has to be a calming influence, and he has to sound like he's in control and calm and somebody you can rely on in crisis. And Wales seemed like a very good essence for that — that sound. So Richard Burton as key — and Anthony Hopkins.
Steven, can you talk about your collaboration with "Locke" cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos?
Knight: Basically, I said, "Haris, you have to make it look interesting," and he did it. He's brilliant. Like everyone else on this project, because he was so different, and we were breaking the rules in so many ways, people relish the challenge. What I said to Haris in the beginning was that I would love for this to be something where you can just hear the sound and it would work, or you can turn the sound down and look at it and it would be beautiful, it would be hypnotic.
There is something very beautiful about nighttime motorways in urban environments from a moving vehicle. It's lovely. I can't remember the name of the device, but he rediscovered some of device that enhanced reflection, and it hadn't been used since the '50s. We get the real reflection, but you get reflections of reflections as well.
Since we were really moving on a real road, you get happy accidents, you get lovely reflections. You get shaking on the road — sometimes at the exact moment that Ivan is shaking. All of those things were welcome in the edit.
A truck comes alongside and it just says, "It's always been." And then it goes away. You couldn't plan that, and you couldn't think of that. The randomness of the real world comes in and helps you and goes away again.
Haris designed how we shot the film. He placed the three cameras: one which was at a sensible angle, one was a little less and one was quite exotic into a solid mirror or pointing at reflections. So we always had options within any one journey or any one sequence. But he was brilliant.
What is the significance of the bracelet that Locke wears?
Hardy: It's a Help for Heroes bracelet. It's a charity for servicemen and servicewomen, to support the wounded.
Is that a charity you personally support in real life?
Hardy: Yeah, as well as the Prince's Trust and the Lifeboat Association, because they're all relevant. The Prince's Trust in our country helps a lot of people get into work and takes kids and teaches them a trade, anything from plastering to music. There's a lot of placement for kids in hard-to-reach areas. So that was a connection.
Ivan's the type of person who would reach out, certainly with the builders he would work with. I also wanted him to be the submarine captain in "Das Boot," hence the naval sweater and the chunky knit jumper and beard, like Captain Haddock in "Tintin." I draw sources from everywhere.
But the Lifeboat is symbolic of Picard in the middle of the storm, holding it all together. Anyone can steer a ship in the calm, but it takes somebody quite specific to steer the ship in a storm. So the Lifeboat sign was very specific. Everything was chosen. Help for Heroes is genuinely an amazing charity.
Ivan needed a little bit of help himself, to be honest. He wasn't a military hero, but he was in his own crisis. It was just an echo that was relatable in a way. He's the type of guy who would support a charity like that — and here he is, in a pickle himself.
There were quite a few character objects. There was nothing extraneous in that car. Everything was chosen, right down to the barber shirts with the specific cross. Everything was thought of, including the handkerchief and sleeve from having the cold, which I did have. I remember my mom, stuffing the handkerchief up the sleeve — that's what moms do. Sometimes they spit on hankies.
Trying to hold a sneeze in when you're trying to have a very important business conversation. Of course, no one can see you're doing that; no one knows where you are when you're on the phone. Unless you're in a bathroom that echoes, no one knows.
I was trying to create an environment of that juxtaposition of that reality. Here I am having a very important conversation. And someone's asking, "Are you listening?" I am listening, but I'm just trying to stop snot coming from out of my face.
It's inappropriate for what I'm doing at the moment. Life goes on, even for the most mundane. So everything is specific to character — I hoped anyway.
You only had six days to film "Locke." Was it stressful?
Knight: It wasn't really. Once we knew the way we were going to do it, and the structure, it was going to be what it was going to be. The only variable, really, was Tom and Tom's performance, and I knew that would be fantastic. That's why he was there, because he's the best actor that we had. So it wasn't stressful, in that sense.
The only thing that was stressful in the sense that certain technical things could have gone wrong, like the concrete maybe. But when they did go wrong, we tried to use it. One example is since the BMW was on a low loader, it wasn't driving, he hadn't bothered to fill it with petrol, and the vehicle kept telling you its low on the petrol by making a dinging noise. So in the edit, we would just put [a voice saying], "You have a call waiting" instead the noise. All happy accidents welcome.
Can you talk about the emotional scenes where Locke is breaking down while he's talking to his absentee father as if his father is in the car with him?
Knight: When you're alone in a car, you're alone in a very particular way. It's not like being alone in a film. Your body drives, and your mind is free. If you go on a long journey, you start to analyze your life. You look at the future, your past, things you've said and things you shouldn't have said.
I think that's why a lot of people talk to themselves in cars, because they're having this inner dialogue, which is justified to have the father in his rear-view mirror. And sometimes when he's talking to his father, his lips are not moving, because it's in his head. This is what goes around and around in his head.
Did you ever consider "Locke" to be a theater production? Would you want it to be a theater production?
Knight: I wanted to blur the lines between the two [cinema and theater], to be honest, which is to take the screen and make it the theater and have a theater experience, so you get the intimacy that you get in the theater, but make it into a film. It would be great to see it staged and lit in a particular way. I'm sure it would work that way. But it was conceived, absolutely, as a film.
Hardy: "Becket" springs to mind. And "Waiting for Godot" and various [Harold] Pinter [productions]. There's all kinds of feelings for me of a convention where I can see it [as a theater production]. I do come from journeying in the theater.
To be honest, for me at age 36, it was the perfect hybrid of radio, a screenplay and a stage play. We sat around the table read for five days, and then we shot for five days straight on the road. So you're neither shooting a rehearsal period, and you're neither actually shooting a film. You're shooting a rehearse reading, technically. You're somewhere in between the three; it was experimental.
We sat around a table for a nine-hour day, for five days with the cast, and went through the script as a pretty straightforward theater practitioner stuff. Rather than standing it up, we just shifted straight to shooting a film. I was seated for that.
The initial response to reading material, you get (not often) a very interesting first read. Once the chemistry has connected in a room with a bunch of actors, you will hear a play in a certain way. And going into a rehearsal period, within six weeks into the run, you start to see a new dynamic on that play, once everybody stood it, felt it, moved it around, then start to go back again to where they were in the first day of rehearsal and start to reinvest in that.
What was interesting about this film, for me, was that it was a hybrid of all of those, and we ran a camera on it whilst we were rehearsing. Also investigating a space, which was contained. It was kind of a perfect blend, but neither nor or any of the different mediums going on all at once. And the fact that you only had one person in the room that you could see, and the rest were delivered via sound, created a really interesting hybrid of all those three things.
And watching the rehearsal room in process, because none of it was fully formed. It was open to, as Steve said, instances of accidents — happy accidents that would come in, stuff that you would never see in a rehearsal room was shot — and that makes for large parts of the film.
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A year ago the Internet saw a rash of malware known as ransomware. This malicious form of cyber attack is known for infecting a computer and encrypting a drive. The victim is then unable to recover their data until paying a ransom to the attacker. Middlebury, like many other institutions was not immune to this form of attack.
A week ago the FBI announced a new variant on a common form of these attacks known as CryptoWall. This form of ransomware is known to have four methods of infecting a computer.
- Phishing: the attacker may lure a victim into downloading an infected attachment through a phishing campaign and thereby compromising the drive on their system.
- Phishing: the attacker lures the victim into clicking on a link to a malicious web site where the victim unknowingly downloads the malicious software onto their system and compromises their drive.
- Infected ad: the attacker posts and infected ad on a website which a user might click thereby causing the download of malicious software.
- Compromised website: the attacker compromises a website so when a user visits the website they unknowingly download malicious software and compromise their system.
According to the FBI, by far the most common method of attack is phishing, particularly with attachments in the message.
What you can do to protect yourself:
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The new dungeon challenges players to collect five new pieces of class-specific armor, score new high-powered weapons, take on new living and mechanical monsters, take on four tough bosses, complete 10 dungeon quests. All players can take on 15 new quests to help them level to the entrance requirement faster.
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TEMPE, Ariz. - Ten Arizona State student-athletes and 14 2013 signees were selected in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Four were taken on the first day, followed by seven on the second day and 13 on the final day.
This is the third consecutive year that ASU has had double-digit draft picks and the 18th time in program history.
Deven Marrero went to the Boston Red Sox with the 24th overall pick and is the highest Sun Devil draftee since 2009. Five Sun Devils were selected in the first five rounds of the draft for the first time since 1984, including Brady Rodgers and Andrew Aplin, who both went to the Houston Astros, Joey DeMichele to the Chicago White Sox, and Jake Barrett to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Both Rodgers, a native of Richmond, Texas, and Barrett, a native of Mesa, Ariz., went to their hometown teams.
Five Sun Devils were taken on the final day of the draft. First baseman Abe Ruiz was also drafted by the White Sox and right-handed reliever Robert Ravago was taken by the Miami Marlins. Both starting catchers from the 2012 season were drafted as Beau Maggi went to the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Max Rossiter. Former ASU baseball player and current ASU football player Brandon Magee also went to the Red Sox.
The ASU baseball program has now had 389 players drafted by the Major Leagues, which is the most all-time among NCAA schools. Former Sun Devil outfielder Rick Monday was the first-ever MLB Draft pick in 1965 when he was selected No. 1 overall by the Kansas City Athletics.
Clint Coulter, 26th overall, 1st round, Milwaukee Brewers
Paul Blackburn, 56th overall, Compensation A, Chicago Cubs
Mitch Nay, 58th overall, Compensation A, Toronto Blue Jays
Keiran Lovegrove, 110th overall, 3rd round, Cleveland Indians
Ryan Kellogg, 385th overall, 12th round, Toronto Blue Jays
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Will Ethington, 541st overall, 17th round, Boston Red Sox
Tony Blanford, 578th overall, 18th round, Philadelphia Phillies
Jorge Flores, 596th overall, 19th round, Toronto Blue Jays
David Graybill, 956th overall, 31st round, Los Angeles Dodgers
Ryan Burr, 1026th overall, 33rd round, Texas Rangers
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Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here today to witness the signing of the renewal of the Sister City agreement between Washington, DC and Bangkok. Thank you Mayor Gray and Governor Sukhumbhand for inviting me and for signing this important agreement. We are grateful that Ambassador Chaiyong is here with us today.
Since Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton created the Office of Global Intergovernmental Affairs in 2010, I have witnessed firsthand the overwhelming power of Sister City relationships in citizen diplomacy and cultural and economic exchanges across the United States and around the world.
I am delighted to see Mary Kane here today. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Sister Cities International on the successful launch this week of a new brand to further their momentum and important work of strengthening global citizenship.
The United States is proud of our longstanding alliance and friendship with the Royal Kingdom of Thailand, and we are committed to its future. As Secretary Clinton has said, "Our nations are connected through not only our security cooperation and business ties, but the democratic values we share and the bonds of family and friendship that link our people."
It is indeed fitting that our capital cities, Washington, DC and Bangkok are reaffirming their partnership to link city governments, business and cultural communities and citizens. I visited Bangkok last year and had the opportunity to meet Governor Sukhumbhand. I was struck by the beauty, vitality, and history of your city.
I believe that this Sister City relationship between Washington, DC and Bangkok will foster strong bonds across culture, politics, and business. It is a relationship between cities, but more importantly, a relationship between the people of those cities. On behalf of the U.S. Department of State and Secretary Clinton, I would like to congratulate Washington, DC and Bangkok on the renewal of their Sister City relationship.


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Blog Gems: Love Is in the Air
In honor of Valentine's Day, Jen at The King and Eye has asked us to share a post from our archives about something or someone that we love. Because I am a die-hard romantic, I went for an inanimate object. My iPhone. I love my iPhone and so does Audrey. And it loves us back unconditionally. Well, charging it might be one condition but that's entirely reasonable.
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Legal leverage: Laws to fight pornography aren't being used, anti-porn activists say
Along with prosecuting child pornography, federal law also prohibits knowingly distributing obscenity to minors, as well as creating misleading web addresses or web images designed to deceive children into viewing pornography.
Child porn is one area where the government can focus its resources and rest assured that their enforcement activities are going to stand up to the scrutiny of the law, says Marcia Hofmann, an attorney who specializes in Internet law.
"There's a tremendously strong interest in protecting children," she says. "When the law enforcement starts to go into areas where there is less of a compelling interest, then there's a great fear of getting in a big fight over whether prosecution is OK."
And this is where the public could step in and show prosecutors there's still a compelling interest to prosecute, says Trueman. After all, law enforcement operates off of complaints, he says.
"If you don't like the situation, if you don't like a porn shop in your town, contact the district attorney. Make sure their phones ring off the hook," he says. "But the public isn't doing that. They haven't done that for many years."
Perhaps it's because many feel the battle against the spread of pornography is futile, says Volokh.
"If a prosecutor wants to prosecute distributors of online porn under Miller, there's a good chance he'll get a conviction," Volokh says. "But if the goal of the prosecutor is to make porn less accessible, that's what's not possible. One thing that we have found, is that in free countries, it's hard to stop the spread of things that people want to consume."
The government could try to install something like a nationwide China-like firewall, (which would incur massive opposition) or begin monitoring ISPs and the raid the homes of people acquiring obscenity, which is legal to possess, but not to acquire or transport. It would be a rare, but legal charge, too draconian "even for people who'd like to wave a magic wand and have all porn gone," Volokh says.
But enforcing existing law isn't draconian, it's responsible, Buchanan insists. Yes, it's difficult and requires significant time and energy, but it sends a message to the public, to pornographers and to other prosecutors that obscenity is taken seriously and that the laws written to enforce it are still being used.
"To bring these cases is important because it reminds the people in the community that it is their choice on what material they find offensive, and what material they think that the law applies to," she says. "If they don't speak up, then prosecutors won't know that this type of material is material that they don't want in their communities."
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Communicate with local law enforcement and prosecutors as well as state prosecutors about establishments or Internet sites you find offensive and problematic
Write letters or call companies that use sexually explicit advertising and express your concern and determination to shop elsewhere
Refuse to support companies that make money off of distributing pornography. For information on such companies visit pornharms.com/dirtydozen
Become educated about the applicable obscenity laws in your state and at the federal level
Become educated about pornography and pornography addiction
Talk to youths about sexuality and appropriate expressions of intimacy
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Martial Arts Training In Cornelius: Become A Better You
"We at Kinchen Martial Arts appreciate you visiting our site. We hope you'd choose us to begin or continue your martial arts education. However, you should learn a bit about who we are and what we have to offer. As you review our site, you will gain an understanding of who we are. If you find the information valuable, please don't hesitate to contact us."
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The emphasis of our martial arts school or dojo,is on building physical fitness, developing character, and self-defense. We strive to increase each student's self worth.
At Kinchen Martial Arts, training in martial arts is more than a physical activity, it's a way of life. You join a group with a rare kinship, that's focused on improving physical fitness, coordination, discipline, self-defense skills, and self-confidence.
The ultimate aim in martial arts in not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. This character building is probably the least obvious aspect of the training to the untrained eye, but it is the very core or essence of why we train. In every class at our school, we discuss elements of personal character like: generosity, integrity, perseverance, respect, honor, loyalty and courage.
These values are especially important when working with children and families – the primary focus of our martial arts school in Cornelius NC.
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ST. LOUIS - Kaixuan 'Sherry' Zhang of Southern Illinois and Robin Goodman of Drake University have been selected Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Week, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. Goodman and Zhang were honored for their performances during the period of March 17-23.
Zhang earned two All-America honors at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Zhang finished third in the three-meter dive at the NCAA Championships, earning first-team All-America honors. She also finished third in the consolation final at the one-meter dive, earning honorable mention All-America honors.
To qualify for Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week laurels, student-athletes must carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20, completed at least one academic year at a Valley institution and must be at least a sophomore in academic standing.
Redshirt freshmen and first-year junior college transfers are not eligible. In addition to the academic qualifications, student-athletes will be evaluated on their athletic performance for a one-week period.


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GK was quoted in the January 29th edition of USA TODAY about J.D. Salinger's legacy. Only one quote the first one here made it to the final version, but we saved them all. Feel free to post your own thoughts, about Mr. Salinger, his books, phonies, or any of his characters, in the comments below.
"[Salinger was] the great author of my teenage years. He was one of those authors you felt intimately friends with and wished you could call him up on the phone and talk, which is why, I suppose, he spent all those years in New Hampshire not taking phone calls. There must have been millions of young people who wanted to talk to him."
"If you wanted to be cool you talked to the cool kids who told you to read Catcher in the Rye. Teachers didn't. The cool kids did. It was a grassroots literary movement."
"You wanted to be friends with Holden Caulfield You wanted to rescue him and take him home."
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It's ironic that the attitude of teachers toward Catcher in the Rye has changed so much that it is now taught in many high schools. Because of this, kids think of it as required reading, and anything but "cool." Nothing ruins the appeal of a book more completely than having an adult tell you that you have to read it (and write an essay on it by next week).
Holden Caufield made an enormous impression on my life. I empathized with the the way he expressed his ideas of the world-so curiously strange and funny. We became friends in an instant.
When I really think about it, I married Holden Caufield and it was OK, really.
Not only Holden, but Franny.
That pre-game lunch & little cloth-bound book.
More great images, great writing!
Not only Franny, but Buddy and Seymour Glass and all the rest. Thinking about all of the work it seems like Catcher is the anomoly rather than the opus.
Sadly it is complete now, unless he pulled a Wyeth and there is a hidden trove of work in the attic. But that wouldn't be very Salinger would it?
It was required reading for my freshman English class at Gustavus Adolphus the fall of 1959. I had trouble getting through it, and thought it just left you hanging with no satisfactory ending. I did not identify with any of the characters. I loved to read (still do) and have enjoyed many of the classics. However, this book, as well as "The Great Gatsby," "The Yearling" and "Old Man and the Sea" did not impress me. I couldn't get all the way through them - the only reason I read all the way through "Catcher" is that it was required reading. I have recently discovered Elizabeth George and am reading her mysteries. Also, I have read all of Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who-" mysteries. Don't know what that says of me.
We obediently let a smile be our umbrella, but beneath it was our Holden Caufield malaise. Salinger taught us to bring it out. It became collective malaise, not just personal, and not all our own fault. Inevitably we turned political. Widespread disaffection was the specific premise of the Port Huron Declaration. I'm grateful to Salinger.
When I was returning to the US from a week at Aruba and Bonaire, the news was J D Salinger had died. This morning I read pieces about him in the New Yorker by Adam Gopnik and Lillian Ross, as well as an author I am not familiar with, John Seabrook.
My most favorite scene in a book is the opening of "Zooey." Zooey Glass lies in the bathtub smoking. He has been there for hours, comfortably which I never could have been. I loved that he smoked while bathing – it was part of the excess of his life that I envied, a true decadence which I was not able to indulge in. Better yet, this was a character in a short story – for me the fiction more true than truth. I so wanted to be Zooey, capable of enjoying a bath for hours and smart enough to know how to smoke and not get the cigarette too wet that it smoked out and fell apart.
My first and best boyfriend told me to read Catcher in the Rye, I was nearly 15. I took every word to heart and he of course was Holden. Only 3 or 4 other moments in my adolescence meet me daily in remembrance as certain as my understanding of everything Holden and that boyfriend meant.
Reading tributes (the wholly wrong word) about J D Salinger, by those who knew him makes me also at peace that the book he wrote was the one I read. And all the stories afterward from Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, Nine Stories were written in the world in which I lived, or wanted to live.
There is no difference in the things that matter in the girl that read those stories 45 years ago and the woman who writes today. Except today she still must go out to the world of phonies and measure up to marks that still look like those awful impositions Holden battled.
Yet in moments with those true friends, those understanding of Emerson, all is as comfortable as Zooey in his bathtub, and no one cares if ashes float on the surface of the world made in my image, where I am still 14, believing my boyfriend will actually come get me one day and we will sail around the Bahamas in a banana boat; where everyone is as smart and flippant as Zooey and Holden and Seymour.
I went to a private school of secondary education in the 1980's and I was forced to read Catcher in the Rye which I found tedious because I couldn't understand the point of the book. Recently I tried to read the book again but couldn't manage to finish it which is ironic because I like reading classic works of fiction. Is there something I am missing? Should focus on a meaning or an image while reading this book? I do not know what the answer to these questions are but I would like to be able to go back and read the story again and see if I can't gather some meaning about the book.
Suggest that those who couldn't get into Catcher in the Rye, didn't understand its appeal, etc., are/were teenagers who were content and comfortable with their lives as teenagers; whereas, those who did understand it and felt it spoke to them in highly personal ways as adolescents, were not particularly comfortable with their world, and were bothered by the degree to which hypocrisy and arbitrariness characterized much of conventional adult society.
Holden Caulfield made me feel better when I was a teenager and hadn't yet a date for a party that was written up in the social section of our
evenimg newspaper, the Nashville Banner - I listed as my date "Holden Caulfield" and that is what was printed. The society editor didn't know the difference, and I felt extremely smart and of course, cool!
I wanted to be Holden Caufield. I wanted hold Franny Glass, recite the Jesus prayer, and tell her everything would be OK. I grieved for Allie Caulfield and Seymour and Walt Glass. I've read Catcher at least 15 times and I've come to realize that changes in my view of Holden are benchmarks of my pitifully slow progress toward maturity. After my first reading of Catcher when I was 12 I tried to find a deerstalker cap but I wasn't sure what a deerstalker cap was. I'm pretty sure one didn't exist in York, PA in 1959. In 1966 I went drinking with Robert Ackley's daughter. It seems Salinger delighted in naming undesirable characters after his friends as a joke, and the Robert Ackley character with the annoying habits and mossy teeth was named after a friend of Salinger's at Valley Forge Military Acadamy, which was the model for Pencey Prep. The real Ackley's daughter attended the same college I did in Erie, PA around 1965 - 1967 and we went out drinking a few times. Years ago I would check the telephone directories in cities I visited to see if they had listings for Holden Caulfield or Seymour Glass. Sure enough, both were listed in the Manhattan directory for a few years in the late '80s. They've since disappeared. I always wondered if these were real people, or names entered by Salinger's fans or possibly Salinger himself.
I don't care for it much now, but in 1968 when I was 17, it knocked me on my butt and made me break out into a sweat. Thousands of books later, no book has come close to doing that to me.
When my daughter was hovering on the brink of adolesence, and the toys of her childhood sat silently on the shelves lining her room, she told me how sad it made her that nothing at all had replaced them. What was she supposed to do now? It was then that I introduced her to "Catcher in the Rye." She read it, and I heard her chuckling as she read, other times, very quiet. When she was done, she asked for another book. Reading took the place of the hours spent with Barbi. J.D. Salinger. Hat's off, and thank you.
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