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Sure, he uses funny stories in an attempt to make sense of the universe. Yes, he sometimes uses comedy as therapy, but he also has used it to help at-risk kids and young men who were in prison because of their involvement with gangs.
Since the early 1990s, Odes has worked doing workshops with the poet Robert Bly.
"One day he said that I needed to work with the young men in society," Odes said during an interview with The Park Record from his home in Los Angeles. "I agreed, but didn't know what I was going to do."
A few months later, Odes accepted an invitation to teach stand-up to a group of about 15 convicted gang members.
"We used stand-up as a way to let them tell their story and put things in perspective," Odes remembered. "We would then mentor them between the laughs."
What Odes learned from that experience was how crucial communication was in raising children.
"I found that no one ever listened to them throughout their lives while they were growing up," he said "I mean, people would talk at them, but when it came for them to reach out, no one would hear what they wanted to say."
That was when Odes realized how "tripped up" some lives can get.
"I found how small imperfections in the human spirit can get you in trouble if you're impatient and/or impulsive," he said.
Unfortunately, Odes never learned what happened to these boys after the program stopped.
"It was against the law to keep in touch with them," he said. "This was back in 1990, so these boys are around 40 now, and I wonder what they are doing."
Coaching these boys in comedy is just a little highlight in the Odes' career that has included studying at Chicago's famed Second City and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.
Odes' knack for making people laugh had become evident in high school.
"I would get bored in class and say funny things to the student next to me," he said. "They would laugh and get in trouble."
However, comedy wasn't what Odes' family wanted him to do.
He was not only was a good student, but also understood engineering and math.
"My dad was a dentist and both my dad's parents were dentists, so they were thinking about having three generations in a row. But then I went into comedy," Odes said, "and that was tough on them."
Odes entered comedy through the backdoor.
"At first, I wanted to go into television," he said. "I wanted to produce great shows and write for shows. I got a degree in television broadcasting and got a job offer at CBS right out of college, and then I realized I didn't like the medium." He turned down the offer because he wanted to write comedy.
"I wanted to see if I could make it with other funny people," Odes said. "I went on stage to see if I could sell my jokes and got hooked."
Odes sought smart comics and smart satirical writers.
"When I was young, we always had a newspaper in the kitchen and (columnist) Mike Ryko, who was this amazing writer from Chicago, where I grew up, was funny and smart and insightful," Odes said. "I also loved Bill Cosby and had all his albums and my friend Joe Wildman and I tried to memorize them."
When Odes went to college, he found no one funnier than Wildman.
"So when I came home, I told him that I would write down everything we said and did, because he was so funny," Odes remembered. "I took a notebook with me everywhere." Finally, the two decided to create a play out of the things they recorded in the notebook.
"We performed it in Chicago and got actors from Second City to help out," Odes said.
That's when the two were invited by Second City to join their workshops.
"We didn't know how lucky we were," Odes said. "We had just jumped through a two-year waiting list to join the workshops."
During that time, Odes and Wildman formed a group called Theatrical Experience Ltd.
"It was a lot of fun and I decided to do it on my own after everyone left," he said.
That's when everything began changing for Odes.
"I was working nine shows a week and was headlining a lot in Michigan," he said. "One day, when I was doing my taxes in my mom's kitchen for the $4,000 I made the year before, the phone rang."
The call was from Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
"I nearly hung up because I thought it was a friend of mine," Odes said with a fond laugh. "The next morning I was on a plane to Hollywood."
Paramount wanted to test Odes for a new TV series with a show at the famed Comedy Store nightclub.
"I went on at the Comedy Store my first night in Hollywood and did really well," he said. "The next night Mitzi Shore (founder of the Comedy Store) was there, and after I finished my set, she told me I could work there anytime I wanted."
So Odes stayed in California.
"I would do five shows a week and then went down to San Diego (for more shows) twice a month," he said. "It paid the rent."
Odes' neighbors included Benmont Tench, the keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and a young kid named Johnny Depp, who wanted to be a guitarist.
"That was the group we had Thanksgiving dinner with," Odes said.
Throughout the early part of his career, Odes thought he would become a comedian like Patton Oswalt or Paula Poundstone, but his road took him in a different direction.
"I met poets, storytellers and scientists," Odes said with a laugh. "After meeting these types of people, I've been thrown into a place where I've become friends with psychologists and innovators."
Through his acquaintances and friends, Odes began developing his brand of intellectual stand-up.
"In the beginning, you play with the standard tricks and try to make a joke out of everything," he said. "But my passion has always been about trying to understand the universe. It's kind of like philosophy."
"Comedy should mean something," Odes said. "You try to be more brave or more insightful. That's what I'm after, because when you are honest, usually other people feel the same way. It gets to the point where something bad will happen to me and I couldn't wait to tell everybody."
approaching his comedy in a philosophical way, Odes has shaped a rewarding career.
"I can make the smartest people I know laugh by using the smartest stuff I know," he said. "That's really fun."
A few years ago, Odes did some workshops with psychologist James Hillman, best known as author of the 1997 book "The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling."
"One of the highlights of my life is that one day James was going to leave a workshop early because he wasn't feeling well, but stayed to see my show," Odes said.
Comedians Carey Odes and Eric Hunter will perform at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St., on Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $19 to $32 and are available by visiting www.parkcityshows.com .


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For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. NLT
Does this scripture mean that God made everyone disobedient just to have mercy on us?
Does this scripture mean that God made everyone disobedient just to have mercy on us?
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I do not believe so. In fact, the NKJV version tells it a little differently and doing so it lines up with more scripture.
God doesn't "make" us be disobedient but rather he brings to light our disobedience so we can repent.
The point it is making is that according to God we are all disobedient and therefore we all need mercy and grace. He provided that grace through the finished work of Jesus on the cross.
Romans 12:33 (after the one you've just asked about:
So even Paul marvelled at the statement you are asking about, because its quite a paradox when you first consider it.
By way of comparison, to Romans 11:32
The inspired writings say many things which seem counter-intuitive to what we learn, such as Isaiah 6:10 where it seems to imply stupidity is pushed upon people by God's will, but there is more to it than that. Compare: John 9:41
Ideally our less-than-perfect (sinful) circumstances should be humbling, the constant reminder of sin and it's results, which has the most important effect of showing the necessity of drawing closer to the means of our saving, God himself.
Note: The other side of these things is that a case is progressively built against the Devil who is the original and constant cause of man's falling. Revelation 12:10
Does the scripture mean God made us disobedient just to have mercy on us? No. God does not make us disobedient. Man, with the help of the enemy, chooses to be disobedient
Romans Chapter 11 is about the struggles of the Jews and the Gentiles in accepting the gospel. There was a remnant of the Jews that accepted the gospel, Romans 11;7.
Romans 11;17,20,21
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partaketh of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
The olive tree is Israel, the wild olive tree is the Gentiles.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded but fear; 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Romans 11;32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
No one in un belief is excluded, all, by the mercy of God may obtain salvation.

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A New Year.
And we are still enduring this transition - of changing jobs and embarking on study-adventures.
Transition always brings hope.
But transition is also hard - like turning a ship or pushing a car back up a hill.
And honestly, the hard bits have got me down... way down - even in the freshness of the New Year. That way-down feeling made me forget a few things.
So I'm reminding myself today as I cover another hope-filled nugget from Ann Voskamp's book One Thousand Gifts
"But if we don't intentionally commit to the hard practice of seeing, don't we die in a barren wilderness? Anger, frustration, emptiness?"
"I either take this 'what is it?' manna with thanks, eat the mystery of the moment with trust, and am nourished another day - or refuse it...and die."
There really is no choice, when it comes down to it, but to simply live in gratitude and look for good in life every day.
What do we really want out of life? Yes, we want a better life. Sure, we want more money, achievement, a holiday, whatever...
But I know that what you truly want is joy - true joy, joy that stays.
Even Linus, when asked by Charlie Brown what he wants to be when he grows up, turns and says, very seriously: "Outrageously happy!"
Don't we all want this? And doesn't God want is for us even more than we do?
I believe this is possible.
But I find it easy to fall into negativity, focusing on all the struggles and "splatters of disappointment" in my life. It's easy to refuse to be grateful for anything, when I'm overwhelmed by trouble and lack. I have gotten to points where I even refuse consolation from others, because I am so fixated on the negative aspects of life - all the ugliness. But where has this landed me? There's nothing constructive in constant complaining or only ever looking at the problems and the pain. The result of this way of thinking is simply just more problems and pain - "Anger, frustration, emptiness". A vicious cycle really. A black, bottomless, aching hole.
But when I look at my life and accept that there are not always answers for the bad stuff "eat the mystery", thanking God anyway - for the good things, and continue to do this, I re-calibrate my mind. I learn to trust God again - with my whole heart. Honestly now, this finds me filled with a sense of peace and joy - an "outrageous happy". I feel like I can see above the storm clouds (and yes, they are always there) to a place of light and warmth and hope.
And I want that - everyday. I choose to want it. I choose "the hard practice of seeing" - seeing the good - even the ugly-beautiful. And I am filled. "nourished".
A Quiet Joy
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013
thanking God for the ugly parts...
"That which we refuse to thank Christ for - we refuse to believe Christ can redeem" - Ann Voskamp - One Thousand Gifts
This was a hard one to swallow. It meant that God wanted me to thank him for even the bad things when they, in my mind, seem far from redemption.
Five months ago, my husband and I came under immense judgment for a decision we made in obedience to God. Relationships that we thought could be trusted were severed in one devastating instant. As we embarked on a new and exciting journey, we also moved forward, aching and reeling and trying to make sense of what was lost.
During this time, I fought and hated and cried and stung and questioned.
And one day, I decided to gather some of those heart-words from Ann Voskamp and paste them up on my kitchen walls and cupboards - along with the carved lettering my mother sent me for my birthday: Grace; Eucharisteo; Thanksgiving; Joy.
So I could be reminded, and so those words would sink in and somehow become a reality in the desert that I was in.
"That which we refuse to thank Christ for - we refuse to believe Christ can redeem" - these words hang strategically right above the sink.
Many days, I did the dishes and read these words and wondered at them, that "God works all things for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose." This was not my reality.
Probably, just short of two weeks ago, I decided to take that risk and thank God for the ugly - for the way we were prejudged and written off, for painful, heartbreaking, condemning words from one whom we trusted.
I had forgiven by this time, but had never thanked God for what happened.
And so, that morning, hands deep in soapy water, I thanked him for the devastating and acknowledged his power to redeem anything and everything no matter how bad it is.
Today, I am overwhelmed by reconciliation, a softening of hearts, by an embrace in arms that once pointed fingers, genuine, loving words from a mouth that once held piercing arrows, by a welcome instead of a judgment.
I am overwhelmed by redemption.
I will keep thanking for everything and in everything.
But today, I thank God...
for the ugly-beautiful - that which he has redeemed and is redeeming.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Complaint or Christ?
"Does my life testify to my belief in the power of complaint or the power of Christ?"
(so this took me a while but here's my first reflections on the book)
It's so easy to complain. Sometimes complaint gets things done – like perhaps in customer service – but even then, there are no guarantees. People fail.
By complaining about my life and circumstances I am either placing confidence in myself – my own ability to make something of my life - which then implies that I've failed at that already. Or I'm placing my confidence in people or "the system" or society which will always be flawed. And where will that complaint get me ultimately?
Nowhere, really.
Because it is all fallible, this world, its people, their futile efforts to make it all a better place.
And then, when I get nowhere, I complain into the air… and ultimately about or to God.
He has failed me. Why are things not happening the way I planned, the way I prayed? Why does disappointment settle so heavily in my heart and mind? Why?
And where does complaining to God get me?
Again. Nowhere.
Don't get me wrong, he wants to hear our prayers and he listens and has compassion when we are confused and upset and even when we question things.
But beyond that, where is my confidence going to find a solid place to stand if complaint is all I ever fall back on? Where will that leave me, really?
There is more to what I experience to be disappointment in my life.
Question – has God ever really failed you? Has God ever failed me?
I do feel that sometimes.
I don't understand him, so I dismiss him and his way of doing things.
But if he understands me, then isn't that enough?
If he has miraculously proved Himself faithful to me in the past, then isn't that enough, to hope for good things to come? Because he is the same, yesterday, today and forever?
Maybe it's about time I start trying something new.
Complaint has gotten me nowhere.
Christ. I have nothing to lose, except myself – in his kindness and faithfulness and redemptive power.
"Jesus' blood never failed me yet"
That is enough.
Christ is enough.
He will see me through. Always has. Always will.
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Despite being introduced in 2000 and the launch of the more advanced PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 still stands strong with a library of around 1,900 game titles and new software still being published. It has sold more than 136 million units worldwide, and while sales of Microsoft and Nintendo�s previous generation consoles aren�t even charted anymore, Sony still manages to move around 100,000 PS2 units each month.
The announcement will likely extend the long-standing console�s life span by two or more years but does anyone care anymore? Sony had contacted a number of gaming blogs like Kotaku in advance of a major announcement today, so we are seriously hoping this is not it.


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Hostages seized in Cameroon reportedly found safe
Seven French hostages kidnapped in Cameroon are reported to have been found alive in a house in northern Nigeria and are with Nigerian authorities.
The four children and three adults were captured by Islamist militants this week while on a tourist excursion to the Waza national park near the Nigerian border with Cameroon, Reuters reports.
French television station BFM quotes an officer from the Cameroon army as saying the hostages are safe and sound.
Next story in World: Armstrong refuses to be interviewed under oath
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Sam Rush Leads No. 13 Women's Lax Past Saint Joseph's 14-7
Rush scores five goals as Minutewomen earn berth to Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament.
Murray Scores 100th Career Point In 20-11 Women's Lax Win At La Salle
Minutewomen win 21st straight game against A-10 foes.
Trio Of Career Highs Paces No. 14 Women's Lax's 22-6 Win Over Iona
Sam Rush, Cori Murray & Lauren Terracciano have career-best days in the scoring column.
No. 14 Women's Lax Cruises Past LIU 21-8
Minutewomen post seventh-most single-game assists in NCAA history
WLAX vs. LIU
WLAX vs. LIU Photos by Thom Kendall '93
As a freshman in 2013: Game-By-Game Statistics
Before UMass: A two time letter winner for Coach Rose at Northport Senior High School ... Led her team to the New York State Championships as a junior with a 20-2 record ... Named to the Team 2 U.S. National School Girls Team and honored as the Defensive MVP as a sophomore ... As a junior she was named the All-County Unsung Hero and received Team 3 U.S. National School Girls Team honors ... Received the Chris Scherer Scholarship in her senior season.
Personal: Meaghan Elizabeth Kollmeier ... Born December 10, 1993 in Bethpage, New York ... Daughter of Christopher and Peggy Kollmeier ... Sister of Matthew Kollmeier ... Majoring in Political Science.
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Chertoff Heads to Louisiana
Michael Chertoff, U.S. secretary of homeland security, and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are scheduled to arrive in Louisiana on Thursday, the Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported on its Web site. Chertoff and FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison are to coordinate with state and local officials in anticipation of the possible arrival of Gustav on Tuesday. The storm is expected to become a major hurricane before it strikes somewhere along the U.S. Gulf Coast – now expected to be Louisiana. Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to conduct a news conference along with the two federal officials Thursday afternoon.


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New information just keeps coming out about Carla Rodriguez. She is the mother of Camila, who happens to be the daughter of Juan Pablo Galavis, the guy handing out roses on "The Bachelor" 2014. Do you want to get to know more about her? On Jan. 6, Your Tango revealed all about her.
She is an actress. You can see a clip of Carla in the YouTube video on this page. She has done a lot of shows in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and the U.S. Carla has even done some modeling in the past.
Carla lives in Miami where Juan Pablo lives at now. This means that they are close to each other for their daughter. It has to make sharing custody a lot easier for the two. She is very involved with her daughter and is always posting pictures of her. Another thing is that she is all for Juan Pablo finding love and supports him being on the show.
"The Bachelor" 2014 will air new episodes on Mondays on ABC. Please like my Facebook to stay up to date on the latest news. Are you curious which woman says she wants Juan Pablo to die? Find out more at this link.
Update: Carla was in LA taking care of Camila during filming. Read more here.
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Sept. 4, 2012
Welcome Back to "Follow the Huskies," your weekly look at NIU Athletic events, along with links and information on how to keep up with your favorite NIU team - whether on TV, radio, online or via social media.
Huskie All Access returns with EXCLUSIVE television and radio content, including live streams of Northern Illinois home athletics events, including men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling. Several NIU home football games broadcasts will be available live in 2012, as will all Inside Huskie Football Radio shows, post-game men's and women's basketball press conferences, and special features produced on NIU teams, student-athletes and coaches. Archived content includes the "NIU Weekly" radio show, head coach Dave Doeren's weekly press conferences and the Northern Illinois IMG Radio Network broadcasts. Again this year, Huskie All-Access costs just $6.95/month or $49.95 per year.
We hope you'll "Follow the Huskies" each week.
Tuesday, September 4
Volleyball at UIC - 7 p.m. - Flames Athletic Center, Chicago, Ill.
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LISTEN Live on:
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Friday, September 7
Volleyball vs. Nebraska Omaha (Missouri State Invitational) - 10 a.m. - Hammons Student Center, Springfield, Mo.
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Men's Soccer vs. Rhode Island (NIU adidas Invite) - 5 p.m. - NIU Soccer Complex, DeKalb, Ill.
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Cross Country hosts NIU Open - 5 p.m. - NIU North 40, DeKalb, Ill.
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Volleyball vs. New Orleans (Missouri State Invitational) - 5 p.m. - Hammons Student Center, Springfield, Mo.
Women's Soccer at Northwestern - 7 p.m. - Lakeside Field, Evanston, Ill.
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Saturday, September 8
Men's Golf host Northern Intercollegiate - 10 a.m. - Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill.
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Volleyball vs. Connecticut (Missouri State Invitational) - 2:30 p.m. - Hammons Student Center, Springfield, Mo.
Football vs. UT Martin - 6 p.m. - Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Ill.
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Volleyball at Missouri State (Missouri State Invitational) - 7:30 p.m. - Hammons Student Center, Springfield, Mo.
Sunday, September 9
Women's Soccer at Eastern Illinois - 1 p.m. - Lakeside Field, Charleston, Ill.
Men's Soccer vs. Drake (NIU adidas Invite) - 2 p.m. - NIU Soccer Complex, DeKalb, Ill.
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Make sure to catch all the pre- and post- game coverage of all Northern Illinois teams at NIUHuskies.com for the latest NIU Athletics news and information, statistics, press releases and more. For the latest NIU Athletics news, read "Huskie Happenings", the official blog of NIU Athletics, and follow NIU on Facebook and Twitter.


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How App Annie Helps This App Developer "Take The Pain Away" from App Stats Tracking
In addition to App Annie's online dashboard for mobile analytics, we provide Daily Email Reports with key metrics such as revenue, downloads, rankings, and reviews.
We understand that you don't always have time to log onto a website to monitor your apps, so we deliver a daily email report to your inbox every day. You get to stay on top of your app performance no matter where you are and instantly take action when you see a surge or drop in downloads and revenue.
How Scan Used Daily Email Reports
Scan brings social media, lead generation, and mobile commerce to life through the use of QR code, NFC, and other technologies. Founded by Kirk Ouimet with friends Garrett Gee and Ben Turley, Scan is a way for people to connect the real world with the digital universe in fun and innovative ways.
Kirk loves his App Annie daily emails and uses them to stay updated constantly on Scan's performance in the mobile app market.
With the increasing success of Scan, it increasingly became important for Kirk to keep track of daily download numbers. However, his aversion to dealing with the Google Publishing login process each day and digging through data to find the crucial metrics oftentimes left him uninformed.
"I'd have to force myself to remember to go see how we're doing," says Kirk. He continues, "Especially when we're on all these other platforms, and we have all these other things to worry about, it's not fun to have to log in to multiple interfaces to see how we're doing.
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In addition to offering a comprehensive app store rankings to track trends across apps, platforms, and countries, we make it convenient for developers to keep track of their own apps. One way we do this is by sending daily email reports straight to your inbox.
For Kirk, a daily report with the key metrics means he no longer has to remember to search for data within multiple interfaces.
"App Annie basically takes all that pain away," he says. A smartphone user himself, a quick glance at App Annie's daily report on his phone makes it easy for him to stay on top of critical data.
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Having critical download data in the palm of his hand, every day, has helped Kirk and the rest of the Scan team to take immediate action when it counts.
For the most part, Kirk says, "I'll look at the data and if it seems to be consistent with what we've done before, then that's good to know. Just overall, that's just good data to have."
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Ginny Owens sings, "In the Bleak Midwinter."
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1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Figure 1Map of the Petrified Forest National Park. Arrows show locations of measured sections used in Figure 3. Rose diagrams show paleocurrent measurements from logs in the Sonsela Member outside park boundaries, indicating a predominantly southwest-northeast channel trend of Sonsela Member sediments.
Figure 2Schematic stratigraphic section showing the Chinle Group stratigraphy of the Petrified Forest National Park and the stratigraphic distribution of major petrified wood accumulations in the park.
All the petrified wood in the Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) occurs in deposits of the nonmarine Upper Triassic Chinle Group. Geologic investigations of the Chinle in PEFO include Gregory (1917), Cooley (1957), Roadifer (1966), Stewart et al. (1972), Billingsley (1985a,b), Ash (1987a), Murry (1990), Ash (1992), and Lucas (1993, 1995). These studies, combined with our own, have resulted in an extensive database of detailed measured sections throughout PEFO and vicinity (Figure 1). In PEFO, the following previously named Chinle Group units are exposed (ascending order): the Bluewater Creek Formation, the Blue Mesa, Sonsela, and Painted Desert Members of the Petrified Forest Formation, and the Owl Rock Formation (Figure 2). The bulk of the petrified wood in PEFO, including the spectacular deposits ("forests") of large, highly colorful, trunks, occurs in the Sonsela Member of the Petrified Forest Formation. The gray-black logs of the Black Forest occur in the Black Forest Bed of the Painted Desert Member. Isolated logs also occur in bench-forming sandstones of the Painted Desert Member, and in deposits of the Blue Mesa Member.
Published studies on the systematics and stratigraphic occurrence of petrified wood in PEFO include Blake (1856) Goeppert (1858), Knowlton (1889), Jeffrey (1910), Daugherty (1934, 1941), and Gould (1971). Almost all of the petrified wood in PEFO was transported prior to deposition, as evidenced by a lack of limbs, bark, or roots preserved with most specimens. A few in situ stumps have been recorded, predominantly in the Blue Mesa Member or in the Black Forest Bed (Ash and Creber, 1992). In general, the spectacularly colored logs in the Sonsela Member are typically referred to the genus Araucarioxylon, and most are probably representatives of the species A. arizonicum (Daugherty, 1941). The Black Forest logs, so named because of their dark gray to black color, also include A. arizonicum and most of the area's specimens of Woodworthia and Schilderia (Ash, 1992).
Historically, most workers have agreed that the bulk of the petrified wood in PEFO is concentrated in a few horizons. Some, including Cooley (1957, 1959), Billingsley (1985a,b), and Ash (1987a, 1992), argued that three highly fossiliferous horizons were present, the informal "Rainbow Sandstone," Sonsela Member, and the Black Forest Bed. Others, including Roadifer (1966) and Deacon (1990) considered the "Rainbow Sandstone" and the Sonsela Member homotaxial, and thus thought that only two principal horizons were present, namely the Sonsela Member and the Black Forest Bed. Here we present stratigraphic and paleocurrent information that supports the conclusions of Roadifer (1966) and Deacon (1990) and demonstrates that most petrified wood deposits in PEFO are in either the Sonsela Member or the Black Forest Bed (Figure 2).
Sonsela Member forests.The vast majority of the fossil wood in PEFO occurs in trough crossbedded sandstones and conglomerates of the Sonsela Member of the Petrified Forest Formation. Almost all of the famous localities in the southern portion of the park, including the spectacular "forests" of trunks preserved in Giant Logs, Rainbow Forest, Long Logs, Crystal Forest, Jasper Forest, Agate Bridge, and Blue Mesa, are in the Sonsela Member, as are several "forests" on adjacent private and state lands. The Sonsela Member typically consists of gray, grayish brown, and grayish green sandstones and conglomerates. Conglomerate clasts include pebble- to cobble-sized chert and quartzite clasts and rip-ups of underlying Blue Mesa Member mudstones, some of which approach boulder size. Deacon (1990) thoroughly investigated the sedimentology of the Sonsela Member and concluded that it represented a low sinuosity fluvial system consisting of northerly to northeasterly draining braided channels. Lucas (1993) demonstrated that the Sonsela disconformably overlies an erosional surface on the Blue Mesa Member that represents his Tr-4 unconformity, and Heckert and Lucas (1996) examined the details of this relationship in PEFO and vicinity.
In the past, numerous workers, including Cooley (1957, 1959), Billingsley (1985a,b), and Ash (1987a), have referred to an informal unit called the "Rainbow Sandstone" and considered it the sandstone unit that contained the "forests" at Giant Logs, Rainbow Forest, and Long Logs. However, we agree with Roadifer (1966) and Deacon (1990) that this interval actually represents the same stratigraphic interval as the Sonsela Member. Recently, one of us (ABH) conducted extensive stratigraphic work on the private lands adjoining PEFO and determined that all the trough-crossbedded, wood-bearing, extrabasinal conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone is at a single horizon (Figure 3). Paleocurrent data, both our own and those of Deacon (1990) corroborate this stratigraphic hypothesis, and show an overall channel trend toward approximately N30E. This channel can be traced from the extreme southwestern portion of the park into the subsurface, re-emerging at the Crystal Forest, where it is readily traced to Jasper Forest, Agate Bridge, and Blue Mesa (Figure 1). Araucarioxylon is by far the most common genus of tree preserved in these forests (Ash and Creber, 1992).
Figure 3Correlated measured sections showing the stratigraphic distribution of the major "forests" of petrified wood in the southern portion of the park. Location of measured sections given in Figure 1. Sections credited to original author as appropriate, sections not credited are our own.
Painted Desert Member.The Painted Desert Member contains much less petrified wood than the underlying Sonsela Member. Scattered petrified wood occurs in the bench-forming sandstones in the Painted Desert, usually referred to as "Flattops Sandstones" in the southern portion of the park and as "Painted Desert Sandstones" in the northern portion (e.g., Billingsley, 1985a,b). Most logs are found in Jim Camp Wash, and are typically less colorful and smaller than those in the Sonsela Member. None of the major forests in PEFO are composed of this wood, and most of these deposits appear to represent more typical, isolated wood deposition in fluvial systems. Because of its scattered and fragmentary nature, this wood is not well-studied, but Araucarioxylon dominates the identifiable specimens (Daugherty, 1941; Ash and Creber, 1992).
Black Forest Bed.Ash (1992) named the Black Forest Bed for the extensive deposits of limestone-pebble conglomerate and reworked tuff in the Painted Desert Member in the northern portion of the park. These deposits occur approximately 60-65 m above the top of the Sonsela and range from 0 to 12.6 m in thickness in the park (Ash, 1992; Lucas, 1993). Ash (1992) described the Black Forest Bed as a basal, well-indurated calcrete pebble conglomerate overlain by reworked, andesitic tuff with thin interbeds of mudstone and siltstone. The petrified logs here are gray-black and most abundant in the Black Forest itself, roughly 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north of the Painted Desert overlooks, although numerous logs derived from the Black Forest Bed can be found as float on the slopes below those overlooks. The Black Forest Bed wood, like the Sonsela, includes abundant specimens of Araucarioxylon, but also includes rarer Woodworthia and Schilderia (Ash, 1992). Most of the wood is concentrated in the upper, tuffaceous portion of the unit, which is the highest stratigraphic occurrence of petrified wood within the park.
Biostratigraphy, biochronology, and numerical
ages.The superposition of the petrified forests clearly
demonstrates that the oldest extensive wood deposits are those in the
Sonsela Member, with scattered wood deposition occurring in the
various Painted Desert Member sandstone beds until another
major depositional event resulted in the preservation of the
fossil logs in the Black Forest Bed. Unfortunately, the petrified
are not themselves age diagnostic, as is well demonstrated by the universal occurrence of Araucarioxylon in petrified wood deposits throughout the park. Extensive work on tetrapod vertebrates (summarized in Hunt and Lucas, 1995), megafossil plants (Ash, 1980, 1987b), pollen (Litwin et al., 1991), and calcareous microfossils (Lucas and Kietzke, 1995) indicates that both the Sonsela and the Painted Desert Members are early-mid Norian in age. Lucas (1997) summarized this biostratigraphic evidence and noted that the available biochronologic evidence indicated that the absolute age for these strata probably ranges between 215 and 220 Ma.
Two numerical ages have been reported from PEFO, both from the Black Forest Bed. Ash (1992) suggested that a K-Ar age on a biotite of 239±9 Ma is the age of a Middle Triassic tuff that was subsequently reworked during Late Triassic time to form the Black Forest bed. Riggs et al. (1994a) reported a U-PB age on zircons from the Black Forest Bed of 207±2 Ma and suggested that this is the syndepositional age of the unit. Riggs et al. (1994b) went further to conclude that the Black Forest Bed represents the fluvial deposition of a Plinian ash fall that disrupted stream flow, causing avulsion and crevasse splay formation.
This sedimentological interpretation seems unlikely because: (1) the tuff of the Black Forest Bed is extremely localized and only known from one location outside of PEFO (Ash, 1992), which would not be the case in a Plinian ash fall; and (2) geometry and sedimentary structures of the Black Forest Bed differ little from those of other Painted Desert Member channel deposits, which suggests an ash fall was not needed to produce this type of facies architecture. Furthermore, an age of 207 Ma for the early Norian Black Forest Bed seems unlikely, unless all previous calibration of the Late Triassic timescale is incorrect (Lucas, 1994, 1997). Therefore, neither of the published numerical ages of the Black Forest Bed is a reliable syndepositional age, and abundant biostratigraphic evidence constrains deposition of both the Sonsela Member and the Black Forest Bed to the early- to mid-Norian.
Two horizons, the Sonsela Member and the Black Forest Bed, contain the vast majority of the petrified wood in PEFO. Sonsela Member deposits are the oldest widespread deposits in the park and include the spectacular logs associated with Giant Logs, Rainbow Forest, Long Logs, Crystal Forest, Jasper Forest, Agate Bridge, and Blue Mesa in the southern portion of the park. The most extensive deposits in the Painted Desert Member are those in the Black Forest Bed in the northern portion of the park, although scattered petrified wood also occurs in other sandstone beds within the Painted Desert Member. Available stratigraphic and sedimentologic evidence suggests that deposits termed the "Rainbow Sandstone" by some authors are actually basal Sonsela Member deposits. These are the oldest major deposits of petrified wood in PEFO, and are early Norian in age. The Black Forest Bed is also well-constrained biochronologically to the early-mid Norian, in spite of isotopic data that suggest other ages. Acknowledgments
The Petrified Forest Museum Association generously supported this research. Additional support was provided by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Numerous personnel have facilitated field work involved with this project, including P. Bircheff, C. Davis, P. Huber, A. Hunt, K. Kietzke, P. Reser and park employees L. Bolich, D. Humphries, and M. Schmitt. Personnel of PEFO, especially Carl Bowman, Mark DePoy, David Dewitt, Pat Quinn, and Vince Santucci facilitated logistics of our study. We are also indebted to the New Mexico and Arizona Land Company, especially J.D. Sphar, for allowing access to lands adjacent to the park and allowing us to publish data collected there.
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. 1959. Triassic stratigraphy in the state line region of west-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 10:66-73.
Daugherty, L.H. 1934. Schilderia adamanicaa new fossil wood from the petrified forests of Arizona. Botanical Gazette, 96:363-366.
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Deacon, M. W. 1990. Depositional analysis of the Sonsela Sandstone Bed, Chinle Formation, northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 317 p.
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As we continue to move into the 21st century the church should consider implementing intergenerational approaches that build upon the Biblical references confirming children's roles in the church. Jesus' commanded to bring the little children to Him as He taught to an intergenerational crowd (Matthew 19: 13-15, Mark 10: 13-15, and Luke 18: 15-17) and His use of a child as a teaching tool that all must "become like little children" (Matthew 18: 1-6, Mark 9:33-37, and Luke 10:21). In addition, within the New Testament 12-year-old Jesus taught the elders in the synagogue and Timothy with his older spiritual mentor Paul.
Look around at school events, community sports and recreational programs where children are separated by age-level while parents are working or engaging in adult projects. Church events and committees can be added to this separation of the ages. The Father created us to be in relationships with other humans. We are always changing and growing; therefore, everything is interconnected.
James White (1988) in the book "Intergenerational Religious Education" outlines four patterns in planning intergenerational religion education.
- In-common experiences brings people of different ages together to do something in a similar manner at the same time (e.g., doing a project, participate in common event, game),
- Parallel ministry experiences separates persons by age to work in the same activity simultaneously.
- Contribute occasions when each group shares what has been learned or created previously (e.g., different groups work on parts of a worship service, skit), and
- Interactive-sharing sends persons into interpersonal exchanges of their thoughts, feelings, or actions in order to get another generations perspective. This pattern is the most difficult to facilitate but it gives the greatest benefits toward increasing understanding between the generations.
It is suggested that each ministry group or committee find ways to involve at least one additional generation to ten percent of the activities planned for the upcoming year. Some of the activities that your Christian Education team can implement are the following:
- Youth included on team;
- Special announcements represented by youth, middle and mature ages;
- Special event quizzes for all ages ( e.g., MLK, Black History, Resurrection);
- Participant in special events (e.g., MLK prayer breakfast, MLK program, Black History program);
- Special project in conjunction with display team (e.g., youth wrote essays "Faith of Our Fathers" for Father's Day display); and
- Requesting each choir to same song (i.e., Lift Every Voice and Sing – February 2015).
Remember that the lack of intergenerational contact will lead each generation to see itself as a separate subculture rather than an integral part of an entire church community a point-of-view that often leads to conflict and competition rather than cooperation as Jesus taught. Therefore, if your church opts to use one or more of White's intergenerational patterns toward faith building it will ensure you are during the will of God.
Reference: White, J. (1988). Intergenerational religious education. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press.


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The Trailsend Restaurant is located in the Walt Disney World Resort's Fort Wilderness Campground.
We visited the Trailsend Restaurant for a relaxing lunch on a Friday afternoon. Although the restaurant host a buffet during the breakfast and dinner hours, lunch is served a`la carte by menu. The menu based lunch meal was a surprise as we expected a buffet.
The price of each meal was less expensive than a buffet or family style meal. The price is equivalent to that of popular chain restaurants.
The menu offered a variety of appetizers, sandwiches, entrees and desserts. The was a variety of non-alcoholic beverages and beer.
The Children's menu featured several choices for lunch. The menu was somewhat limited. A child's beverage and dessert was included in the meal. The Walt Disney Resort has integrated a healthier menu for children. Soda pop and french fries are available as substitutes upon request.
My child chose a typical children's meal. It was chicken nuggets served with french fries. The fries may be exchanged for a fruit or vegetable. The restaurant also offers sweet potato french fries. He had an icecream sundae just the perfect size for a youngster for dessert.
My spouse wanted to try something a little different. Our waiter shared a couple of popular dishes and a few favorites. He chose a PoBoy sandwhich accompanied by french fries that were half sweet potato and half regular potatoes. The shrimp Poboy was served on a buttermilk biscuit with a approximately an inch long tasso ham slices including a country slaw in place of condiments and accompanied by a barnaise oli sauce for dipping.
I was torn between two meals. Our server informed me that the BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich was extremely popular. However, my second preference was a dish that I have personally found to be odd, yet, intriguing at this location. The popular Chicken and Waffles.
I chose the chicken and waffles even though I do not understand the fad. The chicken tenders were dipped in buttermilk and was incredibly tender, the sweet potato waffles were crispy grilled to perfection. The dish was accompanied by a buttered rosemary maple syrup.
Each meal was served at a great temperature. The adult meals had an interesting and appealing presentation.
The beverages were served in Ball canning jars. The theme of the restaurant and campground definitely followed through in both the restaurant and meals.
The children's meal was perfectly portioned. My child was pleased with the quantity of the chicken and the french fries were in abundance. Although they had a nice flavor, he didn't finish the meal. The following dessert was a one scoop vanilla based ice cream sundae.
The Shrimp PoBoy meal was surprisingly filling as well. Each battered and fried shrimp were large and similar to the size of a butterfly shrimp. The shrimp had an excellent and flavorful taste. My spouse was full and did not finish his meal.
I was pleased with the texture and taste of the exquisite sweet potato waffles. The chicken was excellent as well. The combination of the sweet potato waffle with tender chicken and such an interesting rosemary butter and maple syrup was excellent. I'm truly surprised that I enjoyed chicken and waffles! I made sure to finish my meal.
My spouse and I shared the southern. banana cream pie dessert. Our server surprisingly equally split the dessert in our own small canning jars. The presentation was theme fitting. A pie crust was dipped into the pie jar. The pie was topped with a toasted marshmellows and strategically placed over pie christ.
Our server was a lovely gentleman. He made sure that his guest were pleased. He spent time connecting with our child. He made sure that everyone enjoyed the meal. Our server, Ed was wonderful! I made sure to leave a compliment as our service was excellent!
The location had a great theme. There was a taxidermy Buffalo head and a grizzly bear. The restaurant was in the middle of the western themed " town main street," near shopping, carriage rides, beach, playground and a variety of entertainment!
We give this a restaurant a thumbs up!


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Power will be cut off to over 1,300 customers in the NorthState tomorrow.
PG&E has planned a power outage for southern Manton, and the towns of Paynes Creek, Mill Creek and Mineral.
PG&E sent a letter notifying affected customers of the outage about a month ago.
The outage is to allow PG&E to install new power poles, extra lines and fuses.
The new equipment is designed to reduce the scale of power outages, and reduce the number of customers affected when the power does go down.
The power will shut off at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and will be off until 4 p.m. the same day at the latest.
PG&E said they are planning to replace 17 utility poles and string over 3,000 feet of new power line in addition to adding eight new fuses.
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Las tomé durante un tiempo pero dejé de hacerlo porque me hacían sudar muchísimo. No he encontrado ninguna referencia bibliográfica al respecto pero así fue. También dejé de tomarlas porque he leído diversos estudios: unos con sus beneficios y otros con contradicciones, estas últimos me hicieron acabar de dejarlas por precaución hasta que se sepa más. Para quiénes decidáis tomarlas: si usáis pastilleros semanales lo más seguro es que no os quepan, como a mi me ha pasado.
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I believe I have seen some results using this product although I haven't been using it very long, only a couple of months.


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A great idea, without a great team, isn't enough to build a successful company. The most successful entrepreneurs build a team of talented people and lead them in ways that allow the team to shine.
There are important things entrepreneurs should do to help a team to succeed: empower people to make decisions, encourage people to solve problems and not worry about revenue projections and profits, don't micro-manage, celebrate success, remove bureaucracy.
But what makes a team great?
There's a wonderful story about an anthropologist who proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put sweet fruits in a basket near a tree and told the kids that whoever ran to the basket first would get all the fruit.
When the anthropologist yelled "Go!", the children held each other's hands and ran to the basket as a group. Then they shared the candy with each other.
The anthropologist was surprised. He asked the children why they ran together, when any one of them could have won and taken all the sweet fruits for themselves.
A young girl answered simply: "Ubuntu. How can one of us be happy if all the others are sad?"
UBUNTU in the Xhosa culture means "I am because we are". Desmond Tutu explains:
Africans have a thing called ubuntu. It is about the essence of being human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. It embraces hospitality, caring about others, being willing to go the extra mile for the sake of another. We believe that a person is a person through other persons, that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextricably, with yours. When I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself. The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms. Therefore you seek to work for the common good because your humanity comes into its own in community, in belonging.
Back to the question I posed above: what makes a team great?
The most important thing a leader can and should do is to encourage real teamwork. It's impossible for people to come together as a team unless you clearly show them why it's important to do so and set an expectation from the start. Successful teams don't just happen by fiat – they're nurtured. Encourage teamwork through feedback, recognition, conversation, you reward systems, and in any other way you can. Happiness is helping.
My team at crowdSPRING is much stronger – and can accomplish far more – when each person puts the success of the team ahead of their own personal gain.
Create a culture of ubuntu and you'll empower your teams to succeed beyond your wildest dreams. When people put the good of the team ahead of their own personal gain, great things can happen.


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JoJo of Jodeci Goes to VH1's 'Couple's Therapy'
*Famous serenader, JoJo of Jodeci is the latest addition to VH1's "Couples Therapy," along with rapper Too Short. Last year, DMX and Linda Hogan joined the cast for a very vulnerable relationship counseling session. The gentlemen will join Dr. Jenn Berman to take a hard look at the issues they've been having in their love … Continue reading JoJo of Jodeci Goes to VH1's 'Couple's Therapy'


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Maximum length of stay 25 nights
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The West Side Y, located just off Central Park West in a European landmark style building, is steps away from Central Park, Lincoln Center, Broadway, American Museum of Natural History and the attractions of the upper West Side of Manhattan.
The YMCAs of Greater New York offer single and double rooms with an upper and lower berth. Each room includes colour TV and air conditioning. There are shared bathroom facilities for both men and women conveniently located on each corridor.
Our facilities include a restaurant, free Wi-Fi in the lobby and computer kiosks.
We provide a housekeeping service as well as free use of our state-of-the-art equipment/gym facilities, including swimming pools, cardiovascular equipment, an indoor track and more.
There are also on-site coin-operated guest laundry facilities and concierge services.
There's easy access to public transportation nearby, while our 24hr security and reception are here to assist you with all your needs.
This location provides travellers from every continent with great value. Its ideal for visitors who want to experience the citys multi-faceted neighbourhoods as well as its fabled sites and entertainment venues without spending a fortune.
The YMCA is a non profit tax exempt organization.
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The staff seemed to be doing their best with the terrible place they operated. We had to change rooms three times because they smelt of smoke and had window panes missing, the rooms are small and grimy. Only one of the showers worked and the toilets were poorly maintained, the women's toilet failed to provide sanitary bins and so the floor was covered in used sanitary towels; the staff were well aware of this and didn't seem at all worried. The fitness facilities are included as part of the room cost and partly made up for the room; there's a giant gym and a pool, although the facilities were again old and a bit run down. Overall it seemed like a prison with helpful guards.
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Unfortunatelly your front desk doesn`t go with YMCA values that you show in "Todays Menu", because they are not friendly and people oriented with the visitors of your hostel. On the other hand your cleanliness in the room is poor against others hostels that I´ve visited in the world. The best of your hostel is the location for sure! Next time I`ll try another option in NYC
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this place is in great location. it's a good value for the money. the rest rooms are reasonably good but can be better. the wireless internet connection is not working. the staff were friendly and helpful. good value for the money. rooms are clean.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Arizona State volleyball sent seven student-athletes to the competitive tryout for the U.S. Women's National Team this past weekend. The tryouts took place Feb. 22-24 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
Among the 243 who tried out, Arizona State had seven represent the Sun Devil family: Caitlyn Francis, Macey Gardner, Allison Palmer, Stephanie Preach and newcomers Bianca Arellano, BreElle Bailey, McKenzie Willey. Assistant Coach Linda Hampton-Keith served as a member of the Tryout Staff as a court coach.
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Program is available to athletes who have concluded their college eligibility and who wish to be invited to be a member of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team on a full-time basis. Since all seven of ASU's athletes have remaining eligibility they will be vying for a spot on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Senior A2 program and the Junior National Team.
Seems like these @sundevilvb athletes may be ready to return to Tempe and the Sun. twitter.com/sundevilvbcoac...-- Jason Watson (@sundevilvbcoach) February 25, 2013
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Senior A2 program is available to athletes with collegiate eligibility remaining for the 2013 season. This program is scheduled to take place in Dallas from June 25 to July 4. A projected 48 athletes will be invited to participate in the program. The Junior Program is available for athletes born in either 1994 or 1995. The Women's Junior National Team will compete in the FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship June 21-30 in Brno, Czech Republic.
Pictures of the @usa_volleyball tryout with your @thesundevils provided by Bill Kauffman thesundevils.com/view.gal?id=13...-- Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) February 25, 2013


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E. coli, contamination among health department's concerns southwest of Goshen
GOSHEN — Bacteria, viruses and even drugs are contaminating surface water in two areas southwest of Goshen, and the Elkhart County Health Department believes the time to remedy the problem is now.
The health department has issued a letter to the Elkhart County Stormwater Management Board supporting the creation of a communitywide waste collection system for two unincorporated areas of the county. Failing septic systems at homes in Foraker and Southwest have led to illicit discharges into ditches and creeks, creating a laundry list of health concerns.
The health department points out in its letter that illnesses related to E. coli, hepatitis and salmonella have been reported in the county.
"Obviously not all of these infections are due to surface water and not all are related to these two areas, but do we want to live in a county where human waste is handled in a manner similar to the Third World," the health department asked in the letter.
Proper disposal of human waste has proven to lessen instances of water-borne infections and diseases, the health department explained. About half of the 31 homes in the Southwest area have tested positive for contaminants with abnormal levels of E. coli being released into local waterways, according to the health department.
"The reason for these results is that these areas have the overwhelming majority of their home sites situated on very poorly drained and/or heavy, clay soils," the letter reads. "At the time these homes were originally built, lot size standardization and septic system requirements were essentially nonexistent. These conditions have contributed to the failure of numerous septic systems for the homes in these areas."
Karla Kreczmer, an environmental health manager at the health department, explained that county health officials do not have the authority to require a communitywide system to be built.
"We can only tell an individual owners that they have to put a septic system on their property," she said. "The issue with the properties in this location is they're too small to put systems on to be effective at all, so our only other option as a health department is to post homes unfit as it occurs at each home."
Stormwater board members have said that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM, could step in and issue a violation notice if a solution is not found. The regional sewer district board will discuss at its next meeting how to build a communitywide system.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The story has been corrected to reflect the proper authority that the health department has. It has been updated and is now correct.
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Commodity Earnings This Week: Oil, Potash, Gold, and More
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After many big wins (and some big losses), here are seven of the largest commodity companies set to report earnings this week.
As we enter the final stretch of earnings season, investors are beginning to make up their minds on where they think the economy is headed. We have seen a number of big wins as well as some big losses with a fair amount of companies warning of a subdued Q4 reflecting the impact of the US government shutdown. Below, we outline some of the biggest commodity earnings set for this week.
CME Group
Though not technically a commodity company itself, the CME hosts some of the most popular and vital commodity futures and options in the world. The company will report before the bell today and analysts will look to see EPS of $0.73 with revenues just over $713 million.
Marathon Oil Corporation
After today's closing bell, oil bellwether Marathon Oil Corporation will unveil its most recent fiscal quarter's results. The Street is expecting to see EPS at $0.76 with revenues just shy of $3.75 billion.
The Mosaic Company
(NYSE:MOS): It has been a rough couple of months for potash firms after a major cartel was severed in late July. This will put immense pressure on Tuesday's report, where analysts are looking to see EPS come in at $0.60.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
(NYSE:CHK): Prior to Wednesday's opening bell, CHK will hold its earnings call for shareholders. The independent oil and gas firm is slated to show EPS of $0.42 with revenues at $3.49 billion.
Devon Energy Corporation
(NYSE:DVN): Wednesday's pre-market trading will likely be active in the oil and gas world, as Devon will also be reporting before the opening bell. Estimates for the quarter put EPS at $1.19 with revenues at $2.73 billion.
Apache Corp
(NYSE:APA): The famed oil and gas exploration firm will release its earnings before markets open on Thursday. Analysts are expecting to see a healthy EPS of $2.15 with revenues hitting $4.3 billion.
Royal Gold
(NASDAQ:RGLD): The Denver-based gold miner will also report earnings before the opening bell Thursday. In that report, the Street will be looking for EPS of $0.25 with revenues of $58.17 million.
The Bottom Line
As always, investors need to keep an eye on not only the numbers, but also the forecast and outlook given by a company. A solid quarter can quickly be ruined by a foggy future or a terrible quarter can be salvaged with a positive outlook. In order to properly react to and understand each report, be sure to take both the numbers and commentary from the company executives into account.
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Back-to-the-future urbanism
Is new urbanism the answer to suburbia's dying communities?
By Kathryn Carlson
As baby-boomers become empty-nesters and their children enter the housing market themselves,
both generations are increasingly heading back to the cities and leaving suburbia behind.
So, is there a future for the communities that author James Howard Kunstler deems to be "the
greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world?" It's people like
Lopez Forte and communities like Cornell that are keeping the country's suburbs and smaller
cities on life support — proving there are ways to retrofit suburbia to become more sustainable
and more attractive to people of all ages and economic situations.
Granted, not all communities afford the same redevelopment opportunities as
others, but new urban-design principles may soon be coming to a town near you.
New urbanism is an increasingly trendy planning concept that seeks to recreate
the pedestrian-friendly and high-density cities of the 19th and 20th centuries.
One might even call it a 'back-to-the-future' approach to urban design.
"A typical suburb has all the ingredients
of a salad, but everything is in separate bowls at each corner of the
table. What we have tried to do is toss it all back together."
—George Dark, Urban Strategies
"If you think of an urban city as a salad, all the ingredients are present
and mixed up in one bowl," he explains. "A typical suburb, on the other
hand, has all the ingredients of a salad, but everything is in separate bowls
at each corner of the table. What we have tried to do is toss it all back together."
"What to do with existing suburban communities — now
that's the $65,000-dollar question."
—Dan Leeming, Planning Partnership
And a new ingredient will soon be added to the mix — Markham Centre, an
area planned to be Markham's new downtown core. It represents yet another
dose of new urbanism in the area.
David Clark, an architect for the Town of Markham and part of the senior management
team responsible for the Markham Centre project, hopes this development will
illustrate the possibility of growing outward in a sensible way by intensifying
within an urban boundary. "By intensifying inside the urban envelope, it
puts less pressure on the need for outward expansion and the growth of the community
can be better managed," says Clark. The downtown core is being planned to
house over 35,000 people, one high school, four elementary schools, 20-25 hectares
of park and open space, 30 hectares of protected open space in the Rouge Valley
area and about 17,000 new jobs.
When all is said and done, it seems that Markham residents will be able to have
their cake and eat it too, living in a town on the outskirts of a mega-metropolis,
all-the-while swapping car keys for walking shoes when the milk-jug is empty
or it's time for school. But as more and more people opt for the city centre
and new communities like Cornell or Markham Centre, what will happen to the suburbs
that don't easily lend themselves to urbanization?
Even with the issue of private property ownership aside, Clark agrees that it's
very difficult to urbanize already established suburbs and smaller cities simply
because of the way the streets and lots were originally designed.
But John Norquist of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an urban planning organization
based in Chicago, Illinois, holds out hope that there is a way to bring urbanism
out to suburbs that don't easily lend themselves to infill.
"People will likely want to live in suburbs
well into the future, even in the midst of what's happening within
the oil industry."
—Jill Grant, Dalhousie University
But other than rendering the community more walkable or developing it from
the ground up on open land - as was the case in both Cornell and Markham Centre - urban
planners like Dark say some of the best opportunities for infusing new urbanism
into suburbs come in the form of greyfields. Greyfields are developed sites
that are economically and physically ripe for major redevelopment.
For example, a failed shopping mall has the potential to be transformed into
multi-family dwellings with retail and employment opportunities located on
the ground level. But Jill Grant, a professor in the School of Planning at
Dalhousie University, says it's important to remember that suburban life
is still desirable for a lot of people.
"People will likely want to live in suburbs well into the future, even
in the midst of what's happening within the oil industry," she explains. "Prices
of oil may well go up and while a lot of literature seems to assume that people
will move to the city for work, maybe industry will move out to the people."
In the meantime, new urbanism will continue to be infused into smaller cities
as well as new and existing suburbs such as McKenzie Towne in Calgary's
southeast corner, East Clayton in the eastern part of Surrey and Oak Park Community
in Oakville.
But while professors, urban planners and governments are trying to determine
the fate of many of the country's suburbs and smaller cities, people
like Gabriela Lopez Forte won't be biting their nails in suspense. Instead,
they'll be enjoying daily strolls on the sidewalks of their new urban


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Elisabeth was very beauty conscious and already placed great emphasis on natural products. This makes her a pioneer of the anti-aging-movement of today.
KURIER � Health | page 17; Friday 24 November 2006
Sisi�s beauty formulas
The imperial anti-aging-pioneer
Elisabeth�s beauty-case also contained some rather quaint remedies, yet some are the basis for modern medical products.
Strawberry cream, veal or slug slime: the range for beauty care was already substantial in the 18th and 19th century. �Many of the products used are in principle not bad for the skin�, says university professor Jolanta Schmidt, head of the cosmetic medical department at the Vienna General Hospital. The new book �Rosebud and Slug Slime� (�Rosenbl�te und Schneckenschleim�) shows ingredients still reliable today, as well as bizarre quack remedies. The individual beauty formulas of the Habsburgs and also of Sisi are partially printed in the original.
And yet, even dermatologist Schmidt would keep her hands off mixing her own Cr�me � la Sisi. Some creams have to be stirred for twelve hours. �Who has that much time on their hands nowadays?� Instead she recommends a �care matching the individual type� made by family physician, pharmacist or chemist. However, the expert most urgently advises against certain supplementary substances like lead and mercury. They are illegal in today�s beauty products. From 1850 these heavy metals were used against pigmentary abnormality, moles and freckles, because they were attributed a desiccative effect. They are in fact toxic and, amongst other things, damage the brain.
Dressing table in the Wiener Hofburg:
The extensive beauty care dictated a great deal of Sisi�s daily routine.
Image: Katrin Unterreiner; Sisi � Mythos und Wahrheit; Verlag Christian Brandst�tter
Slug slime, which used to be a popular addition to facial creams, is also long obsolete. No effect can be confirmed by the doctor. But Sisi�s beloved strawberry cream and the fresh fruit facial mask anticipate the effects of modern fruit acid. �The high vitamin C and B ratio act antibacterially, slightly lifting and invigorating�, according to Schmidt. And: �strawberries can bind heavy metals.� Overall, Sisi placed great emphasis on natural products that were freshly prepared. Make-up, too, was completely rejected by the fair aristocrat and deemed to be an interference with nature. �That is why I do not think that she would have undergone surgery� says the dermatologist. Raw veal, which Elisabeth applied to her face during the night, is deemed by Schmidt to be �not half bad�. The high vitamin C content has an anti-inflammatory effect, the muscle protein element, keratin, acts against skin ageing. Moreover, the meat gives the skin a fresh look and neutralises harmful metabolites (free radicals).
Bathing in olive oil was supposed to make Sisi�s skin smooth. The wholesome effect is still considered beneficial today. Schmidt: �It is primarily a captor of free radicals and contains vitamins A and E which have a positive effect on skin.� Also, aluminium bathing water and powders were supposed to restrain perspiration. Schmidt confirms this. �At the department we use aluminium salts for excessive perspiration, too.�
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Rose water, glycerine and slugs
Left: Beauty recipes of Empress Elisabeth
Right: Perfume bottle of Empress Elisabeth
The extensive beauty care dictated a great deal of Sisi�s daily routine.
Image: Katrin Unterreiner; Sisi � Mythos und Wahrheit; Verlag Christian Brandst�tter
Against freckles:
Take 4 loth (loth ~ � oz) rose water, 2 loth milk, 1 loth unseasonable grape juice, 2 Quintchen (fifths) crushed frankincense, well whipped egg whites and intermingle them; then, before you go to bed, rub it in.
This recipe from the 18th century did not have any effect against freckles, but milk and egg white act as moisturiser.
New cream celeste (recipe from the year 1874):
Cera alba (white wax) 3.00g; Cetacei (spermaceti) 9.00g; Ol. amygdal. dulc. (sweet almond oil) 21.75g; Glycerini puri (glycerine) 9.00g.
Sisi used it for skin protection in winter due to its high oil content.
Slug cream (bourgeois recipe, late 19th c.):
Put � kilo lard into water-bath, add 2 Quintchen (fifths) marshmallow roots and 70g ground slugs (�), let it stand for four hours (�) to cool off (�).
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KURIER - Health | page 17; Friday 24 November 2006
KURIER - Living in Vienna | page 12/13; Wednesday 30 August 2006
Exhibition devoted to romantic clich�
Film and truth: Empress Sis(s)i�s furniture
The �Sissi� films are celebrating their 50th anniversary.
The Imperial Furniture Collection (Hofmobiliendepot) shows original antique furniture � and gets rid of a myth
Who doesn�t know the romantic love story of �Sissi� and her �Franzl�: Romy Schneider and Karlheinz B�hm became somewhat like national icons by portraying Emperor Franz Joseph I. and his wife Elisabeth, the historic �Sisi�, in the trilogy produced between 1955 and 1957. The films, too, deliberately romanticised by Ernst Marischka, the director, became iconic. A box office success, their wide appeal shaped the image of the illustrious Empress.
That certain liberties were taken when it came to historical truth can be seen in the Imperial Furniture Collection�s new permanent exhibition. The magnificent furniture was borrowed from the Imperial Furniture Collection for set decoration. �They were used to lend the sets imperial splendour and authenticity�, says Markus Laumann, who organised the show. �They made use of what appealed to them.� That is why green furniture, decorated with flowers, can be seen in the set of G�d�ll� Castle, while it was actually decorating the apartment of Elisabeth�s daughter, Gisela, in Sch�nbrunn; a daughter who was not even born when the story of the film takes place. Also, the writing desk from Sissi�s girl�s room in Possenhofen was in truth the desk of Elisabeth�s mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie, in Laxenburg.
Contemporary witnesses:
Yet some of the furniture on display have made actual history. The writing desk from the Emperor�s film-set office was used for signing the treaty in 1955. Pope John Paul II. was sitting on the film-set throne during his papal visit to Austria. The six film bunkers were skilfully integrated into the already existing exhibition all around the imperial furniture. 120 new exhibits were added due to the �Sis(s)i-trail�. The visitors are able to retrace the use of the originals in the film clips: the historic furniture is highlighted in colour.
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KURIER - Living in Vienna | page 12/13; Wednesday 30 August 2006
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The three parts not only portray the life of Sissi who is still the most popular and transfigured monarch in our history, but they also depict the developments described by Elisabeth. In every moment of the trilogy Ernst Marischka�s style reflects the mindset of his heroine. Therefore, �Sissi�, first of the three films, most closely matches the prevailing clich�s.
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Feeling empowered about monitoring family media consumption
SAL LAKE CITY — Three years ago at the First Baptist East Church in Lawton, Okla., concerned parents started approaching media minister Chad Gleaves for a specific type of advice: They wanted to know what to do to protect their teenagers from accessing inappropriate content through smartphones.
The trend alarmed Gleaves, the ministry's point man for media outreach and the resident techie.
"I kept seeing young people not being protected at their homes," he explained. "iPod touches, iPhones and Android smartphones were in their infancy, and they were handing these things out all the time without taking any precautions. Parents didn't know how to deal with it."
To address the needs of the First Baptist East flock, Gleaves began teaching classes about protective strategies like parental controls and accountability software. The tips extended beyond smartphones to include other platforms such as computers and the video streaming service Netflix. Gleaves later launched a website, easyparentalcontroltips.com, to serve as a databank for the content from those classes.
"What's amazing is that the people who didn't really listen three years ago, they're coming back and talking to me now," he said.
The experience of Chad Gleaves and the First Baptist East congregation illustrates how the ever-expanding queue of media options available to kids is increasing the need for parental intervention to protect children from digital content deemed harmful. However, timeless strategies do exist that will allow parents to feel empowered and positive about the media entering their homes not only today, but also down the road as media platforms continue evolving.
TV trouble
Television remains the most accessible form of visual entertainment media. The average viewer in the U.S. watches approximately five hours of TV every day, the Nielsen Company reported in February. And among all Americans ages two and older, 93.4 percent watched television during the fourth quarter of 2011.
While television was once the great unifier — the 1969 airing of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," for example, earned a Nielsen share of more than 50 percent — today the sheer quantity of programming choices can feel overwhelming.
"Unless you're an expert on what's happening on 230-plus cable channels, you really cannot take the risk of leaving your child alone, unsupervised, with the remote control," said Melissa Henson, director of communication and public education for the nonprofit advocacy organization Parents Television Council. "Because there's quite a bit of really, really inappropriate content out there."
Henson asserts that TV content standards have deteriorated in recent years, and attributes the phenomenon to a variety of factors such as the pressure basic cable channels experience to push limits and keep pace with premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime that regularly air explicit programming. Additionally, she further contends the V-chip — a filtering mechanism included on newer televisions that allows parents to block programs depending on the rating — has done much more harm than good.
"Quite often, the control devices or the parental controls exist only to give parents a false sense of security," Henson said. "Because for example, the V-chip was supposed to be that great panacea that was going to be the cure-all for all the problems with TV. … But at the same time, because the (V-chip) exists, we have the networks saying, 'Well, we warned you it was going to be there.'
"And so what we've seen is that content has gotten substantially worse since the introduction of the V-chip — and I think it's because of the V-chip, because now they can claim that they gave parents fair warning that the content was going to be there."
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