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Betty Jean Johnson Auman
Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 11:07 a.m.
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SALUDA, NC-- Jean Auman of Saluda, NC, entered into the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, January 27th, 2013, after battling Alzheimer's disease for over ten years.
Jean was born on May 25th, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC to Cordelia and William Eric Johnson. Jean is preceded in death by her parents, husband Harold W. Auman and her son Cal Auman.
She graduated from Converse College in 1951. Jean was first and foremost an exceptionally wonderful wife, mother, and friend. Jean was an accomplished pianist, serving Bethel Methodist Church for years. Always selfless and giving, her passionate, profound love for her family, friends, and God will be a lasting legacy for all who were privileged to know her. Her family expresses deep gratitude to the staff of Autumn Care in Saluda, NC who lovingly cared for her since 2006.
She is survived by her son, Wayne Auman, Jr. and his wife Wendy Donnelly Auman; daughter, Laura Auman Anderson and her husband RJ Anderson; and five grandsons, Joey Bercik and Connor, Tristan, Trevor, and Grayson Auman.
We invite you to attend a celebration of her vibrant life on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 2:00 pm at Hendersonville First Baptist Church, 312 5th Ave., Hendersonville, NC. Reception to follow.
An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com
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- May 10:
- Purdy: Michael Sam: A watershed sports moment and embrace-and why it matters
- San Francisco 49ers hoping for help from their Drafted Dozen
- Thompson: Michael Sam saga is bigger than football -- it's all about struggle and overcoming
- St. Louis Rams draft Michael Sam, first openly gay player in NFL
- NFL Draft: Raiders complete the deal
- NFL draft: Michael Sam goes to Rams
- NFL draft: 49ers finish the deal
- NFL draft: Raiders take DE in seventh round
- NFL draft: Raiders make homecoming pick
- NFL draft: 49ers keep drafting defensive backs
- NFL draft: San Jose State's David Fales selected in sixth round by Chicago Bears
- NFL draft: 49ers add third DB to draft class
- NFL draft: 49ers take pass-rusher in fifth round
- NFL draft: Stanford chases history
- San Jose State's Bené Benwikere drafted in the fifth round by Carolina Panthers
- NFL draft: 49ers take another defensive back
- NFL draft: Cal's Khairi Fortt goes to Saints
- NFL draft: A look at the Raiders' draft class
- NFL draft: Raiders take DB Keith McGill
- NFL draft: A look at the 49ers' draft class
- NFL draft: Raiders take defensive tackle Justin Ellis
- NFL draft: 49ers draft WR Bruce Ellington
- May 9:
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Brandon Thomas
- Green Bay Packers draft Cal's Richard Rodgers
- NFL draft: 49ers pick offensive lineman Brandon Thomas
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Chris Borland
- NFL draft: Raiders take guard Jackson in third round
- NFL draft: 49ers take linebacker Borland
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Marcus Martin
- NFL draft: 49ers take center Martin with 70th pick
- NFL draft: Raiders' McKenzie trades for additional pick
- NFL draft: 49ers add Stevie Johnson, Carlos Hyde to offense
- Thompson: For Raiders, Carr was a no-brainer
- NFL draft: Palo Alto's Adams, Stanford's Murphy lead Bay Area products taken on Day 2
- NFL draft: Raiders pick QB Derek Carr
- 49ers trade for receiver Stevie Johnson
- 49ers' rookie Jimmie Ward will have toughest stretch beginning in mid-October
- Will Oakland Raiders draft quarterback Derek Carr in second round?
SANTA CLARA -- Jimmie Ward spent the first half of Thursday night's draft driving back to Mobile, Ala., after buying his mom a $300 purse in New Orleans.
When pick No. 30 came up, Ward was a 49ers, and he had the income to cover that birthday present.
"She was too happy," Ward said. "It was in front of the whole family, too. I wound up buying her a Louis Vuitton. I never ever could afford anything. I never could afford a Michael Kors purse. That's what, $300?
"This is the first time buying her something over $100."
Ward entertained the media at his introductory news conference Friday with charisma and charm. But he also showed a competitive persona that should serve him well as the team's next slot cornerback, if all goes as planned this season.
Ward, a Northern Illinois product, said he patterns himself after Ed Reed, whose Baltimore Ravens team knocked off the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
"I'm a humble guy, not a bragger," Ward said. "I don't talk on the field. I talk with my pads."
A day after general manager Trent Baalke glowed about Ward's consistent film for each game his senior season, Ward said such film review also shows his "kill shots" and how "I was taught not to miss tackles."
As Ward finished up his news conference, he put aside his sense of humor for a minute while reflecting on his rough upbringing in Mobile, noting that his mother moved him around different low-income neighborhoods to keep him out of trouble.
Now that he's in Santa Clara, he plans on joining the offseason program through mid-June.
Upon meeting Colin Kaepernick, Ward said: "Pretty cool guy. Kind of funny. Got a sense of humor. Looks like my cousin. When I first met him, I said, 'Hey, you look like my cousin!' And my cousin's name is Nick, so what a coincidence."
Ward also likes the relationship he's sparked with his coaches, starting with an April visit when defensive coordinator Vic Fangio initially welcomed him with a "poker face" and a chat with Jim Harbaugh flowed freely for over 30 minutes.
Ward also knows what's at stake this season as the 49ers try unseating the reigning champion Seattle Seahawks.
"I know the Seahawks-49ers, that's the game of the century right there," Ward said of a matchup that will resume Thanksgiving night at Levi's Stadium. "I know they have a real good defense, too, so I want to see this defense be the best defense in the nation."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.

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The University of the Cumberlands (UC) Softball team opened up their 2013 season last Friday as they traveled to Tennessee Wesleyan College (TWC) for a doubleheader. The Patriots fell to the Bulldogs in both games, 4-3 in game one and 4-3 in game two, giving them a 0-2 record to open the season.
In game one, the Bulldogs and the Patriots were tied with three runs coming out of the third inning. The Bulldogs put another run on the board in the fourth. The Patriots held them to only four runs, but could not come back with any more runs letting their first game slip. Lefty Kenly Lambert (Fairview, TN) went 3-4 at the plate for the Patriots scoring two runs. Jessica Speake (Lancaster, KY) pitched a complete game 6 innings allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on 8 hits and 1 walk while striking out 1.
The Patriots came out early with a vengeance in game two of the doubleheader and took an early 1-0 lead in the 1st. The Patriots added two more in the 4th while TWC scored runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th innings respectively to take another 4-3 victory over UC. Tabitha Benson (Cookeville, TN) had a great game going 2-3 with an RBI. Pitcher Kenly Lambert had a solid day on the rubber pitching 5 innings giving up 7 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), 1 strikeout and 3 walks. Ashleigh Hopf (Dayton, OH) also was in the circle going one inning giving up only 2 hits and 1 earned run.
The Patriots will be back on the diamond on February 19th on the road facing the Union College Bulldogs in a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 pm.
For more information on the Patriot softball team as well as other Patriot athletics, please visit www.cumberlandspatriots.com.


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- Binding: Paperback
- Era: WWII
- Number of Pages: 224
- Subject: Fiction
- Date Available: September 2009
Your tax-deductible gift to the Naval Institute Press underwrites worthy books that might not otherwise be published.
The novel, Mister Roberts, was an instant hit after being published in 1946 and was quickly adapted for the stage and screen. The title character, a Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade, defends his crew against the petty tyranny of the ship's commanding officer during World War II. Nearly all action takes place on board a backwater cargo ship, the USS Reluctant, that sails, as written in the play, "from apathy to tedium with occasional side trips to monotony and ennui." This irreverent, often hilarious story about the crew of the Reluctant has enjoyed wide and enduring popularity. Heggen based his novel on his experiences on board the USS Virgo in the South Pacific during World War II, and began it as a collection of short stories. It was subsequently adapted as a play, a feature film, a television series, and a television movie. The film version with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, and Jack Lemmon is one of the most popular movies of WWII.


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Henderson County has 4th lowest unemployment rate for Sept.
Published: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 12:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 12:22 p.m.
Henderson County recorded the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the state for September, according to statistics released Friday by the N.C. Department of Commerce. The 6.8 percent jobless rate reflects a drop of 0.7 percent from August.
The September rate is 1.2 percent lower than it was in September 2011. Only Currituck, Chatham and Orange counties had lower unemployment rates than Henderson County in September.
"Over the month, the number of people in the labor force who were employed increased by 751, while the number of unemployed (those not working but actively seeking jobs) decreased slightly by 297 people," said Larry Parker, acting public information officer for the NCDOC, Division of Employment Security.
Polk and Buncombe counties tied for sixth lowest unemployment rate in the state at 7.1 percent. Polk County's rate dropped 0.6 percent from August and 1.3 percent from September 2011, while Buncombe County declined 0.5 percent from last month and 1 percent from the same month the previous year.
Polk County's overall labor force actually decreased in September, as well as the number of employed and the number of unemployed.
Parker said to keep in mind that Polk County has a much smaller work force and that helped account for Polk County's low unemployment rate.
Buncombe County's number of employed increased by 1,850, and the number of unemployed decreased by 581, Parker said.
Transylvania County's unemployment rate for September fell to 9 percent, which is a 0.8 percent decrease from August. The county's September 2011 unemployment rate was set at 10 percent.
Unemployment rates decreased in 97 counties in North Carolina from August to September, and all 100 counties showed improvement from figures recorded one year ago.
Parker said it is difficult to pinpoint why the 97 counties went down. County rates are not seasonally adjusted, so there likely will be some month-to-month fluctuation, he said.
"It's better to focus on over-the-year numbers. And when you do that, you see all 100 counties are down," Parker said.
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The Central Christian College athletic department will be hosting the first annual "Tiger Classic" golf tournament on Aug. 30 at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson.
The tournament is a fundraiser to benefit the general athletic budget at CCC. The Tournament will begin at 8 am with a shotgun start. Prior to the start of the tournament, a silent auction will be held at 7:30 am.
The tournament fee is $300 per team and includes 18 holes of golf, cart, and lunch following the tournament. There will be special prices given away in addition to a couple of contests with prizes held on specific holes.
For more information about the tournament, please contact Scott Seirer at 620-504-5140 extention 3130 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
You can register for the tournament at www.ccctigers.com
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It used to be that hunters and hikers needn't worry about ticks or lyme disease in this region, but state entomologist Jon Turmel says things are changing. Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler talks with Turmel about why the numbers of ticks are increasing and what it means for folks who spend time outdoors.
For More Information:
Tick Management - Vermont Agency of Agriculture


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Our presenter has been an athletic trainer (AT) for 15 years at the University of Iowa. In his position, he works to support collegiate athletic teams. He must be available and present to treat athletes at games and matches involving University of Iowa sports teams.
Working with college teams is not all an athletic trainer can do in their career. Companies such as Cirque du Soleil hire ATs as do rodeos, industry and a variety of other organizations that one would not even imagine. There are opportunities to work with school districts, in physician offices and at community sporting events to name a few.
In addition to his duties with athletes, our presenter is doing some administrative work in the Athletic Training Education Program at the University of Iowa. He will explain the academic details as well as the requirements to get accepted to this competitive program. He will also tell your students what they should be doing in high school to prepare for a career as an AT.
Teachers, be sure to print off the resources provided in our resources section for your students… and be sure to sign up to participate today!


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A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Guests can kickback with a cocktail at one of the resort's bars, including a poolside bar and a bar/lounge.
An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. One&Only Reethi Rah also offers a complimentary children's club, a children's pool, and outdoor tennis courts.
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Stronger Third Quarter Makes Outlook Weaker
Faster isn't always better.
The U.S. economy last quarter grew at one of the speediest paces so far in this recovery. But the revisions in Thursday's gross domestic product report raise worries about production going forward.
The Commerce Department said real GDP expanded at a 2.7% annual rate last quarter, better than the 2.0% reported a month earlier. Only two other quarters have seen better growth rates since the recovery began in mid-2009.
The source of the better growth, however, isn't good for the outlook. Almost all of the revision came from the inventory sector. Inventory contributed 0.77 percentage point to GDP growth last quarter, a swing from the 0.1 point drag reported a month ago.
The problem with growth coming from inventory accumulation is that businesses headed into the fourth quarter with extra goods on shelves or in warehouses. If demand isn't solid enough to move that merchandise out the door, an overhang of inventories will mean less orders and production.
Those production cuts might come in the fourth quarter or they could be a drag in early 2013, just as some type of fiscal restraint (higher taxes or federal spending cuts) filters through the economy.
How important were inventories to GDP? Excluding them, real final sales grew 1.9% last quarter, down from the 2.1% reported earlier and not much better than the 1.7% rate of the second quarter.
The unexpectedly high rate of inventory building caused economists at Goldman Sachs to lower their estimate of fourth-quarter GDP. They wrote in a research note, "We believe that underlying momentum going into Q4 was weaker than we anticipated. As a result we revised our Q4 GDP tracking to 1.5% from 1.7%."
Demand that weak won't generate many new jobs.
The wild card in the inventory-demand relationship is the Northeast's recovery from Sandy's destruction.
Businesses hit by the storm have to restock or rev up production to recoup what was lost in the storm. Families are also engaged in their own inventory accumulation. That could mean something as minor as replacing food spoiled when a freezer had no power, or as major as restoring the items of an entire household–and the house itself.


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CrazyJoe: They should be. The problem lies in conversion for me, though. Seems that the DivX encoded videos that I convert and burn to DVD using Burn simply don't work on a DVD player. The audio is usually fine, but the video it always messed up. Just personal experience, though, and probably not indicative of how the program is supposed to work, which in most other cases is really really good.
Does anyone know if the DVD's burnt by this are usable in DVD players?
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Here we are on a normal August day and the New York Times says that the Defense Department is offering seed money to begin the very long process of designing a space ship to another star. But should we?
An actual human launching is at least a couple of centuries away and, barring the invention of Star Trek-like warp drives, could take additional centuries to complete. Whoever goes on such a journey will not be coming back.
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- Bubble Guppies (3)
- Team Umizoomi (6)
- The Fresh Beat Band (1)
- Max & Ruby (1)
- Go, Diego, Go! (2)
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan (7)
- The Backyardigans (5)
- Wonder Pets! (3)
- Blue's Clues (2)
- Olivia (1)
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (5)
- More Shows (3)
Nothing beats a cupcake except a cupcake surrounded by chocolate coins! Pop Dora's Pirate Cookie Pops in cupcakes with shining treasures!
Weekdays on Nick Jr.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 24 cupcake pan cups with paper liners. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 18 to 22 minutes. Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack, invert, and cool completely.
Spread the chocolate frosting on top of each cupcake. Arrange the chocolate coins on top. Insert a cookie pop in the center of each cupcake.
To make treasure-chest-shaped cakes, bake the batter in 12 buttered and floured 2 1/4- by 4-inch loaf pans for 15 to 19 minutes. Frost with the chocolate frosting when cool. Pipe bands around the edges with yellow tube frosting. Garnish the plates with ground graham crackers, gold coins, and peach rings (to look like a chain).
Dora takes the cake. And in this case, she IS the cake!
Get a taste of the tropics with this healthy, fruity drink!
Thanksgiving guests will want to swipe every last piece
Make this a-DORA-ble autumn treat for the apple of your eye!
Kids will go bananas for Boots' yummy baked treat!
Turn breakfast into an adventure when you make Dora pancakes!
Present your pie with your preschooler's favorite explorer!
Dress up sugar cookies in Dora's festive and fruity attire!
Bake up purr-fect cookies for your Halloween fiesta!
Make this a-DORA-ble sandwich for your sweetheart!
Charm loved ones with Dora's dainty cupcake rings on Valentine's Day!
Warm their hearts with Dora's favorite drink!
Kids will get a kick out of making Boots from bread and bologna!
You'll be a star in your preschooler's eyes when you make these stellar yet easy treats!
Bake up Boots with your little kitchen helper!
Your little star will love exploring this healthy pasta salad!
Share this snack with your little explorers. They're sure to swipe it right off the kitchen table!
Make a cake fit for a princess!
The ice-cold treat is just right for quenching an explorer's thirst.
A homemade holiday tradition with a delicious Dora twist!
Summon a sea filled with sweet starfish covered in icing
A royal recipe with a sweet surprise!
Ahoy! It's Dora in her pirate gear
Wishing Backpack could join your birthday party? Here's how he can!
Kids of all ages will swipe these cupcakes faster than you know who!
Dora on a cupcake? Delicioso!
Like magic, these yummy cupcakes will disappear into thin air!
Be like a brave bunny & bake this easy recipe with your little rabbit!
What's hiding under that sheet? One fin-tastic treat!
Little guppies will flip for this funny take on dessert!
These fetchin' cupcakes will stand out at your little guppy's next party!
Create bakery-worthy cupcakes that look like Max & Ruby
Try this tasty Kai-lan Halloween treat--it will never go extinct!
Charm loved ones with Dora's dainty cupcake rings on Valentine's Day!
Roll out the red carpet for the cutest cupcakes around!
Little dragons everywhere will love Rintoo's too cute Halloween cupcake!
Get your party started with Dino Dan & these delicious treats!
Count on your little baker to sort out the candies in this terrific Tolee treat!
A cupcake and a simple ice cream cone turn into an edible microphone!
It's a-Bot time for these yummy cupcakes!
Shape up with these math-minded cupcakes from Geo!
Make way for Milli's mighty good cupcakes!
Follow these 5 simple steps to make a super sweet treat
The cutest Koala you've seen on a cupcake!
They're as sweet as Hoho, himself!
The tasty treat that's fit for a tiger!
Who knew Toodee would make such a blue-tiful cupcake?
PLEX the robot rocks out in cupcake form. Go Plex! Go Plex!
These treats are as easy as A-B-C
These Oswald cupcakes with gummie hats will be a big hit!
Move over, ice cream!
What beats a cupcake? A cupcake topped with Austin!
Your favorite guinea pig makes for a wonder-ful cupcake!
Enjoy this "serious" treat together!
No Blue's Clues birthday party would be complete without this familiar face
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A Shift in Perspective
Faith in Action
The Works of Mercy
Whenever I get stuck for
an idea for this column,
I know that I can always
count on my three kids
to provide one. And most of the time
it comes at the least opportune moments,
as it did for this month.
This month's column came to life
one evening shortly after I had gotten
home from work. As usual, I was
attempting to get the daily rundown of
the kids' activities, read the mail, check
the messages and get dinner started.
That's when it all came apart.
"Mom, Riley hit me," reported Alex.
"Mom, I want pink milk," demanded
"Mom, I feel like I'm going to throw
up," cautioned Maddie.
Another typical night in the Brigger
house, I thought.
I quickly helped foster a reconciliation
between Alex and Riley, filled a
sippy cup with pink milk, and comforted
Maddie and laid her down on
the couch with a bucket nearby.
A far cry from what I—or anyone
else, I imagine—would call "holy." But,
as I realized later, in many ways it was.
A Shift in Perspective
That evening, after the kids were all
tucked in bed, I sat down at my computer
wracking my brain for a topic.
And then it hit me. Over the course of
the evening I had unknowingly performed
a number of the works of mercy
that I had grown up hearing about, but
which I saw as goals too lofty and,
quite frankly, too holy for me to
But it was just a matter of a shift in
perspective. For too long, when I read
"feed the hungry," I envisioned signing
up and working at the local soup
kitchen. But I never stopped to realize
that feeding healthy meals to my own
family counted, too.
Or that I was "admonishing the sinner"
when I corrected one of my kids
for doing something wrong or hurtful
to someone else, "visiting the sick"
when I took them to visit their great-grandma
at the nursing home and
"burying the dead" when Maddie's rabbits
died and we laid them to rest on
our backyard hill. And the list goes on.
Here I was living the works of mercy
in my everyday life, and I didn't even
realize it.
The works of mercy are divided into
two categories: corporal and spiritual.
The corporal works of mercy are those
that benefit the physical body. Corporal comes from the Latin word corpus for
"body." The spiritual works of mercy
are those that benefit the soul.
References to these works can be
found throughout the Bible, including
Matthew 25.
A lot of times I think we fail to see that
our daily lives provide golden opportunities
to live out our faith in very
real ways. And while we may see them
as mundane, they actually hold great
potential for holiness. Here are some
ways to help shift your perspective:
Stop and reflect. Take a few minutes
at the end of each day to think about
ways in which you lived out the works
of mercy that day. Did you comfort
someone who wasn't feeling well? Did
you help your child read a book or
teach one of your children something
Make a list. Gather together and
come up with ideas for how your family
and its individual members can live
out the works of mercy both within
and outside your family. After talking
about ways that you can embody these
works, make a list of concrete ways to
display the works of mercy. Then come
up with a plan to implement some of
those actions.
"Put one foot in front of the
other." These lyrics from a song in
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town—one of
my favorite Christmas shows—say a
lot. Trying to achieve holiness can seem
like an overwhelming task, but if we
just take it one step at a time, it's a lot
easier. Think small. "Clothe the naked"
can be as simple as mending your
child's favorite pajamas in order to
bring that child comfort.
Celebrate your holiness. Just because
we haven't been canonized
doesn't mean we're not doing holy
work here on earth. St. Francis may
have confronted the wolf of Gubbio,
but I've taken on my two-year-old
when she hasn't had a nap. That
should count for something.
Corporal Works
• Feed the hungry.
• Give drink to the thirsty.
• Clothe the naked.
• Shelter the homeless.
• Visit the sick.
• Visit those in prison.
• Bury the dead.
Spiritual Works
• Instruct the ignorant.
• Counsel the doubtful.
• Admonish the sinner.
• Comfort the sorrowful.
• Forgive injuries.
• Bear wrongs patiently.
• Pray for the living and the dead.
Do you have ideas or suggestions for topics you'd like
to see addressed in this column? If so, send them to me at Faith-filled Family, 28
W. Liberty Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202-6498, or e-mail them to email@example.com.


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Tonight's race and festival are on in downtown Houma
Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 4:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 4:38 p.m.
The Courier presents the 5K Run for Excellence and Cajun Food Fest will be held today as planned in downtown Houma.
Festival organizers say rain that had persisted since early Friday is clearing and the annual event will go on as scheduled.
The race starts at 6 p.m. The kids' run is at 5:30 p.m. The price for the race and post-race festivities is $20 for students (5-20) and $35 for adults. The price includes a T-shirt.
The cost for non-racers to enter the festival is $25 for adults, $15 for students 13-20 and $5 for students 5-12. Kids 4 and under enter free.
The festival will include a Kids Corner, open till 9:30 p.m., that includes face painting, balloon art, magic shows, arts-and-crafts and other activities. The Bucktown Allstars will perform from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Proceeds help support the Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence, which has awarded more than $898,000 to Terrebonne's schools since 2001. For information,, visit www.tfae.org.
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He's back and in denial in a March 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined: "The Fed Didn't Cause the Housing Bubble." He lied, the way he did throughout his career and for 18.5 years as Fed chairman. How else could he have kept the job, be knighted in the UK for his "contribution to global economic stability, wisdom and skill," then afterwards be extolled by the Money Trust he enriched.
So now he's preserving his "legacy" by expunging its dark side the way Orwell described in 1984 - "down the memory hole," a convenient slot for "any document....due for destruction," politically inconvenient truths to be erased to preserve only sanitized versions for the public. It's called historical revisionism, but even some on the right aren't convinced.
The Ludwig von Mises Institute is a libertarian research and educational center espousing the Austrian School economics of its namesake. Robert Murphy is one of its adjunct scholars, and in an April 14, 2008 article he asked: "Did the Fed Cause the Housing Bubble?"
"The case....is straightforward," he stated. "...Greenspan slashed the federal funds target from 6.5% in January 2001 down to a ridiculous 1% by June 2003. After holding rates at 1% for a year, the Fed then steadily ratcheted them back up to 5.25% by June 2006," a pumping and popping process that "seemed to be more than just a coincidence." It led to speculative "malinvestments," then needing a "recession" to correct.
"The Fed's role in the housing boom and bust is a classic illustration of the Austrian business cycle theory," according to Murphy. "Indeed, the Misesian explanation is so compelling that more and more economists and financial analysts are being persuaded." But not Greenspan who made his own case and got the Wall Street Journal to publish it. The problem is what he said, even worse what he omitted.
That as Fed chairman he led a pump and dump scheme, a financial coup d'etat, to defraud the public for Wall Street. It continues unabated, with new schemes, sucking trillions of dollars of wealth from the many to the few through fraudulently engineered housing, asset, and debt bubbles, illegally offshoring vast sums of capital globally, and shifting government assets to private interests, then their liabilities onto the government leaving taxpayers stuck with the bill.
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Across the board, his Fed tenure outraged William Greider enough to call him one of "the most duplicitous figures (ever) in modern American government" who used his position to "corrupt the political dialogue" to sell snake oil to Congress and the public and be a willing co-conspirator in the theft of trillions going back to the early 1980s before his Fed days. He championed derivatives, securitization, and deregulation. He believed unfettered markets work best so let them and told a congressional committee in the mid-1990s:
"Risks in financial markets, including derivative markets, are being regulated by private parties. There is nothing involved in federal regulation per se which makes it superior to market regulation." In other words, let capital operate freely, plunder at will, and have no regulatory restraints regardless of the harm caused.
He sanctioned fraud as a tool of the Money Trust, and as Fed chairman engineered multiple bubbles in stocks, housing, mortgages, bonds, derivatives, currencies, and commodities, yet took no responsibility for the fallout. When asked, he said he has "no regrets on any of the Federal Reserve's policies that we initiated." In fact, he championed them.
He let house prices become an $8 trillion wealth bubble, yet had regulatory authority to prevent it. He chided his critics, ignored the public interest, and even encouraged use of risky no down payment adjustable rate mortgages (including subprime ones) at the worst possible time to buy property. He bears full responsibility for the greatest ever economic collapse costing millions their homes, jobs, savings, pensions, and futures - yet he has "no regrets" for any of his actions.
Here's his account of the housing bubble with a warning to the unwary. Take a strong dose of antacid before reading.
Greenspan admits that "lower interest rates spawned the speculative euphoria (but the) rate that matters was not the federal-funds rate. (It was) the rate on long-term, fixed-rate mortgages....The correlation between home prices and mortgage rates was highly significant, and a far better indicator of rising home prices than the fed-funds rate."
While it's true that longer rates affect mortgage ones, as important is how investors view the economy and prospects for inflation. In addition, short rates affect all others. They influence longer rates, including on Treasury notes, bonds and mortgages. Markets set all rates except one, Fed-funds, but it's the prime mover for others with added power from the central bank's bully pulpit.
Significant also is the close correlation between mortgage and Fed-funds rates. From 1971 - 2002, the average spread between them was 2.85%. Thereafter the relationship changed for a reason - because Fed- funds fell so low while mortgage rates bottomed at around 5.75% and didn't top 6% again until the Fed target rate approached 4%. If a 2.85% spread had held, 30-year mortgages would have been sub-4%. Today at 0% Fed-funds, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are around 5%, and take note - historically the lowest ever 20th and 21st century mortgage rate was around 4.7% right after WW II.
However, in the wake of the Fed's announced intention to buy $1.25 trillion in Freddie and Fannie mortgage backed securities, $200 billion in Freddie, Fannie and Federal Home Loan Bank bonds, and $300 billion in longer-term Treasuries, mortgage rates may challenge or even better the previous low.
Greenspan blamed the housing bubble on success, or in his words: "the tectonic shift in the early 1990s by much of the developing world (away) from central planning to increasingly dynamic, export-led market competition. The result was a surge (in growth) that led to an excess in savings." That, in turn, "propelled global long-term interest rates progressively lower between 2000 and 2005," and guess who takes credit.
The "Maestro," of course, with Greenspan quoting Milton Friedman for support. In evaluating the 1987 - 2005 period, he said: "There is not another period in which the Federal Reserve System has performed so well. It is more than a difference of degree; it approaches a difference of kind." From one defrocked icon about another, his comment rings hollow, and, according to Catherine Austin Fitts, the evidence is compelling from her experience as an insider.
Replying to the Wall Street Journal, she explained that her "company served as lead financial advisor to the Federal Housing Administration between 1994 and 1997. (She) watched both the Administration and (Fed) aggressively implement policies that engineered the housing bubble," and gave an example involving securitizing mortgages for pooling, then repackaging and selling them in tranches to investors.
"Even in 1995, (she) could see that these plans would create unserviceable debt loads in communities struggling with" globalization-caused declining incomes. The fallout would be mortgage defaults combined with mortgage-backed securities (MBS) "drain(ing) retirement savings from 401(k)s and pension plans."
Taxpayers would get the bill "but insiders would make bundle." She accused an administration official involved in the scheme with "planning on issuing more mortgages than there were houses or residents." His reply: "Shut up, this is none of your business."
It gets worse the result of the "long standing partnership of narcotics trafficking and mortgage fraud," then combining them "to target and destroy minority and poor communities with highly profitable economic warfare. The model is global" and very profitable throughout the world and across America with numerous examples as proof. She cited one.
In October 1996, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) released documents showing evidence of CIA links to the South-Central Los Angeles crack epidemic at least since the mid-1980s, attributable to fund-raising efforts for the Nicaraguan Contras.
Fitts wrote in May 1999 that in December 1997, "the CIA Inspector General delivered Volume I of their report to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence" on the charges. It documented "the continued (money laundered) flow of an estimated $500 billion - $1 trillion a year....into the US financial system." To placate Waters, Greenspan met with her in January 1998 and "pledged billions (would) come to her district." It began in February when Al Gore announced it "was awarded Empowerment Zone status....and made eligible for $300 million in federal grants and tax benefits."
Fitts called Greenspan a "liar" and accused him of being complicit with the Treasury in engineering the housing bubble "as part of a financial coup d'etat" - documented in her writing "Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. (where she served as a Managing Director and Board member) and the Aristocracy of Stock Profits." She explained how:
"America's aristocracy makes money ensnaring our youth in a pincer movement of drugs and prisons and wins middle class support through (government-funded) contracts for War on Drugs activities at federal, state and local levels. This consensus (is sustained) by the gush of growing debt and derivatives used to bubble the housing and mortgage markets, manipulate the stock and precious metals markets, and finance trillions missing from the US government in the largest pump and dump in history....of the entire economy."
It's "more than a process designed to wipe out the middle class. (It's) genocide - a much more subtle and lethal version than ever before perpetrated by" legions of previous scoundrels. She described a process of insider deals designed to:
— hollow out America,
— centralize power and knowledge,
— shift wealth to the privileged,
— destroy communities and local infrastructure,
— create new wealth by rebuilding them, and
— leave human despair in its wake.
It's no accident that they crushed world economies to enrich the Money Trust, wrecked lives and impoverished millions, and the scheme remains very much ongoing. Yet Greenspan remains unapologetic, indeed smug in his Journal op-ed.
He deflected blame on "global forces beyond the control of domestic monetary policy makers" while claiming that "Global market competition and integration in goods, services and finance have brought unprecedented gains in material well-being." For whom he wouldn't say. He didn't have to, just look at the winners and losers.
Then explain it to the victims, the millions of Americans losing homes, jobs, pensions, savings and futures, the growing numbers with inadequate safety net protection for emergencies. Explain the greatest ever economic collapse, not an accident but willfully engineered, the lack of regulatory restraints that allowed it, and the devastating toll from its fallout.
Tell those affected how "the appropriate policy response is not to bridle financial intermediation with heavy regulation" but free it save for minor reforms too little to matter and simple to remove once the heat's off. Justify the "ret(ention of) a dynamic world economy capable of producing prosperity and future sustainable growth" based on business as usual policies - ones you describe as not "rely(ing) on governments to intermediate saving and investment flows" but freeing capital to grow more of it to enrich the few at the expense of the rest.
Justify the global economic collapse, the billions harmed, the human misery, and the fear that's it's just beginning. Explain how that jibes with democratic freedoms, equal opportunity, and the best of all possible worlds. At age 83 as a prominent figure, a well-paid private advisor and speaker, historical revisionism is how, and let the devil take the hindmost.
Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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October 6, 2006
Laney Wildcats fans will roar into a brand new stadium next Friday.
The high school has been without a stadium for more than 40 years, but the community scored a touchdown when plans to build a multi-million dollar stadium gave Laney fans something more to cheer about.
It's been 40 years and now finally the Wildcats have a place to call their own.
Eric Parker has coached Laney football for 10 years without ever having true home field advantage.
"We've always practiced on a half of a field behind the gym here," he told News 12.
But next Friday when Laney steps into the spotlight, they will be greeted by a stadium that's capable of holding 9000.
Retiring school superintendent Dr. Charles Larke says this project, which includes a baseball field, softball field, and athletic facilities is by far his favorite under his administration.
"I couldn't leave until this was finished," he said. "I had to see it to the end."
Juriah Lewis is a 1970 graduate of Laney High School. He helped the Booster Club sell pavers at the stadium for $100 apiece. Now, there are memories etched into 347 pavers.
"There's no other team and no other school like a Laney grad," Lewis said. "It's something that's intangible. Once you say you graduated from Laney, it just covers it all."
It's Laney pride that carried on even when they didn't have a stadium.
"Years ago we use to play in something called the dust bowl," Lewis recalled.
"To have gone 40 years without a home field, I can understand how they feel finally having a place to call their own," Dr. Larke said.
Officials plan to roll out the red carport from the school across the street to the new stadium on Sunday.
Local leaders, Laney alumni, and the community will be given tours of the new stadium.
The reception starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m.
Laney High Stadium Tours
Sunday, October 8
4 p.m. - 6p.m.
Commissioners, Alumni, & Community


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BERKELEY -- For 21/2 quarters, it was a game. Then, in seemingly an instant, Cal watched Oregon zoom away to a one-sided victory at Memorial Stadium.
It speaks to the state of the Golden Bears that they played perhaps as well as they can -- down just seven points to the nation's highest-scoring team midway through the third quarter -- and still lost 59-17.
One ill-timed turnover and the Ducks pounced, scoring five unanswered touchdowns -- the first four on drives that consumed a combined elapsed time of less than 51/2 minutes.
"It gets away from you in a hurry," said coach Jeff Tedford the day after absorbing the most one-sided defeat of his 11-year career at Cal. "It's not the first time they've done something like that."
Oregon used the victory, coupled with Alabama's loss, as a springboard to a No. 1 ranking in Sunday's new Associated Press top 25. The Ducks (10-0, 7-0 Pac-12) then climbed to No. 2 in the BCS standings.
There are no grand horizons out there for the Bears (3-8, 2-6), at least not this season. But as they close their season Saturday at Oregon State, the Bears need look no further than the Beavers for an example of how things can change in a hurry in college football.
OSU was 3-9 a year ago but is 7-2 and ranked No. 15 after a 27-23 loss at Stanford.
"That's what can happen," Tedford said. "There's absolutely light at the end of the tunnel. Last year they won three games, and they bounced back. Even though this is not the year we looked for, it doesn't mean there is no hope in sight."
Tedford said there wasn't a particular moment when he saw this season beginning to unravel.
"I never saw it going in the wrong direction," he said. "Each week you felt like you had a chance to win.
"Obviously, as the injuries started mounting and your depth began to dwindle ... I've never seen anything like it."
The Bears' duel with the Ducks was going to be an uphill climb under the best of circumstances, but those didn't exist for Cal.
Four offensive starters missed the game with injury, including star receiver Keenan Allen and senior quarterback Zach Maynard.
Junior Allan Bridgford took over at quarterback and managed the team well in a mistake-free first half. The running game produced 236 yards, including a season-high 134 yards by senior Isi Sofele. The defense held star Oregon back Kenjon Barner to 65 rushing yards -- 256 fewer yards than he accumulated the week before against USC.
The game plan was sound, the execution solid and Cal had the ball, down just 24-17, when it all came apart in a hurry.
Bridgford, rushed hard by Oregon freshman defensive tackle Arik Armstead, threw the ball up for grabs and was picked off by linebacker Boseko Lokombo.
On the next play, Marcus Mariota threw his third touchdown pass of the night. He threw three more to tie Oregon's single-game record with six.
The Cal running game remained effective in the second half, but as the Ducks' lead grew, Oregon's focus became stopping Cal's air attack.
Bridgford, efficient in the first half, was 2 for 9 with two interceptions in catch-up mode over the final two quarters.
The Cal-Oregon box from Saturday's game is on Page 9.


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Dallas Fed: Survey of non-profit service providers show Texas economy picked up speed in 3Q
The Texas economy picked up speed in the third quarter, as employment climbed and the housing and construction markets continued to rebound, according to a survey of non-profit service providers released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
"The regional economy appears to be maintaining its strength, amidst political uncertainty and fears of the 'fiscal cliff,'" according to the Dallas Fed's Community Outlook Survey.
The quarterly online poll of nonprofit organizations helps assess community and economic development in the Federal Reserve's 11th district, which includes Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico. The groups provide housing, health, financial aid, workforce development and education services to cities and counties.
Texas' job growth rose to a 3.1 percent annualized rate in the quarter, after a slowdown in the second quarter, the survey showed. And the real estate rebound continued, as home prices and existing home sales remained strong.
The survey's financial well-being index rose 7 points and turned positive, indicating that service providers think financial well-being will improve for low- and moderate-income households in the last three months of this year.
The nonprofits noted that a lack of capital and competition for grant or subsidy funding were the most important factors affecting the availability of affordable housing.


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Broker Note Briefing: Tuesday
European equity markets were under pressure Tuesday after investors were left questioning when Greece would receive the next tranche of sorely needed financial aid, as the country's official lenders continue to squabble over how to reduce Greece's debt pile.
Until further details emerge, City analysts give us something to think about as they review some of Europe's big names.
Barclays downgraded Davide Campari-Milano to "underperform" from "equalweight" as it expects Campari to continue to underperform its peers in the spirits sector in the short term.
"The company's exposure to the weak Italian market, an ongoing retailer dispute in Germany, and gross margin and other cost constraints are likely to hold back sentiment until the full-year results in March 2013," Barclays said. "With its core European markets under pressure and key brand growth slowing, the group's organic sales growth will be below peers."
E.ON, one of the U.K.'s leading energy companies, has been cut to "underweight" from "neutral" by HSBC after the company said its medium-term profit and dividend targets may no longer be achievable.
"Even after €13 billion ($16.53 billion) of disposals, E.ON simply has the wrong assets in the current market environment," HSBC said. The growth businesses, like Russia and renewables are failing to make up for E.ON's unfavorable generation mix in several of its major markets, the British bank said.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs moved Fresenius Medical Care to "conviction buy" from "buy," as it believes the shares recent underperformance could offer a compelling entry point.
Goldman Sachs said the stock has underperformed the sector by 9% since Sept. 1, which offers a good opportunity to buy what it regards as a structural leader within the European Union medtech space.
It also said that it views most of what it calls "a miss" in the German company's third-quarter results as "transient," with an improvement expected over the next three to six months.
"We continue to view Fresenius Medical Care as uniquely positioned to capitalize on the structural growth in the dialysis market given its dominant market position," Goldman Sachs added.


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If they needed a warm camp body they should have called up Terry Hawthorne... last year's 5th rounder that didn't make it thru camp.
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If they needed a warm camp body they should have called up Terry Hawthorne... last year's 5th rounder that didn't make it thru camp.
If he couldn't make it through camp and played zero football for anyone last year, why would they call him?
With no guaranteed money, it is a fine signing. With guaranteed $, I don't like it
Well, I will say this: Even with a few weaker dudes added, I like all the overall activity and they did make some surprising, quality moves. When is the last time you recall free agency where Pgh added more than 1 - if any - players with potential substantial playing time in free agency? They signed 3 or maybe 4 so far.
Steelers get McCain for vet minimum plus $65 K bonus. He will count $635,000 against their cap. That means he adds $215 K to cap as top-51and
— Ed Bouchette (@EdBouchette) April 1, 2014
Steelers now have a little less than $400 K in salary cap space.
— Ed Bouchette (@EdBouchette) April 1, 2014
If you need depth...You sign a vet who has played in the NFL in 72 games & started 10. You don't sign your old draft pick that lost his job in camp that you cut. Hasn't played a snap in the NFL. He was thought of so highly...No other NFL team even signed him to the PS. Injury, attitude, ability....Something is off.
Good signing going forward. Again...Win-Win. Doesn't work out or gets beat out...Cut him before 53.


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TODAY: School of Music Convocation with Guest Artists WeBe3 at 10 a.m. | Music majors required to attend!
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, the School of Music Convocation will explore the theme "New Ways of Looking at Music," with guest artists WeBe3 leading the discussion.
Beginning at 10 a.m. in Ford Hall, the vocalists of WeBe3-- widely known as Bobby McFerrin's "voicestra"-- will lead an interactive session utilizing vocal and rhythmic improvisation to explore how music impacts the mind and body.
As part of Ithaca College Concerts, WeBe3 will be giving a vocal improvisational performance in front of a ticketed audience this same evening at 8:15 p.m., also in Ford Hall. More at ithaca.edu/webe3 | Tickets available at ithacaevents.com
A full schedule of Wednesday's public and student workshops is available here.
About Convocation:
School of Music Convocations are designed to bring together all music majors at Ithaca College. Attendance is required of all Music majors. Students must pick up their recital attendance cards in the music office before the convocation, as the card will require one punch for these events. If students have a course scheduled outside of the School of Music at this time, they should turn in a copy of their schedules with their recital cards to be excused from these events.
About WeBe3
Rhiannon, Joey Blake and David Worm have a long musical history together. They are original and continuing members of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra since 1986, touring with Bobby internationally. They are all co-founders of the innovative vocal ensemble SoVoSo', vocal/instrumental ensemble Bowl Full of Sound and their newest project, WeBe3. | webe3music.com
Rhiannon is a performer, master teacher, composer and recording artist with five albums on her own RhiannonMusic label. She continues to perform and teach internationally, has a year long intensive "ALL THE WAY IN" bringing singers to her unique approach to vocal improvisation and is releasing her book on improvisation in spring of 2013, VOCAL RIVER. | www.rhiannonmusic.com
Joey Blake is a gifted performer, recording artist, producer and recording engineer. He teaches vocal improvisation and ensemble development at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he also produces emerging artists nationally. | joeyblake.com/
David Worm performs and records with his band Glass House as well as with SoVoSo', Left Hook and The Miribai Ensemble. He also composes for Bay Area dance companies, including Robert Moses' Kin, Stanford Lively Arts, Project Bandaloop and Axis Dance as well as scoring for film. | glasshousemusic.org
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the School of Music at 607-274-3717. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
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Hey all— I am incredibly pleased to announce that Kongregate's newest employee is jmtb02!!! He has eight years of experience developing single-player flash games, and we're thrilled that he has joined our team.
Many of his past games will already be familiar to you: the Achievement Unlocked series, the This Is the Only Level series, Treadmillasaurus Rex, Hedgehog Launch, Epic Combo! and of course Soviet Giraffe. (Who can resist a game description that starts out, "Okay, so this time you are a giraffe in a Soviet military base…"?) They're fun, they're funny, they're easy to jump into and just start playing— genuinely terrific stuff.
Don't worry, we're not turning him into a project manager or something. He's going to continue making great games, but now he's doing it for us! Will Kongbot get his own game at last? Will guinea pigs finally get the fan base they deserve? Will we decide for once and for all which is superior, pygmy hedgehogs or sugar gliders? Stay tuned…. same bat time, same bat channel.


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Like elsewhere, the iPhone is hugely popular and hard to get in Japan. Earlier this week, actress Yumiko Shaku did a post in which talked about getting her first smartphone—the "new iPhone model".
Thing is, it wasn't the new iPhone. It wasn't even the old one. It was an iPod Touch.
Almost every Japanese celebrity has a blog. Actress Yumiko Shaku is no exception. On their blogs, Japanese celebrities post photos of themselves in fancy restaurants. Sometimes, they post photos of with their latest purchases. Know what went on sale recently? The iPhone 4S.
Lots of folks are not tech savvy. Even someone like Shaku, who has appeared in several video games, obviously doesn't have a handle on, say, the difference between an iPhone and an iPod Touch.
Shaku, who started out as a bikini model, is now a major TV actress. She got some of her first big breaks in games. She voiced heroine Aya Brea in Parasite Eve II and then released a photobook called Parasite Eve II Real Aya Yumiko Shaku in 1999. The book featured Shaku cosplaying as Aya Brea.
Shaku went on to voice game characters like Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters In Space as well as Joanna Dark in the Japanese version of Perfect Dark Zero. All of this, including appearing at Xbox 360 launch events in Japan, might make for geek cred, but they don't make for tech cred.
In her original blog post, Shaku talked about how she had a regular clamshell for years, but finally decided to get a smartphone. So, she said she got the new iPhone and wrote some very brief impressions of the device.
As the Japanese internet was quick to point out, Shaku was not using an iPhone in her post, but an iPod Touch as evident by the shape and by "iPod" written where the cell phone carrier should be.
The following day, she ran a correction on her blog, stating that, yes, she had mistaken an iPod Touch for the new iPhone. Online, Japanese netizens wondered exactly how one goes about mistaking a phone, something used to phone people, with an iPod Touch, something that you don't. Of course, one could use an iPod Touch to Skype, but Shaku did not mention Skype. She did mention how she liked the swiping motion.
"But, I downloaded apps, music, and email and did that finger swiping motion, too and used a TV phone," Shaku blogged. "It's problem of the nuance of what you call this instead of a smartphone." The lack of, you know, a phone plan should have been a dead giveaway.
On Japanese forums, commenters noted that obviously she's not tech savvy, but found her mistake and her correction to be adorable.
"This is on purpose," one commenter wrote, believing that her mistake was designed to make her appear tech illiterate and appeal to Japanese otaku. "Boy, this is cute," another noted, while yet another wrote, "Now, I'm a fan of her." And she seems to be a fan of her new
iPhone iPod Touch.
Good thing she didn't confuse an iPad with an iPhone 4S. Boy, that would've been embarrassing.


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SANTA CLARA -- Gov. Jerry Brown predicted a rebound for California's moribund economy on Friday and called for business and political leaders to collaborate to extricate the state from its economic and fiscal morass.
The governor was the headliner for an annual event by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group to discuss public policy. The meeting in Santa Clara brought together an estimated 1,200 business and political leaders.
"California is creating jobs at a rate that is 50 percent faster than the U.S.," the governor said during a panel discussion about economic and political issues. "But, of course, we started from the bottom. One of the good things about starting from the bottom is it feels so good when you are coming up."
At various times a cheerleader, pundit and political chief executive, Brown made a pitch for Proposition 30, which would impose higher income taxes on Californians with annual incomes of $250,000 or more, as well as institute a quarter-cent sales tax increase.
The governor says passage of Prop. 30 means state officials won't have to slash funding for education. Opponents of the measure say its passage would trigger job losses and fresh economic woes, including an exodus of businesses and affluent residents in a state that is already struggling.
Regardless of the fate of Prop. 30 after Tuesday's election, Brown said California is on the comeback trail. He dismissed critics who say the Golden State's best days have disappeared for good. He cited the Silicon Valley executives, entrepreneurs and risk takers in the audience as evidence that the state is in good shape.
"People say California is a failed state. But from where I sit, it doesn't look like a failed state," Brown said.
Reflecting on his first stint as governor from 1975 to 1983, Brown noted how California has grown and changed in dramatic ways. He noted that firms such as Apple (AAPL), Qualcomm, Google (GOOG), Netflix (NFLX), Facebook and Twitter didn't exist at the time.
"California is expanding," Brown said. "It's going to be a great place if we collaborate and work together. Let's keep going."
During the luncheon, the leadership group handed out lifetime achievement awards to Silicon Valley stalwarts John Doerr, a partner with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; and John Thompson, chief executive officer of Virtual Instruments and former CEO of Symantec.
"I really don't deserve this award. The entrepreneurs I backed are the ones who deserved it," Doerr said. "They changed the world into an app world, so you can like it, friend it, plus it and tweet it."
The panelists also discussed whether reforms should be instituted for the California Environmental Quality Act, commonly dubbed CEQA. Environmental leaders often tout the rules spawned by CEQA as necessary bulwarks against runaway development and urban sprawl that would harm the ecosystem. Developers and business leaders often criticize CEQA as a catalyst for red tape and regulations that drive up construction costs for homes and commercial buildings.
"We have a difficult time locating jobs in California because of CEQA," said David Cush, CEO of Virgin Airways. "We located a flight training center in Burlingame. But we have our call center in Washington state and heavy maintenance in Florida."
Brown said his top priorities for 2013 are controlling spending, water reliability and ensuring that utilities such as PG&E reach goals of 33 percent renewable energy.
"It's going to be an action-packed 2013," Brown said.
Contact George Avalos at 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.


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On this week's cameo-filled edition of The Soup: Seth Green freaks over the recent celebrity divorces, a sing-along with the Westboro Baptist Church gals, and Donald Glover and James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem) realize their store's been robbed. Videos inside.
In an obvious play on Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna's store-problems last week, James Murphy and Donald Glover got a call saying their store Music and Shit was being robbed within moments of their interview.
Later, Seth Green is sad to discover the news of Courteney Cox & David Arquette's divorce. And Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman's divorce. And Ben Harper and Laura Dern's divorce.
Lastly, The Soup's clip of the week featured a Nightline segment that featured a van filled with the ladies of the Westboro Baptist Church singing their hate-filled hearts out.


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Yesterday, I was in Maryland to participate in a Constitution Day event at the University of Maryland Law School. The early autumn weather in Baltimore was perfect, as was the program of the U.S. Supreme Court in Transition event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Maryland.
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"In a hole in a ground there lived a hobbit." This was one of the opening lines of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and our first glimpse into the Shire and Middle Earth. In this thrilling story, Gandalf the Grey returns and once again goes on a quest with a hobbit. This time, we look back in time to when a younger Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's uncle, tries his hand at an adventure.
Since the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in 2003, fans eagerly awaited the next addition to the story. Once again, J.R.R. Tolkien's epic story is brought to life in an adventure that delights, excites and astounds viewers. We revisit some past characters, Rivendell and the elves, Gollum, and the mountains that pierce Middle Earth. We are introduced to some new characters such as the Pale Orc and Thorin and a new wizard, Radagast the Brown. In this grand adventure, a hesitant Bilbo Baggins is chosen by Gandalf the Grey to be the 14th member of a quest along with 13 dwarfs. The dwarfs, led by the dwarf king Thorin, are leading an expedition to the Lonely Mountain to regain their home from the dragon, Smaug. The orcs return once again to thwart Bilbo and the dwarfs. Thorin's old enemy, the Pale Orc, who Thorin left for dead, returns to get his revenge. Bilbo must struggle with homesickness and a feeling of not belonging throughout the movie due to the fact that his newfound traveling companions believe it was an unwise decision to bring Bilbo along.
The movie was directed by Peter Jackson and based on Tolkien's best-selling novel. "The Hobbit" is the prologue in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It was published in 1937 and the "Lord of the Rings" movies were released in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Jackson once again films many of his scenes in New Zealand.
I would recommend this movie for anyone over 10 years old. There are some scenes in the movie that may be too violent and intense for younger children. It is action-packed, fraught with danger and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Anyone who is a fan of the "Lord of the Rings" movies would enjoy this movie very much.
The next "Hobbit" movie is scheduled for December. Until then, fans will eagerly wait to follow Bilbo on his next epic adventure.
Kayla Reumann is a freshman at Holland High School.


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Christmas came early to the Wood County Genealogical Society Research Center at the Quitman Public Library with the placement of a microfiche/microfilm reader with printer.
This gift to the Wood County Genealogical Society Research Center at the Quitman Public Library (QPL) was secured by QPL Director Delene DelaRosa of a Konica Minolta MS6000 MKII reader/printer system which had been donated by The Wood County Appraisal District to the City of Quitman which in turn was secured by Delarosa for the society to use in reading microfilm with the ability to print out desired microfilm pages. Thanks go to her and all those at the appraisal district and the City of Quitman.
The system also has the capability to be connected to the computer in the genealogy research center to save digital copy files of the pages. While searching for a carrier to facilitate the use of microfilm reels, numerous sites list the value of the system at between $4,000 and $8,000.
Its use will mean that the rolls of microfilm at the library can be searched and printed and/or saved as well as microfilm and microfiche available for local use secured in interlibrary loan. It is hoped that the roll film mechanism will be available in January.
While some of these things such as census are more and more available online, many will not be for years and many more never. This is a tool we can all use to help us with our distance researching.
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After indicating earlier this year that it would create a new category specifically for medical marijuana trademarks, the US Patent and Trademark Office has now reversed itself. Which is good, because, dude. You cannot trademark "Maui Wowie." Come on, dude.
Panatella, the Colorado consortium, applied to trademark Mellow Yellow and many more oldies, including the word Chronic (pot slang made popular a decade ago by rapper Snoop Dogg), along with Maui Wowie, Albino Rhino and others.


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Prosecutors say a Pittsford man will serve 10 years of supervised release after he was convicted on child pornography charges.
Prosecutors say 21-year-old old Michael Mercadel downloaded and shared pornographic images of children under 12-years-old on a file sharing network. The U.S. Attorney's offices discovered the images during an undercover operation where they downloaded images from Mercadel. Investigators say a search warrant at Mercadel's residence revealed more images of children engaging in sexual behavior.
The case is part of Project Childhood, a program which works to combat child sexual exploitation.
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Today, apparently, is Vietnam's Independence Day. The Vietnamese students threw a small party at which there was much singing. It was amazing to find out how, well, musical they were. They sang their anthem, their company's songs, a few folk songs...
I don't think the Philippines is quite like that yet. I wonder...
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For your info, the two Perla bars are real laundry SOAP - not detergent. They would be less convenient to use- they don't sud as quickly - but they would be gentler on your clothes and your hands, and on the environment as well. There was a time when Kathy was in grade school when she campaigned against detergent - in powder or bar form - so we switched back to Perla. Our labandera was not too happy but maybe our rivers and seas were - if they could only speak.
Hey, cool. I guess that means I have to figure out where I left that bar of soap. I think I left it in the laundry room by mistake. Chances are it will still be there. I have another bar of soap, though. I also need to figure out how to make sure what I'm using doesn't have bleach, as I anticipate having to buy laundry soap one of these days...
Haven't even dipped into the money my parents have set aside, so I guess I'm still okay. =)
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Sunday Talk Preview: Mideast, IRS
The latest developments in Iraq, Syria and the Benghazi attacks are expected to be discussed on this Sunday's news shows. Plus the probe into the missing emails at the Internal Revenue Service. Here are the guest lineups, as compiled by the Associated Press:
ABC's "This Week"
Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.)
NBC's "Meet the Press"
Former President Bill Clinton; White House adviser Valerie Jarrett; Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
CBS' "Face the Nation"
Sens. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.)
CNN's "State of the Union"
Reps. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) and Mike Rogers (R., Mich.); William W. Taylor III, attorney for former IRS official Lois Lerner.
"Fox News Sunday"
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.) and Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.)


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Surprising Facts About Anxiety Disorders – 7 Ways to Cope (Video and Infographic)
Only anxious people understand what it's like to feel anxiety. Getting told to "calm down" is annoying. Meeting people is not fun. A delay in someone accepting your Facebook friendship means they don't like you.
I get it – once having an anxiety disorder own me years ago. It's a weird experience. To help I made a videographic of surprising facts about anxiety disorders. You might get surprised by the celebrities who suffer from anxiety, symptoms of anxiety, and ways to deal with the disorder. Continue Reading


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McPherson High School is selling a limited number of reserved seats for this year's varsity football games.
A total of 210 seats are available, located just under the press box on the north side of the center isle.
The cost is $35 per seat, with the cost $30 for senior citizens/comp passes and $10 for USD 418 employees and retired staff.
All seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. At the time of purchase, each person can choose the row and section they would like to sit in. Seats will be assigned in a way that helps eliminate open spaces from being left in the row.
These tickets are for regular season games only and do not include any post-season games.
Season passes are also available at $22 for adults and $14 for students K-12.
Tickets and passes will be available for purchase at the Bullpup Fall Preview Aug. 30 and then at the MHS Activities Office from Sept. 3-19.
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I just registered but been reading the forums for quite a while.I have a big time problem running anything smoothly on my ps3. I always thought it was a feature that just didn't work on ps3.All of my friends does it but for some reason i , can't get crap to work.I can download via wireless up to almost 10mbs sec so speed isn't a problem.I cannot use wired connection as my router is upstairs and my ps3 downstairs. The thing that is very near to my ps3 is my desktop which is about few meters away.My question is : would there be a way to use my broadand adapter to transmit to the ps3 without passing thru the network so i can gain speed??? because im experienting so much stutter on all files i read im about to throw the system out the window.
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What to Know About Chemotherapy for Ewing Sarcoma
Chemotherapy is the use of medicines to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment because the drugs travel throughout the whole body in the bloodstream. Even when Ewing sarcoma appears to be localized to one area, in most cases small groups of cancer cells have already spread elsewhere in the body. Because of this, chemotherapy is a very important part of treatment for all Ewing sarcomas.
For this treatment, you will see an oncologist. This is a doctor who specializes in using drugs to treat cancer. Cancer cells divide quickly, and anticancer drugs kill rapidly dividing cells.
Common chemotherapy drug combinations
For Ewing sarcoma, your doctor is likely to give you more than one drug. You will probably take these drugs through an IV into a vein or in a pill by mouth.
A few combinations of chemotherapy drugs are used to treat people with Ewing sarcoma. These are the first group of drugs you may take:
Oncovin (vincristine)
Adriamycin (doxorubicin)
Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
After you have recovered from the side effects of these drugs, you may get this next combination of drugs:
Ifex (ifosfamide)
Vepesid (etoposide)
It is possible that your doctor will offer you an opportunity to participate in a clinical trial that is evaluating newer chemotherapy drugs.
How and where you get chemotherapy
You may have chemotherapy treatments in an outpatient part of the hospital, at the doctor's office, or at home. In some cases, depending on your health or the medicines you take, you may need to stay in the hospital during treatment.
Soon after your diagnosis, your doctor may suggest inserting a special device called a central venous catheter into your chest. These catheters are often called Broviac, Hickman, or Port-A-Cath catheters and can stay in place for months. A surgeon inserts the catheter while you are asleep from anesthesia. The catheter allows the doctors and nurses to give you chemotherapy and draw blood without having to stick a needle into your veins each time, which makes the process less painful.
You get chemotherapy in cycles. This means you will be treated for a period of time with chemotherapy and then will have a rest period. It usually takes two to three weeks to recover from the treatment. Each treatment and rest period make up one cycle. You'll likely have many cycles of treatment. Your doctor will better explain what your treatment plan will be and what you can expect.
Potential side effects from chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma
Chemotherapy affects both normal cells and cancer cells. Side effects depend on the type and amount of drugs you take. Your oncologist and chemotherapy nurse will talk with you about the possible side effects before your treatment begins.
Here are some common side effects that people with Ewing sarcoma have when they take chemotherapy. Ask your doctor which ones are most likely for you:
Appetite loss
Mouth and throat sores
Temporary hair loss
If you take the drugs Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) or Ifex (ifosfamide), you may have these side effects:
Bladder damage
Damage to the ovaries or testes
Menstrual cycle changes
Possible future infertility
If you take the drug Adriamycin (doxorubicin), you may have this side effect:
Heart damage
Your doctor may be able to help you control many of these side effects. Most of your side effects should go away after your treatment is complete. New drugs can help reduce the potential side effects and improve your quality of life.
Very rarely, chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma can cause a type of cancer in the white blood cells, called acute myeloid leukemia.


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Definition of sponge in English:
1A primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.
- Phylum Porifera: several classes.
Example sentences
- Other images are just as mystifying the spine of a sea urchin, sharks' teeth, sponges and ascidians, to name a few.
- Chinese scholar's rocks, coral and sponges come to mind.
2A piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an aquatic invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material, used for washing and cleaning.
Example sentences
- This increases insulation and avoids the need for surface treatment, while the vegetation absorbs rain like a sponge, reducing or at least delaying run-off.
- These people just don't sip, they imbibe, they absorb liquor like dehydrated sponges, letting the story-soothing booze flow through their veins until it seeps from their pores in the squalid stench of defeat.
- Be a sponge - absorb as much inspiration as you can from watching other artists perform.
2.2 [mass noun] A soft, light, porous substance used as padding or insulating material: the headguard is padded with sponge
More example sentences
- However, Dubuffet soon extended the meaning of the word 'assemblage' to cover small sculptures he made from such materials as sponge and scraps of wood.
- In the most recent sculptures, Starr has worked with thinner slices of sponge, laid on the floor like mats or stacked like towels, all oozing floods of paint.
3 (also sponge cake) British A light cake made by beating eggs with sugar, flour, and usually butter or other fat: a chocolate sponge [mass noun]: the gateau is made with moist sponge
More example sentences
- Eat hot with warm sponge cake or madeleines or eat thoroughly chilled aside a little mound of equal quantities of thick yoghurt and whipped cream.
- Sometimes a different fruit is used and some cooks may substitute sponge cake for shortcake; but no alternative version can match the excellence of the original.
- Arrowroot, a major cash crop, is used in desserts, including arrowroot sponge cake and arrowroot custard.
3.1 short for sponge pudding.
verb (sponges, sponging or spongeing, sponged)
1 [with object] Wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth: she sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever
More example sentences
- Then she pulled the soiled blankets from beneath him, before sponging him down as she had the previous evening and wrapping him in a fresh set of sheets.
- She gently sponged Priss' back, watching the muscles flex against her movement.
- Once he had been sponged and dressed by silent attendants, Hakida had lead him to a carriage and ushered him inside, then on the bumpy ride to the Vistula Temple beneath black clouds informed him of what he was to do.
wash, clean, wipe, swab;
mop, rinse, sluice, swill
1.1Remove or wipe away (liquid or a mark) with a sponge or cloth: I'll go and sponge this orange juice off my dress
More example sentences
- She bent over Milo, sponging some of the warm painkiller from a bucket next to the bed.
- They walked back down stairs and Nicole sponged up the water that had spilt everywhere.
- It was like I squeezed out all the water I had sponged up.
2 [no object] informal Obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return: they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others
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- Two are notable-a witty fop, who lives nearby, and a down-at-the-heels aristocrat, who has been sponging off the family for decades.
- There Jackson became a cowardly deserter sponging off the martial generosity of Uncle Sam, a man who betrayed his comrades and never paid his gambling debts.
- The older women are in essence sponging off the daughter, a secretary, who is marrying mainly to escape their clutches.
scrounge off/from, live off, be a parasite on, impose on, beg from, borrow from, be dependent on
informal freeload on, cadge from, bum off
North American informal mooch off
Australian/New Zealand bludge on
spongeable adjective
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- All papers are spongeable and have a moderate light fastness.
- A matt varnish seals in the colour, making the paper spongeable, and a secret printing technique gives a sharp, clear pattern with a linen embossed finish.
- The PVC based cloth is spongeable making it easy to maintain.
sponge-like adjective
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- Enthusiasm is crucial, as is respect, politeness and the sponge-like ability to absorb knowledge.
- Then plant a giant green sponge-like hedge between you and the noise.
- Do you have a washcloth I could use, instead of this purple sponge-like thing?
Old English (in sense 2 of the noun), via Latin from Greek spongia, later form of spongos, reinforced in Middle English by Old French esponge.
Words that rhyme with spongeblunge, expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge
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