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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants paid homage to their 1954 World Series team Saturday by handing out replica World Series rings to fans and introducing center fielder Willie Mays before the game.
Before the Giants' 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians, Mays spoke with several reporters about his recollections from the '54 World Series against the Indians.
"(That) is the only one we won, in '54," Mays said. "So that was a special thing for me because I just came out of the service. ... If I hadn't been in the service two years, I would've got to the Babe without any problem. But you had to go serve your country.
"So I went for two years and came out, and in '54 we won everything. That was a great thing for me at that time."
Babe, of course, is Babe Ruth, who finished with 714 home runs. Mays collected 660 during his illustrious career.
Both enjoyed Hall of Fame careers. However, Ruth made more headlines for his pitching and hitting prowess. Mays also flourished as a fielder and base runner.
In the '54 World Series against the Indians, Mays made one of the most memorable catches in baseball history when he hauled in Vic Wertz's deep drive in center with an over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1.
Mays said he isn't sure whether that was his best catch. He did say that it was a pivotal catch, given it came in the eighth inning of a tight game.
The Indians had two runners on with no outs in a 2-2 game at the time. The Giants went on to win that game and swept the Indians in four games.
"I don't know, man; it wasn't a lucky catch," Mays said. "I used to catch fly balls like that all the time, but you're talking about a World Series. You're talking about something that doesn't happen all the time.
"Even if you make a catch like that, which I did in the regular season, but to catch it in a way that the world is looking at you, it's remarkable."


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1The amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial costs: the proportions of both total output and value added fell
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NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA Commissioner David Stern has informed the NBA Board of Directors that he will retire on Feb. 1, 2014, 30 years to the day after he took charge of the league. He will be replaced by Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver.
Stern told owners during their two days of meetings of his plans, and the board unanimously decided Silver would be his successor.
Stern, who turned 70 last month, became commissioner on Feb. 1, 1984. He has been the NBA's longest-serving commissioner, establishing the league's brand around the world, presiding over team expansion and increased TV revenue.
At the news conference Silver said Stern will "be remembered as the best of all-time."
The Board of Directors also approved the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies to a group headed up by a California technology entrepreneur. The sale still must be finalized, and the Grizzlies said in a statement that is expected soon.


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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: Psalm 13:5 NIV But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord's praise, for he has been good to me.
Observation: In the beginning of this Psalm of only 6 verses, David is bemoaning the trouble he is going through. But in these last two verses He rejoices in God's salvation. He sings the Lord's praise because He knows that in looking at the whole of his life, the Lord has been good!
Application: As I look back over my life, I agree with David!. I have had some tough times, but without question, the Lord has been good to Leon!
Prayer: Lord, life is not always good, but You are always good. You have surely been good to me. Amen
Pastor Leon
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She has one major wookie bush.
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the ungroomed pubic region of a female, commonly found on a hippy or the elderly. It is characterised by patches of hair stemming from the crotch, creeping toward the knees or to the belly button. The term comes from chewbacca, known as a wookie.
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I was looking thru some of my dads old porn mags and every chick in there had a massive wookiebush
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How to Play Sounds with Animations in PowerPoint 2007 Presentations
9 of 9 in Series: The Essentials of Using Animations in PowerPoint 2007
To tickle your audience's ears as well as its eyes, you can make sound accompany an animation in your PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint offers applause, the ching of a cash register, a drum roll, and more. If none of the sounds suit you, you can play a .WAV (wave) sound file of your own with an animation. Starting on the Animations tab, display the Custom Animation task pane and follow these steps to play a sound when an animation begins:
Click the Animations tab.
The Custom Animations task pane opens.
Double-click the animation in the list or open its drop-down list and choose Effect Options.
You see the Effect Options dialog box (showing Fly In, in this case).
Open the Sound drop-down list and select a sound.
PowerPoint offers 16 sounds to choose from.
Click the Volume icon.
A Volume slider lets you make the sound louder or softer than the volume settings on your computer.
Click OK.
PowerPoint plays the sound you chose.
To quit playing a sound along with an animation, go to the Effect Options dialog box and choose [No Sound] on the Sound drop-down list.


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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Winnipeg, MB, CAN
DRAFTED: PHI: 2001-95 overall
|Recorded a career-best 44 assists and 78 points in 82 games during the 2013-14 regular season with Chicago ... Notched a career-best 36 goals in 2007-08 … Has tallied four career hat tricks with Chicago, all in the regular season ... Skated in a regular-season career-high 26:07 twice (March 30, 2008 vs. CBJ, March 13, 2012 vs. STL) ... Set a franchise single-game record with 13 shots on goal on Oct. 15, 2010 at CBJ ... Posted a career-long nine-game point streak (7G, 6A) from Nov. 29-Dec. 18, 2011 ... Became the first player in franchise history to record an overtime GWG in back-to-back games (Dec. 8, 2011 at NYI, Dec. 11, 2011 vs. SJS) ... Tallied postseason highs during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, posting 11 goals, 11 assists and 22 points in 22 games … Selected as the MVP of the 2011 NHL All-Star game after recording three points (1G, 2A) in his All-Star debut ... Has served as an alternate captain for Chicago since 2007 … Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi … Won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013 with Chicago.
|2013-14: Recorded a team-high 78 points (34G, 44A) in 82 regular-season games with Chicago, setting career highs in assists and points … Ranked 12th in the NHL in points and shared ninth in goals … Finished second in the league with a career-high 313 shots on goal … Ranked second on the team with 18 multi-point games, led the team with six three-point games and ranked second with two four-point outings … Skated in his 600th NHL game on Oct. 12 vs. BUF … Equaled a career high with four assists on Nov. 9 at DAL … Scored his 200th goal as a Blackhawk on Dec. 3 vs. DAL … Notched his third career hat trick on his 32nd birthday, posting four points (3G, 1A) on Dec. 27 vs. COL … Named the NHL's First Star for the week ending Dec. 29 … Tallied his second hat trick of the season and fourth of his career on Jan. 3 at NJD … Posted a season-long six-game point streak (3G, 5A) from Jan. 2-12 ... Registered 10 points (5G, 5A) in 19 Stanley Cup Playoffs games … Ranked second on the team with 60 SOG … Collected three multi-point outings … Equaled his postseason career high with two goals in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final vs. LAK on June 1.
2012-13: Registered 20 points (6G, 14A) and a +8 plus/minus rating in 28 regular-season games … Chicago was 25-0-3 with him in the lineup … Recorded two three-game point streaks from Jan. 20-24 (2G, 4A) and March 1-5 (1G, 2A) … Recorded two three-point outings (Jan. 21, Feb. 7) … Collected his 200th career assist on Feb. 7 at PHX … Skated in a season-high 23:07 of ice time on Feb. 12 vs. ANA … Posted a season-high eight shots on goal on Feb. 24 vs. CBJ … Earned his 400th career point with a helper on Feb. 25 vs. EDM … Missed 19 games due to injury (March 8-April 7; April 14-22) … Shared third on the team and sixth in the league with 16 points in 23 playoff games en route to the 2013 Stanley Cup championship … Paced the league with 10 goals … Netted two power-play goals and two game-winners … Registered four multi-point games, including two two-goal games and one three-point (1G, 2A) outing … Tallied 10 points (6G, 4A) during a six-game point streak (May 3-18) … Skated in a career-high (regular and postseason) 32:41 on June 12 vs. BOS.
2011-12: Ranked second on the club with 69 points (33G, 36A) in 74 regular-season games … Paced Chicago and ranked fifth in the Western Conference with 33 goals … Ranked second in the conference and seventh in the NHL with a career-best +28 rating … Tied for seventh in the NHL with a team-high 8 GWG … Led the Blackhawks and ranked 12th in the league with a career-high 282 SOG … Tallied 13 points (7G, 6A) during a career-long nine-game point streak from Nov. 29-Dec. 18 ... Became the first player in franchise history to record an overtime GWG in back-to-back games on Dec. 8 at NYI and Dec. 11 vs. SJS ... Recorded the second hat trick of his NHL career on Nov. 25 at ANA ... Posted his first multi-goal game of the year with a pair of markers on Nov. 4 at TBL ... Registered a season-high 8 SOG on Dec. 28 vs. LAK ... Reached the 25-goal plateau for the fifth consecutive season on March 4, becoming the seventh player in franchise history to accomplish the feat … Averaged a career-high 19:53 TOI per game … Paced the Blackhawks with 21 goals and 38 points (21G, 17A) on the road … His 21 road markers led the Western Conference and ranked seventh in the NHL … Missed eight regular-season games (Jan. 10-24) due to injury … Netted one goal in six postseason appearances vs. PHX in the Western Conference Quarterfinals … Led the club with 24 SOG … Ranked third among club forwards with a postseason career-high average TOI of 20:17.
2010-11: Finished third on the club with a career-high 71 points (34G, 37A) in 73 regular-season contests … Shared eighth in the NHL with a team-best 34 goals and seventh with a team-high and career-best 12 power-play goals … Recorded a club-high 26 points (12G, 14A) on the power play … Ranked second on the Blackhawks with 6 GWG … Paced the team with 268 SOG … Tied for the Blackhawks lead with two shorthanded goals and three shorthanded points … Tied a franchise record with a career-high four assists in the second period on March 14 vs. SJS … Notched his fifth multi-goal game of the season and reached the 30-goal plateau for the second time in his career on Feb. 18 vs. CBJ … Selected as the MVP of the 2011 NHL All-Star Game after recording three points (1G, 2A) in his All-Star Game debut … Scored his 25th goal of the season on Jan. 9 vs. NYI, marking the fourth consecutive season reaching he 25-goal plateau … Compiled a five-game goal streak from Nov. 20-30 … Netted nine goals over an eight-game stretch from Oct. 15-29 … Registered a Chicago franchise-record 13 SOG on Oct. 15 at CBJ … Logged a season-high 24:37 on Feb. 12 at PHX … Missed eight games (Oct. 9; March 23-April 5) due to injury … Shared second on the club with three goals and notched five points (3G, 2A) in seven games during the WCQF vs. VAN … Paced the Blackhawks with 3 PPG, including two in Game 4 vs. VAN on April 19 … Collected two assists in Game 5 at VAN on April 21.
2009-10: Ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 41 assists and fourth with 66 points in 82 regular-season contests … Tied for the team lead with a +24 rating … Ranked second on the Blackhawks with 19 goals at even strength … Posted 13 multi-point games, including a three-point outing (1G, 2A) on Feb. 13 vs. ATL … Reached the 25-goal plateau for the third straight season on April 9 at COL … Recorded the 200th point of his NHL career with an assist on Nov. 25 at SJS … Collected the 100th assist of his career with a helper on Jan. 16 at CBJ … Registered nine points (3G, 6A) in four games from Feb. 6-14 … Recorded four straight multi-point games (3G, 6A) from Feb. 6-14 … Collected a pair of helpers at CGY on Nov. 19, giving him seven assists in six games … Netted goals in each of Chicago's first three games of the regular season and points in each of the first six (5G, 4A) … Compiled seven point streaks of at least four games in length … Fired a Blackhawks season-high 10 SOG on Dec. 9 vs. NYR … Recorded postseason career highs with 11 goals, 11 assists, 22 points and +10 rating in 22 playoff tilts en route to the 2010 Stanley Cup championship … Shared the team lead and third in the NHL with 11 goals … Was one of only four players to reach double digits in both goals and assists in the playoffs … Shared second among league forwards and third overall with a +10 rating … Led the club with 76 SOG … Led the Blackhawks with four goals and a +7 rating in six Stanley Cup Final tilts … Matched a career-high four points (1G, 3A) in Game 4 of the WCSF on May 7 in VAN … Netted a pair of goals, including the GWG, in Game 4 of the WCQF on April 22 in NSH … Recorded at least one point in 15 of 22 contests, including 5 of 6 in the Stanley Cup Final … Tallied 11 points (5G, 6A) over a seven-game stretch from April 22-May 7.
2008-09: Ranked third on the team with 26 goals and 9 PPG … Tied for eighth on the team with 44 points in 61 regular-season matchups … Matched a season-high three points three times … Netted the 100th goal of his NHL career on March 22 vs. LAK … Racked up two goals and three points twice (Oct. 19 vs. VAN, Nov. 3 vs. COL) … Tallied two goals in a game four times and multiple points eight times … Tallied a point in a season-long seven consecutive contests from Oct. 13-27( 6G, 5A) … Tallied a team season-high 8 SOG on Dec. 3 vs. ANA … Logged a season-high 22:19 TOI on Dec. 6 at DET … Missed 16 games (Feb. 17-March 20; April 5-12) due to injury … Shared second on Chicago with seven goals and ranked seventh with 11 points in 17 postseason contests … Posted the first multi-point game of his playoff career (1G, 1A) vs. CGY on April 18 in Game 2 of the WCQF … Posted points in four straight games from April 18-25 (3G, 3A) … Matched a postseason high with two goals, including the overtime GWG, on May 22 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final vs. DET.
2007-08: Led the Blackhawks and shared 13th in the NHL with a career-high 36 goals … Shared the NHL lead with 7 SHG and paced the squad with 9 PPG, the second consecutive season that he led Chicago in each category … Led the team with 7 GWG and ranked second with 62 points (36G, 26A) in 80 regular-season contests … Led team forwards and ranked second on the club with a +23 rating … Posted a team-best +13 rating on the road … Notched the first hat trick of his career and set a career-high four points on Nov. 17 at DET … Tallied three points in two consecutive games on Feb. 23 at LAK and Feb. 24 at ANA, posting two goals and one assist in each tilt … Missed two games (Nov. 24-25) due to illness … Posted points in a season-high six straight games from Feb. 2-14 (5G, 2A) … Notched 12 multi-point games, including five contests with two or more markers … Matched a club record by potting 2 SHG, including the GWG, on Nov. 3 vs. STL.
2006-07: Ranked second on the Blackhawks with 20 goals and fifth with 35 points in 80 regular-season matchups … Missed two games (Feb. 7-9) due to injury … Led the team with 3 SHG and shared the lead with 5 PPG.
2005-06: Totaled 31 points (14G, 17A) in 72 regular-season games between Chicago and PHI … Appeared in 50 regular-season games with the Blackhawks, recording 23 points (9G, 14A) after being acquired in a trade with PHI on Dec. 5 … Registered his first Blackhawks points with two assists on Dec. 11 vs. ATL … Started the campaign with PHI, accruing eight points (5G, 3A) in 22 regular-season outings.
2004-05: Helped the American Hockey League's Philadelphia Phantoms win the Calder Cup … Ranked second in the AHL during the postseason with 21 points (8G, 13A) … Tallied 52 points (23G, 29A) and 80 PIM in 75 regular-season matchups with the Phantoms … Skated for the Canadian Team at the 2005 AHL All-Star Classic.
2003-04: Tallied seven points (5G, 2A) and 55 PIM in 41 regular-season tilts with PHI… Notched his first career NHL goal, a GWG on Jan. 16 vs. TOR … Appeared in 12 Stanley Cup Playoffs games with PHI, netting his first career professional postseason goal … Registered 29 points (15G, 14A) in 35 regular-season games with the Phantoms … Scored two goals in 12 games of the AHL playoffs.
2002-03: Made his NHL debut, posting 2 PIM in three games with PHI … Held without a point in his first NHL game on Oct. 10 at EDM … Named the Phantoms Rookie of the Year after posting 14 goals and 33 points in 53 regular-season matchups … Missed 26 contests due to injury.
2001-02: Capped his college career at the University of Vermont by leading the squad with 13 goals and 26 points in 31 outings.
2000-01: Ranked third on Vermont with 12 goals and 15 assists while leading the squad with 6 PPG in 34 games as a freshman.
1999-2000: Named a United States Hockey League All-Star after posting 55 points (20G, 35A) in 56 games for the Thunder Bay Flyers.
1998-99: Tallied 43 points (19G, 24A) and 48 PIM in 55 regular-season games played for Thunder Bay … Logged one goal and one assist in three USHL playoff games.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Represented Team Canada at the 2012 World Championship, registering eight points (1G, 7A) in eight games … Shared second on the team with seven assists … Posted a +2 rating … Played for Team Canada at the 2008 World Championship, logging three goals in nine games.


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NH Statehouse dome getting a golden makeover
The Legislature approved $1 million over the last two years to replace rotted wood and apply a new layer of gold leaf. Gov. Maggie Hassan approved the last installment in the capital budget signed this week.
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Summer is over, fall is vibrant still, but disappearing fast. Today we had our first frost at a cold 29 degrees, and it's only the middle of October. Very soon all motorcycles will be stored for the winter months.
During the warm weather Whispering Pines is host to many couples riding motorcycles. Two couples pictured above visit every year. This year Mindy and Jeff rode in on a brand new Harley Davidson Road King that was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately it did rain, but they will ride in rain or shine. Dianne and Steve also ride a Harley Classic and they were fortunate with sunshine each day.
One of the attractions for motorcyclists is the fact that Carroll County is one of only four counties in all of Ohio that has only two lane roads. It's a rural area with very windy roads lined with fields of corn and wheat and beautiful horses. It really is so much fun to ride surrounded by the spectacular scenery.
We invite all riders to visit Whispering Pines. Our long driveway and parking area is paved so you don't have to ride on gravel. You can store your bike overnight in our barn and if it should rain we'll even let you use our car to go for dinner. Did you know that you can rent a motorcycle? Visit Adventure Harley-Davidson in Dover.
Bill use to ride up until a few years ago, but that's another story. Needless to say he really enjoys seeing all the motorcycles when they arrive. In fact just a couple of weeks ago, we stopped in a Harley dealer to look – but didn't buy. Maybe another time.
Email us a photo of your bike and of your most memorable trip.
Looking forward to seeing all of you next summer.
Hope to see you soon,
Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast


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Hey Billie,Tre,and Mike I
Hey Billie,Tre,and Mike I love ya all and I love the new albums!!! Please come do a concert in Calgary or Edmonton Alberta Canada it would mean the world to see you guys in concert around my home town :)
have you ever considered
have you ever considered having your fans plan a tour?
i'm sure there would be a huge increase in your fanbase, and also financial wise i am sure you'd grow as well.
you guys are, as i believe, the best rock band of all time and this would increase your natioin wide popularity as well.
i ordered the ultimate box
i ordered the ultimate box set and i havent gotten "Quatro" yet and i was wondering when i should expect it
Have you considered allowing your fans to set up the setlist for a concert?
You are coming to Estonia for the first time and some of us have waited this moment for years. And there are definitely some songs we wouldn't want to miss.
I don't think that any band has ever allowed its fans to have a say in the setlist that is going to be performed. You have the unique possibility to be the first one to allow this. It could be a joint "operation" - fans have the possibility to choose 50% of the songs and you, the band, the other 50.
Of course a technical solution is needed, but it could be set up very easily.
* Each fan has limited number of votes per concert (the number must equal the number of songs you will be presenting from the "fan wishlist")
* You must make available a predetermined list of songs fans can make their selection from
* The charts of top10 or top15 songs to a concert should be made visible on the site as well
* Voting should be ended 30 days before concert (or another timeframe that you will find suitable)
I think this is an idea worth considering and it helps to make the show even more memorable to you and your fans.
See you in Estonia, 25.06.2013.
please return to peru
please return to peru
Come to Missouri at the
Come to Missouri at the beutiful ARCH!
r u coming 2 scotland agan
r u coming 2 scotland agan this with ur new tour saw u last saw u a lot over the years glasgow and at scream on the green.ammmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzing
I love the videos you guys
I love the videos you guys had for Uno! and for Stray Heart on Dos! but I think you should release some for Dos! and especially Tre! because even though I like The Forgotten, the video is more geared toward Twilight than the actual band. I assume at some point a video for X-Kid will be released more than just the old cassette tape but I think you should make some more videos too, at this point I really don't care what videos you make for what song, I'd just like to see any videos at all. And I'm really looking forward to Cuatro! and your tour date in Pittsburgh on March 31st, they say the sound system in the Consol Energy Center is amazing so I think it'll be a really good show and if you plan on doing a live album as well Consol would be a good place to record some songs. And I am also extremely happy the President was re-elected and that my state Pennsylvania voted to re-elect him, just by some miracle Billie Joe actually reads this post.
Write a comment here (no HTML
Write a comment here (no HTML please) stray heart is the best song
hey Green Day!!!
hey Green Day!!!
Love you all!!!!! but please make mor music videos for iUNO!,iDOS! and iTRE!. plzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oh anfd also u guys should
Oh anfd also u guys should have green day covers nd pillow cases u kno!! that would be awsommmeeee!!! LAVV U!!! also rock on for life!! dont stop touringg!!!!! LAVE U!!

hiii!!!! im a biggest

hiii!!!! im a biggest hugest fan ever!! Ill do anything just to meet u guys!! im from down town berkeley! you guys should come play around here!!!! LAAVVVVVV UUUU!!

Any chances you coming back
Any chances you coming back to Argentina? :D
Come to Rio Grande do Sul -
Come to Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil as soon as possible.
me podrian avisar si es
me podrian avisar si es que vienen a chile el año 2013 gracias entre marzo o abril se lo agradeceria mucho y ustedes son geniale son mis idolos de verdad
Is there any possible chance
Is there any possible chance you guys are comin to IRELAND this year and if not when do u think you will be coming? have been lookin forward to you guys comin back ever since marlay park in 2010 my first concert and still the best!
G'day Green Day,
G'day Green Day,
Have been hearing rumors that you will be touring Australia in February/ March 2013, but can't find dates, or tickets. Could you just clarify if you will be touring or not?
Thanks guys, really appreciate it!
Hola Green Day! Espero por
Hola Green Day! Espero por favor que leais esto. Tengo un problema y no sé que decidir. El caso es que soy de España, del País Vasco, y he conseguido una beca para estudiar inglés en Reino Unido. Todavía no sé en que fecha he de ir, pero seguramente será en el mes de julio. El caso es que he estado esperando durante mucho tiempo vuestro concierto cerca de mi ciudad, para que mis padres me dejasen ir. Y ahora que haréis uno en Bilbao, lo más probable es que no pueda asistir. Mis padres ahora se han decidido por dejarme asistir a uno de vuestros conciertos en cualquier parte de España trás haber visto lo mucho que me importaba vuestro concierto. He buscado más conciertos vuestros por España pero no he encontrado nada... ¿No poríais hacer alguno más en otro mes? ¡Espero vuestra respuesta! Dejo mi twitter: @Saioa_GreenDay
Feedback is a part of this
Feedback is a part of this website where you can put your ideas or opinions, but what about questions?
A lot of people put questions in the Feedback, but anybody answer. I think that you should put on this website a place where people can ask only questions, for example: where can I buy tickets for your next concert in Berlin? Who sings at the end of American Eulogy? Is Quatro! going to be on cinemas?
Them, YOU or THE OTHER FANS can answer then. I usually have some questions, but I don´t know where I can answer.
I think it's a good idea. You are the best.
Why didnt Cleveland get
Why didnt Cleveland get rescheduled on the tour
There is an error. May 25th
There is an error. May 25th concert of Green Day is not in Devia Marina but in Trieste Piazza Unità d'Italia. I have tickets in hand so I know that is wrong listing the site. Thank you.
I know, you just make 3
I know, you just make 3 albums. But are you going to make one, like Shenanigans, with song who already exist? You create a lot of good non-album tracks that we can't buy everywhere.
If the official video of X
If the official video of X-Kid is the video tape, I think you should pay more attention to your videos, because I think that your older videos are better. Even so, I think that your videos are very good if you appeare on it ;) Love from Spain.
One question: who sings at
One question: who sings at the end of American Eulogy? I supposed he isn't Billie...
I really wish you guys would
I really wish you guys would come to Texas. It's been years since you guys have shown your wonderful faces here...If you guys do intend on coming to Texas at some point, make sure you mark Houston! XD
I heard 21 guns - The
I heard 21 guns - The original broadway cast recording and Billie's voice seems so different there!!!
It's much more open and....well just great!!
I think more songs should be recorded in that style..would be really great!
P.S Uno, Dos n Tre are awesome!!! 3 albums in a such a short span!! KUDOS!!
will the new style of 'uno
will the new style of 'uno dos tre' wristbands be available on the uk store soon?


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State tax collections reach record high of nearly $800B in 2012; NH one of few states to reduce taxes
The U.S. Census Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC) provides a summary of taxes collected by state for 5 broad tax categories and up to 25 tax subcategories. These tables and data files present the details on tax collections by type of tax imposed and collected by state governments. Every state except three � California, New Hampshire and Wisconsin � increased total tax and fee collections in 2012, according to the report.
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A 53-year-old Prospect man who shot another man Monday afternoon is cooperating with investigators from the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, authorities said
John Davidson called 911 just before 2 p.m. Monday to report he had shot another man.
The injured man drove himself to the Mill Creek store where the store clerk rendered first aid until medical personnel arrived. A Mercy Flights air ambulance took him to a hospital. Sheriff's officials said the man had a gunshot wound to his right shoulder but was recovering today.
The sheriff's department said in a news release this morning that the shooting remains under investigation and no charges have been filed at this time.
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Bridges on Banner Farm, Butler Bridge roads reopen
Published: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 2:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 2:34 p.m.
Bridges on Banner Farm and Butler Bridge roads have reopened after construction work.
On June 10, contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation began rehabilitation work on the two Henderson County bridges, which meant closing a portion of Banner Farm Road in Horse Shoe and Butler Bridge Road in Fletcher.
The project involved milling the existing bridge deck surfaces and replacing the surface with a latex-modified concrete overlay.
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Bearfootin' Bears: 'Obearian'
Published: Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8:39 a.m.
The "Obearian Bear" was sponsored by Katherine Gee and will benefit The Hope Chest for Women. The artist was Gypsy Hundley.
Throughout the summer, the Times-News will feature each of the 12 bears as part of Hendersonville's downtown public art display, "Bearfootin' 2012." Past articles and a map noting the locations of the bears on Main Street is available at www.BlueRidgeNow.com/bearfootin2012. An auction of the art will be Oct. 20. Each bear will benefit a nonprofit in the community. This is the final profile of 'Bearfootin.'
Katherine Gee
Question: What was the inspiration behind the design of the bear?
Answer: I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October 2010 and underwent successful treatment at the Hope Center in Asheville. When you have gone through so much and are blessed to be alive, you want to give back and especially help to "break the silence" for ovarian cancer. The symptoms are so vague that many times it is not diagnosed in time.
So having seen how the bears tell their individual stories each year, I was thrilled to know that I as an individual could sponsor one and choose a charity that would benefit The Hope Chest for Women, which has offices at The Hope Center in Asheville where I received my treatment. I heard about them and wanted to give back by helping other women who were going through what I went through. The very heart of The Hope Chest is depicted in the feelings I have, in Gypsy's interpretive spirit, and in how the organization wants to present itself.
Q: How did you execute creating your design on the fiberglass?
A: Having always loved Gypsy Hundley's folk art that she sold at Mean Mr. Mustard, I found myself sipping coffee and taking artwork home. I knew she had done the bears before and that she could create a bright, happy bear full of hope that told a story. And she did! I gave her snippets of info and she blended it together — ovarian cancer colors, and the faith, hope and courage that it takes to go through the cancer process.
The charity, The Hope Chest for Women, is depicted on the back with a rendition of their logo – chest and butterflies. Cancer treatment wears you out and I remember thinking if Gypsy says yes to painting the bear, then I'll do it.
Q: How do you feel all of the elements of your bear (from nonprofit beneficiary, design and sponsorship) represent the community as a whole?
A: Ovarian cancer awareness — Obearian Bear makes people ask questions, which helps the community be aware of symptoms that may lead to early diagnosis/treatment. Female cancers not only affect women but also family and friends who are the support groups. It lets people know when something bad happens, there is always hope and a pulling together of community to support each other.
Gypsy Hundley
Question: How did you get involved with Obearian Bear?
Answer: Katherine Gee called me while on my way back from an art event in Key West. We had never met, but I felt a connection to her immediately. She told me of her battle with cancer and her recovery. Her spirit was in tune with the heart I put into my art. I was honored to be allowed the freedom of designing the bear. She gave me brochures and a book of enlightening spiritual phrases, and I took off from there.
I have been a part of the Breast Cancer organization for four years. I donate 30 percent of my sales to help women in Western North Carolina with gas, food, clothing, etc. during their hard times of illness.
Q: How did you bring the design together?
A: I began with the teal ribbon and decided to make the bear into a fearless, beautiful female. She has positive words throughout her clothing, and a treasure chest full of free butterflies. I created her thick hair with a substance like plaster, using a fork to give the effects of long waves. She is a total treasure for Main Street viewers. And represents awareness and the fight against ovarian cancer.
Kathy Haney, executive director of The Hope Chest
Question: What is the mission of your organization. Why did you get involved with this particular nonprofit and how is it reflected in the design of the bear?
Answer: Our mission is to help relieve the stress of WNC women diagnosed with gynecologic or breast cancer and who have limited resources to deal with the cost. Our organization lifts some of the financial burden by assisting with medical expenses, prescriptions, gas to treatment, utilities, or other needs.
We also help by providing educational and preventive programs. The bear reflects the true spirit of what The Hope Chest is and does.
Q: Who was involved in the overall creative process to bring this bear to downtown and what role did everyone play?
A: It was Katherine Gee's concept interpreted by Gypsy which made the design come to fruition. I received enjoyment seeing Katherine's enthusiasm, hearing about Gypsy's talent, seeing the vision come together. It was amazing how well the ideas blended once we saw Obearian Bear at his revealing.
Q: How do you feel all of the elements of your bear (from nonprofit beneficiary, design and sponsorship) represent the community as a whole?
A: Once the community knows more about an organization — what it is and what it does — they have an opportunity to refer women who may need our services and they may choose to volunteer, donate, or otherwise get involved. This bear is colorful, cheerful, and full of promise, giving people hope for completing their journey and for the future, and a positive outlook that every community needs.
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Curtains at Lakeland Church Catch Fire; No One Injured
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 9:35 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 9:35 a.m.
Highland Park Church of the Nazarene was evacuated early this morning when stage curtains in an auditorium caught fire, spreading noxious smoke through the large building, according to Lakeland Fire Department.
About 50 people were in the auditorium preparing for a breakfast for the National Association of Social Workers when the curtains began to burn about 7:30 a.m., said John Almskog, the Lakeland Fire Department training chief. No one was injured. Firefighters are still trying to determine what caused the curtains to ignite.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, keeping them from spreading beyond where they started, Almskog said. But smoke filled the halls, rooms and other spaces of the building at 4777 Lakeland Highlands Road. The church was evacuated, Almskog said, turning "an emergency into an inconvenience."
Firefighters are using gas-powered fans and an air boat to ventilate the church, he said. People should be able to return to the building within hours.
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meskibob wrote:Q: I would like to backup or clear my PMS settings. Where is the PMS.conf file located?
A: There are a few possible default locations...
-- install directory (XP, Vista, 7)
-- [System Drive]\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\PMS\ (Vista, 7)
and don't forget about [System Drive]\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Temp\javaps3media for debug.log and other temp data on Win7


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Career Center > Careers in Statistics > Which Industries Employ Statisticians
Animal Health
An Industry Statistician in Animal Health
Daniel H. Mowrey, Eli Lilly and Company
Statisticians have found productive, challenging, and rewarding careers in many industries. In particular, the animal health industry is one in which statisticians have been involved for many years. Statisticians usually work in one of the following two components:
- Companion animal - Animals such as dogs, cats, or horses with the main focus on their care and well-being
- Livestock - Animals such as swine, beef and dairy cattle, chickens, turkeys, lambs, and goats with the main focus on making food healthy, safe, and efficient to produce
The livestock animal health statistician works with a diverse group of people with degrees in areas such as biochemistry, biology, virology, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, physiology, veterinary science, animal nutrition, meat science, computer science, business, marketing, and sales. Some colleagues have nominal or moderate formal statistical training, but many have none.
The animal health statistician must become familiar with the area in which he or she is working in order to give guidance and direction for the problem being investigated and assist in writing reports and formal papers and giving presentations.
The problems an animal health statistician encounters are diverse and challenging. In general, the statistician works with a team of colleagues to discover, develop, and market a compound. Rigorous tests and processes must be conducted to receive government approval and market the compound properly. The tests and processes occur in four phases of a company's research. The phases animal health statisticians are involved in depend on the company for which they work.
Phase One: The discovery phase involves the search for a compound or class of compounds. The objective is to identify a compound (stimulus) that produces a specific, desired biological response. A challenge for statisticians working in the discovery phase is that there usually is only a tiny amount of compound available to test, so there is little opportunity for assay replication. Therefore, innovative and reliable testing needs to be developed.
Phase Two: The compound starts to undergo toxicology testing to make sure the product is safe. In most cases, the statistician working in the livestock component is not involved with testing in the toxicology division. However, as the compound is undergoing toxicology tests, it also is being tested outside the target specie in what are called in vitro (laboratory or artificial environment) tests, as well as in the target specie in what are called in vivo (living organism or natural environment) tests. The statistician in testing both in and out of the target specie provides guidance designing appropriate studies, collecting data in proper format, performing proper statistical analyses, and writing reports to evaluate the effectiveness of the compound.
Phase Three: This most expensive and time-consuming phase involves more safety testing and a much more rigorous efficacy evaluation. The statistician is called upon to provide input on all aspects of this phase to ensure government approval to market the compound. For instance, statisticians assist in validating some of the assay methods in the analytical chemistry area. In the formulation development area, statisticians assist in evaluating the homogeneity and stability of the compound. In pharmacology, they collaborate on what is called a target animal safety study. The purpose of the study is to determine an acceptable margin of safety for the target specie.
Efficacy is evaluated using clinical trials designed and conducted at several sites across the nation. Statisticians in most companies have a large role in the clinical trial process. They assist in defining the objective(s) and primary variables for the trials; determine the number of sites needed to detect a specific power for the primary variable(s); determine the number of pens at each site and the number of animals per pen; and assist in feed-mixing studies, randomization schemes, data validation and analyses, and writing the final pooled report.
From discovery to submission, most compounds take an average of eight to 10 years for the first three phases of testing.
Phase Four: After completing the three phases of testing, a submission is made to the Center of Veterinary Medicine, a branch of the Food and Drug Administration. If approved, the compound moves to the fourth phase: marketing. As the compound enters the marketing phase, new indications may need to be added or certain restrictions removed. The statistician is called upon to provide expertise in solving a new set of problems and the challenges continue.
The job of a statistician in the animal health world is challenging and interesting. In a real sense, you become part of the effort to find new ways of improving life in our civilization.


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Three juveniles accused of break-in at Bradenton school
Published: Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - Three juveniles face burglary charges in connection with a break-in at Horizons Academy, 1910 27th St. E. in Bradenton.
At about 5:30 a.m. today, sheriff's deputies responded to a burglar alarm at the school and saw the three students running from the area.
Surveillance video reportedly shows the juveniles causing minor damage in a classroom.
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Climate change is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy, costly and dangerous, according to a comprehensive federal scientific report released Tuesday.
Climate change's assorted harms "are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond," the National Climate Assessment concluded Tuesday. The report emphasizes that warming and all-too-wild weather are changing daily lives, using the phrase "climate disruption" as another way of saying global warming.
In California, the effects of climate change are already being felt through the ongoing drought and more severe wildfires. State officials have noted that the state is experiencing more rain than snow, and earlier snow melts are putting increased pressure on the state's critical levee system. There are a higher number of extreme heat days, while cold extremes have become more rare. The excessive heat reduces air quality and aggravates health conditions for the state's most vulnerable residents, including those who suffer from asthma or heart disease.
California's 1,100-mile long coastline is also at risk.
"In California, an estimated 260,000 people are currently exposed to a 100-year flood; this number could increase to 480,000 by 2100 as a result of a 4.6 foot sea level rise alone," said the 840-page report. "Approximately 18 percent of those exposed to high flood risk by the end of this century also are those who currently fall into the "high social vulnerability" category. This means that while many coastal property owners at the storefront tend to be less socially vulnerable, adjacent populations just inland are often highly vulnerable."
A region-specific memo distributed by the White House Tuesday pointed to the toll climate change is taking on agriculture.
"California produces about 95 percent of U.S. apricots, almonds, artichokes, figs, kiwis, raisins, olives, cling peaches, dried plums, persimmons, pistachios, olives, and walnuts, in addition to other high-value crops," said the memo. "Drought and extreme weather affect the market value of fruits and vegetables more than other crops because they have high water content and because sales depend on good visual appearance. The combination of a longer frost-free season, less frequent cold air outbreaks, and more frequent heat waves accelerates crop ripening and maturity, reduces yields of corn, tree fruit, and wine grapes, stresses livestock, and increases agricultural water consumption. This combination of climate changes is projected to continue and intensify, possibly requiring a northward shift in crop production, displacing existing growers and affecting farming communities."
The White House is highlighting the report as it tries to jump-start often-stalled efforts to curb heat-trapping gases. President Obama will meet with popular weather forecasters in an effort to highlight the report's significance.
White House science adviser John Holdren called the report, the third edition of a congressionally mandated study, "the loudest and clearest alarm bell to date signaling the need to take urgent action." Later this summer, the Obama administration plans to propose new and controversial regulations restricting gases that come from existing coal-fired power plants.
California activists seized on the report as a wake-up call for Gov. Jerry Brown, who has come under fire from environmentalists for his support of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial drilling technique that is used by both the oil and natural gas industry.
"Fracking for oil in California's Monterey Shale formation would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions by dumping more carbon dioxide and methane into our atmosphere, making climate change worse," said Adam Scow of Californians Against Fracking. "Governor Brown should pay attention to this report and stop fracking in California and accelerate our transition to renewable energy now."
Some fossil fuel energy groups, conservative think tanks and Republican senators immediately assailed the report as "alarmist." Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said President Barack Obama was likely to "use the platform to renew his call for a national energy tax. And I'm sure he'll get loud cheers from liberal elites -- from the kind of people who leave a giant carbon footprint and then lecture everybody else about low-flow toilets."
The report -- which is full of figures, charts and other research-generated graphics -- includes 3,096 footnotes to other mostly peer-reviewed research. It was written by more than 250 scientists and government officials, starting in 2012. A draft was released in January 2013, but this version has been reviewed by more scientists, including twice by the National Academy of Science which called it "reasonable," and has had public comment. It is written in a bit more simple language so people can realize "that there's a new source of risk in their lives," said lead author Gary Yohe of Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Environmental groups praised the report. "If we don't slam the brakes on the carbon pollution driving climate change, we're dooming ourselves and our children to more intense heat waves, destructive floods and storms and surging sea levels," said Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Scientists and the White House called it the most detailed and U.S.-focused scientific report on global warming.
"Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," the report says. "Corn producers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington state and maple syrup producers in Vermont are all observing climate-related changes that are outside of recent experience."
The report looks at regional and state-level effects of global warming, compared with recent reports from the United Nations that lumped all of North America together.
"All Americans will find things that matter to them in this report," said scientist Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory, who chaired the science committee that wrote the report. "For decades we've been collecting the dots about climate change, now we're connecting those dots."
In a White House conference call with reporters, National Climatic Data Center Director Tom Karl said his two biggest concerns were flooding from sea level rise on the U.S. coastlines -- especially for the low-lying cities of Miami, Norfolk, Virginia, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- and drought, heat waves and prolonged fire seasons in the Southwest.
Even though the nation's average temperature has risen by as much as 1.9 degrees since record keeping began in 1895, it's in the big, wild weather where the average person feels climate change the most, said co-author Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas Tech University climate scientist. Extreme weather like droughts, storms and heat waves hit us in the pocketbooks and can be seen by our own eyes, she said.
The report says the intensity, frequency and duration of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes have increased since the early 1980s, but it is still uncertain how much of that is from man-made warming. Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity and have shifted northward since the 1950s, it says. Also, heavy downpours are increasing -- by 71 percent in the Northeast. Heat waves, such as those in Texas in 2011 and the Midwest in 2012, are projected to intensify nationwide. Droughts in the Southwest are expected to get stronger. Sea level has risen 8 inches since 1880 and is projected to rise between 1 foot and 4 feet by 2100.
Climate data center chief Karl highlighted the increase in downpours, which are jumping by 30 percent to 60 percent elsewhere in the country besides the Northeast. He said last week's drenching, when Pensacola, Florida, got up to two feet of rain in one storm and parts of the East had three inches in one day, is what he's talking about.
"The projections for these kinds of changes are to continue as the globe continues to warm and the atmosphere is able to hold more water vapor," Karl said.
Since January 2010, 43 of the lower forty-eight states have set at least one monthly record for heat, such as California having its warmest January on record this year. In the past 51 months, states have set 80 monthly records for heat, 33 records for being too wet, 12 for lack of rain and just three for cold, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal weather records.
The report also says "climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways." Those include smoke-filled air from wildfires, smoggy air from pollution, and more diseases from tainted food, water, mosquitoes and ticks. And ragweed pollen season has lengthened.
Flooding alone may cost $325 billion by the year 2100 in one of the worst-case scenarios, with $130 billion of that in Florida, the report says. Already the droughts and heat waves of 2011 and 2012 added about $10 billion to farm costs, the report says.
Staff writer Dana Hull contributed to this report.


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- Central Eurasian Studies >> Courses >> Course List
- Islamic Central Asia in the 16th-19th Century
- Devin DeWeese
This course carries S & H distribution credit
This course will provide a general survey of the political, social, and cultural history of Islamic Central Asia from the 16th century down to the Russian conquest. Introductory lectures will outline the geographical and ethnic context of Central Asian history, and the political and social legacies of the Mongol conquest in Central Asia; developments in sedentary Central Asia under Timurid rule and the emergence of the nomadic Uzbek confederation in the steppe will be given special attention, before turning to the Uzbek conquest of Central Asia at the beginning of the 16th century. The bulk of the course will focus on the development of the Chingisid states of the Uzbeks in sedentary Central Asia from the 16th to 18th centuries, and on the emergence of the 'tribal' dynasties of the Manghïts, Qongrats, and Mings in Bukhara, Khorezm, and Khoqand in the 18th and 19th centuries; the history of Eastern Turkistan down to the Manchu conquest in the mid-18th century, and of the major nomadic polities of Central Asia (Qazaqs, Qïrghïz, and Türkmens), will also be discussed. Throughout the course special 'thematic' attention will be focused on the development of political institutions and shifting modes of political legitimation, the interaction of nomadic groups with sedentary society, developments in 'ethnic' history, and aspects of religious and cultural life; students will also be acquainted with the sources for the study of Central Asian history during this period, and with major issues in the historiography of Central Asia.
Readings: Required readings to be made available in a course packet are listed at the end of the syllabus; additional required readings are drawn from the following works placed on reserve at the Wells Library:
Requirements: UNDERGRADUATES: midterm exam (30%), final exam (40%), written report based on outside readings (30%); GRADUATES: midterm exam (30%), final exam (40%), research project (research paper, review paper, or annotated bibliography), to be defined in consultation with the instructor (30%). Examinations will include additional questions for graduate students; expectations are higher in all cases for graduate students.
All students are urged to begin exploring possible topics for the written report or research project as early in the semester as possible. Reports and papers must be submitted in printed form, and are due no later than Monday, December 15, at the beginning of the final examination period.


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|Texas State
2012 CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN): Sat out the season with a medical redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Texas State last season but did not compete ... posted a personal-best time of 1:56.23 under head coach Gregg Smith to win the 800m at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships as a senior at Gunnison High School ... earned First Team All Conference his first three years in cross country and track along with earning First Team All Conference in track his senior year ... helped the Cowboys earn back-to-back championships at the regional meet in 2009 and 2010 ... broke the mile school record with a time of 4:32 ... earned Academic All-State First Team in 2009 and 2010 ... also lettered three years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Born Bryce Johnston on Jan. 19, 1993, in Gunnison, Colo. ... parents are Chip and Pam Johnston ... has one brother, Corbin ... major is communication.


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SAN JOSE -- The effort to save Christmas in the Park hit a nice stride Sunday afternoon when about 2,700 runners and walkers, all dressed as Santa Clause, reindeer, snowmen and other yuletide characters raced through downtown San Jose to raise money for the beloved, though financially stressed festival.
"It's the energy and the joy of seeing this many people in costume," said Loriann Baggett of Santa Clara, who ran the 5-kilometer course in a tight Frosty the Snowman outfit with a fluffy white tutu and wielded a long candy cane for good measure.
"And it's a fundraiser," said her running buddy, Dollie Forney of Sunnyvale. "How cool is that?"
The Three Wise Men behind the inaugural Santa Run Silicon Valley may have a fundraising hit on their hands, one that bodes well for the decades old downtown tradition. Hoping to register 2,000 runners at $35 or $40 with a Santa costume included, they attracted 2,700 participants before having to cut off registration. Ultimately, they raised about $90,000 in registration fees and other race donations.
Three heavyweights
"What a way to start the holiday," said Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and one of the three civic heavyweights who helped save the festival last year with an aggressive, 11th hour fundraising drive. But he and two others -- San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and downtown councilman Sam Liccardo-- and several other supporters and organizers agreed that Christmas in the Park could not survive on charitable bailouts year after year. The largely free event, which includes a downtown skating rink, needed a stable revenue stream.
"This is not a sustainable business plan," Guardino said. "I said, Why don't we have a race?"
In the non-profit world, running events generate considerable cash for organizations and causes. There's a run to help cure almost every major disease from breast cancer to multiple sclerosis and diabetes. Why not a run to save Christmas in the Park?
"It's about community," said Becky Feliciano of San Jose. "It's tradition."
She started bringing her daughter, Jessica, to see the inspiring display of trees and lights at Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park shortly after the girl was born. Now 11 and a member of the youth Mercury Running Club, Jessica and her teammates clamored to run in the first downtown Santa Run. Feliciano said the parents gladly wrote the checks.
Red-nose runner
Numbering about a dozen, most of the Mercury runners dressed as reindeer tethered together with a long Christmas wreath. The lead reindeer, Margot Wilkinson, wore a battery-powered, red light on her nose. They pulled the Santa of the group, Elena Carter, likely the thinnest, fastest Santa ever to strap on a pair of running shoes.
Not that any of these runners needed more motivation, but the race organizers put a villain in the pace car--Santa Clara County assessor and tax collector Larry Stone, whose office habitually demands property tax payments from every homeowner, the two weeks before Christmas.
"I'm doing just fine!" Stone laughed out loud as he put on his green Grinch cap and sped off at a very safe distance.
The winner of the inaugural race was Stanley Peng. Stephanie Kato won the women's division and finished third over all.
Contact Joe Rodriguez at 408-920-5767.
Santa Run Silicon Valley
For race results and a list of sponsors, go online to www.santarunsv.com. For Christmas in the Park information and donations, go to www.christmasinthepark.com.


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8 N T R A L M 1 C H t G A N UN I V & R SIT Y
February 28, 1992
• • Central Mlchiqon University Board or Trustee.
" to Pleasant . Michigan
February 28, 1992
Members pr-eRent: Mrs. Milrqllret Ann Riecker. Chair; Mr. ""rtin H. Cholaklan;
Mr. Mitchell D. Kehetlen; Mr. Roger L. kesl.ler; Dr. Gordon N. Lambie; Mr. W.
S.i<inay ::iInlth; Dr. [Monard E. Plachtll. Inter-lID PresIdent.
Kembers absent; Mr. Ronald L. Brown; Hr. Robert P. Young. Jr.
Also attending; Hr. A. Kim EllertBon, Tre.surer of the Soard lind Vice president
for l3u!nnosB and Finance; n ..... Robert G. Fcanke, Provost ; Mr. Russell L. Herron,
5ecn:tLory to the Board of Trustees and Vice President for University Relations;
Mr. James L. H.ill, Vice Pres,dent for Student Affairl.
The meeting was cOIlled to order by (,jIalr Rlecker at 8;38 a.m.
• It W/lS 11.' ...... od by Dr. La!rbie, seconded by Mr. Smith. and carried, that the Board
.ove into closed session to discuss st rat89Y connected with the n89otlatlon of
colloJCtlv., bdrglllnlnq aqreemonte and to coneult with our attorney regarding
pending Ilti9l1tion.
- The IIo<lrd movl'd into closed saesion at 8:39 a.1I1.
• •
The Board returneJ to open SelllllOn at 10:)2 a.lII.
It was moved by Or. Lambie , seconded by Mr. Kesseler, and c;arued. trust the
mlnu lell of the January'" 1<)92, meeting be approved all s ubmitted.
lXERlTUS RAm. :
It was movotd by Mr. Smith, s(t(;ondad by Mr. Cholaklan, and ca rried , that the
following resoiution granting _ritus rank to Glenn L. Starner, director /Office
o f Student Life, be adopted.
WHEREAS, vlenn Starner has devoted l wenty-alght and one-half yeerll
of service to Central HlchlgBn Unive rslly , 8ervill9 in the Dean of
conti nued
Students' Office. as hctlng Oean of Students. as Associate Dean of
Students, and as Director/Office of Student Lite; and
WHEREAS. He has served for many years as the University'. p~eedIngs
officer fo r handling violaUons of lhe student code ot conduct; .,d
WHER£AS. He hea been II IIIIHIber of stale and netlonal college
pe rsonnel associations and served on University commit toes throughout
his years of service; and
WHEREAS. He has demonstrated a st rong cOllllUtlll8nt to leadershIp
developllMlnt in student organi2ations through hlS advl.sorshlps to the
Homecoming Steering Committee. Student GovernmQnt. Student Campus
Services, and ~ny other groups; and
WHEREAS. It ill care and concern for lnd ivldual students and thui r
parenta has been demonstrated throughout his yellrs of service by
giving freely ot lIevicd and guidance; Now be lt therefor.
RESOLI/EO, That the Board of Trustees. on Ix!half of the Univl,!ulty
~lnity. expresses IIppreciation and gratitude to Glenn Starne r for
his contributions to Central Michigan ~niveraity end extends
Emer 1 tus rank.
OLMSTEAD AlfARO IN GEOGRAPHY: (Student Affaire CCmIIi ttee)
• It W<'lS moved by Hr. Keh.tian. seconded by Dr. Lambie, and carrIed. that the
following resoiution establishing the c. w. Ot.ste<'ld Award In Geoqruphy be
BE IT RESOLVED, That the c. W. Ol.m:8tead AWllrd In Geography u
established I:Ind thl:lt lhe follOWing .tl:ltement is I:Ipproved for
printing in the University Bulletin:
c. W. O_ t ead Allard i n Geography
KatabUshed in 1992 by Cler ence W. Olms tead, CHU CIl:Iss o f \937.
endowmentel:lrnings will be aWillrded as scholarships or asdlll<'lntahips
to om DepartJnent of Geography stud(!nts to help them gl:lin appreciation
. understanding. and experience for geographic research by
conducting faculty approved r esellrch projects. o r by 115sisting
taculty 1n research projects .
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_ CHANG! KASAJ: PRIZE 1'0 SOtOLARSHIP: (Student Affairs Ccaaittee)
It W<'IS .eved by Mr. K.hetian, seconded by Mr. Cholakian, and carried, that the
following resolution convertinq the Linda Jaye Hes-U ...arial prize to the L.1nda
Jaye Hesak Memorial SCholarshi p be adopted.
BE IT RI!.SOLI/ED, Thill the Linda Jaye Mas-U ~rial prize 11
converted to an endowed scholillrship. and that the statement appl."OVed
December I.)' 1990, wlll be deleted from the Bull.tin; and Be it
RESOLVED, That the followi ng new statement is approved tor p r intinq
In the UnJversity Bulletin:
Linda Jey. Masek ~ri.l Scholanhip
Eslablished as a melllOrial in 1990 by the parents of Linda Jaye Hasak
to provide finanCIal assistance to CHU juniors or seniors majoring
in accountinq. Annual spendable i nCOlllll will be awardad by the oro
Department of AccountIng.
Student Affairs Committee report : Sheryl Spiv.y. diLector/Pinenciel Aid.
Acade.ic Affll i rs ~itt .. reports: Ronald Johnstone. dean/Arts and Sciences;
. Jon Darrow,. a .. aIst ~nt Vice provost lind director/FlIculty Personnel Services.
faculty retlr_nl lncentlve update. Faculty-Trustees LiaIson CO!mU.tt .. report:
John Robertson, c halrper80n/ Academic Senate. In addition . the committee met In
..:lobed Bession to dis,,:uBB honorary degree nominationa/candidates.
Uni vec.ity Relations ~ittee reports: Steve Martineau . chai r /Univer.Ity-City
Task rocce; Dav. Keilitz, director/Athl.tics, NCAA athletic retorm.
ROC»'! AND BOARD RAttS roa 1992-93: (Finance o::-1tt. .. )
Proposed rOOlll and board rates for 1992-93 were discus.ad. The a<blniatr ation
wil l make n recommendation at t he April mee ting.
IHVES'I'MtHT POLICIES AND PROCEDUlUI.S FOR oru S1'UD£IrIT FINAHCl CLUB: (Pin COllI)
It WI:IS moved by Mr. Cholnkian. seconded by Hr. K •••• I.r. and carried. that the
fo llowi ng be adopted.
.•. CMU Student Finance Club continued • BE IT RESOI"VED, That the document entitled " Investment Policies and
Procedures for CHU Student Finance club," d&led f'ebnl&ry 28. 1992,
18 &pproved.
Inveetment Policies and Procedures for CMU Student ' i nance Club
The primary investment goal Is to invest in stocks whose cu rrent market price
&ppears to be below the expected 10ng-teI1ll fundamental value. Punds &re invested
in stocks that meet !und&lOOntal stand&rds of selection set by the student
investment committee. Although the funds are fully invested in stocks at most
t~s, liquidIty can be stored in cash equiv&lents. The &ccount'~ performance
100111 be evaluated annually relative to a stock market index which closely
corresponds to the fund's i nvestment characteristics and relative risk level.
1. securities will not be purchased on margin.
7 .
Options. futures
are prohibited.
contracts or any derivative security purchases
Selling of shares Short is prohibited .
or sales
cash equivalents
o::.mi Uee .
may be purchaBed as deemed appropriate by the Portfolio
Investmants, except for cash equivalents, are rectricted
preferred s tocks listed on major U. S. slock exchanges or
National OVer the Counter Harket.
Investment In initial public offerings is prohibited.
to COl!lllCn
traded on tho
In compliance with Article IX, Section8 19 and 20, of the Michigan
COnstitution, investment in instnDDCnte iuued by any financial
inHti tutlon organized under federal or state law is not to exceed 50~ of
the net worth of that institution.
Investments will be held in the name of Central Michigan Univeraity.
Investment earnings credited to the Finance Club will be those generated
by its investment activities. Short-teI"lll investment earnings fre. the
University's pooled cash will not be distributed to the FInance Club.
Endowment fund princIpal will oniy
transactions and will not be used for
Club .
be used to affect invostment
operaLing expensea of the FInance
10. Not more than 10\ oC the endowment fund's assets can be invested In one
company's common or preferred stock a t any time.
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11 . If fOl' any roason the investment activity of the fund ce&ses fUnctioning: ,
any remaininq fund assets will revert to the general f und of the
7 .
Brokerage and any otne r account statements will be mailed directly to the
University's auaineas Strvices Office by outside agencies. That office
will fo",&rd a copy to the Finance Club. University accounting stat_nts
for the endowment fund will be handled in the same manner.
The Busineas Services Office will issue a quarterly report on the status
of Fin&nce Club investments . '!'he report will be disse:m.1nated. to the
university Inveatment COmmJttee and the Finance Club.
An AdvisOry COImdttee to the Finance Club consisting of one (1) alumni
representative, tWO (2) Finance Department faculty members, and the Dean
of the COllege of Business Administration will review the inveatment
activity of the Finance Club to insu re that the Portfolio COImtittee
adheres to the policies set forth above.
Investment transactions will be precessed through the Business Services
Office. Requests to initiate investment t r ansactions will be sent to the
Busineaa Services Offico. They will indicate the apecific inves~nt
transaction and contain slgnaturea signifying: approval of a faculty
advisor and the student portfolio committee manager.
Brokerage and other investment accounts for the Finance Club actIvity will
be in the name of Central Kichlqan University but will be eatablished and
maintained separately f~ other University investment accounts.
Tnvestment decisions of the Finance Club will be made and approved by the
club ' . Portfolio Committee. Those decisions can be vetoed by one of the
faculty members of the Advisory Committee.
Prior to purchase transactions on behalf of the Finance Club the Business
Se rvices Office will review the account to make certain funds a re
The invest.ent activity of the student Finance Club will be subject to the
IlMlS controls and audit reviews as the University ' s other financial
February 28 . 1992.
,,,,,,,IVERS,,,,,,,,,I,T,LYP<ARIC,,,,-,-,PRO,,,,"POSAL,,,,,,---=---,REB,,,,, : (Firu:mcll CCIIIIIi ttee)
It was moved by Hr. Cholakian, seconded by Or . Lambie, and carried, that the
following resolution be adopted.
WHEREAS, REB of Mt. Pleasant, II liJuited partnership (Robert Bailey
and Judy Bailey, general partners), has requested Developer of
Record status for 15 acres within University Pa rk , Phase II, and the
lease of II 7.S bcre parcel with an option to buy it together with an
adjacent 7.5 acre parcel for the purpose of building II 24,000 square
foot facility to provide environmental consulting services; and
WHEREAS, The Hiddle Michigan Development Corporation,
Park Advisory Committee, and the President have
supported this request; Now be it therefore
the University
reviewed and
RI!SOLVED, That the Board of Trustees grants Developer of Record
status to REB of Mt. Pleasant for the requested site fo r a period of
up to 90 days beginning February 28, 1992.
BE IT FURTHER RESOINED, That the Board of Trustees authorizes t he
President to approve an agreement with REB of Mt. Pleasant , a
limited partnership, consisting of:
1. A ground lease for parcel itA" (approxillllltely 7 . 5 acres) at
the current (present value} lease rate of $3,750 pe r year,
2 . An option to buy both parcel "A" and parcel "B" (approxi·
mately 7.5 ac res immediately adjacent to and to the east of
parcel "A") [or a period of up to ten (10) years, at the
current (present value) purchase price of $63,750 for the
entire 15·acre site , and
shall include indemnificet ion fo r environmental injury.
The legal descriptions of the land are
Section 27 , Tl4N, R4W, City of Mt.
Michigan, described as follows:
all part of the SOuth 1/2 of
pleasant, Isabella County,
Parcel "A" : Commencing fit. the SOutheast corner of said Section 27;
thence 388"S8' 47"W, 1492 .04' along the SOuth line of said Section 27
to t.he centerline of Three Leaves Drive; thence 1'101" 01 ' 13"W,
500.00 ' along said centerline to a curve; thence Northwesterly,
241.68 ' along a curve to the left with RADIUS · 866 . 52 ' and LONG
CIlORD 1'109°00 ' 34 "W, 240.90' along said center line; thence
S88"58' 4'/ "W, 732.38 ' to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continuing
S88"58 '47"W, 411.57 ' ; thence 1'100" 43'OO"W, 927.05' to a curve on the
centerline of Three Le~lVes Drive, t hence SOutheasterly, 481.83'
along a curve to the left with RAD[US .. 3072 .60' and LONG CHORD •
S59°28 ' 54 "~; , 481. 34' along said centerline; thence 500<>43'OO"E,
675 . 27' to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 7.50 acres subject
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University Park: REB . . • continued
to restrictions, reservations, rights-of·way and easements of
Parcel "B" : CorrmenClng at the Southeast corner of said Section 27;
thence Saa058'47"W, 1492.04 ' along the South line of said Section 27
to the centerline of Three Leaves Drive; thence NOl"01'13"W,
500.00 ' along said centerline to a cu rve; thence Northwesterly,
241.68 ' along a cueve to the left with RADIUS . 866.52 ' and LONG
CHORD .. N09°00'34"W, 240 .90 ' along said centerline to the POINT OF
BEGINNING; thence continuing S88° 58'47"W, 732.38'; thence
NOOu 43 ' OO"W, 675.27' to a curve on the centerline of Three Leaves
Drive; thence SOutheasterly, 56.10 ' along a curve to the left with
RADIUS " 3072.60 ' and LONG CHORD · S64°29'48"E, 56.10' along said
centerline; thence S65° 0I '1 3"E, 250.82' along said centerline to a
curve; thence SOutheasterly , 726.23' along a curve to the right with
RADIUS " 866.52 ' and LONG CHORD .. 541"00 ' 39"E, 705.16' along said
cente r line to the POINT Of BEGINNING, containing 7.50 acres and
subject to restrictions, reservations, rights-of·way and easements
of record.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING TOWER L!ASE : (Finance Committee)
It was moved by Mr. Cholokian, seconded by Dr. Lambie, and carried, that the
following resolution be adopted.
8E IT RESOLVED, That the two broadcast tower lease agreements for
the exchange of tower space between federa.l Broadcasting Company
(operators of TV 7 Traverse City and 'rV 4 Cheboygan) and Central
Micioigan University Public Radio, dated .·ebruary 2l , 1992, a re
hereby ratified.
Finance Committee reports: Jonas Cook, controller/Accounting Services, update
on the general revenue refunding bonds, Series 1992; Jerry Scoby, executive
assistant to the president/Budget and Planning, budget update; investment
activity for December 1991. The COmmittee also met in closed session to discuss
TIAA·CREF cashability oplions, TlAA-CREF employee loan provision, and with the
director/tnternal Audit .
Trustee Kehet ion reported thal the HAGB otfice is now housed on the CKU campus
in the Board of Trustees. He reminded Trustees of the Michigan breakfast a.t the
AGB conference and the awards convocation to be held April 6.
i'ERSONNEL TRANSACTIONS:
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. ", ,l'"t Ion>! If'p'.1t
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j', ,t wild I)y Mr. !i.chelian. "d ("lIrl"lcd, tha~ pcrllonnel
,n P"<.j' I· ! ll1~ n'br uary nJ. lIqenda be approved .
l~ ..... , ,nov<>d by :lr. U"',tHO. ". ,d,d by Mr. Smi.th . ,md C8H'led, that gilts
r""('lved durul<.j NO'/t'l!lb"I" .n tilt> 'nouunt of $J68.14u.OI "nu Deo:;ember 1991 in the
W'l>unt I>j SIO • I'.>!>. ':0 I. ,md <lul·.',q ,),)nu<,u'y lLj'jl III th., omoun t of $HG , t.71.19 be
',",""ptud .... ,Th ,1pprOCL<lt ion.
"'d" lOOVPO by Ur. L..uniHe. ,;"cond"d by Mr, Smith, ,lnd clIr r led. lhat qrl!.n l B
,I'; ' l"d.! durLnq !.X'c:cmbc'r 1991 ,1nd J.JUuary 1991 in 'he iWOLlnt 0 1 $260 , J7J be
1/,. L..lIIlbi ... a:U<N<'>ll"d It.;n the UIll<ICr:;lty explore th .. po8&ibi Iity o! obtlllnlnq il
"r.mf to U'dch r:nator~yclp ';(l.tety,
I/r. I'Lachtll I"l'pcliled tiUIl as he ("ompLOlt .. d hl" eiqhlh w<!ek "" president, he truly
lppr\.t:!LltL·d th" va,n co()pcr(l.tion--»plrll of wor kinq toqcthc r, rlsinq Sp irit on
,'"",,>us, "nd 'hp 'hdrlnq 01 c('nVICllt>n.· dnd optill1i.!<m. on M.aro:;h 26 the pre>lidtlnt
,;LII 1<11/11 .,,J<lrC'lHl the unlv<!rsLl'{ cocrrtlunlty sharing budqolary exp@ctatlons and
p""ln'DIi altd p:,lnK.
'l'ht.:' rn.:etin" .• diourneli at l!:24 ll.m.
[lLLlIl"ll I .. Hcrt:'on
l'i",'I'l't"ry to the t:loard ot ·r,·ust .. ,,1i
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For Immediate Release
January 3, 2014
Comptroller's Office Offers Vital Resource for Business Owners Looking for Answers to Their State Tax Questions
(AUSTIN) — During the month of January, the Comptroller's office will conduct 14 free taxpayer seminars across the state. At these seminars, taxpayers can learn how to properly fill out tax forms, and file and pay taxes electronically. Information about e-services will also be available to help taxpayers manage their accounts online. Comptroller representatives will be on hand to answer questions and provide assistance to attendees.
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Admission: $50 - $90
Ticket Information:
To purchase tickets, visit http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/206042?show_date=2012-12-12%2019:30:00; the Alice Tully Hall box office (1941 Broadway at W. 65th St or call CenterCharge at 212.721.6500. Tickets also may be purchased at the Trinity Church gift shop located on Broadway at Wall Street.
Description: The critically acclaimed Trinity Choir, joined by the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, presents its annual performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah. Conductor: Julian Wachner, Trinity's Director of Music and the Arts.
Handel's incredibly rich oratorio as performed by the Trinity Choir features an elaborate mix of chorus, soloists, and orchestra. An earlier performance of Messiah took place on December 9 at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan, where Messiah received its second New World performance in 1770.
Musical Program: George Frideric Handel's Messiah
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The sight was one to make any duck hunter sad.
A motley collection of decoys was piled behind a barn where my friend stored his duck hunting paraphernalia. Grass had grown high around them. The sun had bleached their colors. They were made for water and good sport, but now they were languishing in the reject heap.
"Those are my leakers," my buddy explained when I asked him about the decoys. "Most have shot holes in them. A few have broken seams. When a decoy starts taking on water, I pull it out of my spread and bring it home to be patched, but it seems like I just never get around to this chore. So they just pile up."
Virtually every hunter has these "low riders" from time to time. Most duck hunters use hollow-body decoys that are injection-molded from various thermoplastic resins. These decoys offer natural detail, light weight and excellent durability. However, they are vulnerable to puncture holes from misdirected shot or to cracks in seams or decoy bodies. It doesn't take long for a small leak to cause a decoy to morph into a submarine.
But the good news is that these puncture holes are easy to repair, and repairs done properly will hold indefinitely. Here's how to fix leaky decoys, so they can be returned to service when the spread is deployed the following season.
First, locate the leak(s) while the decoy still has water in it. Squeeze the decoy and rotate it, looking for streams, drips or bubbles of water forced out under pressure from leak holes. Mark each hole for repair.
Next, drill out each leak hole with a 1/8-inch drill bit. Drill through the wall of the decoy precisely on top of the leak. This is done to enlarge leak holes, so silicone patching material can be squeezed inside the decoy to form stronger patches.
After all leaks are found and drilled, drill another hole in the very tip of the decoy's tail. Then set the decoy in a rack with the tail pointed down to drain remaining water. Leave the decoy in the rack for an extended time period to remove all water and allow the decoy to dry inside.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.