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Benefits of exercise
Regular exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. People who lead an active life are more likely to live longer and less likely to develop serious diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
Physical activity can ease the symptoms of certain long-term health conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
Exercise not only improves your physical health, it also helps to reduce anxiety and lowers your risk of other mental health conditions such as depression.
Who needs to exercise? Who needs to exercise?
People of all ages can benefit from doing some exercise. It's important that regular physical activity is a part of life for children, adults and older people.
It doesn't have to be a vigorous workout and you can find ways to fit physical activity into your daily routine. It may be as simple as walking to and from the shops instead of getting in the car. If you have never exercised or haven't for a while, it needn't take much effort to get started. After all, doing some physical activity is better than doing none at all. Even doing a little more exercise than usual can help reduce your risk of certain long-term health conditions.
Why do I need to keep active? Why do I need to keep active?
Doing regular aerobic activity, such as walking, swimming or cycling, can help prevent a number of long-term conditions. Aerobic exercise is anything that involves moving your body's large muscles repeatedly, such as running and swimming. Whether you're just starting or have always been active, make sure you take steps to stay injury free and able to perform to your best. Nutrition and hydration play key roles in this. It's important to eat the correct foods to provide the fuel you need to exercise, as well as drinking enough water to keep you hydrated.
Some of the health benefits of aerobic exercise are described below.
Heart health
- Exercise can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Every year in the UK, over 41,000 people die from stroke and nearly 74,000 from coronary heart disease. Inactive people have an increased risk of dying from heart disease.
- Doing regular exercise can help to reduce high blood pressure (hypertension). High blood pressure is common – three in 10 adults in the UK has it. If you have high blood pressure, you're more likely to have a stroke or heart failure. If you're at risk of high blood pressure, exercising may mean it doesn't develop as soon as it might if you don't.
- You can help to improve the balance of your cholesterol by exercising. There are two types of cholesterol – low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is sometimes called 'bad' cholesterol; HDL cholesterol is sometimes called 'good' cholesterol. High levels of LDL and low levels of HDL increase your risk of heart disease. But the good news is, exercise is linked to higher levels of HDL cholesterol.
Bones and joints
- One in three people in the UK have lower back pain each year, but people who exercise are less likely to get it. If you have lower back pain, exercise can help to reduce it.
- Moderate activity, including walking, swimming and cycling, can help to treat and reduce pain caused by osteoarthritis. This is a common form of arthritis, with about 8.5 million people in the UK affected by the condition.
- Physical activity in younger people and children can increase bone mineral density and help to maintain strong bones. It also slows down bone degeneration later in life. Regular exercise can help to prevent osteoporosis – when your bones become brittle and more prone to breaking. But if you already have osteoporosis, it's better to choose weight-bearing exercise, such as walking or dancing.
- You're less likely to develop certain cancers if you're physically active. Your risk of breast and bowel cancer is about 25 percent lower if you're active compared with people who aren't. Some studies show that physical activity can reduce your risk of developing lung, prostate and endometrial (lining of the womb) cancers.
- There is some evidence to suggest that exercise can help to reduce fatigue during and after treatment for breast or prostate cancer.
- Over three million people in the UK have diabetes, but doing physical activity can help to prevent the condition. Exercise is also beneficial in reducing other factors that put you at risk of developing diabetes, such as obesity.
- Exercise is good for you if you already have diabetes. Regular physical activity can help control your body's sensitivity to insulin and lower your blood pressure.
Mental health and wellbeing
- Exercise can help prevent and treat some mental health conditions. It's thought that physical activity can reduce your risk of developing depression and dementia. It may also help to treat depression if you already have the condition.
- There is some evidence to suggest that exercise can help relieve stress and anxiety.
- You're likely to feel happier, have an improved self-image and a better sense of wellbeing if you're physically active. Introduce regular exercise into your routine and you may also be able to sleep better.
- Doing regular exercise can help you to manage your weight. Physical activity burns up calories and helps to create a healthy energy balance. Exercise is essential for everyone for maintaining a healthy weight.
- You're less likely to be obese if you're active. Physical activity may help you lose weight if you're overweight or obese. But even if it doesn't help you lose weight, exercising is still beneficial for your health. You may find that combining exercise with a healthy diet is more effective at helping you lose weight.
Children and exercise Children and exercise
With two in 10 children and adolescents in the UK now classed as overweight or obese, it's more important than ever to get children active. Physical activity in childhood has a number of benefits. It stimulates the development of the muscles, bones and joints, as well as the heart and lungs. Exercise also helps children maintain a healthy weight and gives them an opportunity to interact with other people and make friends. Activities that put stress on children's bones, including jumping and running, can help protect against osteoporosis in later life and maintain strong, healthy bones.
Some evidence suggests that physical activity may improve how well children concentrate in school. However, the evidence is limited and more research is needed to be certain of how physical activity affects concentration in school.
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A teenager posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube chronicling years of bullying in school and online, cutting and humiliation up until she died this week.
Amanda Todd, 15, posted the video called "My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm" on Sept. 7 and was found dead in her home town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just over a month later.
"Hello, I've decided to tell you about my never ending story," the black and white video begins. Todd can only be seen from her nose down for most of the video, occasionally moving around so that her face is visible. She silently tells her story through a series of white cards with black marker writing on them.
She describes using webcam chats to meet and talk to new people online as a seventh grade student. She said that people told her she was "stunning, beautiful, perfect" and a man pressured her to flash her chest. One year later, she did.
Todd received a Facebook message from a man she did not know saying that if she did not "put on a show" for him, he would send the photo of her chest to everyone. Over Christmas break, Todd said police came to her house at 4 a.m. to tell her that the photo had been sent to everyone.
"I then got really sick and got anxiety, major depression and panic disorders," she wrote. "I then moved and got into drugs and alcohol."
"I can never get that photo back," she wrote. "It's out there forever."
She described being called names, eating lunch alone and resorting to cutting herself. She also told the story of an incident where she made a "huge mistake" and "hooked up" with a boy at her school who had a girlfriend, but who she believed really liked her.
A week later, she said she received a text message telling her to get out of school and then a group of students, led by the boy's girlfriend, surrounded her at school and said, "Look around, nobody likes you."
"A guy then yelled,'Just punch her already,' so [the girlfriend] did," Todd wrote. "She threw me to the ground and punched me several times. Kids filmed it. I was all alone and left on the ground."
Todd said she "wanted to die so bad" when her dad found her in a ditch. She drank bleach when she went home and had to be rushed to the hospital to have her stomach pumped, she said.
"After I got home, all I saw was on Facebook--'She deserved it. Did you wash the mud out of your hair? I hope she's dead,'" she wrote.
Todd moved to another school in another city, but said the torture followed her through Facebook. Students posted photos of ditches and suggested she try another bleach.
"Every day, I think, why am I still here?" she asked towards the end of the video. "I'm stuck. What's left of me now? Nothing stops. I have nobody. I need someone. My name is Amanda Todd."
Authorities were called to a residence in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just before 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 to investigate the sudden death of the tormented teenager.
While authorities have not officially called the death a suicide, Cpl. Jamie Chung of the Coquitlam Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement, "At this time it has been determined that the teen's death was not suspicious in nature and that foul play was not a factor."
The coroner is investigating the death, police said.
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Catherine BROWN, a resident of the Manitoulin Lodge, died at the St. Joseph's Health Centre, Sudbury, on Tuesday, May 1, 2001 at the age of 85 years. She was born at Ice Lake, daughter of the late Alfred and Catherine {KERR} BRANDOW. Catherine had been a school bus driver for many years. She was a member of the Ice Lake Church of Christ and the Ice Lake Women's Institute and enjoyed knitting. Catherine was a kind and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be sadly missed, but many memories will be shared with much love.
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This Divided State: Death Threats, Bribery, and Family Values (Co-sponsored with NOVA) NOTE: 6:30-8PM Atwood Ballroom A raw and riveting examination of the heated "red versus blue" rift in the nation, This Divided State begins in September 2004 with the presidential election fast approaching and the State of Utah ready to declare itself "Bush Country" once again. However, this complacent state of Republican majority was rocked when Utah Valley State College announced that liberal filmmaker Michael Moore would speak on their campus two weeks before the election. Within 24 hours of the announcement, a media frenzy descended upon the school as angry community members and religious leaders shouted protests, pointed fingers, and quoted Mormon scripture. Some even claimed Mooreπs arrival would bring the Apocalypse. The student body representatives who had invited Michael Moore soon were inundated with hate mail, death threats, and claims they had committed "treason."
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The Day My God Died (NOTE: 6:30-8PM Atwood Little Theatre) presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade. They describe the day they were abducted from their village and sold into sexual servitude as, "The Day My God Died." Children are the commodity consumed by the voracious and sophisticated international sex trade. Recruiters capture them, smugglers transport them, brothel owners enslave them, corrupt police betray them and customers rape and infect them. Every person in the chain profits except for the girls, who pay the price with their lives. Sexual servitude is a virtual death sentence. The film also introduces us to the heroes of the movement to abolish child sex slavery – non-profit organizations which rescue and care for former sex slaves.
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A Silent Forest: The Growing Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees (NOTE: First showing on Tuesday 5PM in Atwood Theatre) A Silent Forest exposes the threats posed by the introduction of genetically engineered trees into our environment. The film breaks down complex scientific concepts while detailing the dangerous impacts genetically engineered trees will have on human health, native forests, forest-dwelling indigenous peoples, and wildlife.
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A Silent Forest: The Growing Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees (NOTE: First showing on Tuesday 5PM in Atwood Theatre) A Silent Forest exposes the threats posed by the introduction of genetically engineered trees into our environment. The film breaks down complex scientific concepts while detailing the dangerous impacts genetically engineered trees will have on human health, native forests, forest-dwelling indigenous peoples, and wildlife.
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Earthlings Powerful, informative and thought-provoking, EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals, and human economic interests. With an in-depth study into pet stores, puppy mills and animals shelters, as well as factory farms, the leather and fur trades, sports and entertainment industries, and finally the medical and scientific profession itself, EARTHLINGS uses hidden cameras and never before seen footage to chronicle the day-to-day practices of some of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room This is the inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's 7th largest company walked away with over one billion dollars while investors and employees lost everything.
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Wellstone! is a reminder of how much was lost the day a plane crash killed the senator, his wife and daughter and five others 11 days before a closely fought election. It is also a fine tribute to a passionate, tenacious politician, and an inspiration to those who would follow his path to say, "Politics is not about money and power, but the improvement of people's lives."
|Mar 14
Class Dismissed: How Television Frames the Working Class (Note: Tuesday at 5PM in Atwood Theatre) Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants -- stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy. Class Dismissed breaks important new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people.
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Winter Soldier
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Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic A People's History of the United States. Featuring rare archival materials, interviews with Howard Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker, YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL captures the essence of this activist and thinker who has been a catalyst for progressive change for more than 60 years. As Noam Chomsky has said of him, "it is no exaggeration to say he has changed the consciousness of a generation.
Social Responsibility Documentary Video & Speaker Series
Fall 2005 Wednesdays: 5-7 PM Atwood Theatre
Sponsors: SCSU Social Responsibility Program, Mass Communications,and Women's Center on certain programs
|Sept 21,2005
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties The real story behind the Patriot Act and other administrative policies and the gut wrenching stories behind those affected – from law abiding store clerks to U.S. Olympians unable to travel. It'll remind you of what American used to stand for.
|Sept 28,2005
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror Evidence and documentation that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are about oil, not stopping terrorism.
|Sept 29,2005
Peaceable Kingdom Award-winning film exploring interconnected lives of farm animals, former farmers, & animal rescuers struggling against factory farming.
|Oct 5,2005
Plan Columbia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure 20 years of US "war-on-drugs in Columbia paid for by US tax-payers. Still, more and more drugs and narco-dollars are entering the US every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington? Or is it a smokescreen to secure Columbia's oil and natural resources instead ?
|Oct 6,2005
Diana Murcia "Plan Columbia: Creating a Continent of Protest" A lawyer considered one of the leading experts on the effects of Plan Colombia on human rights in her country, she has done extensive research in the country with peasant farmers affected by the nearly $2 million a day in military aid that the US provides.
CO-SPONSOR: SCSU Women's Center
|Oct 19,2005
Weapons of Mass Deception A look at the aggressive public relations campaign used to sell the American public on the war with Iraq
|Oct 26,2005
The Future of Food The disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade
|Nov 2,2005
McLibel: How a Postman and a Gardiner take on McDonalds and WIN!
|Nov 9,2005
Poison Dust: Radioactive DU Weapons in Iraq During the current Iraq war the United States' use of radioactive depleted uranium weapons increased from 375 tons used in 1991 to 2200 tons. What are the consequences ?
|Nov 16,2005
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price (Co-sponsor; SCSU Women's Center)


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SHEPHERDSVILLE - In a time when state funding for education is getting tighter, the Bullitt County Public School Board could have a way to save about $40,000.
As it has done on several occasions, the school system appears ready to save about $470,000 on a 2001 bond issue.
If the system is able to refinance the bond issue in July, it should save about $40,000 per year.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - A mother has entered a guilty plea for her role in injuries suffered by her two infant children.
Courtney Caro, 18, entered a guilty plea in Bullitt Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Caro entered guilty pleas on two counts of criminal abuse and would receive consecutive prison penalties of 2 1/2 years or five years total.
Prosecutor Michael Mann said he would object to any request for probation.
PIONEER VILLAGE - A Bullitt County woman is in custody facing murder charges in the death of her husband.
Shelley Denise Abell, 48, was arrested early Thursday morning by Pioneer Village Police at her residence, 12324 Somerset Drive.
Willis Rodney Abell, 55, was pronounced dead at the residence at 12:20 a.m. as a result of a knife wound to his chest, according to PVPD Sgt. John Cottrell.
HILLVIEW - A man indicted for taking money from an elderly woman and for having forged instruments could soon be released from jail.
A plea agreement has been reached for James House.
House, 53, was indicted originally in May 2009 for knowingly exploiting an adult.
The indictment alleged that between Jan. 29, 2009, and Feb. 20, 2009, House took out a credit card in the name of an 86-year-old woman and charged over $300.
HILLVIEW - There will be a contested race for mayor after all in the city of Hillview.
Former councilman and mayor Leemon Powell has filed to run as an independent candidate and will face incumbent Democrat Jim Eadens in the fall general election.
"I just don't see any business coming to Hillview," said Powell, who served four years as mayor and six years as a councilmember. "Hillview needs more jobs."
BROOKS - A man has been charged with allegedly having stolen property with altered identification markings.
Todd Edward Allen, 35, of Louisville, has been charged with two counts of receiving stolen property and two counts of obstructing the identification of property.
Det. Scotty McGaha of the Bullitt County Sheriff's Department said a call was received on Saturday morning about a possible stolen skid loader in a facility off Highway 1020 in Brooks.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - An investigation by the Shepherdsville Police Department has resulted in the indictment of John M. Kerger, w/m 33, of Shepherdsville, on multiple counts of Forgery 2nd, multiple counts of Theft by Deception over $500.00 and under $500.00, fraudulent Use of a Credit Card, and Theft of Identity.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - After years of preparation for a new waste water treatment plant in Mount Washington, local officials and representatives from contracting firm W. Rogers Company recently gathered for a ground breaking ceremony to turn some dirt on the site where W. Rogers will construct a new treatment plant within the next year and a half.
"We're excited to be in Mount Washington and working on a project of this magnitude," said W. Rogers president Warren Rogers. "We expect a really good project."
HILLVIEW - The upcoming annual budget for the city of Hillview will take a significant jump for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
But most of that increase will involve the purchase of the St. Mary Catholic Church property.
With $1.23 million built into the budget to make the purchase and renovations, the Hillview City Council approved its $3.99 budget for the coming year.
This compares to the revised budget of $3.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
SHEPHERDSVILLE – One year ago the Bullitt County School Board made the decision to spend approximately $12 a child – or $139,900 – on a learning assessment tool titled Measures of Academic Progress created by the Northwestern Evaluation Association.
District Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning Greg Schultz believes that was money very well spent when it comes to improving individual student learning.
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Home Tips Investments How to Invest in Kisan Vikas Patra
How to Invest in Kisan Vikas Patra
Kisan vikas patra:-
Financial schemes that double an investment in a reasonable period of time have always attracted people. These schemes can be targeted to situations when money becomes scarce to fulfill needs of a person's life. Kisan vikas patra is one such scheme from Indian post office that doubles one time investment in a period of 96 months. If a person purchases kisan vikas patra for Rs.5,000 he/she will be getting back Rs.10,000 by the end of 8 years and 7 months.
How kisan vikas patra works:-
Kisan vikas patra works on an interest rate that is compounded annually. KVP certificate has a Lock-in period of 30 months from the date of purchase. Since the interest rate is compounded annually the longer the period of deposit the higher is the earning. By the end of 96 months the amount invested on purchase will be doubled.
Salient features of kisan vikas patra:-
Kisan vikas patra with the backup of Indian government is trusted by people all over the country. The scheme can be accessed from any post office by a person who is above 18 years of age. KVP can be purchased by an adult for self or on behalf of a minor, in a joint name, or by a trust. KVP cannot be purchased by nris and members of a Hindu undivided family.
Kisan vikas patra with the backup of Indian government is trusted by people all over the country. The scheme can be accessed from any post office by a person who is above 18 years of age. KVP can be purchased by an adult for self or on behalf of a minor, in a joint name, or by a trust. KVP cannot be purchased by nris and members of a Hindu undivided family.
- KVP has a maturity of eight years and seven months and during this period KVP can be transferred from one individual to another under standard rules and procedures.
- The KVP form has to be filled and submitted along with cash/cheque/draft at the post office. An identity slip may be procured from the post office. At the time of maturity, the KVP has to be submitted at the same post office for redemption. However, maturity proceeds can be claimed from any post office by submitting the identity slip received at the time of application of KVP.
Premature withdrawal:
1. If the money is withdrawn before the completion of one year, no interest is payable.
2. After one year and before the lapse of 2 years 6 months a simple interest is applied to the deposit amount
3. Any time after 2 years and 6 months, but before the maturity period, interest is calculated as per Government regulations.
- The maturity proceeds of KVP continue to earn bank interest as specified from time to time till it is withdrawn by the investor.
- Two or more people can purchase KVP jointly and the conditions of amount payable at the end of period have classifications accordingly.
- KVP is available in denominations of Rs.100, Rs.500, Rs.1000, Rs.5,000, Rs.10,000 and also Rs.50,000. There is no maximum limit for investments in KVP. Denominations of Rs 50,000 are available only at head post office of a place.
- Investment in KVP does not enjoy any tax rebate. The interest accrued every year is treated as income and taxed accordingly. No TDS is deducted on the principal amount or interest at the time of withdrawal.
Factors to be considered while purchasing KVP:-
There are few factors that a person needs to be aware of while investing in a KVP.
- KVP is a certificate that will have the amount invested and amount payable at maturity with date of commencement and date of maturity mentioned. If this certificate is lost during the term then a duplicate certificate can be obtained on application. To be on the safer side a person can ask for a slip that acts as an identity for purchase of KVP from the post office during purchase. This slip can be produced during the application for duplicate KVP in case of loss or mutilation. However these certificates are not available in electronic media as of now which eliminates instances of loss/mutilation/theft, etc.
- On untimely death of KVP holder, the amount on maturity will be payable to nominee. If there are no nominees then the amount will be payable to legal heir of the KVP holder. At the time of purchase there is a clause in KVP form that gives the person an option to choose nominee during the plan term. A KVP holder can always state a nominee during the term of KVP by signing to this particular clause.
- Since the investment in KVP is not eligible for deduction under Section 80C, it is most suited for individuals who have completed their requisite investments for qualification under Section 80C.
Kisan vikas patra serves as a steady income for senior citizens during their retirement years. With minimum conditions and maximum transparency in the scheme, it is easy for a person to understand working of KVP unlike most of the plans (with hidden clause) provided by private organizations.
Note:KVP has been withdrawn w.e.f. 01-Dec-2011
Note:KVP has been withdrawn w.e.f. 01-Dec-2011
Contributed By: Aruna Sharma
Mrs. Sharma holds a Masters in Financial Management from University of Mumbai. She has graduated from the University of Mumbai.
- haresh:How do i calculate interest on kvp if i have complete 3 years and 6 month?17-Jul-2013 11:04 PM
- chandra sekhar das:can any of the joint holder can close and withdraw money from premature kvp?21-Mar-2013 09:41 PM
- mrs, suhasini soorian:hope kvp is still existing. Which are the other schemes? where i can invest for one time?06-Mar-2013 03:26 PM
- anu:How to i calculate interest on kvp if i have complete 3 years and 6 month25-Jan-2013 04:59 PM
- PL Hariharan:suppose if i invest 10000 INR now in KVP after 8 years and 7 months , i will get double like 20000 INR.
How much tax will be deducted for this ?10-Jan-2013 09:36 PM
- satyabrata behera:please let me know about that on telephonic call. if they of executive call me and say something about that matter then i should be deeply grateful to you.08-Dec-2012 04:43 PM
- BRAJESH JHA:I am wishing to buy KVP online . How can I do that from Post offices . Please assist.25-Nov-2012 06:21 PM
- omistry:why has KVP been discontinued w.e.f. Dec 2011?01-Nov-2012 07:12 PM
- kamlesh:excellent article11-Jul-2012 03:38 PM


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Veena Malik heats up the sets of Shekhar Suman's Movers And Shakers
Veena Malik, who is popular for making headlines by her dare and bare acts, recently appeared in Shekhar Suman's popular chat show Movers And Shakers. On the chat show, both Veena and Shekhar had immense praise for each other.
Model and Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who recently posed nude for FHM magazine appeared on Shekhar Suman's show Movers And Shakers. The beautiful actress said that she was thrilled when she got a call from Movers and Shakers. Veena Malik said, "When I got an offer to come on this show, I got really excited."
Shekhar Suman was also all praises for Veena Malik and said, "Ye (Veena Malik) to sir se paer tak taareef hi taareef hain." He further went on to add, "She does not mix words and speaks what she feels."


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A legislative committee has completed its review of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and offered only one recommendation.
The State Journal reports the Program Review and Investigations Committee recommended on Thursday that the commission adopt bylaws regarding what items should be brought for its approval.
The panel began its review in December after concerns were raised and spending and personnel decisions at the agency.
A separate review by the Office of Inspector General in the Kentucky Cabinet for Public Protection is ongoing.
Department of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jonathan Gassett said it was likely that the agency would follow the panel's recommendation.


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CSDL Home IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence 1995 vol.17 Issue No.02 - February
Issue No.02 - February (1995 vol.17)
pp: 195-201
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.368169

<it>Abstract</it>— A method for fusing and integrating different 2D and 3D measurements for pose estimation is proposed. The 2D measured data is viewed as 3D data with infinite uncertainty in particular directions. The method is implemented using Kalman filtering. It is robust and easily parallelizable.

Sensor fusion, Kalman filter, pose estimation, model based, object recognition.
Yacov Hel-Or, Michael Werman, "Pose Estimation by Fusing Noisy Data of Different Dimensions", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.17, no. 2, pp. 195-201, February 1995, doi:10.1109/34.368169


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Michigan GOP Governor to Washington: Work It Out
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder may be a Republican, but he blames both sides for the bitter partisan fight underway in Washington over federal spending and borrowing, and the shape of the president's health-care overhaul.
"I hold all sides equally accountable. I see no value in 'Who did what to whom?" he said in an interview after a speech at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
The silver-haired Michigander, who ran in 2010 as a nerdy businessman and trained public accountant, said he looked with "great concern" at the threat of an approaching government shutdown or default if the two sides can't resolve their differences in coming weeks.
"If the government either defaulted or shut down, that would be terrible," he said. "The consequences would be felt by everyone."
The first-term governor shared a small daydream about an alternate Washington that might help fix what he called "a broken national political culture."
"Just think what Washington would be like if there was an agreement that there would be no blame, and no credit?" he said. "There would be a lot of working being done, because there would be no time left for anything else. They should give it a shot here."
Since taking over in 2011, Mr. Snyder has revamped the state's tax code and streamlined many of its business regulations. Unemployment is still high, at 9%, but that's down sharply from 15% in 2009.
He has irked conservatives by moving to expand Medicaid coverage in the state, a key component of President Barack Obama's new health law. But he also miffed Democrats last year by signing a so-called right-to-work law ending the state's requirement that union members pay union dues.
The governor is unusual these days in refraining from taking shots at the president. In his speech, he referred to the health-care law by its actual and more upbeat name, the Affordable Care Act, instead of Obamacare, the now-common name that was initially popularized by opponents.
He is no fan of the law, but in his speech at AEI, he did defend his move to expand publicly provided health-care in the state.
"I don't think it's right to have long-term, hard-working people having to go to the ER for health care," he said, referring to hospital emergency rooms. "There are people literally dying from that."
He then contrasted his approach to the one now unfolding in Washington.
"Instead of getting caught up in the Affordable Care Act—and I really don't like the Affordable Care Act—I had a situation where I have a bunch of lemons, so I'm going to make lemonade. There's a chance to do something good here."


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Comment Request for Information Collection for Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult Reporting System, Extension With Program Name Change
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the extension of the currently approved reporting and recordkeeping system to support the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult (RExO-Adult) grants, which expires on March 31, 2012.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
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Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee's section below on or before January 3, 2012.
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Submit written comments to Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Jenn Smith, Telephone number: (202) 693-3597 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: (202) 693-3113. Email: email@example.com.
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In applying for the Reintegration of Ex-Offender-Adult (formerly Prisoner Reentry Initiative) grants, faith-based and community organization grantees agree to submit participant data and quarterly aggregate reports for individuals who receive services through RExO-Adult programs and their partnerships with One-Stop Centers, local Workforce Investment Boards, employment providers, the criminal justice system, and local housing authorities. The reports include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. Specifically, they summarize data on participants who received employment and placement services, housing assistance, mentoring, and other services essential to reintegrating ex-offenders through RExO-Adult programs.
This requests an extension of the currently approved information collection to meet the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult grants through an ETA-provided, Web-based Management Information System (MIS). In addition to reporting participant information and performance-related outcomes, RExO-Adult grantees demonstrate their ability to establish effective partnerships with the criminal justice system, local Workforce Investment Boards, local housing authorities, and other partner agencies. They also document the cost effectiveness of their projects.
The MIS reporting and recordkeeping system incorporates each of these aspects necessary for program evaluation.
Five outcome measures are used to measure success in the RExO-Adult grants: entered employment rate, employment retention rate, attainment of a degree or certificate, average six-month post-program earnings, and recidivism rate.
Several of these conform to the common performance measures implemented across federal job training programs as of July 1, 2005. By standardizing the reporting and performance requirements of different programs, the common measures give ETA the ability to compare across programs the core goals of the workforce system—how many people entered jobs; how many stayed employed; and how many successfully completed an educational program. Although the common measures are an integral part of ETA's performance accountability system, these measures provide only part of the information necessary to effectively oversee the workforce investment system. ETA also collects data from RExO-Adult grantees on program activities, participants, and outcomes that are necessary for program management and for conveying full and accurate information on the performance of RExO-Adult programs to policymakers and stakeholders.
This information collection maintains a reporting and record-keeping system for a minimum level of information collection that is necessary to comply with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold RExO-Adult grantees appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive, including common performance measures, and to allow the Department to fulfill its oversight and management responsibilities.
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The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
- Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
- Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
- Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
- Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
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Type of Review: Extension with program name change.
Title: Reintegration of Ex-offenders-Adult (formerly PRI) Reporting System.
OMB Number: 1205-0455.
Affected Public: Faith-Based and Community Organization grantees.
Total Annual Respondents: 38 Grantees.
Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
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|Total annual response
|Average time per response (hours)
|Total annual burden hours
|Participant Data Collection
|Quarterly narrative progress report
|Quarterly performance report
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed this 1st day of November 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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I'm currently working on a website which will uses Events Manager and its event search functionnality.
We would like to put the events search in one page, and then to display the result in another one.
Unfortunately, the pages which should display the result (the Events Page in the Event List/Archives on the WordPress admin side) always ends up being a 404 error one.
As far as I know, the events-search.php template is the only file that has been changed via the theme, and it seems kind of fine as far as I can tell. (meaning I can't find any error in what has been written, but as it wasn't written by myself and I can't touch it too much to test it, I can't be sure at all)
I'm quite puzzled, since I haven't understood yet how Events Manager's event search should be used to do what we are trying to do. (are we doing it right but did we add bugs, or are we doing it utterly wrong)
WordPress 3.4.2, Events Manager 5.2.9 and 188.8.131.52 on two independant wordpress installs, the one with 126.96.36.199 only runs Events Manager and our custom theme. (can't desactivate this one since it is used to display the events search)
PS : I know this is kind of lackluster as a first post for a help thread, but since I suspect this may be due to us doing some obvious mistake that could be corrected by RTFM-ing the right documentation, (I may have ignored it due to myself trying to maintain what has already be done) I'll keep it at this for now and add more if you think it would be possible to isolate a bug. (if not, I'm going to redo the work myself from scratch, to be sure I know exactly what was modified and what may be wrongly done)


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Sens talk Minor Hockey memories
As part of minor hockey week here in Ottawa, Sens TV caught up with a handful of guys in the dressing room to talk about their favourite memories of playing minor hockey. Come for the anecdotes, stay for the pictures of them as kids.
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If you have pneumonia, you can take steps to recover from the infection and prevent complications.
- Get plenty of rest.
- Follow your treatment plan as your doctor advises.
- Take all medicines as your doctor prescribes. If you're using antibiotics, continue to take the medicine until it's all gone. You may start to feel better before you finish the medicine, but you should continue to take it. If you stop too soon, the pneumonia may come back.
- Ask your doctor when you should schedule followup care. Your doctor may recommend a chest x ray to make sure the infection is gone.
It may take time to recover from pneumonia. Some people feel better and are able to return to their normal routines within a week. For other people, it can take a month or more. Most people continue to feel tired for about a month. Talk with your doctor about when you can go back to your normal routine.


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adjective (boofier, boofiest)Australian informal
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Awesome runner with your favorite characters
Author: Alexander Vorobyev
Date: tested on 20 Apr 2014 on
Despicable Me is an amazing runner game for Android devices that will take you to the world of Despicable Me where you will need to help this cute creature earn the title of the best minion of the year. In order to do that you will need to run as long as you can, dodge obstacles, and collect bananas.
The controls are very simple and highly responsive, making it a joy to play. Swipe right and left to move, swipe up to jump, and swipe down to slide under the obstacles, which will be many. For example, you will need to dodge saws, jump over barriers, slide under lightning rays, and avoid crashing into rolling rockets.
The game world is very rich too as the environment settings will change from time to time. If you crash into something, you will be able to revive using special-purpose points. Bananas you gather can be spent on in-app purchases like power-ups and boosts.
Despicable Me is a perfect runner game for Android devices that is inspired by the same named famous cartoon. It features awesome 3D graphics, rich game world, controls that are highly responsive, and dynamic game play. Among its drawbacks are built-in ads.
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Account Manager – Boutique Integrated Agency – Central London – £30k +
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The agency are looking for an Account Manager who wants to work in an energetic atmosphere, and is looking to contribute to not only the success of their accounts, but also the success of the wider agency.
The Account Manager must be happy working in a small team, and must be ambitious, bright, hard-working and proactive – it is a very hands on environment without the infrastructure or hierarchy of a big agency.
There are huge advantages in terms of working closely with the senior management team, having senior client contact, working on new business pitches, attending training courses and so on, but when things get busy, the Account Manager needs to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in!
The Account Manager will work on the main client account and disciplines will include integrated communications including DM, email, collateral, web development and site evolution, promotional collateral (posters, flyers, banners), etc.
As the Account Manager you'll have at least 2 years' experience in an integrated, direct marketing.
You are an Account Manager with a proven track record as a central point of client contact, with the ability to drive and oversee the creative, production and fulfilment process in full; a thorough understanding of all admin, finance and billing processes and proven experience managing digital projects as well as offline.
Personality-wise you are a motivated self-starter, who is ambitious, thrives on multi-tasking and works well under pressure.
We need an Account Manager who is organised, takes pride in what they do and an Account Manager who wants to feel part of a team and work towards common goals.
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a1 Psychopharmacology Research Unit (PPRU), University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, UK
a2 Psychopharmacology and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL), University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, UK
Background Previous imaging studies have revealed that acute major depression is characterized by altered neural responses to negative emotional stimuli. Typically, responses in limbic regions such as the amygdala are increased while activity in cortical regulatory regions such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is diminished. Whether these changes persist in unmedicated recovered patients is unclear.
Method We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine neural responses to emotional faces in a facial expression-matching task in 16 unmedicated recovered depressed patients and 21 healthy controls.
Results Compared with controls, recovered depressed patients had increased responses bilaterally to fearful faces in the DLPFC and right caudate. Responses in the amygdala did not distinguish the groups.
Conclusions Our findings indicate that clinical recovery from depression is associated with increased activity in the DLPFC to negative emotional stimuli. We suggest that this increase may reflect a compensatory cortical control mechanism with the effect of limiting emotional dysregulation in limbic regions such as the amygdala.
(Received November 24 2008)
(Revised May 22 2009)
(Accepted June 02 2009)
(Online publication July 23 2009)
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c1 Address for correspondence: Dr R. Norbury, Psychopharmacology Research Unit (PPRU), University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Neurosciences Building, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. (Email: email@example.com)


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Archery: Gold medal for South Korean Oh
Oh Jin-hyek ended South Korea's long wait for a men's individual Olympic title with a stunning display to defeat Japan's Takaharu Furukawa 7-1 in the final at Lord's.
Oh Jin-hyek ended South Korea's long wait for a men's individual Olympic title with a stunning display to defeat Japan's Takaharu Furukawa 7-1 in the final at Lord's.
Ki Bo Bae has returned the women's archery gold to South Korea after edging a one-arrow shoot-off with Mexico's Aida Roman at Lord's.
South Korea maintained their remarkable record in women's team archery, winning a seventh consecutive Olympic gold at Lord's.
Italy claimed a shock gold in the men's archery team event at Lord's as Michele Frangilli held his nerve to hit a 10 with the last arrow of the final against the United States.
South Korea's Im Dong-Hyun broke his own 72-arrow world record in the archery ranking round for the London Olympic Games with a score of 699 on Friday.
South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun is so accurate with the bow he could probably hit a bulls-eye from 70 metres away with his eyes closed.
Find out more about archery at the Olympics.
China's Zhang Juan Juan ended South Korea's streak of winning every women's Olympic archery gold medal since 1984 when she took the individual title on Thursday.
Nothing was going to stand between South Korea and a sixth consecutive Olympic archery team title.
Athens Olympic champion Park Sung-hyun came within a whisker of perfection on Sunday, breaking the world record in the women's archery quarter-finals.
The sport of archery dates back to ancient times. The first recorded archery contest of more recent times was staged in Finsbury, England, in 1583.
China, Taiwan, Russia, Britain and Italy are catching up with the champions in recent times, but will need to perform above their potential to stop the Korean juggernaut
The Beijing Olympics could mark the beginning of the end for South Korea's archery dynasty.
South Korea's trio of record-breaking archers made up for poor solo performances at the Olympics to win the men's team gold medal on Saturday, giving their country three of the four archery titles.
Italy's Marco Galiazzo exploited South Korea's stunning disarray in the men's individual archery on today to win the Olympic gold medal in a tense Athens final against Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan.
South Korea won a sixth straight Olympic gold medal in the women's individual archery when South Korea's Park Sung-hyun defeated compatriot Lee Sung-jin 110-108 in the final.
South Korea archers celebrated setting the first world records of the Athens Olympics today.
Double Olympic Archery gold medallist Justin Huish has quit the U.S. Olympic team.


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From Tampa, an update on Dallas' second Calatrava bridge, which will begin arriving here in August
Back in July the city offered this sneak peek at the construction taking place on the $114.9-million bridge over Interstate 30 designed by Santiago Calatrava and named for Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott. Today, courtesy The Tampa Tribune and a follow-up chat with Tampa Steel Erecting Co.'s head of operations, we get a few more details — just in time too, as the first sections of the bridge will be trucked from Tampa to Dallas come August.
Says Tampa Steel's Jeff Ames in a Friday-morning interview with The Dallas Morning News, his company won the $40-million project — "a pretty good-sized job" — because, well, "there weren't a lot of fabricators willing to take it on." Says Ames, "The dimensional tolerances are very tight," referring to the 39 separate sections that, when assembled on site, will create the two arches expected to peak at 286 feet.
"We've got all these curved pieces, and they have to be fabricated and welded in place," says Ames, "and with all that welding there's a lot of heat and distortion, and you have to control that or else it will warp." There's not any wiggle room — less than 1/16th of an inch. "So you've got to fabricate a piece that's 50 feet long, and the cable hangers have to be located in XYZ coordinates with very fine tolerances. Then there's the appearance of the final product — the paint finish, the smoothness of all the joints, smoothing the welds. It's quite a process. Not a lot of fabricators wanted the job."
That job is presently consuming the entire 80-person shop, with Tampa Steel hiring even more to finish the work. Says Ames, it's not just about fabricating the 39 separate sections, but making sure they fit together before they're assembled in Dallas by Pittsburgh, PA-based American Bridge.
"We've got to fabricate them, put them into lay-down/assembly for the trial fit, then we disassemble them and move them to the paint area and put the final finish on them," he says. "And right now we're in all stages on different sections of each piece. They're numbered: It's 1 at the base and 14 at the apex, and then we come down to 1 again at the base. And we are through fabricating roughly Nos. 7-7, so that's 15 pieces. We have roughly half of that though lay-down, and we're just getting started on the painting process."
Ames says they'll start shipping the first pieces to the job site in August. The sections will be trucked, individually, from Tampa — a shorter distance than the steel used in the making of the Margaret Hunt Hill traveled, since it came from Italy and had to be shipped to Houston for delivery up to Dallas.
"It'll be one piece per truckload — and then there's the entire platform superstructure for bikers and pedestrians," says Ames. "We're just getting started on that, and those will mean additional truckloads."
The second and final arch — remember when it was supposed to have four? — will make its way from Tampa beginning March 2015. Delivery's expected to be completed by October 2015. And last we heard, the thing was supposed to be open for business by May 2017. But you know how those things go.
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By Spc. Reese Von RogatszJanuary 8, 2013
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Family, friends and 'Manchu' Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division gathered to remember the life and honor the service of Sgt. Logan Tyler Harbison at Evergreen Chapel, Dec. 11.
"During the five years he spent in the 'Manchu' battalion, Sergeant Harbison made quite an impact on the Soldiers he led, as well as his peers," said Capt. Michael Centola, 4th Bn., 9th Inf. Regt. rear detachment commander.
According to Centola, Harbison had served under each of the three battalion commanders since the unit's re-activation. He knew the unit well, Centola continued, was part of its legacy during the surge in Iraq on his first deployment, and helped close the chapter in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn history during his second deployment; Harbison's battalion was part of the last combat brigade to leave the country in 2010.
"Logan was a great person," said Sgt. Anthony Pariseau. "He was the type of person who did everything he possibly could to make you feel welcome."
Harbison and Pariseau were team leaders in the same platoon when they first became non-commissioned officers and good friends. According to Pariseau, Harbison earned the respect of his Soldiers because he was able to connect with them not only on a professional level, but on a personal level.
"Logan was a big country boy with a heart of gold, had a sense of humor to rival most comedians, loved his family, his girlfriend and all of his brothers-in-arms," Pariseau said.
"It was an honor for me to serve as his commander," said Centola.
Sgt. Logan Tyler Harbison, a native of Inverness, Fla., was born Feb. 7, 1987, and graduated from Citrus High School in 2005. In January 2007, he attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, Ga., in the military occupational specialty 11B, Infantryman.
Assigned to 4th Bn., 9th Inf. Regt., prior to the unit's deployment in June 2007, Harbison served his first combat tour as a rifleman during the Iraq surge. He served his second combat tour with the unit as a vehicle commander for the battalion commander's security detachment, and completed the historic "Last Patrol" in Iraq in 2010.
Harbison redeployed to JBLM and transitioned into Company B, 4th Bn., 9th Inf. Regt. as a fire team leader. In 2011 and 2012, he served a critical role during training rotations at the Yakima Training Center in eastern Washington.
Harbison's awards and decorations include Army Commendation Medals with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with two Campaign Stars, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral "2". He is a graduate of the Army's Javelin Training Devices Course and the Combat Lifesaver Course.
He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Danita and Shannon Heathcock, father and stepmother, Russell and Sherry Harbison, brother, Jordon Harbison, and fiancée, Christine Fautenberry.


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5:00pm @ North-East Branch
In honor of Black Histroy Month Tommy Terrific will be performing a magic show about the African-American scientist and inventor George Washington Carter. The show will feature magic tricks related Carver's promotion of peanuts, sweet, potatoes, and much more. Tommy will explore the products, inventions, and accomplishments of Carver, also known as the "Wizard of Tuskagee". This show is appropriate for children of all ages.


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Located in Rock Falls Uptown District, The Cooler is attracting regional & nationally known bands and is a great bar featuring live music every weekend!
CITY:Rock Falls
John Deere's home still stands with a working replica of his blacksmith shop and a preserved archeological dig that unearthed Deere's original shop.
CITY:Grand Detour
Long noted throughout northern Illinois for pencil drawings in black and white and color work in acrylic art, the gallery feature displays of Scheffler's art, and also provide a working center to fulfill commissions for patron's special requests. The Rooney Building was recently chosen as a location for a commemorative mural by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. The Rooney Building is a companion to the renowned H.I. Lincoln Building as a Farming Heritage, Inc. historic preservation project.
CITY:Franklin Grove
This 2 screen brew-and-view style theater serves beer and wine, non-alcoholic beverages, snacks, small appetizers and Chicago-style hot dogs.
Begins the Trail Reagan Statue
A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan, astride the likeness of a palomino horse he rode nearly 60 years ago, sits at the head of the Heritage Crossing Riverfront Plaza located on River Street in downtown Dixon. The statue, created by local artist Don Reed, serves as the centerpiece of Heritage Crossing, an open-air plaza that looks out onto the Rock River.
Franklin Creek Preservation Area
Franklin Creek Grist Mill, 1893 Twist Road off Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove. Covered wagon tours. Interpretive Center.
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Embroidery on shirts, caps, bags, etc.
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Built in 1858, this Italian Renaissance-style home displays the history of the Dillon family and Northwestern Steel, as well as fine antiques which belonged to the Dillons.
Ronald Reagan Birthplace & Museum
This quaint apartment, featuring the bedroom where the President was born, restored and decorated to its original 1900's style, sits on the second floor at the site of the First National Bank which has also been restored. Next door is a gift store and museum of Reagan memorabilia.
We have a large assortment of beautiful fabric and other items to fit your quilting needs. Our staff has over 20 years of professional quilting experience and we are ready to assist you
CITY:Rock Falls
Putnam County Historical Society
Tours of the recently restored, redecorated 1844 Pulsifer House. Genealogical historical research facilities. Open Wed & Fri from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Agricultural Museum open by appointment.
Country at Heart Quilt & Gift Shop
Don't miss this quaint and unique country quilt and gift shop! Featuring Bowe pottery, candles, quilts, doilies, framed art, country gifts and accessories. We offer a huge selection of antique and primitive furniture too! The quilt shop offers a wide variety of quilting fabrics, notions, patterns, books and so much more!
Step back in time in the Loveland Museum and get a glimpse of Dixon and Lee County history. See exhibits from the life of "Father" John Dixon, the Blackhawk War, Civil War and other conflicts, local industry and attractions, the Truesdell Bridge disaster and President Ronald Reagan.
Located in the heart of downtown Dixon, Illinois, The Next Picture Show is a non-profit fine arts center in the Rock River Valley. Our goal is to nurture, develop, educate, foster the arts, and galvanize artists and patrons within the community. The Next Picture Show is open from 8am to 4pm, Monday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.
The town of Sterling features 10 colorful murals in its downtown area that depict the history of the community.
Bureau County Historical Museum
The Bureau County Historical Society Museum is located behind the Courthouse square at the intersection of beautiful Park Avenue West and Pleasant Street in Princeton, Illinois. The museum consists of two buildings that are next door to each other: the Clark-Norris Home, a handsome Prairie Square mansion built in 1900, and the Newell-Bryant House, a stately Greek Revival house dating back to 1853. The Museum is behind the Courthouse. There is free parking on Park Avenue in front of the Museum.
Mendota Museum and Historical Society
Dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of the people, commerce, and industry of the Mendota area. Extensive photographic collection depicting over 100 years of Mendota area history. Three Western Cottage organs and a Carpenter organ manufactured in Mendota in late 1800s. Hume-Carnegie Museum Saturday & Sunday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 3/1 - 12/15; Union Depot Railroad Sat & Sun Noon to 4:00 PM, 3/1 – 12/15 Breaking the Prairie Museum by appointment. Office hours Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM.
Festival 56 is now a year-round professional theater festival, with 10 productions each year. Each season, Festival 56 assembles from across the country a team of the most creative and talented artists living and working in professional theater today. The festival presents a wide spectrum of programming, from free productions of Shakespeare to classic and world premier musicals and the masterworks of playwrights such a Steinbeck, Ibsen and Tennessee Williams. Festival 56 is committed to championing the American theater as an art form by creating a home for the artists who are its heart and soul.
Model railroad, locomotive display, railroad memorabilia.
Built in 1876, this 19-room museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the division headquarters for Illinois Central Railroad. The museum showcases local artifacts from Amboy and the surrounding area.
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Limited edition prints, originals, conservation framing, appraisal art & photo restoration, cards.
Custom & ready-made frame shops with large selection of prints and framed pictures.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 57-room, Victorian-era mansion features century-old chandeliers, ornate woodwork and other fine details. It was built in 1876 by Edward C. Hegeler and the mansion was designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington.
The Barn at Allen Acres Wedding and Reception Venue
The Barn at Allen Acres Wedding and Reception Venue sits on 3 and 1/2 acres just on the edge of town in Rock Falls IL. The property is surrounded by a cornfield and offers a serene tranquil destination for your wedding and reception. The property is less than a 5 minute drive to restaurants and hotels. The Dairy Barn was built in the 1920's and restored in 2011. It boasts a beautiful 26 foot vaulted ceiling in the upstairs haymow with some of its original architecture still intact. During the process of the restoration, reclaimed barn wood and reclaimed hardware were used whenever possible, maintaining the rustic feel of the Barn. We've added a 5 foot wide set of stairs leading to the upstairs space and a small deck with stairs, off of the back of the Barn, giving the bride a dramatic entrance down the aisle and to the alter. The upstairs haymow has a capacity of 150 people for a wedding ceremony. The downstairs area, where the dairy cows were kept, in the early years of the barn, also has a capacity for 150 people.
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At just three years old, Miley Pickell is full of personality. She loves dancing to Lady Gaga music, posing for pictures, and showing off her future home.
"She runs around and most of the time you don't even know she's sick," said her mother Andrea Carpenter. "Unless she's really not feeling good, she's up and bouncing off the walls all the time."
Miley was diagnosed with T-Cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes, in March of 201. Her parents, Carpenter and father Joseph Pickell, say she's been fighting it ever since.
"She's the toughest kid I know," said Carpenter. "I couldn't go through half of what she goes through."
The quality of the subsidized housing the family lives in hasn't made their journey any easier. In fact, it may have even contributed to Miley's illness. The family says an inspection of the home turned up a specific type of mold doctors often link to T-cell lymphoma. That's when Jackson realtor Gena Foster stepped in.
Foster met Miley's family at a cancer fundraiser last fall, and has since become a close family friend. She convinced Wells Fargo to donate a home in Jackson to Miley's family through the charity Angels Of Hope, a non-profit family cancer foundation.
"We deal with a lot of foreclosures," said Foster. "And to see how people are so devastated with losing their homes, it's nice to see that sometimes those banks will give back. It's beautiful to see a community come together and pull together to make something nice happen to a family like this."
Angels Of Hope will donate the house free and clear, and transfer the deed to the family, once all the work is done. However, the 900 sq. ft. home is still in need of some major repairs and upgrades, which means the family can't move in just yet.
Many volunteers have already signed up to help paint and do landscaping around the house, and several companies have donated time and materials to fix the plumbing and work on the electricity. The home still needs a kitchen, carpet and volunteers to install the carpet, along with money to help pull permits and fix up different odds and ends around the house.
Miley's family is actually hosting a fundraiser tonight, along with Wells Fargo, Angels of Hope, and Chase Properties, for "Project Miley's House." It's at 6 p.m. at Hugo's Bar and Grill in Jackson (501 Longfellow Ave). There's no cover charge to get in, and there will be a silent auction, live entertainment, and door prizes. They invite anyone to come out and help raise money for the house.
If people want to specifically donate their time or materials, you can contact Angels of Hope through their website - www.angelsofhope.org - or we've put the link on our website, just click on the Hot Button.
Miley's parents say they hope to move into the home soon, and are grateful for the help.
"It's amazing that there's good people out there," said Carpenter. "And eventually we'll pay it forward to somebody else."
The new home will help ease their load as Miley takes on her fourth round of maintenance chemotherapy in the fall. Before she starts treatment, her family will take a trip to Disney World in September, right before Miley turns four years old.


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Alaska Grants a Closer Look at Sarah Palin's Emails
A long-brewing public-records quest has been resolved, with Alaska announcing on Monday that it will release about 25,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails this Friday in Juneau.
As of now, the state is only providing hard copies of the emails to those who pay for them, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
The records involve email traffic between the Yahoo accounts of Palin and her husband, Todd, and the about 50 state public officials, according to MSNBC.
News organizations and others requested the emails in 2008 under state public records law, when it became known that she and her staff used personal Yahoo accounts to conduct some state business outside the normal reach of public records requests, MSNBC reports.
The Alaska governor's office has filed 15 requests with the state attorney general's office to delay production of the emails, citing state regulations that allow delays when public-records requests are deemed unusually burdensome, MSNBC reports.
The state appears to have finally surmounted the burden, though it will withhold a few thousand pages of emails on the basis of claimed exceptions to public-records disclosure requirements. And some of the emails that are produced will be partially redacted.
A broader legal challenge, meanwhile, is pending in the Alaska Supreme Court as to whether all of the governor's emails about state business, even if conducted between Yahoo accounts that did not pass through state computers, should also be considered a public record, according to MSNBC.
So, what insights might be gleaned from the emails that are about to be made public? We'll have to wait and see, but this is much is certain: the insight won't come cheaply. The state is charging 3 cents per page for the 24,1999 pages of emails, for a total cost of $725.97.