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Stronghold of Player SafetyEdit This Entity
- 1.0 - Introduction
- 2.0 - The New Prison
- 3.0 - The Monsters
- 4.0 - Rewards
The Stronghold of Player Safety is one of the first free to play updates in 2008. Located in between Edgeville and the Barbarian Villiage, the Stronghold is a fairly simple place, with interesting rewards. The rewards include new emoticons, a bit of money, and a new training area with a few new monsters. Unlike the Stronghold of Security, there are no "doors" that ask you questions about safety. You can travel to the lower levels of the prison where the new monsters are located. Note, the objective of this mini game is to simply teach players about rule breaking and how to report rule breakers.
The prison monsters are non-aggressive. Even against a level-3 the monsters will not attack you. Therefore you do not need any armour to protect your items.
To begin, the player will have enter through the cellar door on the west side of the Misthalin Training Centre of Excellence. Players will not be able to enter through the exam center until he or she has passed the exam. Also, players will not be able to enter the prison through the rift until he or she has climbed up through the rift by the rope on the top floor of the prison.
As the RuneScape Knowledge Base tells, "a prison was once built beneath the earth but was lost to time. As the guards grew bored and wandered off, the strange creatures made it their home. In modern times, it has been rediscovered, and has become a place of education. Above the prison is the Misthalin Training Center of Excellence. Attached is a new prison, where gublinch crowd the cells."
The only way to start this mini quest is to enter through the cellar entrance. Once inside, you will see many gublinch inside of their own cells. Before a recent update occurred, players had to find the reasoning as to why each gublinch was imprisoned (the reasons had to do with breaking various RuneScape rules). Now this is no longer a requirement.
Once you're done enjoying the scenery, you will need to talk to the guard near the end of the jail. The guard explains how to use the 'Report Abuse' function and what it does. After the explanation is over he will give you access to a new area: The Misthalin Training Center of Excellence.
After talking to the guard you will be able to access the Misthalin Training Centre of Excellence. This room contains various students who are taking an exam. Players used to have to take the exam as well, but a recent update changed that. Now this room's purpose is for speaking to Professor Henry. He tells you that cockroaches have overrun the dungeon below, and that it may be a good idea for you to investigate. Professor Henry will tell you that there's a hidden entrance leading into the dungeon that's behind a poster in the jail below.
The entrance to the Stronghold of Player Safety Dungeon is behind a poster in the new prison - where the gublinch cells were. Walking through the tunnel, you will arrive on the middle floor of the old prison. Initially, the old prison doesn't look to much different from any prison that would let its prisoners control the place. The player is met by many non-aggressive muggers at the entrance. Venturing further into the dungeon, the player will see that the cockroach drones have dug many caves. To the east is a small network of caves dug out by the cockroaches, and inhabited by the larger, more dangerous workers.
Around this floor are many stairways. Most of the stairs head to the bottom floor, but one staircase heads to the top floor. If you wish to go to the top floor head for the north-east corner. The easiest way is to take the first stairs you come to near the entrance - these will take you to the bottom floor. From the bottom floor, you can cross to the east side to save a little time traveling. Head up these stairs and continue on toward the north-east corner.
At the north-east corner is a door. The door is "magically" locked. The player must find a lever somewhere in the dungeon to unlock this secret area. On the top floor, in the same room as the rope exit, is a lever. By pulling the lever the player can unlock or lock the door. Behind this door lies a treasure chest filled with a pair of safety gloves, two experience lamps, and 10,000 gp.
The Stronghold of Player Safety Dungeon is a great place to train with friends due to the fact that many of the higher-level cockroaches are in a multi-way zone. These Cockroach Soldiers use a variety of attack styles though so beware.
Throughout the Stronghold of Player Security Dungeon are cockroaches of different levels. While some may be easily defeated, others will require decent armour to overcome. Food and armour are a definite requirement if this location is going to be used for quick experience. The following are some of the newest monsters to appear on RuneScape following this update:Cockroach
The rewards you recieve for finishing all of the tasks in the stronghold are two antique lamps which give 500xp to a skill of your choice, 10,000gp, a pair of gloves and the 'safety first' emote. They are obtained by opening the chest in the dungeon of the Stronghold.


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BigLaw Lawyer Named in $32M Insider-Trading Probe
A little early-morning insider-trading news to bring you, LBers, one that involves some high-profile law firms.
Paul Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Wednesday morning filed criminal charges against a lawyer and a trader in a $32 million scheme. Click here for the WSJ story, from Chad Bray and Vanessa O'Connell.
The allegation: that the lawyer, Matthew Kluger, passed along insider information from law firms where he worked, including Cravath, Skadden and, most recently, Wilson Sonsini.
The trader, Garrett Bauer, ultimately traded on the information, according to the charges. Prosecutors allege that the scheme went on for decades.
According to Bray and O'Connell's story:
Matthew Kluger, who most recently worked at the prominent Silicon Valley law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati PC, allegedly obtained secret information from his employers beginning as a summer associate 17 years ago when he was working at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, another big law firm.
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Mr. Kluger, of Oakton, Va., allegedly stole information regarding 11 deals while at Wilson Sonsini, which he left last month. Mr. Bauer, Mr. Kluger and the unnamed co-conspirator allegedly invested more than $109 million, making at least $32.2 million in illicit profits, according to the criminal complaint.
Mr. Kluger circumvented Wilson Sonsini's computerized document management system by looking at the titles of documents related to deals he wasn't working on, but not opening the documents, prosecutors said.

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Sanders wants government limits on records access
Senator opposed Patriot Act renewal
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says there should be a limit on government access to phone records.
Sanders opposed the renewal of the Patriot Act in 2011 because he felt it gave the government too much authority to monitor private phone records.
He tells Vermont Public Radio his worst fears came true last week when it was revealed that the federal government had been secretly obtaining phone and Internet records of millions of people.
The Obama administration has defended the programs, but Sanders says terrorist activities could be prevented using less intrusive techniques.
He says he wants to amend the Patriot Act to require the government to prove it has probable cause before gathering information on a specific person.
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Michigan State's football team votes on team captains Wednesday night. The Spartans, now with one practice per day, are now concentrating fully on preparation for the opening game a week from Saturday at California. The Spartans' newly renovated football building will be unveiled to the media and donors tomorrow afternoon. I saw the entrance to the Perles Plaza with all of the signage which is now in place and it will be quite glittering with the landscaping completed.
Olivet College unveiled its $5.1 million Cutler Events Center Wednesday. The proud school now has 44,500 square feet in a two story building to host numerous athletic competitions. Dave Cutler donated $4.3 million of the funds-- he played on the 1961 Olivet team that fashioned an 8-1 record.
Both Chicago and Minnesota won day baseball games on Wednesday. So even if the Tigers complete a 3-game sweep of Texas Wednesday night they'll still be 10 1/2 games out of first place. The first two wins in the series left Detroit with a 62-64 record and 36 games remaining-- 20 home and 16 on the road. After Texas, the Tigers head to Kansas City for the week end.
Try driving around the MSU campus these days. The students are moving back in and with all of the detours and road construction, getting around is difficult to say the least. And there will be new commuter routes for fans at MSU football games because of the railroad track work on the campus' south end. The peaceful summer is now gone and more than just athletes can be seen moving about.
Eight days to the start of high school football season. Sexton at Holt and East Lansing at Haslett look like terrific opening night match ups and Okemos vs. Mason is also a traditional game. The first Sports Blitz will be seen on channel ten at 11:15pm next Thursday with more prep highlights than you can ever imagine.


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In the vast world of comics, death, grief, and healing might not be typical subject matter. In the evolving world of graphic novels, however, anything goes. Artist JULIACKS has used the form to confront these challenging topics in Swell. The storyline follows a young woman, Emmeline, as she grieves the loss of her sister, Lucy. JULIACKS (Julia Stein) began making comics at the age of 18 with a series called The Tome of Hallow County. Swell, the final work in this series, was adapted for theater performance at the Women Center Stage Festival in New York City last spring. After the festival wrapped, we asked JULIACKS about what inspired Swell and what's next in her world of ideas.
Your main characters, the sisters Emmeline and Lucy, have such a believable love-hate relationship. What did you draw on to create this?Fiction is a multi-layered process. With my fiction, I draw from fantasies, observations, fascinations, experiences, and also my own personal complicated relationships of all kinds.
Before Lucy dies, she loves to visit the cemetery. What inspired you to sit with those left behind when a loved one dies?Cemeteries function as a place of memory and death, but also as a green space of leisure that just happens to have dead people under its ground. This American phenomenon is interesting in a society without much public acknowledgement of personal loss.
The first image and idea that inspired this story was the idea of a girl moving into a tomb after her sister dies. To deal with loss often involves a self-absorbed rejection of the present, its forms and expectations. This story has been told in many ways, some overt like Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, "In Memoriam" or Joan Didion's, In the Year of Magical Thinking, some more subtle. Walden, by Thoreau, or the mythical/religious tale of the Buddha discovering the Eightfold Path as the cure to human suffering [loss].
I can't say what inspired me exactly, except that I wasn't afraid to think about or deal with death, and the story unfolded over the four years that I wrote and drew it.
Why do you choose to tell stories graphically?The medium of comics—the sequential combining of text and image—is an art form that is still on the verge of changing and growing artistically and in terms of writing and ideas. To me there wasn't any other choice. I was always going to be making this story into a comic. The language of frames, shapes, symbols, and marks operate upon our brains and bodies differently than nominal words. Combining elements of time, space, character, and drawing in the form of a comic gives Swell power and provides a contemplative, body based dip for its reader.
What does it feel like to delve into fear and darkness and make something from it? What were you feeling and thinking as you created Swell?This is such a long-term work that includes not only the graphic novel but also 15 instances of performance art and a few theatrical versions. Different parts reveal and question many facets of fear and darkness. I'd have to say that at different times I've been euphoric, ecstatic, very very sad, explosive, self-destructive, full of love, ashamed, secretive, scared, detached, withdrawing, ill and jubilant. I've looked at grief through intellectual, and scientific lenses. I've looked at mourning through social-cultural lenses. I've looked at loss through personal layered emotional lenses. I've looked at death awareness in situational specific settings. I've looked at bereavement through other people's experiences and perspective. I've been active, organizational and open to other's need to express their feelings. Not to be self-righteous, I've also been closed and rejecting of others' pain. Not to be trite, but it is something that one moves through, and one can't determine anyone else's experience. Mostly I would have to say making this work has been empowering. I'm not afraid to die. I'm all about being alive.
Where did the idea come from to adapt Swell for theatrical performance, and what were the challenges in turning a graphic novel into a play?When I began making comics, I also began doing performance art installations. They went hand in hand. After I completed "Egg Ceremony," a complex and intellectually-driven performance installation derived from Swell in 2008 about the abstraction of memory in the face of grief and guilt, I was interested to work with theatrical director Kathleen Amshoff to have a different and objective perspective. We quickly decided to work on Swell as a play, and have the performance art and comics background feed into the play-making.
The main challenges were based in transforming the book, in which each page is drastically different from one another, into a play structure—a time-based experience of one and a half hours, a meal in one sitting. To adapt the book is and was difficult, but very rewarding. As a collaborative art form I also needed to detach from the work and my involvement in it, to see it from an outside and ensemble-based perspective. All in all the experience was somewhat unbelievable in the sense that Kathleen and I were able to work and present the full production of the play—a goal we had since 2008—as the main production in a festival in New York.
What's next for JULIACKS?Currently I am directing, writing, and producing a project, "Architecture of An Atom," which is a series of performances, films, disjointed comics, one big art book, and a series of objects. It's about group dynamics, representations of the psyche in the exterior world, and the construction of conflict. Revolving around a fantastical narrative, within the story line there are two story structures—the nucleus of which takes place in France with orbiting stories of other worlds.
To date I have shot footage in Rome, Finland, Sweden, and New York City. This past April, the film I shot in Sweden premiered at the Kulturhuset in Stockholm! And this past June, the film shot in Rome premiered at the Crack Comics Festival. In August, I will be doing a performance, "filmmaking as performance," at the Alternative Art Fair in Copenhagen, and the film shot in Finland will premiere in September in Helsinki at Kiasma, a Museum of Contemporary Art, as part of the Helsinki Comics Festival. The main story line set in and around Lyon, France should begin shooting this August.
Swell is also going to go on tour. We are planning to present the play in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Vermont in October and November. If anyone would like to see the play in your town or help the production in some way, let us know!
Look for Swell in bookstores in New York, Princeton, Berkeley, Chicago, Hoboken, and Lyon, France. To order a copy, or get involved with "Architecture of an Atom," visit the JULIACKS website.
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It's, Derek, you're talking about a real legend and a man who displayed the art of goal scoring and the supreme confidence of one's own ability. Gazza possessed some of his traits apart from not hitting the onion bag anywhere near as often. Jimmy Greaves and Gazza in their prime, 2 of Spurs greatest, and apart from their personal acclaim they both loved the club. H---up north but looking down south and smiling.


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Misha, a friendly stray who wandered into a barn and got beaten up by the other barn cats, was brought to Warwick Valley Humane Society April 7 bloody and dejected.
"With excellent medical treatment and lots of TLC," said WVHS President Suzyn Barron, "he fully recovered, revealing an exceptionally affectionate and gentle orange tabby."
Misha was adopted May 30 by David Wysnewski of New York City.
"He went from barn life to shelter life, to life on Riverside Drive in Manhattan with a river view," said Barron.
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Understanding Fibromyalgia
What is fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain at specific points on the body, stiffness, and fatigue.
What are the symptoms of fibromyalgia?
Tender points. In most cases, you will have tender points on your body. These points are very sore, especially when touched. Finding several of these points helps your health care provider diagnose fibromyalgia.
Other symptoms of fibromyalgia
Along with the tender points, you may have some or all of the following symptoms:
Constant tiredness (fatigue), even after a full night's sleep
A burning or throbbing pain in many parts of the body (this pain may vary during the day)
Stiffness or aching all over your body
Numbness or tingling in your arms and legs
Trouble sleeping
Bowel problems (bloating, diarrhea, constipation)
How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?
There is no lab test to diagnose fibromyalgia. Instead, your health care provider will take your health history and examine your joints and muscles. Tests may be done to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms. Then, together you can design a plan to help you manage your symptoms.
How is fibromyalgia treated?
Several medications are approved to treat fibromyalgia. Two were originally designed to treat depression. They are duloxetine, and milnacipran. A third, called pregaballin, was developed to treat nerve pain. Other medications include pain relievers such as acetaminophen or stronger narcotics. These may be prescribed short term.
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) include aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen are used to relieve pain.
Getting enough sleep, regular exercise, and eating a healthy diet can help manage symptoms. Some people find alternative treatments such as massage, chiropractic treatments, or acupuncture also help with symptoms.


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Greece Out in Legg Mason Stress Test Drawing Lesson From Lehman
It's 9 a.m. on a Friday in June, and for a drill at Legg Mason Inc.'s Baltimore headquarters, Greece has quit the euro.
Gathered around a conference room table, with team members from offices including London and New York joining by video, 15 employees are given eight hours before markets open in Asia to assess everything from the firm's investments and whether they can execute trades, to how workers in European offices will be paid.
Almost four years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. froze financial markets, asset managers from Legg Mason to State Street Corp. and Vanguard Group Inc. are drawing from lessons learned during that crisis to prepare for a worst-case scenario in Europe. Firms are running drills, forming special teams and testing information technology systems to avoid being blindsided by a disintegration of the euro, however remote the prospect.
"We want to have as much information as possible because we don't know what's going to happen, but want to have all the tools to deal with whatever may happen," said Joe Carrier, director of enterprise risk at Legg Mason. "Post-Lehman we realized that things that you would never imagine would catch you, did catch you."
Pro-bailout parties in Greece obtained enough votes in national elections Sunday to form a government, easing concern the country will leave the euro currency union. Greece, dependent since 2010 on emergency loans from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, has to meet the creditors' conditions to keep the aid flowing. Central banks have intensified warnings that Europe's failure to tame its debt crisis threatens to roil the world's financial markets.
'Lot of Lessons'
State Street, which oversees $16.9 trillion in custody assets and manages $1.99 trillion for clients in its investment-management unit, has set up two committees in the past year to prepare for fallout from a potential worsening of the crisis in Europe, said John L. Klinck, head of strategic planning and institutional client relationships. The first focuses on risk management, examining everything from macro-economic conditions to the company-by-company impact of various crisis scenarios.
"There were a lot of lessons learned from 2008, especially in understanding counterparty risk, where assets are pledged, the value of collateral," said Klinck, whose company is based in Boston.
Y2K Event
The second group at State Street looks at operational issues, especially those related to information technology. If one or more countries leave the euro, securities may have to be redenominated since national currencies could be readopted. Klinck compared it to preparing for the so-called Y2K event when computer systems needed reprogramming to handle the date change from 1999 to 2000.
At Vanguard, which is the world's largest mutual-fund provider and manages about $1.8 trillion, a special team is also preparing for the redenomination of securities as well as for potential restrictions on the cross-border movement of capital if a country leaves the euro, according to John Hollyer, head of risk management for the company. The firm's legal teams are reviewing contracts for references to currencies and to understand the implications.
Nancy Prior, president of the money-market group at Boston-based Fidelity Investments, said the firm has convened meetings internally and with larger clients to discuss operational issues and investment risks related to Europe. Fidelity, which manages about $1.6 trillion, is also preparing to post material on its website for individual clients in the event of a worsening crisis.
Debt Ceiling
"During the debt ceiling showdown last summer we were very proactive in putting information on our website and we'd plan to do that again," Prior said.
Fidelity and other top money-fund managers have reduced or eliminated holdings of securities from issuers perceived as most at risk in the crisis. The 10 biggest prime U.S. money-market funds cut their holdings of debt issued by euro-area banks by $8.3 billion in May. Fidelity reduced holdings of European bank securities in the past two months and cut the weighted average maturity of those holdings to two days, according to Prior.
Firms whose investments are less liquid have sought to shore up their holdings in the region. Carlyle Group LP, the world's second-largest private-equity firm, has refinanced its portfolio companies in the region over the past eight months, Glenn Youngkin, the firm's chief operating officer, said this month.
'Soap Opera'
"We've undertaken refinancings over the course of the last six to eight months, some of which have been herculean in order to get done, in order to make sure that the portfolio can withstand an extended downturn," Youngkin said at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference in New York June 12. "Every day is a brand new soap opera."
Carlyle has several funds focused on Europe, including real estate, growth capital, buyout and distressed, that can take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves, Youngkin added.
During the 2007-2009 financial crisis, money managers saw assets decline and in some cases absorbed losses for investors or relied on emergency government programs to avoid losses. Several money-market fund providers, including Legg Mason and Chicago-based Northern Trust Corp., bailed out investors in 2007 and 2008 after their funds suffered losses in structured investment vehicles, or SIVs. A number of SIVs, created to make money by issuing short-term securities at low interest rates and buying longer-term debt that paid higher rates, defaulted because of investments in mortgage-backed securities.
Reserve Primary
Money funds ran into more trouble after the collapse of the $62.5 billion Reserve Primary Fund in September 2008, which held debt issued by Lehman. The fund's sudden closure triggered a panic among investors who withdrew $200 billion, or 10 percent of prime fund assets, in two days, helping to freeze global credit markets.
Prime money funds are eligible to purchase debt and other securities issued by corporations and banks, as opposed to funds that invest exclusively in U.S. government-backed debt.
The run abated after the U.S. Treasury Department guaranteed money-fund assets against default and the Federal Reserve began buying assets from money funds at face value to help funds meet redemptions. Among the 10 largest providers, only Vanguard, based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Legg Mason didn't tap the Fed's emergency program.
Compensating Investors
Other managers compensated investors for losses suffered during the crisis after legal action. State Street paid out more than $800 million to clients who claimed the firm misled them about investments in some fixed-income funds. It paid more than $300 million to regulators over allegations it helped some investors get out of a bond fund saddled with risky mortgages, leaving others to shoulder the losses. State Street didn't admit to or deny allegations made by regulators.
BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, declined to comment on how it prepares for a potential worsening of the euro crisis, said Lauren Trengrove, a spokeswoman for the New York-based company. BlackRock has advised governments including those in Ireland and Greece since the start of the sovereign debt crisis.
Pacific Investment Management Co., the Newport Beach, California-based manager of the world's largest mutual fund, the $261 billion Pimco Total Return Fund, has been conducting stress tests for a variety of outcomes and "tail risks," said Andrew Balls, London-based head of European portfolio management at Pimco.
'First Responder'
"Even if they don't happen you want to prepare for the worst," Balls said. "You don't want to be the last responder, you want to be the first responder."
Legg Mason started its preparations for a euro crisis in 2011, by evaluating how much of its portfolio would be at risk in Europe and forming the European contingency task force, which meets weekly for an hour and a half, Carrier said. The firm also reviewed who its clients were and where their banks were located and then looked internally at operations to assess its relationships with service providers and counterparties, said Carrier, the director of enterprise risk.
"These lessons are cumulative knowledge in the business," Carrier said. "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but they will be applied."


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Divergent Chapter 39 Summary
How It All Goes Down
- Surprise, surprise, Tobias/Four doesn't shoot Tris, but wakes up from his mind-control because he's Divergent and she reminded him.
- They kiss and Tobias shuts down the mind-control program. He also gets a little hard drive with data on the simulation so they can show it to people and prove what Erudite did.
- So all the Dauntless are free, though very confused. Needless to say, there's some shooting and chaos out on the streets.
- It's a little super-awkward when Tobias/Four sees his old abusive dad again—the dad that he tried to get far away from. Yeah, not so much hugging and kissing there.
- Tris tells Marcus to get away from his son; but there are other issues to deal with right now, like getting away from Dauntless HQ.
- So the whole group hops on a train—Tris, her brother Caleb, Tobias/Four, his dad Marcus, and evil Peter. And they're off to find some refuge with the Amity.
- (Or maybe just ride the rails like some 1930s-style vagabonds.)
- Also, if you care about this sort of thing, Tris and Tobias/Four say they love each other.
- Onto the sequel!


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A woman was killed in a shooting in Central City, New Orleans police said.
The shooting happened about 2 p.m. in the 2300 block Josephine Street.
Officers were called to a report of a "female down" in the street.
When officers arrived, they found the woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The woman, who wasn't identified, was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A nearby school was placed on lockdown as a precaution. Police said the school was not part of the crime scene and no children were injured.
No further information was made available.
Anyone with information on a crime can call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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Hundreds of riders were in holiday cheer, enjoying the Salvation Army Toy Drive as they do every year.
We all know the red hat and big sack of toys, but one Santa Claus made a lot more noise.
700 riders and kids hopped on their to show the less fortunate what Christmas is like.
Some kids will get a plane, a dollar, perhaps a ball because there are some children who don't feel special at all.
Sadly some parents can't buy gifts, no matter how hard they try and for others it almost puts a tear in their eye.
Onward to Stadium Grille to help folks never met, and everyone says this is the best year yet.
On Honda, on Kawasaki, on Hank and Charlie, Santa's reindeer got nothing on an ocean of Harleys.
With a rev of the engine and their gears a shiftin, 30 minutes later they all make it to Clifton.
It didn't take long, in fact, it was snappy besides Christmas is about spreading the cheer and making kids happy.
Children shouldn't feel sad, they should sing and dance, these are more than just toys they give a child a chance.


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Published: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 23, 2013 at 9:21 p.m.
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Lake Tuscaloosa Opry: 7-11 p.m. at Giles Repair, 12020 Lester Taylor Road, Northport. Live music and dance. Admission $4. No alcohol or tobacco. Call 205-339-5028.
Crimson Pride Barbershop Chorus rehearsal: 7 p.m. at First Christian Church, 627 Paul W. Bryant Drive. Men of all ages who love to sing are invited. Call 205-758-9711 and leave a message.
Holidays on the River ice rink and winter village: Open through Jan. 5. General skate admission and skate rental is $12 for ages 2-12 and $15 for adults. Tickets are available at the ice rink box office at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum on Jack Warner Parkway, online at www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000. Visit www.HolidaysOnTheRiver.com.
Christmas at the Park: 5:30-9:30 p.m. through Dec. 31 at Guthrie Smith Park in Fayette. Entrance is $1 per car. Train rides Thursday through Saturday for $1 per person.
Live Country Music: 7-10 p.m. at the Old Fayette Community Center, Highway 171 S., Fayette. For senior citizens and entire family, featuring Judy Moore and the Goodtime Country Band. Call 205-393-8386.
Gordo Music House: 7-10 p.m. at 137 Second Ave. N.E., Gordo. New musicians. Families welcome. Dance floor. No alcohol on premises or smoking inside. Free admission, but donations accepted. Call 205-364-6197.
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"The Indian tricolour was hoisted here for the first time on the sacred soil of India by the Indian National Army on the 14th April, 1944," proudly announces a plaque outside the INA War Museum at Moirang.
By all accounts, Moirang is a small town — 42 km from Manipur's capital Imphal. Which is why I didn't take time to locate the museum — an impressive building, identified with a big statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the entrance. Incidentally, this is a new statute as the earlier one was destroyed by militants in the early nineties.


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Rohan Gunaratna told a security conference at Lloyd's of London insurance market that Iraq, like Afghanistan in the 1990s, would become a "terrorist Disneyland" where al Qaeda could build up its strength unchallenged.
If U.S., British and other coalition troops withdrew from Iraq in the next year, he said, "certainly the scale of attacks that would be mounted inside Iraq, and using Iraq as a launching pad to strike other Western countries -- countries in Europe, North America - would become such that after two or three years, the U.S. forces will have to go back to Iraq."
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Secretary of State Rice's aircraft kept its engines warm and its fuselage surrounded by the US Secret Service and Lebanon's Internal Security agents as she dashed into Beirut for less than 275 minutes en Route to Ireland yesterday. Her secret arrival here in Beirut avoided protesters which greeted Bush on the same day during his similar 275 minute touchdown in Ireland, both en route to Washington.
It is likely Ms. Rice's last visit to Lebanon, but not her finale to the region which have averaged roughly one appearance every 9 weeks since assuming her current post. Rice, as with the Bush administration generally, remains hugely unpopular here in Lebanon based partly on her callous remarks: " it ( the wanton Israeli killing and bombing) are birth pangs of the new Middle East" , " it's too early for a sustainable ceasefire", " Israel is just exercising its right to self-defense and the United States supports that right", etc . during the 33 day July 2006 War and her work to delay a ceasefire during the fighting which directly contributed to the more than 1,400 Lebanese killed, 4,500 wounded and massive destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure as well as its economy and environment.
As she left for Ireland, Secretary Rice presumably had been briefed that to its great credit, Ireland's judicial system last week acquitted the Raytheon 9 of all terrorism charges in a much anticipated and perhaps bellwether trial. The Bush Administration supported the Raytheon 9 indictments stemming from actions by peace activists in Derry who decommissioned Raytheon Computers in Derry, Northern Ireland, following the July 30, 2006 Second Qana Massacre which killed 27 mainly women and children and wounded more than 40 others who had hidden, frozen in terror for 16 days in the dark basement of a house without food, water, ventilation or sanitation ( the first Qana Massacre being the April 18, 1996 Israeli bombing of the UN Post in Qana, that killed 105 civilians and wounded more than 200).
Both locations being a few hundred meters from where Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have performed his first miracle at the suggestion of his mother Mary, to turn water into wine to supply the larger than expected number of wedding guests who liked to visit Jesus when he came north to the Tyre and Saida area for a warm welcome and respite from the Serahedren authorities in Jerusalem. Given South Lebanon's great natural beauty Jesus' frequent visita are understandable. The essential topography, atmosphere and geography are, experts assure us, essentially unchanged from his day. A sharp contrast to the Saviors' well treaded paths in Palestine.
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A US Embassy press aid, in answer to a question during the stopover about the fact that Rice urged President Bush to quickly resupply Israel with Raytheon Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bomb guidance systems during the July 2006 War, and whether Rice was aware that the Belfast court had found last Wednesday that the Raytheon 9 "were reasonable in believing that Israel was committing war crimes and that Raytheon was aiding and abetting them". The Embassy was not sure about the correct answer to this question but would check on it and advise.
Regarding a second question, which was whether or not Secretary Rice was aware and or concerned that the US had given Israel Raytheon weapons that had been used at Qana,( a film of the aftermath of the Qana bombing was admitted into evidence as a Defense Exhibit and shown to the jury at the Raytheon 9 Trial in Belfast) as well as at an estimated 137 other sites in Lebanon during the 33 day attack ( including the JDAM guided MK-83 1000 lb. bomb dropped on the early morning of July 19, 2006, on the Nabysheet, Bekaa home of the Hussein Chokr family killing, Mrs. Khajeda Chokr and all but one of her children including Mohammad, Bilal, Talal and Yassin). Concerning whether Secretary Rice was aware and concerned about US supplied Raytheon products being used for this purpose the Embassy press office answer was identical to the one given in the Belfast Courtroom last week by a Raytheon Board member. The answer was a dismissive and curt 'No'.
Meanwhile, the Raytheon issue continues with a campaign underway to have Raytheon itself investigated as a criminal enterprise as it regularly aids and abets Israeli war crimes, much as is the case with the US Caterpillar Corporation and its bulldozers in Palestine which killed the American human rights activist Rachael Corrie in March of 2003 and which equipment continues to be sold to Israel and to destroy the homes, crops and property of Geneva Convention (IV)'protected persons'.
While her visit was brief, Secretary Rice covered a lot of subjects. One purpose was to meet and greet the new President Michel Suleiman who some in the Welch club feel is too friendly with the Hezbollah led Opposition. (read: Hezbollah, Syria, Iran and a majority of Lebanon's Christians).
"He's a very fine man" she called to the Press, referring to President Suleiman, as she dashed to meet with a quartet of gentleman who is not at all happy with her these days.
Ms. Rice could be excused for dreading this necessary meeting which included the Bush "A" team here in Lebanon. Before racing over to meet with Parliament Speaker and Hezbollah ally, Nabeh Berri.
Rice Met with Hezbollah Leaders?
According to Israeli journalist Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, writing in a Report published at 7 pm Jerusalem time on June 17, 2008 on Arutz Sheva, the IsraelNationalNews.com, Rice also met with Hezbollah officials and in trying to work out a governmental accommodation. These observers Hezbollah sources are not prepared to confirm this report just now.
Rice held talks at Qoratem Palace with the March 14 majority alliance represented by Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri, Democratic Gathering leader Walid Jumblat, Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
No sooner than the meeting ended that Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun criticized U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for meeting the leaders of the March 14 alliance like "students gathered in a class room."
Rice reportedly got an ear full which included, depending on the source, an alphabet soup of problems and complaints which included:
Where the hell were you (the Bush administration) when we needed you to enforce your bright ideas regarding attacking Hezbollah's phone system and sacking the pro opposition Airport security Chiefl! (Ed. Note: On Tuesday June 10, 2008 Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General, and former long time chemistry Professor, Naim Qassim, told this observer and former US Ambassador Richard Viets, and the visiting Washington DC based Council for the National Interest delegation in a Dahiyeh office, that Hezbollah made a move to emphasize its opposition to the US ordered initiative only following nearly 10 hours (of monitored?) phone calls between Washington and Prime Minister Sinioria office " and other countries". Hezbollah, Qassim explained, with a smile and twinkle in his eye, believes Lebanon's government is occupied and that all important decisions are now being made in Washington.)
— Hezbollah will likely sweep the next election so what are you going to do about it? This is a tough one to answer for the Bush administration given all its solemn words about the Democracy project, loving Lebanon, "being here to support the freely elected government of Lebanon", choosing its government is up to the people of Lebanon and the United States will support that. What is good for Lebanon is good for the United States" etc.
— Some in the Media wanted to know if the US would repeat those words after the next election, perhaps remembering the US quick switch regarding " respecting the will of the voters" that occurred in other places including Palestine with the Hamas victory, Iraq and Egypt. (Ed note: Naim Qassim stated during the above noted meeting that Hezbollah intends to compete in the coming election for seats throughout Lebanon and hopes to win half, or 64, of the 128 seats with its Christian, Sunni and Druze allies. Other observers think Hezbollah will win more than 70 of Parliament's seats. Either way Hezbollah becomes the next government of Lebanon.
Does it get declared 'a terrorist regime' or does it get taken off the US terrorist list? The inquiring minds meeting with Rice wanted to know. Put another way, Ms. Rice says the US wants to work with "the very fine Michel Suleiman", will it want to work with "the very fine Hezbollah government'? some are asking.
Rice, talking to reporters at Ain al-Tineh following a cordial meeting with Speaker Berri said the Shia speaker and close confident of Hezbollah realizes that he enjoys the backing of the United States. She dodge a question as to whether Washington would recognize the next Lebanese government if it is a majority Hezbollah government. Some thought her warmth toward Berri was meant to single Hezbollah that the US realized its awkward position if it keeps touting Democracy and free elections and continues to reject the results of those democratic elections.
The Shebba Farms issue was raised and complaints were aired to Rice by her team that the US has not pressured Israel to return them thus bolstering Hezbollah's resistance role. While this issue has been raised since, since Israel took the Farms in 1967, it has become acute since 2000. Rice repeated the Bush administration mantra that the matter must be studied and the UN must be more vigorous in making a decision.
"The secretary general should intensify his efforts" she told the gathering and also advised them that Presidents Sarkozy and Bush discussed the matter and want the UN of occupy them.
The fact of the matter is that the UN cartography completed the study nearly one year ago and the parties agree that the Farms belongs to Lebanon and that Israel must withdraw. Israel is demanding a unknown price before it departs and as in the case of the recently announced 1,300 new housing units in Palestine ( 40,000 more over the next 10 years) believes the Bush administration is finished and in unable to pressure Israel due to the US election season.
Rice is angry over being stiffed by Olmert and Livni during the weekend on the settlement expansions as well as this week's further land grab of prime agricultural land inside Gaza along the Gaza-Israel border, but feels the US can do nothing but she will mention it to the Israelis. She has altered her language just a little bit on the Shebaa Farms and now adds that the relevant UN resolution must be enforced. She of course has in mind UNSCR 1701 not the 60 year old UNSCR 242 or the 40 year old 425 which demand respectively complete Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian and Lebanese land.
·Rice heard plenty about Hezbollah and how the coming prisoner exchange-likely to happen within days- promised by Hasan Nasrallah ,will enhance the party even more. Rice is aware that US impotence in getting Israel to hand over the cluster bomb maps has caused continuing loss of life and use of agricultural acreage in the South. She was advised that all of Lebanon is outraged about this and why hasn't the Bush administration done something about it. She was advised that human rights organizations and some NGO's are encouraging Hezbollah to delay any prisoner swap with Israel until the German mediators can get Israel to include the landmine and cluster bomb maps in the deal.
Hezbollah just may take their advice. The party is very aware of last months 111 Nation initialed Treaty banning cluster bombs and moreover, Hezbollah's core Shia constituency in the South of Lebanon is the group most affected, every hour, every day, by the unexploded ordnance. One Hezbollah Commander asked this observer, "if the cluster bombs were in occupied Palestine and we had the maps, and withheld them, how do you suppose the situation with respect to US pressure would differ?"
Rice assured her interlocutors, as she has repeatedly done since the August 2006 cessation of hostilities that, as with the serial Israeli violations of the 1976 US Arms Export Act as amended, " we are looking into that—it's being considered" (read-'forget about it fellas-it ain't ganna happen').
So if the "A Team" feels let down as Condi jets off into the horizon maybe it's a case of unrequited love. But her guys political disappointment with the Bush administration is palpable.
The 'ruling team' in fracturing according to the Beirut political analysts. Some are plotting against those they usually kiss upon greeting, and turning on others while blaming 'the Americans'. All, no doubt, calculating their next moves and their confessions odds in the rapidly approaching elections.
One of the currently most disgruntled appears to be Wallid Jumblatt who is said by political analysts in Beirut to have several reasons to dismantle the March 14 alliance. Because the base which supports the Welch Club projects is made up of Jumblatt, Al-Hariri, and the Christian team Jumblatt is in a position to cause a lot of changes in the period preceding the parliamentary elections. Jumblatt felt months ago that the United States was not about to do anything concrete to help his team but he kept wagering on Hezbollah abstaining from moving on the ground and" and going after him after him in the mountain". After he became aware that there is no US effort to change the Syrian government, and that Hezbollah's strength is growing and that nothing can be done to stop it, he was told by the Saudis to handle the Sunni situation until Al-Hariri matures enough. According to Beirut's Al Akbar Daily, this Welch Club directive caused Jumblatt to temporize and tread water. But then the disturbances took place last month and pushed Jumblatt into a comprehensive re-evaluation of his actions and policies and even of his leadership position.
People, who have met with Walid Jumblatt recently including the delegation of Harvard grad students and the American CNI group mentioned above, report that he's in particularly bad shape.
The brilliant long term Progressive Socialist leader in contemplating retirement to enjoy his vast ('socialist') land holdings and vineyards above Khalde and Damour. Last week he told his key advisors that he was prepared to resign and turn the PSP over to his son (that's how it works in feudal Lebanon tradition--Primogeniture today! Primogeniture tomorrow! Primogeniture forever! to paraphrase the late Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama).
When one aid asked Wallid if his depression and wish to resign was the result of the May events (Hezbollah roared up into parts of his Chouf to rattle his cage, with unnecessary loss of life on both sides" one observer noted and apparently it did shake him up. Only yesterday did the Lebanese Army finally vacate his Sweifeit Headquarters turning it back over to the PSP). Jumblatt was candid as reported in Beirut newspapers. "They won. We lost", he was quoted as saying, referring to the 20 month struggle between the US backed majority and the Hezbollah led opposition.
Wallid has been Condoleezza's favorite for more than a year. She once said he is "so lovable" and reminded her of a cross between 'the Nutty Professor' and that fellow in "Back to the Future."
This observer withdraws, with apologies, the tentative conclusion he drew during the fighting that many of his (Druze) people broke from Jumblatt in favor of his Druze rival ex minister Talal Arsalan in the May conflict. Some did, but talking with many Druze since then I have come to believe that when last month's shooting started, like other confessions, the Druze circled their wagons and most still love Walid. I overstated the Druze defection and thus I erred.
One could hope that the "A Team" recovers from any heartache and bruised feelings as Condi flits back to Stanford after the Bush administration ends its reign of terror in this region.
As for unrequited love, this observer knows all about that and could possibly offer some consolation.
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The game's dominant player, Williams, who lives an hour drive away from the Crandon Park complex, has yet to put her stamp on her home tournament, advancing with a pair of laboured wins over Yaroslava Shvedova and Garcia.
The hard-hitting Frenchwoman showed no fear, slugging it out with the 17-time grand slam winner for more than two and a half hours before Williams ended the fight with a blistering forehand winner.
"I really gave myself a tremendous amount of trouble out there," Williams told reporters. "Granted she played great but I made so many errors. I hit so short.
"I just have to do better."
A more unsettling sight for tournament officials has been the large swaths of empty green seats, the hometown girl and the biggest draw in women's tennis unable to attract a full house to either of Williams' centre court matches.
Meanwhile, Williams' serve seems to have deserted her, the muscular American unable to find her mark against Garcia while firing seven double faults.
A minority owner in the National Football League Miami Dolphins, a smiling Williams stepped out onto centre court dressed in the orange and turquoise colours of her team earning the approval of the half empty stadium.
But the smiles did not last long, a misfiring Williams spending most of the match gesturing, scowling and shouting at herself for a string of miscues.
"It's important to stay positive," said Williams. "Obviously I wasn't at my best. I had 40 something errors. It's not the way to play professional tennis. Maybe amateur.
"On the professional tour you have to do a little better than that, so hopefully I can, in the next few matches, to do better."
The contest got off to an uneven start, Williams breaking Garcia three times with the Frenchwoman countering with two breaks of her own.
In contrast, the rest of the match would produce just two breaks, Garcia breaking Williams to take the second set and the defending champion breaking the Frenchwoman to open the third.
"I just try to forget it's Serena Williams, to forget that she won how many Grand Slams and just be me and just play," said Garcia, now 0-3 against Williams. "If I want to win a match like this, I have to play and don't think of my opponent, what she is doing in the past but just be focused on what she's doing now and how I play now."
In other action, fifth seeded German Angelique Kerber raced into the fourth round with a 6-0 6-2 demolition of Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova while ninth seed Sara Errani of Italy was stopped 6-3 2-6 6-4 by 23rd seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
The morning session featured an intriguing clash between 12th seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic and Italian Flavia Pennetta, who arrived in Miami riding the momentum from a victory at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Ivanovic, a former French Open champion, ended Pennetta's run with 6-4 6-3 victory setting up a fourth round meeting with 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, the eighth seed advancing with a no-nonsense 6-3 6-4 win over Croatian Donna Vekic.
Belgian Kirsten Flipkens moved onto to the fourth round in a walkover when 14th seed Sabine Lisicki withdrew due to the flu.
Results from the Miami Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Saturday
Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 6-4 4-6 6-4
19-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat 14-Sabine Lisicki (Germany)WO
8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-3 6-4
23-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat 9-Sara Errani (Italy) 6-3 2-6 6-4
12-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat 20-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-4 6-3
5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-0 6-2
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LANSING - A man is found shot in an apartment complex parking lot late Wednesday. Police were called to the Camelot Hills apartments on Sadie court on the city's north side for a possible shooting just before midnight. When they arrived they found a man sitting in his car with a gunshot wound to his leg. Officers learned the victim was a 21-year-old from Detroit. He told police he was approached by a man wearing all black with a mask over his face. The victim said the man pointed a handgun at him and demanded he get out of the car. The man says as he moved to exit the car, he was shot. The gunman then ran through the parking lot to the east.
The gunshot victim was taken to the hospital, with the non-life threatening wound.
A statement to the media says that "Officers on scene interviewed a possible witness and determined the shooting victim may have not been forthcoming with information."
Police continue their investigation to determine what happened before the shooting. They say if a shooting suspect is determined, full description will be made public. Lansing Police encourage anyone with information about this shooting to call Detective Lee McCallister at 517-483-4611


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Talk:Gianni Schicchi (Puccini, Giacomo)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
I can't connect the "General Information" section in this article with the information on the IMDBP [1] Operalala 23:02, 10 February 2009 (EST)
This work is part of the larger set of operas by Puccini: Il trittico - which also includes Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi. Since it's quite clear that these were meant to be published together (and performed together), it seems that the files should be moved to a work page "Il trittico". Only problem is that it would take up quite a bit of space and be difficult to organize... Oh well, I guess we should keep it here, Lndlewis10 00:16, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
- Why isn't it public domain in the EU. Puccini died in 1924. That's much more than 70 years!
- Well, the libretto was written by Giovacchino Forzano who died only in 1970 (see info at the bottom of the work page). Hobbypianist 17:57, 18 January 2012 (UTC)


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One way or another, it looks like school finance will be on the docket in the 2013 Legislature. That's good because the state's revised way of raising money for schools, which is largely through a new business tax, is not raising the funds that legislators thought it would when they approved the tax in 2006.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported recently that GOP Sen. Robert Duncan, one of the Senate's most influential members, told the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce that "there is too much avoidance of the tax, and the burden is being carried by a few businesses."
According to the paper, Duncan said reforming the system will be a priority in the next session. "We'll go roll up our sleeves and make some hard decisions," Duncan said.
Others, however, are not waiting for the Legislature. The Austin American-Statesman reported over the weekend that "at least three legal teams representing different types of school districts intend to file lawsuits soon."
Their goal is to force legislators to meet their constitutional obligation of providing "an efficient system of public free schools." As the Statesman reported, some lawmakers hope the suits force their hands. GOP Rep. Jim Keffer of Eastland was quoted as saying "We do our best when our back is against the wall."
I don't disagree with that. And, as I said at the outset, the state needs a better way to raise money for schools.
But I hope that the debate over school funding also includes an equal weight on measuring how proficient schools are in investing the state's dollars. By that, I mean looking at how well students are doing for the money put into their schools.
Financial productivity is a goal that a number of people around Texas, such as Comptroller Susan Combs and former UT Board of Regents Chairman Charles Miller, have been championing, Not everyone agrees about the best way to measure financial productivity, but let's at least make sure it is part of the discussion when legislators take up school funding issues. We need both a reliable way to fund schools and a way to assess how well those funds are spent.


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Unlike most "random" setlist generators, this one is based on The Mockingbird Foundation's real setlist data. All songs are appropriately weighed judged by the number of times they've really been performed by Phish. All openers have actually opened a show at some point, and all encores have actually appeared as encores. There should be no repeats in the first set, but repeats in the second set might be tagged as a reprise of earlier songs. All footnotes are real footnotes from real songs. Also, segue information is accurate as of the previous song; a segue out of a song really happened.
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Robert Snodgrass headed an equaliser on the stroke of half-time to cancel out Darren Bent's earlier effort for Fulham in their third-round clash at Carrow Road on Saturday.
The fourth-round ties are to be played during the weekend of January 25/26.
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Take the pressure off your fundraising "sales" by creating a pressure-free fundraising "offer." Read on for more about how to increase your revenue with "No Pressure" fundraising offers. It's a win-win!!
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Oh, what a difference a word can make…
When we started overseeing fundraising at our local school, our largest annual fundraiser was selling giftwrap. Every other year, our PTO hosted a large capital fundraising event (dinner, dancing, raffles, silent and live auction items… you know the drill). But, our largest annual fundraiser was selling giftwrap and the accompanying sale items.
Let us first say, we like wrapping paper… and chocolates and candles and bags and cookies and flowers and spirit wear. We are not saying that selling items as a fundraiser is bad. It isn't. There is a place for fundraising "sales" in any multi-faceted fundraising program. They often take relatively little organizational effort, limited volunteer hours and can have a fairly good "bang for your buck," so to speak.
The issue arose when at the end of the 3-week sale, only 50% of our projected income goal had been met.
Did people not have time to sell? Would more time help? Did people just have a closet full of wrapping paper so they didn't want or need any more? Was buying paper just not a financial priority in the current economic environment? What should we do???
Our PTO operates on a balanced budget. If we couldn't raise the money on the fundraising side then we would need to cut something from our services side. An assembly? Family Science Night? Oh, no…
So we did what many fundraising groups do – we sent out a message. We extended the sale deadline and made clear to our population just how important their selling was. In truth, what followed was probably a bit of guilt-induced paper purchasing by our very loyal families and friends. And we felt badly.
What we came to realize is that there is a difference between a fundraising "sale" and a fundraising "offer."
It starts in the budget
When you are creating your yearly budget or your fundraising goal for your organization, think about what is a reasonable outcome from your event without hard-selling, without pushing your "sale" on your supporters. No guilt, no pressure, just a kind, respectful request for support by purchasing what you are "offering." This should be your budget. Part of what gives fundraising a bad name is people feeling that they have to buy something they don't really want or need. If the budget is reasonable and realistic, then your supporters will be supporting your organization because they WANT to, pressure free.
Pick the items that you are going to "offer"
- You should seek to find high quality, needed or desired products that you are proud to represent and bring to your supporters.
- Find products that your supporters are already purchasing anyway or will find useful.
- Bring them something they wouldn't find or have access to somewhere else.
You can create a win-win situation: you are offering them great products or services that they want and/or need, and they are supporting your fundraising goals.
In the end, we did have more fundraising "offers" throughout the course of the year – but our message to families was to purchase what they WANTED to purchase, and not what they felt they HAD to purchase. We wanted them to find the fundraising events that worked for their family. It might be supporting a dine-out at a local restaurant, buying giftwrap or bags or pie, maybe it was a gift card for a babysitter at the holidays.
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Just months away from the next election, the Grand Junction City Council proposed redistricting the city for voting purposes at Wednesday night's meeting. Although the measure lost by a 4-3 vote expect it to be discussed again in the future. 2000 was the last time the city council changed districts, since then some districts have grown at a quicker rate then others.
The redistricting would have evened out the districts in terms of population. The north end of town has out–paced other areas, giving some districts about 1,300 more people than others. Most members of the city council said they believe the city needs to be re–districted, but felt they were rushing it by trying to do it a few months before the April election.
For now the districts will remain the same. The population growth in the north and east end of the city, as well as annexations which enlarged the city, all led to the population growth in Districts A and B.
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Rain continues to disrupt the weekend festivities at the Daytona International Speedway. After cutting the qualifying for both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series races short on Friday, Mother Nature didn't even let cars get on the track on Saturday.
After about an hour and 10 minute rain delay NASCAR decided that the rain would not let up long enough for them to get the race in on Saturday night. They will try to run the Cole Zero 400 at 10 am Central Time Sunday.
This is the second time this season that rain has disrupted the schedule at Daytona. The season opening Daytona 500 was run almost entirely under the lights because of a rain delay.
When the field does get rolling for the Coke Zero 400, David Gilliland will lead the field to green from the pole, with Reed Sorenson, Landon Cassell, Bobby Labonte and Jimmie Johnson rounding out the top five. Kansas native Clint Bowyer will start 34th.


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Following a thoroughly unconvincing cameo display against England, Ireland's veteran fly-half Ronan O'Gara should consider calling time on his international rugby career.
The 35-year-old, who made his debut against Scotland in 2000, has racked up an impressive 127 caps for his national side during a decorated 13-year spell, which saw the fly-half play a part in Ireland's Grand Slam success almost four years ago.
However, O'Gara's 127th appearance was one to forget after the Munster legend came on to replace Jonathan Sexton - who had strained his hamstring trying to boot the ball down field - just after half-hour mark in a 12-6 defeat by England at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
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Dr. John May, director of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, was honored with an award for his leadership and the vision he shared with fellow pulmonologist Dr. David Pratt 25 years ago when they founded NYCAMH.
Originally known as the Bassett Farm and Safety Health Project, official designation as the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health came from the New York State Legislature in 1988.
"The history of this effort is a remarkable one," said Dr. William F. Streck, president of the Bassett Healthcare Network, at a dinner celebrating NYCAMH's 25th anniversary. "May and Pratt did more than simply understand a disease, study it and publish their findings. They recognized a much larger need for an occupational health program devoted to understanding and preventing injuries and illness that occur on the farm."
Pratt, who left Bassett in 1992 and was most recently commissioner of health for Schenectady County before retiring, said, "The farmers were critical to our success early on. They taught us about their occupation, allowing us in their barns and at their kitchen tables. Without their patience and dedication, we couldn't have created the program. Twenty five years later, we are all in John's debt for his continued commitment to NYCAMH and the agricultural community."
As he prepared to honor May with the award, Streck quoted Thomas Edison, saying "Opportunity is missed by many because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
NYCAMH's founders seized the opportunity to address an unmet need over two decades ago and worked hard to realize their vision for helping the farm community.
Today, that work has touched the lives of thousands of individuals and farm families.
Throughout its 25 year history, NYCAMH has provided:
• Research into the causes and prevention of agricultural injury and illness;
• Education and prevention activities within the farm community;
• Education of professionals serving the farm community; and
• Clinical help for farm-related health problems.
The impact NYCAMH's work has had on farm families and individuals is significant. Numerous accounts of lives saved and injuries prevented have been shared with NYCAMH staff, including those of Dan Kaiser, Paul Storey and Gilbert Chichester.
"I was pulling a silage wagon and the tractor began sliding down the hill backwards out of control," says Kaiser, a 30-year farming veteran from Newfield. "I had taken advantage of NYCAMH's ROPS rebate program to install a roll bar and seat belt, which I was wearing at the time. It's amazing I didn't roll over, but I probably would have been thrown from the tractor if I hadn't been wearing the seatbelt. I wear it all the time now."
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In 2011, Storey took advantage of a skin cancer screening clinic offered by NYCAMH at Empire Farm Days in upstate New York. As a result, he was later diagnosed with melanoma, had surgery and is cancer free.
"I have NYCAMH to thank for that. So, from a farm machinery salesman from Exeter, Ontario, thank you all so very, very much. I am forever grateful," he said.
Chichester of Nagimor Farm in Warnerville feels NYCAMH's value can't be overstated.
"Growers often come from generations of farmers who have lived and worked in their local communities. The work is difficult and profit margins are tight - less than 20 percent of farms gross more than $100,000 in farm income. Farming is primarily done by small family businesses, which speaks to the need for a strong dedicated organization to bring focus to safe operations on New York farms. This has been a mission of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health," he said.
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Mobile Music Industry Doing Well Amid Overall Gloom
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Now that mobile music has matured a bit, and no longer means "heavily DRM'ed audio tracks for an exorbitant $2.49 each," the market for it is beginning to pick up. In fact, a new Juniper Research study is projecting modest growth worldwide in mobile music over a five-year period, even as the larger music industry continues to founder, according to GigaOM.
The report said that full-song downloads and streaming services will drive much of the growth, at the expense of the limited-use, premium-priced ringtones that dominated until now. Apparently, even digital snippets of actual songs called truetones (to distinguish from the older, polyphonic MIDI ringtones) aren't doing so well anymore.
Despite the good news--mostly in Asia and Europe--the economy is still weak. And "confusing user interfaces, incomplete network coverage, and cost of data services remain significant hurdles to consumer adoption of mobile music," according to the report.
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A woman has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after her son-in-law was found shot to death on Monday.
Emma Jean Brent, 63, was arrested in connection with the death of Jorge Martinez Jr., 45.
Winston-Salem police responded to a home at 2451 Farmbrook Road around 3:45 p.m. Martinez was found with apparent gunshot wounds to the upper torso, police said.
He was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives said they believe Martinez was shot during an argument with a family member. Brent was living with the Martinez family when the incident occurred, police said.
Brent was held in the Forsyth County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond. She is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 26.


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In a story guaranteed to send chills down the necks of most
parents, 5-year-old April Jones has allegedly been abducted while playing with
a friend, according to the Daily Mail.
"One minute she was playing on her bike, the next, she was
The lively girl who has been missing since Monday has a
medical condition which may require medication; her distraught parents are battling
to deal with her disappearance. A local man is being held for questioning, and
speculation that he may be connected to little April's vanishing is spreading,
especially since the man is known to frequent her neighbourhood, and he was
discovered walking in the area where she was last seen. April was playing with
her friend who insists that April got into a vehicle voluntarily.
Missing SA 7-year-old found dead
In SA, yet another similar story has an eerie echo of the missing April Jones: In KwaZulu-Natal, a 7-year-old boy missing since 29 September was found dead after he left his family home to help a man look for cattle, according to News24. A 28-year-old man has allegedly confessed to police that he killed the boy, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave with his throat slit. The motive for the murder is as yet unclear.
These tragic stories show that that abduction can take place anywhere. Unfortunately, a simple walk to
the local cafe or a bike ride in the park can have tragic consequences. In SA
there have been horrific cases of children being abducted and murdered for
muti, as well as human trafficking cases. Even if the abduction is by one
estranged parent, it is no less traumatising for the parent left behind.
Parent 24 has several great articles on how to avoid child abduction,
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A Labour MP has called for a ban on adults smoking in cars where children are present, saying it would bring "tremendous" health benefits.
Alex Cunningham said children were particularly vulnerable to the effects of passive smoking and could not "remove" themselves from cars where cigarette smoke was circulating.
Parents simply exercising restraint was "not good enough", he told MPs.
But one Tory MP called the plan "over the top" and "ludicrous".
Mr Cunningham said the "science was clear" about the dangers of passive smoking and that societal attitudes had changed on the issue in the past decade – reflected by the ban on smoking in public transport, planes and taxis.
Research suggested more than 300,000 children visited doctors every year with health problems associated with passive smoke, he said, while there were 20,000 new cases of asthma and wheezing among children every year.
The Labour MP acknowledged many people felt the car was a "private space" but he believed it was children's space as well and "some people were invading it with dangerous smoke".
He told MPs: "Adults can make up their mind about the dangers of smoking. It is children we need to protect," he added.
"The fact that children can be exposed to such an environment in cars is reason enough to bring in a ban on smoking in private vehicles where they are present.
"I can't see how it would be any real hardship to anyone to stop smoking in private vehicles and the benefits will be tremendous."
Mr Cunningham said a ban had been introduced in several US states, including California, as well as in parts of Canada and Australia and had growing support in the UK among health campaigners and the public.
But Tory MP Philip Davies – who campaigns against political correctness – said it should be up to parents to decide whether they smoked in cars and there was a "complete lack of evidence" about the beneficial impact of the proposal.
"This proposal is excessive, intrusive and insulting to British parents who smoke," Mr Davies said.
"The suggestion of banning smoking in private vehicles with a minor present is yet another unwarranted intrusion on individual freedom. The government should have no role at all in regulating the private lives of adults who make decisions as adults."
MPs voted to allow Mr Cunningham's ten-minute rule bill to be considered at a future date by 78 to 66.
However, as a private member's bill, the likelihood of it becoming law is slight.
The Department of Health has previously said parents should keep cars smoke free "voluntarily".