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Crossed eighth at the Boston College Invitational (9/14)... took second in the Central Connecticut Mini-Meet (10/20)... placed 16th at the Paul Short Invitational (9/28)... finished 16th at the NCAA New England Regionals (11/10)... placed third at the Stony Brook Invitational (9/7).
Finished 14th at the Boston College Invite... crossed 31st at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (32:46.4)... named to the America East All-Academic Team... placed 6th at the America East Championship... crossed 6th at the Leopard Invitational... placed 14th at the Murray Keatinge Invitational... named to the America East All-Conference team.
Finished 23rd in the steeple at the NCAA Regional Championships...finished 3rd in the steeple at the IC4A Championships in an NCAA Regional qualifing time...finished 2nd in the steeple at the America East Outdoors Championships...finished 3rd in the Olympic Delvelopment steeple at the Penn Relays...placed 6th in the steeple at the Larry Ellis Invite in a new school record...placed 10th in the steeple at the Duke Invite...finished 7th in the 3000m at the America East Indoor Championships, also at the same meet, fonished 10th in the 5000m...set a personal best in the 5000m at the BU Invite...finished 48th at the NCAA Northeast Regional... earned all-confernce honors after finishing third at America East Championships... captured first career individual title at the Quinnipiac Invitational... finished sixth at the Stony Brook Invitational.
2004-05: Metropolitan Champion in the 3000 steeplechase... won the steeple at the Husky Invite... finished seventh in the steeple at America East Outdoor Championships... shattered his own school record in the steeple at IC4A Championships.finished 11th at the Seawolves Invite... placed 41st at the Met Championships... finished 76th at the Penn State National Invite... crossed 15th at America East Championships... was the fourth finisher for the Seawolves at the NCAA Northeast Regional... crossed 15th at the IC4A Championships... competed in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships for New Zealand.
2003-04: Finished eighth in the 5000 at the America East Indoor Championships... finished third in the steeple at Met Championships... placed fourth in the steeple at America East Outdoor Championships.
High School: A four-year member of the cross country and track teams at Auckland Grammar School... New Zealand national road champion in 2002 and U-18 cross country champion in 2001... U-20 national cross country runner-up in 2002.
Personal: Shaun David Krawitz... born February 15, 1985, in Johanasburg, South Africa... son of Debra and Allan... brother of Russel... majoring in geology.


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Research article by Longwood professor and then-undergraduate to be published in journal
November 15, 2011
A research paper co-authored by Dr. Bennie Waller, chair of the Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance & Real Estate and associate professor of finance and real estate, and Ali Jubran, a May 2011 graduate, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Housing Research, an official publication of the American Real Estate Society.
The paper, "The Impact of Agent Experience on the Real Estate Transaction," was presented by Jubran in March at the Clute Institute's 2011 New Orleans International Conference. Jubran was the only undergraduate student who presented during his session. The paper is the result of an independent study that Jubran, a finance and real estate major, completed under Waller in fall 2010.
In October the paper was presented on campus by Waller and Jubran for "Incorporating Students into our Research: Experience in Real Estate," an event that was part of the Celebration of Scholarship lecture series for President Patrick Finnegan's inauguration. Jubran, now a specialty recruiter for Apex Systems Inc., an IT staffing firm in Richmond, received a Presidential Inauguration Medal from President Finnegan.
The study examined the productivity of real estate agents who acquire and maintain their real estate salesperson's license for two years or less ("rookies") relative to those who have been licensed agents for 10 years or more ("veterans"). The study examined more than 20,000 transactions of single-family residential properties sold, withdrawn, or expired between March 1999 and July 2009 in Central Virginia.
"The findings of this study show that properties listed by rookie agents will sell for approximately 10 percent less than those listed by more experienced agents," the study concluded. "This finding is compounded by the fact that properties listed by these agents also endure a significantly longer marketing duration than those of more experienced agents. This is in contrast to properties listed by veteran agents which sell for approximately 2 percent more than those of their less experienced counterparts and did so 32 percent faster."
"Veteran agents are more successful in completing the transaction, do so at a higher selling price and in a more expedient fashion than less experienced agents," the study says. Dr. Waller also found interesting the fact that many real estate agents who obtained their license during the housing boom of 2004-07, which saw a "huge flood of new licensees," the study said, did not renew their license after the initial two-year licensure period. Those who didn't renew during 2004-08 ranged from 16.85 percent in 2006 to 31.82 percent in 2008. "These data suggest that the onset of the housing debacle and the general overall decline in economic conditions spawned a mass exodus of newly minted real estate agents from the industry," the study says.
Waller said the industry "might need to look at licensing requirements," which the study called "minimal" and which "vary considerably" by state. "If it's so easy to get a license, the barriers to entry are possibly too low," he said.
The research was similar to other real estate studies that Waller has done with Dr. Ray Brastow, professor of economics, and others. However, Waller had never studied the role of the agent's experience on the real estate transaction.


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Mark Haanstra is one of the most in demand bass guitar players in the Netherlands. His recognizable sound, groove and flexibility make him a much sought after musician by artists, ensembles and orchestras.
Mark won several prizes, including the Dutch Jazz Competition with the Nemesis Quartet (1994), Geel (1998) and Agog (2002).
In the last five years he was mostly on the road with Dutch saxophone player Yuri Honing. He leads the Barnicle Bill Trio featuring saxophonist Miguel Martinez and drum legend John Engels. Since their start in 2013, Mark plays in the young all-star band Windkracht 7 that was highly noticed all over the country since their Edison Award nominated debut album and their extensive tour in 2014.
Together with the Amsterdam Percussion Group he toured extensively with world famous drummer Terry Bozzio in 2006 and 2007, and with Toto drummer Simon Phillips in 2010.
Mark is also a soloist in Steve Mackey's Grammy Award-winning work Dreamhouse, which has been performed and recorded by several renowned orchestras such as the BBC and New York Philharmonic. Mackey also asked him to be part of his New York based prog-rock band Big Farm. Their album was released in 2012 and also received a Grammy nomination.
Mark has been teaching at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen since 2004.


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Federer Is Unbroken in Australia
Roger Federer, given the toughest draw of any of the top men at the Australian Open, has emerged from his first four matches not only unbeaten but unscathed and unbroken: He hasn't yet lost a set or even once on his serve, a rare feat for him or any other recent superstar at a Grand Slam tournament, particularly outside of London and New York, home to the two fastest, serve-friendliest majors.
In 57 service games, Federer has held 57 times, facing just four break points. His rival Rafael Nadal also avoided being broken through the first four rounds of the 2010 U.S. Open, going on to win the tournament while being broken five times. Federer held serve throughout the first four rounds of Wimbledon in 2004, then was broken six times in the next three matches but still won it all. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has never made it through the first four rounds without being broken fewer than twice; he was broken seven times while making it through to the quarterfinals at this year's Australian Open — all seven in his marathon fourth-rounder against Stanislas Wawrinka — and is now through to the semifinals. And Andre Agassi and even his bigger-serving rival, Pete Sampras, never went through the first four rounds at a major without being broken, at least since the ATP World Tour began keeping more complete men's tennis stats, in 1991.
It takes more than aces to avoid being broken. Federer doesn't rank in the top 20 among men at the Australian Open in that stat. Equally important is drawing weak returns that can be dispatched with aggression and margin. Favorable draws also help: In his first four matches at Wimbledon in 2004, Federer faced four unseeded players, including a wild card, a qualifier and two big servers not known for their return games. Nadal served bigger than ever before in his career at the 2010 U.S. Open, but he also needed to be clutch, saving all 13 break points he faced; Federer has faced just four break points in Australia through four matches, and needed to save only six through four rounds at Wimbledon in 2004. He'll have be more timely in his serving against his next opponent, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to maintain his run: Tsonga upset Federer at Wimbledon in 2011 when Federer failed to translate dominant serving into unbreakable serving.
While such a hot patch of serving to start a Grand Slam tournament is rare even among the best players of the past two decades, nearly all of them have had hot patches of serving at other stages of majors — and, in a cautionary note for Federer fans, it's not always a sign that the hot server will go on to win the tournament. Nadal held serve for five straight matches at last year's French Open. Djokovic broke his serve seven times in the final but Nadal still won in four sets. Nadal was less fortunate at Wimbledon in 2006, holding serve for four straight matches leading up to the final before Federer broke him seven times in the final, including winning the first set, 6-0. Federer, in turn, went unbroken in four matches each at Wimbledon in 2008 and at the Australian Open in 2009, but lost each time to Nadal in the final, broken 11 times in all in those two finals. Federer's serving prowess was a better harbinger of success at Wimbledon in 2006 and 2009: He won the tournament each time after going unbroken in four of his six prior matches each year. (Federer is also the only player to win a Masters-level tournament without being broken.)
Not surprisingly, given his reputation for dominant serving, Sampras had lots of hot patches of serving during his Grand Slam career. He held serve for three straight matches at Wimbledon in 1994, and four straight at Wimbledon in 1997, and won the tournament both times. He held serve throughout his last four matches at Wimbledon in 2000, then in three of his first four matches at the U.S. Open last summer, for a run of seven matches without being broken out of eight (his serve was broken just once in the eighth match). Sampras also held serve throughout a remarkable five of seven matches at the 2002 U.S. Open, the last major he won and the last tournament he ever played. Two other times, though, he wasn't able to sustain hot serving form earlier in a tournament: He held serve three straight times at the 1998 Australian Open before being broken seven times in a quarterfinal loss to Karol Kucera. And three years later at the Australian Open, Sampras went unbroken for a run of four straight matches but was demolished by Lleyton Hewitt in a semifinal in which Sampras dropped serve six times.
Djokovic has risen to No. 1 with his best-in-the-world returning more than his solid-but-not-dominant serve, so it's not surprising that his two best runs of serving form at majors pale before the other four players. Twice in the last three years, Djokovic held serve in three out of four consecutive matches at a Grand Slam. More surprisingly, those two tournaments were two of his biggest disappointments in recent seasons: Each time, at Wimbledon in 2010 and at the 2011 French Open, he fell before the final, below his sky-high current standards. (It's unclear if his hot serving start at this year's Australian Open similarly bodes poorly for his hopes of winning the title, though he certainly cooled off quickly against Wawrinka.) Agassi, Djokovic's main competitor for best returner of all time, did more with his career-best serving performance, holding serve four times, including in three straight matches, at the 2003 Australian Open on his way to a rout of Rainer Schuettler in the final.
Agassi also has eclipsed Djokovic's serving in another respect, twice holding serve in every game of a Grand Slam final. Agassi did it in victories at the 1994 and 1999 U.S. Open. Federer and Nadal also have done it twice in Grand Slam finals. Federer did it at Wimbledon in 2003, his first major victory; and at the 2009 French Open. Nadal did it in successive major finals in 2010, a month apart at the French Open and at Wimbledon. (Footnote: In both those dominant French Open final serving performances, Robin Soderling was the opponent, meaning he's managed to reach two French Open finals without winning a set or breaking serve either time.) Djokovic has never been broken fewer than two times in a major final.
Here, too, Sampras is the serving king, and his throne is Wimbledon, where he had his greatest success. In an amazing run, of the seven Wimbledons played between 1994 and 2000, Sampras won six of them, five without being broken once. He had to save just nine break points in those five finals wins.


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You want a school that helps you develop and refine your artistic talent. The art department at Mercyhurst University provides the individualized instruction you need to secure a rewarding career in the creative field. Our coursework provides a hands-on, studio approach to art in our state-of-the-art labs and facilities.
You'll learn from a dynamic faculty who are working artists themselves, currently exhibiting in the field. They will teach you artistic processes; methods of creative problem solving; the diversity of art materials, media and approaches; the importance of design; and the role of art history. Studio space is always available here, unlike large schools where space may be limited.
No matter which major you choose, you'll have the opportunity to get hands-on experience right away through internships and other experiences. Art education majors have more than 100 hours of observing and teaching art as part of their coursework before student teaching. Art therapy majors conceptualize problems and solutions with actual clients by creating art, utilizing story and narrative, creating research journals, and role playing and game integration to promote the value of non-verbal expression.
Graphic design majors have competed at the annual American Advertising Federation awards; have membership in the American Institute of Graphic Arts; and have worked with real nonprofits, including the Erie Small Business Development Center, the Liberian People's Initiative Against Poverty and the Sisters of Mercy. Studio Art majors present their work at a senior exhibition held in the Cummings Art Gallery on campus and will graduate with a fully-prepared portfolio to use in graduate school interviews.
With a 14-1 student-to-faculty ratio and an average class size of 20 students, you're never just a number at Mercyhurst. In fact, many upper level courses average 10 or fewer students. We keep our classes small so you can get individualized attention from professors to ensure your success in class and beyond.
Every year the Mercyhurst Art Department hosts a student juried art show. Watch a video below featuring the students who were awarded top honors for the 2013-14 event.
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View an article published at GoErie.com that reviews the 2015 Student Juried Art Show.
Sister Angelica High School Art Scholarship Competition
The annual Sister Angelica High School Art Scholarship Competition is based on 8-12 digital images of the students high school work. Images should be .jpg format, 150 dpi, no larger than 8 x 10 inches and provided on a CD.
First Place: $10,000 per year
Second Place: $8,000 per year
Third Place: $6,000 per year
Honorable Mention Award(s) of $2,500
The competition is open to high school seniors. Award winners must have applied and been accepted as an art major at Mercyhurst University. Students must remain Art majors in order to retain their scholarship.
Label the CD with the students name. A separate sheet should accompany the entry that would include name, home address, home telephone number, name of high school, high school art teacher's name, and a list of works, numbered with title, size and medium for each piece.
Members of the Mercyhurst University Art faculty will serve as jury for the contest. The jurors reserve the right not to award one or more scholarships if the submitted works do not comply with the expected standards of the competition.
CD and list must be sent to:
Tom Hubert
Mercyhurst University
501 E 38th St
Erie, PA 16546-0001
CDs are accepted January 1-31st, and scholarships are announced March 1st. Should any winner choose not to accept the award, the scholarship can be awarded to the next person in rank. Awards are renewable yearly upon favorable review of the department.
Every precaution will be taken to protect submissions. However, the Art Department and the University are not responsible for damages or loss of submitted materials.
Art Students at Mercyhurst University are encouraged to pursue individual goals. Students are challenged to develop their creative potential through the varied experiences and disciplines of the art field. Art department sponsored field trips, art. art education, and art therapy clubs, slide lectures, workshops, and exhibitions provide enrichment for students.
The curriculum is designed to expose students to a wide range of skills, capabilities, and knowledge in order to compete in their field. The liberal arts curriculum— in combination with major programs —help them think critically, develop values, and comprehend the richness of the world around them.
In order for all art students to understand the discipline of art, a foundation year has been developed to codify knowledge, introduce expectations, and hone skills. This foundation year consists of 3 courses: Drawing I, 2-Dimensioanl Design, and 3-Dimensional Design. This common beginning allows for more effective critiques, a broad-based, understanding of the field of art, and the creation of a framework for a student to begin to explore art in their chosen area.
Sophomore review allows student to reflect on their work created in the first two years at Mercyhurst. Students create a display of their portfolio of work, an artist statement of intent, and present their academic record in the courses they have taken to date. A student must have a 2.7 major GPA and successfully complete their sophomore review in order to remain as an Art major. During the review, student's individual goals and issues are discussed with the faculty review panel. Students are provided feedback to reinforce their strengths and properly address concerns.
After successfully completing the foundation year coursework and entry-level classes, Students can choose from a variety of upper level courses. Exemplary courses include Figure Drawing, Wheel Thrown or Sculptural Ceramics, Oil Painting, Intermediate or Color Photography, and advanced Graphic Design, Art Therapy or Art Education offerings.
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Ready to begin your journey in art? Apply online today -- it's free and getting your application started takes only a few brief minutes. Interested students may also consult the course catalog for more information. As a liberal arts institution, all undergraduate students complete Mercyhurst's core curriculum.
In accord with the University Mission Statement and grounded in the Art Department's history and tradition, we aim to provide training for students in selected artistic areas so that they have the opportunity to develop and refine their talents and abilities. With this purpose in mind, Art Faculty members with their varied areas of expertise, encourage and emphasize the student's pursuit of excellence. We believe in a comprehensive approach to teaching that values a range of artistic processes and products, as well as a variety of historical and contemporary methods to the study of Art. We believe that Art is a universally accepted form of sharing capable of promoting lifelong, caring learners. We are dedicated to developing students who are globally and socially aware and engaged in service and leadership. To this end we provide a wide range of opportunities for students to encounter Art. Beginning with the Art Foundation Year, course work emphasizes a hands on studio approach to Art. The learning of artistic processes; methods of creative problem solving; the diversity of art materials, media, and approaches; the importance of Design; and the role of Art History are mastered and integrated to help form future ambassador artists, teachers, art therapists, designers, and art practitioners.
The Art Department is housed on two floors of the Zurn Arts and Science Building. The facilities include studios for ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Because of the small class sizes, students have ample access to work in the studios outside of class time. Student work is regularly exhibited in extensive display areas on the first floor of Zurn Hall. The Graphic Design lab is housed in the neighboring Hirt building where students have key card access to the modern graphics dedicated computer lab.
The new photography studio has a computer lab and dedicated shooting area. The photography darkroom includes enlargers for black and white and color work.
The ceramic studio includes fifteen potters wheels, two slab roller, several extruders, an extensive glaze inventory and mixing area, a clay mixing room, a kiln room with 3 large electric kilns and one gas fired kiln, and an outdoor Raku firing area.
Two separate Art studio spaces are used primarily for drawing, painting, two-dimensional design and printmaking. They are also available for students to work outside of class.
Housing 20 Macintosh computers; four printers: a color laser, photo inkjet, black and white laser, and a six-color, large-format plotter; scanners; drafting tables; and digital cameras, the Graphic Design lab is available 20 hours a day for classes and student studio time. The lab also, includes a large screen projection system for lecture, instruction, and presentation purposes.
Art Therapy utilizes many different media and processes when working with clients. To that end students have access to this space to create the work necessary for their major. It allows easy access to many of the materials needed in their projects.
On January 15, 1984, Sister Angelica Cummings, founder of the Mercyhurst art department, watched as generations of art students and supporters honored her efforts with the Mercyhurst art department by dedicating the college's art gallery in her name. Today, that gallery ranks among the best in the region, and pulls in artists from around the tri-state area.
What started as a hallway in Old Main, where student artwork was highlighted just outside the art studio on the third floor of the only building on campus, has grown into a beautiful exhibit space used not only for student art, but also traveling shows and juried offerings. Located in the lobby of the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, it is also a favored reception space..
A generous endowment established a few years ago by alumna Audrey Hirt '49 in the name of her friend, the late Rev. Sylvester I. Jaworski, SVD, a Divine Word missionary, educator and avid photographer, has enabled the gallery to rent exhibits from such places as the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., and also funds juried photography shows that pull photographers from the entire tri-state region.
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Kellogg Biological Station (Annex) LbNA # 40161
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To get there: there is a good map to print at www.kbs.msu.edu-maps and directions-local area. From the traffic signal in the heart of Richland (M-89 & M-43), take M-89 East to 40th St., North on 40th to B Ave. West on B to Gull Lake Dr. Right onto Gull Lake Dr. Entrance to KBS/Manor House will be on your left.
W.K. Kellogg, founder of Kellogg's cereal owned a summer home on Gull Lake and roughly 4,000 acres in the surrounding area. All of the property has since been granted to MSU, which operates several experimental, educational areas and visitors' centers on the property, one of which is the Kellogg Biological Station/Manor House.
The Manor House is a registered Historical Landmark. It was completely restored in 2000. Guided tours are available. It can also be reserved for wedding receptions, corporate retreats, etc. The grounds are open to the public to wander around - UNLESS there is a scheduled event. You can park and inquire at the commissary or you can use your own good judgment...if you arrive to find a line of limos and a lot of people in formal wear...probably NOT a good idea to get out and wander around.
The home and grounds were beautifully restored in 2000. Most of the woody ornamentals were planted at that time. The clay tile roof was restored by the same company that placed the original. The tiles were cast in the same molds as the original. This is a great tour and the grounds are beautiful, even as a drive-thru.
The letterbox you seek is actually located at the Succession Planting on B Ave. As you leave Manor House, turn right onto Gull Lake Dr., then left onto B Ave. The drive for the Succession Planting is on your right. As you pull into the drive, the beginning of the path is straight ahead. This is just one of the educational opportunites, donated by W.K. Kellogg, enacted by MSU,lots of WOW!
"Self-guided tour", Grassy path, easy walk, 30 mins. to 1 hour, lots of signage to read, TAKE NOTE OF SURROUNDINGS! Great dog walk. Ample parking, NO AMENITIES! May be some poison ivy....(?)
Begin at the beginning, follow the trail, read every sign. When you get to Ocho Bravo, look straight out into the woods. See a large tree with bark darker than the rest. Head into the woods towards that. To the left of it, see what appears to be a large fallen tree. Look for its stump to find it is really just a part of a huge tree that is still standing. The letterbox is at the base of the part that has fallen. After stamping, continue on the path, reading signs along the way to find BB and your car.


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida coach Urban Meyer is being treated for dehydration at a local hospital.
Meyer was admitted early Sunday morning, but school spokesman Steve McClain says Meyer is feeling much better.
It was unclear what caused Meyer to go to Shands at the University of Florida.
Meyer's hospital stay came hours after the top-ranked Gators lost 32-13 to No. 2 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game. The loss snapped Florida's 22-game winning streak and left the defending national champions headed to the Sugar Bowl to face unbeaten Cincinnati, Meyer's alma mater.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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The forefathers of the Bellingham family were Viking settlers who came to Scotland in the Middle Ages. Many places were named by these Norsemen, and the Bellingham surname was taken on from one of these place names, when someone lived in the manor of Bellingham in Northumberland, where the family held this estate since the early Middle Ages. By trade, the family was traditionally foresters, and principally cared for the forest of Tynedale, "for tyme beyond memory". The name literally means "homestead of the dwellers at the bell-shaped hill" and is derived from the Old English words Bell+ ing + ham. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
The surname Bellingham was first found in Bellingham, Northumberland, where Alan of Bellingham was Lord of the manor shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. Early records show that there were perpetual feuds between Alan de Bellingham and the Charltons of Hasleyside. It seems that the Charletons were the victor as while they have a mansion near the town, the Bellinghams have pretty much disappeared from the county. Henry Bellingham of Bellingham was made Knight Banneret by King Henry VI after the battle of Wakefield.
Sound and intuition were the main things that scribes in the Middle Ages relied on when spelling and translating names. Since those factors varied, so did the spelling of the names. Spelling variations of the name Bellingham include Bellingham, Bellinghame, Belingham, Belinghame, Billingham and many more.
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In North America, the monarchy was thousands of miles away and Scots were free to settle on their own land and practice their own beliefs. The American War of Independence provided an opportunity for these settlers to pay back the English monarchy and forge a new nation. Recently, this heritage has survived through North American highland games and Clan societies. Early North American immigration and passenger lists have revealed a number of people bearing the name Bellingham or a variant listed above:
Bellingham Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Bellingham Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Bellingham Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
Bellingham Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Ainsi il est
Motto Translation: Thus it is.
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I want to go to the peak district for a few days in the summer and wondered where is the best place to go to? I want somewhere with nice easy walks in the hills/countryside which we could go on with Poppy as well as a nice town/village to stay in with places to visit. Anyone any ideas?
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I was at Uni in Buxton which is meant to be the heart of the peak district. The Uni building is quite nice, used to be the Devonshire hospital/ Duke of Devonshires stables. The whole town is mostly Georgian I think.
Theres a really nice park with big ponds with loads of ducks in, a train you can ride on, a little river people use to paddle in on hot days.
Then theres the Pavillion Gardens shopping centre which has high street stores, Next, New Look etc. And also the Cavendish Arcade which used to be a public baths and has lots of individual shops inside.
There are lots of walks to go on from Buxton I don't know how many would be practical with a pushchair, but theres a trail from where the Buxton Go Ape/ Pooles Cavern Car park is that takes you up to Solomans temple and has amazing views over the local area as its a trail should be ok if your little ones in a sling or baby carrier as its not particularly hard going takes about 30 mins to get to the top.
Its a nice place if the weathers good, particularly for a family day out to the park, nothings too far from anywhere in Buxton and theres lots of hotels but dont know what they're like.


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- Spring arrives. It is different than the springs that Jim are used to in Virginia, because there aren't a lot of blooming flowers and budding trees. Everyone burns the grass so as to get rid of the old stuff before the new grass grows.
- The Shimerda family now has a log house which was built in March with help from the neighbors. Mrs. Shimerda buys a cow from Grandfather, paying him 10 dollars and owing him 15.
- In April Jim rides up to the Shimerdas' and is greeted by Yulka, to whom he is giving reading lessons. Mrs. Shimerda grills Jim for info about what the men are doing in the fields. Narrator-Jim expresses dislike for her.
- He watches her cook and thinks it's funny that she wraps food in a comforter to keep it warm.
- When the workday is over Ántonia comes in from the fields. Jim sees how much she has grown in the last eight months. She's wearing her father's old boots. She is very tan and muscular. She immediately starts telling Jim how much work she did that day. She says she wants to do more ploughing than Jake.
- Jim says that he's there because Grandmother wants Ántonia to go to school next week. But Ántonia says he doesn't have time for learning, because she has to help around the barn like a man. But Jim sees that she is crying.
- Jim worries that Ántonia will end up boastful like her mother.
- Ántonia asks Jim to never forget her father, and he agrees he won't.
- Jim stays for supper with the Shimerdas. Mrs. Shimerda complains that the cow Jim's grandfather sold her doesn't give as much milk as he said it would. Ambrosch complains that Jim's grandfather accused him of breaking a saw that he didn't. Jim knows this to be a lie. He also doesn't like that Ántonia is eating like a man.
- He rides home. He hasn't seen much of Ántonia lately. He doesn't like that she's acting like a man in the fields, but Grandfather says that she will be a lot of help to her man someday.
- Jim thinks about how Mr. Shimerda used to call out "My Ántonia!" (1.17.last paragraph).


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Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Chapter 20 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 20
- It's a five hour carriage ride to London, and when Pip arrives in the big city, the country boy thinks that London is decidedly overrated. Everything is dirty, labyrinthine, and abrasive.
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Entropy 2006, 8(3), 113-130; doi:10.3390/e8030113
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AbstractMany authors tried to exploit the similarities between expressions of the statistical thermodynamics for the entropy and those of Shannon's information theory. In a new approach, we highlight the role of information involved in chemical systems, in particular in the interaction between catalysts and reactants, what we call structuring information. By means of examples, we present some applications of this concept to the biosphere, by visiting a very vast domain going from the appearance of life on earth to its present evolution.
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The one day of the week to steer clear of meat
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- November 26, 2012
IT'S Meat Free Monday - why not join the global push to eat less meat and kick your week off with something other than those boring bangers on the barbie.
Today, Aussies are being urged to get behind this environmental and health campaign by taking one day a week off meat.
The new Australian Meat Free Mondays campaign is being fronted by nutritionist Rosemary Stanton, TV chef Janella Purcell and environmentalist Jon Dee and launched by the Do Something! charity and Fry's Family Foundation.
The aim is to improve participant's health by educating Aussies about the endless health and environmental benefits of cutting down on meat.
"The amount of meat we consume now is unsustainable in the long term", Emily Burgess (Accredited Practising Dietician) tells news.com.au.
It's no secret that Aussies love their meat, but a recent National Nutritional survey indicates that many Australians consume almost double the daily recommended 90g of meat, with men eating 200g and women eating 116g a day on average.
Further, a recent study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed that less than 1 in 10 Australians aged 12 and over eat a sufficient amount of vegies on a regular basis.
Cutting down on the amount of red meat in your diet will lower your risk of obesity, heart disease and certain types of cancer. Plant-based dishes are also rich in disease-fighting nutrients and beneficial fibres protecting us from illness.
And if that isn't enough to deter you from firing up the BBQ and slapping that sirloin on, then try this one on for size:
"The water needs of livestock are far higher than those of vegetables or grains," Do Something! founder Jon Dee explains.
"People are not aware that producing 1kg of beef can take thousands of litres of water. By reducing our meat consumption we can reduce our environmental impact", he adds.
The push for Aussies to go meat free isn't about encouraging everyone to become vegetarian or vegan, but rather about raising awareness of Australia's meat intake.
On a global scale, Meat Free Mondays currently runs in over 20 countries, including America, England, South Africa, Canada, Japan, Brazil, France and Spain. Los Angeles is the latest city to get behind the pro-vego plan, with the council announcing that they would support the campaign to make all future Mondays meat free.
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Biddeston Boy Posted at 8:11 PM November 26, 2012
I don't think so. I enjoy eating meat and seafood of all kinds. However I don't enjoy having extremists of any description or cause trying to shove their grand view of what is right down my throat. Enough of the left wing propaganda.
Jane Colvin Posted at 7:40 PM November 26, 2012
I love meat, and the fact that Australian meat is so free of chemicals etc. There is not much grain or veg around that's as chemical free. Either way, I'd rather support an 'Eat Australian grown' day and help our hard working Aussie farmers.
Paul of sydney Posted at 6:21 PM November 26, 2012
Can we have a week where we dont have to deal with vegiterians as well? that will make the world a nicer place


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Joe Sambou on Dr. Amadou Janneh Interview :
Demba, thanks for bringing us your phone conversation with Amadou. However, the conversation is one sided and it accommodated Amadou in many respects. You will agree with me that nothing beats a real time exchange where the democratic space creates a level playing field and folks can exchange freely. Now, how does Amadou aspire to lead Gambians and wants to speak for them, but have the nerve to say that he does not see the need to face off with the same people he claims to be fighting for? It makes him look ridiculous to have everyone speak for him right here but he is too good to show up - He will speak to us through Demba. I am not going to waste my time responding to a tape. What I will continue to do is to speak about who Amadou is by his own actions and writings. You think a person like Amadou will survive a day in the US as a spokesperson for anyone or have the nerve to claim to fight for anyone with this behavior and arrogance? Again, this is why Africa is full of dictators.
This shrub does not have power and he behaves this way, just imagine Amadou with real power. Well, Amadou will find out that he can only climb on our backs if we bend over for him. Listening to this interview, the coward could not even address his transformation from a resident expert on Jammeh to the turn-coat he became - his character, integrity, trustworthiness, etc, the heart of our concerns. On top of it to pile a load of crap about joining Yaya to undermine him. Amadou must really convince himself of our collective stupidity. A PhD holder, why can't Amadou speak directly to Gambians and for himself? He was literally begging for folks to come speak on his behalf like the scheme we have been dealing with where one surrogate after another come to pitch for him as if he were in a coma. Yet, he can sell a late night rock in the guise of speaking to Gambians. Well Amadou, you failed in your mission and your story was just that, your story. Yes, you can continue to do your thing and as long as you know you are not speaking for Gambians who will question your opportunistic self it is all good. You will never decide to speak for me in your own terms.
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Fatou ,
Below is from the horse's mouth.
> the firing of Cheyassin Secka underscores the predictability of the Jammeh
> regime. His personnel policy models the classic game of musical chairs,
> only in this case with profound and detrimental consequences on a nation
> held captive by a gang of hoodlums.
> We need the psychologists amongst us to explain why supposedly intelligent
> people are willing to be Jammeh's hounddogs, praise singers, henchmen, etc.
> knowing the humiliation that inevitably awaits them. As the saying goes,
> "Learning without virtue is like pearls on a dunghill."
> Salaam!
> Amadou scattred Janneh
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:59:37 -0400 "Dr. Amadou S. Janneh"
> Folks,
> I need to inform you that I have decided to
> join the APRC -- a party I had
> been very critical of, if not hostile towards.
> It is now my conviction that
> the party is dedicated to improving the lives
> of Gambians and that I can
> contribute something towards achieving its
> goals.
> The main catalyst for my decision has been the
> tone set by President Jammeh in
> his inaugural speech following the 2001
> Presidential elections. I believe
> elements outlined in his address created
> opportunities for a political and
> social climate that is conducive to stability,
> tolerance, and reconciliation.
> Reaching out to political foes and extending
> amnesty to exiles, as President
> Jammeh did, were acts of political magnanimity
> and maturity that I found
> attractive.
> Also taken into consideration is the regime's
> delivery of public goods. Of
> particular significance to me in this context
> are the development of the Kombo
> Coastal road network and the establishment of
> the University of the Gambia.
> No system or organization is perfect, but
> hopefully we can work towards that
> objective through the collective will.
> Amadou SJ
> "Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire,
> sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act
> upon...must inevitably come to pass" (J.
> Meyers).
So, why is this contineous lie about why Amadou joined the person he knew to be killing Gambians and even diagnose those that preceded him? Wedy Gis Borkucha! Those coming to sell us sugar pill, you are doing damage to your reputation but if you do not mind I say keep blasting to your health. Amadou left a very long trail and you will be smack in the face with his own words every time you want to defend the indefensible.


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Strategic Allocation to Premiums in the Equity Market
David Blitz
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October 25, 2011
Investors tend to focus on harvesting the risk premiums offered by traditional asset classes when making their strategic investment decisions. Some recent papers, however, argue that investors should also consider various other premiums for possible inclusion in the strategic asset allocation. Examples of such premiums that have been documented for the equity market are the size, value, momentum and low-volatility effects. In this paper we show that the theoretically optimal strategic allocation to these premiums is sizable, even when using highly conservative assumptions regarding their future expected magnitudes. We also discuss the pros and cons of two ways of obtaining the implied exposures in practice, specifically passively managed index funds versus actively managed quant funds.
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HOUSTON -- Legends such as Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens could pile up the strikeouts well into their 40s because they could still throw in the mid-90 mph range when it was required.
But Bartolo Colon?
Colon turned 40 on Friday, but you never would have guessed it by the way he was bringing the heat against the Houston Astros on Sunday. Consistently hitting 94-95 mph on the radar gun, Colon threw seven shutout innings, didn't walk a batter and struck out nine in his first start as a quadragenarian. Even though he gave up nine hits, he never seemed to be in any serious trouble.
The A's won 6-2, improving to 9-0 against the Astros this season and wrapping up a 5-1 Texas trip. It was their second three-game sweep at Minute Maid Park in 2013.
It's easy to view Colon as a guy at the end of his career, but hey, maybe not. He's pitching beautifully for the A's, maybe better than last year, and he's not only 5-2 but also has walked only four batters in 611/3 innings. That's the best ratio in baseball.
"It's amazing," said manager Bob Melvin. "When he gets to a three-ball count, it's almost like a walk for him."
Colon said through interpreter Ariel Prieto that he's capable of ramping up his fastball velocity when he needs to, particularly with runners on base. He had two runners on in the first inning and struck out J.D. Martinez and Carlos Corporan back-to-back to snuff the threat. In the fifth inning, again with two on and this time with two out, he threw three consecutive 94 mph pitches past All-Star Jose Altuve.
"I watched Nolan Ryan back in the day, and he could do it at 45," Colon said. "So that's what I have in my mind, why can't I do that?"
It helps that Colon is so efficient, and it also helps that Melvin has tried to keep his veteran starter under 100 pitches so he can be relatively fresh the whole season. Colon threw 96 pitches over his seven innings, one off his high count for the year.
Melvin said Colon occasionally comes up with a start where he turns back the clock, although even on his worst days, he can still crank his fastball at 90-92. On this day, it was the former.
"Every now and then you could see him peek up there (at the scoreboard radar reading) to see what the velocity was, but there are certain things we can see that he does differently when he knows he has his velocity," the manager said. "Forty years old, pretty impressive."
So how long could Colon possibly keep this up? He doesn't rule out pitching well into his 40s.
"I don't know if I can do it, but who knows?" he said, smiling.
The A's, who have outscored the Astros 68-31 in their nine wins, gave Colon plenty of support with a five-run fourth inning.
Josh Donaldson and Seth Smith had RBI hits off Houston's Dallas Keuchel (1-2) to start the fourth. Nate Freiman delivered a two-run double to center and came around to score on a Coco Crisp single.
Freiman, whom the A's claimed off waivers from the Astros during spring training, launched his second home run of the season in the sixth, a blast of more than 400 feet over the center field wall just to the left of "Tal Hill" in straightaway center.
"I only saw one ball hit out to center field all of last year," said former Astros infielder Jed Lowrie, who returned to the A's lineup after missing the previous three games. "It's a long ways out there."
Freiman didn't take anything for granted when he hit the ball.
"It starts out shallow, but it gets deep quick," he said. "I was coming hard out of the box, because I wanted to make sure I was on second or third. It was nice to see it get over the wall."
Freiman, who has 53 at-bats in 23 games, is making the most of his opportunities facing primarily left-handed pitchers. He's 9 for 26 (.346) over his past 10 games.
"It's something that I'm excited to have the opportunity to learn, how to be a role player on this team," Freiman said. "I've been getting there when the pitchers throw bullpens to try and keep some timing on game-speed pitches and doing a lot of work in the cage with (hitting coach) Chili Davis."
Freiman will be in the lineup Monday when the A's host the Giants with Madison Bumgarner on the mound.
"With the amount of lefties we have coming up, he's going to get some starts," said Melvin. "It's good that he's swinging the bat well and feeling confident."


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Springtime brings some of the best fishing opportunities of the year for many fish species. The white bass in particular embarks on its annual spawning run up creeks and tributaries flowing into major reservoirs during spring, and the fast and furious feeding frenzies can be among the most rewarding fishing times of the year. You need only arm yourself with an assortment of jigs and a good rod and reel. Each region of the state can lay claim to some of the best white bass fishing in Oklahoma.
Lake Texoma
Region: South Central.
Corps of Engineers contact: (903) 465-4990.
Wildlife Department contact: Cliff Sager, biologist, (580) 920-5771.
Cliff Sager, south central region senior biologist, said, "Texoma white bass are often overlooked because of the lake's great striped bass population." Sager said that if conditions are right, the spring spawning run is as good as anywhere else in the state. Pennington Creek provides the best place to catch the white bass during the spring run.
Kaw Lake
Region: North Central.
Corps of Engineers contact: (580) 762-5611.
Wildlife Department contact: Tom Wolf, biologist, (580) 716-3131.
The hot spots during springtime are north of the lake in the Arkansas River and northeast on Little Beaver Creek.
Region: Southwest.
Corps of Engineers contact: (580) 963-2111.
Wildlife Department contact: Ryan Ryswyk, biologist, (580) 512-0204.
"While Beaver Creek offers a fair place to catch the run, it's more common for anglers to target spawning white bass on the rip-rap along the east-west running dam," said Larry Cofer, southwest region fisheries supervisor. Cofer said the success of the white bass in Waurika is because of the lake's high abundance of shad.
Region: Central.
Corps of Engineers contact: (918) 484-5135.
Wildlife Department contact: Danny Bowen, biologist, (405) 379-5408.
Flat Rock and Mill Creek offer two great spots to catch white bass. Flat Rock has easy access right off the road at the bridge that crosses over it, while Mill Creek will require a little walking. Mill Creek runs through the Eufaula Wildlife Management Area, and anglers should work upstream and downstream, depending on the flow, to find where the white bass are stacked up. Fishing surfacing schools in the central pool as well as in the North Canadian and South Canadian portions of the lake while trolling also offers great chances at white bass.
Broken Bow
Region: Southeast.
Corps of Engineers contact: (580) 494-6374.
Wildlife Department biologist: Kyle James, biologist, (918) 686-3640.
Biologist Kyle James claims that good habitat and an excellent supply of threadfin shad make Broken Bow the prime spot to catch white bass in the southeastern part of the state. White bass in the spring can be found north of the lake in the Mountain Fork River, and bank access and camping are near many of the popular places to catch a few sandies.
Region: Northwest.
Corps of Engineers contact: (580) 886-2989.
Wildlife Department contact: Ty Harper, biologist, (580) 747-3485.
Known for its great walleye fishing, Canton Lake may not be the first lake to come to mind when the conversation turns to sand bass fishing. But some argue that it is the best location to go for some white bass in northwestern Oklahoma. The spring run is best along the North Canadian River coming into Canton and a couple of miles upstream. During summer, fishing along the dam on the southern end of the lake is a good way to land sand bass.
Region: East Central.
Corps of Engineers contact: (918) 487-5252.
Wildlife Department contact: Josh Johnston, biologist, (918) 683-1031.
"Thousands of people from across the state and from other states have come to Tenkiller year after year to catch white bass during the spring," biologist Josh Johnston said. Although he has noticed a decline in the number of anglers fishing Tenkiller over the years, Johnston said he believes the white bass fishing is as good as, if not better than, it has been in the past. Horseshoe Bend north of the lake provides a prime location for catching the spring run at its peak.
Fort Gibson
Region: Northeast.
Corps of Engineers contact: (918) 682-4314.
Wildlife Department contact: Josh Johnston, biologist, (918) 683-1031.
Fort Gibson in northeastern Oklahoma provides some great bank access along with boat access to springtime white bass fishing. Chouteau Creek at the State Highway 412 bridge and farther north where Pryor Creek crosses U.S. 69 provide some great bank access for those unable to fish from a boat, said Brad Johnston, northeast region fisheries technician.
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24 Under 24: Dillon Powers
MLS has started their now annual list of the best 24 players under the age of 24 and quickly into the list we find Plano native Dillon Powers. Powers is young holding midfielder for the Colorado Rapids who was drafted this season Notre Dame. Powers played for Andromeda SC here in Dallas during his formative years as well as the US U18 and U20 teams.
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The Alaettin Mosque is from 1221. It is in fact one very large room, that at some points widens, at others narrows. The pillars (or at least their capitals) have been taken from Roman buildings.
This is the mimber, from 1156.
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I like theologian Michael Horton's writing. He's often provocative and helpful. Even if one doesn't always agree with him, one generally finds him a stimulating read. The latest issue of Modern Reformation has reprinted a column entitled "Beyond the Culture Wars" published fifteen years ago that bears out a reading. Horton's burden in the piece [Read More…]
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NEW DELHI: Indian manufacturing orders hit a three-month high in May, according to a business survey yesterday that also flagged stubborn inflation risks on the eve of a key monetary policy-setting meeting.
The HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey, keenly watched as a portent of industrial expansion and overall economic health, comes as India looks to new Prime Minister Narendra Modi to engineer a growth rebound in Asia's third-largest economy.
"The momentum in the manufacturing sector improved at the margin, thanks to higher domestic and export order flows," said Frederic Neumann, HSBC co-head of Asian economics.
The PMI showed new orders, an important forward-looking indicator, jumped a full point to 53.2 from 52.5 in April while overall manufacturing output edged up to 51.4 in May from 51.3 the previous month, the seventh straight monthly rise.
A reading of over 50 points indicates expansion, below 50 a contraction.
The survey propelled the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index nearly two percent higher to a three-week peak of 24,684.85 points.
But the HSBC survey also highlighted inflation worries.
While factory input price pressures eased, it showed output prices rising, meaning the central bank cannot lower its inflation guard when it holds its first policy-setting meeting today since Modi took office, economists said.
Government data on Friday showed the economy stuck in low gear, growing by 4.7 percent year-on-year in the 12 months to March 2014 — the second consecutive year of sub-five percent expansion.
Analysts said the data was a reminder of the stark challenges facing the new pro-business government. "The election was clearly a game-changer. Still, it's important to remain realistic about how quickly things will improve," Neumann said, adding even if "the low point may be past us, recovery will likely prove only gradual".
India's PMI figures were more downbeat than HSBC's China PMI released on Sunday. These showed factory activity expanded in May at the fastest rate in five months, stoking hopes the world's second-largest economy is regaining traction.
Industry has been clamouring for India's central bank to cut interest rates from an 18-month high of eight percent to spur growth that is around half the level of that during the country's boom years.
But with consumer inflation near double-digits, the hawkish central bank was expected Tuesday to leave its benchmark lending rate unchanged.


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Formerly known as the Avenue, the We The People Avenger 24" is a 2010 BMX bike that's designed with quality and safety in mind as its part of the company's Special Series. The bike features a butted down tube and Full CrMO frame, fork and handlebars that are more durable and sturdy than similar competitive models.
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When Portland fans make their way down to Corvallis this football season, they'll notice something new and shiny on the corner of Washington and 26th Streets, just in front of Reser Stadium: the brand new OSU Beaver Store.
The store has moved out of its previous location inside the Memorial Union to a new building with almost double the floor space.
According to president and CEO Steve Eckrich, the OSU Beaver Store has existed on campus in one way or another since 1914, and for as long as Eckrich can remember, the store has been doing its best to give back to the Oregon State community.
The store, an independent nonprofit, gives a 10 percent discount on course materials and textbooks to Oregon State students. The costs are subsidized by sales of licensed Oregon State merchandise and other products available at the OSU Beaver Store.
"We have coined the phrase 'Back to Beavs' as a shorthand way of explaining how by shopping at the OSU Beaver Store customers are truly giving back to their fellow Beavers," Eckrich says.
He says game-day visitors to the new store will first notice the convenience of the store location followed by the ease of the shopping experience.
"We have doubled the square-footage allocated to logo merchandise," Eckrich says. "The selection is dramatically improved. I won't say that it won't be crowded on game day, but it certainly will be able to accommodate a lot more folks and get them in and out more quickly if they are headed over to the game."
The store held its grand opening on Sept. 21. For more information visit the OSU Beaver Store's website (http://osubeaverstore.com/) and be sure to use the 10 percent coupon in this Beaver Nation PDX newsletter when you visit.


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the indoor gardener Danny treated me VERY rudely after trying to return damaged bag of pro-mix potting soil- taking my business elsewhere where they will be polite to me. clifton, Colorado
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|"Image A: This is what I get from Scott Williams after he's done inking over Jim's Pencils. I scan at art board size (11" x 17") and 1200 DPI and color for a 600 DPI output. It's a huge file, but most of Jim's art is used later on as a poster or for consumer products so it saves time in the long run to do everything at a high resolution"
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Supersize me, baby.
Everything in Patrick Fillion's comic-book wonderland is bigger than life and four times as natural.
In his latest Class Comic, entitled, with charming directness, The Incredibly Hung Naked Justice (that's our boy at left) — we follow the sexploits of a superhero who is forever bursting out of his clothes to don thigh-high boots and spandex opera gloves.
He wears nothing else — but, then this guy's nothing is anybody else's pornucopia of riches: headlight pecs with big, chewy nips and a humdinger of a mantool that rates its own zip code.
It's no surprise then that when he does battle with super villains, it all turns into an interspecies fuckfest.
Everybody gets it on with everything — and we do mean every thing: No creature is too alien for Fillion's imagination to deck out in multiple dicks and puckered a-holes.
There's even one archnemesis in the new issue who's a squid — except all his tentacles are snaky human cocks, plundering poor, lucky Naked Justice in every orifice at once. The squid then rematerializes as a Medusa-like man — Baron Von Phallus — bearing a head of hair that's a jungle of thick, drippy cocks.
In the Class Comic oeuvre, villains are always fabulous tricks first, world-destroyers second.
Heavily influenced by Marvel and DC Comics, apparently modeled on the Flash (another lover of red spandex), Naked Justice comes on the scene reciting spoofy send-ups of Marvel Comics dialogue with homo-sensational touches. Witness his first superhero entrance in this issue:
"Stop right there, evildoers" he begins as he confronts weird-o aliens robbing a bank, not bothering to stop them until his aria of self-congratulation is done.
"I am Naked Justice! I am your worst nightmare! The thorn in your side! The reason you don't feel quite so fresh! The guy who ends a lot of his sentences with an exclamation point! I am here to foil your foul plan! Now unhand that hunky clerk, so I don't get blamed for his bruises later tonight."
Fillion's comics are always loaded with broad puns and spoofs on the homo-looking but sexually locked-up world of the Spidermans and Superboys. Here in the new comic is a super-villainess trying to paralyze our hero with her va-va-voom breasts
"Look deep into my nipples, Naked Justice. No man can resist the hypnotic power of my Areola Borealis"
Our hero is clearly unmoved:
"Sweetie, I think it's time you had your gaydar checked. Your titanic tits could never distract me from my dick-sucking, pillow-biting, man-worshiping queerness."
Fillion is now producing his entire line of gay-porn comics in color, and Naked Justice's first foray into Over-the-Rainbow Technicolor is an orgy of colors not seen outside of Bollywood.
Cocks, for instance, are as tan as the bodies they hang from but cockheads are always slipping out of there crumpled sheaths to show themselves a softly glowing pink.
There is a moist, fleshy literalism to the cockhead that departs from the more lyrical cartoon style of the figure. Actually the cocks are more than moist, they're usually dripping, spurting or trailing joyjuice.
As we would expect from Patrick Fillion, execution in Naked Justice #1, The Full Color Edition is gorgeous and the design is often beautiful, for all its intersecting frames and sexual chaos. His bouncy round lines, his overabundant butts and pecs, the pendulous ball sacs, the outsized, always overwhelming cocks are somehow fabulously vulgar; never crude.
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Empire Today Carpets If you like illegal immigrants, bad quality installation and carpet at a high price, call 800-588-2300 empireeee... TODAY! Atlanta Georgia Internet
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I waited until a week before I needed the carpet installed to go shopping for it. After visiting the big home improvement stores and a few local flooring businesses I realized I waited too late to shop for carpet. No one could install the carpet by the time I needed it.
With this problem at hand I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to move all of my stuff in with this nasty carpet in my house. Then, I remembered the famous jingle "800-588-2300, empireeeeeeeeee....TODAY!"
I gave Empire a call and they sent a sales representative out to my house the next day. She came with lots of samples and was also packing a serious attitude until she realized me and my husband were serious about purchasing carpet.
She first measured how many square feet we were going to have carpeted. She wouldn't tell us how many SF it was because she wasn't "in liberty to do so." After we picked out the carpet we wanted, she gave us a price of $6800.00 when we could've gotten the same quality carpet at a local home improvement store for $2500.00. We opted for a lower quality at $3800.00, and since our house was empty at the time we got $200.00 off since they wouldn't have to move furniture. She also gave us a "special discount" which brought our total to $3200.00.
The installers came the next day. On Empire's TV commercial you see happy smiling Americans installing the carpet and they show up in a nice clean Empire Today van. Well, when the installers showed up, it was nothing like I expected. There were a van full of immigrants that looked like they had just sneaked in over the border. Only one of them spoke English.
They were in the driveway walking around smoking cigarettes and on their nextel's. The only guy that spoke English asked if the carpet was the right color, and then he got in the van and left. All that was there now were the ones whom didn't speak any English.
Since our house was empty we left them there to install the carpet and returned a few hours later to a party at our house. They had brought in their own stero blasting Mexican music and dancing to it.
When they left at first glance we were happy with our carpet. At a closer glance over time we noticed many many flaws in the installation. The carpet shed so bad it clogged up and broke my vacuum. I had to buy another one, expensive one that could handle all of the shedding.
They came out to fix the flaws in the installation with no problem. However, by this time we were so unhappy with the quality of the carpet and the price we paid. It had only been a couple of months and the carpet was matted down in high traffic areas.
After several complaints to the 800 number they said they were going to send a manager to our house to look at our problem. I took off of work that day to meet up with this person. When they finally got there 1 hour after their 4 hour window period I found out he was just another sales rep. that couldn't help me.
Again, another complaint later they sent an installation manager to my house. He told me the carpet was in good condition and that I need to vacuum in the opposite direction and the carpet will look the way I want it to. (hmmm...never thought of that!)
After a years worth of complaints I finally got in touch with someone that could help me. He told me he would give me $1000.00 off of the price of my carpet, which would bring the total to $2200.00. I said "No, that's ridiculous, I could've had this same quality carpet installed from a local home improvement store for about $1500.00 or less." Then he said "Fine $1500.00, but we won't take off anymore." I was happy, I guess. Although I paid 1500.00 for a carpet I really don't want in my house.
So my $3800.00 carpet wound up costing me $1500.00 after a years worth of stress. Empire knows they're a rip-off or they wouldn't have given me that much off of my balance.
griffin, Georgia
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