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About a month ago, like any other morning, I woke up and while still in bed I checked my phone. But unlike other mornings, I had a flood emails from Exceptional about un-handled exceptions in Factor.io. It was clear to me that an intruder was looking...
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When I describe the basic concept of Factor.io to a developer, they say "Oh, so it's like IFTTT for Dev and DevOps". As such, when I talk to developers I call it "IFTTT for Dev and DevOps", when talking to investors I use Zapier instead of IFTTT as...
Security Bug Bounty Program
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Garth Brooks' eyes must be smiling as he sees the tally for his three July shows in Ireland, billed as the Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event. Garth sold out all three dates at Croke Park, slated for July 25, 26 and 27, in the space of 90 minutes.
Fans lined up by the thousands at Ticketmaster outlets across Ireland, according to reports. It marked the first time that an artist had sold out three shows at Croke Park in one day.
Garth has made several trips to Ireland, but this looks like his most successful venture yet. Obviously, he's been missed by fans all over the globe during his hiatus from touring.
Garth has also confirmed that he is planning a world tour for 2014, but no dates have been released as of yet. So, as they say . . . stay tuned.
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Political EarthquakesPosted Sunday, January 24, 2010, at 2:03 PM
The Earth rumbled here in the U.S. during the past week. One quake was focused in Massachusetts, but felt in Washington. And the other struck Washington D.C., in the heart of the city.
The first earthquake happened this past Tuesday. The American electorate proved several points of conventional wisdom. James Madison once stated that every day, the legislature was in session, liberty was in peril.
Modern political commentators have often noted that apparently, the American people prefer divided government and political "gridlock" to efficient government. Thomas Jefferson once stated that the people (collectively) do not often make mistakes, and when they do, they quickly amend their ways.
Virtually all governments, except the United States, are designed to give ruling power to the political party with the majority of members. Most of the world's governments have the power to rule against the will of the people with the only recourse being a no-confidence vote or a decision to give ruling power to another political party at the following election. The people of Massachusetts heard the call of their brethren across the nation and did the unthinkable, voted in a Republican Senator for the purpose of causing "gridlock" in Congress.
There is something about the common American citizen which is inherently distrustful of government. At the very least, they are distrustful of the men and women who step forward to wield power over us. The common American citizen seems to be ever mindful that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This, however, should not be confused with the notion that the majority of people of Massachusetts, or anywhere else, do not look to the government for the answer to problems. But Americans are ever mindful of the fallen nature of man and have shown that the spirit of self reliance is not yet dead.
The second earthquake happened this past Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court held as Unconstitutional, and struck down, substantial portions of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act. Two years ago, a movie was released in the style of a Michael Moore film lampooning Hillary Clinton. The Federal Elections Commission ruled that the movie violated the McCain-Feingold Act by engaging in commercially funded political speech within 60 days of an election. The attorney for the U.S. stated, "Yes."
Reports are that most of the justices were outraged by the answer. Apparently, some of the Justices were more upset by the attorney's response than by the effect of the law. Ultimately, it was a 5-4 ruling in favor of the First Amendment's prohibition against regulating speech.
Virtually all campaign finance laws are written with the effect of empowering the people who already hold office and weakening challengers. Therefore, the political class in Washington was knocked for a loop by this ruling. After all, McCain-Feingold had already survived one challenge in the Supreme Court several years ago. Now, anyone who wants to spend their own money to give a political message during an election may legally do so.
Aftershocks from these events may now claim the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Ben Bernanke is the acolyte of former Chairman Allen Greenspan. Greenspan was nominated to his office by the first President Bush, President Clinton, and the second President Bush. He was also known as the "Maestro."
Apparently, the people of Massachusetts and the rest of the nation, are pretty upset by the lack of jobs. If someone's head must roll to satisfy the bloodlust of the vulgate, the person appointed to govern the hated banks makes a good candidate to take to the scaffold and meet the guillotine.
Since the stock market tumbled 400 points Friday on the rumor that Bernanke may be sacrificed, since job growth tends to happen in conjunction with stock market growth, Bernanke just may manage to squeak by. We will all have to sit and wait to see if there are any other aftershocks and what effects they may have.
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The fact that one of the most liberal states outside of CA. just voted in a Conservative says it all about the pulse of the Nation we reside in. Change is a comin' alright President Obama and your cronies might be feeling it as the pick slips rolllllll!!
Note: Any inference that all Republicans are wonderful is a mistake. Crooked knows no party, just character.
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In the business of preserving nature since 1923, the West Virginia Wildlife Center near French Creek offers visitors a glimpse into the world of nature at its finest.
From the beginning, the recreational and educational values of the Game Farm were recognized by area residents. In 1926 alone, nearly 6,000 visitors came to the Game Farm to view the animals. One large crowd gathered to see three elk brought by wagon from the railroad station. By 1927, the number of registered visitors grew to 20,000. Buffalo from Oklahoma were added to the exhibit in 1954 and attracted additional visitors.
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Brandon Saad: Refine and refocus
Brandon Saad's two-step plan to make it (back) to the NHL
Wednesday, 04.11.2012 / 10:00 AM CT / Features
By Brett Ballantini - Special to chicagoblackhawks.com
When the Blackhawks returned Brandon Saad to his junior team in the Ontario Hockey League, the Saginaw Spirit, two games into the 2011-12 season, the rookie admitted the feeling was "bittersweet" after breaking camp as a surprise first-liner with the Stanley Cup-aspiring Chicago Blackhawks.
But Blackhawks Head Coach Joel Quenneville and Vice President/General Manager Stan Bowman — the former impressed with the teenager's feel for the game mere months after the latter drafted him — didn't let the youngster leave without issuing him a challenge.
"They pulled me in after practice and said, 'Don't put your head down; you made it this far. Keep working and improving and you have a bright future,'" Saad said.
"I told Brandon how impressed with him I was and how proud he should be to have made an impact on the Blackhawks so quickly," Bowman said. "And I told him that, as hard as it is, you need to focus and go back to Saginaw and really dominate that league, because you belong in the National Hockey League."
Early draft prognostications rated Saad as a sure first-rounder in 2011, perhaps even a top 10 choice. A groin injury stalled his production and hurt his draft status, but Saad's draft-day disappointment was the Blackhawks' triumph. Bowman and company are confident they got four first-rounders in forwards Mark McNeill (18th overall) and Phillip Danault (26th), plus defenseman Adam Clendening (36th) and Saad (43rd).
"The first half of [2010-11], that's the player he really is," Bowman said. "[His slump] was our benefit from that standpoint. We did a lot of research on him. We knew what kind of character he had and that he wasn't making excuses for himself. He fought through those injuries. He was very disappointed not to be drafted sooner, but, instead of feeling sorry for himself, he took it as a challenge to have a good rookie camp and carry it over to earn a spot on our team."
"The draft is the draft," Saad said, "but once you get on the ice it's a clean slate, and you have to prove yourself to the team. There was a lot of great talent picked, but to be able to hang on down to the wire [in training camp] and play a couple of games in the NHL, that was definitely an exciting time for me.
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It's always tough to get sent back, but you can't dwell on it too much or be down in the dumps and have a slow start here. I'd seen NHL players work hard every day, on and off the ice. So coming back here, I just wanted to bring that same work ethic, everything I learned in Chicago, and try to add it to my game. - Brandon SaadSo far, Bowman and his staff seem to be right in identifying what type of player Saad really is. His impact in the OHL was felt as soon as he returned to Saginaw, and in a big way. Just three games in with the Spirit, he pillaged the Brampton Battalion for four goals and an assist in a 5-2 win. At the NHL level, there have been just 141 four-goal games in the past quarter-century, averaging out to around six times per season. While that frequency increases at the junior level, it hardly reduces the amazing feat, which tied a Spirit record, especially for a player just getting his Saginaw skates under him. Saad's route to the hat trick — which he'd sewn up just past the halfway mark of the game — grew in difficulty with each goal: first a power-play tally, then a goal at even strength, and finally a shortie to complete the trifecta before adding a fourth in the third period.
In his first five games with Saginaw, the winger hit for eight goals and five assists. At the end of October, Saad had accumulated a robust 18 points, denting the scoresheet at least once in each of his eight appearances.
For Saad, who notched his four-pack still days shy of his 19th birthday, success started by readjusting his focus.
"It was fun to be a part of [the Blackhawks], but when I'm in Saginaw, I'm just focused on my team here," Saad said. "It's always tough to get sent back, but you can't dwell on it too much or be down in the dumps and have a slow start here. I'd seen [NHL players] work hard every day, on and off the ice. So coming back here, I just wanted to bring that same work ethic, everything I learned in Chicago, and try to add it to my game."
Saad's incendiary start in Saginaw earned him Canadian Hockey League Player of the Week honors for the week of Oct. 17-23, heralding his six goals and 10 points in a trio of Spirit wins.
But the path to the NHL is never easy, and Saad encountered another roadblock soon after. A slash on the hand resulted in a broken bone, sidelining him for all of November and putting his Team USA appearance at the 2012 World Junior Championships in jeopardy. The winger healed up in the nick of time and headed northwest to join his teammates in Edmonton with the same conviction he showed after the draft.
Saad got off to a brisk start with Team USA, spearheading a 7-3 exhibition win against Switzerland with a five-point game (2G, 3A). But in the group stages, the team dropped three of four. Though the Americans bounced back to win the relegation round, a seventh-place overall finish in the tournament was disappointing for a team that captured bronze the previous year.
"Every year you know it's going to be difficult," Saad said. "We played some strong teams. Some bounces didn't go our way, and it was over before we knew it."
Despite being able to claim NHL and international experience, Saad dismisses the notion that his OHL teammates and opponents view him any differently.
"I had a lot of Spirit teammates go to training camp this year. Not everybody made it as far as I did, but they're familiar with the experience. We've chit-chatted about my time in Chicago, but we're glad to all be together here.
"Opponents have some different respect for me now," Saad acknowledged. "But at the same time, we're playing hockey and everyone's trying to win out there."
Saad blistered through his sophomore season in Saginaw at a pace of 1.73 points per game, ranking first in the OHL through the end of the regular season. Saad's +35 plus/minus rating also paced the Spirit, and his overall level of play led to Head Coach Greg Gilbert appointing him team captain on Jan. 17.
Saad's attitude and approach are some of the characteristics that drew Blackhawks scouts to him initially. Saad's breakout showing at Prospect Camp in July and continued success once the veterans skated into the United Center in September merely cemented the inclinations the club already had.
"Everyone who plays with Brandon looks good, and that speaks for itself," said Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Kelley. "He makes his teammates look better, whether it's making a pass or being in the right place to get the pass, and when he gets it he knows how to put it into the net."
Director of Player Personnel Norm Maciver further focuses Kelley's snapshot: "He just thinks like very good NHL players do, and hockey sense is something you can't teach but you'll always have," Maciver said.
Saad can't explain where that hockey sense came from, but he's thrilled to have it in his arsenal.
"I'm not sure how it developed," Saad said. "You can't exactly work on that, so being born with that quality has been a big help for me."
It will be no surprise if Saad and his hockey sense are skating for the Blackhawks in the not-too-distant future. While Saad is focused on providing leadership and delivering wins to Saginaw now, donning the Indian Head sweater is something he uses as motivation going forward.
"It was a lofty goal to make it, but I had a great time and learned a lot," Saad said. "I was a long shot to make the Blackhawks at my age, especially for how good the Blackhawks are. But you always have an open mind and say, 'Wherever I end up, I want to be a hockey player.' You just take all the experiences you have and incorporate them into your game."


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By Sgt. Tony Hawkins, USASOC PAOOctober 27, 2009
THROUGHOUT history, NCOs have provided critical leadership under the most austere conditions. It is a lead-by-example attitude which has been the foundation of the Army's NCO Corps since its beginning.
"My leadership style really comes from previous NCOs," said Sgt. 1st Class Luis Morales, a Special Forces intelligence sergeant from Operational Detachment-Alpha 3336, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group. "When I was growing up as a private, I looked up to my squad leader and emulated him as almost a fatherly figure, someone who's going to take care of you."
It was that quality of leadership which surfaced for Morales and his teammates, including Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Plants, a Special Forces engineer sergeant, on April 6, 2008. During a bold raid on enemy forces in the Shok Valley of Afghanistan, ODA 3336 and their Afghan commando counterparts faced hundreds in a six-and-a-half hour firefight. The operation was known as Commando Wrath, and the team members were awarded 10 Silver Stars for their actions that day.
"Some people are naturally born with outstanding leadership," Plants said. "Some people are just born leaders, and other people have to grow into it. But I think everybody can be a leader."
Plants said his motivation during his "baptism by fire" were the men to his left and right.
"I'll do whatever needs to be done to make sure I don't let my teammates down," he said. "I was new to the team, so I was drawing on that mentality. With the excellent amount of training I received, everything just kicked into gear."
The firefight was Plants' first since joining Special Forces, after serving more than nine years as a mechanic. He credits his leaders throughout his decade in the Army for preparing him for the moment.
"Everything I learned, I learned from my (earlier) mentors," he said. "I think anybody could do what we did, with training."
Morales agreed that, with the proper training, any NCO could do the same.
"Other NCOs are more than capable of doing what we did," Morales said. "A lot of it is just going back (to the basics), like combat lifesaver and first aid training. A lot of it is reaction. We've done it so many times in training."
It is up to the NCOs to provide that training to those they lead, Plants said.
"NCOs today, more than ever, need to take more initiative in training their Soldiers," he said. "A problem today is many NCOs are kind of waiting for someone to tell them what to do. I've learned over the years that no one is going to tell you to do everything. You have to take that initiative to train your Soldiers up, because no one is going to do it for you."
In addition to initiative, NCOs are also responsible for creating the proper setting for Soldiers to excel, said Staff Sgt. Raymond Ysasaga, a Special Forces communication sergeant for ODA 3336. Ysasaga joined the team after their battle in April 2008.
"It just depends on your environment," Ysasaga said. "Good leaders are going to breed good Soldiers. I like to think I looked at all the good qualities from the leaders around me, and try to base my style on that."
Ysasaga, who is new to Special Forces, said being in the community is quite different from his time in the conventional Army, though the values remain the same.
"Integrity is the baseline for great leadership," he said. "Soldiers are always watching you. You always have a reputation, whether you know it or not. When it comes down to it, your integrity is all you have. Do the right thing, even when no one is looking."


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What was the impetus behind putting together a 'Fuck Clear Channel' tour?
"I named this tour 'Fuck Clear Channel' to spread a message and make a point. One that I don't have to spell out in order for it to make sense."
Have there been situations where Clear Channel screwed you?
"Sure. Every time I turn on my radio and have to hear that same 10 songs over and over. And then I have to look at the picture of these artists every time I go outside. How about you?"
I'm assuming that you're not hitting any clear channel venues on your tour *
"I was asked if I would play a Clear Channel venue if they accepted the show. I said, 'Sure, as long as they let me call the show Fuck Clear Channel.' But no, I don't think I have ever played a Clear Channel venue. I work with people and companies who are in a constant stuggle with saving their local scene."
how difficult is it to book a nationwide tour without using any clear
channel venues?
"When you're me? Not difficult at all. And that makes me proud. It also shows people out there that Clear Channel is defeatable. They aren't an unbeatable giant just yet. Yet."
Other than naming the tour 'fuck clear channel,' will you have anti-clear
channel pamphlets or anything like that at the shows?
"No, I have much more going on in my music and message than fucking Clear Channel. Why are all your questions about this one facet of the tour? Isn't it bad ass enough that I called a 40 city national tour Fuck Clear Channel? I drop a little bit of science here and there, but it is really not my style to be preachy on the mic. As long as I get an ad in local newspapers and flyers around the city that say FUCK CLEAR CHANNEL, daddy is happy."
What, in your opinion, can music consumers do to counter Clear Channel's
stranglehold on radio and live music?
"They can stop supporting Clear Channel events. They can vandalize Clear Channel billboards. Most importantly, they can attend events thrown by local companies. And I am not talking about local companies who have been bought out by Clear Channel. We can throw our own shows and own our own radio stations. It's America."
Do you think the FCC should break up Clear Channel like the telephone
company was decades ago?
"ABSOLUTELY. That's only fair. Telephone companies were screwing the public until the FCC stepped in and did something great for a change. Time for the FCC to do a service for the public again. If they'd be so obliged, oh great censors of our world."
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Hendrix, the first-round leader wit 9-under-par 63 at Highland Springs County Club, followed that with 72 and is now three shots off the lead held by Nick Flanagan and Brian Stuard.
Hendrix, who now lives in Greenville, S.C., made a great comeback to stay in contention. He was 5-over after six holes after double bogeys on Nos. 4 and 6 and a bogey on No. 5.
For the day, Hendrix had two double bogeys, four bogeys, four birdies and an eagle, on the par-5 11th hole.
Flanagan, who is from Australia, shot 66 on Friday to move to 12-under 132 with Stuard, who had 67.
Augusta's Scott Parel has shot 67-70 and is five shots off the lead at 137.
LPGA TOUR: In Sylvania, Ohio, Chella Choi shot 4-under-par 67 for a one-shot lead after the second round of the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic.
Inbee Park, had the day's low round with 65. Mika Miyazato had 68, and Hee Kyung Seo 66 to join Park at 8-under.
U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR: In Cleveland, Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn set up a semifinal showdown with quarterfinal victories at The Country Club.
Jutanugarn, from Thailand, beat UCLA's Erynne Lee of Silverdale, Wash., 5 and 4. The 16-year-old Jutanugarn successfully defended her title last week in the Junior PGA Championship. She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur this summer and the 2011 U.S. Girls' Junior.
The 15-year-old Ko, the South Korean-born New Zealander who tops the world amateur rankings, beat South Africa's Paula Reto 3 and 1. Ko won the New South Wales Open in January in Australia at 14 to become the youngest player to win a professional tour event
Canada's Nicole Zhang will face Jaye Marie Green of Boca Raton, Fla., in the other semifinal. Zhang, a Notre Dame player, beat Australia's Su-Hyun Oh 2 and 1, and Green topped Mexico's Marijosse Navarro, also 2 and 1.


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Kilkenny claimed their 31st All-Ireland SHC title with an emphatic 3-30 to 1-13 victory over Waterford at Croke Park today. Read Shane Murray's minute-by-minute text matchtracker of the game. Read from the bottom up.
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FULL-TIME: Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13
I probably could have written this at half-time, but that has to be the most one-sided final in any code. Kilkenny had 38 chances and took 33 of them, hitting just two wides during a flawless 70 minutes at HQ. 'These guys are immortal,' enthused Cyril Farrell back in The Sunday Game studio. 'A fantastic team performance.' GAA President Nickey Brennan added in his speech that this is 'undoubtedly the greatest Kilkenny team of all time' before presenting the trophy to Kilkenny captain James Fitzpatrick. From one to fifteen, and indeed the substitutes' bench, Kilkenny were simply outstanding and there was no living with them today in that kind of irresistible form. They are deserving winners in 2008 and it is hard to see how any county can compete with what Brian Cody has established in the county as the Cats claimed the third instalment in what could be a Senior, Minor, U-21 and Intermediate clean sweep, with just the U-21 final to come. This is the heaviest defeat in SHC final history, and a hugely disappointing finish for manager Davy Fitzgerald and his Waterford charges.
71 mins Mullane is booked and Fogarty scores from the resulting free as Kilkenny close out for an emphatic victory. 3-30 to 1-13
70 mins Brennan slots over another point to give Kilkenny a triple-score lead. 3-29 to 1-13
70 mins Larkin takes his personal tally to an impressive 1-04 with a point. 3-28 to 1-13
69 mins GOAL! Mullane does well to set Kelly up and his 25 metre drive catches the recently introduced McGarry out, and somehow ends up in the net. 3-27 to 1-13
68 mins Kelly takes his tally to nine points with another well executed free from near the left touchline. 3-27 to 0-13
67 mins Dave Bennett points for Waterford. 3-27 to 0-12
66 mins Mullane, possibly the only Waterford player to play to anything close to his potential, pops over a fine point from play. 3-27 to 0-11
65 mins Kevin Moran is booked for a reckless foul on livewire Reid and Shefflin converts the free. 3-27 to 0-10
63 mins Fitzpatrick lines up a shot from halfway, but with referee Kelly doing his best to obstruct him, 'Cha' pulls his effort narrowly right and wide. Declan Prendergast is replaced by Tom Feeney.
60 mins Kelly points to take Waterford to ten points, as James McGarry replaces PJ Ryan in the Kilkenny goal. McGarry receives a huge ovation from the Cats fans. 3-26 to 0-10
59 mins Reid, impressing since his introduction, points again as Ger begins to think about four-in-a-row. 3-26 to 0-09
57 mins TJ Reid nonchalantly slots over again. 'It's shooting practice' at this stage, according to Ger. I have to agree. 3-25 to 0-09
56 mins Shefflin points from straight on. 3-24 to 0-09
55 mins Lyng, having a commanding game at midfield, drives over another point from distance. That is swiftly followed by another Fogarty point and with many Waterford fans already leaving there will be no denying this Kilkenny team a memorable three-in-a-row. 3-23 to 0-09
53 mins Tommy Walsh is lucky not to receive a second yellow card after a wild swipe at Mullane which leaves the Waterford man nursing a sore mouth. Kelly converts. 3-21 to 0-09
52 mins Paul Flynn comes on for Eoin McGrath.
50 mins Reid adds his second from play. 3-21 to 0-08
49 mins Mullane drives over after Shanahan and a couple of others missed goal chances. If it wasn't apparent already, this really isn't Waterford's day. 3-20 to 0-08
47 mins GOAL! Seconds later Larkin drives through the Waterford defence and hammers the sliotar past Hennessy to stretch Kilkenny's lead to an awesome 22 points. 3-20 to 0-07
47 mins Reid marks his arrival with a fine point off his left from the right. 2-20 to 0-07
46 mins Mullane scores Waterford's first point from play. 2-19 to 0-07
46 mins Lyng points his second of the day after a typical burst from midfield. 2-19 to 0-06
45 mins A 'luckless afternoon', as Ger Canning called it, continues as Kelly hits the free wide.
44 mins Tommy Walsh is booked for a lunging foul on Eoin McGrath.
42 mins Comerford receives treatment on a leg injury after a collision with Eoin Kelly. He is eventually escorted from the pitch, hobbling, and is replaced by TJ Reid.
40 mins O'Sullivan booked for a cynical foul on Larkin. Shefflin converts. 2-18 to 0-06
39 mins Shefflin scores his fifth of the day, this time from a right sided free about 30 metres out. 2-17 to 0-06
38 mins Sub Kennedy misses the target to register Waterford's sixth wide of the day.
36 mins Kelly begins the half with a pointed free. 2-16 to 0-06
Waterford make two half-time changes, with Jack Kennedy and Shane O'Sullivan on for Jamie Nagle and Seamus Prendergast.
HALF-TIME: Kilkenny 2-16 Waterford 0-05
Has there ever been a more complete first half performance, especially in an All-Ireland final? Kilkenny have been irresistible all over the field as they have completely outclassed Waterford during a horribly one-sided opening 35. A solid defence in which Hickey and Kavanagh have been superb has laid the foundation for the likes of Fitzpatrick, Lyng, Shefflin, Larkin and Brennan to prosper at the other end and the Kilkenny forwards have been in unflinching form in front of the posts. Waterford, for their part, have been consigned to the role of spectators for much of the half, failing to score from play as Kilkenny gave them a masterclass in hurling. Surely the winner of this game is now a foregone conclusion!
35 + 4 mins Larkin points again as Kilkenny finish the half with four points in four minutes. 2-16 to 0-05
35 + 3 mins Kilkenny strike their first wide of the game when Martin Comerford misses the target from a very scoreable position on the left.
35 + 2 mins Power tags on another point from play. Relentless stuff. 2-15 to 0-05
35 + 2 mins Brennan points brilliantly from the right touchline after Michael Kavanagh brilliantly denied Mullane at the other end. 'The perfect team score' says Ger in the commentary box. 2-14 to 0-05
35 mins Kilkenny captain Fitzpatrick scores a fine point off his left from halfway. 2-13 to 0-05
33 mins The Waterford fans in the 82,186 are outnumbering their Kilkenny counterparts about three or four-to-one according to match commentator Ger Canning, but they continue to show their support, vocal as ever in their support.
32 mins Power almost kicked a third Kilkenny goal but Eoin Murphy saves well.
31 mins Eoin McGrath is booked for a foul on Noel Hickey.
30 mins Kelly scores his fifth of the day with a free from near halfway. 2-12 to 0-05
29 mins Brennan, set up by Power, takes his tally to 2-01 with a beautiful point. 2-12 to 0-04
27 mins Richie Power points from play on the right. 2-11 to 0-04
26 mins Waterford win a free about 20 metres out, but Kelly's goal-bound free is brilliantly saved by PJ Ryan and Eoin McGrath drives the follow-up narrowly wide. Waterford are having no luck at all.
24 mins Dan Shanahan, quiet thus far, drives through the Kilkenny rearguard but, under pressure from two Kilkenny defenders, is ruled to have held on to the ball too long by referee Barry Kelly and the chance is wasted.
22 mins GOAL! Brennan finds the net again after Aidan Fogarty's initial shot is parried into his path by Clinton Hennessy. This is impressive stuff from Brian Cody's men who are 12 twelve points clear with just 22 minutes gone. Is it over for Waterford already? 2-10 to 0-04
20 mins GOAL! Brennan drives to the back of the net after Larkin picked up a breaking ball around halfway, drove forward and hand passed inside for the unmarked Graigue/Ballycallan man to slot home. 1-10 to 0-04
19 mins Larkin catches superbly and points. 0-10 to 0-04
18 mins Kelly slots over his fourth free of the day. 0-09 to 0-04
16 mins Lyng surges through from the middle and keeps his nerve to slot over from in front of the posts. 0-09 to 0-03
16 mins The lively Eddie Brennan scores his first of the day with the score of the day so far with a turn and shot on the left. 0-08 to 0-03
15 mins Shefflin converts another free from a tight angle on the right to restore Kilkenny's four-point lead. 0-07 to 0-03
12 mins Sideline reporter Marty Morrissey reveals Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald has instructed Seamus Prendergast and Dan Shanahan to drop deeper into the half-back line and offer more protection. Kelly misses a free from a scoreable position.
11 mins Kelly retains his 100% record with another superb free from around halfway to halve Kilkenny's lead. 0-06 to 0-03
10 mins Shefflin dissects the posts with a perfectly executed '65' on the right. 0-06 to 0-02
9 mins Aidan Fogarty adds another point from play on the left. This is relentless from The Cats. 0-05 to 0-02
8 mins Derek Lyng wins the ball in the middle and Eoin Larkin slots over from play. 0-04 to 0-02
7 mins Kelly converts another free at the other end to reduce the deficit to one point. 0-03 to 0-02
6 mins Shefflin has started well and the Ballyhale man points from play to stretch Kilkenny's lead. 0-03 to 0-01
5 mins A surging run from Shefflin is halted by three or four Waterford bodies, but Fitzpatrick is on hand to point seconds later. 0-02 to 0-01
4 mins John Mullane finds Eoin McGrath in a good position but the Waterford man strikes narrowly right and wide. He really should have done better.
2 mins Stephen Molumphy is fouled at the other end just inside the 45 metre line and Eoin Kelly converts into the Hill 16 end. 0-01 to 0-01
1 min An early free for a foul on James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick sees Henry Shefflin give Kilkenny the perfect start. 0-01 to 0-00
3.29pm A minute's silence for Liam Fanning, a former All-Ireland winner with Waterford and brother of former President Paddy Fanning, is observed.
3.27pm Match co-commentator Michael Duignan suggests the Kilkenny boys look a little more nervous than their Waterford opponents, but he still expects Brian Cody's men to prevail because of their greater firepower.
3.22pm Both teams are presented to President Mary McAleese.
3.18pm The teams are on the pitch, alongside the Artane Band, as anticipation rises.
3.10pm A text from Majella, who wants to say hello to her brother Sean Michael Daly in Ontario, Canada who is watching the game in the Irish centre. She hopes they all enjoy the game and she is looking forward to them coming home on Tuesday.
2.58pm The Hurling All Stars of 1983 are presented to the crowd, including nine members of that year's successful Kilkenny team.
2.53pm: As we get closer to the big throw-in, here's a re-cap of the teams as they were announced during the week.
Kilkenny: PJ Ryan; M Kavanagh, N Hickey, J Tyrell; T Walsh, B Hogan, JJ Delaney; J Fitzpatrick, D Lyng; E Brennan, M Comerford, E Larkin; R Power, H Shefflin, A Fogarty.
Waterford: C Hennessy; E Murphy, D Prendergast, A Kearney; T Browne, K McGrath, K Moran; M Walsh, J Nagle; D Shanahan, S Prendergast, S Molumphy; E McGrath, E Kelly, J Mullane.
Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath).
2.45pm A late goal from substitute Danny Purcell saw Kilkenny come from behind to take the minor title with a 3-06 to 0-13 victory over Galway, who had dominated most of the second half. The Cats will be hoping for more of the same from the seniors against Waterford.
2.20pm Waterford arrive at Croke Park looking focused and determined. Kilkenny's minors are currently leading Galway 2-05 to 0-09. Twenty minutes to go in that one.
1.55pm Just arrived in the office after a long trek from that bastion of hurling, Sligo. To be fair, the county's hurlers did us proud this year with their victory in the Nicky Rackard Cup, so well done lads. But it's the destination of the real prize that will be decided today, with three-in-a-row chasing Kilkenny and underdogs Waterford battling it out for the Liam McCarthy Cup in a repeat of the 1963 and 1959 finals. Stay with us here for all the latest from Croke Park.
There was plenty of activity in Dublin city centre as both sets of fans busied the streets on their way to Croke Park. It's a warm and occasionally sunny day in the capital, while there is little wind, so conditions are ideal for hurling.


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The Big Bang Theory season 6 episode 6 review: The Extract Obliteration
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day... and get frustrated with The Big Bang Theory. Here's Kaci's review of this week's episode...
There's not much happening for most of the characters in this episode of The Big Bang Theory (Leonard, Penny, and Sheldon are the only three to actually have a plot this week), and to be honest I've gotten past the point where I miss Raj actually having something to do, and have arrived at the point where I just miss him having more than ten lines in any given episode. (Although he did take his shirt off in the cold open and let's be honest, if you are a person who is attracted to men, you were probably just as grateful to the writers for that as I was.) To be honest, this is probably my least favorite episode of the season so far.
There's a fairly simple plot this week in which Sheldon gets Stephen Hawking to accept his friend request on Words With Friends and then proceeds to beat him. I really wanted to find this funny, but the plot holes tripped me up. How did Sheldon find out Stephen Hawking's username in the game? How does Stephen Hawking play a touch screen-based game, anyway? Is it really plausible that Sheldon Cooper could actually beat a man as intelligent as Stephen Hawking? (Okay, admittedly, that last one isn't as bothersome as the others. People are intelligent in different ways and it's entirely plausible that, however smart Mr. Hawking is, he's just not good at word games. But within the context of the other two plot holes, it does compound the problem.)
The main plot, however, involves Penny admitting to Leonard that she's taking a history class at the community college and her first paper is due the next day. She insists that this is her thing separate from Leonard and refuses to let him read her paper, and Leonard being Leonard, he sneaks out of bed in the night to do exactly that.
I've complained a lot about Penny in the context of this relationship, and it's only fair that I bring up my issues with Leonard. When Penny asked him not to read her paper, she was marking that part of her life as private. By reading it against her wishes, he was invading her privacy and betraying her trust. To make all of this worse, he then re-wrote the paper for her and expected her to turn in his version as her own work. Penny tries to explain the problem with this to him by using the metaphor, "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime," and despite the fact that she messes it up, she's absolutely right. Even if one can forgive him for invading her privacy and reading her paper, redoing it himself isn't the point. Penny won't learn the material by having her boyfriend write her paper. Offering to tutor her would've been one thing, but to write the paper himself? Not cool.
Granted, it also wasn't cool for her to let Amy and Bernadette do it, but her phrasing (she used the phrase "help me write my paper") at least allows me to pretend that they offered assistance but she was still involved in the process and learned from their input.
It's not a good thing when the highlight of the episode was Raj taking his shirt off and doing an American accent. Every time the focus lands on Penny and Leonard's relationship lately, I see a new side of them that I wish I hadn't. I find myself wishing that they'd argue it out and either work through their issues or break up, but the way they've been going on is just torture. For them and for me.
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REJOICE WITH US! The best news was left out of this brief update. Jerry finished the second draft of his thesis and is awaiting word from his prof. What a relief to have the major rewrite done! It now must be read by two profs, their suggested revisions made, and then receive final approval. Pray that this process can be completed in short order.
Also note that we made some corrections to the Sunday schedule below.
May 22, 2010
Dear Prayer Team,
Greetings from Enumclaw, WA at the foot of beautiful Mt. Rainier!
The handiwork of God's creation is so evident in this place. We are reminded how we so enjoyed living here during seminary and deputation days from 1977 until we went to the field in 1984. Our thanks to the Father and dear friend Eileen Oldright for making this place available to us until mid-June.
We'd like to update your prayers with our speaking schedule for this mini-furlough. If you have opportunity when your church is not meeting, we'd love to have you come to one of these presentations where we'll be sharing the great partnerships that God has raised up for accomplishing His work in Northeast Brazil and beyond.
Please be in prayer for Lynda's parents in these weeks that we are away. Her father is temporarily in a rest home due to her mother being emotionally and physically exhausted and now sick on top of that.
Praise God with us that Betania has passed her second test on the road to doing her medical residency here in the US. She is also experiencing severe pain from an old back injury and needs to be ready to travel with Natanzinho and Nathalie to Brazil on June 9 for two months.
Thank God with us that Lydia seems to be handling the financial responsibilities well there in Fortaleza. She has some health issues however, so please pray for their resolution.
Counting it a privilege to be remembered in your prayers,
Jerry and Lynda Neuman
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Frustrated Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal hailed his side's 'Yorkshire grit' after snatching a late 1-1 draw at Brentford.SkySports.com » 3d
Frustrated Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal hailed his side's 'Yorkshire grit' after snatching a late 1-1 draw at Brentford.SkySports.com » 3d
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• Goalkeeper accused of abusive language in match against AFC Wimbledon • Flinders also fined £1,250 after independent commission finds against him The York City goalkeeper Scott Flinders has been banned for five matches for using abusive language that included a reference to colour or race.…Guardian » 7d
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AIKEN, S.C. --- Paying the doctor is an expensive necessity and dealing with insurance companies can become a hassle for many. One doctor in Aiken is trying to cut out the confusion. Doctor Kate Mayes opened up her own practice almost two years ago, but she struggled financially barely meeting her overhead costs. "It wasn't going well as a solo doctor and I knew statistically I wasn't supposed to make it," said Dr. Mayes.
That's when she decided to make a few adjustments. She thought about the number of uninsured patients she had along with the ones fed up with dealing with the insurance companies.
Dr. Mayes explained, "I don't want to turn people away, I want it to be simple. I don't want people to be afraid of a new health care system and not being taken care of."
She cut loose the billing company and switched to electronic records to save $900 a month and she made patients pay her directly, up front. "Instead of a patient coming here and leaving without paying except maybe a ten, twenty dollar co-pay," she said.
Twenty minutes with Dr. Mayes costs $100. Any other services come with a flat fee too. "They get a claim form from us, which has everything on it that they need to send to their insurance."
Patient Ilonna Kelley says, "I'd say definitely check her out. Compared to what I've read or seen, her prices are a lot less." Kelley came in to get her regular checkup and says the process is easy for her.
"I created the fee schedule to be simple, to make sure people didn't pay more than they were going to get reimbursed, because I do save money on admin costs," said Dr. Mayes.
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Teachers of the year named by county school board
Published: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 1:19 a.m.
Five teachers were named as the Tuscaloosa County School System's Teacher of the Year on Monday at an awards ceremony held at Hillcrest High School.
The winners were selected from more than 34 nominees. They will vie with other Alabama teachers in the Jacksonville State University Hall of Fame and the Alabama Teacher of the Year competitions.
The winners moving on to Jacksonville State University Hall of Fame competition are Kim Osborn of Huntington Place Elementary, Leslie Welker of Hillcrest Middle and Ann-Marie Peirano of Hillcrest High.
The Alabama State Teacher of the Year competitors are Lisa Burgess of Westwood Elementary and Chasidy White of Brookwood Middle.
Tuscaloosa County Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Swinford said she's proud of the winners and all the nominees.
"I feel really good about the candidates that we recognized today," Swinford said. "All of them are very talented teachers. When you look at the work that they do inside the classrooms, outside of their classrooms, they're very engaged with their students and the families.
"So we're very impressed with the candidates. It was a very difficult task. I feel sorry for all those that had to judge that and select one winner at each level."
The Jacksonville State University Hall of Fame and the Alabama Teacher of the Year competitions were created to honor public school teachers in Alabama.
The winner of the Alabama Teacher of the Year competition represents the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
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n Swinford announced that the Tuscaloosa County School System will not have to make up school days missed on Jan. 29-31 because of weather. She said the Alabama Department of Education has not let her know yet whether students will have to make up school missed on Feb. 11.
n The Tuscaloosa County School System will hold three community meetings to explain its new strategic plan to the public. The first meeting will be today at Echols Middle from 6-7 p.m. The second meeting will be March 11 at Davis-Emerson Middle from 6-7 p.m., and the third meeting will be March 13 at Big Sandy Elementary from 6-7 p.m.
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In the Real-Life Culmination of a TV Romance, Teen Idol Kirk Cameron Takes Chelsea Noble as His Permanent Costar
Once safely at the altar, the couple read marital pledges they had composed and exchanged rings. At the close of the 45-minute ceremony, the pair appeared outside the church and flashed thumbs-up signs. It was, as one guest observed, a "very traditional" wedding.
For a couple who first publicly divulged their relationship last fall on the Sally Jessy Raphaël show, tradition might not seem of paramount concern. But Cameron, 20, and Noble, 26, are devoted, family-oriented Catholics; Cameron's best man was Noble's brother, David Mueller, and the maid of honor was David's wife, Heidi. The ceremony took place in Noble's hometown, where the couple had arrived after filming an NBC Christmas movie, Honor Bright. The guest list was limited, even excluding Cameron's Growing Pains costars. "They wanted to keep this day for themselves and their families," said Tom Estey, a spokesman for the couple. "This marriage is very sacred to them."
That Cameron, whom millions watched eke into puberty and then barely beyond during five seasons as Growing Pains Mike Seaver, should be marrying might come as a shock—he seems scarcely old enough to be honeymooning. (Exactly where he is doing that no one was saying.) It was only a few short years ago, after all, that Cameron confided in an interview that he wanted to be a brain surgeon and that the only roommates he was interested in were his three pet snakes and a pet tarantula.
But for those who watched a scripted Growing Pains romance between Noble's and Cameron's characters spill over into real life, the story line's end seemed inevitable. The couple's first "special date" took place on Valentine's Day last year, and Cameron's proposal last Christmas season was storybook simple: He hid an engagement ring inside a heart-shaped music box, then presented the gift during dinner at Noble's favorite restaurant.
Noble, a former model, had several brief TV appearances—including one with Kirk's younger sister, Candace, 15, on Candace's ABC series, Full House—before landing Growing Pains and Cameron. She says her parents (her father, an engineer, died last year; her mother, Irene, is a private investigator in Cheektowaga) laid forth a vision of matrimony that she hopes to duplicate. "They were married 36 years," Noble explains, "and Kirk and I know that we can get through anything with our foundation of faith and family." (His parents, Robert, a gym teacher, and Barbara, who manages her son's career, have been married 22 years.) And though there are no plans for art to imitate reality—Mike Seaver will remain single at least for the coming season—Cameron's personal position is cloyingly clear. As America's favorite adolescent gushed last year, "When you love being with someone, you just know that you can't live another day without her."
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I've posted a few times on here about not feeling well. I went to my dr yesterday and one of the things she said she was concerned about was my gallbladder. So I was wondering, if you've had gallbladder issues, what were your symptoms? How were you diagnosed? How long did you have issues before they did something to treat it (surgery or whatever)?
I am waiting on my lab work to come back before we move forward with anything, but Dr Google told me I do actually have a lot of symptoms but not all of them, so was just wondering what real life people have experienced.
Thanks!UPDATE: had my ultrasound this a.m. And it came back normal. I asked dr about the HIDA scan and she was like oh yeah, that'd be a good idea. So I am waiting on the imagine place to call and schedule with me. I still feel crappy & now am getting headaches over my right eye :(. I hope this gives me answers, either way. I spoke to my mom today and i asked her what her symptoms were when she had gallbladder issues and her pain was in the middle too. It took over a year for her to get diagnosed. The good news, my ovarian cyst is gone. Yay!! UPDATE 2: I had my HIDA scan on Tuesday. It was 90 minutes and by the end, felt terrible. The nuclear tech said that's a sign that my gallbladder is having issues. Dr called me back this morning and I have a hyperkinetic gallbladder, basically it's over producing bile. Normal range is 35% to 75% and mine is producing at 93%. I am meeting with a surgeon on Monday to see what my options are. I really, really want to thank those of you whole told me to ask for the scan. They weren't going to do it until I asked and I am so glad that after months of feeling horrible, I finally have answers!!! THANK YOU so much. I love BHB :).


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Helsinki marchers honour Norway victims, condemn xenophobia
Organisers estimate that some 2,000 people took part in a peace march in Helsinki on Sunday. Billed as "The Day of Breaking the Silence", it was aimed at showing support for the victims of the Norwegian terror attacks and opposing racism in Finland.
The event was largely organised through Facebook by several non-profit organisations including Our International Finland, led by Indian-born TV personality Tino Singh.
The march began at Railway Station Square at 3pm, making its way past the House of Parliament to Finlandia Park before ending around 7pm.
Similar events were held elsewhere in Finland, including at least Pieksämäki and Närpes.
All of Finland's political parties announced that they supported or would take part in the marches -- besides the Christian Democrats and the True Finns.
More than 4,000 people signed up on Facebook to attend or support the events.
One of the marchers, Margarita Sakilayan-Latvala, told YLE that she took part because "it is our role and our duty to be able to tell everyone that this has got to stop. Hate crimes have got to stop and intolerance has got to stop."


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In composer Steven Stucky's "The Stars and the Roses," chords and colors seem to float upward, like haloes, hovering and circling. Or the music takes on a sense of expectancy, moving in a rush of dappled flight. The effects are sensuous, luminous, taking pleasure in the world.
Premiered Thursday at Zellerbach Hall by the Berkeley Symphony and Joana Carneiro, its music director, Stucky's work put a glowing cap on the orchestra's season. His song cycle -- based on the lyric and touchingly optimistic wartime poems of Czeslaw Milosz -- seems to paint with light. It makes beautiful sounds, as does the tenor soloist who sang the new piece: Noah Stewart, a former Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, whose voice has a sweet-topped majesty, warmly expressive.
Milosz -- who later taught at UC Berkeley and was a presence on campus through the '90s -- wrote two of the poems while living in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, in the early '40s. Anthony Milosz, his son, noted in a pre-concert talk with Stucky that his late father viewed the poems "as an antidote, that the only way to combat nothingness was with somethingness."
A Pulitzer Prize winner, Stucky has matched this "somethingness" with an effervescence inspired by the rich harmonies of Ravel and Debussy. "Happiness" (also from the '40s, and translated from Polish to English by Richard Lourie) speaks of light on a "glowing bay" and of ship masts "in the morning mist." Immediately that mist is translated by Stucky into a gauzy haze of strings, colored by shimmery vibraphone and touches of wind instruments. He openly anticipates the text: A lone flute glides through the soundscape even before the poem alludes to the presence of a musician with a flute on a "small bridge."
Milosz once explained that he was trying to "describe the beauty of the simplest things and express the effort of resisting the temptation of total distress" during wartime. The second and third poems set by Stucky -- "The Sun" and "The Bird Kingdom" -- are from Milosz's "The World," a set of poems described by their author as "naive." Thursday, Stewart's singing was round and rich amid the tremulous orchestral awakening of "The Sun," then piously quiet as Stucky's score dissolves toward its evocation of "the dusks and the dawns."
"The Bird Kingdom" (like "The Sun," it was translated into English by Milosz) reaches for a heightened mood, a blood-rush of motion. Stewart's long phrases stretched across equally long breaths and through many gradations of soft and loud. Again, Stucky's orchestrations were expert, but somehow simple: As a bird feather drops from the sky and to the bottom of a lake, a bass clarinet evoked that bottom.
The performance by Carneiro and the orchestra was very much like the final line of verse: "bright, beautiful, warm and free."
If only the effects of this piece had been allowed to linger. Instead, Stewart was called back for an encore: Donizetti's "Una furtiva lagrima" from "L'elisir d'amore" ("The Elixir of Love"). Stewart had some technical hitches here: off-pitch notes, a not-so-smooth roulade. Still, his voice has such a quality of beauty about it -- it's easy to bask in. The thing is, the audience should have been basking in Stucky's world premiere, commissioned by this orchestra.
After intermission, Carneiro and the musicians finished their 2012-13 season with a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic." For 70 minutes it rose and fell and rose again, ebbing and flowing, building and dissolving, moving through Bruckner's vast landscapes and his evocations of medieval gallantry, hunts and the woodsy magic spells of the natural world. In its way, it was complementary to Stucky's piece -- but so much heavier, more ponderous. As Stucky joked in the pre-concert talk, this program paired "a ladybird" (his piece) and "an 800-pound gorilla" (Bruckner's monument, composed in 1874 and revised in 1880).
The orchestra had its rough patches: errant trumpet entrances in the Scherzo; pitch problems through the strings in the Finale. All in all, though, this was a spirited performance, giving shape to Bruckner's vastness. In its best moments, the orchestra was like a big clipper ship in full sail, proudly plying those endless waters.
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Taylor County Elementary School recently announced its Writers of the Week for Feb. 24. They are kindergartner Nicloe Hoppes, first grader Mareon Nuckols, second graders Drew Sapp and Molly Crabtree, third grader Jacob Jones, fourth grader Lyric Hyde and fifth grader Jackson Martin.
Big Sandy Area Development District's Kentucky Regional Works Program hosted a Jobs Readiness Activities Class during February at Lowell Avenue Baptist Church. Those completing the class are, from left, Kari Negron, Jackie Cochran, Donna Benningfield, Employment Specialist Joshua Simpson, Tiffany Noble, Instructor Lisa Cheatham, Sheryl Gilmore, Tim Gilmore and LaShondra Burnett.
Taylor County Elementary School's Junior Beta group recently attended the Kentucky State Convention in Louisville. Students competed in a variety of categories. The "Songfest" group competed against 18 other schools from across the state and was named runner-up.
Campbellsville Elementary School students got to show off their best dance moves Tuesday during a Radio Disney Dance Party.
The school was one 20 to complete Anthem's Get Active, Get Fit program.
The goal of the program was to get students active for at least 15 minutes every day.
As one of the first five to sign up for the program, the school won the party with a deejay from Radio Disney staff along with $500 worth of fitness equipment such as balls, jump ropes, bean bags and more.
Taylor County High School students celebrated National FFA Week with several activities last week.
On Monday, club members went to a movie and ate together at Mr. Gatti's.
The Ag Olympics were Tuesday, with a hay bale toss, tractor races and corn hole. A basketball game was scheduled for Wednesday, and the group had a meeting on Thursday.
On Friday, there was a meal for FFA members and teachers.
On Jan. 22, the Campbellsville Middle School Academic Team competed in the KAAC District Governor's Cup competition.
The competition consisted of future problem solving, written composition, written assessment in mathematics, science, social studies, arts and humanities and language arts and a quick recall competition. CMS had six students place in their written composition or written assessment areas.
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Campbellsville University students will participate in National Professional Social Work Month by attending a social work rally at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort on Wednesday, March 2 and also meeting with legislators.
The theme of the month's celebration is "Social Workers Change Futures."
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Taylor County Public Library
I wish I had come up with the idea of the "Dummies" books.
There is a "Dummy" book for just about anything you want to learn how to do.
The "For Dummies" brand is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Here is a list of the books that the Taylor County Public Library has.
Taylor County Elementary School recently announced its Writers of the Week for Feb. 18. They are kindergartner Meleah Arnold, first grader Zachary Smith, second grader Marc Shewmaker, third grader Autumn Matney, fourth grader Amber Cave and fifth grader Kate Cheatham.
Students in Lisa Wiseman's kindergarten class at Campbellsville Elementary School made valentine bags earlier this month to deliver valentines to their classmates.
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The sequential changes occurring in pulmonary angiograms and xenon 133 scans during unmodified canine lung allograft rejection were compared. In angiograms, there was a minimal prolongation of the duration of the arterial phase and changes in angioarchitecture of the graft four to six days after transplantation. In lung scans, there was an accompanying decrease in ventilation and perfusion. After six days, angiographic and scanning parameters showed rapid deterioration of function in the transplanted lung. Pulmonary scanning after intravenous administration of xenon 133 should provide a convenient method for continuous evaluation of the functional changes in the transplanted lung, while angiography should be reserved for the differential diagnosis of impaired function.
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Faculty Senate Library Committee
October 11, 2007, 11am, 121 Murphy Library
Present: William Barillas (English), Paul Beck (Library), Barbara Bennie (Mathematics), Linda Dickmeyer (Communications), Anita Evans (Library Director, consultant), Tim Gerber (Biology), Kathleen Lynch (Graduate student representative), William Ross (Management), Melissa Ruplinger (Undergraduate student representative), Shauna Sallmen (meeting secretary, Physics), Chia-Chen Yu (Chair, Exercise and Sports Science)
Absent: Donald Lacoss, Sarah Putnam (both excused)
1. Approve minutes from September 2007 meeting.
2. Follow-up on pursuing re-allocation of some differential tuition funds for library use:
· Student committee has not yet met (may not even be fully formed). No update.
3. Randy Hoelzen (guest): Overview of Interlibrary Loan / Document Delivery
- Lending increased about 60% between 1989 & 2007. Borrowing higher by a factor of 5. Now UW-L is a net borrower, used to be a net lender.
- Many reasons for significant increase (ease of use, fewer journal subscriptions, etc.)
- Costs for ILL borrowing kept as low as
- Copyright fees are a significant part of the cost.
- Per-transaction costs are going down, but actual costs are going up, because so many more requests, and copyright fee limits reached more frequently.
- Copyright fees vs. journal subscription
- Document Delivery requests:
- Overwhelmingly Distance Education (esp. Learning Communities)
- Policies of Peer UW system institutions
(variety of strategies, many similar to ours)
- UW-Whitewater charges students $1 per request
- Fees are hard to collect (more bookkeeping)
- Discussion & questions.
4. Discussion of Rising Periodical costs – suggestions needed
· Example: UW-L library exploring getting a professional organization or firm to help fund a journal (~$9000 / yr) used only by accounting students.
· More details / discussion next meeting
5. Faculty Senate agenda for Nov. 29 originally included library issues, but now postponed to Mar. 6 agenda.
6. Subcommittee to pursue Differential Tuition reallocation. Anita Evans, Chia-Chen Yu, Donald Lacoss, need a couple more. Consider serving.
7. Director's Report
· Card-ID number: instead of SS#, faculty & staff will use an employee ID number ("Person ID" on pay stub). That number will be needed as of January 1 to log into various services (Universal Borrowing, ILL). Encouraged to get new Tower One card (old cards have SS# embedded in it)
· CUWL (Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries) Strategic Directions 2007-2009.
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Oh pit of debris, fierce cave of the shipwrecked. (6)
The woman is described as a cave where hapless, shipwrecked sailors ended up. She's like the ultimate destination for foolhardy voyagers, and you can count our speaker among them.
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turbulent drunkenness of love, in you everything sank! (14)
The comparison of the woman to the sea, which swallows up everything, is paired with the reason for their shipwreck: their love was wild and mad… and pretty much foolish.