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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Miss Summerville High School Scholarship Pageant proudly presented this year's pageant, "Mundo Fiesta," on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Summerville High School auditorium. Twenty-nine beautiful ladies competed for the titles of Miss Freshman, Miss Sophomore, Miss Junior, Miss Senior, and Miss Summerville High School 2013, and each class of contestants represented a different country in order to fully incorporate the "world party" theme. The Miss Freshman contestants represented China, the Miss Sophomore contestants represented Mexico, the Miss Junior contestants represented Venezuela, the Miss Senior contestants represented Brazil, and the Miss SHS contestants represented India.
The pageant began with the opening number that featured all of the contestants as well as the winners of the past year. The contestants danced to music that represented their countries, and they also completed dances that were choreographed to include dance moves from each of their countries. After the opening number was completed, the onstage question portion of the competition was completed by the Miss SHS contestants, and then it was time for a new portion of the competition that was added this year: fitness. All contestants competed in this portion of the competition. Following fitness was the talent portion of the competition; only the Miss SHS contestants competed in this portion of the competition. Once the talent portion of the competition was completed, it was time for the final portion of the competition: formalwear. All contestants competed in this portion of the competition.
Everyone had a great time throughout the evening as the contestants competed to different songs from around the world, and the special entertainment portions of the pageant by Chris Berry and Olivia Juretitch were nothing less than spectacular. Summerville High School students are truly talented.
At the end of the night, many awards and titles were given. The winners of 2013 are as follows: Interviewer of the Day- Adriana Divers; Miss Congeniality- Kealey Rose; Best Opening Number Outfit- Linsey Haynes; People's Choice Award Winner- McKenzie Murray; Elizabeth Edwards Award Winner- Elizabeth Edwards
Miss Freshman Division: Fitness Winner- McKenzie Murray; Formalwear Winner- McKenzie Murray; Second Runner-Up- Emily Budetich; First Runner-Up- McKenzie Murray; Miss Freshman 2013- Adriana Divers
Miss Sophomore Division: Fitness Winner- Jade Smiley; Formalwear Winner- Danielle Halajcsik; Second Runner-Up- Danielle Halajcsik; First Runner-Up- Taylor Davis; Miss Sophomore 2013- Jade Smiley
Miss Junior Division: Fitness Winner- Mackenzie Justice; Formalwear Winner- Mackenzie Justice; Second Runner-Up- Cassandra Sobers; First Runner-Up- Mackenzie Justice; Miss Junior 2013- Molly Moreland
Miss Senior Division: Fitness Winner- Kaylee King; Formalwear Winner- Kaylee King; Second Runner-Up- Carly Brooks; First Runner-Up- Camila Villacreses; Miss Senior 2013- Kaylee King
Miss SHS Division: Onstage Question Winner- Nina Mojica; Fitness Winner- Alaina Hatalosky; Talent Winner- Kealey Rose; Formalwear Winner- Alaina Hatalosky; Second Runner-Up- Alaina Hatalosky; First Runner-Up- Nina Mojica; Miss SHS 2013- Kealey Rose
Two new traditions were begun this year, and one of them involves a mentoring piece. In the Miss America Pageant circuit, each contestant is expected to have at least one young lady or young man to mentor during her year of reign. Because of this, each contestant of this year's pageant was asked to choose a young lady to mentor during her year of reign. At the end of the night when the class title winners' names were called, each young lady who was chosen by the queens was asked to come onstage to be crowned. Five SHS Princesses were crowned this year: Courtney Wilson, Miss Freshman's Princess; Trinity Simmone, Miss Sophomore's Princess; Olivia Trevillyan, Miss Junior's Princess; Abby Kwitkin, Miss Senior's Princess; and Kylie Roberts, Miss SHS's Princess.
The prize packages for the winners of this year's pageant were phenomenal. Each winner received an engraved glass diamond, but the class title winners and their princesses received the following additional prizes:
SHS Princesses received the following: crown, banner, and a crown pin.
Miss Freshman, Miss Sophomore, Miss Junior, and Miss Senior 2013 received flowers, a crown, a crown pin, a crown jewelry bag, a banner, an engraved glass diamond, an embroidered pillowcase from Deb's Cats N Quilts located in Franklin, North Carolina, an engraved glass jewelry box from Fancy Trimmins, a gift certificate for a free hooded sweatshirt from the SHS PTSA, a two hour trail ride from Graymour Stables, a $50.00 gift certificate from Southern Belle Epoque, a $100.00 gift certificate from The Prima Ballerina, and a beautiful glass bracelet from Marigolds.
Miss Summerville High School 2013 received all of the items listed above as well as a crown charm, a gift card to Firewater Grille, and a $1,000.00 scholarship.
The Mistress of Ceremonies this year was Ashlyn Staples, Miss Summerville High School 2011. The judges were Joyce Rea, the director of the Miss Charleston Southern University Pageant, Sophie Labelle, Miss Charleston Southern University 2013, and Randall Dukes, a former field director for the Miss South Carolina Pageant. The auditor of the evening was Gary Loadholt, and the escorts for the eveningwear portion of the competition were ROTC Cadets: Eric Cheung, Kaelan Feagin, Cameron Kunce, Ronald Rountree, and Richard Winter. The pageant director and choreographer for the Miss Summerville High School Scholarship Pageant is Tarrah Meyer.
The title winners of the pageant and the director are very excited about this upcoming year. Each class title winner has already completed at least three hours of community service, and the winners have also made an appearance at the Miss Summerville/Miss Charleston Pageant. Please follow the winners as they complete their year of service to the community on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/MissSummervilleHighSchoolPageant.
Thank you to the many faculty and staff members and local business members who helped make this year's pageant a huge success.
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All The Bachelorette finales are emotional and dramatic, but host Chris Harrison promises that Sunday's Emily Maynard season closer is the only one he'd describe as "unpredictable and combustible."
"We've never had a horse race like this where any of the final three could have ended up with her and the decision was so down to the wire. It made her an emotional wreck," Harrison tells PEOPLE exclusively.
"Emily was more conflicted about the final two than any bachelor or bachelorette we've ever had. The guys were head over heels for her and she felt so strongly for both of them and that combination made for a very intense final week that could go either way."
Including ending without a proposal? "I'll be honest, she came into the finale dead set on not letting anybody meet Ricki and probably not accepting a proposal because she was so unsure about what to do. She didn't know how to pick one and that was almost too much for her to handle."
Part of the issue was "there were positives and negatives to both and holes in each relationship. Arie [Luyendyk] and Jef [Holm] have gotten to the same place but from completely different routes. "At first, Harrison says she was intrigued by Jef's aloofness toward her. "She was curious why the guy was playing hard to get. They had a very slow burn, but it was deep and grew leaps and bounds every week eventually passing others. He makes her laugh and she's at ease around him, but he's also young and playful and she is looking for a man and a father for Ricki."
Ari, on the other hand, had the immediate physical connection. "They couldn't keep their hands off each other. I know women across America are saying he needs to get kissing lessons, but it apparently worked for her. Then they started to get to know each other, realized they liked each other and it grew on the emotional plain. They've had this great romance, but is there more to them than making out? Can he offer the deep soulful love that Jef does? And are either of them truly ready to step into her daily life with Ricki and be a dad?"
Harrison explained this was a unique situation for him and the crew. "Usually by this point, we pretty much know what's going to happen. Even the audience has a pretty good feeling by the finale but when she let Chris go was the last rose ceremony where I could see the writing on the wall. I thought, 'We've done our job too well, found three great good-looking successful guys who fell in love with her and would be a good fit and now she might not settle on either.' I thought it could be a disaster."
And while he won't say whether she eventually came to a decision or let someone put a ring on it, he does claim that she's happy and doesn't regret doing the show a second time. (Which, for the record, she confirmed herself backstage at the Men Tell All taping.) He also teased that yesterday he found out some juicy things that occurred since he last saw the sexy single mom and assured that he'll bring them up on After the Final Rose, which airs live for the first time Sunday. "I've been begging them to do it live for years to give it that Superbowl feel and because they finally gave in, I'll get to give the fans the most up-to-date information on what's happening with her and the guys. Things will happen that I have no idea how they will turn out. It's an emotional and combustible finale that will lead into an unpredictable, emotional and shocking Final Rose special."
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Author Colleen McCullough, whose 1977 internationally best-selling romantic novel The Thorn Birds was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its time, died Thursday afternoon in a hospital in her native Australia, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. She was 77.
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Tough-talking, yet sensible. Earnestly sincere, yet hip to bull. Sandra Bullock in Gravity?
Well, sure. But the same was said (and much earlier) about screen legend Barbara Stanwyck – "A Stand-Up Dame," as PEOPLE called her in 1990, when, after a four-decade career, the formidable star of Annie Oakley, Stella Dallas, Meet John Doe, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity, 1953's Titanic and TV's The Big Valley, among other popular vehicles of their day, died of heart failure at age 82.
"She wasn't a great beauty like Dietrich or Garbo or an actress with the range of a Bette Davis or a Katharine Hepburn," said PEOPLE, which splashed Stanwyck on a 1985 cover. "But she had grit, sex appeal and vulnerability, in spades."
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And thus rides into retirement the last active member of the '97, '98, '02 and '08 teams. An era has ended.
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Try-Its For Brownies, Girl Scoutsby Melissa Algranati Chris Bergerson Maria Caban Rosemarie Cryan Dee Ebersole Toni Eubanks Lauraine Merlini Harriet S. Mosatche Patricia Paddock
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Last month, my Air National Guard colleague, Chaplain Mike Beyer, jokingly asked me, "How did you become an Air Force officer if you can't play golf?"
"Mike," I retorted, "I have to question the sanity of those who chase a white ball with a long metal stick."
However, lest my readers label me "resistant to learning," let me add that I have engaged in several other new interests in the past few years.
For instance, last month I finished 22 hours of classroom instruction at the FBI Citizen's Academy in Sacramento. Taught by special agents, I learned how the bureau tracks down spies and terrorists. I donned white coveralls and gloves as I learned how to collect and preserve evidence. Most challenging of all, I put aside my greatest discomfort to fire a Glock pistol, a shotgun and an M-16.
The FBI education came just as I finished a Master of Fine Arts program for creative writing at Pacific University in Portland. During the two-year program, I read 80 books and wrote a 130-page thesis. I pick up my diploma in Portland next month.
My "schooling" continued this year as I learned about determination in a running group called Running for Rhett. I ran my first marathon and gained a drastic boost in self-confidence that tells me I can do nearly anything now.
I made many new friends in my running group, but not nearly as many as I made this year in my conscious effort to memorize the names of those I encounter in my new workplace. I now have friends in every corner of the VA hospital, from the people who clean our restrooms to those who occupy the boardroom.
My educational experiences during these past few years remind me that learning new things can inspire real spiritual growth. Additionally, it increases self-worth, enlarges your sense of accomplishment and expands your circle of supportive friends.
But if you really want to stretch, you should try befriending those of other faiths, nationalities and colors. I did that early this year when my daughter invited me on a church humanitarian mission to El Sauce, Honduras. I learned to wash my clothes on a washing board, eat beans and rice three times a day, and do my business in an outhouse.
Exploring other faiths and nationalities can present a huge learning curve. For instance, with world news so dominated by the Muslim faith, how many Muslims do you know? Have you visited a mosque? Or is your interfaith knowledge limited to what you hear on radio talk shows?
After last year's shooting in Wisconsin, I urged readers to learn more about Sikhism. Did you? This monotheistic faith is the world's fifth largest religion. They preach equality of all people and honor all sacred texts.
I've learned a lot about Buddhism by reading Thich Nhat Hanh. Recently popularized by Oprah Winfrey, Hanh is a Vietnamese mystic guru and spiritual teacher born in 1926. He writes about anger, peace and mindfulness, but is perhaps best-known for his 1997 book, "Living Buddha Living Christ."
I'm still very much a Christian, but the more I learn how to reach out to people of other religions, the more I experience the Living Christ Hanh portrays.
Yes, everyone can learn — even me. So after 26 years of commissioned military service, I called Mike to tell him that I was taking golf lessons. He sounded impressed but quickly added, "Wonderful, but take it from a Lutheran, golfing will teach a Baptist to cuss."
This just reminds me to add a closing disclaimer: One probably should remain prudent when learning new things.
Norris Burkes is a syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. Email comments to firstname.lastname@example.com, or send comments to P.O. Box 247, Elk Grove, CA 95759. Visit thechaplain.net.


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NAMI Comments to the Institute of Medicine on the "Essential Benefits Package" in Health Care Reform
December 7, 2010
NAMI has submitted comments to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the federally defined "essential benefits package" that all "benchmark" health plans and health plans offered through the state-based health insurance "exchanges" must comply with. This is part of an IOM study being prepared for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) examining the issue of covered benefits and medical necessity within the essential benefits package. This is also referred to as the benefits that all "Qualified Health Plans" (QHPs) must meet in order to compete in the new "Exchanges" or qualify as "benchmark" plans.
The essential benefits package already includes mental health and substance abuse benefits. It also includes a separate requirement for plans to comply with the federal Wellstone-Domenici mental illness insurance parity law (as part of separate non-discrimination protections). What IOM is undertaking (and making recommendations to the Secretary on) is a review of how insurers determine covered benefits and medical necessity. The IOM will then provide guidance on the policy principles and criteria for the HHS Secretary to take into account when examining QHPs for appropriate balance among categories of care; the health care needs of diverse segments of the population; and nondiscrimination based on age, disability, or expected length of life. The IOM is also planning to offer advice on criteria and a process for periodically reviewing and updating the benefits package.
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Monday, July 13, 2015 - 10:37
The New York Transit Museum held a Vintage Bus Bash on Governors Island the weekend of July 11-12, 2015. Four of its fleet of restored, classic New York City buses were ferried across to the island where visitors had a chance to get an up-close look at them. Photos: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 16:55
The Long Island Rail Road's newly renovated Smithtown Station building will open to the public on Monday, July 13, the latest construction project completed under the LIRR's State of Good Repair program to modernize station facilities around the system.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 10:09
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for July 10 - July 13
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 13:36
New York City will hold a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. for the United States Women's National Soccer Team to celebrate their World Cup victory last Sunday, and the MTA's network of railroads, subways and buses will be the best way to get there. The parade will start in front of the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House, near Broadway and Battery Pl. traveling north on Broadway to Worth Street, then to Lafayette Street, and concluding with ceremonies at City Hall at about 1 p.m.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 13:30
If you're heading to tomorrow's historic ticker tape parade for the world champion U.S. women's soccer team, skip the traffic and parking headaches. Ride with your fellow soccer fans on the Long Island Rail Road, which is running six extra trains to Penn Station tomorrow timed to get you to the start of the parade, and 10 extra trains to get you home.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 13:28
If you're heading to tomorrow's historic ticker tape parade for the world champion U.S. women's soccer team, skip the traffic and parking headaches. Ride with your fellow soccer fans on Metro-North Railroad, which has hundreds of trains a day to and from Grand Central, and is boosting service tomorrow for soccer fans by running two extra trains to Grand Central timed to get you to the start of the parade, and two extra trains to return you home after the parade is over.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 13:46
Two major projects are underway to improve the flagship Robert F. Kennedy Bridge complex. One involves rebuilding the original 1930s-era Bronx toll plaza and the other to rebuild the East 125th St entrance and exit ramps. This work is part of $1 billion in investments committed through 2026 to ensure the 79-year-old bridge continues to serve its 170,000 daily customers and unite the New York region.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 10:10
FASTRACK Returns to the NQR Lines
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 15:33
Two MTA Bridges and Tunnels crossings are celebrating more than seven decades of service in July. The Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge celebrates the 78th anniversary of its opening on July 3 and the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge's 79th anniversary is July 11.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 11:20
The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will offer extra railroad service on Thursday, July 2, to allow customers to get a head start a long Fourth of July weekend. On Friday, July 3, subways, buses, Metro-North and the Staten Island Railway will operate on a Saturday schedule, and the LIRR will operate on a regular Friday schedule. More details are below.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 10:54
Declare your independence from traffic and tolls this July 4th holiday by taking MTA Metro-North Railroad to celebrate our nation's birthday. There are plenty of early getaway trains on Thursday, July 2. On Friday, July 3, when the federal government observes the holiday, and on Saturday July 4, trains will operate a Saturday schedule.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 10:44
The Long Island Rail Road will provide additional afternoon service from Penn Station, Thursday, July 2 for customers planning an early getaway for the Independence Day weekend.
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 16:58
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for June 26 - June 29
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 10:45
Getting out of a train and into a rental car will soon help more Metro-North customers complete their trips in some areas. The Railroad is extending its popular partnership with Enterprise Rent-a-Car and adding services provided by Zipcar at outlying stations. For the last seven years, savvy travelers have used Metro-North then picked up a rental car at many stations and the program has grown continuously. Now Zipcar, an hourly car sharing service, also will be available at select station parking lots.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 13:07
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today celebrated yet another milestone of New York City's iconic subway commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first subway of the now defunct Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). Absorbed by the New York City Transit system three-quarters of a century ago, the BMT lives on in the memories of seniors and MTA New York City Transit's drive to improve the customer experience and increase capacity with the avid embrace of new technology.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 10:03
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for June 19 - June 22
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 17:57
The MTA and Operation Lifesaver, Inc., have formed a partnership to promote safety at Metro-North and LIRR railroad crossings and announced that their first initiative was an advertising campaign at the movies, on television, in newspapers, online and on outdoor signs to begin appearing tomorrow. The MTA also launched a new safety-focused section of its website, web.mta.info/safety, and social media hashtag #MTASafety.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 16:13
Douglas Connett has been appointed to the position of Vice President and Chief Officer for Staten Island Railway.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 16:10
An aboriginal didgeridoo, Chinese monochord and Celtic folk are among the variety of sounds you'll soon be hearing as you make your way around the MTA system. The acts were among 26 groups and performers accepted into the Music Under New York program (MTA MUSIC). The musicians were chosen from approximately 70 acts that performed before a panel of judges on May 19, 2015, at the program's 28th annual auditions in Grand Central Terminal.
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MANCHESTER, England � The question almost would be unimaginable in the United States.
�Who�s No. 6?� a reporter asked a U.S. official.
Yes, even LeBron James isn�t recognized everywhere in Britain, where soccer is king, and basketball hardly is an afterthought.
That will change at least briefly today, with James and the U.S. Olympic team bringing it some rare attention with a game against Britain.
It�s only an exhibition, so the result doesn�t matter. But the event does, to those who want to see basketball gain a place in Britain�s sports culture.
�This is a massive opportunity for British basketball to get some oxygen, to breathe life into the sport in this country,� said Chris Mitchell, who calls Britain�s games for BBC Radio. �Team USA being here is arguably the biggest-ever game this country has hosted. It�s arguably bigger than any game they�ll play at the Olympics because they�ll only face USA if they get through their group and perhaps meet them in the quarterfinals. So this, this week, it�s almost the climax to the history of British basketball. It�s huge.�
Manchester Arena is expected to be full, many fans familiar with Kobe Bryant but with no clue how to pronounce the name of U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski. It probably won�t be very competitive, but it will give the Americans the opportunity to play in front of the opponent�s fans for the first time during their preparations for the London Olympics.
�They will represent their country, they will cheer on their team, and hopefully we can just play well in front of them,� James said.
The Americans met the media Wednesday before practicing at the arena, getting occasional questions about the Xs and Os of basketball and the people who play it: James was asked about injured teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh; Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler about departed one Jeremy Lin.
And this being soccer country, of course there was that. Bryant is the most popular NBA player outside the U.S. but far from the most famous athlete in Los Angeles for the British.
So what about David Beckham not making the host�s Olympic soccer roster, Kobe?
�I would love to have seen him have some type of role on the team,� said Bryant, a soccer fan who lived outside the U.S. as a child. �Just his leadership and his intelligence could have helped the team out.�
Basketball has such little presence in Britain that FIBA, the sport�s governing body, didn�t immediately award the hosts the traditional automatic bid into the Olympic tournament. It wanted to be certain there would be a legacy beyond the London Games, that support for the home team�s program would spark interest in watching, playing and following the sport.
FIBA eventually was convinced, helped by the British performing respectably last year at the European Championship. NBA All-Star Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls is the team�s leader, and Joel Freeland has signed with the Portland Trail Blazers. (Charlotte�s Ben Gordon, born in England before moving to New York, was expected to be on the roster but passed on playing).
That�s probably not enough to challenge the U.S., which will be looking for a strong performance after having a tough time with Brazil in an 80-69 victory Monday night in Washington.
�I think this will be tougher than most people expect because it�s their country. They�re playing here,� Krzyzewski said. �Luol, I know Luol, I coached him. They�ll play real hard. They can shoot the ball, and they play a little bit unconventional in that actually their two bigs I think are their best shooters, and so they�ll spread you out. So it�ll be a different type of game for us to defend, different type of team.�
The Americans don�t garner the same attention here as they did four years ago in China, where basketball is massively popular. But their visit gives a sorely needed boost to the Brits who want to see the sport matter at home.
Mitchell has been covering basketball for more than a decade, calling it a �niche� sport that sometimes draws only a few hundred fans and no press to its domestic league games.
�Basketball is an unknown quantity in this country,� he said. �People don�t understand it. They don�t know the rules. They don�t read about it in the newspapers because it�s not in the newspapers; it�s not on the news. It�s not part of our social fabric, if you�d like, like it is in the States.�
The Americans are glad to do their part. They�ll see a more traditional basketball atmosphere in a few days, when they face Argentina and Spain in Barcelona.
For now, they�re trying to help create one.
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Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler has won the 2014 Goose Creek mayoral election. He defeated Councilmember Jerry Tekac on Tuesday, April 8.
Heitzler received 1,759 total votes while Tekac received 930 total votes, according to unofficial results.
For the Goose Creek City Council race, incumbents Kimo Esarey (1,712 votes) and Mark Phillips (1,731 votes) won along with Debra Green-Fletcher (1,589 votes). Council candidate Victoria Morrell received 1,071 votes while candidate Gerald Stinson received 1,029 votes.
Heitzler campaigned with Esarey, Phillips and Green-Fletcher.
The team won this election, Heitzler said. Thanks to all the voters that came out. The team is going to move the city forward. We dont have any individual players in Goose Creek. Thats not how we move forward. Its always been a team approach.
Regardless of the turnout this shows there are issues that need to be addressed, Tekac said.
There were 2,689 total votes cast in the mayoral race, a stronger turnout than any city election had seen in several years. In the afternoon lines stretched all the way across the municipal center and into the parking lot.
The polls closed at 7 p.m. and the last voter walked out of the door at 7:36 p.m.
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Clara Moreno's new release features a stellar line-up of Brazilian musicians, including Clara's mother, the legendary Brazilian singer and songwriter Joyce, and the celebrated songwriter and guitarist Celso Fonseca.
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Clara Moreno is the daughter of the famous Brazilian singer/songwriter/guitarist Joyce and composer Nelson Angelo. Born in Brazil in 1971 Moreno recalls her early musical experiences with great fondness: "Every night my mother would rehearse and we use to go to all her concerts - I grew up listening to music from an early age."
Moreno's career began soon after she learned to talk, performing backing vocals in children's choirs for artists such as Milton Nascimento, Egberto Gismonti, Joyce, Originais do Samba and Trem da Alegria amongst others. In 1989, aged 18, Moreno went to study music in France and it was in Paris where she both recorded her first single and first performed solo. She performed regularly at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club beneath the Le Méridien Etoile hotel - one of the city's most distinguished jazz venues. In 1991 at Paris' Théâtre de La Ville, she appeared onstage alongside her mother. Moreno fondly remembers her time in Paris and on her new album, she pays tribute to Edith Piaf, "the French singer who thrilled me most", with a wonderful cover of "Mon Manege A Moi".
When she was 23, Moreno returned to Brazil in 1994 and launched straight into a music career, guesting on the track "Minha Gata Rita Lee" on Joyce's CD Revendo Amigos. This followed guest appearances alongside other artists such as Nelson Ângelo and Robertinho Silva. Her first solo show in Brazil was in 1995 at the Au Bar in Rio in a tribute to the famous Brazilian singer Rita Lee. In 1996, Moreno opened for Paulinho Moska at the Garota de Ipanema park in Rio and recorded her eponymous debut CD.
In 1997, Moreno went to Japan where she appeared in the Gets Bossa Nova show in Tokyo, Japan. That same year she contributed a recording of "Só Danço Samba" for the tribute to Bossa Nova CD 40 Anos de Bossa Nova which solidified her standing as a Brazilian singer in her own right. Her third album Mutante was recorded in 1999, and picked up for worldwide distribution by UK based Timewarp Distribution. At this point, her name was brought to the attention of Brazilian music fans the world over.
2002 saw the release of Morena Bossa Nova – her fourth CD where she experimented with electronic music to create an album with a contemporary take on bossa nova. It was recorded while Moreno was pregnant with the child of producer Rodolfo Stroeter (the producer of Joyce's most recent CDs Just a Little Bit Crazy and Rio Bahia). Morena Bossa Nova features the Norwegian keyboard player Bugge Weseltoff as well Teco Cardoso, Robertinho Silva & Nailor Proveta – all regular contributors to Joyce's recent albums.
With Meu Samba Torto, Moreno felt the urge to strip things down and pay tribute to the musical heritage of the city she is from: "Bossa nova has always played a very important role in my life, and I decided to go for it with this CD and really search for the feeling of what it's like to be a "carioca". Having listened to this music all my life I had no trouble of thinking of songs to cover and my mother Joyce, suggested some nice songs, as did Celso. I feel that the album has a 60's bossa nova feeling, which is great, but at the same time, the music that we have done is up to date and reflects a modern view through the roots of Brazilian music."
Meu Samba Torto features a stellar line-up of Brazilian musicians including Moreno's mother, the legendary Brazilian singer-songwriter Joyce, and the celebrated songwriter and guitarist Celso Fonseca. It's Moreno's most personal album yet and this is something she's proud of: "The album has a certain level of spontaneity that I don't think is very common these days. With the exception of the songs arranged by Joyce, the arrangements were all decided once we all arrived in the studio. Everything was recorded live and I was lucky to be blessed with the involvement of Celso Fonseca, Joyce, Tutty Moreno, Rodolfo Stroeter, Diego Figueiredo and Ricardo Mosca - all of them very creative and stylish musicians who helped create an end result of modern music yet steeped in tradition. The album was simply constructed around guitar/bass/drums and the idea was to bring a certain degree of intimacy between myself and the listener".
Meu Samba Torto features two new compositions written especially for Moreno by Joyce ("Sabe Quem") and Celso Fonseca ("Litorânea"). In fact with it's "live" sound, Joyce's influence runs through Meu Samba Torto. This was a challenge for Moreno: "I had never recorded a "live" album before yet as we began recording, I started to gain more and more self-confidence." According to Moreno though, there are other amazing musicians besides Joyce who are influential artists on Meu Samba Torto: "João Gilberto is the greatest influence on this album - he is the main root of the cd. I have been listening to him all my life, but during the process of creating this album, I dived deeply into his mood and I recorded many of the songs using João Gilberto's light - his inspiration was a gift to me".
Vanguard of the new bossa nova movement, Celso Fonseca plays guitar and sings on three songs on the new album, and the blend of his and Moreno's voice create some of the albums highlights. There are interpretations of classic bossa nova tracks such as "Moça Flor", originally recorded by the Tamba Trio, "Vem Morena Vem", from Jorge Ben's debut album, and "Morena Boca de Ouro", made famous by the one and only João Gilberto.


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SCHLADMING, Austria
Julia Mancuso got the ball rolling with an almost forgotten bronze medal on the same day Lindsey Vonn had a season-ending crash.
Ted Ligety followed with three golds to earn the title from local media of �Der Koenig von Schladming� � �The King of Schladming.�
And 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin capped a historic world championships for the U.S. Ski Team by fighting off a serious case of nerves to win the slalom title.
In the end, even without Vonn and Bode Miller � who is sitting out this season to recover from left knee surgery � the U.S. had the most golds at worlds � the first non-European nation to achieve the feat.
�It�s been incredible � hot and cold,� U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml said Sunday. �The rest of our team is stepping up so big.�
The showing was even more impressive considering the scene, with huge crowds in this ski-crazy nation averaging 30,000 fans, and nearly all of them pulling for Austrian skiers.
While the Austrians led in total medals with eight, the U.S. topped the International Ski Federation�s table with four golds. Austria and France were next with two golds each.
�It�s nice being in Austria and beating up on the Austrians on their home turf,� said Ligety, who won in super-G, super-combined and giant slalom. �They always dominate the sport and they always kind of seem like they should be dominating the sport so it makes it all the more satisfying to beat them.�
But Peter Schroecksnadel, the powerful president of the Austrian ski federation, didn�t see it as a loss.
�In the U.S., they don�t count golds, they count the overall number of medals,� Schroecksnadel said. �So there we are No. 1.�
Riml, who is Austrian, wasn�t surprised by Schroecksnadel�s comments.
�He just turns it the way he wants it,� Riml said. �That�s OK. We won the most World Cup races this year, and we�ll lead that when we leave the World Cup finals, and we got the most gold medals at the world championships. That�s pretty good.�
Indeed, the U.S. has 14 wins between men and women on this season�s World Cup circuit to Austria�s nine. Also, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Germany led with three golds to the Americans� two but the U.S. had the most overall medals with eight.
�(We�re) best in the world for sure,� Riml said. �We saw it three years ago. We saw it this year on the World Cup.�
If Vonn and Miller come back fully healthy next season, there�s no telling how strong the U.S. might be at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
�Potentially we have a very, very good team,� Ligety said. �If Bode gets fully healthy and motivated he has a really good chance of winning medals in the speed disciplines, and then Lindsey can win whatever she wants, basically, if she�s healthy and feeling good again. And I�m sure Mikaela will be close to being a contender in the giant slalom as well, so we have a lot of good medal chances.�
Indeed, Shiffrin finished sixth in the giant slalom here for her top career result in that discipline, and she has plenty of room for improvement, according to her coaches.
Besides Vonn, three other U.S. women finished on the podium this season in downhill � Stacey Cook, Leanne Smith and Alice McKennis � to go along with Marco Sullivan and Steven Nyman on the men�s side.
�Our goal is not to have just one (contender) per event,� Riml said. �We got to have two and three.�
Entering the 2006 Turin Olympics, the American spotlight was largely on Miller, while in Vancouver it was almost entirely on Vonn. This time, maybe it will be on the entire team.
�There is so much pressure on those athletes already, and if you strengthen our team that takes away a lot of pressure from everybody,� Riml said.
One key to strengthening the team has been the opening of two key facilities in recent years: the Center of Excellence at the team�s home base in Park City, Utah, an ultra-modern physical training and education facility; and a speed training center for downhill and super-G at Copper Mountain.
The Center of Excellence was designed to replicate the style and feel of a college campus and includes strength-training areas, ski ramps, a nutrition center, rehabilitation facilities and a sport science lab.
Sounds like a great place for Vonn to use as she recovers from surgery to repair two torn tendons in her right knee.
Besides allowing its own athletes optimal training before the North American speed races at the start of each World Cup season, the Copper facility has enabled the U.S. to arrange key deals with other federations by allowing teams such as Austria, Italy and Russia to use it, too.
In exchange, the Austrians allowed the Americans to train on the worlds� courses in Schladming on several different occasions earlier this season; the Italians opened up several of their training sites � perfect when the weather is bad in Austria and Switzerland but sunny on the southern side of the Alps; and perhaps most valuable of all, the Russians have given the U.S. free access to the Olympic slopes in Sochi � something no other team besides Russia has.
�With that venue we�re in the driver�s seat, and we can choose and pick who we want to work with,� Riml said. �Obviously we want something in return.�
Over the next couple of weeks, a group of about 10 Americans led by Ligety and Shiffrin will fly to Sochi for an in-season training camp.
�It is preparation for the next chapter,� Riml said. �To have the opportunity to be on that hill, it�s priceless. That�s why we try to build those relationships all over the world.�
As for the next worlds, the U.S. won�t need to build any partnerships. That�s because they�ll be held on home snow in Vail-Beaver Creek, in 2015.
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LEETONIA - Holly Cannon has established Holly's Shear Heaven Beauty Salon at 354 Columbia Street and says business "is pretty good, I can't complain."
Cannon, a 2001 graduate of Leetonia High School, also graduated from the Columbiana County Career Center where she learned cosmetology. She has 12 years experience in the hair salon business.
She was employed at Smart Style in Walmart for seven years and before that worked for Express Cuts in Boardman before it closed.
With Holly's Shear Heaven Salon she has been focusing on techniques that customers ask for like "ombre" which highlights darker colors on top and lighter on the bottom and vice-versa.
She started doing micro loop extensions last year.
"I have quite a few young girls in high school and in their 20s," she said, adding that her clientele includes woman of all ages and men looking for regular haircuts.
"Lots of women and younger girls," she said, "and some men."
Walk-ins are welcome and it's not too early to be thinking about prom night.
Business slowed around the holidays but afterward "it picked up," she said.
"If I could have every month like the first four months I'd be happy."
Shortly after opening she said, "This is a pretty competitive business, it definitely is," noting there are two or three other beauty shops in Leetonia.
"My pricing is pretty comparable to Smart Style," she said at the time, adding that all new customers get 20 percent off on their first visit.
Holly's Shear Heaven uses the TIGI and Redken color product lines.
Hours are Monday, 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.; Tuesday, closed; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.; and by appointment only on Saturday.
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Moodle driving jobs in education
It's amazing, the opportunities a disruptive technology can offer to those who take the time to learn it. If you know your Moodle, there are more than 100 jobs available, right now, today -- and for some of them, you don't even need to change out of your pajamas.
It's also a great lesson about the different business models that open source can create. Red Hat has built a very successful publicly traded company selling service subscriptions to open source software product. Other companies, like Acquia, have created profitable consulting and services businesses.
Here we see the extreme other end of the spectrum: a technology that has become widely deployed, globally distributed, and highly localized -- thus, ideal for a worldwide marketplace for individual service providers. The job site at moodle.org lists positions from Silicon Valley to London, from Idaho to Kuala Lumpur. Full-time, part-time, telecommute. All offered within the past several months.
Looking at some of the job descriptions gives immediate insights into why open source is so useful. Many of these job offers are for very specific modifications to Moodle. One can't help but wonder how effective Moodle is, as a community, in reintegrating these kinds of efforts -- but one thing is for certain: they've got a way better shot at it than Blackboard does.
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I used it last semester for a programming class. The assignment collection and grade book capabilities (insanely flexible) were awesome, and being able to show my students open source in action added a concrete example to my lectures.
Sharing as in what, exposing things publicly to non-logged in members?
I took down the site when the semester ended, so I can't poke around. I know I used the file section a lot to share things out to my students, I'd probably start there to see what permissions it offered.
Why do you ask?
Moodle2.0 will have a course sharing/community hub apparatus, but in the meantime the best (I'm not saying it's great) place to share resources is Moodlecommons.org.
I would venture that there seems to be a huge gap in the # of courses and quantity of information in Moodle and the availability of courses to download.
You can also check out the exchange databases at Moodle.org (you'll need to register first though).
I work as an in-house Moodle developer at a 6th form college, and I can categorically say that if Moodle wasn't open source it wouldn't be nearly as useful as it is. Every institution has different needs, and the ability to completely specialise Moodle is invaluable.
On top of that, the Moodle community model fits in very well with the philosophy of education and sharing knowledge that Moodle was created to support.
Moodleshare.com is also a good place to go for sharing/finding Moodle content.
Interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
Moodle can run on Lighttpd using even less resources than on Apache. Please check if a small ( 70MB) VMware Virtual machine download from the home page link above can be useful to turn most laptops/desktops into a moodle learning/development platform.
Having worked for Australia's largest Moodle Partner company for a couple of years now I have to say that it is an awesome environment to be in right now. When I talk to people who are used to proprietary systems the biggest differences that they tend to find are the huge user community that are genuinely keen to contribute back to the wider community, and the flexibility of being open source (which we then try to balance with good Enterprise application management practices).
The financial model for the 'Moodle ecosystem' seems to be working well too - the software development path is still moving well, the localised Partner scheme gives a guarantee (more or less) that money will continue to flow into the Trust to keep development going, and ultimately people are still by and large loving the software and reaping the benefits of using something that doesn't have to cost as much as proprietary LMS.
As for the lack of courseware being shared, I reckon its more to do with educational institutions often being a little reluctant to share IP, particularly in the higher education sector where its a competitive market for the student dollar. Just my thoughts, could be completely wrong :)
An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware.
There is also a digital repository of open courses you can download from http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ (and import into your own Moodle).
But besides Moodle, there are also other LMS worth an interest (both in terms of features and employment market): ATutor, Ilias, Chamilo (http://www.chamilo.org) which all have their own highs and lows, but are all open source and with important communities.
Often people forget that the fact that Moodle exists doesn't mean it is the best solution for you (it is still awfully complicated for the teacher to get into).
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The Master of Science in Nursing degree is open to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates or those who will complete their BSN degree prior to enrollment.
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree program requires the completion of 11 courses/ 36 credits. Students take a minimum of ten three-credit courses and one six-credit course. The curriculum includes seven core courses (21 credits), and four concentration courses (15 credits) in either Nursing Education or Nursing Management.
MSN Courses are offered in a face-to-face format meeting seven times over a 14-week semester. Our Master of Science in Nursing courses include a major element of independent study. Typically, part-time students take two courses each semester and full-time students take three courses each semester.
Core MSN Courses (7 courses/ 21 credits)
- NURS5101 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
- NURS5103 Nursing Research in the Evidence-Based Practice Paradigm
- NURS5105 Ethical and Spiritual Aspects of Nursing
- NURS5107 Human Diversity, Culture and Nursing
- NURS5109 Information Technology and Nursing
- NURS5111 Professional Role Development and Leadership in Nursing
- NURS5113 Health Care Policy, Economics and Care of Urban Underserved Populations
Master of Science in Nursing Concentrations:
Nursing Education Track
The education track is designed to prepare nurse educators who can be employed as faculty members, staff development coordinators, clinical unit-based teachers and patient educators. Graduates who select an education concentration are eligible to seek national certification as nurse educators once they meet the requirements outlined by the National League for Nursing (NLN).
Nursing Education Concentration Courses (3 courses, 9 credits plus a one-course practicum of 6 credits)
- NURS5301 Educational Theories and Curriculum Design in Nursing
- NURS5303 Advanced Teaching Methods in Nursing Education and Assessment/Evaluation of Student Learning
- NURS5305 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Educators
- NURS5310 Nursing Education Advanced Role Development Practicum
Nursing Management Track
This track is designed to prepare nurses for positions as nurse administrators, nursing directors, nurse managers, case managers, coordinators of clinical research projects and project directors. Graduates who select a management concentration are eligible to seek national certification as nurse executives once they meet the work or consultation requirements outlined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Nursing Management Concentration Courses (3 courses, 9 credits plus a one-course practicum of 6 credits)
- NURS5501 Nursing Management in Health Care Delivery
- NURS5503 Healthcare Organizational Development
- NURS5505 Financial Management in Healthcare
- NURS5510 Nursing Management Advanced Role Development Practicum
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The APWA North American Snow Conference brings together more than 1000 public works professionals from city, township, county and rural streets divisions and state departments of transportation as well as private sector organizations.
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Longtime Sullivan County Commissioner dies
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - Longtime Sullivan County Commissioner Wayne McConnell died Saturday night.
Sullivan County Mayor Steve Godsey confirmed the news Sunday evening.
McConnell served on the county commission for more than 25 years.
According to Oak Hill Funeral Home in Kingsport, visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday.
Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in the J. Wayne Hamilton Memorial Chapel of Oak Hill Funeral Home.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday in Oak Hill Memorial Park.
Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson released a statement about McConnell's death: "He was an awesome employee as well as a great friend. As a commissioner he always stood up for the employees at the Sheriff's Office no matter how other people felt. Because of that I admired and respected him even more. He was a true friend of the employees and represented all citizens. He will be greatly missed."


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As a child, Altoona native and New York City Ballet principal dancer Jared Angle, 32, saw the Allegheny Ballet Company perform "The Nutcracker" at The Mishler Theatre.
About a month later, the boy who would go on to reach the highest-rank of professional dance at one of the most well-known companies in the world started lessons at the local company's school.
In third- or fourth-grade on a trip with classmates to the Kennedy Center, Angle watched San Francisco Ballet dancers take the stage. That is where he realized ballet was in his future.
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Jared Angle dances in George Balanchine's "Allegro Brillante."
"I think I didn't really quite realize that it was something you could do for a job," he said. "I really just enjoyed the lessons and dancing. ... Our school took a trip to see them because one of our former students was in that company and I think that's when I finally put it together that it was like a job and I decided then that's what I wanted to do."
Angle attended two summer sessions at the School of American Ballet in New York before moving to the city at age 16, he said. With the city summer school under his belt, moving to New York as a teenager was not particularly intimidating, he said.
"But it was also just a necessity like it was time to take my training to the next level so it was necessary to go so I was ready," he said.
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The Jared Angle file
Oct. 1, 1980: Born
1986: Began his dance training at age 6 at the Allegheny Ballet Academy.
Fall 1996: Entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet.
1997: Received the Rudolf Nureyev Scholarship to continue his training at the School of American Ballet for the 1997-1998 school year.
March 1998: Became an apprentice with New York City Ballet.
July 1998: Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet.
2000: Appeared in the Columbia Pictures' feature film "Center Stage."
February 2001: Promoted to the rank of soloist with the New York City Ballet.
2001-2002: Received the Princess Grace Dance Fellowship.
May 2004: Appeared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," dancing in "Liebeslieder Walzer."
November 2005: Promoted to principal dancer following a performance during a company visit for the reopening of the Tivoli Concert Hall.
Source: New York City Ballet website
Angle said Allegheny Ballet was a foundation for where he ended up.
"It basically has everything to do with where I am now," he said. "Ballet is one of those careers that you have to start very early because you can only dance until you're 40 or something so if you don't have really good rigorous training in the beginning. ... I don't want to say a lost cause, but it's really hard to catch up."
Angle said he and others were fortunate to have Deborah Anthony, founding director, to guide them. He said she is "a wonderful teacher," especially for the younger students. As students progressed, Anthony brought in teachers, who were former professionals or taught elsewhere, to supplement their learning, he said.
The training was "really well rounded" and contained performance experience, he said.
Angle has since experienced major milestones as a male dancer, but said he never went into his career thinking he would become a star.
He "liked the work" and "loved dancing," he said.
He recalled landing his first principal part when he was about 18 years old after someone got injured. Angle performed a pas de deux with one of the major ballerinas of the company, Dorothy Kissler, who also just happened to be the wife of Angle's boss.
"It was scary but exciting and it went well. That was the first milestone and then getting promoted to soloist was again surprising and totally thrilling," he said.
In 2005, Angle got promoted to principal dancer. The milestone was exciting like the others, "but also at the same time it's a lot of pressure because you have to live up to the title, you know what I mean?" he said. "I felt like now you're promoted, now you have to prove it even more in a way."
Angle's aunt, Jean Geist of Altoona, said her nephew has worked hard for his achievements.
"I'm just ultimately very proud of how humble he has been in his success and how amazingly successful he has become," she said.
Angle's musicality was evident from a young age, she said.
"He just was very comfortable and could move beautifully with the tempo of almost any kind of music," she said. "So he had it. He has a gift."
His dedication was also there at a young age.
"From the time he walked into the studio in kindergarten he was just comfortable there. It was just his thing. He's very very musical. Plays the piano beautifully," his mom, Barb Angle of Altoona, said. "It's just been fun to watch him grow into it. And like I said he's really educated himself and us about his craft... he's the one that would sort of say to us in sixth grade, 'Well, you know I want to go to this summer program. This is what I have to do if I want to get better. You go away and you study in the summer.' And you know that was completely new, we didn't know anything about this world so he really kind of did the research, and even as far as setting his sights on New York City Ballet."
Jared is "extremely humble," she said. "He's just very sort of low key about it all."
He isn't the only son to have reached such success either. His brother, Tyler, 27, is also a principal dancer with the New York company.
Barb and her husband, Clay, are proud of their four sons, she said.
"I think its incredible. I think [Jared] certainly deserves it. I think he's extremely talented. He takes it very seriously. He feels that it's an important art form and it's been good to him," she said. "Naturally we couldn't be any more proud."
Angle enjoys the performances where he loses the sense of himself in the piece.
"I like those ballets where you sort of disappear into the mood," he said. "The best is when you forget about yourself and you're just involved in this thing and then you have to come to at the end. Those are my personal favorite ballets to do."
Angle sees the bigger picture to his dancing.
"Because you're dancing to an orchestra playing with you and then you're on stage dancing steps that someone else has made so it's about this whole puzzle that comes together ....[that is] greater than the individual performers," he said. "That's what I like."
Although Angle has reached the top rank for a ballet dancer, he is not done.
"I mean definitely getting to this rank is amazing and I am very much happy that I have gotten there, but at the same time there's always something to work on. It's never over," he said. "We start every day with a ballet class where you look at yourself in the mirror and basically try to work on what's wrong. So every day it starts with zeroing in on something that you don't like or that could be improved upon so there's always that quest to either technically make something better or to just artistically explore things deeper, so it's never over and I think that I would maybe lose interest if it was just like, 'I'm there I reached it.' If I just clocked in and clocked out every day it would interest me much less than always searching for something better."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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CCFN Welcomes European Commission's Clarification on Generic Terms and Geographical Indications
CCFN Welcomes European Commission's Clarification on Generic Terms and Geographical Indications
The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) is encouraged by clarification made by the European Commission (EC) in a recent statement that the terms "mozzarella," "brie", "gouda", "edam" and "cheddar" are indeed generic, and will not be confiscated solely for the use by certain European producers – a fate that other widely used cheese names such as feta and parmesan have already suffered in the European Union (EU). This clarity is a welcome development for producers of these products around the world.
However, that clarification is just the tip of the iceberg on what CCFN believes is needed from the EC. The CCFN hopes that the EC will extend that reasonable assessment to other generic names as well such as "havarti", "parmesan", "prosciutto", "provolone", "salami" and to commonly used adjectives such as "fine" and "vintage" on wine labels.
"One of the problems with the EC system is its arbitrariness," said CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda. "Unless the system explicitly designates a term as generic, we have to assume the scope of protection is extremely broad.
"It is time to develop a clear and reasonable scope of protection for geographical indications, something we believe the CCFN, the EU and others can all work on together," he added. "Our goal is to work with leaders worldwide in agriculture, trade and intellectual property rights, and to foster adoption of high-standard and model geographical indication guidelines throughout the world."
The CCFN agrees with the EC that there is a place for protection of distinctive foods from distinct regions, such as Napa Valley wines or Camembert de Normandie cheese from France. One aspect of a logical model for geographical indications is that they include the name of the region or sub-region where the product is produced.
The EC itself recently provided a good example of the proper approach. When the EU registered "Edam Holland" and "Gouda Holland" as geographical indications, the official decision made clear that the protection applied to the full compound term, and that producers outside of the protected region could continue to use the common names "edam" and "gouda." This approach allowed the Netherlands to successfully register these two important geographical indications while preserving the rights of producers worldwide to continue using the generic names in good faith, thereby avoiding negative trade impacts. CCFN believes that "feta" should have been protected in a similar fashion, as
"Greek Feta". Adoption of this model is logical and respects the rights of both the GI holder and other producers of the product, thereby creating a win-win outcome for all involved.
But the EC has pushed the bounds of geographical indication protections to unreasonable levels, Castaneda said. For example, because of the EC's aggressive efforts in its free trade agreement with Korea, world suppliers — including those from developing countries, will no longer be able to sell "asiago", "feta", "fontina" or "gorgonzola" in Korea — at least not under those names.
"No one country or entity should own common food names," said Errico Auricchio, CCFN chairman and president of BelGioioso Cheese. "If such efforts are successful, consumers will no longer recognize many of their favorite foods. Producers around the world will be forced to consider relabeling potentially billions of dollars' worth of food products."
The EC is also working with a number of countries around the world to strongly encourage development of geographical indication systems or outcomes on particular product names that align with EU views. These countries include Canada, China, and Japan, as well as many throughout Latin America and Asia. In a particularly alarming development, the EU is also processing applications to provide geographical indication protection to two cheese names common in large parts of the world (danbo and havarti) that have long had standards that were developed by the Codex Alimentarius, one of the leading international standards setting bodies.
Actions that limit the use of generic names may protect a few food producers, but will do more harm than good to growth in the marketplace, and needlessly confuse consumers who are used to choosing these popular products by their common names.
"Italian, Swiss and Danish immigrants brought to our land their knowledge, traditions and names of food products," said Miguel Paulón, president of the Argentine Dairy Industry Federation, which supports the CCFN's efforts. "Many of the cheese names we use have become protected geographical indications in Europe, despite the fact that these names were established here for more than a century as generic names, or have become part of trademarks that identify local producers. Moreover, several of those terms were also adopted many years ago by the international food standards Codex program."
See the Consortium for Common Food Names' website for more on CCFN's positions regarding specific issues at stake in the discussion of common names.


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"Robotic surgery" does not mean that a robot is at the controls. It is more accurately defined as robot-assisted surgery. A surgeon controls robotic and computer technologies that are used during surgery.
In robotic surgery, a thin tube with a camera attached to the end of it (an endoscope) is inserted into the body. It allows the surgeon to view highly magnified three-dimensional images of the interior of the body (the surgical site) on a monitor in real time. The surgery is performed while the surgeon is seated at a computer console next to the patient, using hand controls that translate hand, wrist and finger movements into matching, exact, real-time movements made by the robot inside the patient's body. It projects a magnified three-dimensional image of the surgical site instead of two-dimensional view, and allows for much more precise manipulation of tissue than other instruments.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens is one of a very few hospitals in the metropolitan area to have the robotic da Vinci® Surgical System, and is the only one to have two consoles. The dual controls allow two surgeons to operate at the same time for the most complex surgeries.
Advanced medical training in order to perform robotic surgery. NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens performs robotics surgery for the treatment of urologic and gynecologic conditions.


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18 Things to Watch in Sunday's Colts-Broncos Game
Daddy's home and he's pissed.
Last week, the Colts got a reality check in the form of a bloody nose at the hands of the San Diego Chargers. This week, they take on the Denver Broncos in what is easily the most anticipated NFL game of 2013. So step right up, ladies and gentlemen, the circus is in town and Peyton is back. Here's what to watch for…
1. Watch for the comparison. Obviously Manning and Luck are the stars of the show, so why fight it? The worst comparisons you'll see this week will be comparing Manning through 22 games to Luck through 22 games. It's bad because everyone knows Manning's rookie year was out of line with the rest of his career. LOTS of players are better than Manning through 22 games. However, Manning made the leap before his second season, instead, lets compare the players through the first six games of their second seasons.
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|Peyton Manning
Now we are just getting eerie. Manning played in a more vertical offense so his YPA was amazing. But, he threw more picks to go with more touchdowns and had a lower completion percentage. Matching Peyton Manning through year one? Meh. Matching Peyton Manning through year two? Now that's an accomplishment. You want something to feel good about this weekend. Stare at that chart for a while.
2. Watch for the stars. Marvin Harrison and Edgerrin James are coming back for this. I have no idea what Irsay has planned, but if he's pulling out those guys, it's got to be something. As I mentioned on the radio yesterday, I don't think Peyton can be happy about this little ceremony. He wants to only focus on the game, so I think there's a little bit of gamesmanship at play here. Regardless of what happens on the field, the chance to see Marvin, Edge and Peyton together again is worth the price of admission.
3. Watch for the price of admission. Tickets are going for double and triple face value, and that number should only climb. Season ticket holders get screwed as they are forced to pay for preseason tickets, but games like this are their chance to make some money back. We sold two of our four seats already and it helped offset the cost of the rest of the year. Ticket prices are a little lower right now than I would have guessed, and you can still get in the game for under $200. That's a lot of coin, but not outrageous. It will be interesting to see if prices climb by game time.
4. Watch the crowd. I've made my feelings on what I'll wear and how I'll cheer on Sunday well known, but I can't wait to see what the crowd will do. Manning is still incredibly popular, and if he lays a whipping on the Indy D, I suspect the crowd will start to openly cheer him late in the game. If the Colts hang tough, they may turn on him. Either way, it's going to be fascinating. There are many reasons I want to be at this game, but as a Colts historian, I want to be there to take the temperature inside the Luke that night. No idea what's going down, but it will go a long way to framing the story of football in Indianapolis.
5. Watch for the fallout. Irsays's comments earlier this week were deplorably and incoherent and Peyton sounds pissed. Manning has an eff-you mode that can rival Bill Belichick's. I have no doubt that he kept throwing touchdown passes on the Ravens because he did not like Joe Flacco's picture hung up in Denver. Irsay had the chance in 2012 to 'bet on' Manning and passed. Don't kid yourself that Peyton doesn't take that personally and use it as fuel. He's mad, and if the Colts manage to beat him, it will be a serious accomplishment. Remember his "I'll kick your ass for the next 14 years" comment to Polian before the draft? Well, he's not here anymore so I'd say the ass kicking is about to begin. Long-term, I worry that Irsay's comments will have a permanent chilling effect on Manning's ability to return to Indy. I'd love to see him be Elway in this city some day, but that's only going down if the boss keeps his mouth shut.
6. Watch the standings. A win by Indy and a loss by the Texans could all but seal up the AFC South before the bye week. The Titans play the 49ers, so a Colts win could extend their lead past where fans have to worry about the postseason. But should the Colts fall back to 4-3 and either Tennessee or Houston post an upset, everyone is going to start feeling uneasy. Next up after Denver is a tough prime-time game against the Texans. Houston isn't a good team, but I can't believe they are quite as bad as they've looked. That's no lay-up game. If the Colts aren't careful, they could find themselves back at .500 before long. If the Colts are truly an elite team in the AFC, they'll get the chance to prove it. A good showing (win or lose) against Denver and a road victory at Houston, and they'll be sitting pretty in the second half.
7. Watch for the 09 Dolphins. The Colts have to be dying to try and play keep away from the Broncos. Remember that 09 MNF game where Miami held it for 45 minutes and lost? That's the script Pagano wants to follow. Maybe Indy will try and go up and down the field with Denver, but I doubt it. I expect a lot of Trent Richardson early and often (side note: If Donald Brown had rushed for 4.0 yards a carry with a dropped pass and blown block, fans would have killed him. /rant). Pagano believes in his brand of football, so look for the Colts to do ball control, short passes and to try and keep Manning off the field.
8. Watch for the weak link. Greg Toler and Delono Howell were abused Monday by Phil Rivers, and we've all seen what Manning does when he spots a vulnerable player. Manning will go after Toler all night as he's been basically terrible in coverage this year (88.9 passer rating against). Vontae Davis hasn't been as good as fans think, but he's been credible. Toler has not. As for Howell, hopefully he won't see the field. LaRon Landry has been practicing, so if he can go, the Indy defense gets a lot tougher.
9. Watch the video. My brother Luke has been aggressive and surly all week. Now that may be cute for those of you who follow him on Twitter, but I have to sit with the dude. He's been in a bad mood and called me several times just angrily rant against those who dare besmirch the name of Manning. I've promised to take video of him during the game and post it on Twitter. I try to keep my feed PG-13, but these posts may come with a NC-17 warning. Of course, it could go the other way. He could be so bummed by watching "Pey-Pey", that he slumps in his seat all catatonic. Either way, I'll be entertained.
10. Watch for the aggression. Guess who has two thumbs and hated Pagano's decisions to punt late in the Chargers game? That kind of conservative play will not fly against Manning. Pagano needs to coach this game much the way Sean Payton did in the Super Bowl. He has to steal possessions. If the Colts have the lead late in a close game, they had better stay aggressive, because if they punt back to Manning, they'll lose. This is the kind of game where a coach has to take his game to the next level just like his players. It's an excellent test for Pagano.
11.Watch for the hand off. As much as we all expect Manning to come out guns blazing, don't think he didn't see the Chargers ripping off huge runs against the Indy defense. Manning is going to give his running backs plenty of work Sunday night. The Colts have one of the worst rushing defenses in football, and we know Manning will take what he can get. I'm not saying he's going to play circa-2005 Manning-ball, but there will be plenty of runs.
12. Watch for the response. So, Andrew Luck. Remember him? He's normally the story of any Colts game, but not this week. He's coming off a disappointing game in which his receivers took a collective dump on his reputation by dropping roughly 135% of the passes he threw to them. They dropped so many passes, that at one point Heyward-Bey dropped a pass, picked up the ball and dropped it again just out of spite. So now with all the attention on Manning, it's Luck's turn to come up huge and prove that he's everything that was promised. He wasn't to blame for the loss Monday, but how he responds in a tight spot is worth watching. He's going against a vulnerable secondary, so look for a big game out of him. Denver is the mirror of Indy. Same quality defense, but much better against the run than the pass. Luck will have to win this game if it is to be won.
13. Watch for gap. Denver has the best special teams play in the NFL. Indy is basically average. The Colts have solid kickoff coverage units, but the Broncos have the best return game in football. Trindon Holiday is as much better than David Reed as the gap between any two other opposite players on the field. Pat McAfee has struggled punting, but his kickoffs have been mostly strong. The Colts need him to have a huge game as they can't allow any extra advantages for Denver.
14. Watch for the myths. The misinformation surrounding Manning's departure continues. I've read every one of these myths in the press this week. Many from guys who should know better. If we are going to have a Luck v. Manning debate, can we at least get the facts correct? The best part about going to the game will be not having to listen to the pregame blather. The evaluation of Luck and Manning is a complex one. There's no simple answer, and there may be more than one right answer. Is it too much to ask that we handle the issue with the complexity it deserves? Anyone who tells you that it's obvious what the Colts should have done because of X, is probably not someone to listen to on the matter.
15. Watch for fatigue. I haven't written 18 points in a long time, so I know that point 14 was just a rehash of a column I already wrote, but go easy. I'm out of practice. I forgot how long it takes to do one of these bad boys, so if I cheated a little bit in point 14, I hope you understand. Plus, I wanted to pimp that article, because honestly it's really good, and I wish everyone should read it. I don't always feel that way about my pieces, but I'm aware when I've written something killer, and that one was important. So thanks for understanding.
16. Watch for disgust. I'm not ok with Wes Welker. I never will be ok with Wes Welker. For one, his first name is Wes. You know who else is named Wes? Wesley Crusher. Ok, so also Wes Anderson, but mostly WESLEY CRUSHER. Watching Peyton Manning throw to Wes Welker makes me feel like this. I don't want to feel like that. You want me to turn on Peyton Manning? Having him throw to Wes Welker 200 times a year might just do it. The problem is that Sunday night, it's going to happen a lot. Welker leads the world in DYAR and the Colts aren't very good against second receivers. Things could get…uncomfortable.
17. Watch the first of many. The scene this weekend is going to be replayed every year until Peyton retires. Indy is going to keep winning the South. Denver is going to keep winning the West. They'll play at least once and maybe twice every year. Manning v. Luck isn't going away. I expect Peyton to play another three seasons at least, so we'll see this matchup over and over. If you think this was bad, just wait until the inevitable playoff matchup takes place. That will be delightful.
18. Watch for a reckoning. Manning didn't like getting cut, and there's no way he liked Irsay's insane comments this week. He is going to bludgeon the Colts without mercy. I don't think Indy can keep up. Broncos 48 Colts 31.


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Gayle Marie Watring Strawderman, 85, a resident of St. George, departed this life early Saturday morning March 30, 2013, at Garrett County Memorial Hospital at Oakland, Md.
She was born Sunday Oct. 9, 1927, at Job, a daughter of the late Artenis Woodford Watring and Mary Jane Cunningham.
On June 8, 1955, at Pennsylvania, she was married to Morris Gay Strawderman, who preceded her in death Oct. 26, 2001.
Surviving are one son, Steve Strawderman of Pensacola, Fla.; two daughters, Gabriella "Gabby" Mary Knotts and husband, Norman, and Renee Deniece Shaffer and husband, Steve, all of Horseshoe Run; one brother, Ralph Watring and wife, Joann, of Aurora; two sisters, Sarah "Kathryn" Knotts of Shaffertown, Betty "Jane" Lipscomb of Morgantown; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death are two brothers, Jimmy Brooks Watring and Paul Woodford Watring; and three sisters, Meredith "Hope" Cramer, Ruby Louise Summerville and Ruth Ann Watring Hauser.
She was a graduate of Parsons High School with the Class of 1945. She was former waitress for Hinebaugh's Restaurant and various restaurants in Warren, Ohio. She worked at Barb's Drug Store at the soda fountain and she was a former insurance agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. She was a member of the Leadmine United Methodist Church. She loved to dance and sing.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home parlor on Tuesday April 2, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Robert Leard will officiate and interment will follow at the Watring Cemetery at Shafertown.
Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Gayle Marie Watring Strawderman. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.


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Operation Surf Santa Cruz is an annual event that honors active duty military soldiers through "an epic life-changing surfing experience," volunteers said.
Many of the soldiers who participate lost limbs while serving their country fighting in war zones. Soldiers are able to rebuild their confidence and heal in a positive way by learning how to surf with help from legendary professional surfers who live in Santa Cruz.
Operation Surf Santa Cruz 2013 is happening this week at Cowell Beach.
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