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American Airlines to switch entirely to electronic ticketing
FORT WORTH (AP) - American Airlines says it is getting rid of paper tickets over the next 18 months to cut costs and reduce airport waiting times.
Zale Corp. names new chief executive
DALLAS (AP) - Jewelry retailer Zale Corp. said Monday it has promoted its top merchandise official, Mary L. Forte, to chief executive, effective Aug. 1.
United seeks $1.8 billion in federal loan help
CHICAGO (AP) - United asked the government for $1.8 billion in federal loan assistance Monday, making it the biggest airline yet to seek help under a program set up after Sept. 11 to prop up the ailing industry.
Demand for high-speed access growing
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers' appetite for high-speed Internet access and the online activities associated with it is growing, recent surveys show.
Insurance Poilicy can be sold for cash
Some years ago, when your young family depended on your income, you bought a life-insurance policy that had cash va
Market Summary
NEW YORK (AP) - The technology-dominated Nasdaq closed up 19.38, or 1.3 percent, at 1,460.34, rebounding from an earlier decline of 26 points that put the index nearly 9 points below its Sept. 21 close of 1,423.19. Sept. 21 marked the end of the first week of trading following the attacks.
Rio Grande blanks Dillas
HARLINGEN - Sam Goure, Julio Perez and Alex Guzman combined to shutout the Amarillo Dillas for the second time in 37 games Tuesday night leading Rio Grande Valley to 4-0 Central Baseball League victory.
Dillas thump WhiteWings
HARLINGEN - Kevin Seibert came through with strong outing to lead the Amarillo Dillas to a 7-2 win in the first game of a three-game set at Rio Grande Valley.
Leslie Downs
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Lasher of 7705 Bent Tree St. announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Lasher Downs, to John Robert Holman.
Nikki Walker
Karen Bunch of Amarillo announces the engagement of her daughter, Nikki Walker, to Jody Hodges.
Keesha Owen
Tallene and George Owen of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Keesha Elaine, to Samuel Duard Russell.
Kara Brownlee
Brenda and Mike Brownlee of Stratford announce the engagement of their daughter, Kara, to Chris Britton.
Lesley Lewis
Ronnie and Gay Lewis of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Lesley Anne, to Sean Paul McCrummen.
Julia Kimber
Shawn and John Kimber of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia, to Jhered Montoya.
Lori Davis
Jamey and Peter W. Davis of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Beth, to Dustin John Bettencourt.
Cassie Floyd
Karen and Jimmy Floyd of Canadian announce the engagement of their daughter, Cassie Leigh, to Jason Kyle Redman.
Keziah Nelson
Linda Nelson of Billings, Mont., announces the engagement of her daughter, Keziah, to Johnny Harris.
Sherylyn Monroe
Dianne and Steve Monroe of Sunray announce the engagement of their daughter, Sherylyn, to Steve Yowell.
Jan Stevens
Jan Stevens and Terry Davis, both of Amarillo, announce their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jen Carter of Wildorado.
Wendy Anthony
Diane and Bill Clifton of Childress and Jerry Anthony of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Wendy Michelle Anthony, to Ted Cameron Meador.
Erica Guerrero
Esther and Jesse DeLeon of Amarillo and Vincent Guerrero of Fort Worth announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica Andrea Guerrero, to Juan Carlos Ramos.
Tiffany Pulliam
Terriann and Bobby Pulliam of 6828 Rochelle Lane announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany, to Rocky Diaz.
Amanda Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Simmons of Richardson announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Brooke, to John Patrick Herbert III.
Tracy Graves
Susan and Bill Graves of Three Rivers announce the engagement of their daughter, Tracy Dale, to Jimmy Ray Woodin.
Amber Turner
Ramona and Charles Turner of Amarillo announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber, to Shane Simmons.
'Report' wins weekend box office contest
LOS ANGELES - Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" won bragging rights as the weekend's top film, debuting with $35.7 million to edge the animated "Lilo & Stitch," which opened with $35.3 million.
Females in film
SANTA FE, N.M. - It's day one of the two-week GirlsFilmSchool, and Noelle, Louise and Emily are on a mission: to find and film ugly stuff.
Researchers: Greenland rocks were too hot for life
Long before animals evolved on Earth, long before even pond scum arose, came the mother of all evolutionary events - the origin of life on Earth.
Childhood experiences shape adult goals
Morgan Matlock is not unlike other 21-year-old women in most aspects. She goes to college at Texas Tech University. She hangs out with her friends.
Experts see link between optimism, good health
NEW YORK - Since Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, the pursuit of happiness has been an American's inalienable right. But there are no guarantees that the pursuit will be successful.
Affirmative Parenting: To teach organization, be prepared
Q. My 8-year-old daughter had an overall B average in third grade, but she has had difficulty completing assignments since the first grade.
Build a sailboat for a pool regatta
When Marco Polo went seeking a direct trade route between Venice, Italy, and the Far East, he was only 17 years old. When he "discovered" China in the 13th century, it was a major accomplishment.
'Defeetist' attitude
When you're young and idealistic, you want someone to sweep you off your feet.
Panhandle People: Soldier graduates from chemical school
Pvt. Ashley R. Savage graduated May 31 from the U.S. Army Chemical School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
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Fashion embraces 'the girlie look'
Flick those curls. Flutter those lashes. Smile sweetly. Carry an embroidered handkerchief. And slip into something ruffled.
Get on your feet...comfortably
Advice gleaned from people who are on their feet all day and from the American Podiatric Medical Association.
Sister keeps silence on Landers' death
It's a scenario fit for an advice column: competitive sister remains silent after sibling's death.
Group offers booklet to help reduce those energy bill costs
Financial Assistance Network has published a booklet, "How to Get Up To $25,000 of Government Money to Help Reduce Your Energy Bills."
Brief: New twist on old favorite
Attention, all campers. Skippy Peanut Butter has created a new twist on that old campfire favorite - s'mores.
Panhandle People: Amarillo, area students graduate
Mary Margaret Hagen graduated cum laude from Baylor University in Waco on May 18 with a bachelor of science degree in education. She plans to spend two years in France as a missionary first- grade teacher.
Brief: Ideas for using tomato crops
The first ripe tomato of the season is like a shiny jewel, but by summer's end, an overabundance of tomatoes may cause them to lose some of their luster.
Cakes perfect for summer events
There are images of summer in which a moist, fragrant homemade cake supplies the finishing touch.
Hip surgery is changing
At a time when big operations have become about as archaic as the dial telephone and the manual typewriter, hip-replacement surgery has remained one of the last vestiges of medicine requiring a long incision, a long hospital stay and a long recuperation.
YMCA Baseball Standings
Standings through June 11
The organization needs volunteer adults for short and long-term commitments for mentoring, training other adults, and sharing special interests and skills with girls.
PARD Softball Results
Mens A League
Who says learning's not fun?
Who said kids don't like to read? And who said they don't like to learn?
Burglary Alert
Burglaries for June 14 were on the 4000 block of Pinehurst Drive; the 1400 block of South Houston Street; 7200 block of Alpine Lane; and the 1100 block of Southwest 13th Avenue.
Guiding the children
More than two dozen kids trooped through Wildcat Bluff Nature Center on June 1 searching for clues for a scavenger hunt.
PARD Volleyball
PARD standings as of 6-19-02
Hoping for a Strike
Donna Stalker and her Shih Tzu, Mandy, look to knock down all 10 pins at Western Bowl during an outing with the Center for Independent Living.
PARD Grass Volleyball
Mens Men League
Making it Happen: Chamber to honor small businesses
It is again time to begin the process of honoring the area's most successful and community-oriented small businesses in the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce "Top Small Business Awards" program, sponsored by the chamber Business Council. Nominations are being accepted for companies that meet the program's guidelines.
Intense students
Serena Gabel, from left, Erin Thompson and Kevin Eason watch as Ken Hicks demonstrates the proper use of a 9-iron during a class at Preston West golf course.
Bridge Winners
May 16-31
Forget apples
Maybe teachers don't get thanked enough, but that wasn't the case last month at Alice Landergin Elementary School.
High Plains Drifters will hold tryouts
The High Plains Drifters Soccer Club, a competitive youth soccer organization, is expanding its reach to allow more youth athletes to participate.
HOSTS celebrates 10 years
Help One Student To Succeed volunteers no doubt saw a lot of promise in a recent luncheon celebrating the reading mentoring program's 10th anniversary in Amarillo schools.
Sign-Up Roundup
The deadline to register your team for the city of Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department's fall softball season is 5 p.m. July 5.
Under Construction
The following information about construction on city streets and state highways and work on utility projects is provided to Friends & Neighbors readers based on information from city and state officials.
Wild West 150 Bike Tour set
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society's 15th Annual Wild West 150 Bike Tour will be Aug. 3 and Aug. 4.
Highland Park High School student Justin Neusch took top honors in the 2002 FFA Electric Workshop from June 3-5 at West Texas A&M University.
Flashing Swords
Sabre competitors Aaron Morgan, left, and Hillary Morgan of Amarillo's Machaira Fencing Club, put on a demonstration at the Kawanis baseball fields during YMCA Day.
Single with Children: Single parenting can be a lonely business
Every now and then it's easy to forget that we, as parents, single or married, are working ourselves out of a position.
On the Menu: Guests appreciate simplicity of cobbler
A warm-from-the oven homemade fruit cobbler may evoke more appreciation than just about any other dessert.
More Than Brick and Moratr: The Panhandle is a great place to live because of the people
Our son Joe told us recently that on his way to elementary school on a rainy day he would leave his "embarrassing" yellow slicker under a bush at the neighbor's house, pick it up on the way home and no one was the wiser ... well, this is the son his dad and I visited in March.
Group gives books to Lakeview students
Every child ought to have a book. At least, that's the opinion of the Retired Teachers Association of Canyon.
Around AC: ACCEA golf tournament set for July 20
The Amarillo College Classified Employees Association's 12th annual golf tournament will be at 8 a.m. July 20 on the Tomahawk Course at Comanche Trail Golf Course, with a four-man scramble shotgun start.
ASCA Calendar
Thursday: Dominoes, 8 a.m., Central Center; ASCA 42 club, 1 p.m., Conference Center; and table tennis, 7 p.m., Central Center.
Path to freedom
Ask Wazira Alsadon where she's from, and you get a lesson in political geography.
Children must learn proper diet, exercise behaviors to control weight
NEW YORK (AP) - Helping children achieve a healthy weight is a three-prong effort, according to Melinda Sothern, co-author of "Trim Kids" (HarperCollins). It encompasses exercise, a healthy diet and the right eating behaviors.
Storefront: Instructor leaves AC and joins shop
Keith Schieffer recently ended a 15-year hiatus from the business world when he bought into Starr Body Shop, 3408 W. Sixth Ave.
Author teaches residents how to preserve their stories
Cherish those funny stories that Grandpa tells? Who was it in Dad's family that settled as a pioneer on the Great Plains? What are your memories of childhood playtime or classroom studies?
Top Club
The Kansas City Royals of the Canyon Baseball Association's 6- and 7-year-old Machine-Pitch Division recently won its championship.
Hilltop Calendar
All activities are at Hilltop Senior Center, unless otherwise specified. Center hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays, and dominoes, cards and pool games are ongoing.
ASCA Menu
Lunches are served from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. at the Amarillo Senior Citizens Association, 1300 S. Polk St.
Waiting for a Pitch
Blake Hampton of the Belmar Lizards is poised to smack the ball delivered by a coach during a Kids Inc. coach-pitch softball game.
Brief: Pampa family homeless after fire damages house
PAMPA - A Pampa family was left homeless Sunday night when a fire caused about $15,000 in damage, Pampa Fire Chief Kim Powell said Monday.
Union sues Continental Carbon
SUNRAY - The union representing workers at the Continental Carbon plant here filed suit against the company Friday alleging violation of environmental laws.
Airmen awaiting hearing in connection with shooting
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Three airmen here await an Article 32 hearing in connection with the shooting of former Eastern New Mexico University football player Dustin Fish, said Capt. Susan Romano with base public affairs.
Brief: Baby injured in stabbing released from hospital
The 9-month-old girl injured in a June 14 stabbing incident was released from Northwest Texas Hospital over the weekend to family members, said police spokesman Cpl. Jerry Neufeld.
Postal rates, rules affect mailers
Postal rates set to rise Sunday will affect local mailers mostly in cent-wise increments, but those bites add up, say some of Amarillo's big-time mailers.
Home sales soar nationwide, drop in Amarillo
While existing single-family home sales nationwide rose in May from a year ago, Amarillo sales dropped more than 10 percent, figures from the Amarillo Association of Realtors show.
Pampa EDC might be facing probe by state Attorney General
PAMPA - The Pampa Economic Development Corporation may undergo a probe by the state Office of the Attorney General into alleged improprieties that occurred prior to its dissolution, 31st District Attorney Rick Roach said Monday.
Racing commission ponders Saddle Brook Park changes
Members of the Texas Racing Commission today will discuss minor changes in the management structure for the horse racing track proposed for Amarillo.
HPISD settlement may be near
A financial settlement and a resignation this week could end the dispute brewing within the Highland Park Independent School District. Posted today at 10:36 p.m.
Man reindicted in deadly Shamrock wreck
WHEELER - A Florida man accused of killing a McLean woman while fleeing from police in March will face a stiffer sentence after his reindictment Monday.
Teen to be tried as an adult
The hearing to determine whether an Amarillo teen should face a homicide charge as an adult lasted four hours, but filing against him took minutes after a judge ruled he could be tried as an adult.
Groups prepare for HIV Testing Day
The Planned Parenthood HIV/AIDS Resource Center will give free HIV and hepatitis C testing on Thursday to promote National HIV Testing Day.
Brief: Storms pepper area with hail, little damage
A couple of isolated storms skated around the area Monday evening, dropping some hail but doing little damage by press time.
High Noon set
High Noon on the Square will feature musicians from the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra.
Caution in order as fireworks sales begin
Firework sales began Monday despite extension of the burn bans in Potter, Randall and counties across the region. Video Caution in order as fireworks sales begin Video courtesy of NBC 4. Dial-up connection - High-speed connection> (Video requires the RealPlayer)
Man shoots 2, kills self in Portales
PORTALES, N.M. - A 26-year-old Portales woman was in critical condition Tuesday after she and another man were shot by a gunman who then killed himself.
Amarillo City Commission, 3 p.m., Commission Chamber, third floor, City Hall, 509 E. Seventh Ave.
Lawyer faces challenges in new language
More than two years ago, Claudina Vargas gave up practicing law and teaching ballet in Tampico, Mexico.
AC board votes for salary hike
The Amarillo College board Tuesday voted to distribute a 1 percent salary increase to all its employees.
James Baker to speak at Lyceum
Former Secretary of State James Baker III will be the guest speaker Oct. 15 at the BSA Foundation's annual Lyceum.
Brief: Group names Woodall Justice of the Year
The Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas named a local judge best in the state at its annual meeting Saturday.
HPISD settlement may be near
A financial settlement and a resignation this week could end the dispute brewing within the Highland Park Independent School District.
Phoenix man to run across America
Kenn Kemper is running across America.
Local volunteers head to Arizona
The Greater Amarillo Chapter of the American Red Cross has deployed one emergency relief vehicle and two volunteers to the fire-ravaged areas of Arizona.
Tech seeks community input
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center presidential search advisory committee will seek community input at a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room 210 of the Texas Tech School of Pharmacy, 1300 S. Coulter.
Brief: Phone number to change for DAV transportation
The telephone number for the Disabled American Veterans Transportation Network will change effective July 8. The new number is 433-5354.
Pickup, bus collision injures 3 Monday afternoon
A four-vehicle Monday afternoon wreck sent three people, including an Amarillo City Transit bus passenger, to get medical assistance.
Diocese background check limited
The Diocese of Amarillo has a mechanism in place to check backgrounds for prospective priests, but it is not the same as the criminal background check required for teachers, nursing-home employees or child-care workers.
Shuttle mission delayed
NASA announced Monday that preparations for the planned July 19 launch of Columbia on the STS-107 shuttle flight to be commanded by Amarillo astronaut Rick Husband are on hold.
Panel questions contract offer from Continental Carbon Co.
PONCA CITY, Okla. - A panel of local and state officials is questioning a contract offer from a Ponca City company to its locked-out union workers.
Study: AC good for economy
A new study says Amarillo College is good for Amarillo's economy.
High Noon on the Square, noon, Potter County Courthouse Square, Fifth Avenue and Taylor Street.
Fire damage starts with bug bombs
Bug bombs caused fire damages estimated at $30,000 to a residence on Monday afternoon in a basement in the 2500 block of Orange Street.
Bulletin Board
Sue Turner passes along what she calls "A Woman's Random Thoughts."
Brief: Woman in police custody following car chase
A 40-minute car chase in Amarillo and Randall County ended Monday after a Department of Public Safety trooper shot out a tire. Amarillo Police Department officers took the 58-year-old female driver into custody after the pursuit ended, police said.
Brief: City OKs participation in block-grant program
The Amarillo City Commission on Tuesday approved the city's participation in the 2002 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, along with a city cash match of $14,894.
Planner: Amarilloans continue building, buying bigger homes
Amarillo residents continue to build and buy bigger and bigger homes, Kelley Shaw, city of Amarillo senior planner, said Monday.
Brief: Autopsy: Lubbock man dies of gunshot wounds
PLAINVIEW - An autopsy Monday revealed that a Lubbock man found dead Sunday on Farm-to-Market Road 400 suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest, Deputy John Phillips with the Hale County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
Three men rob restaurant employees
An Amarillo Wienerschnitzel restaurant was robbed early Wednesday, according to an Amarillo Police Department report. Posted today @ 9:42 a.m.
Cemetery desecration angers son
FOUR WAY - Bill Vinson of Dumas didn't want to believe what he was seeing.
WT plans to develop engineering
The development of an engineering program at West Texas A&M University will set the university in an entirely new direction, WT President Russell Long said Tuesday.
Bulletin Board
Amarillo High grad Joe Foran recently was honored as Southwest Area Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the wholesale/retail category.
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Lawana Cox Sallee
Lawana Cox Sallee, 65, of Amarillo died Monday, June 24, 2002.
J. Malcolm Anthony
ABILENE - J. Malcolm Anthony, 89, died Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Tempe, Ariz.
Kenneth Earl Sutton
PAMPA - Kenneth Earl Sutton, 59, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, in Paris, France.
Joseph H. Mundell
Joseph H. Mundell, 40, of Lake Dallas, formerly of Amarillo, died Saturday, June 22, 2002, in Fort Worth.
Alejandro E. Garza
Alejandro E. Garza, 61, of Oklahoma City died Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Amarillo.
Ethel Nicholson
Ethel Nicholson, 84, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Robert Coleman
FOLLETT - Robert Coleman, 72, died Thursday, June 20, 2002.
Gilbert "Shorty" Gillmore
STINNETT - Gilbert "Shorty" Gillmore, 82, died Monday, June 24, 2002, in Amarillo.
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Charlotte Close
HEREFORD - Charlotte Close, 97, died Monday, June 24, 2002.
Raeman S. Cole
EARTH - Raeman S. Cole, 89, died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Lorene Gibson
BORGER - Lorene Gibson, 92, formerly of Borger died Saturday, June 22, 2002, in Amarillo.
Jerry Don Hiberd
BORGER - Jerry Don Hiberd, 41, formerly of Amarillo died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Herrman Bryant Barnes Sr.
CLARENDON - Herrman Bryant Barnes Sr., 85, died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Grace Lee Giles
FLOYDADA - Grace Lee Giles, 86, died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
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Henry C. Roan Jr.
CLAUDE - Henry C. Roan Jr., 81, formerly of Claude died Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, in Apple Valley, Calif.
Hubert E. Jackson, 84, of Amarillo died Tuesday, June 25, 2002. Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes St.
Edward Mays Osborne
PLAINVIEW - Edward Mays Osborne, 106, died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Mildred "Jackson" Alexander
PLAINVIEW - Mildred "Jackson" Alexander, 68, died Saturday, June 22, 2002, in Lubbock.
Edith M. Goodrich, 91, of Amarillo died Monday, June 24, 2002. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Cleo Norris Lindsey
RIPLEY, Miss. - Cleo Norris Lindsey, 95, died Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Houston, Texas.
Zola Faye Brannan
ANDREWS - Zola Faye Brannan, 75, died Saturday, June 22, 2002.
Margie L. Anderson Tippett
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Margie L. Anderson Tippett, died Monday, June 24, 2002.
Jose Trinidad Mireles-Morales
Jose Trinidad Mireles-Morales, 60, of Amarillo died Saturday, June 22, 2002.
Lawana Cox Sallee
Lawana Cox Sallee, 65, of Amarillo died Monday, June 24, 2002.
Phillip L. Maxwell
Phillip L. Maxwell, 62, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Jo Ann Porter Millet Taylor
WHEELER - Jo Ann Porter Millet Taylor, 68, died Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Lubbock.
Phillip L. Maxwell
Phillip L. Maxwell, 62, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Novella Ann Miller
Novella Ann Miller, 29, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 23, 2002.
Jessie L. Jones
Jessie L. Jones, 63, of Amarillo died Monday, June 24, 2002.
Waunette Shore
TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Waunette Shore, 92, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002.
James E. Anderson Jr.
KINGSTON, Okla. - James E. Anderson Jr., 87, died Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Idabel.
Guest Column: Homeland security provides us necessary reassurances
WASHINGTON - President Bush has called for the formation of a new department whose primary mission will be the protection of our country's homeland. His proposal is now before Congress.
Editorial: Hospital district's plan now is legal, more fair
Thanks to advice from Amarillo City Attorney Marcus Norris, people who actually need indigent care will receive it and taxpayers who have been footing the bill for others who don't qualify will no longer have to do so.
Amarillo Voices: What's gorillas got to do, got to do with it?
If you believe what you read in the newspaper, you might conclude that the biggest controversy of the moment is the debate concerning renaming the hockey franchise.
Other Opinion: Priests should practice what they preach
Our own Bishop John Yanta is on record in this newspaper for at least two utterances with respect to the assembly of Catholic Bishops in Dallas whereat the bishops proposed a policy just slightly short of zero tolerance of priests who sexually abuse children.
Letters To The Editor: Media, government aid, abet terrorists
I believe the media and the authorities are aiding and abetting the terrorists.
Editorial: High and dry: Safety spreads fast in Panhandle
Local leaders are not trying to take the rocket's red glare out of the Fourth of July, they're just trying to protect the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Letters To The Editor: Naturally crazy
The Texas Natural Resources Conservation Committee is conserving nothing. Its members are destroying the upstate area of Texas by allowing all these pig facilities.
Editorial: Bush calls for Arafat's ouster
President Bush and his administration finally have taken off their rose-colored glasses and now see Yasser Arafat clearly as the terrorist he is and not as the proponent of peace he pretends to be.
Editorial: Consumers can get off the hook
Texans who have taken advantage of the no-call list designed to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls will enjoy an uninterrupted dinner beginning July 1.
American League Standings
American League Standings
NL Roundup: Mets beat Braves, 7-4, even crucial series 1-1
NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Trachsel retired the first 15 batters and hit his first career triple, and the New York Mets took advantage of Greg Maddux's replacement to beat Atlanta 7-4 Tuesday night and end the Braves' six-game winning streak.
Kelting seeks elusive Coors Men's City title
Since 1994, Kyle Kelting has won virtually every local individual "summer major," and then some.
Brief: Yori named Nebraska women's cage coach
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska athletic director Bill Byrne didn't look far in his search for a new women's basketball coach.
AL Roundup: Texas tops Angels twice; streak at 7
ARLINGTON (AP) - Dave Burba allowed one run in 6.2 innings, and Alex Rodriguez hit his 22nd homer as Texas completed a doubleheader sweep and won its season-high seventh straight game, 3-2 over the Anaheim Angels on Monday night.
Brief: Francis found innocent
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge Tuesday found Houston Rockets guard Steve Francis innocent of drunken driving, concluding there was reasonable doubt whether the player was legally intoxicated.
Germany topples S. Korea, advances to finals
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Only one thing could have stopped the singing, swaying sea of red. It came in the 75th minute off the foot of German midfielder Michael Ballack, no stranger to breaking hearts.
'Second Goran' records major Wimbledon upset
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Even if defending champion Goran Ivanisevic isn't at Wimbledon, his considerable spirit is alive and well in the form of another lanky Croatian: Mario Ancic.
My Turn: Castillo needs to learn some humility
Florida Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo was a virtual unknown before June, and now that his hitting streak has ended at 35 games, perhaps he'll do baseball a favor and slide back into obscurity, at least until he matures somewhat.
Brief: Reds put Griffey on disabled list again
CHICAGO (AP) - Ken Griffey Jr. was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, the second time this season that the Cincinnati Reds have lost their star outfielder to injury.
Pujols-Pena meeting makes managerial history
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - History was made when Luis Pujols' Detroit Tigers took the field Tuesday night against Tony Pena's Kansas City Royals.
Spurs just looking for a player with ability
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The upside for the San Antonio Spurs, relatively speaking, is that their first-round pick in Wednesday's NBA draft is two spots higher than it was last year.
Big-time sophomore jinx
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - She was the darling of the Women's NBA last season, the country girl who went from women's college basketball's all-time leading scorer to professional rookie of the year. And the whole time she smiled through her purple-and-silver braces.
Brief: Independence Bowl, SEC agree to renew ties
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The Independence Bowl has renewed its tie-in agreement with the Southeastern Conference.
Area Golf Calendar
29-30: Phillips Golf Course (Borger), Club Championship, call 274-6812. Country Club of Dimmitt, Dimmitt Darlins (Two-women scramble),
Yao to Houston still in question
NEW YORK (AP) - The Houston Rockets would be very happy to select Yao Ming of China with the No. 1 pick in Wednesday night's NBA draft.
Look for Brazil, Germany to meet in World Cup championship match
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Brazil and Germany entered this World Cup supposedly with their weakest teams in years.
Brief: McCarron finishes career with win
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron finished his career with his 7,141st trip to the winner's circle, his final ride a victory on Came Home in Sunday's $107,500 Affirmed Stakes.
Brazilian teen-ager may be lottery pick in NBA draft
NEW YORK (AP) - Maybyner "Nene" Hilario could become the "Next Nowitzki" - the term used by NBA draftniks to describe a relatively unknown overseas player who can be turned into an All-Star.
U.S. World Cup run may give sport a boost
America's World Cup team returns from the Far East full of vigor and confidence. Its history-making run to the planet's top tournament quarterfinals solidified soccer's standing as a viable sport in the United States.
Capriati still mad at King
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Jennifer Capriati isn't ready to make up with Billie Jean King.
AL Roundup: Toronto outslugs Devil Rays, 20-11
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jose Cruz Jr. went 4-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs, and Carlos Delgado homered and drove in five runs as the Toronto Blue Jays had their highest-scoring game in 24 years, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20-11 on Tuesday night.
Doctors: Kile ailment common, treatable
CHICAGO (AP) - The heart condition linked to the death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is common and treatable, and should have been suspected, given his family history, doctors said Monday.
BCS tweaks playoff format
NEW YORK (AP) - Once again, college football has changed its formula for determining which teams play in its national championship game.
Vibrant one day, gone the next: Kile's death shows our vulnerability
Darryl Kile was working on a no-hitter through six innings in his first major league start for Houston 11 years ago. He never got the chance to finish it.
Brief: Hasek calls it a career
DETROIT (AP) - Dominik Hasek wanted to become a Detroit Red Wing to complete his resume with a Stanley Cup.
Texas celebrates national championship
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas baseball fans love their Longhorns. They proved it over the weekend and they'll get the chance to show it again tonight.
'God needed a pitcher...'
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Fans at Busch Stadium observed 57 seconds of silence, Darryl Kile's uniform number, in a ceremony Tuesday night before the St. Louis Cardinals' first home game since the death of their pitcher.
Brief: Mavs waive oft-injuired forward Manning
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Judge blocks Mrs Baird's drivers' plan
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Three Air Force officers die in Mexico
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Texas public schools won't be rated next year
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Playboy cartoonist dies
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Lake County House Of Prayer (LCHOP)
30 Ways to Pray for People in Authority
30 Ways to Pray for People in Authority
by Gary Bergel
The life of every citizen of every nation is impacted by a vast multitude of individuals who wield significant influence
each day. Consider millions of elected officials, appointed judges, lawyers, police officers, business executives and
managers, those involved in church leadership, educators, medical practitioners and hospital administrators. How might
we pray for these individuals? Here are 30 things based on Scripture that we can pray for people in authority. Don't
overwhelm yourself. Select one person or group of people and then pray one of these things each day for them.
1. That they be God fearing and recognize that they are accountable to Him for each decision and act (Prov 9:10)
2. That they be granted wisdom, knowledge, and understanding (Jas. 1:5)
3. That they be presented with the gospel and a living Christian witness (Rom 10:14)
4. That if unsaved, they be drawn to a saving encounter with Christ; if born-again, they be strengthened and encouraged
in their faith (1 Tim 2:4, Eph 1:17-23)
5. That they recognize their own inadequacy and pray and seek the will of God (Prov 3:5-8, 1 Kings 11:9-13)
6. That they be convicted of sin, transgressions, and iniquity (Psm 51:17, John 8:9)
7. The they heed their conscience, confess their sins, and repent (Prov 28:13, Jas 4:8)
8. That they read the Bible and attend prayer meetings and Bible studies (Psm 119:11, Col 3:2)
9. That they value and regard the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ (psm 19:7-11, John 8:31-32)
10. That they respect and honor their own parents if living (Eph 6:2-3)
11. That they respect authority and practice accountability (Rom 13:1-7)
12. That they be given godly counsel and God-fearing advisors (Prov 24:6)
13. That they be honest and faithful to spouses and children (Mal 2:15-16)
14. That they be practicing members of local congregations (Heb 10:25)
15. They they desire purity and avoid debauchery, pornography, perversion, and drunkenness (1 Cor 6:9-20, Titus 2:12)
16. That they be timely, reliable, and dependable (Matt 21:28-31)
17. That they be honest in financial, tax and ethical matters (1 Cor 6:10, 1 Tim 6:6-10)
18. That they seek pastoral care and counsel when needed (Heb 13:7)
19. That they seek out and nurture godly friendships (Psm 1:1-3
20. That they have thankful and teachable spirits (Rom 1:21)
21. That they be generous and have compassionate hearts for the poor and needy (Psm 112:9, 1 Kings 10:33-37)
22. That they redeem their time and know priorities (Eph 5:15-17)
23. That they desire honest, integrity, and loyality (Psalm 26, Prov 11:3)
24. That they have courage to resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man (Prov 29:25, 2 Tim 1:7)
25. That they be shielded from occultism, New Age cults, false religions, and secret societies (Isa 1:29, 2:6)
26. That they be prsented with biblical worldviews and principles (Eph 3:10)
27. That they endeavor to restgore the sanctity of life, families, divine orderm and morality in our nation (Eph 5:22-6:4)
28. That they would work to reverse the trends of humanism in our nation (1Chron 12:32, Isa 59:19)
29. Tha they desire humility and meedness and be willing to serve and cooperate (John 13:14, Titus 3:1-2)
30. That they be prepared to give account to Almighty God (Heb 9:27)
Adapted from "Intercessors for America" newsletter
Lake County House of Prayer - California

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There are two ways in which this paper on early American colonial early American colonial furniture could have been written; to divide it into two parts, English and American furniture, or to contrast the work of the two nations in successive pages, showing the examples almost side by side. On consideration, I think the latter is preferable. One is enabled to point out the differences, and the resemblances, between Early English and American furniture when they are shown together; the lesson is easily learned and not readily forgotten.
It is necessary to begin with a truism; not all old early American colonial furniture furniture in the United States is of American origin, nor is the converse any more true; American made pieces are to be found in England. The work of the two countries differs in three important particulars; the lumber used is not the same, there are certain traditions which are observed in the one country and not in the other, and the trade of the English furniture maker is divided in quite a distinct manner. Thus, in Great Britain are found the cabinetmaker, the chairmaker and the wood carver, all separate trades. None of the three would have been among the early emigrants, as they were not "general utility" men. It is the carpenter and the joiner who would he the most useful in the early American settlement, and there is no doubt that it was from the ranks of these men that the first settlers were culled. All trades have their traditions and methods, and to one acquainted with these, the hand of the carpenter, and not of the cabinetmaker, is evident in nearly all of the early American furniture, and even when the wood-working trade begins to segregate. In Philadelphia, in the last half of the eighteenth century, the traditions which arise are not those of the English cabinetmaker, chair maker or carver. This is not to say that they are less skilful or artistic; in the making of early American colonial furniture merely that they are distinct, and the Pennsylvania style often loosely dubbed as "Chippendale" is very different from any English work.
Up to almost the close of the seventeenth century, there is no parallel between the furniture of the two countries, and it is doubtful if much of the New England work was not imported from England. The attested native examples differ too widely in type and constructional method from others, apparently from the same locality, for this to be only a surmise.
Towards the middle of the eighteenth century there is a definite, and traceable, exodus of craftsmen from England, especially to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts . These men must have brought with them design hooks, plates, sketches or templates from England with the start of the making of early American colonial furniture, as we know that either Chippendale's "Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director" (three Editions, 1754, 1755 and 1762) in its hook form, or impressions from the plates (which may not have been the same thing, as there is some evidence to show that Thomas Chippendale's book was nothing more than a trade catalogue culled from the well-known patterns of his time) was in the hands of makers in Philadelphia in circa 1760. The trade card, or advertisement, of Benjamin Randolph, was a composite of some seven or eight plates from the "Director", literally copied. But for a misunderstanding about English tea in Boston Harbor in 1775, Philadelphia might have had a Chippendale's "Director" of its own, as, in that year, a prospectus was issued of "The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Assistant" (dangerously near a plagiarism) by "the ingenious Mr. Folwell" of that city, which was to consist of sketches and designs, with instructions for making. Apparently, the book never progressed beyond the prospectus stage, and there is no evidence to show that a single drawing or design was ever made for it. That year was to hear the sound of rifle volleys at Bunker Hill; the next to witness the Declaration of Independence. In 1778 came the alliance with France, and in 1781 Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. In 1789 the Constitution of the United States was adopted. War with England was again declared in 1812. Here are six valid reasons against the success of such a publishing venture. These incidents serve to show the effect which history and political events may have on the styles in early American colonial furniture and decoration of a country. Perhaps this is the reason why the English models of the later eighteenth century were never literally copied in the eastern states, and why so called "Philadelphia Chippendale" differs, in such a marked degree, from its English prototypes. This book is, primarily, what its title states; a handbook.
The text is kept as brief, and as full of facts, as possible. There are many other books (my own 'among the number) where the subjects, herein referred to, are stated at greater length and in full Detail, and those who desire closer acquaintance with a vast subject, can be referred to those volumes. This is a book for the busy man, for those who wish to assimilate something of early English and American Colonial furniture in a short time. It is designed to act as a handbook for ready reference. This introductory chapter, therefore, is only a leisurely preamble before entering on the actual subject itself, succinctly, but in adequate detail. It is hoped, also, that the reference tables of events, dates and craftsmen, and the glossary in the concluding pages, may he found of some assistance to that busy man.
The Gothic period, in furniture, may be said to extend from the thirteenth to the middle of the sixteenth centuries and persists for over forty years after the Renaissance had been introduced into England, either direct from Italy, or transmitted through France and the Low Countries.
In the fifteenth century, the important woodworker was the carpenter, who was responsible for such important works as timber roofs, half-timber houses, screens and churches and cathedrals,
pulpits, font covers, choir stalls and similar works of importance. Of actual furniture, he made very little, probably because it may have been beneath his dignity to descend to prosaic pieces such as boards, chests, stools or tables. The chair was a piece of the highest importance and rarity until about the end of the sixteenth century, and very few examples exist prior to 1600.
This being a handbook of furniture, only such examples are illustrated as one can reasonably expect to find in the market; and is excludes practically all early carpenter-made furniture. In the sixteenth century, if not before, the maker of household furniture 'A' is of an inferior grade, known as "arkwright", a term which can be understood when it is explained that chests were always referred to as "arks", and the "wright" has survived in the name of " wheelwright" and "shipwright". This early American colonial furniture arkwright furniture is rare, but it can be met with, occasionally, and, therefore, some examples are: illustrated here. The wood is nearly always oak, Quercus rubrum, and of English growth, but occasionally poplar or deal were used. Walnut was an unknown wood in early American colonial furniture, in England, at this period.
It was in circa 1525 that Henry VIII began to suppress and destroy the great monasteries, which were the homes of all the artistic crafts of England, and had been since the middle ages. The monks and lay brethren were driven forth as outlaws and outcasts, and, at one stroke, were destroyed the Gothic arts in England. The cultured of the next generation turned to the new manner, the Renaissance; only the untutored remained faithful to the Gothic of their youth, dimly remembered, and with all the early fine principles misunderstood. The result is that in constructive skill, this post-dissolution Gothic is far behind the Renaissance work of the same period. Doors are mere pierced slabs of wood; not framed and mortised in the skilled manner of the carpenter. To this date belong the so-called chip-carved chests, where the design is patterned with the divider and chiseled with the gouge. Occasionally Renaissance motives, such as heads enclosed in circular cartouches, or similar crude ornament, is attempted, but with dubious success.
This Gothic early American colonial oak furniture has no parallel pieces of American origin, for obvious reasons, and has been briefly referred to here, in text and illustration, in consequence. While of no great artistic merit, it has a considerable value, due to its extreme rarity.
The Tudor furniture is almost as rare, but, due to ignorance or the desire to increase the market value of a piece by antedating it, many characteristic early seventeenth century examples are referred to as "Elizabethan". There is one exception to this, that is in the instance of the "turneyed" (turned) or "thrown" chairs; those produced entirely on the lathe this has influenced design of early American colonial furniture. We know that these chairs existed in the sixteenth century', as they are referred to in inventories of the time, but none appear to have survived, due, in all probability, to their fragile construction. They were freely copied in the seventeenth century, and, possibly, with great fidelity, therefore, while they are really seventeenth century in actual date, they are sixteenth in type, and, hence of great interest to the collector.
The Tudor chair on which design of early American colonial furniture chairs etc , until the close of the sixteenth century, is always of the one kind, a box with a back and arms. The chair with legs belongs to the Stuart period. Similarly with the table and the stool. Prior to about 1570 these are invariably of the trestle-end type. The Gothic table was a huge affair, but furniture begins to become lighter, both in timber and construction, towards the end of the Tudor period. "Throwing" is, the mediaeval term for, turning.
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A propaganda video by a Somali terrorist group urging foreigners "to come and live the life of a mujahid" features an English speaking militant named "the American."
Alabama native Omar Hammami, who is identified in the video as Abu Mansour al Amriki (Arabic for "Abu Mansour the American"), appears in approximately half of the 31-minute video. Hammami serves as a commander of Al Shabaab (Arabic for "the Youth"), a U.S. designated terrorist group that seeks to overthrow the Somali government.
The video, which was released on March 31, 2009, shows Hammami speaking English to a group of men while leading them through a wooded area. After he is shown hovering over a map of Somalia, Hammami talks about the preparations for an ambush in which he and his followers will "try to blow up as many of their vehicles as we can and kill as many of them as we can." After an ambush is shown in the video, Hammami praises a killed fighter, calling him a martyr.
"We need more like him, so if you can encourage more of your children and more of your neighbors and anyone around you to send people like him to this jihad, it would be a great asset for us," Hammami says.
In the past 18 months, approximately 20 Somali-American men between the ages of 17 and 27 � most from the Minneapolis area � have traveled to Somalia to join Al Shabaab, according to U.S. authorities. Al Shabaab seeks to recruit new members in the U.S. both in person and via the Internet, according to the FBI.
Somali officials estimate that Al Shabaab has recruited up to 450 foreign fighters since 2006, from countries in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Hammami, who converted to Islam in high school, reportedly attended the Islamic Society of Mobile and served as the president of the Muslim Student Association at the University of South Alabama.
Hammami, who converted to Islam in high school, reportedly attended the Islamic Society of Mobile and served as the president of the Muslim Student Association at the University of South Alabama.
Hammami, who was previously identified as an American in an interview with Al Jazeera in September 2007, has previously appeared in Al Shabaab videos with his face covered. He has also issued statements on behalf of the group. For example, in a January 2008 letter released by the Global Islamic Media Front, an umbrella propaganda organization for Islamic extremists, Hammami explained that Al Shabaab's goal is to "establish the Islamic [Caliphate] from East to West after removing the occupier and killing the apostates."
The March 31 video also features another man speaking English, explaining that he carries an AK-47 to fight against unbelievers in order to raise the "banner of Islam." He also appeals to foreign youth to join the jihad in Somalia, saying "we're calling all the brothers oversees, all the Shabaab, wherever they are, to come and live the life of the mujahid. They will see with their own eyes, and they will love it."
This video also includes a rhyming English voice-over that sounds like Hammami. The rhyme threatens that the "American dream has fallen, Bush is going down like Stalin, your economy is crawling, your widows are balling, your dead you'll be hauling."
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Don't Ask Us to Explain Ourselves, Don't Tell Us What to Do: The Boy Scouts' Exclusion of Gay Members and the Necessity of Independent Judicial Review
Taylor Flynn
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Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 12, p. 87, 2001
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, the U.S. Supreme Court held by a five to four majority that the Boy Scouts of America is entitled to ban gay persons from membership despite New Jersey's prohibition against sexual orientation discrimination. The Dale majority sharply departed from the Court's long line of expressive association cases, in which it has rejected the claims of private clubs that application of civil rights laws to their membership policies violates their associational rights. This Author argues that by "reading" the plaintiff in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale as a cipher for gay sex, and by accepting the Scouts' claim of conflict without further inquiry, the Supreme Court takes the model of a judiciary neutral with respect to the marketplace of ideas and distorts it into a judiciary powerless to accord sufficient weight to a state's interest in protecting civil rights. The Author reviews evidence of the Boy Scouts' moral expression and demonstrates that there are ample grounds to support the New Jersey Supreme Court's conclusion that the Scouts' exclusionary policy conflicts so directly with the organization's expressed views that the ban is explainable only by animus. The Author concludes with a concern for future civil rights litigation: that a state's nondiscrimination protections -- particularly for groups not afforded heightened constitutional scrutiny -- effectively may be eviscerated with nothing more than a potential excluder's say-so.
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Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School produced two spelling champs on Tuesday, but it wasn't easy.
Certain words during the Douglas County School District's seventh- and eighth-grade finals seemed plucked from obscurity, dredged from esoteric corners of the lexicon, such as "ocarina," a small, often ceramic wind instrument, or "nonagenarian," a person between 90 and 100 years old.
Other words had a distinct, shall we say, flavor, like "chalupa," and "tamale."
Pau-Wa-Lu librarian and event moderator Susan Bullard explained that the spelling bee word list is varied and relies on "the luck of the draw." Some spellers may know every word except the one they receive, and vice versa, she said.
Round one of the seventh-grade competition was a testament to this conundrum. Six out of eight students were eliminated in one sweep with misspellings on "macabre," "parquet," "nautilus," and "lariat," among others.
Only Ian Ozolins from Carson Valley Middle School and Grace McNalley from Pau-Wa-Lu advanced. They went head-to-head in the next two rounds, during which neither were able to spell their respective words, including "parody," "malignant," "ocarina" and "maelstrom."
In round four, Ian missed a vowel in "reversible," and Grace nailed "narrate" and then "wrestling," clinching the seventh-grade title.
"It's scary but really cool at the same time," she said of her victory. "I'm really proud of myself. Some words were really easy, but others, I had no clue."
Grace said good spelling runs in her family, at least on one side.
"I get if from my mom," she said.
Her parents were in the audience.
"It's exciting," said Jules McNalley-Byington, the champion's mother. "She competed last year at the spelling bee, but her nerves got the best of her. It's fun to see here mature and be able to handle her nerves. She seemed calmer today."
When asked about her daughter's comment on genetics, she made a joke about the other side of the family:
"It definitely does not come from her dad," she said.
Bill McNalley, the father, accepted this statement with a grin:
"I love spell check," he said.
The eighth-grade competition lasted longer. The first round shed four participants with misspellings on "panache," "nonagenarian," "mademoiselle," and "omniscient."
The remaining four participants missed every word in the second round, from "metastasize" to "obstetrician," thus returning to round three as if nothing had happened.
Two of them, however, soon lost on "nutritiously" and "rupee," while Pau-Wa-Lu's Connor Brown advanced with "ingenious," and Luke Heinrichs from CVMS advanced with "clapboard."
Luke almost pulled out in round four after Connor misspelled "physique." Luke sounded out "chalupa" with no problem but missed "juggernaut" in the follow-up.
In round five, he missed "pistachio," and Connor took the advantage with the correct spelling of "tamale." Conner's follow-up word was "lethargy," which he proceeded to spell out correctly, taking the eighth-grade title in the process.
"I think it means you're almost like a vegetable - lazy," Connor said of his winning word. "It's kind of unreal. I wasn't expecting to win. I just did this for fun, to pass the time."
He was likewise nonchalant about the origin of his talent.
"Maybe I'm a little above average in spelling," he said. "I did a little studying before. But I read a lot."
Both champions said they're excited to attend the state spelling bee in Las Vegas on March 2.


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Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Wonderopolis September 11, 2013Posted by Heather Moorefield-Lang in Best Websites for Teaching and Learning.
AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee is back with new blog posts for 2013-14. This year we will be featuring new sites and how they can be used in your libraries and classrooms with students and educators. We are excited to share new ideas and hope you will enjoy exploring. Our first site for this year is Wonderopolis.
Have you ever wondered about…well just about anything? Do you find yourself thinking why do people believe that picking up a penny on the sidewalk will bring them luck (#1019), why do we blow out birthday candles (#366), or why do zebras have stripes (#852)? Well, look no further than Wonderopolis, an informational yet whimsical Website which sparks curiosity and motivates students to delve further into topics that interest them.
With each new Wonder of the Day, students are able to explore topics through pictures, informational text with a listen/play button and related videos. Every Wonder of the Day includes: introductory questions to introduce content and spark discussion and further exploration, a Wonder Gallery to post pictures or videos, Wonder Words, a vocabulary list with words grouped by level with definitions and a word match challenge, Try it Out, activities used to extend learning at home, Still Wondering, a link to lessons for more in depth study, Test your Knowledge, a 3 question quiz, Wonder Categories and Tags and Wonder What's Next, the clue for tomorrow's Wonder of the Day.
Newly redesigned in May, 2013, Wonderopolis content is aligned to Blooms Digital Taxonomy, the STEM Educational Quality Framework and the Common Core State Standards. Beside the daily Wonder of the Day, Wonders can be searched from more than 90 Wonder Categories by subject matter and grade level. Users can also suggest Wonders, as well as vote for their favorite Wonder. Teachers and parents can visit the Educator Sandbox to find additional resources and link up with others in the "Wonderopolis Community.â€
The National Center for Family Literacy has created Wonderopolis "as a place where parents nurture a brighter world for their children through discovery, creativity, learning and imagination.†The Website is supported by a grant from Verizon Foundation and is part of Thinkfinity, an educational platform where educators can access free researched-based educational resources.
On the day The AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee 2013 announced its list of the Best 25 Websites, Wonderopolis published its 1000th Wonder, "When Is Something Worth Celebrating?† Emily Kirkpatrick, Vice President of the National Center for Family Literacy, certainly had something to celebrate. Wonderopolis(r) she said, "supports reading and wondering as a way to help students think critically and to ask new questions. From introducing informational text to unlocking imaginations through the practice of 'I Wonder…' we are honored to be a favorite among librarians and school children alike.â€
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Ms. Lemons returned to the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications in 2010 as a doctoral student. She rejoins the Department as a Research and Teaching Fellow under Dr. Todd Brashears.
Prior to her return to Texas Tech, Laura taught high school agriculture at Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas for 3 years, breathing new life into a previously stagnant program. Student accomplishments during Ms. Lemons' tenure at Cooper include State Semi-Finalist Ag Issues Forum Team, State Qualifying Dairy Foods Team and Area Runner-Up Entomology Team, among other individual and team awards.
Laura earned a M.S. in Agricultural Education from Texas Tech in 2007, where she was named the Outstanding Graduate Student. She earned a B.S. in Agriculture with teacher certification from West Texas A&M University in 2006. She is currently certified in Vocational Agriculture Production, Speech, as well as Work Based Learning. Laura is also a certified Hunter Education Instructor, OSHA trainer as well as NCCER instructor.
A native of Raton, New Mexico, Laura enjoys spending time outdoors running, hiking, hunting or mountain biking. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, her nephew Rody Owen, and her dog, Emmy.
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I don't understand what you are not abble to do, is it to convert the date, tou count the lines? Why do you have the test about the dueback? Is it to define if a VTMedia has to be in the result? I think that you are on the right way. To convert the date to your output format, you have to use the substring-before and substring-after to extract the month, the day and the year, and after to use the choose/when to convert your month from letters to numbers. To count the line you can use the count function with a criteria for example ; count(VTMedia[@dueback > 0]) I hope to help you Marc Le 04/02/2010 00:58, Bill a écrit : > Hi, > > I've been playing around with using an XSL file to try and reformat this XML > file to plain text but thus far my efforts have been fruitless and was hoping > someone could give me a hand. I'm told what I am trying to do is simple but > I'm not much of a programmer :) > > So far I got it to export the data like this in InternetExplorer: > > StartHeaderText~D~999999~IronMountain~EndHeaderText > > > Barcode > OR1387L3 > Return Date > Jan 20 2015 6:59PM > Barcode > OR1363L3 > Return Date > Feb 3 2011 6:00PM > > But I need the data to dump to a txt and look like this, to maintain > compatibility with our vendor: > > StartHeaderText~D~999999~IronMountain~EndHeaderText > OR1387 XX --- > 01202015 > OR1363 XX --- > 02032011 > StartFooterText~D~999999~IronMountain~2~EndFooterText > > (The 2 in the above line signifies how many items were listed, and also the > L3 was removed from the OR1363/OR1387) > > Here's the XSL file I put together: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > <xsl:template match="/"> >
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STOCK theft had cost the South African economy more than R430m in losses during the 2011-12 financial year, the Red Meat Industry Forum said on Friday, and not enough was being done to bring the crime under control.
Earlier this year, agriculture association Agri SA said that the industry lost about R1bn a year to the theft of farm equipment, livestock and other produce.
The forum said the increase in stock theft could not be blamed on police alone.
Noncompliance by livestock farmers who did not properly mark their stock, a regulatory requirement, was complicating the matter, making it impossible for the police to investigate claims of stock theft.
Dave Ford, of the Red Meat Industry Forum, said the stock theft problem had spread to all kinds of livestock, with losses of goats valued at R42m and sheep at R92m last year alone. Losses in the commercial and emergent cattle farming sector were estimated at R295m, he said.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) Stock Theft Unit on Friday warned that livestock buyers such as farmers, speculators, stock auctions, feedlots and abattoirs were sometimes unknowingly recipients of stolen livestock. Consequently, they were breaking the law and could be liable for prosecution and fines.
The unit said the Animal Identification Act made provision for the compulsory marking of livestock, while the Stock Theft Act controlled the movement of livestock within regions and provinces.
"Both these acts have been put in place to support the industry and the SAPS to combat stock theft and make it easier to recover stolen livestock," the SAPS said.
Mr Ford concurred that many livestock owners did not comply with the provisions of the acts and the "basic requirements" to prevent stock theft.
The SAPS said that many stock theft cases were being lost in court because of disputes regarding the positive identification of stolen livestock and the ability to prove ownership. "If an animal is marked with a registered brand or tattoo, disputes will be avoided," the police said.
The Red Meat Industry Forum requested all parties to make sure that all livestock owners urgently registered a unique brand mark in their name and applied it to all livestock in their possession, as prescribed in the act.
The forum said that all livestock buyers, auctioneers, feedlots and abattoirs had to confirm livestock ownership or refuse to take ownership of animals that were not marked or where the necessary certification was not supplied.


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text: This new version may or may not answer an issue that I have that is not quite Tyler's issue, though it is related to the difference between a mint that makes money and a bank that tracks people's accounts. Physical metaphor: My car breaks down in the Appalachians, a barefoot 14-year-old kid comes down from a ramshackle shanty and helps me get it started. I give him a 20-dollar bill as thanks for helping out. The kid does not need an account with a bank, he merely needs a hand with which to grasp the money. No bank is in a position to know that it was the kid who got the money, so if someone at the bank has a grudge against that kid, too bad for the grudge holder: they cannot diddle the account to take the money from him. Though the mint owner (the government in the case of dollars) can defile the currency, they cannot target the boy for confiscation. And the bank cannot say, "this boy is untrustworthy and we will not grant him an account, at least not until he has done the following things to prove to us that he is properly subservient." The MintMaker supports the electronic equivalent of this interaction. I can give money to people (and computing objects) who don't have and don't want accounts--why should I have to get an account just to accept payment? Save me from this hassle! Another way of looking at this is, a mint has less authority, and needs less authority, than a bank. A mint must be trusted to do good accounting, but it does not have to be trusted with the knowledge of who owns how much, since it only knows about purses, and purses map many-to-many on owners of purses. This makes it very different from a bank. With the E programming language, using a MintMaker pattern I can used capabilities to implement a mint, but I can also use E's normal programming powers to implement banks (since the code in Hal's first example is also straightforwardly implemented in E). I can make programs in E that support both, by having the banks process purses rather than digits. I therefore claim that a capability-secure language like E is strictly superior to non-capability languages, since it can do both. --marcs ----- Original Message ----- From: <email@example.com> To: <email@example.com>; <email@example.com>; <email@example.com>; <email@example.com> Cc: <email@example.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: RE: [E-Lang] MintMaker with ACLs > Tyler writes: > > The way you are using the password isn't exactly like an ACL system. > > In an ACL system, the password is intrinsic to the invoker. The > > invokee is able to magically determine the invoker and check the > > authority. In your design, you are explicitly passing the password on > > each invocation. This makes it more like a capability. If you combined > > the srcAccount and password parameters into a single parameter, it > > would be a capability. > > Let me try again, then, to make it more ACL-like. Instead of passwords > I'll use UIDs. See what you think of this one: > > // account balances, indexed by account number > int balance[]; > // User IDs of account owners, indexed by account number > UID ownerUID[]; > > // Message requesting transfer > int transfer (int sourceAccount, int destAccount, int amount) > { > // See that this user is owner of account > if( getuid() != ownerUID[sourceAccount] ) > return ERROR_INVALIDACCESS; > if( balance[sourceAccount] < amount ) > return ERROR_INSUFFICIENTFUNDS; > // Proceed with transfer > balance[sourceAccount] -= amount; > balance[destAccount] += amount; > return NOERROR; > } > > Here I have introduced an operating system call, getuid(), which returns > the current user ID of the operating process. This is used rather than a > password to access the account. The mechanism for securely determining > the UID in a distributed computing environment is outside the scope of > this example (but might involve passwords, smartcards, biometrics etc.). > > To allow some of the other features Tyler suggests, let us extend this > example with a list of UIDs which are allowed to read the balance: > > // User IDs of those allowed to read balance > UIDlist accessUIDs[]; > > // Request balance > int getBalance (int account) > { > // See if this user is allowed public access > if( ! accessUIDs[account].contains( getuid() ) ) > return ERROR_INVALIDACCESS; > return balance[account]; > } > > For other features Tyler mentioned like giving my accountant the ability > to read my account history, a similar mechanism would be used: introduce > a new UIDlist for the required permission and check that the user ID of > the requestor is in that list. > > For the confused deputy example, let there be an agent which will reveal > my public balance under certain conditions. This agent needs to be > running with its own UID and that UID is put on the accessUIDs list above. > This way I don't have to give the agent more power than he needs and the > POLA is satisfied. > > Now let me give an example of a change that's easy to make with this > system. Suppose there were some master account belonging to the bank > or the IRS which needs to be able to read all balances. I can achieve > this by changing one line in the getBalance call above, from > > if( ! accessUIDs[account].contains( getuid() ) ) > to > if( ! accessUIDs[account].contains( getuid() ) && getuid() != MASTERUID ) > > Can the MintMaker at > http://www.erights.org/elib/capability/ode/ode-capabilities.html#simple-mone y > be modified as easily to accomodate this change? Maybe it can, I > don't know. Intuitively it seems like the ACL system would be more > suitable to feature like this which seems tied to identity, but perhaps > the capability system can handle this as well. > > Hal > _______________________________________________ > e-lang mailing list > email@example.com > http://www.eros-os.org/mailman/listinfo/e-lang >