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VINELAND - Cumberland County College trustees recommended Tuesday that Dr. Thomas Isekenegbe be hired as the college's new president.
Isekenegbe is currently the college's interim president and took over responsibilities of president after the departure of former President Ken Ender earlier this year.
He previously served as vice president of academics and enrollment services.
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Nearly 30 percent of Michigan legislators — 40 of 148 — are facing recall efforts in various stages of development. The rampant recalls are purely political acts from Democrats and Republicans. The parties are misusing a tool that should be reserved for extraordinary cases in which public officials are guilty of unlawful or unethical behavior. Instead, the recall attempts are being used to hasten the next election and harass the other side.
The targeted lawmakers did what voters elected them to do — studied the issues and made their best judgments about what is good for the state and constituents.
Huge philosophical differences exist, of course, over just what is best for Michigan. Those arguments have played out as the GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Rick Snyder restructured taxes and implemented controversial laws such as the one that give significant powers to emergency financial managers to rescue bankrupt cities and school districts.
However, when a tough vote becomes the pretext for prematurely removing somebody from office, recalls are being abused. Recalls directed at decisive lawmakers send the damaging message that political risk-taking will be punished.
Twenty-eight of the recalls have been launched against Republicans. Reasons cited in recall petitions focus on specific pieces of legislation, including cuts to education funding and taxes on retirement income. Union members with Democratic ties are fueling many of those efforts. A recall campaign is running against Mr. Snyder, too.
Republicans have shot back with 12 recall attempts of their own. Among those under threat from the GOP is state Rep. Brandon Dillon, D-Grand Rapids. Tuesday the Kent County Board of Election Commission approved language for recall petitions against Mr. Dillon.
The petition seeks to recall the first-term lawmaker because "On March 23, 2011, State Representative Brandon Dillon voted against Michigan House Bill 4408, which creates the 'Special Fraud Control Fund' for the prevention, discovery, and collection of unemployment benefit overpayments."
In actuality, the House vote on that bill had occurred a few days earlier. Mr. Dillon voted "yes" on the measure the first time around. The second time it came to the House, on March 23, it included a GOP amendment that Mr. Dillon opposed. The amendment reduced the weeks of unemployment benefits.
The Elections Commission, however, isn't charged with deciding the truth of recall petition claims — another absurdity of the process. The commission is supposed to review the language for clarity. The recall petition language will likely be decided in court.
The larger issue is the number of recalls floating around the state right now and their purpose. The recall is a powerful and useful tool to remove lawmakers who have done something illegal or unethical or who have neglected their duties. None of that is true in the case of Mr. Dillon or any of the other Republican or Democratic lawmakers targeted. These recalls — as with one directed at Mr. Snyder — are simply political tools. They force the targeted officials to spend money and time defending themselves and their records, and distract them from the business of governing.
If that's the standard, why not just hold an election every six months? Heck, why not hold an election every three months?
Sure, that might impede the ability of lawmakers to do their jobs. But that's likely not a concern to the operatives going after lawmakers from both parties.
Recall fever isn't good for the body politic. The cure is for both sides to take a chill pill and wait for the next scheduled election to settle political grievances.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Trophy Guide and Road Map
Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
Offline: 51 (1 , 1 , 14 , 35 )
Online: 0
Approximate amount of time to : 100+ hours (Estimated Time to Platinum)
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Number of missable trophies: Oblivion Walker, War Hero (potentially, see the trophy for more info)
Glitched trophies: 2, Master Criminal and Oblivion Walker
Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats available.
Welcome to Skyrim, the biggest RPG of the year and one of the most rewarding experiences you're ever likely to have on consoles. Lets get started!
You want a Platinum Trophy from this game, huh?
Prepare yourself for a long and arduous ride. It's not a hard trophy list in any way, shape or form but there are a few trophies that could take you anywhere in the region of 150-200 hours namely the level 50 trophy. Everything else will come along the way if you do all the main questlines and visit a ton of places.
Where do I start?
The truth is, you can start wherever the hell you want. If you want to start by doing the main questline, go ahead. If you want to start by doing the Thieves Guild, carry on. What I would say though is that when youre working through the game and whatever else you do around Skyrim, keep one eye on a few of the cumulative trophies (like collecting 100,000 gold, reading 50 skill books and picking 50 pockets & 50 locks), other than that, just do what you want and consult this guide when you need more guidance on how and when to do something.
Oh and remember to persuade, bribe, and intimidate someone whilst in game theoretically, if you do hundreds of quests, only sticking to one, you could miss this. Supremely unlikely, but true.
NOTE: Now, Im not sure what happens if you kill a major questline giver, like the leader of the Thieves Guild or the leader of the Dark Brotherhood or even if you can, so try not to. The Radiant Storytelling system should offer new quest givers, but we didn't find ourselves in that position.
What about that missable trophy?
Oblivion Walker, for getting 15 Daedric artefacts is the only one missable, which we discovered after extensive testing. This is basically because in these 16 quests you need to obtain the artefact in 15 of them, and some of them you can come away without it. So take heed and keep an eye on these artefacts - anything that involves a shrine or some other-worldly spirit of power, take heed. There are only a handful of those that result in no Daedric artefact, but you only need to get 2 wrong and you're out of luck.
Additionally see the War Hero trophy for information on it being potentially missable.
4/4/2013 Update: Because of recent patches, the issue with The One With Shadows has been fixed and is no longer missable. Thanks to Xortin for the heads up.
Trophy glitches? You're kidding, right?
Sadly no. There's a good news/bad news component to this glitch. The good news is that if you have an English version of the game, you have nothing to worry about. You will get your trophy normally if you complete the requirements. The bad news is that you do not have an English version of the game, then you're sadly out of luck until Bethesda fixes this. The problem lies in the game not reading the translations properly and the stats for each hold won't be tracked.
Changing your system settings may not work either as the game defaults to German, Spanish, Italian, French or some other language, at least it won't work in every case. There is a workaround that involves obtaining a UK copy of the game since both would be PAL versions and the save files would be compatible. While that involves buying a second copy of the game, it is the only workaround at the moment. Otherwise, you are at the mercy of Bethesda. UPDATE: This was fixed with the 1.04 patch so providing you have the latest update installed (currently 1.09) or the Legendary Edition, then you won't be hit by this.
You also need to watch out for Oblivion Walker, because that can be extremely glitchy and it's thought that the update which fixed the Ring of Hircine exploit is what caused the problem. As of the 1.09 patch, there is no know fix for this glitch so save before the start of every Oblivion Walker related Quest and back it up somewhere so you have some come back if it doe glitch.
Is there anything else?
Well, no, not really. The beauty with Skyrim's trophy list is that you can just enjoy your time with the game, from start to finish, without fear of missing any trophies along the way. There are a few trophies that are tricky unless you know how, things like marriage and activating the Dark Brotherhood for one. Theres also some neat tricks on how to get many of the games more arduous trophies and clarification on others. At the end of the day though, enjoy yourself. That level 50 trophy is going to take you some time!
Good luck and enjoy your time in Skyrim. Its a blast! And if you need help finding a location, check out this reference map, courtesy of gamebanshee.com.
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Platinum Trophy
Collect all other 50 Trophies for this Trophy
Main Questline Trophies
Complete 'Unbound'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'Bleak Falls Barrow'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'The Way of the Voice'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'Diplomatic Immunity'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'Alduin's Wall'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'Elder Knowledge'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'The Fallen'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
Complete 'Dragonslayer'
Complete the following main story quests to unlock this quest and then complete it to unlock the trophy:
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Completion Trophies
Clear 50 dungeons
What is a dungeon? That's the first question. A dungeon might not necessarily be a dungeon in the classical sense, for instance, a clearing in the woods that is overrun by beasties and evil spirits might be classed as a dungeon. So whether you're talking about a cottage full of evil spirits, a clearing, a fort, a proper dungeon and so on, as long as it's its own separate icon on the map, with a few exceptions of course (monuments, major cities (and places within the cities), etc.) you should be able to "clear" it.
But wait, how do you clear it? Well, you basically go in and kill everything in there and grab every unique weapon/item/armour piece that's found in there. In fact, we think killing stuff is enough actually. It's that easy. The best thing is, if you bring up the menu, go to map, you'll be able to see areas you've cleared with a "cleared" tag next to it. You'll get this one as you work through the rest of the trophies, guaranteed. If you want to check your progress, there's a stat in the stats area too.
Complete 10 side quests
What is a side-quest? Well, that's a trickier question that it sounds… a side quest in Skyrim is a quest that is big enough that it's not classed as a "Miscellaneous Objective," a quest that isn't a questline quest (i.e. main quest, guild quest and the civil war quests) or one of the many Daedric quests. It's tougher than it sounds in all honesty and tricky to work out. Out of 86 quests (at last check), only 12 of those were side missions. As long as it doesn't fall under the three points above though and is fairly substantial (they're not short missions!), then it should register as a side-mission. The following are the side quests that you can find and where you can initiate the quest:
Hero of the People
Complete 50 Misc Objectives
A "Miscellaneous Objective" is a small quest that isn't quite big enough to be a quest and so is classed as an MO. These can involve visiting a museum in Dawnstar (which triggers a mission), visiting someone, following up on a lead, seeking out a source of power, clearing out a bandit camp and so on.
To see what you have activated in the MO menu and what you can do (you can even tag them on the map as well), then hit the start menu and on the quest tab, scroll down to the bottom of the incomplete quests section and then move right and see what you've got to do.
If you want to add stuff onto here then try talking to barmen about rumours and generally speak to people galore, probing for tidbits of information and so on. You'll find all the courier "quests" and barmen bandit clear outs fall under this heading, so if you're wanting to do some, you know where to head first.
Discover 100 Locations
In order to discover a location all you have to do is walk up to it so it flashes up with "Location discovered: blah blah" on the screen… there are 300+ locations in all, so 100 is absolutely nothing. If the worst comes to the worst, pick a place on the map and walk to it, stopping at every location along the way. The more locations you discover, the less traveling and more fast-traveling you'll be able to do in the future. Think of it that way.
Level Trophies
Reach Level 5
See "Master" for more details on how to get this trophy.
Reach Level 10
See "Master" for more details on how to get this trophy.
Reach Level 25
See "Master" for more details on how to get this trophy.
Reach Level 50
How you level up in Skyrim is simple, yet complicated. Unlike most RPGs you don't get experience for quests or kills, so levelling up the conventional way is out of the question, in fact, it's all about leveling up sub-skills, which in turn levels up your character level. Every time you level up you get chance to whack 10 points on magika, stamina or health, as well as applying a perk.
There are 18 skills in the game which range from combat orientated skills like archery, one-handed weapons and blocking; and magic use like restoration, destruction and conjuration; all the way through to more deceptive tasks like sneaking, pickpocketing and lock-picking; and your general working jobs, like smithing, alchemy and enchanting.
In order to hit 50 you'll have to do a wide range of tasks and level them up as far as possible. The truth is that you'll never be able to stick with one discipline if you want to get to level 50 – I reached level 100 on my archery skill by about level 35. That means you'll have to mix things up… use magic, use archery, use one-handed weapons, use two-handed weapons, smith weapons, enchant weapons, pick-pocket people, pick locks… the more you do, the quicker you'll level up – so when you reach that level 100 on a skill, it's time to move onto something else. It is worth nothing that a level 10 in a skill isn't going to raise you character level as much as a level 90 would.
There are 3 ways though to level up skills and for tips on how to raise the individual skill levels, see the "Skill Master" trophy description where there are tons of tips that will help raise skill subsets across the board, getting you closer to that level 50 trophy quicker than usual.
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Skill Master
Get a skill to 100
And how do you get a skill up to level 100? Simple… over bloody usage! If you're an archer, use your bow all the time, buy perks that improve and make you stronger in that discipline and just go crazy with it.
There are three ways though to improve a skill which you can take advantage of:
Collection Trophies
Dragon Soul
Absorb a dragon soul
See "Dragon Hunter" for details on how to net this trophy.
Dragon Hunter
Absorb 20 dragon souls
According to Bethesda (pre-release), the location and spawns of dragons is entirely random and unscripted, but there are obviously some that aren't – their lairs are indicated by a small dragon head on the mini-map and the radar. However, that said, I've jotted down a list of ALL the places I encountered dragons and their possible spawns, but before that… tactics!
Firstly, to get this trophy you need to kill the dragon and stand near its deathly remains to absorb its soul – it's automatic, so just stand close. Secondly, how you take down a dragon is entirely down to how you shape your, but their behaviour is largely the same.
They essentially circle, hover, spit down whatever magicka they have (which is their "shout"), rinse and repeat, with the odd time them landing, spewing more magic your way and if you get behind them, slamming you with their tales. Some of the stronger dragons later on in the game actually eat you as well (mostly Elder Dragons), so be mindful of getting too close.
Being a specialist mage and archer, I'm a distance fighter, which has allowed me to adopt a near flawless strategy. It basically boils down to hiding behind cover and then popping out at the right time to do your damage – the cover protects you from the spell and allows you to pop out at the right time.
Depending on what the dragon spews out will depend on what spells you use – he uses fire, use ice, etc. This isn't just a mutually exclusive strategy for archers/mages, because warriors, etc. have the ability to use Dragon Shouts too – the Frost Breath and Fire Ball are good examples, but then again, using the slow down time Shout warriors can get close and deal some massive amounts of damage.
A great little strategy is to let them fight whoever else is around as well – they don't focus all their aggression on you; the same with other creatures and beasts that are in the vicinity – and then step in after one of them is dead to a.) either nab the soul and kill the the creature; or b.) loot the other creature and then finish off the dragon. On so many occasions with creatures that range from skeletons and Draugr Overlords to Wispmothers and mammoths, they've distracted the dragon long enough for me to deal some risk free damage.
It's essentially finding a strategy that you're comfortable with though, and those are just a few tips that I've been able to hone in my 100 hours with the game.
The truth is though, that there are more than enough dragons to net this trophy just in general gameplay and through questing, but you'll need a lot more if you want to get dragon shouts galore, so use this handy guide.
The list of possible spawns is continued in the next post.
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Dragon Encounters & Possible Spawns:
Words of Power
Learn all three words of a shout
See "Thu'um Master" for details and locations on the game's dragon shouts.
Thu'um Master
Learn 20 shouts
Because our main character is "Dragonborn," he can learn the language of the dragons to perform mighty "shouts" – which are spells, if we're being perfectly honest. It doesn't require magicka to use and it's not specifically for mages, so even warriors can have fun with magic!
Anyway, I digress, throughout Skyrim are ancient inscriptions that the Dragonborn can absorb to use as their own – AKA dragon shouts. Each shout has three words and the more words you have, the more powerful a shout can be, so for the "Words of Power" trophy, you need all three of one specific shout. By standing near one of these ancient inscriptions, you'll learn a shout. For this trophy, you need to learn 20 separate shouts (not 20 words, 20 shouts), but you don't need to learn all three words for each shout. Since there are only 20 shouts in the game, the earliest that you can earn this trophy is after "Dragonslayer" is completed.
For the most part, dragons generally guard dragon shouts as well, if not, it's some Daedric being, so be careful and be prepared. Sometimes though, they're just well hidden. I've tried to describe them as easily as possible using the 9 major cities in Skyrim as landmarks, so use those as your guide. When you're close enough the locations should appear on the maps anyway, and you'll generally find that dragon icons means there's a dragon and a shout there. Without further ado, here's a list of as many dragon shouts I've found and while it's not ALL of them, it is enough for you to get the trophy – and then some.
The dragon shouts and their locations are as follows in the next post. The order that they are in is not the order that you have to find them. Whichever word of a shout that you find first will be the first word. The location of that word doesn't matter.
Update: The shouts that were added in Dawnguard and Dragonborn also count towards this trophy. Thanks to Cold Fusion for confirming. See those guides for details.
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Select a Standing Stone blessing
See Standing Stones for how to net this trophy.
Standing Stones
Find 13 Standing Stones
There are 13 standing stones in all, which allows your character to carry one blessing with them until they overwrite it at another stone. Simply walk up to them, activate them and the effects of it will work for you.
Before I delve into the locations, its worth noting that I hadnt visited all 13 when I got the trophy, so I assume it counted every time I revisted them. Regardless, the locations of 12 of the 13 are as follows:
Acquire a Daedric Artifact
See "Oblivion Walker."
Oblivion Walker
Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts
(Missable and Glitched) Daedra within the Elder Scrolls series basically means divine and powerful beings. For the most part these beings and their actions are evil, so in getting 15 Daedric artefacts, the chances are you're going to have to destroy plenty of evil spirits along the way. Some of the Daedric artefacts come from shrine missions, where you must interact with the spirit of the shrine and perform some crazy ol quest for them and others youll come across in Skyrim. In return, you get a Daedric artefact.
The truth is, these shrine missions are some of the best missions in the game so this wont seem like that much of a chore and they take you to some interesting and wonderful places. Enjoy these! They are listed in the next post.
Why is this missable? Well, you can't miss any of the quests, but the decisions that you make within each quest can make you miss out on an artifact.
Warning: Several of the quests can potentially glitch on you, in particular the Skull of Corruption if you let the mage enter the tower before you. Make saves often, before each quest for example so that if something glitches on you, there won't be as much backtracking. The trophy itself is also extremely glitchy and may not pop when it's supposed to, see here for help if things go wrong: LINK
Update: The latest patch makes it so that Savior's Hide and the Ring of Hircine do not count for two artifacts, only once, even if you get both. Thanks to Cold Fusion for confirming.
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Guild Trophies
The Companions Questline
Take Up Arms
Join the Companions
The building up on the hill in the city of Whiterun is called Jorrvaskr. You can find it to the east of the steps up to Dragonsreach. Head in and head down to Kodlak who is downstairs in the basement, in the far room at the far end of the long corridor. Speak to him, begin your training, complete a number of mundane fetch and deliver tasks to finish the "Take Up Arms" quest and join The Companions.
Blood Oath
Become a member of the Circle
There are multiple tasks to do before you can become a member of the Circle, some mundane (and not counting as guild quests, but necessary to progress the questline) and others substantial and making up part of the questline. They are as follows:
Complete 'Glory of the Dead'
To finish off the warrior's guild questline, you simply have to wrap up the following quests from people within the Companions:
Taking Care of Business
Join the Thieves Guild
In order to kick off the Thieves Guild questline, you'll have to do a small quest for Brynjolf in Riften, on the square. He'll be there at his stall between 8am and 8pm. Once you've done that he'll want to meet you at the Ragged Flagon under Riften in the Ratway, which is the start of the Taking Care of Business quest, which is your way into the thieves guild.
Darkness Returns
Complete 'Darkness Returns'
For the second Thieves Guild trophy, you'll have to partake in a few thieves guild jobs first. The following are missions required for this trophy:
Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory
In order to get this trophy you have to do enough side missions (and then a main mission for each of the 4 major cities) for the Thieves Guild, namely Delvin and Vex, so you can restore the Thieves Guild to its former glory. It's basically a matter of doing a set of mundane jobs throughout the cities of Skyrim until the guild catches someone's eye there, then doing the main mission in that city. There's a lot of tooing and froing to be done here, so don't say you haven't been warned – remember as well, pick two missions up at a time (one from each Delvin and Vex) and then drop them off two at a time. You'll also have to do five radiant quests for Delvin and Vex for each city.
By my reckoning, you can do around 40 smaller quests overall (well, that's how many I did), but you can get away with 20 (five for each city that you need for Town Influence) as well as 4 bigger quests in the 4 major cities (not Riften) – these 4 missions will be given to you while you do the smaller quests at various intervals. It's 350 gold a mission to start with, 400 later on and they are quick and relatively easy (except the Bedlam stuff), but yes, it's boring as sin!
The types of mission are:
Once you're down to one city, you can save before accepting a job from Delvin or Vex and reload as many times as you need to get a job in the city that you're looking for or if you don't mind failing quests, you can simply quit the quest and get a different one in another location. Thanks to Francofone for confirming.
Missable warning: So how is this seemingly unmissable trophy missable? If you sell your Thieves' Guild armor before completing this questline, Tonilla won't let you upgrade to the final set of armor. You have to keep that armor in your inventory or in a house. You cannot sell it.
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The College of Winterhold Questline
Join the College of Winterhold
To simply kick off the mage's guild storyline, head to the College of Winterhold and speak with the grand teacher, Tolfdir. After completing the "First Lessons" quest, you'll have joined the College of Winterhold.
Revealing the Unseen
Complete 'Revealing the Unseen'
There's a couple of quests here you'll have to do before you net this trophy:
Complete 'The Eye of Magnus'
For completing the 9th Mage's Guild mission, AKA the College of Winterhold Quests, you'll successfully have completed the Mage's Guild questline and you'll net the final trophy. The quests you'll have to complete to finish off the questline are as follows:
With Friends Like These…
Join the Dark Brotherhood
Finding the Dark Brotherhood is as tricky as it sounds, but not anymore. We're not entirely sure how we got this into our miscellaneous objectives, but we did and if I recall correctly, it was from asking bar tenders rumours about the region. When you find the right barman (Orgnar in The Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood is probably the first you'll meet), although you could probably go right to the house, you'll have to find a boy called Aventus Aretino who can be found in the Arentino Residence in Windhelm. Speak to the boy, complete the "Innocence Lost" quest and then sometime shortly after a courier will give you a note saying "We Know." Then just sleep, you know the score with the Dark Brotherhood if you played Oblivion.
Bound Until Death
Complete 'Bound Until Death'
Ahhh, the Dark Brotherhood, the best of the questlines once again. You'll have to embark on a number of rather evil quests here once you've enlisted and visited the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary by Falkreath. These are:
Complete 'Hail Sithis!'
And with all good things, they must come to an end! To finish off the Dark Brotherhood you'll need to do these quests:
Taking Sides
Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army
There are two ways to play this: you either go and do a quest for Legate Rikke who can be found in Castle Dour at Solitude (Imperials); or you go and do a quest for Galmar Stone-Fist who's in the Palace of Kings at Windhelm (Stormcloaks). It's your choice. Regardless of which way you go though, the trophy will pop after you've proved yourself to whichever side you choose.
War Hero
Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall
(Potentially Missable) You'll have to do a handful of quests here to initiate the fort capture, but they're essentially of similar ilk, but from different sides, we assume. These quests are:
Imperials Quests
Hero of Skyrim
Capture Solitude or Windhelm
It's final push time in the civil war questline. These quests are needed to round it off (NOTE: Reunification of Skyrim is still on going here too):
Imperials Quests
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GAA: John keeping it in the family
Published 10/10/2007
Antrim county board chairman John McSparran fulfilled a very pleasant task just recently when he presented a trophy to his own club captain Robert Paul Laverty.
Cushendun's triumph in the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship final over St Paul's (4-11 to 1-10) certainly had considerable resonance for the wider McSparran family.
Three of John's brothers - Brendan, Paddy and Paul - were in the side while his father is the club president.
It's 15 years since Cushendun last claimed the Intermediate title and John is particularly delighted that several members of that side are still doing the business for the club where it matters most - out on the park.
"I think it is a tribute to the loyalty and commitment of these players that they are still wearing the jersey with pride. Their experience has paid dividends. They are certainly doing their bit to keep the hurling flag flying where the population is dwindling because of the inability of young people to get planning permission for homes," says John McSparran.
It was in 2000 that Cushendun were last in the decider but they made no mistake this time. Just 24 hours before attending his home club's stunning success, John had been at the Special Congress vigorously leading Antrim's opposition to the HDC proposals for the new-look All Ireland Championship.
"Cushendall's win certainly helped to erase some of the stress occasioned by the debating chamber," smiles John.
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Truck crashes into Movie Gallery
Rayne Chief of Police Carroll Stelly announced his department responded to a crash Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23, of a vehicle into the Movie Gallery store located on the corner of The Boulevard and West Jeff Davis.
Police officers, responding to the call, discovered a white 1997 Ford Explorer that was traveling on Jeff Davis and entered Movie Gallery parking lot, had jumped the parking bumper and entered the business through several large glass windows.
The driver was transported to American Legion Hospital by the Acadian Ambulance where she refused treatment. A blood sample was drawn for a chemical test that will be sent to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis. Evidence, including several unidentified pills, were recovered from the vehicle and will also be submitted the Acadiana Crime Lab in New Iberia for analysis.
The driver, Tammy Coleman, W/F, Dob 9/7/1959, 152 Androcles Road, Carencro, was arrested and charged with OWI first offense and careless operation by Rayne Police.
Witnesses to the accident told police Coleman was driving carelessly before the accident including the driver of a 2001 Ford Truck that sustained minor damage when Coleman's vehicle stuck it before she hit the building.
No one inside the store at the time of the accident was injured.
The investigation is continuing and additional charges are expected.


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This webinar will cover formulation and process development strategies for stabilizing biologically based pharmaceutical and diagnostic products including proteins, cells, and viruses (live, modified live, attenuated). Understanding the degradation mechanisms and improving stability of these molecules through formulation and processing techniques will be discussed in great detail in addition to covering some of the analytical techniques employed to verify the results.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Thermal properties of formulated products
Mechanisms of degradation (chemical and physical)
Theory of physical stabilization of biologically based products
Process of choosing the best stabilization agents to use and their effects on the thermal properties
Analytical techniques used to develop and verify acceptable formulations and processes
Why should you attend:
Within the last 10 years, the amount of biologically based pharmaceutical and diagnostic products (proteins, peptides, viruses (live, modified, attenuated), and cells has grown substantially. This has been due largely to solving the human genome, and understanding the genetic make-up and function of biologically based and genetic disease agents. Unlike small molecules, these types of molecules are extremely complex both in their structure, in their function, and in their mechanisms of action. Since these molecules are biologically based, and derived from living organisms (or at least containing genetic material in the cases of viruses), they pose a real challenge for the formulation and process development scientist who is trying to take these entities from their stable environment in the body, and place them in vials, tubes, etc. for long term storage, so that they can be used later for parenteral administration, or for use in diagnostic kits. Developing a formulation and manufacturing process to keep these molecules stable is a very difficult task, and many factors have to be taken into consideration to protect these labile molecules. As such the resulting formulations for these products tend to be very complex, and many of the excipients used to help stabilize these products for a short period of time in the liquid state, make it extremely difficult or impossible to freeze-dry them with any success either in retaining physical structure or activity, titer, viability, etc. Understanding the routes of degradation and the mechanisms of stabilization, make it much easier to develop a safe, effective product with a long shelf life.
This webinar will start off with a discussion of the thermal properties of a formulated product and how stabilizing excipients can affect these (the first step in any well designed and understood process and formulation). Next, the discussion will turn towards understanding the different types of biologically based products commonly encountered in modern pharmaceutical and diagnostic markets, and the problems with long term stability. The mechanisms and process of stabilization through targeted stabilizing excipients and lyophilization will be covered in great detail, in addition to understanding the analytical techniques used to develop and verify a suitable formulation and process. Finally, the session will finish with a discussion on formulation and stabilization techniques for cells and viruses, which pose a very large challenge for the formulation and process development scientist.
Who will benefit: (Titles)
This webinar will provide valuable assistance to those companies involved in the development and manufacture of liquid and lyophilized proteins, peptides, monoclonal antibodies, cells, and viruses.
Quality Control Scientists
Development Scientists
Production Management
Quality Assurance
About Speaker
J. Jeff Schwegman, Ph.D. is currently the founder and chief executive officer of AB BioTechnologies (www.ab-biotech.com) where he develops formulations, lyophilization cycles, determines residual moisture by Karl Fischer, and provides thermal characterization studies including freeze-dry microscopy and DSC. Additionally, Dr. Schwegman specializes in speaking and consulting in parenteral pre-formulation, formulation, analytical, and lyophilization of both small molecules and large biomolecules. He also holds patents and develops new technologies within the lyophilization field. Dr. Schwegman received his BS in Biochemistry from Indiana University in 1992 and began working at Cook Imaging in Bloomington Indiana, where he gained experience in analytical, formulation and process development. In 1999 he began graduate study in the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University under the direction of Dr. Steve Nail, where his focus of research involved studying changes in the physical structure of biological molecules during lyophilization. Dr. Schwegman received his PhD from Purdue University in 2003, and returned to Bloomington where he worked at Baxter Pharmaceutical Solutions as a Research Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Development group. In November 2005, he left Baxter and formed BioConvergence LLC with 3 other founders which specialized in developing new formulations and manufacturing processes for parenteral products. In February 2008, he left BioConvergence, which has become a successful company, to form AB BioTechnologies. He is currently the course Director for a 3-day course called Lyophilization Technology which he teaches through the Center for Professional Innovation and Education. He routinely lectures around the world on formulation, stabilization and process development of lyophilized products.


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Charges dropped in fatal Jaffrey crash
Investigation is ongoing
Published 6:43 AM EDT Apr 24, 2013
Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against the driver involved in a deadly crash in Jaffrey earlier this month.
Edgar Henriquez, 18, had been charged with a DWI and negligent homicide.
A passenger in his car died after the car crashed and burst into flames.
The investigation is ongoing, but prosecutors said after reviewing the evidence the charges were not warranted.
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It's NBA trade season and these are the Boston Celtics, so expect plenty of rumors over the next six days. Friday morning's edition isn't the least bit surprising, but still an indication of what might be to come.
According to the Boston Herald's Mark Murphy, a rival GM believes the Celtics' top priorities include holding onto all of their draft picks (nine, maybe 10 first-rounders over the next five years) and taking on as little salary as possible. That makes sense, of course. This Celtics season has always been about the future; the franchise isn't suddenly going to ditch that mentality just because the trade deadline arrives Thursday.
President of basketball operations Danny Ainge has made no secret that he wants to stay away from the luxury tax. He should be angling to secure as many assets and as much financial flexibility as possible.
Most Boston veterans should be available for the right price, and they know it.
#Celtics forward Kris Humphries wished some C's employees good luck "in case I don't see you again." #NBAtradedeadline— Scott Souza (@scott_souza) February 13, 2014


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-8 46Oct 9 '11
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Short tees, 18 holes
-10 44Sep 25 '11
|Vienna Park · Temperance, MI
Short tees, 18 holes
-1 71Sep 11 '11
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Short tees, 24 holes
Steven Lopez November 20, 2012 at 6:15am
Aww Yeah!
michael boyd October 8, 2011 at 5:25pm
to be the best you have to put the time and effort into it. I HAVE TO STOP HALF ASSING SHIT
Chris Wojciechowski October 1, 2011 at 4:52am
If you are friends with Justin Gill (Deuce) on Facebook, check out the pics he posted.
michael boyd September 28, 2011 at 2:59pm
my game is more mental than physical
Chris Wojciechowski September 23, 2011 at 2:25pm
It was crazy. Every hole had so much elevation that the owner gave us a "cheat sheet" before we tee'd off. It had stuff like "going deep left will screw you" or "don't come up short, the drop off behind the basket is a cliff" so we knew what each hole was like even playing blind lol. Used lots of forehand, backhand, everything.
Chris Wojciechowski September 23, 2011 at 1:54am
Played the funnest course I have ever played today dude. It was $10 to play, another $10 for an optional lunch. Private. 3 tee times available per day. Up and down hills in the mountains constantly, we were at about 7000 feet of elevation. It was a single 36 hole round. I shot a -3, could easily shoot double digits playing it regularly. Look up Phantom Falls on dgcoursereview.com - it is SICK.
michael boyd September 21, 2011 at 7:19pm
michael boyd September 21, 2011 at 1:04am
tore it 0p today. great partner golf
michael boyd September 20, 2011 at 2:52pm
dubs today
michael boyd September 18, 2011 at 11:02pm
trees hate me lol
michael boyd September 18, 2011 at 12:38am
wow today really felt like a new day. :)
michael boyd September 17, 2011 at 2:54pm
would it be wrong to say,"im horny for disc golf right now!" lol...... im off work at 3pm. as soon as i get off im at da course gettin it in lol
michael boyd September 14, 2011 at 5:58am
thanks fo da tawk woj
Chris Wojciechowski September 14, 2011 at 2:03am
Like I said earlier man - Learn to win, learn to ignore the competition and play YOUR game. You do you. Start dominating Am2, you'll improve faster than if you move up too early. You're going to be damn good.
michael boyd September 12, 2011 at 4:55am
wow 3rd place smh i really jus let go after dat rain. im done wit am2, i been wanting to play am1 for a long time now
Chris Hoyle September 10, 2011 at 4:57am
Booyow! -14
michael boyd September 10, 2011 at 2:30am
won dubs tonight with hoyle. tied course record
michael boyd September 9, 2011 at 4:26pm
doubles tonight at 6. i need to b around some positive people, i love disc golf, i get love and respect out der
michael boyd September 8, 2011 at 3:09pm
I have came to the conclussion to take disc golf as serious as I can. I want to become pro within 2 years of hard work, dedication, and practice. Everyone mark my words!!!!
Chris Wojciechowski September 8, 2011 at 12:59pm
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Guanfacine tablets (Tenex brand only) are used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. Guanfacine extended-release (long-acting) tablets (Intuniv brand only) are used as part of a treatment program to control symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; more difficulty focusing, controlling actions, and remaining still or quiet than other people who are the same age) in children. Guanfacine is in a class of medications called centrally acting alpha2A-adrenergic receptor agonists. Guanfacine treats high blood pressure by decreasing heart rate and relaxing the blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily through the body. Guanfacine extended-release tablets may treat ADHD by affecting the part of the brain that controls attention and impulsivity.
Guanfacine comes as a tablet and as an extended-release tablet to take by mouth. The tablet is usually taken once a day at bedtime. The extended-release tablet is usually taken once a day and should not be taken with a high fat meal. Take guanfacine at around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take guanfacine exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Swallow the extended-release tablets whole with a small amount of water or another liquid; do not break, chew, or crush them.
Your doctor will probably start you on a low dose of guanfacine and may gradually increase your dose, not more often than once a week if you are taking the extended-release tablets, and not more often than once every 3-4 weeks if you are taking the tablets.
Guanfacine may control your condition, but will not cure it. It may take 2 weeks before you feel the full benefit of guanfacine extended-release tablets. Continue to take guanfacine even if you feel well. Do not stop taking guanfacine without talking to your doctor. If you suddenly stop taking guanfacine, your blood pressure may increase and you may become nervous or anxious. Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before taking guanfacine,
Talk to your doctor about eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice while taking this medication.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are taking guanfacine extended-release tablets, and miss two or more doses in a row, call your doctor.
Guanfacine may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms or those listed in the SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS section are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
Guanfacine may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at Web Site] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include:
Keep all appointments with your doctor. Your blood pressure and heart rate should be checked regularly to determine your response to guanfacine.
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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Alison Winter - History, University of Chicago
"Experiments in memory and identity: or, the Three Lives of Bridey Murphy"
*This seminar will take place in the Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College.
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Soren Frederiksen - School of Public Policy and Administration, York
"The Rise of Fingerprinting in Canada: An Exercise in Translation"
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Kathryn Denning - Anthropology, York
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Stephan Petit
Stephan Petit began his career in 1995 at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, located in Geneva, Switzerland. He is now in charge of a team of software engineers and students delivering applications and tools to the laboratory and beyond. One of these tools is the Engineering and Equipment Data Management System, also known as the CERN EDMS. Projects like CERN s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have a lifetime of 40 years or more. The EDMS is the digital engineering memory of the laboratory. More than a million documents relating to more than a million pieces of equipment are stored in the EDMS, which is also used as CERN s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Asset Tracking system. EDMS is based almost entirely on PL/SQL and is intended to have a lifetime at least as long as the LHC.
Stephan and his team of have been polishing coding conventions and best practices in PL/SQL in order to meet their very interesting mix of challenges: maintainability over decades, reliability, efficient error handling, scalability, and reusability of the modules. These challenges are compounded by the frequent rotation of team members, most of whom are students only temporarily at CERN. The oldest piece of code was written in 1995 and is still in use with success! Apart from polishing PL/SQL, Stephan also enjoys being on stage from time to time, as rock band singer at the CERN's rock & roll summer festival, or as actor in various plays.
Stephan Petit's Books
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Brooklyn boxer Yuri Foreman has gorgeous pugilist wife in his corner
They're the Brangelina of boxing and are about to make history.
Hunky fighter Yuri Foreman will have some amazing inspiration at his side when he takes on three-time world champ Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium - his model-turned-boxer wife.
"It helps to have a wife who knows your job," Foreman said of 5-foot-9 stunner Leyla Leidecker, whose A-list good looks come paired with her own award-winning jabs. "It doesn't hurt that she used to be a model."
Foreman, 29, will defend his super welterweight crown against Cotto at the new ballpark - the first boxing match the Yanks have hosted since the Muhammad Ali-Ken Norton bout in 1976.
The June 5 bout isn't his first milestone: In November, he became the first Orthodox Jew to win a world title since junior welterweight Jackie (Kid) Berg in 1932.
The pressure isn't getting to the Brooklyn lovebirds. "It is just like any other fight," Foreman said. "A new opportunity. A new challenge to defend your title."
"I expect him to be victorious. He has all the tools to win the fight," Leidecker said.
The blond Hungarian-born beauty helps her hubby with good advice - and some muscle-building meals.
"Sometimes he forgets to eat. He must eat protein," she said.
"I bought 18 pounds of grass-fed kosher meat. It is a big chunk of meat," she quipped.
"She's been boxing; she knows what I need," Foreman said.
The two met at Gleason's Gym in DUMBO nine years ago.
Leidecker, a 2004 Metro New York boxing champ, sparred with Hilary Swank to help prepare the actress for the Academy Award-winning film "Million Dollar Baby."
Foreman and Leidecker even traded jabs up until Leidecker left the sport to direct documentaries, but it wasn't much fun, she admitted. "We are not the same size," she said. He's 154 pounds, and she's just 125 pounds. "I like to spar with guys who are smaller. It is hard to spar with someone much bigger," she said.
Her film, "Golden Gloves," about female fighters in the annual Daily News-sponsored amateur boxing competition, debuted in 2007.
When he is not in the ring and she is not behind a camera, the two are at synagogue or at a Sabbath meal near their Boreum Hill home. Religious naysayers say Foreman, who is studying to become a rabbi, should not make money from beating people up.
Foreman disagreed: "They say you can't hurt thy fellow man. Let's say the other person agrees to it? It is entertainment."
Foreman's trainer, Joe Grier, is glad there is some Torah in the ring. "Faith plays a tremendous role in what he does. It allows him to believe in himself," Grier said.
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Ruger KRH 444
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October 11, 2007, 01:30 PM
Anyone have thoughts on the "New" Ruger Redhawk KRH 444. 4" 44Mag.
Am considering this handgun for a backwoods back-up piece........
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October 11, 2007, 01:38 PM
Neat gun, the DA pull on the ones I've seen is smooth. The SA is heavy. I would very much like to own one with only one modification-- change the caliber to .45 colt. Even as they are, I find myself mighty tempted... If you haven't seen it yet, John Taffin has a review of these in the this month's GUNS magazine.
October 11, 2007, 04:43 PM
Great gun.
December 12, 2007, 05:53 PM
Here it is in .45
December 12, 2007, 07:33 PM
I love mine and already checking on getting the one in 45colt for a matching pair. Below is my review from when I first got mine.
December 12, 2007, 08:20 PM
I've been very impressed with mine. Trigger is pretty good right from the box, accuracy is better than I am and fit and finish is very well done. Some folks complain about the grips but having tried it with the factory Hogue and the factory wood, I much prefer the Hogues.
The .45 Colt is coming out now for those of you that like that round better. My advice is to buy one in the caliber you choose, it's really been a good gun for me after about a thousand rounds so far.
March 27, 2009, 01:34 AM
One of my best! I work armed and wouldn't want to be without it.
I had to do requlification and instructor watched me put 3 dead center in a row. Not kidding here. This weapon kicks hard with heavy loads. After 48 shots you might not want to finish the box. Don't move the sight with different amo. Watch where you hit and move your aim. With heavy loads I aim just slightly high right.
March 27, 2009, 05:47 AM
The .45 Colt is coming out now for those of you that like that round better.
I've had mine in .45 Colt for more than six months!! :scrutiny: It's one of my favorite handguns and I have nothing but good things to say about it. I gave a review of sorts here (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=406895).
March 27, 2009, 03:50 PM
I got one about a month ago. Hard to find, I ended up ordering it from Midwest Hunting and had it shipped to FFL dealer. I shot about 150 rounds through it last Saturday. 100 cowboy loads with a 240 mastercast lswc and ~6.4 gr Trailboss, and 50 240gr Sierra JHC with ~23.5gr of H-110. I love it!! I've always wished Ruger would make a 4" version so I've been trying to get one for a couple of years. It was worth the wait. Double action is as smooth or smoother than most newer Smiths that I've compared it to (not a slam to Smith, but a compliment to Ruger).
April 26, 2009, 08:10 PM
I just got a KRH444. Anyone have advice on how to remove the one piece Hogue grips? The gun came with a tool but the instructions are pretty sparse. I'd rather get some comments rather than just start poking around on my own. Thanks!
February 9, 2010, 04:04 PM
I bought one in Mar.'09, first revolver I've owned in over 25 years, now I own two of them. The other is a Ruger Alaskan in .44 Rem. Mag. I'm real pleased that Ruger is producing short barreled, large caliber handguns like these. I'm going to use them for back-up/concealed-carry/bear defense. Last night I was reading an older edition of Handguns2005,(17th edition), there was a extensive article on converting a 5.5" one into a 3.5", it almost looked like the KRH444, I like the factory grips more. Otherwise they did a great job at what Ruger produced a few years later.
February 9, 2010, 04:39 PM
Anyone have advice on how to remove the one piece Hogue grips?Helps to understand what your trying to do. There is a grip locator in the grip frame: it's a pin that sticks out on both sides of the frame and into the monobloc grip. What you are doing with the tool is spreading the sides of the grip so that it clears the locating pin. Once you've opened up far enough, the grip slides straight down and off.
Had a KRH444 for a few months. Liked it plenty, but it is massive! Also had a 5-inch KRH, and decided I didn't need both. Kept the 5, sold the 4. Have had some (a little) seller's remorse. But think I'll be happier with my new-to-me pre-lock three-inch S&W 629-1. I plan to shoot .44 spls mostly, but stoke it up with mags when out in the woods. The 5-inch RH now sports a scope and is set up for hunting.
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Woohoo, A Baby Expo Is Born In Brooklyn
I had been noticing this last month that virtually every woman in Park Slope is humongously pregnant, so I guess it was only a matter of time before we had our very own BROOKLYN BABY EXPO.
Cue the excited shrieks. Or not.
Attention all you incontinent, swollen mounds of stretch-marked flesh. Hear ye, all sleep-deprived, shell-shocked new 'rents! Waddle and/or sleepwalk your way on over to the Toren Tower in scenic Downtown this Sunday for a day of FUN at BK's inaugural baby-focused shopping extravaganza.
Per that despicable newspaper that cannot be named. Oh fine, the NY Post.
"This is the best of the best," said Karen Connell, expo organizer and founder of the blog, achildgrows.com. "These are all the Brooklyn vendors we love. A new parent wouldn't know these companies."
Among the Brooklyn businesses heading to the expo will be bra fitter Iris Lingerie; children's clothing designer Dressing Em; and Park Slope boutique Bump Brooklyn, which will be bringing comfortable yet stylish maternity wear.
In addition to products, the expo will be heavy on information, too. As such, the expo will feature seminars on greening your home, what baby gear to buy and when, and raising a good sleeper — which, not surprisingly, is one of the most popular so far, said Connell.
Between seminars, you can get a manicure, learn CPR, test baby slings and a new tandem stroller by Kingerwagon — "It's perfect for city dwellers who can't get through bodega doors otherwise," said Connell — take in a maternity fashion show, learn how to make baby food, and get a primer on installing a car seat.
I would sooner drive hot pincers through my eyelids would love to be there myself but, alas, I have a pressing engagement. Too bad Erica's out of town and can't cover this herself (now THAT I would pay to see), but I say we send our official "bay-bay correspondent" Bitchy Mom. BM: report in, babe.
Speaking of babes, I was a little surprised to hear that Park Slope's own sex toy purveyor Babeland will be one of the official exhibitionists. WHAT they'll be exhibiting, I cannot say (because we are not, in fact, a porn site). According to Babeland's official public relations officer Pamela, even though they must have known something about sex to get knocked-up in the first place, new and expecting parents are a bit at sea, you see. So, the Babeland folks will be filling in the informational gaps in the wasteland that is post-procreative-coitus: splaining how to get those juices flowing again (literally and figuratively).
Check in begins at 10:30. Parking (station wagon) is free.
Stroller parking is described as limited and the planners over at godblessthechild.com achildgrows.com have officially made our day here at FIPS by graciously requesting that you leave your big-ass monstrosity of a stroller at home if at all possible. Yeah, they said it, maybe not in so many words but that was the gist.
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Third-year Student Greenberg Wins Ethics Award
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Newton, MA--Third-year BC Law student Lauren Greenberg has been selected as one of 12 recipients of the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel's (NEACC) tenth annual Law Student Ethics Award. The award will be presented at the chapter's annual dinner on April 15 at the Union Club in Boston. Wayne A. Budd, Senior Counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, will deliver the keynote address.
"We are all very proud of Lauren for receiving this award," BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau said. "It illustrates her commitment to upholding the very highest ethical standards as a law student and young professional while reflecting Boston College's mission to educate students not only in the law, but also on how to be upstanding and virtuous members of their community."
Greenberg is being recognized for her commitment to ethics in the Boston College Defender clinic, in which she represents indigent clients charged with crimes in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court. In nominating her for this award, Professors Sharon Beckman and Frank Herrmann and Visiting Clinical Professor Paul McManus of the Committee for Public Counsel Services wrote that "in addition to the careful ethical discernment required of all students in the BC Law clinical and experiential programs, Lauren has gone above and beyond what anyone could expect of a student, demonstrating extraordinary courage in her efforts to enforce the ethical norms upon which the accuracy and fairness of criminal justice system depend."
Before entering law school, Greenberg served in the Peace Corps in Madagascar. She holds leadership positions in the Boston College Law School Environmental Law Society and Amnesty International chapter.
According to the NEACC, the awards program was created to "recognize and encourage the ethical practice of law at the earliest stages of a young lawyer's professional career, and at the same time to shine a spotlight on ethics more generally, demonstrating that the legal community values lawyers who are guided by ethical principles." The award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship, is given to twelve students, one from each of the participating local law schools, who have demonstrated an early commitment to ethics through work in clinical programs representing their first real clients.
The annual awards dinner is attended by many prominent judges of the state and federal trial and appellate courts in Massachusetts, including Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, as well as faculty from the participating schools, the presidents of numerous bar associations, general counsel from many prominent local companies and managing and senior partners from law firms.


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From space, can you see things move on Earth?
from Dr. George A. Martin on April 21, 1997:
From what I understand, anything that moves freely is too small to be seen from up in space. Only the largest man-made structures can be seen. Things like the Pyramids and the Vehicle Assembly Building here at Kennedy Space Center.


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The Rustic DIY Twig Vase is a simple yet chic home decoration that's perfect for fall. Dress up an old glass vase that hasn't gotten much use with this easy tutorial. Against the earthy tones of the twigs and twine, the colors of your flowers will really pop. This DIY vase will add a rustic charm anywhere you place it. This nature-inspired crafts will cost you next to nothing and look absolutely fabulous! Even the most inexperienced of crafters can create this piece of stylish home decor.
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Miss Teen Pennsylvania International and Altoona native Julianne Biddle is striving to make a difference in the lives of teens through her pageant platform: "educate to eliminate teenage suicide."
Biddle, 17, will sponsor a Suicide Prevention and Awareness Banquet at the Bavarian Hall, 112 S. 13th St., from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday.
The banquet includes dinner, dancing, a basket fundraiser and more. Tickets are $20, and proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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Miss Teen Pennsylvania International Julianne Biddle shows items that will be included in a basket auction to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Biddle is conducting the benefit on Sunday.
Biddle, a 2012 Altoona Area High School graduate, is a spokeswoman for the organization. She also sits on the youth education committee of the Blair County Task Force for Suicide Prevention.
"She really is just such a dedicated and hard working young woman," said Jodi L. Cessna, the pageant's state director.
Biddle plans to study nursing at Mount Aloysius College. She received the Mercy Scholarship award for $40,000 over four years.
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What: Suicide Prevention and Awareness Banquet
Where: Bavarian Hall, 112 S. 13th St.
When: 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $20; proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; call 215-5146 or 946-5053
She will compete against 39 other girls for the Miss Teen International title July 26 to 28 in Chicago. Biddle and her mom, Debbie, work at Sheetz, which is sponsoring Biddle in the pageant.
Biddle said the idea for her platform stemmed from losing two schoolmates to suicide. She has also lost a family member and recently an acquaintance.
"I just know it's like an epidemic in my community as well as others," she said. "I just want to make a difference for teenagers, especially because I am one."
Biddle has spoken out at Out of the Darkness walks and a Rotary event on the subject since her crowning at the pageant March 24 held at Altoona's Jaffa Shrine Center, she said. The banquet is her first big fundraiser.
It is important for teachers and others who have contact with teenagers to watch for the warning signs of suicide such as isolation, giving away one's prized possessions and changes in habits, Biddle said. If one suspects someone of wanting to harm themselves don't leave the person alone, reassure them they are cared about, and seek help, she said.
Debbie Biddle said she and her husband, Ron, are proud of their daughter.
"To make a difference in just one life would be worth all of the effort," she said. "I want to speak up, save lives and make a difference for teenagers everywhere, today, tomorrow and for years to come."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Can a Best-Selling Writer Have It All?
Zadie Smith is grappling with this issue in her own magical way.By Maggie Lange
Zadie Smith is grappling with this issue in her own magical way.By Maggie Lange
"While Daniel Radcliffe worked his way through the poem, I realized I had no idea what he was talking about."By Kyle Buchanan
With Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg.By Bilge Ebiri
"He knows a lot about American football."
"He kind of trashed me this weekend in fantasy football."By Katie Van Syckle
You're considered a "deadly attachment."By Kyle Buchanan
Meet the new "king of the world."By Julie Ma
Featuring Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, Ben Foster as William Burroughs, and Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker.By Jesse David Fox
Sundance is where former child stars and clean-cut performers go to dirty up their image in provocative indies.By Kyle Buchanan
"The things that directors have shouted to me in the past usually involve which way I have to look to see the dragon."By Kyle Buchanan
The Harry Potter actor plays gay poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings.By Jada Yuan
"If I were a therapist, I'd say, 'Don't go there.'"By Jennifer Vineyard
Dane DeHaan and Jack Huston also join the Beat Poets drama.By Kyle Buchanan
In the indie film Kill Your Darlings.By Amanda Dobbins
Plus: The Modest Mouse video that Heath Ledger directed will finally see the light of day.By Amos Barshad


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Joseph Roberts
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Joseph Roberts was born in Buffalo, S.D., in 1939. He devoted his life to service to others. After serving in the U.S. Air Force (1958-62), he received his BA from Black Hills State and his master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan.
He worked as a social worker and therapist at the Department of Social Services, the Children's Home of Texas, West River Mental Health and in private practice. After a full career he entered the Peace Corps at the age of 63, serving in Guyana and Romania. He then went to work at Sen. Tim Johnson's office in Rapid City, where he helped constituents navigate the bureaucracies of the VA, the military and immigration and naturalization services.
Joe, formerly of Custer, S.D., died Sept. 23, 2013, at the Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City, S.D. He was 74.
He is survived by his children, Carrie Bergstrom and Will Roberts; and by three grandchildren, Emmett, Matilda and Otis.
A memorial celebration was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Youth and Family Services gymnasium (120 E. Adams St., Rapid City). Attendees were asked to bring their stories and memories.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made at Med5 Credit Union to Working Against Violence, Inc., Youth and Family Services, Cornerstone Rescue Mission and Wellspring.
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Whole Food seafood ban has fishermen fuming; Limoges boxes cute enough to eat
These Macaron Limoges Trinket Boxes look good enough to eat, but would probably hurt your teeth. [via Laughing Squid]
In Mac-and-Cheese Wars, Al Dente Can't Compete With SpongeBob SquarePants – WSJ
A Ban on Some Seafood at Whole Food Has Fishermen Fuming – NYT
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Margo Rey performs at Bemus Point, N.Y.
In the video for her new single "Colours," Margo Rey, seated at the piano, asserts: "I am not afraid/I know how to be brave/because in the best and worst of days/my colors never fade."
It's the kind of statement of resolve and empowerment that you'd expect to find in a stately power ballad. What sets this apart from a sea of assembly-line pop affirmations is the truth behind the lyric.
Rey, who performs tonight on the floating stage of Bemus Bay Pops, is a two-time breast cancer survivor. The show is a benefit for breast cancer care at WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y.
Born in Acapulco and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Rey seems to be hitting her musical stride. Her small but pretty voice doesn't have the authority that fellow dance-music denizens such as fellow Texan Beyonc� can muster but, to be fair, Rey, at 47, isn't after an audience of club kids. Hers is a bit older and arguably more conservative. It's an audience that her husband, two-time, Grammy-nominated comedian Ron White, knows well.
At press time, the cigar-chomping, Scotch-drinking comedian was scheduled to present Rey at tonight's concert. The audience could see two performers. Either way, it's for a good cause. White has his "Rontourage," and Rey has her "Breast Cancer Warriors," fellow survivors she invites onstage during her shows. Tonight she'll bring the battle to Bemus Point, and everybody will go home victorious.


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"Americans are debating whether to substantially expand the size of
their government. As Swedish economists who live in the developed
world's largest welfare state, we urge our friends in the New World to
look carefully before they leap" – Wall
Street Journal Lessons From the Swedish Welfare State
Jennifer Blanke, Head
of the Centre on Global Competitiveness at the World Economic Forum
responds to the Wall
Street Journal
I was surprised by the assertion by Andreas Bergh and
Magnus Henrekson that the
model. Their argument is premised on the idea that there is a negative
correlation between government spending and growth, and that therefore by
definition, countries like
successful. Yet this conclusion flies in the face of our own work on the
drivers of productivity and economic success.
For more than three decades, the World Economic Forum has
been undertaking the difficult task of analyzing and measuring the set of
factors, policies and institutions that determine the level of productivity of
countries, a phenomenon that we call competitiveness. Understanding
the efficiency by which economies transform their resources into useful outputs
is important because this efficiency determines both the material wellbeing of
their citizens and the rate of return of investments and, therefore, the potential
growth rate of incomes. Competitiveness is driven by a large number of factors
including institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, health and
primary education, higher education and training, the functioning of goods,
labor and financial markets, technological adoption, market size, business
sophistication and innovation.
The idea that large government spending can be a drag on
growth is not new. Indeed, while the authors point to their own recent work on
the topic, this was already a popular idea in the 1990s, with much research
carried out, the most prominent being a 1997 article by Robert Barro. Following
this trend at the time the World Economic Forum included a measure of
government spending in measuring national competitiveness. Yet we soon realized
that this made no sense: countries providing no public services whatsoever were
automatically placed at the top, while high spending countries were at the
bottom regardless of how the resources were spent. Yet how the resources
are spent is the key question.
The authors tout the pro-market reforms that have taken
place in
But they fail to mention that many of the critical factors driving productivity
and growth require investments: to build infrastructure, to develop a
well-educated workforce, to carry out research and development. The Nordic
countries do very well in our competitiveness rankings, precisely because their
exceptionally transparent and efficient governments have systematically made
such critical investments. In other words, it's not how much you spend but
how you spend that counts.
To support their argument, the authors note that between
1970 and 1993,
country to the 17th. Yet it is very important which time period is
taken into account, and which of the Nordics is taken as an example. 1993
followed a significant financial crisis in
Nordics. More generally, although all four Nordic countries were poor not so
long ago, today they are among the wealthiest countries in the world: While the
US is now the 9th richest country per person, Norway is ranked 2nd,
Denmark 5th, Finland 12th, and Sweden 13th.
Indeed, put together the four Nordics would rank as the world's 10th
or 11th largest economy in absolute terms. Looked at this way it is hard to use
them as an example arguing against government spending.
The Nordic
countries are highly competitive economies that we regularly point to as
examples that others can learn from. They have many strengths and provide
strong evidence that it is not the size of government that matters but the
quality of services provided by government. Indeed, the
understanding how these remarkable countries have made such impressive economic
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Police said Adaisha Miller was dancing with the officer when she hugged him from behind. His gun, which was in a waist holster, went off, and the bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit her heart. She died at a hospital.
Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee described Miller's death during a Monday news conference as a tragic, "unfathomable" accident.
"Somehow, in the course of dancing with the individual to his rear and touching his waist, his Detroit Police Department-issued weapon discharged, striking Ms. Miller," Godbee said. "There is absolutely no indication that the officer placed his hand on his weapon at all."
Godbee implied contact from Miller appeared to have caused the gun to go off, but he stopped short of saying she pulled the trigger on the .40-caliber handgun.
The officer, 38-year-old Isaac Parrish, has been placed on desk duty while the case is investigated. There was no answer at his home early Monday afternoon. Godbee said Parrish is "very remorseful."
Miller's mother, Yolanda McNair told The Associated Press her daughter would have turned 25 on Monday and she was celebrating the weekend before her birthday. Miller was invited to the Saturday night fish fry at Parrish's home by friends who knew him, her mother said.
"Why do you need a gun at your own house? Why do you need a gun at your own party?" McNair asked. She said she would be watching the police investigation closely.
Godbee said the officer's gun had a safety mechanism built into the trigger.
The Smith & Wesson M&P primarily was designed for police and military use. It does not have a safety switch, but the trigger has to be pulled back completely for the gun to fire, certified firearms instructor Rick Ector said.
Ector said that if properly holstered, the gun cannot be fire accidentally.
But Godbee said Parrish's waist holster was made of a soft material, and it would be possible for the trigger to be pulled while the gun was in it. He said the barrel direction typically would have been pointing down while holstered.
The gun's angle also is at question, according to a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner.
"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue," Balash said. "I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 100 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."
There still is "no justification" for her daughter's death, said McNair, 44.
"She didn't do anything wrong," McNair said. "She told us she was going to a party."
The Wayne County medical examiner's office was to perform an autopsy.
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Cherry Kölsch - A rare, summertime favorite,"Cherry Kölsch" is a spin on the classic light brew that originated in Cologne, Germany. Specially brewed with real cherry juice from fresh-picked, local Finger Lakes cherries, this beer has subtle pink hue and hints of cherry in both the aroma and flavor. Whether on land or water, this is the perfect beer for a hot, sunny day! 4.5% ABV
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Long Nights Dunkelweizen - Winter in upstate New York always means a few undeniable things: Days are short and the cold nights drag on. The smell of wood stoves fill the crisp air as people hunker down and await the thaw. Dunkelweizen is our way of embodying winter in a beer. This hybrid of two traditional German beer styles with an American twist is dark and smoky, with smooth hints of chocolate and vanilla. The rich and complex body is filling while the spicy clovey Bavarian yeast character invites more sips. Let this imperial smoked dunkelweizen help get you through your winter hibernation. ABV: 7%
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Article Title:
Reducing Motorcycle Fatalities through Checkpoints and Education: The New York State Experience
By Major David A. Salmon, Director of Traffic Services, New York State Police, Albany, New York
Month of Issue:
July 2008
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