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Vanessa Crone, 16, and Paul Poirier, 15, opened their 2007-08 figure skating season by taking the gold medal at the Harghita Cup, the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The couple is the reigning Canadian junior dance champions. The dancers also placed ninth at the 2007 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany. Earlier last season, the couple won a bronze medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Oslo, Norway and placed fifth at the event in Taipei City.
"Our goal for last season was to skate well at Canadians and qualify for Junior Worlds," Poirier said. "But I fractured a toe and got stitches in my foot a week before Nationals. We weren't even sure we would be able to compete. So we were happy to come first. This season, we'll compete as seniors at Canadians but as juniors on the JGP circuit. We're hoping to make it to the JGP Final. It's been a lot of fun doing the Junior Grand Prixs. It's nice to see new places." The couple plans to compete until at least 2010 and probably 2014.
Poirier started skating when he was four. "I played some hockey for a year or two, but didn't like it," he noted. By the age of 12, he had landed a double axel and his first triple, a triple toe loop. He can land everything up to the triple axel and is working on that. He won the national bronze medal in novice men last season and will compete as a junior in 2007-08.
Crone also began when she was four. "My mom was a recreational figure skater and a coach and she put me into it," Crone said. She landed her first double axel at 14 and her first triple salchow at 15 and is working on her triple lutz. Crone finished fifth at Sectionals in novice ladies in 2007 and plans to compete in juniors for the 2007-08 season.
Crone and Poirier trained in singles at the same club so coaches brought them together to try pairs and dance. They were third at Sectionals in 2004 in juvenile pairs, but because they jump in opposite directions, they decided not to continue. They began dancing together in the summer of 2001. "We've always been good friends in and out of skating," Crone said. "That's one reason it's worked." They plan to continue competing in both dance and singles. "Neither of us has a preference for one or the other," Poirier said. "Both are beneficial to each other and we want to try and do well in both."
For dance, the team trains in Scarborough, Ontario with a team of coaches headed by Carol Lane. Their other coaches include Donna Iijima, Juris Razgulajevs, and Jon Lane. Crone also takes singles lessons from Ernest Pryhitka in Toronto, while Poirier trains with Mark and Jana Batka in Richmond. They train for three hours a day, six days a week, on ice for dance, then Crone works for another three hours on singles while Poirier works another two hours in freestyle.
Carole Lane and Razguliaevs choreographed their programs. "Every year we try to have a different genre of program," Poirier said. "Otherwise it gets boring. Next year we may try jazz. That would be contrasting." For the 2007-08 season, the couple is using Romanian gypsy music for their original dance. That includes Blue Shawl by Petercurski and Gypsy by Boutouk. For their free dance, the dancers are skating a tango to "A Los Amigos' by Pontier.
They both had two new programs for singles too. Poirier plans to use his again next season, but Crone will have two new ones again. "I always like to have new ones," she said.
Both dancers have another two years of high school remaining. Crone plans to study something like fashion design at university, but Poirier has no idea of a future career at this point.
Crone enjoys being with her friends and family, dancing and snowboarding. She loves to play soccer for fun and played center/forward in a recreational league for four years. She was also in gymnastics between the ages of eight and ten. Poirier doesn't play any other sports. He enjoys going to movies, dancing, chatting on his computer and reading. "I read everything, but mostly fiction," he said.


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A wise person once told be just put one foot in front of the other and soon enough your moving forward. What they forgot to tell me was every once in a while you fall down and slide back. Keep facing a forward direction and you will pull through. Back slides are ok and sometimes needed to find the path you might have missed in your haste to move past that which you want to get away from. Long and short of it - keep pursuing what you want and eventually you will get it.
Good to know you are getting back on track even though it's with an unintentional egg fast. I had 4 eggs today as well but with a lot of other shit. Keep on truckin!
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For me lately it has been cheese - not sure why but I am craving it - gave in to temptation this morning and had some with breakfast. Not sure if there is something in it that my body is needing to fight off this cold I can't seem to kick. A little of the Captain isn't a bad thing… a lot of the Captain, well that's a different story.
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The $35,577,488 total budget would require residents to support a local tax levy of $21,921,265, an increase of approximately $350,000 over 2013's tax levy, if the proposed spending plan is adopted.
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According to township business administrator Kevin Heydel, the tax rate increase is largely due to recent decreases in the township tax base brought about by property value reassessments.
Heydel said a large part of the 4.9 percent increase in the tax rate is due to the loss of ratable values and, therefore, to the anticipated loss of revenue to be collected from homes and businesses under the old rate.
During the housing collapse of 2008, the county began to reassess home and business values across the town, many of which received higher valuations as a result of the reassessment.
That led to 3,000 tax appeals in Monroe between 2008-2012 from individuals covered under the reassessment, Heydel said. Property owners argued that their homes were worth less than the assessed values, which led to lower taxes for the municipality.
"Because of all those appeals, we're losing money," said Heydel. "It eats away at your surplus."
"You couple that with the loss of state aid [and] we got killed," added Heydel, saying that the township plans to use $2,965,508 of its surplus fund to ease the tax burden on residents.
After the large number of tax appeals, the Gloucester County Tax Assessor's Office began a compliance plan in 2013 to reevaluate township home and property values to bring them closer to accurate market rates.
Heydel said he expects the number of tax appeals to decrease substantially following this year's reassessment, which will help solidify the township's tax base and what they might expect from ratables.
"What I believe is going to happen now is, whatever we're going to lose in future appeals will be made up in added assessments," said Heydel.
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The township's municipal court judge would receive an additional $2,500 in pay this year, and the budget allocates an increase in the police department account for the hiring of two new police officers as well as a 3.4 percent increase in salary for all police officers, which they'll receive in September this year.


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The image of Houdini in the "grip" of the weed chains is a famous one. Houdini would use the dramatic photos in his pitchbooks. However, details of the actual escape have always been somewhat scant.
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Tis The Season: Dragonfly Intuitive Meaning
Just a couple days ago I was stopped at a traffic light as I exited the freeway, returning home after a long busy day. My thoughts drifted, and my consciousness was far away in this momentary break from reality as I waited for the light to change.
I was suddenly pulled back into the moment by a sudden movement around my car. A dragonfly zipped past the driver side window, directly into my visual path, and stopped right in front of my windshield. It was as if I was being summoned to release the place and thought where I had drifted, and return to a conscious state. The reminder was accepted, and I smiled as I remembered that it is our being that matters, not the details of days.
The dragonfly is honored as an ancient symbol of spirituality. The dragonfly is thought to be connected to Freya the Norse goddess of love, fertility and warfare. What could possibly connect the dragonfly with love? The paired bodies of mating dragonflies form the shape of a heart, the modern symbol of love.
Some think the dragonflies appearance is prehistoric, and I don't think we're too far off. The oldest known species of dragonfly is the 320 million year old Delitzschala bitterfeldensis.
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Michael Robinson?
He has been cleared to play. And, his return has to help a sputtering offense in need of a playmaker. But believe it or not, he wasn't the one I was worried about.
Posluszny, though, is also coming back.
According to this article by Beth Husdon in the Morning Call,
Paul Posluszny couldn't remember a pain like this one.
The Penn State sophomore linebacker sat on the sideline in the third quarter almost two weeks ago and saw his teammates engaged in a tight contest with Purdue. In his mind, Posluszny wanted nothing more than to be on the field with them at Beaver Stadium.
At the same time, however, the pain in his shoulder was beyond anything he could recall in his years of playing football.
''My whole arm and shoulder really went numb,'' he said. ''The bad part was I couldn't keep my head up straight. I couldn't support the weight of my own head.''
''Having that week off, it really helped us,'' Posluszny said. ''A lot of the guys who weren't healthy now are going to be able to play.
''We don't want this to be another season like last year,'' he added. ''We know we have the guys to win these games. We definitely have a sense of urgency.''
Urgency? You better believe it. This defense needs to be healthy, because we weren't scoring well with Michael Robinson in there (think BC not Akron.) We need to keep Iowa off the board forany chance to win this game, because I just don't see us lighting up the scoreboard ourselves. And with the way Ohio State is playing, would anyone be surprised if the game in Columbus goes into overtime in a 0-0 tie?
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Star Wars creator George Lucas, 68, is set to wed DreamWorks animation chairman Mellody Hobson, 43, a rep announced on Jan. 3. The pair have been dating since 2006. This will be Lucas's second marriage and the first for Hobson. The director was previously married to film editor Marcia Lou Griffin. The exes adopted a daughter, Amanda, 31, before their 1983 divorce, and Lucas went on to adopt Katie, 24, and Jett, 19, after their split.
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American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen (inset), 27, is going to be a first-time dad. The musician revealed the news on Jan. 1 after he and his wife, Katy, and pet dog Zorro were involved in a car accident. Allen tweeted, "Yes I got in a really bad wreck tonight and yes I'm having a lil baby." The two have been married since 2008.
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Custom-made gifts have a lot of meaning for the receiver. These gifts are a personal expression of affection and Easter gifts are no exception. It is a little like a Christmas stocking. Each one is filled with something special. Easter gift baskets are an incredibly easy and attractive way to personalize a gift, and here are some suggestions to spark the imagination.
Imaginative Easter Gifts
Start with the Basket
Easter baskets left over from the previous year would work well, but there may not be enough for everyone. A few baskets will need to be purchased from a crafts store. Another possibility is to buy already made Easter baskets that are full of candy and cellophane hay. They can be taken apart and put back together in a personalized way. It is best to buy undecorated baskets and the darker the straw material the better. Darker baskets look more elegant.
Girls and young boys will enjoy Easter baskets, but older boys may like something a little more substantial. Cardboard boxes such as an empty cereal box or a shoebox are possibilities that can be decorated to please a boy. Boys won't focus on the container for long. They will want to get to the gifts.
If buying ready-made baskets is a little too costly, try improvising with milk cartons, folded or glued together paper plates, juice boxes or other convenient containers. They can be decorated with colored paper, ribbons and wrapped in cellophane for a charming presentation.
Even a plain, brown paper bag can be upgraded and transformed into a fun and colorful container. They can be decorated with a sports theme, favorite cartoon character or anything that will personalize the bag for the receiver. They can be turned into bunnies with big ears and funny faces, or they can look like a flowerpot with fresh or artificial flower bouquets sticking out of the top.
Decorate the Basket
With a few inexpensive supplies, it is fun and easy to decorate Easter baskets or boxes. Some essential things are:
• Glue gun
• Colorful cellophane wrapping and hay
• Stickers of bunnies, decorated eggs, chicks, spring flowers and bows
• Foil paper or aluminum foil for sparkle
• Colored ribbon
Girls may like curled ribbons hanging over the side and for boys a great, big bow on top that is easy to remove quickly. The whole thing can be made into a bundle with cellophane and tied at the top. The decoration alone is thrilling for children.
Whatever theme is chosen for the decoration should continue in the contents of the basket. For example, if the theme is chocolate, the inside may contain several varieties of the sweet. If the theme is a child's favorite cartoon, the contents may be a DVD or game, figurines or a book.
For adults, the theme may be wine or gourmet coffee or tea. This can be accompanied with crackers and cheese, cake, special cookies and mugs, wine glasses or beautiful tea cups and saucers. There is no end to the possibilities.
Easter gifts for children are the easiest. Puppets, toys, stuffed animals, books, crayons, bubbles and all the tasty Easter candy. Marshmallow bunnies, chocolate eggs, sugar crystal eggs are a few that are loved.
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As the burgeoning tech industry continues to do its part to create jobs in a struggling U.S. economy, a major portion of the population has been mostly left out of the tech boom.
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State announces Golden Horseshoe award winners
CHARLESTON – Nearly 230 eighth-grade students from across West Virginia last week received the prestigious Golden Horseshoe award for outstanding knowledge of West Virginia history and culture.
State Superintendent Jim Phares inducted students from all 55 counties as Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Society during a pinning ceremony Thursday at the Cultural Center in Charleston. The award is considered one of the greatest honors bestowed upon students in West Virginia.
"As a former history teacher it was a great honor to have a role in this ceremony," Phares said. "The Golden Horseshoe is coveted by many in the state, but received by very few. It is an honor that these students can be proud of for years to come."
The Golden Horseshoe test has been administered in West Virginia each year since 1931 and is the longest running program of its kind in the United States. The top-scoring students in each county receive the prestigious award. Each county has at least two winners. The exam tests student knowledge on West Virginia citizenship, civics and government, economics, geography, history and current events.
The local winners by county were:
* Calhoun County: Caroline McCumbers and Robert Twist IV.
* Doddridge County: Logan Gogan and Joseph Heckert.
* Gilmer County: Ruthann Cain and Sada Wright.
* JacksonCounty: Elias Cope, Presley Fisher, Michael Morgan and Teresa Riffle.
* Pleasants County: Corbin Bussey, Lindsay George, Ryan McFarland, Andrea Watson and Spencer Wren.
* Ritchie County: Ivy Scoville, William Siers and Jonathan Wilson.
* Roane County: Paige Davenport, Christophe Deel and Keira Shaffer.
* Tyler County: Colby Buchanan, Rosana Smith and Theodore Stackpole.
* Wirt County: Addie Bailey and Kyle Bentz.
* Wood County: Anna Fatta, Andrew Gnegy, Jordan Mader, Ian McKnight, Wade Powers Akshay Sambandham and Kaylyn Smith.
The Golden Horseshoe originated in the early 1700s in Virginia when Gov. Alexander Spotswood saw the need for exploration of the land west of the Allegheny Mountains, most of which is now West Virginia. Spotswood organized a party of about 50 men to explore the frontier. At the end of the exploration, he presented each member of the party with a golden horseshoe. Translated from Latin, the inscription on each horseshoe read, "Thus it was decided to cross the mountains." On the other side was written, "Order of the Golden Horseshoe." Because of this, the recipients became known as 'The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe.'"
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings: 'It's important for us to continue to lift up our health care workers'
The health care workers who cared for Dallas' Ebola patients could be cleared of contracting the virus in coming weeks, after undergoing 21 days of avoiding public places and self-monitoring for symptoms.
And when that happens, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said, it "is important for all of us, once again, to accept all of these people back into the mainstream of our world and our life."
"It's important for us to continue to lift up our health care workers with pride and with honor," Rawlings said during a brief speech Wednesday at the beginning of a Dallas City Council meeting. "They are good people."
The request echoes the call from Monday, when local officials celebrated that 51 people had completed the monitoring period. That group included the family members of Thomas Eric Duncan, the city's first Ebola patient who died earlier this month.
More than 100 health care workers remain under monitoring and self-quarantine. That group includes those who cared for Duncan or for the two Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurses who became infected in the course of that care.
So while Rawlings again cheered on Monday that "we have gotten over a significant hurdle in this outbreak," he cautioned that there's still a ways to go. The "magic date" of when the remaining health care workers should be cleared remains Nov. 7.
The mayor – who, along with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, has been prominent in the local Ebola response – also thanked corporate leaders, nonprofits, the media and citizens at large for helping one another "through these difficult times."


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Skip to comments.BP is cutting the riser right now!
Posted on 05/31/2010 2:38:39 PM PDT by omega4179
Very interesting.
(Excerpt) Read more at bp.com ...
Ok next question...how do you all of a sudden make a turn while drilling?
Here are a couple of good graphics of what the are attempting to do at the current time. Click on the high resolution link for a much better view.
OSHA will probably try to fine BP because they took the safety shield off the saw.
that would be hilarious if it were NOT TRUE!
Does anyone think they are cutting slots on opposing sides to get a clamp in there and pull the drill pipe up?
did those reports come from our trusty MSM or from the seafood industry?
I'm just saying....
A seafood vendor in my town told me he bought some oysters from a FL vendor instead of his usual LA vendor recently due to the spill and said the price he paid his vendor was more than what HE usually sells them for from his store here.
I think you have to know all the parts and what can be accessed....there's just to many considerations to speculate.
Thank you
You'll have to get someone with more knowledge than me for an answer. But I know they can use a whipstock to turn the bit. Also I think they use downhole motors ect now for these purposes. The technology is way above my pay grade. lol.
Did the government call in all the fisherman??? (needlessly)...to make this an even more serious disaster...
I thought the Kent Wells demo showed the cap was already on the ocean floor and just needed to be lifted into position
via fumbles and the yellow strap maybe? :-)
maybe they need to bring in one of those guys who does intricate ice sculptures with a chainsaw!
I've wondered that as well.
What in the world is Fumbles Jr. trying to grab?? is that a piece of pipe they cut away with the circular saw?
The camera angle on Ocean 2 definately shows the deformation/crimping of the top of the pipe by the shear.
I may be wrong, but this does not look good on Ocean 2's Cam. it appears that the ROV has become tangles in the ther for another peice of equipment.
Ugh fat fingers: become tangled in the tether for another piece of equipment.
LOL - Some guy just walked up to one of the ROVs.
Must be the same one I saw the other night. ;-)
Los like fumbles found a job within his paygrade.
HEads up , Fumbles is back and playing with power cords on Mother again. LOL
Back from shooting my bow. Dialed in at 30 meters. Next - 50 meters... gotta go up to the Boy Scout Camp Bashore to use the archery range for that one.
It's hot & humid here in PA!
good luck guys!!! We are all counting on you - even Fumbles.
I think Fumbles got put in timeout. He started playing with the power cords around Mother again, and did something x-rated and they cut the feed. LOL
But, Fumbles Jr. (Ocean 2) has been grabbing straps and doing hauling around duty quite well the last little while.
Today's static image brought to you by the number 4.
I am trying to figure out what Fumbles Jr is looking at. Some type of Rig lying on the sea bottom. LOoks like he is trying to pick it up.
The video Fumbles Jr (ocean 2) is showing right now is fascinating. There is almost an entire oil yard worth of equipment lying on the sea bed it seems. Everywhere he goes there is a box or power unit or pipe or hose or something... there is crap all over down there.
That's all the stuff Fumbles has dropped the last couple of days.
Awesome vid on OCean 2 right now — he is at the bottom of the BOP checking out the well head. Thankfully everything looks intact and in place.
LOL! You said that and Fumbles Jr is trying to pick up what looks like a saw laying on the ground next to the BOP stack! And yes it has a yellow strap attached to it.
How about a place to store stuff till needed
This is awesome to watch.
What is he DOING??? Assembling a weedwhacker?
Is that the new cap on Enterprise 2?
Have no idea, but now he is doing show and tell. Hey mom, look what I made! Aww that's nice honey, what is it?
Plot of Oil Spill by James Cameron
Number 5 (voiced by Tim Blaney) Fumbles (voiced by Tim Robbins) is one of five prototype robots ROVs proposed for Cold War Evil Drilling use by the U.S. military British Petroleum, although the scientists mainly responsible for creating them, Newton Graham Crosby, Ph.D. (Steve Guttenberg) Muhammad Bashar (Jamie Fox) and his partner Ben Jabituya (Fisher Stevens) Juan Valdez (Paul Rodriguez), are more interested in peaceful uses of their artificial intelligence, like playing musical instruments planting coral gardens. While a demonstration in takes place on the grounds of the developer's company, Nova Laboratories in Damon, Washington Haliburton in Houston, Texas a lightning storm forces an end to the presentation. A power surge hits Number 5 Fumbles while it is recharging and alters its program, causing a malfunction. An associated accident causes it to be taken off company grounds and it wanders away, unable to communicate and not knowing where it is. Number 5 Fumbles finds itself at the home of animal-lover Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy) Indira Patel (Eva Mendes) in Astoria , Oregon New Orleans, Louisiana, who initially thinks the robot ROV is an extraterrestrial visitor, but then determines that the robot ROV was built by Nova Haliburton. After she helps it satisfy its cravings for "input" (due to its malfunction), and explains the nature of life and death to it, Stephanie Indira and the robot ROV realize the power surge has brought the robot ROV to life. The robot ROV subsequently gains a respect for life, rejecting the destructive nature of its military BP programming, as well as a fear of the disassembly that awaits it back at Nova Haliburton, believing it to be akin to death.
After several narrow escapes from a troop of
soldiers corporate thugs led by Nova's BP's security head Captain Skroeder (G. W. Bailey) Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) — who in his attempt to destroy the wayward robot ROV disobeys orders from Howard Marner (Austin Pendleton) Dick Cheney (Josh Brolin), the director of Nova Haliburton— as well as from Stephanie's Indira's unscrupulous ex-boyfriend Frank George, Stephanie Indira and the robot ROV finally convince Newton Muhammad of the robot's ROV's sentience, but are cornered by the full weight of Nova's BP's security and the army, who seemingly destroy the robot ROV. Unbeknown to the soldiers, the robot ROV they destroyed was a copy built by Number 5 Fumbles from spare parts, and with the robot's ROV's "destruction," the project that spawned it is ruined and Skroeder Agent Smith is fired. Number 5 Fumbles (who renames himself " Johnny 5" Moon Unit after hearing the song "Who's Johnny?" "Give Peace a Chance" throughout the movie) leaves for Montana San Francisco with Stephanie Indira and Newton Muhammad, who has subsequently quit his job gone to work for the Sierra Club after siding with the robot ROV.
I certainly don't claim to know what the heck they are doing at the moment.
But to the unknowing layman, such as myself,
these seem like some pretty trivial connections that
shoulda-coulda-woulda been easier to make while topside.
Can someone supply a link to the multiple cameras some of you seem to be watching, the only link I have is
Anyone know what that mesh looking thing that appears to on the ocean floor is?
The link PaForBush gave you plus you can left mouse double click on the video you want to see and it will go full screen and left mouse double click to get out of full screen or ESC. Also, refresh once in a while and the cameras will reload.
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VICKSBURG, MI – Vicksburg Acting Village Manager Ken Schippers has been knocking on wood a lot lately. Thanks to the cooperation of the village residents and some luck, the steady stream of frozen water pipes has stopped – for now.
Like the communities of Kalamazoo and Portage, Schippers and Vicksburg officials have been asking water customers to run a small stream of water to prevent their pipes from freezing. The overly harsh and brutal winter this year has caused hundreds of frozen water lines in the area, which creates costly and difficult work to thaw them out.
Schippers, who also doubles as the village director of the Department of Public Works, said Monday "We have not had any lines freeze up for a week, and we appreciate that. We ask that our water customers keep running their water."
The village hasn't been without weather related problems, though. One water meter froze up and on Park Street DPW crews had a particularly nasty job when a sewer line froze solid and had to be thawed and unclogged.
"That was no fun," Schippers said.
For now, he said, the water lines appear to be running for its hundreds of customers, "knock on wood." He encouraged customers to keep the small truckle of water flowing.
He and members of the Vicksburg Village Council have said the village likely will consider some type of discount or compensation on water bills for customers forced to keep their taps flowing. Details on that are pending.
Tom Haroldson covers Portage, Vicksburg and Schoolcraft for MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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State Senator Sandra Cunningham, D-Jersey City, plans to hold a forum on solutions to Jersey City's gun violence problem on Tuesday, July 23, at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center, 140 Martin Luther King Drive., staring at 6 p.m.
The forum is open to residents, elected officials, and leaders in the nonprofit world and religious community will be in attendance, the senator's office said.
Attendees are asked to RSVP to Andrea Maldonado at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 201-451-5100.
"While many families in New Jersey are out enjoying the warm weather, our community has been plagued by crime, including escalating rates of gun violence. The goal of this forum is to begin creating a strategy to control gun violence in our neighborhoods, " Cunningham said in a statement "We can no longer sit back as violence terrorizes our streets, and these discussions will play a vital role in curbing this dangerous trend."


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Gymnastic Team Announces 2013 Schedule
Ball State's gymnastics team, under the direction of head coach Nadalie Walsh, has announced its 2013 schedule, which will open Jan. 4, with an away meet at the Florida Gators.
The Cardinals will open the season at Florida and at Iowa before hosting its first home match Jan. 18, against Central Michigan on Cardinal Varsity Club night.
Ball State will host its annual Alumni Meet Jan. 25, vs. Northern Illinois, its "Think Pink" Meet Feb. 15, vs. Western Michigan and its Senior Night March 3, vs. Kentucky. The Cardinals will also host Pennsylvania Feb. 1, at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Ball State campus.
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In today's episode, columnist Jeff Duncan makes his weekly college and NFL picks, including the LSU and Saints games.
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This one is from our great friend Esther at http://paleoonmain.blogspot.com/!!!
Add all ingredients into medium saucepan. Bring just to a boil and reduce heat to medium low. Allow sauce to reduce by about 1/2, about 40 minutes or so.
The jar pictured is about 1/2 of the sauce I ended up with. This really creates a flavorful glaze to chicken in the crockpot.
- 23 oz Tomato Juice (1/2 Large Canorganic, Sodium free)
- 1/2 Large Onion- finely chopped
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Words without Borders announces its October 2011 issue: Writing from Iceland
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Words without Borders announces its October issue: Writing from Iceland
New York City, New York, October 1, 2011—Words without Borders (WWB) magazine announces the publication of an issue of writing from Iceland.
What sort of literature would a nation with a literacy rate of 100%, the highest per capita publication of books and magazines in the world, and a population famous for its love of fiction and poetry produce? This month WWB showcases fiction and poetry from Iceland.
Editorial director Susan Harris notes, "Iceland's thriving literary culture has fostered a vibrant and diverse national literature, grounded in the sagas, fresh as today's news, shot through with sly wit and the Nordic flair for storytelling."
The star writers included here include Gyrðir Elíasson and Sjón. In an indictment of greed and the plundering of natural resources, Nordic Council Literature Prizewinner Elíasson discovers hell on earth, also known as Ikea. Former Sugarcube Sjón turns from lyrics to verse, finding Marie Curie in a portrait by Edvard Munch. We thank Bókmenntasjóður/The Icelandic Literature Fund for their support.
In our second feature this month, we present poetry from China, with new work by Yu Jian, Hsia Yu, and Yu Xiang.
For additional information, please contact:
Contact: Joshua Mandelbaum, Executive Director
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Founded in 2003, Words without Borders is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of global understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of international literature. To date WWB has translated over 1,200 pieces of literature and poetry representing 90 languages by writers from 111 countries. WWB has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, the Boston Globe, the Guardian (UK), Vanity Fair, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as in various foreign-language papers and numerous literary blogs. Our most recent print anthology is Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (W.W. Norton & Co., 2010).


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Delaware County Christian School looked across the country to find its next head football coach.
Last month, Jim Favino informed Delco Christian athletic director Don Davis that he would not return for the 2013 season. Favino was the school's first football coach.
New coach Drew Pearson comes from Valley Vista High School in Surprise, Ariz., where he was an assistant from 2009-2012 . The hire was made official this week.
Pearson helped guide Valley Vista to back-to-back playoff appearances and a school-record eight victories in 2012.
As co-defensive coordinator, he oversaw a defense that set a slew of team records in 2012, including forced turnovers (27), sacks (41), tackles for a loss (94), points per game and yards per game.
Pearson is a product of Wheaton North High School (Ill.), where he was a three-sport athlete. He played football at Wheaton College, earning All-America honors as a defensive end.
"What I was most excited about was getting to know the people at Delaware County Christian School," Pearson said in a phone interview with the Daily Times. "I have a great respect for the school and the community in regards to the way they educate young men, the philosophy they instill and their dedication to pursue a relationship with God. Their pursuit to be excellent in academics and athletics is what really convinced me that this is an amazing place with an amazing community."
Pearson's goal is to "impact young men's lives in the classroom and on the football field," he said.
"What we want to do," he said, "is be a first-class organization, willing to do anything to make the program successful.'
Pearson plans to move to his new home in Newtown Square by the end of July. He will teach a Bible class at the school.
"We'll reinforce the three E's: effort, enthusiasm and execution. Fundamentals are priority," he said. "I want players who want to be motivated and I want a tough football team."
Asked to describe his coaching philosophy, Pearson added: "Offensively, we want to be balanced. That doesn't necessarily mean running and passing the ball 50 percent of the time, but we want to have a nice balance. We want high-energy guys (and) defensively, we're going to want to attack."
Pearson takes over for Favino, who was instrumental in getting the Knights their varsity credentials for the 2010 season. After a one-win inaugural season, the Knights went 7-2 overall the next, advancing to the semifinal round of the District One Class A playoffs.
Favino was 13-13 in three seasons at the helm. He will remain at the school as a teacher.
"It was time," Favino said of his decision to resign. "I have five children, and I was spreading myself thin. I went in and spoke with Don and explained to him that I wouldn't be coming back. So, we started the process of going out and looking (for a replacement). I'll still be a big supporter of the program."
Pearson has tremendous respect for the progress that has been made under Favino's watch.
"The kids loved Jim and the school loves the program," he said. "My goal is to continue building off of what Jim did there. We're going to come in and instill the same values … be a part of a very positive environment and set high expectations."


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AN AUSTRALIAN engineer rescued from militant kidnappers in Baghdad had to listen as his captors murdered two Iraqi hostages next to him, he said yesterday.
Douglas Wood, 64, said his kidnappers also killed two of his Iraqi assistants and dumped their bodies at a Baghdad garbage tip.
"I feel absolutely rotten," Mr Wood said. "I was the ultimate cause of it."
He said he planned to send money to the families of the dead men.
Mr Wood was freed earlier this month after 47 days in captivity in a joint operation involving Iraqi and US troops in a dangerous Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad.
He said when his liberation finally came, he was terrified that the men storming into his room might be terrorists.
"The fear side of me is thinking maybe bloody al-Qaeda turned up and decided to take over and that meant 'cut-the-throat time'," he said.
Mr Wood, an Australian who lives in Alamo, near San Francisco, with his American wife, said that during his time in captivity, the kidnappers stamped on his head and kept him handcuffed and blindfolded. Describing the brutal slayings of the two Iraqis held with him, Mr Wood said the first victim was knocked to the ground by their captors.
"He collapsed to the ground. His head was maybe two inches from my foot and bang, bang, bang - even a silenced gun is very consciously a gun shot in an enclosed space," he said.
Just 24 hours passed before the militants murdered another captive.
"The next night they came in and there was a television set. They turned up the volume and then bang, and a minute later another bang."
Wood was abducted on 30 April after he was lured to what he thought was a business meeting. He had been working for more than a year in Iraq as a contractor.
He said that during his captivity he kept his mind active and attempted to stave off boredom by recalling images of past vacations, all his former girlfriends, and of buying ice cream as a child.
"I was conscious of trying to keep myself sane by exercising my mind," he said in a TV interview.
A video link was set up so that Mr Wood could talk to a Swede, Ulf Hjertstrom, who was kidnapped by insurgents on 25 March and released on May 30. The two spent part of their captivity together.
Mr Hjertstrom, 63, said he had "put some people to work" to track down their captors.
"We will get them one by one," he said. "These scum should be out of business."
Mr Wood's wife, Yvonne Given, kept a low profile throughout his captivity.
"I was worried again that anything I said might cause his death," she said.
She described her emotional reunion with her husband in Dubai.
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The Portland Trail Blazers put together their best performance of summer league Tuesday in a 91-76 win over the Atlanta Hawks in their final game of pool play.
CJ McCollum scored 28 points and hit six three points to lead the Blazers who improved to 2-1 through three games in Vegas. It was McCollum's best shooting game of summer league after going 2-11 from three in the first two games.
Will Barton started the game strong scoring 13 of his 17 points in the first quarter. Barton added four rebounds and four assists in the win, providing a spark with a flurry of energy on both ends of the floor.
"I told my teammates early, I'm going to set the tone," Barton said. "Offense, defense, just bring energy and get my team off to a good start, and I felt like I did that."
Meyers Leonard made his 2014 summer league debut after missing the first two games in Vegas with a shoulder injury. He finished with seven points and a steal in just over 21 minutes. He admitted he was winded after missing a week of full contact workouts.
"My legs definitely felt really sluggish, and my lungs were burning," Leonard said. "I haven't done anything for a week as far as full-court contact and all that kind of stuff. It's pretty natural for me to be gassed," he continued. "But overall I felt OK. I felt like mentally and my reaction and everything like that was better on pick-and-rolls and different situations in the game."
Thomas Robinson had a solid night posting 8 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and no turnovers before leaving the game with a thumb injury that will keep him out of the rest of summer league.
The Blazers led by as many as 22 in the third quarter allowing the summer league regulars to rest for much of the fourth quarter before the team begins tournament play on Thursday.
In the video above, McCollum, Barton, Robinson and co-summer league head coach Nate Tibbetts discuss the impressive win over the Hawks.
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Darksiders Review
Darksiders deserves attention. It's a highly entertaining adventure, with some gorgeous visuals, devilish puzzles and exciting action. Fingers crossed the sequel will build on this impressive debut.
Other items of gear War comes into possession of, such as a grappling hook and portal gun, each serve a significant purpose in the game, and often grant you access to previously inaccessible locations in the game world. Combined with some Prince of Persia-like platforming, the latter puzzles are truly memorable and will test your usage of the tools acquired up to that point. In many ways, the game feels more accomplished as an adventure game than it does as a frenetic hack 'n' slash, with War's mountable phantom horse Ruin giving the game yet another piece of the classic Zelda pie.
As in Zelda, the game is partially open-world, but features a number of massive locations that serve as dungeons, each delivering a big reward upon completion. There's a considerable amount of backtracking at times, which is common in games of this type, but might not be what you're expecting if you thought Darksiders was another formulaic hack 'n' slash. Gladly you can quick travel between the main areas in the game world using serpent holes, opened once you complete the game's first big quest, saving you considerable time.
Vulgrim, a monster who serves as the demon version of Resident Evil 4's trader, pops up at set posts around the world, offering rewards for special artefacts and selling new weapons, moves and Wrath powers in exchange for collected souls - the game's currency, released from all defeated enemies and found in special chests. As and when you come across them, weapon enhancements can be applied to each weapon, granting such bonuses as increased damage, extra souls harvested, accelerated weapon experience and more. You're able to customise War to suit your play-style, whether it be enhancing your weapons to earn extra souls and therefore the ability to buy new items and abilities, or going for the more brute force approach, sacrificing some extra souls in favour of being able to take down enemies more easily.
Post-apocalyptic worlds are rarely beautiful, but Vigil Games has managed just that with Darksiders. Yes, the world has been torn apart, but the impressive use of colour throughout (you'll see more than shades of grey and brown here), the vast landscapes, giant enemies and general sense of scale makes for one of the most striking looking games of this generation. It's not as whiz-bang as some other current offerings, at times appearing a little dated, but its style is unquestionably superb.
On consoles the game suffered from a fair amount of frame rate trouble and some screen tearing, partly fixed thanks to a patch, but on PC you needn't have any of these issues if you have a decent spec. With the game running at a resolution of 1680x1050, even the now fairly modest office machine managed to cope with little to no problems. Some PC gamers will find the lack of advanced graphical options an insult to their platform - with only resolution and v-sync being available in the menu - but most people will be too involved in the game to notice.
War as a character also pales in comparison to Hamill's Watcher and the mega demons you encounter, but on the whole it's hard not to be sucked into the game world. Everything is accompanied by a brilliant musical score that conveys the sense of inter-realm war perfectly, being both epic and doom-heavy, and the voice acting is uniformly excellent.
Darksiders deserves attention. As a new franchise it does so many things right and should find a place for itself in a massively crowded market. If War was a more engaging character and the combat more refined, Darksiders would stand as one of the contenders for game of the year. Even so, it's a highly entertaining, 15 hour plus adventure, with some gorgeous visuals, devilish puzzles and exciting action. Fingers crossed the sequel will build on this very impressive debut.


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Database stays healthy in downturn
InfoGroup's Fairfield talks about trends in the data, research and marketing services industry
Dual strategy takes off for Travelzoo
Travelzoo's Calder on embracing social media, selling travel in the recession and forging successful partnerships
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Often simple ideas are the ones that resonate with your audience and end up defining your brand. Think JetBlue's customer bill of rights, LL Bean's ...
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A customized publishing model using digital printing has the potential to help media companies recover from bleeding revenue
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Men are discerning consumers of personal care products, and marketers find direct tactics are effective ways to reach them
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Whenever you make an offer, potential buyers always wonder why. This is part of what makes the "reason why" offer so popular. The problem is ...
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B.S. Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. Biology, Harvard University
Classes Taught
BBIO 180 Introductory Biology I (Ecology and Evolution)
BBIO 351 Anatomy and Physiology I
BBIO 352 Anatomy and Physiology II
BBIO 393 Salmon and Society
BBIO 466 Evolution
BBIO 495 Investigative Biology
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Ecology and evolution are foundational areas in biology, and their importance is increasingly recognized in many aspects of human health and general welfare. Understanding ecology is essential for conservation, natural resource management, understanding disease epidemics, and agriculture. Knowledge of evolution is increasingly recognized as important for controlling and understanding disease. More generally, both ecology and evolution inform our understanding of the breadth and origins of life's magnificent diversity. In my courses I seek to convey both the fascination and practical values of these fields. My teaching in anatomy and physiology builds in these themes, with particular emphasis on how an understanding of comparative anatomy and physiology can help us better understand ourselves.
My research investigates the biomechanics of fishes in an ecological and evolutionary context. This amounts to using an engineering perspective to understand how anatomy relates to ecological demands, and how history has shaped the ways in which anatomical systems function. Most recently I have been particularly interested in the biomechanics of fishes that feed on mollusks. The species I work on are able to crush mollusks using pharyngeal "jaws" (modified gill bars in their throat - see x-ray below) and to remove limpets from rocks using suction. Most of my work is done at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Nine out of 10 of UW Bothell's 17,000 alumni live and work in the state of Washington.
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Why Andrea Disaster?
When Andrea was 18, she really enjoyed a song that mentioned a character named Ann Disaster. Since she is Andrea, not Ann, she tweaked it a little. The fact that she is prone to mishaps and rather klutzy just means it makes sense.
I Always loved big cities and dreamed of moving to New York at some point in my life. The stories of Times Square and Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium the teams; Yankees, Rangers and of course the food. Do I have to say I love pizza? You can't beat a NYC slice and if nothing else I would move there for that. Well OK you have to admit the nightlife, the clubs, the restaurants, the people and everything about NYC just rocks! It seems that most of my friends from New York city are either from Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx or Staten Island but they all say they're from NYC – It sounds way cooler. I guess I would eventually land over in Brooklyn but I do prefer Manhattan.
I have some friends that work as NYC escorts as a call girl in New York with an escort agency that sends girls out to provide company to lonely guys, women, couples that either live in NYC or are traveling to New York for vacation or business. Either way it seems easy to find escort service jobs and many of my friends make some decent money doing it. I think I would be good at it. I can make people laugh and keep them entertained for hours on end. I might not be a supermodel but I'm very pretty I've been told and definitely have the booty that many guys are into. I think by the time I'm ready to visit NYC I will call one of my girlfriends to get the scoop. In the meantime you can read all about what happens by checking back here often 🙂


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It is well known what all wheel drive does for a sport utility vehicle — just imagine what AWD can do for a mountain bike.
With increased traction, available at the flip of a switch you can conquer conditions that you thought were unridable. AWD provides greater control over wet roots and slippery rocks. You can power up steeper, sketchier hills and you'll stick like glue to side slopes.
The AWD system is so efficient, it is hard to tell whether it is working... until you need it.
With the front drive disengaged, the CHRISTINI AWD handles and feels just like any dialed-in full suspension Mountain Bike. Engage the AWD system and you'll feel increased control, stability and traction on slippery or loose surfaces.
AWD works whether you're pedaling or coasting. You will be able to descend with confidence and corner more aggressively due to increased front wheel grip.
Conquering the most difficult trail at the local park is easy with the the Christini Venture Full Suspension model. Our American-made flagship bike has been ridden hard and tested even harder. The proprietary state-of-the-art AWD system integrates cleanly into this 4" rear travel full suspension trail bike. Standard disk brakes and a White Brother's racing fork and high-end components complete one of the best quality mountain bikes on the market!
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