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At Crispin Employment Lawyers, we believe in doing things right. Our lawyers represent individuals and others only in matters involving the employment relationship and personal injury. Our experienced trial lawyers believe in resolving clients' claims in the most favorable way possible, by negotiation, mediation, or federal and state jury trial.
Crispin Employment Lawyers is proud to announce that Craig A. Crispin, founding member of the firm, was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 in the category of Employment Law – Individuals.
Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because The Best Lawyers in America® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called The Best Lawyers in America® "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
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The firm is proud to announce that Crispin Employment Lawyers has been selected by its peers for inclusion in the 23rd Edition (2017) of "The Best Lawyers in America" list. Listing reflects a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Mr. Crispin has been selected as one of the Top 100 Litigation Lawyers in Oregon for 2015 by the American Society of Legal Advocates
The firm is pleased to announce that Mr. Crispin has been selected as one of the Top 100 Litigation Lawyers in Oregon for 2015 by the American Society of Legal Advocates, an invitation-only, nationwide organization of elite lawyers. Membership is limited to lawyers "who combine stellar legal credentials with a proven commitment to community engagement and the highest professional standards" and is limited to less than 1.5% of licensed lawyers nationwide.
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Since their inception to the NRL in 2007, the Gold Coast Titans have had to rely heavily on key recruits Scott Prince, Preston Campbell, Matt Rogers and Luke Bailey for results. More recently, a promising batch of local juniors have been developed, playing alongside the likes of Nate Myles, Greg Bird and William Zillman. They made their first finals appearance in 2009, repeating the achievement in 2010. In 2015 the Titans finished the regular season in 14th place, just two points off the bottom of the table.
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UNEP Billion Tree Campaign Surpasses Targets
28 June 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has reported that its Billion Tree Campaign has successfully met and surpassed all targets that have been set for it.
The Campaign has gathered momentum and continues to grow with tree planting occurring in 178 countries. According to UNEP, private individuals represent the highest number of tree planting entries (49%), followed by civil society groups and NGOs at 12%. Governments and local authorities rank first in the number of trees planted per entry (81%). [UNEP Press Release] [UNEP Bilion Tree Campaign Website]


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FATHERS Day Printable Card - Alphabet Greeting Card - I LOVE U Daddy - Print Your Own
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Building materials are primarily of two types; natural and artificial or man-made. Natural materials are available in plenty in and around Dunseith. One needs to be quite sure about the production of any particular material. Based on high demand of any material at any particular place, the rate might be cheap. However, man-made materials are more or less of same price at almost all places in Dunseith. The supply of building materials is done not only within that specific area but is also sometimes imported. It requires a great deal of human labor to produce and supply material apart from the natural materials, especially in large quantity requirement for building industries.
Governor Cuomo Announces 900 Solar Projects Underway Through 26 Community Solarize Campaigns Across The State
"Solarize" campaigns are encouraging homes and businesses throughout the state to install solar – State will support another 31 "Solarize" campaigns set to begin this spring (Long Island, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 900 solar projects are underway through 26 community "Solarize" campaigns across New York State. A component of the NY-Sun program and the Governor's..


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Majerus touched Blair County
December 4, 2012 - Neil Rudel
The college basketball and sports world lost one of its giants over the weekend with the passing of Saint Louis University coach Rick Majerus.
I did not pretend to know Majerus. I admired his 35-year career from a distance -- his pedigree under Al McGuire, the fact that his Ball State, Utah and Saint Louis teams consistently competed at a high level without the best talent, the manner in which he handled himself and the values for which he stood.
Majerus came to Altoona once as the guest speaker at the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame banquet in 2000.
While he was not the biggest name the Hall reeled in before him (Joe Paterno, Terry Bradshaw, Bob Knight, Dick Vitale, Joe Theismann, Mary Lou Retton) or since (Bobby Bowden, Jim Boeheim, Chris Fowler, Ben Roethlisberger), no one struck a better chord with the audience than Majerus.
He made fun of himself, and his weight battle which ultimately claimed his life at 64, and went from stand-up comic to motivational speaker in an instant.
Some of his one-liners ...
*"I was told everybody would be five minutes. I hope these people time the rest of my life."
*"I've had seven bypasses -- one for every major food group ... I've got cuff links bigger than the piece of chicken they gave me."
*On his tuxedo: "They make me wear this stupid tie. I feel bad for the next poor bastard who has to wear this after me."
*When someone sought his autograph earlier in his career: "I heard people saying, 'Who is it? Who is it? Then some guy in the back says, 'It's one of the [Three] Stooges.'
*On advice McGuire gave him on marriage: "He told me not to marry a beautiful girl, that she may leave you. [McGuire said] An ugly girl may leave you, but so what?"
*On spotting the invocator in the audience: "I appreciated your invocation, but it was damn long. I've been to resort masses there were quicker than that prayer."
Once warmed up, though, Majerus turned inspirational.
He talked about the quality he sought in recruits, saying he liked to go to the best games because he wanted to see how a prospective recruit might handle defeat. "I watch when a player loses and what the game means to them," he said.
To that end, he used to do some television work for the Utah Jazz and called John Stockton "the greatest competitor I've ever seen -- 4-5-6 hours after the last [playoff] game he comes out, inconsolable, pointing the finger of blame only at himself."
He was proud that, at least through 2000, when he was still coaching at the University of Utah, all of his players graduated, and none left early for the NBA. "Money is the most overrated thing there is," he said. "Money can't love you back. The biggest single mistake you can make is leaving for money. You're making a deal with the devil. You're trading away education and the discovery of self."
He said neither of his parents graduated from high school, and his father worked for the Kolar toilet factory in Milwaukee.
"We were low-middle class," he said. "We didn't have a lot."
And yet, he never considered himself poor.
"I don't think you're poor if you don't have any money," he said. "I think you're poor if you don't have a dream."
A walk-on at Marquette, he was "a very bad player," but he played for a "great coach" in McGuire, and he grew to be a student of the game who prided himself in coach-player relationships.
On the night he was in Altoona, three coaches were honored, and another served as a presenter for his star player.
Most guest speakers tell their life story without necessarily taking the time, or the interest, in the community they're addressing. Majerus, then 42 years old, was different.
"Coaching is trying to help somebody else improve their life, and this dinner tonight is a celebration of coach and athlete -- and still feeling that indebtedness and gratitute to each other. And then it's about parents."
Majerus told the audience he makes "about 10 speaking engagements a year" and donates his honorium to a cancer foundation in memory of his late mother.
"I'm genuinely touched to be here tonight to do something in a positive vain," he said. "You're so lucky if you've got wonderful parents. It's the single most important bond in life. When you're with your kids, I hope you appreciate them, and all the little kids I took pictures with tonight, I hope you'll hug your mom and dad."
Majerus, enjoying his night in Smalltown USA, concluded by saying, "You've got something really special here. I do a lot of these things. You can feel the sense of community here ... and the fondness of coaches to players and players to coaches. I hope you never lose that, and it's really been an honor to be here."
Majerus drew an immediate standing ovation from the crowd of 700-plus, and master of ceremonies Stan Savran, the veteran Pittsburgh broadcaster who has emceed all the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame banquets (1987-2012), paid him a special tribute.
"Rick, if I may .. we've now had nine banquets over 13 years, and no one has ever summarized the feeling and the raison d'etre of this banquet better than you just have."
Count Altoona PA among the many towns saddened by his passing.
Editor's note: Neil Rudel is one of the founders of the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame. Majerus' quotes for this blog were taken from a video of the banquet in Altoona in 2000.


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The December 2013 Rice Situation & Outlook report will contain projections for the 2013/14 U.S. and global rice markets. The report is done 12 times a year and relies on the most current World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
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Champion English Bulldog Stud Service
English Bulldog Breeders From World Champion Bloodlines
"Ch. Exact Classic Comet is sired by Hall Of Fame producer Ch. Millcoats Bach as well as going back to the #1 ranked bulldog in in the U.S. in 2006, 2007, and 2008. In addition both Bach and Rock are winners of of the Westminister show. Comet won his AKC championship in less than 3 months. His heavy bone and compact frame make him a sought after dog. His pedigree is stacked with some of the top producing champions in the U.S. We are very excited to have him in our home. Comet is an excellent producer. One of his female offspring was the #1 girl in Mexico back in 2012. We look forward to what Comet producers for us here at Sumobulldogs.
We want to thank Casimiro from La Chata in Spain for sending us this boy. Monty will be entering the show ring in January of 2013. His father "Bidlaw Leon Mystyle Meljane" is a top producing stud dog in Europe with champion offspring in many countries. Monty is a compact dog with a gorgeous head. He has a fantastic layback with good straight legs and a nice topline. He has Ringablock McDonald Mystyle as his grandfather as well as Ch. Blood Blue Boy from La Chata. He also has Crufts reserve winner Ch. Valleybull Silver Sailor in his pedigree. He is a great dog with a great pedigree. Monty is pure eye candy. To follow Monty's success in the show ring click on the "News" page of our website and follow his wins in the show ring. Monty will be available for English bulldog stud service to approved females.
Tony is an AKC champion English bulldog breeders. He is sired by the one and only 3 time Westminster winner AKC champion Cherokee Legend Rock. Not only has Tony been sired by one of the most famous AKC champion bulldogs in the history of the U.S., but he himself is an AKC champion himself. He has a massive, massive head, short legs. Tony is very muscular with extremely heavy bone. To see more pictures of Tony click on his picture. Tony is available to approved standard females for stud service.
We strive for excellent in our stud dogs. Choosing a dog to use for English bulldog stud service comes with a great responsibility. Recently I read an interesting article where the statement was made with regards to invention "that perfection occurs when there is nothing left to take away". All you have is exactly what you need and nothing more. Great English bulldog stud dogs are something like this description of perfection. They have everything, but nothing extra. Their head is large with thick chops, a great layback and a nice fat nose rope. But nothing extra. No excessive skin hanging from the neck. The cartoon bulldog often depicts stumpy short legs and a bowed front end. The perfect bulldog fits together with flowing symmetry. Nothing extra. All parts flowing one part into the next.
According to the bulldog standard no one part of the bulldog should stand out over the rest of the body. A large head with plenty of bone is desirable, but not so much that the head is caused to seem to "large" for the body. No bulldog is quite complete without some nice wrinkles. And some people seem to enjoy substantial wrinkles (as do I) But never to excess so as to obstruct the dog's breathing or interrupt the angle of his layback.
Legs on the front end should be straight with well placed feet. The back should have a nice roach with the high point just above the hindquarters. The tail coming down placed lower than the high point of the back.
We at Sumobulldogs have been exceedingly blessed and fortunate to own some of the top winning show dogs in the U.S. We must give credit where credit is due. As with all breeders we had to start somewhere. Every champion English bulldog stud dog has a pedigree with history. Hours of studying pedigrees and thousands of hours of research and labor has gone into the development of that champion. We ourselves have spent thousands of hours just in reading and studying. But those before us who developed the bloodlines our dogs are built upon, these people we thank. Most of you are mostly unknown to us. But it is upon your effort than our current progress is built. So to all those whose efforts have afforded us the opportunity that now stands ahead. To you we express thanks from the bottom of our hearts.
Our boys are available for AKC champion English bulldog stud service to approved females. Please call or email us with questions.


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Transparent - Season 2 Trailer
Type: Video | Date: Thursday, Nov 19, 2015An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
All Is Bright
Type: Video | Date: Monday, Aug 15, 2016Lie cheat stealits all part of the holiday spirit for excon Dennis (Paul Giamatti) and fast talker Rene (Paul Rudd) when they try to make a quick buck selling Christmas trees in New York. For Dennis its a chance to go straight and f
Type: Event | Date: Friday, Sep 26, 2014Jeffrey Tambor stars in this Amazon series.
'Oy gevalt': 'Transparent' season 1 in review
Type: Post | Date: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014Belated thoughts on the first season of the fantastic Amazon dramedy
'Transparent' creator Jill Soloway on her great new Amazon series
Type: Post | Date: Friday, Sep 26, 2014A convergence of personal and professional lives led to the Jeffrey Tambor-led show
Review: Amazon's 'Transparent' clearly the best new show of the fall
Type: Post | Date: Wednesday, Sep 24, 2014Jeffrey Tambor crosses the gender divide in beautiful, funny dramedy from Jill Soloway
Jeffrey Tambor says Jill Soloway changed his life with 'Transparent'
Type: Video | Date: Monday, Jan 12, 2015Jeffrey Tambor took time out after his win to chat about his life-changing role on 'Transparent'.
Welcome To Yesterday - Trailer #1
Type: Video | Date: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Welcome to Yesterday
Type: Event | Date: Friday, Feb 28, 2014A teenager prospers after using an Almanac when time traveling, but doesn't understand the ramifications of what he's done until it's too late in this Platinum Dunes production for Paramount Pictures.
'The Paul Reiser Show' - 'Father's Occupation': Curb your laughter?
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Enjoy delicious all natural smoothies, milkshakes, ice cream, gluten-free gelato, and Frappucinos at the Frosted Mango. Located just next door to the Toasted Mango, the Frosted Mango is open daily from 10am to 8pm. Come in for desert or order one to go with your meal!


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When you start college, you're taking on new responsibilities, making your own decisions and becoming part of the campus community.
This includes your online life as well. There is an important role you play in ECU's cyber security efforts that combines these elements of responsibility, decision-making and community.
When you log on to the campus network (or any network), your actions impact not only your devices and online persona but every other user who logs on as well.
By combining up-to-date security tools with good judgment, you and your college community are much less likely to encounter a security violation, loss of data or system problems.
How Can You Help?
During October, stay tuned for weekly tips you can implement easily and immediately to become a more secure ECU network citizen. 2015's focus includes:
Keeping a Clean
|· Keep security software current
· Automate software updates
· Protect all devices that connect to the Internet
· Plug/ scan USBs and other external devices
Protecting Personal
|· Secure your accounts
· Make passwords long and strong
· Practice unique account/unique password
· Own your online presence
Connecting with Care
|· When in doubt, throw it out
· Get savvy about WiFi hotspots
· Protect your $$
Being Web Wise
|· Stay current with online safety
· Think before you act
· Back it up
Becoming a Good Online
|· Safer for me, more secure for all
· Practice the golden rule for social media
· Help authorities fight cyber crime


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Gary Thomaier feted
Multiple-retiree Gary Thomaier will once again "try to take it easy for awhile," but not without leaving a legacy of constantly setting higher standards for himself and others in performing his duties. Chief Steve Smith was joined by Battalion Chief Mark Emery in presenting a plaque to Thomaier for "achieving the highest standards of excellence" in training, instruction, and testing of department personnel.
Thomaier, who sustained on-the-job injuries while on duty with the Bellevue Fire Department several years ago, is stepping down from his position in the Training Department due to recent flare-ups from those old injuries. He was responsible for planning and starting an innovative training program that has been copied wholesale by fire departments of all sizes, including Seattle, Whatcom County, and others. Additionally, he was instrumental in organizing and conducting the semi-annual training event in North Bend, held for fire companies from all over the state.
"An old saying goes that 'anybody can be replaced.' Gary's invaluable contributions will sure put that saying to the test. We've got our work cut out for us in finding a replacement," Emery said.
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Annual Sweetwater Jaycee Rattlesnake Roundup delivers 2,160 pounds of snake
Photo: Ian C. Bates/Staff Photographer
A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is prepared to be milked of its venom during the Sweetwater Jaycee's Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas on March 8, 2013. Snake venom is used to make antivenom.
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Teen Book Match
I hope you enjoy reading some of these books:
Doppelganger / Pete Hautman and Mary Logue.
Summary: High school newspaper reporter Roni finds an age-progressed
photograph on a missing children's website of a boy that looks just like
her sidekick Brian, throwing the pair into an investigation of Brian's
past and family heritage.
Good enough / Paula Yoo.
Here are some other romance titles you might enjoy reading.
Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson.
Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to
pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the
right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti
Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison.
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. [first in a series]
My Life And Hard Times by James Thurber.
His story, "The Night the Bed Fell on Father," never fails to make me laugh.
Here are some other books that I think
you may like.
A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone.
Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy who can
talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school
hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give
up and what ultimately to keep for herself.
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones.
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches
for Mr. Right.
Here are some other books you may enjoy—some are a bit creepy, some adventurous and a few with orphans and evil relatives!
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke.
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Witness by Karen Hesse.
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy.
Here are some other books that I think you may like:
The It Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar.
Jenny Humphrey, kicked out of Constance Ballard prep school for being a bad influence, decides she'll do anything to become one of the popular girls at Waverly Academy. (from School Library Journal review).
Private (series) by Kate Brian.
Here are a few more books that I think you may like:
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Ida B. : and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world by Katherine Hannigan
Did you know that Until Angels Close My Eyes in the last book of a trilogy by Lurlene McDaniel? In case you missed them, here are the first two books:
Angels Watching Over Me
Sixteen-year-old Leah is admitted to the hospital for treatment of a broken finger. Further tests indicate bone cancer. During her stay she meets Ethan, a handsome Amish boy, and is drawn to him despite the difficulties she has understanding his culture.
Although I haven't read this title, now that you've brought it to my attention, I want to!
Meanwhile, I have listed four titles below that I hope you might enjoy.
Footfree and Fancyloose: a Novel by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain. (Rocehlle, it's the sequel to Bass Ackwards and Belly Up!)
Harper, Sophie, and Kate continue to pursue their dreams of writing, acting, and self-discovery through aid work, while their friend Becca explores college and her relationship with her boyfriend, Stuart.


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In my last 10 columns, only four of them have touched upon political subjects, but tomorrow I reluctantly return to politics with a look at the Republican primaries.
As I did not know the results of Michigan and Arizona as I wrote, I have kept the column fairly general.
The timing of the voting — usually on Tuesdays when I write — has generally discouraged me from picking the primaries as a subject. But the greatest discouragement is the feeling that everything that is possible to say has already been said.
While the primaries are a target-rich environment, a clown car going down the road carrying fish in a barrel to be shot at, oftentimes I have felt that the subject presented no creative challenge with the exception of trying to find something new to say.
But I think Rick Santorum's critical comments about kids going to college, and how Obama was a snob for wanting all young Americans to go, pushed me over the edge (although his remarks are noted only briefly in tomorrow's column).
Even George W. Bush never said anything as stupid as this. If Santorum ever becomes president, kids should be handed out shovels, because that's the sort of work that they will be limited to under his leadership.
I hope for the future of the country that the two states voting today put an end to Santorum's ridiculous quest — although, I must say, it would be poetic justice if Romney were to lose his home state because of his opposition to the bailout of the auto industry. Actions have consequences and it's past time the Republican candidates were reminded of this. They act as if all they have to do to get elected is pander to the most far right reaches of the political spectrum, but that's not where most voters in November live.


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Charles E. "Chuck" Lichtle, 80, of Sandusky, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Stein Hospice following a brief illness.
He was born Sept. 13, 1932, in Fostoria, to Isadore Killian and Eulalia Mary (Imber) Lichtle.
He is survived by his brother, Harold (Lillie) Lichtle of Sandusky; three sisters, Lucille (Ed) Santa and Lavonne Santa of San Rafael, Calif., and Louella (Bob) Bettencourt of Purcell-ville, Va.; special friend Nancy Trumpower; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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In addition to his parents, Chuck was preceded in death by his wife, Mary (Fleming), Aug. 18, 2002; four sisters, Catherine Laverne Lichtle, Ann (Anger) Stevens, Mary Williams and Sister Mary Ignatius C.P.P.S.; and four brothers, Herman "Bud" Lichtle, George Lichtle, John Lichtle and Bill Lichtle.
Chuck proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a construction worker and retired from Jennings & Churella after 40 years of service. He was a life member of the Carpenters Union, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2529 (past commander), AMVETS Post 17, and American Legion Post 83. He participated in the color guard at every Sandusky Memorial Day parade since his discharge from the Army in 1954.
The family will receive friends at 9:30 a.m., Friday, May 31, at the David F. Koch Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 520 Columbus Ave., Sandusky. At Chuck's request, cremation has taken place.
A celebration of Chuck's life is 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 31, at the funeral home. Interment services will follow at 3 p.m. in Saint Boniface Cemetery, New Riegel, with military honors conducted by the American Legion Post 354.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be sent to Stein Hospice Services Inc., 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, OH 44870; Back to the Wild, P. O. Box 423, Castalia, OH 44824; or to the donor's favorite charity.
Your memories and words of comfort may be expressed to Chuck's family at www.davidfkoch.com.


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Laptops and computers provide an excellent subject for composition and design. They provide several dimensions where elements can be placed, and they naturally have a depth that can be exploited. They can be illustrated to express the performance, the creativity, or the gaming aspects of computing.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to design an out of this world cosmic advertisement for a laptop/tablet style PC. These techniques can easily be applied for stock manipulation and advertising a variety of products, and you'll learn some great tips for dealing with a variety of stock images and design situations.
Let's get started!
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- Photoshop
- Stock Images
Step 1: Creating our background star field
Creating stars using the noise filter is the simplest way around to make stars, however with the ease and quickness comes some downsides primarily there are far too many stars and they appear clustered; using blending modes to reduce the orientation and 'dispersion' of your stars is a must.
So to start off go ahead and open up Photoshop and set up your document; the size of your document is up to you and what your creating but something to keep in mind is you can always size your field down but you can never size it up. Since our stock is 1024 * 779 you can go with a multitude of document sizes however I went with something around 1475*2100, that way at the end I could crop it how I saw fit and if you're unsure about what you want your final size to be I would suggest you go with this size as well.
Once you have your document open fill it with black and create a new layer. Fill the new layer with black just as we did the first layer.
Next we need to add our noise in. To do this go to "Filter">"Noise">"Add Noise" and set yours up as mine is in the below screen shot.
Your star field should look something like the below screenshot now.
Our next step is to edit the levels for our star field. Doing this will get rid of the grey stars and help open up some negative space so they don't look so clustered and awful. So go ahead and press "CTRL L" on your keyboard to open up your level editor and set yours up as mine is in the below screenshot. The three triangles are in order of right to left, black level, gray level and the white level. I have moved the grey level over closer to the black level. This will result in the grays becoming whiter. The white level was then moved to closer to the grey level which means the white spots have become even whiter.
Your star field should now look something like mine in the below screenshot.
So now we have two options
- Create a layer mask to bust the stars orientation up a bit
- Use blending modes to break the stars apart.
We will be doing the first option since it's simpler and won't cause us to have an excess of layers. So go ahead and click the layer mask button on your layer tab, it should look like a square with a circle in the middle.
Now we can apply another filter, this time one called "Difference clouds". Basically it will render some cloud like blobs in black and white causing our stars to only be seen where the white clouds are on the layer mask. To apply this filter click "Filter">"Render">"Difference clouds". Your results should look something like the below screenshot, however keep in mind that the difference cloud filter is randomly generated.
Keep in mind that you can apply this filter as many times as you like to get a result you are satisfied with. You can even apply other filters like the twirl filter or Gaussian blur until you're satisfied with how your stars turned out. If your stars aren't bright enough for you though go ahead and duplicate the layer and change the blending mode to screen or linear dodge, depending on how bright you want them.
Step 2: Stock isolation
Ok so now we need a stock image to build upon. For this we will be using a picture of IBM's ThinkPad which can be found at: http://gadgetophilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lenovo-thinkpad-x200-tablet_4a.jpg
Now just grab the stock and drop it over into your document above the star layers.
Now grab your magic wand tool and click all around the laptop. Make sure your tolerance is at a decent amount (I used 28) and that you get that shadow at the bottom, if you would rather use the pen tool then by all means do.
Now apply a layer mask as we have done before and tada! You have isolated the laptop. But we aren't done with it yet, I think it looks a little too bright. So go ahead and open up your level editor again and set yours up like mine in the below screen shot.
Step 4: Light effects
Now we need to add in our lighting effects. There are a few ways to do this pen tool, shear filter, use your brush etc… but we will be doing something different, light painting stocks.
Light painting is "Light painting, also known as light drawing or light graffiti is a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. In many cases the light source itself does not have to appear in the image. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. The first known photographer to use this technique was Man Ray in his series "Space Writing"."
So to start off we will grab the below stock link and drop it into our document. Since it's quite 'fuzzy' apply a diffuse filter (filter >stylize>diffuse>antistrophic) and then free transform it so it fits in the document.
Now since the stocks so dark we can change our blending mode to screen which will cause the black parts of the layer to become transparent. That way isolation wont be an issue.
Now just size this layer down and place it around the side of the laptop. Once you have done that go ahead and grab your marquee tool and select a few of the lines, once you have them selected use your hue adjuster to change the colors so you have different colored strokes. The color choices really don't matter at this point, however try and vary these lines as much as you can and remember we are trying to create a rainbow colored effect.
Now just continue duplicating the layer and changing the hues until you are satisfied with the lines. If you're having trouble with them all looking the same try applying a twirl filter. I used the twirl filter on a few of my lines; however there are some things to keep in mind when doing this:
- Twirl them at the larger size before they have been diffused or sized down, this will help any decrease in quality you may have when you apply the twirl filter.
- Try and stray away from twirls above 100 or -100. Anything above 100 can cause a huge decrease in quality and that's something we just don't want.
- Experiment! Try applying the filter when the lines are at different angles, the results WILL be different.
At this point mine looks like the below screen shot.
Now we need to create a gradient fill layer. The option to create a fill layer is located at "Layers>New fill layer>Gradient…". Go ahead and create a new gradient layer, when you do a dialog box should appear asking you to choose your gradient. Set yours up as mine is in the below screen shots.
Once that is done right click the layer and select "Rasterize layer". This will turn our gradient layer into a normal editable layer. Once you have clicked that apply a Gaussian blur with the same settings as the below screen shot.
After you apply the Gaussian blur position it where our color lines have been and apply it as an overlay layer. If too much of the gradient is going off into other areas of the laptop go ahead and use the soft 300px eraser to clean it up. Mine looks like the below screenshot, however if yours looks slightly different it's no big issue at this point.
Now repeat these above steps to the bottom and left hand side of the monitor and anywhere else you would like to. Remember to vary your colors as often as possible and that you can manipulate the light streaks if the uniformity is getting to you.
Once you have done the above go ahead and grab a single light streak and place it at the tip of the tablets pen, making sure that your light streak and pen tip are the same color is essential here though!
Step 5: Painting sparks
To paint sparks you need to start off by grabbing your standard 3px hard brush. Once you have done that you need to decide what color your spark is going to be. I will be creating a blue spark so I have selected a dark blue and a light blue; the dark blue will be for the outside of the spark while the light blue is for the inside of the spark.
Regardless of what colors you choose go ahead and start painting with the darker of the two. Start off by making a small ball and then just draw some slightly curved lines coming off it as I have in the below screenshot.
Once you have done that go ahead and switch it over to your brighter color and pain in the inside of your spark. Keep in mind if you overlap your colors a tad it's not the end of the world and it's a good idea to have some curved lines in the lighter color as well.
Now we will create another style of spark, this time I will be using red and yellow. Start off by making a spike shape and then just add on additional little spikes as I have done in the below screen shot.
Then just fill it with the lighter color as we did before!
The second spark I didn't use very much and when I did it was mainly on top of the light streaks, however you can place them wherever you like.
Once you have started drawing up a few it's time to start placing them, I choose to place them primarily where the light streaks started and ended but you can place them where ever you like. Just keep in mind that if you're placing them close together the tails should be in a similar direction otherwise it looks odd.
Step 6: Additional stocks
In this section we will be using some other stocks (satellites, spaceships etc…) to act as cohesive filler for the piece. However if you wanted you could easily use some other types of stocks like game renders, personal renders you have made or just other stocks you have seen.
To start off we will go to Sxc and grab a stock of a tie fighter located at: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/163190
Once you have grabbed the stock and dropped it into your document go ahead and isolate it out just as we did the laptop.
Our next step is to free transform it and place it. I placed mine around the top left hand corner of the monitor. But you can place yours were ever you like.
Next we can get a satellite stock image from Sxc, it is located at: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1263786
However this time we will not need to isolate it out. Just free transform the satellite, set its blending mode to screen and then place it. I placed mine around the top right hand corner of the monitor.
Our next stock will be a mech. We can find the mech on Deviant art, it is located at: http://inadesign-stock.deviantart.com/art/Sci-fi-Prop-4-Stock-156099978
This stock however (when you download it) has no background since it's a png. So just drop it in, size it down and place. I put mine on the laptop as if it were walking across the laptop.
Next we can duplicate the mech layer and size/place him again. This time I placed him walking towards the USB port on the side of the laptop.
Now if you look closely at the mech you can see a small circle/ring around his right foot. Select two colors as we did with our sparks and trace this circle out. If it doesn't look perfect don't worry, we will be applying a Gaussian blur in the next step anyway.
Now we need to apply a Gaussian blur with the settings in the below screen shot.
Once that is done duplicate the layer and set its blending mode to color dodge. Change both of the layers opacities down to about 50%-70%, if you like it brighter you can bump it up though.
Now do the same thing with the red power rectangle on the monitor.
Step 7: Sketching (optional)
I choose to sketch and draw over this piece to bring a little bit more personality to it however this is completely optional. But if you choose to do this step as I have done I will try and describe what I did in the below screenshots. Keep in mind that I will be sketching using my 3px hard brush only and if you intend to do this step I would encourage you to use it as well.
The first thing we can start sketching are some drips. For whatever reason I seemed to have neglected green while making the light streaks and glowing areas up until this point which is why I chose to use green for the drips. But whatever color you choose try and make sure your perspective is right, it can get a little awkward around the bend of the laptop.
Once that is done create some more drips (I used blue this time) around the monitor.
Next choose two (or more) colors and lightly color your tie fighter. I choose blue and red but any two colors would work fine for this. Just make sure you follow the lines of the tie fighter and that you don't go overboard with the amount your coloring.
Next just color the white spots on the monitor's buttons. Also if you like color the Lenovo text that appears on the monitor.
Now finally just choose a few colors and color over the two mechs. I did different colors for each one but you can use the same if you like.
Now you're done!
To finish mine off I threw some asteroids behind everything but you don't have to, and to be honest looking back I'm not sure if I should have! I then cropped mine to fit an 800*1200 document and applied the sharpen filter.
I'm hoping by now you have created something that you like or you have at least learned something throughout this tutorial. Thanks for reading!


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Hostess shutters three bakeries in wake of strike
Updated: 6:30 p.m.
On the first business day after bakers went out on strike against Hostess Brands, the Irving-based company said Monday it will permanently close three bakeries putting 627 employees out of work.
None of the bakeries is inTexas.
Late Friday, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union went on strike against Irving-based Hostess, to protest cuts and give-backs contained in the company's last, best, final contract offer. The contract, which was rejected by 92 percent of the union members who voted, called for, in part, 8 percent pay cuts, a hiatus from pension contributions and changes in work rules.
As of Monday bakers had set up picket lines at least 23 of the 36 bakeries and production plants operated by the bankrupt snack maker. Hostess said the strike "has prevented the facilities from producing and delivering products."
"Our customers will not be affected because we will continue to serve them from other Hostess Brands bakeries, but sadly this action will result in the permanent closure of three facilities and the loss of 627 jobs," said Gregory Rayburn, Hostess Brands' chief executive. "We deeply regret this decision, but we have repeatedly explained that we will close facilities that are no longer able to produce and deliver products because of a work stoppage – and that we will close the entire company if widespread strikes cripple our business."
The bakeries to be closed immediately are located in Seattle, St. Louis and Cincinnati. The Seattle facility employs 110 people and produces Hostess cake products. The St. Louis facility employs 365 people and produces Hostess cakes, Nature's Pride and Wonder breads.
The Cincinnati facility employs 152 people and produces Butternut, Beefsteak and Wonder breads.
Officials with the bakers' union could not be reached for comment Monday.
The union's Web site listed plants across the nation honoring the strike including Tulsa, Los Angeles and Cincinnati.
Hostess spokesman Erik Halvorson said some employees represented by the union are crossing picket lines at some locations, but not others.
"Generally, other unions are coming to work, but there are exceptions to that as well," he said
He said production is being shifted to other locations as needed but could not quantify the amount.
The Bakers' union is Hostess' second largest union behind the Teamsters.
A Bakers' union fact sheet said before an earlier Hostess bankruptcy in 2004, the union "represented more than 10,000 Hostess workers. That number is now approximately 5,000 due to plant closings."


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Activist Caroli Mullen dies in Baltimore
Caroli Mullen, a life-long activist for peace and civil rights, died March 8 in Baltimore after a two-year bout with cancer.
Are Missouri Republicans insane?
Well, when it comes to Medicaid expansion they just might be. I ask because, who in their right mind rejects billions of dollars in federal funding?
Celebrating my fellow women postal workers
In honor of Woman's History Month, I would like to share the history of the women I rub elbows with every day on the workroom floor; the female letter carriers of the United States Postal Service.
Pistorius offers another example of violence against women
On Feb. 14, an annual event highlighted the fact that one out of three women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. The same day Reeva Steenkamp was killed, allegedly by Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius.
Women in combat: A deeper look into women's equality
With the ending of the ban on women in combat, the discussion on women's equality is taking an interesting turn.
Akin, Ryan, rape and Republican hypocrisy
Fierce opposition to women's reproductive rights, including the right to decide whether or not to bear a child, has been the agenda of the Republican Party for quite some time now.
Today in history: First women's rights convention
On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention began.
A subculture evolving: Women in metal speak out
Women do now represent a sizable chunk of the metal scene - meaning that the genre is expanding and becoming more diverse.
Today in labor history … Emma Goldman, IWW, anti-racism and more
Women's rights activist and anarchist Emma Goldman was born in Lithuania. She came to the United States when she was 17.
Republicans show they don't care about Women's Health Week
The theme of this year's Women's Health Week is "It's Your Time." The aim is to empower women "to make their health a top priority."


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Bronco Golf Concludes Season At NCAA West Regionals
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Men's Golf 15th After Opening Round At NCAA Regionals
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Santa Clara Men's Golf Earns School's First-Ever NCAA Regional Berth
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Bronco Golf Squads Finish Third At WCC Championships
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Golf Squads Complete Solid Day At WCC Championships
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SCU Golf Teams Prepare For WCC Championships
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Men's Golf Finishes Final Tuneup In Seventh Place
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Men's Golf In Contention In Pebble Beach
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Men's Golf Tournament Washed Out In Santa Barbara
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No. 57 Men's Golf Team To Play For Fifth Title in Santa Barbara
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Santa Clara Bags Another Top-Five Finish
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Santa Clara Posts Strong First Round In Western Intercollegiate
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Broncos Rise To Second-Place Finish at Braveheart
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No. 40 Broncos Battle for Fifth Tournament Championship of the Season
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No. 40 Santa Clara Captures Second-Straight Tournament
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Broncos Lead Rain-Soaked Golf Tournament
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Men's Golf Seeks Fourth Tournament Championship at Anteater Invitational
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Men's Golf in First Place at Rice Intercollegiate
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Bronco Golfers Complete Comeback With Tourney Title
February 6, 2006
Men's Golf in First Place at Rice Intercollegiate
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Men's Golf Prepares for Spring Season
November 23, 2005
Men's Golf Signs Prospect to NLI
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Men's Golf Brings Successful Fall Season to Close
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Santa Clara Moves Up the Standings in Hawaii
November 7, 2005
Broncos Ride Out Windy Conditions
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Golf Team Drives its Way to No. 42
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Men's Golf Turns in Runner-Up Finish at Silver Creek
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Santa Clara in the Driver's Seat in San Jose
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Men's Golf Seeks Third Consecutive Title
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Men's Golf Wins Second Consecutive Tournament
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Men's Golf in Contention Heading into Final Round
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Bronco Golf Squads to Compete in Idaho Tournaments
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Santa Clara Golf Captures Purple and Red Invitational Title
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Ellen DeGeneres opened this year's Academy Awards ceremony by celebrating its newfound diversity, and she pointed to the bigoted rants of Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Tim Hardaway: "If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars ... or anyone named Oscar, when you think about it."
What was your favorite Oscar moment? Write a comment below, and let us know.
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Seizing on the international and ethnic diversity of nominees this year, DeGeneres drew big laughs by declaring: "If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars . . . or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that."
Five blacks, two Latinas and an Asian are among the 20 acting nominees.
DeGeneres elicited applause when she drew an ironic parallel between supporting actress nominee Jennifer Hudson, a losing contestant from the TV talent show American Idol, and former US Vice President Al Gore, who lost an election for president despite winning the popular vote.
His film, Inconvenient Truths up for best documentary.
"There's no rhyme or reason to who's going to win," DeGeneres said.
"Jennifer Hudson was on American Idol, America didn't vote for her, and she's here with an Oscar nomination. That's amazing.
"And then, Al Gore is here, America did vote for him, and then . . . very complicated."


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Getting an itch for a Dixie Gun Works Howdah Hunter. Has anyone used these for shooting trap or gunning for small game? I am thinking about two 20 ga. smoothbore barrels. If not for game, shooting pumpkins would also be fun. And is there an official THR Howdah Club?


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
There is a reason that Evas restaurant is about to celebrate 70 years in business.
Start with good help and youll always have a good business, longtime customer Charlie Hall said.
Underpinning the whole Evas experience is the idea of family. Treating each other like family and treating customers like family is the most important aspect, something upon which late owner Eva Hinson insisted.
For the staff, that golden rule extends to everyone, customers and staff alike.
Cooks Loquine Beanie Hunt, Patricia Hunt and Sarah Williams, have been working at Evas for more than three decades. The Hunts are sisters; they started working when their mother was still working in the kitchen. They say they enjoy being there, the hours are good, and everyone works well together.
Williams has been there even longer and has had family working beside her in the kitchen throughout the years as well.
Working conditions have been good, she said. Well see how things go with the new management.
All three say they enjoy working at the restaurant; all agree that the family atmosphere is an important ingredient in the Evas experience for both customers and staff.
Miss Eva was a nice lady but she told you what she expected, Beanie Hunt said. She always told us she wanted us to please her customers. The main thing was to take care of them; theyre family.
And that is how it has been over the years. The cooks are as well known to the customers as the customers are to them. They know what the regulars want; they are getting it ready even as the customers walk in the door.
Just as important, the family feeling seems to be strong with all the staff. Everyone works well together; everyone cares about each other, they said.
Its nice to be able to come to work to a job you enjoy, Robyn Lyons, who with sister Debra Lyons and cousin Ruth Ann Sweat, has worked at Evas for more than ten years.
I think thats a lot of what keeps people coming back, Debra Lyons said. I think we try to make them feel like family the first time theyre in here.
Ruth Ann Sweat said she was very touched and more than a little astonished when people from the restaurant, customers and staff alike, showed so much support for her when she lost her son. People she barely knew showed up at the funeral, brought food by the house, stopped to talk or give a sympathetic word.
Its family it sounds corny but its true, she said.
Its love, Robyn said. What we give our customers we get back tenfold.
Robyns daughter, Morgan Dilks recently started working at Evas.
I love it this is so different from any place Ive worked, she said. Theres no politics here I dont have to say certain things or be a certain way. I dont feel like a robot here.
One point Dilks has noticed is that she has made the same mistakes everyone else has and occasionally does -- with no ill effects. Customers and staff alike are patient, good-humored, and forgiving.
That, too often, is simply not the case elsewhere, she added.
Now thats family, Dilks said.
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Florida Has Final Four Talent
GAINESVILLE, Fla.?The best SEC basketball team not named Kentucky was decided Saturday. It?s Florida, pending further developments.
Specifically, the development of Bradley Beal.
He potentially is the Gators? best player, and he showed that against Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon at the O'Connell Center. The freshman guard had 19 points as Florida won what passed for a regular-season showdown.
?Florida is good, man,? Bulldogs? coach Rick Stansbury said. ?Very good.?
How good, nobody can say. There?s still way too much schedule left, but the 14th-ranked Gators are 17-4, and two of those losses came on the road to Ohio State and Syracuse.
Mississippi State was supposed to be tall measuring stick, primarily because center Renardo Sidney measures 6-10 and at least 270 pounds, and forward Arnett Moultrie is 6-11 and 250.
Florida showed it could bang with the 18th-ranked Bulldogs. That should erase the perception that the Gators are just a hustling, 3-point-shooting machine.
?You have to pick your poison with Florida,? Stansbury said.
SEC coaches haven?t faced such tough decisions in five years. That?s when Florida was winning its last of back-to-back national championships.
These Gators aren?t in that class, but they have the versatility of a Sweet-16 type team. The five starters all average double figures. Like those title teams of Joakim Noah and Al Horford, there is no singular star.
That?s Billy Donovan?s system, and it?s hard to argue with the success. Then you see how the 6-3 Beal smoothly dissected Mississippi State, and you can?t help wondering if he deserves a bigger role.
Beal has more upside than anyone. And if the Gators are to be the best SEC team of all, they?ll need all the upside they can get.
One problem is Beal is a freshman. He might be the best one Donovan ever has signed, which is saying something. Beal was the Gatorade National Player of the Year, averaging 32.5 points a game for Chaminade Prep in St. Louis.
This season has been the typical shakedown cruise. He?s been bad. He?s been spectacular. Beal?s just trying to figure out the college game. That was no problem against the rangy Bulldogs.
?It?s mainly just a mental approach to it,? Beal said. ?I just really can?t get down on myself and think that just because they?re bigger than me they can just take advantage of me.?


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Charleston Southern will play the first four night games in program history to open the football season this year.
CSU, which recently installed lights at Buccaneer Field, on Thursday announced kickoff times for all home games.
The Buccaneers open the season Aug. 28 with a 7 p.m. kickoff against Point University (Ga.) in the first night game in school history.
CSU will host Newberry on Sept. 6 for a 6 p.m. game and then Campbell on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.
On Sept. 20, The Citadel visits CSU for a 6 p.m. game. The Bucs beat the Bulldogs last season in their opener, 32-29.
The Bucs will host Presbyterian in their Big South Conference opener on October 18 for homecoming at 3 p.m. before Gardner-Webb visits on Nov. 8 for an 11 a.m. kickoff on Senior Day.
Kickoff times for games at SEC opponents Vanderbilt (Oct. 11) and Georgia (Nov. 22) are not expected to be announced until the week before each game.
CSU reports for fall camp on July 31. The Bucs are coming off a school-record 10 wins in a 10-3 season in 2013.
Aug. 28 (Thurs.) Point Univ. (Ga.), 7 p.m.
Sept. 6 Newberry, 6 p.m.
Sept. 11 (Thurs.) Campbell, 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 Citadel, 6 p.m.
Sept. 27 at Charlotte, TBA
Oct. 11 at Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 18 Presbyterian, 3 p.m.
Oct. 25 at Coastal Carolina, TBA
Nov. 1 at Monmouth, 1 p.m.
Nov. 8 Gardner-Webb, 11 a.m.
Nov. 15 at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 at Georgia, TBA


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Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival takes place every november in Live Oak, Florida. like various other festivals, most notably Wanee, it is located at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, a beautiful camping site with various stages. it is smaller then a lot of fests but it kind of brings everyone together. it is three days of sex, drugs, & rock n roll. the music is mostly jam bands/funk/indie and the audience is pretty diverse in age, 18-55+ and filled with some of the most friendly strangers you will ever meet. if everyone in the world was like these people we wouldn't have so many damn problems. you will wish you could stay there forever... if you hate hippies and are too pussy to camp in the cold and be without a shower for 3 days you'll be miserable, if you want to open your mind, listen to some amazing music and rage until dawn for three days straight go.
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Crazy Gift Requests
So we are preparing for Jay's 5th birthday party and he comes to me the other day and tells me he wants a "Touch 'N Brush" for the bathroom for his birthday. What is a Touch 'N Brush you ask? It is a thing you hang in the bathroom that dispenses toothpaste on your toothbrush.
So what are some weird gift requests you've gotten?
Comments...from Summer
The touch and brush must be popular among the pre-school crowd. My four year old daughter asked for it for Christmas last year! Her birthday is in October and she is now asking for a pillow pet, which is also on a t.v. commercial but that is not as weird as the touch and brush - for a kid who hates to brush her teeth.
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and @Nicole: Ladies! The carbolicious guilt can be minzimied by using brown rice instead. I am a total supporter of this. :)@Maria: thanks!@kickpleat: Sometimes I feel guilty for showing off beautiful produce that's not quite in season everywhere. Hope you get to enjoy when asparagus finally rolls around up there!@Caitlin: this made my day. Thanks. :)
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Home > Food labeling & Japanese Agricultural Standard > Specific JAS > Organic Foods
Organic Foods
The JAS Standards for organic plants and organic processed foods of plant origin were established in 2000 on the basis with the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods which were adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The organic JAS system has been further developed with the addition of the JAS Standards for organic livestock products, organic processed foods of animal origin and organic feeds which took effect in November 2005.
Operators certified by registered Japanese or overseas certifying bodies are able to attach the organic JAS logo to products that were produced or manufactured in accordance with relevant organic JAS Standards.
Organic JAS System
List of Certifying Bodies and Importers
Organic Equivalency
List of Countries with Organic Equivalency(PDF:61KB)
United States - Japan
Canada - Japan
※ At this time, CFIA'S Import Certificate is not available.
So that, before the official Canadian Import Certificate is established, you can use this temporary export certificate.
European Union - Japan