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Football(soccer) player, who isn't afraid to put his, or the oppositions body on the line to get a tackle in.
"Adrien Liejer broke Robert Middleby's collarbone! he's well 'ard."
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A person of a tough deposition. Strong in body and mind.
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Someone who thinks they are big and hard when they're not.
Stop being such a wellard
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Verona Beach State Park is the location of the American Diabetes Association's annual TourdeCure in Central New York. Register now by calling 1-888-DIABETES or visiting www.diabetes.org/tour
Organizers call it "the ride of your life." Pick your distance: 15 miles, 25 miles, 40 miles, 62.5 miles or 100 miles. "Starting and finishing at Verona Beach State Park, these routes are guaranteed to be beautiful journeys through quaint towns and villages surrounding Oneida Lake. The 62.5 and 100 mile routes travel around Oneida Lake.
Helmets are required. Headsets and iPods are forbidden.
Registration is open, and teams are forming. They provide really cool custom jerseys to top fundraisers.

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My name is Michele McGraw
a.k.a. ScrappinMichele
I reside in the Washington DC Metro area.
email: email@example.com
phone: 202-556-0161
Quick Bio
- Mom of 4, wife to 1
- Lifestyle Technology Blogger
- Freelance Technology Writer
- Runner & Healthy Lifestyle Seeker
- Digital Scrapbooker & Chief Storyteller
I wrote a post about digital storytelling and the video that Adobe created to show how I capture my family's story. This post, Digital Storytelling; Capturing The Story Of My Geek Life is one of my favorite and it captures why I blog, why I scrapbook and how I use stories on my blog.
Brands I'm Currently Working With:
- Microsoft Windows Champion
- SkinnyScoop Tastemaker
- Lenovo INfluencer Network
- Netflix Stream Team
- Intel All-In-One PC Influencer
Past Partnerships:
- momAgneda COMM Team Member
- Diet Coke Brand Ambassador
- #IHeartOmron Fitness Challenge Ambassador
- HP FamilyTime (#HPFamilyTime)
- Toyota Women's Influence Network (TWIN) #ToyotaWomen
- Sony Mom
- Sony Playstation Family Ambassador
- Just Dance Just Sweat Dream Team (#JDDreamTeam)
- Best Buy 2012 Gifts That Do Health & Fitness Expert #GiftsThatDo
- Yahoo MotherBoard member
- 2010 – 2012 AMD Mom #AMDMom
- Microsoft Hohm Green Mom
- Mom Blog Magazine Gadget Editor
- BitMom
- Blogalicious Editorialista/ Tech Editor
- UbiChamp (Ubisoft)
- Technorati Writer
- The Balancing Act on Lifetime TV blogger
- Social Media Consultant for Identity Guard
- Office Max Mom
- EA SPORTS Active 6 Week Challenger
- Mom Bloggers Club Ambassador
- Mom It Forward Community Leader
- Comcast XFINITY Ambassador
Speaking Engagements
Blogalicious DC Meet-Up – Women in Social Media: Creating Your Digital Footprint
Blogalicious 2010 in Miami – Tech Tools to Build Your Social Media Tribe
Blogalicious 2012 Tech Editorialista
Full Bio
I am a 46-year-old work-at-home mom (WAHM) of four children (ages 9 through 17, 2 boys & 2 girls). I met my husband, Jason, in a chat room on AOL 20 years ago and we have been married for 19 years. We also have 2 adopted cats, Miley & Tobey and a black lab, Kelsey. As you can imagine, it's a challenge keeping our family and home running smoothly day to day. I can honestly say that managing our household is more work than I remember as a full time professional.
The Internet has been a huge part of my life since I bought my first computer after graduating from college. It was through that Mac that I met Jason, moved to Virginia from Wisconsin, got married and started our family. When I decided to stay at home with my first baby, I looked to the Internet for support. With each hobby and interest I've had throughout the years (from raising a child with ADHD, enhancing my digital photography and scrapbooking skills, learning Photoshop and HTML to studying to become a personal fitness trainer), the Internet has been a wealth of knowledge and at times, a true source of comfort. Knowing that you're not alone and discovering women just like me around the country and the world with the same interests, trials and tribulations is uplifting.
For the last 17+ years, I have been helping women find support online for their hobbies and lifestyles by sharing my experience and passions. Here are some of the activities I've worked on:
- Served as a Director of Internet Services and board member of Mothers & More providing online support for SAHMs through their national website, forum and e-mail support groups.
- Oversaw the Healthy Chicks forum for The DigiChick's online forum for digital scrapbookers interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- Currently serving as an Ambassador for the Mom Bloggers Club to provide support and information for Mom Bloggers
- Working as Community Manager and Director of Social Media for a new start-up company, FormerFatChick.com to help others use the Internet for support in their healthy lifestyles
- Currently serving as a founding board member on the Mom It Forward board of directors and working to start a local chapter in the Washington D.C. area.
- Launching ScrapsofMyGeekLife.com to offer daily commentary, advice, reviews and shared experiences of how my real life and the digital domain connect.
- CEO of Mom Geek Media, a company I started to oversee all my online endeavors.
- Hosted the Digital Soul Hour, a bi-weekly live interactive online TV show about all things geek on MomTV.com.
- Actively participating in the women and mom bloggers community online through Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites.
My hobbies include scrapbooking (both paper and digital), blogging, social media, gadgets, reading fitness, women's and tech magazines and researching new tech products. I consider myself addicted to my Internet connection; I can't imagine life without it. I carry my iPhone everywhere, with my camera and videocam always nearby too.
Scraps of My Geek Life Bio
I created ScrapsofMyGeekLife.com in 2007 as a way to keep my extended family and friends up-to-date with our growing family's busy life. In the past 6 years, ScrapsofMyGeekLife.com has become much more. It is a place for me to share my life, teach others about my hobbies, and share my love of technology and fitness and to return much of the support to the online community that I have received over the years. It's a daily chronicle of my life with all of its ups and downs; laughter and disappointment – a window to my digital soul – open to share with all.
Appeared in Weight Watchers magazine (Mar/Apr 2010, p. 100)
Articles I've Written
Why Be a Mommy Blogger for BlogWorld Expo Blog
Tech Articles at MyBlogalicious
Technology Brands Reach Out to Women, Technorati
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By Carlie Kollath / NEMS Daily Journal
EDITOR'S NOTE: There are an additional three questions to go with the three that were printed in Sunday's NEMS Daily Journal newspaper.
Leigh Anne Tuohy is the real-life Memphis mom in the New York Times best-selling book, "The Blind Side," by Michael Lewis. Last year, the book was turned into a movie and Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for portrayal of Tuohy's character.
Tuohy is an Ole Miss graduate and the adoptive mom of Michael Oher, who played football for Ole Miss and now plays for the Baltimore Ravens.
She is the keynote speaker at the Thursday campaign kickoff for the United Way of Northeast Mississippi. Tickets for the 7 p.m. event at the BancorpSouth Arena are $5 for students, $25 for general admission and $50 for reserved seating. Tickets for $100 also are available for a meet-and-greet with Tuohy before the event.
Tickets are available at the door or by calling (662) 841-9133.
Tuohy spoke via phone last week with business reporter Carlie Kollath.
Q: Have you been to Tupelo?
A: Oh certainly. Oh gosh, yes. I went to Ole Miss. I think the last time I was there was Michael's senior year at Ole Miss. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the hotel (Hilton Garden Inn). It was lovely. ("Blind Side" director) John Lee Hancock and some of the movie people were there and they were all like, "Wow, this is really nice." I think they were thinking we were going to eat fried chicken out of the trunk.
Q: You are an Ole Miss alum. What's your pick for the next mascot?
A: We've been gone so much that I really haven't kept up with it that closely. I've been home four days in the last 38 days.
I don't have a favorite. I just would like it to be indigineous to the area, friendly, you know. Family-friendly.
Whatever we pick, there is going to be someone that doesn't like it.
If I could have my wish, it would be that whenever they announce it, no one would make a single negative comment and would just try it and see how it plays out and then, after the fact, talk about it.
Q: You'll be the keynote speaker at Thursday's kickoff of the 2010 campaign for the United Way of Northeast Mississippi. What would you say to people who want to help but they don't have money to spare?
A: Yeah, it's great to have money to throw at a situation, but that's just a sidebar. I could have written a check to Michael for every dime I'd spent on him. He wouldn't have turned out like he did. Yeah, it's great to have the financial part, but it's not about the money. It's about the time.
Introduce yourself to your garbage men and get to know them and find out how their lives are.
Go by a fire station and say "Let me answer the phone." Go to your kid's school and say, "Let me read a book."
There are lots of ways that you can get involved that require zero money.
Q: You are a designer on the eighth season of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Any plans for a project in Northeast Mississippi?
A: It's very covert. If I told you, I'd have to kill you. We're sworn to secrecy. We just got done with one in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. We're not allowed to talk about projects until they're done.
The next one is out West. There are going to be ones in the South. And they aren't all picked yet. One might get near there but I have nothing to do it. I can't help in any shape, form or fashion. You're wasting your 50 cents (by mailing a suggestion to me).
Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 or 20 years?
A: I might have answered that question years ago, but I now wouldn't dare answer it.
I think the end of our book said it best. We quoted Forrest Gump when he's running and reporters are asking him where is going and he said, "I don't know, but I hope I like it when I get there."
That's sort of like us. We don't have a clue where God is taking this story and our life, but we hope we like it when we get there.
Q: Do you get any strange fan mail?
A: I'm getting lots of letters from stupid people.
Example: "I really want to take my wife on a cruise but I'm $400 short. Can you send it to me?"
Or, "I'm driving a really nice Toyota but I just saw a new one. Can you send me $18,000? I'd like to get my wife a new one for our anniversary."
Or, "Our daughter is going to college, a good college, but we want her to go to Yale. She'd be an asset to Yale. Can you help us?"
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Its Easy Being Green Necklace & Earrings
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This fresh green color in the It's Easy Being Green Necklace & Earrings is perfect for fall, especially with the copper accents. Make this quick necklace and easy earrings by VIcki O'Dell for Consumer Crafts by disassembling and reassembling a set of jewelry components.
- Boho Collection™ 6 inch Green leaf chain with beads GG-026
- Boho Collection™ 18 inch Antique copper chain (both pieces) GG-034
- Boho Collection™ antique copper rings GG-040
- Precision pliers set 1995-14
- Disassemble the 6 inch green leaf chain so that all of the beads are separate, but still ontheir original eye pins. Center the green leaf bead on one of the 18 inch chains and attach with a jump ring.
- Cut 5 lengths of chain 10-16 links long - each one a different length - from the second chain. Attach to the bottom of the leaf with a jump ring.
- Attach another jump ring to the jump ring that holds the leaf onto the necklace. Add one of the brown etched beads to this ring.
- Attach two more brown etched beads to this jump ring in the same way. Alternately, you could attach these beads to different links in the chain, or use the turquoise beads instead, depending on your preference.
- Boho Collection™ 6 inch chain with open circle beads GG-024
- Boho Collection™ antique copper earring findings GG-039
- Precision pliers set 1995-14
- Remove the green hoop beads from the packaging and from the attached eye pins. Attach a simple loop to one half of the loop.
- Attach an earring wire to complete.
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- We offer Adelante, a college awareness program developed in collaboration with the University of Utah.
- Jackson has a dual-immersion program focused on developing bilingualism, biliteracy, and biculturalism.
- The school integrates technology in our eMINTS classrooms, a technology-based method for teaching the core curriculum.
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Australian snowboarder takes on American White
BRISBANE, Australia -- Four years after a broken left ankle caused him to miss the Vancouver Olympics, Australian halfpipe snowboarder Nathan Johnstone goes into February's Sochi Games as one of the podium favorites along with "The Flying Tomato" -- American Shaun White, who has won the last two gold medals.
So how did Johnstone help improve his medal chances in the mountains of Sochi? In a more abstract case of sleeping with the enemy, the 2011 halfpipe world champion took a training session with White's coach, Bud Keene.
"It wasn't so much helping me out in particular," Johnstone told the Associated Press in an interview, putting the emphasis on the "me" part of his comment.
Keene "ran a progression camp at Mammoth Mountain in California with a bunch of other athletes, a range of different skiers including halfpipe and skicrossers," Johnstone said. "It was a great chance to break up my normal training routine and train alongside some really strong competitors like Japanese Olympian Ryo Aono."
Still, Johnstone tried to extract as much as he could from the sessions.
"There was no private training involved, but it was great to have worked with him," he said. "He's one of the greatest coaches in this sport. I tried to pick his brain, to hear what he had to say. I'm still on a learning curve."
That curve was derailed just four weeks before the Vancouver Olympics when Johnstone broke his ankle in an air-bag training session.
"It was a big disappointment for me back then, but I learned a lot from it and it gave me a lot of motivation and drive for the following season," he said. "It really put me in a good place."
Just 12 months later, Johnstone won the 2011 FIS World Cup Crystal Globe for leading the halfpipe season standings and the overall freestyle Crystal Globe. White did not compete in the finals that year.
"I had a great 2011 season and I'm still continuing that roll," Johnstone said. "Hopefully I'll stay fit and healthy for Russia and get a good result there."
Johnstone was in Sochi last February and finished eighth in a test event at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park's halfpipe.
"I learned that the weather can be very unpredictable," Johnstone said.
Johnstone's coach, Ben Alexander, says his athlete -- quite the surfer, as well -- has been working hard ahead of the Olympics in Sochi, where another Australian, Torah Bright, will be defending her gold medal in the women's halfpipe.
"He was very determined to make up for his missed opportunity in 2010," said Alexander, adding that Johnstone took inspiration from two Australian surfers -- Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson -- who recovered from serious injuries to become world champions.
"He is incredibly strong, yet smooth and stylish," he added, "which is unique."
Johnstone knows he'll have to be at the top of his game to take the Olympic gold medal from White, the 27-year-old red-headed American who has dominated the sport. At Vancouver in 2010, White scored 46.8 points on his first run, which was all he needed to win gold.
He did a second run and thrilled the spectators on the hill with his Double McTwist, which he later named The Tomahawk. The trick is 540 degrees of sideways spin crammed into two upright flips -- "the most technically advanced trick in the world," Keene said.
In December, White announced he's working on a new trick -- a "front-side double-cork 1440" which adds half a twist to The Tomahawk.
"Shaun White is such a strong competitor and is very consistent with his runs," Johnstone said. "That is something that I definitely try to emulate."


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Bug fixing, and Troubleshooting experience, Multi-layer architecture experience, good database design skills are needed.
Candidates having experience converting ASP.NET based solution to ASp.NET MVC will be preferred. Vb.Net will be a plus.
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"Lee Batson"
>I have a compaq prosiginia 740. Major failures resulted in having to reinstall
>OS and restore backups. It appears that earlier install was SBS4.0 with
>8.5. Tapes seems to be good. When I setup a restore, it starts restoring
>and all indications are that it is restoring. No errrors. However, the drive
>it is restoring to becomes inaccessible. If I rerun disk administrator,
>drive type is unknown. This has happened with several tapes. We are running
>build 3571 and SP6 (client only had Nt cd, no SBS cd to install to drives)
Right click on restored drive then properties. Make sure that your backup
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Pngrewrite is command-line utility that reduces the unnecessarily large palettes
that some programs write into PNG files. It also optimizes transparency data,
and reduces the bits-per-pixel if possible. Handy for post-processing PNG files
before putting them on a web site.
WWW: http://entropymine.com/jason/pngrewrite/
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/graphics/pngrewrite/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install pngrewrite
cd /usr/ports/graphics/pngrewrite/ && make install clean
pkg install pngrewrite
PKGNAME: pngrewrite
SHA256 (pngrewrite-1.4.0.zip) = 24c3706bcd55b3f957b2590f1cf19ca4dd3f5bc8310db47e464140ce773a94c3
SIZE (pngrewrite-1.4.0.zip) = 149760
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
localbase zip
Number of commits found: 19
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
- Use USES=localbase
Bump portrevision after png update
Change libpng15.so to libpng.so in LIB_DEPENDS to prepare the upgrade
- Add LICENSE
- Cosmetic change
- Update pkg-descr
- Remove Author line
- Take maintainership
Convert g* to USES=zip
Drop maintainership
Use stage
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Trim header
Remove leading article from COMMENT
Use new LIB_DEPENDS format
- update png to 1.5.10
Get rid of md5 for all my ports.
while here add most of the licenses
- Update to 1.4.0
- Take maintainership
Approved by: mentors (implicit)
Drop Maintainership
Submitted by: old maintainer
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- Update to 1.3.0
PR: ports/130659
Submitted by: Daniel Roethlisberger <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
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Submitted by: maintainer
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Submitted by: Daniel Roethlisberger <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Approved by: clement (mentor)
Add pngrewrite, a utility to reduce unnecessarily large palletes
in PNG images.
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Malaria is a severe mosquito-transmitted blood infection. Prescribed malaria medications should be taken before, during and especially after returning from your travels. Failure to do so may result in contracting this preventable and extremely dangerous disease. The risk of acquiring malaria is not uniform from country to country, or even within countries, and depends on local conditions. TravelWell will advise you regarding any prophylaxis necessary for your trip.
No antimalarial drug is totally protective. These drugs should be supplemented by the use of protective clothing, insect repellent, screening and mosquito nets when possible.
If you develop a fever after returning from a malaria-endemic region, especially within the first several months, contact TravelWell without delay and indicate your exposure to malaria.
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Two Maui students were recently given Apple gadgets in recognition of their academic and community achievements.
Ninth-grader Mary Jane Butac was awarded an iPad at the Maui Mall Family Sundays event Nov. 25. The Maui High School student, along with iPod winner and Kahului School 2nd-grader Mari Yamamoto, were randomly drawn from a selection of nominated students.
Butac holds a 4.0 grade-point average. According to teacher Jonathan Fernandez, Butac always turns in quality work and has the focus and drive to attain any goal she sets for herself. Fernandez said that when fellow students seek her help, Butac helps them learn.
Yamamoto was nominated by her teacher, Amy Inouye. "A walking ray of sunshine," she finds joy in serving others in school or in the community, Inouye said. Yamamoto is an active member of 4-H and enjoys crafting and swimming.
All students that have been nominated and recognized at Maui Mall Family Sundays events this year will be re-entered in a cumulative drawing for a chance to win a MacBook Pro at the Family Sundays finale Jan. 6.


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LANSING -- Verizon Wireless was expected to expand its 4G LTE high speed data network in the Lansing area Thursday.
The company says the expanded network coverage will cover Charlotte, Dimondale, Eaton Rapids, Eden, Holt, Mason and West Windsor. In June, the wireless company launched LTE in Lansing with coverage in East Lansing, Lansing and Okemos.
The Verizon LTE network covers 117 markets, including the Grand Rapids, Flint, Ann Arbor and Detroit areas. See coverage map
In my tests of the LTE network earlier this year, I found download speeds that averaged 6 megabits per second, more than 6 times faster than Verizon's 3G speeds. But the high speeds came at the cost of battery power.
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All the people still in the hospital after a Thursday wreck in Oldham County that killed two are expected to make a full recovery.
Royal L. Webster Sr., chief administrative director with United Restoration Ministries, which owned the van involved in the accident, said Monday that two of the injured are expected to be released from Northwest Texas Hospital this week, and the condition of four people in intensive care is improving.
The wreck happened Thursday evening when the van, which was part of a four-vehicle ministry caravan, left Interstate 40 about five miles inside the Texas-New Mexico line and rolled several times.
Jimmy Orlondo, 35, and Kelly L. Brown, 35, both of Chicago, were killed in the wreck. The rollover injured 10 others.
The van was traveling to Chicago after picking up numerous disadvantaged and homeless people, who were to be given new lives through Jesus, Webster said.
Although the ministry suffered a tragedy, Webster said it has been turned into a positive experience through the kindness of strangers.
"I want you to let the people of Amarillo know how much we love them," Webster said. "Everybody has shown us a lot of love, the people at the hospital, the ones who were on the scene. Texas - I've never seen anything like it."
Webster singled out members of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Amarillo for high praise. Members of the church pitched in to help the ministry, giving them a place to stay and food until they could complete their journey.
Prince of Peace pastor John Elser said a member of his congregation, Corinne Thron, happened to be at NWTH when the injured were brought in and called him to see if the church could help.
Elser downplayed the assistance his church gave, choosing instead to point to how much his congregation learned from the members of the ministry, who are willing to go out on a limb to help the less fortunate.
"We got more out of it than they did," Elser said. "They keep telling us thanks, but we keep telling them that they did more for us than we did for them."
As for the ministry, Webster said it will continue despite the tragedy because the evangelists refuse to yield in their fight to save the disadvantaged.
"The accident happened because the devil is mad at us," Webster said. "We're going out doing the Lord's work. We're taking souls back from the devil.
"But we're going to do it more intensely now. Whenever he (the devil) takes any of our soldiers, we go at him twice as hard. We're going to go out there and get twice as many souls."
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Holiday: Handmade Christmas Cards
Nothing says Christmas like receiving handmade Christmas cards. For my daughter's second Christmas, I was incredibly excited to create gifts that would melt her grandparents's hearts since non of them live close by. I came up with something that was messy, sparkly, eye catching, and exciting for her to get involved in. Making homemade cards also provided some sort of educational experience for my 22 months old artist.
Creating a Handmade Christmas Cards
Items needed for card #1
- Cardboard
- Old Christmas cards
- Gold, silver and Red Paint
- Sea Salt
- Clear plastic lid (I used lid from sour cream)
- Paint the palm of your child's hand with desired colour and apply on card board to create Christmas tree.
- Dip your child's finger in paint and paint star on the top of tree.
- Cut pictures out of old Christmas cards and let your child glue them on the card.
- After paint is dry, cut face of your child's photo and glue it on front of the card.
- Sprinkle some sea salt on picture and glue plastic lid on top.
- Decorate front of the card with pictures from old cards.
- Dip child's fingers into the silver paint and make snowflakes on the front of the card.
Items needed for Card #2
- Cardboard
- Christmas Stamps
- Pretty Stickers
- Gold, Silver, and Red paint
- Ribbons to match paint
- Print out a picture of your child's Christmas picture.
- Glue it to your card.
- Cut a frame to go around the photo.
- Glue Ribbons around the car.
- Let your child decorate the back of the card with Christmas stamps and stickers.
- Dip child's fingers into the paint and make fingerprints on the front of the card.
This whole experience allowed my daughter to practice hand control and hand-eye coordination. She also learned designing skills by putting stickers on card, fine motor and senatorial skills when painting with fingers. I think at the end we both were quite happy with our first handmade Christmas cards.
Here are a few other Christmas posts I have written: Christmas Activities for Infants, 15 Christmas Gift Ideas for Babies. Montessori Inspired, 100s of Free Christmas Printables, Montessori Christmas Shelves.
What crafts are you making this holiday season?
Anastasia is a stay home mum who leads natural life style and practices natural parenting. She holds bachelor degree in business and graduate diploma in Early Childhood education. In her early twenties Anastasia traveled the world doing missionary work, teaching pantomime and performing on streets, in schools and prisons with purpose of reaching out to people with a message of hope. For the last few years she has been spreading her passion for Montessori philosophy by teaching in Montessori preschool classroom. Now she enjoys being at home and sharing her teaching and parenting experience on her Montessori Nature Blog.
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What a great idea! I love the snow globe one that uses the rock salt! Very cute! I'm a die hard for finger prints! It reminds me later on how small my children were!
Very Creative!!! Love this Christmas Card..
These are really cute! I'm going to have my daughter make some for family.
These are super cute.
Amazing ideas! They make the life of the child bright and help bring a special atmosphere of a holiday into the family ! And it is a wonderful way to develop creative talents of a little artist.
These are great ideas! And they sound so much fun too!
Such cute ideas. My kids love to make Christmas Cards
I have been making such special cards since childhood, enjoyed so much that I taught my doll and now waiting to teach her kids.
I think handmade cards are so much more special than the ones you buy, because it feels more personal. These are very lovely and so creative.
These would be great keepsake cards. Also, we try to encourage our children to make things for us rather than spend money. These would be great gifts all by themselves.
I have such a sentimental heart. These definitely make me smile! 🙂 Love the ideas.
[…] Nothing says Christmas like receiving handmade Christmas cards. For my daughter's second Christmas, I was incredibly excited to create gifts that would melt her grandparents's hearts since non of them live close by. I came up with something that was messy, sparkly, eye catching, and exciting for her to get involved in. Making homemade cards also provided some sort of educational experience for my 22 months old artist. Continue reading here. […]


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Of course there are lots of more traditional school fundraising ideas, which are great to be involved in including the following.
Guess the amount
Filling a glass jar full of sweets and getting people to guess the amount there are is a quirky and intriguing idea, with the winner receiving either a percentage of the money raised through the guesses, a donated prize or even the sweets themselves.
Book sale
A book sale is not only a great way to raise money, but it also has the advantage of encouraging reading amongst the children at the school. Asking teachers, parents and local community members or businesses to donate books for sale at the school will help increase donations too. Any books that aren't sold could then be used in the school library or classrooms.
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A Baseline Model of Price Formation in a Sequential Market
Konstantinos E. Zachariadis
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In a centralized market where information over the fundamental value of a traded asset is asymmetric and imperfect a basic question arises: how well the market price transmits and aggregates disperse information. We address this using the trading protocol of Glosten and Milgrom (1985) but in an environment where ex ante symmetric agents have interdependent valuations, and affiliated private information. This implies that traders are informationally equivalent, and that there are neither pure liquidity-driven traders nor pure speculators. We show several properties of the ask and bid prices, but most importantly we prove that both prices in the limit collapse to a single value (the limiting price) which reveals the fundamental value of the asset. Adverse selection, which is inherent in the model, does not impede the estimation problem in the sense that the rate of convergence to the limiting price is the same as that of a fully signal-revealing mechanism.
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Kourtney Williams is familiar with her current role at South Carolina State University.
The 5-foot-9 junior guard leads the Bulldogs with 17.8 points per game -?the same kind of prolific scoring she did when she was at Warren G. Harding High School.
The 2011 Raider graduate does more than score for the Bulldogs.
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"Kourtney has been a pretty valuable piece for our program since her arrival here three years ago," SCSU women's basketball coach Doug Robertson said. "Right now, she's doing extremely well in terms of leading us in scoring, playing hard, doing all the small, little things in order for us to be successful."
Former WGH coach P.J. Notar talked to Robertson about Williams' on-court abilities.
"He was pretty much pinpoint accurate in terms of her ability to get to the basket with the best of them in terms of scoring the basketball," Robertson said.
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Kourtney Williams, South Carolina State University
Alma Mater: Warren G. Harding, 2011
Major: Communications
Sport: Basketball
Class: Junior
The skinny:?Leads SCSU?with 17.8 points per game and field-goal percentage (43.1). ... Has only scored less than 10 points in two games this season. ... Currently nursing a sprained ankle, which kept her out of Saturday's game.
Unfortunately, Williams is out with a sprained ankle she suffered a couple of days ago, holding her out of Saturday's game at Florida A&M. Williams had a career-high 30 points in the first meeting on Jan. 30.
"I'm a little bummed out about it, but she'll be fine," Robertson said.
"I don't know the next time I'll play, but hopefully I can get back out on the court as soon as possible," Williams said.
Williams has also had to deal with tragedy this season - albeit off the court. On Jan. 24, Justin Bernard Singleton, 19, shot and killed fellow student and SCSU football player Brandon Robinson, 20.
The SCSU women hosted MEAC rival Norfolk State the following day. The Bulldogs lost, 59-54.
"It was tough to bounce back from that incident and play at a high level of intensity for that particular game," Robertson said.
Family and friends were concerned about Williams following the Jan. 24 incident.
"I had a lot of people that were concerned. I told them everything was OK and we were safe," she said.
Williams, who is a Sports Communications major at SCSU, said she might head to graduate school after receiving her bachelor's degree. She hopes to break through in broadcasting, but mostly get picked up by an overseas professional team.
"That's all on Kourtney," Robertson said. "I think she has all the tools to play overseas. She can score the ball. She can defend the ball. I swear I wish she was three more inches tall. Then I could confirm, yes I think she can. Right now I think her only issue would be her height. If she was about 5-11, I think it would be a no-brainer. Right now, it may be a little bit of a stretch. It's not out of the question.
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The Collections Framework (or Data Structures)
How you organize data in your classes depends on the application:
Do you need fast access to an element at a specified position?
Do you need to be able to insert and delete elements quickly in the middle of a list?
The answers to these types of questions determines the type of collection you should use.
Collection Interfaces
Fundamental interface: Collection<E>
The Set<E>, List<E>, and Queue<E> interfaces are all subinterfaces of the Collection interface. The Collection interface contains methods that apply to all types of sets, lists and queues.
The Map<E> interface is part of the Collections Framework, but does not inherit from Collection.
set - an unordered collection of elements which does not contain duplicates.
list - an ordered collection of elements which are indexed by integers.
map - an unordered collection of key-value pairs.
queue - an ordered collection in which new elements are added and removed from only one end of the list.
Two Basic Methods from the Collection Interface
boolean add(E item)
Iterator<E> iterator()
There are others that we will talk about more later.
The add() method
This method adds an object to the collection - it returns true if adding the object actually changes the collection, and false otherwise.
The iterator() method
This method returns an object that implements the Iterator interface. You use the iterator object to visit the elements in the collection, one at a time.
The Iterator Interface
public interface Iterator<E>
E next();
boolean hasNext();
void remove();
method - returns the next element in the collection if there is one.
method - returns true if there are more elements left to visit.
method - removes the last element that was returned by next(). Only one call to remove() is permitted before next() is called again. Only use this method to delete collection elements while iterating through the collection.
If you call next() on a collection, and you have reached the end of the collection, next() throws a NoSuchElementException. Call hasNext() before calling next().
To look at all elements in a collection, request an interator and keep calling next() as there are more elements in the collection.
Collection<String> c = new ArrayList<String>();
... //
Iterator<String> iter = c.iterator();
String str = iter.next();
// do something with str - remove it if it starts with a particular character, etc.
Advancing an iterator
- think of an iterator as being between elements. When next() is called, the iterator jumps over the next element, and returns a reference to the element it jumped over.
Remove the first element in a collection
Collection<Circle> c = new ArrayList<Circle>();
... // add to the collection
Iterator<Circle> it = c.iterator();
it.next(); // I saw the first element
it.remove(); // remove the first element
What happens when I run this code?
Collection<Circle> c = new ArrayList<Circle>();
...// add 10 elements to the collection
Iterator<Circle> it = c.iterator();
Another Example: A First Look at a Generic Method
A method can have a type parameter just like a class.
Write a generic method addEm() that adds all objects in one collection to another:
public static <E> boolean addEm(Collection<E> to, Collection<E> from)
... // the return value should indicate whether or not the collection has changed as a result of the method call.
... // finish writing this method, and then write code that calls it
A very similar method called
is part of the Java library
It's not part of the Collection interface, since an interface cannot contain implemented methods
The AbstractCollection Class
Since methods like addAll() will be useful to many collection classes, it would be useful to have the implementation for this and other routine methods available.
Collection cannot provide an implementation since it is an interface
So the abstract class AbstractCollection implements Collection
this class leaves the fundamental methods add() and iterator() as abstract methods
implements other methods, like addAll(), in terms of those fundamental methods
If you want to write a concrete Collection class, you probably want to extend AbstractCollection rather than implementing the Collection interface
public abstract class AbstractCollection<E> implements Collection<E>
To create your own collection class by extending AbstractCollection, you must implement size() and iterator(), and possibly other optional methods.
More from the Collection Interface
Iterator<E> iterator()
- returns an iterator that can be used to visit the elements in the Collection
int size()
- returns number of elements in the collection
boolean isEmpty()
- returns true if collection contains no elements
boolean contains(Object o)
- returns true if this collection contains an object equal to o
boolean containsAll(Collection<?> other)
- returns true if this collection contains all elements in other
-- The type Collection<?> is called a wildcard type, and is the super type of all Collection types.
-- The type of its members match any element type.
boolean add(E obj)
- adds obj to collection, and returns true if collection changes as a result of the call
boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> other)
- adds all elements of other collection to this collection. Returns true if this collection is changed as a result of the call.
-- Collection<? extends E> is a
bounded wildcard
-- ? stands for an unknown type that inherits from type E.
-- E is called the
upper bound
of the wildcard.
boolean remove(Object obj)
- removes an object equal to obj from this collection if such an object is in the collection. Returns true if a matching object was removed.
boolean removeAll(Collection<?> other)
- removes all elements in other from this collection. Returns true if this collection was modified by the call.
void clear()
- removes all elements from this collection.
boolean retainAll(Collection<?> other)
- removes all elements from this collection that are not equal to an element in other. Returns true if this collection was changed by the call.
<T> T[] toArray(T[] arr)
- returns an array containing the elements in this collection. If the specified array arr is large enough to hold the elements, then the elements are stored in arr (and any unused entries in arr are set to null). Otherwise a new array containing this collection's elements is returned.
Note about constructors in Collection implementations:
A class that implements Collection must have a constructor that takes a Collection argument. This constructor initializes the new Collection to contain all elements in the specified collection.
Suppose you have a collection c of Strings (which could be a List, Set, etc). To create a new ArrayList containing all elements of c.
List<String> l = new ArrayList<String>(c);
Recall the Collection methods:
Purpose Methods
Determine number of elements in collection size(), isEmpty()
Determine if an object is in collection contains()
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It's been a month now since I start to simulate the/all tones coming from EHX Epitome multi-stompbox but until now I can't simulate even one tone. Any help coming from you guys? Or maybe a tip would be great. Thanks
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A motorcyclist was critically injured, and another driver was hurt, in a crash on an Orange County road Friday.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a man driving a motorcycle crashed into an SUV, knocking the larger vehicle off its wheels.
The crash happened on Rio Grand Avenue, near 24th Street.
Witnesses said the motorcyclist was speeding down the roadway.
Both the motorcyclist and the driver of the SUV were taken to a hospital for treatment.
An investigation by FHP is ongoing.
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Starting Friday, November 2, 2012, the Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink will be open to the public at 701 K Street in Sacramento, Calif. The ice rink will be open from November 2, 2012 to January 21, 2013.
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HONOLULU (AP) - The parents of a 3-year-old girl who suffered massive brain damage have filed a lawsuit against a Kailua, Oahu, dentist, alleging negligence and dangerous conduct in sedating the child.
Ashley and Evan Boyle filed the lawsuit Monday against Lilly Geyer and unidentified staff members at Island Dentistry for Children. The lawsuit seeks special and general damages.
The injured girl, Finley Boyle, was diagnosed with 10 cavities and in need of four root canals in her first dental exam, according to the plaintiffs. The Boyles say they returned to the dental office with their daughter Dec. 3 and the girl was given high doses of Demerol, hydroxyzine and chloral hydrate, as well as nitrous oxide.
She has been unresponsive since then.
"She will probably not be with us much longer," said Ashley Boyle, a registered nurse. "We were all hoping. Even the doctors are in tears. We were all just waiting for her to wake up."
Geyer and her staff have not responded to requests for comment.
The plaintiffs' attorney, Rick Fried Jr., said there's no evidence all precautions were taken. He also said that most of the dental work was unnecessary.
Dental records obtained by Fried show three notations on the child's vital signs the morning of Dec. 3. According to guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, vital signs should be monitored and documented at least every five minutes for patients undergoing sedation.
Boyle said that she became aware of the problem when she saw emergency responders arrive at the office. The staff also summoned a pediatrician down the hall, according to Boyle.
Geyer was issued a license to practice dentistry in the state in July 2005. As of last month, there were no records of complaints against her or her practice on file with the Hawaii Department Of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Boyle said her daughter would be healthy today if simple precautions had been taken.


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Distribution water quality: the final frontier
Nick McElvain, P.E., Water Operations Support Manager, Lincoln Water System, Lincoln, Nebraska
Eric C. Lee, Assistant Superintendent of Water Production & Treatment - Operations, Lincoln Water System, Ashland, Nebraska
Andrew Hansen, Project Engineer, Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Missouri
Historically, the water quality in the distribution system was perceived to be a direct function of the water treatment process. Drinking water regulations were developed and implemented with focus on reducing or eliminating contaminants during treatment. With the promulgation of the Total Coliform Rule in 1989, the focus has now started to shift toward a two-pronged approach of treatment quality and distribution quality. The intent of the Total Coliform Rule, which requires public water systems to sample and monitor water for the group of bacteria referred to as Total Coliforms and Fecal Coliforms, was to ensure that from a microbiological standpoint, the public was receiving safe, potable water.
|Coliform testing
The most common test for coliforms was the membrane filter test. Water was considered safe to drink if it contained less than four coliform colonies per 100 milliliters and showed no evidence of fecal organisms. This standard applied until the limit was changed in 1990 to zero colonies per 100 ml. In 1992 USEPA approved the so-called definitive substrate technologies for detection of the presence/absence of coliforms. This ruling caused a significant change in the coliform testing and monitoring world by making it possible to test for the presence or absence of total coliforms and E. coli in one 24-hour procedure. Most utilities have embraced this change, but not without a great deal of controversy.
The Total Coliform Rule will soon undergo review by USEPA, which may result in changes, one of which could be the replacement of the presence/absence of Total Coliforms by the presence/absence of E. coli. All affected utilities should be aware of the impending review and utilize the comment period offered by USEPA to provide their input to the rulemaking process.
In order to provide protection against coliforms in the water delivered to consumers, the current trend is to maintain a higher disinfectant residual concentration in the distribution system. Although this has alleviated the risk of microbial contamination, it has aggravated the problem of disinfection by-products (DBPs).
Improved analytical techniques and increased efforts in toxicological testing have raised concerns about DBPs and their possible cancer-causing properties and other adverse health effects. These factors will be considered by USEPA during development of future regulations in an attempt to strike a balance between adequate removal and inactivation of microbial contaminants and the reduction or elimination of DBPs. The two most common methods of reducing DBP formation have been to lower the concentration of naturally occurring organic matter in source water before adding a disinfectant, and to substitute chloramines for free chlorine for maintaining a disinfectant residual in finished water throughout the distribution system. Using both of these measures reduces the amount of regulated DBPs in the finished water delivered to the customers' tap.
Increased attention to the water quality in the distribution system has led to modifications of treatment processes at the plant to ensure a safe and high quality product. After modifications are made at the plant, the focus shifts to maintaining the quality of the finished water in the distribution system. Utilities want their water to be as biologically stable as possible, which means that the water should contain only low numbers of "background" bacteria and should not undergo changes that would encourage growth of bacteria.
The quality of water in the distribution system can be evaluated by a water quality monitoring program. The need for such a program cannot be overemphasized. It should start with a few basic tests to track the microbial activity in the system. Residual chlorine concentration, heterotrophic plate count (HPC), water temperature, alkalinity and pH, and nitrite concentration are key indicators of conditions such as nitrification, stagnant water, and excess nutrients that encourage bacterial growth and regrowth. Test parameters such as Assimilable Organic Carbon (AOC) and Biodegradable Organic Matter (BDOM) can be effective means of assessing the biological stability of water. Assessing the sustainability of the chlorine or chloramines residual concentrations throughout the distribution system is another determination that provides valuable information.
Distribution variables
Many of the system variables are analogous to the shelf life of food products at home or at the grocery. Clearly, the condition of the container and the storage environment make a big difference in how long a food product will last. According to research funded by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation, more than a dozen pipe materials have been used for distribution of water, with each having a unique reaction with the water being transported. Unlined cast iron pipe, for example, is prone to forming iron oxide tubercles, which harbor bacteria that deplete the disinfectant residual, which in turn creates an environment conducive to more bacterial growth. An increase or a change in flow rate, or water hammer caused by system utilization, can stir up the normally hidden bacteria, causing in many cases localized positive results that are unrelated to the quality of the water delivered to the affected area. Understanding how such system variables affect disinfectant residuals and possible positive coliform testing is a challenge for most distribution system operators. Increasing disinfectant residuals for the entire distribution system in many cases may not correct a trouble spot in the system.
Impacts of hydraulic modeling
Until recently, running a hydraulic model of just the skeletonized distribution piping on a PC was a task that took many hours. The models were run for maximum day and maximum hour conditions to determine the improvements necessary for providing adequate distribution pressures and fire flows. Today the models can perform extended simulations, taking into account the velocity and direction of flow in every pipe of the system. The model determines the transport route "container" and transport time "shelf life" of the product being delivered to the customers.
The utility now possesses two valuable pieces of information: sampling feedback and hydraulic model output. This information can best be visualized and interpreted using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Evaluation of a distribution system by these methods makes it possible to locate trouble spots, and to plan remedial procedures such as unidirectional flushing. It also provides valuable information for developing operational modifications and capital improvement projects that will ultimately lead to a better product.
As drinking water professionals continue working to supply adequate amounts of safe water to their customers, knowing and understanding the dynamics of water quality within a distribution system will be of growing importance. Investing in non-regulatory water quality testing to gain a better understanding of an existing system will be another choice. Using today's technology to determine where and how portions of the existing piping system may be degrading water quality will become a more important topic in the water industry. Investment in supply and treatment facilities has been the primary focus of water quality capital funding in the past. The "final frontier" will require an equal focus on maintaining or enhancing water quality through improvements to the delivery system.
Nick McElvain can be reached at (402) 441-7571 or at firstname.lastname@example.com; Eric C. Lee can be reached at (402) 944-3306 or at email@example.com; and Andrew Hansen can be reached at (913) 458-3417 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bibliographic Information
[1] p., 1 leaf, 15 leaves of plates
All plates numbered in roman except "13" in arabic.
Place of publication from Stafleu.
Title page lacking, title taken from the top of plate 1.
The latest date of publication on a plate is 1759.
Engraved titles and sometimes lengthy descriptions at bottom generally with Ehret's name and date.
Hollis Number002679761
SubjectRare plants -- Pictorial works.; Butterflies -- Pictorial works.; Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.; Botany -- Pictorial works.
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Without Anthony Bennett, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels would have been a top-25 team next season. With him, UNLV could be a top-10 squad and a legitimate threat to make the Final Four.
What a difference a prized recruit can make.
A power forward and the last remaining top-10 recruit on the board, Bennett immediately makes the Runnin' Rebels a talented, dangerous and well-rounded squad.
He'll join top-50 recruit Katin Reinhardt in an impressive recruiting haul for Dave Rice, along with Pittsburgh transfer Khem Birch. And with Mike Moser, Anthony Marshall (12.2 points per game last season), defensive stopper Justin Hawkins and USC transfer Bryce Jones already in tow, the UNLV roster looks solid.
But the team's success will begin and end with the trio of Bennett, Moser and Birch—three studs that could find their way to the NBA someday.
UNLV will be a Final Four team next season.
They should be a fun team to watch next season.
Michael Peck, Bennett's head coach from Findlay Prep, noted that the Rebs should have a multi-faceted team with players that can handle any number of roles (via ESPN):
"Look at Mike Moser," Peck said. "They're going to play up-tempo and they allow guys to play multiple positions and do multiple things. They let players be players. If the guys have skills that can do certain things, he lets them utilize their skills."
UNLV will be a very good team next year. Landing a player of Bennett's caliber has ensured that.
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Funders May Be Liable in Failed Excalibur Case
Things have gone from bad to worse for tiny Excalibur Ventures, and for the litigation funders that backed its failed $1.65 billion lawsuit against a group of U.S. oil companies.
On Friday a judge in London ruled that Excalibur must pay an additional £5.5 million ($9 million) in security to cover the legal costs of defendants Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. and Texas Keystone Inc. under Britain's "loser pays" rule, according to the defendants' lawyers. The judge on Friday also ordered the release of £17.5 million ($27 million) that Excalibur had previously posted as security for the defendants' legal costs, and he ruled that the defendants can go after Excalibur's third-party litigation funders if the company doesn't pay up. In total, Excalibur has been ordered to put up $36 million to cover its opponents' legal costs.
Texas Keystone is represented by Jones Day. Gulf Keystone has London's Memery Crystal. Clifford Chance represents Excalibur.
As chronicled by The American Lawyer in September, the Excalibur case appears to be one of the largest and costliest matters backed by outside litigation funding. The lawsuit was brought by brothers Rex and Eric Wempen, who claimed that the defendants cheated them out of an oil exploration deal in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. In September Justice Christopher Clarke of London's High Court ruled for the defendants in a summary order. On Friday he issued a lengthy expanded ruling in which he concluded that Excalibur had no interest in the disputed oil fields.
In addition, the judge ruled from the bench that Excalibur must pay the additional £5.5 million as security for "indemnity costs" by Dec. 31, according to the defendants' lawyers. (A transcript is not yet available.) The judge also said that if this sum isn't paid by the end of the year, the defendants can seek payment from Excalibur's funders.
Those funders include the now defunct BlackRobe Capital Partners, which disbanded earlier this year. BlackRobe was led by John "Sean" Coffey Jr. (who last month joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Timothy Scrantom (who recently formed investment advisory firm Scrantom Dulles International), and Michael Chepiga, a former top partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Excalibur's funding group also included New York hedge fund Platinum Partners and two Greek shipping maganates, Adonis and Filippos Lemos.
"The Court agreed with us that Excalibur had no prospects of success, [its] claim was without legal foundation and was pursued aggressively to force Gulf to settle," said Memery Crystal partner Harvey Rands, who represents Gulf Keystone. Jones Day partner Roy Powell, who represents Texas Keystone, said his client was pleased with the outcome. "We're happy that this litigation, which never should have been brought, is behind us." Both lawyers said that if this amount isn't paid by the deadline, then their clients will pursue the funders for the money.
Clifford Chance partner Alex Panayides, who represents Excalibur, declined to comment. Scrantom also declined to comment, and we did not hear back from Coffey.
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He said it doesn't make sense to add to that deficit by assisting the six municipalities with their projects.
Mazziotti said those projects are worthwhile, but are not the county's core responsibility. He suggested the municipalities should raise the money within their own communities to complete them.
Eichenberg said Lower Macungie's match of the county grant for the Camp Olympic project is in the 2013 budget township commissioners will approve next week.
Eichenberg said many county residents enjoyed Camp Olympic when growing up. Before becoming a township park, it was a private sports camp. He said the township's renovation includes maintaining historical features "so county residents can continue to enjoy this park."
Commissioner Scott Ott called them "nice-to-have projects that I'm sure are meaningful to people in those communities." But he said to spend $1 million on them when the county has a multi-million-dollar deficit is "a bad budget philosophy."
"Our executive has told us he does not know how he is going to get out of that multi-million-dollar hole," said Ott. "And he has told us we're likely to face a 2015 tax hike."
Commissioner David Jones said the possibility of a tax increase in two years should not stop commissioners from approving the grants.
Several commissioners said this probably will be the last year for the Green Future program, but Schware was skeptical about that.
Dougherty said the program was intended to put $10 million into parks, recreation and open space over about 10 years.
The fund was created with money from the sale of county properties, said commissioners, including land sold to Dorney Park.
Dougherty explained it was created because the county was concerned about spending too much money to purchase land for parks. By partnering with the county, local municipalities are extending county funds.
Dougherty said creation of the fund was approved "by roughly two-thirds of county voters in a non-binding referendum" in 2002. He said the county never had to float a bond to carry out the program, so it never added to the county's debt.
Ott expressed skepticism about how much weight a non-binding referendum passed 10 years ago should have today. He said that referendum, held during a primary, was approved by no more than 10 percent of the county's registered voters.
Jones indicated Ott was elected county commissioner by only 14 percent of the county's registered voters.
Jones took issue with any effort to "de-legitimize the voice of the people made at the polls by referendum."
Jones said when voters speak it is the responsibility of county commissioners as legislators is "not to execute our will, but the will of the voters."


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Make it five goals in four games for Rich Nash as he netted a power play goal on an assist from Joe Thornton, but it wasn't enough as HC Davos fell to Bern 6-3.
…i can't believe I'm saying this but I'm getting sick of writing about Nash scoring goals. Should be something joyous for Rangers fans, but is not.
Meanwhile, Ryan McDonagh led his team with 22:58 of ice time in his debut with Barys of the KHL, who won the game 5-1 over Spartak.
He went pointless with no shots on goal.
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RPM off to strong start after offseason upgrades
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Richard Petty, still mourning the death of his wife, skipped the short trip to Martinsville Speedway to watch his team compete.
At the track located a little more than an hour south from Petty's famed race shop, his two drivers set out to capture a victory in honor of the late Lynda Petty and their boss, "The King."
Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola fell short of driving their way into Victory Lane. But for just the fourth time in 77 races as teammates, both Richard Petty Motorsports drivers finished inside the top 10.
Ambrose led 22 laps en route to his season-best finish of fifth, and Almirola was eighth. It marked the second time in three races the duo both finished inside the top 10, and showed the RPM has turned a corner in its bid to recapture some of its glory days.
"We have a brand here at our race team and it is Richard Petty Motorsports and it is 'The King' and all that he has accomplished. We want to live up to that," said Almirola. "We want to get back to those successful ways that they have had for so many years. Obviously, we have been through some tough times and we are clawing our way back to where we need to be and we see the light now."
- Tony Stewart knocked Brad Keselowski from the pole as qualifying ended Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.
Stewart waited right until the end of the final round to attempt his lap and circled the speedway at 195.454 mph to grab the top starting spot for today's race.
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Bre Nauman is not your prototypical 3-point shooter.
The 6-foot freshman center is known for scoring in the paint and rebounding. But on a night when just about everything else was working for her, Nauman had an opportunity to add something to her repertoire.
With the Dragons leading Northwood 50-46 with about 10 minutes left in regulation, Nauman was fed a pass deep on the right wing.
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Tiffin University's Bre Nauman shoots over Northwood's Emily Kutch Thursday at the Gilmor Center.
She never hesitated, burying the shot, putting her team up seven, and prompting a Timberwolves' timeout.
"I'm lucky enough to have a have a coach that trusts me to hit the 3," Nauman said "[TU coach Pam Oswald] says a blind squirrel always finds a nut, and I found a nut tonight."
Nauman also helped the Dragons find their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win of the season. She had 22 points and nine rebounds as TU defeated Northwood, 78-69.
"Bre has the ability to do some really great things. The biggest thing, though, is she's gotta be aggressive all the time," Oswald said. "She's gotta be that person that wants the ball and is just gonna keep working and working until she gets that ball. It was nice tonight to see her be able to demand the ball. To constantly keep posting and wanting the ball down low."
Of course, most of Nauman's scoring was in the paint. Led by Nauman, Jillian Adams and Anya Masko, Tiffin outscored the Timberwolves, 26-14 in the paint. Even when they didn't make baskets, TU drew fouls, and went to the foul line 27 times, making 24.
"I feel like our season has turned around," Adams said afterward. "We know what we have to do, we just have to go out and do it."
Adams finished with 10 points and five rebounds, going a perfect 6 for 6 from the stripe.
It was a night of strong freshman performances. The Dragons trailed by as many as nine in the first half. They trailed 34-31 at the break, but sparked by Nauman and Deidre McKay - another freshman - they quickly gained the lead after a Jordan Fraley layup with 18:04 left in regulation and never lost it.
McKay finished with 17 points.
"We all came into this game really wanting it," McKay said. "We were all in it together and we just kept pushing through."
Northwood (5-6, 3-4) got 22 points from Sarah Susan and 21 points from Lauren Robak. But it was out-rebounded 41-33 and shot just 37 percent (10 for 27) from the floor in the second half. Tiffin (4-7, 1-6) shot 60 percent (14 for 25) in the second half.
Anya Misko had six boards for TU, while Kaylee Patton had eight points off the bench.


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The conference will explore the relationship between the Royal Navy and Britain from the broadest possible range of perspectives. From conflict, culture and science to society, economics and politics, this connection has always been complex and reflexive. The navy has been the nation's primary arm of defence and the means by which empire was expanded and sustained. In both peace and war, it has shaped and been shaped by the powers of the British state. It has driven and responded to commercial, industrial and technological forces. As an institution, it has defined and reflected not only the nature of Britishness, but its component notions of class, race and gender. As a workplace, it has generated lifestyles that mirror wider norms while also diverging from them.
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The intersection of Market and North streets will also be closed.
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We are calling for contributions that engage with the question of education within and / or for socialist political projects on all scales. Contributions may focus on education within contemporary 'post-Marxist' / 21st century socialist projects, historical 'Old Left' socialist states, or ideas of socialist education developed elsewhere offering critical assessments that can inform contemporary thinking, policy interventions and practices.
Central to the call is the viability and potentials of socialist educational alternatives in an era of 'global governance' of education within contexts of capitalism, neoliberalism and globalization, and so thinking about socialism itself and the role of education in society. This extends to considerations of the impact of global, international and regional bodies and organisations, including the influence of counter-hegemonic initiatives like the World Social Forum, and their relationship to local and national initiatives on the question of socialist education. Papers in this special issue will address key questions like the ways in which education systems seek to promote critical understandings and analyses of capitalism, in its local, regional and global forms, and to promote public participation in the processes of global change required to construct alternative societies. Contributors may focus on particular themes, including (but not limited to) the following:
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- The relationship between socialist theorising of education and the structural transformation of societies
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I think it looks awesome! And on the bright side, you could make much deeper pockets when the tote is made this way.
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I did the same exact thing, So glad you finished it. I'll go ahead and finish mine.
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The Institute of Scottish Historical Research and the School of History at the University of St Andrews are holding a summer conference on 13-14 June examining the changing role of the public in Scottish political history from the fourteenth century through to the twentieth. The conference will welcome scholars from Scotland, England and North America, and will include keynote lectures from Dr Karin Bowie (University of Glasgow), Dr Steve Boardman (University of Edinburgh), and Professor Richard Finlay (University of Strathclyde).
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I spent the better part of two days attempting to get two different XBox Ones to download the initial 500mb update at my house. I had been trying both wired and wireless connections. They were failing every time at 74% (127mb remaining). I found dozens of posts online where people were having similar issues but saw no resolutions. After chatting with 3 Microsoft techs and one person on the phone, I was able to trace the issue back to my network setup. Although my internet connection was performing at a solid 30mbps download speed, whenever the Xbox plugged in to a port on my router, it would fail. Once I plugged the Xbox direct to the cable modem and reset the modem, the update completed successfully.
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