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For the 419 students who marched across campus during the 133rd graduation of Centenary College, the word meant joy and change.
"Today is the moment. The moment to celebrate," said Joan Hamburg, host of the Joan Hamburg Show and commencement speaker. "Have a beer, have a party ... but remember this is the last time you will all be gathered together. You will be on your own when you leave here and you should be filled with joy, hope, anticipation and pride."
As the flags -- which flew high atop the Seay Building -- crackled in the crisp thin air, students, faculty and observers alike sat quietly listening to Hamburg's words.
"Who would have ever thought that a woman and an African American man would be vying for the Presidency of the United States? What a thrilling time," she said as the graduates cheered. "We left you guys with a big mess: a mortgage crisis; trillion dollar war in Iraq and environmental disaster. You, the class of 2008, can fix it. You can be the next greatest generation. The future is yours; embrace it with courage."
Hamburg was presented an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters by Dr. Kenneth Hoyt, president of Centenary College.
Hoyt conferred a total of five honorary degrees for those who have shown exemplary commitment to helping others. The recipients included: Octavia J. Brown, associate professor of Equine Studies and director of the Therapeutic Riding at Centenary, for her commitment to helping the handicapped; the Rev. Yong Gul Kim, a recently-retired Episcopalian priest, for his work with the church and troubled youth; the Rev. Byung Woon Kim, pastor of Manna Presbyterian Church in Seoul, South Korea, for his vision to provide affordable and humanitarian medical services to the poor; and Adelaide Shaffer Van Winkle, the retired president of Louis J. Shaffer, Inc., for her dedication to higher education.
Then it was the students' turn.
As they rose and proudly accepted their degrees echoes of cheers, horns and laughter rained through the fields. Parents, student and friends were cackling for their favorite grad.
Friendships are one of the many aspects of Centenary that will be missed by valedictorian Christopher Draghi, a 21-year-old with a double-major of Business Administration in Management and Finance and a minor in History.
"As a commuter student I did not expect much," he said. "But with the friendships I have made and the inter-personal skills I acquired, I have become a well rounded individual outside of the classroom."
Draghi, whose grade point average is approximately a 3.99, chose Centenary to be close to his family. He found being in a "small school" fostered "closes relationships with professors" that helped provide him with leadership and communication skills he would have not received in a larger college.
"I have a good foundation point to fall back on," he said.


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Southeastern Louisiana University conferred degrees on nearly 1,300 graduates Dec. 8 at the university's fall commencement exercises. Graduates recognized at the ceremony included 449 men and 846 women who were receiving 16 different degrees. Students represented 18 states and 16 countries.
Students from St. Bernard Parish who received bachelor's degrees are: Christy E. Stegall of Arabi, communications; Catherine M. Duhy of Chalmette, psychology; and Simeon P. Benit of Meraux, management.
Timothy M. Naquin of Violet received an associate degree in general studies.

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The Big T'ings Facing Islanders
Wednesday - April 02, 2008
I'm told by people in the mortgage and real estate business that Hawaii has largely escaped the Mainland's mortgage meltdown.
It seems that, with the housing demands of the military, the global rich man's desire for a vacation or retirement home in paradise and the cultural reticence of many of Hawaii's people to default on any loan (however preposterous its terms), the Islands' mortgage default rate remains spectacularly low by Mainland standards.
Then why are so many of us still feeling so bad? Why do we feel a gnawing economic bellyache, a growing sense that things are getting worse ... and worse ... and worse?
It's the little things - and the not so little things. Let's start with a couple of little ones.
Last week I pondered a trip to the Big Island. I'll admit that in recent years, while I've never flown on go! airlines, I've benefitted by its presence in the Hawaii market. Fly at an inconvenient time and the price was right: $39 one way, even $19 on one occasion.
Last week Hawaiian wanted $89 for a one-way ticket on any flight I could find three days before I wanted to leave. Aloha offered no better. I didn't look at go!, for reasons of perhaps misplaced loyalty to the long-time local guys. By the end of the week, of course, Aloha had announced bankruptcy.
The problem, of course, is the cost of oil and the problem of too much capacity - the bane of the national airline industry: too many airlines with too many seats available for too few customers.
Hawaii knows this story better than most. The Islands have never provided sufficient business to support three airlines. Never. Third airlines have come and gone; none has found sufficient business to survive for long.
Tourist travel has certainly grown in recent years, but not enough to support three airlines - and certainly not enough to support three in an age of $100 per barrel oil.
It's no big t'ing. I don't have to visit a good friend in Hilo, eat that pork chop at the Manago Hotel in Captain Cook or drive the lush, incredibly beautiful Hamakua Coast. But I'll miss them all.
Then there's my local chop suey. It will go nameless, but I've supped on its noodles and pork and pickled cabbage for years. I have a waistline that proves my fidelity to the place and the quality of its cuisine.
But I broke my leg last fall, hobbled around a lot, drove not at all, and hadn't been delegated the chop suey run. But recently, leg healed, I was sent to pick up Chinese.
I bought the food, but I suffered menu shock in the process. Every dish had gone up in price $1.50 minimum, some $2, some $2.50, a few $3.
Who's to blame? Nobody, I suppose. That cost of oil again, no doubt. Everything gets shipped in, after all. Higher wages for waitresses and cooks and cleaners - they're suffering sticker shock themselves from the local drugstore to the local supermarket to the local service station. They need a raise.
But let's go back to that mortgage crisis that, supposedly, Hawaii hasn't experienced. Yes, we have. We've been in a mortgage crisis for years - a crisis in which too few could afford a mortgage to buy any home at all.
We are, I'm told, in a period of adjustment in home prices. From a high of $645,000 for a home on Oahu, we have "adjusted" down to $600,000. That's a crisis of monumental proportions, a truly big t'ing. And that big t'ing spells homelessness for thousands upon thousands of people - not for the world's rich men, but for thousands upon thousands of local people.
The rich men of the world can continue to buy our homes - and continue to play with our lives - men like Malaysia's Quek Leng Chan, owner of Molokai Ranch, who last week closed it down. Why? Because Molokai residents had protested Quek's plan to build houses on Molokai's La'au Point.
More than 120 Molokai residents lost their jobs with the closing. The Island's unemployment rate doubled in the process, to something in the neighborhood of 12 percent.
Call it the Molokai meltdown.
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Andi Sims is a Disney darling who's been to the Magic Kingdom roughly 30 times in her 40-something years.
Make that roughly 31. The Homewood ballet teacher is off to Orlando again, this time to spend a week hobnobbing with movie stars, sports heroes and the international news media, not to mention Goofy and Grumpy and Gus.
Congratulations are due this Mickey Mouse Mom. Walt Disney World has selected her to serve on its 2010 Moms Panel. She's the first chosen from Alabama, and one of three panel members invited to Orlando this week for the park's annual Resort Showcase.
"I guess this legitimizes my obsession," Sims says. "My friends and family were getting worried."
The word "Moms" in Moms Panel is kind of a misnomer. Any adult who's recently been to DW (that's what we in the know call it) and loves it loudly is eligible. After rounds of essay writing and interviews, Disney chose Sims and more than 40 others from 20,000 entrants to serve as, basically, DW online guest-relations specialists. They have nothing in common with those mice in marketing. Moms Panel members, though passionate about Disney, answer e-mail questions from vacation-planners looking for the truth instead of an advertisement.
"They want us to be objective," Sims says, and that means she can tell people which Disney World restaurants she likes and doesn't like, and identify the rides that are thrillers and the ones that aren't so much.
A typical question involves kids -- example: Are mine old enough for the Blizzard Beach water slide? Some people have logistical concerns: Can my 3-year-old visit Dinoland while my 15-year-old snorkels with the sharks at Typhoon Lagoon reef?
Sims recently helped a woman from New York worried she was too fat to fit on certain rides (Sims reassured her to the contrary). "Most of us have areas we specialize in," she says, and being the mother of Zach, 15; Caroline, 12; William, 9; and Harrison, 6, hers is obvious. (To ask Andi a question, visit www.wifeandmomuniversity.blogspot.com and click on her picture; or go to www.disneyworldmoms.com.)
Disney doesn't pay its Moms Panel members, but rewards them well. In December, the company gave the royal treatment to each during an all-expenses paid training program at the park. "For a Disney fanatic, something like that is priceless," Sims says. "It's like getting a backstage pass to a concert by your lifelong idol."
Later this year, each panel member and family will get a free weeklong trip to DW. They've already gotten goody bags filled with mousey merchandise.
As a child growing up in Lanett, near Auburn, Sims visited the park on family vacations. Her passion blossomed later, after she'd married her husband, Scott, a lawyer, and the two started a family. "Seeing it again through my children's eyes is what did it for me."
By the way, if you're a DW first-timer, Sims mentions a few things not to miss: A monorail resort; the Magic Kingdom and its fireworks; Soarin' at Epcot; the Hollywood Palace (yep, she's still going on and on).
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: I have a bed of lillies that have completed their blooming period for this year but I now have to move them due to some construction that has to be done on my home.
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Yes, you can dig them up and either plant them in the ground or in pots until they can go back into the ground if it's before frost. You may find that they don't bloom as well next year, but give them time to recover.
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Operation Panda
***UPDATE*** Click below for a video from "Operation Panda" Camp:
SCOTTSDALE — Pablo Sandoval strips down to his shorts and steps on the scale inside the gym at the Giants' minor-league complex. It is Wednesday, weigh-in day.
"Five pounds!" he says, his face lighting up. He high-fives Giants conditioning and strength coach Ben Potenziano and Pablo's 28-year-old brother, Michael.
It is Day 11 of Sandoval's personal conditioning camp – a three-week project Potenziano and head trainer Dave Groeschner have dubbed "Operation Panda." They even had T-shirts printed up with the words "Operation Panda: Discipline-Hard Work -Perseverance."
"We've never had a player do anything like this – ever," Groeschner says of the one-man camp.
The Sandoval brothers are now on side-by-side stationary bikes for 40 minutes of cardio. They'll follow that with 12 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 mph and a 6 percent incline. Then they'll do weight training, then exercises to improve balance and strengthen core muscles, then throwing or batting practice, and finally another 40 minutes of cardio on the elliptical machine.
"There are no guys who show up in November to get ready for the season," Groeschner says. "But this is something Pablo wanted to do. He knows how important it is for him and for the team that he has the endurance to play every game. And what he's doing is not easy. It's an entire life-style change."
For the first time in his life, Sandoval is lifting weights. He's eating vegetables. He is meeting every Wednesday while he's in Scottsdale with a nutrition professor from Arizona State University, who is teaching him about healthy food choices and portion control. He and his brother, who Sandoval brought with him for motivation and support, are eating catered meals – delivered to the Giants complex every morning in a cooler — of low-cal entrees like broiled chicken or salmon, and lots of salads, veggies and fruits.
There is no going out to restaurants or bars. The strongest beverage in Sandoval's diet right now is green tea. Mostly he drinks water – 12 to 15 bottles a day. In the evening, after eating their prepared meals, the Sandoval brothers take a walk on a bike path near their rented apartment or play basketball to keep their metabolism up.
With the five pounds he lost during the past week, Sandoval has lost 10 pounds so far, on his way toward his goal of slimming down and building muscle for the 2010 season. (Michael is participating in every workout, working right alongside his brother, and he has lost 10 pounds, too.)
"I love this team and the way they treat me," Sandoval says later in the afternoon, after he finishes about 10 minutes of alternating between warm and cold tubs to minimize muscle soreness.
"The fans, I love them and want them to know I'll always be the guy who's working hard. I know I have to lose weight so I can play this game for a long time."
After their workout and time in the tubs, Pablo and Michael make their way to the Giants' conference room, where they heat up their crab and spinach chowder and eat the white bean and arugula salad and the five strawberries they are allotted for dessert.
Potenziano slaps Pablo on the back and says, "Run the Embarcadero next week, right?"
Potenziano and Groeschner are going to San Francisco next week to run the winter conditioning camp for rookies, so Pablo is tagging along to continue his workout regimen.
Sandoval crinkles his nose. "Too cold!"
"You're going to run," Potenziano says, smiling. Pablo delights in giving Potenziano a hard time.
Pablo shakes his head and laughs. "No chance!"
Tomorrow they're tackling Camelback Mountain, nearly a mile of trails straight up. That will make the Embarcadero seem like a walk in the park.
When lunch is finished, Pablo and Michael trudge out the door. It's after 3.
"Long day," Pablo says. "Time to take a nap."
Pictures from Camelback Mountain, Thursday, November 12:
From left to right: Ben Potenziano (conditioning and strength coach), Ryan Garko, Mike Sandoval, Pablo Sandoval, Dave Groeshner (head trainer), Front: Todd Jennings (minor league catcher)
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This is why everybody should love him, he's dedicated and a hard worker. Amazing! :]
Wow, three updates in a week so far? I love it!😀 Thanks for the update on Pablo, I've been wondering how his "Operation Panda" has been going.🙂 I think that's really great that his brother is doing everything with him!! That seems like crazy hard work, and especially changing his whole diet around. I'm so happy that he's making the effort to stay in shape and I hope it really pays off for him next season. I'm really excited to see what he looks like when he's all done! Would you be able to post some before/after pics?🙂
I think that is great that Pablo is doing this now, working out and hitting the weights. He has been a joy to observe, last off-season every day taking ground balls at 3B to prepare, this season, all this workout. If I had been blessed with the ability to play baseball at such a high level, that's what I would have done and I wish all the ballplayers were like that.
That said, what I would like to know is why the Giants are not providing the equipment and personnel so that all their farm prospects can do this during the season and, more so, encouraged to do so. I'm a bit shocked that Pablo had never done anything like this before, particularly since his girth has been a big question mark for him throughout his minor league career.
It could be as simple as getting, say, a Bowflex system (or whatever you prefer, first one that came to mind, hey, even that Chuck Norris/Christie Brinkley machine) for every player so that they can work out at home in the off-season or wherever they stay during the season.
Or better, equip each minor league clubhouse with a workout area with equipment and at minimum, some roving instructor to come by and help all prospects who want help, or better, hire someone local to work out the players regularly, when they are at playing at home.
The team should invest more to make things easier for their minor league players to work on their craft. Raising salaries would be another good thing to do, so that their players can afford to eat better (supply a dietician or some sort of on-line system to help a player keep on track; could make it like a report card that the manager keeps tabs on).
I cannot imagine that it would cost that much money to enable your prospects to be at their physical peak during the season, and the payback should be much more in performance.
didnt realize ryan garko was attending operation panda. hopefully, thats 200 lbs gone for him…..as in not be back at first base for the giants next year!
Where can I get three Operation Panda T-shirts, ASAP?
I love that Ryan Garko managed to sneak into this picture. And that he doesn't get a t-shirt. Anyway, I'm loving all these clinic updates on Pablo and Bam-Bam. It gives me a lot to look forward to in the coming season! The prospect that Sandoval has never done weight training makes me wonder what kind of numbers he's capable of…
That's a great story; Truly inspirational. We Latinos abuse ourselves during the holidays…Seeing Pablo working so hard to change his life around is just awesome.
I am drafting Pablo early in the second round next year!
Are these t shirts for sale anywhere?
You're a HARD WORKING MAN, Pablo and we know you LOVE the game. Can't wait 'till the next season!
We LOVE YOU!!
Reading about the determination of these guys makes me want to spend money to go see as many Giants games in 2010 as I can. Go Giants!
This is GREAT to see!. I was worrying about his weight as the season wore on. We need his bat all year every year for a long time going forward.
Thanks for the great pictures! Looks they were rewarded with not only a good workout but a pretty nice view at the top. How did Ryan Garko and Todd Jennings end up coming along? I think it's great that they decided to go on the hike also.
Congrats to Pablo and Mike! I just started exercising and counting calories to lose weight, too! I'm curious if we could get the menu(s), recipes and calorie counts for the foods they're eating so we can play along, too!? Keep up the good work, and keep having fun at it!
Kung Fu Panda, we love you!
My favorite Panda story is from last year's Giants fantasy camp when Pablo and Manny Burriss walked past after a work out. Pablo peeled off the tape around his wrist, balled it up, and threw it at Manny, who was walking ahead. Manny picked it up and threw it back at Pablo, and instead of ducking out of the way, he let it hit him in the chest and then hacky-sacked it off his feet for a little while. I'll bet he was quite a soccer player in his youth as well, and I thought it showed amazing quickness for a biggish guy. When I got a chance to meet him I asked him what his favorite position was and he said catcher. Pretty interesting but somewhat redundant with Posey, I guess.
Anyway, I was psyched to read about Pablo's regimen and all the hard work he's putting in, as the Giants need every bit of offense they can get to go with that vaunted pitching.
Thank you for the update. I love reading about the panda and his progress. It's given me a new outlook on my diet.
Go Panda and to his brother too…….good luck guys.
Can we order the T-Shirts?
It's a real pleasure to watch Pablo play, he has so much fun playing the game it's contagious. He has a great heart and wonderful passion for baseball. Thank you.
An idea about the Operation Panda T-shirts; you could sell them to raise money for kids nutrition and exercise awareness and programs; like the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's empowerME campaign or the NFL PLAY 60 campaign
Well, I enjoyed seeing Garko there. He had a bit of a rough time after the trade, but I wish him all the best next year. Go Giants!
Hey Pablo I just wanted you to know how PROUD we are of all you have done in the Giants Organization. You have a Heart so BIG I hope the Giants realize what they have in you. And what I mean by that is not only are you a great baseball player but you have made more fans Love the game because of you, especially kids. And I can tell you Troy's only 3 but he knows who his heroes are when it comes to baseball and I thank you and Sergio for that he will always remember you guy's. Man you have a beautiful place to work out at. Keep up the good work and Troy and I will see you next year. Tom,Troy, and Family
Would you mind telling us which players are going to be at the rookie winter conditioning camp? Thanks!🙂
Update: Here is the list of participants:
Anders, Lucas
Belt, Brandon
Benusa, Karl ("Gus)
Biery, Andrew
Burg, Alex
Cavan, Ryan
Crawford, Evan
Dunning, Jake
Eshleman, John
Gloor, Chris
Graham, Matthew
Heston, Christopher
Joseph, Thomas
Liles, Steven
Mach, Kyle
Munoz, Luis
Rogers, Steven ("Taylor")
Salsbury, Bryan
Sanford, Shawn
Scoma, Ryan
Stoffel, Jason
Toole, Jeremy
Vazquez, Kyle
Walls, Jason
Wheeler, Zachary
Pablo is our Future for the orange and black.. We need to get Pablo a decent 4th place slugger so he can drive in runs. as well as a veteran hitter such as Johnny Damon.. I like the 2 moves so far, however the Giants need to acquire a Adam LaRoche to this line-up.. If The Giants don't get a decent catcher, then I would move The Killer Panda to Catcher, sign Ex-Astros Shortstop Miguel Tejada put him at 3rd base, then put Juan Uribe at shortstop.. Tejada has told some friends that he would love to play for Giants Manager Bruce Bochy. Tejada could bat 4th or 5th and he drove in over 80 plus RBIS for a bad Astros team.
Well, judging by the kind of fitness regime Sandoval is having, I must say he is really pretty much focused. After all, losing 10 pounds is no joke, to say the least. I can?t imagine the fact that he is restraining himself from going to bars and restaurants and making it to colloidal minerals . I guess he is focusing more on strengthening his core muscles as well as increasing the overall balance. I hope he doesn?t get injured anytime near soon!


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BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE: BBX ) has finally broken the loss-making spell, returning to profitability after 15 straight quarters of net losses. This was largely due to the sale of its 19 Tampa branches to PNC (NYSE: PNC ) . But does that mean that the Fort Lauderdale-based bank is back on track? Before answering this question, let's take a look at its performance during the quarter.
The quarter in detail
The regional bank's net income rose to $23.4 million in the quarter from a net loss of $22.9 million in the prior quarter and $51.3 million in the second quarter of 2010. The Tampa branch sale boosted its earnings by $38.7 million. The bank strengthened its capital position by achieving a Tier 1 Capital ratio of 8.24, and also witnessed some significant improvements in credit trends.
On a year-over-year basis, BankAtlantic's provision for loan losses declined to $10.2 million from $43.6 million. Net charge-offs and delinquencies fell considerably. Rivals such as BancorpSouth (NYSE: BXS ) and Synovus Financial (NYSE: SNV ) have also reported better results on the back of shrinking loan-loss provisions and improved credit quality.
The bank's net interest income declined to $33 million from $37 million a year ago, primarily due to the decrease in yield on earning assets and increase in cash and lower-yielding investments. A decline in service charges also resulted in non-interest income dropping to $21.4 million from $26.3 million.
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As I see it, the turnaround in BankAtlantic's earnings wasn't due to many noticeable improvements in its core operations, but instead to the gains from the sale of its branches. The dip in both interest and non-interest income has continued.
The divestment looks like a smart move that will allow it to focus on core earnings from its branches in Southeast Florida. But at the moment, BankAtlantic still doesn't look like a very attractive investment to me.


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By JIM KINNEY
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SPRINGFIELD - A state program that has provided more than $1.5 million in education for Western Massachusetts workers is now out of money and probably won't be able to fund more projects this year because of the tight state budget.
"I certainly hope that as the economy recovers we are able to continue to dedicate resources to this," said Nancy L. Snyder, president of Commonwealth Corp., a quasi-public agency that administers the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund.
The Commonwealth Corp. has existed for 25 years, according to its Web site. It runs a variety of worker-training and consulting programs for the state including the YouthWorks Jobs Program.
The state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development this week announced the final programs receiving a total of $1.9 million, all of which will provide training in areas east of Worcester.
The state founded the trust fund in 2006 with $18 million as part of a state economic stimulus package, Snyder said. As of now, the entire $18 million has been promised to projects. Projects that have been promised their money will be funded, she said.
J. William Ward, executive director of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, said he understands why more funding will not be available. He said he is frustrated because the need for training will continue even though many companies aren't hiring now.
Ward said he feels Western Massachusetts was treated fairly when compared to other regions of the state.
"Some of this training takes at least six months to complete," Ward said. "There is going to be a recovery and when it happens you have to be prepared."
The programs help educate current and prospective employees.
Snyder said the grants all come with matching requirements from the employers.
The four western counties on Massachusetts received $1.5 million in 2008, Snyder said. That is 21 percent of the $7.5 million granted across the state. In 2007, the first year grants were made, projects in the four western counties received $2.4 million, or 34 percent of the $6.9 million that was granted across the state.
Snyder said the available money was divided geographically according to the number of people employed, the number of people unemployed and the total population.
As of November, the Springfield area had 322,000 people employed and 21,000 people unemployed, according to the state Executive Office of Workforce Development. Hampden County has a population of 457,908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau
The Amherst area had 25,000 people employed and 943 people unemployed, according to the state. Hampshire County has a population of 153,000, according to the Census Bureau.
The Greenfield area had 20,600 people employed and 1,200 people out of work in November, according to the state. Franklin County has a population of 71,600.
The state as a whole had 3.2 million people with jobs and 188,600 unemployed people with a population of 6.4 million.
In 2008, Baystate Medical Center and Sisters of Providence Health System received a total of $475,000 to train 65 certified nursing assistants. Baystate also got $50,000 to keep older surgical nurses in the profession.
Valley Opportunity Council in Holyoke and Square One in Springfield received a total of $500,000 to train 185 early education teachers in 2008, Snyder said.
A consortium of precision manufacturers in the Pioneer Valley received $50,000 for training programs, also in 2008.
In Berkshire County, a consortium of eight manufacturers, including Crane & Co. in Dalton, received $489,158 so 180 workers can take courses at Berkshire Community College. Crane & Co. makes paper for U.S. currency.
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Back to some of the soul searching and deep conversations with myself.
"You must love yourself before you can truly love others."
I find that untrue. I can love others easily enough, once they're close enough. Loving myself and allowing myself to be loved without embarrassment or fear is... difficult. It leads to the self sabotage and relationship sabotage I've experienced before. I've managed to learn to not sabotage relationships (mostly.) Not sabotaging myself is nearly impossible. I think mostly because I have trouble putting myself first. I surround myself with strong people who know how to put themselves first to make sure I take care of myself, because I don't hafta take care of them.
I'm finding all of these character flaws and I try not to get down on myself. I keep hearing Mentor, "You're carry rocks that aren't yours. You were handed them as a child and you haven't put them down yet." I think I can put them down, once I've examined them.


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PALMER - Three new police officers were recently hired, Jeremy Haley, Eric Raymond and David Burns.
Police Chief Robert P. Frydryk said they started on July 15, and will be paid a salary of $40,610 each.
Attending the police academy is a condition of employment, and Burns is already enrolled in the academy in Boylston. Haley and Raymond is scheduled to attend the academy's next session in September, and have been granted waivers so they can work for the department until it starts, Frydryk said.
The department also has three new full-time dispatchers, Rosalie DeCaro, Kristen Jordan and Amy Mahar. They are paid $16.73 an hour, Frydryk said.


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+1 votes John Synco › February 23, 2011
+0 votes angel mejia › November 22, 2010
+0 votes Eric Friedman › November 29, 2010
+0 votes Erik Tallakson › March 13, 2011
Really enjoy this course, there are plenty of trees jumping out to block your throws and the layouts get changed often. There are a few cons: the ground gets wet and muddy in places, watch where you are walking. It is super popular and so if you head out after a normal workday or on the weekend, expect to see plenty of people out there and some large groups, though this is also a good thing because it means the sport is growing.
+0 votes Kirby SoX › April 21, 2011
it is in a park all i can say
+0 votes david dimaya › May 16, 2011
+0 votes Eric Scott › August 17, 2011
Fairly decent course a little flat for my taste but all around its a good course.
+0 votes Shawn Hillman › August 19, 2011
Eldo is a very nice park setting with most of the foot trasffic being seperate from the disc golf course. Lot of differest andgles and pin settings. Really like this course until the wind comes up.
+0 votes Thomas Steven › August 21, 2011
Long Beach is legit, but very repetitive. Mostly flat, and some long bombs.
+0 votes Billy Romhild › August 22, 2011
+0 votes Drew Ski › January 7, 2012
Super sketch
+0 votes Vince Mars › February 24, 2012
+0 votes WP Naes › April 1, 2012
+0 votes Mathias Miller › April 24, 2012
gorgeous place
+0 votes Scott Hartle › May 12, 2012
Favorite course south of LA. Lots of old trees and low ceiling shots.
+0 votes George Bodiroga › September 11, 2012
+0 votes xaeLen n › October 9, 2012
mostly shorterish positions. we played the roads and paths as ob oceans.
+0 votes Andrew Ahlberg › October 20, 2012
Fun course with a very low sealing with mature trees. Good variety of shots and great course flow.
+1 votes The Ronin › February 17, 2014
What a great city course!! Many varied shots, low ceiling, many line choices per hole, elevation changes everywhere, backhand and forehand runs, distances bounce all over from 200-700+ feet, multiple pin placements on every hole. Straight shots rule this course! Free, mixed use park, Dg course is well placed away from most of the other activity areas for softball and tennis. The only con I have is that tees are kinda close to fairways and baskets...but bottom line is, I'd play this course every day if I lived in this area!!! Locals are really great here too, funny and cool as sh*t!!
+1 votes Mick M › July 14, 2013
Great park course! Completely enjoyed my rounds there. The locals were terrific, great disc golf community here in LB. Not able to have a good round but did birdie once. And I won the penny hole. Highly recommend hooking up with a local. They hang out all day there. True disc rats!
+0 votes jason summers › September 22, 2013
Played this course every other day while in the area! Loved it was taken around by a local my first time and had a great time. Easy layout and not much elevation change but lots of trees on a few holes!
+0 votes katie meloy › August 13, 2015
Lots of similar shots, but the tees and baskets are in good shape. It's tough to know where you're going in certain places without a local to lead the way.


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The name of John Singer Sargent evokes images of marvelously gowned Edwardian belles, brooding aristocrats, and princes of industry — insightful portraits executed with dazzling virtuosity.
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It was a mostly nondescript afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium, which is why I'll keep this wrap-up blog short. Given the distance Boston had to travel to play here, it was somewhat surprising to see the number of quality Major League pitchers who made the trip. It was a good early test for the Cardinals, though they only finished with seven hits. Boston had a lot more traffic on the basepaths.
Daniel Descalso delivered the Cardinals' second home run of spring. There's no concern about Descalso's ability to handle himself defensively, which is why the infielder is focused heavily on improving his offensive numbers. In case you missed the story last week, here is a link to the piece I wrote after talking to Descalso about the offensive adjustments he has been making since last summer.
Matt Carpenter made his first start at second base and again looked plenty capable at the position. He didn't have any especially challenging fielding opportunities but did make a sound flip to shortstop Ronny Cedeno to start a double play.
"He looked good, made every play that came to him," manager Mike Matheny said of Carpenter. "I know there's going to be some more communication as he learns. [There's] still more to learn with each new guy that gets out there. I thought he and Cedeno did a nice job."
Carpenter finished the game at first base, as the Cardinals are a little limited on their options at the position. Allen Craig (shoulder soreness) still hasn't played the field, though he took two at-bats on Sunday. Matt Adams (left knee soreness) is the latest player to land on the day-to-day injury report. Adams woke up with swelling around his left knee after playing a full game on Saturday.
Craig went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
"It's always fun to start a new season and come down here and play," Craig said. "It's always cool to see where you're at after the work that I've put in. It felt good to get out there."
Rafael Furcal was able to log two at-bats in his first game appearance. Matheny created his lineup around getting Furcal right-handed at-bats against a lefty pitcher. Furcal faced Jon Lester in the first inning. He was able to get another at-bat in the fourth when the Red Sox sent lefty Andrew Miller out in relief.
The Cardinals see no use in having Furcal swing right-handed against righty pitchers because he wouldn't do so during the season. Furcal is not throwing or swinging from the left side at this time due to pain in his right elbow.
The Cardinals got a look at two of their Minor League lefty starters — John Gast and Tyler Lyons — on Sunday. Lyons was especially impressive and efficient in his two scoreless innings of work.
"There's no question he has one of the best breaking balls in our organization," Matheny said of Lyons. "He used it well. There's not much of a secret to pitching, especially early in the spring. The guys who have gone out and done a nice job of working the counts have had success. The same thing continues through the season."
Adam Wainwright is scheduled to make his spring debut on Monday against the new AL-West member Astros. Also scheduled to pitch are: Seth Maness, Mitchell Boggs, Kevin Siegrist, Jason Motte, Barret Browning and Keith Butler.
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Syracuse Common Councilors this hour were scheduled to receive Mayor Matt Driscoll's 2007-08 budget proposal. It will become available to the press later in the afternoon.
Driscoll kept his State of the City pledge to keep taxes flat, according to two councilors who received briefings on the budget this morning.
One of the big questions was whether Driscoll would break from his vow to keep taxes at current levels in response to the city school district's claim that it will have to cut hundreds of workers if it can't come up with $20 million. Driscoll declined the district's request for a tax increase to cover part of that shortfall, according to Councilors Ryan McMahon and Bea Gonzalez.
What do you think? Should the mayor have granted the school district's request? Sound off below in the comments section.
Both councilors said they wanted to hear more from the district before deciding whether they would try to force a tax increase against the mayor's wishes, as the council did for the school district in the current year budget.Both sounded skeptical the district could make its case, noting that the school district got a 6 percent tax increase in the current budget and that the budget the district has proposed for 2007-2008 contains an 8.6 percent spending increase. The district will also benefit from a more than $20 million jump in its state aid.
"It's about accountability," McMahon said. "It's extremely important to fully fund the district, but where is all this money going? We are going to take a very close look at the school district's budget this year."
Gonzalez echoed that sentiment. "Everyone is trying to figure out what's going on there," she said.
Staff writer Greg Munno provided this update and is continuing to follow developments today.
McMahon said he was happy to see two new initiatives reflected in the budget proposal. One is a dedicated police patrol for the city's parks; the other a program that will force landlords to register with the city. Like the patrols, the registry program will cost money to implement, but unlike the patrols, it will be off set by the fees the landlords will pay when they sign up with the city.
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Declaration of the Anna Lindh Foundation concerning the terror
attack of 31st December 2010 in Alexandria
The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue
between Cultures, which has its international headquarters in
Alexandria (Egypt), expresses its deep sadness and pain about the
terror attack which affected this city on the night of 31st
December. The President of the Foundation, André Azoulay, and all of
his team, wish to express their solidarity with the victims, their
families and the Egyptian people.
response to this act of violence, the Anna Lindh Foundation will
intensify its efforts in favour of dialogue in the
Euro-Mediterranean region by involving and engaging in this mission
all those who share the need to eradicate the culture of hatred, and
to build societies based on mutual respect between people of
different origins, traditions and beliefs. Committed against a
Coptic church in Alexandria, the attack aimed to provoke sectarian
tension between the different religious communities that have lived
together in peace in Egypt for centuries. This crime, carried out
against civilians who were practising their faith together, demands
the mobilisation of all those who promote the right to practise
freely religious beliefs. The Anna Lindh Foundation condemns any
pretention to exploit religions and take religions hostage for the
sake of fuelling violent behaviour and terrorism, whilst they carry
a message of peace and fraternity for the immense majority of
Anna Lindh Foundation has had the opportunity to consistently
observe in Alexandria how the coexistence between Muslims and
Christians, which is part of the daily life in Egypt, is a major
asset for peaceful relations between the different religious
communities that exist in Middle Eastern societies, from where they
originated. In view of the brutal attack that the Alexandrian people
suffered, the Anna Lindh Foundation feels closer than ever to the
Egyptian people and its institutions, and sets out to preserve the
diverse heritage which is essential to building a Euro-Mediterranean
space of peace and freedom.
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The International journalists Association condemned Israeli for
attacking journalists, and demanded a full investigation of the case
of severely injuring a Palestinian camera man in the Thursday
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Message by the Executive Director of the Anna Lindh
Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures -
Alexandria, Egypt, 27 July 2006.
How can you even think of intercultural dialogue while the horrors
of war in the Middle East affect millions of innocent people? We are
not only receiving this and similar questions from growing numbers
of our partners in 35 countries. We share this question.
We have identified several aid organisations which have a good
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Lebanon (our selection is indicated below). We hope that
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the more than 500.000 women and men, children and youth recently
displaced in Lebanon, without forgetting about the millions of
Palestinian refugees and those recently displaced in Gaza. We also
hope that the hundreds of thousands Jewish and Palestinian citizens
of Haifa, and many cities and villages in Northern Israel, who are
seeking shelter from daily missile attacks, will get the material
and psychological assistance they need.
We are in contact with the Heads of our national networks in Beirut,
Jerusalem and Ramallah and will help them making public their
precarious situation and also their points of view.
For many years now, dialogue in the region is already severely
constrained by the failure of numerous attempts to revitalize the
Middle East Peace Process, and the recent armed conflicts in Gaza.
We can only hope that our Governments do whatever they can in order
to stop the war and the suffering of innocent people on all sides.
In addition to political efforts, we need men and women of good will
to stop the hatred which always fuels new violence. Even during the
Second World War and during the most dangerous times of the
East-West conflict, such people raised their voice - intellectuals,
young people and concerned citizens at all levels.
The Anna Lindh
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all 35 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. All of them
are committed to increase their efforts and not to wait until
somebody else will care about our future.
We have invited young people between 18 and 25 years to share with
us their concerns and their proposals; the action "Dialogue 21" is
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until 31 August this year. We are very happy that almost 50 percent
of all participants come from Arab countries. This is evidence of
the interest of young citizens in the Arab world to contribute with
their ideas and dreams to a better future.
Wars are the extreme form of political and economic conflicts. The
more these conflicts are obscured by cultural and religious
differences and claims, the more difficult are solutions to find. If
we want to help political settlement, we need to dry out the
cultural and religious fuel of such conflicts. We need to find new
and more effective forms of a dialogue which starts with the
assumption that the other might be right. Religion is one important
dimension of human culture and civilization, based on beliefs and
tradition. There are too many human beings pretending that they
would know exactly what God's will is. We as human beings need to be
more modest: All of us have opinions and beliefs, inherited and
inspired by traditions from our fathers and mothers and earlier
generations. Human beings are subject to errors, including in their
beliefs and religious practices. Nobody can claim that God justifies
any conflict or violence on religious reasons. Such conflicts must
be attributed to weakness of human beings. But how can we expect
followers of different religions to respect each other's opinion and
belief, if they do not even know about their differences?
A very good idea was practiced recently in Denmark: As part of an
"Islam-Expo", organized by the Danish Centre for Culture and
Development (DCCD), Head of the Anna Lindh Foundation's Danish
Network, all non-Muslim citizens of Copenhagen were invited to
participate in a Friday Prayer in a Mosque, and to have a
face-to-face talk on all matters of interest with a Muslim neighbour.
We need more such creative ideas. As much as we need people who
speak more than one language, we need people who know more than one
religion. And we need to give young people an opportunity to
discover cultural diversity as an element that makes our life richer
and that is as essential for the survival of humankind as is
biodiversity for nature. We need to give citizens a perspective for
a 21st century where political and economic conflicts are settled by
those we are electing to represent us.
Anna Lindh Foundation: First Euro-Med
teacher training course on
'religious diversity'
Alexandria, November 19th, 2006
The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue
between Cultures is launching the first teacher training course 'How
to deal with religious diversity in classrooms'. Thirty-four
teachers from 18 Euro-Mediterranean countries will participate in
the training in Alexandria, Egypt from November 20th – 24th, 2006.
A minimum of knowledge on all major religions in the region is
necessary for promoting mutual respect, according to the conclusions
of a High Level Experts meeting convened recently by the Arab League
and the Anna Lindh Foundation in Cairo.
The five-day training course is organized by the Anna Lindh
Foundation together with the Council of Europe and the Swedish
Institute in Alexandria. Teachers will be assisted in understanding
religious diversity and pluralism, they will be introduced into
methods and tools of intercultural education that they can use in
class and out-of-school; and they will learn about the role women
and men can play in intercultural and inter-religious dialogue.
The opening ceremony will take place at 10:00 a.m. on November 21st
2006, at the Goethe Institute in Alexandria. Opening speeches will
be given by the Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Dr.
Traugott Schoefthaler, the representative of the Council of Europe,
Mr. Josef Huber, and the Director of the Swedish Institute
Alexandria, Mr. Jan Henningsson. Teaching and learning materials on
cultural and religious pluralism will be published next year on the
website of the Foundation
The recent "cartoon crisis" has revealed a huge gap in mutual
knowledge, especially between Europeans and their Muslim neighbours
around the Mediterranean Sea. This situation calls for new forms of
dialogue which clearly address differences and diversity between
cultures and religions and promote more knowledge and respect.
The teacher training on religious diversity is organised on the
basis of the 'Rabat Commitment' on 'Dialogue between Cultures and
Civilisations: Towards Concrete and Sustained Actions', which has
been signed in June 2005 by UNESCO, the Educational, Cultural and
Scientific Organization of the Arab League (ALECSO), and of the
organisation of the Islamic Conference (ISESCO), the OIC itself,
DCCD, the Anna Lindh Foundation, and the Council of Europe.
The Anna Lindh Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Teacher-Training
Programme was established in May 2006 in collaboration with the Arab
League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)
and the Council of Europe. It provides teachers from Euro-Med
countries with teaching skills and materials on cultural and
religious diversity, sustainable development and education for human
rights and democratic citizenship. All materials developed for the
Euro-Med Teacher training programme, selected materials from other
partners and results from school-to-school projects will be
published in English, French and Arabic on the Foundation's
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Another Mother Murdered
Alison Weir
Counter Punch
October 6, 2006
Her name was Itemad Ismail Abu Mo'ammar.
She didn't die, though. That took longer. It required her life to
flow out of her in the form of blood for several hours, as Israeli
soldiers refused to allow an ambulance to transport her to help.
Her husband and children could do nothing to
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Oh my God, you bitches are really kicking my ass today!...
I'm almost shamed for lying around in my exercise clothes without having done the workout*
*Excuse of the day: I was gonna do the workout but my mom came home early and freaked me out.
Now she's hogging my room because it has he a/c...
But I'll have you know that I'm going for a walk, as I did yesterday, and once my parents clear the house... I will exercise so hard that the floor will shake! Where I get this motivation? I imagine punching that bitch, Jillian Micheals, she's pissing me off...! YOU GO LOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anywho... I appreciate the ass kicking, the yoda quotes, the virtual yelling (and I think someone sent me anthrax in the mail, thanks for that).
I guess the dairy isn't really cool... I've gotten breakouts in the weirdest places... my bum, my thigh, and... my arm pit?!!?!?!
My face is alright, I don't know what did it- the tanning or the AHA? :/
This week should be ass kicking week, because next weekend my bf is coming over and I will be forced to become... naked.
I'm IFing today.
Excuse of the month: I only cheat because I'm in this mindset of "oh, it's easy to eat crap and still go down on the scale!"... It's some really infantile, 12 y.o shit, cause my initial goal was to get healthy... but now the breakouts are back, the period is gone and the ass kicking has been brought...
Going for a walk and will attempt at making steak tartar... Wish me luck... And if I die, you can have my CD collection.


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The fire started around 5 a.m. at a building at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue. The two-and-a-half story building has a liquor store on the first floor and apartments on the remaining floors.
Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire. One woman was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for smoke inhalation, and the blaze displaced at least nine residents.


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"Advancements in science and technology have revolutionized the way that agriculture does business and created the need for a variety of new skills in the industry," said Armstrong. "As we like to say in the industry, it's not just sows, cows and plows anymore. There are great opportunities available for those who want an exciting career that helps grow our economy and feed the world."
Agriculture is a growing field, and today's farmers are using advanced technology such as, state-of-the-art soil sampling and tissue testing techniques, GPS and aerial photography. Keeping up with this growth will require recruiting talented young people for a range of careers in the industry including environmental management, finance, marketing, communications, information technology and more.
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The Jersey City artist and musician Sam Cintron is going to hook you and reel you in.
On Thursday, Cintron will release his second CD, "Standing in Babylon" in Jersey City. At the event, he will also show his paintings and sculptures while performing songs from his new album.
"The big icon of my work is the fish hook," said Cintron, who created a 14-foot fish hook sculpture that will be displayed in the 5,000 square foot gallery space.
"When I go to Journal Square and I look at the billboards and see the masses crossing the street, I see the billboards as a bunch of hooks with different baits pulling the fish," he said. "The hook is the luring, what the corporations use. It doesn't matter, you're going to be hooked to something. You're going to be baited."
Hooks and luring will also be motifs used throughout his new pop/rock gospel CD.
"My CD reflects my work," said Cintron. "The work is the message behind the music."
Cintron, who also works as a pastor at the Hope Center Tabernacle, describes his overall artistic style as highly conceptual.
"Every work that's on the walls or on a pedestal is a planet on its own and in the orbit of my work, you're going to feel a tension, a frustration, a burden caused by the things I see and hear, what you see around the world," he said.
The songwriter said that all artists are particularly receptive to things around them and are sensitive to tension throughout the world. He noted that he was especially affected by 9/11, which created great uncertainty right in the middle of Jersey City's renaissance.
"One day we're building this great city and the next day we're transporting debris and people who were hurt across the river," he said. "It created a tension in most artists, most human beings - everything is happening so quickly."
See the tension reflected in Cintron's work and get his new CD on Thursday at the Hope Center, 110 Cambridge Ave., Jersey City at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit CityHopeCenter.org.


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These Cancer Patients Thought They Were Getting A Makeover. What Happened Next Allowed Them To Forget Their Illness For A Moment
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French group Mimi Foundation truly believes that bringing happiness and joy into the life of a patient is the best therapy.
For their If Only For A Second project, the group and Leo Burnett France invited 20 cancer patients to receive full makeovers, but asked them to keep their eyes closed the entire time.
When they finally opened their eyes, they were shocked by how ridiculous and silly they looked, and were finally able to forget about their sickness in a fit of laughter.


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The Committee of Interns and Residents is proud to announce the Maimonides/CIR Quality and Work Redesign Fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center, a preeminent academic hospital in the borough of Brooklyn and one of only 3 New York City Hospitals to be named by HealthGrades as a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence. The fellowship was created as part of collaborative quality improvement work that the hospital and resident physician union began in 2011.
Through this intensive 12-month Maimonides/CIR fellowship, physicians will learn the science of quality improvement and patient safety and take on a leadership role as an agent of change on hospital-based clinical and administrative issues, system-based practice, and performance improvement. In addition, the Fellow can choose to enroll in Masters of Public Health (tuition paid) at Brooklyn College. Applications are being accepted through December 31, 2012. Start date: July 1, 2013. The full application is available here.


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You can add Jason Lawmaster to the growing list of players who played hockey in Muskegon, left and later returned to play here again.
Lawmaster was one of 30 players to hit the ice Monday morning as the Muskegon Lumberjack began preparation for the 2009-10 regular season, which starts in less than two weeks.
"I liked playing here," said Lawmaster, who last played here in 2006. "My wife, Andrea, is from here and my daughter goes to Lincoln Park school."
The couple is expecting their second child in December.
Lawmaster played here three seasons before a nightmarish 2005-06 season included more than two months on the injured list with a neck injury, another two months off with a tailbone injury then reconstructive shoulder surgery.
It was time for a change of scenery and Lawmaster got it when he was chosen by Bloomington in the expansion draft. He played in Bloomington and Kalamazoo the following season before heading south to Mississippi. Last season, he split between Tulsa and Arizona in the Central Hockey League.
Now it's back in Muskegon.
"I've grown roots here," said the 11-year pro. "It just made sense to keep our daughter in school here and for me to come back here as a player."
In his hockey travels, Lawmaster did run into a couple of his current teammates. He played with goaltenter Sebastien Centomo in Mississippi and played against Travis Banga, who played in the CHL for Memphis, Rio Grande and Texas the last three years.
"The hockey world is a small world," said Lawmaster.
Camp no-shows
Defenseman Shaun Stackhouse decided not to make the long drive from Las Vegas to attend the Lumberjacks camp. Also, Muskegon's Craig Richardson has the flu and Nello Ferrera suffered an injury several days ago and was scheduled for further tests on Monday.
Robin Big Snake is stil en route from his home in Siksika Nation, Alberta (29-hour drive). Big Snake was expected to arrive in Muskegon Monday night and be on the ice this morning.
Matt Gens is recovering from off-season surgery and Billy Collins is limited in what he can do.
Also, defenseman Dan Boeser skated in the morning practice, but did not participate in the afternoon scrimmage due to an injury.
Afternoon scrimmage
Coach Rich Kromm split his team up for Monday afternoon's scrimmage, which consisted of two 30-minute, running clock periods.
"A scrimmage is where you see your role players," said Kromm. "The bangers don't stand out in a practice."
In the afternoon scrimmage, the Black team defeated the Gold team 6-4. Robin Bouchard and Todd Robinson each had two goals and one assist while linemate John DiPace had three assists.
Jesse Biduke added two goals for the Black team. Bryce Dale had two goals while Travis Banga and Brian Bicek had one apiece for the Black team.
Tickets on sale
Single game tickets for all Lumberjacks' regular-season games are on sale. Charge by phone at 726-2400, all TicketMaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or call TicketMaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are priced at $12.50 for adults, $8.50 for seniors (62 and older) and students (13-17) and $5 for kids (ages 2-12). Tickets increase by $1 on the day of the game. For Sunday games, all tickets are $5.


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Portland Police Assistant Chief of Services Mike Kuykendall resigned today for sending inappropriate texts to a subordinate.
Kuykendall is a civilian member of the force. A former deputy district attorney, Reese hired him in 2010 to serve as the department's head of finances. The two play in a band, The Usual Suspects, together.
Here's the full statement from Police Chief Mike Reese:
Director of Services (DOS) Mike Kuykendall informed me that he will resign from the Portland Police Bureau following a brief transition period. I accepted his decision to resign because I believe the Police Bureau needs to continuously work to meet the goal of achieving the highest possible level of community trust. This standard must guide our behavior and decision making processes. DOS Kuykendall sent unprofessional text messages regarding another Bureau member from his personal phone to a subordinate's personal phone.
DOS Kuykendall wants the Bureau and the public to know that: "I deeply regret my actions. I was attempting to use humor to give confidential support to a Bureau member who had come to me with a work-related issue."
DOS Kuykendall will help with the transition for the next incoming Assistant Chief of Services. Once that transition is complete, DOS Kuykendall's resignation will be effective that date.


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The North Carolina Botanical Garden Seed Program
The seed program at the Garden consists of two components: the Members' Seed List, and the North Carolina Wildflower of the Year Program. These programs were developed to further promote the Garden's concept of conservation through propagation. Seeds of southeastern natives are made available to nurseries, botanical gardens, other institutions, wildflower enthusiasts, and gardeners.
In 1998 we entered a new era for the Garden, and we hope for other botanical gardens as well. Exotic species invasions have become one of the dominant threats to the natural plant diversity of wild areas. While the Garden has historically emphasized native plants and restricted the use of exotic pest plants, we must remember that our southeastern native plants may be someone else's exotic invader. Therefore, we have chosen to limit our distribution of seeds to within a 12-state region of the Southeast, from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Gulf of Mexico north to Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. If you live outside this area, we may be able to assist you in locating sources of native seeds within your geographic region.
Our goal is to reduce the risk of new exotic plant invasions that impact our natural areas and to encourage the use and appreciation of native plant seeds from local sources.
Our hope is that our revised seed distribution policy will result in an increased appreciation of your region's unique local flora and nurture the growth of all regional botanical and horticultural institutions throughout the country.
Questions about gardening?
Visit our Green Gardener Clinic! A garden curator, trained volunteer, or Orange County Master Gardener is available every weekday from noon to 2 pm at the Green Gardener Desk in the Education Center (central building). You may also call (919-962-0522) at that time with your gardening/plant questions. Or, fill out and submit this FORM with your question.
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NEWARK — Federal authorities today charged eight alleged members of an international cyber crime and money laundering operation with scheming to steal millions of dollars by hacking into U.S. customer accounts at more than a dozen banks, brokerage firms and government agencies, including the Defense Department.
Jersey City-based Fundtech Holdings and Automated Data Processing Inc.of Roseland, were among the victim institutions in New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in announcing the charges. Customers whose accounts were hacked and identities were stolen also live in New Jersey, authorities said.
The defendants are charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit identity theft, authorities said.
Prosecutors said the alleged hackers gained unauthorized access to the computer networks of the following financial institutions, both in the United States and abroad: Aon Hewitt; Automated Data Processing Inc.; Citibank; E-Trade; Electronic Payments Inc.; Fundtech Holdings; iPayment Inc.; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A.; Nordstrom Bank; PayPal; TD Ameritrade; Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which provides payment services to the U.S. Department of Defense; TIAA-CREF; USAA; and Veracity Payment Solutions Inc.
The arrested, who range in age from 31 to 49 years old and come from Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Atlanta and the Ukraine, either managed crews in their areas or helped move the fraud proceeds, authorities said.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said the government's ongoing investigation into the organization has so far identified attempts to defraud the victim companies and their customers of more than $15 million.
"Cyber criminals penetrated some of our most trusted financial institutions as part of a global scheme that stole money and identities from people in the United States," Fishman said in a statement. He said the defendants used "stolen identities to 'cash out' hacked accounts in a series of internationally coordinated modern-day bank robberies."
According to the criminal complaint, one part of the elaborate fraud involved filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service seeking refunds using the identifies of customers whose money had been stolen.
The defendants each face a maximum of 55 years in prison if convicted on the top charges and a fine of $750,000.
The group was expected to make an appearance today in federal court in Newark.
Attempts to reach their attorneys were unsuccessful.


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Northwest NEWS
ecember 2, 2002
We need to live here not just exist (Copy of a letter sent to the Duvall City Council)
My family and I support those Duvall City Council members who advocate saving the Thayer barn as a community and arts center for Duvall and its neighbors. This opportunity to establish a gathering place for meetings, celebrations, classes and presentations pleases so many. When we heard that the barn/arts center was in danger, I began to look into reasons behind such a decision.
If indeed, "preserving rural character" is a key element of the Comprehensive Plan, what better way to accomplish this than renovating a grand old barn along a major road? The people of Duvall agree. Consider the top-ranking concepts from Duvall's recent visioning process:
1. Thriving small town economy
2. Preserve the "Valley" "Downtown" characteristic
3. Encourage use of businesses, businesses off main street
4. Lively arts community
5. Community center
While Thayer barn certainly is old and run-down, these are among its hidden strengths. Two earlier structural re-engineering projects insure the barn's solid construction. In addition, its very age qualifies it for grants from a wide number of county, state and federal agencies. As you know, once the City of Duvall endorses the barn project, King County promises $70,000 to the City after completion of Phases I and II, and the Duvall Arts Foundation begins processing other grants.
On the subject of money, your (City Council) concerns about current and future costs to accommodate the needs of its citizens and taxpayers is laudable. We will always need sewers and roads. Ask yourself: Why did you move to Duvall? Did its friendly and creative nature attract you, or was it the roads and potential for sewers that drew you here?
We need to live here, not just exist here. Save us. Keep us from joining the common rank of housing with big and little malls nearby and schools full of boring children from families sedated by their bland environment. Duvall's reputation for creativity and artful living needs a boost.
A community and arts center in a grand old barn will bring beauty, joy and fun to the neighborhood. Let's see a proud moment in Duvall's history when we move forward as you, the City Council members, endorse Thayer barn as a community and arts center.
Debra Winter, Duvall


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Andy, He isn't saying that an atheist can't feel love.
He is saying that atheism denies the actuality of love by denying anything beyond the temporal and passing feeling it produces. If there is no objective personification of love that endures beyond all superficial emotions that come and go, then love can't exist when the emotions aren't there. He is not saying you can't FEEL love, he is saying that you do not ALLOW YOURSELVES TO LOVE when you don't feel. AND, since emotions are largely not under our control atheism inadvertently denies love itself, since love is, by nature, a free choice.
AND IF LOVE ISN'T A FREE CHOICE then it is a slavery, complete with prison bars and manacles made of biochemical pistons firing in the brain to chain you to individuals who can never truly choose you over themselves, give themselves to you, or give you "love" in its freer sense, since all they are doing, really, is selfishly satisfying their uncontrollable impulses to please some primal and primitive instinct. And you could not be, and nobody could ever be any better or any less selfish.
Atheists FEEL love just as much as we do, but they have reduced it to either a prison or a search for pleasure. They feel it, but if they are correct, then all it is they are, or anyone is feeling when they feel 'love' is a biological cattle prod forcing us to mate with another individual by threatening us with electrocution by heartache.
"My heart aches to be with you!"
"Oh, how romantic!"
Or more accurately:
"My butt- OW! My butt is- OW! Is being electrocuted and I'm gonna come over and have sex with you to make it stop. OW!"
"How…. romantic? Wait, WHAT?!"